The Holly chieftain., 1898-05-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph e1d Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


the 18th between Spanish gunboats
aEi shore batteries and the blockad-
ng vessels, Ensign Baglc- and four
/ u the crew of the United States tor
] Dedo boat WinsIoyy were killed and the
vessel knocked helpless by the enemy.
/ The Hudson threw the Wiusiow line
/ and towed her to safety.
! IT was rumored in well-in formed
London circles THAI Queen Victoria
uad personally appealed to the queen
/ -egent of Spain to sue for peace on the
| gTouuG that the longer war continued
-he more her sons prospects would be
/ jcopardized.
REPORT from port-au-Prince on
The 18th stated tha, Adm. Sampson
mad bombarded San Juan de Porto
Rico and in few ID nutes had reduced
Moro fort 70 heap Dt ruins. Chou
lands Of the populate and the for
ign cpnsuls, it was said, had sought
rcfuEe n the interior uf the island.
HoyG KoSG spec.al on the 18th
aid that trading s.sscl from the
Philippines reported having Witnessed
. the destruction of spanish warship
10y the United States runboat Concord
at lIo.lo, The fight is said 10 have
/ lasted two hours, at the end Of which
l time the Spaniard went down with
/ colors flying There were no casual
| ties on board the Concord and no dam
/ age was done the guubont.
/ LLOYD's agent at Manila cablcd to
/ London on the 18th from Hong Kong
! that the blockade Of the apital OF the
| Philippine islands was strictly main
tanned by Adm. Dewey and that the
] cable was aboard AN American vessel
THE Spanish flying squadron was
said 10 be off Martinique, W. l., on the
/ 18th and Adm SIMPSONS fleet was on
| the lookout for It and great naval
| battle was expected in day or two
/ Commodore ~cIlcv's fleet received
sealed order 'osall and 1t was thought
| his squadron would either 20 20 help
/ Adm sampson or maueuvcr around
/ the coast OF Cuba.
/ DIRECT ortgrs were given Gen.
/ Niles on the 18th TO suspend the move
ment of the army 70 invade Cuba un.
! I'll after the expected battle between
| the United States and Spanish fleets
in West Indian waters.
/ The war department on the 18th is
| sued orders for the assembling Of %
| OsT volunteer at Chickamauga This
embraced ~ reg mcnts Of infantry and
| five batteries.
| The London Evening News pub
lished on the 18th a dispatch from the
/ West Indies stating that san Juan de
/ Porto Rico surrendered the previous
evening TO Adm. Sampson. Immense
/ damage was done to the city by the
American lombard ment, but the Amer
| leans did not attempt 70 take possession
or destroy the city beyond razing the
| Notifications. The battlcshtps Iowa
and Detroit, according to the dis
patch, fired $50 shots with terrible ef-
feet
IMPORTANT kilograms were received
by the secretary of the navy at Wash
ington on the 18th which led to an ex.
traordinary session of the war board
of naval strategy. Presumably the
cablegrams contained vital informa.
tion as to the movements of the Span.
ish fleet but for prudential reasons
nothing was given out and eXtraordi-
nary efforts were put forth to prevent
plans from becoming public.
News came to Washington on the
18th that til the members of the Span
ish cabinet had resigned and the queen
regent had entrusted Senior Sagasta
with the task of forming a new one.
DISPATCHES We're received at Wash.
iugton on the 18th from Adm. Dewey
stating that the rebels were hemming
in Manila by land aud that the city
was getting scarce OF provisions and
would probably soon surrender. lie
also stated that he had captured an
other gunboa. trying torun the block
adc.
Col WILLIAM +. Copy c'Buffalo
Bill'A recently appointed chief of
scouts on Gen. Miles staff has placed
800 of his horses at the service of the
government to be used by scouts in
tracking the enemy.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has made an
allotment of $50, 900 from the defense
fund for the use of the secret service
of the treasury department to hunt
down Spanish spies in this country.
A SPECIAL to the Chicago journal
from Washington on the 10th stated
that it was generally understood that
II the emergency shouId arise Greht
Britain would send marines ashore at
Manila to preserve order until the
American army arrived, on the plea
that she wished to protect her own in
terests.
Az order was posted by Secretary
Long on the 10th forbdding any per-
son connected with the navy bureau
from talking with representatives of
the press, as the enemy has profited
several times by the publication of
proposed movements of our fleets and
thus caused the department to change
its plans.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has abandoned
his idea of a peaceful blockade of Cuba
and orders were cabled on the 10Th tc
the commander of the blockading
squadron that will give him an oppor-
tunity TO lombard all Notifications
where resistance is offered.
MISCELLANEOUS.
a PACKAGE containing over Sl25, 900
In securities and gold was stolen from
car on French railroad. There
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