Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-05-05
WILL STAND
BY DEWEY
Government Only Awaiting For
His Demands.
RELIEF WILL THEN START.
United States Troops May Also Be
Sent.

abouts of the Spanish Cape Verde Fleet.
Its Reported Movements Not Taken
For Granted by Washington Officials.
Probable Work For Our Flying Squad
ron-Hawaii Offers the Islands to the
United States to he Used During the
Present War with Spain-some Excit-
ing Events Are Expected to Take Place
at Porto Rico within the Next Few
Days-Other Items Relating to the
War.
WASHINGTON, May 5.--A censation
was caused throughout the city by the
news that came of the arrival of a YES
sci, supposed to be the dispatch boat
McCulloch, at Mrs bay, 40 miles from
Hong Kong, the cable terminus. The
officials Immediately fell into an air of
expectancy, waiting for some word
from Admiral Dewey that would not
only confirm officially the stirring
news of .the battle of Manila, as re-
ported by the press, but telling what
had happened since the cable was in
terrupted. Up to this time no word
has come from Hong Kong. and the
officials who believe that the McCulloch
was really in Mrs bay were put to de-
vising ingenious explanations of the
delay in the receipt of a cablegram.
These touched upon the IL hours diff
ference in time, the distance from
Mrs bay to Hong Kong, which had to
be overcome by the messenger, and the
sloWness of cable communication ow-
ing to the number of relays on the
enormously long circuit from Hong
Kong to New York.
Some of the naval officers. however
who steadfastly contended that Admi-
raj Dewey would not have sent away
his dispatch boat until he had complet-
ed his dispatch and received the sur
render of Manila, pointed out that if
they We're right in that assumption it
would not be possible for the McCul-
loch to reach Hong Kong up to this
time.
Great interest is felt in the reported
return of the Spanish Cape Verde fleet
to Cadiz, but while admitting the pos
sbility of the fast vessels of the Span
ish flying squadron making the passage
in the five days that the vessels have
been out from St. Vincent, the naval
officers are disposd to regard with great
suspicion of this kind, emanating from
Portugal because of the recognized
sympathy of the Portuguese with the
Spanish side. 1t would be worth a
good deal to the Spanish admiral COM
manding the flying squadron, supposing
he were on his way across the Atlantic,
to throw us off our guard by having
US believe that he had returned to
Spain.
The navy department has now Sc
cured two vessels, the Australia and
the City of Pekin in San Francisco,
which will be loaded with coal and sup
plies and rushed off to join Commodore
Dewey's fleet Whether or not they
will carry troops will be determined
positively when the commodore is
heard from upon this matter.
The navy department is hurrying to-
gether an exceptionally large stock of
ammunition to go forward by the City
of Pekin to recruit the ammunition of
Commodore Dewey's fleet
The first shipment of projectiles left
New York Yesterday, and additional
shipments will be made until the full
quota of powder and shot will be in San
Francisco within the next 10 days
There will be total of more than 90
900 projectiles of various calibre and
weight.
The navy department is fortunate in
having laid in ample stock of projec-
tiles of all weights and sizes. so that
there will be no delay in getting a full
supply ready for shipment to Commo-
dore Dewey. The supply of powder is
not so readily obtained, as powder has
been distributed to the several fleets
and ships as fast as it has come from
the powder mills. But owing to the
emergency in the case of the Asiatic
fleet powder intended for other uses
will be forwarded to San Francisco
| and sent to Commodore Dewey The
recent explosions at powder mills have
not crippled the navy department in
securing SUPPLIES, but they have caused
some delay in filling the orders of the
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