Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

IN SANTIAGO, SAYS COM SCHIE. ; <T"" > .Tlio Spanish Squadron in Command of Admiral Cevcra Bolflcd op ^ That Port. AN EARLY INVASION OF CUBA HIGHLY PROBABLE. Nimvh Itcoclvpd at tlio Navy Department Willi Intense Sat Isfart Ion* ?\<hn!? ?il C*ei'\ era May Destroy Ills Kloof Ilatlier Than Surremlor to i h?> Americana. <.(, Till) Navy Department received, at j o'clock on the morning of the 30tli t\ dispatch from Commodore Sehley vtuting that tho Spanish fleot i8 in the bay of Santiago do Cuba, and that ho lias seen and recognized tho vessels. Naval ollicials have boon morally cor* ' Sun fur several days that Cervora's Viuadron was in tho harbor at Santia go. Tho ofhcial anuonncoment from ''oinmodoro Schloy was rooeiyed by -f officers on duty at tho Dopartmont | tvith imuioiu'o eatisfactiou. It is nut ; Relieved that Admiral Corvera will at ' tempt to eHcapo from tho prodioament j ui which lio finds himself, as such a ' voin:^; would surely result iu tho do- ! struct ion ol hia vosuola and tho loss of : ?many precious livos to Spain. Thosug- j gjsMUm is mado, howOvor, that tlio i Spaniards may blow up his ships rather ! 'than have them fall into tho hands of j Sell lev. 'i ho definitenesft of Commodore j KAillVF. QUA.RTEKS OF CAVITI5 NOW ]1ELD BY PEWEYH T..VNt>i\o rUVi'Y. Schley's dispatch would indicate that, ho bun ullbctod n landing near San tingo and made ft personal investiga tion <if tho harbor, it Would be impos sible fio;u the entrauce to tho bay to definitely seo and rocognize Ihe Spanish vessels,/ lint by elTecting a landing at ioi:iO*"l"oi')t on either Bide of the en- j trance an advantageous point could be ! trained very likely froin*, which tho en- I tire harbor, could bo examined. In all probability Commodore Schley or one of his tnfCiod <? Ulcers has successfully porfonrfed this hazardous undertaking in order to obtain tho valuable iuform i ntion contained in his dispatch. "\\ hat elicit tho certainty that Car ver a i h piuctieally helpless will have upon tho plans of the administration APMIHUIAT, CP.RVEItA. with rofcronco to tho invasion of Cuba | cnn 011I3* bo conjectnrod. \l'ho trans )iorta1iou of laud forces to\tho island | \vu.s delayed bociiufie of tlio uncertainty ; To bo ( out|t)ctfl(l In lrlve Months. The Uniteil States \battleship Ala bntun, which lias beon ip dry (lock at l.ou^no Inland navy yard, has beon tnken back to Cram p'flWLip yard. Whilo nt- l'.siguo Inland her propeller blades worn fnhtonod on and a coat of paint ?was placed oa bcr bottom. I'he C 'ram pa ' oxpcct to have her completed in five luontlip, provided there is no delay in tho arrival of her armor plato. KlclfJ Uniforms Prescribed. General Miles has isauod an ordor prescribing tiobl uniforms for the army, 'l'ho color of tho facings of tl\e uni . forms of the *ovoral armies of the eeivieo will bo as follows: General officers and officers of the general ataff, ? . corps and departments, darlt sky blue, % . (color of the trousers of the 'officers of tho line); infantry, light sky blue. ~ : . (fcplor of tho trousers of the enlisted - mew; ?rlUleryr scarlet; engineer coy , -mjarlet piped with whlte; post quarter master sergeant, white piped with buff; orcluanao troops, crimson pined with white; post commissary sergeant, white piped -w ith eadet grey; sergeant signal corps, block, piped, with white; h6apii*J corps, emerald green. ? A, "" ' fortifying Key West. Tfie work of fortifyingKey Weel has ^ gone along rapidly. The old foA with r its aneient i s ef n?U ?* oount, b^VUOfaew fori koi hJ#xbetan tie! character and will ssonnt somm for aidsbls gun*. Afoeedy one eight-inch concerning tho locution .? > f t tio Sbnnish flquadron.V li is not unlikely that tho j Iliovemout of troopn, which ha* 1 >oc-n delayed from time to time, will bo^-in j at an gaily duto. SI'AM.SII Sl'li'.s \ l WOliKr 'I hoy arc I'rowlln^ Around Kortllica j t Ions-- Woiiiiili d t he Sent r v. A Kpooial from Key Woat, !Ma , says ! a Her^eiwit of artillery on duty M a ftiortnr bftttoiy near I'uit Taylor vv^s i lired upon on tho mui uin^r of tho J". :h by throo unknown men, who ho ho i knowa to bo Spaiuatdn. Tho lii o was promptly roturucd, I ; m t tho men r? oapod. Tlie (iffriir, which in in vol vVd in a good dual of mystery, begun when throo swarthy mtui mailo au attcuij t to j cuter tho of tho rosei vation, l ut were tmnoCjbfl by tho nentry. That night between lOaud II o'clock tho tor- j geaut of tho artillery guard, near th<? mortar buttery, discovered lho li^uros of throo inou a few yardn itlicad of him. Almost simultaneously with thodi-eov ! ery they opened fire upon 2 1 i i = t with pia- I I lois. 'J iu'oo buliels wiji/ />?:! i aunUsa | ly i >r*Kt (ho ler^i'tiNt, '.it h font til I oil,:' s ^i'hii t dropped i li is ruined iiimI, iih ho did ko, mid ''before he ouuhl laiso li :h i i Ho u^nin, { llio men turned ami lied out i>f rnn^o. He Bout several Phot* nftcr thcui and then went for the ?i;t? ?"*. A sharp lookvui wnn K t* j >1 for the straugers, and, noon :ll'ter midnight, u suspicious noise wan heard outside the ? gate near which the mortar l-at'ery i< I located. An investigation resu! ted in ? I'. ! V. fi. Ill-KV. tho discovery of a uavriii^o in the s-trotit just outside tho jruto. Tho Korgcanl jtiivo j orders to fire and ti volley vviu aunt ul | tlie vebiolo. t>aliy Visits to {lie I*opp. . According to a diupatrh from l.'omo, j the Spnnish nmhiumdnr visit:) tho l'o|?o daily. Tha Poj.o, in conjunction with i the Frcnch government, will, it is raid, ! presently again endeavor to niodiato M iiotween Spain nnd the l?#>itod States. iSliurt "of I'rox fxtouti. The U. S. auxiliary eruisei' Zoliro, which ban arrived from TTong'ivonjf, , reports that Kcal Admiral Dewey is j short of provisions and ammunition. ] France's J?Hi? tit or Neck 1 11/5 ail Allianrc I Tho Frencjjjuin ister of foreign affairs, j M. Ifanotaux, is making groat ottorts to stop tho Spanish- A morioan war. It is alleged Russia, Aiiftria and "Franco are endeavoi-ing to induce Oeriuapy and Italy to join in a representation to 1 President McKinley, declaring that tho powors will induce |^i>ain to ^rant tho independence %f Cuba. Should A mefioA refuse inter vei?)on, It is farther alleged, itlb j^owe^s men tioned Would semi a fleet \o put Cttbn under international rule, &a was dono in tbo o**? ?f the island of Crete, until the withdrawal of the Spanish forcen ?nd tfcf conatitution of n-Mgular local jgo^ra^aent. . ^ **? - ?* - r-:; fhe nrttWBilw," -"-"'":" Representative Stroud of North Car oling. hM introduced n bill granting ft. pension of $40 A month to Mrs. AdaUsa W. Bagley of North Carolina, mother of Kxnrign Worth Begley, #fto was killed is the bombardment ' of Cuba. j of tie C^fwwTde. Inn fllinion between the United , ?fnlm, jMnbit .a?l I'M I' (? 1 ? > t A ? K S (UNtilil.^, I'ntfPdlnjf* of senate it i?>t |ton-<? ! Kroiu l>ny to l>ay, I TH IS SENATE. '?I AV {?MlU- ? -No plOtflON.S I was hit'. i? by the Senate tow aid the dispoMt ion of tllO Will- I 0V011 110 IheftMU 0, although it u mm under eon. -^deration fv^k tli i oe lii'tiis. Spooobes wore deliverc?N on the bill by Mr. White, ilhuif;;of i 'ulifoi hin, and M r. Teller, of ( 'olorado. i II'O former opposed thy issue of bonds : find advocated the coinage of the silver 1 ^tuguiorngo, and tho tax upon corpora I tions. Mr. Tel lor dwelt laruoly upon tho preposition to low an income tux llo hud not coucluded bis argument when tho bill was laid aside in order (hut eulojriyfl might bo pronounced upon tho>j?!o Senator W althall, of Mis Hihbippi. Mie speakers wore M r. Money, of M issi$8ippi : Mr. Hawley, of ( on* necticut; Mr I'errv, nf \rkonsas; Mr. I 'rod or, of Vermont; Mr. Uorinan, of Maryland; Mr. ('aniiou, of I tali : Mr. | Coekrell, of Missouri; Mr. Hate, of j Tennessee; Mr. I'asco, of Florida, and Mr. I'ettus, of Aluhamu. At Iho con clusion of tho eulogies tho Senate, as a further mark of rospect, adjourned un- I til 11 a nt. tomorrow. M\v ? i H . Tho Hawaiian atinexa lion question assumed definite shape in the Senate, when Senators Lodueaud Morgan offered amendments lo llio war revenue lull, beating directly upon tho Mibjuel. Senator Lodge's amendment i i in tlio words of tho Newlandsro^olu lion and provides in diroot terms fof the annexation of the islands. 'J he members of tho Senato committee on finance are generally averse lo tho l.odge amendment as inimieul lo the speedy pts^n^o of tho revenuo hill. A notable speech on tlio war rovotiuo meusuio was delivered by (ionium, Democrat, of Maryland. In tho course of an argument in support of a tu\ uii j corporations lie denounced an iufamous | the decision of tho Supremo Court de claring the income lux law of 1S!M un constitutional. . The warning sounded by soiuo Senators that if a tax were placed upon corporations it Would bo prouotiuccd unconstitutional by 'tlio j Muprtiino Court, had, ho said, no eiVect upon him. Tho bill providing for u | Second Aasiaiaut. Sooretary-of War was passed. At .*? ; 10 j>. in. the Somite wont into execuiivo session and soon after ward adjourned. Mav ','si ii. - A fter a discussion whieh has lasted almost two weeks, the Senate leached the first decisive vote on any tyaturoof (ho pending war re venue measuro. Tho lull hud been under Consideration four hours and a hall when Mr. Ahirich, of Khode Island, ! enteie'l a motion to lay tho corporation tax amendment on the table. The auieiidiuent w as laid on the table bv a , vote of -1 1 to 'J7. Tho voio was as fol |owB:Yons- Aldrich, Aiiison, Hacoii, Cutlery, Carter, Cullom. Davis, Doboo, l.lkins, Fairbanks, lorakor, Five, ; liallingor, Clear, (iomiia, Hale, I Hanua, Hansl/rough, Kyle, Lindsay, MclJride, M e Fnoy, McMil'au, Muson, .Mitchell, Morrill, Muri by, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Piatt, of Conneeii cul; Pritchard, Procter, Quay, Slump, Spooner, Warren, Wellington, Wet more and Woseott? 41. Nt/ii ? Allen, Hate, lieu,}, Kutler, Cannon, Chilton, Clay, Cockrol), Daniel, Faulkner, Har ris, Heit fold,. Tones, of Arkansas; .Junes, of Nevada , iWcl aMfUi, Mu!Iuv, Mantle, Money, Morgau*?J#asco, Pcttigrew, Hawlins, Stewart, 'I iilinun, Turloy, : Turpiu utul White -27. Mr. Gorman, Democrat, of Maryland, then proi osod his substitute. providing for a tax on j corporations. Air. Wolcott, HepubJv can, of Colorado, followed in a notable* I speech, supporting the propositions of the liepuhlicau minority ol the tinauce committee. J>y a vote of to !H. tho Senate decided to adjourn until Tues j day. May o I !-<t. -Anollii'i' day was passed | by tho Senate in fruitions discussion of i tlio war revenno measut'O. Speecho* Lwero mado by Mason, Republican, of ? 1 1 i i i> o in ; Lodgo, Uopubiiean, of Slas BachusoUs, and ICIkins, Republican, i>( I Wcfst Virginia. Mr, Rlkins discussed I llie general featuroHof the pending bill, j 'opposing tbo corporation lux. the tax I 011 deposits und tbo issue of groenbuekn aud strongly advocated the issuo-xif bonda. Soon after tho opon-. 1u^ of tho. session, Mr. Sullivan was Mvorn in as a Senator from M isfiissippi. I ho Senate wont into executive session | itt ?V.'iOp. in ., antl aft srw aids adjourned. THE HOUSE. j M\v. 28tii. ? In a loin; aession tho House passed a few bills and the dis cussion involved it wide rango of /sub ject a. Alter a brush over civil sertice, brought on by a paragraph in the defi ciency pension till!, providing Tor ^oino temporary olerks in tho W ar Depart ment, tho House, considering a bill to umend tho internal revenuo laws, lis toned lo lonclliy apeeches from Mr. Sbnfroth, of Colorado, and Mr, Ornw, of Pennsylvania, upon tho free coinage j of jdlvef and gi oenhacksaf; legal tonder, respectively. Tho deficiency bill wan r not passed. Ponding a yea arid nay I vote upon tho internal revenue bill tho j Houae adjourned. MwUTtii. ? The House was inactive for moro thai} an hour wlnio a ndl call was taken, and tho sergcant-at-arms was on;;a^ed in bringing in ab'ont moiubors to make a quorum. Tho hiih poufiiou was caused by p-^vrnnglo grow ing out of tbo attempt' of Mr. Tongue, Republican, of Oregon, to dfclivor a general . pension Bpcccb, whrn the Hondo was conaidoringju private pon Bion mcasnrc. The Senato resolution authorizing tbo Socrotary of tho Navy to present a ? word of honor to Commo- 1 doro. fieofge Dewey, and causo to be | struck bronzo medals com mom orating : tbo battle of Manila Hay and distrib nte them among tiit* officers and .men of (he Asiatic squadron, wo* passed liuaui inonsl^witbout debate. At .1 o'clock tbo House took a recess until 8, the I er?mxngr ffeWsian being devoted" to the consideration of pension legislation. Adjourned nntil Tuesday. May ?Iht. ? The HoBMWMin session one hoar and thirty- Hto minutes. A j bumbo* Of private bill* tcaro p*A**Jr ?nd the House, in committee of the -wboie, considered * bill authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to' keep Open daring June end Julyr Lhis year, such life aaviug station* on the At] an- ! tic and Onlf coasts as Ite might deem ad visable. After eome deenitorv discus . sioathe bill . eerrj instead 01 $12j,uo!j W Short of Provisions the Spaniard Quickly Swallowed Iho Hit SF T FOR*" HIM BY SOHIKV. s. \. Kiitct'ril t lu> 1 1 a 1 1'ttV n <1 W .i> < ,? ? 1 1 ? ? 1 . 1 > llcniiiuvl In b.\ t lio " i i? .hi I Kit. Will Xi'MM' (ii'l Out , Sn> s Sell l?? \ . Hv tho most clover luaiiou venusr tho Coimnotlore allow oil tho Spaniard* C> think ho ha<l loft in ili^gust, Mio,> look tho bait aiul ran into the harbor. Com moitoro Siohloy movoil iluwn ami k* close to tho harbor Ho ?a\\ tho Cristo bal Colon, tho Maria Toresa ami two torpeilo boats. lto sat on tho after tnaujilo of tho Hrooklyn until rfter tip) dipoovorv of tho (loot aiul ho thou went to lm> ikiur-t. raving: "I have not them, ami tho.v ?will hover'uot home. " On toiuAiiug at Curacoa for tho W est I lull cm Admiral Cor vera i-xpivUnl hi enter Sun Juan <lo I'orto Kioo lor coal and fcU,l'i>lioK. t In touching at Cnraeca for news, hia plana wero U|?*?*t h\ liio receipt of diMpiilohoH telling him thni Jlear Admiral ?Sampson had bond rude I tho Hau Juan fortification* find \va:*.-diii in the neighborhood < ? i I 'or to liico Thereupon t'ervera sailed for tho m>m!i coast of Cuba. Why he entered K??n tiago harbor, instead of the hn bor of Mo.NlTOli .MuN'l t,ri;v. (()r<i(>roil to M-iuilu to i"hif?r',> \<l:nii.tl I )i>w? > 's (I* ?( .> Cienfucgos, is not kuown. Tho Anion j cau^cominnndors wcro inclined to think tho x^pauurdK would go to tho latter , **(t is certain that Corvera could not ha\fc escaped from Santiago with- ! out hoinv discover for tlio American I pcou t h hjtd boon prowling about tho; poit,\ana other seouta hud not been far ? nWayXX'orvera'a coal ship, Which fol j lowed nini from Curacoa t6 Santiago, I wns captured on tho ""5th, fund at tho very moment when tho Qtfflon ltegent; was cabling her congratulations;, tho! coils wcro tightening about linn. 'J ho belief in that ail oilier move- ] mentis in the West Indies will bo hold ! in abeyance until the Spanish squadron j in disposed of. hi cuho Santiago is at. tacked news of the buttle will bo sent ; Mole St. NicIioIuh aud Kingstoii. aiiTTthe pri/.os and wounded will bo front to Key We*!. What tiio outcome will he in a mallei of conjecture- whothor Schley will bomburil the harbor and forts, attempt ing to force an ontrnneo or wnethor ho will await nil attempt on tho part of tho Spaniards to depart. New Tariff Arrangement Tho new French reciprocity agreo incut inr.kr.s tho following tnritrarrnngo in en I. s in favor of America: Manufactur ed and prepared 'porll and moats re" dtieed from a hundred franca to fifty, two hum! red pouuds; lard, forty to ? twenty- live; tnblo fruit, canned moat*, ! dried and pressed fr uit, common woods, paving blocks, staves, hoops," 'Apples, pears, crushed, cut, dried minimum French rate of duty, reductions will bo haif a franc; brandies and other spirits a dollar and seventj'-live; works of art. fifteen per cent, irdvalorem; stilled wines aud vermouth, thirty- fivo cent a a grtlk'ii ; uo reduction 011 champagne. Sl(5?bcc'i Kliic Prf/.p. The Tbitish nteainor liCBtoriuol, wan bronchi into Key West uuder lier owu steam by a prizo crew, Sho was cap tured by the auxiliary cruiser St. J'aul, Cnpt. Sigsbce, while trying to put into Sautingo do Cuba with a cargo of coal 6ho earricd 1\ 400 tons of tho befct Welsh cjiil from Cardiff, presumably for Adnthal O/vera'a fleet. ual ( e/v SI cl^het beg* at A dispatch from Manila, via Hong' Kouk. ?ayn: "Tho American warships are still in tho bo3', except a couple of amallor ones, w hich aro being used for jiatrol duty outside. I?car Admiral J)cwey is losing men from nl most daily. Smallpox and dysontcry are said to be rifo iu tbo American aquatTfon. Mlfl?tsntppt*s New Senator. William. Van Am berg Sullivmn. of Oxford, ai present repnffjnting tho Sccopd XMMrict in Corgresu, ha? boon appointed by Governor MeLaurin a# United State* Senator to succeed tho 3be rope partly *rfnt?<>. Information cornea from reltablo ' aonrcea, both in Kone Madrid, that the Pope mad*, an earnest at tempt to iudnoe Hpn'n to ane for peace tapon the. bcal* of the surrender of, Onba and the retentioirof Porto Rico ?ad the Philippine#, and that he told ? tbo Qoeen iWenttbai he bad good | rraoB -to better* tfrat toe I'uitjil Stole* we? willing to Negotiate on that , baaie. ? He reeeiyed renf replj* br- telegraph, .tbilf ?? fovg- letter wfafr tol^r?dtrtojaplywt met with IMilSK I t( MM M t > \ IvMi'.N l\ I ?.l U lir.it mill (Mm MntW IK' l Uli'il I i.i i?r?n ( 1 1 1 o u ( . II. i! I Mm A ( ' i ? A 1 1 >(\n v rt wt't'Klv ri \.ii\v >1 tuuh: ?'-nyft I iu? nut ion tiuva >. .. iw 1 1 li 1 \ i v i ii^ \ el ti mo of lnisvin^K. Tin- W, si is tli ili,; |( - put HUil rti'MC. i ut i>t tiu' l\.u.t u!m> tho \oluuu> of htpi It'1 > i:-> Uo\V I X| Ill'ilU.'. \\ 1 1 1 i ( ' 1 1 ( tll'tl ( O j.ii i:! in un\ i iii j.l taut lino, tho uri'iit :<> ct wboat ?n<l com) r<>iitiuiu,s> t?> I lii iilati* I'liMllrS-i at tllH \\ ??:*!, U!nl t rti 1 t i>atl rili i) *ho\N all iiH'ii'au'i'U'i lu>t t \ I |UM- tV!!?. , "\\ 1 1 i 1 0 lalM l ? hipineuta tif. ii < hioayo in lluoo IlllVt' i'ftM! ,?>???*, (*???> toll", UK l| t "?) 1 i", S| Iii-t >??:?!, anil V??;i >11 lHav* | Ins i* I hi f-joly iM'imttKw of tho i' ;;oi ir.ous ihovimih nt of Ir mil at nil*. Atlaiitlf ivpoit-i of uliViit, llli.Uol, lilllt' Ihm'II .'i, i ,'ti, 1 I v*W****tu>la lor tlntviri'K. a^nillM I ..Mtti.iii'I last > rill', tliou,;li i'i.ritir c X | ><>i ta wi'id only t?W Is I !ii' iiol.-i aj;iun*t i I I, ii.'i.'i lust you I'. W li t :lt ? ???outsat tlio Wost iU> not iluntntsli, 1 ut run lor hoyon?l tho^o of u year ujro fui tlio w ?ok ! ; l)tisliol?, a;,'auiHl !i:t lu^t yoar. In four wooka ex lints fioin hoth i'oa.-*t.i 1 1 a v o I>o*mi l't, ? I 1 > U M 1 ? v 1 ?* . AUIllliat *?, 1 1 ' 1 , !>i! I lt?ht \ i iir I lu> niai vol fs still tiu1 enormous for < if a hiixiuu ut roi it, exports havitu; i < ."i. 6"?0, 1 ? 1 1 h ??? ! ti for tin* weok, l iviiiisl I , AS i , .*? ! I la^t \ car ami in four v.i ?'!,'< tho oxpovta huv?? hoon Vi'.'.'S.'i.o'.1.' i 'i^Im'In n^ainsf M,::iio.o>?| in*t year. Not (??un olost'N .'I. :i; lowoi lot tho wook, at t'uM.iih whout, alivr n^in-r from ?t t .1 : ' I . lilt fui Mu\ , loll to v'i lii, whilo ? ? 1*1 v OJ't-OIIH 1 1- ! I I, Ot:!llfl. M .ii t ui)? this month m i t h t ho jjith t oat ption ovor known tho iron in >!'t'ti\ ha: n.a.h* r-ni |ii i:;in^ pio^rrssin r.tnv < viici.", wl.u'i i cached about IOt), >i tons in li'.is alone, (.m i- .r>0, 00') li.tv in.: i.iu'U phiccw mill l.r>,o(li) id Wheeling, rot-ultiii,'; from tho extraordinary dcfnnnd ft>r u^iicnl I urn I i in i id <*:t t m. I'IjJIo contructii, ?m I m iilo ? I tho heavy dcthaud for tlio ^?overiiuieut, aro hit|.;u, and include ?VW) tons fur : liipyauls in (j Ihh^iiw and Ho! fast . A boiler demand appears for textile Stood", with aliyhl advance in print cloths and a mi I ih t an t in! j^aiii in pulca of strip! cm. V Wool nales during tlio week havo boon only P.?, t no ponns, "f which Ion were domc'stie, a^aiunt ??. H-l I, ?Mil a year ago, and 1, V 1 1 in J lio HU1UO wi;olc ol I' ll st !?; x ?? Iii! IIK?* of Prisoners, j (Mi tlio : ? ; * 1 1 tiio first oxchantro of I prisonerB between the United Slales ! utiil Spain will eH'ected. Two Amcii j etui boats blood in Fort Harbor under ! a Ma;; of Iruoo. A colonel of tiro general J slaf!*, with ibo Hi it isli vioo-.counu I, went , en board t ho Sj>uuim!i gunboat Munpios j Molmc ami proceeded to Morro casllo, off which lay tlio lug Marquua do i Balboa, having on board lLo American ! newspaper correspondents llavden ?tones and J buries 'I brail, for whom ??Wi eXchungo of pi humer i wiih to bo I nifido. Messra. .tones and Thrnli wore ; transferred to the Marques Moliuo, ! winch immediately hoisted a whito thig and went to meet tlio American vosmcI. Two boaia worn lowered from tho j Aioei ienu. and to tbem were ' i aiiKferred i the prisoners to be exchanged for tho | newspaper men, Thoy wero Col. Vin cent do Cortijo, Kurgoon Major silicon j ( iorcia J uliau ami I ".vo piivilfn uoldioru ! v ho wero captured on board tho ! Mourner A l gonnuta. | < invr riiiueiit <"ontr:iet fur (.'nMrhl^cs ! Beginning on tlio 'J!ilh tho Frank ford ' arsenal w i ! i dh'contiiiuo tho manit ' fnclitfo of nil Mnuli ammunition except t it o cartridges for tlio Krag-Jorgemujii iiIIor. Tho troYcnnuont lias made a contract with tho Union Metallic Onrt ridgo Company and tho Wiuchinler ' I'cpcating Ann ;, Company to furnish , t!io :!f? caliber Springfield rillo cart ' ridges and tho y^-calibor revolvor arri ! munition. I'ri vatccrlnp; Proposed. ' t :i tho" chamber of deputies at ' Madrid, Honor Ca?nel, director of tho [mparcinl, Renounced the alleged nets , of somo of tho American warships as bo ' iny contrary to international law. IIo ; also moved that a pennioi'i bo granted to the family of the- captain of the lleina Maria CrintinA. who perished at Cavito. Tho minister of marine, Cap tain Aunon, accepted tho proposition, in the senate, Count Ahnonaa -intro duced the .qttention of prrYatcering, urging th? govoiamant to adopt pri va toering, "in view of tho Amoric^ari r>ro re.?uliiiKM. " Thtt minister for iforoign nf fairn. Puko Almadovar do Itio doeiared tho matter wtt ino|?i>or.tuuo and coaltl not bo d?hate.d. / X^ulet Ht Hollo and Manila. Tho liriti#b"?econd ciaw crutser Ftqtte ha* arrir?id at Hong Kong from Iloilo and Manila. 8k# r?i>orU All <jniM aL both idacea. Tba Spaaiab gar r icon at Iloilo nambera 109 man, and tho jrtac* ( has no detmoM. Tha foraignara ib^ro Lttanfa ? hfa g MiaiU j f>laoiif?Uj frontktisnovodiag oom*j irv. Thera t* o&Hhxie at VaaUa.. Tb^j Hi aniard? arm worftiaf apv?"\ba fortift eationa, twl lbetr g^of ^ o^d f J Ill fifiM'V L'! MltlK1 inn Jlr 0 I ! \ vM:^ Cl lllst' Only ill Ch.uurii.il Scenes I KOPiCAl SUN 10 ICY WINDS. I lie i i t ' \ V III ?, It I > I n ) ti \ rtl I 1 1 c I . i >li;; \ tl\.l?r ill < i ? i I I . i \ , \ ? ill In l.lMt i i ii I l.? mi rl ci Stimuli 1 1 1 1 it I \ ( ) n t?o. 'J llO Ol 0?OU !c f I Sail i I lllie Ist'ti M III I'll I aimed at t'alluu April !. ietl thoio A I nl ?, a ; i i pi ? <e I Sum | v I'oint, A j > t 1 1 v'l, hi 1 1 vihj; at l\io ?uiu'int, \j.ril ;;o. I ho lull I li'i.li , |i rea? In. I I ulna, May s. nuil touched at l>aibtoloes, >t r* v IS \l the latter phioo tho warship wan quar antined but slio waa only detained one flu _v. < * i? leaving the Ibu hadees tho ric^on nailed almost diicctly north, pom;; to t lio not t h of I'oitii Itioo about I ('miles I lie liovthoidy courso hiii continued unit! tlui l>ei intldaa wore ?i^hteil, \\ hen aim headed for tho I loi iila coast. < ai'tain t laiko had m ofllcial Uu^w] ed-.jo of tho fituatnm altor Io&miik Km Janeiro I>iii inn Iho eiitiro tii|> tho flow expected moiuontai ilv to moot tho Spnnish < > 1 1 1 _v otu'o, howovoi, was thoio a call to ai t,tis I ins was utiortl v after midnight <'ii lo.ivir;r Kio.lancitn A I la' ( 'l i';; nil \ui'< ) ?! 1 1 11. . 1 1 1 il ?? I'lm rail I" irnioi nl ?pun loi ? v. as sounded, llit> moil i oiled out of thou hoilhs with iho Oht liiihiiiHin of hoys fii a t 1 1 r v? 1 1 m day, ami alum*! hi dtautlv osriv :;un was manned. iho ' M'oj'tm 1 1? 1 1 Jicr course, a id ouctod ii ft > 1 1 ii ? I 1 1 1 ? i black pui mot, only tli i p. i hi< ciiiim' i li rt ? u ? ? 1 1 iho Stmits of Mnicellnti was nuo t liilrrust mi:. tt waa al tins far roulkurn point of the Amor ii an hct|ii*phero thai tlir n c? e\|u0t0d toiecoivoa \ i k i t from iho Spaniards. In many places tho channel waa \ory nnrrnyr and orootcprt, with hidden hay r ami ('(ivi>i, ami hack of them, moun tain h Iusvim in into I ho clouds on ei t her Milt1. Moreover, they were in tho loud of icy win lor. J'or inoro Ibau a mouth they had been failing under tho tropical aluos, ami now Iho eohl blasts whistled anions tho ciii^h above thorn anil tho ico at 1 1 i ?.? ! 1 1 lay on th.i dookn. Hut Iho < >re<;on ? 1 1? I not la^. I he engines woio warmed np tu thoir woat woik mul vhorovorit was *afo an?1s po:siit)o t!.o <jiouou btiwicil uluii^ at knotu au hoti i . I'lio iiiiioliinoiy worKoil well, iitui on oi'rasioii^ tho "-poo?l \va^ in* el'rasoil tlirro k not. t in n fow iniiiutra. I li<t < > i <_? lt ? ? 1 1 is in lirst eja -.s '? lntpo mill iea.lv for aufi'.iicr t:i uiso as !<m/; as tho one just riuleit I he oxoolloiit 4,o.jnili lion of I lie lne'-i after tlieir < ? ' ? tliiys' voy Hi?n is pri liii | :. t> t i'u uief o roiiuu luibl o. . M il roii^hou t llie t utii n ti ip tlu.'lo were in) on mm of Mii<ui - ' i ! Iiie - - on I a in i it, lilol t lio moii ai'o as c.ij'.er tm iinuioiliato ac tivity as it t hey luui j t t oomo from a vneaitnii hi tho mounliiiiifl. i ho ' >roK<?n pieketl up tlio oj uiaor Marietta aiul tlio dynamito oiuiaor Nirtheroy liotwoni tiio .(atieiio aiul i'ahia, hut t ho p n lo'l oolupaiiy with them after n low hundred niilos. < aptain 1 Mai lio waul thoorow of tho Oiojfon had hiilVoted niueli from tho heat in passing I \\ iro Ihrou^h tho t ropics*. TO MMv (JKItVI'JItA'.S* SIIII'.H. ?f . I*. Holland <?o<m to Washington Willi ;? Suliiiitirliitt I tout When the newo'that ('orvcraaud bin fleet wcni bottled ?i|| in tho harbor of intuit ii*u" became l'i otty well continued, it wus Hii^Kii^k'i.l to .1 <>li 11 I', Holland, t hl? enbnmmr? bowtuiito, that be ItI Hobmit tlio ) tract ion I value of hiy iuvou lion to no bolter test than to take her to (Jubtiu waters, outer tho harbor of :-iiiiti?KO. destroy tho mine.* ami sink tho .Spanish ll? <;t with a n>at hole in OllO-il of lllOJl) j 1 1 B t t'll'JUgll t'J h'!lk 111')', not, enough to Epoil hec.^moittiWe wo WMlit (bono hhipJJ o'tfa<ilVt"<. ?>? When t Int. si/^'{.*,?:Mt ion wan made, Mr. Holland m:i!i1 that under certain condi t ion ho wna <puto willing to uiidortake tlio job. Tho mutter was di.'UMisHod at a con fereiico of tlio oliicci;) of his ??' mjumy at ? lf> HroaU-way. Tlio roault of tho con lor? nco was that Mr. Holland un<( Cot. < '. li. Crcc'cy loft for Washington to lay ii plan, agreed upon at the ronforeiicy, I (fore tins l'i csidoMt und tho .Secretary of tlio Navy. This is tho plan: I It t lie < JovoriinvMtt will transport tho I boat from tho Krio jlnsin, where it now I is, to homo point near tho ,cntrauco to tlio harbor of Santiago, oud a crow can bo secured to man tho boot. Mr. Holland 1 1 1 linduJ'TnllO tho job of link ing the Hpatikdi (loot, if it bo still in Santiago harbor, commanding tho boat in iiori irfT.'^l f his oiler be accepted, and lie n i-uVcftsHfiil in hi-J umbo taking, bo v; ill e.xpcH tlio ( ! y vornment to buy tho boat. A eeAcd i n g to tho plan which Mr. j Holland 'now has in mind, ho will withdraw a short distance after ho bus | blown tip tho initios, will Hiibiuorgo liia I boat and will nuifco tho trip into thp harbor under water. Ilo i? ojnlblont that he can go? right pndcAiny nhip bo Bclcctn for attack somo time before any one ui the harbor .knows that the boat hoa'pa.iFcd the entrance. 'J ho chief diflicnlty that Mr. Holland anticipator in milking bin experiment should the L'ovei iuncnt accept Ins Otfer in to syeuro a crow for tho boat. Tnftt tho undertaking would be dantrorous is admitted, but it in asserted t jiat one on mllo boat would run an' much j rials of^bcmjl kiliad as mmlrt tho nrctr of a battleship in notion. Mr. Holland has no particular dosiro to bo killed, ?KA bo exp^etft, it tho plan *? under taken, to livo to toll about his ei|)?r rienoes. ^kni Two flora Correspondent* ArrtuM. Au officul diapa-tcU from itavAn* a*v* that two American correipontleM* frvm K ty WmI, named Widtu and Kohjqton, h* Ye becu irreot^l u?tr MtlMIM. <'li*nge In Knglnnd's Pollejr. There Iim been great ?b?qg? it tglaitd's tmr policy. trorinUmw wmm Mliini >i_h> iiiil rtuwd IjMMM 2 ? ' ts[ I- OH I S A I I \ Admiral Sampson Attnclt* tlioteUutl* min I' or 1 1 tiout Ion* I .1 Au AtsttocUL'd I'joaa dit> patch Ivosu fort nil 1'rinoo, Huyli, ? I ?*t o 1 ton eoiu port Oil of II i>l which tUo cnunov Now ? ? > K display f is ? t tho I'oi titinulionrt' and tin- ii.i .? v i i! iii 'c da ( I lie Viiiifi.a'.i Pro wan it 1 1 ectocl |>ri 11 - ?' i [ nil v u ; a Hi ?' llii but." ami (lit) llUI' ! ?? > v I'lio l.m < < ' I Mi'ii(,> I'astlo. f.tt /.t'capn an I t'inita (iorda KuOeretl e l v.aily. I lie <? innonndjuif wi?m vory I c si itoiit a lit I t'tui Hoi ha\ i' laded to btv ilf timtiw it i as J tal until ni. I 1 1 * * 1 1 > w ii, \v It icli i.. m( i: at i'?l iioar'tho. unit i winl ot tint harbor o 4* <\ |>uil (lain iu: o. \t ;i !?' i> in I i i o cainion.uliiiK dunui*1 itdiuri. \lioul it o'clock caution dia charges wore heard at a distance (pi'Q Miinably at noiii, coutinuinu for dome tunc, w lion l lit* linn:; roused com plot ni y I lie Spaiiii-'h authorities* maintain Hlnrt mIoiico as In t lie number of vie tuns, who wore apparently numerous. According to advices Iroiu a Spanish mjuivo, luit 1 1 ni* ii A inui ican warships iiinl two toil oto boats wore cn^a^od in tlio combat at Santiago A voi v caioful tiro was directed n^auiMt t bo batteries of Morro Castle until it I > p. ni., m boil discharges ot cannon bu?;un i" bo board ut t?OU olf Mi*! (mil. ! lu'sn tl ischaifjei continued 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I o f'orli ami thou entirely eousod. 1 i oin tho Spum.di av count it is iuiposai bio lt? jud;;o a:i to tlio C'XUt'l merits of the iMicctintei'. ?, M il ll .u \ A |> point incuts. Tho l'i f -itK iil lias ftonl tho followiug nominations t i tho Senate: ORear ? SI la ii n, of Now Voik, to bo imniHtor to f liiilvi-y; I'ii l I loutoiiant Andrew S, n bow an, Niuoloouth Uuitod ttlatea In- i b^tiy. t.? I >o iiuutonant-eolonol Sixth / l!o;;iinont Yoluuieor Infaniry; lo bo/ cfimmiasurioa of aulmittlouoe with runkr of lnajvr, Hubert Jjoo Loujjstrujijir^Di t i nnrrrjinl* Kvolyn t ! itrrotT. of Ark mi* ? ? HUM. Expedition a Siicoosh. 1 1 in uunouucod thai tho "Florida" expedition was a complete success. live hundred Cubans wero lauded and mo now with (Ion. (Sarcia. A largo (jauntily of arms and ammunition was al*o lauded. Tho Spaniards woro out wilted uud not a shot was lirod. Tho "I Morula" and her convoy, tho "Ohooo In, Itavo returned to Koy wiW, \ ' Si;r|iHI?M?nt Or<!cr by Doww. 'I ho ownoi'K of I ho British hImt) Oo niatu. which linn boon loading , at Ma nila, have rocoivcd n cnblo dispatch, ? lalctl M n y !Mlh, saying Hear Admiral I ?owoy Iihh ordered. tho vessel to Joavo the port from which it is conjectured that I ho Aiuorican commandor eontern I'latl'M KOIIIO iicliou. < ouiVtloruf o I Joint Contract. \n opinion has boon icudorcd in iho I ";i it od KIM oh iSnproiuo ('unit in tho cm; o of Marianne J. ^uldwin vs. John It. Hunter, administrator, affirming tho validity of investments in^Oonfcd* ornto honda during tho crtUJ^xvar. . A not tier < 'mil- linden l'rl/.c. Another j?i iiio has boon captured. ? ? - Hho is I ho Hj'iiuish baric INJuria Dolores, of Hilhoa. ' Hho was ovorhanlod by on of tho American cruisers, six miles off I'orto Kico. She was bound from Rio Janeiro to ?an ' Juan de Torto Rieo, ' with co.nl. Couriers From Cuba. Connors frpm Cuba Lavo brought highly oncotornging reports from Gen. Calixto fiarcia's miny. Garcia alone, il lo-Huid, hua 10,000 men better equip Vod than ovor before, except in the mailer of clothing, and they aro in ex* ciiilent spirits. A Ifnlloon Arrive* at Tampo. j General Greoly, chiof signal oOloer, j 1 1 u h informed of the arrival at i I am pa of n balioou eloigned for use in the present war. off (Jijt-CablM OH' Kuiithifio. ? News received from ofT (Santiago do Cuba ftiyn tho auxiliary cruiser 8t. l'aul has cut I lie cable oil' that f>ort. I>ll<l 11 Oil I (Oil. 'J'lio self-loading pistol invented by Herr Paul Manser in meeting. with a large nolo iu Euuland, India and Mouth Africa. '1 he fact that a Hkilful man cau Hi o six or Heren shots per second with it roudnrfl it a formidable rival to the rovolver. The pistol Is vory compact "Hilly" McCilory, who has had (he reputation of having been otie of the * worst dive keepers in New York, has bccome^an evangolint. Thomas Shield*, aged .V>, fell out of tho fourth-story window of a lodging house at Philadelphia, Pa., and sus tained injuries that resulted in hta death utjJio TTahdemann Hospital. MioistetTto Turkey Jaines Angell has ' * carriod out llie nurposo to resign an nounced when ho took the ptaw, though ho wdl probably remain till August, and Os?ar A. Htraus, of Now . ? York, who was a predecessor; wii! sac ccod him as a gold Democrat. ~ ; 1 1 in officially. announced that iOO, COJ tons of wlieftt are still svailalda for TIio Navy l>opart merit wili ofelbiMi nhipboildera to prepare ba?ldAj?r~ . ^ the co . battlosbiiMi authorized Ko*ent t esaion of pOBgros'a,' nit. of. coatj. "i&otr

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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 03, 1898, Image 1