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Show Will luro tho Navy Loose. Chicago, May JO. A special to tho Journal from Washington says: President Presi-dent McICinley has abandoned his peaceful blockade idea. Orders were today cabled to the commander of tho blockading squadron that will give him an opportunity to turn his ships louse on all fortifications w here resistance is offered. Every Cuban port that is strongly protected will be nttaced, and tho botnbaulment will bo kept up until tho Spanish guns are silenced and all gun-boats sunk. llnvana is short of powdei and shot. It is to eupply Blanco with ammunition for his big guns thnt the Cape Verde fleet has been ordered to take all risks to leaoh Cuba. Blanco, it is asserted, wired Madrid that ho had not enough'ammunation far the guns of his harbor fortifications to last two days nnd that if it had to bo divided with tho forts protecting Havana on the landside, his powder and shot supply would not last 24 hours. |