The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-10
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There VIII be DaseDdh mdtch heN'
Sunday at Havana. All tho money col
lected will be given to the Spanish Navy.
There were so many persons this morn
INC irving 10 buy bread at the La Balear
bakeahop that the owner was compelled
"a shut the doors and made TO take turn
in the street
Az present 5l2.667 bags OF sugar have
been received at Matanzas.
Corpus Christi procession VIII take
place on June 9th, the streets VIII be
decorated.
Two coal mines have been discovered at
Santa Clara province, one near La Is
peranza and the other at Sitio PotroFo
and the Convenlo sugar plantation
Pablo Bellido, a native or New Ut
leans has been arrested at Havana IN
coffee house for insulting the spanish
feet.
sAICEDO'S VOYAGE.
The commander OF the Spanish gunboat
Herman Cortes that brought General
Salcedo from Neuvitas to Caioarlen
gives the following details about that
trip: On May y. he was ordered 10 leave
Caibarion for Neuvitas. lie left CalDar-
ion at $50 O'Clock a. m, he saw smoke an
day on the horizon which proved the
presence Of some American waTship
lie anchored on the night or the "a At
Anton anchorage. Next day carry ne leAu
reaching Caiman dc Cayo Romano Where
he stayed over night Next day. on inc
0tb he passed Maternillos lighthouse
and q few minutes later he entered Neu-
vitas after making signals to the Neu-
vitas harbor pilot to prevent his vessels
being taken for American warshlps.
The commander of the Spanish GunDoat
Herman Cortes took General Salcedo ana
III s,afe ON hoard his vessel. The Her
nan Cortes waited at Neuyitas until an
American warship disappeared that was IN
eiebt When tho American warship cis-
appeared the Spanish gunboat Herman
Cares left. AT f. NJ. they found that
an American warship was pursuing them'
The commander OF the Spanish gunDoat
ran his ship aground at Cayo Palmo.
The American cruiser passed them, nav
ing lost track. At II 2. NJ. the Spanish
gunboat set anoat and went TO look LOT
a good anchorage. Next day she reached
Cainan anchorage at Cayo Romano. On
the 26th she left for Caibarion. Near Par
edon she saw an American torpedo boat.
At Cayo Jala the Spanish gunboat was
seen by an American battleship and a
cruiser but they did not dare 10 ap-
proach the reef Of rocks around which the
Spanish gunboat Herman Cortes was
sailing. The American warships fired at
her once but did not do her any damage.
When the Herman Cortes reached Caiba-
riCn Angel Izquierdo. the commander or
the Spanish gunboat. declared that he
had decided to run the ship aground and
destroy her rather than that the Ameri-
can warships should take her
The military tatoos are given now In
tho Prado instead Of in the Central Park.
IN CASE OF ATTACK.
The military commander OF Remedies,
Santa Clara Province knowing that
some American warships were near Cal
barton. and thinking that the American
warships were trying to effect a landing,
has issued an order stating what
must be done in case Remedies IS at
tackled.
The following American warships were
visible to-day: Two torpedo boats, a big
cruiser. two smaller ones, and two gun
boats.
II is reported from Santiago de Cuba
that cannon reports were heard yester-
day. as If the American warships were
firing at each other, OF as If, having seen
a dolphin the American warships mistak-
ing It for a Spanish torpedo boat or de-
stroyer had started all Of them to fire
at the fish.
The petition Of the Mayor Of Cardenas
requesting that the title Of 'Heroic City,
be granted to Cardenas on account OF the
braveness shown during the lombard
ment of the American warships. has been
favorably considered by the Colonial Min
listers. and is 20 be approved now by the
Central Government.
NEWSPAPER MEN NOT WANTED
General BlancO has issued an order
prohibiting the presence in the island OF
foreigners acting as newspaper CORE
spondents. Any one captured I'm the coun
try that cannot prove that he was
resident of the island for n certain length
OF time or in other words. that ne has
not come TO Cuba for the purpose of rep
resenting a foreign newspaper will be
considered as a spy. and tried by a mil
itary court-mar0aL
There were five American warships off
Havana to-day.
The Spanish steamship Guillermo Lopez
has arrived at Cienfuegos from Trinidad.
with about twenty passengers.
IL is officially reported that the Ameri-
can ship Merrimac. which was sunk at
Santiago de Cuba harbor channel has
over four thousand tons Of coal aboard.
Nineteen American warships were Off
Santiago De Cuba yesterday.
CORRESPONDENTS LIBERATED.
The British corresp Ondents Robinson
and Whigham have been liberated at
Havana, under the condition that they
are to leave the Island at the first oppor-
tunity.
The Civil Governor OF Havana. knowing
that the Children's Charity Institution
had no bread, gave them ten bags of
flour.
Amanda de Zayas Odoa. Secretary Of
Santiago de Cuba, who went to meet the
insurgents, carrying with him 10000 dol
lars that belonged to the government
has been declared a fugitive and Will be
tried. although he is with the insurgents
TO dismiss his name from the list Of the
official employees Of the judicial roll.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
As a civilian was going out Of the Pal
ace last night another civilian tried TO
murder him, shooting at i'm thrice with
a revolver. IL Is rumored that the motive
was personal differences. Generals Par
RADIO. Pando and Solano, who were con-
Versing upstairs with General Blanco,
rushed down stairs 20 see what had hap
pened. Major Carlos Norena, the press
censor, who was leaving tho palace al
the time, disarmed the would-be murder
err who will be tried by military court
martial as the place where he made the
attempt was the residence OF the Captain
General
The name OF the aggressor IS Antonio
Mico. and the victim b. Sebastian Sureda.
OF the three shots fired only one touched
Suroda, the bullet entering at the shout
der and going out at the chest. Sureda
fell on one OF the benches that are In the
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