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MOVEMENTS OF OUR FLEETS.
Action Taken to Prevent Spanish
Gaining ANY knowledge.

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Brigadier-
! General Greeley. Chief of the Signal
| Service and in charge of all strategic
control of telegraph and cable lines,
has adopted energetic measures to pre-
vent the Admiral of the Spanish squad
ron, now in Caribbean waters, from
keeping posted on the whereabouts and
movements of the United States sqaud-
rons and of our prospective naval and
military operations.
| Last night he telegraphed to the New
York manager of the Haytien Gable
/ Company forbidding the sending or re-
ceipt of any messages, except official
messages, to or from the United States
/ Government, disclosing the movements
of our fleets and ships. The manager
answered this morning that the inhi-
bition would be strictly observed. If
Admiral Sampson is in Haytien waters,
as cOnjectured, then this cable restric-
tion makes it impossible for his move
ments to be known except to the Gov
ernment, or if known it is impossible
to send out the information except
| through the Government
! General Greeley also te1egraphed the
ngloAmerican Gable Company this
morning renewing their attention to
the prohibition against any messages
| inimical to the interests of the Gov
ernment, and in particular forbidding
! the receipt or sending of messages dis
closing the movements of our ships or
| prospective military movements. This
/ latter step was taken in view of the
notice to the Anglo-American Tele-
graph Company that pending further
| decision by the chief signal officer we
Will accept press messages without re-
strction."
General Greeley's order appears to
cover the further decision referred to
/ in the company's notice. The orders
! to these two companies were sent. as
the channels of communication under
] their control seem to be, for the mo-
ment, the ones through which the
! Spanish Admiral and the Spanish au-
| thorities at Madrid and Havana are
! most likely to secure information as
to our vessel movements.
While it was not suspected that spies
were sending direct information. yet
! the transmission of press dispatches on
vessel movements was looked upon as
likely to indicate to the Spanish with
sufficient certainty the general where
abouts and purposes of our fleets.
! The precautions taken, it is believed.
viii restrict this character of cable in
formation TO the Government and fleet
commanders. that the Spanish author
| tiles from now on will be cut off from
all knowledge of our naval and mill
/ tary plans.
| General Greeley's telegraphic orders
/ CnnnIoronpf the Nrit+au orders 4
previously given to all cable companies,
six in number. having lines from the
| United States. The written orders have
| been agreed to in writing by each of
the cable companies, and now consti-
tute an agreement with the Govern
ment.
| NO MORE SPANISH MESSAGES.
LONDON, May 1.-THE American
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AT CHICKAMAUGA.
Volunteers Arriving at the Park in
Great Numbers.

CHATTANOOGA, May 17.-To-day is
one of the busiest in the history of
Chickamauga Park. A number of regi-
ments that arrived yesterday afternoon
and last night remained in their cars
over night, and since early morning
have been pitching tents and arrang-
ing their camps. Special trains are ar
riving hourly, and the Park is fast fill
ing I'D.
The work of equipping the volunteers
is keeping the ordnance officers buster
than they have probably ever been
before. The majority of the volunteers
are equipped, and immense amounts of
supplies must be issued them. Several
special trains with arms and equip
ments axe now en- route.
Practically all here are enjoying the
best of health, only about a dozen being
troubled with slight ailments. There
is no confusion despite the immense
amount of work. General Brooke per-
sonally seeing that everything is done
in a business-like way.
Eleven regiments of infantry, one
cavalry and five light artillery, $4,000
men all told. have reported to General
Brooke, in command of Chickamauga
army.
General Brooke to-day completed the
assignments for the first division Of
the sixth provisional army corps, Major
General James H. Wilson commanding,
as follows:
First Brigade-Brigadier General, A.
S. Hurt; First Ohio, Colonel Hunt;
Third Wisconsin, Colonel Martin T.
Moore; Fifth Illinois, Colonel ]. S. Cul-
YER
Second Brigade-Brigadier General,
C. E. Compton; Fourth Ohio, Colonel A.
B. Colt; Third Illinois, Colonel Fred
Bennett; Fourth Pennsylvania, Colonel
D. B. Case.
Third Brigade-Brigadier General,
H. w. LaWton; Sixteenth Pennsyl-
vania, Colonel Huling; Second Wiscon-
sin. Colonel c. A Born; One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh Indiana, Colonel
George NJ. Studebaker
The Third Pennsylvania, the crack
Philadelphia regiment, eight companies,
639 officers and men, arrived here this
afternoon. Colonel Robert Ralston is
| in command. The Third presented a
fine appearance. They were handsome
ly uniformed and fully equipped.
The Sixteenth Pennsylvania, eight
companies and about 800 officers and
men, arrived this morning at Z o'clock.
The regiment is in command of Colonel
Huling. This command was uniformed
and provided with arms.
The Thirtyfrst Michigan Infantry,
twelve companies, 1,022 men and Off
GERS. arrived this morning. The regi
ment is in command of Colonel Gard
ner
The First Battalion, First Ohio Light
Artillery, arrived at noon on one train,
4O6 men and officers, under command
of Major Charles T. Atwell. They are
thoroughly equipped with camping out
fits. uniforms and side arms, but will
be equipped with field guns by the
Ordnance Department here.
The One Hundred and Sixtieth Indi-
ana, twelve companies, LOGO officers
and men, arrived tonight The regi-
ment is commanded by Colonel George
w. Gunder The regiment is only par
TALLY uniformed but is equipped with
arms. They remained in their cars to-
night
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BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
Is Keeping a VigiIant Watch for
Appearance of Spanish Fleet.

ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS BOAT KATE SPENCER, OFF
| HAVANA, May 16 (via Key West),
May II copyrighted, 1898, by the AS
sociated Press).-The ships of the
American blockading squadron are
keeping a vigilant watch for the ap-
pearance of the Spanish fleet, and
would not be surprised should the
Spanish men-of-war round Cape An
tonic the westernmost point of Cuba,
and swoop down upon Havan. All
our ships have been warned by Com
| modore Watson of the possibility of
such a move, and our sailors are kept
constantly in the tops, where they can
sweep the horizon for thirty miles,
looking out for the first sign of a
hostile ship.
All the naval officers on the block
ade station are anxious for a meeting
with the Spaniards, and when informed
that the latest reports placed them off
| the coast of Venezuela they jubilantly
declared that the enemy could be
hemmed in between the Windward ISL
ands and the Yucatan Channel, to be
destroyed. The only fear expressed
was for the safety of the ships now
| The torpedo boats and fast yachts of
the auxiliary fleet keep the blockading
ships in constant communication with
Key West, whence the movements of
vessels are directed.
The general opinion is that there will
| be no move of the army in the direc-
ton of Cuba SO long as the Spanish
| fleet remains in American waters, or
until it is met and beaten.
The blockade of Havana has been
maintained without incident since the
Conde Vendito and Legazpi attempted
to draw our ships under the big guns
of the Santa Clara battery on Satur-
day evening. The French frigate Du-
bourdieu, which entered the Havana
harbor a week ago, after an unpleas-
ant incident, which necessitated the
firing of two shots across her bows
before the Frenchman would show his
| flag, passed out this afternoon at 4
o'clock and headed northwest. The
Dubourdieu is a long school ship car
rying 6-inch and 5-inch guns and
| 1-pOunders, besides two torpedo tubes.
| The Mayf1OWer ran close enough to the
| frigate to establish the Frenchman's
identity, and then stood Off Our flag
was not saluted. She had on board
many refugees. and is bound, probably,
| for some Mexican port.
| The activity along the coast eontin-
ues. Squads of Spanish cavalry and
parties working upon Notifications
| have been seen daily along the shores
! but they have not been molested Or
| ders have been given not to expose the
| small vessels of the squadron to un-
| necessary danger.
EXPECTING THE CAPE VERDE
| FLEET
CHICAGO, May IA special to the
| News" from Key West says:
The Wilmington's crew We're amazed
to see MORO Castles flashlights last
night for the first time since the
blockade began. 1t was suggested that
the Spaniards were expecting the Cape
| Verde fleet.
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AT HAVANA.
Seven American Warships In Sight
Off the City.

HAVANA, May 17.-(Copyrighted.
| 1898, by the Associated Press. i'm
| quiries made at the palace here show
that Captain General Blanco was un-
willing to receive Lieutenant Brainard,
| L. S. N, the special agent of the Gov
ernment of the United States, in the
matter of the proposal to exchange
| Spanish prisoners for the two newspa-
| permen, Messrs, Thrall and Jones, be-
cause the General considered the Lieu
tenant was not empowered with suffi-
| cient authority. Therefore, he sim2ly
accepted the documents presented by
| the Lieutenant, and consulted with the
| Spanish Government on the subject
The answer from Madrid has not yet
been received.
On Sunday morning, the day the rep
| resentatives of the United States Gov
ernplent arrived off this harbor on a
small steamer bearing a flag of truce,
there were five American vessels in
sight of Havana, and four of them were
IN sight the same afternoon. In addi-
ton, vessel supposed to be a Nor
wegian frigate, was in the offing. Yes
terday there were five vessels in sight
off this harbor.
The French cruiser Dubourdieu left
Havana yesterday for Hayti, having
| on board a number of French refu-
gees.
The Spaniards say that an American
| force attempted to make a landing on
May 18th at Tabla Aqua Beach, and
that after two hours firing the Ameri-
cans retired.
Three American warships were re-
ported off Mariel on Sunday, three were
sighted off Cardenas and there are
some American ships off Cienfuegos
1t is announced at the palace that a
Spanish force on Saturday last was en-
gagged at ChimbouraZo, Province of
Havana, with a combined force of in
surgents under the leadership Of Maya,
Acea Colazo and Jacinto Hernandez
| The whole insurgent force is said to
| have numbered 800 and it is alleged
| that the enemy lost eleven men killed.
| The Spanish loss is officially reported
as being two Lieutenants and three SOL
| diers wounded.
There were seven American warships
! in sight off Havana this afternoon. and
rumor has it that the Spanish fleet is
making for an important port of the
| United States.
The Captain General of Porto Rico
has cabled to Captain General BIanco
| saying that although the bombardment
| of San Juan de Porto Rico took place
at rifle shot distance, not gun of the
| forts was silenced, and, he adds, the
Spanish losses We're only eighteen men
wounded among the troops composing
1 fContiuned on Savaptb
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which called at GuaYanil.

which called at Guayqnil
The Alert has orders to go out of
commission on arrival at Mare Island.
Captain Leutze will probably be or
dered to command the Monterey, and
the other officers, crew and modern
guns will go to the Philadelphia
FLEET BELIEVED TO BE OFF
COAST OF VENEZUELA.
CURACOA Dutch West Indies), May
17.-(Copyrghted, 1898, by the Associ-
ated Press.)-The Spanish fleet is now
supposed to be off the coast of Vene-
zuela, or off the coast of Colombia
Only portion of the fleet was allowed
to enter this harbor to obtain provi-
sions, cattle and coal, which were pur-
chased here. Confirmation was obtain
ed of the report that the Spaniards left
one of their torpedo gunboats at Fort
de France, Island of Martinique.
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cable companies in this city have is
sued Instructions 10 their agents in
this city to refuse any Spanish Gov
ernment messages.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Anglo
American Telegraph Company this
morning issued the following notice:
Pending further decisions by the
Chief Signal Officer, we will accept
press messages without restrictions"
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was supposed, and that it will be neces-
sary, in all probability, to have her
come to Norfolk for repairs, One shell
smashed her low-pressure starboard
cylinder, and another traversed Cne of
her boilers. 1t would be possible TO get
along under one boiler and reduce the
starboard engine from quadruple to
a triple expansion, but the efficiency of
thereby.
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NAVAL BATTLE.
Belief at Port au Prince That One
Took Place ON SUNDAY.

PORT AU PRINCE, May 17-(Copy-
righted, 1898, by the Associated Press. }
"A great sensation was caused here
by the arrival to-day of the military
commandant of the Isle of Tortuga, off
the coast of Hayti, and due north of
Port de Paix near the entrance to the
Windward passage, who brought word
to the Haytien War Department of
what is believed to have been a naval
engagement on Sunday
The commandant reached Port de
Paix from the Isle of Tortuga in a
canoe. He reported to the War Office
that throughout the whole of Sunday
a very persistent cannonading had been
heard east of the island, and that from
its duration and intensity there was a
strong presumption that very serious
action had taken place. A thick fog
at the time made it impossible to dis
tinguish any vessel that might be en-
gagged.
CANNONADING IN GULF OF MEX
ICO.
GALVESTON (Tex.), May 1.-THE
Norwegian steamer Transit, Captain
Schylter, which arrived from Progresso.
in quarantine last night, reports hav-
ing heard heavy cannonading 100 miles
off Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico yes
terday while en- route to this port 1t
lasted five to ten minutes, but the
Transit did not tarry to investigate.
The presumption is that the cannonad-
ing was a patrol boat in practice.
Alarmists think it was by scouting YES
sells of the Spanish Cape Verde fleet
last reported at Curacao.
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AT TAMPA.

no Change Yet Made in the Com
mand of the Troops.
TAMPA (Fla.l, May 17.-No official
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Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
POPULIST POINTS
GOLD, SILVER OR PAPER,
Every Legal Tender Dollar Must BE @
10O-Cent Dollar.

Every Legal Tender Dollar Must BE q
1OO-Cent Dollar.
Whoever saw full legal tender so
cent dollar? The fact that no such
dollar ever existed or ever can exist
does not seem to embarrass the gold
bugs when they make the assertion
that the silver dollar under free coin
age would be 50-cent dollar. Every
dollar issued by the government which
Is full legal tender for all debts, pub
lie and private, is and must be 100
cent dollar, whether 1t be made OF
gold, silver or paper, because every
full legal tender dollar will pay the
same amount Of debts and perform ex-
actly the same amount of service az
every other dollar In circulation, and
when the goldbugs use this argument
we call upon them to state how there
could be 50-cent dollar when only
full legal tender dollars are issued by
the government and each will pay
dollar of taxes or other government
dues, and will also pay dollar of any
description Of private debts, and that
one dollar will pay no more debts or
taxes than other full legal tender dol
lar. All dollars that are full legal ten
der are precisely of the same value.
What difference does 1t make whether
the material upon which dollars are
stamped or printed are of the same
value? 1t makes no difference, because
when the law of legal tender is
stamped upon any material it can be
used for no other purpose while 1t Is
used for money: 1t has but the one
use while 1t is money, and having that
use. which is the money use, all full
legal tender dollars are equal. No
one would contend that 1t would be
wise to engrave money on diamonds.
The process would be very costly and
the material would be very expensive,
but II q dollar was made out Of disl
mond 1t would only pay dellar Of in
debtedness and would perform no high
er or greater money function than II
1t was engraved on paper. Nearly all
the confusion In considering monetary
science grows out Of cenfounding the
law of payment, which is legal tender
and the material upon which
money Is stamped or printed. The
material is no more the money than
the paper In a statute book IL the
statute, or the paper In a will h the
will. In the case of money 1t is the
print or stamp on the metal or payer
In the case of the statute It ia the viii
of the law giver printed on pager ans
not the paper.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The popular" bond issue, Ii appears,
has been subscribed for by the stock
holders and employees Of national
banks, those institutions thus getting
at par, as basis for future issues Of
bank notes, bonds that are easily worth
g premium Of 20 per cent, and which
would bring that premium in the open
market.
The big profit the banks have tricked
the public treasury out OF explains the
vigor with which the daily press adj
vocated the popular feature Of the
bond measure"
Distrust the daily papers OF today
even when they come bringing gifts.
Standing for monopoly In all its
forms, the big daily newspapers are
enabled through close organization to
defy public sentiment. When oil OF
the Chicago dailies announce that
heneeforth no labor organization will
be recognized by any of them, labor
people must still buy these arrogant
papers or so without the news, be-
cause no new paper unless backed by
millions can compete with tho newspa-
per trust.
People must look to the country
press for political conscierNiousness
and regard for truth.
The action of the administration in
calling for negro volunteers but refus-
ing to allow them to be oiicerei by
negroes Is marked ingratitude to a
class of voters without whose votes
Mckinley could not have carried Della
ware. Maryland, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Indiana or Ohio.
The people are unit for The vigor-
GUS pushing of the war regardless Of
expense, aad il their sentiments were
taken they would be found equally a
unit In favoT OF the weeithy classes
| paying some small portion at least OF
the war bill.
It will be strange IL the people vote
their approval of go leyying taxes and
selling bonds that farmers and labor
ers pay every cent OF the war expenses.
| The war tariff and war internal rev.
enne taxes somewhat increase the
prices of the things farmers and labor
ers buy, but currency contraction con.
tinues to hammer down the prices Of
| the things they sell. This Is the bes,
possible condition to spread Populisn
PERCY rEP0ON.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
NATCHITOCHES DIRECTORY.
CHURCH SERVICES.

Services at the Methodist church
every First and Third Sundays at II
3. m. and 1880 p. M, by the pastor,
Rev. a. Armstrong. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night att 80 clock.
BAPTISM. E. Weaver, pastor.
Regular services, Second and Fourth
Sundays at II q. m. and 8 p. m,; Sun
day school, 10 a. m; prayer meeting,
Wednesday, 8 D. m. All invited.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
LOUISIANA 9
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
NatchifnchaS. La 2

NTANED by the State of Louisiana training OF teachers
tV Affords thorough preparation for the profession ang
course OF academic study practical training teaching
one year daily practice model schools guidance training
teachers Glass xempe thought matter and
method of instruction Diploma graduate to teach in nv puhc
school in Louisiana without examination.
Four large buildings thoroughly equipped; beautiful grounds of one
hundred most healhful location the Faculty
nnd nruos 432 students last Tuition students who
sach after graduation total eight
months. $4,000.
Thirteenth annual session began October 4. 1897
For catalogue write TO
B. C. CALDWELL, President.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
LODGES.

Phoenix Lodge No. SO, A. F. & a.
M.-simcoe Walmsley, W. H.; j. G.
Trichea Jr., Sec. Meets First and
Third Wednesdays at p. m.
Castle Hall No. SO, Knights Of Pyth-
las. %. 2. Breazeale, G. G.; Ad6lph
L'Hsrisson, TX. of R. & s. Meets
Second and Fourth Thursdays at
p. m.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09
COURTS.

DISTRICT COURT.
Criminal Term-First Mondays in
june and December.
CIVIL TERM.
First Mondays in March and Octo-
Der.
CIRCUIT COURT.
First Mondays In Apri, and Novem.
Der.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-09-09

Santiago bombardHlent powder cost
81. o00,Ose.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-09-28
PASS OVER A VOLCANO.
cape I'm the Pacihc-Have
Hot Time of Ii.

To pass directly over the heart of
molten, seething crater and live TO tell
the tale is the experience few men
can boast of, but such was the posi-
ton of as healthy a looking crowd of
jackies as ever entered Port Town
send, Wash, and the handsome Brit
ish ship Sir Ribert Fernie bore TO this
harbor recently the men who have
passed through that experience.
AS the vessel was bowling along
there was a sudden disturbance that
sent everyone on deck and struck ter
ror TO every heart. The vessel careened
as though typhoon had struck her.
An investigation showed that instead
of gale an ominous calm prevailed.
the thick, hot atmosphere foreshad-
owing danger. AS the crew stood
spellbound the atmosphere became
scorching hot and Immediately be-
hind the vessel appeared what seemed
to be an immense geyser spouting
hundreds of feet in the air and Great
ing monster waves which threatened
TO engulf the ship.
All on board beheld the spectacle in
awe, when from the very heart of the
midocean fountain there was precipi-
tated mass of molten matter. All
that. day and far into the night the
bubbling fountain of molten matter
continued TO burst forth.
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SNAKE STEALS THE EGGS.
New Jersey Farmer Sets Trap for
the Robber and In Surprised
at His Capture.

Farmer Latham's hens nests were
regularly and mysteriously robbed.
He came to Trenton, n. j., and bought
Is china eggs. In his hen roost were
16 boxes in which the hens had made
their nests. He needed one more egg,
but the merchants supply was ex-
hausted, so he made an egg out of
chalk, and that night put the 16 dunn
my eggs in the nests.
The next morning before going into
the field TO work he visited the hen
roost. When he looked through the
door he saw rolling around on the
ground an immense black snake, of
the species known as the racer. Its
body was covered with what appeared
to be large swellings, but which were
in reality protuberances made by the
farmers Is china eggs.
The chalk got the snake into
trouble. 1t stuck between the rep
tiles jaws. Mr.. Snake performed all
sorts of contortions in a desperate eff
fort to find relief. That relief finally
came. But it was a death blow from
maple plank Farmer Latham tore
from the henhouse.
A seven-foot snake skin is now tan
ming on Farmer Latham's woodshed.
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WILL RAISE ANGORA CATS.
Mrs. Il. A. Bennett from Her Dakota
Farm VIII supply the
Markets.

Mrs. Z. A. Bennett, of Lahore, Y. D.,
is visiting at Youngstown, o. She is
about 10 engage in a very unique oc-
cupation, the raising of Angora cats.
After a great deal of travel she Sc
cured pair of Angora cats. They are
larger than the ordinary feline, al
though only half grown, are of a
tawny color, and covered with long,
thick fur. Mrs. Bennett said: 81 am
planning TO make some money. !
know several ladies in Chicago who
are making lots of money raising An
goras. l had great trouble in getting
kittens, but finally secured some in
West Virginia. Mrs. w. II. Vanderbilt
once paid 81 900 for an Angora no bet
ter than these l have. White ones
bring the highest prices, maltese next,
and the yellow Angora and black are
worth $25." Mrs. Bennett has farm
in North Dakota on which she SAYS
she will now raise Angoras for the
eastern market.