Eugene City Guard.
I. I. f A m um I Praarlat.tr.
ITJOKNK CITY ORKUO.V
A Com plait Hat-law of tho I It k' ! "
Nawa of Thla and All for
miga I in .I-
Kloven people were killed by an ei
plosion t tin' Hants Crux, Cel., powder
worki.
Tim treasury !ipnrtnient haa ordered
the Saturiia, a Spanish vessel seized in
I ' i 1 1 1 liarlxjr, released.
In a storm off bl Atlantic ooast an
uuknown viel waa Wrecked. An
other vessel wai reported signalling for
'jelp.
The monitor Terror raptured the
Spanish coasting itMlnai Ambrotlo
Bolivar with (110,000 in silver on boun),
off thn (.'ulian coaBt.
Troops are anon to he landed in
Cuba. The plan in to establish a haao
of oHirHtinni, open communication with
Uoinei anl feed the rernni-i-iit rudnH.
Dispatches from Matriri.as -ay an
Ameriran torpedodmat dcatrnyei has
twire entered the mrt of .MnUii7.au.
The second time lit ahota were fired ut
her ami she retired.
The harbor of San Juan ia luting
placed Id a statu of defense by the
Spaniards. A new liattery ia aet up ut
the euat of Han Cristobal oast hi ami
uhmarine epxlosives have been thickly
pl mled at the hurliiir entrance.
Secretary lnn( ha annminri-l bin in
tention of purchasing the Holland milt
marine tnrN'di-lKiat, on Aa-istaul Sec
eretary Knosevclt'a recoininendation.
Ilia proposition ia to utilize the bout in
blowing up Morro castle.
Secretary Itong di'idarea Havana will
not bo bombarded until sciious dauber
Irom ntlurk liy tin' hpanitU Ini't II
eliminated. He says the Patted Mateo
cannot afford to rink the loss of u war
ship until the armadas are JatfQyrj or
are no longer u menace to be greatly
fearer I.
The three days' ilebate on the war
revenue bill I" n.m in the housu
Wednesday. Ibngley opennd the de
bate and wan followed by Mm ley, who
epi I the measure ami proposed to
ulMtitute for it tuxes on income ami
bank deHisits and coiiiaf( of silver
seigniorage.
General Mili s and the Cul.an repre
tciitativea held an tuisrtant confer
encu in Washington, I) C., and went
over the plana of operation. Ii i un
derstood that the insurgents will he
fully otpiips'd by the United Statea,
and will move on llavuna, co-operating
with our lici t.
Secretary Day 'a nomination was neut
to ami continued by the Henale.
A lb oik; Kong diHpatch aava the 1'hll.
ippiue islands ins urgent are massing
round Manila, and a massacre of the
Spunish in fiarnl.
The cabinet haa decided that no
Hpaniah prize ship shall lie relented
previous to the passing umhi of their
rcsper live c.e os by t lie . mil tn.
The conference reKirt en the army
reorganization loll vvas passed by Ixilh
houses of congress and tunned by the
president. No progress wan made on
other pending war measures.
The houm' committee on naval alTaira
haa deciiliil to ropnil a disagreement
with the ten tie iitncndmeiita to the
naval lull, and auk lor a conference.
Houieiie, Billbora and Gumminng will
be the litmae confereeii.
Two more Spanish prises have been
captured by the tlnbM Newport.
The Newport brought in to Key Wont
the Spanish IMOp r.icuctte and the
Spanish schismer I'ireno, Cuban coast
ing vessels, capluicd oil Havana.
A rebellion in aflln in icut in
Spain. Town are In the loin I- of riot
era ut frcipient Interval! daily. The
autlioriticn are totally unable to con
trol the mob. All rcMilut binary paitiea
are active und tile stiilnlilv of the pirn
ent iiionarcliy in threatened.
The slate ilepai tmeiit neut notice to
all fOMifa nations of colicjn ss hav org
declared war, ami that war ban UlttM
HM April II. Iteponscs have already
begun to How in. A neutrality piocla
mat mil wan issued by the Hntinli gov
crnuieiit. Among the llrnt to take
cognisance ul the existence of u state
of wur were the Itritinh oolonien. Tbia
in a incus u i c supports the contention of
tbia government that war actually ex
I i' I before the declaration by oonfTMi
tawdon advltwi from Madrid nay the
Siuninh iniiuntcr of in. nine ban re
ii I Tad a cipher dlapaloh from Admiral
M Mil, jo. eonniaodlBi the Baal at
Manila, I'liilippine Inl.iuda, announc
ing that he wan alnuil to nail with bin
iQaadroo to take up a pflalikm vrbara
he can aw.iit the OOinllUJ American
fleet and capture it. Thin wan followed
by a later dupatan aanoanolnglhal the
Spaniah fleet had actually nailed, and a
atill latei one, from the government at
Manila, paying that a naal engagement
between the Spauinh and American
Kjnadron ia hourly expected. The dit
patch addad that the Span I all fleet hud
junt captured the American hark vo lume,
ooal liidi n, otT Manila.
Minor Nrxi llvini,
A in wly iliniovcred nmt on thn nun
vitible now, ii aaul to U 30,000 mile
in diameter.
The aale of nalt ia a government mo
nopoly in China, which yielda a yeui ly
revenue of 1,000,000.
.lewa have htvome farmer! in Maine
in anch number aa to be recognised ai
a factoi in tradlag.
The eontrlbutionn to the JajMI Kua
atdl Lowell mi'iiioiial fund in Itonton
uow aniiiiint to HI,0TI,
Arthur Crumpler, a colored man in
Bajlw, bom ilnvu and now ?t yeart
eld, ia going to evening nehool.
Munnter, in Wcalphall., haa a public
rhool which ban Junt celebrated the
eleven hundredth auulvursary u( ttt
foundation.
b it, KiUlnigh U'e came home from
Havana on the anniversary of the day
that he went home from Appomattox
the historic Uth of April.
The London Chronicle say that
James Judge, a New Castle engineer,
b.l patented a gun which will tire SO,
000 bulleta a minute with enormous
velocity.
LATER NEWS.
The sonata haa adopted the confer
Mice report on the naval appropriation
bill.
The harbor defense plans of San
Frsnolsoo are said to he in the hand." of
tin Hpanish.
A New York Journal dispatch says
the government is preparing to seise
everal small islands in the South At
lantic as a bases of supplies.
Secretary Alger has submitted esti
mates of 134,000,000 to cover addition
al army eipenses to July I. This will
be included in the general deficiency
bill
lilanco, in his re jort of the Matanzua
bombardment says the French and
Knglish consuln have entered protests
on tin- ground that no previous notice
was given.
From Key West comes the report
that the gunboat Newport captured the
mall Spanish nhmp Kngracia off
Cabanas, and BMll her capture into port
in charge of a prim crew.
It is announced that extraordinary
naval nnd military activity is displayed
throughout Franco. All the ships re
cently mobilised are kept in fighting
trim. The reserves expect to he i ailed
out.
It was officially unnounred at Madrid
that the fortifications of Matanzua have
not suffered, in spite of .'100 shells tired
by the American Meet, and that not one
in in was killed or wounded thereby.
The stories of the bombardment received
from the Unitnd States are received
with shouts of derision.
The navy department has received
official advice from St. Vincent, t 'ape
do Verde islands, to thn effect that the
fjpanisb sijuudrori sailed from there,
going in u westerly direction. It den
tination Is unknown, even to the oltl
cers of the wnrships, who -ailed under
sealed orders.
Spanish mail has liecn orderiil confis
cated by the imntollli p department. In
the first hatch received nt the dead let
ter riflloo, the discovery of numerous
contraband letter-, mune Ol winch uro of
great bsportaOCa to the naval and mil
taiy authnrilius, has demonstrated that
the order is not only juatiliod, hut u
wiie precaution.
A prOOUOMtlOB has been issued by
the autonomist government at Havana.
Spanish adherents in Cuba are uigml to
resist the American invasion. The
war is classed us nn unholy one. The
American campaign in denounced as
being one of aggression and the United
Slates government is accused of sailing
und r p.ilpuhy false colois.
The monitor Terror and the gunbnut
Muchias hure Inimharded Ciirdennn,
killing many Spaniards. Alter an
hour's tiring, the batteries of the enemy
were silenced. A shot from the shore
batteries provoked them to tire back.
For two houis, the laportl say, Car
denas withstissl the Inimhurdmcnt.
Then the ancient guns, which did no
damage to the ships, suddenly grew
silent.
News has reached Han Francisco of a
terrible explosion of powder that was
being curried by pack train to Colonel
Han Hums' Cuiuleluriu mine in Mexico.
The puck train was unusually large. It
consisted of over 110 mules and the
attendants numbered some 40 Mexican-.
A part of the freight consisted of om
munilion, cups and boxen of powder. It
I said that IIIH boxen of Jniwlcr and
'.'o.ooii raps exploded with such fotOt
that 15 men und U0 mule- were killed.
The co ittce on military affairs
bun favorably reported the administra
tion lull nipandiog important laws
governing the quartermaster's depart
ment in the army.
Minister Clayton communicated to
the foreign department of the govern
ment at Mexico the lenolntloii of the
American congics declaring war with
Spain. MinUter Marlaoal, of the for
eign department, replied, uuriug the
American mlnlltW on the anthoiity ol
l'rcsidcut Dlaa, that Mexico will main
tain i be strictest neutrality.
Oriental advice received by steu i
in Vancouver, II. C , tell of a shocking
massacre which inclined m ar Taipoh,
China, ut the house of one Vang Kin
sluing. A parly of ocr U0 robbers
entered the house and mordered Vang,
his wife, his mother and chlhlicn and
servants, Ift persons in all, who resist
ed them in their attempt to loot the
house and attack the daughters. When
the raider had butchered all the in
luaten they set the boose on lire.
The large packing houses of the At
luetic Powder Company, near Dover,
N, J., containing high explosives for
the United States government were
blown up und two men uie known to
have been killed. Several are missing
und a number weto injured. The o
pl" nm in believed to have been the
work of Spauinh spies. Suspicious
characters had been seen around the
buildings for several day-.
The huge Spanish steamer (Hlido,
hound from Corunuu foi Havana with
a large cargo id provision and money
for the Spanish troops, was captured by
the United States monitor Terror. The
capture took place 10 miles off Car
dons, after a desperate chase, during
which the monitor Terror and the gun
boat Machias tired seveial sliots, almost
blowing the Spaniard's pilot house into
the water One man in the pilot house
was seriously injured. It is estimated
that with her cargo alio ia worth nearly
500,000.
At Koubalx, one of the socialist
strongholds of France, the 11,000 pub
lic school children receive free food ami
clothing at the expense of the town.
The late Mra. Julia W. Jame-. ol
DoatOB, left nearly all her estate, val
ued at l.lt'i.Otlll, to the Museum of Kmc
Arts and the Institute of Technology.
Corea'a first railway, H& miles in
length, is being OOMtTMtOd by Amer
ican POBtraOtOfl, It is to extend from
Chemulpo, on the Yellow sea, to
Seoul, the capital.
Dr. (i. It. Lee, one of the surgeons
of Hcllevue hospital, New York, who
has tendered his service to the govern
ment In the event of wur, is a grand- i
ana of Qaa. Robert R itoo.
Mrs. Kcbecca Van Zamlt, who died
recently at Seueoa Falls, N. Y.
100, has l ' ' ii personally presented to
"d had ahaken hands with every gov
ernor of New York state.
Buda-Peetli has taken the last horse
car from ita etreetx. Tho lluna.nan
city of AQO.OOO inhabitant, ia Md to
be the only laige city in Kuropu in
mbioh the hors lot- been ham-led
li :n the street care.
NEARING MANILA1
The Asiatic Squadron
Arrives Off Hoi i no
Island.
A NAVAL BATTLE IMMINENT
Admiral flt-wey l'roioa tit C'aplura
in. spanlcli Fleet liiaitrgpnta Hald
to lla I -.ii. AnMd anil l:. iOi to
Maka a I' ' on Manila.
Hong Kong, May 2. It is reported
from Manilla that the American squad
ron has been sighted off (Inline, north
of Manila, hut the weather was ton
stoimy for the fleet to cuiuniuuicato
With the insurgents.
Admiral llrwry'l Flrrt.
London, May 2. A dispatch from
Hong Kong, dated Friday, Buys:
War news is scurce. Nothing hns
been heard of the American fleet or
from Manila. Admiral Hewey con
siders that his duty will ho done when
the Spanish fleet i captured und safety j
bai bees secured for American trading
vessels. Kleven of these vessels are
overdue, and the Americans feel exceed
ingly anxious.
The form it ion of the provisional gov
ernment ut Manila will ho anmuinced
ut the discretion of United State- Con
sul Williams. It is believed that there
me not many Spanish tnstps ut Manilla.
They have gone into the interior. The
American fleet carries 2,000 officers
and men. The Concord is ex'cted to
return here for dispatches Wednesday.
Hianliinl GeMtMl Ilia Culil.
Washington, May 2. No news came
today from Admiral Dewey's squadron,
now on its way to the 1'hilippines.
line officer iomted nut today that if
Admiral Dewey sine led in defeating
the Spanish fleet, the Spanish official
who control the cable connecting the
island with the rent of the World in all
probability may suppress the new or
'h-b'it the facts into Spauinh victory.
Preanmlng that the admiral is bound
directly for Manila, the calculation
muilo ut the navy department show ho
will arrive about 2 o'clock Saturday
morning, .Manila time, which is about
12 hours earlier than our own.
Natal Battle Kllii-ctril.
London, May 2. A dispatch to tho
Daily Mail, from Singapore, suyi:
Admiral Dewey is accompanied by
Juho Alexandrine, a prominent officer
under Aguimildo. Alexundrino has a
magical influence in the I'hilippines,
and will head the gmpular movement to
throw off Spauinh rule.
A naval battle is expected to occur
shortly in Manila buy.
II. M. S. llcnuvc nluru has sailed,
presumably for Manila.
Tito i eenrgeata4 riant.
London, May 2. The Hong Kong
correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph
Buys:
Aguiliuldo, the Insurgent chief, and
hi colleague, are elaborating a plan to
make a descent in force near Manila.
They have secured a vessel for the pur-
kmc and have been plentifully supplied
with arm and ammunition from the
American squadron.
Ht III III Manila Hay.
Hong Kong, May 2. It is denied
that the Spanish Beet ha- left Manila.
tin the cnntiury, it is asserted thartho
Spanish warship will remain in Manila
bay to assist the fort. All Manila tel
egram ate censored, and communica
tion with Hong Kong has been sus
pended. vi iii ii a Treaaare ihle.
Hong Kong, May 2. The steamer
Ksnieiahla, cluuteied by hanking com
panies, has sailed (or Manila to bring
nway the specie there. She i said to
have order to join the American Beat
after her mission is completed.
KEY WEST RUMORS.
flat I Thai There a No llomlotrd
man! at Curdem,.
Key West, May I, Today was one
of w ild rumor and little action. First
came the story of the bombardment of
Cardenas by the ships of the fleet sta
tioned there. The rumor suddenly de
v eloped from nowhere, und developed
lustily, acquiring an elaborate finish of
detail and ornamentation. The moni
tor Puritan itaemed into port, ami
Captain Harrington, commanding the
Cardenas Beet, gave the story its qui
etus by a tirm declaration that there
bad bean no bombardment of the Car-
datMl batteries, incidentally adding
that there were no battel I CI there, und
only one or two Insignificant gunboats,
which had given no sign of ottering
offense.
i. ...i . . jrainii.y Aveeaedt
London, May i. The Standard's
Moscow corrcsui'lent says Hussia has
received u severe blow in the suspected
friendly agreement between the Culled
states and England, charging America
With ingiatitudc.
Itlamoitil ( tittrra Out r Work.
Antwerp, May a. The diamond
merchants heie announce that thev
will buy no more rough diamonds
until spam definitely announces that
she will not resott to privateering.
This throws 0,000 men out of work.
May I M-' i All American..
London, May g. A dispatch from
Madrid Ibis evening says the Spani-li
government is upon the point of expel
ling all citieeni ol the United States
from Spain.
Mpaalah Mloon Caiihl
Key West, May g. The gunboat
Newport captured the small Spanish
shop Kngracia off Cabanas yeateidav,
and sent her capture into port in
charge of a prl ciOW.
Holy one blank thot was neceaary to
bring the Kngracia to. She hail a
crew of seven men and a cargo of fish.
The men had been in the Spanish
navy, and served as a sort of naval re
serve. The ottlcer of the Newport say
the capture is important, in view of
the fact that the little vessel waa at
tempting to carry to Havana new of
Uie movement of the fleet.
WAS IT A SPANIARD T
angling Ataenaat Ma rP
eraea'e iiuais-
Portland, Or., May 2.-A bungling
attempt to let Are to the shop or fright
en the workmen on torpedo-boats 1
and 18 was made under the wharf of
the Wolff & Zw icker iron works about
11 o'clock last night.
While nothing could be learned of
the perpetrator, a Spaniard or a Mexi
can who was seen hanging about tin
place all day arid who had been several
time ordered awuy is itupestid by th-
polioa.
The late workmen, who were Just
(lilitting tho building, were startled, as
the whistle blew, by a dull ropmt ap
parently just below the wharf on which
the tnrpedo-bouts are building, which
shook the structure to its foundation.
The Madison street bridge night watch
man also heard the detonation nnd saw
a blinding flush directly under the (Of
pedo-lmatg.
Three of the workmen lelied I enteral
and harried baneeth the wnaif. Just
as they reached the ground, a second
ictrt, like that of u shotgun 01 re
volver, wus heard, and they saw a light
flash for an Initant, but that was all.
(Imping about by the dim liht of theii
but tat na, they were unable to find any
thing which could have made mi ex
plosion, and they finally decided to
abandon the quest till daybreak.
The Spaniard whom the police siis
'ct of having set off the explosion,
either with the deliberate parpOM of
blowing up the torpedo-boats or set
ting fire to the building, or thinking to
terrify the contractors, had been slink
ing nlnnit the place all day.
Whatever was the pUrpOM of the
man who set off the explosion, he
failed to do any more harm than to set
the town agog, for the wh.iil and boats !
were unscatneil.
ALLEGED GERMAN NOTE.
Hunter Tlial a he Will Nut l'iriiiil III,'
HambArdaeeal r Manila.
Madrid, May 2. A gn at lm predion
has been produced here by a rumor
that the Herman government has is
sued a note declaring that it will not
oppose the landing of tnsips in the
1'hilippines but will not permit i bom
bardment, owing to the important Her
man mercantile interests in all the
towns of the island. Iicrmany'
omliion to declare neutrality i beld
to ho the cause of the rumor.
Japan has requested permission for
Japanese naval officers to watch the
operations in the Philippines from the
Spanish headquarters.
The United Suites fleet is not expect
ed to reach Manila until Tuesday. The
Hpumsh fleet has been divided in two.
It w ill Is' reinforced by a large uuxil
laiy cruiser.
According to dispatches from Ma
nila, the Vos Eapanola describes the
port of Manila us impregnable. The
paper also nays that the forts of Male
ton, Sud Malatoa, l'ustci, Mirallas and
St. Lucia I'llur bristle with guns,
chiefly Krupiw.
PORTUGAL'S NEUTRALI t Y.
onii-iaiiy Aneeanoert in a Procleinaiioe
in MatMMi
Lislsin, May 2. The official gazette
lodajf publishes the neutrality decree of
Portugal in the war between Spain and
the United States.
It is similar to the decree issued at
the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian
war, and contains the following six ar
ticles: First Forbidding the equipment of
privateers in Portuguese water.
Second Forbidding the entry of
privateers into Portuguese waters.
Third Permitting belligerent to
make u short stay in Portuguese irt8.
Fourth Defining legitimate trade 81
regards the belligerents and foi bidding
trading in good oouiidered contraband
of war.
Fifth Warning PortugtteeO and for
eigners in Portugal against actions
contrary to the security of the state.
Sixth Refuting protection to any
Infringer of the decree.
COST OF THE WAR.
Sum Nix'iltMl rr Aitillli il
Rgpansera,
A rnty
Washington, May riie secretary
of the tieasury today received from the
secretary of war esli mates of deti-
olencica in appropriation! for the ex
penses of the war for the remaining
two Quartan ( the present fiscal year,
aggregating 184,019,987. In Ins' let
ter, Secretary Alger says that the acts
of congress approved April Hand 16,
1898, authorizing the enrollment ol n
volunteer army and plaolng the regular
army on a war flatting, will neoeasltata
this increase for the organization, sup
port and maintenance of tho new
foiees.
This estimate, which will be trans
mitted to congress, is entirely inde
pendent of the allotments made by the
president to the war department out
of the 180,000,000. This will indicate
that up to July 1 next (two months!
the Inoiaaied ixpendi tares on account
of the wur will tie approximately f m,.
000,000.
The Spanish government officials are
bewildered at the attitude of Ureal
Hritain. They believe the government
and people of tlrent Hritain hold
divergent opinions, and that the official
acts of tlreat Hritain are due to a Morel
compact With the United States.
Washington, May 3. Secretary Al
ger this morning issued a most sweep
ing ordei directed to all bureau chiefs
ef the war department and all officers
on sHvUl duly, from highest to low
est, instructing theui, under no cir
cumstances, to give information to the
proas on any subject connected with
inewar, a similar order already
ists iii the navv department.
ex-
Manila, May . The government
has forbidden the use of cipher dis
pat. hei.
Au.lrlan. win Fight Spain.
San Prancr-co, May 3 The Aus
trian Military and Henevotetu Society
of this city, in a series of lesolutioiis
expressing the utmost loyalty to the
United States, disclaim sympathy with
Spain. Many of the menilans are ex
rtddieis of the Austrian army. They
ay they ate ready and anxious to serve
undei the -tar and Stripes if there is
need of their service.
Tha I'.rlt a,fa.
New York. May 3. The American
liner Pari baa just been sighted ott
Fire island.
A DISH TtfCUBA
Transports are Char
tered to Take the
Army Across.
MAY LAND AT MATANZAS
ltrCular Troops Now on th Way to
Tampa -Ohjeet U to airlha a Da
cl.lt , lllow llrror. tha Hlnr Haa.on
Hala ln-ork lo War Department.
Washington, April 80.-A rather
striking signification of the invasion
of Cuba was made today in the charter
ing of eight largo steamers, of an aver
ago capacity ol about 2,0u0 tont, and
able to carry from 500 to 1,000 passen
intra i ' . Thee are to lie used as
transports for the conveyance of the
first military ex;dition to Cuba. The
names of the boats are tho Olivette and
the Flordia. of the Plant line, now In
the Gulf; tho Southern Pacific Com
pany's steamer Aranzas; the New Yoik
8c Texas Company's vessels Comal, now
at New Vork, and Alamo, now en route
to the tiulf, and three lino ships of tho
Boston Merchants' & Mariners' line,
in Baltimore, the Allegheny, Uorkshire
md the Decatur Miller. The price
paid for those vessels is from 110,000
to $16,000 for the 30 .lays for which they
i" chartered. They will lie taken
charge of by the quartermaster department-at
the earliest possible moment.
General Shatter, in command of tho
troops now concentrated at New Of'
leans, has lioen in consultation with tho
officials today ns to tho execution of
plans of campaign, but the orders given
bin cannot 1st imide public.
The president and cabinet will con
sider the large number of application!
that have been made for the appoint
ment to the ists of major-general nnd
brigadier-general, and there is some ex
pectation that he will be able to nomi
nate a few of these officers stain.
General Vitahngh Lee arrived here
torlay, after a 10 days' visit to Vir
ginia. With him came Mis Cinneros,
the young Cuban girl rescued from Ca
banas, who has been the guest of Miss
I'e. The general shared tho keen pub
lic interest in the report of the shelling
of Mutunzu. He bus visited that city
frequently, and was familiar with the
lay of the land and defenses. He said
the batterlei were antiquated and were
no longer uhle to offer any formidable
resistance.
Every endeavor is being pnt forward
by the war department to organize the
volunteer urmy and increase the regu
lar army to its full strength. Muster-ing-rnlls
of the companies of the volun
teer arm v have been prepared in the
war department und sent to the offi
cers who have been detailed to form
ally induct the state trisips into the
service of the government. With a
few modifications they nre the same us
those used in the late wnr.
The question of arms and equip
ment! for tho volunteer nnny ia now
receiving the attention of the ordnanco
department and the iiuutcrmastcr-gen-eral's
department. As stsui us infor
mation is received as lo the exact nam-
bar of aimi needed for the volunteers,
they will lie shipped to their Btnto
rendezvous for distribution.
The three independent regiments of
cavalry unthorized by tho volunteer
army act, ami which ure to be com
posed exclusively of frontiersmen, are
to be known us the First, Second and
Third regiments of United States Vol
unteer cavalry. They ure to bo com
posed of troop each.
HIT fur tha Front.
Ohlokatnanga National Park, (la.,
April 30. The two companies of the
Ninth (colored) cavaliy, which arrived
in Chattanooga lute this afternoon,
were stopped after having started to
Ohiokamanga, and switched into tho
Wei tern A Atlantic yards. Orders uro
sairl to have been received to haVe the
troops proceed as rapidly us possible to
Tampa, FUu, to which point the troops,
trOO Mobile have ulso been ordered,
and they will leave before morning.
It is currently reported that the com
panies oi ineninu regiment now in
camp here will he shipped nt once to
Tampa, us well as the Twenty-fourth
infantry (colored!. Officers of tho
Ninth have been making every prepar
ation foi departure.
Another Letter Haiti Dp,
Washington, April DO. Tho jmst
offlea department has information ol
another letter being held up because it
contained treasonable matter. Tho
poetmaitef at Banta Oral reported that
a letter to Senor Sagasta, Spain, had
been mailed there, and, under direc
tion of Assistant Postmaster-General
Tynan its contents were examined. It
waa mailed by a woman who iguve an
uddress whet! an answer WOO Id reach
her, and contains information in regard
to the fortifications of San Francisco,
wbere nana are located, eto, The let
ter will be referred to the war depart
ment. eeneetea' Ipealeh Spy.
Laredo. Tex., April 30. When the
U-eat Northern mail train arrived this
evening a stranger on the train was ar
rested by an officer from Fort Mcintosh,
nnd from what could bo learned he is
thought to be a Spanish spy, who has
been under snrveilance all thB war
0,U, R'WJ0,k' He Wtt9 bOMd for
Mexico The prisoner is at the post
but nothing further of .i definite nature
could be learned tonight.
New Oi leans, April 80. The gov
eminent engineer of Catport has ar
rested a man believed to be a Spanish
spy. He gave bfal name aa Ink. CiJT
and hi. h... T " "'.
: -T mw wrlenns.
Sev-
rrai uutievcioprtl mgp,,
descriptive of
tW awX s,T"mei,t raki at
lort had, were found on htm. The
u,an haatHWn held ending Uie action
of the army authorities.
Tha Tamamrin a...
Ituenoa Avres aVraail .v a..
Span-
I "V1" emarrano aaihsj
yes tcrday
uuaer tercet intunctione.
TO GUARD THE COLUMBIA.
4u,l.l.ry h.v.i V.M.I wi
tinned .1 the Mouth.
Washington, April 80.-It ii the in
tention of the navy depaitmont to have
one auxiliary naval veisol .tationed at
the mouth of the Columbia river for ita
protection, or in case of neoestity. Tho
probab lilies are that one of the mer
chant vessels which have been negoti
ate.) for on tho coa.t will be nsed for
tbia parpOM, or -ome vessel that can
be , 1 . 1 lily obtained on tho Columbia.
She will probably be armed with six
pounders und rapid-fire gum. Tho Or
egon naval reserve will probably be
muttered In lor service at horciew, at
it is desired that men familiar with
tiie river ami Pacific Northwest be in
command or in msition to render icr
vice on board the cruiser.
MINES IN THE COLUMBIA.
I.onl (IrnVlally NotlUed of
Their Bilsteneci
(inventor
Batam, Or.. April 80. Governor
Lord today received from Adjutant
Qeneral Corbin, at Washington, the
following telegram
"The Hccrotury of war reipiireH mo
to inform yon, in reply to your tele
gram of the 22d inat. instructions have
been m nt to engineer officers to plant
ninM In rivers and bar bori. Hernia
tions for navigation of friendly vessels
have I n approved and published by
the secretary of war."
The governor desires that all iorsons
oncerned take notioe of tho facts in
the telegram.
READY FOR THE SIEGE
I'orto lllco Warrhomea
Are Full of
Trot'lalon.
St. Thomas, Wait Indies, April 80.
I'orto Kioo advices received hero to
rlay say that four Spanish gunboats
are at Han Juan do Porto Kico. They
nro being painted black or possibly
dark gray.
Martial law lias been pioclaimod in
Porto Hi co, and it is being enforced in
a tyrannical manner. Crowds of poo
pie are leaving for the interior, and the
capital if almost deserted by the civil
ian population.
The military are most actively en
gaged in preparipg for defense Thiity
torpedoes have been planted in the
channel. In addition, an old stenm
ehip has been sunk across the bailor
entrance, the buoys in tho channel
have been iiltered and from Monday
hist, after the news of the blockade of
Havana reached there, accompanied by
a report that the Cuban capital hud
lieen bombarded, nil lights were order
eJ extinguished at night. The French
residents, when these advices left San
Juan, were seeking refugo in tho
French cruiser Admiral Higault do
Uenuilly.
An American sugar estate, it is an
nounced, was plundered after tho re
ceipt of tho news of the declaration of
war between Spain and tho United
States. The British consul at Sun
Juan, who has charge of American in
terests, has cabled to his government
requesting that a liritisb wursbip bo
sent to that port.
Spanish steamers landed at Maigncz,
70 miles from San Juan, Tuesday, u
quantity of arms and ammunition, ami
there was u similar landing of supplies
ut Sun Juan Tuesday. Besides this,
about 80,000 tons of provisions were
landed at Ban Joan Banday lust. Tho
warehouses of Porto Hioo nro reiorted
to lie full of provisions, and the Span
ish authorities say thoy can stand u
scigo of two months.
All their coust lights have now been
ordered to be extinguished.
FRANCE IS NEUTRAL.
Mir, i,. i Hotlee Una Reea i:. .. u. ,i
..(
lite rnirlamrltlon.
Washington, April 30. Tho French
embassy toduy received a cablegram
from Paris announcing thut a decree ol
neutrality between the United States
and Spain has been issued, and that u
detailed copy will be forwarded by
mail. On receipt of the dispatch, tho
French ambassador, M. Ciimbon, wrote
to the state department informing it of
France's neutrality. The cable notice
is brief, stating only that the ducioe
follows the treaty of PuriB of I860.
The state department has also been
informed that Mexico, Aigentino Ko
publie, Corea and Belgium have pro
claimed neutrality. Coroa's neutral
ity is considered important, owing to
her proximity to the Philippines.
The state department has heard
nothing from Oerinany, hut this causes
no apprehension, owing to the strong
assurances Germany has given that she
will observe strict neutrality between
the belligerent!. This assurance was
conveyed to Ambassador White, ami is
looked upon as practically equivalent
to a foimal declaration of neutrality
Hermany, Austria ami Portugal ure the
lust of the important Kiiropoan nations
to declare their attitude.
Powder Works na.troycd.
Easton, Pa.. April 30. -The town of
Dover, in Morris county, N. J., and
the country within a radius of 20 miles
was startled this afternoon by a series
of tomtie explosions, the first of which
occurred at 3:10 o'clock. The explo
sion occurred in the Atlantic P.. ' i...
Company's works, ,1 the plant Ii ow
'l TT . V"""- Six w'kmen were
killed and four others were seriously
Injured, some probably fatally The
.c. u, ii i e .lean nave not been
covered. They are:
A W... I .
re-
r- .' "iii . leer
William
Haycwk, Klias
Aner. AM thn bin..j
were marrie.1 and left faiuiliua.
01.y,m,'UAl'ril 39 The snpreme
cour has affirmed judgment in the mm
' ;f rMpondant, vs.
Tommy and Charlie Moses, 7
tT. May 8. Wt 7ear. Coun"
Olad.tonr'. CoBdltlon.
Nn and did not .leep very well Vi
"'" ttWona, replTSnVSnlJtS
of aympathy. writes, referring to the
illness of her father:
"Wl nnot hope for hie recovery,
but the progress of hi, ilne i Tery;
'lew. He will probably remain .
us for some time, " a
Hull. England. Anril an v.
tions are rir,,wHi.. ... ,t' . ;
hv A.i..- 1 ",r I'arclian.
are or.s-eeilii,.. f... ,1... .
,;h, , " ",e !meri Galilfo
Chicago and Topeka. '
FORT BOMBARDED
New York, Puritan and
Cincinnati Fire on
Matanzas.
SPANISH RETURNED THE Fh
Or..t D.ni.R. Dona f th. roM
tlon. of lh. tub.,, renJZS
Th.r. W Al.o Lo.. of JfH
D.iuago Done to American Waaa2
On Board the Flagship Nee y0rk
Matanzas, April 21). T. jw
the Purltun and tin, Cincinnati rl
barded tho forts at tha mouth el MatT
zas harbor this afternoon. There'. 1
no cusuultios on our side, but it j,!
lioved thut tho bail of imn a2
pounded in tho forts must hav
-ura
0 CjUajj
loss ol tiro to tho StlaillanU .i
nothing ia known definitely. '
The engagement commenced at It si
and ceased at 1:18. The object of 1
attack was to prevent the cnmpatiw g
the earthworks ut Punta Urmia.
A battery on the eastward arm of.
buy opened lire on the flagship, tu
this was also shelled.
About 13 8-inch shells were 1
from tho eastern forts, but til U
abort.
Aiiootnvooi six light eliells ,w
fired from tho half -completed laum
Two of these whizzed over tha )j
York, and tho others fell -i,rt.
ships left the buy for the oikmi
object of discovering the wheieaUm
of tho batteries having been ice
plished.
In tho neighborhood of 300 thgrj
wero put on land from the three rest
from a range of from 4,000 to ;,gg
yards.
Hear-Admirn) Sampson, wlicutiht)
if bo waa satisfied with the resilt,
said:
"Yea, I am. I expected to be."
Tho half-completed Spanish earth
works and buttery were npjrareath;
blown up by the shells.
All tho ships engaged eliov n.
.client markmanship throughout th
engagement, nnd when tin y were hat
at the shortest range, nearly eroj
i 1 1 . i. ..a .
anon iouk ' iic i .
. Tho fort! which were hombuiM
wero on a low-lying point, and tei
considered merely enithworks. Tar
dhl not make a good target, yet rte
the big buns were tired at the (boat
range, portions of the forts oonUl .
seen flying in the air at every shot
Tho flagship returned to ll.ivjni.et
the Puritan und Cincinnati were at
on the Mutnnzas station.
Department Not Infnrtnrd.
Washington, April 2U. Si fir
could be learned, the ufflriah ei tht
adminiatration were not notiWol tbt
bombardment of Matanzas jMeflir
ufternoon. Tho navy department hep
a telegraph office open in the builJia(
nil night and a confidential ufBciil
mains at tho department all night M
trnnsluto tho messages as receini
There was considerable Inisiness don
over tho wires till tho early iiiurnia
hours, but none of the dispatches vw
sent either to the White llouiw ut !
the Bccretury of tho navy. ,
BOMBARDMENT OF HAVANA.
Not
Ihs Trenail! ParpOM of lilt Go-
eminent.
Washington, April 29. The wit n
nation is substantially this:
The blockuding stpiadron retnila
passive before Havana, with no prwti
purpoeeof bombarding or ol df,:f
the fire of tho shore batteries. Ta
strategic purtoso of an effective blot!
ude of tho Cuban coast is being "
plished to the entire satisfaction j
authorities here. There is no Ml
tlon that a part of the fleet will
withdrawn for the purpose of afftwht
additional protection to North AllanW
porta.
No word had come to the depart"
up to the close of office
hours of thtW
rival of the Montaenrat at CienN
The officials nre inclined to belief"
if she has gotten into port she dw
before tho blockudo of Cicnfusoa
begun. .
Tho very fact that the MadHil
ciuls have rnthor oatenUtioW
clnrotl that the Spanish fleet lias
lo bi.mbrir.l aha nltlM on the
lantic Boast is taken as l certain
It
cation at tho navy department
ol
utter improbability of such a move
mett
n .i.i. " I I the 5l
i uno ni'ir i tui ttin "i
Offlciaj! would be the very hist toow
to. ii- nMtilta
The navv deoartment, as
i. fur the
car.'"
uai.u ,n iiiiiiuHiiinea hgt
prisoners taken by our warship
the legal oflicers of the depart"
tliinb !,.. .I.n.,l.l V.,, sent to B!l,
HI 'III. Vlll'J DIIUUIU uv
naval prison.
The state department posted a"
toduy, stating it had been official ?
1 ..... I . .1 ti.o ii, ,. .. of neutrality
dora by Italy, tho Netherlands, Swiow
lant Nntnatav an.l Sweden. h'ISS" .
- " " -
aleo
tk
( V Oict. I.ii. It ia Kllllllo-ei
w.u.,1...... a .a ' -I , ...
official notioe of Great Hritain"
Franco's neutrality will be recejw
tomorrow. Including Fiance and .
Britain, four of the six great peW"
Europe, have declared their neutra
Great
Britain,
ltalV, na.
Kussia.
rha"4
Two Oartnan Staainars I'ur
38.l.inibir
New York, April
. it
Fuerat Bismarck and HafflWrg -been
pnrchaaed by theUnrtf 1 "ta'
Th Jaelete '"' (
London, April 87. -The ofB J
the United States embassy ear t
pedo-hoat Somera. now
ut ran"""-'
deitined to remain in toghuw
arrsaya
! ,m.lt '';'
H". the neutrality M
lUo .....OrilllV IT'"1
ua,-, ma HID H MM. .
will be issued tomorrow, an'
.h ii
for the little craft, without ' "
impoeiible for her to attempt w
the Atlantic, hai been tccui