Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 April 1898 — Page 2

feL MtC STOOPS. Editor and Proprietor Petersburg. INDIANA

Mi88 Jessie E. Parker has been elected mayor of Kendrick, Idaho, after a spirited contest. Her opponent was one of the most popular men in the city. Vessels were dispatched to Havana, on the 5th, to take off Gen. Lee and our consular officers, as well as all Americans who desired to leave the island. Gen. We M. Graham, commander of the department of the gulf, visited two localities adjacent to Atlanta, Ga., on the itb, with a view to recommending the most available place for a mobilisation point. Oherxjn college, one of Ohio's biggest, oldest and most famous institutions, may have to close its doors. It is in sore financial straits, and has no president. Both of these facts threaten the Old institution with ruin. " At the headquarters of the Central Cuban relief committee in New York city, on the 8th, it was said that Miss Clara Barton was expected to leave Cuba with her nine assistants in company with Consul-General Lee. On the 7th Gov. John W. Leedy of Kansas, with members of the Kansas commission, visited Omaha and selected a site for the Kansas state building, and arranged for placing a large state exhibit in the Transmississippi exposition. It is announced that the following officers of the rank of commander have been named to command the four Morgan steamers recently bought by the government: Commanders t\ .11. Brownson, W. H. Emery, C. J. Trajiu andC. W. Davis. Jcpge Osceola Archer, one of the most prominent attorneys of Austin, Tex., was suddenly stricken blind on the night of the 7th, and the paralytic stroke that affected his eyes went to his brain nerves, rendering him huconscious. The body of Assistant Engineer Parti in 11. Merritt, who lost his life in the blowing up of the Maine, at Havana, was brought to New York, on the 5th, on the steamer City of Washington. It will probably be sent to the officer's late home in Iowa. Thb steamer Mascotte left Havana for Key West, on the 6th, at 2:30 o'clock, with 90 passengers, many of whom were Americans: She arrived at Key West, Fla., at 9:30 p. m. The Fern. Bache and Mangrove were still at the Cuban capital. The London Times says that “mediation and arbitration are very beautiful theoretically, but very difficult in practice; and the differences between {Spain and the United States are too great and too substantial to be treated by that rosewater method.'’

Soox after midnight, on the 9th, the awful and improbable rumor reached Washington that the lighthouse tender Fern, sent to Havana to assist in bringing away American citizens, had shared the fate of the cruiser Maine. The rumor could not be verified. Thkrk was a conspicuous absence of distinguished visitors to confer with the president on the 8th. Apparently it was realized fully that the government of (he United States had fixed its course, and that efforts to influence the executive were now out of the question. Dearso the consideration of the sundry civil bill in the senate, on the 6th, Senator Cullom, of Illinois, offered an amendment appropriating SI5,006 to restore the levee at Shawneetown. 111., which was broken by the high water in the Ohio river. The amendment was adopted. AdvIcf.8 from Shawneetown. 111., on the 5th, stated: "The gap in the levee is now! over 100 feet wide, and gradually widening. The water is from ten to fifteen feet deep all over the town. With tihe continued cold rains, and the loss of: life, the suffering aud sorrow are little abated, ” The United States government filed a petition, on the 8th. for a deficiency judgment to the amount of §6,588^*00 against the Union Pacific Railway Oo. The shit gr<5%rs out of the sale of the Kansas Pacific. The matter is set for hearing before Judge Sanford, at St. Paul, on the 16th. Miss Clara Bahtox has returned to Cuba vfith the positive assurance from President McKinley that this government will send aid immediately to the starving reooncentrados. She considers the sum suggested by congress ($500,000) as inadequate to accomplish the result looked for. The INew York Evening World's cor? respondent at Havana cabled a denial, on the ith. upon the authority of Con-sul-Geberal Fitzhugh Lee, of the report that he (Gen. Lee) had asked the British! consul-general, Mr. Guilin, to take charge of his effects, as he was about -jo leave the country, j A dispatch from Skaguay, Alaska, says thjat, on the 1st, a snow slide occurred on Chilkoot trail in which at least 31 men lost their lives, while rumors of a much greater loss of life were prevalent. Thousands of miners at the time on (he trail assisted in digging out the dead and injured. A TELEGRAM received at the navy depart meat, on the 6th, from the commanding officer of the Mare island navy yard, showed that the amount of damage suffered from the recent earthquake shock was 9342,009. Secretary Long will ask congress for a special appropriation to make the necessary repairs to the buildings and other prop - •rty damaged.

CURRENT TOPICS TEE HEWS IH BRIEP. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. I» the senate, on the 4th. a number of resolutionsbearlng upon the Cuban question were offered and laid over, and a number of speeches upon the same subject were delivered. The sundry civil appropriation, bill was then taken up and S3 paces of it completed before adjourn* ment.In the house, after c-on^derable debate, the Cannon resolution, allowing the ereotion *of •fortifications upon private property, upon consent of the owner, without awaiting formal condemnation proceedings, was passed. Most of the'session was consumed in speechmaking. IN the senate, on the 6th. much time was devoted to speeches upon the Cuban and war questions, after which consideration of the sundry civil appropriations bill was resumed. This was. later, laid aside, and a joint resolution providing for the erection in Washington city of a monument to the late Albert Pike, to be presented to the United States by the Scottish Rite Masons of the southern jurisdiction of this country, was adopted.In the house the entire day was spent on the private calendar. with the result that several bills were passed, among them one to pay -the heirs of John Roach, the ship-builder. 3330.000 on a claim which had been pending » dozen years, and another to pay O. C, Bosbyshell. superintendent of the Philadelphia mint. 317,000 extracted from the gold vaults by a weigh clerk. An evening session was devoted to consideration of private pension bills. In the senate, on the «th, great anxiety was manifested on the floor and in .the galleries in expectation of the receipt of the president's message on Cuban affairs, which, however, failed to make its appearance. Consideration of the sundry civil appropriations bill was resumed. and occupied almost the entire session, at the close of which its consideration was practically completed— i.In the house, after waiting for hours for the promised message from the president, the disappointed visitors dispersed. The discussion of the army reorganization bill, which occupied the session, attracted but little attention. Considerable opposition developed on the ground that proposed extension of the regular army to HH.0U) men would be inimical to the national guard and volunteer forces. Jupon which the country had heretofore relied in time of stress. Is the senate, on the TtSf. when consideration of the sundry civil appropriations bill was resumed. some sharp talk was indulged in. The question pending was the amendment of Mr. Pettus (Ala), which. aTter fierce debate, was lost At two o'clock the bill had not been completed. aud was laid aside, the senate devoting the remainder of the afternoon to eulogies of the late Senator George.In the house, during the consideration of the bill for the reorganization of the army, wild scenes of excitement marked the debate. The bill was finally defeated. Both houses adjourned to the llth.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A telegram from Rome, on the 5th, said: "The pope has dispatched a cable of 500 words to Archbishop Ireland, lifting increased efforts in' the interest of peace and further immediate representations to President McKinley.’’ TKf.EORA.rmc advices received at Seattle, \Vash., on the sth, indicated that there was great consternation among the people living in the towns in proximity to Mount St. Helen's, because the peak was showing plain evidences of an eruption. A special dispatch from Madrid, on the 6th,said the situation there was one of expectancy. The government and public were anxiously awaiting President McKinley's message to congress. A dispatch from Paris, on the 6th, said: “The United States government has purchased in France a considerable quantity of ammunition and a number of quick-firing guns. ” Father Chidwick, chaplain of the Maine, received notice from Washington, on the 6th, that he had been advanced to the rank of lieutenant in the United States navy. Gold wasquoted at Buenos Ayres, on the 6th, at 165.10. Gen. Pan do, next in command to Capt.-Gen. lilanco in Cuba, is quoted as saying: "There remain but two roads. We must crush the rebels by force of arms or prepare to abandon the island. They are stronger than ever in the east, and have an inexhaustible supply of food. Our boys, on the contrary .are disheartened and disgusted at the government's failure to pay them and at our poor commissariat." The work of relieving the distress of the drowned-out people of Shaw neetown, 111., is being systematically pursued. A camp has been established for the shelter of the homeless. It is expected that from $30,000 to $50,000 will be needed to carry on the relief work until the necessity for it shall have disappeared. * Upon receipt of a dispatch from Con-sul-General Lee, to the effect that he would not be responsible for the loss of American lives in Cuba if the terms of the president’s message were made public, on the 6th. the president decided to withhold it from congress until the 11th. The wreck of the Maine lies deserted in Havana harbor save for the Spanish divers who are trying to recover the ten-inch guns. Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright saw to it, however, before he left them, that they were rendered unserviceable. News comes from Guinea, Cuba, that a party of more than 200 reconcentrados, who left Havana under Blancos'decree revoking the reconcentration order, have been massacred by Spanish troops near that place. It was reported from Washington, on the 6th. that a dash by the flying squadron under Commodore Schley to the Canary islands was contemplated. Advices from the orient state that fire destroyed 1.111 houses in Tokio, Japan, resulting in the death of many natives. The fire started in the Harukicho theater, and, owing to a defeet in the water system. 15 streets were burned out. The fire was incendiary.

Ow the Tth the battleship Texas steamed into Hampton roads and dropped anchor with the flying1 squadron off Fort Monroe. She Was fully painted the lead war color and was in the best of condition. On the Tth the Mallory line steamer Comal arrived at Key West, Fla., from New York, with large quantities of provisions and ammunition for the government. On the ?th the bank of England increased its rate of discount from three to four per cent. Gen. Woodfokd, the American minister at Madrid, in a note to Minister Gullon, on the Tth, spoke ominously of the certainty of war *if the Spanish cabinet did not recede A semi-official note issued later by the cabinet showed that the Spanish government was ready to meet the issue by engaging in hos

The assertion is made that the battleship Texas, which arrived at Hampton roads, on the 7th, will be ordered to stand between the Spanish cruisers at Porto Rico and the course taken by the San Francisco and the New Orleans, now on their way, only partially manned, to this country. Margaret Mather, the actress, played her last death scene in the fourth act of Cvmbeline at Charleston, W. Va., on the 7th She collapsed and was carried off the stage in an unconscious condition, and never regained consciousness. She died of convulsions, caused by acute Bright's disease. From a preliminary statement compiled by E. W. Parker, statistician of the United States geological survey, it is shown that the total output of coal | in the United States in 1897 amounted approximately to 198,250,000 short tons, an aggregate value of 3198,100,000, a fraction less than 81 per ton. Commander E. II. Harrison, of the Illinois naval militia, has been notified by the government that in the event of war he will be given command of one of the old monitors recently refitted for the service. .... Senator Rawley's bill in the Ohio i legislature appropriating 81,000,000 to place Ohio on a war footing passed the house and is now a law. Tue steamer Brookline arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica, on the 8tli, from the city of Santiago de Cuba, having on board the United States consul, Pulaski F. Hyatt, the staff of the consulate and 25 Americans, children included. All was quiet at Santiago when the Brookline left that port. The Madrid Liberal, of the 8th, said: “The government has decided to send a note to the pope, thanking him for his good offiees and begging him to per-, severe. But,” the Liberal adds, “the government does not pledge itself to aecept the papal decision.” The body of Mrs. Louise L. Brewer, wife of Justice David J. Brewer, of the ; United States supreme court, who died in Washington, on the 3d, was buried in the family lot in Mount Muncie cemetery, Leavenworth, Kas,, on the 8th. Failures throughout the country, as

reporieu oy uun <x i_o., auring me week ended April 8, were 232, as compared with 232 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were 32, against 36 last year. The York cotton mill strikers at Saco, Me.5, voted unanimously, on the 8th, to return to work. They went out in January, when the general cutdown in wages in New England cotton mills went into effect. A much calmer feeling prevailed in Madrid, on the 8th, reflecting the newspaper utterances and various published versions of the cabinet meeting of the previous evening. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Oxe man was instantly killed and another mortally wounded, in an Easter morning saloon tragedy in St. Louis. The Armenian patriarch announces that there are 40,000 orphans caused by the late massacres of Armenians by Turks. Ax unconfirmed rumor from Nagasaki, Japan, says that a collision had taken place between the English and Russians at Ta-Lien-Wan, China. Gex. Lee came ashore at Key West, Fla., on the 10th, about 11 o'clock and received an answer to a telegram he had earlier sent to Washington. The general sailed for Tampa at noon, from whence he went direct to Washington. The weekly statement of the associated banks of New York city, issued on the 9tli. showed the following ! changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, 8648,352; loans, decrease, 88,067,900; specie, increase. Si.420,800; legal tenders decrease, 85.205,100; deposits, decrease.- S12,399,900; circulation, increase, 818.600. A dispatch from Gibraltar, on the 10th, said that the Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon and Infanta Marie Teresa had left Cadiz for a destination undivulged, with six battalions each 1,(<00 strong. Additional troops, the dispatch added, would leave Cadiz by mail steamers during the next few days for Cuba. The following incident marked the departure from Havana of the vessels bringing home our consuls and citizens: On the Cabanas shore a British steamer was unloading at her wharf. As the Fern passed the U nion J ack was dipped while the English crew gave a hearty cheer. It is heedless to say that the compliment was returned with all possible gusto. A dispatch from Hong Kong, on the 10th, said: “The American squadron has completed arrangements for putting to sea. Two vessels have steamed up ready to start at a moment's notice. The cruiser Baltimore and the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch are expected to-day. The British steamers Nanshan and Zafi.ro have just been bought by America for transport purposes.” The state press associations of Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, Kmusm, Utah and New York have arranged to visit the Transmississippi exposition at Omaha, Neb., in June. Commodious quarters on the grounds have been provided for visiting press people. Notice has been received that theOiational editorial association wiU stop oxer at Omaha en route to Denver.

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WITH A CHISEL rhe Oh Main Was Cut and Many Families Suffered. Shelbyvhxk, Ind., April 5.—Several mornings ago consumers of natural gas here awoke to find that th%y were without fuel, and for two days suffered great inconvenience thereby. The fact developed that the six-inch line of the Southern Indiana Co. had pulled in two in the center of Blue river, and the break was attributed to the pressure of the high water against the mains. Monday it was discovered that the line had been cut almost in two with a chisel, a place four inches wide and three inches long being found on the side of the pipe down stream. This was struck by drift and at once pave way, leaving 600 families without fuel for cooking or heating purposes for several days. The guilty parties are thought to be known, and an effort will be made to ferret them out. HICKSITE FRIENDS. Their Annual Gathering Will Be Held at Richmond In August. Richmond, Ind., April 5.—The greatest gathering of the Hicksite Friends in America will be held in this cit3’, from August 22 to 26, It will be a conference of the several brauehes of the church which will be attended by delegates and visitors from all the yearly meetings. These conferences include the first day school general conference, which will take up the first day and a half. Three half days will be given to the Friends’ union for philanthropic labor.

' Mrange Burial. Wabash, lnd., Aprils.—Mary Noake, a pretty young' girl, was friendless, and took the body of her babe, born a week ago, to the home of Bonner Bailey, a married man. The latter and his wife were seriously sick, but the little body was kept on the premises until Monday. There was ho room in the small house for the corpse, and it was set out in the front yard, where a brief funeral service was held Monday, and the body was carried unattended tp a cemetery. Monday evening Bailey himself died. Indiana Doctor Enlists. Lawkexcebi*ro. Ind., April 4.—Dr. A. B. Harry man, who served three years in the navy during the civil war, tendered his services to the navy department soon after the blowing up of the Maine and received a communication from Secretary Long that in the event of war his application would be properly considered. Saturday he received a notice from Washington to be examined for enlistment. The doctor is delighted;and wants to be the first to go from this county. Relief for the Flood Sufferers. Evansville, Ind., April 5.—Superintendent Martin, of the L. & N. railroad, will send a free car of provisions to Shawneetown from Carmi, 111., in response to an appeal from Mayor Carney. The train will go through to Ridgeway via Enfield. From Ridgeway provisions will go by,;.boat through the backwater. The mayor and Business Men’s association of this city were arranging to send more provis;ons by boat Monday morning. Revolutionary Relics. Tipton, Ind., April 4.^-Fred Trautman, who resides north of this city, was Saturday exhibiting a pair of knee buckles worn by his great grandfather, who served in the continental army under Washington, and a rum jug, now called canteen, a small vessel made of oaken staves, that formed a part of the soldiers outfit. Mr. Trautman has repeatedly refused large offers for the relics from curiosity dealers. Loyal Roosters. Richmond. Ind.. April 4.—-Will E. Smith, of this city, has been at work organzing an artillery company for the past two weeks, In case of an emergency' it will be called upon by Gov. Mount and equipped for active service. The local camp of Sons of Veterans, numbering more than 50 men, have offered their services to the state in case of war. A Large Hog. Tiptox, Ind.. April 2.—The largest hog ever seen in this county was Friday shipped by a local dealer to the live stock market at Buffalo. The animal weighed 1,010 pounds and was raised by Abraham Sanders, a farmer living in the northern part- of the county. It required six men to get the hog into the car. Within Thirty Day*. Valparaiso. Ind., April 5.—A meeting of the Chicago, Valparaiso & Flint Lake Electric road stockholders was held at Hobart Monday, and it was decided to build the line within 30 days. The syndicate back of the project is composed of Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Valparaiso capitalists. Telephone Linen Sold. Caycoa, Ind., April 6.—Zeb E. Booe and Grant Gossett, of Fountain county, haTe purchased the Cayuga telephone system. They already have a line to Eugene and Newport and contemplate operating a line to Silverton and Waterman. _ Hoosler Miner* Jubilant. Shelbern, Ind., April 2.—The miners of Jackson Hill, Star City, Hymera, Alum Cave, Currysvilln and Shelburn celebrated the eight-honr move Friday by a mass meeting at Hymera. 'Weiman Lackey, a veteran labor leader of Dugger, was the speaker. Linton also celebrated in a similar way. Baby Scalded the Cow. Mcxcnt, Ind., April 4.—Mrs. James Swing was attacked by a vicious cow and probably fatally inured. The woman*8 five-year-old daughter drove the vicious bovine away by throwing hot water on it

INDIANA VILLAGERS Called Up President McKinley by Tele* phone end Learned the Situation. Kokomo, Ini, April 2.—The residents of West Middleton, near here, are much exereised over war prospects. Some of the villagers thinking' that newspaper reports might not give enough facta, held a meeting and decided to ask President McKinley himself. Accordingly the white house was called up by long-distance telephone, and the president was asked to come to the phone. A voice at the white house end. supposed to belong to McKinley or his private secretary, answered a multitude of questions of a proper nature, confirming the press reports. The telephonic communication was entirely satisfactory to the villagers. COLD WEATHER Curled Up the Vegetation in Indiana— Or* chards Badly Damaged. Ixdia^pous, Ind., April 6 —A biting cold, wave ambled down from the north Monday night, curling up vegetation as if singed with a hot steel and playing havoc with fruit prospects. At Tipton the thermometer fell to ten above zero, and ice was frozen to a thickness of three inches. Peaches and plum trees, many of which were in bloom, were all killed, and the fruit crop in general is seriously damaged. r Joseph C. Ratliff, of Richmond, a recognized authority on fruit culture, says that the cherries and peaches are totally ruined. At Shelbyville the thermometer dropped to 23 degrees above. ' . WITH A MACE A Michigan City Policeman Struck a Ulan and Death Ensued. Michigan City, Ind., April 6.—While Patrolman Barney Dolan was attempting to arrest llarry Wilson Monday afternoon, Wilson resisted and was struck over the head by the officer with his mace. - ~ Wilson was taken to the city jail, and was found dying in his cell. He was immediately removed to the residence of his brother, Coody Wilson, a saloonkeeper, where he died at 9o'clock Tuesday morning. After Wilson's death the’ patrolman was placed in jail to await the verdict of the coroner.

Girl-Wife Wants a Divorce. Mvxcie, Ind., April 4. —Mrs. Rosa Clouser, aged 16, wife of Dr. Nelson Clouser, aged ST, who filed suit for divorce last month, has tiled a cross-com-plaint, asking for a divorce and $*-3,000 alimony. She claims he dyed his hair and whiskers, which were white, took drugs and represented himself to be a man of 55 years old. lie claims she was beloved by. many other Thaq himself, and stole money from him and gave it to her lovers. They Failed to Ajreft Brazil, lnd., April 6.—After a two days’ meeting of the machine men and the Brazil Block Coal Co. they failed to agree on the scale price for the ensuing year. Seeing that an agreement wa^ impossible, both sides agreed to refer the matter to the regular arbitration board, made up of operators and miners, and their decision will be accepted as final President Ratchford will be present at this meeting. New Electric Line. Laporte, Ind., April 5.—The county commissioners Monday afternoon granted a franchise to lion. John W. Lovett and W. W. Huffman, of Anderson, to build an electric street railway from here to Michigan City, a distance of 13 miles. This cay has also taken favorable action. The ordinance at Michigan City has been practically agreed upon and a survey of the line will be made at once. Serious Freight Wreck. Richmond. Ind., April 4.—A serious freight wreck occurred on the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania, 13 miles west of this city early Saturday morning. Eleven cars were derailed and the track was torn up for some distance. Engineer and fireman who jumped from the cab, were slightly injured. _ Ate Poisoned Green*. Tipton, Ind., April 6.—George W. Brown, a prominent farmer of this county; returned from Indianapolis Tuesday morning very sick, and an investigation showed that he had been poisoned by eating greens for dinner at a restaurant in that city. The physicians do not think they can save his life. -■ Calaboose Burned. Red Ket, Ind., April 9.—The Red Key calaboose burned to the ground early Tuesday morning. It is supposed to have been the work of incendiarism. Business houses in the other end of the city were entered by burglars. Berger’s saloon was entered and several gallons of whisky and cigars stolen. _ Paal Dr<r*Mr VUlUng In Indiana. Attica, Ind., April 6.—Mr. Paul Dresser, of New York, author of “On the Bank? of the Wabash” and other popular songs, is a guest at the Indiana Mineral Springs hotel near here. Mr. Dresser formerly lived at Terre Haute and this is his first visit to Indiana in many years. No Dearth of Surgeoua. New Albaxt, Ind., April 4.—Dr.Chas. V. Kraft, surgeon of the First regiment, Indiana Guard, recently sent to Congressman Zenor an application for a commission as surgeon in the navy in case war with Spain was declared. He received a letter Sunday from the congressman stating that his application had been filed, but that there were 000 others ahead of him. Pooch Crop Killed. Richmond. Ind, April 6.—The freese Monday night killed the peach crop. The damage done to Wayne county fruit is estimated at f35.00d

The Last Play of the Tottering. Spanish Government to Gain. Further Time. . SIMPLY A DIPLOMATIC SUBTERRISE. \ ~ . ^=3^-:-It Bean the Spanish Imprint, Howsw, and Is Designed to Place the United States In an Awkward Position —Impertinent Terms Attached to the Offer of Armistice In Cuba. Armistice Proposition with Impudent Con* dittoes. London, April 10.—Spain has considered a strange proposition which it has submitted to the United States government. A message from Madrid says, that there has been proposed an armistice in Cuba upon most impudent conditions. The proposition was discussed byFtho cabinet, and later it was agreed to de- < clare an armistice for five days upon ' the following terms: 1. The United States to discontinue material and moral aid to the insurgents. : ? 2. The Washington government to htonee withdraw its fleet from Key West. 3. The United States fleet which is at. present menacing the Philippines to br at once withdrawn. If the United States declines thes* conditions, it is declared that the pour.* ers will openly lend their support W Spain. The correspondent in Madrid of a news agency here says that if the insurgents shall not have laid down their arms by the end. of five days the war will be resumed, and Spain will receive the moral support of the powers.

AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. Senor Polo Delivers to the State Departuiont Spain's Otter of an Armistice to Cuba. Washington, April 11.—Ihe Sptfnish, government, through its minister at Washington, Senor d^olo. de liarnabe„ last night delivered an important of ticial document to t^e state department, stating that the armistice which, the queen regent of Spain had commanded Gen. Blanco to proclaim yesterday, was without conditions; that her majesty's government had granted, liberal institutions to the island ot Cuba, which the coming Cuban parliament would develop; recalling the. | condolence and sympathy expressed by the qu$;en regent and her government on the disaster of the Maine and the horror this disaster had occasioned in Spanish hearts, and appealing to the courtesy and sense ol justice of the United States government to enlighted public opinion on the attitude of Spain. The note also repeats the offer of the Spanish government to submit the Mdine question to experts designated by the mari-. time powers of the world. Minister Woodford's dispatch Saturday had briefly stated the fact that an armistice Had been agreed upon, but it was not communicated as coming' from, the Spanish government. Yesterday's communication cleared up misapprehension on the most vital point of Spain's concession, namely*, that the armistice was without conditions. The note was received by the state department after the first cabinet meeting, and was one of the main, subjects of consideration at the second, cabinet meeting held last night. SPAIN’S LAST PLAY F*)R TIME. Th* Determination to Grant nn ArmUtle* Comes Too Late to Change the President's Plans. Washington, April 11.—The cabinet, after a three-hours’ special session, called by the president yesterday, in view of the armistice issued by the Spanish government, adjourned at 1:40o'clock. The proposal for an armistice, it was. subsequently announced by one of the members, had not changed the situation in the slightest degree, and tha president's message would go in to congress to-day, notwithstanding the armistice decision of the Spanish government. There was another meeting of tha cabinat at eight o’clock last night to review finally the president's message, before it goes to congress with the changes made at yesterday’s session. Support of the Power* Hinted At. London, April 11.—The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "The ambassadors of the powers, in urging the armistice, declared that, their action was in support of the acta of their colleagues in Washington. They understood, they said, that if' Spain agreed to an armistice it would, be possible to maintain the influence, of the powers with President McKinley and indirectly with the rebels, thua. brigning about a termination of the. Cuban war. "According to the ambassadors, the. powers will be ready to give Spain a certain amount of support should America maintain an attitude of hostility. The Spanish ministers declare, themselves very hopeful of a speedy pacification of Cuba.” Were They American Spier* or Spanish AsSeeking Gen. Lee's Life? Havana, April 11.—Havana - ia guarded more closely than ever, the Aroias battalion has been posted around the limits of Vidano, the swell suburb of the city. ^Within the last two daya a number of Cubans have been arrested, who are confined in the Cabanas fortress, charged with serious offenses. Some say the prisoners had been engaged in a plot to assassinate United States Consul-General Lee, and others, assert that they have been acting a& spies in the employ of the United States government. \