Willmar tribune., 1898-09-14
I. WEEKLY y! Z " " AR HISTORY
g Few Lines Covering All .s5.
4 Important News.
FRIDAY. sEPTEMBEiR ,yTcI 3 !,

In IMPORTANT News
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3.
The transport st. Paul arrived 1t Ma.
i pila with all well on board. #3 s.5.:.
Gen. Shafter and his staff arrived In
New York from Cuba on the transport
| Mexico. - -;st@:$ n Y 's.@5&r
: Maj. Gen. Miles. accompanied BY his stan
and family. sailed from Ponce for New
York on the transport OLDHAM. s:' Z.
! A transport arrived at Corunna, Spain,
| with troops who surrendered at Santiago
de Cuba. Seventeen died on the voyage.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER g. H.
The steamship Covandanga' with 2,279
soldiers from Santiago on board arrived at
| Santander. Spain. Es'
| Adjt. Cen Corbtn issued orders for the
| muster out Of 10 volunteer organizations,
numbering over 10000 officers and men.
| Upon Gen. Miles departure from Puerto
! Rico Gen. Brooke issued an order assum-
| ing command of the troops in the island.
| The auxiliary cruisers st. Paul and St.
| Louis have been returned to the Interna-
tional Navigation company by the govern
| ment. ~ ~.
| Insurgent troops invaded the southern
| Philippine islands. and were seizing every
| thing possible prior to t:le settlement Of the
peace conditions. ~.
Maj. Gen. Wheeler, in lengthy staten ent
to the press. declares that the president
| and war department are not responsible
for sickness ard deaths In the army.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER s.
All the torpedoes placed at the entrance
| to the harbor of Havana have been raised
without accident of any kind.
The war department has up to the pres
ent time issued orders for mastering out
nearly 100000 volunteers. and this will be
done as soon as the men have had their
| 80 and 60-day furloughs. =.
President Mckinley spent five hours in
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point on Satur-
dow ho nn0 af fo yS~fks
the sick in the hospitals and inspecting the
we'll in their cantonments.
Deputations Of the wealthiest natives in
the Philippines called upon Consul Wild
man in Hong-Kong and urged that every
possible effort be made for the annexation
Of the Philippine islands to the United
States.
Active movements are reported in the
Philippines among the insurgents every
where north Of Manila. Vigan has been
occupied and a campaign has been directed
against Bamaran, where the Spanish are
supposed to be concentrated. The insur-
gents are in possession of the whole of
Laguna bay except single position.
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6.
The regular army as it will be consd-
cred after the war. will consist of $4,000
men.
The insurgents at Manila are said to
have fortified themselves in trenches, and
fear Of trouble is expressed.
Secretary Alger is pleased over the re-
suit of the presidents visit to Camp WI
koff. He says the conditions Of the place
| were found to be all right.
Believing that there is some proba bility
that the Philippines will be returned to the
control Of Spain, Aguinaldo, the insurgent
leader, is recruiting troops and building
trenches.
A letter sent by Maximo Gomez to the
American commission in Havana is ad-
dressed to Gen. Butler, and in it he places
himself Internationally at the American
commissions disposal.
Gen: Wheeler, in command of Camp Wi
koff, Montauk Point, L. l., reports to the
secretary of war that the health of the
troops is improving and that the visit of
the president was very beneficial
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Z.
Rear Admiral Schley and Brig. Gen. Cor
don, Of the Puerto Rico military commits
sion, arrived at San juan
The advance guard of Gen. Miles army
arrived in New York from Puerto Rico on
board the transport Chester.
Orders were received in Portsmouth, NJ
H.. for the LOO Spanish prisoners on
seaveys island to prepare toleave for Spain
Saturday.
The official records of the war department.,
as far completed. show S3 officers and 231
enlisted men killed in battle during the war
with Spain.
Congressman Steele, of Indiana, says that.
100000 men will be sent into Cuba in De-.
cember; that Cubans are killing Ameri-
cans from ambush, and that the govern
ment's policy is to sweep the island from
one end to the other until the insurgents
are willing to allow the civil law to obtain.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g.
The Spanish transport Satrustoqui ar
rived at Santander. Spain, from Santiago
de Cuba. There were SO deaths during the
voyage.
Admiral .Cervera called at the navy de-
partment in Washington and expressed
thanks and gratitude for the kindly treat
ment accorded him and his men while pris-
oners of the United States.
Maj Gen. Nelson A. Miles and his staff,
the Second regiment of Wisconsin volun-
teers and the hospital corps from Puerto
Rico arrived in New York. Gen. Miles said
that the health of the troops still in Puerto
Rico was good.
Word was received from Gen. Otis, in
charge of the United States forces at
Manila, that he had given Aguinaldo, the
rebel leader, q hours in which to evacu-
ate the suburbs of the city, under penalty
of being fired upon.
It is announced from Washington that
no new legislation will be required to au-
thorize the payment of pensions to the SOL
diers who were disabled in the Spanish
war, and the widows of those who fell VIC