Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-06
From the Front.

Capt. @. d. Sigsbee has been assigned IN
duty as aid to Secretary Long.
Merchants of Barcelona have offered tho
Spanish Government $40,000000 to be used
In case of a war.
Spanish military engineers are starting for
the Canary Islands, aad the BalearIc Isisnds
are being fortified
Italy has decided TO sell the armored cruiser
Giuseppe Garibaidi Of 6,S40 tons, and well
armored, TO Spain.
The remains of Lieut.. r. w. Jenkins NJ
the Maine, were inferred at Plttsburg with
milittry and civic honors
Secretary Long has detailed officers N cor-
mann all the auxiliary torpedo boats recently
add ID to the naval service
A ] the shipydrds on the lahes NAV he start.
ed N full blast in case the war with Snain
lasts more than four months.
The United States naval attaches at tho
various European centers are endeavorino "a
purchase more torpedo boats.
The Navy Department has issued ins+r,,o
tions to transfer twenty cadets from Ann.
apoiis to the battleshlp Indiana
Ihere are over 1900 men at work II, aho
brooklyn navy yard and operations continas
without intermission day and night.
The steamship Utsteln sailed from New o--
leans for Matanzas, loaded with 600 tnrs -
provisions for the starving recoucenfradns VA
At Harvard College Dean Hodges tho nnt.
yersity preacher, read special prayers for tba
President Of the United States and Congress
Orders have been given TO remove from OH
the war vessels In the Key West harbor eii
surplus baggage and unnecessary parapher.
MALTA.
Foreign bankers are evidently becomt,,,
alarmed for the safety of their funds i9
Havana branches and are Withdrawing than
to New York. "
Gov. Black. of New York, sent to the Log
lslature an emergency message advising an
immediate appropriation of 1000. 600 rs a
contingent war fund.
The Madrid Pals says that orders bavo
Deen issued to mobilize all the Spanish war
ships and that a second torpedo sonadrnn
Is being prepared for sea at Cadiz
The Dupont powder mills have received
urgent orders from Washington to use every
possible means TO furnish the Goverprnant
with smokeless powder without delay.
The life-savlng crews of ali Government
stations on the Atlantic coast have been
hodfed to hold themselves In readiness ~
enter the naval service at a moments notice.
The work on the cannons now In process Of
completion at the Washington navy yard Is
being pushed with all the haste possfbje
More than 500 men have been added to the
force.
Many applications are being received AT the
War Department from small towns along the
coast for the erection Of sore means Of de-
fense to Withstand the assaults Of foreign
ships In the event Of war
It was commonly reported in Havana that
on declaration Of war on Spain being made
by the United States a wholesale murder Of
Americans In Havana would take place and
Consul General Lee would be the first to be
assassinated.
The approach Of the Spanish torpedo 1o-
tilla caused the Government to make tre-
meBdous effort to secure all the available
supply Of searchlight mirrors In the worlds
markets. The search light offers the most
effective defense against these torpedo craft,
which are dangerous only when they cannot
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