WILMINGTON, - N. C., SUNDAY, MAY $fc 1898.
VOL. XI. NO. 126.
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INTENSE
Among Naval Officers at Key; West Over the
Outlook on the: Seas.
FLEETS PREPARED EOR BATTLE.
ScrTycs Sqnadron Anchored Off the II arbor Remarkable Run of Cap
ita Sigsbee in the St. Paul from Hampton Roads to Key West'
Speculations as to the Anticipated Naval Battle and Where
it Will Occur The Naval Battle of the War Ex
pected to be Fought Within; Forty-Eight
Hours from Last Friday. '
- Jacksonville, Fla., May 21. Key West,
May- 19 via Jacksonville(Ielayed in
ranshiission.). Tonight see the close of
the most intensely anxious and most vexr
. . atious day Key West has kriown since
the, war 'beg'an. Everything-indicates the
proximity of a big naval 'battle, 'but with
an unseen oe, who may Appea r a t any
one of several points, ; and possibly
strike a blow and get away (before force
can be massed to crush him.: At this h'our
the. whereabouts df Schley' and Samp
eon's squadrons are fixed qualities, in rhe
equation, the " Spaniards are represented
toy X. .
' (Daybreak (found Commander. Schley's
squadron that -sailed from Hampton
Roads on Friday, ' anchored off Sand Key
light, six miles below Key West. They
..have joined Captain Captain Sigsbee' s
bag greyhound, the, St. .Paul, which,
leaving Hampton Roads a day later than
tiry-, had beat them here almost a day
and a hair, ine appearance of the flying
squadron was supplemented about 8:30
-o'clock by two of the dispatch 'boats that
had 'been with Admiral Sampson's fleet,
tracing In neck and neck, the Associated
Press (boat) . 3auntless in the lead. The
necessity of cutting the cable at Santiago
de Cuba has already beeni evidenced in
'Key West by several Madrid cablegrams
-via London, sent after the foloody fight at
-Cienfuegos last week, when the Marble-head"s-
iboat crew cut the cable at that
- Point. . .. M ... .
, Admiral Sampson's fleet arrived here at
CXast maAe, In these dispatches Sunday as
." -to the! whereabouts and intentions of
these two fleets. Both 'had been slower
,"in arriving than well posted .naval offi-.-esrs
had supposed -at fhat time. All 'this
. was Interesting enough, but. -not a word
-of It was allowed' .past the censor, and a
score of correspondents- who had besieg
.ed the cable' otffice. all he morning wilted
down jrtto the hotel veranda chairs, out
or tne Droning sun, helpless to get a word
of the real news of the situation totheirj
-; papers. , iNiaVal oif fleers for the most part
. were as ignorant as the correspondents
las to how matters stood In the wori4 out--side
of Key West, and whether or not the
matters being censored "had not already
... fleaked' ut ithrooigrh the less constricted
channels at Washington : . v.
SPIXSUL.ATION AS TO THE NAVAL
. CAMPAIGN. .
Naval men, however, had' less time, for
1 - sspecuEation, for the fleet! was busily
'engaged Avt preparing 'for some move, the
details Kit w'hiCh ijsverei known only to
fommodore Watsc and' those nearest
"him. -Every of flcel- ashore was on the
-alert for orders tol jhiurry aboard his ship?-'Such-last
nig"ht w&s the fate of the ; men
ttrom the liancroft, the Castine, the
. 'Jlelena, and the Wilmington. "Hurry or
ders;' reached them at 6:30. Bancroft's
quartermaster was ashore, looking after
.stores When word was sent to him to can--cel
.-a provision contract and come aboard.
The small fleet was already under way;
when he reached her and the Bancroft's,
sgig was snatched up to her davits, while
he ,was steaming out .of the- harbor.
Where the small fleet went Is still a mys
tery, all beingitoo slow -to act' as scouts
In the hunt 'for the Spanish fleet, and not
-strong enough to do more than help at
Havana; where there are already more
''boats than are actually needed. The most
plausible theory advanced to account: for
the quick departure was that they were to'
Itform a -second Wne of scouts-to the south-
west .waiere the Cincinnati and the Vesu
xvius ere uppostil :to be wsatching" the
;narrowK of the Yucatan chamael. These
t wo - vessels moved ut Thursday mornjng
.nd disappeared at a leisurely pace to the
isou t h west wa rd: It may ibe , candidly ad
mitted Cfeat all discussion of fhe Spanish
.-tfleet Jrom here is speculative. Key West
xis lamenifeably isolateid from the current
'news,ase such as is furnished' by daily
Jbulletins. The uhdenttanding- at the 4n
; . , iteration -here, however. , is that Sampson
-anted xtnjfidently on. finding the Span-:
jsn squadron bottled np in San aiuan as
Q Dewey the Spaniards at Manila. - It
not till davlieht ofr the moraine of
the feombardarient that he 'learned the
rbior was' empty. Measthne, accc-rding
to th 'best Information here, : the rfleet of
eleven Spanish ships, iprotoahly inciting
-thfe Vjicaya, lOquendo, Cristobal Ctldn,
Maria Theresa ja-nd three dtroyerv?, 4 as
KLONDIKE
To. the Front Again !
IN
DAWSON CITY THEY HAVE
to sprinkle the streets four times a day
to keep down the gold dust. A man
could be marto Rtnnp MTrirl - with thl
. dust and get his eyes opened in Wil-
mingtoni In the morning, in Dawson
City, you find, a ton of ice on your door
step free., of charge, in Wilmington
you find a wet spot and a bill for two
dollars. ! 0 - . . '' '
MORAL:
Stay at Tiome and drink
. AjSTha litdia water
r-- - N : - ::: . : -'.i '.':..
Srhich ve deliver for 25 cents per gal
lon and guarantee satisfaction or re-,
fund the itioney. We have sold 80 bot
tles per d?y since .last Monday. Call
and see us. .
AETNA il Till A WATER CO.,
Bunting" Pharmacy. ,
R. E. WARD, Agent. .
ANXIETY
been moving west .along "the southern
shore of t?he Carribbean sea. Later re
ports from Mole St. Nicholas, Cape Hay
Itien, and other points, make it seem pro
ibable that a second section of the squad
ron, probably including- the Cardinal Cis
neros, the Pelayo, ' and the Christina
Regenta, are following In the wake of, the
first. By keeping1 to the south shore of
the Caribbean, the Spaniards avoided any
chance encounter with Sampson off Porto
Rico, and if-'they were "furnished news at
cable paints of the weakened state of "the
Cuban -blockade especially at Cienfugos,
it showed a . tempting chance to make a"
dash across at the south Cuban coast and
wipe out the light vessels . theTe. This
done, Chey could coal and proceed around
the west of the island about 500 miles to
Havana, if that as Is generally supposed
here, Is their ultimate destinat4on. From
the fact that-.no such attack, has yet been
reported it is inferred itfhat the fleet is
still holding. Its course west. . "
Old pilots here say that a big squadron
of warships might be easily worked west,
and north just outside of the fringe of the
keys on the Mosquito coast without dan
ger of discovery before they- emerged
f rom 'the north end of the Yucatan chan
nel. From this point they would be al
most equal distant f rom Key West and
'Havana, not 300 miles either way. If their
object was to fbreak the Havana block
ade; they could do it asily if they arriv
ed before Schley or Sampson. -
The feeling "here tonight is that the.
navalbattTe of -the war may bef ought in
forty-eight, ihours and probably 'between
'Key West and! the north. Cuban coast.
Everything is at high tension ' and both
offfcjers ana -correspondents are looking
for -a dispatch boat tearing up the chan
nel at any hour -with the news that the
hostile fleet 'has oeen sighted within strik
ing distance of Key West or Havana. It
is impossible to . forecast the movements
of-: eitherj Sampson or Schley, (but-the sup
position among naval m'eh is that orders
f rom Washington will direct a 'redistribu;
'tion Of the vessels to form a new flying"
squadron to, make , a quick round up of
the "west- 'Cuban coast, perhaps as fat
around as Cienfuegos on the south, Reav
ing a sufficient guard, of heavy vessels at
Key West, where, after all, the great
utfs afternn the heavv souadrons off
battle -may be fought
Sand Key were joined hy three big trans-
pports -'the Leon a, the Iroquois, and the
Cherokee! .Workmen were busily engaged
putting in tenTporary hunks but no one
was allowed to 'board them and no infor
mation as to their hailing- point or desti
naition would Te given. It is understopd,
however, t'hey are from New York, hav-.
ing started for Tampa to transfer troops
a week ago, When the invasion of Cuba
by a 'land force seemed imminent, i This
plan, however, was evidently checked by
the elusive movement of the Spanish fleet
and Is considered in aheyance for the
present. - .
The St. Paul this1 VafterncJon finished
coaling, and received permission to scout.
She disappeared at sunset under a cloud
of smoke heading southeast by south.
Wake County Democrats Declare for
J- Fusion
(Special td; The Messenger.) .
. Raleigh, N. ' C., May 21. At the
Wake county, democratic convention
today Ed. Chambers Smith reported
the 'following resolutions : ,
"That we heartily endorse the letter
ofVWilliam J. Bryan, and the address
of Chairman Jones on the union of the
silver forces, We favor co-operation
of all citizens, regardless of party af
filiations, ,who, having like sentiments
and interests, seek 'to effectuate their
common purposes try the same reme
dial legislation, and we instruct our
delegates to the state and other con
ventions to use their utmost endeav-j
ors to find some common ground upon
which those having the same general
principles and interests may act to
gether io iaecure them under the motto
of all consistent co-opetaiion, "In es
sentials unity, in non-essentials liber
ty, in all things charity
A minority resolution was submitted
as follows::
"Whereas, An invitation extended by
our democratic executive committee is
so broad am to sallow every one irt favor
sof good govermnfat to take part in the
primary, therefore .
"Resolved, That ?ve are opposed to
all 'entangling alliances, because they
are calculated J to , vbreed distrust,
apathy and- disorganfea tiori. y - 'K
'"Resolved,3 That delegates tis the
i 8tate conveution are instructed tr use
J their best efforts to defeat any propo-
sition looking to fusion with"" .any oth
er party. . V:
Minority resolution wasNieTeated by
a . vote of 171 to 17, and the majority
adopted without a vote against it.."
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Johnston Democrats Oppose Fusi on
(Special to The Messenger.) N
r Smithfield, N. C, (May ZL The Jo hu-'
stofi county democratis convention, led
by J. A. Narroni passed a resolution
against fusion with tfche populists'bn any
terms. The delegates are instructed.
The Cuban question, and political Is
sues sink into significance with the
man who suffers from piles. What he
most desires, s relef. , vOefWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve cures piles.' For -sale hy
B. B. Belamy. - - '
FINAL ORDERS TO TJIE FIRST
The Regiment to Leave Camp) For
Tampa This morning Offers From
. Other States to Furnish our Quota of
Troops or False Rumors j of our In
ability to do so. . . j'
(Special to The aiesenger.) I
. Raleigh, "N. C, 'May 21. The irst
regiment leaves, all via the Southern
railway,- on a . special train of three
sections tomorrow. Camp will! be
broken, at 4:30 o'clock, fnhe first j sec
tion of the train leaves at 7' o'clock
and others at .fifteen minute intervals.
There was ar great; crowd atfoaiup this
afternoon; a nd tthere wfclU be an immense
one at the depot in .the morning' to hid
the troops farewell. The Second iregi
ment will march to the station as an
escort to "First. ' . ; ' " ;
Governor Russell late this afternoon
received a telegrahii (from Senator
Pritchard sayin'g he 'had used, all his
influence with the secretary of 1 war
to delay the movement of either: the
Fiirsit or the Second regiment from
camp .here until -they were completely
equipped and that the secretary of war
said he would give the matter consid
eration. ; . j: ;vv
I Un:i teds States officers 'here say the
First regiment .will lbe completely
equipped in forty-eight hours after ar
rival at Tampa.. There was marked
enthusiasm among the officers and ?men
of .the .(First when the news came fthat
the movement was certainly to-be made
tomorrow. : ; '..: : ;
I The adjutant general this afternoon
received! a tedegram from It. X3. A.
Love, captain of the Waynesville com
pany, expressing his regret at his fail
ure to get in the Second regimen tj but
saying he was recruiting, that his Imen
are enthusiastic and that 'by (Monday
he will be ready to come here -if
needed. -v
1 Lieutenant S. B. 'Alexander, of Cap
tain Gadd's company, at Charlotte,
says he can bring 100 men in two day's
on definite orders.. :. j -
-News having been-sent out by some
.unknown person ..that 'North Carolina
was having great ! trouble in .raising
her quota of troops, 'letters jare hieing
received by the adjutant general from
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JMPOETAHT EVENTS OF THE DAY.
i Belated Cablegrams Announce
at Key West on the 19th. Sigsbee in his Flyer, the St. Paul, 5 at
Schley nearly two days and a half, ; V '"' - ' . r 'r
THe First Regiment of N. C. Volu nteersiwas to Leave Ral$gh
at 7 6'clock this Mornir g f of Tampa, ;'' ' "'. '
Wake County Democrats Declare .for. lusion'qf Free Sit -er.
Men.
i The 31onterey, the MostJ Formidable ofj our Monitors, isr-i
dered to Manila. ' ; I: - - l:-r r : - ti t-
Important Naval Developments are looked for at Tamp in
'a 'day or two. ; .. v --: ' 1 j'-' !' '- . ' ,
The Government Censorship over Telegraphic News ato
the War is Made Stricter, : . ! j :
A Passenger arid a Trodps Train Colli4e near Chattanoo $a-.
One Man is Killed and Hanjf Wounded. ; j ' f
if Captain Clark i of the (j)regon, was Opposed to Being"vRe
stricted by Orders from Washington in hfs iLong Trip Around
the Horn. - ;. j j'' .'
J - The Dauntless Returns to Key West sifter Having Madehe ,
T
ai uisc io Jrorjo iucu Willi Aumuai
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Rumor says Admiral Sampson won a pecisive Victory Qier
a he Snanish in the Winward Passage Yesterday.
other states . offering ;troops, 'F. Oren-v
chaw-i of Pike county, Ga., says he has
100 men ready-,. Georgia's quota being
full. iFrank W. Vanness, of- Joplin,
tMo., says he hears North Carolina
needs troops -tand offers 100. Colonel
G. K. FOx, of i Los Angeles, XJal., asks
for permision to raise a company,' say
ing lie can do so in 'twehty-f our hours.
rJ- X. Phillips, of 'Philadelphia. Pa..
malkes the same request.
A prominent citizen of Ashe ville to
day wired that the lent the Asheville
eompaiiy of the First regiment $500.
Lieutenant Colonel Calvin D. Cowles
telegraphed' the war department last
week urghig that his regiment (the
First) fbe arhied with calibre 30 rifles.
He has received a letter saying the
war depiartmen't has not yet decided' to
issue .that dali1re to volunteers, and
that -If rifles now in -use are '-unservice-able
new calibre 45 Springfield s will be
issued at Tampa'. AH rifles in use In
the regiment 'are, pronouncer unservice
able tby the mustering officer.
; ..The contract with the Southern rail
way is to have "the regimenfj at Tampa
in thirty one .ours, "but ttre railway's
officials . say '. it will put them there In
twenty-nine hours or two "hours under
schedule time, it will cost -about $14.-
000 to move the regiment 'to Tampa.'
The first section of the train will con
fain the headquarters, and tfield music
and first 'battalion; the. second section
will contain second battalion and offi
cers horses; third section will contain
the 'third battalion. There will be a
4-urgeon anld two hospitate i- stewards
cith each battalion En all there are
fcree Pullmian. twenty-five -passenger
cars; seven baggage cars iand one stock
car. ' Twelve cars are in each: of the
three sections.
1 By order; of the government the uni
forms in the state arsenal, (297 in cum
ber) were today issued to the (First regi
ment. , IMustering Officer Oresham has
requested the adjutarlt general to order
no company here in future with less
than 100 enlisted men, saying he will
not receive a company or allow trans
portation if it conies with a less nu'm
ter. . . s ; - ":
Twenty-five men from Oxford will
arrive tomorrow to join Captain Smith's
company of the First regiment from
Greenville. ' - - . .
The Oregon at Ilaribadoe.
Ixndon, May 21. A speciaF dispatch
frc"m Barbadoes da: fed Friday says: The
Amrin. battleship Oregon arrived here
yesterday ajl well. 1 :
Tli Charleston Sails
JSan 'Kri?nciseo, May 21.-4The eruiser
Charleston IJed f ojr fhe PhUippines this
afternoon, i J.'.; , . ...
! ACTIVITY AT TA3IPH
"Tf - ; t - H
Developments of a Highly Ii tportant
Character Expected In the N ar Fut
ureStrict Censorslilp on Telf grapliic
Netvs.' 1 f ' -,'.".
Tampa, Fla.; 'May 21. Ren Ved ac-
tmty is noticeable at Port .Tampa, j
where a fleet-of transports is Xng put
in readiness. The Plant' X4 e boat.
Olivette,' which, it is undersd, will
tbe the .flagship of the transpo when
the movement u'pon Cuba tak s place.
has been placed in the slip- a5 jd is in
the hands:, of the carpenters, yoideTgo
ing alteration for her work asija. trans-
port.; Otherlibig steamers ha'v e" arriv
ed, including the Ward iLine lats Se-
neca and Saratoga i r
. Important, developments" of is highly
important character are lookei'r for in
the near future. That any om-rs look
ing towards ' a movement of tU; troops
toward Cu!ba 'has been receive'.,,- is .ex-
tremely dbutotful. Neverthele,?,, every I
one expects, prompt action her)' t follow
ing a meeting between the r feets of
Sampson r and Schley and the Spanish
.flotilla, -whicii again looms upHs .-more
vutxii pks-sa unity, tui news js yxn vu
1an waters i,s eagerly looked f f.
Under -orders of . GeneraKrreeley,
chief of 1 thie' signal depart Tfe-nt at
Washington W. F. C Feller of 'the
Western If nion'- Telegraph 'mpAny,
was toaay 'sworn in as governna nt cen
sor of ajl telegraphic tbusine -i except
the newsparier' specials. The? will,
for the present, continue to goJirough
the hands oc Jjieutenant MiieyJB uen
eral Shafter'js staff. The hour during
which thei; newspaper correspondents
rny have their matter passed ipon are
limited on account of thev shrt time
Lieutenant .'Miley has to devo&.to' his
new duties iand for this reasoria .vig
orous nrotesthas heen made.
- It is veryf probable (that an? official
censor- will be- appointed wi'thiyi a day
or two anldithen the delays fhavoid
able under i'the present arraigement
done-away with. .-, '. . ll
Wiir Astorl Chandler who . was ; recent
ly appointed 3 k majoi4 of volunt(rs was
trviflv jirtiihpd to the staff k? tMaior
General Wheeler.- 'He lias turr,d over
the command r f his band of Vo.unteiers
to his brotjier, Wirithrop Ohandjer, who
arrived in Tampa from New ork. .
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oaiupuu succi. m - .
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General' p. O. Howard,: whoi, for the
past week has ibeen conducting;-religious
meetiiigs among the tri'iops. at
Tampa, wjll leave tomorrow iflight for
Moibile, thence to Kentucky, .i'He will
ibe accompnfed by Major D. 'j -Whet-
J tie.
;ettelSlaf ter's Staft
Tampa.j Jla., (May 21. In
as general
order! lsue' loday, Majar Gefral W
R, Shafter formally assum-j- com
mand of .thie 'Fifth army corpsAompos
ed of the njted States forcesftk Tam
pa and vijiity. He also announced
the followftig officers as '. men; bers of
his staff :8'f.. - . f.
First LipLitehant R.".H. No.-5, first
infantry- ajSae. lj
i First Lie&tenant 'J. D. Miley second
artillery, agde. , i i -
'Major S5 J. Groes'beck, judjf-advo-J
caite and Acting adjuant genHfal.
Major " W. Jacobs, shief r Quarter
master. -.; 1 , ip . .
'Colonel OL. Wedton, a5sis,U com
missary gtoeraUof subsisten, -' chief
commissara. j t
Major B.Ef. Pope, chief surgeon. .
First "Lfieji'tenajit J. Thompson, crd
nance depjRrbment. n.
First X.ie tenant TGr?i3, sijnal of
ficer, i attars jeld. il , '
Major Central- Wade with Ms 3taff
officers leff? for Chickamaugt l4oday.
Brigadier General Poland a d Bats
also left foChickamauga, whte they
.wili report Ro Major General Br ooke cf
tne unrst a?my corps.
K ' Xraiporte Reach Mobil V -
Mobile, Jal. Olay GL The ti insporf
Fanita arrived today. The tSmsport
Orizaba islxpected from (Newrleans"
with the 'fcifth cavalry. The iorpadTo
'boat Porteu fLleutenant FrenbntA in
command. Harriyed up, this? iorning
and has goae on the dock to bt ! scrap
ped i and ihae ?. her keel straig tened,
which wasvbent iby contact- witl. fa. reef
off Cu1ba. ,yThe lighthotise. tenj.er Ar
tous, is takgigon four miles of jubma
rine ca-lle-toi ibe laid at -once jo con
nect Fort gJorgan - with ancl island
and Fort grain es on TXauphin island,
and thencewith the main land $n the
western shfre of the hay. . ', .
Efforts th Locate tne Spanish JFeet
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(Copyrigjit by Associated Phss.)
. . Kingston Jamaica, May 21.-A pri
vate telegraphic, : inquiry jcpierning
Spanish sqwadron said to be afc; Santia
go de Gub have failed to briijW any
response Hljough the cable is twwork?
ing order. - - j i;LI
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ANOTHER
Rumors ot Another Decisive Naval Battle JEL
the Windward Passage.
TWELVE SPANISH SHIPS SUM,
The Report Lacks Confirmation General Masso's Proclarhation to tliits;
Cubans Prize Vessels Ordered to be Sold A Duel on the Tapis -Between
Two Spanish Legislator The 3Ionterey Or- ,
dered to Manila No News at Navy Department as
to the Fleets The Newark in Commission i
Gen. Shafter Appoints Jlis Staff.
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(Copyright by Asociated' Press.)
Cape Haytien, May 21. A passenger
from Port de Paix, who arrived on the
Haytien steamer today, brought a ru
mor that a fight had taken place off
Mole St. Nicholas, in which , twelve
Spanish warships had been sunk: and
two American, warships disabled. The
report, however, lacks confirmation.
'Cape Haytien, May .21. It is reported
here from a vague source that cannon
ading was heard off vyie Mole to the
northward yesterday, ceasing at night
fall, and the firing was renewed early
today and continued until noon J
Mole St. Nicholas ,is the western
point of Hayti, just across the Wind
ward passage -from the eastern point
of Cuba. Editor.
Washington", May 21,-The confirma
tion of the rumored engagement off
Mole St. Nicholas had not been receiv
ed at the navy department up to a late
hour tonight, and naval officers are
disinclined to believe that the Ameri
can fleet has encountered the Span
iards. - It was expressly denied at the ,
department that information even giv
ing an ' intimation of a fight had been
received and, further than that, it was
stated that a meeting between the two
fleets was hardly looked for tonight.
This statement is significant, in that
it indicates that, the opposing squad
rons are not so close together as to jus
tify -an expectation of immediate de
velopments. r. -, " ' :
A PROCLAMATION TO THE CU-
, . BANS. - - ' ! " ,:'
Jacksonville, Fla., May 21. A special
to The Times-Union and Citizen from
Tampa says: "The text of the proc
lamation issued by Barthelmeo Masso,
president of the Cuban republic, has
reached here via New Orleans. In it'
Masso' strongly urges the autonomists,'
guerillas and Cubans leaning toward
Spain to come over i to ' the Cuban
ranks. He assures them that, with
the aid of the United States troops, a
decisive blow to Spain is soon to be
struck' and that the Cuban cause will
soon be won. He points out that all
who fail to join the Cuban forces be
fore it shall be too late, must, seek a
home in some other country.
PRIZE VESSELS ORDERED TO BE
; SOLD. '.
Key West, Fla.,: May 21. In the 'UnU
ted States circuit ; court today the
Spanish prizes, Mathilde- Gandidato,
Sofia and Argonauta, against which
pro-conf esso was entered yesterday,
no body' appearing to claim them,
were formally condemned and ordered
to be sold. The day of the sale was
not set. The rifles and ammunition
found yesterday in a secret chamber
of the Argonauta are valued at $5,600.
They also were condemned and order;
ed sold - - . ....
THE iNiEWS FROM MADRID. -
Madrid, May 21. 3 p. m. The infor
mation received here as to fhe'where
ahouts of the Spanish Cape Verde
squadron is contradictory. The gov
ernment maintains absolute' secrecy
on the subject, but - it . is officially de
clared if the 'Americans cut the Cuban
cable the (Spaniards will retaliate by
cutting the Galveston cable, so-as to
interrupt Southern 'Pacific, communi-'
cation. ' - ( ' ; - ' -r
3 .p .m. There was a scene in1 the
Chamben of deputies iodav. Sencr
Boris, a- nephew: of SeaSr Ronero y
Rohledo, branded a statement of the
viscount i Pueste as baseless. -The
latter requested' Benor Boris to leave
t the chamber and, following him into
the lobiby, told him) to consider his
ears1 boxed. They have appointed
seconds and expect to have a meeting
tomorrow. . ; .
Captain General IBlanco cables from
Havana that "in. order to deceive the
garrison of Guan tanamo" the Ameri
can warships "hoisted Spanish flags.
but were immediately recognized and
repulsed. The captain general als6 re
ports that insurgent bands have been
defeated in the provinces of Matanzas
and Havana and that several fnsur
gents have been killed. ' : .
Prices on the bourse her. today rose
in expectation of favorable news.
9 p. m. iAdmiral "Camara, afte hav
ing had several conferencss with the
rminister of -marine, Captain Atmon,
haaxeturned to Cadiz. The fleet com
manded tby the admiral will, it is said,
sail under sealed orders.
: 8 p. m.-Great indignation i.s felt here
over' the statement comtained in. Gen
eral Blanco's telegram that the American-
warships hoisted "the- Spaniaaj flag
before r attacking - .Guantanamo. The
newspapers contain savage attacks up
on America, regarding the alleged ac
tion of the United States vessels.
Washington," -May 21. The .news
event of the day at the navy depart
nriATif ma iri dlRTvatch of the order io
i the Monterey to proceed to Manila, to
I reinforce Admiral Dewey's squadron.
in herself and her addition to Admiral
Dewey's force, together with the dis
patch of thousands of troops to iManila
is ample evidence that the adminis
tration has assumed no half-hearted
attitude toward the Philippine question
and is - determined to take no chance
of dispossession until such time as; the,
VICTORY
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United States itself -has arranged fo
the disposition of the islands. . Tis&
Monterey is. probably the most formuJ
able 'monitor tin the world, yet she com
defensive qualities of the monitor tyre.
a sea worthiness that is almost pbe
nomenal. The Monterey is describ
ed technically as V ibarbette turreted. .
low" free board .monitor of 4000' tona
displacemnt.- She is 256 feet long ly
59 feet 3eam and. 14 feet 6 inches drafi
She carries in two 'turrets surround eci "
iby. .barbettes' two 12 'inch and two 21 -inch
guns, while on her superstructure -'between
the turrets are mounted siac i
v6 pouhders and twoGatlings. The tur- "
rets are IVz anid. 8 Inches thick and thi
surrounding "barbettes' are 14 inches -and
-11' inches of steel and against
this armor all the 'batteries in (Manila,
might thunder away without effecting: -an
entrance. The Monterey's per
sonnel is. 19 officers and-172 men and;
once she is safely an the entrance ?
.Manila -harbor, nothing in the Spanish j
navy would be likely; to budge .near
from her post. HerOis p atch", ther el ore
may have lmportamr bearing upontlf
plans of the Spanish government sa
openly published, of sending reinforoe.
ment to IMiahila. The only doutbt as fc
the . feasibility Of seno!ihg the Monterejr
is her small coal capacity. . iShe'has at '
nunker room for only 200 tons of coal,
and though more anight .'be stored m
( Iher, deck, it is douhfUl w'hether stie .
!Oufld,, at. the utmost, carry more tnAia
enough coal to take her o HonOluia,
one third' of the way to the CPhUippinesJ
lit is probable that the Monterey will,
go in convoy and after exhausting; the
coal that she will take on in Honoluirat
she must either (be towed aJboui. 2,lt&
miles on her trip or perf orm t the difS
cult operation of coaling at sea. v .-L i.
NO NEWS AS TO THE FLEETS.
The J navy department RSVe out
news today touching the md vements ifi
the American and Spanish' squadrons 1
in the neighborhood of s Cuba. It is
plain to Tae seen, however, that the offi
cials are expecting great events to oc .
cur at any moment. : What they, most
duced upon, our people by greatly x-
Spanish sources of some great nayal ;
.engagement in which . the. SpaniarfiA
would claim the victory, tit is realiaSi!
that the first, news of an engagement
in the neighborhood 'of Cuba or to taa
eastward may reach the United .States-
through the Spanish cables via Madrid..
and these are almost certain, no mt
iter what tbe result may ibe, to inaice -i
such a claim ..'for victory for the Spam-,
ish side, as is even now put forth s&y
the Spaniards in Havana in the case
of the hattle of Manila hay.! Obviousjr'
the only manner in which the trntrv
could be discovered would be througi. .
our own official reports.
The navy department is proud of tb& -record
made 'by the Oregon from art
engineering point or view, une repuris
to the department from the ship sbour
that she does not need fi ye cents worth'
of repairs to her 'machinery, af ter Jtesr- -13,000
miles continuous run. The reccwifl: .-.
is said never to have (been equa3eaL.i
since the building of 4fhe" first iron war-
ship:' : . " ' ' I IJ r"':"
mor, given a good. 'battery of 5 ima ,
guns and, together, made' a very ef
fective an&f modern cruisers This wiC'.
.take about two months. I j f
THE INEWAJRK IN COaCMISSlOX-
-NorioiK, va., iw.ay 1. jie -ynirwa j
and sixty 6 Inch shells, were tajce-rfc ,
from the magaziines in .'St'. Julian1'
creek today and brought to the navyr:
yard. 1A portion -of these were put oik
'(board the United States i Steamsfoliar .
iNe wark 'which, her repairs complete; .
went into commission today fThe
mainde'r were sent to ! Kewport Netc
and put aboard the ST1:
xie, whlctjv fer
about completed and is
at that place.--. . !
Five divers were sent
takng stores;
tO! (Key v7tSf.'
tonight by order, of th'e secretary of thr
navy. The cleaning : of the vessels
bottoms, fouled hy long stay to. souttt
ern waters is helieved to be the- reasex
of this order.
The Royal Is tfce highest r4 hMmg pow4
feaowa. ActaH tests sbewi it ges mug
AbsclaW Pure
ROVAl BM6MS MWCCA CO., fit YOfltC-'
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