4t
NEWS FROM
The Admiral Still Monarch of All He Surveys
v at Manila. ' W- ' r
. '. '-'v -: : SAILS r r ,' ; : .'f '
. SPANIARDS MUST SURRENDER
The Victor Believes the Insurgents are Pressing the City, and the Defiant
Dons Will Soon Cave In lie Captures Another Spanish Gun-
boat Twelve Thousand Troops to be Sent io Occnpy Ma
. ; nila-.Dewey in No Danger The War Situation at
. Washington Sixty Five Thousand Volun- '
teers Already Mustered In. ;
.Washington, May 15. The dispatches
from Hong Kong- 'brought welcome
news " today if ro-nr Admiral De wey to
'the president and 'particularly to Sec
retary sLong and the naval officials who
are. watching the admiral's movements
with so, much Interest. iWhlle no ap
. prehension .existed as to his security,
nevertheless reassurance of safety is
( always pleasant. The telegrams ihdi
., c.ate that Dewey has lost "none o the
. prestige gained in his. memorable fight
Vf two weeks ago. and that -while he
refrains from taking the city-of Manila
4ie has it practically at his mercy. The
admiral expresses the belief that the
, rebels are hemming in the oity by land,
but the fact, he says explicity, that
they have made no . demonstration
seems to disprove .thoroughly the pub
lished reports that they had already
, entered (Manila arid had begun a career
.of i bloodshed and- rapine; The ibest
. evidence erf the effectiveness of the
Iblockade maintained by the ' American
admiral and also or the work of the
insurgents in surrounding the city is
shown in .the Statements in the-dis-patches
that provisions are scarce in
- the city of .Manila which seem to indi
cate to Admiral Dewey an early sur
render by the Spanish . authorities.
. - Another published report seems also to
? be Tefuted by the admiral's advices and
, that is that the rebels, had raided Ca
vite Where the Spanish naval station
, rwaa located and -Where presumabdy
large-supplies of arms and ammunition
, iwere kept. It. the rebels "have been
. supplying themselves with, arms it
must have been with the admiral's con
sent, as his dispatch is originally dated
; from Cavite indicating that he Is still
in possession. The greatest satisfac
tion prevails here over the good work;
(being done and the effectiveness of the
iblockade .being maintained iby him.
- 1KV'EY'S MESSAGE.
The dispatch as given out 'by Secre
tary Long is as follows:
"Cavite; -May 13., ' via Hong Kong,
, May 15. Maintaining strict iblockade.
Reason to 'believe 'that ; the rebels are
hemming in the city ibylland but have
onade no demonstration. 'Scarcely any
(provisions in Man-ila. Probable' that
the 'Spanish governor will be obliged to.
surrender soon. Can take Manila, at
Hany moment. Climate hot and moist.
On 'May. 12th captured gunboat Oalilao
" attempting.: to. run blockade. Have
. plenty of- coal. One British, one
(French, two German and one Japanese
. ,var vessels have -tfeen observing. '
(Signed.) . , DEWEY."
A telegram has ,alsa been received
from Admiral" Dewey thanking the
"president for his promotion and com
plimenting, his chief -of staff and the
; commanders of all the naval .vessels.
TO RUSH TKOOPS TO MANliLA.
1 Washington, D. C..,.: May;J 15. The
i officials are ' , making.! all -j- possible
: ' "haste; to rush troops to supplement
Admiral Dewey's forces so that if the
1 -. Spanish govenor- does surrender the
former will not 'be. dependent upon the
email number. of marines which he can
illy fi-oare from his ships' b-. will have
j the assistance of soldiers in holding his
position and maintaining order. It is
confidently hoped here that the City
- of Peking, chartered as a transport
-vt-ssel, will be able to clear from San
' Francisco j n' a very short 'time',, to be
(followed in rapid succession by the
lother three ships engaged for a similar
.purpose. The Peking can carry 1,000
men, 'Which will be of considerable as
sistance to the admiral but far from
the number he will -need. The total
"number of men to be sent will aggpe-
i gate probably 12,000, as Major General
lVesaey Merritt, who-is to command
"L ihe expedition and subsequently to 'be
' mnrto jtrilitarv .governor, regards that
as the least which can maintain order
in a city like Manila made up of many
- discordant elements, uver tn B'
ttnents of infantry and four batteries of
artillery: from the volunteers have 'been
tn-dered to concentrate at San Fran
n and these T and the .regulars
now in the-extreme west1 will be takenM
on the Philippine expedition.- it is ex
pecUM here that practically all the vol,
(unteers "will go. '
fVH'ERE THE TROOPS WILL. BE
DISTRIBUTEtoV
Washington, May lo.-After going
ovef the situation last evening with
.General Mile. 'Adjutant General Cor
Ibin.and the he:ds of the supply de
partments, the secretary of -war made
an order for the assignment of the yol-
airiteer troops now being mustered Into
the service of the United! states and
' " designated the points where they will
assemble with the least possible delay.
This step was rendered necessary from
. the fact that the state authorities are
r (very tast relinquishing control, of the
Itroops that are passing over the muster
line under the authority of the general
government. Cft became necessary to
assemble these troops at once in order
to meet the problem of their subs ist
- ence no less than that of their equip
ments the way of arms, clothing,
camp' and garrison equippage, to say
' nothing of the superior advantage of
drill instruction under trained fflcers.
'as ft is the intention that it shall 'be in
every instance; The officers to organ
ize these troops into brigades and da
visions will be determined upon very
' soon and ibe ordered to stations accord
ingly The impression that seems to
jobtain that any particular corps or
camp will have a superior advantage
ver others In being sent to the front,
- Is .wholly erroneous. The distribution
of camps was made -upon- the lines of
I transportation and -supplies.. The sup-
AETNA LITHIA vVATEB
-p.ROM THE MOUNTAINS OF VIR
Piniia la Wn market at 25 cents per
gallon, delivered as wanted. It is a de
Hghttut'table -water and guaranteed to
relieve DyBjiepsia, Kdney and1 Stomach
Troubles. Uric Acid In th Blood, and
(Menstrual troubles in any form, or re
fund the money paid 'for W. See what
wthpr sav:-
"Colonel Jas.. T. McCreery, of Hlnton,
W Va. R9VR: ' - - - -
-"Myself and family have been using
.v. a etna .TJthia Water wlth marvelous
remits. For Kidney Trouble, Dyspepsia
x.fntTual irreEularities known to
-women, I make the DosMve statement
Jl" im nniv relieves, but cures these
molaints. I'Bpeak from knowledge and A
iinertence and the anove eiaiemeui cau
oe verified, by a large number of persons
iJ have used the water in this section
cKd ' "see us and read the signed
ttftemen ts of -others We have the water
joa draught for you to try.
AETNA LITHIA WATER CO., :
1 Bunting's Pharmacy.;
R. F. WARD, Agent.
may: 15, 3t
DEWEY
ply departments wjll havje a 'depot, in
each camp which can he more readdlly
reached than the troops could at their
rendezvous in their several states. -
At- the dose." of work yesterday at 6
o'clock the total number of troops
mustered was 65,000. Taking ihtp con
sideration the careful physical exami
nation to which these men have been
subjected,, the progress has heen won
derfully rapid.. : , '
The order assigning the . troops has
"been issued and: contain the following:
One regiment of South Carolina in
fantry, to Chlckamauga.
To the department commanders": One
regiment of North Carolina infantry,
one (battalion of .South Carolina infan-
try and one battery (heavy).
' One battalion of Virgina infantry, to
Washington, D. C .
One regiment of (North Carolina in
fantry to Tampa; 'Fla., also two. regi
ments of Virginia infantry to the same
place. '
SlUSPiDCIOUS TOiR'PTSDO BOAT.
Secretary long was at the navy de
partment several times during the day
and in addition to the dispatch from
the admiral he authorized the publica
tion of 'the statement that the torpedo
boat Terror belonging to the Spanish
Meet was! disabled at Port of (France,
Martinique. . The dispatch; is" as fol
lows: . ' '. :. . . . V
"Spanish torpedo boat' Terror dis
abled, at Port! of France, Martinique."
There was a disposition among soime
of those who saw . the statement, to re
gard dt with suspicion, suggesting that
the report of disability' was imtehded
simply as a 'bluff and that' the Spanish
government had caused it to be spread
so that no complaint oould he made to
France on account of the stay of the
boat at st neutral port. None of the
officials, however, would express them
selves on the subject.
F1RIST EXCHANGE O PiRISONiERS.
Secretafy Uorig also made- public a
message which had been- received from
Key West telling of the United States
vessel Uncas dn command of Oaptain
Brainard. She is bound for some point'
in Cuba, with a view to securing the
liease of two American prisoners tin
der a flag . Of. true, in exchange for
SpaMsh prisoners held by this gov
ernment. - : !
- Havana, May 15. The Spaniards re
cently captured two Americans, both
of whom claim to be newspaper corres
pondents and one of whom says he
is an electrical engineer. They were
taken at Alado. One carried a camera,
wore, a small five pointed stir and. had
a quantity of mail matter on his per
sbn. When captured they threw them
selves upon ' Spanish 1 generosity
shouted "Viva Espana.'" It is reported
that a third rnember of tlie party made
his escape f by j swimming. The two
who were captured arrived here today
and were taken to ;Caballoria wharf,
and from ' there ; were carried to , Ca
banas fortress. t 'i C ;
At 2 o'clock this afternoon, a newspa
per dispatch boat was seen approach
ing, the entrance of the liarbor bearing
a flag of truce. 1 Mr. Marengo, the
chief of staff on the navM station went
to meet the boat in a launch. The Am
ericanjvessel lowered a small boat with
two American officers Who informed
Mr. Marengo that their object was to
effect an exchange of Spanish prison
ers - for the American correspondents
captured at Salado. Mr. Marengo then
returned to lay the1 matter before Go
vernor General Blanco; after which
the launch .went out again, this time
carryng also Colonel 'Gelpi, of the gen
eral staff, and Mr. Goilan, the British
consul general. ' A conference was then
held on board the Spanish launch. ".
THE 'WAR. DEPARTMENT AJCTIVE.
. At 'the state and war de"pantments
the officials on hond in many of the
bureaus of the greater part of the day
Secretary 'Day and -Assistant Secretary
Adee and Cridler were at their desks.
Secretary Day said that he had no
important news to communicate to the
press nor had he any comment to giake
on the ae vices irom unaunu icuius
the resignations of 'the entire sspanisn
ministry. i -' J - . .
In Adjutant General tWBin'3 omce,
war department, important action m
tho. Assiienment of 'voVunttee troops to
the various anoibUizing points was taken
duTttnig the day. 'me oraer or assiBri
ment shows that there has (been some
change regarding the points to which
the volunteers shall ;ie,sent, as a great
portion of them go to Chickamauga,
while those Who wxui come io wasun.g
ton are less by ten thousand than
were originallly to this city.
SAMPSON'S MOVEMENTS. -
(Copyright toy : Associated Press.) .
ram Havtien." Republic of 'Hayti,
May 15. he United Sitates store ship
Supply is still here nnaer waiwns i-
dhe" whereaboutsiof the United States
fleei under command of Rear Admiral
Sampson, is unKnown.
It is expected that this point miy be
used aa-th.toase of supplies for te
fleet." . " V - i" - "
CERVERAS' SQUADRON OFF VESN-
EZ'EULA. j
(Copyright by Associated .Press.)
Curacao, . May 15. The . Spanish
iMaria Teresa. Vdzcaya, Almi-
hnuenda and 'Cristobal Colo
and the torpedo boat-destroyers Pltiton
and Terror, wh4cn arrive a on nie ua.-i--ltor
yesterda'y morning are still here.
I Only the yMaria Teresa and the Viz
caya were admitted to the port. They
have (bought coal, provflSions and medi
cines and still' remain in port. The
other warships are outside waiting.
The "statement that the torpedo boat
destroyer ;Terror is with -the. squadron
of Admiral -Cervera, conflicts with a
previous statement that the vessel had
defeiiteay located at Martinique,, where
sne was, being drydocked fpr repadrs.
probaibiy. the CJuraeo dispatch read
Furor, instead of Terror.
TOTE 'FRYING SQUADRON. GONE. TO
KET, WEST.
Charleston; S. C, May 15. On board
.Flagship Brooklyn, the flying squad
ron, off Charleston, S. C, May 15. The
fouT vessels 'of war comprising - the
major pjorUon of the flying squadron,
Commodore Schley, anchored off "Char
leston Uac -nine miles from Charleston
at 4'3fl o'clock this afternoon, after
having been at sea for three days and,
seeing nothing of the Spanish cruisers
or torpedo fboats said to be tn-thls lo
cality. The pilots . were uruyyeu- a.
Cape Henry on Friday night and the
squadron proceededilo ea at.A ten Jcnot
esquadron speed. At sunset active Wat
tte preparations were onade, The-porta
were closed with steel covers, the bat
tle hatches ; "were covered, the mam.
ba'tteries of thje ships -were loaded and
the men were eent to the guns with in-.
fr,iWMvn ttr a wiafht watch to "be kept.
With all lights extinguished, the squad
ron proceeded in a southeasterly direc
ivn - Toward morning several heavy
f0g ibanks were run into and during
one of tnes intervals the collier ster
ling ibecameidetached. To wait for her
was -partly the reason that anchorage
was made, al though Commodore. Sohley
communicated at once with Washing
ton ,and th navy - department. The
only incident of the trip from Hampton
Roads was ihe holding up of a 'British
steamer thdfc did mot display its flag.
The Scorpion was sept. after and soon
overhauled her. She proved to be the
British steamer 'Elsie -with a laod of
phosphate rock and hound for Norfolk,
Va. She wakj allowed to proceed.
The fleet had splendid Weather and a
smooth eeaJ The squadron has tbeen
ordered, to ,ey 'West and sadnls to
night. .
.THE IMETJA EXPEDITION. .
San Francesco, May 15. The. United
States ruttser Charleston is still at
Mare Islandiand nothing definite can Ibe
learned regarding the time of her de
parture "or w'hether or not she will con.
voy one or tnore of the troop ships
Which have "been chartered w take the
supplies of men to Admiral , Dewey. It
ha3 ibeen given out - unofficially that
the first sMp load of men leave to
morrow orj Tuesday but - this is im
possible unless the men go almost un
prepared for the duties' they may he re
qufired to perform in the Philippines.
They have mot heen supplied with suf
ficient clothing or arms and ammuni
tion. The quartermiaster's department
is unable to supply the thirty days
rations necessary for. the first morith's
services and, these must 'be secured be
fore any.trobps can leave. Orders have
been received to get the ifirst regiment
ready for departure.- The XHty of Pe
king dou'btfess will be the first -Vessel
ordered to the Philipines'and she is not'
in condition to receive the troops; tout
a large force of men is at work oh her
and she will be prepared for the recep
tion of mn on .twenty-four hours
notice.': . ;'-": . ; ' J
Several small steamers and schoon
ers are engaged in transporting from'
Mare Island to this city "for loading on
the iPeklng.i ' ; I -
The Steamers Australia, City of. Syd
ney and Oliip are .'being gradually pre
pared for service as trasports but it
will take ai least a week or ten days
before they! will be' ready for sea. It is
given out t&at the steamer, Conemaugh
has not been chartered hy the govern-
;rnent as previously started.
THE LOfiDONKIONEY MARKET
The Rise In Bread Stuffs ause an En
ormous Balance of Trade In Favoi- of
tlie United States. ; j '
London, j May 15. -Some! 2,000,000
pounds stealing of the Chiftese indemy
nity are expected to be j remitted to
Japan, to replace the drain of gold
coin since the gold standard was in
troduced. Otherwise, ; the Japanese
government intends to hold the indem
nity, as a eserve in 'London, oniy re
alizing a portion occasionally for the
payment ojf the indebtedness for naval
armaments. . ; ., .
- The Bank- of England continues its
process of j enlarging the gold reserve
of that 4nstitution, in preparation" for
eventualities'. . ;
The' trade Ibalance- in favor of the
.United States, in GOnsequence of the
.rise in" the price of 'breadstuffs, is al
ready estimated at - 20,000,000 'pounds
sterling. Thereforej heavy gold ex
ports, may! commence at any time.
Money.jrats con'tin'ue Arm. .
. Troop Movement at Tairtpai i ; v
Tampa, Fa.. May 15. When the United
States troops at Tampa embark for Cuba
they, may bje followed 'soon, after by some
of the fampbs evangelists in the United
States. Geeral O. . Howard, U. S. A.,
retired, now an evangelist, arrived at
Tampa today, 'accompanied bj Major D.
W. Whipplfe. .
A movententwas recently inaugurated
by D. Li. Mbody, having for Its .object ihe
sending off noted speakers to the 'vari
ous rendezvous of the" soldiers and to
hold meetiags for their1' spiritual instruc
tion. Gen-a-1 Howard and Major Whip
ple have Visited Chickamauga, .Atlanta
and Mobilt. As 'most of the regiments
are witlKrtjt chaplains, the sending to
Cuba of J-everai ; noted 'divines to work
among the soldiers is contemplated.
Two regiments of infantry; th .Eighth
and Twelftjh, arrived from Chick-amauga
today, and iwent Into camp in West Tarn-,
pa. With, the engineer and, signal corps,
there are about 14,000 troops, of the United
States arrriy now here. - .
The . carrying capacity of the troops
boats at pjort Tampa are altogether in
adequate fr such a large force. At the
outside nof more than 8.000 troops and
2,000 horsey and ' mules could be . Joaded
on-he teri boats gathered here. That
force, however, could 'be sjent away on
very- shorty notice, as ail ' supplies have
been put oh board and everything, made
ready for 4 hurried embarkation1. .
Peace Rumors. -
May 16. The Berlin corre-
London,
spondent of
The Standard, says: "It is
rumored tiat the Philippines will. form
the nucleous of a republic under Amer
ican protecjtion and jrradxially be increas-
ea- 'Dy tnesaaaition or otner Facinc is-
landts.'
- TheJSiag3emurger Zeitung
announces
given the
that the United States has
German steamer Geir permission to : rub
the blockade at Havana. " It . is alleged
here that the ambassadors at Madrid of-,
fered to nediate' if they , received the
Spapish mandate, and that Senor Sagas
ta replied fhat Spain was willing to have
peace, provided the Cubans were allow
ed to choose their own government.
Chamberlain Under Criticism
LondM, May 15. The" speech . of Mr.
ChambeTlajn, secretary of state for the
colonies, aj Birmingham Friday night,
has provoked an unusual amount of com
ment in every European capital, many
papers regarding it as an unstatesman
liker display of the country's weakness
bv the admission that Great Britain ' is
unable to pope with 'Russia without the
assistance tf an ally. .
Others think it' Indicates dissension be
tween Lortji Salishury and Mr. 'Chamber
lain, but the preponderating opinion is
that Mr. Chamberlain was used to make
an announcement which Lord Salisbury
as' premleif and foreign, minister, could
not make without impropriety.
LVll Quiet In Italy.
iLondon, May, 15. According to dis
patches frpni various parts of. Italy,
Rome,' Milan and the other large towns
continue qiiiet, but it Is understood1 that
the. state 'of siege will be maintained un
til parlia-ment has adopted the necessary
repressive f measures. . .
All horse races at Milan have been
stopped toi three months. Altogether six
members1 4f the chamber of - deputies
have been! imprisoned and there have
been 300 arrests in JRome alone. It is
believed that the agitation will result
in . the resignation of the cabinet," With
Signer Sonlnino as the next premier.
Concessions to the Philippines.
"London, iMay , 16. The Madrid corre
spondent f The Daily .Telegraph says:
"His prompt action in o.frenng conces
sfons to tbe Philippine insurgents is con
sidered the" best move Senor Sagasta has
yet made Captain General August!
wires thai 'Admiral Dewey appears to
anticipate the co-opera ticni of the natives
within the next few days, out no new
Insurgent move is noticeable' "
London. May le.The Atacrria corre-
srtondent of The Standard says the gov
ernment has wired Captain1 General Au"
eusti. at Manila, authorizing him to
arant such! reforms in the Philippines as
are compatible with the national sover-
Famine at Santiago
Kingston! Ja-.. May 15. The French
cruiser FUuton, from .Havana, on JVlay
Sth. arrived here yesterday and landed
thirty-eight reiugee-;at tne quarantine
station. S tw-. '
The Fulton will now proceed to San
tiago de Ouba. with iDrovistons for the
French copsul there, who hasvcabled to
Kingston 'sreauesting that " food be sent
htm and Announcing that famine prices
prevail at, Santiago de Ouba.
BonH Relish an Anglo-Ameriean
j Allianee .
fCoovrieht (by Associated Press.)
Madrid. I Mav 15. Noon. Spain is not
pleased with the utterances "on the sub
ject of thepossibiuty oi an ajnance oe
tween the United States and Great Bri
tain. Soahv. it is said upon good - an
thority. will draw the attention of the
powers to? the transcendency of: the sug
gested Angto-American alliance witn re
epect to European interests.
111
Second Regiment Being
Slowly Mnstered In.
WHITE FEATHER GROWD
Shame Being Heaped on tneMen'wlio
Flickered Tne Oxford Company (Or
dered Home Wny Holt's Men Qnail
ed General Cotton to. Be one of tlie
Majors of the Second . Reslment.
Thousands Visited the Camp "Fester-
day.
(Special to .The Messenger.) .
Ttaleigh, N. C", May 15. The crowd
at Camp Bryan Grimes today 1 broke
the record; in. point of size. Excursion- I
ists from loldsiboro and Durham' had a
grand timeBeyeral' thousand people
saw the battalion drills -and dress pa
rade. ' - .: . i .
The; Sebond! j regiment companies,
which are -now. in camp, in tents, will
tomorrow moming toe moved into the,
fair grounds. The reason of this is that
Colonel Burgwyn desires to have all
regiments' .together. 'Four of its com
panies will then be in tents and eight
in huildlns. The delay in the arrival
of tents is remarkable and their non
arrival is the cause , of removal -to the
fairgrounds. ,
There has been no end of talk about
the manner in I which thirteen of the
men of Captain Holt's - (Burlington)
company of the! Second regiment, re
fused to be mustered! in. 8o many
statement!! are current about the mat
ter that ' your correspondent had a
talk -with X-aptain Holt this afternoon
and got his statement- Captain Holt
said: . "".
Bighty-rone of my5 men were ex
amined, passed land were accepted: :1
ordered
them tdxfall in for mustering
and several asked If thgy were going to
take the
oath, j replied yes then
they (objected .to. being with
these said
the members ofi the Washington com
pany whom 1 induced to join my com
pany. This" was the excuse they' gave, '
and they declared they woufia follow
anywhere. Then thirteen of them de
clined to ile mustered. .Those who did
this were all Burlington men. The;
Washington men stuck to me. Colonel
Burgwyn talked to these recalcitrants,
advised them to putr aside, their differ
ence and stay in the company, but
they were heedless of his words, so we
fired them but of camp. Lieutenant
Brit'ton has gone to Oreensboro after
men and , we will get them from there,
and Asheville. I have until
Tuesday tp make up my company and
belfieve T will succeed tomorrow. I had
113 men for examination on ihe 13 th
nslanO and thirteeni jueiped me on
Saturday. It looks like xinlucky num-.
hers, does It not?" 1
Captain Bknner's company from Ox
ford failed today and will leave for
home tomorrow morning.. Captain .
Skinner said to: me: ;
The adjutant general telegraphed
me"! coulcj come to camp .with sixty
men and, recruit. I came with fifty'
and went up tod&y with eighty-four to
be examirled. Six were sexamined. all
were rejected, 'apd then .the doctors
told me if I did not recruit by tonight
must leave camp, as my time was up.
knew that I .would , "be short thirty
men, and 'that it would toe impossible
for me to iibe mustered in. Sixteen of
my men have gone with Captain Bell's
company of 'Rutherford ton, . and' four
have joined Captain )Cpttens "Tarboro
company, matohg ibothfM'hese com--panies
full.- Today'e,; failure was th?
second time my: men 'flickered. I take
all the Oxford men of my company." ''
Captain jCotten had. a-hard time to
day. He said to me: "This morning I
had eightyi men in lane ready to be
mustered in; when the command, was
given 'Hold tip your right hands,' four
kept their
hands down. I got three o!
these backV arid while doing ' this four
or five leftL I : took the uniforms off
them and ordered them to leave." But
at 6 o'clock Captain Cotten's- troubles
were over. He got .enough men and
they were mustered in.
Edmund Uones' . company from Cald
Avell and Burke brought ' 104 men and
fourteen failed to pass the surgeons,
leaving him - just enough. He w-ill be
mustered in in the morning, he says.
They are a very 'fine looking body of
mem ( .- '"' - i. '
One of the surgeons: said: "It re
quired only three' days to form the
First regiment and it has required ten
days to muster in live companies of the
Second. I : . -: .
The Gastonia company tonight occu
pied the tents vacated by Skinners
Oxford men. i
Bell's company1 from 'Rutherford ton
will be mustered in-. tomorrow.
It is now: settled that 'John W. Cotten
will be one of the majors' of the Second
regiment. --! . -
Oaptalin Bessen.t was officer of the day
today at Camp iGrimes. - -
The iNanthala Comxany is in camp
in the quarters vacated ;by the Wash
ington, company " "
The Wilmington company put Tup a
fine drill af' ter the dress parade of tlie:
First Iregiment. - -' ( i- '
Th4 chaplain of the first regi-men't
preached to it in the grand stand at
the fair grounds this morning.! His
text was, "In the name of our God will
we set up our (banners.'' Over a thou
sand eold'ters were present. The chap
Iain impreijsed "upon Ms hearers that
this was not a war of conquest or for
territory, tout a! righteous 1 war; " that
the history of Spain's bloody rule was
known to all the' world, and that the
United States ; waist art Instrument, in
God's hand to ifeKefve.:"the oppressed,
people; that there are two banners, one
the ibanner of Christ, the ofther the ban
ner of the iTJnited States righteousness
and justice."
The adjutant general will order the
Waynesvllle and AshevtUle companies
here "by Tuesday to fill the' Second regi
ment. '
Late to: bed and early to krise, pre
pares a man for his home in the skies.
Early-to "bed and a Little Early Riser,
the pill that makes 4ife longer and et
lter and wise. (For sale toy R. R. Bel
lamy.. ' ' i -. ... ' :,...,
II flRlY: All Df AD.
Starvation Has Finishdl
- the Reconceritrados. S
A FEAST FOR VULTURES
The
Psll of Starvation Hans Ovtr
Havana--Victims of Spanish Cruelf
Dropping Dead from Hunger
Situation Pitiable in the Extrem4
- ..The Spaniards Seize the Snppll
Sent Ivy Americana for the Starving
People of Cuba. ,
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(Copyright by Associated Press.) .!
Key West, Fla,,' May 15. The cong1
tions in Havana, resulting f ronv.tf i'
blockade, are' being gradually brougt;
out by information obtained from fisll'
ing smacks and other small vessels c$ f
tured off the, coast.
. Affairs at- Havana now appear to
worse than dt any time since the We
ler regime., " The fisherman who at fi
braved the blockade for the high pr
Which fish brought in .Havana, now
run the risk" not for money, but for th4
food which they obtain from the seaj.
A number of these men have been cap-J
tured at different times by the' vessel
of the blockading fleet. nearly all
them beingreleased after having be'
questioned by., our officers. Th.ey 1
unite in pouring the state of thin"
at .avixuix, .ts ueing. puuui in tne e
treme -fVr , : , . : ' .
The Assdciatid Press dispatch bo
Kate Spenceri jbfas accumulated all t
facts' obtainable along .the" blockadi
line, the latest;! news being obtain
through -tjB.'Oj;,' Captures made i by t
umieu oiatei gunDoat xviacnias, wni
has just returned here for the first tin
since the; bldcka.de opened, makine- tti
longest singleS servicef of any blockadl&S
vessel off Cbai : ?"
The Machiis caught two fishing boats
off Havana,! just before, her return here.
The Americas: offered the fishermerij
money for bftrlt of their oatchi as th
fish was" needed on board; .But th
fishermen qtn;urred at taking monefi
They preferteedji to have bread, addirg
that they Were desperately hungry. M
V When -(juSfiphed as 'to the prevail
lence of yeiSw1 fever . at Havana, thgs
fishermen sate here was little sicknelS
at the Cubil Capital; but they adds!
there was t jaiuch starvation. The re
concentradosjl they said, are nearly
dead, or hase been expelled from t
city to die in the suburbs. ". This agre
with other ijpp6rts from Havana ai
Matanzas, tci the effect that the Span
ish authorities, j-on the departure of thii
American coiisul, seized all - the re'lieO
supplies andSaiiDlited -them to the usessfl
of the army.ffrlie Spaniards then droved
ine reconcenesraaoes into me aesoiait(i;
sections of Ijfae country, between tlii
coast towns gana tne insurgent line
the regions (Inscribed by Senator Pro
tor arid othejjps as being too barren a
desolate to support grass hoppers.
The insurants themselves have beefcis
chary of receiving reponcentraidos antg
hundreds of jhe! latter who Wd no peifi
sonal friends in- the insurgent campj?
had been lefg !to ' starve between thif
lines, which Shey! did. . "
- About Hauna the situation! 'is evek !
worse. Hufiureds of reconcentraddSi
from- Los Ffsas, the big. recohe'entra
dos barrackskin Havana, are too weaW
to walk out the town and fell in tnf
streets or dSd in the suburbs: wher
flocks of vulfares, -' Weyler s chickens,
as they . are fliow, termed in Havana,
have- feastecgon kthe remains. I -; i
In Matanzas this feature of the situa
tion is equaly distressing. The fisher
men wh'o haej been brought here ar.
mostlv sboi reconciled to ! capture'
which meanfs . food and decent treat! .rf
ment. ' Theyjlsay that if the ,blockad i
tUH LLCS illlft IC MAS ll&vz I ki aAiaivko uiuof j
follow in all She large towns, as. f oor i
reserved exctasively for the army, thui
fnrrinp- - mnv4 nponle to ; enlist whl'-S
would nrft oerwise do so. ; 1
Finally, tha fishermen say' that cer
tain of the mSst desperate of the Spa
iards threatetl to burn Havana or bio
the city up itg the event of thejauthortoj
lies ueciuiiiK'ii aiiuuiaic u a.iicv
erican ' f orcetl v:L "':': : '- " 1
.When a reSun' Is suffering with .-awM
aching head.. sluggish body, when ttily
muscles areMlax and lazy. Wis ibrab
dull, and hlai stomach disdaining food
We wlTl, if' Trase, heed these warnlnga
and. resort ttLthe nghx remedy,, foef ore,3
It Is too lateT f'Parker's Sajrsaparllla,a
Ilia "TCiTitr (S?:"ftlod Fuirlflers:" mlaJcetM
the lappetiteeeen and hearty-SnyigoM
aires une iive-pu-rmea . xute 'oioou 1
flHs Tt with ite life-glvlnig element
the fo'od. Ttgis! a wonderful blood mag.
ker and flesi -tntifdeiri Sold toy . J. Cff
Shepard. J. .jHardtn and I Fetf
The Sgtuatlon'at Manila. x
Vtjopyrignii Ty ssociaieu jrress. .fi
Hong Kon, 1 May 15. The; Unite!
States dispalpli boat Hugh McCullocM
arrived here:t0day from Manila wi
dispatches f-ithe United States gorf
ernment. T1& reports- that the Spanisp5
gunboat CaMicf,- from the, Carolina ist
lands, recenw (entered the. port of Ma;
nila. being itjtuirant of the outbreak, t
VinatiKtloa Yi tfvon . ffnafn flnil ttltlk
1 3 tC" 1..-,. slmiollail Vl .-.-
a demand foS her surrrender. j The de
mand being disregarded, the Americafi
ship firfd digfet at the Span,ish gun
boat and thtf latter surrenderecu Tres
populace ofIanila is reduced to eai
Ing norse negnjana tne prospect oi r
lief seems fa distant. i ..
INSURGENTS BEG TO ATTACK
. MANILA.
The .Hugh McCulloch also repor
that , the PhMipPine insurgents applie
to Rear AdrMral Dewey for his appr.
val of an atrjfck by them ypon the cit
The admiral it appears, approved i
the plan, prgyided no - excesses Ver
committed. Srhe insurgents then pleadg
ed'that theyShAd no arms with the ex
ception of machetes, to which J Admirajj
Dewev renliSas' ' 1 '' ' :i
"Help yourselves at the Cvite f ar
senal." .&, , :
The city o Manila, however has n&
been attackkdi : About five. thousan
Spanish trocs are guarding the to?"
leading frorf; Cavlte to Manila. Theri
is no truth ilLthe reported massacre
a number . iff Americans. There h?
been - only triflylng incident , duriij
utir i'iVktr nraa hurt .--..
Key WestUFla., May 15. On boa
tne Associaea jrress . uispaicu uoa
Kate Spencir.-i off Havana May 14,4
p. m. Capfin General Blanco t
hours beforellsundown tonight attempt; ,
! ed to execuOiruse, which if j successg
fnl nrwilri itta rlenrod the rront or Hf.
vana of sixjshlps on that blockadigfe
station. Unkbie to cone out to
battle, he . Oopted the tactics of tiji
spider and fejmnmgiy piannea xo arai
the prey int his net; but though t-;!
clever and pretty scheme, as an orij:-,
nal nronosition." It was practically-:
repetition of the trtck by which t;SiJ
i i itiJi .1 4V..-. Kt-tlA
Verted revenue cutter Morrill were
week decoyed fby a fishing smack' uf
der the ; blggmns of Santa Clarp. b
Late this hfteraioon the ships on tar
Havana stafflon were dumbfounded kSJ
harbor anH head east.. Dense smof;
was streamiasr like black ribbons tr
thoii otnckrfSflnd- a elance showed th
they were tfider a full head of steatft
By aid of glasses Commander Lilly, of
the Mayflower, iwhlclr was flying the
pennant, made Out the larger vessel of
the two, which, was. about 200 feet long
and 4,500 tons displacement, to be the
cruiser Alphonso XII., and the smaller
one to be the gunboat Legazpi, both of
which were known to be bottled up In
Havana harbor. , At first he supposed
that they were taking advantage of the
absence of the heavy . fighting 'ships
and were making a bona fidg run for
the open "saa. As superior officer, he
Immediately signalled the other ships
on the station, the Vicksburg, Annapo
lis, Wasp, Teeumse,h and Osceola,
which were moving in, to form a col
umn . en echelon, with the gunboats
on the right flank. The little squadron
moved in obliquely towards the fleeing
Spaniards, keeping uj. a running fire as
they went. The Alphonso and her con
cort circled In shore about five miles
below Havana and after running infor
half -a. mile headed back for Morro
Castle. Our gunboats' and the other
thin skinned vessels of the mosauitn
fleet did not follow in.
The Associated Press dispatch boat
Kate Spencer witnessed jthe action
which lasted over, an hour. As a spec
tacle, the greatest master of stage craft
could not have evolved a finer setting.
The big AlphOnso and her convov
steamed swiftly from the. dark shad-j
ows oi tne narbors mouth and -turning
sharply east, ran along the coast as
though, to slip through the cordon of
blockade. It was a bold trick and. not
at first transparent, although the folly
of ilr Created a suspicion,-as there was
no hope of ultimate escape and no ob
ject in escaping.The Mayflower stand
ing, well out. like a Cat with a mouse,
gave .a slight start, then swinging her
engines and tiny, squadron v into line,
dashed in to cut them off. The Span
ish boats 'crowded on steam and stood j
along the coast as long as they dare to
give zest to the chase. . The Mayflower
signalled her consorts, "close in" and
charge." Word, was flung on from ship
to ship as they steamed in column en
echelon. Seeing the bait had ap
parently taken, the Spaniards veered
about and bringihg their steer chasers
to bear on the: American doubled back
for Morro.
Two of the shells from the Vicksburg
burst in the rigging, of . the' Alphonso
and some of it came down,butit was.of
course, impossible to know whether any
f fatalities occurred, The American fire
Was. much more accurate' than the
Spanish as, every shell of the. latter fel
short of" theirursuers. vV.
The Spania5s were a mile off Morro
and our -ship? fully four miles further
out when flames . leaped from the bat
teries of Santa Clara' forts and .Clouds
of white smoke-drifted up the coast
Half a minute later a dull, heavy roar
of a great gun came, like a deep diapa
son of an, organ on high treble, 'of
smaller guns. ; It. was from one of the
12-inch Krupp'guns mounted there and
an 850 pound 'projectile, plunged into
the water half a mile inside of the Am
erican line, .throwing up a tower of
white-spray. It. richochetted and struck
again half a mile' outside.
The mask was off. Maddened by the
failure of their plot the Spaniards con
tinued to fire at Intervals of about ten
minutes. -In all thirteen shots were
fired but .not one Struck within 200
yards of one of: our ships.-vA;soon as
XI L 4. .a f . . . r . ,
signalled and his' fleet stood off shore.
Captain McKenzie, on the bridge of the
Vicksburg, ,. watched the fall of the
shells, but he considered it useless to
waste ammunition at that distance. He
appeased the. desire of the men at the
-guns, how;ever, by letting go a final
broadside' at,, the Spanish ships, in
chance hope of making them pay for
their daring before they gained the
harbor, but they , steamed, in . under
Morro's guns Untouched and as they
hlimber of shots were sent after theirij
at that; moment by .the Annapolis,
which dropped inside the harborprob
ably creating consternation among
scores of gunboats on the-water front.
. Commander MeKenzle thinks, as do
other officers of thefleet,: that the Al
phonso has been stripped of her battery
and guns and those used today were
only temporarilymounted. If it was
the AlphOnso XII. she must .have found
new boilers, since lately she was a help-
.lees cripple in Havana Harbor. From
the action of the Krupp guns it is eVi-
, dent that the Spaniards have no cordite
and are using ordinary cocoa powaer.
, S. M. Geary, 'Pierson, (Mich., ..writes:
"DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, is cur
ing more piles here today than all other
remedies combined. It cures eczema
and all other skin' diseases.". For sale
by R. R. Bellamy. ' .' : ;
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Tlie Atlantic Hotel to . Be managed by
Pettyjohn, Brop.
The .noied Atlantic Hotel.at More
head City will be managed 'this sum
mer by the Messrs. Pettyjohn Bros.,
of Augusta, K3a;,. two excellent and
widely known hotel gentlemen, :
The coming .season, will .probably be
the largest at this resort of any on the
-coast, numbers of a-pplications for ac
oomm'oda tions . ibeing received from all
over 'the country, the- war apparently
having no effect on Its patronage for
the -ensuing summer." ; '
The management will. we. expect, be
first class In every partieular, the formal-
opening taking place on Saturday,
May 2&th. . - . ' ' ; -
Especial attention has been given to
the addition of various amusements and
attractions, and a superb .brass toand
and stringed orchestra will ibe .a win
ning feature. , . 'v
' The Remains of Ensign Bagley. .
, Savannah. Ga., May 15. The remains of
Enslen Worth Bagley, who was killed
in the torpedo boat WinsQow off Carde
nas last" Wednesday, oassed through here
today on their way to Raleigh. About
forty North Carolinians, met the train
and received the coffin With a number of
beautiful -floral tributes. The body will
arrive at Raleigh about 8 a. m- tomor
row. "'.;:..:::-. i ,
The American Wounded.
fCbDvrteht by Associated Press. )
Puetra Pla.ta, Dominican Republic, May
15 'All the wounded of the United States
fleet are doing- iwell. There has been: no
tftrinsr by our warships since the - bom
bardment of (the forts at San Juan de
Porto Rico. iThe Spanish torpedo gun
boat Terror is hemg docked at Fort de
France, islandof' Mar unique. ;
The human machine starts but once
and stopj iut once. You can' keep it
going longest and most regularly by
usine 'DeWUtfs Litte -Early iRlsers, the
famous A'Atlo Fills for constipation and
all stomach and liver : troulbles. For
sale' by R. Rj Bellam" . :
Slim Sided Convention .
(Special to The Messenger.) .
Raleigh, N. May 15. Alt the John
son county populist convention yester
day only seven were present. The sen
timent was for fusion with, the repub
licans, , . . ,
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The Grea t- Violinist Remenyi Dead.
Sam Francisco, May 15.-MEou ward
Remenyi, the) Hungarian violinist,
dropped' dead at the Orpheum theatre
while performing thas afternoon.
"One IMlnute Cough Cure Is the best
preparation I have ever sold" Or "used
and I can't ay too mruc'h In Its praise."
L. iM. Kennon, (Merchant, OdeH, Ga.
For sale by R. R. Bellamy. ,
An Opportunity YonJNow Have
of testing the curative effects of Ely's
Cream Balm, the most positive cure
for Catarrh "known. Ak your drug
gist ifor a 10 cent trial size or send .10
cents, we' will mail it. Full size 50
cents. '
ELY KROS.; 56 iWarren. St., Y. City.
My son was -afflicted wlth Catarrh
I induced him to try Ely's Cream-Bami
and the disagreeable catarrh smell all
left htnu He, appears as well as any
one. J. C. Olanetead, Areola, IiL j
An old maid sees a lifelong enemy,
in, every old bachelor she meets.
THE DOGS
An Engagement Between
- t v i
Havana:
TRIED TO BREAK THE BLOCKADE
: . ; ' ,-:.yj:: .- --r: -;'." -, " ' . . 1 1 . !; ;- ; ':;
Failure of Another Spanish Plot to Trap (Air Blockaders-The Giissie's
Expedition Fails to Land for Lack of Cooperation They had a '
Fight with Spanish Cavalry Cardenas Again7 Bombarded
Rumored Capture of An American CruiserThe '
, Spanish Fleet Off Venezqela Sampson's
Squadron in Ilaytien Waters- !
Madrid, :May 15--10 a. m. A dispatcTi
from Havana says: "Three American
warships have re-bombarded Cardenas
with jsheli ahd ihave destroyed the
British .consulate. The Americans at
tempted to land men and ammunition
when the; cannojinading was the hot
test. The Spaniards, drawn up on
shore, replied hotly to the American
fire, inflicting severe loss on the enemy.
Seven Spaniards were wounded."
1 p. m. The Imparcial this morning
publishes j a - dispatch from, Havana,
giving another extraordinary Spanish
version of a war episode. It says:
' "On Friday the gunboats Cbnde de
Venadito ahd Neuva Espana steanied
out of the harbor and attacked an Am
erican squadron " of - two cruisers and
five auxiliary, cruisers Which were out
side, ,- The; Spanish vessel -fired twenty
shots and the Americans eight, the lat
ter : apparently retreating damaged.
Three crowded tugs followed the gun
boats, the people :6n board cheering
them." :. . -
It would seem possible that the facts
upon which the Jmparcial's dispatch is
based are to be fQund in the dispatch
from the ' Associated' Press dispatch
boat Kate Spencer, filed at Kev wt
today and sent but earty this morning,
telling of Blanco's unsuccessful ruser
UAri'UKii OF ONE OF. OUR CRUI-
ShiKS KBPORTED.
Washington, May 15. No news of the
reported capture of the auTiliarv
cruiser Yale, formerly the, American
line steamer Paris, has been receivpd
here and the report is discredited.- .
THE GUSSIE EXPEDITION FAILS.
Key West. -Fla.. Mav 15. Tho steam
er Gussie, which left Tampa,. Fla., Mayi
1nil. ...'11. . i: . j. . . I
lum wuiiiiwo companies of the First
infantry on board, in charge of seven
thousand rifles and two hundred thous
and rounds of ammunition
for the insurgents in the nrovincf of
Pinar del Rio, remained- off the coast of
Cuba Thursday,. Friday and yesterday,
convoyea Dy. tber auxiliary gunboat
Manning, in a vain attempt to land her
cargt Captain J. H. Dorst, ot the
staff of General Miles, and formerly
United States military attache at Vien
na, neaaea the . expedition, which re-
umed here this morning. He says the
ussie will go to Tampa. Fla. Previ
ous to leaving Cuban waters, the Dorst
expeditionary, force, had a skirmish
with Spanish cavalry near ' Cabanas.
fifteen miles west of Havana, where art
au-empi was maae to iana part ofthe
cargo. On Friday morning Captain
Dorst abandoned ' the attempt at the
point and steamed eastward to Matan
zas, where an arrangement had. been
made with the Insurgents to send the
supplies ashore at Point Maya, a mile
or go east of the entrance of the har-
bor. The Gussie and her convov ves-
terday morning steamed untjl about
two miles ioff shores when the rattle of
musketry from a . considerable force
of Spanish soldiers concealed behind
underbrush" ashore, warned Jhem that
they would receive a lively welcome if
they landed. The Spanish troops seem
ed to have been furnished with infor
mation of i the contemplated landing at
yjj Lit Ulil9. . I
After this second failure flantnln 1
Dorst decided to abandon the attempt
to land the arms and ammunition and
returned to Key West. A more dis
gusted looking lbt of troopers than
those aboard the Gussie this morning
it would be hard to find. They had're-
ceived orders not to speak of their trip
and sullenly lined the rail of the Gus
sie as the Associated Press launch ran
along side; of her." But grunts were the
only answers which could be obtained
to the questions asked. -
Soon after the arrival of the Gussie,
Captain Dorst was rowed ashore and
reported i the failure of his expedition
by cable i to the war department. " -
Naval officers here say that ir Cap-;
tain DOf st had, secured j the co-operation
of some of the ships of the block
ading squadron at -the point selected
for the landing the Spanish troops
ashore could have been shelled and a
way would have .been cleared for the
landing of the soldiers and. the cargo
they had-in charge, but' no instructions
were given to the ships to co-operate
with Captain Dorsfs expedition and
the Gussie was several times compell
ed to heave-to, while cruising up and
down the coast by the blockade vessels
whose commanders were under the ap
prehension that she was trying to run
the. blockade. The United States gun
boat Machlas, which was lying off
Matanzas; Friday night, reported that
signal lights were' seen ashore east of
Point Sabilla and' some of her officers
say they believe the insurgents, having
ascertained that the rendezvous" at
Point Maya had VJbeen discovered by
the enemy, desired " a landing to; be?
made at another- point, but Captain
Dorst held, to his, original plans and
found the Spanish troops awaiting him.
He did - not return empty handed, how
ever. At Cabanas the American :,party
captured a prisoner of war in & shack
.Captain Dorst. says the failure of the
expedition was due to the fact that the
Cubans were unable to meet the landr
ing partyi at the rendezvous and the
Americans could not land supplies with
no one' tb! receive them. The arrange
ments for; making a landing at Cabanas
were made, ten days ago by Captain
Dorst, with General Delgado, . in com
mand of the insurgent' forces in the
province of. Pinar del Rio, and the sup
plies to be Tanded near Matanzas were
to.be conveyed to General Gomez by a
force -of I insurgents encamped .three
miles back from the coast line. Both
of the Cuban parties were unable, ap
parently, !to appear at the rendezvous
owing to the activity of, the Spaniards.
Captain Dorsr is convinced that the
Spaniards have a good sy ste.mo f c,om;
munication along the toast and that
they can quickly raise enough ttoopato
pfevent the landing of a small force
such as the one he commandedand
the captain believes tne.onljrwa y arms
and ammunition can be sent to the
lnsursrents is to land them under the
cover of warships with guns sufficient
to beat off any attack. Then, he adds,
the arms ' and ammunition should be
-conveyed Inland by United States sol
diers. -' . ' .
The captain says Jthe, company which
landed through the -surf ;at Cabanas
had a narrow escape. The -soldiers were
fired upon by Spanish Cavalry conceal
ed in the tangled underbrush and the
r fire was replied to with the result that
one Spanish officer and three menwere
hit Only one man on the American
side was wounded. The latter, a news
paper correspondent, received a slight
flesh wound in the " arm. ; The Wasp
and the Manning shelled the woods and
covered the "retreat of the soldiers to
the Gussie. On Friday the Spaniards
tried to hit the Gussie from a masked
battery and some of ' their shells burst
(DF WAR.
Wart Vessels at
y
close on board, but none of the frag-
ments
struck.
ONE
OF OUR
WOUNDED
SEAMEN
DIES. .
Key
West. Fla..' Mav 15. FmAst
men wounded at Cienfuegos last Thurs- "
aay, aiea at the marine hospital here,
yesterday: evening and was buried to- ,
day. He; was a first class seaman ap
prentice and belonged to the United
States j cruiser Marblehead. He was
shot through the left leg, In a boat,
while Assisting In cutting the cable off
Cienfuegos. He died after his limb had
been amputated, j :Te deceased lived
.on Monitor street, Brooklyn.
U -. r-
. -; THE ENIMYS CAWWIi
Rumored Resignation af the. Cabinet.'.
Silly Report Put Oat that the Indi
gents are Submitting. '
. Madrid,! May 15., via Paris. All the .
members of the (Spanish cabinet have
resigned. ) Senor Sagasta will tonight
commiinlcate the situation to the queen '
regent,j who will entrust him with the
task of! forming a new ministry.
The cabinet which has Just resigned
was composed as follows:
President of the Council fionnr Sn.
Minister
Gullon.' i
Minister
Minister
of Foreign Affairs Senor
" " i ' j
of Justice Senor Grolzard.
or Flnance-Senor ; Pufir-
cerven-J
" Minister
erior Senor Cap-
depon. I
.Minister
i'ar General Correa.
L Ministe
Marine Admiral Ber-
kmejo. IT
Ministe
of,
Agrifeulture and Com
Public Works Count
mercef arid
jviquena.
Minister
Moret. i f
i
of the Colonies Senor
TX FIGHT TO THE FINISH. i
. Madrid, May 15. 4 p. m. It is offl
caally denied that; the cabinet changes
Oh the contrary, i It is declared .that
are connected with a peace movement.
Premier Sagasta'4 ministry, when the
newjcabSnet ds formed, iw.111 continue to
prosecute
the wtir witbN the full re-
sourcess of the country.
.Madrid,. May 154-11 p. m. The eabi-
net council this evening terminated at
half past nine. A minister who Was
intervied ph the situation declared that
nothing; definite had been decided upon
as to changes in the cabinet, pending
a conference betweeen the queen regent-
arid I Senor Sagasta.
The official Oorrespondencia publishes
a note jas to Cubaa- affairs 'which 4s -commented
1 upon. Th.e. note asserts
that affadTs In CJutoa wear a more reas
suring (aspect that the submission of
"numerous insurgents is expected and
that th Spanish negotiations with the -principal
chiefs i offer . possibilities of
success! j : '
The Madrid press and people are
elated over ' the alleged smartness of
Admiral Oervera in senddng Admiral
Villamil to MarWnkiue, thirty six hours
after the former Was well on ihis way
to Havana.! i While it was supposed
that Villamil was scouting ahead he '
was really.; the squadron's rear guard,
the 'jSpahiards thus gaining invaluable
ii-e. M i - ' f- - -J
Senor; Cuilon, iit' reply to a newspaper
representative said the Americans were
blameworthy for too mi Da rd ing towns
wlth'ouit giving notice andi added that,
the government would address a note to
the powers on the subject. ,
With reference to the speech of Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, the. secretary of
state f?r Jthe colonies, at Birmingham
on Friday jinjightj Senor Gullon said 1't
had real Importance, not only for Spain
but for; the' future of Europe. He de
clared also i - at a red book would' be
presented
tol the ohamber on rwednes
M which" the government
day next,
"declares
the blockade of Cuba Inef-
fectlVeand expresses the hope that the
powers in
fEurope will refuse to recog-
nize it.?'
Madrid
May j 15. 11:30 p. l It is
now ibelieved that only Admiral Berme
Jo, minister ,of marine ahd Count XI
quena, j minister of . public works, will
quit the cabinet!
Capef Haytien, Republic . of Hayti,
May 15.-The United ' States torpedo
boat Jortet and! the steamship Supply,
which have been here .awaiting orders,
have sailed to join Admiral Sampson's
squadron.-. ' j -
The squadron! possed Cape Haytien
today, j It- Is; uncertain whether it .will '
turn southward . to meet the .Spanish
fleet or go first to Key West. '
GREAT ACTIVITY AT KEY WEST.
Key West, Fla., May 15. This has
been a Sunday of unusual activity" here
and it is apparent that an important
strategic movement is being planned.
Commodpre ! Watson arrived n the
gunboat Dolphin from' the blockading
fleet off Havana, orders tame thick
and fast from Washington, and the na
val station authorities were instructed
" to make quick preparations to coal the
big ships, The ships already m me1
harhori have ybeen ordered to get up
steam Iwithqut Idelay, but the officers
say they are ignorant of what this may
indicate. I The announcement from the
north of the coming of the - flying
squadron strengthens the theory held
here that a united movement of some
kind is: I contemplated! Several new or
ders have ! been! .issued effecting more
complete protection or Key ..est har
bor.' Extra j guards and watchmen
have been placed about the naval sta--t
km and store house arid only govern
ment employes 'are permitted to ap
proach the government dock. The har
bor is almost .always . crowded with
light vessels land the store" houses are
filled with provisions and ammunition
for the' fleet,; so that a. sudden attack
by the Spaniards could wreck Incalcu
lable damage! i .
ITarfs' Bm'ulSKm r Cod fAver OO,
with ChreoswU and the Hyvoomosphlfcew,
If faithfully psed. Is a0peclflc ia the
treatimen't of, weak lungs, Cmsump
tlon, Bronohrtlsv etc Leading physi
cians recommend ft. BoOidt. y 3. C
Shfpard, J. H- Hardin, and H. L. Fem-
treaa.
Volunteers Gatheitog at Chlckaiuau; :
Chickamauga National Park, May 15.
The first Ohio . cavalry, . the . advance
guard of th volunteer army ordered by
the war department i to rendezvous at"
Camp Thomas, arrived today. The regi
ment is composed of eight troops, 600
officers jand meruThe regiment did not
bring horses. These are. to be supplied
here by the government. Only one troop
was supplied with arms and the large .
majority -of the men were without unU
forms.-1 - - '
Tonight at 8:15 o'clock, the first Ohio
infantry .from Cincinnati, eleven com-,
panies, i 800 officers and men, arrived in-.
Chattanooga. This regiment was In
rather striking contrast to the cavalry
regiment, being fully uniformed and arm
ed with Winchester rifles. "
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