Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.

military dictator OF Spain.
There is serious consideration Of &
call for another 100, 900 volunteers.
Troops will not be sent to Cuba while
| the next decisive naval battle IS imml
! nent.
The Spanish torpedo boat Terror Is
! at Fort de France Martinique dis
abled.
The Spanish gunboat Callao has been
captured by the American fleet al
Manila.
General Wesley Merritt has been Or
dered to the Philippines as military
governor.
A telegram from Hong Kong says
the populace of Manila is reduced to
eating horse flesh.
The second Spanish fleet at Cadi2 is
reported to be about to sail for the Phil
ippines with military expedition.
The, Gussie has returned to Key
West, having been unable to land her
cargo of arms, ETC., for the Cubans.
The Gussie expedition had fight
with the Spaniards in which the latter
lost 10. No Americans were injured
Four members of the Spanish cab.
met have resigned. A new ministry
will be formed, Sagasta still at the
head.
The date for the sailing of the mill
tary expedition to the Philippines is
uncertain, but will probably be within
a week.
Admiral Dewey has captured another
Spanish gunboat at Manila and has
armed the insurgents from the Cavite
arsenal.
Volunteers ordered to Chickamauga
are arriving there almost hourly. The
first regiment to arrive was the First
Ohio cavalry.
Admiral Dewey reports that the
Spanish governor general at Manila
will soon be forced to surrender. Food
is very scarce.
Sixty-fve thousand United States
troops have now been mustered and
thousands are en- route for points of
concentration.
General Guenther has been assigned
to temporary command of the troops
concentrated at Washington for pur-
poses Of organization.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany has issued notice that the Porto
Rico government prohibits all mes
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Rev. Thomas Ewing Sherman, son of
the late General Sherman, has been
appointed chaplain of the Fourth regi-
ment of the Missouri national guard.
The state department in Washington
officially denies the rumors that con-
traband or gunners were landed i'll
Cuba by the French steamer Lafayette
Admiral Dewey has been instructed
to destroy all Spanish warships in Ash
attic waters. The Concord promptly
sunk one, leaving only two more there.
Spain has protested to France against
the Harvard being allowed to remain
in Martinique ports to make repairs.
France replied UNFOLDING the right of
the Harvard.
A telegram has been received from
Admiral Dewey thanking the president
for his promotion and mplimenting
his chief Of staff and the commanders
of all the naval vessels.
The navy department is in communi-
cation with all the fleets, but declines
to tell where they are. Cape Haytien,
it is thought, will be Admiral Samp.
sons base of operations
Representative Cummings of New
York has introduced a bill authorizing
the secretary of war to organize one
or more of sharpshooters pos
sessing special military qualifications
All the members of the Spanish cab
met have resigned. Senior Sagasta
communicated the situation to the
queen regent, who will entrust him
with the task of forming a new min
istry.
The battle at Cienfuegos resulted in
one American being killed and six
badly wounded. The object of the
Americans-to cut the cable to Havana
was accomplished. The Spanish loss
is not known, but must have been con-
siderable.
Five men, including Ensign Bagley,
were killed and four wounded on the
gunboat Winslow, whose boilers were
wrecked, in an engagement at Car.
denas, Cuba, The Wilmington then
the batteries, shelled the town
and sunk a Spanish gunboat The |
Wilmington and two other vessels are
to complete the destruction of
Cardenas without delay.
The war department has assigned
commands Of the different army corps
as follows: General Merritt Depart
ment of the Pacific, First corps volun-
teers, General Brooke, Second corps,
General Graham, Third corps, General |
Wade, Fourth corps General Coppin- |
ger, Fifth corps General Shafter, Sixth |
corps General Wilson, Seventh corps |
Lee. General Wheeler in |
command of the cavaly division and |
General Otis to assist General Merritt. |
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS.