Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-05-25
CAD|Z FLEET SOON TO SAIL
SPANIARDS SAY TO MANILA.
Indications Point to n Westward
vOyage-A Third Squadron Ii
Forming-May Reinforce Fleets of
Cervera and Ca anna ra-Talk of Al
steamer.

World from Madrid says:
With the incoming of the new govern.
ment renewed activity has been given to
foreign and home defenses. Torpedoes
have been laid at the entrances OF all the
important harbors.
he new ministry has determined To
send out at once what is known as the
reserve squadron, that is to say, the war
ship Pelayo, the protected cruisers Carlos
V and Alfonso XIII, the torpedo boat de.
stroyers Audaz, Prosperina and Destruct-
or, the dispatch boat Giralda, the auxiliary
boats Rapido and Patna and the armed
transatlantic liners, Joaquin d'Pielago,
Alfonso XIII, Antonio Lopez, Ciudad de
Cadiz and Buenos Ayres.
To the above will be added the Reina
Regenta, which is being armed at Ferrol,
and the Leon XIII, which has already
started from Barcelona for Cadiz. This
fleet is likely to start at once, and it is
publicly stated that it is going to Manila.
Significant suggestions are made as to
the possibility of the Pelayo getting
through the Suez canal, owing to her
draught, but it may be readily understood
that the admiralty is not giving their Sc
crets away and that the fleet will sail
under sealed orders, and that it is quite
as likely to go west as east.
The Third Fleet.
New York, May ga dispatch to the
Herald from Gibraltar says:
The government here will not allow war
caip ba OF N,
The Spaniards are starting out what
they call their third squadron, which con-
sists of the Princess de Asturias of 1000
tons with speed of 20 knots now at
,Cadiz; the cardenal Cisneros, at Ferrol,
of the same size and speed; the Lepanto
at Caitagena of 5000 tons and of 20 knots,
and the Numaneia and the Vittoria which
is but newly armored and engined.
There are also at Ferrol the torpedo
gunboats Dona Maria de Molina, the Mar
quise de La VittOria and Don Alvaro de
Basan, each of 800 tons and 20 knots. Un-
less the American government moves
quickly it will have the foregoing to con-
tend with in addition to Admiral Ger
vera's and Admiral Camaras squadrons.
The latter is expected to leave Cadiz
within few days The destination is
unknown, but it is probably the Antilles,
notwithstanding the newspapers say the
Philippines.
The Manila Blur.
New York, May ga dispatch to the
World from Cadiz says:
1t is stated here very positively that the
Pelayo, Carlos V, three of the Atlantic
steamers and two torpedo boat destroyers
will shortly go to the Philippines The
fleet is well armed and manned.
1t is said here there are mines in Manila
harbor that were not exploded when the
American fleet entered, the electric com
munications being out of order. This has,
so it is rumored, now been rectified and
preparations are complete to give Admiral
Dewey a warm good bye should he at
tempt to leave. This rumor will bear a
big lump of salt.
VIII Maneuver a While.
Madrid, May 23.-According to a cur
rent report here the Spanish reserve fleet
will maneuver in Cadiz waters until its
destination is decided upon.
A dispatch from Havana says the col
onial government has decreed that the i'm
portations Of food at all ports of Cuba are
to be free of duty.
Anglo-American Treaty.
New York, May pa copyrighted dis
patch from Kingston, Jamaica, to the
Evening World, says the military authori-
ties there have been informed Of the sign
ing of an glo-Ameriean defensive
treaty. The same officials, it is said, re-
gard as imminent war crisis affecting ia,
msiea.
Fired on the Roth.
81, Thomas, d. w. l., May 23.-The
B.itish steamer Aldeborough, which ar
rived at Puerto Rico May 8 from Mothil
scolland, reached this port from San Juan
yesterday. She reports that an American
cruiser captured the Spanish bark North
| Sen Juan saturday morning last. The
prize was towed north.
The Spanish cruiser Isabella ii fired on
the British steamer Roth, which arrived
at San Juan after the bombardment- II
is alleged the Spanish fired on the Roth
which was loaded with coal, with the in
tention of crippling her and thereby pre-
venting her departure. Officers of the
cruiser claim the firing was accidental.
May Prove Serious.
Chicago, May ga special from Wash
ington says:
The firing. upon the English ship Rotf
by the Spanish cruiser Isabella promise,
serious complications. The Spanish say
it was mistake. but the British and
Americans think not.
Frsnco-spsnish Alliance.
London, May 23..-St. James Gazeet'
this afternoon in its financial article says
In the foreign market this morning sew
eral leading dealers were said to be ir
possession Of advance news Of the forth
coming announcement of Franco-Splnisi
alliance hence the rise in Spanish fours.
| In connection with the above it is cur
rently reported that the recent speeches
from Salisbury and Chamberlain did mo-
refer to West Africa but to this impend
ing alliance against which Chamberlain
lallusion to an Anglo-American alliance
was intended as counterbiast.
The strength of silver is attributed Il
prospective purchases to replace the with
dawals from the Bank of Spain amount
ing to l35.0o0O00 pesetas since April i6
-Brttish steamer Released
Key West, May 23.-The British stesm