| Show HAVANA’S UTAH NEWS Starvation Stalks Through the City— Money In 1'lenty but Nothing for Sale New York Aug 4 — Accounts of awful destitution in Havana have been brought out on the steamer Fridtjof Nansen which has arrived from Sagua She brought twenty-nin- e refugees most of whom were Spaniards who had made all sorts of sacrifices to escape from the Island in anticipation of its being controlled by the Insurgents Almost all those aboard being Spanish sympathizers a meeting was held in the salon while the ship was oft' N J at which a majority themselves to refuse to give pledged to information Americans any regarding the condition of things in Cuba A few however consented to talk after they got ashore but even they were unwilling to permit their names tq be used One woman who had reached Sagua by rail from Havana said that the condition of affairs in the capital was deplorable and was daily growing worse “There is plenty of money” she said “but of what use is it when it will hardly purchase anything? It is impossible to get beef at any prk-and even horseflesh costs 81 a pound Bread costs 28 cents a pound and is very bad at that Eggs which are brought in from the country in small quantities costs 25 cents each The supply of condensed milk is practically exhausted and the little left is sold at S3 for a can such as you buy here for 10 cents On the average teu to twelve persons are found dead of starvation in the streets everyday and this takes no account of the scores who daily die of hunger in the houses No words can describe the horrors of Los Foscos at the foot of the Prado where the are herded together I was told that there was no less than 4000 of these miserable people in the place when I came away and they are dying by hundreds for of course nothing is being done for their relief even the government has not enough food for its own soldiers Worse than this the officials beat and abuse them Juab county's school population hag Increased 140 since last year has declined to ac' George cept the secretaryship of the state re' publican central com mittee The democratic state committee wil meet in Salt Lake August 6 to pro vide for holding a state convention Smith A John McBride a carpenter working at the Silver King mine fell a distance of twenty-tw- feet o sustaining Bevere injuries lie weighs more than 200 pounds and the shock was great Bar-neg- Salt Lake City has decided to refund t her debt by issuing half a million The latter dollars worth of bonds will have a lawful money clause an attempt to insert a gold clause having been defeated The capacity of the Telluride Power company whose plant is located in the canyon above Provo will be doubled This is made necessary by the increas ed demand for power in the mining camps supplied by the company and the proposed doubling of the capacity of the De Lamar mill Soundings made in the lake about half a mile from shore between Gar field and Saltair show the average depth to be about seventeen or eighteen feet The bottom of the lake is re markably even and uniform but much of it is covered with large boulders e to those that abound in the Black Rock of vicinity Torrey’s rough riders have been ordered to Chickamaugua from Jacksonville where it is thought to be more comfortable This means that they will not take part in the Forto Rican campaign and a conclusion of war may deny them any experiences more exciting than doing patrol duty in Cuba until order there is restored David Dibble a Springville farmer Bimilar ii was bitten in the leg by a huge rattlesnake which he found trying to devour a brood of young turkeys despite the fact that their mother was making a sturdy fight in their defense Mr Dibble is apparently none the worse for the bite as the gentleman imposed on in the snake front by putting his Edmund Salman until cork leg recently yP"p58jfeierk a is unde?- ’ Vutte arrest where his sanity ia He left July 23 to being investigated “voices that escape constantly talked to him” but they went on the same train with him In his pocket when arrested was a letter directed to the coroner telling how to dispose of his remains The feat of swimming from Garfield Saltair has been accomplished by Joseph J Cannon George Q Morris and Ralph Chambers They were accompanied by friends in a rowboat who went along to render assistance in case it was needed The distance is s six and miles and the to 1 seven-tenth- time occupied was six and one-ha- lf hours Joseph Sudweeks aged 60 of Kingston Piuto county was last week as saulted by masked robbers who thought he had a large sum of money in the house which he had secured from the sale of some land He was rendered unconscious and badly injured by being struck over the head with a revolver Only a small sum of f i ! K- - r f - He claims to money was secured have recognized one of his assailants A man living in southeastern Utah who is the proud father of triplets has written a letter to Governor Wells asking if it is true (as he had been informed) that the state paid a bounty to the parents of triplets The governor was informed that the gentleman had been obliged to piny nurse to hit wife and had not been able to earn more than 810 in the past six weeks and needed money badly Governor Wells turned the letter over to Secretary of State Hammond who at last accounts was importuning Attorney General Bishop to find some provision in the statutes for the relief of such cases Mt Pleasant suffered a disastrous fire last week the first in her history The loss will approximateS40000 with insurance not to exceed 810000 Several large firms carried no insurance and loss of buildings and stocks was complete William A Lane a switchman in the employ of the Southern Pacific at committed suicide Sunday Ogden evening cutting his throat with a razor Worrying over monetary matters is attributed as the cause for the rash act News of the death of Captain Charles infantryDodge of the Twenty-fourt- h was received Saturday he having died in the hospital at Santiago of yellow fever The captain was regarded by liis superiors as one of the mostcapahle officers in the army - peace terms accepted DESTITUTION at Administration Receives Unofficial Advices to Tills Effect Washington Aug 3 — Shortly before midnight Secretary Alger as he left the White nouse with the president after a conference said the adminis- tration had received no official Infor- mation that the Madrid government had accepted the terms of peace proposed by the United States Unofficially the president had been informed that the Spanish ministry had accepted the terms of this country for a cessation of the war The unofficial news reached the president ia the form not only of press dispatches but of a private dispatch from consular agents of the United States While this government has strong reasons for believing that its terms of peace have been agreed to by the Madrid government the president is taking nothing for granted Arrangements for pressing the war to a successful conclusion are going forward precisely ns If no negotiations for peace were in progress Notwithstanding these warlike preparations the belief in official circles tonight amounts almost to a conviction that active hostilities have been practically concluded A prominent official of the administration said: “The end is near in my opinion The information thus far received is unofficial and meagre but that it is accurate in the main we have no reason to doubt In fact we have reason to believe it is correct” Fireproof Decks for Warship WashingtonAug 3 — Fireproof wood is again in full favor in the navy Secretary Long having issued an order requiring it for the decks of the battleships from and monitory the only place which it has been excluded by preceding orders on account of some commanders’ report of dampness The secretary has decided that the battle of July 3 has removed any doubt as to the importance of protecting warships from fire by the best means within reach so he will appoint a board to consist of a line officer a naval constructor and a chemist to examine the reports coming from officers commandshamefully ing ships fitted with fireproof wood especially those which were present in The Transportation Exhibit the battle where the Spanish ships Omaha Aug 4 — The urned and he has instructed the transportation Agricultural implynept construe tionbureau to gather all the located onWxaUet-k- ' north of the Mid- information possible of this kind for way and has the largest ground area submission to the board of any structure on the Anticipate Trouble With Insurgents Exposition grounds being 432 feet long and 300 feet wide and is Washington Aug 3—The officials consequently well adapteted for the here make no concealment of their appurpose for which it was erected prehensions of serious trouble to folThe exhibits installed in this build- low the execution of our program in ing are among the most interesting regard to the Philippines The reports and instructive to be seen at the of the military and naval commanders Exposition The transportation ex- of late have contained warnings of exhibits are arranged along the north pected conflicts with the insurgents side of the building and include every and no surprise will be felt at the rekind of vehicle from a plain farm ceipt of news of an outbreak at almost to a magnificently any moment wagon or The United States government feels equipped Pullman vestibule train The monster freight engines and the that it has assumed a moral obligation smaller ones used in the passenger towards not only the foreign residents train service are lined up for inspec- at Manila but toward the unprotected tion on one track with the old car classes of the Spanish community used by Abraham Lincoln before his women children nuns and priests death and in which his remains were Therefore when intimation came that transported from Washington to the insurgents were threatening the It is the property of the lives of some helpless monks orders Springfield Union Pacific railway were sent to the American military The display of carriages traps bug- commander to look Into the matter gies and buckboards includes hundreds and to act in the interest of civilization of models from the best factories in the and humanity land One of the latest buggies is the A Bloodless Invasion Hobson The wheels and running are gear Washington Aug 2 — Some reports painted red with white and blue stripes and the design d ecorat-in- which have been received from Porto the buggy sides is an anchor Rico but for political reasons cannot The cushions are covered with navy be made public has given great satisblue broadcloth Mahogany silver faction to the officials of the war deplated farm wagons built for the partment since they go to show that exposition stand side by side with the the resistance which can he made by plain green wagons that have the Spanish troops will be very little long been the indespensible farm ve- Miles will achieve an almost bloodless hicle In fact it has been suggested victory with some plausibility that the MaSPAIN drid government realizing the of peace and the lack of loySeeking Farther Explanations In Order to alty towards the monarchy of the mass Gain Time of Porto Ricans has allowed the SpanWashington Aug 4— After a confer- ish garrisons of the island to underence on the peace question lasting for stand that they are not expected to just an hour this afternoon between sacrifice their lives In useless resistthe president and M Cambon the ance to superior force so that all that French ambassador the latter acting is to be expected is to be a rather foras the representative of Spain Secremal opposition to the progress of Gentary Day emerged from the White eral Miles’ triumphant march across House and announced that today's Trans-Mississip- CORRUPT ENGLISH FINANCIERS MOEE MEN NEEDED TASK AT MANILA TOO ARDUOUS FOR A SMALL FORCE All ths Troops at San Francisco Will be Uiapatchen as Soon as Transports Can be Secured— May Hava to Fight the Insurgents Deplorable Condltlans Readied Upon Inves tlgatloa of a Bankrupt Corapa ny London Aug 2 — The examination of Ernest Terah Dooley the bankrupt company promoter is creating a papio The most surprising conditions of dishonesty are being brought to light A number of lawyers were present in behalf of the distinguished clients who denied Mr Ilooley's charges in connection with the payment of large sums of money for the use of their names or for introductions to people of prominence Mr Hooley said in regard to the Earl of Winchelsea that the latter himself suggested he ought to be given £10000 for joining the directorate of the cycle tube company The Earl witness adds said he could not take the money personally but remarked that it would be given to his brother Washington Aug 2 —General Merritt has again cabled to the war department as to the situation iu Manila which he finds very unsatisfactory and dangerous owing to the attitnde of the Insurgents In the opinion of General Merritt the attitude of the insurgents there is similar to that assumed by Garcia's Cubans upon the question of their right to enter and possess themselves of the city although in this case the insurgents are a much more formidable element being not Mr only more numerous but better armed and filled with the arrogance following numerous victories over their Span- ish foes General Merritt however indicates that he will do his utmost to protect the citizens from the savagery of the insurgents though his task is a delicate and difficult one because of fhe fact that he must while fighting the Spaniards be ready at any moment to repel the insurgents The general gave notice that he was about to combine with Admiral Dewey In a joint demand for the surrender of the city to the United States forces thus forestalling the insurgents and this move may cause a rupture It is possible in view of the fact that General Merritt’s cablegram was sent from Cavite last Thursday that this movement has been made already by the combined military and naval forces although there is some doubt on this point on account of a statement from Merritt that he will receive all his soldiers before attacking It is possible the demand might be made without being followed by an attack w hich may be deferred until all the troops Continuing Mr Hooley asserted that the Earl of Winchelsea also received £2000 for joining the directorate of a horseless carriage Fitch-IIatte- n company to the Earl of Albemarle Mr that his “silly disclaimer” diil not need any explanation Mr Hooley testified that Earl de la Warr offered him £1000 to aay that the 0 paid him by the witness was a gift made after the flotation of the company in which the Earl figured Mr Hooley further testified that certain directors of the Humber company offered him £1000 and £2000 to commit perjury and say that the £50000 which he had paid them was profit from other As Hooley said £25-00- business Mr Hooley said that while out driving a little man in a hansom cab stopped him and said: “There are a thousand sovereigns iu the hansom for you” Mr Hooley said he replied: “What have I to do for that?” Th ereupon the little man is alleged to have answered: “If yon will say the money you gave Lord Albemarie was a present made after the company have reachep Cavite was floated I am instructed to leave to date of the report General Up the the solhad 12000 him you with about Merritt sovereigns and take your word of honor” Mr Hooley replied: “I told him I seven all have left In expeditions San Francisco for the Philippines and would punch his head if he did not go it is the intention to furnish Merritt at away” least 8000 men more than his present Mr Hooley then told of the pay ments force If he delays his attack until all which he claims to have made to the diers pi bnb-wle- g old-styl- e DILLY-DALLYI- conference was inconclusive wherefore the parties to it had agreed to say nothing to the public as to what had occurred The secretary did not appear to be discouraged as he made this statement though he admitted that no time had been set for another conference From this it is gathered that the long expected answer of the Spanish government to the president’s note upon being received had turned out to be just as it was expected either a counter proposition or a request for a fuller statement iu detail upon some of the heads of the president’s note THE PROVINCE OF S ANTIAQO DE CUBA (Map showing the part aurren dered with the City of Santiago) reached him Manila will in that way before September for the last of tho troops have uot yet started from San Francisco It may be however that the arrangements as to the Philippines which it is expected will be included in the peace treaty will obviate the necessity for further action on the part of the American commanders these have not be taken SPAIN WILL ACCEPT Belief Kiprmd That Peace Will He Declared by August 18 Madrid Aug 2 — The cabint council discussing the peace terms A dispatch was then sent to Washington for further explanation of ome difficult points When the replies are received the cabinet will reassemble Senor Sagaeta the premier confirms sat for hours the report that “some modifications of the original terms have been obtain- ed” The Liberal says that the Spanish-America- n peace commissioners are to in meet London and that the points to be discussed will be the disposition theis’and to be made of the Philippine islands PRIVATE BRAN DT’8 CASE the payment of the Cuban debt the of Cuba and Porta Iilco evacuation Honorably Discharged On ths Ground the and ownership of the war material of Disability San Francisco Aug 3 — Private Join tho Antilles Paris Aug 2 — It is announced in a seph Brandt of the Utah cavalry who committed the serious offense of sleep- dispatch from Madrid to the Temps ing on guard is to be given an honor- that the Spanish cabinet is to meet and able draw up Spain’s reply to the United discharge The found that Brandt was suffering from States answer to peace proposals lead poisoning the result of working In conclusion the Madrid dispatch in a Utah mine and recommended honsays it is the general belief that peace orable discharge on the ground of phy will be an accomplished fact before sicu: disability August 15 court-marti- al financial editors of the Pall Mall Gazette and the Westminister Gazette alleging that he paid the former in order to “keep him quiet” MERRITT Proposes to WANTS 50000 Have Enough Whip the Rebels Troops to San Francisco Aug 2 — In reply to a received from General dispatch Merritt now at Cavite General Merri-at- n cabled that since the departure of the governor general of the Philippines five transports with 4897 men had sailed from this port Scarcely had the message been sDt before General Merrlam received word from the war department that General Merritt had ask to have his command increased from 20000 to 50000 troops in order to be able to meet any emergency which may arise on account of the hostile attitude of Agulualdo and the insurgent forces TWO MORE ISLANDS Hawaii Goes Into the Annexation Bus! nest Herself San Francisco Aug 2 — News has been received that on the day that the news of annexation was received in Honolulu an expedition authorized by the Hawaiian republic started on a 1700 mile voyage to annex two islands to the Hawaiian group The Islands in question are Byer and Morell about 100 miles apart The Hawaiian flag has never been raised over these islands and Senator G N Wilcox wai sent on the steamer Waindale to formally annex them to the republic He sailed before learning that Hawaii huJ' of the United States become a part -- - - i |
