Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-05-05

no due to lack Of competent ehs'
neers. .od .
s,anisb lieutenant and a private so.-
der who we're in small BOAT near
Matanzas.
cant Mahan, the well-known au-
tbority on naval tactics, has peeh Or
dered to report for duty az the Navy
department. ,,,;,
Il is believed that SPANS navy VIII
NOT risk a general engagement, put 40
what II can toward destroying Amer
lean commerce.
Marshall Field, the Chicago meI-
chant. will discharge employees VINO
anlist while P. d. Armour VIII slNe
his half-pay. ~
Commander John Wynne, U. ,, n,
retired. was appointed prize comnis-
sioner and will be stationed at hey
| West. MI.
rho French cruiser Admiral kigaoit
de Genouilly, now at st. lhohas' nas
been ordered to Porto Rico 10 guaru
French interests.
II has been decided to land In Cupa
10 900 regulars, probably near ma.aii-
zae IN establish a base OF supplies
for an invasion. w.,
Gen. Miles will invade CUBA. Vot-
unteers militia and raw, VIII De urn
ed and organized at least a month oe-
fore being sent there
The government issued orders CLOS
inc the entrance to New York harbor
from Sandy Hook to Liberty iight ne
tween sunset and sunrise.
Fifty-niue members OF the CLASS Oh
'gs were graduated from west foihV
ahead of the regular time as inc
government needs their services
The swift cruisers Columbia ana
Minneapolis left Newport and Boston
going. 1t is thought, to meet the farlS'
which. however is now safe.
The senate foreign relations com
mittee considered, but took no action
on proposition that United states
sbould annex the Hawaiian islands
OF is the end of Spain" said ex-
Premier Crispi in an interview caoiea
from Rome. "She has committed
monstrous sins, for which she Is pay
ing now.
Cows. Atkinson of Georgia and
Culberson of Texas want to leau
their state troops in the field, anu
Tanner OF Illinois wants to be ma
jor- general.
Martial law has been proclaimed IN.
Porto Rico. TIE Americans on the
island are without protection and are
in danger The authorities prohibit
the departure Of refugees,
Lieut.. Andrew Rowan of the United
STATES army has landed in CUBA u
communicate with General Garcia as
to covering a movement for the land
ing of American troops.
The naval strategic board decided
to have the flying squadron intercept
the Spanish fleet leaving the Cape
Verde islands If the fleet is headed
this way Commodore Schley viii De
ordered to sail Immediately.
Chairman Dingley says the war tax
measure is intended to furnish slOo'-
600 900 revenue. The bill provides
for loans of $685. 10000, all of which
must first be offered as a popular
loan.
An income tax bill will be offered
as substitute for the stamp tax
measure in the house. Senate silver
men resolved to prevent an issue OF
bonds.
The scarcity of coal in Spain for
naval purposes is causing great anN'-
ETY.. The price of the native and
foreign product has advanced 90 per
cent. within eight days
Secretary of State John Sherman
resigned at the presidents request.
He was succeeded by Assistant Secre-
tary Day, who in turn was succeeded
as assistant secretary by John Bias
sett Moore, at present professor of in
ternauonal law and diplomacy in
Columbia university.
John Jacob Astor offered the presi-
dent az the white house an equipped
regiment Of artillery, He viii main
| tain IL in the field. The president
thanked him and the offer was
accepted
our Asiatic Squadron sailed from
| Hougkoug for the Philippine islands
with orders to capture or destroy the
Spanish fleet supposed to be at Man
fla. An army of 10000 rebels viii al
tack Manila by land while our fleet is
| lighting the warships in the harbor.
| While the newspapers or Continen-
/ tai Europe generally are sympathj2-
ing with Spain, the ST. Petersburg
Viedomosti says that the loug-stand-
| ing friendship between Russia and
the United States excludes every
idea Of an uufriendly attitude upon
the part OF Russia now.
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Roosevelt resigned with a view to Re
ing commissioned lieutenant col
onel In a mounted regiment of COW
Z how, ,Fyts.l, bid. .,I No NNv,-.H