i
V CerTera's Fleet Bottled Up
ii Santiago Harbor.
S ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE.
Nival Battle Would Besnlt in
His Annihilation,
nnSTINA'S CONGRATULATIONS
the Imprisoned Spaniard Were Cabled
t th Very Moment When U Coil Wen
ightening About Him oranteers From
tnniylvaiua, Maryland, Vow York and
Mo Ordered t Tampa The Thought ol
g a Step Rearer Cuba Cause Kejoio-
ig Among the Citizen SoUaan General
Writt Will Hare Twenty Thousand
Troop to Take to Dewey Aid.
Key West, May to Everybody
lows now that Spain' Hying squad-
In. four splendid cruiser and two
kpedo boat destroyers, d lmprionel
Santiago harbor. Speculation now
over the probable disposition of ifce
laniards whether they will be block-
led or the fort reduced and the ves-
Is compelled to fight In the latter
se there can be but one result, ifor
immodore Schley has aome of the
lest ship la the world, o aay not
of cruisers and various smaller
issels, and -.could in a few days be
Inforced by other powerful warships
would be loolhardlness on the .part
Cervera to offer battla.
LAn Interesting atory remain to fee
Id of the reason which led Cervera
Santiago, and of the way In which
was hemmed in. It ia now known
(at when the Spanish admiral sailed
the West Indies he expected to
Iter San Juan de Porto Rico for coaJ
d supplies. On touching at Curacao
tnews his plans were upset by the
pint of dienatchea tellies' him that
tar Admiral Sampson had bombard-
the San Juan fortifications, and waf
nil in the .neighborhood of Porte
Ico. Thereupon Cervera sailed for
le south coast of Cuba.
Commodore 'Schley lured the Span
a fleet into .Santiago by a ruse. By
e most clever maneuvering the conv
odore allowed the Spaniard to think
i bad left ia .disgust They took tha
tit and ran into the harbor. Com
ix! ore Schley moved down Sunday
ornlng, and at 6 o'clock, aoing close
i the harbor, ha saw tha -Cristobal
plan, the Maria Teresa and two tor
tie boats. He betlevea the entire fleet
4hore. He eat on tha after triangle
I Ike Brooklyn until after the die
very of the fleet, and he then went
I breakfast, eatylng: "I have got
lem, and they wall never gat home.'
lit la oertaln that Cervera oonld not
ve escaped fraan Santiago without
ting discovered, for the American
out had been prowling abamt the
itt far ten days, and other acouta
id not been far away. Praottcally
antlage has been Uockaded for that
Pgth of time. Cervera's coal ship.
to lowed nun trom Curacao to
Intlago, waa captured last Waflac
p. and at tha very moment when the
en regent waa caMlag her congest
lations the colla ware tightening
a mat
(The belief here ta tttat all other
avemenla la tha Weat ladles will ha
d la abeyance until the Spanish
iuaaron la diapoaed of. Ia case San
ago la attacked tha aewa of tha bat
f wlU be aeat from Mole flt Nicolas
M Kingston, and the prises and
unoe will ba sent to Key West
VOLUNTEERS FOR TAMPA.
nn.ylTni, Maryland, How Tork
Hid OhlAllMllllMltAnHJlul O . V.
Ichlckamauga Park, May SI. The
K-ateat excitement prevailed In Camp
homes yesterday over a rumor that
awierai oroer had been Issued to all
bops In camn hare ta -
I lamps. Every man aeomed td ba
. uo mora was a general hustling
out In the various camps, each man
Mnf as though he expected to be or
red to pack his trape oa tha Instant
b ready to move to tha front The
mor, when traced to IU source,
d to ba only partly true, only
:nt regiments being affected by an
w from the war department aa fol
First Ohio, One Hundred and
tr-esventh Indiana, Third Pennsyl
, Flrat Illinois. Second New Tork,
ity-nlnth New Tork. Fifth Mary.
f and First District of Columbia.
Jeee reglmanU are ordered to pro-
." w aigm., n is
uai row or the reglmanU
(via torn Uli uteraoo t ottor
PWI WWiWWt AaW I IflBIHIl INWWVIi
Ml art regarded aa the bast equipped
sad fro OOTMgUr r spared at ear
ta the camp. TUa ordtr to tataryrtud
by the oBctra and mea as aa Indi
cation that a speedy forward move
mnt la to ba made oa Cuba and Porto
Rico, and M ft maaeqaeaee there waa
aa great rejoicing among the volun
taar aoldiar boya aa there waa among
the regular when they want to Tampa
ander the impreaslon that they were
going at once to Cuba.
With those regiment that arrived
yesterday the troop at the park num
ber 45,000. Tha regiment going away
number 6.000. The First Maine in
fantry, tha 8econd Arkanaaa and tha
Fifty-aecond Iowa arrlTed yesterday
afternoon. The latter regiment U
composed of 100 officer and men. All
the men were uniformed, but only
partly armed.
ALL ANXIOUS TO AID DEWEY.
General Merritt Will Have Twenty
Thousand Troop For Manila.
San Francisco, May St Yesterday
General Merritt Issued an order as
suming command of the Philippine
expedition, and la now busily engaged
completing arrangements for the for
warding of tbe second deatchmtnt of
troopa to Admiral Dewey's assistance.
The work of preparing th steamers
Zealandla, China and Colon for the re
ception of troopa la progressing, though
rather slowly. It is not expected that
the fleets can leave here before the mid
dle of next week at the earliest. The
question of what regiments will make
up the second expedition is agitating
the men at the camp. They all want
to go, but aa there are already over
12,000 men and more coming, and the
second expedition will consist of only
8.000, there will be many disappoint
ments. By direction of the president formal
orders were prepared adding 8.000 men
to the department of the Pacific, under
Major General Merritt, thereby increas
ing the strength of his force to 29,tO
men.
Tbe New Ileorulta.
Washington, May 31. Adjutant Gen
eral Corbsn to now working out the de
tails of the aecond call for volunteers.
Th apportionment of the 75,000 among
the varioos states has not been flxed
definitely, out will be In a day or two.
The governors of the several states ap
prove of (the plan to recruit the regi
ments from their state up to the min
imum strength of 1,326 men out of the
second call. This will absorb about
60,000 men, leaving about 25,000 to be
organised into additional regiments.
The new recruits will be assigned to
regiments of their own states and, so
far as possible, to companies and regl
ments which represent the cities and
sections of the states in which they
reside.
ItroHo Striken Dewey's Fleet.
Hong Kong, May 31. A dispatch
from Manila says: The American war
ships are still in the bay except a
couple of smaller ones, which are being
used cm patrol dnryontalde. TReax Ad
miral 'Dewey is losing men from dis
ease almost dally. Smallpox and dys
entary are said tobe rife in the Amer
ican sqaadron. Aguinaldo, ttie Insur
gent chief, is working hard tojraln over
the rebels to the -side of th Ameri
cans. Two Wore Correspondents Arrentod.
Madrid, May 31. An official dispatch
from -Havana says that two American
correspondents from Key West named
Wldan and Robinson (probably Mc
Phil RObinson) have been arrested at
Matanxas.
OUR BRITISH ALLIES.
Preliminary Step Taken Toward Aa
Anglo-American Alliance.
London, May S8L The Washington
correspondent of Xfce Dally Telegraph,
telegraphing Sunday, says: "I have
Just learned from high authority In
the etat department that Important
preliminary steps toward an Angto
Americaa alliance aiave already been
taken.
"The recent visits paid by Sir Julian
Pauncefcrte to the tat department
av not, it seems, tiad reference al
together the Canadian negotiations.
According to my authority the feature
of the proposed alliance now besng con
atdered are these: Great Brltaan la to
recognise the Monro doctrine, to at
tempt no increase of ner territory In
the western hemisphere, and to Indorse
the American construction of that doc
trine. Th United State I to build th
Nioarauga canal and Great Britain I
to ttave the us of it let time .of war.
Th United State I ta have an th
territory tabes from Spam in the pres
ent erar, and Great Britain ta to pro
tect te United State m th posses
sion, tf this should be threatened. The
United State te to stand by England
In her policy m China and the eaat,
and ad th Britten porta In ttie eaat are
to be opened to the United State wi
der the most favorable nation clause.
"The main features of an arbitration
treaty are to toe Incorporated. . It haa
been provided that alt matters in dis
pute, not involving tbe Monroe doctrine
or th Nlcarauga canal, are to ha aub
mltted to a non-partisan commission.
The existing understanding bearing on
tbe relatione between the two govern
ment on the great lakes is to be abro
gated, and th United States is to be
given the use of the Welland canal in
case of war. The alliance Is to be of
fensive and defensive."
8klnT Capalsed, Two Women Drowned
Rlverton, N. J May IL Two women
were drowned here last evening by th
upturning of a skirt In which they were
sailing with two men. - The men reach
Id shore in safety, and In the excite
ment they disappeared . before their
namea could ba learned. The drowned
women were Mrs. Mary McOlll and
Mlaa Clara Haslet, both of Philadel
phia. .
Death of Baron Play fair.
London, May 31. Baron Lyon Play
fair, th distinguished chemist, po
litical economist, civil service reformer
and parliamentarian, died in this city
Saturday, aged 7.
The Bewalted Bin and Gray. '
Lexington, Ky., May 31. For the flrat
time since tjie war the Confederate vet
terana Joined Wtth4h O.iArR .in on-
serving Msaneriai Day -and decorating
th grave of. Union soldiers. ;
01 TROOPS for m
. ; u , .- ; :,
It Is Beliered the Work of IflT&tioa
Has Already Begun.
I58USGEHT8 WILL AID LASDMG.
Oar Government Haa Sent Expeditions
to Large Number of Point With
Anns and Ammaaitton tien. Mile)
Leave Washington For th Front.
Washington, May St. The military
Invasion of Cuba haa begun. Unless the
the orders of th war department mis
carried, at an early hour yesterday
morning th troop that have been
gathered at the gulf port began to
break camp and march aboard trans
ports waiting to carry them to th
enemy' territory. About 2K of these
hips, th biggest and fastest that
could be obtained suitable for the pur
pose, had been gathered ready to re
ceive the troops. They will accommo
date about 30.000 men, for in a short
voyage like that from one of the gulf
porta to Cuba It I possible with safety
and comfort to carry a much larger
number of men aboard ahlp than would
be admissible in th case of a cruise
to the Philippines, for instance. How
many troops started yesterday, where
they took ship and where they are
bound are questions which the direct
ing spirits of th campaign refuse posi
tively to answer. They have no desire
that the Spanish should have oppor
tunity afforded them to gather forces
to attack our soldiers as they land.
Therefore, nothing of the details of this
Arat movement can be learned.
There is a suspicion that the start
will be made from Tampa and Mobile,
and It is probable that In such case
the fleets of transports will converge
at Key West to pass under the convoys
of the warships which Admiral Samp
son has provided to ensure the safety
of the troops during the passage across
the Florida straits to ensure them
against attack at the hands of some
stray Spanish cruiser or gunboat. It
Is probable that there will be no less
than four separate military expeditions,
and that these will be landed at four
different points. Whether Porto Rico
Is one of these points or not can not
ba learned. Refore the entire force
which it Is proposed to use In Cuba
can be landed th transports must
make four separate voyages across the
straits. Arrangements have been made
to utilize the services of the insur
gents to the largest possible extent.
The government already hsa pent ex
peditions to a large number of points
on the island and landed arms and
ammunition for the insurgent. Most
of the parties succeeded perfectly In
the object, and It was said at the war
department today that a sufficient
numlier of thv insurgents have been
armed to constitute a verv effective
support for tbe troops as they land.
It was said at the war department
fhut chief reliance would be placed at
the outset on the Vnlted States reg
ulars, most 'if whom are centered in
Florida, and In such volunteer regi
ments as were thoroughly equipped
-and reasonably well aeasonod for ser
vice. Althoueh the officials will not
state how many troops are available
for immediate service. It Is roughly es
timated that there are about 20,000 reg
ulars and 13,000 volunteers at Tampa.
These Include 17 regiments of regular
infantry and 14 regiments of volunteer
Infantry, 12 battalions of artillery and
five regiments of cavalry. The Infantry
force, regular and volunteer, Is about
23,000 men, the cavalry about 4,000, the
artillery aoout 1,300.
Back of this force are other Mailable
regiment at MoOHe, New Orleans and
other points easily accessible to Tampa.
Still further back Is tha large volunteer
ramp at Chickamauca, comprising
about 40.000 Infantry volunteers, 1,000
cavalry volunteers and three regiment
of artillery volunteer. It Is understood
to be the .plan although as to this
there Is no precise official statement
to have Dhe troops at Chlckamauga
take the patoe of those at Florida ports
as fast a the latter leave for active
service, tha keeping a large mrc al
ways ready for .embarkation from Flor
ida. Aside from the troop already
specified there are M.000 men at Camp
Alger, near Washington, and lesser
bodies of troops on Long Island and In
various states. The 75,004 voksnteers
under th tnoently Issued second call
constitute atlll another reserve, which,
however, la yet to be organised and
.quipped.
General Mae and Ma staff, making a
party of 34 persons, left for Tampa
mat night on a special train over the
Bwathern railway. General Miles would
not state where his headquarter will
be located, and indeed It I ?ebble
(hat he will move from place t place
aa circumstance may demand. Gen
eral Shatter win be la Immediate com
mand of the forces sow embarking,
while General Miles will have general
aupervlslen over these and all military
movements.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
Aa Rejected by Dealings la Phlladel
phis and Baltimore.
Philadelphia, May XJ.-Flour in limited
demand: winter superfine, $4.H4r4.7l;
Pennsylvania roller, cUar. tS.tSet.M; city
mills, extra, 34.755. By flour quiet at
si per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat nominal; No, 3 red, spot. tl.KKtf
1.S&. Corn dull and weak; No. 3 mixed,
I7437c.; No. 3 yellow, for local trade,
41 Mc. Oats dull and weak; No. 3 white,
tic; No. 8 white, clipped, JMttHe. Hay
fairly active and firm; choice timothy,
HSJoeil for large bales. Beef steady;
beef hams, ttUOtttt, Pork quiet; family,
HS.SOfeM. Lard weaker; western steamed,
a.37V. Butter Arm; western creamery,
UOltttc,; do. factory, lOttwUHc; Elgin,
ItHc.; imitation creamery, 13914c.: New
Tork dairy, UHtrUHc.; do. creamery, 1H
01IHC. Cheese dull; large, white, a.;
small do.-, 7a; large, colored. Hie; small
do.. 77Uc: light skims. Hc.; part
skims. ftOStta.: full skims. 36tc. Eggs
nrm; Nsw Tork and Pennsylvania, 12
llfte.; wesUra, .fresh, uquhc.; southern,
1114c
Baltimore, 'May 37. Flour dull and un
changed.. Wheat weak; spot and month,
H.34V1J4H: June. tLU; July, a1.1ea4tpi.lt:
August H: steamer No, I red, tl.;
southern, by sample, tl.i09i.il; do. oa
grade, fLtsttvLMtt. Corn weak; spot,
month and June, t7J7Hc. ; July, rt9
t7tte: steamer mixed, tttfMUc; southern.
White, 30.; do. yellow, 37Hc Oat dull
and easier; No. whit, MHetTo.: No. I
mixed, S033He Rjm dull and lower; No,
I naarby. Ha; No. 3 western, OHe. Hay
steady; choice ttaawwy, tlltOffU. Grata
freights dull: , steam to Liverpool, ; per
tunnel, Jane: Cork, for order, per
luartw; ta, Id., junej Lettuce, SLatyLML
WAI rTEWS OP THE WEEK.
Th Preetdeat leave Call For T,
OOO More Volanteere. .
Washington, May tL-On Tuesday of
last week a Spaniard named Jim
Ines waa arrested oa board the cap
tured steamer Panama, at Key West.
He la charged with being a Spanish
spy, though there I n strong evidence
against him. He protest his Innocence.
The Madrid correspondent of th Lon
don New declared that responsible
Spanish statesmen are prepared to sue
for peace at the flrat favorable oppor
tunity. Another cablegram from Ad
miral Dewey announced him atlll In
control, and that there waa a great
scarcity of provisions at Manila. The
tug Wampatuck cut th Santiago cable,
and the 8t. Louis fired on th forts dur
ing the operation. The attempt to cut
the cable off Guantanamo was prevent
ed by the Spanlah forts. General Miles
urges that Lieutenant Rowan, who re
cently made a haaardou trip to the
Insurgent leader In Cuba, be made a
lieutenant colonel. General Wheeler
wanta to have William J. Bryan give
a high position on his (Wheeler's)
Staff. The steamers City of Peking.
City of Sydney and Australia were
loaded with 3.W0 troops, arms and ra
tions at San Francisco, and on Wed
nesday departed to go to the relief of
Admiral Dewey at Manila. They will
arrive about June 30. The Tenth Penn
sylvania volunteer regiment arrived at
San Francisco, and later will go to
Manila.
All of Wednesday's dispatches, in
cluding those from Berlin, tended to
confirm the reports that Admiral Cer
vera's fleet Is tt Santiago, from which
harbor he cannot escape, a th en
trance Is guarded by Commodore
Schley's fleet. Dr. P. F. Hyatt, our
consul atSantlago, declared In an In
terview at Boston that the Santiago
harbor Is mined, and that our fleet
could easily silence the guns of the
forts. In a sham battle between the
volunteers at Chlckamauga Lieutenant
Batty, of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
regiment, was seriously Injured by be
ing shot with a blank cartridge. Mrs.
Elsie A. Montfort, of Council Bluffs.
Ia., Is the first pensioner of th present
war, her son having been killed on the
Maine. Owing to the shooting of two
sailors at Key West, a gang of sailors
and marines surrounded th jail, and a
lynching was narrowly averted.
The chief event Wednesday was the Is
suance by the president of another call
for 76,000 volunteers. This, with the
previous call and the regular army, will
make a fighting force of 27800 men.
It Is not believed that this 7R.000 wilt
be called upon for active service, but
the call Is Issued aa an emergency
measure.
On Thursday the volunteers at Chlck
amauga Park, Ga., were furnished
with the first fresh meat they had re
ceived since entering the service, and
were jubilant thereat. The government
accepted the offer of John Jacob Astor,
of New York, to arm, equip and sup
port a mountain battery of artillery.
The Sixth Pennsylvania reKlment, In
camp at Camp Alger, near Washington,
celebrated the 85th anniversary of its
organization. Private Campbell, of the
Tenth Pensylvanla, now at San Fran
cisco, may be sent to Dry Tortugas for
two years for cutting the uniform of a
negro volunteer and then grossly defy
ing orders.
Friday's reports told of Commodore
Schley's departure from Key West In
search of Cervera's fleet. The commo
dore expected to find the Spaniard! at
Clenfoegos, and was greatly disap
pointed when, after guarding the en
trance to the harbor for two davs, h
received Information from Cuban in
surgents that Cervera was not there.
Then 'Henley's squadron at once set sail
for Santiago. In the Spanish senate
1 Marshal Rivera, former governor of
I the Philippines, declared that "the
I American rng shall never float over
I Manila," asserting that the majority of
the natives will fight tn, maintain
j Spanish sovereignty. Two big balloons
were landed at New Tork from France,
and' It Is said that the distinguished
j French aeronaut, M. MaUett. will enter
1 the eervlce of onr government. Natives
of Hawaii are preparing a monster re
ception for our troops when thev ar
rive at Honolulu en route for Manila.
The captive American newspaper cor
respondents. Jones and Thrall, were
landed at Key West, having been ex
changed for two Bnanmh officer and
their two servants captured en the
Argonanta. In th national hows a bill
waa Introduced to pension Mrs. Bagley.
mother of the young ensign killed at
Cardenas, at IM a month.
Saturday'a dispatches added to the
conflicting rumors regarding Cervera's
fleet, some of them asserting that he
had escaped the vigilance of Schley's
fleet and had sailed toward Havana.
Of the 44 persons captured on various
prise of war, tit attached to the Span
ish navy in various capacities will be
held aa prisoner of war. Spaniards
at San Juan de Porto Rico declare they
will burn the city rather than surren
der t the Americana should an attempt
he mad to capture th place. A de
termined effort I being mad to se
cure the release of Captain Hart, im
prisoned at Philadelphia for Cuban
filibustering.
On Sunday a story was published in
Madrid to the effect that a naval battle
had been fought near Jamaica la which
two American warship were destroye 1
and the remaining vessels of th fleet
forced to take refuge In Hay tlen waters.
Later reports, however, show that this
alleged Spanish victory was merely a
Spanish romance. The authorities at
Key West are looking for three Spanish
pie who attempted to blow up a mor
tar battery near Fort Taylor. United
State Consul William declared at
Hong Kong his disbelief of the report
that Montojo, th Spanish admiral who
fought so bravely acainst Dewey at
Manila, will be court martlaled. Presi
dent Fsure, of France, declared in a
speech that Prance was determined to
maintain th strictest neutrality In the
Hlspano-Amerlcan war.
The great newa of the week came
soon after midnight Monday morning.
It waa a direct report from Commodore
Schley saying that Admiral Cervera's
fleet was securely bottled up In Santi
ago harbor, that he (Schley) had aeen
a portion of the fleet, and that escspe
was Impossible. This report caused the
dispatch of orders to our troopa on
Florida's coast to be prepared to move
at once oa Cuba. It Is believed that the
work of traasportlna the troooa haa al.
ready begun, but th strictest censor
ship la exerolaed over, the press reports
trem arionaa, ana not a Una wiU be per
(titled to be sent out
British Steamer Captured and Taken
to Key West.
V7A8 SCOUTING OFF 8AHTIAQ0.
Her Captain Admits That He Waa En
deavoring to Knter the Harbor When
He Wan Run Down and Taken Pris
oner by the St. I'aul.
Key West.May 31. The Hrltlsh steam
er Reatormel was brought In here yes
terday under her own steam by a prise
crew. She was captured while trying
to put Into Santiago de Cuba with n
cargo of coal. The steamer was bound
from Cardiff to Porto Rico. As the
Restormel came In the British flag was
flying half way down her mainmast.
She waa leaking badly. According to
Lieutenant J. A. Patterson, who Is In
command of the prise crew, the cap
ture was a very commonplace affair.
Lieutenant Patterson says:
"About 6 o'clock Wednesduy morning
the 8t. Paul. scouting off Santiago harbor,
sighted th Restormel 12 miles away,
apparently heading for the port. She
was going In openly and honestly, an.l
not skulking along the shore. Th St.
Psul took a course to cut her off, and
when within hailing distance fired a
blank shot. The pursued steamer paid
no attention, but she hove to Imme
diately when a solid shot was fired
across her bows.
"About 6 o'clock I went out with a
prize crew and took possession without
protest. The captain talked frankly,
saying that he was bound for Santiago,
though he had sailed from Cardiff on
April 21 for San Juan. This was be
fore the declaration of war was re
ceived. At San Juan he was ordered to
proceed to Curacao, and from the lat
ter place to Santiago de Cuba.
"There never was any possibility of
her escaping from the St. Paul, ss her
best speed was only eight knots. She
was leaking badly and her boilers were
out of order. In fact, according to her
captain's account, she had been leak
ing for 20 days because of a sprung
plate, and the leakage was increasing.
"The rapture was made less than
four miles from Morro Castle, but the
forts were silent and perhaps asleep,
like the San Juan fortifications when
Admiral Sampson began his attack.
"The only exciting part of the ad
venture came after we left Santiago
for Key West. The leak grew worse
constantly, and all hands manned th
three pumps night and day crew, ma
I rlnes and officers. I have not taken off
my shoes or been In bed since we
started. Ave days ago. At times we
I were about to give up hope of keeping
j the Restormel afloat, and thought of
j saving ourselves If she went down.
j "The story that there were Spanish
I officers aboard the ship is false; but
I there is no resisting the conclusion that
1 the KeFtormel'H coal was Intended fur
the Spanish fleet, for the captain toll)
, a perfectly straightforward story about
! his voyage. The vessel sailed for San
! Juan de I'orto Itlco. where 'the Span
I Ian expected to coal. San Juan be
ing deemed unsafe, Curacao was select
: ed. but the collier failed to connect
with the tleet there and was ordered
to Santiago. Owing to her leak fh.
did nut reach Santiago in time; the
Spaniards remained In port short of
coal, and so were caught."
The Hestormel was towed to the gov
eminent dock unii her coal unloaded.
The HfiinMj'lvanla 4 overtiorhtp.
Harrtsburg, May 31. All signs indl-
cats the nomination of Colonel Wili
I lam A. Stone, of Allegheny, fur gov
ernor oy inursaays state nepuoucan
convention. (Jeneral J. P. S Oobln, of
Lebanon. Is almost certain to be named
! for lieutenant governor. As for the
rest uf the th-ket. General James W.
Latta. of Philadelphia, will be renom-
l Inated for secretary of Internal affairs.
GsJusha A- Grew, of Susquehanna, and
Samuel A. Davenport for congress-at-large
and Judge William Porter, of
Philadelphia, for judge of the superior
court. John P. Klkln. of Indiana, will
be re-elected stale chairman.
elproclty With Prance.
Washington, May 31. The presalent
late yesterday afternoon issued a proc
lamation setting forh that this rnttlon
and France bad entered Into a com
mercial agreement in which reciprocal
and equivalent concessions have been
granted this government. In accord
ance therewith the duties now imposed
on various articles of French manufac
ture are lowered to the minimum rates
under the favored nation clause of the
tariff bill.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
The Trans-Mississippi exposition at
Omaha will be opened Sundays from
1 to 10 p. m.
Cyrus C. Carpenter, ex-governor of
Iowa, died at Fort Dodge Saturday
evening, aged (.
Mrs. George Pullman, of Chicago, has
renounced her husband' will and
chosen her dower right.
Mrs. Madeline Vinton Dahlgren. wtd
ow of the great admiral, died In Wash
Ington Saturday night, aged (3.
Among pensions granted by th house
Friday night wss one of 2S monthly
for General Coeslus M. Clay, of Ken
tucky. The President and Mrs. McKlnley
sent a beautiful bouquet to New Tork
Saturday to be placed on the tomb of
General Grant.
Ml Emma Hartxell was outraged
and her throat cut near Concord, N. C.
Two suspected negroes were taken from
jail and lynched. They protested In
nocence. Congressman Sullivan has been ap
pointed to succeed th late Edward C.
Walthall aa United State senator from
Mississippi. Mr. Sullivan Is only 40
year old.
Private Barbee, of a North Carolina
regiment, was killed In a railroad col
lision In Georgia, caused by th crew
of a freight train being asleep after 14
hour on duty.
Pennsylvania's Socialist-Labor party.
In convention at Pittsburg, nominated
J. Mahlon Barnes, of Philadelphia, for
governor and W. H. Thomas, of Buena
Vlstar for lieutenant governor.
At Kaaha William colliery, near Mid
dleport. Pa., sis Slav miners ware
drowned like rats In a trap by th sud
den breaking tn upon them of a body
tf water, from an old "working." .
fi WAR BREVITIES.
Wednesday, May f g.
Five hundred Spaniard were tilled
and TOO Injured by the bombardment elf
Manila.
The Ninth and Sixty-ninth New Terse
reglmenta are en route for Chlckav--mauga.
Late advices from Hawaif oonflnr.
the statement that the Island? has been
ffered to our government aa a. base
of supplies.
The third section of the train- ear-
rylng Illinois volunteers ran,- safely r
ever a burning trestle near Rirmlng- -ham.
Ala. Incendiarism is suspected -
Th report that negotiations have -teen
opened for the transfer of ' the
Philippines to France by sale or lease,,
says a Paris dispatch, is absolutely -false.
H. G. Whltmore has been eleetrdt
captain of William J. Bryan's com
pany. Bryan having withdrawn from
the contest because he cosld net br -elected
unanimously.
Thursday. May 8fl.
A special from Gibraltar saw twe
Austrian warships will sail SatanUy
for Cuban waters.
Martial law has been proclaimed
throughout the Canary Island, and l.
very rigidly enforced.
It Is believed that Senor Pulgi-erver, .
minister of finance In Spain's cabinet,
will provoke a ministerial crisis at the
next cabinet council.
Major Russell It. Harrison, son of th
ex-presldrnt. has been assigned to duty
on the staff of Major General Pltzhuh't
Lee.
The Madrid correspondent of the
London Standard savs a number of
merchant steamers loaded with oat
from England have arrived at Barce
lona, Cadlx and Bilbao.
Friday, May 37.
Many Influential Spaniards are urg
Ing that the government sue fur peair
The government has begun the man-'
ufacture of war equipments at the In
dianapolis arsenal.
Pennsylvania's 6.000 men on the sec ond
call will probably be mobilized at
Mt. Gretna.
Admiral Sampson Is reported li rtav -captured
the Spanish coal deimntts
Cayo France, Cuba.
A picked regiment of meonteO 'rifle
men. D00 strong. In Colorado, has ten
dered Its services to thp gowrnment.
A Gibraltar dispatch savs that 4'
Krupp guns have been smuggled (aw '
Spain and Germany, labeled itchef
furniture."
Mitiinliiy. May 2.
The Hawaiian Star declares tht th
Hawaiian governm-nt has unioubtedi
offered the islands to the United Slate..
The statement that James Knnnltt.
an American, had been shut by rd-f
of general ilarri.i is authoritative j
denied.
Kngllsh newpaper- print roani
arguments to prove th.it the Spanlar J;
are courting delav in order to aveti
Internal uprisings.
off Cardenas harbor lies a gunboaT
placed there to prevent the escape cf i.
couple of sn-ralled Spanish gunbiats
reported bottled up In that port
General Charles King (the novelist!
;. A. Garretson of Cleveland, brmn:-
V. Greene of New York and Harrrwi r
Gray Otis will be Merrltt's brlgadi'i
generals In the Philippine.
Monday, May :iO.
There are n-jw IS. 000 men In volun
teer camp at Camp Alter, near Wash
ington. A portion of General CSomex' army
entered Kemedios. Cuba, captured SOI
Mauser rilles, 30.000 rounds of ammu
nition and large quantities of provis
ions, and retreated after a brief battle
with Spaniard.
In pursuance of the order from the
war department recently Issued tha;
all volunteers be vaccinated. Chief Sur
geon Hartsuff, at Chlckamauga, ha
received 40,000 vaccine points, of whii b
he has already distributed 1000
The hours cf labor at the Frankforo i
arsenal. Philadelphia, will be Increased
from 16 to 20 hours a da4i which will
permit the turning eut.of 200.000 rounds
of ammunition per day. Later the
hours will be extended to three shiftv.
of eight hours each.
There were three deaths at Chlcka
mauga park Sunday. Plrce Collyer, cf
the Fourteenth Minnesota, and Harry O.
Burnham.of the Eighth liassasil'is-rtt.s.
died of pneumonia, and L. Bohnert, of
the Fifth Illinois, of blood poisoning
Tuesday, May 81.
The total number of troops encamped '
at Chlckamauga last night was 44J12.
The authorities at Mole St. .tlcelis.
Haytl, forbid the signaling of any ship
In sight.
General Greeley, chief signs! sfflcer.
Is making arrangements for enlisting
the volunteer signal corps authorised
by congress.
The government has leased 4.0CO -acres
of land near Boyce Station, foul
miles from Chattanooga, on which .
troops will be encamped.
In the Spanish chamber of deputiet
Senor Pulgcerver, minister of finance,
presented a bill to prohibit the ex
portation of silver money.
Th cruiser Harvard has sailed from--.
Kingston, Jamaica, to Join Cemmedors
Schley' squadron. Sh took a pilot .
familiar with th south coast of Cuba.
Surgeon General Sternberg has taker,
the Initiatory steps for securing a hos
pital train for the transportation of tht -Invalided
troops from the front. Thlr
train la to consist of ten tourist sleepers
and one dining car.
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