The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-08-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

in Virginia
A SECRET meeting was held at San
tiago de Cuba on the 18TH between the
commanding officers of the American
army and the Cuban leaders, Gen.
Garcia being present and IL was re-
solved to disband the Cuban insurgent
army and that the United States
should pay the men of. This involves
the expenditure of sl5, 600, 600. Secre-
tary Alger afterwards denied the truth
/ of the report
GEN. BLASco has yendered his resig.
nation 10 the Spanish government as
/ captain general of Cuba. The reason
given for resiEaing was that he did
not wish TO osuperinteud the evacuation
I Of Cuba He also issued an address 10
| the inhabitants of Cuba, saying that
he could not urge upon them a pacific
| solution of the struggle when he had
not long ago advised war TO the bitter
end.
A DISPATCH was made public at
/ Washington on the 18th that Admiral
| Dewey had bombarded Manila and the
city had surrendered, the Spanish cap
tain general escaping TO Hong Kong
The president has decided that the
United States shall hold permanently
the bay, port and city of Manila He
is prepared to instruct the American
members of the peace commission to
this effect A dispatch from Wash
ington said further consideration will
develop whether the United States
shall take more.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Is canvassing
public sentiment as to the needs of
military organization in the time of
peace and has consulted a number of
visitors as TO how much of an army
they think should be kept up after the
treaty of peace is executed. No con-
clusion has been reached on the point,
but that the United States is TO have
more effective military establish
ment is a foregone conclusion.
Tue president has decided 20 appoint
Whitelaw Reid ambassador to London,
/. was reported. Mr.. Reid takes the
place of John Hay, who comes home
TO be secretary of state, succeeding
William Il. Day on September l.
UNLESS there is a decided change in
the present plans of the war depart
ment about 100 900 volunteers will be
mustered out within the next 30 days
THE president on the 10Th appointed
the two commissions to adjust the
evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico.
They are; For Cuba-Mai Gen. James
4. Wade, Rear Admiral w. T. Samp-
son, Maj Gen. Matthew c. Butler.
For Porto Rico-Maj Gen. John L.
Brooke, Rear Admiral Winfield s.
Schley, Brig. Gen. william Gordon.
ACCORDING to the present intention
of the war department, Maj Gen.
Lees army corps, the Seventh, will be
kept intact and sent TO Havana as
soon as the weather becomes cool
enough. There is little doubt that
this will give the Sixth Missouri serv.
ice in Cuba as part of the army OF
/ occupation.
AT midnight on the 18th the presi.
/ dent announced his decision TO muster
out of service IS, 600 to 100, 900 of the
volunteers, but the wishes of the vol
unteers viii be consulted as much as
| possible about remaining in the serv-
/ ice.
THE two American commanders at
Manila, Admiral Dewey and Gen. Mer-
ritt, united in joint dispatch 10 Wash
| ington announcing the capture of Ma
Mia and asking for instructions as to
the manner of dealing with the insur-
/ gents. They were told to enforce law
and order and to treat all law abiding
citizens alike.
A DISPATCH to the New York Herald
from Hong Kong said that il was ru-
mored that the reoel forces under Gen.
| Aguinaldo had attacked the United
| States troops in the trenches because
they were not permitted to share in
the surrender of Manila
A DISPATCH from Cavite stated that
the losses sustained in the stornirg OF
Manila were as follows: Spanish loss,
| 100 killed, 600 wounded; American loss,
/ 5 killed, AZ wounded.
] AT Saratoga, n. ", large audience
listened on the 18th to the address OF
Joseph II. Choate, of New York, to the
American Bar association.
ORDERS were issued by Adjt. Gen.
Corbin on the 18th for the Twenty.
third Kansas, in camp at Topeka, Kan,
to proceed at once to Santiago, Cuba,
and there report TO Gen. Lawton. IL
is the purpose to make the regiment a
part of the permanent garrison OF San.
tiago The regiment is composed and
oticered by negroes.
An uneasy feeling was entertained
at Washington on the 18th in regard
to the Cuban insurgents around Santi,
ago and it was decided to send more
troops 10 preserve order in the terri
tory under American control
MISCELLANEOUS.
STAR POINTER made an effort on the