Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-09
CUBAWATERS
Interest Focused In Matters About
Santiago de Cuba Bay.
CONFIDENCE FELT In OUR FLEET.
Speculation Unsatisfied Regarding the
Movement Of the Army of Invasion n
Its observation-disclosures Paroied-
Cadet Jones Charges Disproven.

KEY West, Fla, June A.-Qn ship
board and ashore yesterday iuteres
was entirely focused onthe movement:
IN south Cuban waters. The bulletin!
announcing the forcing Of Santiago d.
Cuba harbor by the American fleet
were received with ~enthusiasm. but
were too meager to be satisfying.
The squadron at Santiago, whiet
may have been further reinforced, 1:
felt to be powerful enough to cousront
the whole Spanish navy IL need be. sc
that the dispatches from Kingstpn, re
ceived here lateyesterday. pointing &c
the approach of the second feet from
Cadiz, caused no uneasinesS.
Apart from this outside interest the
day was DUH and featurelesa. There
Is an unusually large number Of ships
In the harbor Coalfng and provisioning
in haste to reioin the squadron and
participate in the aggressive work now
understood to be the plan of future
operations. The biggest vessel to ar
rive was the monitor from the Havana
Matangas blockade, When she left
Thursday night oil was quiet.
Speculation remains unsatisfied re-
garding the movement OF the army OF
invasion and its destination, nothing
definite on this subject having lately
reached here.
Ono incident Of the day was the for.
NAL paroling Of e43 prisoners Of war
captured and still held on the prize
ships. It was announced some time
ago that this would be done, and the
necessary decree was entered yester-
day. The prisoners were the passen-
gers and crews Of the ships taken, and
they will be sent back to Spain, proba-
bly, next week on the Catalina and
Miguel Jover, two prize steamers re-
leased by the United States court.
The parole, of course, does not apply
to the military prisoners at Fort Nc
Pherson, Atlanta.
After a Observation-Disclosures Judge
Locke, of the United States district
court, has fled a decision in the mat
ter of the charges made by Cadet Need
ham L. Jones, of the flagship New
York, through Ensign Christy, the
prize commander Of the Catalina, ac-
cusing the deputy marshals and COM
missioners in charge Of the Spanish
vessels Of brutality to prisoners and
the theft Of ~silverware and other arti-
cles of value from the prize ships.
The charges when made were passed
along from Rear-Admiral Sampson to
Secretary Long, to Acknowledgement
Griggs and then back to United States
District Attorney STRIPPING here. Dis
trict Attorney Stripling's reply to At
torney Griggs gave offence to Secretary
Long, who wrote a sharp letter to the
attorney general.
Meantime District Attorney Strip
ling brought the matter before Judge
Lock, and the latter called the mas ters
and officers Of the prize ships and took
voluminous testimony. They swore
that they had been treated with all re-
spect and courtesy, and that nothing
whatever had been improperly taken
from the ships.
Judge Locke thereupon dismissed
the case, and now it is said that charges
will be preferred against Cadet Jones,
although 1t is considered likely that
the whole ugly affair will be dropped.
The Chicago naval reserves who ar
rived this week were put through
practice drills in small boats yesterday.