,T1 nil fl'i & V JJVf "V TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 1898. m TWO CENTS. 2fc Hrt.3.3S4r i&Wtliini: lit -siiuoqiilllhri. mssBmsmmmmmmasssaSFm l ''S:&':lljSS!?!2S iESaSS SCRANTON. PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY IS. CITY OF It Is Expected That Owing to the Blockade and Resulting Famine, the City Will Soon Capitulate The Insugents' Plans of Attack Efforts to Keep Natives Loyal. T.onaon.May 18. Tho Hong Kong cor respondent of tho Standard says: "It Is expected, owing to the strict blockade and the famine resulting from It, that tho city of Manila will soon be compelled to capltulato to the Ameri can blockading squadron under Ad miral Dowcy." London, May IS. The Hong Kong cor respondent of tho Times, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "Agulnaldo and tho principal leaders in the recent rising left today in the Vnlted 'States dispatch boat McCulloch for Cavltc. They will nttempt to per suade the natives to attack Manila In a few days. They have promised Ad miral Dewey to regulate their conduct In accordance with the principles of humanity. "The Americans are evidently anx ious to complete their conquest before the arrival of the troops from Pan Francisco. British residents now take a more hopeful view, nnd a famine is no longer feared." KEEPING NATIVES LOYAL. London, May IS. A dispatch to the Times from Manila, dated May 13, says: "As a means or keeping the natives loyal and inducing them to refrain from assisting the Americans, Gover nor General Augustl ha3 instituted a consulting assembly, composed of fif teen members of mixed and native Wood. Its president Is Senor Paterno, who achieved tho late peace and ac companied the rebels to Hong Kong In December. Preparations are being made to send food supplies to outlying districts in case of a bombardment, The arch bishop of Manila appoints June 17 as a day of rejoicing at the renewed con secration of the Philippine islands to the sacred heart of Jesus." HOLDINQ SPANISH CABLES. British llnrbadoe Knvnrses n Mar tinique Ivxntnpln. New York, May 17. Tho Vnlted States consul on the Island of St. Hel ena, J. E. Collin, was a passenger on the British steamer Ernwood, which left Barbadoes on May 6, and arrived here today. Mr. Collin stated that on May 4 they were In the Barbadoes, when tho Spanish transport, Alfonso XI II, with COO troops on board, came Into port, seeking coal and supplies, while other Spanish vessels were said to bo waiting outside. While- tho Spanish filacers wero ashore they were hooted and Jeered and subsequently Coventor Hays or dered several arrests made. Orders were issued that all dispat ches tiled by the officers of the Span ish vessels to lie held twenty-four hours. No coal was furnished the ves sel, but she was supplied with a small amount of provisions. Tho Alfonso XIII wn ordered to leave within 21 hours by the port offi cers, and she left at 4 o'clock tif the day of her arrival. WAR RRVENUE INEASURD. Considerable Progress .Undo on tho Hill In tho Somite. Washington, Mny 17. Considerable progress was made l the senate to day In considering the wnr revenue mensure. Mr. Jones (Ark.) presented In a genernl statement the views of the Democratic members of the finance committee. He maintained that the taxes Imposed by tho pending bill ought to be levied upon property and not upon consumption; that tho policy of the Republican party always had been to impose tuxes upon consump tion, whllo that of the Democratic party was to Impose it upon property. He believed that taxation that would ralso $150,000,000 would be amply suf ficient to be rnrried by thlH bill and that If tho exigencies of the wnr should demonstrate that more money was needed, congress could provide It later. Ho opposed he proposition to Issue bonds und certificates of Indebtedness far In excess of requirements of tho war and held that the expenses should bo paid by the government us tho wnr progressed. COOPER CONVICTED. Toe Jury Was Out Hours, Neve ntjr-lour Wilmington, Del., May 17. After be ing out seventy-four hours tho Jury In the United States court this evening returned a. verdict finding Colonel Ere. klH T. Cooper guilty of conspiring with defaulting Teller William M. Boggs to mliinpply $3,000 of funds of tho First National bank of Dover. Cooper wns originally charged with conspiring to misapply $23,000, Tho MANILA AY SURRENDER conviction wns made on tho forty-sixth count of the Indictments In which Cooper was charged with drawing $3, OCO from the First National bank when ho hud no deposit there. Teller Boggs onphed the check. The Jury took seventy-one ballots and the verdict was a compromise. Six previously holding I for conviction and six for acquittal. Thomas S. Clark will be tried on Tuesday next on the charge of con spiring with Boggs to misapply $3,000 of the funds of the bank. ODD FELLOWS MEET Hecond Day of the Convention of tho Urnnd Lodge ol Pennsylranin Hold at Wllkos-Hnrre. Wllkcs-Barre, May 17. This was the second day of the convention of tho grand lodge of tho Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania. Grand Master Thomas, uf Philadelphia, de livered a lengthy address in tile course of which he enumerated the many vir tues of Odd Fellowship. The next report submitted was that of the grand secretary, James B. Nich olson. It showed the nrsets of the lit bekah lodges to 'be J2C,'397.I0. The llnan eial statement of the grand secretary showed the total receipts of the grand lodge for tho year to be $32.1C0.43, which, including the orphans' home dues to the amount of 126,702.1:5, makes a grand total of $3f?,922.GS. The number of brothers relieved was 14,752 and wid owed families 49S. The total amount paid out in relief was ?593,391.52. The report of the grand treasurer, Mr. Richards Muckle, of Philadelphia, showed a balance of $8,737.11 in the treasurj-. It also showed the assets of the orphans' home to be $12,000 in bonds. Tills afternoon the annual paiade of the order was held. It was a magnifi cent demonstration. Seven thousand men were in line. The following olll cers were installed for the ensuing year: Grand patriarch, Joseph II. Mackey; , grand high priest, H. H. Hughes, grand senior warden, John A. Fleming; grand scribe, James B. Nich olson, grand treasurer. J. Henry Beitel; grand junior warden, Thomas I Gross; Edward C. Deans, re-elected to sov ereign grand lodge for two years. The Daughter of Itebykah, the sister order of Odd Fellows, met In annual assembly In Memorial haJL Mrs. Huso lievun, of Mount Carmel, called the meeting to order. Mrs. H. L. Lendaeh ing, of this city, delivered the address of welcome. The secretary, Mrs. Mary M. Joslln, of Philadelphia, made the re sponse. The assembly degree was conferred on 170 past noble grands by Mrs. Itoso Bevan, of Mount Carmel, the president. Varijus committees reported and be fore adjournment the past grand mas ter of the grand lodge, Edward March, of Cony, Pa., .addressed tho assembly. GOVERNOR OREETS THE FIFTH. Hecaivos His Old Command on Their Way to ChicknmuiiKii. Hnrrisburg, May 17. Governor Hast ings was at the Pennsylvania railroad station this afternoon to greet his old command, the Fifth regiment, Pennsyl vania volunteers, on their way to Chlckamauga. The governor was col onel of this regiment when he was ap pointed adjutant general under Gov ernor Beaver and lie is proud of the troops. Ho passed through the entire length of the train shaking hands with the officers und in. n. Hot coffee and sandwiches were furnished1 tho troops by waiters from tho railroad restaurant tit the governor's expense. Mrs. Hastings, Miss Hastings and other ladles and Secretary of the Com monwealth Martin wero also nt the station to greet the soldier boys. FLEET AT ST. THOMAS. Treutyseren Vessels Stonm in a Westerly Direction. (Copyright. IinOS, by tho Associated Press.) St. Thomas, Danish West Indies May 17. It was reiortcd hero this morning that on Sunday last from noon until 6 p. m. twenty-seven vessels slowly steamed westerly, North ot To tola Islunds, forty miles east of St. Thomas. One steamer, which approached tho land, showed the Spanish flag. BOASTER KILLS THREE MEN. ProTos Ills Prowess With the Aid ol it Rovolvcr. Plrmlngham, Ala., May 17. During a discussion over the war at John Lee's store on Saturday last, James Mitchell made a boast that ho could whip a dozen Spaniards. His companions ridi culed the Idea, and recalled the fact that on one occasion a smull-slzed policeman had put Mitchell to flight. Mitchell became infuriated at the e minder, and, diuwlng a six-shooter, emptied It Into tho crowd. As a re sult, three men were killed and a fourth was wounded. The ijead were Samuel Johnson, Thomas Abernethy nnd Thomas Warren. Thomas Shad den was shot In the utck, mid may die. OFFICERS MEET TO FORM A GUARD Important Conference at Last Nigbt. Ifarrlsburg TltOOPS TO TAKE THE PLACE OP ENLISTED VOLUNTEEItS-THE OR GANIZATION WILL CONSIST OF NINE REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY AND T11IIEE TROOPS OF CAVALRY AND THREE BATTERIES OV AR TILLERY. Harrlsbtirg, May 17. A conference of the general olllcers of the Pennsylva nia National Guard was held at the executive mansion tonight at which arrangements were completed for the formation of a provisional guurd to take tho place of the various com mands from this state musteied into the United States service. The new organization will consist of nine regi ments of Infantry, three troops of cavalry and three batteries of artll llery to be divided equally among thteo brigades. The strength of the various commands will be lu accordance with military regulations. There will be threo battalions of four companies to each Infantry leglment. although only 2 battalions will be recruited and organized for the present. Colonel Edward. Morrell, of Philadel phia, lias been tendered by Governor Hastings tho appointment of comman der of the First brigade. He has ac cepted and will have headquarters in the ,tity, hall, Philadelphia. General John A. Wiley will command the Sec ond brigade with headquarters In Franklin, and General J. P. S. Gobln will lead tho Third brigade. Ills head quaTtera will bo ut Lebanon. Major General Snowden will command the division. The brigadier commanders will recruit and organize the several companies under them. Ex-members of the National Guard will be given the preference in enlititmont. All com panies and regiments will be organized with a view to utilize and care for the present armories, Th' .Wllcers and Mi listed men of the new organization will bOtve as the Pennsylvania National Guard and will be given preference for service In the volunteer army. They may bo disbanded at the close of the war. The enlisted men will bo sub jected) to a. physical examination nnd olllcers and men now In the National Guard and not dlsqualllled forjietlve service may be transferred to tW new organization. General orders giving the details lor the organization of the provisional guard will be Issued to morrow from the National Guard head quarters. FIRE AT BALTIMORE. Valunbln Property Destroyed in the Rnrning of Freight Micds. Baltimore, May 17. A fierce Are started this afternoon among a lot of cotton, turpentine and other highly ln llammnble material stored for ship ment In the piers of the "Old Bay Line" Steamship company. The lrelght slu-ds were destroyed, to gether with their contents and several adjacent buildings were damaged, In volving a loss estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. FOUR MEN KILLED. Fntnl Results of I lie Palling ot an Ulcrntor at Huston. Boston, May 17. By the falling of an elevator used for hoisting building ma terial at the uncompleted warehouse of the Boston Wharf company today, four men were killed and four were Injured. The dead are: O. S. Henry, foreman. Daniel Doyle. Leo Cardamen. Henry Horvey. QLADSTONE SINKING. The Household Servants Call to Say Farewell. Hawardon, May 17. Mr. Gtadstono rallied a little this evening and Is now sleeping calmly. Late this evening tho servnnts of tho household wero admitted to the sick room for a llnnl farewell. They found Mr. Glndstono lying on SUMMARY OF THE DATS DEVELOPMENTS. The Spanish fleet purchased coal and provisions at Curacoa. Havana dispatch says that a small American vessel was blown up off Cardenas. General Anguinaldo, the Philippine insurgent chief, will jjjjack the Spanish force. Thrall and Jones, American newspaper men, will not be exchanged, but will be held as spies. Hong Kong dispatch says that owing to blockade and resulting famine Manila will soon capitulate. New National Guard of Pennsylvania will be formed to take the place of the enlisted volunteers. Baggage car at Conewago burns, destroying effects of officers of the Ninth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. General Merrit denies the press stories to the effect that he had declined to go to the Philippines uiiIpss provided with a large fore1 of United States regular? . ll In right Bide, In deep sleep, as If dead. Each In turn touched his hand and left tho room tarfully. London, May 18. According to n spe cial dispatch from Hawardcn received this morning, Mr. Gladstone is sinking rapidly. The correspondent says: "Ho lies on a small Iron bed, peacefully sleeping away. The family and others are all sitting nround him, or moving noiselessly in nnd out. It is a pathetic scene that is being enacted this gloomy night." QEN. .MERRITT'S DENIAL. Claims the Alloyed Intorrlow Wns False. Washington, May 17. Secretary Al ger this afternoon received the fol lowing telegram from General Wesley Meritt: Governors Island. New York, May 17. Hon. Russell A. Alger. Secretary ot V ar, Washington: 1 delre ou lo know that the interviews published In the New York paperi this morning are In every way in correct and unauthorized. 1 had Intend ed to take no notice of them, but I under stand the articles are taken senouslv lu WnshnRton (Signed) Wesley -Mori lit. Note The alleged Interview referred to quoted General Merrltt as saying that he would lefuse to go to Manila to take command of the United States troops which will bo sent there fiom San Francisco unless 4,0(10 of 15,000 sol diers to go should be taken from the regular United States army instead of 1.000 regulars and 14,000 volunteers as Is contemplated. REEDER THE WINNER. Ilns Control of the Northampton County Deli'giltea. Easton, Pa., May 17. Tho Republican primaries to elect delegates to title county convention which eleet-3 state delegates weie held In the various dis tricts of the county tonight. The te sults obtainable show Reeder the win ner by a larg'.1 majority. The light was the hottest that was ever fought In the Republican tanks In Northampton county. The Wunamaker people, led by the Hay-Magce taction, worked hard for the success of their ticket, but there I will be a large majority against them j wn,,n w ,.ounty 0(,nveMtlon lneetB nt Bangor next Saturday. In Easton the home of Reeder, Hnv and Magee, the light waged the hottest. Reeder carried Ave of th" eight wards while two wards are said to be for Wann maker and one ward is divided. Sev enteen ( thi eighteen delegates from South Easton are Reeder men. In the slate district, stumped on Saturday by Wanamaker. the antl-Reeder delegates were elected. Three or 1 ur wards of Bangor, East Bangor, Pen Argyl and Nazareth elected Wnnnmaker men. The country districts heard from late to night give 'Reeder a sure majority in the convention. The county Is entitled to five state delegates. BIO FIRE AT NANTICOKE. Slope No. 1 ol the Susqnnhnnnn Coal Company Knrnud. Niintleoko. Pa.. May 17. Late this afternoon a dense cloud of smoke wns seen Issuing from slope No. 1, a large anthracite mine located in the heart of the city, belonging to tho Susquehanna Coal company. A large force of men was soon engaged In finding tho cause of the tire, and In the prevention of Its spreading. Three large streams of water wero forced on nnd the pumps are working nt full force to check the progress of the lire. No lives are in danger. It Is not known what damage the lire will do or whether It will cause any suspension of work. Slope No. 1 is the lnrgest nnd most Important mine In this section and employs about eight hundred men. SUPERIOR COURT DECISIONS. Pittsburg, May 17. Tho Superior court handed down tho following decision. to nay: City of Wllkes-Barro vs. B. 11. Chase. O. P.. Luzerne; reversed. Nino appeals In oleomargarine cases ivero passed upon., the derisions of tho Allegheny county courts being In every Instance allirmed. No opinion accompa nied the decisions, Judge Wlokham an nouncing that his comments would ho given out tomorrow. This .lotion sustains the Judgment of tho lower courts In uf tinning tho tines imposed by tho com mitting magistrates on tho oti'en'tlng merchants and dealers. HELD AS SPIES. It Is Announced That Thrnll nnd June, tl N'eiviprtpnrmen Cap- ttircil, Cnnnol Re Exchanged. Madrid, Mny 17. It is announced here In a dHpntch from Havana that after the arrival of the Uncas off that port tho two captured American news paper men were examined and It In ad ded that tho Inquiry revealed the fact that they could not bo considered as prisoners of war, but must be locked up as spies, one being, It Is claimed, a Cubun employed In Havana. It Is fur ther alleged that upon the prisoners wero found icvolvers, cartridges, In teresting documents and a camera. Advices received here conllrm the re port that Mr. Freeman Halstead, tho American newspaper correspondent ar rested at San Juan do Porto Rico, wns taken Into custody whllo In tho net of taking photographs of the fortifica tions. A report Is current here that "the Spanish flotilla at Havana is about to make another sortie." CAPE VERUE FLEET. Purchased Ammunition and Conl t Dutch HM Indies. (Copyright, 1S93, by the Associated Press.) Curacoa, Dutch West Indies, May 17. The Spanish fleet Is now supposed to be off the coast of Venezuela, or off the coast of Colombia. Only a portion ot the lleet was allowed to enter this harbor to obtain provisions, cattle and coal, which were purchased here. Continuation was obtained ot the re port that the Spaniards left oueot their torpedo gunboats at Fort do France, Islnnd of Martinique. MANILA REFUGEES. They State Thnt Rebels Are of No Us n to Admiral Dewey us Allies. H.'op. light. IStis. by the Associated Press.) Hong Kong, May 17. The steamer Esmetalda, will h has Just anive.l fiom Manila with four hundred refugees, chiefly Chinese, reports that the Unit ed States cruisers Concord and Uosion are going to Hollo, where they expet prompt capitulation and to recaptut's the American ship Saranac, with u car go of coal. The blockade of Manila Is extremely rigid and several foreign ships have been refused admittance. The rebels are useless as allies ot Admiral Dewey. They are utterly dis united, quite half ot them being in favor of Spain. The Cavlte arsenal was found empty. Colonel Mlquel, of the artillery, committed suicide be cause he discovered that the amunltlon was non-existent. Captain General Augustl Is trying to conciliate the rebels and has au thorized the establishment of native councils. The archbishop of Manila, In a pastoral Issued on the eighth in stant, said: "Christians, defend our faith against heretics who raise an Insuperable bar rier to immortal souIh, enslave tho people, abolish crosses from cemeteries, forbid pastors to perform baptism, Mat rimony or funeral rites, or to admin ister consolation or grant absolution." Pending the arrival of troop fiom the United States, the Americans defer hostilities ashore. Iron Workers Convention. Cincinnati. -May 17. The Amalgamated Association ol Iron und Steel Workers began tluir twinty-thlrd annual conven tion here today, over two hundred dele gates being present, and President Shut ter presiding. Contrary to expectations, ll seems probable, since the delegates have cumo together, that there will he no chniiffu In the present stale. The by laws provide for readjustment every sixty days nnd this matter will not likely be considered till after tho expiration ot the present scalo on Juno OT. llnrrisbiirg Convention. Harrlsburg. Mny 17. The county Re publican convention was held tlilj morn ing at tho court house to clct delegates to the state convention from thn Second legislative district, which embraces the county outside tho rltv B. !'. Lebo, ot Willlamstown; George W. Enney. Meel ton; Edward O. Henderson. Alkldlotown, nnd H. L. Lark, Mlllorsburg. wero cicct ed by acclamation and instructed for Sen ator S. J. McCnrrcll, of Hnrrlshurg, tor lieutenant governor. Wiiuiunnlcpr linn York. York, Pa.. May 17.' York county met In Deputy Secretary of Cochran, of York, a 'ho Republicans ot convention today. State Richard E. Wanamnker sup porter, was endorsed ror tho nomination of lieutenant governor and empowered to name tho six delegates from i'ork county to tho state convention. The Wunamaker people hud an overwhelming majority In tho convention and the tju.ty forces offered little or no opposition. Sow Methodist lllshops. Baltimore, May 17. Tho Rev. Dr. War ren A. Candler, of Oxford, Ga., and the Rev. Dr. II. C. Hnrrifon, of Nashville, Tcnn., wero elected bishops of the Meth odist Episcopal church south today by the general conference in session here. m Volunteers at Chiittnnoogn. Chattanooga, Tcnn.. May 17. Tho Third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, 3 ottt cers and men, under command of Colonel Robert Ross, arrived shortly after noon todny and waB taken on to Chlckamauga p.irk a short tlmo later. NO FOKMAL ALLIANCE. Freo Nntiont, Nnjs .Mr. Courtney, Cnunot No Hind ThcmsslTf s. London, Mny 17. Mr, Leonard Court ney, Liberal Unionist, formerly Deputy Speaker ot the House of Commons and now member of Parliament for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, has a long letter lu the Dally Chronicle this morning on various aspects of the His-pnna-Amerlcnn wnr, favoring tho views recently expressed by Mr. Phelps, for mer United Suites minister to Great Britain, and by Professor Charles Eliot Norton, of Harvard university, and in timating a fear that "now that tho United States bus tasted blood it will become a military power, disturbing to the world's pence." In conclusion, Mr. Courtney disap proves the suggestion of tin Anglo American alliance as a "mirage that may lure us into desert places." He says that an Anglo-Saxon alliance against the world Is Inconceivable, "as free nations cannot bind themselves like absolute monarehs." The Dally Chronicle thinks Mr.Court ney's attitude "In the muln that of the small but cultivated Mugwump ele ment represented by the New York Nation." CONDITION OF PORTO RICO. Spanish Claim Choir Guns were Not Mounted. Havana, May 17. The captain gen eral of Porto Rico has cabled to Cap tain General Blanco saying that, al though the bombardment of San Juan do Porto Rlcl took place ut rltle shot distance, not a gun of the forts was silenced and, he adds, the Spanish losses were only eighteen men wound ed, among the troops composing the garrison, and a few persons wounded nmong the civil population ot the place. ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS. They Ilnve Improved--Prospects of F.nrly Unttlement. London, May IS. The Standard this morning says: "There Is reason to believe that Anglo-French relations have improved; and the prospects of a settlement are more hopeful than they have been for some time. It Is rumored that the foreign ofllce has agreed to conces sions In West Africa in return for French concessions elsewhere, not Im possibly In connection with the devel opments of English trade in China." PROWLINQ AT NIQIIT. Two Spanish Cruisers Hon lletwcen llnyti nnd Cuba. Cape Haytlen, Hayti, May 17. Two Spanish cruisers, or gunboats, an; making their base of operations at Badlqulrl, or Guantanamo Bay. They are known to be moving every night In the waters between Haytl and Cuba. A Haytlen schooner, plying between the Mole St. Nicholas. Jean tabel and Glatinagua, reports, through an agent of the Cuban Insurgents at Port-de-Palx, having met the Spanish vessel several times during tho last few weeks. The Spaniards are supposed to hide In the Cuban ports during the day and to go out cruising nt night. Two .Horr Flrn Victims. St. Hyaclnthe, Que., May 17. Two mine bodies of victims of the lire ut l.umettrie hcspltul yesterday h.ive been tound In the ruins, making a total of eight d.ith. Bothwerebumed beyond recognition. The bodies are probahh those of Cllma lt sonetto and Mrs. J. Iletthunlnl, tcoorted missing. Sifter Cormier and Airs. Cor beil are dying from llielr Injuries. Shoes lor Volunteers. Philadelphia, May 17. Two car loads of shoes, numbering lo.ooo p.ilis. weru shipped tonight from the Schuylkill ar senal for the volunteer army now being lltlgh Lee will leave tor Washington to 10.000 tents wero received nt the arsenal from New York and will bo forwntded to the various points of mobilization ot troops as soon as orders aie rectlved. Brief Session of the House. Washington. May 17. Tho house held a brief session today. Two Important bills alfectlng labor were passed, one limiting tho labor of persons employed upon gov ernment works and In government ser vice to eight hours dally and the other providing for the appointment ol a non partisan labor commlsjlon to coiisid,;. legislative problems nlfecting labor. Another Spanish Protest. Madrid. May 17. The newspapers here assert that letters for Spain, even let ters containing checks and other valu ables have been stopped at New York and destroyed. Tho papers demand that tho government make reprisals upon Amer ican residents In Spain, especially In the case of the correspondents of American newspapers. Volunteer Aruir. Washingtn. May 17. The volunteer nrmy Is rapidly nenrlng completion, Re ports received by Adjutant Corhin to night show that !)2,Mt men have been mustered In. Eighteen stntes, including Pennsylvania, have completed their quota. Ksldns Will lie Ilnnged. Richmond, Va.. May 17. Jim Ksktns, convicted of attempted crlmlnnl assault ot an ll-year-old whiU slrl named WnRlf. In Fauquier county. In March last, will bo hanged at r..S o'clock tomorrow morn lag at Warrenton. Vossnl Mown Up, Madrid. May 17.-01 p. m.l-OlliclJl dls. patch from Havana confirms report blowing up small naval vessel off Car deniis. resulting In loss of eighteen lives. Dispatch says vessel was American. Order to llnttcrv R. Washington. May 17. Among the or ders Issued to volunteer troops to move was ono for Battery II, of Pennsylvania, to go to Chlcknmuugn. Pennsylvnnin Pensions. Washington. May 17. The lollowing Pennsylvania pensions have been Issued: Original Henry Dlx, Wmerlj, Lacka wanna. $0. Original widows, etc. Nina M. Jessup, Montrose, Susquehanna. ft. m Lee Lonrss for Washington. Richmond, Vn., May 17. General Fltz mobilized at Chlckitmaugiu Todiv Rbout morrow mnrnlns. DEPARTMENT IS SENSITIVE War Officials AteNo. Pleased With the criti cism Advanced. HAVE DONE THEIR DUTY The Policy Which Will Con trol the Future. NO PARTICULAR EFFORT WILL 1!Q MADE TO PlitSlTE THE SPANISH fli:bt so long as it keeps within the confines of thu gulf of mexico-department feels no apprehension fou the safety of dewev. Washington, May 17. The official bulletin boards today failed to yield any news of the movements ot either ot the three ileets, Samiison's Schley's and the Spanish flying squadron ami there Is reason to believe that tho de partment has received no information on that point. The departmnt olllolnb? are; beginning; to show a little sensitiveness to crit icism In tho matter of delay In bring ing the Spanish fleet Into action, con scious ns they are that they have mado all despatch compatible with due re gard for tho safety of our own ports as well oh of the lives of the crews of our warships. Every day there Is talk of a chnnge In the naval plans brought about by somo movement of the Span ish squadron, but what the latest phase of the campaign Is nobody outside ot the members of the wnr boards I competent to say. The general Impres sion today Is that no particular ef fort Is to be made Just now to pursuu the Spaniards so long as they keep within the conllnes of the gulf of Mex ico and tho Carribbcnn sea, but that Sampson and Schley In combination will encircle tho Island of Cuba, main tain the blockade and convey troops across the Florida straits If neces sary, meanwhile simply keeping a watch on the Spanish Hying squadron to see that It does not do mischief either to the American whipping, or, by escaping Into the Atlantic, to the sea board cities. By this plan, the military and naval officials might hoe to silence the rather severe criticisms that are be ing expressed bcause of delays in open lug the military campaign in Cuba Itself. Considerable pressure has como upon the administration from congres sional quarters to have the campaign Hastened and there are thought to bo signs of a resumption ot the plans ot the military leaders for the Invasion ot Cuba at the point where they were sud denly suHpnded by the announcement of tho arrival of the Spanish flying squadron at Martinique. The department professes to feel no apprehension that Admiral Dewey or his men are In any wlso endangered by their occupation of Manila harbor on the present basis, but this cannot be said of the unfortunate lnhabltantx of Manila. It Is no small matter to or ganize tho transport of an expedition of 12,000 or 13,000 soldiers C.000 miles across tho tea. at short notice, but' tho Indications are that within a week some of the soldlern nt least will ha on their way from San Francisco fol lowing the Charleston which Is ex pected to leave at any moment with a few supplies most urgently needed by Admiral Dewey. CYCLONU IN NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., May 17. Meagre reports aro coming In ot violent tornadoes along Republican river In South Central Ne braska. Many houses wero torn toplecss and stock killed. Fear of some fatalities. Shot Her Brother. New Vork, May 17. Cateldo Laferado and his hi other, Angelo, quarrelled m Brioklyn tonight oer the sale ot a small barber shop and as a lesult Cateldo Is dead and c. M. Dccorma. fatnlly wound ed. Cateldo attempted to stall Angelo, whereupon the latter drew a revolver ni.ri shot his trother In the In cast. C. M. Decoim.i uttemptel to Interfere nnd was shot In the gtolu. Augclo escaped, Watcli fuse Factor)' Burns. Attloboro, Mass.. May 17. Fire broka out In J. M. Bate's watch factory In .Mill street, in the Jewelry district, nt 12.15 a in., and spread to adjoining buildings, nnd Is still burning llercely. Present loss es timated at $20n.oon. PnniisylTnnlii Postmnsters. Washington, May 17. The president to day sent to the senate the nomination of William M. Allison 'to lie potunastor at MltlUntown. Pa. - m WEATHEH FORECAST. Washington, Muy 17. Forecast for Wednesday: For eastern Penn sylvania, fair weuther; northwest erly winds. For western Pennsyl vania, warmer: light variable -t- winds becoming southerly. i -t-M--M-t t i t.t-tltt 1 1 1 1 1 t.t
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