Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-06-27
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
WAR.

starving and disheartened.
All the soldiers now at Camp Mer-
rift will probably go to Manila.
Gen. Blanco refuses to exchange
Hobson and his fellow prisoners.
President Mckinley has consented to
appoint Gen. Lew Wallace major
general.
Latest indications are that an army
of at least 5000 men will be sent to
Porto Rico.
Havana cigars are no longer on the
by way of London.
Diplomats in Washington say that
the occupation of Cuba end all hope
of a speedy peace.
The defenses of Caimanera were
demolished by the Texas, Marble
head and Suwanee.
The honorary degree of doctor OF
laws was conferred upon Rear-Ad-
miral Dewey by Princeton.
The state department at Washington
received word that the Cadiz fleet was
still sailing eastward yesterday.
Admiral Dewey cabled to Washing
ton that the Philippine insurgents
treat their prisoners humanely.
Semi-official advices from Berlin
report that Germany will not inter
fere with us in the Philippines.
The London Times prints a report
that the insurgents have captured
ex-Gov.-Gen. Augustus family.
James T. Gatewood, private sec
rotary to General Lee, was killed by
lightning at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Paris Temps says a report is cur
rent that Manila has surrendered.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
hurled gun cotton shells with terrible
effect against Spanish fort at San
tiago.
Col William J. Bryan appeared in
Omaha on visit Of inspection, and
received an ovation from the volun-
teers there.
An official note of the Madrid gov
eminent denies the charge that Span
ish soldiers mutilated our deaf at
Caimenera.
Inc AOl1UOA 11D1O0 Say ChO OOA
mans really presume rather too far
on credulity in their allegations with
references to the Philippines.
New York beer retailers must pay
the $7,500,000 annual war tax on the
beverages made in that city. Tea will
not be taxed till July 1.
It is now definitely announced that
the third expedition to the Philippines
will be commanded by Brigadier Gen
eral Arthur Macarthur.
The insurgents have occupied Ac-
erraderos, eight miles from Santiago,
where artillery is expected to be
landed by General Shafter.
The London Statist print figures
showing that the Bank of Spain is
bankrupt and that the government of
Spain cannot continue the war
Delay may be caused to the Porto
Rico expedition by the sending of the
best equipped soldiers to reinforce
Gen. Shafter, as is now proposed.
A London correspondent cables
that neither Russia, France nor
Briton would permit Germany to in
terfere with us in the Philippines.
The Spaniards have sent large rein
forcements TO the shore of Guantana-
mo bay, Cuba, and an attack in force
on the United States marines we're
expected.
In an interview Captain Aunon the
Spanish minister of marine, said Spain
would ultimately send a fleet to Phil
ippine waters, regardless of cost or
the result.
Secretary Day and other state de-
partment officials declared absurd the
story that Germany has bought or
ccntemplates buying the Philippines
from Spain.
A mass-meeting was held in Faneuil
hall, Boston, to protest against the
policy of imperialism into which the
speakers declared the country is be-
ing carried.
President Mckinley and his advi-
sers are framing a tariff law for the
Philippines which is expected to be
satisfactory to Germany and other
European powers.
The cOal-laden British steamer
Twickenham, which was captured by
the st. Louis for Admiral Cervera' S
ships, arrived at Key West in charge
of prize crew.
The general invasion of Cuba may
be postponed until cooler weather
comes. In the meantime, unless Spain
signs for peace, an attack may be
made on the Canary islands.
A Washington dispatch to a New
York paper asserted the first expedi-
ton for Manila, which sailed May Is
is still waiting at Honolulu for the
second expedition.
Admiral Sampson personally di-
rected the fire of the guns of the New
York in Thursdays bombardment
He complimented the gunners of the
fleet, especially those of the Texas.
Admiral Sampson cabIed to Wash
ingtOn an anxious inquiry about the
troops, saying that the situation
around Santiago is critical and the