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OFF n PHILIPPINES.
Commodore Dew ~ Has Probably Taken
Them sal. to he AN Easy Task.

WAsulYGrov, April g7.-Navy dc.
partmcut officials confidently expect
that within three days II decisive bat
tie will II" fought between the Amer.
lean and Spanish forces operating IN
tho waters of the Philippines.
Commodore Dcwcy's squadron,
which left Hong Kong sunday foi
Mars Bay, has now left that place foi
the Philippine islands under the in
structions sent several days z by
Secretary Long. Stcaming at the rate
Of ten miles an hour the fleet ought &c
reach its destination by this forenoon,
and it is expected 10y Secretary Long
and other department officials that
the vessel will I've in action immediate.
~ after arrival unless the Spanish
men OF war should prefer to remain
in the mined harbors.
OF primary Importance, the officials
declare, is the Immediate capture or
destruction Of the Spanish vessels.
After this has been accomplished il
will not bc u difficult matter to 81.
cure the fall of Manila or Luaon and
Of other ports by simply conducting Il
blockade such Us the North Atlantic
squadron is doing with reference t.
Cuban ports. 1t is understood that
Commodore Dcwey's plan of campaign
contcmplates the capture or dcstruc
ton of the Spanish fleet. There are
six of these craft. none Of which is &c
be compared to the protected cruisers
of the American squadron.
As Commodore Dewey has not q
large squadron, it is appreciated that
he will not have sufficient vessels tc
carry on a blockade to last any length
Of time. lie will, however, be able &c
blockade the principal ports in which
the Spanish troops are stationed, and
the insurgents in the island will prob.
ably give him assistance by contrib
uting their land operations
Altogether, naval experts say that
Commodore Dcwey's task is the easiest
Of those which have been assigned to
any flag officer.
General Aguinaldo, the president
Of the Philippine insurgents, has sailed
from Singapore, where he has been IN
exile, with the members OF his cabinet.
They chartered their own steamship
They will land at n convenient
poiut on the islands. and the general
will put himself at the head Of an
army OF $1,000 well equipped insur.
gents now gathered and waiting for
him.
General A~guinaldo will lead this
large force To attack Manila by land
while the American warships lombard
the city from the sea.
Hose KoSG, April 27,-Mail ad.
vices which reached here to-day from
Manila dated Saturday say the in.
surgents were then gathering in
masses around Manila and that an
attack upon the Spaniards at that
por. was a%pprehendcd.
1t il also announced in the dis.
patches that the Spaniards have laid
mines about Manila. The United
States squadron will leave Mrs bay
tomorrow to watch tho Philippine
ports. The insurgcnt leader, Aguin'
aldo, is on board the United States
cruiser Olympia
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PRIZE
Presidents Proclamation Respecting tho
Rights OF Spanish Vessels.

WAsuINGroN, April 2I-The Prcsi-
lent to-day issued the following
proclamation respecting the rights OF
Spanish vessels now in or bound TO
the United States DortS, and also with
regard to the rights Of search:
~ the President OF the United states Of
Am"rtca-A proclamation,
whereas. by an act of Congress approved
Apr! -. 1898 II is declared that war exists
and that war has existed since the 2lst dav
OF April. A. u. 1898. including said day.
between the United states of America and
the kingdom of Spain, and
Whereas, II being dcS rablc that such
war should be conducted upon principles in
harmony with the present views ot nations
ana sanctioned Glnn recent practice II has
already been announced that tho policy OF
this government will not b. In resort To
prlyatecring but To adhere 10 the rules of
The declaration OF Paris
Now, therefore, I, william Mckinley.
President of the United states OF America,
by virtue OF the power vested Ia ne by the
constitution and the laws, do hereby de-
clare and proclaim.
flrst-Thc neutral flag covers the cnemy's
goods with the exec ptIon OF ContrIband of
war.
Second Neutral goods no. contraband OF
war are not liable - coniisCatlon under the
cnemy's nag.
Thlr B~!o:kad,s, TO DC binding, must be
effective.
Fourth Spanish merchant vessels In any
ports or places within the United States
shall be allowed until May II, 1898, inCIuS-
I've, Tor loading their Cargocs aud Depart
Irg rom such porte or places, and such
spanish merchant vessels, II met a. sea by
any United states ship shall b. permitted
To confirm" on tncIr voyage II, on eximlnl.
lion OF their pa pers, It shall appear That
tncIr Clrgoes were taken on board before
expiration of above term: provided, that
nothing herein contained shall apply TO
spanish vessels having on board any ofi-
GERS in the military or naval service 81 the
enemy, or any coal except such AZ may be
necessary for their VOYAGE or any other
article prohibited or ContraDand Of war, or
mrnt.
Htth-Any spanish merchant vessel
which prior 10 April 81, 1893, shall have
sailed from any foreign port bound for any
port OF place In the Tnited States shall he
permitted to enter such port or place and
10 discharge her cargo ana afterwards
forthwith to depart without molestation;
and any such vessel. II met AT sea by any
Uaited States ship shall lie permitted %
continue her voyage u any port not block
aided.
"S,xth-The RICH. OF sea-ch Is 10 he cxer-
cl,ed with strict regard for the right Of
neutra a. \ ana the voyages OF mail steamers
are lot to be int rfersd wi. h except on tn
dearest ground OF suspicion OF a violation
of law In respecto Of cOntraoand OF blockade,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
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side. and block ship torpedocs, to- BE-
carried ON long srars projecting from
a boats bow and exploded by contact
All these devices except the harpcsut
torpedo are included In the uiodc'7t
system.
Colonel Samuel Colt. inventor of tho
revolver that hears his name, was tirs
next American genius to take up Tue
study Cf tOrpcduos, and the first to ia
troducc electricity as an ign,ins agent
for the explosive charge. After ycaIs
of experiment he blew up a brig uudc'
full sail In the Potomac river. ApC1h
IL, 1873. II was a wonderful doutOt
s%tration for those days. and hls neVct
been OQualed since Colonel Colt uprr
atcd his electrical battery at Al"NSu-
dria, i've miles away from the sINt
where the brig vas destroyed. % teas
which the government engineers "a
Willets Point have yet To undertake
with the sanC 81 'CCcSs. Ia scrgrL
believed to relate to n method OF mat
Ing n vessel telegraph her own ro,iuCE
died with him.
When the civil war broke on Aut"t
lean inventors were given an opiSr
tunity to demonstrate on n grand scok
the important part which the torrc-1s
can he made to play in maritime wat
fare. During the last two years of tln1
war the federal government lost seven
ironClads, thirteen wooden war rcS%
sells and seven army transports. 3td
had eight more vessels seriously u-
jurCd. The confcdCratcs lest four Nes
sells by their own torpcdoes and tiS"
Albcmarle, "A fine new ironclad whicts
had proved a terror to United State
vessels. The destruction of the AVhe-
marie was accomplished by II OF us'
most daring exhibitions of bravery
ever recorded in history. and served 80
place the name Of Lieut.. William "
Gushing In the long list of the worlds
heroes. Cushing was only u years
old.
Cushing asked for permission To de
stroy the Alhrmarlc while she was tad
up to the wharf at Plymouth in Rae
Roanoke River. The pcrmissicn w@@
granted. and on the night Of Oct "a
1864, with u crew of thirteen olhceTS
and men. he steamed up the river "a
u little launch. a long spar projected
from the bow OF the launch. at the rpst
OF which was a torpedo. A string. ooec-
end of which was tied to the trigger
of the torpedo and the other of wI,ists
was In the hand of Gushing. aforiH1
the means of exploding the charge. Al
full speed the launch dashed at tn
ironclad. and when within twsrSs
yards II was discovered that a Coruass
Of floating logs surrounded the ship "a
"A protection against such an attacS
The little launch darted out into ne"
middle Of the river. Cushing gave 11-
dcrs to put on all steam. and theH h
turned her once more toward the s,-
envy. The speed was so great t,ve
when the launch struck the log SHE
slid over. A volley OF musketry sS-
lutod the daring crew as Gushing pulse
the string, and then n mighty coiu nDs
Of water shot ny in the air. A fcw
minutes later and the Albemarle sses
on the bottom of the river. So an,
the launch. Gushing swan down its-
river and escaped. and the rest OF hss
crew was captured. w. ii. Nj
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the naval hill appropria,ing s.. $50. 900
tu enable the secretary Of the navy to
enlist men for the navy during the cN.
listing war.
\ dispatch from ST. Vincent. Cape
Verde islands. dated Yesterday, says:
There is reason To- believe the Span
ish fleet sails toda' %. II consists Of
-four first class cruisers. sis torpedo
boats and two armed transports"
Captain Milhuru of the British
steamer Mvrtlcdcuc. which has Just
arrived at Key Yves, from Havana says
the Spaniards in Havana are full of
fight and that they Will. iu his opinion,
give the troops all the fight they want.
\ Key West dispatch says the first
Spanish shots were fired at the torpedo
boat luutC between and Il O'Clock
saturday evening while taking sound
ngs in Natan2a~ harhur. The boat was
within 200 ur 300 yards Of the shore.
The shots went wide of the mark.
John Jacob N,tur of New Work. not
content with Offering the gov, rrmrut
free his splendid Yacht Nurmahai. and
free TRANSPORTATION for troops aud sup.
plies OVcr railroads in which he il
Interested, wants to raise and equip ut
his own expense. n battery OF artillery.
The wal department got notice Nom
day that John \. Logan. son of the
late senator Logan. has raised Il caval.
ry regiment. which hc offered To- the
government under his oWu command.
II is hoped tHiS can hc accepted ~ part
Of the quota or men to be- furnished
by Illinois.
The block adC of the Cuban coast is
virtually complete. No vcSNCl can
enter or leave. The North Atlantic
squadron is alert. The torpedo boat
Porter made II daring trim into the
shore last night under cover of dark
ness, and Lieutenant Fremont landed
with u small party and obtained valu-
able information.
The associated press dispatch boat
Daun'lcN~ last night had an experience
hat taught her that war was ON. The
boat WIS quietly Stcamiug toward
MatanEa~ hen the torpedo boat Nu-
punt came up. and through the mega
phone came the shout "Whut boat is
that? and before the DauutlcsS could
reply. came Keep out of this:
keep out of the SiN-milC limit or YOU
will get Il shot through you The
DauntlcN> hai. mawarc~. got within
three miles Of the Cuban coast. She
was directed To- proceed To the tiucin-
natl. Later. after her papers had
| been examined 10y the Cincinnati, she
took mail from the gunboat. and left
FOR Key West.
Nothing is known at the navy de.
partmcnt of the reported cutting OF
the cable connecting Cuba and Key
West 10y the Mangrovc ten miles ont
to sea. Doubt exists that il has been
cut, but il is believed that the most
that has been done in this direction
has been the tapping of the cable for
strategic purposes. The nitcd states
is "a party To II convention which binds
all the SignatorieS. most of the mari
time powers of the world, 10 refrain
from interfering with cables in the
event of war. \ naval officer Of high
rank remarked that almost all agree
mcnts are suspended by war when
they iniurc the interests of one of the
combatants and favor the other. \
prudent naval commander doubtless
would cut :hc cable first and let thu
diplomats talk about il afterwards.
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VOLUNTEER RENDEZVOUS
Secretary AIser Delegates Places for
mobilization OF the Militia.

'N
Mobilization of the Militia.
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The rem
hczvous for the troops to he mustered
in the service Of the volunteer army
in the various states and territories
has been designated by Secretary AL.
ger as follows:
Alabama, Mobile: Arkansas, Little
Rock; California, San Francisco; Colo
RADIO, Denver: Connecticut, Mantle:
Delaware, Wilmington; Florida, Tam.
pa; Georgia, Atlanta; Idaho, Pcndle-
ton; Illinois, Springtield; Indiana,
Evansville; Iowa, Davenport;
Kansas, Kansas City; Ken
lucky, Louisville: Louisiana,
New Orleans; Maine, Portland,
Maryland, Baltimore; Massachusetts,
Springfield, Boston and Ocean Service;
Michigan, Detroit; Minnesota, La.
Crosse; Mississippi, Jackson; Missouri,
st. Louis; Montana, Helena; Nebraska,
Lincoln; Nevada. Reno; New IIamp-
shire, Concord; New Jersey. Jersey
City; New York, pcekskiil; North
Carolina, Raleigh; North Dakota,
Fargo; Ohio, Columbus; Oregon. Port
land; Pennsylvania, Mount Gretna;
Rhode Island, Providence; South
Carolina, Charleston; South Da-
kota, Huron; Tennessee Nash.
vile; Texas, Houston; Utah,
Ogden; Vermont, Burlington; Virginia,
Richmond; Washington, Tacoma; West
Virginia, M~Artinsburg: Wisconsin,
Milwaukee,; Wyoming, Cheyenne; Ari'
soma, Phoenix: New Mexico. A!bu'
querque; Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
District Of Columbia, Washington.
For the purpose OF recruiting for
the volunteer as we'll as for the regu'
lar army. tho department will desig-
nate In each state aud territory sew
eral cities where recruiting under the
direction Of army officers will be car
ried on.
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bloody Arkansas Tragedy.

LrTLE Rock. Ark, April ETA
bloody tragedy in the Eagle Booze
feud was enacted at Lonoke at .:3G
yesterday afternoon, in which the
BOOZE faction was almost wiped out OF
existence. The Eagles caught the
Eoo!es at IL disadvantage and poured
u terrible volley OF shots into them,
W. X, BOOZE, the father, "a prominent
business man, and his two sons, VIII
and Charlie BOOZE, were instantly
killed. The Eagles came out Of the
engagement unhurt
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FROM SEAT OF WAR.
BRIEF SKETCHES OF &C
TUAL POSSIBILITIES.
rlain, InNarnishcd Paragraphs Portray
ing Truthful News OF Events ms They
Have ar wiz Happen Movements or
Army and Nav, Departmental Doings.

The north Atlantic squadron 10Y
~blockadcN cuban ports.
It is understood that the Asiatic
squadron has smiled from Hong Kong
for Manila. which il will attack
The president has officially notified
the world that the Iuitrd states has
ordered u blockade of Cuban ports.
Spain insists OH priyatccriug despite
protests of England and Germany.
The United States will refrain FROM
such warfare.
Captain-,icncral Blanru has declared
that II state of war exists IN Cuba. has
revoked the &c rec granting pardouS
To Cuhcn ms, and the island is 10Y under
martial law.
1t is said that engineers ON spanish
torpedo boats at Canary islands pur-
po,rly disabled machinery because
Drcan in torpedo boats.
1t was rumorcd in Washington that
spain has coded Cuba to Austria. state
department officials decline To talk,
but il is notlitrly that such Il palpahlr
rick would Ice allowed 10 stand 10y
his country.
Minister Woodford. il is said. i
practically in disgrace with the adj
niuiStration. because. having been
notified in advanc, of resolutions and
cent u copy of u~ltimatum. hc failed to
deliver same until too late.
Colonel Fred Funston. Who has been
II his home in Kansas recovering
from Il wound received while lighting
for free Cuba, has been ordered to
Washington. lie spent two years in
'UbI Just what his duties will he il
not known.
The United States cruiser Nashville.
while patrolling OF Florida coast.
ir,d a shot across the bow of the
spanish merchantmen Bucua Ventura.
The ship hcavci To- and surrendered.
When the gunbout towcd the prize
uto Key West the town vas frantic
with enthusiasm. The steamer was
iihcllcd and the crew made prisoners
If war.
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u nited states torpedo Boat Stiletto.
Now in Commission)
centuries passed before 1t was realized
that the effectiveness of the torpedo de-
pended on the submcrgcnce of the
charge AT the time of explosion.
1t was Captain David Bushnell, an
American engineer in the revolution
airy war, who first experimental on the
principle of submergence. He also in
vented n of the very first submarine
boats. by which the first attempt at
actual warfare was made. lie was the
originator, in fact, of submarine min
ing as 1t Is practiced today. The first
practical trial of the submarine boat
was made in l71G. when Sergeant En-
IA Lee directed the craft against the
British frigato Eagle while she lay in
New York harbor. The attack was
not successful in destroying the fripatc
rot the narrow escape from destruc-
ton sent cold chills down the back of
ices Howe. who used the vessel as his
Nag ship. In the year following Cap
tain Bushnell turned his attention TO
" ItI''1s Nv nlI'h ~ W VI h'to
with gunpowder and time fuses, and
then set them adrift In New York
harbor with the hope one Of them
would lodge against the sides OF the
frigate Cerberus,a British warship that
was anchored i'm the harbor. One Of
these kegs tioated alongside a prize
schooner which was TIED to the stern
of the Ceberus. The sailors saw IT,.
and, ignorant Of It's deadly character,
took IL aboard for examination. II eX-
plodod. and there was not enough left
Of the schooner to hold up a drowning
man.
Twenty years later Robert Fulton,
the noted inventor, revived the ideas
OF Captain Bushnell. lie constructed
u submarine boat called the Nautilus.
and tried to sell it to the French navy.
He showed the French the merits of
the BOAT in August, 1901, by destroying
a launch in the harbor OF Brest, the
first case on record OF "A vessel being
blown up by n submerged charge of
guppowder. For some reason the
French did not care To buy the Maui
titus, and Fulton then offered her to
the British government, with the cx-
pectation that he would be allowed to
operate her against the French fleet
at Boulogne. He gave a successful
demonstration on "A brig which he our
chased for experimental purposes. but
the British government rejected his
proposals as unsuited to the interests
and dignity OF a nation that enjoyed
full sovereignty over the seas. Fulton
returned TO the United States and tried
TO gain recognition from his own coun.
try. Commmdore Rogers OF the Am.
erican navy made such a show of oppo-
sition that ne finally abandoned his
experiments in sumarine mining and
turned his attention to steam nayiga-
ton. II Is a remarkable fact that Full
ton planned "A system of torpedo war
fare upon which very little improve
ment has been made today. He de-
yised four classes Of torpedoes-buoy-
ant mines anchored In the channel 10
be defended and exploded by contact
with the hull of an enemy's vessel: line
torpedoes. to be set adrift and fouled
by the cables of a hostile fleet at an
Choir: harpoon torpedoes, TO be dis
charged from a gun and fred by clock
work after being attached to a vessels
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call for them to furnish music for peas
ant dancers at a fete at a castle. Among
the guests was Prince M%etternich. di-
rector OF the Vienna conservatory
Amazed at the sight OF a gypsy girl
fiddler, charmed at her playing. the
prince took the barefoot girl away tn
the big city and gave her a musical ed
ucation that has secured for her medals
and brought her as a violinist before
the German emperor, emperor OF Aus
tria, President Faure and others PROM
inent In Europe.
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~. 49,
as 1888, when an Italian engineer nam
ed XambClli destroyed u bridge during
the siege of Antwerp by exploding a
sCOw load OF gunpowdCr against the
pier. II was not until the days OF the
revolutionary VAR that an actual d'-
munstratiOn was made Of the o0lcacS
Of the torpedo. Since that time the pro-
cess of evolution has gone forward
rapidly. and from a crude ContrlNance
consisting of nothing more than a bar
rel, Il few pounds of gunpowdcr ana
Il time fuse, the torpedo has reachcl
a stage which represents the perfec-
ton of human skill and the eNpcndi-
tlrc Of vast sums. Once an ms gnh-
cant invention. drifting at the mercy
of contrary currents, IT Is now Il thing
Of life itself. capable of attacking a
vessel with almost rs much precision
as though animated by human lntclli-
gCnCc.
The origin Of the torpedo may be
traced back to the days when the AN
clients employed Greek fire To destroy
the shipping Of their enemies. II was
the discovery of guupowdcr that open
ed the way for "A natural developments
of the idea. and %quickoncd the inycn-
tiN brain to the possibilities of the
torpedo IN time Of war. After Fam
bolli had achieved rcnown by blowing
up the bridge AZ Antwerp, nearly two
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Tuesday, April 20.

The spanish torpedo gunboat Tc-
mario is at Bucnos Ayrc, awaiting
orders.
The dynamite cruiser Ncsuvius has
sailed for Key West. She carries an
extra quantity Of p~rojectiles.
The report that the Spanish had
captured the four.mastcd schooner
Shenandoah has not been confirmed.
No news from the American liner
Paris has rs yet been received. She Is
expected to arrive either today or to-
morrow.
An amendment has been adopted to
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NO PLACE FOR LOGAN, JR.

Governor Tanner Declines to Make Him
Colonel OF an Illinois Regiment.
CHICAGO. April %. -ioyernor Tan
ner has refused to appoint John A.,
Logan, Jr., commander Of "a regiment
This request same TO him through the
secretary OF war, This Is considered o
decided rebuff to Mr.. Algsr.
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ALL NATIONS NOTIFIED.
tho state Department Notifies the Pow ers
of wars EIistsnce--spaiu's Mute,

WAsIHNGToS, April 81 The State
department has conveyed notice to all
the powers and nations with which
the United States holds friendly rela.
ton, OF the declaration Of war by the
United States
MADRID, April a7.--The Spanish gov,
eminent has sen. a circular TO the
powers, regretting 1.-THE hard necessity
OF being compelled to appeal to force
in order TO repel the scandalous sg.
erosion Of the United States, etc
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Mexico strictly neutral

CRY OF MEXICO, April 27.-Seno,
Mariscal, minister OF foreign affairs,
has declared that the Mexican gov
eminent will maintain the strictesi
neutrality in the Hispano' American
Americah a
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Mrs, DE Style-Dear me! What q Iot
OF society news you've got hold Of
even to a full description of Miss Tin
tops Paris rousseau! Where did YOU
hear II all? Miss Pc Style-At the
symphony cou cert.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-29
HULL ARMY BILL A LAW.

Reorganization Provided for In the
Measure signed by the President
WAsHISGToS, April %. The Hull
army organization bill, which was
passed by the House and Senate. wa:
signed to-day by the President, and :.
now u law.
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THE TORPEDO IN WAR.
GREATEST AGENT or DIS
TRUCTiON NOW USED.
History Of Its Evolution from the Year
1883 Up to the Event In Havana
Narbor on icb. II Last During the
(iNu War.

MEXICAN & Mus
has done more to
develop the turpc-
do as an inStru
mrut uf marine
warfare than the
inventive skill %
any other nation
atty. While the
history Of this ter
rihic death engine
r. l.l.
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Kansas Can surnish 20. 900 Men

TOPEKA, Kan, April Ex-Governor
Leedy says 20, 900 volunteers have Of
fered their services from Kansas