Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-05-12


May 4-Sampson's squadron sailed
presumably to capture Porto Rico ana
to fight the Cap Verde fleet before it
coached that place. Spain is under
martial law and revolution is imml-
neBt The president sent a long list
of army nominations to the senate, all
of which We're confirmed. Among the
civilians are Fitzhugh Lee, Representa-
tive Wheeler of Alabama, j. II. Will
son of Delaware, and Senator Sewall
of New Jersey, all to be major gen
erals.
Gen. Blanco issued a decree declar-
ing the armlstice IN Cuba at an end.
Spanish spies in New York harboI
cut the submarine mines from their
cables.
Rioting on the part of Carlists and
republicans continues in many Of the
cities OF Spain.
The pope is Frustrated by the news
from Manila and expresses horror at
the loss Of life.
Emperors William and Nicholas are
seriously disturbed over the situation
at the Philippines.
Troops are said to have secretly left
Tampa for the purpose of operations
in Cuba.
The president is said to have de-
Cided to place military governor over
the Philippines.
The post-ofice department will open
an agency at the Cuban port first oc'
cuped by the United States troops.
Rome reports that Spain may yield
Go Italy's request and exclude sulphur
rfrom the list of contraband articles.
The queen regent is reported to
have telegraphed to the pope that
Spain will resist to the bitter end.
The Spanish government, it is said,
as ready to cede Cuba to the United
States if no indemnity is required.
A dispatch from Madrid to London
states that the bombardment of Ma
mia began before the cable was cut.
Spanish sympathizers at Montevideo
fhaye threatened United States Minis
ter w. R. Finch and the legation has
been guarded.
The offer of Great Britain to pro
stect foreigners in the Philippines was
regarded by the Spanish cabinet with
distrust.
Steamers were chartered to carry
ammunition and coal from Sar
Francisco to Commodore Dewey's
feet at Manila.
The queen regent may resign in the
nope of saving the tottering throne
Rioting throughout Spain grows
more alarming.
1t was reported at Lisbon that the
Cape Verde squadron of the Spanish
feet had been sighted steaming slow
Iy toward the Canaries.
Universal admiration for Commo
5iore Dewey's management at the bat
tie of Manila is expressed in Londor
naval circles.
A Spanish spy was caught on the
cruiser St. Paul.
All of SPANS navy, it is said, will
come to America.
Venezuela has issued her declaration
of neutrality.
The whereabouts of the Spanish feet
is still in doubt.
The British consul at Cienfuegos,
Cuba, cabled that Americans till there
are in danger, and urged that steam
er be sent TO take them off.
1t is reported that Admiral Samp
sons fleet will either seize or destro.
the coal at Puerto Rico and thel
search for the Cape Verde fleet.
Prices of food are so great in Ha
wanna that the poor cannot get foot
and are starving. Business men &C
cuse Sagasta of DESERVING Blanco.
Spain's gunboat Temerario, which
was to have destroyed" the Oregon
is laid UP for repairs on the River
Plata and will not sail for week.
Cbickamauga, Washington an
some point in New York or Pennsyl
vania have been decided upon a
points of concentration of volunteers
Powder works and magazines in the
vicinity Of st. Louis and Carpenter
steel works at Reading, Pa. have been
put under guard against Spanish spies
AL SnSdSSIuSnI UGLWSSu lu6 Spanish
and insurgent forces took place al
Puerto Principe. The insurgents lost
A3 soldiers and two officers.
Colonel G. P. Eagan was appointed
commissary general of subsistence Of
the army to succeed General William
H. Nash, who has retired.
The gunboat Wilmington blew
tort to pieces near Cojima, Cuba, an,
dropped d shell among some cavalr,
and infantrymen. Two men wer
seen to fall.
AT a mass meeting held at Cam
bridge, Mass, it was voted to send a
stand of colors to the cruiser, Harvard
formerly the American line steamer
New York.
W. R. Blanchard, president of tn,
joint traffic association, will atten
TO the movement of troops over tn
railroads. He will be given the it'll
of acknowledgements.
The Russian government is reported
TO have had thu. experts working OIL
the Maine disaster during the investi
cation of the United States board o