The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 78, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 10
TUESDAY MORNING.
f UTII1IIE, OKLAHOMA. .JULY
ITKSDAV moiining.
NUMJ5EK 7S.
SOME OF ITS LABORS AT SANTIAGO
AND CANEY.
The Garrison at Guantanamo Gomes in
as Agreed.
OTHER GARRISONS ARE GIVING OP TOO.
me Dons are Keeping the Terms of General Toral's Sur-
render to the Letter and Seem Glad to Come
to Terms-General Miles' Posi-
tion at Santiago.
Madrid, July 25, 11 p. in.—A private dispatch from San Juan de
Porto Kiro, says a sirnnj; American squadron lias appeared before
lJabin Honda, but Him the American attempt to disembark was re
pulsed with considerable Ionk.
St. Thomas, l>. W. I., July 25.—The United States troops are
landiug today on the island of Porto Kico, near Ponco, on the south
coast.
Washington, July 25.— From 8anMfl|r),
under date of July 8. Mrs. John Allison
Porter, -wife of the •evretary to the presi-
dent and now with Miss Clara Barton In
Cuban relife work. has written a person-
al letter describing; conditions there. It
was wrlttin a week after the battles of
El Caney and Sun Juan. The Red Cross
was then aiding in the care of the wound-
ed and feeding the thousands of fugWws
,'rom Santiago. The SpanWh wounded
captives expressed great gratitude that
they were given the same attention with
Americans. One surgeon who dressed the
wounds of 200 Americans and Spanish sol-
dier? told Mrs. Porter that nearly all the
Spaniards were hit two and three times,
wlhile as a rule the Americans received a
single wound, indicating the difference
of mnrksmunship. At this time every-
body wxis busy caring for the sick and
wounded. The American dead had been
buried, but the trenches were full of
dead Spaniards whose bodies (loaned on
the surface of the water, caused by the
rains, and filled the air with a sickening
odor. She cites instances of Spanish bar-
barity, -and says that In several instances
men were shot dead as they lay in Red
Cress Hitters on the way to hospitals.
This firing went on so unceasingly that
the surgeons operated by moonlight.
They were afraid to light candles or lan-
terns, as Spanish sharpshooters would
have picked them off.
The letter speaks of the high estimate
the soldiers have of Oen. Wood and
Lieut. Col. Roosevelt, who, they say, al-
ways have a good word to say to them.
The white soldiers also pay tribute to the
braver of the colored troops, but com-
plain because the Cubans, familiar "with
the Spaniards tactics, did not prevent the
Spanish bushwhacking.
Was Made to Purchasers of
Small Denomination.
CONSISTS OF $20 AND $500.
An Enormous Amount of Work to be
Done.
A FEW OF THE DETAILS GIVEN.
Tliia Whn to be a Purely Popular
l.onu and « Thou nndM of Nmall
Mnbaerlptlonn *reu«> Keeeived -
Mouie or Ihe Thing** Done by
the Depurtuu uL.
(Copyrighted . 1 898, by the Associated Press.)
Santiago de Cuba, July 25.—Everything here is peaceful. The
7.000 Spanish soldiers at Guantanamo lay down their arms today.
The a,350 from Palina Soriano, San Luis and Longo surrendered
yesterday to Lieutenant Miley and today pack trains wifli provis-
ion* were sent to them.
The only others included in the capitulation are 3.000 troops ilf
Hiiro coil and 1.000 at Sagua. They have not yet been over but thev
are now. General Shaffer authorizes an absolute contradiction of
the report that tiarcia encountered a force of Spaniards who wen
returning to Santiago to surrender and was defeated by them
FORTY CUBAN PRISONERS
RELEASED FROM JAIL.
Colonel Ezra P. Powers, of the Ninth infantry, acting for <ien
erul Shnfter, will receive the formal surrender of Guantanamo.
Yesterday General Shatter released forty Cubans wha had been
confined in the local jail on political charges. Some of tliem were
confined without any charges against them. The jail is still filled
with many whose crimes and sentences are not on record and abso
lutel.v unknown, so far as lias been yet ascertained. A general in
vestigation lias been ordered.
GENERAL MILES DID NOT
SUPERCEDE GENERAL SHAFTER.
'American newspapers which have just arrived here contain
articles written apparently under a misapprehension of the facts
regarding the conduct of the campaign and the dictation of the
terms of surrender. General Miles was here simply as a visitor and
advisor. In his official capacity lie had nothing to do with the term
of capitulation, the entire credit for which belongs to General Sliaf
tor. who on July loth received the following dispatch from Wash
Ington :
General Shaffer, Siboney: The Secretary of War directs me to
Inform vou that General Miles left here at 10:411 last night for San
tiago. but with instructions which do not in any wnv supersede vou
fts the commander of the I'nited States troops in the fields at Sail
tiago as long as you are able for duty.—CORBIX, Adjutant Oen."
Santiago, July 22. via Kingston. July 23.—Complications over
the retention of the Spanish officials at Santiago, against which
Garcia complained in a letter to General Shaffer, are becoming
more serious. General Shatter sent the following answer to Gen
era I Gareia's letter of protest and withdrawal:
-My Hear Genera^ Garcia:—! must say that I was very much
surprised at the receipt of your letter this morning, an/1 regret ex
tremely that you should regard yourself in any way slighted or ag
grieved. Vou will remember the fact that 1 invited yon to accom-
pany me into Santiago to witness Ihe surrender, which you declin
ed. This war, as you know, is between the United States and Spain,
(Continued on Second Pace.)
THE KENNA JURY
MIL TO agree;
TWELVE MEN IN THE SENATORS
TRIAL REACH NO VERDICT.
Wilmington, Del., July 25.—'The jury in
the case of 1*. S. Senator Kenny who is
charged With aiding and abetting in the
looting of the First National bank of
Dover, tonight were still unable to agree-
on a verdict and were discharged.
Washington, July Z'.—Tho following
statement concerning the new bond Issue
was made at the treasury department to-
day:
The first shipment of thenew bonds was
made today. They consisted of l.noo of $20
each and 1.000 bonds of $.">00 each. The
public mind is poorly prepared to com-
prehend the enormous labor and multitu-
dinous delays connected with this great
popular loan. In the first place, after the
rejection and return o fthousands of sub-
scriptions to which no allotment could be
made, there remain <#bout 300,000 persons
to whom bonds will be allotted and for-
warded in duo course of time by experss.
It is not a question of only 300,000 names,
including state, county town and street
number of each subscriber must be trans-
ribed and rewritten in various ways at
least ten times. This is equivalent to en-
rlng once, thus fully^extcnded. 3,000.000
Pain Was Maddening and Hope
Mad Been Abandoned - Wonder-
ful Results of Purifying tho Blood.
" A very severe poln came in my left
knee, which grew worse and worse, and
finally a sore broke out above the knee.
It discharged a great deal and tho pain
from my thigh down was maddening.
Large, hard, purple spots ap]>eared on my
leg. I suffered in this way for years,
and gave up all hope of ever t>eing cured.
My wife was rending of a case like mine
cured by Hood's Harsa|>arilla, and she
advised me to try it. 1 began taking it
and when I had used a few bottles I
found relief from my suffering. Oh,
how thankful 1 am for this relief I I am
stronger than I have ever been in my life.
1 am in tho best of health, havo a good
appetite and am a new man altogether."
J. P. Moons, Lisbon Falls, Maine.
Hood's parilla
Is the best—In fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hood's Pills cure all liver Ills. cents,""*
clerical work
tiie problem,
TRANQUILITY PREVAILS
THROUGHOUT SPAIN.
Madrid, July 25. 11 p. m.—Tt is announc-
ed tonight that cnmplete tranquility pre-
vails throughout Spain.
TI* Cuban colonial government, it is
announced, will confer -with the represen-
tatives of Maximo Gomez, and it 1s be-
lieved the conference may result in the
Insurgents espousing the Spanish cau?e.
LIFE SENTENCES ARE COMMUTED.
New York. July 25.— Frank Collins, of
Los Angeles. Cal., and Emberson Allen,
two life prisoners in the Kings county
prison, wih-o were originally sentenced to
death by the federal authorities in their
respective homes, have now. by a decree
of President McKin'ley, had their terms
of imprisonment reduced to ten years.
BEACH HOTEL
GREAT 1/O-SS FOLLOWS A «DEFEC-
TIVE ELECTRIC WIRE.
St. Louis, Mo., July 23. —A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Galveston, Texas,
lys:
The Beach hotel, located on the gulf
front and one of tihe leading summer and
winter resorts in the south, burned today,
ratal ling a loss e^t'imated at from $2o<>.-
000 to $250,000. Insurance only partial. Ttio
build'ing and contents 'are a total loss.
H. Hughes, of Dallas, Tex., and -St.
Louis owned the building. 'Which has
been cLvstd for several mnt'hs. It was to
have been opened on August 1 and in
time* to accommodate the dHegates to
the state democratic convention. The
was caused by a defcotive tloctric
light w';r"e.
ROUGH RIDERS AT WHITE HOUSE.
Washington. July 25.—Lieut. Carey, of
the Rough Riders, liadly wounded In the
•ampalgn before Santiago. woo at tho
White House nnd had a personal inter-
view with the President
or more names. The
however, but a pa
the collection of eh
d as payment for
atlon of Interest, prep
settlement for same.
printing of ten kinds
bonds, the acruate dlsiJftftLQjgTOf these in
envelopes -addressed; all these
are a part that must he
solved without error or omission. One
simple fact will impress the mind with
the magnitude of the operation. Each en-
velope must be sealed with three seals,
which mans that 900.000 seals In wax must
be printed.
ANOTHER LIMITATION.
Another Imnortiint feature In tho limi-
tation hi (he tihlllty of tho express HKeney
to receive, forward and deliver the bonds
after they are counted and committed to
their care for this purpose. This limitn
Oon Is estimated by the express company
at ;>,000 Items per day. Possibly If this
limitation of ability did not exist—is a
naturally prudent limit, since, on an over-
due of only $600 In each envelope, the ex-
press company would reeelva, „„ nduel-
ary aunts, 12.500,000 of the securities per
day, and If It required an average of
Oiree days to make deliveries, ther would
b a continuous trust of 17.600,000-as large
an amount, perhaps, as ihe responsibility
of the express company would Justify.
The facts thus cited shows that, while
subscribers in the sum of *4.5000 or less
may rest secure Inn (he certainty thai
the bonds will come to them all In due
lime, they must patlntly wall the opera-
tion of the government machinery It is
understood deliveries on the subscriptions
of .Ml and less for which the money has
been all received will b made before tho
larger subscriptions ar altndd to.
Of thse small subscdlptlons there are
230.000 In number, and It Is estimated that
forty days will be required for their de-
livery. From this It will appear that sub.
scrlbers In amounts larger than IMO will
not begin to receive their bonds until
after September 1st. From that dat, „„
the bonds will be put In (he hands of the
larger subscribers quite rapidly, since
numerically speaking, they aggregate less'
third of the number of small
DAUGHTER ROUGH RIDERS."
MISS CAKOLPN13 THOMAS, SISTER,
LIEt'THNANT THOMAS.
New York, July 25.—'Tihe "Daughter of
the rough riders." iss Carolyn Thomas,
with Iver brother. Lieutenant John Robert
Thomas, and their father, Judge Thom-
as. do facto Governor of Indian Territory,
left for Washington yesterday afternoon.
When President McKinley gave the
Judge and Miss Thomas st>eciul permis-
sion to "board the Olivette on her arrival
at New York, he asked them to bring
Lieutenant Thomas to set; him as soon as
the young man was able to get about.
Dike a true uaughter,'Mitw Thomas glo-
ries in The brave deeds of tho men who
adopted her and mourns the death of
some of the bright young 'men of Troup
L.
"You see. I'm not the daughter of the
whole regiment, only to troop L—1'Swell
Guys,' Captain Capron cat led his men—
and Gampany M. I'm prouder of them
because in iroop L there was between
twenty and thirty Ohoet*ws, Creeks and
Cherokces. Tlfovnas Esbell, who fired the
first shot of the rough riders great fight
and was pelted seven tlm#>s with slim and
still got back to the field hospital is a
Cherokee, and reckoned in the census of
that tribe.
"Isn't that retribution? Spaniards once
mistreated Indians at Son Salvador, and
low our Indians, proud of every drop of
red Indian blood in th *lr veins, go d >wn
to 'the Antilles nnd 'help chase the Span-
lards off the hemisphere. Milo Hendricks,
who was toil-leu in the great light, w is a
fine young Indian and wouli. have grad-
ated from Muskogee college next spring.
He had a beautiful tenor void© and sang
In the rough riders' quartette.
No Delay in the Matter ot Seeding tne
Troops.
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Newport News Ihe Camp Selected ior the Embarkation ol
Troops-General Brooke to Sail at Once-Secre-
tary Long Sends Admiral Oewsy the
Thanks ot Congress.
Washington, July 25.-The war depart-
ment was bulsy today hurrlng the dis-
patch of the remainder of MBIcs exj>edl-
tion against Porto Rico. Such progress
has been made thai it is hoped tihait all
the troops will bo on Porto Rican soil
within a week at the latest. Gen. Miles
Is not expe ted to defer his landing un-
til that time, but presumably will pick
out a suitiablo place for encamping his
troops and establish himself a. hore, awa-
iting the arrivail of tho other dotac.hmemts
no-w on their way. War department of-
ficiate expect that the first news received
from Gen. Miles will come 'through the
press dispatches, as the general has not
with him, so far as Is known,^any dis-
patch boats. ]t will al leai*t be Satur-
day before, diroct ctihlo communication
can bo established with him and in the
m untime reliance rau.st be had on tho
dispatch boats running across to St.
Thomas, distant about four h^.-urs run.
than
subscriptions. In the meantime the larg,
subscribers will be officially notified by
the treasury department when and how
payments In addition lo Ihe 2 per cent de-
posit will be required, and before remit-
ting funds they are required to await
Huch notice. Much confusion will thereby
be avoided.
MOhE WOUNDED FROM SANTIAGO.
THE HUDSON ARRIVES WITH SICK
AND WOUNDED.
Newport News, July 25.—Eleven woaind-
ed, principally officers, arrived on the
Hudson in charge of assistant surgeon
Shannon. Among them was privat*
Standey Hokli-s*tr<r, of the Rougjh Riders.
He was a famous football player at Har-
vard. Ho sustained a shell wound In tho
left brent and a gunshot wound In the
left hip joint.
C. E. Haskell of tho military academy
an active lieu/tenant of the Rough Riders
who was shot through the lntewtlnes.
Lieut. Oscar Hopgood. second Massach-
usetts and Lieut. Maynihon. were badly
wounded, the former through the right
lung and the latter through both lungs.
The wounded wero transferred to the
tield bospita'l.
They were Lieut. Col. J. T. Haske!'
ITth Infantry, knee cap rraeturcd by bul-
r.'.l paralyeis left arm; Lieut. Col. Ja-
cob H. Smith, second infantry; flevn
wound near spine; MaJ. Sumner H. Lin-!
coin, tenth infantry, shot through riuh I
arm. simple fracure; Major Ridge, tenth j
infan'try. shot near spine, causing par j ii !
paralysis; Second Lieut. B. H. Wells. |
second infantry, fiesih wound In i f; hip; I
Capt. W. Warrtner second Massachv
.-♦ its Shot below collar bone to left hip, j
private Kenneth Robinson. Rough Ri I- J
■s, flesh wound in abdomen.
BROOKS TO SAIL WEDNESDAY.
Tt was expected at the department -that
Gen. Brooke and Gen. Haines would sail
today from N« wj*"rt News to join Miles
and th.ut most of Gen. Brookes command
would bo embarked Wednesday. Tho
work of embarkation at Hampton Roads
Is being conducted with much less dif-
ficulty and delay than was expected. Col
Hecker, in charge of 'the transportation
division of the war department, who
just returned from that place, has report-
ed to Secretary Alger that It is eminently
suited to the shipment of the troops.
Consequently the secretary today order-
ed all of Gen. Gronts brigade. 3.000 men.
from Chlckamauga to Newport News. It
is not expected that oil of the transports
required for their accommodation will
have arrived there by the time the soldi-
ers get In, but they will be encampd on
suitable ground there and It is beJloved
will be benefitted by the change from
Chlckamauga.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin, with his faithful
private secrotury, Mr. Co-ursey.la.stnight
completed the hundredth consecutive
nights service at the department and
stfli there seems little diminution of tel-
i , letters, etc. connected with this
ork
MORE BALLOON BUSINESS.
f
Gail Borden
Eagle Brand
Condensed milk.
Take No Substitute Fop The "eagle brand
Thousands of mothers Testify to its Superiority.
INFANT HEALTH SCNT FREE. ncwYook Condensed Mils Co. n.y.
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CLAIMS TO BE
HOBSON S FIANCEE.
OF COURSE THE LADY IS A KANSAS
GIRL.
Nobtesvitle, Ind., July 25.—Qutta & pret-
ty young lady, a Miss Lettie Cook, Is vi-
siting friends near this city, fiho is from
Oswego, Kansas, and it is n >w uat open
secret that she Is the finance.- of Lieut.
U'obson. of Merrinrae fame. Miss Cuok
met the lieutenant at a wedding in N>>r-
fork, Va. several months ago. a corres-
pondence followed and then tLu /—wage-
men t.
The signal service has succeeded in re-
timing from the battle fields at San-
j tiago the tubes which supplied the mili-
tary balloon with pure hydrogen gas, and
they, with the balloon lttself. have been
brought over to Tampa on the steamer
Adrfci. The tubes will be r«*chsi rgcd Im-
mediately and the whole apparatus will
be dispatched at once to Porto Rico to
assist Cren. Miles in his camj>a1gn there.
The, l>allooai Is said to have proved of
great vtJu<- in the Santiago campaign,
and from the Character of fhe ountry In
Porto Rico, where, military operations
must be eondudetl it I b.-ileved that It
also can be used at .ulvantage there. It
| partment that the long expected report :
! from Admiral Sampson upon the d<-s-
j truction of Cerwras fleet with th« ac-
j eornpanying reports of the com mi dor*
j uvl < .iptains of his squadruii, had reach-
ed the deiiartment. It is supposed tn
have b«>en brought by Captain Sigsbce on
I ti>e t-'t. Pa-ul. which arrived at New York
last Friday and to have been seirt by
i mail by Capt. Sisgsbe. , Tt i« the In-ten-
! t-'on of tlK- secretary of the navy to give
Iheso reports to Oie. pubUc In their en-
tlrcty.
THANKS TT DEWEY.
Secretary Long today forwardod to A*l-
mlral Dewey the Joint resolution, extend-
ing the thanks for tho \ictory achieved
at Cavite. The r. solution was l«*iut1fully
engnived the wlv le being enclosed In rich
Russia leather covers. It is -to bo ro-
marktd tlAit secretary Long in his Melt—
tv-r of transmittal, makes reference to m
letter from the secretary of state com-
plimenting Admiral Dewey upon his dir-
ection of affairs slnco the gresit naval \ic-
torj', a formal evidence that the state de-
partment Is t'horoughfly well satioAed thuit
the Ulplomoltlc qualities he has exhibited.
The litter of secretary Lang lis a& foilowa
Xuxy Der*artment
Washington, July 2T , 1SJ8.
•'Sir:—Tho department ha« received
from tho secretary of tho staite an en-
grossed and certified copy of a joint res-
olution of congratulation, congress, ten-
dering the thanks to you and to the of-
ficers and men of the squadron under
your command, for transmission to you.
and herewith encloses tho same.
Accompanlng the joint resolution th«
department received a letter from thte
secretary of state requesting that there
lie conveyed to you his high appreciation
of your chairacter as a naval ofllo^r and
of the good judgment and prudence you
have shown In directing affaire since the
date of your great achievement In de-
stroying the Spanish lloct. This I take
great pleasure In doling, and join most
heartily, on behalf of the navy depart-
ment, as welll as personally, in the com-
mendation of the secretary of statu.
Very respectfully,
JOHN D. LONG, Secretary.
•'Rear Admiral Georgo Dewey, United
States navy, commander-tnchlef Unlt-
"i States naval foraet, BetaUo station."
PACIFIC EXPRESS
COMPANY CHANGES
ENTIRELY REORGANIZED AND
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
Omnha, Neb., July 25.—The re<>rgnn1 s,-
ion of tho itiiclllc express company is
now completed. President Burt of the
I nion Padtic, who was elected pro\'islon-
!!y m sue< e <1 President Morsman. when
tho latter resigned some weks ago. hand-
ed hi his rertgnaitlon to the board of di-
rer i.irs and It was a.copied. Jounce Eg-
gleston, of the office of the Adams ex-
press uf New ^ ork, was eleeted tv be pres
1 lent of the Pa "inc. Oliver W Mink re-
signed as vice president nnd director of
the company. No one was elected to suc-
ceed him as vice president, but Eravtus
Young, general auditor of the I'nlon Pa-
cific was chos<>n to fill -the vacancy o§n
•the directory. President Eggleston will
a!s > be general tnansger, aixl George
St- !>Mnes will return to his position of
division superintendent.
PHESIDENT HILL DENIES REPORT
St. Paul. July Regarding the reports
that the rates war was s vn settled Pros
blent HUB said, "The rate war is no
nearer a settlement than it h > been for
six months. The reports that Y.inflom
and myself have reached a settlement of
the diffcrenoes between the roads Is ab
solutely without foundation."
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