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To Be Allowed in
counts' With Spain.
5IE PKESIDET'S
Congress Tomorrow.
To Be Sent to
With thd Feelings of Congress.Unsuccessful Attempt of
European Powers to! Agree on a Plan of Media- ,
tion. Ten Steamers Bought for Auxil-
! . iary Cruisers.Vessels Sent -'
to Remove Americans
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4. The president
Washington, April
ho$ completed hijs Cuban message, aridi it
will he presented, to j congress on Wed
nesday. Secretary "Long, after the spe-
dali cabinet meeting 'tonight authorized
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thei Associated Press to make the 01-
lowing1 . statement:
"The message
which in d'tseif is 16ns
-will mot be" ac
companied 'by fh$ consular reports wijth
the state of affairs! In Cubav These
will go to tJhe committee on foreii re
lations of the senate for itfliea-r ilBvajte
iriformaltion and will not he made pulb
lic Just now. ; The f diplomatic coraje-
spohdence
will ;not? 'be submitted salt
present." j
The cabinet meeting lasted from j 8
till -after 11 o'clock and ; Was devoted
entirely to the careful reading and dis
cussion of the president's draft of his
message. Every memlber of toe cabinet
iwta'i present, The document Was. gone
over point toy point jand met With (the
approval of the Icabinet in. "every ma
terial respect: The only changes, mode
were in a few points folf verbiage. When
the meeting was over and the members
dispersed there was a general air of
relief and satisfaction on all faces as
though the air hadibeen cleared of
tfouht and the memfoers, firmly, resolved
on what they deemed the proper course .
or action, 'noo. set oui to auiww ,iie
course to 'fits logical comolusion. . The
I suspense . evidently Was over. -!
I iSecre'tary DLong apparently had ibeeh
' deputed as spokesman for themeeting
and: gave the above brief statement.'
As to the haTiacter of the. messaige he
. refused to speak. It i was learned from
other sources, however, that the mes
sage Is In. part a review of 'Spain s
, sourse in the preserft and previous wars
.in Oulba. That lit will contain sonie
.definite recommeindtaJtions " may ibe Sn
if erred from the remark of one memiber:
"Wnile I cannot !say, 'anything explicit
concerning the 'details of the message,"
said he, "I amy say itjhat it is a strong,
explicit statement ajid one on which
conigress will he thoroughly in accord'
From the ffactj that ithe diplomatic
correspon'dence is not presented with
the message, It is?MifeiTed that its main
features ore touched on in "the message
atself, either in the form of extracts or
in sufbs'tance, . . - j 1 '
Woshing'ton, April 4. -The two fore
aniost branches Of i the Cuban question
in Washington' today "were the pfesi
dentfs message, and jEurapean. medifa
tionj which now 'has! taken an active
forii4 in the courts; of 'Europe according
to aid vice's received at foreign entbia
s'ies here; though; no! proffer has !been
made to the United States. Regarding
the Ifirs't it can ibe sitated that it is
fully ; expected; -by the v admiinis'trati:on,
-that! the message! will he teerit ; to eon
gress on Wednesday in all ; iprtbabilaT
ty, and certainly iby- IThnirsdiay. &lem
ere .of fllr. rcKinleVs calblnet and his
friends in congress stated definitely to-da-y
jithat 4 it . iwould deal vigorously with
the rues'tion, will incliude the Maine in
cident iand Will miaJke deSfinit e feebm-
' r . r l i . . i.
Will fbe recognttaoh of Cuban indsa'pend
ence.' As5 to the j mediation -of "Europe
eir Sne declare that these
uroaterial and morall poiwers must exer
fdise l their su'asioh on (Spain, for ; this
governmenit wall
tence; -of Cute as
aioni -unless 'the T
insist on independ-
anl: lul'timate sine duia
nsurgents themselves
aaftMRSM t consent ; tb lle9, and : this they
!heOTt& flatly refused 4b do. Speakinig qn.
thi; point,, one of the cabinet officers
ctalUl! ttodayi M aSray "f-or .me that
.tl !tJte, Jpowers of fEuxwpe and the heads
jtf .alii the chutches may propose medi
at5o to (Spain 3f-they desire, tout the
United States will positively not listen
to oajeajisition of any kUnd that does not
lead to he acceptance off our condi
tiojij ffvSiaDh 4a independence for 3u1lhai"
PROPOSAXi FOR ARaiTSTTOE EX-
PECfI!ED.
President MeKinley announced to day
to a leading- memhef .'.of congress w3i
jk W Royal t tbm fcis&est grade ba&iag powdr
kaowa. Actual taata ahow it aoea
third lartbtr tiiaa aay oihte braotf.
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ASsclutsly Pure
ROVAL fcAKINO PCWOCR CO., NEW VORK.
mm
Settling Our Ac
MESSAGE BEADY.
Its Recommendations -in Accord
Havana. .
has the. confidence of the odminlistra
tiotn that there was no truth in the re
ported imediiatibn of the pope of tine Cu
ban incident and that he, (the presi
dent) "had no knowledge of it whatever..
He also announced that the was houirly
expecting acalblegram frota -the fca
wvenHneii't notiifyiihg this gov
froim.' -the fca-
an armistice 'to the insurgen'ts. - -' -AiCTTOCSr
AMON"G EUROPEAN PO'W-
I E!R!S FOR MEMATION. .
I Notwithstanding, the many reports of
Eurtonean mediation! they assumed
their nrstt tangible form this afternoon
when at last two of the foreagn estatb--
- lishtments in Washington! received .offi
cial information that ani exchange, of
notes 'between the great! powers was
notw in progress rwith a view to arriving
.5 at "a (basis on wha'cih they could make
a joint proposal for mediation. - It is
: evident that the exchange has not yet
been productive of a common under
standing, as ithe acn'bassadors and min
isters at Washington have not yet.rer.
eelived instructions to initiate-the move
ment. Their only, information- thus far
- is that 'the notes are passing by tele
graph 'between the capi'tal of Europe,
-It had-been understood ; that France
and Austria w-gre most active in 'bring-i
inig about the movement, and; that
Great Rritian had held aloof tfrotmi it, huit
it devel'op'e'd today that th GBritiish gov
ernment was also itaMnfe par t in the
exchange, and thait in case of concerted
action fov the lyowersi Great 'Jirufian
protoaMy would act with the others.
r winac co'irumu'ii groiixiuu: j iun-w trmwtivs
are seekin'g to reach can ; only be ocn-
j ectured. The ; Spanish h government,
seems to he hopeful of results tfirom this
movemen't, and this Inspired additional
ground for the belief that it twiM not !be
regard ed with favor "by the-iUnited States
. The diipToniatis, " hoiweveir, rthlihk that if
" a common understandiing was reacheid
by the great powers of Europe, , such
suggestions as these loomhined powers
might' make could not be High:tJy set
aside. The general View xf 'the diplo
mats is that the movement' 'is not so
- much one toward' reconciling the Unit
ed States an'd Spain as -it is to pre
serve the pteacte of the -world Iby com'btm
ed action, fsipain'b policy to this matter
is one of urging on the European pow
ers that if Cuiba; was free f rom Spanish
sovereignty the hext move' under the J
. Monroe doctrine would ibe to bring an
end of 'European control over other
West Indian posessllons.. Great Brit-
ian, 'France and Peinhi'ark have inter
ests in that, locality! In other quarters,
. it was sitated' that the influence of the
powers was more: likely to he exerted
on Spain, to urging her to the largest
possdIMe measure of -concession.
An arrangement wias' reiached during-
the day by which the United States
- end t France v,-iill, cooperate through
thei r mah isters at renmaT1k in' the es
taiblishmenit of a puibl'ic 'ca'ble station
on the Danish island of ! St. Thomas,.
The ca!ble is o'wned !by a French com-
! pony, but its use has hebotme of vital
t importance to the United States goiv-
1 ern ment, -otwing to 'the possilble (base of
naval operations to. the leeward island,
WATT FOIJ WEtDiNiESilAT.
- "Wait 'for Wednesday,", was the- tword
'IfHSSHl H'IMV T ' I IW M IN : IHlHiV Hi HI a
Passed ahout the. canitol today and a
! untanatas. -to .that ofrotet
Was reached. . The repuibtJcans will not
initiate' and the democrats will not try
to force an action on Cufba until Wed
nesday, when the presudent's message
will tbe received With that undier
standing, the senate forefiign relations
committee did not report lnd' the 'house
fojreigri affairs committee took no ac
tion. it is known that the senate com
mittee has agreed mxm a resolutioin.
declaring independence and interven
tion; with on amendment fixing the re
spons4bility (for ) the destruction of the
Maine upon- Spain either (by design or
criminal negligence. The house foreign
affairs committee will report, if pos
sible, a resolution in line withi the pres-
idenfs recommendations i and it is
known that efforts are fbeing mode to
have the resolutions of fboth committees
agree with, the president's wishes. .
No 'deeisaon has yetvheen reached 'by
t he- auMioriities f as to the location of
the proposed naval base on the . gulf
coast, the matter being stml under con
eruttoii. Secretary iAlger has decfided. to re
sanmend a the president that an ad-
i optional - allotmient for the emergency
tfund he made jfor the use of the' ord
hance bureau, of the army. The - ord
nance deftartment Sis b till lacking am
munition for the sea coast Ifortificatdons
and the.eittra allotment will be used
for this puYtpose.
It ' has hceii - decided to detain for a
time at the :CShockamauga battlefieJd,
the Twen'ty-fi11 regiment of infantry,
which is abou to leave the various
fortsf in 'iXTon'ta-f service at .Yey
West and 'Dry 1Torttigas. The reason
for this actkm 'fcVsaa to be Che fact
that the water u:?ply t tedther ' of the
atoove named place. ' 1 ot satisfactory
at present. Chick "&maga, . General
Miles says, is an e-ettent place for
the concentration of a large foody of
troops and It is believed iMhe location has
been seriously considerev't Secretary
Aiger as a point for thOi prJminary
gathering of roops In case b wiar, -
OUR GOVEItNEENT , BllTB TEN
fJTEAMBRS. ' - , .
The navy 'deparment nsras tni'rmetf
late thfs aiftemoon of the arrival of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius at Norfolk
today from Washington. The navy de
partment today sent telegraphic r or
ders to the auxiliary cruiser hoard at
New York to purchase' Immediately
ten vessels, for the, auxiliary- navy.
These boats are to ibe (between 2,000
and 10,000 tons burden and the board
fs directed to conclude the. purchases
as soon as possilble.
-New York, April 4. Upon receiving
an : order i from i Washington, today to
buy tens vessels, the naval auxUiory.
board purchased the following for aux
iliary .cruisers: The Caracas and
the Venezuela, of the Tte'd D. Lane; the
Kansas City, of the . Savannah, line;
the YorWt'own, the Jamestown and the
Princess I'Ann, of the. Old Dominion
Line; the Elsol and three others of the
Morgan One. . -
iCUlHAfNIS WHLX SHAVE NOTHEN'G
BUT INDETPENIDBNCEEv
IJacksonville, Fla., 'April .4. A- Cuhan
living in (Havana,' a man of responsi
ibiTity and in a position to know the
senti'menlfc of (those hearing tosurgent J
arms and those! that govern and con
trol the i insurgent forces, ' states in a
'letter to j a prominent 'Ouiban leader oif
Jacksonville that under no conidition
except a'bsolute independehce and iib
erty will they lay down their-arms.
'No matter if the whole world say they
shall, no! matter Sf comlbined armies of
Europe shall conspire to force them, the
insuiigentsihe says, will not yield, "but
will suffer complete extermination first.
THE PUKITA1N IUEIAVES FOR KEY
WOQST.-;-.
Charleston, S. C, April 4.--The monli
tor Puritan,, which has 'been coaliing
and recruiting men here for the last
few day, went to sea today, having re
ceived orders to 'Jain the' north Atlantic
squadron1 at Key West. -Seven men
from thei monitor's crew deserted . last
night, and the police are now actively
engaged in hunting for .them.
INTERVENTION FAIL'S,
'Berlin, j April 5. The Berliner Post
says:. "The attempts at ; Joint Euro
pean intervention hetweeni . Spain and
the United (States If ailed,- owing to a di
vergence! oif "views. CBmperor. William
declined ito mix i himself in the affair.
It 'is doubtful -if the United States at
Ithe -pope's word would consent to have
ia fat morsel torn from its 'grasp."
(SHIPS iSENT IFOR AlMER'ICAlNS UN
j HAVANA. ! . -
'Key wiest, Fla., lApril 4. Aict'inig un
der orders from Washington, Captain
Sampson commander of the United
(States fleet in these iwaters, sent the
survey iboat iBache today from the Tor
tugas to Havana. The 'Detroit took .the
patrol duty tonight.
iMony tfiaimilies; fearing that war is at
hand and nok oaring, to trust their' lives
in -this island, will leave Key West, to
morrow for Miami. . ,
The (Mangrove, whidh was lying at
'the 'dock jhere, received unexpected' or
ders to proceed to Havana tonight and
sailed immediately. - ... - -
Havanla, April! 4. JThe (Mangrove and
the Bache are expected: tomorrow to
take to Key West such 'Americans as
desire to go." Consul C-eneral Lee , has
been authorized to hire merchant ves
sels if necessary and will prolbably
employ the steamer City of Key West,'
due. here tomorrow, the Mascote, which
is due Wednesday andi the Olivette,
which is j due for an extra) trip on
ThuirsdayJ The Fern (will remiaiin. here,
so far as; Is known.
(Now that -the exodUs to the united
States is in full force, there are many
interesting scenes at the office of Dr.
Brunner. r Hundred stand around
waiting their turn to Ibe vaccinated
.babes in arms, scarecrow negroes and
fine ' aadieg, rich i merchants and poor
Americans, dn short all isorts and con
ditions of men. Rigid . rules' are ob
served and the first come is first served.
Soon after sun down, . the tattered
United States flag was taken from ithe
staff of the Maine wreck, where it has
floated since Feibruary lTth, two days
after the explosion.
The wrecking tugs 'Underwriter and
Merritt and the ibartges Chief and Sharp
left for American! waters today.. '
QUESTION OF THE POPE'S JMEDI
- 'J. ATTON. ' , .j t .'. .; .
, MaJdrid,1 A'pril 4.-iThe correspondent
of the Asociated Press has just had an
interview I with a high ""personage of
great authori ty who cleared up . many
discrepancies-in iprevious report, show
ing just j how the papal intervention
occurred, j Unfortunately the name of
this -high i, personage cannot he quoted;
but, no one is1 Ibetter qualified to speak1
with knowledge of the subject. (This
minislter said There ds no ipapal tele
gram whatever. What happened was
that the Spanish, ambassador at he vait
ican was approached hy Cardinal "Ram
pola (the papal secretary of state) who
told hto l the president of the Uniteid
States had allowed it to ibe understood
that peace intervention, wouild he ac
ceptable, 'r The ' Slpaniteh amhassador
wired here to that effect and thereupon
indicattedj that though having sent a
categorical reply to President MeKin
ley the terms having previously (been
conceded to the last point consistent
with Spato's ' honorK we were oertain
the popelwould respect the raghts.and
honor of I Spain and agreed to hfe dn-;
I terven'tkm. : It wais imtoossdible for our
regular ormyr- 'fighting relbeHfe to agreie
to "offer an armistice at the suggesition
of a certain foreign " power, Ibut, when
the father ' of diristendom, without
material Torce tout wi th- J vast moral
power, offered intervention:, we i couHd
not Tefuse accepting, knowCng .well that
reliance might ibe placed upon ;:hii! in
dependent Judgment.
Rome April 4. -The " Vatican refuses
to .pulbli'sh. the text .of the -communications
which have passed between, the
poniff and Madrid, hut the statement
that has Ihoiiness has asked Spain to
arrange for a suspension of hostilities
inCuba is confirmed. - ' -
SPATN'S SUBaiAlRINE MJNIEST1
London, April 4. Details have sbeen
ofbtained by the Associated Press of the
inanufacture, of euhmorine manes ' to
London foir Spafin, iwShich! was- .first
brought o the attention of the United
States embassy andtaMed jo the Asso
ciated Prefes on; March 5th. " 'A man
whose cards descrihed h im a& being an
electxtcal i eagineer, whose name was
forwarded at the time to Washdnigton,
then said fve.eold to Spanish officers
in. London several years ago, .. a torge
numlber of minar. eight or ten of which
were placed in Havana harhor. He said
they were made .in a special way and
'(Continued on FourtJi Paige.)' J
CDBAH FIELD DAY.
VIGOliOUH SPEECHES IN . liOTH
, s . - -
HOUEOP CONGRESS.
All' Parties! PSedged to Independenca of j
the Islands A Bepnbllcan Senator
Charses thW ji-eident' Confident' at Sec
retary WlpigWorklns Secretly for Peace
Meaarea-Aiiother Urges Spain's Recog
nition of thet Southern Confederacy as
an Arcrumentfor Action in Be naif of the
" Cubans : " J -' "
ilS-HNlATE.. 1 ' ' .
Wahinigftn,s 'April 4. It was frankly
and oplyJc!biarged in the senate to
day hy jSenaifir Perk3ns, of Oallfornla,
m a set spei.ls,; that Spain was respon
sible for thsrTiilaine disaster, as it had
been broutghi about hy; i Spanish
mJachlnaUotand. Spanish '; treachery, j
rrtu. cvroW'Mafo -rariia 'rtxr,a at,iv I
one of fourpWpared addresses upon ithe
Cuban questman." delivered initihe senoite
toida.:.-plv;-'.. --,;! -: -
After theg1u1ban, speeches, had, been
d'eilivered, th; senoite resumed oonsid-
er'ation Of ifChe sundry Civil I ibill and
finished1- Ithithree pages (before ad
journment.?;; ' ' I- V
Senator QP gigreiw, of South .Dakota,
presented '4;ilegram signed hy more
than 100 oJ'is constitu'erit's, 'reading:
IA.11 parti es,ihere wont Spanish tor
tedo QotillaJtUTin.. hoick, . or destroyed.
Patlen'ce Is' llau'sted."' .-':
Senator Trber, of Washington, in-
itroduced' a 'eolution "wihicth he asked
shouDd 'go over,, unltil 'tomiorrow, "if dn
the m'ean'tdir;ie!; "nothing has Ibeen done
in the' mattSri" ?The resolution directs
the committed on .foreign! reflation's to
report at .tht.;,?arl!iest momemt :"Witfhout
;wia,-umig' Lvr.iwpe co'ii'currienc'e or aavice
of any depaa?tment of the government,
What adt'ioR-.' j: if jany, lin view iof ithe
(Maine dls&'er and . of . the : daplora!ble
conditioni tfOmbah affairs, ishould be
taken' ito pirelssrve -the honor and "dig
nity Of thciuilitry." - 11'..
When Ithef .resolution offered last Fri
day iby Benat'or?- Chandler, j ' 'of INew
Hampshire, -eHues'ting 'the secretary of
state to senl'Jto the senate ithe' Cuiban
cOnsuia'r coneisponldentee was 1 laid (be
fore the sfenifite, rSeno,tor Davils, chair
man of thtfliireign relations 'comlmiiititee,
asked that" tti'e resolu'tion, go. over until
Wednesday. ;'rj3"thisr Senator Chandler
assented. ( f':;'; 0 - , " ,; V
,i Quite uhekiicftedly a discussion of ;the
Cu'bani quesltjjon was precipitated
Senator Cliy,' of Georgia, hased his
.remarks, heaid, upon the resolution
suibmlitted ibj.Sehdtor.Po?aker, of OMo,
a Tesolu'tlioirty 2n favor of , independence,
and, .if neceVfsary, of armed; tnite'rven1
tion. Wihi'leJ$iie- was fully prepared tio"
support, the S.akJmini'sltra'tlian in' aotfon
utpon -the C&ban. anaitter, he! was de
siroufc that ;fivaf should! be averted if
.at could he.-'l any possibility. Sienator
Clay felt tht' the a'dminitration ought
ito he afforded leverybpportu'nifty tolbring
about a diplomatic solution of (the
pending (trouble and he felt certain that
so long as .'the legislative Ibranich of
the goverhiihn't was. assured that the
president kks aotins? wi'tfli'5 Judigment
arid patr!iotisi 'it wouild await, upon his
rewommehidaltloris. Senator Clay said he
was satisfied thait no permanent, peace
could be ha'd'Jrti .Cuba that did not in
dude the independence off. the Cuibanls.
With :them;lf is liberty or death. The
remedy to'ib -applied to thei situation
in Culba, w,(, in iSeniaJtor Clay's opin
ion, olbsolui independence, 'ais - it was
evident tWalllhe'tislanki could no' longer
ibe held undsr Span'ish sovereignty. By
iierijeiX; rtcwjf7mzi!ng ttne anoepenoence or
Cuba and,ti I;chdrawing her troops from
the island, Spain ' was .afforded' tthe one
opportuniltvSto.make Cuiba her friend.
Unless is'hefilenlbra'ced .tthis opportunity
iSpain'oOultpot support (her rule upon
the island ivr 'five times as. much a& the
'island was?-worth 'to her. ! : '
- -, Senator iCjiy fully realized, he said;
that in ttteiH event; oif War 'the south
wouild .be greater sufferer than any
ooner- part; ft. the country, .mer sea
coast . citie would ibe . open to oittaick
by the eneigy,- her people would he first
called upontp defend itheir homes from
iiivajsion. arfdS her comimerce would ibe
moat sertoiijsly crippled. 'He would not
vcte for - vviar unless every effort to
(bring aibout a peaceful "solution df -the
present dlffu!rty was first- exnaudted
If, however Vthe matter' could molt Ibe
settled dlq'IoTOaticallyf to conilsontanice
with the hfi'or and dignity of the coun
try he wOTto; favor drastic action. 1
hellTeve,V.ljt; -aid, 'fln,the independence
oif Cuiba taKfjl:4f Spain will not agree to
that peacelipy the Uniited' States must
enforce itj.ith all ithe power of her
land and niYal forceis. The people of
the soulth ?KjeKeve dn the peaceful , so
lution of te. question, if .possAhle but
are willing ; to emipioy rorce at neces
sary." ?f . -
This facti, ought, iri itflie opinion of
Senator: Of ;y, to he distinctly com-
mfunicated. Vy rSpalin. MShe 1 oug'h't to (be
told thatr;fhje Almericani people afbso-
lutely,dem?'3m the freedom of the Ou-
hons. - Thei ) ?fif she does not accede to
the deman" ithe aresUiTts would be of her
miateinte1. 1i4 I the -iaJoconTirfhimenfh of
making. "Tn- J the iacconaplishmenft of
Cuba's lnd Jend!ence, Creorgia, the E3m-
pire state iyf the south, Senator Clay.
said, n ctf inclusion, iwouud. do its full
Share.! ;
. In opening; a sot speech upon the'Cu
ban tjuesti0, Senia'tor Perkins, of Cali
fornia; euf giized . ,thie - conduct of - the
president .fr:rT the calm, dignified! and
coniservathi j j manner to. which, (he had
handled (tbl grave problem ; presented
for hi2s soOition.
lSenator "rkiin5s referred briefly to the
scheme 'instuted hy Weyler to starve
more than mniion of SpahSsfli suh
jects into submission and declared that
nothing intgtil history ooraparedi- with
the atrocity that' Wey3er: had . exercised
against1 tthfe Cubans. - The -time Jfor ac
tloni had, to;id3. opinion,: arrived;' ' '
(Senator Pedos, who has had a life
itlnae exTperfence in the ttxandKng-of
great vesselsi tKscussed the destruction
of the IMaitt -from the view polrit-f
an expert. iIe declared, that our isall
ors and offfrs had . 'been Ibeguiledr iby
ithe decept&wn o'f the Spaniard- to a
place ln a .iendly harbor and, there,
without arHhn!tottte's , warning, - been
blown into Eternity. (For forty days
and nights y the people hod suspend ed
judgment, but sow that the facts have
heen laid fcfc fcfor ;them, the verdict he
safid, Is unanimous that the great bat-
tleship was (blown up, not! only from
the outside, but wTth the I cognizance,
of Spanish officials, for whose acts the
Spanish government was fully respon
sible. .The erpaosives1, whether they
were in a mine or in a torpedo, srere
placed under the Maine iby: officials of
xne pannsn government, fi'ne people
Ibeiaeve that they were exploded toy de
sign and hewas one who held to that
belief. It would have been! impossible.
Senator Perkins saM, for any man j or
set of mten, to. place in the harbor of
Havana minea or torpedoes wlt!hiout the
knowledge . of the government authori
ties. To impartial judge would fail, af
ter considering, all the facts presented,
to (place the . responsibility for the
crime upon the ' Spanish! government
through its authorized officials. '"This
most hideous - crime of the nineteenth
century," declared! Senator1 Perfcfas,
vehemently, wasan act of war and I
believe that &t is so regarded by-..the
nations of ftihe worMv JNo offer , of
reiparation could wipe out i the feeling
of the people of this country upon; .the
matter and IntensTty ha Ibe en added
to that feeling by the almost frivolous
manner m which the diisaster 'as fbeen
treated by Spain. The -only honbraible
action (for 'this country now to take Is
to Intervene and free Cuha from the
yoke of Spain." . j
lSenator 'Mantle, of Ifontaha, followed
with an extended speech upon the a!b- i
swThi'n.fir tonk inf Ciilha. Bn wh!toh he de-
I
claredi that he favored the independ
ence of the iCftjIhan people, who for
Tears . had ibeen struggling Tor thear
freedom. . 'I would." said he, "give my
unquiallified endorsemJent and vote in
favor of directing the president to use
the armed forces, both land and na
val, to suppress the savagery that : Ss
now rampant upon thait jfair island.
The time for action has arriived and
the sooner at is taken the better . it
will be for all concerned." j' ,
Senator Rawlins, of Utah, said' the
case between! 'Spain and: ithe . United
States was mode up. It was no lon'ger
for the executive to detaJde what course.
tb- pursiue. With congress rested the.
responsibility of declaring war and as
this wias: itlhe pressing duity ithe presi
dent was no longer the party: 'to, be
criticiised
lf any one was to be. Con-
,-if it w.ills, -he said," decide to !
e with inWdenital outrage and
gress can
hove peace with incidental outrage and
clandesitine murder. 'Als 'for jhiimlself , he
drd riot.' choose, !to accept peace "under
such circum'stahces. . 4He opposed fur
ther delay. The! destruction of the
Maine and -the clandestine! murder of
266 of our sailors had, occurred' ffofty-
' eight days since; .'but tihrs was not all.
ITor ; three years 'the Spanish authori
ties had ibeen impriisonling and murder
ing Americani citizenis. Of -these fadts
the executifive doutbtttess had been fully
advised iby the consular reports, . but
these. reports had heen withheld on the
of our officials in Cuba to give them
out,,-If ; this wo&. true lit iealed..
wretched state of afQaars. - t
ICoritiinuing, Senator 'Rawl-hrs saSd de- J
lay had heen sought layt week iby the '
friends of the president on the plea that j
a messaige was soon to (be sent in from
the president which would meet all the j
J ..1 4. ' A IX urt
j.xiiiciiiiius oi. 'Liit; wmnrj'. tfviL -tilt; saiiiKe
titoe 'tlhe privia)te and cprifi'deritial - sec-
retary of the' president was sendii'nlg" 'a
message to his friends, urging them to-
the utmost exertion, tlo Ibring pressure
to tbear, to secure peace. .
Senator Rawlins criticised our haflting
policy in strong language,, saying, that
is Was such as to justlify Spain in Ihold
inlg. the United States to contempt. He 1
added1 that the crime of the explosion
Of the 'Maine was due - to our own in
decision and cowardice, .and -that such
an 'act would never have, heen perpe
trated upon any other nation.
In jaoniclusSon, Senator 'Rawlins made
an argument for an a'bsolute declara
tion of: war Insteald of a declaration for
airmed Sn'tervention. -, . !
The sundry) civil1 aippropriatiori 'bill
was then 'taken up. . 1 I
At 5 o'clock the 'senate went into ex
ecutive session and soon afterward ad
journed, j
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I
While there was no attempt ito force
consideration for, a resolution regard
ing the Cutoan situation m Ithe house
today, there was a -brief outbreak, in
the course of -which ithe woriike tem
per of the crowded) galleries was so
man'ifest that iSpeaker Reedi (threatert-
-ed to clear them if it was repeated. The
outbreak occurred over a motion by Mr.
Cannon to pass the senate resolution
to authorize ithe president to erect tem
porary fortSfications, in case! off emer
gency, (upon land when the written, con
sent of .the owners was obtained, with
out awaiting the long process of legal
condemnation. i t
fTh&s lead, to a demand "by Mr. Bailey,
the democria'tic leader, for information
as to. the- facts .which warranted all
these war measures. The particular
statement which aroused the galleries,
was tothe effect that while the dem
ocrats, were willing to waft any reason -
apie.Timeiror one presadent to i transmit
f message rthax would' - meet! the ajp
rQval of ,'tMe 'Almerican people, they
woiild riot wait a minute fori him to
conUnunegotiations'witlhi fth '1btch-
ers .of ISpain.".. When the demonstra
tions in the galleries were rebuked fcy
tuc sspeftute'ne I'lsajieyjaecioreu: xnsut xne
I gaJUerreB nyere the lAmerlcan people in '
1 miriJature. . CMr. tfla'nfnon. taneruisfal (Mr. I
jsaaieyoi posturing'- ana piaydng to
the galleries. - . . j
'Mr. lentz, or Uhio, . saM he; thought
an omendrment ne desired to offer io
recognfize -fthd independence' iof Cuba
should he attiached to Hhie oill. Spain
:had recognized -the conlfederacy withdn
thirty days jafter ISuawter was i fired on.
Why should we hesitate?
ftlr. WilKams, democrat, df iMisslissip
pS, a member of the (foreign affairs
committed, at tthis juncture made an
lmiportian.t statement netering the fact
that - the , comlmdttee! bad adjourned
witbiiin an (hour and 'that some dis
cJosures had - !been made which ' sealed
the lips of all the anemlbets of '.the com
mittee, - irepufblicaiis and '. democrats
alike. He said the proposed! amsend
mienU at tfms tiimte was inoppoaitune. 1
beMeve," isaid he, "that when we move
we shouM move in phlanx and In line.
On lehis sfde our position Is- known and
'understtfod by the conintry. A To. : em
phasize dt now anight dk inbre - 'harm
than good.' . As an eantergency. war
measure, "he would, -the said,! support
this MH.-' .. . " . J. ...i . ...
Mr.' (M'addox, democrat, of :Georgla,
thought congress . andf the I country
should 1be fully informed of all; . the
facts regarding the crisis,, so that mem-
fbers could- proceed With deliberation
If there was to be war it would 1je"i&
war of the people of the United Sb&es
and n'ot of any "party; Ibut there sbasS2L.
be no hasty impetuous plunge into ?oastE
The members of the congress of ISS.
he said, plunged the oountry into Ttfacs
and 'then carefully hid away in tfhsSx
'bomDprooifs and allowed others to
the fighting. He thought every vpexn--
ber should 'be willing 'to ifight ihefojrc8
asked others to .fight. . (ApplauseOr
The (bill was passed and it was Sax- -.
ranged that the army reorgatfizaganaa
ibill should1 fbe taken up on Wed'ncsaarjr
unless a report was made fronx Cias
commirttee' on foreign affairs.
; The remainder of the day passed rariZii
out .incident in the ttransatction at Wis
trict of Columbia, .business, -and at SrIS"
o'clock p. m. ithe house adjournedL
POPULIST COMMIT TEE - w
To Meet Today to Call State Con veal
Congressman White's Franking; Awtfmm
to Be Inquired Into -by tlie Grand Jbb3E
Vrost and Ice Three Brothers im tla
Fenltentlary .
i Messenger Bureau, '
J Raleigh, N. C, AprU -SL
. Tomorrow afternoon the- popalist:
state committee meets here to icall a
state conventtm. ; Ther is an impres-
sxcn
thlat it 'Will ' name May 200 "
! as
the. date six idays ahead of the-
democratic state xjonverition.' Seioaifar ?
?utler will attend, ; but COngressritari
Skinner "writes that he cannot leave1
Washington in, the present crisis. ' "
TGje American Fire 'Insurance Oxm--pany
of New Tork wais today licensefif.
to do business in this state.
The 'impression of officials of the Cape
Fear and Tad kin Valley railway fe.
that the United States circuit "court:,
of appeals will not decide the case in
volving the sale of that road boifnre
May. As ,to the purchasers, that "Win
depend upon the decision 'whether tf
road will "be soM as a w'hole or in sets--tlons.
! . :
Postmaster 'Bushee 1s till in office. Tfa
postoffice depar'tment nvili not appoinit;'
';" .rT V t , ,t
''fJl
?rt9. it is saW nsfOI
until the 'war crisis" is over. The wo
use a letter be WTote concerniher JCiza
Nifahols. . ' - .
It is intima'ted. fit at the riexit term
of the federal couhere the grand Jury
will' have something, to say aibout Can
gressman George H. White's albuse riT
the franking privilege in 'seriding ?iA
newtspapers. Judge Burnell has been-
sent some of the franked papers.
V George F. Merritt, the young burglasz f
who was sentenced to the penitemtiary
'Fridky, to remain dui-ing life, wasei
there Saiturday. . (He say's his uncleu
wiho is . . rich, would not aM5 5hl m. tri:
" " f h ,Vr "-m . 7 :
.SrZ - ?55iMp 7
Thar-
penitentiary officials 'keep their" eyes r.
Merritt, who is regard tr as a 'tricky "
and perhaps dangerous man. V
- iThlomas K. (Bruner was called
Salish-ury yiefeiterd'ay. by telegram an
nouncing the critical illness - of .Ms-,
brother, Charles.
The largest sale of land: "in the stale
, in several, months wais maoTe- fast Sa2-
urdiay, when 57,000 acres of Haywxifa
"county .lahdi were sold for $60,000 to a.
INew Jersey syndicaJte.
I ' The funeral of Mrs. Omega XI. Fasier
I was held ;here yesterday aftemoon at
'Christ chtirch, 'and was attended Jnr
' people tfromi many sect ion's of the jstate.
nJp' lAm,gieXV Pfes'ld,n't
Oape Fear and Northern raiiwav. de
claret it will IbriiM from Raleigh to MT-' ' '
lington, via Cary "and Holly Spring..
There is general satisfaction at Oxz
decision of the adjutant general tlMl -volunteers
miust come1 through 'fifes .
Channel of the "national "guardV It is v .
felt thait tibJis its ehitinently proper ana
just. 1Soi say such distinguished offi-
cers as General Rohert F. Hoke. Yohht -correspondent
showed Jiim tthe decisioa -to
this effect Saturday afternoon, and " "
he fmmedlately yald: "It is' exactljr -
right." .It shows-. the state'3 reilonce
on the 'guard. 'Army officers here are
all agreed as to ithe perfect propriety- -
of this' course. '- . r
It appears that the new summer cam- -pa:?gn
uniform which: Is aibout - to "be-- '
adopted for the army is what is knowra .
as "I-TWarki" cloth, which the Britisr
troops have for some years worn I
camipaigns in warm countries. It, 4s sl.
dirt colored linen, rather darker ihraim
that worn Jby the German troops inr
summer; is very Tight .and yet fine ana"
strong." -.
Roth frost .and Ice have formed here
during tthe past four or : five days Sae
one -and' frost three times. It does not
appear that any. material- datnfaara "
yet done save the' check to vegetable
groiith. ' West to--here ' the" frost" fcasr " ":
J reports he' true, and has also Injure
wneat. - in tine' extreme fKrthnv3tcrr
doun'tiesL.1 tlhere waBVr snojw tJUTaaar"1'
morning. : ;Apples appear to have ea .
caped damage, the trees not being fn -
bloom. . -'
fin the penitentiary 1 now are' three-"
prisoners nvhia are 1 brothers. Tbelr v
name ; 4s; Wagner and they ere ' amox-sr
the ibest behaved men In the "prfaantJ "
There are twenty-two United States
prisoners. Superintendent- MewTorne.
eays 'he Is pleased with the -slrrrt lie" C
tory, in which sixty ore at work, fifis
numher to be rapidly Increased to
smo laner to aw, peiinapjs. 1
The revenue collections for March
I this district were very (Earee. The nam-.
-her of seizures of illicit dttTiprJPte er
very small. - It Is sold, as ta reason w
- - - iri u t i .
tuts, tWaifcja great many of ifihe ratomt -shiners
have shut down for a wMIe.
ttthe surpreme courtJ - will this tweeter.
take up the appeals from the -Ninth dis
trict. ;
Bock nill' Bis Fire -
Charlottte,; N. C, ApHl 3. Sunday. .
The ifire at Rock HH1, S. C, this morn
ing deetroyekl twelve - ,buildrngs, . in-.
volv1ng;a. loss, of; $250,000, upon wblcSr
ihere was. an itosuratice of 150,000, d
trjbxrted inf several companies. Hx?
ozftgSn i yet a matter o-:speotilatianu-".
The Charlotte Are department arrircal2
there arfter the fire was-, under' cwrtttiL
. Iuring .the progress of the fire t&gsns-.
was an explosion in- one of", the foafiJ ,
ings .whlich did consfderafMe dEtecatsia-'
and injured three persons. . A nmrr&ex
of minor , casualties occurred. .
'A torpid liver robs you of ajribirko
and rums your health! IDeWitt'a
tie Early: Risers Cleanse the liver, cure
constipation and all stomach and liveac
troubles. R. R. Bellamy. ; . j ,