The Advocate and news., 1898-08-24

furlOugh and was sitting on the track
when train running at high speed
rounded a curve before he had time to
get out Of the way.
The Spanish cabinet refused to accept
the resignation of Gen. BlancO or of
any other Of the Spanish commanders
In the West Indies.
Gen. Shafter reports that our silver is
taken without question at Santiago the
same as any other sort OF money issued
by this government.
The Twenty-third Kansas (colOred) Is
in the list OF those regiments of infan-
try which the War department expects
to muster out at once.
Gen. Blanco has been named as one
Of the Spanish commissioners on the
military board to arrange the terms Of
the evacuation Of Cuba.
Adiutant General Corbin favors mus
tering out those regiments which were
enlisted first, together with those which
have seen active service.
Orders were issued last week to the
First Illinois and the First Maine to
return to their respective State capitals,
where they will be mustered out.
The War department is having diff
Guilty in finding volunteers who are vol
unteering to go home. Most all Of
them want to stay in the service.
The Press censorship inaugurated at
the beginning Of the war has been dis
continued to all points in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the West Indian islands.
Two American ships sailed from the
Pacific coast before the war begun and
just reached New York last Thursday.
They had not yet heard about the war.
DR.. Duncan, of the Twenty-second
Kansas, who Is being court-martialed
for desecrating a rebel officers grave,
is a Republican and was appointed as
such.
A report comes from San Francisco
that the men in the Twentieth Kansas
are circulating a petition asking the
War department to muster them out Of
the service.
General Wilson, chief Of engineers,
has issued orders to remove all harbOr
mines and other similar apparatus
which may have been arranged for
coast protection.
Orders were issued at Chickamauga
last Friday directing the Third division
of the First army corps to move to Lex
ington, Ky. The Twenty-first Kansas
Is in this division.
Captain Smith, Company B, Twenty
first Kansas, is at his home at Larned
on thirty days sick leave. He has had
an attack of typhoid fever which sent
him to the hospital.
Lieutenant Alvord, Company H,
Twentieth Kansas, has been promoted
to first lieutenant Of Company B, to
succeed Lieutenant Walker, who is now
regimental adjutant.
The first division of the Twenty-sec-
ond Kansas arrived at Camp Meade,
near HARRISBURG, Pa, Sunday. The re-
mainder Of the regiment will move for
ward as rapidly as possible.
Col Woodward, Of the Sixth Massa-
chusetts says that he resigned In Porto
Rico because Gen. Henry insisted that
he should court martial men who fell
out OF the ranks on account OF eXhaus-
ton.
Dispatches from Madrid say that the
Spaniards are disposed to refuse to rec
ognize the surrender Of the Philippines
to Dewey because It Is in violation of
the protocol signed by Spain and this
country.
Gen. Blanco has resigned. He issues
proclamation in which he says the
duties which are now to be assigned to
the governor general are not in accord
with those which he was sent out to
perform.
News Of the signing of the peace pro-
tOcol produced a rapid rise in the price
of stocks and bonds at Havana and
made the people happy. Peace has been
unknown to nearly all Of them for sew