Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
PEACE NOTES.

Agulnaldos army is now estimated
to number $4,000 men, and he is said
70 have nearly so Maxim guns.
Native Filipinos suspect that the ap-
pointment OF an American commission
70 go to Manila is a ruse to gain time.
SUPERINTENDENT Sternberg will or
ganize a corps of expert female nurses
for the army.
Mistaking warship salutes for a chal-
lenge, 1900 armed F'iIiDinos marched
out to give the American troops battle.
A. w. Powell through political in
auence, had some OF his patented pre-
served meats sent to the army in Cuba.
Gen. Eagan is being tried for con
duct unbecoming ali officer and gen
tleman" and use of 'unmilitary Ian
guage."
President Mckinley has appointed a
colonial commission to deal with all
questions of governing our new pos
sessions.
AgoncilIo, representative Of the Fill
ipino republic, asks why this country
is preparing to make war on its form
er allies.
Gen. Ludlow praises the Cubans and
favors a loan by the United States to
Havana of $1O,O0O,000 for public i'm
provements.
General Rios cabled to Madrid that
the sick and MANNED Spanish prisoners
who had been held by the Filipinos
have been freed.
If the Cuban soldiers become ban
dts, as has been suggested, Indian
fighters in the United States army will
be used to chase them and capture
them.
The cabinet discussed complaints
against the Bank of Havana continu-
ing the collection of taxes in Cuba. No
change is uheIy to be made before
June.
The Spanish ministry of war has de-
cided to abolish the military mar
shals, to retire half of the unattached
generals and greatly reduce the mum
Der of officers on the active list.
General titzhugh Lee has ordered
his men at Havana not to keep human
skulls and bones in their tents. They
had been taken from cemeteries, the
Cuban custom being TO rent grave
for time, and then dig up the bones
General Brooke has been called OF
by the war department to advise head
quarters here whether CT not more
volunteers will be required in Cuba
The 18th Minnesota, if not sent u
Cuby by Feb. /, will probably be mus
tered out.
It was learned that creditors holding
judgments against the city of Havan;
would levy upon the public receipts
and Major General Ludlow 'ssued II
order that receivers of city monec
must not disburse it except by orda
Of the governor.
Lieutenant Louis NJ. Maus, chic
surgeon of the seventh army corps
found 10000 vaccine points in the Ha
vana custom-house which had bee
lost for four days ana are now prop
ably spoiled. Collector Bliss will es
tablish on Feb. / system of bonde
warehouses, hitherto unknown here.
The summer home of the LIST United
States regular infantry IN Cuba VIII
= a massive Spanish barracks Which
as been disnfected. Surgeon Gen
tral Sternberg approves taking tn
regiment out of the tents when tn
weather is warm, and a third stor.
will be put on the building so as t.
accommodate all the regiment. TIL
structure cost half a million dollars
and was "a years in construction.
Many requests have been receive
from the northwest to permit dis
charge Of volunteer soldiers now i
the Philippines at Manila, at the sam
time giving them sixty days furloug
with pay and travel pay. The soldier
interested are those who wish to re
main at Manila and enter business o
accept employment The decision D
the department is that if they hay
travel pay and furlough pay, the
must collect it of the mastering office
of the United States.
When the war fever YVES ON, mum
Der from Minneapolis and st. Paul Ell
listed in the navy. The friends o
these young men are now writing t.
the members in congress, wanting Il
know how to get out There is onl.
one way, and that is to pay the gov
eminent in cash 20 per cent. of full al
lowances for the uneXpired term. Th
longer they remain in the service thu
more the government requires. TIL
percentage increases at the rate of Il
per cent. every six months.