The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-31

patch from Key West says Admiral
Sampson has arrived here and may re-
main during the preparations for the
Cuban invasion. This, 1t is believed
Will not occupy more than a few days
at the most. Admiral SIMPSONS fleet
is Between Havana and Key West with
all on board Well.
Copyright by Associated Press)
Cape Haytien, Haytl, May 29.-No
news from Santiago de Cuba was OBJ
tainable here this morning, but, on the
other hand, it is reported that two
vessels Of the Cadez fleet said to be the
F'ranzy Joseph and the Marie Teresa,
left Gibraltar yesterday for Cuba
These names are probably wrong, as
there is no Spanish vessel known here
as the Franz Joseph, and the 1nfanta
Maria Teresa is understood to be the
flagship of the fleet commanded by
Admiral Cervera.
SPANIARDS SAY CERVERA Is NOT
AT SANTIAGO.
Kingston, May 29. II a. m.-4Mr. AL
bert Fowler, a Brother Of the British
consul at Cienfuegos, received word by
the British steamer Adula from Glen
fuegos on Thursday, that the Spanish
officials at that place said the that
only a Spanish torpedo destroyer, the
Terror, 0possibly the Furor, as the ter
ror is understood to be at San Juan de
Porto Rico) of the Cape Verde, was in
the harbOr of Santiago de Cuba.
Madrid, May 29.-It was announced
here TODAY in a dispatch from Havana
that the warships which have been
blockading Santiago de Cuba disap-
peared yesterday from off that port
1t is added that their destination is un-
known to the Spanish authorities.
Advices received here today from Ha-
vana say that a big sailing ship from
Barcelona, having on boar. a cargo
of provisions and arms, arrived yester-
day at Nuevitas, the northern port of
the city Of Porto Principe, capital of
the Cuban province of that name,
after running the blockade.
1t is seuni-officially announced that
reliable news regarding the where
a'bouts of the squadron ships comand
ed by Admiral Cervera is not OBJ
taina BILE, but it is rumored the Spanish
vessels left Santiago de Cuba y<ster-
day. No official confirmation Of this
rumOr can be had.
The two vessels reported from Cape
Haytien as having left Gibraltar yes
terday for Cuba are the Austrian
cruiser Kaiserin Maria Theresa and
Kaiser Franz Joseph, and not two ves-
sells of the Cadiz fleet of Spain. The
Spanish fleet organized at CadiZ, is,
according to official Madrid advices
either at Cadiz or m2nouevering off
the coast preparatory to sailing for
some destination to be determine ed
upon by the government.
-he utter absence Of news from San
tiago de Cuba, which is connected With
this place by cable is causing more and
more astonishment as days go by and
no messages are received in spite of
the fact that the cable is in working
order
The Cuban leader here is wagering
that the war will not last longer than
June 21st. The Cubans are very en-
thusiastic over the idea that the Span
ish fleet is bottled UP at Santiago de
Cuba and they say it surely fact.
st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
May 29.-The report that the Spanish
torpedo gunboat Terror has reached
San Juan de Porto Rico is confirmed.
She arrived there from Fort de France,
island of Martinique on Friday morn
ing. Her boilers are St. said to be
out or order. The Spanish transport
Alphonso XIII, chartered by the Span
Juan de Porto Rico with provisions for
Cuba, is now said to be scouting in the
vicinity OF the Porto RIcan coast, her
crew haying refused to try and run
the Cuban blockade. The Alphonso
XIII is also said to be carrying freight
between the different ports of Porto
Rico.
1t is rumored here also that all the
vessels of Admiral Cervera's feet are
not at Santiago de Cuba. Some Of
them either did not go there or have
left those waters according to report.
Incendiarism is growing in Porto
Rico.
Kingston, ia, May %. D. m.-(De-
layed in ransmisSion). The United
States auxiliary cruiser Harvard form
erly the American line steamer New
York, is coahng here. She took on
board $50 tons. her full measure. AS
something trif1ing Is wrong with her
steering gear and her boilers are dirty,
she ~gih be allowed to remain here
tw wenty -four hours longer than usual
under the neutrality regulations. With
the exception OF medicines, the Har-
ward has not taken ON board any sup
plies.
Commodore Henderson, commanding
the British naval station at Port
Royal, was asked today IL he had, as
reported, received information that
Admiral Cervera is not in the 1aarbor
Of Santiago de Cuba The commodore
wrote the following reply: by the
latest news. Cervera is still in Santiago
harbor."
6. p. m.-The United States auxiliary
gunboat Eagle, which has been coal