KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED SANITARY CONTROL. Health Authorities of the State Recommend Laws For Cuba. The Associated Health Authorities of Pennsylvania, at their closing session last week unanimously adopted a reso- lution setting forth that in conse- quence of the entire neglect of the Spanish authorities on the Island of Cuba to inaugurate and enforce sani- tary laws, that no settlement of the pending differences between the United States and Spain will be satis- factory to the sanitarians cf this coun- try that does not insure to the United States the absolute control of the sani- tary administration of the Isiand of Cuba. The following pensions were granted last week: John T. Park, Marion Center, Indiana, $6; Henry H. Hoff- man, Gideon, Somerset, $6; David Bar- nett, East Freedom, Blair, $10; Joseph Bilby, Caldwell, Clinton, $6; A. Kling- ensmith, Pyrra, Armstrong, $18 to §24; James Fogg, Beaver, $6 to $8; Isaac N. Rainey, Waukesha, Clearfield, 33 to $12; - Dorcas Schneider, Jennerstown, Somerset, $8; minors of W. Hagu toona, $12; Cementha Heasly, Oakland, Armstrong, $12; Sarah Francis, Con- nelisville, $8; Catharine George, Evan- dale, Juniata, $8; Gertrude H. Bryant, Elliott, Allegheny, $8; Sarah J. Owens, Johnstown, $8; Loretta McCracken, Liberty, Tioga, $12; Clarissa M. Austin, Jorie, $8; Susan R. Fitchthorn, Manor- ville, $8; Anthony Allen, Butler, $6; Jacob 3ryson, Mere rshurg, 56; Samuel Davis, Evans City, Simeon Eckles, Clarks Mills, $8; Sainuel Edel- man, Altoona, $6; Frank Case, Elliott, $8; John C. Bliss, Hillsdale, ; Henry J. Borchert, Marionville, $17: Cary H. Russell, Tyrone, minors of Alonzo Gilson, Tyroneville, $12; Martha - A. Chapman, Sterling Run, Cameron, 33; John 1. Cline, Brownsville, $6; Philip Floray, dead, Center Hall, $6 to $12; William H. Crane, Athens, $3 to $10; Samuel ¢. Moreiand, Mercer, $6 to $8; Joseph Barclay, Buffalo Mills, Bed- ford, $14 to $17; Jacob R. Sharretts, Johnstown, $10 to $12; Jacob P. Durant; Pittsburg, $6; Cathrine Floray, Center Hall, $8; Mary Bay, Clover, Lawrence, $12; minor of Hugh Ray, Allegheny, $10. Thomas Gough, who conducts a gen- eral store at the Hicks mine, near Saltsburg, had an encounter with three burglars the other night which will Probably cost one his life. Mr. Gough was awakened by a noise in the store, and found men packing up goods. He fired, wounding one, but all made their escape. Next morning some children passing through a Ladly wounded man. Mr. Gough’s home and thence to hospital. He gave his name as Sher- ley of Blairsville, and confessed.” Ile is 18 years of age. The strong current in the river car- ried William Wheeler and John An- gler, miners working at the Chamou mines, under the barges moored near the works. Wheeler was rescued, but Angler sank. The dead body of Annie Burkhart, who mysteriously disappeared from her home at Greensburg, two months ago, was found in ‘the Conemaugh river, near Blairsville, a few days ago. Miss Burkhart, who was about 16 years of age, was receiving attentions from a Young man of the neighborhood, to the dissatisfaction of her parents. On the morning of her disappearance her mother insisted that her association with the young man should cease. She had declared that if she were denied the company of the young man she would drown herself. The body was sent to her home. In the recorder’s office at Jutler a few days ago the Forest Oil Company filed for record 197 instruments, which represent the purchase of an immense block of ceil territory in Adams, Mid- dlesex, Cranberry, Jacitson, Forward and Connoauenessing townships. In all 62 properties have been purchased and the amounts paid vary from $S00 for a 10-acre lease to $97,776 for 40 acres of producing territory. The aggregate amount of territory involved is consid- erably over 2,500 acres and the total price paid is $574,000. The dead body of Adam Kamerer, a prominent citizen, was found at Butler a few days ago, lying between two boilers in a yard adjoining the yard of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. His throat was cut from ear to ear and a pair of suspenders not his own were twisted about his neck. A case knife, a pocket-knife and a car coup- ling pin were lying near the body. The Sixth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, are now comiort- ably located at Camp Thomas, Chatta- nooga, and are ready for maneuvers and general instruction. The Ninth Pennsylvania, which arrived in the city early yesterday morning, did not reach their permanent camp until to- day. For the second time within a month vandals vented their spite against Harry Feese, of North Cornwall town- ship, Lebanon county, by cutting to pieces his harness and carriage. In a suit against the city of I.ock Haven for damages for injuries receiv- ed by falllng on a defective sidewalk, Mrs. Hannah Quigley was awarded $8,000. A boiler in the Hamilton & Dailey stone quarry, two milés west of Sharon exploded with terrific force. Nelson Burton was blown 20 feet away and seriously hurt. Ford Scranton, of Riceville, out with two boy companions, acci- dentally shot Archie Simmonds through the head, killing him instant- ly. While walking with his mother in YL.ebanon, two-year-old George Bross was attacked by a vicious dog and terribly bitten in the face. A little son of James Stevenson, su- perintendent of Bristol, was drowned in the canal at that place Saturday night. Farmer Hibbs, of Bucks County, has sold his wheat at $1.50 a bushel, the highest price ever obtained in that sec- tion. Survivors of the old Ninth Pennsyl- sania Cavalry will meet in reunion at lake Carey, Wyoming County, on June 9. while J. Snyder, of Ottsville; reports hav- ing had a terrific fight with a monster blacksnake, which attacked him on the road, but was finally killed. Some _person distributed strychnine in bologna sausage on many of the gtreets at Freeport and some J5 or 20 -dogs are dead as a result. ‘William Nixon, a farmer of Leasure- xrille, Butler county, committed suicide by shooting himself while delirious from typhoid fever. Lightning “struck Engineer Zane's residence, at Mauch Chunk, and passed from roof to cellar, without injuring the inmates. George W. fourth-class Noblit was appointed Postmaster at Pigeon. woods came upon a | He was taken to | ad GREAT BATTLESHIP ARRIVES IN SAFETY. Great joy was manifested through- out the nation last week when Sec- retary Long officially announced that the Oregon had reached Sampson's squadron in safety. The Oregon left the Pacific before war was declared and for four weeks has been steadily pushing forward to the relief of tha United States ships on tle Atlantic: The nation has lived in continuous fear lest the Spaniards should seize or destroy the vessel before she reached her destination. : OREGON. THE RACE OF THE OREGON. Lights out! And a prow turned toward the South, a canvas mouth, And a ship like a silent ghost released Is seeking her sister-ships in the last. A rush of water, a foaming trail, An ocean hound in a coat of mail, A ‘deck long-lined with the lines of fate, roars Gate. On! On! Alone without But a burning fire, like Till the lookout starts show The white cathedral of Ca A moment's - halt ’neath spire, Food, food for the men, and food for the fire, Then out in the sea to rest no more Till her keel is grounded. on Chile's shore, South! South! God guard through the unknown wave, Where chart nor compass may help or save, Where the abide And few may pass through the stormy tide. North! North! 'C another day; And hiding: each She good-bye at the “Golden gong or bell, the fire of as- his glk n1lao. the slender hissing wraiths of the sea For breath a harbor far away, in the burning OUR WAR ‘WITH SPAIN. Bread has raised a cent in New York City. Ten thousand volunteers tenting at San Francisco. 3 Cuban physicians say that the island is healthy except along the coast. The Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers will be sent to Manila. A trained Canadian regiment has of- fered its services to President McKin- ley. Unusual precautions are being taxen at Washington to protect the life of the president. A Spanish suspect has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at De- catur, Ala. Eggs are selling for 15 cents a piece at Havana. $12 in gold buys a hundred weight of rice. A 350,000 prize was captured by the cruiser New York, on her trip to San Juan last week: The London Standard ridicules condition of the volunteer army at Chickamauga. The foreign affairs committee of the are now the now ! house has reported in favor of the an- nexation of Hawaii. In Spain it is rumored that the Cadiz flect is coming to bombard Boston and other New Englnd cities. A projectile, throwing a liquid which sets the enemy’s ship on fire, is being constructed at Washington. The United States has entered into an agreement with Great Britain not to bombard the Canary Islands. Spain is imploring help from France, Germany and Austria offering territory in the Z’hilippines for assistance. Food for 1,350,000 meals was purchas- ed at Chicago and forwarded to Chick- amauga last week. Cost, $175.000. Two American newspaper correspon- dents recently captured in Havana are being treated as spies by Blanco. ‘The United States court at Key West has condemned four of the Spanish vessels captured some weeks ago. The Holland torpedo boat has been purchased by the government. This destroyer travels beneath the water. Attachés to the foreign offices are ar- riving at Tampa, Fla., to take observa- tions as to the manner of conducting the war. Idle people at Havana are forced to work upon the batteries, strengthening them against the impending bombard- ment. A more active strategy board has been substituted for the old one by President McKinley. Names not given. Now that the raining season has commenced in Cuba, forest fires are no longer noticeable to the crews of the blockading fleets. The Dupont Powder mills near Wil- mington, Del., are being guarded by the first battalion of Pennsylvania's second regiment. During the recent engagement bet- ween Americans and Spaniards at Cienfuegos, the latter lost 300 men and hundreds were wounded. An American miner at Manila has been forced to leave by the Spaniards who feared he would supply United States vessels with coal. The object of a visit to the United States of several prominent Mexicans is to impress upon our people that Mexico is not in sympathy with Spain. The United States government has absolute control of all the cables, and it is impossible to obtain information concerning army and navy movements. Spaniards in Cuba are now filling old hulls with iron and explosives, and thus setting them adrift. In this way they hope to sink some of the Amerie- an vessels. If water is not soon secured for the 12,000 men now assembled at Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va., there will certainly be an epidemic of fever. The heat is intense. No soldiers can pass through Pitts- burg without receiving hot coffee, sandwiches and other necessities from the hands of a specially appointed citi- zen’s committee. The military inspectors say that the Pennsylvania volunteers are the best that have gone to war; that they surpass those of all the other states in organization, discipline, drill and equip- ment. A Portuguese lady who was a pas- genger on the Spanish steamer, Ar- gounata, recently captured by Ameri- cans, claims that the prize crew took $5,600 in gold and some jewelry from ‘her baggage. cannon’s T'or a moment's shelter from speed and pain, And a prow to the tropic Home! Home! With the to sleep Till the call deep: sea again. mother fleet shall | And the bell shall e¢lang for the battle there, And the voice of guns is the voice of { | i hell, : « ‘which Nd prayer! # = * * * * ! One more to the songs of the bold and your children around your knee; When the Goths and Vandals come down in might As they came to the walls of Rome one night; When the lordly William of Deloraine Shall ride by the Scottish lake again; When the Hessian spectres shall flit in air As Washington crosses the Delaware; TWhen the eyes of babes shall be closed in dread As the story of Paul Revere is read; When your boys shall ask what the guns are for, Then tell them the war, the breat! ed upon The matchless race of the John James Meehan in Weekly.” gather tale of the Spanish And less millions that look- Oregon. “Leslie's The war is costing Spain $29,000,000 a month. An order jeetiles was last week. The Fennsylvania regiments now Chickamauga are suffering from epidemic of sore eyes. A Spanish spy, having in his posses- sion drawings of New York harbor was arrested by government officers in New York a few days ago. A freignt train, consisting of 15 cars transported to i avana the supply re- cently brought to Cienfuegos by the Spanish steamer Mcentserrat. Spanish private steamship panies have placed their vessels at the disposal of the government, and over (00 vessels are ready for service await- ing orders. As owing to the ‘city of either by gas or of $1,266,300 worth of pro- let 'by the government at existing circumstances Havana is not lighted electricity, 1 | | | 1 rise o'er the awful | must an ! | fluential eom- ! | All that. can | that the | not all persons | are compelled to put lights in front of | their houses. The Havona naval station has sent a cablegram of congratulation to the Philippine naval station and the fleet for the alleged victory obtained against the American flag. The consuls of Germany, guay and the Argentine Republic, Cienfuegos, have protested before the civil governor against the bombard- ment by the American fleet due notification. | being given | whom | schemes Italy, Uru- | at | without | A report was current last week that ihe Cuban insurgents had submitted to Spain. Later this was denied at Madrid, although it was admitted that a few unimportant leaders had accept- ed the advances of Gen. Blanco. The Sixth Massachusetts regiment which 37 years s received with hisses and hostile demonstrations at Baltimore, was last Saturday accorded a most enthusiastic welcome as the regiment again passed through the city. The crew of the cruiser New York has asked permission to sink the bell which is now on board the ship. bell was presented to them by seventh regiment of New York which has refused to enlist. The sailors have already subscribed regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, en route for Chickamauga, caused | being in favor of prosecuting | the representations I shall make. CUBR WANS ABSOLUTE FREEDOM WAR DISAPPOINTING. Independence of the United States 2s Weil as of Spain the Aim of the insurgoats. An Opinion from Madrid. The vice-president of the Cuban Re- public, Senor Mendez Capote, now journeying to Washington the other to an Associated Press cor- respondent; “I go to Washington to set forth t aspirations of the provisional govern- ment in conjunction with Senor Palma. I cannot disclose the precise nature of m I't object is to establish a firm under- standing between the governments and arrange a basis of co-operation in mil- itary designs and a civil re-organiza- tion of the island. We feel immensely grateful to the United States for their aid. “The nocn-decisive character of the var far is a little disappointing to a but we know the American plans said day SO . TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. (Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republio of Cuba.) certain in the end to the effect the result striven for. “That result for us is not liberty alone but ee In enna of the United States as well as oi Spain.” The Madrid London Times, be wise and correspondent of the commenting on the situation in Cuba, says: ‘Whether any lJayge number of insurgents will ever ight for the Americans is considered extremely doubtful, but despite Spain’s hope it is equally doubtful _whether Gen. Maximo Gomez and the other in- insurgent leaders will boldly against American annexation. be said with certainty i cabinet at Washington has found and cannot count upon the efficient assistance from the in- surgents which it evidently expected declare . when it rushed into war without hav- ing an army of occupation ready. “Since the ministry has been recon- structed publicity and prominence are by leading organs to cer- tain movements of troops, which seem to indicate an intention to warn it may concern that Spain ready to resist ‘any unjustifiable of aggression from whatever quarter they may come. These move- ments have reference to the idea that Spain may be helpful to the powers in the event of any combination against an Anglo-Saxon alliance. ADMITS FINAL DEFEAT. is But Spain Hopes for the Intervention of Some European Power. Sencr Capdepon, Spanish minister ofy the interior, has denied, in the course of an interview, that the change in the constitution of the ministry wanly in- volve' any alteration in the Tf policy of Spain, all .the new the war | to the end with the utmost energy. This | the | $500 for a new bell. | Fire in a car containing the personal | effects of the 36 officers of the Ninth | wild | excitement at Conewago Junction last | Tuesday night. The car was burned to cinders and caused a severe loss to the regiment. William Doherty, a noted scientist has just arrived at his home in Cin- c¢innati from Hong Kong. He it was, who some time ago, secured drawings of the Manila fortifications, risked his life in passing the Spanish guards, and then presented the important papers to Admiral Dewey. Over a score of llves were lost and thousands of dollars’ worth of pron- erty was destroyed by a tornado which swept Slinton and Jackson counties, Ja., last Wednesday. The storm jumped into Western Illinois near Savana, and it was at that point that the loss of life was greatest. Capt. Duval of the United States commissary department has made a contract with St. Louis bakeries for 610,000 pounds of army crackers. This is equivalent to 30,000 barrels of flour. On each will be printed the words, “Remember the Maine.” Besides the big contract for hard bread, Capt. Duval has let a contract for 28,000 gal- lons of vinegar. 3 Soldier Killed in a Wreck. A passenger train on the Chatta- nooga, Rome & Southern rallroad, left Chattanooga Saturday morning, ran into the third section ot the military train conveying the First Missouri volunteers, near Rossville, Ga., killing Private George M. Walker, Company D, and painfully injuring A. Maynard Lane, Company M: Howard Brolaski, Company D, and slightly in- juring several others. Another Powder Mill Destroyed. Three thousand pounds of powder at the plant of the Economical Smokeless Powder Company, about four and a half miles from Hammond, Ind., blew this afternoon, killing Arthur E. up this afternoon, killing Arthur E. ing John S. Piper, Frank Halse and Carl Porter. The explosion occurred about 1 o'clock. The plant has been running only three days, and was about to be- gin work on a Government order for 25,000,000 cartridges. The officers of the company have been unable to de- termine the cause of the explosion. | more “Spain,” said Senor Capdepon, ‘‘went perilously near sacrificing her honor in the interest of peace, only making a stand when further concessions would have involved her disgrace and ef- facement as a nation. This she will never do, and in this resolve the new cabinet is as thoroughly uniform as the old. The new cabinet entertains no illusions. It is aware that weakness and poverty are opposed to strength and wealth; but Spain is in the posi- tion of a duellist bound to defend his honor against the gross insults of a powerful antagonist, who, al- though he is convinced that the result is almost certain death, yet he feels } required by the war department | March 15 and May 4, 1898. 193; nates aggregating $30,000,000 for i pay of the regular and volunteer f HEAVY "EXPENSES [Cost of the War Thus Far Y timated at { 8205,210,849. Secretary Alger has sent to the sec- etary of the treasury for transmission to Congress supplemental estimates of pppropriations aggregating §88,638,840 for and volun- the support of the regular teer armies of the United States for the first six months of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, in addition to the amounts appropriated in the acts of The par- ticular items for which appropriations re asked are given as follows: Expenses of the commanding gener- I's office, $1,000; contingent expenses nspector general’s department, $1,000; Bignal service of the army. $114.000; pay, etc., of the army, $4,017,804; pay of volunteers, $25,056,266; subsistence of the army, $10,219,635; regular sup plies uartermaster’'s department, $6,000,000 fucidentan expenses quarterinaster’ $ epartment, $2,500,000; for cavalry and artillery, $2,000,000; bar- racks and quarters, 50,000; army transportation, $20,000,000; clothing and camp and garrison equipage, $13.000,- 600; contingencies of the army, §59.000; medical and hospital department, $354.- 00; ordnance service, 325,000; ord- 1ance, ordnance stores and supplies 394.000; armament of fortifications, $130,510; manufacture of arms, $640,090; lequipment of engineer troops, $75,000; civilian assistants of engineer officers, ’340,000. Total, $88,638,840. | Up to this time the estimates and ap- Jpropriations already made on account of the war aggregate $295,210,840. } General Stanton has submitted esti- the army July 1. horses or the six months beginning A mite The Kong wish The peror made American is crowded to fight Pru for the ian dic m last no referenc great fire has mine at Dx ared that at 1 r hed. The German foreig eived reports France is indi cable cuttin to. be ntrar, and that she ifitends to ask the to protest again st it: The membe th cabinet took to the v broken powers new Spanish esday ev- vill: - assume § rtfolio pe nding the re tur n of The other oh Senor Annon, the minist er of marine; Senor Gamazo, mii r of public work and Senor Giron, minister of colonies. Although there is not yet a real fam- ine in Germany, bread and grain prices are still rising, espec..dly in South Germany, where the price of bread is per cent. above the rate that pr in January last. The use of table wines eral throughout Brazil, the cities, re va is very gen- especially in among rich and poor; and in the interior with the well-to-do people. Its use is regarded as essential | serrat I aweek rerowds i an ovation when they went ashore, the i veople e mbracing I'ficers of ar to health in this tropical and ing climate. RAN TEE BLO CKADE. Ship Returns to Spain, Having Landed Sup- plies for Elanco's Soldiers. The Spanish auxiliary griser Mont. arrived at Corunna, Spain, las from Cienfueg ie esc aed the American blockading ships. { of people thronged the que and the members of the crew: rece ved and of- Popular demon- various parts .of of the Mont- he was not and said he bunt the ly con- the the steamer. foilowed in the city. The commander serrat declared th charged with ar was not. carry Spaniards claim he is put cealing the facts in the case. The Montserrat is to be sent to rol or Cadiz in order to have her mounted The + n¢ captain strations Fer- guns that blockade of therefore, -apapers claim the Montserrat “thrice ran the the Cuban coast,” and that, the blockade ineffective. It is asserted that the Montserrat landed 15,000,000 pesetas, 1,000 soldiers, 1060 guns, 15,000 rifles and a quantity ot ammunition in Cuba. is Powder Explosion in Spain An explosion has occurred C'hauteau San Julian, Spain, jectile factory. Five soldiers workmen were killed outright pers severely injured, among the governor of the port. The sion was acc ide nt: iL Ivangelical church of Chicago a few days ago gave an ice. cream social. But the pastor permitted beer to be sold to those who did not enjoy the cream. at ‘the in a pro- and five and 62 them explo- Zion CAMPING GROUNDS IN CHICKAMAUGA FOR UNITER STATES TROOPS. Chickamauga Park is now being teer trocps which are daily assembling water from the Chickamauga river bulances for the hospital service have the force of the principle of noblesse oblige. “Spain prefers a possible defeat to a certain disgrace. Ministers know that the moral sympathies of the powers are with Spain, and that while hesitat- ing to undertake the responsibility for action which might lead to a greater war, they may eventually intervene from motives of self-interest and pub- lic policy on behalf of Spain.” The Holland minister for foreign af- fairs had a long conference with the United States minister, Stanford New- ell, with heference to the neutrality of the Netherlands. CAPITAL GLEANINGS Senator Mason’s Washington resid- ence was robbed of $4,000 worth of jewelry. An order for 200,000 pairs of soldiers’ shoes has been placed by the war de- partment. Russia objects to the United States retaining the Philippines or to selling them either to England or Japan. President McKinley last Saturday re- viewed the volunteer troops of the Dis- trict of Columbia. This is the first time in thirty years that volunteer troops have been reviewed by a President. is being provisions arrived on the grounds last Sunday. thousands of volun- plant for pumping erected. Twenty-five cars of Fifty-one improved am- about the prepared for the A water works been distributed grounds. The Cost of War. If the war continues for a year it will involve an expenditure of over $400,000,000. The appropriations already made or estimated as necessary for that period foot up $425,000,000. The optimistic view that Spain will. sue for peace as soon as a naval battle is won, and that the war will not last a year is not shared by republican leaders, who may be supposed to reflect the views of the administration. It is said that even should peace be declared in a month or six weeks the United States will have an expensive and lengthy task before it in establishing a stable government in Cuba and ef- fecting the occupation and control ot the Philippines. : Gladstone's Funeral Saturday, May 28, has been fixed for Mr. Gladstone’s funeral. With the interment of Gladstone's remains in Westminster Abbey the last niche in Statesman’s corner has been filled. A Marvelous Record. The navy department is proud of the record made by the Oregon, from an engineering point of view. The reports to the department from the ship show that she does not need 5 cents’ worth of repairs to her machinery debilitat- | | on the Pacific SPANISH FLEET ARRIVES AT CUBA: UNDER STRONG | DEFENSE. £LImiral Cervera's fhips Dodge the Two Lmerican 8quadrons, and Anchors At Santiago De Cuba. The Spanish squadron has arrived at Santiago de Cuba without accident. A direct message from Santiago de Cuba Friday confirmed the arrival of the Spanish squadron. The | event has cau siasm in the cld Cuban city. The Spanish lect, on its Santiago, icund there two warships, which retired speed. The Queen Re 1 intense enthu- American with all ‘rent has cabled con=- gratulations to Admiral Cervera. : "The American ships have had the Caribbean entrance to the Windward Passage so closely guarded that it would be ible ‘for the tleet to have gone north. Commodore Schley has the south coast of Cuba so thor- oughly patrolled that if the Cape Verde fleet should sail west from Santiago it would nct go far before it would meet the flying squadron. It is the opinion of naval cfficials that Admiral Cervers having once entered a Cuban port, will not “attempt to return immediately home, but will make for Cienfuegos or Havana. They IMPOSES to express an opinion regarding m. Port au Prince, announci ; nonading off the Haitien ¢ last Sunday. The minister marine at Madrid, Captain Aunon, received -a dispatch from Admiral Cervera, in command of the Cape Verde -squadron:- of the Spanish ficet. It read: *Santiago:de ‘This mori: I dent entered the squadre of Cuba, May 19. have without inci- this port, aceon: inied by CERVERA.Y also cabled that he did American ships during that the crews of his ect health and full of n and perf the is quickly squadron, dispatch says: “The 1¢ on the whose ar- ‘eatest exeite- Santiago. Im- people thronged | i ana e ntht ‘ mediately crowds the «au cheer Hava at the the ticet of was feared which left the to intercept the is now believed the to avoid a re- ships gone It fled in order that the ntiago de make a this the have to it was reported ot had left Sa ere preparing to vana. To do admiral will either with Sampson's fleet on the Sch ships on the north al battle is looked for. commanding the army, intention of the Spanish od a Erent (zeneral said it. was not the president to call for an additional nunsber of volunteers at this time. An fmportant expedition to Cuba will i leave Mobile port within a few days. | Fifteen thousand guns and several hundred thousand rounds of amimuni=- tion will be shipped to the insurgents. A delegation of prominent negroes called on the secretary of war Tues- day and urged that all of the ten regi- mwents of immunes to be sent to Cuba be made up of colored men. They pointed out the especial service the colored teoops, bred in the southern climate and most of them used to con- ditions similar to those to be confronted in Ct iba, would have in the campaign. Secretar was not able to.con- cede an of the immune regiments to colored volunteers, but gave assurance that several of them would be com- posed of men of their race. The dele- gation rg appointment of Capt. Thomas S. Kelley of Loujsiana as a colonel of one of the immune regi- ments. Capt. Kelley, it is s¢ afd, has the indorsement of Gen. Miles. A OATTLESHIPS LEAVE FD HANIA, LONG CRUISE. n Miles, also ¬her Terrible Fighting Machine, ‘tbe Ronterey, Goes to the Relio! of Dawey. Enthusiasm at 8an Froneisco. The Charleston is well on her way %o Manila. The big cruiser passed through the Golden Gate at San Fran- cisco Sunday. Every steam vessel in the harbor blew au revoir to Capt. (ilass and his crew. None the forts in the harbor saluted the vessel, but the demonstration made by the 6,000 soldiers ¢(l at the Presidio was tremendous. When . th vessel was sighted coming down the bay the sol- diers gathered on the beach and bid her bon voyage. They lined the beach for a mile Ags “cheer upon: cheer rang out from the men who are so soon to follow the Charleston to the scene of Admira Dewey's triumph The Charleston's hig siren answered the hoys on the beach time and again and the whistling was heard frem one end of the city to the other. Never has a war ve ssel leaving harbor received such a send-cff as givem the Charleston, Shion was first of the American fleet to be Co She from the Union Francisco ten ye of the ‘‘nest-eggs erican navy. The Monterey was ordered ceed to Manila to reinforce Ady iral Dewey's squdron. The Monter is a tower of strength in her 1f, a ih her addition to Admiral Dewey's force, together with the dispatch of thou- sands of troops to Manila, is amplaevi- dence that the administration Las as- sumed no half-hearted attitude toward the Philippines question and deter- mined to take no chance of disposs2s- sion until such time as the Unitéd States itself has arranged for the dis- position of the islands. The Monterey is probably the most formidable monitor in the world, yet she combines with the enormous of- fensive and defensive qualities of the monitor type a seaworthiness that is almost phenomenal. The Monterey is described technically as a barbette tur- ret, low free board monitor of 4,000 by 59 feet beam. and 14 feet 6 inches draught. She carries in two turrets surrounded by barbettes two 12-inch and two 10-inch guns, while on her superstructure between the turrets are mounted six 6-pcunders, four 1- pounders and two gatlings. The tur- rets are 7 1-2 and 8_inches thick, and the surrounding barbettes are 14 inches and 11 1-2 inches of steel, and against this armor all the batteries in Manila might thunder away without effecting an entrance. The Monterey’s personnc! is 19 of- ficers and 172 men, and once she Is safely in the entrance of Manila har- bor nothing in the Spanish navy would be likely to budge her from her post. of gather this built was launched iron works’ in San ears ago and was one " of the present Am- 15 pro- is
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