Griggs courier., 1898-10-06

drmed.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER %.
All the British, French and German war
ships have left Manila.
The government has decided not to fur
nish food to Cuban insurgents who are
under arms. fF s
Upon Instructions from Washington the
schools in Santiago will be opened on the
first Monday in October.
The battleships Oregon. Capt. A. s.
Barker. and Iowa. Capt. Silas Terry. re-
ceived orders to sail for Manila.
1t has been decided to establish the head
quarters of the several American COM
mands in Cuba at Havana. Puerto Principe
and Santiago.
The Cuban-Americanl league in New York
urges President Mckinley to prevent the
remains Of Christopher Columbus being
taken to Spain.
The national conference in Oakland.
Neb., Of the Swedish Baptist church petit
toned President Mckinley to keep the en-
tire Philippine islands.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER q.
The United States peace commission went
into session in Paris.
Gen. Merritt's report OF the battle of
Manila has been received at the war de-
partment.
There are only three regiments in Camp
Wikoff, Long Island. which month or
two ago had 25,000 men.
and said he was much gratified with the
conditions Of the camps he had inspected.
The Spanish government cabled to Gen.
Blanco instructing him to disband all the
local volunteers and auxiliaries in Cuba.
The transport Chester sailed from New
York for Ponce and Santiago de Cuba with
100 tons Of medical stores and $50 tons Of
subsistence stores.
The royal Spanish standard that was
hauled down from the governors palace In
Manila after the surrender of the city was
received at the navy department from
Admiral Dewey.
Official reports received by the war de-
partment show that the total number Of
deaths in the American army Of 265, 900 men
in the war with Spain has been 1924. or
a little less than one per cent.
The war department has decided that
states are entitled to reimbursement for
expenses incurred from the date the ma
tional guard responded to the call for vol
unteers until they were mustered out.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 80.
A Paris dispatch says Premier sagasta
will ask the United States to pay $780,
900, 600 for the Philippines.
Capt. Gen. Blanco has ordered the re-
lease Of all the political prisoners now un-
dergoing confinement in Cuba.
The American and Spanish peace commits
sioners met for the first time in Paris The
meeting was purely of social character.
sick soldiers of Gen. Brooke's army in
Puerto Rico be transported to the United
States.
surgeon General Sternberg says reports
received at the war department show that
mortality In the army camp is decreasing
rapidly.
Capt. Gen. Blanco has issued an order
for the Spanish troops to concentrate at
the ports in Cuba from which they will
sail for Spain.
The war department has issued an order
that sick or wounded soldiers granted fur
tation and transportation when travelling.
The war department received informa-
ton from the evacuation commission in
Cuba that by October all the Spanish SOL
diers will have been removed from Man
xanillo.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1.
1t has been decided that the American
island Of Cuba as early az October Is. II
possible. -
Admiral Dewey reports that Manila is
far from being an unhealthy city, and says
the climate is as fine as that Of any place
in the tropics.
The United States peace commission ha 8
taken possession Of its working quarters
IN Paris, suite Of seven rooms on the
ground floor Of the Hotel Continental.
Gen. Shafter in letter says the attacks
of portions Of the press upon him and
others of the administration are simply
outrageous. and that the articles are filed
with untruths.
The movement Of troops from Camp
Meade, at Middletown, Pa, to the south
will begin October Is and be pushed rap
idly. Secretary Alger is anxious to get
them away before the cold weather sets in.
MONDAY. OCTOBER 8.
Gen. Shafter reached New York, and
will take charge of the department Of the
east.
Rev. Thaddeus 8. X. Freeman, of Lo-
gansport, Ind. chaplain Of the cruiser Bal
timore. died at Manila.
The war department has decided to
send officers to Cuba to investigate and re-
Of occupation.
Impressive military services were held
over the graves Of the soldiers buried in
the detention hospital cemetery in Camp
Wikof, Long Island.
Agoncillo and Lopez, the representatives
Of Aguinaldo. the Philippine insurgent
leader, called at the white house and had
private conference with President Nc
Kinley.
The president issued an order creating
the territory of Puerto Rico into new mil
itary department, to be known as the "de.
partment of Puerto Rico." with Maj. Gen.
John r. Brooke in command.
Col. Hay sworn In.
Washington. Oct. 1. = Col. John
Hay was sworn into Office as secretary
of state at II o'clock in the morning.
The ceremony took place in the presi-