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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1898 CHAMBERLAIN’S SPEECH . ENRAGES SPANIARDS Madrid Newspapers Declare That an Anglo- American Alliance Would Inflame the World. MADRID, May 15.—Spain is not pleased with the utterances on the subject of the possibilities of an alliance between the United States and Great Britain. The Spanish ne by the powers. derance in the world.” ag; co! 0000000 CO000OCO0C000C00000000000000000C0CO 00CO0C000000000C0000000000000000000000 ing preparations to place Rear Ad- miral Sampson’s fleet and Commodore | Schley’s force in an advantageous po- sition, so that when darkness falls that it may be strategically disposed to meet the enemy when light reap- | pears on his movements. There is no reason to believe that the plan deter- mined upon by the War Board to place Rear Admiral Sampson’s squad- ron to the south of the Haytian | coast, in the immediate vieinity of the Windward Passage, has been changed. The department has been advised that Rear Admiral Sampson, acting in accordance with Instructions sent | him last night by the Naval War Board, is making all speed to the western end of Hayti, when he will proceed, it is understood, down the Windward Passage to take station at its southern end. Here he will be in | close cable communication with the department. He will be able to throw | his scouts out and will receive in- formation of the appearance of the enemy within several hundred miles of his position from them, and when | such information is received will be able to act accordingly. Commodore Schley’s command is well on its way | to Cuba. The Navy Department sent a communication to Commodore Schley off Charleston that the Span- ish fleet was at Curacoa, and he was ordered to hasten with all dispatch to Cuban waters, from which his| future movements will be directed by the board. Secretary Long’s belief is this: The enemy, depending upon superior speed, will make every effort to cut | out isolated American ships and de- | stroy them, running into Spanish harbors to take on board supplies.‘ As soon as these supplies are re- | ceived the Spanish admiral will | leave the harbor without delay and | continue his policy of attacking an inferior force. It can be stated that the Naval War Board is acting in line with the Secretary’s idea. When the Spanish squadron has coaled it is thought it will proceed to some port on the southern coast of Cuba. As the Herald has stated, the au- thorities believe that the men-of-war on blockading duty in the vicinity of Cienfuegos are safe, and, in fact, they would like nothing better than for the enemy’s squadron to proceed to Cienfuegos. Such action would result in bringing down upon them Commo- dore Schley’s fleet through Yucatan Channel, while Rear Admiral Samp- son’s fleet would hasten along the south coast of Cuba, and the Span- iards would be caught between two fires. Coaling from colliers imme- diately upon arrival will insure for them ample coal during their stay among the West Indies. Neutrality permits them to visit different pos- sessions of foreign GoVernments and get coal to carry them to the next nearest port. They will have coal for some little time after having pro- cured supplies from the colliers, so tnat they will not have to apply at any of the islands and none of the Governments will be able to refuse them fuel should they ask for it in the future. Once having coaled at a foreign possession, however, they will not be able to get further supply un- til ninety days have elapsed. PREVALENT RUMORS AT THE GERMAN CAPITAL. Philippine Republic Under American Protection—Sagasta’s Terms Regarding Cuba. LONDON, May 15.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Standard says: It is rumored that the Philippines will form the nucleus of a republic under Amer- - ADVERTISEMENTS. cars soap responds to wa- ter instantly; washes The Spanish Embassador at London, Count Rascon, telegraphed an extract of the recent speech of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at Birmingham, on Friday even- ing last, to Senor Gullon, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who immedi- ately conferred on the subject with the Premier, Senor Sagasta, with the result that the latter requested the Minister for Foreign Affairs to render a detailed account of Mr. Chamberlain’s remarks. Consequently, the Foreign Minister cabled to Count Rascon for a fuller report of the speech. This, it is understood, has been received, and the Spanish Min- isters were to discuss it at their meeting to-day. A . Spain, it is said, upon good authority, will draw the attention of the powers to the transcendency of the suggested Anglo-American al- llance with respect to European interests. spapers and the politicians here of all classes dis- cuss Mr. Chamberlain’s speech most angrily. They consider it to be a sequel to the Marquis of Salisbury’s warnings to Spain, whose domin- fons, it seems, are to be absorbed by strong enemies. The Liberal, referring to the suggested Anglo-Saxon alliance, says: “If any alliance, defensive and offensive, is signed, the same day the general conflagration will burst out, which has been so long suppressed An Anglo-American union will be faced by Russia and Germany with their allies, and our Western and Eastern posses- sions now on fire will be an insignificant episode compared with the con- flagration in India, South Africa and China. alliance succeeds, Europe, which has heretofore been indifferent to our case, will take our part, not to favor us, but to defend her own prepon- The Imparcial contrasts the speech of Mr. Chamberlain with the reported action of the crew of the French cruiser Amiral Genouilly, in cheering for Spain aftter the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico, which was witnessed by that vessel, as being indicative of a coming ~reat war in Europe against the Anglo-Saxons. Continuing, the Imparcial points out that “‘as Spain single-handed makes headway inst the United States, she would prove a valuable factor in the bination against the Anglo-Saxons.” | and his party of river explorers. and rinses off in a twinkling. the British If the Anglo-American Rigault de COO000CO0CO000CO0000000C0CCCC0000000000 [ ican protection, to be gradually in- creased by the addition of other Pacific islands. The Magdeburger Zeitung announces | that the United States has given the| | German steamer Geir permission to run | the blockade at Havana. It is alleged here that the Embassa- | dors at Madrid offered to mediate if they received the Spanish mandate, and that Senor Sagasta replied that Spain cas willing to have peace provided the Cubans were allowed to choose their own government. | bl o R ALASKANS WANT TO ‘ FIGHT THE SPANIARDS. Services of a Thousand Volunteers | ‘Will Be Offered to President McKinley. | SEATTLE, May 15.—Alaska wants to | send a regiment to fight the Spaniards. | According to a prominent Alaskan now | in this city, there are a thousand men | in the coast towns of the great Terri- | tory that are ready and anxious to go. A message will be brought down on the next steamer, from the authorities of Sitka, and addressed to Governor Brady of Alaska, who is now in Wash- ington City. This will ask that he ten- der the services of 1000 Alaskans to | President McKinley. According to advices just received from the North, Dyea and Sheep Camp | will place 300 men in the field at the first call. As many more will come | from Skaguay, where “Soapy Smith” | has a well organized company of vol- | unteers. Four hundred men could easily be enrolled at Juneau and Doug- las Island. The remainder of Alaska’s | 1000 would come from Sitka and Wran- | sgel. | The United States gunboat Wheeling, | which has been in this port for a week past, has had its color changed from the conventional white to a drab. The officers have about given up hope that | there will be a change in the original orders sending the gunboat on another trip to Alaskan waters. The Wheeling will probably leave port for the mouth | of the Yukon River on May 28, with | Captain Pratt of the geological survey! A change of orders, sending the Wheeling into Spanish waters, would come now as a surprise, aithough a very welcome one. PSR o TARGET PRACTICE AT , SEA CAUSES ALARM.| Heavy Firing Off Chatham and Nan- tucket Excites the People of the Bay State. PROVINCETOWN, Mass., May 15.—A report reached here at noon to-day that heavy firing had been heard off Chat- ham and Nantucket. The San Fran- cisco, which was in the harbor, imme- diately put to sea, and when well down the cape, met the Prairie on her way to this port from a cruise to seaward. Commander Train of the Prairie re- ported that the ship had been at tar- get practice off Chatham. On the way down the cape the San| Francisco held up the Gate City of the | Savannah line, with two shots across | her bow. The captain of the latter boat | also reported ‘the firing. Reports of | firing came from many points along the cape and created the greatest excite- ment in this town until the two ships came in-late .in the afternoon. The Prairie was on her way from New York to Boston to join the mosquito fleet and was off Provincetown Sunday morning when the Columbia, bound seaward, signaled her. The Prairie immediately started after the Columbia. SPANISH TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYED DISABLED. The Terror in Need of Repairs, but Her Captain Lacks Neces- sary Funds. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gordon Bennett. it ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May 15.— It is reported here that the Spanish tor- pedo boat destroyer Terror’s boilers are disabled and that her captain lacks funds to repair them. The Terror and the ambulance ship Alicante are still at Port de France. The United States cruiser Harvard is still here, and it is not known when she will depart. The impression prevails here that the Spanish fleet is off the island awaiting orders. Although it was not sighted to-day the people are nevertheless greatly excited. No signal lights were flashed on the hills on Saturday might, as Governor Capest sent a squad of gendarmes along the mountain road to stop them. One signal was flashed late to-night, however, off Carbet Point. gt v b Sampson’s Fleet Moving West. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. CAPE HAYTIEN, May 16.—The Unit- ed States dispatch boat Porter came in here to send and receive dispatches to ‘Washington. As soon as her errand was done she hurried off to rejoin the fleet, which is moving west along the coast. The supply ship Supply, which arrived here yesterday, lert this even- ing to rejoin the fleet | bona fide run for the open sea. CUNNING RUSE |DISTRIBUTING THAT FAILED Blanco’s Futile Scheme to Break the Havana Blockade. Sends Out More Decoy Ships to Entrap the American 4 Fleet. Commander Lilly Drives Them Back but Evades the Web of the Spider. Special Dispatch to The Cail. ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT KATE SPENCER, off Havana, May 14, via Key West, May 15.—Captain-General Blanco, two hours before sundown to- night, attempted to execute a ruse which, had it been successful, would have cleared the front of Havana of six ships on that blockading station. Upn- able to come out to do battle, he adopt- ed the tactics of the spider and cun- ningly planned to draw the prey into his net, but, though a clever and pretty scheme as an original proposition, it was practically a repetition of the trick by which the gunboat Vicksburg and | the little converted revenue cutter Mor- rill were last week decoyed by a fishing smack under the big Krupp guns of the Santa Clara batteries. Thanks to bad gunnery, however, both ships on that occasion managed to get out of range without being sunk, though some of the shells burst close aboard and the Vicks- burg’s ladder was cut adrift. But the wary are never caught twice in the same trap. Late this afternoon the ships on the Havana station were dumfounded to see two ships steam out of Havana harbor and head east- ward. Dense smoke was streaming | like ribbons from their stacks, and a glance showed that they were under a full head of steam. By aid of glasses Commander Lilly of the Mayflower, which was flying the pennant, made out | the larger vessel of the two, which was about 200 feet long and about 4500 tons displacement, to be the Alfonso XII, |and the smaller one to be the Legazpi, both of which were known to be bot- tled up in Havana harbor. At first Lilly supposed they were tak- ing advantage of the absence of the heavy firing ships and were making a As su- perior officer, he signaled the other ships on the station—the Vicksburg, Annapolis, Wasp, Tecumseh and Osce- ola—which were moving in to form a column with gunboats on the right flank. The little squadron moved in obliquely toward the fleeing Spaniards, keeping up a running fire as they went. The Alfonso and her consort circled in shore about five miles below, and after running in for half an hour, headed in for Morro Castle. Our gunboats and thin-skinned vessels of the mosquito fleet did not follow them in. Commander Lilly saw that the wily Spanish ruse was to draw them in under the fire of the heavy batteries, where the Spanish artillery officers could plot out the exact range, with their telemeters and pot them. So the return was made in line ahead parallel with the shore. Commander Lilly had not been mis- taken. As his ships came abreast of the Santa Clara batteries the big guns opened and fired thirteen shells at a distance of about five miles. The | range was badly judged, as more than half the shells overshot the mark and others fell short, some by as much as | a mile. A SPANISH VERSION. How the Incident Ended in a Rout of the Yankees. MADRID, May 15.—The Imparcial to- day publishes a dispatch from Havana, of a war episode. It says: “On Friday the gunboats Conde de Venadito and Nueva Espana steamed out of the harbor and attacked an American squadron of two cruisers and five auxiliary cruisers. -vhich were out- side. The Spanish vessels fired two shots and the Americans eight, the lat- ter apparently retreating damaged. Three crowded tugs followed the gun- boats, the people on board cheering them.” It would seem possible that the facts upon which the Imparcial’s dispatches are based are to be found in the dis- patch from the Associated Press dis- patch boat Kate Spencer, filed at Key West to-day and sent out early this morning. Two Spanish ships did steam out of Havana harbor and tried to draw some of our vessels under the guns of the heavy Spanish batteries. The ruse was unsuccessful, though the Santa Clara battery sent some badly aimed shells at our ships, which replied by driving the two Spaniard§ back into Havana. The American report, how- ever, says that the Spanish vessels en- gaged were the Alfonso XIII and the Legazpl, a cruiser and a gunboat which have been blockaded in Havana harbor. SPAIN'S FLEET REQUESTED TO LEAVE CURACOA Its Stay in Port Cut Short in Accord- ance With the Decree of Neutrality. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. ‘WILLEMSTAD, Curacao, May 16.— The Spanish cruisers Viscaya and Maria Teresa left this port at 6 o’clock this evening. Their destination is un- known. Four other Spanish warships which were off the harbor disappeared abcut noon, but this evening one of the torpedo boat destroyers was sighted again. While here the two warships took a small quantity of coal and pro- visions. Their departure was due to our Government requesting them to leave, as provided in the decree of neu- trality. There were no colliers with the fleet. Nothing is known about the con- dition of their boilers. A rumor which I do not consider re- liable, says there are some coal ships in this vicinity. T “It Was a Spanish Victory.” ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indles, May 15.—The captain general of Porto Rico telegraphed the Spanish consul here saying: “Eleven A._.erican war- ships have bombarded the forts of the town. A heroic defense was made. The soldiers are prepared to fight to the death. The Americans retreated. Sev- eral of their ships were d: and one was towed away. It was a Span- ish victory.” g Ry TP The Army of Invasion. TAMPA, Fla., May 16.—General or- ders for the organizing of the army of invasion into several brigades will be issued from headquarters to-morrow. The cavalry will beidivided into two brigades, the infantry into four brig- ades and the artillery into one brigade. A battalion of engineers is also formed. VOLUNTEERS War Department Issues an Order Assigning the Troops. General Government Relieving State Authorities of Control. No Particular Corps or Camp Will Have Advantage in Going to the Front. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 15.—After go- ing over the situation last evening with General Miles, Adjutant General Corbin and the heads of the supply de- partment, the Secretary of War made an order for the assignment of volun- teer troops now being mustered into the service of the United States, and designated points where they will as- semble with the least possible delay. This step was rendered necessary from the fact that the State authorities are very fast relinquishing control of troops that are passing over the mus- ter line under authority of the general government. It became necessary to assemble these troops at once in order to meet the problem of their subsist- ence, no less than that of their equip- ment in the way of arms, clothing, camp and garrison equipage, to say nothing of the superior advantage of drill under trained officers, as it is the intention that it shall be in every in- stanze. The officers to organize these | troops into brigades and divisions will be determined upon very soon and will be ordered to stations accordingly. The impression that seems to obtain that any particular corps or camp will have superior advantages in being sent to the front is erroneous. The distri- bution of troops was made up on the lines of transportation and supplies. The supply departments will have a de- | pot 1 each camp which can be more readily reached than the troops could | at their rendezvous in their several | States. In addition to the companies | named the troops that will report to the commanding general of the De- partment of the East, amounting to| about one army corps, will probably be | encamped a son.e point on Long Isl- | and. * At the close of work yesterday at 6 o'clock the _total number of troops | mustered was 65,000. Taking into con- sideration the careful physical exami- nation to which these men have been subjected, the progress has been rapid. The following order has been issued: With the approval of the Secretary of War, the following assignment of troops | is ordered by the major general command- ing the army: TO CAMP GEORGE H. THOMAS, | CHICKAMAUGA. Arkansas—Two regiments infantry. Colorado—Two troops cavalry. Tiinois—Three regiments Infantry, one battery (light) uartillery, one regiment, cavalry. | Indiana—Three regiments infantry, twol batteries artillery. Towa—Three regiments infantry. Kansas—One regiment infantry. Kentucky—Two regiments infantry, two troops cavalry. Maine—One regiment infantry. Maryland—One regiment infantry. Massachusetts—One regiment infantry. Michigan—Two regiments infantry. Minnesota—Two regiments infantry. Mississippi—One regiment infantry. Missouri—Three regiments infantry, one battery (light) artillery. Montana—Four troops cavalry, Nebraska—One regiment infantry. New Hampshire—One regiment infan- ersey—One regiment Infantry. o e infantry, New York — Six regiments two troops cavalry. . OhioFour regiments infantry, four | batteries (light) artillery, eight’ troops | cavalry. | Penn).;g nia—Seven regiments infan- ;. . batteries (light) artillery. e e e Togiment, Infantry. Two regiments infantry. Utah—Two troops cavalry. Vermont—One regiment infantry. West Virginia—One regiment infantry. Wisconsin—Two_regiments l;'-nrumry. Wyoming—One _troop cavalry. District = of Columbfa—One regiment infantry. North Dakota—Two troops cavalry. South Dakota—Five troops cavalry. Idaho—One troop Cac‘:\lu & Nevada—One troop cavalry. Total—53 regiments infantry, 11 light batteries, 1 regiment and 80 troops of cav- alry. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Calitornia—Two regiments infantry; two batteries (heavy) artillery. Colorado—One regiment infantry. One regiment infantry. a—One regiment infantry. ne regiment infantry. Monta Nebraska—One regiment infantry. Qregon—One regiment infantry. Utah—Two batteries (light) artillery. Wyoming—One battalion infantry, North Dakota—Two battalions infantry. South Dakota—One regiment infantry. Idaho—Two battalions infantry. TO KEY WEST, FLA. Massachusetts—One regiment infantry. TO NEW ORLEANS. Louisiana—One regiment infantry. Texas—Two regiments infantry. New Mexico—Four troops cavalry. Arizona—Two troops cavalry. Oklahoma—One troop cavalry. Indian Territory—Two troops cavalry. TO MOBILE. Alabama—One regiment and one battal- fon infantry. California—Two battalions infantry; two batteries (heavy) artillery. Connecticut—One regiment infantry; one battery (light) artillery; two batteries (heavy) artillery. Delaware—One regiment infantry. Georgla—One ~regiment Infantry; two batteries (light) artillery, to Tybee Island. Louisiana—One regiment lnramrr Maine—One battery (heavy) artillery. Maryland—Two battallons Infentry. Mu;s'ilchus?)t‘ts——o;'le x4 ment infantry; one battery (heavy) artiilery, Mississippi—One regiment infantry. New Jersey—One regiment mtun;?. North Carolina—One regiment infautry and one battalion infantry. Pennsylvania—Four re; three troops cavalry. Rhode Isiand—One regiment infantry. South Carolina—One. gu!tfl.llbn infantry, one battery heavy artillery. Texas—One regiment infantry, one regi- men cavalry. Washington — One regiment infantry (Seattle or Philippines). TO WASHINGTON, D. C. Illinols—Two regiments infantry. Indiapa—One regiment infantry. Kansas—One regiment infantry. Kentucky—One regiment infantry, Massachusetts—One regiment infantry. Michigan—One regiment infantry. Missouri—Two regiments infantry. New Jersey—One regiment infantry. New York—Two regiments infantry. 5 (r)hlo"l'wo regiments and one battalion ents infantry; nfantry. Pennsylvania—Four battalions infantry. ennessee—One battalion infantry. Virginia—One battalion infantry. TO TAMPA, FLA. Florida—One r¢ ent Georgia—One ree‘.lil::ent 1linois—Two regiments infantry. owa—One regiment lnfunu?. mcmrn-One regiment infantry. Ne ork:- W —One regiment infantry. N & O&r‘t;h; Ca.roun.—oara r‘s’:g; thr&sntry Virginia—Two regiments infantry. wxm-m—o:, regiment infantry. infantry. lnh.n'irr,y. FAILS TO LAND | WAR SUPPLIES Dorst Expedition Returns to Key West From Cuba. Insurgents Unable to Reach the Rendezvous on the Coast. Finding Themselves Opposed by Large Bodies of Troops, the Americans Turn Back. Spectal Dispateh to The Call. KEY WEST, May 15.—The steamer Gussie, which left Tampa, Fla., on May 10, with two companies of the First Tn- fantry on board in charge of 7000 rifles and 200,000 rounds of ammunitiyn in- tended for the insurgents in the pro- vince of Pinar del Rio, remained off the coast of Cuba on Thursday, Friday and yesterday, convoyed by the auxiilary gunboat Manning, in a vain attempt to land her cargo. Captain J. H. Dorst, of the staff of General Miles, and formerly United States military attache at Vienna, headed the expedition, which returned here this morning. Captain Dorst says the failure of the expedition was due to the fact that the Cubans were unable to meet the land- ing party at the rendezvous, and the Americans could not land supplies with no one to receive them. The arrangements for making a land- ing at Cabanas were made ten days ago by Captain Dorst with General Del- gado, in command of the insurgent | forces in the province of Pinar del Rio, and the supplies to be landed near Matanzas were to be conveyed to Gen- eral Gomez by a force of insurgents encamped three miles back from the coast line. Both of the Cuban parties were unable, apparently, to appear at the rendezvous, owing to the activity of the Spaniards. Captain Dorst is convinced that the Spaniards have a good system of communication along the coast, and they can quickly raise enough troops to prevent the landing of a small force, such as the one he com- manded, and the captain believes the | only way arms and ammunition can be sent to the insurgents is to land them under the cover of warships with guns sufficient to beat off any attack. Then, he adds, the arms and ammunition should be conveyed inland by United States soldiers. The captain says the company which landed through the surf at Cabanas had a narrow escape. The soldiers were fired upon by Spanish cavalry con- cealed in the tangled underbrush, and the fire was replied to with the result that one Spanish officer and three men were hit. Only one man on the Amer- ican side was wounded. He was J. F. | J. Archibald, a newspaper correspond- ent of San Francisco, who received a slight flesh wound in the arm. The Wasp and Manning shelled the woods and covered the retreat of the soldiers to the Gussie. On Friday the Spaniards tried to hit the Gussie from a masked batery, and some of their shells burst close on board, but none of the fragments struck. The American party captured a prisoner of war in a shack at Ca- banas. After the skirmish with the Spanish near Cabanas, Captain Dorst aban- doned the attempt at that point and steamed eastward to Matanzas, where an arrangement had been made with the insurgents to send supplies ashore at Point Maya, a mile or so east of the entrance of the harbor. The Gussie and her convoy yesterday morning steamed until about two miles off shore, when the rattle of musketry from a considerable force of Spanish soldiers, concealed behind underbrush ashore, warned them that they would recelve a lively welcome if they landed. The Spanish troops seemed . to have been given information of the contem- | plated landing at both points. After this second failure Captain Dorst decided to abandon the attempt to land the arms and ammunition and returned to Key West. A more disgusted looking lot of troopers than those aboard the Gussie this morning it would be hard to find. They had received orders not to speak of their trip and sullenly lined the rail of the Gussie as a launch ran alongside of her. swers which could be obtained to ques- tions asked. Soon after the arrival of the Gussie Captain Dorst was rowed ashore and reported the failure of his expedition to the War Department. Ernest Suntzenech, one of the Ameri- can seamen wounded at Cienfuegos last Thursday, died at the Marine Hospital here Thursday evening and was buried to-day. He was a first-class seaman and belonged to the United States cruiser Marblehead. He was shot through the left leg in a boat while as- sisting in cutting the cable off Cien- fuegos. He died after his limb had been amputated. Deceased lived in Brooklyn. OHIO’S ADVANCE GUARD REACHES CHICKAMAUGA Eight Troops of Cavalry and Eleven Companies of Infantry Ready for Service. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONALPARK, Ga., May 15.—The First Ohio Cavalry, the advance guard of the volunteer army ordered by the War Department to rendezvous at Camp Thomas, ar- rived to-day. The regiment is com- posed of elght troops, 600 officers and men. The regiment did not bring horses, which are to be supplied here by the Government. Only one troop was sup- plied with arms, and the large ma- jority of the men were without uni- forms. They did not, therefore, present a very formidable military appearance. They were supplied with tents by Quartermaster Lee from the consign- ment sent here for the volunteer army. Very few uniforms have been received at the quartermaster’s department here, but an order for 25,000 has been sent in and will be filled just as rapidly as possible. In the meantime the volunteers will have to get along with their old clothes as best they can. To-night the First Ohio Infantry, from Cincinnati, eleven companies, 800 officers and men, arrivedin Chattanooga. This regiment was in rather striking contrast to the cavalry regiment, being fully uniformed and armed with Win- chester rifles. They were brought im- mediately to this point and reported to General Brooke. They will sleep in their cars to-night and to-morrow morning will pitch their tents. S gl Three Persons Drowned. BALTIMORE, Md., May 15.—Edward ‘Wentz, 36 Vears of age, his little daugh- ter, Lulu, Ofleul old, of this city, and PR K P oW un Sizing of a sall boat. But grunts were the only an- [ SPANISH GUNBOAT States Government. States. An American warship fired demand to surrender. upon the city. vided no excesses were committed. miral repli-d: nila. and nobody was hurt. to Secretary Long: ade. Reason to believe that the reb but have made no demonstration. Probable that the Spanish Governo captured gunboat Callao attempt! 0000000000000 0000000r 000000000000 NO HOPE FO THE STARVING Hardly a Reconcentrado Yet Lives in Cuba’s Capital. ‘When Aid Comes From This Country There Will Be Few to Assist. Spaniards Seizs Relief Supplies, and Cubans Are Given Over to “Weyler's Chickens.” Special Dispatch to The Call. KEY WEST, May 15.—The conditions in Havana resulting from the blockade | are being gradually brought out by in- formation obtained from fishing smacks and other small vessels captured off the coast. \ Affairs at Havana now appear to be worse than at any time since the Wey- ler regime. The fishermen who at first braved the blockade for the high price which fish brought in Havana, now run the risk not for money, but for food. A number of these have been captured by the vessels of the blockading fleet, nearly all of them being released after having been questioned by our officers. | They all unite in picturing the state of | affairs at Havana as being pitiful in the | extreme. | The Machias caught two fishing boats | accumulated all the facts obtainable along the blockading line, the latest news being obtained through two cap- tures made by the United States gun- boat Machias, which has just returned here for the first time since the block- ade opened, making the longest single service of any blockading vessels oOff | Cuba. | Th Machias caught two fishing boats off Havana, just before her return. The Americans offered the fishermen | money for part of their catch, as the | fish were needed on board. But the fishermen demurred at taking money, they preferring to have bread, and add- ing that they were desperately hungry. ‘When questioned as to the prevalence of yellow fever at Havana, the fishermen said there was little sickness at the Cuban capital, but they added there was much starvation. The reconcen- trados, they sald, were nearly all dead, or have been expelled from the city to die in the suburbs. This agrees with other reports from Havana and Matanzas, to the effect that the Spanish authorities on the de- parture of the American Consul, seized all the relief supplies and applied them the uses of the army. The Span- ish then drove the reconcentrados | Jnto the desolated sections of the country between the coast towns and the insurgent lines, the regions de- scribed by Senator Proctor and others as being too barren and desolate to sup- port grasshoppers. The insurgents themselves have been chary of receiving reconcentrados, and hundreds of the latter who had no per- sonal friends in the insurgent camps had been left to starve between the lings. Aebout Havana the situation Is even worge. Hundreds of reconcentrados from Los Fogos, the big reconcentrados® barracks in Havana, were too weak to walk out of town, and fell in the streets or died in the suburbs, where flocks of vultures— Weyler's chickens,” as they are now termed in Havana—have feasted on the remains. In Matanzas the feature of the situa- tion is equally distressing. * The fishermen who have been brought here are soon reconciled to capture, which means food and decent treat- ment. They say that if the blockade continues much longer bread riots must follow in all the large towns, as food Is reserved exclusively for the army, thus forcing many people to enlist who would not otherwise do so. Finally. the fishermen say that certain Spaniards threaten to burn Havana or blow the city up in the event of the authorities deciding to capitulate to the American forces. SAN JUAN RESIDENTS IN A STATE OF TERROR. Fleeing in Fear That Admiral Samp- son May Again Bombard the City. Copyrighted, 1898, by JSames Gordon Bennett. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, May 15.—The United States auxiliary cruiser Yale left this port at 5 o’clock this afternoon, heading west, T boarded her before, sh: left and found her officers and crew well. Commander Wise inquired for the Herald's dispatch steamer, and was glad she had escaped capture. He was much elated over the capture of Rita. He regretted that the Parlina had escaped last Sunday by dodging behind a reef off Cape San Juan, and was escorted to San Juan on Monday She reports that the Spanish gunboat Callao from the Caroline Islands recently entered the port of Manila, being ig- norant of the outbreaX of hostilities between Spain and the United The demand being disregarded, the American ship fired direct at the Spanish gunboat, and the lattor surrendered. The populace of Manila is reduced to eating horse flesh, and the prospect for rellef seems far distant. The Hugh McCulloch also reports that the Philippine insurgents ap- plied to Rear Admiral Dewey for his approval of an attack by them The Admiral, it appears, approved of the plan, pro- they had no arms with the exception of machetes, to which the Ad- “Help yourselves at the Cavite arsenal.” The city of Manila, however, has not yet been attacked. 5000 Spanish troops are guarding the road leading from Cavite to Ma- There is no truth in the reported massacre of a number of Ameri- cans. There has been :ecently a trifling incident during police duty ‘ WASHINGTON, May 15.—Admiral Dewey has sent the following CAVITE, May 13 (via Hongkong, May 15).—Maintaining strict block- Can take Manila at any moment. Climate hot and moist. "TAKEN AT MANILA Callao Steamed Into the Bay and Promptly Fell Into the Hands of Admiral Dewey. HONGKONG, May 15.—The United States dispatch boat Hugh Mc- Culloch arrived here from Manila with dispatches for the United across her bows and signaled her a The insurgents then pleaded that About els are hemmin~ in the city by land, Scarcity of provisions in Manila. r will be obliged to surrender soon. On May 12 ing to run blockade. Have plenty OoCCO00000C00000000000000000CC0C00 coal. One British, one French, two German, one Japanese vessels here observing. ' DEWEY. 0000000000700 00000000000000000000000 by a transport, believed to be the Al- fonso XIII, which fired on the Yale. The Pretoria sailed for New York this morning with forty passengers, the ma- Jority of whom are Porto Rican refu- gees. None of the property of Amer- icans in San Juan was hurt during the bombardment. The residents are in great fear that Sampson may bombard the city again. EVIDENTLY PLANNING A STRATEGIC MOVE. Orders Thick and Fast From Wash- ington Cause the Greatest Ac- tivity at Key West. 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