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BUtotlMl BooUty
THE FIRST PAPER FU3LISHED IN OKLAHOMA.
VOLl' M K 10.
(ilTIIIUI-:, OKLAHOMA, WKDNKSDAV MOllMMi, MAY IS! S
M'MllKl! 2S.
SPANISH SQUADRON
It Is Trying To Get Out of The Way of
/, The American Fleets.
CAN'T WRITE HOME.
Mail From Manila Suspended Under
Military Orders.
WOULD NOT FIGHT EQUAL NUMBER OF SHIPS,
Rear Admiral Osoorn
of
of the British Navy Talked
the Squadron Near Port Au
Prince, Hayti.
to the
Post Ma«<«'r!F.uiprj- Smith (.ivon out
Two OrdPi'H 4'onhorniiik Sail -
or?* and Noldier* Hail.
Washington, May 24.—Two order In r<
I be Ro>al is the highest ejrude bdkinq po rier
kno*n. Actual lasts slum il Qr son
tbirJ farther tbun nay other b.aaJ.
Bard to mall for and from s
sailors have been issued by
Port Au Prlnee, Hayti, May 21—A local newspaper, the Matin, says Rear Ad-
miral Osborne, of the British navy, who left for New York on Sunday on board
a Dutch steamer, saw at Curacao a Spanish squadron composed of five cruisers
and Ave torpedo boat destroyers or torpe do boats. The Spanish officers are re-
ported to have said they would not accept a battle unless with an equal num-
ber of ships and that they would avoid encountering superior numbers.
Admiral Osborne did not consider the Spanish squadron to be in any way for-
midable.
The last news received here from Tlavi
had decided to admit coal and provisions free of duty.
was that the Cuban government
)!diers and
Postmaster
General Emery Smith. On • order takes-
the Philippine islands in the category of
places where mail communication with
the United States is suspended and the
other revives a regulation, permitting
soldiers, sailors and marines i<> send let-
ters postage upon which Is to collected
on delivery. Following is the text of or-
der regarding mall for the United Stat-.-
forces ut the Philippines:
"In view of existing hostilities between
the United States and Spain, which iie-ce-s
sltates thr presenc e i f United State:
forces in service tit and near the Philip-
pine Islands, and of tho fact that postal
communication wlih said Islan <ias one
of the Spanish colonies, Is nr. hiblted by
my oi\.er No. i dated tin 'j'lih ultimo
it Is hereby ordered that arti Its f mali
matter for or from p. rf««ns connected
with said United States form--- mail In
subject to the postage rates and condi-
tions applicable to similar articles in the
domestic mails of the Uni.-d Stale*.
' The articles shall
mandants of the foi
tunity offered" by thi
Stales vessel for sa
lng dales of tli«- v« ?
nounced In advanc«
Absolutely Pure
GilEAT NORTHERN R'Y.
Wafers South o! Gala M Kre
Prosperous Showing Made-Higlily
Pleasing to the Stockholders.
Xew rriTcrotl Htork to be iHniied in
\dditiou to the llltfli IMvldends
A1 rend) Paid.
W?T USB'suss
N«
York. May 21 No offlelat Ft ate
SCHLEY'S AND SAMPSON'S HUNGRY HUNT.
SPAIN MYSTERIOUSLY SII.KNT.
Madrid. May 24.—11 p. m.—The same mysterious silence nelgns In official ci
cles tonight as last night. The government disci-, .-s nothing from the s. at
tvar.
La Correspondencia Espana observes:
"An unexplained feeling of de pondency is noticeable. As n* now* h
| Scot) received we can only suggest that this feeling is caused bj t* rs of a pi
station of the war."
sent to the coin-
by every oppor-
iling of a United
forces. The sall-
< cannot be an-
nd the articles
should therefore be forwarded promptly
to San Franclscc in ordc r that they maj
be dispatened thence to destination at the
first opportunity."
The regulation n reg-ard to the mall
from forces In the field Is authorized by
an act of congr..< passed In lsT'j and is
as foHov.s:
"Letters written by officers, commis-
sioned or non-commb3loned. and privates
In the military, naval, or marine service
Oi tho United State.-, to be. transmit;. I
unpaid, must be plainly marked, 'sol-
dier's letter.' sailor's letter* or 'marines
letter." as the ease may be, a.nd signet
thereunder with his name and official d->
Washington. May 24.—There was n
lapse of sensational war rumors In
Washington today, after a week of com-
parative quietude. The rumors ranged
all the way from the capture of the Utile
Mangrove with n crew of i:: men, to the
report e l destruction of the entire Span-
ish fleet by Sampson's and Schley's corn-
ed tore. s. They wen circulated with
persistence, notwithstanding their denial
soon as thy could be brough to the
attention of any official capable of
sing .judgment on their ae< ura« y.
s the day rolled along tho officials
msi !v<.« became apprehensive, a? was
iwn b> the frequency with which they
called f
At the e
again ai
the
of the da
t newspaper bulletins
r, it w;
posltr
the
mnced In
manner that the navj
information t > warrant the report of any
sort of engagement in the Windward pas.
sage. This did not specifically ©over the
waters of : 11 e West ill-lie*, out In view
of the fact that the department has al-
na-st pledge.) it -. If to 1> . the public know
f anything In the nature of a general
engagement, possibly 'the bulletin an-
nouncement Is sufficient to oover the
SE
'ItETARY LON<J'S IDEA.
Secretary Long started for home
SPANISH TRICK AT MARTINIQUE.
(Copyrighted, 1898, by The Associated Pre
St. Pierre, Martinique. May 84.—6 p. m.—The Spanish torpedo boat destroyer
Verror Is being coaled by the Spanish steamer Alicante.
The Alicante lies at the mouth of Fort De France harbor. It was all along sup-
posed that she was a hospital ship, but there is no doubt that she carries a cargo
,f coal for the Spanish warships. Her pretensions to be a hospital ship were
obviously put forward as a blind.
The United States consul has cautioned the French officials of the port not
to allow the Terror to take coal in excess of the quantity necessary to carry
the Terror to the nearest Spanish port.
It is reported that the Terror will leave Martinique tomorrow. She is un-
derstood to be In good condition. ,
O
11.,
•WOULD SEARCH THE ADULA.
Kingston, Jamacla, May 24.—(Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)—7 p. m.—
The Spanish consul here, acting under tho neutrality proclamation, asks of the
colonial authorities the right to search the steamer Adula when she arrives from
Clenfuegos tomorrow night with Americans or any other persons who may have
taken advantage of her to leave that city. Ho is in search of dispatches from
the American blockading fleet to tho navy department and of communications
from spies. Ho avers that on her previous trip from Clenfuegos tho Adula
brought mnll from the United States cruiser Marblehead, and he cites the British
noutrallty laws declaring that official dispatches are contraband.
The colonial authorities, after inquiry, replied that no proof existed of the ex-
istence of official dispatches from the Marblehead, but only of the personal let-
ters of officers and men, which were accepted as an act of countesy for mailing
here.
The Spanish consul, persisting in his demand for the privilege to search all
packages sealed or unsealed, and tho persons of tho passengers, tho colonial
government replied that such a thing could not be allowed without proof of rea-
sonable probability. Tho colonial authorities are understood to have inquired of
London for advice. They are reluctant to do anything displeasing to the United
States and are determined to enforco neutrality.
Senor Domingo Mendez Capot, vice president of the "Cuban republic" will sail
from Port Antonio for Boston tomorrow by tho Bclvidere.
taff office
gignatlOh by a -field or
or detachment comma
command the soldi r
surgeon or chaplain at
ne may be, and In the navy ai
service, by th.• officer in comm:
vessel,or surgeon on board,
commanding naval hospital or del
ment on shore. Letters so cor tilled
be forwarded charged with postage
at single rates only, to be
post
>ngs, or by
hospital whe
1 of the
officer
ted
dei
ery.
This regulation is in line with a bill
introduced yesterday by Representative
... orand, of Ohio, extending franking
forces.
privileges through the mails to officers
and enlisted men of the I nited States
Hong Kong. May
cruiser Akltsushlma,
today from Manila,
24.—The Japanese
which arrived here
reports that when
she left there rioting had broken out and
a number of houses had been burned.
Food was dally becoming scarcer and
horse flesh was sold at one dollar and a
half a pound. The Spanish volunteers
were making angry demands for pay and
food, which the Spaniards were utterly
unable to satisfy.
Tho cruiser reports that Admiral Mon-
tejo is awaiting trial by court martial
for alleged Incompetency during the en-
gagement with the United States squad-
ron under Commodore Dewey, while the
captain of the Spanish revenue cutter
Callao, captured by the American war-
ships. is to be shot for not making re-
sistance.
Aguinaldo, the Insurgent leader, had a
great reception on bis arrival at th--
Philippines from Hong Kong. Rear Ad-
miral Dewey supplied the insurgents with
two guns and three hundred rifles, and
at the time the Japanese cruiser 1< ft.
Agulnalda was expected to make an Im-
mediate attack.
The archbishop of Manila, announcing
in a pastoral that four Spanish warships
were coming, promised victory for the
Spaniards.
A sanitary commission has been ap-
pointed at Cavite, under charge of the
United States consul.
CERVERA HAS DIVIDED HIS FLEET.
London, May 25.—A dispatch to the Fl naneial News from Port Au Prince, Hayti,
save:
"Admiral Cervera Is believed to have divided his fleet. Tt Is reported that the
Vizcaya and Alplionso XIII have been destroyed.
, ft
CUTTING ALL CABLES.
Washington, May 24.—Late this afternoon It was ascertained that the cable from
Santiago that was cut from tho Amert can warship was not the line controlled
by the French company running from Santiago to Hayti through Ouantanamo,
but one of the two English cables running from Santiago south to Jamacla. This
information was communicated to the officials of the government by Mr. Lurl-
enne, general agent of the French Cable company In the United Stat s. Gen.
Blanco, therefore, is not isolated from t he rest of the world, but can still com-
munlQSte with tho byinu government by oUfeftr the French cable guius to Uayii
Of t&t. ft-tf rvnfllPf tu Jamacia. u
^ - - w - '
DON'T W ANT PH1LI PINES.
FRANCE WANTS TO BE FRIENDLY
WITH US.
London, May 25.—The Paris correspond-
ent of the Standard says:
The report that negotiations have been
opened for the transfer of the Philip-
pines to France, by sale or lease, is abso-
lutely false. The policy at present sur-
sued by the French government is to cul-
tivate the most friendly relations with
the United State;', f have reason to
know that the American government has
received assurances to this effect which
leave no room for doubt as to the Inten-
tions of France."
Win
after an exceptionally busy day. he
stated to a group of newspaper men that
the department hud received no informa-
tion of importance. In response to an in-
quiry as to where the Spanish fleet was
located, Mr. Long replied that his belief
was that it v.as still at Santiago de Cu-
ba. Concerning the reported e-apture of
tne Mangrove anel the los of other ships,
the secretary dismissed these stories as
purely conjectural and not supported by
facts. Word had come from the com-
mander of the Mangrove since the time
of the alleged capture, s* ho wing that the
ship could not have been In the hands
of the Spanish. Mr. Long1 paid* a hand-
some tribute to the war board, and stat-
ed that there was no purpose fhatever
of changing the present system whereby
this board co-operates with him in giv-
ing every possible assistance and advice,
mainly in iae way of information, to the
admirals in command. The eiffice of the
war oarel, the secretary pointed out,
was not to fight battles; that was exclu-
sively t..e province o. t.ie squadron com-
inders. The board acted merely in
advisory way and aot no time had as-
sumed executive functions.
The Spaniards appear to be making
•ady for something more' than a de-
fensive campaign a", home, or at least
they are trying to create that impression
other means than news bulletins that
e> almost daily from Madrid. The na-
department now has, through Its own
reliable sources, reports of the- greatest
activity In the Spanish navy yards and
of tne preparation for sea and fora long
voyage of two of the torpedo boat
destroyers. It IS given out that they are
to join Cervera immediately when his
squadron enters Cm..s harbor. Possibly
this statement is made with a deliberate
purpose of misleading American sailors
Into the belief that Cervera has taken
ins way nomeward.
Inquiries as to the whereabouts of the
Oregon brought a reply this afternoon to
the effect that the battleship wa- safs,
Nothing could be learned « C her location.
It is probable that tne telegrams said to
have emanated from the vessel re ally
were filled at Key West,but were brought
to thiii port on some uispateh boat from
the Oregon, which is co-operating with
our fleets.
ONLY ONE MORE CABLE.
The cutting of the cables at Santiago
and at San J nan de Port - Rico, as re-
ported today, was a military move of
the first importance. Blanco has yet one
link left of communication with the outer
world, but tne Spanish commander at Sari
Juan now finds himsolf totally In the (lark
as to conditions in Spain or In Cuba,
while the value of that i>ort as a place
of refuge for the Spanish dying squad-
ron s materially diminished. It is safe
to say i..at n.e remaining cable at San-
tiago wi.i be cut soon, like the others,
so mat if Cervera Is misguided enough to
have enterenl Santiago harbor, he will be
completely out of touch with his home
government on the one hand and • qually
unable to communicate with Blanco at
the other end of -• e Island.
ment was obtainable- today relative to the
reports thai the Great Northern railway
stockholders are to be given the right ti
subscribe to a nt w issue of pre
stock at an early dtate. but that
sue' will be made in some manner 1s to be
Inferred from such Information as wa>
at ha. .1 In Wall street.
The- avowed subject of such an issue
is the re tirement of the $15,000,000 collat
oral trust mortgage bonds, which wen ^
Issued In IW.!. secured by 3,000,000 qounds *
ef the St. Paul. N.ineapolls and Mani-
toba railway Pacific extension fours,
and ere> now redeemable at par on three i
month's notice.
A second and more important const 1- ,
erutlon In an I sr.. of preferred stock,
In a eld it lea to the $'j: .OCO.OOO now out-
standing. Is the fact that the railway
has been paying high dividends on it.
and puuing nearly as much Into surplus
for the last two years, cwid in the fiscal
year which closes June HO Is expected to
show even be tie r results. Such earnings
as these are not pleasing to popullstlc
legislati.-< s, and so the* method of dis-
posing of dividends which has often Veen
use el in -me history of American rail-
roads will likely be- followed in this case.
With the Great Northern basis for such
action would be sounder than in most
cases which could be recalled, the un-
uei'o.ng fact Is .aat railway managers
in the United States are traditionally un-
willing to pay more than a oertaln rate,
having learneu by experience to save
themselves from attaek by giving securi-
ty holders their returns in another and
i. i less equitable manner.
One report in circulation today stated
that the new s:->ck might be offered at
60, allowing subscriptions to the fr'l
amount of individual holdings. It was
also t.ai.1 thiit the dividend might l e
advanced from i..o present t' per cent,
basis to 7 per cent. None of these state-
ments was confirmed; In fact, there was
a semi-official warning that they should
They Have Both Re-coaled ai Key Ud and are cut
the upisli Fleet—Gable Gutting and Ex-
change Shots Between Americans,
after
On Board the Associated Press Dlspa
May 34.—(Copyright, new. by Til.- A-s(Vi:r . <1
have sudde'iily became the see-no of great m
liK.t Dandy, Mont * \ Jama'< a.,
• i The water south of Cuba
activity. Commodore Sch'ey, who
left K y West last Thursday with the batlltships .V saeiiusetts aa.l T • is, tho
armoreel cruiser Brooklyn and the armed yacht :'.orpion, Is bellaveel to bo
cruistng off Clenfuegos and Santiago de Cuba.
When the Dandy left Key West, last Friday morriln Admiral Sampson was
still there. It was tue opinion of naval offlceis that he would nail for Cle-nfue-
gas soon b> the eastern route, the two fleets thus complei tb • clrele^of Cuba.
The battleship Iowa followed t'onimoilme Si hb^ on i-'rlday. but was over-
taken « ft' San Antonio ein Saturday by the torpedo I >,1 bupont with s< < : t Instruc-
tions. The battleship imtnedlat ■:> Increased her speed to tie limit and when last
seen was guarding the entrance
Cuba. The Dupont rushed on
Five British warships are- n« \
ton passenger steamer Purislma
The- numerous rumors a: to the
clnity are1 quite uie.ubstantlateel.
to the passage between the isle of Pines sd4
toward Clenfuegos.
i in the vicinity of J ma! a The Spanish 1.200
c.incep is here. She Is afr&ld to vemture out.
: ightlng of th« i ii.! >m Spani'-h flvet in this vi-
London,
dated 1 a.
"Nothing positlv
BAYS CERVERA IS IN' SANTIAGO DE
dispatch has ben
The following
elv d from Madrid,
Inesda
not be regarded as
i ate.
veah-d as to the situation. Lieut. Gen. Corre-a, minister
e f war. has received a cablegram from Gen. Blanco sh> mg that American war-
ships are in front of Santiago, t apt Aunmi. minister of marine, has received a
lengthy ellspatch from Admiral <'ervera. re-plying in full to instruetlons. The min-
ister of marine receives nobody, iie is working dc> -end night. Yesterday be
presented to the queen regent every detail of the plana at Santiago de Cuba, show-
ing the dofens.-a ud the security of Arrnieal Ctrveru' squnelron.
"Admiral Cau.ara has gone back to Cadiz. If !s stated that on his arrival
there he will arrange for manoeuvres of his ships ai en. t o main • I spied, gun-
nery, and everything nee-, sar.v to satisf> himself that th squadron i • In efficient
condition, lb- will de , . rt >r a destination undivuho o Senor Cipdepon, minis-
ter of the Interior, says a telemam re-e.-lveel by the war ofiie-e from Manila reports
that the natives are disposed to remain loyal to Spain and will defend the terri-
tory against foreign invation.
"The latest rumor is that a Spanish warship has captured ah American war*
ship in Cuban waters."
New York. May L'a. A special to the
Times from Washington says:
Letters from Key West, arriving lately
are' becoming public t«> a limited extent
along after they have reached Washing-
ton, convey the information that every
ves -1 that can steam, sail or be towed,
has been forced into the service to assist
Admiral Sampson and Commoelore Schh y
to box up Admiral Cervera and force him
TRYING TO DIVIDE THE AMERICA."
"Rumoi
ture; but
tunity to i
May 25.—'I
s as to the
responsible
nd the war
a neutral
rould he- ex.
he Madrid correspondent «
negotiations of the p ,wr
Spanish statesmen are pr
. providing Lt can be done
latlon come forward with
imlned here in no impraetie.
SQUADRON,
e Daily News
for. America doe
siblllty of peace.
I
HANNA GIVES A SUII
Portsmouth. N. II. Ma. 24.—The '• -m
yacht Commanche, formerly owned by
the brother of United State- Senator M
Hanna, of Cleveland, arriv
THE OREGON IS HOME.
IT IS IN TI
Atlanta
restitution
JUPITER,
ARBOR,
ay 24.—A sp<
if he* has not escaped.
Not a word of the elaborate preparations,
except by way of roundabout hints, has
come from Key West, the n> wspaper
correspondents having been put on the ir
honor not to give Intimations of opera-
tions that can assist the enemy in the
slightest particular.
All the talk In the meeting of the cabi-
net today Indicated the confidence of the
administration in the early receipts of
good news from Admiral Sampson. One
cabine t officer who expressed the greate st
eagerness to hear from Sampson anel
Schley, and who has no doubt that the
news, when It comes, will be "great,"
admitted that the outside limit of time
In which It was expected that the- ves-
sels of the Unlteel States and Spain must
meet had passed, anel that official infor-
mation might arrive at any moment either
that Cervera was bottle up or that his
fleet was at the bottom of the ocean.
"I eb) not look for unofficial informa-
tion," said he, "for the reason th; t the
commanding officer of the United States
forces has concluded that he can get
along quite as well and without as much
possibility of Injurious observation if h-
excludes newspaper boats, as he has i
done."
The administration is determined that,
if Cervera will not fight, but manifests
determination to get away and return >'
Spain, to follow him up and "kill" his j
fl. et be-fore it can reach its own side* of,
the Atlantic. To do this might require
the sending of coal ships along with the
j United States fleet for some distance, but !
j if any accident should happen to any f 1
l the Spanish vessels, or the supply of coal !
should run out. Admiral Cervera would
1 have to run the risk of destruction, or els- j
j abandon a disabled vessel In the hope ■ t
1 getting off with the others, or perhaps
i be overtaken by single ships until th -
! whole fleet has now about exhausted Its j
fuel and that It cannot undertake the
| difficult task of retrteating. The only
honorable outcome to Spain Is for Spain's
i .-hips to try conclusions at once, while the
coal bunkers ami the food supplies are
not completely exhausted.
There will be' ne news from Sampson or
■ Schley until one or both of them has te-t-
| eel the Inclination or ability e f Admiral
Cerevra to fight. Naval officers laugh at
I the- suggestion tl'.at If Cervera should
the United States ships the slip th-
I ve ssels of Sampson's anel Schley's fleets
I would be again withdrawn to K > Wc*t
rial to the to be used as convoys to protect the- trans-
arrival of ports In moving the .irmy to Cuba, leav-
"M;i
salvath
'much
rshall Martin
n of the Phi
•are ought to
•ming rumors
is that Admiral
not insist upon lmpos
impos. In the c
dbl
i bo
erclseel lo wl J t
England and Gl
rvera should be
LOOKING A inter <;il.:i:.\!.7 \ u.
24, 10 p. m.—in the
s at AI:-
near the
eiras anel San Ro«
neutral grounds.
a says:
are' pre ma-
he first oppor-
hb- to Spain,
rangcmellt, Its
>rhie. if, there-
is still a pos-
• -i-1 that the
elves and that
pooh.poohed
thing, he de-
i- . .a squad-
Robl.'do,
•• rue11 -n
at Gi-
London, May 24. TI
Leon y Castillo, the
ontlnue *ds mysterlou
a lb or than political.
e Madrid c
Spanish en
i negotlatlo
spondent of the
ATTEMPTING TO I' I/OAT A LOAN.
London. May 2.1.—Th
iris correspondent
i y Castillo Is charged to <
•the security of the tobaei
THEY CUT TH
Key West. May 24. 11:50 p. m —The United
brought intoday a story of a sharp skirmii
day. The tug, with the United Stat, s
Santiago channel to cut the cable. Wail ti
they were tired upon by tin* aore ha ■
a lively fusilade ensued for shout half an ho .
eeeded In cutting the cable. N a- o!
while neither eif them. In tu-n, boas:
enemy.
From Ssntlago the two ships pro, . : 1 • .
In about 40<i yards from the shore to cut i
of rang--. The- shore batterie s aga'n p - d
;u ; to come out. which she dai. without I
adventure was equally liarrnl- -
Accounts of It reached he re- today in a gr >
port that tn cruiser and the little tu:; had
.-s that
of 10,000,
amp i tuck
Weelnes-
t Into the
■d In the
ork,
r.-.ed the lire and
t eventually suc-
■.1 either boat,
amagc upon the
iV imp' tuck golnf
FLORIDA.
navy yard today and was formally turned the United Staicu buttloahlp Oregon, u.t ma Cervera to nay in those waterb or to
over to iLo goverxmicni.
^Jupiter,
Fla-
re turn, as hepleasidy
Vile Don't Know Why They Do It, But They Do
OFFER WORTHLESS iWliTATIOMS OF
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