Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-12


A LONDON dispatch on the 9th stated
on the highest authority that the dis.
patch boat Hugh McCulloch heard OF
the victory OF Commodore Dewey when
it reached Mrs bay lid had hurried
to Manila for dispatches. twas not be-
lieved that the Americans had suffered
disaster, but had probably encountered
unexpected resistance.
THE first congress of Cuba, elected
under the autonomist form Of govern
ment, was formally opened at Havana
on the 9TH by Capt. Gen. Blanco. There
was an imposing military display and
the captain general made a speech, in
the course Of which he said that IL the
declarations of the United States had
been sincere its guns to-day ought TO
be saluting the first Cuban parliament
instead of threatening the lives OF its
members.
The 9Th inst. was one of the most
exciting days ever known in the his
tory OF the wheat market. May wheat
closed in Chicago at $1.50. Cash wheat
No. Q soft advanced 10 cents on the
Kansas City market, There was an
advance Of seven cents in Liverpool
and an advance In every market in
continental Europe. The advance was
not due to the manipulations Of spec
ulators, but because the supply in
many European countries had been
exhausted
The United States torpedo boat
Ericsson discovered force of men
building fort near Cojima, Cuba, and
notified the Wilmington. In less than
two minutes the Wilmington reduced
the fort to shapeless wreck,
A SUPPOSED Spanish spy was cap
tured aboard the auxiliary cruiser ST.
Paul at Cramps yard, Philadelphia.
The suspect enlisted some days ago as
an oiler and almost from the time Of
his enlistment was under suspicion
The London Standard on the 9Th
said that there was growing impress
sion that Spain would favor some ar
rangement that would end the war.
The Madrid correspondent of the Lon
don Telegraph said he was assured
that the Spanish government would
cede Cuba to the United States, but
would not pay an indemnity, because
unable.
THE A. II. Terry post at Amsterdam,
N. Y, adopted a resolution to amend
the constitution of the &. A. r. so as
to make eligible to membership all
who have served under the flag of the
United States in any war.
THE schooner Crown was lost off st.
Johns, N. f., and her entire crew of IL
men were drowned.
MAY wheat on the 4th opened on the
Chicago board of trade at Sl,21 and
then, by jumps, advanced to $1.3l.
CIENFUEGos, Cuba, was bombarded
recently by the United States warship
Marblehead and the batteries were
silenced. Havoc was played with the
buildings and thousands of the inhab-
itants were driven into the interior
The entire business district Of
Northport, Wash, was burned at day
light on the I'd. More than 40 build
ings were destroyed.
IRA RALEs, ten years old, was
drowned in the Ohio river at Camel
ton, Ind While he was rowing skiff
the craft capsized.
A LONDON dispatch on the Sd said
that news came from Madrid that
there was no idea of surrender there,
either in ministerial circles or among
the populace, but the war was to be
pursued with greater vigor. 1t was
the intention to throw the whole
united naval strength of Spain into
one supreme effort to crush the Amer
lean squadron in Cuban waters.
GERMANY appealed to England to
join in a collective note to Spain urg-
ing the Spanish government to sue for
peace. The appeal stated that
whether England agreed or not it was
determined by Germany, Russia and
Austria to join in such a note.
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