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I VOL. LIII WINNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10, 1898. NO. 1. L TERMS OF PEACE. We Will Consent for the CommisP sion to Meet in France. \ MODIFICATIONS REFUSED. ) j Spain Must Cede All Her Islands ; In Western Waters Save Cuba to Us if She Wants > + v Peace. r Y President McKinley has given out ^ the foilowiug statement: f ';in order to remove any misapprehension wijfch' regard to the peace negotiationsj^tw.een the United States aud Spai|^ -it-is^6emed proper to say that the teruts-Q^ered by the United States I ^ to Spain jjm the note handed to the French Ambassador are, in substance, / as follows: " 'The President does not now put * forward any claim for pecuniary indemnity, but requires the relinquish& ment of all claim of sovereignty over or title to tne island 01 Uuoa, as wen |h| as the immediate evacuation by Spain <>; of the island. " 'The cession to the United States Wm and immediate evacuation of Porto liico i? and other islands under Spanish soverW eignty in the West Indies, and the like R cession of an island in the Ladrunes. F " 'The United States will occupy and VinM tliA cit-v hsv fim] liarhrvr nf Marti k la, pending the conclusion of a treaty L " of peace, which shall determine the L control, disposition and government of F the Philippines. '"If these terms are accepted by Spain in their entirety it is stated that commissioners will be named by the United States to meet commissioners r?n twrf-. nf Snair* fnr t.Tio rmrnfKP nf tn~*v r?r concluding a treaty <$f peace on the basis above indicated.'" The foregoing was made public by reason of the great discussion that has arisen over the matter and the many contradictory statements published. There has been considerable discussion . between the United States and Spain in ya'parar*r>a f<"? fVio forme Sr>sin wanted them modified, but this the President has refused to do, except in some minor particulars. The President and M. Cambon, the French Ambassador at Washington. I who is acting for Spain, has had several R conferences. 31. Cambon asked that the commission "to be appointed to set B tie the terms of peace shall meet outWfr side of the United States, and preferably in France. The President sees no material objection to granting this request, and it is said to be practically settled that the conference will be held in Paris. The Madrid government, through M. Cambon, propounded a number of questions as to the time when Spain would be expected to evacuate Cuba and the territory to be ceded the United States and what provisions would be made by . ? the United States to protect the interests of Spanish subjects in these islands . while the evacuation was in progress. Cambon was informed upon all of Jjpese points presumably to his satisf^faction. There is one point, however, which i the Spanish authorities, judging from ||L their communication to their represenW tative here, fail fully to comprehend, and Secretary Dav's call upon the am bassador Thursday night was i'or the purpose, principally, of making perfectly clear this one point, which was the evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico and one of the Ladrone islands to be selected by the United States, and the permanent cession to this government of all these islands except Cuba, was made /ifc a condition precedent to all peace nego v tiations. and that not until these terms had been fully complied with would this government consent to entertain any peace propositions whatever. The question upon which the Spanish government has so far asked for additional information are regarded by the administration as perfectly legitimate and proper, and up to this time nothing has occurred to bring in question the I sincerity of their motives. Under these I circumstances it is the purpose of the I^" President to deal -with them in a spirit of perfect fairness and to make the road - to peace as smooth for them as the rights and dignity of this governmen will permit, and to this end unimportant concessions will be readily granted. Something has been said about an effort on the part of the Spanish govern merit to secure some guarantee from the B United States that the lives and propK erty of Spanish citizens in conquered Wf territory shall be cared for. The idea ^ of the administration is that "no such pledge or guarantee is necessary. Assuming sovereignty over conquered territory and exercising it either through civil administration, as will be the case with Porto ftico in the end, or through military governorship, as will be the msp in P!iibrt fnr an indefinite time. the United States assumes a strict obligation to protect the lives, interest and property of all citizens of all stations, t and it must be remembered that when the treaty of peace, is signed the citizens of Spain, now enemies, will be in that category. Sanitary and Hygenic. Augusta has formed, we believe, a Lcivie league to keep the city clean and r?^fceautiful. Charleston urges that no more scraps of paper be allowed to blow through the streets and litter them. The late Mr. Drummond. of ? literary fame, said some good things about clean homes and yards and streets, aud it would be a happy thing could we all. white and colored, teach the children, by precept as well as ex b % ample, the beauty and utility as well as-the heathfulness of taking an abidlp ing interest in these matters. Streets, lanes, alleys, yards, drains, f ditches, outhouses, stables, etc., should r be cleansed, fumigated, deodorized and disinfected whenever needed. Under houses and low places should j be swept, sanded and limed. Scraps I of paper, as well as offal and all debris ! ^ should be gathered and burned or ^ buried. Weeds should be cut down and burned before the August and September sun falls upon them. Pig pens, wherever they may be, should be kept scrupulously clean. No impure water should be allowed by sura face aud interstitial drainage to get ^ into wells and cisterns. This is a fruitful soutce of trouble. Our towns, villages and county places should all be awake to the importance of this k matter. It is one of vital moment. r it-. I#:- . | BOWS TO THE INEVITABLE. j America's Terms Accepted and the War is Practically Ended. i A /I-Piv.nri ATn^rid s.ivs flip | xx uiojmwvu j Spanish Cabinet approved Saturday ! evening the basis of the reply to the peace conditions proposed by the United States. Duke Aimadovarde Kio. the minister of foreign affairs, is charged with revising the reply, which will be ! read and approved at the cabinet council tomorrow morning. It is stated on good authority that the Spanish reply will give no occasion for a further response from the United States. A Madrid special to the New York Journal says: "The queen regent has approved the reply of the Spanish gov eminent to the United States accepting the conditions laid down by the latter under which peace will be concluded," The Madrid co5Tespondent of the London Sunday Times says; "Spain's answer will accept all the American terms, except that regarding the Cuban debt. The government will fight this point on the ground that in all other cession of territory by one nation to another the ceded territory has carried with it its debt or proportion belonging to the- nation by which it was ceded. "Senor Sagasta, in conferring with politicians and generals, follows the ex ample of Seuor Casteiar in 1873. His objects are two-fold?to divide the responsibility for the deeision and to avoid the convocation of the cortes. kThe news from Porto Kieo is received with great disappointment in Madrid. The Spaniards are disgusted with the welcome the natives have given the Americans and the news that the volunteers have thrown down their arms. The general opinion is that it is not worth while to risk lives and spend millions for the sake of territories which are worse than disloyal to the mother country. It is assumed that there will be no internal trouble over the evacuation of the West Indies. The war has cost $350, 000,000. The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing Sunday, says: ''The answer of the Spanish government declares that Spain cannot discuss the American proposals, but only accept them, because they are imposed on her by force. Only a few unessential changes in the American demands were asked for and it is not expected that President McKinley will refuse them. "A commission composed of Spaniards and Americans will decide the question of the Cuban debt, the dates and manner of evacuating Cuba and Porto Kico, and the protection of Spaniards and Spanish interests in these places. The commissioners will also decide whether Spain is to be allowed to withdraw her artillery and the remainder of her arms and ammunition from the colonies, while the question of the Philippines will be settled by the bame body. A treaty will be signed sub ject to approval by the cortes, which will be convoked at once. "The cabinet council tonight will appoint Spanish commissioners to meet the Americans to arrange as to the future of the Philippines and other details." According to the most reliable sources of information the Spanish note is couched in dignified language. It asserts that Spain bows to the force of circumstances, having done nothing to provoke the war, into which she has been unwillingly led, in the defence of her rights and territory. It expresses a willingness to appoint delegates to meet the American commissiouors to discuss a regime for the Philippines. It is understood that both Senor Sagas... j tv_u_ a i?j id auu. JL/iuwe <ajiuuuuvai 'iv; jlhv, wiu foreign minister, told the queen regent that they felt deeply the painful duty circumstances imposed upon them. A dispatch from Madrid says: "El Imparcial proposes a new solution for the settlement of the Cuban debt. It takes it for granted that the United States cannot be asked to assume the burden of about 32,000,000 pounds ($160,000, 000) of the debt existing when the rebellion began in 1895, and the 90,nnn nnn i nno nniv\ cn^nf. VVWjVVV ^UUUUtJ ^VIWVj WVVj VVV^ W|/VA4V since, and it suggests that Spain should undertake to pay interest and i-edemption on the Cuban debt until the new West Indian republic is in a position to do so, which El Parcial believes, Cuba could soon do, when its vast natural resources were developed under an American protectorate." To Keep Fools Out of Churches. Henry Ward Beecher was approach ed by a young man who considered himself very clever, says the San Francisco Argonaut. '"Do you know, Mr. Beecher," said he, "I've been thinking that I would settle down, behave myself and join your church. Now, I like your preaching, but when I go to your church and see such men as $ and others, grasping skinflints and hypocrites to the core, sitting there in full membership, why, the thing is just a little too much for me. And really," he added, "I cannot join." "Well, you're right,"' said Mr. iieecher. ''every church has such men, and I fancy Plymouth is not free from them. And until vou sDoke I have alwavs wondered why the good Lord permitted it. Now I understand." "Ah," gvrgled the young fellow. "I amgtad 1 have thrown some light on the question. What strikes you as the reason, Mr.Beecher?" "Well," replied the great preacher, "it is permitted in order to-keep just such fools as you out of the churches." She Trusted Papa. Years aw a train was rushinc alone on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at great speed. The passangers were anxious, because it was in the time of war, and they were afraid that the enemy might tear up the tracks or some other acccident happen. A bright little girl came toward a passenger and said, i-Good morning/' in a clear, sweet voice! The gentleman asked her if she was not afraid to ride in the cars. bhe said, sometimes; .but 1 am not afraid this time." ;'Why are you not afraid this time? Everybody else seems to be afraid. Bosides we are running very rapidly." ;*Oh, there'5 no danger at all; papa is running ti engine." Her father was the engineer, and she had such confidence in his ability to protect her that she felt perfectly secure and happy. When we have God to ; _ i j j.~ r _ guiue us, \ve nave noming iu iear, lor ! he is much better able to protect us ; than the engineer on the train was to i take care oi' his little daughter. i w THOUSANDS SICK. Terrible Suffering of Our Soldiers at Santiago. THE RAVAGES OF DISEASE. | General Ames Says "If the Army j is Ever to Return it Must Do So at Once." Action Taken. Summoned by Maj. Gen. Shafter, a meeting was held at Santiago "Wednesday morning at headquarters, and in the presence of every commanding and medical officer of the Fifth army corps. Gen. Shafter read a cable message from Secretary Alger, ordering him at the recommendation of Surgeon Gen. Sternberg. to move the armv into the interi or, to San Luis, where it is healthier. As a result of the conference Gen. Shafter will insist upon the immediate withdrawal of the army north withiutwo weeks. As an explanation of the situation the following letter from Col. Theodore Roosevelt, commanding the First %*olunteer cavalry to Gen. Shafter was handed by the latter to the correspondent here of the Associated Press f 1.1? , -X? lor puDiieanon: Major Gen. Shafter. Sir: In a meeting of the general and medical officers called by you at the palace this moruing, we were all, as you kno^, unanimous in view of what should be done with the army. To keep us here, in the opinion of every officer commanding a division or brigade, will simply involve the destruction of thousands. There is no possible reason for not shipping practically the entire command north at once. Yellow fever cases are very few in the cavalry division where I command one rtf rKincirm* AV^Ant. simrmtr t.hft men sent to the hospital at Siboney, where they have, I believe, contracted it. But in this division there have been 1,500-cases of malarial fever. Not a man died from it, but the whole command is so weakened and shattered as to be ripe for dying like rotten sheep when a real yellow fever epidemic, instead of a *?-1- - - -: J : _ i:i.? ii. i xas.e epiuemit; jus.t: uie jjreaeuc, bl:i!\.c3 us, as it is bound to if we stay here at the height of the sickness season, August and the beginning of September. Quarantine against m tlarial fever is much like quarantining, against the toothache. All of us are certain, as soon as the authorities at Washington fully appreciate the condition of the army, to be sent home. If we are kept here it will, in all human possiblity, mean an appalling disaster, for the surgeons here estimate that over half the army, if kept here during the sickly season will die. This is not only terrihlft from the standDoint of the in dividual lives lost, but it means ruin from the standpoint of the military efficiency of the flower of the American army, for the great bulk of the regulars are here with you. The sick list, large though it is, exceeding 4,000, affords but faint index, of the deliberation of the army. Not 10 per cent, are fit for active work. Six weeks on the north Maine coast, for instance, or elsewhere, where the yellow fever germs cannot possibly propogate, would make us all as fit as fighting cocks, able as we are eager to take a leading part in the great campaign against Habana in the fall, even if we are not allowed to try Porto Rico. We can be moved north, if we are moved at at once, with absolute safety to the country, although of course it would have been indefinitely if w "hnr? Viaati mrworl nnrtb or to Porto Rico two weeks ago. If there were any object in keeping us here we would face yellow fever with as much indifference as we face bullets, but there is no object in it. The four immune regiments ordered here are sufficient to garrison the city and surrounding towns, and there is absolutely nothing for us to do here, and there has not been since the city surrendered. It is impossible to move into the interior. Every shifting of camp doubles the sick rate in our present weakend condition and anyhow, the interior is rather worse than the coast, as I have found l -1 z n _ i. Dy actual rccoimoisauue. v/ux piescuu camps are as healthy as any camps at txiis end of the island can be. I write only because I cannot see our men who have fought so bravely and who have endured extreme hardships and danger so uncomplainingly, go to destruction without striving, so far as lies in me, to avert a doom as fearful as it is unneccessrry and undeserved. (Signed) Yours respectfully, Theodore Roosevelt, Col. Commanding First Brigade. After Col. Roosevelt had taken the initiative, all the American general officers united in around robin addressed to Gen. Shafter. It reads: "We, the undersigned officers, com manding the various brigades, divisions, etc., of the army of occupation in Cuba, are of the unanimous opinion that this army should be at once taken out of the island of Cuba and sent to some point on the northern seacoast of the United States; that it can be done without danger to the people of the United States; that yellow fever in the army at present is not epidemic; that there are only a few sporadic cases, but that the army is disabled by malarial fever to the extent Ciiat lto cuiuicuv;) A3 ^u. auu tiiai it is in a condition to be practically destroyed by an epidemic of yellow fever, whicli is sure to come in the near future. "We know from the reports of competent officers and from personal observations that the army is unable to ! move into the interior and that there are no facilities for such a move if attempted, and that it could not be attempted till too late. Moreover, the best medical authorities of the island say that with our present equipment we could not live in the interior during the rainy season without loss from malarial fever, which is almost as deadly as yellow fever. ;'This army must be mo zed at once or perish. As the army can be safely moved now. the persons responsible for preventine such a move will be re sponsible for the unnecessary loss of many thousands of lives. ':Our opinions are the result of careful personal observation, and they arc also based on the unanimous opinion of our medical officers with the army, who understand the situation absolutely-' Maj. M. M. "W ood. the chief surgeon of the First division, said: "The array j must be moved north." and added with j i emphasis, i:or it will be unable to move i j itself." I Gen. Ames has sent the following j | cable message to Washington: j "The Hon. Secretary of the Navy: j "This army is incapable because of j j sickness from marching anywhere, ex- j j cept to tne transports. 11 it is ever 10 | return to the Uirited States it must do j so at once." To a correspondent of the Associated ! Press Gen. Ames said: * ;If I had the power I would put the men on the transports at once and ship them north without further orders. I am confident such action would ultimately be approved. A full list of the sick men would mean a copy of the ros| ter of every companv here." Tlia Tl" mrorlov liorl "? ATI - J.UV A. IV/OXUUUV J ilUiOUU.J iiau U vvn fcrence with Secretary Alger, Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary of NavyAllen, at which action was taken for prompt transportation of Gen. Shafter's army from Cuba to Montauk Point. It was concluded that there were sufficient vessels off the coast there now for the purpose. When the meeting ended it was officially stated that the number of vessels now there was adequate for the removal of the army. The dispatch of the troops home accordingly will begin at once. The first transport containing soldiers of Shafter's army at Santiago has already left for Montauk Point. Eight others are off Santiago to be loaded immediately with troops. The entire command should be transferred by the twentieth. The first immuue regi&tent has reached Santiago and four others are expected shortly. FIVE DAYS IN A DUNGEON. How Hobson and His Men Were Treated at Santiago. Wliilfi Xnvnl TTnhsnn Tins ! manifested great reticence in speaking of his treatment by the Spanish authorities after the Merrimac sunk, and has avoided any reference to his experiences as a prisoner which might increase the esteem in vrhich he is held by the officials and by the public generally, he has talked freely 011 the subject to his immediate superiors, who declare that for a time he was treated by the Span- ? iards as a common criminal, instead of being accorded the rights of a prisoner ; of war. According' to Chief Construe- : tor Hichborn, immediately after the capture of Hobson's men by Admiral Cervera, when it was thought-that he and his men alone had survived trom the wreol* of an American battleship, destroyed by torpedoes in attempting to force the}hr.Dor, the Spaniards were too jubilant to pay much attention to him, but when they realized that no American lives had been lost, and the channel had been obstructed, if, at all, only by a worthless collier, they looked upon him with amazement as a hero whose gallantry far exceeded any Spanish conception of what a man might do for his country and it was with great chagrin that Admiral Cervera was prevented bythe Madrid authorities from returning the heroic young officer and his brave men to Admiral Sampson, but compelled to deliver them to the mili tary authorities ashore as prisoners of i war. < (jren. Linares, with the brutal instinct that had marked his conduct of i Cuban affairs already intrusted to him, ? deliberately placed Hobson and his : men in Morro Castle as a shield against ; the fire of Sampson's squadron and here i he was locked up for five days in soli- ; tary confinement in a filthy dungeon, ; under conditions which, he says, must ] have soon resulted in his serious illness ] and perhaps his death. The treatment j he received and the scanty food given ] TTrti?A t?r\ VvrtffAr flion fVtACA - "iiu >ruiu uu tuau U^UVIUUU j a common criminal condemned to exe- ] cution. This punishment, however, was of short duration, on account of the ] vigorous protest which was made \ through a neutral power to Spain, < coupled with Admiral Sampson's notice < to the Spanish admiral that he would be < held personally responsible for Hob- ] son's welfare. Under these circum- j stances, Admiral Cervera interposed j his influence with Gen. Linares, and < Hobson, with Jiis men, were transferred ; to the barracks in the city. Here his i solitary confinement continued, but he , could look out of a window to the hills , on the east and see the smoke from the , American rifles of Gen. Shafter's men, ? firing from their intrenchments, with the consolation that his captivity would be of short duration. The food given ' to him was of the most wretched char- ' acter, probably because the Spaniards | themselves could spare no beiter, but ; the British consul frequently brought him delicacies from his own table. A Spanish official was invariably present, however, during these visits to prohibit conversation, and no news of occurrences around him was?_ever permitted to I reach Hobson. In this manner he was i kept in ignorance of the destruction of (Jervera's fleet until his exchange was : completed, and he had entered the , American lines. The Second Regiment. The Columbia llegitter says every : tliinir Yiriint.s f.n mm r?:irlv r-n rnr>lAt.inn nf w"4ua ww v- ?r*vv*u" ; the second regiment. Ool. Jones liav- ! ing successfully accomplished his mission to Washington, -recruiting officers will at once start on their tour. There ! are to be six of these in all?Lieut. , Col. Thompson, two commissioned men ' and three enlisted men. It is the plan i to cover the State and wherever there ! nronnv mpn of nir tliPSfi officers will administer the oath and thus speedily form a company. In ] each city a local physician will be ap- ! pointed and with the assistance of ] the recruiting officers proceed with ( the examinations. Hence, under this arrangement it is thought that it , will be a matter of only a short while , until the regiment is mustered in. j Spanish Methods. ! A T??r. J J uiuuiai nuui uau y uau de Porto Rico says Col. San Martin, ] wlio was in command of the Spanish garrison at Ponce, has been court mar- ( tialed and shot for abandoning the place without resistance in the face of an 1 overwhelming American force. Lieut ] Col. Puiz. the second in command, } committed suicide. Spaniards Ready to Surrender. The warships Massachusetts and Dixie arrived at Santiago Friday afternoon mid started coalinir. The commander 1 of the Wilmington reports that the i Spaniards demoralized at Manzanillo : and would quickly surrender to the forces of the Americans. ; MICKEY'S WIVES. Two Young Women Claim Him as a Husband. WHILE HE HAS SKIPPED OFF. Mrs. Mackey, in New York, Produces a Warrant Charging De" sertion, While He Weds Miss Porterfield, of Charleston, W. Va. Ex-Judge Tom Mackey, of more or less unsavory reputation in South Car oiina, seems to be a gay Lothario, despite his weight of years. The following New York dispatch to the Washington Post gives an account of his many j matrimonial ventures, the introductory ! sketch of Mackey's carcer in South Carolina being as inveracious as Mackey himself could have made it: Ex-Judge Thomas Jefferson Mackcy, gay in spite of his being within one year of the allotted span of life, has brought misery into the lives of two - J : juuug wuiJieu. a,uu uulii are crying ior i vengeance and his punishmentf or alleged I bigamy. Ilis present whereabouts are I unknown. He was last heard from in Pittsburg, Pa. After Judge Mackey left South Carolina and established himself in Washington rumors reached Mrs. Mackey, the wife the Judge lived with in South Carolina. She had an investigation made, and the result was that she sco rl i\r/\i*rt/i An 00 1 QQO jxn I VU1VU 4* V-4.X T U.iVV, \JL1 fj UUC J, AUOl/, UI1 the statutory ground. He then went to New York and opened a law office in Chambers street, near Broadway. Most of the money Mackey had made in the law business he lost, it is said, speculating in stocks. He added to his incomc by contributing to magazines, and published several volumes on legal topics. The former judge has several old friend living in New York, and he frequently visited their homes. On one of these1 visits he met Miss Sarah Lenore Curtis, the daughter of ex-Judge Curtis, a wealthy man, who lives at Stanford, n iif 11, "i uonn. miss uurus nau just oeen graauated from a college in jN'ew England, and had peculiar ideas concerning matrimony. She did not believe in love as the foundation of wedlock, and held that marriages founded upon intellectual sympathy were the only ones which would result in lifelong happiness. Miss Curtis met ex-Judge Mackey several times and discussed this subject with him. He agreed with all that she said and after an acquaintance of a few months, proposed marriage. He was then sixty-one, at his last birthday, and C. TTTOe 1 TT f YTT/^rk fv rrcfco vsixxjr vrr^ixuj. jul^l jkjctij x^luctantly gave their consent to the union, and the ex-judge and the exjudge's pretty daughter were married on May 3, 1891, at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. 30S East Fiftyfith street, by the Zov. George H. McGrew. Ex-Judge Curtis gave his daughter S1;000 for a wedding present. Mrs. Mackey had supposed her husband was wealthy enough to give her a home as ajood as the one she gave up, but she soon found that he wos practically penniless. He decided to go to Europe on the honeymoon trip, and spent the 51,000 in the old country. When they returned they went to housekeeping at 368 "West 116th street. The cs-judge was for a time devoted to his wife. Mrs. Mackey had a little of her own, md her husband borrowed money from lier regularly. He soon began to absent himself from home, and has been away for weeks at a time the last two years. He told his wife that he was attending to important legal eases which would bring iiim large fees. Or* TnnA Q ATqaI-att f/\l/3 T-?ic fViof vu V UUV U LU1U JUO WALCbU lie was going to Washington to attend to an important case and would be absent for a long time. During her absence he packed up all his clothing and she says he also drew about $4,0U0 of tier money. She heard nothing from I him and could not get any trace of him in Washington. Acting upon the adrice of her father and Lawyer John B. Fiske. of 52 Wall street, she obtained a warrant lor tne arrest or ner nusDana jn the charge of abandonment from Justice Mott, in the Harlem police court. A detective was detailed to serve the warrant. The ex-judge, though in seclusion, was not idle. Last - spring, while in Washington, he met Miss Katherine Porterfield, a beautiful young woman. She was living temporarily with Mrs. Loring, who keeps a fashionable boarding liouse. Mackey made love to Miss Porterfield. He told her he had been a widower for years, and before he returned to his home in New York she had promised to marry him, if her parents consented. The ex-judge saw Col. George A. Porterfield, cashier of the Bank of Charlestowu, \V\ Va., the father of the fiance, and obtained his consent to the marriage. On July 19 Maekey and Miss Porterfield were married in Colonel Porterfield's home by the Juev. A. U. Hopkins. in tne evening the 2X-judge and his bride started for Washington. He told Colonel Porfcerfield that there was a woman in New York who would attempt to blackmail him if the marriage became known at that time. The ex-judge and his wife ?r>Ani. t.wri davs in Washinsrt.nn and fhr>n ? ' J ~ O be took her to Paiufield, N. J. On Saturday, July 23, lie called upon >Irs. Mackey No. 1 at her home. She tried to communicate with the detective who bad the warrant, but was unable to do so. Mackey said that he had been kept iway by urgent business, but lie agreed to meet his wife at her home the next lay. The ex-judge came at the appointed ! Lime and was arrested. He was taken to the Harlem police court and was held For examination on the charge of abanionment. He followed Mrs. Mackey to lier home and made this confession to bis wife: liI married Miss Katherine j Porterfield," said he, t:on July 19. I lid so against my will." Mrs. Mackev was astounded at her husband's perfidy, and nearly lost her j reason when he proposed a plan to save ; Irimself. He admitted that he loved j Miss Porterfield. and had tried to ob- j tain a divorce in several states from i Mrs. Mackey, so that he might marry [ tier. There was a person in Mrs. Mackey s flat who overheard the con- | : rersation. Mackev said that his second 1 ;rife did not know of his former mar- 1 :iage. "I will go and see this woman," said Mrs. Mackey, "and tell her who I am. 1 You deserve to go to prison for bigamy." j Mackey became violent at tliis, but I when he was again calm said: "I want you, Sarah," said the exjudge more calmly, 4;to swear to a statement which I will prepare now. me gist oi it will be that you will admit that when I married you you had a husband living from whom you had not been divorced. This will make our marriage illegal, and will save me from going to the penitentiary. If you will do this I will not desert you. ? After this proposition, it took some time for Mrs. Mackey to recover her senses. Then she said: t:You are a scoundrel, sir; and I will never sign any paper for you, not even if I could save your life. Leave my house or I win call the police.'' The ex-judge left, mutterins; threats. Mrs. Mackey. after consulting with Lawyer Fiske, decided to give up the abandonment proceedings, and start a suit for divorce. She learned that it was her husband's intention to forfeit his bail bond and go to Europe wiui his bride and she was surprised last Wednesday by the following telegram from her husband: "Pittsburg. Pa.?Mrs. Mackey, 227 "West 114th street. Left to avoid un just arrest; am alone; will return to you if you will stand -by me. Will you? Answer, paid here. Tiiomas." It is said that after Mackey had failed to get his wife to condone he deserted Mrs. Mac-key No. 2 in Jersey City and she returned to her father's home. It was learned there that the old ex-judge had two wives living, aud the warrant which he referred to in his telegram, is one obtained for his arrest upon the complaint of Mrs. Mackey No. 2 in the South. Colonel Porterfield's sons, it -is said, have declared they will take the law into their own hands. It is said that one of them. Robert, lives in Brooklyn. There is a Robert Porterfield in the Brooklyn directory whose address is given as 157 Rainbridge avenue. The Porterfield who lived there recently has moved, and his present address is not known. Lawyer Fiske is collecting the evidence and will file a petition for divorce as soon as possible. Mrs. Mackey No. 1 is in comfortable circum suiutrca itnu iici uume is uvaiiy IUIIIished. A woman friend lives with her. After she gets a divorce she will return to her home in Stamford. A PITIABLE SITUATION. The Woeful Story Which. Comes from a Woman Passenger. Accounts of the condition of affairs in Rabana.Matanzas and Cardenas were giv en recently in New York by passengers on the steamer Friedt of Xansen from Sagua. She brought 29 refugees, most of whom were Spaniards who made all sorts of sacrifices to escape from the island in anticipation of its becoming controlled by insurgents. Many of them are well supplied -with, funds, having turned all their available property into cash. They paid $200 each for their passage. One woman who had reached Sagua by rail from Habana said the condition of affairs in the capital was deplorable and daily growing worse. "There is plenty of money," she said, "but what use is it when it will hardly purchase anything? It is impossible to get beef at any price. ' Even horse flesh costs $1 per pound. Bread costs 28 cents per pound and is very bad at that. The supply of condensed milk is practically exhausted and but little is left. It sold at $2 for one can such as you buy here at 10 cents. On an average, 10 to 12 persons are found dead from starvation in the streets every day and this takes no account of the scores who daily die from hunger in the houses. iCJSTo words can describe the horrors at Las Fossos. a place at the foot of T> ]- _.T a1.~ I rrauu, wiieru l:iu wiutmiou icuuuueutrados were herded together. I was told there were no less than 4,000 of these miserable people in the place when I came away. They are dying by the hundreds, for, of course, nothing is being dbne there for their relief, when the government has not enough food for its own soldiers. "Worse than this, officials beat and abuse them shamefully. "Almost all the stores in "VYevIer and O'Reilly streets are closed, as are all the principal hotels. The stock of coal is almost completely exhausted and for a few days the local trains were run to Vadado past Santa Clara battery and were stopped for want of fuel. GEN. LEE TO GO TO CUBA. Will Occupy the Island Until a Government is Established. Preparations are being made to send Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and the Seventh army corps to Cuba immediately after the conclusion of peace between the United States and Spain. The plans provide for the enibrkation of the troops within a week if Spain sends a favorable answer to our terms of peace. For the last two weeks the seventh corps has been iully equipped by the assignment ot signal officers, engineer officers and surgeons to duty under Gen. Lee. and the regiments of his command have been mobilized ut Jacksonville, a convenient point for embarkation. It has been generally understood in both official and unofficial quarters for some time that Gen. Lee would have the honor of entering Ilabana with the troops of his command. It was pre- , sumed that this would be done in the fall, when the campaign in northern I Cuba should be begun, but, now that an early peace seems probable, Gen. ; Lee will go in at the head of the gar rison force to administer the military ' government pending the installation of ! the Cuban administration. The troops j will be distributed among the large towns of northern Cuba, notably Habana and Matanzas; and on the southern 1 coast at Cienfuegos. It is probable' ! that three or four regiments of Gen. Lee:s corps will be withdrawn from Jacksonville to join the provisional di- ' vision under Gen. Wade for Porto Rico. ( Four "Were Drowned. , A row boat containing Mrs. Otto Frowein. her three children, aged 4. 14 i and 16 years, respectively, and Annie 1 Siebenliehm, and manned by three sailors from the yacht of Col. Ruppert, a whose quests they were, was capsized t ~ ? 1. llUciJr i_li?>UC 111 JLULll^Uil UtXJ j VAIU V? , u the three children and Miss Sicbcnlehm. j j INTERESTING FACTS. Dates that the War Makes Memorable in Our History. Apri!. 11?President McKinley asked Congress for power to intervene in Cuba. April 19?Intervention ordered by Congress. April 20?Ultimatum cabled to Minister Woodford. April 22?Admiral Sampson's fleet sailed from Key West to blockade ports of Cuba. April 22?First gun of the war fired by the gunboat Nashville. April 23?The president asked for 125.000 volunteers. May 1?A great naval battle fought in the harbor of Manila, Philipine Isl ands. and the Spanish fleet ot' ten vessels destroyed by the United States squadron. in command of Commodore George Dewey. May 11?The gunboats Wilmington and Hudson and the torpedo boat Winslow in the first engagement in Cuban waters. Ensign Bagley and four other men of the Winslow killed. May 12?Acting Rear Admiral Samp son's squadron bombarded ban Juan, Porto Ilieo. May 19?Arrival of Admiral Cervera and his squadron at Santiago de Cuba. May *24?Arrival of the battle ship Oregon a:; Jupiter, Fla., after a voyage of 13,000 miles from San Francisco. May 2;i?The President's second call for troops?75,000. May 28?Schley semi-officially reported by the auxiliary cruiser Harvard to be ofi Santiago de Cuba with twelve war ships. June 3?Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson and seven men take the collier Merrimac into channel of Santiago and sink it there, so as to close the harbor and prevent the escape of the Spanish fleet. June 10?The invasion of Cuba begun by the landing of 600 marines, after war ships had silenced the enemy's forts at Guantanamo. June 11?American troops at Guantanamo attacked by the Spaniards, who were repulsed. Six Americans killed. June 13?The first expedition for Santiago left Key West, Major-General Shafter in command. .TnnA In?^>r-/inr5 lYTanil:! left San Francisco. June 20?Arrival of General Shafter and his army off Santiago de Cuba. June 22?General Shafter's army landed at Daiquiri. June 24?Ten men were killed including Captain Capron and Sergeant Hamilton Fish, Jr., both of Colonel, Wood's Rough Riders, and about forty wounded, in a skirmish with 2,000 Spaniards. Jund 29?General Merritt sailed from Qor? Pr?on/>TC?/iA uau JL iau July 1 and 2?A general assault on Santiago de Cuba by the army and by ships was begun at 7 a. m., the American troops capturing and holding the lines of the enemy. ? July 3?General Shafter demanded the.surrender of the city of Santiago de Cuba. . July 3?Admiral Cervera made a dash out of the harbor of Santiago to cut his way through the J American ships and his squadron was destroyed and many men and officers were killed by the fire of the Americans, under Commodore Schley. July i?ine jNavy department received a dispatch from Admiral Dewey announcing the arrival at Manila of the cruiser Charleston and the three transports, the City of Peking, the Colon and the Australia, with troops on board, on June 30. The squadron stopped at the Ladrone Island and the I Charleston bombarded the Island of Guohan. July 6?Lieutenant Hobson and his ! Merrimac men exchanged. July 6?General Toral, commanding : the Spanish forces at Santiago, sent a flag of truce to General Shafter asking 1 three days' grace and cable operator to notify Madrid of Santiago's desire to surrender, all of -which were granted. July 6?Rear Admiral Dewey chased 1 the German cruiser Irene out of Subig : Bay with the Raleigh and the Concord. July 12?A flag of truce waved by i General Toral at Santigo and the truce granted by General Shafter. July 14?Santiago surrendered, the United States Government agreeing to < return to Cuba all the prisoners of war. July 17?The American flag was I raised over the city of Santiago de Cuba, i July 21?General Calixto Garcia, com- ' mander of the Cuban Army of Eastern Cuba, owing to discontent because the American Government had ignored him and his troops in the surrender of Santiago, withdrew. < July 21?News reached this country that the second expedition to reinforce : Admiral Dewey had arrived at Cavite. ! July 22?Asniinaldo, according to a ; dispatch received, declared himself I Dictator of the Philippines. July 23?Another expedition for the ; Philippine Islands sailed froix San < Francisco. j July 25?General Miles and 3.500 3 reached Guanico, Porto Rico. < July 25?General Nelson A. Miles 1 landed at Guanico. Porto Rico. < July 26?Peace overtures made by i Spain wsre announced by the authorities ] at Washington. i July 30?News of General Merritt's t arrival at Cavite received at "Washing- ? ton. What Aguinaido Says. The New York Journal prints a ca- ] blegram from Hong Kong purporting to j jive the text of a message sent by 1 Aguinaido, the Philippine insurgent t leader, to Consul General "Wildman. t Ilie message is dated Cavite, July 30, s md in it Aguinaido says it has been re- r ported that he is "getting the big head j ind not- behaving '' as he promised Mr. t Wildman. 1 'In reply," says Aguinaldo \ "I ask why should America expect me to outline my policy, present and future md fight blindly for her interests, when A.merica will not be frank with me? J ';Tell me this, am I fighting for an- j( vexation, protection or independence? ], i*It is for America to say. not me. t Lean take Manila, as I havedeleat- t )d the Spanish everywhere, but what I j .vould be the use? ^ J ^ '"If America ta'ces Manila I can save ^ ny men and arms for what the future a las in store for me. "Now, my good friend, believe me, I J mi not both fool and rocue. The in i fi erests of my people are as sacred to me 11 is are the interests of your people to y ?) OU. j s< / A WARM WELCOME. -i Genera! Miles' Triumphal March Into Porto Rico. TIRED OF SPANISH RULE. The American Army Hailed as One of Liberation, and Men, Women and Children Hug! || Our Men. , ^11 ^PViA Yr? rs w/>li fl\A A rw OWITT iSfi rnaiv^u \jx tut xxiii aiiu; w wards San Juan is more of a triumphal procession than anything else. The citizens of Porto Rico everywhere hail the appearance of the Americans with delight, with banners flying, with bands playing stirring American tunes, with presents of food, cigarettes, cigars, wit!. hu<rs and kisses from men. women and children alike. The scenes described by me of the occupation of Juan Diaz are repeated as we march quickly inland, only the further we go the more enthusiastic the people become. Besides the towns already reported by me as being occupied we are in pos beb&ion ui nine omers. xuese wjwiis are Arroyo, Satillas, Yiabucoa, Salinas, Santaisbei. Ajuntas, Panuelas Guayamala and Guayamo. * There were Spanish troops in all of the important towns in this list. Guayamo has a large garrison. . It was reported to the Americans that these soldiers intended to make a fight ana this morning General Wilson sent two companies there. On the way ;VJ? the Americans met couriers who said that the citizens had ordered the CI 1 J ? ^ _ . 1 1.3 L . J opamaras out 01 town ana naa noistea the American flag. The soldiers thought this was a trick and observed gTeat caution in approaching, but getting nearer they saw the American flag waving in the distance, and marched into the town without hesitation. ^ Here they found a bigger reception than ever. The American flag was waving over the public buildings, and not many in the town had opposed its being raised. The brass bands were 1 CCTT 1 TV "11 1* Li.m T% c**' piaying lansee i^ooaie, xa na Boom de Aye," and the men and women fell upon their knees and worshiped our soldiers. The mayor made a speech in which he said that the day of deliverance for Porto Ricans had come. Crowds followed the soldiers everywhere and the Americans could hardly get away from them. They insisted on taking our men into their houses and giving them feasts such as no invading army ever saw. The best thev had was none too 38 good for the humblest private. The mayor made another speech of welcome at the public square where the people shouted "Down with Spain!" and "Viva live Americanos!" etc. The Americans hardly know what Spanish soldiers look like. . , _ The mayors of four other towns have ~ ? -wip| visited Ponce and told General Wilson tnat tnc people 01 tneir towns are giaoto. be Americans. Their towns had surrendered and tKey were ready to tnrn over everything to the Americans and have American officials appointed. i||| Word was received from other towns < that had not been visited by the soldiers and consequently had not formally surrendered, but the people and officials heard of the landing of the Americans and had hoisted the American flag at once and kept it hoisted ever since, driving out the Spaniards from towns wliere the soldiers were stationed. The people in these towns report the Spanish soldiers fled in fright as they did from Ponce. The Spaniards took the military road going toward San Juan. When the American soldiers arrived here the Spanish citizens were naturally alarmed, and many of them fled with the Spanish soldiers and went to the mountains. They began returning on Sun (lav and am all tiftarlv hank tndav. The first thing they did when they got back was to begin shonting "viva los Americanos!" They are apparently good Americans, but the Porto Ricansdo not trust them. They say they.will watch for the.first sign of disloyalty on their part and shoot them or turn them ove? to the American soldiers. Returning Spaniards profess not to know the whereabouts of the troops that fled with. them. They say the sol- 4; ? <:*M Uicio 1<XLL SU iddl lUdl LI1CJ VTC1C UU4U1C to keep up with them. Even these Spaniards are genuinely glad at the change in the local government which has been made by General Wilson, particularly in the courts. Porto Rico. ?^ Porto Rico, it is noted, is the most pupoidicu icgiuu in cue iiew World. With an area of 108 by 40 miles it has a population of 800,000 or 900.000 souls. Of these about 80,000 are residents of the principal townSj San Juan, Ponce and San German, Ponce being the most populous. Mayaguez Humacao and Auguadilla are also considerable towns. These facts implifv a lanre number of villages in the ru ral districts and correspondingly easy iommunications. Another authority idds that "there are few Spanish troops )n the island and these have not been trained in war like those in Cuba." Furthermore "the defenses of the towns -fM ire old and insignificant." Altogether ;he island promises to be an easy prize is well as a rich one. A Slick Bank Robber. M The Bank of Commerce, of Sedolia, Vlo.. was the victim of a sneak thief tt the noon hour. A rich haul was nade. While either the president or he cashier was at the cashier's window he thief made his way through the ide door into the directors's room, in ear of the bank proper, and stepped nside of the railing from where he ook only a couple of steps into the tank vault where he helped himself. For Women and Cliildren. ^ The steamer San Juan, in charge of ^ -fcT i i rt o. * ~ jieut. j>ODie 01 <jen. cnaiter's Stan eft Santiago Wednesday for Manzanilo. under a flag of truce, to embark there he wives and children of the officers of he Spanish forces which arrived from Ianzanillo to rcinforce Gen. Linares uring the siege. They will be reamed to Spain with their husbands na fathers. If you would enjoy your food. Iapor or it; if you would enjoy Your raiment lent, pay for it be fore you wear it; if ou would sleep soundly, let a good conbo voiir dadf^llow. \