The Indianapolis journal., 1898-05-28
Yesterdays Developments.

1mStOm mas Deen ADVISED by Brit
ish Consul GOIIan, at Havana. that
Charles ThraII and Hayden Jones,
two American correspondents,
who were arrested as spies and
thrown into Cabanas fortress, have
been exchanged for Spanish pris-
OnerS of war, and are on their way
to Key West. E. Il. knight, Lon
don Times correspondent, who in
vaded Cuba alone, is now i'm Ca
banas, having been captured by
the Spaniards.
The steamship China has arrived
at San FrnnciscO from Oriental
ports and Hawaii. Her officers re-
port that the people of Honolulu
are preparing to- give the United
States troops u royal welcome
when they stop there on the way
to Manila. The transports City of
Peking. Australia and City of sgd
ney were sighted proceeding west
ward at great speed. The Ha-
waiian Star reiterates the report
that the Dole government has ten
dered the Hawaiian islands to the
United States.
Another batch of army promo
tiOns and nominations has been
sent to the Senate by the Presi-
dent. Among weII-knOwn civil
ians named for brigadier general
ships are William j. Mckee, of In
dianapoIis; Fred ID. Grant, of New
York; Harrison Gray Otis, of Cali
fOrnia, and Henry NJ: DuffieId, of
Michigan. Benjamin F. Havens, of
Terre Haute, has been given a pay
mastership.
A rumOr from Manila that the
cruiser Baltimore, of Admiral
Dewey's squadron, has been de-
strOyed and sunk by an explosion
is discredited. The report is
thought to have been based ON the
fact that shell exploded on the
vessel during the bOmba rdment Of
Cavite on May 4. No mention of
the alleged disaster is made i'm last
nights dispR tches from Hong
Kong, where the auxiliary gun
boat Zafire arrived at midnight
from Manila. There is no change
in the situation at the capital of
the Philippines. The insurgents
are quiet. Beef costs $3.50 pound.
The captain of the Olympia, Adj
mfraI Dewey's flagship, and two
other officers are at HOng-kOng ON
sick leave.
Inventor Holland wants permis-
sion from the Navy Department to
use his subma rine boat i'm destroy
ing the mines and tOrpedoes in
Santiago de Cuba harbOr. He
would also like the privilege of
sailing under the water and sink
ing Admiral Cervera's feet.
The British steamer AduIa is re-
ported to have been seized by the
Spaniards ON ISer arrival at Cicn-
fuegOs from Kingston, Jamaica.
The captain is charged with viO-
lating the neutrality laws by car
rying a passenger whose name
was not on the steamers books.
This passenger is supposed to be
a newspapers correspondent.
The Second Division of the First
Brigadier General Poland, was re-
viewed at Camp George II. Thomas
by Major General Breckinridge.
The strain ON the raw volunteers
was severe, and a hundred or more
were carried of the field on
stretchers. Four or five HOOsiers
succumb ed, but revived soon. The
d-and-fifty-eighth and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Indiana
Regiments participated i'm the ma
neuvers and acquitted themselves
like veterans. Col. Harry b. Smith
rode at the head of the Second
Brigade ard Lieutenant Colonel
Thayer commanded the formers
regiment. Colonel Gunder and his
"boys" made "A good display I'm
their new uniforms. The Indian
apOlis and Fort Wayne batteries,
which are each short about fifty
men, will be recruited to n war
footing under the new call for VOL
unteers.
The Federal Court has ordered
the release of the Spanish steam
ers Catalina and Miguel JOver,
captured by blOckaders. The Pc
drO, Guido, Buena Ventura and
Panama have been condemned and
forfeited. The government has
appealed in the cases of the Cata-
lima and Miguel JOver. The own
ers of the other vessels, through
their attorneys, have also ap-
peaIed.
Marshal Rivera, former captain
general of the Philippines, says:
''That rag called the American flag
shall never float over the walls of
Manila" He further says "the
Yankees are deceiving themselves
as To the situation i'm the Philip
pines" and that they cannot be-
come masters of the islands, be-
cause the natives will fight for
Spain. Special dispatches from
Madrid report feeling of sadness
i'm Spain because of the hopeless
ness of securing mid from conti-
mental powers. General BIanco
cables that Cervera's squadron is
still i'm Santiago harbor; that
Sampson Is blOckading the port;
that Schley is gua riding the Yucca
tan channel, that thirty American
war vessels were seen of Carde-
mas Thursday, and that the Span
ish torpedo boat destroyer Terror
was unable to enter San Juan de
Puerto harbOr because four of the
enemy's ships were watching the
place.
1t In probable that most of the
volunteers enlisted under the new
call will he utilized in swelling
the numerical strength of present
regiments which are below the
ma ximum. This will obviate the