Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-08-01


veras ships he felt no exultation, blu
merely that brave men had died, a
was the case when the Maine wa
\ blown up.
Paymasters who had started to pa.
the troops at Santiago have been or
dered back. Gen. Shafter cabled tina
payment would be injurious to dis
cipline and that the men did not neet
the money.
A Madrid correspondent cables tina
the prospect of peace is not so bright
that a ministerial crisis threaten
again, and that the Carlists are il
great glee over the multiplying peril
of the dynasty.
A delegation of Porto Rico lnsur
gents will sail from Newport News t.
Cape San Juan with 10000 rifles ane
| ammunition for them furnished BY
! the war department for use by native
! Porto Ricans.
! A Well-defined rumor was currea1
to the effect that Admiral Cervera hac
expressed a determination not to re-
turn to his native country at the
close of hostilities between the United
States and Spain.
Cubans have addressed a letter t.
President Mckinley in which they
ask that the conquered section OF tne
island be turned over to their man
agement. They claim to be compe-
tent to govern the territory.
When the Anchor Line steamer
Hesperia pulled out from Brooklyn
she had on board Eat officers, en-
glneers, coal-passers, stewards, sea-
men and apprentices belonging to
captured merchant vessels.
The Cuban junta advises no man to
go to Cuba at this time unless he is
provided with at least $1,000. Men
who go there now seeking work will
find it impossible to live unless food
is given them by the government.
Captain Mellon, Spanish consul for
British North America at Vancouver,
has confessed schemes to aid Spain.
The old man is in state OF hys-
terics for fear the Canadian govern
ment Will deal harshly with him.
Vive-P President Capote of the pro-
vincial Cuban republic says he is sat
isfied that the purpose OF the United
States is to establish a republic III
Cuba, and that the Cubans will fulfill
their pledges to this government.
It is believed at Cumberland, Md,
Commodore Schley's birthplace, that
the fund being raised in Maryland to
purchase him a testimonial will reach
at least $4,000. Ii is the intention to
buy the commodore country seat, he
TO select the location.
The steamer Bermuda, fil1buster
seized by the British government nj
teen months ago, was freed by order
of the government on the payment OF
all the libels filed against her. The
American flag will now be hoisted on
the Bermuda.
Senior Gomazo, next to Sagasta the
most influential member OF the Span
ish government, told the organ OF
the army that the cabinet intends to
conclude an honorable peace, which
first of all will satisfy the aspirations
of the army.
Several of the powers are said TO
be urging Spain to make haste in
seeking peace, lest Watson's coming
into the old world may drag them
into the war. For precisely the same
reason Spain is less inclined now to
propose peace.
A Berlin correspondent cables the
nurport of an article in the Kreuz
Zeitung declaring that it would be an
extraordinary political mistake for
America to send a fleet to attack
Spain, on account of European COM
plications likely to follow.
The Spanish troops in Havana, to-
getuer with the residents, nave
strongly fortified the city say Spanish
reports, and are eager for an oppor-
tunity to measure arms with the
American forces. All express will
ingness, it is asserted, to yield UP
their lives if necessary.
A conclusion has been reached as
to what disposition shall be made OF
the prohibitory list in the Cuban
laws. The only articles retained on
the prohibited list are firearms and
ammun4LlOn, Ol0OudISdI1H0, al CiAAoio'A
or adulterated wines and objects Of
fensive to morality.
Miss Jessie Schley of Milwaukee,
who left Paris to interview the Queen
Regent of Spain and Premier Sagasta
in an endeavor to bring aoout peace
between the United States and Spain,
has been told to come home immedl-
ateIy by her father. In Madrid she
could see no one in authority.
The second Manila expedition, like
it's predecessor, has added possession
in the Pacific to- Uncle Sans string,
and did it appropriately on the fourth
of July. A correspondent with Ad-
miral Dewey's fleet reports that on
that day Gen. Greene rediscovered and
took formal possession of the long
lost Wake island.
Lieut.. r. P. Hobson arrived ON the
ST. Paul, unexpected in New York City
and Washington. Crowds who cheered
him saw him blush and an aged apple