Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-09-15


cline written by Father G. Zurcher,
of St. Joseph's church, Buffalo, N. Y
Genera Pc ay Ella, formerly captain
general Of the Philippines, has Issued
a manifesto in Spain saying that he
cannot longer hearken to the sor-
rows CT the country without protest.
ing"
The Japane minister, Mr.. Toru
Hoshl, has been elected to the Japan
csc Par lament. HIS successor al
Washington will probably be Mr..
Ha'oyama a graduate of Yale and
leading lawyer IN Toxic
The Earl # Winche'sea. who was
one If the peers whom +. + Ho ley,
the banhrup. company promoter,
claimed 10 have paid IN order to in
dUce him TO erye as director of one
OF the companies fioatad, is dead at
Heyerh line Pr.ory, Sleafor', Lin
coins hire, England
The Spanish evacuation commissio l.
rs Of Porto Rico seem disposed to d p
lay the meeting Of the commissioners.
They say their instructions have not
yet arr we'd The Americans have re-
p Ell that the first me ting must o.
cur before September Il. under the
terms Of the protocol.
Both houses of the Spanish c1rtas
wlre in an uproar over a discussion
Of the war. Geo. Weyler charge thai
Sagasta was responsible for the loss of
Cuba. Other members attacked the
generals cf the army, declaring thai
they ought to be stripped of decora-
aticas and hung by their sashes.
Miss Jessie Schley of Milwaukee,
Wis, Admiral schley's cousia, who
went to Madrid on a peace commission
asst July as a delegate OF the Wom-
ans International Peace associat' on,
has arr we'd at Havana from Spain.
She is IN Cuba in connection with re-
lief wei k aud will have an interview
with BlanCo.
The Bashi-Bazouks, The na i've
tr ops of Crete, are committing eX-
ccsses, and the Christians IN and near
Gambia are waiting fr 81 tlnc2.
There are eight warships in the har-
Dor and a Fl esh bombardmcnt is ex-
pected. The British German and
Spanish c1nsulates have been looted,
Thus far 300 native Christians and 81
British subjects have been killed.
The PHILIPPINE insurgents are con-
vening a mass-meeting to assemble
shortly at Maloles, thirty miles aorth
of Manila. for the purpose of deciding
from their standpoint upon the future
Of the Pm lippine islands. Aguinaldo,
he insurgent leader, insists that the
insurgant forces should remain in
their slrategetic positions and
strengthen them, lest the Americans
withdraw from the islands, in the
meantime overlooking Manila, com
handbag the railroad aud threatening
the food supply
The British war Office has received a
dispatch from General Sir Herbert
Kitchener the commander Of the An
glo- Egyptian forces dated from Om-
durmar, saying that 500 Arabs.
mounted on camels. were dispatched
after the fugitive, Khal ia Abdullah.
Officers have been counting the decyish
bodies on the field and report the
total number o. dead found a. about
10,S00. From the numbers of woWd-
ed, who have crawlsd to the river and
town, 1t Is es mated that 5000 were
wounded Beside the above between
300 ana 100 deryish,s We're killed in
Omdurman when the town was taken.
The collision between the Mussal-
mans ard Chri tians in Gambia, Or t..
resulted In the xii ing Of 20 persons
aud the woundiug of so. The British
vice consul, NJ. Carlochno, was killed
during the fighting He was burned
to death in his home. A British sol
der on guard at the tax Office was
suddenly stabbed in the back, aud he
dropped his riff, which exploded xiii
ing a muesulmag This started the
trouble The firing then became gen
Cval, and a party OF twenty British
bluolackeJs from the British torpedo
gunboat Hazard was almost aanihil-
ated before the sailors could reach
their ship
1t the intention of the war de-
parment authorities T. establish
military rendezvous at Honolulu
Major General Merriam commanding
tie department Of California, is now
in Hawaii for tie purpo of asc rita n
Ing how large a force can be comfort
ably accommodated in the vicinity Of
Honolulu IL Is hoped that General
Norrial. will report that as large a
force as 5000 m n can be safely trans
ferrei 10 Honolulu IL he does 50 re-
Tort the following regiments will be
$ Mt from San Francisco to Hawai-;
the sixth, seventh. and eighth Cali
lornIa. ffty-hrst Iowa twentieth Kan
sas first Wash ngton, frs. Utah light
battery, the Utah troop Of cavalry, and
one Wyomine battery Of artillery
These troops are aow In the vicinity
Il san Francisco and under the com
maui of General Merriam,
rHp-rf from ConStrurt1r Cams n