Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-03-31
TELEGRAMS in BRIEF.
THE CUBAN SITUATION.


arrived In New York.
The Cubans would not pay SPAIN
over 500, 1000, 900 for their island
Tne enlistment office at new or-
leans was opened with crowd Will
ing.
The president is said TO be relying
nm bankers 10 avert war by peNen,ine
Spain from getting money 10 ouS
battleships and munitions OF war.
Havana papers accuse the united
states OF bad faith In dealing WIN
Spain.
Provisions are made to defend inc
.pper Atlantic coast with 1--WE war
ships.
Armed intervention by the oniIed
stoteu IN Cuba ia favored by Senator
Davis.
Tho cruiser Amazonas was trans
ferred by Brazil 10 the united S'a'''
in England.
THE United States 10 quite apt to BUY
two more foreign ~arshlps from oh''e
and Argentina. u,,,o.,
seventy thousand Spanish soldiers
have been killed or incaDacitated our
ing the Cuban war.
The Spanish torpedo hot'lla' now
IN the Canary islands, has been Or
lsred not to proceed to Havana,
Again do the Cuban revolutiohlsls
declare that they will accept nothing
short of liberty and independence 1
Two torpedo boats and perhaps
small steel monitor are to be puilt W
West Superior for the government.
A seml-ofiiclal statement has been
issued In Madrid to tho effect that IT
n useless to discuss the sale of Cuba.
British statesmen and newspapers
give additional reasons why their
country and the United States should
form an alliance.
Secretary Long said Spanish pro-
tests had nothing to do with the re-
call OF the Massachusetts and Texas
from Key West.
Senator Proctor made statement
In the Senate at Washington to the
effect that In his opinion autonomy ID
n failure In Cuba
Lord Charles Beresford said that II
the United States ever go to war they
must win eventually, no matter what
happens Mt first.
Austria, 1t is stated, may advance
funds to Spain, In which event Spain
would make important naval pur-
eha0es.
France, Germany and Austria In
formed Spain that in case OF war they
will not assist her, but observe strict
neutrality.
Washington opinion IL that armed
Intervention by the United States IN
the Cuban war Is the only possible
outcome OF tho situation.
1t ~ reported that the commanders
Of the Monterey and Monadnock have
received orders to be ready to put to
sea at u moments notice.
Tho California power works has
received orders for 100000 pounds OF
brown prlsmatic powder. Six months
will be required to fill the order
Frederick Borndez. Austrian consul
at Havana, is bong lionzed by loyal
ist Spaniards because he contributed
largely to the fund to buy battle
ship for Spain.
Senator Proctor Ia credited with II
proposition to divide Cuba, letting
the reyolutlonlsts have the portion
they have won aud leaving tho re-
malnder to Spain.
Tho United States gunboat Bancroft
from Lisbon, Is coaling mt tho Azores,
II IL alleged that the government
has contracted for 500 tons of Arkan-
sas coal for use In the navy.
General Weyler denies the anthem
Iicity Of tho alleged letter In which
he was made to intimate that he was
concerned In plot to blow up any
American warship sent TO Havana,
SPANS queen regent strongly APP
peals to tho Austrian emperor to use
his influence among European courts
TO restore amcnble relations between
her country and the United States.
A Spanish paper ut Havana Init
mates that should President Mckinley
w iulNeu W war tHe western ana
southern states would dissolve the
union and cut loose from the cast.
Senator Proctor OF Vermont, who
was secretary of war under President
Harrison. told the senate of the aw-
sul misery In Cuba in II plain, uulm-
passioned speech destined to become
historic
A somt-olllcial statement has been
issued In Madrid to the effect that any
demand for i0demnity based ON the
theory that the Maine explosion was
Que to external causes would be in
dignatly repealed.
Captain Charles n. Clark, command
ing the coast defense ship Monterey,
received telegraphic orders from
Washington to leave at once for San
Francisco to take command OF the
battleship Oregon.
Three lieutenants and a boatswain.
survivors of tho Maine. arrived In
washington aad told the President