The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1898-07-23
ELEGRPHIC WAR NEWS!
MONDAY.

! MONDAY
! Gen. Shattcr took possession of San
| tlaSO yesterday.
A small forcel' II "A fFo,ican troops oc-
cupied the tx n.
Gen. NJ Hbbin has b.fhn appointed
afttlltaru1k Governor of Santiago
'rte, Spanish municipal authorities
viii scmaln III contrc ,of the town, to
the great dissa,isfacti'A of the Cubans
The Spanish troops began laying
down Their arms yesterday. The dis
armament will take three or four days
The number of Spanish troops in San
tiago were found to he 700.
The town was surrOsnhed by Il
network of defenses which Gen. Shat
ter thinks would have cost us 5000 men
To have captured.
The cannon at Moro, Socapa aud
ether deitnses at the entrance of the
harhnr We're found not to he large, nu-
merous or of the latest construction.
The torpedoes in the harbor were
taken mp yesterday or exploded.
The Red Cross steamer State of Tex
as entered the harbor OF Santiago yes
terday. Sampson's fleet has not yet
done so.
Gen. Toral admits heavy losses dur
eral and Colonel in his army had been
killed.
The government is inviting bids for
the removal of Spanish troops from
Santiago to Spain.
Gen. Shafter will be instructed to
proclaim martial law i'll Santiago
district under his control.
The permanent American garrison of
Santiago will be 5000 men.
The troops will leave Cuba 10y way of
Santiago, and will be landed at Cadiz.
Six hundred eases Of yellow fever are
Gnotfic;a|!y reported among the troops
at Santiago. The deaths are few and
the disease is of IA mild type. Officially
only 80 cases have been reported aud
4 deaths.
direct to Porto Rico.
Rico, t,.Iesraphs to his home govern
ment that his army ID inadequate for
he defense OF the island ; that the food
supply is small, and that he is without
the necessary guns.
Tie troops at Miami, including the
First and Second Louisiana, two Ala
bainA and two Texas regiments, have
bren detached from the Seventh army
Corps, and will be sent at an early day
to Porto Rico.
The expedition against Porto Rico
started
Gen. Miles left Santiago on tho Yale
with infantry and artillery. He will
land at Ponce. Porto Rico. and await re-
lninr.ei,,rnts.
Several thousand men will leave
L
5000 from Tampa.
600 strong. 1t is hoped by the great dis
play OF force to crush the Spanish Gov
ernor General Macias.
None of the troops at Santiago will go
to Porto Rico; they will remain in the
Cuban hills.
Clara Barton of the Red Cross Society
declares that the yellow fever in the
Cuban army is mild and not of serious
moment hut she wants none but i'm
mune nurses.
The mines in Santiago harbor have
been removed or exploded.
Seven Spanish vessels were captured
ia Santiago hasher; they will he manned
and attached to the American fleet.
MORO Castle was found to he but lit
tie damaged by the saveral lombard
meuts.
1t is found difficult to notify the Spau-
ish garrison at GuantamO and other
places surrendered 10y Gen. Torat OF the
surrender, ana they are still keeping up
their firing with the Cubans.
Watson's squadron is to be hurried to
Spain, instead of waiting for repairs
and cleaning up.
Serious riots are reported in Hueiva
and other cities of Spain. Madrid is
greatly excited over tho suppression OF
the news IN Tie papers by the press cen
Snr.
Fears are entertained in Madrid of a
Cariisl uprising. Large quantities of
arms and ammunition have been stored
near the French lines.
The advance on Manila Was probably
begun la~t Friday.
The po,ts of Santiago under Amerl-
can anntru! have been thrown open to
trade with neutrals.
The Span!a,ds have violated the terms
Ut the surrender in several minor garri-
sons.
Spyera! American warships bonn
i,aidea ManZaDilIo yesterday morning.
Two Spanish eunhoats, the Delgado and
Baraja, were destroyed.
WEDNESDAY.
The Americans are in possession Of
Santiago, and preserving order there,
with enough troops to police the town.
The Cuban troops declined to enter
Santiago. There Is soms soreness on
their part because the Cuban flag has
not been raised over the town.
The Red Cross steamer State of Texas
distributed rations among those Of the
people of Santiago who need them.
Santiago is in a filthy condition but
healthy.
The American transports ente red the
harhor of Santiago with flying colors.
General Shafter would not allow
Sampson tn put prize crews on the
Spanish merchant vessels captured in
the harbor of Santiago, claiming that
they had surrendered to him not to
Sampson.
A rumor as to the prevalence of fe-
yer among the soldiers at Tampa is de-
MED by the health officers of Florida.
1t has been decided, because of sick
ness among the troops at Tampa, to re-
move t!.e camp to Fernandina.
Surgeon General Sternberg thinks
the fever situation in Caba greatly i'm
proved.
The troops at Santiago have been
sent into the hills as sanitary precau-
tinn against yellow fever.
The ordinance captured from the