Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
WEEKLY WAR HISTORY.

Complete Record Of Events Told In
: Few Lines Covering All
Important News.
FRIDAY. oCToBE1: H.
The Spanish mail steamer Reina Maria
Crtstina sailed from Havana for Spain
with l,o7s officers and troops.
Fjfty-f1ve war vessels are now under con-
tract for the government, and when COM
pleted America will rank third In naval
power.
Gen. Brooke has been directed by the war
department to consider the subject of a
permanent garrison for the island of Puer-
t. Rico.
Spain has acquiesced in the demand of
the United States that the island Of Puerto
Rico shall be turned over to this eoyern-
ment on October Is.
Maj. Gen. Francis v. Greene has been
ordered to report to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
and will command division Of the army
! Of Cuban occupation.
Orders were issued by +ae war depart-
mcnt reducing the nu11oer Of men in the
Nebraska regiments to 81 men, but Col.
Bryan will remain in the service.
The court-martial in the case of Joseph
P. Mcintyre. chaplain Of the warship Ore
go found him guilty of conduct unbecom-
ing an officer and sentenced him to dis
missal from the naval service
SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is.
MAJ. Gen. sumner. promoted for gal
lantry In the battle Of Santiago, will be
sent to one Of the corps in the south and
given command Of division,
The Spanish government cabled Con
Blanco not to turn over any further ter
| ritory to the Americans until the peace
treaty had been definitely signed.
Montero Rios. the president Of the Span
| ish commission, said in Paris that Spain
would never give up the Philippines, no
| matter what the consequences might be-
A Manila dispatch says that Macabulos
the chief controlling the five northern prov
inces of Luzon, has revolted against Agui-
naldo, and that sharp fighting between the
insurgents is proceeding.
MONDAY. OCTOBER II.
The war investigating committee left
Washington for the south.
Premier Sagasta denies the truth Of the
report that Gen. Blanco will be recalled
from Cuba.
A dispatch from Paris says it is almost
a certainty that there will be rupture in
the peace negotiations.
A society to be known as the Society of
the Army Of Santiago de Cuba is now in
the process of formation.
Gen. Maxine Gomez, commander in chief
of the Cuban army, quarreled with his
whole staff near Rojas and they all left
him.
President Mckinley has ordered that
Jefferson barracks, near st. Louis, be made
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country.
Col. Warning has found Havana dirtter
than he anticipated. He says it will be
necessary to tear open the streets and lay
drainage pipes and sewers. =
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10.
Brig. Gen. o. H. Ernst and staff. with
about 1000 troops. arrived in New York
from Puerto Rico.
Gen. Macias, recently Spanish CAPT tain
general of Puerto Rico. has sailed from
San Juan for Spain.
Troops from Camp Merriam to the num-
Der of 500 sailed from San Francisco on
the steamer Senator for Manila.
The national government has paid In full
the claim of Illinois for $250,000 for feeding
and equipping the regiments that went into
the volunteer service.
1t was stated at the war department that
troops would not be sent to the southern
camps until after frost had made it GER
tain that yellow fever would not be spread
At the peace conference in Paris Judge
Day presented the demands Of the Ameri-
can commission in threatening words. He
said that delay would no. longer be toler-
sidered, and demanded the complete sur
render of Puerto Rico.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 49,
The United States formally took possess
sion of the island of Puerto Rico, and
American flags were raised over all public
buildings and forts.
Gen. Horace Porter, the United States
! ambassador to France, gave a banquet at
the American embassy to the United States
and Spanish peace commissioners.
Brig. Gen. H. w. Lawton, of the military
department of eastern Cuba, arrived in
New York city accompanied by his aids.
The general has been granted a leave of
absence for go days on account of i'll health.
President Mckinley assured the Illinois
Manufacturers association at a meeting
in Chicago that the plea to have all ports
in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines
open to free entry of American products
would receive consideration.
Gen. Wade, president of the American
evacuation commission, telegraphed the
war dep artment that 5000 Spanish soldiers
had been embarked for Spain, and that ar
rangements had been completed for the
embarkation Of 10000 more troops in the
near future.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20.
Secretary Long said that the reports that
Admiral Dewey would return to the United
States were erroneous.
The transport Berlin sailed from New
York for Santiago and Puerto Rico with
| 100000 rations for the starving Cubans.
Admiral Schley was by order from the
navy department placed in command of
Rico.
Brig. Gen. H. w. Lawton, of the military
department: of eastern Cuba, arrived in
New York on a leave of absence for 60
| days on account Of Ill health.
The insurgent general. Pho Pillar, has
agreed to evacuate Paco, the last suburb
Of Manila held by the Filipinos, October
Is. This completes the American conquest
OF the city.
A naval engagement was reported be-
tween the Americans and the rebels in
! Manila bay in consequence of Admiral
Dewey forbidding the latter to fly the
rebel flag from their ships and the Ameri-
cans captured the rebel ships.
Admiral Sampson informed Gen. Par
RADIO, Of the Spanish evacuation commits
sion in Havana, that December would
positively be the date on which Spain 8
rights, claims and sovereignty in Cuba
would cease to exist.
Over One Hundred Lost.
Falmouth, England, Oct. 17.-More
| thar 100 lives were swallowed up by
| the sea when the steamer Mohegan
went down Friday night. Although
the number Of victims is not so large
as at first reported, the best accounts
cbtainable show two-thirds of those
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