Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-08
THURSDAY, SEPT. &. 1895
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has left Manila for Paris to inform
the Peace Commission about affairs
in the Philippines. Aguinaldo sent
with him Col. AgonciIlo to speak
for the insurgents.
The natives and insurgent SOL
diers are plundcring unreservedly
outside the control of the L. :.
troops in Manila, a state of anar-
chy prevailing. The city is order
ly. The leading commercial men
have petitioned Great Britain to
use her influence against Spain re-
gaining control.
The Spanish customs officers in
Havana arc trying to make n stake
in the brief time they will remain
in authority by increasing tariff
rates 80 per cent. The sufferers
from the war famine, however, are
better provided for there by the
Spaniards than in the other Cuban
cities, and Miss Clara Barton's Red
Cross charity will be exercised else
where, as she was refused land
ing for her supplies at Havana.
Because of the GOODNESS between
Gen. Shafter and Gen. Garcia, Gen
Gomez, under orders of the Cuban
insurgent administration, refused
Gen. Garcia's resignation and re
moved him from command, appoint
ing Gen. Rodriguez to succeed him.
Gen. Shafter arrived at Montauk
Point camp from Santiago last
Thursday.
The hospital ship Olivette sank
very mysteriously in thirty feet of
water at Fernandina, Florida. No
lives were lost.
The Spanish naval prisoners at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and
Annapolis, Nd, from Cervera
down, were Internationally re-
leased. They will return home at
Spain's expense.
Roosevelt's Rough Riders are
given 60-dsy furloughs and will at
their expiration be mustered out.
From May LIST to Sept. LIST 332
soldiers died at the Chickamauga
camp.
Gen. Toral, who surrendered
Santiago, paid a high compliment
to the U. S. Army just before he
sailed for Spain, saying of the sol
diers "They are a credit TO any ma
ton and quite on par with any
continental army"
The Chicago Tribune of Sept. LIST
sage $50 soldiers were killed or died
of wounds received in battle, and
1t has list of 1884 who have died
of disease, while there are perhaps
hundreds more dead not on the list.
The lists by camps are: Chicka-
manga fThomas) 35a, Santiago
BAL, San Francisco rs, Dunn Loring,
Va. (Alger) rs, Montauk Point
(Wikoff) SO, Jacksonville SO, Tam
pa IS, Miami 26. State camps Sc,
on shipboard 80, in other camps
and places liz.
In behalf of the State Gov. Brad
ley borrowed the money and hired
two trains to 20 to Chickamauga
and Newport News to bring home
the sick volunteer soldiers of Ken
lucky. The people are to be APP
pealed to for contributions to pay
the expenses of the movement.
Adjt Gen. d. r. Collier, Frankfort,
KY, will receive subscriptions for
that purpose.
Gen. Shafter became too i'll TO
take command of Montauk Point
camp shortly after be landed.
Gen. Wheeler vigorously defends
the authorities against complaints
that the Santiago army was subjec-
ted to any unnecessary hardships.
Troops A and b of the volunteer
cavalry are the only Kentucky sol
diers ordered to be mustered out
The four regiments of infantry are
70 be retained in the service yet
awhile. The Second sang in chorus
Il want to 60 home" to Gov. Brad
ley when he visited them at Chick
amauga Saturday, but they will
move Wednesday Of this week to
their new camp at Admission, Ala
bama.
Gov. Bradiey's visit was CRATE.
fully received by the Kentucky sol
diers at Chickamauga. He took
thorough account of everything.
made all needful provisions for the
comfort and welfare of the sick
and sent them home on the hospit-
al train.
Havana has Gained down and is
prepared to accept the inevitable |
with the best grace possible under
the circumstances.
The ship Comal with 1000, 900
rations for the starving Cubans is
refused entrance at Havana unless
the duty is paid on the supplies.
The Eighth regular infantry is
ordered from Fort Thomas, Wash
ington, to Lexington. The Sixth
regular infantry will soon be back
At its old quarters Mt Fort Thomas,
Ky.