Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-22
WAR RUMORS.
ARMY OF INVASION IN FRONT
OF SANTIAGO.
TROOPS WILL BE LANDED THIS WEEK
UNCONFIRMED RUMOR OF AT
TEMPT TO AssAsSINATE
BLANCO.

In few days news Of Importance will
be received from Santiago. An army of
5000 men, and fleet OF nearly thirty
warships, are before Santiago, and before
the end of the present week a combined
land and sea attack on Santiago and Ad-
miral Cervera's fleet will be inaugurated
That news of the engagement will be as
free from sadness as has marked opera
tions SO far, is not to be expected. There
Will be desperate fighting at Santiago, and
| many brave Americans will die fighting,
| but the outcome of the engagement is not
| in doubt. Santiago will be taken, and the
victorious American army will move on
| to new victories at Porto Rico.
| The Spaniards at Santiago have resorted
to the cowardly eXpedient of imprison-
ing the captured Yankee heroes-Hobson
and his seven men--in Moro castle at the
mouth OF the harbor, to protect it from
| bombardment. On Monday it was re-
ported that the Spanish government re-
fused to exchange prisoners. The report
has since been contradicted. Such action
would be a breach of all rules of civilized
| warfare.
AT the harbor of Guantanamo the little
camp OF marines, reinforced by Cuban
insurgents, has not only held its po-
sitlon, but has forced the fighting in he
enemys' country with marked success.
The Spanish losses have been large, but
the American fatalities have been small.
| The Cubans in Santiago province are
proving valuable allies.
| The capture of Porto Rico will doubt
less quickly follow the fall OF Santiago.
The government has been somewhat en-
barrassed to secure transports for this
expedition, and may be compelled to
resort to impressment of ships. July
may see an American army in San Juan.
IN HAVANA.
A report comes from Havana with a
detail which encourages belief of an
attempt to assassinate Capt. Gen. Blanco.
No confirmation of the report has
been received. The would-b be assassin
is young volunteer in the Spanish
army, who wished to avenge brother
who was condemned to death by Blanco
on an alleged charge OF conspiracy.
dangerously. The attempted assassina-
tion has precipitated almost revolution,
the volunteers siding with the would be
assassin, and are crying for the recall of
Blanco and re,urn of Weyler.
While the blockade of Havana harbor
continues, it IS reported from apparently
reliable sources that Havana is receiving
bo
! Isle Of Pines, and thence by light draft
steamers to Batabano, on the south coast
of Cuba, which is connected with Havana
by rail, and only forty miles away.
THE CADIZ FLEET.
The mystery surrounding the Cadiz
fleet continues. Last Thursday he fleet
two battleships, five cruisers and four
torpedo boats-saled through the strait
of Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean.
Saturday the fleet arrived at Cartagena,
which is the second important Spanish
port in the Mediterranean. But there
were sixteen vessels in the fleet which
LETT Cadiz; only eleven passed through
the strait. The supposton is that the
other five have gone to the Canaries.
The object of the move into the Med
iterranean is unknown. 1t might be to
give the impression that the fleet was
headed for the Philippines, by way of the
Suez canal but by the time the Spanish
fleet could reach there Admiral Dewey
will be so strongly reinforced that it will
have no terrors for him.
AT MANILA.
Latest news from Manila indicates that
desperate lighting continues between the
insurgents and Spanish troops, with the
advantage all with the insurgents. The
fall of Manila is a matter of but short
time, and is only delayed until such time
as Admiral Dewey may have at his dis
posal sufficient force to occupy the city
and establish effective provisional gov
ernment
News OF the arrival at Manila of the
cruiser "Charleston" and the first fleet of
transports may be looked for daily. The
transports arrived at Honolulu June 1 and
left June 4. They should reach Manila
early in the present week, but news of
their arrival will not be received until
t hree days later.
The second expedition for Manila
| Sa1leQ last w euneSuay, ana prODaDly Is
now at Honolulu. Its stay there will be
short, and it should reach Manila by
July II.
The third expedition is now being fitted
up, and is expected to leave this week
| with 4C00 troop. This will leave about
| 5000 troops still to be transported to the
Philippines to make up General Merritt's
army of 10000. The government has been
| someWha embarrassed to obtain trans
| ports for these troops, and has been COM
| PEELED to impress ships into the service.
The monitor "Monadnock" and the
collier Nero are also expected to sail
| this week.
Admiral Dewey may have another war
ship added to his fleet. The cruise.
"Philadelpha" now at San Francisco,
has been ordered to be ready for sea by
July l.