The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-09
GREAT IACTIYITY.

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lIsnifssied Between the War aud Navy
Departments, bat There isa singular
Ab,sncs OF Information as 10 yyiist5is
G,oinx on. .,5
WASHINGTON. June s.-The actiy-i
lty and frequent exchange OF .commun.,
lcatlons between the war and navy de-
partments eliminated In visits n BY,
Acting Secretary or War Allen, Ad-l
niral Slcard and Captain Crownln-
shield In person to the war department
to-day, led to the belief this afternoon
that either the United States troops
were actually embnrking at Tampa, or
that the movement Is about to begin,V
The officials. however, while not abb
solutely ignorant themselves as to
what was going on ut Tampa, were all
under an Injunction, delivered by Sec-
retary IAlger himself, 10, keep the troop
movements absolutely secret. There
were intimdtions that took away in q
measure the disappointment OCCASION
ed by this attitude, 10 the effect that
once the troops are ashore, there will
be q considerable relaXatlono OF the rules
now 30 rigidly applied relative to the
giving out OF Information as to the
nrmy's movements. ~
The robust imagination displayed in
the Spanish bulletin recounting the kill
Ing OF 1900 OF Simpsons men during
Mondays fight with the forts at San
,tiago caused good deal OF amusement
at the navy department., and the officers
express themselves, though willing to
meet the Spaniards with arms, to be
utterly unable to contend with them In
THE Held of mendacity. To some OF
them this bulletin recalled vividly the
stirring bulletins Issued almost daily.
from the Spanish legation here. In the
days OF Senior de LONE, telling how the
Spaniards, with the loss OF one man,
had managed to annlhilatei the Cuban
army. * i.s' (. s55is
y No bulletins were posted at the navy
department., and although there were
signs that the department was in COM
5munication with the south, the news
paper men We're assured that there
were no events worth reporting treated
OF in the Gnessage. The department Is.
also very busy In arranging details for
the Manila expedition, having UNDER
taken to make ready the transports
which will carry the soldiers from San
Francisco to Manila. Work on these Is
being hurried under telegraph orders.
and by the end OF the week there will
be sufficient military force afoat to en-,
able Admiral Dewey, when It reaches
him. to do pretty much as he pleases
at Manila. &
a The Japanese are the latest to turn.
up with applications for permission to,
study the technical features OF the pres
ent war, and to-day Secretary Alger
granted special permission to Com
mander Ketauro Narlla. OF the imperial
Japanese navy, and Lieut.. Saneyuki
Akiyama to go with the army OF occu-
patton OF Cuba. ~
: There Is considerable mystery con-
,cerning the, cutting Of cables running
out OF Cuba, and the continuance OF
cable service: from that island. 1t was
positively established to-day that the
French cable running from Santiago to,
Cape Haytien went out OF service last
Friday,' and remained out OF working
condition until Saturday. During the
twenty-f four hours interruption the ca
BILE company was unable TO carry any
business over this line. There is little
doubt the interruption was due to the,
work OF the cable cutting ship sent out
by General Greeley. and In charge OF
signal service officers. But the mgs-
terry. OF the affair Is that the French
cable began working again on Saturday.
How this came about Is beyond conjec-
eure by the best cable experts. The
French cable company is as much In
the dark as are the authorities here.
All the company knows Is that It could
not do business from the third to the
fourth instant. It Is apparent that the
cable was not cut, else 1t could not have
resumed service.
At the same time nothing short Of a
cutting can account for the complete
Gripping Of the cable on the third.
The matter Is further complicated by
reports reaching the officials here to-
day that the cable again stopped work.
Ing at midnight on Monday. The con-
dition Of this cable Is regarded as i'm
portant bv the authorities here. as It
Is one Of the means open to General
Blanco In his communication with the
Spanish authorities. IS,