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V ICS ' ' o x rfv V tCYV 'JS -VV V LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. M. RALEIGH. N. C, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1898. Vol. 1- No: 96 , ,..Aar. Advocate Expected There During the Day in iffi e m A(ternoon in the Possession of Judge Ad vocate vurix Who Will Arrive In Wash inflton With it Tomorrow-May Not Get There I" Time to be Considered by the Cabinet Before Friday Morning. How ever, and it W ill Not be Sent to Cong ress' Before Monday, so President Mc-. Kinley Himself Says. . r : Te. lln., March 22. Judge! K' : from Key West, ;irliin"t'.n, at 4:30 o'clock u,th tlu '"Maine" Court ...it. , h Jacksonville late to in Washington on v.-ral surviving officers also sailed for the ,,!!in' steamer. in: PEPURT BE SENT TO CONGRESS Next Monday President Will Require Sev eral uays to Consider It and Prepare Mes sage to be. Sent with It. ;;ij,h t The Morning Post. ;! n. Match 22. President .ii.i, liiH d at the cabinet v that th- report of the .f Knquiry would not .n.-. i to Cinsress before next . is to !o. ,mvo it on Thursday , .r Friday morning, but it tinif to properly consider pan- the message, which he . ii'liim to Congress when he . ilii' r- t'oi-t. w.. M' K:::. HAVANA WILL BE A HOT PLACE" And a Mighty Good Place to Stay Away f rom Now Says Judge Advocate Marlx. r, T !- raph i The Morning Post. N.-.v V.-; C .M'ir h 22. In the Mail :-.:,! K: si that t! -A!'..- M;i;r1('- lloai'.! th;itth.- fi intt'tA'i'i'Sv In ial this' afternoon, W. y West correspondent, on was not accidental, w' Knquiry report states n was not accidental, had with Judge Advo- v.t- M;uix" toila v. i M--.ii l n Marix that, he thought ho '' r i'an to Havana today, where : ! - n M inx sal-1: " Don't do it, Quigley. H.o.-r:;i ili tf a hot place when the ! ?. : : l-s ..f the court are made known. is milch as your life is worth e acain." !h COWMAN'R ICARD S HEALTH BAD And Mi-is to bV Relieved of rommand of the White Squadron-Sampson Will Prob ably Succeed Him. v ' ' -'"ii. March 22. Captain ; ' turn.-d today from his mission i . v, H,. sayS h0 examined the ; ' t!;.'i-,- with a view to recom " ' ' - liiitiues. and had consulted Sicanl regarding the "':' I ::!,. '!" ''ai .f Captain Barker's in ' ' ' i! i". lii a I board has been '' ' ' to examine Commander 5, j .1 V wiM probably be granted x"'' b;is not yet been chosen i-ht that Captain Sampson ' I '!;! will In- named. I Al:V NAVAL FORCE.' ' i'! ho asked by the Navy '" ;oi.ipt a resolution, al '1. providing for the or 1 ;m auxiliary naval force ! of t oast defense. All :'-- auxiliary vessels, un- : 1 ' 'o h,. ilaeed under the i and the men are 'i m providing field mines i of strategic points. ,: tttider naval offi- ' o'-' 1'owt-r placed with : - snap as Chief of the ' '! F. !,... LANIARDS -AWE IAPRESSED ,he. ,nnse Gravity of the Situation Miairs and f earol Impending Devel Morning Post. . March 22. A few official circles which M :i ; 1 s '-' gravity of the ' - is an uneasy feeling o eu-pnuTits are im t:;;a tlu-y are momen- :n has forbidden the th..- telegraph lines of v Ji.itt-Vfr eoneerning : th.' Spanish Ileet. WlS!,1W0RK0NTHE"PLUN6ER" T r 1 marl.nSlrti0n ' the De Dealing ub- S;bi' Adored - in uo Boat as Speedily as Pos- 'Hie Morning Post. March 22. Work is i-v aii night on the i.i.e torpedo boat 'ssful trials of the York harbor hc jvpartment to order -n 1 ""U'letWn as soon !i" Plunger" is nearly as ih 'Hollnn.V -i,-.. t- - v UllU torpedo tubes. YESTERDAY WAR WILL COME IN ANY EVENT. That Is the General Opinion Amog Cong ressmen President Said to Have Formed New nd More Pacific Plans. By Te-egraph to The Morning Post. Washington, March 22. Congress and the public will not officially receive the report of the "Maine" Board of En quiry before Monday next, and possibly not for a day or two later. This statement was authorized by Secretary Long at the close of the cabinet meeting today. The report will undoubtedly arrive Thursday, and will form the sole topic of consideration at the regular cabinet meeting on Friday. The'' President, it is learned tonight, has finally determined to send the en tire report to Congress, accompanied by a simple leter of transmittal. If the President's programme is successfully carried out, the report will be referred to the committee in both houses, and a day or two later the President will send a rrerfTirre cn the general Cuban ques tion U Congress, in which he will an nounce his plans for ending the wai there. The Republican leaders have urged on the President .that there is no especial reason Tor recognizin inde pendence, and it is now said that the President has formed a new plan, which contemplates the sending of a message recommending an appropria tion, forbearing for the suffering Cubans, and stating that Spaia has been in formed by him that relief will be sent as the United States sees fit, and that we will stop barbarities at any cost. It is feared, however, that the radical Cuban element in Congress will object to this, and may bring on a declaration of war. It is in Congress that the President sees the greatest danger. More than one Senator and Represntative now has in his pocket a resolution declaring war against Spain. A conference has been in progress here all da;', looking to the carrying through of the President's new plan. Of course, if the report of the Naval Court of Enquiry intimates that Spain is responsible in any degree for the wrecking of the "Maine," war will surely come, and the opinion is general among Congressmen that war will "ome in any event, before a settlement of the Cuban question is accomplished. "IOWA" BECOJUES THE FLAGSHIP. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Key West, March 22. The flagship "New York" has tbeen detached from the squadron here and will go North at once. The battleship "Iowa" now be comes the flagship of the squadron at Key West. FAMOUS FORT SUMTER s Being Put In Fighting Trim Again Troops to Arrive Today. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Charleston, S. C. March 22 The work of putting Fort Sumter in fighting trim will begin tomorrow. The big guns will be mounted, and property on Sullivan's Island is being condemned for the use of the govern ment troops. A detachment from St. Augustine will arrive tomorrow. THE "ALPHONSO" IN PANGER. It Has Steamed on to Spain's New Floating Dock and There's Something wrog with the Latter's Pumps - By Cable to The Morning Post. Havana, March 22. The floating dock which the Spanish government recently brought from England was first used this niorning. when it was submerged, and the cruiser "Alfonso XII." steame.d m to it for overhauling. Some diffi culty arose over the floating of the dock, owing to its pumping machinery, and fear""sxxpressed for the safety of the "Alfonso XII." THE BATTLESHIP ''KENTUCKY " She Will be Christened by Poth Spring Wa ter and "Old Bourbon" Today. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Lexington, Ky., March 22. Governor Bradley and staff, and some 500 other Kentuckians, left here this afternoon for Newport News, where they go to atend the christening of the battleship "Kentucky" Thursday. Every man goes armed with two bot tles each of "Old Bourbon" to drink, and "one to break over the sides of the ship. They say that I while they admire Miss Bradley's temperance predelec tions, in 'holding out for spring water. they will themselves uphold prestige of State by seeing that the proverbial bot tles of "wine" are present at the christening. The Franco-British "Crisis." By Cable to The Morning Post- London, March 22. The crisis in the relations between Great Britain and France continue to be of a most acute character. The British Government is prepared for all contingencies, even going so far as to place the best ships available from the channel squadron and the re serve vessels in positions forming a complete squadron off the French coast contemplated. Washington. March 22. Judson Ly ons, of Georgia, will probably succeed the late B. K. Bruce as Register of the Treasury. Like Bruce, Lyons is a col ored man. He was a candidate for the Augusta postmastership recently. VHAT THE REPORT WILLSflY Forecast of the Important Revelations to Be Made BY THE NAVAL BOARD OF ENQUIRY. Will Exonerate Capt. Sigsbee and the Crew of the "Maine" From All B ame, and Declare That the Onus Proband I Shows the Explosion to Have Come From an External Source Will Not Find That Any Spanish o f iclal Whosoever was Connected with the Disa ..er In Any way what Official Naval Experts Say. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Key West. Fla.. March 22. The offi cial report of the Naval Court of En quiry left here this afternoon. Judge Advocate Marix, the bearer, sailed at 1:30 o'clock p. m., and he should reach' Jacksonville late tomorrow and arrive in Washington on Thursday. In speaking of the "Maine" disaster last night Admiral Sicard said: "It was the most remarkable occurrence in the history of the world." The report of the Court of Enquiry was safely kept on" board the cruiser "Nashville" all last night, while Judge Advocate Marix remained at the hotel. This morning the report was again brought on shore and placed in the care of the sergeant of marines at the hotel. The Judge Advocate today took charge of it and, as stated, is now on his way to Washington with the im portant paper. ' WHAT THE REPORT CONTAINS. Although it is a document of extra ordinary interest, the report is not ex clusive of the mass of testimony, that accompaniesit, of great length. Nevertheless it is a complete revela tion of all the facts gathered from the testimony of the survivors of the crew and the divers, and contains the opin ion of the board as to the cause of the disaster, carefully stated. It will say: First, that the discipline maintained by Capt. Sigsbee on the ' Maine" was at all times of the high est character. It wili note that a full complement of guards and lookouts was maintained, and that these men faith fully did their duty, and that no pre caution was omitted. - " " It .wil say that the ammunition mag azines were in perfect 'order,' arid 'lock" ed at the hour provided for in the reg ulations, and the keys delivered to the Captain. It will And that the coal bunkers weie examined at the proper hours, and that none of them was unduly warm. J In short the report will declare that at 9 o'clock on the night of the dis aster the ship and crew were, without exception in perfect order. Following this, it will relate briefly the facts regarding the explosion. Then Avill come the resume of the testimony regarding the condition of the- ship after the explosion, and just here the facts not hitherto known will be made public for the first time. But the fact that certain parts of the lower frames of the ship, the keel and starboard strakes, are now found near the surface will not be omitted. That the saluting powder of the mag azine was exploded will be told, as well as the further facts that the other mag azines did not explode. The report will declare emphatically that neither the Captain or any mem ber of the crew was in the least de gree negligent, and that they are fully exonerated from all blame. J' 1 The opinion of the board as to tue cause of the disaster will then be given. Many guesses have been made as to what will be said in this matter, but no one here, except the members of the board themselves, the chief of the staff and the Admiral, knows what it will be. This much only can be said at pres ent: The board will express opinions, but it will not definitely and beyond dispute declare what the real cause of the explosion was. It will, however, give reasons in sup port of an opinion which it will ad vance, and it is said that those argu ments and facts will not sustain the 'theory of accidental explosion within the "Maine." NO SPANISH OFFICER IMPLICA TED. Further, it is certain that no Span ish officer, either of .high or low de giee, will be directly implicated in the disaster, save only that it will be said plainly that the explosion occurred in the harbor of a nation not at war with the United States. It will be admitted that the report is based entirely on the testimony of sur vivors of the crew, and the divers and others in the employ of the United Slates. To this should be added, that a con siderable number of the naval officers have expressed the opinion, privately. that the board would report that the explosion was caused by some form of torpedo, applied externally to the ship. by persons unknown to the board, and that when this external explosion hap pened it set off the saluting powder stored forward. warn Outline of More Important Business Transacted. I iiiUil Proposed In a Bill Providing for Three New Battleships, Six Torpedo Gunbcats, and Six Torpedo-Boat Destroyers The Nak ed Battleships to Cost Three Millions Each and One of Them to be Named for the III-Fated "Maine" A Gold Income to Strengthen the Public Credit Civil Government for Alaska, Etc By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, March 22. The Naval Appropriation bill, providing for three battleships, six torpedo-boat destroy ers, six torpedo-boats, gunboats for the great lakes, etc., was introduced in the House today and referred to the Com mittee of the Whole. One battleship is to be called the "Maine." The battleships are to cost $3,000,000 each, exclusive of armament. ' ITor armor for ships authorized and those already under construction, an appropriation is made of $3,400,800, pro vided the armor for ships authorized by the act of June 10, 1896, shall not cost to exceed $3,210,000, and no contract shall cba made at an average rate to exceed $400 a ton, including nickel. Four - timber dry-docks are provided for, and one steel floating-dock, at Al giers), La., Which shall be capable of lifting a vessel of 15,000 tons and 27 feet draft. The total amount carried is $35,683,059. The appropriations for the current yeartwere $31,918,627 and the estimates for the year ending June 30, 1899, fur nished by the Department, aggregated $33,128,234, showing an increase over last year's naval appropriations of over $3,000,000, and over the original esti mate for next year of about $2,500,000. In the House today, Gen. Walker, of Virginia, , called up the report of the Committee on Elections in the contest ed election case of R. T. Thorpe vs. Sid ney7?. Eppes, from the Fourth District of Virginia. The committee reported that Thorpe was entitled to the seat. It was agreed to discuss the report eighf hours, and permit the contested to IWSithej?usein""his .own.: behalf. The" debate was opened by-Walker7wRo said that "this was the fourth contest from that district in eight years; that in 1888 the present election law was passed, and that since then none but Democrats had been elected. The House adjourned before the de bate w-as concluded. Washington, March 22. In the Sen ate today, Mr. Cullom (of Illinois) in troduced a bill "to provide for a gold income to strengthen the public credit, to meet all emergencies." He said it was prepared by, the Na tional Business Men's League. It provides that 50 per cent, of the im port duties shall be paid in gold coin of the United States, and the other "50 per cent, either in gold or such other currency as the Secretary of the Treas ury may designate. The bill was referred to the Commit tee on Finance. The Senate today discussed the bill providing for a civil government for Alaska, and also passed several minor bills. It then took up the Quarantine bill, and Mr. Caffery (of Louisiana) made a speech of over two hours and a half, elucidating the various points and meeting the objections made by Messrs. Bacon (of Georgia), Pascoe (of Florida), Mallory (of Florida) and Tillman (of South Carolina). For such State rights as were illus trated by the "shot gun quarantines," he declared he had no sort of regard or consideration. It was science, skill, authority and power able to cope with the evils of yellow fever and cholera that was wanted. Without action, the Senate went into executive session, and soon thereafter adjourned. THE GRAND OLD ENGLISHMAN- He Begins a Journey which May be His Last One Until He.Starts for the Celestial City. By Cable to The Morning Post. London, March 22. Gladstone started on what is feared may be his last journey this afternoon, leaving Bourne mouth for Hawarden, shortly after 11 o'clock. A large number of persons as sembled to bid him farewell. As the train was leaving Mr. Gladstone said to the people: "God bless you all, this place, and the land you love." Mr. Gladstone and family have au thorized the statement that his physi cians have for some time been anxious about the continuance of the neuralgic pains which afflict him, and certain re cent changes in the patient's symptoms have made a consultation of surgeons necessary. Another consultation will be held tomorrow. Belot, Wis.. Mach 22. A wreck on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad today resulted in the killing of Brake man English and Engineer James 11 .i-L . . i . J . , - (nil, rt' t n c ftf I t isxi, ana me scuuuo j ..-o four others. THE. EWART CJSE HEARING. Several Witnesses Examined and Hearing to be Resumed This Afternoon. Special Despatch to The Morning Post Washington, March- 22.The sub committee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to hear evidence in the Ewart judgeship nomination case, re sumed Its hearing here today, tight of the nine witnesses summoned by But ler to support charges involving official and unprofessional conduct of Ewart. preferred by Frank Carter, of Ashe ville, were present and four of them testified. An affidavit by Dr. Edgerton, the only absent witness, was presented, charging Ewart with misappropriation of funds, and letters from the same witness were read containing the statement that he had been approached by friends of Ewart and asked not to come to Washington to testify, etc. Duff Merritt corroborated one of the charges of Edgerton. The hearing was not completed and an adjournment was taken until to morrow at 2 o'clock. Senators Pritchard and Butler were both present today and occasionally asked questions of the witnesses. UVSE'ViVOR.HY BARK GOES DOWN Burying a Crew and Passerger List of Forty in Watery! Graves. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. San Francisco, Cal., March 22. The old bark "Helen W. Almy" lies. Dot com up, about ten miles outs.ide of the 'Jolden Gate, and her crew of thirteen and the twenty-seven passengers bound for the Klondike regions have probably all been drowned. The old bark was known to ba unsea worthy, but the agent reassured the passengers in some way before sailing. When last seen the vessel was stand ing out under top-sails, and it is thought the captain found the seams opening and attempted to regain port, when the vessel was capsized, carrying down all on board. The wreck was sighted this morning, but nothing could be done with it. The ship was so old that .the general opin ion is she should not have been allowed to sail at all. DISSATISFIED MILL-WORKERS. Nw Fngland Operatives Beginning to Ml grate to the South to Seek Employment In Our Mills. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. : FalYl River, Mass., March 22. A few weeks ago a notice .was inserted in the newsfcaTyeTS'by persons, lrrther- Boulhern manufacturing districts assuring oper atives that the conditions here would continue to grow wxrse. In the South, it was set forth, every thing favors improvements, and war rants the assertion that Dixie will therefore soon be a more desirable place for cotton workers. Some of the cotton mill operatives are preparing to depart from this section already. , Last night five families started for Charleston, where they will meet agents who will take them to the inland. Others are to start in a week. The operatives here say they are fearful of another reduction or a shut-down. Southern Railway Extension. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Knoxville, Tenn., March 22. The Southern Railway has finally deter mined to make an extension between Chattanooga and St. Louis tracks distance of thirty-six miles. The Southern now uses the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. St Loius tracks for that distance to connect with its recently acquired Memphis and Charles ton line. Work will begin this fall, and it will cost five hundred thousand dol lars to complete it. Peter Jackson Gets Licked. ; By Telegraph to The Morning Post. San Francisco, March 22 The pugi listic light between Peter Jackson and Jeffries here tonight was stopped in the third round, the decision being given to Jeffries. The decision was generally accepted as fair, as Jackson was a beaten man after the knock-down blow he received a tthe end of the second round. In fact, after the first round no expert would have given a nickel for Jackson's chance. His absence from the ring for seven years and his dissolute life lost him the fight. Killed by Railroad Train. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Petersburg. Va., March 22. A wagon, containing four men. was driven across the Norfolk antf Western track this af ternoon, a short distance from Norfolk, in front of the cannon-hall train. Two of the men were killed outright, and the other two perhaps fatally InjureJ. The accident delayed the train nearly one hour. Veterans Urged to Enlist Again. By Telegraph to The Morning Post Norfolk. Va.. March 22. Commander Stebbins. G. A. R-. Department of Vir ginia and North Carolina, has ad dressed a Iejer to the Department Com manders in which he urges them to 'advise veterans to answer to the firfctj call for volunteers. He suggests, also, that they proceed to organize com panies. The conviction that was is In evitable grows stronger here. Movements of Tarheels and Events of Local Interest. EY For Appointment as Postmaster at Raleigh He Also Introduces a Bill to Pension "Ex Confederates Who Subsequently Served In the Union Army -The Greens boro Government Building to be Im- proved and $6,500 Incorporated In the Appropriation Bin for That Purpose other Events Transpiring at Washing ton of Local Interest. Special Telegram to The Morning Post. ' 'Vashington. D. C. March 22. Senator Pritchard today presented the name of 2. Tv Bailey to the President, with the eccmmendation that he be appointed o the position of postmaster at Ral eigh. Bailey Is still here and -says he ias no doubt of his nomination by tho President this week. He haa had an nterview with Senator Butler and says ;hat Butler will not oppose his con Irmation by the Senate. Senator Pritchard today introduced x bill to pension ex-Confederate sol diers who subsequently served In the Union army. Senator Butler has secured an ad litional appropriation of $6,500 for the enlargement and improvement of the government building at Greensboro. He has also prevailed upon the Senate Committee on Appropriations to ap propriate the sum of $25,000 for the es tablishment of a fish culture station in eastern North Carolina, for the propa gation of rare species of fish suitable, for Southern waters. The fertilizer tax case was not decid ed yesterday, as reported. The mis-, take occurred from the confusion of locket numbers when the clerk of tha Supreme Court gave out the list of ases decided. FERTILIZER TAX CASE ot Disposed of Yet How Our Correspond ent Was Led Into Error. I Special Telegram to The Morning Post. Washington March 22. The United States Supreme Court did not render a 3ociia:j In the Fertllirr T?.x va??, a was erroneously stated in these Uej paUhes last night. Tin error occurred through the clerk of the court giving out the wrong num ber and thus confounding it with the Railroad Commission case. The repre sentative of the Department of Justice who looks after the decisions for thi Attorney General, and with whom Tha Morning Post's correspondent went over the briefs and decisions, fell lnt the same error all on account of ttm mistake of the clerk in numbering the The Post very much regrets that tli if-' error should have appeared in Its columns. It is our constant fltfm to keep V ihis paper free of misrepresentation j . of every character, and our unremitting tfl'oits are devoted to that end, though tl ere come .instances such as the one n.w under consideration' when errors will creep in the columns of the best regulated newspapers In existence. POSU j; i V AUG USTA A6AIMST WAKE FOREST, The Tarheel Boys Clean Up the Cracker State Lads By the Score of 27 to 10. Special Telegram to The Morning Post. Wake Forest, N. C, March 22. The Augusta. Ca., league . baseball team went down before the Wake Forest . College club today in the game playe 1 on the grounds of the latter at this piace this afternoon, the score resulting in 27 runs for the Wake Foresters to 16 for the Cracker State boys. The features of the game were the home runs of Coggin and H. Sams, the three-base hit of H. Sams and the heavy batting of both teams. The out fielding of the home team was perfect, all of the 13 chances having been ac cepted. A1AIL AGENT ON TRIAL For Purloining Money From Registered Letters on tneWlnston Roanoke Route. Special Telegram to The Morning Post, Winston. N. C, March 22. W. P. FIrey, formerly a mail agent on the Roanoke-WJn?ton division of the Nor folk and Western Railroad, was given a preliminary trial here today before United States Comrnlssionef Martin on the charge of abstracting money from registered letters on his route. He was bound over to the Federal Court f In the sum of $500,: which he gave. The specific charge against him today wat the stealing of $50 In currency from a mall pouch on November 10th. 1S37. ' ' ."'. To Reorganize the Balto- and Ohio. By Telegraph tn The Morning Post. Annapolis, Md., March 22. The House branch of the Maryland Legislature today passed a bill providing for tho reorganization of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. . CHARD RECOMMENDS TOM BAII if i i - i i r ' fi
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