DANA, JAMES WVK.HT. 



The Spanish 

 compelled to sur- 

 ,.. M .mui |*ntr in the Span- 

 by throwing dynamite U>mU, *nh 

 army was well 



hi roaivh through Santa 





 Aifl |HI( it* defender- (<> flight. 



PV4I00, the commandant, was afterward 



triad by ooofft-tneriiai inffl condemned to im* 



_ 



^PVeaUsfit Cameras ftfH bis Cabinet* escorted 

 by Jo* Macao's army. h. 



. '..-, ..,: ,:r,-r* 

 to Las Villa*. A n. proclamation of Gomes 

 tbtealiiiit with death all persons assist: 

 tJmfBthertof of crop and ordered the laying 



WHv Om BmmwPslHm^awnj W^OJCU Wels* UPgUII eao HK/fll 



a* th* can* was dry enough to burn. This dev- 

 aalatlns was checked by the activity of columns 

 lad by Ota. Loqoe and Gen. < 

 Campos assigned Ueat-Gen. Pando to the com- 

 mand of the first army corps, with headquarters 

 in **ntiao. and placed Gen. Marin in command 

 of the second corps, o|*>niting in Santa Clara, 



wtiWG*a.MeUa 



' ' 

 chars* 1 vtth 

 aad Plnar del 



ootmimixl <>f 



in Camairuejr and the division 

 s, ana Gen. Arderius was 

 in Matanzaa, Havana, 

 Gen. Bazan and Gen. Snl- 

 by Marshal Campos and 



l aooount <>f their l>arl*arity 

 of the mild policy of their 



Alllanra AflTair.-An American mail 

 - - " on the morning of 



Windward 



the Allianoa. 







March 8, as she was making the Windwa 

 passage off Gape Mavsi was signaled to heave to 

 by UM -Conde de VenadiU>, H a Spanish gun- 

 'ich fired two blank Bbom?Accor3ing 



want of her officers tbe merchant ves- 

 4 miles, according to the Spanish ac- 



totba 



eooat U mile from shore. Instead of ol 

 the signal CapU James Crossman kept on his 

 cmna, qq tokening speed. The Spaniard gave 

 cheat at fall speed for 25 mileaTand as the 

 steamer drew ahead fired 9 or 8 solid shots directly 

 at the American vessel, all of which fell short. 

 The Spanish authorities had been informed that 

 the -AJbaace- carried monitions of war in her 



em*. Thess.tne ship's officers declared, were 

 detfWrsd tTfcotombia f 



f--r the Government of 

 and they denied the report that 



American minister at Madrid to demand a prompt 



disavowal of the unlawful act of the ,-..n,. 

 manderof the-'Coip; , idito,"andi 

 expression of regret at itsocciirrcih e. ll- further 

 sent a demand that >, 



riiininaiidrrs not to interfere with l.--r 

 an commerce passing ihrou.u-h the \ 

 ward passage, as this wa the usual ami nati. 

 \,-ss,.|s p:. 



and the Caril'i 

 iiiK' that f(.rcilile n with them wmild 



M IM- toh-rated. \v i 

 they pass wit hiii :i miles of the Cuban coast 01 



1 . .\enilliel. 1 



mand the captain of the " Con-. 

 but pivr no reply to the re|.rr.si-ntati.i, 

 1'nited States Government until a thor 

 vestlgation of the circumstance. 



the military authorities an I l.y >.-n.,r I)M ; 

 I/ome, the newly apj.ointe.l niini.t. : 

 Hi-ton. Whni their remits were tina. 



On March 14 SecrrUryGreaham cabled to the 



cefved the apology wius made. 



I In- MOI;I linleiiiiiit\. Myonh-r 

 martial Antonio Maximo Mora, a natir 

 American citizen, was -omh-mnrii t<>ii,-ath and 



'ates deelatv.l colifi-eat e.l in Is;*) ,, the 



participation in the n-v.luti-: 

 going on in <'ul>a. although he was IP i re^idin^ 

 in the i>land. The I'm' 

 restitution or indemnification, and 

 Spanish republic admitted the claim \\a 

 Tne decree was confirmed in ls;r, l.y tl, 

 Mineiit. luit the Cuban authorities <1 

 its execution until the estate- were in 

 Spain finally offered the sum of 1,500,000 pesos 

 a- Indemnity, and t his offer was accepted : 

 The Cortes, however, made no appi-op- 

 for the oayraent, and in 1888 the Spam-i. 

 isterof State attempted to affix to the agree- 

 ment the new condition, that certain da. 

 Spanish subjects against the I'nited 

 should lx- adjudicated and settled simulta: 

 ly. Secretary Bayard reje<-ted the prop. 

 and the United States Government contii 

 urge the Spanish Government to fulfill its con- 

 tract. On June 12, 1895, Secretary <>ln 

 structed Bannis Taylor, 1'nited state- n 

 at Madrid, to ask Spain to L'ive a uranc. 

 she would satisfy the claim within two ii; 



-pani.-h Government then oiT. 

 the principal of the claim, and the claimant 

 agreed to forego the interest. < >n Sept. 1 1. the 

 original laimant having died meamvlnle. t lu- 

 ll Government paid $1,449,000, equ a I t 

 1,500,000 pesos, in settlement of the long-stand- 

 ing claim. 



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I\N\ J \Ml s nWIf.HT. an American emy. in I'tic-a. studied chemiMry and 



** ^ l s l ; : hi* associates the responsibility of preparing 



ezcui 



'*"*^L it * wr W1 wneria. in irwv, auracied bv the rej 

 r^Mass. The boy of the elder Silliman, he entered Yale Colleg 



j, and at the a sophomore. During his college course he made 

 . in BarUett Acad- much progress in science, especially MI 



