VOL. XI. No. 70.
WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY-MARCH 30, 1898.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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TO LIBERATE CUBA.
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STRONG" RESOLUTIONS IN J BOTH
I : HOUSES ! OP CONGRESS, f
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v t la the Senate Resolutions Are Introduced
V DKecognfzing. Cuban Independence, for
"Intervention In Her Behalf and; Declar
Y'Ibk War Againpt Spain A Resolution for
tTeclaratlon of War Also Introduced; In
jiu nunie senator Biaaon declares l r
J War The Bouse Kef uses to Pay Claims
' " or Heirs of Mrk K. K. Ie j j "
' ': - "SENATE. . ' ':'
WaShto'gtJon, joiaroh. 29. inlt ;rest in
' Why.' iCuUan iltanalt'km thiej toteaiest
mig'Wt also be termed exditemie!hit,so in
tense was it reafchled a elsmaj: in rtflie
proceedings of itlhe eeha'te (today.
j. 'As on previous days of dlislai sion. of
the 'Cuban question, thousands of peo
t pie flocked to the oapiitol, onlly 1 , few of
'wnom; oompairaruveiy, cauuu geiti aamis-
Bmt no xne: gaueres. ...-.'- . :-
rWdt'hto five tornrUites after tlhK sehiate
convened ISenator 'Allan, erf llNtebiraska,
- intriodluwetd a resolution- recogniiaiing Ithe
Snd'epenld'eracie of :tfti! OAfbain repyh'Iifc;
- This was 'if alloiwed by a resoliiti on pro-"
' f posed! (by ISetnator Rawl'tos, toil' Utah,
; dlaolartog war against the Minigdtetm of
Epalm iSanatorj 'Foraleer, of Ohio, tihten
. iintrodufced . a resolution declarants: for
such, toterven'tiin in (the Cuban,
i t . i.
ivpar aa
would (bring : about ; the to'dependence
of .the Cubans. Following this tame a
' resolution !by Ssha'tor FryeJ of Ma!:irue,1
.! ojemanidHng What Cuba be jmad'e fnev;
The resolutions; followed one neither
f rapidly as.aimosit to stu'rt. Itlhie atiidii
'".fikr's 'both seinaitors axvd epiectatiora. . .
This was 'Che iaandUtifon .whem t!hle v;?de
rresiklem I'vogn'izoiil Senator iM'ison, of
lllkniai'S, ior'liis annopnioed spieeclll cm itlhe
' presJiidsnit'is 1! "orielasalg'e traini3miiitft.Ln& 'to
JjcnigTtaB tlhe 'fSndifngs of thlej aiaiine
' - tiauirt of 'inqiuiry. ' jj :
( tSeinatior IMasoh -read lliiis spe'ecjh from
m1 nTtainuciript. 'but ft waiS. d'elivetrid; wUtlh
,: al4 Che v iff or 'jiind fire of iwtttSth he.is
I! fapa'ble. IThe'n'tonisiity of tlhe ifefeiliimg of
.'tihcee ;in 'tlhe 1 gjailleriea waa' tjvSditfnioiod
(by 'tlhe Btn'rm f applauae rwLHh, wiaia
' , telLcait'ed- :by hi d'eclara'tiion itihat jhle was
(Tor iwarJ 1 iVtce Pretesiidemit I lu-Mrt : nadt
lifflnillby in suppreseLn tlhe deirTlonisiOraJ
, Won-.. A . . -. M , i. . : 1
LAflt'er Sena'toi? Mason's spadcihy. tihsi
entate "' paisaed Sevenity-fdutrf,p,rHia)tia
ipenlslon 'bills aind foHmwed thite ondier
' .-with eulogies on Che late Senia:a"'Barle,
' of jSouitih iQaroTiinia, onie of tlbe Itioslt re-
' mar'kablie .of -w'h'i'cih was jpronoifaicedi by
tSertaitor Tillmah, a long'-'ttoer-poliL'tiidal
opponcmt of Oen-eral Earle. i ijj; (j : !
Siemaitor aiorrijll, of Wrmon-t. ;f pom 'Ihe
flnia'noe cojmimiittee, reporlt'ed a j'ojiinlt fftes
cfluitiian pro-wiicLig; for (tihie ini'Efcijritlaitiioin,
free of klulty, of Tn'nifcary supAiiea ese-
-dureld abroad inito' hje. U-nite BtajUes
(anid'aked for jits irn'riwdiafe comsJdier
laltiotovi It was passed. ' 1 ; j !'f4 : S' "
The reaoluiti'op ,of Bana'tbr ; RaAvliinl is
o,s" follows: iu . ; 1. i i.
Whereas, fPhe ; war : wagfefd. toy i 'tlhie
iingidom olf Spain aga'imiat tlhe people of .
Cuba .(Was d'estrjoyed the cwnnmroe he-
ween ; rtlheim" and the people voif,- itple pnii-
id States, amd its reyiival wlill be !im
ipossibie so long as isuidh war may oonr.
ttiinu-e, iiind, ' .j- - . - ; ' . ;,
.'Whereas,' Byi tlWe. au'tihiori'tiy.. of l.jtlhat
i UcJjig'doimv Jin the Kumrse or sujeta war
; maiidn lAmeriidan property jliiaigi been tiie
! stroyeld and iriany A.m.er'ioan: 'Atizens,
w'ltihout Juit cause, hare been imp'ris
t oned and eomef assassinated- . ii . .tnieir
I prison yaells; and, . I- - j
i Wherwus, While our ship Maine wta!s
ia't ahidh'or in 'the. liarbor of jHayana
withifn :tQi'e domiihikn ankl Wnidier phle ocin
i 4riOl of lihe- 'kirigdom of jSpa'in alt a place
designated toy her authority 'that sihlp
eun'd most of iPh 'menon'board.inftJhesar
i X'lfce of their tooium!tr',. 'by 'the lekpliostom
of . a submarildie mijgje, were TOlfuiaiy,
i iwic'ldeidly and k ftr e'aidhieroaiSs'ly ijnanigled
and" destroyed: i and, - ' " I I .'
- -"Whereas, The Jking'dom of iSiaiin "hag
1 proven herself hcoan;petent to tpanquill-
ix'p- the island iof Culba, etttiher toy- th4
methods of peace of toy aneansj of oiv
Slized warfares and, aocordtagly, !haa
i (rrbceeded to malfe desolate t'he homes
i (Of. 9. peaee'ful inhaibitants,-' driving
! m.en, womin and ohi'ldreai toto uardefd
j camps, detaini-n'g them there without
t snaking iprOvison to slh'elter, cotihe or
I tfeed thetm, thiik Alilliful'ly oausifiig their
! Octe.rmmat!ioin ,to th4 numiber of tiun
1 ulreds of . thousands iby the slow I and'
i torturous protoesa of starvation; and,
Whereas, (Against these . wrongs,
' rtgamt ; these jrevoltiing vaet's -of Intou
f -niaijii'ty 'tihls ,gitiverniment ;toas t m;and
again ima'de peaceful protest .to I the
' kungdom of Spaiai, at the saibe time
i -nkl favoring Iby a (helpful) charity to
relieve those wihoirt she nas thus
i Drought to sudh dire dvtress fend our
t reneated jr'rotebts1 Oiaving' I beejn diere-
i prarded and our efforts of ph.ilairttihrppy
'j Biavrnjg1' proved pu'nayailing, : ana, f
! Whereas. .Firmly convinced that fur
t her peaceful .protesit.fWill (provd eq-uaily
Irn vain arid that-t'he reeognuioh of the
1 ih'deDendehce of the rW-puiblte 'bt Cuba
i tfvnd' 'armed antervention In tf 'btfhaTf
, uy t'hiis govemnrent wm aion w -i
Tec tire for the redress of past and the
i 'prevention oi aoirure vyrouBw, -aiii, ,
AVihereas. '.While regretting' thje neces
4ilvr-in ow imoerdous f or tfucfh aotlion,
i Cu.t mindful of our duty to a nelghbor-
i 3ng ijexpie and fto humanity, and with a
i clear conscflousneBS as to the jjustness
; . nf our cause and that our action; wnu
mteet with the: approving judigjmienit of
in M civilized toeoDles. Now. therefore, ibe
It. - i ' - - -
! Ro5s.,iv.-v,1 Ibv! the senate and nouse
f;rpre,sentat'iV-1es of the Unitejd StJa'teia
"of America in onlgresi3 1 aseemiiotiea,.
That . t'he independence of : ttoa repulb
Ucs of Ouiia (bei and the same is jhertfby
T.;oVnized and that .war against the
3cinedom of iSbain be and the same 13
' htereiby declared, anld the feresid'einit i
toerebv aut'horiiztid and directed to em
il5y the land iand naval foreeb: o'f ; the
M.r'i t'ed States of America tofwa'ge such
war to: success - ' I
r 'Senator Ma.3i first spoke of rlie con-
dibion of affairs in CuHba and tfne pk?
tures painted Iby ;those who had visited
(the island. ! . . ,
J ' Speaking of! the destructloii . of 'the
L Maine. iSena tor Mason said :
' "Tha battaehip Maine, our gallaut
j fhin went, down' and 268 of our gallant
citiiz-en sailors with Jher, Uf Che time,
- I ev-erv-; ei.f zan Of tih United Stjates;; fa
TrtUiar Wl'ttt-'!! Spanisn cnarr.tej-, .treit
otifi.hnt it l wa.3- iSipamsh .tteachery.
Suppose ninety of the sailors Who were
Tnurdered hf d; 'oeea unirea wws ssou
ators: su,inose the .balance natt been
an'em.be.r8. of pgress ,or made p . of
Juidiges and l'eawnS" - frofess4i6nal and
Ibusiness .nien would forty di-ys .nave
elapsed before war ibbegand or sup-
jpose each., sena'tor had a sort or a
atfher itlhere? j Do. we tell, our children
fch truth w-hien we say that the f life
of -wery American citizen is of equal
Tbe Royal is the highest grade bakiaig powder
known. Acteal tests show it goes oae
: Iklrd further thsa aoy ether broad.
Absolutely Pure
"HOVAt SAtUlrti WrtM CO., MEW VOBK..
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value tbe'fore Che law? They were not
senators, they I were sailors. Their
widows and orphans cry alouid to us,
the silent appeal of 268 eainen comes
to us again, sayimgV 'We are flesh of
your fleSh, .bone iof your .bone and (blood .
of your (blood, We lived and. died tor
the flag" that shields you.' What is to
ibe our answer? iShall we- answer with
anoney? : 'Mr. ;Presidenit, I speak only
for myself, and I ami for war., I But
gen'tlemen jmayf say? "Don't say you
are for war say that you, are (for arm
ed intervention! which means war I
believe in allinig 'things iby thteir right
name,: dif we ibelieve that murdering
our tmen, singing our ship and lowering
our flag -is notjocause. of war, say so,
and refer it, as: they-did the Virginius
affair, and allow our fbroUhers to toe
sold. In4e stock for gold. If is tts a cause
for. Wair let's assume the reponslbilaty,
put ufbn his toy the constitution and
say !sd,( not only to Spain, tout to tfhe
Whole fworld. IJelt us not say -one thing
and mean another. ' For feod's sake let
us-not SpaniShize our dlplomaeies, tout
rather speak the truth and prove our
selves true disciples of James G. Blaine
I'Ve loan Ihjde no longer under the
executive wing.h lie can neither de
clare war nor refuse it. Congress 'alone
can declare war. I for one am. ready
to vote now. But there are those who
say that the coiirt does mot fix the re
sponsibility. It iwas not aiecessary, the
peace-at-any-price'. man cannoit escape
so. The law flxe - the responsibility
Tlhe. explosive was owned, located anSd
exploded toy Spain and Spain must: an
swer.; - .'!. j ' - :
"I shall oppose any plan - to assis't
Spain to' place jany kind "Of -autonomy
on Outoai Stpaiii cannot ibe trusted to
keep her promdse and we cannot un
dertake to'cVumpel ftier
"Let us awake? Shake off the Chi
nese' narcotic that lock's u's in drojwsy
indolence, murmuring Veace at any
jprice;' awalte,; as our forefathers did
at Concord and jBunker 4iiU; awake to
glorious ' war agaiinst a nation - that
Iburns (home's and murders women and
Children; awake to glorious war that
seeks not to gain for us in treasure or
(territory, tout a! 'war, to drive the op
pressor from the ckjntLnefnt, to eet the
Cuban flag in the Sky fop ever, and a
war 'that will help us for generations
to come, 'by giving notice that the hon
or of our flag and VhrTi ves Tour dit
izens must toe respected amorigiie na-
t ions olf the world.".
At tlhe conclusion of iSenator Mason's
speech, Senatorj (Morgan, of AQatoama,
ipresented and ! secured the passage of
a resollu'tion calling upon the president
Ifor-' iiniformation j as to the. disposition
made olf congress' appropriation of $50,
000 for the (relief of Aimerlican oitizens
in Cutoa and as tb the number of Ameri
can citizens relieved;-Iflrom the fund. .
iA.tj- 2:15 o'clock ip. m., iSenator : Till
rrvan, of Soutiia Carolina, in accordanbe
with! (previous-' notice, presented reso
lutions concerniinig the death of the late
Joseph A. Earle), alsenator ram iSouth
Oarottima Eulogiies lu-pon Senator Earle.
were 'delivered toy S'enators McLaurin
Ohand-1 er. Clay, j Spboner, Chilton, " OanT
man, Kenntey, McEnery and Tillimain.
One df the most' remarkatole eulogies
probably ever delivered in the senate
was that tpronouqeed Iby Senator : Till- .
man. In 'paying a 'brilliant tribulte to.
tlhe late s!enatoir,- Senator Tillman said
he felt that if jhe failed to pay It the
mistory Of the fame and virtues of Gen
eral! Earle would lack . the important
testimony, which he alone could give.
He then reviewed what he said was
one; or tne most remarKaaie ipoimacai
-campaign everl wagea-r-'tnat ior tne
gurberinationo.ria4 - nomination nn -: one
Palmetto state n 1890, an Which toe and
General Earle Iw ere or&al candidates.
In that camipaijgn the iref ormi move
ment, Iheaded toy Senator Tillmani was
suodessfuil. General Earle carrying only
four of the thirty -Ave oounitiesi of the
'state. (During , that caimpalign General
Earde won the adimiiration of all by the
intrepidity and; distinguished! ability
with which he icaniducted himself and
paved the way J to tols subsequent1 elec--
tiion; to the senate. . Inconciusionv sena
tor Tillman .said ihat wtoile (his might
not Ibe the highest tritoute that could
toe paid to General Earle, none certain
ly could, toe more sincere and. neart-
iAs a further mark of respect the sen
ate then at 4 :2i o'clock to. m. adjourned.
MOUSE OF RE'PRESENT'ATI VEIS.
The "house today quietly proceeded
iwUCh the order iof itfhle day ttlhe cons'id
(erabion , of priy(ate 'bills. 'No opporfau
tn'Jty was afforiied' umlder 'She ruiets of
detoatinig rtlhe all-'absorihiang 'topic, out
imeimibers stoodi about the clOaJk rooms
and Hobtoies all sday long, discussing tine
isituialtion, .The! motet ' .'intense' feeding
Was manifested. The IhoUse after pass
ing a toil! to rpenlsion tlhe widow of Gem-
e'rall John L. Stevenson,, 'alt. '!th)e rate of .
$30 per' mon-th ! devoted' the whole day.
iho 'one-concsw-i'tfiaLivji w umc -uuu 'm
c'erta5n claims if or stores --and supplies
furrtislied to the 'um'ion by loyal cutizenis
of the south : during the 'War. rrjiere
wasl a lbtter ontct over a'qlaiimi of
7,000 Tirefeirred- tov tihe toleirs of ilh'e
widow of General iRolbert .(E"LSe. She
intoeritled the claim fromi " Mrs. ; Fltz-
QiugW, Qier alunti wiho it was adimsttd,
Was loyal. . :j; .
Mf. Swansoni : democrat, of Varginua,
.Who championed 'the paymint of tlhe
claim. Sa'idi thai Mrs, 'Lee was ithe lh.elr
of Mrs. Fitz'hugh amid .We thought m
this eniigtofcemed :age it was Ouitrajgoius
(to set (yp the contention that tlhe tolood
of Ttolbert E. Lee could ' not inineru
property given? them by a loyal citizen,
of the United- State's. ' . . '
Messrs. .Yost.l repulbQican-, of "Virglmla,
arid JoneS, democrait, . of Vir'giriilai, sup
ported the claim, but "t was sltrlcJcem
outj 92 to 81. i : . ,
ryihen' itihe Haiti was reported to . Ithe
house. Mr.' 'Swanson d'emamded, a roll
call ion the Lee claim. The vote In
comimlttee was conlftrmiedi 132 to 91.
Thle Ihouse ltddk a 'recess toeifore Uhe
toilli .Was passed', jit j prov'idieSi for -tlhie
payment of about 8. claims, aggregai
ingi about $1,200,000. :
' Keprelsentative -IMarslhi, olf !Illin(cis,
chairman of 'the 'house comim!itte(e on
the! militia, today' introduced t'he fol
IcwJng joint resolution, decfllairinig war
JetWeen the gbvetaimieinit of Spain and
Its Idepend'eniois and the United States
and Iher 'Oerriltlories.. ,- .;:, f
. "'That war toe and the same is toelreby
declared to. exist "oetweein tne goverm-
.medi't of Spain and' Iher depemidenciies
1 t'ai.'- Uhiifedi Staltes and her
territories and tWat the . president of
thei Umtfted States i heretoy auitftWrized
ito (use the whole Hand and nlarval force
of the United' States including the jWll
ixia 'and. (tlhe naval militia .fheredf to
carry the same into effect," . i - V
The evening: session, olf itlhie (houiserwii&s
devoted to. the consideration of pri
vate pension bills. ;' ''';
... A ilittle-.boy asked for a 'bottle of "get
up "to ths morning as fast as you can."
the druggist jrecognd zed a household
name for "DeWitt's " Little' Early
Risers," and giave Mm a bottle of those
famous little pillfi for constipation, sick
headache, liver and stOTnacli troubles.
R. R. Bellamy. - ,
1 Tie Teachers' Assembly
(Special-
to- the Messenfe'er.)
Raleigh, N. C," March 23. There arc
good! grounds
for-belief that the, next
North Carolina teachers
meeting of 'the
asisem'bCly will
be held at lAsheville.
Last wieek there would have Ibeen
vote to that effect tout for claims pre
senlted toy Wilmtogtoin. ' '' -
. Cbr.1 J. W. Gilbert, of Maxton, offered
Ms! services to jthe governor as eurgeon'.
He . sen t his parole to show he was a
confederate owgeon. ! :" V
r- "Sitate etiiginieer -Johiri ' 'A. - tRamsey, of
Saiistoury , left j today for "ElUzabieith City
to. miaike a survey of the grealt area of
public lands": to Dare and 'three otther
counties. fNotrthiern people waht it dor
timber and as a game preserve. '
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A torpid liver robs you of ambition
and ruins your health, DeWitt'a I4t-:
tie Early, Risers cleanse the aiver, "oure
const! pation and all stomach and liver
'troofbles. ' tR. R Bellamy. . : ; -
M'KIHLEY CHECKMATED
IS CUB N jMATTERS BY A REVOLT
IN HIS OWN PARTY. !
Republican JCoperessmen In Caucus Dc
clde to Force Strong pleasures A galn t
Spain Tfo More Talk by the A dmlnlstrfc
tlon of a Compromise Ttoe President's
Position Now Said to b9 Firm Waiting
for Spain's Answer War Preparations
Continued f . .-i .-
fWaShing'ton, March 129. Congress and
the cabtoei divided attentionj,. today,:
on the Spanish Situation. In. congress
Ith'e feeling jwlhlioh (began to take form,
af tfer 't'he tpre&ideiit's conservative and
ipacdifiki onessalge on Jthe Maine report
was eutomiltrted yesterday, .found open
expression jtoday 'in resoluionis ipro-j
iposi.ng a declaration of war, recognition!
of the inidepiendence of Oulba, armed in-
Iterveintiion and other decisive and .war
like steps against Spain, and tin con-j
Terences of irepuiblicans toavng for -their!
otoject the overruling of ,the speaker if
necessary to get promip't action. Both
on the ifloor, in tlhe cloak rooms, in the
lolbbies and1 in the corridors, there was
little else discussed than the Cuban sit
uation "and jthle Maine disaster Every
seha'tor and memlbe -was furnished,
with a copy of the 'testimony sent to
congress yesterday, and every person
Who could j procure a copy r'ead the
printed pages. Every group of sena
tors in the tloak rooms" talked of Cutoa.
(Constant and, continual . conferences
were held, land all recognized ithe se
riousness of the situation. ,
, On the 'house side 4,t'was apparent
t'hat -itoie -reputolican maorJty could no
danger Ibe contrcfflled toy w'hat is known,
as the conservative element, lead iby
the speaker. Groups of imemlbers in a
tate of excitemenit were -to ibe seen on
every haridLi In each cloak room there
were memlbers listeniing eagerly w"hile
(portions of the Maine 'testimony were
read, r Momlbers df the ' committee on
foreign affairs grouped together and
discusse'd "plans and possible future
(proceedings! . !
THE CRtSilS NOT AViERTDD.
. . It .iwas " generally acknowledge that '
a serious condition toad arisen; that a
crisi's was near.. It was the opinion of
some of- the conservative, m embers that
in a day or, two the fee-ling would subside-.
Much-depends upon the next. few
days- Thai congress iwill not long re
main inactive if. decided action ds not
(taken toy the administration is certain.
It lis also true that the talk of an arm
i'strcle caused a great deal jolf 'ill feeling.
The house oday proceeded to do Ibusi
ness 'without outbreak or 'without dra
matic, incident; '.(but no sue-to. quiet can
Ibe -promised tomorrow -When t'he naval
Ibill is toeing considered- -The day clos
ed with a prospect that the commit ttees
ito wtoom were iref erred' the Maine cor
respondJenc will "act soon.. , . .
THE HljlESIDBNTIS POSITION. '
fllhe cabinie,t meeting today developed'
nothing new. ' The (president remain's
tsteadifast iri 'hdacomrictlionsas to what.
. is ihls ' duty, 'and adverse crSt'teism
iw'hich; Jt i$ asserted lis -mainly due to
mi'sliiffonmation as to the situation; or ig
norance of the president's purpose, Will
ndt Ibe pemnritted, to swerve him from
trie course ifee has planned, 'As-already
eta'tea in the Associated Press, tlhe
president some days ago made a per
emptory demand upon" Spain to put an
end immediately to hostilities in Oulba,
to ireilease Ithe reconcen trades and to
permit them to return to their homes
and resume Itheir several occupations
unmolested . This statement is made
ly unqueSttonatole authoriity, and since
that" demand was ; communicated to
Spain the jpresident has. not 'taken !a
step (backward or allowed himself to be
persuaded mto' modifying it in the least
particulars j Spain's nniai reply to th is
demiand, itj Us 'known, is now- receiving
the earnesll consideramon of the Japan -iSh
authorities -at Madrid and may toe
reasonalblyl expected wit'h'in the next
ifew . days. ! Sihould "these demands' be
rejedted, .there is the highest authority;
for stating ijtha the presJdent would not
hesitate ! a; moment as to ,'hiia tuture
course, tout would immediately lay the
Who'le record toe fore, congress and oe
guided iby Its Instructions. , :
IAs a preSiminary step toward peace.
It Ihas .Ibeen proposed to Spain, : though
this (Dadt 'proposition has not taken the
shape of a demand as, 'yet, at least, - that
t'he Spanish government wlithdraw its
troops "from the island and "that the
Cubans Ibe given their independence on
a basis of iridennin'ity that would toe re
garded as just in amount toy the Unit
ed States j arid iplUher nations of the
world and "fair to tooth contending par
ties. !i : . . . '
The question ox an armustice nas not
It een agreed to 'by either this country
or Spailn, though there is no doubt that
Spain suggested an' anmdstice.- What
terms of peace wall (be acWeptatoie: to
the president cannot Ibe Stated, 'but it
is asserted that' no proposition will, 'be
considered that does not Involve the
practical, nf n'ot the actual indepen
dence of the puto an s.
There, isjrliittle doutot that T: 3 French
government is ready to tendy its good
offices .as 'mediator ibetween ,the United
States and Spain if any intimiation is
conveyed :toy this 'country that such
offices woMd toe 'acceptable. Without
such intimation it is doutotful whether
France (will take the initiative.
WAR PPilEPERIAJTilON'S STIIiL IN
' 'j PROGRESS. ' . ' . :' .
The army and navy depar foments eon
timue to show many evidences of 'activ
ity,: (but; there rWas: not tha!t: extreme
energy of ; preparations' apparent last
week. iCaiptain Sigstoee had several
talks wiith secretary , Long during : the
day, and at the close of office hours the
secretary, (accompanied . Captain Sigs
Ibee to !J,hef White house and presented
h'iim to ithe peiden,t. iMr.. Long Says
t V. alf -n n A A ctrrrran,a 1 1 run HuaA'HP.n rPflOlh'fill
fhniA f ar as to Oaotain 'SigSbee's nest
assignment. A Iboard is considering
what Should tbe done With the wreck of
the Maine: At ftrs't Bt seemed possible
to ve some part of the Ship, and cer
tainly r'the! big guns and turf en ts. 'But
thfs has Sbeen about abandoned, and ithe
tooaird n'owj sitting is expected to report
'to jSecbletajry Long; in a day or t'wo on
what (final seps shall ibe taken. It is
prolbatole-ithat -What . jemains of ithe
(wreck will tbe atoandoned. 1 !
' The aVy department made no ifut
'tlh'er purdhases of foroi'gn s'hips today,
although the naval aWach'ees abroad
bomitiijue to make inspec-tion of ships
at he;seve'ra!l yards. .'. l '
' LA; signineant Cn)fereneW wa held
during the day (Wetweem represen'tatives
of the war. and wavy departments to
'deterorrine' whether 'iNew Orleans,
(bile, or Tampa iwas best adapted
as a
and
teste of o&ra'tions, -tooth mili'tary
naval, in H the event i war. a"ne rep
resentative of the navy is Captaih Par
ker, naval aide to fJecretary Long, and
for the army Colonel Wagner, chief of
the IbureaU of .dniformation of the army.
(The examtoation ds particularly direct
ed toward: ascertatoinlg the railroad fa
cilities (from all sections ;of the coun'try
leading .to the points on the gulf named
(aJbove, (No Metermii!niatli(n has yet been
reached on Jthe sutojet. ' t: . I
Surgeorti General -YahReypen, of ifihe
navy, has about Tpoonpleted the prelim-
.inary arrangefaents (necessary - to "the
fitting out anjiwiainaiilnE f, a floating
hospitalble ship Ifor use in case oif war.
He as several vessels in mind which
he (betieves well adapted for. .this pur
pose,, tout inane has Jbeeax purchased as
yet. " ;f " ' '' ; '.'--' "; -: ,'
The; formal report of the medical
'board of fflcers of -the 'North Atlantic
squadron .that sat in Admiral Sioard's
case shows -that the was suffering from
what is technically! known as ahronic
maJaria." .'. jit was upon ; the report of
this (board, that thie admiral was re
lieved of his ooanlmand and granted six
months leave of atosence. ' : , . ' :
The ordnance 'bureau is actively at
I work preparing for jthe armament of
thie yacht? end tugs which hiaive just
been acquired toy purchase toy the navy
and toy loan from the treasury department-
On t'he tugs .and yachts ithe ordr
nance Ibutreau will install such 6 pound
ers as may Ibe availatole. If or the pur
pose While I on the cutters will toe put.
some 4. inch and several, 6 pouniders, all
of -the rapid fire cQass.-' " f ! ;
It was stated alt the navy department
today that - the steam! yachit :Gtoalda, '
Just purchased toy Spainv cost thiat govr
ietrnmient protoably $350,000. . She .as. not
regarded as a very fomidatole atoquisi
tton.to It-he i Spam'ish navy, as jsflne is in
ferior to Ithe Mayflower, the yacht
bought iby ' Secretary (Long atoout two
weeks ago. ! The Giralda Was construct
ed on the. Clyde.'- . . '.i :.. : ) j. -
COLORED TROOPS ORDERED TO
:' ; ITIIK FRONT. ' J j : j
.'At 'the War department (tlhiet imost im
portamt development df the day was the
announcement that the Twen'tyrJfilWh
regiment of infantry, now Stationeki to
Montana, would 'be .'trasfe'rred to Dry
Tortugas in the gulf of Mexico. This
regiment is . ocmpdsed enltirely of col
ored troops whohave toeen aocated in the
northwest for a number of years. Their
staly in thie gulf .climate will prepare
them 'for any service to Cuba Should
this toe necessary. The troops will first
go to Key West. It may be that the die-"
partment jrwill leeep some of them
ith'ere and jsand only a portion of the
regiment to Tortugas, touit (this! has not
toeen determined definitely. "; I ,.
Thie ordnance officials of the army
report that the firms which have been
given, contracts for supplying ammluwi-'
tiom, guns,: projectiles, and gun1 car
riages are jkeepinig wed! to their prom
ises to 'the j matter of supplying these
'munitions'bf war to time and tihey are
'being hurried to the fortiflcatibns need
ing theim.-, " , ; j . . - . j-
;. THE "AjNONTTMOUS CDETTEtR: ' , !
tAm. in'tereatto'er fea'ture of the wub-
.lished report of the Maine testimony,
issu'ed from itne governmen't printing
office today, was 'the famous anonymous
Qetter. mentioned iki s the evidence of
iHemry Drain, the cleric of the lAimeri
cam oonslulabe at Havana.' The. IeJtteV
was receivied toy General Lee; a few
days after the Maine dis'aster It is
dated February 18, 1898, and signed
MAn Ad'mirer." It is Spanish written
apparently , by a fairly , well ieducated,
person. 'The certi field translation is as
follows: .j ':.'.. h ;
"It slhouJd be" rememtoe'feid 'that at
dawn of the day of theJerrible catas
trophe ah; todividual was Hdiiaed1 in a.
small boat,- together with another Who
was found wounded and! a prisoner.
They Were going about Ithe1 : cruisers
Maine and Alphon'so XII, and as the
said individuals are of the (worst anlte
cedents as, parlor thieves, I have Sn'ter
estedi myself in investigating what
connection! this occurrence could have
had with ftbe explosion of the .Maine,.
amid have discovered! that those t)wo
men, together with another, i wiho is
called Iepo Taco,' had 'bought - In a
hardware store to Mercaderes' s'tree't,
called La I Marina, a hose such as Is.
used toy divers, ' and thlat the thtree left
Rigla in a smalt (boat, which) they
placed under the wharves of iSanta Oa
'talina, and' they were loiterin'g atooiut
more than an hour and a half, while
Pepe Taco, who is a corker and a di
ver, pro'ba'bly the best in these parts,
did the work to bring atoout the explo
sion cf the Maine. With ithe data I
went to Regla and diiscovered that tlhe
family of jthe dead m'an Whaj livedi in
the utmost misery in a house ik 'Ro
driguez Batista street, had. moved to a
well 'furnished one, on G'ela'bejrt streeits
There I learned that they had agreed
with some; merchants of Mufallla street,
for the work of blowi-ng up ! titte ship
for the 'suim of 'S.OOO $2,00a- in advance
and the other $4,000 after seeing the
result , " i' i
"But as; they did not come out of the
adventure very well, having Ibeen at
tacked when ; they were retiring, the
result of which was 'the 'death of one.
other one (wounded, the third one has
not preserited himself to collect the rest
of the moniey, and it- could toe prdbably
secretly done that, 'by paying toim ithe
rest that; the others, will not how pay
him, he Would declare the trulth of ail;
this. The one whom I Called the third
is the diver Pepe Taco, Who is aiinwOund-
Sd, Wh!o :is no diou'b afraid jto' presemt
ihiimsetf to collect the: rest.: In Mau-
"falla istreet, they tell me was the place
where 'the business eyas arranged with
Messrs. iGarcia' Corujedo, Villa Suzo,
Mairi'bona and others whom I do not re-
memiber. ' - The man who- is arrested is
-toeing administered morphine constant
ly ,'to see if he' 'will - die audi not (give
evidence; so as. not, as they express 'it.
Ito spoil the affair after it has come. off
so much to their taste."! ! ' ! " ! i
"'I certify that the. atoove'.is arhtriue;
copy. ; . i ' '
-. '(Signed) A .lLVRilX-'
Lieutenant Commander United . states
iNavyi iand iuldlge a'bTooate."
Drain, i thj consular clerk stated, in
his evidien'ce that an effort was made to
ascertain the authenticity of this 4Bter,
although1 the; consulate w'as Ih'andi-
caipped.'haVinig no secret fund. The
Wit)nies3 : discoverd, however, that the
name, 'Pepe Taco, must have tteen a
mistake; as Ithe. man memtioried had
died a few days toefore the explosion
took pSaice. Witness thou'ght the name
Should (have been Pepe Barquin, Who
had died a couple of days "after the ex
plosion. ;'
THE 'REVOLT 'AMONG REPUIBLI-
' I i - CANS. .-!'-'
The Mitehigan delegatiottii met this af ternoon!
to he room of the committee
on foreign affairs and unanimously de
cided' to call upon 'President SMeKlnley
tomorrow morning to a tobdiy. and' ulrge
upon him the necessity amid advisalbSl
Ity for prompt and vigorous action on
the Cuban question. They will say
that in; asking - for mteryenition! they
represent the overwhelming SeWtiiimemt
of the ; people of Michigan. William
Aliden Smith is' chairman of the delega
tion. ; .
The revolt in ithe hou(se a'gainst fur
ther .(delay of action on-the Cutoam issue
culminiated 'today in. a- (conlference of re
pulblicati imiemibers whose ideas are in
accordance witlh a positive 4parly course.
'Abcnit .j fifty representatives attended,
representtog au sections. jlRepresenta
tive 'Hopkins, of Illinois, a imiemtoer of
the Ways and means committee.- ore
sided. ; Represen tative. Joy, of -Missouri,
was secretary. The meeting was called
to take steps to secure imnnedialte in
teirventlan to soroe'fojlnii'iand the reoogr
r It was the first definite step
1 allowing tne discussion! inl the
cloak rooms and lobbies since the pres
ident s message was submitted yester
day, (by many memlbers who favor, 5m-
mediate and aggressive action. "tub"; to
this afternoon the sentiment was a half
eoncealedi (but strong, feeling againsit
VofiBg monay for Cuiban relief unless
accompanied (by action to stop the war.
The meeting today Was called With a
view to aceompnamng -the unqualified
removal of the Spanish troops from
I Cuba (and the .prompt armed interven
tion in the affairs of that island. Late
this afternoon' it was decided to call a
meepng o-mmertiateiy j after adjourn
ment. ; The word was quietly passed
around tout many who are enthuSias
tSoaBy in favor of .intervention failed
.to receive notification, though the num
ber present .would "be sufficiently darge
by consolidation with the democratiic
torces to carry out a programme. 'Rep
resentative Hopkins, ' as chaJirman',
toriefly stated the objects of tih,e meet,
Ing. He indicated his disappototment
fhat the president's message carried no
outJln'f of definite responsive policy to
ward Spain, and that he did not be?
lieve further delay should Ibe torooked.
He, however, thought the administra
tion might have another day or two
within which to act and, failing to do
so, congress should take the matter in
to its own hands tadependently and at
once, j "He favored action looking' to Cu
ban independence, touf niad mo epe-
(elncsuggestllonSastoi Ithemiethodiot its
accomplishment. I -j : ' i-
(Representative Tawuey, Vof Mtone
gdta. another member of t'he ways and
means 5ommittee,' saidf this country
'should. not stop Short of seourdaig ithe
elbsQ-lute tode(pendeTi)oe:ot Cutoa, He re-
i erred to th? efforts to (have the matter
brought (dirt ily toefore the house and
said he wisl?p dv to secure a resoluttton
for the pro, .fpt consideration' of the
question on ,-3le. floor. , . . 1
Represen't?JJve 'Belknap, of Illinois,
who favors Cjtniediate and decisive ac
tion, took tir'-? 'floor, to ask a n-umtoer olf
qiUestions teeing to 'brttng out the sen-,
timent of tlineeting-and the policy ito
be followed, arious. viewk were pre
sented as to Hhe best means for secur
ing action, f. tough the feeling that no
action other han the cessation of hos
tilities on .tf.t. Island and!: absolute in
dependence ould Ibe. taken apparently
was umaniir?1 as. iRepresentative Marsh, .:
on the militti. made a vigorous speech '
to wlhiidh h'edenouinced: ' Spain as the
yivveu cui'tMps'e party to -tne (blowing
Up of the 5 a'ihe. He! had ihiitlheinto
taken a mio conservative view bf the
situation ainjfcjhad not toelieved it (would
be shown thf-Spain had had a hand to
ithe disaster-f (Now Jhe said he jwould
put an end; . 'Spanish rule 'there toy
immediate ijtrveniori ' and a formal
retoogn'iti'on OuJban Independence Just
as early as Ct;igress cbjuld act. His ref
erence" to ISpjsliish policies as to recon
centrados an Mother phases of thie war
were warml jgipplauded. I
; (RiepTesen.t.a-5(vie .'Lorimer aso spoke at
considerable ngth and' said he Was iin
favor of secajng" absoute independence
Iby any mea;whatsoever. He depreolat
ed, ' the deila Cth'at had already oocurred
an-d protest that- 'the people of this
country viXjui-' A mot stand the iwithihold
tog of acif:-? j i' '
Other spefters were iRepresen.tatives
Reeves, of CariiOis; -Pierce, of Missouri;
Hicks, of 5i'nsy Ivania ; Bruonim, of
Pennsytlvanf' Mann, of " Tllinplsj JoV,
of 'Missouri Klirpatrick, " (of Pennsyl
vania; Ara ;3i Of Pennsylvania and
Lawrence, ! r-iIassachusetts. " t,
It was po -?ed out that while it was
fit that t'heecut'Lve should toe given,,
as he had Jben, a reasonable i time
within whipto advise, it was exclu
sively the .jlfeetion of congress, to de
clare war, e-tjmence hostilities or fa:ke
action of thij character. The remarks
carried tne , jpw rnat a mere recogni
tion of belli Mirency 'was not to toe. con
sidered, for would not of. itself' torihig
a cessatin'-fi-hostilities and thatin
terventitm, ,: jrjfened and immediate, and
recognitl on independence only jwoiSld,
be considers Some one ..coriservaltlVe
ly put it 't Sfein'tervene and, if neces
sary, suppstl such : action) toy .the
prompt disir;jttlh!
of land and!
naval
forces for Ctfea,"1
i .
Alter vg u-guo Biecvutrs ie,ii'u,iida.LiiTy
df Sipain, it iiyas decided to defer ac-
- ' A .t . . . . 1 . .1 . I - 1
.tion until 5 fflook" tomorrow afternoon.
The presen.t'fogramme is to present ;tb
Speaker Rs J evidences that a large,
majority If a af (the step and the Culban
sympathisef jfttoeU'leve that cncel con
vinced of , t members . enlisted in its
BuppoTit he.i-ill , yield to, 'them. It fis
also .propoj fd to (communicate , th'eLr
sentiment President sNCcK'inley.I
The step tod. is expected to Ibear fruit,
in dmpoTilanf potion in the house Thurs
day. Tomojiw; a poll of the house will
be taken," VT, :' . - ' .. j' r;
-HLAVANtAI-Oam.'ION '' OF
DE-
FENSE. "
Havana, -3. Key West. Fla.. March
29. It- is- felpssifbas o explain, or un
derstand If serene conifidence of the
civil, mill tat and. naval officials hej-e,
wh'o,' Ibel'i fing war . .with ! the
United - Stipes imminent, declare
Havana , impregnalble. They
are: pleas5 to attribute ' this
"iimprelginal-Jty" - to .what 'i they
lerm 'the Vncentration (of a,- heavy
cross fire," f erring to the numlber of
heavy guilA'Ja few 12 inch gums arid,
the majority, and 10 inch guns) mount
ed alonsT tj (horseshoe curve. of the
shore. abov;;jand below the nlarrow- e-n-
irance ot-Ojlc manoor.' ,- i 4
as to th rod 'supply,: (for which, ho ;
y5r,.sviiBiuiji. uias iuen auaue, x;ne
Soanish' offira' h'aiw mofihlnlc' lihri tn.v.
But" the Sifihish.. merCharit.s, (bankers
and other "bmineht "people here are
not so confident, nor "are they re'ticejit.
tsuon peopi'.iver tnat ax Havana is at-
tackeld or 43ickaded and 'no stores, are V
piuvraw Lj,iffwu im iu;tatg(u, xne sol
- . ..... m - , , L. . V
diers andiir.idents will toe the first Ito
relbel, evenflo the extent of Iblbwihg
up the palaj.,.1 -itself. - Everybody recog-
uiica niiiL -.rusre u iuuu .jtu vim iefln
try distriof- arid it is generally ad
mitted tha?'vi'the 'Insurgeints will lfeep
the troops tside busy in case -of hos-
tilities toetwen Spain and the Umrtiedi
States. Vs.- , 1 ' t i
THE 'PeiCAt. 3SLECTIONS. j
ProtoatolV? iio.t lanv deeD tatetrest was!
felt in Suri- iy's elections for, deQegatesl
to the, cocffcin Madrid, in view olf the
graver mat s occupying putoliic atten-j
ition ri"ne9:tiotn, mowever, was as tars
cicUl as itS -as suprAwed it would toe.j
an many- E . the idismcts of Havanaj
Biix (bona-"e votes were cast, out I off
hundreds wV.'C'h -were (eligible. .In one!
province -in :the interior, -with ai .total
of over 2,00-qualified .votes, the num
ber elf votegpoilled .was fifty -inine; The
govern men Pweqie? "these' statements,!
and ithe c2:5or refuses to- aH'oWj them!
to Ibe sen'tA4irect over the wtires, IButJ
all ;the 'loca. $apers indicate the4 factsJ
plainly ante .ting that the 'ballot; boxes
Rvere stuffef .i'to repl-etion with unVbtea
fickets. v-'! ' . i
It "is 'also aaiid'ooenlv ihepe-th-at tnain.
tain (Uenjer ..itsJanco and the auton
artist secretT-jries should resign at
it Ibemg ciK-med that it is useless -ton
itnem xo 'iwvc ror tne aocai elections on
'Aipr'il- 24th 4' 26t'K wlien, it is assertedl
. . -, . ... . .i . . . - ...
tlhe taetlcS; f Sunday last wild be!re
The rejieiitrain carrying supplies t
towns in:liivana province, Which let:
une city tr morning at ociock wa
wrecked a?ut 41' o'clock, .twenty-on
miles out'.ide off 'Havana. IbetWei
Cienaga 'ail Bejucal, No one was
hurt,' j?'-' . ' j; I
iALiCTHEi'JjV'EIRJS LEWlVE HAVANA
Key Wej sJiFla, Cffarch 29.-All' of th"
have be'enf, :c work on the wreck of the
battleshipvjfttine returnedfrom HayanlL
on iboard -jHie ' Bache. . Captain Chad
Wick, u. t j 'X., Who went to Havana
to investigate the. feasibility of further
wrecking 4ork on the 'Maine, was Isp
"a Dasaiena-irr on the. Bache. It l is l beK
.lieved Capln Chad wick feds the work
to toe imprfctaabile, ; -J .. J
The ottift-jjs of the Bache. and Manf
grovel ' a & everyithtog is " outwardly
ealm at-Hanatout that the talk of ah
aniti-tAmesfan demanstxatiom and ;riott
nttoues.V 5 i . ' 7 .' I "i '''(m
Rear Ad. i iral Sicard's antea,rancei Ibe-
leiuked 'oiftfttodayV was ordered toy
navy depajmien't. It was 'by no; means
an accefdafie-with his personal Wishes
the time. result of tola own! arnvK,
cation. It?fact the' liavy depajtnant
ordered Vpj poinit tolank; io have V the
iboard olf iremenV appotated, indlcalr
cu iis ctnt. nfLtAuu -iaii'u.ruereq ixiiin v
appear toelrre sit, ' : ! ' . "
SProvidoyt-Jor ithe Cutoans - which a
rifved here.wo weeks agostill Me! .to the
naval staftbsn for want of authority bo
ship them4. Cuba. The authorities to
day aske-eTimissa.on. to use ithe su
Vey'hoat','?iaiche for this purpos, tout
no answef.-tfjias yet 'been, received. The
original gramme was to sand thfe
shipment y .the Fern, tout the arranger
meuts wev2lbroken iby the sudden
of that Jrel to Havana, . .: . :; I
The toedo. 'boats ton-lght- nnad'e a
mimic allele oh the .flagship .Nerfr
York, anxjthe battleship Indiana., thle
largest nisf fuber of such lboat3 vr; en
ployed ttokjfche Vnited :tates navy to
an' evojutt't wf this kind (participating.
The MojrSgom'ery' sailed tonagtot foV
(Hampton $oiads. Obmimand'er MicCaUi".
of the Mafo $&head, 4-tumed froipi Tam
pa todayf ,j(is special, mdssion. was de?
voted' to.fAe coaling fawflfttes at that
port.. ruy- - r 1,
The 'Icrtftj arrived tonight from thie
dry TorCJtfifts. after (coaltog. -j f
rSPANISH VARSHTPS -ON GUARD
, 'Captain! jahfe, of tbe British steaimejr
Belvjderevf'om Boston, March 24 th, for
Port 'AmfcOy td; which has arrived ther,
reporta- i-.t a Spainasto iron- clad is
watching ?; 'je Windward passage, about
Ifnipl v. m.WjLx-0P 0. a Inuntacrf - i
THE S3 JriTATION IN MATXRID. I
El Lrberal says:' ""The report on the
Maine Con! tains no grave stateiriienlt.
Therefore, president MtoKinfley will not
use that pretext for declaring war, hut
will use the ;relief ..of the Oubans." It
adds; "We toelieve the Spanish govern
ment will mejver tolerate (a foreign, na
tion, to .the ; guise" '. of phUam'thirophy,
tovadtog ourj terrifory, for It would toe
followed toy the unanimous protest of
the Spanish' people." The Sams paper
then coosneels Spain to prepare to re
pel any kind. of intervention o toe un
compromising, and to 'laocept nothing
affecting (thei dignity or sovereign'ty , of
Spato." ' i- :".. . ;.,,"''.' 'J ,'."' ::"::
Beyond the fact that a few police
men and a couple of civil guards stlarid
outside ithe American legation, there. Is
atosolutely no . sign in CMadild of tlhe
tension tbetweeni ".Spain! and 'Almerica.
So far as the Eeneral louM'ic is con-
cerned, the am'atlter is little discussed.
even, the press; hie.ifng today generaHly
hopeful of a peaceful Setttemenlt.
The note j United I States Minister
Woodford prefeentedis practically a rep
etition of thieione presented in Septem
ber, (which, in the toterests of huanan
fty, asked Spatofor immeldliate cessa
tion! iof hostilities to (Cuba.. Upon
Spain's reply to this matter htoges 'the
conference held at-the presidency this
afternoon at which Senor Sa'gasta, the
premder; Senor Gullon.the foreign min
ister; Senor Moret, the iminls'ter for the
colonies and j General- Woodf ord' were
present, and (git Which it has toeen hoped
a decisfcin wofuld toe reached. . j
General Woodford's conference was of
an hour's duration and the ministers
continued in deliberation 'af ter ithe Uai
ited States minister Withdrew. - -
In the course of an toterview after
the conference, Senor Sagasta said, -to
the-correspondent of the 'Associated
Press that TUn'ited 'States " Minister
Woodford, ati the conrence . assented
'that he desired to express the wishes of
his government on the subject. of the
sltuaJtion in Cuba and of the redonceh-trados.-
Senor Sagasta added that the
(conference decided some of these points
and that he I had' promised to study
General Woodford's propositions and to
sulbmi t theim j to the queen-regent and
then to a caSb'inet council, jcnslder'ing
them from every poinit of view to order
that the catoinet might take a resolu
tion: thereon". Senor Sagasta authorized
the correspondent of the 'Asdciasted
Press to denly;; any other version of the
'conference as.utoibrue. The. conference
adjourned to! 4 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon. .' United States Minister Wood
ford seemed I pleased' W?t)h tlhe result
and every indication points to a settle-
ment
'WANT
OF CONFTDEN1CE TN THE
PRESIDENT VOTED. . ! ,
(Cincinnati, jMardh 29. The chamtoer
of commerce of "Cincinnati had toefore
it today a resolution, expressing confi
dence to the wisdom and patriotism of
the administration in dealtog WStJh the
Culban question, tout that resolution J
was carried off its feet with a whirl of
enthusiastic patriotism! wheal the fol-.
lowing substftute offered by - General
HlckemlOoper was adopied In its" stead:
'"Resolved, That from' this time Jorth
we insist i tihat the . honor andi digsSty
of the 'nation; demand the enforcement
of a firm and vigorous-policy, which
will have for its purpose ipeaicefully,- if
we can, but,forcrbJy if we must-rthe re
dress oif past wrongs and the complete
and unqualified independence of ICuiba."
There was no opposition to the sub
stitute and its passage - was greeted Iby
Shouts of applause,'- :-; : ' v " ' '
' RIOTS. TN; IIAVANIA FEARED.
WaShingtonV;March' 29.f-The state de
partment gives no official confirmation
of reports that official advices from Ha
vana State that riots headed toy1 the
Weyiler element are apprehended. St
appears, however, that Captain Gen
eral (Blanco has: sent a communication
to ; Washington Iin which he says, he
toeiieves that a demonstration may !be
precipitated' at arty moment iby an
element made' up of certain Americans
of strong artti-'Span'ishi tendency now
at 'Havana
(Blanco clearly and unequivoically de
clares' thalt the presence of 'American
correspondents In Cuba, imakei'the sit
uation to this view 'more critJcail. "
statem1ent from siecretalrt
;! :. aIlger. '.
Washington, March 29. IAt the close
of .the catoinet meeting today Secretary
Alger gave out the following sta'tement:
"So far from there 'being any difference!
of opinion among the memlbers of the:
icatoinet, they are all to hearty accord.
with the presidenlt, andl have toeen
Without a single exception. When he
read to them- yesterday his -message
on the Maine,, there Was not a dissent
ing voice nori a suggestion of change.
It commanded the approval of every
member.. 'How could - the president
have said more? He gave congress the
report at once and stated that he had
forwarded It to. Spain and is awaiting
her reply. iHe must take one step at
a time., it t may ipe said xurtheir. that
there need toe: no fear that he will-.not
take the stepi He has Tiot lost a (mo
ment in presenting toot only the Maine
tooictent, but the Whole-situation to
Spain. The country can well "afford! to
await the result of the negotiations
which .will be promptly made known,
Whatever the result," -
A Shattered Kervoas System.
Fl N AtUY HEART TROUBLE.
Restored to Health by Dr. Mile' Nervine.
MR. EDW Afip H AEDT, the Jolly nan
ag'ef of. Sbcppard Co's. great store at
Braceville; 111., writes: "'I had never
been sick a day in my life until in 1890. I
got so bad with norvons prostration, that I
had to gi vo un and commence to doctor. I
tried eur local physicians and oiie in Joliet,
but none gave me any relief and I thought
Iwas going to die. I became despondent
and suffered untolfl agony, I could nbt eat,
sleep nor jrest, and. It seemed !as if Icould
not exist, At the end of six months I was
reduced to but a shadow of myself, and at
. last my heart became affected and I was
'a. ' . I . . ....
truiy miseraDie. , iooksix or eignt Dottles
of Dr. Miles Nervine. It gave me relief
from the start, and at last a cure, the greats
est blessing of my life." tgikpifiC'm'
Dr.-Miles' Eemedies 1 1 n
are sold by all drug- Zf..'.
gists under a positive & .
guarantee, first bottle ErlSrVin6
benefits or money re- Restorea7
funded. ! Book on dss-. fSv -ui- . y
eases of the heart and- S SjrfrrV
nerves free, Address,
DR. MILES MEOJCAL OQ Elkhart, Isfi.
POTATOES, EICE, CITY HESS POBK
AID SEED HEAL-
gJ . Barrels Early Rose Potatoes
gQ Bushels Upland Seed Eice - '
Barrels City Mess Pork and .
KQ Tons Cotton Seed Meal :
ID- Ij. Gore.
" 020, 122, and 124 N. Water Strett,
I Haye? For Rent
i .2 DESIRABLE. RESIDENCES. V
1 AT $25.00 MONTH. r;
1 AT $20.00 4, MONTH. '
' - ALSO t A NICE HOUSE AND LOT
FOR SALE AND ONE OR TWO BUILD
"t ING LOTS. . . - ; .
W. M. . CUMMINGr,
:' - 1 ' v
i- Real. Estate Agent and Notary Public,
i mar 2 tf x sun
J. W. NORWOOD, Pres. H. WALTERS, V. Pres. GEO. SLOAN. Cashietf
. . Results if You Deposit iii . .
THE
j $1 ....
$2
.$3
$5 ....
- $10... j
$15....
$1 ....
$2 ....
$3
$4 ....
$5
$10:...
WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND TRUST GOMPAHY
a week foF 5 years
for 10 years,
" $15......
CSTEP BY STEP YOU
E3STE-A.3ST KODAKS.. :
wjare Sole Agents for the EASTMAN KODAK CO., and can sel
you any of their CAMERAS or PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES at Manu
facturers prices. . 1 . :
OUR OTHER
-1 ' .. :
Reniington Typewriters, Ribbons
graphs and Suppjies, AVernicke
-. pnones ana Kecoras, Artist
; - V, Supplies,
Wilmington; n. c.
march 27.
THE
A Cry has been 7 raised for manv
Ice Factory.- We now take pleasure iu announcing that we have suc-
ceeded in satisfying the desires of the people. Our plant is now com
, A pletd, being fitted, with the latest and most Improved Machinery.' The
1 ! water used, is from an Artesian Well Cbndensed and. Purified, thus en
iablihg us to make the finest Crystal Ice. And we are now prepared to
' furnish tne public in any part of the city and elsewhere at prices within
' the teach of alt Now is your chance to show whethenor not you wish
to encourage new industries and have competition in the ice business.
1 Ice,in the Hummer is a comfort to all and to some a necessity.' Now by
giving us a share of your patronage -and enabling us so make our bust
1 ness pay, you will keep the price of ice within the reach of all. All out-
of town orders giyen prompt attention. Respectfully, -, . -
Call Bell Phone No. 368." Interstate No. 133.
T
Our Grand Surma ODenihff
': ': ... ' KZDSrS ' , : !' . . . ' i
LINER Y : AND : DEESS :. GOODS
'. j eWTLL TAKE PLAOEyD1: ! 'A '!
MI
THURSDAY. MARCH 3. AND 'FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1898.'
1 " - ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND.
' I ! ' ' :: " .' ' -I'" .
It as said that the wearing of ; something new on Easter brings good luck. -We
offer an extraordinary opportunit y to buy good luck and, incidentaliy
good looks, at a- very reasonable price , To (begin with, we make our annual '
display, in '''-. 4 r. ".'.;.; ' ':. '-' '"' - :'
Easier Millinery, Dress Goods, and Fancy Goods
-Here they are! Behold the Opportunity ! IT Grasp it Quick!!! fr
r TRIMMED II ATS AT POPULAR PRICES.
iNo. Job lots among our materials. The most stylish and jaunty-Hats.
Designed toy the leading militoers,-AT LOW1SET PRICES.
EASTER OPPORTUNITIES IN DRESSGOODS. ,
! . We do not hesitate to say-we now offer the most complete line of fancy
Dress! Goods to the city, such as Easter Lawnsi 'Easter Organdies, Easter
Dimity; Easter French Dress Ginghams, Easter Silks, at popular prices. 1
j . ; EASTER SIIlKT WAISTS. , j
- We offer a beautiful line of these goods, made to the latest style and at
popular prices. 1 -
I ; Aj toeautif ul lot of Ohangeable Silks at 19c a yardu : :'. ,' i -t. V
i : ..' ' - ' i " " : ; .- - i
118 Market street.
T()HNSO
AKE FULLY PREPARED
Latest Styles
Their Beautiful Exhibit, praised by
! I of their' ability to release the
EASTER :: HATS ::
SHOULD BE GIVEN AS
Our!
Entire Stock of Goods is NEV AND DESIRABLE," and our prices
are as low as any reputable house can offer. We guarantee
f PERFECT SATISFACTION TO ALL. . .
No. Ill Market Street.
march 27.
WITH IGE AT 25c PER 100 LBS;
You Can Afford to Buy a
.'.".. I ',.' . " "i ' "1 ' ' .'":-.... . " , ' '
REFRIGJER ATOR. fi
The Celebrated 'Blzzard,,
IS THE
CHEAPEST REFRIGERATOR LIABE.
! OSOLD
r
you will 'have
.$ $86
$ 572
....$1144
....$1430
..$2860
..........$4290
$ 637
$1274
.....,.,...,.........$2548
........$3183
$6370,
$9555
GO A LONG VAY.!52
SPECIALTIES
;.'; . - "-
and Carbon, etc. T.dfeon's Mimeo
Elastic Book Cases, Gramo. '
Materials, tngmcer s - 0
etc. , f
PXJBLiIC.
Tears In Wilmins-tnn for Another
CAROLINA ICE COMPANY.
mch; i g
D00U
& FORE,
TO PILL ALL OTiDTSRS VCiTH ' ' "
in Miilinery.
everybody, is satisfactory evidence
most factidions. nnliec frw i '
AND :: BONNETS
EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
BEST AND
ONLY BYO
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