Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-14
TELEURAMS IN BRIEF.
THE COLONIES.

Advcies from Gen. Otis lead Presl-
dent Mckinley to expect the capture OF
AguinaldO.
II is denied in Havana that General
Brooke. General Ludlow and other OIL
Gals are living in luxury
The hospital ship Relief arrived at
San Francisco with 800 sick and dis
abled soldiers from Manila.
The Madrid authorities expect tnat
the Spanish prisoners in the Phlllp-
mines are to be released shortly
Admiral Dewey has arrived a'
Naples.
The Filipino rebels established heau-
quarters in Manila.
Filipinos captured and pufheo dn
American merchantmen.
Ex-Secretary of War Alger received
q rovaI welcome from the people OF De
troit.
A Cuban committee has lsueu dill op
neal urging Cubans to study IN order
tn he prepared for self-government.
General Toral, in defending hlmselL
for surrendering Santiago, says tne
responsibility was not his, as ne was
not given any authority.
A letter received in Chicago from
Manila says the insurgents never relax
their vigilance and are constantly re-
ceiving fresh supplies of arms.
The duke of Tetuan, in an interview
saws Snain must pull herself tOgeGher
ord make an extra effort ii she hopes
IN retain the colonies she has left.
The executive committee of the late
Cuban assembly is still promoting vet
Grams. By it's last resolution Sartorlos'
the alcalde of Gibara, was made prlg-
adler general.
General Miles relations with the war
department are greatly improved.
Secretary Root, it is understood, VIII
extend him the consideration to winch
his rank entities him.
Secretary of War Root is in favor OF
q vigorous campaign in the Philippines
as soon as the rainy season ends. lie
nroposes to give General Otis an erect
i've fighting force of 10000 men.
Tinted States Consul General Good
now. at Shanghai, renders a decision
that will have the effect of lessen1ng II
not entirely suppressing the shipment
of arms from China to the F1llplnos.
At Santiago de Cuba there are 5000
Cuban soldiers expecting to be PAID
Toe remainder of the Cuban troops IN
the province of Santiago will be pald
at the towns of san Luis, Cristo, SOngo
and Ell Caney.
Orders have been received at the
navy ward from Washington to rush
repairs and alterations on the cruiser
Buffalo. She will be fitted UP for duty
between this port and Manila and must
be ready to go into commission by NOV.
1. She will carry men and provisions
to the Philippines.
The supreme court-martial at Mad
rid. before which Generals Toral and
Pareia. have been on trial charged With
surrendering Santiago de Cuba to the
Tinted States forces without having
exhausted all means of defense, has &C
quilted both officers on the ground that
they acted upon the orders OF their
sllperiors, and only surrendered when
il was impossible to do otherwise.
Inc Uu1L0u OCdI00 u cn0POAC DUAOA ~
Capt. Batens, has arrived in quaran-
tine from Cienfuegos and Havana.
Among those on board were Majors 1.
C. Brown, W. R. Graham and 3. Wood;
Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., and IL other
passengers There were also 90 dis
charged soldiers, 81 quartermasters'
employees, 30 INDECENT American citi-
zens, eight soldiers on furlough, II SICK
soldiers, and six discharged soldiers EN-
route from Matanzas to New York.
The transport Mcclellan has arrived
from Porto Rico and Cuba. She
brought thirty-eight cabin and sixty
five steerage passengers, including
number of discharged soldiers. Among
the cabin passengers from San Juan
were Lieutenant Joseph E. Cusack,
Fifth United States cavalry, and fam
lily, Drs. Collins, Walter Cox, White
and Boyd, four army surgeons; Miss
Edith V. Hallenbough, principal Of the
American free school of Porto Rico,
and Professors J. Augerro and H. V.
Gallen, teachers in Porto Rican
schools.