Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
THE Colonies.

American troops repulsed the Fill
pinos after a five hours fight.
A more vigorous Philippine policy
was adopted by the administration.
Filipinos fed before Macarthur so
fast his scouts could not find lem
Lieut.. Copp, who fired on FilipInos,
secured his appointment through Sen
ator Platt
The thirteenth Minnesota regiment
finally sailed. So did the South Dakota
regiment.
1t is stated that Havana IS now Tree
of American troops except those gar
risoning the fort.
Forty-three fnsurgent plotters were
captured by the provost marshal IN
the city of Manila.
The town of Angeles, in front OF
General Macarthur, was set on hre oy
retreating Filipinos.
General Macarthur sent out recon
noitering parties, but they found the
Filipinos widely scattered.
Major Rockefeller, who disappeared
soon after his arrival in the Philip
oines. is reported to be prisoner IN
southern LuZon.
Con. Young occupied San Mateo
after routing the Filipinos IN hght
in which three Americans were killed
and thirteen wounded.
Among the invaded soldiers from
the Philippines that reached San Fran
cisco Yesterday we're a Minnesota man
and twenty-one Montanans.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
for taking the census of Cuba. Cen
eral Sanger will be in charge, and the
work must be completed by January
l, 1900.
Cen. Gomez made a statement claim
ing that the differences in opinion IN
Cuba have been exaggerated and that
INDEPENDENCE" is the sole watchWord
there.
Havana death report: Santiago, 9Th,
Joseph J. Council, signal sergeant, re-
mittent malarial fever; Captain Percy
Nibbs, British Steamship Southland,
yellow fever; Puerto Principe, 9TH,
Frank BlOomer, teamster, yellow FEVER.
The question of relieving General
Otis of the command in the Philip
mines will. it is said, be left largely to
the discretion of Secretary Root. The
matter viii not be considered until all
the achievements have arrived at
Manila.
Major Aleshire, Of the quarter
masters office, is buying cavalry
horses for the Philippines. Horses
such as the government wants must
be less than 1000 pounds in weight,
solid colors, and all geldings.. Eighty
four dollars is paid for those accepted.
Government officials have received
comics of another anti-imper1allstlc
circular signed by Edward Atkinson,
which, the author says, has been or
will be sent to the commissioned and
non-commissioned officers of each re-
turning regiment of troops from tne
Philippines.
The cruiser Olympia with Admiral
Dewey aboard sailed from Naples for
Leghorn. Members of the New York
Sculpture society are working gra-
tuitousIy to make the Dewey Arch
wonderful work of art. President NC
Kinley is reported to have said that he
wants plenty of red fire burned when
Dewey comes.
Gen. Brooke having been directed to
prevent the Commercial Gable COM
pany of Cuba from landing in Cuba,
the company addressed itself to the
Washington authorities. Protest was
made against the contention OF the
International Ocean Telegraph COM
pany that it's Mr.. Edmunds holds that
the exclusive rights of the operating
company urged under the Spanish
grant cannot be maintained in a court
of Justice.