Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-24

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Each mine contained forty pounds OF
gun-cotton, sufficient to destroy any
vessel. Since then greater prccau-
tlons have been observed.
AS the Spaniards at Havana become
desperate they become more impudent
and saucy. They now recognize no
flag OF truce, announce that they will
not exchange prisoners OF war, and
blaze away continually ut the block
aiding squadron. 1t is said that there
Is class OF ven"mous srrpcnts that
when irrltatcd bite themselves and die
OF their own poison, and it seems to be
fit simile OF Blanco and his forces.
y Kingston, jamaica, dispatch of
the 18th states that well authenticated
reports have reached that city that
Havana is receiving supplies through
BatabanO, on the south side of Cuba,
opposite Havana. The supplies are
taken to the Isle of Pines, off the south
coast of Cuba, in large ships, and are
carried across at night in small boats
to BatabanO, and from there taken to
Havana, Il distance of twenty-five
miles, by rail.
A Washington special to the Chi
cago Ncws says that President Nc
kinley is SO worried over the report
that he was about to send Bryan to
the Philippines to bottle him up I'M
til after the next campaign, that he
made personal request that Bryan's
regiment be transferred to Lees bril-
gade for probable service at Porto
Rico. If this be true, it is evident
that the tin-god is keeping his weather
eye glued to the feed trough.
On Friday night the auxiliary
cruiser St. Louis ran great risk of
being blown to pieces. She ran with
a hundred yards of Moro Castle in
an effort to grapple the Kingston
cable, and, while the searchlights
from the castle plainly revealed her
position and mission, not gun was
fired upon her. Commodore Schlev
believes that the recent explosion of
gun-cotton from the Versuvius has so
terrified the Spaniards, that they had
not recovered their nerve.
Admiral Sampson feels himself free
to attack Moro Castle, for he has re-
ceived reliable information that the
gallant Hobson and crew are no
longer confined there. He thinks
that with the dynamite guns of the
Versuvius and the batteries of his
warships he can soon leave the gray
old fortress smoldering ruin. He
would have made the attempt ere now,
but that, like towards, the Spaniards
had placed Hobson and his crew before
them to ward off the blow.
1t is given out at Madrid that Presi-
dent Mckinley's intimation (hitherto
stated as Admiral SIMPSONS act) that
he would hold Admiral Cervera and
Gen. Pando personally responsible for
the lives of Lieut.. Hobson and crew,
has retarded, if not absolutely closed
all negotiations for exchange. 1t is
claimed that it is n distrust of Spanish
honor" and that all true soldiers de-
spise threats; and this is made the
pretext for an absolute refusal to ex.
change. The extraordinary anxiety
shown by the government in the mat |
ter was mistake that our willy foe
would never have made.
A large purchase of coal at Val.
paraiso, Chile, has excited curiosity,
by the impression that it has been
made on Spanish account. If this
should prove to be true, and the fact |
will soon be known, it would seem to |
indicate purpose on the part of the |
Spanish naval commander, Camara,
to carry that celebrated Cadiz fleet
around into the Pacific and to use these
Golfers to supply the fleet with coal.
In that case the object of attack would |
probably be the western coast of the
United States. instead of the Philip
pines, but after all the whole thing is
still matter of mere conjecture.
When the first detachment of the
Philippine squadron, the Pekin, the
Sidney and the Australia, arrived at
Honolulu, they were greeted with the
most profound expressions of cordial
ity by the people. The docks were
lined, and as the vessels entered the
harbor the spectators yelled them
selves hoarse i'll notes of welcome.
Such a scene of enthusiasm had never
before been witnessed in Honolulu.
A reception was held by President
Dole and his cabinet. The soldiers
were entertained on the grounds of
the executive building. To each man
the executive gave word of welcome
to Honolulu. A feast was served by
the ladies.
A special dispatch from Santiago dc
Cuba June goth, via Kingston, says
that Cubans have brought information
to Admiral Sampson that Cervera is
prepared to make desperate effort to
take his ships out of Santiago harbor
at the first favorable opportunity.
The Spanish warships, it is reported.
have been cOaled to their fullest
capacity and the crews have been re-