Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-10-29

to sleep on blankets. He had known of
but one instance in which hospital refuse
was thrown out on the ground beside the
tent. There were times when there We're
not q sufficient number of attendants.
AS rule the surgeons were capable, but
when he went into the institution there
was a sad deficiency in numbers. He had
heard no complaint of i'll treatment from
patients, but there was criticism from
outsiders. He thought death was caused
by the removal of patients before they
We're i'm condition TO b. moved, Yet the
removals were made to make places for
others who We're still sick and who 9TH
erwise would not have found place in
the hospital. In one instance he had
been told to get 800 ready for removal.
but when going through the osptal h.
had found only 10 fit to h- moved, and
had demanded written order This
order he did not get, ard therefor" re-
moved only III -, He estimated that
from .0r Ia 400 had been thus prema-
turely removed.
Havana. oct 21--Th- bitter feeling
among the spanish troops against the
government for rot paying them is IN
creasing daily, and menaces possible
outbreaks. entailine serious trouble be
fore long. The forces entrusted with
maintaining order in the city constitute
the most sedtious and turbulent element.
AT first III government, proposed To pay
only those who were discharged. Then,
after protest, it Offered to pay ali by
promssory notes. ii proposal which was
refused. No cash settlement has been
made. and he entire body expresses its
dissatisfaction openly.
Tuesday so irrcgulars from the Cana
juani regiment arrived here and went
to the palace to demand pay. Their at
titude before General Blanco was such
that he ordered them To be taken I" the
tabanas prison on pieteNt OF berg fec
there. but they have not been ALLOW "a 1,
leave the prison, and to all intents and
purposes are under arrest Twtniy-one
members IF thu civil guard of this prov
ince also presented themselves at the
palace I" demand payment They ar
rived just as tn" others We're leaving for
Ca banaS prisur and met General Blanco's
aid. who threatened To send them there
also. The threat had the desired effect
and they left the palace without further
trouble. These incidents prove the real
feeling of the troops. The possibility of
an out break is confirmed in private con-
versatio ions with the men. who threaten
riot if they are ordered to embark with
out payment.
The demand for overdue salaries has
taken an active and aggressive form in
the municipal departments. Beside t.in
mObs which daily infect the office of the
mayor, cIamoring for pay. threatening
every variety of personal violence. and
even drawing guns. as happened one day
!ast week. there are individual instances
of Il more or less sensational character.
One of the victims an emp!Oye of the city
named CaSareS, entered the mayors
office Monday morning to insist upon a
settlement. The mayor refused and
made some excuse not entirely salts
factory to the claimant. who slapped the
mayors face, following up rhe slap with
IL couple of well-directed blows. The at
terdants hustled cu-ares out of the
building. but the mayor lpfus ed to prose
cute ana endeaVur-d to hush the matter
up. The story leaked out, however. and
gave rise to Il good deal of unfavorable
comment at the expense If the ma yor,
though his friends applallded his coolne%s
and self-reslraint in not returning the
blows.
During these last weeks Spanish
rule in the Island has been man ked by
Enbiidlrd corruption and license on the
part of every man in power. one of the
most fragrant insta nces is that Of a Span
ish colonel who. in open violation of
Banco's decree forbiddirg the coniisca-
ton Of cattle, went last week to a to-
iAcco planter in Pinar Del Rio and, UNI
der threat Of force. took 100 yoke of oxen.
pretending that he needed food for his
hungry men. The planter set u trap for
his man. He sent an emissary with an
offer TO buy cattle from the rolorel who
sold him 80 yoke and gave Him a b!ll of
sale. With this documentary evidence
the planter made formal protest to
General NelaSco. Spanish military gov
crEnr of the province who shrugged his
shoulders. replying that it was an nhviouS
theft. but hat he could do nothing.
A Spanish mail steamer which has just
arrived here brought, ~ d. ported prison
ers from ceuta. Morocco mostly mani
gOs.
London, Oct. 21.--The Paris CORE
slmndent of The Times says: AT Wed
nesday's sitting the Spanish peace COM
miss!nners presented a counter me mo-
randum, declaring their readiness pro-
Nisonaliy to accept an article of "a pre-
liminary treaty STIMULATING that spain
shall eiinuuish all rights to SOvereignt.
in cuba without formulating any other
cIa,n. and To leave in suspense all re-
naming questions, especially the Phil
ippincs. The Americans asked time un
Ill today to reply. THIS L. +. garded as
a favorable sign. being Il slight relax .
alton of the risidity the Americans had
Hitherto shown. They are probably
aware the Cuban and even the Spanish
bnndhulders are becoming alarmed al
the strange turn of the financial side Of
the discussion. in which Spain. the
United States and cuba, with cxtraur-
binary unanimity ana carelessEeSs. all
Irpudiat. the Cuban debt. Nobody Will
H." able to force Spain t" accept the debt
for. apart, from bankruptcy, she could
Only meet the liability at the expense
If her foreign bundhOlders, who. by Il
strange anomaly. would thus have to
pay for the Independence of Cuba.
Washington. oct. 21.-At Wednesdays
session of the convention of the Young
Mems Catholic union resolutions We're
passed expressing renewal of fealty
To the mother church, and congratulate
ing the president and people on the sue
cessful termination of the war with
Spain. honoring and respecting those
who fought so valiantly and mourning
the loss IF the brave patriots who CAV"
up their lives for their country a res
Olut ion was also adopted calling atten-