The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-02
War NEWS OF THE wEHX.
The President Issues . Call For 76,.
900 Moro Volunteers.

The President Issues . Call For 76,.
900 More Volunteers.
Washington, May u.-On Tuesday OF
last week . Spaniard named Jim
ines was arrested on board the cap
tured steamer Panama, at Key West.
He II charged with being . Spanish
spy. though there IL no strong evidence
against him. He protests his innocence
The Madrid correspondent Of the Lon
don News declared that responsible
Spanish statesmen are prepared to sue
for peace at the first favorable oppor-
tunity. Another cablegram from Ad-
miral Dewey announced him still In
control. and that there was q great
scarcity Of provisions at Manila. The
tug Wampatuck cut the Santiago cable.
and the st. Louis fired on the forts dur
ing the operation. The attempt to cut
the cable OF Guantanamo was prevent
ed by the Spanish forts. General Miles
urges that Lieutenant Rowan. who re-
Gently made q hazardous trip to the
insurgent leaders in Cuba, be made q
lieutenant colonel. General Wheeler
wants to have William J. Bryan given
Q high position on his (Wheelers
siam. The steamers City Of Peking.
City Of Sydney and Australia were
loaded with 2.S0o troops. arms and ra-
tions at San Francisco. and on Wed
nesday departed to 60 to the relief Of
Admiral Dewey at Manila. They will
arrive about June 80. The Tenth Penn
sylvania volunteer regiment arrived at
San Francisco. and later will 20 to
Manila.
All Of Wednesdays dispatches. in
Guiding those from Berlin. tended to
confirm the reports that Admiral Ger
vera's fleet Is ct Santiago. from which
harbor he cannot escape, as the en-
trance is guarded by Commodore
Schley's feet. DR.. p. F. Hyatt. our
consul atsSantiago, declared in an in
terview at Boston that the Santiago
harbor is mined. end that our feet
could easily silence the guns Of the
forts. In a sham battle between the
volunteers at Chickamauga Lieutenant
Batty. OF the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
regiment was seriously injured by be-
ing shot with a blank cartridge. Mrs.
Elsie A. Montfort. Of Council Bluffs.
Ia. Is the first pensioner OF the present
war. her son having been killed on the
Maine. Owing to the shooting OF two
sailors at Key West. a gang Of sailors
and marines surrounded the jail. and a
lynching was narrowly averted.
The chief event Wednesday was the Is
suance by the president OF another call
/ for $1,000 volunteers. This. with the
previous call and the regular army, will
make fighting force OF 21s.s00 men.
II Is not believed that this 76,0OO will
be called upon for active service. but
the call is issued as an emergency
measure.
On Thursday the volunteers at Chick
amauga Park. Ca. were furnished
with the first fresh meat they had re-
ceivsd since entering tho service. and
were jubilant thereat. The government
accepted the offer of John Jacob Astor,
of New York, to arm, equip and sup
port mountain battery OF artillery.
The Sixth Pennsylvania regiment. in
camp at Camp Alger, near Washington.
celebrated the S5th anniversary of its
organization. Private Campbell. of the
Tenth Pennsylvania. now at San Fran
cisco. may be sent to Dry Tortugas for
two years for cutting the uniform OF a
negro volunteer and then grossly defy
I
Ing orders.
Fridays reports told Of Commodore
Schley's departure from Key West in
search OF Cervera's fleet. The commo.
dore expected TO find the Spaniards at
Cienfuegos. and was greatly disap-
pointed when. after guarding the en-.
trance to the harbor for two DAYS. ne
received Information from Cuban in
surgents that Cervera was not there.
Then Schley's squadron at once set san
for Santiago. In the Spanish senate
Marshal Rivera, former governor OF
the Philippines. declared that "thc
American rag shall never float over
MANILA" asserting that the majority OF
the natives WIN fight to, maintain
Spanish sovereignty. Two big balloons
were landed at New York from France
and II Is said that the distinguished
French aeronaut. NJ. Maiieft. will enter
the service OF our government. Natives
OF Hawaii are preparing n monster re-
ception for our troops when they ar
rive at Honolulu en- route for Manila.
The captive American newspaper cor
respondents, Jones and ThraIl. were
landed at Key West. having been ex-
changed for two Spanish Officers and
their two servants captured on the
Argonauta. In the national hovse . bill
wss introduced to pension Mrs. Basley.
mother Of the young ensign ldlled at
Carienas. at SO month.
Saturdays dispatches added 20 the
conflicting rumors regarding Cervera's g
fleet. some Of them asserting that he
had escaped the vigilance of schley's
fleet and had sailed toward Havana.
OF the %t6 persons captured on various
prizes Of war. ~ attached to the Span
ish navy II various capacities will be
I held as prisoners OF war. Spaniards
at San Juan de Porto Rico declare they
will burn the city rather than surren-
der to the Americans should an attempt
ne made to capture the place. A de-
termined effort is being made TO sc
cure the release OF Captain Hart. I'M
prisoned at Philadelphia for Cuban
filibusterihg.
On Sunday a story was published in
Madrid to the effect that q naval battle
had been fought near Jamaica In which
two American warships were destroyed
and the remaining vessels Of the feet