| Show HAS MANILA BY TBB THROAT Admiral Dewey Is I Yell In Control of the Situation Sit-uation There 4 I II MI In llnml IlvalthInaturgrrarm Mo liiiit ItFHilr to A14 the HponliinU t I New York May AlA dispatch from Manila to the Herald May 27 via Hungkong nays The Philippine Insurgents received last Tucday MOO Madder breechlond irs and 200000 round nf ammunition and have been busy pcr since gelllm their men together Jen Agulnnldorald todaj that ho had 2 Clio Manners captured from the Spaniards which with the rules Just Captured wi enable him to arm 1 detachment equal to the Spaniards now in the province of Ca > lte About two miles back of lh town of Cave Den Agulnaldo has live modern breech loading field piece with n moderate supply of common field Fhells nnd schrapnell The men of Gen Asulnaldos force are uf small stature and look ns though they had not had enough to eat for along long time but they are very NoIry and tough lme vo of them whom I noticed were currying a heavy forge and bellows bel-lows slung on a pole nnd two others were similarly laden with a large anvil and four of them carried n bench with four lses The had taken a field gun from one of the sunken Spanish cruis arCs anti were trying tn make It nt for Per lee showing marvelous patience and rse a e There must he something out or om mon about their leader lars Aguln aide for whereas I four we Jyi ago there were not 100 persons In e2vlte after the Spnnlatds moved out there nre now mare than 2500 men capable of beat Inlt arms mot ot whm have as mean tiled since len Agulhaldos arrival It they capture tile Spaniards detach ment and arms Gn Alullnlo will bee able to take the field with be-e than 0000 He tells tile bid force IB limited only by lie number ut rilleg he call get trot many or tile native soldiers In Ma n1la will desert to him as soon its 100 nl wi attacks that place alnek sulCoom nf th recent expedition that biought tho insurgents a supPIV ot bmuglit I result In a larger ship metal within the next two week and Gen Agulnaldo Is confident of having 15000 men In the field before July 1 Admiral Dewey still hold Manila by the throat and the Spaniards ore unable to escape fiom Manila I Is I Impossible to get definite news from the city but the anxiety ot nuropenlis there as conveyed through foreign consuls con-suls shows how critical must be the situation The health of the Officers nnd men continues to be good In spite uf tho severe heat and humidity The natives now bring oft a plentiful supply of chickens eggs mingoes bananas anti a few pine apples but nothing else Took Anthan sinarobah rrhop Key West Tin May 31 Another prize has been captured She Is I tile Spanish lurk Maria Dolores ot Illlbao She was overhauled by one of the American cruisers Plx miles off Porto Rico She wait bun from Illo Janeiro 10 San Juan de Portal Win with coal Some cases supposed to found under contain ammunition were the coal cut Another Cable Key Wet Flo May 31 IZ30 pm I Nesvv recelvcO here todiy from Santiago Santi-ago says the auxiliary cruiser St Paul I I has cut the cable off that port Mrcicl < aulrtfrg Boston May 31Tho Leland line steamship Caestrlanicamo into port today from Liverpool with her bows 1 hadly crushed as u result or a come oil with ai iceberg The accident occurred oc-curred on tile night at May 21 In laU Iud 4340 N longitude 4815 w and caused damage estimated at 110 000 The ourlnciH ot her officers prevented n pale among the 100 or more 811 onboard on-board 1 icnpe ot it Hunk Robber S nth Bend Ind May 31 Ocorgn WI altars Charles nber has solved out of jail here and escaped West was convicted of robbing Ihe South Bend National bank of 11500 FrunrAurIan AmreIrt Arlotineed Paris May 2IAt the meeting or the cabinet today M Hanotnux minister for foreign affairs announced the signIng sign-Ing or the commercial agreement with the United Mates Ho pointed out tlnt the agreement woo Indicative ot till friendly sentiment which tho two governments gov-ernments showed In their reciprocal desire de-sire tn Improve the commercial rilatlois between the two countries 11 In stateN state-N e w York May IThe Tribune today to-day suits A seduction i In passenger rates to Europe this summer Is l expected among the agents of tho large transatlantic lines at this part The pooling arrange merit which ties prevailed for a number num-ber of years among lh large lines has completely fallen through The agreement ends tit June and while ef forts have been made to continue folly another year thy have failed utterly utter-ly and the conference which Was to have been held In London has been de claret off This association was IN the North Atlantic tonferencoland Included the follow Ing j lines i The North Herman Lloyd th Ham burgAmerenn lints Collard White Star Anchor American led Nine and Holland American lines The ngreenent called for a minimum first cabin rate to English ports of 100 and to German port of 1103 Sign of the dlsagrcemnt were many early last winter but nothing was done to break l th agreement A meeting of the olllcera of all the lines was held In London early In May From nI accounts ac-counts It wait not or the mot hrmonl clog nature and It was finally adjourned Ill t hout rcachi any direct result 1 was then understood that another meeting wns to be held on Juno 7lh nt which rome definite plan was tu be formed to adjust rn I fnn suit all lines Last week It was decided to give un the meeting nnd In the future each line will go Us own way making Its own rites That this disagreement means n rate war Js J generally understood under-stood amon the local agents here They say that the war with Spain has reduced traffic and that the lick of liar mony between Ihe lines jvlll cause each to make Its best effort to get what business there Is I gain |
