Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-09
TELEURAMS IN BRIEF.
WAR AND PEACE.

The Spanish ministry decides to re-
sign.
North Dakota volunteers returned
home and we're given an enthusiastic
welcome.
The FiIipinos will be allowed to send
a commissioner to communicate with
General Otis.
Fourteen American prisoners-all
enlisted soldiers-were delivered up by
the Filipinos.
Senior Sanchez, a former Spanish
guerrilla, was lynched in Santa
Clara province, Cuba.
A monster parade and an enjoyable
smoker terminate New York's welcome
to the hero of Manila bay.
Minnesota Methodists adopted reso-
lutions indorsing President McKinley's
policy in the Philippines.
1t is reported that Filipinos are in
force at Calumpit, where they are for
tilted and have powder works.
American troops commanded by Gen
erals Macarthur and Wheeler cap
tured the town of POrac, LuzOn.
John R. Mclean and Gov. Bushnell
betrayed the expense of Ohio's militia
to take part in the Dewey celebration,
state fund not being available.
Generals Macarthur, Wheeler and
Wheaton have established headQuart-
ers at Angeles, in the island of Luzon,
and are awaiting orders to advance.
President J. G. Scnurman of Cornell
university, chairman of the Philippine
commission, has declared in favor of
ultimate independence for the islands.
At the Dewey parade in Washington
the admiral and President Mckinley
rode in the same carriage. The
president gave Dewey the loving-cup
voted by congress.
ConsuI-General Wildman, at Hong
kong, in a report to the state depart
ment says the competition to control
the trade in the Philippines is growing
keener every month
American authorities refused the re-
quest of SPANS agent that vessel
under the Spanish flag be used to col
lect the Spanish prisoners held by the
Filipino insurgents.
The navy department has assigned
officers to command three Spanish
ships sunk in Manila bay by Admiral
Dewey, and subsequently raised and
repaired at HOngkong.
The cruiser Olympia, Admiral
Dewey's flagship, will not be sent to
Hampton roads, as requested by citi-
zens of Norfolk. The Olympia will go
to Boston and be put out of commits
sion at the navy yard there.
The son of General Sangilly and the
three other young Cubans who were
recently arrested and locked up for
removing the Spanish flag from the
premises of the Commercial fire brig
ade and from the Spanish Clerks club
will be released on bail.
The Dewey celebration began in New
York with a naval parade, an official
welcome to the admiral by Mayor Van
Wyck and a brilliant display of fire
works. Gov. Roosevelt welcomed Ad-
miral Dewey in behalf of New York
state. He told Chicago committee
that he must go to Vermont before
visiting Chicago.
The naval parade was the greatest
marine demonstration in the history
of America. The admiral was given
a continuous ovation by millions of
people. Dewey reviewed the land parade
at Madison Square, New York, and was
deeply impressed by the beauty of the
arch, the honor of the parade and the
cheering tributes of the vast host of
people. Rear-Admiral Schley re-
ceived rousing welcome all along
the line of the parade, being second
only to Dewey as a recipient of ap-
plause. A gold loving-cup, the gift
of the city, was presented to the adj
miral at the city hall. Admiral Dewey's
relatives watched the parade from a
balcony of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
The exodus Of visiting soldiers began
Immediately after the parade dis
banded.