The report says that at the commencement of the election it seemed as if there would be some trouble between the various candidates for office. Realizing that it would be fatal to the cause to have any bad feeling among the leaders, General Gomez proposed Señor Capote as a man who would be acceptable to all parties. Every one saw the wisdom of Gomez's suggestion, and Capote was elected.
It is said that the new President has done a great deal to get the laws of Cuba in proper shape.
All the Cubans seem to be satisfied with the result of the election.
The British have met with serious reverses in their frontier war.
They were successful in relieving the forts in the Samana Hills that were attacked by the tribesmen, but two days after this work had been done they were forced to retreat.
They were attacked by a large body of natives, who surrounded them, and but for a timely charge of cavalry would have routed them. As it was, the British retreat was orderly, and they lost none of their guns or baggage.
The natives are delighted at their success, and especially because the troops they attacked were a portion of the force sent out to punish them for their rebellion.
The Government in England is much distressed that the check should have occurred. For the sake of England's position in India it is necessary that the British should sweep all before them, and show the tribes that they are not to be trifled with. That the punishing expedition should have been beaten and forced to retreat will make the work England has to do in India still harder for her.
The tribesmen are alive to the value of their victory, and have continued to attack the troops with the utmost persistence.