Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — WAR BULLETINS. [ARTICLE]

WAR BULLETINS.

Philadelphia sent to the front over 4,000 young men during the month of May. Admiral Dewey has been elected an honorary member of the New York Historical Society. All the English newspapers speak in terms of the highest praise of the daring exploit of Lieut. Hobson and his little crew. Herr Hoenig, a well-known German military expert, thinks the war between the United States and Spain will be a long one. Gen. Blanco published an order prohibiting foreign newspaper correspondents from staying in Cuba under penalty of being treated as spies. The London financial market is already treating Spain as a bankrupt nation, and does not boojc any orders for silver unless the gold for it is deposited in advance. A terrible accident was prevented at Tampa by the coolness and heroism of two men who carried a box of ammunition which was on fire and threw it into the river. Spain has hitherto annually exported to this country about $2,000,000 worth of oranges, raisins, nuts and wines. This year this trade will be supplied by the people of California and Florida. Capt. Low, of the fruit steamer Alleghany, just arrived at New York from the West Indies, says that the Cuban race has been practically exterminated, a greater portion of the peaceable population having died since Gen. Lee left Havana. Experiments are being made in the Russian army with tall observation towers, which may be readily unjointed and distributed among the men during a march. In their drills with these, squads of sixty men can erect complete structures in twenty minutes. London capitalists with Philippine interests have urged Ambassador Hay to assure the government of their desire that the United States should hold the Philippines. The Spanish military authorities at Sphtiago pent.Liont. Hobson and his men to MorrokWle, at the entice of the hapbor, so that our fleet will not fire upon that 4ftifleation. Sister Mary, an English nun, has bee» ordered from Havana because she did not report having in her possession a small quantity of food medicines intended'for the survivors of the Maine.