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KvlCY '0L. XXXI. NO. 41. WILMINGTON, N. C, FjRIDAY, MAY 20, 1898. $1.00 PER YEAR. ii i r : J 7 4 r I. y SAMPSON'S To Find and Destroy the Spanish Fleet in the ; West Indian Waters. ADVISED BYI STRATEGIC BOARD. lUit He Can Change His Plans as Circumstances Requires The Admi ral Free to Act on His Own Judgment for the Carrying Out of His OrdersThe Expected Battle will Probably be Fought not Far From the Cuban Coast Speculation as to When it will Occur Conflicting Rumors as to Location of Spanish Fleet. (Sr.tal to The Baltimore Sun.) , TRYING TO KEEP IMPORTANT SE Washington, May 17. The naval sit- CRETS. nation has resolve. itself into one of expectancy as to the probable time of Th conflict, no'.v regarded as inevi table, between the American and Span ish naval forced cruising1 around in c-uth"rn v.-AU-rs, while each day brjngs them nearer to the contest on which de-J'-n'ls the supremacy of one or the other artnd Cuba. The osiers to 'Admiral Sarajvson are to seek and destroy the enemy, just asAverf--tho.se sent to Dewey 'before he kaib.J -'tor Manila. The most practicable mea-TUfi of discovering and hunting down the Spanish ships uid engaging them in action is a question to be de termined almost entirely by the tiag officers with the American ileet south. No restraint has .been .placed on the fri!ior ollicer, and lie is clothed with full power to go where he deems bst V efk and give bat Me to Spain's for- .mlda'ble flotilla, which has a way of eluding watch that lias fbevome annoy ing and complexinj to the strategic -oa rd. The board has outlined the plan of action that it advisosto'be followed, and Avhen changes are (necessary, as addi tional facts are received "relating to the whereabouts of t'he enemy, Admiral Sampson is informed and given sug gestions as to the better course to pur sue. The admiral has been depending on messages froxrt Washington exclus ively in the last three days for mfor- m-ation as to the movements of the rival fleet, and for this reason it is be- lieved that he hAR not taken his de parture from t'he north coast of Hayti and will not proceed beyond the Wind- ward passage until he has reasonable Havana with large quantities of am .grounds for assuming -that the fc'ipanish munition and supplies understood to be ships have taken , decided course to ward some place on the Cuban shore. THiE SPlANHAKDiS -ELUSIVE. Where the Spanish squadftxmi will -proceed is a question of uncertainty to the strategic board, ,and unless some of t'he ewift scouts now -supposed to be oper ating in waters (between 'Cuba and the Caribb'bean sea. ''pick up" and report the fleet it does not .seem to be prob able that the na.val officials here can be Teliably informed as to the future movements of the vessels after they once get beyond cable communication nvith the United iS tales. Four fast cruisers are now scouring fthe-se waters, or soon will be. The St. Paul, under Cajitain Sigsbee, is said this evening to .'have been detached ifrom Commodore Schley's squadron and to have been seret scurrying around the west end of Cuba .to reconnoitre along the south coast .and watch the ap proach of the enemy -from that direc tion. Meanwhile, .the Yale and the St. Louis and 'probably .t'he (Harvard in a day or so will be .traveling over that section of the sea .that touches the shores of Santiago de Ou'ba and the Windward passage, j-wnere the possi fbilities are equally strong that the Spanish" fleet may .a.ppear. Admiral SamiTkson .arvaty now be on his rway to Havana, vqr. taking a southerly -course and making ooff.jand on ibetween : the east end of Cuba .and Hayti to in tercept the fleet sSiOiild.it attempt to pass through p.ny .o'f .those passages .and come around to .the. north of Ou'ba tfl,nd on to Havaita, 'hoping tnat Samp :pn has made fox Cienituegos. iThe situation tresarded as one in -.whjcfh successful tratesry now depends rtPCh on t'he reliability, rf :t'he informa tion concerning the vSpajxish fleet, and the. time that will !be .-permitted to make rtheiirvecessary start rto prevent the ene nyffrom securins' ,oimeifloint of van ttage. The caWe cks much .A3 the scout lhaskkpt t'he d-eparjbmentiAmd Admiral Sapipsxiri advised of Jate, IkUt when the lanisfv admiral a8.in ets ibeyond the .cope Kgt communicaiKwi there Is no pssJ-bie-it leans of locating his.command miless ane of the flt .pattol vessels sifiht jfp and carry ithe new rapidly to come rilace where it van 5e sent to one of .ifee two squadrwa io.w on the Joolfcsiwt. ' (MOglE ?SSXU1TS 1ARE 3sTElEIBD. . .The -bsen3? of a larger axvd imiOre ef fective iPa.tol ifleet is now Celt. Com ment l JxiiKOs1 tliat the euthoxities e-hould foftv.e anticipated the nefessity of haviasr haf jt, dozen or snore Vsela tor this ervice .nd snould have order ed the four 5rtH'an liners now db the New EngrUnd coast and at Hampton JRoads todtaiyaf fthfsieind. .This type of vV.esse-1 was ecuT:ed Iby the government pi is contended, for rapid work on p. service, and wilre there are now ibu;t three avalliibje ccoutmg Vel ioporting south there should be not Jtesa itjban naif a doze. A Jlftre number of these snips cruis ing' over certain zones ,wsiJd render it practical impossible for .he Spanish vessels 9 approadh any jsection of Cuba fritfeooit due notice piven the flvts ynAr Admiral Sandwort and Commodore hley. Widely sarated lie two fleets re now so situated tnat it would be impracticable for onC to pTOpeed f?pedily io the alstance ? of the Her 4? sttacstfd w h orcef. ORDERS. j The navy department continues to maintain its strict censorship over all ; news maue public relating either to the receipt of information from Sampson or the American consuls in the West Indies, or what additional instructions, if any, have been sfit to the flfjt com manders. In so doing it intensifies the mystery which surrounds the probable direction that Sampson's fleet has tak en. Naval officers express the opinion ; that Sampson's fleet is not proceeding ' to oentuegos, and will not go that far j to the west unless the scout boats re port that the Spanish are heading pre sumably in that direction. The proper strategy, they say, demands that the Windward passage be guarded to pre vent h- fleet slipping through and ' com n suddenly on the patrol ships on tht, north coast of Cuba, whereas if the enemy proceeds to Cienfuegos there will be time for Sampson to go around one end of the island and Schley the other, and thus effectually prevent escape to airy port in the V est Indies for coal and suplies This r,an ig the one generally a&reed to by officers as the one being ad hered to, and is the one laid down by j the war college in consideration of pos sible war between Spain and the Uni ted States around Cuba. SCHLEY NOW NEAR THE SCENE. Whatever may be the tactics of the Spanish, the officials have no appre hension now of calamity befalling any of the smaller ships on blockade work as a result of surprise by the over whelming force of the Spanish armor- t clads. The flying squadron, last re- ported. off Charleston, is due in gulf watPrs. anrt the -r. r.f tho j waters, and the presence, of these strong ngmers win materially relieve the anxiety that the Spanish vessels mlsrht escane Samnson and eret into urgently required by Blanco, to enable him to fight his Morro batteries fierce ly and rapidly. While not so formidable as the fleet under Sampson, Schley, with , two battleships and one magnificent armor ed cruiser, with the addition of the monitors Puritan and Miantonomoh and a large number of auxiliary ves sls, would present an array of fighters competent to deal with the Spanish successfully, It is contended by ex perts, regardless of assistance from Sampson's . fleet. Numerically the fleet now in the gulf outnumbers two to one that under Admiral Sampson, and is little short in real fighting strength except for lack of torpedo boats and first-class battleships, of which Sampson has more. A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK. The game that will be played from now on will be one of hide-and-seek, the hiding being done probably by the Spanish and the seeking by the Amer icans. Unless the Spanish admiral has received news of the departure of the ffyrn?: squadron he is probably reckon ing on having to deal with Admiral Sampson's fleet alone, which he knew when he sailed from Martinique "was off the "Haytian coast. General Greeley's strict exercise of censorships on -all cable messages going out of the United States may lead to the Spanish admiral being cut off from information about the steps being tak en already to augment the fighting strength of the gulf squadron. The two squadrons united are admitted to be capable of dealing a crushing blow to the Spanish fleet, and if its presence can he definitely learned in time to secure the operation of the combined fighting strength of the two fleets the strategist board has no doubt that the battle -will be quickly decided and with but little damage to the United States ships. "Such an overpowering array of fighters opposing the Spanish fleet of four large vessels and three torpedo boats would, they say, as completely cripple Spain's naval forces in the, At lantic as Admiral Bewey's squadron silenced the guns of the vessels at Manila. The distances between the opposing fleets render the time exceedingly prob lematical when they will meet, and it also depends In a still larger measure on the plans of the Spanish and their destination. "If bound for -any port of Cuba the Journey should te accom plished try the last of this -week, and If once within sight of the Ctfban coast escape then wtthvut first encountering one of the two squadrons would be re mote, if not impossible. A "battle Is looked for In the next seven days, prob ably sooner, and H Is regarded -as a foregone conclusion that it will eme off not for from the coast of- Cuba. SPAIN'S MENANQING FLEET. (Special to The Baltimore SunT) Porto Plata, San Dotnlngto. May 17 i It is reported here that the SDanish . squadron of four cruisers and two tor pedo boat destroyers, commanded by ! Admiral cervera, is at. Porto Rico. I have not been able to confirm this re- : port, but whatever its origin it appears to he generally accepted here as true. . (Special to The Baltimore Sun.) Barranquilla, United States of Co lombia, May 17. Admiral Cervera's squadron has not come to this nort. If is reported here that the Spanish ships I which left Curacoa Sundev cvenlncr I have been signaled by incoming ves- sels heading toward Martinique. Had the squadron sailed west from Cura coa, as reported, it would have been sighted near Barranquilla. (Special to The Baltimore Sun.) St. Pierre, Martinique. May 17. The main parf of the Spanish fleet has ev idently left Martinique waters, and it is believed here that the ships have sailed either for Cuba or Porto Rico. The Terror and the Alicante are still at Fort de France. Repairs on the boilers of the Terror are nearly com pleted and it is reported that she will leave tomorrow. The Alicante carries supplies and coal in reserve. It is said that a Spanish ship entered this port during the night, showing no lights, and departed after making a scout of the harbor. . t i SEVERE CRITICIS?I Of the fnlted State for its Action To ward Spain by Prince BIsmark. (Copyright by Associated Press.) Friedericksruhe, 'May 18. The cold and rainy weather has increased Prince Bismarck's neuralgia and aggravated the swelling of his legs, and he has been unable to leave his -bed for sev eral days. Dr. Schweninger is again here, and is disquited about his patient. The prince, therefore, is unable to re ceive visitors, but a correspondent of the 'Associated Press, from members of the family, has been able to obtain the views of the former chancellor on the war and the suggested Anglo Saxon alliance, as expressed by the prince during his most recent talk at the -table. In substance they are as follows: Prince Bismark condemns the war outright. He says it is due to system atic American provocation, which final ly became unbearable. He added: "The whole course of the Washing ton administration has been insincere. "My views are well understood. I have always held that war is only de fensible after all other remedies have failed. T'he result of the war cannot be wholesome either to America or Europe. The United States will 'be forced to adopt csn intermeddling pol icy, leading to unavoidable frictions. She thus abandoned iher traditional peace policy and, in order to maintain her position, che must (become a mili tary and a naval power an expensive luxury which her geographic position rendered unnecessary. -vmerica's change of front means retrogression in the high sense of civi lization. This is the main regrettable, fact about thi3 war." Regarding the speech made on Fri day last by Joseph Chamberlain, the British secretary olf state for the colo nies, at .Birmingham, 'Prince -Bismark said: . "The Importance thereof depends upon whether Mr. Chamberlain's pri vate opinions are those of tlhc; British governrrent. Closer Anglo-American relations are doubtless feasible, but an alliance Is improbable and (unservice able to -both. Beside it is a mi&take to call the Americans iSaxons, Theirs is a mixed "blood, British, Irish German, French and Scandinavian. The Anglo-"" Saxon does not. even preaominate to day. This dwelling on so-called race interests is nonsense in-politics. Look at the Russo-French agreement and the dreibund. Politics are not dictated by snch far-fetched sentimentalities.' "Germany's duty, plainly, is to main tain her interests by carefully nursing the good neighborship of the European nations." DEFENSE WORK HUSHED -On Port Tampa Fortifications Suspic ious Characters Loafing About the Camps i Tampa, Fla., May 18. General Lud low, of the engineer corps, spent the afternoon at Port Tampa completing arrangements for the protection of the harbor. Coast defense work at Eg mont and Mullet Keys, at the entrance of Tampa bay is being pushed to com pletion and the siege guns now here will be sent down in a few days to be mounted on the batteries. J Hundreds of camp followers are scattered around town, among the number being several suspicious char acters, who have been seen loitering around the infantry camp. Tonight a guard of sixteen men from the Seven teenth infantry was stationed in the neighborhood of the large water tank Sit Tampa ports. Members of General Wade's staff are packing up their personal effects pre paratory to removing to Chickamauga, where General Wade has been appoint ed to the command of one of the three army corps now assembling there. One regiment of Ohio volunteers join ed the troops at Lakeland tonight. Five regiments are now in camp there. Governor Bloxham, of Florida, who is here organizing the First Florida regiment, today appointed Frank H. Brown, vice-president of the Plant sys tem, a member of his staff, with the rack of ooSonel. How Dewey CJot Plans or ITIanlla. Cincinnati, May 17. Mr. William rxmerty, an ornitologist and entomo logist has Just returned from the Phil ippine Islands via. Hong Kong and San Francisco. He succeeded in passing the Spanish customs officers at Ma nila with complete plans of the city. the harbor, the for tfficat Ions and minute details of their armament, from Consul General Williams to Ad miral George Dewey. The plans and drawings were concealed hi a newly iaundried shirt, which was folded, pinned up and banded in the usual style and put with other clothing in his trunk. Arriving at Hong Kong early in April he delivered the su premely Important papers to Admiral Dewey on the Olyrnpia. Stamp Taxes Are coming as a necessary war measure,- and as a consequence medicines will ,be advanced in price. If you have not yv"t begun your course of Hood's Sarsap&Tilla, It Is advisable to lay in'a year's sn'ply at once and begin to take it TODaV- By so doing you will save money and regain health. Hood's Sar saparilla is .America's Greatest Medi cine. Be sure to get Hood's. T Hood's Pills ar? easy to take, easy ttf operate, . 4v . " . s. 'j. ,IE IS 110 IE. I . I . -- The Grand Old Man Has Passed Away. I ALL EUROPE MOURNS. He Died Peacefully at an Early Hour Yesterday Horning ThOM About Him Ke-ognIzed Shortly Before lira Death Ex ire!ons of Sorrow from Ulan Quarters To be Buried at Havvarden Parliament to Ak for a Public Fvneral. Hawadcn, May 19. -Mr Gladstone died at 5 o'clock this morning. He had been" unconscious practically all day, though, at times he seemed to recog nize for a moment some of the watch ers about him. Certainly he did re cognize his wife who was beside him all day, except when the physician prevailed upon her to rest. She ten derly clasped her husband's hand as she watched him. Apparently he slept a good deal. Occasionally he uttered a few words, in a dreamy way, words which those who were watching were unable to catch. Their only consolation was that he was not suffering pain. No narcotics were administered. Though a national funeral will prob ably be accepted by t"ae family, there is little doubt that the remains of Mr. Glads-tone v.'ill be laid to rest in the peaceful graveyard at award e.i ad joini'nsr the church where he waj mar ried more than half a century ago. At Hawarden the happiest portion of his life was passed, and 5t is truly ti. re treat sweet enough for' any laborer. London, . lay 19. Every other topic in Great Britian yesterday dropped out of sight before the passing away of Mr. Gladstone. In two places, per haps, was the tension most keen and most heartifek the house of commons and Hawarden. Just before the house rose yesterday a telegram from Mr. "Herbert Glad stone reached Lord Stanley announc ing that his father was sinking. Al ready before his death the hush of grief seemed to fall over the scene of his triumph. - Iit-was generally Kelt at St. Steven's that . his dying .was -but the sequel to "that t,re&t" scene witnessed -four years agowhen his last speech, spoken, he quitted the house without one word of spoken adieu. Anticipating the inevitable the mem tbers of the government discussed the appropriate procedure to be observed and resloved that no effort on their part should !be wanting to mark a suitable sense of their loss. Disregarding recent pecedents it was decided that the programme in parlia ment should be the same as that adopt ed in the case of the Earl of Chatham and of the younger Pitt, namely an address to her majesty, praying for a funeral at the public charge and a monument erected in Westminister abbey. t Throughout the whole kingdom every public gathering added its words of deep grief to the volume of national mourning clearly versed in a telegram from the prince of Wales to Mr. Henry Gladstone: "My thoughts are with you, your mother and your family at this trying time you are experiencing. God grant that your father do not suffer. (Signed) AUBEK.T EDWARD." A broad the evidences of sympathy were almost as universal. CM. Faure, president of the "French republic, daily inquired and haa regularly received every bulletin. The press of Belguim, France, Italy and Greece, in a spontan eous outburst, recalled how many op pressed peoples during Mr. Gladstone's life have offered hymns of praise for his intervention in their behalf; while in Madrid even the prospect of his death has caused a twenty-four hours suspension of war animosity against England. Not the least point into this tribute to Mr. Gladstone was its profound un animity. The late Right (Honorable William Ewart Gladstone, M. P., P. C, Is the fourth son of the late Sir John Glad stone, 'Bart., of (Fasque, cqrunty Kin cardino, "N. B., a well-known merchant of Liverpool, and was born there, De cember 29, 1809. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, of which he was nominated a student in 1829, and graduated, taking a double first class in Michaelmas term, 1831. He was returned at the general elec tion in December 1832, in the conserva tive interest, for (Newark, and entered parliament hist as the struggle of par ties was at its height. On the resignation of Mr. Disraeli's ministry in December., 1S68, iMr. Glad stone succeeded that statesman, as First Lord of the Treasury. Accident to the Greaham Ogdensburg, N. Y., May 17.One half of the United States revenue cut ter Gresham went to the bottom of the St. Lawrence river this morning and now rests on her side in twenty-flv ? foot ff watpr j The steamer had been cut in two and A. a . At . I. fr poniwueu iur passage mruufiii wc nadian canals to Montreal, where it was to be reunited and sent to Join the navy. While -waiting for the tugs to day to start down the river the bow section, forty-eight feet in length, sud denly careened to one side, forcing that pdhtoon under the water. The upper pontoon then shifted position, drawing the other pontoon entirely away from the bow section and almost turning it bottcmside up. . Fourteen seamen were just finishing their breakfast in that end of the boat and were thrown into the water, but all escaped. The accident was caused by overloading the top' deck, making tht small section topneavy. . THE OREGON SAFE. j Is the Official Announcement Made at the- Navy Department. HER DESTINATION IS REACHED. Her Actual Location is Kept Secret Thirteen Thousand Miles JVtuJcr by Her in Past Six Weeks The Charleston Sails for 3Ianifa.J Dewey Able to Hold His Ground 3Ien to he Sent to Man the Vessels Captured From Spain Cutting of the Cuban Cables Sylvester Scovell Barred From Our Vessels. Washington, May 18.- -Secretary Long j Kiive uui nit; w tru-uine uiiuuiiitviuii .- day that the battleship Oregon, the second largest craft in the American navy, had successfully completed her long trip, from San Francisco, making the entire circuit of South America, and was now safe. Whether or not she has joined Admiral Sampson's fleet, the secretary would not say. The rigid se cery of the navy department was re laxed only enough to make known the best news the navy department had received since the battle of Manila, as it meant not only that the Oregon was out of harm's way from a concerted attack on this one ship by the whole Spanish squadron now in southern wa ters, but also her great fighting strength would add to Admiral Samp son's force in the near future, if, in deed it had not already augmented the admiral's strength. The Oregon left San Francisco about six weeks ago, before the war had opened and at that time it was not ad mitted that she was to join the ships in Atlantic waters. She stopped at Callao for dispatches and then went round. the Horn and then up the east coast of South America. In all the trip covered more than 13,000 miles. Aside from this bit of information, Secretary Long said at the close of office hours that there was no further news to be given out. Late in the day Secretary Long joined the war board which had been in session for some hours to participate in the discussion of their plans, which are believed to have been materially modified by the news received from the Oregon. The cruiser Charleston, which start ed today on her long Journey to meet Admiral Dewey at Manila, should ar rive there in about twenty-four days, allowing a couple of days at Honolulu for coal. Admiral Dewey's cablegrams show that he is able to maintain the ground he has gained until reinforcements ar rive in the usual course, so that the Charleston will get there In time to serve his purpose. The stock of am munition which the Charleston carries is believed to be the great essential Just now, the fierce engagement at Cavite having consumed a large part of the American admiral's shot and shell. Some little disappointment is felt at the navy department at the singular accident that happened to the revenue cutter Gresham yesterday, when one section of the ship was thrown into the St. Lawrence. The immediate effect will be the loss to the navy of a very efficient little gunboat. There was a good deal of talk at the war department today of the possibili ty of an issue by the president of an other call for volunteers, but careful inquiry tends to warrant the statement that this is at least premature and that no further call is likely to issue until the aggregate number of soldiers al ready called for have responded and have been equipped for service.. This last matter, the equipment of the new troops, is the main source of delay and promises to become even worse in the future. The news bulletin Issued by the na vy department today contained the following items: An order has been issued by the de partment forbidding the presence of Sylvester Scovell, a newspaper corre spondent, aboard vessels of the navy or at any naval station on account of his conduct in stowing himself away on board of the tug Uncas on the re cent trip of that vessel to Havana, he having been refused permission to go as a passenger, Negotiations are in. progress for the exchange of Thrall and Jones, newspa per correspondents, for Colonel Corti Jo and Military Surgeon Julian, now prisoners of war in the United States. The Adula, with refugees from Cien fuegos, left that port May 11th for Kingston. CUTTING OF THE CABLES. The department also made public an abstract of the mail report of Captain McCalla, commander of the Marble head, describing the cutting of the ca bles in Cienfuegos bay last Wednesday. The main facts had .been sent out in the report already made by telegraph, but a few interesting details are in cluded in the abstract, which are as follows! At the recent action off Cienfuegos. Lieutenant Souther land commanded the Eagle, Lieutenant Wlnslow the steam launches and sailing launches from the Nashville and Marblehead, with Lieutenant E. A. Anderson second in command. There were four boats used and their orders were to drag for and cut the cables off Cienfuegos under the protection of the guns of the Nash . ville and the Marblehead. An Infan try and cavalry force posted about the cable house was first driven from their position by the guns of the Nashville and the Marblehead. The four laun ches then dragged for and succeeded in catching the cables. The cable house was destroyed by the guns. A small inshore cable was found, but an in fantry force with a Maxim gun, with a distance of only 150 yards, kept up such a hot fire as to prevent this cable being grappled, particularly as the i enemy had retreated Into the rcurlkjc. and ravines where they could n lonKtrr be reached by the fire from the shfrsi. The enemy having finally concvalril themselves In the light house and open ed fire on the boat- from that ioftTt. the ships opened fire upon the light house and destroyed it. Lieutenant Winslow was wounded Ira the hand. Patrick Regan, private ma rine. was killed; Ernest Suntzeiiich. or prentice, has since died; mx other mm were wounded. I cannot -peak in tot high praise of officers and men eium; ed In the four boats In cutting tti ca bles. Their work was performed" witrj the utmost coolness and intrepidity un der the most trying circumstance arl I shall later have the honor to call Fa cial attention to their conduct. (Signed) McCALLA. rommnnikv THE CHARLESTON SAILS. Vallejo. Cal., May IS. The crulsrr Charkston got under way for Manila shortly after 10 o'clock this morniafz. On the vessel are a number of newsint uer correspondents, nmong them iM injr Mr. E. Iingley Jones, who has tmrta ordered to Manila to make, report nf the United States troops for the Akum ciated Press. The Charleston was heavy loaded with ammunition for her own guns. In adition to a large supply of powdrr and projectiles for Admiral Dewey's fleet. No troops were carried on Iho Charleston, as she had no room far more than her own crew (3H0 men). TTk cruiser was heavily loaded with roai. but will not have much left when hIhs reaches Manila. JJan Francisco, May 18. The Charles ton had not passed through the Golden Gate at 5:43 o'clock this evening, al though she left Mare Island shortly af ter 10 o'clock this morning bound tur Manila. It is generally ' understood that her compasses are being ariJuttX at Angel island, but her commander may be awaiting further instructions from Washington. A few alterations In the City of IV kin's arrangements which has hern decided upon will delay the deiarture? of the vessel until Saturday next. When ready for sea, the 1'ekln will car ry four 4-pound Hotchklss rapid flm guns, two being placed in her low ami two in her stern. She Is being prenarvil for 1,000 of the enlisted men. 72 army officers, 8 navy officers and 112 sailor. The latter, with their officers, am tn man the Spanish ships captured Ly Admiral Dewey. There are now nearly 4.000 men camped at the Presidio and nearly cs -many more will be here by the midd of next week. , Another SpauUb Tiif-k Fall (Copyright by Associated Pre.sa.) Key West, Fla., May 17. The United States cruiser Wilmington, Command er C. C. Todd, when about thirty mlks east or Havana, yesterday fired four shells Into a Spanish trap. In the snap-: of a derelict, sinking It and and thuft doing away with another piece of Spanish trickery. The commander vt the Wilmington had been warned hy dispatch boats that some dangertner wreckage was drifting about the mentioned and the cruiser steamed In that direction to investigate the re ports. Ah old Spanish schooner, with her deck loaded to the rails with rustjr iron, car wheels, etc., closely paclcext together, was found floating In the track of torpedo boats and dispatrt. boats. The iron laden schooner haAT evidently been sent out of Havana har bor in the hope that a torpedo boat r small craft of the blockading for would crah into it and be so damaged : as to cause her to sink. As wires were noticed around the iron rails on th schooner. Commander Todd believed the Spanish trap might 'also contain explosives, and therefore, laying ufT it considerable distance from her, bi guns promptly sent her to the bottom. , Oeneral Wade Tour of InapeeUaat Jacksonville. Fla.. May 18. General! Wade and staff reached Jacksonville this afternoon after having made tour or inspection along the east going as far south as Miami. Tbejr remained here several hours, being mrt at the station by prominent cftisrasr and driven over the city to the points of interest. 0 R30 i Ilm Btyd to tkm fclgai it yalThSg pmmCmlf tars farttr t'aV tsL'tL" V,' L 04. ...v - r
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