Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-27
CUBAN commissioners.
They Claim to Have Practically
Accomplished All That They
Sought for in Washington.
SOLDIERS TO Be PAID AND DISBAHDED.
The Cuban Executive Committee Awaiting
the Committee from Washington to
Take Action ON Cuba's Future-Powers
OF the Marine Hospital service Extended
Over Cuba and Porto Rico.

Washington. Jan. 24-The Cuban
commissioners from the Santa Cruz
asse mbly, who have been in Washing
ton for the past six weeks upon affairs
connected with the plans for the fu-
ture government of the island of Cuba,
have completed their work and left
for New York. from which port they
will sail for Havana They will then
Immediately proceed to Santa Cruz,
where session of the assembly, which
is now in recess, will be called. Tho
| assembly will reconvene to hear the
report of the commissioners and dis
| cuss it at length. The commissioners
expect to present their report to the
| assembly within the next ten days or
two weeks.
Regarding their work in Washing
ton, the commissioners are a unit in
expressing the greatest satisfaction.
| and state that they have succeeded in
gaining not only hearing. but favor
able action upon their requests. They
claim to have succeeded in accomplish
ing practically all that they sought to
accomplish when they came to Wash
ington. A member of the commission
said yesterday before leaving that it
was now assured that certain amount
would be advanced by the United
States government for the payment of
the Cuban soldiers, and that upon its
receipt the army will be Immediately
disbande and the soldiers allowed to
go to their homes and begin anew
the work of building their homes
| and partaking of the prosperity of
the country under a free government
just how much would be granted, or
how much each soldier would receive,
he would not say. nor whether the
amount had been decided upon by the
administration, but that a certain
| amount will be advanced they seem to
be assured. This will be secured by
| the revenues of the island over which
the American government will have
| control until the debt is paid at least
The members of the commission were
disiuclined to discuss further the sue
cess of their mission until their report
has been submitted to the Cuban as
sembly, or until the administration is
willing to have an announcement
made.
Cuban Executive Committee.
Havana, Jan. IA meeting of the
Cuban executive committee was held
| at Ell Carmen, at which many repre-
| sentative persons and generals were
| present Gen. Cespedes sustained Gen.
Gomez in his activity in pursuing his
| policy OF uniting the Cuban and Span.
| ish elements in the island. He stated
that it was necessary to officially con.
woke the assembly in order to direct
the Cuban policy, and that the pres
| ence and influence of Gen. Gomez
would be needed at the meeting, which
would occur upon the return of the
| plenipotentiary committee from Wash.
| ington. The time had arrived, he de-
| clared, to take definite action regard
ing the question of the Cuban army
and the islands future.
| Sanitary Order for Cuba and Porto Rico
| Washington, Jan. 24.-The president
has signed a very important order ex
tending the quarantine powers of the
marine hospital service over Cuba and
Porto Rico. This order establishes an
elaborate system of inspection and
surveillance over the sanitary condi.
| tons in both islands. 1t will greatly
enlarge the field of the marine hos
| pital service. The purpose is to re
luce as much as possible the grave
hangers of infection during the com
ng season. DIR. Walter Wyman. the
surgeon general, will go to Gu ba in &
Jew weeks to give his personal atten
| ion to the extension.