The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-09-14
MOVEMENTS TOWARD PEACE.


Six cases of yellow fever have devel- |
oped In Col Sargents Fifth immune
regiment at Santiago.
Spain is taking steps TO buy off the !
5000 soldiers held as prisoners by the |
Philippine insurgents.
The death rate at Santiago has
greatly decreased. There Is now no
yellow fever in the city.
Gen. .Shaftcr brought with him from |
Santiago a little Cuban, to whom ne
took fancy and adopted.
Small gunboats are the only vessels
which can he saved of the Spanish
squadron that Dewey sank.
Gen. Wood is organizing a new police
force at Santiago and wants 100 able
bodied Cubans in the service
A committee of the F'ilipinos, APP
POINTED by Aguinaldo are on their way
to visit President Mckinley.
The army returning from Porto Rico
with Gen. Miles will parade In New
York Saturday and be reviewed by the
president.
a delegation of Quakers visited Pre-
sident Mckinley last Saturday In the
interests of perpetual and universal
peace.
Eighteen out OF twenty leaders of
decided in favor of annexation to the
United states.
Gen. Miles believes that one soldier
for every thousand population would
be- the right standard for an army OF
the United states.
The transport Mississippi arrived at
New York from Porto Rico last Satur-
day. Cavalry troops from Pennsyl-
vania were on board
Secretary Alger and Gen. Shafter
visited camp Meade at Middletown,
Pa. last Friday. Twenty thousand
troops passed in review.
The Missouri arrived at Camp Wi
koff last Saturday from Santiago. She
had 26I sick men when she left Santa
go. During the voyage up l3 died.
Spain has decided TO ask the United
States TO consent to allowing her TO
send warships to the Philippines TO
protect the coast towns against insur-
gents.
Captain Hisginson. Of the battleship
Massachusetts, was last weekpromoted
| to be commodore and Richmond +.
| Hobson was at last made full naval
constructor.
Beef cattle are permitted to enter
| Cuban ports free OF duty where II is
intended to feed starving natives.
President Mckinley personally issued
this order last Tuesday.
Thomas IL. Wheeler. son Of Cen
| eral Joseph Wheeler, and Second Lieu
tenant Newton d. kirkpatrick. First
| cavalry. were drowned while bathing
at Montauk Wednesday afternoon.
The Nebraska regiment. of which
Jennings Bryan is the colonel, is pro-
testing bitterly against being retained
in service. 1t is said, however. that
Mr.. Bryan may resign at pleasure.
Henry A. Dietrich, n member OF
company B. Ninth Pennsylvania re-
| giment. last week died of typhoid
| fever. He makes the twenty-1rst man
| in the regiment to die of typhoid.
Eighty deaths day was the average
| among the Spanish troops at Guanta-
ramo. prior to their removal to Spain.
During the last few days of their stay
| in Cuba they subsisted on mule meat.
| Aguinaldo the Philippine insurgent
leader has become so troublesome, that
Gen. Otis has ordered him from the
suburbs of Manila. President McKin-
ley fears serious results from this
move.
Colonel Roosevelt has received
money from wealthy New Workers for
the Rough Riders. This will sustain
the Rough Riders for several months
while they are finding peaceful en-
ployment.
Soldiers returning to the United
States from Porto Rico on the Obdam
which arrived in New York last We'd
nesday, had palm trees lashed to the
masts. The ship resembled tropical
forest.
Cubans at Santiago are paid a
months rations for a weeks work.
This will enable them to accumulate
| enough food 30 that they can return
ment
Gen. Miles would like to parade the
Wisconsin Volunteer troops In New
York 70 as to convince the public
that not all the soldiers are returning
from the war in a pitiable and worn
condition.
Two hundred officers and sailors OF
the Japanese navy, are on their way
to take possession Of the new Japanese
battleship Kasagi. which is now near
:, Ing completion in Cramps shipyard
Philadelphia.
The American evacuation commits
sioners-Rear Admiral Sampson and
Generals Butler and Wade-reached
Havana on the transport Resoute and
were courteously received by Captain
General Blanco.
The steamship Lafayette has arrived
at Havana from Spain. Among heI
passengers is Miss Jessie Schley, the
American young woman VINO went tC
Madrid to see the queen regent in the
interests of peace.
An unknown enemy hurled a brick
at Lieut.. Sears, Admiral Schleys flae
lieutenant, while he was delivering Q
message from the peace commission
to the Spanish governor at San Juan
Porto Rico. He escaped with slight
injury.
The principal heroes of the Spanish
war retire in the following order: Ad'
miral George Dewey, commanding tn,
Asiatic station, December 1899; Admir-
al w. s. Schley, on the Porto Ricar
evacuation commission, October 1901
and Admiral w. T. Sampson. on tn,
Cuban evacuation commission, Febru
ary. 1902.
Admiral Cervera visited the navy de
partment at Washington a few day
ago. He only met Assistant Secretar,
Allen. and as neither could speak tn,
language OF the other the meeting
was somewhat embarrassing. Hi
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