Unable to obtain any concessions, the Filipinos returned to their camp. The Americans treated them hospitably and provided them with horses for their return journey. Three officers from the American lines, who went to inform General Luna that his emissaries would be treated with consideration and allowed to return to him in safety, reported that they had received most friendly entertainment from the Filipinos, who all removed their hats when the American officers passed. In Washington it is considered that this request for a cessation of hostilities is only the beginning of the end, and that the Filipinos will surrender unconditionally within a few days. It is to be hoped that this view of the case may be the true one, and that the insurgents may have made up their minds to settle down peacefully under our government. There is an unconfirmed rumor that the emissaries from General Luna have been sent back on a second mission. A telegram from Admiral Dewey stated that there is news of Lieutenant Gillmore and nine of the missing boat's crew from the Yorktown. News of the "Yorktown's" Missing Men. The Filipinos are reported to have captured the missing men, and it is claimed are holding them as prisoners. Lieutenant Gillmore with fourteen men was sent up the river Baler (bah-lair) to rescue a Spanish garrison which was beleaguered by the insurgents. An ensign, who was left at the mouth of the river to Spain Gets Her Money 629 watch, reported that after the boat disappeared around the bend of the river he heard shots and shouting; then silence followed. As the missing men did not return, he reported the fact to his ship, and every ef fort was made to find them. When the search proved fruitless the Filipinos were asked to tell what had become of them. The insurgents, however, refused to give any information, and this is the first news we have had of them. Admiral Dewey has been untiring in his efforts to trace them, and now that they are reported found will seek to get them exchanged. Five men are still unaccounted for. Spain Gets M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador, who has represented Spain since our diplomatic relations with. that country were severed, called at the State Department on Monday, May 1, and received from the Secretary of State four warrants for five million dollars each, which make the sum of twenty million dollars that we agreed to pay Spain in return for the Philippine Islands. Thus far we seem to have had the unprofitable part of the bargain, for, thanks to the Spanish surrender of Iloilo to the Filipinos, the insurgents have been so encouraged that they have been nothing but a source of trouble and constant expense to us. When they are pacified and brought under our influence, there is no doubt that the Philippine Islands can be made highly productive, and will add materially to the wealth and importance of our country; but at the present moment we seem to have the short end of the stick. There was no formality in the payment of the warrants to M. Cambon. He waited upon the Secretary of State and showed him his authority from the Spanish government to receive the amount. The warrants were at once handed to him. For them he signed four receipts, one of which was sent to our Ambassador in Paris, one to our newly appointed Minister in Spain, and one was filed at the Treasury Department. The fourth was retained by the French Ambassador. Warrants are the same as checks. Here is a copy of one of them: DIPLOMATIC SETTLEMENT WARRANT. TO THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES: Pay to His Excellency Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France, representing the government of Spain, five million dollars ($5,000,000). The Assistant Treasurer United States, New York, will pay this warrant. ELLIS H. ROBERTS, Treasurer. F. A. VANDERLIP, Assistant Secretary. It would of course be interesting to have a facsimile of these interesting documents, and an enterprising photographer did secure a negative after the warrants had reached the French Legation. It is, however, against the law to reproduce any United States securities, and is practically counterfeiting; therefore, as The Elections in Spain 631 soon as the Treasury officials learned what had been done, they sent to the photographer and demanded that the negatives be handed over to the Department. It is therefore impossible at present to show you just how the warrant looks. The last diplomatic work in connection with the war having been accomplished by the payment of the twenty million dollars, the newly appointed Spanish Minister will soon arrive in Washington, and friendly relations will again be resumed. SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS OF ELEVATED RAILWAY STRUCTURE. (See editorial page, this number.) These show how columns swayed from side to side while trains ran over the rails. The result of the recent elections in Spain has been highly satisfactory to the government. The ministerial party had a majority vote of The Elections 165. This would seem to indicate in Spain. that the Spaniards have begun to realize that the unfortunate Queen-Regent did the very best she could for her country. One amusing feature of the election was the downfall of General Weyler, of Cuban fame. This man has aspired to be the leader of a great party, and his ambitions in this direction have been boundless. He intended with the aid of his party to rule the Cortes in its forthcoming session, and there has been no end to the bold talk in which he has indulged. When the results of the election were made known, it was found that exactly four of his friends had been elected and that the great party which he was to lead did not exist. He is said to be so chagrined at his laughable defeat that he is willing to throw in his lot with the Carlists, or with any party that will put him forward and exploit hin., The Carlists are angling for him, and making great efforts to secure him as one of their leaders. In writing of the Carlists it is as well to mention that they have at last been heard from, though not in a very brilliant or heroic manner. It appears that some members of the party became so tired of the inaction of Don Carlos, that they formed the nselves into a party whose object was to force the Pretender to make a move in one direction or another. They finally decided that if they gathered their adherents together and commenced the war, Don Carlos, and the other Carlists, would be obliged to come to their aid, and the Carlist rising would be accomplished. This small revolt was planned to take place in a village near Barcelona on April 23, but the police found out about it a day or two before, arrested the ringleaders, and the whole affair fell through. The men arrested appear to have been so terribly alarmed for their own safety, that without hesitation |