Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-17
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
AFTER THE WAR.

NO change has been made in the
orders to the Oregon and Iowa to go
to the Pacific.
Liliuokalani is coming back to ask
congress for damages for loss of her
throne and revenue.
Leading Berlin papers now strongly
favor the annexation Of the Philip
pines by the United States.
Blanco issued an order that will
permit Spanish soldiers to stay in
Cuba if they so desire.
President Mckinley announced that
Porto Rico and Cuba must be evacuat-
ed by Oct. 10 and Dec. 1, respect
lively.
American troops arriving to occupy
Manzanillo, Cuba, narrowly escaped a
collision with the Spanish force.
Admiral Dewey has advised the
government that Manila cannot be
defended unless we hold Subig bay.
Insurgents who were attacking
Iloilo, Philippine islands, are reported
to have fed when Spanish troops ar
rived.
A commission of Cubans has arrived
at Havana with a view of uniting the
Cuban parties in favor of independ-
ence.
A camp site for the American
troops of occupation at Havana has
been selected. 1t is near MORO
Castle.
The guns which Naval Constructor
Hobson has so far saved from sunken
Spanish warships are valued at
100000.
General Lawton, military COM
mander at Santiago, is sick, and has
asked leave of absence for three
months.
Col. Carlos Garcia, a son of the gen
eraI, has been offered the post of
chief of the semi-military police for
Santiago.
1t is reported from Paris that Gen
eral Merritt is in favor of the United
States holding the entire Philippine
archipelago.
Negotiations are in progress for
paying a ransom of 100000 for the
priests held as captives by the Philip
pine insurgents.
doval and Alvarado are now in COM
mission as United States vessels in
Cuban waters.
The president of the Spanish auton-
omist government of Porto Rico
wants the United States to admit the
island as a state.
1t is expected that Gen: Maxine
Gomez will be chosen president of
Cuba at the coming convention at
Santa Cruz del Sur.
Spanish troops arrived at Singa-
pore on their. way to reinforce the
garrisons on the island of Panay,
menaced by insurgents.
Robert P. Porter, special United
States commissioner to Cuba, says
the present Cuban tariff will be re-
duced about one-half.
Three witnesses, including Gen.
F. V. Greene, who was in the battle
of Manila, testified before the war
investigating commission.
At Jacksonville orders were re-
ceived for the 18th corps to prepare at
once to go to Savannah, where it will
be embarked for Cuba.
The war department has issued an
order mastering out of service in the
volunteer army three major-generals
and twenty-six brigadier- generals.
A Japanese official in Paris is
quoted as saying that Japan would
have preferred SPANS domination in
the Philippines not to be disturbed.
Bishop Tuttle, of Missouri, preach
ed a sermon favoring territorial ex-
pansion before the triennial conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal
church.
A mass-meeting of business men in
Madrid adopted resolutions urging a
reduction of pensions, the closing of
the military schools and other re-
forms.
Gen. Fred Grants brigade, consist
ing of the 4th Ohio and the Sd Illi-
nois regiments, has been ordered to
tober 16.
The war department will soon issue
an order reducing the number of army
corps from seven. to four. Many field
officers will be mustered out of SER
vice at the same time.
Agoncillo and Lopez, the Philip
pine delegates, left Washington for
New York, whence they sailed for
Paris to ask an audience of the
American peace commissioners.
The transport Victor sailed for
Porto Rico with large quantity of
commissary and quartermaster' S
stores. She will carry over 100000
rations. Several army nurses and a
number of the signal corps. are among
her passengers.
The American and Spanish peace
commissioners help a joint session in
Paris at which propositions were eZ-
changed. Spain is said to be will
ng to cede Luzon if America will
assume the Philippine debt and &C
cord privileges to Spanish trade.
Maj. Gen. Graham received a tele-
gram from the war department di-
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