The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-27


believe the reports that the "ar-
mada" is "bottIed up" I'm Santiago
de Cuba harbOr are true. 1t is said
Commodore SchIey is on guard
outside the harbor and will be
permitted to finish the work there.
Admiral Sampson fs reported to be
within striking distance, and can
render prompt aid il the Gagged
Spantards attempt to escape from
their trap.
President Mckinley, Secretaries
Long and AIger, General Miles and
the naval war board, Admiral ST.
card, Captain CrOwinshield and
Captain Mahan, held a cOnsulta-
tiOn at the White House, at which
the situation was fully discussed.
Although the result of the confer
ence was kept secret, 1T is believed
a decision was reached to push
military operations with great
vigOr, and it is possible an expe-
dition may be sent to Porto Rico
within a few days. The War
Department is preparing rules for
the Presidents new call. 1t is
probable that many of the recruits
secured under this call will go to
fIl up the regiments enlisted from
the National Guard, many of which
fell far below the maximum pre-
scribed by law.
Special dispatches from Spain
continue to predict the collapse of
the government and the over
throw of the monarchy. An imme-
dfate outbreak is predicted if Ad-
miral Cervera's feet is captured
or destroyed. The Queen Regent,
it is said, has been urged by her
mother and the Emperor of Aus
tria to fly from Madrid, but she has
decided, the same dispatch says,
to remain with her son, the boy
King. Ell Liberal gives a wOeful
picture of the situation. Sagasta's
new Ministry is divided. Fears
are entertained that Great Britain
contemplates a coup de main
against Tangier. The general Inn
preston" at Madrid is that Ger
vera's feet has left Santiago de
Cuba. The Spanish government il
reported to have ordered the i'm
pressment of all steamers of 1000
tons and over into the auxiliary
navy service. Dispatches by way
of London say the dominant note
of public opinion at Madrid is q
desire for honorable peace.
Indiana troops at Camp George
III. Thomas are in better spirits for
several reasons. The weather is
cooler, new guns and uniforms are
being issued and the ''boys" have
plenty to eat. Colonel Gunder's
regiment will probably participate
i'm a sham battle to-day. DIR. F. r..
Charlton, of Indianapolis, has been
temporarily made surgeon of the
Second Division of the First Army
Corps. About $4,000 volunteers are
now tenting ON Chiclxamauga bat
tIefeId.
General COllazO and Colonel Her.
nandex, two officers on the stafY of
General Garcia, the Cuban insur-
gent commander, conferred with
yesterday, and gave much infOr-
nation concerning the where
abOuts and strength of the army of
liberation. They are said to have
assured Secretary AIger that the
insurgents in the field number be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 men, and
that they desire to cooperate with
the American army of invasion.
The Germans seem determined to
make all the hay possible before
the war clouds pass away. Alleged
trustworthy information from Glib
raltar is to the effect that forty
powerful Krupp guns, shipped
from Essen, are en- route to Cadix,
having passed through the French
and Spanish customs houses as
kitchen furniture.
The battle ship Oregon Is am
chOred of Sand Key light, near
Key West, having steamed south,
instead of north, after leaving Ju-
piter inlet, Florida. She repIen-
ished her coal at four points on
the trip from San Francisco.
Spanish advices from the Philip
pines report that the insurgents in
the province of PanaEasina are
massacring and pillaging. Ship
captains at Manila say the natives
of the Caroline islands have re-
voIted and are committing depre-
datiOns. Governor General Angus
ii cables to Madrid that the cruis-
er Baltimore is disabled, and that
arms and ammunition landed by
Americans for Insurgents were
captured by Spanish troops. The
Washington War Department is
meeting with difficulty i'm secur-
ing transports, and the next expe-
dition to Manila may not leave San
Francisco for several weeks.
The Newfoundland and Nova SEQ
tia ''fake mills" are still grinding
out stories of mysterious yellow
smOke-stacI< steamers and great
fleets of war ships. A Halifax man
set his wheels going yesterday,
and in the grist he found a fleet of
French and Spanish war ships
just reported of the harbor," and
the troops "hurriedly manning the
forts" st. Johns, Newfoundland,
reported a steamer ashore that
looked like a war vessel. IL was
painted n dull lead color and had
the usual yellow smokestack, but
proved to be = plain British mer-
chant steamer.
General Gomez has issued an ad-
dress to Cuban insurgents, telling
them that hereafter they will be
known as ''sOldiers of the regular