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to report progress In arrangements or seek further orders. The adjutant general is highly gratified with the splendid response that has come to the President's call for volunteers and at the good work being done by the army mustering officers, as evidenced by telegrams he was receiving from them. Here are some of those that came last night from various state rendezvous: "New Orleans—Examined 1,174, accepted 911, mustered 10. Two new companies will bo organized to-morrow. EDMUNDS.” "Mount Gretna, Pa.—One thousand and ninety-tive passed medical examination today. To date, 3.92 L First troops, Philadelphia City Cavalry, mustered in just now. To-day stxty-tdreo mustered. Number to date, 332; out of entire number examined only four companies have their required strength. Medical examinations will be continued Sunday, and Battery F will be mustered In. Recruits are arriving in camp to till companies, and I think by Tuesday night the muster will be well under way. "THOMPSON, Major.” “Camp Ramsey, St. Paul, Minn.—Completed muster of Twelfth Regiment and mustered In Thirteenth. Colonel Reed and forty-six officers, 956 to-day. Total in service to date, 96 officers, 1,93s men. “SWIGERT, Captain.” “Denver, Col.—Have examined and mustered into service ten officers and 461 men, all infantry, to-day. These, with cavalry reported last night, makes total sixteen officers, 593 men to date. "WILCOX, Captain.” “Providence, R. I.—Mustered to-day one surgeon, ten assistant surgeons. Did not Intend to muster companies, owing to confusion in appointment and assignment of officers and noncommissioned. Medical examination suspended owing to weather. Begin to muster companies on 9th inst. "MURRAY.” “Seagirt, N. J.— I Three hundred and twen- ■ ty-iive enlisted men, fourteen officers, aggregate 339 New Jersey volunteers, mustered In up to 6 p. m. J. BUTLER, Captain.” “Camp Harvey, Wis.—Have accepted to date 1,810 men. Surgeon will not examine to-morrow. State adjutant general would like the regiment mustered in as soon as possible, which will probably be next Saturday. BUCK, Captain.” “Boston—Muster surgeon and assistant surgeon have examined aggregate of 738 officers and men. Accepted 678. Regiment will be mustered Monday. “WOODRUFF.” “Portland, Ore.—Close of Saturday have examined 367 officers and men. Rejected sixty-seven. Eleven field officers and noncommissioned staff mustered in. Total accepted to-night and mustered in, 136. “CAMPBELL, Captain.” “Augusta, Me.—Number examined to-day, thirty-four; accepted, twenty. Aggregate officers and men examined, 936; aggregate rejected, 266. No muster to-day. Aggregate muster, five. Have examined all presented by the Governor. All companies have officers at home stations recruiting. Estimate many other companies mustered in Monday and regiment completed Tuesday. Conditions satisfactory at rendezvous. “ROYDEN.” “Nashville, Tenn.—lmpossible to have physical examination in state camp to-day account weather. Transferred regiment turned over to me for. muster on Centennial grounds. Secured transportation, grounds, city water, lights and buildings free of cost to government. Physical examination can now' be pushed, rain or shine, ought to be able to muster and examine at least four hundred men daily. No change in number of officers and men accepted. Probably fifty officers and five hundred men will he accepted by Saturday night. Every effort being made to expedite work and prevent fraud. BROWN.” GOOD WORK BY MAY. “Indianapolis, Ind.—Report examination and acceptance of 807 officers and men to date. Infantry aggregate to date. 1,644 infantrymen. No official muster has been made, owing to small companies. New men constantly arriving. Many men rejected in National Guard organization present. Estimated that 2,500 infantry will be accepted and enrolled by Saturday evening “MAY.” “Island Lake, Mich.—Examined to-day 545 men; accepted, 428; mustered, none. Company shortage promised tilled Monday. Will muster at once on completion. Aggregate no change. IRVING.” “Columbia, S. C.-No companies mustered; 243 examined; ninety-five rejected. “FULLER.” “Camp of Volunteers, near Tacoma, Wash.—Eight enlisted and three examined. Total examined to date, 161 and six officers; seventy accepted. Governor names Sixth Regiment, Washington Volunteers. “TAYLOR.” “Raleigh, N. C.—To-day mustered five; examined two officers and eight noncommissioned staff officers. Aggre gate to date, forty-eight officers, eight noncommissioned staff officers and 943 men. One battalion adjutant and one lieutenant colonel to be mustered in, when the First Regiment will be complete. One hundred and thirty-three . men and five officers were accepted toIClay, but cannot muster in because neither of the two companies to which the men belong had its complement. GREHAJI." “Burlington, Vt.—Examined to date twen-ty-three officers and 357 men. Mustered in threo officers, all infantry'. JOCELIN.” "Topeka, Kan.—Six officers and 144 men examined up to date, all Infantrymen; have mustered in. Shall I ship to Leavenwonth? "CLEARK.”

CAMP UNDER AVATER. Severe Experience of Pennsylvania Guard* at Camp Hustings. MOUNT GRETNA, Pa., May B.—Camp Hastings was submerged In mud and water to-day, and the recruits who are encamped In the burrncks were subjected to a condition of weather that has been the worst in the -history of the Pennsylvania National UlJuard. From 2 o'clock this morning until Ko'clock to-night it rained in torrents withcessation. In addition the wind blew' Kuriously during the early hours of the rstorm, and many of the tents were blown over and the occupants w’ere forced to turn out in the rain and get them in shape today. In ail three of the brigades the men were given a test of their mettle, but in the first brigade particularly were the hardest experiences met. This camp is on the extreme of the line, two miles from the station, and situated in a low land. As the rain fell it became a veritable swamp, and the ground with the cold wind made sleep impossible. The regiments there were forced to spend the night and all the day in water and mud to their shoe tops. Those companies not fortunate enough to have a company mss or supplies on hand were forced to go hungry all day, the roads being so cut up that it was impossible to get teams through with supplies. By nightfall, however. the men were all cared for, and huge camp fires were lighted, around which the men bivouacked. Governor Hastings tonic! t ordered that no more recruits be taken to the barracks until the weather oomMtlons changed. All that arrive will be housed at Lebanon. This morning there were but few men on the sick list, but during the day several Blight symptoms of pneumonia developed. Comparatively few visitors came to camp td-day. Notwithstanding the storm tho work of examining officers, enlisting men and recruits was pushed forward. Battery B, of Pittsburg, was mustered in during the afternoon. As far as can be learned all the officers were accepted but two, Washabough. of the Sixth Regiment, and Magee, of the Eighth. They are held under advisement. It is expected that the mustering of the regiments will begin to-morrow. ALGER AVILL REMAIN. President McKinley Opposed to the Secretary’s Resignation. WASHINGTON. May B.—lt can be stated with authority that Secretary Alger will continue to serve as secretary of war and that al! reports of a purpose on his part to resign from the Cabinet are absolutely withwOjit foundation. With equal positiveness it can be said that it is the earnest wish of the President that Secretary Alger should remain with him throughout his administration. The President and secretary of war are in thorough accord, and the latter lias no thought of resigning. He is pushing the array end of the war movement with energy and effectiveness, and is performing his duties intelligently, patriotically and to the entire satisfaction of the President, whoso unqualified confidence he enjoys. Based on the fact that the secretary’s health was impaired last winter by an attack of the grip, rumors have been circulated persistently of his retirement from the Cabinet. The positive statement that these are baseless is therefor© authorized to put them to rest. Reinforcement* at Tampa. TAMPA, Fla., May 8. Divine services were held in the various camps at Tampa and Port Tampa to-day. Drills were suspended, which is customary on Sunday, and a large majority of the soldiers attended services on what may prove to be the last Sunday they will spend outside of Cuba for many months. Excursion trains were run to Tampa to-day on all the roads centering here and thousands of sightseers thronged the camps and the big wharves at Port Tampa. The entire Twenty-fifth Infantry, two companies from the Dry Tortuga* and six companies from Chickamauga. in lommand of Brig. Gen. Andrew S. Burt, went into camp at Tampa to-day. Prisoner* Reach Fort McPherson. ATLANTA, Ga., May B.—Fifteen Spanish officers and privates captured by the United

States arrived from Key' YY est this morning under a guard of twenty-five armed men. The officer.? will probably be paroled, but the privates will be kept under guard at Fort McPherson. Col. Henry Cook, who has been ordered to return wi*h the headquarters of the regiment to Fort McPherson, will have supervision of the prisoners of war. HEADQUARTERS FOR 40,000. Number of Troop* Wanted at Cklckainalign Thl* Week. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK. Ga.. May B.—lt was given out officially today that forty thousand men of the volunteer army would be mobilized here just as soon as they have been mustered into the government service. With ten regiments ot regulars now here, filled to war strength, the army at this point will number fifty thousand men. It was also announced that Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler and Maj. Gen. James H, Wilson wpuld be in command, the purpose being to form the volunteer men into three army corps. The following recently appointed brigadier ger .’s, ex-colonels of the regular army, have assigned to the volunteer army here: A. S. Burt, late of the Twenty-fifth Infantry; General Sumner, late colonel Third Cavalry; General Snider, colonel Nineteenth Infantry. Other assignments can be expected at any moment. The first installment of equipments for recruits arrived to-day and were distributed. Recruits are now coming in rapidly. One hundred reached here to-day, and information from recruiting officers is to the effect that all the recruits required will be obtained in a comparatively short time. It has been decided to locate the camp of the volunteer army on the west side of the Lafayette road, near Chickamauga creek, and a force of men has been put to work preparing the ground and getting it in readiness for occupancy. The railroad company will begin tomorrow putting in additional siding and erecting depots for the proper handling of the volunteers and their equipments. Governor Tyler’s Order*. RICHMOND, Va., May B.—dovemor Tyler received this afternoon a telegram from the secretary of war requesting him to mobilize the Virginia troops as rapidly as possible, and as soon as a regiment is organized to send it to Chickamauga. It is expected that the movement of Virginia troops to Richmond this week will be rapid, as companies in various parts of the State are reported as simply awaiting orders. War Ship with Yellow Smokestack. LEWES, Del., May B.—The British steamer Ethelreda, Captain Trowsdale, from Shields, arrived here to-day and reports having passed a man-of-war, about forty miles east of Five-fathom bank light-ship on Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. The war ship was bark-rigged, had one smoke stack painted yellow, and had black and white porta She was sailing slowly under fore and aft canvas, heading southeast. The captain says she showed no flags and he was unable to learn her name. No attention whatever was paid to the Ethelreda. Illinois Troops to Move. SPRINGFIELD, 111., May B.—Governor Tanner received word from the War Department to-day that the first two regiments of infantry and one regiment of cavalry, Illinois National Guard, now in camp here, will be sent to Chickamauga as soon as they can be equipped. The Governor replied that the Infantry regiments are now in readiness, except for equipment, which will bo furnished by the government. . The Governor is preparing a proclamation for a general meeting at Springfield to arrange for a State organization to care for the families of the soldiers of the State.

West Virginia Regiments. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May B.—Gov. Atkinson received a telegram to-day from the secretary of war, stating that the West Virginia regiment, as soon as it was recruited and mustered into service, would be ordered to Chickamauga. The Governor replied to the secretary that the regiment would be ready next Thursday. Six companies of the regiment have been examined and mustered in, and the work of recruiting, examining and mustering in of the remaining companies is being vigorously prosecuted. A Regular Army Notice. WASHINGTON, May B.—Secretary Alger has in preparation a letter to General Brooke, commanding the regulars mobilized at Chickamauge, in which he says that soldierg re-enlisting in the regular army during the war may be informed that they will be granted their discharges, if desired, at the close of the war, on their individual application. This action was taken because of the news which lias come from Chickamauga that very few of the men whose service are expiring are re-enlisting because they profess a preference for the volunteer service. New Orleans Arrives. NEWPORT NEW'S, Va., May B.—The cruiser New Orleans joined the flying squadron at Old Point Comfort shortly after 7 o’clock this evening. It is stated that the lighthouse authorities at Cape Henry were in a quandary as to how to report the war ship, which was purchased recently of the Brazilian government. In fact, they did not know the New Orleans, and reported that a "a big white ship with yellow funnels” had passed in. It is expected that the New Orleans will coal here, and while her bunkers are being replenished she will receive her coat of war paint. Westerly Gale Raging. PROVINCETOWN. Mass., May B.—The United States ship San Francisco remains at her anchorage here to-night, has a patrol stationed along the coast, and all telephone lines are covered. A heavy westerly gale is raging, accompanied by a heavy rainstorm. Norwegian Steamer Seized. ROTTERDAM, May 8. The Norwegian steamer Fram arrived here recently to load six hundred tons of saltpeter for Bayonne, France,’near the Spanish frontier, but the authorities of this port forbade her to do so and placed a guard of marines on board. NEIGHBORS FALL OUT. The Si ms anti Campbell Families All in the Fracas. Bicycle Patrolmen Schroeder and Strelt were called at an early hour yesterday morning to Wabash street and Senate avenue, where they arrived in time to stop a serious family row. They were not in time, however, to prevent several colored people being cut more or less seriously. According to the information obtained by the police, there has been bad blood between Robert Sims and James Campbell, who live opposite each other on Wabash street, near Senate avenue. Sims came home late under the influence of whisky and called Campbell to his porch. When Campbell came out Sims hurled a brick at him. the police say. It hit him on the head and felled him to the ground, cutting a deep scalp wound over the eye. Campbell ran into his own house and procured a long knife and made for Sims and began carving him. The first blow landed on Sims’s head, cutting his ear in two and laying the skull bare for five inches back of the ear. Mrs. Sims, her sister and Mrs. Campbell gathered around the men to stop the fight. By this time Campbell was in a frenzy, and he struck out right and left with the knife. Mrs. Sims received a cut across the face and her sister was out in the arm, the wound extending the full length of the irm from the shoulder to half way between the elbow and wrist. While the fight was in progress Ed Harvey, brother of Mrs. Sims, was sent for ami arrived just as the police did. He was armed with a big club. The police arrested ail the people, includnig Harvey. TO CURE A COLD IN OMTdAY Take laxative llromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fatla to cure. &ig. The teuulue has L. I>. Q. oa each tablet.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL MONDAY, MAY 9, 1898.

FREEZE OUT NAIL TRUST ■ ■ ♦ UNION LABOR AND ANTI-TRUST CONCERNS MAY COMBINE. ♦ > Demonstration of Gas-Belt Workingmen at Muncle the First of the , Sommer Meetings. ■ T *' ■ ♦ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., May B.—The Arrow Wire Nail Company, whose plants located in this city have been closed down three years, held a secret session in Cincinnati the past week with other anti-trust concerns and representatives of organized labor, and planned a campaign against the newly organized Wire Nail Trust. Organized labor is interested, inasmuch as the new trust has not only notified workmen of reductions ranging from 5 to 33 per cent., but has also adopted a plan of unsteady operation. It is proposed to get all of the union carpenters in the county to refuse to drive a “trust” nail. It is aiso proposed to organize lathers the same way. Officials of the two national unions referred to have already taken the matter up. It is then proposed to thoroughly organize the anti-trust wire nail mills and put the Arrow plants in this city into operation. A big wire drawing mill is to be erected in connection with the Arrow mills, and this mill is to furnish finished wire not only to the Arrow, but to all other antitrust concerns that need supplies of this kind. Another wire mill for similar purpose is to be erected in connection with the antitrust mills at Ashland, Ky. The anti-trust naiis are to have a copyrighted label, which will be cast on every nail, and the carpenters and lathers are expected to require nails with the stamp. It is hoped this pian will prove disastrous to the Nail Trust, which now controls the fourteen largest plants. The Amalgamated Association is interested in the anti-trust movement. UNION LABOR DEMONSTRATION. First of a Series of Gas-Belt Meetings Held at Muucie. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., May B.—The first demonstration in the interests of union labor for the present summer season in the Indiana gas belt occurred in this city to-day, it being a starter for a series of such demonstrations to occur at different points in the next few months. It was expected that at least three special trainloads of visitors would be present from other manufacturing towns in the belt, but there were only a few visiters. A feature of the day w'as a street parade by the different unions of the eity, in which about five hundred members of lifteen different local organizations participated, led by the Indiana Iron Works Band and Hying fancy banners and large nags. r x he parade was witnessed by thousands of people who thronged the streets. After the parade a programme at the opera house was carried out. After the address of welcome from Mayor George W. Groin r, who is an ardent trades unionist and wnose words have done much for the cause. tn<s address of the day was made by President M. D. Rockford, of the Indiana Miners’ Association. Dividing Up the Delegates. Special to 1 lie Indianapolis Journah HARTFORD CITY, Ind., May 8.-What looked to be a hot contest for Republican congressional delegates here Saturday dwindled to a very tame affair. For the past week A. O. Marsh, the Randolph candidate, A. L. Sharpe, the Wells county aspirant, and George Cromer, of Delaware county, have been residents of this city. As most of the delegates of the county are selected in Licking township, in which Hartford City is located, tho light was made here. A few minutes before opening of tne convention a compromise was effected. Or tho seven delegates in this township it was agreed to let Marsh and Cromer select two each and Sharpe three. There are fourteen congressional delegates from the county, and Sharpe, of Bluifton, claims to have nine. Judge Marsh, in a speech before the convention, asserted that in the joint representative convention of Blackford and Randolph counties, at Rcdkey, next Tuesday, the man selected by the Blackford county delegation would receive the nomination. As ex-Mayor John A. Bonham, of this city, is the only candidate, his nomination is certain. The congressional convention of tho Eighth district will bo held at Decatur, May 24.

Collet Estate Claims. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May B.—There is to be held in New York to-morrow a conference affecting the estate of the late Josephus Collett, of this city, who died sev* era! years ago, bequeathing property valued at more than half a million dollars. Among the bequests was one of $75,000 for the Rose Polytechnic Institute, of this city, and another of like amount for an orphans’ home in Vermillion county, where Mr. Collett was born and lived until manhood. Alter his death the holders of notes for several hundred thousand dollars given by D. J. Mackey, formerly president of the Evansville & Terre Haute road, and indorsed by Mr. Collett, brought suit against the estate, thereby preventing the execution of the will. The question of liability has been before the courts since then, and the decisions so far rendered have been against the Eastern holders of the Mackey paper. Several months ago a compromise was nearly effected, when one creditor raised an objection. It is now said there is good prospect of making a compromise settlement. If it is accomplished the bequests will be available at an early date. Jastice* Acting AYitliont Riglit. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., May B.—Four years ago Judge West and ’Squire Crickenberger, of this city, were elected justices of the peace for the township, ’Squire McCarty, a former incumbent, being defeated. He scraped up a statute that permitted, he claimed, the appointment of two more justices of the peace for this township, owing to population. Democratic county commissioners availed themselves of this claim and appointed McCarty and James Dunham, another Democrat, to the two extra offices which they created. This necessitated extra constables. It was found that four justices, all running at about the top notch possible in fees, could not make a living. McCarty was able to get most of the business. The two regularly elected men brought suit to test the appointments, and at last Judge Ryan last evening made a ruling in which he holds that the commissioners had no right to create the offices and that the appointments of McCarty and Dunham were invalid. The prosecutor will institute quo warranto proceedings. Dam of Planet Sold for $1,500. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE lIAUTE, Ind., May S.-George Starr has sold his Jersey Wilkes brood mare, the dam of Planet, 2:04%, to James Butler, of New Y’ork, the owner of Direct. Planet, by Bonnie McGregor, was her first foal. She lost one foal to Direct, and Starr owns one foal, a two-year-old, by Axtell. The price was $1,500. Rushtell. by Axtell, is to be sent to E. C. Long, of New York. Rushtell is thought to be good for 2:10. He trotted a third heat as a three-year-old in 2:13%. and has been considered one of the best Axtolls bred at Warren Park. Mr. Long bought him to drive on the road. Ex-Editor Spicer Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., May B.—Reuben Spicer was instantly killed while crossing tho Big Four Railroad tracks, near this city, late yesterday afternoon. For a number of years Mr. Spicer, who was about sixty-five years old, has been entirely deaf, and it is supposed that he did not realize his danger. At one time he was the editor and owner of the Shelby Volunteer, the predecessor of the present Shelby Democrat, and one of the most influential Democratic newspapers in southern Indiana. Os late years lie has been employed in book and job printing. He leaves a widow’ and three grown children. The Maine Memorial Duy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 8.-The request of the Maine Memorial Fund Association, headed by General Miles and Admiral Selfridge, that to-day be observed as memorial day in the churches was compiled with by most of the eburcbw* aX the city.

The auditoriums were decorated and special musical programmes were given, and seimons and addresses delivered appropriate to the occasion The G. A. R. attended the services at the First Baptist Church. Give Checks for Bohies. KOKOMO, Ind., May B.—The young ladies of the Epworth League of Grace M. E. Church, In this city, have fitted up a nursery in the basement of the church, where they will take charge of all babies brought to church services, thus doing away w'ith the crying baby nuisance during religious services. Thev will give the mothers checks for the children, and wiii return the babies at the close of the meeting. Lebanon's Horse Show. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., May B.—The second annual horse show of Lebanon will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 25 and 26. Nineteen classes have been arranged, and over S6W in premiums. The success of last year has encouraged the management to add many new features for this year. Escaped Convict Rctakcxv Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY', Ind.. May 8. —James Harris, who escaped in 1886 from the Frankfort, Ky., penitentiary, where he was serving three years for housebreaking, was arrested here to-day. He had been living here since his escape, and had married and was a respected citizen. James Hargran Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., May B.—James Hargan, an old and wealthy leading wholesale grocer, died this evening. NOW AT HAITI. (Concluded from First Page,) yards beyond. Captain Smith said afterwards that this was undoubtedly an eightinch armor-piercing projectile, and that it would have passed through the Morrill’s boilers had he not changed her course in the nick of time. All the guns of the water battery were now at work. One of them cut the jacob’s ladder of the Vicksburg .adrift and another carried away a portion of the rigging. As the Morrill and the Vicksburg steamed away their after guns were used, but only a few shots were tired. Tho Morrill’s six-inch gun was elevated for a thousand yards and struck thp earthworks repeatedly. Tho Vicksburg tired but three) shots from her six-pounder. Tho Spaniards continued to fire shot and shell for twenty minutes, but the shots were ineffective. Some of them were so wild that they aroused the American “jackies” to jeers. The Spaniards only ceased firing when the Morrill and Vicksburg were completely out of range. If all tho Spanish gunners had been suffering from strabismus their practice could not have been worse. But the officers of both the Morrill and Vicksburg frankly admit their own recklessness and the narrow escape of their vessels from destruction. They are firmly convinced that the pursuit of the schooner was a neatly planned trick, which almost proved successful. If any one of the shots .had struck the thin skin of either vessel it would have offered no more resistance than a piece of paper to a rifle ball. The accurate range of the first few shots is accounted for by the fact that the Spanish officers had ample time to make observations. The bearings of the tw r o vessels were probably taken with a range finder at the Santa Clara battery, and as this battery is probably connected by wire with Morro, they were enabled to take bearings from both points, and, by laborious calculations, they fixed the positions of the vessels pretty accurately. With such opportunity for observation it. would have been no great trick for an American gunner to droi> a shell down the smokestack of a vessel. As soon as the ships sheered oif, after the first fire, the Spanish gunners lost the range and their practice became ludicrous. If they had waited five minutes longer before opening fire, 'Captain Snath says, it would have been well-nigh impossible to have missed the barge. Later in the day the Morriil captured the Spanish schooner Espana, bound for Havana, and towed the prize to Key West. On Friday the French schooiship Frlgette Dobourdieu, carrying thirty guns in all, entered the harbor of Havan. She was stopped by the Morrill, and tw’o salines were fired by the Annapolis before she showed her flag.

THE BLOCKADE INTACT. Cincinnati Not Wrecked, and Havana Still 'lightly Locked I'p. KEY YVEST, Fla., May B.—There is no foundation for Captain General Blanco's dispatch to Madrid as to the United States cruiser Cincinnati being wrecked off Cuba and the wreckage drifting ashore. She has been lying here several days, and nothing is wrong w’ith her. Cuba is still locked out by Uncle Sam’s steel fence. Two nations are still vis-a-vis, oyeing each other stealthily, waiting for the unknown. On one side is an island full of hot and chafing Spaniards, who occasionally expend their wrath in a few futile shots toward the enemy, only to be beaten back like fractious children; on the other side a weary lot of naval men longing to open their guns and show the bad children what punishment awaits their incorrigibility. These little angry outbursts, such as occurred at Matanzas the other day and at Havana yesterday, are all that offer diversion to the blockaders, except the chase of a few bold fishing schooners. The zest which accompanied the capture of the big steamers during the first days of the war has vanished, now that the blockade is an established fact. The only ships worth taking are wise enough to keep shy of the fleet. Petty prizes are still taken, however, and three came in to-day. They surrendered too easily to make their capture interesting. They were the brigantine Lorenzo, taken by the Montgomery near Havana on Friday while bound from Rio de la Plata with a cargo of dried beef. Ensign Osborne and a prize crew brought her in. Curiously enough, an American was among those made prisoners. Seaman Scotty of the Baltimore, was "shanghaied” by the Spaniards’ crew at Buenos' Ayres, and he was glad to get back into American hands, even as a prisoner. He was in the Confederate army during the civil war. The Espana. a little fishing sloop, was taken by the Morrill about three miles off Mariel just after yesterday's sharp Havana engagement. The Newport was close at hand at the time, and a prize crew made up from both ships brought the capture in to-day. The third vessel taken was the schooner Padre de Dios, Master Mato Herrera, laden with fish. She was taken by the Newport off Mariel yesterday and was brought in by a petty officer and a prize crew. All three accepted one blank shot apiece as sufficient. There has been a good deal of excitement hero to-day over the adventures of the Morrill and the Vicksburg under fire at Havana yesterday. The story was not generally known until to-day but the luck of the American ships, the first actually hit by the enemy’s shot and shell, was a source of great congratulation, inasmuch as good gunnery might have blown them off the seas. The incident is taken as a strong argument in favor of bombarding Cuban batteries to destruction without further delay and its consequent risk to our fleet. Considerable indignation is expressed here over the story lately sent North of yellow fever on the Nashville, contracted from the Spanish prize Arganauta. The captain and officers of the ship, as well as Commandant Forsythe, of the naval station, brand it in unmeasured terms as false and cruel. Interesting details are being added to the story of the entrance of the French frigate Dubo’.r ieu into Havana yesterday. It is said V'.r t after the fleet released her she was sett transmitting heliograph signals to the Cuban shore.

SEIZE_MANILA. (Concluded from Flmt Fagr.) of her guns and slightly" injured half 1* doxen of the crew. Several shots passed dangerously close to Commodore Dewey, but little or no damage was done on board the flagship. On the other hand, about one hundred and fifty men are said to have been killed on board the Spanish ship, which was totally destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the Spanish admiral, transferred the flag to the Isla de Cuba when his ship caught fire, but the latter was destroyed in due course of time. The Reina Christina lbst her captain, Tfcutenant, her chaplain and a midshipman by one shot which struck her bridge. About one hundred men were ki.led and sixty wounded on board the Castilla. Indeed, some estimates place the number of Spanish wounded during the engagement at over a thousand men. The Olympia was struck five times about her upper works, and a whaleboat of the Raleigh was smashed. Although the Krupp guns on the esplanade of Manila were fired continuously during the engagement, Commodore Dewey did not reply to them, and the battery afterward hoisted a white flag in token of surrender. The terms of the capitulation were still unsettled when the McCulloch left Manila, and it was said Commodore Dewey feared rioting upon the part of the insurgents if he attempted a bombardment of the remaining fortifications at Manila. The forts at the entrance bl' the bay were dismantled on Wednesday, after they had capitulated. It is said the American Commodore ordered the cable to be cut because the Spaniards refused to permit him to use it pending the complete surrender of the city. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. It is said that the Spanish ships did not get under sail until after the alarm was given. It is said also that the Spanish commander informed the governor general that it w 7 as advisable to surrender in the interests of humanity, as it was impossible to resist successfully, but that he and his men were willing enough to fight and die. Even -when the Spanish flagship was shot half away, her commander, though wounded, refused to leave the bridge till the ship was burning and sinking, her stern shattered by a common shell and her steam pipe burst. There are no further details of the fighting. After it was over, Commodore Dewey sent an ultimatum to the city battery, ordering it to cease firing or he would bombard. Tho Petrel chased a gunboat up the river Pasig, and the Spanish captain came in a boat to negotiate conditions of surrender. The American captain replied: ‘‘Unconditional surrender or fight.” To this the Spaniard answered: “We are willing to fight. Please allow us to send for ammunition, because our store is exhausted.” On a proposal to the existing authorities to continue temporarily under the American flag, pending the termination of the war, the Spaniards delayed their decision and kept wiring to Madrid. The Americans requested the privilege of using the wire, and when this was refused they cut the cable. The Esmeralda, from Hong-Kong, arrived right in the middle of the battle. During the adjournment for breakfast, an American cruiser was detached to meet her, as it was believed she might be a Spaniard. When t was found that the new arrival was a British vessel she was warned to keep away. The Esmeralda, therefore, moved up the bay ten or fifteen miles. There are still two or three Spanish gunboats about the Philippines, but no resistance from them is probable. One recently capture! an American bark.

FOREIGN REPORTS OF BATTLE. London Mail Correspondent Describes Act of Spanish Treachery. LONDON, May 9.—The Hong-Kong correspondent of the Times, describing the fight at Manila, says: ‘‘The cable from the bay to Manila having been cut by the rebels, the city was taken by surprise by the appearance of the American fleet. The Spanish flagship having got up steam, advanced out of line to meet the Olympia. Commodore Dewey had issued an order for his fleet to concentrate its guns on the Spanish flagship, and the signal was obeyed with telling effect. The flagship retired. The Olympia fired an eighf-inch shell which raked the Reina Maria Cliristinia throughout her length and caused her boilers to explode, killing her captain and sixty men. She drifted away on fire. Altogether one hundred and forty men were killed and about the same number were wounded. Admiral Montejo transferred his flag to the Castilla, which was sunk shortly afterwards by a storm of shot. At a quarter of 8 the Olympia signaled to cease firing. The Americans were exhausted, having been at quarters since 10 o’clock on the previous night. A conference of captains was held, and it was found that not one had been killed, but that several had been slightly wounded by splinters. Two torpedo launches attacked the Olympia. The shells from her big guns were unable to strike so small an object, but a hail of six-pound shells sank the leading launch, all on board being killed. The other launch was beached with twelve shot holes, and the boat was covered with blood. Half an hour after noon a white flag was hoisted at Cavite, and the Spanish crew's deserted their ships, taking away their dead. Admiral Montejo fled to Manila with his two aids-de-camp.” The Hong-Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail gives the following additional details: “There was an act of treachery on the part of a Spanish ship which lowered her flag and then fired at a boat's crew sent to take possession of her. She did not hit the boat, but our guns were turned on her and tore her to pieces. She went to the bottom, with all on board. Several vessels close in shore behaved in the same way and shared her fate. “The Spaniards had fought to their last gasp, and now surrendered. They had been announcing that the Americans would kill every one in Cavite, and, w’hen we landed, a long procession of priests and Sisters of Mercy met the boat from the Petrel and begged our men not to injure the wounded in the hospitals. Asa matter of sac-, the Americans rescued some tw o hundred Spaniards and sent them ashore. All the Spanish vessels are destroyed, with two thousand men. The Spanish estimate gives their loss as one thousand killed and wounded. In the Reina Maria Christina two hundred men are believed to have been killed or drowned. The officers of the gunboat McUul'oon, with whom I conversed to-day, bear testimony to the bravery of the Spaniards, "lney particularly praised the gallant crew of tho ( *- tilla, whom they describe as 'the bravest men ever sacrificed in battle.’ They consider the result of the fight a remarkable instance of the advantage of long-rangi firing to the side which is better in artillery and marksmanship. “Private papers captured at Cavite show it was intended that the Spanish fleet should engage the Americana outside the bay the day before the fight. No explanation is forthcoming of the change in plans. My informant told me a landing was not effected at Manila, where food is scarce, as Commodore Dewey could not undertake any responsibility. Still, I do not think there is any danger of the insurgents massacring the population of Manila. If they began to do so. Commodore Dewey would land men and stop them. The American commander has wired for instructions regarding Manila, not caring to take over the city on his own responsibility. Supplies are being stopped by the insurgents at Manila and Cavite, where the hospital has been plundered for food. The Americans landeda|up-

plies for the Spanish wounded. The Olympia was hit thirteen times during the engagement.” Foreign Compliment* for Dewey. LONDON, May S.—The comment on the battle at Manila as the details come in is universally flattering to Commodore Dewey and the American navy. The Times says: “The destruction of the Spanish fleet was complete, as complete as any achievement recorded in naval annals. Commodore Dewey showing himself w orthy alike of the great traditions of the United States navy and of his kinship with the race that produced Nelson.” Tiie Standard remarks: “Commodore Dewey has evidently taken as his model for dispatch writing that laconic British sailor of famous memory who reported a decisive naval victory thus: ‘Engaged enemy yesterday. Captured ships as per margin.' ” The Daily News says: “Commodore Dewey’s dispatches, in their conciseness and modesty, are in accordance with the best naval traditions. The battle establishes a record among contests of the kind, for one of the combatants destroyed the whole fleet of the other without himself suffering any loss whatever. The victors carried the whole job through in a thoroughly workmanlike manner. It is especially worth the noting that the discipline of the American ships is reported to have been perfect, for many Spanish authorities and some independent critics thought this might be a weak point on the .American side. The excellence of the American tactics and the superiority of marksmanship are likely to be a permanent factor in this war. The chief lesson which the battle of Manila enforces is what everybody knew before, namely, that under modern conditions of warfare no amount of personal bravery can possibly make up a deficiency in w'eight and large metal.”

THE WOUNDED MEN. List of tiie Injured on the Baltimore in Muuilu Bay. WASHINGTON, May 8. —Unfortunately for the historian, the records of the Navy Department do not afford much data as to the character of the officers and men of the United States navy. For departmental purposes it suffices to keep an accurate account of only a few of the facts connected with the date of appointment of an officer, or the enlistment of a sailor, and a collection of dates to indicate in the naval service. Thus it is not\>ossible to secure from official sources anjy information as to the personal qualities or peculiarities of the men who are reported to have been wounded on the Baltimore in the engagement with the Spanish fleet and forts at Cavite. The facts disclosed by the record as to these men are about as follows: Lieutenant Frank Woodruff Kellogg was born in Waterbury, Corgi., July 26, 1807. He was appointed a cadet midshipman by the secretary of the navy and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1861. His lir3t service was on the Portsmouth in January, 1882, and in August of that year he vva attached to the coast survey on the steamer Drift. He was made an ensign, junior grade, March 3, 1883, and a full ensign in 18’84. In 1880 he was attached to the Yantic, and in 18S9 he came to Washington for service in the naval observatory. Then, after a few months’ duty in the Bureau of Equipment, he was ordered to the Richmond, and a year later to the Monongahela. He became a lieutenant, junior, grade. May 5, 1892. He went to the Pacific coast Jan. 15, 1893, and served a year on the San Francisco, returning in 1894 to Washington and going on duty at the naval observatory and in the Washington navy yard. He took a course in the War College in May, 1895; April 3, 1896, he received his commission as full lieutenant and was attached to the Marlon two months later. He was ordered to the Baltimore P'eb. 11, 1597, and was serving under that order during the engagement of last Sunday. Ensign Noble Edward Irwin is a typical young American naval officer, of stalwart build and full of daring, tempered with cool Judgment. He is very popular in Washington, where he only recently served in the Navigation Bureau as one of Admiral Ramsey’s assistants. He was born in Greenfield, 0., Sept. 29, 1569, and was appointed in the navy from the Twelfth congressional district by Hon. J. J. Pugsley Sept. 2ft, 1887, While a cadet he made a cruise on the San Francisco in 1893 and graduated in June as a midshipman the same year. He received his appointment as ensign July 1, 1893, and was immediately attached to tiie Newark. He remained on duty in the South Atlantic station on that vessel and on the Yantic and the Lancaster to March 9, 1896, when he came to Washington as an aid in the Navigation Bureau. Last August he made a trip through the West as far as Detroit, recruiting sailors for the navy, and it so happened that some of the men enlisted by him on that trip were among the injured in the battle of Manila. He left Washington March 4 last, going directly to the Baltimore, which was then about to start for Honolulu to join Dewey’s fleet with the supply of ammunition brought by the Monocacy from San Francisco, w'hich was so w'elcome to the American Meet. Michael John Buddinger i3 one of the coxswains of the Baltimore, being transferred to that ship from the Independence, from Mare island, Oct. 20 last. He enlisted in the navy Aug. 11 last at Chicago. He was born at Manitowoc, Wis., and is a native American. His next of kin is John M. Buddinger, of 48 De Kalb street, Chicago. Robert L. Barlow is a landsman on the Baltimore, enlisting Aug. 10, 1897, Chicago. He is twenty-five years of age and was born at Barlow, Miss., where ills next of kin lives, in the person of H. H. Barlow. Richard P. Covert, ordinary seaman on the Baltimore, was enlisted at Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 28 last. He was born at Racine, Wis., twenty years ago and liis next of kin is George H. Covert, 427 Wisconsin street, Racine. William O’Keefe, seaman, enlisted. May 20, 1896, and he also is one of the Baltimore’s coxswains, to which ship he was transferred from the Philadelphia at San Francisco. Ho is thirty years old, was born at Newark, N. J., and his next of kin is a cousin, J. L. Leary, 24 Brennan street, San Francisco. Rosario Riccicardelll, as his name indicates, was born in Italy twenty-four years ago in the City of Messina, but he is a naturalized citizen and is now a seaman on the Baltimore. He also was transferred from the Philadelphia when she went out of commission to the Baltimore. He was enlisted March 31, 1896, and his next of kin is Francisco Riccicardelll, living in Palermo, Italy. Edward Snelgrove w r as born In Ellensburg, Wash., twenty-nine years ago and enlisted Dec. 4, 1888, on the Philadelphia. He is also a coxswain who was transferred to the Baltimore at Mare island last fall. He enlisted at Tacoma, and his father, W. L. Snelgrove, lives at 24 York place, Tacoma. From Admiral Dewey’s statement, taken in connection with the press reports, the officials of the Navy Department are satisfied that none of these officers or men are seriously injured. They gather from the accounts that the explosion ol! ammunition, which is supposed to have caused most of the injuries, was confined to one small box or chest of the fixed ammunition that is put up for the six-pounder guns and kept beside the gun whenever the ship is cleared for action. Not Seriously Kurt. CHICAGO, May 8.-Miehael J. Budinger, a seaman on board the Baltimore, who was reported among the injured in the Manila fight, enlisted in Chicago in June of 1897. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Budinger, reside in this city. One brother, Nicholas,

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MOB RAMPANT. (Concluded from First Fiige.l unreservedly on their moral support, and also upon their good offices In securing the intervention, of the powers in a way that would save a position for Spain. The principal American Roman Catholic bishops have counseled the Pope to moderate his actions somewhat, as it might produce a corresponding reaction in America. Spain Muy Sell Convent*, LONDON, May 9.—The Vienna correspondent of the Standard says: “The Vaterland, the Vatican organ, advises the administrators of church property in Spanish dominions to take measures with all speed whereby the title to that property and the usufruct of it Would be secured by way of timely transfer to trustworthy private individuals. Nobody knows what is going to happen in Spain, and not only are we prepared to learn that a conquest of the Philippines is to be followed by the abolition of convents and monasteries, but we are also informed of an intention in Spain, in case of further reverses, to close all the convents and sell their estates for tiie nation.” The Mol* at Talnvera. LONDON, May 9.-A special dispatch from Madrid say 9 that 150 persons have been arrested at Talavera. The mob tried to burn the railway station at Vallacanas, southeast of VVoledo. At La Union, all the prisoners have been liberated and tranquility has been restored there, but only after serious street lighting, in which three miners were killed. The municipal building at Soria has been destroyed. Tho Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says that fresh disturbances are reported in the provinces at Aimuden and elswhere. Queen Regent Will Remain. LONDON, May 9.—The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says: “I hear from an excellent Spanish source that the Queen Regent a few days ago expressed a firm resolution neither to leave Spain nor to abdicate, but on the contrary, to continue the regency with all energy and self-sacrifice until her son becomes of age. My informant also denies the report that her Majesty recently begged Emperor Francis Joseph to intervene.” The Feeling; in Tangier. TANGIER, May B.—On the representations of the Bashaw, Mr. F. C. Partridge, the United States consul general, has advised American subjects not to leave tiie town, but owing to the state, of Spanish feeling some families have ulteauy gone. Martial Lnw Spreading. MADRID, May 8, 4:30 p. m.—Following outbreaks caused by the scarcity and high prices of bread at Badajoz, capital of the province of that name, and at Alicante, the seaport of Valencia, martial law has been proclaimed at both places. Looking lor American Prize*. GIBRALTAR, May 'B.— All day the converted steel yacht Geralda has been cruising in the Straits of Gibraltar with a large torpedo boat. The Spanish steamer Pielago, now converted into a cruiser, is stationed at Algeciras. Chinn Will Be Neutral. LONDON, May 8.-A dispatch from Shanghai announces that the government has issued a proclamation of neutrality ln the war between the United States and Spain. Playing with Nitro-Glycerln. DENVER. Col., May B.—Bv the explosion of a can of nltro-glyeerin found near the old powder mills on the outskirts of this city to-day, Fritz Smetzger was instantly killed, his body being blown to atoms, and Peter Lehl, Peter Hchmeur und Henry Loos were badly injured. While the others were retreating Smetzger dropped a stone ln the open top of the can, causing the explosion. Editor and Friend* Drowned. GALLATIN. Mo., May 8.-George P. Pugh, editor of a local weekly newspaper, David Burtch and David Oalbreath were drowned to-day by the capsizing of their boat on a small pond near here.