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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30

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friente, desapaleaid de ia eatancia de dor
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| IN se,a. estos ne gr0s, seia nuertss elsada. pa
tos u trete, erin eseasa, y iasrcsdo cor
las icialss A.
| Il 10 entregee 1s noticias de su para
zero, sers graftficaGoa IS,
8 Sc supliea /. Ia banamerita Guardis Civil,
tome nota de este auuncio r AiUaTfs.
A los sascritores de la iocslidad que 20
fs2iban oaart ts-ls 20 II = Ia Deos srecis
ies supIicamss los agIseil :, gulla .ues De
esta administration SO ie fem'ts puntual
mente.
Ea el distrito de AguadiIs han obtenido
los hberales $3.50 votos y los disidentes
| z. .425-
Para ,uiput3dos eortes hs obtsniio ST
ssfier Gasc6r en- L3Tes, 4, 6e4 votos
Para Representatives. snsalares Vifa..
4,f4O; Csrboneli. 3 493 Palmer, 3 $40 ];
DISC Navarro, 2, 5f1. sa.sszs 81 F. > =
| Fl sehor Roasy 10 saidra por Ia minnrfs -
Sc VENDE - Una bnens Anca sitnais
| en- el BaIrio de ,Sclta1o- Jurisdiction De Ad
| iuntaa, consta de 81 cuerdas tincadas de
cafe y plt tnno
i.
| n&Quina, Y Is cruaa un rio. rs
Ell que Ia interese puede dirigirse a os'
| sefiores Gilet y Arce, conerciantes de esta
Plaza. I0-7
Aseg1rasenos que los lelheros de Ponce
no venden ya leehe. sino una mezcla inser
vihla Que amenaza Ia. salnd de las gante,
en- especial de loe ninos.
Vigila la policia y leve. sin consider Il
ci6n, 4 To- csrcel. eatos envenensdoTes pd
oi'oos. 8zSe3
E hermoso rapido vapor americana
VENEZUELA de Ia Red D'Line, hars la es-.
Gala Ge Ponce, durante los meses de verallo,a
en- viaie directo New York, tomando t1n-1
cameute pssajeros.
Ssldra de Ponce los dias 5 de Abril, 5 de
Mayo, de Junio, de Julio, las 30 de la
mafapa, efectDando Ell VIAJE EN- d IS
IyHORAS.
Tan exeeiente oportunidad no puede ser
mas conyeniente psra los pasajeros are#
Sc diriian Eurona. pues aparte de visi tar
le paS0 Is metrCpe!i sTcericena sin maynres
g&stos, pueGen aproyeehaI desde allf Ice sa-
lacios lotaptes que cruzen el atlantico, Gu
yos preci0s de pasaje en- primera oscian en-
tre so J 100 pesos. 4
Les que deseen aqegurar pasajes deberan
sAsaT <at SO = ioS GOusi AfsElCS que snSCIi1ou
10 d}as ar,tes de la salida del vapor. para
que vepgan resBrvados los mejores camaro-
tos desde la Gnaira
Pssaie en- priGera $50, GRO americana.
Idem cn segunGa $40, orc americana.
Nif1Cs naenores de 12 amos mitsd de pasa-
10. -Pleyaporca, 81 de Enero do 1893 g. m.
Corsignatsrlos, MORALES Y CO.
Sc SOLIOITA Il syegto ura easa de nam
pcstei(o tansz para nDa peqnena famila y
yo iEaporte m exeete De 600 i 2 500
peso vnomeda corrifnte.
Iufcsenarsn Cd esta fmrT2nta. Dp
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30
So dsss1 vsndsrs dos mulas donna
|das. ,!nmrmartn .sn- esta. Admjnis-
TRACTION : :
REAL GONSULADO

! REAL sCONSU
+ - DE DINAMARCA
Sc amplia hasta el Is de Abril q
ftermino para que acudan inscribirse
| los sdbditCs daneses en- este consuladc
| 8 EN- los vice consulados siguientes:
Capital, Woe consul sefior don j. q.
IT. Waymoatg Mayagaez, vice consul
Arturo Bravo; Humacao, vice consul
Antonio Roig Viequas, Victor Duteil.
Ponce, Puerto Rico 80 de Mario de
1898. 1-o.
Ell CONSUL de Dinamarea interino,
Carlos Aansts-on2, hJo.
Extracto que pasa ell guardia encar-
gado del seryicio del ma tadero y repe-
so en- ell mercado al sefior CONCEAL del
sramo.s
Reses sacrifcadas
CofQO6.
-CnlVOS.
Dueflos del ganado vacuno:
Don Cosme Claveli, don Juan Mon.
serrat, don Martin Laza.
/ s NOVilios.
sNoVlllaS.
Novillas pre1adas. ...... l
Vacas preTadas ...,...... l
- Vacas ..''- L
Ierneros. 10
v Para la poblacion,; l423 arrobas con
81 kilos; para la Playa, 8 arrobas con
81 kilos; para la tropa, 4 arrobas con
II kilos.
Precio maximo de Ia carne de res,
80 centavos kilo vaca prefiada y PA no
sylllo; mfnimo despues de las 10 de la
mailana, 2s centavos kilo.
: Precios de la carne de cabro cerdos,
Is centavos kilo.
ENIPRESA DEL GAS Con mo-
two de la installation de la Luz Electri
ca en- esta ciudad, Sc avisa los que no
Iuieran seguir con la luz de esta empire
sa, 10 participen por escrito al Admins
trador para cortar y cerrar las llaves de
pase de este alumbrado. s
~. Ponce, Mario 19 de 1898.
Steia,acher q Cs
h.-9l de Mario.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30
NOTICIAS TELEGRAF|CAS

Madrid, Marso g
Ia fsllocido OK est~ ~essa
slglai6n don Luis Cappa belar'
-.--nsre ma expediciSn hllbnstera con-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30
cOLMADO .LAS HaLEAREso

DE BIGAs HIMANOS -TFLFFONO 98-
Aoshan de reeihir Jamones ferris, galletas
sefsodas Ell laIas dobles, idem Oh latas Pc
4asI1as- ID. id de leche. el renombrado vino
de san hafeel, nnanteuuila daneza las dos
naanos, iieores De Nj. z. j Genes Y Las.
frutos en- Rlmiber, dern en- su irga. t1rro.
nes - pcG@a clnses Y los mejores yinos de
Jerez, complete zarlido tle cepaervas ALI
meaticiag.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30
CL|y|CA S|F|L|OGRAF|CA
l. DIR. REOONOO


DEL DIR. REDONOO
En- esta clfnica Sc cura La STILES por
inveterada y arraigada que sea en- 20
dfas.
Las estancias en- la clfnica sc regular
en- cinco pesos diarios.
Ponce, calle del Comercio no 50. s.a1-
MtLY. CONVENIEN,inE.-Por te.
ner que auselfttaFrse sus duenos sc vcnde
arrienda en- buenas condolences la Ha-
cienda de cana <Gasualidad,, situada
frente q la Estacion de Aguada. Tiene
magnfticos terrenos, bajura con regadfo
.caudaloso, establecimientos en- bnen
estado y. completes para 600 bocoyes
azucar y para destilar rom superior v.
3O' cartier. Sc incluye boyada algan
ganado. Dirigirse@a los propietarios
en- Aguada Mayagiiez, Candelaria IA.
M. M. 5--1
Sc ofrece una nodriza de buenas con-
/, dlciones y en- pelfecto estaao de salud.
En- esta imprenta informaran.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30

Sc solicita, en- vtnfs en sIrsndamieIto'
IN pedezo de terreno de tres cuatro cuer-
dss. con casa sin ella, en- los alrsdedores
de la poblaci6p.
El sdmiris trador de este pori6aioo infor-
mara alt
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-03-30

Hry sale para Ia capital nuestro qusrido
amigo don .m6n Mendez Oardora.
Lleve lue@ viaje ell diputa1o Cortes per
Utusdo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
MEDICINAL.
BABIES.

4 baby's cheeks may be too waxen-white
and its body too puny, and when that's the
case. baby's cheeks won't dimple or its lips
laugh. and death is in its eyes.
Above all things woman wants healthy
baby, and she may have one if she will but
use the right remedy for weakness and dis
ease Of the delicate and important organs
that make baby possibility. DR.. Picrce's
Favorite Prescription is the best of all med
icines for prospective or would be mothers
II makes a woman's distinctive organism
strong healthy and vigorous. 1t allays in
danmation, soothes pain and heals ulcera.
ton It banishes the discomforts OF the
waiting time and makes the little new
comers entree to the world easy and almost
painless. 1t insures baby's health. In
writing for advice to DR.. K. V. Pierce, fol
thirty years chief consulting physician to
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
at Buffalo, n. ", mother, wife or maid
writes to one Of the most eminent and skill
ful specialists in the world, at the head OF a
staff of physicians that has treated over
10000 women.
when was taking your treatment, sent III
the names of three ladies who were sterile.
writes Mrs. NJ. A. Scott of Park Rapids, Hubbard
Co, Minn "One had been married seven years
and had no children and after taking DR.. rierce's
Favorite Prescription she gave birth TO big girl
inside of year. The other one was coniincd
within year and half after going six years
without having any children. do not know
how the third one came out. for we moved away"
Torpid liver and constipation are surely
and speedily cured by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets They never gripe. They regulate,
tone up and invigorate the liver, stomach
and bowels. No substitute urged by lDeT,
GOOD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows :
"I was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain continual
ly in back and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by day.
Three physicians had given me up.
Fortunately, friend advised trying
Electric Bitters," and to my great joy
and surprise, the first bottle made de :
cided Improvement. I continued their
use, for three weeks, and am now a
wei! man. know they saved my life,
and robbed the grave of another vic,
tim." No one should fail to try them.
Ooly so cents per bottle at E. L. Al
lens Drug Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

Malaria produces Weakness, General De-
h;litv Biliousness. Loss of Appetite, 1ndiges.
tion and Constipation. Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic removes the cause which produces
these @ troubles. Try it snd you will be de.
Iipbted. so cents To get the GENUINE ask
f0T ror Ghot ssls + bS ., CHARLES G. LENNON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

The progressive ladies of Westfeld,
Ind. issued a "Woman's Edition" Of
the Westfeld NeaUs. bearing date OF
Anril 8, 1896 The paper is filled with
natter of interest to women, and we
notice the following from a cores
pondent, which the editors printed,
realizing that it treats upon matter of
vital importance to their sex: 'The
best remedy for Group, colds and bron'
chitis that I have been able to find is
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For
family use it has no equal. gladly
recommend it," % aud 50 cent bottles
for sale by J. 81. Janney, Druggist, 7Ol
King ST eet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
letter. salt.Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayedi
by applying Chamberlain S Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
favorite remedy for sore nipples
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
DRY GOODS.

i T..
Ladies' Coats, sold for 81 so, sale price
So so
Ladies' Silk ined Reaver Jackets sold
for S5 SO, sale price So so.
Ladies' Silk Lined Astrakhan Jackets
sold for $5.98, sale price So so.
1 Ladies' Fine Kersey J4cket, sold for
$3.50, sale price $3.50.
l L-dies' Heavy Astrakhan Jacket, sold
for $13 SO, sale price $3.50.
Ladies' Satin Lined Astrakhan Jackets,
sold for SIP, sale price $675
2 Light Tan Ladies Jackets, sold for
$3.50 sale price $4 25.
2 Seal Plush Capes, bear fnr trimming, sold
for $40. so, sale price $5 so
5 Misses Jacke,s sizes 10, 12 II und l G,
sold for S5 sale price So rs.
Children's Refers, sizes 4, 6, s, sold for
S3 SO, sale price So %.
5 hildren's Long Coats Apgora fur trim.
ming sold for 75c, sale price 49c.
89c Ladies' rappers, sale price 69c.a
$125 Ladies' Wrappers, sale price S9c
81 Bed Comforts, sale price &c.
81 SO hite A Blankets, sale price Csc.
81 Whi.e Wool Mixed Blankets, sale price
$1.49.
81 so White All Wool Blankets, sale price
$275
All soc and 69c Fancy Dress Goods, sale
price 39c
All 39c Fancy Dress Goods, sale price 29c.
All 29c ALI Wool Fancy Dress Goods snd
Plaids sale price 21c.
1 lot All Wool Plaid Flannels, sold for zoe,
sale price 19c
All 15c Fancy Dress Goods, double width,
sale price 10c.
Ladies' Cloth, 81 inches WIDE all wool,
sold for 45c, sale price 35c.
Black Henrietta, pure wool, silk finish, sold
for 45c, sale price 29c
29c Black Henrietta, 36 inches wide, 10
price &C.
Figured Mohairs 36 inches wide, sold for
Csc, sale price 1Sc.
49c Chapgaab,e Silks for Innings AMI wa sis,
sale price x9c.
Fruit of the Loom Bieachcd Gotten, full
pieces, sale price 6aAc
Ambrose ,ggin or Barker Mills Bleached
Cotton. full pieces. sale price sc
Lonsdae Bleached Cotton, full pieces, sale
price 6a,c
Wamsutta Pride of the West Bleached Cot.
Ton, full pieces sale price 10c.
Yard.wide White Cambria, full pieces, sac
price sac.
Lonsdale Cambria, full pieces, sale price
10c
Wamsutta 1O.4 Bleached Shceting Fem
nants, worth 35c, ssle price 25c
Wamsutta "a Bleached Shooting Rem
nants, worth 30c, sale price PIC
Good Quality Unbleached Cotton, sale
price &c.
Lrdies' Muslin Corset Covers, worth 18c,
sale pice 12lkc
Ladies' Muslip Drawers, worth Soc. sale
price 23c
Ladies' Muslin Shirts, Cht mise and Gowns
worth 69c, sale price 49c
1000 yards Assorted Hamburg Nainsonk
Fmbroideries, worth from SC to Sc, sale price
3a4c
1000 yards Assorted Hamburg and Naiu-
sook Embroideries, worth from 10c to 1875,
sale price SC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
For Over Fifty Years

An OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY.-Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used tor
over fifty years ~ millions of mothers tor
their children while teething, with perfect
'acCos, 1t soothee the child, softens the gums
slay8 all pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best emody for Disrrhea. Is pleasant to the
sste. Sold By Druggists in every part OF the
world, Twenty-Five cent, bottle. lts value
Is incaculsble. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Helns'
lows Soothing Syrup and taxa ro othor kind.
isnf7 >sd&w1~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
aA>ssssssss,,ss,lris Z 6szettq.
TERMS:

egs1IggED DAILY AND TRI-wEEKLY At
Gazette Building. $40 IL S12 Prince st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put
horse in prime condition. Price 20
cents per package.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

,RNoLDs BROMO-CELERY. Try this
unrivaled remedy for Hsadaches- Neorsls,s'
gleauiessness. 10 csnts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
ansient advertisements must be paid fo1

in advance.
Contract advertisers will not be allowed TO e1-
ceed their space unless the excess is paid foI
at transient rates. and under no circum
stances will they be allowed to advertise
other than their legitimate business in the
space contracted for.
darriage and death notices munt DO paid fos
in advance.
RESOLUTIONS in memoriam, Of thanks, tribuvea
Of respect, resolutions sdopted by socictieE
or persons, unless Of public concern, will
only be printed in this paper so advertise.
ments.
The GAZETTE Office is connected with the
Telephone Exchanges. Advertisements, or
ders fer the paper, news or any informstlon
or business c&n be sent by telephone.
Entered at tho Postofice Alexandria, Virgin.
is. IS second-claes matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
DRY GOODS.
SAVE so PER CENT.
BY BUYING YOUR
UNDER w u A r,
BY BUYING YOUR
At CHAPMAN'S, 424 and 42o King Street.

The weather of the past week has caused look
with uneasness at very large stock Mems Under
and wonder much of will not have be carried until
year. Ofcourse know that present retail price
will be years wholesale price But for all that need
the money which wrapped up in these goods and this
week going to them exactly the cash
wholesale price paid before the Dngey Bill became law.
This saving Of IS per those who buy for i'm
mediate and saving of so per cent those who buy
for the coming winter.
$125.
fce S112h
Tho an 1'uf WOOL same ~ So
"so hguAr price 91o
Sacrifice
Australian not
heavy and all Regular
Sacrifice price 75c 75c
sCARLEp ALL 60 AT THE 3ERA DISCOUNT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

We are anxious to do little good il this
world and can think of no plessanter or bet
,e! lei way TO do it than by recommending one
Minute COugh Cure as preventive OF pneu-
MONS, consumption and other serious lung
troubles u that follow neglected colds. Charles
Il. Lennon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27

To give you an opportunity of testing the
great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most
Teliable cure for catarrh and cold in the head,
a generous 10 cent trial size can be had OF
your druggist, or we mail it for ten cents.
Full size so cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-27
Ely BROTHERS,

Sc Warren Street, New York City.
It is the medicine above sll Others for Ca
tsrrh. and is worth its weight in gold. can
nse Ely's Cream Balm with safety, and it does
ali that is claimed for IT'D. w. Sperry
HARTFORD Conn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-10

the officers and men of the Asiatic squad
ron will be entitled to share among them
selves something like $4,000 bounty
Section 1885 of the revised statutes of
the United States provides:
"A bounty shall be paid by the United
States for each person on board any ship
or vessel of war belonging to an enemy
at the commencement of an engagement
which is sunk or otherwise, destroyed in
belonging to the United States, or which
it may be necessary to destroy in conse-
quence of injuries sustained in action, of
500 if the enemy's vessel was of inferior
force, to be divided among the officers
and crew in the same manner as prize
money; and when the actual number of
satisfactorily ascertained, it shall be esti-
lowed to vessels of its class In the navy
of the United States; and there shall be
sci of captured from an enemy which
they may be instructed to destroy, or
public interest, but not in consequence of
injuries received in action, $50 for every
of such capture
According to the reports from Manila.
the Spanish fleet destroyed by the Amer
lean fleet consisted OF ten or eleven cruis-
erS, gunboats and torpedo boats, with
crews am09nti ing to S2 men At $500 S1oo
the amount to be DIVIDED am0ng the
sells of the United States, if anything are
under manned. The number will be I'M
der b fRaR over viii get onetwentieth
of the whole amount of bounty awarded
800. If he has a meet captain, or what
share of something like 81, 800 There will
be left to be distributed to the vessels of
the fleet. according to their pay rolls.
and in about the following shares: OlyIn-
pia, $4,000; Baltimore, $4,000; Boston, $25,-
OGO: Raleigh, $50, 600; Concord, $4,000; Pet
rel, $4,000; McCulloch, 5000.
To the commander of each single vessel
there will go One-tenth of the amount
signed to be distributed to that vessel
After the amounts mentioned have been
deducted the residue will be distributed
to the lesser officers and seamen of the
ships in proportion to their rates of pay
on the day of the engagement. The
amount to each seaman, 1t is believed, will
be in the neighborhOod of so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-10
GOMEZ AFTER GLORY.
He Would Like Sufficient Arms
to Whip Blanco by Himself.

New York, May 1o.-The Herald to-
day publishes the following dispatch
from its commissioner, Frank o. Som
erford, who has just returned from the
camps of Gen. Gomez and other insur-
gent forces in Cuba:
1.-THE insurgents have now about $500
men in the vicinity of Gomezs camp
that is, within radius of 80 miles,"
said Somerford. 1.-THE best troops east
of the Jucaro-Moron trocha are the di-
vision commanded by Gen. Gonzales.
He has 800 infantry, who are well armed
and disciplined. One company is
armed with Mauser rifles, which were
captured from the Spanish. For these
rifles there is but a small supply of am
munition. The other companies are
armed with the long Remington which
carries a bullet of .43 calibre. This is
the weapon in common use among the
insurgents.
"Gomez's immediate command con-
sists of a body guard of $50 cavalry and
IS infantry under command of Major
Jose DeS RampeS. DeS Rampes is an
American from New Orleans and
good artillerist. This force of $500 is
all that are in fighting shape just at
present, But if there were arms and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-10
SIX SKULL FRACTURES
VIM. Laidlaw of Hamilton,
Beaten With a Coupling Pin.

Ottawa, May 10.-East of the coal
chutes at the North Ottawa junction is
a rude house built of railroad ties and
used as a place of shelter by tramps,
who have erected a crude fireplace on
which to cook meals. Inside this
wretched shelter, between and 4
o'clock in the morning a Santa Fe
Waterman found the body of an insen-
sible man, bathed in blood. Beside the
body was found a railroad coupling pin,
covered with blood and only too evil
IDENTIFY the article used in reducing the
man to Inconsistencies Beside it were
some keys, and a pocket knife. The
mans pockets were empty.
On examination it was discovered
that the man had been horribly, prob
ably fatally beaten. His head was
crushed terribly; the skull was broken
in no less than six places; there was a
frightful fracture at the base of the
brain, from which the surgeons took
four big pieces of bone.
On the mans person was a stock
pass, over the Santa, Fe from Hamilton,
Kan, to Kansas City, issued to C. H.
Kellogg for William Laidlaw, good only
on the down trip. A Woodmen's pin
was also on the lapel of the coat.
When examined at the hospital it
bruised about the knuckles, as though
he had struck with them; it is sup
posed that the encounter occurred in
the yard, and that he fought for his
life.
Laidlaw had but little money, prob
silver watch. These were taken-the
watch had been cut from the guard.
The officers are looking for two
tramps who are suspected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-10

tillery to operate in conjunction with
him. Gomez knows that an American
army will defeat Blanco, take Havana
and practically end the war within
month after it lands on Cuban soil. He
also knows that the assistance he could
afford in such a campaign would be
uninportant and insignificant, except
as an adviser regarding the country to
the commanders.
He realizes that the insurgents
would cut but a sorry figure in the rap
id operations sure to follow an Ameri-
can invasion unless months pass while
they are being armed and drilled into
military habits other than those of
sIeriIlaS Knowing all this Gomez
does not want to be robbed of the credit
of defeating Spain and ending the war.
On the other hand if he can persuade
the administration at Washington that
it is dangerous to land United States
troops in Cuba during the summer and
that he can defeat Blanco if provided
with arms, ammunition and provis-
ions the future is bright with an aug
mented reputation for him. AS vic
torious general, Gomez may ask and
obtain any honor that free Cuba has to
bestow."
Somerford brings news that few
days ago B1anco te1egraphed the Span
ish garrison at Caibarien in the Span
ish feet in Philippine waters had won a