The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-25
UNCLE SAM AND SPAIN
A BRIEF REVIEW OF IMPORT
ANT HAPPENINGS.
Condensed Comment on the international
ImbrogiIo which Threatens to Termi-
nate In war-war Preparations Fully
Described.

Troops ut TT. L~cavcnworth are pre-
pairing to march.
The report Of the board of inquiry is
expected at any time.
II is denied that Spain has purchased
from Italy the cruiser Narcz.
The torpedo boat Rogers will bc dc.
livcrcd to- the government March -.
The pope has expressed his willing
ness to do all he can to prevent war.
General Nelson A. Miles says tho
war would be short, sharp and dccis.
i've.
A regiment is being formed at Can
ton, o.. to be known as Tho PrcSi-
dents own"
The government is Fastening ship
ments of coal, powder, and other war
supplies to Key West.
Cubans declare autonomy will never
he accepted. They will fight for in
dependence or DEATH
Companies having the building Of
torpedo boats have been instructed TO
rush them to completion.
The naval divers are still working
about the wreck of the Maine under
direction of Captain Sigsbce.
Cavalry is being enlisted. which
leads to the conclusion that in the ease
of war Cuba will DC invaded.
Spain has made Il mild form Of pro-
test against the assembling Of "A large
fleet of warships ut Key West.
A consignment of twenty torpc docs
are being shipped daily from the Bliss
works at Brooklyn to Newport, X. l..
The report of the naval court of in
quiry is said To be on its way from
Key West to Washington by special
messenger.
Amid the cheers Of their fellow sur
ticcrs of the Maine left Key West for
their homes.
Tho price paid by the government
for the steel yacht Maylower. which
belonged to the Ogden GUclet estate
was 100000.
The firm of I. l.. Dupont & Co.. vii.
mington. Del, is shipping powJ cr
daily to Fortress Monroe Tor the big
ten-inch guns.
The Fern, having finished her work
Of carrying relief supplies. has re-
turned to Havana to relieve the cruis.
er Montgomery.
Three batteries Of artillery haze left
Fort Riley. kan. One goes to Savan.
nah, Ga. one to New Orleans, aEL one
to Fortress Monroe.
1t is said the report OF the Spanish
commission is ready. 1t * also said
1t will he sure to report the explosion
as cf internal origin.
The war in Cuba so far has cost
Spain 10000 men. Not all were killed,
however, but have been wounded OF
otherwise incapacitatcd.
Count Cipriano de Maza. Spanish am.
bassado" to Italy, says Spain will never
give up Cuba. and is willing to risk de
~struction rather than yield.
The war department Is not in Tho
!, market as purchaser of heavy ord
nance, but is buying all the rapid fir,
guns it can get its hands on.
4, Spain has given it out cold that she
will pay no indemnity, IL asked To dr
so, and that intervention on The par
OF Uncle sam may mean war.
The cabinet has information tina
the Chilean battlcship OHiggins, LA.
not been purchased by Spain. II ma,
ultimately be added to our fleet.
A dispatch from San Juan, Port,
Rico says the feeling there againS
Americans is growing and the consul
Mr.. Hanna, may request II wnrship.
The crew of the fillibuS.cr Daunt
less, eighteen in all, finding thci
> occupation gone by the seizure of tn,
boat. have joined the United State,
navy.
I Secretary of the Navy Long is con
stantly on tho go. He is busy sccin;
c many persons with whom the depart
G ment has contracts or expects To hay
q contracts.
A basket filled with the best trainc,
carrier pigeons from the training lof
has been shipped to League Island 70
!, use on board the cruisers Columbi
and Minneapolis.
The fleet at Key West will soon y
augmented by the arrival of the gun
boat Annapolis. torpedo boat Foot,
e naval tugs Lcydcn and Samosct an
n the gunboat Helena.
5. The California Powder works a
n Santa Cruz, has received orders fror
the navy for 1000, 900 pounds of brow
4 prismatic powder, About six month
will be required to fill the order.
IT is said the object of the navy d,
, partmcnt in purchasing such craft &
= the Ogden Goclet yacht Mayfowcr
IL to provide n number of picket boats ,
n good speed and seagoing quality.
u The house committee haa unan
II mously adopted the motion of Rcpr,
Is sentative Foss of Illinois. TO authori.
is the construction of six new torped
Is boats and six torpedo boat destroyer
II The unusual naval incident was wi
IN messed Friday last Mt Gravcscnd. Eng
4. OF one power turning over to anoth,
T. power n warship in the harbor of
10 third power. The cruiser Amazoni
4. was formally transferred To the Up'
=. ed States, the ceremonies after lin
" the same being simple but imprcssiv
a The San Francisco will transfer ha
"a her crew to the new purchase ar
both sail for the States.
The gunboat San Francisco n
G. sailed from Lisbon TO the river Tyn
- England, where the new cruiser Am