The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1898 Page: 3 of 8
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r THE FALL OF MANILA.;
Before Peace News Arrived the .On
•laupbt wn Made. *
Lohdon, Aug. 20.—The Manila
V correspondent of'the Daily Tele-
graph,.telegraphing Saturday sayjs:
Nothing could be more .humane
than the Americans’ capture of the
"s town. Gen. Merritt and Admiral
N***w^TJ^wey’s plan was To spare every
object but the armed defenses and
\
superior to that of the Spaniards
and the men were. stronger and id
better condition, The Spaniards
are a small body, -compared with
their stalwart opponents, and
worn oiit by a hundred-days’ siege
aud disappointed by the failure to
arrive of the promised Spanish
relief squadron, they had lost
heart. It was a.hopeless struggle.
Looking over the bay it- was
curious to notice the foreign fleets
arrange themselves according to
their sympathies. The English
the trenches. Apparently the and Japanese were near the Arneri-
American losses were extremely ,!aus aud the Germans and French
small. The Spanish. ontrench- jon opposite side of the bay,
man steamer. He claims11 he did
not know that the Kaiserine Au-
„ . , , .. . ,----- ----------------------- gusta was to sail for Hongkong,
from two to four miles from the her convoys kept fairly near the , He was informed that a launch was
. , . . , - . i north of the Pasig river.' The
ments varied in point of distance British c;rni8er i„,mortalite and
the inner fortifications, where the
Spanish commander, seeing that
further resistance was • useless,
hoisted the white flag and -surren-
dered. \ ' -
. Thc losseff, American and Span-
ish, are not yet known.
The American warships engaged
were the Olympia, Petrel, Raleigh,
McCulloch', Boston, Monterey,
Charleston and Baltinlore. The
bombardment was watched with
acute interest by the foreign fleets.
Gen. Augusti, forhierly' captain
general of the Philippines, sails
immediately for Madrid', by a Ger-
contcr of old-Manila
Defending this long line of at
least ten miles were not over 5000
regular Spanish troops, volunteers
and natives. About half that
number’were in hospitals. The
attacking force numbered from
10,000 to 20,000 natives rand 10,-
000 Americans on shore and
aboard the fleet. In every re-
spect the advantage was on the
side of the attack. The American
field guns threw heavier metal and
had longer range than the Spanish,
the marksmanship of the United
States gunners was very puch
American line. The attacking: awaiting him, which ho boarded
Leaves
Give
warning
oiwiier
So the falling of the hair tells ,
of the approach of age and
declining power.
No matter how barren the tree
nor how leafless it may seem,
you confidently expect leaves
again. And why?
Because there is life at the
roots.
So you need not worry about «
the falling of yerur hair, the ^
threatened departure of youth .,
and beauty. Afcd why? ■*
Because if there is a aperk of
life remaining in the roots of
the hair ~ '
will arouse it into healthy activ-
ity. The hair ceases to come
out: It begins to grow: and the
glory of your youth is restored
to you.
We have a book on the Hair
and i» Diseases. It is free.
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If you C
yon extx^l
write ll»e
there Is torno difficulty with your h»n-
nyAteni which muy be easily
_ red. Address.
DEL J. C. AVKR. Lowell. Mass.
m do not ob«a<n all the benefits
* from the use of the Vigor,
doctor shout it. Probably
squadron formed in line between
Malate and old Manila, with the
Concord watching the fort at the
mouth of the Pasig:. The Ameri-
can fleet lay outside the break-
water.
The Qlympia fired the first shot
at 9 :30 and a fairly continuous,
but by no means furious, cannon-
ade was kept up until 11:20. By
that time the Malate fort wSs
silenced and the American troops
then stormed the entrenchments.
The Spaniards who were in the
earthworks tell me the quick firing
guns of the little gunboat Rapido,
whhic lay close to the shore, were
far more terrible in their effects
than was the raking fire of the
ships.
Resistance to the American at-
tack was impossible. The/first
polorado regiment was the earliest
to charge the Spaniards, who re-
tired to the second line, but soon
out-numbered, they were forced
into the old city. A part of
Malate suffered severely from the
bombardment. The vaunted in-
tramurs defenses were not tried.
The Spanish commander, con-
vinced that further resistance was
hopeless, hoisted a white flag at
11:30, and the order to cease firing
was immediately issued in the
center of the town, but in the out-
skirts of the city fighting con-
tinued for some time afterwards
between the rebels and Spaniards.
The only fear felt inrihis city iB
in regard to the conduct of the in-
surgents. As I write this in the
honse of the German consul a
brisk fusillade is going on between
the combatants and musketry fire
is rattling all around.
VICTORY ALMOST BLOODLESS
Impression Prevails Teat Anguati'u
Escape Was Prearrauged-
Hongkong, Aug. 19.—Admiral
Dewey gave Gen. Augusti an hour
in which to surrender at the time
of the last demand made Saturday
Gen. Augusti refused to comply.
He had previously been ^iven 48
hours in which to surrender, but
let the time lapse without compli-
ance. In the interim many for-
eigners were removed from the
city.
The bombardment, which began
at 9:30a.m., was continued for
two hours and then the Americans
Stormed the trenches, sweeping all
before them. " .
Those within the walls attempted
no resistance. The first Colorado
volunteers stormed the outer
trenches and drove the Spaniards
into the second line of defense.
Then the American troops swept
on, driving all the Spaniards into
Tfte tfuivcrsitif of Texas.]
Seventy-one Instructors and Officers.
Present enrollment. 800 students. Total expenses, $150
to $200. Tuition Free. Women admitted, to all' De-
partments. Students admitted at any time.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
One hundred and ten courses ot study. Matriculation
fee, $10; University system of instruction and disci-
v plino; well equipped scientific laboratories; library of
35,000 volumes; all leading periodicals and newspapers
on file; Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., gymnasium instruc-
tor, gymnasium, athletic field. Engineering depart-
ment confers degrees of Civil Engineering. Teachers’
courses'lead to First Grade Certificates for two years,
for four years, and for life.
LAW DEPARTMENT,
Matriculation fee, payable only once, $30.00. At two
years’ course leads to degree of Bachelor of Laws, and
entitles holder to practice in any Court in Texas, uaw .
students admitted to Academic Course without further
charge. •
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. (Located at Galveston.),.
Largest attendance in the South. Four years’ course;
School of Pharmacy; School of Nursing (for women).
Matriculation fee, payable once, $30. Complete equip-
ment in all schools. University Hall, a large dormi-
tory for women recently completed.
For large catalogue and illustrated circular, address
John Avert Lomax, Registrar, Austin, Texas.
and was -taken to the Kaiserine
Augusta, which immediately start-
ed for this place.
This statement is considered an
equivhxuUiqn, as Gen. Augusti evi-,
dently knew his destination and^
his escape was prearranged
PHIUPPINOS’ CONGRATULATIONS.
A deputation of Hongkong Phil-
ippines, headed by the high com-
missioner of the Philippine provis-
ional government, waited on Gen.
Wildman and congratulated him
on behalf of Aguinaldo upon the
splendid success of the Americans
in the Philippines and the happy
termination of the war in favor of
America, and requestod that Presi-
dent McKinley be wired their con-
gratulations and assurance of their
allegiance, and to express the hope
that the Philippines be represented
on the Philippine commission.
Other Conquest*, Yet.
Hongkong, Aug. 19.—Consul
Wildman has received a report
from Admiral Dewey saying that it
was intended after the capture of
Manila to dispatch cruisers to Iliolo
and Ceuba to receive the surrender
of these ports ; and also to send
cruisers to Port Royalist in Tala-
wan to capture the Spanish gun-
boats biding there. Another ghip
was detailed to capture the Span-
ish steamers plying between La-
baum and Iliolo. Four Spanish
gunboats at Bataam in Panaya were
also to be captured.
Consul Wildman says that should
the vessels have left before the ar-
rival at Manila of the British
steamer Australia, which was char-
tered to carry the news of the sign-
ing of the protocol and the cessa-
tion of hostilities to that place, it
will be an impossibility to recall
the vessels in three weeks.
THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS
Cuban and Poi to Rican Bodies Said
to Be Cbeeen.
Cuban commissioners—Major
Gen. J. F. Wade, Major Gen. M.
C. Butler §ud Admiral W. T.
Sampson.
Porto Rican commissioners—
Major Gen. John R Brooke,
Brig. Gen. WilliamW. Gordon and
Admiral Winfield S. Schley. <-
.Gen. Lee was originally slated
for a place on the commission, but
will not serve owing to his desire
to remain at the head of his army
corps. It is expected thatr this
corps, the seventh, will eventually
bo sent to Cuba, and in that event
Gen. Leo will go to the island at
its head, preferring this position to
a commissionership.
Spain'* Military Commissions
Cuba—Gens. Blanco and Castel-
lanos and Admiral Mantorola.
Porto Rico—Gens. Macias and
Ortega and Admiral Vallamrio.
VOLUNTEERS MUSTERED OUT.
Surplus Soldiers Will Cease to Serve
the Government at Once
Washington, Aug.. 21.—The
mustering out of the volunteer
army raised in defense of thp
nation against the armies of Spain
has practically began at the war de-
partment, and- will be continued
until the army has been
placed on a basis consistent with
our present relations to the nations
of th
e .earth. Orders were pre-
pared for the mustering out of
about 35,000 volunteers, including this leader, whose
STATUS AT MANILA.
G«n. Meiiitt Wires Giving in Pull t-hs
Terms of the Late Capitulation.
Washington Ang; 22.—Gen.
Merritt cables the following terms
of the capitulation of Manila: ■'
The undersigned, having been ap-
pointed a commission to determine
the details of the capitulation of the
city and deflates of Manila and its
suburbs and the Spanish forces
stationed therein in- accordance
witlr the agreement entered into tHe
previous day by Major Gen. Wes-
ley Merritt, United States army,
American commander-in-chief of
the Phillippiues, and his excel-
lency, Don Fermin Jardenes, act-
ing general-in-chief of the Spanish
army in the Philippines, have
agreed upon the fallowing;
1. The Spanish troops, European
and native, capitulate with the -city
and defenses, with all honor of
war. depositing their arras it the
place designated by the authori-
ties of the United States and re-
maining in-the quarters designated
and under the orders of their of-
ficers and subject to contnd pf the
aforesaid United States an horities
until the conclusion of a treaty of
peace between the two belligerent
nations. All persons included in
the capitulation remain at liberty,
the officers remaining in their re-
spective homes, which shall be re-
spected as long as they observe the
regulations prescribed for their
government and the laws in force.
2. Officers shall retain their side
arms, horses and private property.
All public horses ''hntL'IraBHe
property of all kinds shall be turned
over to the staff officers designated
by the United States.
3. Complete returns in duplicate
of men by organizations and full
list of public property and stores
shall be rendered to the United
States within ten days from this
date,.
4. All questions relating to the
repartriation of officers and men of
the Spanish forces and of their
families and the expenses which
said repartriation may occasion
shall be referred to the government
of the United States at Washington.
Spanish families may leave Manila
at any time convenient to them.
The return of the arms surrender-
ed by the Spanish forces shall take
place, when they evacuate the city
or when the American army evac-
uates.
5. Officers and men included in
the capitulation shall be supplied
by the United States, accordind to
their rank,' with rations and neces-
sary aid, as though they were pris-
oners of war, until the conclusion
of a treaty of peace between the
United States and Spain. ATl the
funds in the Spanish treasury and
all ottmr public funds shall be
tnrne Wer to the United States.
6. The city, its inhabitants, its
churches and religious worship, its
educational estbhshments and its
private property of all descriptions
are placed under the special safe-
guard of the faith and honor of the
American army.
Sigued byF. V.Green, brigadier
genaral of volunteers, Unite
States army; B. P, Lamberton
captain United *■ States navy
Charles A. Whittier, lieutenant
colonel and inspector general
E. H. Crowder, lieutenant colonel
and judge advocate; Nicholas de
la Pena auditor general executors;
Carlosa, eyes, colonel de ingnitors;
Jose MRria Olatuen, feliadc estad
major. .. ..... ...
The War’s Greatest Figure.
Admiral Dewey’s figure in the
war just closed towers above every
other in the army or navy. It is
not alone as a fighting cammander
that Dewey has earned his high
distinction. For more than throe
taionths after destroying the fleet at
Manila he faced a most dificult
problem in diplomacy. From first
to last he cammanded the situation
with the firmness and readiness of
the Military genius. He made no
mistake. The jealousies excited in
some of the nations of Europe by
the entrance of the United States
into a new field were
GENERAL NOTES.
nearly twenty-five regiments of in-
fantry and about eight troops of
cavalry, and five or six batteries of
a\ tilery. The details of the order
bearing on this subject have not
yet been fully perfected, and the
officials confine themselves to
re ably met by
gifts have just
general statements in.regard there-
to. Volunteers would, he said, be
ordered to their state'capitals as
soon as it Conld be done without
danger to the interests of the
government and mustered out of
the military service as rapidly as
possible.
Unless there is a deoided change
will be mustered out within the
been revealed to his countrymen.
When foreign meddlers crossed the
propper line he repelled them with
just enough of decision. At the
end he compelled the city to sur-
render upon his terms, and it is
legitimately the prize of his oi
ie prize of ms opera
tions. As for this naval battle, it
will be famous as long as time en-
dures. It was splendidly intrepid
and yet a
combining at once
calculation and the
courage.
Dewey’s work is too
comspieuous to
A cyclone passed year Moritz
Siding, N. D. Eight are known
to be killed aqd others are inissiu'g.
The Fall River mills are begin-
ning to curtail- again, and a quar-
ter of a million .spindles 'are al-
ready idle. !
At Sharon, Mass"., a rear-end
railroad collision caused the death
of six.pbrsous and the injury of
mere than thirty.-*
Vesuvius is reported as again in
a state of 6ruption—four streajps
of lava pouring down the mountain
side at the rate of 400 yar<ja an
hour, with constant explosions in
the central crater.
A fire at Hot Springs, Ark., des-
troyed two hotels, u livery stable
and several residences. Three
guests of the National lost their
lives in attempting to escape from
the burning structure.
Hawaii has informed this gov"'
eminent that she has paid Japau
the $75,000 as indemnity for the
refusal of the Hawaiian govern-
ment to allow -certain Japanese to
land in Hawaii during the past
three years.
Near Americus, Ga., Mrs. Joseph
McGary and her son were mur-
dered by a negro with an ax while
they were asleep in their beds.
The fiend also tied a negro woman
to a tree and mutilated her. A
lynching followed.
“Blind” Jack, an old negro man
said to have been begging on the
streets m Tyler for ten years, is
reported as the proud father <jf
triplets. He is quoted as saying
that while he has not seen them,
he knows they are fine looking
boys. t _ ^
The government has contracts
out aggregating $360,000 for cast
steel shells of the following dimen-
sions : One thousand 13-inch, 1000
12-inch and 600 10-inch. And
forged steel shells: Three thous-
and 8-iuch, 5000 6-ineh, 5000 5-
inch and 5000 4-inch.
Reports from Woodward county,
Oklahoma, say that great excite-
ment prevails between cattlemen
and farmers. Farmers have cut
pasture fences and located on the
land, and cattlemen have driven
them off with guns. Several
bloody fights are reported.
The annual report of H. Clay
Evans, commissioner of pensions,
it is said will show that at the close
of the fiscal year 1898 there were
993,714 pensioners on the rolls of
the bureau—a net increase of 12,-
960 over the previous year. There
were dropped from the rolls during
the year on account of deaths 33,-
691 and for remarriage and other
causes- 12,960 pensions were dis-
continued.
Maj. A. S. Cabell died at his
home, Charleston, Ark,, on the
15th . Major Cabell was oue of the
seven sons of Gen. B. W. L. Ca-
bell of Danville, Va., and six of
whom were in the confederate ar-
my at onetime. Maj. A. S. Cabell
was a gallant soldier under Gens.
Steelo and E. Kirby Smith. At
his death he was commander of
Camp Ben McCulloch, U. C. V.
His eldest son is now lieutenant
colonel of the second regiment of
Arkansas volunteers and captain in
eighth cavalry United States army.
Only two of the seven brothers
survive him—Col. George C. Ca-
bell of Danville, Va., and Gen. W-
L. Cabell of Dallas, Texas.
ton Worth, T*im, March 3, 1897.
Gentlemen: We hove sold “Kitchen Queen"
Baking To inter for-ever a je»r; here Intro-
duced It in place of li'i^ber priced good* with
continued and entire aatiafaction. We a»
quallfiedlj recommend it.
(Signed) J H. luu
SOME ARKANSAS CRIMES.
Tho Carnival Continue* Without Sign
of Abatement.
Little Rock, Ark-, Aug. 22.—The
carnival of ferirne inaugurated in
Arkansas several weeks ago con-
tinues without abatement. Re-
ports of murders, homicides, out-
ing affairs and tragedies of various
kinds are received daily.
An assassination somewhat
similar to the killing of John T.
Orr, which resulted in the lynch-
ing of four negroes and the suicide
of Mrs. Orr at Clarendon, has just
occurred at Paragould, when
Henry L. Bramlet, one of the most
prominent citizens of that place,
was shot and killed by an unknown
assassin. The tragedy occurred
about 2 -o’clock. Bramlet was
asleep alone in his bed when the
assassin crept up to his window
and shot him, killing him instant-
ly; * There is no,clew,ip the per-
petrator of the crime. Great ex-
citement prevails and should the
assassin be discovered another
lynching is inevitable.
A terrible cutting affray in
which two farmers figured is re-
ported from Carroll county. li.
C. Massey accused a neighbor
named Philips of making f(’eroga-
tory remarks concernig him and
went to Philips’ store for satis-
faction. The men fought with
knives and Philips was fatally
stabbed.
The decomposed body a well
dressed man was four 1 near
Bl^ckville, in Conway onnfcy.
The head was entirely severed
from the body and a bloody ax
near by told the story of a .'earful.
crime. The body was un identified
and there is no clew to the murder-
er!
Alvin Smith, a young farmer,
was found near Mount. Pleasant
suffering from a fr*-Cured skull.
He died without regaining con-
sciousness. Foul play is suspected
and much excitement prevails
At Harrisburg two negroes
fought over a woman. One negro
is dead and the other is in jail.
* WHITECAPPERS’ WORK.
Jim Corbett’s Father Suicides.
San Francisco, Cal., Ang. 19.
Patrick J. Corbett, father of James
J. Corbett, the pugilist, shot and
killed his wife at an early hour
this morning. He then turned
the revolver upon himself and com-
mitted suicide. The apothesis ac-
cepted by the family and by the
intimate acquaintances and friends
of the household is that Mr. Cor-
bett was laboring under. the ef-
fects of temporary insanity.
Hay Will Be Secretary of State.
London, Aug. 19.—United States
Ambassador Hay came to the em-
bassy to-day from the country,
where he has been visiting, and
after transacting some accumulated
business he returned to
respond'
Col. Ha
ue his visit. To the cor- army at Santiago
cut of the Associated
Hay said:
‘I have been offered and have
accepted Hie post of secretary of
state. I shall leave London in
’ HONOLULU.
They Tar and Feather Six Women
and Three Men.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. 22.
—About 250 or 300 men, dis-
guised as whitecaps, visited the
the honse of Susie Colston, near
Smithfield, Wetzel county, and
dragged the inmates, six women
and throe men, out of lied in their
night clothes. Ny time was given
them to get their clothes, money
or valuables. Tho house was then
blown to pieces with dyuamite.
The latoaten were taken down to
Morgan’s Run and tarred and
feathered and then taken to the
Shuman house and all locked in a
room together until daylight. No
apparent effort was made to dis-
cover who did the act and the
popular sentiment is that nothing
will be done. ’A piano player,
who was caught in the house says
in his efforts to escape tho white-
caps he recognized two or three of
the most prominent citizens of
Smithfield. Tho Colston woman is
an octoroon and was bom in
r
OW
York, Cincinnati, Chicago and
other places. She has a wide rep-
utation for personal beauty.
FEVER BULLETINS.
Yellow fever reports by Gen.
Shatter, as to the condition of his
Clarksburg and has been a kee
of disreputable houses ip
ep< i
Nevi
"1
Aug. 21: Total sick, 1025; total
fever cases, 698 ; now fever cases,
75; cases fever returned to duty,
129; deaths, 8.
Wheeler and Lee Hug and Kiss.
Washington, Aug. 19.—An af-
fecting scene characterized the
meeting in tho office of I JH
_ . “ Alger of Major Gen. Wheeler
- Major Gen. Lee. They are
special friends and comrades-in-ai
they had not met since the
gan. Each grasped the
both hands aud then Gen.
drew his friend to his
they hugged amd kissed
regardless of the fact
other persons were
retary Alger was visibly
i present
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