| Show battle Within tvventyfour hours Is considered promising St Thomas Danish West Indies Hay 191he Spanish squadron was net nt Ran Juan < Plain leo xillon I he steamer Rodriguez left there Tues dny and there hs hn n Intimation rival recc veil here of Its subsequent ur MAY Iin SPANIARDS Nw York Billy 19A dispatch to the WOlld from ngton Jamaica 10 A telegram from Port Monrunt dated nt 4 o lack May IS states that the lighthouse keeper ot Morant Point on the exhm east end of Jamaica prt that a number of large tenm hips apparently worships were passIng pass-Ing InThe They were going northward at I tremendous tre-mendous sa tF of si ped heading In the direction of Santiago de Cuba Their nationality was not ascertained ascer-tained SUIli TO CATCH CUHVCRA New York May 19A dispatch to Ivt Jlo he Times from Washington sal Ad mlral Sanl81 In I now I Is I PaidIn 1 I loliflon to h I IIIly nol frlunl I i Informed of Ih I appruach uf the enemy and the ftpanlh admiral Is I now 01 will le cut off and unable to turn In tiny direction with safely We Are hound to come up with 101m mid a prominent naval offices today unless he decldi to run ro r our onet But that vI III onl ly Ielr th I ncvltabli meeting for u fy das Th longor I lie runs and dodges the shorter I leeomes his supply of fuel Once that Is I exhausted he has no place to It loll he can resort for supplies e cept San Junn or laOa He may select either turt he prefers pre-fers I It b I 3 Puerto lllru Sanipsm would retuin and resume the bombard men I do not however believe Ad mlrnl Cenra I Iennlt tile sleet to he hold lip In I a lie rhor and Shell it where It cannot mnr Tile t ouhl condemn ill in for un seamanlike conduct anti fr criminal A at of Iho I Powder nf his fleet Pew officers consider the suggestion ot a dash for the coast of the United States ns one of the probabilities I hat wr to he undertaken It would beby vessel I not In the squadron now In the Caribbean The danger from that source Is I regarded ns very slight 1 the squadron Is I proceeding by a northern rout I cannot avoid being seen hy vessels 1 bound east non the usual rallied I It Is traveling by 1 a southern rout out of the usual lane the Scouts of the United State navy are almost certain to night It Charles ton ClItesapeake Day Philadelphia rsew York Boston and Portland are conololrol hy the navy department officials of-ficials and I > ordinary officers of the war department Quit safe against Spanish exploit SCARY NrW INOLAND nR Tr pavy department people have ceased to pay any Attention to Inquiries concerning the many Ipnnlsh fleets daily repotted a having ben Seen at ioly Permeated points of the com pas and will no longer venture to extend comforting assurances to there 100 cannot avoid concern at every treh report of a Spanish fleet But nIle n-Ile amument and some fndlgn alien IH I prod nt the altogether uncalled for nervousness manifested by citizens of Boston and other eastern cities who called for protection from the nay and m lie Succeeded In detaching on useless coutlng service the Columbia and the Mlnnpolls The officers of those easels 1 have bcrn heard from hero Said they con older I that I they were unneeepsarlly deprived de-prived by useless scouting service from going southward and were exposed ex-posed to the Jeer of their comrades merely to quiet the anxieties of persons quite needlessly Alarmed The war will It is lellevcd by those who acquainted withe the program of the naval authorities and the condition condi-tion of theSpaniards lei Cuba be short If the fleet of Admiral Sampson and that of Spain can be brought together soon The navy department dooa not look for ohy access of energy In the Spanish navy I Is I considered that the demoralized condition of Spain precludes pre-cludes renewed war activity |
