The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-05-06
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WASHINGTON. April 28.-The French
embassy today received cablee.am from
faris announcing that decree OF ueutraI-
ity between the United States and Spain
mas been issued, and that detailed copy
will be forwarded by mail.
In Porto Riea
sr. THOMAS, West Indies April D.
Porto Rico adyices received here TODAY
say that four Spanish gunboats are at San
Judean de- Porto Rico. They are being
painted black or possibly darE graz.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Porto Rico, and II is being enforced In A
,yrannicai manner. Crowds of people are
ieaVlng Tor the interior, snd the capital Ia
ton. r'pN'"
Net Afraid sfH .
:, NEW YORK, AuriI, % Reports that a |
spanish squadron has sailed toward the
coast Oh The United States have nothin0 10 |
eonnfm them, and the reports seem to have |
peen sent out from Spain to confuse the |
United states naval authorit;ea.
Spanish feet would find the American !
Atlantic coast IL far from UNPROTECTED Tha
cruiser Minneapolis is on the Maine coast
the cruiser Columbia near Boston. the
cruisers San Francisco and New Oreans
al the Brooklyn navy yard, the a0xiIiarv
cruisers 81 Louis and Harvard in New
delphia. w
| The Spanish Fleet
BAYoSEE, France, April 2.-Aecord-
ing to a letter iust received here from
Madrid. dated tuesday, Spanish squad
ron, consisting of four iron.clads and
three torpedo-boat destroyers, sailed for
the United States yesterday. Ii was rum.
osed that the squadron was TO steam d.
rect across the Atlantic and lombard tbe
northern ports OF :be UDited States. The
port from which the squadron sailed was
not mentioned. Ii was said. however that
second fquadron, consisting OF four iron
eiads and two cruisers. was being formed
at Cadiz. Its destination was unknown.
The sifsestsn
WASHINGTON, April 27.-The war Sit
:aiion is substantially this:
The b'ockading squadron remaines pass.
i've before havaaa. with no present pur-
pose OF bsmbarding or OF drawing fire of
the shore batteries The straeic nuynose
OF an effective blockade Of the Cuban clast
u being accomplished to the entire satis.
faction OF the authorities here There il
no indication that part Of the feet will
be withdrawn for the purpase of aifording
additional protection TO North Atlantic
ports.
/ The orezsa
CHICAGO, April 27.-A special 10 the
News from Washington says:
| The navy department has received word
that the battie-ship oregon Was spoken q
frs hundred miles below Gontevideo The
| vessel was booming along under forced
dranght. and making good speed. She
will stop at MonteTideo for coal, and will
proceed 10 Key West with all possible
haste. The officers are not concerned for
her safety.
| The Asiaile TrsabIe
WAsHIs6ros. April, 27.-As 70 The im-
minence OF q naval battle of the Philip
pine islands. the naval authorities here Sc
rioasly doubt whether the Spanish feet
will make stand against the American
ships. Their reason for this Is that the
Spanish feet 10 very infefior TO the Ameri-
can force under Admiral Dewey. The de-
partment, therefore, is saiisfed,hat the
Spanish wilinot do battle on the high seas
with Admiral DeEey.
ADriayed CampaIxn
WAsHxGrox. April 27.-In the war de
PArtmeut there is = growing belief that
the campaign proper In Cuba will not be
u full swing until next fall, when the
rainy reason has endei.
That belief, however, has not prevented
the othcars whose duty il is to ges the
troop. together. from pushing their work
With the greatest energy
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