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tm MB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April. IS50. Consolidated kn?. 2, 1881. ltBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TR CK SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 13*6 SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24, 1898. New Series-Vol. XVIII. No. 3 Published Every Wednesday, -BY IST. Gr. Osteen, ' SUMTER, s.e. FCRlfS : $1 50 per a 11.0am-in advance. a D v-K u T i tt XIKT; On.> Square first insertion............$1 00 iwj subsequents insertion. 50 . Contracts for three months, or longer wil be aide at reduced rates. AH communications which subserve private interests will be charged foras ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. CAPTURE OF MANILA. Southern Man Hoists the American Flag. Washington, August 17.-Adm'ral .Dewey's official announcement of the bombardment and surrender of Ma? nila bas been received as follows : Manila, August 13. Secretary Navy, Washington : Manila surrendered to-day to the American land and navai forces, after a combined attack. A division of the squadron shelled the forts and en tren ch men ts at Malate, on the south eide of the city, driving back the en? emy, our army advancing from that ?ide at the same time. The city sur? rendered at aboul 5 o'clock, the American flag being hoisted by Lieut Brumby. About 7,000 prisoners were taken. The squadron had no casualties. None of the vessels were injured On August 7th Gen. Merritt and I formally demanded the surrender of the city, which the Spanish governor refused. Dewey. Thomas M. Brumby, flag lieutenant to Admiral Dewey, ia a southerner, having been appointed to the naval academy from Georgia. His present rank, dating from August 24,1892, is that of lieutenant, senior grade, his number OD the list being 135. STORY TO THE LONDON TIMES. London, August 18.-The Manila correspondent of The. Times tele? graphs under date of August 13, 5 p m : "Toe capture of Ihe town to? day 1 was /bot without certain melo? dramatic elements Notwithstanding the fact that the Spanish made a seri? ous resistance against the advance of the right wing ol the American force, it was difficult to foresee that a sur? render would follow a display by the land forces to satisfy the Spanish honor, nor has it been a well kept se? cret tfiat the captain general practi? cally suggested the manner in which the American troops should advance to prevent loss of life on both sides. At first it was not intended to attack the trenches, bot quietly to advance after the bombardment had ceased "At the last moment, however, the programme was changed, and orders were issuad for the land battery to open fire simultaneously with the fleet, and for an advance to be made as soon as it was consideredjpractica ole to assault the Spanish 'trenches The reason for this change of plan is not yet apparent, but considerable ioss of life resulted. Gen Anderson placed bis division, according to di? rection from Gen Merritt. There were eight battalions of the First brigade under Gen McArthur in fighting line on the right, with three battalions in reserve, while seven bat? talions of the Second brigade, under Gen Green, were in trenches across the Calle road to the seashore, three others forming a reserve The troops left the camp at 6:30 in a heavy thun? derstorm. They carried 300 rounds of ammunition per man, and two days' cooked rations .'Shortly after 8:45 the fleet got under way with flags mastheaded At 9 o'clock the Olympia led the way, attended by the Raleigh and the Pet rel While the Callao, under Lieut. Tappan, and the lauuch Barcolo crept close iu shore io the heavy breakers. "Perfect quiet prevailed in the lines on both sides as the great ships cleared for action, silently advanced, sometimes hidden by rain squalls. The Monterey, with the Baltimore, Charleston aud Boston, formed the reserve r,At 9:35 a sudden cloud of smoke, green and white against the stormy sky, completely hid the Olympia A shell screamed across two miles of turbulent water and burst near the Spanish fort at Malate, San Antonio de Abad. Then the Petrel and Ral? eigh and the active little Callao open ed a rapid fire, directed toward the shore into the entrenchments. Owing io the heavy rain, it was difficult to get the range, and the shots at first fell short, but ?he fire soon became accurate, and the shells rendered the fort untenable, while the four guns of tbe Utah battery made excellent prac? tice on the earthworks aod swamp to tbe east of the fort Tbe Spanii replied feebly with a few shells. Less than half an hour after bombardment began. Gen. Green cided that it was possible to advai although the signals to cease fit bad been disregarded by the fl being probably invisible on accc of rain Thereupon, six compai of the Colorado regiment leaped c their breastworks, dashed into swamp and opened a volley, fir from the partial shelter of low hed within 300 yards of the Spar Unes A few moments later the maining six companies moved a!< the shore, somewhat covered b; sand ridge formed by an inlet un thc outworks of the fort, and by o'clock occupied this formida stronghold without loss. Mci hauled down the Spanish flag < raised the stars and stripes, ai wild cheers along the line. "Meanwhile the fleet observ the movement of the troops ak the beach withheld its fire. 1 bombardment had lasted exactly, hour and a half. An hour later, G Green and bis staff proceeded ale the beach, still under a hot infan fire from the rierht, where the E?? teenth regulars and the Third regu artillery were engaging the enen and directed the movements for advance into Malate. The vicio of the fort was uncomfortable on J count of numbers of sharpshooters the buildings beside, 200 yards d tant. The forward movement thei fore, was hastened, and in a f< minutes the outskirts of the subu was well occupied, and the shai shooters were driven away "As the Californians under C Smith came up the beach, they play the national air, accompanied by t whistling cf Mauser bullets, and di ing the sharp shooting continued to e courage the men with inspiring mos Each regiment carried its colors in action. There was considerable stre fighting io the suburbs of Malate ai Ermitav, but the battalion of Califo Diane pushed into Luneta, the popul promenade, within 200 yards of tbe mo of the citadel. Then the white fl; was hoisted at tbs southwest corner the walled town Geo. Green, wi the members of hts staff, gallcpi aloog tbe Laen ta, under a sharp sea cering ure upon the houses near tl beach, and parleyed with an offiee who directed him aloog to tbe gate, fa ther east. "At this moment, the Spani* forces, retreating from the Santa Ann came roto view, folly 2,000 strong, fo lowed by insurgent? who had elude Geo. MacArthur's troops and wo opened fire for a brief period. Tl situation was awkard, if not critica both sides being slightly suspicious treachery. < The Spanish troops linio the citadel ramparts, observing tl insurgents' action, opeoed fire on th Californians, killing one and wounc ing three The confusion, howevei soon ceased by thc advance of the rt treating Spaniards to the Espland? when Gen Green ordered them to et ter the oitadel. \ THE SURRENDER CONFERENCE I "Soon a letter was brought from th captain general requesting tbe com mander of the troops to meet bim fo consultation 'Gen. Green immediately entere with Adjt Gen. Bates. Meanwhile according to arrangement, the momeo the white fl ig was shown, Geo. Mer ritt, who occupied the steamer Zifiro a temporary corps headquarters, sen GeD. Whittier with Flag-Lieut Brum by ashore to meet the captain geoera and discuss first a plan of capitulation Gen Whittier found the officials mud startled by the news that the attaol ?as vigorously continuing along tb whole line, the American troops evet threatening the citadel "All available Spanish troops wen immediately massed io the vicinity o the palace, awaiting the succession o events, concerning which a oertain de gree of anxiety was evident. "Geo. Merritt entered with his stat at 3 o'olook. The Mtuation was thcr. better understood, and a conference with Gen. Jaudemez was held. Th? terms agreed upon may be outlined a< follows : " 'An agreement for the capitulatior. of the Philippines. " 'A provision for disarming the meo who remain organizad under the command of their officers, no parol be? ing exacted. " 'Necessary supplies to be furnish ed from the captured treasury fund, and possible deficiency being made good by the Amerioaos " 'The safety of life, especially of the Spanish soldiers and citizens, to be j guaranteed as far as possible " 'The question of transporting the i troops to Spain to be referred to tbe decision of the Washington govern? ment, and that of returning their arms to the soldiers to be left to the discre? tion of Geo. Merritt " 'Banks and similar institutions to continue operations under existing reg regulations, unless these are changed by the United States authorities.' "Perfect order prevails to-night on j both sides the Pasig. nod the civil ' guard,- remaining armed on duty and cooperating with the American sentries, are preserving quiet "About 2.000 soldiers will lay down tbeir arms to night in the paiace vesti? bule. The stories of starvation io the town are exaggerated. The Spanish troops appear to be io excellent condi? tion, and there are only 170 sick. 'Great credit mostt be given Gen. Merritt for bis attack, which was soc oessaliy carried out io every detail under unusually complicated conditions. Prompt action in strictly following fully detailed orders rssalted in every ease in the immediate settlement of I every difficulty, however threatening The conduct of the Spanish was io a few ca=rs reprehensible, such as tbeir settiog ?re to the gunboat Cebu and the destruction of several armed launch? es and boats after the capitulation had been agreed upon. I "Lieut. Brumby lowered the Span isb Sag in Fort Santiago and raised the stars and stripes, many Spaniards weeping, while the American band play? ed "Tne Star Spangled Banner/7 and a company of infantry presented arms "It was impossible to praise too highly the bnmanity of admiral Dewey and Gen. Merritt, for a bombardment of the walled city would have inflicted severe 1O?B of life upon women and cbtldren. The conduct of the Americans, officers and men alike, toward all is highly creditable. Ic is difficult to realize that they are invading troops occuryiog a hostile town. "The Olympia, Raleigh and Petrel fired about 70 rounds each of 5 iuch and S inch shells at a distance of from 3.000 to 4,000 yards." WHEELER DEFENDS STARVING CUBANS. He Anticipates No Trouble. Washington, August 17.-Gen. Wheeler received orders to day lo as sume command at Camp Wikoff until the arrival of Gen. Shaffer. He was iold by the secretary of war to pur? chase* everything necessary for the comfort of the men, and to spare nothing that would alleviate the sick and wounded. Gen. Wheeler had a three-quarters of an hour conference with the Pres-' ident to-day. The President wanted to talk over the conditions in Cuba with Gen. VST heeler, and this was the object of a telegraphic summons that brought the general here. The President put numerous ques? tions to the hero of the Santiago campaign, and received not only an account of his general experience in that campaign, but also his views on various issues incident to the adjust? ment of affairs on the island. One point that was uppermost was the possibility of a rupture with the Cu? ban insurgents. Gen. Wheeler's statements were very reassuring:. "All the friction," he said, "between the Americans and Cubans will soon pass away, and there will be harmony and the best of feeling between them " He said there was a class of men in Cuba who had never been friendly to the Cubans, but on the contrary, had been favorable to Spain, who likely would do all they could to keep up this misunderstanding,lhough he did not apprehend any dangerous results Gen Wheeler suggested the charges against the insurgents of taking articles io the field had exten? uating circumatances,and particularly iu the starving condition of many of them Gen Wheeler believed the Cubans in time, when freed from oppression and given a stable and humane government, would become a law abiding and useful people The President is very solicitous about the health of the Montauk Point camp, and gave explicit in? structions verbally to Gen. Wheeler as to the conduct of the camp He wanted everything possible and rea? sonable done for the interests of the men at the camp Just at the close of office hours in the war department, Gen. Wheeler stopped to speak to a group of news? paper men, and was soon surrounded by a crowd of employees as well, who listened to what he had to say regarding his experiences with them. The trouble seemed to be that j they wanted to cooperate, and not be under orders from the American gen ! erais After all was explained to j them, however, they for the most j part, got along very well. He said \ that they could not understand our j language, and often orders given to j them, when translated, seemed, no j doubt, harsh and abrupt. This led to several misunderstandings. -LB- -- - Rome, August 17.-The vatican asserts, despite reports to the oontrary, that the recent illness of the pope was a merely transitory indisposition from which be has entirely recovered. His holiness has resumed his custo? mary duties and is daily receiving de? putations. To see is to try, to try if to buy the H Weite." From all Quarters. THE NEWS OBTAINED PROM WASHINGTON. Washington, Augast 18 - The war department made public to day the dispatch of Gen. Merritt, giving the official story of Manila's fall, and also the text of the significant in? structions sent Gen. Merritt yester? day requiring the insnrgents and ail others to recognize the authority of the United States in the territory by our forces. These dispatches were about the only positive development of the day. ' Nothing has been heard from Gen Merritt as to the casualties last Saturday, except that he esti? mated the killed and wounded at 50 Another poiot on which the officials are without definite information is as to the extent of our present authority in the Philippines. Uuder the peace protocol, the United States ??as given the occupation of Manila, with the bay and harbor, until a permanent disposition of the Philippine question was reached. But according to press dispatches, which are so circumstan tial as to be credited in most official quarters, Gen. Merritt and Admiral Dewey received the capitulation of the entire Philippine archipelago. There appears to be some doubt, therefore, even among officials as tu whether our present authority and jurisdiction covers Manila only, as provided by the peace protocol, or covers all the Philippines. There is a disposition to await fuller official information before lay ing down a policy as to the extent of our jurisdiction in the islands Sec retary Alger said to day that he had heard nothing officially of the sur? render of the entire Philippine group. At the same time the secretary did not discredit the accuracy of the press advices, stating that the capita lation had this far-reaching effect. Pending more definite information, the attitude of officials is to assume that our authority covers Manila city, Manila bay and harbor, and also such other territory as may be occupied by the military and naval forces The latter phrase is elastic enough to cover any or all of the Philippine isl ands that may have been brought un? der our authority by the recent sur? render. The instructions sent to Gen. Mer? ritt have in view the expansion of our possessions beyond the terms men tioned in the protocol, as they dis tinctly state that this government is in possession of Manila and that its authority to preserve peace and or der will be exerted "within the ter ritory occupied by their military aod naval forces " The cabinet meeting to morrow is expected to deal with the many de tailed questions concerning the Phil? ippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, which have arisen since the peace protocol was signed ENGLAND'S CONGRATULATION The state department to day re? ceived auother international congrat? ulation on the restoration of peace, this one coming from the British am? bassador, Sir Julian Panucefote, who is now sojourning at New London, Conn. The ambassador communicat ed the expression of profound gratifi cation with which her majesty's gov? ernment learned of the signature of the preliminaries of peace between j the United States and Spain and the ! sincere congratulations to the Presi? dent and the government of the Uni ted States upon the termination of the war. SATURDAY'S NAVAL REVIEW. Acting Secretary Allen had a busy day making final arrangements for the naval review at New York on Saturday. He extended to the French ambassador, M Cambon, the courtesy of going on the flagship New York during the review The ambassador had already arranged, however,, to witness the review from the tug of the French Trans-Atlantic line. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE Washington, August 18.-Dis? patches of importance were received and considered at the department early to-day Immediately after the arrival of Secretary Alger at the war department he had a consultation with Gen Corbin and denied himself tc visitors. The conference was a protracted one They were consid? ering dispatces received from Gen Merritt and from Santiago. CONDITIONS AT SANTIAGO CAUSE UNEASINESS. The conditions at Santiago are causing a great deal of uneasiness and it is believed that more troops will be ordered there very soon Al ready orders have been issued direct? ing the Fifth regular infantry, now at Tampa, to proceed at once to San tiago Inquiries have been made as to the condition of the immune regi trente, which have not yet sailed, with a view of sending them to San tisgo. The government intends to j take vigorous measures to preserve the peace and keep order in Santiago and the territory under United States control. As a further step in this direction, the President to-day directed that the Twenty-third Kansas regiment (col? ored) be dispatched to Santiago to form pari of tte army of occupation of Cuba. Country's Stand Towards Cubans. Washington, August 18 -There have been conferences between Estrada Palma and other representatives of the Cubans with officials of the United States government, relative to the Cu? bans aod what would be done with them. Mr. Palma was advised that the United States would not consider the question of compensation of the Cubao troops, because there was no power in the government to do so, even if there was an indication. rle was told that the best thing the Cabans coold do was to advise the men in arms to disband, retire to their homes and engage io peaceful pur? suits. That the members of the Cuban junta receognizs that this is the cniy thing to do, is seen in the fact that emissaries have already been dispatch? ed to Cuba with a view of carrying out the desires of the United States govern? ment. These eimssaries will try to persuade the Cuban leaders that resistance to United States authority would result only in further disaster and distress to Cuba. MILES WARNS MACIAS. Washington, Aug. 18.-General Miles has advised the war office that the wealthy towna of Porto Rico, espe? cially San Juan, are sorely frightened. They believe that Capt. Geo. Macias intend? to turo their towns over to bis uopaid soldiers to plunder aod sack, and repeat the nameless horrors of the middle ages. General Miles bas sent a very per? emptory message to Geo. Macias, through the archbishop of Ponce, say tog that if he (Macias) permits aoy such outrage as that feared to be per? petrated, be aod all who are accessory to it will cot be allowed the terms of surrender of the rest of the army, but will be treated as robbers and outlaws are treated by uncivilized nations and will be subject to peremptory trial by a drum-bead court martial, and be amenable to such punishment as it Macias?. All this only means that award will be caught, tried wherever he is found and at once be hanged or shot. This very plain message may change Senor Macia's mind. Included the Whole Arch? ipelago. London, August 19 -The Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail says : 'The terms cf capitulation of Manila agreed upon Saturday between Geo. Jaudemes and Gen. Merritt in? cludes the cession of the Philippine archipelago to the United States '.AD Americao Dava! officer who ar? rived from Manila OD the Zafiro, tells me that the Americans practically walked into Manila. The operations, he says, were confined to the Malate side of the city, where the Spaniards bad a fort and two lines of trenches. The troops waded through the Malate river aod walked up the bench as though going to lunch, meeting practi? cally no opposition. "I learn that when Gen. Merritt went ashore, to receive the capitulation of Manila, be experienced some difficulty in finding Gen. Jaudemes, who ulti mately was found io a church amoog crowds of women and'children." Augusti Had Been Removed on 5th of August. Madrid, August 18, 7 p. m.-At i the cabinet council to-day, the queen regent presiding, Senor Sagasta, the primiej, explained the progress of the peace negotiations. After the council Lieut. Gen. Correa, minister of war, told the correspondent of the associ? ated Press that Capt. Gen. Augusti was removed from the command at Manila on August 5th. - ? ? <i Intimation of Trouble Ahead. London, AugHst 19.-The Madrid correspondent of The Standard says : "Spain and her conditional patrons still hope that, the United States may be induced not to take advantage of the conquest of Manila, but will be satisfied with coaling stations, trading privileges, etc Should the retention of Manila be ineisted on the United States may meet more trouble even than Japan did in securing the results of ber victory over China and at the hands of the same powers." - - ? $ - The "White" runs light. The "White" Bews right. Immunes Couldn't Behave. I So Gen. Shatter Has Sent the Second Regiment of Them Out of the City of Santiago. Santiago de Coba, August 16, 10 a. m.-Gen Shafter to-day ordered the Second volunteer regiment of immunes to leave the city and go into camp ont? side. The regiment had been placed here as a garrison, to preserve order acd protect property. There bas been firing of arms inside of the town by members of this regi? ment without erders. So far as known, some of the men have indulged in li? quor until they have verged upon acts of license and disorder. The inhabit? ants io some quarters have alleged loss of property by force and intimidation, and there bas grown np a feeling cf OD? easiness concerning them, if not o alarm. Gen. Shafter has, therefore, oadered ! this regiment into the hills, where dis? cipline caa be more severely maintain? ed. In place of the Second volunteer immune regiment, Gen. Shafter has or? dered into the city the Eighth Illinois volunteer regiment of colored troops, j in whose sobriety and discipline he has j confidence, and of whose sturdy en j forcemeat of order no doubt is felt by i those in command. OLIVETTE STARTS ROME. j Santiago de Cuba, August 15, 4. a. ; m. (Delayed in transmission).-The i Olivette sailed this afternoon for MOD I tank Point with between 200 and 300 I sick. Miss Wheeler is a paeseuger. Eerly this morning a Cuban thief was shot by a sentry, who caught him stealing commissary stores at the dock. Yesterday it was discovered that enough goods had been stolen to make three carloads, which bad been taken oat sur? reptitiously to the Cabans in the field. The man under suspicion returned to the wharf last night, evidently with the intention of continaiog his thefts, bat be was warned off. Early this morning he was again fouod there. When the sentry challenged bim he ran, refusing to obey the order to bait. As he was likely to escape, the sentry fired and killed him. The occurrence ?6 regretted by Gen. Wood and the American officers gen? erally, but it probably will have a salu? tary effect, as raids on the commissary and the medical and Red Cross stores have been altogether too frequent to be tolerated any longer. Bodies of Dead Spanish Pris? oners Being Burned. Santiago de Cuba, August 16, 5:30 ' p. M.-The Eighth Illinois arrived I this forenoon and will garrison and j police the city. The bodies of dead Spaniards contin? ue to be cremated. Over 700 have been barned so far. This afternoon 70 j were to be barned. Over two rails a ! dozen bodies are stretched; across them another dozen, and then about 30 corpses are stacked in an immense funeral pile 10 high. The pile is then saturated with kerosene and the toroh appiied. A fail of rain put out tte fire, causing the bodies to?be only half burned. Around the pile lay 22 cof? fins containing corpses in a state of de I composition. Several naked bodies ! were strewn upon the ground in a state j of putrefaction. Altogether about 70 j unburied and unconsumed bodies lay j around. The stench was terrible. This happened at a cemetery within the city limits. The authorities and i the cemetery officials says it is impos j sible to get men to work at the crema? tion. Wages of ?1 a day prove DO io I dacemeot to the natives to work at this ! gruesome toil. j The unconsumed bodies wili be left j upon the earth until tomorrow, when j fine weather may help the work of j cremation. These 70 corpses represent j two days' dead from the Spanish camp. ' The danger to the population from ! the stench, the presence of the buz i zards, vultures and flies is incalculable. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome sod delici? is, POWDER Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NSW YORK.