VOL. XI. NO. 97.
WILMINGTON N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, lit
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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THE WAR
!: H'.i. ;-4-
The Gunboat Nashville,
ron, Captures a Spanish Steamer.
CUBAN
PORTS
Position of Our Government as to Privateering Law as to Contraband
; of War To Iritercept-the Oregon The; Volunteer Arnjiy Bill a
j Law--The Squadron Sails From Key West On Lookout
for Spanish Merchantmen --Fifty Thousand
Troops for Cuban invasion General Lee
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to Be Appointed to
'Washington, April 22. There w
ere
two further important steps
Washington, L toward actual h
in
tilitiesj . not to mention
the
overt .act involved in -the seizure
of the ; Spanish vessel Buena Ventura,
off Ky Weist The first was the issue
by the; president of his proclamation
announcing to theworld a blockade of
a number of Cuban ' ports and the' see
ond was the signing by him of the biff I
providing fpr the utilization of the vol
unteer forces in war. Then, in addi
tion, there was a notable retirement
from-the navy department in the case
t .Captain Royal .'B, Bradford, chieq
0f j
the equipment division. -j Captain Bradr-
furd asked to be given command of
an
active warship. The resignation will
be accepted and by virtue of his rank,
as well as to mark the high ; regard
entertained for him by the administ
a-
en
tion, Captain; Bradford will
be gH
one of the. best of the available ships' j
In the navy, j . . . ):.::,
- PRIVATE ER.ING AND NEUTRABI
."'.I:'". TY.
" Following lip the formalities,
ning with the blockade proclarnatipn,
the. state department this " afternoon
addressed.:-an identical i note to all of
the representatives of foreign jnations
accredited to Washington, notify ng
them of the policy to be pursued ' by
this governm'en"t in the: matter! of j ri
"vateering and neutrality. This Vas
followed by the sending of cable mes
sages to all American embassies .nd
legations abroad containing the same
information; in ,a little: more succi ict
form for presentation ;to the gove m
ments . to which they are. accredited.
The statement was precisely similar in
terms to that teleeraphed by the As
sociated Press last Wednesday jand its
formal adoption by the; government as
the line of , policy to be pursued vas
siot-prevented by the criticism! passed
upon it in the senate yesterday. by Sen
ator Money, of Mississippi. In brief it
declares that bur government will not
"resort to privateering; that the ene
my's goods in neutral bottoms, ss.ve
Contraband, are exempt from seizure;
that neutral'; goods, not contraband,
imder" the enemy's flag are safe, frm
seizure, and that blockade to he. birid
fng must be: effective. In : substance
these are the principles laid downjin
the agreement of Paris of 1856. The
Officials are not disturbed at the serfii-
ifTiciai notice; from .Madrid that Spiin
-will , refuse to be bound by the, same
j)r!nciples and forbid privateering, for
Ihey a,re satisfied-that the great copi
: meicial powers will not tolerate he
t)ractice of i privateering ' under the
f pani"s.h flag. j
WHAT ;IS CONTRABAND
1 Inawnueh as there exists a great
amount ot misapprehension, not oniy ,
among foreign countries. but apso i
sirhontr American shippers i as. to the
r haracter of merchandise that lis con
traband .: and i liable to seizure during
the progress of. war, the following uti-'
ofTiciaf, but authentic, statement las
been obtained from a high official of
the government;
"In determining, according to jthe law
of nations, whether merchandise is
contraband of" war, it is classified:
'1. Absolute contraband.
!'2. Occasional or conditional ;Cont:-a-
banJ- 1 , ' j
"3. Goods not contraband, j
'The first class includes all gOods of
ah essenttally warlike character.
"The second class includes provis-
ions, navai stoit-H,
tain kinds of machinery, certain forjms
of steel, iron, etc., yvhich are subservi
ent to warlike use and w hich ire' des
tined fo- the use of the .enemyi. .They
are contraband or not: according to :
k-caWons and tends as to their charac
ler, shipment;and destined use. Evury
.such case depends' on its own factsJ
- ' "The third class includes articles hot ;
suited-to warlike use such as j church i
service and musical instruments,
household wares and goods, and other-,
such like articles, and including ms ny
that are purely mercantile in character.
-No article of i merchandise is jcontra-...-
imioc9 tmnsnorted beyond the
erritorial waters and Jurisdiction ojf a
jtieutritl statei nor unless destiped for
.n enemy's port, or for an enemy's Use,
'for sin enemy's ship upon the high
'' which belligerent ships are rter-:
Tnitt'ed ' to police, in search of the ehe
. uiia. tm! contraband-of war
haustive definition .of
cntraband articles can be giv.n..They
-ir changingl wlth the progress Jin,
nrficles were formerly
v,ii, now are not. and the
.,m.ve,-sP is true. Neither belligerent
. ,....J I-,..,, .-r.,,.1' !. r.'mtraband in yio
lation of his treaty with nations tiat
u,.vai-c t re sards. ine
air, iirunai i " ' " - ' - , i,
...,i,t.,nt0 nf tvint nnupr. Any one
siting to ship goods to a foreign port
in neutral vessels would promapiy Vn
treaties between
nn nnV txistine
snnin and the government of that p6rt
Tiu. hKllisrerent right of capture as
J-t.at n neutral exists .(tnlv. elither in
contraband of war or of, an pn
.mv"s e-oAJs abroad or of a violation! of
.L3 'fttr 1 blockade, and lii other
analogous case vhere 'the onductj of
the neutral justly the belligerenj in
,,,nin!hu i.roierir as an enenty s
J'.."'.,, Tf:,,nin arlhers to the pin
4,.les of free ships,. free goods. this
qover.nment proposes to do, only j cton
nods are subject to capture
in such ships." -.. ' . f
ilUMOn :',OP 'HAWAIIAN; ANNEA
I ' - t TION
Tnnn.ii'v nt the navy departihent a to
ihe story that our government had" ar
ranged .for the seizure of the Hawaiian
-inlands and the estaDiisnment uu a. vyai-ina-
station in Hawaii ! failed td sdure
ilnv TKMsitive statement on the- subject
h..re. is cood authority for believling
.hat the storv is exaggerated land all
Uhat has been done is to provide for
f f h establishment of a coaling depot
land Hs adequate protection, j
I NQ ITKAR FOR THE OREGON
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The naval! omciais ieei t?vM tupu
i dence. in the: ability of the Oregon and
-, x . .il r t r Ti,r .t t thelTlr
selves from ; the. Spanish gunboat Te
-, hut tn iipstrnv that craf
.she ever comes within range.
I THE CUBAN, BLOCK.AJJE.
rr v. n umiinrinn ti rnitf uiULnauc i
' -t . v j Sc,,u.
Cuba to a .cerxain o.
- one plausible reason advanced iprlthe
covernmenfs action was thaUby re.
- fj-aining from establishing a blockade
r the eastern portion of th island
understood to be practically I in
ffi S?trol of the insurgents the Way
, IS i left open for them to freely
as been Jeti . open . & ,
vas not o"vi t"TZS-Z-V:'l 171
receive u w1-" . j
I
tions oi " . ,aaaA hvthe war
A rormai "T " thp eauiDihent
department Increasing the fPS
bt batteries of gJgJg '
IS BEGUN
of Key West Squad
ARE BLOCKADED.
High Command.
and battery wagon and 100 horses. The
enforcement of this order will require
900 additional horses which the quarj
termaster's department will purchase
in Tennessee. . . , - j
FIFTY THOUSAND TROOPS FOR
. : CUBA. ' .
For purposes off transporting the
army' to Cuba the Quartermaster genj
eral's office has under consideration the
question of the charter of ships hav
ing the carrying capacity of 60,000 men
No charters have, however, been
closed
In the engineer ahd ordnance bu-
reaus work was being rushed with the
greatest possible speed toward the coml
pletion of defense projects and the" inr
.. i n t : - - T. : ah l- - 1 1
siauuuun ui uig guns, ah iue x mi
nute material in me way oi guns ana
carriages : are being utilized and . the
officials express satisfaction at the re
sults obtained in the4 short space of
time at their disposal. j
SlTTiLEM ELNT OF (THE! . VOTjUN--
".- !. TEBR BijliL. . . I i
The conferees of the two', houses on
the. volunteer army bill before congress
'convened': today. According 'to , this
agreement the senate receded, from thp
first amendment concerning the time
in which the organized milua shall
serve, but the time for which all vol
unteers are to ibe enlisted is reduce
from three years to twol !The Warrep
amendment authorizing.' the president
to organize independents troops was rej
tamed, Ibut the rfumiber was limited; to
3,000. The senate receled from its
amendment making it compulsory, to'
the regimental and company militid
officers to receive their commissions
from the governors of their rp?,Jtivfe
states and leaving it opional las fix-io"
j.'oy. the house. The senate also receded
from its amendment .attaching- an engit-
cter officer, to the staff of each brig.ia
commander.: Ail the other senat
amendments, reducing the j -rariK
staff, officers, etc., were agreed to.
BIOOKADB AND . PRTVTATEEJRlNi
Members f the diplomatic corps say
that no question can be raised as to the
right of the United. States to declare
a blockade. This 'bein-g conceded, fori
eign powers will accept it as binding!.
A rumor was circulated during the
day that! Spain would cede Cu'ba to
Austria. 1 This was dismissed as
groundless 'by leading diplomatic offlj
cials, whose; position iwould make them
aware of. any such move.
For several days the foreign emtoasl
sies and -legations have been aware
that the United States iwould make arV
official declaration against privateerj
ing and this, "was conveyed to them to
night in the form of a circular notej.
As a rule: this gives much satisfaction;,
particularly to the commercial powers
as' it is felt to be only a preliminary
step 'toward the enforced abandon
ment of privateering .by Spain.
SPANISH STEAMER CAPTURED.
l H V VV ri 1 'A Mill tl ' Z, III-?
atates cruiser Nashville has captured
th e gDanish steamer Buena Ventura!
for Rotterdam, having on board a -carj-go
of lumber. She was on her way
from the i coast of Texas. The Nashl
ville towed her prize into the harbpjr
at 11 o'clock this morning. The news
of, the capture of the Spaniard set the
people of Key West frantic with enf
thusiasm. AH work was suspended and
the dockswere soon crowded. . ; I
The United States fleet was. 'about
twelve miles off Sandy Hook light this
morning at 7 o'clock when the Spanish,
merchantman was sighted,- bound
north. The gunboat Nashville ran her
down, and put a shot across her bows
from the! 4 -inch gun on the. port side,
i aft, manned by Lieutenant Dillinghami.
The Spaniard ignored the ; shot; but
another, closer to her bows, brought
her to. A "prize crew under Ensign T,
Magruder was put aboard.! Captain
Lucarraga, in command of the steamr
er, was astounded. He said he did not
know that war had been declared; but
: when he iwas informed of the state of
affairs, he shrugged his shoulders and
accepted j the situation philosophically.
The. Nashville has taken on stores
and will return to the fleet. Ensign
Magruder will be relieved by Ensign.
Carlton, of the Snow, A body of .ma
rines is pacing the deck of the Spanj
iard, and her crew of twenty-eight ar0
lounging about the decks in nonchalant
fashion. According to prize laws, Capr
tai.n ; May nard will turn the prisoners
of war over to the United States diep
trict attorney, who . will decide the
question of their disposition. ;
The monitor Puritan is taking on coal
and water and will sail to Join the fleet
tonight
FLEET - BOUND FOR M ATANZAS.
On excellent authority it is reported
that th.e destination of the fleet is Mai
tanzas. , On board the flagship is Cap
tain Arangureri, brother of the .late
Brigadier General Nestor Arangureri
He will pilot the fleet to Matanaas. The
Cuban pilots went on board last night
after 1 o clock. ' .
Thp Detroit sailed to ioin the fleet
i this afternoon. It is believed that Jonfe
or two ships will be left at least tern
porarily.
SAILING OF THE FKEET
The North Atlantic squadron, ex!
ceDtinar the monitors Terror and Purl
tan and the Bmaller cruisers, sailed
from key West at 5:45 o'clock this
morning, headed for the Florida straits.
Reside the two monitors, the ships left
behind are the cruisers Detroit and
Marblehead; the gunboat Helena, the
disnatch boat Dolphin and. the . cable
renair boat Mangrove.
Xhe Dauntless, the dispatch boat of
the Associated Press, left here with the
fle. f
The departure of the-fleet was not
Bn 'imDOsiner as had been anticipated.
On the contrary, there was something
a nrimhie in eetting away. "When
all was ready, the" flagship swung round
and came well into the fiarror, signal
ing to the other ships about to sail.
Aftpr recelvine resDonses. she turnea
and headed for the open sea, with the
Iowa, and the Indiana closely in her
rear. The Indiana had been coaling at
the Dry Tortugas,5but was cabled for,
and at midnight, she jpined her two
o.otav iiiVs at the anchorage held by
i the three .while in the harbor. . The
! . , , t n...Hr. 4.'41ia tVirfta -wot.
. smpa an(j was first to swing her squat i
11 ; bulk into the line. She was rouowea
1 th Newcort which also lay out-
rf the fleet l.vin close to the
shore, ithe Ampnitrite' was the leader.
ov vt - - - , . -
eiia- iiimK'Arecl alone after Jtne macnias
""TTsnins stretching abovtir
frhn.rd. She. was the first ot
.. mnnitnrs to loin the warlike pro-
innkine the deadly instrument
she ls.1 Then came the Nashville, her
three smoKestacKs oisunguisums u
frnm others, with the gunboat vvll-
.ir.trtr.n nnjunc' aAnns sldoi The Cas-
tine, which was next, littl.e .compared
with ttie other members ot tne u.ifw,
lent family, but looked game for bl,o6efy
W'ork. should tne fortunes oi wsi.r
n The Cincinnati was delayeda
SUe tlme, as he was in the act of talc
ing coaj from a schooner off Fort Tay
lor when the .signal to sail was given.
But shfe got Into the jagged line next-.
The other ships of the fleet followed
in navy mathematical formation, as
viewed! by the shore .i spectators. The
Mayflower brought up the rear of the
parade land was one of. the last to fade
from view. The torpedo boats did not
start until 6 o'clock, when most of the
line was under way, but, as if to ex
hibit their ! capabilities, they, darted
ahead and were soon lost from sight In
the forward group. The boats were
the Dupont, the i Porter, Winslow,
Ericsson, and Cushing. The monitors
Puritan and Terror lay side by side
coaling from a large barge which was
between them, their decks crowded
with officers and blue Jackets observ
ing the naval pageant. It is believed
the tw monitors are to follow the rest
of the squadron, i 1 . ' ;
Following the floating forts was the
fleet of newspaper i dispatch boats,
numbering about twenty. , Cuban pilots
accompanied the fleet. Juan Santo
was on board the New York, Pedro
Hernandez was aboard the Cincinnati,
and Flize Losa was the pilot of the
Indiana. - These three! men are "experts
in theif business. They know the Cu
ban coast thoroughly and have suc
cessfully landed .filibuster expeditions.
. THE CAPTURED STEAMER.
Galveston, Texas, April 22 The Span
ish, steamer .Buena Venturstr 'c'stptured
by - the; . United States gunboat Nash
ville, is a tramp steamer hailing from
Bilboaj Spain. - She belonged to the'
Sarrinaga Line. On March 29th.; she
arrived at Pascagoula, Miss., from Ha
vana, and was on the way to Pensa-cola,-
yia.', to load for Holland when
captured. The, "Bueria Ventura, from
Pascagoula, IMiss., which was captur
ed by the Nashville was loaded by Mo
bile .parties for- Rotterdam -with 875,000
feet ofi lumber valued at $10,900. .
Key (West? Fla., April 22. Comman
der Lyons of the Dolphin has deliverT
ed to United States! district attorney
Stripling the paper's" of the Buena Ven
tura captured by the Nashville. He
will libel the ship in the "usual way.
Thej unfortunate merchantman . is
till lying "in the har'bor. Her captain
was allowed ' to remain on 'board ; 'but
the criew of '.twenty-eight were taken
over to the Dolphin and made to assist
in the; work of coaling. ;
The : guniboat Nashville . steamed
proudly out of the harbor late this af
ternoon, having achieved the first vic
tory of the war, although a bloodles3
one. She had gone about twelve miles
when j the Dolphin signaled to return.
She steamed back and received orders,
the nature of which was not divulged,
and ipiit to sea again finally to join the
fleet $.ndti incidentally, to pick up any
other lyagrant ship of the enemy that
happens to "come within range of her
guns.. The cruiser (Marlblehead, the
moriitpr Puritan, the Algonquin and the
Mangjrove sailed this afternoon to join
the fi4et. The only ships of the squad
ron eemaining here are the Dolphin,
the Terror and .the Helena, all of which,
are likely to move within a few hours.
It reported this; evening that the
; Buena Ventura ran aground on a reef-
aboui? a mile out and as leaking. Tugs
went (to 'her assistance and pulled her
off. iponsiderable mysitery surrounds
the affair. '.;-. -- - - -,
TQ INTERCEPT OTHER STEAMERS
New .Orleans, April 22. Orders have
beenfissued to intercept and seize the
Catalina and Miguel Jover, the Span
ish ships which left here last night.
The Louisiana naval reserves will be
put into service tomorrow, part going
to. Mobile and the main body to the
mouth of the river. .
LEE TO BE A MAJOR GENERAL.
Richmond, April 22. It is understood
here that General Lee will unquestion
ably! be made a major general in the
United States volunteer army, and
will Head a division or corps in Cuba.
He will leave for Washington on Sun
day,! if not ordered there sooner, and
immediately upon receiving his com
mission will select his staff of nine
men; When asked if the Virginia
troops would be attached to his com
mand," he .stated unhesitatingly that
they would be, and it has leaked out
that he wired to Secretary Alger , to
day, suggesting that the troops destin
ed fpr Cuba be uniformed in the light
est (possible .clothing. Wheh asked if
he would accept anything less than; a
major general's commission, General
Leei referred to his telegram sent to
the Washington authorities, from Key
West, offering his services ror any auty
he might be called upon to perform,
and said: "I am anxious to return to
put! to rout the Spanish troops, and I
would accept a lieutenant's commis
sion1 if it permitted me to lead as much
as a squad in Cuba.
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READY FOR ACTION.
Flying Squadron lender Strict
Rule and Awaiting Orders.
Fortress Monroe, Va., April 22. Vis
itor's were not; allowed on (board the
ships during the day, applicants .being
told ' that the squadron was on a ,war
footing-and regulations- forbid . recep
tions The Minneapolis ihad' suib-cal-
ilbr4 .practice the greater part of . the
.afternoon and all the ships used their
search lights and did signalling toy lan
tern tonight. :
tithe war bulletin of th Associated
Prss were read with, much interest,
ibuti many doubts were expressed at
the nortMcatiqn that the . Key jwest
squadron, had moved. It was general
ly admitted that the battleship Oregon
was in danger; or attacK, pu)t lew ex
pressed, any doubt as to her. aJbllity to
taKe care or nerseu.
A dispatch late in the evening to the
effect that the squadron' would be left
here to care for the coast defence is re
ceived with a great. deal of incredulity.
The fact that two colliers and a hos-
pitjal ship have been .rushed to the
squadron and that one of the colliers
was hurriedly filled yesterday seems to
indicate that no such lack of activity
is jinltended and that a hurried call to.
move is exoeciea. ina opmiwu cm.
many officers seems, to be that this
fleet will move the instant It 'becomes.
.Known, tnat cne nja.pe ue.-vvj.ue jjno-uvia
fleet of thei Spanish is in motion, if
the fleet stays here ! for any period or
time it would nottibe isnirpris'ing if the
Columibia and the-; Minneapolis were
sent out on prize seeking expeditionis.
The sam order about omcers neang
on board the ships at 10 o'clock and tbe
forbidding of all night shore leave are
still the rues for tonight and this too
would indicate a move at any (moment.
t ,i -
iWlhien a man Is -suffering w1!t!h. an
aching (head, a slugglsb. body, wben his
muscles are lax and lazy, Wis .ram
dull, and hia ' stomach draining food.
he w5M, if wise, heed these warnings
.ahd resort, to the right remedy, berore
it is too 'late.; "Parfeers Sarsaparuia,"
the "King of Blood ; Purifiers," makes
tiie appetite keen and hearty 4nVigor-
ajtes the llvepun'fles jm& naiood ana
mis It witflx tire life-givlnig eaetmen-ts of
the food. Tt 4s ar wonderful blood ma
ker and flesh, biiirder. Sold ay J. c
Sheriard, J. EL Hardin, and H. JU Fen
tress. ;-;,- ':;- - :'-
Alabama Demo-irato Pledge Support,!
U. . . '..' -' i ,,T. ,
.Washington, April 22-General Wheel-
er. representative from AiaDama, to-
day returned from the state convention j
held yesterday at Montgomery. Tne
ijollowing resolution was passed on his
rnotion and Is the lirst one coming irom
a state convention:
"Kesoivea, xnat stanaing to arms as
We do today, we pledge our lives and
jhojior to. the cause "of our country for
Sits defense, for the maintenance or its
honor and prestige and -for its support
An any conflict with a foreign foe. .
Hart's Emulsion or Coa Ulver Ot!
with Oreosote and the HypopliOBpihltee,
tf faftihfuMy used, la a specific In the
treatment of weak lungs, Caaswrtp
tionj Droiicihllrtrv etc Lieading-ptoysl-ciansreooOTnie
ft Sold ' toy J. C.
Shepard, f , Htardln. and 1 Fem-
!i
Passed byf Both Houses
of Congress.
WAS HASTILY RATIFIED
Tlte Conference Committees on tbe
Amendments Make Reports' and the
Two Houses! Without Debate Adopt
the Reports-The House to Meet Ear
ly Today to Take Up the Army Re
organization Bill Death of Senator
Walthall Reported.
" SEfNTATE."
Washington, : April 22. -Doiring
the
(brief opening session of thevsenate to-,
day the formal ' announcement of the
death of Senator Walthall, of Miss
issippi, was made and arrangements
were perfected," so far as (the senate is
concerned;, for the funeral ceremonies,
which iafe to be held in! the ; senate
chamber tomorrow at . noon. . A. secret
Bessionj of tw (hours vas iheld. during
vhich the conference report on the vol
unteer ibill was .agreed to1 (but mo tiusi-'
ness was done in open session. . it was
stated that the doors were closed mere
ly for jthe purpose of avoiding the ap
pearance of : transacting -tousihess pre
vious to the announcement of the
death of Senator Walt hall and not for
othgr business than that connected,
with the army ibill. j ' ; J''
Senator Hawley rftd; the adoption
of the report of the conferee's' on the
(bill and made a brief explanation of
the changes, in responses .to "questions.
There jwas no oppoeition jto the; agree
ment and when once taken up the bill
was soon disposed of. There was,
however, considerable delay which was
caused by the fact thab it Was neces
sary; that the bill should Ibe enrolled
and compared -foefore being signed, so
, that the executive psesslbn continued
for about two hours. The vice pres
ident attached his signature to it at
2 o'clock. ' ; j -
At 2 o'clock the senate resumed exe
cutive .'business in open session.
Senator Money, of (Mississippi, offi
cially announced : the death of Sena
tor Walthall. Tni so doing he delivered
a brief eulogy on the dead statesman.
He then offered ; the usual resolutions
expressing the regret of tbe senate at
the death of Senator Walthall and di
recting; the vice-president to appoint
a comrtiittete of nine senators to rep
resent the senate at the funeral.
The resolution was adopted and the
vice president named as i the commit-
U IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE DAY.
At North Carolina State Guard
tne governor nas onerea to tne VVaf Department to Lead the
State Troops in Battle. .- -'.' .' ., V.' :t(-sf 'j':: - U-:.: '
Two Negro Volunteer Companies are formed at New Bern.
North Carolina. j; . . ;; '.'; - :. ; ;.;;:
I The Gunboat Nashville Captures a Spaiiish ; Steamer loaded
with $10,000 wOrth of Lumber. ;. ' t j f i ; ?
The Key West Fleet sailed at ah early hojur yesterday.
- j Congress Passes the Volunteer A.rmyi8ill L and ;Calls for
Troops will be made today. ' ' ; - t f i: "
;! The President Issues , His
Blockade of several Cuban Ports
It is reported that the Topekaj has been Sunk by Collision
with a Bark. . ' I J '
j I Spanish j Cruisers will try.
sailed for New York. ' . ;. '.; ;';-.";'; : . . ' :' .' n ' ...
A Spanish Cruiser goes in search of the (Jregon and Marietta,
j The Hong Kong fleet sails to attack ihe Phillipihe Islands.
Secretary Sherman will resign inj a fevvj days.4! - Hi
There is a rumor that, an American Monitor yesterday at
a tacked and pursued a Spanish
Urn
tee: ' Senators iMoney, Berry, Bate,
Pettus, Spooner, :iGray, Proctor, Pasco,
and Cannon. ! ji i :',
A resolution offered toy Senator Cock
rell,i of; Missouri;? was adopted extend
ing invitations to attend, the tuneral,
Which is to -be held in the senate cham
ber tomorrow at 12 o'clock, to the pres
ident, members of the cabinet, Jriem-bers-of
the diplomatic corps, the house
of ' representatives 'the supreme court,
,the major general commanding .the
army and the senior , admiral pf the
navy. - ; -- ,
On motion of ! Senator" Money the
senate t,hen, as a mark, of respect ad
journed. , :.-. " ;. - ' I - .
HOUS3E OF REPRESENTATIVES.
.The house today displayed ' its en
thusiasm for the war unAn which' the
country has entered by rushing
oAnti.mr Viae atanai. .nlimoi
through, without debate,! the confer
ence report on the bill authorizingthe
president to" call out the volunteers and
agreeing, by unanimous I consent, to
meet at -'10 o'clock tomorrow to take up
the consideration of thej army reor
ganization bill. The passage of the
latter bill is considered j imperatively
necessary by the war department. The
.Patterson-Carmack contested election
case was disposed of, the sitting mem
ber, Mr. Carmack, being giyen the seat
by a vote of 136 to 118. Several repub
licans voted w'ith'the democrats and
many declined to vote. The democrats'
were vfery bitter in their denunciations
of Mr. Patterson, who belonged to the
gold wing of the party. ' Both the con
testant and contestee addressed the
house in their own behalf.
The leaders were very anxious to
get the bill authorizing the, president
to call out the' volunteers through the
house and into the hands of the presi
dent: at the earliest possible moment
today, i-. In order to expedite matters,
therefore, the conferees met before ad
journment .and arranged a complete
agreement- on the senate i amendment.
As soon as the journal was read, the
house went through the; formality of
agreeing to a ' conference. Mr. Hull,
chairman of the military affairs com
mittee,! then explained the imperative
necessity of haste and what had been
done. Without even" a formal ratifica
tion of the informal action of the con
ferees,! he, thereupon, presented the
conference report. The changes agreed
up were briefly:
The changes agreed upon wre brief
ly explained. ; -
There was no debate, although Mr.
Dockery, democrat, of Missouri, enter-
ed his protest against the amendment
permitting the raising orr a.oou troops
. f the United states at large. The
i rpr)npt , waa then unanimously agreed
tO. i ' : . j.
The senate resolutions announcing the
death of Senator Walthall, of Mississip
pi, were presented, , together with the
invitation of the senate, requesting the
house to attend the funeral in a body.
The resolutions were adopted and the
invitation was accepted- on motion of
RepresentativeAUen. The speaker ap
pointed Messrs.; Allen, Fox, . Henry.
Love, Sullivan and Williams, of Mis
sissippi; Bartlett, of Georgia; Spald
ing, or Michigan, and Johnson, of-"In-"
diana,1 to attend the funeral. ...
At 5:30 o'clock p, m.,; as a further
mark of respect. . the house adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow. ' v 5 : ,
' ' ' : - il '..' 1 '.' ' ': V- : .
It requires a gobd-ized closet for
for sopie ol the famly skeletonsv , v:
inn id ii
A ainVA A .Mao4- An tx rf&
Attempt tQ AITeSt One OI
His Attachees
,, ? f ' ! ,the law of nations' as applicable to such
I - A. ; ' jTj . - - casesi An efficient force will be posted
i; ' r r- '; : . 1 " - - - .-l;so as; to prevent the entrance and exit
1 . j - - jof vessels from the porta aforesaid.
TRAIN ATTAGKED BY MOB;fCS?SSrZsEl
. j ' . i ', . i ; v ; i '-sfcthe establishment of such blockade, will
; 1 i ' ..,
. "t, '
" i 1 ", - . ft .
i '.
, ' 1 ' ! . , . . J;i uch ; warning, where such endorsement
The Ex-Mlnlstef's Rold Action Alone i made. and should; the same vessel
Prevents Spanish Officials Taking fri.agairis attempt to enter any blockaded
.! i ,T . , r if'port. js-he will be captured and sent to the
iuemoer oi me Leganou irom ine'nearest convenient port for such: pro-
; ' . r 'tl L AvL!li
Traln-A Mob Rreaks the Windows.
of His Car-lA Determined Effort of arir if 'Neutral vessels lying m any of Said
i . t i i - Sports; at the time of the. establishment of v
Enraged Cfosfd to Enter the Car Sich blockade will be allowed thirty.days i
fie J.papWr!espondent.Woanded4 ,1 have -Hereunto '
Wo-i fcLX Vfin tAn wVtset njy hand and caused the seat of the
; i J ' n , , " --reunited States jo -be affixed.. ; '
-General Stfevalrt " 'L. Woodford, the K Done at the City of i Washington this
United Statlsl Minister : to ' Spain,
eonipanied by liis staff , and others,
reached the j' frontier at 8fdclools this?
morning in safety, after some exciting .
experience. .The .Spanish. . "police at
tempted to Icapture a memiber'of thef J
Jegation an at Valladolid, the tralpj i
was. aixacitea., .
Mr.
United
tie
ground that! h' is a eulbject o-f Spain,
Morenofas the memoer or tneaay icereatea ioric tor tne tmra
BtatM legation singled out toy 3 jflS "lX'LXuZVZ. r.f .
Spanish fifeice for capture, on the if was -hit. harden. Attendance 3,647. The
but' the attemip was frus'trated, owmgii Newt. York .....'...o 0 4 0 20 0 l o 7 7 ; l
i wk -,kL--i' tJt a m-a'i Batteries v Piatt and McFarland; Rusie
to the preseftef of mmd of the minis-anJ :Warner. njmvlreSt Snyder and Cur-
ter. At. VaUadOlid the. United Statesijry. Time, 2:15- . . . . ; : .;
minister's traifvvas attacked, and ston-;V. . j . BaltimWe8TlJoston, .0.
ed. "Windows were ibroken jand - the pallimore, ' April "22. Pitcher Hughes
civil guards 'were icoimpelled. to protecfw j was j &. problem? today whicb,the Boston
his carriage-wijh : drawn swords. Genfn,, hits was their portion. The visitors
eral Woodfofd, ijhwever, slept fe'h.rough-.ell6d superbly and Baltimore was com
v,i j!o11,5., i , jijl-pelled to jbat out the victory: Herman
out the (disturbance. .:! . . fLoni wasinjured threeimes and finally
be
e seriou's. Spanish poLiice' madel'.soii 1
a! determiceaxffort to -capture M'f;-;Raltimore;
Jtoretto;-' (but :'(Qeoerat. Woodford stood. Boston ...
.j 3 ? ; a i i' - Batteries
ing he -should only toe removed (by forced Iff1 'ffi and Connol-
liA. detaetinjent jof police axjcxmpanied;J ' w ' : ' -;
the trainrotn Toloso to San Sebastian?;' j...' Washington.r, Brooklyn 12.
wher the pfilicesofflcial left; on seeing . "vvksihing-ton, i April ;22. The 'Trolley
tbat ithe jteteral was determined torV-'Dodgers turned the tables today and
niaihtain hil ' rights, "j ; l;&;.through the assistance bf Yeager's good
At Begovi4 the: students of the milii?4 work and some stupid playing by the
tary college fgathered on the platforni?iSentors i'carried off the victory. Dineen
cheering fo Sipain, and there -were sevl lasted- three innings and then Amole and
eral slaVinaents at other atoppirigS! ,wre f?11
places.
Tlimiter Oeneral Stewart- "L !; Wood- d
itiniisterjuenerai fetewart Utwooa
ford, .to Bpam-was in keeping with the -v
it was a. gTe&t Tenet xo xne minis-s Brooklyn.
ter's party- wnenJ the general nnaMyVl -
'rYitA tVSttnr anil. I - fRllt : ClmTHt'X IMcCrllire:
Woodford sderhed unconscious of -' an-M 3mshe. and.- Andrews, lime, :30.-.'
afvone. lYar.ee. Aril 22. llzi a. m.f ' .' Cincinnati 11, Pittsburg 0. ' ";
t,a ..1 ; iiia. TT.TitASii etoraoll Cincinnati, April rJ. Breitenstein bitch
dignity lie displayed throughout thJof Ihis delivery and only twentv-seven
crisis.
W'heii-asked ix ihe had anytning
i a-' :': . U ii
, - I .l.t . ,:j - - - :
Headquarters it is denied that.
5. -
. r'f
Proclamation! announcing the
and jsigns" kht Volunteer Army
a
'J:.'--. I- . .y-('.t'.
to intercept the
Steamer: Paris,
mm
Cruiser off the Florida coait:
to siy he isiajiply. raised his hat ante:
saidl 'Good bye." The (Segovia inci-V
acuL! wmpaiuciy !uuiinvarar'A
Thri fefeudents rUf ih unilitarv r-hv.i iriS?
f uU. !inlforni;; (packed the depot. Theyp
were; silentf utntil the train I stirteJf,
w-heii theref was ; an enthusiastic out-llty private dispatches received by The.
burst of chteerihg for ISjpain and "-a-balf l.Times-pnion and .Citizen. , tonight, the
The 'vauaiid. attair, thr.eat,ened ro beyifirst naval battle, of the war toolt piace
quite serious., t housands excitect A
peopje attempted to invade he r'.ft.
were commie to form up in front or4
General-' Woodford's carriage witH
drawb sivorde,: while other civil;
or the local force, issued from: the des
pot," 'to protect ?t,he train: The guard
did everything Dossible to keen .back''
j. l J .tr. J.i ii j . . . . i ... T
me .uiivir, i wnvse -yens ana siifien-Si ?tl
sounded On allrsides; Stones weri
4Kr.niTi7i f ':TVi c ittfrst -i n iSJ.nVl itv . nArvaTi'tnFf-rj :1
broken', A newsbaner man wai wounds t
ed-lnj the, falo py' ibroken glassj KJharleaM
xtaii ftne. rectoraer ot tne city or inuon't.
had. a narrofw .escape irom being nit by?
stones, antf'-j Mr. Montague l! Hughes
Cracken'tbofpefQ. 'C had the! same.
4 -I - ' --
To Recomiiend Declaration jof war
Washingtn,lApril 22. The Washing-
josti -says -fn-at j tne president jwiii. tq-t"
morrow send: al .message to congress!
suggesting that, a declaration of war be1,
passea. . i nei message was .in course oi?
preparation), al -the state departmerit.
this afterndoni This action wlas has4;1
tened by - the jseizure ; of the Spanish;
merchantman Aff the Florida coast and.
the desire te nrevent anv nossoble mm
plication;- .he "right -f of seizufle of the-j
Buena Ventura, however, is not ques-;
tioned by the; administration1, since
Spain herself Accepted our - ultimatum;
as a! declaration of war, v ;! I
- : . . - : - i r
M.
was
L. Tocim, Cameron, Pa;,i says T;M
a effete?: or ten yeari, trying!;.
miose 8 Kiaoa or pile remedies, but...
"without success. IeWiU's Witch, j
wo,ii aiv, mm 4
I used one ho.l ".It has affected a per
manent oore:;As a: ipeirouiM dim
for piles Hewitt's vVutch Hazel Salvf
has no equal. f.R. ,Bellatny
A PROCLAMATION
I
By
the President . Declaring
CertaltW
Cnbwn Ports Blockaded
"Washingt5n, 1 April 22.
The . followini"
proclamation. 4nnouncTr!fe a blockade ov
Cuban porfe was Issued todays : f
Byj the prjesient of the. United. States-f J
a proclamation;, - - j- - " ' ' r
Whereas, : By a joint resolution passed .
by the congress ;and approved j April 2f&
1898, and cjwnmunlca ted to the govern
men'i of Spln;?;lt was demanded; thai aiL-
government, at once relinquish its auS
Cuba, and. withdraw its iana ana navaj;
tsvrrta rvtT'C !"! i Ka an1 Vo nt una rai' am
"the president of he United States waP
directed and empowered 4o -use- the eiT
Tire land aott navai rorce or tne umtef..
vice i of the iJnjted'States - the militia osPJ
me several Bxates to sucn extent: as mig-n;
be necessary : to carry said resolutioni 'ii
into effect;: and ' . . i if.
i Whereas, I In carrying Into effect saii .
.resolution, the president of the Unite
Statw 3ems ft neceasarv to .set on foct!
anai TOamtam Diocnaxle of the nortffl
coast of Cuba!; .including ail ports on sal
coast betwftel; Cardenas an tsama tiori
f da and the port bf Cienf uegos on. the
t-;'eouth! side of Cuba.
i'i Now, therefore.- I. "William !McKlnley.
president of the "United States, In order
t jto enforce the said resolution, do hereby
; 'declare ancl proclaim ; that the Unked
States of America have instituted and
rcoastl of Cuba. Including the ports' on
said coast 'between'Cardenas and Bahia
if tHonda and the port of Cienfuegos on the
f( soux coast or uuoa, aioresaia, in. pursu
: l(ance of the laws of the United States and
il -oe duly warned by the commander of
iif'ithe blockading forces, who will endorse
iion tier register the fact, and-the date of
ceehng against her and her cargo as
'fprize, may be deemed advisable. -
the one! 'hundred anj twenty-second.-' '.
WIXLJA'M .McKINLEY:
j Secretary ot State
:. Base Ball;
r
Philadelphia 13,. New York "7.
Philadelphia, April 22. The tPhillies . lo-
.,hililnhi:, s 3 n o 4 n o W s
R. H. E.
in - favor of Kiester. Attendance
The scorei ' R. II. E.
...v..3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 x 8 13 3
..L...0 000 0 0 000-0 0 0
Hughes and Clark; Lewis
R. H. E.
Washington
;
.1 2 0 2 00 0 2 7 14 2
-.1 5 1 2 2 0 1 x 12 15 2
Batteries: EWneen, Amole Ionbvan and
Yeager and Ryan. Umpires,
one of the-most remarkable games on
record against the (Pirates this afternoon,
N)t semblance of a hit was made off
,.men faced, him in' the. nine innings. Not
it man, got as' far as second base. His
support , was briljiant. Attendance 3,467.
The score: ... R. H. E.
f lCincinnati 0 0 .1 1 ET 0 0 3 111 10 1
tePititsburg . ....... .6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a
51 Batteries: ' Breitenste1' and .Peitz;
Hastimgs and Shriver. Umpires, O'Day
f and "VjcIonald, Time, l:5o.
S. 11 " - ; L ' ' '.
Iypuisville 1, Chicago 2.:
f r ;liouisville April, 22. ODowling pitched a
'? i fine game this afternoon and deserved to
V- win, but the Colonels threw away several
; chances for .victory .by stupid base run-
lining, and twogerrors-at critical stages
jjgave the ColtsFtheir only runs. Attend-
ti,ance i.iw. . rne score: t. n. su.
Ixtuisville ;.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 7 3
Tii. Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 0-
.rv -.Batteries: ixiwnng ana vvnson;. rnorn-
th ton and Iona.hue. TJmpries. Swartwood
4ind Wood
4 . i -
Time, 2:30,
f - -t. iuis v, vieveianu i.
j
it' ' St. Louis, April 22. The Clevelands put
. irij young Powell today. The grounds were
fa.'ini verv bad condition, being ankle deep.
Willi 1I1UU. -rtLLCIIUaiiVP JWV. t ovviv..
I : : ' !' V-i- ' .' ' R. h: e.
Si si: Louis o o'oo o o o o oo so
WCleveland ...1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 x-7 1
i Batteries: Sudhoff 'and Clements; Pbw-
f ?f; ell and; O'Connor, ' Umpires, Cushman
and Heydler. -Time, 1:47.
. Mosby.WantsJto jPight
Saa Francisco. April 22. Colonel John
5.!.JYiosDy,. or guenna iame, w iiv re vw a.4
i .' ffa 'Miles for aut-honty to raise a Dattai-
K1'- ion or regiment of volunteers for special
service: in the front.
'
HI MOBS OF .A BATTLE.
Reported Attack on and Pursuit of a
Spaniftb- Cruiser by American jJloni-
L i; . .. -
j Jacksonville, Fla.'. April 22. According
opposite .Boynton, , about twenty-five
miles south of Palm Beach at 10 o"c:ock
lGeorgw Lyman' a reliable man' and
othersj:. who were fishing, iri Lake Worth,
guarJs-ti.wbich is separated from the ocean by
4 narrow strip or land,; heard heavy bring
and ran to. the beach. They reported to
e ranroaa agent ana posnmaster
railroad agent and postmaster at
Lantana that a United States monitor
wis furiously chasing and firing 'upon a
Spanish man-of-war or gunboat couvoy-
ihg a. icoal or transport snipt The Span
iard . replied . shot for shot. All the ships
were traveling bith a; bone in their teeth.
The men say , they, watched the battle
for -an hour.i or until only- the smoke
from : the funnels was visible on the
southern -horizon In which direction they
were travelini?.
i A dispatch to The Times-Union - and
Citizen from Lantana, says: "At eye
witness has just arrived irom jsoynaon
and reports a supposed transport vessel
southward bound guarded by a man-of-war,
pursued by a monitor, keeping. "up
a iheavy running lire.
f ANOTHER STEAMER CAPTURED.
I Kpv West: Fla.. April 23.-2:20 a, m.
An incoming tiig reports that the New
Xork; has captured a Spanish passenger
steamer plying bat ween Havana ana
Porto Rico. -;"-
The torpedo fleet is coming in.
WAI REVKNIJjE BIjLIj
Rough Draft'of tlie Act Completed by?
Republican of the War and!
iTIeans Committee. '
Washington, vApril 2. The republi-
can membets of the ways and means
: .u 1 t
committee completed the war revenue
measure today and sent it to the prdn
rterj it will "be gone over again tomor-
rfJ nd mrrtbaiblv submitted to the full
MhJmI.nlW. Seral
i mi i r.n cr O-t Drill lTkrMn TV O 1 5151
ff f noW prepared, it is estimated will raise
Ibetween $95,000,000 and $100,000,000 .an
nually. .
' The principal ' decisdoh made oday
was the. definite determination not to.
place? a tax upon either railroad and
other transportation tickets or petrol
eum. It was decided, however, to place
a tax of 1 cent upon chewing gunr ana
2 and 4 cents upon mineral , -waters.
ginger ale 'and. foreign) and (native
wines. 2 cents on- pints and 4 cents on
quarts. These additions are made to
the: stapap taic act of .1896 which is re-
enacted with modifications. "iA tonnage
tax which is expected to raise $2,500,000
is also incorporated "In the Ibill. The
addition of $1 per tarrel Upon beer Is
expected to raise $35,000,000, the doubly
Ing of the tobacco tax and the provis
ions of the stamp -tax over w,uiw,w.
"- :'; Tee Itliantonomaii Sail -
; Philadelphia, April 22. The double mr-
rati rrWn1Af Ml a n tmnmah sailed from the
League 'Island navy yard at J:30 o'clock
hr vifftsitninn - -tti- WtestitTation, is " be-
lieved to "be Charleston. J, xne man-
ionotnah has on warjraint and Is fully
prepared for action. - s " ' c '
AFFAIRS IX MADRID.
Q-reat , Enusiasm Among the People j and
Clamoring
It,
FEARS E0R THE
Ml
. ki
i . t.iM ; : . . -
Cruisers Snt to tercept the Paris A Torpedo Boat In Waiting for
the Oregon at the Marietta Engineers BreaK the Machinery '".
of the Spanish Torpedo Boats, to Prevent Their Sailing.
Rumorfd Foundering of
Porfca Rico Blanco Withdraws His Amesty
- 4 - - ' .--'!,'.-',.'.- , ; :-' ' -
Iftroclamation td Cuban Insurgents. . ,
Madrid, April 22.9 a. m. A royal .
decree has ibeen ggjzetted calling -out
JU.wo men of the rirves of 1897. ;
. All persons who fcve been consulted
by the queeii-regenhave advised a.
continuance of the .gasta cabinet. It
is probable, -howevei, that the' minister
of marine, Admirat Bermejo, will in
sist upon resignin'dn order ' to' take
command -of; a squafon.
Patriotic ejnthusial.n reigns through
out Madrid knd thefpanish provinces.
The queen-regeat td a long confer
ence today Vith' . General Weyler and
the European diplogjats had. frequent
conferences with Sjbr Gullon, ' , ;
2:30 p. m.4 An,' ingifiense crowd wit--
neessed the military! parade in front of
the palace this morisilig and intense en-
thusiasm . was diiglayed when the
young king appeared on a baleens'.
The premter... on leaving the palace
at 2 0 clock this afternoon, declared
that tKere was abJlutely no founda
tion in the rumors Iff. a cabinet crisis.
Senor Sagastaj hasWeceived grandilo
quent accounts of he demonstrations
in favor of Spain. -syiaicK have, recently
taken place at Havana. -
London, April 22.fThe- Madrid cor
respondent of 'Theibaily Mail tele
graphing Friday, s: ,",The patriots'
demonstrations we! renewed today.
On the return of 1 gruard from the
palace the crowd Procured a Soanish
flag and-paraded tfp principal streets.
cneenng tne soiais ana eventually
taking up a posittsft in front -of the
military club. Theffiwere no disorders.
In the opinion ofSAdmiral Bereneer.
the Spanish ; torpedpi destroyers ought
to have arrived in uban waters days
ago and to have stzytcU to attack the
American squadroialoff the Tortugas.
He thinks the Spaht&h vessels ought to
be detached as ' mirsn as possible, in
order to subdivide tf American squad -
luu aiiu 111 jio-eveiffl; ouKiii. uiey 10 ue
obliged to. fight forafes much superior.
REPORTED; FOUlgt)ERING OF THE
; TU-tTglVA.
The Daily i Mali" My s this mornimr
that it is stated irgFalmouth shipping
T 1 Al A i. . - - - a " . .
cucies iiia.i me aisencan cruiser 10-
peka, formerly the iogenes, which left
Falmouth on the evening of Tuesday,
April 19 foundered n. collision with the
bark Albatross tphidnight on Tues
day.. According to f he Daily Mail the
captain of the 'AlrStross asserts that
after, the collision, we steamer, whose
name ne 0.10.1 not atertain, nashed a
light and suddenly disappeared. - He
believes she foundjed.
PROCLAMATION 0F AMNESTY
. Havana, April 22p-The colonial gov
ernment has publkfhed a manifesto
protesting against Ithe intervention of
the United States fat the moment of
establishment of . tMe- regime and po
litical liberty, and kvheri Cuba, for the
first time, was goin to elect a colonial
parliament, i replag . Spain's sov
ereignty in Cuba wJH autonomy. The
manifesto alsd ihtiraates that it is the
intention of the UriSed States to annex
Cuba. ! - . m--- ' :-' ;
Captain General &5anco has publish
ed a decree confirmMg his previous de
cree and declaring ie island to be In
a state of war. -Hlalso annuls ; his
former decrees grat'ijting pardon to in
surgents and placeunder martial law
all those who are guilty of treason, es
pionage, crimes aga5st peace or aginst
the independence w the . nation, sedi
tious revolts attacra against the form
of government, or gainst the authori
ties and against .thogg, who "disturb pub
lic order. : ; ' Mr ; 1 :
The ladles.; of the:Red Cross Society
have offered their rvices during the
war; , - ' : '' mi
Business today if f paralyzed and ex
change is weaken.sgt; The Ward Line
steamer Saratoga! bound for. New
xorK, carries ov. 200 passengers,
$1,000,000 in gold shipped by Upman &
Co., and $265, 000 liwgold shipped by J.
M. Borjes. "; -- - : W ,-
There is no foundation for the rumor
circulated in the united States that
the Spanish icruiser Alfonso XIII has
a
been blown tip. 0tf -. . m "
'TD INTERCEI THE PARIS. , '
Southampton,-ApMl -22. The steamer
Paris, of the AmerilTL Line, chartered
by the United Statfil government, sail
ed at 2:15 o'clock i-ani. today for New
York, though her Jbgular sailing day
is Saturday, She faa on . board 150
passengers and heH cargo Included a
quantity of ) gunsi and . ammunition.
There was great .enthusiasm among the
crowds on the dock'nd the band of the
Union bteamshlp asompany s steamer
Britain played "Yjafekee Doodle" as the
Paris steamed seisward. The Paris
passed Hurst CaUle at 3:35 o'clock
P- m. ; ' -gr
London, April T 2$g-The Daily Mail
says: "The; bpanun embassy immedi
ately notified the aladrid government
of the departure 6J;the Paris and it is
believed that fast Mrulsers from Cadiz
and Corunna will fy to intercept her.
. IN SEARCH 0tHEv OREGON.
Buenos Aires, Aiiril 22.-ri-3;20 n. m -
The Spanish torpio boat Temerarlo
left here tpday. Its believed she has
gone to attack the iJnited States bat-
gunboat Marletta,Ssvhlch left Valpa
raiso on monaay gfst.ior Montevideo
Madrid, April 2-1,1:45 p. m. This
evening a crowd oiO.OOO stroner." deliH
ous, carrying flagsnd shouting "Viva
Espaha" "We wat war!" and "Down
witn tne laniceesr? Durnea tne stars
and stripes! in frpt of the residence
of Senor Sagaiita,,he. premier,, who
was acdorded an Ration, The people
then went to the sldence of M. Pa- (
tentore, the! Prenejn! ambassador, '. and
insisted' that he siuld make: his ap
pearance, but theSif rencfi t 'ambassador
was,not at home. !ff- " - '.
Conferences between the queen-regent
and the polUcal leaders have
been in progress tp. whq evening.
ENGINEERS ibMpBJLE. THE SPAiN-
ISH TOfKPtX) BOATS. :
' Galveston, Texasprll ffiTheBrH
ish steamerj Ashuf,- Captain P.. H.
Barnett, arrived, fis morning from
Ias .Palmas, GraMe. Canary, one of
the 'Canary; island ;i group. Captain
Barnett-arrived at&as Palmas March
31st two days afteri the 'Spanish tor
pedo . flotilla left Shat port. He -was
rellaoly -informed fat the toachlnery
of the several torplo ; boats and tor
pedo hoat , destroylp was purposely
disabled in pureuate of a pktt Jby the
engineers. They r ijji "not relish the
trip across the ocejn. m torpedo, boats
and flndln'g tb& unlsfh. syvBrmment
determdned to7:fna&e them as a
last, resort. .1 cripplt the . machinery.
None of the engine's were allowed to
repair it,, the-iworW eing done toy a
locaJ maxlne shoj at lias Palmas.
k Captain Barnett f fays . the - torpedo
flotilla did -not wnjnt tor encounter a
United States fleet, it cduld be avoid-
J.I!13.
lor War. '
STEAMER PARIS.
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the Topeka A Revolt in
ed. They will likely keep out of the
track of our vessels and may content
4Km0ailY,Ao - .nrl.V, mivVtnflp on nn if- -
h. i l-v. 111. v. L 1 V.O 'TT 1 L1V r lft J Hll VX. V. t.
eaonal prize. 1
London, -April 22. Spain, it is semi
officially announced; has declined to act I
in coufortnity :with the declaration of
Paris 'respecting neutral goods.
L REVOLT IN 'POiRTO iR31CO. .
New! York, April April 22j Ai dis
patch to The Herald from' Bt Thomas,
says: A revolution has (broken out in
the Ponce dls'trict of Porto Rico, and
there Is rioting alii through1- the Island.
A steamer which arrived here yes-
Teruay ifJiJ. ja.Jj.uJ. uiuu&iul tuna .
of coal. On a. steamer which ts due r
froim IPhHadelphia tomorrow there are
4,000 tons, the -(bulk of which is on the
market. One 'thousand tons will go to
Porto Rico, i f ' .
London, April 23. The Daily CShron-
icle publishes' a dispatch from. liver
pool which ijsays a private catolegtara
received there reports that the 'Ameri
can fleet off Key. West has captured a
British steamer, prolbably the Gracta.
flying the Spanish flag, which cleared
Pensaeola 'April -18 and was Ibound for .
Liverpool, tfv ..... : , .
The Daily Chronicle also publishes a '
rumor i that I the American liner Paris
has .already; been captured toy Spanish
.warships... ; ; . ?
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1 . OFFICIAL DENIAL. '
Of Governor Kussell'n Offer to Lead the
BNortliCarolina Troop in Battle? , .
. (Special to The Messenger.) ;
Raleigh, N. C., April 22, At head
quarters it j. is said .the. governor has
sent no telegram off ering to lead the
North Carolina troops, and has had' no -
communication with the war depart
ment. He expected a call for troops all
day and was absent from his office but
a little time, so as to be ready to lm-'
mediately issue an order mobilizing the
guard here.! ' I -
W. T. Caho, at Bayboro, today ten-
dered the governor a company, of J00
men. . ; - . ' j
Applications for formation, of addi--
tional divisions of the naval 'reserves
at Jacksonville, New Bern and; Greens
boro have been rejected, as there, are (
now as ma n V riiviinna aa thai o-nvon - '
ment needs at present, but all these
must be recruited to full strength. If
there is a? call for more, hew divisions
will be created.
Persons who arrived from New Bern
say two negro companies formed there
and are drilling nightly.. !
j The Call for State Treop Issued
. (Special to The Messenger.) " -Raleigh,
. C, April 22. Up; to 1030
o'clock the governor has received no
call for trdopsl Majorj Hayes tele
graphs lhat the call was 'sent frpm
Washingtonj this afternoon. lie also
telegraphs that the 'government ,lpays
all the expenses of mobilization, dating
from date of call. " '. - ! - .
A Jittle boy. asked for a 'bottle nt "e-e
up In -the morning as fast as you can." '
tne oruggoart recognized a bouaefhold
name for 'I "DeWJtfs Littla TOart w
Bisers," and gave him a battle bf, those "
famous little iills for conistliMjtiioin. t&te
headaohe, live and stomach troubles. -
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Mobilizing State ITlroops.
Detroit,- Mich., -April 22 Governor
Pingree and the state militanr hnorri
after a conference here today, conclud
ed, to prderj mobilization of the Michi
gan national guard at . the state en
campment grounds at Island Lake. Th.
.troops will jstart Tuesday. 1
xiaitimore April 22. The First bri
gade of the Maryland national guard
has been drdered Into camp at the
Pimlico driyiiig park by Major General
L. Allison jWilmer, and on i Monday
1,500 milit;ia, will be In readiness to
march at command. ' ,
Secretry Sheman to Rslgn
Washington, April 22. The Post to
morrow will say: "There ls every rea
son to believe that Secretary Sherman
will resign jfrom the cabinet within the
next few days. It is felt by the friends
off the .secretary that the present crisis'
Is too sev4re a tax upon his .failing
strength, and for this reason ; he will
retire, to private life. His successor will
be Assistant Secretary Day, In all prob
ably, but it can be stated that Judge
Day has. nb desire tp remain in public
life. - - :.: - t
HongKong Siuadron to Attack AlanUa
London,. April 23.-,The American squad
ron at Wong Kong, according to a special
dispatch f roni Shanghai,' nas: sailed for
'Manila, wljich it will attack, i The dis
patch says: Three steamers ! recently
purchased (by the United State govern
ment will follow the fleet with coal. Thef
approaches! to Manila are mined. It .'is
reported , here that the priests and tha
commercial classes in the Philippines are
in favor of a peaceful surrender rather
than to suffer a bombardment, but that
the (military are determined 'to resist."
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Death Dealing Tornado
AtlantajTexas, April 22. There was
a destructive tornado about four miles
southwest: or this place today. : Mr. and
Mrs, Jackson were killed outright, . A
man named McDuffle died from hia' In.
juries and several people were serious
ly injured. . . t
-.') :;r: i Sailed ior Havana .
: New Tork, April 22. The British' steam
ship Aloedetie, heavily- laden wtth pro
visions, sailed for Havana today.5 Her
captain said Just before ehe left her pier
that he did not believe the Aloedetie
woull reah her destination. .
Pre Censorship
Key West, April 22. The IJnlted Stuff a
government has estabfttfied censorship of
telegrams,; for forbidding the transmis
sion of code messages to or from Havana.
This begins at once'. -
Why, allow; yourseir to te elowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? -Chills
and Fever will undermine, end event
ually break down the strongest consti
tution. fFebrl-Cura" ?. (Sweet Ohill
Tonic with Iron) Is more effective than
Quinine, and being com'Mned with Iron
is an excellent ionic ana nerve cnedi-.
raw xt as pieasani co taKe, and Is
old under positive guarantee to cure cr
money refunded. Accept no substftme.
The f Just as .good" kind don't effect
cures. Sold hy J. C. Shpard, J. H.
Hardin and H. I Fenttesa. :
i Personal magnetism enables a man
to make others 'believe he Is rtght when
they lawiyf he is wrong, . .
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