The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-02
QUIET ABOUT HAVANA
NO NEWS FROM ADMIRAL
SIMPSONS FLEET
1nsurgent Generals at Key West
Organizing Regiment of Cubans
for Immediate Invasion of the
Island to Act in Conjunction With
GOmez-One Small Prize the List

By the Associated Press.
KEY WEST, Fla, May 1.-The day
has been very quiet, no news from the
fleet or the outside world being re-
ceived.
Miss Clara Barton and her Red Cross
aides came ashore from the relief
steamer State Of Texas this morning
and attended church. The 300 marines
on the transport Panther remained
huddled on the steamers deck in the
roasting sun. The Amphitrite, Mont
gonery and Newport sailed this morn
Ing In the direction Of the fleet.
The government boat Leyden brought
In the small coasting schooner Mas
Gotta. which was captured by the tor
pedo boat Foote yesterday twenty
miles west Of Havana while trying to
run the blockade. The Mascota, which,
with her cargo. is worth about 81, 900,
was on her way from Jibara to Ha-
vana, with fruit
The harbor regulations, which take
effect tonight. forbid vessels to enter
between the hours Of 8 in the evening
and in the morning. A patrol has
been established which will instruct
vessels how to pass through the mine
fields.
The steamer Mascotte, while entering
port this afternoon, fouled the Span
ish prize schooner Perineo, carrying
away the latter's forward rigging. The
hand railing on the upper deck Of the
steamer was torn away.
The enlistment Of Cubans today at
the Marti club resulted in the enroll
ment Of $50 men. The enlistment roll
will be open tomorrow, when more
names are expected.
The arrival of Gen. Emilio Nunez,
Col. Acosta and Senior Jecartaya has
greatly augmented the enthusiasm Of
the Cuban colony. Gen. Nunez has
been the director Of numerous expedi-
TONS Col. Acosta was formerly a dar-
ing cavalry leader in Havana province.
He escaped from the island seriously
wounded, and is anxious to return.
Tonight Gen. Nunez and his party
are arranging for the departure on the
Mascotte tomorrow Of the Key West
Cuban regiment now forming at Tam
pa. The Cubans hope this regiment
will be one of the first to land. Gen.
Nunez is acting under instructions
from Senior Estrada Palma. Tonight
he endeavored to obtain passage to the
fleet to confer with Rear Admiral
Sampson, but he was unsuccessful, as
no boat left for the flagship.
Gen. Nunez is much taken with the
idea of making Matanzas the base of
operations. Although the city itself is
subject to the fever, the hills a mile
and half back from the coast would
furnish an ideal camp ground. In ev-
cry way more healthful than Tampa
When last heard from, Gen. Maxine
Gomez had in all the armies 25,OOO
bodied men. Since that time there
has been no fighting of consequence,
and the Cuban armies must now be in
better condition, except in the matter
Of clothing. There Is abundant forage
everywhere in the island.
There is no truth whatever in the
report of the execution last evening OF
Jose Yglesias, who is under surveil-
lance on the monitor Puritan, as the
result of suspicious behavior near one
Of the magazines last Wednesday even
ing. He has not even been placed on
trial.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May lit
Is announced here today, in dispatch
from Rio Jane1ro, Brazil, that the Unit
ed States gunboat Marietta, as we'll as
the United States battleship Oregon, ar
rived at that port yesterday. It is add
ed that they will resume their voyage
north today, accompanied by the Unit
ed States dynamite cruiser Nictheroy,
recently purchased from Brazil by the
government of the United States.
BUENOS AYRES, via Galveston,
Tex. May 1.-The Spanish gunboat
Temerario is at Ensenada, on the La
Plata, undergoing repairs to a portion
Of her machinery, but 1t Is expected
she will leave within a week.