Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-05-26
RELIEF FOR DEWEY.
Cruiser Charleston Cheered Justify
\ as She Starts for Manila.
New Spanish Cabinet, According to Cap
depon, wan Fight to the Bitter End
Bishops Issue PastoraIs-LIttle
Aid from Cuban Insurgents.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23. - The
Charleston is we'll on her way to
Manila. The big cruiser passed through
the Golden Gate at 500 o'clock yester.
day morning, after having been an
chored in the stream all night. She
adjusted her compasses at an early
hour and then passed up the bay
through the Raccoon straits and past
the docks on the northern frontage of
the city. Every steam vessel in the
harbor blew au revoir to Capt Glass
and his crew. None of the forts in the
harbor saluted the vessel but the de-
monstration made by the 5000 soldiers
gathered at the Preside was tremen-
dous, When the vessel was sighted
coming down the bay the soldiers
gathered on the beach to bid her bon
voyage They lined the beach for a
mile and cheer upon cheer rang out
from the men who are to so soon fol-
low the Charleston to the scene of Ad-
miral Dewey's triumph. The Charles
toms big siren answered the boys on
the beach time and again and the
whistling was heard from one end of
the city to the other Never has war
vessel leaving this harbor received
such send-otf as was given the
: Charleston.
DECLARES SPAIN WILL DIE HARD.
MADRID, May 2S.-Senor Capdepon,
minister Of the interior has denied, in
the course of an interview, that the
change in the ministry would involve
any alteration in the foreign policy of
Spain, all the new ministers being in
favor of prosecuting the war to the
end with the utmost energy. He says:
Spain went perilously near sacrificing her
honor in the interest Of peace only making q
stand when further concessions would have in
Volved her disgrace and effacement as n nation
This she will never do, and in this resolve the
new cabinet is as thoroughly determined as the
old The new cabinet entertains no illusion
1t is aware that weakness and poverty
are opposed to strength and wealth, but
Spain is In the position OF u duelist bound
TO defend his honor against the gross insults OF
u more powerful antagonist who, although he
Z is convinced that the result is almost certain
death, yet feels the force of the principle of
noblesse oblige, Spain prefers possible de-
AtuJ W u CeTlulu ulSBruCb. ministers KNOW L0uJ
the moral sympathies of the powers are with
Spain and that while hesltatlng to undertake
the responsibility for action which might lead
to greater war they may eventually inter-
vene from motives of self-interest and public
polity on behalf Of Spain.
BISHOPS ISSUE PAsToRALs.
LONDON, May 90. "A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Hong Kong says
Spaniards in Hong Kong and at Ma
Mia openly boast that fleet of war
ships is on the way to the Philippines
and the bishops have issued pastorals
to the effect that "Spain and God are
preparing to cut out these social ex-
crescences from America" The pas
torals urge the people to give no quar-
ter and they ascribe Admiral Dewey's
humanity in refusing to lombard Ma
Mia as due to fear At the same time
money is being spent in bribing
the inferior leaders among the insur-
gents. There is some anxiety here be-
cause of the non-arrival of American
troops and the American consulate is
Acrowded with volunteers United
Estates Consul Wildman is on duty day
anu HlBHU'
LITTLE AID FROM CUBAN INSURGENTS.
LONDON, May 90. The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times, commenting on
the situation in Cuba, says: Whether
any large number of insurgents will
ever fight for the Americans is consid-
cred extremely doubtful, but despite
Spain's hope, it is equally doubtful
whether Gen. Maxine Gomez and the
other influential insurgent leaders
will boldly declare against American
annexation. All that can be said with
certainty is that the cabinet at Wash
ington has not found and cannot count
upon the efficient assistance from the
insurgents which it evidently expected
when it rushed into war without hav-
ing an army of occupation ready.