The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-29
Our Troops Will be Landed in Cuba Shortly. We
Make Another Valuable Capture. Plans ia
Take the Hawaii Islands.
"A Spy Captured
Aboard the Puritan.

best wnrships arc certain to reach the
other side of the Atlantic considerably tho
worse for tho voyage. Such trip In.
wolves q serious depletion Of fuel. for the
supply Of which all ports are now closed
to American and Spanish ships Of war.
The neutral ports offers only temporary
anchorage and such renewal Of supplies
as is within the strict limits Of neutrality
Gibraltar, April 20.-The Spanish tor
pedo boat destroyer Destruotor and the
torpedo boats Habana and Barcelona con-
tinue accommodating III the Straits Of Glib
rntar and tho neghborlng waters of the
Mediterranean.
1t is alleged that they are SEEKING an
American yacht, the Fleu do Lis, q war
ship which it Is supposed the United
States has purchased from Italy, and also
ships carrying sulphur to America Some
of these have boon warned and changed
their course, whilo it Is reported that the
Eleur dc Lis has put into Lisbon for safety.
Tho sudden departure of the British
cruiser Charybdis yesterday caused tho
greatest exritmont. 1t was supposed an on.
counter was imminent and that she in.
tended to maintain neutrality in these va.
tiers. A special land guard was mounted
and preparations made to train tho guns.
The Chary bdis fired single shot to warn
possible trespassers.
In actual host.lities three shifts of men
| ,rn ruI fnr .,orh halt nd
does not allow for the wounded. Few of
the batteries, outside of New York hnrbor,
have trained artlllcrymen for three sL:fts.
LAS night tho Dtstructor stopped sev-
eral merchantmen south OF Europa Point.
An American merchantmen is expected
to try to take refuge here some time be.
fore daybreak.
! San Francisco, April 80 - News has
reached the city Of II terrible explosion Of
powder that was being carried by pack
train to Dan Burns CandeAra Nine in
Mexico The explosion took place in the
road near San Vicente, State of Sinaloa,
on April last.
A SPY CAPTURED
A dispatch to tho New York Journal
says: "A sailor on the Monitor Puritan
has been convicted of treason by drum
head court martial and will be shot. He
lisa Spaniard and was caught filing the
lock Of tho magazine"
Secret service agents are now watching
Spaniards in New York
FOR THE ARMY SUPPORT.
Washington, April 29.-I'he War De-
partmcnt asks for an appropriation of
S5j, 900 600 for the support of tho army for
the remainder of the fiscal year ending
June So
The Senate has agreed to the conference
committees report on the Naval appro-
propriation bill, -.
Washington, D. G., April 20. In accord.
ancG with an opinion rendered by the At
torncy-Goneral, Commissioner of Navi-
cation Chamberlain has sont Instructions
to the Collector of Customs at Mobile,
Ala to release tho Spanish steamship
SatuFnina, which was pursued by the
revenue cutie Winona, from the port Of
MOBILE and was captured at Ship Island.
Tho Attornoy-Genaral is of the opinion
that the case Of tho Saturina is so clear
that there can be no doubt that under the
terms of the Presidents proclamation she
should be allowed to go. 1t was not be-
lievtd to be necessary to have her CASE
passed on by the pri2e court, The cases
of all other vessels which have been selzol
, will be passed upon by the court
FIYlNG SQUADRON TO SAIL
Old POM Comfort April 20 There II
much activity among the fleet bere ant
the ships will sail not later than to-
morrow morning.
New York, April % No one out sidt
f the War Department knows the exact nl-
lotmeAt Of mon to each battery along thu
, coast, 1t Is known however, that there
are far from enough mon 20 proper,
man the guns in case Of hostile attack
Howard Gould's yacht Niagara did no
have It's trial trip this morning
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