The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-05-26
WAR NOTES.


The Maine regiment starts this after
noon. The artillery battery to 90 as
signed to Fort Popham.
Saturday Admiral Cervera's fleet was
expected back.at st. Pierre, Martinique,
in a few days for coal.
The fleets of Sampson and schley
were reported of cuba, maintaining
strict blockade, sunday.
lover 800 men are now in the signal
Corps, palrolling the entire coast rom
Eastp0rt to Galveston.
Senior Castillo refuses to join the Span
ish cabinet as he understood friendly
powers would soon compel that country
To sue for peace.
The Spanish loss ut Cienfuegoes is
now reported 20 have been heavy, 3oo
killed, many wounded and much aan-
age TO the forts done.
Cuban refugees at Kingston say that
insurgents are closing in on the city OF
Santiago de Cuba. Raids are nightly
made to within few miles of the city.
A Madrid Special says that Admiral
Cervera telegraphed that after ooaling
he would sail for Havana 1t is asserted
that Cervera's squadron has left Santa
go de Cuba.
Spain threatens 10 resort TO priVateer-
ing. United States cares little about
such course, but Engand, Germany
and France will have word 10 say re-
garding it.
The state department has been notl,
fed that the government OF Bolivia had
declared neutrality between Spain and
the United States, making the 10th gov
ernment that has taken action.
The governor of Santiago de cuba
thinks Spanish will give Americans
warm reception, claims they have
300, 900 acclimated troops in Cuba and
he invites 100000 yankee pigs to
attack them.
The Adjutant General reports that
about 105,00 volunteers have been
mustered If the delinquent states DO
not fill their quotas, early volunteer
organizations will be accepted from
other States.
Hemstead, l.. |. has been definitely
selected as a rendezyousing point Tor
troops from the New England and
Middle States section and ii is expected
that 10 regiments eventually will be
quartered there.
A Washington special to the World
says: Twenty nine days of war have
cost the United States sSOOO0,000, or
about 81, 10000 daily. After this it is
expected that the cost will not be over
81 900, 600 day.
Australians are very anxious to JOIN
the United States army Col. Bell, the
American consul at Sydney, has had
offers from hundreds of men wanting
to go to the front. Two trained hospi-
tai nurses also offered to go to Cuba.
The British schooner +. n. Foster.
Capt. Wilcox, attempted to enter For :
land harbor. about 2 a. m, Monday, con-
fary TO the military laws and was saint
ed with a 50-lb. shot across her bows,
which caused her To stand off shore TIL
morning.
Looking over the charts of Santiago
Harbor, the experts soon discovered
that the place would be veritable
rat trap for the Spaniaros, with its mar
row entrance, in which single Amer
lean moniter could bottle up the whole
Spanish fleet.
Admiral Cevera cables Madrid that
he is safe at Santiago de Cuba and
Was hington has reliable word to the
same effect. spanish Senate much
pleased at the way Cervera lodged the
American squadron, and vote of thanks
is promptly passed.
Zepherir Ouele tie and Ar,ene lie Blanc,
French Canadians, who enlisted with
the Maine troops, were arrested at
Lewiston, Friday, for bounty jumping
lie Blanc is color sergeant They de-
serted the camp at Augusta as soon as
paid their bounty of S22 each.
The Newfoundland government is
taking steps to prevent the Spanish
squadron from getting coal in New
foundland waters, and will at once dis
patch the Fiona to patrol the south
coast and report the presence of strange
shipping. The British warships are also
preparing to visit there.
Over 40 cases of ammunition were
found at Key Vest Friday, on the
Spanish steamer Argonaut, captured
during the first days of the war. 1t
was on board this steamer that Lieut..
Col. Cortiio, Weyler's brother in-law
was captured with other Spanish sol
diers now prisoners in Fort Mcpherson,
Atlanta.
The naval authorities believe that the
chances are greatly lessened OF Admiral
Cervera's prolonging his elusive plan for
any considerable time. There are sever
al reasons for this. but the main one is
that the Spanish ships have made inroads
on their coal supply and the run across
from Cape de Verde used up the greater
part, if not all, OF their supply.
Col. Vincent de Cortijo and DR.. lsador
Julian aud two of the spanish privates,
all of whom have been under arrest at
Fort MCPHERSON barracks, were taken
away from atlanta, Monday night The
prisoners will be taken to Key West and
thence to Havana, where they will be
exchanged for the American newspaper
cores pondeuts, Thrall and Jones'
The train conveying the First Mis-
souri, infantry from the city of Chatta
nooga, Tenn, to the park was wrecked
in collision at Rossvile station, about
five miles out, at 0 o'clock Saturday
morning. Five privates were killed and
twelve were injured. The military train
was run into by regular passenger
train running at a high rate of speed.
John Wanamaker expects to be a
full Pledged United States colonel,
marc hing at the head OF a regiment
recruited at his own expense, before
many days. He has received assuran-
ces that his command will be accepted,
and recruiting will begin tomorrow.
The authorities have already announced
their intention to issue Springfield
rifles to his command.
The Navy Department is congratu-
lating itself upon the fact that recent
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