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Show w u Activity at Key West. i "? Ky w?st' M,,y 15- T,,,a hft9 boon ft 'Vrr Sunday of unusual activity Here, and it - , 'is apparent that an important stiiteglc ir , ' movement ifl being planned. Com- gP Vi i. a modoro Watnou arrived on the gunbort '- ' "Dolphin" from the blockading fleet off $r Havana. Orders came thick and fast from Washington, and the naval station $!' authorities were instructed to make vr ' ' '' ' quick preparations to coat the big ships. 'awK. - "'l0 'P8 Rlrea(lv in the harbor havo A , Jjpf wr$ , ' been ordered to get tip steam without PN " & delay i hut the officers say they are f 'sfFij y 4 ignorant of what this may indicate. ,$ Tho announcement from the north of li ',,$. tho coming of the flying squadron " f! strengthens tho theory held here that 3k? " ft unted movement of some kind is con- ; u , , templated. , The chiof factor in the situation is tho l&Hy whereabouts of the Spanish fleet, under- "Sft'- J' ,? ' 8toou to bo off tho Venezuelan coast. It ' '&&1'' '$" is conceded by naval men that wheie A!r - Carvera's squadron to meet tho dts- JtJlr . . ' . patched blockading squadron offOuba IWIHBHbI1;'' $' hilo Admiral Sampson's ships weic '""""Sr v & coaling hero, a disastorous blow might $ ' - bo infllcted ftnu ifc is believed to bo the AW$r " ,""', y plan now under consideration to obviate w"1 '"''' any such possibility. i '- "Washington, May 10. A cabinet of- , ficial says that Dewey's victory has 4 A changed all tho plans of tho president, IK k that ho is now insisting upon a quicken- f ,t ' i. ingof yav, and has eot July 4 as tho V ' , day peaco is to bo restored. f ' Tho president desires to celebrate tho v s independenco of tho "United States aud : our 'victory over Spain at the samo i, . time. W Koy We8t' FIaM Mny 1'1"The "United J " '" ' . $ ' ' States cruiser Marblehead, the gunboat $j4g&, '' Iaahyillo and .the auxiliary cruiser ju jfet ' v Windum steamed up to tho harbor ofr 9kVm( JiJiiilkiirf.i&pieufucg03 early Wednesday morning wtyl0iwm JWPiW!1 with'ordei'a-toTcut.ihe oAVICji-WB necking t v Havana with Santiago do Cuba. Tin's I ' ,-', task was accomplished, but only after a , J it.1 ternflc fight betweon our warships and I , - , several thousand Spanish troops, which ' i lined the slioro and lay concealed be. jf t ,iii,J''' 'imd improvised brestworks. A oea- K , jjb.?". man named Begun, of the Marblohead f was killed outright in ono of tho work- ,,1 ing boats and His men were sevoroly , " - wounded. In addition a lai go number k' , . i v on bonul tho ship received minor I v , . .wounds. Captain Alaguiro of tho Win- -j dom, believes that soveral of tho six ; - i badly wounded men who woro brought "to Key; West this morninc in tho Win- Idom, cannot recover. Dewey is Boss. Washington, May 15. Tho dispatches from Hongkoug brought welcome news V VV" toiay from Admiral Dewey to tho Presi- lont and particularly to Secretary Long and the naval officers who are watching tho Admiral's movements with so much interest. Whilo no apprehension existed na to his security, nevertheless, reassnranco of safety is always ipleastnt, 4 --Tho telegrams indicate-that Dewey .has lost nono of tho prestige gained in-his in-his memorable fight two weeks ago, and .that, whilo ho refrains from taking tho , city pf Manila, bo has it practically nt .his mercy, Tho Admiral expresses the boliof .that tho rebels are hemming the cityjn by land, but the fact that he says explicit' that they havo made no demonstration seems to disprove thoroughly tho published roports that thby'liRd already entered , Manila and had begun a career of bloodshed and li rapino. 1 . The best evidence of the effectiveness K of tho blockade maintained by tho H American Admiral and also of the "' work of the insurgents in surrounding II ' tho city is shown in tho statement in thedispatches that provisions aro scarce m ' in the city of Manila, which seems to m indicato to Admiral Dowoy an early surrender by tho. Spanish authorjtioa. I |