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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1898)
i Spanish Cabinet Is Broken. A New War Cabinet Will Be Named and Will Be Prac¬ tically Dictated By Weyler. Advices from Madrid state that -the members of the Spanish cabinet have resigned. Senor Sagasta commu nicated the situation to the queen re¬ gent, who entrusted him with the task of forming a new ministry. The Spanish cabinet which has just resigned was composed as follows: President of the council, Senor Sa¬ gasta; minister of foreign affairs, Senor Gullon; minister of justice, Senor Groizard; minister of finance, Senor Puigoerver; minister of interior, Senor sr »3Si ¥5 V M 4 tZ TORPEDO BOAT WINSLOW. Oapdepon; minister of war, General Correa; minister of marine, Admiral Bermejo; minister of agriculture and commerce and of public works, Count Xiquena; 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 oolonies, has con tinned the state¬ ment that any changes made iu 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 Weylor. The queen regent has charged Senor Sagatfta to form a new cabinet. The premier, Monday evening, conferred with the presidents of the chambers and with Senor Gnmazo. Marquis Vega d’Armijo, president of the chamber, has advised Senor Sa gasta to eud the crisis as quiokly as possible. Senor Montero Rios, presi¬ dent of the senate, has offered his sup¬ port, but does not desire to enter the new cabinet. Senor Gamazo, who is ill, also declines to enter th*. cabinet, but he promises to support afcy minis try organized by Senor Sagftsta. The difficulty, it appears, is to find men who are willing to assume office under the conditions which now pre¬ vail in S^iain. An empty treasury, internal disorders and the loss of the Philippine Rico, islands, Cuba and Porto 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. NO COAL1NQ ALLOWED. Stringent Measures Adopted By Au¬ thorities of St. Thomas teland. An official announcement just issued by the governor of the island of St. Thomas, prohibits the delivery of coal to warships of the belligerent powers without the previous permission of the governor, who will determine the Amount each vessel may receive and who will supervise its delivery. THREATENED BY SPANIARDS. Aa English Fleet Off Coruna Is Re¬ fused Previsions. A dispatch to The Lendea Standard from Coruna says: The preaenee of the Bri^s h channel squadron at Vlllagaroia 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 ment was due to a belief in the exist of an alliance. ARE CHASING THE SPANIARDS. All Interest Is Centered In Neigh¬ borhood of Cienfuegos, SAMPSON CHANGES PLANS. Cape Verde Fleet Said to Be Making For Cuba. It was said at the navy department that Admiral Sampson reported to the department Monday by cable from Cape Haytien. 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 Cienfuegos. The Spanish fleet, last seen at Cura coa, is presumed to be headed toward Cienfuegos, and this places Sampson in chase. The navy department takes with great allowance the report that the Spanish strategists have succeeded in sending a second sqadron, under Ad miral Villamil, to the West Indies, and that it is also off Martinique. Even if the alleged information did not bear the suspicious earmarks of a Madrid date, the department would not be surprised to hear that Admiral Villamil, as well as Admiral Cervera, was with the 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 has it that Admiral Vill amfl has with him the cruisers Cisne rps, Cataluna 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 watel > It is also , , known that Adimral . -, , Villa mil has arrived with his fleet at Mar tinique, but this is merely the torpedo adjunct to the main fleet and was re ported when the fleet first made its ap pearance. The fact that the alleged report of 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 i' % t divy 1 r £ fmv mini :(k <D ENSIGN WORTH BAGLET. (First Amerloan killed Spain.) in the war with his fleet at or near Martinique,in quest of the shadowy second squadron so as to take him away from the pursuit of Admiral Cervera and the actual Span¬ ish game already in sight. ENDORSEMENT REFUSED. Methodist Conference Opposed to ‘•Political” Work of W. C. T. U. 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 ribbonera. SOLDIERS READY TO DO BATTLE. Sixty-Five Thousand Troops Have Been Mustered In, ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE. List of Regiments and Points of Concentration Given. A Washington special says: Sixty five thousand troops have been mus tered in. The following order has been issued: “With the approval of the secretary of war, the following assignment of troops is ordered by the major general commanding the army: H. C. Cokbin, Adjutant General. To Camp George H. Thomas, Chick amauga, Ga.—Arkansas, two regiments infantry; Colorado, two troops cavalry; Illinois, three regiments infantry, one battery light artillery, one regiment cavalry; Indiana, three regiments in¬ fantry, two batteries artillery; Iowa, three regiments infantry; Kansas, one regiment infantry; Kentucky, two reg¬ iments infantry, two troops cavalry; Maine, one regiment infantry; Mary¬ land, one regiment infantry; Massachusetts, one regiment infantry; Michigan, two regiments in¬ fantry; Minnesota, two regiments in¬ fantry; Mississippi, one regiment in¬ fantry; Missouri, three regiments in¬ fantry,one battery light artillery; Mon¬ tana, four troops cavalry ;Nebraska, oue regiment infantry, New Hampshire, one regiment infantry; New Jersey, one rigiment infantry; New York, six regiments infantry, two troops cav¬ alry; Ohio, four regiments infantry, four batteries light artillery, eight troops cavalry; Pennsylvania, seven regiments infantry, three batteries light artillery; South Carolina, oue regiment infantry; Tennessee, two regiments infantry; Utah, two troops cavalry; Vermont, one regiment in¬ fantry; West Virginia, one regiment infantry; Wisconsin, two regiments infantry; Wyoming, one treop cavalry; District of Columbia, one regiment in¬ fantry; North Dakota, two troops cav¬ alry; South Dakota, five troops eav airy; Idaho, one troop cavalry; Ne va d a> one troop cava i ry Tota]s , fifty-three regiments infant ry> eleven light batteries artillery, one reg iment and thirty troops of cava i V y. To San Francisco, California—Two regiments infantry, two batteries be avy artillery; Colorado, one regi ment infantry; Kansas, one regiment infantry; Minnesota, one regiment infantry; Montana, one regiment in¬ f ant ry; Nebraska, one regiment in fantry; Oregon, one regiment infantry; xjtah, two batteries light artillery; Wyoming, one battalion infantry; North Dakota, two battalions infantrv; South Dakota, one regiment infantry; Idaho, two battalions infantry, To Key West—Massachusetts, one regiment infantry, To New Orleans—Louisiana, one regiment infantry: Texas, two regi men ts infantry; New Mexico, four troops cavalry; Arizona, one troop cavalry; Oklahoma, one troop cavalry; Indian Territory, two troops cavalry. To Mobile—Alabama, one regiment of infantry. To Department Commanders—Ala¬ bama, one regiment, one battalion; California, two battalions infantry, two heavy batteries, two battalions light battery; Connecticut, one regi¬ ment infantry, one light battery, two heavy batteries; Delaware, one regi¬ ment infantry; Georgia, one regiment infantry, two light batteries. To Tybee—Louisiana, one regiment infantry; Maine, one heavy battery; Maryland, two battalions; Massachu¬ setts, one regiment infantry; one regi¬ ment heavy battery; Mississippi, one regiment infantry; New Jersey, one regiment infantry; New York, three regiments infan try; N orth Carolina, one regiment, one battalion infantry; Penn¬ sylvania,four regiments infantry; three troops cavalry; Rhode Island, one reg¬ iment infantry; South Carolina, one battalion infantry; one battery heavy artillery; Texas,one regiment infantry; one regiment cavalry; Washington,one regiment infantry. To Washington, D. C.—Illinois, two regiments infantry; Indiana, one regiment infantry; Kansas, one regi¬ ment infantry; Kentucky, one regi¬ regiment ment infantry; Massachusetts, one infantry; infantry; Michigan, one regi¬ ment Missouri, two regi¬ ments infantry; New Jersey, one regi¬ ment infantry; New York, two regi meuts infantry; Ohio, two regiments, one battalion infantry; Pennsylvania, four battalions infantry: Tennessee, one battalion infantry; Virginia, one battalion infantry. To Tampa, Fla.—Florida, one regi¬ ment infantry; Georgia, one regiment ;an^ J Yoi WS ’ tW reffl ° “ regl e “ t “ J e nfaj ? t \ ^. r in : Michigan n n» reo' VIGILANT WATCH FOR SPANIARDS. Schley and Sampson’s Ships and Men Are In Readiness, GUARD AGAINST SURPRISE. Outcome Of Meeting Of Opposing Fleets Anxiously Awaited. Associated Press dispatches of Tues day from off Havana via Key West state that the ships of the American blockading squadron are keeping a vigilant watch for the appearance of tbe fleet and will not be taken hv ” sur . prise . should , ,, the „ Spanish . , men-of-war round Cape Antonio, the westernmost point of Cuba, and swoop down upon Havana. All our ships have been warned by Commander Watson of the possibility of such a move and sailors are kept constantly in the tops, where they can sweep the horizon for thirty miles, looking for the first sign of a hostile ship. All the naval officers on the blockade station are anxious for a meeting with the Spaniards, and when informed that the latest reports placed them off the coast of Venezuela, they jubilantly declared that the enemy could be hemmed in between the Windward islands and tbe Yucatan channel to be destroyed. The only fear expressed was for the safety of our ships blockading Cienfuegos. But they do not doubt that precautions have been taken for the safety of the ships now on the southern coast of Cuba. Tbe torpedo boats and fast yachts of the auxiliary fleet keep the blockading ships in constant communication with Key West, whence the movements of ves¬ sels are being directed. General opinion is that there will be no movement of the army in the direc¬ tion of Cuba so long as tbe Spanish fleet remains in American waters, or until it is met and beaten. Tbe blockade of Havana has been maintained without incident since the Conde Venudito and Legazpi attempt¬ ed to draw r onr ships under the big guns of the Santa Clara battery Satur¬ day evening. The French frigate Du bourdieu, which entered Havana har¬ bor a week ago, after an unpleasant incident which necessitated the firing of two shots across her bow’s before the Frenchman would show his flag, passed out Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock and headed northwest. The Dubourdieu is a long school ship, carrying six-inch and five-inch guns and one-pounders, besides two torpedo tubes. The Mayflower ran close enough to the frigate to establish the Frenchman’s identity, and then stood off. Our flag was not saluted. The Dubourdien, like the French sloop of war Fulton, had oil board many refugees. She is bound, probably, for some Mexican port. The activity along the coast contin¬ ues. Squads of Spanish cavalry and parties working upon fortifications have beell seen daily along the shores. Orders have been given not to expose the small vessels of the squadron to unnecessary danger. Things at Washington are at an ap¬ parent standstill. Everything is be¬ ing held up pending news of the meeting of the two fleets of war. When they will get together no man can say. Wise experts who are on the outside of the department, and are, therefore, free in their predictions and their criticisms, are inclined to the be¬ lief that it will be some days yet be¬ fore there is a meeting, if there is one at all. A good many of these critics are disposed to think that the Span¬ iards will yet be foxy enough to elude Sampson and Schley, but the authori¬ ties who have charge of the move¬ ments of the fleets think otherwise. LEST WE FORGET. “Remember the Maine” to Be Im¬ printed On Army Crackers. Captain Duvall, of the United States commissary department, has made a contract with St. Louis bakeries for 610,000 pounds of army crackers. This is equivalent to 10,000 barrels of flour. On each will printed the words, “Remember the Maine,” USUAL SPANISH CLAlfl. They Report the Destruction Of Amer¬ ican Boat and Hany Men Killed. A dispatch received at Madrid Tues¬ day says that a small Daval boat, hav¬ ing a crew of seventeen men, was blown np off Cardenas while engaged in removing torpedoes from that har¬ bor. The dispatch adds that a torpedo exploded through the negligence of those engaged in the work and that ,ie boa ‘ re '“ red *° up off Cardenas or elsewhere. Time It takes about a y ear | good cruiser, * !?. NJ and about blr Y'J j minutes to destroy one Commodore . land Leader. 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