BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-05-20
CABLE NEWS

OAD LIZ IN IL w ~
The Philippines hive made shemsel
yes strong in Tarlac. population situa-
tep to the north of Calumpit.
TO this point the Am .ricaas direct
all their forces
The American general Mr.. Patter-
son is pe-ted at any moment in Ha-
vana.
General Ludlow will 60 f,r some
time to the United Stl'es having obtai :
ned permission.
The New York Herald says tn At
Admiral Dewey and Como lore Watson
have expressed respectively their desires
through the medium Of the cable to meet
one another in Suez.
In this wn the former viii give,
intelligence to the latter. respecting the
Philippine campaign, aAd the mobilisa
ton OF the naval forces.
-Dispatche, from Manila say that a
section of the American squadron an
chored there will accompany Dewey a
few miles from said place.
Many Washingtonian circles have
a hered to the resolutions made by the
New Workers, referring: to the contem
plated reception to be accorded the Ad-
niral on his return from the Philippines
The OFF ;ialdom Of the r; leigh has
united to contribnte alss to the projected
schemes.
1t is belieued that said off :ials wi |
present M. Dewey with swosi of ho-
nour which will bear inscriptio' al!usi
We to the combat Of Cavite.
General Brooks telegrsphed to The
War Depa tment requesting the hurry
ing up Of tn: disp itch of the fo'ces of
ferei
The crisis through which Cuba is
passing is becoming every day more alar-
ming
Telegram from Tampa say that an
armed conflict is expected at any mo-
ment which makes the situation OF that
island more painful.
In the environs Of Santiago the au.
thorities have discovered an i'm )ortant
quantity Of guns and cartridge boxes
The rural guards who serve in each
of the towns of the island have shown
their impotence to dom nate the highway
robberies and to restrain the abuses con
sequent thereon.
The Havana Times says that the
actual state OF Cuba cannot be prolonged
without their being established either on
the part of the United States, or on the
part Of the Administrative government
o: Cu1a, al expeditions and eff acions
solution
Tn: Secretary of the Navy Mr.
Long proposes tosend to the Greater
Anti les the cruisers Newark and Mar
blehead, which are destined for Samoa.
Next week part of the land foic
which are de tined tor Cuba will be Ian
ded.
-Telegrams from Otis report that
yesterday very late skirmish took pa
ce between the forces of igadiet Law
ton and the insurgents.
The latter were concealed among
the bramb'es intent on surprising the
American troops believing them to be
ignorant of their the insurgents ambush.
The Chief OF the American forces
suspecting something strange, ordered
the Utah Bat cry to fire toward the di
rection where he supposed the Philippi-
mes were locate !.
AT the first discharge the Filipinos
who were in ambush were dislodged.
The federal cabalry fired uEon the
rebels whom they think numbered seven
hundred, making them break up and
pursuing them until they disappeared
among the hills
The F,lipinos are making efforts to
cali together an Assembly to which they
have invited the Chiefs of the other is
lands
In said assembly will be advanced
a discussion on the cessation OF hostili-
ties, should it not be approved and the
war continue, then they will dicuss the
future campaign schsme.
In Vienna conspiracy has been
discovered against the sovereign Francis
Joseph.
The Muscovite Empire has resolved