The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-13
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.

J., IT The troops at Tampa were vadinated'
Dewey Day will be celebrated at To-
peka. Kas., May 10.
There are now 81 900 troops at Tampa
ready to depart for Cuba.
Troops at Tampa are being drilled in
the art of making entertainments.
Twelve retired naval officers were
called on for active duty last Monday
The gunboat Wilmington demolished
a Spanish fort near Cojima. Cuba,
few days ago. s4st
What was left OF. the Maine wreck
has been blown up by the Spaniards In
Havana harbor.
Citizens in Havana are burying their
food in cellars. They fear the starving
soldiers of Spain.
The Colorado Federation Of Labor,
$4,000 strong, has pledged its services
to the president.
In. an engagement with Cubans near
Havana a few days ago the Spaniards
slew thirty rebels.
The steel steamer Vigilancia has been
fitted out by the war department as q
floating hospital.
Ten thousand army mules have al-
ready been purchased by the govern
ment at a cost OF 100000.
The city OF Ponce. Porto Rico. is un-
uSE law. AH1STlCdu pAish'"
subjects are in danger of their lives.
Blanco announced to the starving
people of blockaded Havana that Dew
ey's fleet at Manila had been defeated.
A British steamer with 5000 tons OF
coal for Havana was not permitted 10
enter by the blockading fleet the other
day.
Commodore Dewey cut the cable 40
miles out from Manila, and news con-
hot tc
scarce.
a brother-in-law of Gen. Weyler was
among the officers captured on Span
ish ship the other day by United
States cruiser.
Spain has almost got second squa-
dron in readiness, but her limited fin
ances prevent her from providing eff
ficient crews.
A Chicago heroine. May Gleason,
ag' six years the other night rescued
her .wo younger sister from their burn
ing home.
George Blanchard. president of the
Joint Traffic association has been ap-
pointed by the government to take
charge of the transportation of volun-
teer troops
1t has been suggested by some senat
ors that the United States should give
the Philippine islands to Great Britain
in exchange for Jamaica, the Bermudas
and the Bahamas.
Chickamauga and Washington have
been absolutely decided on as volunteer
army concentration points. At least
one other eastern point will be chosen,
probably either in New York or Penn
sylvana.
The Croton aqueduct. from which
New York receives her water supply is
being guarded by hundreds of deputies.
1t is feared that Spanish spies are plot
ting to cripple the aqueduct and cause
a water famine.
Cartain Cadarso. Of the Spanish
cruiser Reina Maria Christina, who was
killed, and whose vessel was among
those destroyed, belongs to a Madrid
family who are proud of the crcum-
stances of his death.
The prisons at Manzanillo are filled
with Cubans and the harbor is guarded
with mines. The town is protected by
trenches. Pestilence and famine are
prevalent. Spanish officers are melting
violence. Two hundred refugees are
coming to Kingston, JAM, from Man
Zanillo.
The torpedo boat Ericsson. while
reconnoitering near the shore. about
three miles west of Havana, was fired
on by a body of soldiers. both cavalry
and infantry, the gunboat Wilmington
sending several shots back among
them. with what effect it is. of course.
unknown.
giving permission for correspondents
of newspapers to accompany the army
have so far been issued by Secretary
Alger One of these is to Mrs. X B.
Watkins, representing a Toronto, news
paper. and is the only one issued up to
this time to a representative of the
Sentler sex.