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BANNER-MESSENGER.
VOL. XV.
STRUGGLE TO
Retreat . . 01 „ Cape „ „ Verde , Fleet
S3.10WS Spain Will Offer
Little Resistance.
__ PL-CiASES __ THiC PRESIDENT
Admiral Sampson Will Return to Cu¬
ban Waters at Once and Co-Oper¬
ate With invading Army- City
of Havana to Be Taken.
New York, May 11.—A special to The
Tribune from Washington says: The
naval war board is convinced now that
the Spanish armored flying squadron
fleet, has returned to Cadiz, that Spam
has abandoned all hope of effective re
sisfance to the loss of her American col
onies.
The war in American waters at least
, l.a. therefore „ bee. reduced , , to astmple
matter, and its duration, » expected
to J&e exceedingly limited.
Arrangements have beea promptly
■nude to bring bach Admiral Samp
son s fleet to Key West to unite it
with the army in quickly tevminat
ing Spanish rule in Cuba.
It is positively announced that San
Jaan de Porto Rico will not be bom
barded, and that the island will be let
severely alone for the present, at least;
or until Cuba is freed and American
military government firmly established
there. It is believed this will be a mat
ter of not more than two weeks, and
then the heavier ships will be relieved
for duty against Porto Rico, or for dry
docking on the Atlantic coast prepara
tory for a cruise in force, augmented
by the armored ships in Commodore
Schley’s squadron, against Cadiz itself,
unless Spa in in the meantime sues for
permanent peace.
Ihe idea that the Spanish vessels .
hold by the; vast majority oL naval offl
com^sed
stroyers. returned to St. yineent after
several w r eeks at sea shortly before war
was declared.
remrn ot the bpamards to Cadiz
. gratifying the highesr degree
is m to
the presr ent and his advisers, who de
sire to achieve a speedy termination ot
the war, as much lor curtailing the
enormous expense it involves as tore
liex T e the demoralization ot business
throughout the country, which would
be inseparable from a long continuance
of the conditions of the last month.
DEWEY MAY BE IN DANGER.
Possibility of Spanish Fleet Making
Dash For the Philippines.
Washington, May 11. — The an
much speculation in official circles here
as to its probable future movements.
It it xvas was suggested sn£y<rested bv by some some of ot the the mem mem
bevsof the war board that there was
just a possibility that the Spanish squad
ron might make a quick passage into
the Pacific through the Suez canal and
attack Dewev at Manila.
It i i said that, contrary to the com¬
mon understanding, the Suez canal is
BUCHANAN. II \li \(.SON COUNTY. dEOIHlI \. TliUliSDA Y, MAY 12. I .''ItS.
open to the warships of belligerent pow¬
ers, so that if the Spanish choose to
taka this course they would have a long
start of any pursuing fleet from our side
of the Adamic.
It is scarcely Relieved, however, that
the Spanish are willing to take the great
risk of exposing to our attack their own
home ports by the withdrawal of so con
siderable a portion of their naval
strength as would be required to over
match Dewey.
The convention between the powers
concluded in 1883 expressly orovides
that the Suez canal simd he open to
ships of all nations in time of peace or
war on condition that “no right of war,
no act of hostility or any act ha ving for
its object the preparation or operation
of war, shall be committed in the canal,
any of its approaches or ports of aeoess.”
American Ships Discontinued.
Nkw York, May 11,—The British
steamer Ardaudhu. which sailed from
Porto Cortez, Honduras, April 26, via
ports m Central America and Jamaica,
brought as passengers 211 Aegro labor
ers who had been employed on the Hon
duras railroad, coutrolied by the Astor
syndicate. Owing to the war bctweou
Spain and the United States all Ameri
continued. These laborers are all from
Louisiana and will be forwarded to New
Orleans by the Astor syndicate.
Steamer Windward Is Safe.
New- York, May 11.—The steamer
Windward, from London March 19, was
eij . Ute(1 off tbi Highlands at 8:07 a. m.
The ^ed Windward The'^Joidfstiu-^rmsworth is the v««w»1 that- 'expedi
The tiou „„ }ts ,„*;,»<• recently to the pol ,„. le go n .
steamer was presented by
Mr. Harms-worth to Lieutenant R. E.
Peary. The passage from London
anxv?ty feli^ telt t0r he! htr Stv aatety ‘ ^ S ° me
Great Demand For Guns.
New' Haven, May 11 .— The Winches
ter Repeating Arms Work’s gun de
partment began tonight to run an all
niglit shift of 400 men. For two months
this department has been running on a
14-hour schedule, but so heavy have
been the government orders the eom
panv could not keep pace with the work,
and an allnight shift became a neces
*ity.
Blanco Cables For Supplies.
Maukxd, May ll.-Captain 1 Blanco has
cabled , , , an urgent request for considera* .
SPANISH FLEET AT CADIZ,
A1 ‘ Keady F„ r g„ With the
tlon of the Pelayo.
London, May 11.— The Globe pub
Iishes this afternoon a dispatch from
Q a( ^ z saying the following shins of* all
ready . lor with the the evcenHon of the the
aea ^ exception
Pelayo, are at that port: Vitoria,
Carlos V, Almirante Oquendo, Viscaya,
jq ar j a Teresa ’ Cristobal Colon, ’ Alfonso
XKI, I luton, Prospenno, . Osaaa, Audaz,
Furor and Terror; also several torpedo
boats, transports and the Nomumnia
and Columbia, formerly of the Ham
, burg-Amenean . line, which , , have . been
renamed Patriota and Rapido, respec
t . , I
The Globe’s correspondent adds that
islands on May 15, while three battalions
of marines wqjre quartered at San For
Wpdmo ready for embarkation.
Lieutenaut Colwell, the naval attache
0 f the United States l embassy, said to
day that he was by n o means convinced
that the Spanish Cape Vei-de squadron
is really at Cadiz.
Mens’ work shoes all prices at
Eaves & Sons.
ABTY
LANDS SAFELY
ai Ste&mer ^ r, G-nssie . ™ Places Cargo ~
of Supplies and Men
on Cuban Soil.
EXPEDITION IS ALL RIGHT
Key West Hears That Vessel Which
Left Tampa Tuesday With A.neri
eai| Tr00|W on Board Was Suc
cessfui 1,1 lu 111 Her *" 1 - Mission ,l, ssion.
tt>v ./ Wi st \r«ivit —TnfnrmnHnn lf t
‘
rc,l< . u< 1 118 l )ul< e of , th ' km , ‘ . !1 G. ( )
>
miles from Havana, of the expedition
’ 1 .' '
. . . , ,
x The (ll " V Gussie °, U , " left , Tampa r lt binsport Tuesday U8Kie loaded -
with arms, ammunition and supplies
furnished by the I'm ted States govern
meat for the use of the Cuban insur
gents.
A company of 100 United States troops
from the First infanty accompanied gjrdtng t no
aided in .he
landing of the cargo, and will if nee, s
Bar ^’ penetrate into the mreiioi hn
to P la( ‘ e fli e supplies in the hands
tab/ wTdX, 32 , VM (“n“mf in -harm of Can
who recently returned from Cuba.
The Gussie had on board between
0,000 and 7,000 Springfield rifles, about
200,000 rounds of ammunition and sev
eral hundred boxes of provisions, prin
cipally canned meats and hard tack.
The Gussie had mounted on her for¬
ward deck a 1-pounder rapid fire gun.
It is said here that if the report that
the Spanish fleet has returned to
Spain proves to be correct an active
movement against Cuba may occur
within 48 hours.
It is possible that Roar Admiral
“ 1>ortt ' D 0 ,,ml Commodore
Iiemey here may strike simultaneously.
If it were decided to land troops at
™^he u5taSSS?^.S£
would.have n^ diHkulty m ^n^ing a
orod lighting shipa
The monitors, with their heaty guns,
could stand close in and with impunity
proceed to the demolition of the fortifi
cations, while the gunboats and lighter
vossels ponred in their s fiots from off
shore.
Naval officers here believe the defenses
at any point except Havana could be re
duced by ^ the ships l now here and on the
Cuban s tiou in half an hour.
LOADING THE TRANSPORTS,
~ "
Great Activity In Port Tampa I*re _
para tory lor Cuban ,, , Invasion.
Tampa, Fla., May ll.-Everything
possible is being done to facilitate the
^ or e Xp e <lition. All last night and
all of today hundreds were kept busy
unloading * tbe war material from the
froiffht s^mers and c , 17 gtowinir g it
aw a y hi the
Ti , ls ^ ^ ot the work wiU be nigfit practi .
^ c0 c i uded by tomorrow .lip and
the ships now in the will drop an
chor m the bay to make room for other
transports. The Orizaba is expected up
from Quarantine tomorrow. This is one
NO. i<;
of the largest transports engaged by the
government and will Iwi used for carry¬
ing infantry.
A number of Hotchkiss quick firing
and Gatling guns w*re loa Uul on the
Florida today, the big si. ge guns, four
of winch have urn 1 here, have not
yet been unloaded fr m die cars. They
will be loaded on some of the 'argot ves
sols, probably dm Alamo or Orizaba.
Lieutenam J I) Aiiloy of General
Shatter s staff, who was sent to Wash¬
ington Saturday with t !, e r* ports of
Captain Durst and Lieutenant Colonel
Lawton and the plans for the Cuban
campaign, returned rodav bearing a lug
bundle of maps and documents and im¬
mediately reported to General Shatter.
b is now believed that two regiments
will aceomi>any the regular troops to
Cuba. They have all been armed with
Springfield rifles, and under almost in
‘ vssaut drilling are rapidly being
poumU> ' 1 into 8hape *
Newspaper Men to Fight.
New Orleans, May 1 1.— Company 1 A ’
•
^ irst ’ ve R imeut > Louisiana , . . volunt 'era,
was mustered into the United Sotos
gerv j cp j ast t .veiling. The eaptn * C
p, p u ol, was tin night editor of The
?ditor; the second lieutenant . ,.,-tie
3need, has for five or six years 1 en a
member of the reportorial staff, while
there are in the company men irom
evel T department of that newspaper.
Protoeol Formally Published.
St. Petersburg, May 11.— The Ga
zette today publishes the protocol; Ku,A i gned
Telco on Apr,1 * ,.v ......
j ,,. d thvmlm to al, R ,,,in
f rom interference in the internal affairs
of Q onX{ Tho Gazette remarks that
the demerit “leaves Russia free to
YT P of f tho h "p 1 ucltl °- ta * k ° U the
Five Thousand at Mobile,
Mobile, May 11. -In the camps of the
and volunteers all is quiet. No
to move have been received at
camp, although the officers are
looking for same at any moment and
are ready to go to the front promptly.
With the regulars and state troops com
bined there are 5,000 men encamped
here.
Lee to Stay at Capital.
Washington. May 11.— Fitzhugh Lee
will not go into the field for the present,
but will be kept at Washington for con
COPPER MINES.
Coppermine, May (>.— This is my first
I see that you have a great manv
thionghoiit tbe county in
place*, which l feel oav much
in leadi.m after
The health of our community is very
nt this time. No deaths i. or wed
lately, but think there will be Soine
weddings so,,...
othl-r crops loo'k well'c.msid!’'
the backward spring
There has been a great H« a 1 >f war
lately—more than polbies-hut. 1
tl,ere Wl11 ,M> m " ,e l M ' lltu ' s ta,k
i was interested ulien I "id tl« .* ) at ei
tt . f .>: () )f , vinst.vk- ,
.
wl . ‘° > s »*« , ... , interesting
he quits.
The man around town says Uncle A i
is good enough for him.' I win say
,hat Uhall oppose him. I think Uncle
Spencer is good enough for me.
Crazy Jim.