Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-09-11
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
SPANISH AMERICAN ISLANDS.


Heavy rains have caused renewed
foods at Ponce, P. r.
The last of the volunteers in the
Philippines will sail for home Sept. Z.
Home rule municipal governments
have been established in Philippine
towns
The Manila and Dagupan railroad
will be restored as far as Angeles.
The so-caled ''robber bands" on
Negros island are said to have been
scattered.
Experiments are being made in
Cuba with a view of planting EUCALYPTUS
trees as a protection against malaria.
General Funston, in an interview at
Manila, advises the extensive use of
cavalry in LuzOn.
A memorial service was held at the
graves of the Pennsylvania soldiers
buried at Manila
The FiIipinos have ceased their prep
arations to attack linus, being appar-
emily scared off.
The hospital ship Relief will sail for
the Philippines Sept. 15 with surgeons
American troops captured the insur-
gent stronghold at Agogula, charging
up mountain 1000 feet high.
Murat Haltead, lecturing in Gin
cinnati, calls anti-imperialistS traitors
and was nearly mobbed by them.
The transport Ingalls, will be con-
verified into a gunboat for work against
the pirates along the south coast OF
Cuba.
Gov. Lee declines to call special
session of the legislature to provide
money to bring the South Dakota
troops homo.
A sort of insurgent roundrobin is is
sued, fercely scorching Aguinaldo and
expressing the fullest confidence in the
United States.
Professor Schurmann of the Phi'ir
pine commission dined at the white
house and spent the day in conference
with Secretary Hay.
Senators Spooner and Quarles of
Wisconsin recommended several men
of this state for commissions in the
new volunteer regiments.
"A
against the Cuban tariff on flour,
which they regard as discrimination
against an American industry.
A court of inquiry has been ordered
to fix the responsibility for the lack of
coal on the cruiser Newark, which
nearly resulted in disaster to the war
ship.
General Gomez is displeased with the
reported decision of General Brooke
not to pay anything more ON the basis
of the supplementary rolls OF the
Cuban army.
A sufficient number of enlistments
have been made for the three regiments
in the Philippines, and the work of en-
listing for the last regiments called out
is now in progress.
Commander Edward D. Taussig has
been relieved of the command of the
gunboat Bennington by order of Ad-
miral Watson and has been ordered
nome from Manila.
The remaining troopers of the third
cavalry, numbering ninety men, I'M
der command of First Lieutenant John
stone, embarked yesterday for Manila
on the transport Victoria.
The Dewey home fund has passed the
r $21 900 mark 1t is settled that the
fourth and eighth Ohio national guards
will go to New York to participate in
the reception to Dewey. The cruiser
Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flagship,
will be given an overhauling upon her
arrival, and may then succeed the
cruiser New York as flagship of the
north Atlantic squadron. Rear-Ad-
miral Sampson will retire from the
command of the north Atlantic squad
ron after the reception to Admiral
Dewey in New York. He will be sue
ceeded by Admiral Farquhar or Adj
miral Remey.