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SPAIN'S SNIPS SNIP.
Turn Up at Cadiz Instead of
Porto Rico. *
DARE THEY CO FOR DEWEY?
Sampson Might Attack Spain If
They Did.
RUSH TO BE MADE ON CUBA.
Interesting News Expected From
Sampson.
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Washington, May 10.—It is hard to tell
whether the naval officers were Telleved
or disappointed by the news that came
late this afternoon to both the navy and
state departments to the effect that the
Spanish flying squadron had arrived at
Cadiz, Spain.
The safety of the Oregon from attack
is now completely assured and the way
'is clear for military operations in Cuba
without running the risk of having the
occupying army line of communication cut
off. e
On the other hand, It Is believed that
no enduring peace can be secured until
the Spanish navy has been destroyed, and
it now appears that to do this our sailors
must make up their minds to go after the
Spaniards, a task very much more diffi
cult than that of meeting them near our
own shores.
Tt was suggested by some of the mem
bers of the war board that there was just
a possibility that the Spanish squadron
might make a quick passage into the
PacMJc through the Suez canu) and attack
Dewey at Manila.
It is wild that contrary to the common
understanding the Suez canal is open to
the warships of belligerent i>owcrs, so
that If the Spanish choose to take this
course they would have a long start of
tmy pursuing fleet from our side of tne
Atlantic.
It Is scarcely believed, however, that
the Spanish |nre willing to take the great
risk of exposing to our attack their own
home i>orts by the withdrawal of so con
siderable a portion of their naval strength
ns would be required to overmatch Dew
ey.
Nothing was heard from Admiral Samp
son to-day, but there is a confident ex
pcctatlon that interesting news will be
coming from his squadron within the
next twenty-four hours. Whether this
meant* an attack on Porto Rico or not
cannot be burned.
One. effect of the retreat of the Spanish
fleet hus been to hasten the preparations
already under full headway for the dis
patching of mi ltary expeditions to Cuba.
It also has caused n complete change in
the concentration plans. Time is now be
lieved to be the great factor.
There Is no longer opportunity to in
dulge In extensive drilling and practice
maneuvering. The regular army troops do
hot need there, and are to be thrown
once Into the fray. Many of the regiments
of the national guard, whivh are entering
the volunteer service, are felt to be suffi
ciently trained from a military point of
vt‘W to so low the regulars immediately,
and the department Indicated Its purpose
to-day of dispatching these volunteer
troops directly to the Gulf coast for ship
on nt Instead of sending them to Chicka
mauga.
Thia disposition was shown by the,
changes in the new orders Issued to the
troops, although there yet may be a return
to the original programme/of concentra
tion If the plans show signs of weakness
as they develop. The quartermaster gen
eral has already gotten under charter
twenty-seven merchant steamers for the
transport of troops and roughly speak
ing these should carry about 2u,oot> men.
Others are living procured as rapidly as
possible. The plan of the war department
is to have these vessels assemble at the
different Gulf ports, Tumpa, Mobile, New
Orleans and Galveston, to take on the
troops which will be sent there. The navy
department is expected to furnish convoys
for these transports, which would la* ab
solutely helpless against Spanish attack.
At this point there are signs of friction.
First the transports will be obliged to
await Admiral Hampson’s return in order
to secure proper convoy, and secondly,
the navy objects very decidedly to under
taking the task of convoying a number
of transports. It Insists that to assure
the safety of the convoy of the troops all
of the transports shodhl be gathered In
one fleet to start from Tampa, and the
navy is likely to prevail in this.
Now- that MnJ. Gen. Sewell hns leen as
signed to eocnmand the concentration
camp nt Fall Church, preparations are be
ing rushed to put the ground.* there into
shape for the reception of the volunteers,
START MAY UK MAUK SATI HDAY,
More Than IthlMM) Hvaulnm tn lie tn
the Van of the Invaaiou.
Washington. May 10.-The announcement
by the state and navy departments that
ths Spanish fl<>et. which left Cape Verdv
about two weeks ago and has since been
missing, is at Cadis, means that then is
no reason for further delay In making
the long-desired movement on Cuba. This,
has been held back simply with the Idea
that It would be unwise to send an expe
dition Into Cult* until that Spanish fleet
was aitemled to and the American fleet
was cut loose to give the army the nec
cssary protection.
With the Spanish fleet in the waters
near Porto Rico or Cuba, this co-optr»
tlon could not be xuarantevd. Now th >t
the fleet Is found to be «>n the other side
of the Atlantic, the movement on Cuba
can be made without danger of any kind
It ta understood that Admiral Sampeor’v
orvWrx included the occupation of San
Juan, Porto Rico, and it is believed that
he will immediately movev upon that
stronghold of Spain on this side of the
water. A few of his fighting ships can
bring about this end in a comparative
hurry, and the cithers can come back to
reinforce the blockade of Havana and
cover th‘e shipment of. the troops to the
Cuban landing.
This movement of troops is to begin at
once. There will first be sent over a
lot of regulars, something over 16,000. The
war department refuses to give out the
official figures ,of the size of the first in
vading army, but after the first lot of
regulars are sent, they witl be followed
as rapidly as possible by the volunteers,
which in the meantime will have gathered
at Chickamauga Park.
Gen. Wheeler left this morning to take
charge of a division of the volunteers at
Chickamauga Park. This qneans that the
famous little cavalry leader will soon at
tain the wish of his heart, which is to get
into Cuba with an army of volunteer sol
diers at his back.
It is now understood that the first move
ment from Tampa will come on Saturday.
Gen. Miles will reach there some time Fri
day, and by the time he arrives on the
scene, Gen. Wade and his subordinates
will have everything in readiness for the
first move.
Things are going to hum in Cuba. The
land movement upon Havana is going,to
be vigorous, and supplemented, as it will
be, by blockade and bombardment from
the sea side, the taking of Havana will
be a question of a very few days. At
least that is the calculation of the officials
of the wan department. Os course it will
necessarily take some time to transport
the troops, but from the minute the first
landing is made, the campaign will be vig
orous. There is great rejoicing in the
army at the prospect.
The discovery of the Cape Verde fleet at
Cadiz leads to much speculation as to its
provable movements. It does not seem
possible that the Spanish authorities will
permit that fleet to remain idle much lon
ger. At Cadiz, it has been greatly aug
mented until it has become the mdst
formidable fleet that Spain could possibly
put upon the water. That it will event
ually come towards the United States
seems certain. It cannot make the trip
under ten or fifteen days, however, and
this will, it is calculated, be ample tiime
for the transj>oriation of the troops to
Cuba. They are to carry with them suf
ficient supplies, so that*if they were de
prived of the support of the navy they
could without trouble take care of them
selves. For whenever and wherever that
Spanish fleet puts in an appearance, the
fighting ships under Admirals Sampson
and Schley must meet it.
What this fleet will do is.
of course, purely a matter of
Spain’s home troubles will not allow in
action on the part of the navy. It may be
the Spanish plan of campaign to try to
force our navy to cross the Atlantic and
meet them in their own waters. If this Ls
their p|an it will be done, but not until
Cuba and Porto Rico are lost to Spain.
GEN. MILKS GOING TO CUBA.
Will Exercise General Superinten
dence Over the Cnnipnlgn.
Washington. May 10,-r-By Friday morning
the commanding general of the United
Stages Army, Maj. Gen. Miles, will have
assembled his staff around him at Tampa,
Fla.
Ho leaves Washington to-morrow night,
taking with him Col. Micheler, Col. Maus,
Col. Greenleaf, Maj. Osgood, Maj. Hum
phries, Capt. Seyburn and Capt. Scott.
Only one member of the staff, Capt. Da
wlll follow the general within two or three
dAys, or as soon as he can turn over the
care of the business at army headquarters
to another officer, to be designated for that
duty.
Unless present plans are changed, the
general will go with the first military ex
peditionary force to Cuba- He is not ex
vis, will remain at headquarters, and he
pected to relieve the major generals al
ready selected for the task of the conduct
of the campaign, but bpth in Florida and
In Cuba, will exercise the same general su
perintendence over the campaign that he
now does from his headquarters in Waslt
ineton (
Gen. Miles and staff will pass through
Buvannah to-morrow afternoon by the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad.
MAY NOT BE AjT CADIZ.
Return of the Spanish JTleet Not
Conti rmed.
London, May 10.—Th»re is no confirm
ation of the report that the Spanish fleet
from the Cupe de Verde Islands has re
turned to Cadiz, but it is generally re
garded ns the most likely movement to
Unmade as an indication that Spain las
decided to let her West India possess
ions go. The question is generally askrtl:
“What possible use has Spain for con
tinuing a hopeless struggle, as it Is con
sidered next to impossible that she has an
alternative plan gr that the retreat of
the squadron hides eornu strategic de
sign. *’
St, Patil Joins Schley’s Squadron.
Old Point Comfort. Va., May 10.—The St.
Paul came in last nght at 6:80 and drop
ped anchor near the squadron. Capt.
Sigabee, who is in commam), paid his re
>peris to Commodore Schley. The New Or
leans also joined the squadron.
Primo de Rivera nt Itnrcelonn.
Barcelona, May 10.—Primo de Rivera,
former captain general of Manila, arriv
ed to-day frekn the Philippines. Great
crowds assembled to welcome him. He
evaded the demonstration and proceeded
to Madrid.
Al.lt ANTE’S BREAD RIOTS.
Bonded AYitrehouaea Horned by Molt
After lleliia Looted.
Madrid, May 10,—The bread riots at Ali
cante, the seaport of Valencia, which be
gan yesterday, were continued all night,
the women taking a prominent part in the
work of destruction. The mob sacked the
octroi bureau and burned the furniture
and archives.
A strong force of gendarmes was sent to
the scene and a charge was mtule upon the
mob. which was temporarily dispersed.
But the rioters reformed ami attacked
and burned all the bonded warehouses af
ter possessing themselves of the wheat in
store.
I Man AA ho tn Tired
AH the time, owing to impoverished Mood,
should take Hood’s Sarsaparilla to purify
and enrich his blood and give him vitality
and vigor.
This condition of weakness and lack oC en
ergy is a natural consequence of the
coming of warmer weather, which finds
th- system debilitated and the Moo-1 im
pure.
A good spring medicine is a necessity with
almost everyone. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
a hat the trillions take in the spring. Its
great power to purify and enrich the
blood and build up health is one of the
facts of common experience.—ad.
THE WEEK I.Y NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK) THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1898.
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Spaniards Fortifying the Cu
ban Coast.
1
FORTS ARE ALL FLIMSY.
Il’**
Guns of ths Army and Navy Will
Soon Reduce Them.
SHIPS SEND IN A FEW SHELLS
Blanco's Men Now Working Mostly
at Night.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Kate Spencer, Off Cardenas, May 9
(via Key West, Fla., May 10).—The Span
ish soldiers are displaying much activity
along the line of coast from Bahia Hondu,
forty-five miles west of Havana, to Car
denas, sixty-five miles to the eastward.
As the ships of the blockading fleet
have instructions to prevent the erection
of new fortifications and have at various
points shelled working parties, the task
of strengthening defenses and throwing
up earthworks is carried on principally at
night, save in the immediate vicinity of
Havana.
Along the coast fresh sand batteries are
being thrown up almost every night, but
these works are of a flimsy character and
would be reduced by the fire of the big
guns in a few minutes.
The Hornet and the Winslow, now
blockading Matanzas, have had a lively
time for several days shelling Spanish de
tails at work on batteries and telegraph
lines outside of the entrance of the har
bor.
Theje, as at other points, most of the
work is done at night, and each morning
sees fresh earthworks thrown up.
On Sunday morning the Hornet found a
party putting a telegraph line from the
lighthouse and signal staion a mile east of
Matanzas harbor to the batteries west of
Point Sabanilla, on the other side of the
bay. The batteries here are said to be
of some magnitude, mounting a few high
power guns.
To stop this telegraphic activity the
Hornet steamed quietly in and dropped a
shell in the midst of the workmen. They
scattered like rats. Several other tele
graph parties have been discouraged in
the same way at other points.
Tt is evidently the intention of the Span
ish to establish communication by'wire
with all their coast block-houses and bat
teries, with a view, possibly, of massing
troops and guns to oppose a landing when
ever threatened. Hereafter they will prob
ably carry their wires behind the first
lange of hills, where they will be less sub
ject to this sudden interruption.
It is not possible that there are enough
guns at the command of the Spaniards to
mount them in all the new sand batteries
springing up, but as there is a railway
from Havana to Matanzas quite close to
the coast, the authorities may delude
themselves with the idea that they can
transport heavy guns to the batteries near
est the threatened landing point whenever*
their watchers telegraph the appearance
of the American troops off the coast.
TRIED TO RUN THE BLOCKADE.
British Steamer Prevented From En
tering a Cuban Port.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dispatch--
Boat Kate Spencer, Off Cardenas, May 9
(via Key West, Fla., May 10).—The Brit
ish tramp steamer Strathdee, Capt. Cur
rie, attempted to run the blockade yester
day. but was overhauled by the gunboat
Machias.
The captain of the Strathdee claimed
that the vessel was loaded with sugar «n<fc
that he had on board a number of Span
ish refugees from Sagua la Grande. He
also said that the steamer was bound for
Matanzas, where it was decided to em
bark some of the refugees.
The commander of the Machias was
skeptical of this story, however, and the
captain of the Strathdee was warned that
if he attempted to take the vessel into !
Matanzas, she would be fired on, where- !
upon the Strathdee put about and steam
ed away in the direction of New i’ork.
BLANCO NEEDS PROVISIONS.
Government Unable to Send Theta
Before Cortes Aeta.
MadrW, May 10.—Capt. Gen. Blanco has
cabled oh urgent request for considerable
supplies of provisions, which the govern- i
ment cannot dispatch until the Cortes I
have voted the war measures.
The fpthorities here are greatly coqcern- I
ed aboitt the provisions for this city. It is I
estimated that the stock of wheat will be I
consumed inside of a month, and measures
are being taken to purchase wheat abroad, i
INVASION OF Cl BA.
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Energctie Steps Being Taken to Start
the Army on Its liny.
New York, May 10.—“ The military move- i
ment to end the war with Spain by a
pro mitt and decisively aggressive cam- ;
paign In Cuba is in full swing throughout '
the country, orders having been issued
fr*>m the war department with the rapidity
similar to the continuous rattle of an auto
matic machine gun,” says the Washington
correspondent of the Tribune.
“The force of expert military telegraph
ers sent hundreds of messages in cipher
and hundreds of others in ordinary lan
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way superintendents, to quartermasters,
and to commissaries, to state Governors
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son and command the invading army, has
completed his final arrangements to start
for Tampa, where he will assume active
control of the force concentrated there
and at Mobile and New Orleans, dividing
it into divisions under Gen. Wade, Gen.
Coppinger and Gen. Shafter.
‘‘The plan to have Gen. Shafter head
an army of 5,0C0 to establish a base of
communication with the insurgents Was
completely swept aside. Gens. Wade, Cop
pinger and Shafter respectively in the
order of their rank, it is now determined,
will lead equal divisions of the Army of
occupation under Gen. Miles.
Gen. Brooke, now at Chickamauga, has
been definitely selected to command the
entire volunteer force of 50,000 men, which
is designated to support the regulars in
the campaign.
“Most of the regular forces now in camp
under him will be sent to Mobile and New
Orleans as quickly as possible, to depart
simultaneously with the expedition from
Tampa, and their places on the Chicka
mauga battlefield will be speedily occupied
by the first volunteer corps, consisting of
thirty-eight regiments of infantry, six
light batteries of artillery and two regi
ments of cavalry.”
WANT SPAIN TO SUE FOB PEACE.
Diplomats nt Washington Suggests
Terms That Might Be Acceptable.
Washington, May 10. —As a result of the
Spanish reverse at Manila, the leading
members of the diplomatic corps, repre
senting some of the most influential of
the great powers of Europe have un
officially exchanged views on the oppor-
of a movement, dictated by the
most spirit and in the interest
of peace, towards urging upon Spain the
futility of further prosecuting the war,
and inducing, her to sue for peace on the
basis of the relinquishment of Cuba, .he
promise of a war indemnity and the oc
cupation of Manila by Admiral Dewey
until the war»indemnity is paid.
It was stated to-night by one of the most
irrfluentifil members of the diplomatic
corps, as ambassador, that such a step by
Spain was the logical result of the crush
ing defeat of the Spanish at Manila.
With Spanish politics in their present
disordered state and a revolution impend
ing, he did not know whether the men at
, the head of the government were strong
enough *nd brave enough to save Spain by
a heroic sacrifice of her pride. Unless
they did, he said, the disaster of Manila
would be repeated, for it was now patent
to the world that Spain’s military and na
val strength was grotesquely Inadequate to
cope l with the forces of the United States.
While expressing this view with much
positiveness, it was put forward only as a
tentative, and not as a movement which
the united powers had actually begun.
It was stated with positiveness at.severa)
of the embassies and legations to-day that
intervention in the sense of staying the
course of the United States was no longer
being discussed.
The military authorities connected with
the establishments say that Admiral Mon
tejo and his entire staff of officers ought
to be, and undoubtedly would be, court
martlalefl for allowing themselves to be
surprised by Admiral Dewey’s fleet.
SAGASTA DESPONDENT.
Realise* the Inability of Spain to
Come Ont A ictorioun.
London, May 10.—The Madrid corres
[. pondent of the Morning News has had a
j long interview with Senor Sagasta. in the
course of which the Spanish premier said:
“The sad events at Manila have saddened
ali'Spaniards, but t»ave not made them lose
heart. We can say with confidence rs
this disaster that nothing has occurred
to wound our pride. Much has been said
regarding the causes of the catastrophe,
I but all the discussion has been beside the
I question. The, truth ie we were too few
> and were overwhelmed by the great su
i pertority of the enemy's forces and by
the fortunes of war, which unhbppily,
j went against us.
"On principle I a*m opposed to war,
i which is always disasterous even to the
I victorious nation. God is my that
I did not wish a rupture with the United
; States. I realised perfectly that we were
exhausted by the war which we have
bten waging so long and needed rest. On
I the contrary I desired a peaceful solu-
I tion. which would have projected our inter-
I ests and honor, our rights and sovereignty.
The situation is very simple and unfor-
I tunuiely cannot t>- concealed. Spain is
I desolated and ruined by internal troubles.
I The United States have coveted Cuba for
I a long time, firstly, because it is an excel
lent strategic point; eeecadly, so as to be
master of the interoceanic trade. To at
| tain their object they have literally hes-
I Xta ted at nothing. They knew the state of
| our finances and took advantage of it to
i attack us. after having assisted the Cuban
, insurrection with aw» w of completing our
I ruin, and with a cuUand dried plan in the
I closing war as scon as they considered our
: exhaustion sufficiently advanced.”
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Italian Police Unearih the
Plot.
MILITARY FIRE ON MONKS,
Hostile Students Routed From
Monastery. .
PRIESTS THROWN IN PRISON
Martial Law Now Proclaimed at
Naples.
Rome, May 10.—The Italian cabinet has
decided to recommend to King Humbert
that parliament be prorogued.
The police have reported to have seized
correspondence showing that the recent se
rious riots in different parts of Italy were
the result of a plan of reveolution, but it
appears that the movement broke out
prematurely.
Martial law has been proclaimed Sn the
province of Naples.
Advices received from Milan to-day give
details of the arrest of two hundred riot
ers in a monastery there.
It appears that the students from Pavla,
who joined in the disturbances, entrenched
themselves in the Capuchin monastery and
while a detachment of troops were pass
ing, fired upon them. The military author
ities sent two field guns to the scene,
opened fire on the monastery, made a
breach in its walls, and entered the build
ing, but the students escaped.
All the monks were arrested and they
will be imprisoned previously to being dis
tributed among the other monasteries of
the order. For the present the monks
will be held at the disposal of the mili
tary authorities.
A Catholic newspaper of Milan was con
fiscated to-day. The town is resuming itl
normal condition.
A state of siege has been proclaimed in
the province of Florence and at Lovour
no, Pasa, Sinea, Massa and Gropeto, and
also in the town of Spezzia.
At Messina a crowd of women and chil
dren proceeded to the town hall demand
ing food. They were dispersed by the
police, and the crowd then began break
ing street lamps and.tried to sack a pro
vision store. The proprietor shot one of
the rioters with a gun, which increased
the disturbance. Troops are now occu
pying the town.
General Bava-Beccarts telegraphed the
Marquis di Rudini, the premier, this even
ing from Milan, that the factory hands had
resumed work and that the day lad
passed without special incident.
The Opinions says that Parliament will
be 1 prorogued for two or three weeks to
enable a complete investigation into the
causes of the recent events,
MILAN’S MASSACRE. '
Later Telegram Conflrina the First
Reports From the City.
London, May 11, 6 a. m.—The Daily
News publishes a dispatch from a point
beyond the Italian frontier confirming the
censorized telegram from its Milan cor
respondent as to the fighting at Milan.
According to this communication, between
160 and 200 were killled on Saturday, more
on Sunday and still more yesterday (Mon
day). Hundreds are wounded and dying,
the new bullet used by the troops having
the effect of explosive balls.
The Rome correspondent of the Times
saysj: “It is believed that matters are
steadily growing worse. The government
is clearly unequal to the difficulties of
the situation, and great anxiety prevails
in political circles.”
The Milan correspondent of the Daily
News, telegraphing Tuesday night, says-.
“I am unable at this moment to send you
more than a few w’ords.
“Fresh and more rigid measures have
been adopted >n the censorship of tele
grams.
“The forced silence is most ominous.
“Any official accounts of the restoration
of order must be received with all re
serve.
“The rebels are besieging Milan.”
UNITY OF ITALY AT STAKE,
Cabinet Determines to Continue Its
Policy of Repression.
London, May 11, 6 a. m.—The Rome cor
respondent of the Daily News, in the
course of a dispatch, a large portion of
which is evidently suppressed by the cen
sor, says: "The problem is much wider
and more deeply rooted than the ques
tion whether the cabinet is to remain or
fall, or whether this or that party is
blameable.
“The responsibility must be laid on the
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system which for a quarter of a century
has I ground down the country. The at
tack is an attack upon the unity of Italy.
“Two cabinet councils were held to-day
and the ministers were unanimous in the
resolution to stick to their posts and con
tinue the policy of repression at all coste>.
“Perfect calm prevails here, but the pa.
trols of troops continue and all gunsmi'ths’
and cutlers’ shops are closed by special
order.”
PRIESTS ACCUSED OF PERFIDY.
They and Nuns Alleged to Have
Tried to Lead Dewey Over Mines
Hong Kong, May 10, 10 a. m., Greenwich
time.—A fresh example of Spanish treach
ery seems to have come to light. It is said
here that the praists and Sisters of Char,
ity of the Cavite Hospital, in a proces
sion bearing crosses, etc., petitioned Rear
Admiral Dewey not to massacre the sick
and wounded, which, naturally, he did
not do.
The Spaniards, it Ist asserted, thereupon
thanked the Americans for their humanity
and then repaid them by informing them
of a narrow channel which they said was
not mined, while the broad channel, they
explained, was fully mined. An investi
gation upon the part of the Americans,
however, revealed the contrary to be the
case and the mines were blown up by the
sailors of the American fleet.
Rear Admiral Dewey, it is said here,
finds the insurgents growing dangerous. It
is added that he cannot control them, nor
can he enable the Spaniards to do so.
There is one Japanese warship at Ma
nila.
ATTEMPT TO POISON TROOPS
Dass Filled With Arsenic Put In a
Creek at Their Camp.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—A special to the
Constitution from Mobile says: “A second
dastardly attempt to poison the infantry
regulars at Camp Mobile has been made.
“Several days ago some soldiers found
in the creek which runs alongside the
grounds a sack filled with absorbent cot
ton which had been saturated with ar
senic and tied down beneath a rock which
juts out into the stream at a point just
above the place where the soldiers get
their drinking water.
“By accident a trooper discovered the
deadly trap, removed the sack and upon
the contents being revealed, reported his
find to the commanding officer.
“Strict orders were given not to mention
the incident and so the matter was hushed
up.
“Since that day, however, the creek has
been closely watched and vigilance was
rewarded when Corpl. John Sullivan of
Company A., Nineteenth Infantry, found
a poison bag loaded with arsenic and anch
ored down just a? in the first instance.
“The correspondent by chance overheard
two soldiers talking of the plot to poison
them, and Instituted an investigation. The
officers preferred not to discuss the mat
ter, but among the privates feeling is run
ning high, and they do not Jail to express
themselves.
“Spanish spies are known to be lurking
in the neighborhood where a number of
Spaniards reside. They are all under
strict scrutiny, and sensational disclosures
are looked for. No one doubts that agents
of Spain are responsible.”
KILLED AT WAYCROSS.
George Lee Fell Beneath a Plant
System Engine.
Waycross, Ga., May 10.—George Lee was
accidentally killed at 6:30 o’clock this
morning in the Plant System yard. En
gine No. 3 of the Waycross Air Lino
Railroad passed over him, mangling his
body and breaking both his arms.
Lee was trying to scare a calf which was
on the track in ftont of the outgoing
•Brunswick and Western passenger train,
when he unconsciously stepped on anoth
er track ahead of the engine. The tender
knocker) him down and the wheels of the
locomotive passed over him. The remains
were carried in the hospital ambulance
to his home. Lee’s wife and five young
children were grief-stricken when they
heard of the accident. The interment will
occur to-morrow morning. The deceased
came here from North Carolina.
SCANDAL IN A COURT CIRCLE.
Daughter.. of the Belgian Emperor
In Deep Diigrace,
London, May 11.—The Vienna corres
pondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
“Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha was conveyed to a private asylum
last night (Monflay). The Princess had
clandestinely passed the last few weeks
with Lieut, von Maitachich-Keglinch, her
lover, at his castle near Agram, Coati. In
the meantime her debts grew to millions
of florins and bills bearing the alleged
forged signature of the Archduchess Ste
phanie came into circulation.
• “Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha had the lieutenant arrested, the
suspicion prevailing that he forged the
bills without the knowledge of the Prin
cess. The latter has been p;aced under
guardians and King Leopold, her father,
is prepared to pay her debts and to ar
range the maifcr of the forged bills.”
—<»—
Bad Pay mid Hard Work.
The bad pay and hard work of trained
nurses has often been made the subject of
benevolent remonstrance by eminent medi
cal men and nun-professional philanthro
pists. It Is well for an invalid, before he
I gets so had as to need a nurse or doctor,
to use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters if he
has chills and fever, constipation, rheuma
tism. dyspepsia and nervousness. Use it
regularly.—ad.
■ 11 ■«.
Spanish Coast Guard Boats
After the Winslow.
MACHIAS TO THE RESCUE.
Lively Cannonade horn the Five
Vessels.
SPANIARDS RUN TO SHELTER
Doubt as to Whether Any of Them
Were Hit. .
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Kate Spencer, off Cardenas,
May 9, via Key West, May 10.—The lit
tle torpedo boat Winslow yesterday morn
ing precipitated the first naval engage
ment fought in Cuban waters.
On a reconnoissance in Carnedas har
bor she drew the fire of three Spanish
coast guard vessels and a lively vest
pocket sea fight followed with the tinj|
boats. ■
The Winslow was decidedly in minority.
She ran for the open sea, where her bigs
station mate, the gunboat Machias, who
had been called up by the firing, took a.
hand in the game with her 4-inch riflea
and tossed several shells over the low
sand spit, behind which the Spanish boats
were sheltered. It was impossible to sea
whether any of these landed.
The Winslow was not touched, but sha
claims to have knocked a few splinters
out of the larger coast guard boat.
The most important result of the Wins
low’s reconnoissance was the discover j»
that Cardenas harbor is mined. If there
were any batteries on shore, the Spaniards
did not think it worth while to disclose
their position.
That there are mines in the channel Ist
important, in view of the report that it i»
Cardenas and not Matanzas the
landing of United States forces,will be
made.
The fight with the guardia costas oc
curred yesterday morning. Cardenas Ist
one of the largest bays along the coast,
the little town of the same name lying ac
the southern end.
From the western shore Ideas Points'
reaches out like a long index flinger, al
most touching Piedras Key light, which
in peaceful days beaconed the harbor en
trance. The lighthouse has been in dark
ness and deserted for many nights.
Feeling safe in the desolation of tlia
lighthouse and the silence ashore, the lit
tle Winslow crept quietly in under tlio
early morning haze for a closer inspection
of the harbor.
There nad evidently been a lookout
among the dunes along the sand pit, for
the Winslow was allowed to feel her way
into the harbor, taking notes of changed
buoys and false marks designed to lead a*
hostile fleet on to torpedo fields.
But suddenly there was a puff of smoko
from among the mangrove clumps along
one cf the Inlets and a six-pound shell
screeched out of the bushes. Crack camo
another from the shelter of a tiny key
in the bay, and a third fjom further down,
the coast. Then the coast guard boats
darted from their cover under a full head
of steam like a big gar pike after a min
now. The Winslow’s crew jumped to the
two-pounders fore and aft, and let the
Spaniards have it, port and starboard,
as they chased in. The little gunboats*
came along shooting, but after the usual
Spanish fashion, hit nothing but the ad
jacent scenery.
Then the Winslow scuttled along for the
open sea, using her after gun as a stern
chaser and defiantly shooting as she went
along. »
The Spanish boats wasted about sixty
shots and the biggest boat, mounting a
12-pounder, kept up the bombardment st*
long as tfce W’inslow was in range. The
Spaniards, who had probably heard the
news from Manila, were evidently as iwj
as a nest of hornets, and kept up the chase
until all four of the little craft were rock
ing in the swell past Piedras keys.
Just then there was a crash and a roar
to seaward, and the Machias, bearing in
under a canopy of smoke, sent a shell
smashing into the pursuing fleet. The lit
tle patrol boats spun about like water
spiders and ran to shelter beyond the sand
spits.
The Machias sent a few shells skipping
in between the sand dunes, but with what
effect could not be seen.
• At any rate there are three prospective
additions to our mo?Qulto fleet bottled up
in Cardenas harbor waiting shipment.
MASSACRES AT MANILA.
Montejo, Nuns and Women and Chil
dren Anionic the Killed.
London, May 10.—A special dispatch,
from Shanghai says that It Is reported
there that Admiral Montejo, the com
mander of the Spanish fleet, who escaped
from Cavite by running along the shore
to Manila with his two sons, was killed by
the populace of the latter place.
It is added that the hospital of San
Roque, filled with Spanish soldiers, was
set on fire by shells from the Boston, and
that the Sisters of Charity were killed
while removing the wounded.
Massacres are reported to have occurred
outside of Manila, the insurgents butcher
ing even the Spanish women and children.
ATTACK ON MANILA.
Spain Does Not Look for One Until
Troops Reach Dewey.
London, May 10.—It is announced to-day
in a special dispatch from Madrid that the
Spanish ministers of war and marine de
clare they do not expect Manila to be at
tacked before the arrival of reinforce
ments for Admiral Dewey from the United
States.
The dispatch adds that orders have been
sent to Gen. Augustio, the governor gen
eral of the Philippine Islands, to resist io
•he death any attack on Manila.