Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 52, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 May 1898 — Page 2

Ml 1K«C. noon, Ultw ud Proprietor. PETERSBURG. • - INDIANA Thk senate, on the 26th. confirmed the nomination of Judge Day to be secretary of state. Thk cabinet has decided not to re* lease the Bnena Ventura or other early prises, but to let the courts settle such matters. A dispatch from Paris says: "The Cuban league has adopted, at a secret meeting, a resolution of absolute confidence in the United States.'* Failures for the week ended on the tOth were, for the United States 262, against 23" for the corresponding week last year; for Canada the failures were 16 against 40 last year. The version of the bombardment of Matanzas by the United States fleet which reached Madrid, on the 23th, said that "after half an hour's fighting the Americans were obliged to retreat. The house military committee agreed, on the 29th, to increase the number of volunteers to be raised from the United States at large from 3,000 to 13,000. This will allow the enlistment of 10,000 immuoes. The Argentine republic will publish a decree of neutrality during the war between Spain and the United States, but it appears certain that the government will reserve absolute liberty of action in regard to coal.

Os the 26th Capt.-Gen. Blanco cabled the government at Madrid to the effect that the Spanish squadron of war ships could be utilized elsewhere, as he could account for the defense of Havana without the assistance of the fleet. ><, Capt, Charles Silva, who since the beginning of the Cuban war has bee n employed by the Cuban junta in piloting filibustering expeditions to the island, lias been ordered by the navy department to report for pilot duty to Admiral Sampson. The treasury department has ordered the release of the Spanish vessel Saturuiuu. recently seized in Biloxi (Miss.) harbor. Uuder the president's proclamation such vessels are allowed J 30 days in which to leave port. Hence : the order of release. -vOx the 28th Miss Jilelen Gould confirmed the report that she had tendered the United States government f 100.000 to aid in prosecuting the war •gainst Spain. M:ss Gould added that although President McKinley had acknow lodged the offer, if, had not yet been accepted. A Berlin correspondent says: “It la becoming more and more evident that Germany will cordially follow England's lead in the treatment of delicate questions of international law, especially concerning commerce on the high seas, rather than the lead of Austria and Pranee." -- Lieitt. Bane C. Dent, a retired naval officer, received orders, on the 29th, to report at once on board the traiuing ship Constellation, lying at Newport, K. I. Lieut. Dent is a nephew of Gen. Grant, lie tendered bis services to' Secretary Long and the offer was immediately accepted. Vr to the 25th the United States naval forces hail established a strict blockade of Cuban ports and captured nine Spanish vessels. The prizes are the steamers Buena Ventura, Pedro, lliguel Jover, Catalina and Saturniua •ml the sehoquers Mathilde, Candinia, Sofia, and Antonio. Ox the 28th the Haytian government officially informed United States Minister W. F. Powell, in response to his demand on the subject, that liayti will fulfill all the terms of her treaty with the United States, in regard to privateering, etc , during the war between Spain and the United States.

Amo.no the orders issued by the navy department, un the 26th, was one directing Capt. A. P. Mahan, the author amd world-renowned authority on naval, tactics, to report for duty at the navy department. L'apL Mahan is a r retired otheer. and will be assigned to a position on the strategy board. On the 27th the flagship New York And the Cincinnati aud Puritan of the North Atlantic fleet, bombarded the forts at the mouth of Matanias harbor. in Cuba, which in 13 minutes were reduced aud the vessels withdrew. A . masked battery which opeued tire dur - ing the bombardment was quickly silenced. Gai.rxa, III., the home of Gen. U. S. tlrant. celebrated the seventy-seventh Anniversary of the great leader's birth on the 37th. Mrs. Nellie Grant-bar-toris, accompanied by her daughter Vivian, represented the Grant family. Judge Emory Speer, a confederate veteran, of Macon, Ga, was the orator of the day. Rcmiax newspapers largely sympathise with Spain, and express the belief that if the United States falls to fain A signal naval victory soon, Spain's honor will be saved and Europe will insist upon the latter's capitulation, in order to prevent the loss which commerce must suffer through privateering. In consequence of representations from the colonial government to the British authorities that the Spanish Beet may visit the coast of Newfoundland to secure coal, the British colonial office, on the 23th, cabled to Bermuda ordering the cruisers Concordia and Pelican to patrol Newfoundland waters to be in readiness to cope with any emergency that may arise.

M- 44frfc44*A******* MAY—1898. Tm. 10 17 24 31 11 18 25 Thff. 12 19 26 Fit. 13 20 27 _7 14 21 28 rt*t*ww mni rrm CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Hr the senate, on the s»th. war measures occupied the entire session". A message from the president urging congress to declare the existence of war between the United States and Spain was received, and without comment referred. The naval appropriation bill was further considered and passed. The army bill was taken up and promptly passed. The senate then passed the house bill declaring a state of war to, exist between Spain and the United States.In the house, pending consideration of an election case, a message was received from the president asking that congress declare-a state of war existing between Spain and the United States; the committee on foreign affairs framed the bill while Acting Chairman Adams wrote the report. The bill was passed and on its way to the senate in one hour and six minutes The house then resumed consideration of the con-tested-election easei.

is the senate, on thesotn. tne conference report on the army reorganization -bill was agreetl | to, engrossed and signed. The remainder of the open session was devoted to the passage of 74 private pension bias and numerous measure* from the general calendar After a short executive session the senate adjourned.In the house the revenue bill was reported and uu agreement had for its consideration and a vote upon the same. The Wise-Young contestedelection case, from the seeohd Virginia district, was decided in favor of the contestant. Dr. Wise (rep.), by a party vote. The senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill were noa-ooacurred in. and a conference requested. In the senate, on the 27th. during a session of an hour and a half, no business of importance was transacted — ..In the house the day session and a short night session were devoted to consideration of the measure framed by the ways and means committee to meet the extraordinary expenses of the war with Spain. No action was reached. / In the senate, on the 28th, a few bills of unimportant character were passed, but no business of general interest was transacted.In the house the general debate on the war revenue bill occupied eight and one-half hours, closing with reoess at 10:*) p. m. A number of notable speeches were delivered. 1 In the senate, on the Stub, the report of the conferees bn the naval appropriation bill was presented aiidjagreed to The measure, as perfected. carries a little over fo7,WX),00ti. No other business of general importance was done. A'ter a short executive session the senate adjourned until the 2d.In the house general debate was continued and closed on the war revenue bill, after which it was taken up for j amendment under the five-minute ruie, at the close of which the vote was taken on the final passage of the bill and resulted: Yeas. 181; nays, 131. The renort of the conferees on the naval bill was presented, but a point of order was raised that the conferees had exceeded their jurisdiction pending which the^ house aduraed. r’ PERSONAL AND GENE R AL. The powder mills at Santa Cruz, Cal., blew up, ou the :16th, wounding several employes, and killing' seven outright. The buildings afterward caught tire and the damage done was very great. One HUNDRED and fifty members of the Michigan naval militia were drawn up on the deck of the United States steamer Yantic, at Detroit, on the 27th, reatly for departure for Norfolk, when orders were received from Washington not to *start until further notice. A torpedo boat destrover, flying the Spanish flag, passed Dover, England, on the 27th, steaming west. A terrific storm raged on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, on the 27th,the wind blowing 00 miles an hour from the northeast. TBB governor of Manila telegraphed to Madrid, on the 27th, that au engagement between the Spanish and American squadrous was hourly expected. The senate, on the 27th, confirmed John ll. Moore, of New York, to be assistant secretary oCstute. Orders were issued, ou the 27th, to recruit the regular army to its full war strength of 61,000 men.

i iik Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Audaz arrived at Ferrol, on the -7th, having steamed 600 miles in 31 hours. The American squadron at . Hong Kong sailed direct for Manila on the 27th. Thk Spanish steamer Ambrose Ilolivar. captured by the monitor Terror, on the 26th, had in Spanish silver on board, in addition to a cargo of bananas. Tuk Spanish warship Pelavo, accompanied by a torpedo boat, passed Gibraltar. on the 27th. bound for Cadiz. Os the 2$th Gov. Pingree telegraphed the secretary of the navy that the Michigan naval contingent was organs ized, in accordance with the latest order of the department, and asking the secretary to wire when the reserve should start. Two hundred and twenty -five men were ordered to report immediately at Norfolk, Va. Thk Spanish embassy has informed the British foreign yfliee that the ports of Cuba, the Philippine islands and Porto Rico are defended by torpedoes, and that entrance is only possible under the guidance of pilots in waiting outside. Prof. Carl Bklz, originator of the sj'stem of calisthenics taught in the City (Mo.) public schools, died, on the 2&th, the result of an operation. He was born in Milwaukee, in 18S2, of German parentage. The Official Gazette of Lisbon, on the 28th, published a decree declaring the neutrality of Portugal iu the conflict between Spain and the United.. States. President McKini.ey has practically determined to appoint Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, Mass., assistant secretary oi the navy, to succeed Theodore Roosevelt, who will be appointed lieutenantcolonel of a regiment of mounted riflemen.

The German government has ordered to Manila, Philippine islands, a portion of its east Asiatic squadron, with instructions to protect German inter* ests there. Liisut.-Gkn. Schofield is quoted as > saying: “Treason will not be tolerated , anywhere in our country. Men who j insult the flag, the administration and the country from now on will be vigorously punished, as they should be. The people will 'demand it and the government will enforce its rights.” A fibs at Worthing, S, IX, on the 38th, burned the armory to the ground. The ammunition, uniforms and guns of Co. D. national guard, were totally destroyed. The plan of forming a junction with Gomez, in Cuba, contemplates not only the provisioning and equipping of the insurgent army, but also the establishment by Gomez of a civil government in Matanzas. It will be declared the capital of the island of Cuba. The government received advices, on the night of the 28th. that the Spanish fleet had fled from the vicinity of Manila, Philippine islands, presumably preferring to prey upon American commerce to risking an engagement with Commodore Dewey's fleet. Johh Waltz, the Spanish spy captured at Port Eads, while sketching | the fortifications, is to be tried by mili- ! tary commission. Maj. Quinn, commandant at Port Eads, says the evidence

of guilt is conclusive, and that the spy will be shot. The action of Gov. Leedy of Kansas in seeking to turn down the officers of the national guard and fill their places with men of his own choice has resulted in the demoralization of the entire national guard of the state. A great itppressiou was produced in Madrid, on the 29th, by a rumor that Germany had issued a note declaring she would not oppose the landing of troops in the Philippines, but would, not permit any bombardment. The steamer Esmeralda. chartered by the banking companies of Hong Kong, was sent to Manila, capital of the Philippine islands, to bring away the specie there, as trouble was apprehended. It was reported, on the 29th, that there had been a collision among the vessels of the Spanish fleet, and some of them had returned to St. Vincent, Cape Verde islands, for repairs. A small Spanish sloop. Engraeia, captured by the United States gunboat Newport, Capt. It. F. Tilley, off Cabanas, Cuba, on the 28th, was brought to Key West on the 29th. The cruiser Montgomery arrived at Key West, on the 29th. from Hampton roads, convoying the troop ship Pant her.. The east-bound mail train on the Southern Pacific was stopped by six masked highwaymen, on the night of the 2Slh. at Comstock, Tex., and the mail and express ears were blown.open with dynamite. The amount secured j by the bandits was not learned. Great excitement was occasioned in ! Eastport, Me., ou the 29th, over eaunonading heard off Quaddy Head, which was supposed to come from a Spanish gunboat said to be in Fundy bay. Weylek, in the Spanish senate, on the 29th. urged the government to take theoffeusive against America. He justified his administration in Cuba. Japan has requested permission for Japanese naval officers to watch operations in the Philippines from the Spanish headquarters. A special from Madrid says th». Spanish government is going to expel. I all United States citizens from Spain. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Tue senate was not in session on the 30th_Is the hous^ the day's ccs- j sion was devoted chiefly to consideration of the conference report on the naval appropriation bill preSouted by Chairman Uoutelle. The report was, rejected after three hours of debate, j and further conference ordered. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended April 30 showed the following1 changes: Surplus reserve, increase, | $970,375; linns, decrease, $7.443,700; specie, increase, $3,975,600; legal tenders, decrease. $7,674,300; deposits, decrease. 87,713,000; circulation, increase, $174,300. News,coming entirely through Spanish sources, give a meager description , of a naval battle in the harbor of ; Manila, on the 1st. in which Admiral Dewey engaged both the Spanish fleet and powerful land batteries. Thera were two separate attacks, and while saying generally that the American fleet suffered considerably in the t-*r-rifcp encounter, the reports admit that the Spanish met with a crushing defeat. two of their vessels being burned j or blown up. and others sunk to pre- j vent capture by the Americans. . The Spanish government received a ; cablegram from Gen. Blanco, on the j 1st, saying that the American warships j blockading Cieutuegos had captured a Spanish merchant steamer. A colouei, a surgeon, six officers and three noncommissioned officers who were on board the steamer were detained as prisoners of war, but the civilian passengers were liberated. A heavily armed guard of a dozen min went on duty at Carpenter's steel works at Reading. Pa., on the 1st, in consequence of reports from other points of suspected Spanish spies in the vicinity of other establishments engaged in government work. The guards were ordered to shoot any suspicious characters who failed to depart after fair warning. Gov. Gkoct of Vermont has called an extra session of the legislature for May 3 to provide funds for the subsistence and transportation of Vermont troops. The state militia will be mobilised, on the 7th, at Brattleboro. ^ The government has cancelled Nxratracts lor the transportation of coal to Behring sea points, which would indicate that the Behring sea patrol is to be abandoned this year. Ox Saturday the associated banks of New York city held #44,504,675 in ex-, cess of the requirements of the 23-per-cent. rale.

NEWS FROM INDIANA, |«atest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. « Dies to Set Wife Free. Anderson, Ind., April 30. — Charles Connors committed suicide to free his wife of all honor stains in a most extraordinary Enoch Arden affair. Ten years ago she buried a man whom she supposed was her first husband. Two years ago she married Connors, and their matrimonial life has been most happy. This week the “dead” came to life, as husband No. 1 appeared upon the scene and claimed his wife. Connors made an effort to keep the matter from the public. When he found that husband No. 1 did not so will, and after he had vainly attempted all kinds of settlements which would not leave any bigamous stains upon the honor of his wife, he took poison. In a letter which he left he told her why he took this desperate step. She is prostrated and is in a serious condition. She will probably never return to her first husband. Protecting Grand Calumet. Indianapolis, Ind„ April 30.—Judgt, /taker, of the federal court, has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Henry S. Hazelgreen. commissioner for the construction of the “Jarneckc ditch,”in Lake county, from letting contracts for the construction of the ditch through lands controlled by William II. Crapo. executor of the estate of Edward D. Mandel. According to the complaint. the ditch is to carry the water of the Little Calumet river into the -Grand Calumet. The latter river is being dredged and widened to be made navigable, partially at the expense of the United States government. It is alleged that if the Little'Calumet is allowed to flow into the Grand Calumet the result will be to clog upnnd dam the latter, so that the improvements which are being made by the government will eease.

Ilnrfflan Eurnpa. Marion, Ind.. April 30.—Lee Stevens, i grocer, has periodically for five or six weeks had his money drawer robbed during the night. the thief having a key to the door of the store. Thursday night Stevens, with Policeman Ellston, remained in the grocery and Friday morning at three o'clock two masked men entered the front door and proceeded to rob the money drawer. When ordered to surrender they commenced shooting. Stevens and the policeman returned the fire, and one burglar jumped through a window and the other attempted to.t but was captured. While Stevens was ringing for the patrol the burglar bolted and escaped from the policeman, but was recognized as a local tough. lluylnic Wales and Horae*. Terre Haute, Ind., April 30.—Warren Bailey, of the Maxwell & Crouch Mule company, of St. Louis, is in western Indiana buying horses and mules for the use of the United States troops in Cuba, for which there is an order for 1.500 horses and GOO mules. The company was the purchasing agent for the Spanish government until two weeks ago, and the order from this government is for small horses, such as Spain bought. Mr. Bailey says mules do not thrive in Cuba, and that his information is to the effect that of the 7,000 his Company sent to Cuba withiti a year only 1,000 are now alive. Pern Gan Clab’a Shoot. Peru, Ind., April 30. -4- The highest average for the two days’ shooting at the second annual tournament of the Peru dun club went in the following order: F. D. Alkive, Woodlyn, O.: F. N. Snow, Brooklyn, O.: John Ruble, Chicago, and Ralph Valentine. Monroeville. O. Snow made a 23*straight run. O. P. Garland made four creditable straights, and a squad of five killed 74 out of 75. The State Trap-Shoo‘ters’ league decided to hold t le championship contest at Indianapolis, June 8 and 9. Wnnt* to lie Co .onel. Terre Haute, Ind., April 3!0.—Russell B. Harrison has gone to Washington with the petition of the officers of the Indiana militia and the request of Gov. Mount for the appointment ofTJen. McKee to be brigadier general, and protesting against the appointment of Lawton of the regular army over the Indiana troops. The son c f the former president wants to be either a colonel or lieutenant colonel.

Ambulances Ordered. South Bend, Ind., April 30.—The quartermaster general of the army has placed an order with the Studebaker Wagon company of this city for 200am* bulances, making a total of 300 which have been ordered since the preparations for hostilities began. The vehicles are to be delivered at the rate of *0 per week. A Preacher Married. Wabash, Ind., April 30.—Rev. C. W. Anschutz, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran church at North Manchester, and Miss Katherine Rhodes, a society belle of this place, were married at the home of the bride by Rev. Dr. Little, of this city. Rev. Anschutz has just accepted a call to the Johnstown (Pa.) church. _ % Her First Letter. Wabash, Ind., April 30.—Mrs. Sarah Niccum, aged 70 years, wrote her first letter Friday. She never learned to write w'hen a child and she rekd with some difficulty, but a few weeks ago she began to take instructions from her children, and though her task was laborious she has acquired a very legible hand. State Borrow* MoaejrIndianapolis, Ind., April 30.—The state funds for the support of the soldiers here in camp having run out, the government has decided to borrow from the Indianapolis banks $100,000 instead of calling an extra session of the legislature.

HIM -f_ .. .. . . When Old Glory is Raised ia Cuba a Temporary Protectorh ate Will be Established. A PROCLAMATION BY SENOR QUESADA. Cubtai Will b« I'rged to Pltw ThtmMlm Coder the Protection of the Americnm FUk nod to Hove Absolute Confidence In the Fnlr Intentions of President Mo* Klnley and His Administration. Chicago, April 30.—A special to the Chronicle from Washington, D. C., says;

When President McKinley orders the United States troops to Cuba it will be for the purpose of raising the Amer* ican dag temporarily over the island. This is made evident, and is as good as officially confirmed by a proclamation that is about to be Issued to Gen.Gomea and the insurgent apny over the signature of Gonzales de Quesada, secretary of the Cuban junta in New York. The proclamation, it is said, will urge the insurgents to place themselves under the Stars and Stripes as soon as i the American colors shall be raised« upon Cuban soil, and to have absolute! confidence in the fair intentions of President McKinley and his adminis* tration. The resolutions adopted by congress, translated into Spanish, form part ot the document. The development that a proclamation is about to be published to the insurgents explains what has until now been a mystery. It shows the way in which Gen. Miles purposes to let Gen, Gomez and his army of liberation cooperate with him. Whenever the army of occupation shall have been landed in Cuba the insurgents will understand that, for a period, they will be under the jurisdiction and the protection of the United States. They will be expected to join forces and assist in expelling the Spaniards, and when tranquillity prevails they will organize their government uuder the supervision of Gen. Miles and his troops. THEY HAVE LEFT ST. VINCENT. Departure of the Spanish Fleet From the Portuguese Haven In the Cape Verde Islands. London, April 30. —The News publishes a dispatch Vincent. Cape Verde islands, saying che Spanish cruisers Maria Teresa. Aliniraute, Vizcaya and Cristobal Colon, accompanied by thg Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Ptuton, Terror and t uror. had, at the hour the dispatch was filed (9 a. m.), just sailed is a westerly direction, presumably going towards’ Cuba. • The dispatch adds the Spanish torpedo boats Azor, Rayo and Aire, and the Spanish transports San Francisco and Ciudad de Cadiz, sailed at the same time in a northerly direction, probably going to the Canary islands. i ^veiunfc rom St. NERVE OF THE SPANIARDS.

The Manner In Which the Madrid Pren Endeavors to Keep the People Misinformed of Events. Madrid, April 29.-8 a. m.—There have been no disturbances here, and the newspapers continue their weak efforts to belittle the United State* fleet and its work. The Ixnparcial says: “All the world now knows that America tried to bluff Spain by war threats which she is una- " ble to fulfill. America, on be* ing called, shows a wretchedly weak hand. Its real strength is exactly known—five ironclads, two belted cruisers, three unbelted, the fastest and most powerful cruisers, add 12 other cruisers. All the rest are theatrical supers.” Continuing, the Imparcial says it regrets Daudet did liot live to write “Tartarin, Yankee Admiral,” based, it adds, on "Sampson's glorious 18 minutes’ bombardment of Matanzas, resulting, as the official dispatches inform us. in the death of a mule.”

The Troth Not Permitted to Be Known. New York. Ap ril .—The correspondent here of the Fabria news ageuey, of Madrid, received notification from the cable company that the Spanish government would not permit the delivery of his dispatch about the bombardment of Matanzas. This would seem to explain the impression prevailing among the newspapers and people at Madrid that the American vessels were compelled to retire, which information was obtained through the Spanish official version of the bombardment. They'll Lan(h a Different Tone Soon. Madrid, April 30.—It is officially announced here that the fortifications of Matansas have not suffered, “in spite of 300 shells fired by the American fleet,” and “that not one man was killed or wounded thereby.” Inofficial circles the stories of the bombardment receive via the United States are read with shouts of derisive laughter. Spoke tho Soollac Schooner Doris. Astoria, Ore.. April 30.—The pilot boat San Jose reports having spoken the sealing schooner Doris, of Vancouver. The Doris recently lost most of her men. While hunting they were blown away from the vessel, and were unable to again reach her. The Doris had 330 skins. . Took All the Cool She Could tick. I New York, April 30.—A dispatch tat the Herald from Tangier, says: “The Spanish government has purchased 500 tons of coal here from a French company. It was all that could be aroL"

Admiral Sampson Exercises His Guns on the Spanish Works at Fort Cabanas. ME TRIED FIRST TO DRAW MORRO’S FIRE. Litter, Apparently, Not In the Humor for hall Flay, So the Flagship Passed Along and Found the Gunner* at Chbanas More Accommodating It Lett l>i*ereet—A Few Telling Shots. Atlanta, Ga, April 30.-—A special •o the Journal from Key West says: Friday afternoon the flagship New York, with eight well-direeted sheila from the six-inch gun on her port bow, and two from one of the eight-inch g'uns in her forward turret, completely silenced and rendered useless for both men or guns, two Spanish forts at Fort Cabanas, 12 miles west of Mariel, and 15 miles from Havana. As in the case of Matanzas, the first shot was fired by a Spaniard. About noon the New York stea up the west coast. Following the flag- * '^P f°r quite a distance came the Iowa, Indiana, Helena and torpedo boats Porter and Ericsson. But after Havana was passed, where the Helena went in so close that the crash of a gun from Morro was momentarily expected, the ships, with the exception of the torpedo boats, ’ soon returned to their station.

l nuer a rail head of steam, the flap* i^hip bowled along until Muriel was reached. It was easy, frojn aboard the dispatch boat, without glasses, to see the commotion raised by. the presence of the warships in the pretty little village. The people rushed wildly about, and small boats quickly put in shore. But there was no apparent life in either of the forts on two hills that covered the approach to the harbor. lhe Porter steamed within half a mile of them, and the New York swung leisurely at anchor at a mile range. After Admiral Sampson had surveyed Muriel to his apparent satisfaction. he seut the flagship dipping merrily further up the po.nt. ' , * Again the flagship rode unconcernedly half a mile from the forts, and the Porter and the Ericsson pushed tlieir way ahead. Suddenly there was heard the roar of a heavy gun, a puff of smoke from the shore, and the little^ torpedo boat came scurrying back under the lee of the flagship. 1 he officers aud men disappeared from the decks of the New York like magic, and in less time that it takes to tell it, one six-inch, guu from her bow belched forth. The evening was fading fast. Quick, good work was necessary Another shot from the flagship, one more from shore and the fort's guns were sileneed. Three six-inch shells had sufficed. Five more shots put a quietus on tha fortifications. The first shot was tin i at 6:20. At 6:35 the New York let ft* two six-inch shells, one .. at ea ;h fortification, to complete the job. There was no answer from the shore. Ten minutes later the flagship let go two of her eight-inch turret guns, ind the'Whrieking shells left a trail of fire easily seen in the dark shadows of the evening. SPAIN HAS GERMANY’S EAR. Berlin Would Rather Accept Spaniel Assumption than Plain Statement ©f Facts by Americans.

New York, April 30.—As longai the ighting in Cuba was between the Spaniards and the native insurjents the Herman press habitually ga e no credence to the officiar Spj ,uish reports of Spanish victories, says the Berlin correspondent of the World. Now that the choice if between the acceptance of Spanish or the American reports, an ostentatiou i attempt is made here to cast doubt ipon American accounts of events, am l accept as . veracious the reports rom Madrid. S The National Zeitung says: “Nei her the opinion nor the belief of the A aetican officers on the results of the l imbardment of Matanzas will be acc fpted.’’ ' It is amusing1 to watch the absurc efforts of the newspapers here to r inimize the importance of the Ameri an operations. May Command the'Miasoarlans. Washington, . April 30.—Col. Nel; on Cole, of St. Louis, will, in all probab lity, be the commander of Missoi ri troops, llis appointment as brigadl rgeneral is thought to have been prt otieally decided upon by the preside! t.

A Story Designed to Bolster Up Spnni h War Knthuslrsm. London, April 30.—A special dispat< h .rom Madrid says it is announced the; e in an official dispatch from Ilavar a that the Spanish gunboat Ligeri % has again been engaged with a a American torpedo boat off Carden* . The official dispatch add: “The Ame ican boat fired 70 shots. They all wer \ wide, except one, which carried awa f a back stay of the gunboat. The fit s of the Ligeria was so well sustaine 1 that the American was forced to P* tire." I A statute requiring railroads axl transportation companies to torn on r to storage companies or public war > housemen all property not called for 1 the consignees within 30 days after n tjee of its arrival, is held, in state 'tj. ^Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railro* i company (Minn.)* 38 L. R. A. 672, to i a unconstitutional, because it is not ne > ess ary to promote the public welfa © 'and would impose an unreasonable bu > den upon carriers and an effectual w: j to absorb the property with unnece *» mrr coats and charges. k*\ ~ % ‘"t