Connecticut western news., 1898-06-02
THE WAR IN BRIEF.

A troop of cowboys arrived at Tampa Sunday to train and pack mules.
 The spanish cabinet decided 10 pro. | hibit the export of silver coins. X cable dispatch from Madrid say
 the Spanish reserve squadron is ready for sea.
 The spaniards have obstructed tho
 harbor Of Cardenas SO that vessels can
 not enter it.
 The sixty-nlnth New York volunteers
 went into camp at Chickamauga park.
 Ga. on Thursday.
 An artillery sergeant on Thursday was
 wounded by nrowling spanish spy at
 Fort Taylor, Key West.
 Additional land for camping troops was secured at Chiekamauga, where tho
 army now numbers over 10000 men.
 It was thought at Newport News that there are spanish spies with headauar- ters on the eastern coast of Virginia.
 The Eighth New York regiment at Chiekamauga, Friday, completed the First division of the Third army oorpa Two balloons, received on Friday from France. were sent to Governor's island, New York, and may be used for war purposes.
 The United States auxiliary cruiser st. Louis arrived at New York satur-
 day, and the log of her scouting voyage was made public.
 Senor Sagasta is reported to have as-
 serted al Sundays cabinet council that Spain does not expect the support of
 any foreign power.
 The Firth army corps, 1s,oOo men, un-
 der General shafter, and the Seventh corps 5000 men. under General Lee.
 were formed at Tampa Friday,
 Major General Roe left Camp Black. at Hampstead, N. Y., Thursday. and Brigadier General Pennington took com
 mand for the United states army, Two companies Of Connecticut volun- l teers Saturday were sent to garrison Plum island. Disappearing guns have
 been placed on Plum and Gull islands The wife and family of a private In
 the Sixty-nlnth regiment. now at Chick
 amauga, were found starving in an l east side tenement house in New York. The Philippine insurgents at cavite have rejected the spanish overtures. and Admiral Dewey expects them to render valuable service in attacking l Manila.
 A large number of army appointments
 were made by the president on Satur- day. Ex-Senator Butler of South caro- lima was nominated for major general | of volunteers. The Third New York regiment, com posed of separate companies, under | command of Colonel Hoffman, left Camp Black on Saturday for Camp Ale \ ger at Falls Church, Va Camp Black was deluged Friday by \ the worst storm ever seen at Hempstoad, | N. v. Men awoke to find themselves in water and turned out to dig trenches In the early morning hours. General James Longstreet, who Is on | a brief visit to New York, Tuesday ex- pressed the opinion that the annexation | of Cuba will follow the expulsion of the | Spaniards from the island. Forty-nlne Cuban refugees, paHacn- gers on the steamer Bratsberg, arrived | Friday in New York from Sagua la
 Grande. They report a distressing cons | dtion of afrairs on the island. It was announced on Saturday that | the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer TcrE | TOT had arrived at San Juan de Puerto | Rico, having evaded the American war
 ships which were watching for her. | The recruiting for Colonel John Ja- | cob Astors battery of mountain artil-
 lery was concluded in New York Tues
 day. It is expected that the men Will
 leave for Manila, via San Francisco. on | June T. In the United States circuit court at
 Key West Judge Locke on Friday or | dered released the Spanish steamers
 Catalina and Miguel lover and the cons | demnation and forfeiture of the Pedro | G,,tda Iluapa Nanfnrn apH Panama l The officers of the Seventh regiment of | New York and the Twenty-third of Brooklyn informed Governor Black that
 their regiments are desirous Of volun-
 teering in answer Co the presidents call | for 15 900 additional men for the army | Corporal Herbert A. Crouch of the | First regiment, New York volunteers, | formerly a member of the United States
 Military academy at West Point, died
 Monday at Camp Black from pneumo- mia, contracted during last Thursdays II storm.
 | Lieutenant E. V. Crossman. com. | mandlng the Third division, Second
 battalion. naval militia of Illinois. at Il Alton, has received 0 telegram notify ing him to be ready by Thursday to | furnish 100 men, the full strength of the | command, for service with Sampsons | fleet.
 F.. r. Knight, the correspondent of | the London Times who, on Sunday | night, when seven miles on Havana. \ was lowered over the bow of a dispatch boat and rowed ashors alono in ten foot skin, has been heard from. He
 has been thrown in prison and Is now | in the Cabsnes fortress. Alexander
 Gollan, the British consul at Havana, | has instituted prooeedlngs for his re-