Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — FROM THE FRONT. [ARTICLE]

FROM THE FRONT.

“D-r-r-rum! D-r-r-rum! D-r-r-rum, d-r-r-rum. d-r-r-rum!” The United States Government has purchased a number of British steam colliers. The United States military attaches at St. Petersburg and Vienna have been called home. Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska has received offers from 15,789 individuals, who desire to enlist. A Havana newspaper calls our handsome battleships Texas and lowa “damaged barges.” Rev, T. DeWitt Talmage has announced his intention of going to the front as an army chaplain. Spaniards are arriving in New York from abroad in order to evade service in the Spanish army. Intense patriotism prevails over Kentucky, and twice the number of men allotted could be raised. The Vizcaya and Oquendo must belong to the Spanish flying squadron, judging from the way they»tied from Havana. The United States Government has established censorship of telegrams at Key West, forbidding the transmission of code messages to or from Havana. Senor Bruzon. civil governor of Havana. has sent his family to Mexico, in anticipation of a bombardment and capture of the city by United States forces. Several Chicago firms have notified their clerks that if any of their employes

go to the front their salaries will be paid during their absence, their situations will be preserved for them, and if they are killed or disabled they will be pensioned. •* How Spain grasps at straws may be illustrated by the fact that she pretends to expect aid from Mexico.