The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-24
CUBANS COMING
TO THE COAST
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Duze OF the Fourteenth Minnesota. third.
A number Of regiments arrived to-day.


Duze OF the Fourteenth Minnesota. third.
A number Of regiments arrived to-day.
ST. THOMAS, DANISH WEST IN
DIES. Nav 23--The British steaher Aide
borough. Captain Farrant. which arrived
AT Porto Rico on May 9Th from Mothil,
Scotland. reached this port from San
Juan de Porto Rico yesterday morning.
She reports that an American cruiser
captured a. Spanish bark six miles north
OF San Juan on Saturday morning last.
The capture OF the vessel was observed
from sar. Juan. The prize was towed
north.
The Spanish cruiser Isabel II. while at
San Juan dc Porto Rico fired on the
British steamer Roath, from Barry, on
April 22d. which was loaded with coal.
with the intention OF crippling her and
thereby preventing her departure. The
officers OF the Isabel H.. however, claim
that the firing was the result OF an acci-
dent.
Mr.. Freeman Halstoad. the newspaper
correspondent, who has been sentenced
10 nine years imprisonment for taking
photographs Of the Notifications Of San
Juan de Porto Rico has been conveyed TO
a convict camp 10 undergo his sentence.
RED CROSS NURSES.
TAMPA. FLA, May 2.-The Red Cross
BARTON. representative of the National
Red Cross Society, Of America and a
CORPS Of surgeons and trained nurses, ar
rived al Port Tampa from Key West to-
day. The vessel, which is fully fitted up
for special purposes an dcarries supplies
enough for the equipment OF several Red
Cross stations. will. it is said, follow the
fleet of troops into Cuban waters.
In speaking Of tho Red Cross work In
Cuba. Miss Barton said to-day that she
had received assurances from the high
est Spanish official sources that the hos
pital at Serro and her headquarters
were being carefully guarded and that
the Red Cross supplies left there were
being put TO their intended uses.
A SUSPECTED SPY.
j. Castellanos. a young man who ar
rived from Key West about three weeks
ago. and who IS registered at the Pal
metto Hotel as from New York. was ar
rested to-day by order of General Shat
ter as a suspected Spanish spy. lie was
plenufully supplied with money.
Castellanos wrote as many as one hun
dred letters daily. and this, together with
the discovery that he was travelling I'M
der an assumed name, resulted in his
arrest to-day. The case will be thorough
ly investigated
Elaborate arrangements have been
made for the banquet TO be held at the
Tampa Bay Hotel tomorrow In honor Of
Queen VictOria's birthday.
Everything waits on news from the
fleets. When the long-looked for meet
ing between Admirals Sampson and Ger
vera. takes place-and military officers
do not for a moment question the result
it IS the general belief that orders will
,~i,.c,, 20 t,fft tho army ON hoard the
transports at once.
Should the original plan be carried out
Of sending only regular troops On the
first expedition. the fleet Of transports
at Port Tampa is amply sufficient for
that purpose.
TWENTY ONE TRANSPORTS.
With the arrival to-day Of the lroquois
Santiago and Cherokee, twenty-one
transports are now az the port. every one
fitted ready for embarkation. These
ships will easily accommodate between
1900 and 1900 men somewhat over the
total number of regular troops in camp
here.
1t is thought thirty-six hours after or
ders are issued 10 embark every man.
horse and pound Of supplies can be placed
on board the vessels I'm waiting.
The first provisional brigade o. Nolun-
tccrS has been termed. 1T tulSi9AH VI .t'-
Thirty-second Michigan. Third and Firth
Ohio. and Second Georgia Regiments
with Briga Her General Hawkins, former
lv colonel OF the Twentieth United states
Infantry. in command All Of these regi-
mcnts are Ia camp 40 Palmetto Beach.
THREE MORE REGIMENTS.
JACKSONVILLE FLA. May 1.-THE
Second Illinois and First Wisconsin Resi-
ments Of volunteer troops arrived here
late sunday night and went into camp
to-day. together with the First North
Carolina Regiment. The men are all
pleased with the location OF che camp
ana every Arrangement has been made
for their comfort.