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THE ADMIRAL'S REPORT
Fecltu Interesting Little Differ
ences Between Array inJ
Navy Before SaitUp.
THE WARSHIPS DID IT ALL
Troops on Shore Wirs Hot Allowed ty
Shifter to Staal Fire. Mtbe Ktvy
W Compelled to Do
WABHISOTON, Nov. .-Tb. navy do
partment today made publlo a r.port
from Admiral Suiicnon rovcrlnff tba oper
aOona of h t'nitwl StMeg blockading
BMt off Bntlo after tba detraction of
Crvra'a aquadroo.
I(a quotea dlMiatchea i from btmaalf to
Shaftar, atatlng that 1 waa Iropowlbl.
iv lurco an enirnc o mo paroor uniu
tba mlnra had been r.tnoved. and that
lha work could b aocompll.hcd only
after th troota had takn tba fort.
Hhafter replied:
"I am al a Iom to aaa by tba navy
cannot work under a deatructlv fire aa
well a tba army."
la raply Admiral flampaon pointed out
that tha channel of tha harbor waa well
air.wn with mlnet. which would certainly
re.ult In tha alnklng of one or mora ot-4
hla ahlpa If ha attrntpled to eater the
harbor. nd that, by alnklng them tha
harbor -would be blocked agalnat tha
entrance of lha othera. He bad hoped
Shatter would take tha batterlea from
tha rear, ao ha might drag for torpedoea,
but It was ShafUf'a aoraaat daalra tbat
ba ahould force an entrance. Ha would
prepare to undertake It, tbioking, bow
aver, the poiltlon of both the army and
tha oavy would be made mora difficult
If they failed In the attempt Say. Samp
aon:
"It la not ao much the Iota of men aa
loaa of ahlpa which haa until now deterred
me from making a direct attack upon the
ahlpa within the port."
Admiral Sampaon aaya that, after the
destruction of Cervera'a fleet, the harbor
waa to be forced by the fleet. Admiral
Bamp.on aaya ha doea not know why th:
plan waa abandoned.
"Thu," any. ismpson, "I have been
aurpriaed to aee fubll.hed In tha paper,
any atatemenl of a refuial on my part
to endeavor to force my way Into tha
harbor, and cannot underatand la oaae
lha n.wipaper report baa been a truthful
atatement of what waa aent by him
Oeneral Bhafter'a aending any report of
thla kind."
Contlnuinc. Admiral 8amp.on aaya:
"The navy haa been placed In such a
falae poiltlon before tha country through
the very unwlM publication of Oeneral
Bhafter'a telegram, that I think thla
matter In gome way should be clear to the
public."
When Sampson aent a naval officer to
take cliargo of tho Spanish gunboat Al.
varaJo an officer of the army was found
on board the Alvarado, who stutcd be
had been sent to take charge of her,
whereupon Sampson addressed the fol
lowing letter to General Shatter:
"Upon sending an officer to take charge
of the captured Spanish gunboat, tho Al
varado, It was found that one of your
ofllcera was on board, evidently with the
expectation of taking her In charge. It
should be neccessary to remind you that
In all Joint operations of a character of
those which have resulted In the fall of
Sanltago all floating material la turned
over to the navy, as all forts, etc., go to
the army. Although my forces have fre
quently engaged the forts and youra have
not exchanged a shot with ' them, I
await the arrival of a detachment of your
troops to taka possession, aa they must
eventually occupy them. I expect the
same consideration.
"I request that you will relieve Lieu
tenant Caruthers of tho duty given him,
aa I have directed Lieutenant Marble to
assume command of the Alvarado."
COMMISSIONER K'RTER
ARRIVES AT SANTIAGO.
Will Recommend Some Much Needed Re
ductions In the Tariff Regulations
Thero The Provincial News.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Nov. SO.-Robert
M. Porter, U. S. special commissioner to
Cuba and Porto Rico, clutrged with the
duty of inquiring Into and reporting on
tho economic and financial conditions on
both Islands with spcclui reference to
the tariff, arrived outside the harbor at
duybrenk Tuesday morning on 'board the
steamer Admiral Dewey, who left Boston
lust Thursday.
Owing to tho port duties and also to tho
quarantine regulations enforced at Ja
maica, the Hist went to meet the Ad
miral Dewey off Morro Castle and
brought ashore tho long delayed moils
and also a supply of turkeys, which, al
though somowliat late, was welcome.
The Admiral Dewey, after transferring
Mr. Fortor and his party, with tho mails
and supplies to the Hist, proceeded on
her courso to Jamaica. Mr. Porter, on
ronchlng Santiago, Immediately visited
General Wood. He then went to the cus
tom house, where he made numerous
memoranda.
He has many suggestions to mokke re
garding the tariff, recommending chiefly
an Increase of the dutlea on wine and a
decrease on the necessities of lite. He
will visit Balqulri and Jarasrua, to In
spect the mining Interests of the province.
The neat etaemer of lha American Mull
Bteawurhip Company (the Admiral line)
which calls hwe, will a.k Mr. I'ortr to
Jamaica, aft.r which be will return to
the United States.
The United 8tata Iranannvt TJn. a.
lot Angalea Is nam leaving suiiists
along the north coaat of Santiago pro.
vlnee. She la also taklnr fwa mm.
panlea of Iramonoe to join Colonel Hood
at utbara. The means of communica
tion overland to Holrutn have been n,,nA
extremely difficult owing to the recent
rains, flowing streams nd boggy lands.
Consequently It la neceuar ta r-i
principally upon the periodical trip of
steamers iie ina K.ina da Loa Angelt.
and othera avalUM..
Oeneral Wood Intends to make hla h
delayed trip along the north oui hi.
week, but It Is poaalble that there may
be another postponement owing to tba
negro regiment troubles at ban Luis edj
other Important bualaeea. ,
OOMEZ CALLS AT RED
cnosa his a dqu arte rb.
The Oeneral States eufferlng In Banta
Clara Prtrvlnce Intense Women and
Children In Pitiable Condition.
NEW TOKK, Nov. If-fiur.eraJ Jot
Oomea baa called en Stephen E. Bartou
at the ' Red" CrOas bedquarter In this
city to ask bis aid In aending relief to
tba sK k and starving women and children
a Las Villas, SahcM 'Bptrttue and Trini
dad, In 8 ante. Clara province. Tbe gen
eral stated that the coffering waa bore
Intense there than In any other part of
the Island, and If tbe relief did not reach
them toon rt would be too lata.
General Gomes said tbat the million ra
tions that were to be aent by the gov
ernment were going to the north coast
and would not reach these disrrlcu.
where they were most needed. He did
not make hla appeals in beWf of bis
own forces, which are on tha aoutb coast
of 8nctl Splrltua and Tv?M da Zara,
but stated that be had given food In
tended for tbexn to tbe starving women
and children of that vicinity. He aaid
that hla troops were in a moat pitiful
condition now tbat the fighting la over.
Thry cannot help themselves.
General Gomes aald that be would lay
thla matter before the president it he la
received. Tbe general aald that there are
about 4.500 families at flanctl Bplrltui
who have abaolutely nothing. They fled
from the cities Into the bills and are now
existing upon what they can bunt Aa
to the population of the city Itself, where
tbe Spanish art. tbe general was un
able to apeak.
Mr. Barton assured tha Cuban leader
that be would do what be could, but that
tbe supplies which he would send would
be only a temporary relief. He thought
the people ahould be put In a position
to help themselves permanently, and that
all Imtdemeata, aeeda for gardening, axes
to work with, etc., ahould be sent. . He
said the funds of the Red Cross at the
present time ace not nearly sufficient to
meet tha requirements of permanent re
lief. The Red Cross committee has al
ready asked tbe department of state ail
to Its desires, and will act accordingly,
GOLD COIK "SWEATERS"
SENTENCED TO THE PEN.
One Man Had Turned States Evidence,
but Received tha Sane 6iteflce
aa Hla Accomplice.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. KX-Janiea J, Wilcox
and William H. Shaw have been sen
tenced to three years each In the peniten
tiary by tbe United States district court
They were found gulrry by a Jury last
week of "sweating" gold coins, and Judge
Adams suspended the passage of sentence
until today.
Shaw, who waa the accomplice of Wil
cox, protested hla Innocence of the charge
of which be waa convicted. Wilcox,
however, who had turned atates evedence.
acknowledged Ma giutt.
In passing sentence on Wilcox. Judge
Adams aald:
"It baa been the custom when the dis
trict attorney haa been impelled to
make terms 'whh one accomplice to
convict another to be lenient with him.
The U. S. court must keep Its faith.
Thla particular oaae has given me not a
little worry. I will sentence you the
same aa I did your accomplice. How
ever, the court will keep Its faith, and
I will leave your case with the president
of the United States. The president will
decide whether you shall escape punish
ment or not."
8TATE INSTITUTIONS
CANNOT BE GARNISHEES
Judge of a Probate Court In Illinois Holds
They are Part of the State and
Are, Therefore, Exempt.
KANKAKEE. 111., Nov. SO.-Judge Mor-
ner, of the Probate court, decided a pe
culiar legal point In holding that the
treasurer of the board of trustees of state
institutions cannot be garnlsheed.
The case is one In which a Chicago
wholesale grocery firm obtained a judg
ment against Harry Glbbs, an employe
of the Kankakee hospital, and the treas
urer decided to fight the case when the
garnishment papers were served.
The attorney for the Chicago Arm con-
tended that the trustees were not a mu.
i.lclpal corporation, that a garnishment
proceedings was a suit and that the
statute Is broad enough to permit garnish
ment proceedings to bo brought against
them or their treasurer.
Attorney Campbell for the state pleaded
that the board was a municipal corpora
tion and Hs officers exerrfsed functions
and that the capacity to bo pursued as
conferred hy the statute uion public cor
porations; does not embrace the capacity
to be garnlsheed. He further contends
that the board Is a part of the govern
ment of the state and therefore exempt
from garnishment.
The Judge sustained the latter conten
tlon.
BOGUS CHILEAN AST FREE.
SAN FRANCISCO, " Nov. SO.-Amadto
Horace, the Chilean adventurer, who has
hocn horrowinff money throughout the
country on the pretense that he was
authorised to purchase ships and war
munitions tor . the Argentine Republic,
baa been set at liberty conditionally By
Chief Lees. He has agreed to leave the
city within five days.
FORMATION
OF TREATY
Work of Two Vtztt Cca
'missions at Paris "GoL
fapiily Forward.
THREE MAIN ARTICLES
Cession cf Porto. Pico, Ccta acl
the Phlll;;1ncs Ylrtsally
'Arret! Ujoa.
MUCH WORK YET TO BE LOSE
In' Alt Tblrteea Articles Hire Been
Uli Before the Commissioners for '
DiscBSSloatnlSettlemeit.
PARIS, Nor. . The United States
peace commission held a session today
for the purpose of dlscoselnc the draft
of the treaty articles made yesterday by
Secretaries Uoors and OJeda. The flnal
preparation of these articles was conclud
ed and tbe revised draft turned over to
the typewriters.
The Joint session of the commission
then met and began discussion of tbe
formulated protocol and agreement and
subjects for negotiation, all of which were
presented to the Joint commission iu a
form acceptaUe to tbe Americana
The Joint commission devoted two
hours and a half to drafUng the three
first articles of the peace treaty protocol,
dealing with the cession of Cuba. Porto
Rico and tbe Philippines, upon which the
eommhuiions agreed In principle. A gen
eral discussion on the other articles fol
lowed, but no decision was reached and
the Joint commission adjourned until to
morrow.
There were U articles laid before the
two commissions, covering the following
subjects:
I The relinquishment of sovereignty
over and claim of title to Cuba.
-Cession of Porto Rico and other
Spanish possessions In the West Indies,
together with Guam, In the Ladrooes.
Cession of the Philippines.
Terms of evacuation of tbe Philip
pines. (-Pledge of the United States to pre
serve order In the Philippines pending
a ratification of the treaty.
Release of military prisoners mutu
ally. 7 Cession by Spain of the Island of
Kuhae, or a strong Island In tha Caro
lines Mutual relinquishment of Indemnity
claims.
a-Religious freedom of the Carolines,
assuring rights of American missionaries
there.
10- Cable landing rights at points within
Spanish Jurisdiction.
II Release by Spain of political prison
er for offenses In Cuba and the Philip
pines. 11- Piedge of the United States to In
augurate In the Philippines an "open
door" policy, ai.d to guarantee the same
to Spain for at least 11 years.
13 Revival of treaties broken by the
war.
The first three articles were mutually
agreed upon today, as were also the
articles embodying the terms of the evac
uation of the Philippines, which will be
practically the same as in the evacuation
of Cuba and Porto Rico. Mutual release
of military prisoners was agreed upon
Siialn liberating reftel prisoners and the
United States liberating the "Manila gar
rison and the Spaniards held by Aguinal
do. The political prisoners to be released
by Spain are such as are now In exile
In Ceuta, In Morocco, or at other Span
ish penal settlements.
Dally sessions will be held here, and It
is now believed tho work will be pos
sibly concluded this week, although so
early a termination la not probable.
SUIT FILED AGAINST
THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
The North Star Construction Company
Seeks to Compel the Canadian Pacific
to Make an Accounting.
NEW YORK, Nov. S0.-John E. Bcrwlnd
has brought suit on behalf of himself
"and all other stockholders of the North
Star Construction Company slmlllarly
situated," against the Canadian Pacific
railway, the Duiuth. South Shore and At
lantic Railway Company and William C.
Van Horiw, to compel them to make an
account of the management of the North
Star Construction Company and other
companies under Its control and to pay
over all profits and proceeds resulting
from such management. The complaint
was filed In the clerk's office of the Unit
ed States circuit court tor this district
today. n
In it tho plaintiff, who says he Is tho
owner of Su gharea of tho capital stock
of tho North Star Construction Company,
recites in full tho liistory of that corpor
ation, which was formed under the laws
of t?ie atate of New Jersey In 1SS8 for tha
purpose of consttructlng the Duiuth &
Winnipeg railroad In the state of Mlnno.
sota. Payment for this work was to be
niudo In bonds aJid stock of the railroad
company. ..
In the fall of 1SS2 a majority of the
stock of the Construction Company was
sold to tho Canadian Pacific Raltroad
Company, through William C. Van Home,
president of the Canadian Pacific Rail
road Company, a.n.1 It is siiiesed Van
Home agreed to pay the debts of the
Construction Company and hold the stock
of that company until bonds could be
marketed to pay the Indebtedness.
The transfer waa made In January, 1S03,
and a promissory note for the cum of
riO.OM was given by the Conntructlns.
Company wblch also guv. as sruriry
alt Its asseta, Including bonds and stork
of (ha Duiuth A Wlivnlpeg Railroad Com
pany, tha North Star Iron Company, and
the Duiuth A Winnipeg Terminal Com
pany, It Is alleged In the complaint that tha
defendants permitted the buslncna of the
railroad company to bcome Impaired and
In November, VM, a nVmsnd was made
on the Construction Company for pay.
ment of tbe note. In violation of the stipu
lated agreomen! to bold (he stock. The
complaint alleges that the board of of
llcera of th. Construction Company, elect
ed through the Influence of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad Company, slated that
they could not pay the note and all aa.
curltles were told and bought In again by
a representative of the defendants and at
a price alleged to be far below their
real value.
The Duiuth A Winnipeg railroad, it is
further stated, waa bought in under fore
closure proceedings and the plaintiff
claims that he and othtr minority stock
holders wore shut out. The plulnUd
claims further that these sales realised
more than sufficient to pay the entire In-
debtednate of tbe North Star Construc
tion Company and to pay their stock.
hortders of th- company more than the
par value of the stock held by them.
THE BODIES WILL BE
' BURIED IN NATIVE SOU
Soldiers Fallen Before Santiago To Re
Brought Horn Funeral EipecQtlon
to Btart In. a Month.
WASHINGTON. Nov. aoArrange-
ments are being made by the war de
partment to disinter ths. remains of ail
(he soldiers who lost their Uvea In the
campaign before Santiago and bring them
to this country. Maps showing the loca
tion of these graves, tbe name of the
deceased, the regiment to which he be.
longed and his next of kin, have been
prepared.
What Is known as a funeral expedi
tion will soon be started for Santiago,
and the ship will be equipped with cas
kets and other necessary articles to be
used In dlslnterrVng the remain and
bringing them to this country. Upon ar
rival bere they will tie turned over to
tha relatives of those who lost their
lives for their country, and the dead
heroes who have no relatives will be In
terred at Arlington, the national ceme
tery, a few miles from Washington.
The ship will leave for Cuba about De
cember IS. but It may be delayed nntll
January L General Wood has opposed
the removal of these remains until cold
weather, for fear that yellow fever may
be brought to this country. His advices
in this respnet have been heeded, and. as
stated, the dead soldier will not be In.
terred In their native soil until some
time in the new year.
KLONDIKE COUNTRY IS
IS SHUT OUT FROM NEWS.
Arrivals at Victoria Say Nothing Will
Be Heard From There for a Month
Accident to the Excelsior. ;
VICTORIA, a C. Nov. 30.-II will
p ratably be the end of December or the
beginning of January before any further
news Is received from rhe men who
have chosen to spend the winter in the
rich gold bearing creeks of the Klon
dike. So say those who arrived bere
on th Cottage City, the last of the
three steamers arriving here to leave
Skagway.
Tbe other ateamers are the Danube
and the Queen City, which reported very
rough trrpa The Danube reported that
the Excelsior, which left Seattle a few
days ago for Copper river. Is on her way
back, her boilers having collapsed.
The Yukon below White Horse raolda
Is froien over. Nor a D. Macauley,
manager of the Wh... hrse tramway,
waa 19 days In making the trip from the
rapids to Lake Bennett, a trip that un
der ordinary circumstances Is made In
two or three days. About SUO men wilt
winter on the creeks In the Atlln river
country.
TO ORGANIZE NATIONAL
NAVAL RESERVE.
Bill to Be Introduced In the Coming Ses
sion of Congress Providing for
Its Organisation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Jft.-Naval officers
are beginning to agitate the question of
providing for a National Naval Reserve.
And as these organisations gave such a
good account of themselves during the
Spanish war they are more than anxious
to bave congress authorize an organiza
tion of a national character.
A bill has already been drawn by the
naval people and they will bring some
pressure to bear upon the house naval
committee to have the bill pushed
through congress at an early day.
The state of Illinois will be entitled to
about 400 men under the proposed plan,
or enough to man one big war ship. Com
mander Hawley, who has had charge of
this branch of the service, has made a
study of the reserve question and tha
officers at the department are In favor
of plaoing him at the head of the pro
posed national organization.
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