Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-07-18

barge on passes for soldiers at Chick
amauga because Of frequent acts of
Iawlessness in Chattanooga since pay
day. The arrests have averaged 200
daily.
Admiral Cervera's treasure chest,
reported to have contained 100000
when his ship was burned, is supposed
to have been looted The chest has
| been located, but the money is miss
ing.
FIFTY OF the 400 Spanish prisoners
on the Harvard secured gdns and
made a break for liberty. The marine
guard shot and killed six, wounding
fifteen. The mutiny was quickly
| ended.
! A portion of General Garretson's
/ brigade, consisting of the sixth Hi
rois, sixth Massachusetts and eighth
Ohio (colored), sailed for Cuba from
! Charleston, S. c., on the cruisers Yale
and Columbia.
The Vienna correspondent Of the
Times, remarking upon the striking
change in the attitude of the Austrian
press since the American victories,
says: "No trace of encouragement to
Spain has since been SEEN"
/ 1t was Spanish sharpshooters in
trees that were responsible for the
killing and wounding of so many
American officers. These Spaniards
also killed surgeons, Red Cross atten
! dants and wounded soldiers in d
hospital.
A Spanish naval officer gave state
ment showing that the sea fights at
Manila and Santiago have left Spain
practically without navy, there
being only two real warships with
ready for service.
The president has determined to
promote Acting Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley in recognition of
their services in their destruction of
the Spanish naval fleet in American
waters, but is as yet undecided as to
! the extent of promotion.
| The commissioner of internal rev.
enue decided that the sender must
stamp kilograms and that common
carriers must stamp bills of lading,
but customers have no relief under
the war revenue bill if the carrier
charges them for the stamps
| The navy is preparing for a grand
hunt throughout the West Indies.
There are a number of Spanish war
! craft left, scattered through the coves
on the Cuban coast, and lying in
obscure little harbors in the West
i Indies. These are to be hunted
down.
The story of the destruction of Ad-
miral Cervera's fleet is graphically
narrated. The prisoners number
1,60O, including Cervera, and $50
Spaniards are reported killed and
! 100 wounded. Our loss was one killed
! and two wounded, and not single
ship.
1 Private advices from Madrid show
that the dissatisfaction in the Span
ish army and in government and
political circles with the dynasty anc
cabinet is greatly increasing. Carlism
is reported to be steady spreading
particularly in the army, and many
people expect a revolution.
The report that Germany, Russia
| and France are planning to dictate to
us when the war is over and to settle
the questions arising out of it them
! selves is reiterated by the Berlin
correspondent of the Associated
| Press, who cables that he has con-
firmatory evidence of it's truth not
withstanding the carefully framed
semi-official denial.
Gen. Linares proposed to withdraw
| his men with their arms from San
tiago, giving up the city to Gen
Shafter. This counter proposition to
Gen. Skaters demand for uncondi-
tional surrender was rejected. Then
the Spaniards asked for a further ex-
tension of the truce to give time for
reply to Gen. Skaters demand to be
received from Madrid. This was
agreed to.
Gen. Young has reported to Wash
ington that the Cubans have refused
to work in the hospitals or in the
entertainments on the ground that
they are soldiers, not laborers. Their
, Iations have been stopped pending
, Uruers from Washington, as the
United States officers at the front were
greatly exasperated with them, es-
pecially as Gen. Garcia failed to
prevent Pando from reinforcing San
tiago.
The cruiser Reina Mercedes, which
was injured in the first lombard
ment of Santiago and was left behind
| by C6rTera, tried to escape from the
; harbor Monday night and was sunk
near the Merrimac. The Alfonso XII,
which has been in Havana Earbor
! ever since the Maine was blown up,
tried to steal out and was either
sunk or captured by the Hornet. The
two Spanish vessels we're sister ships
| A Madrid correspondent cables the
| inside history of Cervera's dash,
! showing that it was ordered from
i Madrid for home political reasons,
Blanco, Linares and Cervera reporting
! that Santiago must fall. On getting