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-•nw Land Forces iJpou by Spaniards. Reluctantly Accepts tated by McKinley. (JTVES VAY TO FORCE NS SHOT DOWN. 1 Lasts Three Hoars, bat Only Sagasta Presents Elaborate Vlitrg on Points tint Will Arise. LAWfONfjv % •iHoody Battle Follows u Assault on United States Troops Near Manila i .§m the Night of Jalj 31 -- After Hearty Three Hoars of Fierce Fight- > in« the Spanish Forces Are Beaten Back with Over Five Hand red Casaal- tles-Volunteers Fight Bravely. The above map shows the territory that has been, or will undoubtedly be. added to the. United States as a result of the war with Spain--Cuba, Porto Rico, the island of Guam, or Guabau, .in the Ladrones, and a coaling station and port in the Philippines. COAMO 18 CAPTURED. Ujfoagkong special: , A heAvy land engagement between tfce American and Spanish forces took place •OH the night of July 31 at Manila. The Spanish led in the attack, attempting to ^urn oar right. After three hours of j teeuth Pennsylvania and the Second and Seven of Oar Soldiers Wounded in the Attack L>ed by Gen. Wilson. Gen. Wilson took possession of the town of Coamo, in Porto Rico, after a spirited fight, in which twenty Spaniards were killed and two hundred made prisoners. Seven Americans were wounded, one seri­ ously. The attack was made by the Six- fighting the Spanish were repulsed with "the loss of over two hundred killed and three hundred Wounded. Our loss was •only nine killed and forty-four wounded. The American troops engaged were the Tenth Pennsylvania, First Battalion, First California Battalion, Third artillery United States regulars and Battery A of Utah. Our volunteers made a glorious defense against upwards of 3,000 men who composed the attacking forces. The fight took place before Malate and was an .attempt to dislodge Merritt's men. Gen. Greene's force, numbering 4,000 men, had been advoocing and intrenching. The arrival of the third expedition under MacArthur filled the Spaniards with rage, and they determined to give battle before 43amp Dewey could be re-enforced. The trenches extended from the beach 300 ya&ds to the left flank of the insurgents. Sunday was the insurgent feast day, and HO. OBSKRAL FRANCIS V. QBE EXE. their left flank withdrew, leaving the American right flank exposed. Com­ panies A and E of the Tenth Pennsylva­ nia and the Utah battery were ordered to re-enforce the right flank. In the midst Of a raging typhoon, with a tremendous dowupour of rain, the enemy's force, esti­ mated at 3,000 men, attempted to surprise the camp. Our pickets were driven in and the trenches assaulted. The brave Pennsylvania men never flinched, but stood their ground under a withering fire. The alarm spread and the First California regiment, with two com­ panies o£ the •Third artillery, who light with rifles, were sent up to re-enfOrce the Pennsylvanians. The enemy were, on top of the trenches when these re-enforce­ ments arrived, and never was the disci­ pline of the regulars better demonstrated than by the work of the Third artillery under Captain O'Hara. . Nothing could be seen but flashes of Mauser rifles. Men ran right up to the attacking Spaniards and mowed them down with regular vol­ leys. The Utah battery, under Captain Young, covered itself with glory. The men pulled their guns through mud axle- deep. Two guns were sent around in flank and poured in a destructive enfilad- ing fire. The enemy was repulsed, and retreated in' disorder. Our infantry had exhausted its ammunition and did not fol­ low the enemy. Not an inch of ground was lost, but the scene in the trenches "Was one never to be forgotten. During flashes of lightning the dead and wouaded could be seen lying in blood-red water, but neither the elements of heaven nor the destructive power of. man could wring a cry of protest from the wounded. They encouraged their comrades to fight and handed over their cartridge belts. During the night the Spanish scouts were seen carrying off the dead and wounded of the enemy. The American dead were buried next day in the convent of Mara- eaban. The night of Aug. 1 the fire was re­ newed, but the enemy had been taught a lesson and made the attack at long range with heavy artillery. The Utah battery replied, and the artillery duel lasted an hour. One man was killed. He was Fred Springsted. First Colorado, and two men were wounded. The night of Aug. 2 the artillery duel was renewed. Two men were badly wounded and next day died, which brings the total dead to thirteen. With ten in the hospital mortally hurt. Malate is a small suburb on the way be­ tween that city and Cavite. It was there that the family of Captain General Au- gusti was captured by the rebels two months ago. The place had been strong­ ly fortified and held by the -insurgents, and was occupied by the United States troops on their arrival from the trans­ ports. -MAT HAVE TO MOVK PRISONERS. Third Wisconsin, Artillery was brought into play and trained upon the outlying blockhouses. The gunners' aim proved so true that nearly every shot struck the antiquated fortifications and sent splint­ ers flying in every direction. The Span­ iards made a stubborn resistance, but gradually gave way. Krag-Jorgenson rifles in the hands of the Americans did fearful execution. The Spanish com­ mander, Col. Illeroa, and Captain Lopes are among the killed. Coamo is on the direct road from Ponce to San Juan, and is considered a strong military point. A large garrison will be lett to guard the prisoners and hold the town. Native resi­ dents of Coamo greeted the Americans affably, after their terror had subsided. They joined with spirit in the raising of "OJd Glory" over the town COAL BUNKERS WERE ON FIRJS. Troops on the Morgan City Were in Great Danger. The third Philippine expedition arrived at Manila twenty-two days out from Hon olulu. On the voyage six men and one officer died, and fifty more were sick. Two firemen went insane and leaped overboard. Fire was the worst peril of all. The transports were three days out from Honolulu when fire was discovered in the coal bunkers aboard the transport Mor­ gan City. Captain Dillon asser*\>led the crew and told them the news. Every man was pledged to secrecy. To let the sol­ diers know that they were oyer a raging fire might precipitate a panic. Silently the men coupled on the hose and began battling the flames in the hold. Night and day the heroic crew fought the fire. The Morgan City fell off in speed and the whole fleet was delayed. The bunkers were still burning when the Morgan City arrived at Manila. Then, for the first time, the troops learned of their danger. The flames were extinguished after the ship had been in port a few hours. GRAVES TO HAVE STONE SLABS. Ordered for Heroes Who Died at Fan* tiago de Cnba. Secretary Alger has sent instructions to Gen. Shafter directing him to mark the graves of all dead soldiers at Santiago with stone slabs instead of wood, so that the graves can be identified without diffi­ culty. As soon as the condition of the climate and the facilities for transporta­ tion permit the bodies of the soldiers buried at Santiago will be disinterred and brought to the. United States. After be­ ing landed they will be shipped directly to the late homes of the deceased in cases where the friends so desire. Otherwise the bodies will be sent to the National cemetery at Arlington, Va., opposite Washington. SPANIARDS fcUsrPECr BRITAIN. Offer to Mediate Has Not Yet Been Accepted. The Madrid Liberal says that the Gov­ ernment is^-,occupied with questious aris­ ing from Great Britain's offer to mediate between Spain and the United States. The offer, though regarded favorably, has not been accepted. The paper remarks that the presence, of a large British fleet at Gibraltar is inexplicable, and adds: "There is evidently an understanding be­ tween Great Britain and the United States even if there is not a formal alli­ ance, England has always hitherto pock­ eted 'a commission for services rendered. Will she he unrewarded this time?" Quarter* Used by Cervera and Meq Will Be Needed Sept. 15. * • Utaless peace is declared and the Span­ ish officers held prisoners at Annapolis returned home by Sept. 15 the Navy De­ partment will have to find other accom­ modations for • Admiral Cervera and his men. The quarters in which Captain Eulate and all the prisoners except Cer­ vera are held will be required for the naval cadets who begin the academic term Soon after the middle of next month. SAGASTA HAS A BODY GUARD. Noted Bnll Fighter Shadows the Spanish Prime Minister. Owing to rumors of an anarchist rising special precautions have been taken at the palace. Gen. Aguilera, Governor of Mad­ rid, has made a personal inspection of/the palace guards. An amusing incident in connection with the scare has been fur nished by the bull fighter Uatfheta, who followed the prime minister's carriage in a cab, and shadowed Senor Sagasta, glar ing fiercely at all the passers-by for the purpose of preventing an assault on the prime minister. BLANCO BLAMED BY CERVERA. Admiral 8ays the Captain General Or­ dered Him Out. In his report of the destruction of his fleet, made to Madrid, Admiral Cervera blames Gen. Blanco for his present pre­ dicament and the cause that led up to it. Cervera says that Blanco ordered him to enter the harbor and later ordered him to leave it, much against the admiral's judg­ ment. Blanco^ orders were so positive, Cervera says, that he immediately follow­ ed them out, knowing well that he was facing almost certain destruction. GOMES WINS A VICTORY. Forces the Trocha in Western Cuba and Kills 300 Spaniards. News of the largest battle ever fought in western Cuba has been received and, according to reports, it proved an over­ whelming victory for Cubans under Go­ mez, who led the attack. The trocha be­ tween Las Villas and Camaguey was the scene of the battle, which ended in a loss to the Spaniards of 300 killed. One hun­ dred and thirty Cubans were slain and many on both sides were wounded. Go­ mez, with 3,000 men, attacked the town of Camaguey and encountered 4,000 Span­ iards under Gen. Jiminez Castellanos. The battle lasted all day. Late in the afternoon the patriots forced the trocha and made a machete charge, compelling the enemy to flee in great disorder. Many prisoners were taken, but these were soon released after giving up their arms. The guns sent to Cuba on the last Nunez ex­ pedition of the Wanderer were used in the battle. HOBSON CALLS ON CERVERA. Merrtmac Hero Visits His Captor at the Naval Academy. Lieut. Richmond P. Hobson visited Ad­ miral Cervera at Annapolis. Lieut. Cer­ vera, the admiral's son, answered the door bell, and gave his father's friend a hearty greeting, but Cervera throw his arms about the young ma'n In true Spanish fashion, and then they talked all their mutual' reminiscences oter, ending with Cervera's invitation for Hobson to visit him at his Spanish home. Lieut. Hobson made several brief calls oik his friends in the academy, and received many courte­ sies from the Spanish officers, Eulate call­ ing in person. INSURGENTS TALK PROTEST. Cubans Want to Administer Affairs of Conquered Territory. The New York World prints a dispatch from Santfago which says: "Gen, Calixto Garcia and his 1,200 insurgents have stopped drawing rations, and Garcia has left the province in high dudgeon because the United States authorities refused to permit him to take up the reius of govern­ ment of the province. The last heard of him he was west of Holguin proceeding toward Nuevitas, in the province of Porto Principe. His purpose is probably to form a junction with Gen. Gomez, who is sup­ posed to be in Santa Clara province." The Spanish Government, Through the French Ambassador, Formally Accepts Peace Conditions Offered by .tile United States--Dons Declare • They Did Nothing to Provoke War-- ^ OilyToagued Rascal^ Court a Diplo- 1 ma tic Haggle--Long-Delay ed Answer Finally Reaches McKinley. LONG DEFENDS SAMPSON. Secretary Says the Admiral's- Moves Have Been Ordered. Secretary John D. Long, in answer to a letter severely criticising Admiral Samp­ son, makes a vigorous defense of the naval commander. The Secretary starts out by pardoning his writer "on the ground of your ignorance of the whole matter." He then goes on to say that the admiral's conduct during the entire war has been brave and above reproach He says nearly every move made by Sampson has been at the orders of the department. STOPS NAVAL ENLISTMENTS. Secretary Long Pays No More Men Are Needed. Secretary Long has ordered enlistments for the navy stopped, in view of the prac­ tical conclusion of peace. The crews of all vessels now in the service are prac­ tically full, and it is not intended to put any more ships in commission. There are now 27,076 enlisted men and apprentices on the naval pay rolls. As soon as praq« FOE B A Y Qr . ̂ rmNiu* LOCATION OF MALATE. 'America Equal to the Taak. The London press, in discussing the fu­ ture of the United States as a great naval power, point out the obstacles in the way of. governing Cuba, Porto Rico and Ma­ nila, but conclude that our Government is equal to the task which the course of events has imposed upon it. Army Overcoat Contract Let. Contracts were awarded by the quar­ termaster general for the manufacture of 50,000 overcoats for the army and for a large quantity of tenting cloth. • MALATE, THE SCENE OF THE BATTLES. LERY ticable the navy will be put on a peace footing, but it is considered desirable to keep a good force in the service for Asi atic, Cuban and Porto Rican waters. SIGSBEE TO COMMAND TEXAS. Succeeds Captain Philip, Who Will Reach Flag Rank Next Month. Captain John W. Philip will be detach­ ed from the command of the battleship Texas and Captain Charles D. Sigsbee will succeed him in command. Captain Philip's detachment is due to the fact that he will reach the flag rank, the grade of Commodore, upon the retirement of Ad­ miral Sicard on Sept. 3. Flag officers are not given commands of single ships. He will probably be selected as commandant of the Mare Island navy yard. Dead Bodies in the Wrecks. Scores of dead bodies are still in the wrecks of the Spanish warships at Santi­ ago,, The Almirante Oquendo has brok­ en in two and cannot possibly be saved. The Maria Teresa is in very good shape and the wreckers expect to soon be able to float her, into Santiago harbor. Starvine at Cardenas. Reliable information has been received by the officers of the blockading squadron tlu& the people of Cardenas are on the ve¥ge of starvation. Three thousarid Spaniards left to guard the town have gone to the interior in search of food. Miles Is Well Supplied. ^ Gen. Miles will not require any addi­ tional forces for his campaign in Porto Rico. A telegram from him to that effect was received by Adjt. Gen. Corbin. His advices show that his campaign is pro­ gressing smoothly. 1 Rough .Riders Leave Cuba. The rough riders and First regular cav­ alry left Santiago for.the States on the transports Miami and Matteawan. The men were cheered as they left and said they were pleased with the prospect of getting to the States again. 'Asks Where He's At. In a letter to Consul Wildman Agui- naldo complains he is fighting blindly, and asks if the policy of the United States toward the Philippines is annexation Of independence. Washington spaclal: Spain, through the French ambassador, has formally accepted the conditions of peace proposed by the Uiiited States as the basis for the negotiations for a peace treat}-. She made cerfain representations, however, in regard to Cnba which were riot entirely acceptable to the President, and Ambassador Cambon was so inform­ ed. The Spanish reply contains about 1,200 words, and fs divided into five points, or heads--Cuba, Porto Rico, La- drone Islands, occupation of Manila and appointment of a commission, which are treated in the order named. The Spanish Government presents elaborate views on each point involved and on questions which would naturally arise when the American conditions were carried into execution. It; was late Tuesday afternoon when Ambassador Cambon notified Secretary Day that he would like an audience with the President for the purpose of present­ ing Spain's answer. The hour of 5:30 o'clock was named for the meeting, and promptly at that hour Ambassador Cam­ bon and Secretary«Thiebaut arrived at the White House and were ushered into the library, where the President and Sec­ retary Day were awaiting them. The conference lasted nearly two hours, much of the time being consumed in translating the note. Considerable time was also de- Voted to discussing the provisions' to go into the protocol. Spain, while accepting the proposition in a general way, wanted to continue the negotiations. She desired to have all the questions pending left to a peace commis­ sion in the hope that the commission, with a multitude of details before it, would award to Spain more than she believed she could otherwise obtain. In other words, Sagasta wished to evade the prin­ cipal conditions of the American terms-- the prompt evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico--as a condition precedent to the be­ ginning of negotiations. The Sagasta cabinet takes care to in­ dicate that the Castilian Government gives way to the force of events and again asserts that the nation bad neither sought nor done anything to provoke the war into which it was driven by the eon- duct of America. The note suggests a suspension of hostilities with a view to make easier the course of negotiations. In the note the Spanish Government agrees to appoint commissioners iu concert with the United States to consider the future regime in the Philippines. The consultations between Premier Sa­ gasta and the various Spanish leaders were finished Saturday night. All the per­ sonages consulted except Romero y Koble- do and Gen. Weyler admitted the extreme urgency of early pence, consequently there was no motive for the change of policy by the Sagasta cabinet or the formation pf a new cabinet, as Sagasta still enjoys 4he confidence of the Queen Regent. The Madrid papers admit that Sagasta has come out of the crisis at this stage in good order. The finishing touches were given in the cabinet council Sunday night to the Spanish note. Duke Almodovar, be­ fore the council, crossed the court to the royal apartments and placed for the last time before the Queen Regent the text of the momentous document that marks the official assent of Spain to the loss of the last remnant of her empire in the new world. The queen and her minister were equally painfully moved when Duke Al modovar left the royal apartments to con­ vey the document to the council, .where the ministers also showed a deep sense of painful, mournful solemnity in the act imposed by necessity upon the rulers of Spain.. T BLANCO GIVES qiC ^ Proclaims tbat Powers Have Forced Spain to Sue for Peace. News has reacher Washington that Gen. Blanco.,at Havana has recently is­ sued a proclamation of amnesty, in which he makes known to the Spanish people of Cuba that Spain has, through the iu teryention of foreign powers, been forced to the disgraceful issue of suing for peace, and, that there will be nor more war and no further use for soldiers. He offered a pardon to all Cuban political prisoners, and more than 150 have ;been released in Havana. In explaining Spain's defeat in his proc­ lamation Gen. Blanco informs his credu­ lous readers that Spain, having suffered so much in the present war, could not re­ sist the interference of the foreign pow­ ers and go to war with all countries at once, so she was compelled to accede to their dictation and sue for peace. Ha­ vana, he says, will be given over to the Americans and Cubans and the Spaniards will be forced to evacuate. He assures the soldiery and all Spanish residents who wish to return to Spain or to go to other Spanish possessions that they will be given free transportation by their mother country to their destination Threatened with Court-Martial. American officers who made public the terrible condition of the soldiers at San­ tiago are threatened with court-martial. It is shown that had the Spaniards secur­ ed the information they might easily have recaptured the territory and massacred our troops. - ors Own -Something like 2,300 members the registration rolls during the fii of the '08 meet of tlie l^gue of can Wheelmen at Indianapolis, In iting members found the city trie in gala attire to receive them, hearty welcome was extended to ei arrival. It took Mayor Taggart to tell the leaguers he had no secrd them. When night came Gov. MonW gathered them in the capitol building, say­ ing how glad he was and that he counted this annual meet the best that ever hap­ pened. The state house was in a blaze of glint,' glory and electric illumination. A large and accomplished brass band of twenty-five pieces furnished the music. Hundreds of incandescent lights were put up and the capacious dome illuminated for the first time. The decorations in the cap­ itol were mostly confined to the main cor­ ridor, running from north to south. From the railings on the second story balconies flags were skillfully gathered into half rosettes at each end of the courts. Along the sides draped over the bunches of lights were long streamers of royal pur-. . t . L a S 4 INDIANAPOLIS I* A. W. CI.UB BOUSE. pie hanging in gracefuRWaves half way to the lower floor. Reaching down from the railings of the third floor were stream­ ers of red, white and blud suspended at regular intervals. The dome, always im­ pressive in its massiveness, took on the appearance of a garden. In the corridors leading to it from the north and south were shrubs from the tropics, large enough to be called trees. The niches in the arches of the dome were banked with potted plants. In most of the streets and shops of the city were special decorations. The merchants draped their hardware, bread, boots, shoes and drugs in the royal purple and yellow of the L. A. W. Cozy corners were arranged against fruit stands, while league booths halted in front of millinery displays. It was about all the visitors could stand. . Every member was given a "key to the city" and a beautiful souvenir pamphlet. The key was of oxidized metal, with a pin attachment. It was worded: "Nineteenth Annual Meet. Key to the City, Indian­ apolis, 1898." It was a neat arrangement and entitled the wearer to all privileges of the meet except th<* afternoon races. The meet souvenir proper was a work of art. The pamphlet contained sixteen pages of half-tone engravings ol cycling points of interest in and about Indianapo­ lis. The cover was tastefully Stamped in the L. A. W. colors. The racing program excited great inter­ est, which was in nowise lessened by the presence and participation of such profes­ sionals as Bald, Gardiner, Taylor and Cooper. STEAMER STRIKES ICEBERG. Fisherman 'Confirms Story of Sinking of an Unknown Vessel. The mail steamer Virginia Lake arriv­ ed at Tilt cove, on West bay, 230 miles from St. John's, N. F., bringing corrob­ oration of the reported loss of an ocean liner in the Straits of Belle Isle. A fish crman at Noddy bay reported that he saw Dodge Examination. Gen. Miles accepted the resignation o? officers of the Sixth Massachusetts regi­ ment who threw up their commissions rather than be arraigned before a board for incompetence. - • •' •••.*•" News of Miner Congress may be called on to investigate the fever situation at Santiago. , The war balloon will be kept at Tampa, Fla., pending developments at Porto Rico. Permanent organization of the Cuban- American League was effected in New York. ' Work in all of the navy yards is con­ tinued vigorously notwithstanding peace prospects. 1 August Grupe, who has just arrived in New York from Cuba, says that food is plentiful in Havana and business is going on'as usual. THE 8TKAIT OF BELLK 181.E. Where ao ocean liuer Is reported to have sank. a steamer collide with an iceberg and sink soon after. The fisherman said that the steamer looked like a passenger ship and he could see the people trying to launch boats, but, she sank before they could do anything. The Straits of Belle Isle lie between Newfoundlad and Labrador and is the most northern of the two channels which connect the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic ocean. It is'twelve miles wide and navigation in it is reputed to be unsafe. HEAVY LOSS AT BISMARCK. Damage by Monday Night's Fire Esa timated at 9750,000." I' The total loss in Bismarck, N. D., from Monday night's fire will be from $600,OCX) to $750,000, with insurance not to exceed $230,000. The heaviest individual losses are: Joseph Hare 1 $40,000 first National Bank................. 75,000 Merchants' Block 25,000 Postofflee ltlock 20.000 C. H. Phelps. 31.000 Northern Pacific Railroad..,........ .25,000 WILL GO TO PARIS. United States Commissioner Peck Will Ask for Additional Space. The United States commissioner to the Paris exposition lias receded at his office in New York tpore than 300 applications for space from Americans who want to exhibit, and the total number of applica­ tions at the New York and Chicago of­ fices exceeds 600. The large number of applications caused some dismay to the commissioner, because of the compara­ tively sfitall space that this country has secured at the exposition. Only 150.(XX) square feet has been^llotted to the Unit­ ed States thus far, alid enough have ap­ plied for space to make a world's fair of themselves. Commissioner Peck, in view of the num­ ber of applications, will go to Paris short­ ly, and he hopes to secure 500,000 square feet, instead of 150.000. The rise in prominence of everything American, ow­ ing to our victories in the war. leads the commissioner to believe that he will be able to secure much more apace than was to this country. It is now proposed to send Sampson to Europe in command of a fleet instead of Watson. The idea originated with Secre­ tary Long, who thinks that the glory of the navy and the estimate in which it is now held by foreigners may be still fur­ ther enhanced and emphasized if the com­ mander of the Cuban fleet should make a cruise around the harbors of Europe with a few of the ships and men whose names were unknown to fame a few months ago but are now familiar to the military au­ thorities of every nation. Secretary Long wants to send the Oregon as a sample of our battleships and the Minneapolis as a type of our cruisers, because both of them" were not only constructed but designed in the United States, and they are undoubt­ edly superior in every respect to anything of their tonnage afloat. * * * Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture expects great things from the Paris exhibition. Congress appropriated $75,000 for an agricultural exhibit at the exposition. Secretary Wilson has had his departmental force at work on the Ex­ hibit for the last six months, and it will labor for eighteen months longer. If an independent force of men had to be hired to do the work which Secretary Wilson has mapped out an additional appropria­ tion of $200,000 would be required. As it is, the $75,000 will be enough. Secre­ tary Wilson has the theory that the for^ eign demand for American products could be enormously increased if We went about building up of the European markets with trained intelligence, ipstead of going at it haphazard. • • * . It appears that 'Lieut. Blinite the navy, who died of cerebrospinal menin­ gitis at a hospital in Baltimore the other day, has had a suicidal mania ever since the destruction of the Maine. He was officer of the deck at the time of the ex­ plosion and was hit in the bead and knocked senseless by some missile hurled through the air. He recovered conscious­ ness after a few moments and was able to leave the vessel with the other officers. His skull was not fractured and there were no symptoms of concussion of the brain, but he had ever since complained of violent headaches and had been a vic­ tim of melancholia, which the sjmjeons attributed to the nervous shock caused by the disaster and the wound. • * * It is an open secret that Secretaries Alger, Day and Bliss will resign fro« the cabinet as soon as the War is over and the country is enjoying a state of peace again. The three refuse to discuss the report, even in the slightest degree. It it known that there have been some heated discussions among the cabinet members concerning the policy of the Government as it relates to Spain, and the supposition is that these discussions have led to a rup> ture among the members. * * * From New York word comes that the railroads are getting ready to bear down on Congress next winter in greater force than ever and make a Supreme effoi*t to secure certain legislation amending the interstate commerce law. Whether they will attempt to force through a pooling bill is somewhat doubtful, but they will endeavor to obtain advantageous legisla­ tion as close to pooling as they can get. * •• • Some of the cases which have been brought to the naval hospital at Norfolk are desperate, particularly those of the Spaniards of Cervera's fleet, some of whom are literally torn to pieces. The wounded prisoners receive the same atten tion and treatment that is gives our own men, and they were given the most com fortable places on the ship. For a non-combatant Admiral SampoMt^ gives a very fair report of the battle at • Santiago.--Pittsburg Post." " In the matter of the lieutenant general* ship, it is earning and not yearning tha£ should count.--Salt L^e Herald. A new work on Difl^Bcy by Admiraf George Dewey woula^Rnmand a sale.--Memphis Commercial-Appeal. ; . Shafter, Schley and Sampson succeeded; in making Spain and Santiago surrender. Hooray for the big S'a.---St. £aul patch; According to unsanitary Santiago^ charges, the Spaniards drained that city every way but the right way.--Philadel­ phia Times. Those constant flag-raisings on sea and land foreshadow our nation's banner ulti­ mately flying from pole to pole.--Philadel­ phia Times. , The story of the latest attempt to tat* tract gold from sea water would indicate "hiladS-that it has all been extracted.--Phiiai phia Ledger.... P5 When all's known about the cause ot 3$ thfee victories on the ocean the Spantoh . jiij fleet will be found at the bottom of it.*-- Philadelphia Times. After Porto Rico Blanco may tbov lett ^ interest in defying the "American jMjFt?. * than in trying to save- his «wa baeoa##^' ':2£ Philadelphia Times. ^ Miss Jessie Schley i and her nncle, ^ commodore, off Cuba, are both working toward peace, but in widely different ̂ ways.--Boston Globe. ?|l Senor Robledo called on his colleague* to remember that they were Spaniards. M fc; strikes us that this is a good thing to to** /' get.--Washington Post. # Chicago's latest claim to population ̂ shows only a modest increase over last year's total. Is she losing her nervet-- Cleveland Plain Dealer. With the Dreyfus case and the Bout- ^ gogne disaster to her account, no wonder is France sympathizes with Spain.--Mea* »tg phis Commercial-Appeal. It transpires that Admiral! tfti Within the last four months 150,000 tons of coal have been delivered to the ships of the United States navy in vari ous parts of the world at a cost of nearly $1,000,000. Over 80,000 tons have been distributed from Key West alone and 20, 000 tons from Honolulu. EPIGRAMS OP THE WAR. 'Don't sweir, boys; shoot!"-rC<fl.. Wood to the Rough Riders. 'Suspend judgment."--Captain Sigs- bee's first message to Washington. "Don't cheer, boys; the poor devils are dying."--Captain Philip of the Texas. 'Remember the Maine."--Commodore Schley's signal to the flying squadron. 'You can fire when you are ready. Grid- ley."--Commodore Dewey at Manila. The Maine is avenged."--Lieut. Wain- wrigh*. after the destruction of Cervera's fleet. War is not a picnic."--Sergeant Ham­ ilton Fish of the Rough Riders, to his mother. To hell with breakfast; let's finish 'em now."--A Yankee gunner to Commodore Dewey. Don't mind me, boys; go on fighting. --Captain Allyn K. Capron of the Rough Riders. "Don't go between my guns and the en­ emy."--Commodore Dewey to Prinze Henry of Germany. There must be no more recalls; iron will break at last."--Lieut. Hobson to Admiral Sappson. Who Would not gamble for a new star in the flag?"--Captain Buckey O'Neill of the Rough Riders. I've got them now, and they will never get home."--Commodore Schley, on guard at Santiago harbor. Take that for the Maine."--Captain Sigsbee, as he fired a shot through the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. We will make Spanish the court lan­ guage of hades."--Fighting Bob Evans, when war was declared. The battle of. Manila killed me; but 1 would do it again."--Captain Gridley of the Olympia on his death bed. Excuse me, sir; I have to report that the ship has been blown up and is sink- ng."--Bill Aiithony^f the Maine. * "I want tiP make public acknowledg­ ment that I believe in God the Father Al­ mighty."--Captain Philip of the Texas. "Shafter iB fighting, not writing."--Ad- jutaut General Corbin to Secretary Alger, when the latter asked for news from the front. Telegraphic Brevities. Bismarck's personal estate, it IS'aaid, amounted to about $3,000,000. > - The Pennsylvania alien tax law has beon declared unconstitutional and void. The town of Skaguay, Alaska, is still iinder martial law, ami all saloons are closed. Twenty school yards in Boston were opened as play grounds for children dur­ ing the summer months. Prince Hohenlohe, German premier, has issued an official proclamation of tfre ieath of Prince Bismarck. § ,1 ' % M "v,;S iSi ' **• too busy contemplating himself to fitm any attention to 'the men who :<Bd tba fighting.--Washington Post. How history does repeat itself. Here'* McKinley looking over our new posses • sions, and Washington was a land sm> veyor, too.--Philadelphia Times. There is a time coming when Tirj" dates for office will have to rim a "WBf I was not at the front" department witll their candidacy.--Pittsburg Poet. The Spaniards confess that they fairly astounded by the charge of rough riders. Wait till they see charge for the war.--Boston Herald. A million quinine pills are being sent to Santiago, but taken combined they wodidl be sweet oompared with the pill that Cec* vera has got to swallow.--Boston Globe. </ Boston hears that Cervera is to be fepi, prisoned in Fort Warren, in its harbor* where he will be a great protection the phantom fleet.--Philadelphia Ledger* They do strange things In the snvi For example, it is not allowed to dock m horse's tail, while almost every day soma of the men have their pay docked.--Salt Lake Herald. Garcia declines to play in Uncle Sam'* back yard any more. Weil, it does look as though he might have been given just a little more consideration at Santiago.--* Boston Globe. El Imparcial knows of no right that have put forward fn our defense sine* the war began. Nonsense! It knows bet­ ter. There's Wainwright, for instance.-- Boston Herald. • There was a great demonstration, hi Honolulu when the news of annexation arrived, and the natives are prohabbr stilt wondering what it was all about.--fhila* delphia Ledger. . *> Disposition of the Philippines. Aguinaldo's attitude may hare been sadt ly misrepresented.--Rochester Democrat We should have asked an indeOutfty $250,000,000 and held the Philip l̂aw arf security.--Oshkosh Northwestern. It must be hands off, or everything. W# must leave the Philippines, or we mttM| take them.--Louisville Courier-Journal. A The American flag Healing over Philippines will be the symbol of peaeoi order, prosperity, liberty and hamanityr-« Troy Times. The archipelago can never be ntand to Spain, and the exact nature o{ *" tiny must be fixed by the United 8j Boston Journal. Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine* are now lost to Spain, and it should b« understood that they are permanently looS to her.--New York Herald. The islands must be retained, »K| sooner the administration c-omea to •"% conclusion the better it will be for all com cerned.--Peoria (111.) Journal. There can be little doubt that public sentiment is adverse to the Idea of h&vinf the Philippines fall back into the contra) , | of Spain.--Indianapolis Journal. There will be no strings tied to tDf tf & the possessions taken by Uncle Sam. -w* -J want no trouble after a settlement is dtt|» sighed and sealed.--Dayton Herald. ., If we abandon the Philippines wo «h»l| *1] have fought not so much for the IfjtjttiM Hi States as for some other country, say Qezw many. That won't do.--New York Spain must signify her willi give up Cuba, Porto Rico and the pines--must make, in fact, an ui tional surrender of these possessions.-* Minneapolis Tribune. ^ Hold to the Philippines is the sentiment of the South, for at no distant futafeft|Ml South, more than any other portion of Uvlf country, will see and reap the benefit this wise and just policy.--Arkansas Q%> zette. " To close a war for freedom and humo** ity by delivering these people up to tyra*. ny and torture even worse than that Croak. which we had saved the Cubans would! stultify <iur nation to the end of time.--- Boston Journal. Great will be the people's disappoints - ment, beyond any dioubt, if, in the diplo* matie parleying that will precede peaeo, PutlippiuC'b, nuiCu Wf LaVc ~rfss4 from the ertiel domination of the Castil* - ian, be sent back deliberately by as tt the torture of that same merciless oppreo- sion.--New Orleans Times-Democrat, We believe that if a national plebiseitu* was invoked -upon the questfbc • to restore the Philippines to Spain or J5# ;h retain them at least for the present is possession of thj? United States, the peo» pie of the United States iponld vote il| the proportion of four te one for tk-«r pst»=i visional retention.--St. Paul Pwo*#1 ^ Press. The people of the United States are t» ao sort of doubt as to what ought to done with the Philippines. The of the islands ought to he vigorously ed, ami every foot of ground whfcfc captured ought to be held. I uqu< ably this is the sentiment of a ioritv of the [wplfc--St Lonia Deiuocmt. . ~,.H •' M mMMM,