The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-17
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P[ACEFU FUL WAR.
A Great Deal of Prepara-
tion and Very Little
Fighting Reported.
DISASTER VIA. MADRID
Improbable Story Of the
Blowing Up Of An
American Vessel.
CABLE BLIND MANS BUFF
U. S. Signal Service Choking
Off All News About
Our 'Warships.
BLocKADERS ON THE ALERT
Measures of Precaution in
Case the Spanish Fleet
Should Reach Havana.
ARMING THE VOLUNTEERS
Hard Work Making an Efficient
Organization Out of Chicka-
mauga's Raw Material.
MERRITTs SERIOUS TASK
War Departmeut Likely TO Give
Him All the Regular Troops
He Demands
MERRITTs SERIOUS TASK
War Department Likely to Give
Him All the Regular Troops
He Demands

WASHINGTON. May II, 1S9S-Thls
being Cabinet day fewer callers were IN
evidence al the House than yesterday
REPRESENTATIVE F'aris OF Indiana, the nrst
conner left some appointment papers, ana
Renresentative Hicks, who, with Senator
Foenross and other Pennsy ivarians is
,,rgirg sdessrs. wiley and Goblin for sbrlga-
djer generalships called to press their
anpointment. The strangers who make
It a point to pay their respects to the
President whenever in Washington, are
very much in evidence nowadays and
there were several such at the White
House today.
II was stated at the White House at
eleven o'clock. as the Cabinet assembled
that there had been no material change
in the situation and Senators and Repre-
sentatives who called to discuss the sltua-
tion were shown no official dispatches
A long list of army and navy nomlna-
tions is expected to be submitted to the
Senate today. A delegation of prominent
negroes, consisting of Governor Pinch
back, Colonel James Lewis and Captain
Judson w. Lyons called on the Secretary
of War today and urged that all OF the
ten regiments of inmunes to be sent to
Cuba be made up of colored men
They pointed out the especial service
the colored troops, bred in the Southern
climate and most of them used to con-
ditions similar to those to be confronted
in Cuba. would have in the campaign
Secretary Alger was not able TO con-
cede all of the immune regiments 10
colored volunteers, but gave assurance
that several of them would be composed
OF men of their races
The delegation also urged the appoint
ment of Captain Thomas s. Kelley, OF
Louisiana. as a colonel of one of the i'm
mune regiments. Captain Kelley, it is
said. has the endorsement OF Generai
Miles.
1890 O'Clock Secretary Long came late
and left half hour before the others
Secretary Day also left early. The mem
bers as they left the White House Wers
unusually reticent even as to minor mat
ters, and explained that the AdnldnaStrl-
ton was greatly hampered in its work py
the indiscfeet publication Oh news as 10
naval and army movements.
Secretary Long said that although the
matter of rigid censorship OF ine press
was not discussed at today's CABINET
meeting the action of certain newspapers
in publishing movements and campaigning
plans was causing great embarrassment
Nothing was said at, the meeting as 10
the reported purpose of the President 10
issue a call for additional volunteers ror
was the subject of sending more troops
decided upon. mentioned by the President.
,rhe. (,GveTIlmert is now in constant COM
munication with Admiral Dewey and MS
Judgment as 10 the HuihpeT oi tiocl'a
So far as can be learned no important
information has been received as to the
movements of the Spanish fleet, nor can
it be learned whether conflict between
the fefiets is likely to take place WITHIN
the next day or two.
Eighty Thousand volunteers have now
been mustered in and are being sent to
mobiizing points.
The statement cabIed from London yes
terday that Japan intends to protest. 81. a,is VIZ
pines by The United States and, with tfaf
object in view, is taking steps +, to secure
the cooperation s of - CERTAIN m EaTopsas
He said today that he has received no
intimation offlciai or unoTGlal ,,e,1,y o. any
ment. and he is confident that the re-
Dort is without foundation In his opln-
ion the statement carries Wltn y IL faa 9wif
the present position Of analrs N tne Fnll-
innines offers neither occasion nor reason
for a protest by Japan; r,,.ae - tha s,gna1
service and in charge of all strategic con-
troll Of telegraph and cable INES, mas
adopted energetic measures 70 prevent ne 9
admiral of the Spanish squadron, now "a
fsarrif5ean waters. from keeping posted on
the whereabouts and movements ol oan!cu lesl
States sQliadrons and OF our prospective
Last night he telegrapned 70 tne new
Z york manager of the Haytian Cable COM
pany forbidding the sending or receipt ol
any messages except oInclal meSsageSs -
disclosing the movements Of our meets
and ships The manager answered tnis
morning that the inhibition ;. would PC g
sfrieflv observed. IF Admiral sampson IS
Il, Haytian waters, as is conjectpred, then
+1,3c cable restriction makes f impossible
Tor his movements to become B. knoWn las e1-