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Show STILL HELD BY CASTRO Government Forces Have Control of Puerto Cabello. CAPTAIN NICKELS REPORTS Commander McLean In n Cable Says Everything Is Quiet nt llarcclonn Both tho Cincinnati and Marietta Aro Now nt La aunytn There Is No ErTectlvo Ulockndo nt Several Torts-All Advices at Washington Indicate that Venezuela Situation Is Not Ciltlcal. WnshlnRlon ug If -Definite Information Infor-mation wns received nt tin Navy department de-partment from Commander Nickels of Ihe Topeka tinted Puerto Obeli whlih lonnted the misapprehension which nrose out of the garbled dispatch received 'Ihurednv Inst from which the department nesiinte.1 and mmouncil that Puerto Cnbillo had fallen Into the hands of Ihe tevolutlonlsts V. cster.l 1). when It a 1 pen nil fiom 1 nine cnt.ful stud) of the dispatch Hint n possible mis. 011Mr111tl.u1 hid he.-i pin. el 111.011 It Action Hccretni) I) u ling milled Coinninnder Mckels nsklng whether the department s miMrm Hon wni loned A lepl) duel jistudn) r-celvil this morning rrn.l 1 V' r.',riul,l.'.,B. '" '"1" 'll I'uirtn Cn b Hi Will sail for ( ururoi for .oil ml stores an I st irt loulslil All rm in tu in or war will lemaln here during iho nl- CAHIItO IIOI.IW POUT It la iipp.imit from the nbnve dls patch that lh Tones cf Cnsiio still hell Puerto Cabello The Topik 1 Filled 1 1st nUlil In neenrdan-c with ndalces sent hi Coinninnder Mck'ls nnl nreonllug li 11 dhmutrli le. clved lod ly nrrlved .it Citrirnt, wide his mil v few hours' 11111 from Pucrt.i 1 nliclln After lal.lug coil nnd suipllm aboard ho will return to Puerto Cabello ml In the nienntline the German wnishlp will look utcr Amrilcan. tlrrmiii aid oIIhm fori Ign Interests at Hint ort The cruiser t Inclnnnll left llnrcelonn Inst nlKht and nrrlved at l.i eluiorn lo da) Commnndcr Me I.enn In icporllng his nnlvil slnle.l that hi had left mfrsthlnp qui t nt Harcelonn Itoih the lliiclniintl und Marietta me now nt I.11 (lun)ia No evplanillon has been rrnlvid fiom Coiiamnndir McLonn ns lei his reneons for leaving lliiceloun at thin time His movements nre prncll mil) under the control of the Ainerl inn Minister iiovvi:n has two hiiipw Several da)n ago Minister llowen wno telegraphing In all directions for 11 war ship to conic tn l.n Uuora and on lhursdn) he reported to the hlule do pnrtment thnt he had been nimble In loach either the Marietta or the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati It Is surmised that he llnnlly sei tired commiiiiUntion Willi luth of them nbnut Ihe snme time nnd that both Commander Melenn nf Ihe Cln 1 lnnnll an 1 Coinninnder Ito Igers nf the Marietta hnsti nod In lespon 1 to his ill gent nppeils The result Is he now has two ships nt his service The I'nlte.l Mntes Minister nt Cnra-cas Cnra-cas Venezuela, hns tela grai he.l the no. partment nf Htalo that he has reliable Information to the effect Hint there Is nn blockade of the ports nf Cnrapunno, Colornso nnd (lulrn At Chid id Hull var. however, the bio. ka.le Is elTccllve. Mr. llowen reports thnt the einvrrn-inent einvrrn-inent tinopn hnve shown gn nt courtesy to iioii-eonibntnnts In the Oilnncn is. Klnn nnd Hint Ihe revnliitlonlsls have been equnll) mngnnnlmnus nt Cludnd llnllvnr, where food supplies nro plenty not nnoAitnnn cihtical The foregoing dispatch prnhibly refers re-fers to the extent nf dlflleulty met hy American stiamers. Including thnsn of the Asphalt compnti), which opernle In the region referred to As Cludnd Hull vni Is the only place where tho blockade Is effective und the rovnlullnnlsts nre shnwlng maciianlinnus trentnient nf forelgm ra there, the situation Is relieved re-lieved of nuy crlllcul aspect nt these points. |