KKY I i Sterne V OL. XXXI. NO. 44. WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1898. $1.00 PER YEAR. ADMIRAL SAMPSON At Key West to Remain During the Repara- tion for Cuban Invasion. CERVERA IS CAUGHT Doubt No Longer Exists as to the Spanish Fleet Being at Santiago. CHANGE OF SPANISH TACTICS. SCHLEY HAS SEEN THE SHIPS:; It Spanish Officials Now Say Cervera's Fleet is Not ut Santiago Iterorl That it is in Central American Waters. The Spies Who Tried to Blow up the Key West Fortifications Escape Cardenas Harbor Closed by the Spanish Spanish Warships Lying in Wait for the Cruiser Harvard. Austrian Cruisers Sail for Cuba. lie Celled This News to the Navy Department at a Late Hour Last Night. Or Jcrs Issued for the Troops in Florida to Move on Cuba Sun- day an Uneventful Day Among the Departments Rush- ing Manufacture of Small Arms AmmunitionOr- ganizing the Army Corps at Tampa To be Stricter Censorship of War News. AT C A APR CSSELL. fompanle or Second Regiment Let- tered and Formed Into Battalion. Colonel Burgwjn Take Command (Special to' The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, May 28. The two most interesting occurences at camp Russell today were the drawing for po- sition o? companies and dresa parade. Following- - is the reeoilt of the drawing: Company a, Fayettevilie, Captain Huske; B, Rutherford ton. Captain Bell; C, Lenoir, Captain Jones; D, Greensboro, Captain Gray; E, Green -- viile, Captain Smith; F, Dumber Bridge, Captain Cobb; G, Gas ton! a. Captain (Durham ; 11, Ashe ville. Captain Wagoner; I, Tarboro, Captain Jeffries; K. Wilmington, Captain MacRae; L, Nantahala, Captain Gibson; M. Mur- phy, Captain Cooper- - The drawing was done by order of the secretary of war and it was odd tnat captain Huske, the last one to draw, should get com- pany "A," which as, of course, the choiceist all. Battalions were also formed as fol- lows: (First battalion, Major Wilder, companies, A. G. K. and D; second battalion, 'Major Dixon, companies B. H., L., and E.; third battalion. Major Cotten, companies C, I., M.. and F. At dres parade Colonel Burgwyn's first order was read, making announce- ments of companies and battalions as above In this order Colonel Burgnvyn' assumed command and said : "The ma- terial ot the regiment is all one could wish. To make the regiment equal to the expectations of its friends self de- nial, unquestioning obedience and strict attention to duty will 1e neces- sary and the colonel feels assured he will 'be. loyally supported by the off- icers and by the rank and file." Logan D Howell will, June 6th, ten- der his resignation as superintendent of the Raleigh public schools, having be- come quartermaster sergeant of the Second regiment of volunteers. Henry G. Connor, resigns and his resignation is accepted, as trustee of the Agricu- ltural and Mechanical college. Captain Carl Jeffres was the last man mustered in the Second regiment. There are only eight men in the hos- pital, one case each of mumps, measles, and poison oak, and five of chills and fever. Major James H. Young of the negro battalion says T. R. IMask, of Wilming- ton, its surgeon and W. L. MoNair, of Laurinburg, hospital steward. .1 n f 4 ing at Porto Antonio, saikd today Jci an unknown destination. The Chicago Record di.-pat- ch Kat Hercules has arrived here. Captain Cotton says that he has no direct information that Admiral Cvr-ve- ra au his squadron are in the har- bor of Santiago de Cuba, but he as- sumes that Commodore Schley ha. i reasonable certainty that the Spaniard are there, or he would not remain that harbor with the American squad- ron. The marine observer sighttd a worship far outside the roadstead this evening. .She could not be identified. THE SPANISH SPIES ESCAPE. Key West, Fla.. May 29 The thrco supiosed Spaniards who tried to bJoTyr up the rnortar battery near Fort TAy lor Thursday night, have not yet beea captured. Captain Merrill, romman dant at the fortifications, had armed search parties out looking for them last night, and today the torpedo boat Porter had been scouting in the adja- cent waters in search of them, but without success. They are thought either to have gotten safely off to Cu- ba or to be hiding on one of the neigh boring keys. , Two of the suspects were seen driv- ing along the beach road near the for- tifications yesterday afternoon. They: were followed to the eastern end of the island, where they were Joined by; a third man. All boarded a row bout ai made for Stock island, a neighbor-ipjrlte- y. One. who is thouuht to be thfl i Ti ,l8ltnVl morning, sloop boat were gone. The authorities have de- - among the states and territories in ex- actly the same proportion as under the first call. No cavalry, however, would be accepted and only a very limited number of artillery. The advices from Commodore Schley indicate that he is now and has been for several days guarding the entrance to the bay of Santiago de Cuba. Com- modore Schley has not only his own squadron, but two or three vessels be- sides, at his command, and It is not believed to be possible for the Spanish admiral to escape with his fleet either by day or by. night. No information is obtainable as to the Intentions of Commodore Schley. Whether he will endeavor to force an entrance to the bay and seek a battle with the Spanish squadron is not known, but such a course at present is not regarded as likely. It would be better, in the opinion of some naval officials, to keep Cervera and his ves- sels safely in the harbor, where they are absolutely useless, as they would be ff. the bottom of the sea. CERVERA CERTAINLY AT SANTI- AGO. Washington, May 20 At 12:30 o'clock this (Monday) morning the navy de- partment received a dispatch from Commodore Schley announcing defi- nitely that he had located Admiral Cervera's Cape Verde squadron in the bay of Santiago de Cuba. The com- modore states that he had seen and decognized the vessels of the Spanish fleet. While the naval officials have been morally certain for several days that Cervera's squadron was in the harbor of Santiiago, the official announcement from Commodore Schley was received by the officers on duty at the depart- ment with intense satisfaction. As- surance is now doubly sure that the Spanish fleet is bottled up and that the cork is in the bottle. It is not be- lieved that Admiral Cervera will at- tempt to escape from the predicament in which he finds himself, as such a course would surely result in the de- struction of his vessels and the loss of many lives precious to Spain. The suggestion is made, however, that the Spaniard may blow up his ships rather than haw them fall into the hands of Schley, as they will, if they remain in the harbor. The definiteness of Commodore Schley's dispatch would indicate that he has effected a landing near Santia- go and made a personal investigation of the harbor. It would be impossible from the entrance to the bay definitely to see and recognize the Spanish ves- sels, but by effecting a landing at some point on either side of. the entrance a vantage point could be gained very likely from which the entire harbor could be examined. In all probability Commodore Schley or one of his trust- ed officers has successfully performed this hazardous undertaking in order to obtain the valuable information con- tained in his dispatch. Tampa ,Fla., May 29. The Second Massachusetts volunteers now en- camped at Lakeland, and, with one exception (the Seventy-firs- t New York) the only regiment of volunteers in the Fifth army corps, has been or- dered to break camp, according to an order issued by General Shafter to-dal- y, and will be brought to Tampa. It will go into camp near the Eighth and Twenty-secon- d infantry regi- ments, which with the Second Massa- chusetts, compose the First brigade of the Second division in command of Brigadier General Adna R. Chaffee. It is said on good authority that the re- moval of the Second Massachusetts from Lakeland will soon be followed by the transfer to Tampa of the Seventy-fir- st New York and the Tenth regiment of cavalry. The ob- ject is to have all the. troops of the Fifth brigaded together at this point for shipment to Cuba. RUSHING AMMUNITION MANU- FACTURE. Philadelphia, May 29. Beginning Tuesday, the Frankfort arsenal will discontinue the manufacture of all small ammunition, except the car- tridges for the Krag-Jorgans- en rifles. The government has made a contract with the Union Metallic Cartridge Company and the Winchester Repeat- ing Arms Company to furnish the 35-cali- bre Springfield rifle cartridges and the 38-cali- bre revolver ammunition. The hours of Jabor at the arsenal will also be increased from sixteen to twenty hours a day, which will permit the turning out of 200,000 rounds of ammunition per day. As soon as pos- sible the working hours will be ex- tended to three shifts of eight hours eaeh. ORDERS ISSUED FOR THE MOVE ON CUBA. New York, May 29. A special dis- patch to The Tribune from Washing- ton says: Orders have at last goxie forward to Major General Shafter at Tampa to embark the greater portion of his corps, including all the regulars and a few of the most efficient volun- teer regiments on board the transports gathered at that place, and the ag- gressive military movement which has been so frequently predicted and as often delayed for one cause or anoth- er, wilT be an accepted fact before the end of the week. The strongest ships of Admiral Sampson's recognized squadron will convoy the expedition and cover its landing at a point now definitely designated. Simultaneously the most rigid cen- sorship of press dispatches that has so far been undertaken by the gov- ernment will be put into operation at Tampa and Key West tonight and no message relating to the moves of the troops or ships, or in any way specu- lating upon the expedition will be per- mitted on the wires. If this means of preventing publication of information which would be exceedingly valuable to Spain is not fully successful, the censorship will be promptly extended to the mails. It can be confidently as- certained that beyond the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy, the New York, IMay 29. 'A special dis- patch from Key West says Admiral Sampson has arrived here and may re- main during the preparations for the Cuban invasion. This, it is believed, will not occupy more than a few days at the most. Admiral Sampson's fleet is between Havana and Key West with all on board well. (Copyright by Associated Press.) Cape Haytien, Hayti, IMay 29. -- No news from Santiago de Cuba was ob- tainable here this morning, but, on the other hand, it is rejwrted that two vessels of the Cadez fleet said to be the Franzy Joseph and the Marie Teresa, left Gibraltar yesterday for Cuba. These names are probably wrong, as there is no Spanish vessel known here as 'the Franz Joseph, and the Infanta Maria Teresa is understood to be the flagship of the fleet commanded by Admiral Cervera. SPANIARDS SAY CERVERA IS NOT 'AT SiA'XTIAGO. Kingston, May 9. 11 a. m.-i- Mr. Al- bert Fowler, a brother of the British consul at Cienfuegos, received word by the British steamer Adula from Cien- fuegos "on Thursday, that the Spanish officials at that place said the that only a Spanish torpedo destroyer, the Terror, (possibly the Furor, as the tar ror is understood to be at San Juan ri Porto Rico.) of the Cape Verde; was in t,,;' t?f'Satlaf0.deOuba- - Madrid, 3Iay 29. It was announced here today in a dispatch from (Havana that the warships which have .been blockading Santiago de Cuba; disap- peared yesterday from off that port. It is added that their destination is un- known to the Spanish authorities. Advices recMved here today from Ha- vana say tnat a big sailing ship from Barcelonia, having on boar- - a cargo of provisions and arms, arrived yester- day at Nuevitas, the northern port of the city of Porto Principe, capital of the Cuban province of that name, after running the blockade. It is semi-offitial- ly announced that reliable news regarding the w here- abouts of the squadron ships comand-e- d by Admiral Cervera is not ob- tainable, but it is rumored the Spanish vessels Jeft Santiago de Cuba yester- day. 'No official confirmation of thU rumor can be had. The two vessels reported from Cape Haytien as having left Gibraltar yes- terday for Cuba are the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin (Maria Theresa and ... . : T7S T l 1 i A-ciis- r ia,iv. oostrpn, aim 1101 two ves sels of the Cadiz fleet or Spain. The Spanish fleet organized, at Cadiz, is, according to official .Madrid advices, either at Cadiz or manouevering off the coast preparatory to sailing for some destination to be determined upon by the government. -- "he utter absence of news from San- tiago de Cuba, which is connected With this place by cable is causing more and more astonishment as days go by and no messages are received in epite of the fact that the cable is in working order. The Cuban leader here is wagering that the war will not last longer than June 21st. The Cubans are very en- thusiastic over the idea that the Span- ish fleet is bottled up at Santiago de Cuba and they say it surely a fact. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, (May 29. The report that the Spanish torpedo gunboat Terror1 has reached San Juan de Porto Rico is confirmed. She arrived there from Fort de France, island of !Martinque on Friday morn- ing. Her boilere are sti- - said to be out or order. The Spanish transport Alphonso XIII, chartered by the Span- ish government and loaded at San Juan de Porto Rico with provisions for Ouba, is now said to 'be scouting in the vicinity of the Porto Rican oast, her crew (having refused to try and run the Cuban blockade. The Alphonso XJTl is also said to be carrying freight between the different torts' of Porto Rico. It is rumored here also that all the vessels of Admiral Cervera's fleet are not at Santiago de Cuba. Some of them either did not go there or have left those waters according to report. Incendiarism is growing in Porto Rico. Kingston, Ja., SMay 28. 7 p. m. (De- layed in transmission). The United States auxiliary cruiser Harvard, form erly the American line steamer New York, is coaling here. She took on board 750 tons, her full measure. As something trifling Is wrong with her steering gear and her boilers are dirty, she wirl be allowed to remain : here twenty-fou- r 'hours kmger than usual under the neutrality regulations. With the exception of medicines, the Har- vard has cot taken on board any sup- plies. Commodore Henderson, commanding the (Britls-- h naval station at Port Royal, was asked today if toe had, as reported, received information that Admiral Cervera 1s not in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The commodore wrote the following reply: TBy the latest news. Cervera is still Jo Santiago harbor." 6. p. m. The United States auxiliary Tuxtboat Eagle, which fcas been coal- - tion was confirmed without reference to a committee. Hon. W. C. Oates, of Alabama, who was today appointed a brigadier gen- eral, was also a confederate officer. He was for many years a member of con- gress from Alabama and has since been governor of his state. He is a one-arm- ed man as Senator Butler is one-leggge- d. Mr. Cole, who was also nominated for a brigadier's position, is a promi- nent business man of St. Louis, Mo. He was an officer in the union army during the civil war and is an ex-mem- ber of congress. Mr. Waties, the remaining brigadier named today, is a youpg man in business in Houston, Texas. MANILIANS LIVING ON RICE. The navy department this afternoon made public the following despatch: "Hong Kong, May 27, 1898, "Via Cavite, May 25. "Secretary of the Navy, Washington: "No change in the situation of the blockade. It is effective. It is impos- sible for the people of Manila to buy provisions except rice. The captain of the Olmypia (Gridley) condemned by medical survey. Is ordered home. Leaves by Occidental and Oriental steamship from Hong Kong, on the 28th. Commander Lamberton appoint- ed commmander of the Olympia. "DEWEY." GRAND REVIEW OF VOLUNTEERS One of the most brilliant military pageants enacted since the grand pa- rade of the federal troops down the streets of Washington at the close of the civil war occurred at Camp Alger this afternoon when President McKin-le- y reviewed the troops now quartered there. It was the first time in over thirty years that an army of volun- teers rendezvoused in time of war passed in review before the commander-in-c- hief of the army and navy and the demonstrations attracted many thousands from Washington and the surrounding country to the camp grounds near Falls church. There were 12,000 troops in line. Immediately on the arrival of the presidential party the line, 12,000 strong, began moving. The review lasted more than two hours. The men passed the presidential stand in com- pany front with arms port. The ap- pearance of each regiment was fol- lowed by vociferous shouting. Through the review the president sat on a platform in front of the stand. With a few exceptions, the great ar- my of volunteers made an imposing appearance and the reviewing party was highly pleased with the result. Washington, D. C, May 29. At all of the departments and at the White house Sunday was an unevent- ful day. The president, as is his cus- tom, attended church in the morning and took a drive in the afternoon. Secretary Alger and General Miles and some of their assistants were at the war department during the day, and the three assistant secretaries of state spent some time in their office. Captain Goodrich, of the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, which returned to New York yesterday from her cruise in the West Indies, was at the navy department in the morning for consul- tation with the officials in regard to the future movements of the ship and the increase of her armament. About twenty governors of states and territories have replied to Secreta- ry Alger's telegrams asking for their views regarding the filling of the pres- ent volunteer regiments to their maxi- mum strength before beginning the formation of new organizations. Some of them indicate a preference for the re cruiting of entirely new regiments as under the first call, leaving the pres- ent organizations with the number of men now contained in them, though practically all promise the government any amount of troops that are want- ed. It is the president's desire, how- ever, that the organizations already formed shall be filled to their maxi- mum strength as the law provides and this policy will be carried out in re- cruiting under the second call. The apportionment to the states has 'been made up, but not yet given to the pub- lic. Through urgent representations to Secretary Alger some of the states were permitted under the first call to furnish a greater number of troops than they were legally entitled to on the basis of population. Consequently in raising the 75,000 men under the second call these inequalities will be remedied as far as practicable, with the result that some of the states may not be called on to furnish any of the men needed. This course probably may give rise to discontent in states where men are anxious to serve, but it is regarded as the only fair way in which to proceed. From an intimation from a high ar- my sources it is regarded as almost certain that there will be no import- ant move of the army until the Span- ish fleet is disposed of. Adjutant General Corbin said today that it had been definitely decided to use about 50,000 of the volunteers to be raised under the new call in filling out deficient regiments already organized under the old call. It would take about tbat number, he thought, to fill each company up to the maximum limit of 1S men. The remaining 25,000 would be organized into regiments of three battalias each and distributed "Washington, May 2S. The navy de- partment received Information today which for the first time relieved the officials of the anxiety and doubt they have felt for the last few days, and satisfied them on two vital points. First, that the Americal fleet under Commodore Schley was outside of San- tiago harbor and, second, that Ad- miral Cervera's fleet was inside that harbor. This information came from private sources which naval officials regard as thoroughly reliable. It i3 from the same source that gave the navy department the first information, .'Imost a week ago, that the Spanish squadron was inside of Santiago har- bor. This source of information has proved itself reliable thus far and for that reason the news received today was accepted as conclusive. It did not come from any naval or state de-dartm- ent officials. There is little 2oubt, however, that it will be supple- mented by official advices from Com- modore Schley, if, indeed, such ad- vices are not already here, though up to the close of office hours, the navy department had not bulletined any- thing from Sehley. The officials were in a state of ex- pectancy, having 'learned from the press dispatches from Kingston that the scouting vessel Harvard was there with reports for the department. Sec- retary Long went to the review at Camp Alger during the afternoon and in his absence no information was made public. Relying on the private advices re- ceived, naval officials eel that the en- tire military situation is simplified and the powers of mischief by the Spanish fleet are at an end. One distinguished officer remarked that as a result of the information received he felt ten years younger since yesterday. He had been seriously apprehensive that the Span- ish fleet had succeeded in getting away, but the information of today re- lieved his mind on that point. lie said that Commodore Schley could now spare several of the ships from his squadron to permit them to join in offensive demonstrations elsewhere. All Schley needs, it is pointed out, is a. small force to watch the entrance of Santiago harbor. Two battleships and two cruisers would be cample for this service, as such a force would largely overmatch the four armored cruisers in the Spanish squadron. In this way Admiral Cervera's fleet can be pocket- ed without keeping a large number of American ships out of active service at other needed points. In calculating' upon keeping the Spaniards penned up in this fashion the officials have taken into account the possibility of the dispersion of the American blockading fleet by one of the tropical cyclones that are al- most due at this season. The Ameri- can fleet in such case would be obliged to cut and run for some neutral port or to make Its way by force into one of the Cuban ports for shelter. In eith- er case there might be an opportunity for the Spanish fleet to make its es- cape providing the commanding off- icers are willing to take the desperate chance of going out in weather heavy enough to compel the big American ironclads to seek shelter, unless "we block the harbor by scuttling boats in the channel. On her way to this country the Vizcaya passed through some very severe weather almost ap- proaching the cyclonic, and proved -- that vessels of her class are able to withstand such storms with perfect safely. During the 6ay the navy de- partment posted 'bulletin giving re- assuring advices from Admiral Tewey. This was the only specific bit of Infor- mation given out during office hours. It was a day replete with rumors, some of them of a very sensational nature, but the various reports of san- guinary battles failed of verification and ultimately proved to be ground- less, so far as the reports reaching ""here discloged. APPOINTEMENTS BY THE PRESI-- : DENT. 1 The president today sent these nom- inations to the senate: To be Major General of "Volunteers tMatthew C. Butler, South Carolina. 'To be Brigadier Generals of Volun- - . ttrs James R. Waits, of Texas; Nel- - kson Cole, of Missouri, and "William C. 'lates, of Alabama. To be Commissary of Subsistence, with Rank of Captain Charlets Ellet Cable, of Virginia. To be Chief Surgeon, with Rank or Major Frank S. Bourns, of Georgia. To be Additional Paymasters ieo. E. Pickett, of Virginia; James S. Har- vey, of Florida; Charles Albert Smylle, of Virginia, and Otto ttecker, of Geor- - Hon. M. C. Butler, who was today nominated by the president to be ma-Vo- r general of the army, is ex-Sena- tor kutler, of South Carolina. He served during the civil war in the confederate armv and afterward was prominently ident.'ned with the stirring events that markev the reconstruction perted in the south. He was endorsed for the position .by many United States sena- tors of all parties and his nomination gave general satisfaction in the sert Xfccuth Carolina senators. His norowa- - I fThere are up to tonight thirty three ten ders of companies for the Third regi- ment. The principal' musicians ap- pointed are: (Arthur Theobold and Tihonnas Japlitig. Camp Russell is being" made very clean. The only inconvenience about it is that a large 'building- - sepa- rates the camip into two sections, and prevents regularity, but there are other counterbalancing advantages. Your correspondent witnessed the first dress parade from the third floor of the grand stand and the sight was very picturesque, only complete uni- form and equipmentwere needed to make the regiment impresive. The first battalion paraded only three com- - panies as all of the officers of company A .were busy with Captain Gresham, the mustering officer. The secand bat- talion also paraded only three compan- ies, company E being absent "With leave Three companies of the first battalion were uniformed and two In the third battalion. Captain Huske was officer of the day today. Captain Jeffries will be tomor- row. Spanifth and Americas Amitest Mr. W. E, Christian, whiting from Washington! to The Raleigh News and Observer, says: "In the line of my work I took occa- sion during the week to get together the figures and distribution of the United States and. Spanisn army respectively j got the figures together with not a lit--t- ie labor, and as they had not been be- fore printed, T think they will be inter- esting. "I found thiat there were in "the United States army up to Friday night 37,000 regulars and 118,000 volunteers. Ten thousand of these regulars have enlist- ed during the last month. The volun- teers are composed of six army corps, one at Camp Alger, near Washington, num- bering 12,000 men; two at Tampa; two at Chickamauga, and one at Mobile. These last five corps contain each 9,000 men. Then there are at Chattanooga 45,-0- 00 volunteers and in the sea-coa- st de- fences about 20,000. Of the regulaTs, about twenty-fiv- e regi- ments are at Tampa of 1,272 men each; most of the others are on the coast. "Against this 155,000 of United' States regulars and volunteers sire to be placed the Spanish army as follows: In Spain, 80,000; in Cuba, 180,000; in Porto Rico, 20,-00- 0: in the Philippines, 15,000. "The troops1 In Cuba are composed of 100,000 Spanish regulars, 60,000 guerillas, and 20.000 volunteers. These guerillas are Cubans who are fighting for Spain and who use the Cuban mode of warfare. The 20,000 volunteers are made up of shop keepers, artisans and the like. It is of no use probably to go more into de- tail." A Steamer Aground; New Uondon, Conn., May 29. The sound eteamer City of Worcester, of the Nor-wic- h line, last night ran hard upon Oor- - OTorant reel, during a thick fog. She fill- ed rapidly and her officers found it nec essary to beach her. All 'her passengers were transierred safely. The Royal is the luftost grade hakimq luwwa. Acta! tests show H soet third farther tas mmy stkw br4. OVM. Kwoca CO., WW VONK. ' Header, carried a rifle. When last seen J their boat was approaching a sloop or. tailed descriptions of the men. Among those arrested on eupplcton in connection with the attempt to blow, up the mortar battery was Paul Molhi, correspondent of The Kclair, of Paris, who was caught making a sketching of the fortifications. Ah soon as hla identity was established, he was re- leased, but he is very indignant over the arrest. Madrid, May 29. It is now known that nothing developed at the cabinet council today to make clear whether Admiral Cervera's squadron Is in Santiago harbor or outside it, but Gen- eral Correa, the minister of war .an- nounced that he had received a dis- patch from General Blanco to the ef- fect that twelve American warships were off Santiago yesterday (Satur- day), but most of them disappeared today, going in a westerly direction. General Blanco gives it to be under- stood that Admiral Cervera's squad- ron remains in Santiago harbor. Tho council decided to make large addi- tional purchases of war materials anil to prohibit the exportation of fdlvec coins. It is probable that the govern- ment on the representations of certain powers, will declare sulphur cfitra-ban- d. London, May 30. A dispatch to Tho Times from Kingston, Jamaica., datecj Saturday, says: Private information from the mont trustworthy sources indicates that Ad- miral Cervera's squadron is not at Santiago de Cuba, but is in Central American waters. On Board the Associated Press Dis- patch Boat Wanda, off Cardennn, May; 28. Via Key West, May 29. Canhnaa harbor has been completely clotted byi the Spaniards since the attack of the Winslow and other American torpedo boats. This fact was demonstrated yesterday by an attempt of the Eng-li- st steamship Myrtledene to enter the-por- t to take on a cargo of pugar. Tho Myrtledene had begun to take on car- go when war was declared, and she was ordered out by the American gun- boat Machias. The steamer's owners, claimed that, under the blockade proc- lamation, she was entitled to thirty days to load, and Secretary of tho Navy Long gave the ship permission to return and complete her cargo. Kno found, however, that the harbor wn filled with sunken obstructions and could not get In. She lies outside tho harbor, nestling forlorn and dejected, like a storm beaten bird, uncertain whether to attempt to bring her car- go out in lighters or wait for the war to end. The waters of Cardenas aro too .shallow for big ships and the Winslow tragedy probably clones the story of naval operations hi that quarter. Key Weft, Ofay 29. Ten members at the army hospital corps arrived today by (rteamer from New York via Tampa, and went to the army hospital. A large number of hospital corps men arr?-no- w here and they expect to remain throughout the war. Key West being a desirable point for carina for wound- ed, owing to its healthfulness and its excellent hospital. Kinf-Ur- a. Ja., May 29. 7 p. m. The Harvard has finished coaling. 0'inr to the friendly feeling for Americas-her- e and because the coaling begun before the British naval engineer had fixed the amount he could take 7K ton.) it in believed toy the towns Xo- - pie that she filed her bunker. Bnt- - such is not the case. 6he has enougn. now, with that mhe had, to last iix day at half speed. She wili sail 'to- morrow morning for a destination not disclosed. The strange vessel, seem ingly a warship sfghted off Port Itoyak last night, is declared by the gossrsnei to be a Sparmh jrtrtser waiting xox- - president will permit no civilian to enjoy his confidence in this matter un- til a landing on foreign territory shall have been actually accomplished, and General Shafter himself will have seal- ed orders, whose contents will be known only to General Miles and Gen- eral Corbin until the expedition is safely at sea. Admiral Sampson's sole instructions will be to guard the expe- dition and to co-o- pe fsate with General Shafter under the lather's direction. The evidences in the case proves Hood's Sarsaparilala curt scrofula, salt rheum, boils, humors and all erup- tions, ... - . Harvard. . - v . - t -