Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-24
THE WAR IN BRIEF.
The Leading Events of the Week
On Sea and Land Told in
Shortest Manner.

an Anglo-American alliance.
The people of Spain are told of many
Spanish victories in West Indian
waters.
Lieut.. Andrew S. Rowan arrived at
Key West from Cuba with important
dispatches from Gen. Garcia.
The Spanish fleet was at Curacao,
Venezuela. eoaling up.
Communication with the Oregon is
shut off by cutting of cables.
The Spanish gunboat Callao ran into
Manila harbor, ignorant of the stu
alton, and was captured by Dewey's
fleet.
Blanco claims the Americans lost
heavily at CienfuegaS.
The Spanish ministry has resigned.
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Terror is at Port De France, Martin
ique, disabled.
: Three men caught prowling about
New York harbor in small boat were
arrested and placed in Jail at Sandy
Hook.
SIMPSONS squadron arrived at Porto
Rico on the way back to Cuba
The rainy season has begun in Cuba.
For two weeks Blanco has had thou
sands of men strengthening the land
defenses of Havana.
Spain asked that the United States
ship Harvard be elected from Martin
ique. France refused.
The Oregon passed the Spanish fleet
on the south, sailing northeast.
The Spanish gunners are improving.
They hit the Vicksburg's rigging.
Seven leagues from Cienfuegos Cen
eral Gomez defeated 1000 Spanish
troops and compelled the Spaniards to
relinquish the Jucaro Moron trocha,
the most important one about Cienfue-
gos, and retire to the city.
General Merritt declines to go to the
Philippines with the troops assigned
for there. He wants more regulars
and more men in the first expedition.
President Mckinley has abandoned
his peaceful blockade idea. When our
ships approach Cuban har Dor here
after it will be with business intent.
1t is stated that the Japs will protest
against our Selling the Philippines.
The resignation of the Spanish Cab
met is handed the Queen. Sagasta will
form a new one.
A protest has been sent to Holland
against the harboring of the Spanish
fleet at Curacao.
Gomez captured the cities of Santa
Clara and Puerto Principe
The Gussie failed to land her last
cargo. There were no Cubans to re-
ceive it.
Conduct of the Spanish in Cuba is
said to be more cruel than ever be-
fore.
The cruiser Charleston sails for
Manila with supplies for Dewey.
The United States cruiser Whining
ton, Commander C. C. Todd, when
about 80 miles east of Havana, fred
four shells into a Spanish trap of a
in the shape of derelict, sinking it
and thus doing away with another
piece of Spanish trickery.
William J. Bryan is to organize a
regiment of Nebraska volunteers and
tender their services to the president
soon as mustered. Gov. Holcomb is
sued him commission as colonel with
with authority to proceed.
A Key West special says iowa, the
insurgent courier, who arrived at Key
West, says the Spaniards have ceased
active operations against the insur-
gents.
The government has formally taken
up the question of driving Senior Polo,
chief of the Spanish spies. out of Cana
da. First Secretary Adam, of the
British legation, had an extended con-
ference with Assistant Secretary Adee,
of the state department..
Fire is the coal box of the cruiser
St. Paul is subdued with difficulty.
The Oregon, it is believed, has joined
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet.
The president will ask for 25, 600
negro volunteers in his next call.
The Fourteenth Minnesota regiment
arrives safely at Chicamauga. Is as
signed to First division.
A dispatch from Montreal says Senior
Polo y Bernabe has secured by cable a
coal depot near st. Pierre, Miquelin, a
French colony on the south coast OF
Newfoundland, at which the Cadiz
squadron will coal.
The Spanish press is rapidly develop
ing against England the same national
animosity which contributed so much
to bringing on the war with the United
States.
Colonel Aragon, an agent of Weyler,
is said to be in Tampa. He was recog-
nized by an attache of the German
embassy at Washington now in this
country to; observe the operations of
the army.
The only war vessel of a foreign
power at San Juan during the bonn.
bardment was the small French cruiser
Rigault de Genoilly. She had her rig
ging cut by pieces of she'll.
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