' ' Weill i.
a about!» court Ive, been .
‘Wsnuailntutwtilpss .
occupied.” .
dillldll to elect lIMlllll-v
Amhuaisdss
- ve‘heen preparedstvsrious . . .
' ‘ fidthey sayllrlvnuais slum
and that an army of more men out be
/~ ~. up “and ‘mcrofbesvyartillsy has been
needed to reduce the place.
= New entreochmeots have Mthrown
mounted. but his dillicuit to obtain
any accurate details, of such work. Any
' inquiries ,on the snidect are. liable to
, rat-a; costume museum and
hardly-«snarlicvementxin the
lab Ml". 'a sort of a holiday
‘1 o parks ”are almost de-
“and there are few. mic to he
,v cache than do Arman at night,
MIT the band plays there and cv-
mlhgphssihie,is done to llecp up
‘ the spirits of tisn‘psople. _
There isa feverish desire to leave the
island. and over ‘tive thousand people
are booked at the once of the consig-
'~neen of the rrenen steamer Lafayette.
.' which leav'en here today for Vera Crns.
. Mexico. with this letter. which will be
posted atthnt port.‘ In fact. an actual
*panie now prevails, while, when the
blockade commenced. there was a. feel-
' dog of almost'nerenity among all elass~
on. But things have changed: the
‘gi‘llll‘rra'qnesn‘ of the Amalgam: J:
W. atoning. tself upon t rnn
clamp the most hot-blooded Spanish
ulcers. though its latter are working
vigorously at the fortifications. which
have been considerably strengthened
and improved since the war began. The
Spaniards. it must be admitted. are
m“. to tight so desperately as
y under the circumstances.
Isay families without means are
striving to emigrate, trying to borrow
money from more fortunate people. In
order to be able to pay their pnsnnge
trolley.- But lslt hard toseehow their
condition will he improved to any great
extent even if they do succeed in leav-
ing the Wet . fa they have
‘ lean” ’ their
a liveli _ in a for-
There is waniderhhla feeling among
themenwhoarsdesirousofleavingthe
city. ‘and. new“ the mm
as M . W can see sash
million an ”Ismail "lines are
sold woman’s tor the man who
are abandoning the island of Cuba."
There has been no disorder. howev-
er. in this e or in the provinces. an
tar as h . W it In true a
heresrsentirelybaorsa‘aofcw‘atis
trsnsniriaa hi huddle u . no
Insii having been M34!
for sometime past. and a cable being
in the hands at the government and
almost exclusively devoted to further-
ing the military operations. which are
about limited to evacuatin the Inter-
ior towns and onsmmtiag the Span-
ish forces at or about the large cities.
it is reported here that Santa Crua
dollsr.onthssouthcosstofihe
wines of Farris Principe. has fallen ate
at the laser's-us If this in
' sire of s "Mill! Milt. i
l
N". W
M. burs til l
in last ' -
The start mail tried to can.
at not mt ’
33%;
cause the arrest of the person putting
the questions. and newspaper men par-
'tlciiiarly correspondents“. are continual-
.iy“ under stupiciop. “They, are careful.
iy watched and it In on! with the
greatest difficulty that i letters can
be smuggled ontof‘ the‘city. The censor
in more exacting than .ever. and any
news which he allows to he'csbled'is '
strictly ediolal. ‘ ‘
The guards yesterday captured a man
who was going out in a small halting
host with mail for the A ericsn nest.
and the writer is infer that he was
shot the name afternoon.
"The Pain. the organ of the autonomlst
party. says great misery prevails at
lintonsas and at Cardenas and other
towns on account of the scarcity of
provisions, and the paper adds that the
country maple are now in a worse con-
dition than they ever were before.
All sorts of misleading rumors are
intentionally circulated b the Spanish
oilielais bore for their a purposes.
and tales of Spanish repulaea of Amer-
icans come in at almost regular inter-
vals and from nearly every point about
the blockaded portion of the coast. to
say nothing of the stories of brilliant
Spanish victories which are said to
have reached here from abroad.
For. instance. today. a rumor. traced
to the palace. said. "the Spanish iloet.
after a heroic dolenslvehattle with an
American fleet at Cnvlte. Philippine is-
lands. lost two vessels and about 300
lulled and 400 wounded. after which
the Spanish olllcern refusing to nur-
rendcr and in order in prevent
the Spanish fleet from falling into the
hands of Americans. blew up all the
rest of their vessels." The palace re-
port also said that the American ileot
at lfaniis was bombarding that city
and that. in consequence. the Spanish
authorities and the arrises of ldnniia
had rstrashtd into interior. later.
the following "dfliciatosws" was nab-
iishetl: "A 8 best has foi'ht
heroically with an American neet st
Carlie. obllglng the American hoot to
retreat with considerable ions. The tips-
nlnh losses were also Very heavy."
Of course. the greatest interest in ts-
hen here in the approaching meeting
between the Spanish and Amrican
Scots In these waters. The fleet from
Spain is expected almost any moment.
is being STONE"! watched for and
day and sin signals are ready to guide
it safely into the harbor. it is espec-
ted that the result of the battle will do-
cide the war in favor of the dialled
States or Spain. and it is impossible to
matte the Spaniards doubt the eventual
triumph of the yellow and red flag of
their country.
The M steamer Lafayette arriv-
ed here from Key West on Saturday
may 1) and commenced unloading her
cargo and allowed“ her pasnnam to
com on shore. When nearly all the
cargo had bssn taken ashore.
French and con-m of the lit-
fnyeiio red denpatrhss from the
French ambassador at Washington.
saying a comprorhinc arrangement had
taco arrived at with the United States
movement. by which the infayetts
llil been allowed to enter the Havana
harbor: but with the ssdersuudinn
thnthsrcargonadpnsnesgorsworenot
to he landed. “Phi-rentals the item-b
would and maferrod with
decent lilssco or with the stunt.
bm of the int government. with
itw mutt "permission was ob»
lateral" to re-lssd the man at ihri In-
faycttc. "as as to comply with the de-
ifrsaoel with-
ssy prsvcdsst and m
intesihilnh
i I W” .
serving
h lam Cl Illa
satisr classes unruly is
noticed
r at in Gardeners. soar H‘s»
“ EnthusiaSm in
The-"Navy llepartmcpt ~Not
Washington. May 20—" the Spanish
ileet is at Santiago de Cuba the fact
probably was not shown odicialiy to the
navy department this morning. not-
withstanding the fsct that the depart-
ment has been using all of the machin-'
cry of the consul service in addition to
the service of numerous scouting ves-
sels to gethnd keep track of the foe.
The war board went into session car
in the day. probably to consider a
weigh the newspaper reports as to the
movements of the Spanish lint. The
fact that the first reporton that point
came from lladrld was married In it-
seif as a suspicion circumstance. for it
is hardly to be supposed that the Span-
iards are such simple strategists an to
advise us of their plans in that matter.
The other report regarded as confirma-
tory of the lladrld cable. namely. that
the steamer Adula. open close reading
failed to indicate whether the warships
seen from tint vesnsl were American
or Spanish. Altogether the general he-
lief at the department was that the
whereabouts of the Spaniards are still
doubtful. . . ‘ .. .
‘ CONVOYINO 7300" 10 culls.
General lilies had another consulta-
tion this morning with Secretary img.
and these repeated meetings are run-
strued here to mean that a point has
been reached in the campaign where
the array dads it my to call upon
the navy for convoys to latte trootls to
Cuba. it is realised that this work is
hsnnrdous. Ooavsys are "posed to
destruction at the hands of a‘determln-
ed enemy. and with s somdrcm of tier-t
Spanish cruisers and torpedo gunbosts
of great speed waiting somewhere mr
Cubs. nothing but the most formidable
convoy stich as would be afforded by all
of Sampson's and llt‘hluy'n ironclads
save the monitors woulo audios to give
a unusable degree of protection
against attach. There are indications
he that the Iaillisry expedition will Indhs
its real start from Key *West unions the
siamophove clears through the destruoc
tion or disappearance front tfuislu wa-
ters of the Spanish acct. it the start
in roads from Port Tampa the ships
with their heavy loads of troops and
stone will be exposed to attach utmost
thirty hours. not allowing for the pen-
sibliity a swelling arts-b additional
tints o! the Cuban coast waiting for an
opportunity to lend. its lliu othvr hand.
lfihnsiarlisuadofrernlisyWsntthu
anal stage of the loamy will he re-
duced to the daylight hours of one day.
I“? lilh'l‘llllhi. Hill/ll.
While the reports frsal Muirid that
ho m dam in at Santiago
“howl rewiring.
with the fishes
in mi landing. vis«
to. m
ummil-lsmtms.
Guba.
new Xahinst intends to push
in Possession of ll"
..0errsra”s Ships liave Reached that lion .. .Tir‘War Board in
Session to Consider and Weigh scoops] Reports—The Con-
veying of Troops from Tampa a Hazards“; Undertaking.
O ' .
”Sill
C
f‘THuliLOCKAmNo ssuLs '
.QUICKLYV. LEFT,” ~ *
i'
ial information that
‘to clude the American
circuitous route would
.go. This hir. Queesda
the natural move by
re would see
floats and by
make for San
pointed out"
which the S
cape a battle
in rushing a
spear to bear out this
candn said today that
irsi would had himself
rapped at Santiago. it
for him to attempt to
and supplies to anchor
Bianca at liavnnu as there in no rail-
road cornmuuhntion between Santiago
and iiavana.; and an overload trip
would false sis wealth or two months.
BASE OF OPERATIONS.
Besides. Ir. :Queaada says the Cuban.
troopd overru thc oztsiern end of the
island surrou lug Santiago. and it
would be Ill slide for Spanish sup-
plies to be led overland through a
country full Cullen bands. There
are said to he bout 8.000 Cuban troops
in the lint-ed to neighborhood of San-
tiago. but recently brought to
the Cuban here show that they
inch ammuait snhlclent for an effec-
tive susnit Snail-o. if theSpsn-
ish dent in at Santiago. hlr. Quennds
says. about all it can accomplish in to
secure a base of operations in a fairly
well hn-tihed harbor. and also to lay
.. its cost frets coollisra which are under-
stood tn have preceded the lost here.
N0 i‘ilNi-‘IRHA'I‘ION. .
Kingston. Jamaica. lay 20. its. m.——~
No confirmation has yet been received
here of the reported arrival of the Spa-
nish (.‘npo \‘u-rde first at Santiago do
.‘uba.
osvsas magnum.
Ipaia liehled Over his Arrival at Ina
tisgo ds dubs.
(liy Alleiwiiltcd Press.)
Madrid. hilly 30. ii a. "LN-Al iii o‘clock
yesterday owning the minister of ms-
rine. i‘aptalu Auuon. rewirrsi a don~
patch from Admiral (lorvoru. in corn—
rnand of the i'upo Verde ulundron of
the Spanish lire-t. Ii md:
“Sallltingo do (tuba. May iii.
"This morning. i huvc. without luci-
dent. entored this port. accompanied by
the squadron.
(Signed)
”Servers."
The minister of marine immediately
wont to lllt‘ l‘t'hlih‘fli‘t‘ of the premier.
Senor hassle. and communicated this
information. lie then worn-«led to the
pulses. for tin- purposo of informing the
{tuition l'i «all. lull hcr modesty had ni-
rcudy rot rod and the news was convoy-
od in bur by the Infants lsuisii.
i'upisiu Auuon lbru trout in the ad-
miralty and r'nltltwl his congratulations
to Adlnirsl t‘crvvra. .
Admiral dicrvorn. says a rabid dos‘
patch train itsulisgo do Who. did not
sight any American ships during the
voyage. lie mmnunrod ihni the crews
of his no!» «to in perfect health and
soihusisetc.
l‘illllllllll‘ ihr- drslpntrh says: "The
blorhsdiog roost-ls mill-lily left on the
approach of the squadron. whose sr-
vlvsl has created amt caution." and
enthusiasts at Santiago do tlnhs. lin-
menu mwds of monk thruaaod ills
quays and cheered our sstirws. liars-
reliof at the safe arrival of the
isvsrygmtasiiwsstrsmiths
:31“? sh so which left the blood-
M It now lettered the .
led in order to avoid a reverse '
wan BULLETINB. .
We.” mum—nu-
The Spanish minister of marine hsscublsd congratu- “all
latlons to Admiral Ucrvorn on his arrival at Santiago do #1“ reel
A Madrid special says the destination of the Csdls
hoot “depends upon the requirements of the war.
H
The
the campaign vigorously.
tell from llsvssn says two American ships
.i bard Guaninnsmo. and Spanish gunlxists repulsed
. hints mails to land there. .
Late advices from Havana say a panic prevails
and people are leaving the city by hundreds.
forces of troops are embarking front Bench
stamens was indicted.
can: we to so- W
. ((3: Associated Proust, '
San Francisco. May zo-uoorusa's
V contribution of men to the armywhich
isto be sent to Manila, arrived here last
night. They ninnber 680 men and odi-
oers. Another train load, comprising
lilo more soldiers from the same'rtat'e.
is detained at Reno, Nevada. owing to
the wrecking oi a’nother train. None
, oi the soldiers were hurt in the wreck.
but three tramps were killed.
. in a few days. if everything goes well
the first regiment of United States Cal-
ifornia volunteer infantry will be on
its way to Manila. Orders from Wash»
ington are to the eifect that the‘ men
must start by Saturday. The work of
loading the City of Pekin. which is
to transport troops, in being rushed, but
she canndtyossibly sail before Satur-
day.
in addition to the three train loads
of troops from Nebraska. which have
reached the city. thirteen more heavily
loaded specials. containing the balance
of the Nebraska soldiers. afrcgirnent
each from Minnesota. Kansas and Col-
crude. and a battalion from Wyoming.
are now on the way here from Ogden.
There is a scarcity of pro on the Sou.-
thern Pacific, but the mmpany in do-
ing all in Its power to get the eastern
troops here as soon as possible.
Neither the City of Sydney nor the
Australia has received any supplies yet
for thelrip to ‘Ifaniln. Carpenters are
putting up bunks and other temporary
structures for the transportation of
troops. but it ‘will take fully a week to
get the vessels ready for departure.
A gang of machinists from the More
island navy yard in working day and
night upon the condenser tubes of the
Charleston. and an the defects proved.
upon closer investigation. to be much
less serious than was anticlpntcd be-
fore her return to the yard. it is very
probable'that she will start afresh up-
on her long run to the Philippines with-
in thirty-sis hours.
m
”1013!“ osmsu.
Assignments to Duty with the law-
eralArn-yOarps.
(By Associated Press.)
y direction of the president the fol-
io lng assignments of brigadier gener-
als of volunteers to duty with the sev-
eral army corps. department. divisions.
etc:
Brigadier General Francis 1.. (toen-
thrr. to the Second corps. Falls
Church. Va: Ales C. l. Pennington. to
command camp at Hi'illllllilil. New
York; A. it. Arnold. to the cavalry di-
vision. “l‘amps. Fla: John S. Poland. to
the First corps. Chiramsuga Park: (3a.:
Simon Snyder. to the First corps.
(thickenings: Jacob l-‘. Kent. to the
Fifth corps. Tampa. Fla: fluy V. lion-
ry. to the Cavalry division. Tampa.
Fla: Thomas Anderson. to the lie-
partmsnt of tho Pacino; Hamilton W.
ilnwhins. to the Seventh corps. Tampa.
Fla: Samuel S. Scanner. to the Caval-
ry division. Tampa. Fla: John C. list-
cn. in the Fourth corps. Itohlls. Ala:
Andrew S. linrt. Seventh corps. 'l‘atnlla.
Fla: Edward ii. Williston. to the First
corps. and tho mnunand of the light
artillery brigade. i‘hiohsmutlo: (lhur-
lt-s it}. Compton. Third curve. i‘llloha-
muugu l'arh: iionry W. inwten. Fifth
l’lbl'llfl. Tampa. Fla: (trail-go W. Ilsvia.
to the Fourth t‘oflll. flotilla: Adan ii.
(Shades. Fifth corps. Tam : William
lauilow. to headquarters o the army.
The edit-ere assigned to corps and di-
visions will rowrt in ‘wvrson to lhrdr
ream-live mmnmndlng normals there
at ihr- plates named. (terrorsl Waning-
ten will prva-emi to iiempstcd. N. Y..
for the purpose hortdu indicated. (len-
orsi Anderson will around to Ian
Francisco. and report to the command-
Ing «Mt‘i‘l'. Department of the booths.
for duty with the audition to tile l'hi-
tlpplrw islands.
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mil“ ma.
Moan'arshipn Draw the lire d
thalarhnrtortn.
iliy Aasuotsicd Pia-sat
Washington. tiny it» News was re-
ceivcd hm yesterday that the forts at
Santiago do f‘uhs. on the southeast
toast of Cuba. worn bombarded Wed
leader by United litstss warships. The
sews of the bombardment was is-
tsr confirmed in so oilcinl dssnaieh
mined at hlsdrhi froiu liavsss sad
to intercept the asset-h.
Mssrisass
tnosrshituhrsdae
ran «nodules
llaalsu
ihnttliolsai ndsCaIshaiisrienm
spirallvdmsdt tunestosrshipswss
shots. during i
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sums it'll“
its Destination “Depends lipon
the Requirements of the War.
a PUSH can vuunuslv
Hallow «Meshes Injected
GrnatActivity in his Department
-—Inrly Offers of War ’
Innitions.
(By Associated Press.) .
Madrid, .May zit—Admiral Camara.
the commander of the Cadiz squadron.
is here. receiving instructions relative
to the destination of his ships, which,
it Is explained, ”depends upon the re-
quirernents of the war.”
The new minister of marine has in-
jected the greatest activity in his de-
partment. it in said he has been offer-
ed wur munitions from many quarters.
it is evident that the new Spanish cah-
inet intends to push the campaign
vigorously. and. ii is added. the minis-
ter "will also negotiate actively viith
foreign diplomatista to protect Spa
against a combination of her enemies.
in an interview today the minister of
marine is quoted as saying: "i are
greatly rejoiced at the safe arrival of
the Spanish fleet at Santiago do Cuba.
it Is an immense triumph for the Span-
ish navy. The sailors who executed the
movement and those who planned it are
worthy of all purine.
in tho disposition of the admiralty.
the new minister of mnrinr- made a pn-
trintlc llM‘ll to the iliim‘tm’ilt‘tl obit-era.
during which he mulled "the splen-
did oxanlpie by our sailors at Cavito in
dying for Spain."
(Ventilating. the minister of marine
said be congratulated himself upon the
first event happening in his ndmlnistrn-
tion. nugured so well for the navy and
for the country.
A denpatch from liavann says two
American ships have lmmbarded (inlan-
tannmo and adds that the Spanish gun-
hont Sanders and a remnant of marin-
es repulsed attempts made to land
there. According to the Spanish vor-
slon of the affair. the Spaniards did not
suffer any loss and the Americana ro—
tlrcd. , s
Lieutenant Arturo do Carunthn (‘n-
ransu. the former Spanish naval ut-
tacho at Washington. has arrival lli'l‘t'.
lie is quoted on saying he was closely
watched in Canada by agents of the
United States government.
Adviws from Manila say the situa-
tion there has improved. Cnluuin llf'll‘
oral Auguatl. it is added. Ma regulated
the price of provisions.
it is also reported from Manila that
the foreign colonies have seat the cap-
tain general expressions of sympathy
with Spain. This in lilarhedly the case
with the German colony. and the action
of the ilcrnlans is said to be due to or.
dors m-olvcd by the (Mason consul
from Berlin.
sustains! It?“ runs
Joint Motion trensatsd by Ir
Iain. Passed iatheloasn.
illy Associated Press)
Washington. May SIM-Soon alter the
Senate ronvonod today. Ir. little. of
hisiuc. chairman of the committee as
rural shsirs. favorably l‘lifliil‘llfll from
the committee the House Joint residu-
lion providing the orgsnisatluu and oil-
rolilurut of an uusiliury naval ions»
which shall form an inner line of do.
finer. Au aniosdrueai by the Solute
oahthtiils provides that the form shall
not earned use less. The madntioa
was mated.
A print resolution was also passed
a mm on the aniline i'ass improve
mi.
At the conclusion of morning billi-
nsss manidsrstios of the war rsvssue
measure was renamed.
am“-.. .. on... “new
film lli run moor.
(I! Minted l'rsnai
Iiddlrtown. lay Mails lavls. a
tool lashes of ilochtali. and II Mire.
calling upon tho secretary of war for _
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