Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-07-20
WAR HISTORY 81 4 WEEK,

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/ sldt mo7i tree Monday 'sesf14
Gens Miles arrived at Santiago de Cubs
| at noon. alalf a,8
Report is made that the fnfanta Maria
Teresa lis he.onls Ship Of Cerveras feet
/ that can be save6t. tuo laa7u3 agasad
y Gen. Shafter reports that in the action
of July l-S at Santiago twenty-thfee Off.
GERS and ,20Sa men were killed so officers
and ,2oS men were wounded, and thai
e III " Sni ns;sg naJf I'd un1
y For two hours in the morning Admiral
Simpsons ships threw shells toward San
| tiago. One Of them blew up church
filled With afnindnition. Just as ss:ssa
\ Smarter began his land attack n flag OF
/ truce w'asaoseeni coming from the city.
which stDppedthe fighting. tla4 egzel
} Attack On Santiago resurned,' the fleet
! joining rthe army in1sending shells ever
the hills, into the town! IT Great, damage
| done. - ! General, Wheeler went into, the
city under q flag of truce and demanded
| the surrender of the town for the third
| ard last time. During the sighting the
/ Spanfafds III the trenches suffered heavy
losses. anii ed3 9sso a9faaoi 7i tHa@af i
h g"dl egod Tuesday. 9aG'e'z haa
ba General Miles reached the front at San
tiage and aassunied command OF our
forces ID the held.iT "a ~ - "a nep
hrtGsneral Duffield Is in the isolation hos
! fpital and is tina very serious condition.
The nature Of his ailmeht is not stated.
1T has ,besnlf decided that submarine
| mines III Americal harbors are no longer
needed and they will all be exploded.
Ip a,,c4..,l fWednesday., t.-,.,..
| r, Fierce ;rainstorns, haze drenehed the
| troops at the front. ,g
Sagasta said al Madrid that the moment
/ for peace negotiations had come. %
| 4 few cases Of yellow. fever are being
| treated in a, field hospital near Santiago.
The victims are teamstefs ana tefugeGs.
President 'McKihies and his cabinet
have decided that the capture OF Santiag go
must be effected With expedition in conse-
quence of the terrible climatic conditions
and, the Danger to cur men, .owingVto an
| pibreak of yellow feyer.edt H. ano ri
~ Admiral Dewey reports that a German
cruiser prevented the, Phlipline, insur-
gents, from, capturing Isla de Jrapde, in
| Subig bay. Whereupon he sent the Ra-
I leigh and Concord to capture the island
and turn it ovet. TO the ffisufge hts. Over
\ 1900 Spanlhrds were made pr soners and
ta'quahtity of'aIimunition WAS captured.
fa9,o1 4 W Thursday. I'D sreaa3qe
I eGen.ctTerai, commanderiof the Spanish
forces ut Santiago de- Cuba, surrendered
! to jGena Shafter.gtaH b9y7aa Hw 1a,r
f. The tJhitei States 5Government will
now turn dts attention st0, the capture of
San; Jhan, Forte Hico.g An expedition Is
to be started atronce. Under Gen, Brooke.
i Q An inspired artiele in the Cologne. Ga
.zette DECLARES that. there is, no truth in the
4 report that, q, German cruiser .interfereti
Lin any way with, the operations of Ad-
miral Dewey in the Philippines. &..,i
| The Florida and the Fanita, conveyed
by the gunboat Peoria, have landed large
I coast of Cuba. Iii the fighting which took
4 place Captain jose Manuel 'Nunez was
killed and Winthrop aChanler of the rough
riders and several soldiers wounded. III I
u .r,'data y Friday q be7H ara I
Biahco expressed Bitter opposition to
| pNbNC HtSOtia iDHS'
Maj. Gen. Chaffee in the field hospital
at Santiago shfferins. from dysentety. !.
The Harvard, with over 1000 Spanish
prisoners, arrived At Portsmouth n. II. !
Up to Friday noon but twenty three
fnew cases Of yellow fever developed
among the forces in Cuba. The disease
iof d mild tspe 1@'tlto In oof'4i's'a'' ri
f. A 4r6thi decree published Subscribing
lithrougiiout Spaih Individual rights rs
tg,iaranteed by thejconstitrtidn md assert.
ing a state of war ekists.0F sqF4oi rfen
Inhabitants Of coast cities Of Spain in
panic. over the expected arrival of the
Unit d Sthtesi feet. Barcelona, which IL
not fortified, particularly In, terror.
Santiago de Caba not yet turned over
to Gen. Shafter. Spaniards quibhlins
over the terms. President Mckinley I'M
structed Gen. Shafter to insist On instant
surrender, and if lis JelSand were not
complied with to begin bombardment.
SATURDAY.. ''g = ~ .i',..
The official classes in Spain are said tc
lie moving earnestly to Secure peace.
1t is denied that France or any other
Government has begun peace negotiations
1T Washington. " ''H"F" " -',@
Gen. Toral surrendered on the terms
prot osed by President Mckinley, and
| Spanish power iii eastern Cuba is Mt an
lendl roo Hg-,5 aY7"abA ,24o7!1 fnars
Since Ambassador whites Fourth OF
July speech the tone of the German press
has materially, changed in favor of Amer
can,rt 7,att hsaao* ears37N 4ifE
10 Gen. Azcaraga, the. former Spanish
premier, is. saidlto be on a mission sound
ing the EtfNlropeani faPPinets touching peace
la>f7fi = = aA3 as jAfsi flsgaytr tyAuft
| Admiral Ceryera and other Spanish
naval officers captured at Santiago arriv-
ed at Annapolis and are confined at the
naval academy. ''''" ~
| Torars request that his soldiers be all
| lowed to retain their arms was denied,
and the guns viii become the property Of
the United States. p'7.' .5 a'tl'' Il
lud i3aiGaq rt0o9. re, lfta7ti sfd 'H #9'
| Two sharp skirmishes preceded Toral's
| final surrender. At Baracoa tie Annapo-
FITS destroyed a SpdniSh blockho,ise which
opened. FIRE upon her, and at Guantanamo
Spaniards who tried to lure launch from
fhe Marblbhead TO destruction were vigor-
ouslg shelledIatoi y4a:7o4 -dj is9-ei s..
T. The Spanish troops under command of
Gen. Toral left their trenches at Santiago
and marched into the American lines,
where, .,qneI by'aene, tue regiments laid
down their. arms. AT the same time the
| Spanish Gag was, hauled down and the
| Stars and Stripes hoisted in its place.
Cen McKibbin has been appointed tenn
porary military governor. The Spanish
Troops had partly booted the town. 'd I'.
s'7r as .--a-1L2 mir - uj -n.
Is ioga Sparks from the Wires. i''s
b. Twenty business blocks in the little
town of Rogers, Texas, were destroyed by
| FIRE.
Chill has sent an ultimatpm to Argen-
tina giving her until Aug. 10 TO settle the
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