Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-05-17

CURACAO, May 1.-THE Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera, which
| left Sunday evening, after the cruisers
| Vizcaya and Infanta Maria Teresa had
| taken on about 700 tons of coal and a
great quantity Of provisions, We're not
! sighted yesterday When the squadron
disappeared it was going westward.
PoRT AU PRINCE, May 1.-THE
United States torpedoboat Porter re-
turned to Cape Haitien yesterday morn
ing, having left Rear Admiral Samp-
sons feet in the offing. Lieutenant
| Bennett conferred with the United
| States consul at Cape Hatien and filed
dispatches from the rear admiral. The
rendezvous of the fleet is north of Cape
| Hatien.
The Porter later left here TO rejoin the
| fleet. The destination of the fleet is I'M
| certain.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Daily Mail
says:
according to the most trustworthy
information the Spanish cruisers Car
u6udl N1SltIOS, L IlACOS5 Nk6 aSbuIldS
and Catalina are not yet ready for sea
and therefore cannot have arrived at
Martinique
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Indications
have been received here that Captain
General Blanco, at Havana, is very
short of ammunition, in which case the
powerful batteries at the entrance of
Havana harbor of course would be de-
prived of a large part of their defensive
strength. This state of affairs may lead
to some desperate attempts at blockade
running on the part of the Spaniards in
the hopes Of getting more ammunition
into Havana. 1t is believed that the
supplies 80 frequently referred to as be-
ing on the Spanish flying squadron are
of this character rather than food sup
plies, which makes it all the more i'm
portant that Sampson and Sehley should
succeed in keeping Admiral Cervera
from reaching Havana or Cienfuegos, or
any port in Cuba connected with Ha-
vana by rail. Commodore Schley proba-
bly, is well down on the Florida coast
now and shonld be able to guard the
Florida straits by today or, tomorrow.
His appearance on that side of Cuba
would enable Sampson to bring his iron
clads with perfect safety into Cienfue-
gos on the south side, and with this dis
position of our naval force and the free
use of considerable number of our
scouting vessels it is hard to see how the
Spanish fleet can escape from the Gulf
OF Mexico or the Caribbean sea.
Following are some bulletins issued
by the navy department.:
''Mr. Knight, correspondent of the
IL
necessary permission from the Spanish
government to land at Havana if con-
veyed to that port by neutral vessel,
has been granted permission by the
| navy department to take passage by the
| German steamer Polaria, which vessel
| is given permission to pass the blockade.
1.-The department hopes to make an
exchange OF prisoners at an early date.
1.-THE British steamer Myrtledene has
been granted the same permission to 90
to Cardenas as was previously granted
to the Norwegian vessel Folsjo.
| ''The Austrian man of war, the EN-
press Maria Teresa, will visit Cuban
ports.
The opening of the blockade at Ha-
vana to certain vessels is rather curl
GUS proceeding that may lead to very
considerable widening of the blockade
itself, so that in the end neutral vessels
not loaded with contraband or supplies,
the carrying of which into Havana
would interfere with the naval and mil
itary operations laid down by the
United States, may be allowed to enter.
The statement that the navy depart
ment still hopes to make an exchange
Of prisoners at an early day, shows that
the mission of the Uncas was by nc
means a complete failure, as has been
stated.
The navy department. showed it's
usual signs of activity, and yet there
was an absolute lack of information
concerning the fleets. 1t was assumed
from this that no engagement had oc-
Cured as the navy department has
been frank to give out full reports OF
actual conflicts, even while guarding
with the most rigid secrecy the prelim.
mary movements of ships. Now that
the opposing naval forces are SO near to.
gether, naval officials feel the need more
than ever of preventing advance publ.
cation of these, as it would jeopardize
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