TJK.M'-f - &-; ,,A'im ' Jl' 'V JW'4''4 par.rQ PAGES -o TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, LA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23. 1898. TWO CENTS. -yrr0tf0 Hiy yir-w--"- ' ' 1 o S PAGES . tnmnm COURT OF INQUIRY FORMALLY OPENED Investigation of the Condition of the Battieship Maine Several Divers Are at Work on the Wreck Progress Impeded by Darkness The Army and the Coast Defenses Are Strengthened Preparations for War. ilavana, Feb. 22. Tht court of In Airy opened nt half-past ten and took i recess at half-past twelve. Lieuten ant F. F. AA Hotmnn, navigator and ordnance officer of the Maine, was ex amined at the morning session. The court met for the afternoon session at half-past one and Lieutenant Coin mnnder R. AVnlnwrlght. executive olll eer of the Maine, was railed to the witness stand. Lieutenant Commander Walnwrlght has been In Immediate charge of ths. wreck since the explo sion. Four divers are at work In the for ward part of the ship, and the others nft. Tho task Is most laborious, and the men are naturally extremely care ful, as they have had to work in com plete darkness, and several have had 'bad falls. Electric lights, worked from the Mangrove, are now available, and much good Is expected fiom them. Nearly all the possible salvage has now been made from the cabin aft. The efforts to reach the ward and mess rooms are frustrated by some unknown obstacle. It Is expected to find bodies In these rooms. Two cases of ten Inch ammunition have been found, the one having exploded, the other full of pow der These were found forward. The work of securing the bodies under the hatch has been most dlllicult In the dark, but it Is hoped that the electric light will be of great assist ance. The bodies are much mutilated and some are partially burned. The officers of the court of Inquiry paid another visit to the wreck today. Captain Sampson, nfter the visits of the members of the court to the Captain General and Admiral Manterolu this morning, said the reception extended them had been polite and cordial. The captain general aM! Utlmlral had ex pressed deep sympathy and the hope that nothing would Interfere to prevent a thorough investigation. They offered to give any help In their power. Cap tain Sampson referred to the visits us "tending to promote a better under standing." Among the salvage were the table ware and tho silver service belonging to the Maine. George V. Koehler. of Brooklyn, died toduy at the military hospital. All tho other Injured show some Improvement. La Lucha, In an editorial today, com ments upon the "unfairness of the United States In making Cnptaln Slgs bee the adviser and assistant to the court of Inquiry." The editorial Is evidently based on Incorrect information from the United States, as naval officers here say it Is Impossible under the rules constitut ing naval courts of Inquiry, that tho captain commanding the ship destroyd should have anything to do with the findings of the court, being In one sense on trial himself. It is made Captain Slgsbee's duty to give all the testimony as to the facts in his possession. TORPEDO BOATS LEAVE CADIZ. Madrid. Feb. 22. United States Min ister Woodford was received In audi ence by the queen regent today. A squadron of torpedo boats has left Cadiz for Havana harbor. Key West. Feb. 22. The torpedo bouts Ericsson nnd Cushlng have made frequent trips by the New York and Iowa, now off Sand Key with dis patches. Hear Admiral Slcard, with several officers of New York and Iowa l;as spent part of the day on shore. Havana, Feb. 22. Gunner Charles Morgan, of the cruiser New York, who Is In charge of the divers, will devote attention to examining the ammunition in the foro part of the Maine's hull and to ascertaining the condition of the plates, magazines and engines. The bodies of twelve firemen have been taken out from under the hatch leading from the superstructure to tho Are room. None were recognized and all were necessarily dismembered In course of removal. An additional ten-Inch casing charge was found today exploded. A number of such casings are believed to he in sldo the hull, but It Is not known whether they exploded or not. Tho dlverB have recovered, In addition to Captain Slgsbee's silverware, as nl ready cabled, some of his cutlery, his rifles nnd a number of his books. Tho wounded In tho hospital are all doing better tonight. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Activity ut tho Navy Ynrds.-Contriict Signed with Wrecking Coiujiuuic, Washington, Feb. 22. All the gov ernment departments were closed In Washington today save tho navy de portment, where a fow of the officials assembled to receive nny dispatches that might arrive und to close tho con tract with tho wreckers for the recov ery of the effects on the Maine and the vessel herself if that be nrnctleablo. The Blgnlng of the wrecking contract twas me most important event of tho way, ana this concluded, the officials rcioseu up snop ana went homo to en Hoy a respite from tho ruBh of the past week. Captain Slgsbee was heard from In a dispatch which Indicates that close attention will be given to the coal bunkers by the naval court of Inquiry at Havana. Officials unquestionably have been for some time preparing for any emer gency that may arise, but appearances at the department today would Indi cate that any necessary orders already have been given and that the situa tion was not one calling for Immediate activity at Washington. The Cnstlne and Cincinnati, In accordance with or ders made known some time ago by the Associated Press, are to move much fuither north to West Indian waters and at Norfolk the monitor Terror was ordered to be In readiness and may be sent to New York later. The senate passed a bill to add two artillery regi ments to the strength of the army. This measure has been urged for many months by officials of the war depart ment who foresaw that while congress of late years" had taken measures for the protection of our coasts by appro priations for defensive works and great guns. It has not provided the men necessary to operate these engines of war. Should the house pass the bill It will enable the department to carry out plans it has long had In view. Criti cisms lately passed upon the state of the army and our fortifications has caused Increased activity In military matters, and to some extent this Is re sponsible for reports arriving from various quarters of movements at army posts. A report was circulated that General Miles as commander of the army had issued additional orders for troops at all forts to be on the ulert and ready for Immediate service, but this was promptly denied by the gen eral's chief of staff. Nothing what ever of a sensational character oc curred In Washington and on the whole the dav was free of rumors by com parison wllh its immediate predeces sors for the past week or more. THE WRECKING EXPEDITION. The plans of tho wiecklng expedition for the relief of the Maine were com pleted today, after long conferences between Secretary Long and the rep resentatives of the Merrltt & Chapman comnanv of New York nnd the Boston Towboat company. Tho companies had expee'ed to begin work In Havana Har bor in about a week, but at tho last moment Secretary Long Insisted that a provision should be made for send ing forward at once at least one large wrecking Voat with divers and equip ments. This was agreed to and a dis patch was sent to the captain of the sea wrecker Hlght Arm, now at Key West, to suspend his private work there and proceed at once to Havana. If tho Right Arm has started north, a tor pedo boat will be sent after l'er with orders to proceed .to Havana. At tho some time a dispatch was sent to tho New York offices of the company to send two of the most experienced dl vei h by train to Key West, where they will go to Havana and join the wreck eis and divers on the Right Arm. Tho commander of the Right Arm Is ordered to place himself, with his di vers and much'inery under the orders of Captain Slgsbee. who thus will be free to avail himself of their services In the lecovery of bodies or any par ticularly desirable piece of equipment or property. These are emergency steps which precede the Maine wreck ing expedition, which will be outfitted at Roston, New York and Norfolk. The terms of the contract as con cluded and signed today provide for the payment to the wrecking companies of the sum of $S7t per day for their regular plant and an additional pay ment of $510 per day for the use of the Monarch while thp latter Is actually employed. An express provision Is made that the government may ter minate the contract at any moment. It Is also provided that the compensa tion shall not exceed the sum of $200, 000 appropriated by congress for this purpose. Finally it Is provided that If tho companies succeed In raising the Maine and towing her to New York, they shall receive a bonus of $100,000. In view of the large first cost of the. Maine, about ?&,uuu.uuu, una the nation al deslro that sho shall bo raised, Sec retary Long believes that ho Is fully Justified In making the above terms with the wreckers. It must be borno In mind, ho said today, that this will constitute tho largest wrecking expe dltlon ever equipped in this country. Moreover, the wreckers expressed a willingness to go to work In the usual way that they serve underwriters, namely, to do the wrecking work and then take tho award of a hoard of ar bitration. This plan, however, was not open to the government, which Is com pelled by law to fix exact terms In ad vance. WORK WILL RE HASTENED. A clause of the contract requires tho companies to proceed with all despatch with tho work, nnd though this haste adds to tho cost. It Is believed to be necessary In view of the possibility of tho early appearance of yellow fever nt Havana. Cnptaln Humphreys and Mr. Chap man, representing the two companies who will do the work, explained to the Associated Press the plana they will adopt. In addition to the emergency work to be prosecuted, the main ex pedition will bo made up of about 100 men, Including six skilled divers; the wrecking stenmer Underwriter, of Boston, of six hundred horse power, the wrecking steumer John G. Jones, of Norfolk, of similar power; the Iron barge Lone Star, of Boston, capable to carry 3,000 tons; the tloatlng der rick Monarch, capable of lifting 2fi0 tons, the largest lloatlng derrick In the country; and nnother derrick cap able of lifting thirty tons. The forwarding of the boats, der ricks and men will begin at once. Tel egrams were sent today to begin the outfitting, the taking on of coal and tho assembling of men and equipments. The boats are ready to start at any time, but It will take a day or two to get together. The wreckers say It will be Impossible to assemble the material and get It Into Havana harbor ready for work for a week. The Underwriter has a crew of sev enteen men, including her own .staff of diverse, who are veterans In this line of work. The Jones has a like crew and equipment. Each wrecking vessel has a large complement of pumps, anchors, Iron masts with heavy hoisting gear, etc. Captain Thomas Kiviln, of New Vork, is mentioned as likely to bo placed In charge of the expedition. The wrecking master will be in complete charge, ns tho government will trust entirely to the experience of the wreck ers, although a naval officer will be detailed to Inspect tho work as It pro ceeds. The officers of the two wrecking com panies said today that after the ex pedition was assembled a complete In spection of the wreck would be mn.ln und the exact line of work determined upon. Most of the lifting will be done by the smaller derrick, but It will take the monster derrick Monarch to lift the huge turrets of the Maine and the guns mounted within them. Cnptaln Humphieys stated that tho purpose was not to separate the big guns from the turrets but to lift them as. a whole. This will be. a tremendous undertak ing, as the combined weight of each turret and gun Is lfifi tons. The Mon arch can lift 2C0 tons. ' Tho wreckers were loath to express an opinion as to their ability to raise the hull of the Maine. They are hopeful, however, that the ship can be brought to the surface. The Iron barge Lone Star will be used to receive the turrets, guns and wreck age, and as fast as loads are made up such will be towed to tho Norfolk navy yard. REQUEST FOR DRAWINGS. The following telegram was received by the navy department this afternoon from Captain Slgsbee: "Send to Forsythe for Slgsbee trans verse sectional drawing of Maine through forward ten inch magazine and shell room showing pocket coal bunkers." This request was Immediately com plied with. It Is supposed that Cap tain Slgsbee wants the drawings to as sist In the wrecking work. They will be useful also for the court of Inquiry. The fact that It Is deemed essential thut the drawings shall show tho pocket coal bunkers, Is evidence that Captain Slgsbee has In mind the spon taneous combustion theory. Some of the employes of the navy department have been making estimates of the amount of money that will be required to meet the demands of the Joint reso lution which Mr. Boutelle proposes to Introduce In the house allowing a year's sea pay to the families of the dead sailors and money for lost clothing and effects not to exceed a year's pay to the survivois. They fix the sum ut not to exceed $1.10,000. The naval officers assert that tho re port that the movements of the South Atlantic squadron now under way are with a view to the early assembling of the vessels near Havana is without foundation. THE TERROR WILL SAIL. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 22. The repairs on the monitor Terror was completed tonight, and It Is understood she will sail for New York In the morning. Repairs on the torpedo boats Foote and Wlnslow also are practically com pleted and they nre ready to leave the dry dock. The Puritan will hardly be ready to leave the yard under ten days. All of her boilers have been repaired but one. It is said that the gunboat Machlns will be repaired at this yard, and a requisition for more men has been made. FOR RELIEF OF MAINE VICTIMS. Legislative Provision Agreed Upon Yestcrdiiv Afternoon. AVnshlngton. Feb.22. Legislative pro vision for the relief of the victims of the Maine disaster occupied the house committee on naval affairs ull day, a general measure being ugreed on late this afternoon, similar to the relief measure that followed the Samoan dis aster In 1889. The resolution will ho finally passed on nt a special meeting of the committee tomorrow morning and will be Immediately reported and its passage expedited. Though based on the precedent of the Samoan bill, approved February 19, 1890. it will Ignore the differentiation then made between tho Injured and uninjured survivors, and its terms nre to be general Insteau of citing indi viduals. Any losses sustained by the survivors will be made good to the ex tent of not exceedlnge twelve months' pay, and provision Is to be made for bringing the remains back to this country at the discretion of tho naval authorities, The relief funds aro to be paid first to the wife or child of the victim, then parents, or If there nre neither of these relations, then to tho brother or sister or other collateral re lations. The pay of the deceased Is to be continued to these nt least three months. ORDERS TO TUB GUARD. Mnjor (Jniiernl Snowdon Desires Ito crillts to tho Pull Quoin nt l.nw. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Major Gener al Snowden, commnnder of tho Nation al Guard of Pennsylvania, has Issued general orders to every officer In the state to recruit his command up to the full quota required by law. The orders were Issued five days ago with Instructions that they be kept a profound secret. The officers were In structed to have their men ready to march fully armed and equipped In twenty-four hours' notice. Neither of ficers nor men will talk of prepara tions that arc going on, because they say It is against military regulations, but the work of recruiting men, In specting arms and ammunition, and the general air of activity at the dif ferent armories speaks for Itself. The National Guard of Pennsylvania comprises nearly 9.000 men. STEEL PROJECTILES ARRIVE. Two Thousand Missiles (or Six, Eight and Ton Inch (Jiiiik. New York, Feb. 22. The first of the expected projectiles lrom the Carpen ter Steel works arrived at tho Brook lyn navy yard today. There was about 2,000 of them for the six, eight und ten-Inch guns of th'o cruisers nnd bat tleships. A number of torpedo bends from New England manufacturers are expected by tomorrow "The collection of ammunition," said an ordnance officer, "does not mean that we expect Immediate war. These supplies were ordered some months ago, when some representative said in con gress we had not either powder or shot enough to last the navy a day. Pow der has been arriving for the last six weeks. More projectiles are expected an.', when they get here wo shall have ammunition enough on hand to last during six months of dally fighting." MR. CRAMP'S OPINION. Thinks tho Wreck of the .llnino Cnn not He Successfully Raised. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. A number of photographs of the wrecked battleship Maine, taken soon after the explosion occurred, were submitted to Charles H. Cramp today, for an expert opin ion. After carefully examining them, Mr, Cramp said: "The damage wrought by the ex plosion, ns shown by the photographs, was something terrible. After seeing I he pictures I am more undetermined than ever ns to the real cause of the d'saster. The appearance of the wreck indicates that there were two or more terrific explosions. One thing la cer ta'n. If the wieck Is as bad below the vvnter ns It appears to be above, nnd the Inference Is natural that the portion covered by the water Is In a worse state than that nbove It, the government will never be able to raise tho torn and twisted mass of steel ex cept by the use of coffer dams In my opinion tho proposition to raise what Is left qf her with pontoons is Imprac ticable, and the building of coffer dams Is absolutely necessary." M. LABORIE'S PLEA. Zola's Counsel Resumes His Argu ment lor Pefenso. Paris, Feb. 22. M. Laborle, counsel 'or Zola, resumed his argument tor the do lense today. "However opinions may differ In this at falr," si. Lnborlo explained, "In tho hour of danger we all show a solid front to tho foreigner." (Applause). . Then, denouncing the nctlon of the pros ecution In having Dreyfus write from dic tation, counsel said: "Such a trick proved tho emptiness of tho prosecution, for had they possessed proof of his guilt they would havo hud recourso to such theatrical effects at tho opening of the court mnttlul, and tho Judges, having only the Bordereau, would havo acquitted Dreyfus had not, con trary to all laws, their Judgment been ie.d astray by tho secret communication of a document." Counsel after rending nn account of the court mnrtlal, added: "I have all tho pa pers concerning the affair In my hands, und I solemnly affirm that there Is noth ing In them against Dreyfus. I pledge you my honor, gentlemen,, that this Is no proof against Dreyfus." After the court adjourned M. Laborln received a veritable ovation, cries of "Vive Laborln" mingling with counter cries of "Vive l'Armce'' and "A Ban lo Julfs." Tho public emerged from tho court In a stute of extreme excitement, but there was no disorder. An Offer nl Tmnps. Newark, N. J., Feb. 22. Commander Irving, of the division of tho east, New Jersey naval reserves, telegraphed to tho ravy department In Washington today, offering his command for Immediate ser vices should It bo required. There aro soveral hundred men In the division. Ntcnuiftlilp ArrivnlN, Now York, Feb. 22. Sailed: Lahn, Bro men, Antwerp Arrived; Kensington, New Vork. WAR CLOUD IN WEST AFRICA France Protests iter Innocence, but England Is Serious. FRENCH HAVE NOT ENTERED SOKOTO War Humors Concerning tho I'ossl lilty ol' u Conlllct--Trench Battle ship Soils lor tho I'nr VnU Oplnloni oT tho Kuroponn News papers on tho Subject. Paris, Feb. 21. A semi-official note Issued this afternoon says It Is quite untrue that French forces hnve en tered the Sokoto region, nnd that the story Is merely a revival of an ex ploded rumor. In nn article expressing the views of M. Hanotau, minister of foreign af fairs, the Journal des Debats says that both tho French and English govern ments have Instructed their officers and agents In West Africa to nbstnln from anything that would possibly bring about n collision. The consensus of opinion In Paris Is that the possibil ity of a conflict arising from the Niger dispute Is absurd. The French battleship Vauban, with Admiral de Beaumont on board, sailed from Toulon today for the far East. London, Feb. 22. Replying to a ques tion In tho house of commons today, Mr, Chamberlain, secretary of state for the Colonies, said that he received yesterday a dispatch from Lieutenant Pllcher, commanding at Lokojah, stat ing that she had received Information that four French European officers, with 100 men, had arrived at Argun gu, on the Sokoto river. In West Af rica, nnd within the sphere of British Influence. Mr. Chamberlain added: "I cannot believe that, pending the negotiations, the French government can hnve authorized this Invasion of territory over which our lights have been recognized by the convention be tween Great Britain und France." REGARDED VERY SERIOUSLY. The St. James' Hazed,, this nftnr. noon, commenting on the subject, says: "If the Invasion of Sokoto Is directed from Paris, It admits but of one in terpretation, and the seriousness of the situation Is Increased when it Is re membered that the Invasions of Brit ish territory must have been planned weeks before the present ferment In Paris over Dreyfus. It would appear that the French cabinet, foreseeing the revelations which should be caused by the trial of M. Zola, had determined to bring affairs In West Africa to a crisis to secure a renewal of Its pop ularity." The Times says: "We cannot allow them (the French) to strai.jle our col onies at Lagos and on the Gold Coast as they have strangled them at Gam bia and Sierra Leone."" ' JARUCO'S AWFUL STATE. Terrible Situation round by Clarn Barton-.Three Hundred Patients in tho Hospital witli 81.80 in Span ish Silver to Feed 'I' lie m. Havana, Feb. 22. Miss Clara Barton reports that she found the reconcen trudos at Jaruco, Havana province, In an awful condition of starvation and misery. She says that she could not believe it was possible to witness more human suffering and more appalling spectacles of distress than those she had nlready seen In Cuba, and yet they did not compare with what she found In Jaruco. Miss Barton found that the entire funds of the so-called hospital in that place were $1.80 in Spanish sliver. "Thut Is all I have," said the doctor to her, "to feed and treat over 300 patients." Besides, there was not a single pill In the pharmacy of tho hospital. The doctor had no surglcnl Instru ments to make any operations and no attendants to care for the rooms of the poor sick. In one room Miss Bar ton found a dead man's body, which hud been kept there for three days. She visited the jail of the town nnd saw similar carelessness and pithiness. Two pounds of rlco nnd two ounces o'f snusnge were the only food In the whole building. An Immense crowd followed her to the church, nnd tho poor people knelt nnd gave thanks to God for sending Miss Barton to them. ' Sho was ap pointed by unanimous vote of the city council "adoptive daughter" of Jaruco. She left a good hospital In the place, and has greatly relieved the general misery. DIO GUN CARRIAGES. To Ro Used nn United Stntes Battle ships tor Thirteen-Inch Ciiunon. Cleveland, Feb. 22. Work on tho big government contract Is now under rapid headway at the Otis Steel works. Five enormous gun carriages are be ing constructed there. They are for 13-lnch guns to bo used on United States battleships. A similar carriage was completed some time ago and shipped east, where It met with the approval of tho naval department. General Manager Bartol said today that orders had been received to com plete five moro carriages. Tho great Gatllng cast steel gun will be returned to the Otis works within a fow days from the Cleveland city forge to be reamed out in readiness for the rlillng which is to be performed In the east. STRANGE D0X FOR ALDERMAN. Looked Llko an Infernal Mnchlno, but Was llnrmnes. Capo May, N. J., Feb. 22. A susplo-Jnus-looklng box camo by express to Alderman Sandgran this morning, and for a time created considerable con Hternatlon. State Senator Hand, tx Postmnster Richardson and Game AVar den Hilton happened in at tho time and Hilton displayed nerve enough to ex amine the thing, while tho others re mained at a safe distance, Tho box was found to contain a lot of cunningly arranged springs and wires, but perfectly harmless, AVho was the perpetrator of tho Joko Is a mystery. THE NEWS THIS MOKNINU. Weather Indications Today: Partly Cloudy; Variable Wind.. 1 Gener.vl Court of Inquiry at Havana. War Preparations. Cuban Autonomists Charged with Treason. Africa's War Cloud. 2 State Testimony for tho Defense In tho Martin Trial. Enthusiastic Reception to President McKlnley at Philadelphia. 3 Local-Superior Court Opinions. Companies A nnd C Condemn tho Old Armory. Editorial. i . I ' Comment of tho Press. S Spain's Rise nnd Fall. C Local-Deadlock in tho Board of Con trol. 7 Locni-Celobrntlon of Wushlngton'3 Birthday. Board of Charities Indignant nt tho Attncks on the Society's Agent. S Local-West Side and Suburban. 9 Lackawanna. County News. 10 Whitney's Weekly News Budget. Neighboring County Happenings. CUBA OCCUPIES THE SENATE Terriblo Condition of the Reconoen tnidoi Is Consldeicd.-IJill Provid ing lor Two Regiments Passed. Washington, Fob. 22. As soon as the reading of the historical farewell ad dress was concluded by Mr. Lodge (Mass.) In the senate today, Mr. Haw ley (Conn.), chairman of tho military affairs committee, called up the bill providing for the enlistment of two ad ditional regiments of artillery for ser vice In manning the heavy coast de fence batteries which congress lias provided during tho past two years. Thero was no factious opposition to the measure nnd it was passeu uy a vuw i &2 to 4. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, of fered nnd secured the ndoptton of a resolution Instructing the committee on naval affairs to Inquire and report to the senate whether a war ship to be named the George AVashlngton. and to be ottunl to the most powerful in the world could be constructed within twelve months. Cuba usurped the place of Hawaii In the executive session and was under consideration for an hour or moro. Th'is proceeding was based upon a doc ument presented by Senator Morgan, of Alabama, ns the icsult of an Inter view between himself and a. Mr. Koop, of Boston. Tho document consisted of questions by Senator Morgan and replies by Mr. Koop, and dealt with the unfortunate condition of the ro concentrados. There was some comment upon the document by Senators Morgan, Gal llnper and Mason, but no olllcial nctlon was taken. Senntor Mason said the statement was no more than ho had expected to hear, and Senator Gallln- i,.i....,..i tiiftt Mir. ii!rturp drawn was a deplorable one. He said tlmtt two months ago no nnu nuviscu wmi the United States should Intervene to put a stop to the war nnd that every development since had confirmed tho wisdom of the suggest km then made. It seems probable that the bill to create two additional regiments of ar tllleiy will pass the house without much opposition, If It Is reported while the house Is in its present temper. The military affairs committee has juris diction over the bill and Chairman Hull Is now absent ut his home In Iovvn. To opposition Is likely to bo encount ered from the appropriations commit tee . . AVashlngton's birthday was celebrat ed In the house -tfter a motion of Mr. Bailey to adjourn had been voted down, with a vast deal of political speochmaklng, nnd It was also bignal-' Ized by the firing of the first gun in opposition to Hawaiian annexation. Mr. Johns-on, an Indiana Republican, delivered a speech that electrified the house and the galleries In denuncia tion of what he termed ns an attempt to cut loose from the traditional policy of the United States nnd enter upon a scheme of colonization that had proved the ruin of empires and of nntlons. He used some very strong language, but his remarks were enthusiastically ap plauded by the minority, and many Re publicans Joined in the demonstration. He declared that he did not believe the proposed scheme to annex the Sand wich b lands could sttujd the crucial test of n contest, either in tho senate or house. Ho declared that while ho had denounced at the time the state ment that the Hawaiian monarchy had ben overthrown with the aid of American citizens that ho now firmly behoved it was true. The speech com ing entirely unheralded produced a deep impression. The gem-rul debate op the pundry civil bill was concluded today and tomorrow the bill will le taken up for amendment. BADE EVANOEUST FAREWELL. Scouo in Cape Jluy's Itnilrond Httition ns Jennie Smith Lull. Cupe May, N. J.. Feb. 22. A remark able scene was presented in the station of the AVest Jersey and Seashore rull road this afternoon when Jennie Smith, the evangelist who has been conduct ing successful revival services here, started to leave the city. A large crowd gathered at the sta tion to bid her farewell and an Im promptu service was held. Experi ences of converts were told, addresses made and hymns were sung till tho warning whistle of the locomotive gave notice that the train was about to move. AVavIng of handkerchiefs and other demonstrations of regard were kept up till It was out of sight. One Thousand .Men Bendy. Reading, Pa., Feb. 22. The city execu tive committee of the American Protec tive association met todny und Deputy State President Taylor ent u telegram to AVashlngton offering the government the services of the entire membership of one thousand In this district In the event of hostilities. Organization of four mili tary companies has been under way here during tho past twenty-four hours. llritish Ship Asia Wricked. Boston, Feb. 22. Thero Is scarcely a doubt that the British ship Asia, com manded by Captain (1. M. Dnkin, bound from Manila for this port, wus wrecked near Nantucket during tho gulo of the past few days nnd that her entire crew of twenty men have perished. THE ASPECT AT MADRID A Gloomy Tone Pervades Political Circles at Present. CRISIS MAY BE AT HAND Split in the Cuban Ministry Is Threatened. Tho Autonomist! Aro, It Is Uellovcd, Secretly Treating with tho Sepnr-ntiitc-Opinloni of tho Pross--Tho DIlnLtrr In Groat Danger. lladrldi Feb. 2. A gloomy tono per vaden political circles on tho reports oS a split in tho Cuban ministry. Tho Autonomist Senor GIgberg and Scnot? Amblard, ore, It Is 'believed, secretly treating with tho Separatists in tho direction of independence for Cuba. Senor Govln, the Cuban secretary of the Interior, Is accused of treason by. the Imparclal which publishes a fac simile of a letter from Senor Govln to a friend hi which the former says: "How- could you think that Sagasta, a man Inferior to Canovns and Liberal only In name, has Inspired my atti tude and not my ideas and sentiments whether I am a Spaniard. Long llvo our country nnd liberty." The Impnrclal adds that it predicted a weak ministry In Cuba and warned Senor Moret, the Spanish colonial min ister, or wnat was llKely to be tho out come of his autonomy scheme. El Fnls says: "Spain should treat with tho rebels direct rather than tol erate tho traitor Govln." 121 Correo Espano asks: "How will Senor Moret, tho patron of Covin, stand now that Govln Is n traitor to his country? AVhoever supports a traitor Is likewise a traitor." The olllcial press, on the cither hand, counsels prudence and confidence In the patriotism of the Cubans. m - SHOPLIFTERS BY WHOLESALE. Voting Women Und u Carriage Full oI'Mcrclinnilir. Brldgeton, N. .!., Fob. 22. Two well- Wressed, rospectablo-loolUtiK.young wo men were caught in the act of shop lifting in one of tho city's stores this afternoon and placed under nrrest. They gave tho names or Ada and Rosa Hewitt, of Falrton. They had driven to town in a buggy, and nfter their arrest the buggy was found loaded with goods, presumably stolen. The same young women piled their vocation in Rosenthal's store last Sat urday afternoon, but a bright young daughter of the proprietor detected them and suddenly threw open a lnrgu. cape which one of them wore. Sho found It stuffed with goods. Thero were stockings, towels, pins, combs and other urtlcles, while further search showed that the visitors had concealed goods In their stockings. They dis gorged without a murmur, and, strange ly enough, were allowed to depart. Later in the day they were seen driv ing from the city with tho front of tha buggy crowded with goods. They evi dently returned to town for nnother load today, but fell by tho way. SON WITH A POKER SAVED HER. Sirs. Cnrov's Tnrrlblo Kxperlonco in n Hurlv Xrgro's llnnds. Delmnr, Del., Feb. 22. Mrs. William Carey, wife of a prominent young farmer, was called to the door of her home about 9 o'clock Saturday even Ing by a negro, who seized her by thq throat and threw her down. Mrs. Carey Is a frail woman, but fought her burly assailant fiercely that her 7-year-old child was attracted by tha noise, and came to her old with a poker, with which ho belabored her as snllant about tho head until ho de. slsted In his assault and ran. Yesterday search was made for tha negro, and Joseph Dorsey was arrested nnd committed to the county Jail. Mrs, Carey could not positively Identify him as her assailant, but, as lie has bruises about the head such as might havg been mado by young 'Carey's poker, tha people believe they have the right man, nnd they even tnlk of violence In casa he should be released. OBJECTED TO DR. STEARNS. A Jersoy Presbyterian Church Ols misses lis Suprrlntcndeot. Philllpsburg, N. J., Feb. 22. James L. Lomerson, superintendent of the Firsj Presbyterian Sunday school, hns been requested to resign by the session oj the church because he circulated tracts In the Sunday school yesterday which contained the lessons of Rev. Dr. D, M. Stearns, pastor of tho Reformed. Episcopal Church of the Atonement, o Germnntown, Philadelphia. These lessons, the session hold, ar not In thorough accord with the Pres. byterlan doctrine. Mrs. Lomerson, wlw Is a Sunday school teacher and promt, nent worker In the church, has alsq resigned, and tho affair has causcij trouble In tho congregation. Binned by Gas Explosion. AVIlkes-Barre. Feb. 22. Mrs, Edward Spencer and daughter, Elizabeth, who were burned by u gas explosion In tha cellar of their house at Mill Crook last week, died toduy from their Injuries, Tho lleru'd's Heather Porocust, New Vork. Fob. 23.-In tho middle states nnd New England, toduy, cloudy, unset, tied weather, light to ficbh vurlabli winds will provnli with slight changes ot temperature and Heht rain or snow, tha winds mostly southwesterly nnd westerly In the Interior and northeasterly on th coasts, followed by pnrtlnl clearing niuj colder cuiidltlcns lu tho southern parts, ; V 4
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