The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-10
TRANSPORTS ,
! ARE HELD UP.
Reported Presence Of the Spanish Men
> Of War the Cause. i,
HAS FLORIDA BEEN WRECKED
Reports that the Transport Went Down
OF PlOridaS Coast. More Manila
News. Peace May be De-
Clared Next Week.

New York, June "a dispatch from
Cape Haytian says that Santiago las sur
rendered.
Key West June 9-It is reported that
tn transport steamer Florida was wrecked
sn the harbor by colliding with the trans
po t Miami. The extent Of the injury to
tn two ships has not been nsceri aimed.
n is it known If there was any loss Of
IlWashington, D. c., June 1O.-AccorG-
IN to statnments made In army circles,
thu big s. go expedition has been held
ny II tho ,..... All tho transports got III =
uer way Wednesday. Then camo repor 5
Of Spanish warships sighted near Havana.
. The Htrlt gsts at the Navy Department,
who HAD assured tho military authorities
th " the ocaan was absolutely free from
DANCE \dm j Cervt ra being safely Gagged
and the Cadiz fleet being in It's own har-
Dor, were nonplussea,
They could not Eel.eve, with all the
eminent Skill in securing information and
checkmatng Spanish manoeuvers, that
they had been outwitted Even now they
insist that If There are any Spanish ships
roaming around Cuban waters, they are
nothing more than small armed launches,
and are not to be feared.
Army men, however, it is said, preferred
to take no chances. They remarked that
nothing was mora Helpless than an I'M
arh.ed troop transport full OF soldiers.
Sho would fall a victim, they said, to the
smallest gunboat, and, therefore, it was
not safe to continue the watery journey
across the Florida Straits
Admiral Sampson, it is stated, has been
cableu to send somo additional vessels to
convoy the flotiila of transports, and when
the achievements arrive, Or when tho al
'1eged Spanish feet has either been shown
to be myth or had been destroyed the
on snrI movement will begin.
In the meantime the soldiers are having
avery comfortable timo of iJ aboard the
transports.
There is fair chance that when the
army is waiting for conveys, Samps on
may take Santiago. The Panther has ar
rived there with so marines, and about as
many more could be taken from tho feet
for landing party.
Sampson could detail 1000 bluejackets
for similar service, without impuiring tho
efficiency OF the fleet.
With that force and the cooper alton of
the insurgents, he may raise the Stars and
Stripes over Santiago,
jacks, lie, Fla, June lC.-The second
attempt Ill two weeks poison the water
works system was made here last night at
10O'clockt whom sentry ut tho reservoir
0red on u man. as yet unapprehendGd,w who
attempted to throw package intoit.
Lonuon, June 9-The belief is general in
diplomatic circles here that Spain will sue
for peace within II week on tho surrender
Of Cuba an / the 70 urn of the Philippines.
The Spanish People, it is declared, are,
for the frs time getting true conception
Of their hopeless predilamcnt, and are
bitterly inccn,cu against their rulers.
Sagasta insisted on resigning it is said, in
order to make WAY for military Cabinet.
Tho Queen RUgen. is said to have aban-
Toned hers,!t to despair A rumor was
prevalent IN Madrid that she had fed not
having been seen for four days. 1t is re-
parted that she is still at the palace but in
bad health.