2m My“... . .5, when hippo Not a Shot, llowever, Reached the United States Warships Now in Line of Battle, and Disdaining Spanish Gunnery they Maintained a Digniiied Silence Throughout the Night. Key West, Fin, April 23, 6:30 p.'m. (delayed in tintismissiou)~'l‘he first shot from Spain was fired last night, Castle opened its better- tea on the ”alien Stats heel. Thll M“ II! brought here into this ni- lenioon by the tormdo host Ericssou. ’ which left the best at 10 o'clock this morals: and reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon Captain Usher. of the Ericsson, says his boat was ordered out early last night on scout duty. The ileet was lying about eight miles oil all hands were ready for action.'i'he lit- ‘tle craft scudded swiftly towards the enemy. and brought up almost under liorro's guns. lvjor the first time in years the lorro light was not burning. iAt lip. on. the Spanish mum roared out its ill-st welcome to the Am- erican ilect. The firing was done more ill a tentative way than as an attack. Not a shot found a billet, and the Am- erican fleet, disdainlng Spain's gun- nery, maintained a dignified silence. Before the firing began a newspa- per despatch boat. which had lost its hearings in the cloudy night, got with- in three miles of Mom Castle, and. before she knew her whereabouts. the boat found Mom firiu' on her. She was saved by the unskilled marksman— ship of the Havana gunners, getting away unharmed and eventually bring- ing up with the fleet. laintainlng the Blockade Havana had not been bombarded up to the timorthe Irleasou left. The squadron lay spread out in a line about eight miles long, maintaining the blockade. According to a proclamation, the ships of neutral powers are allowed to pass in and out. There were rumors about here that a large Spanish mail steamer. mm to be the Alphonso Kill. had been cap lured by the deal. but the report turn— ed put to be false. A third capture was made this morn. tug. at dawn, however. when the Erics- son caught a little Spanish two-muted Baht. schooner. carrying a crew of five men. The torpedo boat bad no prise crew to put aboard. so she chos— ed her to the lest and tied her up sl- ongslde the Cincinnati. Captain, mum. oi the linens Vellum. dictum his vessel is not sub- isrt to capture by the United 9mm. holding that she is owned by on ido- Illslt m. was bold lor neutral ports and that war had not been declared when she sailed. Her crew is still on board the Dolphin, but those of the Pc- dro remain on the latter. The captain and the crews of both vessels. sixty- two in all. await the disposition of the prise court of inquiry which was at» Diluted today by wire by the L'nltcrl Hates Judge who at Jacksonville Imsrs. Bower. Patterson and two oth or attorney: of Key West maliltilu the court. Captain 1.7% of the Dolphin. ask- sd layer itaioosy it Went protoc- tiss could be guaranteed the Wish sailors if they went um. The stay- or ssnsnltctl with the loading Cubans and was scanned. They would not be " must thermalsodaboard. withacorpsefesperteieetricisss. it lsrspartsdthatshcisassigaesiocot ,shsssbishetwssals-aicsandt's . minusiiaustshsstosrtmathr «mutual-amuse». arrived Mmmvmnam. W i It! I“ “My. thmnwussiusael as international-ass u t MHWMWWv man-WW as “fiwmflflflw lied States amulet has now gone into line of battle only about four miles from the nearest defenm of the city. From'londun the news, which, it is said. was cshl here from Hava~ no, that the been?“ t of the shore batteries of the city has begun. No tie. tails can he obtained. it is impossible to verify the report here. Captain Forsytho, commanding at the naval station here, has received twwval cipher messages. He says he has no confirmation of the report, but added it would not be surprising if London should get such news first by way of the French West indies cable. Captain Ponythe added that he had ordered stopped all cipher messages between Key West and Havana. " Intro as a Target. He said lsughingly that while he did not know of a bombardment having been begun it was possible some ship might have been target; firing at mark in line with Mom Castle and might accidentally llave overshot the mark. The famous Morro Castle light. which for many years has been a hes- con guide of mariners in the harbor of Havana. was suddenly extinguished, last night at half-past eleven o'clock. immediately afterward the United States fleet. part of which has moved during the night close to the Cuban coast, was startled by the sound of heavy firing, which came' apparently from the big Krupp and Armstrong guns of the Santa Clara battery. the most formidable of the defences west of the month of the harbor. Signals were rapidly exchanged with the flagship of Admiral Sampson's fleet and some of his ships drew over into a new position. . Not a'gun was fired from the fleet in reply. The Spanish artillerists ap- parently are not very successful as night marksman. for no mauslltics are reported on our ships. Undsrfhscastloanns. The torpedo boat Ericsston. which was well in advance of the fleet, doing scout duty close up to Mom. ran in al- most undertheguns usoou as the blurro light was satinguishsd. but there was no firing eacept from the dlm'tion of Santa Clara. away all to the west of the old castle. [Mallory dring from the direction of the Santa Clara battery was continued all through the night. some rattling good volleys being heard about three o'clock this morning. Lieutenant Usher. commanding the lirlcsaou. was still close up to the bar- bor's mouth at dawn. lie was called to the flagship later and seat to Key West with despatohrs at iii o'clock. reachliihere at half- past three this afternoon. When the itvicsson started a! all was quiet oil Havana. . There had been no more uriog from the shore hails”. since daylight. The blockade, howevsr. had closed into an average distance of frost three to four miles from the coast line and the ships were well stretched out eastward and outward of Havana. Aboard the flagship” sash (Copyrighted by Associated heard On board flagship flew York, April 2:. The mass assures of the United Issuer. “heirloom-ado over Whmwithagsatiebreesssad bright-sail“. mantis sowiyisgolila'rsas murmumcuue s mmwmm liarssatolsasluosstiabamssssop- premium mucus-us Indus-remoteness Alarm habwsadmskiagsassa-tsstisaot aisles last «rivets-leis pl Havana , noose In”! an CALL. ltatss'illkecsivs Tomorrow a Is: qnsstfos'thslr Proporfion. ' Washington. April il-Bunday found many of the officials of the Wu. navy departments at their desks dlsv patching a mass of aaccumulated bust- nose. There were numerous details to be attended to...some of very great im- portance, but in keeping with their po- licy, especiallyin the navy department, the olllciuls refused to make public much that is of great interest at thtis time. Neither Secretaries Long or Al- ger were at their respective depart- ments today, but their places were lili- ed by Assistant Secretary Maven and Meikeljobn, respectively. hlr. Roosevelt came down to dispose of a lot of mail requiring prompt attention and Mr. Meikcljohn was consulted concerning the new volunteer army hill. Tomorrow morning the war depart- ment will send out to the governors of the state a request for their proportion, ale number of troops under the Pres- ident's call. The roll of odicera who will muster them in has been prepared and the oilicials are ready to strat for the local rendevousing points as soon as necessary. Some of the war depart- ment oliicers think that the volunteer army should be ready to start on its way to the central points of concentra~ tion in two weeks time. Meanwhile the commissary bureau is making or. rsngcmonts for feeding the army and the qurtermaaters for transportation. in the navy department the otllclnls read with interest the story of addition- al capture of prise vessels by the ships of Admiral Sampson's fleet. These are promptly reported to Secretary Long. Judge Advocate General Landry has been engaged in looking up the law on advice that may be asked of the navy department in disposing of the vessels taken. The report of the tiring on the iicet by Mono Castle was received with In— icrest, but if auytbting has been receiv- ed here the olhciala refine to disclose the fact. The department heard of the safe arrivl of the St. louis nd the New York at New York city. This is a source of satisfaction to the oilicinls, who, notwithstnding the fact that the ships are very ilcet. were apprehensive that through a remote mihiiity they might have encountered an enemy's ship. Nothing having been heard of the Paris. they hope she has got beyond the range of any of the Spanish vessels. lo'ordfrosn Washington. Wlnued. April zlwflovernor Cecilio iipcat today quietly. Thus far he has received no word from Washington. He stated to the correspondent of the Associated Press this afternoon, that he ospecled an atheist communication from the war dopartuieutstWashington tomorrow morning. The governor will be at his ollee at the capitol at 8:30 octet-it and a call for Conumimt's quot of volunteers Ins! be expected. arm star W was. e By Walled Press. Key West. “ ril 24, 8:40 a. m.— Another prise been broIght ln by the United aisles gunhoat Helena. it is the Iichasl over. of New Orleans. bound to one with a cargo of cotton and stoic M Key West. April Zi—Thc Helena did not sail with the llcet Friday morning. but remained here until yesterday mor- ning, when she steamed out to sea. She was cruisii‘g about 150 miles in a Miguel lover. steering a southwesterly “'8 the Spaniard intently hove to. The gnnboat then put a prise crew of l: marines. an engineer and sixteen blue- jackets on board the lover, under the command of Ensign Mclellan, who had with him’ Ensign Davis and lic- lv‘arland. The gunboat conveyed the prise into port. The lover was bound for New Orleans to Barcelona, via. Havana. She has a crew of 52 men and her estimated value is ”00.000. and her cargo. alone. it is stated, being worth $400,000. According to the Bureau Viriias the Miguel Jover, in English the Micheal Jover, Captain Bill, is a Spanish steam— er. which sailed from New Orleans on April 22 for Barcelona. She was form- erly the Port Mirdfl, is bark rigged. is of 2,554 tons net :o-glster, and was built at New Castle. usgland. She bi 375 feet. live inches long. has 42 feet 2 inch— es beam. and i« twenty feet nine inch- es deep. . The Bureau \‘iritas has it that her owners are thv Empress Trans-Atluuv ilcu tililio do lover Serrapyi. of liar- I'eloun. HILL smnaa on Torpedolostrortsr ‘l'ahss the fish- ingachoonsr lstilda. By Animated Press. Key West. April 24-Another prisoner been captured by the torpedo boat i’or- ter. The commander of the torpedo boat sighted in. little vessel trying to beat out of Human harbor. It proved to be the small Itching schooner Matil- do. The Porter soon headed her oh and brought her to. under the guns of Co- times battery. As the [emotional was not provided with any spare men the commander ordered tin-schooner to run on ahead until he could turn her over to the cruiser Cincinualtl. comet. massacres. With One Inception, tho Insopsan Inca Censored our Attitude. By Aswclated Press. tendon. April il—Witli an important exception, there is general continental condemnation for the United States to— day. This exception emanates from Russia. The St. reimburg Viedomos— il. treating of Russia‘s attitude to- wards the United mates. says: "The friendship which has annotated for many years between the two states. excludes every idea of an unfriendly attitude sport the om of ltussls at the present loaders.” ! The Visdomosii adds: "lilo doubt the baited states new value this friendship more than over.” The other continental newspapers continue their hitter hostility. and the issues may papers rentals many indications of safflasdllasss. This. tits lluaday has. fills in ass Ilsa. over 1'. P. O'Csasm W it warmly csdarass America, is another Wows-Amos”: Witwillbsdilssltlsrm *shally seeking to give the world a mo- I tive other than the 'rcal one for the Cuban agitations.” ' A despatch from Paris to the Sun— day Special reads: "The American methods of dealing with Spain have excited indignation. France will not let Spain go down without a helping hand. The considerations are that prompt. active interference upon her part are many from the point of view of self preservation. The Monroe doctrine must be combatted. The bun» dreds of millions of French capital in- course. hove inhight eardy this mm i find in Spain mm be protected, and the Latin race must be upheld against The Helena fired a blank shot and the “3.0%.”, The army has been under a cloud lately and would be glad of a diversion. Finally. French m tige would be fully restored by the step, which would meet with the approval of Russia. Austria, ltaly and even Ger- many." The same paper professes to have in- formation that Chili in likely to at- tack San Francisco. working in conv junction with a Spanish‘nttack upon the eastern coast. A specth despntch. describing yester- day's departure of troops from Madrid. says: "There was a scene of remark- able enthusiasm. women marching al- ong with the soldiers. filling their poc- kets with cigars. provisions and mou— ey. and kissing them at the station. Session. deputies and a number of representatives of the nobility. includ- ing many ladies: hid the troops fare- well. "The sending of such quantities of troops to the Canary and Bulimia ls- iands is catalog much wonder in Mad rid, and it is smelled that Spain fears that. while engaged in war with the United States. other complications might arise which would endanger these possuslons." _..—-. 01300 07 ans scans vmuna Bar Owners Aver that it is not 'orih loss than $10,000 By Associated Press. Liverpool. April Manic owners of the Spanish “earner Buena Venture. captured by the United States cruiser Nashville. have an odicc here. They declare her mum is not worth more than "5,000. and add that the steamer should have been further on her way across the Atlantic than the spot where she was captured. It is conlcctur'cd that she was intercepted some time be» fore the reported time of her capture. llauy lJverpool ship owners have in— structed their agents to avert shipping contraband of war. and have ordered their captains to instantly comply with the commands of any vessels they may meet. and to make“ no attempt to escape. mosormsaanmaas. madman-ludicrous 'l'ssaiagsolpala. Washington. April w—m proposed concerted sciloaoftlie powers fertile protectlouoftheiisgsofmtral power isbslievedheretoiadesisaodas a warning to Spain than to have any oth- ersignideaaee. ’ Thereorssoststivesoflhspowmasy the contemplated ashes his very like ly and neutral move. although their mmmusssiaitiedto thsnaosotisestioaofihcasgotistioso iothatsod. ltisansasaroolprsesu- “Whtkmwffl cosllsiabwtthsrelssottoheiiaplisd lattesmmsaym tiostooasaliosllissiacsrityof the government sssssrusuliathstorwat nmmmummml-umumuomnem slept. Wheat-mutual loslllhsforsigamts. The sumagrsswliahhnsasslailywhsrs tail oiiasrvsassol the may Isw mwuuromwmmowammmmu Barcelona, with a Crew of 52 Men, Surrendcrs to the (inn- boat Helena in Response to a Single Blank Shot. llltcly to be interested. there was no in- formation on the situation. This shows the powers are carrying on their nego- dlationa independent of conferences with their representatives in the two countries and will await some definite result in the way of a formal under- standing and agreement of concerted action before communications are open- ed with Washington and probably Madrid. it is possible that no conmn of action can be agreed on. On various occasions efforts at concerted action on neutrality cnforcemcnts have failed by the refusal of one of the great rumors to participate. NEUTRALITY AwNG THE GULF. Mexico City. Mon. April Zl-A per- sistent rumor was circulated today. which found its way into the papers. that the American government had sent a second note to the Mexican govo ornment asking what means it could command for maintaining neutrality along the gulf coast. and. it was odd- cd. that in the case Mexico could not do this the United States would send warships to patrol the Mexican coast. This rumor caused much talk among the Spaniards. Minister Clayton told the correspondent of the Associated Press there was no truth in the report and that he had only communicated a formal notice of the establishment of the blockade of the Cuban ports. GLADSTONE SINKING FAST. London, April 2~l~The newspapers say Mr. Gladstone is sinking fast. A change for the worse was observed last night and Dr. Habershon and Sir Thu- mas Smith, surgeon extraordinary in the Queen. were hastily summoned to llarwartlin and spent the night there. It is considered significant that no bulletin was issued today from Her. wardin, and that Mr. Cladstone's fa— mily has been summoned. l’EiiIiiliED IN A STABLE FIRE. By Associated Prus. Boston. April M—v—A fire in the sta- ble of the Walker Express company at South Boston. this morning. resulted in the death at one man. the loss of four- teen or liftoen horses and the destruc- tion of the building. The man. Diur- rsy. a stable helper. was-sleeping in the building. 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