Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-10
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Simpsons Squadron on the
Battle Ground,
l,1-z1.3-
SAY SPANISH .ADv|cES.
I7.-i
! Hasty Preparations for a
Blockade.
FIGHT AT CARDENAS,
Engagement Between an A ,nerican Cruiser
and a Spanish Guuboat Said to Have
Lasted Thirty Minutes. Riot
i.5 Ing In the Providences
Continues.
II u
By Telegraph.)

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II three suspicious looking vessels ar,
lowering in the ofing. He adds that
Ill he has confidential information n tho
effect that the United States fleet is
Z approaching Porto Rico.
5s p M.-Senor sagasta denies the
II rumor that Marshal Martinez Cannes
viii replace Lieutenant General Do-
q ban as captain Eenerar of Madrid
An impressive mass was held this
morning in the church Of St Joseph FOL,
D the repose of the souls of those slain nj
" Cavite. The church was filed with
4 sailors in uniform
4 A dispatch from Porto Rico saws !,
Good fighting spirit prevails there,
4 thanks to the munitions brought by the
Is cruiser Alfonso XIII and the strong for
" ti6cations. The dispatch saws that the
N Spanish merchantmen which ESCAPED
from the armed American Liner was
Z the st. Paulina, which has arrived at
San Jose de Porto RIGA.
Dispatch from Havana asserts MAT
an American cruiser and a large tor
~ Fedo boat attempted to force the Car
# denas channel and opened fire on tho
Spanish gunboats Antonio Lopez. I,ige-
RI and Alerta.
After n half hours engagement the
american warships, the dispatch says.
We're forced to retreat"
The Queen Regent consulted late
s5 TINS afternoon with Senior Montero
NJ Rios, president OF the Senate. who adj
Vises a reconstruction of the cabinet.
- IL eklEcIlelV pEOpoDle C111 the c1Dl-
net will be reconstructed with Senior
Gamoza included
- The political situation here is I'M
changed. The consultation between the
1: Queen Regent and Senior Gamazo, the
Ts Liberal leader, as well as Her Maiesty's
conference with Senior Montero Rios
IS the president Of the Senate. have been
without result. Everybody appears
loath to assume responsibility of Of
flee under the existing conditions of at
\ fairs.
1855 A. M.-Port Mahon, the capital
Il of the island Of Minorca, Balearic Is
7 lands). is being prepared for possible
attack upon the part Of the United
States squadron 1t is said that torpe-
does are being planted in all the ports,
a and the artillery on the Mola has been
S prepared for service.
s u A M.-There was serious rioting
at Linares. twenty-three miles from
JaeD, yesterday.
The disorder in the Spanish proyin-
ces is increasing At Cadiz and ALI
ST trouble is expected to spread Martial
$ law has been proclaimed in the pro
4 Il vinces Of Albacete and Jaen. At Mar
~ tos, nine miles from Jaen, men, women
s$ and children have been parading the
streets crying Death to the thieves
P. Mt is announced here this af-
S8 tefnoon that the cabinet ministers have
ID placed their portfolios in the hands of
ss Senior Sagasta, the premier, with the
view Of probable reconstruction Of the
35t ministry.
ORDERED TO HEMPsTEAD.
(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, May s.-The Twenty
y second regiment has been ordered to
Nh s iiesnpsteaa to replace the Thirteenth.
which se e '.;s Til'ingghast VIII disoand