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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Her Majesty's Birthday Royalty
Celebrated at Tampa.

Tampa, Fla, May 24-In honor of
Queen Victoria's birthday, and to cele-
brate the ties of friendship between the
United States and Great Britain. din
ner was given at Tampa Bay hotel to-
day, at which were present nearly all
the officers of the United States troops
at Tampa, and all the representatives
OF foreign governments here The
United States navy was represented by
mmander William T. Swinburne of
the United States steamer Helena. The
big west dining hall of the Tampa Bay
hotel was profusely decorated with
tropical plants, while around the dome
was suspended the United States and
English flags. Behind a mass of flow
ers at one end of the hall a regimental
band was stationed. and national airs
of the two countries were played be-
tween the toasts, the musical pro-
Sramme commencing with God Save
the Queen" and ending with THE Star
Spangled Banner" Colonel A. A. Wiley
of the staff of Governor Johnston of
Alabama acted as POSTMASTER.
Telegrams were received from w. r.
Day, secretary of state; the admiral Of
the British feet in the West Indies:
Governor Bloxham of Florida and 9TH
ers. At noon today a battery of field
artillery at Port Tampa and the big
guns on the gunboat Helena doomed
out a salute in honor of the queen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
NEW CRUISER BUFFALO.
Companion of the Oregon Reaches
Newport News Tomorrow.

New York. May PA dispatch to the
Tribune frcm Newport News, Va, says:
The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, formerly
the Ell Cid of the Morgan line. and later
the Nictheroy, of the Brazilian navy,
will arrive at the ship yard either on
Wednesday night or Thursday morning
The officials of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock company have
just received notice to this effect. 1t is
possible that her arrival may be de-
layed. in case she experiences rough
weather
When the Buffalo arrives she will be
strip d and converted from a dy- amite
cruiser into an auxiliary cruiser. The
navy department has finally decided
that the Vesuvius can do all the dyna-
mite work necessary, and the Buffalo
can ren6er better service with a bat
terry of y 5-inch guns. In addition to
this main battery, the Buffalo viii
carry a secondary battery of 10 six
Founders. two two-inch rapid-fire rifles
and several Calling guns.
The armament OF the Buffalo will be
much more powerful than of his sister
ships, the Dixie, the Yosemite, the Yam
kee and the Prairie, as she is already
armOred AID her decks are protected
with greater strength than the decks of
these ships.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
MOUNTAIN TROOPS.
The Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Colo
.'- RADIO Volunteers.


San Francisco, May 24.-The latest ar
rivals at the military camp on the old
bay district camp are all comfortably
Quartered, though Utah and Wyoming
are somewhat short of tents. Wyoming
has the promise of the government that
its solitary battalion shall not be put
III TO fill up regiment, but will go into
service as an Independent battalion. 1t
has an assurance, also, that ii and the
Utah batteries will be sent away to-
Sether, about the first of June.
Idaho and Kansas are the two camps
that lack equipment. Idaho has only
three companies uniformed, and until
the arrival of uniforms there will not
be much drilling. The Idaho men are
rev TO the manual, but the fighting
spirit is all there. When a rumor ar
rived that, all unecuipped as they are,
they were to sail for Manila at once, the
camp was audibly glad.
That's good news grinned a big
private, the sooner the better"
The sandy ground on which the camp
is situated is too soft for drilling pur-
poses. The Utah batteries are unable
as yet to use their guns, and the car
riages are sunk deep in the sand. The
horses have not arrived yet, and there
is but one equine in the camp-a beau
tiful buckskin PAGER, presented to Cap
tain Richard w. Young by the Salt
Lake City bar.
The Minnesota men have a fine camp.
but they pine for competitive drill
with some company. They say they
are prepared to meet all corners, or are
prepared to match so of their men
against 80 sharpshooters from any other
regiment.
Colonel j. P. Bratt, in command of
Nebraska's regiment was presented
with a bride by Phillip A. Williams.
Many os the officers have very fine
horses that they are going to take to
Manila, if allowed to do so.
Colorado is distinguished by its beau
tiful flags. 1t has the only garrison flag
in the camp, and its hospital flags are
unusually beautiful. The Colorado men
Will drill today. Colorado is unique in
having a yellow fever nurse, who knows
all about the disease, and a cook who
has catered TO yellow fever patients.
Colorado also has a hospital corps
which is made up entirely of physicians
and pharmacists. The chief surgeon,
Major Parkhill, gave up a $4,000 prac-
tict to enlist
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
TO ARM THE CUBANS.
Thirty Thousand Rifles and Rapid
Fire Guns Shipped.

Washington, May 23.-Official infor-
nation has been received at the Cuban
legation in this city of the sailing last
Wednesday from Tampa OF the first
Independent expedition of native Gu
bans. The expedition. which sailed in
the steamer Florida, was organized and
commanded by Jose Morlet, whose pre-
liminary report sent as the expedition
sailed, has just been received here.
This report states that General Morlet
has improved the opportunity to re-
cruit about 400 men, almost all of whom
have seen service under Gomez. Maceo
and Garcia. Every one of them knows
the island from one end to the other,
and is possessed of information re-
garding Spanish Notifications and
camps. With the expedition under Gen
eral Lacret is no less a person than
General Julio Sanguilly, whose release
was wrung from Weyler during the
Cleveland administration.
The expedition was far more impor-
tant than the number of men taken
along would indicate. The Florida car
ried warlike cargo. In the hold we're
piles of boxes containing no less than
$4,000 Springfield rifles, with enough
ammunition of light calibre to make
them effective. There were rapid-nre
guns of the Hotchkiss type for the in
surgent artillery forces, with plenty of
shells. These arms will enable Garcia
for whom they are destined, to not
only equip 10000 additional troops, but
to supply his own mel with the ammu-
milton for which they have been in
such urgent need. He will also be able
TO form and equip several batteries OF
light artillery with rapid-fire guns-a
weapon which has always proven eff
fective in the hands of the insurgents
Besides the large consignment of guns
and ammunition the Florida carried
were also 10 mules for the formation of
pack trains to carry the supplies from
the coast.
General Julio Sanguilly accompanies
the expedition as chief-of-staff, and
William Aston Chanler of New York
has charge of part of the forces.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
SPANIARDS AMAZED.
American Shells Cut Their Flagstaffs
at Long Range.


Key West, May PA new aspect
was given today to the engagement at
Cardenas, where Ensign Bagley and
four men of the United States torpedo
boat Winslow were killed, by a state
ment of Insurgent Colonel John J..
iowa, who has been fighting under Cen
eral Maxine Gomez. Colonel iowa has
been in Cardenas since the engagement,
and he says the mortality on the Span
ish side was by no means so great as
reported at that time in the United
States According to his information,
which seems to be cOrroborated by the
testimony of other Cubans taken
aboard from Cardenas by the vessels
OF the blockading squadron. only nine
persons were killed on the Spanish
side. A shell from one of the Ameri-
can ships fell on one of the streets Of
children, while three sailors and one
medical officer on a Spanish gunboat
fell under the fire of the United States
ships.
The firing from the shore was not
from a masked battery, but from the
three Spanish gunboats, to attack
which the Winslow was sent. Two of
them were disabled. but not perma-
nently, and the third ran away.
shells from the gunboat Wilmington
did little execution, because she lay
too far off shore. No fewer than three
Spanish flags were brought down by
the stray shots from the Wilmington's
guns. One shell struck the flag-pole
on the Casino, in the heart of the
town. crashing through the roof and
exploding in a china shop below. The
place was wrecked, but no one hurt
The second flag to come down was
flying on the Spanish barracks, and
the third from a building formerly
used by the American consul, flying de-
family on the pole where the stars and
stripes had once waved. Curiously
enough, not one of the shots had been
aimed at the flags, but the Spaniards
were so amazed at what they consid-
cred the marvellous skill of the Ameri-
can gunners that every Spanish flag
was hauled down.
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NO MORE TRANSPORTS.
War Department Still Deliberating
and Negotiating.

~--@ O1AelbA-45s
Washington. May 24-"We have not
yet secured any new ships, but are still
negotiating for the Colon and China"
said Assistant Secretary Mei5lejOhn to-
day. The difficulty with these ships
has been the question OF price. the
owners Of them and the department Of
ficials being unable to agree upon the
rates to be paid.
Mr.. Meiklejohn has not yet put into
execution his threat TO impress some
Of the steamers on the Pacific coast
into the service of the United States
and he hopes that this will not be nee
essary, but that the companies viii
come forward promptly and offer Their
vessels to the government at reason
able rates. 1t is believed to be likely.
however, that a recommendation Will
be made to congress, granting Ameri-
can register to the Tacoma. Victoria
and Argyll of the Northern Pacific
steamship lines, so that they may be
fitted out for use as transports as
promptly as possible.
The steamer Ohio. a vessel of 1900
tons, belonging TO the Empire Trans
pOrtation company, has been offered
to the government and the question Of
her acceptance is under cOmmuniCa-
ton. She is at Seattle. A large num-
Der of ships have been offered to the
department at reasonable rates, but
they were in such condition that the
officials promptly refused them on the
ground that it would not be safe to
send troops in them. Should the gov
eminent decide to ask that an Ameri-
can registry be given TO all six vessels
of the Northern Pacific Steamship
company and they be secured for trans
port purposes, these, with the five ships
already secured, and the China, Colon
and Ohio. would furnish accOmmoda-
tions, it is believed here for between
l., 900 and 1900 men-just about the
number which the war department will
send to Admiral Dewey. An earnest
effort will be made to secure these
boats, but il is very plainly set fOrtt .
by Mr.. MeiklejOhn that the officials
will not lose further unnecessary time.
but will instead ask that American
registry be given TO certain foreign yes
sells or else impress American steam
ers into service.
The advices received today at the de-
partment were that the Pekin. sgd
ney and Australia would sail from San
Francisco for Manila tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
LORD WOLSELEYS ADVICE.


London, the Brit
h conversation said today The
disciplined
of the adyersaries
sympathy
for the United
:
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FAREWELL 10 BOYS IN BLUE
Continued from page II

swung into column of tours and
marched through the Preside gates.
The people of San Francisco, realizing
that the departing soldiers were al
ready far away from their own homes.
put extra warmth into their greeting
and made the Oregon men feel that
they had friends here also. AS the
troops marched out of the Preside the
men of the Seventh California volun-
teers lined the roadway and cheered
them vigorously on their way When
the down town section was reached
bombs were fired, whistles blown and
the crowds yelled words of encourage
ment to the marching soldiers Women
pressed forward into the lines and gave
flowers to the men. while patriotic cit
liens brought baskets of oranges and
other fruits and through the agency of
small boys distributed them to the de-
parting warriors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
INVASION OF CUBA.
General Miles Declares There Will Be
No Waste of Life.

Washington, May 24.-"With regard to
the invasion of Cuba" said Major Cen
eral Miles at the war department today,
L hay c nothing to say. except that the
United States win. in due time. bring
Cuba under its control by judicious meth
DDS and without a useless waste Of life.
The United States is too great. too
strong and too powerful to commit any
foolish action in connection with the pro-
posed invasion. AS for myself. ! have
only to say that no officer is fit TO COM
mand the troops, who, from any motive
whatever. would needlessly risk the life
of a single soldier, either from disease
or the bullets of the enemy. l have never
sacrificed the lives of men under my
command and l do not propose to sub
ject them to any unnecessary risks in the
Dresent campaigu.
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quoting OF the war: Indications are believed
sba poinI 70 a relaxation if not TO a total
t 6ns campaign in Cuba and the West In
f TI5 ,, waters The natural conclusion. if
ia lir5 proves I've, true, would be that the Span
Spn hi,; energies to the defense of The
IIb4i Inn with the view to retaining
t len IN IN the event peace is forced upo1
, riiein oE virtue of the principle of infer-
national law which limits a victo ORION,
~. IN lndemnifying Itself from the
,o5, eisned TO the territory she actual
occupies when peace is declared
so the retreat Of the SPANISH so1,adron
aioin Sne West Indies would be signifi-
T5ll1e, Arst IN the danger It would place
convey that The Spanish mind for the
I1asC time contemplates the possibility of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
Brigades at Camp Alger.

Washington May 24.-The 1900 troops
now at Camp Alger were today organized
by General Graham into three brigades.
the ranking colonies being named as act
ing brigadier generals: the lieutenant
colonels in command of those regiments
were promoted 10 be regimental COM
manders.
The only new troops in camp today are
the two New York cavalry troops. A and
c. and the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
Indiana. all of whom arrived last night,
but did not go into camp until this morn
ing.
Captain A H Lee, of the Royal artil-
lery. who is the representative of the
British army detailed to study the move
ments of the United States troops, Wis
tied the camp today. He has just ar
rived in Washington from Tampa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
A SPANISH TRICK.
Supposed Hospital Ship Proves to Be
a Collier.

St. Pierre. Martinique, May 24-(Copy-
righted 1898. by the Associated Press
The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Ter
ror is being coaled by the SPANS steamer
Alicante The Alicante lies at the mouth
of Fort de France. 1t was all along sup
posed that she was a hospital ship, but
there is no doubt that she carries a cargo
of coal for the Spanish warships Her
pretensions to be a hospital ship were OBJ
Vlousiy put forward as a blind.
The United States consul has cautioned
the French officials of the port not to
allow the Terror to take coal in excess
OF the quantity to carry her to the nearest
Spanish port.
1t is understood that the Terror Will
leave Martinique tomorrow She is un-
derstoOd to be in good condition
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is descendant of the famous Ethan
Allen, hero OF the battle of Ticoader-
oga.
They are all in excellent health AID
spirits, and have occasion to be, for
they have comfortable Sibley tents,
complete individual outfits, and plenty
TO eat. Only one of them, Private Ac-
karet of battery B, arrived here in
bad condition. His right arm was
broken above the elbow yesterday,
while dangling it out of a car window.
He is receiving good care in the bat
terry hospital tent, as the hospital corps
is from the regular army.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
HISTORIC FLAG.
War Banner of 81 Will Float Over
MORO Castle.

Washington, May PA delegation of
Grand Army veterans from Merchants
vile. n. j., waited upon Secretary Al
ger at his office today and presented
to him a historical fiag-one which was
bought by the corn exchange OF Phila-
delphia in 1861. and under which regi-
ment of soldiers was there enlisted In
the course of his remarks accepting the
emblem. the secretary Of war said: I
thoroughly believe that an overriding
providence is placing this great burden
on the American people Our country
has taken up the cause of humanity,
and it will not lay down its arms until
Cuba is free and a government of the
people. for the people and by the peo-
pie is established 1 thank you FOR the
fiag and will direct that it be raised
over Moro Castle when il is in our
r,vsSaSSiOn'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
whee1 Rscnrd Broken.

Denver, Colo. May 24.-Daisy, Seller
and Russell. riding a triplet, broke the
worlds record for a mile at the Den
yer Wheel Club Park. The quarters
were reeled off in 80. 80 So and LAC 1-5.
The former record was held by John
son. Mertens and Kiser. who made the
mile in LAG 20.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
Assignments at Mobile.

Mobile, Ala. May 24.-Brigadier Gen.
eral ]. S. C. Bates arrived today from
Chickamauga and was assigned to the
command of the First division of the
Fourth corps. Major John A. Logan,
assistant adjutant general, and Major
c. r. Edwards. adjutant general, re-
ported today. They have not yet been
ASSIGNED.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
The Guard was Suspicious.

washington. May 24.-The principal sub
iect of conversation at Camp Alger yes
terday evening was Spanish spies and
noisoned springs. Three arrests We're
made bv a member of the Ninth OHIO bat
TALON. The men considered by him sus-
nicious persons were Mariana Solo. major
of Puerto Principe. a Cuban inSurgent;
" II. Stroeks and II. Z. McDevitt, Amer
lean citizens. Their appearance ana the
tact that they spoke Spanish aroused the
suspicion of the guard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
Mules For the Army.

St. Louis. May 24.-Lieutenant Colonel
G.. Smith. assistant quartermaster general
of the United States, is buying all the
mules for the army that can be pu--
chased in the ST Louis market. During
the past six days. mules to the amount
of Sg72. $50 have been bought. and it is es-
timated that tomorrow's expenditures VIII
amount to 100000 additional. orders
were received today to buy mules without
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
sPANIARDs WILL NOT FIGHT.
Declared They Would Avoid a Super
Tor Fleet.

Port au Prince. Hayti. May 24-(Copy-
right, 1898. by the Associated Press).-Ac-
cOrding TO current rumOrs here, the Span
fish Cape Verde squadron, commanded by
Admiral Cervera. which arrived recently
ut Santiago de Cuba, subsequently sailed
from that port. destination unknown.
local newspaper. the Matin. says that
Rear Admiral Osborne, of the British
navy. who left for New York on Sunday
on board a Dutch steamer, saw a Cura-
Goa d Spanish squadron. composed OF five
cruisers and five torpedo boat destroyers
or torpedo boats. The Spanish officers are
reported 10 have said they would not &C
cett a battle unless with an equal number
of ships and that they would avoid en-
cOUntering superior numbers.
Admiral Osborne did not consider the
Spanish squadron to be in any way form
liable
The last news received here from Ha-
vana was that the Cuban government had
decided TO admit coal and provisions free
Of duty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-25
Progress of the Muster.

Washington. May A.-Reports to Adju-
tant General Corbin from the state camps
show that 112. 900 men have been mustered
into the volunteer army
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Madrid, May 24-The same myster-
iouS silence reigns in official circles to-
night as last night. The government
discloses nothing from the seat of war.
La Correspondence Espana observes:
AN unexpected feeling of dependency
is noticeable. AS no bad news has been
received we can only suggest that this
alton of the war"
Duke Almedvar de Rio has accepted
the portfolio as assistant secretary of
foreign affairs, which was declined by
Castillo. the Spanish ambassador at
Paris.
The duke informed the correspondent
of the Associated Press that he does
not desire the office. but accepts it on
patriotic grounds.
The new minister added: Every
Spaniard is bound to devote all his
powers to the defense of the coun-
try
1t is believed Senior Gomazo, the pres
ent minister of public instruction and
liberal leader, will replace Senior PUG
cerver, now minister of finance, who
has absolutely declined in the cortes
to agree to an income tax and who is
consequently expected to resign. Senior
Gamazo favors the proposed tax
1t is said that the concentration of
Spanish troops in the neighborhood of
Gibraltar is due to an increase in the
British military preparations. The Lib
eral, Premier Sagasta's organ, says
that the governing interests of the
powers preclude for the present any
prompt displomatic action giving Spain
powerful European backing.
SPANS FINANCES.
In the chamber of deputies today
Senior Puigcerver, minister of finance,
replying to the criticisms of Marquis
de Villaverde, conservative, with re-
spect to the financial policy of the gov
eminent, repudiated the charge of want
of foresight, and asserted that Spain's
finances were in a satisfactory condi-
tion," assuring the payment of all the
expenses of the war.
Senior Puigcerver said that in view of
the impossibility of negotiating loans
abroad, there was no means of raising
funds to continue the war except by an
extension of the bank of Spain's note
ISSUE, which, however did not imply
a forced paper currency. He proposed,
he said, to convert the treaSuryS float
ing debt. now nearly 800, 10000 pesetas,
into small denomination treasury bonds.
He explained the proposed conversion
of the external debt, but avoided any
allusion to the proposed tax or the ma
tional debt. Senior Puigcerver affirmed
the necessity of a 20 per cent. increase
in all taxation, including that on agri-
cultIIra
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Spanish Bond Quotations.

London, May 24.-Spanish As closed
at 1875. net loss of Is
Paris. May 24-Spanish As closed at
1872, net loss of lie.
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TO REINFORCE CERvERA.
Spain's Reserve Squadron Will Cross
the Atlantic.

New York. May PA dispatch TO the
World from Tangier. Morocco. says: The
following vessels Of the Spanish reserve
at Cadiz under Admiral Camara. are
preparing 10 sail: Battleship Pelayo.
armed cruiser Emperador Carlos V. pro
tected cruiser Alfonso XIII, torpedo gun
boat DestructOr, torpedo boat destroyer
ProserDina- auxiliary cruiser Peria and
Rapido formerly Hamburg-American
Vesseis), TRANSPORT ships. and three yes
sells whose names are unknown.
Il is rumored that instead Of going to
the Philippines, this squadron viii prob
ably cross the Atlantic to reinforce Ad-
lniral Cervers's squadron. which is I'M
derstood TO be at Santiago de Cuba.
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Montana Troops Start.

Butte. Mon, May 24.-Butte's cavalry,
Captain Stivers. accompanied by the Mis-
soula troop. Captain Higgins. left here
today for Chickamauga.
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