Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-05-12
The Cruiser Charleston Sails
From San Francisco To-
Night for Manila.
The Big ARMY OF INVASION.
Hasty Preparations for Con-
veyin9 the Soldiers Into
Cuba-One Expedition
handed-Spanish
Torpedo Boat
B1oun Up.

Special Dispatch to the Daily Ledger.
WASHINGTON, D.. O., May II, $500 p.
m.-The plan at the War Department
in Washington, since 1t is now def
nlteIy known that Spain's feet has
gone to Its own shores, is for Sampson
to attack San Juan and capture the
island of Porto Rico, and simultane-
ousIy for Schley, with the Flying
Squadron, to lombard Havana while
the American and Cuban insurgent
land forces move upon the city from
the ear and effect a surrender Of the
Spanish stronghold.
A Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Ii
reported blown up near Gibraltar last
night and all on board lost. 1t is sup
posed to have been an accident.
The cruiser Charleston has been or
dered to sail imm ediasely from San
Francisco INFLAMMATION and sup
plies for Dewey. 1t will leave tonight
for the Philippines and the ships car
rying the soldiers will 60 in q day or so.
A mob burned an immense ware
house at Madrid yesterday. Rioting
throughout the city and kingdom ID
daily increasing.
The American transport Gussie
yesterday landed an expedition I'M
Capt. Darst safely within fifty miles
of Havana. The United States troops
have begun to go in and will continue
until all the force necessary is landed.
Everything is rushing at Tampa.
Florida, to got the main expedition
ready to sail for Cuba, where a vigor.
GUS campaign will be conducted.
Nothing has been heard from Ad.
miral Sampson at the War Depart
ment and he does not know that the
| Spanish Cape Verde feet has gone out
of his reach. He will be ordered to
capture San Juan, Porto Rico.
Serious riots are reported occurring
in a number of Spanish cities and
grain and provision stores are being
sacked by mobs. At Logronok the
mobs were charged by Spanish troops
who were repuIsed by women, who
used axes, choppers, cudgels and Other
improvised weapons. There is a gen.
eral uprising Of the lawIess classes
throughout the entire country, which
the Spanish soldiery is unable to cope
with.
A report upon reliable authority
says President Diaz, of Mexico, has
prohibited volunteers for Spain leav-
ing Mexico for Cuba. The Spaniards
of the City Of Mexico contributed
500, 900 to purchase provisions for the
Spanish army in Cuba. The provis-
ions were shipped to Vera Cruz, to b
loaded on a chartered vessel. When
the whole lot had reached that point
| President Diaz ordered that they be
not shipped out of the country.
RELOADED HER CARGO.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May Sword
reached here tonight that the French
Translantic liner Lafayette, which
was held up and captured recently by
United States warships, entered the
port of Havana and proceeded to un-
load her cargo.
The British Consul objected on be-
half Of the American government and
notified Washingtod to that effect. BE
also notified lBlanco that II the steam
er did not reload the cargo, the Amer.
lean ships would NOT allow her to
leave Havana.
The captain OF the Frenchman
thereupon took on the cargo, and
will sail tomorrow, while the British
Consul has q man ut the dock to see
that he does not do any surreptitious
unloading through the night.