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VOLTIME VI CHIPLEY WASHINGTON COUNTY FLORIDA SATURDAY AUGUST 20 1898 NUMB KR10

BRRITTS TROOPS ROUTE DONS

esperate Night Battle Occurs oni the Outskirts of Manila-

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Rw Recruits Emtin Flora 01 Spanish Aw ol

3000 in tho Midst oi a Sovoro StormI

ass On Our Side Was Ton Men Killed and FiftyFour Wounded

Spanish Lossls Placed at Over Tliroo HundredI

Killed and Nino Hundred Wounded

special from Mnnila via Hongbng August 0 states that tho soil of

Philippines has boon drenchedih American blood

n tho night of July 31st at 11look tho Spaniards made a concertrsortio from Manila city on1tho outfcts and trenches of Gamp Dewey

Malato General Greoho comending Tho attack was directed at

i American right flank held by thenth Pennsylvania troops Ton menTO killed in tho trenches and picke-ts and fortyfour woundedTho British admiral reports thoauish loss to bo th oe hundred jtndy killed and nine hundred woundedfalate is located half way betweenito and Manila city Gen Greenesce numbers 4000 men His linoi boon advancing and intrenching

to arrival of the third expeditioned the Spaniards with rage and theyerraineJ to givo battle before Campwey could bo roinforood-Che trenches extended from thech 800 yards to the left flank of

insurgents Sunday was insnrta feast day Their loft flank withr leaving American right flank> sod Companies A and E of thoth Pennsylvania and Utah battery

re ordered to reinforce tho righ-

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tho midst of tho raging typhoon-a a tremendous downpour of rainPcneiuys force estimated at 8000D attempted to surprise the camp

pickets wero driven in and theaches assaultednylrnnln Troops In ft Tight Place

the Spaniards charged tho Amenright and nearly succeeded in

Ing off the Pennsylvania compabut tho Americans rallied and

lead the Spaniards after dosperfighting tho American fire break

Spanish center The Spaniardsged again but were forced to re-

t to the jnnglo where they kept aIvy fire going on one of the roads

ing to the Americans trenches inMr to prevent reinforcements fromring The First California regiand the Utah battery como toreseao through withering fire an-dr wavered though several woremled and Captain IU cuter wasid

bravo Pennsylvania men neverbed but stood their ground underIthering fire The alarm spread

the First California regiment withcompanies of the Third artillery

B fight with rifles were sent up tojnforco the Pennsylvanians The-

y were on top of tho trenchesthose reenforcements arrivednever wns tho discipline of the

liars better demonstrated than bywork of the Third artillery undertain OHara Nothing could boi but the flashes of Mauser rifles

ten rnn right up to the attackingiards and mowed them down withtar volleys The Utah batter-

yer Captain Young coverer itselfdory the men pulled their guns

ugh mud axlo doep Two gunse sent around in flank and poured

ta destructive enfilading fire Themy was repulsed and retreated inrderur infantry had exhausted its amilion and did not follow the eno

Not an inch ground was losti the scone in the trenches was one

SIGSDEE TRANSFERRED

aer Commander of Maine Will HellerCaptain Philip

two important changes in the comAd of vessels of the navy have beenBounced by Secretary Long Cap

Charles D Bigsbeo who comodcd tho battleship Maine when

went into the harbor of HavanaI who has been in command theSiliary cruiser St Paul since tho-r began has been ordered to relievetain John W Philip of command-he battleship Texas It is under-d that Captain Philip will be as

ned to shore duty probably themand of the More Island navy

at San Francisco

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never to bo forgotten During flashes-of lightning tho dead and woundedcould bo soon lying in blood rod waterbut neither tho element of heaven northe power of man could wring a cry ofprotest from tho wounded They on ¬

couraged thoir comrades to fight andhanded over their cartridge belts

On the night of August 1st thofighting was renewed but the enemyhad boon taught a lesson and madothe attack at long range with heavyartillery The Utah battery repliedand the artillery duel lasted an hourOno man was killed Ho vas FredSprings First Colorado Two menwero wounded

Lasted Through a NightOn the night of August 2d tho artil-

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duel was renewed Two monwere badly wounded and wore laterreported dead bringing tho total deadto thirteen with ten in the hospitalmortally hurt

Preparing Ta Tako ManilaImmediately after the arrival of the

expedition Merritt organizedall his forces for an attack on ManilaThe troops were formed into one di-vision

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under command of GeneralAnderson The division is composedof two brigades tho First under Gen-eral

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MacArthur and is made up ofthe Twentythird and Fourteenth reg-ular

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infantry and tho Wyoming NorthDakota Idaho Minnesota volunteersand the Astor battery The Secondbrigade is under command of GeneralGreeno and is made up of tho Eight-eenth

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regular infantry Third artilleryengineers signal corps and Califor-nia

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Colorado Nebraska and Pennsyl-vania

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volunteers and Utah batteryThe two brigades number 2000 menThe Oregon troops garrison Cavite

Admiral Duwoys loot commands-the trenches and camps of tho Span-iards

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Ofllclnl Report From MerrittTuesday the war department receiv-

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the following cablegram from HongKongADJUTANT

GEXEIUL WashingtonMcArthurs troops arrived 81st No

epidemic sickness Five deathsLieutenant Kerr engineer died ofspinal meningitis

Landing at camp delayed on ac-

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of high surf To gain approach-to city Greenes outposts were ad-vanced

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to continue lino from theCamino Real to beach on Sunday nightSpanish attacked sharply Artilleryposts behaved well Kohl positionNecessary to call out brigado Spanishloss rumored heavy Our loss killed

Seventh Pennsylvania John Bra-dy

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Walter E Brown infantry WilliamE Brinton Jacob Hull Jesse NOBS

William Stillwagon First CaliforniaMaurice Just Third artilleryEli

Dawson First Colorado Fred Springstel1

Seriously wounded Tenth Penn-sylvania

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Sergeant Alva Walter Pri ¬

vates Loo Snyder Victor Holmes 03 Carter Arthur Johnson First Cal-

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Captain R Richer Private0 J Edwards Third artillery Pri-vates

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Charles Winfleld J A McElroth Thirtyeight slightly wounde-

dI MEnmrrSecretary flrger regards tho Manila

fl ht as the beginning of the generalattack upon tho Philippine capitalGeneral Merritts force in the Philip ¬

pines consists of throe expeditionswhich have arrived there amountingto 400 officers and 10464 men

NEGRO DEMOCRATS MEETINational League or Colored Voters In

Conference at New YorkThe fifth biennial convention of tho

Negro National Democratic Leaguebegan in Now York city Tuesday RE Manning of Indianapolis calledtho convention to order George ETaylor of Iowa was made temporarychairman and Henry O Smith ofNew York temporary secretary-

A E Manning was named as chair-man

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of the convention of permanentorganization Henry 0 Smith waschosen chairman of the committee onplatform and resolutions Tho pre-

liminary¬

mooting was held behindclosed doors

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CiKMsoN INSTRUCTED TO SIGNi

SAGASTAS CABINET CONSIDERS

PROTOCOL AND ARE AGREED

MKINLEY UNOFFICIALLYINFORMED

After Agreement Ii Perfected And Prop-

erly Signed Up Hoitllttlei Will-

at Once Cease

A Madrid special under date ofAugust llth says Tho governmenthas received tho protocol und thocabinet council rose at 040 p m haveing approved it

Tho government will wire M Cambon empowering him to sign tho proluminaries of peace-

In Spanish official circles the reply-of the United States to Spain in thomatter of peace negotiations is regarded as satisfactory

Tho press now considers peace aforegone conclusion and echoes thegeneral impatience to see a termination of hostilities and to know the program for tho peaco commission atwhich it is bolioved either Sonor Moret or Duke Almodovnr do Rio willpreside It is believed that the nogotiations will extend into the secondhalf of September

Ministers adhere to tho statement-that the protocol contains no modiflcation of tho original terms but onlynew suggestions

Duke Almodovnr do Rio minister offoreign affairs assures tho correspond-ent of tho Associated Press that thonegotiations for the peace treaty willtake place in Paris but ho says thecommissioners have not yet boon appointed-

Tho terms of tho protocol will notbo published until tho instrument hasbeen signed

The Washington EndTho Associated Press bulletin re

eelveil at tho capital Thursday fromMadrid announcing that tho Spanishcabinet tad approved the ponce protocol and that the French ambassadorwould receive instructions to sign itwns Very gratifying to tho administraLion but it was expected that suchwould be the course of the Spanishgovernment

It is confidently expected that thesignatures will be affixed to this docu-ment within a short time and imme-diately

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thereafter both governmentswill begin carrying out its provisions

Tho first will bo the cessation ofhostilities followed immediately bytho occupation of Manila by GeneralMerritt and tho United States troopsunder his command time occupation ofSan Juan in Porto Rico by GeneralMiles and the evacuation of that islandby the Spanish forces

It is believed that there will be a de-

lay in tho evacuation of Havana Matnuzas and other Spanish strongholdsin Cuba as some difficulties are anti ¬

cipated in arrangingfora proper formof government of Cuba and becausethere is no dosiro to hurry Americantroops into the island at the presenttime tho preference being to wait forcooler weather <

There is good authority for tho state-ment

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already published that SecretaryDay will be at the head of tho peacecommission and that two UnitedStates senators will ho members of it

Senator Allison of Iowa and Sena-tor

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Gorman of Maryland have beenprominently mentioned for places onthe commission-

It is now believed by members oftho administration that tho commissioncannot completo its work in time tocause an extra session of congress toconsider legislation which tho treaty-of peaco will necessitate althoughthere is a prospect that an extra ses ¬

sion of the senate might bo culled inNovember to consider tho treaty ofpeace

The naval war board led by ActingSecretary Allen called on Judge DayThursday noon It is believed theirpurpose was to impress upon the sec-retary

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the importance of making tholurrendor of important stragetiopoints at the entrance of harbors suchas Morro castle at Havana harbor-a condition for the cessation of hos-tilities

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It is a question however whetherit is now too late to amend tho proto-col in its substance an proposed byho war board-

WIIISKYrS FEARFUL WORKrDrunken Policeman Kill Hit Mother

Children and WifePoliceman Henry Hawley of the

Tenderloin station New York citywhile in a fit of drunken rago Thurs ¬

day shot his wife his mother MnryHawley his fouryearold son and hisdaughter six years old He then shothimself in the head He was taken toBellevue hospital whero ho died

The others wero taken to the NewYork hospital whore it was said theywould die

The only explanation of the crimewas a statement made by Hawleysmother to the effect that drink hadcaused all the trouble

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THE ANSWER IS fllVRfDI

CAMBON HOLDS LONG CONFERENCE

WITH THE PRESIDENT

THE OUTCOME NOT MADE KNOWN

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Impression If That Spain Seeks to HateSome Changes Made In Phrase-

ology of Demands

A Washington special says Morethan twentyfour hours after it hadbegun to reach Washington tho Span-ish

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note in answer to tho presidentspeace conditions was presented at thowhite house by tho French ambassa-dor

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Tho nature of the answer wasnot made public tho secretary ofstate at the conclusion of tho confer ¬

once making the formal statement thatnothing whatever could bo said on thosubject The conference lasted anhour and twentyfivo minutes

While the outcome of tho conferenceIB unknown tho host opinion obtaina-ble

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is that the matter is still openthat Ambassador Cambon will report-to Spain the results of his efforts andtho desires of this government andthat another reply from Spain as tosome details will be necessary to afinal conclusion

It was noticeable that neither Assist-ant

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Secretary John Moore or AssistantAdeo both of whom aro authoritieson diplomatic phraseology and ono ortho other of whom has been called in ¬

to conference on previous occasionswero present

Secretary Day loft the white houseabout 8 oclock and wont to the statedepartment In response to inquiriesconcerning tho result of tho confer ¬

once with M Cambon ho reiteratedthat no information could bo madepublic Ho could not discuss in anyway ho said tho answer which hadbeen submitted by Spain

Secretary Day returned to tho whitehouse about halfpast 0 oclock Mean-time

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Secretaries Alger Bliss Post ¬

master General Smith and AttorneyGonfiral Griggs had arrivod at theexecutive mansion The five members-of tho cabinet remained in conferencewith the president until 1030 oclockAssurance was given that the confer ¬

ence did not amount to a formal moot-ing

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of tho cabinet although tho replysubmitted by tho Madrid governmentwas discussed

At the conclusion of the conferenceSecretary Algor said that nothingcould bo given out about the reply ofthe Spanish government indicating-that it was a subject of further con ¬

sideration than had yet boon given it

FIVE WERE LYNCHED

Tragic Itriult of the Aimiilnntlon orMerchant Orr In Arkansas

A special from Little Rock Arkstates that as a tragic denonmcnt ofthe assassination of John T Orr awealthy merchant at Olarondon a fownights ago five negroes were foundhanging from the limbs of trees neartho railroad track Monday night andtho widow of John T Orr was discov-ered

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dead in her colt at the jailThe wife dial of a dose of poison

sclfadminibted while the negroes herassociates in crime were strung up bya mob of citizens

The report of tho lynching was re-ceived

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at Little Rock at an early hourTuesday morning after telegraphiccommunications had suspended forthe night and the only authentic dotails of tho affair came from a railroadtelegraph operator at Clarendon whosaw tho lynching

He reported that four bodies twowomen and two men were hangingfrom the limb of a treo not far frombis office and a tow pnces away dangledtime body of another negro woman for-mer

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cook in tho Orr householdMiss Morris tho Jewess implicated-

In the assassination was not hangedshe having disappeared

Last Saturday night John T Orrwas assassinated while making a glassof lemonade Ho had just returnedfrom church whore his wife was or ¬

ganistTho affair was shrouded in mystery

until Miss Morris told somebody thatshe knew who fired the shot-

A coroners inquest resulted in thearrest of the five negroes and Mrs Orrand a warrant for Miss Morris It wascharged that the wife had hired the nogroes to do the murder

Orrn life was insured for 85000 aud-it developed at tho inquest that Orrand his wife lived unhappily

HAS ENOUGH TROOPS

Further Expeditions For Porto Rico RateReed Stopped

Orders wero sent out from Washing-ton Tuesday morning to stay all troopsfrom embarking for Porto Uico and tohold in port all transports which arenot actually under sail These ordersare the result of a protest from Genoral Miles against sending any moretroops to him one reason being thatho docs not need them and anotherthat ho does not want to be saddledwith unwieldy army in Porto Rico

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SLEPT OVER RAGING FIRE

TRANSPORT MORGAN CITY WAS

IN GREAT DANGER

flAMES IN HER COAL BUNKERS

nulde Peril of Fire a Number ofTroops Succumbed to Disease On the

Voyage A Terrible Experience

A dispatch to The Now York Worldfrom Manila Bay under date of Au ¬

gust 4 via Hong Kong saysTho third Philippine expedition is

here 22 days out from HonoluluNever did an expedition encountermoro dangers or endure more perilsOn the voyage six mon and one officerdied and fifty more were taken sickTyphoid and meningitis played havoowith tho transports Two firemenwont insane and leaped overboardBut fire was the worst peril of allThose who died on the voyage wero

Ralph Bowers Ernest BokgerFrederick Buckland Lieut R DKerr Stephen Roddy W D KellyJohn Stockvillo

The fleet of transports and theirconvoy tho monitor Monterey worethrOB days out from Hawaii when firewas discovered aboard tho transportMorgan City One of the crew re-

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to Captain Dillon that therewas a blaze in the coal bunkers

At midnight when all tho troopswore asleep Captain Dillon assembledthe crow and told them tho newsEvery man was pledged to secrecyTo lot the soldiers know they wereover a raging fire would bo to precipi-tate a panic

Silently the mon coupled on thohose and the steampipes Thenbegan battling the flames in tho hole

Next morning the fire was as fierceas ever Night and day the heroiccrew fought tho fire but with littlesuccess And still the troops aboarddid not know that a fire was burningbeneath their feet

The Morgan City fell off in speedand the whole fleet was delayed Cap-tain

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Dillon did not signal tbo flagshipHo kept his mon at work fighting theflames in the bunkers while the troopswent about on deck nil unconscious oftheir peril

The bunkers wero still burningwhen the Morgan City arrived atManila Bay Then for the first timethe troops learned of their dangerThe flames were extinguished aftertho ship had been in port a tow hours

On board the Morgan City were GOO

men of the Idaho volunteers end a det-

achment of Nebraska volunteers

PARSON HUNG IN EFFIGY

Action of Chaplain Wear In DesigningCaused Great Dliguit

A Montgomery dispatch nays Thesensation of the hour in Alabama isthe conduct of Rev Robert Wear ofBirmingham the resigned chaplain ofthe immune regiment which sailedfrom Savannah for Santiago

Citizens of Birmingham wore sooutraged at tho parsons conduct thatthey hung him in effigy before thecourthouse door-

A dummy was strung up dressed inthe fashion of a chaplain with placard-on its breast which bore these words

DR WEAnFifth United States Immune Volun-

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Rev Wear explains his conduct bythe statement that ho can accomplish-more of good by administering to theneeds of his congregation at Binningham than by going to Santiagonow-that the war has terminated anddying with yellow foyer

ROTH REAR ADMIRALS

President Will Iteoonunend the Aclrnncement or Sampson and Schley

A Washington dispatch says Thepresident has determined to re-

commend¬

to congress that actingRear Admiral Sampson bo ad-

vanced¬

eight numbers and CommodoreSchley six numbers This will resultin making each a rear admiral butwith Commodore Schley ranking im-Mediately below Admiral Sampson

Captain Clark of the Oregon willbe recommended for an advance of sixnumbers in tho captains grade andLieutenant Commander Wainwright-will go up eight numbers Otherpromotions throughout tho fleet willbo recommendedS

TO ANTICIPATE HURRICANES

Writ Indian Weather Service Inaagnratedand Headr Ior Bnilnem

The West Indian weather service-was practically inaugurated Wednes ¬

day when the Washington office re-

ceived¬

reports from six of the ton ob-

servation¬

stations recently established-there

Professor Moore states that the sys-tem

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is now in complete working orderand the department will be enabled toforecast the terrible West Indian hur ¬

ricanes that for years have swept theAtlantic coast without warning Thewhole group of islands has been plot-ted and meteorological conditions arechartered daily

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PROTOCOL AGREED UPON-

RAPID ADVANCE TOWARD CON

SUMMATION OF PEACEa

CONTRACT WILL BE CARRIED OUT

Agreement Heine Prepared In Shape totFinal Conilderatlon of the Two

Governments

A Washington special says Mlle

preliminary negotiations looking to-

ward

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tho confirmation of peace ad-

vanced

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a long step Wednesday when ja

the secretary stato and tho Frenchambassador agreed upon the termsupon which future negotiations for atreaty are to bo conducted and re-

duced these to a 4 rm of a protocolThis protocol it is true is yet to besubmitted to tho Spanish governmentbefore the formal signatures are affix-

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but tho administrations view as totho progress made during the day wassot out in Secretarys Days sentence

It is expected that this protocol-will be executed 1f

There is always the possibility indealing with tho Spanish governmentthat it may recede at the last momentfrom an implied agreement but it isscarcely probable that it would bewilling to involve the French ambassa-dor

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in the difficulties that would followwhat to tho world would seem to bo arepudiation of his benevolent efforts in

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behalf of SpainThere must bo a short delay before

the next step can be taken and thoprotocol made binding upon both theUnited States and Spain by tho attach-ment

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of the signatures of the plenipo-tentiaries

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Secretary Day for theUnited States and M Gambon forSpain The delay will be largely at-tributable

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to physical causesThe protocol is long It must be

translated and turned back and forthinto code and simple language no lessthan five times before it reaches Mad ¬

rid through the French foreign officeThis work was not begun until late Jl J

Wednesday afternoon after it had con-sumed

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the best energies of AssistantSecretary Adee of the state depart ¬

ment andY Thiebaut secretarythe French embassay in tho prepara-tion

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in formal shape of two copies ofthe protocol one in English and oneiu French

These were prepared carefully thediplomatic in the two lan-guages

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necessitating tho greatest cau-tion

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in order that the identicalcharacter of tho two copies should bopreserved Tho length the protocolimposed a great amount of labor inrendering tho original into cipher sothat altogether it is apparent the co-nnyption of time involved in purelymechanical functions will bo consider-able

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as to make tho rendition of a very rearly answer improbable

As to tho character of tho protocol-it can be stated on authority that theterms are iu all practical points thosesot in tho abstract of the presidentsconditions published from the whitehouse a week ago

It is believed that the protocol car-ries within itself provisions for thecessation of hostilities-

On this point the naval contingentis urgent that our government adopt-the Napoleonic policy refusing to en ¬

ter into an armistice without requiring-some substantial plodgo to secure theconsummation of peace-

Thb peace negotiations are nowbelieved to be advanced to a pointwhore president has felt warrantedin turning his attention to tho selec-tion

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of tho commissioners to be charg-ed

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by tho United States with the draft-ing

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of a treaty of peaceHo far as can be gathered but one

name has been positively determinedupon that of Secretary Day who willhead the commission Beyond thatpoint there is no certainty althoughsome prominent names have beenbrought forward

Will Now Kednre the NaryThe naval officers have made up

their minds that peace is at hand andore planning for a reduction of thenaval establishment to a peace basis 1F

The first step to be taken will be theretirement of tho monitors from ac-

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service They are uncomfortablecraft to live in and afford thomon lit-tle

¬ l ropportunity for general training

TRAIN HELD UP

Secured the Elpre Safe Bnt Bub equ nt-

r Abandoned Their BootyTho Omaha flyer on the Burlington

road was held up at Dug Hill twomiles north of St Joseph Mo at 9clock Thursday night by five or sixmenAfter securing possession of the ex ¬ 44

tpress car the robbers rolled tho Ad-

ams Express companys small safe outof the car door into a wagon and en-

deavored to haul it awayThey abandoned their task how

over and soon dumped tho safe outupon the highway The safe was re-covered two hours after the holdupand had not been opened

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