The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-05-26
The WAR IN BRIEF.
The Leading Events Of the Week
On Sea and Land Told in
Shortest Manner. il s..'.s#

Shortest Manner.
The cruiser Charleston sails for
Manila with supplies for Dewey.
The United States cruiser Whining
ton. Commander c.. c. Todd, when
about 80 miles east of Havana, fired
four shells into a Spanish trap of
In the shape of derelict, sinking it
and thus doing away with another
piece of Spanish trickery.
William j. Bryan is to organize
regiment of Nebraska volunteers and
tender their services to the president
soon as mustered. Gov. Holcomb is.
sued him commission as colonel with
with authority to proceed. .s&s IS
A Key West special says Jova, the
insurgent courier, who arrived at Key
West, says the Spaniards have ceased
active operations against the insur-
gents.
The government has formally taken
up the question of driving Senior Polo,
chief of the Spanish spies, out of Cana
da. First Secretary Adam, of the
British legation, had an extended con-
ference with Assistant Secretary Adee,
of the state department.
Fire is the coal box of the cruiser
St. Paul is subdued with difficulty.
The Oregon, it is believed, has joined
Admiral SIMPSONS feet.
The president will ask for IS, 900
negro volunteers in his next call.
The Fourteenth Minnesota regiment
arrives safely at Chicamauga. Is as
signed to First division.
A dispatch from Montreal says Senior
Polo y Bernabe has secured by cable
coal depot near st. Pierre, Miquelin,
French colony on the south coast of
Newfoundland, at which the Cadiz
squadron will coal.
The Spanish press is rapidly develop
ing against England the same national
animosity which contributed so much
to bringing on the war with the United
States.
Colonel Aragon, an agent of Weyler.
is said to be in Tampa. He was recog-
nized by an attache of the German
embassy at Washington now in this
country to observe the operations of
the army.
The only war vessel of a foreign
power at San Juan during the bonn
bardment was the small French cruiser
Rigault de Genoilly. She had her rig
ging cut by pieces of shell.
By the falling of big battle hatch
on the big ship Iowa, Capt. Evans was
hurt SO he carries his arm in a sling.
| Roosevelt's regiment has been sup
piled with two rapid firing Colts guns.
They are mounted on tripods and turn
on pivot, splitting out 500 nickel
plated bullets minute at the simple
pressure of a trigger. Twenty men.
10 to a gun, will be detailed from the
regiment to work the deadly little ma
chimes. the donors, of course, being in
cluded in the detail.
By slight accident to her condens-
ers, the Charleston was prevented
leaving Golden Gate for Manila.
The war fever is decidedly abating
in Spain.
Reported that 800 Spaniards were
killed at the bonn bardment of Glen
fuegas.
The auxiliary cruiser Harvard sue
ceeded in leaving Martinique while the
Spanish gunboat Terror was being
coaled.
Senior Polo Bernabe, ex-Spanish min
lister at Washington, leaves Montreal
for Spain.
According to a late rumor from
Madrid the Spanish feet has left San
tiago de Cuba.
The, American fleets have again left
Key West, presumably in pursuit of
the Spanish feet.
Contrary to reports, Spain has not
yet sent an expedition to the Philip
pines.
Reported that England gives France
month to get out of Africa.
Secretary Alger has sent to the Sec
rotary of the treasury for transmission
to congress supplemental estimates of
| appropriations aggregating SIS, 53s, $40
required by the war department.
A Spanish projectile factory blows
up. Ten killed.
Spaniards in Hongkong and in Ma
nilla openly boast that a feet of war
ships is on the way to the Philippines,
and the bishops have issued pastorals
to the effect that Spain and God are
preparing to ''cut out these social ex-
crescences from America"
The steamer Florida takes a batch
of volunteers to Cuba.
It is reported that yellow fever has
appeared at Havana.
Strong Notifications have been erect
ed in Havana, Santa Cla ra and Vedado,
the latter resort of wealthy Spaniards.
The German foreign office has re-
ceived reports from Paris saying
France is indignant at the American
cable cuttings, considering such action
to be contrary to international law
and that she intends to ask the powers
to protect against it.
The Spanish gunboat Isabel sinks
the British vessel Ruth, loaded with
coal, in the harbor of San Juan de
Porto Rico.
Spain may offer France the Canary
Islands for her assistance in the war.
Senior Polo leaves Du Bose at Mont
real to look after the interests of
Spain.
FOR THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
A istinction.-Marier:'I understand
| that you are engaged to be married"
Daisy-"No; merely engaged '-Truth.