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THE ASHBORN ADVANCE.
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Join Sampson.
They Will Assist In the Chase
For the Spanish Fleet.
Left Hampton Loads
In a Hurry.
Five vessels of the flying squadron,
under Commodore Schley, led by the
flagship Brooklyn, steamed out of
Hampton Roads Friday afternoon to
join iu the chase for the Spanish fleet,
which has now entered the Carribbeau
After the A ...
sea. passing lrginia capes
Jhe vessels took a southerly course,
going, it is said, to augment Admiral
Sampson’s fleet now in the vicinity of
Porto Rico.
The order directing the squadron to
put to sea was received at midnight
. Thursday night. A few minutes later
the signal “be ready to put to sea at
daybreak” was flashed from the flag¬
ship. the
Back from the men-of-war came
answer.
In a jiffy the men were summoned
to the decks and the work of making
the ship ready to sail commenced.
Suppressed excitement, mingled with
delight, prevailed, Then the men
waited for the signal to weigh anchor.
Hay broke, but the signal was not
Iw>isted.' The day wore on toward
noon. Excitement gave way to im-
patience,’for the men’had been lying
off Old Point for six weeks waiting for
orders to go to sea and they were
afraid they were to he disappointed.
Tii« Signal Tim* Up.
At 4 o’clock the signal ordering the
liattleship Massachusetts, the Texas,
the dispatch boat Scorpion and collier
Stei'liug to weigh anchor was run up
to the top of the Brooklyn’s military
mast. Thirty minutes later smoke was
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’ rate of fifteen knots/;
The'bruisers Minneapolis and New
■ Orleans were left'behind,' as was also
the auxiliary cruiser St. Paul...which
was'taking on a.supply of ammunition.
At .8 o’clock Friday night the Min¬
neapolis hauled up her anchors and
steamed out at; full speed, to overtake
the squadron. Sigsbee, of the St. Paul,
' Captain commander, of the New Or¬
aiuLthe .also.received orders to proceed
leans
at .midnight. that . the Sterling, laden
The fact
with 4,000 tens of coal, accompanied
‘the fleet indicates that a long sail is
contemplated. The arrival of -the
tlving squadron will greatly strengthen
Admiral Sampson’s fleet. .
There .wan another report in circula¬
tion Friday night that a flotilla of
Spanish torpedo boats has been sighted
cruising along the Atlantic coast, and
that the flying squadron has been
ordered out to intercept the fleet aud
sink the boats; but .an officer from the
gt. Paul says no credence should be
nlaced ;in. the rumor. Commodore
D Schiev left under sealed orders.
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Tito Movements Explained.
A Washington special says; The re-
c eipt of-the news,from Sampson, of his
attack ou'-thefortaat-San Juan, aud
ttjg news of actual presence of the
Spanish flying squadron off Martin-
jniie, only - 500 miles miles away from
g.uipSon and less than 1,000 miles
from Havana,-caused the dispatch of
the’flying squadron uiyler CommcHl.cae
ASH BURN. WORTH CO.. UA.. FRIDAY, MAY :<0, 1898.
Schley ami (ho delay of the army of
invasion of Cuha*„ .
It is to the navy that the govern¬
ment again lot ks for a battle that may
end tho conflict. The news of the
Spanish fleet revealed the possibility
of a quick move on the part of the
Spanish fleet that cut the line of com¬
munication by water between Cuba
and Key \A esf, exposing to great peril
any American landing force that might
' je caught between a superior Spanish
army in Cuba and the sea patrolled by
Spanish cruisers. It became necessa¬
ry, therefore, to defer the departure of
the military expedition from Florida
until the Spanish fleet ia met and
crushed or driven from West Indian
waters.
Orders flew thick and fast from both
war and iiavy departments. The
first cheeked the movement on Flor¬
ida, setting in from all parts of the
country, and diverted the troops to¬
ward the concentration camp at Chick -
amauga. The navy department wired
Sampson informing of the approach of
the Spanish Meet and directions what
to do, and another order flashed to
Schley, who has been eating out his
heart at Hampton Roads in his eager¬
ness to get into the fray, to start with
his vessels at the earliest possible mo¬
ment. The commodore took no chance
of a cancellation of those highly desir¬
able orders, but at 8:45 o’clock had
put himself recall. beyond What the reach expected of any
telegraphic is
of him caunot bo disclosed at the navy
department, and, naturally, is purely
a matter of conjecture,
Sampson’s fleet is strong enough un¬
aided to overcome the Spanish flying
squadron, if he can ever catch it out
of the reach of fortifications. Schley’s
fleet, however, is lacking iu speed as
compared to the Spanish vessels, and
co-operation on the part of our flying
squadron would add very much to the
chance of cornering the Spaniards and
forcing the fight which is believed to
be necessary to the success of the Cu¬
ban cauqmign as now planned.
CHAOS AND FAMINE
Reign9 In Many Cuban Towns—Pork Sell-
ling at 811.50 a round.
A dispatch to the New York World
from Neuvitas, Cuba, by way of Nas-
sau, New Providence, says:
Chaos reigns at Caniaguey and fear
and famine at Neuvitas. People are
starving. Salt pork costs $1.50 a
pound, rice 50 cents and goats bring
$100 each;
The Spanish commander told the
starving citizens to go into the coun-
try. as he could not feed them,
Many soldiers are joining the insur-
gents to get food,
The conditions at Puerto Principe
are still worse. The surrounding forts
are almost abandoned.
RELIEF FOR MANILA.
Iteport that'Spain Will Send Big Expedi¬
tion to the Fliilippitms.
—A cable dispatch from Gibralter
says: The Cape Verde fleet is at Mar¬
tinique, but a second Spanish fleet is
now-at-.Cadiz.
The second fleet consists of the bat¬
tleship Pelayo, )he armored cruiser
Einperador Carlos V., the cruiser Al¬
fonso XIII, the Rapido and the Pat-
ria, auxiliary cruisers, formerly the
Hamburg-American line steamers Col¬
umbia and Norluania, aud three tor¬
pedo boats. military
It is reported that organized a strong Cadiz
expedition is being at the
and that it will shortly proceed to
Philippine islands, escorted by the
Cadiz fleet.
WINSLOW OFF KEY WEST.
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she Will Be Ready For Sea Again In a
Short Time, :
The torpedo boat Winslow, dam-
aged in the engagement at Cardenas,
reached Key West Thursday night un-
der her own steam in charge of En-
sigu Bailey, of the Wilmington, It is
believed the boat can he repaired
and made ready for active service again
in a few weeks.
Two of the seamen on board of her
were badly injured. They say that
one of the crew who was standing in
the conning tower had his coat liter-
ally shot away but received nrfthing
but a slight flesh wound in the right
side. Eighteen shells struck the
Mfinslow during the engagement.
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I INFORMS THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
OF HIS FIGHT AT SAN JUAN.
THE VERDE FLEET AT MARTINEQUE
Official Report Has Keen Received That
Leave* No Doubt of That
Fleet’s Locution.
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At 7:20 o’clock Friday morning the
navy department received tlio follow¬
ing dispatch from Admiral Sampson.
It was dated St. Thomas, May 12, nud
was as follows:
.“A portion of tho squadron under
niy command reached Ban Juan this
morning at daybreak. No armed ves¬
sels were found in the port. As soon
as it was sufficiently light I commenced
attack upon the batteries defending
the city. This attack lasted three
hours and resulted in much damage
to the batteries. The batteries replied
to our fire but without material affect.
One man was killed on board the New
York and seven slightly wounded in
the squadron. No serious damage to
any ships reulted.
(Signed) “SAsirsox, ”
Admiral Sampson’s statement that
he entered the harbor with only a por¬
tion of his fleet is taken to indicate
that he did not find it expedient to
take the entire squadron into the bar-.
bor, though it is not believed be has'
separated his fleet. The navy depart¬
ment officials were at a loss to know
how his dispatch reached St. Thomas
until receipt of the Associated Press
dispatch announcing the presence of
the Yale at St. Thomas.
Details of tlio Ffg;lit.
Additional dispatches regarding the
bombardment of Porto Rico state that
the forts were bombarded by part of
Real Admiral Sampson’s fleet until
they were silenced. The enemy’s loss
is believed to be heavy. The American
loss is two men killed and seven men
injured.
After three hours’ firing the admiral
withdrew the fleet, and headed for
Ivc-y "West. He said:
“I am satisfied with tho morning’s
work. I could have taken San Juan,
but I have no force to hold it. I only
wanted to administer punishment.
This has been done. I came for the
Spanish fleet and not for San Juan.”
The men killed were: Seaman Frank
Widemark,of the New York; Gunner’s
Mate-, of the Amphitrite. The
latter died from tffects of the extreme
heat. Of the injured, three were on
board the Iowa and fonr on hoard the
New York.
Ths names of those slightly injured
on the Iowa: Seaman Mitcheli, Pri¬
vate Marine Merkle, Apprentice Hill.
The injured on the New York: Sea¬
man Samuel Felton, serious; Seaman
Michael Murphy, and two other en¬
listed men, slightly injured. The New
York’s men were injured by the burst¬
ing of a shell on deck.
The American ships were uninjured.
The engagement began at 5:15 a. m.
and ended at 8:15 a. m. The town in
tho rear of the fortification probably
suffered.
Hear Admiral Sampson’s fleet bom¬
barded the forts at San Juan until they
were silenced. Our loss was two
killed and seven wounded, The
enemy's loss'was severe. The city
could have been taken but there was
no land force to hold it. The object
iu reducing the fortifications was to
prevent the Spanish fleet from running
iu under their walls for protection at
some future date.
It was definitely made known at
Washington Friday,despite all Spanish
statements heretofore to the contrary,
that the Cape Verde fleet is at Port de
Franc, capital of the island of Martin¬
ique, four hundred miles from Porto
Rico. It is also stated positively that
the commander of ihe fleet received
orders Friday after the bombarding
of San Juan by Sampson to put to sea
at once. Madrid advices received Fri¬
day morning state that the fleet will
sail for an unknown destination im-
mediately,
A * fJ: 4° Secretary Long gave out a
statement that official information had
Seen received that the Spanish squad-
ron * ,een sighted to the westward
of Martinique.
THE LAfIyETTE WAS 0. K.
An Explanation Ih Given Out By the State
Department.
1 he state department has given out
following: I n view of tire widely
published report that the French mail
steamship Lafayette,which was recont-
I.T permitted to enter Havana and dis-
charge her oiiicial mail, had violated the
neutrality under which the privilege
was accorded her by the government of
the United States, it is authoritatively
stated that the department of state has
been satisfactorily convinced that
nothing of the kind was done; that no
merchandise whatever, no contraband
of war and no Spanish gunners were
recently landed at Havana by the
Lafayette. ”
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Spanish Cabinet
Is Broken.
A Now War Cabinet Will lie
Named and Will He Prac¬
tically Dictated Hy
Weyler.
Advices from Madrid state that all
the members of the Spanish cabinet
have resigned. Senor Sngasta commu-
the situation to the queen re-
.gent, who entrusted him with tho task
’of forming a new ministry.
The Spanish cabinet which has just
was composed as follows:
} President of tho council, Senor Sa-
.gasta; minister of foreign affairs,Senor
; minister of justice, Senor
f minister of finance, Senor
;Piiigcerver; minister of interior, Senor
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Capdepon; minister of war, General
Correa; minister of marine, Admiral
Bermejo; minister of agriculture and
commerce and of public works, Count
Xiqnena; minister of colonies, Senor
Moret.
The Liberal cabinet under Senor Sa-
gasta was formed shortly after the as¬
sassination of Senor Canovas Del Cas¬
tillo, who was assassinated on August
8th, 1897, by an Italian anarchist
named Golli.
Senor Moret, the minister of the
colonies, has confirmed the state¬
ment that any changes made in the
composition of the cabinet would be
wholly in the direction of a more active
war policy.
The war cabinet to be named will be
practically dictated by AVeyler.
The queen regent has charged Senor
Sagasta to form a new cabinet. The
premier, Monday evening, conferred
with the presidents of the chambers
and with Senor Gamazo.
Marquis Vega d’Armijo, president
of the chamber, has advised Senor Sa¬
gasta to end tho crisis as quickly as
possible. Senor Moutero Rios, presi¬
dent of the senate, has offered his sup¬
port, hut, does not desire to enter the
new cabinet. Senor Gamazo, who is
ill, also declines to enter the cabinet,
but he promises to support any minis¬
try organized by Senor Sagasta.
The difficulty, it appears, is to find
men who are willing to assume office
under the conditions which now pre¬
vail in Spain. An empty treasury,
internal disorders and the loss of the
Philippine islands, Cuba and Porto
Rico, are not the only problems con¬
fronting Spanish ministers, and it is
not astonishing that under the circum¬
stances a military dictatorship has
been discussed.
PKOHIRITS DELIVERY OF COAL.
Governor of Inland of 8t. Thomas Adoptn
St ri njjent Mea»urea.
An official announcement just issued
by the governor of the island of St.
Thomas, prohibits the delivery of coal
to warshijis of the belligerent powers
without the previous permission of the
governor, who will determine the
amount each vessel may receive aud
who will supervise its delivery.
HOSTILE TO ENGLISHMEN.
The British Fleet at Coruna Ih Kefused
Provisions By Spaniards.
A dispatch to The London Standard
from Coruna says:
The presence of the British channel
squadron at Villagarcia is likely to
lead to some unpleasantness. The
idea of an Anglo-American alliance
has so inflamed the Spaniards that the
postmen from the fleet when on shore
to collect letters have been stoned.
Threats have been made to stop the
supply of provisions to the fleet. The
British consul protested to the alcaide,
who explained that the popular resent¬
ment was due to a belief in the exist¬
ence of an alliance.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON (’RANGES HIS
PLANS OF OPERATION.
HE IS CHASING THE SPANIARDS.
Another Simnlnh lCu*o Itovaatail and
Which Will l ull of Its
I’urpoHt'.
It was said at the navy department
that Admiral Sampson reported to the
department Monday by cable from
Cape Ilaytion. It was also stated that
Admiral Sampson, by reason of infor¬
mation just received by him, changed
his plans of operations, and instead of
going to Key West, directed his ves¬
sels toward Oienfuegos.
Tho Spanish fleet, last seen at Curn-
coa, is presumed to he headed toward
Oienfuegos, and this places Sampson
in chase.
The navy department takes with
great allowance (ho report that the
Spanish strategists have succeeded in
sending a second sqadron, under Indies, Ad¬
miral Yillamil, to the West
and that, it is also off Martinique.
Eveu if the alleged information did
not hear the suspicious earmarks of a
Madrid date, the department would
not be surprised to hear that Admiral
Villamil, us well us Admiral Oorvora,
was with tho Spanish force in the Ca-
ribean sea.
The fact that the report came from
Madrid satisfies the officials here that
this is another Spanish ruse to center
our attention on Martinique while their
ships have passed westward.
The report lias it that Admiral Vill¬
amil has with him tho cruisers Cisne¬
ros, Catalnna and Princess de Austur-
ias. It is known, however, that Villa-
mil is not the admiral of those ships,
and that, at least one of them, the Cis¬
neros, is on the other side of the
water.
It is also known that Adimral Villa-
mil has arrived with his fleet at Mar¬
tinique, hut this is merely the torpedo
adjunct to the main fleet and was re¬
ported when tho fleet first made its ap¬
pearance. alleged report of
The fact that the
the second squadron passed a Madrid
censor indicates the desire of the
Spanish authorities to spread abroad
this misleading information.
Its purpose, it is believed, is to in¬
duce Admiral Sampson to remain with
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KNKION WOHTH KXOI.EY,
(First American killed In the war with
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his fleet at or near Martinique, in quest
of the shadowy second squadron so as
to take him away from the pursuit of
Admiral Ccrvera and the actual Span¬
ish game already in sight.
YV. C.T.U. NOT ENDORSED.
Mcdliodint Conference at Baltimore Ob¬
jected to “Political Work.’*
A Baltimore dispatch says: The
committee on temperance reported un¬
favorably at the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church a pro¬
position to endorse the Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, and a
lively debate ensued. The resolution
was opposed “on account of the po¬
litical work of the organization. ” After
considerable debate the friends of the
resolution accepted an amendment
which endorsed the temperance work
of the white ribboners.
VOL. VI. NO. 41.
THE SABBATH SGIOIJL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY 22.
Leon Text: “Til.* DrtV of Judgment,"
Matthew uv., ill-10 — Golden Text:
Matthew xvi., a t1«-Veimncntai*y on tho
I.esHon of a tllo lluy by Itev. II.M. Steui'nw
.'ll. "When the Son of Man shall eomo ia
His glory anil all the holy angels with Him,
then shall He sit upon tho tlironifcof His
glory.” Concerning the coming of tho Sow
of Man in glory see also Math, xvi., '47;
xxiv., .10, and eompuro Zook, xlv., 6, 9;
Jude xlv., 15. Wo must keep in mind that
up to t Ills time In our Lord’s ministry there
was no command to go to every creature,
but only to Israel, and that the beginning
and end of the story of the church, which
is His body, is found chiefly in tho Acts,
the epistles and Itevelution. Tho church,
or called out company from all nations, lin¬
ing llis body, \v« would expect to llud Him
In His body wlum Ho sits upon His throne,
and these lire tho assurances given us in
Gol. III., 4, and Row 111., 21, where wo uro
told that when Christ our life shall appear
we shall appear with Him in glory and sit
with Him on ills throne. Wo uro also told
In 1 Cor. vi., 2, that wo shall judge the
world, uud tills is In accord with I’s. cxlix.,
5-9. That tho Son of Man shall come in
glory is as certain ns that He once came iu
humiliation.
•12. "And beforo Him shall bo guthorod
all nations, and lie shall separate them
one from another, as a shepherd dlvidotU
sheep from the goats.” In the contoxt of
the passages quoted concerning His com¬
ing in glory wo cannot but notice that tho
Spirit, always speaks of deliverance for
Israel blessing and judgment her friends, upon her enemies
and for and that is
just the story here, la perfect accord with
tho testimony of tho prophets, “Surely
the Lord God will do nothing, but Ho re-
voaloth His secret unto ills servants, the
prophets” (Amos tit., 7). Therefore tf wo
would know His purposes wo must goto
those to whom He has told them. We
therefore inquire, "Have the prophets said
anything about His judging tile nations
or about sheep and goats?” As we cannot
understand tno first verse In tho New Tes¬
tament without a considerable knowledge
of the Old, so there are many other things
in tho New Testament which require the
light of tho Old Testament, and Oils judg¬
ment of the nations Is one of them. Any
one familiar with .fool ill., Zeph. ill. and
Buck, xxxiv. will feel almost at homo In
our lesson and will not confound tills
judgment of living nations either with the
judgment scat of Christ or that of the
grout white throne (llom. xiv., 10; II Cor.
v., 10; Rev. xx., 12), the former for be¬
lievers only and the latter for tlio rest
of tlio dead, who take no part In the llrst
resurrection, at the end of the thousand
years. blessed My
311,84. “Come, ye of Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world.” It seems to
me that our Lord must have had the words
in Ezok. xxxiv. in His mind, for there wo
read of sheep and goats, and of tho ill
treatment of tho diseased and the sick, and
of blessing that shall come to other nations
through Israel because they were Israel's
friends. Tim blessings of the church in her
oneness with Christ urn spoken of as pre¬
pared 'Before the foundation of the world”
(John xvli., 24; I Pet. i., 20; Eph. i., 4),
while the blessings of other nations through
Israel seem to be “From the foundation of
the world” (Rev. xIi 1., 8; xvll., A). But
without pressing tilts f only ask that you
distinguish between tho millennial kingdom
of blessing to nations God through Israel arid
the kingdom of the Father to follow
it.
H5, 2(1. There are good works prepared
for all believers at a!) times, ami there are
always ready. plenty of opportunities for such as
are F.von Job testified that he deliv¬
ered tho poor and the fatherless and sindi
ns liad none to help.
27 29. Wo do not need to keep count ol
nil tlio things we do ready for Him, Wo only need
to hold ourselves for any manner oi
service, wholly at His commandment, and
just as occasion serve us, as the moments
corns and go, believing that He prepares
every occasion and notices whether we are
watching His way und ready for His every
call.
40. “And ttie King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily f say unto you, Inas¬
much as yo have done It unto one of the
least of these, My brethren, ye have done
It unto Me.” Home of us think that wo
would have been very glad to have minis¬
tered unto Him personally if we had lived
when Ho was on tlio earth. Wo would
have followed llim like the true disciples
and have hung upon His words, We
would have ministered unto Him liko
those women, and kept open house for
Him, like Martha and Mary. Let us learn
from Ills own lips In the words of tills
verso that wbatover is done to ono of His
for love’s sake is the same as if done to
Himself.
41. “Then flliall Ho say also unto them
on tho loft band, Depart from Me, ye
cursed, Into everlasting lire, prepared.for what
the devil and his angels.” Ho tells
He Himself will Hay, for He is the King,
and there can be no mistake about it, and
whosoever would teach that there Is no
devil and no everlasting lire is in partner¬
ship with tho father of lies himself, for ho
Is a liar and the father of It (John vlli.,
44;, and began his work by questioning tho
word of God anil making God a liar. Notice
that tills awful place was not Goil prepared wiliotii for
man, hut for the devil, for not
the death of a sinner.
42-45. “Inasmuch as ye did It not to one
of the least or these, ye did It not to Mo."
While wo urn reading, as wo believe, of a
judgment of living nations with reference
to their good or had treatment of Israel,
yet there are principles At all hern times which it Is true are
always the same.
that whatever is done or not done to a child
of God is looked upon as done or not done
to Christ Himself. Tho only way to show
love to God is to show love to people for
Christ’s sake. Tho only wuy submission to provo our
submission to God is hy to cir¬
cumstances und to people—not only to the
good and g intlo, hut also to tho forward
(I Pet. ii., 18). shall into
40. “And these go away ever¬
lasting punishment, but the righteous into
life eternal.” Tho words eternal and ever¬
lasting in this verse are the same, teaching
that as Is thelife for duration so Is the tor¬
ment. Why should we criticise aud find
fault with what wo cannot understand? It
is ours to believe God, to accept His dear
Hon, to receive gladly what He so freely
offers and to rejoice in Hfin evermore, buy¬
ing perfect confldeuceiu the love that came
from heaven to save us and gladly yielding offer¬
our whole being to Him as a thank
ing. As to many of His ways which are to
us a great deep, can wo not trust Him?
“Hhall not the Judge of all the earth do
right?” (Gen. xviii., 25.) Whoarewothat
should dare to sit in judgment on One who
loved us thnt He gave Himself for us?—
Lesson Helper.
It is estimated that two years Is the
average sickness experienced by a per¬
son before the age of 70. ,