The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-18
NOT AS PRISONERS
But as Spies Will Jones and
ThraIl Be Treated.
FROM SPANISH SOURCES
Come Dozens of Humorous
Stories Labelled News

Madrid. May IA p mt IS an
nounced here in a dispatch from Havana
that after the arrival Of the Uncas or
that port the two captured American
newspaper men were examined. and 1t is
added that the inquiry revealed the fac,
that they could not be considered as
prisoners OF war, but must be locked up
as spies. one being, ii is claimed, Cuban
employed in Havana II is further al
legged that upon the prisoners were found
revolvers. cartridges. interesting docu-
ments and a camera
Advices received here confirm the report
that Mr.. Freeman Halstead. the Amert-
can newspaper correspondent arrested at
San Juan de Porto Rico, was taken into
custody whils in the act OF taking photo
graphs OF the fortihcations
A report is current here that the Span
ish notilla at Havana is about TO make
another sortie.
An official dispatch from Havana con-
firms the report OF the blowing up Of an
American vessel OF Cardenas and the
killing of eighteen men on board.
copyrighted. 1898. by Associated Press)
Havana, MAY l7.-InQuires made at the
palace here show that Captain General
Blanco was unwilling to receive Lieuten-
ant Brainard. L. 8. N. the special agent
of the government Of the United tSates.
in the matter of the proposal TO exchange
Spanish prisoners for the two newspaper
men, Messrs. ThraIl and Jones, because
the general considered the lieutenant was
not empowered with sufficient authority.
Therefore. he simply accepted the docu-
ments presented by the lieutenant, and
consulted with the Spanish government
On the subject. The answer from Madrid
has not yet been received.
On Sunday morning. the day the repre-
sentative Of the United States govern
ment arrived off this harbor on a small
steamer bearing a flag of truce, there
were five American vessels in sight Of
Havana, and four Of them were in sight
the same afternoon In addition a vessel,
to be a Norwegian frigate. was
in the ofing. Yesterday morning there
were five American vessels IA sight Of
this harbor.
The French cruiser Dubourdeu left Ha-
vana yesterday afternoon for Hsyti, hsv-
ing on board a number of French refu-
gees.
All sorts of war runnors are in circula-
ton here from Spanish sources. Among
them, 1t is said that number OF Ameri-
cans in a boat recently tried to remove
some torpedoes al the entrance of aCr-
denas bay, whereupon one Of the tor
pedoes exploded. The boat and its crew
are all said to have been blown up. The
report is not officially confirmed.
Another report has it that the doou-
ments taken from the American cores
pondents confined In the Cabanas fortress
are in the possession OF Captain General
Blanco. Their money is said to have been
deposited at the British consulate.
Still another report says the woman and
child killed during the bombardment Of
Cardenas by American vessels were the
wife and daughter Of one of the pilots on
the American ships.
The Spaniards say an American force
attempted to make a landing on May i3 at
Tabla Aqua beach. and that after two
hours firing the Americans retired.
Three American warships were reported
off Mariel on Sunday. three were sighted
off Cardenas and there are some Ameri-
can ships of Cienfuegos.
1t is announced at the palace that a
Spanish force on Saturday last was en-
gagged st Chimborazo. province of Ha-
vana, with a combined force Of insur- /
gents under the leadership OF MAYA,
Acca Colazo and Jacinto Hernandez. The
whole lnsurgent force is said 20 have
numbered 500. and II is alleged that the |
enemy lost eleven men killed
The Spanish loss is officially represent |
ed as being two iisutenants and three SOL !
diers wounded.
The Norwegian steamer Bratsberg ar /
rived on Sunday at Sagua La Grsnde and /
will leave there on May IS with passengers
for New York
There are seven American varships in
sight OF Havana this afternoon, and ru- {
NOR has IT that the Spanish feet IS max /
ing for an important part of the United 1
States.
The captain general % Porto Rico has I
cabled 20 Captain General Bianco, saying /
that although the bornbsrdment OF Ssn I
Juan de Porto Rico took place az rife 4
shot distance. not gun of the worts Was 4
s.Ieneed. and. he adds the Spanish losses .
were only eighteen men wounded among .
the troos,s composing the garrison. and .
few persons wounded among the civil +
~ the place.
The captain general Of Porto Ricp fur /
Their reports that the United States War 4
ships Indiana. New York. Montgomery .
and Amphitrite were In sight OF Porto i
Rico during Saturday iast.
Ia Lucha, in an editorial article yestsr-
day said:
The American government gave the
Snantsh government forty-etzht hours %
remove its Troops from this tslan1. and
il nov finds after t~enty-three days az
THAI Il canHo; land American
troops. Apparently tae island contains
more Soldiers than they thought sch
number could not Be removed ~ f0rty-
q ght hours"
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