Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-10-27
LATEST news FROM HAVANA.
Americans Protest Against sale OF An-
movable Property-Destitution Among
Suanfsh and Cuban Troops.

Havana, Oct 25.-Capt. Foraker, OF
the United States military commission,
who has been suffering for the past
few days with severe indigestion,
awoke yesterday in very hot fever,
and the excessive noise at the mead
quarters of the commission made 1T
advisable to find him separate house
at Vedado, into which he Will De-
moved.
A Reiterated Protest Against the sale or
1mmovable Property.
Capt Hart yesterday delivered an
order to the Spanish commission reit--
Grating the protest of the United
States commissioners in regard TO thes
sale of so-called immovable property
the United States claiming the right to-
such property. A United States M
spector and a detective of the police .
department have been detailed to duty
at the Trocha hotel, where they were :
installed yesterday morning.
Cen Solano has been sick in bed :
since Sunday suffering from catarrhal
trouble.
Discussed the Disbanding of Troops.
The commanders of the volunteer
regiments of Havana had meeting
yesterday with Capt.-Gen. Blanco, IN
order to discuss the question of dis :
banding these troops.
Capt. Griscom, who recently returned
here from Pinar del Rio, has surveyed
and recommended for selection the :
site of camp capable of accommo-
dating 1000 men. 1t IS easy ofapproacn
by the high road, and has good wa
ter supply. The suggestion will prob :
ably be acted upon. -.
COL Hecker and his staff will leave :
here to-day for Pinar del Rio.
Destftution Among Cuban and Spanish
Troops.
Capt. Griscom says he did not wit
ness the scenes of misery and want in :
Pinar del Rio that he has seen here.
The captain conferred with the Span
ish general, Fernando Velasco, and
with the Cuban general, Lorento. The
former said his troops were badly of, e
but he has since been receiving ship
ments of beef. According to Gen. De
Velasco's statement the sickness in
the Spanish camps in the province of
Pinar del Rio has been reduced from ,
Is to 25 per cent.
On the other hand, the Cubans there
are in great restitution. For some
time they have had no meat. All their :
forces are distributed in bands of 30
or 40 men, who find it easier to pro-
vide themselves with food in such
numbers than when in large compa-
MES.
Gen. Lorento keeps a bodyguard of
20 men.
The Red Cross society's officers who :
arrived yesterday from Matanzas say
that no part of the rations taken :,
there by the Red Cross steamer City
of San Antonio will be delivered to =.
the Matanzas poor, as the rations<.
taken by the Comal have supplied the !.
local wants. A few medical supplies s
will be turned over to the Matanzas.
hospitals and asylums, but the rations
proper will be distributed among the
poor of Cardenas, Sagua, Colon, Sa-
banilla and other interior towns.
A Fearful Epidemic of SmaIpox-Unablo
to Bury the Dead.
From Gibara and Holguin come re-
ports of fearful epidemic of small
pox. In many cases the dead lie un-
buried over so hours, there being no
one to dig the graves. Many victims.
are buried in the yards of their.
houses.
Passengers who arrived from Nue.
vitas yesterday report the sailing
from that port on October 10 of the
Spanish steamer Miguel Gallaca, car
rying soldiers belonging to the Puerto
Principe division, under command of
Col. Eduardo Reiterez and Chief Sur
geon Emilio Morales.