Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-02

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| pointed acting brigadier general at
| Camp Alger, until the president can
! appont a brigadier to take his place.
| Rumors that the Spanish fleet has
been destroyed by the American fleet
| in the vicinity of the Windward pas
| sage were circulated in London, but
were not confirmed in Washington or
Madrid
A veteran diplomat at Madrid said
! that he expects Europe to interfere in
the war, but not until Spain is hum
bled and the powers can appeal to
our generosity to spare a PROSTATE
! foe
Major General Merritt who Is TO go
to the Philippines as military govern
( or, is expected to govern the Islands
under martial law until congress de-
! cides what shall finally be done with
/ them.
! It Is possible that the next great
| naval battle will be an attack by the
! American ships upon Santiago de
| Cuba in the effort to dislodge the
Spaniard and the task will not be an
easy one.
The report Of heavy cannonading
heard at Mole st. Nicholas and Port
de Paix was confirmed. 1t seemed to
come from the north of Cuba and may
have been the reported bombardment
Of Guantanamo.
The first applicant for a pension on
account Of the Spanish war is Mrs.
William II. Hook OF Oshkosh, Wis,
the widow private who died of
stomach trouble at Camp Harvey,
near Milwaukee.
Omcial adyices to the effect that
Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet has
been cooped up in the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba by American armor-
clads are said to have been received
in Washington.
Representative Pierce OF Missouri
has introduced a bill for the building
Of five first-class cruisers, ten torpedo
boats, fifteen torpedo boat destroyers
and fifteen steel gunboats at a total
cost Of about s40,000,000.
Lieutenant Meyler United States
army, who has been intrusted with
the work of planting the mines in
San Diego harbor. announces that
the work has been completed and
the entire channel is now protected.
4 rumor on the London stock eX-
change that Franco-Spanish ALI
auce is to be announced soon enabled
the deprecated Spanish As to rally
somewhat, the ST. James's Gazette
says, Washington contradcts that
rumor also.
One hundred and fifty thousand
dollars In prize money is the sum Ad-
miral Sampson will realize from the
sale OF the six principal ships and
cargoes captured by American men
of-war since the beginning OF the
conflict with Spain.
The post Of minister Of foreign
affairs in the spanish cabinet, which
Senior Leon Castillo declined has
been accepted by the Duke Almodoyar
de Rio, a Spanish grandee. who says
that he takes the position from pa
triotic motives.
Colonel Vincente Cortejo. brother
in-law of General Weyler. and DR..
Isidio Julian, Spanish prisoners of war,
were sent from Atlanta to Key West
to be exchanged for Messrs Thrall
and Jones, newspaper correspondents,
now in prison at Havana.
Mrs, Hit, wife OF Congressman
Hit chairman of the house com
mttee on foreign affairs, is now en-
during the hardships of the life of an
army nurse at Fort Myer. hoping to
save the life OF Private PIP. Stevens
of Company NJ. Of the sixth Illinois
regiment. Stevens is in with typhoid
pneumonia.
The Spanish government. according
to a special cablegram from Gibraltar.
intends to send the cruiser Carlos V.
and two torpedo-boa destroyers to
Cuba, provided that Admiral Ceryera
can get into Havana, An order TO
part Of the reserve squadron to pro-
coed to the Philippines is said to
have been ssued
Special cable dispatches from Ma
drid report a crisis is rapidly APP
preaching. and a storm Of revolution
or OF anarchy may burst at any mo-
ment In short time a bread fam
inc will confront the restless people,
and already the masses are waiting
for a leader to arise and pilot them to
a successful revolt against the present
dynasty
An order was issued at Tampa. by
order OF General Shafter, requiring
every newspaper correspondent at
Tampa to furnish headquarters with
copy of the paper which the re-
porter represents. a strict watch will
be kept on an matter printed under
Tampa date and any prohibited mat
ter will result n a refusal by the
censor to pass upon matter written
for the offending paper
The reported use of the Spanish
flag by some of our warships in
Guantanamo bay to deceive the gar
rlSuu was ruuudIy denounced in the