Morris tribune., 1898-07-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE WAR WITH SPAIN.


General Brooke has sailed from New.
port News for Porto Rico.
Corunna, Spain, is nearly deserted
for fear of Watson's squadron.
Seven thousand Spaniards at Guam
tanamo have laid down their arms.
General Shafter reports many new
cases of fever, but only one death.
Aguinaldo has declared martial law
and a dictatorship in the Philippines.
The Fifth United States cavalry has
been ordered from Tampa to Porto
Rico.
Lieutenant Swift of West Superior
died in Charleston hospital of typhoid
fever.
The Americans captured Nipe, on
the north coast of Cuba, which will be
used as a base.
The transport St. Paul is being
placed in readiness 30 sail this week
from San Francisco.
Spain is anxiously looking for an
opportunity to open peace negotiations
direct with America.
Fifteen hundred American soldiers
at Siboney are down with fever, $50
being yellow fever cases.
The British steamers Cyrus and
! Nyanza have arrived at Manila with
coal for the American feet.
General Leonard Wood, commander
of the rough riders, is now acting as
military governor of Santiago city.
At least 10000 of the volunteers for
the Porto Rico expedition will be sup.
piled with the Krag.Jorgenson rifles.
An unofficial confirmation of the
rumor that Spain has made indirect
peace overtures is given at Washing.
ton.
Russian and japanese warships have
been sent to Manila, and the chances
of international complications seem to
increase.
A dispatch from ST. Thomas Mon.
day said American troops were land
ing at Ponce on the south coast of
Porto Rico.
The wrecking company will at once
the Spanish warships wrecked off the
Santiago coast.
The war with Spain has been in prog.
ress three months. The administration
processes to be entirely satisfied with
the progress made.
It is stated that the entire First divi. |
sion at Chickamauga, $4,000 men, will
be sent to Porto Rico. The movement I
is already under way.
Spaniards bound for Santiago to sur
render are reported to have been am.
pushed and attacked by Garcia, the
latter being defeated.
The war department has decided to
send the First Florida, Second Georgia
and Fifth Maryland regiments, now at
Tampa, to Porta Rico.
1t is said that Commodore Watson,
according to the present programme,
will destroy Camara's feet, but not
lombard Spanish towns.
Private Lyon Hull, Company E,
First South Dakota volunteers, died of
catarrhal pneumonia at the division
field hospital at the Preside.
The British steamer Regulas was
near Sagua la Grande, hav-
ing run the blockade and landed q
cargo. She was caught coming out.
The authoritative declaration was
made that the island Of Porto Rico is
to be held as permanent possession Of
this country as the price of the war.
President Mckinley was obliged to
issue sharp orders to Admiral Sampson
to put an end to his delay in co.operat-
ing with General Miles in the Porto
R;can expedition.
In Madrid preference is expressed
For an American proteetorate in Cuba
rather than independence, Spanish
owners thinking their inter.
ssts would thus be safer.
General Garcia is said to be disguised
at the treatment accorded him by
Shafter and has decided to act indie.
pendently Of the American forces, as
be did before they arrived.
According to a special dispatch from
Rome the Vatican has instructed the
papal nuncio at Madrid to threaten
with severe punishment any priests
Voicing Carlist or anti.dynastic in.
trigues.
A dispatch from Manila via Hong
Kong, credits Admiral Dewey with the
intention to lombard the city in case
Spaniards refuse to surrender 1t was
the bombardment would occur
this week.
A dispatch from Madrid says the
powers, including Great Britain, are
notes concerning their atti-
5ude in case Commodore Watson comes
and the progress made thus far is salts.
factory to Spain.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
General August, captain general Of
the Philippines, has telegraphed to the
government as follows: ''The Ameri-
cans are about to attack Manila Grave
events are impending"
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says: Senior Sa.
gasia told representative of FL I'm.
parcial that the government had al.