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VOLUME VI CHIPLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY AUGUST G 1898 NU lBEn 8b

RODPSL ND AT PORTO RICO1

eneral Mlles Captures Town of Gnaniea

After a Sharp Eilaemollt

ANIARDS WERE DRIVEN OFF WITHOUT THE

LOSS OF A MAN ON OUR SIDEI

ur Islanders Were Killed at One Shot of a Colt GunFirstUnited States Flag to Float on Porto Rican Soil Was

Hoisted Over Gnnnlca by Lieutenant Ruse

dispatch of Monday morning fromi Port of Quanica Island of Portoo via tho Island of St Thomases that tho United States military

edition under command of Major

oral Nelson A Miles commandingi army of tho United States which

Guantanamo July 21st was landsuccessfully Monday at Quanica afterkirmish between a detachment of thefinish troops and a crew of thirtyonging to tho launch of the Unitedites auxiliary gunboat Gloucester

aerly J Picrpont Morgans steam

cht CorsairFour of tho Spaniards wero killed

Bt no Americans were hurt TheBops wero pushed forward promptly

order to capture tho railroad leadma to Ponce which is only about ten

Us elL of GuanicaThe ships loft Guantanamo bay suduly on the date named with thetssachnsotts commanded by Captai-

nJ J Higginson leading Captainwas in charge of tho naval

Hpedition which consisted in addn to the Massachusetts the Colum

jk Dixie Gloucester and Yalo lenHil Miles was on board the last namedBssol Tho troops were on board the-

nsports Nuecos Lampasas ComanRita Unionist City of

Bacon and Specialist This was theBder in which tho transports enteredBe harbor at Guanica The voyageBom Guantanamo uneventful

K Miles Changed nil IUn-iRu noon Sunday General Miles call-

a consultation announcing that heLA determined not to go by San Juan

o but by the Mona passage instead-d at Guanica surprise tho Span

Brds and deceive their military nu-

Kritios The course was thenBunged and the Dixie was sent north

warn General Brooko at Cape SanKin Port Guanica had been fully

cribed by Lieutenant Whitney of

jaeral Miless staff who recently-e an adventurous tour of Porto

Honco which in situated ton or fifmiles from the place of debarka-

Bfc is to the eastward and n harder-e to take In addition ttfo water

Vonce is too shallow for the transHrts to be able to get close to shoreBun again at Ponce the woods are a-

le dense whero the troops wouldBWo been obliged to land if that pointBd beenselected for the debarkation-

the expeditionOne advantage of Gnanicn is thats situated close to the railroad con

with Ponce Early MondayBurning the Gloucester in charge of

Commander Wainwrightamed into Guanica harbor in orderreconnoiter thoplao

With the fleet waiting outside theslant little yacht braved the mines

Bhich wero nupposed to be in thebor and found that there wore five

thorns of water close in shoreThe Spaniards were taken by surIso Almost the first they knew ofIB of the army of invasion-as in the announcement contained in-

o firing of a gnu from the Glocuestermanning that the Spaniards hanlwn their flag which was

DELAYED REPORT RECEIVED

traction of Oenraa Fleet Described

Ir 8 mp on and Schlejr

The navy department Tuesday madenblio the reports of Admiral Sam-pn Commodore Schley Captainlark of the Oregon and Captainvane of the Iowa on the battle of

nly 8 which resulted in the destruoon of Ocrveraa squadronSampson in his report says When

Ml the work was done BO well it ia dlfcult to discriminate in praf eThe

of tho blockade of Gcrveras-Iqnadron was fully accomplished and-

h individual bore well his part inIt the commodore in command onke second division tho captains of

Lips their officers and men

from flagstaff in front of a block-

house standing to tho east of the vil-

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The first couple of threepounderswere fired into the hills right and loftof the purposely avoiding thetown lest tho projectiles hurt womenor children The Gloucester then hovoto within six hundred yards of theshore and lowered a launch having onboard a Colt rapidfire gun and thirty-men under tho command of Lieuten-ant

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Huso which was sent ashorowithout encountering opposition

First United State Fine RattedQuartermaster Beck thereupon told

Yeoman Lacy to haul down tho Span¬

shfiokwhich was done and thofir tUnitod States flag to float over PortoRican soil was raised on the flagstaffSuddenly about thirty Spaniards opened fire with Manser rifles on theAmerlc Party Lieutenant Huseand his men resonded with great gal ¬

lantry the Colt gun doing effectivework Norman who received AdmiralCerveras surrender and Wood a volunteer lieutenant shored tho honorswith Lieutenant Huse

Almost immediately the Span-iards

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fired on tho Americans theGloucester opened fire on the enemywith all her 8 and Gponndcrscould be brought to bear shelling thetown and also dropping shells into thehills to the west of Gnanica where anumber of Spanish cavalry were to beseen hastening toward tho spot whorethe Americans had landed

Lieutenant Ruse then threw up a

little fort which he named Fort Wain-wright and laid barbed wirojn front-of it in order to repel tho expectedcavalry attack Tho lieutenant alsomounted the Colt gun and signalledfor reinforcements which Were sentfrom the Gloucester

Presently a few of the Spanish cav-

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joined those who were fighting inthe streets of Guanica but the Coltwas turned loose on them killing

fourBy that time the Gloucester had therange of the town and of the block ¬

house and all her guns wore put inservice

Soon afterwards Spanish cavalrymenwero seen climbing the hills to thewestward and the foot soldiers werescurrying along tho fences from thetown

By 045 with tho exception of a fewguerrilla shots the town was won andthe enemy was driven out of its neigh-borhood

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The Bed Cross nurses onthe Lampasas and a detachment ofregulars were the first to land fromthe transports-

After Lieutenant Hue had captured-the place he deployed his small forceinto the suburbs lint be was soonenforced by the regulars who werefollowed by company G of the SixthIllinois and then by other troops inquick succession

All the boats at the menofwar andtie transports were used in the work-of landing the troops each steamlaunch towing four or five boats load-ed

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to the roils with soldiers Every ¬

thing progressed in an orderly mannerand according to the plans of GeneralMiles The went ashore aboutnoon after stopping to board the Glou-cester

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and thank Lieatent CommanderWainwright for his gallant action

TROOPS LEAVE TAMPA

Spicy Interview Between Quartermasterand SUllroad Official

Tho Second New York loft Tampa

Fla Tuesday night for FernaddinoThoro was a little sharp talk betweenQuartermaster Bellinger and officialsof the Florida Central and Peninsularaailrod over moving troops fromPort Tampa to Fernandlna The roaddoes not reach Fernandina and didnot want to work with the Plant sys-

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people to get the troops thereThe interview between the officials isreported to be A very deeply interest ¬

ing one but the government insiststhat the road must parry out its con-

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CROMARTYSNIRE mAMfl8S

DECISION RENDERED REGARDING-

LA BOTJRUOGXE DISASTER

STEAMER WAS OUT OF HER COURSE

And the Sailing Vessel Vai In No Way

Responsible For the TerribleAccident

The decision of the court of inquirygiven atHalifax N S Thursday ac-

cording

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to an Associated Press dis-

patch

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exonerates Captain Hendersonand tho officers of the ship Cromartyshire from all blame in tho matter ofDour gne accident

The report was made by Captain WH Smith of the British royal navyreserve with whom was associated intho investigation Captain BlomfleldDouglas R N B and Captain LewisAnderson nautical assessor CaptainSmith refers briefly to the voyage oftho Oromartyshiro up to the night ofJuly lid and dwells at length on theincidents of the collision described-by the master and crew of the sailingvessel and says then

At the time tho two ships cameinto collision tho concussion was soviolent and tho blow so heavy that thesailing vessel was driven apparentlyconsiderably from tho course she warheading although the number of pointsshe was caused to deviate is not ex-

actly stated but the effect of the blowcaused her headway to be stopped andmade her unmanageable Tho jibbootrand bowsprit of tho Cromartyshircpassed over the side of the steamerand was broken and torn away fromthe starboard side of the sailing shipwith all tho gear attached and costover the lee side The foremast wasalso broken and came down from aloftand fell over the samo silo of theship Tho collision bulkhead remainod intact which saved tho ship fronfoundering-

From statements rondo by witnesses in the caso there is an Indiestion that tho Railing ships horn washeard on board tho steamer and wasanswered by her

With regard to speed of the steam-er at the time of tho collision thereport says nothing can bo abso-lutely and correctly known as to itsrate except from inferences drawnfrom the various statements matte inthe evidence Perhaps her speed willnever bo accurately known Fromtho sudden manner the steamer firstcame in sight upon the short bow oftho sailing vessel and her equallyquick disappearance in the fog im-

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after the casualty as shownby the evidence the court is forced tothe conclusion that the steamer wasproceeding at a very high rate of speed

Article 2 states that when a steamvessel and a sailing vessel are pro-ceeding

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in such direction as to involverisk of collision the steam vessel shallkeep out of the way of the sailing ves-

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For reasons unknown to thocourt the steamer did not keep clear-of tho sailing vessel

Sailing Venel YYa CarefulCaptain Smiths report sot forth the

measures taken on the Cromartyshireto discover if there was loss of life onthe steamship and special attention isdrawn to the international regulations-for preventing collisions at BOB whichthe report says should have beenobserved by those vessels There-can be no doubt it is said that thesteamer was supplied with an efficientsteam whistle and that it was sounded-at regular intervals The officers ofthe sailing ship and most of the crewheard it several minutes before thocollision Proof is also produced thatthe sailing ship had an efficient hornand was using it according to regula-tions

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The report concludes with the rec-ommendation that tho new lane routesbe established for fast passengersteamers between America and Euro-pean

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points

MILES IN CMP

Madrid Advice State That Our Troop AreStill At Ouanlca

According to an official dispatch re ¬

ceived at Madrid Thursday from SanJuan do Porto Rico the Americanforces under Major General Miles werethen occupying the same positions atPort Gnanica as they did ¬

ing

SIIAFTER8 FEVER REPORT

Commands Snow Bit New Cue Among

Soldiers For One DayThe war department posted the fol ¬

nightAdjutant General of tho Army

Condition for the 27th Total sick4122 total fever 3103 new cases offever 622 oases returned to duty 542

DeathsPrivate J H Farrellcompany H Ninth Massachusetts vol ¬

unteers at Siboneyyellow fever Cor ¬

poral Thomas Rolson company DTwentyfourth infantry Siboney yel-

low

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fever William H Berscompany D Seventeenth infantrycerebral apoplexy

SBAFTEB Major General

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THE TERMS SUiT SPANIARDS

IF THEY CAN HOLD PHILIPPINEAND PAY NO INDEMNITY

THEY ARE ANXIOUS FOR PEACE

Utitarbnncci Over New Order of ThingAre Improbable na the People

Aro Listless

Advices from Madrid state that with

tho understanding that no indemnitywill bo demanded and that Spanielsovereignty in tho Philippine Islandswill be respected the newspapers of

tho Spanish capital consider tho termsof peace attributed to President MeKinloy as being acceptable-

Thepapore however protest againsttho of hostilities by thUnited States after Spain has suod forpeace

Tho minister for war GeneralCorrea is arranging for the transportation of the Spanish troops whichsurrendered at Santiago and is pre-

paring sanitary stations in order toprevent the introduction of diseasesinto Spain-

At the close of tho cabinet councilThursday the following semiofficialnote was issued

lie French ambassador at Wash-Ington during tho afternoon of the20th presented in behalf of the Spanish government a message to Presi-dent McKiuloy with o view to bringingtho war to an end and make knownthe conditions of peace The govern-ment has received information that tlumessage has book handed to PresidonMcKinley who replied that ho wouldconsult with his council of ministersand requested M Cambon to come totho whito houso again to confer with

himThe officials declare thathe published extracts from tho notare incorrect

But however unpalatable tho termsof peaco may be they will not producitho slightest disturbance in Spainwhero listless indifference is predomi-nant and there is little probability ofpopular discontent and none at all i-

Bpnin is allowed to retain the Philip-pines and is not compelled to pay in-

demnity The attitude of the peoplemakes the chances of Don Carlossmall Moreover the Carlists arcsaid to disagree about the advisabilityof rising the Marquis do Oerrnlbo andother leaders opposing the stopNevertheless it that DonCarlos will insist upon it

CERVERA SENDS REPORT

NottOci Madrid Ofllclnllr of Destructionof Ills Ships

A Washington special says Admiral Govern has forwarded to theSpanish government through theFrench embassy his full report of thenaval engagement which resulted inthe annihilation of the Spanish fleetThe report is very long coveringmany pages of the admirals own writ¬

ing and is even a more elaboratetreatment of the great engagement-than that of admiral Sampson in hisreport to tho navy department

Through the vicissitudes of war Ad ¬

miral Ccrveras report although ad-

hered¬

to the Spanish minister ofmarine was submitted first to thoAmerican nary department in orderthat Iho precautions might be takenusual in communications passing be-

tween

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prisoners of war and the ene ¬

mys government The examinationmade by the naval authorities at Wash ¬

ington was solely for purposes of pre ¬

caution and care was taken not to In-

trude¬

into the privacy of tho docu-ment

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beyond this necessary inspec ¬

Lion It was then sent to AmbassadorDamdon to bo forwarded to the Span-Ish

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admiraltyThe strictest secrecy has been ob ¬

served while the document has beenIn transit and in order to avoid conectaral stories as to tho contents of

he report it can be stated that no In-

timation as to its contents has beenallowed toescape from the few per-

sons through whom it has passed enroute to tho Spanish minister of ma-

ineIf the Cervera report over reaches

he public it will be through the Span-Ish government though it is probablehat tho report is not of a characterikely to be made public at Madrid

BISMARCK IS FAILING

Ill Condition at Present dive Employ-

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to Hli DoctorsAdvices from Hamburg state that

rinse Bismarcks condition still givesmployment to his physicians butthere is no ground for anxiety The

pain from which ho has been sufferingcontinues but tho last two nights havebeen comparatively good

The Berlin correspondent of Thejondon Times says In spite of theptlmistio reports it seems certainthat Prince Bismarcks condition iscritical Baron von Grallshoim the

tavarian minister has arrived atriedrichsrnhe but was not permit¬

ted to see the prince

HIWAIIAN3ARE MADE H

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DEMONSTRATION ON RECEIPT OF

ANNEXATION NEWSn

SEWALL TERRITORIAL GOVERNO-

RElaborate Program For Changing Flag ol

the Island For That of the Stanand Stripes

The steamship Mariposa arrived atSan Francisco Wednesday having loftSydney July 4th Auckland July Oiland Honolulu on tho 21st On July20th about 4 p m tho Mariposasighted the transport steamer City of

Rio Janeiro with all well on boardShe carries South Dakota troops

The Mariposa brings Honolulu ad-

vices as followsTho steamship Coptio arrived from

San Francisco on tho evening of the13th instant with the important newsthat the United States had rati-fied the Newlands resolutions makingHawaii a part of the United StatesWhen approaching laud tho Copticsignaled the welcome news Whistles-of foundries of mills and steamerswere turned loose and pandemoniumreigned

The committee of tho Honolulu Annexation Club and the executive coun-cil have arranged tho official programme of exercises In tho morningthere will bo a combined naval andmilitary parade consisting of menfrom the warships and the full strength-of the national guard

After parading tho principal streetstho procession will move to the goveminent building where PresidentDole the cabinet Admiral Miller andstaff Minister Sewall Consul GeneralHeywood and others will bo groupedThe literary exercises will first taki-

placn together with the singing ol

patriotic American airs PresidentDole will then deliver an address and-

a salute of twentyone guns will bifired as tho Hawaiian flag in loweredThe audience will then sing The StarSpangled Banner to the music of thbaud when Admiral Miller will hoisttho stars and stripes which will blsainted by twentyone guns

Minister Sewall Consul GeneralHeywood and others will deliver shortaddresses and tho ceremony will closewith the presentation by PresidentDole of an American flag to the Hawa-iian

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National Guard The flag is theoriginal silk one used by tho Bostonbattalions in 1803 when that warshipwas at Honolulu

In tho evening there will be a granddisplay of fireworks and tho govern ¬

mont buildings will be illuminated ona magnificent scale A banquet willbe tendered to Admiral Miller and aball will follow at tho opora honsoThe citizens have subscribed 815000for the days celebration and the mostimportant event in the history of theisland will be celebrated with a mag-nificence

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worthy of the occasion Re ¬

turning steamers from the otherislands all report vociferous receptionsof tho annexation news and sconessimilar to the one which occurred inHonolulu Preparations were at onoomade in all the towns to officially colabutte the raising of tho stars endstripes by Amiral Miller in this city

Tho banks have commenced to usetile war revenue stamps on chocks anddrafts a consignment having beensent down on the Coptic

Tho loading men of Honolulu mettoday and recommended Harold M-

Sowall United States minister toHawaii for governor of the islandsIt had been generally thought thatPresident Dole would be their choice

TENNESSEE TROOPS

Ordered to Break Camp at Knoxville endProceed to Chickamauga

Tho Sixth Tennessee United Statesvolunteer immune regiment Colonel-L D Tyson commanding is underorders to break camp Knoxville andproceed toChickamauga park Colonel

on received orders to wire thesubsistence and commissary officials atChicago for field rations and suppliesfor ton days He also wired the secre ¬

tary of war for authority to purchasethese supplies in Knoxville and therebyenable him to move at onco instead ofawaiting the arrival of supplies fromChicago Tho regiment is composedyt men recruited in e stern TennesseeCud eastern Kentucky

COMING AFTER PRISONERS

ieiera Ships Leave Spain and Will no-

on Off SantiagoA Washington special says It is ox ¬

acted that the embarkation of thoSpanish prisoners will begin verysoon The Alicante sailed Tuesday

from Martinique and the hospital shipIan Augustin sailed Wednesday ThoIRla do Luzon and the Isla de Panayailed from Cadiz for Santiago TheLeon XII the Satrustognl the Cavonloja and the Colon all at Cadiz aroixpocted to sail very soon The total

capacity of these various ships is 14700 The provisioning and loading ofhe ships at Santiago may take someime but no two will bo lost

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A PETITION t

FOR PEACH

Is Finally MadeFor Spain

FRENCH AMBASSADOR ACTS

Comes Direct From Senor SaRasta President Is Ready

and Willing to Consider

the Matter

A Washington special says TheSpanish government acting throughtho medium of tho French ambassadorsued for peaco formally and directly-to President McKinley through MCambon the French ambassador

The following official statement wasgiven out the white house dr

Tho French Ambassador on behalf-of the government of Spain and by rs

direction of tho Spanish minister offoreign affairs presented to thoprosident this afternoon at the white housea message from tho Spanish govern-ment

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looking the termination of thewar and the settlement of terms ofpeaco

Though nothing else official wasgiven out concerning this conferencebetween the French ambassador andthe president several other importantfacts are known Two questions wereasked the president First was this igovernment willing to entertain the t

suggestion of peace and second Uso would president indicate uponwhat terms peace would be considered-To both of these questions tho presi ¬

dent replied in tho affirmative thisgovernment would entertain a peace tiproposition and he would within few z

days indicate upon what terms s

There was nothing more to the ruessngo to the president than is covered-by those two questions There were fino suggestion of terms by SpainNothing of that kind was expectedSpain has taken the logical naturalmoans of scouring tho end she desiresShe has cried enough and asks herconqueror upon what terms she willquit This step on the part of thoenemy means the beginning of theend The suggestion of peace comesfrom tho only eonrco from which itcould be considered by this govern ¬

ment and that is from Spain herself rThere is no outside interference no

mediation by tho pope or tho powers-or anybody else-

Pvetidents

MoKInley made it clear tothe representatives of tho powers somo ttime ago that Spain must take tho initi-ative

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in any peace movement and that r

the mt of Europe wonld be expected tto keep hands oft The attitude ofthis government from that time has

Fbeen clearly understood the capitals-of

IEurope and it has been respectedThe president did not state when

he would give formal reply to Spainsmessage except that it would be with-in

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a few days Tho method of pro-

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will of course be for this gov-

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to state its terms and thenSpain must say whether she will aoccdo to them or not

REUNITED COUNTRY DAI

Dot nemphlll of Atlanta to AddrfGrand Ann Men r

Colonel W A Hemphillof Atlanta3a has been invited to deliver an ad-

dress at the Grand Army encampmentto bo held at Washington Park on thoDelaware river from August 8th tothe 14th Inclusive-

The invitation comes from Mr John +

W Frazier chairman of the commit-tee

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who states that they wish to maketagnst Oth Reunited CountrysDay an interesting chapter in tho>mtory of the country and that tonuke it a more important and Inter-

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chapter it is the earnest desireof the association that Hon W AIcmphill shall deliver an address on

ht day fraught with fraternity andenewed devotion to our country

STATEMENT FROM FRANCE

lortrnmint ones metal Note Regard ti

lug Peace NegotiationsThe following official note was issued-

t Paris Wednesday-At tho request of tho Spanish gov-

ernment the French ambassador at a

Washington has been authorized byhe French government to present aole to the president of the Unitedtales It is in the name of Spain thatM Carbon who is charged watchIpanish interests the United States h

wade this communication to PresidentInKinley at the white house yesterdayfternoon in the presence of SecretaryJoy

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