Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-05-11
'TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

TELEGRAPHlC BRENIIlES.
Spanish cruisers are boarding ves-
sells in the straits of Gibraltar.
All the bonded warehouses at Ali
cante,. Spain, have been burned by
rioters.
The schooner Fern andino, captured
by the Vicksburg, has been brought to
Key West.
The torpedo boat Winslow had "a
brush with the Spanish coast guard
vessels on Sunday.
1t is said Rear Admiral Dewey can
not control the insurgents nor enable
the Spanish to do SO.
Massacres are said to have occurred
outside of Manila, the insurgents kill
ing Spanish women and children.
The Norwegian steamer Bratsberg,
apparently trying to run the blockade
with cattle, has been brought to Key
West
Mondays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance S2l4, 7O6; gold reserve $780,
a50.c77.
The gunboat Machias overhauled the
tramp steamer Strathdee on Sunday
while the latter was trying to run the
blockade.
Senior Sagasta denies the rumor that
Marshal Martinez Campos will replace
Lieut.. Gen. Daban as captain-ge neral
of Madrid.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says it is reported Adm. Montejo was
killed by the populace after escaping
from Cavite
The crew of German cruiser at
| Cadiz ostentatiouslv fraternized Tues
day in the streets with the crews of q
Spanish battle ship.
1t is reported that the Spanish
priests and sisters of Cavite repaid
the Americans for their humanity by
trying to lead them into a mined chan
mel
1t is reported that the United States
cruiser Montgomery is off the Mole
St. Nicholas, apparently watching the
windward passage between Hayti and
Cuba.
Mr. julius G. Tucker, United States
consul at Martinique, says there is no
foundation for the report that Span
ish fleet has been sighted off that
| island.
In Rome the police are reported to
have seized documents showing that
the recent rioting is the result of a
plan of revolution, prematurely COM
menced.
At Chicago Robert Linblom, the
widely known board of trade operator,
made an assignment Monday after
noon. Assets are given as 500, 900 and
liabilities, Si25,000.
An impressive mass was held Mon.
day morning in the church of st. 10.
seph, Madrid. for the repose of the
souls of those slain at Cavite. The
church was filed with sailors in uni.
form.
Spaniards are trying to provision the
Notifications of Eastern Cuba before
blockade begins. Kingston shipping
merchants Monday received large or.
| ders for food from Santiago and Man.
zanillo.
A cable dispatch has been received
in Madrid from the captain general ot
Porto Rico saying that three suspicious
ing. He adds that he has confidentialin in
formation to the effect that the United
States feet is approaching Porto Rico
A dispatch to the London Daily Mai
from Hong Kong says a communica
tion from Manila asserts that the
Sraniards are still arrogant and moi
| likely to surrender until the city j;
blown to pieces. A telegraph operator
mas gone with the McCulloch to see
what can be done with the cable.
The Spanish fishing smack San tiagc
/ Mayhower off Havana Sunday anc
brought in by prize crew to Key
West Monday afternoon. She wal
bound from Yucatan for Havana with
cargo of fish and crew Of ten men
She was rounded up with one blank
shot
Representative Dockery, Of Missouri
minority member of the house com
mittee on appropriations, has intro
duced a concurrent resolution declaring
that when the two houses ad journ or
Monday, June 9, they stand adjourned
until IL o'clock meridian, on Tuesday
July 10, 1898. 1t was referred to tn
ways and means committee.
An official dispatch received il
Madrid from Havana asserts that al
American cruiser and a large torped
boat attempted to force the Cardena
channel and opened fire on the Span
ish gunboats Antonio Lopez, Liger
and Ale rta After half hours, en-
gagement the American warships, tn