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VOL.XI. No. 113. PUR NAVAL FORGE The Subject of Discussion and Praise Amonsr ! ' - I . kav& All Nationalities. ITS GREAT SUPERIORITY PROVEN OKI fne uaxiie 01. Manila 1'lanned in j ried Out in the Utter Annihilation Our Fleet Adjourns the Fight for Breakfast Fearful Ex ecution of Our Gunjs on the Spanish Vessels. , Spanish Treacher Punished-.A Cool Span- ish Officr Spanish Loss Heavy. (Copyright by Associated Press. Hong Kong, May Among nsval men, military men and, civilians, .Eu ropeans and natives , here today, there ls;only one subject of discussion) the brilliant,.: dashing, annihilating victory of, the American fleet . under Commo dore Dewey over the Spanish fleet com manded hv AHmlrnl Mnnloln In Ma nila bay1, on' Sunday last.! Owing to the fact that the cable be- ill r" - .1 tn .7 A 1 TlLlll 1 1 . intxu .uia jjuii anu me rjniippine ' is lands was not in working order, haying beep cut, it is said, some distance from '-he capital of the islands,! there- has been delay in obtaining a Retailed ac . count of the battle and facts in the i case were only available when the Unit-ted States gunboat Hugh Mculloh jar ! rived here yesterday and "eyenV then j the tremendous pressure of business, ! suddenly thrown upon the cable com ; pany necessarily made the earlier ac I counts of the engagement somewhat prief. . :';!:" ': : hr: , - ! Commodore Dewey's orders ! were to ; capture or i destroy the Spanish fleet, . and never were instructions executed ' n so complete a fashion. At the end f : seven hours there was absolutely nothing left of the Spanish fleet but a (ew relics... -' . ;.. : t ; i EVERY DETAIL PREARRANGED. The American commander had most j skilfully arranged every detail of the i action, and- even- the apparently most Jnsigniflcant features, were carried put with perfect punctuality and in rail road time table'order. i 4 1 iAt the end of the action Commodore Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay, before Manila, and sent a message to Governor General August!, .announc-i ing the Inauguration of the blockade and adding' that if a shot waslfired against his ships, he would destroy ev ery battery about Manila. j ! j The positions occupied by the Span lards, the support which their ships re ceived from land batteries and the big uns they had ashore gave them j an enormous advantage. Therefore, when It is considered that the Spaniards lost cover" 600 men in killed and wounded; . ihat all their ships, amounting ( to p.bout fourteen, were destroyed and fhat their naval arsenal at 'Cavite was also destroyed, with its defence" it will become apparent that the victory lof the American commodore is Onja of jthe most complete and wonderful jacheievements in the history of -nn.Tn.t ivarfare. Not a man on boardithe lAmerican fleet was killed, not a phlp Avas damaged to any extent, and pnly p!x: men were injured slightly on board ithe Baltimore. This grand achievement 'of Commodore Dewey as to the fact that the American gunners, ships and guns are superior to anything in the eame line afloat : anywhere. Cr edit mustValso be. given to the fullest ex tent to the officers under Commodore Dewey, for,; to a man, they seconded their gallant commander in every jn-ay possible and thus helped nim earn tne laurels which are so justly his. j . When the squadron left here it touch ed! first at a point in the Philippine tiands near Bolinao. as Commodore Dewey wished the insurgents' agents to 'disembark there, . to ascertain the strength and disposition of the insur gent forces; to arrange to prevent needless bloodshed and to inform the Insurgents tof his intention to change the government of the Philippine! ; is lands. The commodore strongly ob jected to giving the rebels a chance to commit excesses. The insurgent, lead-j ers, howver, refused to disembark un der any consideration and the Ameri can ships coasted in earch of the Ppanish ships, but failed to find them. Commodore Dewey arirved at Sjibig bay, about thirty miles north of Manila bay. on Saturday," April 30th, and, sent the Baltimore ana tne uoncoru iw re connoitre the enemy. They found: j no 1 Ppanish ships at the entrance of hthe. I bay, and so. the commodore decided to I risk -the mines and proceed that, same night after dark into the bay. of Ma nila, which he did. JM j The order of battle taken, up by the Spaniards was with all the small oraft tnnide the stone and timber. break waters of Cavite. harbor. The larger ships of, Spain cruised off Cavite land Manila . . , M' ENTERING: THE BAY. AT NIGHT. The American " fleet entered Manila bay on Saturday night with the -greatest of ease. The Spaniards had no es tablished a patrol And there were no ' searchlights at the- entrance ofthe bay: In fact, the American ships would probably hav passed Inside the pay without any challenge had It not been that some sparks flew from the iMc Culloch's funnel. Thereupon a Ixew phots were exchanged, with the batter ies on Corregidor island, but the fleet did not slow down, and soon took up a -position near Cavite, awaiting dawn in order to commence hostilities. J The early Jiours of the morning re vealed the opposing ships to each oth er, and the Spanish flagship opened action was followed by some. of the larger Spanish warships l and tho travite forts opened up ! and the smaller. Spanish Vessels brought their guns into play. The American madron which had been led Intdj the bay and through the channel by, the flagship Olympia. did not reply, though . the shells of the Spaniards began to fetrike the water around them. i Tne ships moved majestically onward. Vheh nearing Baker bay, a sudden un 1 heaval of water a short distance ahead , of the-Olympia showed tljat the Span :' iards had exploded a mine, or at tor pedo. This was followed by a second r and similar explosion. They were jboth utterly unsuccessful. The American fleet was then drawing nearer and nearer vP-the Spaniards, whose gunnery ,was very poor, the shots from the Ca vite batteries and the Spanish ' v,;,o. oniioiiv badly aimed, feith- ,er falling short or going wide of the I - When the American fleet entered tne bay. coming through the southern channel between the Caballo f p nie islets, the following was their oraer. The flagship Olympia, BaltimoreJ Ra leigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel andj.Mc Culloch, with the two store ships, the jiansnan. ,ana -.auru, unus" " C V "And in that order they swept J Indly before the city and faced the . tmy ih, column line. r ii . hough the Spaniards had opened ' at 6,000 yards, the Americans re- Kerv. nhpn the real battle be ef tn ."phriaHna. Castilla, Reina Christina, ?, irtnnlo de Ulloa isie qb vuu, Don Antonio a Mindanao; were A HAIL, vjr then passed r Detail BeforehandThe Plans Car. of the Spanish Fleet and Forts. backward and forward six times across .tne front of the Spaniards, pouring in upon ine latter a perfect hail of shot ana sneiu.. Every , American. hot.eem ed to tell, while almost every Spanish snot missed the. mark. After having .muB scauerea aeatn and demoraliza tion among the Spanish fleet and inlthe Spanish batteries, the American fleet retired for breakfast and, incidentally, a council of war' was held on board the I the i'LY- uiympia, WENT DOWN. WITH COLORS F -vf ' ing. : :-' i By this time the SDanish shins in a desperate condition: The flagship ema unnstina was riddled with shot ana sneii, one of her steam nines had bursted and she was believed to be on nre. me Castilla was certainly i on A nun A.J! rt . , . . in e, aim? soon aiierwaras tney were entirely burned to, the water's edge, The Don Antonio devUHoa made a snag nlflcant show of desperate braverv. When her commander found she was so tprn ay the .American shells -that fte could not keep her afloat, he nailed ner colors ta the mast and she went down, with ail hands .fighting to the last. Her hu.ll was completely riddled and her upper deck had been swept clean, by the awful fire of the American guns,' but the, Spaniards, though their vessels were sinking beneath them. continued; working the guns on her lower deck until she sank. I During the engagement a Spanish torpetio boat crept along the shore and around the offing, in an attempt to at tack the American storeships, but she was promptly discovered, was driven ashore and shot to pieces. ! The Mindanao had in the meanwhile beep run ashore to save her from sink ing and the Spanish small craft had sought shelter from the steel stprm Denma tne breakwater. ; : ' THE FINISHING; TOUCHES. ffhe: battle, which was started . at aout 5:30 o'clock a m., and adjourned at. 8:30 o'clock a. m., was resumed about noon when Commodore Dewey started ih to put 'i on the' finishing touches of his glorious work. There was nqt much fight left in the Span iards by. that time and at 2 o'clock p. m., the ; Petrel and the Concord had shot the Cavite batteries into silence, leaving them heaps of ruin's and float trig the white flag. The Spanish gun boats jwere then scuttled, the arsenal was on Are and the explosion of a. Spanish magazine caused further mor tality among the defenders of Spain cn shore. . THE. ONLY IN.TTTRT TQ TTTTT! A MF.R. j.. -i'- icansi-; r. j On the water the burning, sunken or destroyed Spanish vessels could be seen while only the cruiser: Baltimore had suffered in any way from the fire of the . enemy. Av shot which struck, her exploded, some . ammunition near one oi ner. guns ana sngniiy injurea nan i a dozen of the crew.- Several snots,! passea .aangerousiy close to commo dore Dewey, but, little or no damage was done on board the flagship. iThe Olympia was struck five times about her upper works and a whaleboat ,of the Raleigh was, smashed. . . SPANISH LOSSES. On the other hand, about 150 men are said-to -have .been-killed dn board the Reina ; Christina, which was total ly , destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the Spanish commander, transferred his flagto the Isla de Cuba,, when his ship caught fire, but the latter was destroy ed also in due course of time. The Reina : Christina " lost her captain, - a lieutenant,1 her chaplain and a mid shipman by one shot which strupk her bridge. About 100 men. were -killedand sixty wounded on board the Castilla. Indeed, some estimates place the num ber of Spanish wounded during the en gagement at over 1,000. , . . Although the Krupp guns on the es planade of. Manila were fired continue ously during the engagement, Commo dore Dewey did not reply to them and the battery afterward hoisted a, white fiaglin token: of surrender. The; terms of the capitulation were still unsettled wheh' the McCulloch left Manila and it was said Commodore Dewey feared rioting upon the part of the Insurgents if he attempted a bombardment of the remaining fortifications at Manila.' The forts at the entrance of the bay W'ef e dismantled on Wednesday, after they had capitulated, v . '' It- is said the American - commodore ordered 'the cable cut because the Spaniards refused, to permit him to use it pending the complete surrender of the' city, i '" " r -. - It i? said that the Spanish ships did not get under steam "until ' after the alarm was given. It 1$ said also that the . Spanish commander informed i the governor' general that it wasladvisable to surrender in the interests of ; hu manity, as it was impossible to resist successfully, but that he and his men were willing enough to fight and die. Even When the Spanish flagship was Rhnt half away her commander, though wounded, refused to leave the- bridge till the ship was burning and sink inc. her stern shattered by a common fihpll and her steam pipe burst. : As yet there are no. further details nf the fifrhtlng. After it was over, Conu modore Dewey sent an ultimatum' to the-city battery, ordering it to cease firing or he woula DomDara. ;? SPANISH COOLNESS The Petrel chased a gunboat up the river Pasig, and the Spanish captain ra.mU in a boat "to negotiate conditions of surrender. The American captain replied; : "Unconditional surrender or fleht." To this the Spaniard answered: "We are willing to fight. Please allow us to send for ammunition, because" our store is exhausted." . On a proposal to the existing au thorities to continue temporarily, un dp the American flasr. pending the ter ininatibn of the war. the Spaniards delayed their decision and kept wiring to Madrid. The Americans requested th nrivileee of usifig the wire and this was refused they cut the cable. '- The Esmeralda, from Hong Kong, ar rived rieht in tne miuaie oi tne oaiue. During the adjournment for ; breakfast an American cruiser was detacnea to meet her. as it was believed she might be a Spaniard. When it was found that the new arrival was a British ves- i she was warned to keep away. The Esmeralda, therefore, moved "up the hav ten or fifteen miles Therft are still two or three Spanish rnhnntq -about the Philippines, but nn resistance from them ts probable. nno recently ' caDtured V an American bark. - - - - - ' V MANILA EVACUATED. Madrid, May 8.11 a. m. -It Is claim ed that" a message has been received hxre from Manila, anouncing that the .Spanish troops have retired from Ma nila, taking with them all their arms, ammunition ana stores. ' : London, May. 9, Th Hons Kong cor respondent of The Dally Mall gives the 11 . . ( ' . I . . .. . .: lunuwing- -Additional ae tails: "Theie was an ; act of treachery on the part ojf a Spanish ship which low- erea ner nag ana then fired at a boat's crew sen to . take possession of her She did not hit thejOoat,. but our guns pletes- bottom th au I on board. Several vessels close in shore behaved in the same way and shad ner rate, i -.- -: - - - . t ... ..- "The Spaniards had fought to their last gasp and now surrendered. They imu jtwen anonuncme tnat the Ameri cans woulq kill every one in Cavite and wnen we. landed a long procession of priests and sisters of mercy met the wai. irum4 me retrei. ana begged our men not t$ injure the wounded in the hospitals. I As a matter of fact, the Americans! rescued some 200 S nan iards and sent them ashore.. All the Spanish vessels are desrrnv. ed, with 2,000 men. The Spanish esti mate .givess their loss at 1.000 killed and wounded. Ii the Reina Maria Christina 200 men are believed tn hvo hMnimi ' ed or drowned. . . "The officers of the McCulloch, with whom I conversed today, bear testi mony to the. bravery of the Spaniards They partifcularly nraised the tralinnt crew of th4 Castilla, .whom thev de scribe as 'the bravest men 'ever sack ed In battle! They consider the mmif of the flghtf a remarkable instanceojU ouYttuiage m long range nnng to the side which is better in artilierv and marksmanship. ; . "Private papers ' caotured at Oavite show it was" Intended that the Spanish fleet should engage the Americans out side the bay the day before the fight No explanation is forthcoming of the change of plans. My informant told me a landirig was. not effected at Ma nila, where food is scarce, as Commo dore ueweyf could not undertake any responsibility. Still. I do not think there is any danger of the insurgents massacring the population of Manila. If they began to do so. Commodore Dew ey would land men and stop them. "The American commander has wir ed for instructions regarding Manila. not caring to take' over the city on his own responsibility. Sunnlies are be ing stopped by the insurgents at Ma nila and Cayite,t where the hospital has been plundered for food. The Americans landed supplies for the Spanish wojunded. The Olympia was hit thirteen 'times during the eneraee- ment." - I i- . . - The Hong Kong correspondent of describing the fight at The Times, Manila, says 'The cable from" the bay to Manila having been but by the rebels, the citv was taken by surprise by the aDDear- ance of the American fleet. The Span- having got up steam, ad vanced out df line to meet the Olvm-J pia. uommoaore . Dewey had issued an order for his fleet to concentrate its guns on the Spanish flagship and the signal was obeyedi with tellinsr effect. The flagship retired. The Olympia fired an 8-inch shell which raked the Reina Maria Christina throughout her lenerth and caused hfer boilers to explode, kill ing her captain and sixty men. She drifted away on fire.' Altogether! 140 men were killed. 2nd about the same number were wounded. Admiral Montejo transferred his flag to the Castilla, which was sunk short- ly afterward by a storm of shot. At he Olympia signalled t$ The Ameftana cease firing: - V w ITtlt V. A hausted, haymg been at quarters since 10 o'clock op. the ' previous 'night. a conference of captains was held and it was found that not one' had been killed, but that several had been slightly wounded by. splinters. ' Two torpedo launches attacked the Olym pia. The shells from her big guns were .unable to strike so small ah object, but a haili or 6-pojund shells sank the lead ing launch. aulLoiard:lieing Wiiod. I1). V.. .... -.. -j m. twelve shot holes, and the boat was covered with jblood. I . "Half an hpur after noon, a white flag was hoisted at Cavite and the j Spanish crews deserted their ships, tak ing away- their dead. I Admiral Montejo fled to Manila .with his two aides de camp. London, Mky 9. Further particu lars' gleaned j. from the .special dis patches from! Hong Kong, show that the Spanish vessels, not having got up Steam, foughtf at a great disadvantage, compared with the great mobility of Commodore Dewey's squadron. The latter ;arrlved at the entrance,' of . the; bay' in brightj moonlight, and the at 4 tack-was therefore-postponed for a few! hours till the conditions were more favorabl.. One 'American cruiser re4 turned the fife from the fort on en tering; but wals ordered to desist by the flagship, Conknodore Dewey having the weiehtieri business of finding the Spanish fleet dn hand. In the absence of a breeze- when the battle began, ( , the ships v ere soon shrouded in snioke, making it momen tarily harder. f;o judge exactly how the fight was goipff. When it, was over, the surviving! Spaniards lost no time in removing themselves and their: dead from . the rapidly burning hulks, leav ing behind 11 ' their personal prop erty and valuables- ; s MANtLiA HELPLESS. - The Hong Kong correspondent of The Dally; .Chronicle says: Manila is helpless and surrounded by-the insur gents. The bjockade is effective. The Americana have occupied Correglaor island, and Commodore Dewey has eX- j erclsed consummate judgment and rare ability inimaiintaiin'ing a distance at once" safe forrhis fleet, and deadly tp the Spaniards?' ; -,''.: The only loss on the American ves sels was of Chief Engineer Randall, of the McCulloch, who died of heat and appoplexy, as Jthe squadron was enter ing the harbor. 'He was buried, at sea. , . ' '.- I : S. C, P: Jones, QOlesburg, iPa., writes: I have used f DelWitt's Dittje Early Risers ever sijnce they were infrdduc ed here and must say I have never used any- .pills in my family awing forty years of s house keeping that gave siioh aatlaf actbry resultsas a laxative or cathartic, almv iFor sale by It. R. Bel- To Assemble 40,000 Volunteers Jat i Chickamauga. . v v Chlckamauglt National Park, I Ga May 8. It was given out; officially to day that 40,000 men of : the volunteer army would bfe mobilized here just as soon as they have been mustered into the government service. With the ten regiments of Regulars now here,! filled to war strength, the army at this point will number 59,000 men. It is also an nounced that Jdajor General Fitznugn Lee, Major General Joe Wheeler and Major General James H. wiison wm be in command- The purpose being to form the volunteer men into tnree ar my corps. ; f v . "v The first installment oi equipments for recruits ar? 'flowing in rapidly. One of the recruiting Ameers i is to the er feet that all the recruits required will be obtained in a comparatively snon time. : . . i . ; ' ' , i - Chagrin of ifrench Antf-American "iresa Naw. tnAnn lMn4 9. According to a dis patch fromi : P4rls, Commoaore aewe s Aienatnhwi the ,cosmleteness or tne American victofy have greatly chagrined the irenoh oreSL which has been assur-. ing France that the American neei was locked up In Manila bay. ; ' . The Russian ; papers are i uu. oi mi nf iiihe; sban-lsh rbrhtinar. They ac cuse the Spaniards or losing tne.arsenai at Cavite through cowaraice. - - ; - . ' " Excursion Train "Wreelted Columbus. Ohio. May 8. By the turning of a sirttch her this afternoon nn e-rriiT-Rion train irom tne tnttsDurs, Fort Wayne aiid Chicago road over the Cleveland, Akron ana commous roaa into the city, was wrecxea, tnree cars demillshed and one man, Bizan Fryj of Louisville, OhK, killed ana tnree otners injured. -- . r , Caviti has lived up to Its name. It is hardly more taan-s noi in uus ervtuiu. - now,; WILMINGTON N. C, I lr1l A AI1IAK m m m m wt 1 mm . J - ; . . . Vl. I i : . ' . i - , i. j- . 1HH1UI1 First Regiment Will Be Sent to This Camp. THE 8EG0ND REGIMENT Will Have All Its Companies In Camp by Wednesday - The Wilmington Company's Quota to Be Completed Today Sunday at Camp Tne Troops in Fine Spirits-Very Little Sickness. Question of Colored Battalion Offl cers to Be Appointed. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, May 8. The adjutant general says tonight that the governor wlia certainly commission negro field and company -officers "of the negro regiment. as already named. There is good ground for belief that the First -regiment of volunteers will - be speedily sent to the Chickamausa ren dezvous. The adjutant e-eneral is uncer tain as to the time. . . The weather was so inclement today that services, by Chaplain Pruden, of the First regiment, were not-Jheld. V. Mustering 'Officer Gresham says that :in MacRae's and Gray's companies, of the Second regiment, five officers and 133 enlisted men have passed the surgeons and are entered, on the muster roll. . Nine of McRae's men "flinched," but Lieutenant White says tonight that to-, day they all .said-voluntarily they .would go ibefore the surgeons " tomorrow. He says they qre good physical specimens and that 1f they pass they will fill the company. .: : "' -j : I The men are comfbrta'ble in camp and are getting on all right. ' They are in fine spirits. Surgeon Tyilder says only two men are in the hospital, and that there are eighteen, "indisposed;"; that there-is not, nor has' there Jbeen a single serious case .of sickness and no Injuries of any kind. - - -' ' : . ; : i ' The officer of the day is Captain Cain; officer of the guard, Lieutenant Gold stein; sfergeant; of the guard, Cuthbert Martin. r - I '; - i I Arrangements are complete- for the ar rival of -all the remaining companfes' of the Second regiment by Wednesday af ternoon; and also for the speedy filling o'f "he hospital! corps of seventy-two men.. , j f i I jlims wtrainei loiiignii snows some sigus l of clearing. It was cold at camp last night and a heavy issue- of Wankets was i made."..'- .;.'..'. j . : The companies, of ythe Second regiment 1 are ifurnishinsr their rtetails :News which comes here as to demo- . j -, uuiuuiaiii ZiWliills Ui inii UAI. - The Spanish Government Has Decided to Confiscate Property of the Church to the War Fund. . - The Cruiser MontgomeryisJRepbrted tn Jkvp Hci The Morrill and the Vicksburg Run in Too Near the Cuban Coast, Are Fireci on at Close Range. Their Escape Was Almost Marvelous, r- ' . !:.. -.: - - - The-Morrill Captures a Spanish Schooner. . - Raw Food for One Person Costs $5 Per; Day in Havana. The Army of Invasion Will feats the Spanish Fleet. ' The Kiotmg in Milan Amounts The Navy Department Has No sons. fleet. ; , - i- , ; . - It is Said the Spanish Fleet Has Reached Porto Rico. A Battle is Expected Tuesday. The. House Will This Weel Probably Pass a Resolution An nexing' Hawaii. . ' ' 1 ' The First Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers Will Soon Be Sent to Chickamauga. ' ' 1 -l . v ' Sampson's Fleet is Supposed to Have Engaged the Spanish. ; m ine u.inciiiua.ii is ai ivcy ttcsl cratio county onvenf ions held yester day is that all, save that of Cumberland county, was antl-tfusion. There can be no earthly doubt that fusion is a dead issue. - ! I : . Mustering Officer Gresham says tonight that he expects the physical examina tion o'f negro volunteers" of jthe Second battaWon. to begin tomorrow by Surgeon Whiter. It will be made to Raleigh. Tne morning papers 3ay that there are to be white, officers of the negro troops, but Captaln Gresham has as yet received no onde.ra if rom the war department . as to this; but unless they arrive-he will have James .' H, - Young and other officers named by the governor examined, as these are his instructions up to date. . SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS. Including many Thousand Volunteers to be Landed In Cuba. i Washington, May 8 The Washington Post tomorrow will say; ? ' 'Between 60,000 and 80,000 men will be landed on Cuban soil at once. They will wear the uniform of the ' United States- and they will not return until they -have defeated-the Spanish forces on . the island and the 'American flag flnnts as nroudlv over Havana as it does over the ruins of the Cavite fort ress In Manali harbor. This is the idea of the military ad visers 'of the administration and the president has approved the plans. The first-section of the army to in vade Cuba will; be the 15,000 or 18,000 troops thaft are now assembled at jsew Orleans and Tampa. . Tney are an reg ulara and most of them are men who have seen fighting on the plains. They effective ..t are seasoned. disciplined, Thev will be followed at once by an other armv of S0.000 volunteers, who will be concentrated at southern ports onlficMvasi the? trains cam carry them and will be transported as fast as the . thi immense army to vessels to move this immense army Ciihn. ' - - Nearlv everything- that floats has al reaiiv been secured by the government. and last nierht the wires were hot in all directions, directing contracts to be closed Immediately in all ; the prtnci nal seaport towns. Dther details of the great expedition nave irccu (unuijpvu. . eigMliours therewmbeWiw have been arranged. Within iorty- at Tampa and 12,000 ' mules. several hivhdired ambulances will also e tiur- rled to TafhDa. ! They , may be needed. Battles are not all like the- one . which has Just been fought in Maniia. Xhe Spanish Prisoner Vtlanta. Ga., iMay 8.-4Six'teen Span ish prisoners of war. nine officers and" the remainder privates -and Mn-com mseiiMuH fTiirera- arrived tonight UD der guard ot a idetail df negro soldiers' from tne Twenty-nrtn regnneni ana were rl&ced tn the military jirtson at iVrm-t MePherson. The Spaniards were captured In Ouban waters several .days ego !by the iNasavaie ana uney .nave been eld tn custody at os-ey nves? un til orders were given 'to bring them to MONDAY, MAY 9; 18. iSIlC HUnS 1 OO UlOSe tO the Cuban Shore. ; SHE HAS fl CLOSE GALL Tne Cutter and the Vicksburg Cnae,;i Decoy Schooner Under Spanish Bai terles The eavjr Shells Miss Thejr ' Mark by a lalrs Breadth-vCaptaf Smith's QulclK Action Saves' His Ve ' sel. From Being Sunk The MorrS Captures a Prize. - . ' . - - ' ;v - . '--v . CCJopyright by Associated Press.) ft -K-ej; . west, 'la., 'May S.-Only pof mar&anansrap on rne part of the Sp.;!. isn gunners aved the Vicksburg and. tgg cutt Morrill' from, destruction off 114 Vana yesterday morning. For oyer hajf an nour they, were under the fire of th gunsfof the Sarita Clara water bafteriesJ, but oth lescaped; without material ini':. jury.lalthdugh- shrapnel .she As from eigt : InWh iguns exploded all about them and If uuw wn. uu iic nicu tears oi iftjs Spanish bullets.' 4 ; . . . X The wily Spa'nlards had arranged a. trap to send a couple of our ships to the. bottom. They Jbaited it as a man, would bait a trap.. A smair scJhooner was sent out from 'Havana harbor shortly before "j uayugut yesterday morning to draw some of the Americans into .the ambuscade' The ruse worked Mke a" charm. The yicksburg andi the Morrill, in. - he. heat j of the" Chase and ire 'their contempt for topanish, gunnery, walked straight into the trap that had been, set for ithem. "Hadji the Spaniards .possessed their souls in,: patience but five minutes lonrer not even te !Dau-gun-practloe -would have , saved our -ships, and this- morning two. more br our vesfeels- would lie at Whe bottom' .1 within two ilengths oT the wreck of thefl same time. I $: "'- - ' dll-s'tarred: Maine. -. '- , - -;. - - - " Friday .evening the Vicksburg-and the?. . "He -will, !aft7 destroying the Span MorrilL cruisiiiir- to the west of Morro' v t ' r ' - - . KJastle, were fired upon by the: big gunsIsh ships, Hfegm a strict; blockade, and ox me nojimar joatteries, ; u'wo Jncvtsi were red at the Vicksburg and! one; &M :"Jtlir.LJ' "-rr.Kture OPorto Bico.- ed out of rangie. It would have been folly it? uiave oiie oiinrrwisie. ... . rurt, yesxeraay imofning, the Spaniards had better luck.: The j schooner, they "had sent out before, daylight ran off to the eastward, hug filnsr tJhe shore, with a wind on 'her star board quarter. About three jniles east. W. . tUO; Cil LI tUULTJ fL . lllp alio umus1 over on the port rack. A light haze; innga, the -nonzoit ana sne wa .not. discovered until three miles off the snort when the Mayflower made !her out and; signalled, the Morrill .and the VIckSburg. "Captain Smtt'h, of the Morrill and Commander Liflyf of th' Vi'qksburg; Im mediately -slapped! on! all -steam and; started- in pursuit. The- schooner In stantly part about and! ran for Morro Cas tle. On doing so, he would, according to the well-conceived Spanifaih -plot. leL Not Embark Until S,ampson De " ' ' , to Almost an insurrection v . m News From Admir'al Samp- 9 II t S3: I uuuiui&UfV'-;.. t he two Americafli warships directly uns der the guns bf the Santa CHara batteries; These works are a short mile west of Morro, and' are. a part of the defenses cgf the harbor. Thfere are two fbatteries, on' at the shore which has been recentlw thrown up, of sand and mortar with wldS embrasures for 8-inch. guns, and "Che oth er on tne .crest or rne rocicy eipmence, wnicn puts out into tne water or. tne eulf at that point. ' The upper batter I mounts- moaern w anu ii-incn aoir giui behind, a six foot stone parapet, In fron of which are twenty teet of earth works and a. belting of railroad iron. This bat tery is considered : the most rormkiasie of Havana's defences, except. Morro ea&- l . - n a. l J T tie. it 19 mas Keel ana n noi .ueeu tw soluteiy 'located , by the American war? ships. It is probably due to tne, tact tnat the . Spaniards did not desire to exp6se its position that-the Vicksburg and Mbr-. rl are now ;. anoai. -x-n vtsseis . were, about six miles' from the schooner when the chase ibegani They steamea aiier ner at full speed,' the Morrill leading, until within a mile an a nair . or ,xne ssani Clara batteries. - Commander 'smth, -qe the Morrill, was the first to realize' the danger into which the reckless . pursuit ivfl them He concluded rt was tune to haul off, and sent a snot across wie how of the schooner. The Spanish skip-; per instantly, brought his vessel aJhoutJ . . . . , ..11 1 1J I V. Yntt wraiua sne was sim touiuk ii -.-.iiia trflne-h of the sea with her sails flapping! an , S-lnch' - snrapnet smeii came nurum through the air trom tne water Danery, a rruie ; fliwi a aa.iL awt. ii iwocu.vvrr .the-- Moxrill between the pilot- nouse- ang j thioi smokestaou atvo. exploded ness man ftf tv feet on the Tort ouarter. The small shot scattered against mer siae, ix.waa a. close call. Two more shots followediig iii-r-k- ie5ion. ' both; ehrapnel. One burst . close undsr the starboard Quarter,?! fiMing the engine room with tne sanotie- of the explosion or tne neu auo met other. like tbe first, passed over ana, ex-. tvIwIa i iit ihevonH. The Spanish gun ners had the range, and their tinae fuses were accurately et. rne crews oi wvn shlpS i were at their guns. . lvieumanr Craig-e, who was-In charge of he bow i . v. .nnuijfira' nm 4f lhi Morrill, asked I for and obtained permission to return tMte I fVrei At the first ; shot the Vicksbur orMi .TBitst . in the wake of the Morrll-l, slightly ,ln shore, sheered off and passed to wlndwaro'unnw jm.v' t v. TnatvtlTne Cantain. Smith also put his helm to port, and- was- nonetoa soon, for as 'ine aiuirui bsma -ineh. shot erazea ner starooarji anrl 'Vicfeed' m tons Of Water 4S quant. - - - irv, it struck a,: wave iw yams uejwu. tain Smith said axterwara max xms TrurHtiv at 8-tnct armor pierciisg projectile and that it would have passed thTougn tne aornu s ifwrei-s uu uc ?v nhancpri Tier course m ine uitn. w..uurea- 1A11 the guns. or tne water "JE" . - i V.n..V ,r .r nfnrV: . One of them cut tne j- a.'. ip nf the Vieksbure adrift and another carried away a. poriion- m. w . ng-sinK. "As'xne voi-vii -!... TlRging. ; Asthe JMorrui ana tne vie-. The Morrill's 6-indh gun was elevated for Used, om ouuy """l y-sri 4.000 yards and struck tne eai",,"'r peatedly. Theicksburg nrea . aj; snots t rom ner o-v"''url- continued! to nre snoi um - o allots were in' effective. Som f hem ,, tney arousea tne J "7 i Thi Kruniards only ceased, nr&ig when' the Morriila the Vicksburg wrd completely iout ot range- rfzZ isrt gunners mao oeen nuucims nw strabismus- their practice could not hre oee worse. ; v ; , I''' The Offteers OI DOtn xne jaorriri airix fliq Trtbshiii-cr ifro-nklv admit their own revTfe- lessness and, the narrow - escape of tfeejr . vessels from eetrucuon. jAney we mm- 2 the 5 S 4y convinced- that- tne pursuit o fn schooner was- a. neatly planned! t,ck which almost proved successful. If ,ny one of ta aots 1ad struck the tm - ' ii skin of either var1 tt tmnU iiavA of fered no more resistance than a piece of The accurate ransre of the first few shots is accounted if or by the itact that the Spanish, officers hadi ample time to make observations. Th bearings of the siwo vessels were prooawy taken with a f . elZ fn? P this, battery is probably con- Jiecxea oy twire witn, motto, cney were enabled to take bearings from both points ana oy tatwnous caicuiauons they fixed the poaitloha .of' the vessels pretty ac- jurately, iwithi such opportunity for ob servations it "would have been no great trick for at American gunner to drop 'a shell tdown rthe smokestack of a- vessel. As 'soon a the shiiia sheered oft - a.flter Jtthe first fire, the Spanish gunners lost crous. If ihey had waited five minutes longer before opening fire Captain, Smith says, it would have been well -nfeh im- possibie tohave missed the target. THE MORRILL CAfDTURES'"A PRIZE. Later in ihe day the Morrill captured the Spanishj schooner Es.pa.na, bound or wavana, ana towea tne prizef . to Key West, . - -.. . - -.- On 'FVidayf the French school ship Frig frtte ItoDourjdieu, carrying thirty guns In aii nierea jTfje uaroor or iavana, jsne was . stopped by the Morrill, and two salutes wei fired! by the Annapolis be- tore sne snowed ner nag. ANOTHER NAVAL BATTLE. Amiral Sampson's Fleetr Believed to Hart Mfe ti 8jpamib si4xoak Yes terday Terrific Canonnadlng Off the Coast of San Domingo iNew Yorfc IMay 8. The World has recefved the following copyrighted cabiegrairi' from George Brons&n Rea, dated Peurto Plata, San Domingo, May 8th:- f y ' ' "Domlnlcani offildials report heavy can non'ading. off 'the. north of IMonte Cristi, about fiftyj miles from here. ' .. -' i "li Is 'believed here that . Rear ' Ad an'iral Sampson's squadron is engag ing tlhe Spanish Cape Verde fleet: IThe firing began about' 9 o'clock this morn- :iri& ani ws terrMc. The American, 'fleet was .dte to arrive tin Porto Ricain waters yesterday afternoon.- The Sbanish fieA wao e-srnected at nboiit the P111311 ex was expectea at aoout tne - . t . - , , ' u necessarjf he aviII 'bombard.and cap- (. THE ItEOTGOitrRir ATTACKED By a Spanish Warship of Much Large r g Slie off the Coast of Haytl Spanish Fleet at Porto Rlco-Battle Expected ' Tuesday. I : ' ' !':... t ' OCopyright by Associated Press.) J..Port au Irlnlce, Hayti, May - 8. The Jinited Stdtes crpiser Montgomery, Cotn mander G. (A. Converse,' ts supposed: to have been engaged with. af much' larger Spanish prufeer last night, northwest of Cape' Haytieh, iar seaporf town of Hayti, I no iwi ua hv Muiifijr nines 'norrn or .Port au Prifuce. ; - : The Frencli steamer Olinde Eoddrigues, from Harvei on April 16th for Haytian .ports, was ft t Cape Haytien. "where a tpanish wafehip is said to have? r been watching ihef-, mistaking the steamer for the - Atoericali Vessel; ; When the Olinde Roiarigues teft Cape Haytien the Span. ch nag. States cruiser' Montgomery le. Haytien soon afterward and the .ar which is presumed to" have Sribeeni watch ipg for her. ' Is said to have kthiem putting on full steam. -. ' ttold bv the i crew of the French steam ier, gained n J.he pursuit, which was Witnessed from tne Driage or tne tMinoe Roddrigues by -fhe officers- of that ves sel. Two' warships, they say, 'went in jthe earne direction, with the Spaniard oenm-a.. . i ne latter appearea to 'oe a ior midable vessel and much 'largrer and 'faster than the Montgomery.: , $ . tBy nigtht f fall, , St is added, four dis charges of leannoni were heard, which were believed to' be the result of- the Spaniard firing on the American warship. Darkness, it - is further said, prevented -any furthei? observations being made, though the IFrench" officers say the moon was so bright that the battle could have been contin'iedv especially as the. sea was calm, only p. mild trade wind' blowing from the laind. . . - , k Strange t$ say, it appears that. all the passengers for .the- oimde itoaarigues were Ibelowf at supper while this excit ing incidenf was occurring, but the of ficers of th steamer which arrived here today-say they are confident the Mont mefrv ' wa l overmatched and -that her only meansfofi escaping was to run close in to shoresduring xne aarsness. - The arrival is rumored late this even in e of seventeen' Spamsh vessels, war ships and fcthers at Porto -Rieo, and a (battle is expected dn Tuesday. It Is also ronnHui from Cane Haytien that Rear i' t cimnsvn'a (cmrflilrorl has Admira L V Sampson's squadron has been sighted to the north. - The vessel which -nursueck the cruiser WnntcmrMirsi is suDoosed to have been the SpamsK warship Vizcaya; and it is suggested. -Chat possibly the (Montgomery enticed the - Spaniard within striking KatoTvee rvfl Admiral Samnson. The crew of the German Ship Bolivia, . Captain Rni-hn. wriih arrived today, say they heard' cannonading to the northward aVwvn 'Airto'k this afternoon.' - - , Advices from Capo Haytien say that yesterday, -loff Mole St. . Nicholas, two Snaniah. wirshios caotured a schooner kCape Haytien; Hayti. May 8. The As--soclated Press dispatch boat rauritless has arrived, here. - Aocorams yj au v from.Marfirilque, the Spanish fleet has not 'been sighted off the island. v The governor of San Juan Be Porto Rico reoently received orders from Mad rid to provide rations for 40,000 troops. He asked the 'time of their arrival and got the' reply: "Movements "of the Spanish fleet are kept strictly secret. Your ques- . . ' . ii. . n - .T3 . n Lnq ' rion" cannot. ue auswcicu. -rL i-Aan. fift 7?t. Wiomas .on Thursday, f but" they were probably only gunboats trom ssan juan oo jtwiv scouting. J ' - - .' - The; Captured Spanish Spy.v .. Washiingtbn, May S.CMef Wtlkie, of the treasiirt secret service, - today . ex pressed hib unqualified belief in the guilt f t, TVi'n, arretted at his direction' last night as 4 Spanish spy. The man's, name is not Rawling3,;as originally announced, but George (Downing, apparently about 39 years of kge Mr. Wtlkie tells art mter- esting story oi tne ma.ii uwuss and of the steps which led up to his ar- ; . 'TVwnihEr." he says, "is an Englishman by toirth;but is; a naturalized American imi ;-frtrmerlv chief Yoeman on the ii.ser ferooklvn." Hi discharge from h hr dats about two ' months ago. Our Information shows that on last Fri rr , Ko b -vMifererrrev with LJeutenant Carranzas, who was a naval attache or nnish talnistefPolo. and who was then at Toronto. Hf furnished Garranzas gen eral informauon aoout tne navy uu ticularly:' about the Brooklyn,. , - i . - ... - . 1 . . -,. -The Odeeo Regent Not to Abdicate Trfvndrin. Mav 9. The Berlin corre- snondent of The Standard says: "I heat from an excellent Spanish source ? . -.. a few riavs atro 1 . , ,.ntA nn. the snain -nnr to abdicate, but on tne contrary to conunue tne regencj w.u. all energy and' self-sacrifice ntli her icat . . - , . . , ann hprnmea ot use. ixli mrormant niart denies the report thTtJa her'majes- tv recefotlV beerired Emperor. Francis Joseph to intervened . .'- ' Twt Thousand People Ilomeleaa Duluth, Minn., May 8. Fifty frame huiidihfrs : on Minnesota . Poimt. Just above the -ship canaL were burned this afternoon, rendering 2,000 people nome- The district, is populated by the poor est people in the city. t Him are no narticularly large indi vidual f losses. The total is.'thougbt to pe over 1100,000. NO REST ON SUNDAY For Officials of the Various G-overnment De- partments in N0N Cabinet qfficers and Other Officials at Tlieirv DesksThe Navigation jwara in session uenerai miles and the Adjutant General Hard - at WorkT-The Spanish Squadron No Match in Armament for Admiral Sampson's Fleet House to Pass Reso- - ' luti6n for " Hawaiian Annexation Corigres. i S sional Forecasts iWashington, ilay 7. Sund'ay was far !from (being a lay V)f, rest: at the state,. war and navy deoartments. and s ttnany offlcfials and clerks were en gaged at their desks that one ; of. the officers was compelled to remark apol ogetically i "We ttre pot working on Sunday; this Issimply an extension oF the executive day of Saturday." - Secretary .Day spent a good part of the day in his office : going over the telegrams and tmal dispatches . and consulting wlth; Second 'Assistant Adee so that the department ' was ully pre pared to deal with any advices that might come "by cable and require Im mediate action. - ; ,. . V In the , navy department Colonel iRoosevelt was at his desk, while the navigation bureau had allmost a jfuli force at work. CNo . word came during the day by cable dr otherwise to sup plement the account received ox the en gageaneat at ManflaV .but the officials are perfecting ;li arrangeiments for sending Admiral iDewey the supplies and repair piUtfit he may heed. .. $?Ov JiEJWB - CFIBOM . SAMPSON'S ' ' r FUEE3T. it any news has-been received from Admiral Sjampson it was not of a char acter that could bejmade pu'blic with out endangering, the successf ul work ing of the pflans "of-.tibe strategy board. It may' be stated pdsitively, however, that so far the department has' heard nothing of an engagement or of any thing approaching 'pne, - .'between the fleet and the. Spanish forces. It 1? ex pected ibythe officials that there will be nothing, like the-delay expertenced in the case of the fPhUlppine fight in hearing from Admiral Sampson in cakej of an engagemen t iri .th fWes t Indies. ; Without A anywise ' adimittlng that 'P)rto Rieo is ISainipson's object ve point it is pointed out that even allow ing itJie Spanish the' retention of cable comimfuhicationN'fro!m thaf4Sland to the. outside world, there -is an independent cable connection from St. Thomas that cannot -come under ' Spanish 'control, running as It does "through the chain of French i and (British Islands south ward from St. Thomas and thence to Hayti where direct cable connection can .be had with New York. From the character of the ships under aonpson's direct command the 'officials feel little flfitt1? fuet "t&S UCssfuiutcOTnerM.a ed, all of the vessels with 'Admiral Sampson, with one exception, are fully irnnHada. and morover . their armor. being fully nickel-steel aiarveyized, is - so superior to the; armor oi : tne Span ish cruisers that it is calculated that nine Knhes o'f it is fully equal in resist ing power to", twelve inches of the un hardened and' ol dor armor o'f the Span ish ships. . -. ' ' - In the war department, totn vrenei ai Miles and Adjutant, General coroin were, hard at WorR There are outwara evidences pt a change or plan or rne Cuban campaign Tthat cannot be de scribed at present ,5iit which promise to be .very acceptitAe to the thousand s of .people who ar --waitlhg tfor devel opments. Major XJeneral fWUson spent some time in conference, witn nwicioi Miles, going over :fHe,grpuna. a lot i pins, capped with 'bits or paper to xey-a-eaent the different- arms o'f the ser vice, are' .'lying in readrness in the general's anteroom tt 'be used to pin to maps in following, put the progress of the troops in Cubai.-. ' ' . Adjutant General -Gortnn. waa one of the .busiest men In the city . today. Telegrams w-ere .pouring In or him from every part the country, mo&Hy in reference to the , assembling of the great volunteer anny now i1-progress in every state and-territory 'of the un ion. The adjutant, genera? is 'highly gratified with 'the j splendid response that has come to (the president's call fn Vni n n leers and at the good work being done by the amy mustering, of ficers, as evidenced . Dy xeiegrams was receiving -ifrom theariV" -. V. ; ' . ' :: sENArfi wxmix3iAsrrf - :'-'' Wahlnarton. Mav 8.The expectation is that the war revenue bill will be re ceived In the seriate from we nnance coimimlttee about ..Wednesday, twt its renort may dedelayed ' a day or two be- vrvnn that1 date.; The 1 committee has found so many changes considered de sirsMetrom its atandpoint that rog- reaa has -necessarily een slow. ; This thas proved to ibe true without regard to party .Jines. xne repjimicans nave suirsrestevl many more ameiKHiienis tu the fcVQl than have tne .democratic mem bers and many of these suiggesited 4y them have been of such importance as to reauire careful attention. - t Whether the bill -snail carry a. pro- Knii rteoends entirely upon oen&wr Tr,ea .-Jf Nevada. So '"far as can be learned, as he has pot yet an-axie pwwn hi a noaitioh In the--commrt'tee arid 'the f wii-wi v -- n ther an emlbeTS profess , to be Ignorant on the subject. The understanding on ffnt.a'ide is that' be whi oppose tne bond .feature ( iand- tnat, .consequen,uy. ' . . , .when the Mil is reported this provis ion will bel eliminated and protoa'txly an authorization for the issuance of green backs substiru'ted for it. -. -:' ' -'. Whatever the veraicr or tne commit tee on the) ibond clause the bond ques tion wHl be the basis of the senate's consideration of the bill. This subject will in any event Pe ue-Daiea -at lengwi in the senate. It Is generally; conceded 4.-K t PtVn though the committee dis places the provlsiori, the friends of the bond policy -wim ue r-strong- enoug t restore it in tne senate, li a voi taken. The opppnents pf ; "bonds now that the strength of Use ibond provision is due to tho fact that a state of war exists and l they ; are operui war may jcpme to a clore oe1"1 ' wU, be necessary to vote . upo--- They do not indicate. wtth holding . the -bill m -the inti at ieo.sth or at leasx .ro tne e - present tneir Views tent necessary to present. xu funy to the country. TlAarv . ocratic' suggestions in comr- for the democ it . ftoM It would TT' niLAh flinie V1 WW . -ww- , mittee , - tt nnt ; nowever, e vt?r suiimsnus " bill should not ioe.i.a.cii -v v -u""-y before the last days of ft - In he meantime xne scuae wm ' . . .. i m nuaa- vote Its Tune fiiiaeciisnrcvua na tions. Monday -Win we. given ui the postofflee appropriatlon , to.ai and speeches win !re. -.made toy senators Faulkster,- (Butler., Pettlgrew "and oth- ' house fobecsastt;. Mo deiflnlte - programme . for .nouse vveHiire Anririfr ttlie present week is rcA ntt -nresSdent shal . send - to morrow a message to congress, review- PRICE S CENTS. war "Times.- SAMPSON'S FLEET for the Week. '' ' - - ing the operations of the American fleet in (Philippine waters and recom mending a-vote df thanks to Acting A-dawir! rewey the house will lmmedi iately act unantaiously jn response' to the suggestion of the president. Then unless lunforeseen developments arise fiKA V r-tt e ..til a i " v jiuuac wu aevore tne day to the " consideratlom of matters affecting the distriot of Columbia. i On Tuesday, the Committee "on for--eign affairs probably -will report -a joint " resolution providing tfor the annexa tion of; the (Hawaiian islands. It will have the support of all repuaicans and some democratic rneinlbers olf the com mittee sjiM furthermore, in view of .what seems, a recently growing senti-" ment here favorable Ko anolJcy of col onization, its passage -by the house this week without very strong resastance is likely. .. . ' . -. j -. The volunteer immune 'blM. passed ' last week by the senate is upon the ' speakers table and will toe considered i and passed during this "week, though not without some- opposition. ---- - "..'i.-W -Knu. 13 ItlCLV-' . tie-ally completed but will hardly be re- -ported this week, - . ' Very iitte progress has been made upon -the approprtation bills, now in conference, owing to the tfact that'Sen-- ator Alllison, chairman o!f the senate committee on appropriations, 1s also on the senate committee on finance, and hia attention is bemg monopolized toy the latter committee's consideration of the revenue Ib'Mi. Consequently, final -action rupon: the ;. appropriation bills, now In conf erecne, will toe delayed un ta the revenue bill Is reported. Gen erally members of the house Will make an effort to secure the pasage of local bills in which they are oartlcularlv in terested.!' viiii; IMPORTANT DOCtmENTS Taken to General miles' from Tampa. v uDau invasion Postponed Until Aftc r the Anticipated Naval Battle.. . - Tampa, j l'la,, Mapr 8.-Captairr J. H. Miley, senior aide -to Iajor General Shaf- rer, left Tampa very quietly last nieht for Washington, and tomorrow will re port to General Miles. Captain Miiey's ' visit, to Washington has an Imrvnrtanf bearing oh the future course of events n ere, as it is said on good authoritv h ' bears with him the report of Captain J. n. xjorsi as to the results of the latter' " me"n'S' last weekjvlth General .Belgadci Key ,5Ves -'Friday with officers of the Amertean rblockadlng ssquadron", Major General Shatter's recommendations as to w imp pian ox. campaign in. the contemplated - Cuban invasion and plans of Lieutenant ' Colonel LudlOw, chief of- engineers, re- gardingr fortiflcattoms, etc., at the point or landing ir Cuba, Captain Miley will return to Tamna im mediately! after his mission is accom- mised. It is almost certain! that no move in the direction of Cifba will -be . made from here for some time. Mnh y et remains Ito be done' before , every thing 1 i- itn. n.n W 1 . . . ing worK ox preparing the transports has been delayed a (rood deal by the hon- . arrival of material and it will be Wed nesday, perhaps later in Che week, be fore this work Is accomplished. But. outside of the delay in the preparations, no American troops win .De landed on -Cuban soil until the question of superiority on the Atlantic is settled between Admi ral bampson s- squadron and the Spanish fleet, and settled decfsively.High army omciats make mm statement. They sav it would ibe taking needless1 chances to send an army into Cuba before the Span- - mil neei -is oisposea or, ana until- the meeting of the American! and SDanish. fleets takes place- no one hereT believes that orders to move will be received, iservices were hefd at both the Tamoa and 'Port Tampa grounds today by the regimental chaplains. There was no drilling and r thousands of the soldiers , attended i the services. The .sermons in ' every! case were of an Interesting and oa-. triotWi character.' , - Keponts of, the breaking out of vel- - low fever at I Key West among the prize crew of the Argonauta have "caused some uneasiness - among the soldiers, here, probably ; in t view of ! the fact that two - companies of the Twfenty-flltih. regiment arrived! trom Key west yesterday and -are now ;in camp here. Should these e ports prove true. It is very probable that a rigid quarantine will toe established. - ' .- : ' i ' ) Money Market Prospects. London, May. 8. With fhe' completion 1 of the Japanese tndemnlty the supplies of cash have sensibly - diminished, with a consequent advance in loan, and. dis count rates.. The announcement of the Greek loan, further hardened money.. The' quotations coming simultaneously .with . the American drain, ana, the uncertainty'' ini regard to the amount demanded from that source, it remains- the chief mar-" ket factor." If the war Is prolonged and the loan, is'floated. further large amounts of 'bunion, will certainly go to America, causing the Bank. of England to lose its - accumulations. Even rr peace come sorm- X'l 1 1, v. Jt he heavy - m b ipments of . produce which America has made to BurOpe fof some time past. . . . What will be done with Japan's money is not clear. The general opinion is that not much- of it wiH be released for the present, rhe market prospect, - tnere- fore, 1 tightness ff-.some time to come. ! S. tJ. 'Parker,. Sharon. Wis., -writes: . "I have ' tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve or . Itching piles and It -a ways stops them in two minutes. I consid- . ler eWStf Witch Hazel Salve the greatest pile care on the1 market. iFor sale ioy iseiiaimy. 8mnMd Af Rulnor t Mwv. Cadias May A man, said -to be an Englishman,, and giving the name of Ot wrn Boy er, attempted! 4oteJeirraph;Fes- terday ;evenlng details of ihe tnovementa of the Spanish waxstoipe. The clerks re fused to transmit his messasre without . the authority of the manager of the of-. flee, j Hoyer thereupon went away, but was j followed and - arrested, was taken. before' the prefect, and, toi expianatioTk toeing unsatisfactory, he was hnpriaoned and tiandexx over to the military author- itleaj who. it Is said. stTonjrly suspect' oyer of being a py - " 1 MadridC May 8. Otwm Boyer, tne tni glishiman who was arrested at Cadiz on Friday evening, under the suspicion J3vat Wa vwt-aat a cm-iv 3uaa u'Ba Via 4 HaWWtV A. telegraph details of the movements of the Spanish warships, has been given up to the lBrltish consul there. - The man is reported to be insane and will be sent to Gfbraltar. ' - - . .. s : j Mi. Gladstone Condition. - London; May TTie toulletin issued , thia evenlngi at Hawarden .sraysi Galdstone .hastoeen nore comfortable: during the last day or two. but the local disease la slowly Increasing and there is ' gradual . diminution ' of Strength."'..- ;L-.. ' The Cuban question and political is sues Bink into insignificance with the maawhxr surfers from piles. tWhat he most desires. Is reiiefi SDeWttt's Witch Hazel Salve cures pries. 'For sale by. R. R, (Bellamy. - . . , v Th American Bwpa