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WOll XI. NO.
WILMINGTON, N. O, THURSDAY. MARCH 31, 1898.
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THE HAND-TOTM ON
President McKinley Sees it and His
Cuban
Th
c Revolt Among Republicans
-Majority of His Party in the House Decides to Force Him to Active
Pleasures He. Assures Them of
dence Sent to Spainj and; Early Reply DemandedThe President
Now. Anxious to Force Measures Spain for the First Time Stoops
to Consider the Question of Giving Up Cuba-War Preparations
Onjlioth Sides Continued--iisUl Genral Lee Notified of Plots
Against His Life---Spairi Pfeading f or' id j from Other European
Powers.
'Washing-ton, March. 30. The repub
licans pi the house nvho lara aggres
lively in -favor of prornpt and energetile
action in the Cuban matter and who
(met last niht, in conference held anr
other meeting1 after .the :iouse ab
journexl tonight. At last night's meet
ing: fort j-si members weri; present.
- .Tonight"" they were re enforced! 'by
ftirtyrnine, ahakirts 5t a total - of.- US.
. , This constitutes considerably more
Mhan a imajority of the republican mein
'' In-rrfhip of :ho hou.se and the imam-
Ibers present' ton fghf say that it .by-lip
:- ineans ;. represents the Ifull strength of
; those who will he satisfied vith jnorn---ing
short of the complete Independ
j ence ot Cuba. 'Many of tr e radicals
favor armed intervention and .a few,
"like 'Representative Marsh,, of Illinois,
beiieve, the 'blowing up of. ttie. Maine
'-.is a casus belli. The speeches at to
' i mig'ht's' meeting-, while J yigorois; land
'yielding-nothing,, were Tieve -theless in
. favor of givling tne'ipresidcrtt an oppor-
'it unity to ina'ture his policy and Of com
' ileting the rieg-otiations in w hich he is
mow engaged. - Many of the leaders
f the ) nrjovement, inclu'dini? -Measrs.
' '(Jlopkins, of j-IUinois; Hull, of Iowaf
Taiyney, ' of Minnesota; BrQmwell, , of
Ohib'r-IHejyiiii:n, of Iowa, and'.W. A..
: iSmith,!o.f (Mphigan, saw the) president
today and 1 he asked was a 'brief d e-
iay. :. Action' f -hy congress te fore the
v '"pending negotiations are completed,, he
told them, 'would tmfbarrass1. him and
might result in ai complete rupture.
. IMeissrsi HifH';'Bronw-e4l and jfhera-ex-ilaiined
this situatinto the conference.
rThey counseled aeti1iie,soencp iri. -the
president's 4esi.re?- A ruptiure -with
a he'-administration as 'greitly 'to h
ileplored and! shoul.d, they arkued; only
K-cur as a' list resort. TheyT informed
, the conferenice that the. president had
said that th4 negotiations new-in pro
press would either fail or "be sutooessr
tful by the eiid of the-- week. ;H1
lived they .would he successful. He
ilid-notj indicate their nature, they said,
1 and thpy pointed out that it WHiuld le
manifestly rifinous for the defaiilSi to. he
tmade pulrtiefat this time. .They said-,.-
furthtir', that the president : informed'
' t hem Ihat'hej would, in the eient of the-
failure or tne negotiations,, piace tne
sjvhole subject ibefore? congjress and
t-hare with itjthe responslbilit;-for what
wnlght if ollw'l '5Ir ' Adams, of Pennsyl
ania, 'the rajnking mem'ber c f the fof
cign affairs Committee of the house' in
! the ahsence of Mr. .Hitt. Who is ill, ex
; llained that 1-he sentiment off the com
, inittee j was itrongly agains : further.
f .lelay although he was himseira con
4 ptervatiye. Bit he sard the -ammittee
was willing to defer to the wishes of
1 1 "the president and no action would he
taken ; at (the 'meeting tomorrow. On
Monday; 'ricii!eyer, if- a 'sajtisfictory so
!' lution 4iad",ai,itr. previously 'bet n reached
' action woiini be,. had. 'All' the mem
1 1ers rpresentr brofessed ignora ice of the
uletailof thef president's plans and ne-
-g-otlations, ialithough' several said . the
' ' president assured them that if-success-
, Jfu'l. they woul'd, fhe thought, he. satis-
i jartfory. ' , ; - .
Ia . ri'je t'hespl kiifferent repsrts were
made if the 'conference they were un
offleialj and. ihe conference!-c ecidefl as
Oast to appoint a committee of eleven
id wait upon the president tomorrow
and. explain (their views on he situa.-?
1 won. the committee to report 4-t a meetr
i,ns to Ae held tomorrow night. Th
1 tmmltte (appointed .consisted ybf the
following intfm'bers": ..iMe-ssrs. iHopkina
' ' and Liorrimer. of Illinois; Joy, of Mis-
souri ; Suljoway, of . (New. H; impshire;
' ! Cooper, of Wisconsin; 'Arnod, of Penn
1 pylvania; Mercer, of .Xehraska; Knox,
' f Massachusetts; Paris, of Indianaj;
lIa"gT, of Iowa, and Smitht of Miohl-
an.. '."!. ! "''.'- . ':' . '" ... '
" .Wahing-ton, March. 30. The. vital
i;nt. ifi the Cuban .situation, viz: In
1 iitWiidence., Ihas shSPted its-elf from
WaiMivs-ton tio Madrid where tne Span-
4sh government is now giv ng grave
and i 'earnest jconsideirat ion K 'proposi-ti-Jin
prese-nStHl 'by t'hie .governTrtient tit
rti ITnited. tart.?. Qn the iflsnw to
j-hwe- proposUns, prdbaiily depends
" i. h,f (r't it re course J of. the rek ifiions . toe-
; rWn Sr.ain larid his counry. 1 lt:t4 ;i?e--
. aievd ihat U is now 'but a question of
iin' exceeding? y sJhort time. Ibefore fhie
inevitable orifi ust come. Thte Spn-3
Mh bnin'Lstry kill hold a. caibih'et coun
n-il . (tomorrow! after h pr posrtfkwis
frvaVe 'been, submdtted o the jueen re
pent and as a! result of that cjortference
it 4s expefted1 hy the aaminiatrhittan that
a definite answer to its prcpsals ;ill.
' 3h received, i . ' ". '..'. J
fThe- pi-opoftions suhmitted by this
country , contemplate a ojirnolete arid
't,nmdiate cassation of ihosiilities in
m "u.va, the ret-unn df. the .reconjeentrados
) to .their usual (avocations, anid. the m
d,.videfi of Cuba-, this test feature
I to "be eocured.hirbbaJly on an nd,ar,aity
1 fmsis Py 'Whid-h. h ilsland v.-ouM pay a
I ubs'tawtiiai.i-". its fretiicni frony
I- These "wopoaitto-ns vtak.
T.ide. dcope thex.e are .a,ny de-
tails in the aJna,ti:r prppoejltjOB,. jhf
' -pun'tos tingi to .present fr' ,-postoV
ila 'pixnieinig a soflutioa of the tnJban
, -praiem o lo'rfg .as ah ewd et the Cu
?jn war andCutati fndepenence are
, ml .Klied in the ultimat- viUt.- It h.aa
ileeik -itnade: perfectly clear , .u -fspain
, f hat! horhlng less than the clttee trf
, v van land .thindepenidence df the ta
r .tand wjjl s'uniioe u sun adequate settae
, fnent. if' . j ' '. .
It-J rnw fot "Ppain to accept! or reject
' thee tendersi". There is; no dspoitiori
to urge oie rather than, aiiotiher. nt
long- as the (Oor.cl'us.lon. linalljj- reached
! ;rings the termination f le jwar aad
' !an I indeptWi-d11 f - .
i ;Xever lef orb until iixw has tlve Spa-;
4j?i govevzimtint, evn tor a momew,
' entertained Wuch a proposition. .Now,
in the stress if he present eneirgency
wifh decla.raitontfi .of war intmxiuced in
i ' American .congire, jSjpai has re-.
I i iw-U-ti v.- consented to. 'wwVjr .'fhem.
FhLsl-iH Ji'?elf .ha.s g-iwn livel iape of
tajisfaotory fstilts. .But ; It! mvolv.
a-grave erisi-ih p-ain1 sLn& )t -caamot
le;'-foiviold AVhat ths flrtal Acition at
OkDadrld will e. Unta. today, it washe
lievtid that Spain would indn;ty re--fio't
a rproptjisition in.volvng the in-.
i'iVpendetf'ce oflCuiia, or Affna"iSa W."
ervejioh or i'dhe disappearance -of the
I pani4i l.ag from -the Mand, -i!tver
, 'through piM-nase by Culbanslor oftver-,
Wise. There as the fbest of reason
or the official '.belwf that as!tbetween
t geac and war on these propositions,
1 tip'ain svould t-hose war, fbut snlore hope
, . omwufently Ss entertamfed here) of Spain
( .bfc1& in a yieidlng mood, as the Aaier
i. ean pla-ns for sojution are (bejinig care
t. fully rvvebed vrtth a vjew fa a flna.l(,de-'
f cilon. " As- "Stated, that ancswver is (be
f Jieved to-!be on'' a qstioni of pes'irt.PS
' it wo or .thneie Aa.w: HiVThen it.Of recved
.?i futmre course of Wfrnnm:
wtil be determined. It is Tf v
(lihe wdmhiistration that ' Vtvsi ent
neek wJJl shape the policy off the -toire,
wtheher dt is to toe onei. of peace
pr atte st fvmr. I
?klainy repr;esentatve men of can
press istetoaitars and representatives
failed lat Wie? "White botise today and
THE WAIL
Pqlicy Changes.
Against Compromise Increases?--A
an Ultimatum for Cuban Indepen
conferred with the president. To the
leaders in congress he stated", that the
definite, results were expected from
Madrid toy TViday.- This served to al
lay., the intense feeling- whiich has "been
manifested ; in oongress, and; tihrough.
the influence i of the leaders, further
radical action "by the senate and house
of represenitatives has for 't'he -time (being-(been
deferred. i
IlXaTKM-EKT AT TSHp CAPITOL.
At -tfhe oapitol excitement was unr
alba ted. .After fhe" Viote on the Bailey
resolution many-republicans went to
t'he White house to conifer with - the
president atitiL to express to Thim . their
hope that something? anight 'be promised
whiclh wib-uld relieve the strained 6i'tua
ttioni The. assurancie' of t'he president .
twos -given tq these rnemljers that 4y
.Friday aiighti at fhe latest . some't'luing-definite-
could he expected. ,
T'he situation at the capitiol' is one of
invaiyng' expectancy. -: Sejiator? and"
repreSentatlivjes are wilTing-, too g-ive the
president an opportunity to carry out
hits plans, hut there as Smpatfience to
Waye some informaton regarding- these
plans and some assurances that they
will not delajr action too tog, , k ,
NO AID FRIQM OTHER MO 'SAECH-
! "-. .: EES. : . .
Lit was stated today in. a high.' diplo
matic quarter that t'he Spani-s-h igovern
ment, withm the last ten days had ad
dressed a noite to the igTeat powers of
tBurope, fully setting' forth ' the grave
aspect of the , conitroversy . with, the
TJiniteid States and at last, toferenltaliy
suggesting -thai ttha time was now op
iponturae 'Euroipeain influence to te ex
er.ted. It is said that , tihe te led to
the utterances cf Premier Kanotaux in.
the French chamiler last Saturday; and
has been the! pause of the actiivity of
ifcmropeain ccantres auring- the fast few
days toxjonneerion. with Spanish-tAmer--
icah affairs.-Up to itihe present time,
however, ho actual step. rtxward (medi
tation' or intervention has-"been taken
Wby. any of -the great .powers, although
there lis' little jdoubt that France stands"
re-ady to .take the initiative- if .there is
the slightest evidence that - the United:
iSates igovernimenit wd'l yitewi such a
move iwitih f aver. ' --' i
'A ,'tender of jgxxd 'officers Is frii3 of .the
last' (resorts y jof .-dliRlomacy, when-' all
other means of avertn-g war setem to fbe
at an end. i ilhere " is additional 'diffi
culty (from the fact that w'hen. two na
tions a.re ihvolwyl in a cirisis amy "ex
ternal 'influence' may be resenited as an
intrusion. There is Teason to ibelieve
that the 'French, authorities' are fully,
conisciouis of jithese delicate and diffi
cult phases,; and that no step will ibe
made unless it is clearly apparent in
advance -tiha tithe United' "States desiires
the -firiarfdly Offices . of otiheir natione.
(The Spami'Shi government has earnest
ly ho;pe.d -w-iithin - the last week that
some jCf the t European' powers - and.
more "likely i4'utri a or France, woulid
tJalCe the .initifiitive witihlout w-aTtirag to
consul t tlhe diefeires df this, government; .
Th is hope lias proved vain, however,
anHl -it is stated .ixuday in- ihigfh auithority
that . recent j negotiations' ii Europe
have diac-lose4 positively a?hat w:hlle the
sympathy of (some ,ctf the coretiinentaU
.powers was jtoward' Spaim, no 'one. -of
.tTn.'em. stood refidy to espouse her cause,
'by meditaton tor hy arms.
i.9ECRKCY-A TO WARPRBPARL-
'i. ";' . tioxs ,: ' .
' j; The greatest secreoy prevails in many
ojf tt'tte 'b'ureauial of the war and. navy -dis-part-'mtn'ts
in oj-egard to the various pro
jects otf defence 'and naval movemenits
now goin-g on and tlhe officials in many
cases postively refuse, to make ipulblic
siteDs that 'have fbeen determinled uwm.
I The' m'ost no'table instance of this kind
proibaibly is j in the navy departmenit
where Captain OrowminsiWielil, of the
fbure'au of navigation, thais issued an
order fopbiidd -ling- subordinates to make
ipulblic any information except on per
mission from himself.
situattoin:. in arAOKip grtttoml.
; 'Madrid, Makh 30. -'While, the situa'
tion here is outwardly of t!he calmest
description the actual position of affairs
is regarded as critical 8y both, the Uni-
ted States legation'
and the Spanish
government.'.
The United
States minister, General
Stewart .11 Woodford, is world ns ener
getically and Kvill continue to do so for
Spain's peace luntil the first gu-n is firedr.
It is known jthe (Spanish government,
admits the desirability, or necessity, of
com plying with the demands of, the
United States'; and it is only in the dis
inclination of; the, ministers to put
this willingness into'; . concrete form
that the danger lies. If a conference
'were to "be h$ld witn British, German
or French diplomats the matter would
he settled without question. . -w
i fhe point .which (General Woodford is
now pressing jts that in the 'interests of
hutnanit'y, .hos'ilites'in Culba'mus't cease
immediately., j date was fixed eith
er, in (the first or in the present note,
but the. United- States is now dwelling
upon the meaning of the word "imme
dately" and tinsisting .that Spain ac
cept its general interpretation. The
public generally is taking little appar
ent .in t erst in; the situation, hut there
is a general disinclinationi to "believe
that war is likely. ''.' .
PPA!IN?S iwiAR PREPAR!ATt02CS.
3 iajs savsi four warshins (have (been
obtained fey lbigdn in France and . (that
negotiations are. eaijing Tor the pur
hase of several torpedo iboais in Great
'Britain; The Pais also says tna't o-drs
have heen issued to mobilize aH . ths
fe'pajuVb warships and the torpedo Tboat
Halcori 4" -f sail . immediately from
Carthagena; 'fijr (LVdig, where a second
torpedo squadron 3s .'befn-a' prepared.
Military engineers, according'':' -The
fLijs, are starting, tor tne canary, s
lands,aiiu thte Balearic islands 'aJfe
being forlifiel :' ftaly, it is saidl (by the
Pais, has decided" fo fhe armored
f$isr Giuseppe Gaiibaliji, of liStf tons
arid fji gfniored, a' sister ship "of the
.Vareee.' td tS: 7wo Wghrients, .stili
according- to the'Pqifi, hr ffping to the
Canary islands to fctregtJhyn te ?yj3--ish
garrison there. - '
The Armstrongs' Spanistt . Agens, i
pnaniaFd, who( is in'touch with the, gov
erfuqgjit and! comimerciai people In
Spain. ija ipxpressed the (belief that un
less the .power 4nereede there, will be,
wan (He added: " "l the :Uriitedf
States offered money for imr tfjegrmg;
fit of Cuiba ve would not accept, iteui')
it "the proposition emanated from 'an
other powejT 4.1 Is not unlikely that it
m&tQ Itbe accepted ' tpU yiew of the,
cas fi fchoed ftiy ' a (portion v tp-f
Spanish iHresp vhch advises Scgain" '(to
wash Jher )ih4 pf'pijfbi. '; I ' 10
Senor Ortiz j de Zwaio, a prominent
former Carlist ; deputy, vrk& ba fust
been defeated! at Vittoria, expressed
the opinion that there would , be no
war, f'TVe have neitlher ships,
sailors", soldiefft njans nor mohey, and
the goverhroeht ' Jtvj it. It; will
truggle to the last $n4 thear.tare in."
' Sent- jgaraio, who was rej?entjy
Cadip et&d tie, Bpanish! warships Pi.
Ulyq and Oiarles V.l irnich the goVern-
I ftywt- M pounced 4o be ready, for sea,
--a i itt 3 iitv Be imaA rpadv uwuiAr
rLondonOIarcto 3.a!J nF FP-
ceived' there today from Las 'Palmas,
Canary islands, tinder date of March
23rd, Confirm the ."Washington tad vices
of the sailing- of the Spanish torpedo
flotillai
iThe
letters received- here", say
that oi that-jdate three Spanish torpedo
Iboats,
three-
torpedo boat destroyers
and the jescort, the transport X?iudad d
Cadiz, I received teJegraphic xtrders to
proceed to Oulba. j;
Washington, March. 30. The navy der
partm,ent has received a dispatch sayr
infe th't the armorea cruisers Infanta.
(Maria Theresa and Christobal Colon,
and the! torpedo " boat destroyer Ie
structdr, have 'safled- from Carthagena
Spain. iTheili destination has not 'been
learnec as yet
A FlJOpp OF CUQBlAN IKESOXJUTION1S
'A resolution similar to - that intro
duced hy Senator iFora3cer yestenbay
recognising- Cuba independence, was in
trodftcd in the house today hy Repre
sentltLVe Broderiok, of Kansas,
(Representative Wheeler, of Alahama,
Sntroditeed; the following joint resolti-
tion: j - . i ;!.- . I
iResolved, That the government of
the United States hereby declares that
the strtiggyng patriots in the island of
Oulba ire Ibelligerents and are -recognized
as isueh "by this government," '
Representative Adamson, of Georgia,
has inirbduceVl a : resolution recogniz
ing the republic ofCuha and authoriz
ing the jpresident to accredit to it a
minister Of this government. ,
iRepresentative 'ilaJhany, of .'New
York,' introduced a joint resolution re
cognizing the (Cuban republic as a free
and: ihiiependent .state and welcoming;
her. "to the sjsterhood ,of repuiblics in
the Western world."
Reprisehta:iye Todd, of Michigan,
'introdUcedl ir resolution declaring a
state, oif war exists beflween the United
States and Spain.
THE PRESljiENiT GrlVES UP THE
' limilSTiCE PROPOSAL.
Wasfniiigtonj' 'March 30.-The seriaite
committee on, foregn relations .hield. two
sessions today anil adjourned a few
minutes before 5 o'clock without reach
ing an agreement. Comimaniiier .Brad
ford", of the !buneaiu of equipment, was
ibefore the oomimrttiee for several hours,
giving Expert testimony .as to the (rela
tive st'iemgt'h 1 of -tlhe. naVias of the
' Una' ted j (States! and pain"i and also ad
Vocatirisr lithe purohase of the island of;
St. Thoanas, of tlhe Danish West indies,
as a naval, station, ; Another develop
iment d-h- ithe kkHnanilttee was an agree
ment to not present the completion or
(the com milt tx?e' s sxwk on tlhe. Gulbain- sit
uation for a few days in-order to afford;
'time "to the president ito continue nisj
diolomatlc nelgotiatiions 'With, the Span-;
dsh aufihiorities. This concession wasj
the result Of a request m.ade diirect to
anemlbers of sthe'commitJt'ee .by the .pres
ident and -it was granted toy the eritare
cammit'tae without any murmur or dJis-j
oenit- 1 : . . I
'Previbus to 1 this ac-tion on the part
df t'he commattee, itlhe .presiadent had
been Very ifrankly : informed! that
xiei'ther the committee aior -tlhe senate
twoura e -ttisposea m acquise in aai:y.
agreemtent fon an armistice. This op-
.portion-is understood to nave itneen
made clear on 'behalf of tlhe joint re-
pulican' and demooratio . steering com
mittees of it?he; senabe, and it is under-
stood to: nave.iDeen onet. ipy xne presi
dent with 'tihe response that ithiis gov-i
ernanenft rwbuld not press the matter.
The .presidient treei'y aimiittea to aiM;
rvisiiting senators that t'he negotiations '
twtith Spain were rapidly approacihing a ;
crisis and said that 'he felt quite con- i
ndent a conclusion w-ould he, reached;
(by Friday night at the latest, (He ask
ed thaiti -in view dt this ffact,- n action
:ie xaicen 'oy ei'wier - -iioue u-itui iiuei-L'
i i : it L;x. ii . . . . 1 .
tihat tsiine or (Until .the .present negotia
tions cduild be "brought to a close.-. If 'he
itook any; of tlhe senaitors into his con-
ndencesas to the .basis npon which he
was prKjceedin:: they did not repeat 't'heTj
tofonmiatiMn in! (the stenate.. i1
CUEsANS W-IlDL, ' ACCEPT, XO
'- , .' -'i . AIUIISTICE
I ' - - - - '
- (Havaha, via' Key "Weet, FJa., Maircih
30. Sunday arid 'Monday were days oif
decided: anxiety Sn the political and
Ibusineskcirclei; of Havana, bu t yesterday
and today .tlhiere has 'been a much more
quiet fueling.1 1' Withouit being able to
give any; good .reason. tor tneir oemer
many irominient men seem satisfied.
that pteace is assured. Thei word
armiistjice'' is repeaoed from lip to lip,
as if t'liere .were some magic .within it
to solve fehe whole prdblem of Cu.ban
staiif e.: j Thiose. howaver, wlno i know
General -Maximo Gomez, General Gar
cia, Senior Bocntolomeo IMasso and the-
othea- ftpsurgeht . leaders (best say ' tht
all recllon; witihout their host who (be
lieve thjjese mejn will agree to an anmis-
-tiice, even ar asicea (to ao so, :oy te u.rwi.-
ed Staieis, unless it is plainly under
stood, 'that (the truce is to he follovt-ed
(by a recognition of "Cuiba lilbre."
Xt is argued that General amez, af
ter holding out al througih the dry sea-
eon, "will 1 decline to agree to a trujee
duiring (the rainy months in whidh the-
an'surgefits would 'hiave itne advantage.
On all jsides it is regarded as almost
Certain that if war does come it wtill
not oonie jwn'tdl all possible plans oif ac
H?mimod.ati'ng jdifficultiies fail. A -Spaniard
of high (influence, .talking recently
with- Consul' General iLee tlaid: '"The
Sagast4 m'inls'try will no? 'oe ccmpelted
to flghl to' insure selif-prQteation, (Sa
gas ta culd quiet Spain by pcoclainiing.
i We have made Cuba an asdi-::-: a des
ert. ' Itfisi no -longer worth a-iy outlay
of "blood or treasure, ilt is only fit for
negiroesl'and mixed ibloods. Uat i t go.' "
IBut "vpry fenv take such a view of the
si tuaticii, -al though ignorant Spaniards
anight 'ce deceived "by suoh a dectaira-,tion.-
'ikleaniwhale it seems, ajs of : the
Spanish mlMtary and naval powers are
either" Kvinced t!hat t'hlere is-no dan-'
ger ofiJkcitfive (hostiliitJes c.v' are utberly
carelessqi of the grave consequences that
the (future may hold. . -
rrherel are no visible preparations to
'provisicri T Havana in case cf a (blockade
nor as Jthere any notajble increase in
tihe coal supply for naval uses. In the
opintoniof AaTjcericans here one cf . the
gravest! dangers lies' in the . fact . that
the ignorant classes of the 'difcy are not
4n any iwav 'advised as to the (chances
of Tyaf or seige.. They jbelieye 'Hayaaia
1 mipreg.rtaftfe and the fleet of Spain all-
conqueiping, . Jf rudely awakened to
other views, . tihey might ibaposme dan-
i ' a f , jj a
gerjou's pa toscer internal uisoraers.
PCLOPS AGAINST IiEE-S HlFE.
Consul ' General Iee rian tinues as
Tdheerfui as sunlight, despite the fact
that he! was warned last Sunday, arid
Monday 4tf five diatMict plats against
ihiis 4lfe Of course , te docs not give
Credanoe to such : stories, and1 he is
carefully -guarded by the.geivemmen.t,'
but 'coBtianued: .warmings of thi; kmd
are notlpieasant mental diet. The last
story was that- he would he poisonted
hy a hihed 'employee of his hotel. To
this General 'Xiee replied Iy asking" the
newspaper coirrespondentis who safnef'
ihinT at! imeal . time, 5ji case ne ' is sud
denay '.t-Mi Sty iflrst to, shoot his wraiter
and then to run for v. sumach pump,
Since thTe" report; ' of the .'ftwo eoorts
H iTJfry, the' American..' and Spanish,
faitfe . iea . in the newspapers
ciute afod," cafes ha-Ve' f a3iy ' with
'a.13 eojs pf pii 4"ttew, thortyj. . '
rrthe 'rif9 scaadal"; abut ' the
drunken dinner h tj lCty r.f Washing
ton and 'Che ofber. elbout- eireiess .nd
ibad dlspipime on hoard -the Maine are
reitredt day 'ht 4ay.-. It is interesting
t ieal the' falat that !! the course of
an' tarervfew TirMch 'the correspond!!!!!
of the Associated Press fead wth Oap
taan Peralj who; presided over the Span-
ash navfal ! court of inquiry, the officer
earnestly Tdenieid all puch stories, pay
ing Capain Sigsbee, fcis officers and
men a jhfgh: compliment upon tjhe effi
ciency Of ftShe discipdlinse on hoard the
atainfe,
,' - (. ..nMPLa? RUMORS. ---"'!
'Among Spantsh lower glasses it is
rumored thait there Ss a p3ot on foot
to ibtowfup 'the Maln'e .wreck iwitfojdy&a
mirte and to -blow wp the Vizeaya lor the
lAlmirante Oqundo Recently Hhe story
gained ttirculatian that three Americans
(had toeen arrested during rthe 1X1871(1 &r
trying bo 4tow! up th.e nrrecik nd
3eeh ; sent to lOUtaanas r fortress, . The
ftnly fojinaikwulfor this was "tihait tlhe
Associated Press co-respondent, .-wtth'
ft.oaonaiiaioD'yisttJed the Fern after
dark for tihe (purpose of reading a' 'bul
letin to 'tlhe officers and' had his (boat
challenged repeatedly, as is usual, toy
the marine.. sentinels. 'i I--.
It is now known (here thoit Captain
Chadwick: wHas the (last of the memlbers
of tihe court of inquiry ltx. make -up his
mind that the (eMdence : pointed inoorn.
testahly p an external explosion. Cap
tain Sanipson,.. Lieutenant ConnmiShder
Potter and Judge Advocate JMarix jwere
earlier' conorinced. (As soon as Hjaptain
Chad wick was satisfied Iby a study of
the twreek, the (plans of its submarine
conditiian amldj-tihe testimoniyi ofPered,
Oaptakn, Siampson said: ( 1 -"Tlheire 4s no
use waiting here any longer," and the
(Mangrove sailed for Key West four
.hours after tiheir aniinds were made up.
The decision to, go was 'taken so sud
denly that the-re was no tohanoe ltd (send
itlfe iba'ttlehipi IOwa for the court as it
had' "been thought would toe done.; '
ORDER FOR; EXPULSION" OF COR
" : ' .(RESPONDENTS.: ; - r-:jl;;-Ir,
Jose Congosto, It'he secretary igen
erar,i has oauratersignieki the orders
General BlanOo made on Monday that ;
the momiemt hostilities. are declared be j
tween Spain and the United States all
American coaTtespondanlts are to be ex
pelled from (Quba.The orders arei mat
dated and: caat be enforced at any time;
INEWS FROil (KEY WEST, j -
Key West, dfla., March 30. The cahde
f ram; the- Iry Tontugas Ito ; Key West
was completcid today when rtihe Nash-iviHe-
'anid itheoaIble Iboat arrived. Tllhie
iwork was speedily done. ' ' '' ' - .
- .The 'torpedo 'boat attack upon the
Indiana,, Iowa, and New York in :IaHt
night's evolutions resulted in a torpedo
(boat victory.! The torpedo Ibpat 'imen
claim that .the Iowa could have been'
(blown up with a loss of only two tor-,
ipedo .boats while the Indiana aznd iNew
York were in i serious danger. . -
The sad l ing of t he-Spamiish warships.
presumably for Cuba, 'has created con
.sideralble feeling among many o!f the
officers, as was the case when the (tor
pedo flotilla sailed for Porto Rico, t .
(News from; Washington regarding.
Spain's reply to 'the ultimaibum of the
Uni'ted (States' as eagerly awaited. Cap
tain Sampson', Captain Evans and Cap
tain Ch'adwick (had a long jconsultaition
today on .board the flagship. Captain
Evans has Ibelen wairmly greelted on ,nis
mew ship, thej Iowa.
Five (bodiesi if nam (the' wreck of the
IMain arrived i 'thiis afternoon from Ha
vana and will 'be Interred tomorrow.
The boatswains mate, John Anderson,
'and Seaman (Frank .Andrew are the
only tiwo of ithe five Ithat have fbeen
Identified. "1 ':'!"'
The j Badhe sailed , today fcr the Tfctr-
tugas I on regular survey duty. The
Annapolis Will eail tomorrow for Brook
There Were ninety . (four (passengers
from Hay anai by. the Mascotte tonight
amid among them aihouit fifty Americans
who say t hait Americans are not safe
an 'Havana now.. . . I.
The Maltary, liine steamer Nueces ar
rived tonighti if com 'New York With
3;069 packages of provisions and 'aanmu-
nition for (thej government. '; 1 ' ;
ANOTHER" VESSEL' PURCHASED.
IPaemmo, "Jtlarch! ., 30-The Giomale'
di 1 icilia announces .tihat the Unftfed
States. 'has '.bought v the. stee1!- steam
yacht Aegusaj 'belonging 'to tlhe Florid?
fR'Uibatitmo CKMn.pany,' for .. a dispatch
boat. The price paid is 00,000 (?3W,-
000.) ; j ' ;'.'!. ; ! i i '
' The Aegusa was' built at Greehocac
by Scott & CO in 1896. She 'has a reg
istered tonnage of 75.65, is 264.7 . feet
long 31.65 (in (breadth and 18.5 in dipth
amid is schooiier rigged. ri ' "i i . ..
SPAIN CONCEALTNG THE ISSUES.'
Madrid, March 30, 4:30 p. m. A cab
inet council was held .this afternoon to
ccnsilder ' the American ; proposans.
Anat'her will be hold tomrraw' at noan.
presided overitoy the .q-u'een regent and
at 4 , o'clock toanorrow thcae" will be - a
final ccinferenice between. United Spate's
MiMjstar : Wojodfordy Senor ' Sagasta,
the pre'muer; Senor Gulkn the foreign
minister, aindiSenor Moret, the" minisiter
for ,th'e colonies. ' ' I ': i "' '. ' 1
The proposition which Spain will an
swer covers two points onay amid . its
publication wfll be a revelation to1 some
of thicee abrjoad who have Ibsen de-;
nouhc rng Americas aggresai vea t Li ty de.
It is as follows: Spain to proclaim Sm-.
mediately an airmistice in Cuba to last.
until Ootdber, 'dunsng- whiclh interval
the United States wfill u. its rood clf-
tfices with th4 .insnrgents to imailce this'
temporary peace .permanent ; and.
second,! Spain to do Iher .best toward
relieving, suffering and starvation on
the island, wj-.th America to be allowed'
to" assist dn this work. 1 ;
ashiingtioiii, March 30.Th)e) above
dispatch iwasj shown (to an officjal of tlhe
laAiiii'iiiuEiunauvii vv iwjase pos.iLin ssici
said thoit iri viieiw cif today's events.
tlhe Madrid statement of the president's
tproposi'tion. Aas not to be taken serious
ly- The armistice scheme referred j to
was the vei-y one which had almost
caused 'an Operi. revolt in (congress.
The adman is'tration was q'ttoitedias say
ing today that an. armistice would not
be pressed; j ?Phe probable explanation
was that the armistice f)tory had been
cirCullatied ' "by the gavernmen't i in
Madrid for fhome coinsumiptioin. '
SIGSBElj ASSIGNED TO SHORE .
' f ; h' PUTYT ;... '.; .' j
Captain p j . igslbee, wiho pommandr
ed the .'battlesihip Maine at the time - of
the explosiion, (has been assigned to
duty as .aide to Secretary ... Longl ;
ORDER. OF CONIOENTRATTQN KE
" . I'- ' YOKED.. J ;
The' Spanish legation here late to
night reCejived a cablegram from (the
governor general -of Cuba saying (that
the cap'taih general reported the pacifi
cation of jbhte ; eastern provinces so; far
advanced, ithat iit had .been decided to
rescind-, the' reooncentrado order, in
these proyinces and allow all subjects
of this decree to reiturn to their homes
in the oouhltry. To 'aid Jn the re-est.alb-lishiing
cif jthe .reconcentrados upon tfheiir
farms, - the .cablegram staites-the goy
ernmenit T'ill grant them protec'tiicn of
the Spanish Imilitary forces, augm'ented
-by". local reiiieif committees to look after
their; immediate heeds, Kcononrfc
kitchens, -H says, are" to be esltabltelhed
to suppcajt the rocancen trados whale
waiting for their first crops to mature
'and. they jaire : to' ; he t umisfhed f ariiii
implememts and . seeds by t4ie gowrn
ment. T(0 supply (them 'ready money,
such of theni as are able, will be given
employment of .public work and Q l&
asserted (jy the authritles that the
measures will result dn the speedy re-
(halbalitatiiqn of the rural communities in
; the western provinces. ; ; ! ':'
This calblegram was not made pub
: ISc till more (than, an 'hour after mid
itigh't and; no official comimmt upon' its
; significance could be secured.
- BPATN"S' WlA!R FREPATIA.TTQNS.
I ad rid,"-?Vf arch" 39. sever 'cehsoc
6h)P i- exercised ty ' preyekt the eaJ
age of "news as to th naval ihove-
; ments, while .the war preparations
continue "With "the, greatest activity and
fc fir" fti? I possible .fhe greatest $e-
; crecy. . ..v ... . y , . . -:: '..
The utmost efforts are making night
and dav to set the' first class rrOn'clads
Playo arid Carlos V. completed, when
it is" regaipded as certain hey yril bf
mpjti.taiea( wi,t cpuisefs (jaarja
Theresa and Cristobal Colon to. Join
vizeaya; and Almirante Oquendo in
;CuJban waters, thus forming a squad -
fan. ox six; armored vessels. This wave
of patriotism, with -the enrollment of
the yolunjteeT corps, is spreading en
rhuslasm ( tbP&MS'hout the country, iAU
geats "have" "'heeir of4 Tor blnotro
Opera ' performance realizing; 'about
$25,000 for the navy, (aind similar tvoj
I formancei 4fe iilnf iarraaiged in other
uLitrs. uxrauriu jKiipers allege vna
ithe South -American, repubjics a
Xi&Y ibribed eooigh to buUd a
warship to Ibe called tRio de La Plata.'
while Mexico has sent (huge donations..
The tepamsh army will give a day's
pay.5 ' 1 , , .
Orders -have been sent to strength
the defences at Manilla and, 'DotQ Ric
There -la ik good deal of commettf; upon
JLmericaJS . purchase f 'iwentyt three
heavy guns from the lArmstrongs, and
it is alleged thajt both Spain and Ja-!
pa had, preyjously Tefused tiim afer
: r,
a triM, -'Whet,-, impression of the pres9
and tlhe public, generally is that Spain'
wiil be afjle "to make a good! show 'in
the event pi war although .her men of
war are smaller- than the Americans.
She would? depend onf hetf greater
strength ' hi torpedo 'boats, torpedo
catchers tnd torpedo' iboat destroyers.
; Minister i Woodford's proposals are
not yet toiown to the pjublic here. The
(papers asserC that wihen he gave as
surance! -ko . America's friendliness
Senor Sagasta pithily retorted toy allud
ing to the Warlike preparations f, the
United Stat, the ' attitude of .the
(American c4ngress and to lAttnerican
popular f earing. .General Woodford is
said to haJvexplained! . this &4 "only
natural in rder to be ready for emer
gencies. ; ' .:" j.
The' result of tomorrow's conference
is awaited xri all sMes with the great
est anxiety; and hope.- j J ,-.
'-: f -l. THE OABUXET COUJCIL.
- MnSNTOIJTF-iAt the cabineit oaunci:l'
Senior KUapdepion, ministieAr of the inter-,
ior,- explained 'the rasults "of (the elec
tions and Snor Moret nead a Series oif
Smportant d-ixrumfents relative to the eit-
(Uatilon of . itUSe. recomcentradoa in Cuiba.
and t'he ireeults of the efforts' Ihithierto
made tor .their (relief. ; In' view (of these
'dkcuments; Senor Moret proposed and
itlhe- councikpproved on open ciredilt of
3,wo,oo . peroaa' to .be placed; at the
disposition of General (Blanco 'hy cajbTe
to .be used 'rirt succoring necessatous 're
oonaeinftradioa and to' faciil'itjiate wk for
ithose williDig,to retum to their hoQd
lings,. with njte supply of needful ad
vances to j-enalble them to (till the
ground. - . -' i:.
Senor Sagasta gave an account of ithe
cohf erenca-ftVloh United '"'States 'Minister
Wioford and explained America's pro
posals, tihetrtchaTacter and Bignlificahioe.
The; oouncit deliberated at great length
and; after 'ignsidenation; of tihe iimport
anlt issues id'eipendintg (upon its decision,
resolved to submit the (results lof the
de!lberati)o.m, tomorrdrw - to the qiieen
trelgenlt. " f, . .. ' . ' -' . T,;;
The (report that the governmlemt has
obtained -th1 .queen regent's signature
to a: new cawdit from the "bank of Spain
is unfounded. ' j I ;
l'f DEPORTED FROM HAVANA. j-?;
iHavana,,Mtrch 30. A man named Gar
cia, "who na acted as interpreter here
tor. a 'Netvfyork' newspaper, leaves (for
Key ! West t3iday by order of the chief
of pollc, who accuses him of being ;the
author, of .many sensational stories, and
of having ..been ut'' communication with
the-'insurgen'tl, . 1 'll
'Victor iMoanstein, a German subject,
was arrested "On landing here this morn
ing rronv cneiaiascotte. He claims to ibe
a "member;, of the, German Red Cross So-
ciety, but when 1 searched, it is ! said ; heTNsioner, Jls.OOO; one at .Cold Spring: -Mer
destroyed docannents. The police' secureiyriwether county; Georgia, $15,000.
some, of the pieces ox paper iwhiCh, when
put: together. ; -are - understood to bel an
insurgent document. - - I i
Very few1, newspaper ' correspondents
are, left here; now .Many 'wM'.'go north
beforfe tom-orccw-- evening, bedause of "the
(quarantine, riana it is probable that only
seven American correspondents -twill ire
main, in Havana. - : .,-. .- : f
George C?;Musrrave.'-the corresoondeht
a New ork newspaper, - was deported
kuuu. . , .v ..,A.,vv. ,,,,,, ,. iiavjug
come direct rom the. camp of j General
Maximo Gomes' Mr. Musgrave claims to
be a Brfrlh subject and British Consul
Gollannot l& ifcnown to have made an --effort
o, prev Ant the- deportation. The
young maa tvtos- sfent on- board the mail
steamer pyeN&s Ayres without his bag-:
gage. t "f- ! 'J-,.- i y i i.'-
SPArN BE3GGING FOR BUROp?3AN
- J ' JdifTBRVENTJpX. - j' I
London, ifarch 30. The Vienna corre
spondent of.The Standard says: The
oueen regents of Spain, I ,iearh. wrote
personally last week to Emperor j Frartcs
Joseph . ands other sovereigns, including
Emperor 'Nfcholas,,, requesting, hot pre
cisely intervention,' but the fexercise' of
such influence at Washington as might
conduce t-a,. -peaceful settlement with
out injury, to -Spain's dignity and vital
interests 't a"m in a difficult position!"
she wroter-1'h.i.Mng to act; as the guarr
dian of the dynasty, which I' must not
expose to any danger, and at the same
time as the. defender of the rights, honor
and. tnterests" 'Of 'Spain. To : siStrrender
Cu'baun any-form would unquestionably
injure the? ilynasty under 'which It'-'joc'-s
curred: -wTiereas to ' fight for iu would
keep thoseiH.tjrst intaeU twether vi,ixn
my count ty?s honor. But the disadvan
tages Spaiji would have to fight under
are , (obvlou, ..--and a peaceful '(solution
would best", serve -every purposei i .;
McKinley nd Henna Hatiged in-i
EflHgy
Hidhmtid- Va., March -30. in t-bte
iweisbern suburbs of the city tohig'ht a
crowd beaded by Vpliant llotoess a
-w-elt-to-do rbotcher and tvell knowirt
demopraticvorker, hanged and ;ibaiirn0d
Presidient "rcKihley and- Senator Mat-k
iiamna in etpg'y. Tne crjjwijM ca'ltea
ithemelveafthe Pii Hill UMiigado and
durinjg the ijemform,ainoei 'Hatbess mount-
oj'a box atad nmae a funeral oration,
fie cnticd-sl t'he presidenit and jlHanaia
severely, tssstfrLimg tnat irney inaxa, ty
tbeir-failoirl call oipon Spain , to !at
once cease; jho&tiluties (in Cuba, idishoji-
orea i this country and the jomoes thtey
holdj ''He jarzes loudly 'cheered! asi'lh'e
iriiade this'Statetmetnt and in. ordter,; ibe
explawiedko emphasize Ms dsgust ait
the mannjer'inf 'wihSch the Epainii quvs-
itKm has lbert 'dealt with he Jerked a
iPisto? from.'his ipocifcet and opeinied ;up.
a? fuenilade upon -the-iftgilireis, tairiy rid
djing tlheoif "wt(h bullets. JThis n-as 4
signal (for thie.re.'st of h crowd, to klo
1-
A. .little boy"4Lsked fer a 'bottle 'of ''get
p in the morning as fast a? you ctn,"
the druggtst recogniied a hmisehofd
name for "eiWitfs Little j Early
Risers," and' ave him .a bottle qt thqse
famous little pills for constipation, stick
headache, jUver and stomach troubles
R. R. Bellamy. -' " i y---
..:.! i, ' - ; -
Cbarlestonj Baslnesa Men Want'Peacb
Chdrlestoi & C, March ,30.-rie, ciim
mejrcial bo'rKes of Qigtwrit the eotton
exchange. tSw'fhambero? commerce. t,he
merehantst f exchange ghd the j young
men's busing league, 111 met today and
Unanimously- adopted resolutions calling
on the senators and . representatives Sof
?uf -Carolina, to stand by Pi-esidftni
McKinley in his "efforts : to nkaintiJh
peace. The.'-e.sorutions adapted,! "which
were' signed 'by tha 'prestderitsi of the
bodre? rma, were " addressed to Seiia
for Tillman vnd are a-s follows: ' '
. strong, sentiment' and desire ix
ists among -the business tncn"v ehatlls-
ivi' m" uumteiK ins pians to main
fain peace jtb Spam," eonsistanitJntfre
nuuwr xi our country,)
rge our' senator and
as 1
presjdtsiU jrfNSuch efforts, Please vontmu-4
;slegram to the-
.wiBa.iii iv iae- entire toutn
lA torpid iVHtf robs yoa of aittbiitaon
and ruihis -jlour health. 3eWitt'a Lit
tle Early Risers tleanse the liver, cure
oonstipatiorrrid ail stomach arid liver
trooioies. iR. -pi. Bellamy.
Vr?
Jyew Tork.'UArch saChauocey IM.' De
pew toda aufhorlred' the- statement that
oe wotridi pn-Aprll 20th, retire from the,
presidency, f Ithe New Tork Centra,! ana
Hudson RiverJ Railroad '.Company and Sfe-
ff hp. 5fe ,VrV (Sfentral arid Hudson
Kiver. Lake lore, iiew York, phkraigq
and St. Louis, and the "Michigan; .Oen
tral railroad rS. R. Galloway will suc
ceed Mr. Defw a nrfrkjj fef te New
CHrfttj3iusi' Vanderbllt tn. retiring fri--'
lA-Aavmancfn ,V, w XT ' .1
the
the Michigan QentraJ ' J'X V LV?
liam K 'Vii n1 - ' ; - v.om!pany,-aid Wil-
chldVmi-f111- ;retiringr from
chalrm the 1ake -adjof
v..e New York. Ohica and St. Loiii3
wmpames, -yji) mmaln In the directories,
: Por CbUdra Burned to DeatU
, CharlestoiG .S; C. March 9ft. A mwrtal
to The. News jand Cejuritsr frvn Orange-
burg, S. C-i say en iast Sunday night
! th$ pWo jut Mr, . E. Oweni in Or
taHgburg Vsouitty, four, negro children
were burned to deatfi The house was
-occupied by-Qmlla jrar,. and It seems
that the children -we left in the house
alone, t The - children who were j burned
were three f Quia Evans andtbe Oth-
.Tf7.n,e vnnerty, a 13ryearold son
ContpaUef ThlrVage
. Excitmr elsio Jtongress yedter 2ay,
-McKinley bArned fcC effigy bjrj a mbb-H"
itaieigh leiter !Leea 'Itoona-LaBoch
ef-JMarfce't uotaUons an4 reyies. T
ft- mm .ure .fiuitur 01 our country, wp r
spectfully urge ouf' sehatr and jJpie
0 KassvIVOTetrnlea His Council lit the
I ISvd Case . j ': .
-. (Special to The Messenger:) -.
Raleigh, N.- ., March 30. The curious
discovery is made today that the reason
,wyh the council of .state refused to di
vulge jits action yesterday j regarding the
case of John Evans, the negro charged
wiiii rape,, was mat arter tne new evi
dence had been considered every member
of the. council voted that, the dath sen
tence?. should be commuted to life im
prisonment and their opinions' were put
in writing and on file. The governor re
jected their advice and said he! could not
interfere,
Fallman Condaetors Mast , Be More' AN
.-'.;..!"... teiitiTe '
(Special, to Th Messenger.), r ,"
. Raleigh, N; .c:, March) i 30. In conse
quence of conmlaJnts of inattention and
incivility made by John Tull, of Mor
gan ton, against the Pullman Car Com
pany, the railway commission orders the
latter to have a porter at the door of
cars at all regular stations, .the1" porter
to have steps ready for use-by passen
gers. ' . . -
The Snadry Civil Appropriation .Bill
Washington; March 30.-The sundry
civil appropriation' bill was, reported to
the senate today from the committee on
appropriations. The committee 'made a
large number- of .amendments, , .the total
net increase in the iamottnt carried by
the senate amendments 'being $4,938,878. :
One of the ,1 most I important of ' the
amendments Is 1 one japproprlating $491,
163 for the payment of the services of the
two additional , regiments ! of artillery
provided for by recfent legislation. The
general . appropriation 'for the " enlarge
ment of military posts, is increased from
$420,000 to $920,000. . .
Forty thousand dollars is appropriated
for the purchase of Point Park on Look
out . Mountain as a part of Chicamauga
Park. .
Light and fog signal-stations are .'ai
thorized as follows: At Ragged' Point, :
Potomac river, Virgihia; 'light and fog
signal, $20,000; at or -near the pitch of
Cape (Fear, North Carolina, light Station,
$35,-000, total cost $70,000; jat Hillsboro in
let, east coast of Florraa, light station,
($45,000, total cost $90,000. !
Revenue steamers' are authorized as
follows: One for the Boston harbor, $45,
000; one for the Philadelphia harbor, $45.
000; one in the Gulf., of Mexico,. $160,000;'
one for. Charleston, S; C, $100,000; at the
mouth of the Columbia river, $150,000, the
present appropriation; being $125,000..
New flsh cultural stations are- orovided
for as follows: One. in North-Carolina...
site to be selected by the fish commis-
'"Children like it, dt saves their lives
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the
infaiUffibl'e) remedy for couighsj- colds,
croup, bronchitis, gTdppe. and all throat
and lung (troubles. R. R. Bellamy. '
' Sparks
The,sub-committee on naval affairs has
unanimously recommended . j a favorable
report on the" naval persoiinel bill. , -!
The "remains of., Lieutenant Jenkins,"
who perished on- the hattleship Elaine,
reached Pittsburg Wednesday morning
and later in the day were accorded a pub
lic funeraLy y - - -- " . - ,
'' The iRusso-Chihese bank at Pekln. ! it.
-is asserted in a' special disuatch from
Shanghai, disbursed 28000.000 taels just
prior to the signature of the 'lease of
Port Arthur to' Russia;
It is reported hyt a Cuban merchant, at
Key West that iseventy-one Spanish sol
diers were killed in an explosion Wed
nesday afternoon at Matanzas. It is im
possible as .yet toj verify this rumor. I
Two heavy freight trains on 'the West
ern and Atlantic railroad collided Wed
nesday morning near Adairsville, Ga.
Engineer E. S. Elliott (was instantly kill
ed and Engineer John McDa'de "was fa
tally injured. ; - ; .-' -
Major William Arthur, why has been
located at Atlanta, for some years as as
sistant paymaster, has turned over . his
office to t'he neiw department of the gulf j
Major Arthur is a brother of ex-President
Arthur, ; -.
.At - Yokohama the 'official organs con
sider the British naval display 'in- Chi
nese waters a mere bluff and not likely
to-be followed by action. 'They believe
that were England in earnest she would
not have allowed matters to reach the
.present crisis. y i
It is a great .leap from the old fash
ioned doses of blue-mass and nauseous
pfhyslcs to the pleasam ti litthe pills
known at rxeWltt.Ns J4ttle Eaa-ly Risers.
They cure constipation; sack headache
and hjj jousn'eas :,R. R. Bellamy.
' t Charged With Bigamy' ,
Charleston, S. C.. March 30. Hunter E.
Sharp, a well , known man about town
was arrested here tonight at . the instance
of Dr. J.-L. Miller, of iFitzgerald. The
charge against; Sharp is 'bigamy. Dr.
Mfller's' only daughter. 'Bessie, came to
Charleston some months ago to be treat
ed for some trouble with'ttier eyes. Sharp,
under fh name of W. C. Wilson, paid
hor. marked attention, subsequently foil
lowing her to Fitzgerald, wlf ere he mar
ried her on February 3rd. " Ho remained
at her father's house yvh her for some
weeks, but 'then, "without her father's
knowledge, toak her to Macon and then
brought Jier kere, arriving last night. The
girl wis sent to a board in sr house, while
Sharp wept to the : Charleston hotel.
At the boarding "bouse the, girl was told
that, -sharp wa already married, having1
a wire anq. iwa eaudren living here.
She laxed him with it at once and then
hearing -that her father -was in: 'town,
looking' for her, she went to him. The
authorities were notified at once and
Sharp was arrested and locked up, Dr
Miller is a well known physician In Ftt
gerald and his daughter 4 v pretty etrl
of about 18 years $f g. - ; ; . "
TW H Cod Liiver Oil. you say, but
uik you, can'-t take It? Try "Mpr-rhuTm"-
a -erected "Wine of'CQd" Liver
.Oil." You can gt all the virtues of the
Oil "without the disagreeable; effects.
Sold by J. C. Shepaid, J. H. Hardlu
ana ti. jj. jj'entretss. . . .
n the Hoh of Commons
' Landon, . March - 30. Sir Charles- Dilke
gave notice in the house of commons-today
of a motion , to the effect that the
conduct of foreign affair during the past
twelve monta has shown; that It is not
t, Ithe mterest-'of the country to have
the, premiership and. the foreign secre
taryship combined in pne -person, - and
asked the government to fix a day to "de
bate the-motion. ' ' .
iMf. Balfour, the .government leader in
the 'house, first lord of the treasury and
acting secretary of state for foreign af
fairs, replied that the government, could
not do so, as the discussion waulj . Te
solve itself 'into a' direct attack upon the
conduct of foreign affairs, and, he ex
plained, if this was desired it would be
more convenient in the form Ot vat or
censure. - -
y : , Basfli all ... i
Ciiarleston. 'S. C, 'March 3a Charles
ton ' Southern League team playd th
Baltimore Orioles to a tjBdtrll at th
ball pa-rk here this SklternooB, After nlrx?
Innings t'h scaM. stood: f
Charlest 1 0 i & 2 0 ll-
Baltimore '
9 VI 10-
Base hits, "Chariestaw 1- BtaUtmo'. Zr.
errors, Charleston gaHimor"
teriea, KiPb Heiberg ai- Goodheart-
ll Ro- tatfc Mflfcast grade brtfa powder
Mu mmv II n QUI
third fvthcr tfcu tey etker braad.
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AOVAL &AKWQ PO? CO-r YOWC
NoWi is the time
Make Your
THE WILMINGTON SAVINGS AND TRUSI GOMP.
All deposits maae.on
gin to jbeariinterest at
per annum. : ' .
WILLARD &
None but tke BEST
1 Have For Rent
2 DESIRABLE RESIDENCES. '
, -1 AT $25.00 Al MONTH. ' ' ",'
1 AT $20.00 A MONTH.
ALSO A NICE
FOR SALE -AND ONE OR TWO BUILD
ING LOTS. ' i -
W. M. " CUMMING-,
Real Estate Agent and Notary Public
mar 2 tf ex sun 4
TTO (THE
A Cry- has been r raised for many years in Wilmington for anotlK
Ice Factory. We now take pleasure in announcing that, we nave s:
deeded in satisfying the desires of the people. Our plant is now cor
pleted, being. fitted with the latest and most Improved. Machinery.' 11
water used, is from an Artesian Well Condensed and Purified, thus e
abling us to make the finest Crystal Ice., . And we are now prepared t
furnish, jtne public in any part of the city and elsewhere at prices wit hi
the reach of all. Now is your c nance - to show - whether or not you wis!
to encourage new industries and have competition in the ice Dusinec
Ice in the Summer is a comfort to all and to some a necessity. Now I
giving us a share of your patronage and enabling us so make our bus
ness payi you will keen the price of ice within .the reach of all. All r
of town Orders given prompt attention. Respectfully,
Call Bell Phone No. 308. Interstate No. 133. , . m(.i,.
Our
Grand
MILLINERY : AND
Sp
CZVTIHj take 'plaob
THURSDftY. MftRGH 31, AND FRIDAY, APRIL 1, ISi
ALL ARE CORDIALLY
It is saift that theytvearing of something new on Easter brines vckxl lir
. We oner aai extraordinary opportunity
g-ood iooks, at a very reasonable price.
uipiay an .
Easter
Millinery, Dress
Here
they are! Behold the Opportunity ! ! Grasp if Quick ! 1 1 1
i TRIMMED HAtS AT
lots among our .materials.
:no job!
iesignea 'py tne leaoing milliners, ax jx vvjsJilT - PRIC7E3S. . -
, EASTER OPPORTUNITIES IN 'DRESS GOOD. " -
.We do not hesitate to say we now offer the most complete line of fan
Dress Goods in the city, such as Easter La-whs, OB aster : Oreandles. .Ea'
Dimity. Easter lFrench Dress Ginghams, Easter Silks, at popular iprlees.
"We offer a beautiful line of these
popular prices.- . y "
A beautiful lot .of Ohamgieable Silks
118 MARKET STREET.
JOHNSON
ARE FULLY PREPARED
es
Their Beautiful Exhibit, praised by
of their ability to please the
EASTER :: HATS ::
SHOULD BE GIVEN AS
Our Tuntire Stock p Goods is NEW
are as low as any reputable
Styl
i PERFECT SATISFACTION TO ALL. "
No. Ill Market Street.
march Zl,
WITH ICE AT 25c PER 100 LBS,
REFRIGERATOR.
The
Celebrated Blizzarc
IS THE
GHEUPESTREFRIGERflTOR Ml
pSOLD
, . . , ,: ----- . -
to -
Depo:
or beifbf e Afil lst 1
tharate of 4 percc
M:
GlfliffflllLT
of tour home by pirh 13
cOnkquencb.. op nieglec:
ITO INiSURE t IN (TIME. ' fTIEC ".
ITIEAT. FAlfS TO' INSIIRIJ
.PROPERTY MUST (HAVE A BC
CLOOSD ISOMiEWlIBiESE3 WIHEN
WILi. INSURE IT IN - A: FT
CLIAiSS OOilPANY AT SUCII 'A
(HATE OF PRBMHUM. '
GILES, AGENTS.
Companies Represented. . ,
HOUSE AND : LOT
T T
PUBEIO:
CAROLINA ICE COMPANY.
Op
ring
enin
: DEESS ;
GOOT
INVITED TO ATTEND.
to buy good luck, and incWenta..
To 'begin with, we make our attiru
Goods and Fancy Goc
POPULAR PRICES. '
The most styiish. and laurntv IT
EASTER SHIRT WAISTS. ' .
goods, made In the latest style and
, - ,
at 19c a yard.
& FOME,
TO FILL ALL ORDERS FOR
in Milliner"
everj;body, is satisfactory gvidci
most fastidious. Orders for
AND :: BONNE!
EARLY AS POSSIBLES .
AND DESIRABLE, and our pn'
house can offer. We guarantee
Sc FORE
You Can Afford to Buv a
BEST AND
ONLX BYp
F,,Loye(S
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