Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-03-14
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
TIE CUBAN Trouble.

war W4vn SPAN.
The oltu~tIon in Havana IS eported
to be uecldedIy more alarming.
President Do.e OF HaWali mas sent
$500 to The Name reiie- fund
1t is exoIted that a fresh Spanish
squ-d on is being o. gained at Cadiz
for CuDa.
The keel of the Maine is said to
have been bI oxen, as by an external
explosion.
A man claiming to represent the
Spanish government IS buying horses
il Minnesota.
The chairman Of the central Cuban
relief committee reports large dona-
tons of provisions.
The American squadron in Chinese
waters will lombard Manila, Philip
pine islands, in case Of war.
De Lone, the Spanish ex-minister Of
letter lame, was hanged in elligy in
Trenton, N. j., also in Rome, z.
A concert for the widows and or
phans OF the Maine victims was given
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New ork.
The Vatican is trying to induce
Spain to submit the Cuban matter to
arbit1 aCion as the only means Of
avoiding war with the United States
It is rumored in Washington that
Madrid has limited a willingness to
pay damages in case SPANS response
bility for the loss of the Maine is es-
tablished.
The navy department has ordered. a
test to be made of the machinery of
eight old monitors of the civil war
period.
El Nacional of Madrid argues that
American Intervention already ex-
lists in the succor American Warships
have conveyed to the pacifcos, for
merly SPANS enemies
The Epocha of Madrid makes a
suggestion that Consul General &c be
given his passports, asserting that he
has offended in a manner similar to
Deputy de Lone
Capt. Mark, judge advocate of the
Maine board of inquiry, said reports
that the board lacked evidence that
the vessel was destroyed by an exter-
nal explosion were call bosh."
DR.. Frank Agramonte was arrested
as a flibuster. He was one of those
rescued from the Title, an alleged fill
buster sunk in a gale off Montauk
Jan. % last.
The Spanish armored cruiser Ami
rante OQuendo joined the Vizcaya at
Havana, to the great delight of the
loyalists, and anchored near the
wreck of the Maine.
In refusing SPANS request for the
recall of Consul General Lee, Presi-
dent Mckinley informs Spain that
that officials service is entirely sat s.
factory. Spain thereupon receded.
The naval board Of inquiry, it is said,
concludes that the initial explosion of
the Maine was under the bottom OF the
ship. The court is not expected
to fasten responsibility upon any one
person.
Senator Morgan states that, he
will introduce a resolution calling
again on the president for consular
reports relating to restitution in Cuba
if the report Of the Maine court Of in
curry is unnecessarily delayed.
Admiral Si>ard has lnfUrln44 the
navy depar, ment that it is impossible
for the oou. t OF Inquiry 70 fix a date
at VIII oh it's lnYes 1gat On into the
cause of the destruction of the Maine
viii be concluded
Eighteen newspaper men, including
several American correspondents, are
under arrest in Havana on a charge
of conspiracy. Eleven viii sent
out of the lountry and five to the isle
Of Pines.
The navy department has decided
to send two Warships to Cuba to carry
food supplies TO the suffering recon
cenoradCs The Montgomery will
take supplies to Matanzas and the
Nashville to Sagua la Grande.
The head official of the Rothschild's
London house gave a written denial of
the story cabIed from London 10 &
NeW York newspaper about Spain
having applied for a loan of $780,
100000.
Lord Edmond FitzMaurice, Eng
lana under foreign secretary under
Gladstone from 1882 to 1885, gave
signed statement that in his opinion
Europe would not assist Spain in a
war against the United States.
Gen. Weyler told a correspondent
that he does not believe the United
States really wants to fight; when he
was in Cuba he never feared any
complications" with US, thinking that
he had resources enough to win on
sea and land.
Secretary of War Alger, in N in
teIYiew, announces that Secretary
Longs statement that the participa-
ton Of the Spanish government in
the Maine disaster had been eliminat-
ed from the stu ton" has no official
significance.
A number of beautiful wreaths and