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VALENTINE
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No Spanish fleet ever comes home tq
roost
While the troops disembark by row i
boat or pontoon thy sail into the enJ
smy after they get on land
A war demand for horses shows that
this animal is not so likely to he laid
on the shelf as the mule is on the table
Under any circumstances the mule
has a hot time of it in Cuba but using
him for food is out of the fire into the
frying pan
While the Ithinus of Darien at
cut cant be crossed by a warship in
lime a canal may enable it to be tra
versed by a dug out
Those who talk of a Pacific empire
say that to enter upon it we need only
wait till we can take the doorway offer
ed by the Nicaragua Canal
In appointing Murat Halsted official
historian of the Philippines expedition
the government recognizes the wis i
dom of having a big man to write big1
history
A Dewey walking gown is said to be
the lastest fashion in London Prob
ably like the Dewey cocktail that has
obtained here it is intended for the
early morning habit
Sweet will surely be the liberation of
fair Cuba to us as well as to the sur
viving Cubans when we consider the
estimate that the island can supply all
the sugar needed by the whole hemis
phere
From descriptions of the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius it is learned that her
guns charged with compressed air
throw shells loaded with gun cotton
The dynamite part of the name is mere
ly expressive of the sensations of the
man who is hit
Now that we are all Yankees If
Colonel Watterson the brilliant editor
of the Louisville Courier Journal had
made no other contribution to history
than this expression of the consequence
of our war with Spain he would not be
soon forgotten
There is something new on the bench
if not under the sun A justice of the
Supreme Court discarding sober blacL
and dispensing law in a gray business
suit is enough to make old heads shake
It is a sign of the times this doing
away with old fashioned dignity and
it would be hard to say that as much
good law and justice might not come
from a gray as from a black coat
The Atchison Globe says it is ridicu
lous to suppose that any New York
actress made a fortune by the rise in
wheat a while ago Actresses it
adds dont have enough money to buy
clothes to cover their backs let alone
invest in wheat So far as specula
tion is concerned this may be true but
it isnt safe always to estimate the
wealth or poverty of an actress by the
onere quantity of clothes she wears
Otherwise the ballet and the chorus
probably would starve to death
During our civil war the United
States Sanitary Commission expended
about twenty one million dollars for
the relief of sick and wounded Federal
soldiers The Red Cross Society is said
to have expended in the Russo Turkish
war seventeen million dollars and in
the Franco Prussian war thirteen mill
ion dollars These figures make a
powerful appeal to the imagination if
one stops to reflect on the conditions
which call for such gigantic outlays
and they also illustrate the demand
which modern warfare makes upon u
inanitys sympathetic nerve
The absence of commercial morality
Is one of the great deterrents to the
progress of Italy It is a curious and
perhaps a significant fact that for
years past the correspondents of the
English press have glossed over or
failed to refer to the things which have
heen perfectly well known in well-informed
circles as to the corrupting in
fluence of the successive governments
which have ruled the country Little
or no reference has been made to the
hribery and falsification of returns the
place hunting and log rolling the in
flation of the civil service for political
ends and the handing over of the
schools to men morally unfitted to be
n contact with the children in them
So it has come to pass that the English
public has been deluded into a belief
that all has been going well
A good understanding meaning by
that term serviceable foot gear is pro
nounced by the foremost military au
thorities to be more essential to an
army than either courage or acclimati
zation and details of material work
manship size and shape are being
urged upon the quartermaster depart
ment The agitation will do double ser
vice if it affects the individual as well
as the governmental purchaser A
prominent oculist to whom a young
woman recently went for consultation
refused to examine her eyes unless she
would forthwith adopt lower heeled
shoes saying that what she wore were
sufficient in themselves to have occa
sioned the need of spectacles while
general practitioners attribute diseases
of the spine lungs throat and brain to
shoes too thin too narrow or other
wise ill fitting In that day when all
secrets shall be revealed exclaims a
witty Englishman we shall doubtless
JcnoT7 why shoes are lways made too
tight In the day when common sense
prevails on earth we shall no longer
imperil our health and happiness by
buying shoes which are too tiglit
Comparatively few of our own citl
zeuf have an adequate conception of
the the formidable character of the
American navy at the present time
and when it is remembered that the
greater part has been organized and
put in commission Within the last three
months the extent of the work accom
plished seems all the more surprising
According to the latest official register
of the navy it consists of nearly 300
vessels of all classes There are 11
ships of the first claps IS of the second
43 of the third and 0 of the fourth
class with 35 torpedo boats building
and authorised 12 tugs sailing ves
S2ls 5 receiving ships 12 unserviceable
vessels and 33 vessels of all rates other
than torpedo boats under construction1
and authorized The auxiliary navy
embraces 30 cruisers and yachts 32
steamers and colliers 25 tugs 15 rev 1
enue cutters 4 lighthouse tenders and
2 fish commission boats making up
the grand total of 295 regular and
auxiliary vessels besides battleships
and monitors building or authorized
The active list of the navy exclusive
of the marine corps is made up of 2030
commissioned and warrant officers and
naval cadets of whom 7S1 are officers
of the linQ Since the war 093 officers
have been appointed for duty during
the continuance of hostilities
ing a large number from the retired
list The exact number of marines
and seamen in the service is not givenl
in the report but judged by the num i
ber of officers they constitute a large
ariny
For ten years or more the word
dude has been applied contemptuous
ly to young men or old who think about
their personal appearance and dress ac
cording to the prevailing style The
humorous papers have worked the dude
for all there was in him until the read
ers have learned to sgh and skip the al
leged jokes about the well dressed man
Just now the world takes en a new as
pect however and it may be well to
consider the dude -in a new light Ad
miral Dewey has always been neat and
careful about his appearance lie was
known as the dude of the navy when a
young man and his regard for his per
sonal appearance was nearly as marked
as his ability in dancing and he was
known as the best dancer in the navy
Lieutenant Richmond P ITobson the
hero of the Merrimac Was rated a dude
when at Annapolis He dressed well
and he thought of his personal appear
anceexcept when it came to that al
ready historic piece of work at Santi
ago Ensign Bagley whose loss the
North and the South alike mourn was
a well dressed man The fact that he
liked to wear the latest style of collar
and tie and was particular as to the fit
of his trousers did not deter him when
the Winslow made her game fight
against the all too terrible odds at Car
denas Commander Brownson of the
Yankee is one of the best grooined men
in the country yet there seems to be
no piece of daring too great for that in
trepid man to undertake Latest not
last because the war is not yet over
the case of Hamilton Fish Jr ser
geant hi Woods regiment of rough rid
ers may be considered This young
man whose social position in New
York was second to none who had all
thart wealth and position could give
him was a Fifth avenue man in dress
and love of good clothes He was never
out of fashion and he probably spent
many hours of his life in the metropolis
considering the cut of his clothing and
what ties he should wear Yet when
the moment came he rose to it like the
true American he was and through a
hell of leaden missiles led his men
against a hidden foe He fell far in ad
vance of his own troop because his
eagerness to fight for his country and
his flag led him there These are but
a few instances of what the American
well dressed man has done in the pres
ent war All heroes are not lovers of
dress and all well dressed men may
not have the opportunity to prove them
selves heroes But one thing is certain
the humorist had best lay his dude
joke carefully away at the bottom ol
the barrel for it is decidedly out of
place now If Dewey Hobson Bagley
Brownson and Fish are samples of the
American dude God send the country
ten million more like them
About Books
The ideal house has books all over it
and yet it is best for the books them
selves that they have an apartmenl
Itruly their own Many people who feel
that they cannot afford a
would be astonished if they
library
realized
how easily one might be arranged Oaie
of the most charming book rooms of
which I know is merely a small cham
ber with a pretty view from two win
dows and a snug corner fireplace At
small expense deal shelves were run en
tirely around the wall space and fitted
Jwith roller blinds which may be drawn
down in front of the books at night or
in the daytime when cleaning is going
n Boston Home Journal
Orijrin of Blanket
In the reign of Edward III there
wereatBristol three brothers who were
eminent clothiers and woolen weavers
and whose family name was Blanket
They were the first persons who manu
factured that comfortable material
which has ever since been called by
their name and which was then used
for peasants
eler
clothing Boston
Slow Manufacture of Tapestry
The manufacture of some of the fin
est French tapestry is so slow that an
artist cannot produce more than a quar
ter of a square yard in a year
The man who is employed by his
wifes father doesnt worry about los
ing his job
ENCOURAGED HIM TO ENLIST
Said He Yvould Join the Army if She
Refused Him No w He May Have To
Hang the war anyhow said a
young man to his chum in an uptown
clubhouse the other night
Why whats the matter now You
havent enlisted have you
No thats just it I havent but I
may have to after all
How is that
Well you know Miss and I have
been getting along nicely for some time
and although she has refused to mar
ry me on several different occasions I
still had hopes of winning her
Yes I knew you had and what has
caused you to change your mind
It was all on account of that blamed
old major
What did he have to do with it
Everything He caught me in a con
fidential mood the other night and I
told him all my troubles my aspira
tions and my hopes and he in return
apparently gave me his confidence He
also gave me some advice
Did you take it
Yes I did I afterward met Miss
at a reception and when I got a
chance to speak to her alone I once
more told her of my life long affection
but she only laughed at me I then took
the last desperate step and striking a
tragic attitude I vowed that if she did
not consent to marry me I would enlist
go to the war and be killed
What did she say to that
Oh she grew solemn at once and
she tried to persuade me from doing
anything so dangerous In fact she
showed more emotion than I had ever
seen her show before and I became
hopeful I thought that I had won her
surely and taking out my watch I
said that I would give her five minutes
to make up her mind In the strongest
language at my command I swore that
if she did not accept me I would go to
the front and leave her forever
Well did she accept you
No she did not She gazed at me
for a moment or two with tears in her
beautiful eyes and then said that she
had not thought that it was in me but
that it would be extremely kind of me
to enlist as every girl of her acquaint
ance had several friends who had en
listed and that she had felt so bad be
cause she did not have one If I would
anlist she would think a great deal
more of me than she had ever done be
fore but she could never marry me
That has placed you in a rather em
barrassing position hasnt it But
what had the poor old major to do with
It
Poor old major be blowed WThat has
ae to do with it It was he who advised
aie to try the enlisting dodge on her
md I have since learned that he is go
ing to marry the girl himself New
STork Tribune
Some ol Our Naval Heroes
Stephen Decatur The destruction of
the Barbary pirates in August 1804 v
John Paul Jones Capture of the Ser
ipis September 1779 He said We
have just begun to fight
Isaac Hull Sailed from Boston with
out orders in August 1812 Captured
British frigate Guerriere called the
terror of the world
Johnston Blakeley Who made im
mortal fame in the cruiser Wasp 1S14
Oliver Hazzard Perry Swept the
British from Lake Erie in September
1813
James Lawrence Conquered the
British sloops Peacock and Shannon
in 1813
Charles Stewart Did many gallant
deeds as commander of Old Ironsides
William Bainbridge Gallant service
In the French war of 179S
Samuel C Reld Saved New Orleans
in the war of 1812 by detaining the
British squadron at Fayal
Andrew H Foote 5ervice of distinc
tion in the China war 1853 and in the
civil war
Joslah Tatnall In the China war
Author of the saying Blood is thicker
than water
James Biddle With Bainbridge in
Tripoli 1803 Later commanded the
Hornet
James Alden Commanded the gun
boat Richmond at New Orleans 1852
David Porter Famous cruise of the
Essex and in the civil war
David C Porter Splendid services in
the civil war
William B Cushing Blew up the reb
el ram Albemarle with his torpedo Oc
tober 1834
David G Farragut The great naval
commander of the civil war
Matthew C Perry Expedition
against the slavers in 1S43 and in the
civil Avar
A H Mahan Recognized naval au
thority of the world
Daniel Ammen Inventor of the ram
Katahdin and did good service in the
civil war
George Dewey The hero of Manila
Bay
A Narrow Escape
Doctor said the substantial citi
zen as he rushed up to the young phy
sician I owe you my lire
Eh
Yes I was taken suddenly ill two
days ago and my wife sent for you and
you were not in
Trouble in the Parker Family
Willis Parkers salary was doubled
a short time ago so I hear
Wallace Yes it was but it gojfc him
in lots of trouble
Willis Hows that
Wallace His wife found It out
Town Topics
Dislikes Tobacco
Queen Victoria is perhaps the only
European sovereign who has a positive
aversion to tobacco in all its forms
Woe be to the Prince who pollutes the
apartments at Windsor with its fumes
An Amazon warrior faces powder
and her peaceful sister powders her
face
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It is Shatters victory and Miles is
great enough to give him all the credit for
it Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago is in danger of a milk famine
Evidently the city Avater works are out
of repair Salt Lake Herald
Every time the Yankee pigs catch a
Spanish ship in the trough of the sea they
eat it right up Salt Lake Herald
What Hawaii will do with its three clee
toral votes will add special interest to the
next presidential election Boston Her
ald
Admiral Dewey is to be congratulated
upon the fact that there was no Samp
son at hand to write his report Washing
ton Post
It was the compositors fault of course
that made it read many of the Spanish
prisoners show the scares of battle Bos
ton Herald
Of course Christopher Columbus will be
glad to learn that the Cristobal Colon also
found land in the western hemisphere
Pittsburg Post
Torals desire to be landed in Spain af
ter he has surrendered removes the last
vestige of doubt as to his courage Phil
adelphia Times
Say Weary dye expec to get any of
de new war bonds Naw Limpy me
an de banks is in de same boat Cleve
land Plain Dealer
The chances are that Aguinaldo will
head a Dewey delegation from the Philip
pines to some future national convention
Washington Post
When those Chinese rebels poured oil
on a magistrate and lit it he fired up at
the insult but the rebels made light of it
St Paul Dispatch
Whenever the Vesuvius turns loose the
Spaniards imagine that the last days of
Pompeii have come again Memphis
Commercial Appeal
Woodford need not go back as minister
to Spain When her case is disposed of
Madrid will not be worth the presence of
a vice consul St Paul Dispatch
What makes this calling the nation
American pigs more remarkable is the
fact that the exhibition in honor of Co
lumbus was held in Chicago Philadel
phia Times
A truce is an excellent thing when you
can bring up 3300 men and six batteries
during its continuance Gen Shatter
seems to have known his business New
York World
There are no bull fights at Portsmouth
but our Spanish prisoners may be able to
see an occasional football match if the
war continues a few weeks longer Mil
waukee Sentinel
Oh Yankee Doodle came to town
And pounded down a Dago
Then stuck a feather in his hat
And called it Santiago
St Paul Dispatch
The awful scene at the burning of the
charity bazaar in Paris seems to have
heen imitated on the deck of the Bour
gogne Is that the best you can do mon
sieur Cleveland Plain Dealer
Senor Sagasta is in some danger of
thinking that the time for suggesting
peace has not yet arrived until the Span
ish Government finds itself without a
place to hang up its God-Bless-Our-Home
sign Milwaukee Sentinel
Those capitalists who tried to work
a corner in the necessaries of life in Daw
son City may thank their stars that their
scheme failed Otherwise it is more than
probable that they would have been re
moved months ago Boston Globe
The Paris Figaro says we are merely
apprentices in the art of war Go to Mr
Figaro Look after your charity bazar
and Bourgogne past masters in the art
of fighting women and children Cleve
land Plain Dealer
What an exemplification of the irony of
fate it would be if Weyler should be ar
rested in Madrid for criticising the Gov
ernment When in Cuba he filled the
prisons with those who criticised him
Turn and turn about is fair play Boston
Herald
Spain has paid dearly for the treachery
which destroyed the Maine and sent to
their death 2GG American sailors and it
was entirely fitting that the shell which
finished the Vizcaya should bear with it
the admonition Remember the Maine
Chicago Dispatch
GOLD OUTPUT IS 7000000
Manager Doig Report to Bank of
British North America
D Doig manager of the Bank of Brit
ish North America at Dawson the first
bank opened in the Yukon district has
sent an official report to the head office
in Vancouver Doig had access to the
Dominion Government raining inspectors
figures and thus places the clean up for
the season at 7000000 A much lower
amount than anticipated but which was
accounted for by the fact that famine had
driven many miners back to Circle City
where food was plentiful so that there
was a great shortage of labor and many
claims were left untouched
The mounted police stated 400000 had
been collected in royalties which would
represent 4000000 which would leave
3000000 uncollected or not accounted
for presumably dust not at once going
out of the country so that the Canadian
Government will make a haul of nearly
1000000 the major portion of which
will come out of United States citizens
The police claim that there is not the
ghost of a show of any one escaping roy
alties to any great extent Every mine
owner must have a permit to wash and
there are enough police on duty to watch
the wash up of every claim of importance
It is estimated that at the outside not
over 2000000 will escape royalties so
that 10000000 is given as the outside
estimate of the seasons work iu gold dust
Note of Current Even
The last of the monuments VJLicted in
Chickamauga Park has just Sheen dedi
cated It is to the memory of Wisconsin
soldiers
Dr David S Hayes an eminent sur
geon who served through the civil war
died at his home in Hollidaysburg Pa
of heart disease
In the cottonseed industry last year not
less than 4000000 tons of cottonseed
were consumed the total value of tfoo
product aggregating 120000000
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WAR HISTORY OF A WEEK
Friday
The Harvard with over 1000 Spanish
prisoners arrived at Portsmouth N H
Dp to Friday noon but twenty three
new cases of yellow fever developed
among the forces in Cuba The disease
of a mild type
A royal decree published suspending
throughout Spain individual rights as
guaranteed by the constitution and assert
ing a state of war exists
Inhabitants of coast cities of Spain in
a panic over the expected arrival of the
United States fleet Barcelona which is
not fortified particularly in terror
Santiago de Cuba not yet turned over
to Gen Shatter Spaniards quibbling
over the terms President McKinley in
structed Gen Shatter to insist on instant
surrender and if his demand were not
complied with to begin bombardment
Saturday
Gen Toral surrendered on the terms
prdposed by President McKinley and
Spanish power in eastern Cuba is at an
pnd
Since Ambassador Whites Fourth of
July speech the tone of the German pres
has materially changed in favor of Aim
ica
Gen Aiicomia the former Spanish
premier is said to be on a mission sound
ing the European cabinets touching peace
negotiations
Admiral Cervera and other Spanish
naval officers captured at Santiago arriv
ed at Annapolis and are confined at the
naval academy
Torals request that his soldiers be al
lowed to retain their arms was denied
and the guns will become the property of
the United States
Sunday
Two sharp skirmishes preceded Torals
final surrender At Baracoa the Annapo
lis destroyed a Spanish blockhouse which
opened fire upon her and at Guantanamo
Spaniards who tried to lure a launch from
the Marblehead to destruction were vigor
ously shelled
The Spanish troops under command of
Gen Toral left their trenches at Santiago
and marched into the American lines
where one by one the regiments laid
down their arms At the same time the
Spanish flag was hauled down and the
Stars and Stripes hoisted in its place
Gen McKibbin has been appointed tem
porary military governor The Spanish
troops had partly looted the town
Monday
The schooner Three Bells and the sloop
Pilgrim captured by the gunboat Dixie
near Manzanillo July G have arrived at
Key West in charge of a prize crew
President McKinley issued a proclama
tion declaring United States military pow
er supreme in eastern Cuba and declaring
tht the people and their property would
be protected
Seven of our little gunboats entered the
harbor at Mamanillo and destroyed three
Spanish transports a pontoon used as an
ammunition ship and five gunboats Not
one of our vessels was injured
One of Admiral Deweys ships over
hauled the German cruiser Irene near
Manila halting her by a shell fired across
her bows The German admiral protest
ed but is said to have been informed that
Dewey insisted on the right of search
Tuesday
Sylvester Seovel the correspondent who
slapped Gen Shaf tors face has been sent
to Sibouey as a prisoner
Gen Miles departure from Guanta
namo for Porto Rico delayed owing to
failure of orders from Washington to
reach him
The Red Cross Society is feeding the
people of Santiago where thousands are
destitute the supply of food in the city
being exhausted
Reports from Santiago are that strained
relations exist between the Cubans and
our troops owing to the refusal of our
Government to turn over the city to them
There are indications that the Spanish
Government will court martial Gen Toral
for surrendering Santiago the claim be
ing set up that he was not expected to
surrender any other garrison than his
own
Wednesday
Two transports sailed from Charleston
S C loaded with troops comprising the
first expedition for the invasion of Porto
Rico
Contract for transporting Spanish pris
oners from Santiago to Spain has been
awarded to the Spanish Transatlantique
Company
Reports from Santiago are that the
Spanish and American soldiers are fra
ternizing and that the people are glad to
be freed from Spanish misgovernment
Sentiment in Madrid is
said to be pro
nounced in favor of an American protec
torate iu Cuba in preference to indepen
dence on the theory that property rights
would thereby be more secure
Thursday
Gen Miles left Guantanamo for Porto
Rico
The converted yacht Mayflower cap
tured the British steamer Newfoundland
from Halifax which attempted to run
the blockade at Havana
Spanish troops at Manila defeated the
insurgents Aith considerable loss on be
ing attacked The second expedition from
ssan rrancipco lias arrived
Madrid advices say there is no indica
tion of peace proposals The Government
continues inactive while the people are
demanding peace at any price
Announced by Secretary Long that the
expedition to Spain has not been aban
doned but has been deferred until the
Porto Rico campaign permits the with
drawal of the ships
As the result of the Hi feeling between
our troops at Santiago and the Cubans
Gens Garcia and Castillo have determin
ed to cease co operation with our troops
and will conduct
an independent cam
paign against the Spaniards first attack
ing Holguin
News of Minor Note
At Irvine Ky Pleas Hill was acquit
ted of the murder of Ambrose Christo
pher
The negroes in the United States repre
sent about 12 per cent of the entire popu
lation
A man was killed in a fight at Salisaw
I T and a bystander and the mother of
the victim fell dead from fright
A mountain fire is raging in the vicin
ity of Arrowhead near Waterman Canon
Cal Many orange and pear trees have
been ruined
Commodore Watsons expedition will
disturb the plans of the nobility and aris
tocracy of Spain who ere in the habit of
spending the summer at San Sebastian aJ
very attractive resort upon the northern
coast of Spain in the province of Qui
puzcoa It is the country of the Basques
who are the proudest people on the penin
sula They claim to be descended directly
from Cain without the intervention or
Noah and that their dialect is the lan
guage spoken by Adam and Eve in para
dise San Sebastian has been for many
years the summer capital of Spain The
Queen goes there the beginning of every
June and usually remains until Octoberj
It has a most delightful climate the scen
is picturesque and all the surround
ings are much more attractive and com
fortable than those at Madrid But the
city is so exposed to the sea that it could
be easily destroyed by a single gunboat
and although it is not probable that Com
modore Watson will attack an unfortified
pleasure resort the Spaniards are very
timid and will undoubtedly remain in the
interior
While Capt Eulate of the Vizcaya is
at Annapolis he will have plenty of time
to reflect upon the rashness of a promise
he made in the presence of several Amer
ican officers and newspaper correspon
dents at the Hotel Ingleterre while he was
in Havana in command of the Vizcaya
shortly after the destruction of the Maine
The fighting capacity of Capt Robleg
Evans and the battleship Iowa being the
subject of discussion Capt Eulate was
imprudent enough to predict that if there
was a war he would capture the Iowa and
tow her over to Spain It was appropri
ate therefore that it should happen to bo
the fate of the boaster to surrender to
Capt Evans after Cerveras fleet had
been destroyed and the dramatic manner
in which he kissed his sword and offered
it to Fighting Bob has alreadv been
told
Mr Quesada the representative in
Washington of the Cuban junta sought
an interview with Secretary Alger to pro
test against the retention of Spanish offi
cials at Santiago and to demand the ap
pointment of insurgents in their places
but he obtained no satisfaction He was
informed that the President and the offi
cers of the army were thoroughly displeas
ed with the conduct of the Cubans at San
tiago and that unless they behaved them
selves better their rations and supplies of
ammunition would be cut off
One of the rough riders from the far
West came into the War Department on
crutches and was warmly received every
where When somebody asked him in a
contemptuous way how he got along with
the dudes in his regiment he replied I
used to despise dudes before I went to
war but now I like them You never can
tell what a man amounts to by the way
he wears his clothes In our regiment the
worse the dude the better the fighter
The steamers Resolute Olivette Break
water City of Washington Seneca Sol
ace and other ships which brought nn tho
wounded will return full of everything
needed by the soldiers in the way of food
and clothing and the Glacier started with
4000 tons of dressed beef Fifty thou
sand light canvas uniforms will be sent
They are very much needed as most of
the troops are still wearing the regula
tion woolen uniform
Assistant Surgeon General Greenleaf
who is in charge of medical affairs of the
army in front of
Santiago sends most en
couraging reports concerning the yellow
fever and the sanitary condition of the
troops Very few of
them have been ex
posed and Dr
Greenleaf sees no reason
why nearly all the
regiments may not par
ticipate in the Porto Rican expedition
Most of the cases of fever are of a very
mild type L
Mendez Capote vice president of the
Cuban republic having failed to secure
official recognition from the Government
of the United States has gone to Mexico
to solicit the good offices of President
xjuiZj wUo has shown much sympathy
with the insurgents Mr Capote hopes to
persuade President Diaz to use his influ
ence with President
McKinley to recog
nize the Gomez Government
There is no doubt a great opportunity to
make money at Santiago in legitimate en
terprises particularly trading in the nec
essaries of life The Spanish army has
eaten up everything in the way of food
and the provision stores are empty The
entire population must be supplied from
this country for several months There is
said to be plenty of money in the place
The Government is sending large car
goes of supplies of every kind to the quar
termaster and commissary department
The contractors are beginning to turn in
enormous quantities of clothing and
food which will be issued to the eastern
armies for the Manila troops have been
very thoroughly equipped and do not need
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It is the intention of the President to
recognize the insurgent element when ap
pointments of natives are made to local
offices But he wants to avoid anything
that looks like factional representation
In selecting officials he proposes to take
the best men he can find regardless of
their attitude toward the insurrection
The prediction made by Horatio Ru
bens counsel of the jnnta at New York
that unless we recognized the insurgents
we would have to fight them is likely to
come true sooner than any one expected
for the dispatches from Santiago already
report very ugly feeling between the Cu
bans under Garcia and the American sol
diers The former have conducted them
selves in such a way as to forfeit the con
fidence and respect of our army although
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arms and ammunition issued to thpm
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