Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-07-27

A f4af4irN -.s-s c-LH rAteitA+t
 fNlas! bad a0.jihe17E1 l-a ha.
 ..t Manila, JdlIy 1s tviia Hong Kons D JHly4 1st t4An n i.i important fintervisl
 ' fi1as just been held between Aguin
 aldo's secretary. Lagarda, and l,
 prominent native white man an,
 Captain General August. Tn Span!sh 'commander, Augusti.l va ! asked to surrender the city, Lagard asserting that 50,0O0 insurgents sur ' rouuded Manila and were able tt
 enter It at any moment. Thus far D they argued, the insurgents hay,
 been restrained with difficulty, buI
 If the Spanisrds continued stubborn the result would be that the insur
 gents would be comoelied to storm
 and lombard the city, with iassita-
 bie slaughter, unparalleled in his.
 tory. because in the excitement oi
 battle they cannot discriminate.
 Continuing, tho captain generals visitors advised him to disregard ohcial fctions, regarding alleged , Spanish victories in Cuba and re-
 lntorcemenfs coming to the Philip
 pines, and the proposed reS onciIia-
 tion between Spaniards and insur- lgents in the Philippines, under a
 repubiicanfag, and joint ende;.yor
 to persuade the Americans to .al,n
 fdon hostilities in the PhilippiL, islands. Finally the representatives
 of the insurgents proposed to appeal
 to the Powers to recognize the inde- lpendence of the Philippine islands.
 The captain general replied tkat he
 must fight, however hopeless the Spanish catrse. Legarda then re-
 turned to Cayite. ''ti' 1'ii tts-.
 Washington, July 2O4 Miles urges
 the president to Sliow him to lead
 an army of invasion into Spain after
 the conquest ofPorto Rico. He ar. gues that an American army ready
 to invade that kingdom would force
 peace quicker than Commodore | Watsons fleet jn the hesMediterranean.
 The president is considering the
 proposition. - a4l.sI Washington, July D.7There are
 fifteen thousand men. pew. on the
 water bound for Porto. Rico. d ] New York, July 20.-The hospital ship Seneca arrived bere this morn iDg from Santiago, with six soldiers down with yellow fever, 1'a s Washington, July 2OMThe fifth and last expedition to the Philip pine Islands will embark next Mon day. ~
 Siboney, July 20 n The .Cubans
 bring in. the news that General
 Garcia has been shot. No pastieu- ! lars are given, u .e '1H7.
 Washington, July 2l.zJlhe distt f button of arms among the CpbaDs ], has been stopPed; also the furnish
 ing of supplies, 7, General Shafter
 says he .wIll disarm his former allies
 at the least sign q insu6qrdinatiop,
 He deelaFes ihem absolutely, worthai, less, The. Cuban Junta is, also in
 disfavor in all official circles in Washington as its members have shown a disposition from the first to , dictate to the administration. It this government to do all the work at its own expense, and then turn the fruits of victory over I to them to enjoy. .. Asss elt
 Washington; July 2I.-At 3 meet If ing of the war board beld today, # l., was decided to abandon the plan, of 2 sending a fleet to Spain, and GO,n- ! nodore n T1IC Watson's squadron will now } be disbanded. This is taken as sn . irdication that peace is near '.,,@.lt
 New York, July 2l,-A dispatch. .4 from Santiago to the Evening Post i5 says that General Wood, formerly i'i in command of the Rough Riders d .i has been made military governor of s Santiago, in place of General Mc-iyd who will resume commando r 2f his troops. " ,-a'a''ftt
 Madrid, July 2i.@Gelni..o Parreja, : : he Spanish commander of Guanta- I, lamo refuses to be included in the u 'csPitlnlatiopb of Santiago. Accord @6 ng to Spanish military law, the t ,omnahdsir can surrender the troops i he personally commands, but cannot T .l ,blige other commanders at distant ,, points, even though. under his aus T hority, to follow suit. It is conse- ' luent1y held here that the acapitu- ; !. atiouA only comprises about 1000 h .roops actually in Sstiago. -,a3 ! .
 Santiago de Cuba, July 2l.1Hun- 2 ireds of Auaefcaa and Spanish sol ., iiers, who a flaw day ago were shoot ng at each other. croEd the, streets | # Santiago today, meeting SBd r dixfng ca most Fl friendly terms. :, There is a general feeling of good iu Allowship eyinced.. everywhere vic Ic DTS and Eanqnishsd appaFsntly y ,be-isBi lg equally rejoicedi tlfst strife and tc food shed ars over, and that the R orrors of the seize are ended. a.io1.l D, [. New oYork, July 2l.T7It is, stated D, nat CerveEa EiIl'.renouaes his Aiut n, .giance to Spain and willa beconie D. n American citizen. He z thinks ip nat Spain unjustly planes him. for :. sing his feet. .. ....s tt .a..si a Key West, July 2l.-The gunboat
 Iayhowsr has captured the big
 .eamer Newfoundland, as the latter in as trying. to run into Cienfusgos th
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