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took to fire buildings in Murcia and
had collision with the troops. Seri-
Gus disturbances are reported at vari-
GUS other points. Even the war port
OF Cartegena is threatened.
SPANS fleet of five powerful mod
ern warships at Cadiz-the battle
ships Pelayo and Vitoria, the armored
cruisers Emperador Carlos v. and
Cardinal Cisneros and the protected
cruiser Alfonso XIII.-may sail for
America May Is, special despatch
from CadiZ reports
1t is reported that the 10000 troops
now in Tampa will form the army Of
invasion, and will be preceded by Gen.
Lacret's Cuban regiment, bearing
arms and supplies for 10000 men to
Gen. Gomez. A warship will take
these, and the Fourth Infantry will
guard them until safely landed
Elk Senator George F. Edmunds of
Vermont agrees with Frederic II.
Coudert and says that for the United
States to retain the Philippines after
peace is declared would be contrary
to the Monroe doctrine policy of this
country.
Gov. Black authorized the aqueduct
commissioners of New York to employ
one hundred guards to protect the
Croton aqueduct from any attempts
that might be made by the Spanish
spies to cripple or destroy it,
Prof. Woolsey of Yale, who holds the
chair Of international law, writes thai
1t Is our duty to hold the Philippines
under martial law until the end of the
war and then to cede them back to
Spain under treaty of peace.
The Germans are beginning to take
an excited interest in the ultimate
fate of the Philippines, and that they
would only consent to the transfer Of
Of those islands to another power on
condition that they received suitable
compensation.
The Spanish loss in killed and
wounded at Manila was 1900, while
the property destroyed or captured by
Dewey was valued at $6,000,000 Our
vessels were damaged only to the ex-
tent OF $4,000 Only Americans were
injured; none ally.
| A dispatch from Key West says
that General Blanco Is keeping the
populace from disturbances by hay
ing military bands give frequent CON
certs and by issuing newspaper 'eX
tras" containing accounts OF Span
ish successes.
A Spanish mob burned the town hall
and law courts at Murcia, stormed the
jail, liberated the prisoners, dynamited
n store, divided up the provisions it
contained, cut the wires and tore up
the railway.
The army and navy departments
agreed upon an aggressive campaign
and the plans were approved by Pres
ident Mckinley. The plans embrace
the occupation of Manila with 10000
troops, the immediate capture of
Puerto Rico and the invasion Of Cuba
at once.
Secretary Gage told the senate
finance committee that he believed the
people would not subscribe to more
than $l00,000,000 Of the proposed issue
of $600000,000 bonds, because savings
banks paid per cent interest and the
bonds will only bear per cent.
M. Pierre Lott interviewed the queen
regent OF Spain for the Paris Figaro.
He reports her appearance as sad and
melancholy, that she Is indignant over
American calumnies, particularly with
regard to the destruction Of the Maine
and says she will in due time write all
she knows.
The tug Leyden carri a member
of General Miles staff TO point near
Marlel Cuba, where he hal an inn
portant conference with the insur-
was fired on by Spanish cavalry while
landing ammunition. but the cavalry
were driven off by the insurgents.
Steamers from the Canary islands
reached Liverpool with the report that
the Am riCan consul ut Las Palmas,
plans of the harbor. There are 10000
Spanish troops IN Gran Canaria alone.
The authorities are pushing forward
the fortiilcations and making des
perate attempts to raise revenue.
The president nominated eleven
major generals, seven from the briga-
diers in the regular army and these
from civil life: James H. Wilson of
Delaware; Fit2hugh Lee, of Virginia.
Senator William J. Sewell Of New
Jersey and Representative Joseph
Wheeler, of Alabama A large num-
Der Of colonies and lieutenant colon
els We're made brigadier generals.
According to the Captain of cap
tured fishing schooner Havana is on
the verge of famine as result of the
blockade, He says that II he could
have got by our warships his cargo Of
fish would have brought its weight In
gold, Citizens are burying food in
yards and cellars to save it from
seizure by the Spanish soldiers.
With Miss Helen Gould's money