Iron County register., 1898-12-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Filipino insurgents attacked
Iloilo on the night of December 1, and
captured all the Spanish trenches ex-
cept one. On the other hand, the
Spanish transport Isla de LuZon re-
ports that the insurgents around Iloilo
were repulsed with great slaughter on
December 6 while attempting to
storm the last entrenchment. Accord
ing to this story 500 insurgents were
killed or wounded by the machine
guns.
The resignation of Police Commits
sioner Ralph Phelps, Jr., of Detroit,
Mich, was demanded, on the 11th, at
a mass-meeting of representative citi.
zens held in one of the leading
churches in that city. The action was
the direct result of recent agitation
toward the enforcement of law, and
abolishing vice by the Good Govern
ment league of Detroit and others.
Gen. Calixto Garcia, the Cuban gen.
eral, who came to the United States
at the head of the Cuban delegation
from the Santa del Sur convention, to
confer with the American authorities,
died in Washington on the 11th. He
was taken i'll with pneumonia several
days before. Owing to his advanced
age there had been little hope of his
recovery from the first.
Naval Constructor Hobson has been
ordered to proceed to Hong Kong, to
supervise the reconstruction of the
cruisers Don Juan de Austria, Isla de
Cuba and Isla de Luzon. He desired
short leave, but the department was
compelled to refuse the request be-
cause of the necessity of getting him
to Hong Kong as soon as possible.
Commander Snow has submitted
report to the navy department show
ing that the sanitary conditions at
San Juan, Porto Rico, are very bad.
In compliance with the request of Civil
Engineer Menocal, appliances have
ration of the station.
President Rafael Iglesias of Costa
Rica sailed from New York, on the
10th, for France on the steamship La
Gascogne. He said that he was very
much pleased with his cordial recep-
ton in this country.
Maj.-Gen. Merritt, Mrs. Merritt and
the generals aide-de-camp, Lieut..
Strother, sailed from Liverpool for
New York on board the steamer La-
cania on the 10th.
Action has been taken by Secretary
Long to withhold information concern.
ing American naval affairs from for.
eign governments.
In the senate, on the 18th, the two
questions of territorial expansions and
the construction of the Nicaragua
canal occupied the body during the
greater part of the session. In the
house most of the day was devoted to
District of Columbia business. The
bill to relieve American seaman was
taken up, but nothing was accom-
plished.
The United States peace commits
sioners in Paris gave banquet, on the
evening of the 18th, at the Hotel Con-
tinental, to the United States ambassa-
dor The banqueting room was fes-
tooned gaily with American flags. The
company toasted President Mckinley,
Ambassador Porter and the United
States peace commissioners.
Mai.-Gen. Miles appeared before the
house committee on military affairs,
on the 18th, for hearing relative to
the proposed reorganization and in
crease of the army. He said the new
duties assumed by the government,
seemed to make an increase, within
bounds, necessary.
Mrs. Calixto Garcia, the wife of the
Cuban general who died ON the 18th, in
Washington, was unable to attend her
husbands funeral on the 18th. Her
daughter, Mercedes, who is quite i'll at
Townsville, Ga, was not so well, and
Mrs. Garcia decided to remain with
her.
On the 18th Secretary Alger desig-
mated Gen. Ludlow to act as first mill
tary governor of Havana city with full
powers to deal with local questions.
Gen. Greene will remain at Havana un-
til relieved by Gen. Ludlow, and then
come home to be retired.
Gen. Lee said before leaving Savan-
nah, Ga, on the 18th, that he did not
expect to formally enter Havana be-
fore January /, when he will enter
with the troops and take possession of
the Cuban capital in the name of the
United States.
Inc aggregate Vaiue or the SOIL
products of Iowa for this year are not
less than 1925, ,00o, ,ooo," says Director
Sage of the Iowa weather and crop
service in his annual report issued on
the 18th.
While Capt.-Gen. Castellanos was in
his bedroom in Havana, on the 18th,
the roof fell in and wounded him on
both shoulders, the breast and face.
His orderly was also wounded in the
face.
The text of the peace treaty viii be
published in Madrid in red book be-
fore the opening of the cortes.