Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-04-11
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
IN CUBA.

Reports from Havana say that
Span1a DIS have planted mines IN the
harbor.
The cruisers Vizcaya and Oquendo
left Havana and are reported to have
gene to Porto Rico.
1t is reported that the pope is urg-
ing Spain to offer an armistioe to the
Cuban insurgents.
Spain is said to have obtained five
additional cruisers and to have given
orders to mobilize her fleets.
An official statement was made In
Madrid that an agreement with the
United States will be reached.
The Spanish torpedo 1otilla has
been ordered to remain at the Cape
Verde islands until further orders.
The senate committee on foreign
relations notified the president that
it would not acquiesce in any plan
for an armistice in Cuba.
A Washington dispatch states that
the United States insists upon Cuban
independence, and that this is the
keynote of the American proposals.
Representative BaEey offered in the
house a resolution recognizing Gu
bar independence. Speaker Reed
ruled him out of order and was sus
tanned.
The revival of the Cannamaba
claim against Spain by Germany is
regarded as casting doubt as to
whether or not Germany will remain
neutral.
The Spanish government has gaz-
cited a decree creating S45 100000 of
new treasury notes on the guarantee
of the receipts from the tobacco
stamps and octroi duties.
The reply of the Spanish govern
ment to the American demands is con-
sidered unsatisfactory in Washington.
The president is represented as re-
garding war as almost inevitable.
Adjutant General Corbin says: No
order has been issued nor has any
suggestion been made for the trans
fer Of the third infantry from it's
present station at Fort Smelling.
The London Daily Mail calls Spain
IAN artful dodger manipulating to gain
time to get that torpedo flotiila to
Porto Rico,' but says there are clever
men at Washington and the fotilla
may need to hurry.
President Mckinley still hopes for
peace, and Speaker Reed and Senator
Davis have promised him to hold con-
gress in check temporarily. Spain's
torpedo fiotilla, instead of arriving
at Porto Rico, reached the Cape Verde
islands in a disabled condition, hav-
ing been dispersed by storm.
The work incident to the trans
formation of the yachts and tugs re-
Gently purchased for the navy de-
paItment so as to make them prac
ticable for naval purposes is now well
under way. The alterations and
changes necessary are being rushed.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador, called on Assistant Sec
rotary Roosevelt at the navy depart
ment and left his card for Captain G.
D. Sigsbee, congratulating that officer
upon his escape and bearing through
out his recent thrilling experiences in
the harbor of Havana.
COnsul-General Lee maintains a
eheerfulness through all the rumors
and excitement. He is constantly
watched, in accordance with govern
ment orders, but goes his way as If
he were in Richmond, declining to
regard as serious the numerous and
notwithstanding threats against
his life.
The Madrid El Correo Espanola
says that the mail steamer Alfonso
XIII. arrived at Corruna, having on
board two prisoners charged with an
attempt to blow up the Spanish crui-
ser Almirante Oquendo in Havana
harbor. 1t is also rumored that Julio
Anibal Enriques and a correspondent
of a New York newspaper were i'm
plicated.
The Newark conference of the M.
e. church, in session at East Orange,
N. j., adopted resolution commend
ing President Mckinley for his pa
thence in the present crisis and for
his patriotic course in trying to pre-
vent war without the loss of honor to
the nation and pledging the support
of the conference to the president in
case war should be declared by the
government.
TTOTJTH