Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 47, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 April 1898 — Page 6

?ht pte (Sotttttjj Ilmurrat feL MeO. STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. Petersburg. - INDIANA. Liectexant-Com mandeb Mabix and his naval companions, bearing the re- * port of the Maine court of inquiry, reached Wash ington on the night of the 24th. I 11 " •1 ..— Orders were issued, on the 24th, detaching Capt. Sigsbee and other officers from the battleship Maine at Havana and ordering them to proceed home and an a it orders. The naval Appropriation bill, as reported to the bouse, on the 22d, carries a total of $35.^83,058, an increase over last year of $3|7«4.432 and over the current estimated of $2,514,824. c The president announced, on the 22d, that he [bad decided to appoint Judson Lyons[ the negro national committeeman from Georgia, to be register of the treasury to succeed the late B. K. Bruce. Business wis done at Lloyds, in London, on the 24jth, in war risks to cover speculative aits, ten guineas per centum being pa|d against war being declared between Spain and the United States during (the next six months.

purch; Secretary the 21st, that recently Tyne from shall bear in honor of ana. thlte ths jOXO issued an order, on he Amazonas, the cruiser ased at Neweastle-on-e Brazilian government, name of New Orleans, principal city of Louisith An ominous iations betwet Spain will res by English sh bled to their that all char clause.” sign that the strained ren the United States and nit in war is furnished p owners, who have caagents in this country must contain the “war U ra 'fra The Iron land, 0., anno with the Indu|s Both papers and steel and central and w 25 vears. ,de Review, of Clevemnees its consolidation itrial World, of Chicago. ,ve represented the iron machinery trades of the ■i ‘stern states for the past h a The United England, fron & Maxim, S37 guns for the wanted five tii the firm could to be available!The WiUnii pal coaferenc 25th. adopted, proposition of fereuee favorife tion of laj1 an< the general cc The, medical flagship New *to consider tin miral Si card, the 23d. It w decision at but it is belie his retirement, States has purchased, in the firm of Vickers, Son 5.000 worth of rapid-fire avy. The United States s as many as this, but not supply them in time gton Methodist Eplseo- \ at Lewes. Del., on the by a vote of 132 to 5, the the Rook River (IlL)cong the equal represeutaministerial delegates in nferenee. board, which sat on the fork, at Key West, Fla., retirement of Rear-Ad-completed its work on s impossible to learn the ,\jhieh the board arrived, red that it recommended A DISPATCH f rom Havana, on the 2tth, said: "It is n ost probable, indeed it is hat if the United States most certain, government claims indemnity for the loss of the M i: iue, Spain will put in a counter claim for hundreds of millions of dollars for damages through filibus* t ons. tering expedit It is known gotiations betv gates, Ramair< Calixto Garci Caban insurge autonomists c final offers of proved an absi i positively that the ne>veen Gen. I'audo's delez and Charvez, and Gen. and other prominent ats. in which the radical ade what are said to be practical independence, ute failure. The Italian the 23d. adop the committee “political cen mier Crispi. complicity in dais and also lions. lie wil sun. j. w: has succeeded ted chamber of deputies, on by a vote of 207 to 7, s report recommending against former Crete had been accused ol Hank of Naples scanof trafficking in decora^ not be prosecuted. wfc t he Muxs, of the I’omona (Cal.) agriculu ral experiment station, in grafting a morning glory on a sweet potato vine. As a result both plants attained an unusually The sweet potato vine produced 21 pbnnds of potatoes, the average beingp 'rom 10 to 12 ounces.

Sexob PoloJ the Spaaish minister, •aid, on the 2: !d, that the report front Madrid that he had notified his government that the American naval court of inquiry's report was that the explosion was of externil origin was an error, lie had had nc means of ascertaining the fact and haid made no report to hi* (government. In the Kings court, in Brook 1 indictments w» grand jury aga i and contractors i that the indii r •piracy by wh ed out of $80 lent contracts. U Tub president the report of the Maine di tioa. on the 25t statement, evidence show destroyed by that the findin; tpousibility fox County (N. Y.) criminal yn, on the 25th, 14 or IS re handed down by the nst former city officials of Brooklyn. It is said tments charged a conthe city was defraudby means of fraudu i< h (JlQ and cabinet, haring e board of inquiry into sjaster uuder considers* a, gave out an advance declared that the that the vessel was submarine mine, but |s failed to fix the r» the explosion. faiich ed Tub manager i of the Joint Traffic association, on th<s -3d, approved the annual recommcildation of the General Passenger association, granting special excursion fares of l)i per capita foi students returning home for the spring holidays. i-ptcial passenger ratei were approved also for the grand encampment of th e Knights of Pythias t< be held at Iiu iaoapoiis, August 33-31 jaexk

CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS Or BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Is the senate, on the 2tst, some minor hills, to which there was no objection, were passed, and the senate adjourned.In the house the bill for the relief of the survivors and victims of the Maine disaster was unanimously passed. The bill reimburses the surviving officers and men for the losses they sustained to an amount not to exceed a year’s pay,and directs the payment of a sum equal to a year’s pay to the legal heirs of those who perished. The remainderof the day was occupied in the consideration of the old claim of John Roach, the shipbuilder, for t331,OJO, without any action being taken. The senate was not in session on the 23d.. In the house the naval appropriation bill was reported, but as it bad not been printed, the contested-election case of Thorp vs. Epps, from the Fourth Virginia district, was taken up and debated until four o’clock, when the house, owing to the illness of Mr. Rhea (Ky.), who was to speak, adjourned. In the senate, on the 23d, Mr. Bacon (Oa.) introduced a joint resolution urging the preservation of peace. The bill for the relief of the survivors of the Maine catastrophe was passed without debate. Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) made a forcible speech descriptive of the horrors of war in Cuba The senate then resumed consideration of the bill providing for civil government In Alaska, and later took up tbe national quarantine bill.In the house, by a strict party vote of 151 to 130. R. T. Thorpe was given the seat from the fourth district of Virginia. Mr. Sidney P. Epps, who held the certificate, being unseated. In the senate, on the 2Uh, the feature of the day's session which, by its importance and intensity. overshadowed everything else, was the speech of Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, delivered by "the command of silent lips '—a delicate tribute to his wife, who died during their rerent trip te Cuba. During its delivery hundreds of his listeners, among them staid senators, bowed their heads and wept audibly. At its close Mr. Alien, the senator's colleague, led the almost exhausted and fainting speaker from the senate chamber..In the house the naval appropriation bill was taken up, and its discussion occupied the entire sessionThe senate was notin session on the 25th..... In the house the day was taken up with debate on the naval appropriation bill, during which Mr. Hartman (silver rep., Mont.) blocked business for a time by insisting in injecting a political speech into the debate, which was under the five-minute rule, and. as a result, but four pages of the bill were disposed of. The minority, supporting Mr. Hartman, kept things lively by resorting to filibustering tactics. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The latest argument in favor of the Nicaraguan canal is the fact that it will take the Oregon 63 days to put a girdle around the most of the New World and join the Atlantic licet. A Nicaragua canal would bring her to Key West in less than SO.* Mr. Willi a m Pixeebtox, of the Pinj kerton's National Detective agency, doI nounecs as "grossly malicious ami | tending to create an unjust iliable prejudice" the statements that employes of j the agency are ferreting out the secret I | defenses of our government and furnishing the information to the Spanish. Ax explosion occurred, on ttib 33d, at j the works of the United States Smokeless Powder Co., near San Rafael, Cal. C. A. Jenks, one of the head employes, and a laborer named Jenson were j killed. Tuk statement of the condition of the f treasury, issued on the 22d. showed: Available cash balance, §223,176,922; j gold reserve, 8171,773,960. Skxatok Hale, of Maine, is reported I as saying on the 22d: "The country is | on the verge of war. 1 fear nothing ! can prevent hostilities.’’ It was reported in Key West, Fla., i on the 22d, that the officers of the Maihe in Havana had been ordered home. The General Transatlantic Co.’s mail steamer Ville de Rome was wrecked off Port Mahon,Balearic islands, in the Mediterranean, on the 22d. The supreme court of Montana has handed down a decision affirming the sentence of John P. Bloor. convicted of secreting and thus defeating the passage of what was known as the county salary reduction bill, while he was secretary of the state senate. The activity at the Charlestown ! (Mass.) uavy yard continues. Orders i were issued, on the 23d, for the employ - ! ment of 47 men in the engineering de- ' partment, on the gunboat Maehias, in making necessary repairs, j Secretary Long has determined to bring into service the eight old singleturreted monitors used during the war, and since lying at League Island navy yard, Philadelphia. Ox the 23d Capt. S'.gsbee was ordered to hold ffiimself in readiness for sea duty. The other officers of the Maine who had not already left Havana were ordered home. Ox the 23d the bureau of ordnance awarded contracts for supplying about 1,600 cast iron projectiles for seacoast fortifications. As rapidly as completed they will be shipped to the various places at which they are needed. Two Virginia companies were given the contracts. Commandant Forsythe, at Key West, has received orders from Washington to refuse to give out any information regarding the movements of the fleetThe order,is very1 emphatic and does not mince words regarding reporters. The selection of the battleship Iowa for the eommander-in-chiefs flagship is regarded as significant, in view of Admiral Sieard’s probable retirement. The president, it was said, would take two days for the consideration of the report of the Maine cour| of inquiry, and send it to congress promptly at noon on the 28th with a short message, at the same time having a copy of it cabled to Minister Woodford to present to the Spanish government. The incessant rains of late have caused disastrous floods throughout Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia and Keutucky, accompanied by loss of life through accidents caused by washouts- and weakened bridges. Railroad traffic suffered se

The cold wave which recently swept in from the west did much damage to fruit trees and early vegetation in all the states which it has traversed. The injury was increased by the fact that the preceding' warm had caused the trees to blossom freely- ‘ It was announced in Madrid, on the 24th, that the Bank of Spain would lend the Spanish government 230,000,000 pesetas. 'SJJ.SJJ.OJOKguaraatoed by the ne w treasury bonds

Miss Clara. Bartost, Lead of the Bed Cross society, Gunner Morgan of the Maine, and four divers, with an unidentified body from the ill-fated Maine, arrived at Key West, Fla., on board the steamer Olivette fix>m Havana on the 23d. Miss Barton went through to

jl aiuptfc. President McKinley issued an order, on the 23d, placing ten vessels of the revenue marine service under the control of the navy department and, when properly armed, they will be attached to the fleet at Key West. "While returning home from market, on the 24th, Samuel Hagey and wife, living north of New Hagerstown, 0M were drowned while crossing the McGuire creek. < The statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the 24th, showed: Available cash balance, $224,716,922; gold reserve, $171,867,7^1. A dispatch from Erie, Pa., on th« 24th, said the erew of the lake gunboat Michigan had been ordered to the seaboard. John S. Hopkins, cashier of the People's national bank of Philadelphia, died suddenly, on the 24th, of heart disease. The house committee on coinage, weights and measures has decided to report a bill for an assay office on the Pacific eoast, to be located at Seattle, Wash. Orders were received at Newport, R. L, on the 24th, to ship crews for the new torpedo boats Gwyn aud Talbot. The cabinet session, on the 25th, lasted until nearly 5:30 o'clock. The entire situation was discussed at length, but no definite or final conclusion on any particular point was reached. The situation was regarded as decidedly critical, and it was feared that there would be great difficulty in avoiding trouble. The purchase by the United States of M. C. D. Berden's yacht Sovereign has been recommended by the naval board appointed to select vessels for the navy. No one connected with the board would state the price asked for the Sovereign. llox. Tiu mas P. Handy, who it is said, had the distinction of being the oldest active banker in the United States, died at his home in Cleveland, O., on the 25th, aged 91. Death was due to a heavy cold, followed by stomach complications and exhaustion. Failures throughout the country, as reported by Dun «fc Co., during the week ended March 25, were 251. as compared with 2.U for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were‘21, against 50 last year. A party of 37 men from Sioux City, la., with Dr. J. N. Henry as leader, left Seattle. Wash., on the 24th, for Yakut at bay, aboard the steamer Alliance. The party expects to spend two years prospecting in Alaska. A special to the Omaha (Neb.) Bee from Dead wood, S. D., outhe 25th, said the jury before \Uiieh the BelleFourehe bank robbers were tried had returned a verdict of not guilty. There was much public dissatisfaction. John S. Hopkins, cashier of the People's bank of Philadelphia, which elosed its doors, on the 24th, committed suicide by shooting, and did not die from heart disease, as announced by his family. The United States minister, J. B. Angcll, returned to Constantinople, on the 25th, from a tour of Egypt and Palestine. The Spanish torpedo boat desiroyei Audaz arrived at Waterford, Ireland, on the 25th, with her bows stove in and her stem, twisted completely around from about ten feet from the stern. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate was not in session rm the ?6th... .In the house consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed under the five-minute rule. Every utterance in favor of aggressive action against Spain was applauded to the echo by the crowded galleries. A strong effort was made to increase the appropriation for the naval reserves, but it failed. Another effort to have the government uniform the naval malitia also failed. The main contest of the day was over a proposition to decrease the number of timber dry docks authorized by the bill from four to three. Two amendments having this objeet in view were defeated. El Imparcial, of Madrid, says: “It is indispensable to get ready all the elements we possess for a naval fight, and it is urgent that the fleet should go to Cuba. The United States will maintain the advantage if they can place seven ironclads in front of the Vizcaya and the Almirante Oqueudo; but when our two ships actually have to fight this advantage will disappear before the skill and courage of our sail

ora. Mbs. McKinley will entertain the alumni of Brookhall seminary, of which she is a graduate, at luncheon ! on April 15. A special train of two cars has been arranged for by way of the Baltimore Ohio, and it is expected the party will number 100. Gen. Daniel Butterfield has advised the secretary of war that his old regiment, the Twelfth New York, has, through its commander, Col. Leonard, by letter to the governor of New York, tendered its services for the war, in case war comes. The elections for the popular branch of the cortes in Spain passed off, on the 87th, quietly. The indications are that the government of Senor Sagasta will have an enormous majority, estimated at 300 of the 432 seats in the cortes. A dispatch from Madrid says. “Your correspondent finds that the Spanish reply to the United States will not be anything like what the sanguine optimists expected, and the outlook, consequently, is decidedly serious.* Representative John Simpkins, of the Thirteenth district of Massacunsetts, died, on the night of the 2Gth, at his residence in Washington city, of heart failure induced by gastric complications. The Vienna correspondent of the Frankfort Zeitung said on the 27th: “The Austro-Hungarian government ia negotiating for the sale of a war vessel to Spain.0

wwC-O-C-tJ, —- . —.-.- STATE NEWS PICK-UPS. <1 S «* « A 3

HEZ HUGHIS Kay B« Elected Sheriff By the Voters of ' Kipley County, Versailles, Ind., March IS.—The accusation made by Gov. M cant against , Hez. Huges in charging him with being one of the lynchers of the Levi gang, and putting him to the trouble and expense of defending himself against the prosecution cf the governor, not only rallied the t ntire people j of the county to his support, but has, i since his acquittal of Hu crime by ; Squire Craig and the famous sermon preached by Rev. Lowd ;n from the text, “How God Delivered Hezekiah Hughes,” made him a martyr in the eyes of the public. A proposition to reward him by electing him sheriff of the county, without regard to party affiliation, meets with universal favor, and, as it will be regarded as not only a further vindication of Hughes, but a rebuke to the governor, the indications are that he will receive almost the solid vote of the county, no other candidate being placed in opposition to him from any of the three political parties that usually combat with the potent ballot Should this plan be carried out. Rev. Lowden will be requested to preach another sermon, taking for his text, “How God Rewarded Hezekiah Hughes.” _

WATER-SOAKED. Every Section of Iiitfixna Swept By Heavy Haiti fail*. Indianapolis. March 23.—The state is,water soaked.^, Every section has been swept by heavy rainfalls. In this , city 2.48 inches of rain has falien in the past 26 hours, and the fall continues. Rivers and creeks are bank full and overflowing, and in many sections the damage to bottom,'lands is widespread. Throughout northern Indiana the storms have been continuous for several days, and in ' Kosciusko and neighboring counties much loss has been sustained. In Daviess and Sullivan counties the lowlands are already covered and farmers have been forced to, abandon prop- ! erties and remove their live stock to the hills. The lake Erie Western railroad suffered a severe washout near Portland.- and the Big Four is I interrupted between Warsaw and Goshen. x\ll indications point to one of the heaviest general floods known for years. _ G rand pa's Farm. Martinsville, Ind;, March 23.—Cyrus Watson, aged 68, a farmer, died in i Madison , township of heart failure, j The house he lived in stands on the same spot as the house where he was ! born. Ilis father. Thomas Watson, | in 1826, bought 300 acres of land from j the United States government at 451.23 ! ppr acre, and to show for the purchase he received nine patents signed by : J. Q. Adams. lie held the land until j his death, when Cyrus Watson inherited it and it will now revert to the latter's son. Threw Esr*js at Mormon Elders. Tipton. Ind., March 21.—At a revival held at Rock Spring church. Liberty township, this county, a small riot took place. Two Mormon elders from Indianapolis were carrying on the meeting, and during the evening made some remarks that greatly offended a number of their hearers. The ciders were at once assaulted and were also treated to a number of ancient eggs, which were thrown from all jfarts of the house. Cashier Morris Not Guilty. Vernon, Ind.. March 12.—The jury ; in the sensational trial of John S. Morris. cashier of the First national bank | here, who was tried under an indictment of bribery, for alleged paying of I a price to one Charles S. Batty, county j commissioner, to use his influence and j vote to award him a loan of £55.000, rei turned, after 18 hours’ deliberation, a ; verdict of not guilty.

A Fighting: Parson. Jeffersonville, lndg March 21.— i: v. T. M. Myers, pastor of the First i C. .. >iian church of Jeffersonville. de4 ! glared in his sermon Sunday night that i he was ready to take up arms against j Spain if his services were needed by | his country. He said that war was [sometimes necessary and that such was the case at present. “The Cubans should be freed,** he said, “and Americans should free them. ” s Iluftbartd Wife Drowned. Evansville. Ind., March 22.—Edward Monahan and wife, of Posey county, returning home Sunday, attempted to cross a creek which had been swollen by the heavy rains. The bed was lifted ;rom the wagon by the high water and Mrs. Monahan was drowned. The husband swam a half mile with his wife in his arms, but became exhausted, and she drowned near dry land. _ Fatally Shot By a Comrade. Wabash, Ind., March 22.—Charley, the 12-year-old son of Charles Steward, nine miles north of Wabash, was shot and mortally wounded Monday by a playmate, who in fun. aimed a small rifle at him. The weapon was discharged accidentally, and the shot entered the' body just below the stomach. Steward is yet alive, but will die. _ . ~ A Stranger Commit* Salcido. IxdianAPOLis, Ind., March 2L—A I stranger, apparently 75 years old, well dressed in dark clothes, with full gray beard, committed suicide by hanging | in a strip of woods south of the city Sunday. He is supposed to belong to ! Chicago, although before killing him- 1 self he destroyed every possible mark ' of identification. Rirbmoud Want* An Electric Plant. Richmond, Ind., March 18.—A special committee, composed of councilmen I and citizens, has been appointed to: consider the advisability cf building j an electric plant for the city. 1 i

INDIANAPOLIS MYSTERY. A Young Wife Bound and Gagged in Broad Daylight. Indianapolis, lud., March 23.—Jesse Pearce lives in apartments attached to his place of business. He had occasion to absent himself for a shorf; time Tuesday, and upon returning found his young wife bound and gagged and unconscious, with a cloth securely tied about her head. Mr. Pearce summoned assistance, and after being restored to consciousness Mrs. Pearce, who is only 16 years old, stated that shortly after her husband’s departure two men sijddeniy entered her apartments, and. flashing revolvers in her face, compelled her to remain silent while they bound and gagged her. Then she fainted, knowing nothing more until her husband returned. The woman was subjected to no other indignity and nothing appears to have been stolen. She also claims her assailants were white men, whose faces were blackened. The police are utterly at a loss to explain the strange happening and accept her statement with much doubt. Sir. Pearce’s business is on the main street (Washington) of the city, and no one was seen entering or leaving the place duribg his absence.

DANGEROUS PLAYTHING A Child Given a Dynamite Cartridge b) Her Grandfather is I’roUably Fatally Hart. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 23.—Little Grace Marshall, of this city, while visiting her grandparents east of the city, was seriously, and perhaps fatally, injured Tuesday morning by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge. Her grandfather had found the cartridge some days before and had given it to the little girl to play with, thinking it non-explosive. She dug a hole in the cartridge with a pin arid a few grains of dvnamite fell on an adjacent stove and went up with a flash. She threatened to throw the cartridge away from her but it exploded as it left her hand. The cartridge had been bitten and tossed around the house for some time us a plaything:. CALL ISSUED For tte State Convention of Indiana Prohibitionists. Indianapolis, lnd.. March 21.—A call has been -issued ly the prohibition cxeutive committee for the meeting of the state convention, to be held in this city May 24 and 25. A paragraph of the call reads: -Members of churches and benevolent orders who will r. t fellowship with manufacturer, vender or victim of strong,drink, and who exclude these i from their orders and church fellowship, are invited in this call, and a^ked to be as clean politically, socially and religiously;,asked to wash their hands of revenues and license fees received i from a business whose craft they ostracise and deny the right of clergy, wl\pse victims they shun and scorn from their fellowship." Appointment for Gov. Mount. Greexsbl'KG, Ind., March 22.—The death of Judge Miller leaves two years and eight months of an unexpired term. The governor's appointment will only hold until the next general | election. The republican judicial convention will be held May 19,-and it is thought that Hon. D. A. Myers will be nominated. The judicial circuit is normally about 600 or TOO republican, but the republican candidate thisyeai will not have a walkover. I’owder Explosion. Wabash. Ind., March 22.—While blasting the stoue out under the W. H. Bent building in South Wabash Monday evening, a charge of powder exploded “with such violence that it" went through the floor, tearing an enormous hole, while large stones and timbers shot upward. The post office Occupies the room, and the people in the office were considerably shocked, but th< pecuniary damage was slight New Postmasters in Indiana. Washington*. March 22.—The follow* ing fourth-class postmasters for Indiana were appointed Monday:—Pucket, Grant county, Eiden E. Lenfestey, vice T. W. Swisher, resigned; Temple, Crawford county, J. W. Sloan, vice J. M. Meriwether, removed; Tower, Crawford county, Mrs. Mary Rain bolt, vice J. E. Carson, removed; Vilgs, Owen county. Mrs. Nancy S. Smith, vice S. N. McIntosh, removed.

Black Diphtheria at Tipton. Tipton, Incl., March 23.—Two small children of Charles Young1 died within a few hours Tuesday from the most virulent form, of diphtheria. Antitoxin was resorted to without success. A strict quarantine has been established, and the schools will close until danger is over. There are grave apprehensions of an epidemic, as a number of children have symptoms of the disease. Uf' Tjr Judgment. IjfDiAXAPOLisJnd., March 2a.—Judge Allen, of the circuit bench, in the case of the state against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Co., gave judgment against the company for 830.000. The litigation arose over the consolidation of the two railway companies, to be known as the Chicage and Eastern Illinois. Flood Does Much Damage. Vincennes, Ind., March 19.—Tht rains of tile past few days have swollen the Wabash and White rivers to overflowing, until all the lowlands are inundated with water. Thousands of acres of growing wheat arc completely covered, and incalculable damage will result. _ Third Victim of a Vicious Horse. Tipton, Tud., March 2L—Sylvestei Nelson, of Madison township, this county, was almost instantly killed Saturday by a kick of a vicious horse. Mr. Nelson is the third man that bat been slain by this ferocious animal

Ill ID IBS. Negotiations Between the America® Government and that of Spain Tending Toward Peace. li'KINLEY WILL 6IVE SPAIN A CHANCE. He Thinks an Armistice Can be Arrange*, that Will Result In Kndlng the War Ihl Cuba—The Situation, However, a VeryDelicate One and Requiring Careful Handling. Washington, March 28.—The developments of the day in the Cuban situation indicate steady progress in the negotiations between the government* of this country and that of Spain looking to the maintenance of peace, forthe present at least. There is good authority for saying that Spain's present wish is to secure a cessation of' hostilities in Cuba rather than to engage in a war with the United States, and that it is more than probable that the negotiations between the government of the United States and the Sagasta ministry will take that turn in the immediate future. The present Spanish ministry .has professed a pacific deposition from the beginning, and the indications are strong now that it will avail itself of the good offices of the United States.to the fullest extent that public opinion in Spain will allow in bringing to an end. the hostilities in Cuba,

To what extent the United States may go in assisting Spain in her pres- ' ent design of securing an armistiee is not yet determined, but the conservative element in the administration consider the manifestation of this desire on the part of Spain for even a temporary peace a direct result of President McKinley's diplomacy, and theY are naturally disposed to contend that the president should be left free, for the p.-esent at least, to pursue a policy which promises much in the way of preventing war between this country and Spain, and also of bringing to a close the hostilities in Cuba, lienee there will be an effort on the part of the peacefully inclined in congress to continue to hold that body In cheek and to prevent inflammatory utterances there until this diplomatic lead may be exploited. On'the part of the administration it ij> stated- that the development of the situation will not require a great length of time, and hence that there will be no extended delay. A policy has been fully determined upon by the president. It is to bring the Cuban war to a close. This will be accomplished by pointed^ intervention, if necessary, but it is considered far preferflfeble that the end should come as the result of peaceful negotiations than that it should be accompanied by hostile demonstrations on the part of the United States. Hence the disposition of the president is to give Spain at fair opportunity to secure an armistice with the Cubans and to allow her a reasonable time in which to come to an. understanding with the insurgents. It can be stated upon high authority that there has been no abatement of' the president's intention to see that, the war is terminated when it is thus, closed upon terms that will render the Cubans practically a free people. It is not believed that they would accept anything less, nor that Americans; would be satisfied if we should encourage a settlement that would hot be acceptable to the Cubans. If there should now be an armistice it would be with the concessions made by Spain at the instance of this country that negotiations should be opened immediately with the insurgents looking to the establishment of a permanent peace upon these terms. It has long been the hope of the administration to bring .Spain to the point of making propositions of this character as the basis of a settlement most satisfactory to all parties, and it is'hoped from Spain's attitude that this, time has arrived. The friends of the administration feel that the situation is a very delicate one, and that much will depend upon the course congress may pursue. In the meantime the president will, on Wednesday, send his message asking that an appropriation be made for the*, aid of the destitute Cabans.

Spain Will Decline Indemnity. Berlin, March 28.—The Madrid cor*, respondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. says: “Spain will not only refuse td allow American interference in assist,*, ing the suffering Cubans, but will de~ dine to pay indemnity unless it is. shown unmistakably that the Spanish, authorities were responsible for the Maine explosion. If President McKinley demands these two things war ia, unavoidable.” , The Spanish Press Continues In a Bombastic Mood. Madrid, March 28.—El Liberal, referring to dispatches from Washington, attributing to President McKinley a ! decision to propose that Spain should j free Cuba for an indemnity, says: “The government may answer what I it pleases, but the Spanish people as a j whole will not deign to discuss this proposal. Spain will go to war in fulfilling her duty, bat' not for ephemeral glories or the desire of conquest. Wa may emerge vanquished, wt.'eh is* somewhat doubtful, but we w li Level come out dishonored.”