Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-09


FERROUS Stoppage Of Gable Com
municatiOn.
Washington, June S-The activity
and frequent exchange of communica-
tons between the War and Navy De-
partments eliminated in visits by Act
ing Secretary Alien, Admiral Sicard
and Captain Crowninshield in person
to the War Department to-day. This
led to the belief this afternoon that
either the United States troops were ac-
tually embarking at Tampa or that the
movement is about to begin. The Of
fcials, however, while not absolutely
ignorant themselves as to what was 60
ing On at Tampa, were all under an in
junction, delivered by Secretary Alger
himself, to keep the troop movements
absolutely secret There were intima-
tons that took away in a measure the
disappointment occasioned by this at
titude, to the effect that once the troops
are ashore, there will be considerable
relaxation of the rules now so rigidly
applied relative to the giving out Of in
formation as to the army's movements.
The robust imagination displayed in
the Spanish bulletin recounting the
killing of $500 of Simpsons men dur
ing Mondays fight with the forts of
Go n ooncpd cOO6 Aoo1 of
ment at the Navy Department, and the
officers express themselves, though will
ing to meet the Spaniards with arms,
to be utterly unable to contend with
them
IN THE FIELD OF MENDACITY.
To some of them this bulletin recalled
wildly the stirring bulletins issued al
most daily from the Spanish legation
here in the days of Senior de LONE, tell
ing how the Spaniards with the loss Of
one man had managed to annihilate the
Cuban army.
No bulletins were posted to-day at
the Navy Department and although
there were signs that the department
was in communication with the south,
the newspaper men were assured that
there were no events worth reporting
treated of in the messages. The de-
partment is also very busy in arrang-
ing details for the Manila expedition,
having undertaken to make ready the
transports which will carry the SOL
diers from San Francisco to Manila
Work on these is being hurried under
Geographic orders, and by the end of
the week there will be sufficient mill
tary force afloat to enable Admiral
Dewey when it reaches him to do
pretty much as he pleases at Manila
The Japanese are the latest to turn
up with applications for permission to
study the technical features of the pres
ent war and to-day Secretary Alger
granted special permission to Com
mander ketsuro Narila of the Imperial
japanese navy, and Lieut.. Saneyuki
Akiyama to go with the army of occu-
patton of Cuba.
There is considerable mystery con-
corning the cutting of cables running
out of Cuba, and the continuance of
cable service from that island. It was
positively established to-day that the
French cable running from Santiago to
Cape Haytien
WENT OUT OF SERVICE
last Friday and remained out of work
ing condition until Saturday. During
the "a hours interruption the cable
company was unable to carry any bus
mess over this line. There is little
doubt that the interruption was due to
the work Of the cable cutting ship sent
out by Gen. Greedy, and in charge of
signal service officers. But the mys
terry of the affair is that the French
cable began working again Saturday.
How this came about is beyond con-
lecture by the best cable experts. The
French Cable Company is as much in
the dark on this point as are the
authorities here. All that the COM
pany knows is that it could not do
business from the third to the fourth
instant. 1t is apparent that the cable
was not cut, else it could not have re-
sumed service.
At the same time nothing short of a
cutting can account for the complete
Gripping of the cable on the third.
The matter is further complicated by
reports reaching the officials here to-
day that the cable again stopped
working at midnight on Monday. The
condition of this cable is regarded as
important by the authorities here, as
It is one of the means open to Gen.
Blanco in his communication with the
Spanish authorities.