Show SP ANJARDS 1 RUN t j FOR t IIOME I Capo ftiile e Fleet Readies Cadiz Spain Today No Wonder I Sampson Could Not Cilcli Them I I I 1 I Admiral Villamil Did Not Want Anything to Do With Gunners on I Ifi American MenofWar Admiral Sampson Can Now Do His i I Fighting With tho Forts of Porto Rico and Havana I 1 I I I I I Ilt Trick 1ln II ht Take Was ill Jet Ou of the WyOo Small tr11 rCt In Cobalt lVateiN I < oo front hourCula Jua I It Con talpt for Courage met ilbolpline if tile Mpaulsh XY31ay be Irth Confer earts Iletwere tile Wr nopoct Omelets nd it Cuban RepaloltAtIll 11 I Washington May 10Tho state tie partment gives out the following Ofllilnl Information has been received hat four bpanlsh ttulscrs and three torpedo boat dcstrocrs hao returned to Cadiz A special from London says a cipher llspUch from Cadiz reports that the return to that place of four cruisers one torpedo boat and three torpedo I > oat destroyers comprising H Is I ul egwl a part of the Cape Verde Islands fleet Washington D C May 10 Up to the time Secretary Long started start-ed for the cabinet meeting at 11 oclock today he was without Intormatlon from Admiral Sampsons fleet or < ran r-an action All Inquiries about the I navy department were directed towards to-wards the whereabouts of the fleet and its prospect of a speedy engagement I I I with the enemy While there Is I little I doubt the olllclals know the approximate ap-proximate locality ot the fleet It Is quite Certain that nothing has been received as to the cruising and toarch for the Spanish ships It Is I felt that the next few hours will determine be ond further question whether the Spanish fleet which left the I Cape Verde 1 I I Islands did In fact come to Poita RICO i I Or diverge northward back to Cadiz for I it formidable cuncenlrtlun ot the strongest ships of the Spanish navy In the latter event Admiral Sampson Samp-son will have no Spanish tIt to light I save the smaller craft In Cuban wa term This will leave the course free I to the Oregon to make a Juncture with the fleet and also will leave Admiral Sampsons hands f rw f or atteaillou to Porto Idea or Cub The cabinet meeting today was shorter short-er than usual and the business transacted trans-acted was not of an Important character charac-ter Although the goernment has a number of swift vessels on the Allan lie doing boaut duly no reports UI to noon today had hn received an to the herenbon ot the Spanish fleet and on that point the nlhclnls were Quite as much In I the dark ox were outside Published rtTporta lrra1 the Piesldent Is I eonsiderlnB the appointment of a military governor of the Philippines when our forces shoji have taken possession I pos-session h I denied by members of the eablnet The question of a government for the Islands Is I regarded as a serious one and no motion will be taken le gardlng It until after the matter has le celve much conoldrnllon Fccretary Ix > rK anti Secretary Alger hud a large number of callers before they went to the cJiblnct meeting Gen Wnodford our minister atM at-M at trid spent some time with Mr IOIIB Afterward he was asked to brook the strict reticence he haa maintained by giving his Nlews of Commodore Deweys accomplishment at Manila to which he replied that it ould be gliding refined gold A party of prominent Now Yolkern Including O It P Uelmont Schuyler Croiby and Charles II Moore had ix talk with Mr Long for the purpose It was understood of malting a gift of considerable Importance to the BOV emment It probably will be In the line ot a ship although whether a yacht or a large craft was not die clod Senator Tillman offered the services ot II number of expert electricians now students at Clemsem College South nAt > > 1 n-At Ue war department It was understood under-stood that the assignments as corps commndrs to the volunteers army will be made very soon Preairifnt Palm head of the Cuban delegation arrived hero this mornlllil from New fork and Is I expecting In porto ai advice I direct from Gen Oo inez Ile received a dispatch last night stating that a courier from flen Oomess camp had passed through Key West and was now on his way to Goay Washington with letters from Gomez Tile Courier probably will not lOach here before tomorrow a t the earliest Is I Just back from heading a party which made a Juncture with Gomez will Arrive this afternoon to confer In the meantime Brig den Nunez who with Mr Palma It Is I probable that the advices direct from the Cuban commander com-mander In the field will bring about further conference between the Cuban authorities here and the otHclalB of the war department Mr Palma today expressed his views on the battle at Manila Saying It was Important In that It furnished conclusive proof of a fact he had long known that the Spanish navy was a papernavy and utterly Incapable of conductin a modern naval warfare Tn the first place Admiral Montejos fIt was taken by surprise said he That 10 I a hole lesson In Itself Wo have heard much from Spanish sources as to the lack of discipline and crudeness crude-ness In the American navy but here at the very first practical test the Spanish Span-ish fleet committed the very worst and moqt Inexcusable arrested ot allowing Itself to be taken by surprise And thli occurred not only when war was In progress but when Admiral Man tcjo knew the American fleet was HarlnG him In the taco ot this the surprise and defeat ot the 11I1I1h fIt showed complete lack of discipline and of that keen alertness which Is I the first essential of a discipline which Insured defense Senor Quecada ot the Cuban delegation dele-gation added the statement that the wiping out of the Spanish ships like so many cockle I shells made plain the tact well known 10 those familiar wIth Spains naval resources that she had a lot of old wooden craft which would suinc for dress pa Ihl Oo rW d varade In times of peace and would KIVI an 1i outward appearance ot the possession ot rul actual non Tho Spanish naval nlUccrs said Mr ucada were about the best feature l J ot the Spanish service but they were p pmerlesa 1 ns u result ol corrupt ad I11lnltrnlloll ot nal affairs at Madrid 01 Ma-drid The guns had nun ol the modern I mchalllm and the gunners were un I I practiced All this had served to place the Spanish ships at the mercy ot the I strong American fleet under Dewey Mr quesada said the first reverse ot I this I paper navy was simply a tore east ot what wOllld tollow when the some class ot orthless ships with 11 wnrthlc guns and worthls gunners mt Admiral Sampson And at her com muers i of the American fleet I Mutalla AT err aroulha n Spaniard i San Antonio Texas May 10Pour J hundred M the mn who will compo a I llooUv elfs regiment ot rough rl era ng now In Son Antonio ny aro imntlj from Arizona and Oklahoma I The camp la located three mtlleia from F town Officers of the regiment expect to start Saturday for Tampa The men here constitute the finest body of men i ever assembled In gall Antonio Oov I lImnt ulllcll at Tort Sm 1I0Wtlon are buying horses for them and so far I Ion horeel lmv 11 n seeu1 1 I 11 hate BIrd while riding an Unfit un-fit Ined Ldtang < without either bridle or maddle was thrown against a tree I yeatertlay afternoon and suffere ell n concussion of the braJn 1IU recovery I Is doubtful II It |