Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-23
NOTHING HAS COME YET.
May Be Heard Of in Hours, and Perhaps No
for Days.
BUT The COAL SUPPLY is SINKING.



Washington Nav 2S-The navy de-
nartrort ber eo.tiod dou,r IN ouietl,
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wait ior ueiiiiite resulls III the naval
program In West Indian waters. Every
inquiry is directed toward the location
NJ tho ,esnacti,,e eouadrors md tho
80 sfNN' -
chances OF an carry CONNECT. but the
sum total of the official advices throws
little or no llpht unon the time when n
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D"'''e may oSSui' II - sa'u W 'hVse
best acquainted with the situation that
the decisive fight may occur within the
NOV, fau, bo,r, or p,o,, M, occur for
several Gays, possibly Weeks AL the
same time the authorities believe that
the chances are greatly Iessened of Ad-
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81 Ne' p'o'0is'"e "iS
plan Tor any considerable time.
There are several reasons for this, but
tho main nro 10 ,b,t tho Snonish sbina
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nav maui iiir"'ius oh ,ieir eoai suppiy.
Inc run across from cape verde USED
up the greater part, If not all, of this
SUNNY. since then stons have been
,,'.s-i ~. e.
il"ue AT dominique Suracoa anu oah-
tiago, but at no one OF these places mas
1t been possible to take on more than
enoupb coal for t.,nnorar,, uses
Al MARTINIQUE the French decree of
ne,,traIitv prsventad the snanish ships
from raftinr ,nnro thnn enoaIgh coal
tn carry thorn To The NEXT porf which
would be 900 TO 400 TONS nj most. At
C,trncon ,ba amount of cool sacured did
mot exceed ZOO IONS A. Santiero there
Is mo- coal unless coll,ers have brought
il there recently which Is not believed
to have occurred. As against these
small supplier. Inc spanish ships have
been consuruing much coal on elusive
runs. There are no other coaling ports
in the West Indies for the ships ex-
cept for their most temporary needs.
I'he british islands are closed against
them by the decree making coal con-
traband of war. The Dutch islands will
give them no further coal relief as a
result of negotiations with the Dutch
authorities following the coaling of the
Spanish ships at Curacao The Danish
island OF 81, Thomas Is similarly closed
against them,
Guadeloupe and other French islands
have the same restrictions as Mar
Unique. Haytien ports are closed to
the fleet by strict provision be-
tween Hayti and the United States
which the Haytien authorities will see
Is not waived in the present instance.
Santo Domingo ports are similarly
protected against the chance of recoal-
ing by Admiral CeIyera's fleet In
short, naval officers believe the SPAN
ish admiral is now inside the Carib-
beam Sea with hIs original stock of
coal used up, with scant additions al
ready well exhausted and with no de-
pots in sight for a complete recoallng.
This. in naval parlance. would starve
Spanish ships before long. The only
relief possible for this dangerous con-
dition is a juncture with Golfers from
the other side. A good collier carried
from 900 TO 600 tons of coal and two
or three of them could completelv re-
coal Admiral Ceryera's fleet
Whether the Spanish will succeed in
accomplishinp this ia still in doubt and
n douht ON which large results denend
There have been unofficial rnnorta stat.
I'M, that British colIiers were sjrhted
of Mnrtinioue. and also off the Venez-