Weather To-Day.
For Raleigh and Vicinity :
Fair and cooler.
VOL. 1
The Morxing Post.
RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1898.
NOTHING TO FEAR
FROM SPAIN NOW
WAS HIS FLEET DIVIDED?
By Cable to The Morning Post.
London, May 25—A dispatch to the
Financial News from Port de Paix,
Haiti, says: “Admiral Cervera is be
lieved to have divided his fleet. It is
reported that the Vizcaya and the Al
fonso XIII have been destroyed.”
NOBE
With Cervera and His Cape Verde Fleet Bottled Up
at
Santiago, the Spanish Admiral a Prisoner, There
is No Further Danger of What is Left of
the Spanish Navy Doing Us Harm.
WILL DESTROY THE FLEET.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Key West, Fla., May 25.—The move
ments of the United States fleet, which
are known here, make it absolutely cer
tain that no battle has yet occurred, but
an engagement is expected to take place
this week. The Spanish fleet has been
definitely located.
Every preparation has been made by
the United States naval authorities
for destroying the Spanish fleet, which
is known to be off the island of Cuba.
All signs point to a decisive battle some
day this week. The hospital-ship Solace
and her surgeons have been ordered
long ago to be ready for service at a
moment s notice ,but no fresh orders
have been issued.
♦
TROOPS
President McKinley Calls for 75,
000 Additional Volunteers—
(raw is ■(■
Special to The Morning Post.
Winston, N. C., May 25.—Hon.
Clement Manly, chairman of the
Democratic State Committee, in
an interview with The Morning
Post’s correspondent, just prior
to leaving for Raleigh to attend
thd State Convention tomorrow,
said, among other things:
“FUSION BETWEEN THE
DEMOCRATIC AND POPULIST
PARTIES IN NORTH CARO ¬
89000119 IMP SOD OS GOOD IIS MPIORIO !■
Commodore Schley With a Superior Force Is Now On Guard at
Santiago Prepared to Make Short Work of Cervera
Should He Dare to Attempt to Emerge From the
Harbor—If He Remains There He Could Soon
Be Starved Into Submission, But it is
NINETEEN WARSHIPS OUTSIDE
OF HAVANA.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
Madrid, May 25.—A dispatch received
here from Havana says: “Secret or
ders have been given to Admiral Cer
vera as to what course to pursue in the
event of the Americana attempting to
cut communications between Cuba and
Spain.
“Americans continue to occupy sta
tions outside of Havana, Cienfuegoe,
Cardenas and Santiag de Cuba. There
are now nineteen American warships
before Havana.”
It is reported that the Spanish gov
ernment has purchased another vessel
to be used as an armed cruiser.
CERVERA'S PRESENCE ADMITTED
North Carolina’s Quota Un-
der the Call Is 1,551
THIS ILL MF MY OF 2^,500
Not Improbable That Schley Will
Bombard the Place.
By the Spanish Government, But
Puts Much Faith in the Defence
of Santiago.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
London, May 25.—A despatch to
Daily Mail from Madrid says:
the
One Hundred Thousand Ate to Be
Sent to Cuba, 25,000 to the Phil
ippines, 20,000 to Porto Rico,
and the Balance Will Be Left to
Do Duty on the Coast Defences
and as “Home Guards," Etc.—It
is Intended to Give Europe an Ob
ject Lesson in the Way of Prompt
Action in a Campaign—Not Likely
That Any More Volunteers Will Be
Asked For or Become Necessary.
IIMK ■ Kill ■ 818810 mo M BUM
One Hundred Thousand Regulars and Volunteers to Be Sent to Cuba,
and An Invading Force of 30,000 for the Philippines-Blanco Wait
ing at Havana for the Help Which Will Never Reach Him—Sampson’s
is the Nearest Fleet to Him and the First One Likely to Enter the Port
of Havana, After Reducing the Fortifications and Bombarding the
City—Spanish Turncoat Volunteers Said to Be Ready to Join the
Cuban Army as Soon as Satisfied That it is Lkieiy to Become the Vic
torious One—Blanco s Lying Statement is All That Has Kept Them
From Doing So Already—Description of the Strongly Fortified Harbor
of Santiago de Cuba—Schley Will Probably Destroy the Fortifica
tions as Dewey Did at Manila—Did Cervera Divide His Fleet Before
Entering Santiago Harbor, is a Mooted Question—Washington Au
thorities Awaiting Deports of a Naval Battle-Annihilation of Cer-
vera’s Fleet Looked For—All the News Going to Make Up Today’s
The official despatches from Cuba
confirm the reports that Americans are
blockading Cervera at Santiago.
The government believes, however,
that the defences of that place are suf-
ficitent to render futile any aggression
by the enemy.
The position of the American squad
ron will, nevertheless, cause the gov
ernment to take immediate action, but
in what manner is unknown.
ANXIOUS ABOUT CERVERA.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
London, May 25.—The Standard’s
Madrid correspondent says that
government contradicts the various
mors concerning Cervera, which
mostly contradictory.
The government, he adds, has
the
ru-
are
re-
ceived ho news of importance from San
tiago de Cuba or_.Havana, but believes
the enemy is trying to make the block-
ade of the north coast more
while converging the more
vessels on Santiago.
Cervera has been kept well
effective,
powerful
informed
of the enemy's movements, and seems
to still consider himself safe.
Outside of official circles," liowe ver,
there is intense anxiety regarding the
safety of the Spanish fleet.
FORCE CERVERA TO GIVE BATTLE
War Story
As stated in yesterday’s Morning Post are compelled to hug a buoy very close-
Cervera's Cape deVerde squadron is 6’. 80 that only one ship can pass at a
, , . ' , , .time. It is in fact a water pass of
botttled up in the harbor of Santiago. Thermopylae, and a few Spanish Spar-
Today the news is confirmed and : tans on the inside could protect it
many interesting details are to be added against a large and tormidable force
endeavoring to gain an entrance.
to the story. t The c h anne i then swings for a mile
The Spanish admiral has been com- to the northwest around Gorda Point,
pletely trapped, without the possibility and, after turning a sharp angle, ves
sels are compelled to travel through an-
of escape through the narrow entrance
to the harbor, outside of which lies
Commodore Schley, with his splendid
squadron of fighting vessels, including
the Brooklyn, Minneapolis, Massachu
setts and Texas.
This is a better fleet than Admiral
Dewey had at Manilla, and, while the
enemy is stronger than at the Philip
pines, there is no question as to the
ability of Schley to capture or destroy
every one of the Spanish vessels now in
Santiago harbor.
Commodore Schley is on guard at
Santiago, prepared to make short work
of Admiral Cervera, who can come forth
to be destroyed or remain to be starved.
There is.no alternative for him. He is
even more hopeless than Blancho him
self, for Santiago, though well fortified,
is poorly provisioned and wholly defici
ent as a base of supplies.
Commodore Schley has not only the
other long and narrow channel before
reaching the large basin of fwater
which forms the harbor proper, and at
the end of which the city of Santiago
is situated.
It is nearly five miles from the ocean
through these tortuous and narrow
channels to the city. This is a very
different condition of affairs from that
which existed at Manila, where Admiral
Dewey sailed into a bay that is prac
tically a part of the ocean. Manila
Bay, at some points, is twenty-five
miles wide, affording
ample room for
the maneuvers which Admiral Dewey
executed with such
success, while
cruiser Brooklyn, Montgomery
and
Minneapolis, the battle-ships Texas and
Massachusetts, but some smaller ves
sels—a squadron or more than equal to
the work of annihilating the Spanish
fleet in open battle.
The two monitors alone at the en
trance of the channel can easily pre
vent the Spaniards reaching the sea,
after the fortifications have been re
duced.
The depression which prevails in offi
cial circles at Madrid is explained; the
important news withheld from the
Spanish press has been disclosed.
Admiral Cervera is in the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba and cannot get out.
His fleet is as useless to Spain in carry
ing on war as the hulks destroyed by
Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay on May
Day.
This unpleasant fact dawned upon the
Madrid authorities before the mercu-
real populace had fairly finished its
celebration of the announcement, so os
tentatiously made, of the brilliant
strategy displayed by Cervera in elud
ing our scouting ships and sailing into
Santiago.
And poor old Blanco!
He is still waiting at Havana for ex
pected help which will never reach him.
Admiral Sampson, with the Fighting
Squadron, is evidently off Havana, or
near that port.
With nothing to fear on the sea, plans
for putting an army into Cuba will at
once be consummated. United States
troops in large numbers will be landed
without further delay.
SANTIAGO HARBOR.
The harbor of Santiago is probably
one of the best protected in the world.
1 he entrance is betwen two high bluffs,
little more.than a stone’s throw apait,
with the eastern hill crowned with an
antequated stone structure know as
^orro Castle.
For nearly a mile the channel is
very narrow, and from Morro Castle
to Fort Cantilina, a distance of about
one-quarter of a mile, it is hardly more
than 300 feet wide.
At one point where a shoal makes out
pounding Cavite arsenal into a pile
of ruins.
The basin at Santiago harbor is about
two miles long and the distance from
shore to shore is less than a mile at its
widest point.
WILL HE DESTROY FORTIFICA
TIONS.
Following the tactics pursued by Ad
miral Dewey, Commodore Schley will
undoubtedly endeavor to destroy the
fortifications at the entrance. This
ought not to be difficult and already
may have been acomplished. Morro
castle, so far as known, is not equipped
with modern high-fire guns, and the ex
perience of the St. Louis in cutting the
cable at that point proved conclusively
that the gunners in charge of the or
dinance were not expert marksmen.
A few well-directed shells from the big
guns of the Massachusetts and the Tex
as ought to level the picturesque castle
in a very few minutes. This, however,
as has already been shown would be the
least dangerous part of Commodore
Schley’s task.
AWAITING REPORTS
The naval officials are awainting with
considerable anxiety the arrival og
some official reports.
These, it is expected, will be sent'in a
dispatch-boat to Mole St. Nicolas, about
150 miles away, or to Cape Haitien,
which is a little more distant. The En
glish town of Kingston in the island ^f
Jamaica, would afford another cable
point for Schley, but it is 200 miles
away from there.
The message which reached the Navy
Department yesterday from the fleet
came from Cape Haytien direct to New
York, and in full probability all future
reports will take the same course.
The question will naturally be a^v^d
why Commodore Schley does not elerat
his guns and throw shells into the har
bor.
The trouble is that the harbor is sur
rounded by very high hills, almost
mountainous, and it would be a waste
of amunition to fire shells into the air
in the hope of hitting something in the
hidden ba^n beyond.
Some damage might accidentally be
done, but naturally Commodore Schley
will await the coming of his enemy, or
else, after destroying all the fortifica
tions along the shore, will boldly ven-
The Dangers to be- Encountered From
Shore Batteries—Proposed San
Juan Expedition.
Special Telegram to The Morning Post.
Washington, D. C., May 25.—The at
tempt to^ compel Cervera to give batle
in the harbor of Santiago is full of ser
ious considerations which the naval au
thorities fully recognize.
The information in possession of the
department shows that shore bateries
of considerable power must be encoun
tered in running through the narrow
and tortuous channel leading to the
inner bay. These and the torpedoes
make the undertaking a most danger
ous one to ships of even great armor.
Inside the harbor American ships
would have not only the shore batteries
but the guns of Cervera's cruisers to
contend against.
In spite of ail these apparent odds in
favor of the former, the policy of at
tempting to force an entrance has been
seriously broached and is being given
careful consideration.
The object of the naval officers to
the immediate invasion of Cuba and
Porto Rico .applies only to simultan
eous operations against San Juan and
Cuban ports selected for the landing-
place of the troops, while Cervera re
mains at Santiago. With the Cadiz
squadron on the other side of the At
lantic, and Cervera held in the land
locked harbor, it is admitted that the
iron-clads need not fear to remain off
Havana, and can be used in operations
elsewhere.
There is also a willingness on the part
of the naval authorities to furnish bat
tleships, armored cruisers or monitors
to protect the landing of troops at Cu
ban port and to convoy troopships
there, but the project to send some of
the iron-clads to Porto Rico with an
army of invasion at this time does not
meet with favor.
It is urged that the distance to San
Juan is too great to justify the .de
tachment of enough ships for the pur
pose while the number of big vessels
are needed in Cuban waters.
Besides, there is a feeling that the
naval power of the United States will
be weakened by the increasing number
of places that must be guarded against
an attack from the sea.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Washington, May 25.—The opinion of
the president and his advisors that
more troops are necessary- for the ef
fective carrying out of the war, which
resulted today in his proclamation call
ing for 75,000 more volunteers, has been
strengthened in the last few days by
the certainty that a large number of
soldiers will be needed in the Philip
pines, and that a very large force will
be required for.occupation in both Cuba
and Porto Rico.
It is also the desire of the govern
ment that European powers be given
an xeample of prompt action in a cam
paign.
The Adjutant General today made
this statement of strength of the forces
already provided for:
Regulars, 62,000.
Volunteers, first call, 125,000.
Volunteers, second call, 75,000.
Engineers, 3,50f.
Ten infantry regiments of. yellow
fever immuhes, 10,000.
Three cavalry regiments at large,
3,000.
These make a total of 287,500 men.
The government is confident that this
force will be adequate for the purposes
of this war.
It will allow the sending of 100,000 to
Cuba, 25,000 to the Philippines and 20,000
to Porto Rico, leaving a strongh home
guard-force ,also.
Of the men asked for North Carolina’s
quota will be 1,551, South Carolina’s
448, Tennessee’s 1,836, Georgia’s 1,905.
NO SALE OF PHILIPPINES.
France Cultivating Friendly Relations
with the United States.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
London, May 25.—The Paris corre
spondent of the Standard says:
“The report that negotiations have
been opened for the transfer of the
Philippines to France, by sale or lease,
is absolutely false. The policy at pres
ent pursued by the French government
is to cultivate the most friendly rela
tions with the United States. I have
reason to know that the American gov
ernment has received assurances to this
effect, which leave no room for doubt
as to the intentions of France.”
THE KEY WEST SPANISH SPY.
Na Doubt of His Guilt, but Red Tape May
Save Him From Conviction.
the incoming and outgoing steamers to battle.”
ture in and force the Spanish admiral
SPANISH SOLDIERS.
THIRD EDITION
5X0 A. M.
No. !57
Says Hon. Clement Manly, Chair
man of Democratie State
Committee.
This Splendid Battleship is at
LINA LOOKS TO ME AS BE
ING VERY IMPRACTICABLE.”
Last in Home Waters Again
FROM SAMPSON AND SCHLEY
Cablegrams Received From Each of Them
in Washington Last Nigh-—Schley Says
the ’Possum’s in the Hole—What to
Do With Him the Question Now.
Washington, May 2'5.—The plans of
the Navy Department for crushing the
Spanish fleet under Cervera, and thus
obviating the necessity of keeping the
American ships to guard the entrance
to Santiago harbor,have not yet been
fully matured.
Sampson’s views on that subject are
awaited with interest.
TELEGRAM FROM SAMPSON.
A despatch from Sampson
ceived this evening, but its
have not been disclosed at a
tonight.
Naval officers agree that
was re-
contents
late hour
the pro-
ject of crushing Cervera is not easy to
accomplish , and the main point in
volved is whether it shall be attempted
now or until other plans have been car
ried out.
The desire of the military, authorities,
to begin the invasion of Cuba and Porto
Rico, as soon as possible, must depend
largely on the resources of the navy.
By keeping four armor-clads before
Santiago, only seven would be left for
operations elsewhere.
The Cadiz reserve squadron of the
Spaniards has become a factor in the
situation now, and while naval strate
gists hardly imagine it will be sent
to the West Indies, a surprise of that
kind must be guarded against.
There is a desire on the part of the
naval authorities to inaugurate speed
ily an attack on Cervera’s armor-clads,
no matter what the difficulties may be.
It is considered preferable to resort
ing to the slow process of starving out
enemy while the second Spanish squad
ron roamst he seas.
LATEST FROM SCHLEY.
A cipher despatch was received f^m
Commodore Schley at the Navy Depart
ment .this evening.
He is off Santiago,, guarding the har
bor/entrance, to prevent the escape of
the. Cape Verde fleet.
In his -message the commodore gave
the source of the-information-that came
from -hfiTi yefter-Gay . about -Cervera-'
presence in Santiago Bay.
But it is understood that the Spanish
shins are not visible from Schley’s po
sition. on account of the hills.
It is said that the statement from
Schley that Cervera had not left San-
tiago WPS based on information fur
nished him by one of his fast scout
shins that has been watching off that
port for several days.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Key West, Fla., May 25.—Bernigio
Leapatero Jimenez, of New York, ar
rested last night on the prize steamer
Panama, suspected of being a Spanish
spy, is still being held upder suspicion,
but it seems that- there is no chance of
making a case against him. as any
thing he may have done toward secur
ing infomation for Spain was done prior
to the outbreak of hostilities. The sen-
satioal story that he is none other than
LieutenantSobral, naval attache of the
Spanish legation, is considered to be
redicutous.
Large Bodies of Volunteers Ready to Join
the Cuban Army as Soon as Satisfied
They Will win, ttc.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
Key West, Fla., May 25.—It would
surprise no one here to hear within a
short time that Blancho is completely
cut off from the outside world, the last
cable cut and the Spanish fleet de
stroyed.
Cuban dispatch bearers, just arrived,
say that Genj Gomez hopes for the dis
solution of the Spanish volunteers, who
will flock to the victors’ banner after
the first encounter.
The only thing which keeps, them up
now is Blanco’s lying reports and prom
ises.
As soon as they find out that they
are on the losing side they will switch
to the winners—that such is charac
teristics and natural with them.
Many houses, they say ,have Cuban
flags ready to unfurl the moment it is
safe to do so.
CAMARA STARTS FOR CADIZ.
The “Reserve” Squadron, and the Only
One Now Available, of the Spanish Navy,
is Reported by Spaniards to Have Sailed.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
Madrid, May 25.—Captain General
Blanco has telegraphed to his govern
ment thatthere are only four American
warships before Santiago.
Admoral Camara has
Cadiz.
TO INVADE PORTO RICO NOW.
A Proposition to Do So Before Occupylrg
Cuba, and the Reasons Therefor—Conti’ct
of Oninion Between Gen. Villes and Gen-
Alger..
Washington, May 25.—The Govern
ment has resolved on the immediate
beginning of the campaign in the West
Indies, but the exact plans of opera
tion have not been determined.
There is a strong probability that the
army will move first on Porto Rico,
co-operating with Sampson’s warships,
and that the campaign in Cuba will
be postponed until 20.000 troops have
been landed at San Juan.
Gen. Miles favors this course, while
Gen. Alger is known to be in favor of
larding the forces in Cuba first.
Strong reasons are given in favor of
making the Porto Rican campaign
first.
It is urged that the United States
should take steps to insure sufficient
started for
It is stated that he will at once mon-
peuver the vessels of his squadron, in
order to test their speed, and will also
engage in gunnery practice. The squad
ron will then sail for an unknown des
tination. An official dispatch received
from Manila says that the insurgent
leaders commanding 30,00 native volun
teers have offered their services to
Captain General Augusti.
SHOWED HER HEELS.
Our Refrigerator Ship Outsprinted a Span
ish Gunboat and Thereby Escaped Cap
ture.
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Key West, Fla., May 25.—The Sup
ply, our refrigerator ship, was chased
yesterday morning by a Spanish gun-
boat 180 miles east of here. There was
heavy weather at the time and the
i Supply outstripped the gunboat. No
' shots were fired by the Spaniard.
indemnity
case Spain decides to
Unharmed By Her Span*
ish Enemies.
Now Joins Sampson and Schley’s
Already Invincible Fleet of
Warships, and Her Presence Adds
Materially to the Strength of the
American Squadron—Never Sight
ed a Spanish Enemy During the
Entire Sixty-five Days She Was
Out From San Francisco—But
Was Constantly on the Lookout
for Torpedo Boats, of Which the
Oregon’s Captain Had Been
Warned-
By Telegraph to The Morning Post.
Juniper, Fla., May 25.—The battle-
ship “Oregon” came to anchor off
niper Inlet yesterday evening and
withdraw her troops from Cuba at an
early day. which some in authority be-
Ueve she will propose through some
European power.
Under the conditions of the declara
tion of war against Spain, this Gov
ernment could not secure indemnitv in
connection with Cuba, so if the Cuban
campaign was first successfully car
ried out, we would have only the Phil-
innines, in case Spain gave up the
fight. , -
Again, by seizing San Juan and other
Porto Rican ports first. Spain would
be deprived of important bases of sup
plies.
There is some danger that the Span
ish fleet at Cadiz may be sent to the
West Indies, and Porto Rico would fur
nish the natural base.
The Government is unprepared to un
dertake both\campaigns at once, owing
to the unpreparedness of troops and the
belief of the naval administration that
sufficient ships are not available to
watch Cervera. maintain the blockade
and successfully convoy both expedi-
Ju-
left
today.
When
identity
quickly
vessel.
sighted last night here,
was unknown, but it
surmised that she was a
her
was
war
But whether she was friend or foe
was a matter of conjecture, and a feel
ing of uneasiness for sometime pre
vailed.
In some of the houses lights were
promptly extinbuished and some per
sons went so far as to pack up goods
and money, ready to move back to the
woods.
The old Juniper light kept on flash
ing its rays out to sea, however.
At 9 o’clock a small speck of light ap
peared over the sand dunes on the
beach, and was promptly hailed by a
party of men out after turtles.
The good old English .language was
used, and it brought a p^mpt response
irom men composing the landing- party
from the ship, with Ensign R. J. John
son in command.
They immediately joined the turtle
hunting party and went to a telegraph
office, the men being loaded with tele
grams and mail matter.
All on board the battleship were re
ported to be in the best of health.
They were 65 days out from San Fran
cisco. They reported a smooth trip
so far as weather is concerned, but the
whole crew was full of pent-up excite
ment after leaving the straits, as they
were continually on the alert for Span
ish torpedo boats, having been warned
that those boats were hunting for the
“Oregon.”
They arrived safely, having sighted
nothing in the shape of Spanish war-
ships.
The plan of the military authorities
for the San Juan campaign contem
plates the despatch of about 20.000 sol
diers, half regulars and half volun
teers, from the Florida coast.
This force, it is believed, would be
sufficient to exterminate the Spanish
army and prevent the invasion of re-
inforcements.
The climatic con di tic Tv*, too,
more favorable than in Cuba.
SAILING INTO A TRAP.
The Spanish Torpedo-Boat “Terror”
Said to have Sailed for Santiago.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
St. Pierre, Martinque, May 25.—Span
ish torpedo-boat destroyer “Terror,”
which has been at Fort de France for
a considerable time, finished coaling
last night from the alleged Spanish
hospital ship “Alicante,” but which has
turned out to be a collier in disguise,
and at 6 o’clock this mornin
to sea.
went out
When a short distance off port she
laid her course to the northwest, and it
is supposed that it is her intention to
join the Spanish fleet at Santiago;
The undertaking is apt to prove fu
tile, if the reports that reach here of -
the American fleet being at that port
are true.
[If the Spanish “Terror” has really
started for Santiago de Cuba Commo
dore Schley will soon either add her to
his fleet of warships or rid the seas of
one of Spain’s most formidable vessels,
thus leaving but one “Terror” to plough
the waves, and that one Uncle Sam’s
“bull dog of the navy,” which recently
acted so gamely during the bombard
ment of San Juan.—Post.]
GEN. LEE ARRIVES AT TAMPA
are
The Government has thirty-two
transports ready and hurry orders were
issued today providing f the imme
diate fitting out of an expedition of at
least 20,000.
Gen. Miles will not leave for Tampa
before Saturday.
THE BODY OF GLADSTONE.
Laid to Rest tn Westminister to Sleep Its
And As Is Usual Everywhere He Goes, Re
ceives an Ovation—What He Said.
Tampa, Fla., May 25.—The event of
the day at the army headquarters here
was the arrival of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
After washing off the stains of travel
and eating supper he found himself the
center of a throng of officials and civ
ilians in the hotel corridor.
When he first appeared there was a
vigorous hand clapping and the band
outside struck up a lively air.
The general bowed his acknowledge
ments, and said, in answer to inquiries,
that he had come down to take com
mand of the Seventh Army Corps, and
would like a good rest before getting
into harness.
SPAIN SEEKS A LOAN.
Castillo’s Negotiations In France Believed
to Relate to Finance.
By Cable to The Morning Post.
London, May 25.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says: “Senor
Leon y Castillo, the Spanish Ambassa
dor to France, has returned to Paris to
(continue his mysterious negotiations,
I Last. Long. Vernal S.eep o. CeotuMes. ■.e'noY bS^ #,‘be Ynanelai
,By Cable to The Morning Post. 'rather than political.”
I London, May 26.—The body of Mr. I The Paris correspondent of the D^ly
(Gladstone arrived at Westminister from. Mail says that, he hears that Senor
j Harwarden at 1 o’clock this (Thurs-,Loon y Castillo is charged to endeavor
day) morning, and was laid in West- to float a loan of $-50,000,000 on the se-
'minister Hall with simplest seremony. Icurity of the tobacco monopoly.