St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-21
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Trouble In Porto Rico.

ISL DldnltIS hNS~ ONN''o
attributed to the lower classes OF the
natives, actuated by spirit OF revenge,
and a lawless gang OF brgands wnicn
has been operating near Cialos' ne
Spanish planters fear for their lives, ana
are extremely anxious that the Ameri-
cans should obtain control in order to
afford them protection, as the United
States is powerless now to preserve
order in places within Spanish lines.
Upon petition Of practically all OF the
residents of Utuado, Gen. Henry has dis,
nlaced the old alcalde and appointed
Senior Ramirao Martinas, who has inau-
purated an American regime and has
held an election Tor all municipal offices,
including policemen. Utuado is the
first town in the island to possess offi-
GERS chosen by the popular will.
The Presidents Commission.
The work of procuring commission
10 investigate the subordinate branches
of the war department drags on slowly.
The president now has four OF his COM
mission of nine, and he is quite certain OF
getting two more. Gen. Schofield, who
declined at first, has been prevailed upon
by the president to reconsider the mat
ter. Mr.. Mckinley was very anxious to
have former secretary OF war on the
commission. and he did not wish to per-
nit Gen. Scho6eld to reject the offer OF a
seat on it. As the General is hardly in a
nositiou to refuse what is practically an
order from the president, it is thought
he finally will accept it.
Col E. P. Howell of Atlanta, Ca, for
mer editor OF the Atlanta Constitution,
is likely to be the sixth member. The
other four, besides Scho6eld, are Gilman,
Sexton, Dodge and Keen.
Bids For 10, 900 tieadstones.
Ouartermaster HYDE of the United
States Army opened bids Saturday TO
furnish 10000 headstones. They will
be erected to the memory OF Union sol
diers who have died since the civil war
and also Of soldiers who have died in the
Spanish American war The bids range
from So each to as low as $1.35. There
were five bidders. The work up to the
present time has been done by Vermont
marble firm.
Every state in the Union will receive
some OF these headstones, which are pro-
vided by the Government, but must be
placed in the cemetery at the expense OF
the friends OF the soldiers. The stones
are four inches deep, ten inches wide and
three feet out of the ground. There is
shield shaped depression in the stone,
and therein is placed the inscription.
About % 900 of them are delivered every
year at the expense OF the National Gov
eminent. Many Of them will now be
given to relatives of the soldiers who
have lost their lives as result oil the
Cuban war.
SPANS Peace Commission.
1t is now announced that the Spanish
peace commissioners will be Senior Mon
tero Rios, president of the Senate; Senior
Abalzuza, Senior Villarrutia, the Spanish
minister to Belgium, and Gen. Cerero.
The selection of the fifth member is lett
to Senior Montero Rios, the government
STIMULATING that he must be versed in
finance in order to deal with the question
of the Cuban debt.
The officers of the Chamber OF Deputies
have presented to the queen regent for
her signature the bill surrendering the
Spanish possessions in the West Indies.
The queen regent pays daily visits to
the sick and wounded soldiers and ma
rines and convalescents, being conveyed
in the royal carriage to the Casa del
Casa camps. The royal park and the
royal diaries have been placed at the dis
posal of the sick, wounded and conva.
lescent, and the queen regent also pays
from her private purse for food for them.
The officers and soldiers all extol the
GsnIoacc NJ tho TIn;%ad Ctotac frnnpc
They say they have no animosity to-
ward the Americans, but denounce the
Cubans roundly as traitors, towards
and criminals.
Death at Fort Ethan Allen.
Private George F. Barlow of company
L of Newport died Friday at Fort Ethan
Allen hospital from typhoid fever. He
had been Ill Tor several weeks and upon
the dangerous list for 10 DAYS. His
father had been with him several days.
The body was taken to Malone, N. Y,
for burial.
Reorganization Of the Army.
The war department will soon take up
the question of mastering out consid-
cradle number of general officers of the
volunteer army, including heterogeneous
and brigadiers, now that the volunteer
forces have been reduced so largely. All
regimental officers have gone out of SER
vice with their respective regiments, but
the entire force OF general officers still
remains. The first action of the depart
ment will be to reorganize the corps and
divisions on the basis of the reduced
number of regiments, and when this is
done general officers will be named as
corps commanders, division command
ers, etc. The reorganization can be ef.
iected with about halt OF the general Off
GERS now in service, so that when the new
assignments are made those officers re-
naming unassigned will be mustered out
1t is believed, however, that with the
war closed a considerable number of the
high volunteer officers will signify their
wish to leave the service and will resign,
so that the numberwhich it will be nee
essary to muster out will be compara-
lively small.
Rough Riders Mustered Out.
The Rough Riders is the first regiment
mustered out OF the service of the United
States since the close of the rebellion. 1t
is the first and only regiment of volun-
teer cavalry ever raised, and it is the
most representative body of Americans
who ever fought for the flag. The troops
arrived at New York from Montauk
Sept. IA and Is and the presence OF
more than GOO of the troopers was a
delight to the city.
The National Bankruptcy Law In Brief.
The business community generally will