Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-24

Gen. Breckenridge criticised Gems
Aiger, Corbin, Shafter and Sanger in
testifying before the war board.
The hospital ship Scandal has sailed
from Manila for San Francisco with
about 70 sick soldiers on board.
Admiral Dewey has been making a
somplete survey Of the coasts and the
issljng harbors OF the Philippines.
American occupation of Cuba will
begin within a fortnight, Cienfuegos
being the point of Decentralization.
Germany has given assurances to
this country that the emperors visit
10 Spain has no significance Whatever.
The Spanish transport LIE Gaspi
went ashore near Cienfuegos and was
sotally wrecked All the crew were
saved.
Bahama fishermen have badly looted
the wreck of the cruiser Maria Teresa,
which lies in twelve feet of water off
Cat island.
The Spanish commissioners, 1t is
said, will announce that Spain will
renounce the Philippines for an ade-
ssate equivalent.
Great pressure is being brought on
The war department to have the vol
unteer troops in the Philippine is
lands brought home.
General Gomez Is said to have dis
saissed from his staff all Americans
and Cubans favoring the annexation
Of Cuba by this country.
The war tax will not be abolished
At the coming short session of con-
gyess and that there will be no re-
vision of the tariff whatever.
General Merriam is quoted as say
ing he would not be surprised at a re-
newal of hostilities with Germany
England and France taking part.
Captain General Blanco has at
tempted to end the mutinies of Span
ish troops in Cuba by raising loan
with which to give them their over
due pay.
According to sem1-otficial state
ment in Madrid, the Spanish peace
commissioners will not sign a treaty
demands.
II is said the result of the recent
elections has strengthened the deter
animation of President Mckinley tn
take everything in sight that belongs
bo Spain.
The London papers reiterate their
conviction of the hopelessness OF
Spanish opposition and that the United
States has no alternative but complete
annexation.
Col Casimir Andel, of the 4th
Illinois regiment, has resigned, and
Gov. Tanner has appointed Lieutenant
eoionel Edwin Swift Of the 9th Illinois
m his place.
II is reported from Madrid that
Spain will probably surrender the
Philippine islands and make a state
ment to the world that she yields to
superior force
The united States government pro-
poses to occupy Cienfuegos, on the
southern coast of Cuba, as soon as
possible, to facilitate the handling of
che sugar crop.
The excessive pilotage dues on en-
tering Manzanillo harbor have been
reduced from $3.50 to SIS, the trip TAX
ing the pilot only six hours for the
ordinary steamer.
At Lexington, KY, Private Ed. Nc
earthy and Corporal John Nixon, both
OF Co. d, Sd engineers, became engaged
In fight, which resulted fatally for
Nixon. Both We're intoxicated.
The Filipino junta at Hong Kong
- has petitioned the government at
Washington to correct the abuses of
the American military force at Ma
sifa. In its complaints it excerpts Dewey
and Otis.
An investigation into the cause of
the recent breakdown on the cruiser
Buffalo, tends to show that she was
deliberately disabled by the corps of
engineers who objected to being sent
10 Manila.
At Santiago General Wood offers
81 200 for information leading to the
conviction of the perpetrators of the
fight between United States colored
San Luis.
General Merritt will resume COM
Rsand of the department of east, with
headquarters at Governors island,
when he returns from Europe, and
General Shafter will command the
department of the Pacific.
The torpedo boat Davis, which sus-
tanned an accident on her trial trip
by which seven men were killed, will
be given another trial. The torpedo
boat Farragut, in her trial at San
Francisco, fell below speed
Brig. Gen. w. w. Gordon, has
been assigned to command the sec
ond corps, with headquarters at
Macon. The seventh corps commanded
by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee will be equipped
at once with Krag-Jorgensen rifles.
A dispatch from Manila says that
the Filipinos have captured suburbs
Of Iloilo and were preparing to attack
the town when General Rios, Spanish
commander, obtained an armistice in
order to obtain permission from
Madrid to surrender to Americans.
The members of the Illinois naval
reserve, who took part in the war
with Spain either on battleships.
auxiliaries or blockade fleets, in
Guiding the tars of the Second bat