The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-11
SPANISH PRISONERS ARRIVE
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FoRTY.Srr
 ON THE ST. LOUIS,

The Auxiliary Cruiser Drops Anchor or
 Portsmouth, N. H., and Later Will
 Proceed to Annapolis-AdmiraI Ger
 vera and Captain Eulate, who Arc
 Among the Prisoners, Are Quite Ill-
 Governor of Santiago, Who Tried to
 Escape on Admiral Cervera,s Shin. Rec
 fuses to Sign n Parole.
 Portsmouth, N. H., July 10.-The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis with 746 Spanish prisoners, including 54 officers. arrived in Porthmouth harbor at S:30 o'clock this morning, and a few min utes later dropped anchor just above Fishing island. The big liner left Guam tanamo at o'clock Tuesday afternoon. July 5, and did not make a stop until she dropped anchor in Portsmouth harbor Including the prisoners, there were 1,096 people on board the boat, and out of this number there are 91 sick and wounded Spaniards under the care of surgeons. Admiral Cervera is confined in his cabin, having been quite i'll for the past three days, although he was able to be dressed this morning. Captain Eulate, who was commander of the ill-fated Vizcaya and is among the prisoners, is also quite Ill, having been wounded in the head during the battle off Santiago.
 All the Spanish commissioned officers have been on parole and had the free- dom of the ship with one exception, and he was the governor of Santiago de Cuba, who was trying to escape on Ad- miral Cervera's flagship when she was destroyed on that memorable morning of July 3. He refused to sign the pa- role papers and was consequently con- fined in one of the cabins under guard. The remainder of the prisoners, except the officers, were confined between decks and closely guarded. A Metach- ment of 28 marines from the United States steamship Brooklyn, under Lieu tenant Bordan, and 21 marines from the United States steamship Marble head, were put aboard the St. Louis when she left Guantanamo for the north, to guard the prisoners, but they had little or no trouble with the men.
 At 11:50 the first officer from the St. Louis, Ensign Paine, arrived at the navy yard to officially notify Admiral Carpenter of the arrival of the vessel and with messages from Captain Phil- lips. Cadet Fremont of the St. Louis landed with gig loaded with mail from the fleet, and it was sent in bags to the postoffice. Ensign Palmer came ashore with important official dispatch es for Washington and left at 2:21 this afternoon with a large grip, which he would allow no one to handle. Admir- al Carpenter has perfected the arrange ments to land the prisoners at their quarters on scavy's island tomorrow afternoon and at 2 o'clock the tug Pis- cataqua will take three barges loaded with prisoners to the island.
 On the way up from Santiago a num- Der of Spanish seamen said that they had had enough of fighting, at least with the Yankees. It is said that Ad- miral Sampson's report to the navy de- partment of the destruction of Cerve- ra's fleet is about twelve thousand words Ensign Palmer carried the doc ument, which was in book form. It is understood that Admiral Cervera has accepted an invitation to stay at ho- tel at Newcastle, about four miles from the navy yard.
 His stay, however, will be short, as the St. Louis vii coal immediately af- ter the Spanish sailors are landed and will then leave for Annapolis with all the Spanish officers. The St. Louis came, up from Santiago with less than 800 tons of coal on board and the econ- omy in the coal consumption was the cause of the slow trip Chaplain Jones of the Texas also came on the St. Louis and preached tonight in the Congrega- tional church on "The Navy in the War"
 Admiral Cervera came on deck late this afternoon and consented to talk, despite his illness, with representa- tives of the press, who came out to the St. Louis on tug. You ask me-" he said, "how I like America, and an- swer you that have always liked 1t, and I may say, loved your people, but this war has been @ duty with me and the men under me. I knew that the American fleet clearly outclassed us, but 1t was question of fighting either Inside or outside the harbor. I have many friends in America and have only the kindliest feelings for them, but every man has a duty to perform to his country, and all Spaniards tried to per- form that duty. There has been much feeling in Spain, and want all Spain to know the truth that every ship of my squadron fought until the last and when we could do no more we surren- dered. I have much interest to know the exact situation in Spain. Captain Goodrich has treated us all as well as any one could be treated. My officers have occupied quarters in the saloon and we cannot complain
 A telegram was taken out to Admiral Cervera at 10:30 o'clock tonight. Noth- ing is known as to the sender or pur- port of the dispatch.
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 ANOTHER PLOT AT SEOUL. One Has Been Discovered Against the