Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-07-22

artillery as rapidly as possible, and give
them a chance to rest and feed up and tell
the folk about their fighting, while sew
eral regiments Of immunes will be sent
down to garrison that city during the
summer and assist a military governor,
who will probably be Gen. Shafter, to
restore order and rebuild the town and
revive business and agriculture in that
province. Every possible encouragement
will be offered the residents of eastern
Cuba to recover their prosperity. Steam-
ship Communication with New York will
be resumed at once, public improvements
will be introduced and the owners of
plantations will be afforded protection
while they clear their fields and plant
their crops. The iron mines will be in
operation very shortly, because the ore Is
needed in Baltimore, Pittsburg and Chi
cag0, and before the summer is ended
eastern Cuba will be in n condition to
illustrate what may be expected Of the
rest of the island when it il relieved from
Spanish despotism.
The startling charges made by MIR.
Hearst of the New York journal about
the murder of Spanish prisoners by the
Cuban soldiers in front of Santiago are
confirmed by officers who have reached
Washington. They are reluctant to dis
cuss the subject, and justify the barbar-
GUS act o III the ground that the victims
were not members of the regular Spanish
force, but independent guerrillas, who had
themselves violated the laws of wal and
were guilty of the most infamous crime
among soldiers. the slaughter Of the
wounded. Officers say the Cuban allies
treat ordinary Spanish soldiers who have
deserted or have been captured with great
consideration, but for guerrallas and
Spanish volunteers they have no. mercy.
The officers smile when Gen. Skaters
denial is referred to. and explain that he
knows nothing whatever about the mt
ter; that the capture of Spanish. guerrtl-
las is never reported, and that when n
is found he is hustled into the Cuban lines
as rapidly us possible.
Everybody you meet on the streets of
Washington these days is either IL school
teacher or a soldier. The national asso-
citation, which has been in session for ten.
days, brought $1,000 or $4,000 interesting:
young women who are professionally en-
gagged in molding the minds of the coming
generation, and they are indefatigable-
sightseers. The capitol, congressional lie
brary, the White House, the national mu-
scum, the Washington monument and
other places of interest have swarmed
with them. They monopolize the street
cars, throng the sidewalks and have made
their visit here the source of both pleas.
IRE and profit. These young women do
not hesitate to ask questions when they
desire information. and their inquiries
have. been addressed to anybody they met
upon the. streets. The soldiers from
Camp 4Algerr have almost equaled the
school teachers in number and come over
by hundreds every day.
The of1iciuls of the internal revenue blu.
%reau.belibve the country will absorb more
internal revenue stamps than postage
stamps. The P~ostofficc Department
prints about 3.OO0,OOO,O00 of postage
stamps n year, or an average of 1O,OOO,-
600 n day. The acquisitions for internal
revenue stamps from the sixty-three coll
lectors already filled amount to 5OO.OOO.-
600. which seem to have been instantly
absorbed by the public, and they are now
calling for mare. The department is send.
ing out about 15,OOO,OOO a day.
1t is proposed upon the arrival of the
commissioners to hoist ut Honolulu the
identical flag that was hauled down April
]. .1S03. by Paramount Blount. This flag
belonged to- the cruiser Boston, then lying
lin port. and was taken possession. of by
Lieut.. Lucian Young. one of her officers,
who presented it to Minister Thurston.
Mr.. ThurstOn treasured it as II sacred
thing and will deliver it to Admiral Mil
Ter to be restored to its former place at
the top of the flagstaff ON the GoSern--
menf palace.
There is not the slightest apprehension.
in administration circles concerning the.
attitude of Germany in the Philippines or
elsewhere. On the contrary. there. is a.
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