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Show THE WAR NEWS . ,? . French and Gorman governments lu ' ( v have asked Hawaii to define her position BL 1 with .efeicnce to tho Hispano-American 87 -conflict. j "'""i The government chartered two moio 4 , two more transports for Manila, making TLlx , jtf' five mow available, which will sail with m , L 5,000 troops next week. mI-Sk' Advices from Manila state tbat there fhf ', , 'are no new developments, everything fiL. -being quiet. mi Senator Lndgo offered the house reso- Fjt lution for the annexation of Hawaii as ' as amendment to the war revenue '',' ' bill.. ' .r ,. General Blanco reports thai the I V .' , , Spanish fleet is still at Santiago. Tho ffijfajfa - authorities at Washington have no in- i& formation. Wt? 'i ' The administration announces that no Ifr 3" X movo towards tho invasion of Potto Rico 'R' ' or Cuba wiil bo made until ollicial infor- jr ' motion is received that the Spanish j W squadron has been destroyed or penned ! up 1 ", It is learned that Commodore Schley's V-' squadron sailed from Oienfuegos for ,-1 ;r ' Santiago last Thursday evening. if J It is reported that orders have been I issued to General' Shatter to embark at t : once the troops at Tampa, which will be I' sent to Cuba. hVr The. navy department received a dis- I s patch from Commodore Schley, annouc- 1 ' f. ng that ho had located the Spanish $' k -squadron in tho harbor of Santiago de f ' "It is reported from Washington that 5 1 ' preliminery steps toward an Angio- f ' American allianco have already been I ;' "takon . I j Admiral Cervera landed 800 artillery- I J men and engineers, 20,000 rifles and F , heavy guns for fortifications at Santi-' 1 ' ago. Tho United States cruiser Columbia i was seriously disabled by colision with a merchant steamer. Admiral Sampson's fleet has returned J toXeyWest. |