Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-28
bv pretending that Gen. Toral has

quickly as possible.
Major Webb c. Hayes, son Of the ]
late president, while doing duty on
Gen. Youngs staff at Santiago on
July l, was wounded and his horse
killed. Major Hayes has recovered I
and is again ready for duty.
The United States torpedo boat
Porter, Lieut. J. C. Fremont, came
back to New York from the war.
When she sailed out from the harbor
she was fresh from her trial tests
She came back unmarked.
There are indications that the
Spanish government will court-mar-
tial General Toral for surrendering
Santiago, the claim being set up that
he was not expected to surrender any
other garrisons than his own.
Information has reached the war
department that Notwithstanding the
medical examination prior to muster
in, many men have enlisted in the
volunteer army who should have
been rejected as unit for military
service.
The president of the Madrid cham
larations in favor Of peace from
chambers of commerce representing
coast districts. None of the chambers
in the inland cities have declared
either way.
According to a cable dispatch re-
ceived, DR.. A. M. Lesser, surgeon IN
! chief of the American National Red
! Cross. who has for several days been
confined in hospital near Playa Del
Este with yellow fever, is improving
and in a fair way to recover
President Mckinley issued proc
lamation declaring United States
military power supreme in eastern
Cuba, and declaring that the people
and their property would be protected.
The proclamation was cabled to Gen
eral Shafter to be promulgated IN
! Cuba.
The Berlin Vossische Zeitung, in
much discussed article prefaced by
the statement that some rectificat1on
is needed of the errors regarding
German feeling toward America, as
serts that the unfriendly sentiments
, are fostered by the interested Eng
: lish press.
July Ii Aguinaldo sent his sec
rotary to Captain General August
I with a proposition to join the in
, surgents in establishing a republic
: in the Philippines and in requesting
the Americans to cease hostilities, the
: powers to be asked to recognize the
independence of the islands.
! The Resolute VIII sail from New
York for Santiago with $750,000 in
| American money to pay off Uncle
f Sans soldiers With a view to es
r tablishing the circulation of American
coin in Cuba, the soldiers will be
+ directed to demand Yankee money III
O change when they make purchases.
+ Commodore Schley inspected thu
v barbor notifications of Santiago aftel
the surrender. He found that they
: were not so formidable as had beer
: supposed, and that it was probable
that if the fleet had entered the har
O Dor, as he said it could, the warship:
would not have been seriously dam
2 aged by shore batteries.
S Every effort is being made to ge
IS Commodore Watson's squadron il
IS readiness to start for Spain. 1t j
expected that several of the Canar,
D islands will be picked up on the way
q and tlat such formidable nava
O demonstration will be made on tn
II Spanish coast that that country will
quickly sue for peace.
s There is a strong probability tina
q votes will be cast in the Philippines
e Hawaii, Cuba, Porto Rico, and per
l. haps even in Spain, for the governo
of the state of Pennsylvania in No
, vember next. In accordance with a
- act of congress passed in 1864, CAV
n the right to open polling places in tn
: various camps throughout the cCIn
try.
II The patriotic German-American
o in New York city, anxious to shO7
- their fealty to the land of their adoI
10 ton, are agitating a movement
present the national government wit
modern battleship, armed an
al equipped. They expect to open head
ie quarters there and their countryme
LII in other cities will be asked to &C
'e operate.
Gen. Miles, with artillery an
"a troops, left Siboney on the Yale fo
lie Porto Rico. A landing may be effecte
1T on the southern coast of the islanC
p Six thousand troops went aboar
transports at Tampa and may hay
be- sailed already to join Gen. Mile
IN Reinforcements of anywhere bt
to tween 10000 and 10000 men will TO
p low as speedily as possible.
re At Portsmouth, n. H, the SpaniarC
are becoming accustomed to living o
% the American plan,' and are NAL
of ing rapid advances in learning OF
or national airs. The officers dress
I'd citizens clothes and apparently al
o. enjoying themselves in the freedol
to they have of Portsmouth and vicinit
As a result of malarial fever tW
o. deaths occurred in the SPANS
ms camp.
lie The total enlisted strength Of til
lg regular army to date is about "A, 0C
r. men, being about $4,000 short of il
legal complement. The voluntee
army consists of $4,000 men and
- only 1900 short of it's maximum
~ authorized strength under the tw
calls issued by the president. TT
=, total strength of the army, reguls
- and volunteer, is 227,0O0, as now o.