The Yale expositor., 1898-08-26
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

All submarine mines have been re-
moved from United States ports.
Rear Admiral schley is seriously Ill
of fever at his summer home, West
port, Conn.
The battleships Oregon and Iowa
have gone into the brooklyn drydock
for repairs.
Capt. Fighting Bob" Evans, of the
battleship Iowa, is suffering from ty-
phoid malaria at Roosevelt hospital,
New York.
Gen. Miles has decided to leave Porto
Rico and return TO the United States.
Gen. Brooke will take command of the
troops in Porto Rico
Treasury officials say there will be
no need of another bond issue for war
expenses as the present revenue laws
will provide sufficient funds.
President Mckinley has cabled the
thanks of the nation to Admiral Dewey
and Maj.-Gen. Merritt for their con-
duct of the Manila campaign.
The secretary of the treasury has de-
cided that under existing conditions
Spanish vessels may enter, load and
clear at ports in the United States.
Rear Admiral Sampson called upon
President Mckinley at the White
House. talked over the war and dis
cussed the plans for the evacuation of
Cuba.
President Mckinley and President
Faure, of France, exchanged courtesies
at the opening of the new cable be-
tween Cape Cod, Mass, and Brest,
France.
Russia is said to be Offering free pas
sage and farming outfits to thousands
of moujiks who have completed three
years service in the Russian army. to
induce them to form colonies in China.
The auxiliary cruiser st. Paul will
be returned to the international Navi-
CATION Co. by the government as soon
as she is put in TIE same condition as
when the great liner was chartered for
naval service.
The London Daily Graphic says an
interchange of views on the Chinese
question is occurring between the gov
ernments of Great Britain and Russia
and that negotiations are proceeding
in conciliatory spirit.
The President has promoted Capt.
Chas. ID. Sigsbee, who was commander
of the Maine, and during the war COM
manding the auxiliary cruiser ST. Paul,
by advancing him three numbers on
the list of captains for extraordinary
heroism.
La Neuva Era, paper established
at Ponce upon the arrival of U. ;.
troops there, has been suppressed by
the military authorities because it
urged Porto Ricans to destroy Spanish
property and prevent Spanish shop
keepers from doing business.
The transport Arizona sailed from
San Francisco with 100 troops under
Gen. Merriam for Honolulu and the
Scandal is to follow with 1,2OO more.
Gen. Merriam carries with him plans
and authority to construct barracks
and hospitals for the troops at
Honolulu.
Premier Sagastas claim. as set forth
in Madrid dispatches, that Spain will
expect indemnity for all government
property, buildings, barracks, fortif-
cations, etc, in Cuba, Porto Rico and
elsewhere, has excited much comment
at Washington as showing the difficult
questions To be treated by the military
and peace commissions.
The emperor of China has issued sew
eral striking DEGREES ordering the vice
roys and Tartar generals to concert
measures for the formation of new
navy under foreign instructions, and
urging the provincial governors to
abandon the time-honored Chinese
ideas in favor of western methods and
to encourage the development of the
country on European lines.
The plant of the Chattanooga Pow
der Co., at Ooltewah station, Is miles
from Chattanooga, Tenn, was de-
stroyed by an explosion which killed
two white men and wounded seriously
il not fatally six others.