The Weekly Tribune from Tampa, Florida • 1

1 4k OSLT KORSIKG WAR NEWS In Tampa. Read It If you want all the latest and In the TRIBUNE twelve hours in advance cr all -a freshest news. other paDers. VOL. IV.

TAMPA. FLORIDA. FRIDAY. JUNE lO. 1898.

NO. 137. MORN TRIBUNE. fl said to-day that they had no doubt that the warships reported to have been seen off the northern coast of Cuba were vessels of the American fleet. would make any statement regarding the sailirg of troops from Tampa.

Lieutenant Whitney, lately returned from Porto Rico, was in conference with Secretary Alger all of this afternoon and Mercury 1 lUllfl 1 of Hawaii is at present the all Important subject to President McKinley. This morning the President held a long conference with several senators and representatives on the subject, and was announced to-day that he was definitely decided to send a special message to congress urging the immediate annexation of the islands. The sentiment in favor of annexation Is constantly growing stronger in both branches of congress. GENERAL CORBIN. Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army to be Hade Brigadier-GeneraL Special to the Tribune.

Washington, June 9. It was announced to-day that President (McKinley will appoint Gen. J. P. G.

Corbin, of Lebanon, to be brigadier general of United States volunteers. General Corbin is the present commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. TAKEN TUESDAY. A American and Cuban Forces arc Now Joined. is Santiago is at tie Mercy or the Joint Army of Iniasion.

FORCES ARE STILL JICHTINC Marines Landed by Simpson are Now With the Cubans and Americans Landed From the Steamer Florida. Special to the Tribune. Key West, June 9. A dispatch boat arriving here to-night brings the news that eight hundred marines have been landed near Santiago, and that they have Jolted the forces landed by the steamer Florida at Banes, on the northern coast of Cuba. The Americans and Cubans then joinedt he insurgents under Gen.

Garcia and have swept the provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba. These forces were participants in the attic on Santiago, which is said to be now at the mercy of the Cubans and Americans. The Americans are holding off until the exchange ot Lieut. Hobson and his men can be effected. ESTABLISHED MlLWtt EES, TAMPA.

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Pocket Culkry, One. Fiatfoner-, Vus'caJ fl NOT TO MANILA. The Charleston Ordered to the La- drone Islands, in Mid Ocean. Special to the Tribune. San Francisco, June 9.

Dispatches received here say that the cruiser Char- 'eston, which sailed from here several days In advance of the first military expedition to the Philippines, will not go to Manila. The report Is that the cruiser had orders to saU direct to the island of Gua-han, the southernmost island of the Marianne, or La drone group of islands. The Ladrone islands are about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines. They are con i rolled by Spain, and It is said to be the Intention of the war department to land troops on the island of Guahan. a.id sieze the islands.

MURDERERS. Will Tried at Bartow Today for the Killing of Joab CoLis at Lakeland Recently. One of the most sensational trials that has occupied the attention of the circuit court of this district for some time begins at Dartow to-day. Two negro soldiers charged with the murder of Joab Collins at Lakeland several weeks ago, were taken from the county Jail In this city Tuesday by Sheriff Spencer, and given to the authorities of Polk county. The soldiers are John Young and Jas.

Johnson, and the case against them is a strong one. The heinous crime of which these sol-Ciers are charged is still fresh in the Minds of the people. While in a mad ige they shot and instantly killed Joab Collins, a peaceful and inoffensive citi zen of Lakeland who was sitting in a barber shop at the time the negro were raiding the tonsorial parlor. The cowardly deed caused intense excitement at tLe time, and the indig nation of the people of Polk county, was bo great that the soldiers were brought to Tampa and lodged in the county jail for safe keeping. The men have been indicted by the grand Jury of that county for murder in the first degree.

The defense is represented by 11. K. OUiphant, R. Anno and 12. Hammond, and the case will be an exceedingly interesting one.

and will probably completed to-day. DEUcT evening. No Inforr ation concerning the conference was divulged. Under Sealed Orders. Special to the Tribune, Madrid.

June 9. Fifteen vessels. forming the Spanish reserve Cadiz squadron, will start together under sealed orders which will be opened only when the vessels are well oue at sea. It is understood that forces will then be divided It is believed that part of the squadron will sail for the Philippines, and that the other psrt whl head for the Nonh American coast to inflict as much damage as possible on American commerce, and to attack American ci ties. A LONDON FAKE.

Army News Sent Out From Washing ton by Permission of Preis Censor. How it All Happened. The Times-Union and Citizen, and ail other Associated Press papers published yesterday morning, containing a tele gram reading as follows: London. June 9. The Washington cor respondent of the Daily Chronic le, v.

itii the approval of General Greeley, allies the following: "The army sailed from Tampa at noon to-day The force num bers 27.CN" men, composed of infantry. cavalry, artillery, engineers and a signal corps. "The infantry consists of tveiity- seven regtmentt. sixteen regulars and eleven volunteers, as follows: "Of the regular regiments, the I iist. Second, Fourth Sixth, Seventh, Eights, Ninth.

Tenth. Twelfth. Thirteenth, Sixteenth. Seventeenth. Twenty-first.

Twenty-second. Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth. Of the volunteer regiments, there were the Seventy-first New York, Thir- ty-second Michigan, First and Fifth Ohij, Second (New York, First District' of Columbia, Fifth Maryland, One Hundred and Ffty-sevnth Indiana, md the Third Pennsylvania. "The total infantry force is l.uoj men. In addition there are a battalion of engineers, a detachment of the signal corps, five squadrons of cavalry, four batteries of light artillery, and two bat teries cf heavy artillery.

"General Shatter is in chitf command of the force, which is convoyed by the battleship Indiana and the Helena, with the training ship liancroft as General Shatter's floating home. The transports are due at Santiago Friday night, or Saturday morning, and a landing will be atttempted on Saturday. This should be affected without difficulty, and no doubt by Sunday, or Monday at least, the Stars and Stripes will float over Santiago de Cuba." The release of the above information by General Greeley came about in the following manner: It was announced at noon Wednesday that the press censorship would be lifted at 12 oclock Wednesday night, but as there is about five hour's differ ence betweeen London time and Washington time, a telegram from Washing ton at midnight would lie of no benefit to the London morning paper, conse quently the London correspondent was allowed to send out the news lorg the hour named. After the matter had ben sent to London, certain plans were changed, and the censorship on telegraph news in this country was not lifted. The re sult was, the London papers supplied the Associated Press with a story from Tampa that did not contain one word of truth.

The true condition of affairs was published in the Tribune yesterday morning under the head "Postponed." As Told in Georgia. Special to the Tribune. Atlanta. June 9. Reiorts have reached here of bloody riots occurring in Ybor City, -Florida, between negro regulars and southern volunteers.

It is reported that four negroes were killed and several wounded. The Second Georgia regiment of volunteers was called out to restore order. The censor at Tampa kept the news from being telegraphed at the time of the riots. Sti'd at Cadiz. Special to the Tribune.

Washington. June 9. In a dispatch to the war department, the American consul says that he has reliable information that the Spanish reserve sual-ron is still at Cadiz. Death of C. E.

Brozdcn. Mr. C. E. S.

Brogden, who his been sick for the last ten weeks at the resi dence adjoining the Tampa fteam laundry, died at 1 o'clock this morning. The deceased was a nephew of one of the proprietors cf the laundry. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. Leander T. Safford.

president the Bank of Tarpon Springs, was in Tampa "esterday on business. Americans and Spaniards Ar range for Exchange. Ill Insurgents Farnlsn Schley YHta Hap of Harbor of Santiago de Cuba. SPANIARDS HAVE SEVEN SHIP.0. That Number of Vessels Seen by th" Cubans From the Hills Around Santiago.

Bat tha Names of Vessels Not Learned. Special the Tribune. Off Santiago, via. Kingston, Jamaica. May 9.

Seven of the ships of Admiral' Cervera's squadron have been sighted in the harbor ot Santiago by the Cuban in surgents who have reached the hills overlooking the city and harbor. The insurgents have furnished Ad miral Sampson and Commodore Schley with maps of the harbor showing the location of the ehips which can lie seen from the entrance. The names of the Spanish vessels in the harbor are unobtainable. "Fighting" Bolt Evans, commander of the battleship Iowa, directs that the truce party run in as close as possible to the iMerrimac. which was so success fully sunk by Lieutenant Hobson.

The party followed his directions and reached a point in the channel, under protction of the guns of the American vessels, and there conducted the negotiations for the exchange of Lieut. Hob-son and his men. The insurgents have informed Commodore Schley that there are elx thou sand Spanish soldiers in Santiago, and not twenty thousand as has been reported by the Spanish authorities. CONFEDERATE VETERANS And the Daughters of the Confederacy to Meet in Tampa Saturday. Notice is hereby given that the Seventh Annual Reunion of Hillsboro camp No.

36. U. C. will be held at Tampa, on Saturday, June 11th. 1S3S.

at 10 o'clock. All members of the camp are urged to attend the meeting and participate in the reorganization of the camp for the ensuing year; to arrange for the attendance of members on the State reunion and unveiling of the Hemming monument, to take place in Jacksonville on the 15th and 16th and to attend to such other business as may come before the camp. All veteranrs are invited to attend the meeting. Tampa Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy are most cordially invited to attend the meeting in a body. The County Normal in session at Tampa ill ako give Interest and pleas ure to the occasion by attending the meeting and participating in its proceedings.

F. W. MERRIN. Commmder. Hillsboro Camp No.

S6, U. C. V. Attest: It. L.

CRANE, Secretary and Adjutant, June 3d, 1SSS. The Daughters of the Confederacy are also urged to meet in conjunction the Confederate Veterans, and are rt-quested to assemble at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Abernethy on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock for the purpose oi marching to the headquarters of the Confederate Veterans in a body. Ships Were American.

Special to the Tribune. Key West, June 9. Naval officials Ik I or a ia Um ftisfeaat grada bakiaa podar fcaaaa. Actual tasta afeow it aea oaa IBM fartkar tbaa say athar kreetf. FQUDZH Absolutely Pure Shaffer's Expedition Said to be Bonnd for Porto Rico.

FIN 19 IH Lea to Command ttc Expedition Tnat Will Set the Cnbiis Free. SPANISH SHIPS ARE SIGHTED Such is the Report That Reached Washington Yesterday They are Said to be the Gulf Wear Tortus? as. Special to the Tribune. Washington. June i.

Report here to-night to the effect that a fleet of ships have been seen in the Gulf between Key West and Lry Trtugis. and tht th- battleship Indi.nu and the other warships that were to convoy the fi-et transports from Tampa, had been er.t in pursuit offcem. At the offue of the. navy depart men, no information could be obtained th alleged appearance of the Spanish ships in the Gulf. At the war department the officials claimed to be in dense ignmance of the movement of naval vessels.

No information was given out to-day in regard to the sailing of th trans-I -jrt loaded ith troops from Tampa. The censorship is Mill ligidly enforced. It is now Indieved that the troops under command of (I-n Shafter have not et sailed from Tampa, although a report received here from London says that the fleet of transports sailed at n.n yesterday. It is new almost a cerianity tha; the first troops snt from Tampa wfh be landed in Porto Itico, and not on the inland of Cuba. The reason for this is that the tirrt expedition consists of the Fifth army corps, commanded by Major General Shaftcr, while the second expedition will consist of the -Seventh army corps, commanded by Major General Lee, and the fourth army-corps, commanded by Major General J.

J. General L.t has requested to be given active work in Cuba, in preference t- Porto Rico. "As he served for two years as consul-general at Havana, and in thoroughly fam'liar with the country, it will n- doubt le decided to send him to Cuba in command the first expedition. It is reported at the war department to-day that Genera! Coppinger has established bis headquarters at Tampa; also that ail of the regiments of the Fourth ari.iy corps. General Coppln-ger's command, left Mobile to-day Tfiinpa.

where they will camp until the rext stuns for Cuba. WILL BOMBARD SAN JUAN. Spaniards in Porta Rico Treat British Subjects Roughly. Special to the Tribune, Washington, June 9. It isannounced to-night oi good authority that Admiral Sampson hart instructions to bom bard San Juan, Porto Rico, as soon, as in his judgment, he can safely leave Santiago with a portion of his fleet.

Reiorts from San Juan are to the effect that Governor-General Macias, of Porto Rico, has ordered the banishment of Walter Belt, secretary of the British consulate at tSan Juan. Bett has been in prison for three days, and has been roughly treated ty the Spanish authorities who accuse him of cooperating with the iAmericans. A large number of British subjects arrested at the same time as Bett have also been ordered to leave the island. If these re pond are true, it is more than probable that Great Britain will send several warships to Porto liico to demand satisfaction of the Spanish authorities. Annexation of Hawaii.

Special to the Tribune. Washington, June 9. The annexation The City of Manila Now in Con. tro! of the Insurgents. The Spaniard, Deserted by His Soldiers, Surrenders to taa Rebel Cbief.

JOY IS GREAT THE JUNTA Consul Wildman, at Hong Kong, Congratulated, as it is Claimed That He Did Much to Aid the Insurgents. Special to the Tribune. London, June 9. "Manila nan surren- de ed, and the insurgents are in control of the capital city of the Philippines." Sireh is the report received here from Hong Kong to-day. 'Dftails have not yet been received, beyond a statement to the effect that Governor-General Augusti fought bravely as long as the Spanish, troops stood by him, but regiment after regi ment went over to the insurgents com manded by Aguinaldo.

and finding him self practically deserted, and with no chance of receiving re-lnforcements from Spain, he surrendered. It is reported that the in-urgent forces now occupy-the town, and that General nas established a military rm of government until a republic can be organized. The Hong Kong dispatch further says that the rebel junta and wealthy Philippine islanders resident here are Jubi lant over the news. The United States consulate has been crowded all day. The American consul, Mr.

Wildman has beer the recipient of hundreds ci congratulations, for the junta gives him almost as much credit for the reported capture of Manila as they gave to Gen eral Aguinaldo himself, since Mr. Wild' man has been their unswerving cham pion and has advised In all their plans. Consul Wildman does not credit the report that Manila has been actually oc cupied yet. but he believes that it will be by or before next Monday. The Spaniards have been fighting desperately, but their markmanship is poor, and they have lost heavily.

2,003 PRISONERS. in Addition, Kills 300. Being B33ieged. London, June 9. The Singrspt re correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Tuesday says: "The local Philippines insurgent committee received a dispatch frcm AguInaU saying: "We have taken all in the province of Cavite, and several Owns i the province of Ratangi-c.

Wi have captured ten guns, six rifles, and twelve hundred Spaniard! from Spain, with S00 Philippine Killing S0. We are biotegmg Ilejc. Ii the church "00 inards ari entrenched, who must scon We Iwar that the general irp-js's to "The In Singapore serenaded the Un.Md States tViwu! Gen eral, Mr. K. Spencer Piatt, "Uefore the serenade they presented him with an address, thanking him for sending Aguinaldo to Admiral Dewey, congratulating Admiral Dewey, and ex pressing a desire for the establishment of a native government under American protection.

"The spokesman, continuing, depreciated a restoration of the islands to Spain, or their transfer to any Power, and expressed hi confidence that the natives would prove their ibility to govern themselves. The Philippines then gave cheers for America, Kngland, and Admiral Dewey. Mr. Pratt responded, and presented the spokesman with an American flag amid great rn-thusiasm." No Information. Special to the Tribune.

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Honaker 444-44f444M-f44-M A Report From Cape Haiti Says 1 A 3 Tt Captured the City of Santiago. Special lo the Tribune. Cape llaitien, Hayti, June 9 A man who arrived here to-day from Hayamas said that it was reported there that Santiago de Cuba had been taken by the Americans and Cubans last Tuesday. The man stated that the rejHjrt was that after battes-irsg down all the forts of the harbor, the Americans landed a targe force of marines, who joined with, the insurgents, and succeeded in forcing the fortifications around the city. The Spaniards then surrendered.

The report lacks confirmation, but it believed by many here to be true. FLAG FOR FIRST FLORIDA. The Regimeutjl Colors Will Soon be Ready for Presentation. The following information in regard to the stand of colors for the First Florida regiment of United States vol unteers appeared in yesterday's Times- Cnion and Citizen. "Tallahassee, June Hon.

George W. Wilson, Kditor of the Times-Union and Citizen. Jacksonville: My Dear Sir I have the honor to indorse original telegram from Messrs. Lilly relative to flags for the First Florida volunteers, which explains itself. There will be a few minor expenses to be ad ded to the sum named, and I will advise ot the amount as toon as it is de termined.

"Great credit is due the Times-Union and Citizen and its able editor for the prompt and energetic manner in which the suggestion of Colonel Raymond Cay was taken up and carried to Its present successful status, and if the First Flonda shall show in battle the qualities that distinguished its gallant predecessors in "61, these colors will never run Very respectfully, "PATRICK HOUSTON. Adjutant General." The stand of colors will be exceedingly handsome, and will undoubtedly be the pride of the Florida boys. It has been decided to have the names of the contributors handsomely embroidered on a silk flag, and presented to the First Florida regiment, to be hung In the Capitol building at Tallahassee. It will become a very important historical relic in the Florida archives. The Leesburg Ris Honor d.

IV.e iteople of Leesburg esteem the mii.tary company of that place very highly, and yesterday Sheriff Northup of Iake county arrived with a beautiful flag for the company donated by the citizens of Leesburg. The 3ag will be present" by Sheriff Northup this morning. There was no provost guard on duty last night, but the usua. guard vas stationed at each of the storehous -s of the commissary, and quartennas sr'a department. Squads were sent vut from the various regiments to hunt up all men who were out of camp without per mission.

The squads found quite a number of men, and placed all of them under arrest and marched them back to the camps. A rumor was current yesterday that several Spanish warships had been seen in the Gulf about one hundred miles from Egmont Key, at the entrance to Tampa Bay. The rumor was to the effect that a telegram containing this information had been sent to the secretary of war, and that war ships bad been sent in pursuit. The rucior was not confirmed, and even if it had been, the censer would not allow any mention made of the departure of warships. Inexorable as fate is the law of the survival of the fittest that Is why Alt-geld's Restaurant is a very lively place nowadays while ye ancient boarding houses though masquerading as a restaurant or cafe is a back number like poor old half whipped Spain.

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