Show AT HOME AND ABROAD washington oct 18 the united states la Is now formally in possession of the island asland of porto rico as sovereign the war department has received the f following allowing san juan ju an porto rico oct 18 secretary of wj war ar washington flags have been raised on public buildings and forts in this city and saluted with national salutes the occupation of the island is now complete signed BROOKE san ban juan de porto rico oct 18 promptly at noon today the american flag was raised over san juan the ceremony was quiet and dignified unmarred by disorder of any kind the eleventh regular infantry with two batteries of the fifth artillery landed this morning the latter proceeded to the forts while the infantry lined up on the docks it was a holiday for san juan and there were many people in the streets rear admiral schley and gen gordon accompanied by their staffs proceeded to the palace in carriages the eleventh infantry regiment and sn band with troop H of the sixth united states cavalry then marched through t the he streets and formed in the square opposite the palace at 11 1140 40 a ro gen brooke admiral schley and gen gordon the united states evacuation commissioners came oi out of the palace with many naval officers and formed on the right side of the square the streets bebing the soldiers were thronged thron ged with townspeople who stood waiting in dead silence at last the city clock struck the hour of 12 and the crowds almost breathless and with eyes fixed upon the flagpole watched for developments at the sound of the first gun from fort morro maj dean and castle of gen brookes staff hoisted the stars and stripes while the band played the star spangled banner all heads were bared and the crowds cheered port morro fort san cristobal and the united states state s revenue cutter manning lying in the harbor fired twenty one guns gung each senor rivera who was president of the recent autonomous council of secretaries and other officials oft 1 I the late insular government were present at the proceedings congratulations and handshaking hand shaking among the american officers followed ensign king hoisted the stars and stripes in the intendencia but all other flags on the various public buildings were hoisted by military officers simultaneously with the rising of the flag over the captain generals palace many others were hoisted in different parts of the city the work of the united states evacuation committee is now over and sll all the reports will be forwarded to washington on thursday next the labors of both aoth parties have terminated with honors for all concerned the american commissioners worked without the least delay and in the most thorough and effective manner bonce P R oct 18 cere in the formal surrender ot of the island of at porto rico were as had been most moat enthus enthusiastic lastic after the parade the bands and various trade organizations went to gen henrys headquarters to be introduced to himl him gen henry heary in th the course of brief speech said almede and today the flag of the united states aaita as a an of undisputed authority over the island of porto aioo giving promise of protection of life of liberty prosperity ity jand and right to worship god in accordance with the dictates of conscience the forty five states represented by the stars emblazoned blazoned em on the blue field of that flag unite in to you prosperity and protection as citizens of the Amerl american caa union your future destiny rests largely with yourselves respect the rights of each other do not abuse the government which accords opportunities to the individual advancement for political animosities must be forgotten in and md in the recognition of com moni mo ni interests I 1 congratulate you all in beginning your public life under new auspices au apices free from government oppression pres slon and with wath liberty to advance your own count rys interests by your united efforts 11 the alcalde replied in part as follows today destiny has britten yr itten the last page of spanish dominion to in porto rico and the prologue to the entrance of the noble american republic whose flag to is a sign of a now new era we hope bo see another star sym balle of our prosperity and our membership of the great republic of st states a tes porto rico has not accepted american dominion domini oai on account of force therefore she came willingly and freely hoping hand in hand with the greatest of all republics to advance irr in civilization and progress and aind to become part of the republic to which we pledge tour our faith forever the town was profusely with Ainer american loan flags washington oct 18 in view of the fact that at noon today with the acquisition ot of the island of porto rico by the united states about inhabitants of that island lost their spanish citizenship the question as to what shall became of these people politically liti cally becomes ot of importance madrid adv advises advices aces report port that leading citizens in ill porto rico have already taken steps to become naturalized as united states citizens this is an error for or erl existing stIng law provides no way in which this change of can be effected by the residents of the island there is no united states court there before which a of intention can be filed and in fact no machinery macyln ery ait all which can be put in motion to change bitzen ship inquiry into this subject at the state depart men en discloses the fact that it has been usual to provide a bodily transfer tr aniser of the citizenship of people conditioned as those in porto rico in the treaty of peace which terminates abes a war it may be prudent for the commission at ait paris Parl sto to avoid avol dany any refe references nees to porto rico again in which case congress will the ibe called upon by the president to conifer concer citizen citizenship skip u pan upon the porto weans in the same act its as that which must be passed to provide a stable fonn ot of government for the island should elther either ot of these courses be found is said at ait the department that international law in its would confer american citizenship upon these thede porto P Rio 1 bans ajas the general principle being that where a treaty of cession is silent upon the subject of citizenship it changes with the in the case of the ac acquisition of aw ew mexico the residents of the territory wera given america citizenship by provision of the treaty exposition grounds omaha neb october 20 the weather is very cold the utah delegation was escorted to grounds by the exposition management president wattles in a warm welcoming speech said the motion to hold this exposition was VMS made by william J bryan and was seconded by george Q cannon the utah exhibit will not be of second interest to none the history of utah was more fascinating than any romance when brigham young accomplished complis hed his promising enterprise he proved himself one of the great leaders of the age the industry and frugality of the inhabitants of utah express all who visit you in the tide of emigration grat 1 on which will follow this great exposition utah will share utah has greater resource than pennsylvania he closed by tendering the hospitality of the exposition to the utah party governor wells said he was proul proui that we are now apart of these united states the utah division in the war acquitted acquited ed themselves creditably president snow contrasted the uninhabited and desolate omaha of fifty years ago with its grandeur and glory of today he then indulged in stirring reminiscences of settling up of salt lake city he said he was as rich as any one when he arrived there for he had 5 cents in his pocket president cannon said in a short address that he appreciated the eloquent welcome of president wattles and on this oc occasion castion were awakened many emotions as a boy fifty two years ago when he spent the time in cutting grass on the omaha ground he spoke of the departure of the mormon battalion of the winter quarters the suffering there and the departure of the pioneers in 1847 together with the march across the plains he felt delighted to be here in omaha on this auspicious occasion with the glories of the exposition president smith then related his experiences perien ces how he was chased by the indians heze on this flat in despite the cold the avdi audience ence were intensely interested exercises closed with music by the innis band the utah party is now lunching at markets markels vancouver B C oct ZO 20 disastrous typhoons sand storms and floods have caused a fearful loss of life and property in the orient in the district watered by the river feng in japan hundreds of villages have been swept away and 2000 people have been drowned another report says towns are under water thousands of refugees are flocking to the cities tie the ishi karl kari river has also overflowed drowning over 1000 people seven prefectures were destroyed in a terrible typhoon off formosa about the same time as the floods great damage to shipping was done at bemani eight junks were wrecked and a hundred lives lost twelve junks were driven to sea and lost the steamer denst maru was piled up on shore I 1 among the ships were the american bark comet I 1 the ship was abandoned and crew saved the french steamer holhos is wrecked on the beach near amoy the german steamer of the cunard line was lost in the open sea homeward bound passengers say they passed through twenty miles of abandoned vessels the loss of life must have been enormous I 1 SL 81 liouns oct 21 21 A special to the post from ills ilia says ay serious fire Is ie ragle in the shaft of the virden boal company there TWO this wini ff ls mir rounded by a stockade kaae and Is in the one about which there has been so much trouble ana aig loaa 1094 oolite of life rece rec autly the fire now is of a lelnd burns in a circle so the fire bees john crouch says and mules heroic meana are applied at once tt t will result in great damage to the mine new york oct 22 A dispatch to the herald from manila says rear admiral deweys deleys seizure of Aguin ag aldos steamers has made the natives indignant and their attitude Is threatening chinese and native thieves here are legion and the officers and civilians are frequently robbed Allin eilts among the american troops are mostly slight being those common to europeans newly arrived in the tropics the food la Is of a good quality but the volunteers accustomed to better food are complaining A baseball contest has begun silver cups have been offered by a brewing company and a distillery in the united states the fourteenth regulars team has been defeated by the utah volunteers nine the south dakota troops trompa won rom the fourteenth minnesota the game between the nebraska and colorado troops was called off san franchow Franc daco dow oct 22 the U S transport steamer rio de Jan janetto Janer erlo to arrived today from manila via hongtong Hong kong and nagasaki with sick sold soldiers ders on board supposed to number about 50 the vessel was sent to the quarantine station a angel island and particulars of her voyage are annable at this hour the rda ada brought sick and wounded soldiers from manila oto oli the voyage home eight soldiers died toronto oct 21 21 A dreadful tragedy was enacted in the east end of the city tonight when eliza burrill wife of a well to do mechanic became demented and strangled her three children ethel aged 8 stanley aged 3 and harold aged 11 years the husband of the woman found all of them dead when he came home from work tonight the demented woman gave as aa a reason for her terrible deed that she did not want them to grow up wicked oakland oal cal oct 22 an empl ovion occurred in the mixing room of the judson dynamite Dyn amise powder works at north berkeley today bodow the building was waa totally destroyed and two men thomas roach foreman of the nitroglycerine department and peter anderson andersen foreman in the mixing room were blown to atoms some pounds of gelatine get atine just being made into dynamite went off the caused cause of the explosion Is unknown only the two dead men were in the mixing house at the time of the explosion gon marquette efte mich oct 25 an attempt apparently was made at a m to murder james an enthusiastic anti saloon man and incidentally his entire family by blowing up the house with dynamite the me charge was not heavy enough to wreck the house and his family escaped london oct 25 all interest today is centered in the marquis of Salis burys addition to the fashoda correspondence eonta contained ined in the publication of the british blue book on that subject the conservative newspapers express themselves as being highly pleased with this rejoinder to theft th eFrench rench yellow book on the same subject they declare that it di spells the idea spread by the dispatch of the french ambassador here baron ther the premier was willing to on oa the whole question questa the entire press bo however wever scouts the idea of the poss eslon of fashoda boda ing IN in the sphere ot t discue the w tames james gazette says this a noon we are prepared to degoti of bahr el ghazal district but must control the nile both banks watersheds from its source to the the globe thinks the marquis salisbury has made it clear that ma mad marchand must quit fashoda wi conditions until that is done says there can be no discussion of french claims in africa the globe points out the signi sig ficai announcement in gen Kitch eners re port that he sent gunboats gun boats south to towards mesha er rek the prin cipal trading center of el gha region with instructions to estabula estaba ne cesary outposts and that before the the maintenance of the these station estatio these moves the globe adds brings our position down to an eighth parallel laraue pa raUe of north latitude and the valley of 0 bahr el ghazel at this moment is un der the rule of the khedive it be interesting to see the effect 0 of thise revelation upon the french governs govern ment the pall mall gazette concludes from the publishing of the bluebook that t the 0 trench government has been given to io understand that wholly apart from the fashoda question its title to the territory fiory abutting on the left bank of the nile is rejected as utterly untenable and trance france must accept the position I 1 or take the consequences syracuse N Y oct 25 A race across the continent between john 9 8 vosburg and his wife kate resulted today in a compromise decision by D E petit the referee appointed to adjust the dim difficulty culty between man and wife it appears that last spring mr vos burg became beca bee ame me angry at his father in 1 low law 1 6 the los angeles banker and lett left his home taking two of his three boys him he settled I 1 1 near his old home in this state and a short time ago returned to los angeles j to make efforts to induce his wife to live with him and away from her fathers influence mrs vosburg took advantage of vosburgh Vos burgs presence in california by taking the first traits vitis her father tor for the east with thi the alpar ent purpose of securing the two boys vosburg got wind of her departure and fol followed loVed twenty four hours later first telegraphing his relatives to take care of the boys when mrs vosburg Vor iburg arrived biere she procured red a writ of habeas corpus and the boys were produced in court testimony was presented oro on both sides with a view to showing whether he or she was waa the i proper custodian of the children the me refe referee rete finds that neither the father nor mother r is morally bad and gives to the oldest boy to the father and youngest to the n mother ther washington oct 25 henry morris consul of oc ghent has furnished to the state department as a matter of information a translation ot of a report made by the belgian consul at manila upon the export trade of the philippines during 1897 |