The Holt County sentinel., 1898-05-06

As the cablr between Hong kunL and
Manila has been cut. II j. hciryrd that
when communication i restored. tn"
first dispatches over the line Will an
nnuncr that Manila has capilulat"d.
Dewey has demanded the surrender al
all Spanish vessels in the ArrhiIriagn.
: threatening 10 lombard ports if refused
. II Is believed that the Spanish ministers
have virtually decided to cabl" 10 the
governor general of the Philippines to
7 comply with Commudor" Dcwry'S d.
mandS
The gunboat Nashville captured the
Spanish steamer Venezuela Monday
. She had on board ten Spanish officers
and lOn soldiers
The cabinet Is considering plans for
sending troops To the Philippines for the
purpose of assisting the american fleet
in maintaining American supremacy in
the islands during The war. II has moi
hecrn decided what troops shall be- sent
or what the means of transportation
shall bc The government will await of
fetal adviceS from Commodore Dewey
before taking conclusive action in the
matter The present idea is tu send the
volunteer troops from the Pacific states
Ten Thousand men may hc sent.
State troops will doubtless bc moving
toward camp. by Saturday morning: lst
regiment and Battery \. already in
camp. and the third rcgim, nj will move
aS fast a. ears can bc secured. Fourth
and Fifth regiments have. been ordered
to forward equipments.
\ dispatch from Madrid asserts that
the belief prevails there that the rcoigna-
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\ state OF siege has been proclaimed
III Valencia. and the city Is under mart ial
law. An angry mob with Republican
proclivitirS attempted hostile demon
~tratiorS Yesterday, hut was dispersed
10y mounted police.
y regiment of cavalry which was ga
trolling the Cuban coast near Cnjimdg.
fifteen miles west of Havana. Monday
afternoon. attacked with rifles the
Ericsson and Wilmington, which were
st"aming along close in L. the sh0r'.
The bullets flew pretty wild, hut aS the
SpanlardS kept peppcrin" away IN"
Wilmington opened up on them with
her / inch guns. Two of the shots ap-
pearcd TO strike right into the rcginrnts
midst. The men fed precipitately. leav
ing number of dead and wounded i,r-
hind them.
Two more SuhmariH" mines. formerly
part of the defense of Ncw York harbor.
have been found cut from their cables
and adrift. The first was found al
Island Beach near BarnrgaI. y. J.: the
second camc ashore at Scagirt. y. j.
This makes the second batch OF mines
to come ashore. on tn" Jersey coast Six
mines in all have thus far been found
with their cabl" cut. Those iii charge
of the dcfen~cs are quoted aS saying ia"
mines We're cut by men in tn" "Inploy "f
Spain.
Rear Admiral SampSon's squadron
sailed Wednesday morning. II i re-
ported tn" feet has important work cut
out for IL.
Honolulu adviccs per lha steamer
Maripo~a are to the effect that President
| Dole has offered the Hawaiian islands
TO the United States. To he used for war
purposes.
In the battle of the Philippine islands
the expected has happened. The Span
iardS have met with Il disastrous defeat.
Even as told 10y themselves the story
shows that their overthrow in the fight
WAS complete and calamitouS. 1t is tn"
old story of Spanish cnwarticc and inca
rability Not once in three. centuries
has Spain won Il figh; on the water
which waS important enough tn have
the slightest effect on her fortunes Lr-
panto was the last naval battle of any
consequence in which the SpaniardS
We're victorious. and Lrpantu occurred
in bal. Nearly every nation III EuroIr'
and America has fought Spain since
then. and all of them have defeated her.
Spain career from Philip lis DAYS nm
til our own time has been a succession
of wars, and in every war she has been
vanJuiShcd. While her pride and stu
piditv have remained unchanged through
al her Calamitir$ each war has left her
frcbrT and more CnntrmptIh!" than hc
fore.
Ii i generally believed now that Mis-
souri, troops for n" Cuban war viii t."
r"nd"Zyou~,d IA Tower Grove park in
ST Louis. where those whopasS a phySi
ral examination will hc mustered into
the service of Uncle Sam for Il term of !
two Years unless sooner discharged. and
then the eGuipping Of these soldiers will
20 ON.
There is scarcely ANYTHING in Il ~,.l
Gier's equipment which Is carried in tHr
stocks of merchants and manufacturers +
Even the shoes and underwear are of IA
special make and must lac manufactured
Ia order When il iS remembered that
nearly lI0.OOO soldiers are now waitin.,
for their guns. their trappingS. their uni
forms. their tents and their utensils. the
task Of supplying them will appear 10 hc +
Il StupcnduuS one. even III this country
of almost unlimited resources.
The government now has TN hand
about SeWh of the new krag Jor-cnScn .
rifles. and the factories are Increasing
the supply at the rate Of 2,nu0 day +
The national gUarCiSmrn are HOW armed
with the old - calihcr Sprin~iirliS.
which arr a back number when com
pared to the newer weapon, which shoots .
forty shots Il minute and i- effective at
6.OGO Yards. II Is believed that a. fast
aS possible the old SpringicldS will br
sent io the insurgents in Cuba. hut at
anv rate the american soldiers will ali
bc equipped with the nrw.w"apon before
they are sent To the field. Cartridges
are being manufactured at the rate of
20G.O01 Il day. and ammunition Is there
fore no longer problem.
|: is rarely indeed that an event even
Of worldwide Importance becomes a
topic OF sufficient interest to he dis
cussed by all classes. but that dlstinc-
ton was achieved in Oregon 10y Com =
mOdore Dewev's victory oyer the
Spanish fieet Sunday morning. \ close
observer of human nature has said that
in the midst Of a crowd upon the streets
The listener will hear but two subjects
mentioned--the men always talking of
money and the women of love- But love
mi money were not alluded 10 on Mon =
lay when the news of victory came To
,ur people, by those who met by chance.
whether men or women, Commodore
Dewey" Manila, American victory" )
ind kindred phrases were upon the lips