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'A -1 : VOL. XI. NO. 57, WILMINGTON, N. Ci, TCESDY", &ARCH 8, 1898. PRICE 5 GENTS " -l -I 11 . ' 1 : - J . -j. . . - . . - . - . . . IM' ..... J" ; - - .- . v , . . . . . . . . -. ... . ' , , " ' . ' i f rJ . i . I ....... . .. .- DOWli SHE WITHDR ATVS REQUESTS FOR IiEE'S RECAlili,' ;. . I i : -!-... The President Kef uses to Becll the Con sul General The Montgomery j Ordered to -UTanaCoureas t Place 850,000, OOO At the President's Disposal for Par chasing of War Monitions and Warsb.Jp Th Montgomtrj Supplied wtth Amoiu tion and Ready to jiati ; ' I Washington, Mjaroh ' 7. Theije were no less tnan five iimtoo day "having: a bearing' more let:: less di rect upon the troubled gelations be tween the United States and Spain, viz; The introduction 3n congress by I i i Mr. Cannon; of ia resolution carrying 50,000,000 ff or the public defense; the withdrawal toy th'e Spanish government of its intimated objection (tio.-the con tinuance in office t of Consul General ILee; "the br'der 'to the cruiser Mont eromery to pTOceejd .to Havana in -place, of tbe Fern ;?tne ! (passage of the -bill ttnrouigh tbe 'house, jlncreaihig: the ar tillery arm j by two regiment, jand .the institution of -negotiations 'looking- to thepiirbhase of warships ;f or our navyl iMr. Cannon's . resolution I TrobaMv lead all other t 3'ics in interest, par- ticularly when at it was .the ! resuili became known that Or a CCinf enencp -"bp- tween the author, tflie president, Sena tor Hale tand otner leading 'stpirits in congress. ; . t . . , - f , j . ,- ' SPAIN'S JE3ACK tlOWN. - 'As for Consul general Lee's case, the news of the satisfactory ending of the' ancident throug,h the withdrawal of the suggestion by Spain was expected ass soon as -it was noted that a (loop-hole had 'been left open through' the fail ure to make the comipPjaint in anything like an official shape. Some fear 3s ex pressed that ,tih (consul general will not find his post very 'congenial - now Ahat he knows jie is an, unwelcome g-uest ! in Havana, jlbaiV-the:'a4nTJinistra-. tion is relying up on nis devotion to the weafareof the Americans m! Cuba and American " interest's generally ;to sulb- mat this own; personal iwtehes . to re straint and remain at; his posit 'Late in the afternoon the Spanish charge d'a nor du Bosc, aires received a ciphers cable from th minister of - state at t Mad rid, Senor fullon ! saying:: "You can disavow iChe official applicatJpri "h'as or that any en made for the recall of General t. Lee." This con firmed ; Mr. du -Bpsc's view that a mis-. apprenension nap occurred: and some Sntlmafcion concerning General Lee had been cons'fcrued into a request ! or de mand ror his recall, t whicn ; Mr. du 4 Bosc says with ipositiveness was never "'intended.; r" I ' ;j ., J . '. '.'-: " 'I, , It is learned that the Spanish objec . tion to Consul Greneral Lee is based largely upon his sympathy for the Gu ibans and some of 'his utterances wlvich ' Jh.ve found their way into print:' It is 'Understood.! tha t 'the Spaniard's also tike exceptions to taie friendly rela tions and -companionship existing be Ifveen General Lee and correspond ents of papers,, i vhich-'have ibeendecd dedly unfiiend'ly ito Spanf It is be , iieved 'th'at Server. -de Lome! carried to : Spain papers aha information calculat 7 ed : to make t!h Spanish ovevrnment rqu est the rec. ill of Consul General : Uee. -1 I.;. . : -j. , -. .-j . .';.. I ilAs there fhas (lfeen no designation of . the purpose Avnich prompted the mtro- t -dtit-tfon '.of Mr. Cannon's resolution, ! it ! may 'be said that !the mone is jnianted ' primarily as an emergency fund. It is said 8y officials jwho , will have ''.'tflie dis position df-the treasure ttta.tlitl by no means follows because congress places .such a sum, of njtohey.in the control of the president that he "will; j fell 1 bound to spend all of it. ! fThose who look for a Wtholesale purchase of warships "from J. rt I. ' M -W- - j -A. ne 'oargain counters ox truroipeaa builders. are Qikejly to be disappointed. 'me na7 aeparupeni a. preseni lis in dined to make but one .purchase of this kind, at Tirsl at least, in the, shape of a substantial ironclad. -It does de sire to get possession of" several of the larger class of t rpedo .boat desttroyers, such as the Sbkuu, jof the Russfan navy, vessels of 300 tons able to keep the sea 1n bad weather, ja weak point with our own boats, and capable of enormous speed, such as thit'ty two knots. But such craft are riot for sale a j:, all "times; they are built tp order generally and could not be procured in this manner In less than six months from the date of contract evep in Europe Unless spec ial prices were aid. -mier4 5s no dis position on the . part of the navy de partment to limber the navy ; .with a. lot of trnservicea sle craft in a spasm of fear, but . rather to get a. few 'of the "best vessels to ie had. i. OFFERS OF SHIPS TO T3IE NAVY. The offers of Whips to the navy de- partment are n w j assuming definite and formal s ape. OJunng ..the day Secretary C-ong eceived a call from A. F. Lane, rep: ting . the Maxim ! - TsTardenfeldt Co: pany. and the agent for several .w: completion In These include vessels now n earing e foreign! ship yards: o cruisers! of the type SPA1H BACKS ' Sojal makes the food pure, j I . holeso&c and delicious. of the Cincinnati, which are designed to be twenty . knot vessels, and two ironclads of .fourteen knots, which would be called "ihird class battlesnips under our ratin'gi These are now open to purcnasei and; St is understood that Mr. Lane's visit was in this connection. The two cruisers are 330 feet long, 43 feet beam . Sand 1 16 feet Vlraft. They carry six 6 inch land four.5 inch gums, arid an auxiliary battery. The iron olaids 'have a 13. Inch belt of harvey Ized steel. Their aranament is two 10 inch guns, f out 5 incb, two 6 Inch; six 6 pounders and four 1 pounders. Mr. Lane, regards Jh4se sbips as first class in every particular, as they were j de signed On modern principles and are Ibeang -built by one of the leading shlp-ibuilding- firms ih Europe. They i are well along towatd completion and all four, it 1s said, 6ould ?be in commision within a few months.'" Tney were orig inally designed for one of -the South American republics, bu t there is I said to fbe no ofcligatlon whicli would, pre vent .their acquisition by the United States, Mr. Lane recenitly sold the navy department sixty of the v Maxim-ToT-oenifeldt "rapid-fire guns, and Mis stand ing with- officials! is such as to give hi3 represen'tations as to ships -much weight... . . . I ; -;;''; , H. . ; OTHER TIHNGS iteETJED. j ' There are things 'wanted mucb. more than warships in case of trouble and the army shares' j these needs, so that a fair proportion for the $50,000,000 :would have to go to the war department. These are aibundant i supplies of shot and shell arid pdwder. The army is as snort as .the navy; of these essential stores. It -has ben found greatiy to the gratification of the army officers, that there will not be nearly as much difficulty in securing modern arms for the army, even jon a war footing, as was anticipated. This is because cer tain private gun; makers have just brought out a type of repeating rifle very similar in (general features . to the army rifle, using the same cartridge "of the 30 gauge, and w-ith about as great rapidity of fire. The plants of -these companies are so ' extensive ; tha't' they could turn the: arms out very rapidly so that -the Sprtipgftelds 'm the -hands of the militia coufd -be replaced in short order...,- '." T : ';:.:'; . FACILITIES CF THE COUNTRY -j., ':.:. AilPLE. 'V . In connection .with the subject of purchasing ! naval ammunition, it fc- is said that no contracts liave leen closed but the departmebt nas in'fornred itself fully as. to "haw speedily it could secure every kmd of ammunition and supplies 'in case of emergency.- This : inquiry .has shown, 'in a general way, that the facilities of i this country are ample to meet any demand for powder, projec tiles, cartridge oases, .primers,, fuses, etc. These supplies i are not kept in stock, bowever, and in case Of emer-, genes'1 they ;'woufldhave to 'be made to orders. It is said) that the capacity of on firm for ' turriing out the brown prismatic powder irequired toy the navy is. 5.000,000 jpounds a mon'th, .which, would more? than meet the demands of a conflict. . s I. 1 ' .While no exac ; estimate has toeen made of tlje shares off the $50,000,000 appro prialtin to be alloted -to ammu nition, it isf roughly estimated that at least $10,000;000. .would be assigned, ow ing to the jenormous cost of refiilling the ammunition chests of the warsMps now in service. rAt present there is not enOugli j amon mition on hand for on refilling beyond that now on 'boardj - A single refilMng costs $3,000,-' 000. i 'Each flrst-clfiss battleship carries . 400 (tons of ammunition fWith - the amounts, on -hand; and the refills which are being calculated on, .the navy would have an ample supply Of ammunition, even if the Iships iwere called into fre-' quant action. 'Naval officers explain that a refill -will 'last through several engagements, owing to the limit of en durance of men wpnle inaction. If the guns could be-worked constantly a re fill would toe exhausted in one heavy' engagement; gut jthe guns as' well as the kmen have itheir limit of endurance. These considerations have all been taken unto aeeoun in the rougn general estimates that have 'been made as the r requisite for a suitable equipment df the American fleet. ! ' ;. N ISSUE OF BbXDS NECESSARY. The appropriativjn of $50,000,000 for the national; defense ;for which provisions was made in the bill introduced in the: house to&ay -Jbjr jlr. ;,Canoa,t--wilV. riot involve the issuei of bonds. This an nouncement was tnade by the treasury officials, who staged that the Streasury was amply prepared to. meet any de. mands that will jlikely be made upon it. .One officer said -that the cash amounted to $&56,1,766, of which $204,-; 063,971 was gold; $11,853,834 silver, 1Q7. 564,958 in j paper currency and $33,084, .002 in disbursing officers. toalances etc. , The net available cash on hand, above all liabilities .amdunts to $225,564,203. NO DANGER (TO THE MONT- . i i ' GOMERY. It is not felt at j'flie navy id-epartiment that the people of the Montgomery are taking any! partJclular risk in going to Havana at this ticne for; it is said that even should hostilities break lout, it is a rule df honoraltile' warfare that ithey be given safe convoy out of the ..waters of the 'hostile country1 Of course Gen eral Lee and the ineantoers of the court of , inqu iry at Havjana would be equall y exempt from: molestation The- per-; sonnet of the Montgomery is: 4 . Commander Converse, Lieutenant Commander -and! Executive Onlcer Beld; Navigator Ll eutenanf Hutchins; watch officers.. Ljeutenanit Fie2ds and Ensigns Steiguer, j Spear and Osborne; Surgeon, Tr. Curtis; Paymaster Ram sey; Chief Engineer 'Allen. The ship carries a crew of 22$ men of all classes. TO ! RAISE NEW REGIMENTS AT '.;' : . ';v:':,,-;.;-ill.; y;i!-fM:-'': "Without delay the officers of the adjutant-general's department today gave the necessary orders for the recruiting of the two new artillery regiments au thorized toy congress. The purpose is to enlist, such men as have had 1 servic ; 8n ; the arftllery wherever possible fand no doubt, is en tertained that .plenty of material of the right kind I will Offer. The officers of the new regiments are now toeing se lected. As for the men, it is theplon to assign fifteen soldiers from existing artillery regiment as the nucleus of each newj company, to take hoM of and brake m ithe j new men who ' are enlisted, ad it is expected tnat in a it very short time Uncle Sam will ihave two good regiments. The "headquarters of one of these regiments will toe es-' tablished at Fort Slocum, on Long is land'; sound, commanding' New York, as there are suitable quarters available there. The, destination of Ithe other regiment lias not (been 'decided upon.. No report (has come to the navy de partment j since Saturday ( relative 1 to the work of the court of inquiry at Ha vana, and the news is confirmed to the reports of the newspapers, Which are carefully scanned toy the Officers. The' Castine, wtoich was docsked at Port of France, has sailed for Barbadoes. j The torpedo boat WinsTow lias arrived - at Charleston en route to Key West. The Oregon, wtoHoh has been fitted with tn bilge keels at the Bremerton dock on Puget sound has sailed to San Fran- ciscO. i ;"'.;:' . -.f."--!" ' '. : THE PRESIDENT FULLY BUS- '"...j;...-; . 'TATNE. ; J . '': The sentiment at the capital today -and espeoially in the house side was unanimous: in suppoa't of the action of the president in declining to recall General Lee. The dmimene gravity of the situation seemed profoundly to im press the (members who stood about! the lobbies .before he liouse met. With-! out regard to party, all united im com-: mending the president's firm stand and: the unanimous desire expressed was in support of any measure deemed' neces sary to maintain the American conten tion. I 'j ;.'-..j'-: '. ' '.- ".-:; :(,' '(:..":;"':.;.'? Senator 'Hale, chairman cif the senate' committee on naval affairs and also chairman of the sulb-committee on ap-! propria tionis to consider" the n-avaS bill, said today tlhat he had suggested toi Secretary Long, of the navy depart ment, the advisability of making the purchase of. any supplies asr might be considered necessary . in the event of war with . -the understanding 'the funds for them would be provided by con gress. r . '. .' ' ; ": .-! There' was a conference last evening at the residence of the Senator Hear, of Massachusetts, wihich Was attended by members of the catoinet, senators and1 representatives. Borne of : these" known to be present . are : Secretarjes Long and Alger, Judge Day, assistant secretary of state; Senator Allison and Representatives Dingley and Cannon. It is also known that some democrats: were present. (Assurance - were given; the representatives of the admiinistra-. tion) that any amount of. funds that were deemed necessary would toe pro--vided by congress to . put rthe govern ment in a state of defense and that the ministration .would be i 'backed in anything that was thought necessary. The, result of the conference was a meeting of. Secretary Alger and Speak er Reed today and a conference at the White house today' of house and senate -leaders, followed toy the, introduction of the $50. 000,000- defense bill,; toy Mr. Cannon. . . . . . . . . - . ;. : NAVAJL SUPPLIES WANTED SecretaryLong sent, to congress"1 fo day) for inclusion "" in Che urgent deft- ciency bill; an estimate of an appropria- . tion-ot $100,000 to toe immediately avails able for. the equipment of vessels in the navy for the present fiscal year and 1 for the immediate supply of 10,000 tons of coal -to ; Key West. 1 i. TO SEND THE MONTGOMERY - i -i - . TO j ;; ; ; ..L HAVANA. The dicisiion of the navy department concerning the sending of ships to Cu ba was made known at 2 o'clock this afternoon: when 'the following "brief statement was posted toy the bureau of navigation:; j The Montgomery wil relieve the 1 Fern at Havana. The Fern will carry provision's to Matanzas vand Sagua la Grande." ; "" ;. ' ; . j.; i This conclusion 'was reached after conferences between the officials of the s'tate and the navy departments, and is understood to. toe such an j adjustment' as will not lead to further objection by the! Spanish government. The Fern is a dispatch tooat without heavy arm ament or guns, although she belongs to the navy and is technically a naval vessel.' ' As she comes as near being a transport as anything in our naval service, her selection wIH ; acord -with the "Spanish suggestion that a trans port or merchant ship undertake this carriage of relief supplies.-; j , - The j sending of-'the tMontgomery to Havana is primarily fcistendeid to re plaee the Fim, Svihich 'is .now at Ha vana The Montgomery is' an unarm oed cruiser of 2,089 tons,, with an ar mament of ten' guns. The pJans of the navy departineiat are to nave the Montgomery s"tart for Havana at ence, in order that the . Fern may retuSm to Key West in time (Co take on the reiief supplies reaching .there next Wednes day, . Tt will toe .the second visit of the Mon'tgomery to Cuba; as sne ihas only, recently return-ed, from a trip; to San tiago de Cuba and Matanzas. i Capitain Crowningsfieild, chief of the bureau of navigaltJori, eays that no time has been fixed for the . stay of the Montgomery at Havana, as the only decision thus far I reached is that she will replace the Fern tbiere for the present.: The Mont gomery will toe 'the first United Sta'tes w-arshifp art 'Havana sincie the Maine disaster. :,V ' ,: 1 ''!"::l. MR. CAiNNON'S N'ATTCXNAXi DE CFENSE ! AfPPROPRIATION ! BILL. . Ch-airmam Cannon, . of the appro priations conriimSttee, today mttroduced a bill entitled:. "Making- Appropria'tkxns for the National Def entse."j Is is as follows:- K-! ' '": r ;"' ;) ""Tnat. tAere-is heretoy aprrfprla cd out any money in the- treasury mot otherwise appropriated fori the naltaonal defense arid for each and every pur pose cceanected r 'therewith; to toe expend ed at ttoef discretion of the president and to remain available until June 30, 1S99, $50,000,000." I f ' I . ! It was referred ito Ithe committe'e on a.pprcipriations.1 : Tt win toe xmsidsered at the j postponed meeting of !the conmm'ttee tonaorrow' and probably re port'ed f or mianediate action. So far as known Itbere will be no; vote against it. There is little? doubt expressed among senaltors that the bill win toe promptly considered and speedily passr ed when it reaches the senate. Senators who favor the: bill say It is a peace Qnd. not War mteasure and some ex pressed Jtbe. opinion that it would .toe more effective If ft carried $100,000,000 ins'Cead of $50,000,000. HOW SPAIN'S DEMAND WAS . ' MADE. Madrid, MarcW 7. The de-tails of: l 'Spain's ret?ire,st that the United States ! gm'emmenireca,rl Consul General Fitz- tough. LeeJxm his post as ccmsud gen-: era! of tkLurilted States at Havana: - are as;f0t7ws: The United States Minister, "fiferal Stuart L. Woodford', toad 4a ccifsrnce j at the Spanish, for eign! minify, on Thursday last, : witih Senor Gulji' ?vthie mindtster for foreign affairs,- asnf a!h official cf the minis' try for fomigraffairs. who acted as in-: fcerprter GuUoin expressad the, desire -oif M Spanisii governiment (that; toa .recalled "as proof of; General the good ! 11 of the United ala,tes. General1 'ordi " oatofted unmediately to Washiinton On, the 'sutoiet aind . the ' -reolv irJf tfc& TTtnt?Hod tSta.As wa rom-.' reply of its UmlitJed States . was . com mfunicatedil'ot 9enOr Gullon on Satur cay.i ' - .-. i , Some ofMhe' Spanisth provincial pa pei's rfeif . to thie' matter yeberday, tout the n j-spapers of Madrid ihave not maldieillly reference to itl" .' . i-'HaApmardi- 7.-On account of the aitem jefed smUgglimg from New York, thk? 7as,tonv3 eflicers give careful exaira3na!t4i4:bf all . consignment of re- i ltef suppi, . -Except on the order off j ZL v,- - -iJr .-uwmj. tifcm of qui? foe has -.been prohibited for , .time. . ! I-ywas found thait much. pul- nine mads mt -way into the nands of the iclsurgeritisKoi official information 3s accessible ipncerning ifhe reported, de portation Americain correspondents. Several ii.;fricians weWe pas'san'gers on the ' Wardjf Jln'e" Istleamler Ckihcoho this ; .'rmr'ini:!! -"b&aajxsg 'm tMe,.' .State of -public .tfew'ip&Jfe' -it is wwCh noting that th'areieie thirfty-two 1 balls and . more OTf-laL etatoorace parties m Ha Vana lagtffsb't.' '-':.,-. . ; Ij'. . ; '"'j; ; : ''- jATT. LEESAiYS. Geaeralzhugh Lee, consul general of 'the ITd 'States, .. was-'j 'questioned today regfafg: Spain's dcttn-aaid for his recall. anHlifaad : 1 ishaia continue to do my duty,M iioh-as 'to guard, kmerican ' ..." ; ?".is.; - i?. . . arjpere2!fs!. j.jit,znugh JLee, my son, came to yisi tn during- . the sholrit; Vacation granted ft li-toy tbe -Ctoesapeake anct Ohio rall4'., 'r'He. wias 'lere before, has' :maniyieaiki3 and wfflj return tq the.:UhStS'tes-;'reiii his vacation is oyter-bl fwjeek.; Mrs. -Lee is not ill: ."nor Is lhryi3!usi.-: Ihave. nct written her amy tin f r to alarm to'er.- I have had' nb need to'lo so."- '' ' .: --l, v;.,Tiie 'Sp"4i$! :. steamer .Alfonso XIII, toas rcacnlf this port f rem Spainy hav ing on iboa; 1,233 soldiers. ' ' " ;-: : i v , ' " A 5N1FICANT . ORDER. Key Wl-Fla,, March 7.avai of ficers hsereiitaii scarcely learned of -Admiral Sid ajt's1 order dirfecltirig the de-. parterre '4ftJie cruisers Nashville and MbritgomS fVr .Matanzas ! and Sagua la Graadejith supply for:the recon- j resdi'nS-' I A telegram from Wash- t erence "bi-een Admiral Sicard and Cbmbnanfl tV'ieis't'and snortly after 3 o'clock ljolral iS4card couktermianded helKrd2Mlsnjed, ait-noon : aid.sdmte!d,;: tffiat theItgomery?p possible, lavana and the Fern was again ajs.?tTied to the duty of cairrynig suppl-tes'Matanaas. -Thel Montgom ery itourrjfedly ;cle, and work night.. Ifihardly expected, that kye TrSf i unanimous vote, the Hawfley toill, pro and her artur? may toe furthier de- i ' J ' v layed. " TJfficial reason for 'the Mont- j viding for two aSdditional regiments of gomery,S;yng; to Havana is that Eihe artillery was passed under suspension is mrelyi relieve the dispat tyA. W Fern. A'a-val officer one of the few ; wnoattamethisdispatctoisS aware ie later Clhange Ot -'Plains said thatthought it -most: significant thatr a c.iser of the Mcntgomery's calibTe sMTSid: be sent to take ithe place of a n! Watch boat, f ; ' This afSfcon the torpedo boat For- ter arrivp&om Mobile. The torpedo tooat Culling ' will probaly have to toe laid uo -fo repairs and tne 'Jicsson is , in none tfgood condition. !AQIM;UN priON FOR THE FLEET. ; The, , M'iory 'Line1 steamer Alamo arrived &e ; Jthis mornin- from New j York wiliirat cargo Of ammunition for f the Uniiteiptates fleet, a greater part ! of z wnichfMi intended for Oncmna'tlMi:'-!- -j. . - THE Mt&fTGOMERY READY TO ' The corespondent of the Associated Press werlfebn; board the cruiser Mont gomery lalffltbtiight. The coaling had toeen. sujwjjj'io, TOir: ing er .i . i"5t.i ti I u. . ; as the men were tod pacMng away tons Of ammunltiMto ' perform this additional "-.:'" j r i No, we cf( dt mind goings to (Havana- a' toK. Whall toe off in the1 morning unless we'J.let ainother , countermanding tJ TiJ.". 1. . . . n . . 1 . order. TTe1 on the .im$p; Where were. and we toardly know With provisions and anrniimiti 1 aboard, however, we are prepated.VSf go anywhere. nave not the rnnotlfjfclea how; longj we shall toe in Ha"a(n5ai It seems only in accord ance witbie naval deparrnents poU 3cy that tpMre going. Thej department wants thjern. to cany provisions to Cuba; 'tlhllAzn'ey boat Bache is being used 'to :-:9Jg' back the tooddes of the Maine y i&f t&g and so, witto 'the court of inquiry Havana; ft is absolutely mecesjsarvt f iiat some boacs- should De at Ithe dilhosatt of the American offi cers thereat 4a addition to the lighthouse tender. MMrrove.'" LONONiflMES ON THE NEW SIT- : . I .vp;-rurnoN.' r - rz;. Indon 'ilarcli 7. The Times says ed'ltxwIhs morning: fTf Spain is placed in ti fi awkward pesitioa respect ing i the :ft inciKJent, she must thank the in4is4tioia r t:!reign: Office. She" cannktoSanie .President McKinley. Mr. Canrif f s toill can Mardly- beexplaa ed br jKalee'. incidtoL.. .4s protoably due to tsrumor that SJpain Is rarr clasas4ngp''lj''Vs-s. ::.'We 'do notVtoe lievej thaIaia desires wajr, tout if she doesJ.''th5sEpenoe;of AfrnMrlca'si alert mess !' oflferifa;,' tjqiost effectual check. PresddentjCcKb-ley appears to "be ad bermg ioy 'iiriy j to the policy of firm ness, cauln. and jacifip icircumspec ticei toe toaJhithisinbo pursued. No doubt, he has th.eupport of the j sober and conscSentiiW mass o?f thet American people, toui :ie has toad to f ac;e outbursts of popular ilamor that a weaker man might -heu?f mistaken for the voice of the courit'l v The cotmpBcffty of Uie Spanish eternmsent la the Maine dis aster ,fe::ibypahes ;.:to6'- mcnistxvnxs nmd irratlshal o toe entertained : and, except ttoil there 4s niothlnig rnipossltole of arran: toeJtween1 Spain and Aimeica, while tire intractable nature of Cuba' disorders camndt tout inspire t'houghtful Amcricans with a serious dioubt as fto the wisdom of annexation," MINISTER GULLON'S VERSION OF :Ei , THE AJFFATR. '; . ; . Madrid, March 7. El . Liberal says to day: Seinor GuHan, Ithe foreign mln 3sterrs iias informed; the journalists that Spalln toiavin; prdtestetd to Washington on the; subject of seaAiing two men. of war' ito Maitanzas amd: Sagua. to, carry relief to the Cu'bans, the Anverican gov ernment decided that the vessel should, not toe nven-of-war. Senor , Gullon has w xn quaten-regent. " ON iTHE NAVAL VESSEL" MAJTKET. Wiashington, Marcih 7. A naval of v ficeri whose name waai not .ototaihable, will leave .toiere tjomorrow' 'on Wis way to Butrope 'to inspect naval vessels that are 'building . there, ..)' . -: , The following telegrata was received today at the state' departmentt fronx Consul General (Lee: t, tIi . tTJrol 'A3tant Secretary of State, Washirfg- ton: i "Pirscn stobulld .be cautioned: not to send; cpnsignmieafts tto private parties ma'i'ced care Consul General Lee. A box came recently marked which '. was founii to contain Jewtelry, bric-a-torac, etc.-: Custom house officials demand) du ty on such' .sMpmfettts. f ' P'LEE." p JTHE COURT OF ENQUIRY. HavanJa,, Marchi 7. Tihe court of in quiry .held its usual eessT'cins today, ex amining Ensign Powelson and the div ters'iiplans. The Spanisto divers Work when, they desire to do so. r- The day was I beautiful , an'd the .wreckers: ad vanced steadily 4n clearing away the debris. ' Many articles of personal value to the officers of the Maine are recover ed from time to time.. 1 v Kiev ' West, March '. L-Tite "coast steamer Bactie arrived here from Ha- i n .I-, -i.T .e vana having on (board the remains of six more victims' of the disster to the Malifie. They were buried with 'the same, ceretaomes 'observed , wtoen the first body was buried 'on Thursday. last; and! the funeral procession was also in the sam'e order. PATRIOTISM RAMPANT In the American CongTMS The House Passes Amid Enthusiasm the Bill to In crease the Artillery Force. .V--' '-".".!' SENATE... iWash'jngton, March 7. Today's ses- J siOn of the senate, was devoted entirely ito consideration of the restrict of Co- j lumbia appropriation (bill. At the hour ! adjourn.meft.t the trill toad not been disposed of and its discussion will toe continued tomorrow. 7 .j..-.Tie:. bill' as' ft. passed tbe house car- ried $3,606,647. By the senate ;ccmmit- f. . -.. i i - - .-. - tee, the appropriations were Increased $1,469,650, making the total amount of the bill as reported to the senate $7,076, .298. '- : v: ;K -;- ; .'."' : - ' 'Z - "z HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, i The spirit of patriotism was rampant1 in the toouse todav and tov almost an z ' ... ,. . i .but Mr. Bailey, the ;uciuuwif.iraM;i, 'ywjueu. Lur.auvie ijixxit? than the forty minutes allowed under : he rule, and -because it -was refused i:U WL;' -u-V V-n, -' '. af ter the bill had toeen passed he in- ! ;augurated a filibuster, against District 'jot i Columtoia legislation that continued ' aU day. Mr. Bailey desired to speak in i1" -um, uui wuw nut ssl imie. During the day he toad several sham tilts with the speaker. '.'- Most of the time in' favor of the bill f was consumed in one minute soeeches. Air. 'Hull and two reoublicans refrain- Wl ;;frlrm rofflrrinp- .tr. qti-v am&tr'sxnv tout some of the democrats wtoo spoke did; and Mr: 'Williams, of Mississippi. referred directly to probable War with ; Spain. 'Every expression construed into a reference to a support of the government: in a, possible crisis was received with applause. v ; Mr. "HUil, in opening the debate,, ex - pTalned toriefly the necessity for these 'tnen to man the coast defenses of the "Vrtn-nH-v- . Tint Julv let :W 9U gQ and 232 mortars would toe mount- eu, -o in an. unese guns rtuireu. xs men t-n (handle .rtoem arid in time of fWar sixty. There were -tout 4,025 ar tililerymen ail told in the service, j The fguns emplaced July 1st would require 7,000 men, regardless of any exigency that might arise. Even if no exigency arose these men, toe fnsasted, wOuld toe necessary to care for the fortifications ahdguns upon wnich we were expend ing millions - of dollars. ' The charge ktotat this toi'll was an attempt to in crease the' standing army, to toe ; used possibly to overawe the cities, toe said, he considered too lrrvoious to discuss. Mr. Jones, democrat, of Virginia, the other democrat Who opposed the toill, insisted . that the ' bill was not a war measure ; if had been recommened for several years. He claimed that it made a.'radical change in the. line of promo tion. He thought if any emergency ex isted the present arUHery regiments should toe recruited up to their 1 full strength. jFour thousand men - could thus be added to that torancto of the service without creating two addition al regiments. .!--. : !:.- !" - Mr. Stoafroth, of Colorado, v caused a round of .applause When toe expressed . !hls regret that a single yofce should be raised "against sucto va bill 'at ksuch a time. There was no- denying the fact that our foreign re.atVrs -with Spain were on the eve of a' rupture, j War ouht to toe averted; If possible, tout we; ought . to prepare at once, (he said, for every emergency. I '! : - - :-Z.. 1. V -. Mr. Williams, democrat, of Missis sippi, said that "while tois voice' was now, as ever, for peace it seemed ab-: solutely certain that paicp was forcing U3 into war., To : extricate . ttoie reigning family from the desperate straits into Wtoscu she was placed by ber, futile at- tempts to subjugate Cutoa, J , The bill was then passed without di vision. The great chorus of ayes was offset toy three voices on the minority side, Messrs. Cox, democrat, of Tennes see; Jones, democrat, of Virginia and Todd, fusionist, of Michigan. At 5:40 p. m., the house adjourned.: THE RECEIVERSHIP CASS. AGAINST THE WESTERN NOHST. CAROLINA RAILROAD, i The Coataatlon that Its Charter T&tm- and Title Were not Transferred by Sale Under Second Mortgage Ma ea teres t in the fertilizer Tax CaseA in the Fedrral Court Coinpanl:e f 1 SState Guard Recruiting The lr Textile School . . . Messenger Bureaix, t Raleigh, N. cl, Marcb 1L The siherifl there today served popexs on. Vicfe. Presidenlt A. B. Amdrews. cC' the Southern railway, in the matter cCT the order 1 of - Judge. Mclver as to 23xe ' appodniment of a receiver In 1SS9 o . a special sessiori of the legislature Ricnmond; and Danville railway bairsJLC for $750,000 the. istate's interest ia! thtisr road. The state was) at tempting H' touild the road and there was a greaiL clamor for' a sale. The money Ijivttav paid in cash, and that year there w . no state tax. The legislature, made tjbe sale and there was joy that" the state- was rid of the road at so fine a bargain. The buyer also gpald interest on $3,0GQ.--000 of the first mortgage bonds, rthCTe toeing about the same amount of seconS: mortgage bonds on which none;; was paid. There was also a floating debt. quite large, mainly from accrued terest oh second . mortgage toonds . 2xt 1893 ; the Southern bought in thejroaa at a f oreciousre sale toy virtue trf ca federal court decree under the second mortgage, j subject to thej lien ...c tle-: first mortgage. The sale under 1 tur foreclosure of the second mortgage, 3hx. is now conitended, did not carry Char ter rights and title to the property armoL It Is further contended that the Wait era North Car'olina railroad is still in tact and did not lose its; identity us other roads wtoich were sold under f era closure of first mortgage. .This corrtesc tion, is. ; based on Judge Douglas opin ion in the "James damage suiSc The state's sale of its interest fa isastfe was to Clyde, Oufopd and; XjoganJ T-afE? property was Yo be held so long as in : terest on ithe first mortgage bonds was paid. " : ' ' j! . The extraordinary dryness of Febra 'ary will toe made plain by the state ment ithat only .42 of ari inch of raua' fell, the average for ithat; month 'bears' . aibout 'four inches. The mean tempe na ture was 41 degrees or three under'tla& average. : !. ' The railway commissioii; toas npJt Tt .'passed : upon the question of lis j rigifit forbi-d, yhe - Issue "of itoer-'gUte five-. passes.. )..:' I; '.-('.'.". -1 '; Superintendent Mewboorne, f - tlae- . penitentiary, says the manufacture brick there will, toegin this week todL. will toe On a larger scale than ever fore. He finds the manufacture; pays There is a good deal; of interest in the result of th'e cas'e now before he United S tates supreme court, 'invoivfris: the "legality of ' the tonnage tax oh fer tilizers. Only one company and owe attorney have pressed : this case. I It a-. said that -the other companies do taXL in the least object to the tax jof 23.. . cerits per ton. A toill was 'introducci& in the Tast legislature, at the suggest- -tiflft of the agricultural j department reducing :the tax to 20 cents per ttica , tout it did riot pass. V a . I : f Most of .'the companies jof thej stake guard 'are recuriting. fSome are! ad vertising for lecruits, between the ag.-cf . of 21 and, 40 years of, age.1 f Yesterday morning there was an cendiary fire, acom panned toy. an cr- -plosion in a Durham drug s'tore, trhlcte Wrecked, tbe Windows. Some .cferics who were, asleep in . the toulldihg barely escaped wSth:their lives. . 1 - The promoters of the state textfkt school, wtoidh it is . proposed to estab lish here as an adjunct to the agrfcxrl tural and meohan'ical college, say tSxy will toe In a .position to place the; mat ter in a very strong way before lire next legislature..;. !- '- ! ' ' "Hj. ' The peniteritairy superihterident sa&st. hie is at a loss to "know Why the federal ' convicts from South Carolina are 4ot to be sent "here, They are not Incloclafi " in -the order 'of the attorney general Convicts are to grade the railwacr from toere to the Cape , Fear river. 3t is expected to ha"e it In operatBort by July. 1 ' , ' Z :,!!-'. -.i ,U W Ex-Private Secretary j J. E. Afexar ! der was ont today, after quite a seve?e, attack of the measles, i . ; , ' :. . The supreme court teas iheard j argu ment (ini the important 1 cases of i State -Treasurer Worth against Stewtost Brothers, of WSnstJoin, ex-state prinfteMt involving $20,000, wtorich the tneasuret daims was collected toy the Stewart improperly, toeing in excess of the reaX 1 .cost of the work, '.;,-'' ..I ,.'.' .. j... A.- To Be a Notable Masonic Meetinc ' (Special to The. Messenger.): : ' Raleigh,- N. C March Arranjjr ments were made today for a notable at- etnbiagc here the latter part of .2aes". probably about the , 24th or 23th, of. tlm grand chapter, the grand council,' axtd the .grand commandery of Knights Tem plar and rhe Mystic -Shrine, all MasoisaBC i bodies. A committee- is appointed make arrangemnts, composed of. Jnou CL Drewry, Wm. Simpson, ; R. H. BradlrK W. A. Withers and John Nichols. !.Thte will be a particularly handslome j recep tion and it Is to be; made an exten-ar-affair. . . - i ; Governor Russell has gone to Wilmirs ion, to be absent until' Thursday. .;: 'Notice is given ' that ? five vacant i Xcwrtii Carolina scholarships - at the PeabaCy university at Nashville, TennL, are to'b& filled. " ' .'.-.ZZ:A ! Bcusell Wants No 8oeeMor to B ' Elected j 1 '. :' (Special to The Messenger. Raleigh, - N.? C, z March 7. Governnr Russell Jet it be understood today 12iat. he did not desire any election of psxftfi dent to be' made at tomorrow's metia of the Atlantic and North Carolina xaal way directors. ,J-,;v : ! - i- . WMl' "z
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 8, 1898, edition 1
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