Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-27
NOTE TO THE POWERS rs 5.
Spain Soon TO Address One.
to the World.
WILL COVER THR POINTS
spain Desires to Find AN Honor.h, w.
40 re"e"' AS She Has Nothing
l" Gain by the Pres
.. ent War.
(By Telegraph,

MADRID. May 26.S1I p
ing 20 Eel Epoca. the Conserve fis,s n1 IS
i 9nn .he cabinet council TO-DAY ~.
tt,re. p ougent presiding; discussed
.le poWers-the manner of tha 80 $500 60
p 20 by the American sn,,. 49,
me alleged use OF the Spanish tsnr ~. 5 IN
n,, i,,.lericn's at Guantanamo. and .1ia @
Alneric;Es N1p''.s Dy the IS
NH h'uNe Aimodnvar de Rio conferred y;
.a,n = tate hour this evening win
han ,oi leon Castillo, the Spanish am
"d9sddol' to France E2- >->NN-5ss
NEW GUNS TESTED.
news from Cadiz describes the fr,e,Ss
" ~. the artillery of the armored crnias,. 81
Elnperador Carlos Quinto. All the u
Marsnlps at Cadiz have steam up con-
...nna, ana accordingly early yes
,eruay the Emperador Carlos Ouinto8
!eft the harbor, carrying a com missSn,,s5
or experts. '1.'"a.. 80 81
Three shots were fired from the "a Il
4ehtimetre gun which Is mounted On a rs
i,a a turret. with electric and
land-hring mechanism, the Emnera
uor carlos Quintn being the only Span.$
lsh warship furnished with these in-3s
proved appliances. Three trials were
made by hand, one shot horizontal,
board at from fifteen to twenty degreeg,
with excellent results. Shots were also
nred from the ten and fourteen cent?
metre guns from the 81 mllimetre
guns and from 81 millimetre modlo-S
treuse. all with excellent results. Fur
ther trials were suspended owing to-
the foul weather and the EmperadoE3
Carlos Quinto returned to Cadiz. S
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
z. M.--In the chamber OF deputies,
Senior Cassel, director Of the Imparcial.
denounced the alleged acts OF some or
the American warshps as being con-
trary to international law. He also
moved that pension be granted to the
family OF the captain OF the ReinaS
Maria Christina who persisted at Ca
vite. TN
The minister OF marine. Captain Au-S
non. accepted the proposition. ~
In the Senate Count Almenas in-8
troduced the question OF privateeringss
urging the government to adopt pri-S
yateering in view Of the American
proceedings"
The minister of foreign affairs. Duke
Afmedavor de RIO declared the mat
ter was inopportune and could not be
sisted but the Geeni6aAt Of the Sonata
refused to allow 9he Asscussion to cons l3.
SPAIN mAN4 PEACE.
LONDON. May 26-The Madrid cor
.sponIent of the Times says:
The dominant note Of public opin-$
ion here is a desire to find some W%y
to honorable peace, as Spain has Moth
ing to gain by an indefinite prolonga-
ton of hostilities. &,
''Al idea that France will Intervene,
however, is now abandoned and hopes
arc fixed upon the possibility that Duke
AmOuavor de Rio, the new minister y
II foreign affairs will Ind some fit
ling occasion on which to take the inia-Gs
tive"
MAY AVERT THE CRISIS.
LONDON. May 2s.-lhe Madrid corr
l1,.EN l1y
1.-THE political outlook Is brighter,
and the ministerlalites believe that
:abinet crisis can be averted. Captain
Aunon, minister of marine, declared in
he Cortes today tThursday). that
when an opportunity presented ITSELF
h. cabinet would not fail to do it's
BEST to bring about an honora BILE
peace"
IMPosT ON THE DEBT.
The outcome Of yesterdays financial
The minister of finance. and the Mar
Iuis de Viiaverde, the Conservative
.,ader. have agreed to oppose the inn
post the national debt.
A crisis will l.rec .pitated by the Carr
lists, Republicans and Romeroists, who \
intend to intrni:.sc 4 resolution in
avor OF the initoS'
Tn- general nrIressi.n here Is that
Atlluiril Cervera fas left Santiago de
cuba.
MADRID, May s6.-s A. M.-Govern-
or General Augusti, the Spanish COM
nander at Manila. seems to be follows
ng the tactics VI Captain General
Tlanco ut Havana in sending out Ter
he encouragement of the Spanlarus
news OF repeated alleged reNerses to
the American arms. A dispatch from &
Manila just received here says:
THE United states cruiser Baltimore
is disabled by an explosion which oc-$E.
CURED on board of her.
yjron a
arms and ammunition at Binacayan
ana the Spanish troops. who occupied
A good position, permitted the Amer1-
cans to land. when they fell upon them
and captured the arms ana ammunl-
ton"
MADRID. May go A: M.-The
correa suggests that ths visit Of Mr.:
George J. Goschen, the first iord OF
the British admiralty, to Gibraltar. =
connected with camp ae mann
strengthening Great Britain's POSSES
;ion in these in the Straits OF Gibral-
a dispatch to the Haraldo. from
Havana says CardenaS. near Ma.ah
Ias- has been strongly fortified me
disnatch adds that tw=lve American
warships made g demonstration OIL
Cienfuegos on Wednesday.
dispatch received here from
Manila. BY way of Hong kong. says
500 Spanish soldiers evaeuatea NIonila
stor island, at the enterance OF Masala
Bay, on May l6. because they were
without ammunition. ~,
A rebellion of grave dimensions We
dispatch adds, has broken out IN .ne
,ri,ince of PanagaSin, where the
Insurgents are piilaging houses ana
,assacreing the Spaniards
Rear Admiral Dewey it IS annuohc
d from the same source. mas ordsie9
nat another attempt be made to la.o
Ji,h the view of furnishing arms 70 4
ne insurgents. +ba
In the province of Zambale, the
naniards assert, the insurgent Phil-
mine Chief Matabalo, who retussu ~
ADMIT with the others IN .s,, 49,.
~ h,s come in with his followers
nd has made submission to Captain
General August e.,a
- I>..,., IN .rpatal nv the CApIaln.G