Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-10-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
PEACE.

on the new battle ships to be built
for the government.
Madrid announced that some Span
ish troops would stay in Cuba till the
peace treaty is signed.
Prominent Porto Ricans fear that
the United States will impose carpet
bag government upon them.
In a fight at Huntsville, Ala, two
cayalrymen and a guard were killed
and more soldiers were injured.
Cubans at Santiago presented to
General Lawton a letter expressing
gratitude for his fairness to them.
Cuba and the Cuban debt are under
stood to be the topics now before the
United States peace commission in
Paris.
An official dispatch to Madrid states
that Spanish troops in the Visayas
islands have defeated insurgents from
Luzon.
One hundred and forty-four Har-
ward college men enlisted in the Span
ish-American war, eight of whom
have died.
Residents of Manila say the poor of
that city are compelled to suffer many
hardships under the American admin
iStration.
Soldiers Of the twelfth New York,
at Lexington, KY, tried to lynch
Provost Guard Kitchen, who killed a
member recently.
Cubans will protest to President
Mckinley against the proposed de-
crease in the duty on tobacco import
ed into the island.
Surgeon-General Van Reypen's re-
port shows that the navy examined
1000 applicants to secure thirty-seven
volunteer surgeons.
Secretary Alger submitted to the
war investigating commission state
ment in reply to the questions which
they had addressed to him.
Louis Kempner, a United States
postal agent, is inspecting Cuban post
offices with view of suggesting i'm
proyements in the service.
A gathering Of Cuban insurgent
leaders will soon be held in Havana
province, and it will probably decide
Only 1900 Spanish soldiers have left
Havana for Spain up to the present
time. The force under Gen. Blanco is
supposed to be nearly 100000 men.
AdVices received at the war depart
ment indicate that the evacuation of
Cuba by the Spanish forces is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily and smoothly.
Colonel Ray, at Manzanillo, Cuba,
will transfer command of that city
TO Colonel Petit, of the 4th, whose
command includes many Marylanders.
The navy department is considering
che establishment Of general COL
lier system which will save the gov
eminent many thousands of dollars
annually.
Spanish officers charge that Span
fish prisoners on the Harvard were
killed without provocation by Ameri-
can soldiers, and deny that there was
a ynutiny.
H. w. Berthrong Of Boston, who has
had % years experience in the GUS
toms service, has zen selected to take
charge of customs matters at Man
camilla, CuDd.
Rear Admiral Miller, who has just
returned from Honolulu, says that
Hawaii at present is no place for
fortune hunters. There are too many
there already.
The transport Berlin, Capt. Wilson,
arrived from Porto Rico via Santiago
with a number of officers and 206 con-
Valescent soldiers and laborers and
several civilians.
General Lee arrived at Savannah
With his staff he selected a camp site
for his corps, and issued orders that
the corps should be moved there at
once from Jacksonville.
General j. c. Breckenridge has been
lncluded in the list of major generals
90 be mustered out and VIII return to
his duties as inspector general with
the rank of brigadier general.
At the session of the commission in
yestigating the conduct of the war
Major Gallagher, one of the witnesses,
denied that there was any serious
shortage of rations at Santiago.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. states that rulings of the treas
airy department in regard to the war
tax must govern the acts Of revenue
collectors irrespective of the decisions
of state officers.
Thenavy department is aroused at an
alleged statement by Secretary of
War Alger to the investigating COM
mission that it delayed without suf-
hCient cause the departure of the
troops from Tampa for Santiago
dispatch from Manila says that
Lieut.. Wilcox and six men from the
United States cruiser Olympia have
gone to the northern provinces of
Lszon, although Aguinaldo refused
them authority. No explanation is
given to Lieut. Wilcox's mission.
Captain Barker, the commander of
the Oregon and senior officer of the
squadron which has been ordered
90 Honolulu, has been directed to stop
at Rio, Brazil, so that the squadron
may participate in the anniversary
celebration of the establishment of
the Brazilian republic.
The naval board appointed to ex-
anime into the condition of vessels
purchased for the auxiliary fleet dur
ing the war with Spain recommends
shat a number of the vessels be re-
tanned permanently in the naval SER
vice.
A cablegram received at the nostof-