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f Kepor?s From Dewey.
>rjes of Massacre of Ameri?
cans, and Looting of Manila
by Insurgents Disproved.
Needs Troops Which
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Washington, May ?5 -The dis
itch from Hong Kong brought wei?
te news to day from Admiral
moy to the President and oarti
larly ? o Secretary Long snd naval
:iaU who are watching the admir
?9 movements with so mach interest
lile no apprehension existed as to
security, nevertheless reassurance
??I safety is always pleasant. The
telegrams indicate that Dewey has
lost none of the prestige gained in
his memorable fight of two weeks
. ago and that while he refrains from
baking the city of Manila, he has it
$>-*cticaHy at his mesoy The ad
mira! expresses the belief that the
rebe?e^are . hemming in the city by
? land, bot the fact, he says explicitly,
thal they have made no demonstra
-tiona seem to disapprove thoroaghly
the published reports that they had
already entered Manila and had be
a career of bloodshed and rapine
best evidence of the effectiveness
of the blockade maintained by the
American admiral and also of the
; work of the insurgents in surrounding
the city is shown in the statements
in the dispatches that provisions are
scarce lo the city of Manila, which
Vaeem to indicate to Admiral Dewey
an early surrender by the Spanish
authorities
Another published report seems
also to be refated by the admiral's
advices, and that is that the rebels
H had raided Oavite, where the Spanish
naval station was* located and where
presumably large supplies of arma and
ammunition were kept. If the re
bela have been supplying themselves
with arms, it most have been with
the admiral's consent, as his dispatch
is originally da?ed from Gavite, in?
dicating that he is still in possession.
The greatest satisfaction prevails
here over the good work being main?
tained by him. The dispatch as given
-. out*by Secretary Long is as follows:
Gavite, May i 3. Hong Kong, May
15.-Maintaining a strict blockade;
reason to believe that rebels are
gemming in city by land, bot have
made no demonstration. -Scarcely
any provisions ici. Manila ; probable
that the Spanish government will be
obliged to surrender soon. Can take
Manila at any moment. Climate hot
and moist. On May 12th captured
gunboat Callao, attempting to run
blockade. Have plenty of coal.
One British, one French, two Ger
' mac and one Japanese- vessel here
observing. Dewey
A .telegram has also been received
from] Admiral Dewey thanking the
President for his promotion and comf]
p?imenting his chief of staff and confeS
manders of all of the naval vessels
The officials are caking all possi?
ble haste to rush through troops-to
supplement Admiral Dewey's forces,
so that if the Spanish governor does
surrender, the former will not be de?
pendent upon the small number of
marines which can illy be spared from
his ships, but will have the assistance
of said:ers in holding bis position and
maintaining order It is hoped here
that the City of Peking, chartered as
a transport, will leave San Francisco
in a short time, to be followed in
rapid succession by the other ships
engaged for a similar purpose The
Peking can carry 1,000 men, which,
with the marines aboard the Charles
ton jost about to sail, will be of con
siderable assistance to the admiral,
but far from tho number he wi!! need
The total number of men to be sent
will aggregate probably 12,000, as
Major General Wesley Merritt, who
is to command the expedition and
subsequently to be made military gov
eroor, regards that as the least which
will be necessary to maintain order in
a city like Manila, made up of many
discordant elements Over 10 regi?
ments of infantry and four batteries
of artillery from the volunteers have
been ordered to concentrate at San
Fi an cisco, and from those and the
regulars now in the extreme west,
will be taken the men for the Philip
pines' expedition It is expected
here that practically all the volun?
teers will go
Secretary Long was at the navy
department several times during the
day and in addition to the dispatch
from the admiral, he authorized the
publication of the statement that the
torpedo boat Terror, belonging to
the Spanish fleet, was disabled at
Porto de France, Martinique The
dispatch is as follows : "Spanish tor?
pedo boat Terror disabled at Porto de
France, Martinique v
There was disposition among
some of those who saw this state
ment, to tegard it with suspicion,
suggesting that the report of disabil?
ity was intended simply as a blind
and that the Spanish government has
caused it to be spread so that no com?
plaint could be made to Fiance on
account of the stay of the boat at a
neutral port None of the officials,
however, would express themselves
on the subject
Secretary Long also made public
a message which had been received
irom Key West, telling of the depar
ture of the United States vessel
Un eas, in command of Captain Brain?
ard She is bound for some point in
Coba, with a view to securing the
TO American prisoners
nuder a fl ig of truce, in exchange for
Spanish prisoners held by this gov
ernrnent
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Advices from the Baleagured
City by Way of Madrid.
Madrid, May 14.-8 a. ro.-A dis
patch to the Liberal from Manila, dated
May 9, and sent by a special steamer to
Hong Kong, says :
'.The arsenal bas surrendered and
Cavit? has been evacuated by oar troops
The Spanish lessee were three hundred
men ki.ied and six handred men wound?
ed. The enemy suffered considerably,
including an officer kilted on the Olym?
pia. The Baltimore was damaged.
Our shelis did not burst and all the
enemy'? shells burst. Admiral Dewey
has had a long conference'' with the for*
eigo oonsuis. The Yankees took and
fear ned the merchant ships. Corregi?
dor Island wa? betrayed. A consulta?
tive assembly is disoussing the horrible
situation created ty hnngar and misery
We are isolated by the blockade and
are in fear of aa attack. Since the
oable was cut, little new bas happened.
The blockade continues; but Admiral
Dewey says ha wiU not bombard the town
without; his government's orders. He
also says he hopes that a general rebel?
lion will take place within four days.
New bands are on foot tn Parnanga."
The Manila dispatch to the liberal
also says the Panay insurgents have
been conquered, and adds that armed
and uniformed bands of insurgents
have appeared in the province of Cadiz
Jhe G&tnboles Island Lczan militia,
it appears, is being organized for the
defense of the province
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HAWAII OUR ALLY.
We May Use the Island as a
Base of Supplies.
Honolula, May 10, via San Fran?
cisco,, May 16 -The Hawaiian gov?
ernment will not proclaim neutrality.
This stand is taken on account of ex?
isting relations between the United
S tate 8 and Hawaii
Another important matter consid?
ered at the session was the occupa-'
tion bill, which, if ratified by the
Senate will allow the United States
to raise the American flag over the
island and nse the same as a base of
supplies. This measure is said to
have been prepared with the knowl?
edge of the members of the Senate
committee on foreign affairs and has
had the approval of President McKin?
ley.
When the bill ,is given to the Sen?
ate, that body will ratify it at once
On thia point there does not seem to
be any doubt.
It was extensively reported in the
business community on the 7th that
Spain, through agents here, was buy?
ing all the coal to be had in this isl?
and. The consul for Spain denied
this, and said there was not a word
of truth in it. That a coal famine is
imminent there can be hardly any
doubt United States Consul Gener
al Haywood has been watching the
situation closely and has strongly
fortified America's position He
bas 3,600 tons of ebal for this port.
In less than a month the United
States will have 7,400 tons of coal at
this port.
A STRONG" PROTEST.
Against Columbia Guarding
New England Coast.
Washington, May 16.-Senator
Gray and other influential men have
made strong protests against the
cruiser Columbia and other fine war?
ships being kept * on the New Eng.
laud coast when the enemy's ships
are in southern waters. Senator
Gray had business with the President
to day and called his attention to the
matter
"It is stated that these ships are
kept on the New England coast to al?
lay apprehension/' said Senator
Gray "That is ell foolishness
Here these ships are kept on this
coast when there is not a particle of
danger, while the Spanish squadron
is not far from southern shores. I
do not believe anybody has an idea
that the Spanish fleet would attempt
to sail three or four thousand miles
from its present position to attack the
New England coast and be without
a base of supplies when it got there.
While our ships remain on the New
England coast the southern coast,
much nearer the Spaniards, is unpro
tected So is the coast of the middle
Atlantic States Our ships should be
with one or the other squadron."
It is said that several New England
senators take the same ground as
Senator Gray.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, May 15 -The
United States storeehip Supply is es i il
here under waiting orders. The where
abonts of the United States ??et under
command of Rear Admiral Sampson is
unknown.
Whooping Cough
I bad a little boy who was nearly dead
troa an attack of whooping cough. My
neighbors recommended Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. I did cot think that any medicine
would baip him, but after giving him a few
doses of that remedy I noticed an improve?
ment, and one bottle cored him entirely. It
is the best conga medicine I ever had in the
boase.-J. L. MOOSE, South Burge to wo, Pa.
For sale by A. J. China.
Capt Dorst's Expedition a
Complete Failure.
Key West, May 15.-The steamer
Gussie, which left Tampa, Fia., May
10, with two companies of the First in
faotry on board, in oharge of seven
thousand rifles aod two hundred thou?
sand rounds of ammunition intended
for the insurgents in the province of
Pinar del Rio, remained off the coast of
Cuba Thursday, Friday and yesterday,
convoyed by the auxiliary gunboat
Manning, in a vain attempt to land ber
cargo. Cptain J. H Dorst, of the
staff cf General Miles and formerly
United States military attache at Vienoa,
headed tbe expedition, ?hieb returned
here this morning. He says tho Gus?
sie will go to Tampa, Fla
Previous to . leaving Cuban waters
the Dorst expeditionary force had a
skirmish with Spanish cavalry near
Cabanas, fifteen miles West of Havana,
where an attempt was made to land
part of the cargo. On Friday Capt.
Dorst abandoned the attempt at that
point and steamed East to Matanzis,
where ararrangement had been made
with the insurgents to send supplies
ashore at Point Maya, a mile or so East
of the entrance of the harbor. The
Gussie and her convoy yesterday morn?
ing steamed until about two miles off
shore, when the rattle of musketry from
a considerable force of Spanish soldiers
concealed behind underbrush ashore
warned them they would receive a live?
ly welcome if they landed. The Span?
ish troops seemed to have been furnish?
ed with information of the contemplat?
ed landing at both points After this
second failure. Captain Dorst decided
to abandon the attempt to land the arms
and ammunition, and returned to Key
West.
A more disgusted, looking lot of
troops than those aboard the Gussie
this morning it would be bard to find.
They bad received orders cot to speak
of their trip and sullenly lined the rail
of the Gussie ss Grunts were
the only answer which could
be obtained to the questions
asked. Soon after the arrival of the
Gussie, Captain Dornt was rowed ashore
and reported the fail ire of his expedi?
tion by cable to the war department..
Naval officers bern say that if Captain
Dorst had secured the co-operation of
some of the ships of the blockading
squadron at the point selected for the
landing, the Spanish troops ashore
oould have been shelled and a way
would have been cleared for the land?
ing of the soldiers ind the cargo they,
had in oharge ; but no instructions
were given to the ships to co-operate
with Capt. Dor8t's expedition, and the
Gu&sie was several times oompelied to
heave to while cruising up and down
the coast by the blockade vessels, whose
commanders were under the apprehen?
sion that she was* trying to run the
blockade*.
Mee Who Caan"* or Will Not
Face the Present and Here
9
after Place Resignations in
Hands of Queen.
Madrid, May 15, via Paris.-All
tbe members of the Spanish cabinet
have resigned. Senor Sa g asta will to?
night communicate the situation to the
queen regent, who will entrust him with
the task of forming a new ministry
The cabinet which bas just resigned
was composed as follows : President of
the council. Senor Sagasta ; minister of
foreign affairs. Senor Guiion ; minister
of justice. Senor Groizard; minister
of finance. Serer Poignabe Rever ;
minister of the interior, Senor Capde
pon ; minister of war, General Cor?
rea ; minister of marice, Admiral Ber
medo ; minister of agriculture and
commerce aod public works, Count
Xixquena, minister of the colonies,
Senor Moret.
4 p m.-it is officially dented that
the cabinet eba2 t'es are cocneoted with
a peace movement. On the contrary,
it is declared that Premier Sagasta's
ministry, wbec the new cabinet is form?
ed, will continue to prosecute tbe war
with the foll resources of tbe country.
Germany May Protest.
London, May 14-The Madrid
correspondent of the Standard, tele?
graphing Friday, says : "1 under?
stand, though the Spanish govern?
ment has not yet received an official
communication on the matter, that it
has ground for believing that Ger?
many will positively allow the United
States to know that it would not
view with pleasure any permanent
occupation of Manila or the Spanish
archipelagos by America or any ces?
sion of the same to any E uropean
power at the end of the present war.
This step is considered as foreshadow?
ing some further action on the part of
Germany in favor of Spain."
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Supplied With Krupp Guns.
London, May 17.-The Paris cor?
respondent of the Daily Mail saya :
"A number of Spanish war vessels
which were recently destitute of
armament have been supplied with
Krupp guns. They have also been
supplied with all the necessaries,
including German artillerists
The Daily Mail says this morning:
"According to the most trustworthy
information, the Spanish cruisers
Cardenal Cisneros, Princess de As?
turias and Catalu?a are not yet ready
for sea and therefore cannot have
arrived at Martinique." ,
War Revenue Bill in the
Senate.
Details of the Measure to
Raise an Extraordinary
Fand for War Pur?
poses.
Washington, May 16 -The debate
opon the war revenue measure was be?
gun ?D the senate to-day. The opening
statement for the committee oo finance
was made by Mr. Allison O? Iowa, the
ranking member in the absence of Mr
Morriil of Vermont. It was estimated
that the bill as it came from the house
of representatives would raise about
$100,000,000 a year. As reported
from the senate committee Mr Allison
estimates that it will raise ?151,497,
066. Appended is a recapitulation of
the amount of revenue to be derived
by the government under the present
law and under the bill as it was report?
ed from the senate committee on
fioance. It will be noted :hat the es?
timates include the amounts raised
ander the present law and the increases
pronosed in the pending bill
Fermented liquors. $58,906,120;
tobaooo and snuff $43 840,560 ; cigars
and cigarettes, $16,302,465 ; tobacco
manufacturera and dealers $307,102;
bankers, $2,394,6o0 ; exchange
brokers and pawnbrokers. $1,500,000 ;
commercial brokers, $213,094; the?
atres, circuses and other exhibitions,
$1.820,447 ; bowling alleys and billard
tables, $166.965 ; stock?, bonds, mer?
chandise, etc, $10,000,000; bank
checks. $5,000,000; mlacd bills of
exchange, $1,500,000; foreign bills of
exchange, $500,000; express and
freight, including all bills of lading,
$10,000,000 ; life insurance. $1,277,
000; mortgages, $2,041,o99 ; all other
articles io schedule A, including tax on
receipts, $28,000,000. Proprietary
preparations and perfumeries. $20,
000,000; chewing gum, $1,000,000;
legacies and succession, $9,275,475.
Total, $214,045,829.
Add the revenue to be derived from
articles not included in the pending bill
on cbe basis of receipts of 1897 to this
$214,045,829; spirits, $82,000,542;
brewers (speoial tax), $160,927 ; re?
tail dealers io malt liquors, $191,071 ;
wholesale dealers io malt liquors, $278,
801 ; oleomargarine, $1,034,029 ; fill?
ed cheese, $18.992 ; miscellaneous re?
ceipts, $375,468. Tota?: estimated rev?
enues, $298,113,659. Less revenues
for 1897. $146.619,593. Revenue
provided by senate bi 1, $151,494,
066.
Io conclusion Mr. Allison said it was
one purpose of the senate to authorize
the secretary of the treasury to bor?
row from time to time $300,000,000 or
so much thereof as might be needed for
war purposes exclusively, and to issue
3 per cent, bonds therefor. It was aiso
tbs purpose to authorize the secretary
to issue certificates of indebtedness for
$100,000,000 to meet any deficit io
the running expenses of the govern?
ment.
At the conclusion of Mr. Allison's
statement the bill was made the un?
finished business and it will be pressed
to passage as soon as possible.
A MATERIAL CURTAIL?
MENT OP THE SUPPLY
OP INFORM ATION.
Washington, May 16 -An order
posted this morning and signed by
Secretary Long relative to the publi?
cation of news emanating from the
navy department hal the effect to?
day of considerably curtailing the
supply of information that heretofore
has been rather freely given out.
As an offset, it was ordered that
bulletins of such facts as have actual?
ly occurred and are proper for publi?
cation, and are not connected with
existing or projected movements,
shall be prepared and posted on the
bulletin board. The sum total of the
information published by the bulletin
board to day under this rule was a
notice of the intent on to start the
Philippine relief expedition aBd of
the permission given to some foreign
neutral vessels to p&ss the blockade
at Havana. In explanation of the
issue cf the order, the naval authori?
ties say that some of the leading
American newspapers have been so
far lacking in patriotism as to print
plans of campaign and projected
movements of nava: ships, with the
result that the.war board has been
obliged to completely revise its plans
in the knowledge that the Spaniards
had promptly taken notice of the
publications and were prepared to
profit by them Complaint was made
to Secretary Long that the news?
papers were working injury to the
government in such cases It is not
the purpose of the secretary to pre?
vent the prses hading any informa?
tion that is not calculated to cause a
miscarriage of the plans of the
department
The opening of the blockade at Ha
vana to certain vessels is a rather
curious proceeding, that may lead to
a very considerable: widening of the
blockade itself, so that in the end
neutral vessels not loaded with cont?
raband or supplies, the carrying of
which into Havana would interfere
with the naval and military opera?
tions of our government, may pass the
blockade under suitable regulations
laid down by the United States.
The statement that the navy de?
partment stiil hopes to make an ex?
change of prisoners at an early day
shows that the mission of the Uncas
yesterday, was by no means a com?
plete failure, as has been stated.
The troops going to Manila are to
be prepared for for a six months'
stay, according to the number of ra?
tions furnished, 2,160,000, and prep?
arations for their departure are be
ing pressed with the greatest energy
The Charleston should have sailed to
day for San Francisco
The marines who have been lying in
Key West harbor on board the Panth?
er, sweltering under a semi-tropical
sun, are to be transferred to a more
comfortable vessel, the Resolute,
which will easily accomodate the
eight hundred mon aboard.
Intimations bave been received
here that Captain General Blanco at
Havana is very short of ammunition,
in which case the powerful batteries
at the entrance of Havana harbor, of
course, would be deprived of a large
part of their defensive strength. This
state of affairs may lead to me desper
ate attempts at blockade running on
the part of the Spaniards in the hope
of getting more ammunition into
Havana. It is believed that the sup?
plies so frequently referred to as be?
ing on the Spanish flying squadron
were of this character,, rather than
food supplies, which makes it all the
more important that Sampson and
Schley should succeed in keeping
Admiral Cervera from reaching Hav?
ana or Cienfaegos, or any port in Cu?
ba connected with Havana by rail.
Commodore Schley probably is weil
down on the Florida coast now, and
should be able to guard the Florida
Straits by to-morrow or next day.
His appearance on that side of Cuba
would enable Sampson to bring his
ironclads with perfect safety to Cien
fuegos, on the south side, and with
this disposition of our naval force
and the iree use of a considerable
number of our scouting vessels, it is
hard to eee how the Spanish fleet can
escape from the Gulf of Mexico or
the Carribean Sea.
HOTEL PRIVILEGES
WILL NOT LONGER BE
TOLERATED.
The selling of liquor in hotels in this
state by hotel permits must and shall
cease. So spake William Haselden
Ellerbe, governor of the State of South
Carolina, early this afternoon to a party
of newspaper men in his office. And
he probably means ali he says.
Governor Ellerbe says their mode of
Belling has become a nuisance and can?
not be longer tolerated. He says that
ic almost every instance where a permit
bas been granted the privilege has been
grossly absued; that the hotel dispensa?
ries amount to no more than open bar?
rooms, which will cot be allowed.
At a special meeting of the state board
of control, to be convened tomorrow
night, he will recommend the revocation
of each and every hotel privilege in this
state on the ground of their miscel?
laneous violations of the dispensary law
The innocent holders of permits, if there
be any such, mist go along with the
guilty, and hereafter whiskey in this
state will be sold legally only through
the dispensaries.
Though be would not make the state?
ment in so many words, for fear that
such a statement would be looked upon
in the light of a threat in order tc
coeroe the state board into adopting his
recommendation, Governor Ellerbe in?
timated that if the board did not abol?
ish the hotel privileges be would take a
band in the business and dose up every
one of them, as he does not believe that
the granting of snob permits is waranf
able in law, to say nothing of the right
to close them for violations of the law.
The meeting is not called, as would
seem, for the purpose of bearing this
recommendation. In fact this move
will come in the nature of a surprise
not only to the public generally, but also
to tbe members of the board and the
dispensary officials.
The object for which tbe board will
meet will be to consider some changes
in the plans as to putting the nen
warehouse in shape for tbe storing of
liquors -Columbia Record.
The navy department feels obliged tc
decline the offer made by some wealthy
New York gentlemen beaded by O. H
P. Belmont to build and equip a torpedo
boat for the use of the government du
ring the war. Possibly the declination
was brought about through the condition
attached to the offer that the boat
should be commanded by Mr. Belmont,
for without the least reflection upon
that gentleman the navy officials have
been oblige to decline to establish the
precedent of appointing civilians to
command io this way. The practice io
some respects would approach privateer?
ing, which is distinctly prohibited by
the agreement we have voluntarily
entered into acd proclaimed to the
worid.
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St. Johns. N. F., May 16.-The
government has been advised that,
owing to complications between Great
Britain aod Franoe which are likely to
result io war, and to the oonstant fric?
tion always developing along the
French shore of Newfoundland, the im?
perial authorities intend to fortify St.
Johns.
Msi. Gen. Fitzhagh Lsc has been as?
signed to the command of the Seventh
Corps, United States volunteers at
Tampa. Maj. Gen. Joseph FI Wheel?
er, bas been assigned to the command
of the cavalry division United States
volunteers at Tampa.
LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
Key West May 17.-The craft aV
troy ed off Cardenas by a torpedo on
Sunday has been definitely ascertained
to have been a Spanish schooner. At
first it was reported to have been an
American vessel, but the latest infor
maiion bas settled the dispute satisfac?
torily. How the destruction of the
schooner came about is not known.
DUSE OF YERAGNAHEAB'SNEW
MINISTRY.
Madrid-May 17 -The Duke of
Veragoa has consacted to serve in the
new minisitry cow in process of for?
roation and wi'.l bc placed at the head
of the cabinet.
.STEEREABOUTS OF SAMPSON'S
FLEET.
Kingston, May ll -Admiral SampT
son's fleet is reported to bave been off
-the North coast of Jamaica last night.
He is endeavoring to encounter the
Spanish fleet and force a fight, and if
the attempt is made by the Spanish to
enter Cienfuegos harbor he will be
successful io bricgiog on the fight.
FEARS AND GUESSES IN WASH?
INGTON.
Washington, May 17.-It is now
feared by many in this city, govern?
ment officials aa well as others, that the
Spanish fleet may attack one or more
of the Gulf cities in retaliation fer the
reoent bombardment of San Juan,
Porto Rico, and Cardenas, Cuba.
It is also currently reported and
generally believed in official circles
that a part of the; Spanish fleet is
now off the Windward Islands await?
ing the Oregon which is due to pass
that locality to day or to morrow.
SOLDIERS IN CSXCZAtfATCA.
Chickamauga, May 17.-Large
bodies of volunteer troops continue
to arrive and go into camp.
It may surprise some people but
not all to learn that another call for
troops will be made by the President
within a very few days. A call for
additional troops is ready and wait?
ing only for the President's signature.
The exact number to be called for has
not been stated, but that it will be
seventy-five thousand is generally
admitted.
HAWAII TO SE OCCUPIED.
Washington, May 17.-The joint
resolution authorizing the govern?
ment to occupy the Hawaiian Islands
as a base of supplies in the Pacific
during the war with Spain, was in?
troduced ia the House to-day and
will be railroaded through with the
least possible delay.
EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND YOLTJN
f TEERS READ?.
Washington, May, 17.-Eighty-two
thousand volunteers have been muster?
ed into service of the United States up
to coon to day and the remainder of the
one hundred and twenty five thousand
called for will be mastered in within
the week.
SEVENTEEN LITES LOST.
Madrid, May 17.-A Havana dis?
patch states that a small boat was
blown up off Cardenas. Seventeen
. of the crew were killed. The dis?
patch does not give the nationality
' of the vessel, nor any particulars.
CADIZ FLEET TO SAIL.
1 Washington, May 17.-A report
i jost received from agents in Spain
i says that the Cadiz fleet is preparing
i to leave port at once. The report
may be reliable, but all reporits ema?
nating from Spain are regarded with
a large degree of suspicion.
Gladstone Dying.
END EXPECTED AT ANY
MOMENT.
Special to The Daily Item
London, May 17.-Gladstone is
sinking rapidly and the end is expect?
ed at any moment AU members of
the family have been summoned to his
bedside.
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Curacoa, May 16.-The Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera.which
left last evening after the croiser Viscaya
and Infanta Maria Teresa bad taken orr
about 700 tons of coal and a great
quantity of provisions, has not been*
sighted. Wheo the squadron disap?
peared it was going westward.
Curacoa, May 15-The Spanish
oruisers Maria Theresa, Vizcaya. Ai
mirante, Oquendo and Cristobal Colon,
and the torpedo boat destroyers Pluton
and Terror, which arrived off the har?
bor yesterday morning are still here.
Only the Maria Teresa and the Vizcaya
were admitted to the port They have
bought coal, provisions and medicines
and still remain in port. The other
warships are outside waitiog.
Mr. Bryan certainly shows the true
quality of American patriotism in
offering his services as a private in an
army of which he aspired to be com?
mander-in-chief only two years ago -
Mail and Express.