Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-07-21

best way to realize that expectation is to
| keep pounding. 1t is the purpose to call
| home all the boys at Santiago except the
| 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
cago, and before the summer Is ended
eastern Cuba will be in a condition to
| illustrate what may be expected Of the
rest of the island when it is relieved from
Spanish despotism.
The startling charges made by Mr..
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 on the ground that the victims
| were not members of the regular Spanish
force but independent guerrillas, who had
themselves violated the laws of war 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 guerrillas 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 mat
ter; that the capture of Spanish guerrll-
las is never reported, and that when one
is found he is hustled into the Cuban lines
as rapidly as possible.
Everybody you meet OH the streets or
Washington these days is either school
teacher or a soldier. The national assoc
citation, which has been in session for ten
days, brought II, 900 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 Ii
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
ure 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 Alger have almost equaled the
school teachers in number and come over
by hundreds every day.
The officials Of the internal revenue bu-
reau believe the country will absorb more
internal revenue stamps than postage
stamps. The Postoffice Department
prints about 3,O00OO0,O00 of postage
stamps year, or an average of 10000
600 O day. The acquisitions for internal
revenue stamps from the sixty-three col
lectors already filed amount to OO,OOO,-
900, which seem to have been instantly
absorbed by the public, and they are now
calling for more. The department is send
ing out about 100000 day.
1t is proposed upon the arrival of the
commissioners to hoist at Honolulu the
identical flag that was hauled down April
1, 1893, by Paramount Blount. This flag
belonged to the cruiser Boston, then lying
in 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 a sacred
thing and will deliver it to Admiral Mil
Ter to be restored to it's former place at
the top of the flagstaff on the Govern
ment 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 q
perfect understanding between the two
Governments and the two admirals at
Manila. While some of the German Off
GERS may show independence and perhaps
impertinence, the Emperor and his minis
tiers concede the position of the United
States in the Philippine Islands and will
not interfere in any measure with our
plans.
1t is said that no attempt will be made
to attack Havana. Gen Blanco will be
allowed to contemplate his Notifications
and study the art Of war within his own
lines without disturbance from our ships
or soldiers. He is entirely cut off from
communication with Madrid. One can
imagine the unhappy and hopeless situa-
ton in which he is placed, with his sup
plies of food rapidly growing less and no
prospects of rescue or re-enforcements.
The officials of the Treasury Depart
ment have assumed it was the intention
of Congress that the corporations of the
| country instead of the public should pay
| the petty taxes imposed upon business
| transactions by the war revenue BILL and
| so far as they can control the matter this
| intention will be carried out.