WAR DOGS ARE LOOSED. Diplomacy Fails and Cannon Will Settle Cuba's Fate. The Norlli Atlantic Squadron In Orilorml to ttloekade Havana siuil Otlrnr Sea ports on the Island—No Koruial Declaration Mark* the Open ing of Hostilities. Washington, April 'J'.!. —War between the United States and Spain is a fact, though not yet officially declared so by congress. The stirring events of Wed nesday were succeeded yesterday with rapidity by others of equal importance, culminating in the afternoon in orders for the departure of the North Atlantic squadron for Havana. This practically is an act of war, so that the war be tween this country and Spain may be said to date from April '2l, 18i»8. Two minutes after the opening of the state department yesterday came word from Minister Woodford that, the Spanish government having antici pated and prevented his intention to present the president's ultimatum, he had asked for his passports. The administration in a public state ment announced that it regarded the action of the Spanish government as rendering unnecessary further diplo matic action on the part of the United States, and that it regarded the course adopted by Spain as placing upon that country the responsibility for the breach of friendly relations. Mr. Woodford's telegram resulted in the calling of a special cabinet meeting to arrange an outline of a plan of cam paign, or rather to determine how to begin the execution of a plan of cam paign already prepared by the strat egic boards of the army and navy de partments. The immediate result was the order for the Xorth Atlantic squad ron to begin the blockade of Havana. The North Atlantic squadron under Capt. Sampson's command makes a splendid array of fine vessels, com prising battleships such as the lowa and Indiana: monitors like the Puri tan, Terror and Amphitrite; armored cruisers like the New York, flagship; protected cruisers such as the Cincin nati, Marblehead and Montgomery; gunboats like the Vicksburg, Wilming ton and Annapolis; regular torpedo boats such as the Ericsson, Gushing and Winslow, not to speak of the large number of fast yachts and other vessels that have been added to the fleet by purchase. This force is quite compe tent to blockade all the ports in Cuba, or at least all the ports connected by rail with Havana and likely to be used to supply that place in the event of a siege with food and munitions of war. This statement is to be taken with the understanding that it does not con template the coming to Cuban waters of the Spanish fleet. In such case the probable policy wonlil be to abandon the blockade and endeavor to force the Spanish fleet to battle. Minister Woodford's action during the day, as reported to the state de partment. indicated that he was follow ing a carefully prepared programme. A significant feature of his message was the statement that the Spanish government notified him that it re garded its withdrawal of Minister Polo as terminating diplomationegotiat ions, showing that it was not disposed to ac cept the intention of our government to continue Mr. Woodford as a medium of communication until Saturday noon. Mr. Woodford also announced that he had instructed Consul General liowen at Barcelona to cause all the American consuls in Spain to immediately with draw from the country. He further stated that he had informed the Span ish government after asking for his passports that he had placed the Amer ican legation in Madrid and American interests in Spain generally in the hands of the British embassy. It was found necessary to frame a notice to the powers of the intention of our government to establish a block ade of Havana, a notification required by international law. The navy department, aside from giving orders to the squadron, contin ued the work of adding to the navy and purchased another ship at Norfolk as an auxiliary craft and some small yachts. The news of the actual be ginning of war was received with gravity at the department and there were many speculations as to the des tination of the Spanish squadron. One suggestion was that it is heading to cut off the fine battleship Oregon, now on its way from the Pacific coast, to join Capt. Sampson's command. There is also some fear that the Oregon may be taken at an unfair advantage with out knowledge of the existence of war by the Spanish torpedo destroyer now at Buenos Ayres. Possibly with a view to avoiding a conflict in the straits of Magellan, where she would be at a dis advantage. the Oregon has been or dered togo around Cape Horn. Kelative to the news from Chicago that the three revenue cutters on the lakes cannot be availed of for naval purposes, it is said that the department had some time ago abandoned the idea of using these craft, owing to the diffi culties in getting them to the Atlantic seaboard. In the war department many orders flew to and fro relative to the concen tration of troops in the south, and Sec retary Alger was several times in con sultation with the president, resulting in the determination to call for 100,000 volunteers as soon as congress passes the necessary legislation. Postmaster Geueral Oary Resigns. Washington, April 33.—Postmaster General Gary has resigned on account of ill health. Charles Emory Smith, cf Philadelphia, was nominated by the president as his successor. The senate confirmed the nomination. It was ow ing entirely, it is said, to Mr. Gary's health that he resigned. He has suf fered a great deal of late from a gen eral breaking down of the system. Charles Emory Smith, the new post master general, is editor of the Phila delphia l J ress. He has been minister to Itussia, is an active republican and known to public men throughout the United States. SHORT AND TO THE POINT. Tlie Full Text of the I Itlinatuui to >paln Why the DoeuAent was Never l'rebout 12 miles off Sand Key light at 7 a. in., when the Spanish merchantman Buena Ventura, from Pascagoula, Miss., for Rotterdam, with lumber, was sighted, bound north. The gunboat Nashville ran her down and put a shot across her bow from the four-inch gun on the port side aft. The Spaniard ignored the shot, but another closer to her bow brought her to. A prize crew was put aboard. Capt. Lucarraga, in command of her, was astounded, lie said he did not know that war had been declared, but when he was informed of the state of affairs he accepted the situation philosophically. The Nashville towed her prize into this port. The Nashville has taken on stores and will return to the fleet. Marines are pacing the deck of the Spaniard and her crew of 28 is lounging about the decks. Not a man is in irons. Ac cording to prize laws Capt. Maynard will turn the prisoners over to United States district attorney, who will de cide the question of their disposition. The monitor Puritan sailed to join the fleet last night. On excellent authority it is reported that the destination of the fleet is Ma tanzas. On board the flagship is Capt. Aranguren, brother of the late Gen. Aranguren. He will pilot the fleet to Matanzas. A BLOCKADE OF CUBAN PORTS. PrMldent MeKlnley IMHUCM a Proclamation Announcing to the World that It Kxlrtta. Washington, April 23.—The follow ing proclamation announcing a block ade of Cuban ports was issued yester day: By the president of the United States: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, By a joint resolution passed by the congress and approved April 20. IHWB, and com municated to the government of Spain, it was demanded that said government at once relin quish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters', and the president of the United States was directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval foices of the United Stales arid to cal! into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several states to such extent as might be necessary to carry said resolution into effect; and Whereas, In carrying into effect said resolu tion the president of the United States deems it necessary to set on foot and maintain a blockade of the north coast of tuba, including all ports on said coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda and the port of Cienfuegos on the south coast of Cuba; Now. therefore, I. William McKinley, presi dent of the United States, in order to enforce the said resolution, do hereby declare and pro claim that the United State* of America have instituted and will maintain a blockade of the north coast of ( üba, including ports on sail! coast between Cardenas and Bahia Honda and the port of Cienfuegos on the south coast ol Cuba, aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws ol the United States and the law of nations ap plicable to such cases. An efficient force wil be posted so us to prevent the entrance and exit of vessels from the ports aforesaid. Any neutral vessel approaching any of said ports, or attempting to leave the same without notice or knowledge ol the establishment ot such blockade, will be duly warned by the commander of the blockading forces, who wil. Indorse on her register the fact and the date ol such warning where such indorsement was made: and it the same vessel shall again at tempt to enter any blockaded port, she will be captured and sent to the nearest convenient port for such proceedings against her and her cargo as prize, as may be deemed advisable. Neutral vessels lying in any of said ports at the time of the establishment of such blockade will be allowed :i0 days to issue therefrom. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States, to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this I2d day of April, A. D. IHIiS, and of the independence ol the United States the 122 d. WILLIAM MCKINLEY. By the president John Sherman, secretary of state. WOODFORD'S GRIT. Ho Shown It During the Trip Acr»ns Spain His Train Attacked by a itloh. Biarritz, France, April 23.—Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the United States minister, accompanied by his staff and others, reached the frontier Friday morning after some exciting experience. The Spanish police at tempted to capture a member of the legation, and at Valladolid the train was attacked. Mr. Moreno was the member of the United States legation singled out by the Spanish police for capture, on the ground that he is a sub ject of Spain, but the attempt was frustrated owing to the presence ol mind of the minister. At Valladolid the train was attacked and stoned. Windows were broken and the civil guards were compelled to protect his carriage with drawn swords. Woodford, however, slept throughout the disturbance. At Tolosa the Span ish police made a determined effort to capture Moreno, but Woodford stood in the doorway of the carriage, declaring he should only be removed by force. Then the police gave up the attempt. Mr. Moreno was Woodford's secretary and a British subject. Paris, April 23.—Gen. Woodford, ac companied by the party with which he left Madrid, arrived in this city last evening. Tlie War Revenue Itlll. Washington, April 23.—Republican members of the ways and means com mittee have completed the war revenue measure. The bill will raise between $',15,000,000 and 00,000,000 annually. The principal decision made Friday was not to place a tax upon railroad and other transportation tickets or pe troleum. It was decided, however, to place a tax of one cent upon chewing gum and two to four cents upon min eral waters, ginger ale and foreign and native wines. These additions are made to the stamp tax act of i.st>o, which is re-enacted with modifications. FOR 100,000 VOLUNTEERS. I'reatilPDt MrKlnlry it About to fssue a Call to the Nation's OiUcii Soldiery—The l>iirntlon of rrlrateerini;. Washington, April 23. —There were two further important steps in Wash ington yesterday towards actual hos tilities, not to mention the overt act involved in the seizure of the Spanish vessel Buena Ventura, oft' Key West. The first was the issue by the president of his proclamation announcing to tho world a blockade of a number of Cuban ports, and the second was tbe signing by htin of.the bill providing for tbe utilization of the volunteer forces in war. The proclamation was delayed in issue until to-day, owing to the fact tint it bad been prepared in advance of the adoption of certain amendments to the bill. The proclamation calls for 100,000 men to serve as volunteers for one year. If the precedents ure followed. Secretary Alger upon the issuance of thi" proclamation will request the ex ecutives of the states to detach from the militia the quota they may be called onto furnish. In addition there was a notable re tirement from the navy department in the case of C'apt. Royal B. Bradford, .•hief of the equipment division, who became so impatient to join in active service that he addressed a letter to the president resigning l his position and stating that he wished to com mand a warship. C'apt. Bradford addressed a similar letter to Secretary Long with the addi tion of a request to have a command ol an active warship. The resignation will be accepted and Capt. Bradford will be given one of the best ships in the navy. The state department addressed an identical note to the representatives of foreign nations accredited to Wash ington, notifying them of the policy tc be pursued by this government in the matter of privateering and neutrality. The statement declares that our gov ernment will not resort to privateer ing; that enemy's goods in neutral bot toms. save contraband, are exempt from seizure: that neutral goods not contraband under enemy's flag are safe from seizure and that blockades to be binding must be effective. These are the principles laid down in the Paris agreement of 1856. The officials are not disturbed at notice from Madrid that Spain will refuse to be bound by the same principles and forbid priva teering, for they are satisfied that the great powers will not tolerate priva teering. The following statement has been obtained from a high official: "Con traband of war —In determining, ac cording to the law of nations, whether merchandise is contraband of war, it is classified: I—Absolute contraband; 2—occasional or conditional contra band: 3—goods not contraband. The first class includes all goods of a war like character. The second class includes provisions, naval stores, coal, horses, machinery, iron, etc., which are subservier* to warlike use. and destined for the use of the enemy. The third class includes' articles not suited to warlike use. No article of merchandise is contraband unless transported beyond territorial waters of a neutral state, nor unless destined for an enemy's port, or for an enemy's use. FOUGHT FOR AN HOUR. Florida Fishermen Claim to Have Wit nessed a Combat Between a Spanish Man or-War and an American Monitor. Jacksonville, Fla., April 38. —Accord- ing to private dispatches received by the Times-Union and Citizen last night die first naval battle of the war took place opposite Boynton, about 25 miles south of Palm Beach, at 10 o'clock Fri day morning. George Lyman, a relia ble man, and several others who were fishing in Lake Worth, which is sep arated from the ocean by a narrow strip of land, heard heavy firing and ran to the beach. They reported to the postmaster at Lantana that a Uni ted States monitor was chasing and firing' upon a Spanish man-of-war con voying a coal or transport ship. The Spaniard replied shot for shot. The men say they watched the battle for an hour, or until only the smoke from the funnels was visible on the south ern horizon, in which direction they were traveling. There is no verifica tion of the story. Why Wan Site Allowed to Depart? New York, April 23.—Valuable im plements of war left this port yester day for the Spanish army in Cuba. They are steel box cars protected by steel armor plate and are designed to be used on railroads to protect the Spanish soldiers in their contest with Cuban troops and those of the United States. The cars were loaded on the steamer Aloedene. This steamer was chartered recently by the Ward line. The cargo of the steamer consists of a large quantity of provisions consigned to Spanish merchants in Havana, in addition to these moving forts. KnglneerM Diitabled the B|>aniHh Fleet. Galveston. Tex., April 23.—1t is re ported by Capt. Barnes, of the British steamer Assoun. which arrived here Friday from Las Paltnas, Canary Isl ands, that the delay of the Spanish fleet at that place, which was attrib uted to rough seas, was in fact due to the deliberate disabling of the engines by the engineers, who did not want to cross the seas. Repairs were made by local machinists, as engineers could not be trusted. A <»r»at Oold Find. Seattle. Wash., April 23. —The steam er City of Seattle brings confirmation of the great gold find of two poor Swedes, who went to Monte Cristo island to cut logs. While digging by the side of the cabin, one Swede struck pay dirt which yielded between 50 cents and S5 a pan. George Johansen and John Blake discovered a huge bison's head, with magnificent horns. It lay on a bed of rock and was per- i fectly fossilized. Adhering to the J horns and skull were particles of gold, j which aggregated s4l in value. The fossil will be forwarded to the Smith sonian institution. THE CAUSE OF DYSPEPSIA. From the Rernbllcan, Scranton, Pa. The primary cause of dyspepsia lack ol vitality; the absence of nerve force; the lost of the life-sustaining elements of the blood. No organ can properly perform its func tion when the source of nutriment fails. When the stomach is robbed of the nourish ment demanded by nature, assimilation ceases, unnatural gases are generated; the entire systm responds to the discord. A practical illustration of the symptom* and torture of dyspepsia is furnished by the case of Joseph T. Vandyke, 440 Hickory St., Scrauton, l'a. In telling his story, Mr. Vandyke says "Five years ago I was afflicted with * trouble of the stomach, which was very aggravat ing. I had no appetite, could not enjoy myself at \ any time, and especially UjSjvvOc) was the trouble severe when I awoke in the morn ing. I did not know what jHi / the ailment was, but it be- j came speedily worse, and 1 was in constant misery. < "I called in my family i 1 physician, and he diag- I nosed the case as catarrh of the stomach. He pre- .thirst scribed for me and I had his prescription filled. I In Misery. took nearly all the medicine, but still the trouble became worse, and I felt that my condition was hopeless. I tried several rem ediea recommended by my friends but with out benefit. .After I had been suffering sev eral months, Thomas Campbell, also a resi dent of this city, urged me to try lJr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. "lie finally persuaded me to buy a bo* and I began to use the pills according to directions. Before I had taken the second box I began to feel relieved, and after taking a few more boxes, I considered myself re stored to health. The pills gave me new life, strength, ambition and happiness.'' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure dyspepsia by restoring to the blood the requisite con stituents of life, by renewing the nerve force and enabling the stomach to promptly and properly assimilate the food. These pills are a specific for all diseases having their origi nation in impoverished blood or disordered nerves. They contain every element requi site to general nutrition, to restore strength to the weak, good health to the ailing. FROM HER VIEW. A Lady Pamtenger Chats Very In» terestedly About Street- Car Ktliiuette. A man standing on the back platform of an east-bound Euclid car was much amused by a conversation he couldn't help over hearing between two well-dressed women. It was six o'clock and, of course, the car win crowded. There were several ladies on the platform and the two who talked were close to the involuntary listener. "Dreadful, isn't it, out here?" said one lady. "Yes," said the other, but what can you do? I'm dreadfully ashamed to home at this time of the afternoon. We have no business on these cars. I declare it's too bad. Just see all those men standing up in the car and all the women sitting down, They should be ashamed of themselves —the women, 1 mean. I'm glad that some of the men don't get up. They serve the women just right. Men are so foolish about such things—l mean giving up their seats. Of course nine gentlemen out of every ten will offer their seats, but I never want to accept one. W T e have no right to expect such favors. And yet what can you do r It makes a woman look so foolish, hemming and haw ing and trying to refuse a seat. I tried it once or twice, and then sat down after all. The trouble is the men don't l>elieve we are in earnest when we refuse a seat—anil 1 guess most of the time they are right. There, look in the car now and see the poor, pale faced man giving the stout woman his seat. It's too bad. That man has been bending over a desk all day, and I suppose the woman has been out to some afternoon euchre party. These things are unjustly arranged. Per haps times will even them up. Oh, this is vour street? Good night." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Love's I.nlior I^ost. He looked into her eyes soulfully, but »h« seemed totally oblivious of it. There was admiration and love in his glance, but she did not heed it. There was a passion and rapturous longing in it, but it did not affect her. The fact of the matter was that he was cross-eyed and she did not know whether it was all intended for her or the girl on the other side of the room. —Chicago Post. Klondlcltln. Bilks—Hello! where are you going with that door mat? Gilks —Taking it to the assay ofTiee v A friend of mine, just returned from the Klon dike, called on me and wiped his feet on it. —Richmond Dispatch. The woman with a baby and the woman without one are always sorry for each other. —Chicago News. LOUIS SELLS, Of the Forepautfh-Sella Brother*' Combined Showti, Writes a Letter. Mr. Louis Sells, Columbus; Ohio. 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