Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
THE COLONIES.

Plan and Scope committee of the
Dewey celebration will meet tomorrow
Otis offered $50, Mexican silver, to
every Filipino giving up any kind OF
firearm.
Otis disapproved Chief Surgeon
WoodhuII's request for forty additional
surgeons.
General Otis entered a general denial
Of the charges of newspaper CORE
spondents.
Senator PIatt issued statement de-
Tending President McKinley's Philip
pine policy.
Nine trained nurses left New York
for Manila.
At Havana gambling is to be
stamped out,
Yellow fever is reported to be abat-
ing at Santiago.
Lieut.. 10. Moore of the Iowa volun-
teers committed suicide in the Philip
pines.
An. officer in the Philippines wrote
that officers pray Lawton may be given
command.
Seventy Americans killed 115 Of $50
Babaylones with loss of one killed and
one wounded.
Ants in the Philippines almost ut
terly destroyed 100000 in paper sent
to paymasters.
Mr.. Root and Mr.. Mckinley will con-
fer at Lake Champlain. General Otis
may be removed.
Manila customs receipts since the
American occupation to June l have
been $279, 1926.
Great rains at Manila have made
military operations impracticable for
some time to come.
General Luna's assassin is said to
have been a fencing master disguised
by Aguinaldo as a sentinel.
President Mckinley sends message
praising the regulars and volunteers
for their work in the Philippines.
Cigarmakers at Bejucal, Cuba, de-
cided to subscribe per cent. Of their
earnings for the benefit Of the strikers
at Tampa.
Aguinaldo concentrated 1000 troops
at APART and fortified the town and
coast approaches, expecting visit
from Americans.
The Spanish commission in the Phil
ippines expects to complete very soon
the arrangements for the release of
Spanish prisoners.
Lack Of rain in Cuba is causing much
delay in the maturing of the crops.
Large quantities of tobacco remain in
the hands of buyers.
A Filipino priest with the insurgents
is attempting to lead a movement to
secure independence of the church in
the Philippines from Spanish control.
Only 16 deaths from yellow fever
were reported in Santiago de Cuba last
week and General Leonard Wood
thinks the disease is under control.
An order has been issued in Manila
regulating practice before courts and
substituting the American for the
Spanish system in important respects.
In a cabled statement Andrew Car
negie advised President Mckinley to
send General Miles to Manila author
lied to promise the Filipinos a trial
of independence.
The schooner Gallite, which cleared
from Havana last April, mysteriously
disappeared. Seven negroes who were
aboard of her have been arrested at
San Juan, Porto Rico, and the mate has
been arrested in Spain.
Admiral Dewey reached Trieste and
will remain there ten days more. He
cabled that the program for the recep-
ton to be rendered him in Washington
met with his approval. Secretary Long
will present to the admiral the sword
voted him by congress. Dewey was
dined in Trieste and made a speech.
W. c. Whitney denied going to Europe
to ask Dewey to run for president.
Admiral Dewey has decided to accept
the banquet rendered him by the city
of New York, but has declined that
rendered him by New York million
aires Admiral Dewey, on behalf of
himself and the officers and crews OF
the squadron engaged in the battle of
Manila bay, has instituted libel pro-
ceedings for 100000 prize money.
Mascagni has composed magnificent
hymn in honor of Admiral Dewey.
The relief farms in Cuba are an I'M
qualified success.