Show ESCAPE FROM SANTIAGO Statement that Ccrvcra Outmaneuvered the American Ficel GOT SAFELY BACK TO THE ATLANTIC when shly Ut to matIC tho Spoloh 1 14t was Not thtTClt to 1 llrllocil to mate Iteteratl 11 luo London May SA illpatch to the Dally Telegraph from Kingston Jn rnaica I say Despite the most ener ellc search the whereabouts of tho Spanish Capo Verilo pqundron remains unknown to the American authollIo pn Thursday last Cervcra was report at Santiago de Cuba and rd to lie Shloy left Key Wet for that port The next morning I learned where the andwas enabled bound was was squadron wa to follow aboard tile > Brute 1 ship Premier J Pre-mier Since then we have been tn EHBII In a offices search for the Bjinlirds In the Quit and the Caribbean Carib-bean sea atondAY morning we came 11p with J the America 1111IR off Clenluogo and Iarnd that Commoloro Schley he I 11 to lIend that Admlrnl Cervela was 111 the t harbor and tiNlag to the nature oC the port It as Implies ibl tu learn from Fee hether the InCormalion was car rertrh American squadron maintained 11 close 1I100kde or the entrance The topmo1B 01 lour large vessels could been be-en In the horloor over the promonto 3P I hleh oonceol the enlrance and II waa believed that the wero the Vic cay and 10 other cruise 5 under Cervero I Tuesday evening the Cuban Inane I Irons sent a boat with Positive Inlor mntlon that the Spanish fleet wand not In Clenfoegom harbor wa-nd Just after sunset Commodore Sclley squadron Aftiled an I southeast bound 1 far San lingo to CLIbD We renewed on the Iremler and deplte a heavy gale from the southeast kept In touch with the squadron until 4 oclock edneBuay A severe equal then hit the vessel nrel when It cleared Iva round that It t bed altered the course Wo stand I Moor to Santiago but IUI the gale In creamed In I severity and our supply ot coal And water wan dangerously low the Premier was obliged to run for mntnn htre we arrived on Friday Fri-day At G oclock After lolnc the fleet ve sighted the Nullboat Hawk rcturnlnir to Santiago d Cub with the news that the BIn loh fleet under Cervera wo now at Santiago l nmnfnilil th re li I little chanoe or meetlnK the Spanish fleet Tile probe Sit fitles are that Orvern after lacharg Ing nmmunltlon and supplies for Dlan co nt Inntlno put out age In run Ion the Caribbean to MartInique and cot out Into the Atlantic by he same was he entered In this way It ap penni the Spanish fleet has completely outmoneuvered the American com mAndersandbRA njcreedert concealing I conceal-Ing its movcmontnltholll the Amerl care hv some ooonty warships pn trn1lnl the West Indian wit fore It I reported that severe IlKhtlnir look I place botween the Ills urgent and Fpailanli near Clenfueitos on Sunlay In which flip Spaniards lost 300 killed and wounded SPAIN WILl WIV AT Tills KATI Army tn Uo NethlC While Feet or Chah tlin panlurilA Wa < hlnKton May 2jThe military situation as at present decided I upon by the In I authority Is to make no forward movement of troops cither f fn ohUI nrorrooIfl fll i upon Porto lllcil or Cuba until full I and definite Information Is I received an to the location of the Spanish squadron squad-ron and Its possibilities as a factor In the aiTcreflve movements of Spain That being the positive determination there IK no present purpose to hurry forward the troops now at the several points of concentration but the Interval I Inter-val prIor to an Aggressive forward fn movement wit l mPIOod In seasonIng season-Ing the men Rtelol hve hen tnloo tore to-re early Information IUI 10 whther Admlnl Cervrra squadron In I huldo Santiago harbor or whAlier the Aner lean pURdrun has such advantage oC polIlon outlde the harbor nB to make the escape or the Spanlaxtis practically Impossible In the absence of positive Information Informa-tion that the Spanish admiral has bn shut In at Santiago together with the certainty that he can lie held Inside the harbor there Is I no purpose whatever what-ever on the Part ot the war department depart-ment to make an aggressive forward movement r i Cuba or Porto Ilea This wau itcd tonight In the most positive manner and from an authoritative I authori-tative source Unless the navy department suc ccwd In securing some direct and om clal Information respecting the Span Ish and the American fleets within the I next twentyfour hours through the I al 11 of the Went Indian cables It will I resort to the use of dlspitch boats It I cm be alllimed the on highest author I ity that al the close of the day the department I de-partment had nothing more than a be lief I founded on unofficial advices that the Spanish squadron was lying In Santiago harbor and no news us to Commodore Schleys whereabouts However the majority of the otllclils of the navy department entertain no doult that Ccrvera Is I within Sintlago harbor and they have succeeded In Impressing this belief upon the Prcsl dent and the mom be or the cabinet hCIILVV COULD NOT llM Tllt Hpt 11t III aerd tn lCep Oat 1100 Way AH Right Off Clenfuegos via United States Gunboat Hawk I Monday Hay 23De loved In tranmllonLlted Jacksonville Jackson-ville no May 27 8 p m Copyrighted Copy-righted 1S01 by the Associated Press The Arrival of the gunboat Hwk a converted yacht put the flying squadron thin morning Into a eta is if foment and anticipation She brought news that the Spanish squadron under Admiral Cervera for whMi Commodore bchley Is I looking was at Santiago Oe Cuba Commodore Echley made Immediate Imme-diate preparations to go In pursuit ot the enemy but as the ships were oomeMiat short ur nonl he hat to wait In u stale of great Impatience while the battleship Iowa took on 000 tons and the other ships KO each Tills coaling was conducted with the aid of the collier Merrlmnc which arrived at 8 oclock this morning III company with the gunboat Callne Thq squadron I to to leave tills afternoon In a chAe after the Spaniards and II Is I hoped that Comomdo Schley will find tholll bottled up In the harbor oJ Santiago The flying squadron Is I now one of file strongest agllTetlon or flghtlng ships ever gathered toelhpr It confft at the Brooklyn flagship the battleships battle-ships Massachusetts Iowa and Texas the cruiser Slarbtehead the gunboat Caatlne and the torpedo boat Dirpont It has a plentiful supply oC coal and cnn sty for n long time at sea Th men are not only anxious but eager to light And they expressed great satisfaction at learning the whereabouts of the enemy A close examination eM made or the horhor 01 Clenfaegk3s laot night hut nothing wn seen which In Commolore Schley opinion would wnrmnt an Attack At-tack Some conceln Is I felt for the Scorpion I which left 1 here to take dispatcher dis-patcher In Sampson The dispatches oC Commodore Schley tire In cipher and cannot be read If captured dtICecD I About noon the British ship Adula bound for Kingston with orders from I United States Consul Dent to bring oft refugees from Clenfuecos was hailed and dipt Walker said ho had seen the Spanish fleet at Santiago lie I Cuba on the previous Thursday but understood It was bound for Clenfue BOS T odnElln off ClenlugoB I nm lending this by on i or Ihe Aocloted Ires dispatch bOTh flying oquldron was reinforced I bin morning bv the addition of the cruiser Mrllle head and the gunboat IXigle It IUI lying oft the harbor and the arrival ar-rival of these two vessels may assist In like solving of the question what Is I concealed In the haTh r which llci al the end of n long find l lortllrou channel I narrow enough nl place to prevent nn entnc belnff made by it fleet except I ex-cept In single column The Info I latlon given by refugees Is I that thIn are twentYlne mine 11 < 1 th-In this chnnnel nn contact mine ihen they were originally laid the In tcntlon I was to oct them off hy I elee triclty but there wu home failure nM they weic hanged to explode bye con by-e It Is I also said there arc rlxteen unhMts 01 the enemy In ill 0 harbor nn1 many thounda ot Spanish troops on here A C tons view or the harbor Jq I now nvnllable from the American hip and It I Is said the Spanish fleet Is inside hls Thl Is would he II much more Advantage Out place to land supplies and troop 1 than Santiago because 01 the fact that 1 there Is I n railroad connecting with Ha I YaUII while Santiago Is cut oft by 1 tht Insurgents A strict eennorshlt i 01 news relating to future movements of the squadron I Schle ham ecn established by Commodore I The cruiser Marblehend landed 3 001 rounds oC ammunition for the Inur rents today Tucsdas and knockel down a block lgnalhoIlBe oC the enemy en-emy Mnll U I Jalel I Hongkong May 27 midnight Green xIlch time The United States aitnillar gunboat Hanro formerly u llrltlsh learner but now oommloBloned mountIng mount-Ing four guns and In charge oC 11 Itou tnantcommullder of the United State navy hOB just arrived here from Ma mile having on board the captain 01 the nIRtoln crulpr OIymplll tile flag FhIP 01 HorAdmII1I1 Dewey slid two officers who have been Innllded rhe ltllaUon at Manllnl Is unchanged The Insurgents are quiet Beef costs tM per pound nt Manila I Tlif report that the commander 01 the Ppnnlsh boat CilHo was tr led b oourtmnrtl1 And hot for not nrln on the American ships which captured tho Callan t In untrue The Zaflro will return to Manila on Monday next OMe tot Ihe U n Kingston Jamaica May IS 130 a I mCopvrlhted 1RIS by the Ao elated Ire10n Tuesday United I Stales Consul Dent received Instruc lion from Whln ton to forward tj the United Stale fleet If possible certain cer-tain cllhor orders accompanying con ular In8Irllcllon Mr Pent who Is I of course i ignorant or the character oC the order carried them In Person to Port Mnrill where It I holleved a dispatch boat of the nt wis lIln hy nrnrran mont to receive the expected Information aM order EXNIAltItAT F A inrtAM Jtndy of tI n nh Oeall1e 4tl farcelght Toll Seattle Wash May SSIx dat bodies were hrollt down from Also ka by the steam Rosalie which arrived I ar-rived at midnight They were those of E A Ireland ex United States mOrPhal of Utah W E I McDnde nf Vermont W P Condon S D Pike and Cllmmln and Jnughltn Ills first two illed oC pneumonia and the remainder were victims of the Chll eoot avalanche Company It Fourteenth Infantry Ivan brought from Tells to Fort Wrangel j 1 Captain Killer And Captain Staub of the medical department of the regular nrmy came to Seattle under order I They will leave tn the morning for San Francisco From there they expect to be ordered to the illlpplnes I t Is I reported that the work of digging for bolies on the Chllcoot Pass to I being carried on vigorously and that in any more bodies will be found |