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Iven should the much-talked-of Cadi* fleet tmdertuke to attack him in Manila harbor. The monitors, at their maximum, draw only 34Vj feet of water, or ten feet leas than the Spanish battle ship Pelayo, and, therefore, would be able to pick their position in the shallow water where the Spanish battle ships could not possibly reach them, and hammer away at the latter to their heart’s content, presenting themselves so small a mark as to render it very difficult for the Spanish gunners to reply effectively. There is no doubt entertained of the Monadnock's seaworthiness, for, before being reconstructed at the Mare Island navy yard, she made the entire voyage from the Delaware clear around the horn to San Francisco, a voyage longer, really, than that made by the Oregon. ♦ CLOSING I\ OX MANILA. InsnrKcnt* Now W ithin Four Miles of the Philippine Capital. HONO-KONO, June 6.—The British gunboat Swift, which has just arrived from Manila, reports that the insurgents have cut the railways outside the town and advanced to within four miles of the city. A Spanish regiment mutinied and shot its offi :ers. Fighting between the Insurgents and the Spanish troops is frequent, and the former brought a thousand prisoners to Cavite. The Americans, it is reported at Manila, assist the insurgents with boats and machine guns. The Swift repeats a rumor that the insurgents had captured and tortured a number of priests. The British residents, at the time the Swift left, still remained In Manila, but the foreigners were taking refuge bn the foreign shipping. HOLD GOOD POSITIONS. Philippine Insurgent* Strongly Posted North of Manila. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) HONG-KONG, June 6.—The correspondent of the Associated Press at Manila, under date of June 2, says: “I have traversed the whole region of fighting during the last three days, in spite of the prohibition. 1 found the Insurgents strongly posted at Caloocan, eight miles north of Manila, and at Bacoor, the same distance south. To the east I found nothing in the way of insurgent entrenchments. “The Spaniards hold the whole Pasig river (which falls into the bay immediately below the town of Manila) to the lagoon. The two sections of the insurgent forces signal their movements with tire balloons. To the northward the rising is general, and the Spaniards are few. The railway has been cut in several pjaces and the English overseers have been warned off. “To the southward there has been fierce fighting on the Zapote river between Bacoor and Las Pinas. The biggest battle of the present campaign was fought last Tuesday (May 31.) The Insurgents attacked on the/left branch of the Zapote, waded across amid a typhoon, stopped the banks for several miles along and carried the Spanish trenches with knives. Yesterday (June 1) they tried the right branch of the Zapote but failed. The Spaniards employed artillery all day, but no casualties are reported. To-day there have been only Ineffective skirmishes. The country Is densely wooded and swampy. Both parties shoot aimlessly. I got In the middle of the tiring, but nobody was hurt. Nothing was visible In the tremendous fusillade, and I believe nobody krew what he was shooting at. Both sides ■were ‘duffers.’ The insurgents, however, are excellent In a melee. “The Spaniards say they were victorious yes.erday, but that they cannot follow up tie victory and annihilate the rebels because of the American war ship at Cavite. 'Moreover, they say it is necessary to save their energies for the American troops. Meanwhile the vicinity of Manila is an impenetrable network of ambuscades.”

(iE\. MERRITT'S ARMY. Second Expedition May Emlinrk Thin Week—The Soldier* Paid. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. June 6.—To-day was,pay day at Camp Merritt. About SSO,001 was disbursed amonfg the regulars. The money paid to the men to-day represents two months' pay, one in advance, "which the government last week decided to give all troops who are about to depart for Manila. It is expected that the Pennsylvania. Colorado and other volunteer organizations which are to start for the Philippines this week, will receive money due them tomorrow. The steamer Zelandia will be the first of the second fleet of transports ready for sea. The work of placing her stores, which began yesterday, was almost completed this evening and little remains to be done now before troops can be sent aboard. It is expected the first detachment of soldiers will be sent on board some time Wednesday. The vessel has been thoroughly inspected and pronounced to be in first-class condition. Trte alterations being made for the accommodation of the soldiers will be finished on the China and Colon by to-night, and tojnorrow the work of loading the stores will be taken up. It is now reported that these vessels cannot sail before the end of the week, and even next week is mentioned as the most probable time for the start. It has pot been officially given out as yet what troops will go on the second expedition. The steamer Centennial is being thoroughIy examined by the inspector of hulls and loilers, who will probably make his report to-morrow. She was looked over by array officers, and they do not like her condition at ali. The vessel cannot sail as she is and be a healthy troop ship, and the army officers have recommended several very radical changes for the convenience, comfort and health of the troops. The monitor Monterey and the collier Brutus, which is to accompany her on her voyage to the Philippines, art still lying at anchor in the bay. Some needed repairs were made to-day in the Montery’s distiller and it is not expected that the two vessels will get away before to-morrow morning. The second expedition to the Philippines, •which Is expected to sail on Saturday, will be under command of Brigadier General Francis V. Green, who received orders to that effect to-day. The third expedition will probably be in charge of Major Generul Otis. General Green to-day established headquarters at Camp Merritt. Captain Bates, of the Seventy-tirst New York Regiment, is his adjutant. CAPT. GRIDLEVS HEMAIXS. •They Will Re Either Cremated or Embalmed and Hr ought Home. WASHINGTON, June 6.—A private- dispatch from Mrs. Gridley, widow of the late commander of the cruiser Olympia, was brought to the department to-day by Harry A. Smith, a friend of the family. She requests that the remains be cremated tit Yokohama, if there be facilities for this disposition. Otherwise she desires to have the remains embalmed and •ont to this country. The department will do everything possible to comply with the desire of Mrs. Gridley. ERIE, Pa., June o.—Lute last night the family pf Captain C. D. Gridley, residing here, was notified by the Navy Department of thi/ death of the husband and father in Japan, as a result of the battle at Manila. The members of the family are prostrated with grief. Captain Gridley was the son-in-Jaw of Judge J. P. Vincent, of this city, and Is the father of three children, two daughters and a son. Mrs. Gridley was in me midst of preparations to go to San Francisco to meet her husband and accompany him across the continent to his home. Movements of Steamer*. QUEENSTOWN, June 6.—Arrived: Catalonia, from Boston, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, June 6.—Sailed. Friedrich der Grosse, for New York. PHILADELPHIA. June €.—Arrived: Xibynland, from Liverpool. BREMERHAVEN. June 6.—Arrived: Trave, from New York. HAMBURG, June 6.-Sailed: Pennsylvania, for New York. NEW YORK, June 6.—Arrived: Berlin, from Southampton. ANTWERP. June 6.—Arrived: Southwark, from New York. GIBRALTAR. June 6.—Arrived: Werra, from New York. f June .-Sailed: Alesia, for

LOOKS LIKE INVASION CONTRACTORS ASKED TO BID FOR SCPPLIES FOR A BIG ARMY. Frozen and Fresh Beef Wanted at Seaeoast Cities or Aboard Steamers Ready for Shipment to Cuba. - WASHINGTON, June 6.—General Charles P. Egan, commissary general of subsistence of the United States army, to-day sent out the following circular letter to contractors inviting bids on supplies for the army of invasion which is shortly to be landed in Cuba. The letter Is significant of an early and formidable movement on Cuba, and is interesting of itself: "You are Invited to bid for supplying the troops at the various seacoast points which may be occupied by them in the island of Cuba, with refrigerated, chilled or frozen beef in such quantities and in such places as may be required. Please make your proposition, you to furnish the steamers or the government to furnish the steamers. If the government furnishes the steamers, then ycu must put in your own refrigerating plant and undertake to deliver the beef. In either event, so that it will be perfectly good and fit for use seventy-two hours after delivery; this so that the beef will last until anew supply arrives. Or you can build and put up any chilling or refrigerating process you please at the points In Cuba occupied by the troops, but in that case if the troops move from one seaport to another, then it will be obligatory on you to move your plant with the troops that the supply may be kept up. “Propositions will also be received for supplying beef on the block in such quantities and at such places as may be required, that Is to say. the contractor to furnish the herd, feed, drive and slaughter and deliver the beef to the troops at such interior points In the island as they may occupy. In case of movement the herd must follow the troops and be in such close touch with them as to keep up the daily supply of dressed beef. “Proposals will also be entertained for the supply of the entire army at all points occupied by it in the Island of Cuba with beef on the block, the contractor to furnish transportation, feed, drive and slaughter his herd and drive the beef at such points and In such quantities as may be required by the government. The government will protect the ‘contractor from the public enemy. The contractor will be expected to supply beef in such quantities as may be required for starving Cubans and Cuban troops. The contract to bo guaranteed by the government to last for not less than three months. “It is requested that you will telegraph your answer to this and it is urgently suggested that the telegram be marked on the outside ‘proposals’ to the end that those proposals may all be opened at the same time. “These proposals may be sent by letter, provided they reach this office not later than the 13th inst.”

MORE QUARTERMASTERS NEEDED. Secretary Aljger Want* to Reorganise an Important Department. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Secretary Alger sent to Congress to-day a proposed bill for the better organization of the quartermaster geueral’s office in the army, its depots of supplies, etc. The sudden call of a large force of volunteers and the Increase of the regular army has imposed an Immense work on this branch of the service and the bill gives officers found best qualified for difficult and important duties a temporary increase jn rank and pay. A similar bill was enacted during the civil war. There are twenty-five additional assistant quartermasters to rank as captains asked for, as being necessary to assign as assistants to the principal depots of supplies in the department here and to take charge of smaller quartermasters’ depots at various points to be established. The bill establishes eight divisions of the quartermaster general’s office, first having charge of fund matters; second water transportation: third, clothing and all accoutrements; fourth, land transportation, stationery and contract matters; fifth, hire, construction, etc., of barracks and all structures for any use; sixth, water supply, heating, sewerage, etc., for military posts, camps, and stations, title papers, and all lands under the War Department with certain exceptions; seventh, personnel of quartermaster general’s office, and eighth, cemeteries, road constructions, records, files and claims and literature for men. Officers in charge of the first four divisions will have rank, pay and emoluments of a colonel in. tho quartermasters department: those in fifth and sixth, of lieutenant colonel, and seventh and eighth, major and quartermaster. The bill also authorizes four special inspectors of the department ranking as colonels and a senior quartermaster may be assigned to each principal depot to rank as colonel. Captain Slgnbee Slighted. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Captain Sigsbee has gone to New York to join his ship, the St. Paul. While in Washington he spent a good deal of time before the naval war board, and it is supposed that the members of the latter were availing themselves of the extensive knowledge of the topography of Havana harbor and of the character of the defenses there possessed by Captain Sigsbee. The friends of Captain Sigsbee are somewhat chagrined over the discovery that, without any intention of working him an injustice, he has been "jumped’’ in his standing on the naval list by his juniors in consequence of the President's recommendation that the commanders of the American war ships in the battle of Manila be advanced several numbers. They are perfectly confident that this substantial injury threatens to be inflicted entirely through inadvertence, and the officers will take steps to remedy the matter, now their attention is directed to it. It is possible that the easiest way to accomplish this would be to include Captain Sigsbee himself in the list of officers to be advanced in recognition of the splendid manner in which he acquitted himself after the blowing up of the Maine. AVork of Army Paymaster*. WASHINGTON. June 6.-Paymaster General Stanton, of the army, feels very proud of the work accomplished by his corps of paymasters, who have been on duty at Tampa since the army has been massing there. It has been the desire of the government to pay practically all these men before they left for the West Indian invasion. A dispatch received by the paymaster general from Paymaster Glenn, at Tampa, said that the payments due the men practically had been completed and that the whole force of paymasters available for the work would now be used for paying the men in the Mobile command. Few of the volunteer army paymasters have yet qualified and General Stanton was compelled to rely on six officers of the regular army to pay the troops In eighteen regiments of volunteer infantry and sixteen regiments of the regular army besides other troops which arrived after the arrangements for compensating those originally at Tampa had been made. Carelem Captain Taught a Lesson. SAN DIEGO, Cal., June 6.-The yacht Annie Laurie was fired upon yesterday morning by the forts on Ballast Point for sailing out of the course staked out in the harbor entrance. The Annie Laurie disregarded the buoys and sailed right in among the thickest of the mines. Four shots were fired, the last two being solid shots, before the warning was heeded. The captain pleaded ignorance of the regulations. Colonel Bryan’s Subordinates. LINCOLN, Neb., June 6. Holcomb has formally announced the offtfcers of the Third Nebraska Regiment: W. J. Bryan, colonel commanding; Gen. Victor Vifquain, lieutenant colonel; Dr. S. D. Mercer, surgeon. The date of muster and final assignment of the regiment awaits orders from the War Department. Chance for Tanner’s Son. SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 6.—George A. Baynes, lieutenant colonel of the CanadianAmerlean regiment, to-day tendered the regiment to Governor Tanner and said the regiment asked the Governor to appoint J. MacK. Tanner to the colonelcy. J. MacK. Tanner is a son of Governor Tanner. Uncle Sam Will l*a y . WASHINGTON, June 6.—ln answer to numerous Inquiries on the subject, it is officially announced that the government and not the States will pay all volunteer troops for the time between the dates of enlistment and muster. American Medical Association. DENVER. Col.. June 6.-Hundreds of physicians from all parts of the country arrived In the city to-day, uud hundreds more

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are on the way. The indications point to an attendance of 1,500 delegates* at the fiftyfirst annual convention of the American Medical Association, which opens to-mor-row. The train bringing doctors from Southeastern States, the Medical Journal and the Greater New York special, arrived to-day. Major General Sternberg, U. S. A., president of the association, sent word that the w'ar will prevent his attendance. His annual address will be read by Colonel Alfred A. Woodhull, chief surgeon Department of the Colorado, U. S. A., whom General Sternberg has requested to act as president. The Academy of Medicine, whose convention began Saturday, continued its sessions to-day. GREETING FROM OREGON REPUBLICANS MARK THE WAY FOR OTHER STATES NEXT FALL. Elect State Ticket by a. Plurality of 11,000, and Carry the Legislature, W hich W ill Choose a Senator. PORTLAND, Ore., June 6.—The state election to-day resulted in a victory for the entire Republican state ticket. T. T. Geer, Republican, for Governor, will have a plurality of at least 3,000 and may be larger. The Republicans have elected a majority of the Legislature, which will insure the election of a Republican senator to fill the vacancy now existing from this State. M. A. Moody is elected congressman from the Second district, and the indications are that T. H. Tongue will be elected from the First district. At 11:30 p. m. Chairman Steel, of the Republican stale central committee, gave out the following: “The Republicans have carried the State by at least 5,000 majority, the county and city tickets in Portland, certainly the Second congressional district and probably the First, though returns are so slow from the First district that positive announcement cannot be made.” CARRANZA AND DU BOSC THE TWO SPANIARDS ARRESTED ON A CAPIAS AT MONTREAL. Ambassador Hay Protest* Against Their Presenee In Canada—Must First Settle Trith Kcllert. MONTREAL, Que., June 6.—Magistrate Lafontaine to-day honorably discharged Detective Kellert from custody on the charge of stealing the now famous letter from Lieutenant Carranza. Immediately afterwards Kellert's lawyer took steps to take out a suit for $25,000 jointand severally against Senors Du Bose and Carranza, for false arrest. Later Lieutenant Carranza and Senor Du Bose were arrested at half past 4 o'clock this afternoon on a capias, on which it is alleged they were about to leave the country. The capias was taken out in accordance with the suit for $25,000 damages for defamation of character entered by Detective Kellert. The arrest was made at the residence of the Spanish consul general, and the prisoners were immediately taken before Judge Mathleu, who released them in SI,OOO bail, which was promptly furnished, the authorities declining to say by whom. The w r rit of capias Is returnable in six days and no action can be taken until the end of that time unless the prisoners consent to a speedy hearing. In the meantime anew element is introduced into the case. The bodies of Carranza and Du Bose are the property of Detective Kellert until his claim is satisfied or the case dissolved. The United States authorities are desirous of having Carranza and Du Bose leave Canada, a thing which they cannot do without forfeiting their bail. As it stands now. it looks very much as if Detective Kellert had made it impossible for the Canadian government to order the Spaniards to leave the country until at least the capias has been dissolved. Os course Carranza and Du Bose might jump their ball, but their present desire is to remain in Canada. The money they have In the Bank of Montreal will be garnisheed and leave will he asked to seize all their personal property before judgment, so as to have a guarantee on their part for costs. Carranza’s Denial. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Lieutenant Carranza and Senor Du Bose, who are conducting their Spanish operations from Montreal, have succeeded in obtaining a brief respite from expulsion, through the denial by Carranza of the accuracy of certain features of the letter attributed to him. The British authorities acted on the assumption that the translation of the Carranza letter was correct and that thus there was no doubt that the Spanish officials were using Canada as a base for hostile action against the United States. But since a question is raised as to the accuracy of the translation, no step is likely to be taken towards a forcible expulsion until the translation, is established as correct. The British authorities have been ready from the outset to act on any wellestablished case but the expulsion of a foreigner is such a serious matter that it is said no such step would be proper while the evidence was open to question. The Carranza denial raises a question of veracity which can be readily settled by the production of the original letter. This is not in the possession of the State Department, but it is understood to be in the hands of the secret service btanch of the treasury. When the accuracy of the translation is established the British authorities will act promptly. Protest Entered by Col. Hay. LONDON, June 6.—The United States ambassador, Colonel John Hay, called at the Foreign Office to-day, presented evidence of Spanish officials making Canada the base of operations and protested against a continuance ol this practice. The protest is based on the fact that it would be a breach of neutrality for Great Britain to permit her territory to be used for such hostile purposes. Colonel Hay also recently drew the attention of the Foreign Office to small exportations from Great Britain of war munitions for Spain.

DIXON BESTS SANTRY. Tire Colored Boxer More Scientific than the Chicagoan. NEW YORK, June 6.—George Dixon, the hurdy colored boxer, gained a well-earned decision over Eddie Santry, of Chicago, in the arena of the Lennox A thletic Club here to-night. They fought twenty very clean and scientific rounds, and Santry proved himself to be a very clever ring general. The Western boy’s defensive work was admired by everybody present, as he was very shifty and cleverly blocked many of Dixon’s forceful leads. Both were comparatively fresh when the twentieth round broke up, and the decision of Referre Charley White, while not giving general satisfaction, was a just one. Kid McCoy was at the ringside and informed Match-maker O'Rourke that he had injured one of his legs while training. O’Rourke said the Mc-Coy-Choynski bout, whien was to take place before this club on the 27th of this month, would have to be postponed in consequence, and a bout between Dixon and Ben Jordan, of England, would be substituted. McCoy and O’Rourke will meet Choynski’s representatives to-morrow’, when another date will be arranged for the men to box. Fit* Will Meet McCoy. NEW YORK. June 6.—The Press will say to-morrow: “Bob Fitzsimmons has promised to meet Kid McCoy in the ring in a battle for the championship of the world. Mutual friends brought the big pugilists together in the Hotel Bartholdi last night and there the man who defeated Corbett promised to give the new aspirant for heavyweight honors a chance to prove his worth.”

TRICKED BY JIMINES HOW A CUBAN FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION MISCARRIED. Steamer Fanlta Taken Possession of by the Leader of the Santo Domingo Rebels—Arrested Later. - (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) KEY WEST, Fla., June 6.—The steamer Fanita, formerly of the Clyde line, which sailed from Mobi.e May 2* in a suspicious manner, concealing her destination, arrived here to-day. She was well down in the water and fully loaded, apparently. Her captain and crew refused to make any statement whatever regarding the trip, further than that the Fanita sailed from Mobile with a general cargo, discharged it, and had now called at Key West for orders. This statement in no way tallies with the appearance of the vessel, which is certainly not in ballast. It was learned later from a reliable source that the Fanita had taken a cargo of arms and ammunition, with several tons of dynamite, from Mobile, and that, so far from being engaged in peaceful and legal traffic, she had been for two weeks on a filibustering expedition. From Tampa the Fanita was ordered to Mobile, ostensibly to take an expedition to Cuba, under the charge of Generals Jimines ard Morrillo. both Dominicans, but strong sympathizers with the movement for Cuban independence. The Fanita’s cargo was taken on hoard, and during the night the Fanita, with the two generals and captain and another officer, slipped out to sea without exciting suspicion. On the afternoon of May 25 she was sighted and hailed by an American war ship in gulf waters. An ensign was sent aboard the Fanita to examine her papers and inquire as to her destination. He was told she was bound with supplies for the insurgents, and was allowed to proceed unmolested. Her voyage after that was uneventful until she reached Great Inagua, where the expedition was met and joined by Chris Roberts, an expert pilot, well acquainted with the Cuban shores. A hurried consultation took place between Roberts and General Jimines, and the Fanita’s captain was ordered to steer for Port de Paix, Haiti, it being unsafe to land in Cuba. Shortly afterwards a Spanish gunboat was sighted, cruising along the coast, but she took no notice of the Fanita, despite the fact that she was then almost within the three-mile limit. Port de Paix was reached in safety and General Jimines went ashore and sent dispatches. On his return he ordered the Fanita to Cape Haitien. There General Jimines again went ashore, returning to the ship wfith ten men, who, he told the captain, were laborers engaged by him to unload the cargo as soon as the vessel reached Cuba. He added that his advices were still to the effect that it was unsafe to land an expedition in Cuba just yet, and that he desired to touch at Monte Christi, San Domingo, where important news was awaiting him. Monte Cristl was reached on Thursday, June 2. On casting anchor the captain was surprised to see General Jimines come on deck in uniform and iully armed, followed by General Morrillo and the other two officers, similarly equipped. They ordered thirty-seven rifles and two cases of am-i munition to he put aboard the long boat that was to row them ashore, and then commanded the ten alleged laborers to take their seatsi in the boat. Chris Roberts remained on hoard the Fanita. The captain understood that something was wrong, but he was reassured by Roberts and General Jimines, and shortly after 6 o'clock in the morning the boat was rowed ashore by three sailors and the second mate of the Fanita. No sooner hart they reached the wharf, wffiere General Jimines and his party landed, than a volley of musketry was heard and three of the party fell wounded. The first to fall was General Morrillo. pierced through the hreast by a bullet. Troops were seen advancing in large numbers and the little band of fourteen was soon cut down to five. The sailors in the Fanita’s boat were seized with terror and shoved off from the wharf amid a rain of bullets. General Jimines jumped into the boat just in time and seizing an oar, joined the crew in pulling for dear life, oie last that was seen of the landing party was the figures of two men covered with blood, the clothing torn from their hacks struggling desperately against superior odds in the face of blazing and smoking musketry. Jimines reached the Fanita in safety and none of the crew was injured, but it was a narrow escape. The captain hoisted the boat, and without losing a moment’s time put to sea. The Finita headed for shore, where she landed Jimines and Roberts on Friday, and then returned here without delay with her entire cargo. The captain refuses absolutely to make a statement, but evidently he was Imposed on and knew nothing of the true character of the expedition. Senor .limine* Arrested. CAPE HAITIEN. Haiti, June 6, 10:40 a. m.—The American steamer Saginaw, of the Clyde line, has just arrived here/ She touched at Inagua, where it was learned that Senor Jimines, the leader of the revolutionary expedition which recently landed in Santo Domino from Haiti, on his arrival there from Monte Cristl, Santo Domingo, was arrested by the British authorities for a violation of the navigation Jaws in flying a Clyde line flag, though the Fanita, the vessel in which the expedition sailed, had been sold by the Clyde Line Company six months before. Chris Roberts, the pilot of the expedition, made a complaint on the above grounds. The American consul also prosecuted Senor Jimines, alleging that the expedition was illegal, inasmuch as the Fanita’s papers were ostensibly for service in Cuban waters.

LIKE SAVAGES. (Concluded from First Pagr.l relative rank of fuTTlieutenant? in the usual course of advancement. It would, therefore, be little honor to confer this rank on him. Aboiit the only expedient is to give him a promotion in the line, probably as lieutenant commander or commander, where his pay will be greater than it would be in the staff service and the chance for future advancement would be greater. There is some doubt, however, whether an officer who has shown much genius in the scientific branch of the naval service would care to leave that service for the line. Congratulations will be sent to Hobson as soon as there is an opportunity to comunicate with him, but while he is a prisoner at Santiago it is obviously impossible for the naval authorities to do more than convey their congratulations and thanks to Admiral Sampson. The War Department has supplied to the Navy Department the list of names procured from the commandant at Fort McPherson, Ga., of the Spanish prisoners of war there. The department this morning sent this list to Admiral Sampson, and the admiral himself will enter into communication with Admiral Cervera respecting an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will be allowed to select from the list of persons whom he is willing to take in exchange for Constructor Hobson and the gallant crew that manned the Merrimac on her last run. Hobson's rank, relative, is that of lieutenant, junior grade, and he stands at the head of that grade in his corps. By the ordinary rules of exchange he would be about equivalent to a captain in the army. The highest grade officer among the Spanish captives at Fort McPherson is a first lieutenant, so that, in order to equalize the exchange, it may be necessary for Admiral Sampson to throw In with the first lieutenant one of the dozen second lieutenants among the prisoners. Hobson’s crew, none being of the commissioned grade, can be exchanged man for man for six Spanish private soldiers among the prisoners of war. When Sampson and Cervera have arranged these details the list of prisoners is to be submitted to the War Department, which will order the commandant at Fort McPherson to place the prisoners aboard a naval vessel to be sent to Santiago for transfer. All this will take some time, so that the officials hardly expect to complete the exchange in less than two weeks at the earliest. The commandant at Fort McPherson reported to the War Department in answer to an inquiry that all the Spanish prisoners there were well and able to travel. The Navy Department this afternoon posted the following bulletin: “Admiral Sampson is engaged in arranging with Admiral Cervera for the exchange of Naval Constructor Hobson and the men who are now prisoners at Santiago for some of the

officers and men held prisoners by the United States at Fort McPherson.” Medals for the Heroes. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Representative Hartman, of Montana, has introduced a Joint resolution directing the secretary of the navy to have prepared and delivered suitable medals of honor to Lieutenant Hobson and each member of his crew for gallant, heroic and patriotic service rendered to the United States at Santiago harbor on June 3, 1888. It appropriates SSOO for the purpose. ♦- CHARITABLE ALABAMIANS. Will Pay Off a Mortgage on the Ilohson Homestead. MOBILE, Ala., June 6. M. P. Inge, trustee of the old city debt of Mobile, and a former resident of Greensboro, Ala., has associated with himself John L. Rapier, publisher of the Mobile Register, and R. V. Taylor, auditor of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad in an effort to raise a fund to pay a mortgage upon the home of the heroic Richmond Hobson, at Greensboro. Mr. Inge says: “Through honorable misfortune Mrs. Hobson was forced first to sell a part of her homestead property and then to mortgage the rest, and has not been able to redeem it, despite the fact that her son faithfully sent his mother all of his pay above the cost of actual maintenance of himself as a cadet since being in the service. I notice in the Alabama Beacon, puhlished in Greensboro, that this mortgage is advertised for foreclosure sale, which will take place on the 35th of this month. Thus this brave boy’s mother's home is to be taken from her, no doubt, because from his meager Jiay as a naval officer he is unable to lift 1110 debt. Now young Hobson will doubtless be voted the thanks of Congress, together with a sword or a medal, but these will not pay a mortgage, and I propose to appeal to the people of this appreciative Nation to pay off this mortgage and buy back the part of the old homestead that has been sacrificed, and that the title shall be in the name of Richmond P. Hobson, where he will find rest with his mother when peace shall bring its blessings to our country.” <l,. This purpose was announced this morning, and although no publication was made, contributions came in in large numbers to Mr. Inge, and are still arriving. The First National Bank of Mobile has been selected as repository for the fund. e_ HOBSON AND CERVERA. Both Praised by London Editors, One for Daring:, the Other for Chivalry. LONDON, June 6.—Every evening paper of this city echoes the morning papers' praise of Lieutenant Hobson’s exploit with the collier Merrimac at Santiago de Cuba, which, they say, was a gallant deed, ably planned and pluckily carried out. The Pall Mall Gazette says: “The heroism of these men and the courteous chivalry of Admiral Cervera will not he forgotten in a hurry.” Continuing, the Pall Mall Gazette says it thinks that as a result of the Merrimac expedition the naval war between Spain and the United States is practically finished, and the paper adds: “Had the Cadiz squadron meant business it would not have dallied until Admiral Cervera’s fleet had been rendered useless.” The Gazette concludes by commenting on the probable military operations, saying: "It will pay America to secure both Porto Rico and the Philippine islands before peace is discussed. For peace on the only possible terms Spain Is not ready. The government dare not face the music. To surrender now would produce a revolution at home, hence it is preposterous to talk of the basis of status quo ante helium. Peace, when it comes, will have a very different basis, and the seizure of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands will place America in a position to dictate > the onlv terms she could possibly accept.” The Westminster Gazette, referring to Admiral.Cervpra's action in connection with the capture of the Merrimac’s crew, says: “It is an incident that ennobles war and surely helps in securing honorable peace. The United States may well be generous to suchLchivalrous foes.”

LANDED NEAR SANTIAGO (Concluded from First Pngr.l it is believed that to prevent confusion in the direction of the forces ashore, the marine detachment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Huntington, will be placed under the orders of General Shafter to act as part of the regular army for the time being. Tho cable-cutting ship sent down by the Signal Corps to Santiago de Cuba to cut the cables connecting Cuba with the outside world has not yet completed that work, for General Greely, who is directly in charge of it, had notice yesterday that the cable leading from Guanatanamo to Haiti was still in operation. This particular cable was reported in the press dispatches to have been cut. but it is probable a mistake was made and one of the local cables running along the Cuban coast was cut under the impression that it was the main line. It is believed. however, that this link that remains to connect Madrid and Havana will not exist more than a day or two longer. Ihe cables connecting Key West and Havana will not be interfered with by our government, inasmuch as the censorship exercised at Key West prevents them being used in the Spanish interest. The government still permits commercial messages to pass over these cables, providing they do not contain Information that would be of assistance to Spain in conducting the war. It is supposed that, under guise of a qommereial message, the report reached Madrid of the arrival yesterday at Havana of the ship Ardilla with a load of cattle. It was stated at several of the foreign embassies and legations to-day that there was no warrant for the published reports that the foreign military and naval attaches were making unfavorable reports to their home offices on the American army and navy, particularly the former. It is said these foreign observers knew from experience the difficulties attending the equipment of raw levies, and that they give generous recognition to the manner in which 200.000 men have been assembled, armed and equipped. The foreign experts say that more or less confusion is unavoidable in such a gigantic undertaking, and that military science recognizes this confusion as inseparable to the assembling of a large volunteer force. That Cadiz fleet which was reported to be doing strange things in the West Indies yesterday is not giving the naval officials any concern. They have learned through the State Department that the Spanish ships were at Cadiz last Friday, so they could not well have been in the West Indies two days later. Major De Grandprey, military attache of the French embassy, left here to-night for Tampa, where he will proceed with the troops embarking for Cuba. Prince Lieven, of Russia, a captain of the Russian Royal Artillery, and recently assigned for special service in connection with the war, called on the war and navy officials to-day, and later left for the South. These are the last of the foreign observers to leave for the scene of action. The War Department officials are nfinving heaven and earth to improve conditions at Tampa and vicinity. General Miles has made some pretty sharp reports to the department criticising the conditions there and is making every effort to improve them. The general represents among other matters of complaint that railroad cars were stalled for a distance of ten miles from Tampa, making it impossible to get at the supplies that are absolutely essential to the embarkation of troops for Cuba, The railroad officials, however, are doing all they can, to assist the Quartermaster's Department in clearing up this confusion, and Secretary Alger said today he was confident that matters would be straightened out in a day or two. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. NVbnt May Be Done Now that Cervera Has Been Bottled Ip. NEW YORK, June 6.—By no possibility, it is conceded by members of the war board, will Admiral' Cervera's vessels in the harbor of Santiago be able to reach the open sea, even with the remains of the Merrimac removed, a task that is not at all feasible, in view of the heavy fire that any operator would be subjected to who might attempt to place sufficient dynamite in the wreck to remove it, says the Washington correspondent of the Tribune. The entire Spanish squadron is now conceded to have been caught and closed against all possibility of escape, and unless Cervera purposely destroys his ships they are bound, ultimately, to fall into the hands of the United States. Cervera’s position is regarded as one of almost pitiful humiliation, and his situation such that he will be forced to surrender without possibly having a chance to open fire on a single war vessel. That he, his officers and entire force will be made prisoners of the United States in time seems certain. With Santiago in possession of the United States, the crews of the Spanish ships will become prisoners of war. and if they attempted to escape from Santiago they would fall into the hands of the Insurgents. Opinions differ us to the chance of the four powerful armored cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers becoming the property of the United States, but most naval men assert with great positiveness that Cervera wlli

never allow his vessels to be taken, and that when he finds no other alternative open to avoid destruction or capture, he will sink them, as Constructor Hobson did the Merrimac. With the channel closed, the last hope of naval men for a fight between ships Os modern construction and fought under improved conditions disappears, and by all It is generally conceded that when the war ends the historians will have but one important naval fight to record. In sinking the Merrimac the programme ofi Admiral Sampson is, for the first time, disclosed, and it proves beyond doubt that investigations made by him showed the utter impossibility of his taking the large force of heavy battle ships and cruisers between the forts and over the submarine mines in an attempt to reach and bring into action the Spanisn vessels. Naval officials have no theories to advance as to the reasons impelling the course followed by Sampson, other than that he concluded, after careful examination of the charts and unfavorable conditions, that it was inadvisable to take battle ships through a channel where there was not one chance in ten that they could pass safely. The difficulties that such an undertaking would involve are shown by the charts, which indicate but twenty-four feet of watet at one point in the channel, or about two feet less than would be necessary for the lowa and the Massachusetts. Cervera’s vessels draw less by two or three feet than the heaviest of the American ships, but even his vessels must have had little water beneath their bottoms to spare as they passed in. With all chances of escape against them, either by successfully removing the wreck and securing at least a channel to the sea, a general feeling exists among naval officers that some bold and almost equally daring exploit as that of Constructor Hobson will be attempted by the admiral rather thaff submit to the resort of blowing up his own vessels without having had opportunity of firing a single projectile at an American vessel. While admitting that the destruction of the collier in the harbor of Santiago places an entirely new phase on the naval situation in Cuban waters, officials of the Navy Department are not prepared to issue instructions to Admiral Sampson for the detachment of a main section of his fleet until ho has been heard from in detail. Now that the Spanish admiral is no longer to be regarded as u dangerous factor in the transportation of large bodies of troops by sea to Porto Rico and Santiago, the War Department is preparing to take immediate steps for forwarding several transports to both places, and safe escort is to be afforded them by the ships now a part of the bkekading fleets off Havana, with other vessels that are to be relieved from further duty at Santiago. The army is relieved of the necessity now of waiting further on the navy to provide it necessary vessels to convoy the merchant ships, and a large movement Is now expected to begin. Constructor Hobson’s action in obstructing the chanel so that possibility of escape bv the Spanish fleet is now remote removes all probabilities, the most conservative officers agree, of another great sea fight between the American ancl Spanish forces. Until last Thursday both Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley are understood to have been of the opinion that the heavy battle ships and armored cruisers, by exercise of caution and under the guidance of skilled pilots familiar with the waters, could be taken between the fortifications and up into the harbor, but were convinced, on representations made later, that no battle ship could possibly get around the turn at the narrowest point of the channel, where there was barely enough water for the lighter vessels of the Spanish fleet. Reluctantly, therefore, they abandoned their original programme, and it was not until Admiral Sampson’s message was received that the department knew what steps had been taken to hold tight the Spanish ships. Admiral Sampson’s programme having been developed, the next course of procedure executed by him is yet to be presented. Notwithstanding the fact that the Merrimac wreck prevents the passage of ships in or out of Santiago, the policy of the Navy Department will not be to withdraw all the heavy fighting vessels now blockading that port and leave a loop through which Cervera might escape and make his way to Martinique, where possibly he could secure sufficient coal to enable him to reach some home port. Several of the heavily armored vessels, including two of the battle ships and the New York, are expected to be withdrawn for service in completing the destruction of w-hat remains of the defenses at Puerto Rico, prior to the landing of American treops for the seizure and occupation of that port. A suitable squadron will he left in front of Santiago, where it will remain unquestionably until the United States is in actual possession of the city. The most substantial evidence has been given to naval officials since the arrival of Admiral Cervera in the West Indies of the value of swift, heavily armored cruisers, and the urgent necessity} that the American navy be increased by several additions of this formidable type of ship. Secretary Long is understood to have recognized that had the navy half a dozen ships of the Brooklyn and New York type. Cervera's squadron could have been caught and defeated, and that it would never have reached Santiago with-a fleet of these ships moving around south of Cuba looking for it. Every one of Admiral Cervera's vessels is of the highest type of armored cruiser and more formidable than either of the American vessels on account of the heavy protection afforded its sides. The New York and Brooklyn have the speed of Cervera's ships, but no other vessel of the American navy is so fast and rft the same time so well armored. Because of the protection of the Spanish vessels it became necessary to send battle ships or monitors in whatever fleet was ordered to look for them; hut with six ships of the armored cruiser type the experts agree that the enemy could have been hunted down much sooner and destroyed and captured without the assistance of battle ships. The next armored cruisers built for the navy, the constructors say. should be heavily armored and have double the thickness of plates of those around the sides of the New York and Brooklyn. Constructor Hichborn is one of the strong advocates of this type of war ship, and believes that the next programme should include several of them. NEW CAPITAL FOR CHINA. The Emperor 'Will, It Is Said, Leave Peking for Sin-Gan. LONDON, June 6.—The Globe to-day says it learns from a reliable source that the Tsung Li Yamen (Chinese Foreign Office) has decided to make Sin-Gan (capital of the province of Shen-Si) the capital of the Chinese empire in place of Peking. General Tung Fu Ting, it is added, now commands a picked force stationed in a town half way between Peking and Sluan-Fu for the purpose of protecting the Emperor and his court on their journey to the new capital; and troops, it appears, are already stationed at intervals along the route to be traversed by the imperial party. Pillsbury in (he Lend. VIENNA, June 6.—ln the chess match Pillsbury has a lead of one-half point over Steinitz, who defeated Showalter to-day. When the players sat down to resume play at 5 o’clock in the afternoon Marco and Schlechter agreed to call their game a d-aw, and it was also announced that the game left unfinished from the second round between Baird and Schiffers had been won yesterday by the latter. Here follow the results of to-day’s play: Trenchard and Walbrodt adjourned their game for a second time this evening much in favor of the latter. Baird lost to Allapln.' Caro and Tarrasch also had to adjourn their contest for a second time this evening. 200,000 Francs for I’nrls Poor. PARIS, June 6. —Baron De Rothschilds, on account of his victory in a race for the Grand Prix de Paris, with Le Roi Sole!!, at Longchamps yesterday, has given his winnings, 200,000 francs, to the poor of Paris. Consol Goldschmidt 111, BERLIN, June 6.—J. B. Goldschmidt, the United States consul general here, has been 111 for three weeks and his condition has now taken a serious turn. AH RiKht at Tampa. Washington Post. “Things are not half as had at Tampa, Fla., as they have been pictured in some

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