| Show NIILINER I ij o Thai is lie Condition Mere tile Spaniards arc Bottled NO OFFICIAL REPORT AS YET Neither Simpson Nor Schley Hive Given the Information WHICH IS NOW ANXIOUSLY AWAITED ben Fa Far nhe1 cann Front R ba101ftelat orro In R Valtkic lu be Aiiunitrly Aililied wahlnfrton May OThe naval authorities au-thorities have advanced another stag h their calculations on the status of Admiral Ccrveras ONt at Santiago do Cuba They not only have good reason lo believe that he Is I bottled up but as an officer expressed It today the cork Li In the bottle and It Is I praetl cUY Impossible for the llect to make an exit from the harbor day or night It Is I felt that this condition of the rpanlsh loot Is I not only Important fivm the pieuent strategic standpoint but 01 momentous concern to the entire future of the war 01 the cilppllng of this mot < lrctll naval fore tint i ipiln posses URI leave her such cant lIavnl mateurPce as to make a prolongation of the WIT Impossible That AdmUal Cervea went tu 63anda r ard 10 all JI there was thee the-e take by the navy department u I Will It call be stat d that not a w6ld Ins boon I elved from either Admiral Sampson or Com Modoix b mty In oflleUI confirmation tt the existence of thlstiap It rest now an It did tuo days ago on a sml0lolnj itport coming to the romy department from a source believed be-lieved to br fellable It was not a naa louree RGr one conllted wllh the state artmsnt neither did It com from press advices It was from parties par-ties having relations with the navy department and In 1 position to be ae I curTate adv Iseil The naval nuthorl Ties lere exlremcly anxious i to licence aa official LnlmntlOI from one 01 the American commanders and had thin been tecelved It would have been made pub at once Hut talking thlotha dtputmint gavf to the public all It tut narranted In giving from the let namely expansion of belief that the lpanlEh fleet was in < Sanllngi harbor This boaboon rclnfjrccd by Oe negetIve fact thaI the fleet has i been te nlotve Been at no other point still the wd Irem Smln and Schley Is I being most anxiously alalll I President MelnllY < according to Goes who mere with him during the lnoon has lecelved no Infurnmth i today materially chantIng the lur situation Save for a long conula Uon with Secretary 01 War Alger Red a rIew of the situation In Congla there A al nothing to disturb the usual routine 01 work that foils to helot he-lot of the President Ileiivsvtitallvo Grosvenor of Ohio and Ilepreienlatlve DlnKley of Unit I Informed the President of the state of affairs In I Cong ess and the pioipocl of the tar tevenuo bill md the Hi alau annxaton leolulon They boot 11OnItur to 11 ale bouillon icyi heldnt bill when asked about h 1 IOIod nluIltean caucus on ta al Onm1 Orosvenor Paid that no call for the caucus hud ye hen Is lull and I had not been determined what acton would be taken Senator KIj nceominnlcd l by Cap tan Crosslleld of South Dakota bronchi Chief Two Slurs T K Slmoi and J n llrowu Dakota Indians who an on Older from the President for the pumcnt lo Ihlr nation of J250 000 of the principal sum of their eredlt non In the United Mates tree urY on nccoint cf land sales The dill I not me the PrSld nt however Secretary of Wnr Alger said Ill long conflict ee with the President reed re-ed altogether to details IMPORTANT CONPiitUNCn An hnpl1an conference of With W trials was hcld with the President It the White House today Among those present l were Secretaries Tong Ind < J Aljer Genetnl Miles Adjutant wneral Coibln nnd Captains shall n Clownnlw aud l Admiral SI anl I 01 tM naval strategy board The conference lasted several hour tiut none of the participants mere will Ire to spinl of the mutters under ells rlvu beyond the statement that as I All the first time the strategy board had Joined the other officials In I a conference tho whole Old of mill lay a1 naval I operations present and prIethe > U11A gone over rhero is I Rella to leelleve that notwithstanding 1lev Ws l retici notwlhatandln retlnol a movement on Port live i Is In contemplation and should t Menr t rt the II jIhnd Keel UII I m h mmed In Santiago harbir 08 bellei eit live oierallons will begin In the near I later Ill against Cuba Porto leo und I It llPPlnw This Is believed to lie Ill fr t pJr of I IrefUenfa purpose In calling for 75007 > ajdltlonnl volunteen and It Ib 010 to not unlikely flat other calls alit l be made as rapidly as the troops Pan Ile CIlpped until the effective unt oleelvo force of Ills army will be sulllctcnt to Rate thort work of the Spanish forces ltlcioer and whenever encountered Naval officers are now turning their nllon ld Inquiries whether It Is I pos It14 rb Jo tar Admiral i Ceryera to get out oft Fen190 harbo They hold that thin t inctioor j is mposse Roll Wing so ho career fI the Spanish Admiral I i bat Pit In e enl Inat r far our an ships It constitutes 11 vrYthling I rl Into account no 141611 Per f1 that Admiral Cenera tJBt AdmIrl lommlttcd Itted a fatal blunder In being hi1 ed at Sanl1Bo J de Culn find tint T re l no Xmr the IC will prove In eiuale 1 hold the Spanish warships rnten ir Fraud XW IYOrk > > TRY 8 OTtoliert VT i lebbig I nurlyi I dtputy rommliwlone I lUIle works of Brooklyn today a sentenced to two Years and six 11nalls I n Fing 819 still to lay a fine t 12171 Thin 1 11 eQcr or ill i 0 amount that It Is alleged he was responsible re-sponsible for losing to tho city In con IvlnK at tile audit and allowance of raudulent claims against the city The judge elgnlllcd his wllllnenesn to rant a stay pending an appeal ando ends and-o release the prisoner on ilOOOO 1utrolllnit the 1lilllpplne Cant ondon May too dispatch from Lloyds agent at Hollo via Slngpapor today Bays An merican warship Is reported tn wit Too cruising oft IlrHo I The rcpoil re quires confirmation meolnl tits Viiii 1nun 11 Washington liar 26right senators were present Ihen the Vice Presldc gavel fell at I oclock this morning ailing to order todajs section of Ihe bcnate and after fifteen minute delay In securing a quorum the war revenue measure was laid before the Senate Mr White Cullorla then began an extended speech I covering pretty full the general features 01 the bill cspectaiiytnosVelntIng to the tai on eorporalons and Inheritances lie maintained that the placing by tile House of Representatives of onethird of the tax to be ralsM upon boer one third on tobacco and onethlrd on stamps was mont unjustifiable Heel and tobacco It was nlgul old lie wre luxuries people did not have tt us > unless they chose to do so Hi admitted and contended that tobacco and beer were legitimate articles 01 taxation bat said Ihere could be n doubt that the burden of the tax would fall upon Ihe poor men of the country Mr White denounced th stamp tax nan an onerous bUlden fm hlh all would be glad to escape I was a Rule once and par excellence a tax upon the plain people Vellinctiorn StInP AhorP St Johns N Flo May toAn unknown un-known steamer Is I ashore thirty miles mouth of this port and Is I likely to be a total wreck The Ilrltlsh steamer Cabin Captain Prazer trading between St Johns and Montreal which arrived here this I that the steamer morning reported thlt steamorl I I ashore Is I painted lead color has 0 Yellow smokestack and looks like n warship This theory howcved Is I I very doubtful |
