Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERX.
BENNCIIOTF.K * GIBSON. Ed* ami Fab*.
LOUP CITY. - _- NEIt
NEBRASKA
’ Jnne *1 will be Illinois day at the
exposition.
Harness thieves hava been operat
ing at Beatrice.
Several bad cnses of scarlet fever
are reported from Berlin.
Mr. Shivley. and old and prominent
citizen of Fremont, died last week.
Farmers of Banner county are be
hind with their work because of a
surplus of rain.
Cal Rains of Beatrice, charged with
sodomy, was arraigned before Judge
Enlow, and pleaded not guilty.
The recent heavy rains have done
considerable damage to the Irrigat
ing ditches In the western part of the
state.
An effort Is being made at York to
organize a company for the heavy ar
tillery. About twenty-five members
have so far been secured.
Ex-members of the Thurston rifles
et Omaha are organizing a company
to be known as the Thurston Juniors
which Is to be ready for the next call
ior troops.
Fruit prospects In Stanton county
are excellent. The apple trees are
full of blossoms and other kinds of
trees are fully as promising of a big
crop as the apples.
Freeman 31111s of Gordon Is the
champion cattle brander of the north
• west. He branded 545 head In just
five hours. Can anyone beat this rec
ord? Freeman thinks nothing of go
ing out and branding 160 head of
calves before breakfast.
The Farmers’ Co-operative associa
tion of Cedar Bluffs Hied articles of
Incorporation with the secretary of
ww__will Lnt> and ao)l
farm produce, live stock and Imple
ments. The Incorporators are Tho-c.va
Lorengen, John E. Tawney, Eric Ol
Bon and John F. Thomsen. The cap
ital stoek Is 112,000.
C. E. Bessey of the University of
Nebiaska is busy making the final ar
rangements for the scientific section
of the educational council to be held
In Omaha June 29 and 30. It Is the
intention to dismiss work In the uni
versity summer school during these
two days thUB giving all teachers a
chance to attend the meeting.
Paul Pschelden, a Hungarian arrest
ed on the charge of rape, was found
dead In his cell In the Jail at Crete,
having hanged himself by placing a
handkerchief around his neck and at
taching It to a bar In the steel cage.
He was supposed by some to have been
innocent of the crime as charged, but
the general opinion was that he was
guilty.
Auditor Cornell has received a com
plaint from Nebraska City against,
blstnese firms of that place being al
lowed to transact fire insurance busi
ness through "underground”and “over-;
head” channels. It Is claimed that'
the stock yards company and the ce
real mills at Nebraska City are In
sured In Chicago in companies that
are not authorised to do business in
Nebraska. This is the report made to;
Auditor Cornell.
Since the saloons were closed In
Humboldt, considerable red liquor
has been manifest in that city
and the temperance people made
up their minds to locate the
source. If possible. Accordingly they
procured a search warrant and made
a thorough search through the billiard
hall, but the effort to locate the booze
was futile, nothing but empty cases,
and kegs being found in the cellar of,
the suspected house.
Miss Hannah Thomburn of Lincoln
left last week for New York, from
which place she will sail immediately
for Carthagena, United States of Co
lumbia. for the purpose of bringing
the remains of Harry Hotchkiss, who
died in that vicinity about two years
ago. Hotchkiss was well known
throughout Nebraska a: d bad been
grand master of the Nebraska grand
iwufic hi i. w. v/. r . jii.- > i m i iiuui u
and Hotchkiss were engaged to b^
married at the time he left.
A Washington dispatch Biys: The
secretary of the interior today in
formed Representative Mercer that he
had written to the managers of the
exposition authorizing tnero to make
arrangements for the Indian congress
upon the arrangements proposed sev
eral days ago. The exposition author
ities are by this plan to deposit In a
designated hank the sum of $45,000 to
the order of Commissioner Jones, of
the ludtan bureau, who w'll expend
the sam« hi gathering the Indians to
gether and preparing for the exhibit
Representative Stark of Nebraaka
railed upon the pavmaater-general of
the army for Information respecting
the position to he taken by the gov
ernment as to Its willingness to must
Reins for the mobilisation rtul mua
tertag In of troops tiene al Stanton
Informed Mr Stark that the govern
meat would bear th« expenses of
transportation and aubei.Unr* of
troop* from enrollment and ua'll
mustered In and would In addition
pay the expense of transpottatlon t
Ibrlr homes If Vett ted lie edited
that the governmeet could no glv<
per diem pay to any t»|»* t«d appll
vanto.
J 0k PVrguaon died la Chlevmi of
tube*euU<*ta of the thrott from who >
he had auMvrvd foe the lest two v.a *
lie was well known la nUtetf riyel-s
having leea th »hs ewploe id the
I'noMt hwlik at Heatrbe %» « • umsr
sal agent until re. eatlj
|l|ch glaadTf* ' returned t * Hum
hold* with hu « XM *1 h si# s «‘en
»r. n the httehtn* r*. k Msy I The
police of Kansas CM# <«»< >># I t *
iht«f and held Ik* hsn uattl lie nan.
er ran* »• *4n4» K Th* *ntif t'hau*
MeMrinn. hailing l»«« Isstsaesnk
K»n. t* kelng held hr **•'<« Tucks#
ai fnW* Chi.
The President Appoints a Missouri
an General of Volunteers.
PRACTICALLY A DARK HORSE.
Ki-Srutof Matthew C. Untie# of Month
Carolina. Major General — Fre.l llell ’a
Major — Theodorlu* nothin and J. W.
Fooler of Kanaaa Given Flare*.
Washington, May 30.—The President
to-day sent these nominations to the
Senate:
To be major general of volunteers—
Matthew C. liutler of South Carolina.
To be brigadier generals of volun
teers—.fames 11. Wattes of Texas. Nel
son Cole of Missouri, William C. Oates
of Alabama.
To be assistant adjutant general
with rank of major—Fred Hell of
Missouri.
To lie chief surgeon with rank of ma
jor—Frank S. Bourns of Georgia.
To be assistant adjutant general with
rank of captain—Theodosius Botkin of
Kansas; Frederick J. Kountze of Ohio;
First Lieutenant William Scott, First
cavalry.
To be additional paymasters—John
Townsend of Missouri. John W. Fogler
of Kansas, Beverly Waugh Coiner of
Washington.
Colonel Cole was practically a dark
horse in the race for brigadier. Con
gressmen Pierce and Joy of St. Louis
went Vo General Schofield, the Presi
dent's military adviser, April Jfl*. and
made strong recommendation of Col
onel Cole for the place. General Scho
field and Colonel Cole were associated
throughout the civil war and Schofield
espoused Cole's cause at once. He
went to the President with the recom
mendation.
The new brigadier general Is a na
tive of Dutchess county, N. Y. He
went to St. Louis in 1834 and entered
the government service in the civil
war as captain of Company A. Fifth
Missouri volunteer infantry, for three
months, in the Command of General
Fremont, on April 21, 1861, and was
assigned to duty at the St. Louis arse
nal. He participated in the capture of
Camp Jackson, and was placed in com
mand of an expedition in Southeast
Missouri on May 10 following. Subse
quently lie was transferred to the First
Missouri volunteer infantry for three
years' service on June 10, 1861. The
designation of the regiment was
changed to the Missouri light artillery
in September, 1861.
On February 82. 1862, Mr. Cole was
commissioned major of the regiment.
He was recommissioned major on
August 10, 1863. On October 2, 1863,
he was transferred to the Second Mis
souri light artillery as lieutenant col
onel, and was promoted to colonel on
February 27, 1864.
Mr. Cole participated in nearly all
the battles and skirmishes in South
western Missouri and Northern Arkan
sas. Including Wilson's creek, in which
he was wounded in the left jaw. He
also saw active service in Wcste-in Mis
souri. participating in engagements at
fyexington. Little Illue, Independence,
Westport and Marias des Cygnes.
On June 4. 1863, he was ordered to
Vicksburg, where he remained until
after the surrender. He was then or
dered to report to General Schofield
and in the fall of 1864 he was in pursuit
of Price, who was muking a raid
through Missouri. General Schofield
went Fast and Mr. Cole was made chief
of artillerj on the staff of General
Pleasanton, and after General Dodge
relieved Kosecrans Mr. Cole was chief
of artillery on his staff.
At the close of the war Colonel Cole
was placed in command of the l’owder
river expedition through the Indian
country in the Northwest, taking com
mand on June 16. 1863. The expedition
went to Fort Laramie, opening up the
Indian country, and returned to Fort
Leavenworth in the fall. Colonel Cole
lior 13, l»f>Y after a continuous service
of four yerrs ami seven months. He is
an active member of the (J. A. It. ami
of the Loyal legion.
Theodosius liotkin. one of the Kan
sans to lie given a military appoint
ment by the President, served in an
Ohio regiment during the war. For
many years he was one of the
best known Republican campaign
speakers in Kansas. As judgu of a
Western Kansas district he figured in
the Hugo ton county scat war, and was
the lender of the opposition to tblonel
Sam Wood, the founder of Wuudsdale.
A deadly enmity Misled between the
men until Wood was assassinated by
James Hrennon
J. W. Kogler, the other Kansan given
an appointment, is vice presideut of
the First National bank of Iwaven
worth. He earn* to Kausaa from
Maine a number of y ars ago and la a
Republican
Tbrle "lloaur" Mat MI«k»>S4.
M tiiHin, May kt Vaur (aatelar
the Republican leader, in an interview
upon the subject of alliances, la quoted
a* declaring that he favors Mpaiu a Is
Utlua lie rvts•tumenda 'a policy of
resignation now and the greatest pru
•letter, economy and energy in the fu
tnrv ' In conclusion, hraui (aatelar
rvnsiiiisl ' After all, the Yankees
may bks-kade our UUa-bk. t-ut they
ran t bhss.nl* our honor '
The 11 or a ms ISnol Itsmta.
Has Ittmsn, May to Irving M
hwott of the I nkoa Iron worhs has
gone to at IVtervhnrg t«* ssnu t with
the taar a government regarding the
building of Russian wsrshipa in this
elty Fast f uesday he revel ml a w<
tags from at tVUrahurg eongralulai
<ng him <>n the peefbrmatwu of the
tiragwu and ashing him to go to that
rlty.
CADIZ RESERVE FLEET SAILS,
Condemned Holler* on the Pelayo—
Crulncr* Without (inn*.
Madrid, May 30.—It is officially an
nouncod that the Spanish reserve
squadron, commanded by Admiral
Camaras, has left Cadiz, before going
to its destination the squadron will
maneuver probably for several days in
the open sea, afterwards immediately
sailing for the Philippine islands, Cuba
or the United States, as the govern
ment mny judge most opportune. The
squadron Is understood to be composed
of ten or twelve vessels.
□ New York, May 28.—A dispatch to
the New York World from London
says: The chief officer of a steamer
just in from Cadiz said last night:
"When we left Cadiz last Friday the
only Spanish warships there were the
battleship Pelayo, the cruiser Emper
ador Carlos V., one torpedo boat and
the converted cruisers Patriota and
ltapido. The cruisers were at the ar
senal.
“Everything bore the appearance of
unreadiness. The l’elayo's boilers, re
cently put in at Toulon, had just been
condemned by the superintending en
gineer at Cadiz, on the ground that
they were of insufficient strength. She
was, however, coaling. The Kapido
and Patriota had not been fitted with
guns and neither had a crew.
“There was no belief in the reports
that the fleet was going to Manila or
anywhere else for some weeks at
least.”
MORTARSTO SHELL "MORROS.”
A New Weapon to lie led In Cuban
Klegea.
Ket Wert, Fla., May 30.—A new
weapon in modern war, and as yet one
untried, arrived here yesterday. This
is the 13-inch rifled mortar. They are
nine feet long, and are used in shell
ing high places when modern guns are
useless. The old 13-inch mortar was a
picturesque sort of weapon, but of not
much use except on rare occasions.
The modern inortur has a range of
seven miles, and its fire can be directed
w lin almost us muni directness as tnac
of any of the new model heavy guns.
There are eight of these mortars and
they can be landed anywhere near
Morro castle, Havana, and its garrison
shelled out at the leisure of the mortar
battery's operatives, who can be sta
tioned behind a hill 100 feet high,
where the besieged garrison cannot see
them.
Captain James M. Rockwell, ord
nance department, is in charge of the
battery with 100 men as gunners, who
understand the new arm to perfection,
as they have been practicing with it
for the last six months.
The quantity of siege train equip
ment and machinery for military mines
would indicate that some of the “Mor
ros” (which means a high place in
bpanibh) are to be undermined aixft
blown up. This species of warfare
has not been practiced since the
Napoleonic sieges in the first decade
of this century, and much interest is
manifested in its practical workings
by military engineers.
OREGON HOLDS THE RECORD.
No Brltlfth Ship Him Equaled Her Run—
5,000 Miles Without a Stop.
Washington, May 30.—“I think the
country should know of the great run
made by the Oregon,” said Captain
Crowinshield, chief of the bureau of
navigation. “She is the first battleship
built on the Pacific coast. The Union
Iron works of San Francisco, the
firm that built the Olympia,
constructed her. She is 10,200 tons,
with a main battery of four 13-ineh,
eight 8-inch and four 0-inch rifles. She
has made a run that by far exceeds
any ever attempted by a similar vessel
in Europe or America. The flagship
of the English fleet in Chinese waters,
the Bellerophon, made a run of 12.000
nautical miles, or from Portsmouth,
England, to Canton, last year, and the
incident was heralded all over the
has made u run of 17,500 nautical miles
and her captain reports to me that she
is in absolutely perfect condition. Nut
even a grate bar is burnt out.
“Then her speed is remarkable. She
made a run of 2,000 miles averaging
thirteen knots, and the distance from
San Francisco to Callao, nearly 5.000
miles, was made without stopping the
enginea once. Not since the invention
of steam-propelling machinery has thla
ever been equaled or attempted.”
A SAD FEELING IN SPAIN.
1b« llitprlrMRMd of ||»« Hll nation U
tiro*tug on lit* I unity.
May in Tim Madrid mr*
n^poiuWut of th«* Tini«**». t*»ui*
inoiitm^ on th<* of atottuv*
lirt'vailiittr in nay*; It U I«*m tin
of nilnUtfrial diat*rn*ioft»,
vbhicli are not rvnlly Mtrloua, than on
lo'itunt of a fuller A|*|*rt ht n^iou of the
i «)ift1t ultu'M of thr »itnation, itatovly
that it l» h«»|u*S«*M to i'IjhtI any aa»fAt«
.in % from Kurujir. arm I'raiu^* and
■ Umni* ktrinif *.»»c* Mr. 4 ham bar lain'•
ipmtbt ifrlir t*i ntiiOontf |o pro ||4.
lata oimjilutiiii.io, n«w mi
that %hr mu*! tnot to Krulf *Un*« in
. an umtjMdil Miu^Up th.%t t an harr only
i otm and.
THE BROOKLYN IN A FIGHT.
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that th«* I'fwitif Ike* tub IY n wf v iHUii**'
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a]fvg*‘d I** hat* h» i* a ttfbi bat a mm
I iatiumaii *ad a M»« «*f non a lab
1 t a*Air) . Urn Ultv# ht«| 4afnat«d
Schlsy Is Practically Certain He
as Trapped Cervera.
A SHIP FROM SCHLEY’S FLEET.
Wc<lo«flKlay Morning the Tutted Hti»tc»
Fleet Arrived Off SMiitlugo—The Har
bor Not Bo Strongly Fortified as Gen
erally Supposed.
Kingston, Jamaica, May 30.—The
United States auxiliary cruiser Har
vard, formerly the American line
steamer New York, arrived here this
morning after having left the Amer
ican fleet at noon yesterday.
Twelve American warships arc now
outside the Santiago de Cuba harbor
and Admiral Cervera and the Spanish
fleet are almost certainly inside. Noth
ing certain is known as to the com
munication which Commodore Schley
has had with the shore, or as to the
number of Spanish fighting vessels
bottled up in the harbor.
It is to be presumed that the Harvard
lias important dispatches for the naval
authorities at Washington.
Kiev Wkst. Fla., May 30.—It is now
nlinost certain that Commodore Schley
has the Spanish fleet bottled up in the
harbor of Santiago. There is so little
doubt about this that the naval cam
paign is proceeding upon the assump
tion that Admiral Cervera is incapable
of doing any harm. Within a short
time the exact conditions at Santiago
will be known without a shadow of
doubt.
In spite of assertions to the contrary,
Commodore Schley was not absolutely
sure of his game when he last com
municated with Rear Admiral Samp
son, and the commodore will not take
active steps to block up the entrance
. .... :u .
ly certain that Admiral t'ervera’s ships
are inside.
However, it may have done this al
ready, as Commodore Schley's last coin
inunication, forwarded Thursday, only
reached Hear Admiral Sampson yester
day.
Tho commodore stayed three days at
Ccinfuegos. lie signalled to his ships,
“I believe the Spanish fleet is in the
harbor.” On this belief a messago was
sent to the American admiral. The
details of how Commodore Schley
found ont that he was mistaken are
not yet known. At any rate, acting
upon the admiral's instructions, the
commodore moved east, arriving out
side Santiago Wednesday morning,
May 25.
The topography of Cienfuegos and
Santiago is almost identical. Both
harbors aro about six miles long, with
narrow entrances about 300 yards
jvide and protected by high land. A
whole fleet could lie in the harbor of
each place and be invisible from the
outside.
After his experience at Cienfuegos it
is probable that Commodore Schley
was very conservative in deciding
whether or not he had caught Admiral
Cervera. From the tone of his dis
patches it is evident that the commo
dore soon gained much secondhand
and external evidence which pointed to
Admiral Cervera's presence in the inner
harbor. This evidence was apparently
strong enough to make the commodore
feel certain the object of his trip had
been accomplished, but in view of his
previous experience he would not risk
a decisive statement until after ascer
taining the fact for himself.
Before this dispatch is published, it is
likely that Commodore Schley has sent
some vessel into the entrance of the
harbor of Santiago or has obtained
from a reliable source ashore informa
tion as to the exact number and the
names of the Spanish warships shel
tered by the hills about that place.
Contrary to the generally expressed
opinion, Santiago harbor is poorly pro
tected. Bike Havana and San Juan de I
I’orto Rico it has its Morro castle, j
which is even n better target than |
those of Havana ami San Juan. The
only danger to lie feared is from the
mines which have been laid in the
channel of Santiago since war was de
clared. Hut countermining would
probably render these mines harm leas
should it prove desiruhle for Commo
dore Schley's ships to enter the harbor.
Such a step, however, is unlikely.
In this connection it may Is- noted
that ainee the commencement of the
naval operations the moral effect of
the mines has been great. This con
dition promisee to continue ami will
probably mark the naval operations to
a greater extent titan ever imagined
in the past.
AMERICANS IN PERIL IN CHINA.
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GORMAN FOR BONDS.
Makes a Strong Argument In Behalf of
Issuing Them
Wasiiinoton, May 30.—A notable
speech on the war revenue measure
was delivered in the Senate yesterday
by Mr. Dorman, Democrat, of Mary
land. In the course of an argument in
support of a tax on corporations, he
denounced as "infamous” the decision
of the supreme court declaring the in
come tax law of 1N04 unconstitutional.
The warning sounded hy some sena
tors that if a tax were placed upon
corporations it would be pronounced
unconstitutional by the supreme court
had, he said, no effect upon him. A do
cision against such an enactment would
not destroy the financial structure, hut
it would destroy the court which
should hand it down. Mr. Dorman took
decided issue with the majority of his
fellow Democrats upon their proposi
tions to coin the silver seigniorage and
to issue legal tender notes and mude a
powerful argument in favor of the is
suance of bonds to raise funds with
which to prosecute the war.
Mr. Teller, silver Republican of Col
orado, concluded his speech advocating
the coinage of the seigniorage, the
levying of an income tax and the issue
of legal tender notes, and opposed the
issue of bonds.
Mr. Nelson, Republican, of Minne
sota presented a caregully prepared ar
gument against the issue of legal ten
der notes.
In a speech of two hours, Mr. Cock
rell, Democrat, of Missouri discussed
the financial question in contention
between the Democratic and Repub
lican parties. He urged that the bill
as reported by the majority of the
finance committee ought to be enacted
into a law.
BEEF IS UP AT MANILA.
It Coflti 92.HO ft Pound—TUrce Offlten
of Dewey's Squadron Arc 111.
Hong Koku, May SO.—The United
State* auxiliary gunboat Sealire, form
erly a British inurchunt steamer, but
now commissioned, mounting four
guns and in charge of a lieutenant
commander of the United States navy,
has just arrived herefrom Manila, hav
ing on board the captain of the first
class cruiser Olympia, the flagship of
Rear Admiral Dewey, and two officers
who have been invalided. The situa
tion at Manila is unchanged. The in
surgents are quiet. Beef costs 82.50 a
pound at Manila.
The report that the commander of
the Spanish boat Callao was tried by
court martial and shot for not firing
on the American ships which captured
the Callao is untrue.
WAR NEWS FROM BLANCO.
Says Admiral Orvcra's Squadron Is Still
at Santiago.
■Madrid, May 30.—General Blanco
cables from Havana that the torpedo
boat destroyer Terror, from Martin
ique, has arrived at Fajardo, on the
east coast of Porto Rico. She intended
to go to San Juan, but found four
American warships cruising in front
of the harbor and changed her course.
General Blanco's dispatch says that
Admiral Cervora's squadron is still at
Santiago, that the bulk of Admiral
Sampson's squadron is blockading that
port, that Commodore Schley's squad
ron is watching the Yucatan passage,
that the American vessels have left
Cienfuegos and that the American fleet
of blockaders remains in sight of Ha
vana.
SAYS WE CAN'T TAKE MANILA.
Ex-Captain General of the Philippine*
ProphoHle* Our Defeat.
Madrid, May 30.—In the senate yes
terday Marshal Primo de Rivera, for
mer captain general of the Philippines,
defended his administration of the col
ony. 11c said he could not believe his
at Cavite, adding: “That rag called
the American flag shall never float over
the walla of Manila. The Yankees are
deceiving themselves,” Marshal de Hi
vera declared, "as to the situation at
the l'liilippincit. It is absolutely im
possible that they should become mas
ters of the islands, for the natives, to
an immense majority, are determined
to defend the territory to the last and
to muiutaiu Spunish sovereignty.”
TO ANNEX HAWAII.
rrtoUluo* Tar ll Mails a tinier to War
llrtenue lilll.
WjtauiNaTo*. May JO. The Hawaiian
annexation question assumed definite
sbajs- in the Senate yestentay, when
Senator, l.slge and Morgan offered
amendments to the war revenue bill
bearing directly upon the subject Sen
ator !.<slge s bin. lidmellt is ill the
words of New laud's resolution, ami
provides in direet t. rms (or the an
nexation of the islands.
IWImim M 111 Now Hs I Hi
N»» 1"N«, May Jo I'lterv were
•hipped to ixoeinor * island yesterday
from the pier from the trench line of
steamers two big balham* ami equip
incuts which the government has pur
chased f»«r use in army operations.
It *» ttet|4sa XUwcii
Si lot i* i|« Mar jut The sum of
ll.tvt,represents the money paid
out hy l.iruteiialil I ulnwl ti t smith,
chief commissary I x i to X| i..uts
merchants and Missouri farmers te
oippiics sine* war was .Ws la rest
fobs t.ovs to tlmsa.
Visas *, Mai M Marquis d* ttwyna,
the npani-sh ambassad.tr to Austria
Hungary wiU 1st Mssmlnt here by
Seuor IVh« y ti.rs.le, late Spanish
I minists# Is the t uit.d stales
in fill l ME
Gladstone's Body Rests Next to
That of His Old Enemy Disraeli.
NATIONAL CEREMONIES HELD.
Two Probable Future Kings of Great
Britain Walked Beside the Great Com
moner'* Coffin, Surrounded by All the
Mobility and Learning of the Kuiplre.
XxMCltox, Mny 30.—In the northern
transept of .Westminster abbey, where
England's greatest dead rest, the body
of the late William Ewart Gladstone
was entombed to-day with the cere
monies of the nation he had served and
of the church he had loved.
His grave is beside that of his life
long adversary, Benjamin Disraeli
(Lord Beaconsfield), whose marble ef
figy stands decked with the regalia
which Gladstone had refused. Two
possible future kings of Great Britain
walked Inside the great commoner's
eofiin and all the nobility and learning
of the state surrounded it, though the
wish of the deceased had been for sim
plicity.
This official funeral, the first since
that of Ix>rd Palmerston, was ren
dered an imposing spectacle by the
magnificence of the building in which
it was solemnized. The coffin rested
on an elevated bier before the altar,
almost hidden beneath a pall of white
and gold embroidered with tho text,
“Eequiescat In pace.”
BLANCO READY FOR INVADERS.
Troop* Concentrated on the Coast*—Hos
pital* Crowded With Slrh Soldier*.
Nkw Yoke, May 30.—A dispatch to
the New York World from Madrid
says: General Blanco believes that he
can easily face any landing in Cuba by
Americans, aw his forces are ready to
concentrate ami full upon the invaders
in the four western provinces.
The greater part of tho troops on the
island are concentrated near the const
wherever it is thought that an attempt
to land might lie made.
The Spanish forces watch the coast
so vigilantly now that tho Cuban in
surgents are said to be prevented from
receiving supplies. General Blanco re
ports that he has provisions and am
munition enough to last five months,
having ordered the military authorities
to lie very sparing with ammunition,
only using it when it is indispensable
to do so.
General Blanco and the home gov
ernment are occupied now with the
question of sending home the invalid
soldiers. The sick and the wounded at
this season are crowding the hospitals
and crippling the colony’s resource*.
DEWEY IN NEED OF SUPPLIES.
Short on Provisions sod A mimiultIon —
Another Cubic Cut.
Hewn Komo, May 30.—There is abso
lutely no truth in the report that the
United States cruiser Baltimore, now
at Manila, has been damaged by an in
ternal explosion.
The United States nuxilllary cruiser
Zeaflro, which arrived here at mid
night yesterday reports that Bear Ad
miral Dewey is short of provisions and
ammunition.
The Havilo-Manila cable, it is said,
was cut by the Americans May 23.
Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, is
with the insurgents between the Amer
icans and the Spaniards. The incen
diary fires continue. The priests and
nuns at Manila have been removed to
I.aguna. All the coast towns are re
ported to Vie held by Spanish troops.
The Americans are repairing the slip
at Cavite.
THE POWERS WILL KEEP OUT.
A tier man Paper Intimate* tho Power*
■■■ ti ran
Bkhi.in, May ao.—An article in the
Berlin Boat says; It is declared semi
officially that tlic recent rumors as to
tiie transfer of the Bhilipptno islands
to France or to Germany or to their
partition among the Kuropean powers
with interests in the Far Kast, have no
foundation whatever. America is not
yet in possession, it is true, and it in
quite possible she may never occupy
them. But any laying of handa on the
islands at present would l>e a hostile
net against America, nor would it be
tolerated by the other Kuropean pow
er* having interests there.
This utterance may bo taken aa ea
plieit proof that the t'oiiliucntal pow
er* have route to an agreoiucut on the
subject to await further action by
America.
lews I* Stiert I,a to Men.
Wvunvii tog. May in. Adjutant
General i'orldn announced la*t night
that volunteer* to the uumtier of ISO,
{ ’-U had Ish-ii mustered into the Butted
Mute* o-rviee. This nuiuts-r Include*
some cavalry in aildltkou to the first
eaii for lri«i|at ’t lu re is yet a short
age in tlie rail from the variou* states
of A i.U men, distributeil as follow*
Alabama. I.jvt, Iowa, l.nto, kentm-kv,
I 1 .'i», Mississippi, l,1**1, aud North
i*i-Au* |i«<
t atr*«Ms*<sg4 • lino Mali.
tv uaiviiink, May in wi a*l*li
tbigai poatal rierh* have been detailed
to the ramp at t hiehaatawga. making
i twenty-two In nil at that ewswp. The
mail la dwilvervHl there three i4 four
I tinu* * lav aud aa many aa #A,***J let
* leva have h*u delivered at uar titwe.
I
A %eu t Mvwrw»v H.«i| a* MfcsesvUa
llttw mm*, haa , May »• Hutu*
lit* will he * FoistltHg *t at low t* t*
•pww to Hi* i*rea>iWut a Mli for IW**
u»>re usru A — uigaiir >4 l*i men ha*
i *i realty i**s organised here