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- i us insaac.'tgci uncial rua - : JOB PRINTING J TO Prints . the . News arci is sought after by the peo r l of Mr I J ot1I, Yancey bun con!., P.uthorford, burka ar.i otinr roinjtieuln Western North Carolina, an 1 U there for a Cood Advertising Medium, Rats fuminheJ on application. Address, THE MESSENGER. 3arion, N. 0. THE MESSENGER, Marion. W. C. Prompta.. A .Piracy, Naatnaaa anC Oood Stcek Guaranteed. Letter Ileal. Note IW !a. Bill Ileadi. Envelops. Circulars, cri. pca tr. rauiphlKs, aci any UnJ of Frir.tlLg. VOL. II. NO. MARION. X C, FRIDAY, APRIh I. lStis. UKV IDE OF THE COURT. T(" Investigation Into the Maine '';.rt-T by the Court of Inquiry AND WHAT IT REVEALED. lit MS U H Hm Arrive! of th? Ship and Her o!i:S':'ji!'.'!it fk'Struction, - , iiiii ssa mm i b. I'n-I'V-nt Uiil Adv'so Congress .' 'frr I , and Advfso Dollbcr u(' ' .i 1! : .t I ... 1 1 in tdn M eaiitiiiio. I U ! ik! l;s- of 1 ho Maine to l!a v.. ii i mi At t t.'estoi lug l"rleiidly i.it -m;s Was So Itegarrie'l fy tli J-; Mii-t; ;i)vcriifient--I lie "O osa;;e t u'i: i('8S. 'i 1 o . i-Ir-Ti , oji the ?sth, ar-cod-iun t. i ; t- i r. pent tlie following ,,.. ( ,-.nr, :..,( II, s rtf,, ,fa.: !'..r K(. r.!0 time i'ii.r to the visit J tiiii Maiii jio Havana haibor our eon f uhu tepoits i ci -i t." 1 (.;;;t tiie advan ces to l!vw f'u the visit ;f national bbips t the ( ui.iu wp.teis, in accua tf'mii'.i; the people to the presence of iu ting a a the rymuol of good will and four ships iu the fulfillment of the mission of pi .dec! i -ii to Auiflvican iu-t-iests if er tho need therefor wight rii"t. Areordingly, on the L'ith tf ?MM!'ni y hist, after conference with tho b'ianoh in 'i. i.,ier. in v.hich lenewalsof mis , f nil,- warships to Spnni-.h watern v. -.s ii! .Mim.e i '-.l i''('pfa i, tlie penia '!'' "! lt.cH 'it Mu.hi.l aud Ha m r.ii .i iflist-l of the purpoKe of '' !i'i.'"it t lesunio friecilly r '..' ; it h: k sii-ari poitn, aul that iu t-i-i- m- - ti'. .W.IMIO xroald forthwith - ' i.t I'm i r t i ! ftV.'l'i. S 1 ! i t"!i.ily Tail, i,,., ..,., ::-ic(.:ii.'!it was received by :- m h :-' i-ameut with apjTe ' " ' ''.? fiit nii v chfti actor of the ' :! ! In.:'.' J4 ii I with notification i i':'.:.f..; t, rt'tnrii the courteay 1 h"' !";'! n'neii hhipa to the prin- -: i ' the ! Hi te-i States. Mean , ' 'tii.t. .n!i ,! the port of Ha ' " ' !1 ' '' th f .lanuarr, her ar ' ! " i w.tli no special m- '.!! . t!" '.'.tchHUge of Oil 9 ' " ' 'i ti'S i! il l vei einonial visits. ' " ' '"'io .?: tiii'iy.l mi the harbor of '' .iii!!,; the three weeks fol '"t; !'! fii'.ft!. Noappieciahle ex ' ' . t. !,.!.. 1 her stay; on tlie I ' limy, ' f.-t-lnn: of relief and oonti '' ' 'v-'d the resumption of the . i t't ir'nte l friendly intercourse. '..i.'i!' e was this immediate effect II M-it thst the cnsul general t-; ' ' t. 1 tint the i reouca of our 1 '' ' ' .iiers ehoild be l ' leiaiai:. th Maine at 1 !!t' r H- or. :ii the t of her recall, 1 'vi. .Jin,; uvtL,er vessel there to take I j r t the Mi I j. a t loi ty i"i;.'s j ast : in the even- n 1 th nf Uebiuary. the Maine . ivan ex plosion by winch ' Vaitl j art of the ship was ''K.nl. Iu this catastrophe ai. d .'it of her crew per :wh. w-oie not killed out ci t , 'lesion being penned be tv b the tangle of wreckage icd by the immediate sinking i w '- f t1..- . ::' ,. Utte: : v . : t . . - !''..'e. iii- 'J l,.bt bv !: t.;!l dei I , , lit the i. i rompt assistance was Rendered l-y tl.e neighboring vessels au - th.-ie l m th. ii'iibor, and being espe-- tisiiy givm by tl.e boats of the Spanish I C!'.n-er Alphoso XUI, aud the Ward l.iue steamer it v t f Wa-lungton, which I ' fc.y near i-y. I'he wounded were gen t tM.tisly c'ed tor by the authorities of i l.!th!is. the hospitals being freely ; Oie. t .ltc ti a::, winle tho earliest re f 4iv:i I bo..:es of the dead were in ; tened by the munieti idity m a public ec ai oil irrtery i' the ciy. Tributes cf grief syn:p."hy weie offered from all 'd quarters of the i id and. t In vlinatlou. be a; ; tilling calamity fell upon the i et ! our country w ith crushins? J.. : and or a brief time au intense prevailed, which, in a com- ,i.-..,y less just end pelf-controlled ; t':.ai: ...;r-i i..ight have led to hasty acts ' bin, i t-seutiuent. This ppirit, how t -v.-:, si-on gave way to the calmer pro- v e1 i i" i i i on, and to the resolve to r '.:.-.ftig'i:e the facts and await material I i '' t bef.-re forming u judgment as to j t..e ca;;.e. tho responsibility, aud if the ; fa.ts w at rt-ited. th.e remedy due. This i -. - a, cesrarily rcoummended itself Jit..: ti.-.- :t.'-e: to the executive, for : u.e iignt oi uispassionateiy as c.'i la-.'it-d certainty could it determine the rature and measure of its full duty ia the matter. The usual procedure tr&s foiiof ad ia all cam of oaaualt or disaster to national ve ise'n of aay m&r- a :. .a Lu-.ai eour. cf in juiry v. ai, at ou'jo oriiiiiicd. cuiui.OH' i ofcdli Cuia well qualified by i auk and prac;'i cal ei eii-juce to di.churfe tlie onroa.-i duties imi cse 1 upon tlituj. .'.i.IlJ by a strong force of wreckers and dr.r:r.-, the court proceeded touiake at'i.jrouh investigation on tUe epot, employing every available means for the iiupar'ia! anil eiact detertainiitioii of the caur-e- of the iplohiou. J ts, oj fcr&Uous hu:o been conducted with the utmost delib eration aad judgment aud, while inde peudendently puiauod, no t-ource of inforrxiatioa was Deflected; aud the fullest opportunity was abowe 1 for u Bimnltaneoud iavestigution by the SpaG ifh authorities. Ilnding of the CJourt. The finding of the court of in pi:ry was leached after tweuty three day-', of continuous Ijljor, ou the 2 st of March, itir.a it, aid having bteu ap proved on the J.;d, by the coniruander in chief of the United States n ivai foice of the North Atlantic Ht&ti.j.n, was transmitted to the executive. It in herewith lrtid before the t'ourcs.-, t -aether with the voluminous testimony taken before the cotiit. Its puii'oit m brief, is as foilo-.v.s: AVheu the Maine ni rived id tlavaur Blie whs conducted b- the regular ;,', ernment pilot to buoy No. 1. to which she was moored in lrom live and one h'i!f to six fathoms of wu'er. ihe f-:tate of discip'iu.j on board aud the condition of he:' muicaincs, IrJilors, coal bunkers and btorae compait monts are j -nosed in review, v;ith the conoluniuu that escoilent order in eviri!- THE MAIMS CArTArs r. t. p.v'irao.'T. CAPTAIN V. E. CHAD WICK. ed and that no indication of any cause for an internal explosion eiisted in any quarter. At H o'clock in the evening of Feb ruary I everything had been reported secure and all was quiet At forty minutes pat tho vessel was suddenly destroyed. Thore were two explosion?, with a brief interval between them. The first lifted the forward patt of the ship very perceptibly; the second, which waj more open, prolonged and of greater volume, is attributed by the court to the paittal xp!osi.in of t wo ci more of the forward tuagaz.nes. The evidence of tha diver ettabli-he? that the af t "r j ... t d th ship wai j.rac tically intact ami s-fink in that condi tion very few i.ii!iut, s after the ex plosion. The forward part ws com pletely demolished, i he evidei ca of concuireut exieriiai causi, the finding of the court is as follows: Ihe Naiiire of the iijiry o t'se Shio. At frame IT. the outer shell of the ship, from a poiut eleven ru.I one-half ; feet from the middle due of the ship' antl six ft-et above the keel wl-e:; in it j norma! position, liai been forced up -o : as to be now abo it f...'.ir feet above toe ' surface of the w.'.ter: therefore nb. at : feet above w here it would ha e i e r. ! ad the ship Mink uuiujui ed. ihe out-;, ie bottom plating is bent into a reversed ' , shape, the after wing of which. Rbou' l'i feet broad and :'i t'eet "i Icio.m1i (from fram 17 to frume . is doubled buck up in itself against the c-.utinua tion of the same plating extending for . ward. At fra ne is the err.eal k-ei is ' broken in two, nu i the tlat keel beet j into au angle Miudar to the angle form- ed by the outside bottom piste.?. This break is now about d feet beb-w the sur face of the water and about feet above I its uormal position, lu the opinion of j the court this effect could have beea j produced only by the explosion of mine situated "under the bottom of thai ship, at about fra: ie IS aad somewhat ; on the port side of the ship. The Conclusion. The conclusions of the court are. That the loss of the Maine wa? not ia any respect due ta fa lit or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of her crew. That the ship was destroyed by tho explosion cf a subniariuo mine which caused the par tial explosion cf two or more cf her forward magazines; and that no evi dence has been obtainable tiling the responsibility for the destruction cf the Maine upon any person or per sons. Her Majesty Informed. I have directed that the finding of the court of inquiry and the views c: this government thereupon be com municated to the government of Her Majesty, the Queen Kegeut. and I do not permit ravself to doubt that the sense cf justice cf the Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggest ed by our friendly relations. It will be the duty of the executive t j advise Con gress of the result and in tho meantime deliberate consideration is invoke J. Wilxuam McKinlit. ExjoatiT Maaiioa, Maxell 1898. mmm. & tern. J X 'i i ?Jh mWfmwi Mill Nwiv KEPOEtT OK THE t Ol'KT. Text or the Findings of tlie Hoard of Inquiry Into the Destruction of the 3Iu!ue. TLo f j'lowiu is the report cf the court of in.juiry : la re exp'o-ion of the United S'tates battleship Maine, Jiefore a Court of Inquiry, Key West, 11a, United States Steamship Iowa, first rate. Key Wet, Fla , Monday March i, 13J;. After full and mature consideration cf a'.l the testimony before it, tha couit lin ls, as folloiirs: I. That tho United States battleship Maine arrived iu tbehar't. -of IiaYana, Cuba, on the twenty-lifth day of Jaa un eighteen hundred aud uinety eiL'ht. anrl vv.s tiken to buoy No. 4, m fr.m Ji .e and a half to six fathom9 of ; watvr, by the regular government pilot ! idi.3 Unite I States consul fjenei al at tht.-a'ia hal uotiaed the authorities at j that place on the previous evening cf i the hvrnal of the Maine. ; '! he state of dipcipline on board the; ; Maine was excellent, and all ordexa ui;i rt'ulati'im iu regard to the care and j hafetj' of the fehip were btnctly carried i out. All ammunition was stored in rc- cordauce with prescribed instructions, I aid proper care was takea whenever j ammunition was handled. , Nothing v.03 btowed ia na- of the j magazines or snen rooms wuicu waa not peimitted to be stowed there. The niarazine3 and hhell rooms wer-j CO'JP.T OF INQUIRY. ADOIffH 3IAP.IX. L!nUTEA'A:'Tr-C03!MA.SDr.R W. P. rOTTEH. always locked after having been opened aud after the destruction of the .Maine the keys were fouud i:i their proper place in the captain's o.bin, everything having been reported secure that even ing at 8 o'clock The temperature of the magazines aud shall rooriB was taken daily and reported. Th6 only magazine which bail an undue amount of heat was not exploded at the time the Maine was destroyed. The. torpedo warheads were all stewed iu the iflerpsrt of the ship under the ward v.iorn, and neither caused nor participated in ! .Maine.. The dry c'in cotton primers i ntid detonators were stowed in tho ! t abic- af. aud remote from the scene cf tho ex;doeion. t Wast; waa carefully looked after on j board the Maine to obviate dauger. ;Sjeoial ordeia in regard to tnis had , been g.veu by th commanding officer, j aruishers, dryers, alcohol and other j eon;b,:std ies of this nature were stowed ! on or above the mam deck, and could i u d have hid anj-thiug to do with the desdru'.-tioa of the Maine. The me lieal stores were stowed aft t mob r rim !ard room and remote from : .he H'l-iirt of the os plosion. .o liaugerous stores of any kind were stowed below in au- of the other store ri'oms. the coal buuJkers were inspected daily. ' f these bunkers adjacent to the toi'ward msgtv.me and shell rooms, were empty, namely, "is o" "1j 0." "A l'i" had been LAxrixsnip The twin battleships Kentucky and Kearsage wera launched saccessfnliy at ( New port News, Va. , last week. I The Kentucky and Kearsage are to cost 2,230,000 each. Save the Indiana class, tliey carry the heaviest batteries in accord with modern naval practice, and with primary batteries fully equal to that class they mount secondary guns . in such fashion ai to mak the combination almost unequalled in naTal archi-1 teeture. SI A IX ACCEPTS McKiuIey'a Proposed Armistice lu Cub.i Until October. S, o Sj-aia has agreed to accept Tres 0 U Cuba. ! VI i. The 1'residenfs plan is : r 1 In the opinion of the court, the Maine First, an armistice between the j vrz de-tun ed bv the explosicn of a : ub 9 Cubans, and fpauiards until Ucto- 9 i marine mine, wuivh c.i-ed the part. a! X T ! . : .. t ' . . . . t.-- - 1 9 ' cou.L the united statei io V feed the reooncentradoea -.vith q Spain's consent, lhird, the Maine rerort is to be 9 held ia committee iadetiuitely. i o The I'resideat belie -;-s this o country will support him in thus avoiding war. 00 0OCt5 5OsK00K5'K) j in use that Jay, and "A l'V was fall of New Iliver coal. Tho coal ha.t been carefully inspected beforo l eeeiviny it I on board. The bunker ia which it was j fctored was accessible ca three sides at ! all times, and the fourth td ie at this ; time, oa account of bunkers 'ii.V end j "i G"' being empty. This bunker, "A lo" had been inspected that day by the engineer oflicer ou duty. Tha liro alurius in the bunkers were in working order, and inere had never been a case of ."poataneous combustiou of coal oa board the Maine. The two after boilers of the ship v tij ia usy at the time of the disaster. j but for aaxiliavy purposes only, with a . comparatively low pressure of steam, and beiug attended only by a reliable v.-it!cli. These boilers could not have t aas.' i the explosion of the ship. The ioiii' forward boilers have since beea f ound by tho divers aad are ia a fair condition. 'ihoiiL-ht cf tho destruction of the Mu.ne, everything had beea re orted j i e uro tn- the nipht at 8 p. in. , bv re- ! liable persons, through the proper au thoritxoi, to the commanding othcer. j which is tow cn i' way Horn i:a At the time the Maine "wa3 destroyed, i vaua, the synop:i.s bcin:j cabled in tlie the Dhip was quiet, aud therefore leta: ! meantime, and has 1 ecu placed in too liable to accident caused by movements hands of ihu.goveriiU.ciit. Die cor.cin from those oa board. i sions reached wa dirocliy oppo- t-j ti jj those ia the lenort of the co.ut oi" ia- The destruction of the Maine cccar rod at i' A ?i. m. ou the loth day of i'eoruary 14, in tho haibor of iia- vaua, Cuba. tho L-eir.g at the time luji iod to the same buoy to which biio had boeu iakea upon her arrivai. i i hers v7-ji e two explosions of dis tinctly- diuc-reut character, with a very short, l.'itt distinct, interval between them, and the forward part of tho bhip w a lifted to a marked degree at th.i time oi the i'.r&t explosion. j he ti ict expiosioa was raoro in the Drutire otaieport like tnut ox a gun; vviine tuo second e.xpiosion was xuor-j open, prolonged aad of greater volume, dhis t.eco-Li'1 '.'xjiloedon was, in the opin ion of the court, cause by the partial explosion of two or mora of tl;e forward magazined of tho Mr.iue. IV. 'ihe evidence bearing upon thie, be ing principally obtained from divers, did net enable the court to form a deli mt'j conclusion as to the condition of the wreck, u'though it was established that the after part of the fhip was practically intact, aud sank in that con dition a very few minutes after tho do btruction of the forward part. The following facts in regard to the forward part of the ship are, however, established by the testimony: "That portion of the port side of the proteo ! five deck, -which extende from Hbout irU,naxiitnoi,n,.t fi .!.-...!! i.i,.,..., j U, aft, and over to port. Tho main i deck from about frame 30 to about frame 41 w as blown up, aft, aud slightly over to starboard, folding tho forward part of the middio superstructure over and oa top of the after part. This was, in the opinion of the court. cvased by the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the j Maine, V. At frame 17, the outer shell of the ebip, from a point 114 feet from the iliv nrci v li t. i iu no uuiiuai uudiuuii, has been farced up so as to be now about 4 feet above the surface of the water; therefore about 5J4 feet above where it would be, had the ship sunk uninjured. The outside bottom plating is bent into a reverse V shape, the after wing of which, about 13 feet broad and h1,' fet ia length (from frame IT to frame 2) is doubled back upon itself against the continuation of the same platiug ex tending forward. At frame IS the vertical keel is bro ken in two, and the flat keel bent into au aagle similar to the aDgle formed by the outrode bctto:n plating. This break is now about G feet below the surface of tho water and about 30 feet above its normal position. In the opinion of tho court, this ef fect could have been produced only b the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame EZSTUCSY. and somewhat oa the i crt side cf the ship. VI. The court finds that the loss cf tbe Maine on the ocju'ou ua-.u? I ws no in any respect au- to fiu t or r..i- irence oa tlie . art of anv of ti e of'ti.ers ence oa the id vessel. ei i.umuu oi i o or inu:c oi iier iui w a. n magazines. VIII. The court has been unable to obiaiu evidence fixing the res; ouib.!ity for thedoairuclwu of the Maine upon auy person or iersoi;s. W. I. SAMi'SON, Cart. U. S. N. , 1 ie.-ident. A. MARIX, Lieut. -Co-.. U. S. . udgo d vocate. The tourt. Laving Lihc-J its in quiry, was ordered tj make adjO.iiu nieat at II ft. nr., to uwait the a.at:oa of the convening authority. W. f. S ami son, Chi t. U. S. President. A. M.iii, ComriKiii.ler U. S. Ju ir:e Advocate. United Str.tos l'la.-hip, New foil:, March .', l-s.-i, oil' iu-v Wct, IT a. The proceedings and iindm-.'s of the court of inquiry in tlie above caoes ai'e approved. M. Sir.i.! llo.ir Admiral, Commaader-ir.-( hief oi the United Statos Naval forces ou the North At lantic Station. Tin; .-sPamsji iiiipoiir. Claims That the K.vpiosioii Was Inter ual--A Very V . ;.k !ocii::i-'tit. A full synnopsis of cf tho SpaiKSii J;:;al the l col siou whicii investiga' structioa of the b.ttih I the hu.i given the Associated Tress. Jt lrom a cor-v of the original k.-u Olt. qa.ry suomuieu io oiii-,ress. x uo cyu- opsis is as follows: "The lepoit contains de.'lara'ioas made by occular vitaests and experts. I'ltia the ti -ta'.emeats it clearly de liucej aait i'ioes tho absence cf all tho; utteudaut circumstauces v.hicla a- e in. ariabiy present on tite occasua oi' the explosion of a torpedo. "i he evi'.ieiiCJ of wili;:3.-:es coin I a :. tivelj cio3a iu the Maine at tno inoment is to the effect that only 'uo sp!o?iou occui 'rud ; tiiat an :o!u?u'i of v,;:tcr was thrown in' tho l : that no k to i tijiJ u (Il; u,...t Vt,ssf-i was ielt, i uor on iauu was any ih;aliou uoticcu, j and that no d.'b i lioli vei. iouud. i "in:' v id..-:,.-.) of tho fl'MI- : pilot of '. the bra tor jiute-. tiou th-.-io ;" uiiuu.i :ico of usli in the harbor and toil is c-rroborate.l bj. otner Witae.. .'). 'The ' Ms.s.sti.viT eug';w:er oi wotLs sa',. s l,:a: j liiie:' r Xpiosions iuu io .b;; i:iL-t lie i. . u- tion oi works ::: the hai'oor i.o i u- ;;! i wuys t'ouud dea l ush. j "i he divers w e: o niislie to 6xa;uijo I thy bottom o? tho "'. a:::c, whih v. as i buiiud in tne mud, but (.arol.-d c .a -i-j inatiou of tho hi.le-i ci' ihe v.-.s.-el '.;'- ' rents and break.-., in which a 1 i ...:.t j outward, shows vdho'.;i a doubt, that ; tho explosion was iroiu the in -ido. j "A iuiuuteexauiiuatiou of the bottom j of the hai bor around the vca..ei t hows I absoiutclv no bign f t the wctio'.i of a lvl i ot the commi-nion hi jildgo adve : oi liuds no pr.ve i ;.t for the exp:o:;iou of the t torago a;u,'a zincs cf a ves.-el by a tot pt i. "Ihe reiiort mat- :c ti' it o i.:g to the ei-ecsal naf.uy oi iho j-r-v.ci ii..-: followed, and tho ao'-oiuto i ah own for the wuM-iv.'.r.ui iainy :' the Maine, the c.u:aiss:;.:i har i.-c;i prevented from ;ii ii;iog nicu au exam ination of tho lusi'i.j of tiisvcvt: as wcuid determine ten the hypoth-.s the internal origin o tlie a. cuc.t. i ;,:s is to be attributed to toe 1 eg 1 1 tai.i . ic fueal to permit of the i:e. -v.-sry . o operation of tho f-vpa-ii.-h .-o... ;i.- : both with the t :;i:ii-..: '. i- niid ci ' -i the Maine, and tLu t'lib-rent Ato. iic gi oliiciabs coiiiU.aiKi.ri to iuvc-aiigatii tne causes of toe a.-i i 'o-:.t, k'i I ..itci ou with those ei.iplo t i iu t.-.ivae '...rl;, "ihe repoit finishes by stating tiut an examination of ti-e i:lidJ tiud ;ui Bide cf the Maine, us soon a -.-uch ci a ruination may bo j.os.s:ble, as also of the bottom wi.tre the es-c-i iest-, wdl prove that, supposing tho i,-ma.n.- ths wrecij not to lie total 1' or I art i.t! ly alterated iu tho process cl extraction, the explosion was undoubtedly duo to some interior cause." No lusnro rice cu Cott on. A special to the Louis (Mo.) He- public from Austin. Tex , says: ho cotton buyers and brokers of the State are becoming alarmed at tiie rit.t.it;.u in their business, brotgi.t o:i by -.. ar rumors. They find it nupcss.bie t' si: cure.insurauce on -xp it ..i to-n f; ori either (lalveitou or New iie.i:;t-. a. the insurance people will not a-.-cq t the cotton with the present war c.ou 1 hanging over the countr-. Texas Gains SK0,O0O aVr.tr. Judge Maxey. of the Ttxas '. District Court, has iefu-.c l i.u tiou asked for by tho Aikt-t.sas ing and Loan Ass.,. i.t',.:i ag.t; State of Texas, eojoitiing xi:- c. of a fiachi.-e tax. "i i e stra v this case i:.ca:.s s. i..j tioaal income fro:. foie-gnc. .: -.-: :cr,. unc j i 1 1 th Ibxtraditiou IJaiiU Ur. (iovernor il-iis..l, ' f 1 denied the r.q::i-.t; u cfCeOrgia fo dat.ies 'i if. T. Uutham, ct-i r- ca-hier, res; tctf ui '. y. ! c ia ; i.ur.k. Irre-u s; . iauta is given a-, n a- a Ii n'f . a . a . r. ' M.b f I l.riet .Net. cent far The tv-oceiit fare bill. rq:ir.: : the sale of .Vo-juls tb.-kt.t- i y i.. ) load, has beeu i as: e l by the h. ! Legislat-.re. 1 he Peoples' Hank, of Philadelphia, j ' hi! lcen cb 1. lt ci-hie.-, .John . J il. ; kins, shut Limtelf after leaving S i cn worthless i a; er. John Sim; kia. one of the younges members cf he I. ni'.c 1 .Mates Hou'e c: Peprc-etitat -s is d-a 1. He rc-pre aented the Thirteenth di.-irictof Ma-sa cnutetts and had served in the Fifty' fourth and Fifty-ilfth Congresses. if an i mi Many Resolutions Introduced Look j ing to That Erd. I HOUSE TAKES A FIRM STAND. McKiuley Has Ileeu Clveu IJetsoiiat!e Time aud ougresa May Now K.cr cise Its Fuuctiou. THE SENATE. cStii Dat. A scene of intense inter est was presented in the Senate wheu the l'resi iect's message, transmitting the findings of the Maine court of in quiry was received, 'lhegaileries weie packed to the doors, and the attendance of Senators was quite as large as it has . beeu at any time during the pret-eut bession. F.ager to ascertain tho full finding of tho court, scjres cf the members of the House, uftcr adjourn ment of that body, had hurried to tlie Senate chamber, and the llocr v;9 crowded with them. When tho rea l iug of the Present's message wai begun a hush bo marked fell over the chamber that one literally might hu a heard a t ia fall. Through out the li-.-diue of both the message and the finding of the court there vs Lot tiie slightest demonstration. Tim documents were referred to the com mittee ou foreign relations. Following closely upon the n.es.-age rind findings, came the s eech of Muaey, of Mi ".s sipi i, on his i ecei.t ob.-ervutioiis t:i Cuba and tho deductions from them bo had made, i i i- sq e ch was along the fame lines n. those cf Senators 1 'roc ::-, (ialiinger and 'IhuiBton. Upon t'.o announcement of Jlepret-ntutive Simp kins' death, the Senate adjourned. GDtji 1av. Interest in the Cuban situation the interest might aimost bo termed excitement, o intense was it leached a climax ia the proceedings of tho Senate to-day. As ou previous days of the discussion cf the Cuban question, thou-.au. Is of people flocked to the capii.d, but only a few of ti.cm, coia; arativoly, co.iid ain admission t the galleries. V ithin five minutes after the Senate convened, Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a resolution le coguizing the i i h pendeiico of the ( uban u-pah lie. his wai followed by a resolution piopose i by ilawhus, :' Utah. declaring war against lh; kingtlom of Spain, 1 oraker, -f Ohio, then introduced a resolution for f r.cli inieivention in t he Cuban v.ai as would bring lib-tut, the inoepi-ndeiice of the Cubin. F-Uwing tub came a lesolutiu i by Mr. Fry v. of .-iai'.c, demanding that ( ub.-i lo ma Ih Iter. Tie rcb.'iutiuns followed : i. ''. r so rapidly Hi aim' 1 t to stn the Buditor.-, b !i Senator. and sp- ct. . 'i his w as ti;.- con-Hi n n w i.e i tiio :c-i're-ideiit recognied .Mr. Mas oi, of .'1 linois, for his :;;iu y.inco l speech on tho 1'resideut's inc:sa,'0 transmitting to Congress the tind.ng.i of the Ma-ne com i of inquiry, .""ir. 'das-'U it-alhii ppeech from m.-uiir-crijit, but it was de livered wnh all tho vigor and lire cf which he is capable. Ihe intensity of the feel ng of those in tho galleries was evidenced by the btorm of applauo which was elicited by his declaration that he was for war. Vice-President liobs.rt l ad difficulty iu suppressing the deiui.nst! ation. Afu-r Ma.-ou's. sjifech tiio Senate pa-sod seventy-four private pension ).;:! at.d fulloAed this order with o u !g its on tho ia;o Sonat- r baric, oi Soinii Caidi'ia. o;io of the !".-t r..:natkib;e of which was pnj iioiiiiC. d by I ilii'i.iii, a long time ;- lit ical c ! j '.:ie! rili, ( f Viio:' nutiee. 1 1 p w . v i l :n for t uc to! retierai : a' it. from tio ti: niic: d a j'.on i es-dutio. ' ' i Lit ioi, f: ee .f of military -il"' si-cured ubroa .1 i the Uiiit-d states and a-i e l for l'.s i mediate coiioi lei at i"n. It w as"oa-s-. TJil' iicusr. -.Tin i'w. dent's; ii.e-sage it" v, ith i 'i : i:u i..l c. s, hi. i 'iali.-i . who v ie tea Hi;' of ti. lb !l c-s I ; r j .. io e v. t 1 I lines in u box. Jir-t :.e v,-; .i u -plause s ' ept f i oi.i llocr to .,:n a : i then tl.e death of i b-; : .. .-1 a : aw . ? Simphiii''', of .'oi acSh hu et'.s, v. as :.:. ii(;;;;.(e I, :id the lio'is.j u -ij'.urii. d. 'ihe me: sage "-a : icfcritd to tlie c:;: mittoo on foreign rtdation. After the adjournment. f the iloufe there wats coiisideri:ii:e difcu-sion oer a pro posed consoiidation cf the forces ;n th House who favor sumo form of iUf uiate action on the (.'uban issue. Tin re was a strong feeling bhown over the avoivlauce iu th iueipage of aay out line of a definite adminiktnttion poli'-y, aud u decided dispoition ai ; .ti.-ut rot b, wait any f ntL'.-r delay, nor ic- jit t te:.ipori.;ng measare.s. i i.u j i ojoct to t .imish a t lii itiim relief sup;.' ' to the CubKu i.on-coib.t.tants is m- otmg wr.-t oi po'.itiou to which m'-iiibe: s on bidii sides of the liouee ha-.e gr.t.i o: " ju I'iivate discii-sion cn the giouu 1. li d, tha. - aiu alone is responsible f.r ti e . mlit'ou b taisli-.'!. aid second, the exten iiug cf Hi.-., large and probably continued a: I abroad is un us: t-j the q ,e o: this country. J ne st tub a on in.s line vtr nat ;re. i a I bcr. - I i-o rev hti lt-Tc: ; i i tt.e iCU'- ,n ti aga.'i. f ather delay ( ucu ;st tie c i'm uii ft c .-ufe ret. .-; f I ep' v. h i .-as pre ju a. i.-it: e -. iy o U! ft-. I-s-:;ta . t s aiTfcl:' 1 f.f ftCtlMll "1 on the 'J .itv g i b.-ct;-:i-. be; i t--fnaiive ho; hm-., IbiLot. a member i f the wv-. a:, r.eans oniiinit-e. i reside i. lltjic---b!iw; Ji v, ci Mi-s'ji.ri, v.io sti rttar; "x no r:.c: ii.g w ai oa;d to tu te; : seciire n..n.ed:ato f. r, ail tho r..-C( .bqei. i.-nc. it v, hte; i-j. lowing :-rvei.ii-..n. m ..: :::t:o:i cf .;' an l - . '.:: firf.t .i-hiii.e js.ins in tne cious rooms a-j 1 lobbies Fmcethe I'reiident ! montage as Mibia.tted by many reai bera w i.o f.or immed; '.o ui. i ri.'gie tie action. Up f. th 1 j resent fen'.i ment, wa a ha f concealed, but 6 trot: g feeling ag-'nst noting i-ogi y tor (. :.Ua le.ief UUie! at'CoUiJ allied by a lire H-a- ti ii to stop the war. lie meeting v -as a e I w.'.'i a v.e- to accom; .iLing tl.e unqual.ti- i rtnioa'i of tLo a iidi troops frum Cuba au I the j rompt armed iLtcrvent.on ia the a lairs of that is and. ltepre eii -ative Hopkins, a chairman, brieily fctated the cbjecU of the meet ing. He indicated his disappointment that the PresiJent'e message carried to onMipT cl (U&wt raarw'e poiicj -J f toward Spain, and that ho did not believe further delay would le brooked, lie, howtver, thought tho a.l ministratit a might have another day o'- two within which to at, and failing to do to. Congress 'iiviii.i taie the matter into its own i i :: io; ondently and at once. Me : . '. i actum io. ku.g to Cuban inde p;:.ve:ice. but : ade uo spec Jio sr.gges-t-u:: as ;o the method of its acci-ta-i :-hincut aroui bnvs with j re si iited a to tho best meant for becur i..g ac'.iuu, tl.i ugh the feeling that uo u.Uuu i ther tiiau tho t-atioa of hos tilities ou the island and absolute ir.de peu deuce should be taken up arcutly was unanimous. NAPOLEON'S LAST WOUCS. Dying Thooshta cf lli Mini V. horn llurope 1-V.ircl. On his death bcsl Naiolei..u expressed his coarictloa that Pugland w . ti!J end like the proud republic cf Vcuico. With perfect composure, he gave last directions "l d. sire that you will take my heart, put it !n tq ir'.ts of wine and carry It to Parma to my d. ar Maria Louise; you will tell her tii.it I never caused to love hor, and relate t h"r every particular respecting my d -ath upon this miserable and dreary rook. You will tell my mother and family that tho great Napoleon expired In tho most deplorable state, deprived of ev erything, abandoned to himself and to libs glory, and that he bequeathed with his dying breath to all the reigning families of I.u rope, tin honor and op probrium of Ids d.ath." The second codicil of Lb will con tained tho direction , ;.bi va after ward con. pb. -d r.-ith: 'It !s v.iy wish that my ashes m..y rep'-- o on the baribs of the S lr.o. hi the n.id-t of the I ren.-h people whom 1 love so v. el!." On the oth cf May. 1--1, !:f who bad f.-r years kept all l'urope !i a bbit" of f. vt-rtsdi oxcitement, tot nt:n:tcd l.U earthly career. After lying In tat tw o da. . the body was deposited in n cdhn com posed first of tin lined xvlth ubi'-.' s-at!u. which having been si.i.'nr.. was lu closcd In nnothor ot m ab.ocany, n th!r 1 of lead, and the whole In a fourth of mahogany secured with lr :i b.-row.. After tho ceremony, nn oriorin'on : uo was lowered over the body, robting o i a stone wall no r.s to esca; tho cofh'i. On the 12t!i of May. Lmbs Phdlipp- commanded that the ashes of Nupob-oi be convoyed to Prance. In Ida com munlcatlon he paid: ,'IIctio forth Franco, alono, will po.r ss nil that ic inalna of NMpoleon; his t.u.ib, lik hi famo, will b' long to nori" but h'.s -rui-try." At II oVlc. .': 1 tec 1 h f'rvt can Pon was heard argio.in-ng tb.it ti e t" main of th linqiror bad n.-i'Iod French ground. Amid th.- ; st nssom blage tho lMi'ly v. as l-nn by twenty four seamen to its last n-sti'ig pb-o lu t!o Ho'id ls Invali.b s. So closed th' vetitl't:! - re r of thi great Niiiiol.-ou, wlio.. on mory ran only perish with the record. of tho world. "I un wilbnr; to ho ;,.rrf ;-t ' 1. J hav no p'aco to co bi.t thv s : i ' '. uwl it l.i h.-tcr to be in pi. '.:.." i n'. i a moral - if L Ioc i.., :,'. : ; i i tub' of iiir.ft:' ii li (f-uiuty ph. ' r.r '.. : A worn. Hi al ::i :!b;i;.- . .. v.:.t in to a largo i, y-goo.' ; rior . :o. i ; ;. , laid boi I oi v !..: : h- .i i ; t b' r h.nd. on. Y.h'o n o:. 1 v..;h, !h" av.no! t!,:il sh- 1 b' .ng ic !:(." u. i to sp'.mbng t:if n.''.t :. t!o tin v.. Southern Railway. p-jUrrn Car Seryic?. !o Hi r-1 M'-.rch 1, 1 S did or.', Adiuill'', Hot tiriiiK', ltnoi!!r .in ! I, a 1 1 a I.U"; ;i. WY.-t I'lilir.ia.-i 1 fa ', ii ;-lbom Fast I, .,..1.. I Sb-i pit, :.' ' .Un. bound. No l.' 1 Ml :U r Ii 1 ; No !'. 7 j.ni I.v .'-.id'-l -i'v . Ar i'-'idnm d ( id: id 'J ,n c. i v-MOpmAr Stut hviII- I.v UiHn j,ril " . Hickory... " 7-i'Jaui i p-u ". Morgaiit-.n. . " 7 2' am flOli'Jprji " . Marion. " 0 loam I fl 1 b j.m " . lb.".i, 1 Kt cb. ' pi J Jam l PJl()tm " ..levjle . " .13am 1 V am " . Ho. Sj rii g. " 1 b'O am :t(t')am ". Morro t. a n . " 'J 30 am I 113am" i.noAMll;. . " IJoara I 7 Jo am " . hhttar.ooga " lObOpm I i '..ntrul lii.i.-.j ' o. i!. iV. r. ii. u. ! f o?jc' tlt :rn ii ! Hculh Tarcllia ?nd Gsorgia R. R. 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Marion Messenger (Marion, N.C.)
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April 1, 1898, edition 1
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