The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-11-03

pie Revenues Tor Federal penses-
New York, Oct. 2S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Santiago, Cuba, says:
The cradle OF Cuban independence Is
the desolate fishing village Of Santa
Cruz, place with only 400 inhabitants
ON the shores of the Caribbean sea.
An old store IS the Faneuil hall of the
new republic. There the Cuban as
sembly was called together for the
first session on October n. There are
eight deputies from each of the six
corps of the Cuban army. The assem-
bly, will appoint a commission to con
suit with President Mckinley in re-
gard to the state of affairs in Cuba.
The commission viii go to Washing
ton to see what can be done about dis
missing the army. One thing IS GER
tain, the organiza ton of the army will
remain as it is until the commission
makes its report The commission will
endeavor to make some arrangement
by which the army will receive some
paw before dissolution in order to
avoid bri gandage. Food and water
are scarce in San ia Cruz and the as
sembly will probably adjourn in
week to meet in Mariana, a suburb
of Havana, where provisi ons and water
are more plentiful. The asse bly, will
remain in session at one place or
another until a new government is
formed by general election.
Items of News from Havana.
New York, Oct. 2S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: The
American commission has rented
large house in the rear of the trocha
which will be fitted up as a hospital,
where any persons in ill-health in the
future may receive proper care. With
the sale of the Circulo Miltar snapped
almost the last link of Spanish mill
tarv and social life in Havana. For IS
years it was the home of officers and
was presided over by each succeeding
captain general, Blanco being its last
honorary president. 1t is worthy OF
remark in noting the change in the
situation that the purchase will make
the old home of the Circulo Militar an
American-Cuban club, filled with the
soldiers and officers whose uniforms
| give Havana a kaleidoscope appear
ance. Work upon the pier at Mariana,
where the first troops and stores are
| to be landed, begins Monday. Work
| on piers and warehouses at Mariet will
| begin soon unless it is decided that the
wreck of the Alfonso Nil at the
| mouth of the harbor is found to make
| the entrance unsafe for transports
| Hospitals and a warehouse will be at
once constructed in the Guanabacoa
| hills.
| Fears an Outbreak.
| Washington, Oct. 2S.-Admiral
| Sampson has requested the navy de-
partment to send the Vesuvius to Ha-
vana. He desires the presence of the
| Vesuvius as precaution against any
| outbreak on the part of either the
| Spanish soldiery or the Cubans- Ad-
miral Sampson asks for the Eesuvius
| because he has learned since his ad-
vent to Cuba that of all the warships
of the American navy, the Vesuvius is
the one which strikes the greatest ter
ror to the minds and hearts of both
| the Spaniards and the Cubans
| Ample Revenues for Federal Expenses.
Washington, Oct 2S.-Ample rev.
enues for the payment of federal ex-
| penses and the maintenance of gar
risons seem likely to be derived from
the customs duties in Cuba, if the col
lections thus far afford test. A dis
| patch from Santiago states that $780,
600 will be collected in customs duties
| during the month of October. This
! does not appear to be a large item in
itself. but as it is at the rate of 81, 200
600 at that port, it is believed that the
| restoration Of order and the develop
ment of trade will increase the amount
to 81, 800, 900 per year.