Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

with arms and ammunition for the in
surgents.
Charles Fl. Allen of Massachusetts
1 has been appointed assistant secretary
of the navy.
The dynamite cruiser Versuvius has
left Schley's squadron for Havana to
join in the blockade.
The Spaniards are trying to provis-
ion the forts of eastern Cuba before
the blockade begins.
Sampson is lying in wait for the
Cape de Verde feet at Porto Rico, but
has not found it yet.
Admiral Miller, stationed at Hawaii,
has been ordered to San Francisco,
there to await orders.
Difficulty is being experienced in OBJ
tanning transports to carry troops from
San Francisco to Manila.
Judge Torrey's rough riders will be
equipped with ropes instead of sabres
if TOrrey's request is granted.
Seven transport boats are now at
Port Tampa and will soon be in readi-l
ness for the loading of the troops.
Governor Budd of California has
been warned of what is alleged to be
a plot against his life by Spaniards.
The Roman Catholic church is the
official church of Spain, and is as pow
erful in temporal as in spiritual affairs.
Karditza and Gorgeous, the two men
who attempted to assassinate King
George of Greece, were executed Mon
day.
Theodore Roosevelt has been mus
tered in as Northumberland, Adju-
tant-General Corbin administering the
oath.
Cable communication is to be re-
stored between Manila and Hong Kong,
but one end of it will be on Dewey's
feet.
All United States consuls in Spain
and Cuba are still on the payrolls.
They were simply given sixty days
leave.
1t is announced that the floating debt
of Spain was increased during the
month of April last by 1924, 1871
pesetas.
The Oceanic Steamship company's
steamer Moana carries 500, 900 sover
eigns (s9, 500, OOO from Sydney to San
Francisco.
Spain is divided into siXty-two do
ceses, over each of which bishop |
rules for the church and all supported |
by the state.
Brigadier General Willard Young of
Utah has arrived in Washington and
will be placed in charge of regiment
of volunteers.
The battleship Oregon arrived at
Bahia, Brazil, on the 10TH She is act
ing under orders received from the
navy department
Unconfirmed rumors of severe sen-
gagements with insurgents by Spanish
troops come from Cuba, but they are
discredited.
Admiral Dewey has recommended
that Manila be occupied by American
troops, and provisional government
be established to conduct affairs.
Spaniard in Paris declares that the
American squadron could not have en-
tered the bay at Manila without a Sc
,ret understanding with the insur-
gents. E
Navigation will open between Daw-
son and st. Michael about June 1, or :
TWO weeks earlier than usual, owing to .
he warm weather that prevails on the I
Yukon. c
Thirty-six thousand priests, 1854
monks and 1852 nuns carry on the
work of Spain, there being
,nly about 1000 Protestants in popu- :,
alton of 1866, e32. S
Preparations for the embarkation of a
he United States troops at Tampa are D
apidly being completed. Seven of the a
transports to be used in carrying the =
oldiers are now there. :,
Major General James F. Wade is now h
n command of the army of Cuban in b
aston, by his right of senior officer, il
Major General w. r. Shat o.
er, heretofore in command. q
The complete victory of Dewey can fl
e accounted for only in one way. He IL
lust have captured the Spanish press m
ensor at Manila and put him to work In
-riting official dispatches. Ut
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