Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-19
OBJECTIONS TO A TREATY
Indications of Opposition in the Senate to
Proposed Compact with Cuba.
RESIDENTS OF ISLE OF PINES PRoTEs-
Plans for storekeepers' Warehouse
at Omaha Ready and Bids to BE
Called for Some Time
Next Month.
rom a Stan Correspondent


the new treaty between the United States
and Cuba, which is now on the cards to
be ratified at an extra session of the sem
ate to be called Immediately after March
a. is doomed to run fierce gauntlet of op
position. Those who are in a position to
know state the treaty now receiving it's
finishing touches between the representa-
tives of the United States and Cuba cedes
the Isle of Pines to Cuba for certain con-
cessions which the latter republic makes
to the United States. So impressed are the
people of the Isle Of Pines with the rumor
that we intend to relinquish all control
and authority over the island and vest it's
control in the Cuban republic that a large
ly signed petition of American citizens
resident on the island has been received
by the president protesting against their
expatriatlon and transfer of their vested
rights to the flag Of a single star. This pc
tition has been sent to Secretary Hay OF
the State department and 1t will be in
teresting to watch the course the secretary
will take, in view of the showing made.
The petition sets forth that American
residents on the Isle of Pines were led to
take up permanent homes there because of
assurances given them by the War depart
ment. shortly after the treaty Of Paris had
main a permanent part of the United
States. In consequence of these repeated
assertions on the part of the War depart
ment, which had military control over
the island and which it relinquished but
short time ago, that It would be retained
by the United States, many families re-
moved from the states to the Isle of Pines.
Some Of these families went from Me-
braska, forty families going from Iowa,
being former residents Of Fostoria, Mil
ford and Des Moines, in the Hawkeye state
They saw in the climatic conditions OF
the island opportunities for the raising Of
fruit not presented by any section OF the
United States and they also saw in the
milder climate Of the island a beneficial
change from the more rigorous climate
of the north.
object to ExpatriatiOn.
These people, according to the petition.
gave up their homes in the states and
with the feeling that they would be pro-
tected in their liberties. began the build
ing Of new homes on the Isle OF Pines
which is as large as the state of Rhode
Island. Many of the former citizens of
Nebraska and Iowa own their lands in
fee simple on this island and consequently
there is almost a panic prevailing amongst
them over the report that the new COM
mercial treaty between the United States
and Cuba will contain a section ceding
the island to Cuba.
Already the Cubans are planning to make
the island a penal colony and they are
even suggesting the advisability OF using
the east end OF the island as a leper colony.
John H. Davis of Phelps county, Neb.,
removed to the island with his wife and
children in 1899. He bought piece of
ground and began the raising of fruit. He
is among those who are urging immediate
annexation OF the island to the United
States and asking that q stable govern
ment be given this waif Of the southern
seas. An Iowa colony is already established
on the island, having purchased some a.
900 acres of land, many having put their
all in this land and they are panic stricken
over the report that they are to be bodily,
land and ALL given over to the Cuban re-
public. Among those who went from Iowa
are NJ A. Brown and Holmes Wise Of Fos-
toria, H. r. Henderson of Milford and Mrs.
]. w, Hollister of Des Moines. These peo-
pie have written the Iowa senators pro-
testing against the cession of the island to
Cuba and demanding as American citizens
that II be retained as permanent terri
tory.
Plans for Omaha Warehouse.
Quartermaster General Luddington has
received plans of the proposed storekeep-
ers' warehouse to be erected in the gov
ernment corral at Omaha Congress during
its closing days in June last passed bill
appropriating SIS, 900 for the erection of the
| new government warehouse at Omaha. The
plans for the new building are now being
/ at hn Tt
ment and 1t is said that all Will be in readi-
ness to advertise specifications inviting
proposals within a month. General Lud-
dington saidetoday that he hoped that all
preliminaries would be arranged so as to
| enable contractors to commence work in
the spring and to complete the structure
| during the coming summer.
In the Departments.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa, A. c. Stew
art, Atkins, Benton county; f. B. Corson,
! Gladstone, Tama county; J. D. Kelley,
otranto Station, Mitchell county. Wyoming
Ida Hayward, Syracuse, Uinta county.
| Additional rural free delivery service will
be established in Iowa December l as fol-
lows: Akron, Plymouth county, four routes
area embraced, 131 square miles; popula-
tion, 1900 West Branch, Cedar county
two routes; area, forty-six square miles
population. S42. West Liberty, Museatine
county two routes; area. ffty-one square
miles; population. ss1 The post Offices al
Adaville. Ruble, Iowa and Garland. South
Dakota, will be discontinued. Sphinx. South
Dakota, Cedar Valley and Springdale, Iowa
TO be supplied by rural carriers.
The comptroller Of the currency has ap-
proved the National Bank OF North America
OF Chicago as reserve agent for the South
Omaha National bank and the Iowa Ma
tional bank OF Des Molnes for the First
National bank Of Lenox. Ia.
Benjamin ]. Kemper and Ernest e
sweenk have been appointed rural letter
carriers and Henry Muyshens and Charles
Lewis substitute carriers at Orange City
| iowa.
The postmaster at Omaha will be allowed
I'VE additional letter carriers on Decem-
Der l.