The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 9, 1898, Page 3

- ) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1898. BENTER A RAP OF | ENGMIES Close Call of the Morrill and Vicksburg From Destruction. | Lured Under the Guns of Santa Clara and Only Saved by Bad Marksmanship. REBUKED BY PRESIDENT McKINLEY Yellow Fakers Called to Time for Their Bold Work. Neither the Chief Ex- ecutive Nor Mrs. Mec- Kinley Interviewed. Secretary Porter Issues a State- ment Showing Their Bold Audacity. NO PUBLIC UTTERANCES. © XKEY WEST, Fla O from stra'hismus, their practice could | Alleged Interviews Shown to Be bt O Only poor marl © { not have been worse. | Untrue and Wholly Un- NEW YORK. May 8.—The Herald's S S But the officers of both the Morrill y s © part of the Spaniards Q| 1na Vicksburg frankly admit their own | authorized. ;Vashln{;mn corueSpoannt t}flein;&pgsé o and the cutter Mor- © rocklessn d the narrow escape of | n anticipation of the dispatch of troop: 2] truction in Havana © their vessels from destruction. They | to Manila, the Commissary General of © harbor yesterday morning. For © are firmly convinced that the pursuit Subsistence has directed the prepara- © over half an hour they were un- © Of the s h"""“"’ was a "9“‘“»" P‘am‘,‘eld Special Dispatch to The Call. tion and shipment to San Francisco of the g . trick which almost proved successful. | . — . sufficient to last 6000 men O der tne fie S g o § 1t any one of the shots had struck the| COmmodore dJ. Crittenden Watson, U. S. N., Com-| wasHINGTON. *fay 8 Scoratary;| S0 ERtionS au a; Santa Clara water ba es, thin skin of either vessel it would have | 2 % i O both escaped without materlal © offered no more resistance than a piece manding Squadron at Key West. Porter made the following statement | The cruiser Charleston, it was defi- O injury, aithough shrapnel from © of paper to a rifle ball. to-night concerning the authenticity | nitely determined by the Navtal Vit:r © eight-inch guns exploded all ©| The accurate range of the first few = Board to-day, will not start for the © about , and both now show © Shots is accounted for by the fact that | oF coriain alleRe oomImen e | N pniiies Dafora aext yeek, a0 that O the scars of the Spanish bullets. O ‘1e Spanish officers had ample time to | [ President on this week's war specials | ghe will act as a convoy to the troops L s easmame el St S P e e R of prominent newspapers: and supply ships. e wily Spaniards had s 3 i i Inquiries have been made so frequently | Acting Admiral Dewey, the conqueror with a range finder at the Santa Clara | battery, and as this battery is prob- | ably connected by wire with Morro, they were enabled to take bearings from both points, and by laborious cal- | d a couple of our ships to They baited it as a man trap. A small schooner rom Hav harbor SON BE SHOT na of Manila, still has considerable work to perform before the destruction of Spanish power in the Far East is com- plete. Tloilo, capital of the Island of that it seems that some officlal state- ment should be made concerning them. The quotatidns alluded to are bogus, not 10 GEN. MILES THERE IS g MORE WORK FOR DEWEY But He Will Not Proceed Until the Troops Arrive. Several Forts Remain on the Philippines Which the Fleet Must Soon Reduce. hand to-morrow. The work of making trained soldiers of the recruits is being pushed rapidly. No intimation has been received as to where the Montana troops will be sent. BOSTON, May 8.—Governor Walcott to-day recefved a telegram from Adju- tant General Corbin announcing the in- tention of the War Department to order the regiment of Massachusetts infantry to Chickamauga preparatory to going to Cuba. CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 8— Governor Atkinson received a telegram to-day from Secretary of War Alger stating that the West Virginia regi- ment, as soon as it was recruited and mustered into service, would be ordered to Chickamauga. The Governor replied to the Secretary that the regiment would be ready next Thursday. DULUTH, Minn.,, May 8.—Late this culations they fixed the positions of the vessels pretty accurately. With such | opportunity for observation it would | have been no great trick for an Amer- ican gunner to drop a shell down the smokestack of a vessel As soon as the ships sheered off, after the first fire, the Spanish gunners lost | the range and their practice became ludicrous. If they had waited five min- | ut longer before opening fire, Cap- tain Smith says, it would have been well-nigh impossible to have missed the target. | Lat in the day the Morrill cap- tured the Spanish schooner Espana, bound for Havana, and towed the prize | daylight yesterday morn- ne of the Americans into The ruse worked like Vicksburg d the Mor- the chase and in Spanish gunnery, 1to the trap that had Had the Spaniards in patience but t even the bad have ved our ning two more of at the bottom, of the wreck of the th hem souls d the Vicksburg and the On Friday the French school shin | to the west of Morro | Dubourdieu, carrying thirty guns in fired upon hy the big gu , entered the harbor of Havana. She ( Iuyuur Two shots | " stopped by the Morrill, and two | salutes were fired by the Annapolis be- | she showed her fl one the Vicksburg an Both 1 short and = —1 out returning the fire It wowa have| F WMISE OF THE e otherwise. therwise. But| ENGLISH PRESS | e FOR BRAVE DEWEY | 1 off to the e with the »ard quarter. About of the entrance of . over on the port d the horizon 1 until three Mayflower the Mor- terday mornin luck The LONDON, May 9.—The comment on the battle at Man. as the details come in, is universally flattering to Commodore Dewey and the American navy. | The Times says the Spanish fleet v The destruction of mplete, as com- ple as any achievement recorded in and Commodore Dewey show- g im- worthy alike of the g t and | traditions of the United States navy schooner in-|and of his kirship with the race that for Morro | produce The Dew for d “Commodore ¥ taken as his model ispatch writing, that laconic Brit- the winc On doing so, rding to the well con- t, lead the two Amer- under th= guns | ish sailor of famous memory, who re- tt These | ported a decisive naval victory thus ile w of Morro, erday. Captured the defens of the 5 5 batteries, one The Daily News says: “Commodore Dewey’s dispatch , in their conciseness and modes: are in accordance with the best naval traditions. The battle establishes a record among contests of the kind, for onc of the combatants de- stroyed the whole fleet of he other without himself surfering any loss whatever, The victors carried the whoie job through in a thoroughly workmanlike manner. It is especially worth noting that the discipline of the | American ships is reported to have been perfect; for many Spanish authorities | and some independent critics thought | that this might be a weak point on the Ameri de. The excellence of the Americ ctics and the superiority of marksmanship are likely to be a per- o i manent factor in this war. The chief lorrill and | Jesson v nich the battle of Manila en- " | forces as what everybody knew before, namely, that under modern conditio of warfare, no amount of personal | bravery can ros: ly make up a de- fic iency in weight and large metal.”” | 'ARMY TO BE LANDED | IN CUBA AT ONCE Washington Post Declares the Inva-; sion of the Island Is Not to | | ) s been recently sand and mortar, with for eight-inch guns, on the crest of the rocky into the gulf at yper battery mounts twelve-inch six-foot stone of which are twenty a belting of rafl- ¢ is considered Havana's de- Morro Castle. It is not been absolutely refican warships. lue to the fact that the desire to expose its nd Mor- Vicksburg The her at until within a mile anta Clara batte nith of the Vicks- lize the dan- ckless pursuit had ded it was time to t a shot across the bow of 3 ish s_ipper in- | 1 about, but in the trough sails flapping, an hell came hurtling | the water battery Be Delayed. WASHINGTON, May 8.— e Wash- N oPassed over | ington Post to-morrow will say: Be- e st nd | tween 60,000 and 80,000 men will be | ¥ The | landed on Cuban soil at once. They | will wear the uniform of the United States, and they will not return until they have defeated the Spanish forces on the island and the American flag floats as proudly over Havana as it does over the ruins of the Cavite fort- ress in Manila harbor. This is the idea of the military advisers ~* the admin- istration, and the President approved | the plans. The first section of the army to in- vade Cuba will be the 15,000 or 18,000 | s that are now assembled at New They are all reg- | , and most of them are men who ain: de. vo more shots fo m, both shrap- er the star- > engine room on of the e the first, 1 just beyond. The ranisk had the range and their time were accurately s of both ships were at Lieutenant Craig, who was four-inch rapid- | un of the Morrill, asked for and ined permission to return the fire. At the first shot the Vicksburg, which passed over in charge of the bow fire was in th: of the Morrill, slightly | have seen actual fighting on the plains in red off and passed to| They are seasoned, discinlined, effec- | wing r the Morrill’s stern. tive. They will be followed at once by | In the meantime Captain Smith algo | another army of 50,000 volunteers, who | | will be concentrated at Southern ports | as quickly as the trains can carry them, | and will be transported as fast as the | S | necessary ships can be collected. put his helm to port and was none too soon, for the Morrill stood off a solid ch shot grazed her starboard and kicked up tons of water 100 yards beyond.| 7t is estimated that it will take at | « a afterward that this | jeast three hundred vesscls to carry | v 1 eight-inch armor- | this immense army to Cuba. Nearly. ng projectile, and that it would | everything that floats has already passed through the Morrill's boil- had she not changed her course. been secured by the Government, and | last night the wires wer> hot in ers All the guns of the water battery | gjrections, directing contracts to be | now at work. One of them cut | cjosed immedictely in all the principal the Vicksburg | geaport towns. adriit and another carried away a por-| QOther details of the great expedition tion of the rigging. have been drranged. Within forty- the Morrill and the Vicksburg | eight hours there will be 2000 wagons at away their aft guns were used, | Tampa and 12,000 mules. Several hun- *w_shots were fired. The | dred ambulances will also be hurried to | h gun elevated for and struck the earthworks The Vicksburg fired re- hots from her six-pounder. iniards continued to fire shot and shell for twenty minates, but the ghots effective. Some of them were so wild that they aroused the | American sailors to jeers. The Spaniards only ceased firing when the Morrill and Vicksburg were sompletely out of range. If all the Spanish gunners had been suffering Tampa. Th-y may be needed. Battles are not all like the one which has just been fought in Manila Harbor.. Sl S e The Temerario Sails. Copyrighted, 1808, by James Gordon Bennett BUENOS AYRES, May ' 8.—Advices from the Herald’s correspondentin Mon- tevideo state that the Spanish warship Temerario sailed from there at noon to- day. The direction in which she sailed is not known. | movement of American colliers. | folk { apprehension. Guilt of George Downing Held by the Military Authorities. Promptly Arrested After Mail- ing Information to a Span- ish Official at Toronto. He Tells About Relief for Dewey and In the Interceptsd Letter Plans of the Navy. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, May 8. Chief Wilkie of the Treasury Secret Service to-day expressed his unquali- fied belief in the guilt of the man ar- rested at his direction last night as a Spanish spy. All the circumstances in the case, many of which Mr. Wilkie sets forth, lead up to this irresistible conclusion. He preferred that the story of the man’s arrest should not have been made public at this time, but he feels, now that an incorrect version has leaked out, that it is just as well that the correct story should be told. The man’s name is not Rawlings, as origi- nally announced, but George Downing, apparently about 33 ars of age, five feet seven inches in height, of athletic build and Bohemian in appearance. Mr. Wilkie tells an interesting story of the man’s doings lately and of thesteps which led up to his arrest “Downing,” he says, “is an English- man by birth, but is a naturalized American, and s formerly chief yeo- man on the cruiser Brooklyn. His dis- charge from that ship occurred about two months ago. Our information shows that last Friday he had a con- | ference with Lieutenant Carranza, who was a naval attache of Span Minis- ter de Bernabe, and who was then at Toronto. He furnished Carranza gen- es | €ral information about the navy, and | particularly about the Brooklyn navy- vard. After one and a half hours’ talk he came to Washington at the direction ron of the lieutenant. He left To: day afternoon for this leaving Toronto C: ing an address which apparently that officer furnished in Montreal, to which he was to send all information he ob- tained. Downing arrived he; S day afternoon and went 916 E street, where he had stopped no longer than a week ago. When he left he told the landlady he was going to Virginia. Shortly after reaching the house he went out again to the post- office and dropped a letter into the box for the address in Montreal which had been given to him. “I should 1y right here that our officers recognized Downing as soon as he arrived at the railroad depot and kept a strict watch on his movements all during the afternoon and evening up to the time of his arrest. The let- ter which he mailed was promptly intercepted and its contents examined. It contained a statement as to certain matters in Washington, said the writer would soon be able to forward some important information about the Hol- land submarine boat; gave a summary of the steps for the relief of Admiral Dewey and promised datja as to the Down- ing also said he intended to go to Nor- (which place he hoped to reach Tuesday), and expected to obtain im- portant information. The signed simply with the initials ‘G. G.* We were well satisfied that the man was a spy, and set about to secure his We communicated with Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the ‘War Department, to whom we gave a summary of the information in our pos- session, and then with Judge Advocate General Leiber of the army, who ad- vised that the man be arrested and | turned over to the military authorities. | Downing returned to his room during the evening, after dining and reading the news bulletins. ‘‘Accompanied by Captain Sage of the Eighth Artillery, a corporal and a pri- all | vate, by my own officers and by a | policeman, we went to Downing's house, where we secured him without trouble. He offered no resistance, but appeared frightened and much sur- prised at what was taking place. He was handcuffed to the private, who, accompanied by Captain Sage and the corporal, took him to the arsenal, where he is under guard. We have turned him over to the military authorities for their disposition. As I said before, I think there is no doubt of the man’s guilt, sufficient, in my judgment, to jus- tify the extreme penalty of the law.” Spain to Send More Troops. MADRID, May 8.—General Correa, Mirister of War, and Admiral Bermejo, Minister of Marine, are organizing re- enforcements ‘or the Philippines. to Fri- | letter was | Captain Miley En Route to Washington From Tampa. Result of the Meeting Between Dorst and Cuban In- surgents. Bresking Out of Yellow Fever at Key West Causes Uneasiness Among Soldiers. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | TAMPA, Fla., May 8.—Captain J. H. | Miley, senior aid de camp to Major | General Shafter, left Tampa very | quietly last night for Washington to | report to General Miles. Captain Miley’s visit to Washington has an important bearing on the future course of events here, as'it is said on good authority that he bears with him the report of Captain J. H. Dorst as to the results of the latter's meeting last week with General Delgado of the Cu- ban insurgents near Havana. Captain Miley also has Lieutenant Colonel Law- ton’s report on his meeting at Key | West on Friday with officers of the American blockading squadron, Major General Shafter's recommendations as to the plan of campaign in the contem- plated Cuban invasion, and plans of Lieutenant Colonel Ludlosv, chief of engineers, regarding fortifications, etc., | at the point of landing in Cuba. | Captain Miley will return to Tampa | immediately after his mission is ac- | complished. The work of preparing the | transports has been delayed a good deal by the non-arrival of material, | and it will be Wednesday, perhaps | later, before this work is accomplished. | But outside of the delay in the prepar- only in text, but in substance. The Presi- dent made no such comments either to representatives of the press or to In- dividuals. Since his fnauguration he has afternoon Captain Swiger, U. 8. A., formally mustered in the United States service the officers and men of the Thir- teenth Minnesota Regiment, making Panay, which is fortified and gar- risoned by Spanish troops, remains to be taken, and there are one or two [ points in the Philippines which the | toeg regt - D s fetl egiments of men now ready for e O aoione Polley of 29| guns of his fieet will be called upon o | sarvice. The third will be mustered in R A e s e % |reduce. Confident, however, that|Monday. T ke o Spain’s power in the Philippines has ture. Any other course would be in- judicious, for reasons which need not be dwelt upon. The same applies to Mrs. ORDERED TO PROVIDE FOR FORTY THOUSAND TROOPS Governor of San Juan de Porto Rico Instructed to Lay in Supplies for an Army. CAPE HAYTIEN, Hayti, May 8.— The dispatch boat Dauntless has ar- rived here. According to advices from been broken by the victory of Manila, the authorities have directed Rear Admiral Dewey t, remain with his McKinley, who has several times re-|squadron in the harbor, where he is cently been misquoted as having granted | now anchored, until the troops which | authorized interviews. | will be sent 'to his assistance reach The President and administration, of lhz‘; “’;“U:;fl‘i;;m cl teR | an cncourage conizze, frefolce tngallithe reputablo ey, o8 Sy S e Al et vt sarne | cesses of American journallsm, of which | their gallant work, 1 understand that we have many fine specimens nowadays, is there is some talk in official circles of | but self-laudation and exaggeration de- bility of rewarding their | Mivinoue the Spanish fleet has not tract from, rather and add to the bril- bravery by promoting them. | % & | Section 1506 of the Revised Statutes | Peen sighted off the island. liancy of these achlevements. Our papers | pn)efl:;e’sllm«'m "‘un\* ?)t}ic:o‘r ‘:f the nave | The Governor of San Juan de Porto should prize truth not less than boldness | oy "o the President with consent of | Rico recently received orders from and push. Madrid to provide rations for 40,000 the Senate, be advanced not exceed- ing thirty numbers in rank, for eminent | troops. He asked the time of thelr ar- and conspicuous conduct in battle or|rival and got the reply: T extraordinary heroism; and the rank of | ‘“Movements of the Spanish fleet are the officers shall not be changed, ex- |kept strictly secret. Your question can- cept in accordance with the r-ovisions | not be answered. Be prepared.” of existing law and by and with the| It is reported that five Spanish war- T | advice and consent of the jenate.” | ships _were seen off St. Thomas on | If the President, as now seems highly | Thursday, but they were probably only 4 probable. takes ~dvantage of the au-|gunboats from San Juan de Porto Rico, | thority conferred upon him b_ this law | Scouting. it will be possible for him immediately to promote Captain Frank Wildes,| NUNEZ ARRIVES WITH Troops Not to Be Landed for at Least a Week. New Plan of Campaign For- mulated by Army and co r.aiding the Boston, to flag rank;.| | to jump Captain J. B. Coghlan, com- DISPATCHES FROM GOMEZ manding the Raleigh, from No. 34 on | ‘C"e‘“SL arccantalia o ,\;“ ‘*m Ca)l}‘&i" Cuban Leader Sends Information Re- . V. Gridley, commanding the Olym- | 3 = pia, to No. 5 and Captain N. 3| 8arding His Army and That Dyer from No. 40 to 10. There are two of the Spaniards. omeErs ot g;’“flfir&d‘;f"{h“'\“*?;:"?u”‘gl*r‘;fl‘ NEW YORK, May 8.—A Brunswick comman ships As sta- e 3 tion, Commander Asa Walker, in com. | (G8) Specia! to the Her‘f“'d says; Clen mand of the Concord, and Commander | €Tl Nunez left Key West yesterday E. P. Wood, commanding th~ Petrel, | morning, passed through Tampa last Commander Wal. r is now No. 40 on | night, and was in Waycross to-day, en Navy Leaders. the list of officers of his grade, and if | route to Washington with important he should be nomirat-d for advance- | messages from General Gomez. These ment he h""'f‘c"? Pr“’g”‘?dwlf’ the tenth | messages lear direct relation to the gg"}:"q Sdtnu b s would | army of invasion, and practically out- i 1 line the situation in Cupa, as relates to Invading Army Will Be in Two Divi- ione; OnelCommaanded b grad. of commander, instead of the | sions, On v seventy-fifth. It is not likely that any. | the army under General Gomez, the O thing will be done by the President| most effective place for conferences and meetings between the officers of the insurgents and those of the United States army, and details as to the Span- ish army’s condition at t differen with reference to the officers of the | Asiatic squadron until the mail reports from Rear Admiral Dewey are re- ceived. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | ations, no American troops will be | landed on Cuban soil until the question | | of superiority in the Atlantic is settled | between Admiral Sampson’s squadron | | and the Spanish fleet, and settled de- | | cisively. High army officials make this statement. They say it would be taking needless | chances to send an army into Cuba be- fore the Spanish fleet is disposed of, and until the meeting of the American and Spanish fleets takes place no one | here believes orders to move will be re- | ceived. Services were held at both the Tampa | | and Port Tampa grounds to-day by the regimental chaplains. There was no drilling and .thousands of soldiers at- | tended the services. The sermons in| every case were of an intensely patri- otic character. Reports of the breaking out of yellow fever at Key West among the = prize crew of the Argonauta have caused some uneasiness among the soldiers here, probably in view of the fact that two companies of the Twenty-fifth Regiment arrived from Key West yes- terday and are now in camp here. Should these reports prove true it is probable that a rigid quarantine will be | established. { | CHARTERS A STEAMSHIP | TO SUCCOR AMERICANS. United States Consul Dent to Aid Im- | periled Residents to Escape From Cienfuegos Copyrighted, 158, by James Gordon Bennett. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 8—| Upon the urgent request of the British Consul in « en fuegos, Cuba, and acting on authority from Washington, United | | States Consul Dent to-day chartered | | the steamer Adula of the Atlas line to | go to Cienfuegos and take away Americans and Cubans whose lives are in peril at the hands of an angry pop- ulace. An uprising of the most dan- gerous and destructive xind is immi- nent in Cienfuegos. Passengers on the | Giovanni Bausan say when that vessel | left Havana people were wildly excited. | Prices of food were rising and starva- | tion was imminent, and speculators | were dealing in food and supplies. | Declared Under Mariial Law. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. GIBRALTAR, May 8.—La . Linea, a town just outside of Gibraltar, has been to-day declared under martial law, and it is said Spanish authorities will not | allow provisions of any sort to enter | from Gibraltar. Travelers just from | Spain say the international ferment is increasing. No Spanish Ships Sighted. Copyrighted, 159, by James Gordon Bennett. ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May 8— The story sent out from here yester- day that five Spanish vessels, supposed to be part of the Cape Verde fleet, had been sighted off here, was found, on investigation, to be unfounded. | points in Cuba. General Nunez will | carry back from Washington such ans- | wer and instructions as it is desired to send to Gomez, and then return immed- | iately to Tampa. General Nunez will sume command of his wing of the in- Soldiers | surgent ar -y in Florida and awalt the | movement of invasion which the regu- | lors will make jointly with the Cubans under Nunez and Lacret. WASHINGTON, May S8.—Secretary| This in substance is the result of an Alger has in preparation a letter to |n\'t‘sfl;::\iinx: I nmde=Y at Waycross to- General Brooke, commanding the regi- | 02y, when General Nunez appeared on i “hi >~ | the car plati-rm en route to Washing- the departure of vessels with Admiral | ments mobilized at Chickamauga, in | Sam son, and althoug - there are still | Which he says that soldiers re-enlisting wlout forty-five American ships in the | In the regular army during the war| Turned Back by High Seas. neighborhood of Cuba, tl: return of | may be informed that they will be| OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., May 8. Admiral Sampson with the rest of the | granted their discharges, if desired, at | _The day here was miserable, cold and fleet will be awaited before attacking | the close of the war, upon their individ- | rainy, and nothing of very great inter- the city. ual application. This action was taken | est transpired. The Vesuvius went out Several important changes will also | because of the news which has come | early in the day, bound for Key West, be made in the army now gathered in | from Chickamauga that very few of o join the blockading squadron, but the vicinity of Tampa before the in- the men whose services are expiring | returned to anchor at 7 p. m. on ac- The Suwanee NEW YORK, ."ay 8.—A Washington special to the Herald says: President McKinley has decided to rut off the in- vasion of Cuba for at least a week. The plans for the movement b joint | forces of the army and navy against Havana have becn again changed. It is understovd the primary cause is un- certainty in respect tothe movements of the Spanish fleet. The blockading squadron ha= beer, greatly seakened by INDUCING ENLISTMENT IN THE REGULAR ARMY. Concessions Granted to Whose Term of Service Has Expired. —a 5 N i | veather. vasion of Cuban territory. THe War |are re-enlisting because they express a | count of heavy wea 2! wants to feel confident | preference for the volunteer service. | will go out to-night for the same port. it the e 8.—Eleven | Neither the St. Paul nor the New Or- HELENA, Mont.,, May companies of volunteers are in cump[ here. The twelfth company will be on that the troops will be able to defeat the Spaniards in one quick and de- cisive battle. A long consultation was held yester- day by the leaders of bot.. army and navy, and I am told that the exact plan of campaign was finally decided | upon. General Shafter, Colonel W. H. Lawton and Captain Dorst held a con- ference yesterday at Tampa, when the entire Cuban situation was carelul]yi' talked over, and plans for landing | troops d. ided upon. Captain Dorst | went into the interior of Cuba and has | made definite arrangements with Gen- eral Gomez for the co-operation o United States and Cuban land forces. There is @ strong pr-ba’ lity that the | invading army will be in two divisions. General Lee will undoubtedly command one of these divisions, and either Gen- eral Coppinger o~ General Wade the other. The entire army will be under command of Major General Shafter. NO YELLOW FEVER ON THE CRUISER NASHVILLE KEY WEST, May 8.—Considerable in- dignation is expressed here over the story lately sent north that there is yellow fever on the Nashville, con- tracted from the Spanish prize Ar- gonauta. The captain and officers of the ship as well as Commandant For- sythe of the naval station, brand it in unmeasured terms as false and with- out foundation. Interesting details are being added to the story of the entrance - ‘“~ French frigate Dubourdieu into Havana yester- day. It is sald that after the fleet re- leased her she was seen transmitting leans has arrived. The latter is ex- pected here in the morning. ADVERTISEMENT". 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