Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-05-26
|HARLEST0N SAILS.
IAs Cruiser Given a Rousing Send
OF on Her Journey to Manila.
1GCLARES SPAIN WILL DE HARD.
- New Cabinet, According to Senior Cap
1epon, win Fight to the litter End
N Bishops Issue PaatorAls-Littls
Aid from Cuban Insurgents

SAX Francisco. May %. - The
Charleston Is well on her way to
Manila. The big cruiser passed through
\ ~ Golden Gate at $50 o'clock yester
Y ~ morning, after having been an
ehored In the stream all night. She
(. adjusted her compasses at an early
hour and then passed up the bay
4 Through the Raccoon straits and past
4 ths docks on the northern frontage OF
~ city. Every steam vessel In the
tssbor blew au revoir to Capt Glass
! end bis crew. None Of the forts In the
q harbor saluted the vessel but the de-
\ ncnstration made by the 1000 soldiers
n gathered at the Preside was tremen.
3ouA When the vessel was sighted
coming down the bay the soldiers
\ gathered on the beach to bid her bon
voyage. They lined the beach for a
mile and cheer upon cheer rang out
from the men who are to so soon fol-
low the Charleston to the scene OF Adj
mirsl Dewey's triumph The Charles
toms big siren answered the boys on
The beach time and again and the
whistling was heard from one end OF
the city to the other. Never has n war
vessel leaving this harbor received
such q send-otf as was given the
Charleston.
DECLARES SPAIN WILL DIE HARD.
X MADRID, May 80. -Senor Capdepon,
minister Of the interior. has denied, in
Tie course Of an interview, that the
change In the ministry would involve
any alteration In the foreign policy Of
Spain, all the new ministers being In
favor Of prosecuting the war to the
end with the utmost energy. He says
Spain went perllously near sacrificing hei
hcuor In the interest Of peace, only making o
stand when further concessions would have In.
VOWED her disgrace and efacement Us nation
1his she will never do. and In this resolve the
ueW cabinet Is as thoroughly determined as the
On The new cabinet entertains no Illusion.
Il ID aware that weakness and poverty
~ opposed To strength and wealth but
Gpain Ia In the position Of duelist bound
N y defend his honor against the gross insults Of
\ : more powerful antagonist who although he
X = convinced that the result Is almost certain
Aoath. yet feels the force OF the principle Of
soblesse obIge Spain prefers possible de-
loat 70 certain disgrace Ministers know thai
~ moral sympathies of the powers ore with
upsin and that while hesitatlng to undertake
the responsibility for action which might lea6
~ greater war they may eventually inter-
9sne from motives OF self-interest and public
yolity on behalf Of Spain.
BISHOPS ISSUE PAsToRALs.
LONDON, May %. "A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Hong Kong says.
Gpaniards in Hong Kong and at Ma.
nila openly boast that fleet Of war.
Ghips Is on the way to the Philippines
md the bishops have issued pastorals
70 the effect that "Spain and God are
preparing to cut out these social ex.
oreacences from America The pas.
torals urge the people to give no quar-
vi and they ascribe Admiral Deweys
humanity in refusing to lombard Ma
Mia as due to fear At the same time
money Is being spent in bribing
NE inferior leaders among the insur
rents. There Is some anxiety here be.
oause Of the non-arrival Of American
troops and the American consulate is
crowded with volunteers. United
States Consul Wildman Is on duty day
and night
LITTLE AID FROM CUBAN INSURGENTS.
LONDON, May % The Madrid CORE
spondent Of the Times, commenting on
the situation in Cuba, says: Whether
any large number of insurgents will
ever fight for the Americans is consid.
cred extremely doubtful, but despite
SPANS hope, 1t is equally doubtful
whether Gen. Maxine Gomez and the
other influential insurgent leaders
will boldly declare against American
\ aunexation. All that can be said with
certainty Is that the cabinet at Wash.
lngton has not found and cannot count
1pon the efficient assistance from the
Insurgents which evidently expected
when II rushed into war without hav.
Ing an army Of occupation ready,
Gvc1aua Nauaas nla ppnuapSv
ROCKFORD, Ill, May 2l.-Nearly q
score Of lives lost, dozens Of persons
n iurad. close In 81 600 600 worth nj