Morning Star, The (Newspaper) - May 5, 1898, Sandusky, Ohio THE WEATHER For wetther fresh northeasterly winds THE MORNING STAB VOL SANDUSKY OHIO THURSDAY MORNING MAY 5 1898 PRICE THREE CENTS DEWEY INVASION OF PORTO RICO I WASHINGTON May There is some I SILENT probability that a move will made en Porto Rico very after the force is landed in Cuba if it shall le I learned that Spain's warships have gone j to waters far south of the Some I members of the strategy loard u- he ve that Porto Rico should be d v Nothing Has Been Heard From Manila Since the Cable Was Cut opinion that the Spanish warships will j appear at point before going to vana or auy Cuban port In their opinion the chances are that the first encounter between the Spanish American fleets will take lue in m the of Porto mi1 that an important base of 11 i i i r plies be taken auy East and West End Club Will Hold Seven Rega tas ANXIOUS TO Large and Enthusiastic Meeting of the Club Last for the Summer is Bright GO TO WAR without much delay for they are of the i be of it bv he eneim WAR APPOINTMENTS MADE WASHINGTON Hay before he retired for J the night shortly before 9 o'clock Secretary Long i Bri t said to a Sun reporter after telephoning to the de May president today sent these nominations to the To be major Gen Jos C inspector general U S A Brig Gen Elwell S Otis U S A Gen John C Brig Gen Win R Brig Gen Wm M Graham Brig Gen James V for the latest information that no i of Delaware Fitzhugh Lee of had been received from Admiral Dewey Virginia wm j of New Jersey The secretary intimated that he did not expect i of r i Colonels to be brigadier the report tonight Thomas M Anderson Fourteenth Charles E Fourth cavalry Abraham K Arnold Fii st cavalry John S Poland Seventeenth infantry John C Bates Andrew S Twenty-fifth infantry Simon Nineteenth infantry Hamilton S Hawkins Twentieth infantry Royal i T Frank First artillery Jacob F Kent Twenty-fourth infantry Samuel S Sunnier Sixth cavalry Francis L Fourth artillery Guy V Henry Tenth cavalry John I Rodgers Fifth artillery Louis H MADRID UNEASY ABOUT IT MADRID is growing impatience among all classes here for news from flip former no good news but everybody desires to know the worst There have been distressing incidents at the ministries of war and marine where the parents wives or children of men serving abroad have flocked with anxious faces seeking for information The only reply receive is that the cable is cut and that it is impossible to give them any news Fifth cavalry Samuel B M Voting Third cavalry John H Bacon Eighth cavalry B Williston Sixth ar- tillery Lieutenant colonels to lie brigadier W general George M Randall Eighth fanfry Theodore assistant ad- of Adua R Thud alry George AV Davis in- Alfred Bates deputy master general Subsistence dcp Col Patrick to be commits irv general of snl with rank of genera Li U Col to be general of with rank of colonel Major Wells commissary of ence rank of lieutenant colonel Capt Tasker Howard Bliss to be com- of subsistence with rank of major First Lieut John Little j infantry to be commissary of sub- with rank of captain Pay L Rogers to paymaster with the rank of major The East and West End Yacht club held a very enthusiastic meeting hist at The bright j for the season were discussed and i sonic important was transacted i It was decided to hold regattas upon the following dates during the June 5 June 20 July 17 July 31 gust 21 September 11 and October i The same sailing rules will be used this season as last and the one gnu start was adopted Lieut Chase Will Leave This Horning With Sixteen New Recruits For Company B The follow ing classification of baits I i I If L ucle bam should be in need of I First all boats between 32 and f1 tO fisht iu this war i lie could a regiment of GREAT NAVAL CAMPAIGN 1 S Fleet Preparing to Hunt the Spanish Down and Force a Fight Sagasta Is Worried MADRID May an interview today Prime Minister Sagasta stated that the utter absence of news from Manila was the most disquieting aspect of the situation i 37 feet in length I Second all boats between 57 and 32 feet Third all boats between 33 and 17 feet Boats be measured by the Hue and of all the overhang The club adopted a new aud decided to present one to the ow uer of I every yacht It will have a red center I with blue border and white letters The club was presented with a j flag by Albert Littleton is a condition that the flag must be wou I twice by the same boat before it becomes the property of that boat It was decided to print the tion and of the club and pre- sent a bound copy to every yacht owner William Hamilton was elected urer of the club to succeed Albert resigned The members are very enthusiastic over the yachting prospects this season Several new yachts are being built in the West End which will fiy the colors of the East and West End Yacht club volunteers in on short notice 1 Yesterday morning the announcement in THE STAR that Lieut R D Chase was coming home to enlist nine recruits for Co B was the cause of a crowd of about 20 young men of the city and several from the outside to gather at the armory early in the morning in the hope of being one of the lucky ones to be Lieutenant Chase arrived in the city yesterday morning at from and instead of nine men he wanted more men This increase comes under the ment to the Hall which provides that every company must muster 84 men instead of 75 and have not less than 80 Out of the 70 men who went to bus with Co B five of them did not in HIP United ALONG TKE WHARVES The schooner St Peter cleared day with coal from the B 0 for Michigan RIVAL THE TOLEDO CADETS Co The schooners Our Sou and Genoa cleared from Kelleys Island yesterday with stone CONCLUDED Mil UK Order of the Red Cross Elected cers Yesterday The schooner Kelloy is loading coal at the B O docks and will clear today The car femes and Mikado arrived and cleared from the B docks with 10 cars of coal yesterday 0 WASHINGTON May for a long distance naval campaign are being rashed by the navy department in anticipation of advices that the Spanish Thp inland has been fleet which left the Cape Verde islands on April 29 has appeared off the coast of to load coal at the B 0 docks Brazil The most significant feature of these preparatory arrangements is the purchase of 11 vessels to be converted into colliers Seven coal carrying have already been bought outright making J 8 colliers for the use of the navy These vessels combined will hold enough coal to supply Admiral squadron for several months Considered m connection with the belief of the naval administration that the Spanish fleet intends to lie off the coast of Brazil for the double purpose of inter- the Oregon Marietta and Buffalo and to await there the battleships and a cruisers now being fitted out f jr service at Cadiz The arrangements for acquiring additional colliers indicate very clearly that preparations are being made for sending a strong force of American warships to the deep sea base of operations of the enemy Nothing has been learned at the navy department today to confirm the said to have from Key West mat some of B and the Crack Toledo Company Honored In Camp The Camp Bushuell correspondent of docks I the Toledo Blade in that paper of said Orderlies are chosen at guard mount i from the men whose personal ance is the best and as the men detailed for guard duty bone hard for the honor It is rare that the adjutant fails to choose at least one of the lies from Sandusky's B company but Geo D Williams of Grand Will Be the Next Place under Sampson's command had sailed with sealed orders but it is not that just such a program is about to be inaugurated OREGON IN DANGER May Oregon and Marietta are proceeding up the coast of Brazil They will put into Bahia to await the arrival of the Buffalo which will leave Rio de Janeiro tomorrow The three vessels will resume their ward voyage They will be off the cape in less than two days If the belief held at the navy department of the intentions of the enemy is the Cape fleet is probably already lying in wait for the battleship and her two companions The steamer Barkalow cleared late Tuesday evening with cool from the B The consort Mabel Wilson is ing sprain at the elevator The propeller Sachem has been tered to carry corn from Chicago to the P.osenbaiim elevator The propeller Ira H Owen arrived at the B 0 docks with corn for the elevator from Chicago The scow Mary Amelia cleared day with coal from the Short Line and Coal company's docks The Mary H discharged a cargo of at the Short Line docks No 2 yesterday Capt W G Slackford will again be in command of the steamer A Wehrle Jr this season will beon her usual route between here and Cedar Point TELEPHONE TO CEDAR POINT Cable May Be Laid Across the Bay and Connect With the Resort Cedar Point may he connected a Admiral Sampson could not reach this danger point iu time to assist them j telephone line the coming season aud there is little probability that the Spanish ships would oven escape from the Boeckling has been considering armor clad division of the blockading squadron if an attack was made on for soule uas not gnn Buffalo and Marietta have the line constructed Manager j Stevens of the Sandusky Telephone company has a proposition to Mr Boeckling and has also agreed to construct the line provided the tion submitted is accepted by Manager Boeckling TO MEET THE OREGON MAJOR BARKER'S WAR MOUNT Vet In WEST May 4 port aud it is supposed that they e son has sailed from Key West with the gone south to meet the Oregon Marietta armor dad vessels of his fleet No in- formation as to his destination was made public aud if is said he is acting on secret orders from Washington The ships took on a full supply of coal from this Will Go to Columbus Today Charge of George Bass Major Barker's war mount will be sent to him at Camp today The major's right bower as George Bass who will have charge of the horse Volunteers Stay In Camp and Buffalo He will either give battle to the ish from the Cape Verde islands or evading the Spanish ships capture Porto i arrived in the city yesterday aud will Rico before the Spanish ships can reach take him to Columbus today West Indian waters j Two Excursions to Toledo The steamer Arrow has arranged to give two Sunday excursions to Toledo j mouth Tlic first will be next I day and the second one on May 15 WASHINGTON May opinion is growing that no military operations in- anywhere near the whole strenth of the volunteer army will be begun the early fall unless an ex- tensive campaign shall be precipitated by developments which are not now ex- The opinion is expressed that it will be necessary to keep the teers in their state encampments for at least a mouth after they have been fully organized Cleveland Wheel Stolen William Wehrle manager of the dusky Tug Co reported to the police that some one took his Cleveland wheel from in front of the House about 11 o'clock last night since the Toledo Cadets entered the Capt Stroud's men have found dangerous rivals aud the whole ment has developed a wonderful inter- est in the contest that place every morning while the guard is being in- spected and the men chosen Will McKenna to Enlist William McKenna will leave this morning with Lieut Chase and Co B's recruits for Camp Bushnell to join Co H of Toledo Mr will enlist with Co H at the request of Capt Howard who has heard of him as an excellent drillmaster and desires to recruit as many guardsmen as possible in his company Mr McKenna was for several years a in Co B Cycle Club Officers At a meeting of the Sandusky Cycle club held last evening at their rooms in the Lea block the following officers wore elected for one Vice Kuebeler Miller Guardian of the George A Blackford has been pointed guardian ad for John H Pfaff Lizzie Freddie August and Albert They are defendants in the case of Adam and Kate Keiffer against Kate R Becker et The Ohio Order of the Red Cross completed the business of its annual meeting and adjourned day afternoon By evening all of the delegates had departed for their homes The most important business of the day was the election of officers which was made a order for 10 o'clock The are the officers elected Grand D Logue ledo Lieutenant Commander J H Walker Cleveland B Crook Akron Grand D Williams dusky Grand C Toledo Carlyou Kent Harris Toledo Eminick I field McKay Cleveland Supreme Columbus Toledo was selected as the place of the next annual meeting NO MORE MAIL TO SPAIN Letters In the U S For the Enemy Cannot Leave the Country An order has been issued by ter General Smith that no letters ages or other mail matter originating in the United States and destined for Spain or any point within her jurisdiction or her colonies or to any person residing within her jurisdiction shall be dis- patched from the United States to their destination This is not to be construed however to authorize the seizure of closed mails for Spain originating in any other country or originating in Spain and destined for any other country while in transit over the territory of the Funeral of Mrs Cooke The funeral of Mrs A F Cook will United States take place rhi afternoon from the All mail matter prohibited shall be ily residence 530 Columbus avenue returned to the writers or if re- The will be held at 8 o'clock card is not on the envelope shall stead of as announced yesterday The interment will be private One Year In Penitentiary Charles Beach whose trial was set for next Monday for attempted burglary appeared yesterday before Judge Hull aud pled guilty He was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary be sent to the dead letter office HALF DOZEN CAKES FOR CO B Mrs DeLor of the Commercial House Sent Repairing the Hook and Ladder The Xo 1 hook and ladder truck being repaired and varnished at the Xo engine house The Xo 3 hook aud ladder track been transferred to the No 1 house until the repairs are made and the truck is Six Big Ones to the Boys Co B will have some cake for Sunday dinner Yesterday Mrs DeLor of the Commercial House sent a half dozen mammoth cakes to Camp Bushuell for brave soldier boys They i were enormous ones and just as light and delicate as any boy could wish to find on his mother's table There were three chocolate and three cakes and when the boys get hold of them it will be a sight worth witnessing if the i many reports of the wonderful appetites NO EXPORT OF FARM PRODUCE camp life has made are true Spain Will Need All Her Supplies to Feed the Hungry at Home MADRID May is announced that the government will submit to the cortes a forbidding the exportation of wheat flour rye corn and potatoes and removing the import duties on those articles The will be promptly passed and it is hooed that the effect will be to re- move much of the discontent which is leading to riots in different sections Couldn't See It That Way Judge Hull yesterday heard a motion to discharge an attachment in the of Graves aud t against Joseph Fellerath from the Ottawa county court of common pleas The attachment had been issued on the ground that the de- fendant was attempting to conceal erty to defraud his creditors Judge Hull did not see it this way aud the attachment discharged army thus leaving 71 men and as 84 are required 13 more men will be ed who will be taken out of the 18 new recruits Sixteen applications out of 45 have been accepted by Lieutenant Chase and will leave this morning at 6 o'clock for Columbus They James E Geo Baker Andrew A Schabel Jos Meyer Ed G Weber Ora L Nash Will D Harris Harry Sedgwick Chas Max Krowetski John Leder Frank Hiltz Albert W Traut Fred W Rohbacker Frank Reynolds and ter Market The privates who will re- turn home are Rickers Butts Carr deras and Wilcox The new recruits will be mustered in- to service at once The Ford Post cadets of Toledo will also be mustered into the service and will be known as Co M of the Sixteenth regiment as the Hull also provides for 12 companies to JOY AT CAMP BUSHNELL Boys Made Rome Howl When it Was Announced That the Sixteenth Was Accepted Special Correspondence to THE STAR CAMP BULLET PARK LUMBUS O May night was a most exciting one in the Sixteenth ment camp Orders were received im- mediately after dress parade to increase each company to 84 men and be ready to be mustered into the regular service at once Co B was also told that the Sixteenth regiment had been accepted as it is without change in either men or officers Anyone who thinks Co B boys are only play soldiers and that they are ready to back out at the first sign of war should have been here to see the that this news created Cheer after cheer went up from every company in the regiment Groups of men gathered in the streets all excitedly talking over the good news and congratulating each other on the fact that all uncertainty was ended and that the regiment would not go home The captain of each company then went to all of their men and asked each one if he wanted to go home B has no quitters aud the only four in the com- pany who decided to return to Sandusky are those who had previously decided to do so regardless of the orders we re- The boys were sorry to lose them as they are undoubtedly sorry to leave the boys Lieutenant Chase prepared to start at once for Sandusky to recruit the tional men and those are to go home will remain until he gets back The guard detail from Co B this morning is Sergeant Gaw Privates Henry Stawetzki Grathwol Capt Strond is officer of the day This with Lieutenant Chase in dusky and Sergeant Gaw of the guard leaves B rather short of officers Compliments still come B's way Capt Howell of the Toledo cadets who was yesterday on completing his inspection of quarters in the Co B's were the best nient Interest iu company drills and ance is daily increasing among the men as well as among the officers Private DeWitt has been permanently assigned to the regimental color guard This is one of the positions of honor and is given because of proficiency of drill neatness and general deportment Sergeant Rude and the other inmates of mess No 1 are good sleepers and do not always hear reveille and hist the company lined up for mess Capt Stroud stepped to the front of the company and for them pre- sented to Sergeant Eude an alarm dock with the request that he set the alarm at 4 a m and be sure that all up on time in the future The sergeant blushed looked grateful and in his em- marched to mess backward Great honor was bestowed on the sergeant last evening when he became a member of the Co H Snakes The snakes are an exclusive order with but seven members and the sergeant is proud to be known as the deadly casin Anyone who saw Co B as they left Sandusky would not have imagined that among them was a Chinaman in dis- guise least of all that Porter should be the one The discovery was not made until yesterday when Barber Kramer who was about to shave him discovered his qne Ling Lee Porter now ders up and down the street from mess to mess inquiring any washee today After the news came last evening that the Sixteenth had been accepted as it is Co B formed and marched from street to street where they were joined by the other companies and the whole ment marched to the quarters of Captain Weier of Co A and gave three rousing cheers for him It had been feared that his having but one arm would throw him out The captain responded with an appropriate speech in which he sured the boys that he would always be ready to stand by them as they had by him More cheers followed this and then we marched back to quarters Uniforms and equipments for the re- arrived at regimental ters today and were issued to the men E L UPP THE QUEEN MUST ABDICATE She Herself Realizes That the Catastrophe to the Spanish Dynasty Is Inevitable May special dispatch to The Chronicle from Vienna says that the family of the queen regent of Spain are seriously considering the idea of her resigning the with the view to averting an movement and saving the throne for her son Some of the most influential members of the family however are opposed to any such action The Vienna correspondent of the Daily says that well informed circles in that city are not deluded by the optimistic representations that are sent from Madrid It is recognized that a catastrophe to the Spanish dynasty is inevitable The correspondent adds that Regent Christina has been deeply shaken by recent events and has expressed her intention of resigning in order to stop the party cry that a foreigner is guiding the destinies of Spain and so defeat the agitation Invasion Again Delayed Fla May departure of the army of invasion has been delayed and an order to this effect was received at headquarters last night It was to have sailed this afternoon at 8 o'clock for Cuba aud for the departure were about completed
