Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-21
ATTENTION DIVIDED
Public Intensely Interested
in Three Subjects.
SPANISH CRUELTY AGAIN
'"eo' Refusal to Exchange Hob:S
On" Els Fellow Prisoners Arouses sS3
Anu's"etion. Have the Troops
Arrived at Santiago?

'issd at Santiago?
WASHINGTON. June 2o-p,,h,, IS, IS
a,.ant, mere today was divided eInnnsf
e'ehiy between three subiact,sS11T ,,s :
~ eiiehts OF General Skaters ar.1,r:
,n prooaoiilty of reinforcenents nav
Hah aened Dewey and the statusHnf
hour in the afternoon nai,hor - -
iAious!y awaited messages whfns.s
49, 70 announce the arrival of rt,rsS
| ,por's at Santiago and Manila haAg
.eaeheu either the War or NAVY ~
-, sits. II was not doubted. how
| 80 'nul our vessels are Off Santiaryr,f3
No' IS 1t doubted that lust ahont ~
.,,'.c analter appeared or Santiago the
| Inaiieston appeared in Manila @' RaIS
settling the three transports whiciss
or'ns nearly 5000 soldiers to Dewnv..H
n:'.e' That fact will not IA has
.oMi, however officially for twn or5
Three days. owing to the distance fr,s..s
mere 70 Hong Kong, the nearest ne
| poiit. II IL questioned here whathaEs
S'ti ms force to back him Dewey WIN
!ustined in assaulting Manila or
80 - accepting its surrender. Either
course would involve heavy RESPONSIVENESS
tues for the admiral and 1t ia axrran,aasss
~ uesiraoie that no pretext be afforded
!eatous european powers for Intervene:
eioL at Mania under the guise OF uro.-t5
. aStt!ns the interests of their subtectass
, .ne' ' 1t may be that the admirais
second instalment OF troops rearhaSs
Iavite. In this case he probab bly, VIII
'aha the troops that arrive In the town
~ SuFl1s, which Is now completely lly1,.sSss
oef the control of himself and the In
sursetts. and employ the time In ac- ;$
climate 1870 ~1A0
During the day dispatches announce
ING thas Captain General Blanco had
refused to exchange Hobson and hIaSs
ieiio" prisoners created some indfgna-@@;
tion. which was modified later by Mad
llu auvlces quoting Sagasta as saying
no decision had been reached. Should ~
Spain adopt the cruel and unusIaI
course or refusing an exchange the reg II
ulatlons OF the War Department $S a1-r.E%
suff1cient to meet the case. The follow
ing principle is laid down in Its regu,aS:
tions: =, = $500
Retaliation Will never be resorted Is 4
as measure Of mere revenge. hut nnlyyS5
as measure Of protective retributinn
>Lds further alto syo HHL al
lighting rules Old, ess
rapid strides leads them to Inc lnIer-SA
necine wars OF suvages. ESss4S
1t was pointed out today by lead-G#S
ing officer of the army that the Spanish
had most to lose by a course OF crueltysS;
which would call for retaliation, as thRIs
number of Spanish prisoners is far%s
greater than that of American prison
ers. s5$3f5fi SSi;;ff
There was a wholesale christening atS,,s
the Navy Department today. when Sec-
rotary Long supplied names for no less;
than thirty five war craft. All OF these
were provided for in the last naval ap-Sss
preparation bill and while contracts fors88ss
their construction have not yet BEEN
Enr f1nHs 1G
except in the case Of the monitors and
all the boats xvii lbe under way before
cold weather. First In the list OF theIs;
big battleshlYs is the Maine. for Con-
gress had provided that that name
shall be continued in the naval listssa
The other two big battleships will bts
called the Missouri and the Ohio. The
first Of the torpedo boats bears the
name of brave young Ensign Bagleys
who was killed on the deck OF thasS
Winslow under the guns Of CardenaE.sl
the first American naval officer to sAosaa;
his life in the war. Four states nave
the privilege of giving names to tliaS
monitors. Arkansas, Connecticut. FTorS8
ida and Wyoming. The names glvensioSs
the sixteen torpedo boat destroyers ares
those of Americas famous naval he-8
roes, cambridge. Barry. Chauneeyeas
| Dale. Decatur. Hopkins. Hull, y Law
| renee Marlborough. Paul Jones. Perryss
1
! Woraen The names applied TO the tex
| pedo boats are those OF lesser fame. DUE
| still Of glorious memory. Beside HaR@ss
| ley there are: Barney. Biddle. BlakefYY.ss
] De Long. Nicholson, OBren. Shubrfck..s5
Stockton, Thornton. Tingey and Wiskes::s
There is now only one vessel. eithers
building or authorized. left Withoul5sa e
| name. a gunboat officially known as
No. l6. ..sjs
Word went around the War Depart
ment this afternoon that the Cadiz5 meet
had made another spectacular appeaTI--sii
ance. this time returning to the ho!aa
BORT. The source of information IS noe
disclosed. so that it is impossible, to- tell
now much credence to attach to the Ts-
port. The Navy Department wa
promptly informed of the receipt OF stha
message.
Rumors Of troop movements continue
to emanate from Camp Alger. This his
time It stated on what appears to be
, better authority than usual that ons
, brigade composed of the three most per-
, tectly equipped regiments. First Hhoaa
, island and Sixth and Ninth Massachla e.
sets. are to be sent from this camp II y.
: Santiago. The Sixth Illinois, Essle ,s
g ohio. Third and Sixty,hi IN fc,,.th
4 and Thirty-third and inlIty-ho 49, 81
Michigan are said to be slated FOR FoT:
= 10 Rico and the quartermaster1 IN cA sss
8 81 the corps is supposed TO De ars .a1ls.
ing for the transportation OF IT,. thsss
9 ,roops. which will. it is reported, be sen
Q hy sea directly from Newport News g
- tbe two big liners, the Yale and Aa s
y ward, late the New York and the sPaEss
: Secretary Alger said late this atIeh
= noon that none OF these orders -
heen issued so that the rumors az
! more or less speculative. #5Ssis5s
v SPANISH AIM IMPROVING
g (Ry Telegrapho
= KEY WEST, FLA, June 2o..Aneotns
e Government vessel which arrives ~ w
This morning reports that MorrosS Is
lie keeps firing heavy shells at..S sss
ni t squadron and It is not 81 (