Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-14

pate in the drills on the Florida drill
grounds detailed orders will be given them.
it is not intended that any of the battle
ships or armored cruisers Except the
MaineI shall enter the harhor of Key West
except by special orde- of the commander
..tsiened5 sICARD.
"Rear Admiral. commanding L. S. naval
force on the North Atlantic station"
Program Not Changed.
1t is authoritatively stated at the Navy
Department that the North Atlantic south
ern movement of the squadron is in de-
gree attributable to the troubles in Havana
hut that the movement is a part of the
program for winter maneuvers of the
squadron prepared by the Navy Depart
ment months ago. after consultation with
Admiral SCard and Captain Taylor, and
duly announced through the daily press
at the time. In support Of this statement
is issued the following itinerary of the
squadruns movements. prepared long ago
and not changed since.in any respect:
The program of exercises of the North
Atlantic squadron during the winter of
1888 is as follows: Leave Hampton Roads
January 10; Passage to TCrtugas, four and
a half days. January ~: small arms target
practice. JInuary %. three days; to drill
grounds. .iaEt AIRY ~ one day: moving sub
CALDER practice, January -, two days
moving target practice. January 30 six
days, squadron eVOlutionS February Is six
gas, February IL. one day; coaling, ten
working days and two Sundays. February
q: exercise boat fiotilla. February -. four
days; squadron evolutiOns. March q. nine
days. one Sunday intervening; return to
TortugIs. March 10; cOaling, six working
days and one Sunday, squadron evolutions.
twelve working days and two Sundays,
April I: drill grounds to Hampton Roads,
four DAYS, arriving there April T.
Spanish Advices From Havana.
coll l.
ing to dispatches received by Senior Dupuy
de LONE, the Spanish minister, last night
and this morning. One of these dispatches,
filed at o'clock this morning by Secretary
General Congosto. says: The tumult has
not been continued. Calm is preserved
throug huut the city. L believe that the
normal condition will be perfectly estab-
lished. Fortunately there is not a single
casualty that We nave TO regret
Aside from this dispatch, the minister
has received number of minor dispatches,
all indicating an absence of disturbance
and that no apprehension is felt by the au-
thorities-
He las given directions that every de-
Veloprnent he communicated to him, and.
iii view "f this fact. does not credit
port that there was another outbreak yes
terddy, saying that any such outbreak
would have been comm ,Inicated to him. and
that the report doubtless arose either from
q delayed cablegram based on the out
break previously reported, or else thdr
there was some minor disturbance of such
a trivial character that it did not get to
the attention of the official heads of the
Cuban government.
Later in the day. Senior De LONE received
a cablegram. dated Havana. 10 am. say
ing that perfect tranquility prevailed at
that hour. and that no further trouble was
expected
No Appeals to the President.
Regarding reports that the riotng in
Havana had caused apprehension among
manufacturers. financiers and others: that
business affairs might be unsettled by fears
of foreign complications. and that they
wired the President. asking MIN to with
hold the sending of warships to Cuban
waters and to use his influence TO prevent
infianimdtory speeches in Congress, II can
be stated aUihoritatively that up to IL
O'Clock today no dispatches on this subject
had been received at the White House.
Cruisers in the Gulf.
Orders nave been sent TO the cruiser Mar
hlehead. at Key West. to proceed to Ma
vassa TO Investigate conditions among the
laborers there, this disposinS of the story
that she has been ordered to Havana. She
will start for Navassa as soon as the cruis-
er Detroit. now on her way home from a
visit to Haiti and San Domingo, arrives at
Key West. which she is expected TO do to-
day
The Navy Department is informed that
the cruiser Montgomery sailed from Fort
Tampa, Fla, yesterday for Key West. She
is member of the Florida filbustering
patrol fleet.