Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-13
Battle at Cardenas Has a
Soldering Effect.
NO NEWS FROM SAMPSON
Feoplo OF the New England States Again
Aroused by Fears OF II Spanish
Ship. Brief Dispatch from
Admiral Dewey.
U3y re,euT,,p'h \

SaroenaS harbor yesterday and thu. ,,Ss
~ Nv ives ON board the torpedo boat
Nlnsiow, had j SOLDERING effect on ~.
seAiSHe " the navy which is cryin. for
Aapio ACTON and efforts at ,l.strn,,in,.
batteries with unarmored sh;ns ,rh
VIII probably be some sort OF nuIi,.,
instituted to ascertain the responsihii-
IS LOT sending such unprotected shells
me W lnSiow against fortified ports
At Is miraculous in the opinion III ~.
oder officers at the dep;lrttn.nt ,h,t
Inc damaSe and loss OF Life. were CON
hned to The Wjnslow, for the other
Doats with her We're very little better
on in the matter OF pIot.,.tjnn ,uL
scarcely any of them could rcsis, thu.
IRE OF small rifle. /, is likely that
!, sueh work as was attempted u, Car
oenas is to be done hereafter the task
will be assigned I, Nor. for,n' i .',sh
craft.
notwithstanding the multitude or ,.u-
!uors mat came from all parts OF tho.
west Indies as to the bombarlmcnt Of
pan Juan de Porto Rico, and other SAN
su1,iaIs engagements between Samp-
son S battleships and the Spanish FORE
es. the Navy Department was in on
eiaA ignorance OF any such event a,
the close of office hours it was said
mat nothing had been heard from Ad-
miral Sampson
1t is believed that there ri,, ,a ,;r
isculty IN the ad,nral's commitment
n'S with the department by Gu BILE from
p Ihofnas and there are suggestions
anat me newspaper dispatch boats
icCoiapanyInE SIMPSONS squadron
VIII De deprived of the use ur the ca
PIE also, on the pretext that neutrality
is merely Violated, and ST. Thomas
mace basis of operations
~ inns case 1t would be necessary for
Doth the admiral and the nc,ys;,au.r
men to have recourse to TIN. dir.r,
cabie at Hayti. about 80 or 800 miles
INSTANT from San Juan. involving a de-
lay OF Il day and :, half or two DAYS in
communicating Information to the Uni
ted States.
Just where the Spanish flying SQUAD
ron is. still remains in doubt, ana no
word Of official confirmation has CONE,
70 ne Navy Department Of the Cadiz
iepof. OF DAY before yesterday that the
squadron is there.
SIN there are enough American
scouting vessels covering the am
proaches to the West India channel tn
spot any approaching ship in short
order
The people on the New England coas,
nave had their apprehcnsions aroused
again lest the Spanish appear in force
on their coast and proceed to destroy
the summer resorts and small craft
there.
Mir. Allen. the newly indicted assis-
tant secretary of the navy being a
massachusetts man, had to bear the.
prunt OF a score OF applications for
protection that q I n J,ar. ,,t
ment from all points of the coast from
Maine to Connecticut The do,art
ment has done what it regards as nee
essary in assigning the monitor and
steam vessels of the A]osulljtu t1rct to
the patrol of this coast and in holding
Commodore Schley'S magn ticent squad
ron at HAMPTON Roads ready Ia Nv "a,
twenty knot speed I" any point on
the coast that may be threaten
a dispatch came 10 the department
today from Admiral Dewey ~ Naniln
1t was dated Hong Kong today WHEN
is evidently !, few duvs ola ana ,ln,.s
not show :nat Dewey has possessed
himself o: Manila
Probably he regards his original or
derS as not brond enouph Ia i,,stjfv ~,
action withou, further directions. and
as his dispatch was sent last Monday
he could not have received the ord .rs
of the department. The nature of ,n.ss.
orders is indicated by the assignment
of two such officers MS Ma jor Generals
Merritt ara Otis to command IT,. trnnps
that arc to be hurried 10 ,l,n rhilir-
pines when the quartelmastcr has pic
vl,oncd the ships at san r.ancis.n
I;"'.. raj Merritt is the sen nr major
general ir the Tinted St,.rs srrv,,.,.
after General Miles and IN or,i,,,.,,
cases is CI.;tlcd 10 the most i,n,,ri,n.
cu:,...,nnds s., lis disn.1ch ,nr ,i,.s
work may be taken as an evidence nf
1he. Presidents estimate nr ~. ;nnn,
lance of this expedition In All an
cial nuart.rs Si,ta D.n,,.i,,..n an,
diplomatic. the repOrts coming from
London that some Of the contincn1nl
powers nDrtic,ilnrlv C.rn.,n,, ,,,i
France have made protes,s .,r,jnst
American occupation of me phjlimnin,.
Islands, arc met with mar d.n;,i ,rh,.r..
has been no recent cnnccr,.a .,,,;I,,
among the continental powers tnw,rd
Intervention. nor have the. representa-
tatiyes or ,h,. n,Iycrs IN I,,,.b;n,.,',,
exchanged any views lately to,Ichinr
on Intervention. This statement IS
m;l,],. in = sn.IiGt. n,,nnor ~, -
French ana 5.r,,,n of,;ci.,Is ,r,'
are beginnin. to feel ,nnsid,.r,hl.. 49,
noyance at the Off r.peat.d -.
ports and are inclined to attach SIM,
Significance to the fact that ali of ,h..,,,
emanate from London. In Mt least nn..
embassy of a rnntinant.,i no,,,o 49,