The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-07-21
NEWS ITEMS.


The outbreak OF yellow fever at San
tiago has caused the war department
to redouble its vigilance over the
camp at Tampa, where typhoid fever
exists.
Senator Foraker, of Ohio, arrived in
at 1880 Thursday morning
and went at once to the camp. He
will remain several days, the guest of
the Ohio officers
Gen. Toral cables to Madrid that the
losses of the last few days have been
400 killed, wounded and taken prison.
ers. He says that he has IL, 900 troops
left in fine condition.
The bundesrath, or federal council
of Switzerland, has prohibited the inn
portation of fresh and unpeeled dried
American fruit, with a view of keep
ing out the San Jose scale.
BY the explosion of boiler in the
Niagara starch works, Buffalo, N. Y,
Thursday, the building was wrecked,
six persons killed and 26 injured. Two
others are missing who are supposed
to have perished.
The settlement on the London stock
exchange is over. The surrender of
Santiago materially improved the tone
of business, which is expanding, nota-
bly, in the case of American securities
and Spanish fours.
1t is announced in a special dispatch
from Barcelona Friday afternoon that
the inhabitants of that city are panic
stricken. They believe the Americans
will select defenseless Barcelona as
the first point to lombard.
Mai. Gen. John r. Brooke, command.
ing the troops at Camp Thomas, ar.
rived at Washington from Chickamau.
ga over the Southern railroad. He
was summoned to Washington for con-
ference with the president and Secre-
tary Alger.
The state department posts bulle-
tin stating that Adm. Dewey pays a
high tribute to the Chinese on board
the American ships at the battle Of
Manila, and suggests that they should
receive recognition by being made citi-
zens of the United States.
Maj. Thomas O. sommers and 25
have left Camp Alger en- route to Cuba
to take charge of the hospital for yell
low fever patients at Santiago. Maj.
Sommers is an expert in the matter of
| velloyv and malarial feverS
1t is rumored that French squad
ron, consisting of two battleships and
three cruisers, will shortly proceed
from Toulon to Tangiers. Many fam.
lilies of Ceuta and Algeciras, fearing
an American bombardment, are emf.
grating to Ronda and Jimera.
The defeat of the imperial troops,
near Woo Chow, is confirmed Thou
sands of bodies have been recovered
from the river and have been buried q,
Woo Chow. The losses of the imperial
force are probabab bly, more than l, SOC
killed, which was the number first an
nounced.
In response to an inquiry on the
subject news correspondent at Ber.
lin. was officially informed Thursday
that nothing, either officially or unof
icially, is known by the German gov
ernment of the cruiser Irene's alleged
interference with the insurgents al
Subig bay.
The colonies of regiments in CamI
Alger, it is said have received infor
nation from the war department tina
the army of invasion for Porto Ric'
will be largely drawn from the Secont
army corps. The have directed thei
subordinates to be prepared to leav
At any moment
The firm of D. Vanaken & Co., O
New York, have been awarded con
tract to build docks and q short rail
road at Santiago de Cuba to facilitate
the movement of American troops Tn
government has placed at the disposa
of the men, who will leave as soon a
possible, the ship Roumanian.
The state department has been in
formed that the Italian squadron ur
der Adm. Candiani has reached Colon
bian waters, preparatory to making
demand on the republic of Colomb bi
for the immediate payment of $3.50, ,OO
) awarded by President Cleveland t
Ernesto Cerruti, an Italian citizen.
Premier Sagasta as quoted as sayin
that Spain wants peace, but that =
must be an honorable peace, as Spai
deserves. The army" the premier
said to have added, sis anxious to r.
sist to the last, but the governmer
can not consent to such useless sacr
: fee. Had we our fleet the situatio
would be very different"
Adm Sampson sent the battle shi
Texas to make the wreck of the Crist
bal Colon fast to the shore by hswsel
> and cables. The Colon lies bow ON ii