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SIS OFF.
Are Ordered to
Join Sampson.
They Will Assist In the Chase
- For the Spanish Fleet.
Left Hampton Hoads
In a Hurry.
Five vessels of the flying squadron,
nuder Commodore Schley, led by the
flagship Brooklyn, steamed out of
Hampton Roads Friday afternoon to
join in the chase for the Spanish fleet,
which has now entered the Carribbean
sea. After passing the Virginia capes
the 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 midnight to
put to sea was received at
Thursday night. A few minutes later
tho signal “be ready to put to sea at
daybreak” was flashed from the flag¬
ship. the
Rack from the men-of-war carnc
answer.
In a jiffy the men were summoned
to the decks and tho work of making
the ship ready to sail commenced.
Suppressed excitement, mingled with
delight, prevailed. Then the men
waited for the signal to weigh auchor.
Day broke, but the signal was not
hoisted. 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 a ad they were
afraid they were to be disappointed.
Tlie Sienal Bun Up.
At 4 o’clock the signal ordering the
battleship Massachusetts, the Texas,
the dispatch boat Scorpion and collier
Sterling to weigh anchor was military run up
to the top of the Brooklyn’s
mast. Thirty minutes later smoke was
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and they were plowing the sea at a
rate of fifteen knots.
The cruisers 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
th Cap q tai2 r& »^bee, of the St. Paul,
and the commander of the New Or
leans also received orders to proceed
at midnight -fiTct
The that the coaT Sterling laden
witli 4,000 tons of accompanied
the fleet indicates that a long sail is
contemplated. The arrival of the
living squadron will greatly strengthen
Admiral Sampson’s fleet
There was another renort in
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 ont to intercept the fleet and
sink the boats; bnt an officer from the
St. Paul says no credence should be
placed in the rumor. Commodore
Schley left under sealed orders.
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The Movements Explained.
A Washington special says: The re
ceipt of the news from Sampson of his
attack on the forts at San Juan, and
the news of actual presence of the
Spanish flying squadron off Martin
ique, only 500 miles miles away from
Sampson and less than 1,000 miles
from Havana, caused the dispatch of
the flying squadron under Commodore
Wavne County News
Schley and the delay of the army
invasion of Cuba.
It is to the navy that the govern¬
ment again looks for a battle that may
end the 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 West, exposing to great peril
any American lauding force that might
be 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
tho military expedition from Florida
until the Spanish fleet is met and
crushed or driven from West Indian
waters.
Order*flow thick and fast from both
the war and navy departments. The
first checked the movement on Flor¬
ida, setting iu-from all parts of the
country, and diverted t^o • troops to¬
ward the concentration camp at Chiek
amauga. The navy department wired
Sampson informing of the approach of
the Spanish fleet and directions what
to do, and another order flashed to
Schley, who has been eating out bis
heart at Hampton Roads iu 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 3:15 o’clock had
put himself beyond the reach of any
telegraphic recall. What is expected
of him cannot be disclosed at the navy
department, aud, 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 in 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 campaign as now planned.
CHAOS AM) FAMINE
Deigns In Many Cuban Towns-Dorlt Sell
ling at SI.SO a Pound.
A dispatch to the New* York World
from Nouvitas, Cuba, by way of Nas¬
sau, New Providence, says:
Chaos reigns at Camaguey and fear
and famine at Neuvitas. People are
starving. Salt pork costs 81.50 a
pound, rice 50 cents and goats bring
$100 each. told
The Spanish commander 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.
Keport that Spain will Send Big Expedl
tion to the Philippine*,
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
Empl^C^o^. Eapido aud the Pat
fonso XIII, the
ria, auxiliary cruisers, formerly the
Hambnrg-American line steamers Col
uinbia and Nurmania, and three
pedo boats. military
It is reported that organized a strong Cadiz
expedition is being at
and that it will shortly proceed to the
Philippine islands, escorted by the
Cadiz fleet.
wINSLOtToFFKeY'wEST.
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Slie Will Be Beady For Sea Again In a
Short Time.
The toTpedo boat Winslow, dam
aged in the engagement at Cardenas,
reached Key West Thursday night un
der her own .steam in charge of En
sign Bailey, of the Wilmington. It is
believed the boat can be repaired
and madeready 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 w ho was standing in
the conning tower had his coat
ally shot away but received nothing
but a slight flesh wound in the right
side. Eighteen shells struck the
the
JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1898.
INFORMS THE NAYY DEPARTMENT
OF HIS FIGHT AT SAN JUAN.
THE VERDE FLEET AT MARTINEQUE
Official Report lias Lteen Received That
Reaves No Doubt of That
Fleet’s Location.
At 7:20 o’clock Friday morning the
navy department received the follow¬
ing dispatch from Admiral Sampson.
It was dated St. Thomas, May 12, and
was as follows:
“A portion of the squadron under
my command reached San 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 five but without material affect.
One man was killed on board the New
York and seven slightly wounded in
tho squadron. No serious damage to
any ships reulted.
(Signed) “Sami-son,”
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 har¬
bor, though it is not believed he 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.
Detail, of the Fight.
Additional dispatches regarding the
bombardment of Porto Rico state that
tho forts were bombarded by part of
Real Admiral Sampson’s fleet until
they were silenced. The enemy’s loss
is believed to be heavy. Tho American
loss is two men killed and seven men
injured.
After three hours’ firing the admiral
withdrew the fleet, and headed for
Key West. He said:
“I am satisfied with the 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 fur the
Spanish fleet and not for San Juan.”
The men killed were: Seaman Frank
Widemavk.of tho New York; Gunner’s
Mate-, of the Amphitrite. The
latter died from effects of the extreme
heat. Of the injured, three were on
board the Iowa and four on board the
New York.
Ths names of those slightly injured
on tho Iowa: Seaman Miteheli, 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. Tho New
York’s men were injured by the burst¬
ing of a shell on deck.
The American ships were uninjured.
The engagement began at 6:15 a. m.
and ended at 8:15 a. m. The town in
tho rear of the fortification probably
suffered.
Rear 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
in reducing the fortifications was to
prevent the Spanish fleet from running
in 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 the fleet received
orders Friday after the bombarding
of San Juan by Sampson to put to sea
at once. Madrid advices received i n
day morning state that the fleet will
-U for an unknown destination im
mediately. Long
At 9:40 Secretary gave out a
statement that official information had
oeen received that the Spanish squad
ronjad been sighted to the westward
of Martinique._
JUE LAFAYETTE WAS 0. K.
An Explanation Is Given Ont By the State
Department.
Tbe state department has given out
the following: “In view of the widely
published report that the Trench mail
steamship Lafayette, which was recent
!,V permitted to enter Havana and dis
charge her official mail, lia<rviolated the
neutrality under which the privilege
ivas accorded her by the government of
the United States, it is authoritatively
stated that the depart ment of state has
been satisfactorily convinced that
nothing of the kind was done, that no
merchandise whatever, no contraband
°f wft r and no Spanish gunners were
recently Janued at Havana oy the
Lafayette.
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Spanish Cabinet
Is Broken.
A. New War Cabinet Will Be
Named and Will Be Prac¬
tically Dictated By
Weyler.
Advices from Madrid state that all
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
Puigcerver; 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 pnblic works,
Xiquena; minister of colonies,
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 Weyler.
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 the crisis as quickly 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 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.
PROHIBITS DELIVERY OF COAL.
G overno r of island of st. Thomas Adopts
stringent Measures.
An official announcement just issued
by the governor of the island of St
Thomas prohibits the delivery of coal
to warships of the belhgerent powers
without the previous permission of the
governor, who will determine the
amount each vessel may receive and
who w,11 supervise its delivery.
HOSTILE TO ENGLISHMEN.
British Fleet at Corona Is Refused
Provisions By Spaniards.
A dispatch to The London Standard
f rom Coruna says:
The presence of the British channel
q Uft j ron a t Villagarcia is likely to
j ga( j to 8ome unpleasantness. The
ea an Anglo-American alliance
so inflamed the Spaniards that the
from the fleet when on shore
collect lefters have been stoned.
Threats have been made to stop the
of provisions to the fleet. The
consul protested to the alcaide,
explained that the popular resent¬
was dne to a belief in the exist¬
of an alliance.
ADMIRAL SAMPSON CHANGES HIS
PLANS OF OPERATION.
HE IS CHASING THE SPANIARDS.
Another Spanish Huso Revealed and
Which Will Fail of Its
Purpose.
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 sqadrou, 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 sen.
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¬
amil has with him the cruisers Cisne¬
ros, 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
water.
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. 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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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.
W. C.T. U. NOT ENDORSED.
Methodist 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 Episcepal 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 tbe friends of the
resolution accepted an amendment
which endorsed the temperance work*
of the white ribboners.
NO. 45.
SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEN ABE
NOW READY FOB BATTLE.
ORDERS AFFECTING VOLUNTEERS.
A Lilt of Various Divisions of Troops and
the Points of Concentration for
Each Is Given Out.
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. Corbin, Adjutant General.
To Camp George H. Thomas, Chiek
nmauga, Cfp. —Arkansas, two regiment*
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¬
fan try, one battery light artillery; Mon¬
tana, four troops cavalry ;Nebraska, one
regiment infantry, New Hampshire,
one regiment infantry; New Jersey,
one rigimeut 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, one
regiment infantry; Tennessee, two
regiments infantry; Utah, two troopB
cavalry; Vermont, one regiment in¬
fantry; West Virginia, one regiment
infantry; Wisconsin, two regiments
infantry; Wyoming, one troop cavalry;
District of Columbia, one regiment in
fautry; North Dakota, two troops cav¬
alry; South Dakota, five troops cav
airy; Idaho, one troop cavalry; Ne¬
vada, one troop cavalry.
Totals, fifty-three regiments infant¬
ry, eleven light batteries artillery,
one regiment and thirty troops of
cavalry.
To San Francisco, California—Two
regiments infantry, two batteries
heavy artillery; Colorado, one regi¬
ment infantry; Kansas, ono regiment
infantry; Minnesota, one regiment
infantry; Montana, one regiment in¬
fantry; Nebraska, one regiment in¬
fantry; Utah, Oregon, one regiment infantry;
two batteries light artillery;
Wyoming, one battalion infantry;
North Dakota, two battalions infantry;
South Dakota, one regiment infantry;
Idaho, two battalions infantry.
To Key West—Massachusetts, one
regiment infantry.
To Now Orleans—Louisiana, one
regiment infantry: Texas, two regi¬
ments 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; Mnine, 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 infantry; North 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 infautry.
To Washington, D. C.—Illinois,
two regiments infantry; Indiana, one
regiment infantry; Kansas, one regi¬
ment infantry; Kentucky, one regi¬
ment infantry; Massachusetts, one
regiment infantry; Michigan, one regi¬
ment infantry; Missouri, two regi¬
ments infantry; New Jersey, one regi¬
ment infantry; New York, two regi¬
ments 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
infantry; Illinois, two regiments in¬
fantry; Iowa, one regiment infantry;
Michigan, one regiment infantry; New
York, one regiment infantry; North
Carolina, one regiment; Ohio, two
regiments infantry; Virginia, two reg¬
iments infantry; Wisconsin, one regi¬
ment infantry.