| Show nlf fmf w rl Navy Department Listening for News of Spanish Fleet NOTHING HAS COME YET May Be Heard of In Hour and Perhaps No for Days BUT THE COAL SUPPLY IS SINKING j camcoclenrotbaanrratiseemteetleAlcIs 0 Id 1uh lnc 10 Ik 1101 Whlogton blat 3The navy de Iarlmenl Ide otloI down to quietly walt for dfinl result II the naval n lrogl1 In Wt India water Every Inqulrf Ia I tlrecld 10d the lolon of the respective qua rona and the chnce of ae early conlllel fleet the um total of tIne officIal adyignn thrnecs hIll corco light upon the 1m when a e bLle may ocur I is I maid hy those IBt acqualntd wllh Ihe situatIOn that Ih decIe fight may occur wllhln the nxt tent hour or maC nol occur for maf oovral I cbaye olbly weks At tho same time the authorities believe that lb chances are greatly lessened I of Admiral Ad-miral Cert eras prolonging hit elusIve plan for any considerable time I There ar several rCon fur th but the main one Is I that the Spanish ships hams made Inroads on their coal supply The run across from Cape Verde used up the grcalcr Inert l It not all of this supply Since then stops hate been 0 mad al Manlnlque Curacoa and Sn tlago but at no one of these places hog It been possible I to take on moro than enough coal for temporary uses At Martinique line French decree of neutrality prevented tlio Spanish ships from geltlng more Uian enough coal lo carry them lo the next port which 0JrLeI3Z to 400 tons tar most At It Curao lbs mount of coal eurd did not end 700 there I nt exceed 70 tons At Santiago I 10 coal unless colliers have brought It there recenlly which tonal believed to have occurred As against tlifcfie j mal supplies lh Spanish ships have I Mc en c1o1n mucH ca on elusive ronn There are no other coaling parts I In the Went Indies fan the ships e mnpt tear tlnvbr must traopomleat cords c j The llrlUsh Islands are otnesod agnlnet df 1 i them by the deeree iking coal con lid I lraind or WI TIne Dutdi Islands will I give lie leo forth emcoalno lint an a I riroll of negoUaUons with the Dutch I I aUlhorIU rolotng tine coa at Iho SpIh ships at Curacoa The Danish a iciund of Thomai Is similarly closed t r them I I I O3neecnlmhanine and other French Islands I I hate the fame restrictions as Martinique Mar-tinique lUytltii ports are closed to 1 IWUst grrob the lleet by n elmirt pnovtcbun ho t twcen Haytl and the Dotted SluIce tthlch tho Haytlen authorities will see 1 I Is I not waived In lbs present Instance a j I bojito Domingo ports are similarly 1 r A f l r iirotected SI against the chance of recoal f tog by Admiral Generas net In I 6 short naval officers bellete the SIn ash a-sh admiral I now Inlle the Carib bean Sea with his original stock ot coat used up with scant additions already t i al-ready well exhausted and with no depots de-pots In eight for a complete rccoallng il I This In naval parlance would starve H Spanish ships before long The only relief rs for this dangerous con dltion Is I a Juncture with color from I J h other Ide A good collier curries I t tram i 1000 to IMO Ions of eoal and two e I or lhro of them could completely reed 4 co1 Admira Crr nt Whther the danish 1 cuanced In II n acompllhlol thin is I still in I doubt and a Joubl on whleh large I rul depend There have i been unofficial reports slat t lug that BrItish colliers wire sighted J I 1 V io t Martinique nnd also o < the V C i e eeebcue osaat odd rryomts emom Lundon I i J tdS leave stated that Spain Inca the precau II F lon of Inlying und fehlpplng lao quan 5 UI j of Urlllsh coal before the dcclara ca 10 nor war Hut there has ben n of r 5 flclal confirmation heat these colliers made a Juncture with Ad lira Cert eras fleet and the naval authorities are Inclined 1 lf ttrnla 1 al clined to the belief thai the Spanish msmmacdnr Ic I l dogroulv S meal t famIne I this condition cousIn or l > I likely to arise In the near future Ad l nlral Cert eras poslllon will b critical C > vrn though he I oenno tlaee I the Vmerlcan ships lie will be much In the pollon of Commodore Dewey after be f lag warned aIlY rrom lon8kog and before bl scopocea fnb attack on > Manila l The Spanish admiral will be In the lo CarlbUan sea and he Nlbb unable to jet oul ot f If C I No less a 4 000 tons o coal wouM I be required to take him safely back I na Spain or the Can Verde Islands A prominent natal olllcer tald today that natal strategy conslJlcd mainly In koonhog Just the condition o Ihs amya fleet 1 Is I for 111 reason that the condition of the o supply o the Spanish ships Is I c la nol only In fore nhaduolog ant acrrcsslvo Incline Ad I I rl im et lciral 1 Cereomla may emboldened to adopt but also In disclosing his hoN S ferna ping from this side of lIner woter now that he has got here 0 a nl 10 C Frol Washington blat 23Orde 10 tho follo1n rlmI 10 move to the front were gIven todays Thirythird 11011an Cob Charles I 10nton commanding 10 ChIck e mluga f < nd VIrginia Cab J C Iaon eoeeloanhhng to Tannin Socond Kenluck XTol E II Galther ommandlng to Chick aleouga enlysccond Kansas Co Henry 11 Lindsay commanding to Cap Al n l gr Virginia m n hlhl II t Washington May JTho United Stales Supreme out inlay decided cOllvlton undr I hccdlacmnre artee laws of leans nlvnlcis and New Hamp Ii otcoro 10 b Invalid Ihua holding the Ilw I unconsltutlonl 1Iht u 01 ondon May 3Iloyd agnt nh Cadiz annooe that Ike buoy 10 Ord II clout that harbor have ben rrmovE and the lights hate been llngulsheel need that ceeaobm are not alw 10 en tee < or heave Cadiz at night tot I C d C e |
