IHE SPANISH SQUADRON DOOMED.
TIGHTLY CORNERED.
American Battleihlpe Lyinf Outiido the
Barbor of Santiago Where Admiral
Cerora't Crnlaort Ara Anchored.
The navy department Is now positive,
thnt -the Spanish fleet la anchored In
Santiago harbor. The news was re
ceived from Commodore Schley, and
hi fleet of battle-ships la now arrayed
liefore the harbor from which the ene
my'a ships muat either emerge and fight
or be mink at their anchorage.
The cruiser St. I'aul, commanded by
Capt. Slgsbee, Inte of the Maine, which
has been cruising; about Santiago for
the last ten dnya, also reports the Span
ish fleet anchored In that harbor.
The President Bald to a Senator when
he learned of the w 'hereabouts of the
Spanish fleet, that the Invasion of
Cuba woulil begin Immediately after
the Spanish fleet had been entrapped
or destroyed. Judging from this, Cuba
will be speedily Invaded.
It la reported that the fleet and sol
diery are monopolizing the supplies
atored In Santiago, and fear and fam
ine prevail among the people.
Schley's blockade by sea and the In
aurRent lines on land prevent tne re
plenishing of the stores of provisions.
The result Is much excitement and dis
satisfaction, to which patriotism has
been subordinated.
The people believed that Cervera
Would simply take on supplies and go
out to meet Sampson In battle. In
stead, the nppearnnceof Schley's squad
ron has compelled him to remain In
port, awaiting relief by the Cadiz
squadron. The arrival of thnt fleet Is
necessarily uncertain, and the people
of Santiago realize tha a mistake was
made In bringing the squadron there.
Cervera depends upon the Cadiz
squadron to uncork the bottle Into
which he Is shut. He Is believed to
know of the romlng of the lleet.
The cable Is censored rigidly, and no
hips are allowed to leave the harbor.
Santiago believes It Impossible for the
American ships to dash Inside after
'ervera. because. In addition to the
ne of forts, the channel has been thor-
ughly mined.
Meanw hlk the Insurgents are draw
ing all available forces around the city,
nd are prepared. In the event of an
American naval victory, to attack the
city on the land side, and try to take
this last stronghold of the Spaniards
In the eastern part of Cuba.
Commodore Schley has secured a
Cuban pilot who knows all about the
Cuban coast and harbors, having been
In the business for 1" years. It Is said
that he km.ws the exact locntlon of nil
the mines planted by the Spaniards at
Santiago.
The following dispatch has been re
ceived from the correspondent of the
Associated Press with the American
fleet off Santiago de Cuba:
Off Santiago dc Cuba, May 2!). Com
rnodore Schley and the flying squad
ron have the Spanish lleet bottled up
tn the harbor of Santiago de Cuba.
Sy the most clever maneuvering the
Commodore allowed the Spaniards to
think he had left In disgust. They
took the bait and ran Into the harbor.
Commodore Schley moved down this
morning, and at S o'clock, going close
to the harbor, he saw the Cristobal
Colon, the Maria Teresa and two tor
pedo boats.
Commodore Schley has acted upon
his, own Information and judgment for
the past six days, and believes the
whole Spunixh fleet Is there. He sat
on the after triangle of the Brooklyn
this morning until after the discovery
of the lleet, and he then went to break
fast, saying:
"I have got them, and they will never
gel Home
CAPTAIN SIOSBEE.
Capt. Slgsbee, late commander of the
Ill-fated Maine, now captain of the
cruiser St. Paul, last Monday raptured
a Hrlttsh vessel "which attempted to
take a cargo of coal into Santiago de
Cuba. There Is likelihood of Interna
tional complications over the seizure
of the British ship, as Santiago Is not
a blockaded 1ort. But, If the vessel
carried coal for the enemy, a neutral
flag will not protect her, and we can
condemn It.
. ' Explosion In a Powder Kill.
By the explosion of a mixing mill at
the smokeless powder works of the
Dupont Company, at Carney's Point,
near Penns Grove, N. J last week
William Brown, a workman of Penns
Grove, was killed. Thomas S. Shoul
ders, of Penns Grove, injured, and
'three mills destroyed. The explosion
is supposed to have, been caused by a
pebble in tho mixing trough. The mill
caught fire and the flames were com
municated to two other mills neurby.
and they were also destroyed.
NEWS NOTES.
One hundred and thirty street cars
were destroyed . In a Bultlmore fire
last Sunday,
It Is officially announced at Buenos
Ay res that 400,000 tons of wheat are
till available fur export.
Labor leaders In Chicago are de
nouncing Letter, the "wheat king," for
cornering the market, and raising the
price of wheat.
The two leading German newspapers
tn St. Louis have consolidated and will
be Issued by a company, of which
Carl Schurs will be President.
i President N. P. Hallowell, of the Na
tional Bank of Commerce, of Boston,
announces the disappearance of Fred
. T. Moore, assistant paying teller, leav
ing a shortage of $50,000.
A treaty was signed a few dava ago
between the United States and France
which places the minimum rate upon
certain products exported to France.
Dewey's capture of Manila has
forced up the price of rope In this
country. . Manila waa, .outside of Mex
ico, the main supply for raw material.
A Pittsburg boy, Frank PeteVs, cele-
' hrttttMl D.'U nv'a vletnev with n t ........
can filled with powder. Both his eyes
. were blown out by the resulting explo
sion. The Bethlehem Iron Company of
Pennsylvania,, has made and shipped
to Watervilet arsenal tha largest can
' t n forging ever turned out In Amer
SANTIAGO DE CCDA.
The Inhabitants of this beautiful Cub an city are now anxiously awaiting
the terrible results which must follow a failure to surrender to the Americ
ans. The I'nlted States soldiers are de termlnod. Just outside of the harbor
are anchored the great American bat- tle-shlps, composing Commodore
Schley's fleet. Either Cervera will bring his Spanish cruisers out from
the protected harbor and engage In bnttle with the Americans, suffering
an honorable defeat, or be sunk to the disgrace and humiliation of the des
potic nation which he represents. In the disaster which will befall the city,
there Is no refuge for the troops or Inhabitants. The Cuban Insurgents
are on the outside, ready to capture the city as soon as the fleet is disposed
of.
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.
Wide-spread distress Is reported
from the Interior of Spain.
All goods from America to Manila
nre to be admitted free of duty.
Thirty thousand native volunteers at
Manila have offered their services to
Spain.
Spaniards at Manila are rejoicing
over the approach of another Spanish
fleet.
Three times as many men will be sent
to the Philippines as were first Intend
ed. The cruiser Harvard took on board
750 tons of coal at Kingston last Sun
day. More than twenty transports are
waiting at Tampa, Fin., to take troops
to Cuba.
Two American newspaper correspon
dents have been arrested by Spaniards
at Matanzas.
The Cuban insurgents are better
armed and mounted than ever and are
now moving upon Havana.
The transports waiting at Tampa to
convey the troops to Cuba are costing
the government 125,000 a day.
The Commissary Department now
hns on hnnd at Tnmpa, Fin., three
months' rations for 60.000 men.
Balloons will be used in determining
the exact position of Admiral Cer
vera's fleet In Santiago harbor.
Residents of Porto Rico say they will
burn the cities In preference to sur
rendering to American soldiers.
Copt. Blanco says there are only four
American gun boats along the Cuban
coast from Santiago to Havana.
Three runs on boat of the flagship
Brooklyn, were last Sunday christened
the Dewey, Schley and Farragut.
The soldiers of the north and south
together, observed Memorial day on
Southern battlefields last Monday.
Benor Polo y Bernabe, Inte minister
to the I'nlted States hns been appoint
ed ambassador to Hungary-Austria.
Spain will not fit out a third fleet,
she has none to fit out, neither will
she send 7,000 men to the Philippines.
.The Invasion of Cuba Is absolutely
delayed until the Spanish fleet has
been captured or Is utterly disposed of.
Fifty thousand of the troops raised
under the second call will be used to
fill out deficient regiments already In
service.
The Spaniards at Mnnlla have turned
the guns of their forts landward to re
pel the Impending attacks of the In
surgents. The tattered pennant of the lll-fnted
hattle-shtp Maine was one of the feat
ures of the Memorial parade at Chi
cago last Monday.
Admiral Sampson's squadron Is lying
n'ear Key West, prepared to Intercept
any Spanish vessel from approaching
Atlantic coast cities.
The temperature about Cuba is 110
degrees In the shade and the men on
the American battle-ships are suffer
ing from the extreme heat.
The Spanish Minister for the'
Colonies, Senor Glron, proposes to offer
premiums for vessels carrying pro-
Islons to Cuba and Puerto Kico.
Three Spanish spies fired on Americ
an soldi rs at Fort Taylor, Key West,
a few duys ago. Although tho Americ
ans returned the fire the Spaniards es
caped. The second call for volunteers to the
number of 75.000 men Is for the pur
po." of Ailing up the companies of the
different state regiments to the maxi
mum limit.
Spaniards have purchased 100 tons
of coin at Kingston for soldiers In
southern Cuba. The American squad
ron has been warned and the coin will
not be landed.
Some Spaniards disgusted with the
attitude of the F.uropean Powers, now
believe that their only hope Is In
directly negotiating with President
Mckinley for peace.
The horses and mules at Tampa are
suffering greatly from the heat and
they are dying at the rate or five or 10
a day. Many of the camps have little
or no shade for the horses.
Spain recently sent a note inviting
the powers to protest jointly against
the blockade of Cuba. The powers de
cided to take no action, and no replies
have been received at Madrid.
The American bark Saranoc, captur
ed some time ago by the Spaniards,
lias been released. Dewey sent the
gunboat Petrol to Hollo where the bark
lay and she effected a rescue.
A Spaniard who wanted to know too
much about, the channel at Key West
has been arrested and held aa a spy.
The contents of his trunk indicate him
to be an officer of high degree,
It Is the president's intention to end
the war before the summer Is over.
A train consisting of ten sleeping
cars will be held in readiness at Tam
pa, to convey sick and wounded sol
diers to the nearest hospital as soon aa
the invasion of Cuba has begun.
The naval authorities entertain
hopes of capturing four of the Spanish
cruisers, bottled up In Santiago har
bor, Intact. These ships would make
splendid additions to the United States
navy., ... ... ,
Bo strict is the news censorship at
Tampa aid Key West, that the pub
lic will have no knowledge of the In
terded Cuban invasion, until the
troops are actually on the Island of
Cuba.
An official denial waa Issued to .ru
mors of the occupation, cession or
sale of any Spanish territory to
France, and It was also denied that
the latter Intends to occupy Morooc
erritory. -
The war department has dally com
munications with the Cuban Insur
gents. The currency of the I'nlted States
will be legal tender on nil Islands oc
cupied by the I'nlted States during the
war with Spnin.
Contractors at San Francisco are
furnishing the troops with an Inferior
quality of fond, and the government
will Investigate.
The Spaniards retained $50 of the
American newspaper correspondents'
money who were recently exchanged
for Spanish prisoners.
, A letter was stolen from the Spanish
spy headquarters at Montreal, con
taining a list of Spain's spies tn the
I'nlted States. Immense rewards have
been offered by the enemy for the re
turn of this letter which Is snld to
have fallen into the hand of United
States detectives,
O0VERNINO THE PHILIPPINES.
Oen- Herritt to Have Abiolnto Control of tho
Island - New Cable.
The state department hns mailed to
General Merrltt his exhaustive In
structions for the government of tho
Philippines. These embody not only
full details for the control of the mili
tary and naval forces In establishing
I'nlted States sovereignty over the
Philippine group, which were prepared
by the war and navy departments for
Incorporation In the Instructions, but
are understood to clothe the command
ing general with greater discretionary
powers than have ever up to this time
been granted to an agent of this gov
ernment. Except In his relations with
foreign powers growing out of pos
sible complications In the east, which
are to be referred to Washington for
negotiation, General Merrltt's control
of affairs will be practically supreme.
The Instructions throughout bear every
evidence thnt the I'nlted States Intends
to preserve permanent control of the
Islands. ,
In this connection It Is understood
to-dny thnt arrangements are alrendy
made to lay a cable from Snn Fran
cisco by way of Hawaii directly to
Manila, and the work will be under
taken as a military necessity the mo
ment authority for the expenditure
can be secured from congress,
MEMORIAL SAT III FRANCE.
Americans Deeortto tho Orave of Lafayette
- Present War Referred to.
With a view to check the pro-Spanish
feeling at Pails and enlist the sym
pathies of Frenchmen on the side of
America, a special effort was made by
the American colony Monday to do
honor to the memory of Lafayette. A
big gathering proceeded to his tomb
In the licous cemetery which was de
corated with wreaths and mutual flags.
The I'nlted States ambassador. Gen
eral Horace Porter, deposited the Am
erican wreaths, and In an eloquent
speech referred to America's debt to
Lafayette and the "unbreakable ties
between the two peoples." He was
warmly applauded. M. Bartholdl fol
lowed In the same strain, but he said
ho deplored the fact that there existed
a new spirit among modern Americ
ans which "differed from the traditions
of the founders of the republic." He
said Frenchmen looked to General
Porter and Americans like him to
"keep the United States faithful to the
great principles of liberty and justice
which presided at the birth of the Re
publlc." Tho Capture of Santiago.
Santiago Is cut off by a roadless
country and the insurgents from the
rest of Cuba. It Ib, therefore, Impos
sible for Blanco to reinforce It, even
If he could spare troops.
The capture of Santiago would com
pel Cervera to rush upon certain de
struction, sink his ships or surrender,
and the Administration, If it chose,
could establish tho Cuban Government
there.
The Hotter of Troops.
Adjutant General Corbln said Tues
day that 121.500 troops had been mus
tered Into the volunteer army under
tho coll for 125,000 men, and that the
remaining 3,500 men were in state
camps ready for the visit of the mus
tering olMcers. The apparent shortage
Is divided among the states of Iowa,
Mississippi and North Carolina.
CABLE FLASHES.
The Italian cabinet has resigned.
The German Admiralty will shortly
dispatch the school ship Moltke and
Stosch to the West Indies for the pro
tection of German citizens residing In
Central America.
The Spanish military agent, Senor
Sandoval, is still at Berlin. It waa he
who effected the recent purchase In be
half of Spain of the North German line
steamer Havel.
The unveiling of a monument to tho
late John Jacob Aator occurred at
Waldorf, Germany, laat week, with ap
propriate ceremonies, in the presence
of the Grand Duke of Baden.
President Faure, of France, regrets
that the efforts of the powers were
futile ir, restoring peace between
America and Spain.
The Frankfurt Zeltung says that the
Spanish Minister at Copenhagen has
induced the Government of Denmark
to instruct the Danish otllclals in the
Antilles to afford Spain certain facili
ties in regard to her fleet.
The German papers teem with sar
castic comments on the alleged Inac
tivity of the United States attribu
ting it "to a lock of courage" or to
"unreadiness of its forces," especially
to the ''notorious condition of Insub
ordination of tr American militia."
IHE CUBAN INVASION HIS BEGUN.
TRANSPORTS READY.
Tho Dettinatlon of tho Troops Cannot bo
Learned-Oen. Mile Takes Fononal
Charge of tho Force
Word has reached Tampa ordering
the troops mobilized at that place to
prepare for the Cuban Invasion at
once. Gen. Miles and stnff left Wash
ington for Tampa Inst Monday and he
will take personal charge of the Invad
ing army.
About 25 ships, the biggest and fast
est that could be obtained, have been
gathered to receive the troops. They
will accommodate about 30.000 men, for
In a short voyage like that from one of
the gulf ports to Cuba It Is possible
to carry a much larger number of
men aboard ship than would be admis
sible In the case of a cruise to the Phi
lippines. How many troops started: where
they took ships; where they are bound,
are questions which the directing spir
its of the campaign refuse positively
to answer. They hnve no desire thnt
the Spanish should hnve opportunity
afforded them to gnther forces to at
tack our soldiers as they land.
There Is a suspicion that the start
will be mnde from Tampa and Mobile,
and It Is probable that In such case
the Meets of transports will converge
at Key West to move under the con
voy of warships which Admiral Samp
son hns provided to Insure them
against attnek at the hnnds of some
strny Spanish cruiser or gunbont.
It Is prohable thnt there will be no
less than four separate military expe
ditions, and thnt these will be landed
nt four different points. Whether
Porto Rico Is one of these points or
not ennnot be learned. Before the
enlt force which It Is proposed to use
In Cuba can be landed the transports
must mnke four separate voyages
across the straits.
Arrangements have been mnde to
utilize the services of the Insurgent
to the largest posslblp extent. The
government nlready hns sent expe
ditions to a Inrgs number of points on
the Islnnd nnd landed nrms for the In
surgents. Most of the parties succeed-
AMERICAN LINER ST. LOUIS.
(She and her sister skips, 8t,J?aul, Paris and New York, chartered by tho dovornmont
' for auxiliary cruiser.)
On the ldth of May the cruiser Rt. Louis and the tug Wampntuck were or
dered to cut the cnbles that stnrt from Santiago de Cubit nnd Ounnlnnnmo.
The Wnmpatuck. regardless of mines entered the harbor of Santiago and
located the wharves nnd 2.000 tons of conl. Last Wednesdny tho guns of
Morro opened on the St. Louis nnd the tug nfter two cnbles hnd been cut.
The American boats Immediately replied to the forts, nnd soon the big guns
of the St. Louis hnd demolished all but one of the shore batteries. The next
dny they were chnsed by" a Spanish warship, but escaped.
ed perfectly In gaining their object,
and It was said at the war department
thnt a snllliient number of the Insur
gents hnve been armed to constitute a
very effective support for the troops
as they land.
SPAIN'S FINANCES.
Her Repreientativei in Paris Endeavoring
to Raiao 50,000 000.
Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spanish
ambassador to France, has returned to
Pnris to continue his mysterious nego
tiations which are now believed to be
financial rather than political.
The Paris correspondent of the Dully
Mnil snys he hears that Senor Leon y
Castillo Is charged to endeavor to
float a loan of 10,000.000 t $50,000,000)
on the security of the tobacco monop
oly. La Correspondence Espana ob
serves: An unexplained feeling of des
pondency Is noticeable. As no bad news
has been received we can only suggest
that this feeling Is caused by fears of
a prolongation of the war.
In the chamber of deputies to-day
Senor Pulgcerver, minister of flnnnce,
replying to the criticisms of Marquis
de Vlllaverde, Conservative, with re
spect to the financial policy of the
government, repudiated the charge of
want of foresight and asserted that
Spain's finances were In a "sutlsfuctory
condition, ussuiing tho payment of all
the expenses of the war." Senor Pulg
cerver said thut In view of the Impos
sibility of negotiating loans abroad
there was no meuns of raising funds to
continue the war except by an extens
ion of the Hank of Spain's note Issue,
which, however, did not Imply a forced
paper currency. He proposed, he snld,
to convert the treasury's floating debt
now nearly 500,000,000 pesetas, Into
small denomination treasury bonds.
He explained the proposed conversion
of the external debt, but avoided any
allusion to the proposed tax on the na
tional debt. Senor Pulgcerver alflrmed
the necessity of a 20 per cent. Increase
In all taxation, Including that on agri
culture. It Is believed Senor Gomnzo, the
present minister of public Instruction
and Liberal leader, will replace Senur
Pulgcerver, now minister of finance,
who has absolutely declined In the
cortes to agree to an Income tax, and
who Is consequently expected to resign.
Senor Oomazo favors the proposed Im
post. It is said that the concentration
of Spanish troops In the neighborhood
of Gibraltar is due to an Increase In
the British military preparations.
Premier Sagasta's organ, the Liberal,
says that the diverging Interests of
the powers preclude for the present
any prompt, definite diplomatic action
giving Spain powerful European back
ing. ' Gladstone's Beating Plaoo
In the northern transept of 'West
minster abbey, where England's great
est dead rest, the body of the late Wil
liam Ewart Gladstone was entombed
Saturday with the ceremonies of the
nation he had served and of the church
he had loved. .
CAPITAL 0LEANIN01
Oscar S. Straus, of New York, hns
been tendered the post of minister to
Turkey.
The President Is dissatisfied with the
slow progress made in preparing the
volunteer troops for actual service.
The state department hus been noti
fied by British Consul Gollan, at
Havana, that the exchunge of prison
ers has been effected, and that the
Maple, with Charles Thrall and Hay
den Jones, the American correspond
dents, on board, has sailed for Key
West.
BRITISH VESSEL SUNK.
Collides During Sento Fog With tho United
tatet Crniior, Colombia-
The United States protected cruiser
Columbia, came Into port at New York
Sunday, with a great hole in her star
board quarter through which a horse
and wagon might have been driven.
The gallant vessel had also a heavy
list to port. The warship hnd been In
collision with the British steamship
Foscolla. Saturdny evening, during a
thick fog, while cruising off Fire
Islnnd. The Foscolla was sunk. Her
officers and crew, numbering 21, were
snved and brought to port by the Col
umbia. Not a life was lost and nobody
Injured
Thnt both vessels were not blown to
ntoms Is nothing short of a miracle.
During the collision the Foscolla ran
against a torpedo chute loaded with a
Whitehead missile carrying 500 pounds
of gun cotton. There was no explosion.
It will take weeks to repnlr the Colum
bln. The exact amount of damage will
not be known until the cruiser hus
ben placed In dry docks.
The cnptnln of the Forcolln places the
responsibility on the captain of the
Columbia, Capt. James H. Sands.
It will take three weeks to repair the
cruiser Columbln. -
PRESIDENT REVIEWS TROOPS.
Twlovo Thousand Volunteers Paao Before
Their Commander-in Chief.
On! of the most brllllnnt mllltnry
pngennts enacted since the grand mus
tering out parade of the Federal
troops, down the streets of Washing
ton, at the close of the civil wnr, oc
curred nt Camp Alger, Vn., Inst Sat
urday when President McKlnley re
viewed the troops now qunrtered there.
It was the Hist time In over thirty
years thnt an urmy of volunteers ren
dezvoused In time of wnr hnd passed In
review before the commander-in-chief
of the nrmy nnd nnvy. and the demon
stration attracted many thousnmls
from Washington nnd the surrounding
country to the enmp grounds near
Fulls church. There were 12,000
troops In line.
Oerman Neutrality.
United States Ambnssndor White at
Berlin Is greatly pleased nt a fresh
evidence of Germnny's strict neutral
ity. Acting upon Information from
the I'nlted States consul nt Hamburg,
to the effect that the Spanish steamer
t'lnzon was about to sail with contra
band of war, Mr. White went to the
foreign ofllce nnd protested, with the
result thnt the government officials
ucted promptly. The steamer was
starched nnd no contraband of war
was found on board.
MANILA NEWS.
The report thnt the commander of
the Cnllno nnd Admiral Montljo have
been sentenced to death Is untrue.
The French cruiser Bruit will soon
leave for Largon; her captain reporting
that he can't get provisions in Mnnlla.
Provisions are very scarce In Manila.
Foreign residents of the city are anx
ious to get away, but they do not know
where to go.
Agulnaldo, the leader of the Philip
pine insurgents. It Is said, hns 87.000
troops, armed with Mauser rides, pre
paring to attack Manila.
It Is reported thnt the nntlve soldier
hnve agreed to go over to the Insur
gents as soon as the latter make an at
tack In force on Spain's position.
The prize money which will go to
the blue Jackets of Rear Admiral
Dewey' squndron as a result of the de
struction of the Spunlnh lleet In the buv
of Manila, Is estimated at $NU0 In gold
for each man.
The Insurgents have been unable to
do much yet. owing to tho lack of
nrms, but they expect a shipment of
rllles In a few days. When these ar
rive they promise to drive the Spun
lards Into the sea.
OIXIBAI) WITLU.
General Weyler declares that Cuba
will be lost unless he is sent there.
Once on the island, he declares, he
would Invade the United States.
The Spaniards have offered $25,000
for the head of Agulnaldo, the Insur
gent leader.
All the American ships are at
Cavlte, in Manila bay. Salt provisions
are plentiful, but fresh provisions are
not obtainable.
According to a London dispatch Ad
miral Dewey is losing men from dis
ease almost daily. Small-pox and dys
entery are said to be rife In the Am
erican squadron.
The Spanish and native Boldlers In
Manila were In a state bordering on
mutiny nnd the priests gave the gov
ernor $17,000,000, which was mostly
uved to pay off the troops.
The governor of Hong Kong has
prohibited the United States auxiliary
gunboat ZdAro from taking war stores
to the American Hoot, '
INTO HAVANA
Small-Pox tnd Malarial Feteri Threaten tht
Inhabitants-Yellow Jack Not Creel
ed by the Cabana.
Tha rainy Benson In Cuba began
mora than a week ago, and It la not
unllkoly that Havana la a perfect pest
hole. An old resident of Havana Bald
recently:
"Havana has malarial fever and
smallpox the year round, but they are
not epidemic except In the rainy sea
son. Within a week nfter the rains ba
gln the death rate shows a large in
crease and the situation grows worse;
as the season advances. But a few days
are enough to scatter disease.
"When the war broke out there were
150,000 persons In Havana who had not
sufficient means of support for one
week. Whnt must be their condition
now after Ave weeks of the blockade?
As a rule Cubans are not provident,
while Spaniards hnd something when
the war began, the Cubans nothing."
Weeks before the blockade wss es
tablished a large clgnr firm commenced
to feed Its workmen In an Immense
kitchen. Tho tobacco supply hnd run
out, the factories were closed, nnd the
workmen were soon almost starved.
Hunger soon puts a person In a con
dition in which pestilence enn readily
seise him.
"Among the reconcentrados small
pox has killed more than nny other
disease. The people were unable to
keep clean, unable to be vaccinated,
even if willing, and they died by tens
of thousands. In their debilitated con
dition disease operated rapidly. Small
pox ought now to be dangerous In
Cuba. Molarlnl fever Is now feared
by the Cubans more thnn yellow fever
Is. Yellow fever attacks a person only
once, und the Cubans generally have
the disease In a mild form during
childhood, nnd are ' thenceforth Im
mune: but not so with malarial fever,
which also Is very contagious.
"In Havana province there are nu
merous bands of from 20 to 50 Insur
gents each. They are no longer able to
raid the suburbs ns before, the de
fenses hnvlng been strengthened. A
small body of Spanish soldiers who
would wander away from the town
would be pretty sure to be chopped to
pieces by Cuban machetes. With the
lleet In front and the Cuban guerrillas
behind, Havana Is practically be
sieged, and the same may be said of
the other towns."
75,000 MEN WANTED.
Occupation of tho Philippine! Necoultatee
Haltering In of Additional Soldiers.
Not Confined to National Onardi.
President McKlnley Wednesday Is
sued a proclamation calling for 75,000
additional volunteers. The suddenness
of th decision Is tdiown by the fact
thnt Secretary Alger stated only two
days ngn thnt a call for troops was not
bliig considered. The proclamation is
as follows: '
"Whereas, An act of Congress was
approved on tho 25th day of April, 1898,
'jntltled, 'An act declaring that war
exists between the I'nlted States of
America and the Kingdom of Spain,'
and
"Whereas, By an act of Congress en
titled, 'An act to provide for temporari
ly Increasing tho military establish
ment of the United States In time of
war and for other purposes,' approved
April ?i, ism, the President Is author
ized, In order to raise a volunteer army
to Issue his proclamation cnlling for
volunteers to serve in the army of the
I'nlted Stntes.
"Now, therefore. I, Wllllnm McKln
ley, President of the United Stntes, by
virtue of the power vested In tne by
the Constitution nnd the Inws, and
deeming BUfllclent occasion to exist,
have thought lit to call forth and here
by do call forth volunteers to the ag
gregate number of 75,000 In addition to
the volunteers called for by my proc
lamation of the 2:id day of April, in the
present year; the same to be apport-
limed, as far ns practicable, among the
several States and Territories and the
District of Columbia, according to the
population, and to serve for two years
unless sooner discharged.
"The proportion of each arm and the
details of enlistment nnd organization
will be made known through the War
Deportment.
"In witness whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be atllxed.
"Dune nt the city of Washington this
twenty-fifth day of May, In the yeur of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-eight, nnd of tho Independ
ence of the United States the one hun
dred and twcntv-second.
WILLIAM MKJNLEY.
"By the President,
"WILLIAM R. DAY.
Secretary of Slate."
Hnvlng developed Into a war of oc
cupation, vustly greater numbera are
needed than were counted upon nt the
time of the first cnll wns made. Then
It was anticipated that the only mlll
tnry operations would be curiied.on In
Culm, but since Dewey's capture of tho
Philippines 1.1,000 men have been taken
from the force needed for Cuba
Pennsylvania will furnish about .
458 men, for the second muster of vol
unteers: Ohio. 4.34H; West Virginia 833
nnd Maryland, l.iefl.
THE CUBAN INVASION.
Not Until Us Forces Equal thoso of Blanco
Will they Leave Tampa
It Is the Intention of President Mc
Klnley und the war department that
the Invasion of Cuba shull be made
with a decisive rush. There will be no
Invasion until there are 100.000 men.
thoroughly equipped, encamped at
Tampa. It Ib pointed out thut General
Blunco had an army of perhaps 100,000
accllmutlzed troops. In the opinion of
the authorities it would be foolish to
send less than that number of United
States soldiers there, particularly as
many of them are raw recruits and not
acclimatized. When the blow Is struck
it must be decisive and it will take
place almost Immediately after tho
troops have been landed. There will be
no bomburdment of Havana until the
Amerlcun forces are on Cuban soli, and
then army and navy will make a com-,
blued attuck.
Spain Hai No Allies.
Tho Madrid correspondent of the,
London Times commenting on the
"feeling of sadness prevailing In
Spain," says:
"It Is less on account of ministerial
dissensions, which are not really seri
ous, than on account of a fuller appre
hension of the difficulties of the situa
tion namely, that It Is hopeless to ex
pect any asijistunce from Europe, even
Fianre ancli'Kusvia being, since Mr.
Chamberlain's speech averse from do
ing anything to precipitate complica
tions, Spain now seos that she must .
trust tu herself alone In an unequal
struggle that can have only one end."