The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1898-04-30
LATEST WAR NEWS.
Summary Of the Weeks Most In
portant Evenfs.


It has been decided not prudent
to bombartl Havana at the present
time.
Two Spanish steamers have sue
ceeded in running the blockade at
Havana.
The so ex- Confederate camps Of
Missouri have offered their services
to the Government.
Portugaps neutrality decree forces
the Spanish squadron to leave the
Cape Verde islands.
War department officials do not
believe the war proper in Cuba will
begin before next fall.
President Nc Kinley issued proc
lamation last Saturday for 125,OOO
troops to serve two year.
All thatportion of Cuba invaded
by Spain now has it's ports block
AIDED bv the United States.
Our Asiatic squadron will capture
the Spanish feet off the Phillip
pines and lombard Manila.
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Idaho has been requested to furn-
ish two troops of cavalry, while
Nevada is asked to furnish one.
The Greek newspapers say that
the United States made an offer of
SO, 600, 900 for the entire Greek navy.
A short time since the United
States Navy was the fourth or fifth
in the world. It is now the second.
Under the call for troops Utah
will rendezvous at Salt Lake; Idaho
at Boise; Wyoming at Cheyenne ;
Nevada at Reno.
The Spanish army in Havana is
being recruited to the fullest extent,
even boys of IA years of age are
being enlisted.
Six British warships will patrol
the seas in the vicinity of Cuba dur
ing hostilities between the United
States and Spain.
The War Department has issued
a call on the States for their gu otas
of troops under the call for 125, 900
men. Idaho's quota is 232.
The customary proclamation de-
claring Canada to be neutral during
the war between the United States
and Spain has been approved.
1t is announced that Germany,
following the course adopted in the
China Japan and the Turko-Greek
wars, will not issue declaration
of neutrality.
The Americans captured Span
ism transport in Cuban waters Sun
day, which, with cargo aboard, is
valued at $3.50 600. The captain OF
the transport, feeling deeply the loss
of his craft, attempted suicide.
The Spanish torpedo boat De-
stroyer, accompanied by three othe,
torpedo boats, sailed from Cadiz
Wednesday for the Mediterranean
to attempt, it is believed, the cap
ture of American yachts cruising
on those waters.
News from Manila, at the Phil.
lippine islands, says that the insur-
gents are massing and threatening
The Spaniards. 1t is also announced
that the Spaniards are laying mines
around Manila. The United States
squadron at Hong Kong left for the
PHILIPPINES Tuesday morning.
Matanzas was bombarded We'd
nesday afternoon by the New York
the Puritan and the Cincinnati, 4.
portion of the blockading fleet. The
engagement lasted about half ali
hour. The city was badly damaged
No injury was done to our feet.
On Saturday afternoon the flying
squadron made threatening dem
onstration toward Havana, by ad
vancing within range Of the 15-milt
guns Of Moro Castle. The big guns
we're fred at our ships, which wer,
not struck, and they retired to the
2O-mile line.
The President sent message t.
Congress Monday advising formal
declaration of war. The desired
measure passed the House in on.
minute and forty seconds. The bill
passed the Senate same day after a
debate of one hour and a half. /!
was then promptly signed by the
President.
A dispatch from Berlin, April %,
says the German press of every class
is condemning the United States
for the course taken toward Spain.
All the German papers impute to
the United States selfish and base
motives and praise the attitude OF
Spain in contrast with "the undigni.
fed course which the United States
is pursuing"
The capture ofthe Spanish steamer
Buena Ventura by a United States
gunboat off Key West has aroused
the greatest indignation in Madrid,
the Spaniards claiming that hostil-
tiles are not yet supposed to have
begun. The newspapers of that
city characterize the seizure Of the
ship as an act of piracy and being
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