The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-11-12
news OF the week.

An organization Of men who enliste
in the war with Spain is started.
General Gomez repeats that he ha
full confidence in the americans.
Work is to be abandoned on most o
the Spanish wrecks near Santiago.
The cruiser Buffalo and the gunboa
Helena have sailed for the Philippines
The Fifty-frst Iowa has sailed TO-
Manila on the transport Pennsylvania
President Mckinley in proclamation
reserves land in Hawaii for nava
station.
Spain, it is said, will sign the treaty
of peace upon American terms under
protest.
Five thousand smallpox cases have
been discovered in the Holg1in district
in Cuba. .... .a.
Considerable typhoid fever exists il
the Fourth Wisconsin in camp at Ami
son. Ala.
The transport Para now at San Fran
cisco reports that when she left Manila
1900 soldiers were sick.
Members of the Fifteenth Minnesota
at Camp Meade refuse now to be vac
cinated and may be punished. >
The annual report Of the United
States treasurer places the cost of the
war up to Oct. 81 at $164 ,932, 1928.
Weyler is said to have looted the
Philippine treasury to the extent OF
81, 500, 900 while governor general.
Cubans and Spaniards in Cuba have
petitioned President Mckinley for relief
for the starving people Of the island.
An order has been received at Camp
Meade relieving General Graham and
placing General Young in command.
Colonel w. j. Bryan refuses to say
anything about conditions prevailing in
the army. He says he has military
lockjaw."
Rumors are again revived in Europe
that peace negotiations will be broken
off and that Russia will interfere in the
Philippines.
The revenue cutter McCulloch used
by Admiral Dewey as a dispatch boat,
has been restored 10 the revenue service
and ordered to San Francisco. i
IL Major General Wade Of the Cuban
commission, it is believed, will
be given command of all the forces in
Cuba when the Spaniards evacuate.
The Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa,
raised under Hobson's direction, was
lost in gale Nov. 1, about 80 miles off
San Salvador She sunk in nearly 5000
fathoms of water. sS'
Admiral Dewey has cabled the navy
that the Charleston has
sailed from Manila for Iloilo, on the
island of Panay. This is the last seat of
Spanish power of any account in the
Philippines.
Orders have been issued for the move
ment of troops to Cuba. The First brig
ade will be under command Of General
and will go to Neuvitas. It
is expected they will reach that place
about Nov. %. .. ST :
One hundred and seventy-fve Of the
Tennessee regiment now at San Fran
cisco, who have been, fonnd unfit fol
service for one reason Or another will be
mustered out under special orders of the
war department..
The Spanish transport steamer Gran
Antilla, from Havana on Oct. 10, with
Spanish troops on board,
has arrived at Malaga and reports that
there were 100 deaths among the SOL
liers during the voyage.
AS the transport Port Victor was
about to leave Santiago with sick SOL
liers General Wood went aboard and
found no provisions whatever suitable
for sick persons, no delicacies and an
Of medical supplies.
A Manila dispatch says it is reported
there that the priests are instigating
faction to support Arkchio, a bitter OPP
ponent of Aguinaldo. The increasing
among the insurgents is di-
the probability of the latter
opposing the Americans.
General Wood at Santiago is prepar-
Ing Thanksgiving proclamation, being
Of the opinion that the Cubans ought to
give thanks for the blessings they have
received. The Americans want to keep
the day III old-fashioned style and are
writing to their friends in the North to
send some turkeys. ...4-.
On Friday the Spanish peace commits
sioners fatty refused the American pro-
posal to take the Philippines, asserting
that the United States has no ultimate
rights in the islands and could have
none save on terms satisfactory to Spain.
The reply also alleges several violations
Of international law on the part OF this
THE DEATH RECORD.
E. St. Julien Cox, at one time a mem
Der OF the Minnesota supreme court, is