Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1898-05-27

e Philippine army of occupation. Tn
e ships are due at Manila about June 2O
e Mr.. Freeman Halstead, the newspa
4 per correspondent who has been sen
Z. fenced 10 niue years Imprisonment 70
g taking photographs OF the fortified
tions of San Juan de Porto Rico, ha
1 been conveyed to convict camp to un
dergo his sentence.
As all mail communications between
the L. ). aud Spain having been cut
} off, the postmaster general announces
, that matter directed To soldiers. sailors
! and marines in the Philippines will be
taken on ships dispatched for It's ports
for ordinary postage.
4 The Oregon, after the sail OF $4,000
miles, arrived safely at Jupiter, Fla.
The gunboat Marietta aud the Buffalo
are with her. The Buffalo was former
~ the Brazilian cruizer Nitcheroy, and
was picked up by the Oregon and Mari
eta at Rio Janeiro.
Each who goes TO Cuba will bear an
aluminium tag. with his name, com.
mand and home address on IL. IL he
dies down there this will make 10 pos
sible for his remains to be recovered
by friends or to save them from an un-
marked and unknown grave.
Key West is suffering from reign
OF terror. Two murders were commit
ted during Tuesday night. and the best
citizens feel that unless the town is
promptly put under martial law state
of riot may prevail at any moment, so
great is the horde of crooks and buns
there.
A monument is TO be erected To the
memory of Ensign Worth Bagley, the
first officer in the American navy TO
fan in the war with Spain. The Post
of Raleigh, n. c.. which originated the
idea, is receiving subscriptions. none
of which from any one person is to ex-
coed 81.
Spain has evidently changed its mind
about trying to reclaim the Philip
pines. Seven thousand troops that
were destined for those islands have
now been detained near Gibraltar. y
dispatch says the sending of
to the Philippines has
been postponed indefinitely.
The war department attributes the
delay in starting troops TO Manila part
~ TO the difficulty Of securing trans
port ships. Owners of vessels want an
exhorbitant price. The war depart
nent has in sight the means FOR send :
ng only about 100. 1t offers $1,000 Il
lay. or $40, 100 for the trip, for the use 9
If vessel. II is thought that vessels
will have 70 be impressed. I
L. s. Consul at Matanzas Brice, of ,
Bedford, Iowa, says: Il wish To assure q
ne volunteers in the different States
hat there is little danger of the United {
states soldiers falling victims TO di- I
ease in Cuba. / speak from eXperl- >
nee in the province of Matanzas, 4
where there has been greatest suffer- {
ng among reconcentrados. The phys a
cal Ills of the Cubans and Spaniards in I
he armies result from deplorable SAM n
airy conditions.
The Santiago cable was cut By the
Il. Louis on the 18th. The Wampa- h
lck was also there. and both vessels 2
-ere under fire for period of 30 min Il
ties, the entire time that u took 10 "
Dmplete the work. Not Spanish shot ri
,ruck either of our ships. The St. l.
outs, however. with its rapid-ire guns.
fenced the guns OF MORO Castle
lille carrying on the work of graphing q,
n the cable. Our vessels were within :,
800 or 1900 yards of Morro's guns h
hen the Spanish opened fire. -
Nearly every large harbor in Cuba p
As a fort known as Moro pronounced a
ore-roe, with the accent on the first y
'llabe), the principle one being at :,
lie entrance 10 Havana. MORO in En-
ish means ''promontory, hence
panish Notifications erected on prom
ltories are usually designated as Nor -
or FL MORO (the promontory). Nor nj
Castle at Havana. in addition 10 W
ing a fortress. is prison containing o,
any dungeons. with historical re- hi
nd as black as any page in Spanish
story.
The mother OF Private G.. b. Davis,
Company l, First Regiment, griev-
9 over the enlistment OF her son, at
mpted suicide in Pulaski, KY, Sun Pt
y. On receipt OF telegram convey ig
q this sad Information he was given al
indefinite furlough and wrote back: -. -
v mother tried TO end her life by TAX o.
2 five kinds of poison, then catching
chance slipped from the room and IL
mped into 40 foot we'll, which had W
water in 1t. She isn't dead yet, but
and so far has been un-
lie to recognize me.
BRIEF NEWS NOTATION.