The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-07-07
IOWA.
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

Princeton University has conferred the
degree of LII. D. on Admiral Dewey.
The naval repair ship Vulcan has been
Many relics Of the war of the rebellion
have been found by soldiers now in camp
at Chickamauga.
The powers are said to be waiting for
the fall Of Santiago, when they will urge
peace on Spain and the United States.
Many prominent army officers think that
100, 900 more men will be needed to make
the war against Spain short and decisive.
1t is semi-officially announced that En-
gland will send large feet to Manila if
Germany attempts naval demonstration
there.
The Cuban allies of our marines at Cal
manera, Cuba, fought well, going right
up to the Spanish lines without the slight
est fear.
1t was reported from Madrid Sunday
that Spain has purchased three modern
warships, which will be ready in three
weeks.
Japan has no desire to interfere in the
Philippine matter, Formosa having fur
nished all the territorial difficulties now
desired.
\ number of Georgia moonshiners have
had their sentences modified, so as to be
able to join a moonshine regiment now Or
ganizing.
Ex-Queen Natalie Of Servia is reported
to be organizing an expedition to Cuba to
nurse sick and wounded Americans and
Spaniards.
Forty thousand tons of coal are to be
shipped from the Eastern States to Hon
olulu for the use Of the United States
navy as needed.
The War Department is making ar
rangements to send 6OO-bed field hos
pital to the Philippines under charge of
Maj. W. o. Owen.
Over 5000 Spanish volunteers are re-
ported to have deserted to the insurgents
In Cuba since the beginning Of SIMPSONS
blockade of Santiago.
1t is reported that number of Phia
delphia coal dealers will be prosecuted by
the government for selling coal to the
Spanish government
The American troops were on Sunday
reported to be within hailing distance Of
the Spanish plckets at Sevilla, five or six
miles from Santiago.
In the Senate Saturday Teller of Colo
RADIO declared: Where American soldiers
are buried there the American flag will
be planted to remain"
The military party in Spain charges
that the Government has betrayed the
country and now wants to arrange peace
to save the dynasty.
With regard to Santiago, the plan is to
put the Cubans in control of the city after
it is captured, which will leave our troops
free for Porto Rico and other operations.
Count Cassini, new Russian ambassa-
dor at Washington, says that events of
the war cannot affect the long-standing
friendship between Russia and the United
States.
The rudder frame for the battleship Illi-
nois has arrived at the Newport News
ship yard from the Cleveland iron forge
works. The weight Of this frame is 81
900 pounds.
The Spanish soldiers, besides their guer-
rilla methods, wear palm leaves upon
their bodies and dirt-colored trousers, so
that much difficulty is experienced in find
ing them.
At Berlin, the Spanish consulate is pub
licly appealing for gratuitous subscrip-
tions for the Spanish war fund, and it is
reported that court circles and German
nobility are responding generously.
Lieut.. George n. Hayward of the cruis-
er Baltimore, in q letter to relative in
Detroit, says: "My one hope is that we
shall retain the Philippine group forever
1t is worth all of China and hundred
Cubas, and the inhabitants desire it"