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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-20
PHILIPPINE EXPEDITION.
The Regular Troops to Accompany
Tt Determined Upon.

WASHINGTON. May 19.-The regu-
| lar troops which are to accomoanx the
| expedition to the Philippines were de-
termined upon at the War Department
| to-day. and orders for them to proceed
promptly TO the coast viii be issued.
These, with the volunteers from Cali
fornia, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming,
North and South Dakota and Idaho
make W the sum total from which are
to be taken the troops who are to be
sent to reinforce Admiral Dewey and
enable him to take and hold the city
OF Manila.
The public admission that the occLpa-
ton of the island is intended was made
known in an order of the department to-
day detailing several officers for duty
in that connection. The Quartermas-
ter's Department reports thai the Tour
ships which have been chartered for
the transoacific troops should be ready
to sail inside of ten days ut the most.
The City of Picking, which will get off
first, is almost ready. The Commissary
Department was advised that such sup
plies for 1900 men were to reach San
Francisco to-day from Chicago. They
are calculated on the basis of three
months on the basis of a ration each
day for a man.
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EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Thral and Jones Will Soon be Re-
leased From MORO Castle.

WASHINGTON, May 19-There ap-
pears to be a mistaken impression
touching the attitude our Government
has assumed in the matter of the Ger
man steamer Polaria, now at Key West.
awaiting permission to cross through
the blockade lines into Havana Harbcr
Her case Is not exceptional inasmuch
as the Government gave its consent
only to the landing in Havana of GER
tain passengers on the steamer. who
boarded her at Hamburg, Germany,
April 9th last, some time before the
outbreak of war between the United
States and Spain and long before the
issue of the declaration of war. The
Presidents proclamation of the block
ade contemplated exemption from inter-
ference of foreign vessels cleared before
the date of the proclamation In con-
formlty to the general principle. the
State Department saw no reason why
passengers shipped under such condi-
ditions as those on the Poiaria at HAM
burg should be prevented from contip-
uing their journey.
As 10 the British correspondent. Mr..
knight, who is awaiting permission to
enter Havana, passing the blockade on
neutral ship. our Government is I'M
der certain obligations to him by rea-
son of his efforts to arrange for an ex-
change of prisoners. These efforts, by
the way. have succeeded. and Colonel
Cortejo and Surgeon Julian, now at
Fort Mcpherson. Ga. are to be ex-
changed for the newspaper men. Thrall
and Jones. now in MORO Castle. as is
indicated by the following telegram to
the State Department from Alexander
Collin. British Consul at Havana:
"AI arranged. You can send the
prisoners at once. Please wire me day
and hour of departure from Key West
and probable arrival off Havana. I'm
mediately flag is discerned Spanish
steamer with Thrall and Jones will set
out to meet and exchange"
Promptly upon receipt of this infor-
nation by the State Department Sec
rotary Alger signed an order directing
the commanding General of the Depart
ment of the Gulf to have prisoners Cor
tito and Julian taken to Key West and
turned over to the commandment of the
naval station there for further orders.
Accompanied by small guard, the two
men will be taken to Tampa, and thence
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The Workmanship Mexico of Barcelo-
ma, mounting four ick-fring guns, is
in the harbor.
Several coasting steamers and
schooners are at the wharves. A few
days ago a German steamer brought
5000 bags of rice to Santiago de Cuba.
Rice and sardines are the principal
food supplies.
Last night when about sixty miles
from Santiago de Cuba seven large
steamers, moving in two columns,
crossed the Adoula's course, going west
They were evidently warships, but
their nationality could not be identi-
fed The Adoula brought 255 passen-
gers.
OUTLOOK FOR NAVAL BATTLE.
CHICAGO, May ia special to the
Daily News" from Washington says:
Although nothing official is given out
at the Navy Department, the opinion
is cautiously expressed that the report
ed bombardmens of Santiago de Cuba
is probably true. A large number of
American vessels are there, and one of
the special missions to which they have
been assigned is the cutting of the cable
from that port.
There are three cables at Santiago de
Cuba, two running to Jamaica and one
to Hayti. They are British property,
but they either have been or Will be
cut to prevent General Blanco from
communicating with Madrid or any
other outside point. The outlook for
a naval battle within twenty four hours
is not considered promising.
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GERMAN wARsHIP GEIER.
Did Not Salute American Ships OH
Entering Havana.

MADRID, May 1913 a. NIT is an
nounced in a dispatch received here
from Havana that the German warship
Geier has arrived there The dispatch
adds:
She did not salute the American
squadron either with her guns or flag,
but she passed the usual salutes to the
forts here, and her commander landed
and visited Captain General Blanco,
Admiral Manterola and the President
of the Colonial Government. The visits
of the commander were lengthy, and
were marked by extreme cordiality. The
Spanish authorities returned the visits
The dispatch from Havana also refers
to the reported bombardment of forts
at Santiago de Cuba yesterday, adding
mo damage was done, as the ships
were so far distant that shells did not
reach the land"
A red book has been published con-
tanning the diplomatic documents relat-
ing to the events beginning with the ar
rival of General Stewart l.. Woodford
the United States Minister at San Sc
bastian, and ending with the rupture of
peace.
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CIENFUEGos ENGAGEMENT.
Spanish Loss Three Hundred Killed
and Several Hundred Wounded,

KEY WEST (Fla), May 19.-(Copy-
right. 1898, by the Associated Press)-
The Spanish loss during the recent en-
gagement at Cienfuegos is now known
to have been much heavier than at firsr
reported. Three hundred Spaniards
We're killed and several hundred
wounded. Great damage was done
along the coast.
Soon after the engagement the United
States cruiser Marblehead picked up
several Cubans in an open boat some
miles from the coast, including Colonel
Ortize Lieutenant Olivarez and three
privates from an insurgent camp near
Cienfuegos. They reported that the
Spanish losses and the damage wrought
by the shells from the warship were
very heavy. The hospitals at Cienfue-
Cos, they said, were full of wounded,
and fear prevailed everywhere that the
American warships would return to
complete the work of destruction.
During the engagement the Marble
head threw $50 five-inch shells into the
Spanish forces and 100 shots from her
secondary battery The Nashville
threw as many more shells and 1,2C0
from her secondary battery.
Fifteen hundred Spaniards were sta
toned in an improvised fortress on a
neck of land and upon this the ships
concentrated their fire, and it was here
that the most terrible destruction was
wrought. During the heavy fire of
shells, and just after the lighthouse was
blown up five Spaniards who were run
ming together in an attempt to escape
were picked off by a shell from the
Marblehead, the gunner being ordered
to fire upon them by Ensign Pratt. They
were torn to pieces.
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DoINGs OF CUBAN INSURGENTS
Moving Nearer and Nearer to San
tiago De Cuba.

KINGSTON (Jamaica) May 10
copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated
Press Refugees who arrived here to-
day from Santiago de Cuba on board
the steamer Adoula say the insurgent
district commanders in Eastern Cuba
are now movin< nearer and nearer to
Santiago dc Cuba
1t appears that Brigadier General
MendeZ, by order of General Calixto
Garcia, has brought the insurgent forces
from the extreme east to the neighbor-
hood of Caimanero, on the south coast,
and Bri=adier General Castillo of the
insurgent army has shifted him com
mand to within twenty-five miles of
Santiago de Cuba.
Small insurgent bands engage in
nightly raids past the outlying gar
risoned towns to within six miles of
the city of Santiago de Cuba They re-
tire without pursuit after their forays.
The concerted design is to cut off the
meat, vegetable and fruit supply of
the city and produce the effects of a
siege.
In the meantime the prices of pro-
visions at Santiago de Cuba are even
less than they were three weeks ago,
during the first panic following the out
break of hostilities between Spain and
the United States, and the expectation
of being blockaded. Small cargoes of
flour, groceries and canned goods have
been received by schooners from ia
maica and Hayti, and the markets of
Santiago de Cuba are full of fish
Senior Enrique Capriles, Governor of
Santiago de Cuba, in an interview
printed in La Bandera Espanola" of
May 18th, is quoted as saying: Spain
has 300 600 regular troops and volun-
teers in Cuba, and we fight on our soil.
Those of us who are from Spain are
acclimated, and we are intrenched
Therefore, one of US is equal to two in
vaders-yes, to three invaders.
1--WE hear America purposes to assail
us with 100000 men. Some reports say
10000 and raw levies. We invite four
times that number to enrich our fields
with their carcasses. The greater the
number the greater glory. Let us keep
our hearts elevated by patriotism and
thoughts of our wrongs. Our flag has
been called the Golden and bloody flag
of SPAIN In our hands, may it in
deed win that name
The feeling against Americans in
Santiago de Cuba is most bitter. The
Spaniards threaten to confiscate the
plantations owned by Americans.
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has set in motion the machinery of the
navy to carry out his desired purpose
Of cutting the cables that afford the
last connection between Havana and
the outside world, and thus isolate
Blanco. Tt is not believed that the
Commandment amounted to anything
more than this
Judge Acknowledgement Leady to-
day completed the circular defining the
chief characteristics of the sixteen tor
pedo-boat destroyers and the twelve
torpedo boats provided for by Congress
in the present naval appropriation bill
The destroyers provided for are to be of
larger type than any vessel of that
kind We now have in the service, about
OOO tons, but the torpedo boats will be
about the size of the average torpedo
boat now in use, namely, about $50
tons. Bidders are left the widest lib
erty in the matter of original designs.
No bids will be considered which fail
to guarantee a speed of at least TWEEN
ty-eight knots for destroyers and TWEEN
ty-six knots for torpedo boats. No more
than sixteen and twelve months, re-
spectively, viii be allowed to complete
these boats. The shortness of time of
construction will be an important eIe-
ment in determining the awards.
Hampstead, Long Island, has been
definitely selected as a rendezvousing
point for the troops from New England
and the Middle States section, and 1t
is said that nineteen regiments eventu
ally will be quartered there.
The long expected appointment of of
ficers to the staff of the fourteen new
Major-Generals has been made, so
that the way is now clear for the entry
upon active duty of the officers who
have been obliged for several weeks to
remain in Washington.
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1.-The feature most discussed was the
wonderful pluck of the Ter Or and her
escape from being hit Shells simply
rained about her as she lay within 50U
yards of the forts, and blazed away
with her 5-inch rapid fire batteries
THE Amphitrite trouble was with her
after turrets, and was caused by an ac-
cident to the gear which supplies the
turret power.
Several sli=ht accidents occurred on
the shios, but on the whole they were
not as numerous as generally happens
during heavy target practice. The
strain on the men was rather severe.
The heat of the sun was intense before
s O'Clock. The work done by the engi-
neer officers and their men, who for
three hours were under the battle graf
ingS in the intense heat, cannot be too
highly praised. The firing of the mont
tors seemed hardly up to the mark of
the other ships. the heavy swell caus-
ing them trouble and precluding any de-
gree of accuracy of aim"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-20
QUIET DAY AT WHITE HOUSE
But Few Visitors to Take Up the
Time of the President

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Presi-
dent was in office early ready for the
work of the day, but there were no Wis
itors from the Capitol to take up his
time in conferences and in seeking war
appointments until close to 10 O'Clock
Secretary of State Day was with the
President during the morning, but on
leaving the White House stated there
were no important official dispatches
in, and that there was no material
change in the situation
Senator Sewel of New Jersey saw
both the President and Secretary AL
ger regarding his nomination as Major
General. He intimated that he would
make formal declination of the nom
ination very soon.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. a
member of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, talked over the war situation at
some length.
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The President offered a Full Regi-
ment of Trained Soldiers.

CHICAGO, May 19-The following
message was sent to-day:
ITO President Mckinley, Washington,
d. CT have the honor to offer you a.
full regiment of trained Canadian
American soldiers. Majority have been
under fire. We desire service with
Merritt. GEORGE B. MAYNES,
Lieutenant Colonel"
Most of the men of the regiment as
we'll as Colonel Maynes himself have at
one time been Connected with the Brit
lsh army, either as regulars or in the
military service in Canada Eng
land. The majority are a fir ba5y Of
men. In addition to the full regiment
already rendered, the Colonel has about
400 on the enlistment rolls. and if the
regiment rendered is accepted and an
other one is desired, he will, he says, be
able to fill the second regiment on short
notice.
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VOLUNTEERS MUSTERED IN.
Now Number Ninety-five Thousand
Nine Hundred Men.

w WASHINGTON. May 19.-Morc than
fifty regiments of the volunteer army
either have started for or reached the
modifying points to which they were
directed to proceed by the Secretary of
War Fifteen or twenty other regi-
ments have reported their readiness to
start for such points. In order TO avoid
confusion at the camps and any c0nges-
ton IN the railroad traffic, the War De-
partment officials are deferring givirg
orders for a number of volunteer regi-
ments to start. The volunteers mus
tered to date number $4,000 men. All
the regiments which were directed TO go
to San Francisco. except those from
North and South Dakota, had left their
rendezvousing points for the Golden
Gate city. The greater portion of the
men composing these organizations are
destined for the Philippines.
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A Fleet of Nine Warships Seen Off
the Coast of Halifax.
The Spanish Loss at the Recent Engage
ment at Cienfuegos Three Hundred
Killed and Several Hundred
Wounded.

MADRID, May 19.-Midnight (via
Paris)-The Spanish squadron has ar
rived at Santiago de Cuba without ac-
cident
A direct message from Santiago de
Cuba confirms the arrival of the Span
ish squadron.
The fleet on arriving at Santiago de
Cuba found there two American war
ships, which retired with all speed. The
Queen Regent has cabled congratula-
tons to Admiral Cervera
TERROR READY TO LEAVE.
ST. PIERRE CMartinique), May 49,
Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated
Press The Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyer Terror, at Fort de France, has
completed her repairs, and is ready to
leave at any moment.
The Spanish ambulance shin Alicante
to-day changed her moorings from the
inner to the outer harbor in order to
take on coal.
The British steamer Twickenham,
with 1000 tons of coal, has arrived ct
Fort de France. 1t is reported that a
contract has been made with the Span
ish Government under the terms of
which the Twickenham Is to furnish
coal for a two months basis at Fort de
France. The French Government has
thus far refused to allow the Alicante
to coal from the Twickenham. but the
Spanish Consul has obtained permits
sion for q five days wait for the Twick-
enham before declaring at customs.
The excitement among the Spanish
sympathizers is very great.
FLEET NEAR CAPE LAHAvA.
HALIFAX IN. 81, May ia report
just received from Getson Cove. on the
west shore of this province, says nine
warships were sighted off Indian Island
near Cape Lahave this morning. head
ing in a southerly direction.
In response to an inquiry sent to a
correspondent at Bridgewater, on the
west coast of this province, the follow
ing has been received:
This morning about 8 o'clock, the
smoke of several steamers was seen off
the coast near Cape Lahave. Several
persons went round the hill, at Get
sons Cove, and from that eminence saw
distinctly nine large vessels under
steam. heading In a southerly direction
Their nationality could not be dis
cerned. This information was received
from Rheinhart Bros, who vouch for
the correctness of the story. The ships,
when seen, were near Indian Island
about five miles from the coast. No
further information has been received
up TO this time
COAL FOR SPANISH FLEET.
LONDON, May ia dispatch to the
Star" from Montreal, published to-day
says Senior Polo y Barnabe has secured
by cable a coal depot near st. Pierre,
Miquelon, the French colony on the
south coast of Newfoundland, at which
the Cadiz squadron will coal previous to
attacking the Atlantic seaboard of the
United States. While the Cape Verde
squadron, commanded by Admiral Ger
vera. draws off the scuadrons COM
manded by Admiral Sampson and Com
modore Schley.
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AT CEICKAMAUGA.
Railroad Yards Blockaded by the
Arrival Of Volunteers.

CHlCkAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK
(Ga), May 19.-With to-night's arrivals
the three divisions of the first Drovi-
sional volunteer army corps will be
completed The arrivals TODAY com
pletely blockaded the railroad wards
but the officials of the various roads
have been working together harmoni-
ously to relieve the congestion. Twelve
trains, of an average of fifteen cars
each, stood on the sidings of one road
at noon to-day, awaiting a clearing of
the main track, but shortly therea fter
they began to move. There were ar the
park at o'clock tonight -. 900 men.
To-day has been the busiest dav at
the park since the volunteers began TO
arrive, and the forces of the various
supply departments have been taxed to
the utmost to dispose Of the business
promptly and without confusion. The
Quartermaster's Department here re-
ceived all the supplies needed in the
matter of tents, uniforms. ammunition.
food supplies, etc, but no ordnance for
the artillery batteries or guns for the
unarmed volunteers have been received.
They are expected tomorrow.
The water supply is holding out salts
factorily, but a large number of addi-
tional wells are being sunk, and as a
guarantee against a possibility of a de-
ficiency it is stated to-day that a re-
commentator has been sent to Wash
ington urging that a stand pipe be
erected on the field, and that water be
supplied from the celebrated Crawfish
Spring, which flows several millions of
gallons of water daily, and that this
water be piped to the camps that may
be lacking in supply.
Ample storage room for the $500. 900
rations recently ordered here from Chi
cage was secured in Chattanooga to-
day. and these food supplies are now
nearly stored so that orders for regi-
mental supplies are promptly filled.
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Said to Be Decidedly Abating in
Spain.

NEW YORK, May ia dispatch to
the Herald" from Valencia says:
The war fever is decidedly abating
in Spain, and the long-winded debate
in the Cortes, revealing the helplessness
of the country, has contributed thereto
almost as much as the defeat at Ca
wife.
A distinctive feature of the present
crisis is that there is not a single public
man who inspires the smallest conf
dence, and the proposed tinkering in the
Ministry is simply viewed by the mass
es with despairing Indifference. This
circumstance, and the opinion daily
Continued on Eighth Pagel
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STRICT CENSORSHIP.
No News OF War Movements AL
lowed to BE Sent Out.

TAMPA (Fla.). May 19.-The strictest
kind of censorship has been established
here. and absolutely nothing pertaining
to military or naval movements from
this port will be permitted to be sent
out from this time on. An additional
bulletin of such news as the army Off
Gals consider advisable will be pro-
vided for at once. 1t is intimated that
this censorship will continue until after
the final movement of troops to Cuba
has taken place. it being the purpose OF
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SIEGE TRAIN FOR CUBA.
Will Be Used For Supplies to Be
Established in the Interior.

CHICAGO, May ia special to the
journal from New York says:
Arrangements are being made by the
Quartermaster's Department for a siege
train to be shipped to Cuba. and to
follow in the wake of the invading
party The train will be able to carry
10000 pounds of artillery, and will be
used for supplies to be established at
interior towns
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by water to Key West, when arrange
ments viii be made for the trip to
Havana and the subsequent exchange
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-04-19
MARKET REPORTS.
Reserved asd corrseted Each Oay ~
wire of X. 2. Darcy a co.'s
stock ExehaaGe.


Chicago. April Is. Liverpool 81
higher for the day. Receipts there
for three days 80, 900 bushels against
$50 900 previous three days. For
six days there were above theoreti-
cal requirements. Acceptances were
generally foreigners. Mr.. Letter
sold 800, roo bushels and So loads re-
ported as taken from the seaboard.
Northwest receipts i53 cars against
290 last year. Broomhall dispatches
were bullish reporting large sales
-four with wheat in small supplies
and decrease In Bradstreets was a
total of 2T36, 900 bushels. Trading
has been light caused by the uncer-
tainty over the effect OF the presi-
dents ultimatum, which IL ordered
reported today. We look for q scalp
ing market and bulls, IL the demand
continues beyond more than . war
demonstration for these long futures,
has the large premium OF 24c for July
in Liverpool over Chicago as an in
centive and stronger neighboring
markets generally than our own
Corn-Corn seems 20 be working
into strong position as the purchases
by shippers have been largely for
May. Bradstreets world statements
showed increase OF 5,4OO 900 against
l 100, 900 last year.
Oats-Buying Of Data, which began
two days ago and which probably
took the balance of Letters holdings
were not in evidence today. Cash
demand good.
Provisions-Were frm and q good
trade but brokers probably acting
for packers sold Carrying charges
widen on prospects of dearer money.
Cash trade good. Estimated hogs
2S 600 tomorrow.