Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.



Northwestern university, has resigned
and enlisted in the navy as an ordi-
ro''r seaman.
cut Commander Sturdy died on
the collier Pompey, which he COM
manded, during a voyage from Nor
folk to Key West.
Captain General Blanco has or
dered foreign newspaper correspon-
dents to leave Cuba on penalty Of
being treated as spies.
A report received at Hong-Kong
asserts the insurgents under General
Agulnaldo nave captured and are
occupying the city of Manila.
Spain is said to be anxious for
peace and ready to make overtures
IL some of the powers could be in
duced to intercede in her behalf
The captain general of Manila re-
ported to the Madrid government his
forces are inadequate to cope with
Admiral Dewey and the insurgents.
Madrid advices state that according
to authentic report a Spanish squad
ron bias passed Madagascar, north
It Is reported at Cape Haytien that
President Heureaux of Santo Domingo
had been captured and shot by a
party in a new revolt at Monte Cristi.
John Wanamaker announces that
Major-Gen. George r. Snowden will
be colonel and himself lieutenant
colonel of the regiment he is organic
ing.
The Bank of Spain, it is said, has
guaranteed a new Spanish loan OF
s200.0O0,OOO.
Washington believes that the
French cable between Santiago and
Hayti has been cut.
It has been officially announced that
the government and not the states
will pay all volunteer troops for the
time between the dates of enlistment
and muster.
There is an unconfrmed report Of
a naval engagement off Jean Rabel
on the northwest coast Of Hayti, be-
tween three Spanish and four Ameri-
can warships.
Negotiations for a foreign loan
having utterly failed, the Minister OF
Finance has prevailed on the Bank
of Spain to agree to another loan fol
the conduct of the war
Meat in the shops at Santiago de
Cuba, $3.50 pound; eggs, $3.50 8
dozen; milk, 81 a quart; goats, $50 d
piece. These were the prices in the
blockaded city May is.
Bryan's appointment as colonel Of
the Nebraska third was announced
by Gov. Holcomb. Mr.. Bryan saiG
that trip to the Philippines would
have no terrors for him.
The money which has been raised
by popular subscription for the pur
pose of lifting the mortgage on the
Hobson homestead in Greensboro
Ala, has been firmly declined.
Persistent rumors are current il
Paris that France and Russia viii
demand that Europe be allowed t.
pass upon any conquests by the
United States in the China seas.
1t was reported that a new flying
squadron, headed by the Harvard
and Yale, would be formed to watcf
Admiral Camara's fleet and engage i
in combat whenever practicable
1t is stated that Brigadier-G Genera
Greene will have charge of the second
Philippine expedition, which is tt
leave at once. The first expedition
was seen near Honolulu June l.
Money order Offices have beer
opened at Camp Alger, near Falls
Church, Va, and at Chickamaugs
Park, for the convenience of tn,
troops stationed at those places.
Five American war ships bonn
barded the forts of Caimanera, in tn,
bay of Guantanamo at the eastern
end of Cuba. The Spanish gunner:
were compelled to abandon the works
On the staff of Gen. Lee are AL
gernon Sartoris grandson of Presi-
dent Grant; Russell B. Harrison, sol
of the ex-president; a son of Vice
president Hobart and Fitzhugh Lee
Jr
The st. Petersburg Novosti calls or
Europe to end what it calls "a sense
less and criminal war" declaring
America must voluntarily submit her
pretensions to a tribunal of the
powers"
Spanish officers are using Austria's
war ships to violate the blockade O,
Cuba. A few days ago General Sal
cedo, with many other Spanish officers
arrived at Havana from Gibara on an
Austria wasship.
Latest information from Havana is
that the Spaniards are amused at our
amiable warfare. They do not con-
slider it serious and are eager to
fight. There is great and increasing
scarcity of food.
The Indications are that General
Lew Wallace of Charlottesville, Ind.
the author, soldier and diplomat, will
not win a major-generalship. General
Wallace is II, and the president con-
siders this too old.
A Hongkong dispatch to the Lon
don Times says: "A proclamation
issued by Aguinaldo, the insurgent
chief, points to a desire to set up a
native administration in the Philip-
pines under an American protectorate.
Aguinaldo. with an advisory council.
would hold the dictatorship until the
conquest Of the islands, and would
then establish a republican assem-
bly,"
Steps to have Lieutenant Carranza
ana Senior Du Bose expelled from
Canada were begun in London bv
Ambassador Hay. The two were ar
rested in Montreal in civil s1,i+