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Bids Submitted fori Twenty-eight Destroyers and
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NO MORE TROUBLE NOW WITH THE INSURGENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Business Is Booming, Waterworks
Merritt Needs no More Troops Transports to Be Returned Provision for the
Sick Troops Not to Be Withdrawn Until Peace Commissioners Report,
Which May Be in Months Shatter's Men Improving Hobson's
New Scheme-Dewey Can Clean Ships at Hong Kong
Rioting and Serious Trouble at Shanghai.
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Tlir-ii :'ili.tr"i nl ("nxolo "";, ,s,ut.iiii-c ftiul av-rtiil a failure.
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nm.li. to thr tty. Thr ilitro)r are f.
tm i..tn.!rt.vl witjiln II nionlh- and !
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NKKPS NO MORE TROOI'S.
CHK'AGO. Aumist 23.-A special to the
Tlines-llerald from Washington says:
GonetMl Merritt has sent word to the
war department that ho needs no more
troops. This statement was In response
to a n Inquiry from the White House. The
;i:'osliloiit nml his war managers ore well
leased with the generals dispatch. They
accvpt It as an assurance that thu Anurl-
'ii n commander has the Filipinos under
hU control.
OETTINU DOCILE.
nstirgents Will Disarm When Assured ot
reirninnont Protection.
.MANILA. August 23. the rumors of
rouble between the natives nml Amorl
ans are for the most part unfounded.
The fact In thnt the Insurgent have been
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unwilling to dltiurm until KUrJ of the
.rm:itn ti of Ami-rlcan pnti-ctljn.
Thr o;Hirut fell at U llie Spanish banH
,h r,Ktei , rumr ag ,0 ,he rx-
... ... ,., i.h nil.
U ilii )n (h( rlv-r j,, mhkh Row
t!)r..uKh tho tuwn h been r-muvcil mi
tlir watiTworku have risunieJ oiM-rutlonii.
MKHKITTJ5 ;NS.7HVC'nON3.
WASIMNCTON. August n.-The fol
lowing dlHimti'h hna been sent to General
lli'mit at Manila:
"Mi-rrUl. Manila;-! he preslJent la glad,
to know you have ample force. Keep
only such ships us you may reijulre for
iransKrtat1on purjioses. Every provis
ion will be made for the health of your
t th n-mfort of vour sick.
, ,. lewrthy latrleylng with fruitless results
You are "authorised to use any of the ' '
.... 1 the Tuotal seised the cemetery on July
tranmiort ships tor hospital purposes, the,
. ... 17 and pulled down the walls. The French
naval hospital at Hong Kong can be utll-,
. , .... men oiened fire on the mob, killing U and
li-d for soldiers In case of necessity. The , '
, . , . 1 wounding !9 others. The situation Is serl
troopa of your entire command should,
. .. .. ous. All Mnj Po sennnts have bee
. .
oi rviurning ny own-. -
r ih
oet'Kieu on uurr nu iviiii.ii.-ii
. . .. .
lion 01 ine iiecr t-oiuwiiiivu, ii.i.ii
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not te fiw some weeks, even months. Ail
the transports not needed for the lm-1
... I UK....I l.u '
nitiliate use ot your coiiiiimuu puvuiu w -
onlered to San Francisco as soon as pos- DENVER. August O. The represen
slble. The ScamlU has been furnished us ta lives of the trans-continental rail rood
a hospital ship. The Arlsona Is the prop- Hmn In the United States met again to-
i-rty of the (iovernment and may be re
tained by you as long as needed."
SHAFTKK'S RETORT.
WASHINGTON. August 23. The war
t!eiartnient tonight received the following
from General Shatter:
Sanitary report for August 23:
Total number sick. Vw.
Total number fever wises, 631.
Total new fefer cases, "1.
Total fever cases returned to duty, S3.
Deaths on August 13, 21, and on August
S. Including Private Robert .lgler, of
the Sixteenth Inftintry.
ILLNESS ON THE INCREASE.
' PONCE. August 23. Illness among the
American troops Is on the Increase and
there are now nearly 1.000 cases of ma
laria and dyscntry, with a few typhoid.
There Is absolutely no recuperation
property In the climate, and Surgeon Gen
eral Greenleaf has urgently recommended
the sli'k to be sent north as rapidly as
possible.
THE MUSTER OIT.
WASHINGTON. August 21-It Is ex
iwted the order for mustering out 100,000
men of tho volunteer force will le Issued
Goods Now
COOPER'S
REPORT.
EVER BE
Have Resumed
tomorrow. Th list of iroopa to be must-
r-J out Is nfarly complete.
HOH80N S SCHEME.
NEW YORK. Aufuat a The transport
St-Kuranca nailed Santiago this afternoon.
Among her pa.enirer Is Lieutenant R
I'. Hobson. who la going to try his rubber
bug yi: heme for mining two of the sunken
vensela 0 Cen era'a mjuudrun.
RIOTS IX SHANGHAI.
BAN FRANCISK.'O. August 23.-eriou
rtotlnK ha oocurixl over the French con.
cessions in Shanghai's suburbs attended
by heavy loss of life.
I Aivordlng o advices brougnl by the
steamer Ifelglc, the trouble grew out ot
the failure of the negotiations by the
' French municipality to secure the Ning
! To Joss house and unused cemetery on
the French coneralons for a proposed
school, hospltn, and battery. After
ordered to leave foreign employ. Follow-
, , ,
'" the 'h police station IjO
... . .
' men were landed from the Italian man-of
I' Marco Poto.
CANADIAN PACIFIC YIELDS.
t day and resumed the discussion of Can-
udian Pacific differentials. Robert Kerr.
' general traffic manager of the Canadian
Pclllc. was admitted at today's meeting.
An agreement to submit the matter ot
transcontinental freight rates to a board
of arbitration, consisting of three metn
niiTs, was reached, and It 'was decided to
allow the Canadian Paclllc the selection
of one member, the second to be chosen
by the tnins-contmcntal lines In the
United States, and the remaining arbi
trator to lie the choice of the first two
selected. The agreement was signed by
Robert Kerr on the iirt of the Canadian
Pacific.
It Is the unanimous opinion of those en
gaged in the conference that trans-con-tinental
freight rates are soon to be
placed on u lasting basis, and that not
only would freight rates be made uniform
but passenger rates as well.
LIED ABOUT THE WAR.
How the News of American Victories
Was Suppressed at Puerta Rico.
NEW YORK, August 23. A dispatch to
the Herald from Ponce, says:
Senor Ran.on Lopes, editor of La Correspondent-la
de Puerto Rico, the princi
pal Journal of the Island, which is pub
lished In San Juan, has arrived at Ponce.
an
Operations and Commerce Goes on
"Sin Juan," he said, "has been cut off
from the world since the war began. 1
could only print official bulletins issued
by the government regarding the pro
gress of the war. It was weeks after the
battle of Manila before the government
Issued a bulletin admitting tbe defeat.
The news of the destruction of Cervera's
fleet reached San Juan the day after it
happened, but I was not permitted to
prim even a rumor for ten days. Later
Captain General Maclas Issued a bulletin
statins that six American vessels had
', been sunk. He declared the sis included
two battleships.
"The truth was never published In San
Juan, but the facta leaked out unoffi
cially. The same secrecy ras observed
when Santiago ' surrendered. Early In
the war the citizens of San Juan who are
extremely pro-Spanish, credited the offi
cial announcements of victory, hut after
Santiago fell they lost hope. Even the'
the most rampant Spaniards began to
admrt that Spain eras not able to fight
the United States.
"When the Americans landed In Porto
Rico many citlxens of San Juan organ
ised a regiment to defend the island. At-
ter the landing they began to hear of
the strength and efficiency ot the Ameri
can army and the regiment was disband
ed. We had little news of the progress of
the campaign In Porto Rico, but could
easily tell that things were going against
the Spaniards. I was permitted to print
noiuing about the Americans, neverthe
less the fact crept Into San Juan, greatly
discouraging the Spaniards among the
population.
"Maclas preserved a hold front and
maintained his waning authority. For
weeks I have been expecting to be awak
ened during the night by shells bursting.
We feared bombardment and siege.
Everybody realized that the city could
not be successfully defended.
"When the news of peace came every
body rejoiced. Even the Spanish officers
knew the war was hopeless and had bet
ter be brought to an end soon. The
terms caused a little mortification, but
the Spanish residents now seem to be
resigned. They say now they prefer to
be an American territory rather than a
Porto Riean republic. Most of the Span
lards will swallow their discomfiture and
remain on the Island and become Ameri
can citizens.
"Those of the better class naturally
feel humiliated, but if the government
of the Island Is to be changed they pre
fer to be part of the United States. They
expect an era of great commercial pros
perity from American rule.
'Yesterday the famous guerrilla, Fl-
paro, was captured near coamo ana
brought to jail here. He Is accused of
burning .ie village of Colo. He denies
his guilt emphatically, but admits having
slain several Spanish soldiers while skir
Arriving Daily
FHE DAILY ASJORUN Is the
fclKtstjnl fct'ti;cr
, on thi Columtla fiver
NO. u
Torpedo Boats
mishing in the mountains. General Sla
cUs announced his Intention to detect
and punish the perpetrators of the Clalc
massacre.'
BRITAIN GIVES PERMISSION.
WASHINGTON. August 0.-Hay, la
cablegram to the state department this)
afternoon, says the British government
has directed the governor of Hong Kong
to accept Dewey's application for per
mission to dock and clean ships at Hong
Kong.
THE TYPHOID PATIENlS.
Many of Them are Improving and ar
Being Discharged.
NEW YORK. August 21-There art
now In the hospitals at Camp WlkofT.
Montauk Point, more than 200 men. Of
these about 900 are In the general haslUl
and annex, 300 are In the hospital in de-.
tentlon. Many of those la the general,
hospital ar Improving and some are now
being discharged as well every day. To
situation In the hospital Is excellent.
The total number of typhoid cases Is
set at 25. Some ot the typhoid patient
are being dally removed to New Haven.
In a day or so the remaining typhoid pa
tients will be taken to New York or Bos
ton. The idea is to seed the men to the
nearest hospitals until tt --y can ho'd no
more and thus make The journey as short
as possible.
The Rio Grande win bi converted into a
hospital ship for use a: Montauk Point
and the harbors iboitt Nj York for ta
Indefinite period. It Is ,vli.'nt that urUl
some hospital accommo.ia'.lons ore pro
vlded on shore some of tie sick and
wounded soldiers will have to be ltpt on
board the hospital ships In Fort Pond,
bay.
rbe Royal Is the highest grade baklag soweW
aaowa. Actaal testa (hew tt gees oas
third hrtW tbaa say other triad.
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