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V v I LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. M. vul. - - - vrii.. 1. iililiis mi 10 nil RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY. MARCH 22, 1898. No. 95 0: 1C ial Despatch From Commander Sicard Received Last Night. WILL REACH SECT LONG TO-MORROW EYE Or (in Thursday Morning at the Latest and be Considered the Cahinet on That Day. PRYING EYES OF REPORTERS OR SPANISH SPY To be Guarded Against, and Extraordinary Precautions Taken to Guard Against the Premature Diyulgement of Any Portion of Its Contents A Cordon of Ununlformed Guards to Accompany the Bearer and the Paper Not to be I ost Sight of for a Moment A Cordon of Government Agents Stretching From Key West to Washington Provided for, and They Will Board the Train at Intervals to See That It is Being Safely Conveyed, Etc to The Morning' Post. .M;m h L'l. The lv.!-t"r iv port ( : (Inquiry, which fficia!, f the -for a !!. !!. ' i -----t t investigating into the :h.- --Nplnsiim which wrecked : -. " will he in the hands ' of ,M:-n;itiun at Washington -in- ',ty evening or Thursday ki.-.vwi. absolutely. There are i- .nuls" about it, further Th - important document was . tin- I .mils rf Commander i-uning at Key West, and h-has t n ! ii 1 it i ver to the bearer who is to hririK it to Washington and deliver it nUi tli- hands of Secretary Long. If th- ti-an i- lt-uves Key West in time t.-ni'dit li will reach Washington Wed : if s-i-.ty -.'.-ning. If he dpes not eaten !!.! 1:1!:- Th:.- i t! a?: this: fiv n iiit' Sirani thi tn- !) r.ur.iM sit ainers tonight, he will r v-- In it- un.t41 Thursday morn- tli- Wit est. the document will be i t Mi,.- to be considered by the ' it its meeting on Thursday. : i- 'i.i il-ul)t that at this hour "ii its way to Washington.: The sM r 1 1 1 ami impenetrable ar '' !:'s hat- been ordered and per--Mi. uu inl against any possibility ' J t i . 1 1 1 of the report "leaking ' - v. r, in advance of its con- iy the President and his v:sefs. h.-.-n done for several rea '! which may be mentioned the possibility of the many i'-tf. -lives known to be in the the Spanish government in s.-.-uring advance informa- t r.i nsmitted to Madrid, and '.i eesss of some of , the nts'. -t enterprising news- !iis i . untry in attempting to i I'.ittts of the precious "i "i u- tting a chance to ex ! "-Mi i-n of it as many of ! .utve many thousands of ab',.- to secure a "scoop" ' pa .. r competitors in" this i i : s i uattl escort was deter the adirijnistration after ration of the matter 1 '"'partinent. i t" guard against the iiii: of a leak in any the President and his an opportunity to read h document. Simulta- inception of this im ai.ieation the despatch furnished an armed es ' accompany him from t't the Florida coast un- is delivered to the Sec Na vy. iil not be in uniform, 1 any ritles, but they will i' -1 beneath their civilian iaitd to give an account s should an emergency be taken to guard "deity in the movements ' h bearer and his es sons unacquainted with -;,- y will appear as or- - :s. Kven the train up-J "...ity will start will be - tlu-y are ready to go ; urney to Washington. I'-iiefs every few hours the precious package the proper authorities. All sorts of contingencies have been provided against. j One of the possibilities discussed at j the conference held by the authori ties was that if It became known who the bearer of the despatches was and the train he would take, some over zealous newspaper man might inter cept and "hold him up," with a view of taking his precious package from him in order to get a "scoop." Nothing seemed too outlandish in the way of suggestion of danger to the report, and this will account for the elaborate and thorough precautions which have been taken by the President and his ad visers. - . How much, if any, of it will be offi cially given out next Thursday af ter the President and cabinet have read and considered the report, of course cannot be foretold at this hour, but the readers of The Morning Post can rest assured that they will be furnish ed with as full and definite an account of the developments of the day in this connection as can, by any posibility, be secured. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. This week may be a fateful one for Spain in another matter of scarcely less importance than the possibility of its being proved to have had official connection with the wreck of the "Maine." It is rumored here tonight that the President may send to Con gress at once a message recommending the immediate recognition by. the Uni ted States of the independence of Cuba. That such a recommendation would be accepted with the greatest avidity and recolutions to that effect instantly pass ed, there is not the slightest do-ubt. The fact is that the executive branch of the government has had hard w.ork to keep the legislative branch from tak ing such action ever since the "Maine" explosion, and if the latter learns that it is the desire of the President and his administration that such a course be pursued at this time, there will be no question about its being done so far as Congress is concerned. The meeting of the cabinet today was one of unusual interest and importance and just before the meeting the Presi dent held a conference with Speaker Reed and the members of the congres sional committtees on navy and mili tary affairs, to which much significance is attached. THE PRESIDENT'S INFORMATION As these despatches to- The Morning Post have heretofore stated, it is a fact that the President has received advices from the naval Court of Enquiry on at least two previous occasions, inform ing him of the character of the more important evidence adduced and the progress being made by that body, not withstanding the efforts of the agents of the Associated Press to have it ap pear otherwise. Now even that pro-internal explos- the investigation has been the main cause of the delay in the transmission of the court's report to the government at Washington, and that the outside explosion "theory" has long ceased to be a theory with the court, the evi dence adduced having been sufficient to prove that to have been the fact some time ago. THE REPORT STARTED. Judge Advocate Marlx, of the Court o f En qulry. Delivers a Package of Papers to the Admiral, Which Evidently Contains the Court's Report to the Secretary of the Navy. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Key West, Fla,, March 21. Judge Advocate Marix, of the Naval Court of Enquiry, came ashore this afternoon with an armed orderly behind him, and a large package of legal papers In his hand. The Admiral was then notified of the presence of the Judge Advocate, and the two officers at once went to the writing-room of the hotel Key West, and there, while an orderly stood ?uard at the door, the package was de livered to the Admiral. Judge Advocate Marix declined to state whether or not the package coii ta!ned the much-looked-for report. He said, however, that the report had not previously been forwarded to Washington. The 'orderly is authority for the state ment that the package contained the report, but that he did not, of course, know what its contents were. Two. points of the report will be the entire exonoration of Captain Sigsbee and the "Maine's" crew from any blame in the matter of the destruction of that vessel, and no Spanish officer, of any rank whatever, will be charged with coplicity in causing the ex plosion. II TOR III THE 1 They Come Hurling From the Top Story of a Hotel. SH0WER.0F HUMAN BODIES AT BUTTE LATEST. SICAttD TELEGRAPHS -;:r.s of human eyes for l"cii a cordon of govern cxteiiding from Washing Vt since Saturday, and '-r ilutv ion, "accident" theory news organiza tion admits that the President has-liad in his possession since last Saturday a note from Commander Sicard defi nitely stating that the explosion was due to external agencies and that the findings of the Court of Enquiry will conclusively show such to have been the case. It is very doubtful, however, if the court has been able to fix the respon sibility of the what, then, must have been a premeditated an(J cold-blooded scheme cm the part of some enemy of That Report Has Been Placed in His Hands and Would be Sent to Washington Cap not Reach There Before Wednesday, However. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, March 21. Midnight. A.dmiral Sicard has telegraphed from Key West to Secretary Long that the record of proceedings and findings of the Court of Enquiry has been formally placed in his hands and that he will forward it to the -Navy Department. his despatch makes it certain that the report will not be delivered to Sec retary Long before Wednesday evening f Thursday morning, so those officially interested state tonight. : It is understood in official circles that Judge Advocate Marix will leave JCey W est tonight, or tomorrow morning, for Washington with the report. If he should catch tonight's steamer to Tampa, he will be able to deliver the record to Secretary Long by Wednes day evening, but he may arrive here at such a late hour that the formal de livery of the document may not be made until Thursday morning. Officials familiar with every move n the "Maine" affair continue to assert that the President and Secretary Long do not yet know what the official con clusion of the Court of Enquiry will be. Late this afternoon the cabinet officers w ere told as much when they inquired whether the official findings wrere known to the President. There is no doubt, however, that President McKinley and Secretary Long understand that the court will sustain the general understanding that the ex plosion was external, and that prepara tions to meet the issue involved in such a verdict have been in progress for some days. It is significant that preparations to put the countrj" on a war footing have been redoubled. All artillery batteries are being as signed to the hew fortifications on the Atlantic coast and the Gulf, and ar rangements were completed today for a quick concentration of the infantry ana cavalry at Atlantic coast cities. The army is now ready to move for ward within two hours after the order is given. ' . It is understood that these orders will not be delayed much longer. In the Navy Department the tighten ing of the cordon around Cuba is going on, t Today the cruiser "Cincinnati" and the gunboats "Wilmington" and "'Cas tine" reached Port Antonio, Jamacai. the nearest point to the southeastern end of the Island. They are under or ders tn take the station at Port An te nio. where they will be in a position to shut off the supplies for Spanish forces which may be sent to the ports on the Southern coast. The battleships "Texas" and "Massa chusetts" have sailed for Hampton Roads, from Key West, to join the fleet of cruisers forming there for the second fleet. The cruiser "San Francisco" will sail from England this week, with the "Amazonas," while all the available monitors will be sent to Port Royal and Key West. - , The government has purchased tor pedo boats abroad today, but where and who from is a carefully guarded Department secret at present. The report of the board makes a pile of typewritten foolscap copy six inches some story Montana Miners Driven From Their Beds by Flames of Fire In Their Desperation Spring From the Hotel Windows and Are Ma0led and Crushed on the Stone . Pavements Below Fffteen Others Bu r led In the Ruins A Horrible Story of r Lose of Life In a Death Trap at Butte, .- Montana. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Butte, Mont., March 21. Fire sud- denly burst forth without warning early; this morning from the ground floor of the Hale House, a flimsy three story,, wooden structure on Broadway. The hotel was owned by a mining com pany! and cccuPed Dv fully four hun dred miners and a few women, mostly servants. The alarm was quickly given, but the lame? spread so quickly that many w ere I caught by them and burned to Jeathi When the firemen and police arrived ?everil men had already jumped from the third floor-windows and been rushed on the frozen street below. Ladders were secured and put up to of the windows of the second and many were rescued in that way, but there were not enough ladders to go around and every few minutes the bodyVof a miner, who was unable to stand the heat any longer, would come hurling through the air and strike with a resounding thud on the ground. Four of these were picked up, uncon scious and bleeding, and hurried to the hospital There-was a crush on the stairways to get to the street, and many were badly hurt in the mad rush down the stair way, as they came pouring out, shout ing and fighting for freedom. Few of the lodgers were dressed, ex cept In their night clothes. The exact number in the hotel is not known, as the, register was burned, but the police believe there is at least flfteeri bodies in the ruins. The cause of the fire is not known. Of tU e4in . the. hospital all are likelv to recover, except John Dugan, whpse head was crushed in by his jump from a third-story window. Following is a partial list of injured: John L. Carter, burned about the head and neck, not seriously injured; Mike Judge, who worked in the Aanaconda mine, right arm broken, jumped from third-story; Neal Gallagher, back sprained, jumping from second floor; "fim Ryan, miner, leg broken, fell from fire escape; Hugh Boyle, left leg brok en; Patrick Gilligan, badly burned about body and hands. This list Js only a partial one, as many of the in jured were carried away and carei for by friends. THE PRESIDENT'S PROGRAA1 Has Not Definitely Decided Upon His Course, But Will Submit the Report to Congress With a Message. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, March 21. Speaker Reed, Congressman Hitt, and Senator Hale, chairmen respectively of the House and Senate Committtees on Foreign Relations, and Senator Davis, of the same committee, had a long conference with the President today and it was arranged that when the Board of En quiry's report is submitted to Congress it shall be. referred to the Foreign Re lations Committee of each house. It is stated positively that the Presi dent has not yet definitelj' made up his mind what course he will pursue, though he will-, probably submit the Whole matter to Congress, with a mes sage of some sort. x His mouth-piece in Congress, Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, said today that this would be his program. He did not think the report would go to Congress before the end of the week, as it would take a day or two to pre pare the message after the report was received. SUBMARINE TORPEDO DEVIL. the United States whether there was M.i-nwi it rQ ir, l xo board the train official Spanish complicity, or whether! once went aboard the cruiser "Nash- " i-i'spateh bearer with the 'some ultra anti-American radical ! ville." She will leave for Tampa late - tfnen these agents of is said that this last named feature of delay, by Thursday. It Was Given Another Trial Yesterday ard Worked Perfectly Ran 300 Yards Under 13 Feet of Watei. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. New York, March 2L The Holland submarine torpedo boat was given an other test in Staten Island Sound this afternoon. It was submerged to a depth of 13 feet, with her flagsstaffs only sticking out of the water to indi cate her course. The cruiser craft ran 300 yards. This was the greatest depth she has sought in any of her trials so far. Inventor Helland and four others wpnt dnwn with her today. The vessel wnrkpit rvrfertlv ' TIk was rtjtrk and Kloomy, and owing to the failure of her electric lighting apparatus she ran agTOun l when she appeared on the surface, but a tug easily pulled her off. The next test will be made on Friday next, and in deeper water of the bay, vnen the torpedo tubes, as well as the diving appartus, will be tested. WILL RECOGNIZE CUBA. Positively Asserted la Washington That President Has Decided to Recognize Co ban Independence Plan Outlined to Cab inet and Endorsed. , By Telegraph to The Morning Post, Washington, March 21. It is positive- ly declared, on high authority here to night that the President has determined to recognize the independence of Cuba. The only question is as to the time sot for such recognition. This will be determined upon as the situation de velops. The President will cab!e the findings o tne jtfoard of Enquiry to Minister vVoodfgrd. at Madrid, with instructions to ask the Sagasta ministry "what they propose to do about it" it bpain suggests an international court cf arbitration, the President will oe -sirongiy inclined to accept that proposition. In the mean time the report will re main with the Foreign Relations com- m'ttees of the two, houses of Congress The President knows American peopU would not brook the long, delay that .vouid surely follow a submission of the jase to an international court, hence nis- aeterminauon to recognize the belligerency of the Cubans tpain. it is believed, would imme diately declare war, or commit some act that would compel hhe United States to declare war against Spain, and then we would seize Cuba. The President submitted this plan at the conference at the White House to- -clay. and it was almost unanimously endorsed and applauded. Unless Spain decided to voluntarily relinquish Cuba, which is now consid ered not at all probable, she will have to fight. : YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS. Bill for Relief Maine Victims' Families- String to Hawaiian Annexation Resolution. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, March 21. The House today, without even the formality of livision, passed a bill for the relief of tne sufferers from the disaster to the battleship ."Maine." The discussion of the bill mainly related to the matter of precedent in the payment of losses to . families of victims in the Samoan disaster in 1889. An eloquent tribute to the courage and fidelity of the crew of the "Maine" was paid byMKotf sinstif "Iowa? Messrs. Cannon and Bailey endeavor ed to secure changes in the bill, but failed, none but the committee amend ments being accepted. The report in the contested election case of Wise vs. Young, in the Second Viiginia district, in favor of Wise, was presented, but action went over. Washington, March 21. In the Senate today, Mr. Bacon (of (feorgia) gave no tice of an amendment to the joint reso lution for the annexation of Hawaii, which provides that the joint resolution shall not become operative until it has been consented to by a majority pf the inhabitants at a general election. A resolution was agreed to calling for information as to the number of widows and daughters of revolutionary soldiers now drawing pensions; also the number of survivors of the war of 1812, the Mexican and civil wars, and of the number of ex-soldiers x and widows drawing pensions. It was announced that next Thurs day Senator Thurston who recently returned from a trip to Cuba, will ad dress the Senate on the situation there as he observed it. RACE WAR IN KANSAS. Whites Murder a Negro and His White Wife and Negroes oevenge Themselves by Hanging One of the Mob They Are Look Ing for the others- By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Wichita, Kas., March 21. A race war has broken out at Wybark. I. T. Ed Chalmers, a negro, recently married a white woman named Alice Headley. at Waterloo, Kan. On account of public sentiment they moved, to Wybark, a small negro settlement near Muskogee. On the night Chalmers and1 wife ar rived at Wybark a mob broke Into their house and shot and killed them both. Chalmers returned the fire and killed one of the mob before he was slain. This morning the body of a white man named Stanley. Matthews, who was In the mob. was found at Gibson station so badly managed that his features were hardly recognizable. Negroes threaten further revenge on the whites for the killing of Chalmers and wife. Moonshiners Mnrder an Jnformer. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Sylacauga, Ala., March 2LW. O. Thompson, a white farmer living near here, was found murdered today In the -rwwls three miles from his 'home. A dozen slugs were found in his body. He bad testifled against illicit distill ers, and had In his pockets a number of subpoenas for them to appear In court In a few days and testify against moonshiners. The murderers removed these from his GOV. RUSSELL IS illfllllfll By the U. S. Supreme Court in R. R. Commission Matter STATE UPHELD IN FERTILIZER TAX Caldwell and Pearson Hold on to the Office of Railroad Commissioners Court of Last Resort Decides That no Federal Question Is Involved and That There tore It Has no Jurisdiction In the Case' Case of Patapsco Guano Co. Against Board Agriculture Also Dismissed Which Leaves Latter Free to Inspect and Levy Tax. Etc. " Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Washington, March 21. The Supreme Court of the Unitad States today hand ed oown Its decision In the NotLh Car olina Railroad Commission case; Jus tice Peckham delivering the opinion of the court, wherein J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson sought reinstatement to the position of railroad commissioner from which office they were "suspend ed" by Governor Russell. The court takes the position . that it has no Jurisdistion In the premises, no Federal question being involved. The .question which the plaintiffs Wilson sought to have passed upon by this court was whether, by their alleged arbitrary removal from office by the Governor, they had been deprived of any rights guaranteed them by the Constitution of the United States. The court says they have not. and that be- ng the case this, court was without jurisdiction In the matter. The contempt feature of that case against Caldwell and Pearson for pro ceeding to act as commissnoners under the decision of the State court while an appeal was pending the Supreme Court of the United States, was also passed upon by Judge Peckham, who after reviewing that aspect of the case dismissed it. the court holdiner that Caldwell, et al, were ignorant of the fact that the court had taken cogni zance of the contempt proceedings. The effect of the court's action is a decision, by negation, thai the. Gov ernor has the power to remove a rail road commissioner under the act of 1891,. creating the commission, and so confirming the appu well and. Pearson. , PATAPSCO GUANO CASE.' ' ' : The Supreme Court has also decided the Patapsco Guano Company against the Board of Agriculture of North Car olina, holding that the court has no Ju risdiction in this case, either, and dis missing the rule to show cause for con- tempt, etc. This leaves the State Board of Agriculture where the State Supreme Court has held It was, viz.. In possession of power to enforce the in- sepction of fertilizers' and fertilizing materials and charge for such service. THE RALEIGH POSTMASTERSHIP. Senator Prltchard Will Probably Endorse Bailey to the President for Appointment to the Position. Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Washington, D. C March 21 Senator I'ritchard has concluded his audience with Shaffer, Bailey and Nichols, In reference to the Raleigh postmaster- sli'p, and it is understood here todar that he will endorse the candidacy of C. Thomas Bailey. Nichols was not a candidate,, except In the event of Shaf fer's withdrawal. The latter has, not yet withdrawn, and today he had a hearing tefore the Postmaster General, as did also Bailey. It is"' stated that Prltchard wlil recommend Bailey to the President tu rn or row. SPAIN MEANS TO FIGHT. Will Not Surrender Cuba Otherwise, and Warlike Preparations Are 6olng on More Actively Than Ever. By Cable to The Morning Post. Madrid. March 21. Despite the ad mitted conviction of all, except bluf flers, that war with the United Staten would eventually result In the loss, not only of Cuba but of Porto Rico and the Philippines, there is no wavering In the determination to fight rather .than to sell or surrender Cuba- Warlike preparations are now being pushed most vigorously. Transports leave almost weekly, con- veynig troops and munitions of war to Cuba. The arsenals at Ferrol, Cartha- gena and Cadiz are. working night anl dy. The conscription enlistments are actively going on. Senor Moret, Minister of Colonies, shows no sign of abandoning his en-' thusiaetic faith In autonomy as a means of restoring peace In Cuba, and he equally does not abandon the hope that the United States will postpone any action until autonomy has had what he regards as a "fair trial." The supporters of Moret contend that Spain has yielded to every demand made by the United States so far. thereby acknowledging the Justness of pockets and placed them upon his demands, and that there are no more breast, holding them in position with a' discredited men in Spain than General stone, with the written Intimation for informers to beware hereafter. Weyler and Senores Robledo. De Lome and UK C I'
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