The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-20
NEWS cURTAILED.


Proper News 10 Ne Buiietinsa.
wAsnrseros, May IL An order
posted Monday morning and signed
BY Secretary Long relative 70 the pub
LEGATION of noWa emanating from the
navy departpent had the effect Mon
day of conssdcrably curtailing the
su pply OF information that heretofore
has been rather frrely given out Tho
secretary's order was directed 70 Capt.
crowinshield. chief Of the navigation
bureau, and he In turn gave II effect
by making an order In his own name
that no person connected with his
bureau in any capacity should have
any conversation whatever upon SUBJ
jccts In any way pertaining 70 the
navy with representatives OF She
press. As an offset IL was ordered that
bulletins Of such fscts ~ have actual
ly occurred and ere proper fag pub1f.
cation. aud are not eoonsete1 Wtth<e1i
istinR OF prpiecfed Smovemnnoa,sk -
prepared and posted ON the bulletin
board The sum total of the informa.
ton published by the bulletin board
Monday under this rule was q notice
Of the intention TO start the Philippine
relief expedition and Of the permission
given to some foreign neutral vessels
TO pass the blockade at Havana. In
explanation OF the issue OF this order
the naval authorities say that some OF
the leading American newspapers
have been SO far lacking In patriotism
rs 70 print plans OF campaign and
projected movements of naval ships,
with the result that the war board has
been obliged to completely revise its
plans in the knowledge that che Span
iards had promptly taken notice of the
publications and were prepared 10
profit by them Complaint was made
to Secretary Long that the newspapers
were working injury 70 the govern
ment In such cases
The opening OF the blockade Mt Ha-
vana to certain vessels is q rather
curious proceeding that may lead to a
very considerable widening OF the
blockade itself, 80 that In the end the
neutral vessels not loaded with contra
band or supplies. the carrying of
which into Havana would interfere
with the naval and military opera.
tons laid down by the United States.
The statement that the navy depart.
mcnt still hopes to make an exchange
Of prisoners at an early day shows that
the mission OF the Uncas Monday was
by no means complete failure rs has
been stated.
The troops going TO Manila are to be
prepared for a six months stay accord
ing to the number Of ratious furnished,
e,i6o 200, and preparations for their
departure are being pressed with the
greatest energy. The Charleston
should have sailed Monday from San
Francisco
lntimations have been received here
that Capt Gen. Blanco, at Havana. is
very short of ammunition, in which
case the powerful batteries AZ the en-
trance of Havana hsrbor. Of course
would be deprived of y large par. Of
| AFFAIRS may lead 70 SOME dsspsrsss .
tempts at blockade Running on tn
part OF the Spaniards in the hope o
getting more ammunition into Havana
II is believed that the sup
plies so frequently referred Z
as being on the Spanisl
| aying squadron were OF this characte
rather than food supplies. whicl
makes IL all the more important tina
| Sampson and Schlcy should succeed II
keeping Adm. Cervera from reaching
Havana or Cienfuegos or any port II
Cuba connected with Havana by rail
Commodore Schley probably !
we'll down on the Florida coas
now and should be able to guar
the Florida straits by Tuesda.
or next day. His appearance on tina
side OF Cuba would enable sampson 4
bring his ironclads with perfect safet.
into Cicnfuegos on the south side an
with this disposition of our nava
force and the free use Of q considerable
number OF our scouting vessels IL !
hard TO see how the Spanish feet car
escape from the Gulf Of Mexico or tn
Caribbean sea.
The navy department is getting
better and better quality OF armor a
the con tracts expire. A ls.inch plat
.ested ut Indian Head saturday wit
n I0-inch gun showed itself to be equa
or superior 10 any piece of armor tina
has ever been made, for with the high
est velocity at i,a45 feet per second
the shot penetrated only ~ inches
without cracking the plate. IL wa
the very last pie:e to be delivered ur
der the existing contract and Is In
ten ded for the Kentucky.