Morris tribune., 1898-08-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATE WAR WITH SPAIN

The Western Union announces that
all cable censorship is off.
Commodore John A. Howell has been
(. promoted to rear admiral.
General Pando is in Spain, having
gone there direct from Mexico.
Five cases of yellow fever are inSfhe
detention hospital at Montauk Point.
The Arizona, with General King and
], 300 troops, has left San Fran cisco for
Manila.
Cubans at Santiago are reported to
be in an ugly mood, and an outbreak is
a possibility.
Forty thousand men passed III re-
view before Inspector General Breck.
iarldge at Camp Thomas.
General Miles will return at once to
Washington, leaving General BROOKE
in command at Porto Rico.
The president has announced his cie-
cision to muster out of the service
from 70, 900 to 1000 volunteers.
The Fifty.second Iowa has been seat
home, principally on account of tae
large number of sick in the regiment.
The president has directed tE>e tHe
minimum Spanish tariff be colle"5ei
on all goods imported into Porto + co.
The appropriations of the last So, on
iof congress aggregated 1898, 1881 ,615, N.
Guiding 1851, 1855, 927 on account OF tne
war.
Private Paul Vergt of the Third Wis.
consin regiment, who was shot in the
stomach at the battle of Coamo, is
dead.
All Catholic church property in Man
lila has been decided, for the considera-
ton of 81, to Cardinal Gibbons of Bal
timore.
General Alger, in letter to Chaun.
cey M. Depew, ostensibly in answer to
some questions, defends his conduct OF
the war.
The transports Peru and Puebla,
having on board General Otis and
General Hughes and troops, have ar.
rived at Manila.
Eight Americans were killed and
forty wounded in the fight at Manila.
One St. Paul man died of typhoid fever
before the battle.
: Admirals Sampson and Schley have
been ordered to report to Washington.
Commodore Philip is temporarily in
command of the feet.
Captain Bjornstad and Sergeant
iBurnsen, both of the Thirteenth Min
nesota, have died from wounds re-
,ceived in battle at Manila.
New York gave SIMPSONS feet
royal welcome Saturday. The vast
throng along the banks of the Hudson
shouted themselves hoarse
President Mckinley has cabled to
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt
his and the nations congratulations
upon their capture of Manila.
! The naval reserves of Michigan,
Maryland and Rhode Island, now at
Philadelphia, have been sent home and |
will be mustered out of service.
It is stated that Theodore Roosevelt
will resign his command as soon as he
has conferred with Washington officials
regarding the situation at Santiago.
The dozen single turretted monitors
will be sent to Cuban and Porto Rican
harbors for guardships. Cubans will
be kept in "rder with grapeshot if nee.
essary.
! Twenty soldiers OF the Thirteenth
Minnesota regiment were wounded and
one killed in the battle of Manila. This
lis nearly half the total number
wounded.
The steamer Olivette arrived at Fort
Monroe Friday from Santiago, having
on board 200 patients of the Fifth army
corps, including rs officers. While the
IOlvette was at sea six men died and
were buried
One of the largest fleets Of warships
ever assembled in an American port
will be brought together within the
next few days at Fort Monroe. AL.
ready 81 warships are under orders to
rendezvous there, and the orders still
to be issued will raise the total to the
neighborhood of 70.
/ The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and
the ram Kahtadin will be ordered out
of commission. The Vesuvius never
hit any thing but the island of Cuba and
the ram proved disappointment All
the golfers, repair and supply ships
will be retained and not sold, although
some of the yachts will.
The steamer Relief has arrived at
New York from Ponce. She brought
248 sick and wounded soldiers Ten
deaths occurred from typhoid on the
voyage. Nine of the victims were
buried at sea. The body of Major Sur.
geon Lawrence Smith was embalned
and brought to New York
| Sagasta is quoted as saying the pres
ent states is not peace nor war, but
merely a suspension Of hostilities.
There ara various complex questions.
Spain wants compensation for public /
Huildings md state lands, and insists
that the fall of Manila shall not unfa- /
4orably affect negotiations. /
! The BOSTON Herald's Washington
correspondent says: President McKin.
ley, personally. 1s opposed to the ac-
QUESTION: Of the entire Philippine ar
cnIueiaQo nv tho TTnitad Statas OIL