Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-27
CAD|Z FLEET SOON 70 SAIL
SPANIARDS SAY TO MANILA
Indications Point to n Westward
No.nse-A Third Squadron Is
FOrmimE-NaH Reinforce Fleets of
CerVera and Ga ma ra-Talk of Al
Steamer.

New York, May pa dispatch to the
/ World from Madrid says
! With the incoming OF the new govern.
ment renewed activity has been given to
foreign and home defsn>es. Torpedocs
have been laid at the entrances of all the
| important harbors.
he new ministry has determined to
send out at once what is known as the
reserve squadron, that is to say. the war
ship Pelayo. the protected cruiser, Carlos
' and Alfonso Nil, the torpedo boat de-
stroyers .Audaz. Irospcrina and Destruct-
or, the dispatch boat Giralda the auxiliary
boats Rapido and Patrla and the armed
trans Atlantic liners. Joaquin dPiclago,
Alfonso NH, Antonio Lopez, Ciudad de
Cadiz and Bucnos Ayres.
TO the above will be added the Reina
Regenta, which is being armed at Ferrol,
and the Leon NH. which has already
started from Barcelona for Cadiz Thi,
fleet is likely to start at once, and it is
publicly stated that it is going to Manila.
Significant suggestions are made as to
the possibility of the Pelayo getting
through the Suez canal owing to her
draught, but it may be readily understood
that the admiralty is not giving their Sc
crcts away and that the fleet will sail
under sealed orders. and that it is quite
as likely to go west as east.
The Third Fleet.
New York. May pa dispatch to the
Herald from Gibraltar says:
The government here will not allow war
vessels passing the straits to proceed.
The Spaniards are starting out what
they call their third squadron, which con
sists of the Princess de Asturias of 1000
tons with II speed of 20 knots now at
,Cadiz; the cardenal Cisneros, at Ferrol,
of the same size and speed; the Lepanto
at Cartagena Of 5000 tons and of 20 knots,
and the Numancia and the Nittoria which
is but newly armored and engined.
There are also at Ferrol the torpedo
gunbosts bona Maria de Molina, the Mar
quise de La Nittoria and Don Aware de
Basan. each of 800 tons and 20 knots. I'm
less the American government moves
quickly it will have the foregoing to con
tend with in addition to Admiral Ger
vera's and Admiral Camaras squadrons
The latter is expected to leave Cadiz
within few days. The destination is
unknown, but it is probably the Antilles
notwithstanding the newspapers say the
Philippines.
The Manila Blur.
New York, May pa dispatch to the
World from Cadiz says:
| = x.,<, L,& l.,
! Pelayo, Carlos V, three of the Atlantic
steamers and two torpedo boat destroyers
will shortly go to the Philippines. The
fleet is well armed and manned.
1t is said here there are mines in Manila
harbor that We're not exploded when the
American fleet entered, the electric com
munications being out of order. This has
so it is rumored, now been rectitied anC
preparations are complete to give Admira
Dewey warm good bye should he at
tempt to leave. This rumor will bear
big lump of salt.
, VIII Maneuver u While.
!, Madrid, May 23.-According to eur
, rent report here the Spanish reserve flee
, will maneuver in Cadiz waters until il.
- ulou.
. A dispatch from Havana says the col
onial government has decreed that the i'm
, portations OF food at all ports of Cuba ar
to be free of duty.
AmwlO-American Treaty.
New York. May 23.-A copyrighted dis
patch from Kingston, Jamaica, to tn,
Evening World, says the military authOri
| tios thar., bnCa h,nv, inf formal nf bn sir N
!. ing OF an Anglo American defensiv,
treaty. The same officials, it is said, re
gard as imminent Il war crisis atfe ting ia
mnica.
Fired ON the Roth.
ST. Thomas, ID. w. L., May 9th,
British steamer Aldeborougn, which ar
rived at Puerto Rico May from Mothil
, Scotland, reached this port from San Juai
, yesterday. She reports that an American
cruiser captured the Spanish bark Nortl
San Juan Saturday morning last. Tn
prize was lowed north.
The Spanish cruiser Isabella IL fired OIL
the British steamer Roth, which arrive,
at San Juan after the bombardment. |
is alleged the Spanish fired on the Roth
which was loaded with COAL with the in
tention of crippling her and thereby pre-
: venting her departure. Officers of tn
cruiser claim the firing was accidental.
T May Prove serious.
Chicago, May ga special from Wash
, ington says:
: The firing upon the English ship Rot
by the Spanish cruiser Isabella promise
serious complications. The Spanish sa
it was a mistake. but the British an
Americans think not.
:, FrancO-Spanish Alliance.
y London, May .23.-St. James Gazeet
i. this afternoon in its financial article says
i In the foreign market this morning Sc,