The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-31
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.

Sick soldiers are allowed so cents a
| day by the government for delicacies.
The government has thus far spent
s3Il,000 in feeding Cuban reconcentra-
| dos.
The Fourth Pennsylvania regiment
| was ordered mustered out last Thurs
i day.
| There are yet 5000 Spanish troops
! about Santiago awaiting transporta-
| tion home.
| General Shafter and the last of his
| troops left Santiago for Montauk
| Point saturday.
| Aguiualdo. the Manila insurgent
| leader. says he is satisfied with Ameri-
| can occupation.
Helen Gould has given s25. 200 for the
benefit of sick soldiers at Camp Wikon,
| Montauk Point, l.. |.
| Natives assert the religious orders at
| Manila are instigating opposition to
| American supremacy.
| Spaniards would like to see war
between America and Germany on ac-
count Of the Philippines.
| Newspapers published both In the
English and Spanish Language
have appeared at Manila.
| The military peace commissioners
for Porto Rico and cuba sailed for
| those islands Wednesday.
| One thousand American soldiers are
| sick at Ponce, =. r., suffering either
| from malaria or dysentery.
Ex-Governor Augusti had his arm
| broken during a typhoon, on his way
from Hong Kong to Singapore.
More than 500 men have died at
Camp Thomas. Chickamauga. since
the first troops were sent there.
| Representatives of the Cubans in
| the United States are endeavoring to
disband the armies of insurgents.
Prominent Spaniards at Havana are
receiving letters from the insurgents
| that they must leave Cuba or die.
One inillion dollars to pay the army
| at Manila, was shipped from San
| Francisco on the transport Scandal
The military commander of the
| troops at Manila is Gen. Otis. Gen.
| Merritt Is the military governor of the
| city.
Gen. Merritt will leave Manila short
ly for Paris. He will advise the peace
commissioners. Gen. Otis will succeed
him.
Mckinley has thanked the army and
navy commission of the Y. NJ G. A.
for its work during the war among the
soldiers
Surgeon General George n. Stern
berg asked an investigation of the con-
ditions at Camp Thomas, ChiciSa-
mauga.
The naval examining board has re-
commended Assistant Naval Construc-
tor Hobson for promotion to Naval
Constructor.
The sale of liquor has been tempo
rarily suspended at Porto Rico. New
regulations to govern the traffic are
being perfected.
hospital train. consisting of nine
Pullman cars conveyed 40 sick Mis-
souri, soldiers home last Monday from
southern camps.
Vessels are arriving at Havana with
provisions. Gen. Blanco has ordered
that all Americans who present them
selves will be well received.
All the women who could get the op-
portunity kissed Admiral Schley when
he visited the navy department at
Washington last Saturday.
Owing to the severe criticism of the
management OF the Santiago cam
align, Secretary Alger may ask that
his department be Investigated.
spaniards, returning to Spain from
Santiago say the Americans forced
them to cncamp in n graveyard. the
stencil from which caused an epidemic.
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt
have acknowledged the congratulation
of President Mckinley, recognizing
their heroic work in capturing Manila.
The navy department the other day
opened bids for rs torpedo boats and
torpedo boat destroyers. The cost of
these boats is not to exceed s6.9O0,000
The death rate among citizens and
troops at Santiago is increasing. The
deaths In the city daily number about
50. The mortality among the soldiers
is small, however.
All mines must be removed from Ha-
vana harbor before the New York with
the military commission on board
anchors in the waters, where treachery
blew up the Maine.
Over 100 men out of $50 of the Second
Massachusetts, regiment, which left
Montauk for home, dropped out of line
on account of weakness while march
ing to the transport.
The Spanish general at Manila COM
plains to Madrid that the Americans
have taken for themselves the best
sleeping places. and that his men are
compelled to sleep in the churches.
The government is to have a regular
transport line between New York, and
Cuban and Porto Rican ports. These
boats will carry mail, supplies and
other necessities for the American
troops. .
Tne Elgntn ONO men were Drought
back from Santiago on a cattle ship.
One man, Okey p. Eddy. of Marietta,
O., died of starvation. The hardtack,
offered the men on board was uneat-
able, being full of worms.
The mother, two sisters and sweet
heart of Okey p. Eddy. of Marietta.
o.. were reported to have gone insane
because he died of starvation while
with his regiment, the Eighth Ohio.
coming home from Cuba.
The Eighth Ohio regiment, known as
"McKinley's own" suffered untold
hardships on board the transport Mo-
hawk, which landed them at Montauk
Point last Thursday. Prlvates Rouse
and Eddy are said to have died OF
starvation.
The American postal system Is soon
to be introduced at Santiago and house
to house deliveries and letter boxes are
TO be established. The merchants are
much pleased, and the desire is general
for the establishment OF American
business systems.
A telegram was received Mt Madrid
Wednesday evening. announcing furth-
er fighting in Cuba, the insurgents at