_ following bulletin. manALs. -. either-urn.” - wanknv -- a“-.-w-- SAWCIIITYYIIA’S FLEET. 5° ‘5 FLII‘IIT SAIIS YII IIAY 3:21”:ff‘lf‘iflfl: SAILING TIIWAIIII CiIA' 'WIEL IIIl PHILIPPINES Lieut. Blue Made “a Seventy . Miles Journey. ~ NOT ONE SHIP Is MISSING A Delpatehifrom Rear Admiral Samp eon Telling of a Scouting‘Exp’lolt—Counted the Vessels—The Cape Verde Squadron All in Santiago Harbor—The Situation of the Marines at Guantanamo Bay— Spanish Barber-it. washington, June 15. —The last l-in- gering doubt that may have existed as to the presence of Cervera‘s fleet in its entirety in santiago. harbor was removed 'when Almiral Sampson’s dis- patCh reached the navy department yesterday. Up to that time informa- tion as to the number and character of the vessels- lying in the harbor, shielded from observation in great part by the hills- at the entrance, had been obtained through Cuban sources supplemented by such glimpses as could be obtained by naval officers from the outside entrance. Now, however, according to Lieuten- ant Blue, the ships have been actual- ly seen by an American officer, count- ed and inspected from such points of vantage as were afforded by the high h'ills surrounding the harbor. The navy department «has posted the * Mole St. Nicholas, June 13.—Lieuten- an-t Blue hasmeturned after a detour of seventy statute miles of observation of the harbor of Santiago: de Cuba. He reports that the Spanish fleet is all there. The Spanish attacked vigorously the camp at Guantanamo. An outpost of four marines Were killed and their bod- ies mutilated baz‘oarously. Surgeon Gibbs was killed. (Signed. ) SAMPSON. The officials here are full of praise for Lieut. Blue's achievement. Victor Blue has long been known in the navy as an enterprising and daring young ofllcen, but it required a good deal pf sustained courage for him to go ashore in a hostile country and alone make this reconnaissance. He was, in the eye of military law, nothing more nor less than a spy, and had he been captured by the Spaniards he would have been tried by drum- head court'martial and executed. Considering ' the fact that the ma- rines' fight at Guantanamo last Satur- day night was really the first engage- ment of the war on shore, Admiral Sampson‘ 5 reference to the affair in in- dispatch posted yestei day was remark- ably brief. Hence it is inferred that perhaps too much importance has been attached to it by the public. The action of Lieu- tenant ‘Coionel Huntington in remov- ing his men to a more secure point than the exposed position occupied by them on Crest Heights; is taken here as an indication that no offensive movement is to be attempted by the Marine Corps, but that it will limit its operations to the defence of a small "point in Guantanamo harbor, to pro- tect the coaling of our warships, and perhaps to serve as a cable station when the necessary operators and in- struments are secured from Cape Hay- tien, to enable Admiral Sampson to re. open the cut cable. It does not follow by any means that the place 'seized and‘held by the ma- rines on Guantanamo bayvis to be used as the point 0f 'debarkation of the United States regular troops now on their way to Cuba. On the contrary there is the best reason to believe that another point very much better adapted for a land- ing has been selected. But this point also is believed to be much healthier. than any point on the shores of Guan- tanamo bay, where yellow fever is said to be epidemic. The officials 'here were very reluc- tant to believe that the Spanish who fought the marines at Crest Heights have been guilty of the horrible ba1- barism of mutilating the bodies of the soldiers. The fisst press reports, by some of the officers were supposed to be based upon the horrible Wounds in— flicted under certain conditions of range by the steel-clad bullet of the Mauser rifles. Admiral Sampson’s report, however, seems to remove all doubt on that point, for his surgeons undoubtedly Would be able to (115.11gu1sh between the effects of a bullet and a machete. The Yellow Fever Cases. Washington, June 15.—ulticial dispat- ches received by the Marine Hospital service regarding the yellow fever sit- uation indicate effectual vigilance 0n the part of the authorities at McHenry, Miss. There are no new cases at Mo Henry and the number of danger points has been reduced there from eight to six. The state health officer, Mr. Har- rison, is in charge of the town,'-and Surgeon Murray is looking out for the federal legulations. Surgeon Carter of the Marine Hospitr.‘ service is investi- gating the neigl. oozing towns and houses along the railroad lines and so far has developed no new cases. That examination, howreer, is not complet- ed. The San Frat-4:11:01, Unirjured. Washington, June 15.—“’ord has come to the navy department from Captain Leary, at Provincetown, Mass, that the~San Frannlcn, his flagship. had suffered no damage through go. ing aground Monday. The navy de. partmcnt was a good deal relieved at this report. for it was feared that some of the rocks on the New England coas'. had severely injured the ship. Lleasles at Camp lllerritt. San Francisco, June 15.—Assistant Sulgeon Henry Page of the Field Hos- pital at Camp Meliitt, reports that there are eighty two cases of measles and one of mumps in the camp.’ That the disease is spreading i-s evi- denced by a supplementary report that nineteen new cases have been discov- ered within the fast twenty-four hours. A Supply Ship for Havana. Kingston, Jamaica, June 15. —-A Span- ish ship will sail hence for Batabana or Clenfuegos to day with $70, 000 and a cargo of beef and corn for Blanca. regiment of the state. Bad Feeling Over Breaking the State 0r- ganlaatlone—Appeaie to Washington. New Haven. good deal of bad feeling throughout the state, especially in military circles, over the federal policy of breaking up the militia organizations. which enlist- ed with the idea that the! would be kept together and suffer no change ex- cept recruiting. The First reg!’ment has been dismembered and it seems to be the intention of the government to divide also the naval battalion, which has been under examination at the Niantic camp, but this has not yet been mustered in. A "good deal of dis- satisfaction prevaila also in the Light Battery,’ especially among the Yale men." Who enlisted for actual service, and have now been kept at d'ull camp routine with what they consider little prospect of seeing actual war. A dele- gation has visited Washington and re- ceived a promise that the battery will be called later into actual service if possible. Another matter causing trouble is the report that to make a full regiment of twelve companies the Fourth militia regiment will be called out and com- bined with the Third—both being short regiments—which would probably leave the second regiment, a full body of twelve companies, out of the service altogether, although it is the crack Governor Cooke is blamed for the muddled condition of affairs, which is due partly to the fact that he adopted. the rule of calling' out the regiments in the order of seinlority in command. A NEW COMET DISCOVERED. Found Photographicaily by Mr. Codding- ton, of Lick Observatory. Lick Observatory, Cal, June 14.-—A comet was discovered here Saturday evening by Mr. (Sodding-ton. It is in conste: lation Scorpio, about one degree northeast of the .:- ight star Antares. The discovery was made by photog- raphy. A plate exposed for other pur- poseson that mgic.» of the sky showed when developed, astral-1g trail produc- ed by a strange obj-eel Mr. C-odding- ton examined the object and found it to be a some: of about the eighth mag- nitude. Observations by Professbr Hussey showed that it is moving to- ward the sou-theast about one degree per day. Mr. \Vright found its spectrum to be continuous, with weak carbon bands. CRUISER SAN FRANCISCO ASHORE. Grounded Of! the Massachusetts Coast During the Fog. Highland Light, Mass, June 14.-—The United States cruiser San Francisco ran ashore during a dense fog yester- day mornlng, at a point about half a. mile west'of the High Head life sav- ing station. The cruiser lies in an easy position, and it is thought that she will float without injury at highwater. No fear is felt by the officers and ' crew of the vessel for the safety of the cruiser. The tugs Fred B. D-alzell, Ju- no and Vesta have been commenced- from Boston to assist the San Fran- cisco in case she needs help in getting afloat Highland Light, Mass, June 14.—The United States cruiser San Francisco, which went ashore here yesterday mor- ning, was pulled off at high tide. En Route to Manila. Wadhington, June 14.--Adjutan.t Gen- eral Corbin has ordered the Astor bat- tery to San Francisco. The command was inspected yesterday. The com. mand may be compelled to. leave its horses. This was the case in the move- ment of the two light batteries of ar- tillery from this city for San Fran— cisco. The transportation or the ani- mals is troublesOme and expensive. Horses can be supplied at San Fran- cisco and trouble and delay avoided. It is the intention of the war depart- ment to have the Astor bat.ery in San Francisco by Saturday or Sunday next. This will put 1: 011 the coast in ample time to join tue Pl11lipp.1;e expedition, which is scheduled to sail on the 25th inst. Ready to Take All the Bonds. Washington, June 14.—Th~e secretary of the treasury has received the follow- ing joint letter from the National City Bank of New York. the Central Trust Company of New York and Vermilye & Company of New York: Referring to your circular letter in which you ask for subscription to 8200,- 000,000 United States 3 per cent. coin bonds, redeem-able after ten years and payable after twenty years, we desire to advise you that we stand prepared to subscribe and pay for at par and ac- crued interest any portion of the bonds offered that may not be subscribed for by the public. Letters for Cuba. New York, June 14.—About one hun- dred letters were received at the New York postoffice Monday for the military branch, known as “Military Branch No. 1, of the New York postofiice.” The letters were addressed to soldiers in the United States army. They were 'sent to Tampa, whence they will be forwarded to the army postoffice, wher- ever it happens to be. Military branch N0. 1 moves with the headquarters of the armv, and will be the first United States postoflice in Cuba. A New President Chosv 11, New Haven, June 14.—G. W. Flint, a graduate of Bates College, for some time a teacher in Maine and New Hampshire, and now head of the Col— linsville, Conn. High School, choSen president of Storrs Agricultu- ral College of Mansfield, Conn. This ends the trouble of last year leading to the resignation of President Koons and other changes. 111- Bill a Law. Washington, D. C., June 14.—Speaker Reed signed the war revenue bill short— ly after noon yesterday. At 2.10 p. m. Vice President Hobart affixed his sig- nature to the measure and it was then sent to the president. At 3.01 the pres- idcnt signed it and the war. revenue bill became a law. President of Argentine. , Buenos Ayres, Argentine, June 14.— Genexai Roca was Sunday elected pres- ident of theArgen-tine Republic for a term of six vears by the representa- tives of the fourteen provinces. June 14. —-Thero is a ' has been ‘ I The Second Expedition Starts for ’ Manila. ’ ABOUT 3,400 MEN EMBARK Gen. Greene Commands Expedition—List of the'Sroope That Have Embarked—- Monitor Monadnoclt Will Act as Con- voy—The Third Expedition Will Leave , About June 30—No Natives of the Philippines to be Enlisted. San Francisco, June 15.—The troops composing the second Manila expedi- tion boarded transports yesterday and the fleet will sail this afternoon. General Greene, who will be in com; mand of the expedition, with headquar- ters on the China, has been ordered to report to General Merritt at 9 o'clock this morning, to receive final instruc- tions from Washington. One battalion of the Twenty-third and one of the Eighteenth United States 'Infantrv and Colorado volun teers, Battery A, Utah Light Artillery, and the detachment of the United States Engineering Corps will sail on the China and Colon. The Tenth Penn- sylvania and Batterv B, Utah Light Artillery, go on the Zealandia. The Ne- braska. regiment will go on the Sena- tor. Altogether the force will number 3,- 465 men. Lieutenant Colonel Jewett, judge ad- vocate on the staff of General Merritt, has received orders to go with the seC< end Philippine expedition, on the stea- mer China. He will be accompanied by Major Bell, head of the department of military information. Colonel J,ewett who is a prominent lawyer of Indiana, expected to sail later, with Major Gen- eral Merri-,tt but it was deemed advis- able to send him in advance to arrange for the administration of affairs on the islands as soon as they are in actual possession of the United States. 1’ The United States army and Chris-' tian Commission 01‘. California has been organized. Its purpose is the uniting of all evangelical churches in one for systematic work among the soldiers, in co- -operation with the chaplains of the United States army and navy. A general order has been issued to the effect that no native of the Philip- pines shall be enlisted in the army of the United States. Among the recruits for Company L Seventh California volunteers, is Cag O. Tow, a ChineSe, who was born in this state 25 years ago. He is a citi- zen of Santa Anna. Lieutenant Bernard and a detail of men from- the Tenth Pennsylvania have gone home to 1ecru-it the regiment to its maximum strength. They expec‘. to return with the necessary men with- in a month. Mare Island Navy Yarngune 15.— The monitor Monadnock and the col- lier Nero have left to accompany the second expedition to the Philippines. All the work necessary to be done on the Monadnock was completed yester- day.’ She will have to coal at San Fran- cisco, but arrangements have been made to expedite her loading and there will be but'little delay on this oc- cdunt. . ' The first expedition sailed on May 25. The third fleet will get away about the 30th of the present month. The trans- port Indiana. arnlved Monday and the government i-snow in possession. Cornell Crew Leave's for New London. 'Ithaca, N. Y., June 15.—The Cornell crews left Ithaca for New London at 6.40 this morning, going via Auburn, Syracuse and Albany, and will arrive at their quarters on the Thames abut nine o’clock this evening. Real practice Work at Ithaca was en- ded Monday night. Yesterday morning was devoted to packing and preparing for departure. No men were hired to do the irksome work, but each of Courtney’s pupil-s lent a hand. Three boats were carefully packed, the two paper shell-s and the new cedar. Cor- nell’s “coach” is yet undecided which of these he will use, but it will depend largely on the conditions. About forty cars were also taken, together with several barrels of pure water, surplus rigging, etc. In all the crews have two cars, one day coach [and -a baggage car for the shells. Lieut. Col. Rowan in New York. New York, June l5.——-Lieute11anl.Ccl- onel Andrew S. Rowan is at the ‘Wind- sor ‘hotel awaiting orders which will send him to the place «in his regiment which his courage won him. It was only a month ago that Lieutenant ‘Ro- wan, then ‘a first lieutenant in the Nineteenth Infantry, escaped from Cu- ba in an open boat after conducting negotiations with the insurgents which paved the way for the present prepa- rations to occupy the island. He risk- ed his life during every moment of his hazardous trip, and now he is enjoy- ing the reward of his bravery. The regiment to which Lieutenant Colonel Rowan will be attached is the SiXth United States volunteers and is now being raised in Tennessee and Kentucky. Fighting at Manila. Berlin, June 15.—Advices received from Shanghai by the Frankfort Zel- tung say news has been received there from Manila to the effect that there is fighting every night around the town. The insurgents, it seems, are trying to capture Manila and establish an ind.— pendent government before :he Ameri- cans land. The German consul at Manila, it is further reported, has three hundred Germans and Swiss on board a refuge steamer in the harbor. Death of a Centenarian. New York, June 15.—Mrs. Mary Ann Cobb of No. 172 West 109th street; died yesterday at her home, at the age of 101 years. She was born June 1, 1797. and was the daughter of James Wade, who fought through the-Revolutionary war. Mrs. Cobb’s husband was a bull- der of, Lynchburg, 'Va., and at the outbreak of the civil war her sons James A. and Levi foughtwitb the Confederates. ation. Tampa, Fla., June 14.—General JohnI J. Coppinger, chief of the Fourth Army Corps, is now the ranking officer here, ts’lfirlce General Shatter sailed for Cu- General Copplnger will command the next expedition to leave Florida, and it will be headed for Porto Rico instead of Cuba. No date for the departure of this force has been fixed, anl it depends to a great extent upon the issue of im- portant movements now pending: It is believed now to be the present inten- tion of the war department to make an early move on Porto Rico, and the impression among army officers is strong that a formidable force will be immediately mobilized either at Jack- sonville or Fernandina to make the move. Contrary to general belief, General Fitzhugh Lee will not go to Porto Rico as next in command to General Cop- plnger. The war department has not thought for‘a moment of losing the value of his close knowledge of the situation around Havana by sending him off :to a post which-any other ofll- cer might just as well 1111. When the army is ready to strike Havana a large landing force will in- vade Cuba near that city, and General Lee will be in the invading force, in command of the Seventh Army Corps. General Miles will go to Cuba with the invading force and it will be the most important army move of the entire Cu- ban campaign. It may'not occur until the tall months, and by that time, 3 is belleVed, Santiago will be in the hands of our forces and General Shaf- ter's corps will have pressed close to Havana, so as :to form a junction with General Miles. In this big move General Lee’s knowl- edge of the defences and topography around Havana. will be of great value. The decision of the war department announcing the choice of an army camp site in Florida, is expected at any time, as the report of the board of in- spection sent out to report on the pro- posed sites is already in Adjutant Gen- eral Corbin's hands It is regarded as certain that either Fernandina or Jack- sonville will be chosen, and the chan- ces are about equal The embarkation will be from one of these points and Tampa will be entirely abandoned as a. camp site. ' A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT. Tho Government Printing Oillcc Does ' Quick Work. Washington, June 14.—The govern- ment printing office has added another feat to its wonderful record of achieve- ments. It has been known to print an edition of the Revised Statutes in a. single night, and only a few weeks ago the report of the board of inquiry into the cause of .the disister to the Maine was turned out by this great establish- ment in one night, including the illus— trations which accompanied it. Sat- urday afternoon, at 3.30 o’clock, Sec- retary Gage delivered into the hands of Captain Bryan, foreman of printing, the material to be used in the prepara- tion of circulars relative to the new war loan authorized by the act. Al- most 4,000,000 of theseclrculars, sub- scription blanks and pamphlets, de‘ scriptive of the bonds, were required. Captain Bryan hesitated as to whether or not the government printing office, with all its vast facilities, would be able to accomplish so great an under taking in the time required; that is, between 3.30 p. 111. Saturday and 9 a. 111. Monday, it being the desire of Sec- retary Gage that fifty of the most rap- id mailing clerks in the treasury de-v partment be in possession of the ma- terial at the latter hour. Monday morning, before the time in- dicated, the entire walk of printing had been done, and a. vegan from the gov- ernment printing once at 8.50 o‘clock delivered the first 1012,1100 of each of the circulars, blanks and pamphlets re- quired. . Castellaine to Fight a Dad]. Paris, June Lia-Paris ~has been shocked by an occurrence Which in it- self was horrible e1iough,and which, through the way in which the yellow journals—tor America has not a mon- opoly of this bane—have handled it, has been made a sensational crime. Indirectly it is interesting to Amer- icans, as Comte Boniface de Castel- lane has been dragged into it. The PetiteIRepublique, one of the gutter papers here, used the crime as a pegon which to hang a series of charges against Comte 'Boniface de Castellane. These details, lhowever, Interest no- body. Instead, however, of handing the author of the article over to the po- lice, Comte Castell-ane has challenged him to a duel. According to some, the meeting will take place todday. Count Boniface de Castellane, New Yorkers will recall, is the scion of the old and distinguished French family, who, in March, 1895. married Miss An- na Gould in this city. The occasion was not-able even am- ong the similar notable occasions that New York has witnessed. In May of the present year the count was elected a member of the chamber of deputies. To Hold the Canaries. Washington, June 14.—0fficial confir- mation has been received at the navy department of the return to Cadiz of the auxiliary cruisers of the Spanish navy which went out for target prac- tice. The department has also been in- formed t'h-at these vessels have taken several thousand troops aboard, which will be transported to the Canaries for the reinforcement of the garrison at that point. It is evident, the authorities say, that Spain proposes to make a desperate ef- fort to retain the Canaries, which will be naturally a point of attack for the flying squadron of the United States when it is formed. Gilt: to Three Colleges. Hazleton, Pa., June 14.—The will of the late A. S. Van VVlckle was register- ed yesterday: He bequeathes to Brown University and Princeton University, each $45,000, and to Lafayette College $30,000. He provides that the Grand Army Park in this city shall be maintained as it was during his life. I. P. Pardee and Mrs. A. S. Van Wickle are named as the ex- ecutors. Shelters Command —Well on their Way to Battle. IAN IMPOSING PROGESSION Three Regimentie"- of Volunteers; They Are the Seventy-first New York, Second Massachusetts and ‘Boosevelt'd Rough Rider-4151's.} at Santiago [Thursday nor-1111196131. Taylor, .1” the Indiana Commands the convoy. ’ Washington, June 14.——The first di- rision of United States-troops to begin Ihe invasion of Cuba sailed from ~.Key West at daylight Monday morning. The expedition comprised 773 officers and 4.564 enlisted men, all under the com- nand of Major General Shatter. I A large force of «transports conveyed he troops under the convoy of a strong quadron of warships, ranging from he immense battleship to the small :unboat and armed fast sailing yacht. The Volunteers. The Uni-ted States regular troops make up the greater part of General Shafter's force, there being but three volunteer organizations on the ships. These are the Seventy-first New York Infantry Volunteers, the Second Mas- sachusetts Infantry Volunteers and two dismounted squadrons of four troops, each from the First United States Vol- unteer Cavalry, the regiment which Colonel Woods commands and of which Theodore Roosevelt is lieuten- ant colonel. Whether elther of “these officers is with the two squadrons named is not yet known at the war department. It was difficult to prevail upon the mounted riflemen to leave their mounts behind them, but this was a matter of necessity, it is said, owing to the lack of accommodations for the horses on shipboard. The .best that the department could do at this time in the way of supplying cavalry con- tingent for the expedition was to in- clude among the troops one squadron of the Second United States cavalry, mounted, with nine officers and 280 en- listed men. The full list of the troops that make up this expedition as reported to the war department by General Shafter, is as follows: Infantry regiments—Sixth, Sixteenth, Seventyefirst New York Volunteers, Tenth, Twenty-first, Second, Thir- teenth', Ninth, Twen.ty-fourth,'Eightb, Twenty-second, Second Massachusetts Volunteers, First, Twenty-fifth, 12th, Seventh, Seventeenth, Third, Twenti- eth. Total infantry, 561 officers and 10,709 enlisted men. Cavalry—Two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from the Third, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, and two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from the First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Total dis- mounted cavalry, 159 officers and 2,875 enlisted men. Mounted cavalry, one squadron of the Second, nine officers and 280 enlisted men. Artillery—Light Batteries E and K, First Artillery; ‘A and F, Second Ar— tillery, 14 officers and 323 enlisted men. Batteries G and H, Fourth Artillery, siege, 4 officers and 132 enlisted men. Engineers—Companies C and E, nine officers and 200 enlisted men. Signal Corps—One detachment, two officers and 45 enlisted men. 'Hospital detachments are included in the foregoing figures. .The staff corps numbers fifteen offi- cers. ' The Solace at Santiago. By a fortunate coincidence, the naval ambulance sh-ipSolace arrived off San- tiago yesterday, and was available at once to take the wounded marines who participated in the fight at Crest Hill. The. dead will be buried on Cuban soil. To provide for every contingency the surgeon general of the navy planed on board the Solace twenty- five folding coffins. They are away from observa- tion'and are so unlike coffins until put together that they are free from all grewsome appearance. They are to be used only for such wounded as die on board ships. A practical embalmer, with all embalming supplies, also is on board. Santo Domingo Uprising. New York, June,14.—Passengers on the steamship, Prins Maurits, which arrived here yesterday, say that the at- tempted lnsurrection started by Gen- erals Juan Ysidor Jimenes and Pablo Villanuera has been suppressel by President Hureaux of Santo Domingo. ger of the Santo Domingo Improvement Company, who is en route for Holland, says that the execution of General Au- gustin Morales and the escape of Jim- enes and his companions, who invaded Santo Domingo on the Clyde liner Fa- nita, from :the Uni-ted States, crushed the revolution, which had its initial outbreak at Monte Iristi. The Italian warship Giovanni Bau- son was at Port asu Prince on the day the Prins Maurits sailel for New York. Several of the American war fleet steamers were’ passed on the way up the southern coast. Michal-nth Prorngued . Vienna, June 14.—Count von Thun- Hohenstein, the premier, informed the presidents of both houses yesterday that he Reichsrath has been prorogued by imperial order. A dispatch from Vienna on ..:ne 7 stated that the disorders ova-f fie lan- guage ordinance, authorizing the ofli- cial use of the Czech language in B0: hernia and Moravia, which went into effect on March 15 last, had been re- newed, and it was added that the Reichsrath, in consequence, would probably be dissolved. Sagasta “'anis Pvace. Brussels, June 14.—The private sec- retary of the Spanish premier, was quo- ted yesterday in a dispatch from Ma.- dr'id, published *here, as formally de- claring that the Spanish government will now accept any peace proposal not submitted by the enemy. Admitted to Registry. Washington. June 14.-—The House and Tacoma and Amalia. passed Senate bills admitting to Amer- ican registry the steamers Victoria, I the San Francisco dinner. Dr. C. J. Deu Boudt, general mama-- Olympia, Arizona, Columbia, Argylé I at Seratoga. lake I What the Navy Has Taken, the Army Will. Hold. MORE ENGINEERS WANTED Twenty Thousand Wanted by Merritt Thin Number Will Be Given—News'lrom tho Other Side I the Cadiz Fleet Ships Not in Good Con- dition—The Commercial World. is Anti- Conflictlng—No Fear oi American Because of Selfish Interests. ‘Washington, June 13.——The latest. ad- vices ’from. administration Circles are to the effect that there is no intention of letting go of the Philippines as a condition of peace, nor is anyone so optimistic as to predict an early term— ination of the war. That there is a fixed determination. to hold the Philippines now seems ap- parent. It is two days since General. Merritt was quoted as having said: “_What the navy has taken the army will hold, " when discussing the situap tion at Manila. Yet not even a qualified disclaimer has been put forth to these significant words of the military governor of the Philippines, and the general disposie tion is to regard them as'ln a large degree official. It is not impossible that this terse statement by General Mer- ritt was put out as a “feeler” to learn whether the country would look favor- ably 011 a “colonial policy." . This view of the matter seems borne out by events following the speech at 'Major Gen- eral Merritt wants more troops. 1He has been in communication with Wash- ington on the subject and has the as aura-nee that additional forces will be granted him. . ' The work of organizing the engineers and signal corps for Manila is pro- ceeding slowly, as not enough men can be found. So far only twenty-seven have enlisted. Fifty men are wanted in each corps, and as California can- not supply them, Major Thompson has telegraphed East asking for volunteers. Major J. F. Bell, engineer officer on Major General Merritt's ‘staff, and chief of the bureau'of information of the Philippine expedition, has received or- ders to leave for Manila Tuesday. He will depart on the first transport and will be accompanied by 'a' large corps of aaista‘nt‘s. News from the other side is about equally satisfactory and unsatisfac« t'ory. That coming in the latter cate- gory is a report from Shanghai that the extension of the Hang Kong boon-- dary has been signed at Pekin. If this is correct, it will affect American dis- patch vessels as the new bound-ar'y em- braces Kowloon and Mirs bays, thus necessitating a new base in Chinese waters, which will be more distant. Encouraging news which more than offsets this is to the effect that the much talked of Cadiz squadron need be feared neither in the E‘hfiippines nor in the West Indies. This information comes in the following dispatch dated at Lisbon Saturday. ' “Captain Aunon has stated he would not leave Cadiz until the fleet started, and that he will remain aboard the flagship Pelayo until out of sight of land. “It appears that the c1uiser Alfon- so XIII is not serviceable, being so defectiVe that she has been nicknamed in the navy the ‘sa‘rcofago ambulante' (the floating coffin). The condition of the Pelayo is very dubious. “It is significant that the Portuguese papers are friendly to Spain. Under the present circumstances it is gener- ally recommended that the latter coun- try sue for peace. “Without anydoubt the public sen- timent in Portugal is anti-American. The press, withoutvexception, takes the side of Spain, and it does so reflecting popular opinion, which favors Spain from causes of race, religion and ex— tensive intermarriage. “The commercial world is anti-Amer- loan because the war stopped impor- tant financial negotiations pending and which werepalcmaled LO extricate this country from the ~1:.-1-1.b1e condition in- to which its monetary afiairs have fal- le1n. Ever sine-e tin: war began ex- change has been getting worse and worse." PORTO RICO WILL SOON STARVE. Walter Bett,Expei «d on Suspicion of Having lumped Us. St. Thomas, D. VI. 1., June 13.—Mr. Waltex Bett, who is said to have been a secretary of Mr. (.21aw,ford the Brit- ish consul at San Juan, Porto Rl‘po, the latter new acting for the United States ,arrived here Saturday. Mr. Butthit appears, was accused of com- municating information to the United States authorities concerning the mines and fortifications L-f. Sax. Juan and he, was therefore ordered to leave Porto Rico. The Spaniame claim this is a flagrant breach of British neutrality and dangerous, for Mr. Crawford, un- less 1: can be proved that the latter was the employer of Mr. Belt and that the expelled secretary is not answera- ble for his actions to the British gov- ernment. Mr. Bett denies having supplied the United States authorities with the in- formation referred to. Thirt5-- -one 'Porto Rican refugees, mostly \ omen, also arrived here Sat- urday. The nor. spapeis say that two more months of the existing conditions will bring 1’1rlo llico to the verse 0‘ star- vat1c-n. The government of the island has estab‘ished a few public kitchens for the relief of those who are suffer- ing the most. The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror is now regarded as being use- less, owing to the break down of her boilers and the law; of means to to- pair them. She is still at San Juan de Porto Rico, with the Alfonso XIII, Isabel II, Ponce de Leon, Couoha and Comacat. At least they were all there when. the refugees left San Juan. Crews at Saratoga. Saratoga, N. Y.. June 13. —Tbe 'var- sity and freshman crews of Columbia and Pennsylvania universities arrived Saturday afternoon and were immedi‘ ately taken to their training quarters .-4 . o . . - -J.. . --.-_o.~
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