Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-10-20
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
AFTER THE WAR.

II is proposed to present TO Ameri
can cities cannon captured in Cuba.
The condition Of Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee
who Is sick at Richmond, Va, Is re-
ported critical.
Leading Berlin papers now st.ongly
favor the annexation OF the Philip
pines by the United States.
American troops arriving to occupy
Manzanillo, Cuba, narrowly escaped a
collision with the Spanish force.
An official dispatch to Madrid states
that Spanish troops In the Visayas
islands have defeated insurgents from
Luzon.
The companies of the LIST Wisconsin
regiment will be mustered out OF the
United States volunteer service begin
ming Monday.
One hundred and forty-four Har-
vard college men enlisted In the span
ish-American war, eight OF whom
have died.
Admiral Dewey has advised the
government that Manila cannot be
defended unless we hold Subig bay
Great suffering from famine Is said
to prevail among some OF the Cuban
soldiers In the interior OF the island.
A camp site for the American
troops of occupation at Havana has
been selected. 1t Is near MORO
Castle.
The guns which Naval Constructor
Hobson has SO far saved from sunken
Spanish warships are valued at
100000.
Col. Carlos Garcia, q son of the gen
eral, has been offered the post OF
chief OF the semi-milltary police for
Santiago.
1t Ii reported from Paris that Gen
cral Merritt Is in favor of the United
States holding the entire Philippine
archipelago.
Negotiations are In progress for
paying ransom OF 100000 for the
priests held as captiyes by the Philip
pine insurgents
The former Spanish gunboats San
doyal and Alvarado are now In com
mission AZ United States vessels In
Cuban waters.
The president OF the Spanish auton-
Imist government OF Porto Rico
wants the United States to admit the
island as q state.
It Is expected that Gen. Maxine
Gomez will be chosen president OF
Cuba ut the coming convention at
Santa Cruz del Sur.
Spanish troops arrived ut Singa-
pore ON their way to reinforce the
garrlsons on the Island OF Panay,
menaced by insurgents.
Robert p. Porter. special United
States commissioner TO Cuba, says
the present Cuban tariff will be re-
duced about one-half.
Three witnesses, including Gen.
Y. v. Greene, who was in the battle
CT Manila, testified before the war
Investigating commission.
At Jacksonville orders were re-
ceived for the 7th corps to prepare ut
once to go to Savannah, where 1t VIII
be embarked for Cuba.
The war department has issued an
order mastering out of service In the
volunteer army three maJor-generals |
and twenty-slX brlgadier- generals.
A Japanese official In Paris Is
quoted as saying that Japan would
have preferred SPANS domination In
the Philippines not to be disturbed.
Bishop futile, of Missouri, preach
ed II sermon favoring territorial ex-
pansion before the triennial conven-
Ion of the Protestant Episcopal
church.
A mass meeting of business men In
Madrid adopted resolutions urging Il
reduction of pensions, the closing OF
tho military schools and other re-
forms.
Gen. Fred Grants brigade, consist
Ing of the ith Ohio and the Sd Hi
nols regiments, has been ordered to
sail for home from Ponce about Dc
tober L..
The war department will soon issue
an order reducing the number of army
corps from seven to four. Many field
officers Will be mustered out of ser
vice at the same time.
Agoncillo ana Lopez, the Phillip
pine delegates, left Washington for
New York, whence they sailed for
Paris to ask an audience OF the
American peace commissioners.
The transport Victor sailed for
Porto Rico with II large quantity OF
commissary and Quartermaster's
stores. She will carry over 100000
Mtions. Several army nurses and
number OF the signal corps are among
her passengers.
The American and Spanish peace
commissioners help II joint session in
Paris at which propositions were ex-
changed. Spain is said to be will
ng to cede Luzon II America will
assume the Philippine debt and ac-
cord privileges to Spanish trade.
Maj. Gen. Graham received Il tele-
gram from the war department di-
recting him to make no permanent I'M
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