Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-01
THURSDAY. SEPT. /. lso>
War rl2ttSrs.

War rlattSrs.
Cubans suffering Tor food will be
fed by the L. $. Government. The
Comal was 10 leave Tampa for Ha-
vana this week with l.GO0.O0O ra-
tioRs. Every precautinn will be
taken that the needy shall be di
rcctly supplied by reliable agents.
The Cubans appear to he await
ing an opportunity To wreuk ven
gcance on those Spaniards in Cuba
who have mistreated them. 4 state
of terror will be inaugurated if the
insurgents come into control there.
Business is at a staEdsiil Their"
ewing TO the uncertainty Of the
future control.
The first Of the Spanish soldiers
from Santiago reached Corunno.
Spain, Aug. 2I;h. on the Alicante.
Miss Helen Gould, OF New York.
gave 100000 To the Government
War fund at the outbreak of hos;il-
titles. She now gives $25.GCa To
purchase delicacics for the sici at
NOntauk Camp.
The Philippines insurgents agreed
to disband if the United States
will assure them that Spain will
not return TO power in the islands,
otherwise they dare not. They
seem to have realized Of late that
the best thing they can do is TO
submit to American control.
Admiral Schley has recovered
from his Illness and is prepared to
serve on the Porto Rico evacuation
commission.
The u. :. members Of the Peace
Commission decided on by the
President are Nm. Il. Day. Of Ohio,
Secretary of State; Cushman X.
Davis, of Minnesota, L. s. Senator;
W. p. Frye, of Maine, L. :. Sena-
tor: Z. ID. White. of Louisiana, AZ
sociate Justice Of the L. :. Su-
preme Court; Whitclaw Reid, of
New York, editor Of the Tribune.
Judge White is the only Democrat.
lie is a Catholic.
Gen. Shafter and the balance Of
his army left Santiago for Montauk
Point camp last week.
Aguinaldo, the Philippines in
surgent chief, has dismounted from
his lofty equine. He says he is anX-
ious to support U. S. authority and
that he has persuaded the other
leaders to do the same; that he has
no army, but only rabble, and he
desires its disbandment; that he
trusts the United States will form
a free and liberal government.
Gen. Shafter, in an interview,
says he regards the Santiago cam
paign as n successful one in the
highest degree; that the success Of
it disarms criticisms of military
strategy displayed or not mployed !;
that he parleyed in order to take
the city without an assault, which,
though it wGIld have succeeded,
would have cost the lives of 5000
u. S. troops; that the campaign
proves the great superiority of reg
ulars over. the volunteers, who
lacked the union, cohesion and in
dividual support Of the trained
troops, though no disparagement
should be made of the volunteers,
who made up their defects by en-
thusiasm and patriotic spirit. He
thinks the solution Of the Cuban
problem lies in annexation, all men
having property interests desiring
II.
The u. S. members of the Span
ish-American Peace Commission, it
is rumored, will contend for the
cession of the island of Luzon,
which contains the city Of Manila.
Report from Spain says the Span
ish are objecting strenuously to the
cession and will make the Commits
sion's work of final peace difficult
If not impossible. The Admins
tration's objections TO securing the
whole Philippines includes ono that
it would require the maintenance
there of standing army of 10000
to $4,000 men.
The two troops OF Ky. volunteer
cavalry are among those ordered to
be mustered out.
Volunteer officers of a regiment
receive from $500 per year pay
for a Colonel down TO 81, 800 for a
Lieutenant. Hence, while the Of
fcers in many instances are enger
20 remain in the service a large
majority of the men, who only get
$3.50 per year, are DESTROYS of re
turning to private life, where most
of them sacrificed salaries worth
much more to them than their SOL
dier's pay.
The Spanish Cortes, or Parlia-
ment, is cslled to meet Sept. 5th.
Ut may exercise a strong influence
on the actions of the Spanish men,
bers Of the Peace Commissin in de-
nying concessions.
Of the $1,000 troops in Porto
Rico 5000 will return to the Unit
ed States. The First Kentucky
will remain there, having been
transferred to Gen. Ernst's divis-
ion, and under another brigade
commander instead of Gen. Fred
Grant.