The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-25
WILL SOON LEAVE CUBA
10000 sPANIARDs IN PINAR DEL RIO
PREPARING TO EMBARK.
Captain General BIancO to Start for
the Peninsula Saturday or Monday
sites for American Camps.

HAVANA, Nov. 24-The entire details of
the evacuation of the province of Pinar del
Rio have been arranged. The transport
Montevideo sails on Nov q with 2.245
troops, the Covadonga on Nov. 2S with 2,370
the Gran Antilla on Nov. 80 with 1854, the
Maria Cristina on Nov. 80 with 1,50S, Juan
Forgas on Dec with 1890, San Ignacio on
Dec. with 2.040 making a total of 1857
troops leaving Pinar del Rio by way of
Havana by Dec. s.
The remains of Columbus probably will
be shipped to Spain on the war vessel on
which Admiral Manterola, the Spanish
naval commander here, returns to Spain.
The United States transport Florida is
expected here at daybreak tomorrow. She
will come close to MORO Castle, will be sig
nailed and will then proceed to Mariana
without entering Havana harbor. The
steamer will lay outside the bar at Maria
mao and land her men and stores on light
ers, which will take them ashore at the
new wharf. General Greene and staff will
ride out from the Inglaterra Hotel at
O'Clock in the morning on horseback to re-
ceive the party and superintend the landing.
Tine Herrera line of steamers running be-
tween the ports on the north coast of Cuba
will change from Spanish to British regis
try.
The members of the colonial Cabinet to-
day rendered their designations to General
Blanco, who accepted them, but requested
the secretaries to continue the exercise of
their functions until his successor shall
have taken possession. General Blanco has
announced his intention of leaving on Sat
urday or Monday next by the steamer Villa
verde
The United States evacuation commission,
in an official note to-day requested that the
archives of the civil administration be left
here as they would be valuable to the in
coming government The Spanish commits
sion Immediately replied, acceding to the
request The American commissioners also
delivered a note to-day informing the Span
iardS of the early dates upon which the
American troops are expected to arrive.
Colonel Hecker and Captain Crawford re-
turned this afternoon from a trip through
Guines, Cienfuegos, Cairbarien. Sagua, Car
denas and Matanzas, undertaken with a
view to making arrangements for the trans
portation of men. supplies and government
stores. Colonel Hecl1er appears to be much
pleased with the success of the trip Cap
tain Crawford says the squalor of the viii
lagos of the interior is inconceivable, and
that with the exception of the principal
seaport towns the entire island is in a state
OF collapse. He says there are apparently,
no evidences of resumption of work in the
field, which seems to be utterly abandoned.
On Monday next bids will be opened for
the construction of a railroad from Casa
Blanca to the junction of the United Rail-
roads at Cambuto.
This afternoon Majors Almy and Butler
and Captain Hart returned from the isle OF
FlneS. They are enchanted with the loca-
ton and conditions of the island as a camp
and sanitarium for the American troops.
The commission left Batabano on board the
steamer Protector, Senior Arazoza, owner
and marager of the steamship line between
Batabano and Nueva Corona, on the Isle of
Pines, placing a special steamer at their
disposal. They were received at Nueva
Corona with extreme courtesy by the Span
ish officials there. The family of Senior Ara
trim. and the commissioners say that the
family treated them with the greatest at
tention, and that they never received better
hospitality anywhere The members of the
commission recommended Nueva Corona as
the ideal site of the Isle of Pines.
Messrs. Gould Harrison and Conant the
legal advisers to the American commission,
will probably return north about the 1st of
December their commissions having ter
minated
This afternoon the remains of the Spanish
soldier Eloy Gonzalez, known as 1.-The hero
CT Cascorro," were brought from Matanzas
and were received. as were those of General
SantocildeS and other commanding officers,
with full military honors. The remains
were accompanied by a guard to the Colon
the side of the body of General Santocildes.
pending shipment to Spain. The story of
Cascorro, where, in the face of an over
vhelming force of insurgents who had cap
tured and set fire to a blockhouse, he en-
tered the building, rescung number of liv-
ing soldiers and carrying out the bodies of
the dead, is well known.
About a hundred Americans this evening
celebrated Thanksgiving day by a banquet
at the Hotel Pasaje. The British consul
was among the guests.