Show MESSAGE FROM THE FLEET III I Am Perfectly Satisfied Wo Have Bagged Thoso Fellows I Says s Admiral Sampson i I I J i Commodore Schley is Now In Front of Santiago de Cuba Harbor I I Firmly Convinced that the Spanish Cape Verde I Fleet is Cornered Inside II I I I rp Asand the Wt or CnhnWmlh Ivan Very Ittsoghbut no Serious Arldnt lIp I Imned Thle D liefore Clenfist gois is III ktver tile SpentiLrdA Wero of 110 I I u it to Nmtlgo AVeshievidity olnlC lay IIAIlfs of Mthig2iftit No nond tI Is ter Ills Spoulani vis Irals chinfut gonAdvolcul Fsaitipsou Is 1rullulC tb Arth of Cuhul1ulurta 1IIrb to Whltun I i Key West Tin May 29 8C2 om Cop righted 183S by the Associated Presslt la I now almost certain that I Commodore Hchley has the Spaniards lint tied up In the harbor of Santiago There is no little doubt about this tbat the naval campaign Is I proceeding I on the assumption Hint Admiral Cer j lera 10 l Incapable of doing any harm Within OJ few days the exact conditions condi-tions nt Santiago will be known without with-out a shadow of doubt 1u spite ot nmrtonl to the contrary Commodore Bchley won not absolute sure of his game when he last communicated with Hear Admiral Sampson and the commodore com-modore vII I not take up active stela to block up the entrance of Santiago harbor har-bor until bo In l perfectely certain that Admiral OiveraB ships arc Inside lloweter he may have done this already al-ready as Commodolf Pchleys last communication com-munication forwarded l on Tuesday only reached ItearAilmlral Sampson > ester ojy The commodore stalled three days at Clear Pgom lie slrnolled to his ships 4 believe the Spanish fleet laIn la-In the harbor On this belief a message was sent to the American admiral The details ot how Commodore Sthlcj found out that lie I was tnlHtflktn LIe not known At my rate actln on the admiral In ttrticllins the commodore then moved I east 1 arriving outside Santiago Wednesday Wed-nesday morning May 25 1 The lotwgraphy of Clenfue gas > and Santiago Is alI al-I mot identical Both harbors ate bout six miles long with narrow entrance about 300 yards wide and irotected by hlhlciid A whole fleet couU lie In the harbor of either place ted be Invisible from the outside After his experience at ClenfuiKoa It Is l probable that Commodorj Schley wall vory conrtlve In deciding thrther or nat he had caught Admiral Centra Prom the tone of his dispatches dis-patches It b l evident that the oommo Cor soon alnd much second hand and external evidence whloh pointed 1 to Admlio1 cervtras presence In the Inner 1 In-ner harbor This evidence was apparently appar-ently strong enough to make the com nwJore feel certain the object of life trip had l been accomplished but In tlew I of his previous experience he would l not risk a decisive gtatrnient until after ascertaining the fact for himself Before this dispatch IB I published It II l likely that Commodore Schley has st some vessels Into the entrance of Sintlago and obtained from a reliable Source ashore Information ns to the tract tits mber and the names of the Spanish worship sheltered by the hills ubout the place Contrary to the generally expressed opinion Santiago harbor Is I poorly poor-ly protected Like Havana and San Juan de Porto Itlco It has Its Morro castle which 10 I yen a better target than those of Haven and Han Juan The only danger dan-ger to be flared Is I from the mines which have been laid In the ell A nnel of Fault ago Ince war was declared Hut oOlllrmlnln would probably rendr these mints harrnl less should It prove desirable for Commodore Schleys fhlps to enter the harbni Such a tlip hunever Is I unlikely In this connection It may be noted hat allies the commencement of the naval operation the moml effect of the mines has been great This con ultlon promises to continue and will probably mark the naval operations to a greater extent than ever Imagined In the pastA I past-A prominent natal authority said to tre correspondent of the Associated Priss The metal effect of torpedoes and mll1 will Prove far superior to their actual effect In fact BO great IN I their t moral force that I doubt yhether their powers of execution will have an opportunity to be Judged wl In thh war The blockade of northern i Cuba con tinues uneventful and Is I apparently successful Now that the element of uncertainty carding tho Spanish ships where atiouts Is almost entirely removed the ships which I WITO solely I occupied In watching for the Spaniards have be come an additional force for the block ode and whout any Inconvenience the chang of position Csoillodore Schley I has been reinforced I It ILA ra nf thIt pcsltton was clearly to strong th at the reinforcement which he ro cAVed T made o difference to the atrengtal of the fleet In northern Cuban Watere The rumors of the sailing of a Are na Spanish squadron did not worry near Admiral Sampson In the sllghte degree Hfs feelings I on the subject 6a1d ° atly 1 expressed recently when he 1 Bald BaldI I nm perfectly satisfied that Vve b ffh IIe l are bugged those fellows 1 referring to Admiral Corverns fleet Rear Admiral flampBOn doa not crops his bridges until he roms to them and when that time cab his un c-ab ° patience and strntl 7at at cc ability can be relied upon to see him Barely across ror the second time since war was dcclaro the admiral has been notified that the army III I ready to move This Is I good news to all tile naval officers The two branches of the ncr Vice hate been playing a name of wall the army resting until the navy disposed of the Spanish net and theM the-M unable to occupy much needed banes until the troops were ready for 1 debarkation In view of the fact that the Spanish fleet wan far faster than the Amerl can ana that the I former tail no de sire for nn enguffement this policy of Inaction howcter forslghted It may I be temporarily produced much nntutul Irritation among the naval ollticrs All UIeallLnce i now point to the pass nor inj of this feellii nnol hi arty thehi nctlvo tooerntlon hetwn the urU unit navy may be anticipated Uy great good fortune no accident hIlS occurred of sulllclent Importance to i rtnder any of our ships utterly help los or bc > avid the aid of towing due ing the fleets cruising of the past month Such Ilcldont hoevor tire quite within the bounds of possibility With such tender machinery as torpedo tor-pedo bouts doing hard duty In nil kinds of weather accidents oven i con Into the list of possibility which naval l commander have to count upon With n Nine In the onemy pert Itory with a harbor of rue and n coaling station within 20 miles of the cruising grounds near Admiral I Saml8Ons Luk a irdumis at Its bert will be made n lery real deal easier But such a base canOn can-On > I 51 be obtained through cooperation yeortnaYv slth the nrm > as the force of marines nt the disposal of the admiral Is not large Enough to cope with the possible strength that Captain General Blnnco could concontrnte ou short notice Then while the army of the United I Staus tv tore Operating on t-ore It It sate to say the naval gunners will not be Idle During the weeks crulie of the Hag ship New York from Matanzas towards the eastern end of Cuba and back there were many Incidents of Interest nverythlne centered In the news from Commodore Schlev and dlnappolnt n10nt Nas visible In eeM face when It become known that the commodore Na a mistaken In thinking he hud Admiral Ad-miral Cenern bottled up at cienfuecos but this feeling of disappointment roosts gae Away to renewed enthusiasm ben netym was received from San tlalo de Cuba Thl rally WIl8 more acceptable than the report from Clen Memos for had Admiral l CeMera Sun refitted III fleeting a landing at Clen fuegos he would mot likely have been Able to transport his fllleged cargo of nll11 rind ammunition to lIvsna hlle from Santiago de Cuba It will be almost Impossible for him to do so niirlny the first few days out from Key Wears there wan a heavy SM hlch made lIe miserable for the for Ido boat Rogers and Footo and which made the monitors roll very bell fly The fhnrpest kind of n lookout wan kept > and more than once the fleet went Into battle form showing the over anxiety on the part of some man on the lookout In the pswho thought he saw the smoke of five Spanish wnrahlps on the horizon Absolutely no lights were shown nt night I and signals were con Finally exchanged between the flag hlls unit the scouts The latter Inr ally were the New Orleans MaYflower rind Mchlas THE iiAnvAnn nniNoa IMPORT ANT DISPATCHES Kingston Jamaica May 2SCopy right ISM by th Associated Iress The U S auxiliary cruiser Harvard formerly the American line steamer New York arrived here this morning after having left the American i fleet nt noon Yesterday Twelve American warships are now outside the Santiago de Cuba harbor nnd Admiral Cerera and the Fnaplsh fleet ire almost certainly Inside nut nothing certain Is known ns to the communication which Commodore Schley has hid with the shore or nN to the number of Spanish fighting ies sols bottled up In the harbor It Is I to be presumed that the liar nrd has Important I dispatches for the naal I authorities at Washington IMPORTANT ORDERS Toil SCIILCY New York May 28A special cable to the Evening Telegram dated Kingston Kings-ton May 28 says Hy arrangement with the Associated Tress the tatters dispatch boat Dandy took Oil board a messenger with its patches cabled to Consul Dent hero for transmission to the American fleet This Dandy left Port Maria on the north coast of Jamaica last night Th messenger on the Dandy Is I an officer of the nay department and It Is understand under-stand he has dispatches of the greatest Importance for Commodore Schley The latter Which started mile ahead or Were on i the flank or aslern of the net were always busy Their location was learned every few hour by the faint gleam of the private signal sig-nal lights They have special signal to display In ease tho Spanish fleet wu sighted The eagerness with which tho blue Jackets In the tops looked and Prayed for that colored light wan a delight exhibition of t1he spirit Which prv I val through the IL NOT A8 Goon Ali SPAINS TROOPS Go Colli n Nu Think 31url at tile Anisette Volunteer lum Virt New York May 28A special to the World from Washington BIOS General C 11 T Cotlls of New Yorl called nt the executive manlon anti held I a long conversation with the Prom lent I Ills visit was In connection with the New York state troops and their desire tn tie taken In the army under the second call Oneril Collis declined to discuss this mutter The people of the United States should < l not Impatient ocr tho delay III Invading Cuba said leneml Collls We are gaining by It a ratio of fur to one as compared with Ppaln The foot that otir volunteer army Is I de flclent In equipment cannnt be denied While our troops are In camp and ob talnlnv proficiency In the scho of the soldier the Spanish force In Cuba In I bittllnB with finer and other diseases Incident to the rainy season I expressed thl opinion to the President that we would have at least GO pr rent morn volunteers than In I absolutely nectormary for the conduct Of I thc war owing to the moral effect It would have on Spain The Preslden o concurred In this I believe It Is I mueh I I better to keep volunteers In earn Unucirli four or five month than In the end to ho comlelle1 to report to concrlp tlon to fill the ran I ca I was In Spain about seen weeks ogo and the a artillery nn < Infantry Is I for superior is our nltloual guard The men are In I better condition and snow the effects of training and l discipline What we net Is t related soldiers Our camps of concentration tire nothing more than canlp of Intruc tlon General 1 Collla said the President did not discus with him the question of the invasion of Cuba o lorlo 1co The Irldent had Informed him that t n official Information had been reo elcd regarding the whereabouts rej the Spanish fleet 131131ORAII011le IVMfSdSS IUTIMT > Not nId far R IontWot R CO bo 1IIr Prfossl Washington May 2S Senators Quay mil 1enrone and licprcsentatlve lllnff ham of Pennsylvania called on Tires dent McKinley this morning In the In erest of a pardon for Captain Hart who Is I now iservin at a sentence for complicity In filibustering expeditions In Cuba The Irmldent assured them that he woujd take the matter up when Attorney General Orlgg returned re-turned next week Secretary Alger spent nn hour or more with the 1loldnt In conference upon army math No Important new had reached the White House up to noon The rumor from Ixlcd by way of London i to the effect that Adzlyl fleet had been de flnmlonH rtroyed nnd the Admiral killed wit so dlerdlteC that It did not create the least excltemnt |