The Taney County republican., 1898-09-15
'F1II[S OF EVACUATION,
~. 1oint Sessions of the Commis-
sion Will Be Held Behind
Closed Doors.
y, SECRETS zEAL0USLY GUARDED.
s,.ncIerInR-TheB Banco Espan0l
Refases to Advance Money-ihe Local
co,srnment In Debt to AL Its Employees
e-.,Iest Tobacco Crop on Record
-..r begun on Sugar Estates.

Havana. Sept. 9.-The Spanish mail
.er Ciudad de Cadiz, which arrived
s~..rdav afternoon, brought instruc-
-. from the Madrid government to
.hs Soanish evacuation commissioners,
s..l;no with the details of the evacua-
49, onestions of Notifications, build
:s~s % mortgaged and other properties
.ss "s,he state to be rcnounced by Spain
D,ono with her sovereignty of the
island.
The ioint session of the commission
r. will be held behind closed doors in
.be palace of the colonial government,
.ra Il is understood that the utmost
..crecv will be observed, all avenues
~ information being zealously
guarded.
,,,. with the American commission
ora ia expected to arrive to-day. The
.ornm;sioners, it is announced here,
will live on board the transport, COM
;no ashore each morning and re.
,nrniug in the afternoon to the vessel.
Snecial precautions will be taken to
insure absolute order and to prevent
,nv hostile demonstration that might
possibly be made.
Spanish FinancIerinS.
On Tuesday last, acting upon the ad.
x;ce of the colonial council of secre-
t.ries. Gen. Blanco issued a decree au-
tboriziug the municipality of Havana
to apply to the payment of certain
other preferred obligations those sums
which, as provided in the municipal
budget, should be applied in payment
of interest and mortgages overdue on
loans of 1000, 900 and 3,OO0.O 900 pesetas
respectively, and directing the Banco
Espanol to turn over to the municipal
treasury all sums collected under these
heads, suspending this quarters pay
meut of interest on the bonds iss Ied on
these loans.
Declined to Advance the Money.
Despite the agreement of the coun.
ell and Gen. Blanco's approval, the
Banco Espanol decided. in order tc
maintain it's credit, not to advance the
money in payment due the bondhold
ers on the loan, protesting against the
councils agreement as "a direct viola
ton of the vested property rights, re
spect for which is the social and eco
nomic basis of any country"
Tho Local Government In Debt.
The local government is in debt te
al its civil employees. 1t owes eight
months salary to those appointed be-
A. Il -
the island and four months to those
named since.
Small Tobacco Crop.
The tobacco crop at Vuelto Abajc
promises to be the smallest on record
The principal reason is the scarcity OF
oxen, which were stolen by the insur.
gents or coniscated by the Spanish
commanders to feed the troops. One
yoke of oxen will plow the land nee.
essary for planting $4,000 seeds which
should yield, on the average, 25 bales
Considering that many individual
tobacco growers have lost 300 or 4OC
oxen eacli-not counting those lost by
the large companies and smaller firm.
some idea may be gathered of the
drawbacks to tobacco cultivation ir
this respect. There will be great de.
mand for oxen in all branches of gen
eral enterprise, as practically all the |
herds have been killed off, and no
work in the fields to speak of is posi-.
Bile without them. Many OF the sugar
estates, however, have begun work in
different parts of the island.
Ine insurgent camp at Rojas, prov. |
ince OF Santiago, where the Cuban |
lorces are expected to concentrate |
prior to the disbanding, is reported |
very short of rations. The troops now
there include the commands of Jose
uonzales, Veitia Napoles, Pancho Cor.
ses and Gen. CarrillO.
Ten. Pando, as chief of staff to Gen.
Danco, Will go on board the Resolute |
Nser her arrival to receive and wei.
"me the American commissioners.
Arrived at Havana.
BESIDES the Ciudad de Cadiz, the first |
spanish mail steamer to arrive here
1nce the blockade was raised. the fol.
owing vessels have entered the port
"'nin the last "a hours: The steam.
s Avata, from New York; Olinda
i.om Vera Cruz, and the coastipp
sxamer Guanico. all with cargos and
passengers, and the schooner Gabriel.
nom Montevideo.
All Were Released.