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Genera! Blanco stating that the condition of tho Cuban reeoncentrados was greatly Improved. General Blanco stated also that ho hail prepared Tull data on this subject, to be forwarded to Washington. It will be a timely contribution to the official material on the condition of these unfortunate people, and is doubtless drawn out by the harrowing stories of distress and starvation which have induced the sending of large relief supplies *o Cuba by Americans. Benor Polo has not yet opened business negotiations with the State Department except in the formalities of presenting his credentials. He is first attending to the social duties Incumbent on anew minister, and after calling on the President to-day he spent the rest of the day calling on ambassadors and ministers. The Navy Department to-night received a cablegram from Captain Sigsbee denying the reports* of the illness of himself and lieutenant Commander Wainright. It was in response to an inquiry wired by Secretary Long to him In Havana, and was prompted by repeated rumors that the two officers were ill. Captain Sigsbee said the stories were unfounded. Captain A. 8. Barker, formerly in command of the battle ship Oregon, on the Pacific coast station, who is now in this city on waiting orders, was to-day ordered to temporary duty in the office of the secretary of the navy to assist in the consideration of emergency preparations. The War Department officials are annoyed at communications sent to bidders for furnishing supplies of various kinds by persons representing themselves to be managers of commercial newspapers and offering material assistance before the department if an advertisement is inserted in their paper. One of these communications addressed. to a New York bidder suggests to him that the writer could help him in the future contract business because he is a Washington newspaper man, acquainted with tho chiefs of bureaus and with senators and representatives, and could ask with good grace certain favors that might be desired, all of which he would do if an advertisement were given for the newspaper. The officials think the contractors should bo warned against the offers of all such persons, as their claims are absolutely ridiculous and without the least foundation in fact, to which no attention whatever should be paid. - - AT THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. Emergency Preparations Under Way In All Branches. WASHINGTON, March 12.—Emergency preparations were continued to-day in all branches of the Navy Department. The Hureau of Construction of the Navy Department finds itself exceptionally well prepared for any emergency work that it may be called upon to perform in connection •with the auxiliary cruisers. It is due to an organization which, in ordinary times, is so arranged that the force can be made speedily available for emergency demands. It is eaid that less than an hour’s work would be required in the bureau office here to complete all the plans for the transformation of two of the best ships on the Atlantic into auxiliary cruisers. The detailed

work of reconstruction could be accomplished with like dispatch at the League lsl4nd navy yard. At that point there is a naval constructor and an ample force *of draughtsmen. Work on the battle ship Alabama is now in progress at Cramp’s yard, but, as there is no present prospect of completing her, the large force of men could be withdrawn from the Alabama and set to •work on the auxiliary cruisers. It is not doubted that the Cramps’ yard could give the government every facility in the way of workmen at their disposal. The same readiness for quick work of construction exists at Newport News and at Norfolk. At Newport News there is a naval constructor, three assistants and thirty draughtsmen ready to begin work of this character at any time. The large dock at that point gives an additional facility. At Norfolk the construction department has an effective force ready to begin work at once. Thus far the work on the auxiliary fleet las not begun, but it is a source of satisfaction at the Navy Department to know that ample facilities are ready on short notice whenever this branch of work is required. The secretary of the navy has directed that a recruiting station be opened in Washington immediately, the special purpose being to secure ordinary seamen and machinists. Lieutenant Robinson, at present on duty at the Washington navy yard, will bo in charge or the station, which will begin business in the yard next Monday morning. The naval inspection board has gone down to Norfolk to examine the Machias, just returned from the Asiatic station by way of Suez. These inspections are always made on the return of a vessel from a tour of duty on a foreign station, with the purpose of ascertaining the exact condition of the ship and what she needs generally in the way of repairs. In the case o£ the Machias it is probable that rather extensive overhauling would be necessary to put tho vessel in prime condition, but In view of the large amount, of emergency work on hand and the desire of the department not to be deprived of the use of the ship for any considerable time, it is probable that the board will reduce repairs to be ordered to the lowest. possible dimensions. In making preparations for the possibilities of the future, the Navy Department has by no means overlooked the strategic defense of the Pacific coast. To guard property of this important seaboard, it has been found necessary to send an advance guard eome distance down the southern Pacific ocean. The battle ship Oregon, the sister of the Indiana, and one of the most powerful vessels in the navy, has been selected for this work. Secretary Long to-day telegraphed orders to her commander, through the commandant of the Mare Island navv yard, to leave San Franeiso and cruise down the southern coast. Tho Oregon will report from time to time by cable to th ‘department, and receive such Instructions as changes in conditions may warrant. At present she Is taking on her ammunition, about fifty tons in all, which was unloaded at the powder station when the ship went north last fall to have her bilge keels put in place at the Bremarton naval station. As soon as this work is done she is expected to sail southward. The Fern, laden with supplies for the suffering Cubans, arrived at Matanzas. Cuba, from Key West to-day. Captain Cowles merely reported his arrival to the Navy Department without making any mention of the condition of affairs at Matanzas. After discharging his stores there Captain Cowles wifi proceed with his vessel to Sagua and leave the remainder. Civil Engineer A. G. Menocal has been detached from League Island navy yard and ordered to Key West. This is regarded as significant and as indicating a purpose on the part of the Navy Department to make immediate and considerable improvements at the naval station In Key West. For

DERISION AND SCORN. For Those Who Speak Agnln*t Popular Habits. One hundred years ago ministers and laymen alike were accustomed to use some spirits as well as tobacco, and the one who spoke disparagingly of either of the famous nuilifiers cf good intentions was sure to bring down on himself derision and scorn, but the hard, cold facts move along in a most uncompromising way, and those who persist in placing themselves in the road are ground up with a more or less degree of promptitude. The same conditions to-day surround the drug we know of as coffee. The self-re-specting individual dislikes to hear ill reports of hia favorite beverage, but that does sot alter the fact that the physical aches, ails and miseries of tens of thousands of good people come from the little suspected coffee pot. Ten days to a month trial without coffee and the use of Poatum Food Coffee in its place will prove the facts, and good, bounding health Is well worth the experiment. Post urn well brewed is delicious, and gives one the exact kind of food needed • i rebuild the body In t> most perfect inan-

several years past Engineer in Chief Melville has been urging on the department the advisability of erecting a good machinery repair shop at the naval station, pointing out that the great volume of shipping passing from the gulf to Europe and the Eastern States at present has no place in which to effect even temporary repairs on their voyages without going a considerable distance out of the way. His proposition was that the shop should bo originally devoted to naval uses, but that It might easily be arranged that merchant vessels should avail of its facilities in case of need on easy terms. At present the North Atlantic squadron is obliged to defer making any repairs that cannot be done aboard ship, a state of affairs that could not be permitted to exist in time of trouble. The battle ship lowa sailed from Key West for Tortugas to-day, and the torpedo boat Dupont arrived at Key West. The gunboat Wilmington reported her arrival at Bardadoes. Movements of the Sqandron. KEY WEST, Fla., March 12.—’The United States cruiser Nashville has returned from the Tortugas island and the survey steamer Bache arrived there to-day from Havana via the Tortugas with five of the Maine’s wounded from the latter place. The steamer City of Key "West from Miami totday brought two carloads of torpedoes and torpedo buoys. These will be laid in the harbor. The torpedo boat Ericsson will sail to-morrow morning for the Tortugas with mail and dispatches for the fleet. The yacht Buccaneer sailed to-day for Havana. * ♦ IMPORTANT ARMY CHANGES. Text of Secretary Alger's Order—Two New Departments. WASHINGTON. March 12.—The War Department to-day promulgated its order creating the Departments of the Gulf and of the Lakes and abolishing the Departments of the Missouri and of Texas. The Department of the East will embrace the States on the Atlantic coast to and including North Carolina; the Department of the Lakes will Include Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, with headquarters at Chicago, and the Department of the Gulf will comprise the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, with headquarters at Atlanta. Major Gen. John R. Brooke will command the Department of the Lakes, and Brigadier General William M. Graham the Department of the Gulf. The text of the War Department’s order is as follows, being called “General Orders, No. 7,” and dated “Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, March: “The following orders have been received from the War Department, and are published for the information and guidance of all concerned: “By direction of the President, the following changes are made in the territorial limits, designation, and headquarters of geographical departments: "First—The Department of the East will embrace the New England States, New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, with headquarters at Governor’s island, New York. “Second—A department is hereby established, to be known as the Department or the Lakes, to consist of the States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, with headquarters at Chicago. “Third—The Department of Dakota will embrace the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and as much of Wyoming and Idaho as is embraced in the Yellowstone National Park, with headquarters at St. Paul, Minn. “Fourth—The Department of the Columbia will embrace the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho (except so much of the latter as is embraced In the Yellowstone National Park), and the Territory of Alaska, with headquarters at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. "Fifth—The Depai .ment of California will embrace the States of California and Nevada, with headquarters at San Francisco, Cal.

“Sixth— I The Department of Colorado will embrace the States of Wyoming (except so much thereof as is embraced in the Yellowstone National Park), Colorado, Utah and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, with headquarters at Denver, Col. “Seventh—The Department of the Platte will embrace the States of lowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, the Indian Territory and the Territory of Oklahoma, with headquarters at Omaha, Neb. “Eighth—A department is hereby established to be known as the Department of the Gulf, to consist of the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas, with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. “The Departments of the Missouri and of Texas are hereby abolished. The .records of the Department of the Missouri will be transfrred to the Department of the Lakes, and those of the Department of Texas to the Department of the Gulf. Major General John R. Brooke is assigned to the command of the Department of the Lakes, and Brigadier General William M. Graham to the command of the Department of the Gulf. The officers for the several staff departments now on duty in the Departments of the Missouri and of Texas are assigned to like duties in the Departments of the Lakes and of the Gulf, respectively. “The travel required under these orders is necessary for the public service.” The War Department is making every effort to execute the changes in the great military departments announced in the order. The important changes are the creation of the new Department of the Gulf by the combination of the old Department of Texas with the southern portion of the Department of the East. The other changes made were in the direction of rectifying the lines of the Central Western departments so as to make them more symmetrical and easily accessible in all portions from their respective central headquarters. For this reason the State of Ohio, for many years attached to the Department of tne East, has been thrown into the Department of the Missouri, which now rejoices in the new name of the Department of the I-akes, a change of name made, it is said a<. ih-> War Department, for purely sentimental .'sons. The Southwestern States include< - the Department of the Dakota have be., ransferred to the Department o p the Platte, while, to maintain the present p~ ‘ otions of this department, the northe/. emotion has been thrown into the Depa: .n •nt of the Dakotas. No changes have b'tn made in the Department of the Columbia, the Department of California or the Department of Colorado. General Graham telegraphed the War Department to-day that he would go to Atlanta on Monday next to establish his headquarters there. Senator Baton, of Georgia, was at the War Department to-day, and expressed his gratification that Georgia had been made the ceiter of the new department, with headquarters at Atlanta. This step. Mr. Bacon said, w’as due entirely to military considerations, and no personal or political motives had figured in the transaction. Heretofore there had been only one military center along the Atlantic, namely, that at New York, but the present condition of affairs made it apparent from a military standpoint that it was desirable to have another center on the South Atlantic. Asa result, the interior military center, heretofore known as the Department of Texas, had been moved eastward and centered at Atlanta. The same commander— Brigadier General Graham—would be in command at Atlanta, as he had previously been in command of the Department of Texas. Brigadier General John M. Wilson, chief of engineers of the War Department, returned to-day after a trip of over 3,000 miles, which he accomplished inside of one week. Naturally, his visit to Southern coast points, where extensive fortification work is in progress, has excited much comment. Gen. Wilson declined, however, to discuss in any way this phase of his trip. It is understood that he visited Cumberland river, St. John’s river and the works at Tampa and Key West, Fla. The Inspection of the Cumberland and the St. John’s rivers was in connection with the river and harbor improvements. the former being the point where Captain Carter’s alleged irregularities occurred. General Wilson spent a day at Key West and another day at Tampa, but the nature of his inspections there are not disclosed. While at Key West he met a number of officers of the United States fleet concentrated there and heard the usual comment on the enuse of the disaster to the Maine which, however, was purely speculative. He did not go to Tortugas. notwithstanding the reports current while he was in the South that he was examining this strategic point with a view to having hurried plans for its fortification put into effect. BUSTLES AT MARE ISLAND. Great Activity in Repairing: the Pacific Coast War Fleet. VALLEJO, Cal,, March 12.—Everything is astir and bustla at the navy yard. Hundreds of workmen are being added to the usual force to rush the work of preparing the Charleston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Pensacola and Adams for service. The Yorktown is awaiting repairs, but no orders have been received from the Navy Department regarding the work to be done on her. The Charleston and Philadelphia have orders to be completed at once, and it Is chiefly on th s account that so many extra

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employes have been added to the pay roll, though the other departments of the yard are also swelling their working lists. On Thursday the construction deoartmem. sent in requisitions for 150 extra men ana to-day asked for 200 more. The regular work of the yard is proceeding as usual, but night and day shifts will be employed on the Charleston and Philadelphia. The yard is amply prepared to turn out fast work, new machinery having just been put in. and more is under course of construction, which, when completed, will double the capacity of the shops. A monster boring and tubing mill is nearing completion and a hydraulic riveting machine will soon be in operation. The only trouble likely to be experienced in case of emergency is the securing of a sufficient force of workmen. The work originally planned to be done on the Philadelphia will require six months, but under the present urgent call only absolutely necessary work will be performed, and the vessel will be ready for sea in about four weeks. The Charleston will be partially tested next week. TO TRANSPORT ARTILLERY. Western Railways Asked to Telegraph Proposals by 15tli Inst. CHICAGO, Mar. h 12.—Quartermaster General Lee, of the army Department of Missouri, Is making arrangements to transport batteries of artillery now at forts in the West to the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico. To-day the Western railroads having headquarters in Chicago and St. Louis and other Western roads were invited to telegraph by noon of the 15th inst. proposals for transporting a battery of artillery from Fort Riley, Kan., to Fort Monroe, Va.; another from Fort Riley to New Orleans, La., and a third from Fort Riley to Savannah. Each battery consists of five officers, sixty-five men, fifty-five horses, four guns with caissons, ‘battery forges and camp equipage, and will require one Pullman car, two tourist sleepers, three palace stock cars, three flat cars and six freight cars. Each battery is to be run through, men, horses, guns and property together, in trains of one or two sections. The equipment must go through from the initial point without change and will be ready to leave Fort Riley by noon of the lbth instant. Orders Received nt Fort Riley. JUNCTION CITY, Kari., March 12.—Orders received at Fort Riley, near here, this afternoon directed the sending of three batteries of artillery to the South. The orders are such that it will compel the movement of these batteries to their new station not later than Wednesday next. Battery B, of the Fourth Artillery, Captain Anderson commanding, will go to Fort Monroe, Va.; Battery F, also of the Fourth, Captain Taylor, goes to Savannah, Ga., and Battery F, of the Fifth, Captain Riley, to New Orleans. Major Randolph, in command of the artillery post at Fort Riley, has not been ordered The receipt of the order has caused great excitement in this city. Reports that the troops are already en route to the South arq erroneous. Sixth Cavalry Ready. '/ LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 12.—Up to this time no orders have been received at Fort Leavenworth for the moving of troops. However, the Sixth Cavalry is daily expecting orders to start for the Florida coast. Colonel Hawkins received a telegram from the War Department this week asking how long it would take to move the Twentieth Infantry, and his reply was “four days.”

HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE. It Fails to Settle the Dry Dock Question—Cost of New Ships. WASHINGTON, March 12.—The naval committee of the House did not reach any conclusion to-day relative to the number and location of the dry docks to be authorized in the naval appropriation bill, which is the main question left open. The general opinion in the committee seems to favor three or four new docks. The Bunce board recommended new docks at Portsmouth. N. H., Boston, Algiers, La., and Mare island, California, and an enlargement of the dock at League island, Pennsylvania, so that it will accommodate the largest battle ship. The Pehnsylvania delegation is straining every nerve to secure an entirely new dock at League Island. Docks capable of accommodating battle ships would have to have a depth of channel leading to them of thirty feet, and Commodore Matthews, of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, who was summoned before the committee to-day, rather startled the committee by his statements as to the depth of the channel to at least one of the proposed docks, that at Mare island, California. He said the channel was not over twenty feet for two miles, and that it would require $200,000 to dredge it to the requisite depth of thirty feet. The channel at Boston is only twenty-seven feet, and the channel at League island is about the same depth. This complicates matters considerably, and when the committee adjourned to-day little progress toward a conclusion had been made. The committee has decided that one of .he three battle ships it decided to authorize yesterday shall be built on the Pacific coast. These great war vessels, which are to be the peers of any afloat, are to cost $6,000,000 each instead of $5,000,000, as reported yesterday. Chief Engineer Melville appeared before the committee to-day and urgently recommended an increase of one hundred in the engineer officers of the navy. He said such an increase was imperatively necessary in view of the number of ships about to go into commission. These additional engineers, if authorized, would have to be appointed from civil life. Representatives Russell, Hill and Sperry, of Connecticut, were before the committee to oppose the recommendation of the Ordnance Bureau for the establishment of a government cartridge factory. The bureau recommended an appropriation of $50,000 for this purpose. The business of manufacturing cartridges is a large industry In Connecticut and Rhode Island, and the representatives from those States oppose a proposition for a government cartridge factory as a menace to their own industries. Triul of the Hollnnd. NEW YORK, March 12.—The submarine boat Holland was given another preliminary trial last evening. She moved out a short distance from the pier at Perth Amboy and, with John P. Holland, the inventor, the engineer and another man, disappeared beneath the water. She remained down a depth of about fourteen feet for nearly half an hour and then reappeared at the surface. The object of the test was to determine the amount of motal ballast necessary for her operation under water, as well as to test her diving tanks and compressed-air apparatus. After the Holland came to the surface the inventor said that the boat worked satisfactorily and that he was ready to give her jan open trial in deep water. It has been decided to exhibit her in the lower bay next week. The president of the Holland Submarine Company, Captain Jacques, Captains Morris and Thompson, of tho dry docks, and only about a half dozen others witnessed the test. Not Enough Machinists. WASHINGTON, March 12.—There is general activity at the Washington navy yard, three shifts of men working twenty-four hours continuously. The completion of the big guns there is being pushed ahead with all possible haste. The rush has led to a large demand for machinists of all kinds, which up to now has not been met. An enlistment office for blue jackets was opened at the yard to-day. Thirty marines have been detailed from the yard to go with the Columbia or the Minneapolis. They are held in readiness to start at a moment's notice. Seme of the four-inch guns have been completed this week and were shipped to Indian Head to be tested. Not a day passes but what guns of some caliber are finished and are taken down by the tug Triton to the proving grounds to be tested. Supplies at Jeffersonville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., March 12.—Although the officers in charge of the quartermaster’s depot in this city will not admit it, it is generally understood that preparations are being made to meet any emergent in the way' of supplies for the army. Should war break out, this depot would be the center .-f great activity', for from here would be shipped a large amount of army supplies. At the depot there is now almost unlimited stores of wagons, carts, clothing, stoves, tents, needles, cots, nails, brushes, horseshoes and steel for blacksmithing. and it is the greatest center for the supply of coal oil to the army and forts. In case of war this depot could on short notice furnish supplies for a good sized army. Rifles for St. Lout* Naval Militia. ST. LOUIS, March 12.—Lieut. Commander Felix H. Hunike, of the St. Louis Naval Reserves, to-day received a communication from Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Roosevelt, inclosing a bond, upon the execution of which the department will authorize the loan of 220 Hotchkiss rifles, 45caliber, with bolts. The letter concludes as follows: “As the State of Missouri does not share in the appropriation for arming and equipping the naval militia, the department can be put to no expense in shipping these rifles. The cost of transportation will have to be borne by your organization. The department cannot lend small arm ammunition. This, too, will have t<s be furnished by the organization.” A Good Coaling; Station. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., March 12,-tOrders have been received at the Portsmouth navy yard from Washington to ascertain how many war ships could be coaled here and the quickest possible time which would be required to supply a vessel. The Washington authorities have been informed that four battle ships and seven cruisers could be coaled at the navy yard here at one time, and that 20.000 tons could be supplied at once. The Navy Department was also informed that in all nineteen war ships could be handled here in case of an emergency. The work of equipping the fortifications is proceeding steadily. Preparing; for Active Service. DENVER, Col., March 12.— Acting under special orders from the officials in the War Department st Washington, the commanding officer at Fort Logan has distributed among the various companies stationed there tents sufficient to provide them shelter should they be called to move. The officers have also issued to the soldiers the regulation equipments they will need if called on to move. Asa result of the orders received from Washington the men at the fort are preparing for any kind of service. The same preparations are being made at all the posts in the Department of the Colorado. At Brooklyn Navy Yard. NEW YORK, March 12.—The enlistment of skilled mechanics, machinists, seamen and iron workers was continued to-day’ at the Brooklyn navy yard, but all applications from apprentices, landsmen and coal passers were refused, as there is already a full complement of these classes. The torpedo boat Stiletto has been put in condition for sea. The work of transporting ammunition from the yard to the several forts was continued to-day and the tugs Nina, Traffic and Narkeeta made numerous trips between the ordnance depot and the forts down the bay. Enlarging; Its Plant. READING, Pa., March 12.— The Carpenter steel works awarded a contract late this afternoon for three buildings to be erected as additions to its plant. Work was commenced at once, and to-night stonemasons and laborers are at work, to be followed to-morrow by carpenters and others. Machinery will be introduced at once and work pushed on the buildings on double shift, night and day. This afternoon the largest shipments of projectiles in three months was sent out. Patriotic Georgians. OWOSSO, Mich., March 12.-Gen. J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, who lectured here last evening or. “Last Days of the Confederacy,” has received a telegram from his State saying: “One hundred and fifty thousand of your comrades stand ready to follow your lead in the protection of our national honor.” Said the general: “I think I hear rebel yells and Yankee hurrahs mingled as our common country unites in protection of our flag.” Not Making Armor for Britain. PITTSBURG, March 12—The reported contract by the British government with the Carnegie Company for 5,000 tons of armor plate proves to be incorrect. It is known that a short time ago the Carnegies contracted to furnish a large ship builder of England, 5,000 tons of ship plate for use in the construction of merchant vessels, and it is supposed this contract was the basis of the armor plate story. Fort Hancock Well Manned. NEW YORK. March 12.—Fort Hancock, at Sandy Hook, presented a warlike appearance to-day. The two batteries of sev-ency’-five men each from Fort Slocum, David’s island, and two battalions from Fort Wadsworth, Staten island, grrived there today. With the three hundred' men who arrived to-day’ there are now more men at the fort than at any time since the civil war. Seeking Tags and Barges. TAUNTON, Mass., March 12.—The Staples Coal Company, of this city, has received requests from the United States government to name the selling price of the two large and powerful ocean-going steam tugs owned by the company. The government is also endeavoring to purchase eight coal barges belonging to the company, which are now being built at Bath, Me.

Patriotic Chlppewas. SUPERIOR, Wis., March 12—In the event of war between the United States and Spain, one of the regiments in the service of Uncle Sam may be composed of Chippewa Indians. A canvass of the Chippewas in the Hake Superior region is said to show that fully a thousand, ail young men, are ready to enlist. DISCIPLES OF BRYAN. Bold Free Coiners Flood the Country with Million* of Silver Dollars. DENVER, Col., March 12.—During the past two weeks the attention of the business men of the city has been attracted to the unusually large number of counterfeit silver dollars made of silver that are in circulation. The counterfeits are such remarkably close imitations of the genuine coin that it is almost impossible to detect them and even government experts are frequently at a loss to choose between the false and true. It is thought there are vast numbers of them in circulation. At the mint it is stated that the situation is so serious that the treasury has made it the subject of a communication to Congress, regarding the propriety of adopting anew device for the coin. It is estimated that there are fully tw’o million dollars’ worth of these spurious, coins in circulation in the country. All that have been found bear the mark of the New Orleans mint, a lower case o, immediately under the eagle and dated 1888. The government Is making every effort to detect the men engaged in this business. so . far without success, though it is believed that they are made somewhere in the South. 1 DAVID M’CULLOCH DEAD. A Son of the Late Minister o/ Plymouth Church. David McCulloch, second son of the late Oscar C. McCulloch, died at 12:30 o’clock this morning, at the home of his mother, Mrs. O. S. Runnels, 1103 North Meridian street. He was twenty-five years old, and was born in Sheboygan, Wis. For a year and a half he has been ill, suffering from consumption. He spent eight months at San Antonio, Tex., in a vain effort to regain his health, returning to this city in October, 1897. Mr. McCulloch graduated from the Indianapolis High School in ISB9 and from the Rose Polytechnic School in 1894. For two years after leaving the Polytechnic School he was in the service of the Deeding Harvester Company, of Chicago, as a mechanical engineer. Mr. McCulloch was a young man of many beautiful traits of character, and his friends were fond rs comparing him in this respect to his beloved father. Through all his long suffering he maintained a cheerful demeanor. DALY IN EARNEST. He Scrnpa Viciously with Ills Partner, Ruhlln. The crowd at the Empire Theater last night came near being treated to an exhibition of real pugilism, and for a few minutes it looked as if there might be an ugly scrap between Gus Ilhulin and his sparring partner, James Daly. In the sparring bout between Rhulin and Daly, the latter became incensed at his partner, and as the exhibition of the manly art proceeded Daly became mc>re vicious in his sparring. The spectators saw the drift of affairs on the stage and became greatly excited. Before the last round was completed the referee concluded that Daly was in the match for blood and separated the two men, much to the disgust of the crowd.

SIMPLE AT FIRST It I* Foolish to Neglect Any Form of Files—Cure Them at the Begining;. Piles are simple in the beginning and easily cured. They can be cured even in the worst stages, without pain or loss of blood, quickly, surely and completely. There is only one remedy that will do it—Pyramid Pile Cure. It allays the inflammation immediately, heals the irritated surface, and, with continued treatment, reduces the swelling and puts the membranes into good, sound, healthy condition. The cure is thorough and permanent. Here are some voluntary and unsolicited testimonials we have lately received: Mrs. M. C. Hinkly, 601 Mississippi street, Indianapolis, Ind., says: “Have been a sufferer from the pain and annoyance of idles for fifteen years. The Pyramid Pile Cure and Pyramid Pills gave me immediate relief and in a short time a complete cure." Major Dean, of Columbus. 0., says: "l wish to add to the number of certificates as to the benefits derived from the Pyramid Pile Cure. I suffered from piles for forty years and from itching piles for twenty years, and two boxes of the Pyramid Pile Cure have effectually cured me.’’ Most druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure or will get it for you if you ask them to. It is 50 cents for full-sized package, and is put up only by the Pyramid Drug Cos., Marshall, Mich. NOPROOFYET. (Concluded from First Page.) trouble with Spain. This government should not guarantee to Spam the payment of any amount of money. I do not believe in any such system of settlement. If the Spanish government in Cuba is so inhuman and miserable that it can not be tolerated it should be driven out. It is all wrong to Compel the Cubans to pay for the efforts of Spain to continue the infamous government there.” Other congressmen spoke in the same strain. BERXABE WELCOMED. Tlie New Spanish Minister Presented to President McKinley. WASHINGTON. March 12.—Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe, the new Spanish minister who succeeds Senor Dupuy de Lome as the representative of Spain at this capital, was formally presented to President McKinley at 11 o’clock. About 10:30 the minister, accompanied by Mr. Du Bose, the charge d’affaires, the two secro.taries of the legation, and the war and naval secretaries, attired in full court dress, resplendent in gold lace, called at the State Department, where they were received by Secretary Sherman, who soon afterward escorted the party to the White House. The reception took place in the blue parlor, the same room in which Prince Albert was received yesterday. It presented a beautiful appearance; the decorations which had been arranged for the dinner to the Belgian prince last night have been allowed to remain. The introduction to the President was 'made by Secretary Sherman. The exchange of greetings were most cordial and occupied about twenty minutes. In addition to the President and the Spanish minister and his party, the only persons present were former Vice President Levi P. Morton and Colonel Bingham, the military attache to the President. The ceremony was such as is usual on such occasions and passed* off without incident. The Spanish minister, being presented, said: “Mr. President—l have the honor to present to your Excellency the credential letters which accredit me in the capacity of extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty, the King of Spain, in the United States of America. The principal object of my honorable mission is to endeavor, so far as possible, to maintain and draw closer between our two countries the most friendly relations. In order to attain this end, so much in harmony with my own personal feelings, I am ready to omit no effort whatsoever on my part, and I doubt not I shan succeed if. as 1 hope, I shall be fortunate in gaining the benevolence of your Excellency and your effective co-operation. In obedience to the especial charge of her Majesty, the Queen Kegent of the kingdom, I have the honor to express to your Excellency the wishes of my august sovereign for your personal happiness and for the prosperity of the people of the United States of America.” The President’s reply was as follows: “Mr. Minister—l am happy to receive from your hands the royal letters whereby her Majesty, the Queen Kegent, in the name of his Majesty, the King or Spain, accredits you in the capacity of his Majesty’s envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in the United States of America. “It is very gratifying to me to receive the assurance you have just made of your purpose to endeavor to maintain and draw closer in all possible ways the most friendly relations between the two countries, and in response I assure you that my efforts and these of this government will no less earnestly be directed toward the same high end. "You come hither, Mr. Minister, with the prestige of a distinguished name, borne by your honored father, whose services in promoting good, will between Spain and the United States have already passed into the domain of history. To this you add the qualification of a persqLal acquaintance with this country and its'people, derived from your previous official sojourn at this capital, so that you have a double title to our confidence and sympathy. I offer you my personal good wishes, and I would have you convey to her Majesty, the Queen Itegent, my sincere appreciation of her friendly greeting and my own desire that happiness may be her portion, and that Spain and the Spanish people may enjoy the blessings of fierce and prosperity.” FOR FREEDOM OF CUBA. Ter:a on Whieli tlie Neftotiationa Are Being; Conducted. CHICAGO, March 12.—W. E. Curtis, Washington correspondent of the Record, says: For the first time the members of the Cabinet are beginning to admit that we are likely to take an active part in the Cuban struggle, and, while no plan has been adopted, and none will be adopted until the report of the Maine board of inquiry has been received, it is no longer denied that the President is about ready to intervene. He does not propose forcible intervention, but he probably will tender his good offices to both the insurgents and the Spaniards, and ask them to permit him to find some basis of peace. This will be practically a recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents, but tho Spanish government cannot complain on that account, because It is known to our government that the autonomist Cabinet has been in negotiation with the leaders in the field for several weeks, endeavoring to induce them to surrender and take part in the elections next month, when members of the Cuban Legislature are to be chosen. It is not known here how far these negotiations have gone, nor is there much confidence in their success, although it is admitted that in this movement lies the last of Spain. If the insurgent leaders can be induced to engage in the election and become candidates, or if by any means they can he persuaded to accept a share in the present government, the Spaniards will welcome them back as erring brethren and offer a general amnesty to all who have been in the field, or have been guilty of political offenses of any sort. The terms upon which the negotiations are being conducted are as follows: First—The withdrawal from Cuba of the Spanish army; the disbanding of the volunteers, and the organization of anew militia, in which the insurgents will be recognized and their officers given honorable commands. Second—The absolute pardon of all political offenders. Third —Three positions in the Cabinet to representatives of the insurgent party. Fourth—The division of the Cuban debt into two portions, Cuba to assume SIOO,W)u,000 and Spain the remainder. Fifth—The Cuban Cabinet and Legislature to have absolute control of the finances, of the island, the collection of revenues, the disbursement of public funds and thfc regulation of taxes and customs tariffs. Sixth—Cuba to be relieved of all financial obligations, except $100,000,000 of the debt. Seventh—Cuba to pay $2,000,000 per annum tribute to the crown. Eighth—The crown to appoint the captain general, who shall preside over the colonial Legislature, have the casting vote

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in case of a tie and the power of veto upon legislation unless overruled by a two-thirds vote of the entire body. Ninth- -Martial law cannot be ordered by the captain general without the assent of a majority of the Cabinet or a majority of the colonial Legislature, if it happens to be in session. Tenth—The archbishop of Cuba to be a native Cuban. Eleventh—lmportations from Spain to have a preferential duty of 10 per cent, less than similar products from other countries. The above is the platform upon which the insurgents are invited to lay down their arms and attend the elections, and an armistice of fifteen days, seven days before and seven days after the election, is proposed in order that they may have an opportunity Intelligently to exercise the right of suffrage. The autonomist government in Havana pledges itself to abide by the result of the election, and of course that commits the Spanish Ministry to the scheme. While nothing has been decided upon by our government. these negotiations offer President McKinley an opportunity for friendly intervention and to exercise his influence with the insurgents to persuade them to accept this olive branch with the guaranty on the part of the United States that the Spanish authorities will carry out the terms in good faith. If such a course is decided upon it will become necessary to send a commissioner into the field for the purpose of conferring with the insurgent leaders. It is believed by Cuban exiles here that the civil officials of the so-called Cuban republic will accept the terms, although Gomez, Roloff and other aliens who are now holding commands ir. the insurgent army, and perhaps Gen. Garcia, will undoubtedly reject them, because when peace comes their occupation Will be gone. While the President has nor gone beyond discussion, it Is believed that he sees in this plan a possible path to peace and that he will use every influence irl his power to persuade the insurgents to accept it. It is a very great concession on the part of Spain, and as I have said is practically a recognition of the belligerent rights of the insurgents.

HIS VOICE FOR AMERICA. Archbishop Ireland Gives Notre Dame Students ft Stirring: Talk. NOTRE DAME, Ind., March 12.—The students and faculty of Notre Dame University gave up a day to the welcoming of the Most Rev. John Ireland, archbishop of St. Paul. The senior class selected one of its number to deliver a short address of well-wishing, and a short musical programme was hastily arranged. The archbishop, after all was finished, then spoke a few words of thanks. The subjects of his brief speech were the two words ‘‘Catholic’' and "American,” which meant nothing more through his discourse than "patriotism.” He praised first of all the valiant priests of Notre Dame that went into the war of 1861. He said: “All peoples love their country, as It is their duty to do. But the love for one’s country must be stronger and the more fervent as that country had claims upon her children. And what country has such claims upon her (the church’s) allegiance as America. The word America sums up the highest gifts of civilization. It sums up the sweetest gifts of Providence to human society—civil and political liberty without stain.” These words seemed to arouse the spirit of the young Americans, whose applause showed well their allegiance. The archbishop continued: "I do not suppose that wo are advancing rapidly at the present time to the days of war. but 1 am sure that the spirit of religion and patriotism that dominated Notre Dame in IS6I dominates it in 1898, and should there be war 1 will take it upon myself to say without contradiction that the response at Notre Dame would bo so quick to save America that she would send her priests as chaplains, and, so far as years would permit, her students as soldiers." This brought the thrill of patriotism and pride to the highest pitch, and it found lief in thunders of applause. The speaker exhorted the young men to hold allegiance to their country not only because they were Americans but because their religion commanded them to do so. The spirit so aroused still is strong among the students, and Archbishop Ireland has increased his popularity at Notre Dame. DIVORCE IN FIVE MINUTES. Mr*. Lizzie K. .Spaulding Legally Freed from the Bank Wrecker. CHICAGO, March 12.—Mrs. Lizzie K. Spaulding, wife of former Bank President Charles W. Spaulding, now under sentence for embezzlement, was granted a divorce to-day in less than five minutes after she had filed a cross bill to her husband's application for divorce. The divorce was granted on the charge that Spaulding had been convicted of a felony. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Spaulding was present in court and it 1s said the proceedings were by agreement. PuKiliat Daly Acquitted of Murder. ST LOUIS, March 12.—John Daly, the prugllist, who has been on trial three days for the murder of Lulu Folles, alias Clara, was acquitted by a jury in Judge Fllteroft’s court to-day. The accused was overcome with emotion and cried aloud for Joy when the verdict was announced.

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