Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — SPANISH COMMISSION TO ARRANGE FOR EVACUATION OF CUBA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SPANISH COMMISSION TO ARRANGE FOR EVACUATION OF CUBA.

Washington correspondent asserts that the inside history of the strengthening of Admiral Dewey’s fleet the dispatch of the Oregon and lowa to Honolulu is resistance to German interference. SIIAFTER MAKES HIS REPORT. Entire Contents Will Not Be Given to the Public. Major General Shatter has handed to (fl the adjutant general of the army at Washington his official report of the military • operations leading to the capture of Snn- ! tiago. He deals with the Santiago campaign in the most exhaustive manner. Having prepared his report after ail the reports of brigade and division commanders had been made, Gen. Shatter was able to profit by the statements made by these officers. The result.is a valuable composite of the minor reports, although a large amount, of original and independent mate’s rial is contained in the statement of the Iff commanding general. THE PRESIDENT'S DIFFICULT*. Hard to Secure Sultuble Men for the EKl' Inquiry Commission. 11, President McKinley is having trouble t ln making up the commission to inquire H Into the treatment of the American soldier during the war. White House offifa, rials refuse to tell which of the nine men i'£; have accepted or declined, but from other sources it is learned that ex-Secretaries j of War Robert T. Lincoln and Daniel H. W I-tmont, Gen. John B. Gordon and exit Senator Charles F. Manderson have de- |' dined because of ill health or business en■EygnjgOSients. Col. dames A, Sexton of & Obicago, commander-in-chief of the G. A. gr. IL, and, Paniel C. Gil'man of Johns Hopfeilns University are reported to have ac[fj; WOT MOVING FA 1 T ENOUGH. mt H? ftupreMfoa that Spaniards Should Be Jlui-ried Out of Cuba. S'V The Spa Wards are not evacuating Cuba M|| foot to many people in this country ! wftffi them top ft-ls claimed by those who HtMli ntai»Hrffcg‘<xoeermneiit to take vigoratepstOifrardfiecOloCatihg the retirt- ; Went ts 'tUt’Hiwmlards from the island JBit the Gdveftoßetit at Madrid is trying gaSE’to^'*Mtie Gdbtin customs duties | to’ long as possible. If this be true It is £ m reason that all thrifty merchants can ••• -• ■ ' '

for a hat button and $1 for au officer’s cap button. The Vizcaya and the Cristobal Colon hatbands sell for several dob lars now, and the price is steadily going up. _____ Powerful Pneumatic Guns. The Dickson Manufacturing Company, Scranton, Pa., is constructing for the Government two segmental pneumatic guns, each to be fifty feet long, with a bore of fifteen inches, with energy to hurl a dynamite cartridge of 1,000 pounds a distance of 2,700 yards, and projectiles of 000 pounds four miles. , Historical Bouvenlrs. The bullion dealers who purchased the Spanish gold, silver nud notes found on tlie Infanta Maria Teresa, after the battle of July 3, propose to dispose of the whole lot to the public at a premium over the face value, as interesting historical souvenirs. The coins are tarnished by fire and water and the notes are stained. Fever at Ponce. Yellow fever has appenred among' the troops at Ponce, Porto Rico. There has tmen one death, and four cases among the troops were officially acknowledged as such a few days ago. A strict censorship was immediately imposed, and the censor has refused to permit any news whatever to be cabled from Ponce. Antics of the Cortes. The Spanish Cortes is spending its time in recrimination, which looks ns if there might be some delay in appointing Spanish members of the peace commission. War's Estimated Cost. It is estimated that the war will cost $238,000,000. The War Department has already spent about $78,000,000 and the navy $70,000,000. AUTOGRAPH OF HERO OF MANILA Irasi inuij A . ,y,Com*»l#ion In . afffSse&s* insurgents are disposed to come into the city, but simply as citizens, they affirm. ‘ . " i .".i . 1 if A ..V • X* • i