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4 THBCRITICAL POINT In Our War With Spain Lies in the Expedi tion Against the Philippines. NO NEWS. YET FFM THAT: FLEET. 3vey West to be Made Base of Operations More Electricians Wanted in the Navy China not yet , Announced her Neutrality Its Delay :of Advantage to us The Oregon Arrives at Rio Janeiro .. Important Information Regarding 3Iilitary Affairs in Cuba To Call for Bids for Construc i tion of More Yarships. ! i Washington, tApril 30.' All . interest today was concentrated on the Phil IppWes, though, lit seemed almost hope ' less to expect1 any news from there, . which 3s for the present,' at sieast, the critical poiint of naval operations. In deed pne high official well versed In the pCans of . the; strategy board de clared that upon the result of the en gagement which Commodore Dewey is expected to (have had -with the Spanish fleet today; or, "within a day or two at Jeast, imEght depend to - an extent the outcome of the war. When Secretary Long left the navy department, he had received; too - word f rom Comimodore 3eiwiey nor from any point in the east. . Secretary (Long- received a dispatch from Captain Sampson (relative to the shelling- of Matanzas; " .batteries, tout . jhad tio.infoirmatton whatever as to the reported attack aipon Cardenas yester-' day fTihe impression . prevails at the department among thosV who .are not taken into the secrets of the naval war .Iboard that T these .moves of . Captain Sampson are of a strategic character, and , nofc accidental happenings! as : .anight (be supposed from their apjpar ently spontaneous character. - Key. West evidently is to 'be made a . 'base of. -the , -first brdir 'of limportance so far as "the fleet -4s concerned. Other-' wise, (Secretary 'Long never would have caUed upon an officer of . such high Yank as Commodore Remey to com-, mand the station. The commodore has been relieved at the Portsmouth navy jyard, INew Hampshire, !by a retired 'offi cer of rank. !Two more retired - orli-' . cers of a high rank of ahili ty are to be' called into service Monday iin, the per son of Naval Constructor R. W. Steele and W, L. j!M?intonye.- -The :board of 'bureau chiefs" Is now - engaged in preparing the .advert isem en ts- calling for the construction of torpedo boats and destroyers. By a special pro'vis tion of the naval bill these advertise ments will run only three; weeks, in- stead of three months, as is usual. The deipartnient w511 descri'be orrly the ken - era! characteristics of ; the torpedo: boats, leaving .to the' -bidders the suib-i . an-ission of plans for 1 their construction. Chief 'Constructor 'Ilifchiborn said today that .when, the department has placed the contracts for the vessels authoriz ed! "by thespehding naval appropiriation bill, the government w513 , have f under cpnstru'ctdbn at one time ' a greater number of vessels than it ever had (building slince the war and a greater tonnage in the aggregate -th'an at any -time during the .civil conflict, i ; There will be no less-than thirty-six, vessels altogether .hus placed under const ruc-v-ti on three 'battleships, sax teen , tor pedo boat destroyers, twelve torpedo boats, four coast defense monitors and one igunrooat on the lakes. : ' j MORES 'ESIJEJCnmlCIAiNiS "WAiNfTBD. ' 1 The honor of 'being' fleet engnneer of the numerous musqui to fleet, which. is expected to "be one of the mainstays i in the defense of the 'Atlantic ; coast cities, has fallen to !a.'Tetired officer, Chief -Engineer 'Alexander! Henderson, i who Ss nowf a .prosperous (business man iin iNew York, but Who lhas consented 'to sacrdficej hfiri -personal interests ; to fight in the navy. "More electricians I are- wanted; in the navy arid the -secre-!tary todayj directed thaa special re icmuiting station '.be oipeneu at the Waah "ington navy yard at 1 o'clock (Monday i to recruit these electricians. n - . . "' C OIN TIHiES ; '"WlAiRj ! '? - ' '.I ' I' . -'! i i i ' ! I' - i ' ' : The Chinese sniniister; "jftlr. Vu Tang !Fang, caled at the state department today and j had a talkj Mitb j officials Vconcerhmg khe; war situation. ;iHe did 'not tiring; ajnotlce of ChinaTs neutrality inor has he received word 'thus far from his government that "China wall declare " her neutrality.! The .authorities ; here would have 'been pleased if China wi th held her decree aUogether as such a course might be of distinct adV-antage to' the United States in case Commo dore Dewey's fleet falls to ? effect a landing ! ' on the Philippines, ; and is obKged 'to seek some open iport. With an Aineriican fleet 5n 'Asiastic waters the situation 'becomes hazardous' un . less a 'belligerent port is captured, -or -a neutral port remains open. i "Up to, today 'all countries ' occupying western Asaitic territory had .declared neutrality, except China alone. The, notice of Korea was given two days ago, thus closing. Paipan ports, in cluding YokoVtoma, which, is the most advantageous harhor .ln Asiatic waters rand nearer the Philippines than any other ' port. The British and. -French decrees closed jlHong Kong" and the ports of British India and of - 'French rrnoA?Ari:M '. The iofficials here feel that the United Btates wjguld .have profited nuch by securinrg , coaling' station from China during 'the recent contro versies wttiWh led to Germany's secur ing Klad Chow "bay tas a coaling sta tion, Rusia securing port Arthur and, England ecuring Wei Hai .Weir There5 5s good reason to tbelieve that the friendly spirit of China; toward .the United States would have made It pos sible for the United States' to have se cured the .harbor of Mirs iBay or some other advantageous point on the Chi nese coast. At the present Aim?, how ever; tt is saSd that China couid not voluntarily grant sucJi a -coaling sta tion 'Without assuming a ; distinctly hostile attitude toward .Spain.. ' , It is possible hat China's neutrality decree may jbe issued any day, and yet the delay 5s in no ;way I exercising the author! tiles here, owing to ; the feeling that it-leaves China's .-'ports' open " to Commodore Dewey's fleet. . The Portuguese minister, Vdscount .de Santa-Thyrso called at . the state de partment today and gave official notice of -Portugal's neutrality. Afterward ! : the , viscount expressed 'regret at . .the ? published reports attributing. delay to jrwriLu&a.i .aim a, uisppsiugn to favor Spafln as against the United ; States. The: minister says that such reports are unwarranted. IMPORTANT INFORMATION .EE- '; , ' i '; -' OARUENG CUBA.. J; -K :': . ! Savannah, Ga., ' April 30. .Dr. W. F. Brunner, formerly United' ; States san itary inspector at Havana, ;has Just returned from Washington where he I went to place ' valuation information in i the hands of the surgeon general and L of i General Miles andl jthe war duipart- ment. ;-,.-. !'1"V; ':;L(!'!- ! Dr. Brunner, while! tin -Havana, for the sum of $5.0 a mon,th had . the orig . inal reports from all the Spanish mill--. tary hospitals. These I reports are ; now 1 in the possession of lSuieon. General iWyman. . They show, Dr. Brp.ner states, that there; 'were in. the, Spahish hospitals daily out ot the army of 110, 000 men, (from 32,000 to 38,000 soldiers. The 'unsanitary conditions ? surround ing the men, and the ; insufficient at tention', given them, together with -a lack of good food, are responsible for these facts, he states. Dr. Brunner al so secured dn the same, way informa tion about all. the' coast fortifications around Havana, ; and personally saw planted eight of the submarine mines now in the harbor there.. These plans have 'been placed in the- possession 'of i the war department. witn unem ne had data showing the i numiber, . size and desciip'tion of all the ..guns, '' sys tems of measurement, length of their base lines and a full description of all their j ammunition and! high explosives. DrJ Brunner does not think an army invasion should, toe sent to Cuba until fall on account off the likelihood of a great mortality from yellow fever and thousands of other fevers. l o.a6; says with , the volunteers and .regulars,' the Spaniards ; will probably ; soon assemble an army of albout 80,000 men dn Havana The war .department has assigned the officers who are to perform- the duties of quartermaster and commis sary for the volunteer troops at the various: state rendezvous prior), to their molbiliza'tion at the central 'points. In a numiber of the states these officers are the" same as those. detailed for mus tering duty- For North Carolina. F. C. Marshall, Sixth cavalry! has been ap-. There was a feeling of relief among officials tonight over the saf e arrival of the Oregon -at 'Rio, - well to the north and out of possible reach of th Span ish torpedo cruisier .Temaov ' 'which has been 'lying around the vicinity) of Bue nos Ay res. i The keenest interest is taken in her future movements, but. on account of the extreme reticence of the naval authorities the nature of the instructions which have awaited' her at Rio are not. known. The .prevalent be lief, jhowever, is that her orders are fleet without delay. ; j r ! i , Affairs in Madrid.! Madrid. ADril 30. Noon. The great est efforts are being made Ihere, and throughout the country, to increase the national war fond. It is proposed, for instance, to have tables ornamented with h the national colors, at all - the Madrid churches throughout the month of May. These tables; will be attended by society ladies, whose names and the amounts they Collect - for the fund will be published in the newspapers. i The traditional festival qfl May 2nd, in honor of D; A. Oiz Velarde, will be celebrated by a procession- of .jveterans to the monument in the Prad,; where open air masses will be celebrated, ac companied by military salutes. The Spanish eolony; in Mexico tele graphs that, besides K contributing a warship, a subscription in raid of the national fund to increase the strength of the Spanish army has been opened in Mexico, and that 18,000 pesetas have already been collected. ; i It;is pointed out here that since Ger many has made no dVeclaration of neu trality, German factories are not pre cluded from supplying Spain? with war materials. . I I fr4' It is reported that the Spanish gov ernment' has purchased; two foreign warships, but no details regarding the newly acquired vessels are obtainable. X0 p. m. Up to this hour no news has been received from Manila. , - Cubans in America to Assemble at ' - Tampa . - Kev West, April SO. The Cubans here are highly excited over the following telegram received from T. Estrada Pal-jna,- of the New York junta: ; "Assemble and send to Tampa im (medlately all young . unmarried healthy Cubans disposed to go to Ca ba: also all officers of. our army. Del egation! win not sustain families of en listed men." H I; '.?-- Tampa is made the general rendez vous of: the Cubaw . forces. En listments will begin -here, tomorrow morning. !r n$iti a'AFtEt SANTIAGO K CUBA In a State of Anareliy People Fleeing from tlie City Brutality of SpanfMi Soldiers Food Scarce Antiquated - Harbor Defenses Santiago de Cuba, April 27, via steamer Remus, filed at'Port Antonio, Ja., April 28. Don- Arsenso Linares Pdxnbo, com "mandante general of this division! of Cu ba, proclaimed four days ago that every man between' fifteen and - fifty years of age, must enroll 'that night with the vol unteers for military service, under pen alty of arrest and military trial and death. " ' ' '- -. . Senor Chucho Manduley, magistrate of the high court of Santiago and known as an intense Spanish sympa'thlzer, 1 ono of. the most (prominent the city, left for the camp of the Cuban Brigadier General CavaHos. He was accompanied by sev-: eral kinsmen and his going' produced a vivid; impression. The exodus from the city i has continued: y night, the Span iards making no opposition except that a few men have been arrested as exam-: pies. Five thousand persons have left for the country sine the procJajnationv four-nfth being1 women and. children. - The Spanish, soldiery now . assumes' a bullying attitude and threaten to kill every Cuban man and to outrage every Cuban woman left in the city, when the blockade begins. When the ; American fleet appears, as it is daily expected to do,, all the non-combatants will be expelled. Though tihe governor of the city, Enrique Oapriles, has seized for the government all the large stores of food in private hands, many "shops still do business with small stocks, the orlces diAuhlina- ri day. Monday meat ; was 40 cents a i pound. Tuesday j0 cents, and today it is; $1.00 .a Rice 24 cents a pound, beans 31, flour 19 and -'lard 32 cents. Chickens are !$2.50 a piece. .'- - j ;, ;s ; i The 'governor announced tod'ay, to o.uiet publio alarm, that a ' ship loaded with provisions was expected, but. when, where irom ana wnat her name is, t knows. The story is hot helievedL nobody i The Spanish soldiers, especially the sick, are also poorly fed. A new battery J fhec . 4. , , J ' trfliliT'A wifTl. . fnur T-aniA ' fi.ro mr.a' . a nrt tnis , correspondent hears, ten or. twelve ivc idyiu me, smai; ;a,i'i ore guns win be mounted on Morro and the easfc-isiife- be mounted on Morro -and: the east-side battery. . The Morro fort has at least fifty ancient bras cannon market 1764. There are reports1; about torpedoes in the chan- -reparations have certainly been made J aviosoiwtr, jp uvpfii :Pv to lay torpedides, but whether it has been t ial to T! Tlmies-TJniojn and,V' Citizen actually, done it not known. . Strong noating mines are ready to be placed. . The military authorities seem 'to have little control of the soldiers and 'the dis-' orderly elements. Spanish silver is at 45 per cent premium. The bank- notes is sued by the government bank at Havana are practically worthless and some times pass for 3 to. 5 cents on the dollar.;. r IHPORTAHT EVERTS OFf TM DiT. . The Schooner Geo. L. Fessenden. loadid tvith stonie for f fert Caswell, is wrecked off IIatteras. Seamen are drowned. - - ;:. - A Spanish Fishing Smack The Paris reached New York ingtrip across. ; t .. - . : - , f; ':f - i'lljHj ). By a well directed shell the New York kmts to flight, a boij of Spanish Cavalry : ,:-. - : ... : : !;' :if:'.i.;,' ifvgS j " I Trinity defeats the University at Base ill. , , . ., v;;; There was no news yesterday TnP acio ti r lion , k China's delay in declaring Neutrality ipbf advantage to v j in J giving our fleet a ort on the East Coast. '0 I: 1 1 '' 9 I The Situation' in SaritiafTrt rle hp rteipc nlnirtcf tpcTivf'c : After May 1st all Light Ships no use to -the enemy. .!. 4 1 The Orenon arrives at Rio Senator Butler wants the War to turUish three Regiments of Volunteers. The Emperors of Germany and- Ausf cJ- ' a 1 j' J- tit' h. 'i V.' t 'te? .opiimsn American -vv ar. v i- I PREFERED TO BE PRISONERS g A Spanisli Fisning Smack Surrenders to the Rloekading Eleet. Key West, April 30. This has been the dullest day Key- West has known since the beginning of the - war. The only news of the fleet was the, firing at Fort Cabanas, which was exaggerated in the fashion peculiar to this j com munity. : .: .. v;.' ;"' ,4 l.-.'j "''!"'". The Puritan treason story was anoth er subject for discussion. The j latest phase of the incident,1 according to these reports, is that the eccentric sail or has confessed to ah attempt to blow up the big monitor. The, officers pf the ship, including Captain Harrington, still maintain, however, that,; Yglesias is kept under restraint because j the times are unwise to allow irresponsible persons to be at large on a man-of-war, and , that the treason story ig entirely baseless.'? ' ' . ; ' '. ';;.. Today's only prize was the little fish ing ! smack Iola, loaded with fish for Havana, .which was captured off j the Cuban coast by the dispatch boat Dol phin, who sent her in. with a. prize crew aboard. The captain of the Iola hove to when a blank shot - was put across her bows,; declaring that he would rath er be captured by the Americans1! than enter General Blanco's service, which he would be compelled tp do if he went Into Havana. ' ';-:-': i;.- : - 'Lieutenant Gleaves, in. command of the torpedo boat Cushlng, is annoyed at the stories sent from here ! that the blowing out of the boat's receiver a very few days ago, was due to hegli-; gence ; He says the boat has been in service for a number of years, land that the receiver was too old to bear high steam pressure. ";' .. :j-' The Gushing is not incapacitated for service and trtoH be ready for action on short notice. - 4 M. I. Yocrjm, Cameron; iPa-i says "id was a. sufferer far ten years, trying most " kinds of pil e remedies, but without success. XXeWitt's ! : Witch Hazel Salve was reixxnmended to me. I used one box. It haa affected - a. 'per manent cure." As a 'eTmaiie t cure for piles 1eWirts Witclr Hazel Salve has no equal. R. R. Belkany. i StfiiNISH TItEACIIEirk:. The Ex-ianlsh Consul atjampa Act leig'In , XLout Suspicions, planner . Anotlie Powder Ittlll Exploded and '. AttemlJ: to Destroy a ITIagazine. : JaclksoSlyille, Fla- April 30.-.j spec ial; io &e" Tinies-Undon ,andl Citizen from ajpa, Fla, says: Chief of Po lk 5Jur:H, of the Tampa force, and General 1ade; held a lengthy , consul tatSon aew evenings ago, the" subject of whichaas just come to' ligii'jt!, Span ish Conl ; 6ol5s left here about (ten' days agnd Vice Consul Rruguis' left about ty days later, j The vice con sul said Jiiat he was g-Oing to Janiacia by way' 'Xew lYork and on the even ings .priorj'io his departure he was given a Xarewet ipar'ty by his Spanish friends. A few efthings ago a Spanish woman laving .o4;.nderson -street told two. of her Amican girl friends thaff some thing wpd happea soon. (Her; signifi cant !rerMrkln ;jwnintion'vi-wit'ti--the many rutlrs: of Spanisji plots in circu lation arinised suspicion. On: JPnurs day mighM as : Chief Burke was 'return-. ins- tfrimjYarbo, C4ty(: he' fwias surf, prised toe GBruguis, who he siiPPosed was on js way to . Jamacia : at" the Spanish )man's; hous' R a: young nrh-24 years of age and has several culiart'des.-otfj dress and. ac-; tion -fweiiinown to the! chief -of police and inilingf .the story to- several. new&papM -''corresiAmdttf.'''fh!i- 'even ing he saf! that there was-not the least bit of dot about- the linans jideiitity " Maifwr tS-iiniTiP(lv rf .thii "RlrktMAa i sfntp troops; , his also 'been inform iby a Cuban reMdent that : iBrugui ! i3 1 'in town. "Itllialso repoHed thtt .the 9paniardji'as heen seeni at high dis guiis'ed'. Tttie Spanish- "boarding j house; on Anderpfn street- and ! another house, r posed to Msit are Jbedng wa;t6hed toy the ponce .. toMgnt ana it; iiuguas;: ,js seen. hp-will bKarrested AnotheivDiot is it Anothe'lSplot 'is in course of-' develop ment tha;iHvlll be nippeid. Iis Ito the I enect tnastnere is a soiuaer nere- ;wmLn j tire Jregudgs wna speaa4. , opaaiasm w'hrtHii 'tAT'Bi .wiilil .PTiniim kftrmy&tHs as- whrvsi teAii wiill exroOre knOn: ittt 'tis as. sferted v thM he had toeeh ikpproaSjted and urged, to -enlist with f the ihiation that" he isfght make $240 a mnth. ' - ' Jacksonville, Fla., April ; 30.-;A spec- from Tar6'a,, Fla., say . An datiempj; was J. mad& last r night , to exippde . the powder rcidgasine. of ,iECnight&, ; Wall whoaesalelliardware men. . " f 1 1 per Gap tpdwder .'W!r!ks, " seif tndles f mm. fh;pri&?WPTie Mnrwn llrv 'thl s WeninfiT. It $i' nr. The tptain, Matl ariXlo o '-.:;-Uft; K:::4 f---''1-i"il!1'!:-'-i Snrrende to the Blbcka ckalng.;' yesterdity aiter a ! rather iit- 5 at the NgVy Department fir jnr . tj-a. will hd St&moved so as to ii of i . .j -fin Taneiro. a .ir, Departr;ht to alloyl hisjS Jite' . . i '. quarjrel Sbver! he i - ,;. . Muptfi' i ; 3 the: eXjp-loajDn. These jworks i Resumed opera tioixsf ia tfew days i ago at. !er sev eral montfe' idleness. I iDaml ge not obtaanalble? H 4- y h j ;:in'MeyllS '''T-'-'v-'.- On b6arf'thie flagshlpH Broojn, off Fortress-M?broe, AprirS30. 0 Point Comlfort .-a., April ..-30. Th' patrol boati of "tht flying squadron dl active work lastp'igh.t at the entr hCe to Hamipton. loads and no vess Is were allowed toiapproach the squa iron af ter dark. - "he jpatrol tfrbm thji Texas stopped atug with ,a itoiw - ti 'fins'. 'Jfo runs fin ia1ct 9 ;o'clock. It fred to be" the ligS&ship fronDi jCape ;C5harles which;!" Ib6c from her anch ae in the trnro d'4's -storm and drif te I aut to sea.; Pej-nision twas secured bm the army tpftlicfs tx tpass the. iboats ; hrou-gh the linfsj f torpedoes. The L' rhtsh'ip peoplei j re'plrted havlnig had & very rooigh; .timplhut .the' vesel ds n1 t very badly ;danfeged -It is iimiproba Je that she fwill' anchored again ffk; ar the capes iforie 2on that theflovern-ment- .has eoided that Safter -ay 1st the QdghtsSs shall be removef , so as to -he .pi hgffLise .to an enemy. V ! The jcoH- Merrhnac' orriv- ;here last; nighJt Mmii Newport! New&nd re ported to pag OLdeuteffiant Sefe .tha't her ordersf; jWere to proceedt H4 Key West K,S3p was given-the .'npessary permissionyjind tMs morning ped out to see uhd; Commander' MJllef She is very fast ;tnd will catch th icoltrer Saturri fwhMh left here yesterdif j under escort. i SJ ! an Tlie Geofc L. Fessenden lJt Off -'"-if -f-lHttera.j . . J ' ; Charlotte .0?. Cj: April 30. 4? " special. o .The OMcrver from1 Hatted -I, says ithat the strni oft ftho cape onf -tie 27th and 2Sth -wfel frightful. The blew from sity seventy-si mHe. Vtfh oc casional gva of 100 miles. Onie 27th the. 6Choon Fi' George L.. Fessend, Cap tain HortOtl PhiladelpWa: to fchport. -wSth granlv. stone for 'Fort k- laswell, stranded op Chicamicomlco. : f -.e ; was beaten to g5eces and Captain I'rorton. the mate, ajtjji two seamen drowfl "!d. The rest; of ?thj crew was rescueopy life savers.: -U -,r i i i ' The schoVraer "Kl ton. Captain, linnell. FernanoUnalfor; Nw Tork, wit.mmber, stranded am Bodies island. Thev , re w of seven, was paved. - -. . - - k r - The dlamfesd Shoals lightship if .ide out the- gate' sjAtMy. The trucmagj interests is supposed that lightning; fcaused ANOTHER Administered to the . Blockadingl MORE SHELLS P0T AMONG THEM - ' - i. ' - " 1 1 Tf: ' 1111 . ' 1 While the New York is Close into Shore at Cabanas a Cavalrj' Sqiiadrcfit t Fifes on HerThe Flag Ship ijteturns the Rifle Fire wtthFovr I Inch Guns, Placing a ShelHhthe Midst of the Troop Ob- : , - serration Tour Along jthe Coast One Giln for - - ' i ' . - . I - Two Forts at Mariel. - :u CGopyright by Associated Press,) : On Board the Flagship -New . York' April 2p-ll a, m. Via Key West, Fla4 April 30. The blockade-, continues a before. The flagship lies to the westv '..ward of Havana. , -r., . - -,:;'.'; The torpedo boat Porter, . while close into shore las night, reported having been fired upon by tb.e Cojimar battery, ' which; is' to the! eastward of Morro Cas-: tie. I The plucky little Porter escaped unscathed.. . ". ;- .- .,",:''... The coast of Cuba is being patrolled, by the Spanish cavalry . Captain, Taylor, of; the Indiana; came on board the flagship today and had a long ' consultation with Rear Admiral; Sampson. 1 ,' Newsof the movements of the United States army is eagerly awaited by ,the fleet, and there is much speculation a to when the troops will be ready. While, the Dauntless, the dispatch boat of the Associated-press, was mak ing her way from Key West early this morning, she was sighted by the flag ship. The lookouts on the New. York were unable to make out her identity, owing to the mist and the distance and a 4-inch shell was fired in her di rection. It was not aimed at the Daunt less, but was only sent near enough to. make her heave-to. The Dauntless, I mmKing sne was " Deing nrea ax oy a Spaniard,- promptly put about j and steamed 'away. Then she was. recogniz ed, and a few minutes later the recog nition hecame . mutual and the Daunt less ran alongside the New Yorlc. ! La ter I she proceeded to Matanzas. t Learning that mines and earthworks wete being placed and built at Mariel, in the porvince of Pinar del Rio, not far? from Havana the flagship moved in thatj direction, accompanied by three torpedo boats, but, there was no sign of movement at IHEariel," and the flagr ship proceeded to a point twenty-five milies west of Havana, and about ten miles-: heyond .Mariel.'-. There-. suspi4idu:tp; movements were observed ashore, orob- P ably work on fortifications. Conse- quently the ' flagship fired three shots ; in that direction from 'one .of her; big! guns. The firing, however, brought" no response, and, the flagship returned' to her station. ; " ;' J .- A strict watch for a possibde torpedo boat attack is being kept on board the flagship. All the available; officers take deck watches at night, including Jthe chaplain, paymaster's clerk and the as sistant surgeon. . '; ... " -The small craft captured by the Wil mington yesterday was only taken to Key Wst because her crew were rnem-, pers- or ine. secona,panisn naval re serye. It -vvas thought also, that -they laignt. ue memDers or ine crew or i one ; of the torpedo gunboats for which' ves- i sels a very sharp lookout is being kept. lie iuu ueuuis oi iae vaoanas ar- 1. fair, are that the New York was lying quietly outside the picturesque harbor of Cabanas, about two miles off shore aii inspection trip of the coast having just been, completed. The flagship was accompanied by the torpedo boats Por ter and EJricssen. A return to the sta tion orr. Morro castle, Havana, : was" contemplated, the band was playing its usual dinner music, when from a; hill to the eastward of Cabanas harbor; came the sound of volley firing.! It was plainly y a small arms attack,; though no smoke, was seen. The enemy: was thought to be hidden close to the beach .and in front of a ruined white building which sloped to the beach and as t if. it had once- been lithe hacienda of a tobacco plantation. Now and again-individual firing was heard and well regulated volleys continued at! intervals. It was conjectured j that one troop of cavalry, dismounted, 1 was doing the firing. '. The officers of the flagship' stood on 1 her. .deck trying - to j ascertain definitely the. exact location of the enemy, more amused than i an noyed at this novel method if attacking an v armored cruiser. However, . Rear Admiral Sampson and Captain Chadr wick decided that the lesson taught at Matanzas must be taught again at Car banas. - -',. . " : . 1 ' "Man the port battery," was thelor-' der. At a few minutes past 6 o'clock i the 4-inch gun in . the ; after-port battery sent a shot flying oyer the water into" Cuba's soil, raising a little - cloud j of dust about 100 yards in front of the hacienda and just above where j the Spanish cavalry stood. Before the hills, growing dim in the evening mist,! had ceased re-echoing and reverberating h. the first report, the other 4-inch gun in the after-battery had ' landed its pro jectile. A few more shpts from this J battery were fired, but the ground was evidently damp, no ddst arose, and: It, was hard to tell .wher the- shell -feU. They Were-flred at.300 to 400 yards rangd The" Spaniards ; . were not heard from,, after the first shot, r ::; . i , The New York then turned her bow eastward. The target practice was apparently "over for the evening. ; Her starboard ' batteries now bore on '-the coast.; "-' ;.::::-:- 'A:. :'.' ';.'-: ;;' A i momeht or so Jater Captain Chad-4 wick saw the Spanish cavalry, then mounted, ascending a hill, toward the hacienda, and he personally trained a 4-inch gun and planted two shots, the second one plumping right among tfce Spaniards,' who scattered in all direc tions. The New York then - steamed ahead, toward Morro Castle and the SURPRIS . - - - - i anish Troops by th.e Squadron. v . t . . ' band of the flagship continued; its nra-, sical programme. , i Most of the crew were on deck watch ing this little lessen given tp the Spaa-- iards, btjt there was no excitement-- Thei trip nvhich .ended) the target practice at Xabanas, commenced alG&: inoon, whhi v the flagship, mnith; i3bc Ericssen and Porter, started westwardL The admiral was anxious to persorfaj?-investigate- .the blockade in, the 4sa3 bors. ;. .-- ...;: '-'.';.' Upon this" occaon the ' first sch3 iv5ew. 6iC the city of Havana m6a gained, the --New York .steamang ml t2zk range of her baitteries. When- out 2T 1-ange of 'the Santa Clara Ibatteries. 'ter passing .the Iowa, Detroit, Mas grove and iMaynower, ,th"e flagshilp praw ceeded westward, s teaming ' about ;miles distant from the shore.- - X ... (When Mariel; .twenty-nye rnjiles frcea- Havana, was reached, the flagsfajp- came to a st;andsti91 and' the gtmboait. Castine, . wh'ioh -is guarding that port, was hailed. :Capitadn Berry therenipoa went on .board the flagship and held a. consultation -jvith thej admiraL 1A isasra . ful inspection " of (Mariel harfbor . tc veaBed ; the ' presence ; olf - two .. smalZ .; Spanish; gur.lboats" and four ' schoonerSj-' well tin .'behind an oldfashSoned irear teiao tower on one side and a flimsy little f oft on the other. The comltftaea- -batteries of the two 'fortifi)oatiogls, ; ds one muzzle-loading cannon. .The last bloelkade house f jfrthe westward trociia. loomed "up on tT sharp. IbJuff shado-nr ing the little town.. ; -. After lying for forty minutes close into this ptcturesque harbor, . with . fits low, red-roofed " warehouses, royal palms- and . moun.talnous setting, trjc admdral proceeded tto Cuhanas," sayijis jokingly to the correspondent- "'MarS looked altogether too peaceful to .Ijcj- 5 It lis. believed,: however, that in 'spSj of Its peaceiful appeaoiance; mines haTa bejen , laid : -beneath the sjriooth , waters of Oabanas- harlbor. .. . ' THE PARIS IN POBT Her Precanttons 911 tlie Trip ( Pr? Vent Capture A Rou gli Paisage. - :'v'v.' i v A ' ; enr forK, April SO.-The AimerScaait Lfine, steamer Parfe arrived ithis ancsaa- Ang cfrom Southamipton after a'! ronaghi. pasage' of 7 days 17 hours aha -S; toinutes, . with nine i saloon, forty two second cabine and, 'ninety-sevssii Steerage passengers.- ; fTne Paris'' ieH .Sou!thamp.ton -Ajpril 22nd iat 2':05 o'cloc: yg. m. ' Aitef cleaninig the -land,- Captdlar Watkins shaped his course about nortii and atfter a.run of thirty 'miles headtea. I or. home, keeping a distance 'of thirty- iLi-uxii tne fucfuai course xaKen aa. previous traps. Captain. Watkins tocS.. no tfear- ! that a Soanish war vi would catch his fleet steamer after :got searoom, flDut It was thought .pos ! sable ' that some craf j of ithe eoeray mignt 40e lurkine' in the vlcinitv f . channel, or dn the neighlborhood of Irish coas : . to waylay - the, Americaz.. night "every Qiight, on hoaxdL was extfngulshedi and iheacL' Craft. lAt jthe Paris lights were covered Strict fwatch ,a' 1 main tafined' to detect ithe apiproacli j vessel's.' Leavinlg. the Lizard with fcaa wind sou theast, then northeast, '." very lights the I Weather -becajme overcasfc: and a Hong westerly swell prevaitedL IMs; condition of weather contmiioas, until the wind 'became westerly ani. commencing on the 23rd Increased itfr a gale.. Rough seas wfith fog", rain &a&;: generally thick rweather "prevaJIed. One Ithe American coast a heavy northeast ' rafle with high head seas was encoun ' jjtered. '.' i, L The Paris sighted; the ; White. Sta -ILihe steamer Malestfic 011 ATrfl 22rd Kat 5:43 ja:"an., in latitude 48:35, lpngituole- 29.29 and at 7:20 o'clock- pJ- an. of -tha- ;?am day passed a -freight steamer the White-tar Lfine hound .east. !Motb--Ing else was seen on the way aorosaL The Paris brought sixteen cased -off ' munition of war and a small quantity of : miscellaneous merchandise. , i Ttbo Paris "entered the narrows througli ithe field of mines and :(torpedoes at 1 6f3Cb o'clock; this morning and. was saJated. by steam whasties of passing craf t- as she went to ther docik. It is expected: thit the Paris will discharge hear cargo today and will be received toy. the saral'. authorities tomoaTOW (morning; Jwhtej. her name wdll he changed , to Yaleu. The Paris has a crew of 289, and tw-, mail clerks Bhe ' also; brougtot tsfct stowaways. ' !' "' :''r. '. Vv NtftBoom Enonslt for Fl sluing X ! -: f1 iieel. I f ' Washington, April " 30. Senator Bat--ler, of North Carolina, was at the "XTa department today endeavoring, to make arrangements by which his estate witt be, permitted to furnish three regimehtefe of infahtry. In stad of two. He says tthere are a iarge nurolber of oolorea. people In his; state; who canj stand, the climate of Cuba ;and who are anxiox to, enlist, and it favorable action is ta. en in congress, a bill providing for so. additional number of regiments;' 12m senator, thinks "North Carolina. wBH Jbe permitted to send her necessary quota.. : A ilttle bey asked for a bottle f !&t& up In the morning as fast as you caaau"" the druggist ' recognized i a houseJbq&as name fori "DeWitfa : IACUe ' ZrXy Rlsers," and gave him a bottle of librae famous little pills for constipation, S3fc: headache, liver &nd stomach, trpTil.. T. R. Beiraoy. ...u..w k(if M ':l S i .
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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May 1, 1898, edition 1
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