Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-08-25
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

All submarine mines have been re-
moved from United States ports.
Rear Admiral Schley is seriously i'll
of fever at his summer home, West
port, Conn.
The battleships Oregon and Iowa
have goGe into the Brooklyn drydock
for repairs
Capt. Fighting Bob" Evans, of the
battleship Iowa, is suffering from ty-
phoid malaria at Roosevelt hospital,
New York.
Gen. Miles has decided to leave Porto
Rico and return to the United States.
Gen. Brooke will take command of the
troops in Porto Rico.
Treasury officials say there will be
no need of another bond Issue for war
expenses as the present revenue laws
will provide sufficient funds.
President Mckinley has cabied the
thanks of the nation to Admiral Dewey
and Maj Zen. Merritt for their con-
duct of the Manila campaign.
The secretary of the treasury has de-
'cided that under existing conditions
Spanish vessels may enter, load and
clear at ports in the United States.
Rear Admiral Sampson called upon
President Mckinley at the White
House, talked over the war and dis
cussed the plans for the evacuation of
Cuba.
President Mckinley and President
Faure, of France, exchanged courtesies
at the opening of the new cable be-
tween Cape Cod, Mass, and Brest,
France.
Russia is said to be Offering free pas
sage and farming outfits to thousands
of moujiSs who have completed three
years service in the Russian army. to
induce them to form colonies in China.
The auxiliary cruiser st. Paul will
be returned to the International Navi-
cation Co. by the government as soon
as she is put in the same condition as
when the great liner was chartered for
naval service.
The London Daily Graphic says an
interchange of views on the Chinese
question is occurring between the gov
ernments of Great Britain and Russia
and that negotiations are proceeding
in conciliatory spirit.
The President has promoted Capt
Chas. ID. Sigsbee, who was commander
of the Maine, and during the war COM
the auxiliary cruiser st. Paul
1ya noirfr hin, 4
the list of captains for extraordinary
heroism
La Neuva Era, a paper established
at Ponce upon the arrival of u. 5.
troops there, has been suppressed by
the military authorities because it
urged Porto Ricans to destroy Spanish
and prevent Spanish shop
keepers from doing business.
The transport Arizona sailed from
San Francisco with 1 300 troops under
Gen. Merriam for Honolulu and the
Scandal is to follow with /, 200 more.
Gen. Merriam carries with him plans |
and authority to construct barracks |
and hospitals for the troops at
Premier Sagasta's claim, as set forth
in Madrid dispatches, that Spain will |
expect indemnity for all government |
buildings, barracks, fortifi-
etc, in Cuba, Porto Rico and |
elsewhere, has excited much comment |
1T Washington as showing the difficult
questions to be treated by the military
and peace commissions
The emperor of China has issued sew
.ral striking DEGREES ordering the vice
-oys and Tartar generals to concert
measures for the formation Of a new
navy under foreign instructions, and
Urging the provincial governors to
the time-honored Chinese
IDEAS in favor of western methods and
% encourage the development of the
on European lines.
The plant of the Chattanooga Pow
Ter Co., at Ooltewah station, 1s miles
rom Chattanooga. Tenn, was de-
troyed by an explosion which killed
wo white men and wounded seriously
not fatally six others.