Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-02-20
NEWS OF TIE WORLD.
SPANISH-AMERICAN
SITUATION.

The Spanish government, 1t is an
nounced, has decided not to sell tne
Caroline islands.
It is stated that the Filipinos must
lay down their arms before they can
deal with General Otis.
The latest advices from Manila state
that the American troops continue to
drive the FilipinOs inland.
Admiral Ceryera is to be prosecuted
in Spain as a result of his defeat by
the American feet at Santiago.
The credentials of Brigham G. Rob-
erts of Utah, as member of congress
have been received and placed on lille.
The Filipinos, at Admiral Dewey's
order, evacuated San Rogue, a town
near Manila, but set fire to it before
departing.
General Henry rfas appointed the
new Porto Rican cabinet, and the lib
erals are said to be dissatisfied with
his policy.
Gen. John Patterson has been placed
on the retired list.
Two Minnesota soldiers were wound
ed at Manila by one bullet
REPRESENTATIVE DOChC4y 0e1A0 AAS-A"
years deficiency will be $ISO,0OO,OOO.
It cost the government $99,660 to in
vestigate the conduct of the Spanish
war.
President Mckinley committed the
sentence of Commissary-General Ea-
gan to retirement from rank and duty
for six years.
Robert P. Porter, recently a special
commissioner to Cuba, sailed for Eu-
rope and is reported to be on mis-
sion for tie president.
The Anglo-American joint high com
mission has reached no conclusion on
the proposition to give Canada sea-
port on the Alaskan coast.
The queen regent of Spain has signed
the DEGREES convoking the cortes on
February 20, and re-establishing the
constitutional guarantees.
Army officers think the war invest1-
CATION committee may be called to &C
count in the courts for reflections cast
upon any one in it's reports.
The body of Gen. Calixto Garcia ar
rived in Havana from the United
States and was received with honors
by Cuban and American officers.
The American troops attacked Cal
ocean, a village six miles northeast OF
Manila, and captured it after in1ict-
ing havoc on the FilipinOs. They also
took IlolilO.
The return of General Wood to San
uago has, it is said, pacified the peo-
OIoh HI
the disbanding of two American regi-
ments.
General Otis cables from Manila that
Aguinaldo has requested cessation OF
hostilities and a conference. The
American commander has declined to
answer him.
General Miles, it is said, is fully pre-
pared to defend himself against the
criticisms of the war investigating
commission when the time comes for
him to speak.
Admiral Dewey has written letter
to Judge BrawIey OF South Carolina,
stating that under no circumstances
would he be candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination in 1900.
The inquiry into the charges against
the character of the army meats pre-
ferred by Gen. Miles will follow close
upon the presentation of the report OF
the commission to investigate the con-
duct Of the war.
The state department has declined to
recognize the claim Of the Austro-Hun-
garian government for indemnity on
account of Hungarian miners killed by
a sherif1's posse at HazeltOn, Pa, on
September 10, 1897.
The Havana police force has been
organized by ex-Supt. John McCullagn,
of New York. Residents Of Santiago
complain that the cost of the Havana
police is greater than the expenses OF
the whole province of Santiago.
The Havana correspondent Of the
London Times says General Maxine
Gomez has agreed to refer to the Gu
ban assembly at Mariana the Ameri-
can offer of $3,000,000 to pay OF the
Cuban army on condition Of disband-
ment.
General Otis official reports up to
date indicate tnat 40 Americans have
been kllIed in the fighting and l48
wounded. He estimates the total Fill
ipino loss at about 1900, but this is
beIiev ed to be below the correct ng-
ures.
General Otis cables that Agoncillo is
responsible for the outbreak at Ma
Mia. 1t is reported there, he says,
that the Philippine representative tel
eoranhed from Washington to Agui-
naIdo telling him to drive out the
Americans before re-enforcements ar
rived.
The report of the war investigating
commission declares that the charges
of incompetency in the war depart
ment are we'll founded. Gen. Miles
is censured for public criticisms OF
army meats, and the commission as
serts there was no evidence the beef
was treated with chemicals.
Surgeon General Sternberg said that