Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 March 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. c. ruiii.iiT. J AS PK It. : : : INDIANA

Tn Mangrove, with tlx court m inquiry on lioard. uihd. on the night of the IMh, from Havana for Kev Wist, Fla.

CURRENT TOriCS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

On the 10th the senate continued the appointment of T. V. Powderly as commissioner of immigration. Several democrats voted for him THE reeeipts from customs, on the li.th. amounted to 11,119,737. This it the highest point, hy nearly f.'li'i.'i.iHW, that the eustoms has reached since the new tariff not mit into effect about ciht months ayo. Thx naval eommittee of the house agreed, on the l.'.th. to provide for the construction of five dry docks. These are to he located at Hostou. Portsmouth. N. H.; Algiers, Ln.; Mare Island. Cal.. and League Island, l'a.

Tn Ameriean yacht Anita, having cm board the body of Mrs. Thurston, wife of Senator Thurston, and the members of the congressional party who have been visiting Cuba, arrived at Key West, I'la.. on the 15th. from listanxs.

A tki.K.o Ii 111 it order was received at the recruiting otliee in ( Icvcland. O., on the 17th. sti.tinjr that in future all reeruits for the artillery must be s. nt direct to Fort MoNM, Kast river. above Hell (iate. N. Y.. instead of to Col tunlus it . i barracks. Thk war ship Amaonas. built for Iirazil. but purchased by tlie I'nited (States. formally transferred to the lattc- government, on the Itth, at Out nd, Ruglend. a crew From the Han Francisco man bed on board, the Itrailinn ting was hauled dow n and the Brazilian sailors were lindfdi TltK president has decided to make public, at once upon its receipt, the report of the naval court, and to do this by sending it to congress w ith a mesmgU explaining its importance and effect as viewed by the administration, in, : statine; as briefly as possible Iiis plan for demanding reparation. 1 0 i i. Bn sTOU PBOCTOB, of Vermont, made his promised statement upon affairs in t uha. on the 17th. in the form of a speech in the senate. It was a graphic, but unimpassioned picture of what he had witnessed during his recent visit, and was listened to by crowded chamber and galleries w ith deep interest.

A LA Kot: part of the time of th,. cabinet meeting, on the Kith, was consumed in the general discission of the measures being taken to place the navy on a proper tooting for defense in ease of trouble. The question of the puri base of war ships, where they could be bad, and at w hat price, was also talked jver.

A wkkk's negotiation closed, on the 14th, by the triumphant purchase by the I'nited States navy department in London of the two tine cruisers built und building at Klswick. England, for the Itrazilian government. These vessels are among the latest and best product of the famou:. Armstrong yards. Tiik constitutionality and validity of the state laws of Kansas prohibiting the transportation into that state of cattle artlicted with Texas fever, and providing for a civil action for damages in case of the infraction of the law, wan, on Um nth, nttrawd by a decision of the I'nited States supreme court.

QBX. RaUB W ii it am, editor of the Northern indlsnian. at Warsaw, Ind.. grave a hamplet, on the nitfht of the l.'.th. to the press of the county. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary of his connection with the printing business in Warsaw, lie has been editor ol the (ndinniaa lor It years and is Mill actively at its bead,

sidnky Low, formerly editor of the 01 Janes ( iazette. writ iny to Loudon

from N'e.v York, extols the modera

tion of the Americans on the subject of Cuba, and declares that the british "would not have en lured auch savagery at their doors,1 adding; "The Spaniard would have been eleared out f Cuba, bag anil bugyage, long ago." Paoaasbi the iesi known white per

toa in the bines.' empire. Ir. Young J. Allen, arrived in Han Francisco, on

the Hth. en route to Baltimore, Md., w here he goes to attend the semi-centennial ci lebration of the organization of the Society for the Diffusion of Christian and ticncral Knowledge among the Chinese, to be held in Mm.

Tin territorial home rule hill was defeated by the house committee on territories, on the Pith, by a vote of nix to four, on party lines. The bill was introduced by Delegate Smith, of Arizona, to allow the citizens of the territories to elect their own governor, secretary, auditor and treasurer, instead of having those olheers appointed by the president. TA DtBFAT) II fr.nn Key West. Fla., on the 17th, said: "Hear Admiral Sieard s health is not improving, lie suffers terribly from luaOUXaM and often MOM the hotel corridor most of the night, lie is failing fust and is constantly aadet nodical treatment. It is lie. ing more and inure improbable that he will be able t o com i n a in 1 the squadron in ease it goes into active service

Is tic senute mi tin nth. a number of bills from the irenrral eln.t wer rd. uiii.ui them Ixnntt one suthorUintf thi' eoustrucilun of eitflit new rewnuo outters. tiir Stfunvute cost fiel to riceod K'.iO.lIX) In the house the tune of the s' ssioii. up to X i tu . u clrTOlsfllO fllstili 1 of iViumbls buslnrss Several tail piaailai rejbt uf wiv t rslueaea ulso ihr riuut to construct a bridge across t lie tie. I ner .it orun.i Here, were passe, i In the senate on the 1Mb. e number OHM were taken from the feneral euli-ndnr ami ii;issM The measure providliiif lor a national system of uuarunt lue was taken up; hut little pflHHM. however. w us made in Us const, lerstka i" tat iiouse the post taw sfpreprte t ion hill was teken up and, during it discussion in commute- of the whole, the debate Ipell a wide rtinwe which preveiituU tauch progress being BeSd ah the bill. Is latMOMaM the irun. the business of th. up. n ssssloa am Maaaed to ihe pas.s;ik-e of ii few lull, largely of a local eharactrr. The national lIHHwltai bill wm not taken up In the house, tin- post utTU-e lall belnif technieully under eonslderatmn, the discussion took a wi.le raiiK-e. which lneluded the Sjanlh-i'u-ban question. The subject of Hawaiian annriation also came ln for aonio attention, several faaaWl for and against annexation Wing made. In the senate, on the 17th. the leading feature Ot the oien session was the speech of S. nator ProetW Of Vermont. AMoUlMJ nta KWMaM and iliseribin.' the soenc witnessed a.i.t the facts learned durin his rectal tUAt to tke lsland of Cuba Id the taouaa, the entiro MO si.m was it-..te t to tins discu-sion of the postoftlce appropriation bill under the live in tiute rala UM HTMHtlOM which occupied the uioaI time r iKClac to Iwfl Urt and to rural free delivery.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Answikino a serie of questions ahieh Michael Davitt propounded in the British . ominous, on t lie 14th, with a View of eliciting whether there had nt! ftny negotiation for an alliance between Orea4 Uli tain and the United States, or whether Qrnafl Britain had offered to medista in the Oanaaeriata, Mr. Garnen Mud these naontloaa warn )f laeh I nature that it was inexpedint to reulv to them.

Till: funeral of Maj.-to'U. Koscerans nt bos Angl les. tab. on the Uith, was one of the most impressive and elaborate that city had ever witnessed. Thousands assembled to honor the dead warrior, and hillllH was sus

pended during the ceremonies.

Tiik Texas and Massachusetts, hat

tleships, then with Admiral Sieards Squadron, were, on the 17th, ordered to proceed at once fr.uu Key West. Fla.. t Hampton roads, to join the erulnen

Minneapolis. Brooklyn and Columbia.

and other vessels vet to bo selected,

forming a new naval division.

Ei.kvkn persons are known to huve

perished, an 1 it is feared many others may have done so. in the daotfUCtion, bv tire earlv on the morning of the

1 Ith. of the BoWOrt Mission lodging house. 106 How. tv. New York city. TM Grand Republic. tlM largest

steamer on the Mississippi river, was

burned to the water 'l e. Ige. at its winter

piartcrs. just bOMW tb- mouth of the

River Des l'eres. a few miles below St. Louis, on the b'lth. Captain and Mrs. Thorwegen nnd two children and Mate Stephens were on l.i.ird and narrowlv escaped with their lives. Miss Lii.i.iAX KhNNdl'V, the actress. Who Concluded an engagement at the

op. ra house, in Ftica. K V.. on the

IStb, playing tiie ( ha-rity Girt, was struck with paralysis In her dressing room before the close C the pcrforiuance. 'I'he right side of her face, right arm and leg are affect! She was reiMOJfed to hotel, and later taken to a hospital. At a late hour, on the 13th, she had not regained eonteioustiess. Tiik directors of the Minne .ota Iron Co. have declared a dividend of 1 ' t per

ecnt.. payable April LV 1 UK ship New York, from Hong Kong for San Francisco, was blown ashore in Half Moon hay. M miles south of the later city. on the 11th. and was left high and and dry on the beach. Although intact, tlie chances of getting her off were thought t be very WKMT. A ORANT ciuli has been orgaiii.e.l at San Diego. Cab. for the purpose of promoting t he can. th lacy of F. S. (irant as I ' sited Stat. senator. Sknor DoMtBOO GS.VO, the Chilian minister at Washington, has been appointed minister plenipotentiary to the court of St. .lames A span on the Chicago A tf orthweit1 ern railroad drawbridge at Winona. Minn., collapsed on the 14th, six men

were injured, all but one of them being from ( diicago. Tin. board of auxiliary cruiser's of the navy, which was appointed to acquire ships of the merchant marine for use in tlie event of th- breaking out of w ar. met for organization in New York on the 14th. A I .lohanm'shurg. Smith Africa, on the 11th. a man tinned Fcblthren entered t he otliee of Mr. Wolfe Joel, trns tee of the Ua.uiato estate, ami demanded C500. Being refused be MMtched a revolver from a des',; and tired. The bullet entered Joel's forehead and ho fell to the ground um! expired. The murderer attempted to commit suicide, lint failed.

bv order of tin ooartoi mnehii' ajini-

eral, Col. Charles Williams. United

States army, in idiarge of the Jeffer sonville I liul. I depot of nnny Kiinpiies. has advert ised for bills for the manufacture of MO dels of harness nnd amh.ilances. with the understanding that tin contract when let he Blind w ithout delay. IM Paris correspondent of the London Times says: According to information obtained from good sources, the Austrian emperor is making great efforts to induce the Kurnpeaii powers to present to the I'nited States the danger to Lumpe of their carrying Ml further their interference in Cuban affairs the ISth ex-Treasurer .lohn B. Kcidy. of the St. Louis Po'iee Belief nssocintlon, in order to protest naif s do.en men who had "helped eat the pie," pleaded guilty to two Indictments for embe..lcinent. nnd was; sentenced to two years in t he penitent iary. Cai'T. Davis II du. i. . the Ii ist Chicago man to enlist in the war of the rebel lion, d led on t he 1 1 1 h. Mr (Jile WM born at Corinth, Me.. July Is. puii. and at an early age removed to Chicago, On April IS, 1001, he enlist. -d ;i, private in Barker's Chicjego dragoons, the noted Hoard of Trade battery. V. ). Lavakk, a prominent attorney, was shot dead ill his ofBcC in the business center of Dubinpie. la . on the l.'.th l our shots were tireil. all tab Ing effect. Although the streets were crowded at ihe time, the murderer es caped recognition.

Tin ife of Senator rhurstoa, of 2f0 braskn. died, on the 14th. on iniard tlis yacht Anita, at Saua la b ände (Cttbo) hnrhrr This information was sent by Cnaan) Barker to Otwinw Ml i airal ie at Bnman. Tm si-mite commit tei on naval af fairs, having under consideration tlie resolution instructing it to make an investigation of the Maine disaster, decided, on the l.'.th, by u voto of six to Üve. U postpone action for the present. Tin-; YlotOT mill, at Cohoes, N. V., the largaat WOOlon mill in the I'nited Stales, was burned ou the löth. 1 1 is confidently asserted that, after tame Weeks' work, the divers at Havana have discovered that the powder and sin 11 carried by the Manie have been nonoutttod for in fail and found intact. The shells were taken out of the hull and opened. All the armorpiercing shells liavn been found empty. Tin. impression is gaining ground at Madrid that the I'nited Siutcs is reluctant to declare war. and that, while it w ill continue its policy of inflicting all virls of slights upon Spain, taking advantage of its difficult ies, it will stop short of an actual di la ration of war. SlK IlKMtV Pi Mania, the celebrated Inventor of the Bosesner steal-nnk Ing process, died, iu London, oil the even

ing of the IMh. aged years, ilc was I

knighted in recognition of the value oi his invention. Tt:s murders in two days is the recent record in South Carolina, all reported from the eastern half of th'1 st at c. Two of t he viet i ins were w omen. Tia French minister for tiiecolonics, M. LeboOi has refused the petition of Mme. Dreyfus, wife of former Capt. Dreyfus, to share the hitter's imprisonment on I cvil's island. A SMCCIAI. dispatch from Kiel sayJapan has purchased a torpedo corvette, which w as being built thereby the Krupps for Urail. The Gemen troops have been recalled fr un I retc. Tiik I'nited Mates Lighthouse tender Mangrove arrived at Key West., I'la., on the loth, from Havana, having on board the members of the I nlted States court of Inquiry, nppolnted to Inquire into the loss of tlie battleship Maine. A PMPAT0M from Berlin, on the loth, said: "Honor Sandoval, the Spanish gent, is negotiating for the purchase ot a number of, old and slow tonnen of the North German Lloyd Su-amsiiip Co. Tiik Michigan state military board has issued an order, at the suggestion of t he secretary of war requiring the division of national guard companies into MUttdaj for the more ready BOh

tlixntion of the state troops in case

OI a can i arms. Tiik Spanish fishing smack Carmen was towed into Finita (iorda. Fia.. on the 17th. by the I'nited States revenue cutter Forward, having hen seized for violation of the navigation laws. AoCOBDine to a dispatch from London, on the 17th. the I'nited States governm. ut had purchased a torpedo boat stroyer from a ship-builder nntni tl Doxford, of Sunderland. " UK I'nited States dispatch ixiat Fi rn arrived at Havana on thi 17th. It was announced at ihe marine barracks in New York, on the 1 7th, that an order for the immediate enlistment

of 171 men had been received from Washington. nVKSTIOSTtOH at At hens shows there is no truth in the report in circulation that the I nited Mate-, had purchased some of the (ireek war ships. Hon. P.i.ANdiK K. Brtn k. register ot the tn usury, died in Washington, on the 17th.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tur. senate was not in s. ss'.in on the 1st!.. . . .In the house the day was spent in consideration of the post ofBse appropriation hill, mostly in debate on the merit s of t he pneumatic tube service in Ni-w York. BoutOU Süd Philadelphia. An effort to strike out the appropriation for this service was delated. I -tit an amendment was passed that no additional contracts should be made. An amendment STUB ulso peasOd making it a uiisdetnea m-r tO "pad the mails before weighing to iix compensation of ( intmctora, Nim min lUsamshlps were chartered, On the LTthi to load grain at Philadelphia, Ken York nnd Baltimore on Lui ope. in aeeoUttt, which is claimed to be the largest number ever chartered for that purpose in a tingle day. It was estimated that these v. ssi'l.s would carry al h ast 3,000,000 beshols of grain, and it was reported that many orders from London Were not tilled because of

the rush. Tim; bouse committee on ways and means favorably reported, on the 18th, with amentknents, the Dingley hill for the tenpornrj ed mission, free id duty. of naval .supplies purchased abroad. The bill was amended sons to include military as well as naval supplies. A WM I A I. to the New Vmk Herald from San .luan. I'orto Hieo. on the 37th, MUrat "Feeling against AincricuM here is growing very bitter. In view of til.' WBrWlag feeling the I'nited Mates eurisiil here. Mr. Hanna, will probable ask for a war ship." Tin. I nited States cruiser San Francisco arrived at ( ira veseud. Kngland, on the l tth. Passing the Amazonas, after saluting Tilbcry fort, the band played "The Star Spangled banner' with the crew standi n g at 'Attention.'' Fa nt kks throughout the country, as reported bj Dun A Co., during the week ended March is, were us, as compared with -bi for the corresponding week last year. For I anada the failures were '.'7. against ."al last year. Twi'.I.VK tons of supplies for the ra eoncentrados in Cuba were started south by rail from t iiicinuati on the 1Mb. They consisted of food, clothing and medicines and were the voluntary SOU tri btttioOS from that city. Tin. Gasette of Blrnlnghnn, inglnnd, asserts that a Rnsnlni spy, iu the guise of a footman, has been discovered at Hatfield, the mar.piis of Salisbury s residence. all sonic. in oeialisU and radical tinge were held 111 Itcrlill. on the lith, for the purpose of i oiniuciiiorating the revolution of IH4

ALL OVER THE STATE.

Events in Various Portions of Indiana Recorded by Wire. Hanwats nanoao iteiai. fadlenapnlli. imi., March Ml The tndeati of De Pnuw uaiemlt hae entered a protest against ival niectUSgl at the uuicrsity. Theeurrcnt issue of the Palladium sas it voices the sentiment of the Majority of the students when it denounces an effort to lu iiig about n serii t of re ival mectinga. it atysi "Di Pnuw, whlie a MsthodUrl unlvfrnlty. Is not s camp Mtettug. 11 a f' ' J' UOetiennl Institution, and a I nii'li the authorltln have no rlitht praetlcauV to eonMime ten ilnya of flu InIll'.s, time tn revival Msetlagn The itudenM are h r to receive an education, not to kcI a )"- cullur kind of religion. RellRion I a i-r-Cnsl ftffalr, and t tie church. of tlu city are always open to the Student! who WiSM to acktiowlede faith In Christianity."

fur Banal Tino, Indianapolis, Ind.. March Id. F.ightytlve of the rl county assessors in this state met witli the state board of tax eonimissioners lure for the purpose of establishing uniform values for like property. Gov. Mount, who presided, urged thai every class of property be RSaeSetd at its "full face value," as provided by law. Committees were appointed to report a uniform rate of valuation for all Kinds of personal property, Tlie state board of tax commissioners has been instructed that nil Is i mis of building and loan stock nual be taxed

ftsharsaaa tri- Ceaitaa, T.aporte, Ind.. March In. An exodus of Michigan llahennen will be made to Michlgnn City nnd points along the Inke shore on the Indiana side where negotiations have been in progress for . i nil w eeks for the removal of 111:1111noth fishing industries, which, under the stringent Michigan law. cannot be operated successfully in that state. The industries winch will be moved from kfiehlgen represent capital estimated at $1(10. 000. The laws of Indiana nie extremely liberal in dealing with in' tish industrv.

Will Peasseate Than. Indisnspefls, Ind., March "'. Thf exoutivc COnnittee of the association formed by the manufacturers nnd natural gns owners during the controversy over the waste of gas by the oil proi'uecri held n meeting here and di'USSed methods of enforcing the law as recently construed by the supreme -oiirt. It was determined to keep up the organization nnd prosecute all perf ons who permit unnecessary WftSte of natural ens. Detectives will he kept In the. pas belt for this purpose.

Rivers ate OvaeSowtsHfc Torre Haute, Ind.. March 16. TV t abash river ans overflowed Its bonks. A ntiinlKT of coal mines in Vermillion Bounty have been flooded nnd the pumps nre working night nnd day. The corn 'nnds in tl bottoms are nil under water, but the farmers nre glnrl of it, because they think that a flood nt this season indicates that there will be none after the corn planting sen?on. The pro MBt is good for the highest water In many vears.

--r Too olil to tlnrry, Indianapolis. Ind.. March K.. Mrs. Harriet Kllen .IcITcrson (colorrdb 5i yean was married here to Fdwar l Dorsej (entered), whose hl'p is nearly 100. This is not the first matrimonial . Ittnra the groom has made. He DOW h-:s a record of six. By his other five w ives he had 41 children. The bride has been Married three times and hai eight children. The first marriage of each ook place in slavery days. THtMlte I Seti.iler I nllm. louth Band Ind., Ifarefa 16. Oeu I. w Wallace, of ( ra w fotiNi ille. the dhj tlngttished author and diplomat, null ressed an sppreclatlve audience here, paying a (lowing tribute to the memory of bis friend, the late Vice President Schuyler Colfax, whose home city was south Bend. The no etlng narked tin- actual beginning of a movement to raise funds for a monument to Mr. Colfax.

May Hesarl la :'ore-. Indlnnapolln, Ind., Marek 16 Tn payetl in Franklin county are threatening to use tom to get possession i t the eOUUty rewords. They subscribed to a fund for the employment of experts to examine the records. Wh.-n John W. Coona and A. B. Johnson, of this city, appeared at the courthouse as the employes of the taxpayer! they were info! med that they could not see the books. PrafslMtteu Dtatrtet, Hammond, Ind., March Pi. The city round has passed 1111 ordinance prett rilling the bouiidnri"s of a large jirobibition district in the south part of this idty. The distrlci includes tin- V. B Conkey tract and all snr rounding territory, an'' was passed as n part of the con t rne' .ecu ring t he h .cat ion of t lie Conkey printing plant here. Btfeet n Casapeantaa. Anderson, Ind., March 16. The window glass troubles at this point and throughoul the fsi belt district, which h.ue tin eatened to shut down ail of the plants in the country, w. re finally disp. aed of nt n conference of the WOrl ers' nnd ntnnufnetnrtrn national eonferi I honrds in this city. Tili- MIM I nll.l. Wabash. Ind., March lft. The will of Jacob Sohn, w ho left an etnte mined nt M,006, was pronounced valid after 1 contest.

Ptftf Trnr Olli. Indianapolis, Ind., Marejt 16, The Ph Delta The, a fraternity in Indiana observed its fiftieth anniversary. Took Her Own Life. I.rbanon, Ind.. Mnrch 16. Mis Nora MaCnrdjTi nged 10, committed ruleids her. No cause if. known.

A VERY SUGGESTIVE LETTER. A Ml-.Ue Allege. I lo IIhik It.-, ii Ailaaaated ' Osai Nsihu la Um Win of 1.14 1 1.1. hi nwitltsrlif !. MawMsa, wiiieit Mh) II. row I 1 1 1 1 1 mi 11. r l, k 1 111 I Ion of tin. MhIii ii 1 suagasMvst to laj I BOMi Nkw Vouk. March is. The New YrU Journal prints a statement written by Honors F. Lnlno, the oawspnper oorm sp. indent rOOCBt ly arrested and searched by the Spanish otiieial in I'shauas priaon, Unvnnn, and later expelled from the island. This is the opening of Ltalae'i itatanewli u JaaUniy N at ten O'elOOk at night, l met la the Cefa Inglaterm, the bend" piartcrs of the reporters in Havana, l'ranciseo )ia. u reporter Of the rabid Spanish paper La Union Constitucloaal. with whom l frequently axe hanged new s. "On asking him If he had anything to give me. he took from his pocket 11 letter ami handed it to me, saying: 'Weyler wrote this letter to Santos QttSmen, who sent it to Novo (the editor of ba Unloa Conatitucionalj for him to read and write an article on the acceptance of Wey ler tor the candidacy of deputy to the eortcs for Havana. I took this copy, which you can keep. " Tht following is the alleged letter: Hi KttttitmtH, ! n fVeeoaM lc Ln Sitnt '9 (ill .111(111, IT l (VAU t M (UsriNi.risriXii PiatsoVAi. ami Political KKlC.Vli Siuoe tUe ISMSI events 1 Imva eaancat ug vhrei aanni fie atitttnts eatsh our poiltieal pArtjr Is Cans ongat toassnau. if t have llinulil bSfOTS that It was more fllgnlOid fnr hi to aosiila fr..m alsatoral aoanwt, I ka Hews aoe the H I a psUiotla 6nt for us to go to the jkiIIs. o.ir s.u'iv.i can nut be iloutiteil, nor that, with a proerssuas of rtsfoaai f ttnasrinnsi aoaar. 0 srU! hsvi aUa hf si. tu elth us aii tiiuse luksearn politicians srao, tnoaah Bpaaisitta hy Mais, uro eeesived h- tnr ni-.;,i , C iu''.tlal:....s -.f M aai S.l-'ast.t, ii.l lta.i-) SS s.-.e.c .tie soltttioas uf our colonial proiileins what are really fartWUCaMS ausUlisUons of ottMoantrr before the United stales Write on v. iwr Bag. the Isg of Sjiaiu "DrtMassol Nat ional tCoaor." and I Mnc yae my BSSM as your run 11. tu'''. After hsvinü ootuma.i. to t. iluriiu tw.i yari. Mu,0M Spanlsfe heroes in Cabs in the ml". 1 shall M B Te prou I Of LOal of deputy froia llatfSna at the eortes of Spain. My '.lie way. 1 bSf I ISSi thesi' ilays that the Ami'rii'..iis are p in.t.-riu,' a'i mt hcii Uik on.1 f theb srsrships ts UUs cty. Dsriag bvsom 11. an. I 111 CttSS they .11.1 not even ilaro tsArsaM ubou' .t. T.iey kne'A the terrible Jiunislnueal that awiilteii laSM I Iib.1 Havana harbor Voll PfOBSW 1 for xui-h. an sMarfsasy 1 raptdtrnak-nedths w,.rk that Murliue 1 'anip..s careli.'ssljr aliaul nesl. If the lusuit is ma l.- 1 Ii . p - tSsfS Iii b.' a Spanish hand to punish 11 as st-wrely as it Jubcrt es. Hoiuero is in liett.-r health than sil friea is c 111 1 J have expert. .1. an.l not wUhslun hu.- h iw morally ick 1 frei. smaUnag tin Uumiiia'.nu aim. .sphere. 1 am well also. Your aiOlllllmulS frieu 1 and srrvant. ls...-iieiij VaunuaMo Warum llsdild, Jan. , tiny, TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. Tin- i'Ti --I. lent of in,- Cabaa duits i--u u I'roel.iiii it Ion mid Appeal to tlie Allieril"llt l'eoi!t'. Ni.iv V.ihk. March IS. -The follow'ng pn Hshuaal Um to the people of the United States was issued by T, Estrada I'alm i . at the office of the t'ubau junta last urrht; To the anstessa J'tOjitf: The frc.ju MK'v with which thi-ri- has latfly nppeiire.l iu tic pulilic press sukosIIow made ty malicious or aUstafsnasd iodividttsll that t'utia would ttc.-epi.or could Ikj foroSd t asss.pt, iiutn imy. Sf uuytUliLr short of MAaMaAene . ass knpaltei asto Msht a detinue ssd innl aiaMSMai ao UUs eabjeot. From the tlrst our BMttS hus bSSB "Iiidepeii.it iii" or death. " We aro now more lirniiy MaasVM dfiermined lo carry out our pre yjmaMM As Wn will not accept, w will not SfOB disci--Hi proposals of aiitoiiomy. After thre.j years uf ihe mos! sanguinary, barbarous and tUMi Villi warfare ..f iii hI.-hi tunes. carried on JV Spain, OU are stroll (ST ta.1.1 SfSB It is for Us tO s:ir what will satisfy us. 11.1t f.r others, tlur idSSla and our national honor we can conti le to ourselves slum-. 1 cauuot think that the Ameriean people have forcotten the principle laid down ii. their declarat Ion of ind. jieo lcnce. nor can Ibdleve that any trie' AUsSftMM can lie tSSBd WbS would alvise SS to forsake thi- ktsel of repuiillasa fsvsrnaaenl for th.: m lasrobtcat, arse in its most liberal form. Tii'jre fane eaf Meearyei inscnsaaa to accept Mtonotsy, essept by force of smu. We hin fought I 'ire years, not mains'. Bpataalons, butss'alnst the w.iole world. Not u betplss hand a. ssum 1 to us. n 1 1 leatry paseaiefttai rttnts tth Sptin. Thriuht to stm ear people by porohastsa weapons in tins aeeattysad trsaiioriiiu'tbeai to t'utia is admitted, bat altboattn estates' in lawful tr.iitio we ha 1 to ru: the lioicicude t .r.-t fro. 11 these" shorsa aad atata res tint tausttet a in. m. Our -Into and cargoes wer s.. subyeotsd tod '1 iy. bat luvanab.y roitor.-.l by tlu si.w aud c it.y proc.es. .f the law N.-v. rt!ilessweiMri r faltered. Ws always appreciated tlie fact taaf th.' sympathy of Ihe . Vain au pe .p:.j .in w.th i.s. Spain has prove I impoii nt losonip 1 Iw by fares is assspt setoa nay. sri" bos de dr. s tbe aid of tie- Oatts t Mats t. aoMpal us to aterpt lesanSI believe that the A-n- r .-ua pa.ip! 1 would sees les 1 itself 10 M - 1 rss n -r hu and bio dstalne I itionarchy of history for 11 a purpose, aaseld suea prove to betas esse, L.'A.i.r. idseUvre, in the aansa of the cabaa pOopl iu arm-, that fore alOM SM f uip I our Mib.ni--.ioa. We, vn have s:-un hundre Is of Inonssndsof eerfeeenni faiaiii's exMrsst Sal ' by Slow t. .rvut.on. by a cowardly decree of t m nasi htbiuaaa eesiasadef sf saaaala -ry sp.. .11, win lent ssnUsst eaytnus bat iade pesdesee, no ntlet who opposes us. If. usfertaoeiely. tbla btoredlble pespsest tie car; led into etf.vl. mil Am-riuan b.ivou.'is aro urrnyed aain-t us Inourstru, Is for ffeedSM und In aid of the BpSStai iu . M 'hy, we will HStlt os. SSdlj Sljt flSlirialBSit. SSd let history j 1 1 ii. whe! h-r th" SaSqUlSbad had 11. its purer en al Of Ires Institutions than th" victors. In such case we h III he exterminated, tiul f.ituro ireic iations will axaln ta't" up our thw and our u-puallons, and I'uhawlll yet be free N01 w ill we ever ht e lo a truce until our tn. I"pendeuvo is e-.-aliiished. We will continue lo MfM us did the Americans under Jackson at the hat Me of WeW OrteSSS, SSSO atMt a treaty of pssM is signed, if it shniiid !' asesessry. T:ie ( ulnins can not bu- convinced that the PnllSfl Btatan will ever try to r.ir.-e us M r -- MatB under the Spanish II nr. but I have deemed It my duty to apieal to the fans rosily, the sympathy mid tli p.itn.itism of tbS Aui 'i i an people to ib.- rn that tbsy in. iv anosrsteai me justice and llrmness of our ileinsn l for cooip'.ete indrpoiidencu. Tom a - l.s i-muA I'ai.MA. FOR A NEW NAVAL DIVISION. Orders Issued by I be Nsvy Ie.irl ine:it -A Chang of I'miinuni . Wahiiin'o roll, Mnrch 17. The Texas and Massa luisctts, battleships, now w it Ii Admiral Sieard s aqttndroa, iMVi been Ordored t" proceed at OttOS fi oui Key West to Unupton raada, whers they will join tin- cruisers MinneupoUn, Brooklyn Msd ColnMhln and othni VfbHids yet to be selected, funning S new naval division. The reason for thischatiifeof proraninie is not known, but apparently it disposes for the pres ant uf lue talk of Ui'iug viuadi ou.

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Senator Gallinger Talks of Tn as He Found Them on His Visit to Cuba.

THE PICTURE CAN'T BE EXAGGERATED.

A I on. lit Ion of Piles Wretehi-.liit'ss. i,... t It tit ion ml Holltsbaoss Pssl Bellel naynee Was n.s ffal tTltostsed ii 1.,,. seiniior Noi ttaefc laspveeeed erlth 1.. S( 01I11. Is us Sol. Her.

v ttnnioTovf, Maren, is. hettatortiai. linger was at the capitol for the ii , time since his return fiMiu Cuba 1, ., requested to muhe a atateaaent as to i,is obscrviit inns on the condition ofaffair 011 that Inland, he responded: " Vou run s i r 1 1 my name toany picture you may draw of utter irietohedni destitution und hellisthncM iu that country. The OOOditloa of affairs. v, far as 1 had opportunity to observe i- Mid I was only in Havana and Matanzas. is simply indes. rn aid.-. i had not expected to Bnd it hit 1 f as bad as it is. and I do D believe that anyone w ho simply rca.is the accounts and does not sec for hltty self can form uu adcuatc idea of the si 1 nation. "The reooneentiadoea arc nredged lot ull available places in those eitles, and are perishing by the thonaand for w ant ol the coiiimoiu-st neeessai i. s of life. The best i iifonuut ion obtainable leads to the ttmclusion that there aai been, beyond a doubt, MO, 00 deaths m a result of Spain s iirittal pol and the tratfedy goes on from day to day. The society of lb d Cross is furnishing s .me relief by its efforts, but tbe musi oi thos,. people nre beyood the reacb of aid. cither through PAedlcine Or food. The mortality in Mataiias fur the last four DsOntha, previous to our visit, n.ibeen equal toten tines the ordinan deal !i rate. "With reference to thojuiiiitary aap it of affaire in tuba 1 saw nothing which impressed me with tin- idea that Kpaie knows much about modern warfare The soldiers I saw uiv not drilled as o.ir soldiers are. Indeed tie v lack every element of soldo 1 bearing, whutever may be iai 1 of their merltn as Ightera. Ihe dri ta that I nrttneaaed wen- a travesty 00 intxlern ideas. While t lu v were under going their evolutions tin- aoldiera srere talking to each other mi l ansoklngaa freely and uiieoiieeriied ly asthcy would do in their mess r.Miins. From my ol.serration of them i should n.t eonslder then very formidable antagonists on tin- neld id battle. "Naturally liiere was much talk about the Maine disaster, and so far as 1 eottld note rtn In from my conversation with Aaanrieana, and with those not entirely under the Influence of 1 is Spani'iids. the opinion was universal that the Maim- had been destroyed i.y an external ageney, ami almost sri person w ith whom I discussed the subject In Cuba expects that the Badinga ot the American oonrl f Ineulry will sil' ist n 11 1 iate this view. "Thert is a divergence of opinion on the island as to the probabilities of war between Spain and the United States, and I am sun- that I am within the bounds of the truth when I my that almost the entire native population would welcome any turn of events, however tmgie, that would wrest ( uba from Spanish dominion. This is true not only of thus- who are avowedly favnrl to a war fipr independence, but of Many Of '.hose who are ranked us Spinis'i syaip ithi. Ts, but who are at heart adviK-ates of Cuban independence. The fact is that even In Havana the allegianOO to Spain is of a very weak and doubtful character, and if w ar should OOBM it would be found thai then-would ba an uprising in that city against the mother country. hieb would be a most important factor 1 shortening the contest nnd deciding it sgninst Spain." FROM AMERICANS ABROAD. faltest NtatM Kegsresswl s lives la 1 1 ' " VaU ! the FtssenM Crisle. LuMim',. March hfl Ww Her Leader publishes a dispatch from lilil gtelttf iiitervic ws w hieh its corrc ipondent is mkltohaee had withl United States nmbnaandkyr, Oen. 11 raei l'ortcr; the Hseretary of tbe 1 ' states embamy, Mr, Henry Vlgnaud, and Unlftad Htatea Ooaranl-tleHeraJ J, K. (io'.vdv. The nsttbasmdor, re ferrlng to the Maine db u tar, ewofftae I Pr 4dent McKinley attitude, and is minted as saving: "In spite of the sensational atlUO nhere, the United states will not mal into war. although the Maine report may prove to bo the last straw." The aoeretary of tbo Halted Rtat embassy said: "Thcro will be Ii" WST because the feeltnga of toth oountriei nr.- that til the diffleultlm onn be settled. Thereis not SB American iu I'uril w ho docs not nnnlaad the altitude c4 President McKinley in sTVUtg everv el nedient before reaartlnfj to war.'1 Tao POMeal gamsral naid: " The real heart und soul ba ve not yet Ihm'H heard The surface talk which causes the lapse of Btoaka does not merit sen attention. I'nloss I um fVeaal JJ talo n, mir trOUbka Wtth Spain Will sin n th ie ended."

IJetllnirTlilncs In Trim fur Ihn Arbitrator bo Meet 111 I'sfls. WAMtVUTO, March 1H. lly arrnm.'meiit Let ween the parties. Sir Ju 1 Panuoefote tor Oraat Bfitnin and Senor Andriidc for .'eneuela. the raMU relative to tlie houndary arbitration prepared by council on cither aide have bann ewhegeu. ThedocuMMlta will he forwarded to the' sp. m tive governments by tbe anibeasador and the minister to serve M the basis for the counter eases to he extmrnfed later OU, nnd to prepare the mg for tlM arbitrators to meet in BafM next fall.