The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-10-15
SERVICE IN CUBA.
Return of United States Postal Agen,
Louis Kemper frCn Sam
tiago de Cuba.
WILL SUGGEST SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
Important Meeting of Cuban Commanders
to be Held-C Cowan and Lieut.. Par
ker and Their MissIon-Spanlsh Mill
tary Club of Havana to Disband-A
Strike Ayerted.

aNana OCT. hempner,
United States postal agent at Santi-
ago, arrived here yesterday morning
on his way to Washington, where he
is to call OF matters relating to the
postal service.
He reports that the concentration
Of Spanish troops at Cienfuegos is be-
ing actively pursued, about 1,500 men
being brought there weekly from the
ports between Manzanillo and Glen
fuegos On the south coast.
Spanish Post Omces-Win Suggest Inn
provements.
Mr.. Kempner visited the Spanish
post offices at Manzanillo. Tunas, Ju-
caro- and Cienfuegos, and will make a
report upon their condition, suggest
ing radical improvements in the sys-
TEN.
Important Meeting of Cuban Commanders
to be Held.
A meeting of Importance, it is said,
will be held in a few days in some Ha-
vana province of all the commanders
in the Cuban army. Gen. Maxine Go
mez will preside. The meeting will
have significance as deciding the fu-
ture policy of the Cuban army in the
island.
The Western railway of Havana has
made a reduction of so per cent. in
the charge for transporting the Cuban
troops.
Col. Cowan and Lieut.. Parker and Their
Mission.
Advices from Cardenas received Sum
day report the arrival there of Col.
Cowan and Lieut.. Parker, en- route
from Santiago, and who have been
visiting the Cuban camps on the way
under a special commission from the
United States government. Yesterday
they were to visit Brighten. Carlos
Rojas at Camp Naradore, leaving for
Niatanzas by rail in the course of the
afternoon.
Resolved to Dissolve.
The Spanish Military club of Ha-
rama held a meeting Sunday and re-
solved to disband. The clubs furni-
ture will be sold, One-third of the pro-
ceeds going to the public orphan asy-
lum of Havana and the other two
thirds to the asylum for the orphans
of the soldiers of Spain.
Cabmen's Strike Ayerted.
Sunday evening, shortly before mid
night, representatives of the local cab
companies and livery stables assem-
bled at the Office Of the civil governor,
Senior de Castro, where they had been
summoned, with a view to heading off
a strike that threatened for yester-
day. Senior de Castro addressed them
collectively and individually, and, af-
ter a long discussion, he succeeded in
~persuading them to abandon their
proposed strike.
Yesterday morning the delegates
called upon the mayor. who subse-
q~uently had a long conference with
Senior de Castro. The crisis was Gre
ated by the demands of the cab COM
panies for higher fares. in view of the
depreciation of silver. Their demands
seem well founded. and it is now like
ly that the mayor will himself author.
ize the desired increase, although he
repudiated it Il week ago when it was
granted by Senior de Castro.
Monthly Payments Established. But
with a Four Months Arrearage.
The Spanish paymastcr general
published Il notice to persons in the
naval. military and civil service an
nouncing that. beginning yesterday.
monthly payments will he re-estab-
lished. but there will still be four
months arrears outstanding.