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vol;xi. no. 111 WILMINGTON N. C.',? SATURDAY, MAY 7,11898. PRICE 5 CENTS'. AN EXCITING. CHASE ( vj. '. ' . j.;- I I-' 'V:--- - !. ' f Unsuccessful Efforts of a 'French Steamer to . ; . Run the Blockade. " HER CAP.TURE DUE TO A MISTAKE STOv After Being Warned Not to. Enter Ilavanna She Attempts to Outrun Her Captors A Shot Brings Her To The Annapolis, the Wilming- : r ' - . -M: - i t : u . : ! -:". i ton and the Morrill in the ChaseHer Release Ordered I From Washington Permission Had Been Granted :-.r. I Her to Enter Havana, But the Had Not Been Notified. ; ' 1 t ' ' . '' , ' - -it . L ' I -'' - r (Copyrightby Associated Pa-ess.) .. On 'board the (Associated ;Pgeas dis patch hoa't:. .Kate Spencer, via Key i West, Fla.-; 'May 6. The LaFayette, of the, French .General trans-Atlantic Company's line, a Vessel off 3,394 tons gross regjster, hound from, Corunna, i on April j 23rd, ' for Havana, was cap.- i itured yesterday evening off the! latter , )-'- .- . -i- - f i - j port iby the. United States, gun-boat i 'Annapolis, Commander J. J. Hunker, i while trying to run the blocka'de ai:'ter having previously been warned off. She has on. 'board a large number of passenger, and a valuable general i . cargo, i possibly containing cpirtfa'band .. of war. . 'j ;.. f; j , : The LaFayette, which, hails from , St. j Naza-ire, France, is a fine vessel! of xhe old type. She is over "344 feet long, jhas 44 feet beam and Is 28 feet deei. ifehe ! was ibuilt in1864 at Greenock, .6f ijon." Her capture was effected shortly rbe tfore sundown last nighTt in the follow-' ang mannw: ' I-. The LaFayette was heading for Ha "t vana and "was; hoarded by an officer of the Annapolis and . warned not .to -enter ithe port, She afterwards (made an at- (tempt to do so' and was--captured, after ; an exciting chasei: The Wilmington he Newport and the IMorr 111 took part . in the capture of the iFfenchmanJ. j . After an examination of the La-Fay- ette's papers-had -foeen made, -a prize i crew from the tAnna .polls 'was (placed I on board and she -was ent to Key i AVe's't, f escorted by '. the Wilmington." i JPrevious - to this step Ib'e'ing taken, J jCsMnmander Hunker, o? the Annapolis, ..it-he temporary flag officer, and otsm I rnander C C. Todd,! of the. Wilmington,, ?: exchanged signals for over an hour. 1 It is reported tat the LaFayette, in addition to being a large French i imail steamer, 3s a French naval j re- Berve vessel mounting guns and carry- i drig a crew sufficient to make her-ready for active service at short notice. This, i it is said, adds considerably to the , gravity of the international aspects of The Kate Spencer, dispatch (boat of I rthe Associated "Press .just before "the I chase -began, had spoken the Annapolia i a. little east of - the Cojamar 'battery I and (five miles off shore. The Annapo 1 lis, with canvas ventilators spread, 1 (had. come up lazily from the east and 1 after -having spoken the Spencer had gone about to follow her down the I coast.! The Cuban shore line,' gray f with the hot atmosphere of the afiter K noon, never looked more .peaceiul. ! ' vour miles down the coast the grim f t14 tower o -Morro stoo,d drowning; a I silent guardian of ithe Cuban capital, ..hfs. roofs already reflected the red 1 glow of the I declining un. ' fine picture, o? Ou'ba in siesta, ,i 1 i. ' . - i "A CHASE." " b os' a rtirirTenJv t'h -calm -was broken .by Who wtrin call of " a Chase"!! Vvhich re-echoed from the stern of the Spen der The AnnapolLs .ba put ner neum n.c a.atnriviard and ) was olearimg northeast" direction. Her :belched o-ut: clouds of Mack smoke as the smokers pried on the furnaces and every effort ".YvarU tn ti-rive the g.unlbbat at a Icoal was high rwwrf fin the horizon could -be seen the ifaintest 'trace of smoke. -This yas the quarrjr of the -American warship Wl A!rlln? ewlftlv. sh9 6.et ott at f ull . cry after her prey.-: ; . . j, ! The : stranger came . up rapiuiy i the ianarine glasses: soon made her r v.,! a .Hie- liner, -with red fun: OUt: sto be a dus 11Iie-.' ' TLv ...ajT '"r: thonMnr straight for Havana. pn out Uma -, nrter . full steam, "carrying, a iKine 'in hsr teeh." as .the sailors nrih a' vMl i. tbrowing up a say roii; of white water forwardyas she dves. through the water rL? There seemed to be no -doubt that the l..r.a-af was hpmt. on runil,."nS' througn ithe $lodkading' uadronanidMett-ing Ipos under the guns or aiorro caa-ne, But Bible, -before wmg overiiawv. fi.v-A minutes, from' as many I4JIIJ1 ; . -r I Crrv: yiinop't Ans . tnree or 'uiwie oaan -a ... v.trv ,wrn.iAh .had ibeen drifting idly "i ' s . . trsk ihad ibeen. galvanized epeedily Joined to the attempt to block if he B-trangeT's- enira-n-ce Ru-v,iia the .Annapolis was Havana. rushinj Uown upon the chase, in tb uistancef it-he Wilimington and the -Newport -wer .hoarin down upon her, and 1 Morrill. nvMch had Jbeen nosing up tq. -ward the AeBOCiatea rea,? paw game afloat and swung j around across the .path of ito.er. s.ort 0 lavid challentring a GoUath, .fo-r th JlrUl is only a smart ff?W cutter mow acUng as a. end .a- member o'f the so-caJled SMU3 4 ' .hrwver. had iibeen. floing uch fine work with 'her, engines ithat she overhauled th stranger two es ahealof 'ihe Morriii. Threwas a flash, a puff of hite smoke 4 the lee, followed by .thtf (boom ot a gu fired down the wind, wfcich. announced fhat Unole Sam had ordered ib-e stran- The litjr Oheyed and the tMorrill and ithe Associated -Press spateh Iboat started in a neck and neck race: for the 2jg prize. ' ii- I , ! THE ATTEMPT TO aiSCA-P1 , :! In the meafljtime a boat from the An napolis had "boarded -the Frenchman as ybe stranger proved to Jbe. On -board ftheMiner a crowd of excited (passengers pressed' anxiously about thfi; vessel's ide. ! (From -the south, the wicked rey huJl of, the' Wilmington, with -her men-: at quarters, and the delicately lined Newport were iooniing 1-up rap ddly. ' A moment or'so later the jfchree iwarships lay hy till ithe .boat from the Annapolis started .back from the!?iner to the. gunboat. Then, suddenly, to the astorushment of all on tward the . varshi-ps, the iFrehchman blew a Kng iTLorulous i whistle and .put j on fuU tea ahead, pointing straight to 'the ntranc pf Havana harbor, t . .! A f harp word of command irang out : on Iwani te Annapolis and in. Wss Hime than it takes to pencil these words, ner crew were af quarters, and tbig muzzle of every guu pf her &tar rd .broadside wa pointing dead- Sv art straight at the runaway, L.. th tilar after-gun. roared I forth r" whii crews of theiother n .-.ir ii'o'iaiatiotwsly, eager to ' fnT sX vt the warnff notepad jow- suit. stoife4 hef en- tf Tand ut'O going astern; e jginea and put f eseap path.t,tneirm hmpsr -! ea-y. Wit. . daTed to tnaiK-e . - of Therv there -was a long epew 0 n .-TaTlnltween the Annapol s an4 fifc to.tbe du jf the ey li vi FJeet ening, the sun dropping .behind ith ho rizon and the night falling over the scene1 like a drop-ourtali-,-.for there is no twilight, in. "these latitudes. Hjater, electric signals succeeded the. flags and there was a nervous period' of riggling and- blinking -the red and white ques tions and answers. Th&signalling con-, tinned for almost an hour, ipossibly longer, with the puzzled dispatch-boats gathered in the weak anbon light, al most: rolling then boilers out 1m' the northeast swell as they impatiently awaited the solution of the signal con sultation. ; i - v!-:': . At.: 7:45 o'clock p. m. t-he. Annapolis and '(the Wilmington lowered Jboats and the officers 'boarded tne 'Jjirencniman. The examination of the liner "was soon over, "and after the .boats had re turned tp their -respective ships, a prize rew from the ' Wilmington was, put on board the ILa'Faye'tte and at 8:15 o'clock last night the ibig.French man; was, headed north and escorted to Key I West -. rider the guns Of the Wil mington. . The prize anchored , here this morning. j " ' HEUJIiASE OF THE STSLUMEIR OR- (DEREJD. , -. . ' :.f I :- : : ' i . !' V ,: Key West, May f- :50 p. m.Com mod ore tatson 'this afternoon receiv ed orders from Washington to instanit ly release the French mail steamer LafFayette and. to send her to .Haven under . escort. 1 . - The capture of the Frenchman- by the gunboat Annapolis turns put to have been: art unfortunate' incident, result-' ing from mistake; .hut no protest -has beenaftde 'to the represent aitives of he French government dn ' the -United States. The officials here declare that this I w-iriaclosa ithe. affai-. it appears that ibefore the LaFayette sailed for Havana, th-e iFrench legation in Wash ington was Instructed to communicate with; the state department. This was done; and permission granted to the steamer to enter and discharge her passengers and cargo, "with the tin-dr-. standing that she would take on noth ing therei Instructions for the fulfil ment of this agreement were sen t frpm Washington' , to ' Admiral Sampson's squadron and it twas only 'learned to day, after the capture was made, that theyj were never delivered. This afternoon . United States com missioner Otto, United States iDistrict Attorney. Strippling and! a number of. other-'federal officers wen t out to the iiaF-kyette, .examined her papers and cabled, the state department for in structions: They , came without "delay in the form of .order to Commodore Wa'tson. '' :- ' -: I Of the 168 on hoard the La-Fayette, seveh'ty-six are for 'Havana, nearly all being; young Spaniards, n. ho say they are igoing to Cuha to engage in meTi can tile '. pursuits. When j surprise was displayed that such was their mission at ; this time, they merely shruggled their shoulders and vouchsafed no further -explanation U - ; . One Cuban was aboard who was re- turniipg to join the insurgent army.; He was! banished from the island seven months ago, but came within the terms -vf rianctv Tlla.nfw'a jirmktJc fiiM .be fore! .the war ibegun. He was. overjoy ed when told that he wound he taken withithe regular (United States troops when they, moved. The . local Junta took him in charge and, he leaves for Tampa .tonight. j The United States authorities ' who examined the LaiFayette today say that so far as the hip's manifest shows, she (carries po contraband of war; hut With such an immense j cargo it .was impossible to make; a ! thorough : in speoltiorii They saw nothing in the ma ture! of arms or ammunition on iboard, : 1 Her release -0onrtitu'te, the first offi cial I act of Commodore Watson, in his newf command of this division ofr Ad miral Sampson's; fleet. He arrived on the Olivette today and' immediately went on .board the cruiser Cincin-nati, where he hoisted his flag. The ships in th harbor boomed a commodore's sa lute of -eleven guns this afternoon. This customary ct of courtesy ito a new commanding officer? -had "a dis tressing effect on the UlalFayehte pasr sehgers. The federal officials were din.? ingiwith Captain Chapleta at the time an,4 suddenly 'found themselves in the midst "of Pa-nlc. .The Spaniards yell ed that the enemy had opened' fire and they scampered aboit pfte depks to find places of shelter. Some p'f hem -burs't frantically Into captain' cahin, w&eire he was at dinner with his visitors and begged the Americans i to save their lives. One .Mc-.ican women, wife of a Spaniard who was seized with a spasm when the 'Anna po!U iId ptthe. La Fyette yesterday, duplicated the per f o.'-nafice when the. salute was -fired an4 for soma me it was feared 'her Jife: was in 'danger. . . i ' , Commodore ERamy arrived on -.the. Maste this afternoon. yvVhUe noth ing official'ian Je learned as to whether .ha I win take command of the second divisioh of the fleet, it U ai4 on good 1 authority that this assignment Is tof as tmirive control of the naval station here. f Companies A. and G., of the Twenty fifth infantif, colored, did not go to the Trtrtaiffaa :las.t Vveiln'. as was expecj- . ilbjit will leave jtonight i ojn the othef roops ax xainpa. The rSPOTt orrpm xne loiocniuitr today are that fr situation is un changed. Tire smauer ea-yiisers are sent lined up, With tne gun-Doai lAnnayiia acting as flagship.; . , , feTATPiENT ,AS T10 THE. LEtFlAY- WashingtonMay ,s-w!ny Internat ional difficulty connected with :fhe seiz- ura! of the IFrench. steamer JUuljayette haa been removed iby the prompt re- lpksetf the vessel .immediately upon notice of her capture reaching the state department. The explanation, for this action on the part of the administra tion is given tn tne staiemenx .wnicn follows and which was; issued at tne White house tonight? I The Liao? ayette was reieaseu m ? uance of orders issued toy the nayr deDartanent reyiously to her seizure, ibut which had not been received 'by the commanding officer of rth vesseo that made the teaoture. . The .facts are that on. April 29th, the iFrroch embassy t made an informal inquiry as to whether t 'the LaiFayette, wmcniieri jaint irsaz- aire, iFrance for vera kjtuz -by way .or Havana ibefore the war was declared or: information or rue wocnaue recov ed, wou'id be allowed to Jand at Ha vana certain piisenf grs, her mail "bags and the dispatch- fbag'ef -the consulate general of France and to take some French passengers , on board. lAn a BUFAlifie was given that, If this privi lege would he granted the :steamier would ibe rornHMm I Iby .the .French counsel to land gdods. ! The matter was dulv considered, and lit. was; decided thax, without regard o' restrict 4awi of tviockad b4 as an act ot courtesy, the request of tn "French government chould be acceded to. Orders wereac- porQtopy sent' on; the Second day of May- When information was received of the capture of. the steam errand of her having been ibrought to Key West these orders were communicated to the captors, with instructions to re lease the steamer and to 'see that the orders were duly delivered, so that they anight toe-carried Into effect. jNo' de mand wra made either (by or on behalf of the iFrench government, directly or Indirectly, for the steamer's release. The Wilmington will escort the 3La Fayette to Havana-tonight." Key West, : Fla., May 6. The French steamer JjaFayette .. was enorted out tonight toy the gunfboat Wilming-ton -in ohedlence to the orders of the navy department. The- gunboat will accompany her Ibeyond the tolocfc ade lines and then leave her free to enter Havana unmolested. A SEVERE WIN STOB9I. ITIueb Damage pone at Florence, S. C. j No Lives Lost. (Special ; to 3The (Messenger.) j, ' Florence', 8. C. May 6. (A severe wind s"torm, which assumed cyclonic proportions, passed over this city short ly after 2 b'Clocfk; this afternoon, doing conslderaibie' f damage . to , ; huMings, trees and fences1.; In. the westeriV-JKr-tion of the city the. damage was more severe.' The electric light company's plant was unroofed and the dynamos -were .Dadjy damaged Iby water. , A' new tobacco warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco, ithe largest in- the state, was completely demolished. The kitchen o'f the Opera House ' hotel was- torn com pletely away. iM any -small houses in the eastern section of the city were unroofed,; while trees' and f ences were badly torn and twisted. The wind struck the city; coming from the northwest. The cloud was a fearful iblack one and no doubt reports of damage! in the country will (be com ing in Jater. . All Uhe wires are down south, of here. ' (No lives are. reported lost; . ' ' 1 r ... ; .; GrandLodge iof Odd Fellows . (Special to The Messenger.), ;T ..-:, Raleigh, s N. C," May' 6. The grand lodge of : Odd Fellows " meets here - Tuesday next' in annual session. There will be J " 125 delegates from various lodges. J. P, Sawyer, of Asheville, ' is grand master. The grand lodge will have a distinguished visitors-Alfred S. Pennington, of Worcester, Mass.', depu ty grand sire of the Odd Fellows of the world. jMr. Pennington ' will arrive Tuesday and be Grand Sire. C, M. the guest of Past Busbee. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Penlngton will . address the public Tln Metfopolitani hall. '.. I (.Senate Proceedings. Washington, -May 6. One war measure was nassed ,bv the senate today, it -was a bill to Increase, to fifteen the number of surgeons in the' United States army and to authorize the secretary of war to employ as many contract surgeons as he might deem 1 necessary.- Considerationj of a tbill authorizing the postmaster general 'to establish postofflces in, military pos-ts and camps: was sought, but, under ob jection, it went over until Monday. Al most -the entire session- was consumed 9y a" -discuaslon- of. ari amendment to the postoffiee' appropriation bar offered' by Senator Petstigrew, of South Dakoita 'pro viding for a reduction, of 20 per cent, lit the -compensation: of railroads for the transportation of ! mails. The amend ment was still pending when the senate adjourned uritil Monday. It was agreed that a vote on the bill should be reached on that day. 7 Methodists Endorse the President's ! Course. i Baltimore, -May 6. The conference of the Methodist- Episcopal' Church, South, at its session todayj, unanimously adopted resolutions: j commending the course of Preaident MclCinieySJin having earnestly endeavored to prevent the present con flict with Spain, assuring him t and his advisors of the. sympathy and moral sup port of the members of the conference and; expressing ithe hope that the vwar will end speedily and that its results will 'be such as will promote the future peace and welfare of oth nations and of the wor.ld' at large. : , The 'balance of the session was devoted to ! the presentation of memorials and pe- tt-tions and their, reference to appro priate committees. ' '. Fired on From OTorro. . Havana, May 6.-TMs morning about 11 x'cBock ; Bl i Morro' was signalled .by a 'French warship and at 12:4 p.. m. the- second class cruiser Dubordle'u, from I Martinlaue,' . entered 'the harbor. " She carries 'the admiral of the French fleet in the Antilles,' f . k - . t i The American! : fleet today- has been nearer than at any other time. -At 5:30 o'clock a cruiser , approached .almost in front of El Monro, i The tFlaya Chivo bat tery fired the first 'shot, but it fell short. The second, -.passed' above . the vessel which turiied and! i retired at full epeed.. The third phot fell, .near her bow. Other shots Were lired at her as she retreat ed." This correspondent witnessed the firing, but jdcfes not konw the result I Of ;thp ftnal? shots, (i i. . -, , j The farmer, the ' mechanic and the .bicycle rider are' liable to unexpected cute and hruises. DeWdtt's Witch Hazel Salve la 'the ibest thing to keep bn hand. It heals quickly, and is a well known cure : for piles. R. Bellamy.- ! - ' '-j -..; ' ' f ' :: Homing Pigeon From a Warship. Newport INews, "May 6 A homing pig eon was-" ciaught at the. shipyard today which was! evidently lost. The bird was epparentlyjlntended -for the navy yard at Norfolk and when if: was captured here a message s was. sent to the navy yard to the effect that the pigeon would be again released.- On a plate which the bird carried: on- its leg was stamped the num ber 2,640,1 but the rest of the message on the .platej was uniriteiligiible, as it" was In cipher code. The : only fact that could Tess marking wasj; that the pigeon had been.: liberated' at i$:30 o'clock a. m, May 3rd. The piate wns marked plain let ters "Return to a navy yara,". rA Regiment Split Up. Atlanta, K3a., May. 6. By orders Issued" from the department of the gulf today. the Fifth Infantry, United States army,. has heenco-mple'teSy split. The headquar ters has been- ordered .to return to At lanta. Two of the companies at Tampa have been ordered to; Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, lone has been sent to Galves ton and another to Fort Philip, near the mouth, of jthe Mississippi. One company is now at! Su-Uivatit'a' island and. another- at Fort St. Francis-. Fla, The two. oth er companies remain, one at Tyhee and the other at Fort Barancas, Fla Under the act recently passed by congress pro viding for t he three battalion formation, another wilt be recruited at Fort Mc Pherson. j ' .: .' ; '' - ' ' :; , .ii 1 .... 1 . - . . v- Wreck Off Hatteras. . 'Norfolk. ! Va.' May 6. The fishing schooner Malinna ; Wood. Captain Ben son, arrived here ' yesterday from Hat- tteraSi 'and reported that during the re cent storm twelve men, mostily from New York arid-i Brooklyn, were drowned from schooners off Hatteras, and in addition t this ths- schooner Mystery fs reported missing and i supposed, to have foundered- with all .jiard. The wind off Hatteras 18 reooPu- to nave reaonw nv. tl-mea 100 miles an. hour and the eas were terrific. The Wood s captain, stated that several other "vessels would be in- port soon. There as . large neei on naneras blue ns-hlng. ; . . ' - TTo Report for Orders. MoWle -Ala.. "May 6. Major General John- J. Coppingeri received last night hv ttnict5ona to report to the adiutan.t gen eral at tWashlngtoi or orders. He left ihiNafternobn- at 5 o'clock on the regu lar traia via t, Ixuis ln the private car of President RUSse'il, of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, "-" TMrty-five" years make a generation. Ehat is how ' long ' Adoljph, .TPisher, of Ka,nville. O.. euftered from the Diles. Tr w cured by usansr itlhree boxes of TeWtti "VhtchV ; paz41 Iy. B. R. Men Rapidly. Getting- in jl Military Shape. APPOINTMENTS MADE. ITIajocs and - Adjutants of tne First ' Regiment Another Company- Ar rivesColonel of Second Regiment to Re Annonaeed Today Tne . Guard' Strict Plenty to Eat for the Roys. The Camp Stands a Heavy Rain and WIndStoriu. J- l , (Special to The Messenger.) ' Raleigh, N..1C, May 6.-The adjutant general today formed the three c.ora pany negro battalion, f volunteers as follows: .Tames H: Young, of Raleigh,: to be major ;j i C. S. L. A. Taylor, of Charlotte, cabtain of Company A; Jasl E. Hamlin, olj Raleigh, to furnish forty men and be captain of Company BJ J. H. Hay wood,! . of ! Raleigh, -' tp furnish forty men and be captain of Company C; David Spencer, of Wilmington, to. furnish forty men and be first lieuten ant of Company-B; J.p.Dudley, of New forty- men and be Berne, to - furnish first lieutenant of Campany C- The following military appointments. are gazetted tonight: Lieutenant T. Wilder, of the Twenty-fifth infantry, U. i s. A., to pe major of the First baf tallon Second regiment of volunteers. He i is from Loulsburg, ;N. C. Regi mental .adjutant of First regiment, L. B. Alexander adjutant of First battal Pattpn ; of Second bat- iort, Thos. Wj, tallon, John tallqn, not y Mi. Allison:1 of Thfrd batr t appointed. Major George Butler, of th Third battalion, who ar rived this afternoon, .will select his ad jutant. Colonel Arinfield this evening issued warrants othe ; non-commissioned staff of the jirst regiment as: follows: Sergeant major, W,T. Herritage; quar termaster sergeant.Royal Linster; chief musician, Arthur W. Freeman;, princi pal musicians, Jay! G. Sims and John W. Norwood; hospital steward, Hatton H. McNight i "' first assistant hospital steward, Baxter R. Hunter. , ; . There was a, heavy wind storm this afternoon, jut though the wind blew thirty-five miles an " hour no tents were blown over, and despite the heavy rain no one at camp got wet. Sentries IT IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY. , s Commodore. Watson Hoists His Flag on fhe Cincinnati. '.. r The Grand Lodge' oi O$ FelloWs Meet- in Raleigh Tuesday. The, Blockading Fleet Capture a Frencji Steamer "After- an Exciting Chase; Her Release is Ordefed Ftom Washington, the -Vessel Waving Heretofore Been Granted ' Permission to Go' to, Havana. . j ; . . " '- vf. vV'f:-'.y-- . '? ;: ' The Spaniards on La Fay'ette Were Terribly Frightened by the salute to Commodore Watson's Jrlag. s A New Orleans Negro Shoots a Condi ict or and Kills Two -2 Policemen. He is .Killed. i'j ; - " -k The Temerario Sails From Buenos" Ayre .- ' ' : : : ? A Number of : Disasters Off Hatteras Dur ing the Recent Storm ! Are 'Reported; . . . 1 , N The Madrid Mobs Have Begun the FatatjGry of "Death of thS Civil Guards. Th4 American Consul Leavt yes With Plans Of the Harbor. . Report Says Commodore Dewey Has Effected a Landing at! Fort Cavite. - '! -' ' !, Th Spanish Mobs Begin to A Homing Pigeon From a No News Has Yet Been Received From Manila. r. hajye overcoats or rubber ponchos. The weather was delightful ' after he rain. There was some lightning and one bolt struck a house In'the city, wrecking its gable and tearing; furniture to pieces in one room. No- one .Was hurt. aptain Chadwick, of Compahy M, was officer1 of the day at camp today. The musler of the, First regiment for verification" did not end until 1 o'clock though it began at 8:30 o'clock . . The Frahklin Guards of Franklin ton, are making great efforts to recruit. Captain Rutseler, of Company M, was offieer of the day in the First reg iment tod.y. ! .' M ; , . . ' The guard at Camp Grnnes is very, strict. There are fifty mfcn on at a time. Captain H. L.. Skinner; and Lieuten Elltngton and W. H.-. Brill, arrived with their company ants J, O, of Oxford, this afternoon. There are sixty-two men, j I; I -i 'i ;.- -. . . Blankets arrived today at the camp from the war department, and were distritjuted among the ; needy compan ies of thel Second regiment. Tne is sue of ice at camp begins tomorrow. The water is pure, but rather; warm. ' Inquiry was made of the cooks this afternoon! if there, was plenty to eat They want." said: "Yes, anything they Camp Grimes is being thoroughly policed A world of work was done to day. Captain Gresham, ithe mustering officer, has requested permission of the. war department to begin the muster ing of the Second regiment at once, without waiting, for all the companies to assemble. I I - Surgeons were asked this evening if thiere was any sickness ii camp. They said none save the usual trifling camp ailments They have., now a full medi cal equipment - ' ' - " , . . Lieutenant Wilder, who is to be ma jor of the Second regiment is expectfed here Monday. - It is believed that tonight the ques - i i - . 1 ... tion was settled as to who. is to be the colonel of the Second regiment of vol unteers; Those who' are most promi- nently mentioned in connection with the-colonelcy are W. Ha S. Burgwyn, W...TP. Roberts, Spier Whitaker B.Fl Dixon, John -W. Gotten, Robertson and W A. Bobbltt. It is intimated thatr to morrow the appointment will be an nounced. . " ; Eugene Harrell was today tendered but declined the "position as adjutant of the First regiment. ; of vqlunteers There is .much : pleasure : at (he- aPr .pointftient est Thomas Pattonr of Ashe- Vine, : as one ,oi me uujuiauis ui - regiment. : He was a gallant soldier in J he confederate service and came here - " t - S. :,!-r . I - S-.'h v - I-. "---- ' i , 'ii . Evidence of Spanish ISfot . in Control. 1 HOW OF'FIGIALS SEE IT. " ' (- ? " ' i- . . ;, i-f 't - . -V. - - ; l . .' i Navy Officials 9Iute as to movements -ol Admiral Sampson's Fleet Inter k eating News Expeeted From It AVlth ln Next Three Days Foreign Nations Not Discussing Mediation Germany to Observe Strict Neutrality Tnough Imulae No Decree. . , T7: -.-. " iWashinffton, -May 6. Af ter another day of waiting -in the navy and state departmenits thedobrs again were .clos ed in the evening withouta. word from Commodore, (Dewey or any other reli able source &n to what happened at. iManila afer i the cahle hroke. CDuring the course of the day jthere were ru mors tha 'the sabie " communication had been i'estored, 'but these were soon found to ilebaseless and; .the excite ment BU&dedy . One com'ft,'tnft..;!Il cials takn' Ithe. situation, althoug. It is. of a jhea tive character, ds thai Ithe -lack oV communication iis pal-pable'ievi; denc'ththeiardl 'not in-; cpjrol at Manila else ithey v.-ould sptedily communicate that if act to the re'tt of the world through ' the catole. If the delay - means anythinsr, it ds .believed" not to ;be more serious than t hat' Cam modore Dewey has feen delayed in carrying out f ully his pans for the! deiupation ..of (Manila, fj In 'other words It may not have beeriios-. sible iOr: ft he commodore,. . wilthin ,-the short 4paKe vt two dUys, to affect'the destruction of the. Spanishf fieetithe: silencing 'Jof the - forts at, Cavite,.' he seizure of CorrigadOr island, the ap ,ture of IMlLnila and finally .the restora tion of ca&le cqmmunication. If he: Mas been delayed .beyond Tuesday, or Wed nesday in- carrying out -this extensive progranrrne it is not. at all su-rpring that the; has hot. 'been heara from through a dispatch boat. . . - ?, - The" state? department is in close touch with SCohsul Wlllaman at Hong Kong, twho w expected to supply the earliest' possible news vfirom the? Phil Ipppine, ! Ti e. only message , receit ed from the consul today was one dnform ing. the ' deisieLr'tmen t that four . families of refugees fl i the Philippines nad peti tlonedj , for . admission 'L to Unfted States citizeqehip, sdmething mani festly, imipossible for . the consul tp grant 'underthe' naturalizattion ; laws It is harlX possible that the first .news to come piay to .i-nroun oncisn sources a$much as all 'British cable ' -i h I , '-.,-' 3 W the Canary Islands Suddenly s . . h'' . ' .' . ' '.. t Use' the Torch and Dynamite. I Warship Reaches Newport &TewS.I subvention's -conitain a clause giving the i'British eoverntment the nrecedihce i-n the use of the cahltf in an emergency SAMPSON'S MO V-EiM RNT STIIi'Li - : . 1- 1 SECRET. . j' k Bespecting Admiral Sampson's me- ment . the : . department - is .,. vtill mute,. -although it is .paf.ent that interesting' news is - expeeted on that f subject within - the ' next three dav??; - Therefore, it is ouite car' tain thatrthe rumor which originated in? London to the effect that Sampson has undertaken a campaign m the Ca naries is dismissed without attracting attention at the hands of the -officials; since it would 'be. manifestly imposrible for the- admiral to arrive at the Canar ies withia so short, a space of tim.as three days. -Again the monitors inthis fleet could not carry coal enough to make the passagei Morover, the naK'al strategy, board is not sending out noti fications of contemplated strategic moves. :i s ,:. j NO KDiHAs OF INTEltVIEfNTflO The Jjoadon 'report that tfte .conti nental ipowers were seeking to ? have England "join them in interventilon, also was. lacking in verification in- ofHcial and diplomatic quarters-, here. The state department has received no sug gestions of "such Intervention .and does hot believe: ft is contemplated.- The foreign repf esenta ti ves here, including those of -Great Britian. France; Ger many; and ''Russia, meet -these reports with specific denials and declare ithat Intervention i iz not -being- diseussea in any way at Jthe present time. -V- v'. ' GERMANY'S NEtJTRAIilTi'.:;y The.'utterance of Emperor- William before the I reichstag today i.onlirmed what the Germany officials here have main'tadned: ifrbm the first; -namely, that Germany - would observe strict neutrality eyen though no decree .was issued. 'it v : The Germ-an embassy has ibeen relnv forced tbv the arrival of Captain Lieu tenant' von Jlelbur, of . the Imperial German' navy -who becomes naval at- tochee of the embassy here. : : : ' ? FOUGHT FOR TWENTY ROCNpS. The Sharkey-JTeftrfes rlze Fight. - . Won by the letter. "Sart Franciscoi May 6.Thomas J. Sharkey; -the sailor .pugilist, and James t TffriU' i'kedVv the leading heavy l H,iiy n fiehrtnaf har- t'-o-.-- ness today, met -oerore tneJiai.o"ai-s--T-- letic vrrup iinignt. io sse-in5 nt i1." of supremacy. Mechanlcsf' pavilion presented a aveiy nnnMntw. Kwrv jvook ana i-uniir i -f ii . -5 tiAA-vflr AouHtorium Jiadi Its occuoant. Just before; the .tight he seats eleyated on the whofe endsof the west side of the pavilion uaenuy-coiRipsea.. eaa- ui? vy cupamts were piled lnna confused heap. Vnr . -hr.iel -neriod it was- ielievedr that mnanr had been fatally Injured, but iS was subsequently ascertained that none -Bf the bruises were serious. Then' a second sec kwt tof seats oh The northeas-t side it the' bui'lding came down in a heap- awi the avxiiejice was ag'ainj "thrown into alstate of uproar. 'i A few hromeriits latef japther section of the northwest oorner-!ollipsed and' the "great crowd was in a sttjte of nlATiie "Then? .the whoJe 'side of ths ele. va'ted seats jeasme down in - a terrific roar and'. the audience was alii'.o-.i beyond con trol. Almc t every tier v-or-s seats -ia the house had now fallen and the five or six tHousand. people on the main floor were packed in an excfted crowd. - The betting on the result has remained almost untiform at 10 to 8 with the big CaHfornian the favorite. - The police finally managed to allay the excitement 'by;, assuring the crowd that no one had "been hurt by the collapse of 'the gallery seats and that there wa no danger. j ; The men (began work in earnest in the first round, fbut no damage was done. In, the second clinches were frequent, harkey .befaig .hissed! ,f or. hitting in' clinches. Sharkey was forced against the mopes. Ire the succeeding. few rounds. Sharkey gof the worst of it, Jeffries keeping. him. .going at a lively pace and getting ln some telling blows. iSharkey gained more confidence In the sixth and dKt some rushing, -but without effect. In the Tounds up to the . eleventh (there wene Hne some warm exchanges without decided advantage to either man. Jeffries- knocked the sailor ?down in the eteventbt. . -Jeffries - landed repeatedly in thi round and Sharkey seemed tired. Sharkey came -up fresh in the twelfth, iut kept away from his big adversary. Jeffries landed hard and often in the four succeeding Hounds and had the sail or in- distress part of the time. Sharkey ralMedi in 'the seventeenth, but in the eighteenth Jeffries landed three hard ones in the yaw. In the twentieth both men were tired, !bu't fought viciously. Jeffries landed several times on the. body and face, but could hot knock the sailor out. JLThe gong rang ire tine middle of a hot -mix and; the crowd- Went, wild with enthusiasm, f'i - -i . -t -t-- Referee Greggains announced Jeffries the winner amlid the greatest, enthusiasm." '. ' " ' ' " , Getting Ready to Embark. . Tampa, Fja., (May iPreparations for the emibarkation of the United States tjroops are rapidly, -being com pleted, seven of the transports to he used in carrying 'the soldiers and their -horses and supplies to. .Cuba are now at port .Tampa; They are the Comal, (Al legheny Berkshire, Florida, ' Whitney, Gussie nd Decatur H. Miller, the last named arriving mouay from iiaitimore. a full supply . of coal. The - Florida, iBerks-hire and Allegheny had a large force of carpenters working, on them all day directing, stalls for the accom odation; of khe cavalry and -artillery horses and the pack mules and. will he in readiness for loading -by ' tomorrow. Rations enough for 7,00(1 men for thirty days 'are expected to arive to- morrbw. : . 1 . ' - - , In spite of the- intense heat, the men were given, jong drills, today. They are. rapidly I hec -m ing acclima ted and when the time cfnes for shipment as 'bronz ed and! trained a lot of men as ever shouldered guns will break camp and embark!. ' .- . s. v i . ' TWO YOI'ICEMEN KIL,L,I:D By a Negro .Whom They Try io Arrest. f The Negro Shot to Death. New Orleans, May : 6. Corporal An- thony Cleaiy was shot and killed to day by Definis, BurrUi, alias Brown, a negro, j Burrell fled and after a long chase took refuge in a barn at the cor ner of IBerriadotte and Solomon streets The police-and a erowd; of citizens sur- Tounded the building. The negro came to one! of -the windows guarded by "Patrolman iTrump "and shot him tnrougn tne rignt side or tne body.j causing almost instant death.-, isurreu was finally? cornered by the police and citizens and his body riddled with tbul- lets. -'I i --" : ' .: ' . - v ; Burrell was wanted in the Parish of St. John where-. he stole a $100 bill from the house of a negro named Johnson, -2Ie' boarded. fa train on the Mississippi? Valley road and on the way down -to the City he became involved in a row witn f oonauctor Momss. tie shot the latter in the right hand and lumped f rpm the train. .This morning he was pointed out to the police, Ser geant Jacobs and-Corpjoral Cleary at tempted tp arrest him and he opened nre om tnem. Tne nrst snot grazed j a cob's -nec"4 andthe second entered Clary s had. Jacobs drew a pistol and 'fired several shots .at Burrell and the latter returnea tne nre. -nurreii ran away, dub was nnany Kiuea... . I i -':-' -Southern Baptist Convention Norfolk. I Va.. . May &. The - Southern Baotist convention was called to order by President iHaralson - bit 10 ; i-'clock, this morning witih a total Of 719 delegates presenlt. Judge Haralson was re-elected pres'ident; f'this' ibeing his tenth term or office. ! H gave notice that ;this would .be his last yer in this office. H. H. Hickhnan of GeoTgia, was elected, vice .president and nominations of others for vice presidents were made. ix trustee ships were oeciairett vacant ana as two of tihese oecurred to Kentucky the Whit- sett and faniti-Whitsett ; factions had a tilt over. ithe. manner of their election. Ithe a-ntis s-asking tth-ait the vacancies be filled by the general bodies-of the states to which vacancies occurred. - This Was warmly HShposed toy Drs. Jones, Haw thbrne and Hatcher, of - Virginia, strong Whitsett friends. The matter was laid on the tatitle jon motion of Ir. Gambrell, of TLiHnci ' i . - EJxJGovJNorthen,-of Georgia, presentea the . resolutions of tne Ueorgia tJaptist corkvenitlou. asking -the president - iof the United States and those in aitfahorlty tp arratiKe to seou-re equality or religious nMe-h't In settlement of the Cuban matter. and Ir. Wv iU.i iatcner, or tne toreign. mission -board, f Was appoinitea commis sioner to icarryi the requesit to President (MClCinleyi Rev Dr. Stephens. : of Mls- sout4, anvj ex-uovernor wnnern, ui Oeoreia. were added, making": a commis sion, of three- r i i- , The request Of tiies K.emucKy conven trrn. ion- the antaltiter ' of itruls-tee. appoint ments was taken frOm.'tihe table on mo- t ftvri, M Tki 'Hatcher and referred to a committeej of One from each state. " - ; r- - ; What the War Will Cost .WflR-hfnihon May- 6. The testimony of Sorritarvi Gaefe as to the conditions, of l"the-treasury and its requirements in or- der to meet the monetary demands of ithe war as given.' -before the senate com -mittee ort -finance, was mace puDiic to day. j Thej secretary stated that the pest estimates? piacea t-ne extraoraamary ex pense forlthe war and navy departments at KZKKW.ioo ut-to tne nrs-t oi juiy nui, in additioh to .(the $50,000,000 voted for na- ttona! defense. He thought that irom ftortvt to fifitv inuHions ni addition, ro tne ordinary revenues womld have - to. be re alized tbetween' now 'and July 1st to pre- serve the goia: reserve iniaoi. ne aiu h lciierarlof no -other method- for raising this "textrtL money except Dy taxation or the sale of iboni. . . . "Th secretary refused to lurmsn an es timate of the expense ofthe-war after Jiilv :1st because he had no data from the war and jnavy departments, but he gave the comamttee wnax ne caiiea a, g-utr based on i the best information btainatwe nktmner -the tfisrure at $25,000,000 a month in niijtire- to ithe ordinary expenses Mri- Rake exDressed the oninion-that ft WOU1-U 17 xiii i.iv; w I" "" JUKI, IWu.UW? oi rne loan among nuiviuu-ii and an .smau- sums. v i: -I " General! Reporting at Headquarters. Washington. Mav 6.-Major Generals Fitzihueh Lee and Joseph C 'Brecken ridge, wjib is. also inspector; general of the United States army,- reportea to army headquarters today for duty with the volunteers, vhe assignments to flltlon!of neither of the frenerals has yet heeii pu'blicjy announced, adt-houbh it is believed to fbe- Hkeiy that General Lee will -be located somew-here in the south. I - .- i - TR'iohinj- - J"oe" Wheeler, was the fiiret nt It-hp. maior generals of the vol unteer W to he mustered : in The oath of ,omce asiministerea .1 (Vav n inOUT iautCl 'ucuviBi I -pifahiuKh Lee took the oath ot omce. Two Xittler Prize Key Westr. fla., ;iMay .-T.wo iittle pirzes were nrougnt ni toaay. i a-ney were'iboth Spanish fishing schoners, of "nn trra t value, -the Oriente and -the Antonio Suarez xne, unenxe. was -cap tured by the gunboat . yfcksiburg on Havana yesterday.' .'She was hound front Yttacan'X6r. Havana with it cargo, of dried fish arid, had heen out thirty-" five -days, on account pf the gales and contrary wmc . xi-e y K-Ksourg fuV prize crew on hoard and sent her In. here. The, Ant-onio vwas -oaptttped ' -.by the ..dispatch .-boat -: Uncas ; off Boca Cieja. near Havana, It is sfid).she was cisrriiaiiiTier "i-nf ormatiion to.i a French feteamer' as to" w' ere she could la without - Srfrenee, from the t.ack 'adirT.'ifi FIREAND DYNAMITE Are the Instruments of Destruction Made Uso i .... E t -: . . . , . (.-..-" . . . ' 1 V' of By, Spanish Rioters. RUMORS OF DEWEY'S SUCCESS. The Cry of the Madrid Mob Spain Unprepared lor the "Wctr UneasI ness in ; Condon About Commodore Dewev Rumors of Bom bardment of ManilaThe Spanish Dynasty Doomed. ' -Spanish Express Confidence to Hold Their Own in . .:. ; 1 Cuba and Porto Rico Rumors of Intended . Attack on the Canary Islands. : (Madrid, JMay 6.- The Imparcial gays the officials .of; the German embassy here -have received' a dispatch . from Hong Kong, saying that the American commodore in IManila bay ds reportM to have effected a Qandihg in Cavite, after a fresh mhardmen-t -ot i that place. ' : , v'i -.. .-;.'- '-.; 2 p. m. Further disorders are re-ported from different parts ' of. the pro- vances.i especially from. IMurcia, caoi- tal of the proViptee of that name,, thir- ity miles from Carthaeena. where a mob,- ' composed L mainly of striking miners, ; has . cut the teJegrauh lines. set fire to the town 'hall and- set fire to the iaw courts, burning the archives The rioters also made an attack upon the local jail, .beat in .the doors and re leased the. prisoners. (Finally, the riot - ng strikers, have interrupted railroad communications! with IMurcia and have aestroyea a store 'by the .use of dyna mite, distributing the provisions Which it contained. The situation iai recarderi as being very ierious. Oulte recently - y.uvu auramng aimers or- IMurcia at tempted to majch upon Carthagena, and were only prevented from so doing by a strong YotrCe of trooo 8. p. ;ni. In. the 'senate todav RfnrkP Puigcerver refused' any explanations aa to the war 'intentions of the govern ment, ito reply to a question Whether measures had' 'been taken in -view of the industrial crisis arising from the diminution of the stock of coal. Senor Puigcerver said, the government was inquiring into the question and -if ne cessary would prevent the exportation OI COax. ' ':.--M:.. In - the congress,. Senor .. CaDdefDon. minister of the intef ior, asked the dep, uties to suspend Judgment as -to the Manilai engagement until detailed re ports had "been, received. ' SPAIN'S U'NPR!EIA5tET)!NESS. - i -In the congress the minister for the colonies, replying-to the charge of un preparedness candidly confessed that he had not believed until the verv last that war would come, as he considered the 'Americans were' incapalble of at tacking Spain ithout the slightest cause," but "when convinced Ithat the united .States was bent upom despoil ing Spain," then, with the entire cabi net, he "seriously prepared to' repel an unjust attack, purchasing and fitting out warships and procuring war mate rial irrespective of cost' resolvine- to 'make a strong, stand- and converting a peace; loving into a warlike cabinet." 10 p. m.Senor Casset. editor of The Imparcial, withdrew his proposal for the Impeachment of Admiral (Bermejo, rne mimster pr marine, and Admiral Berangoi minister cf marine in the . cabinet of the late Senor Canovas. , Admiral 'Bermejo in reply to a ques tion, expresed -the cpin'ion that ifought to have been possible to have repulsed the Americans at Manila." Senor Moret challenged a direct Vote of conifidenica. declaring that the gov ernment would resign if it were not carried ' ; : " It is announced that the 'floatine debt of Spain" 'was increased during the month of- April last by 12,244,391 pesetas. - - .:? ' . . .. . j ' UNEASY ABOUT COMMODORE - - ' , . DEWEY. " . London, May- 6. Anxiety over the absence of news from Commodore Dew- ey was , clearly reflected in the lobbies of the house qf commons last evening,. where the general subject of conver sation was the uncertainty as to Ma nila. Sinister peculations were indulg ed in, and It wjas pointed out, that there were trading teamers under the Brit ish nag; in Majiila bay on Sunday, As apparently noiie of them, left after the naval battle it looks as though they apprehended "danger in passing out by Corrigador Island. Theyj can hardly be awaiting Cargoes if the town has been bombarded, while there will .be plenty of foreigners in that event anx ious to embark. It is not nelleVed the commodore has met with disaster, but it is tha.universal ortlnion that hp has encouwered unexpected resistarice and is hot in a- position to spare a vessel to carry dispatches. ; Another suggestive explanation is that Commodore Dewey has not succeeded jn obaining control pf the land telegraph lines to Bolinao connecting-Manila with the Hong Kong cable.-,:; -;; i'r ': . : RUMORS OF BOMBARDMENT OF MANILA. -, : A special dispatch, from Shanghai published today -purports that Japan ese reports of the fighting at Manila, received via ' the Island of Formosa, say that after dispelling of the Spanish fleet and Cavite, . Commodore Dewey bombarded Manila itself. The city, It appears, was soon on fire in -many parts, the work, it is added, chiefly' of the insurgents. Great loss of life is reported to have occurred ! among, the Spanish residents of .the city.. Hong Kong, May 6. Nothing in- the shape of news has been received 'here from Manila,' -The United States dis patch boat Hugh Mculloch, whose ar rival at Mirs bay was not confirmed. is considered to be overdue, and some anxiety is expressed in consequence. It s thought possble that .- the fighting aDout Manna is continuing. , FATAL CRY OF THE MADRID MOB. It is announced lnl-a letter from Maid- rid,' dated May 2nd, describing the mili tary procession in honor i of Murat's victims, that among the cries heard on the Peurto del Sol was the fatal one of "Death to the 'civil guards" as a section of this famous body passed. Continuing: the letter says:-. "The civil guards are the very backbone of Spain, the one incorruptible body ef men, whose very presence has powerful ex feet in suppressing riot and don So when 'Death to the civil guards is heard, the prudent man will prepare for the worst. ' v ' THE (SPANISH DYNASTY bOMED London, iMa 6The Barl of Ash b'urnhaim, who : aijriiks that he as the representative ef Don, Carlos in Eng land sats -in the course of an livterviewt ?Xhe issue of i the war; -so far as con cerns the present occupant of - .the throne, alreidy lost.ln a very short time either Don Carlos will be seated upon the throne or -a repubJlo will he proclimed' ;; . . : . T-. V ;, CONnM3NC3 OF THE STlANISIi; - London, iMay ; 7." The Madrid ' corre spondent i of the Standard : . says: ' "pTa-nry IS-pantsh enterals ,. with consid ers le experience ox-xjuioa, wnom isenor Sa0., has consulted, assurehlm; -they are kftifldent iZat' General 'Blanco in Cuba and Captain General .Mace Las 1n Porto Rico ca n r old on and make their respective is' -. .j very uncomfortable for the invaii-rs as lor.? &s the "eup r'res cfV'r: ; rvr.;tt,v,.3 ti war last even if the American should meet with some success in the ibomhardmem of ports. - The Spanish generals ihave absolute comfidence in their ability to defeat -'the Insurgents directly the laU ter cease their guerilla warfare and come Into the open upon-the plain or . near the cities. '-'-' -' ' 'Seven prominent deputies have laid on the taible of the house a motion of . censtiFd and' inquiry, : showing : that ; Spain spent 9,000,000 in extraodni nary nayal estimates voted In 1888 and i has sperit fcbout 8,000,000 voted since without adequate results on the squad, ron under Admiral Cervera, lately at Cape Verde islands. The, deputies also want ttvcaJl atten- ' tlon to the reserve fleet to wihich Ad- ! iniral Caanara has just .been &ppointed -and only a few vessels of which are anything like; ready.. ' J - Liverpoof, May 7. Steamers from Canary, islands report that the Ameri con consul at; Las Pal mas left sudden ly with plans of the harbor. There are 12,000, Sjanishi troops in GramS?tparIa alone: ' The authorities :ar4i-5lghing forward the fortifications, mail 4k des perate attempts to raise revenue and are taking British property without compensation-. V . . TO ATTACK THE CANARIES - London May 6. A story is published.. here to the effect that the British ad miralty has teen notified by the .Wash- Ington navy strategy, board to remove the British subjects from the Canary" Islands, and; it is said this accounts for the British second-class cruiser -Charybdis being ordered to Las Pal mas and-leads to the conclusion that SRear Admiral Sampson may attack the Ca- ' nary islands, which would either draw -the. Spanish fleet out of Cadiz or give the United States a naval T&ase from which to attack Spain.' London, May 7. The Vienna' corre spondent of the Daily Mail says: The Spanish queen-regent has again ap pealed to Emperor Francis Joseph to use his influence'in favor of European intervention. ; Count Goluchow&ki, the -Austro-Hungariaa foreign minister,- pas aaaressea a note to the powers on the subject, j. , j The Copenhagen correspondent of The Daily Mail says: "Baron iWedel- Jarlsberg, the Scandinavian minister at Madrid, telegraphs that Sapin in tends to protest to the powers against the infringement of international Jaw in volved in America's failure to make the Cuban -blockade effective." . - - tiy, Hester's Cotton Report New Orleans, May 6.-HSecretary Hester's statement of the wonld'e vis ible supply oif cotton made up from ' special' cable and telegraphic advices ' shows a decrease during the week just ciosea oi J.u2,iai oaies, against a de crease last year of 129,345 and a de crease 'of 74,368 in 1895. The total vis ible supply is 3,393.541,. against 3.496.252 last week and -2,795,511 'last year. Of tms tne total or American cotton Is 3,115.541, against' 3,263,i252 last week and 2,412,211 last -year, and of all other kin'ds, including Egypt, rfBrazil, India. etc., 278,000 against 243,000 last week. 383,300 last year, and 388,200 in 1895 The total world's visible supply of cot ton shows a decrease, compared with last week, of 102, 711 hales, an Increase compared with last year of 689,030 and a decrease compared with 1895 of 611, 717. ' ; Secretary Hester'3 weekly New Or leans cotton exchange statement shows an increase in the movement. Into sight, compared with the seven days- ending this date last year, 'in round figures of. 22,000 bales, an increase over the same days year 'before, of 2.000.v (For the six 'days of iMayi the .total shows an In crease over last year of 14,000,, an in crease over the same period year he fore last of 14,000. ; (For the E48 days of this season, the aggregate is ahead of the 248 j days of last year: -by 2,326,-' 000 ; and ahead of the same ' days year i before last ' 374, 000. The amout ibrought ; into sight during the past -week has ibeen 79,612, against 58,074 for the seven days endiiTJPthls date last year and .47,619 year-!fore last. -. ; : -. Vrhe total movement for the 248 days . ' f rom Septem'ber 1st to May 6tb inclusi v e is 10.606,508, against 8,280,1267 last -year and 6,732,780 year ibefore last. You tieed Cod. LAv-er Oil, yooi out. hut think you can't take tt? Try "Mor rhuvitf' a erected "Wlnie of Cod Liver " Oil." You cam get all the virtues of h oil without ; the disagreeable effects. Sold by J. C. Shepard. J. ;H, Hardin, and H. L. Fentrebs.. . .-.i... ; The Flylng.Sqnadron. Old Point Comfort, Va.ay 6-On hoard : the flagship ! B-rooklyn ff : Fortress , Monroe. Today's developments In -the , flying squadron would seem 'to indicate that Commodore Schley will ;be given -a chance for action within a few days. The cruiser MtnneapoHs arrived inere this afternoon at 5 o'clock and .the New' Orleans: will he early morning. The Minneapolis was ordered up to Newport INews for coal immediately upon her arrival and will he coaled to night. Tf the 'New Orleans gets here torriorrow she will coal immediately and with the addition f the. tug Fow ler as a water 'boat and the collier just attached the, flying squadron; . -will -be . complete. .1 " , ' , , " jj " - ": 1: 1 ' . .' ' ' ; : -. 5 ; Southern Tariff AsaoelaUon.- " .Newport News, .Va., May 6.- The South ern Tariff Association tlosed Its session at Old IPotet 'this, afternoon A commit tee was appointed to hwestigivte and re port: upon tine recent 's.areti-combinaiUon legislation in this state. The matter was not discussed iby the asaociatlon. Officers for. the ensuing- year are President., Captain E. S.; Gay, ot Atlanta; vice pres ident; W. E Chappm-, of Riohmtond;. sec retary; Cbarle C. Kerning, ef Atlanta. "' . : 4 Soldier Shot. Mobile, Ala.. 'May 6. 'A tragedy oc curred at the regular. army camp to night; Sergeant Crowley, of Company A., Third infautry,. was shot and-"killed ; by a .private of the 'Nineteenth whom -he was trying to resist arrest for drunkenness! ; At a late hour the civil authorities h,ad not. Deerv notified of the crime.. . .. . ' ..tii . . . - - -. : : ; it ki , Thj Temerario Sails. ' (Copyright by Associated Press.) Bfleno Ayres, May 6,; visa. Galveston' Tex. The Spanish ' torpedo, gunboat -Tern- -erarto, which has been, It i alleged, un- dergoing repairs at Ensenada, on an estuary-of the La Plata, thirty-five miles -from here-and which, was said to be without a; crew 'and disabled, sailed to-4 day, proha'bly going morthward. . . 7 . . f . x: Spanish Fleet Expected at Porto Illro -New York, "May 6: A special tfrom Sn Juam de Por"to Rico ays Vh, t prepaia t ions are being -mace ther ior the re ception of the. Spanish. C&P Ver' - feet, 'the arrival of, w hi-" h t expectei t ; r :::nr.'y, ) . . . .