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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29
ASKS SUSPENSION OF HOsTILITIEs.
Foreign Ministers at Madrid Expects q
Satifactory Reply.


Madrid, July 2S-When questioned on
the subject of peace negotiations Prime
Minister Sagasta said that Duke Almo-
dovar de Rio, the foreign minister. in
his note to President Mckinley, has
asked for suspension Of hostilities on
Sunday. President Mckinley, in reply.
said he would consult with the cabinet.
The foreign minister expects that sat-
isfactory reply will be Immediately CIV
en- through M. Cambon, the French am
bassador to the United States, through
whom Spain's note was presented.
London, July 29.-The Standards Ma
drid correspondent says that the tele-
grams announcing that official steps
had been taken at Washington with a
view to prepare for peace negotiations
caused no surprise and but little sensa-
tion in Madrid. Officials for some time
have been convinced that the govern
ment has been feeling its way toward
peace, and was waiting to let public
opinion get reconciled to the sacrifices
that must be made to terminate the
hopeless struggle. 1t is difficult to say
whether the government decided upon
a decisive move at the suggestion or
auVlce or the Natlcan or some Oh tne
powers, or acted spontaneously to fore
STALL if possible, the fall of Manila and
the invasion OF Porto Rico, but the at
titude of the press shows that the coun-
try will welcome peace if it can avoid
the payment of war indemnity and
the loss of the Philippines.
The impression in official circles is
| that the government will be promptly
| informed of the intentions of President
| Mckinley. while in diplomatic circles
| ii is feared that the American demands
may appear excessive to Spain. 1t is
thought these demands may be modified
by negotiations. In financial circles the
prospect of peace is received even bet
ter than in political circles. CONNER
cial centers like Barcelona, Bilboa, NAL
aga, Valencia and Valladolid strenuous
ly support the peace policy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29
FACE FIRE AT SEA.
Exciting Experience on the Burning
steamer Ardandhu.

steamer Aruununu.
New York, July 2s.-The steamship
Ardandhu of the Tweede line, trading
between West Indian ports and this
city, came up the bay with a heavy list
to starboard and the cargo stored in her
lower hold on fire. The fire first made
its appearance at $3.50 o'clock on Mon
day night. The widest excitement fol-
lowed the outbreak of the fire and sew
eral of the eleven steerage passengers,
all Jamaicans, endeavored to seize the
lifeboats. The third mate, Percy San
ders, was forced to draw his revolver
to prevent the men from the steerage
leaving the burning steamer in the
three lifeboats, which could easily have
accommodated the other forty-five pas
sengers and members Of the crew.
The passengers were. however, forced
out of the boats by Captain Walker
and his men, and when discipline was
restored preparations were first made
for the saving of the lives of the wom-
en- and children on the vessel. The three
lifeboats were lowered. The sea was
quite calm and the ships officers stood
by the rope ladders. Thus a panic was
averted and the safety of the fifty-six
persons on board the Arhandhu assured.
The heat was 80 intense and the smoke
was so heavy that IT was for time un-
safe for the passengers to remain on
the upper deck. They were all ordered
forward, and the women and children
were first put into the lifeboats. each
of which had a full supply of food and
water on board and were supplied with
compasses and signal rockets.
1t was nearly midnight when Captain
Walker considered that he had the fire
in control and decided to continue on
his way to New York. The women and
children were taken back to the steam
er and the lifeboats were hoisted to
the davits, but were not taken on
board. The officers from that time on
kept watch over the nfsboats to pre-
vent the eleven Jamaicans. who ap-
peared to be terror-strioken, from de-
sertipg the burning steamship - them
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29
WERE STARVING
Spaniards at Guantanamo in a
Bad Way.
HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE.
Ignorant of Surrender and Expected
to Die Lingering Death
by Starvation.

The First General Paroja Knew or the
CapituIation of General TOral Was
When AdAliral sampson Sent Word to
Him Asking What Number of Ratfons
Should Be Sent to His Garrisop-Two
Thousand Sick People in Guantanamo
Newport News, Va, July 29.-The
transports st. Louis and Massachu-
setts. with General Brooke, started for
Porto Rico at 2:S0 p. m. Other trans
ports will follow at once.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29

Santiago dc Cuba, July 29.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Angel Resell, who, after
taking confirmation of the instructions
to surrender from General Toral to
General Paroja, military governor OF
Guantanamo, has returned here, said
to a correspondent that the first inti-
nation that Guantanamo had of the
capitulation of Santiago and the terms
thereof was on July 23. when Admiral
Sampson sent a letter to General Paro-
IA asking what number Of rations
should be sent to his garrison, as II had
been surrendered on the 18th. General
Paroja, being ignorant of the capitula-
ton. refused to credit the message and
accept rations. answering Admiral
Sampson to that effect. The admiral
then sent q copy of the terms of sur
render, whereupon General Paroja de-
cided to inquire Of General Toral at
Santiago whether the news were true,
and Lieutenant Colonel Resell was ap-
pointed to bear the intelligence. The
surrender Of Guantanamo accordingly
took place.
SUFFERING Among the Spanish Troops.
Colonel Resell says that the condi-
tions at Guantanamo are awful and the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29
MILES IS AT PONCE.
That Is, Army and Navy Oniciais Think
He L..

That Is, Army and Navy Oficials Think
He L..
Washington, July 29.-It is the opin-
ion of army and navy officials here
that General Miles is at or near the
city of Ponce. No word was received
from him or any of his men, but Or
fetal calculations. would indicate that
he should have reached Ponce by TN
time. If so. the city will be taken al
once. It's position is such that its capt
ure would materially aid General Mi e
in taking San Juan, eighty-five miles
distant. The forces will advance upon
the capital, after leaving Pence, by way
Of Coamo, Caguas and Robe. Gen
eral Miles army has been rendezvous d
at Yucaco, just east OF Guani-a y IN
ing has been received here to ooAiirm
the report that an engagement has oc-
Cured at Yucaco and that the Aneri-
cans were forced TO withdraw 60 the
coast.
16Oth Indiana Breaks Camp.
Chickamauga Park, July .9.-F-e
One Hundred and Sixt.eth Ind an in
fantry broke camp at an carly torr am
marched five miles to Rossville, Ca,
where Southern railway trains were
boarded for Newport News. Tcis rogi-
ment goes to Newport News, thence 10
Porto Rico. in place Of the Fifth llii-
nois, which was ordered back to camp
after IL had half finished loading for
departure. The First South Carolina
will leave during the next twenty-four
hours for Jacksonville, Fla. to join
Fitzhugh Lees command. No other
commands have orders to move. The
sixth regiment. United States volun-
teefs, will reach Camp Thomas from
Knoxville, Tenn, during the next few
days.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29

washington. July 29.-Secretary Al
ger has given orders for the removal OF
all of General Skaters army as soon
as the men in the discretion of the COM
manding officer may be safely brought
back to q camp on Montauk point, l.. J..
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29

ations may be continued. Under such
rule Spain could continue her prepa-
ration for defending the coast of Spain.
even after a suspension OF hostillties,
and at the same time the United States
gould sena forward gsinfq9rssspsnts to
General Miles and Admiral Dewey, but
all offensive operations would cease.
Overtures Do Not Stop War.
With these well-defined rules Of mill
tary procedure, accepted by all nations,
the assertion attributed TO Premier Sa-
gasta that the mere overtures for a
G. - > Of hostilities shour in itself
stop Iiese hostilities, is regarded as
uEaccountable. Moreover, 1t is looked
upon as showing a disposition on the
part of Spain not to deal with frankness
and with the usual customs of interna-
tional procedure but rather to adopt
methods which will excite foreign pow
ers and create a misleading prejudice
against the United States. This view
is likely to seriously prejudice the ef-
forts of the Spanish government toward
the opening OF peace negotiations.
Diplomats here believe that the only
method of procedure which will be
clearly understood by Spain is to push
the war forward vigorously and with
out recourse to evasive diplomacy.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-29
To Gather Up Spanish Craft.

New York, July PA cablegram
from Hong Kong to The Journal says
that Admiral-Dewey at Manila has dis
patched the Raleigh and Concord to
gather up eleven Spanish craft which.
according to information sent him by
Consul Wildman, are at various places
in the Philippine archipelago. Among
these vessels are three gunboats at
San Migual, Luzon island, and four at
Port Royal, Palawar island. Four
merchantmen with cargoes of tobacco
are reported at Cagayan, Luzon. The
same dispatch reports that English
traders ct the coal mines at Hatan.
Luzon island, have been imprisoned and
subjected to ill-treatment by the Span
iards there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13

Santiago de Cuba. July (via
Charleston, S c., July 12).-Through
Lieutenant of Marines Thomas S. Bor-
den, who conversed in French with the
prisoner, an interview was obtained for
the Associated Press with Captain Eu-
late of the armored cruiser Vizcaya. He
said:
The entire squadron was ordered to
devote the fire of their guns to the
cruiser Brooklyn, because it was be-
Iieved that she was the only ship in the
American squadron that could overtake
US. When we got out of the harbor our
ship was second in line, and l saw our
flagship was getting a terrible baptism
of fire. 1t was frightful. The Texas
and Brooklyn were just Kidding her,
and in Is minutes l saw she was on
fire.
THE Iowa and Oregon were firing on
the Oquendo and as yet had not been
badly hit The Brooklyn was a half
mile closer to us than any other snip,
and | did try to ram her, so that the
Colon and Oquendo could get away, and
/ started for her. She was a good
mark, with her big broadside, and as L
started l thought surely l would get
her. but she had evidently seen us, and
very quickly she turned about and,
port side, so that / thought she would
ram US. l moved in toward shore, so
that l could avoid her, and then 1 saw
that the Oquendo had gone ashore also,
her steampipes evidently having been
severed by a shell.
THE maneuvering of the Brooklyn
was beautiful. We opened a rapid fire
at her, with our big guns, but she re-
turned it with terrible effect. The
Oregon also hit US several times, but
the Brooklyns broadside crashing into
our superStructure simply terroriZed
the men. We worked all our guns at
her, and I don't see how she escaped
us. She simply drove US into shore, at
one time fighting US at LOO yards. One
shell went along the entire gundeck,
killing half the men on it and wounded
nearly all the rest. A shell from the
oregon hit the SuperStructure, and it
was then that. wounded and knowing
that we could not get away, 1 struck
the flag and started for the beach. 1
did not instruct the men to load the
guns and do not know why they were
loaded. We were on fire badly and
when those men who We're alive started
TO swim for shore, the Cubans on shore
shot at us until the American ships ar
rived and stopped them. The Brook
Ign had prevented me from getting
away, for I could have beaten the Ore
gOn out, as I had a two-miIe lead of
her.
MY orders were to try and sink the
Brooklyn, and l tried to carry them
out. / did not think that her battery
could be so terrible as it was"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
WOUNDED OFFICERS.
Nature of Injuries-Each Granted
Two Months Leave.

Washington, July 12.-Information as
to the specific character of the sick
ness and wounds of the officers brought
to Tampa by the transport Cherokee,
and afterwards taken to the Fort Nc
Pherson barracks at Atlanta, has been
received at the war department. In
each case the officer has been granted
two months leave of absence.
The list received at the department
is as follows:
Lieutenant G. J. Godfrey, Twenty
second infantry, scalp wound.
Captain w. E. P. F>'ench, Fourth in
fantry, sprain of bal
Lieutenant NJ H Barnum, Tenth
cavalry, wound in the right lip
Lieutenant F. W. Perkins, Eighth
infantry, acute dysentery.
Lieutenant G. e. Humphrey, Third
infantry, dysentery.
Lieutenant F. w. Lewis, Twenty-sec-
ond infantry, dysentery.
Lieutenant c. Mex Saltzman, First
cavalry, great exhaustion.
Lieutenant w. II. Wassel, Twenty
second infantry, wound in hand, cheek
and neck
Chaplain Dwight Galloup, suffering
from conclusion of she'll.
Captain Frank L. Allen, Second Mas
sachusetts, rheumatism, back and legs.
Captain John Bigelow, jr., Tenth cav
airy, wound, shoulder, thigh and head
Captain A. G. Ducat, Twenty-fourth
infantry, wound, both hips and groin.
Major P. H. Ellis, Thirteenth, wound,
left knee.
Lieutenant H. G. Lyon, Twenty
fourth infantry, wound, right hip.
Lieutenant II. L. Kinnison, Twenty
fifth infantry, wound, left arm and
breast.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13

in the commissary department of the
division. Senator Fairbanks is close TO
the administration and this information
may be regarded as reliable.
General Sanger, commanding the
Third division first army corps. has or
dered the commanding officer of each
command in his division to detail two
nom commissioned officers and ten pri-
Yates as a pioneer corps.
The men will be formed into a corps.
Orders have also been issued by General
Standler that regimental commanders
prepare a list of all sharpshooters, also
designating the second and third class
marksmen. They are also to be formed
into companies of sharpshooterS and
will be used in picking the guerrillas
out of trees after the command reaches
Cuba, if that ever comes to pass.
AS evidence of the healthfulness of
the camp, an official report to General
Brooke by the surgeon of the first corps
shows that there were only 321 sick in
the entire corps of $4,000 men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
PHILIPPINE EXPEDITION.
Two Will Sail Within the Next Ten
Days.

San Francisco, July 12-PlanS are
nearly completed for the departure OF
the next two expeditions for the Phil
ippines. A slight change in the assign
ment of signal corps men has been
made, and instead of the full company,
only a detachment of eight of the corps
Will go on the expedition to sail next
Thursday or Friday General Otis and
his staff are ready for departure The
fleet of transports to follow dis expected
to get away in less than ten days, and
some officers fix the date as early as
next Monday The troops for these
three will not be designated for two or
three days. General Otis issued an or
der placing Brigadier General Miller in
command of all troops left at Camp
Merritt and the Presidio including the
eXpeditionary forces. He will be under
Major General Merriam, who was re-
Gently instructed by the war depart
ment to take entire control of all the
forces after General Otis departure
After tomorrow the troops remaining
at Camp Merritt will be re-brigaded,
and it is probable that Brigadier Gen
eral King will remain to go with the
last expedition. 1t is thought that Bri-
gadier General Otis will be in command
of the fleet, comprising the St. Paul
Pennsylvania and Rio de Janeiro.
These will overtake the Peru and City
of Puebla at Honolulu, and, after the
annexation ceremony, the five ships
viii proceed TO Manila, with General
Otis in charge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
WATSoN'S EXPEDITION.
Eastern Squadron May Depart For
Spain at Any Moment.

Washington, July 12.--The naval Off
GERS regard their part in the opera
tons at Santiago at an end practically
and are looking around for new worlds
to conquer. Their eyes are turned to
the east and they are rushing prepara-
tions for the despatch of Commodore
Watsons eastern squadron. This is de-
cidedly a more attractive cruise from
a naval point of view than the demon
STATIONS proposed against San Juan de
Porto Rico, which is understood to be
the next number on the programme,
but which the naval authorities believe
will not amount to much because of the
easy reduction of the defenses. Every
ship in WatsOn's squadron has been
supplied with the very latest charts,
not only Of the coast of Spain, and of
the Mediterranean, but of track courses
that will take them clear to the Philip
pines. In addition to this the officers
assigned to the vessels of this squad
ron, but not yet aboard, have received
orders to go to their ships at once.
Notice of the departure of the vessels
therefore may be looked for at any
moment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
CONGREGATIONAL SESSIONS.
Alabama Contest Referred to the
State For Settlement.

Portland Ore, July 12.-At the morn
ing session of the national council of
Congregationalists a number of minor
committees were appointed. The report
on secret societies was read by Rev. w.
H. Davis of Newton, Mass.
The council accepted the report and
the committee was discharged. Rev.
1. w. Metcalf of Elyria, o., read a
paper on How to Secure the Property
of Disbanded Churches"
At the afternoon session Rev. H. A.
Hazen of Massachusetts read a paper
on the Future of Ecclesiastical Coun-
ellis"
The committee report on city evan
gelization, prepared by Rev. H. A.
Stimson of New York, was presented
and adopted by the council.
High Standards of Character for the
Christian Ministry" was the subject of
a paper by Rev. Professor A. L. Gill
lett of Hartford. Conn.
Statements from a number of theo-
logical seminaries were read, and a
general discussion followed.
At the evening session papers were
read by Rev. w. E. Barton of Boston
and E. G. Updyke of Madison, Wis, on
1.-The Church and Social Problems"
Miss Mary G. Collins of Fort Yates,
N. D., Indian missionary, delivered an
address on her work.
Rev. w. H. G. Temple of Seattle,
Wash, spoke on the subject of Con
gregationalism of the Twentieth Cen
tury.''
The Alabama contest was brought up
again today and by a vote of 119 to 20
the report of the committee on creden-
tials was adopted, after being slightly
amended. The committee report as
amended, refers the contest back to the
state bodies of Alabama, and recon-
mends that all the churches of the state
elect delegates to state convention,
called for the purpose of settling the
differences between the two state
bodies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
AMERICANS DECEIVED.
English Correspondent at Havana
Defends the Standards.

London, July 12.-The Havana CORE
spondent of the Times, in letter dated
June u, describes events and daily life
there, testifies to the excellent organ
ization and orderly conduct of the po-
lice, who, nevertheless, have been de-
nounced by American journalists as
armed ruffians and a terror to the law
abiding"
The correspondent expresses sur
prise at the tolerance of the authorities
in allowing native sympathizers with
the rebels openly to talk sedition in the
cafes, just as the American correspond
ents who swarmed in Havana before
the war did, behaving as if they
thought the stars and stripes were al
ready flying over Cuba, and yet were
never molested.'
After remarking that "the inhabi-
tants take the war with GOODNESS, since
they have long been accustomed to
guerilla warfare the correspondent
says: THE condition of the reconcen-
trados is pitiable, but the mortality is
due in nine cases out of ten, not to
starvation, but to malaria. They have
been so long preyed upon by the insur-
gents that they fall easy victims to
disease
The writer proceeds to inveigh at
great length against American agita-
tors" and especially the American
press for bringing about an unjust
and foolish war by gross misstatements
and exaggerations intended to infiame
the passions of the warm-hearted and
well meaning American people who,
largely credulous and ignorant, became
the ready dupes of agitators.''
In another letter, dated June 16, the
correspondent says: Despite the fact
that tha afIthOrjfiaC do their Itr11Oct RI
relieve suffering and that the govern
ment is Selling provisions bought up by
spectators, famine is Tightening upon
the city and inspiring the population
with terror. A barrel of lard was sold
yesterday for 960''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
SAMPSON AND SCHLEY.
Controversy Over the Credit For the
Naval Victory.

Washington, July 12.-Secretary Long
has been in receipt of kilograms of a
personal nature from Commodore
Schley, and it is believed from Admit
raj Sampson as well. 1t is supposed
they have been called forth by the
newspapers controversy over the credit
for the victory of the Spanish squad
ron, a controversy which is most ear
nestly deprecated by the officials of the
ravy department. Secretary Long de-
clines to make public these cablegrams,
though it is believed they tend to dem
onstrate the existence of good relations
between the two officers and a DISPOSE
ton On the part of both to be adjudged
strictly according to the canons of
naval law. Admiral Sampson hes ca
bled to the department that he be-
Eeves the wrecking plant, which is now
on it's way down to Santiago to en-
deavor to save some of the Spanish
ships, is sufficient for the purpose, so
far as the question of its capacity is
concerned The naval officers are par
ticularly DESTROYS that the Cristobal
Colon shall be saved and placed on the
American list under the anglicised
name of Christopher Columbus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-13
CALLED ON CERvERA.
Commodore Schley Has An Inter
view With the Spanish Admiral.

Correspondence of the Associated Press. }
off Santiago de Cuba, July 4-On
the return of the United States cruiser
Brooklyn to the blockade off Santiago
de Cuba. on the evening of July 8, the
Iowa reported to Commodore Schley
that Admiral Cervera, the admiral of
the Spanish fleet, was on board. The
commodore at once went over to pay
his respects. The Spanish admiral was
much cast down by his defeat, but pre-
served a dignified and courteous de-
meanOr Notwithstanding. He said he
deeply appreciated the fact that the
men of the Brooklyn did not exult by
cheering when it was learned that he
was a prisoner on the Iowa. He re-
piled in response to the commodore's
remark that It was the fortune of war
Yes. but I've lost my career now
that I've been defeated"
Commodore Schley, however, told him
hat such a brave deed as that of
bringing out his squadron could never
be looked upon otherwise than as a
most gallant feat, upon which Admiral
Cervera threw his arms around the
commodore and said: "Ah, sailors al
ways are gentlemen"
He then said he thought his dead
would probably number $50, though he
could not tell definitely.
He spoke of the accuracy and dead
illness of the Brooklyn's fire, saying
that in the early part of the action
one of her shells had traversed the en-
tire length of the gun deck, killing and
wounding probably so men. On the Viz
caya alone there were 10 men killed
Admiral Cervera said he feared the
losses might be greater than he an
ticiDated, for many men were below
the protective deck and when the ships
were on fire it must have been diff
cult for them to escape He added that
all his captains had been killed or
wounded, but later it was found that
the captain of the Cristobal Colon was
saved.
Admiral Cervera also said that he
had no doubt that but at least three
of the ships would have gotten away
had 1t not been for the Brooklyn, Ore
gon and Texas