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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1898-14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SINESS, nw. Just 5. Positively All day Friday balf rates. A meeting ! 1 be beld FE MONDAY NIGHTS, & o'clock. The last trumpet meeting SATURDAY NIGHT. 5 cae THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF NINE TRUSTEES ef the German American Fire Insurance of the District of Columbia will be held at the ‘ of the company, 511 7th st. mw., om THURSDAY, June 16, 1808 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. HH. BERGMANN, Secreta: ARE IN THE MARKET F« 7 a typewriter drop 4 p to me with address and save money. fie Je2Bt_ WHO SO KINDLY was thrown from @ morn T IF THE TWO assisted Miss Payne, Metropolitan street car Wednesday 4th st. and Ind. ave. by carrying her to sr. nw wend their addrosa:s. or if who saw will commmunics with » Dumbarton ave, Je2-2t To Whom Ir MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the partnership G. Waters e existing between Jo | cloudy weather, possibly light showers to- bn M. Waters, trading . 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To Low tide, 11 and 11:47 p.m. 1 tide, a.m. p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, high tide, 6:09 am. and 6:2) p.m pm. Moon sets Tomorrow aps ali li hing begun at one hour be “Phe ligt time named. yesterday June 1.4 p.m., night, G4 June 2. 69: 2 p.m., Maxi ; S$ a.m., 66; 12 noon, at 4 p.m., June 1; mini- rvm, 61, a.m., June 2. ‘The following the readings of the barcmeter at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 pP-m. yesterday: Jun= 1 p.m., 8 p.m., 29.91; 12 m‘dnight, June 29.98; 2 p.m., AUCTION BICYCL BOARDIN (Flats). (alls) (Houses) (Miscellaneous) tOfticesy (Rooma) (Stabl s jeyel Houses). 12 12 e12 POTOMAC RAILROADS. . SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAC SUBUR! BUMM (Rooms). «Situation RESULT OF VOT! rs for International bical Union. The result of the voting by Columbia Union at the biennial election for officers of the International Typographical Unton, held Tuesday, was made known last even- ing. More than 1,200 votes were cast_by the various cha x Choosing Ty poge: A. 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WILL NOT GET HOME Commodore Schley’s Prediction Re- garding Cervera’s Squadron. FIRST SIGHTED LAST SUNDAY Their in Santiago Harbor Pleased the Men. Appearance THE COLON RECOGNIZED (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) WITH THE UNITED STATES FLEET, OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, May 29, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 2. — Four weeks after the victory of Rear Admiral Dewey at Manila, Commodore Schley, in ecmmard of the flying squadron, had his shrewdness and pertinacity rewarded by finding the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. For ten days he had, in the face of con- flicting rumors and some cases of alleged verifications, insisted that the ships of Spain were trying to nake a landing on the southera coast of Cuba. This was evident- ly rot in consonance with newspaper and official information, and his opinion was rot given much public weight. In fact, it is believed that some days before he proved the correctaess of his diagnosis of the sit- Commodore W. S. Schley. uation he was ordered to return to Key West. However, new facts gathered by him in the meantime gave him still more grounds for belief as to his proximity to the Spaniards. Seen by Adula’s Captain. The captain of the British steamer Adula, who was interviewed at Cienfuegos, told of seeing the Spanish fleet in the vicinity of Sentiago de Cuba, evidently awaiting op- portunities to get In. Capt. Sigsbee of the St. Paul related how he had captured a Spanish coal vessel go- ing into the harbor of Santiago de Cut and Commodore Schley argued from these two incidents that the fleet of Spain w waiting In some haven near Santiago de Cuba until such time as a visit, fruitless in ; should be made there by the ans, when, upon their departure, anish fleet would run into the or, Commodore Schley determined to make that visit, and cn Friday night he ran within six miles of the harbor. The St. Paul was then detached and sent back to keep out of sight, with instructions to be ready, at a twenty-knot clip, to bring news to the commodore ai any moment. From the American ships the Spanish batteries were in plain view, but no doubt ander preconcerted arrangement even, for y made no attempt to fire, and the fly- ing squadron, after circling around, slow steamed away in the direction of Key West, as its coal supply was becoming short. ‘There was a collier with the squad- ren, but there was no friendly harbor with smooth water, and there was serious dan- | ser of smashing the collier if an attempt Was made to coal the heavy battle ships at sea. Coated ut Sen. Resourceful and daring, Commodore Schley showed forth, however, and at dark, with an original rigging to protect the ship, the Texas and the Marblehead began to coal. They worked all night, and at day- break had filled their bunkers. By noon on Saturday the converted yaciat Vixen had aiso coaled, and at 1 o'clock, not having heard from the St. Paul, the Amer- ican warships again moved toward Santi- ago de Cuba, First standing off the coast about fifteen miles, the squadron afterward circled in front of Morro Castle, but not close enough in to get a view of the inside of the har- bor, guarding carefully against the possi- bilities of a torpedo boat attack. At night the squadron lay off a point of land, and in the morning, Sunday, the St. Paul came along, but did not report any knowledge of the Spanish fleet's where- abouts. Consequently, Commodore Schley deter- ed to find it himself, and, with the hip in the lead, he started toward the harbor. The Spanish troops at the earth- works and batteries could be seen through glasses preparing in haste to give the American ships as warm a reception as possible Recognized the Colon, When about five miles from the batteries the, lookouts reported the masts of two ships, and Flag Lieut. Sears and Ensign M auley made the first one out to be the Cristobal Colon. Two torpedo boats were also made out and a second vessel of the Vizcaya class was seen, All this time Commodore Schley was up- on the after bridge of the Brooklyn making 00d use of his binoculars. Arrived at the harbor estrance, when the ships were sighted from the deck, he turn- ed his eyes from the glasses long enough to wink and say: “I told you I would find them. They will be a long time getting home.” The order to man the port batteries had been given, and the men, stripped to the waist, in a temperature considerably over 100 degrees, awaited with impatience the word to ftre. But the commodore decided not to waste ammunition on the batteries, and the men were disappointed. For the time being, however, there was much quiet jubilation among the men over the prospect of a fight. Commodore Schley showed his evenness of temperament by ordering the Massa- chusetts to take coal from the collier with- in view of the forts and warships of Spain. Church Service on the Texas. On the Texas Captain “Jack” Phillips went through with the day's routine, in- cluding church services, at which the men, with a refreshing directness of suggestion, sang ‘Pull for the Shore.” As was perfectly evident from the po- sition of the Spanish warships on Sunday morning, they had either just entered the harbor, having learned of the supposed final departure of the American squadron, or had been in hiding up the bay, which is about nine miles long, and had run down to get out early Sunday morning. In any case It was excellent proof of the perfection of Commodore Schley’s tactics, and showed that, after weeks of weary following of clues furnished by strategy boards, in seven days he had succeeded in bottling up the Spanish fleet In one of its own harbors. Less than two days before two supposed Cuban pilots, sent from Jamaica by the government, had informed the commodore on the deck of the Brooklyn that no ves- sels of the size of the Spanish warships could go up the or, after this in- formation had been politely received, the pilots were sent back}to Kingston, although they desired to be landed in Cuba. Channel DeeS, but Narrow. The latest maps gf the harbor show a narrow but deep ehunnel, fairly well pro- tected and supposed to be mined. The nar- row neck is not wide enough to allow more than one ship at a,time, to pass up and the batteries, unless reduced, would -be very destructive. 5 There are three Datterfes outside and three small ones ingide and between the entrance place and the city proper the dis- tance is very nearly three miles up the bay, measuring from Morro Castle. The latest information in the possession of the government showed that at the nar- rowed point entrance near Morro Castle there are three lines of electrically-worked mines, thirty im all, Besides this there are two sets of new batteries just opposite the Morro, forming, with thé latter, a danger- ous cross fire. Just inside this are two bateries on the east shore, Estrella and Catalina. Cayo Smith, about half a mile up the bay and about in the center, where the narrow entrance widens out, has batteries of mod= ern guns, as has also Blanco battery, just near the city of Santiago itself. About two miles west of Morro in shore, is a battery, and there are also supposed to ke some mines near Cayo Smith. Armament of the Batteries. The armament of the various batteries is suppoged to be as follows, not including the new carthworks, behind which there are modern guns: Morro—Four modern guns and ten eight- éen and twenty-four pounders. Blanco battery—Nine smoothbore, eight- een and twenty-four pounders of little ac- count and two small mortars. The Estrella battery—ten guns. ’ Cayo Smith—Several modern guns. Phe forts are mainly of brick and stone, constructed a century ago, althougn there are evidences of new earthworks being thrown up. Th2 only view into the harbor for any distance is from the southwest, and as the flagship passed along Lieutenant Sears noted that the Spanish eruiser Reina Mer- smoothbore cedes, which has been partly dismantled, , P lay in the harbor, p2rheps 1,500 yards in- side of Morro Castle, and he also noted thir- ty miles of mines. To the westward and further inside was the Spanish first-class armored cruiser Al- mirante Oquendo, lying under the guns of Cayo Smith, and to the east of it, her star- Leard battery looking down upon the nar- row channel, was the Cristobal Colon, with room only for one ship at a time to pass. It will thus b> seen that it would be sui- cidal to attempt to force an entrance into the place, at least until the batteries are reduced, and that will consume a lot of am- munition. zi At the same time, taking it for granted that the remainder of the S;anish flest, with fcur cruisers and twy torpgdo boats, is still further up the harbor, it will be seen that the warships of Spafn are effectually bot- tled up so that they ¢an do no harm. Sunday at sunset found (the squadron in battle line outside Santiago, th> Brooklyn on the east of the Ine, th> Massachusetts next to her, the Iowa west of the Massa- chusetts, and next the Texas, which was on the 2xtreme left, while the, Marblehead and the Vixen scouted inshore, A To leave Santiago the Spanish ships would e to pass this seemingly impregnable barrier, ; Monday, May 30.—[he American fleet this morning still retained its position off San- tiago, and no attemp} was,made during the & tor morning on the part of the Span- ish fleet to get out,of the harbor The United States cruiser New Orleans arrived during the afternoon and join2d the squadron. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Apnouncement of Appointments, Res- ignations and Promotions. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Patent office—Appointments: Child of Virginia, George F. New York, William S. Jackson of Pennsyl- vania and George W. Sumner of Nebraska, fourth assistant examiners, $1,200; Miss Lucia N. Levy of Alabama, copyist, $00; Herace R. George of District of Columbia and Claude S. Crowley of Ohio, messenger beys, $360. Promotions: Frank A. Loefiler of Pennsylvania, third assistant examiner, $1,400, to second assistant examiner, $1,600; Eimer S$. Farwell of Mlinois and Harry H. Allen of Maryiand, fourth assistant exam- iners, $1,200, ‘to third assistant examiners, $1,400; Miss Margaret R. Sammons of New York, assistant’ messenger, $720, to copyist, $720; Mrs. Charlena I. Pfice of New York, $600, to assistant messen, Resig- nations: Louis H. Harriman of Massachu- second assistant examiner, $1,600; dward BE. Clement of New York, third as- sistant examiner, $1,400; Owen B. Curtis of District of Columbia, messenger boy, $360. Pension office—Promotion: Charles “Mc- Cartee of New York, clerk, $1,000 to $1,200. Resignations: James M. Pollard of Loui: na, clerk, $1,200; James P. Lavin of Geor- gia, copyist, $900, General land office—Death, ‘Maris of Iowa, prin claims and contest: ions, Mauchlin Niven 6f New York and George *. Stewart of Georgia, clerks; $1,600. Rein- statements, Frederic A. Holden of Mar; land, copyist; $W. Promotions, Samuel George W. er of land sion, $2,000; Gabriel V. N. Og York, clerk, $1,800, to principal e land claims and contests, §2,00( Paine of Rhode Island’ and William Valk of Maryland, clerks, $1,600 to $1,800; John b. Yelverton of Atabama, James D, McBride of Pennsylvania and Cyrus J. Reed of Colorado, clerks, $1,400 to $1,600; Hamilton F. Colman of New York, Edward H. Hunter of North Carolina and Judah T. Ainsworth of Kan » $1,200 to $1,- 400; William H. Richards of South Dakota and George J. Drewry of Kentucky, clerks, $1,000 to $1,200; Adam F. Naff of Tennessee, ccpylst, $900, to clerk, $1,200; Miss Augusta Erickson of Minnesota and Peter C. George of California, copyists, $00, to clerks, $1,000, Geological suryey — Resignation, M. Bane of Illinois, watchman, $600. Pro- motion, Joseph W. Kreuttner of Texas, messenger, $480, to watchman, $600. Edgar Arrearaged. of (faxes. Mr. Morgan introdijced fii the Senate to- day e bill to receiva arrearages of taxes due the District of Columbia at 6 per cent interest per annum, in ieu/of penalties and costs; provided, this det siall apply only to taxes paid on or before thg Ist day of Jan- uary, 1899. The billr-wasi referred to the ecmmittee on the District of Columbia. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Bears Fy ° the se signature ev of \- or” You Have Oo Always Bought CASTORIA ‘The Certaur Company New York City, TROOPS ON THE WAY Expedition Started for Porto Rico or _ Santiago. ENGINEER DIVISION AND REGULARS Big Invasion of Cuba Not Expected for Some Time. FROM ae ee NO REPORT SCHLEY Much surprise is expressed at the Nav Department that no cemmunication from Ccmmodore Schley Fad been received up ty 2 late hour tcday. It was expected by the department when the first newspaper reports came of an en- gcgement befweerCommodore Schley’s fleet and the fortificutions of Santiago that a Teport frem the commodore wouli follow almost immediately. As has. been stated, the department doubted there having been a general engagemert, but expected that Commodore Schley weuld report ut orce whatever had happencd. Hourly since then dispatches kave been looked for. The ci! cumstantial newspaper stories of the en- agement have convinced the officiils that an attack occurred, and there has been much speculation as to the reason for the silence on Commodore Schley’s part. The statement in this morning's newspaper dis- Patches that Corrmodore Schley’s fieet was drawn up for another engagement is re- garded by some as affording a hint as to the reason. A tlcory advanced is that the attack is to be continued, and that Com- modore Sehicy waited to complete his ope- rations before nzking a report to the de- partment, since the use of his dispatch beat to communicete the first incident would deprive him of facilities and delay the transmission of the later and more im- pertant dispatches. The indications seem to point to a serious engagement, whic! may already be taking place, Admiral Sampson being present. anc the insurgents rticipating by a land attack on Santiago. These movements are all contrary to general exnectetions of the Jenartmen and it fs assumed that if they are in jpro- gress they are Cue to information in the possessicn of Sampson and Schley as to movements of the insurgents whien render the attack by the fleet cpportune. Accounting for Delay. Tt wag stated authoritatively at the Nav: Department at 2.20 o’ ck this afterncon that not a word had been received from Ccmmodore Schiey as to the engagement a: Santiago. The officials express no spe- cial surpris~ at this delay, and account for it on several grourds. In the first place, it is said that-a fleet commander must wait until an engagement is completed befor: he makcs a report. There are intimations that the press reports cover only the in- itial features of Commodore Schley’s move ments, and that until these movement were developed to the point where the re- sults in view were actually achieved offi- cial reports wou'd not be made on inci- dental 8 of the general movement. Moreover, it is pointed out that the fleet commander must communic with all the commanders of the ships making up his fleet, in order to learn as to casualties, damage and all the circumstances of engagement. When thus informed his re- pert is made deliberately, and this, in turn, must be translated to the naval cipher ecde. When received here there is an- other delay in declphering the code d patch. Altogether it is said that the car in prey official dispatches makes them about twey-four hours behind the press advices. Commodore Schley’s Object. The official intimation that the action of Tuesday is only of the initial phase of a more general movement is strengthened by the view that Commodore Schley would hardly attempt an attack unless he had some definite object in view. This object, it is believed, is to learn exactly as to the number of Spanish ships now within San- tiago harbor, and also to develop the ef- fectiveness of the fire of the Spanish forts at the entrance of the harbor. With these two points established beyond the slightest doubt the campaign, military and naval, could be executed against Santiago with much greater certainty as to results. While the Navy Department has been sat- isfied for the last ten days that Admiral Cervera’s entire fleet was inside Santiago harbor, yet Commodore Schley has never yet been able to make an official report es- tablishing this fact beyond the shadow of a doubt. Of course, the locating of this en- tire Spanish ficet, not excepting a single ves- sel, large or small, is of essential importance to the complete and intelligent formation of a strategic campaign. It would remove the last element of hazard in sending troops from Tampa or Jacksonville, removing the danger of their being harassed in the rear by some of the Spanish ships. It is of equal importance that the pres- ent strength of the shore batteries, their location, number of guns and general ef- fectiveness should be established. These points can be learned only by a feint which will have the outward appearance of an assault upon the Spanish defenses. When completed it is felt that they will serve as a basis for more complete advices as to the actual situation of affairs at San- Uago harbor than have been available at the Navy Department up to this time. It is in this view that Commodore Schley’s movement is regarded as important, not so much from the destructive results achieved as from the opportunities it af- fords for developing all the resources at the command of the Spanish admiral. Not Intended for Publication. There is evidence of irritation’ in the War Department on account of the publicity given to Secretary Alger’s letter making estimates for the military operations and transmitting the letter of General Ludlow outlining, to a certain extent, the military plans of campaign. It is evident that the department did not expect this communi- cation to be made public, and late yester- cay when information was received from the Capitol that such a communication had been received by the Speaker the Secre- tary and all the War Department officials interested in the matter refused to talk about it, even to the extent of acknowl- edging that the communication had been sent. Later in the day the Secretary's let- ter went through the ordinary channels of congressional reference, was sent to the printing office as a public docuemnt and given the publicity which is customary with relation to all the routine communi- cations to Congress from the executive de- partments. 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N.W. at IN SUMS AT Low plan of the department was to establish base of supplies for the Cuban army by landing five thousand men, and that cir- led to a change of plan, Gen- s’ idea of a general invasion by a large force being subsequently adopted. It is known to be still the plan of the depart- ment to occupy Porto Rico and to destroy the fleet and fortifications at Santiago be- fore the gencral invasion of Cuba occurs, and Secretary Alger’s reference to the in- vasion of Cuba cannot properly be inter- preted to mean that the invasion of Hav- ana is to be the first move. The very best information is that consid- erable time will elapse before the large in- vading army will be ready to move on Cuba. Meanwhile, the Porto Rican and Santiago expeditions are to proceed. The Chickamauga troops are to join General Lee at Jacksonville, and are undoubtedly destined for the occupation of Porto Rico, Jacksonville being the nearest point of de- parture from our coast for that islaad. May Not Need the Troops. If Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley have, contrary to the expectations of the department, undertaken the reduc- tion of Santiago, and there is a large force of insurgents assembled in that vicinity, the necessity for the military expedition to that point may be relieved, but the depart- ment had not this morning received any in- formation which led to a reconsideration of its plans. Troops on the Way. The expedition for this purpose has been carefully organized, and the engineer di- vision, the siege train and some of the regular troops are now on their way, elther to Porto Rico or Santiago. It is said that it will be at least a month and a half before the grand army of in- vasion of Cuba, to consist of 70,000 or 100,- information could have gotten to the pub- | 99) men, will be ready to start. lic. Apparently the letter was not marked confidential, and, being addressed to the Speaker, as are all communications from the executive departments to the House, its confidential character escaped the at- tention of the officials of the House. Gen, Miles’ Plan Adopted, There is the best of reason for believing that the inference drawn from this letter that the general invasion of Cuba will take place at once is a misinterpretation of its There are many evidences that the War Department is arranging for the concen- tration of a large number of troops at Jacksonville, where Major General Lee is in command. Two regiments, which had been assigned originally to Chickamauga, will instead go to the Florida city. These are one of the Virginia regiments, which, it was stated at the War Department, would leave Richmond this morning, and one of the New Jersey regiments, which meaning. 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