Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-10

at Santiago. says SPANS minister of
marine, thus denying sensational stories
TO the contrary. and further denial that
the armada is not there is given by the
British ship interchangeable. which on
Tuesday sighted seventeen Spanish ships
in Santiago harbor.- Financial crisis at
Madrid is declared to be more serious
than heretofore reported and the sCS-
pension of payment by the Bank OF Spain
is regarded by close observers as highly
probable.-Roosevelt's ''TerrorS" reach
Camp De Soto at Tampa. F'la.-Congress
takes action to remedy the conditions of
the soldiers at Camp Alger.-Forty-five
officers of Spain's naval reserve held at
Key West as prisoners of war have been
released on parole.-The British steamer
Restormel, seized while trying to run
the blockade at Santiago with cargo OF
coal, has been ordered released by de-
cision of the prize court. but her cargo
being contraband of war. is confiscated.
-Battleship Oregon joins Admiral Samp
sons fleet in Cuban waters.
The war department chartered five more
steamers for transporting troops to Cuba
Governor Shaw of Iowa issued a proc
lamation asking for enlistments under
the second call for volunteers.-The war
department decided to make Chicka-
manga Park the rendezvous for the u.s.
900 troops asked for by President McKin-
ley's second call.-The first Illinois broke
camp at Chickamauga, marching nine
miles to Ringgold, Ga. en- route to Tam
pat announced that the second
expedition to Manila, composed Of 5000
men, will sail from San Francisco on
June 1o.-General Coppinger left Mobile
for Tampa to prepare for the reception
Of troops from Mobile at the Florida
camp.-In New York a flag 12O feet in
length, the largest ever made. was on ex-
hibition. 1t is intended to raise 1t over
the walls OF Moro Castle when Havana
is taken.-It was reported that large
quantities Of arms and ammunition are
being sent across the PyreneeS from
France to Spain.-A regiment of South
Dakota volunteers arrived at San Fran
cisco to join the Manila expedition.-The
Fifty-first Iowa regiment was ordered
to report at once to General Merritt at
San Francisco.-In Madrid it was fatty
denied that the troopship Alfonso XIII.
had ben captured by the Americans
Washington officials stated that in ac
cordance with orders and the plans OF
the squadron a decisive battle was prob
ably being fought at Santiago. The in
surgents were said to be cooperating
with the naval forces.-The cruiser Gin
cinnati put into Hampton Roads to repair
damages incurred during the Smelling Of
Matanzas last month.
Friday, June 3.
American fleet renewed the bombardment
of Santiago Friday morning at O'Clock
and that one ship. believed to be the
Merrimac, was sunk in the channel while
trying to force an entrance to the harbor.
A dispatch from Kingston. Jamaica,
says the Cadiz fleet is reported TO be
nearing West Indian waters--The moni-
tor Monterey started from Mare Island
for San Francisco en- route to Manila
1t was reported in Washington that 1900
troops are on the way to take Santiago:
that other forces will be Immediately
dispatched to the same point, and that
General Fitzhugh Lee and 10000 men will
move against Puerto Rco.-Messrs.
Whigham and Robinson English news
paper correspondents and prisoners at
Havana, were released yesterday upon
request of the British consul.-A cable
gram from Port au Prince. Hayti, says
the insurgents under General Rabi at
tackled the City of Santiago Wednesday
and a drawn battle resulted.-Two hun
dred and forty-three Spanish prisoners OF
war were formally paroled at Key West.
They will be sent back TO Spain on the
two prize steamers recently released by
the courts.-General N'"~s made public
an appeal to troops to be Jealous in dis
clpline and in obedience and TO do all in
their power to maintain the honor and
efficiency of the army.-Several bodies of
regulars, rendezvoused at Mobile, boarded
transports to sail. presumably. for Puerto
Rico.-The Colorado and Pennsylvania
troops at Camp Merritt received orders
to be ready to sail on Tuesday for the
Pailippines.-New Jersey and Virginia
regiments arrived at Jacksonville. Fla
The senate amended the war revenue bill
by providing for the coinage of s4,00O, 900
of silver a month.-A Spanish torpedo
sunk the collier Merrmac at the mouth
| OF Santiago Bay. Eight men were made
1 ,rS Ia sal he
poseIy sent to destruction so as better 70
block the exit of the armada-Admlral
Camara's fleet at Cadiz will not be ready