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for the intervention of the European pow<rs have ben wholly unsatisfactory. IRGKI) TO GRANT ARMISTICE. vtron* Pressure llrouaht to Beer on the Spanish Government. MADRID, via Bayonne, France, April 2. ; spite of the gloomy aspect prevailing this morning, the Associated Press correspondent hears to-night that Spain may find a way out of the difficulty and graflt all Prfesident McKinley has asked, though, in a different form, A diplomats frjendly to both nations made strong represent!)tlona to-day t<* an influential Spanish minister urging Spain to accent America's moderate demands, which he approved snd representing that if it was not done this week it would be too late. It is further learned that these rc-presenta-lmd a decided effect. Much pressure “was brought to bear on the papal r.iiucio, urging him to ask Spain to grant an armistice and'at the same time Issue a rescript to the insurgents urging them, as faithful sons of the church, to accept. The plan is likely to succeed. It is not doubted that the great difficulty in the way of Spain m iking such an offer is the turbulent army officers who, it is generally admitted, would endeavor to precipitate a revolution w'ere armistice offered at the suggestion of the Uritc-d States. Various misleading accounts of yesterday's conference have been published, indlc.iring a long and impressive discussion. All that happened was that donor Morel, the minister for the colonies, read the Spanish note. General SRewart L. Woodford, tne United States minister, without expressing mi opinion, promised to transmit it to Washington, and, after the most friendly interchange of compliments, the conference ended. The Spanish counter proposals are brief. They begin with a reference to the .Maine, which did not form part of the United States suggestions. Spain expresses it gret at the "accident” and that it occurred in Spanish waters, suggesting that the question of Spain’s responsibility be referred to arbitration. The note then declines the good office* of t ie United States government in regard to the reconcentrados and an ‘armistice. In regard to the armistice the note s js that the matter is in the hands of the Cuban government, intimating that an armistice would be granted if '♦he insurgents asked for it. The newspapers to-day are extremely Jubilant over the display of patriotism at the opera house last evening, but It was to a great extent manufactured enthusiasm. All office holders were expected to subscribe and did so. The same is true of the army officers. From entirely reliable information it can be asserted that the government has adopted measures to mobilize at any moment the available military forces of the country. An order has already been given that the garrison of Madrid and other military captain generalships reinforce all the maritime posts at a given moment, and the sappers and miners of the garrison of Logrono will proceed immediately to the Balearic islands. The newspapers announced that they have patriotically agreed to obey the expressed desire of the government and pubdish nothing respecting the movements of the army or navy. Spain will immediately get out of foreign waters all the war ships which have a!teadv been purchased, lest an outbreak of hostilities render it impossible. She is adopting the same measures for war material c. ntracted for abroad. Large orders for t rial to be used for the Cuban service have been given. It is reported that the Spanish Naval Department has received numerous overtures from tho native and foreign mercantile marine to prepare privateers. Senor Sagasta is alive to the gravity of the situation and seems inclined to believe tl is bold front will deter the United States from pushing its demands into war.

VIEWS OP EXGLISHME.\, They Think Matters Are Nearing a Crisis, hut Hope for a Solntlon. (Copyright, IS9B, by the Associated Press.) TiONDON. April 2.—The nervousness of the stock markets, which was emphasized ly a sudden drop of 3 points in Spanish fours at the opening of the Stock Exchange, has been fully reflected in diplomatic circles, which have experienced ulmost as much difficulty as outsiders in extracting facts from the mass of contradictory statements regarding the Hispano-American crisis until to-day. Beyond opining generally that matters were nearing a crisis, there was not a man in London of real weight who was willing to risk an opinion as to whether the outcome would be peace or war. Even now there is a difference of opinion, but the dis--iinctly warlike tone of the great mass of evidence and the marked divergence of the United States’ demands and Spain’s proposals have led the majority to conch de that the parting of the ways has been reached unless within a few hours Senor Sagasta, is able to give assurances that the delay he asks for will insure the complete freedom of Cuba. It is not too much to say that all Europe regrets it, though for different reasons, some because genuinely friendly nations are involved and others because they dread that the war bacillus will -pread and aggravate the feverish spirit of unrest already m evidence in the old world. To the last, therefore, it is hoped that a /solution will be found, even when Spain is ' apparently intractable. The best-informed persons believe Spain is only temporizing, as it is recognized there is difficulty In the Spanish government accepting without demur the demands of the United States, In view of the danger of a revolution and' the overthrow of the monarchy. So, though realizing the imminence of hostilities, the apparent hopelessness of averting war has come as a shock. It was generally believed that the enormous majority obtained by Senor Sagasta in the new Cortes would make him master of Spain and permit him to yield to the inevitable, but it seems that some 73 per cent, of the voters who did not participate in the elections. including the army and the Barcelona and other merchants who are vitally inter- • sted in Cuba, do not propose to allow him a free Hand. They have been among the mosts . rvent in the patriotic demonstrations of the past few days. General Interest in the situation is inl< nse. All the news bulletins are eagerly scanned, and in the lobbies of the House of Commons yesterday evening there were animated discussions of the crisis, which have given enhanced interest to the statement of a prominent ship owning member of the House of Commons that the United States during the day had been offering very large sums for nineteen-knot steamers. Although the consensus of opinion is that there is no escape from hostilities unless ih< unforeseen, as so frequently happens in politics, changes the course of events, there are a few hopeful people left. Mr. James Brice. M. P., the former president of the Board of Trade, and author of the "American Commonwealth,'’ is quoted as saying: ‘ Somehow, 1 fancy that, as near as the two powers have drifted towards war. we are not going to witness so frightful a calamity. I know President McKinley and ail his administration, and 1 know they do not wish for war. In fact, none of the really clear-headed men in the United States want war. They can see too far ahead.’’ Opinion in London has been little influenced by the specious character of Senor Sag sta's counter proposals. As ar. official of the Foreign Office remarked: . “The .Americans will naturallj' decline to accept such proposals as a sufficient guarantee Chat a power that has so long apparently failed to discharge its duties in humane administration can now be trusted to give effect to Us tardy conversion.’’ The Foreign Office official added: “The responsibility resting uj>on each party is terrible. Happily, nothing will tend so effectively to quicken the feeling of responsibility among Spanish statesmen as the prospect of having to face immediately the grim consequences pf persistence in an uncompromising force. Heading between the lines of Senor Saga sta's proposals. I have reason to think he does not mean to drive matters to extremes, and that he will learn from the construction put upon them that his conditions will not relieve the United States of the duty of intervention, compelled, as the Americans are, by a sense of moral obligation to take action in the matter. So. if Senor Sagasta is as strong as he is unquestionably well meaning he will persuade bis countrymen to accept unreservedly the American conditions.” The positive semi-official declaration telegraphed last night to the Associated Press from Madrid, in which It was announced that no proposition containing the slightest allusion to the independence of Cuba, either with or without indemnity, has been made to the Spanish government; that the government would straightway reject any such propositions, and that there Is no party or statusansp in Spain disposed to listen to such a solution of the crisis, has created a mild sensation here, as It has been assumed jrf a huffin' and T Pnden< C ° f ~ uba wa * the crux

In the United States launched this device In order to upset diplomatic negotiations at Madrid. Spanish circles here have been greatly excited by the publication of an Interview with the Spanish consul general here, Senor Jurado, who conveyed tne impression that If the settlement of the difficulty was left to the Spaniards of London Spain wili fight, but other people here i>oint out that the Spaniards do not realize the volcano which is beneath them. They suspect the United States of “bluffing" and believe she is afraid to come to close quarters. In addition the Spaniards have a profound faith in the infallibility of their fleet. Senor Jurado tersely expressed the feeling of his compatriots, saying: "If my country wante me, ir.y money, clothes, everything, it shall have all. even to my last shirt button.” From the extraordinary activity at the Spanish legation here there is reason to believe Spain is seeking the friendly offices of the Foreign Office. Indeed, it Is generally tbrught that the frequent visits of the French, Austrian, Russian and Spanish ambassadors to the British Foreign Office is connected with the Cuban situation. The newspapers, reaching the stage of regarding war between the United States and Spain as inevitable, are priming maps of the area of the probable operations, details regarding the fleets and facts concerning the troops, armaments, preparedness of the medical staff corps, etc. The naval experts dwell on Spin's disadvantage in having to act at such a distance from her naval base. One high in authority recalled an interesting impression gained while aboard a Spanish man-of-war that the element which will tend seriously to the detriment of the Spanish navy will he found in the contempt with which the superiors regard their inferiors. He said: "They all looked upon the rank and file as completely beneath them and entertained a sort of feudal scorn for their subordinates.” The Statist anticipates hostilities, which it regards as imminent, though it does not relinquish the hope that it will cause a big advance in the value of money in London. The paper thinks the United States will require a large loan, which will find a ready market here, especially as under the circumstances the government will have no difficulty in imlucing Congress to make the interest and tne principal repayable in gold. People in St. Petersburg are curious as to the projects of Mr. Charles H. Cramp, the shipbuilder of Philadelphia, who is now at the Russian capital. He maintains the closest secrecy and pretends that his two secretaries and large force of typewrtiers. etc., are necessary to keep up his correspondence with Philadelphia. SECURITIES DEPRESSED. Spanish anil American Stocks Lower on Foreign Exchanges. LONDON, April 2.—Operators on the Stock Exchange to-day, believing that war is inevitable, endeavored to realize on American securities as much as possible. After the close of the market these securities sagged lower, dealers aiming to get their books level with the call in Spanish fours, a result of Paris selling heavily. NEW YORK, April 2.—'The Evening Post’s London financial cablegram says: "The stock market here opened flat to-day. There was no panic, but the condition was apathetic, with a certain amount of ner\ousness in places. The account is generally really too small to warrant anything like a panic. The chief apprehension is in the money market on fears of a further gold drain to New York !n the event of war. The Bank of England reserve last week was the lowest since 1893. War risks at Lloyds are nominally quoted at 40 per cent., but such transactions are merely of a betting nature, not genuine business. Consols were 11114 and Spanish fours 47V4, the close being at the lowest. Americans were flat, but above the New York parity all day.” PARIS, April 2.—There was an all-round weakness on the bourse to-day. Asa result of the collapse Spanish fours were offered by the wholesale, partly on the Hispania-American situation and partly on the c-iashing of the sentence imposed upon Emile Zola. Among the international securities Russians and Brazilians were mostly affected. “COIN” HARVEY MAY BE DYING Operated On for Appendicitis at a Chicago Hospital. CHICAGO, April 2.—W. H. Harvey, more familiarly known as "Coin” Harvey, is dangerously ill at the Presbyterian Hospital, and his family entertains grave fears for his recovery. Mr. Harvey was taken suddenly ill late Wednesday night and he grew rapidly worse until Thursday afternoon, despite the best efforts of three physicians, who wore in constant attendance. A consultation was held and it was decided that the patient was suffering from acute appendicitis. An operation was performed to-day and Mr. I-iarvey is now in a critical condition.

DELAYED A DAY. (Concluded from First Page.) tior.s will if once begun, largely increased expenditures and appropriations. It is thought this phase of the question may figure to some extent in the President's message. Although an appropriation bill in the regular order would go to the committee on appropriations, there is reason for the belief that a war revenue measure has been under consideration, and it is not altogether improbable that a bill of this character may be introduced at the same time, if it is not, indeed, made a part of the expected bill or resolution authorizing the President to intervene forcibly to put a stop to hostilities in Cuba. No definite plan, or even an outline of a plan to raise war revenue from internal revenue sources, has yet been formulated. but it is the belief of persons who necessarily would be consulted in the matter that legislation for an additional tax on beer is almost certain, in the event of hostilities, to be recommended to Congress. Whisky, it is said, also would come in for a share of the increase but for the fact that even the present rate of sl.lO per gallon, in the opinion of experienced revenue officials, is really above the maximum revenue-producing point. There is no reasonable doubt that quite a. list of articles, such as are admittedly luxuries, will be considered by the ways and means committee as proper subjects of revenue taxation in case any large amount of funds is needed to carry on the war, which nearly,all visitors at the White House said now seems inevitable. The treasury experts have estimated that the increase of tax on beer from $1 to $2 per barrel would result in a gain approximately of $40,003,000 to the revenues, but whether so heavy an increase as that is contemi lated is not known. The question of laying a small internal revenue tax on tea and coffee is also under consideration. It is thought that a tax of something less than 10 cents a pound on tea and about 3 cents a pound on coffee would bring in a larger revenue, possibly $35,000,000 to $40.000.(X0 a year. This tax, it is thought, would not result in materially increasing the price to the consumer of either tea or coffee except possibly in the beginning. The combined revenues from beer, tea and coffee, it is thought, would approximate $75,000,000 a year, and possibly SBO 000,000. It was stated later in the day that the President has not actually begun the work of writing his message, which will be sent to Congress either on next Monday or Tuesday. He is giving it. however, thoughtful consideration and is getting the views of members of his Cabinet and of Congress on all of the questions involved. Representative McMillin, the ranking Democratic member of the .ways and means committee, called while Chairman Dingley was in conference with the President, but remained only a few minutes. Hadwon Maxim'* Terrible Gnn. WAYNE, Me., April 2.—Hudson Maxim, a brother of Hiram Maxim, the inventor of the famous Maxim rapid-fire gun, has just invented a gun that in its awful destructive force goes far beyond Hiram’s. It is called the Maxim aerial torpedo, and is designed for coast defense and naval work. As its name implies, the torpedo is fired into the air. instead of being shot along the surface of the water. In fact, it is used the same as any cannon or mortar. The gun from which it is fired has a bore of twenty-six inches. It will throw a ton of dynamite a distance of five miles, and if the torpedo strikes anywhere within S(0 feet of a war ship it will shiver it to atoms. Mr. Maxim has also invented a smokeless powder to use with the torpedo. Kirwin, **Tl*e Terror.” Knn' ked Out. CHICAGO. April 2. —George Kirwin, the terror of the local lightweights, was knocked out to-night in one minute and thirty seconds by "Chappie” Jones, a colored ' lightweight. The other fight of the evening was between Dick Case, of San Francisco, and Bartley, of Binghamton, N. Y., won by Case in six rounds. Fire Loss of #500,000. LINCOLN, Neb.. April 2.—lt was 3 o’clock a. m. to-day before the disastrous fire starting last night was under control. Three of the substantial business buildings of the city were ruined, with stocks badly damaged or destroyed The'loss will probably exceed $600,000. The insurance is about SIOO,OOO,

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1898.

BOTH DUELISTS DEAD C APT AIT DAVIS LIVED THIRTEEN HOURS LONGER THAN BRANS. >l'aco People Now Believe the Bitter Feud Is Settled, Four Men Haring Lost Their Lives. : ♦ WACO, Tex., April 2.—W. C. Brann, the fighting editor, died at 1:55 a. m. to-day. His wife and children were beside him. It was a remarkable deathbed scene, and those who were present say the picture was one hard to be forgotten. Brann’s death was the result of an encounter last night, in which he fatally wounded his antagonist, Captain M. T. Davis. The fight was the latest of a long series of similar tragic affairs in which Brann had been a. participant or was more or less directly concerned, his vitriolic style of personal journalism being the chief factor. His light with Captain Davis last night took place on the street, the weapons being revolvers. Each of the combatants received three bullets. Three nonccmbatants were each slightly wounded. Brann died from internal bleeding of the lungs. Capt. Thomas E. Davis, Brann’s antagonist in the terrible street duel yesterday, lingered till 3 o’clock this afternoon. His death was calm and his deportment to the last characteristic of his life, manly and brave. He knew 7 from the first his wounds were mortal. When he sank to the sidewalk under Rrarn’s bullet his antagonist, though bleeding from several wounds, was not fatally hurt. Captain Davis rolled over on his side and fired upward, inflicting a mortal wound with his last shot. Captain Davis did not expect to meet Brann. and when the latter accosted him first he was unarmed. He hurried to his office, got his Pistol, and when he stepped from the door of his office he met Brann and Ward face to face and the battle began. The men were bitter foes and fought it out together after their own fashion, making a bloody ending of a fierce feud which .terminates now and tranquilizes the city after adding four men to the roll of violent deaths in Waco. Davis in his dying declaration before a notary made a statement that Ward, Bfann’s business manager, who was with Brann at the time, shot him as he lay on the sidewalk. I'pon this statement Ward was to-day arrested and jailed, charged with murder. Brann’s body lies in state at his late residence. The funeral takes place Sunday afternoon. The particular motive in this case was the extraordinary attack by Brann in his paper, the Iconoclast, on the chastity of the students at Baylor University, Waco, Tex. Among the students of the university were the two daughters of Captain Davis. When the two men met on the street last night, they had some words, drew revolvers, and firing by both followed almost instantly.

INTERVENTION. (Concluded First Bilge.) recognition of independence and a deelaration in favor of intervention. This would be in accord witli the committee’s action. Senator Frye saw' the President on behalf of the committee before the meeting today and gave the members the benefit of the views of the chief executive. NO MORE NEGOTIATIONS. Issue Between Spain and This Country Has Been Made. WASHINGTON, April 2.—The issue between the United States and Spain remains unchanged. No communications having any bearing on the situation have passed between this government and Spain since last Thursday night, when Minister Woodford transmitted the reply of the Sagasta Ministry to the .President’s propositions of two weeks ago. Both governments appear to accept this issue as made up, and are shaping their course accordingly. This being the case, .the view is universally entertained, even by representative men of the administration, that Congress on receipt of the President’s message early next week wflll take action which, it is almost universally expected, must result in a severance of the relations of the two countries. This was in part foreshadowed by the action of the Senate committee on foreign relations to-day in agreeing to a resolution favorable to independence of Cuba and in favor of armed intervention if necessary to secure independence. With the crisis so near at hand, it is believed that if any European intervention or mediation is to come it will be in the next few days. It was said, however, at the State Department late tills afternoon that no offer of European mediation had yet been officially transmitted to this government. It was the general understanding that friendly overtures of this nature were looked for at almost any time from France or Austria, and it was reported during the day that the presence in Washington of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland was in connection with mediation from from Rome, but it was stated on high authority at tho State Department that no overture of this character had taken official form, nor was the State Department advised that any such steps were in contemplation. It is tho understanding in official circles, based on information, that, the recognition of Cuban independence would not in itself be regarded by Spain as a casus belli. But at the same time there is little doubt that such recognition of Cuban independence would be followed by the withdrawal of tho Spanish minister, Senor Polo y Bernabe, and his entire suite from Washington and the termination of Spain's diplomatic representation at Washington. Such withdrawal is one of the last steps preceding actual recourse to war. It is probable, however, that the withdrawal of the Spanish minister, following the recognition of independence, would not be so much an indication of war as it would be an emphatic protest by the Spanish government against the recognition of the independence of a colony over which she claims to exercise complete sovereignity. Although this recognition of independence is not considered a casus belli by which Spain could declare war, yet it is viewed in diplomatic quarters as a step which w'ould have consequences inevitably terminating in war.' For that reason it is said that the recognition of the independence of Cuba is likely to be no less grave than iritei vention. The Spanish minister continues to preserve his outward calm, although he feels that the relations are extremely strained and that his stay in Washington may not be iong continued. To some of his diplomatic associates who called to-day he said that his conscience was perfectly clear, as he thought that Spain’s cause was a just one, and for this reason he felt no agitation. His position is a trying one, however, as the Spanish legation has been subjected to a number of petty Indignities within recent days. These are of such a petty character that they have not been called to the attention of the government officials, although police officers were detailed to see that the offenses were not continued and that no Rets of vandalism or personal indignity were committed. The State Department to-day received the full report of the Spanish commission which investigated the destruction of the battle ship Maine. This document has been expected for some days, but it was not until to-day that it reached Washington by a special messenger from Havana. It proved to be a most bulky and voluminous document, of far greater length than the report of the American court of inquiry. The text as delivered to the State Department is in Spanish, and It will take some time for the elaborate document to be translated. It covers at least 130 closely written pages of official paper double the size of foolscap. The Associated Press early in the week gave a complete and official synopsis of this Spanish report, the essentia; features of which were that the explc-

slon of the Maine occurred inside of the ship, and that no evidence existed of any exterior explosion. Admiral Irwin to-day was among the witnesses before the Senate committee on foreign relations, which is making a thorough inquiry into the Maine disaster. His testimony was regarded as important in meeting the position of the Spanish commission that a mine did not explode under the Maine, as no dead fish were found in the harbor. Admiral Irwin is an expert on torpedoes and submarine explosions, and he told the committee that he never knew fish to be killed by such explosions. The White House was. as usual, a central point in the great activity of the day, and the President saw many public men. Some of them urged on the President that the Maine incident be put forward as a casus belli, the general Cuban subject being subordinated to it. Among these was Representative Marsh, of Illinois, who said, after talking with the President: “I went to see the President to tell him that the basis of our declaration of war should be the destruction of the Maine and the slaughter of American sailors. That was a foul and intentional blow at the American people, the American flag and American honor. It was done by Spanish authorities. It was this foul blow which aroused the American people. The general condition of affairs is a blow to humanity; the other was a blow to us.” Many senators, including members of the foreign relations committee an I members of the House, to-day received telegrams from conservative business men in their States counseling pacific action in regard to Cuba. Some of them commented quite vigorously regarding them, and the fact that they seem to come simultaneously from different sections. “ALL OUT FOR WAR!” Cry of Princeton Student* Tliat Failed to Arouse Grover Cleveland. PRINCETON, N. J., April 2.—The possibility of war aroused quite a frenzied exhibition of patriotism among the students of the university last night. The movement was wholly spontaneous, and was started by a few seniors about 11 o’clock. "All out for war!” was the cry raised, and in a very short time a large part of the student body was out yelling around the historic cannon which did service in the revolutionary battle of Princeton, and which is now the hub of Princeton life. A parade was next organized, the line of march being down historic Nassau street to the home of ex-President Cleveland. Repeated calls failed to bring the ex-President out for the desired speech, so the march continued, the next stop being at Prospect, the home of President Patton, of the university. President Patton came out and made a very patriotic and yet conservative speech. While hoping that w T ar might even yet be averted, he was nevertheless of the opinion that we should be careful to see that our national honor w r as not assailed. Asa close to the demonstration of the evening a large bonfire was kindled on the top of the old cannon, and for two hours the students yelled and sang patriotic songs.

“WAR WITHIN A WEEK.” Views of Henry C. Payne After Talking with the President. MILWAUKEE, April 2.—“1 believe that war within a week is inevitable,” said Henry C. Payne, national Republican committeeman for Wisconsin, this afternoon immediately after his return from Washington, where he talked over the matter with President McKinley. Mr. Payne returned from Washington at 2 o’clock. When seen by a reporter shortly after his arrival he said: "I saw the President day before yesterday and spent one hour and a half with him. He very deeply feels the responsibility of his position, aside from his feeling as a patriotic citizen. He has had tremendous pressure brought on him—pressure to which a weak man would have yielded. He looks on war as a last dread resort, and will leave nothing consistent with honor undone to maintain peace. I believe that war is inevitable and that we will be in a state of war in a week. The feeling in the East is much more intense than it appears to be here. In Washington, with the exception or a few senators and still fewer representatives, Congress is more radical than the average citizen generally. and wants more extreme measures taken.” ONLY THE POOR GO TO WAR. Pingree' Reply to a Memage from n Yellow Journal. DETROIT, Mich., April 2.—ln response to an inquiry from the New York World whether, in case of war, he would follow the lead of New York's Governor in recommending an appropriation for placing the state troops on a war footing# Governor Pingree to-night wired as follows: "I will recommend to the Legislature, now in session, an appropriation of $500,030 for arming and equipping the militia and volunteers for war service, and more if needed, and the enlistment of 150 men per company in case war is declared. “I prefer, however, to recommend an appropriation of twenty times that amount to free Cuba without war. In our country the poor fight the wars, and their children for three generations thereafter pay for it. England's boys fight her wars, but her wealthy people pay for it by an increasing income tax as high as 10 per cent. Therefore, I prefer peace to war for us, for war is hell, as General Sherman says. "H. S. PINGREE, Governor.” Methodist Conference Resolutions. NEW YORK, April 2.—The report of the New York East Conference committee on the state of the country was read and unanimously passed. It embodied the following resolutions: “First—That for many years, in common with our fellow-citizens, we have deplored the sufferings of the Cuban people and looked with hoiror upon the methods by which Spain has attempted to keep them in subjugation. “Second—The destruction of the Maine and the slaughter of so many brave men in a time of peace by the treacherous explosion of a mine presumably by those who were in sympathy with the dominating methods of Spain in Cuba is an act calling for the prompt and effective action of the government to secure indemnification. “Third—We regard with admiration and confidence the calmness and forbearance and firmness which have characterized the President and his official advisers in the course of the delicate negotiations with Spain, and we commend the conduct of Congress in delaying decisive action, while at the same time providing the means for putting the country in readiness for any emergency. “Fourth—That in the present uncertainty we cherish the hope and will fervently prav that the effort of the negotiations in progress may be the preservation of peace, with the maintenance of national honor and the deliverance of the people of Cuba from Spanish oppression.” McKinley"* Course Commended. NEW YORK. April 2.—The New York Board of Trade and Transportation, at a special meeting to-day. unanimously adopted a resolution which, “recognizing the gravity of the crisis between the United States and Spain and the magnitude of the calamity which war will sntail on both nations,” enthusiastically commends "the wise and conservative course of the President in his firm determination to exhaust every reasonable means to maintain peace with honor and to adjust the relations of Cuba in a manner satisfactory to the people of this country.” The resolution also commends the action of Congress in supporting the President in his efforts to prevent hostilities pending an adjustment by peaceful methods, and concludes: "We appeal to the representatives of the Nation in Congress to continue to co-operate wi.h the resident and to accord him every opportunity to exhaust peaceful negotiations, and if war cannot be avoided let it be waged under the guidance of our President, who pre-eminent-ly combines the experiences of a soldier with the conservative wisdom of a patriotic statesman.” Patriotic Newsboy*. 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the Gresham, ordered the band and the boys on board the cutter, and in a short address thanked the youngsters for the demonstration and patriotic spirit shown. Three rousing cheers were given for the ship and her captain, officers and crew, and the boys and thousands of spectators joined in singing "America.” The unanimity with which the vast assemblage joined in singing the anthem was one of the stirring features of the demonstration. Pope Leo Trying to Avert Wnr. ROME. April 2.—Vatican circles announce that Archbishop Keane, bishop assistant at the pontifical throne, in the name of the Pope has Sent to Archbishop Ireland the expression of the earnest desire of his Holiness that Archbishop Ireland use his influence with President McKinley in favor of a pacificatory attitude in the Cuban question. It is explained that Archbishop Ireland was asked to do this because of his friendship with President McKinley. WASHINGTON, April 2.—Monsignor Martinelli, the pontifical delegate, stated tonight that no proposition for mediation in the Cuban matter has been brought to the attention of the delegation. He stated that if instructions with that end in view had been sent to Archbishop Ireland, either formally or informally, as reported from Rome, he was wholly unaware of it. It was reported to-night • that both Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland were in the city and that they were here in connection with the proposition. At the delegation, however, it was stated that nothing was known there of the present whereabouts of those prelates. Angell'R Advice to McKinley. BOSTON, April 2.—George T. Angell, president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, today sent to President McKinley the following telegram: "If I were the President of the United States, which I am certainly most thankful that I am not, I would not hesitate to say to Congress, if it becomes necessary, and to the whole civilized world, that in the present condition of negotiations with the Spanish government, we have, in my judgment, no more right to force Spain into a war, and kill perhaps 50.000 of the young men compelled to serve in her armies and navy, than a pirate has to commit murder on the ocean or a highwayman to commit murder on the land. .- r _„ T r "GEORGE T. ANGELL, "President of the American Humane Education Societv. representing 4,000 bands of mercy in the United States and elsewhere.” Favor Armed Intervention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. April 2.-The Republicans of Washington township met this afternoon and selected the following relegates to the Fifth congressional district convention which meets here next Wednesday: Oscar Mathews. W. A. Nash and r. 1.. Singleton. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we heartily approve of the wise and conseivative course oi President McKinley in his efforts to secure, by diplomatic action, the freedom of Cuba. But now as his offers for peace have been rejected by Spain, we now favor immediate recognition of Cuban independence with armed intervention to secure that end.” Will Prevent Raisin*: of Troops. MEXICO CITY. April 2.—The government will prevent any raising of troops here by Spaniards, as has been contemplated along the frontier. Thousands of Cubans are now settling in the coast States and are doing well in business and have sent money to General Gomez. The ultra-clerical paper. El Tiempo. continues to denounce the United States for its conduct toward Spain. Resident Spaniards were to-day congratulating themselves that their government had outwitted the Washington authorities by gaining sufficient time to bring over the torpedo flotilla. Bostonians for Peace. BOSTON. April 2.—At a largely-attended special meeting of the Boston Associated Board of Trade held at noon to-day “to take action on the present crisis in national affairs,” a telegram was framed to be sent to President McKinley asking him to settle the present difficulty on lines of peace, and not by the hand of war, if possible. At a meeting of the New England Shoe and Leather Association resolutions were unanimously adopted to the effect that the policy adopted by President McKinley deserves the approval of the Congress and people. Wnr Spirit in Frankfort. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind.. April 2.—War spirit runs high in Frankfort to-night. Major Huff, an old soldeir, is the first to raise a company to offer its services to Uncle Sam against Spain. Drums are beating, guns firing and the streets are filled with marching men carrying aloft "Old Glory.” Movements* of Steamers. NEW YORK. April 2.—Arrived: California. from Naples; Cufic, from Liverpool. Sailed: Massachusetts, for London; W erkendam for Rotterdam: Ems. for Naples; Umbria, for Liverpool; Hekla, for Copenhagen; Victoria, for London. HAMBURG, April 2.—Arrived: Phoenicia, Normannia and Scotia, from New York. NAPLES, April 2.—Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm 11. from New York. LIVERPOOL. April 2, Arrived: Campania, from New York. PHILADELPHIA. April 2.—Sailed: Rhynlar.d, for Antwerp. HAVRE. April 2.—Sailed: La Gascogne, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON. April 2.—Sailed: Paris, for New York. Bank Wreckers Convicted. NEW ORLEANS. April 2.—Frank B. Leese and Joseph N. Wolfson, charged with participation in the wrecking of the Union National Bank, were both convicted to-day in the United States Circuit Court. The jury had been out all night. Leese had been one of the bookkeepers In the bank and Wolfson a lawyer of some prominence, with high connections. Leese falsified the books and Wolfson robbed the bank of over 4100,000. Failure of Crockery (loose. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 2.—Lawton & Cos., composed of George and Joseph Lawton. who have been conducting a crockery house on Fourth avenue for many years, assigned to-day to Thomas Lawton. The assignment was caused by the pressure of Eastern creditors, coupled with threats of an attachment suit. No schedule of the assets and libilitles have been given out. The firm was founded forty years ago.

THE WIZARD DEFEATED NAPOLEON' IVES ONCE MORE HOLDS BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP. After Playing it Fast Game anil Getting- the Lead, Schaefer Weakened and His Old Pupil Won. CHICAGO. April 2.—Frank Ives defeated Jacob Schaefer to-night in the match for the championship at eighteen-inch balk-line billiards by a score of 600 to 427. He had to work hard for the honor, but there was not a moment when he did not hold his old master safe ir* all points of the game. Jake played splendid billiards as a rule, but the strain of the game told on him after his high run of ninety in the twenty-fourth inning, and in eight innings he made but fourteen points. In the meantime Ives had pushed up 169 buttons and clinched the game. Ives was given a fair show by the spectators, and that undoubtedly helped him to keep up to his work. Ives and Schaefer will meet Monday afternoon and evening in a match game of 125 points at three-cusion caroms for SIOO a side. This match has been made principally to test the popularity of three-cushion billiards. The betting is heavily in favor of Ives. Jake won on the bank, but missed from the lay off by a hair’s breadth. Frank took hold with good heart, and as though he Intended to make a runaway race of it. His eleventh shot, with a line-up in balk, was executed with precision and gave him good position, from which he counted up to thir-ty-five, when he fell down on a shot the length of the table. The “Wizard” came back with a pretty cluster of eighteen, and gathered eleven in the next inning after Ives had made seven. Three iiumigs of .single figures followed, and then trie young Napoleon added .twenty-six to his score by careful billiards. This did not daunt Jake, for he had thirty buttons pushed up on his string before the balls froze on him and he missed the lay-off. Ives took them up and ran fourteen, his thirteenth shot being a left-handed one at two cushions that brought down the house. Schaefer ran thir-ty-seven in his ninth inning. This put the "Wizard” in the lead and Ives did not like it. The halls lay hard for him, but he pulled out nine counts, and then, by a difficult masse, got them together in the rub nurse. At fifty they broke badly for him. and he missed his fifty-third shot on lack of draw'. Jake did nothing for six innings, while Ives was piling up forty-eight. This was too slow for Schaefer, and he proceeded to ?ut together sixty-two very pretty billiards, ves could do nothing in return and it was not until the eighteenth inning that he touched the double figures. In the twentyfirst inning Jake caught the balls rolling his way and proceeded to harvet a crop of buttons. He had added sixty-five to his string before he failed on a two-cushion venture. In the twenty-second Ives took his turn and looked as though he was good for a century, but lack of force caused him to miss his ninety-second shot. Jake could get but a single billiard and Frank made eighteen, putting him sixty points to the good. Then Schaefer started to even matters up. The ivories rolled kindly for him and he soon gained the lead and kept piling up the count till he reached ninety. ’Then he failed to get the balls out of balk and sat down to watch Ives play. He saw some pretty billiards, but was very well pleased when the "Young Napoleon” failed on a hard cross-the-table shot after counting forty-three times. From that time on Ives had the game all his own way ami ran out in the fortieth inning with an average of fifteen. The score: Schaefer— o, 18, 11, 1, 5. 1, 30, 2, 37, 5. 1. 2. 6. 1,0, 62, 1. 4, 9. 1. 65, 10. 1. 90. 1, 2. 0. 11 0,0, 0. 0, 28. 6. 0. 8, 4. 1. 2, 1—427. Average, 10 27-40. High runs. 90 and 65. Ives—3s, 7. 1. 4. 5, 26, 11, 0, 52, 1. 19, 10. 18. 0 0,0, 1. 22. 2, 4. 3. 91, 18, 43. 18. 14, 8. 28. 4h, 0. 1. 17. 37, 3. 34, 13. 1. 0, 8. 22-600. Average, 15. High runs, 91 and 52.

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