Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — FROM THE FRONT. [ARTICLE]

FROM THE FRONT.

The cable between Cadiz and Iloilo has been cut Every regiment is to have twenty-five nurses and this will bring the total up to 3,750. Reports from Key West say the rainy season has begun in Cuba and rain falls daily. A shipping company has been commissioned to carry mails from Manila to Hongkong. The standing toast in Havana just before the war was: “Here’s to the patriot who blew up the Maine.” The English Marquis of Ripon has expressed himself as much in favor of an Anglo-American alliance. Five vessels captured by oar'warships in Cuban waters have been condemned and .ordered sold by the prize court. The captured Spanish ships Panama, Guido, Buena Ventura and the Pedro are to go to New York, to be sold as prizes. A report is current in London and is extensively believed that an alliance has been formed between France and Spain. The French Government is making strenuous efforts to remove the bad impression made in this country by the venomous denunciation of the United States by Paris newspapers. An official dispatch to Madrid from Havana says: “The food supply is assured for a long time. Vessels are arriving here from all parts, even from the United States, with provisions." Walter S. Barker, who was American consul at Sagua la Grande, Cuba, is to be commissioned colonel of men Who have had yellow fever, to be sent to Cuba with the first division of troops.