The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-27

Spaniards Expect to Sail for Home by
the 7th of October.

the Itn Oh OctODer.
HAVANA, Sept. 26.-The American evacu-
alton commission has been officially notified
that Manzanillo will be evacuated by Oct. Z.
General Blanco has authorized the free
entry of the Comal and other vessels bring
ing supplies for the relief of the sufferers
in Cuba. Matanzas now, and in the future
as reported, will be the first port where re-
lief supplies will be landed, owing to Capt
Pages report of the distress existing there
The Comal, it is supposed here, should ar
rive at Matanzas to-day.
The captain general has decided to remit
the fine of $500 imposed upon the Clinton be-
cause she did not have manifest and has
ordered the money to be refunded. The pay
ment was made under protest and by drec-
ton of President Mckinley
The Junto Patriotica of NIatanzas held a
meeting there last night, at which it was
decided to address a letter to President
Mckinley setting forth that IAN immense
majority of the people of this island adhere
strictly to the government constituted by
the revolution as being the only ideal Of the
Cuban people" Committees have been ap-
pointed for the purpose of securing sigma
lures to this document in every city and
village of Cuba, which will make it a very
lengthy affair.
The commanding officers of the first and
second battalionS of the Seventy y-fifth In
fantry, stationed at Manzanillo, Francisco
Allegro Pou and Carlos Lopez accompanied
by the officers of these battalions, arrived
here to-day and went to the palace where
they delivered to General Seano, the chief
of staff, the documents belonging to General
Escario's command. The latter left Man
zanillo to reinforce the Santiago garrison
early in July. Pou and Lopez were fore
most in the defense Of Manzanillo under Col.
Sanchez Parsen.
AT the Rodriguez camp, at San Jose de
Las Lajas. the time passes merrily. The
erstwhile warriors have been delivered over
to the pleasures of the dance and merry
making. They have a typical Cuban band
at that camp, and as a stream of visitors
run there daily the insurgents spend the
day and evening in dancing forgetting their
more serious duties and occupations
The admiralty here announces that owing
to lack of the necessary combustible the
lighthouses at Cruz del Padro and Cayo
Piedras have been dark since Sept. 23
Admiral Sampson has leased a chalet
about a mile distant from the Trocha Ho-
tel where he and his household will reside
during their stay here.
Ropeft 4. HOrter nSd conference to-day
with the most prominent tobacco manufac-
turers in the city. The manufacturers ar
gued that the import duties on leaf tobacco
ought to be increased and the export du-
ties lessened so as to favor the islands
tobacco industry, and Mr. Porter answered
by stating that minimum tariff would be
established at Havana, as had been done at
Santiago. Mr.. Porter will sail for the
United States on Saturday next. He will
proceed to Washington. and Immediately on
his arrival will confer with President Nc
Kinley.
General Rodriguez, chief of Maxine Co
mez's staff, arrived here to-day from Santa
Clara, and shortly after his arrival had a
conference with the American commission.
Captain Hart delivered an important docu-
ment to the Spanish commissioners this
afternoon.
1t is believed that Immediately after the
evacuation of Manzanilo by the Spanish
forces is completed the evacuation of Puer-
10 Principe will be begun.
Generals Castellanos. Aguirre and Maroto,
commanders, respectively, of the Jucaro
trocha and the provinces of Santa Clara
and Pinar del Rio. have arrived here, and
this evening conformity with General Para
do, had a conference with Captain General
Blanco. 1t is supposed that the conference
was in relation to matters connected with
the evacuation of the island.