Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-06-23
IDENTIFY surprised while strengthening
their Notifications.

IDENTIFY surprised while strengthening
their Notifications.
The following Virginians have been
appointed by the President to be Sec
ond lieutenants in the regular army
W. Z. Geiger, son of Mr.. w. &. Geiger
Of Augusta county, Jas. p. Barney,
VIM. +. Stewart, Jr., Philip M. Walk
err and M. NJ. Mills.
James L. Gatewood of Richmond,
private secretary to Major General
Fitzhugh Lee. was killed by lightning
Sunday afternoon Pablo Beach, Fla,
about 16 miles from Jacksonville
Gatewood, who was bright young
man of "a and who would soon have
gotten his degree in law at Richmond
College, went over to Pablo Beach to
spend the day. He and friend from
Jacksonville were lying in the sand
watching a cloud when the, bolt struck
him.
AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP TRANS
PORT.
The steamer Miowera has brough'
the following from Honolulu dated
June Sth:
The Hawaiian Star of June Sd, pub
fishes the following story regarding
an attempt to blow up the United
States ship City of Pekin, while thai
vessel was in that port.
III the report i'll circulation today il
true, Honolulu came near being the
scene of as frightful disaster as that
of the Maine. The story is to the
effect that an attembt was made tc
blow up the Pekin's magazine The
magazine contains 400 tons Of DO wider
and had been guarded closely. The
bastard, it is said, is now under the
closest guard, and when the Pekir
gets out on tho high seas, will be hang
ed at the yard-arm. The greatest
secrecy concerning the matter is being
maintained, for fear it would mar the
Esprit of the present occasion. The
alleged culprit is said to be half Span
lard. The publication caused a sensa
ton in this city. Military officers or
the ship denied the truth Of the story
but their dedial was made in half
hearted way. There are many cor
prove the truth of the report, which
was at first circulated by enlisted men
Others admitted that the Spanish
thalf-breed was on board the Pekin
Two Honolulu citizens state that they
were on the Pekin on June Sd, yher
they saw man in irons and under
close guard. They were convinced
that the prisoner was the man who
attempted to blow up the ship"
GEN. BLANCo SHOT.
News has been received in Washing
ton of an attempt made by Mariana
Saliva, a young member of the Havana
volunteers, to assassinate Captain-Gen
eral Ramon Blanco, The general wai
shot in the hip, but is still able to con
fer at the palace with his officers.
Salva's brother had been shot on E
charge Of conspiracy and it is suppos
ed that this led to the attempted as
sassination. The young volunteer
waited on the steps of the palace anG
shot General Blanco as the latter ap
peared on the steps, emerging from 6
doorway. The would be assassin was
sent to prison in Moro Castle. Havana
and will doubtless be put to death.
According to Washington advices al
most a state of revolution prevails in
the Cuban capital. The volunteers
parade the streets, shouting Down
with Blanco !" end loudly demanding
the recall of Weyler.
| Commander Watson has telegraphed
to Washington that General Blance
refuses to exchange Lieutenant Hob
son and his companions Of the Merri-
Mn -
consul at Santiago, who has been ne
gotiating for the United States, sug
gests that a ransom might be paid tC
secure the release of the prisoners.
President Mckinley has decided that
Lieutenant Hobson shall be raised tc
the grade of lieutenant commander az
soon as the necessary steps can be TAX.
en-.
General Blanco has notified the
blockading fleet that he will recognize
no flags of truce hereafter, but will fire
on every American vessel within six
miles of the Cuban shore.
Advices received at Port Antonio
Jamaica, late yesterday afternoon an
nounces the arrival of General Shat
ter's army off Santiago de Cuba. Up
to the time the advices were sent nc
attempt had been made to land the
troops.
Eight Of the best equipped regiments
at Camp Alger, Va, including the
Sixth Massachusetts, will this week be
placed on the auxiliary cruisers Yale
and Harvard, now at Newport News,
and taken to Santiago to reinforce
General Shafter. The two cruisers
will also carry large quantities of am.
munitiOn and of fresh meat rations.
a special dispatch from Washington
states that General Schwan, command
ing at Mobile. yesterday received or
ders to proceed with all his troops to
Miami, Fla. and that General Brooke
was directed to send fifteen of the best
| equipped regiments at Chickamauga
to Fernandina, Fla, both forces to be
for Porto Rico.
Under orders Of General Coppinger,
a thorough inspection of the Fifth
| Maryland Regiment was made at
| Tampa yesterday. This is taken to
mean that the Fifth will soon leave for
the front, but officers at Tampa decline
| to discuss the question.
| It is regarded as probable that Col.
VIM. Jennings Bryan and the Nebraska
regiment under his command will be
assigned to the army corps command,
ed by Major General Fitzhugh Lee.
| Secretary Long yesterday supplied
names for thirty-fve warships for
which provision was made in the last
naval appropriation bill. The battle
ships were christeneG Maine, Missouri
and Ohio. One of the torpedo boats
will bear the name of Ensign Bagley,
who was killed at Gardenas, and was
the first American naval officer to lose
his life in the war with Spain. The
new monitors will be named Arkansas,
Florida, Connecticut and Wyoming.
| The Philippine insurgents have form
! ed q provisional government, under
the presidency of Aguinaldo. Notice
has been given Admiral Dewey that
the insurgents want the islands to be-
come an American colony.
A steamer which has arrived at Hong
KONG from Manila brinps word tina