Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 October 1898 — Page 2

£ikt County gmorrat STOOPS. Editor u4 ProprUtoi. R^BURU. s INDIANA. Rev. H. 8. Heath, colored, died, on 81st, at his home in New York, aged, 101 years. T The secretary of war received the following telegram from Gov. Clough of Minnesota on the 19th: "I agree with Gen. Bacon that the Indian war fa at an end.” A weaving machine has been in* Tented in France that turns out from 100 to 175 yards of fabric per day, and is so simple that one operator can man* age six machines. It is semi-officially announced that France will withdraw the Marchand expedition from Fashoda as soon as the special messenger now en route from Marchand arrives in Paris. Truency Officer J. W. Parsons, of Kokomo, Ind., has discovered a family, that of John Troyer, with 40 children of school age, Mr. Troyer being the father of 38 and the stepfather of eight children. A dispatch from Manila says: The Insurgent general, Pio Pilar, has agreed to evacuate Paco, the last suburb of Manila held by the Filipinos, on the 85th. This completes the American conquest of the city. The attendance at the Omaha exposition, on the 19th, was estimated at 30/100. All railroads report heavy traffic, despite unfavorable weather. Nebraska day was celebrated with enthusiasm, the auditorium being packed. Hon. John M. Gregory, who was one of the first commissioners under the present civil service law, and who was for 13 years president of the University of Illinois, died in Washington, on the 19th, aged 76 years. He was a native of New York.

Senores Rivera, Blanco, Lopez and Carbonnel, ministers of the insular • government in Porto Rico, have tendered their resignation to (Jen. Brooke, Stating that they would perform their functions, if desired, until their successors were appointed. The steamer Roanoke arrived at Seattle, Wash-, on the 19th, from St, Michaels with about 500 passengers and gold dust estimated at $2,000,000. Of this the Canadian Bank of Commerce received $600,000, and the iBank •f British North America $750,000. Under date of the 19th Gen. Otis cabled the war department: "The situation in Luzon somewhat improved. Influence of Filipinos of education ?nd property not desiring independent government, but hostile to Spain, gaining ascendancy in: revolutionary councils.” The supreme body, Knights of Malta, at its session in Washington, on the 19th, voted to change the has^s of representation of the several grand bodies of the states in the supreme body from one delegate for each 1,000 members to one: for every 1,500 members. __ The steamer Seneca sailed from San Francisco, on the ISth, for Manila, with 800 soldiers on board. All the Steam whistles in the water front saluted the vessel as she passed down the bay toward the ocean, and thousands of people waved adieus from the 4 docks. . . The city of San Juan remains orderly, and all is quiet elsewhere in Porto Rico. Maj.-Gen. Brooke is installed in the palace and Brig.-Gen. Henry remains as commander of the district of Ponce. Brig.-Gen- Grant has been appointed commander of the district of Ban Joan.

A dispatch from the French minister at Pekin, M. Gerard, announces that a French missionary and several Chinese Catholics had been massacred or burned to death in a chapel at Pak Lung by a riotous mob. M. Gerard had immediately demanded rejvaratiou from the Chinese government. While the newspapers in Paris—and, judging from the Knglish dispatches, the London journals as well—are full of the most sensational stories about preparations on both sides of the chan* enl for war about the Faahoda business, the fact remains that an arrangement has been reached between the two countries in connection with the matter. The arbitrators selected to decide whether the Canadian Pacific railway is entitled to a differential, under the rates made by the United States lines on freight traffic between San Francisco and eastern points on or east of the Missouri river, have rendered a decision to the effect that the Canadian Pacific railway is not entitled to a differential. The government industrial commission organised in Washington, on the 18th, by electing Senator Kyle chairman, ex-Representative Philipps, of Pennsylvania, first vice-chairman; Representative Gardner, of New Jersey, second rice-chairman, and J. M. Fmrquhar, of Buffalo, temporary secretary. It was decided to adjourn till the middle of November. The speech of Sir Michael HickaBeach at North Shields, on the 19th, has deeply impressed England, and the utmost concern is felt as to how France will receive it. The idea has been prevalent that the French have not realized how seriously England felt on the Faahoda question, which has been coupled with a desire that France would not force England to an armed support of Lord Salisbury’s V

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEW8 D BHIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 19th, showed: Available cash balance, $303,607,420; gold reserve, $241,561,974. Senator Redfield Proctor was reelected by the Vermont legislature on the 19th. It is believed that the French court of cassation will take up the Dreyfus case in a few days, and the general impression is that the decision will be ! in favor of revision. The court has obtained documents concerning Comte Esterhazy, late Lieut.-Col. Henry and Mme. Pays and their mutual relations. The big tug L. P. Smith was sunk in the entrance to the Cleveland (O.) harbor, on the 20th, as the result of a collision with the steamer Olympia. The fireman went down with the tug, and was drowned. The Olympia was uninjured. Henry F. Naphen was nominated for congress by the democrats in- the Tenth Massachusetts district on the' one hundred and sixteenth ballot on the 20th. Gen. Otis has cabled to the war department a review of the situation in the Philippines, showing that Aguinaldo's influence is on the wane. The first general order issued by Gen. llrooke in Porto Rico is a dignified, fair document, and was well received by the people. All the Chilian ministers, except the minister of industries, have withdrawn their resignations. Dr. Wm. R. Brooks, director of the Smith observatory, at Geneva, N. Y„ has secured another observation of the comet discovered by him. Its position at 5 a. m., on the 21st, was right J I ascension 14 hours, 46 minutes, declination north 59 degrees, 32 minutes. The comet is in Draco and moving quite rapidly southeast.

\\ nts oi temporary injunction were served on 31 railroad ticket brokers in Chicago on the 21st. The petitions upon which the injunctions were granted set forth alleged fraudulent! dealing of the brokers in one-fare roundtrip tickets. Seven of the trunk line railroads , petitioned for the injunction. Capt.'Baratier, of Maj. Marchand’s expedition, on his arrival in Paris, on the21st, with a report to the French government, said the mission had not lost an officer or a soldier. He added that the health of all the members of the party was very good, and that revictualling on the march was easy. Col. Milford llarmond, a prominent business man of Jackson, Mich., and an uncle of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, died on the 21st. The membership of the United! States evacuation commission for Porto Rico, having completed their task, have been directed to return home. They will sail from San Juan on the cruiser Newark. The displeasure and disappointment felt in official circles at Madrid over the failure of the skillful strategy of Senor Montero Rios, concerted with the efforts of Senor Sagasta and Duke Almodvur de Rios to minimize the consequences of the war, are keen and f profound. Jack Frost has broken the backbone of the yellow fever epidemic of 1898 all through the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, and quarantines were expected to be lifted by the 25th. Deputy Marshal W. K. Little and posse attempted to capture the celebrated Creek criminal, John Watko, and his gang at Okmulgee, I. T., on the 21st, and the result was a hot tight, in which John Watko was killed and two of five of the remaining outlaws were captured.

The*American military commission at Havana lias notified the Spanish commission that the American troops will occupy the island of Cuba in November, whether or not the evacuation of the island by the Spaniards has been completed by that time. A dreadful tragedy was enacted at Toronto, Ont., on the night of the 21st, when Eliza Burrill, wife of a well-to-do mechanic, became demented and strangled her three children, Ethel, aged eight; Stanley, aged three, and Harold, aged eleven years. The big steamer Henry Chisholm, laden with barley, while trying to enter Washington harbor, at the southwest end of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, struck the Rock of Ages and commenced going to pieces. The captain and crew escaped in a yawl and proceeded to Port Arthur, Ont. Vessel and cargo will be a total loss. From information ?obtained of the general land office it appears that there was an increase of nearly 400 mineral, entries during the fiscal-year, 1808; as compared with 1897. This, it is said, indicates a marked revival of the mining industry, which had fallen to its lowest jebb in 1895, when but 757 entries were made. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Ryan, on the 21st, made requisition upon the treasury for the following pension agency allowances: Indianapolis, $2,700,000? Knoxville, Tenn., $1,900,000; Louisville, Ky., $1,050,000; Topeka. Has., $3,800,006. Minister Buck has informed the state department that the Japanese government has appointed Mr. Jutaro Komura, vice minister of foreign affairs, to be minister of Japan to the United States. Mr. Komura was born ‘in 1853, and studied law at Harvard university. William A. Nebel, assistant superintendent of mails in the pest office in Milwaukee, was arrested, on the 21st. charged with tampering with the mails. He was taken before United States Commissioner Blood good and released on $1,000 heiil. Nebel acknowledges having tampered with the mails, but denies hsvinsr taken any

The presence of smallpox In Daw> son Is denied by late arrivals from the Klondike. Gov. Stunenberg of Idaho, at the request of the state board of pardons, has granted a reprive to “Diamond Field Jack*' Davis, who was under sentence to hang, on the 29th, for the murder of Cummings and Wilson, the sheep herders. Two thousand coal miners in the fourth and fifth pools on the Monongahela river, in Pennsylvania, struck, on the 21st, for the enforcement of the Chicago agreemnt. The strikers are preparing for a long siege, and are establishing camps near the mines to prevent non-union miners from working. A coroner's inquest held, on the 21st, over the chaired remains of C. Roach, the aged tailor, who perished in the flames of his burning dwelling near Trenton, Ky., and everything brought to light goes to confirm the theory that he was murdered and hit body cast into the fire to conceal th« crime. _ LATE NEWS ITEMS. Dan Connor, shitt boss at the big Standard mine at Wallace, Idaho, was waited upon at night by four masked men, armed with revolvers, who ordered him to leave the country within 24 hours. After some parleying he was granted three days, with the threat that if he was not gone in that time they would dispose of him and his family. The post office department has ordered the establishment of a military post office station ut Cavite, near Manila. It will be known as Military Station No. 2 of the San Francisco post office, and will accommodate a large number of troops stationed at the arsenal and thereabouts. Gen. Ulysses Hereaux, president of the Dominican republic, arrived at Nassau, N. P.. on the 23d, on the Dominican war ship Kestnumcion, to confer with Smith M. Weed and other Americans who arrived there as a special commission on the United States cruiser Montgomery.

Urcat -discontent prevails among the Spanish troops in Cuba because of nou-puyment, in some cases for six mouths, in others for seven months, and in still others for even eight months, ami the soldiers fear that they will be embarked for Spain without receiving their pay. —A bulletin from Jackson, Miss., dated the 23d, states: “A sheriff's posse of 100 men are scouring the country near Forest, Miss., for a mob of negroes who killed a white otlicer. Several negroes are reported killed, and the pursuit continues.” The official report of the burials in the city of Havana since the first of the present year shows that there have been 16,821 interments. The average death rate keeps on steadily at 47 per day. Emperor William has (designed a marble fountain which he proposes to erect in Constantinople as a* gift to commemorate his visit and that of Empress Victoria to the sultan’s capital. About 50 Cuban patriotic clubp have been organized in Havana under the management, in a large majority of cases, of physicians, lawyers and other professional men. The emperor of China is believed to be afflicted with an incurable kidney disease, though it is probable that he will linger for a considerable time. Baseball is a favorite game among our troops in Manila. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. Two children were drowned in a fertilizer vat at Milldetown, N. Y. Sig. Perugini has received in a New Jersey court a decree of divorce from Lillian Kussell. Waco (Tex.) motormen have given up the strike, disbanded their union and asked for their old places. News comes from Cluirville, a new town in Plumas county, Cal., of the burning of a hotel and the loss of five lives.

Ainmrai wewey nanng seizeu an oi Aguinaldo’s steamers, the natives are indignant, and their attitude is threatening. Reports from St. Michaels say the schooner Annie Rowe was probably lost in the North sound, ahd 11 person* drowned. There is rejoicing throughout the state of Mississippi. The odious and! irksome yellow fever quarantine has J at last been raised. November 1 the people of Texas will rote on the proposition for the state to pension ex-confederates and their widows and orphans. Among the recent additions to the library of congress is an interesting collection of music printed in the south in civil war times. Maj. John T. Knight, who was commander at Jefferson barracks. Mo., during the recent war. Is dangerously ill at Santiago de Cuba with yellow fever. f Orders have been received by Col. Hardeman of the Sixth Missouri, at Jacksonville, Fla., to have the regiment ready to move to Savannah, Ga., on the 26th. The Penwater (Mich.) Furniture Co.'s factory was wrecked, Friday, by an explosion of two or three of the boilers. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The towboat Rescue, belonging to Jutte A Co., was blown up at Lock No. 3, near Elizabeth, Pa. Capt. Sedell was killed and nine ef the crew were seriously injured. The Tennessee conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, adopted a resolution advising the return to the government of the was claim paid the church. Robert Lewis, who killed J. F. Haynes several months ago, waa sentenced at Atlanta, Ga., to be hanged the gallows which he had himself , in the new jail. 1 .

WITHIN OUR LIMITS. Mews by Telegraph from Varioaa Towns In Indiana. Remarkably Lara* Famine*. Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 22.—Truancy Officer J. W. Parsons, while out skirmishing for “hookies” under the new compulsory. education law, discovered three remarkably large families in Liberty township. One family of 16 children of school age was discovered iu a small hovel, all of them barefooted and almost naked an starved. They were equipped by the trustee and sent to school. The family of John Troyer is the largest on record, comprising 40 children of school age, Mr. Troyer be* trg the father of 32 and the stepfather of eight. He has beer three times married, and there are five sets of children in the family, the last two wives beingwidows with four children each by former husbands. The Troyers comprise the entire school district. Another large family is that of David Jones, president of the board of trustees of TJreentown, he having 20 children. There are T9 souls in th« three families. At Camp .Mount. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 22.—Lieut. Col. May thinks that both the One I Hundred and Fifty-seventh and the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth regiments will be mustered out of service at some time between November 3 and November 5. The Twenty-eighth battery and the signal corps may secure release a few day&earlier. There are 43 sick soldiers at t. ' hospital. The weather has had a depressing effect upon all the men and is the cause of the increased sickness. A Deadly Quarrel. Shelbyville, Ind.. Oct. 22. — Worn comes here from Van Buren township in the extreme northern part of the county that at the Jericho church Harry Goulding and Elijah Snyder quarreled as to which should aecora pany a young woman home and that Goulding drew his knife across Snyder’s abdomen, fatally injuring him Goulding has not been found.

Will Live In Michigan City. Michigan City, Ind., Oct. 22.—A tele gram received from Rt, Rev. John Hazen White, bishop of the Episcopal church of Indiana, says that a division cf the diocese of Indiana has been confirmed by the house of bishops now in session in Washington, D. C., and that he has selected the northern diocese and will make this place his home. Sixty-First Wedding Dinner. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 22.—Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Farlow, south of this city, gave a dinner in honor of their sixty-first wedding anniversary. Mrs, Farlow’s maiden name was Nancy Lewiston, and she was the daughter of James Lewiston, of Union county. They have lived at the farm where they now reside since 1S62. Woman's Synod. Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 22.—The Woman’s Synodical Society of Home Missions in session here elected officers as follows: President, Mrs. J. F. Kendall, of Fort Wayne; secretary and treasurer of contingent fund, Mrs. F. F. McCrea, of Indianapolis; assistant recording secretary. Mrs. E. B. Thompson, Crawfordsville. Hail road Y. M. C. A. Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 22.—The in ternational convention of the railroad Y. M. C. A. met here and the sessions will last three days. The Baptist tabernacle was filled with delegates. There are men in attendance from every part of the United States and Canada. Burglars at Oaktonn. Vincennes. Ind., Oct. 22. — Burglars visited Oaktown and entered the general store of George H. Bond and and Charles Hilderman’s saloon, securing $100 worth of goods. Bickneil bloodhounds were sent for, but failed to trail the robbers.

Lrnvn the Nickel Plate. Fort Wayne, Ind.. Oct. 22.—M. C Baker, district passenger agent of the Chicago & Fort Wayne division of the Nickel Plate railway, has resigned t< accept a position in the relief fund department of the New York Centra* railroad. Petition la Baakraptey, Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 22. — Warn M. Taylor, a dealer in general merchandise at Pendleton, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court. He scheduled liabilities at $1,833.67 and assets at $61, all of which is claimed as •xcmpt. Died of Laai Troable. Bloomington, lnd„ Oct. 22.—Robert C. Greeves, a leading citizen and clerk of Bloomington for 12 consecutive years up to 1894, died of lung trouble. He was a mason, Knight of Pythias, Red Man and odd fellow. v A Clean Score-. Madison, Ind., Oct. 22.—In the shooting tournament here Johnson, of Madison, made a clean score, killing 23 birds straight. Tripp, of Indianapolis, killed 24. _ • Past OBce Baraed. Verne, ind., Oct. 22.—The post office in the general store of John Westfall, the postmaster, was burned, causing a loss of $2,000. All the mail was saved. Beat the ladlaaa. Indianapolis, Ind.. Oct. 22.—The Indianapolis Athletic club eleven defeated the Haskell university Indians at *ootball at Newby Oval. 12 to 0. Leal Their Bslldlag. Shoals. Ind.. Oct. 22.—Fire destroyed the I. O. O. F. building here. Serious trouble Is brewin* with the Maasto tribe In the Zoutpansber* district ta Booth Africa and a Lutheran missionary aad h»s family have been massacred.

RACE WAR THREATENED. j Aikpolt Kagma Wound Ttuw WUM i>< Atm Pursued by Whit* Xw with Bloodhounds. Wilmington, N. C.. Oct. 24.—A special to the Star from Lumbertcn says: “At three o’clock yesterday morning a squad from the negroes who were dispersed at Ash pole, Robeson county, crept up to the town and shot three whites stationed there as guards. They were Albert Floyd, Robert Inman and William Bullard. Bullard it seriously wounded, the others slightly. A hundred whites with blood- j hounds are now in pursuit, and it it | said four of the negroes have l>een ! caught. There is great excitement at all points in the state in telegraphic communication with Lumberton. The whites are telegraphing the principal towns in. the state for Winchester rifles to be sent there immediately. Four negroes who shot the three white guards have been captured neax Ashpole. They were run down and | brought to bay by bloodhounds. The negroes are now confined in box cars | at Ashpole and heavily guarded. It ie | uncertain yet what the fate of the negroes may be, but it is feared their cowardly attempt to assassinate the guards will so exasperate the whites j as to cause further and more serious | trouble. The guard was composed oi eight or ten men who-were around 9 j fire in the open air, thus becoming j easy targets for the negroes, who fired under cover of darkness and then fled. The Ashpole incident has increased ! the excitement at Wilmington, which j was already^ near the danger line. Groups of white men have been on the street corners all day eagerly awaiting news from Lumberton and Ashpole. ■_ NINE NEGROES KILLED, An All-Night Battle Between a Sheriff** Fowe and a Mob of Desperate Negroe*.

New Orleans, Oct. 2-1.—The Picaune’s Vicksburg special says: Telegrams report a most serious state of affairs at Hermanville, 12 miles north of Forest, Miss., on the line of the A. & V. railroad, in Scott county. It is stated that bad blood has existed in Hermanville between the whites and blacks. On Saturday evening a negro man beat most unmercifully an old white man. At night a deputy sheriff and two others went to the negro’s hut with a warrant to arrest him. When the officers neared the man’s house they found it surrounded with a crowd of some 50 negroes, all armed, and were fired upon. Mr. Petter, a well-known man, was killed, and the other two are thought to be mortally wounded. As soon as the news reached the center of the town of Hermanville the men hastily armed themselves and went to the scene of the riot. Then the fight opened in reality and lasted the greater part of the night. At daylight yesterday morning it was found that nine negroes had been killed and four captured who are badly wounded. Some seem to think the trouble is not over. THREE HUNTERS DROWNED. Clans to Their Capelse<l Boat for Over an Hoar and Then Went Down to Death. Chicago, Oct. 24.—A small skiff, in which were Louis Itaban, son of a wealthy brick manufacturer of Evanston; William Schaffer and anothei man, whose identity has not yet been I established, capsized in Lake Michi- | gan, about five miles off Willmette yesterday, and all were drowned. The men started out yesterday morning duck hunting. A high sea was running, and after driving out about five miles the boat was overturned. The unfortunate hunters clung to the overturned craft for over an hour, but, weighted down with their heavy canvas coats, the pockets of which were filled with ammunition, they finally sank. Schaffer’s body was re- | covered.

WANTS AN APPROPRIATION. Will Try to Rate* the Vlsraya—Work ob th* Cristobal Colon Ptograilnt Satisfactorily. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 24.—It ia re- ! ported from Guantanamo that Naval Constructor Hobson, whd left there early last week for Jamaica, with the intention of taking the Atlas line steamer for. New York, is going to Washington to obtain an appropriation, if possible, of $1,000,000 for the purpose of raising the sunken Spanish cruiser Vizcaya. The plans for raising the Cristobal i Colon have been perfected and the I work is progressing in accordance with the instructions left by Mr. Hob- 1 son, who expects to return within a month. Saturday night some vandal posted flaming circus bills on the walls of the cathedral. Gen. Wood issued orders for their immediate removal, and the arrest of the perpetrator of the outrage. A Shift Boss Ordered to Lwve the Cooa* try for Oolag His Doty. Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 24.—Dan Connor, shift boss at the big Standard mine, was waited upon at night by four masked men armed with revolvers, who ordered him to leave the country within 24 hours. After some parleying he was granted three days, ' with the threat that if he was not gone in that time they would dispose of him and his family. Mr. Connor immediately arranged to leave the country. It j is said he was ordered to leave because he had discharged some men who were not doing their work properly.

A Manifesto Supported by Many Spaniards Openly Proclaiming Cuban Independence. 1 FREE-FOR-ALL 6RAB-AS-6RAB-CAN. Qmt OlMoatMt Among Spaolih Tro«p» tu Cubu—0*0. Blanco’s Dtohundawnt Deere*—Cuban Patriot Clubs la Havaua—Ptoelulmtaf * Holy War Agabut Americans. Havana, via Key West, Oct. 24,7—Par: Y Libertad, one of the daily papei^ ot Cienfuegos, published with toe sanction of the government, prints a manifesto with over 300 signatures, a great many of which are those of Spaniards,, openly proclaiming Cuban independence. Owing to the fact that the Spanislb officers are selling commissary store* at any price obtainable, army suppliesare now a drug in the market in theinterior, making legitimate trade impossible. Corruption sad Robbery Dully Becoming. More Open. It is asserted that as the Spanish, rule in Cuba draws to a close, corruption and robbery daily become moreopen and wholesale. The commission* of transportation, charged with furnishing passage tickets to Spanish officers returning to Spain, charges an» arbitrary rate of four dollars each for a berth. If the victim refuses to give up he is made to wait for several? steamers, the commission claiming, that there is no room. A Free-for-All Gr»b-us-t.r»b-Cun Game. Generally the officer is glad to pay the tax in order to get away. Thisabuse is openly spoken of, but thepresent situation is a free-for-all, grab* as-grab-can game, and every one appears eager to make money while the Spanish sun shines. The official report of the burials in* the city of Havana since the first of the present year shows that there have* been 16,821 interments. The average death rate keeps on steadily at 47 pee dav.

Ur eat Discontent Among the Spanish Troops. Great discontent prevails among the Spanish t roops because of non-payment In some cases for six months, in others for seven months, and in still others for even eight months, and the soldiers fear that they will be embarked' for Spain without receiving their pay. The poor quality of the food supplied to nearly all the soldiers has occasioned much ill-feeling, and seriousinsubordination is feared in several localities. In the province of Puerto* Principe of the 400 members of thecivil guard 300 hare deserted and gone over to the insurgents. At Nuevitas the Tarragona battalion became insubordinate and attempted to join the insurgents on account of the short rations and the wretched quality of th«; food supplied by their chief. Gen». March, in command in that province,, on learning of this occurrence, went to i Nuevitas and succeeded in quieting; the soldiers by furnishing them with good and plentiful rations. OM«rtloo( Slopped by Gen. Blanco’* Disbandment Decree. Many soldiers until recently were deserting, but Gen. Blanco's decree regarding disbandment has put a stop to» the defections. Over 5,000 soldiers have been mustered out since the issuance of the decree. The sanitary brigades of Havana, Guanabacoa, Ilegla* and Guines, with those of several other localities in Havana province, have petitioned Gen. Blanco that they be disbanded. They may remain in. * the island. Some of the engineer brigades have also solicited their discharges here. The greater part of them are composed of the best-drilled - soldiers. Over 400 of the 700 members, of the Orden publico at Havana have also asked that they be mustered out in order that they may remain in Cuba, and 50 per cent, of all the civil guards in the island have made a similar request. None of the artillerymen, however, have asked to be allowed to remain. The reason for this

VUOttU rairlCH VIUOS utkhuisvu au a*<*«i»u«.. About 50 Cuban patriotic clubs have been organized in Havana under the management, in a large majority of cases, of physicians, lawyers and other professional men. Many of the members of some of these clubs attended the first meetings wearing the Cuban and American flags crossed. The presiding officers of several of the clubs, noticing the insignia in the button holes of the members, ordered; that in future only the Cuban flag*should be worn. In many instances the order was complied with. Pmehlof a Holy War Against the Anaer- • lean*. The Cuban general liego has arrived, at Havana from Puerto Principe, and is preaching in the Havana cafes and. the insurgent camps near the city a. holy war against the Americans. Helms interviewed many of the leaders of the Cubans, and has urged the carrying on of the war against the Americans if independence is not at once granted to Cuba. % The Cuban eolonel Torriente has also* arrived in Havana from the east, and is carrying on a strong campaign against the Americans and CalixtoGarcia, whom he professes to look upon as a traitor to the Cubans and as having basely sold himself for American gold. * Col. Torriente, in an interview with the editor of one of the- leading newspapers of Havana, made all sorts of declarations against Gen. Calixto Garcia and the Americans, but the censor would not allow an account of the interview to be published, fearing that;