Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 44, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 March 1898 — Page 2

ShePkf<Bouttt8§fM<»«#t in MeC. STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. ■ - INDIANA. Sir Richard James Reed, the eminent English naval expert, writes to the London Times, expressing the opinion that the Maine could be refloated for I tithe of her coat It was announced, on the 4th, that the czarina, who was said to have been suffering from slight inflammation of the lungs, following an attack of the measles, was improving. The jubilee anniversary of the Ital lan constitution was celebrated in Rome, on the 4th. with general rejoie* ing. The city was filled with visitors, who thronged the handsomely-deco-rated streets. The Spanish government will invitt tenders for the monopoly of the import and export, refining and sale of petroleum and other mineral oils. The mo • nopolv, it is said, will be sold at auction on the 88th. The senate committee on post office* and post roads, on the 2d, authorized a favorable report on Senator Mason s joint resolution for an investigation ol the recent killing of the colored postmaster at Lake City, S. C. The secretary of the treasury, on the 1st, received, through the British ambassador, information that the Canadian government would hereafter allow American vessels to carry merchandise from one port in Canada to another. The navy department- is making preparations to replenish the supply ol ammunition of the United States war ships on the Asiatic station. The training ship Mohican, now at Mare island, will be employed to carry the supplies. A dispatch from Rio Janeiro, on the 8d. said: ‘‘Senor Campossales has been elected president and Senor ltossilvo vice-president of Brazil by a large majority. The opposition in Rio Janeiro abstained from voting. There was no disorder." Cai-t. J. F. 1). Di AMOSTt. of San Francisco. who will be 103 years old on May I, is about to start on a pedestrian trip to New York, lie helped to build the Erie canal, and was formerly United States quartermaster at St. Louis, lie was never married.

A SPECIAL from Washington say* Spain will have to reckon with Japan ms well as with the Cnited Mates, in the event the responsibility top the Maine explosion is laid at the door of the Don. there having been some Jap* anese on board the vessel. The question of who blew up tht Maine is still as much of a mystery as ever at Havana, though no one doubts that it was the aet of a treacherous Spaniard. Even the Spanish people themselves believe this, and many a quiet toast is drunk to the unknown “hero." Admiiiai. Sh ako is at Key West. He Ik said to look feeble and shattered by malarial fever, from which he has Wen suffer i up. • U is generally believed that he will not command the fleet in ease of emergency orders, and that the choice is between Commodore Schley and Capt, Sampson. Is view of the peculiar circumstance connected with the murder of the postmaster at Lake City, S. C., and the enormity of the erime, it has been decided to increase the government reward to Si.500 in each ease. Every effort will be made by the federal authorities to bring the guilty parties to justice. The llritish first-class armored eruiser Australia, ,12 guns, 5,000 tons, coastguard ship in Southampton waters, had a narrow escape on the 2d. Two seamen were playing with a fuse in the shell-room when they set fire to some stores. The flames were extinguished by the prompt flooding of the compartment.

The weekly statement of the Imperial bank of Germany, issued qn the 3d, showed the following changes, as - compared with the previous account: Cash in hand decreased 20.46J.000 marks; treasury notes decreased r».’0.000 marks; other securities increased 17.60o.000 marks; notes in circulation increased ll.yOO.OOU marks. Secretary' Long has decided to send two naval vessels to Cuba at once with to or 30 tons of provisions for the relief of the suffering reconcentradq^, The vessels will go to Matamtas^ud Sagua, la Grande. It is said an emergency exists that makes it necessary to dispatch provisions at once in order to succor the starving. The secretary of the interior, on the Sd, sent to.the senate the treaty recently negotiated with the Indians on the Fort Hall reservation, in Idaho. The cession embraces 418.5<k> acres, 45,000of which is susceptible of cultivation and includes the site of the town of Pocatello, which had been previously sold by the Indians. • --- Is the executive session of the senate. on the 3d, Senator Hale moved to reconsider the vote by which the nomi- . nation of Webster Flanuagan, to be collector of internal revenue for the third district of Texas, had been confirmed. The two senators from Texas, although of opposite politics from Mr. fe'lannagan. opposed the motion. The London Daily News says: "Spaia •an expect no support, moral or other wise, from Kngland against the United States. She has rui ned Cuba, as she lias rained or lost every other colony, by the grossest corruption, cruelty and maladministration, and ahe must b< left to settle the account with those whom it may concern without any nr avnioathy on our wart ”

MARCH—1898. Sir. Mon. Too. Thor. Fri. Sit 5 8 10 11 :ll3 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 127 28 29 30 31 12 19 26 XWWT***** * ♦ ♦♦ WrT CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS nr EBIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. IX the senate, on the 28th. Hon. Henry W. Corbett was, by the decisive vote of 60 to 10, denied admission as a senator from Oregon on appointment by the governor. The senate then took up the Alaskan homestead and rail- | way right-of-way bill......In the house, after i eliminating the appropriation for representa- | tion at the Paris exposition, on a point of or- | der, the sundry civil appropriations bill was { passed, after which several bills of minor imj portance were disposed of. In the senate, on the 1st, a favorable report I was made upon Mr. Bacon's resolution provid- | ing for the erection of a bronze memorial tab- | let commemorative of the officers and sailors ! who lost their lives in the Maine disaster in I Havana harbor. A motion that the senate dis- ; agree to the house amendments to the bank- ! ruptcy bill was made and discussed. Tbc 1 Alaska homestead and right-of-way bill was i laid before the senate and discussion of the | same was continued until S:23 p m., when the ! senate wentj^to secret session and soon after f” adjourned_..In the house the business of ab- ! sorbing interest was the discussion of the Loud bill, relating to second-class mail matter. Us author giving notice of an amendment permitting the transmission, at pound rates, of sample copies up to ten per cent, of the bona fide circulation of the newspaper or periodical. In the senate, oh the 'dd. an executive session ! occupied the opening hour. When open session was resumed the pension appropriation bill was presented and agreed to. The Alaskan homestead and rallwav right-of-way bill was taken up and its consideration occupied the remainder of the session.In the house, the day was devoted to the farther consideration of the Loud bill relating to second class mail matter. lx the senate, on the Sd. the Alaskan homestead and railway right-of-way bill occupied almost the entire session. Mr-i Vest moved to i eliminate the homestead feature of the bill by striking out the first section, jbut the motion was defeated.iln the bous»^ the Loud bill, "to correct alleged abuses of the second-class mail matter privilege,” which last-year passed the hou>e 144 to UM. was laid on the table by the decisive vole of lta to 11#. the strength of the measure having perceptibly decreased during a three-days’ debate

iur srnaw, vu uw 11a, wao vut c&wuuiuc the hfeme'.tead laws anJ providing tor rigbt-ot-way tor railroadsJn Alaska was passed. It was stated, during the dehate that there was every reason to believe that by the passage of thi^ bill the long-standing lishery yuestioa might easily be settled......In the house two more appropriation bills, the pension and the consular and diplomatic . were passed and sent to •the president. It was private bill day. but only two bills were passed during the session. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A report from Washington says: “A actv issue of counterfeit two-dollar treasury notes, discovered by the secret service some time ago. has made its appearance. This note hears check letter “li" and plate N umber, ‘28.’ ” Du. W. A. Rogers, professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at Colby university, and a scientist of national reputatioh, died at his residence in Waterville. Me., on the 1st. Gkorgii, the accomplice of Karditza in the attempted assassination of King George of Greece, was arrested on the 1st. He made a confession in which he claimed to have acted at the instigation of Karditza. Later a bomb was found near the scene of the attack, which Karditza admitted he had intended to throw into the king's carriage. The ltritish steamer Kensington arrived at Philadelphia, on the 2d. with the crew of the British barkentine Mistletoe on board, consisting of the captain and six men, who were* rescued from the Mistletoe, on February 21, off the banks of Newfoundland. The vessel was in a sinking condition. The captain fired the ship before leaving it. $ Iuk gold output of the Klondike country at the elean-up in June will be between $10,OoO,000 and $12,000,000. according to the estimate of A. D. Nash, of Portland, Ore., who has just returned from Dawson.

jl is *•* pan ui acru, ivaa. * »<ia destroyed bv fire on the,2d. One life, that o’ Christopher Gonzort, was lost. All but^ftvor of the principal business houses and five residences were burned. Tuk understanding in Havana is that the naval board will be emphatic in exonerating Capt. Sigsbee and the officers of the Maine from the implication of negligence, lack of discipline or responsibility for the disaster.' Of course this carries another implication with it. Gkjt. Lixares, with the pick of the Spanish army in Cuba, was utterly routed at Holguin, recently, sustaining a loss of over 1.000 men killed and wounded. - The battle lasted five days. Garcia led the insurgents, who numbered 1,000. The insurgents, as usual had the advantage of position. Senator Forakkr, interviewed at Columbus, O., on the 2d, declared that the administration's course would be justified by the civilized world, and that when action is taken it will be but a short time until other people besides those of the United States will be in trouble. Thk president is making ready for the next important movement relative to the Cuban question. He means to act as soon as the report of the court of inquiry on the Maine is in. That, it ia stated authoritatively, will be by the middle of the month. The report that Spain had negotiated the purchase, from Chili, of three warships now in course of construction in England, is characterized as absurd by Chilian officials, who simply laugh at the story. Martial law practically prevails in Skaguay, and United States troops are enforcing it. . j Tuk China Gazette of Shanghai saya that Great Britain will occupy Wei-llai-Wei in the event of Japan withdrawing from that porV

A. J. Cassat's famous Chesterbrook stoek farm, near Berwyn, Pa., was almost completely destroyed by fire on the evening of the 2dl Twenty hcsad of valuable Guernsey oows were burned to death. Cyclists all over the country, particularly the members of the League of American Wheelmen, are preparing to offer their services to the government in case open hostilities are declared between Spain and the United States. Of the 107,000 members of the league fully 90,000, it is estimated, could be called on. Two returning Klondikers, having $160,000 between them, were found, frozen to death, on the trail near Tagish, the mounted police having been attracted to them by the dismal howling of a dog. A letter received from Havana shows that among the seamen on board the Maine at the time of the disaster in Havana harbor was young Pat Ford, who escaped from his jailer in Omaha in January, 1S96, with a sentence of eight years for highway robbery over Peter H. Christexsex, a bookkeeper in an undertaking establishment at Burlington, la., received information through a newspaper dispatch of the death of his wealthy uncle near Stockton, Cal., of whom he had been searching for a clew’ for eight years. By his death he becomes possessed of a $100,000 estate. Gex. Gohix, commander-in-chief of the G. A. It., speaking at Atlanta, Ga., on the 3d, said: “If it appears that the Maine was destroyed by designing officials we have American dollars to buy ships and the munitions of war, but there has not been enough, Spanish money coined since the Inquisition to pay for the lives of those martyred sailors.” Tue war department has decided to again occupy Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugus) for military purposes. This is most important, as it shows careful preparat ion for possible war. The move follows quickly the signing of a large contract for ammunition. Secret agents of the United States government have made a full investigation of the Havana defenses, including the plans of fortifications, the number I of guns, etc., the report of which has I been forwarded to Washington. Ax order has been issued to make a I test of the machinery of the eight old single-turreted monitors lying at the League Island navy yard, with a view of determining their value as coast defense vessels. '

raiNCK .U.uERT OF iSKLGIl M, WQO 13 expected to arrive in New York on the North Herman Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, is. traveling incognito under the title of Count De Rethy, and such being the case, the government and its oilicials can not recognize him as a prince. Tuk result of the election for members of the London county council is thatthe progressives (liberal) have secured; 68 seats, and the moderates (unionist) 48. The election in Hackney was postponed, owing to the death of a candidate. Failures throughout the country, as reported by Dun & Co. for the week ended on the 4th were 251, against 246 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada 32. against 59 for the corresponding week last year. At Key West, Fla., on the 4th, all the Maine survivors received a month's pay, and their claims for lost personal property were filed. The Alaska bill passed the senate on the 4th. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Isaac A. Sheppard, one of the most prominent citizens of Philadelphia, died, on the 6th. after a lingering illness. He was 71 years of age. Ox the 6th, the Cuban situation developed two new phases when it became known that the Spanish government had formally requested the recall of Consul-General Lee from Havana and had suggested the impropriety of sending relief supplies to the Cuban reeoneentrados on the cruiser Montgomery and gunboat Nashville, with both which request and suggestion the government refused to com- ! ply.

Hon. Trent Hamilton, Baron lloun. of lloim Patrick, County Dublin, died i on the 7th. He was the lord lieutenant ' and custos retulorum of county Dublin. ! lie was born in 1839 and married Vic* | toria, daughter of Gen. Lord Charles ! Wellesley, and sister of the duke of ! Wellington. From 1863 to 1S63 he was conservative member of parliament for [ County Dublin. Last year he was raised to the peerage of the United < Kingdom. At Cedar Rapids, la., on the evening of the 6th, while out walking and apj parently without eause, Alfred S. i Healy, about -3 years old, shot and instantly killed Miss Libbie Brausehapd, 15 years old. and then sent a bullet through his head. He will probably die. The H(Alston (Tex.) Post printed, on the 7th. a letter from United States Senator Mills, in which he formally \ withdraws from the raee for re-elec-tion. which leaves the field to Gov. C. A. Culberson. The report that John F. Armstrong, j a prominent mining man of Ishpemiug, Mich., commited suicide, on the 4th, is denied. Mr. Armstrong was killed by an accident in one of his mines. A DBPATCll from Tangier, on the 6th, said: A number of Giatz Arabs have pillaged the Jewish quarter at Tatza. killed several Jews and abducted the Jewesses. The Cairo correspondent of the London Daily Mail says he is informed on reliable authority that three French officers have been in Khartoum for three months. On the 6th. Col. Piequart reiterated his refusal to answer Comte Usterhary's challenge to a duel for causes growing out of the Dreyfus and Zola trials. A dispatch from Hong Kong, on the 7th, said that six additional American war vessels were expected there shortly.

STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ABE'S MAUL. i The One Lincoln Used to Split Bails With Still Preserved. Columbus, Ind., Feb. 26.—Dr. Bozell, formerly an old resident and practicing’ physician of Cincinnati, but now a resident and practicing physician of Clifford, is the owner of an old maul, made from the knot of a beech tree which grew on Anderson's creek, in Spencer county, this state, and with which Abraham Lincoln, who afterward became president of the United States, split the rails that fenced in the old Lincoln home near the present site of Lincoln City, but then a howling wilderness. > The maul was given to Isaac Bozell, Dr. lSozell’s father, by Thos. Lincoln.’ father of Abe, after the family had moved to Illinois, where they lived as neighbors. The maul has had considerable hard usage, but is still in a state of perfect preservation except wear and tear, and has the same handle still in it Used by the immortal president. It has been used but very little since it went out of the possession of the Lincoln family, about 1S20. WITNESSES SUMMONED. General Remonstrance Raised Because There is No Remuneration. Osgood. Ind., Feb. 26.—The trial of the men alleged to have been implicated in the killing and lynehing of the Levi gang in Ripley county was continued Friday at Cross Plains. A constable arrived here Friday morning from Cross Plains with subpenas for a number of the most prominent citizens to appear for the defense. They are John Ecliert, Sam Smith. II. B. Andrews. J. M. • McCoy and Ed I>. Glaseoe. A. R. Harding, William C. Leslie, H. P. King. Weils Johnson. Gus Ross. Will Prentice, C. W. Gray, editor of the Journal, and D. G. Glendenning. The constable had a dozen subpoenaes for people at Napoleon. Witnesses are remonstrating greatly against having to go twenty or thirty miles over the almost impassable roads, and have to wait two or three days to be called. The)' say that it is an imposition to have to be out time and expense and get no remuneration-. AN EX-EDITOR

Hu 6 Six-Ton Steamer Constructed and Starts for the Klondike. ' Kokomo, Inti, March 1.—Omer Maris, of Kussiaville. this county, former editor of the Kokomo Gazette, started Saturday for the Yukon country, being joined by a party from Texas. Mr. Maris has had constructed a six-ton steamer in which the party will sail from the Pacific coast, the launch being shipped to San I raneisco by rail. Ilarr\‘ Sherwin, sou of Postmaster Sherwin, of Ilussiaville. accompanied Mr. Maria This is the third trip to Alaska for Mr. Maria While there last year as correspondent for the Chicago Record he secured a rich claim and he goes this time to work it. Another Uid for 1. O. O. F. Home. . Hartford City, Ind., Feb. 2$.—The Odd Fellows of this city, backed up by the citizens, intend to make a strong bid for the State home for indigent members and the widows and orphans of members. A meeting was held and the local order is now in correspondence with the grand lodge in reference to the matter. The citizens intend to co-operate with the lodge in order to make the Hartford City bid as inviting as possible. War Kxeiteuaent at Laurel. Layrei., Iud.. Feb. 28.—This town is ironsed as it never was .be ft re. People are wild. One hundred men, led by the marshal and a band playing national airs, marched through the streets Friday - night. Fifty-six men have signed to go to the front. CaptDerbyshire, oi the late war, left for Indianapolis Friday night to get a commission and tender their services to Gov. Mount in case war should ba pro

“I'ncJ* Jafk" Ptank Dien Suddenlr# Camden, Ind., March 1.—Jacob C. Plank, ami'll v7. letter known as “Uncle Jack." dropped dead at the home of his son. Jesse Plank, north of town, lie was a charter member of the Lutheran 'church at this place and was the last trustee of this township under the old constitution, being elected by the whigs. He was a remarkably well preserved man and bright in intellect up to the time of his death. Took tin* Morphine Konte. Indianapolis, Iud„ March 1.—Francis Walker, 22 years old, killed himself with morphine early Monday morning for no evident reason other than that contained in a letter written to his sister, in which he said: ^Saturday you, | said something to me that was impoI lite. I hope this will teach you to be I oolite."__ , A Mystery. Portland, lnd„ March 1.—The body | of the man who was found near here under a shock of corn fodder with his face eaten away by rats, is still a mys- ; tery. The man was well dressed, A I telegram was sent to Buffalo, as the stranger is believed to be W. II. Clark, of that city, but no reply, has yet been received. - _ K-HeU lty a Train. New Albany, lad., March 2.—Raymond P. Stoy. a member of the wholesale firm of Peter li.. Stoy & >ons, in this city, was killed by a Louisville & St Louis Air Line train at Birdeye, 50 > miles west of this city Tuesday afternoon. He was 27 years old, unmarried and lived with his mother at 21S west Market street Pottery Piatit Destroyed. Brazil. Ind.. March 2.—The plant of the Brazil Pottery and Clay Manufacturing Co. was totally destroyed by fire Monday night Loss $5,000, insurance $2,000.

KILLED BY A TRAIN. Supposed to Be Lue Uranrmann, ot El wood, Ind. Green'castle. Ind.,„ March 1.—An unknown man was killed here on the Big Four railway. . His body was found back of the Big Four mills. His foot had caught in a frog and was pulled off while his body was mangled under the wheels. Two trains had passed over his body, which was found 100 yards east from the point where his foot was found in the ifrog. The dead man was fairly well dressed and bis effects counted up GO cents in money, some tobacco tags and a half pint of whisky. He was about *25 years old and good looking. A letter in his pocket mailed Janury 13 from station A. St Louis, bore the address of Lue Granemamn,Elwood, lnd., tare American Tin-plate Co. and was signed by Josie Trigg, of St. Louis. Coroner Kleinbut wired St Louis and Elwood for information. A mysterious cut, thought to be from a knife, was found on the man's skull. HEZ HUGHES, Charged With Complicity in the Versailles Lynching, Acquitted. »Cross Plain*?, Ind., March 2.—Justice Craig Thursday morning rendered a verdict acquitting Hez Hughes, who was charged, in an affidavit filed by Gov. Mount, with complicity in the Versailles lynching. Attoruej’- General Ketcham isen route for Indianapolis, In an interview he stated that “it is evident from all the evidence obtainable that the five men broke jail and hung themselves.'* Indianapolis. Ind.. March 2 —The release of Hughes was a disappointment to Gov. Mount, who said he expected that Hughes would be held for ■ grand jury action. The governor saifT that the investigation would not be dropped, but he was not prepared to state further plans utr.il the attorney general returned from Versailles. Art Wright, for whom a warrant was isssued. will be taken to Versailles if found. - HE CONFESSED.

xirpeDtans dinner ror iMUKijos cm the StrtengiJt of It. Cou'Mius, Ind., March 2.—Albert Davis, a wealthy farmer of near this city, while at a revival meeting- at the Friends, church near here, a few weeks ago. cohu.ss.-d to assaulting Mrs. Bertha Hartley, the wife of a prominent farmer of Bartholomew county, and he is now the defendant in a $5 00) damage suit, which was filed Tuesday. In August, it is alleged, Davis .v^s driving to a village and passed the Hartley home, and* Mrs. Hartley, going to the same place, climbed into the wagon to rido with him. While on the way he put his arms about her. A Revival at West lVitieti. , West Laden, luJ.. Feb. 28.—The largest revival meeting ever known in this community has just closed at French Lick. Over three weeks the meetings were conducted, and every night the school house was packed and about 100, mostly men, were converted. Manj* of the eouvercs were drunkards and young gamblers. The meetings were conducted by George Armstrong, a local minister, and a painter by trade. During the meeting a subscription paper was started and enough money raised to build a fine church. Marcus Mote is D.^aiL Richmond, Ind., March 2.—Marcus Mote, aged 81 years, the veteran Friend artist, is dead, lie was known as the first Friend to become an artist in opposition to the belief of the denomination, which in early years considered painting to be evil. One of the many excellent pictures painted by Mote is! that of Tom Corwin, which hangs in the Qhio state house at Columbus. He was a resident of Lebanon, O., for » number of years. Volunteers From Vincennes. Vincennes. Ind.. Feb. 28.—At a meeting of company ‘ A" First regiment, I. N. G, a resoluti9ti was unanimously passed denouncing the Spanish butch* cries in Cuba and the cowardice in destroying'the battleship Maine, and offered to volunteer their serviceis in case of war with Spain and the United States. Company *\V* has G3 members, but in case of war would be reinforced in 24 hours to 1.000 men.

iii.iM fence lost*. MpciX, lud., Feb. 28.—A Muncie glass firm has received an order for 500 glass fence posts to be made at once. 1 he posts are to be made in the regulation size with small grooves in which ! Wire will lip wrapped. The posts will I be as convenient as cedar and they will not decay. The-order has caused some speculation and is probably an introduction of an important article in the trade. _ Drowned in Cejrlon. Co Li'si nr 8, Ind., Feh. 2G.—Sheriff Thos. Cox has just received a letter | from Colombo, Ceylon, telling of the : accidental drowning of his cousin, ! James llarnes. a former citizen here, which occurred January 19. Barnes | was in the United States navy, on the warship Raleigh, and was by accident knoeked.off the vessel \thile cruising along the coast of the island of Ceylon. Terre Haute Ltpreii Sold. Teubv Halt;:, ImL, March 2—The Daily Express, the republican organ here, has been sold to a stock company ! of local republicans by W. IL Me Keen. | The company is composed of Mr. Me Keen, Congressman Far is, Postmaster : Benjamin. X. Kilbeek and others, 'leo. M. Allen has been editor of the Express for 15 years and will retire. Capitalist Hodge Dead. Evansville, Ind., March 2.—CoL F. F. Hodge, aged SO years, veteran and • capitalist, died Tuesday from the ef- [ fects of injuries recei~ in a runaway I se verai weeks ago

WE WILL DO NEITHER! Spain Demudk the Recall of Consul-Gen* eral Lee, bat He Salts HU Government: Well and Will be Retalned-Tbe Don. Also Wants to Dicta * What Vessels Shall Carry Food to His Starving Victims. Washixotost, March 7.—The Spanish situation developed t>vo new phase*, yesterday when it became known that the-Spanish government had formally requested the recall of Consul-General. Lee from his post atHavana,to which request the United States had courteously, but firmly, refused to comply; also^ that the Spanish government had suggested the impropriety of sending re- f lief supplies to the Cuban reconeentrados on the cruiser Montgomery and gunboat Nashville, to which suggestion the United States had given a like answer in the negative. The first intimation of these steps came in a brief a*d explicit cable dispatch from Madrid. Prior to its receipt. however, the authorities here had been fully conversant with the facts, although no intimation had been allowed to get to the public on either subject. The disclosures from Madrid left no further ground for reticenee in Washington, and after a conference at the White House between the president, Assistant Secretary Day, of\the state department, and Secretary Long of the navy department, the following authorized statement was given out by Judge Day as comprising everything that was to be said by the administration on the subject: " '“The president will not consider the recall of Gen. Lee. He has borne himself throughout this eirisis with judgment, fidelitjr and courage, and to the president's entire satisfaction. "As to the supplies for the .relief of the Cuban people, all arrangements have been made to carry a consignment this week from Key West by one of the naval vessels, whichever may be best adapted and most available for the purpose, to Mantanzas and Sagua. > “Although the officials here are noncommittal on the subject, it is believed rfhat the request for Gen. Lee's recall was made at least a day or two ago, and that the Spanish government, after receiving the reply of the state department has not insisted 4 either upon Lee's recall or upon its contention, that the relief supplies should not be sent to Cuba in naval vessels. *’

HUE AND CRY AGAINST LEE, Commentsof the Madrid Tress—Kindly Disposed Toward the Insurgents. Madrid, March 7.—For several ‘-days the newspapers have been violently attacking' Consul-General Fitzhugh Lee. The Impartial, after remarking that “an American newspaper has insinuated that Gen. Lee is a member of a syndicate desiring the purchase of Cuba/' says: “His ill-will towards Spain is so inarmed that even American newspapers inimical to Spain are remarking it." The Impartial calls upon the government to demand the replacing of ConsuMieueral Lee “who, instead of tightening the bonds of friendship between Spain and the United States— daily renders the situation more threatening.” It adds that the next session of the cortes will “consider Consul-General Lee’s conduct.” The Havana correspondent of the Imparcial says: “Among the packages 1 of food sent by the Americans to Cuba . the customs officers found watches, jewelry and other contraband articles. All such parcels were consigned to Consul-General Lee, who is said to have energetically protested against such contraband, declaring that it w*as without his knowledge." “Other paper accuse Gen. Lee of being “better disposed toward the Cuban insurgents than toward the colonial government.” 7 ^ ACTIVITY AT LEAGUE ISLAND. __ | Sunday Work Pushed Vigorously—Old. Monitors to be Tested with Modern Uuns. Philadelphia', March 7.—Yesterday was a repetition Of last Sunday in tht^, general activity at League Island navy yard. Workmen were busily engaged upon the cruiser Minneapolis, the monitor Miantonomah and the Katahdin. In addition work was going on in the mould loft and several forges were in operation in the blacksmith shop. The utmost reticence prevailed among the officers, sailors and workmen at the yard and it was impossible to obtain any official information as to the detail of the work going on. It was evident, however, that all work was being pushed as rapidly as possible. The Work on the Minneapolis and Miantonomah was all below decks and was said to consist of repairs and inspection of the machinery.

un me ivaiunuin tne sianuaras ior i the rapid-tiring' guns were being | erected a.nd some small repairs were going on below. The work in the mold loft consisted of attention to small boats and spars. The old single-turret monitors in the back channel, relics of the la^ war, were an attraction to thousands, and their decks were crowded all day. It was reported that tire of these will be taken out of their berths as soon as pdssible and tested with modern guns aboard. Those now in the turrets are of the old smooth-bol-e kind. The in- | formation as to the trial of these boats came from one of their caretakers, and was not official. The boats which it is said will be tried are the Montauk, Jason. Manhattan, Lehigh and Caaonieus. Q ALL QUIET AT DAWSON. i So Say Pasi»ngrr» Just Arrived by the • Steamer Farraiooe. Seattle. Wash.. March 7.—Steamer Farralone arrived here at midnight from Skaguay, Alaska. Among her passengers were Thomas Graham, ol Ontario, and Thomas Elliott, of Monroe. Wash. They left Dawson, February 1. They say that bat a few more will attempt the trip out overland this winter. Their trip 01 companied by severe store thing was quiet at Dawson left. was ao Everywhen ti