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DEWEY WlllNS THE BlOCKl. CAPTURES A GUNBOAT. t ?c? (lie Inhabitants are Buffering lev V.'au: Provisions?Insurgents Hare Oorv mitteA no OutragesThat Admiral Dewey Is maintaining a perfect blockade at Manila and that .the islands are at hla mercy is evident frqjn the report that the people have been reduced to eating horseflesh. Dewey's fleet has also been strengthened by the captured Spanish gunboat Cullao. This boat, hailing from the Caroline Islands, was not aware of the hostilities at Manila, and attemjuMh) to run the blockade. One shot was sufficient to bring down her flug. Late telegrams indicate that Dewey has lost none of the prestige gained in h I o maiviAMnUL ...? ,?f/w>lf? .. <r,. mo- iiiviiiuiuuiu iikih ?v txno afsw find that while he refrains from taking the city of Munilu he has It practically at Ills mercy. The admiral expresses the belief that the rebels are hemming In the city by land, but the fact that he says explicitly that they have made no demonstration seems to disprove thoroughly the published reports that they had already entered Manila and had begun u career of bloodshed and rapine. Thij b'est evidence of the ef:4 V?Vy, diVi ed by th.75 rlfai'. -ul ana also of the tvork of tne Insurgents lit surrounding the city Is sh6\vn hi the statements In the dispatches that provisions are scarce In the city of Manila wjtlch seems to Indicate to Admiral Dewey an early surrender by the Spanish authorities. If the rebels have been supplying themselves with arms it must have been with the admiral's consent and his dTbpntclf Is originally dated from Cavfte, indicating that he is still In possession. The greatest satisfaction prevails in Washington over the good work being done and the effectiveness of the blockade being maintained by him. The cruiser Charleston got under way for Manila Wednesday morning. Snlutes were flhed at Mare Island navy yard and the employes of the yard and citizens of Vallejo who were assembled along the shore vigorouslyocheered the departing vessel. The Charleston was heavily loaded with ammunition for her own guns, In addition to a Uirge supply of powder and projectiles for Admiral Dewey's tleet. No troops were carried on the vnnriesioi., as sno nas no room ior more than her own crew, 3S0 men. The cruiser was heavily loaded with coal, but will not have much left when she leaches Manila. The officials are making all possible haste to rush troops to supplement admiral Dewey's forces so that if the Spanish governor does surrender the former will not be dependent upon the small number of marines, which he can illy spare from his ships, but will have the assistance of soldiers in holding his position and maintaining order. Tt is confidently hoped that the City of Peking, chartered as a transnort vessel, will be able to elear from San Francis o in a very short time, to be followed in rapid sue cession by the other three ships engaged for a similar purpose. The Peking ran carry 1.000 men, which, with the marines aboard the Charleston, just about to rail, will be of considerable assistance to the admiral, but far from the number which he will need. The total number of men to lie sent will aggregate probably 12.000. as MaJ.-Gen. Wesley Merritt. wno is to command the expedition and subsequently to be made military governor, regards that as the least which can maintain order n a city like Maqila, made up of mnnj liscordant elements, t >ver ten regiments of infantry and four batteries of artillery from the volunteers have been ordered to concentrate at San Francisco and from these and the !' gulars now In the extreme tV?st. will be taken the men for the Philippint* expedition. It is expected that prnetiiBlly all the volunteers will go. President M<-Kin!ey has absolutely declined for the present to enter into I! II v ncgoi :ci i imi> ' mihiiii aide. the insurgent loader of the Philippines. regarding the pstuMivhMif.it of a Government under a I'nlti'il States protectorate. The President is iletermined that tlio Philippines sliall reniain iti undisputed possession of thi' Cnited States until tin* oloso of the war. "In tlu- event that Spain should not again lie Riven the islands, the President does not desire that any eoniplientlons with reference to their final disposition shall arise, owing tfi having to treat with an insurgent gtnrofriwut. According to reports, the behavior of the Insurgents since the victory of the American fleet has been anytliing bat reassuring. The President lias instructed Admiral Dewey that he imst take -no ehanees with them. Their loyallty is doubted. Jnpan is willinR to enter into an nTllnnce with Great RritaJn and the United States. OJJXY SAOASTA REMAINS. All the Other "Members of tho Spanish Cabinet Resign. All tin members of the Spanish cabinet have resign eel. Scnor SaRasta communicated the situation to the queen regent, who will entrust him with the task-of forming a new ministry. The liberal cabinet under Scnor Sagastn was formed shortly after the assassination of Senor C'anovas del Castillo. who was asf'tssinated on August 8. 1SP7. by an Italian anarchist, named Golli. Gen. Azearinga, then minister of war. was first appointed president of tne cmincii nun inr a time tne cnuinei remained unchanged. Mnt on Septt mber 21' it resigned and Senor Sngn.sta a*sinned ofTiei- on October I. confronted by the troubles In Cuba and in the Philippine Islands. f)ne of ,the first steps taken by Senor Sugasta was to recall Gen. Wejrler. the then <nptnln pen oral of Cuba, who was succeeded by (Sen. Blanco. The new ministry, it is announced, will pursue a more vigorous war policy than the old. The members of the new Spanish .cabinet took the oath "Wednesday evening. Senior Sapasta will assume ehnrpe of the foreign portfolio pending the return of Honor Castillo from Paris. The other changes in the ministry are Honor Annon, minister of marine: Senor Gama/.o. minister of public work and Senor Giron. minister of colonies. The Coat of War. If the war continues for a year it will Involve an expenditure of over $400,000,000. The appropriations already m'ode or estimated as necessary for that period foot up $425,000,000. The optimistic view that Spain will sue for peace as sooYi as a naval battle is won. and that the war will not last a year Is not shared hy republican Jeadi rs, who may be supposed to'reflect , the views of the administration. It Is said that even should pence be declared in a month or six weeks the United States will have an expensive and lengthy task before it in establishing a stabl*- government in Cube, and effecting the occupation and control of the Pbiiii?|Mht>u. BRITISH SHIP THREATENED. ? A Cargo For tho Unitod Btatsi Ercitsa the Spaniards to Violence. Cajrtnln Wood, of the British steamship Elwlck, which arrived at Baltlmore a few days ago from Huelva, * Spain, reports a narrow escape (rom death at the hands qf a Spanish mob. He gave It out that his cargo was destined for Rotterdam. "When they (the Spaniards) found out i was-going to the United States," . said Captain Wood, "they became wl-* j with rage. A mob with sticks, stones . nnd big knives declared they would de| Bt^ h'o* soone* left the ship than a * crowd began following mo, booting . 'find Jeering. "At the Venezuelan consulate they Btormed the plnce. The American Hag ' which was in the consul's office was torn to ribbons and trodden upon in s the streets, and the American coat of ' arms was shattered to atoms. The eagle was kicked in the mud and spat upon. "The mob then bombarded the hotel where 1 tied with stores. I escaped by ? the back way. "Soon after we left Gibraltar two small craft were sighted astern and we made them out to be Spanish* torpedo j hoats. For 3 miles they followed us. I but when night came on w6 put on a full head of steam and ran for it.'out, i leaving them behind." ? VALUA7?TE ISLANDS. , i Statistics Prove the Immcjjte Wealth of tho Phili'ppfm?. The commerce of Spain and her de- f pendencies is the subject of a series of interesting and exhaustive ta'bles pre- j seated in the "monthly summary of finance and commerce." Just issued by < the bureau of statistics of the treasury f department. The tables, which pre- j sent the record of commerce of Spain, j are followed by those relating to her { colonies, among them being several ; statements regarding the commerce of the Philippine islands. which are now j especially Interesting. These show that ( the exports of Spain to the Philippine j islands have increased from $S90,038 in , 18S7, to $7,072,683 In 1896. Her chief ex- t ports to the Philippines were cotton i fubrics, which alone amounted to ( about two-thirds in value of her total | exports to those islands, the remainder t being made up of leather and its man- i ufactures, paper, preserved food, wine, < flour. Iron and steel, machinery and numerous other articles of less Impor- i tance. Of her imports from the Philip- i pines over two-thirds were tobacco, j the remulnder sugar, flaxseed, coffee, < cocoa, fruits, etc. ? ; The commerce of the United States with the Philippines is also presented < in a special table, showing imports 139,837 in 1893 to $4,383,.4U in 1897, the ! from those islands ranging from $9,- i most important of these being manila and sugar. The exports of the United 1 States to the Philippines ranged from $134,378 in 1893 to $94,597 in 1S97, includ- i Ing mineral oils, breadstuffs, cotton 1 goods, chemicals, manufactures of 1 iron and steel, and other articles. SIX MEN KILLED. An Elevator Drops Ono Hundred Feet With Awfal Kcsults i Eight men in the employ of the Columbian Fireproortng Company at Boston, Tuesday fell a distance of more than 100 feet with an elevator in the building now under construction for the Boston Wharf Company on A street. One man was instantly killed, five others have since died of their injuries, and there ie very- little hope for recovery of the other two. The dead are: (?. S. Brown, foreman for the flreprooAng company, twenty-five < years old. n resident of Pittsburg. Pa.: j I Miuhiii'l flHfVm lit* T^iffhluii*ir_ Mnss. 1 William Duncan, 'X> years old; Bruno j Stimnreo, Larboriie 'Caramene, Henry j Harvey. The injured: Daniel Boyle. ! assistant foretr.r.n, both leas crushed: i'ietro I'ane. Both the injured ar:1'iMi'uily crushed, an 1 it is thought they cannot live. War Talk Kesults in Murder. A crowd in a .grocery store in tie ! outskirts of Birmingham, Ala., a few 1 nights ago. were discussing the Cuban j war William Mitchell was bragging i whin he could s!o if he was fighting | Spaniards, saying he could w hip a est r- i loud. Mitchell was leased by the crowd. ! He pulled . . pistol and fired five shots. When the police arrived a few minutes later two dead men were picked tup from the floor, Julius Abernathy. a preacher, and .'Sam Smith, known as "Tricky Sam.' Tom Warren was wounded in the nock and a fourth man w*as shut in trie arm, Mitchell esca^ied. American Missionaries Killed. Secretary Day lias telegraphed <ou.r t Ambassador at London to procure all j Information in can In regard to the alleged massacre of American missionaries unci the (destruction of mission property at Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Africa, and to make Fpoeitiil.efforts to ascertain whether Mr. %nd j Mrs. MoGrew were among the nutimer j wlu> were killed. Gernrony Helps Spain. Spanish war vessels, which were destitute of armament a short time ugo, have been supplied with guns toy Krupj. They arc also supplied with all the necessaries, including tSermin artillerists, ft may ne noted that Germany has not declared her neutrality. Million Dollar Fire. The [business -section of Attlebnrc,. I Mass.. was wiped out by fire at an early hour Wednesday morning. Fourteen factories, occupied chiefly by jewelry manufacturer*, and a dozen dwellings, barns and storehouses were burned. The loss is estimated at Sl,10(i.COO: [insurance partial. Bryan a Colonel. William J. Bryan Is to organize a third regiment of Xebraska volunteers to tender their services to the president as soon ns mustered. Gov. Holc-omb issued him a commission as colonel. with authority to proceed. aml VirBryan said that ho would not opt the commlrsion. Havana's Defences. Havana is surrounded by entrenchments tor 30 miles. Tlw? troops in the garrison number 70,000. and a like number arc in the interior fighting the ' insurKents. Nobody in Havana except a few higher officers knows that the Spanish fleet was annihilated at Manila. CABLE FLASHES. The Prussian diet was closed by Emperor William last Wednesday. He made no reference to the war. Money was never so stringent as now in Japan and Japanese importers are experiencing greatest difficulty in making delivery of goods. A Russian paper says that the European powers would not tolerate the transfer of the Philippine Islands by the Pnitcd States to Great Britain. AM Europe is excited over a possible , alliance between Great Britain and the ] I'nited States, as suggested in a recent s speech by Lord Chamberlain, secretarv. of the ''-itish colonies. Mitral! siinK WM. E. GLADSTONE. he Age! Premier, Surrounded By the Kembers of Hie Family Quietly Pastes Away ?Will be Buried at Hawarden. Ft. Hon. William Ewort Gladstone, uur ttmea prime minister of England, lied at Z a. m. Thursday, at Hawarden, Mr. Gladstche hud been unconscious radically di'y^t hough at timeq he eemed to recognise tor u mprapnt some ?f the watchers about "him. Certainly ?c did recognize his wife, vho was beide him all da;-, except when the physician prevailed upon her'to rest. She enderly clasped her husband's hand as he watched him. Apparently he slept i good deal: occasionally he uttered a ew words in an incoherent, dreamy vay, wordy, \vhjct) Jhyse^who were vatching v ere unable to catch. Their >nly consolation was that he was not offering pain. No narcotics were administered. Though a national funeral \v 111 probibly be acc epted by the family, there is ittlo% doubt. that the remains of Mr. iladstone will be laid to rest iti the >caeeful graveyard at Hawardenj adoinlnp, the church were he was mariod more ttun lia!f a century c.go. During the crisis Mr. Gladstone's >reathlng was 3G to the minute and the members of his family were summoned, dev. Stephen Gladstone read j rayers ir.d hymns, including Mr. Gladstone's Avorlte, "Rock of Ag?P." Y'h^n th's -as concluded y*y. G'udsione was leord to mur.nur Our Father." The late Itight Hon. William Ewart "Incistonc. M. P., P. C.. was the fourth .on of the late Sir John Gladstone, 1 dart., of Fasciue, County Kincardine, ST. 13., a well-known merchant of Liverpool. and was bcrn there December to, 1809. During his stay at Hjarritz. in Fcb uarv. 1891. a London j ?urnal nmounc ?d Mr. Gladstone's retirement, but the I eport was contradicted In verj Kuard- | h1 terms. Aftir his rfeturn to Elnglond the rumor was renewed, and in the uidst of the uncertainty Mr. Cladstone delivered his last .speech u prime minister in the house of coniions, on the first of March?the occasjtyi being the lords' amendments to tftr parish councils bill. The next day his reslgnAlon was made public, and the discoery that the premier was suffering tr<m cataract in both eyes was'given at the chief ; ause for such a decisive i ?p. On March .\!r. Gladstone, in ni audience with the c.uecn. gave up tl > seals of illlce. Since tliat period Mr, Gladi one rar?ly took any part.in public iffnirs, but made som > excppt?nm\ \\ hot Jio interested himself in fafor '>f Armenians. "While at Cannes. in Aarch, 1897, lie wrote and pun'Mmd a. lefei to the duke of Westminster 'pieillng the muse of Crete and Greece it ugainst Turkey. A stalnedj-glass widow was unveiled in Hawnrjlon chum in recognition of Mr. Glhdstone'iJpffoj ts in behalf of the oppressed Arnrwiians and Mrs. Gladstone wtJs presenfd with a portrait of his holiness Mihridith I, supreme patriarch of the Athenians. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone l'!t London for Cmucs on November 2^ 1897, and arrived at the latfer place nree days later. They remaihed therefor nearly eleven weeks andl the homward trip Vi?mn on tho itith of las Febriiarv and th"?y reached London o;Hhe 10. He )ms since boon slowly dying IfELTGIOUS FERSVAfjON. Governor of ManXw i rtjnJi*m the Itebelt' Against t'.fe Americiss. The steamer Ksmre'nldalas Just 1 rived at Hong Kong / romllanila with' lift* refugees, chiefly Chipse, report? i that tht I'nited States ijuiscrs t' m. ?rd .and Hoston are gojg to lloilr., .\ h"tv they oxpot l i;> font prompt riKpitulation and to recapturJthe American $.hip Snranak, * ith rr cargo -of (< al. The blockade of Innila is extremely rigid. an?l severs foreign ships ha.ot- been r. fused admittftce. The rebels are usclei-fas allies of Admiral Dewey. They af utterly Msuubed, quite hail of tail! being Ir. ir of Spain. Tit? i.'aviJRarsenal wvus found empty. Colonel "Jquel, of th< artilk'vy. committed suhlje because he discovered that the arAunition vas non-existent. Captain Cleneraj Augimi is tryltrg to c onciliate the rebels, anJias nujtartzi ii The establishment! of itive coamlls. The nvehbishop of Muni. in a pastorall issued 011 the SsVh ins?it. said: * Christians defend yol faith against heretics who raise an liuperable'carrier to immortal -soul enslave the people, abolish crosses Jim cemttvrles, tin hid pastors to iiorfortjbaptlsm. matrimony or funeral r|s. or to administer consolatinn orirant aA?olution." The British seeom'class cruiser Pique has been order! to Tloilo for ih? protection of tiro ivfchants, <w*hosc lives and property ar.threatcrmU by tin insurgents. Pending the prrivaDf troops Trnm the "I'nited States Wie .ifcericans tib.fer hostilities ashore. ' AMERICAS RRIIKENCZ. - 1 Italy-'* Croat S'atesira;: pTalka Concerning Tho British Xiance Kx-Vremler Crisj I Italy's &Kl< st statesman and dipvAt. said, in private conversation. t:f;ng of the British Colonial SecretaJs suggestion .of an Anglo-American Jinnee: "England. foresee}! America's ftt'irre prominence iinu# nations, pnudently wishes to pr<< thereby. I l'oneuhw the / Ireat ItepuWs coming infl?encv years a bo an 'discussed with Caprivl, '.when ChntfJRor of Germany,, the advisability ofJPt restalling and stemming it by met! cfl" a commercial' league of Eurnpeuiifitfons, joint cu?-l toms regulations al other measures "Hut nov the tor ft i* upon us, and IHrvope m>.?t conse to s.??c her future <omplicatimfs settij by a large admixture of Amerin is?*ethods and principles." Results of Wler'a Cruelty Atar:t Havana t situation of the people is terrible, undreds of reconeentrados front L< i^osas. the big reeonccntrades barrr ! in Havana, were too weak to walk t of town and fell in the afreets or < ! in the suburbs, where flocks of Itures, ""Weyler's chickens," as the: 10 now teimed In Havana, have fea |l on the remains. TXLEORAMBj|R8ELY TOLD. Flour In this cc?ry sells from J2.50 to $3.00 a barrel lore than it did a month ago. I At Skillmnn Val'. III.. Michael Nelson. his wife nrftwo children were killed during a s?'i a few days ago. St. Johns. N?>u'wdland, will be fortified in clcnuenee of the relations betwee?reat Britain and France. J The Pacific coiii'ulllng mills, untitle to compete ?lth the prices of nbor and raw iw'Hal in the eastern dates have cloa^pfcoir works. / thjeTO' f Lights'out! And a prow * the South, And a canvas hiding mouth, ) And a ship like a e< IS seeking her sister-slflMBsMg /*t A - rush of wafer, a f/ An ocean hound- in a , A deck long-Uned wl ?y'llncs o fate, r v < She roars good-bye 1st the Goldct Oate. * ' On! dn! Alone withou "J*ong ( bell, But a burning flre,. Uk ; .yvfe flre of hell Till the lookout start ? hi? glassc: show , , ' m? ?niw oamenrp T Callau. A moment's ha'* Xth the slcndei spire. -.- fWh, Jtf Food, food for Vtrnnd i od foi thedre, ft A Then out In the sC- to rest no more ' Till her keel Is gro unded on Chile's shore. South! South! God gluard through the unknown wave./ Where chart nor conhpass may help 01 save, j Where the hissing \a raitlis of the sea abide : y And Tew may pass through the stormy tide. * f North! North' For n| harbor far away, For another brcatbj in the burning day; ?f? our war With spain. -?( Breud has raised a (cent in New York City. ; One cable still con( ectn Havana with the outer world. The dreaded ralnfy g season In Cuba , has commenced. y 7he Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers will be *?nt to Manila. Supplies for 12,<rjpo men for si:: months will go wlfh the relief ships for Dewey.. [ Unusual precaufrjhns are being taken at Washington to^Jroteet the life of the president. aj A Spanish suspc<* Has been sentenced to six months Itmrrlsonment at Decatur, Ala. /' Moody is arranging to have some prominent evangelists accompany the Army to Cuba. j Eggs are selllngjfor 1." cents a piece *?. nuvuiiu. njijoifi i?uys a nunareu weight of rice. A $50,000 prise/ Kas < aptured by the cruiser New Ydrk, on her trip to San Juan last week. " . Englishmen in Cuba are confounded with Yaijkees. ami .subjected to many Spanish insults. " An anti-American newspaper at Monterey, Mex., has been suppressed by tho government. The foreign affairs committee of the house has reported in favor of the annexation of HawalJ. Two big warships are said to have left Cadiz u few days ago to strengthen the Cape Verde Fleet. The Spanish ndmlt 8 soldiers killed and 34 wounded in the recent bombardment of San Juan. The Spanish fleet, it is snid, spcured enough coal at Curacao, to carry it half way rour.d the globe. All of the United States regulars have now left Ch'.ckainauga park and are mobilized at Tampa. Fishermen, captured by American ships off Havana say the recancer.Irados are nearly all dead. A projectile, throwing a liquid.which sets the enemy'-T <eU?p en tire, is being constructed at Washington. Spain is imploring help from France, Germany and Austria offering territory in the Philippines for assistance. Theodore Roosevelt has arrived at San Antonio. Tex., to take charge of his rough riders, known as the First Volunteer Cavalry. Two American newspaper correspondents recently captured in Havana arc being treated as sj>ie3 by Blanco. I --v afw jorK noraia correspondent ' has been imprisoned for nine years for photograohing forts on the island. Spain declares that the Cuban Wockade is not effective yipd hopes that the other powtrs wlli not recognise at. During *h?- ibontl.ardment of San J nan c ue shell exploded in a school house, kitting a number of children. A more active strategy bound has been substituted for the old one by President Mclvhtley. Names xitf. gtven. Three men. Relieved to be Spanish spies, intent on cutting loose the mines In New Tort harbor, were "captured last Monday, . v Now lhnt I V"?ng season "lias commented forest "fires are no longer TK>ti'fSr.i??.i to the ewvfi -iff t&e blockading flouts. The* (TthtM* crew of the City <if I Pekiti which r, s joii to sail with re f for Ad nt-lraI 3.e\vey, refused) J-e -sarve, fearing torltn*.- at Manila. The marlcntKnship at the Terrs in Havana has ineeome. ?o exact of ir.te that it Is believed German artillerists have l>wri Hoaured by Bltvnua. The steamer- Gussle. which some days ago left for Cuba with supplies and ammunition has returned to Key West. St>e ris -unable to cnak> a landing. On May 3 its Spanish trarraport JUphonso X11L. -w'ith 300 trooi*> -m 'bowrd. put into port at the Barbados* but was ordered to lea-v* by the authorities. The French. ihi spite of Spanish protests. refused tto order tb* TTiih<>c? States cruiser Harvard from Martiniaue where she hind noni> tnr -tm.jitt-H The object of ai visit to fb? Untbd States of several prominent Mexicans is to Impress uynui our people thai Mexico is not In sympathy with Spain. Spaniards in Ou#?a are now filling olfl hulls with iron ajiid explosU-es, and thus setting them aidrlft. In th? way they hope to sink some of the Axnerlc-, .an vessels. The United Rtnttvt government has absolute control of ail) the cables, and ii Is Impossible to obtain information i*?nocrnlng army and navy movements. Five hundred army wagons for the United States government have been shipped by Studtbaker flros., of West I feral, Ind., to the troops'-in the south. No soldiers can pass through Pittsburg without receiving . hot coffee, sandwiches and other necessities from the hands of a specially appointed citizen's committee. Hank presidents of the New England const cities are becoming timid for fear of bombardment, and are making arrangements to transfer their funds to Interior cities. The troops at Tampn. Fla.. are at present receiving very little attention from i the commissary department and there Is considerable 111 feeling against the war department. Cartloads of reeoneentrndos, who have died from lack of food In Cuba are taken dally through the Spanish lines. The bodies are thrown together in piles, without any form of burial, fi,r I hi Ijl T.C.CJ'd" fo feed Ul'Oh. ??? s/ ????? li~i JL-i OKilUON. 1 I For a ir.oment'3 shelter from speed and pain. s And a prow to the tropic sea again. Home! Home! With the mother fleet j to sleep Till the call shall rise o'er the awful tk-ep: And the bell shall clang for the battle f there. And the voice of guns Is the voice of prayer! 1 One more to the songs of the bold and free. When your children gather around your knee; When the Goths and Vandals come down In might i r As they came to the walls of Itome one Ill&lll, When the lordly William of Deloralne Phall ride by tue Scottish lake again: When the Hcs3lan spectres shall Hit In . air As Washington crosses the Delaware; t When the eyes of babes shall be closed In dread , As the story of Paul Revere Is read: When your boys shall ask what the guns are for. Then tell them the tale of the Spanish war. And the breathless millions that looked upon The matchless race of the Oregon. John Janus Meehan in "Leslie's Weekly." T" Reports say the woman and child killed during the bombardment of Cardenas by American vessels were the wife unci daughter of one of the pilots on t!'c American ships. A Spaniard having in his possession several sticks of dynamite attempted to blow up the government stores at Tampa, Flu., a few days ago. He was discovered but made his escape. Canadian fire companies accompanied by a band crossed the frontier a few (leys ago to bid good-bye to the New York volunteers. Niagara Falls, in re cognition ol this courtesy will celebrate May 24, the queen's birthday. Fire iA a car containing the personal effects of the 36 officers of the Ninth regiment. Pennsylvania volunteers, en route for Chickamauga, caused wild excitement at Conewago Junction last Tuesday night. The car was burned to cinders and caused a severe loss to the regiment. William Doherty, a noted scientist has just arrived at his home irt Cincinnati from Hong Kong. He it was. who some time ago. secured drawings . of the Manila fortifications, risked his life in passing the Spanish guards, and then presented the important papers to Admiral Dewey. Capt. Duval of the United Slates commissary department has made a contract with St. Louis bakeries for CIO,000 pounds of army crackers. This is. equivalent to RO.OOrt barrels of Hour. On each will be printed the words, "Komember the Maine." Besides the big contract for hard bread. Capt. Duval has let a contract for 28,000 gr.'lons of vinegar. RECLAIMING THE PKILI?FII<E9. A large Fleet Leaves Spain to Attack Dewey's Ships in tho Pacific. A Spanish fleet is to leave Cadiz shortly bound for the Philippine islands. The expedition, which is said to consist of both troops and warships, will go by way of the Suez Canal. Its object is to raise the t lockade of Admiral Dewey's ships, i possible, and to recover possession of ip islands. If that cannot be no .nplishcd troops will be landed to f ble Manila to hold* out against cj ore until the hoped-for interventii oy Kurope may restore the islands Spain. A Madrid special says: Preparations j for the relief expedition to be sent to I the Philippine islands, are living hur1 t ied Vn both the military and naval dej parfments. Five battalions, each 1.20'* strong, under 3S officers, are assembled at Cadiz. Barcelona and Valencia already, or will be ready for embarkation | i rvis week. i This Puree will be commanded by I General CamnniW. It is made up ' wholly of picked men who have served j two years. Severn 1 batteries will go i v. ith the cxpeoit'o", M"d lrr-.-e supplier ' of* Stores and coal. Warships to er>avoy the transports "will go from Cadii to Ttarceloim. Exports Exceed Imoorts. The monthly statement of the e-rp-rtri I anrl imports ef the United States di,rI ing April shows follows: Do<Bost?.R| i merchandise exported, $:is.i25?:rft:-t; im| ports. $o5.P2:5.C.1S. of which 528.T10.7Sd ' was free from duly. As corn par sJ with Apitl. 1SS7. the gain in exports xvns about $22.008,0o<i. -and a loss in iimpords of about StFi.000.000. The export of goUt during Ap-l\ amounted to $vn9ff5<4 atii the imports to Tti2.7SS.674. The expmts ot silver during April aggregated iSl,040.201 and the iimports amounted 3cj ' .002. A Brave "Officer's Funeral | The United Ht.ites and X?rlh Our#? I llna Monday an*id noble tribute to the . memory of the ppillant Ensign. We.rth ! Hartley, the fi.net officer killed in the | war with Spain Nothing tc. atppreach i the funeral pageant was ever seen i the city. 1>i. thousand pe<r,wc were j present at lib1 ceremonies. 'Ensign | itagley was killed last week an <ocpioding shell f.rts'd from a Spanish 'fe-t stt Cuba, white on board the torpedo butt Wins low. CAJ1TAL GLEANIM 0J. mio v/ar is <u?sting this government $1,000,000 a day. 1 T.he president .:s considering another call for volunteer s. The president last week approc-ed the Alaskan homestead and right .of way bill. Jib's Aura A3p"i\ daughter of ttw> seciei.-.vy of war, was married cut noon Wednesday to Air.. Charles Pik*. The latest plaJis of (the govcraraf nJ ore to send 15.G0v men to the relief <? ' I Dewey at Manila, under the command 1 of General Merritr-. Waflilngton society ladies are aO| vising their acquaintanees throughout | the country to boycott Paris millinery.? | V'hls is done in retaliation for ?yn;1 pathy rtiown to Spafcn by the French. Proposals for furnishing the government with nearly <5.000 projectiles for seaeoast cannon wtrr opened at the ordnance bureau of the war department Saturday. This probably is the largest amount of material of thin kind for which advertisements were issued at any one time In the history of the government. Senator Teller has rerelvcd n letter from a constituent In Colorado Indl- ' eating that the Philippine Islands may 1 be found to be very rich In gold de- < posits. The writer says in 1875 he 1 traveled from Manila to Singapore drlth a man from Montana, who said I that the wealth of gold In that country 1 was beyond estimating. The Spanish 1 governor had refused to let him work 1 the mines be had discovered. ' i A man usually knows -where he got i Ills bat, bl# when It comes to bis u?- J brella?wsft, that's another story. " 1 i army mil kot mflir ofi ihe navy CUBAN INVASION NEAfc. War Department Weary of tho Disappearing Movements of the Spanish Squadron?100,000 Men Heady. The annihilation of the Spanish fieei does not seem Imminent, for whlcl neither Admiral Sampson r.or Commodore Schley can be blamed, but which Is due to the sneaklr.it tactics of th| Spaniards. Now they arc reported at Martinique then at the Dutch Islands, and tht latect reports huve them back at Portt Rico. Theie has boon no meeting yet between the hostile fleets In the neighborhood of Cuba Is all that can b< learned at the navy department at Washington. If the department is aware of tho location of the Spanish squadron it is carefully concealing the faot. By thin tint . supposing Schley to have have go: southward, he should be somewhere oiY tin- coast ol Cuba, and It may be that he bus Joined forces with Sampson. Naval otllceis are Imping that the Spanish squadron lias really passed through the : traits of Yucujtun into the Gulf or Mexico, for in that case there is a reasonable expectation that by combined action tm the part of Sampson and Schley, one starting ut the Windward passage and the Florida straits, and the othei passing around to the south of Cuba pud coming into the Yucatan straits, I U'S Spaniards will be effectually | snored. i The war department, annoyed by the ' delay In destroying the Spanish ships, | has now decided to send an nrmy of luu.iMJO men to invade Cuba. The Spanish lleet should be taken care of by the navy and It should not be allowed to Interfere with the invasion of the American soldiers. Secretary Alger submitted the reporto of Lieutenant Rowan and Captain Dorst, outlining the opinions of the Cuban Generals. The reports told of "the hardships of campaigning in the laland. The reports proved conclusively that Captain General Blanco is erecting formidable earthworks around every city which it 'a the intenMin of the Spanjsh to hold. The volunteer army is rapidly nearing completion. Reports received by Adjutant General Corbln to-night show that 92,580 men have been mustered in. Eighteen states have completed their quota as follows: California. Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. General Miles, commanding the army, shld it was not t' o- intention of the president to call for an additional number of volunteers at this time. An unconfirmed rumor originating at fcfgdrid rays that an American boat with K crew of 18 men was blown up by a torpedo in Cardenas Bay lust Tuc?ilaJ'. An important expedition to Cuba will leave Mobile port within a few days. Fifteen thousand guns and several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition will be shipped to the insurgents. A delegation of prominent negroes called on the secretary of war Tuesday and urged that all of the ten regiments of Immunes to be sent to Cuba be made up of colored men. They pointed out the especial service the colored troops, bred in the southern climate and most of them used to conditions similar to those to be confronted In Cuba, would have in the campnign. Secretary Alger was not able to concede all of the fYnnuine regiments to colored volunteers, but gavd assurance that several of them would be composed of men of their race. The delegation Illse nrfre.l th.? mitmlnlnw.nt of Oapt. Thomas S. Kolloy of Louisiana as n colonel of one of the immune regiments. Oapt. Tvelley, it is said, has the indorgement of Gen. Miles. 2JEW BATTLE SHIP LAUNCHED. The Alabama is 3fi8 Foot in I.enstth aid Has Four Torpedo TtU ea. The battleship Alabama, which will be a worthy addition to the United States navy, was launched at Cramp's rshipyarti at Philadelphia last NVednesvlay. As the formidable craft slid into the Delaware she was christened by . Miss Alary' H. Morgan, daughter of Senator Jolin T. Morgan, of Alabamu. 'flie Alabama is a llrst-class battle- J ship. llcr lengtli 00 load water line is I S65 feet extreme breadth 72 feet 5 inch.; mean draught 22 feet f. Inches; displacement at mesus draught 11,525 tons. She 5s to develop 1P.OOO indicated horse power, and her guaranteed speed is 10 bo 56 knots per hour. JU?r armament WIN be four 13-inoh broeohloadlng rifles; 1?! 6-ineh rapid tin breech loading rllles, secondary battunv of 16 6-poundt-.rs.and four 1-pound ere rapid fire gun? be will have /our toqpedo tubes. moa MUX BKBVAM, Ex-minister from Spain Polo y P.ernabe will leave Mom re til for his native country in n few daps. The ex-minister has made pood use of his time, perfecting a system of tbtalning information. After Po.lo's departure these epies will report to the Spanish consul general and the Intelligence will be forwarded to Madrid hy way of London. He Should Eo Hon p. Pension Commissioner Evans pot p. letter from an Indignant citizen of loplln. Mo., recently. "1 want you t ? < Set the law alter a pensioner in this { town," wrote the irate correspondent. "He is drawing a pension from the 1 government, yet is publicly proclaim- f ing that he hopes Spain will lick us. 1 N'ot content with this he says that if { :he United States mails were not (topped from going to Spain he A-ould ' a nd money to Sagasta to help him car- t y on the war against us. The least r cou ought to do. Mr. Commissioner, Is j o take away that lngrate's pension." ? PALMETTO STATE GLEANINGS. * * ' ? TURKIC NOTED CROOKS. They Are the Men Who Robbed the Willis too Post office. Chief Deputy United States Marshall E. Brooks Sligh and Postofllce lnspee?< tors Moye and Bulla, arrived in Charleston from Barnwell on the 14th witlh _ throe of the Blickest raseals that line* over operated in this part of ^9 tiio country. The prisoners, who woro lodgod in tho Charleston couatJIyJ^H jail, were the ringleaders of the gaafpl which opened the|Wiliistou postolton vlfl and cracked tho safe with- dynamite, and, after a hot run with the authorir 9 ties, managed to break jail in Barn- M woll in February last. Recently they were captured in Knoxville, and oarried back to Barnwell, but on the 14th they ? i were turned over to the Federal ooorU for a tinnl settlement of their case. Tba nion arc Jno Jones, nbss C. Brooka: Henry Johnson, alias A. St. Clair, alia* Danny Murphy, uhas Frenohy hjiuith, prize lighter, and Charley Jones, aliaa C. Brooks, Jr., alias Edward Brooks. They were given snug berths by Jailor j Urnddick, uiul will sleep in jail until t.'io next term of the United States L)i?tiiet Court. Moral Ueform Ijciiriic. The "Citizens' Moral Reform League of Cbarlostou" was recently organized by n number of ChurlestoD colored mer., who are Mfesiving to derate and help their race. The objoets and parposes of the League are best set forth in the followiugextract from the cottstitution uud by-laws: "Preamble? We, the citizens of Charleston, appalled at thestartling lack of moral stamina among many people oT oor race la Ibij city, recognizing these untoward conditions to he largely the outcome of a levity toward moral precepts on the part of the >oiing,and indifference on the | art of elders: believing such uncorrected evils to foreshadow our decline and tall as a people, and with a further endeavor to keep ourselves above rcnroach, % the sanctity of our family altars inviolate, and to exercise a chivalrous protection lor tl.e women 01 our race, do herewith organn*.c ourselves Into the (Mizens'Moral lloioritl League of Ch.u le.-tou." 1 .'tree South t'oronij^.Tifc, ? 1"% In IT10 touio, Texas, Daily Light, of May 1-1, is published ?u account of tiie departure from Fort Sain Houston of tho Oth cavalry, in this splendid regiment are tlirco sons cf South t'urolinn, of whom btate may . * well l?o proud. 1 ho lirst is Lieut, and <l 1 >li 11 M. JeliUiiis, *0 w5jli uud p!cu<nntly known ill tbunestou ihi others ui'o Lieuts. .lervey ?ud Ftirkeh K<dh of t!:c>o ofiicers wilir frojpilighting stick, sn.vs Light, and will dotitdlesH mnlto their nativo siataproud of them again, ns they dx} w,h?a Mw?y gradur.icl. ? Pardon* <1 ? Iioy. Governor Kllerbo gruutod a fpill pardon to t'lareuce Long, tho 10-yearoid boy, who iu June, 18.HI, shot aud hilled his brother-in-law, Ben Parsons, 111 Spartanburg county. Ho was convicted before .Judge Gary, and?being recommended to the mercy of the court by the jury was given a life sentence. 'lho petitions presented were unusually strong, being signed by 4,000 Spinrtaaburg men, the judge;' the jury, the solicitor nud a large-number of ladies. I -? *- ? Sumter Has n Kicker's Row. J.nto ouo evening last week there was a shooting a 11 rav betweon two negro men in Kickei's Row, a tough negro quarter in the suburbs of Sumter, that ? created a ripple of excitemeut for time. Deputy Sheriff Gail lard and Constable \Yinn went in pursuit of the negro who did the shooting, and after ail exciting chase across the country effected his capture. Tho negro who w as shot was not killed but dangerously wounded in the thigh. Tho row wu on ordinary negro tight about a woman. A Creditable Appointment. Mr. A. H. Miller, of Greenvillo, now a student of Furinau University, has received the appointment as assistant observer at the weather bureau station in rnlnmUi> M ~ \?- X*111 ? I * ? v/u.uiuuia, .uv, .ui. luiuei una accepted the position aud will take up. bis duties there on tbo let of June. The appointment was secured principally through Senator Tillinuu, whose efforts in the matter are highly appreciated by Air. Aliller una his friends. Fa tut Accident at Colnmbla. Frank Cardwell, a youth 14 yearsi old, and Airs. Frank Loidv, were out for a pleasure drive ou the afternoon of the 18th. when the horse became frightened and dashed off at a furious rate hurling the cart against a tree. Both Airs.'Leidy and young Cardwell were violently thrown from the vehicle, causing the death of Card well and the serious injury of .Mis. Lfii'Iy, , Gave Governor a Wheel. : Recently Governor Ellerbe mastered the art of riding a bicycle and only a short time ago placed an order for a good machine. He won't need it now, for lately ue was presented with a handsome Spalding by bis friend, Mr. F. H. Hyatt. It was furnished through McMaster's agency, Charleston's Auditor Dead. \\ m. Kason, auditor of Charleston, died at that place on the 18th. Thia makes another vacancy in Charleston which Gov. Ellerbe will haye to fill by appointment. The fund of the new Y. M. C. A. building at Columbia reoeived an impetus iu the sum of $8,500, donated bj seventy-four young men. The baseball league niagnntes have lone the right thing in voting to eouititute a 4>oard of discipline before ivhlch nil players charged with using lltliy language on the diamond shall >e brought for a trial. Their action In renting this tribunal otis unanltuouay tnken?nll-sufllelent evidence that he public protests against ball tossingowdles last seasou ^-e held to be abunlantly justified by t> , league managers heuiselves. V./ \,:?%