SPATN MUST ANSWER TO-MORROW.
AN ULTIMATUM WHICH THE DONS MUST COMPLY WITH OR FIGHT.
The Days of Dallying are Over.
The Story of the Many Exciting Incidents Attencing the Passing of the Senate
Resolution, the Concurrence of Senate aud House, the Signing of the
President and His Ultimatum to Spain. To-morrow, Then War.
Minister Woodford Has Left Spain and Bernabe the
United States. Every Detail Leading up to the
Climax That Threatens War is Told.
After the House had passed its resolu-
tion on the Cuban question last Wednes-
day night by a vote of 322 to 19 the further
drift toward war with Spain remained with
the Senate and the eyes of the world was
directed to that which completed its act in
the great war drama on Saturday.
After four days of talk the Senate acted
Saturday night and acted quickly and de-
cisively, though not with that approach to
unanimity which was expected.
Sixty-seven Senators recorded themselves
in favor of the strong Cuban resolutions re-
ported by the majority of the foreign rela-
tions committee, with the amendment pro-
posed by Senator Turpie, recognizing the
independence of the present Cuban repub-
lic, while 21 Senators voted in the nega-
tive ; among the latter there were but two
Democrats, Caffrey, of Louisiana, and
‘White, of California. :
Of the Senators who voted in the nega-
tive but about a half dozen were really op-
posed to decisive action on the Cuban
question at this time. They opposed the
resolutions on their final passage because
of the action of the Senate earlier in the
evening of amending them by inserting
the paragraph proposed by Senator Turpie
recognizing the independence of the Cuban
republic. Had this statement not been
made even the strong and peremptory reso-
lutions which Senator Davis reported
would have commanded within a few votes
of the total membership of the Senate.
The resolutions as passed are of a charac-
ter that will excite the bitterest comment
and feeling in Spain and commit the United
States to immediate action, and which will
if the House accepts them, bring war be-
fore the end of the week.
The Senate having acted, all interest
now centers in the probable course of the
House and of the President, who that night
was strongly inclined to veto any resolu-
tions which came to him containing a rec-
ognition of the Cuban republie. _
But these representations as to the Presi-
dent’s attitude should not he given too
much weight. g
All of the resources of the administration
and of the peace-at-any-price faction were
turned on Monday to the task of influenc-
ing the House to stand out, first, for its
own resolutions, and then, if the House
cannot be brought to this, to resist to the
last the Turpie amendment to the Senate
resolutions recognizing the independence
of Cuba.
There was no Sunday rest for the adher-
ents of the administration. They were
more active than at any previous stage of
the present crisis in arguing with, threaten-
ing and cajoling the membership of the
House into compliance with the wishes of
the President.
What the outcome will be—what form
the fateful resolutions will have taken
when they finally emerge from conference
—cannot be predicted with any accuracy.
But in the light of congressional history it
is probable the Senate will win at least
nine points in the game.
There is no doubt that the great bulk of
the House of Representatives now prefer the
resolutions passed by the Senate over those
passed by the House Thursday. They
have detected the weakness and ambiguity
of the latter, and confess they were bun-
coed by the foreign affairs committee when
they passed them. .
So it appears probable the House will
yield without much difficulty to the Sen-
ate on the general resolutions. But on the
Turpie amendment recognizing the inde-
pendence of Cuba the influence of the ad-
ministration and of the speaker may be
strong enough to hold the House to a stub-
born resistance.
It is suggested that if the Senate wins
at all points and the resolutions as passed
by it go to the President he will sign them
but will take his own time about formally
recognizing the independence of the present
republic of Cuba on the ground that it is
an executive function which no act of Con-
gress can compel him to discharge except
in his own way and time. It is the settled
conviction that the President will nos veto
the resolutions, no matter in what form
they come to him.
The resolutions passed by the Senate by
a vote of 67 to 21 were as follows :
WHEREAS, The abhorrent conditions which have
existed for more than three years in the Island of
Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the
moral sense of the people of the United States,
have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, cul-
minating, as they have, in the destruction of «a
United States battleship with 266 of its officers and
crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of
Havana, and cannot longer be endured, as has
been set forth by the President of the United
States in his message to Congress of April 11th,
1898, upon which the action of Congress was in-
vited therefore,
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled :
First—That the people of the Island of Cuba
are, and of right ought to be, free and inde-
pendent, and that the government of the United
States hereby recognizes the Republic of Cuba as
the true and lawful government of that island.
Seeond—That it is the duty of the United States
to demand, and the government of the United
States does hereby demand, that the government
of Spain at once relinquish its authority and gov-
ernment in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its
land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters.
Third--That the President of the United States
be and hereby 1s directed and empowered to use
the entire land and naval forces of the United
States and to call into the actual service of the
United States the militia of the several States, to
such extent as may be necessary to carry these
resolutions into effect.
Fourth—That the United States hereby dis-
claims any disposition or intention to exercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said isl-
and, except for the pacification thereof; and as-
serts its determination, when that is accom-
plished, to leave the government and control of
the island to its people.
Congress Takes Definite Action to Bring
War.
Resolutions Were Agreed Upon by the Senate and
House After a Long Contest.—Took two Confer-
ences to Accomplish it.—The Hitch Was on the
Recognition of the Cuban Republic and Even to
Seying That the People are Free—The Latter
Finally Retained.—Many Recesses Were Taken by
Boh Branches.
At 1:14 o’clock Tuesday morning Sena-
tor Davis reported to the Senate that the
conference committee had agreed upon a
report on the Cuban question. This was
to let the words ‘‘are and” remain in the
Senate resolutions, and to eliminate the
Turpie amendment recognizing the repub-
lic of Cuba. The Senate at once adopted
the report by a vote of 42 ayes to 35 nays.
The Senate then at 1:50 a. m. adjourned.
The resolutions were as follows :
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
First—That the people of the Island of Cuba
are, and of right ought to be free and independ-
ent.
Second—That it is the duty of the United States
to demand, and the government does hereby de-
mand, that the government of Spain at once re-
linquish its authority in the Island of Cuba, and
withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuban
waters.
Third,—That the President of the United States
be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to
use the entire land and naval forces of the United
States and to call into the actual service of the
Unites States the militia of the several States, to
such an extent as may be necessary to carry
these resolutions into effect.
Fourtl—That the United States hereby dis-
claims any disposition or intention to exercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said
island except for the pacification thereof, and
asserts its determination when that is accomplish-
ed to leave the government and control of the
island to its people.
When the House, reconvened, as soon as |
the conference report had been presented
Mr. Adams moved the adoption of the re-
port upon that motion he demanded the
previous question.
The galleries gave cheer after cheer as
the resolutions were read. The demand
for the previous question cut off debate,
and "Mr. Bailey and Mr. Johnson (Rep..
Ind.) both appealed for a few minutes’
time.
This generation has not seen a day of
such feverish and long-sustained excite-
ment about the capitol as was Monday.
There was no let up from early morning
until the end came with adjournment. If
there was an abatement of interest at one
end of the capitol it was due to an intensi-
fication of it at the other. The crowds of
spectators surged from the Senate galleries
to the House galleries and from the House
galleries to the Senate galleries, as the in-
terest shifted from one chamber to the
other. The members of the House deserted
their hall between votes and flocked to the
Senate, where they stood up in the rear of
the chairs and watched the senatorial votes
or listened to the intermittent debates
which, as usual in the Senate, at times
took a range covering all phases of the
Cuban question, as well as the questions at
issue hetween the two houses.
When the Senate met after its dinner re-
cess at 8 o’clock it quickly became appar-
ent that the end was in sight. Before the
announcement was made in the Senate by
Senators Davis, Foraker and Morgan, the
conferees, that they stood ready to yield
up the Turpie amendment if the House
would allow the two words ‘‘are’’ ‘“‘and’’
to remain in the first Senate resolution, it
was whispered about the corridors that the
Senate had practically surrendered. After
that announcement of the Senate conferees
it was accepted as a foregone conclusion
that the final compromise between the two
house would be on these lines, for it was
not thought the House could long hold
back from accepting the offer of the Senate.
There was a good deal of surprise, indeed,
at the readiness with which the Senate
conferees had let the Turpie amendment
go, and more surprise that the House con-
ferees did not grab at the proposition. The
House conferees would undoubtedly have
accepted the Senate offer had they been
strong men and free agents, instead of be-
ing the mere registers of the speaker’ will,
at least as far as the two Republicans were
concerned.
That this was the situation Monday
morning was shown by the feeling among
the Pennsylvania delegation when it met
in conference during the House recess be-
fore noon. Ten of the 21 members who at-
tended the conference went in feeling
ready to vote for the Senate resolutions en-
tire. They felt this way because they were
impatient at delay and because Senator
Quay had sent word to them to sustain his
course in the Senate.
But the speech which Mr. Dalzell made
had great effect. He urged that the Penn-
sylvania delegation should not desert their
Republican colleagues in the House at
once ; that they should stand with the
other Republicans for at least one vote ;
and that they would be putting the party
in the House in a most anomalous situa-
tion if they went over to the Democratic
position recognizing the Cuban republic
without ashow of resistance. But even af-
ter a thorough canvass of the situation by
the Pennsylvania delegation, four of them
went into the House when it met ready to
vote to yield everything to the Senate.
These four were Colonel William A. Stone,
Davenport, Kulp and Young. But as the
vote progressed, they discovered that the
members of other delegations were stand-
ing pretty firm with the House leaders
against accepting the recognition of Cuban
independence. The Pennsylvanians did
not think it politic to lead the break, and
therefore as their names were called they
voted for the Dingley motion.
The belief that rforaker was largely ani-
mated by personal and political motives in
his fight for recognition of Cuban inde-
pendence made many House Republicans
lukewarm in their feelings on that ques-
tion.
All day long and until far beyond mid-
night the Senate and House wrangled, de-
bated and conferred over the language of
their Cuban resolutions.
The House began the day by accepting
the Senate resolutions, with the exception
of the Turpie amendment recognizing the
independence of the present republic of
Cuba, and with the two words ‘‘are and”’
stricken from the first Senate resolution,
declaring ‘‘that the people of the island of
Cuba are and of right ought to be free and
independent.’’ Thus the contention of the
day and night was altogether on the recog-
nition of independence. It was a weary
struggle, attended by scenes of the most
intense excitement at both ends of the
capitol.
On Wednesday last the recognition
amendment was defeated in the House by
150 to 189—a majority of 39. The House
resolution then passed by a vote of 324 to
19, and was sent to the Senate.
In the Senate on Saturday the voting
commenced, and the recognition amend-
ment was added to the resolution reported
by the committee by a vote of 51 to 37—a
majority of 14—only one Senator absent
and he would have voted for it if present.
The Senate then rejected the House resolu-
tions by a vote of 60 to 28 and adopted the
resolutions reported by its own committee
with the recognition amendment by a vote
of 67 to 21. ’
The House met Monday morning with
the Senate resolution before it as a sub-
stitute for its own. Mr. Dingley moved to
adopt the Senate resolution with an amend-
ment striking out the recognition provision.
This was carried by a vote of 178 to 156.
Sent to the Senate the House amend-
ments were rejected by a vote of 32 yeas to
40 nays.
Back again to the House the resolutions
were sent. A motion was made to concur
in the Senate amendment involving the
same question of recognition, and it was
defeated by 173 to 148—a majority of 25.
Then a committee of conference was ap-
pointed, which reported a disagreement.
The Senate consented to drop the recog-
nition amendment, but adhered to a verbal
amendment. This was followed in the
House by a motion that the House recede
and concur, but it was defeated by 144 to
177. This left mattersin a deadlock. The
House asked another conference, which the
Senate at first refused, but then agreed to.
At an early hour Tuesday morning the
second conference reported an agreement,
the Senate giving up the Turpie amend-
ment recognizing the Cuban republic and
the House yielding as to verbal amend-
ment striking out two words in recogni-
tion of the independence of the Cuban
people.
The Sitaation in Washington on Tues-
day.
Spanish Minister Admits that it Means War and
With His Legation Left Wednesday.—Only Anx-
ious to have it Over at Once.—The Powers, too,
Consider the Issue Joined and are Taking Steps
to Enforce Neutrality, Especially in the West
Indies.—Deed of Vandalism on the Washington
Consulate. .
Senor Polo Bernabe, the Spanish minis-
ter, informed his government on Tuesday
of the nature of the congressional resolu-
tions, and after getting a reply from Mad-
rid announced his purpose to leave Wash-
ington on Wednesday with all his legation
for Canada, where he will remain for a time
observing the progress of events in this
country for the benefit of his government.
This announcement by Senor Polo shows
that the Spanish reply to our ultimatum
will be a total rejection of our demands.
Senor Polo has made his final prepara-
tions for departure, and was calmly await-
ing notification that the President had af-
fixed his signature to the Cuban resolutions,
at which time the minister will take his
leave. He had expected this would come
to-day, and every arrangement has been
with that in view.
Whether the state departments will send
Senor Polo his passports or he will ask for
them is felt to be an immaterial detail.
The state department will afford him the
protection of passports and any further at-
tentions usual in the enforced departure of
a minister on the breaking out of war.
The Spanish legation was the centre of
great activity on Tuesday. The minister
was up practically all of last night, retir-
ing shortly before daylight, after having
informed his government of the final
passage of the Cuban resolution. He was
again at his desk at 9 a. m. awaiting the
final move. He showed signs of the in-
tense strain. He saw a number of friends,
mainly of the diplomatic corps, and to
them expressed the view that all hope of a
peaceful settlement appeared to be at an
end, and that Spain now left with the
United States the responsibility of. .war..{.
Being convinced that all hope of peace was
over, the minister's personal desires were
that the remaining formalities might be
dispatched as speedily as possible.
The representatives of the powers of
Europe held no meeting during the day, nor
is any meeting at present in prospect.
Those who have been most hopeful of
bringing about European coalition now
concede that such a move is impossible.
Already, it is said, Great Britain has
taken steps not only to maintain a passive
neutrality, but to enforce it with arms, if
necessary. Two regiments of British sol-
diers now in the British West Indies are
about to be argumented by another regi-
ment en route from Halifax. They are
concentrated in the belief that the West
Indies will be a centre of conflict, and that
the stress of war may lead one or the other
belligerents to occupy neutral British ter-
ritory. If that occurs a British force
will see that the territory is vacated. So
far as is known the French government
will observe the same neutrality. Its
Indian possessions are considerable, and it
has several ships in those waters. Ger-
many and the other powers are expected to
take the same neutral attitude.
Two cabinet meetings were held during
the day, the first beginning at 11 and
lasting nearly two hours, and the second
lasting from 3 until 4:30 o’clock. At their
close announcement that executive action
was delayed until Wednesday was made.
Both cabinet sessions were devoted princi-
pally to discussion of the ultimatum to be
sent to Madrid.
At the morning session the President
rather favored allowing the Madrid govern-
ment two or three days in which to reply
to our demand, but since that time he has
changed his views somewhat, and later it
was believed to be his purpose to require
an answer within a very short time, proba-
bly within 24 hours. The reason for limit-
ing tke time to one day or even less is said
to be entirely strategic, otherwise two or
even three days would have been allowed.
‘‘The ultimatum,’’ said one member of
the cabinet after the meeting Tuesday ‘‘had
been agreed upon in substance, but has not
yet been formally drawn up. Its prepara-
tions was entrusted to Assistant Secretary
Day, of the state department. It was sent
to Spain on Wednesday, and will reach
Madrid in the evening, the difference in
the time between this country and Spain
being about six hours.
‘Possibly it may be that the matter
has been referred to the Cortes,
which meets to-morrow for its con-
sideration, may be instrumental in post-
poning for a brief time the putting into ef-
fect of the congressional resolution, but the
President is disposed not to brook any fur-
ther delay. It is only fair that in a great
crisis like this reasonable time shall be
given.
“If Spain refuses to evacuate Cuba
prompt measures will he adopted to put
into force the congressional resolution. A
blockade of Cuba will, so far as at present
understood, be begun at once. There are
an adequate number of war vessels in the
vicinity to make this effective. I think
such supplies as the Spaniards now control
will not last them more than a month.
“Then steps taken with a view to in-
creasing the equipment of Gomez’s soldiers
and furnishing them with sufficient hard
tack for food will enable him to harass the
Spaniards from the rear, which will mater-
ially assist in bringing them to terms. My
own individual idea is that it will proba-
bly take two months to bring about the re-
sults which will compel the Spaniards to
evacuate and enable the island to be occu-
pied by the United States without molesta-
tion.
‘No, the United States government will
not issue any letters of marque and reprisal
nor countenance privateering, but if the
Spanish government chooses to enter upon
this line of warfare she will have to deal
with the nations of Europe, with whose
commerce she seeks to interfere.’’
The Caban resolution passed by Congress
arrived at the White House at 1:15 o'clock,
on Tuesday a little over an hour having
been consumed in the formalities of secur-
ing the signatures of Speaker Reed and
vice President Hobart to the resolution in
open session aud its delivery at the White
House by Representative Hager, of Iowa,
chairman of the committee on enrolled
bills, and Representative Overstreet, of In-
diana. It was expected that the resolu-
tion would be signed immediately it
reached the President, and this was Mr.
McKinley’s inclination, but for certain
state reasons it was deemed advisable that
the resolution and the ultimatum to Spain
should be signed simultaneously, and time
was needed to draft the ultimatum in di-
plomatic form.
The fact that the resolution was not im-
mediately signed gave rise to a few disqui-
eting reports, but it soon appeared from
statements of cabinet officers that the Presi-
dent had not the slightest intention of
withholding his signature, and that the de-
lay in attaching it was accounted for sole-
ly by hisdesire to have a full and complete
plan of operations for the government of
the executive in the immediate future be-
fore taking the final and important step of
turning the joint resolution into a statute.
As to the course of events in the imme
diate future, the only prediction that can
be made is one based on precedents. Ac-
cording to these Minister Woodford will
notify the Spanish government of the ac-
tion of the government of the United States,
and should the Spanish answer be unsatis-
factory, as is expected, the next step in
order will be for him to ask for his pass-
ports and leave Madrid. That would be
followed instantly by the withdrawal from’
Washington of Senor Polo, the Spanish
minister.
At this point it can be said that the state
department officials are confident that the
Spanish government will so shape every
phase of the negotiations as to oblige us to
take the initiative at every point. After
the withdrawal of the ministers, and assum-
ing Spain does not back down, will follow
actual war, but whether or not the first
overt act will be preceded by a formal dec-
laration of war, which would insure the
immediate neutralization of the powers, or
whether the North Atlantic squadron will
make its appearance off Havana as a begin-
ning cannot yet be predicted. ]
The army and navy experts are begin-
ning to take a less hopeful view of an easy
and quick campaign than they entertained
a short time ago. Months are now men-
tioned instead of weeks as the probable
length of hostilities, and one eminent naval
officer who had experience in the late war
professes a belief that unless outside pres-
sure is brought to bear a war may easily
drag along for a year under the existing
conditions.
Apparently the powers have abandoned
open efforts in Washington to influence the
course of our government. Matters were
quiet at all the legations Tuesday and no
instructions were received by any of the
ambassadors or ministers in the line of
mediation.
Unique Move Against Cuba in a Few
. Days.
President Will Help 100,000 Men to Break a Way for
Bread to Dying Reconcentrados.—Bombardment to
be Avoided if Possible.—Lee Predicts Easy Con-
quest of the Island—Crash of the Flying Squadron
With Spain's Powerful Fleet Navy Men all Expect.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—When Senor
Polo Bernabe, the Spanish minister, at-
tended by a retinue of legation attaches
and servants, hurried through the gates of
the Pennsylvania station at 7 o’clock to-
night to take the train for Buffalo, on his
way to Canada, those who watched him
till he disappeared in the gloom of the
train shed felt that at last all doubt of war
with Spain had been removed.
With this certainty interest reverted to
the means by which the delayed policy of
this government, the pacification of Cuba
and the relief of the destitute there are to
be carried into effect. The President’s
plans for the campaign, as outlined to army
and navy officers, caused the latter to smile
at the strange character of the expedition,
mixed military and philanthropic, which
they are about to undertake.
It will really be a case of bullets, bayon-
ets and blood. For the Spanish soldiery
there will be bullets and bayonets if they
offer resistence to the entry of supplies for
the starving reconcentrados.
Thus our expedition against Cuba will,
the fighting men say, be absolutely unique
in the history of warfare, such a mixture
of force and philanthrophy as the world
never saw before.
Our battleships will have in convoy ships
loaded with supplies, and our warriors and
soldiers will, if necessary, fight their way
through the Spanish lines in order to get
to the destitute to distribute the provisions.
General Fitzhugh Lee, who as major gen-
eral of volunteers is to command the volun-
teer forces and practically direct the mili-
tary operations in Cuba, has assured the
President that the army will have little to
do beyond superintending the distribution
of supplies and keeping order in the island,
for he expects to see Havana capitulate un-
der the blockade of the ships without mak-
ing a bombardment necessary.
Cuba is, in the view of the administra-
tion, already practically given up to the
United States, but it is now felt that Spain
means to strike at least one hard blow with
her navy, and the flying squadron is to be
sent forward to intercept such an attack
either on the blockading squadron or on
our coasts by its operations on Porto Rico.
The ships will have to move before the
troops. For the ships are ready and the
troops cannot be ready in sufficient num-
bers for a week, but the troops are to he
sent in as soon as the navy makes landings
for them, not only in connection with its
food supply work, but at points of military
advantage, and particularly at a certain
town on the coast west of Havana and
within easy striking distance of that city.
President McKinley, Secretary of War
Alger and General Miles and Secretary
Long, of the navy, with their assistants,
spent much of the day on the details of
these plans, with the feeling that the time
for such action has come.
Senator Foraker made much in the Sen-
ate of a report that the administration had
practically recognized the independence of
the Cuban republic by seeking and adopt-
ing information in connection with its
military plans from representatives of the
republic, but the President has now chang-
ed his determination not to officially recog-
nize the Cuban republic.
The administration contemplates sending
100,000 men, regulars and volunteers, to
Cuba, so as to be able to do without assis-
tance, if necessary, the work laid out for it
and to occupy the whole island and effec-
tively preserve peace and order after hos-
tilities cease. It could have 100,000 volun-
teers from the National militia immedi-
ately, according to the reports received
from Governors of States of the private
canvasses made of the different commands
under the request sent hy the war depart-
ment last week, but the President pro-
poses to take only 80,000 volunteers at
present.
The President in his ultimatum to the
Spanish government transmits a copy of
the resolutions passed by Congress, which
resolutions he states he has signed. He
demands that Spain withdraw her army
and navy forces from Cuban waters as re-
quired by the terms of the act of Congress
(no date for the withdrawal being men-
tioned), and then states that if a satisfac-
tory answers is not received here before
Saturday noon next he will proceed at once
to carry the resolution of Congress into
effect.
The next step is Spain’s answer, if she is
to make any, and the movement of the
United States army and navy on Cuba.
Postmaster General Resigns.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.—Post-
master Gen. Gary resigned to-day, Charles
Emory Smith, of Philadelphia, was nomi-
nated for the position.
Insurgents Refased to Confer.
HAVANA, April 21.—It is understood
that the insurgents refused to confer with
the delegation of the Colonial government.
Parisians Helping Spain.
PARIS, April 21.—A national subserip-
tion has been opened here on behalf of
Spain. It is meeting with prompt and ef-
fective support.
At Cape Verde Islands.
LoxDoN, April 21.—A disparch this af-
ternoon states that the Spanish fleet arriv
ed at Cape Verde islands at noon to-day.
——The latest telegraphic news
we go to press is that the President and
Congress have both declared war ex
ists and the fleet has been ordered to leave
Key West.
as
The Mount @retna Grounds in Fine Condition for
the State Troops.
LEBANON, April 18.—The camp grounds
at Mt. Gretna were visited to-day on a
tour of inspection by division and brigade
officers of the State Guard, that it is the
intention to rendezvous the entire division
there as soon as Governor Hastings is called
upon by President McKinley for volun-
teers. The party was composed of Major
General Snowden, Brigadier Generals J. P.
S. Gobin and J. W. Schall, Colonel Elliot,
adjutant general on General Snowden’s
staff ; Colonel Howell, Quartermaster Ma-
jor Groome, of the division staff, and Colo-
nel Cullinan, of Philadelphia. The party
was escorted over the grounds by Presi-
dent B. D. Coleman and superintendent
A. D. Smith, of the Cornwall and Lebanon
railroad.
A careful examination of the grounds
was made and division and brigade head
quarter sites were chosen. The inspection
was very satisfactory to all, as everything
was found in readiness for immediate oc-
cupancy. The party found the Third bri-
gade camp site in an excellent condition
and the reservoir and pipe line ready for
immediate service. A site for the Second
brigade was selected, it is said, near Cole-
brook, and for the First brigade near the
State rifle range.
By the distribution of the division in
this manner, it was considered that all the
commands will have plenty of ground for
all purposes. There is a large natural sup-
ply of water at the rifle rangeand the dams
of mountain spring water at Colebrook.
The railroad companies have arranged for
the prompt transportation of the troops and
baggage to and from the camp grounds.
Blockade of the Island.
Officers in the Key West Fleet Expect That Procedure,
and All Are Ready for It.
KEY West, April 19.—The naval plan
of action, it is understood, has been fully
and definitely decided upon. It involves
the blockade of Cuba, but not a bombard-
ment of Havana. The blockade will in-
volve no engagements, itis expected, ex-
cept the accidental encounters which are
bound to occur.
The senior naval officers of the fighting
squadron believe that Spain is playing a
clever game in concentrating her entire
naval forces at a distance from the imme-
diate scene of action.
Great satisfaction is felt among all the
officers at the adoption of the resolution by
Congress assuring the independence of
Cuba. They regard it as equivalent to a
declaration of war, and expect that the
fleet will shortly be under orders to sail
for Cuban waters.
Captain Sampson, Captain Evans of the
Iowa and Captain Taylor of the Indiana
had a consultation this afternoon on the
flagship New York.
Reduced Rates to Washington and Bal-
timore.
Speciai Ten-day Excursions via Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
The last two low-rate ten-day excursions
from Western Pennsylvania to Washing-
ton via the Pennsylvania railroad will
leave Pittsburg May 12th. Round trip
tickets will be sold at rates quoted be-
low, good going on a special train indicated,
or on train No. 4, leaving Pittsburg at 8.10
p- m., and carrying through sleeping cars
to Washington ; returning, tickets will be
good on any regular train except the Penn-
sylvania limited. These tickets will also
be good to stop off at Baltimore within their
limit. Special train of through parlor cars
and coaches will be run on the following
schedule :—
Train leaves. Rate.
Pittsburg... 8. 9.00
East Libert, .1 8.90
Altoona... : 7.35
Bellwood.... 11.52 7.35
Bellefonte . «9.53 7.25
Clearfield. ...........coeeneuis 9.31 7.25
Philipsburg 10.12 7.25
Osceola .. 10.23 7.25
Tyrone...... 03p m 7.256
Hoonngin . 5, 46 6.65
Should the number of passengers not be
sufficient to warrant the running of a
special train, the company reserves the
right to carry participants in this excur-
sion on regular train.
Tickets on sale in Pittsburg, at union
ticket office, 360 Fifth avenue, and union
station, and all stations mentioned above.
For full information apply to agents or
Thomas E. Watt, passenger agent western
district, Fifth avenue and Smithfield street,
Pittsburg. 43-16-3t
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——Guy Walker left Tyrone two weeks
ago and is now enlisted in the United
States navy.
Se ry
——The Central Pennsylvania base ball
league was organized at Milton, on Satur-
day, with representatives from Lock Ha-
ven, Williamsport, Sunbury and Milton
present. It was decided to play five games
a week, beginning May 21st. The league
will be under national protection. The
Lock Haven club will be known as the
Normal school team until that institution
closes, then it will become the regular
Lock Haven club.
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GOVERNOR HASTINGS TO PRESIDE AT
THE DEBATE.—The intercollegiate debate
between Dickinson and the Pennsylvania
State College, in the College chapel to-
night, will be made a far more ceremonious
affair than was at first intended. Gov-
ernor Hastings will preside at the debate
and the judges will be Atty. Gen’l. Mec-
Cormick, of Pennsylvania ; Prof. Learned,
of the University of Pennsylvania ; and
Prof. Lee, of Cornell.
A special train will leave Bellefonte at 7
o'clock this evening to carry passengers to
the College and will return after the debate.
The round trip fare from this place will be
50 cts., with corresponding rates from all
points along the line.
The debate will begin at 8 o’clock and
admission will be free.
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THE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION. — The
first meeting of the University Association
will be held in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, on
Friday evening, at 7:30. All those who
have joined the association or are inter-
ested in a systematic course of reading are
earnestly invited to be present. For some
days Miss Maud Stephens and Miss Edmun-
son, of Chicago, have been here seeing the
people in the interest of the association,
which is an out-growth of the famous con-
gresses of the World’s Fair. The object is
to interest people in a practical and sys-
tematic course of study and to give them
the advantage of co-operating with the best
Universities and schools of the country.
The plan of work is somewhat similar to
the Chautauqua course, except tbat only
one subject is studied at a time.
Madisonburg.
Mrs. Mary Shaffer is slowly improving
after being very ill for the past week.
Master Blaine L. Noll is at present suffering
with yellow jaundice which renders him
unable to attend to his studies.
Rev. W. W. Shell, of McElhattan,
preached a very interesting sermon in the
Lutheran church. His theme was taken
from St. Matthew, 6:12.
Mrs. John Bailey is in a bad condi-
tion at present. She has had two strokes
of apoplexy. She is unconscious and has not
been able to eat or drink since last week.
E. H. Zeigler had an exciting adventure
last week while driving along the pike east
of Aaronsburg ; his steed being in a lively no-
tion was suddenly retarded by the inter-
ference of a cow against the wheel. The buggy
stopped so suddenly that its contents was
emptied into the road.
Rebersburg.
Mrs. Henry Wolfe, of near Wolfe’s Store,
is seriously ill with cancer of the stomach.
Genial squire Garthoff, wife and daughter,
of Coburn, visited here over Sunday. Al-
ways glad to see you squire. Call again.
0. C. Stover’s, Charles Gramley, George
Kreamer’s, Charles Smull’s, Charles Bierly’s
and Willie Bierly’s new houses are up and
waiting for the plasterers.
Herbert Stover,one of our estimable young
men, will leave shortly for Smethport, Mc-
Kean county, where he will enter a creamery
to learn butter making.
Claud Haines, one of Rebersburg’s most
intelligent young men, is home again from
Clinton county, where he taught school.
Claude’s friends are glad to see him back.
The spring weather has an agreeable effect
on the Sabbath schoolsof this place, all of
them reporting an increase of attendance
and membership. The Lutheran Sunday
school numbers 167.
Harry Kreamer, of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
and his sister, Mrs. Ada Brown, of Colches-
ter, Ill., were called east on account of the
sickness of their mother Mrs. Joseph Krea-
mer. Mrs. Kreamer died last Sunday even-
ing.
County Sup’t. Gramley has informed the
writer that he has secured General Gordon,
Ex-Senator from Georgia, to deliver an
evening lecture at next winter teacher’s in-
stitute. We think a better selection could
not have been made.
On Sabbath evening another of Brush val-
ley’s boys preached in the United Evan-
gelical church. Rev. Ira E. Spangler, son
of Jonathan Spangler, who is at present
in company with his wife here visiting
parents and friends. His sermon while
not highly eloquent was rich in thought
and left a very good impression. The
Rev. and wife left for their home in
Sullivan county last Monday evening.
Rev. William Sholl, of the M. E. church,
at present serving his first charge at Me-
Elhattan, occupied Rev. Mumma’s pulpit in
the Lutheran church Sunday morning.
Having been raised in our midst it was hard
to believe that the boy of but a few years
ago had developed into the eloquent preacher
of the present. Rev. Sholl is a young man
of exceptional ability and we predict for him
a brilliant career in the work to which he
has been called.
One of our cream gathers for the Spring
Mills creamery had quite an interesting ex-
perience last Monday morning. He started
on his trip as usual and when about two
miles west of town a cat jumped out of a box
which he kept on his wagon. Imagine his
surprise when looking into the box he be-
held a family of newly born kittens in it.
The cat and kittens were at once deposited
by the road side and left to make the best
out of the situation they could. The mother
cat however managed to carry her helpless
family back to town by evening.