| Show UNDER SEALED ORDERS I Fic Transports Jurying Uniicil States Troops for Cuba or Porto e Rico Sailed From Mobile Today Steamers Matteawan Stillwater Breakwater Aransas and Morgan Carry an Expedition Ostensibly for Tampa Florida l But Really Moving Under Sealed Orders lplrlo gTeon p tcc i5lIg of tldfeldlry anet anelry nrtd by ralnI 0 Hhl h 11 Mok 00 HneIa 08 01 nn Hoard by II clock I lilt MglctII amoco lmli rlea Toil IJVeioU I 1 Out Into tlia Channel atid Dliiiteciir from bight gleaming Ilaiiluly Oer thu Water at ttio Unit j Mobile Ala June 4 live trans lorts cirrjIng the Twentyflflh In fnntrj Third Infantrj Col Pago aiu troops I A C D and r of the Second caalry Ielmed down the Moblo river this morning ell route Dec50 ably to Tumpa but rcal undcr aealed omdcme Ilia transport are the cteamera Mat loawnn Stlllwater llrcakwatci Arkansas Ar-kansas and Korean bctnes of enthusiasm all alone tho river front where thousands of people had congregated were witnessed Whistles of all the buy and river craft and mills and ringing of bills kept upon up-on unceasing din an long aa thee tiona ports were In night Theels trop wcre quartered on tho v0000 Is by 10 oclock last night ana The ttOP wre nuartered on the toss lels 1 by JO o clock 101 1 nlht and had II good night res leveUe was wua nded at t oclock and the last preparations for tho voyage toare made Some COO horses hud to be load I 5oOor tj this morning and other worl dd lacd the departure until the hour uboc named Then tho Ileevcseel pulled out retty 1 much together end formed a precession down the river l The last seen of the transports evoe tram the ros000e h ooeas thy luitdeII tie channel I lb aveadc Is beIng about 0 half mile apart WI 111 WML tr VIE AIWIo ItosI setl 1 mne Ton Doe lou I Tlnr ashlliBton June 4After the trans aclon of brIef roullo booby the Senate resumed consideration of the war mure Ashcoaennnd ment was indlng Mr AllIeoa suggest od the bill be reported from tha com mlttec of the whole tu the Sellae Te suggestion developed JycrlLl amend mllia and alo te absence 0Cc Iuoum Mr Iaol said he had an Important omndmenl and de manded a call of the Henute After 0 delay of 15 minutes Quorum was sour cu rcd ur Moigan Deco Ala then offered the 111lmcllt of which Ice gave nO tlco requiring the secretary of the treasury to proceed with tin collection of the taxes under the provision of tho Incomo tax law of bill not directly me pealed by the Dlngley bill I the s cc < reLY of the treasury should refine to love he lanes under the caec tho aoercelment trovldce thot It I shuhl be ttco duty l the attorneygeeowllb IlvceNI ugalnBt the Becrctoy of the rury to compel him 10 perfemcnthn duUc and If Ihe aloMoy hould reo rlne to Ilke that acloll any lao payer bf the United Slate may brine tIes cay action to compel the enforcement en-forcement of the law Mr Morgan said that full opportunity was pueentnl by his amendment tu have the question which It Involves settled by the Supreme court for quite natural affirmative action taken by Congress on the subject would relegate rele-gate the entire subject to the buprtnu courl Congtess could scarcely refuse I Morgan thought to provide for another test of the Income tax question In view of the fact that It was forced to Increase taxation and time mowed money In order to prosecute the present war With the conclusion of his speech Mr Morgan asked for a yea and nay vote Upon his amendment The amendment was rejected 35 to 3S as folio 0 YcsAllell beacon IbIs nerry Butler Cnnnon hIlton Cia Cock roll Daniel Faulkner 10rrl Hell fLld Jane IAekI LIndsay lcLurln Mallory Mantle Martin Mills Mil chill Mane Morgan Murphy Insco Pettlgrew Iellus Itawllns Hoach S hew eel Teller Tillman Turley Fur pie White 35 Nay Aiaricn vuisuii uuiruws Cattery Carter Clark Uivls ixboe llklns Fairbanks rorakcr Ire OalllnKer Clear Uormau Hale Hanna alnger 1lIlIa Hansbrough Hawlej Hoar Lodge McUrlde JcMllIan Morrlll 1erklns Plait Conn Watt N Ti Irltchard Quay Sen all Shoup bpooner Thurs ton Warren Wllllngton Wetmore Wilson tVebcuttII The Senate adoited an amendment Iv lIe atccrmeve 510 hit prldlig Pam o too of one celli 011 evry erth In a sleepIng mom and Scot In a palace car old a u ahetltule for White nlelldmllt levying a tao of nefourt of one pr cent on gross celpta 011 Bleeping ear companIes lno 0 1 AI London Juno 4The forlgn omc nnoullcc that Cpalll Jenrallanco onl conoenled to rele Mrars Hob I nsonCndew the Inglh now paper correspondents on condition that hey leave the Island not to return They are expected to leave on the limIt Ish cruiser Talbot for Jumilca on Tuesday next permission having been gIven her 10 go to lavalll for the poe poe of embarkIng tlct oorrc000 deal lO I LUI 110 illlievvlioloMrit 1 r n1 u aut > Mamgun Mcarngua May 23 Cop righted Ion by the Associated 1iiss lIleoonlly claims for lands of an 00 more exenlve than Ihe eeheale dole of Nlcongua hoe been made by Miepperd heirs now living at Ban Juan Del Norte Mca nguo oga4nst Costa Ica ld Nicaragua Including the route Iectd for UII Inleroceanlc ronulocmoneNlramogua The original claimant Rhepperd or Sheppard now dead vns a negro or nlulto llritlsh Jemulmee and a Blllject of the Urlh crown lIe clalmNI < that about tOll he paid to a chief of the Mosquito Indians on the eat coast of Nicaragua about 150000 In gold for cvera 1 milion of a cr050 f lund III Nicaragua and Coda Ica and nOw Iba lucId declare that they have toJ I rapers complete nnd want elthtr the land or Its money value The historic fool about the Cailb e bean cut of Nicaragua and Costa I Itlca with Ih adjacent I Islands and th11 overelnly arol I I 4 thl Christopher Colunb dl scuvere 1 I claimed them for Spain In I October 150 150H H Spain retained sovereignty over them until 1S21 conquering all tha I tribes Including the Mosquito Indaln ctOeytlng the Amerrlque people who held the central and ern mouu talnous districts In guatthsre d their small remnant yet un disturbed C In 1S21 Spain transferred the sovereignty sov-ereignty to the SpanishAmerican pee I pie In Nicarngu I Costa lllca and other Central American states and acknowledged I J acknowl-edged their Independence 0 1 W In U4S rat Ilrltaln acknowledged I c acknowl-edged some one of the chiefs of tha e I Mosquito Indians In Mcaragua as the king and sovereign of an undefined territory ter-ritory In or all of NIcaragua and de cared herself t protector of that kind and his sovereign This was one of Great Britain bold preliminary steps after her buccaneering effort to obtain I ob-tain control of the Isthmus of Nicaragua e Nicara-gua and consequentl of the route for C 00 teroceanlc call1 acr thot hth mus musD On Jnnuary 21 6 1660 Great Britain coder prure of the government of I the United States seeds a treaty with I Nicaragua conceding to the latter the t sovereignty of the entire territory now e held by Mcaragua and In article 8 ot that treaty limited I tp 100 cords square the claim of an foreigner I to lands by purchase or olhrwl from IndIans In that territory lly articles Sand 10 a she authorized the appointment of u 1 commIssIon to adjudleole al sucb C claIm far lands In lcaraga The commtlon was duly appointed and ex hausled by 1 delllonB the Uol of lands claimed that were preente1 10 It I after which the commission was dissolved dis-solved Tne Shpperd clalm If yv sented teas not recognized I The Shcppcrd claimants overlook the rI CAl C-Al That buccaneers and other et English pirates virtually controlled the littoral of lb eastern Caribbean seacoast I sea-coast of Nicaragua and not tho Mos quIte Indlnn III That the Amerrlque from which I most probably the name America originated orig-inated were about that time tlh33I lbs most pow erful I people excepting the C atlnAmericans In Nicaragua and e occupied lb central I and eastern moun 101 nrangea In Nlcng omlnatn < e the Mosquito Indian although with I Ulem The Amerrlque were conquered C by the Spaniards not the Spanlsh e Amertcans and have slowly dIap I pored without Wi ntil now their r Ic number Is I very smell C I P No Mosquito chief has ever h < ld at I 0 least In times of which there Is I any e 0 hltorlo record any of Iho territory of Ihe Amerquea SI Iorover every tee c signer I entern Nlcra o Intel gellce enough to Otlcmpt the auIsion l 01 any large bod of land from the C squito Indians must have known of 0 Ihe puwr and dominatng leo uenc I over the MOQullo chIef of the Aer rIQuc oed conluenty that the chlefa of land mould sell only ver lImIted lola I i I I SIGSBEE SAW THREE SlIPS 1 These Belonged to Cerveras reel and Were t I Well Known C cii Coon 10 bo Oetleeed a 1 0cslhegsVets I 1I 10 Wo Th 0 c Eud tlie lUrbor New York Juno I the slightest semblance of doubt has been entertained I enter-tained by members of the war board Oh Ic and the authorities of the navy du i01i1 purtnt aa to tho premise loaton Of Ii the Spanish Beet It was entirely removed 1 1 re-moved rays tho Wnhlllglon carre pondent of the Tribune by the receipt of Important Inrormallon direct trol Captain blgsbee of the auxlllarj cruls el St Paul who came on Immediately after reporting his arrival at New York to Admiral Dunce and com I munlcated to Hcretry Long advices flom Admiral Sampon nno Commodore Commo-dore Bchley both of te hOI he left a few dape ago the foimer then on his tonI through the ndward Passage and the latter holding tight the Spa lih vessels behind the outer defcnsea of Sanlngo I Perhais no oiHcer ot the navy Is I more familiar with the type ot crusr now at Santiago than Iho former com I mndr ot the Sluice and booing Ie sent thre of them lyIng at anchor h e the last faa dUI he Is t positive that lIce fourth Is there ns well The last occasion that Captain Slgsbee met the Vlzcaya was In Havana harbir where she lay not two cable lengths from the Maine and while there Cap I bIll 101 gleeon eel nly carefully noted I her quail I and tp but eecurecl j e rlriwlngs 1111 uccumle dcacrlplIon of I tho warship ci t He has Imported to Secretary Long e C the experiences I of the St Pau and of I i Commodoro Schley oquadroll lIt jji I trapping tho Spanish admiral at Ran 1 tlago Captain Slgsbee dOa not toke j n full credit for having discovered tho I j1J ships tIed but caps that both he and C I 1c Commodore Schley saw them about I I 11 the same time and that U his signal I V I went up to the flagship conveying the I fact that he had sighted two of the 1 ships Commodore chley mover e run 1 up communicating the same Informix I C ton to him I I for six da a Captain Slgsbee ado ad-o ll ed 011 p5gm tWQ j II I Continued from page one slsmm 4J 4 SAW TIME111i SHIPS the St Paul JAY oft the harbor exp ex-p > nightly to be attacked by the Spanish torpedo boill destroyers With his running lights doused and I Bide lights out he cruised off and on about fifteen miles from the chore under darkened blare unit with tem al low pressure The use of searchlights search-lights to sight any torpedo lot that might be I lurking around ready to attack at-tack tile shin would have revealed his presence to the Spaniards nt Santiago San-tiago and tills was what the captain did not wish them to leant With every opportunity of attacking him the two 0 knot destroyers remained In the harbor all the lime and Captain Cap-tain Slgibet accounts for this conduct on their part as duo to the desire of the Spanish admit al not permit his presence to hc known Commodore Schley had established an effective blockade of th > port before the St Paul steamed away On leaving Santiago Captain Algobee made for Molo Ht Nicholas anti from there ulsed to the west until ha met Admiral Ad-miral Sampmonfiont whom he received dispatches for the ecretary of thee naY Tile next the-e of the SI Paul wi le Probably In the direction of Porto RICO and as soon am she Is iiilid and provisioned Captain Bigs bee says he will Salt again He leaves here today for cSw York nnd will pmb bably pass out of Sandy Hook with him vessel Sunday or Monday The Junction nt Admiral Sampsons pnuudron with that already blockading Santiago under Commodore Sebliy seems accordlnr Id Captain Slgsbeea lnlculntlonl to have been rectcd on Wednesday the 1ft The presence of s nnny heavily armored Irnc Ships off tho harbor In which Admiral Cr nrns cruisers have tnkn refuge is I token hr to Indicate n purpose on i the I part of the commander of the mrlcun Met to reduce ianlinKo M once by a naval assault rather than walt for hie tedious cooperation of the land forces dlspqlchcd oe about to be dispatched train Tampa I la argued here with ore force that siege operations against Santiago Cram the land Bide moula In nccount at the rugged character char-acter of the surrounding country Involve In-volve Insuperable obstacles and that with ordinary fild artillery the besieging be-sieging 1 furces would linnn match for the gun or the Iponleh nnotwnr InSide In-side the harbor The general enectall In naval and military circles Is 1 therefore that the combined Ainericnn squadrunn Will renew re-new or have already renewed the nl lark on the outer Works till n view to foreln g an entrnne Into the bay and compelling the Spanish vvarsilps to no cept battle at close quarters nvcnts nt Inntlgo however are not counted on to delay or Interfere with the execution exe-cution of the administrations mlltary program which Includes the eventual occupation of Santiago and the prompt Invasion and seizure of the Island of Porto lllco Heo DID NOT SHE TUP SAME SHIPS New York Juno 4 Louis Duany hag arrived In this cllr train Jamaica Ile rnhtn IIJ cg l i f II ad kft Santiago do Ciib A Mny 22 lie does not believe that Cevrs fleet Is I nt Santiago and he so yal I think t that Cervcran fleet may hn been contused with five Spanish boats which WeU In ilia harbor when I In Tit were El I Ilnn Mercedes a a ron1 class cruiser Conde Bn cn llllo nnd IJI Marques de Mollnauxlllary cruisers with heavy gun and two UnlmatB Ul Bundovnt and L Ls I irclla The cruiser Itelna Mercedes Is I dls l All lei her boilers having broken down and she was lying jut Inside the n trance to tho harbor Her guns era removed tn the forilcotln The Spinlards laid a few mines last but till the wok In 1 winter on May I > in on a large scale I saw men at this work In the harbor for some time afterward and about seventy mitten have been laid altogether The lint line of six mines Is I laid directlyal93 the mouth of the harbor from Iorro eseU to the buoy which marks the hallow water line near La Socapa the fortress opposite I Directly behind the first mine are lines of four still three mines each so that the entrants to the harbor U I well lalel with mlnei The other mines are alt along the hhln channel for six miles to the dock The mines are all connected by wlr with the shore Wr visited 1 t Ali of the forts and I am cure that the only modern gun Are those token from the cruiser Helm Mercedes There arc two of these guns a Morro and the others are at U Bo caps and Punta Gordn There ate 160 soldiers at Jlorro to a La Pocapa SO at Punta tlordi and I 100 nt Punta Blanca The principal magazine la I at Kl Pollvan The sol I dlera at the torts are well and ana well equipped hut I do not helleve that I they Are good gunners at least I J never saw them practice during mIst I mI-st of eight month The are 15000 troops In thc province of Santiago under un-der the command of Gen PanJo and I 8000 In the city of Santiago and outly Ing town under the comma 1 oC Gen Toal and Gen 1lare They are well ordered trool and well lLroled Mr nay SJd that amle ln 1 upply nC 7OO tons or cal at Santiago dear vvhcn he Ie I Fresh me5a was Vry |
