| Show telegraphic NEWS ATor folk va april 27 A terrific stam Is raging on the virginia and the north th carolina coasts this morning the wind is blowing sixty miles an h hour from the northeast and many wele are in danger of being wrecked captain forry of the british steamship Cast ledale from tampa reports cuming a derelict hark bark named cadic stripped and her long boat tying on the deck the fate of the crew is unknown A yag three masted schooner with part of at iler her masts gone and ralls rails smashed in to IS sign signalling ln alling for help at Chick amico otoo life saving station and she will orely be driven ashore the te cruiser montgomery and trans patt panther which left here yester wy drw tor for key west were also in dan vw cr but it is known that they rounded cave cape hatteras before they encountered tho the storm nothing has been heard atom them but it is believed they are akre ij its iLdrid arid april 27 A dispatch from mila says the spaniards have cap emred the american bark saranac loaded coal ithe spanish philippines Philip philippine pinel islands fleet sailed galled from manila to mee th bolted states squadron irvana iU vana april 27 copyrighted by toft associated press the spanish tang u nl g steamer cosme herrera which yae tb e blockade on saturday last it ps Is not the only vessel that has d this port since the blockade was shed hed as aa the arrival of lea from Neuva vistas is also reit I 1 is announced from cayo S 0 ces near Cai Cal barion fht two states monitors captured two ers loaded with coal but dis cf fering ng that they were german vessels them from matanzas say an american torpedo boat destroyer has M mice entered the port of matanzas alte second time six shots were fired sit taher ber and she retired the italian cruiser giovanno balsan ved ed here saturday her band played spanish national hymn and the baft t and spanish warships answered ani vajo their bands playing the italian nal mal hymn the usual salutes were aged e local news newspapers publish what believe e 11 eve to be the names of vessels all ng the united states blocked bb beet 1 t and incidentally refer to the tle tl so tow now the dispatch boat of A I 1 press which gave the uda U da a so much trouble 6 it is ie d by landing filibustering exit on the coast of cuba spanish gunboat legeta it is U X teed here encountered near carnot far from matanzas an torpedo boat destroyer lh opened fire on the spanish war asp ssp V the gunboat it Is added an with 11 shots it Is claimed american destroyer was damaged ussa s retreated the spanish steamer montserrat rat frda cadiz on april 10 via lias las laaen on april 13 for havana Hava aia has ave ed d safely it Is announced at cl is had on board two ni millions dillons in r P and a quantity of ammunition iti 38 commanded comma by Is of 2865 2856 tons it to Is announced that the insurgent brI brigadier gadler general masao maeso has been authorized zed to form a division of natives to tonight tight against the united states troops the spanish officials say that the well known insurgent leader juan delgado and seventeen of his followers have been killed near cano the situation here today is one of expectation and quiet patriotic enthusiasm thusia sm combined with a desire on the part of the spaniards for the opening of real hostilities I 1 washington april 27 soon after the senate convened today mr stewart of nevada introduced the following resolution for which he asked immediate consideration that the secretary of war be and is hereby directed to furnish the senate with an estimate of the amount of the appropriation necessary to CO arm equip subsist and furnish with munitions of war the cuban army now at war with spain and such additions as may be made thereto from the people of cuba until the spanish army shall be expelled from the island of cuba or until the next session of congress mr hale maine suggested the resolution better go to the committee on military affairs and after a statement by senator allison iowa that the whole subject covered by the resolution was now being considered by the proper of congress and that there would be no delay mr stewart agreed that the resolution should go to the military affairs committee new york april 27 war seems inevitable between nicaragua and costa rica says the panama correspondent of the herald despite the mediation of the sister republics the two countries seem determined to decide the issues between them by an appeal to arms advices advises received from san jose and punta arena costa rica says that there is no prospect of peaceful peace peaceful kul settlement of the difficulties president rafael iglesias accompanied by sixty officers embarked at puntas arenas on the national guard boat for the nicaraguan frontier where he wilt will place himself at the head of a large froce of troops and commence operations against gen zelaya president of nicaragua immediately minister lainfiesta Lain festa has failed in his efforts to bring about a setti settlement ement of the trouble el Comer commercio comercio Co clo the semiofficial organ of president zelaya under the caption there to is no peace says notwithstanding the persistent rumors circulated within the last few days to the effect that an understanding had been arrived at with co costa sta rica as a result of the efforts of minister lain festa we are in a position to assert that such reports are absolutely unfounded and that war is now more probable than ever war at present amounts to a necessity as no other step can put an end to this already too long drawn out question president iglesias with his well known hostility toward us has provoked the indignation of the nicaraguan people who will no longer bear the aggressions of a restless and ambitions neighbor in conclusion el Comer Co clo says there Is no peace there can not nor should there be peace santa cruz cal april 27 it is now known that eleven people were killed in last nights explosion at the santa crua powder works all that remains to tell of the gun cotton plant is some twisted iron and a large hole in the ground made by nitroglycerine besides those killed by the explosion an employed named De cocoe cocoa who had buff suffered ered from heaxt heart disease dropped dead at his home this morning as a re sult suit of the shock IL connelly had his ribs broken it is thought that young man named miller was killed as his horse horae with both eyes blown out was found where he left the animal there were two others by the name of miller who were in the list of killed the bodies bodice of those killed with the exception of gil loran axe are unrecognizable having been frightfully mang mangled ted 11 C butler Butle fr who was wag thought to have escaped is in now found among the dead the bodies of C A coleman and 39 C butler were recovered this morning both both were carpenters it to in known that the explosion was the result of an accident due to the spontaneous combustion of nitro glycerine pittsburg pa april 27 ids ida houston a white woman while defending her sister was shot and fatally wounded by her negro brother ln in law andrew E Str strander stradder amder at her home in this city strander in turn was shot twice by the woman and fatally wounded strander is said to be the notor notorious tous taylor strander of wheeling whose 1 brutal murder of his first wife caused one of the most celebrated legal beatles battle in the matory history of west VirgI virginia nUL finally after long imprisonment he escaped further punishment on a mechol calaty two years ago he married kate houston in this city later she heard of her husbands early career and refused to live him strander went to her home broke in the door and had an interview with his wife the cifes sister ida confronted him and both began shooting key west april 26 the lighthouse tender mangrove puffed proudly into key west harbor this morning with the richest prize of the wax war thus far the captive was the panama capt quevedo a bir trans atlantic liner and an auxiliary cruiser of the spanish navy which has been plying of late between new york and havana she had twenty nine passengers including three women one frenchman and one mexican and a crew of if As the panama carried two 12 she could easily have annihilated the little mangrove and ab a the latter came into harbor with her prize there was not a craft that did not salute her with rousing cheers the mangrove under commander william H everett who came down from the hydrographic lc office a few weeks ago to take her was cruising along the cuban coats coata navigated by ensign palmer shortly before 9 6 last evening about twenty miles north of havana at p m she sighted the panama the only other ship of the fleet in sight was the bat indiana three miles to ia the rear commander everett scented a prize and scudded studded toward the stranger when the latter came within range a shot from the mangroves Man groves 12 was sent amoas across her bows bow but the spaniard ignored the challenge and went on another shot followed without result but the mangrove was drawing nearer the stranger who calmly proceeded on her course apparently without any intention of running away when the third shot was fired the mangrove was within a hundred yards of the panama and commander everett shouted to the deck officer that it if she did not surrender he would sink her the man groves officers admit that they ex 12 to open on them in response to the threat but the spaniard promptly came to ensign dayton the senior officer of the mangrove boarded the prue prie the battleship Iq indiana dIana had seen t the ate capture and meanwhile drew up to the mangrove giving her a lusty cheer beut commander everett reported to cap taylor of the battleship a ana ma the latter put a prize eremon crew on board the lope bauve Ove they then proceeded to the where a formal report was jawski and rear admiral sampson or da ed commander everett to convoy the prize to key west the panama is of about 2800 tons burden and her passengers were mainly spanish refugees fleeing from new borit and other points in the united states to havana capt quevedo was grief stricken and greatly humiliated because of the capture the passengers declare they knew nothing of the blob blockade kade and that when they saw the of the mangrove they thought it was the light of a spanish man of war the first shot changed their joy to apprehension the second and third created a panic the women rah ran screaming for shelter from the guns and the captain locked himself sullenly in his cabin the panama carries a valuable cargo of general merchandise including a large quantity of corn much of it was meant to provision the spaniards in cuba and the cargo with the ship itself undoubtedly makes the richest prize thus fax far taken under the regulations however the battleship indiana will share in the prize money as aa she was in sight eight when the capture was made this makes five steamers thus far captured in addition to a number of schooners ners and small craft the entire float have been on the lookout for the panama for several days as she was waa due at havana yesterday or today i chicago april 27 A special to the times herald from washington says secretary long of the ahe navy department declares havana will not be bombarded until serious danger from the spanish fleet is eliminated I 1 ile he says the united states cannot afford to risk the loss of a warship until the armadas are destroyed or are no longer a menace to be greatly feared it might be an easy matter to silence the guns of morro castle and the neighboring shore batteries but in the conflict american ships might be erl crippled p 1 ed beyond easy repair the navy of t the united states has a long coast line to defend which compels a scattering of its vessels and anait it labors under the additional dit ional disadvantage of not knowing the objective point of the fleet the american navy to is not so strong but that the loss of a single ship might prove fatal in a naval engagement there is no additional consideration that when the troops have been landed in cuba there must be a fleet able to keep the line ime of supplies open and to operate cooperate co oo in the reduction of spanish strongholds strong holds it is a common habit to despise the power of spain but naval officers say it to is a mistake in the case of we the armadas A chance shot or two might weaken the Ameri american cab squadron just enough to give the enemy a victory in the expected sea fight and the navy department will not take that chance the secret service of at the department has haa sent word that spanish ships were to sail mail to this side and it is thought poa possible sible that the armada which left cadiz several days ago may be on the way across the atlantic the fleet at cape verde islands will also move in order to obey the neutrality laws ot of portugal and that also may cross to thid thia side aide kaval officers and government officials genially gen rally are anxious for a chance to test the merits of the two navies they atre are confident of a victory tor for the A american IL I 1 rican ships and the sooner the sea fiat fight comes the better it will please them with the danger from the armadas removed or mint rash the taking of cuba would be a comparatively dively easy matter and the r eares of amer Americ aDB we qa eroma aarom t the tea bearror Bear fo for 9 wi enem enemy 6 fleet it i estimated in naval circle that plans have been made for the union of the squadrons of admiral sampson and commodore schley if the spanish should attempt to maw maae their offensive power in the hope of catching either one of the squadrons unawares una waree to be destroyed before the arrival ot it is thought fleet cruisers will be sent out as scouts as soon as news is received of a movement of the armadas to cross the atlantic and it is surmised that is what the columbia Columb ta and the minneapolis are doing now the tactics of the spaniards are a mystery but it to is suspected they make an attempt to bombard some of the big cities on the north Atla atlantic ittle coast it is possible that is the mission of the pelayo and her consorts and it is believed the american cruisers are scouting the ocean to intercept them it if they should be discovered approaching the united states the scout would scud back to the nearest port and send a message to the flying squadron the american navy is thus tied up to some extent until the enemy shows his hand preparations axe are going on for the movement of a force of regulars into cuba as soon as possible it is rumored that the force may be instead of the object is to establish a base of operations open communication muni cation with gen gomez and feed as many of the as con can be reached the daring act of lieu john C fremont and a party from the torpedo boat boa porter in landing under the guns of matanzas sunday night was hailed balled with much satisfaction A report is current that fremont landed a pilot who has conducted a number of filibustering expeditions and that this pilot was dispatched with messages to gomez it Is not probable the american land force will engage in an aa aggressive campaign against the spaniards for some time it will be equipped how ever to withstand siege in case the blockade squadron should be called away amay to meet the enemy a fleets and to that end will doubtless throw up breastworks or construct fortifications of some sort an official high in the war department is authority for the statement that the volunteers called for will be held in their state encampments encamp ments indefinitely to be organized and hardened A plan has been proposed to other gather them in great camps at ait washington richmond atlanta or chickamauga but it was declared today that these troops would not be moved to such camps for weeks the volunteers can be trained in their own states as well as anywhere else it was explained and |
