| Show ADMIRAl SCHLH AT SAN JUAN I I I AMERICAN SALUTED BY THE SPANIARDS Cheered as He Left the Seneca and Hailed as the Nex President General Brooke Arrives I San Juan de Porto Rico Sept GThe United States transport Seneca carryIng carry-Ing Rear Admiral W 5 Schley and Brig I adler General WT 1T Fordon of the Porto Rico military ommlsslon arrived off the I harbor lastnight but did not cuter until this morning The United States protected pro-tected cruiser New Orleans which lying in the harhelr fired art admirals salute of 13 guns The SpanIsh gunboat isabel responded with 13 guns whereupon the New Orleans set tile SpanIsh flag at the pole and saluted it with 11 guns A boat Immediately put off from the New OrlCns t the eneca and took Admiral Ad-miral Schle aboard As he went over the latters side her passengers among whom he had become exceedingly popular emt eaC11 i de gave three cheers ang a tiger and one man n his enthusiasm yelled Hurrah for the next president 1 AdmIral Schley was given an enthus iasUe reception on board the New Orleans I I The Seneca also brought the postal com I I missIon slz nUlse5 an H contract aur i I geons Then were 13 postal clerks with theIr commisSions for various stations I I The commissioners will make an UlVeStl gation Into the postal system of the Island and report to Washington F Du 1laures J D H Luce and E H Lathrop representing the Boston firm of De Ford Co which has been apPointed the United States fiscal agents In Porto RIco will establish banks at San Juan and Ponce They believe the United States government will eventually retire the Porto Rican currency which the local banks are trying to maintain close to par I at an atbitrlry price It Is valued approximately I ap-proximately at 1OOOOOJ The Seneca proceeds to Ponce this afternoon after-noon Paymaster Arthur who Is onboard on-board has 1000000 for the troops GENERAL BftOOKES ARRIVAL Major General BroOke arrived safely at Rio Piedraq yesterday afternoon Colonel Plno the local Spanish commander com-mander at Rio Piedras rode to the outskirts Brookd out-skirts of In the behalt town of and Captain greeted General General Macias Colonel Plno after having been fntroduced to General Brook s staff es cQrted tie party to General Iaclas summer sum-mer residence whIch has Lcin placed at the American commanders disposition Jre house Is aa pretentious dwelling Jagf jag the plaza Quarters for the staff of General Brooke wlll be found tomorrow In another house General Brooke who Is outranked by benerai t aacIas lh latter being a lieu I tiiant general will call upon the captaIns captaIn-s noral at the pa1n and pay him an official vIslt of coureszt SCHLEY GOES ASHORE DurIng the afternoon Admiral Schley I and General Gordon came ashore and took up their qutlrters at the Hotel Inglaterra whetd they wUl remaIn during the session at the milItary commission They walked I from the qua to the hotE1 attracting much attention The Spanish soldiers and sailors who throng the city seemed especially es-pecially curious to see the man who destroyed de-stroyed Cer eras fleet The only guard for the party consisted of three policemen but even these were unncessary as there was no hostile demonstration whatever About 4 oclock General Brooke arrIved from his headquarters at Rio Pedras and the three commlsilo all of whom are ranlted by Captain General lIacias made fa call ot courtesy upon him All appe rj to be clear sailing for the United States commissioners but it Is reported that the Spanish commissioners expect considerable compensation for the Spanldzpoperty to be relinquished Their instructions were received yesterday from thp ste merClulad de at1lz One of the commissioners is said to have no marked to Admirat Schley that he was anxIous tn leava for Spain nntl fiat it he hqd his way the proceedings would terminate that he could go in a week The French steamer Norte Dame de Salut which arrIved yesterday from Havana anti ran aground whIle entering the harbor Was pulled off today and with a hundred sick and wounded sailed for gJ ig Santander Snain I |
