The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.

has The eommsnsed. srsaass raini season in Cuba
The Tenth regimdnt of Pennsylvania
volunteers will be s4nt to Manila.
Supplies for ,12,dpo men for si:;
%TnssS foS beweyai Will so win the relief ships
Unusual precauhPns are being taken
at Washington toS Sqrotect the life of the
A spanish suspese mas been sentenced
eatSr. "a M Aia 'nS Imprisonment at De-
Moody is arranRing to have some
prominent evangelSsts accompany the
army to Cuba.
Eggs are selling flor Is cents piece
at Havana. si2 intgoid buys hundred
weight of rice.
A s5o.ooo prlEeI &as captured by the
cruiser New York, on her trip to San
Juan last week.
Englishmen in Cuba are confounded
with Yankees, and subjected to many
Spanish insults.
An anti-American newspaper at
Monterey, Mex, has been suppressed
by tho government.
The foreign affairs committee of the
house has reported in favor of the an
| neNation Of Hawaii.
Two big warships are said to have
left Cadiz u few days ago to strengthen
the Cape Verde Fleet.
The Spanish admit soldiers killed
and "a wounded in the recent bonn
bardment of San Juan.
The Spanish fleet. it is said. secured
enough coal at Curacao, to carry 1t
half way round the globe.
All of the United States regulars
have now left Ch;ckamauga park and
are niobilized at Tampa.
Fishermen, captured by American
ships off Havana say the reconcen-
trados are nearly AL dead.
projectile, throwing a liquid which
sets the enemy.S- -f-ls..,s- on fire, is being
constructed at Washington.
Spain is imploring help from France
Germany and Austria offering territory
in the Philippines for assistance.
Theodore Roosevelt has arrived at
san Antonio, Tex, 60 take charge of
his rough riders, known as the First
Volunteer Cavalry.
Two American newspaper corresp@n>
dents recently captured in Havana are
being treated as spies by Blanco-
n New York Herald correspondent
has been imprisoned for nine years for
Yhotographing forts on the island.
Spain declares ihat the Cuban block
ade is no, effective and hopes thai the
S'''N' l'NNIS WHEN ilDS IcSoSiti<c
During 1h, ihomlarduent or san
Juan che shell exploded in school
house, killing q uHmber OF children.
y more active strategy board has
been substituted for the old one by
Presidem Mckinley. Names NIT given
Three men, believed to be Spanish
spies, intent M cutting loose the mines
in New York harbor, were captured
last Monday. ,t~
Now mar thof TnE season has
no ionser tSeecp tSe. s,.rs useS s ,',. sse
blockadiHg flats.
TEe< Ctai.lts,s. crew OF the CITY of
Pek;a which iRi SOON to san with ref
for A.lnr1rai I'ewcy, refused uo ,sa,ve
fearing torture at Manila
The workmanship at the forrs in
Havana has !recome so exact of 'iate
that IL Is believed German grtillcrists
have bes1 sea2red by Elanua.
The steamer Gussie which ssmc
days ago left for Cuba With supJ;lies
and ammunition has returned TO Key
West. Site WAS unable 10 cnak.
landing.
On May 1m Spanish transport Al
phonso MIL with 500 troops an botsrd.
put into port NJ the Barbados but Mns
ordered to iea,e by the authorities.
The French. fn spite Of Spanish pro-
tests. refused to ordcr the Unhed
states cruiser Harvard from Martin-
iQue where she mad gone for repairs.
The object Of a. visit to t1le United
States of several prominent Nexicans
is to impress upon our people thai
Mexico is not In sympathy with Spain
Spaniards in Cuba are now filling ola
hulls with iron and explosives. and
thus setting them ;adrift. In this way
they hope to sink some of the Aueric- /
AN vessels. 4
The United States governments has |
absolute control OF all the cables. and |
Il is impossible to obtain information |
concerning army and navy movements. !
Five hundred army wagons for the !
United States government have been |
shipped by Studebaker Bros., OF West |
Bend, Ind, TO the trooDstin the south.
No soldiers can pass Trough Pitts
burg without receiving hot coffee.
and other Necessities from
the hands OF specially appointed citi-
Zen's committee.
Bank presidents of the New England
coast cities are becoming tmid for
fear of bombardment. and are making
arrangements to transfer their funds
to interior cities.
The troops at Tampa. Fla. are at
present receiving very little attention
from the commissary department and
there is considerable Ill feeling against
the war department.
Carloads OF reconcentrados, who
have died from lack of food in Cuba
are taken daily through the Spanish
in piles, without any form OF burial,
for tho bI: :..,.r.,r: 20 Socd