The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Fourteenth Year, No. 44, Ed. 1, Monday, May 16, 1898 Page: 3 of 10
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BSE DID NOT WORK
Undertook to Decoy the
American Warships
MADE TO Rn IEVE HAVANA
I mlcr < e n e
p Fleet
of Inrrnn J mm
Ight If b > Associated Press
rd the Associated Tress Dispatch
e Spencer ° Havim Mn > 1 8
Kfy West Kla May 15 5 a m
General Blanco two hours before
toniBht attempted to execute a
ilch if successful would have
M front of Haiana of the six ships
blockading station
to rome out to do bittle he
the tactics of the spider and cun
Unned to draw the prey Into his
though a clever scheme as an
proposition It was practically a
of the trick b > which the gun
ck burg and the little converted
cutter Morrill were lost week do
a fishing smack under the big
Buns of Santa Clara batterlcj
to bad gunners both ships on that
roanaEed to get put of the ran o
being Mink though some of the
urst close nbout them and thu
rgs Jacobs ladder was cut adrift
this afternoon the ships on the
station wcro dumbfounded to see
> s steam out of Havana harbor cud
wa3 streaming from their stacks
lance showed tint they were under
iead of steam lly aid of glass a
ider Lille of the Mastlower which
Ing the pennant made out the
essel of the two which was about
long and of about 1500 tons dls
ut to bo the cruiser AlphonsoXlII
smaller one to be the gunboat
both of which were known to
led up In Haiana harbor
st he supposed that they wero tak
antago of tho absence of tho heaij
snips and ueic making a boju
for th open sea As tne senior
he Imtn dlatelj signalled the out
n the station the Vickstmrg An
Uasp Tecumseh and Osceola
wero moling In to lorm a caluinu
ircc en echelon
the gunboats on tho right flank
e squadron moved In obliquity to
he iktlng Spaniards keeping up a
Ire as they weni
Alphonso and her con3ort circled
abou file miles below and afer
g In foi half a mile neuled back for
castle Our gunbojls and the skinned
of the mosquito fleet did not fol
em in Commander IAlley saw that
1U5 Spaniards ruso was to draw
n under ho guns of tho hens bat
where Spanish nrtlllorj officers
plot out the exact range and pot
Ss the return was made In line
parallel with the shore Commander
had not been mistaken As his
ame abre 1st of tho Santa Clara bat
he big guns opened fire and fired
n shells at a distance of about file
The rang was badly Judged as
than halt the shells oioishot the
and others fell short some ns much
nlle
Associated Press dispatch boat Kate
er witnessed the notion which lasted
a houc 5 a spectacle the greatest
1 of Eligecraft could not lino
i a finer setting Tbo low sun dsed
uban hills a ro > al puiple agilnst
Haiana s white walls gleamed like
ter Morros grij tides and selloiv
stood out igaiust the blue waters of
ulf while directly behind sprang a
band of the rainbow hoi en In und
trough den3e gray clouds until lost
zenith
big Alphonso with her conios
ed hick to tho harbors mouth and
ig sharply eastward ran along the
as though to slip through the cor
f the blockade
as a bold trick and not at first trans
although the folly of It created a
Ion as there was no hop9 of ultl
escape and no object in escaping The
ier which standing well out liko
with d mouse gave a Ellght stait
swinging her engines and the tiny
ron into line dashed in to cut them
he Spanish boats crowded on steam
tood along the coast long as they
to glie zest to the chase The Ma >
signalled her consorts Close In
narge
rd was flung on from ship to ship as
steamed in column en echelon Selng
ait had appnrentls taken the Span
leered about and bringing their stern
re to b ar on the Americans doubled
for Morro It was a beautiful rtin
nght ilewed from where the Kate
er las seien miles off Morro Castle
j puffs of white smoke hurst from
Ides of the gunboats and occasionally
plosion of a shell In the air like 1
of fire could be discerned with the
i glasses
na sh of the Spaniards
guns was
L le report 1 of the same were
ina indistinct Two of the shells from
lcksbnrg burst in the rigging of the
msc and some of the rlgglmt came
was of eour3e Impossible
J > w whether any fatilltles occurred
Afflerlcan fire was much
moe ap
e Spanlsh
at ry shell of
iiS Khort ot thelr Pursuers The
e n a off M
° rro and our
> J5 I01 mlIt further out when
from the
Td batteries of Santa
anX cl0Uls
A l uanX of white smoke
hc roast
Bi hi o minute lafr
2wr ° f a Breat like
gun came
Wnd Jilup 3 montc < l there and au
Mpr D3efi10 Punwd Into the
inter
a
nllnslde of the American line
h
Wer ot hlte Pray It
S Th 5 ltruck naln haIf a mile
ii nhe mask was now off
° flr
ten at intervals of
hit th mc ujuey siRaaiicu
t lMd ° shorc
ht CaPta Kin
atha hM
dse f
kdse 0 Oe Vlckaburg watched
41 nf h u
0 8Wls but h0
i t conslderea It
e it e ai munltlon at that dls
rn nfnPSWMd eilt0 Qf the men
AtJb0 sPanrsh
of ships m chance
s hem f ther
M ° r daring
re tw
LJ 1 RaJned the harbor but they
Ja itorroc
a inder guns untoucbeJ
mi V PPearcd fired soieral shoti
in fJ0 e sent after them at that
U 11 yJhf Annapolis which dropped
Zre harbor probably creating con
rontam0nR KCOreS ° f b0atS ° n th0
lih cl ° e of the action Just at sun
oi the Asjoclated Press dtapateh ogt1
r a p alongsiaeJof the
chosra that
reached the Mas flower a quar
sldV 0 btlnsln her cre to her
Commander McKcntle thinks as do other
th V1 nal Mphonro hu
been stripped of battery and suns and those
tifd today wero only temporarily mounted
If it
was the Mphomo XIII she mini lme
round new boilers since lately she was a
helpless cripple in Havana harbor
From the action of Uie Krupp guns It la
evident that the Spaniards have no cordlto
and are using ordinav cocoa powder
THIJ MWTsit VEItMON
tSrent Victor riitlm on Whtti Wn
Only mi Imltlttlt
Madrid Mns 13 1 p m The Impartial
tolay publishes a dispatch from IIaana
glilng another extraordinary Spanish
crslon of a war episode
It sass fin Friday the gunboats Condo
de Vcnadlto and Nueva Espana Beunet
out of the harbor and attacked an Amer-
ican squadron of two cruiser and flic
auxiliary cruisers which wcro outside The
Sfanish vessels fired twenty shots and the
Americans eight the latter apparently re-
treating damage I Three crowded tus
followed the gunboats the people on board
chcerlnig them
Facts upon which the Imparclals dis-
patch Is based are undoubtedly to be found
In the dlspitch from tho Associated Press
dispatch boat Kate Spencer filed at Key
West today and sent out early thti morn
Ing Two Spinlsh ics els did strim out of
Havana harbor and tried to draw soim of
our vessels under tho guns of the heais
batteries The ruse was unsuccessful
though the Santa Clara lntterle3 3enlsorua
badls aimed Rhells at our ships which re-
plied by drlilns the two Spinaids back
Into Haiana The American reports how
eier pay tho Spanish vessels engaged
wero the Alphono XIU and the I ca7pl
a cruifcer and gunboat which haie bcea
blockaded In Iluani harbor
AT FORT MPHEKSON
PAMll PItlfeOMlJS OP WVll IvUPT
i Minn nosu fiuinn
Irlin < es less l 1i the Nckto llrnu
lnrf In ItenilliiOKx ti Ittcphp tho
Volunteer SnliUern
Atlanta Ga Mas 15 The twents Span-
ish officers and privates prUoners at
rort SJcPherson aro kept under close
guard It was expected that the offlcera
would be paroled and in fact it was to
stated here but the officers os well bb
tho prlitttcs are under constant surell
lance Ihes aro confined in tho guirdhouso
and tbelr only evcrctse is secured in walk-
ing to the mess room for their meals Tho
officers are seried at a separate table but
thp priiatc3 eat wjth their guards the ne-
groes of the Twentsfifth Infnntrs All
letters written bs the Spaniards ale sub-
mitted to a doctor m Atlanta who reads
them in the presence ot Colon l Cook com
mandnnt at tho post befoio tbes are
mailed The Spaniards hale no interpreter
and their nantsaro made known bs one ot
the offlcera who has a smattering of Eng-
lish
Colonel Cook expects hU Spanish colony
to be augmented in a few das 3 bs the offi-
cers and crew ot tbo Spanish bark Rita
now at Saiannab
The Fifth Infantrs of Colonel Cooks
regiment which was lccentls almost dls
membered and its companies scattered
along the Gulf coast Is being recruited
lapldls and will soon have its complemout
cf men The poet isin leadlness for tbe
concentration of volunteers No prepara-
tions for the comfort of a large body ot
niii nro necessarj saso the running of a
water pipe to a distant part ot the reser-
vation and this will bo accomplished
in a dss or so Tbe adiance guord of
tho regular rccrultn about 17000 is ex-
pected In a das or two llie lecrulting
officers hue already begun securing men
and Just ns soon as thes are enrolled and
examined ttuy will be sent to Fort Mc-
Pherson
Tho commissary department of the De-
partment of tho Gulf is making prepara-
tions for feeding large numbers of men at
the forts Immense quantities of supplies
aro already there and still more will be
fccnlKvcry man In the two regiments of
Georgii Infantry that will ho a part of tho
lolunteer army has been mustered in Tbe
quota was moro than filled and 01 er a
hundred men haio been scut home from
tbe rendezious at Griffin
General Graham commander of the
Department of tho Gulf who has been in
Washington sexcral dais returned to At-
lanta loJay When asked about the report
that he would bo sent to the Philippines to
assist General Merrltt In command of the
forces there ho stated such wis the plan
se < voral daya ago hut tbat there bid been
a change and he did not know whether he
would be sent there or not
Lieutenant Samuel Itober chief signal
officer of the Department of tho Gulf who
has been ordered to report to General
Shatter at Tampa left last nlgbt Nearly
300 cars loaded with troops horses and
equipments passed through Atlanta last
night and todas en route from Chlcka
hundred Mississippi
mauga to Tampa Three
sissippi volunteers and volunteers from
Columbus Miss destined for the lower
coast of Florida spent a few hours In At-
lanta and proceeded south tonight
> nwmc i commission
Will He M111I0 rinculiln of the nloeli
111111111 xtnndroii
Sreelnl Dispatch to The Poet and New Yrk
Herald Cops right 1W3 by James Gordon
Bennett
Washington Mas 15 It has been prac-
tically determined to make the Newark the
flagship of the blockading squadron In
Cuban waters and ns soon as ihe ran pos
slhls leave the Norfolk navy sard where
she will be placed in commission on Sat
urdaj next sho will be sent south Her
commanding officer will be Captain A S
Darker formerly lu command of the Ore-
gon and now a member of the naval war
board and the armv and navv hoard
Captain Barker ard his subordinate of-
ficers haie been directed tq report on
toard the Newark on Friday next
As a result of the alteration made to the
Newark she Is considered by naval ex
perts to be tbe finest of her tonnage and
class afloat She Is now armed with a for
midable battery of twelie sixInch rapid
fire guns besides smaller guns and svlll be
account of herself
nbla to pie a splendid
in an engagement with Spanish menof
war
Stnte W O T V Me lntr
Fort Worth Te as May Jt The sixteenth
annual meeting Of the Womans CbrUtlaa
Vnlon will > e held here com
Temperance
menclng on he ntb eonttaijMjjnJJI h °
UnCMW ev
WMo
ras
HOUSTON DAJLY POST MONDAY MOTTOINC MAY 16 1898
HFXONCENTRADOS DYING
An Awful Stnte of Affairs Exists In
Cuba
THE RFLIbF SUMLlfcS WERE SEIZED
Tlu Arm In Io slon of Inotl Srttf
in Helleio the HuiiKrj tnp
turc Welenrsctl
l
Copi right 1SSS by Associated rme
Key West Fla May 16 The conditions
J In Haiana resulting tiom the blockade
arc being gradually brought out bs In-
formation obtained from fishing smaclis
and othar small vessels ointurcd off tho
coast Affairs at Haiana now appear to bj
worse than at any time since the Wojier
reign The flsherran Mho at first braved
the blockade for the high price which tlsh
brought in Haiana now run tho risk not
for mones but for the fool which they
obtain from tho sea A number of these
men haie been captured at different times
bs cssls cf tho blockading fleet nearly
all of them being released after haling
been questioned by our officers Thes all
unlto In picturing the state of things in
Haiana as belug pitiful in the extreme
Tbe Associated Press dispatch boat Kate
Spencer has accumulated all tbe facts ob-
tainable along the blockading line the
latest news being obtained through two
captures made by the United St lies gun
boat Machlas which has Just roturned here
for tho first tlrnn rlnce the bloekad
opened miking the longest slnglo sen Ice
of ans blockading lesscl off Cuba Tho
Machlas caught two fishing boats off Ha
iana Just before her return here The
Americans offered the fishermen money
for part of their catch as the fish were
needed on boird but the fishermen de-
murred at taking money and preferred ta
haie bread adding that they were des-
perately hungry
When questioned as to the prcialence
of jellow feier at Havana the fishermen
said there was little sickness at the Cubsn
capital but they added there was muih
stanatlon The reconcentrados aro nirls
all dead or hue been expelled from the
city to dlo In tbe suburbs This agrees with
other reports from Havana aid Mitanzas
to the effect that the Spinish authorltl s-
on the departure ot the Americans selred
all tho relief supplies and applied them
to tbe uses of the army The Spaniards
then droie the reconeentrad03 Into the
desolated sections of the countrs between
the coast towns and the Insurgent lines
the regions described bs Senator Proclor
and others as being too barren to support
grasshoppt rs
The insurgents themselves haie been
chary of receiving rcconccntradc and hun
dreds of the latter who bad no personal
friends in the insurgent timps hid been
left to starie between tho lines which they
did
About Havana tbe situation Is eien
worse Hundreds of reconcentrados from
Lo3 Fosos the big roeoneenlrado barracks
In Havana were too weak to walk out of
tho town and fell In tbe streets 01 died In
the suburbs where flocks of vultures
Weyler s chickens as they are now
termed In Havana haie feasted on tho re
mains
In Matanzis this feature of tho situation
Is equally distressing The fishermen who
haie been brought thero are mo5tly toon
reconciled to capture which means food
and decent treatment They say if the
blockado continues much longer bread riots
must follow in all tbe large touns as fool
is rcseriPd exclusliely for the army this
forcing many peoplo to enlist who would
not otherwise do so
Flnalls tho fishermen say that certain of
the Spaniards threaten to oicrturn Haiana
or blow up the cits In tbe esent of tbe au
thoiltles deciding to capitulate to the Amer-
ican forcs
INDIAN V THOOI <
Ihe Ilnmlreil nnil rifl > ev rntli
IttKlmciK Oir to AViip
Indianapolis Ind May 15The first con-
tingent of Indiana troops left Camp Mounf
today for Cblckamauga At 1 oclock Colo-
nel Studebakcr of tbe One Hundred and
Fiftsseventh regiment cave the order to
march and his troops and tbe Indianapolis
and Fort Wayne batteries started for tbe
cits six miles dlBtant burdened with their
heavy accoutrements etc
There vias a crowd of 20 000 at Camp
Mount compo3ed largely of mothers wlies
and sweethearts to bid the boys Godspeed
and the entire line of march waB lined with
people who Vaifd flSgs and cheered There
iiere many affecting ecenee It U said that
in addition to the crowd at Camp Mount
75000 people turned out to witness tbe de-
parture of tbe troops Indiana is proud of
record lu preparing troops for this war
her
They looked more like regular army sol
and recruits
diers than Militiamen
Tomorrow two more regiments will leave
for Chlckamauga
Ilarnnn
CONDITIONS IN CUIIA
Im Dlnhenrleiied am Fond
rkM re III11I1
Copyright 189S by Associated Tress
Kingston Jamaica May 15 The
French cruiser Fulton from Havana on
May S arrived here yesterday and landed
thirtyeight refugees ttbe quarantine
and announcing that famine prices pre-
vail at Santiago de Cuba
The officers of the Fulton until her ar
riial here had been unable to obtain ans
definite news ot the tnttle of Manila Tho
tlr6t bulletin recelied In Hanni from
Madrid wag not allowed to be changed and
offieltls at Havana Insisted that tho hon-
ors were about even as the Americans
hid been unable to Und men
It appears from what the officers of tho
Fulton sa > that the population and soldiers
at Havana are disheartened by the block-
ade ami the Improbability of any succor
rearaing the city On be other hind a
greit Amu lean Invading arms Is expected
to land In Cubn shortls
The prices of Imported food salt meat
tlsh and Hour nre steadily mounting at
Havana but vegetables aro to be had thero
In plenty and there l no probability or tho
troops actually starving until tho city is
belengured from tho Island
Tho British troopship Dlllliar his ai
rlied here from Hillfav with tho Leicester
regiment
There is no communlcttlon v 1th Ilirba
dooj St Vincent Orenidt and Demarari
Tho table between St Vlnirnt and ot
Lucia has already been tut as reported
MISSION A FAILURE
jcutviv ijoiisr rvuin 10 im >
MtMllONS IN tl III
liiinlnrilN Weir Ion Xiimeronn
Permit the Anirrleitns til
Jet to the shine
Copsright 1W by Associated Press
Kos West Fla May 15 Tho etamer
Gusste which left Tampi with two eon
ranlcs of the First Infantry on board in
charge of 7000 rifles and 200000 rounds of
ammunition intended for the Insurgents
In the proilnce ot Plnar del Ttlo remained
oft the eoibt of Cuba Thursdas Frldiy and
Sesterdas consosed by the uuvillars gun-
boat Manning In a w ln iltempt to land
her cargo Captain J H Dorst of tho com-
mand ot General Miles and forncr Unite I
States mllitars attache at Vienna headed
the expedition which returned hero thla
morning Her commander who appeared to
bo much crestfallen hiving failed to ac-
complish the mission enlriMtel to him re
tuned to discuss tbe matter b sond admit-
ting tho failure and snslnK the Guosle will
return to Tampa
Previous to having Cuban waten the
Dorjt expeditionary forerf had a skirmish
with Spanish lauiiry near Cabanas fifteen
miles nest of Haiana where an tempt
waa mode to land put or tho cargo On
Fnday morning Captain Dorst abardsnul
tho attempt at that point and steamed
eastward to Malnnzai whero an attempt
to land troor at Point Misa two miha
east of the harbor proied futile
The Gusslu mid her conioy Manning
steamed until about two miles of the shore
when the rattle of the muskelrs from a
considerable fofce of Spanish soldiers ion
cealed behind underbrush ashore warnii
them that they would recelio a lliels wel-
come If they landed The Spaniards seemed
to have been furnlslnd Information ot tho
contemplated landing nt both rolnls
After this second failure Coptan Dcr t
decided to abandon tho attempt to land
tho arnib and ammunition and returned to-
Kes West where as alrcads cjtilel hc
arrived this mornlug
A more disgusted looking lot of troopers
than thoLc aboard thu Gusste thlx mornlug
It would bo haid to find Ihov hud rt
cetied orders not to speak of their tilp mil
sullcnls lined tbo rail of the Gussle as
the Associated Pi ess launch ran alongside
of her But grunts i ere the onls answer
which could bo obtained to th < quitoua
Soon aftor arrliul of the Gusile Ciptnln
Dorst was rowed islioie aud re ort d tbo
failure of bis expedition bs cable to H13
war deinrtuifint
Naial officers here say that If Capttln
Dorst had secured the co opiration of
some of the shlp3 ot tho blockadt tquadron
at tho point selected for binding the Spin
l nip ashore could have been shelled and
a nay would have been ctared for the
landing of the soldleri and the cargo they
had In charge but no instructions wcro
glien to the ships to cooperate with Cifp
tain Dorsts expedition and the itii > ie was
several times compelled to heaie to wbll
crulslng up and down the eoi t hy tbo
blockad vessels whoso commander were
under the lpprehenslni that sho was Us-
Ing to run tho blockade
The Inltcd State gunboat Machhs
which whb Is Ing off Matanzas on Fr diy
nlgbt reported that signal lights were seen
ashore east of Point Sabllla and Borne of
her officers say thes believe the insurgent
baling ascertained that the rendezious at
Point Mas a had been discovered by tho
enemy desired a landing to be mide a
another point but Captain Dorst held to
his original plans and found the S anlsb
troora awaiting him
Captain Dorst sas < s the failure of the ex-
pedition was due to the fact that the Cu-
bans were unable to meet the landing party
at the rendezious and tho Americans could
not land supplies with no one to recelie
tbem
The arrangements for making a landing
at Cabanas wre made ten dass ago by Cap-
tain Dorst with General Delgado In com-
mand of the Insurgent forces In adianco of
Plnar del Rio and the supplies to be land-
ed near Matanzas wereto be cons eyed to
General Gomez by a force of Insurgents en-
camped threo miles back from the coast-
line Both of the Cuban parties vcre un
able apparently to appear at the rendez-
vous owing to the activity of the Span
lards
Captain Dorst Is convinced that ibe
Spaniards have a good system of com-
munication along the coast and that they
can quickly rale enough Hoops to pre
fent the landing of a small force nueh as
tho one ho commanded and the captsln
believes the only way arms and ammuni-
tion can be sent to the Insurgents Is to
land tbem under the cover of tbe wjrshlps
guns sufficient to beat off an attack Then
he adds the arms and ammunition should
ba comesed inland by United State sol
The captain says the company which was
bad
mim
o were
narrow escape
upon by Spanish ravalry concealed In tha
tangled underbrush and the fire was re-
turned with the result that one Spanish of-
ficer and threo men were bit Only one
of tbe Americans wa pounded Tbo
man
litter a newspaper correspondent receive
The
a slight fl b wound In arm Waj
Ti llecl the woods and
iVd he MAnntaxn
mlienM retreat of the soldiers to tile
FORECAST OP CONGRESS
War Revenue Hill Will Ik Debated
by the Scnutc
OPPOSITION 70 lilt BOND CLAtlSl
ncmocrnts anil ltppnltllcnn Will
Dcfciiil Tli > lr tlmttlnit Vnnriii
Hull if lltimill lu lie limine
Vashlngton May 15 The war revenue
bill will occupy the attention of the senile
thla
and
ca
Indications now are for 1 Inovveeks do
Iwto nnd there ts 110 assurance tint It will
bo concluded within that period of tlmo
The opponents or the bill altaiow in In
tention of uun cessirlly donyltvs the prw
tectlon of this leglsHtlon but they J J not
conceal their purpott of taking time to
present their virus Various questions aro
imolicd and It looks as If It woult be Im-
possible for them to do this within lem
time than two iiteks The principal por-
tion ot the dobite will be on the report ot
the republican members of thp commitlee
In favor of restoring the bond proilMou
The probibtlltloH are that this propaoitlon
will prciall If the wat continues but be
fore a lute cm be it ached upon It there
will be a grest deal ot till on both Hies
The entire llnan Ml question will bo in-
volved to an extent and probabls most of
tho senator who oppose tho bond Issue will
be heird bofoni the conclusion of the dis-
cussion
The rcpubtlraii senators are Eeaenlly
averse to n prolonged discussion Hit the
democrats anil silver rcuubllrann sjy It will
be ncceirary foi them to cxpliln and de-
fend their jiwUlnu
Senator Allison will open the debito on
Mondas with a statement on behalf of the
republican members of the committor on
hnauco and hc will be followed by
democratic tnnimttteemrn proluhly Sen-
ate Jones Desond thu there Is no date
upon whtrh to bate 1 statemnt of the
probabilities It is quite certntn how ever
that thero will bo no deaith of speech mik
Ins ind speech makers
not sif roni < sr
Annrxntlon of litisnil IVtll lie the
Chief Tniili u iHiuMinliin
Washington May 15 Th notable event
in tho house proceedings tbo present week
will be tho Introduction of the reiolutlon
proildlng for the annexation of Hawaii
The commlttto on foreign nifalrs has de-
cided to report faiorabls tho resolutions
and will do so probabls on Tuesdns A-
vers largo majorlts of tho republicans nd
It is claimed fifteen democratic membais
fnor tho proposition and would liko to
tako imtiHMllato action but couBldeiatlou
will bo postpoued until attei this week
It Is urMd by tboio who oppose liiima
dlato consideration ot the iwhsah ot thu
resolution now that it would toinpllcato
tbo situation n rtipeets the reiemu bill
and would delus grtatls tho passage of lh
latter Speaker Hied nnd ite > ie < ent > Uif
to itniwxtatton as a
Dingles ro opposed
proposition and the latter M Mpeclutls
opposed to passing It before the war lei
enue bill Is taken up-
On Wednesday the bsnklng nnd currencj
pursuantl to be
committee will present
loto concluded Satnrdas a general bank-
ing and currency bill but It H undertood
be ronsldtrcd this wr k
that It ii111 not
Final action on bus ourrencs mcssuic ibis
tciflon eems Impossible
com
The appropriation bills conference
that > m orogr h f
t
mitte reiorts
tbo sundry civil nnd r
been nwdo on >
office measures and one or two or
Is d
t reported though tbero
may o
sl ion to delay them In eotifwew umll
fie reienue bill U well under
resdy 10
senate Tho bouse commmew is
bill and ny
drfictencs
wt the general
f k
1 labM a nonrstrtuan labor
with ito
problem
commission to studs
to suggesting appropriate legis v > von al
tortinr labor m y bo U9i1r troatment b V of
The proporl tor a generous
local bills la good
MONirMCi iiwrmifl
Priimrt
tliHlininn llnnn ns
ill In 11 tJnoill in
WarhinRton May 15II H Hanna
eomroitte r >
obalrmin of the executive
rtsenttng the lndlampolls moiutnrs con
vcntlon ot the boards of trade aad com-
mercial organlrntlons ot the country
epeaklng ot tbe banking bill oidered re-
ported to the house b > tbe banking and
committee today H TU I
currents ordered reported faioabls to lb < lawor
EliSp of congress bs the committee on
al
banking and currency Is a iery ubtan
cournmwiB nd cnnipiheuslv rtcoRtiltlon
neofsslty for changis In the ir n
of the
ent law The recommendations im Hide tho
features of reform sought bs tho monetaiy
but In boiiib ro
cMiimlnsloii in Its report
spects bs different methods It will put ha
of It
current redemtton
burden of tho
grtenbacks upon the Natloml Hanks o
strltt relbsuo of greenbacks redwcioi by
the goicrnment except In exchange for
gold provide for cancellation of giccn
bscks bs uso of Idle gold in hi trewury
nnd authorize a teat nt the use of tha gen-
eral credit currency by the National banks
It Is a great step forward
AEMY OF INVASION
inn tiioops tin 111 iin niiiriini
ind iivin iiiikiu >
SI
AtlB l Pin Will Prnbiililj He
One nf the Inlnla from Wlilih
lliiV Will iinhnrk
Tampa VU May 15 Major General J
F Wade accompanied hs bis aides Ileu
tenants Almy and Itoad Captain Halliard of
the engineer corps Ir WootlSon of tho
medical department and Colonel J 0
Weston left tonight ostensibly on a tour of
Inspection of the Kast florid coast Tho
trip is said to ba to select suitable cainplnr
grounds for tho thousands of lolUDtcers to
arrive General Wades party left on the
riant system train at SS0 p m going from
hero to Jackonvllle At Jacksonville It Is
raid to be tbe intention to take tbe Florida
and Kast Coast train siting Bt Augus-
tine Palm Deacb Miami and other places
considered available for tbe location of
landed through tbe surf at Cabanas a troopl st Augustine Is ald to haie been
Tho soldiers fired this respect The
harbor tbero is deep enough for the ac
commodatlon of transports of medium
draught and as tho harbor defenjes at tbat
ifohJt are ad to be complete It Is proba-
ble that several thousand volunteer troooa
villi be located there Two or three davy
It Is supposed will be Kpent In tbe examl
Batlon qf th < r Esstern harbors
OeneMboftMre for theor lnlMtlon ot the
S
WArfqvSotf lnlo rlradi villi
a n
frcSi totoonow Tne
headquarters
jar
iVi < s A pyv j
Infantry Into four brigades and the artillery
Into one brigade A battalion ot engineers
Is also to bo formed The first brlsad of
ri iry will consist ot tho Third Sixth and
Ninth regiments all encamped at Tamra
It will be commanded by tlrlgidler lennrtl
Sumner Tho brigade of caialryilo con-
sist of First and Tenth rcElmenle now on
their way to Tampi from Chlckamauga
will be commanded by tlrlgadler General-
S n M Young The Infantry hrlsidc villi
bo the First brigade Major Kent com-
posed of he Sixth Tenth Twcntyiccond
and Twentsfourth rcfilments
Tho Second brigade Brigadier General 3
It Poland commanding Ninth Thlrtsentti
Peientrenth and Twentyfirst regiments
Third brigade Urlfndlcr General Guy V
Henry commsndlng ttlghth Twelfth Six-
teenth and Twentsfourth regiments
The Fourth brigade Brigadier General A
It Chaffee commanding First Secojd
Fourth and Seventh
week 10 the exclusion ot olher buMnesl The light artillery made up of Natferlfs
RCJ of the First A tnd P of the Sec
there u no probability that the bill
n be disposed of durtsg tho Tho J J Vmf F oMh Fifth will be
rommmded by IUntcnant Colonel W 1
Itnndolpli
The bittillon of engliienrs consisting of
Companies V npd K wilt be comnisndod bv
Cflntsln Jimei R XaisK
The order will go Into effect at once
NOT LIKEDlY SPAIN
SirGlt5T10N OF AN VNCIO miim
cn mi vncc miutnni
tSriMil Mi > > > I llltl mi Hit tpoetli
llntlo Ii Chnmlicrlnln Gcnoriil
War AnpritUiiilril
Copj right 1W bs AsOcInttNl rre > I
Madrid Mis IB Noon Spain Is not
pleased with the utterances on the subjo t
of the possibility of an nlllancr betwojn
the Unltod States nnd Gieit Ilritalu The
Spanish amhxsidar at london Count
Jctiscon lelogriphed an oxtract of the re-
cent jipcech ot Mr Joseph Clinmbnla n
tho Hrltliu serretnrs of stnte fur Ihe 10
oiiKct at lUrmlURbnm on Fildnj ioilng
Ual to Stnor iulon tho minister foi tot
cign aftairs who conferred on the nuujcei
with Iieinur Ragasto with the icitilt thu
hc requested tho minister for forctisn
folia foi n tnoie detnllett account of Mr
ChnmberUlns remarks Cousequolitly Iho
foreign mlnistei rable1 to Count Hanoi
Tor a fuller riport of the speech this It
is understood has been iccclied and itu
Upani li mlntsters were to dls us It at
tbetr mceUiik tcxlns Spain It is R ld o
genu authority will drw the nltintion cf
tho powns to tho tuuincmlincy of the
suggtislod AngloAmerican alltnme wl h
respect to Ihiropenn inttrestr I hi BpnnUh
litiwepaper and politicians here of 111
clitseo discuss Mr Chamberlains Hioirh
roost angrlls Tlies consider It 10 b > a
sequel to the Marquis of Sttlnburss wain
Ingn to tioln whose tiomlnlnns It sterna
aro to be iHsorhcd ti Rtrong tumli
Ihe Lllwinl rer ln to tho auggesfd
Anglo Haxon alllane two If an alliance
defenelie or offenriie Is u < st d th >
cnnPngratioi m v tmrFt out which ha be + a
nuggeittrd b t e tower An nglo Auitr
iean union will l > fa d hv RnMla and
Genmini wlih thrlr allic anrt k West
rrti and Itaalero pos lot ot nn fir
will be in lo mtent rpi > 4 < < eorapjr d
with iNf tonfagratin la ln < ll gentfh
Afnra m > d <
If ite Anieio jwrlosn U t
reeda Kuropr lb ba lnTrtoftwe t s
Indifferent 10 ovr case will lai ur part
not to favor im lint < defeol er >
prepo 4eratiffc In the worM
Th Imnarcial ra lh iH eS t > f
Mr ChsmbfriWo mii t > ri n td w vD
of the erotr of th rroaefc emitvt Aflratrrt
Hipault d OeMWlUy In obtertar lor Sjinlii
ftr tb bo l aei H Jn 1
loao M T fcch wHnw l >
rewel t ein < HwJkHe r a cnmt > crca
r In KtifM a alxifct i > Aidi Ftrtra
Continoni ih
witu mtiTirun
l > nnlnrtU lln Plural Trnerttl in
n ilrnnu ro ltl trt
Ek > utli mp om Mt S T > te s1 t
steamer Maul from T He 1U < Ipr
for this port vie Teceritfe Cfsor i ir
nrr ed here todai She l < fi r + n IT en
May and that d martial <
ebirod on th > island artili rv D < nth
one of Ihe passenger or1 bnart bo Is
on his whs to Join tht 1nUtd Siats arm
enid there were ToftO troop at Tcnrlfl
of whleb number lOWi are arttllersmen He
adds that too euRinecnt and tOiii men are
working dai and nlRht thrnwlnc up breial
worVji ond bastions to double the sttennth
of its forttfleatloBS al nil vulnerable points
Tbo captain says It would retpilre n ntronc
licet to take the Island He believes tho
waters of the harbor are not mlli d anl
says tho Spanish soldiers ore of extollont
phssltpio ind as line n holy of men nn b
i < mw
A 1200ton ie el loaded wU ammuni-
tion h il Just dlscliirged her rarijo in the
Onul sailed There were no signs of Spti
lth siorrhlps it Tonerltfe
si mi r < HNMiiiMiii
lltn flnrnls nf AVni Vi tl Will > < <
> > Id Until Pnhlit
WashlnRton May 1 Revcral cnblflJ
were recelied at the navy department from
floet commanders tolay nn < l scleral ohers
were sent In reply It wn stated that the
Rovcrnment la in communication with tre
several MiMdron and irMttete of Imatirt
ancv ore looked for sMrlly In cmsnUenfii
of Important naial moiemenls n rrer
has been Issued bs Secretary 1ing dire t
Inu that all matters rontcnlnK nsvjl
moiomonls be wiped from Ihe presn except
such s he may sec fit to nnnounro
The nrcident ttended church this morn-
ing and then held a conference with Sec-
retary Ionj fiscretary Day called for a
few morrfnts later on In tbe diy
AS4IKMVS VOIIi > liiitM
ItrKlmeiitH Will Montl In rnnal
flte nnil Then lit lrlllil
Washington May 15After RolnR over
Iho situation last eienlnx with General
Miles Adjutant General Cochin and tbe
heacU of the upply departmentH Iho Bee
tetars of war made nn order for the s
algnment of volunteer troopK now bjlng
mustered Into tbo service of the United
States and designated rolnta where they
will assemble without the leatt possible
delay ThU waa rendcrcl necessary from
Iho fact thit the state nuthoritlen are icry
fast relinquishing control of tbe troops
tbat aro passing over tho muster lno un-
der tbe authority of tho general govern
ment It twenme neoessnry to assemble
thtBO troops ut once In ordsr to most the
problem ot their subsistence no leaa than
that of ttlr equipment In tho way of arms
clothing camp and garrison tqulpages to
jay nothing of tbe superior advantasca < pf
drill and instruction und trAlaed officer
it Is ths ntenUoB ItlsMil iln
instance Tho officer yr r ttviM
troop intoibrlt f
Remnant Lot
of mens Suits
In Jlray and Brow Mlm ndChw
Pattemt and tew HUduvartotM s
sorts of doth
GreU chances for men who
these sfzes
wear t
No of > utt > Site 14
No of Siuti 1 She ij
No of Suits i She 16
No of Nuilt M e jt
Nt > of Suit 1 Site is
No of Sulti Site m
No ot Suits 16 Sire 40
Neto Stilu She 4 >
No of fault i5Uf4
ToUlNo Kn I Your
SultJtmSife 5 Mm Here
Remnant
Price 590
All the above Suits formerly
sold at 750 and 10
MMnr micmkms nv
1113 llll OS 1 S tJHOl M >
Bd Kiamj
S MAMAtOTH CLOTHIER
to stations accordingly The Impression
which seorca to obtain that any enrnp wlir
haie ans superior inlunUgo our ether
In being sent to the front U wholly errone-
ous Tho distribution ot campj was imde
upon tho lines of tiaiuportntion and sup
pike Tho nupplj department will haie a
depot In csch camp whleb cntt be mtr
teadlls reacrd than tbe tro ps cauld at
tbelr rtndejipus in the teieral States
In atltlltlon to the ramps name I tror
that will report to the commanding general
of the Department of the IJsst nmountlnK
to about an army rorpt will probably to
encamped nl some point on lying IelantT
This howciir has not be n fully deter
mined but a camp on tho aa 01st wph
the best shipping facilities loth by roll anl
sen will tin spooled mil as soon ns deter-
mined troops iaslgn d to tbe depa tTOit
comti snder inn Ko Into imp there under
hs sunrriislon
THE TROOPS AT TAMPA
lrttn > H tinil Im qitttl In tlte Tniilf
nf lliiifiiK In SoMIitx rm >
nt IJinnuc IInIn
Tmi i Pin Mas 15 When the United
iutc troofa at Tampa embark tor Cub
lby isay be followed soon after bs some
f tbe famous eiangellsts in the I nlui
Snxttt General 0 O Howard I nlttd
UM eray retired now an oiangillst
rrlTa la Taap lodsy accompanied by
lliijw I > W Whipple
A sowaeat nn reecntls Inaugurated
Sjf 0 I M oSy hsitnR for lt object rbe
irfji 3rc tA > nxzlrtt to tbe larlou
rtMarrwi r vttf toldiers aud to hold
rooftjipfc ire ibeir spiritual Instruction
Stwert poS < i Ui Wift t > jL v1 nd Msjor Whipple bav
as Spalr b bIi l d ounl fewn t mtiHl t liK LuoAotii Atlanta and Mobile
agAlnM te t uliffl 54tt6 > t5fl v 0 r j tu tumn < fT ytr iifjsienta here are without
a taliuhle tacio In tV
siaiJust the Anglo xc J
eetinti tin ifu 4 t implfcttih In ing to Cuba of ncieral
tio i toitti i wl among the soldlcra
< rai nmjwiaeA It i hardly probablo
lima u vjdi wcswi iny the soldiers when
ifrt < u ks nxnos out but once tho
fcise a miji I in Cuba nnd tho campaign
jai he panleh foreca Is fairly oti
fiAupewiAt work will bo actively beguu
Gh ri Howard and Major Whipple pok
it Tampa Heights camp grounds to-
il et >
Two reglmunta of Infantrs Ibe Eighth
and Twellth arrived from Chlckamauga
todas oml inut Into camp In West Tompu
Ttr were accompanied by llrlgadler lien
crul dtiy V Htnrj who commanded tho
tccoud brlgado of Infantry at Chlcka
mauga These two regiments mode a total
of nineitcn regiments sixteen of Infantry
ami line of raiairs now In camp ready
for the movement on Cuba Most of tbeso
regiments haio been largely augmented by
icounts during the past three weeks bo
thai now close ia 700 men aro carried lu
tath regiment In tho threo batteries of
artillery am TM > men With tho engineer
nnd signal corps thero uro about 14000
hoops of tho United Rmtca army now hero
Ihe earning capaclts f the transport
at Port Tampa i altogether Inadcquato
far such a large for < At the outBldo not
morn than 6000 troops and 2000 horses and
mule could be loaded on the ten boats
gathered here That force however should
be sent away on very short notice as all
Diippllcs have been put on board and eiery
thing made ready for a hurried embarka-
tion A party of nbout 125 recruits from
I he North arrlied today and were distrib-
ute among the larious regiments
llr Ivman o well known phs lclnn of
Alton III and a surgeon In tbe Japanese
navy during the wnr with China Is
mncng tho number Dr Lemon who en-
listed as a private brought with him a
number of others from Alton
Major Webb Hayes quartermaster of the
Fourth Ohio cavalry arrived here today to
arrange for camping grounds for his regi-
ment which had been diverted from Chick
amaugn to Tampa
Just where the lolunteer regiments will
be located has pot as yet been fully deter-
mined on Rome of them wilt probably go
Into camp In the old Fort Brooke reserva-
tion whero tbo ITordlda State Guards
abcut 1R00 In number havo already estab-
lished themselves
RUMillAIt 1HV > C0
Will Soon Up Bnnlile ln Cnblr Hla
VIclnrlM
Special nispsteh to The Post and New York
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Dennett W
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Washington May 15 Oovernor General
Dlanco Itf to be cut off entirely from cabo
communication with Madrid nnd all Ih
norld outside of Cuba This was ths ob-
ject of the cutting of the ojbles nt Clen
Wednesday which r ultei In
fuegos on
the hot Utile fight The purpose of thn M
U to cut ill tiie cables le dlog i
government
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any dlepaUb tiemlght end over it wpiw4
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