Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-25


 ,a Washington, Msy 20.-The senat
 this afternoon passed the bill pro o viding for the enlistment of 5000 .S men for one ysai to serve in the . navy.
 Io Gibraltar, Msy O.-From authen- . tic information received here, it is ,1 certain that the Spanish battleship
 Pelayo and other reserve vessels oi !, Y the Spanish navy are still at Gibral- . tar.
 o Madrid, May 20.- The Queen re-
 gent received a bombastic telegram 4 today from the adrnIral of Spanish :; fleet saying that he had occupied ! Santiago do Cubs port and captur- ed one American ship.
 Key West, May 20-At 3 o'clock
 this afternoon two more prizes are
 coming into the harbor here. One
 is steamship the other q sailing vessel. It is said that the capture is among tha richest made yet. - Key West. May 20.-In making an examination of the big steamer Argonanta, which was recently - captured by the American blockad-
 ing fleet, ecret section was dis covered m her hold which was !ound to be full of ammunition ln- tended for for the Spanish army in Cuba. It has ali been voo6scated by our government.
 Havanna, May O.-Lights are
 now kept burning in harbor and on
 Moro Castle all night. It is ex-
 plained that the Cape Verde fleet is
 hourly expected to reach here.
 | London, May O.-American se-
 curities advanced today under the
 belief that the Spanish and Ameri-
 can fleets will soon meet and the
 Americans wIll whip the Spanish in
 battle.
 Washington, May 20.-President
 Mckinley is in striking attitude
 this afternoon and threatens to re- construct the cabinet at once unless a more determined and expeditions program is mapped out and follow ed. He says that Spain is continu-
 lily beetlering her position. while we are not advancing a peg. Ad- 7 vices this afternoon at the White ( House are to the effect that an alli- ance of Spain, Germany and France is probable. Advices today from : Madrid also state that at the Span ' ish capital a big celebration is going on oyer Ceryiras entering Santiago de Cuba without any opposition. . Spaniards say 1t is great victory. The belief prevails here that Euro 4 Pean diplomats are outgeneraling c Americans. Tn speaking of the war 2 question today "President McKin- E ley told the cabinet that Eve must b hay" quick action and plenty of it." n
 Key West, May 2.-Events of tl surprising interest are expected to ST take place here in the next day and - a are so important that they cannot n, pass censorship. .
 Phenix, May 20. - E1 Governor .. Franklin was found dead in bed late VI yesterday afternoon, heart disease evidently being the fatal malady. He had been ailing for the past two ~ ..
 San Antonio, Texas, May O.-It - s definitely stated that official or ~ ters have been received ordering all regular cavalry and infantry at I once to Florida, and that the volun- " -eer cavalry has been assigned to the - department of the gulf, presumably f' to 'f ke the place. of the regulars, in Texas and On tue horler.
 Washington. May 20.-General Merritt received fnal orders to go h' 10 Manila today and with his staff will leave tonight. He will stop a .. a few days at Chicago and then go e direct to San Francisco. an
 San Franeisee, May 23.-Orders le were issued at II o'clock this morn. I la ing for the first military expedition tb Tor the Philippine islands to embark th .his afternoon, and the transports an which will carry them will sail this III evening. The volunteers from Cali Ie' S1 'ornia, Oregon aud Colorado and he he troops from the regular army ge will constitute this expedition. of
 Madrid, May 23-Dispatches res va va 'eived here from Cuba say that the m, nn attacked the town of or, Palma Soamc, near Santiago an. sol we're repulsed with heavy loss. tlc
 Washington, May 23-It has just D. eaked out here now that the Greg m M, lss arrived safely at Key West, that me Vhen Captain Clark arrived at Rio of Ianeiro with his big vessel, he re- ca. eived long orders from the naval P ~, 'oard of strategy, telling of the anger that he might be inter epted by the Spanish fleet and how va 0 avoid meeting them. Clark wired VI Cl n reply. Please don't tangie me do p with instructions. I am not wa fraid of the whole Spanish feet" Key West. May 23-The big battle = hip Oregon, about which so much o' sn' nXiety has at times been felt. ar th: ived at Key West this morning. nal Ter trip from San Francisco to tbis chi ort, around Cape Horn. and occu- Wo ying about six weeks, is said to be I he most remarkable run made by 6 stu ig war ship in the history of the is 'orld. II Key West, May 23.-The expedi. He on to Cuba will be larger than has att cen heretofore announced, as nine uni 1I aan tPapsrorfa hava b.o,, o.~-...a