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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY. APRIL 12. 1S)8.
J
CONGRESS
IS AT SEA
Thrown Into a Chaotic
State by the Presi
dent's Message.
DISCUSSING THE SITUATION
Prospect of a Break in Ranks
of President's Supporters.
Tlio 1'orcigu Ittiliitioim Committed
OefcM Action Until (icncrnl lii'i)
Ciin lln lleiirilCoiiscrviitlvo Hi'"
publican Senators Do Not Manifest
Any Abatement of Tlioir Deter
mination to Stnnd by llio Provident.
The McvHiigo Criticized at tlio
Democratic Conference.
Washington. April 11. Notwlth-
standing the early luljotirnnicnt of the '
senate today, many senators remained
about the cnpltol during thu nttcrnoon
discussing the situation In the senate .
chamber and lu thu committee rooms. t
The committee on foreign relations
was in session, and the Jlcpubllcaii
s-elisttors who Indorse the president's
course, generally known as the con
servatives, were In conference In the
rooms of the romnilttee on rules, and ;
several members of the senatorial
Democratic steering committee were i
"consulting In the Democratic caucus ,
room of the senate with some of the
Democratic leaders of the house. In- (
eluding Mr. Bailey, i
The foreign relations romnilttee sat
for about three hours, and after the
formal meeting had concluded, the
Jtepubllran members held a conference
at which they considered the possibil
ity of securing unummuus action on
their part. i
The committee on such did not reach j
a concdlusloii or even a decision as to
whether n report should be made to- i
morrow. One reason for postponement
f action Is that the committee ue
dcslres before reporting to hear
Consul General Loe who has informed
the chairman that he can be with them
tomonow.
The conclusions of the committee
may depend largely upon what Gen
ernl T.eo places before it. Several
members of the committee were In
clined to criticize the course of the
president's reference to Spanish proffer
of an armistice in Cuba. This,
they say, goes far towards removing
the cause for Intervention and some
went so far In this connection as to
say that In view of the mention of this
fact and of the president's opposition
to tho lecognltlon of either Independ
ence nr belligerent rights nothing was
left for this counti) but to decline
war.
anotih:i: di;vri.opi:mi:nt.
Another ilcvolopHiwnt that some of
the senators who had previous to the
receipt of tho message in lieuted n w il
llngntwa to conform to th? presldnet's
wishes and to confine tho action of con
gress to a declaration for intervention
iiad changed their opinions and were
now Inclined tn return io th" mlglri.U
ponitlon for independent'" ctlpli-d Ub
lnterventl.'n nnd it was stated by one of
tho senators that the r?. ilutlona re
ported would In nil probability contain
at loan a recognition of the tight of
tho Cuban people to fro-dom und In
tlependtnce The conservative TfcjJtihlle.i.i sena
tors were not Mow In recognizing the
fact that the roinemont to B-cur' sup
port for the president's proposition had
lost ground since the re-lnt of the
message. They did not, however, man
ifest any abatement in their deiormln
allon to jstitnd with lie pr.Mldent In the
sonato nnd to oppose by debateorother
wlso any proposition looking to more
radical action than the executive, de
sired. At tho Demoeiatio eoufore.neo the
message was sharply cruized and while
tlinro was much dli'reiene,.. 0f opinion
ns to tlio course to be riurcued, thro
is no doubt that resolutions recognizing
the independence of the Cohans will bo
introduced by Democrats In both bouses
of congress. They probably will be
pri-tented tomorrow.
HOUSE COMMITTKK.
The Hepubllcan members of the house
foreign affairs committee were In ses
sion all the afternoon to map out a
t tlellnite Cuban policy, but were totally
tumble to reach an agreement. It is
understood thai many of the mem
bers whose views heretofore have been
pronounced In favor of Independence
und Intervention in stating their posi
tlou at this Informal meeting an
nounced an nlmost complete change of
position. These, it is understood, in
clude Adams, of Pennsylvania, now
acting chairman of the committee;
Qulgff, of Now York, and Cousins, of
Iowa. The meeting was very stormy
and some exciting discussions occurred.
Tho most pronounced sentiment in the
committee In favor of Immediate Inter
vention und the recognition of Inde
pendence from Spanish rule was voiced
by Pearson, of North Carolina; Smith,
of Michigan; Iloatuole, of Minnesota,
and Gillette, of Massachusetts. There
were numerous resolutions drafted and
offered for the action of the committee,
as different In character und wordings
as there were members present, but
there was no action beyond their for
mulation, submission and discussion.
The steering committee of nine elect
"d by tho conference of the Hepubllcan
Cuban sympathizers In the house met
today and appointed a special commit
tee of threo to secure u statement of
tlio position of tho two foreign com
mittees In congress. The committee
consists of Joy. of Missouri; Tuwney,
of Mlnnosotu, and Lorlmer, of Illinois.
Their instructions were to ascertain
what the committee of both houses
proposed to do and then report for tho
consideration of the conference.
Tho full foreign affairs committee of
tho house will meet tomorrow morning,
when tho president's message will bo
taken up. It Is possible that tho spe
cial committee will havo decided what
It fhall report to the Cuban conference.
There aru about sixty Hepubllcan rep
resentatives who have participated In
these conerencas and one of their load
ers stated tonight that ho believed he
c-orreotly reprosentod tho majority In
paying that they favored immediate
urmed Intervention and a declaration
that tlm Cuban people should una of n.
right ought to bo Independent of Span
ish rule.
CIIAQRIN AT KEY WEST.
Presidents .lie Mucin Is Uncoiled with
lOviddil DlNplitiisiire,
Key West, Pit., April 11. Tho day
has been ono of tension, rclloved by
the news of the president's message,
but then changed to a feeling almost
of disgust. leouuso It Is considered that
tho messago will be treated by con
gress as a semi-routine matter. Of
course people hero are Ignorant of the
motives nctuutlng congress, of the
plans made, of the necessity for tllg
nllled delay, and of the propriety of se
curing time.
Still It Is hoped by all and believed
by many that the final arrangements
made would be welcome. The corre
spondents who left there such a short
time ago know how likely the popu
lace, led by the soldiery, is to indulge
In riot, possibly bloodshed. No ono
takes nny stock whatever In General
Hlanco's armistice. All say that It is
not for Illanco. but for General Gomez
to suy when the shooting Is to stop.
THE PRESIDENT'S
COMPLETE MESSAGE
iLO'ieliiUul from Page 3.1
mnml the support aud approval of the
chilzcd world.
The War Must Stop.
1113 LONG trial has proved that the
object for which Spain has waged
the war cannot be attained. The
fire of Insurrection may llanie or may
smoulder with varying seasons, but It
has not been and It Is plain that It
cannot be extinguished by present
methods. The only hope oi relief und
repose from a condition which can no
longer be endured Is the enforced pa
cification of Cuba. IN THE NAMH
OF IH'MANITY, IN T11K NAME OK
CIVILIZATION, IN BKIIALF OF KN-
DANOKUKD AMEIUCAN INTEK- I
ESTS WHICH GIVE t'S THE RIGHT I
AND THE DUTY TO SPEAK AND TO i
ACT, THE WAH IN CUBA MUST
STOP. (
In view of these facts and of these i
considerations I ask the congress to
authorize nnd empower the president
to take measures to secure a full and I
final termination of hostilities between
the government of Spain and the peo
ple of Cuba, and to secure In the Island
the establishment of a stable govern
ment capable of maintaining older and
observing Its International obligations,
ensuring peace and trunoulllty and the
security of Its citizens as well as our
own, and to use the military and naval
forces of the United States as may be
necessary for these purposes.
And In th- Interest of humanity and
to aid in preserving the lives of the
stnrvlng people of the island t recom
mend that the distribution of food and
supplies bo continued and that an ap
propriation be made out of the public
treasury to supplement tho charity of
our citizens.
The issue is now with the congress.
It is n solemn responsibility. I have
exhausted every effort to relieve the In
tuitu able condition of aflalrs which Is
at our doors. Prepared to execute
every obligation Imposed upon me by
the constitution and the law, I await
your action.
1'ostcript.
YESTEKDAY, nnd since the prepar
ation of-fhe foregoing message,
ofllcinl Information was received
by inn that the latent decree of the
queen regent of Spain directs General
Illanco. In order to tn-ptinrn nml fnnlll.
tate pence, to proclaim a suspension
ot hostilities, the duration and details i
of which have not yet been communi
cated to me. This fuct. with every
other pertinent consideration, will. I
am sure, have your just and careful
attention in tho s-olemn deliberations
upon which you ore about to enter. If
this measure attains a successful re
sult, then oilr aspirations as a Chris
tian, peace-loving people will be real
ized. If it falls, It will be only another
Justification for our contemplated ac
tion. (Signed)
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Executive Mansion, April 11, 1S9S.
THE HERO OF AUDRID.
Senor Aquilcrn, the Civil Governor,
(Jii"ll mi ingrv 'lob.
Madrid. April 11. Today's hero Is '
Senor Agullera, the civil governor of j
Madrid, who by his presence and ae-
tivity quelled the mob lust night when '
at Its worst. Among those arrested for ;
Inciting the mob were Huron Son !
Ciiierren, Senor Halves Holguin and
two rather prominent Republicans.
The remaining arrests were unlmport
nnt, but none of the persons In cus
tody will bo liberated until the public
effervescence ceases.
A proclamation by the civil governor
posted today warns tho public that all
future demonstrations will be sup
pressed by force.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Wellington. April U. The lollowlng
navul orders were issued today:
Cadet C L. Lei per, detached from
Rrooltlyn and ordered to Yosemlte.
Cadet C. L. Lelper, detached from
Alliance and ordeied to DIMe.
Cinluth II. C. HIskpI, from Texas, and
A. W. Marshall from Massachusetts lo
Yankee.
Cadet W. L. Llttlelleid, from Massaoliu
setts to the Prairie.
Cadet J. 11. Henry, liom Htooklyn to
the Prairie.
Lieutenant Commander C. T. Force, do
tachiid from navy yard, New York, to
U'ke ihurtse of Uio third dlstilct men
quito fleet. Lewes, Del.
Lieutenant commander W. II. Ilecder,
deluched eominnud St. Jlury's nnd to
take charge of the fourth dlsulct mos
ciulto (lest, Fort Monroe.
onmmnder W. Goodwin, superinten
dent iv.tval observutory. Washington.
Naval Cadet P. WuFhlnglon, to Ver
mont at once.
Naval Cadet A. F. Ciensliay. to Ver
mont at once.
Naval Cadot G. 8. Lincoln, detached
I mm the Momidiiock and to the Vermont.
Lieutenant J. F. Smith, detached f.-om
the Fnterprlse end to the Yosemlte.
Lleutenont H. C. Pounds, detached from
the bureau of odrnnnce und to Yorcndte.
Lieutenant II. F. Jones detached from
tho bureau of equipment und to yo
semlte Ensign A. F. Chester, detached from
the Franklin to the Yosemlle.
c'ommardcr C. II. Davis detached hi.
superintendent naval observatory and m
command the rdxle.
Lleuternnt C. A. Merrlain. detadied
from the nrval ncatlomy and to Dixie.
Pennsylvania Pension".
Washington, April 11. The following
1'ennt.ylvanlti pension has been Issued:
Additional Da'mnji Gture Rurlingtoii,
Ilrndfercl P' 'oy
GENERAL LEE THE
HERO OF THE HOUR
Receives a Continuous Ovation on Ills
Trip North.
THE ENTHUSIASM OP VETERANS
At Kvcry Station Along tho Lino tho
Train la IlcMeced by Crowd t ho
Aro Anxious to Obtain u Glimpto ol
tho Popular Coiisiil--Tollinoiunli
in the Vtny of .Music Bouquets and
Artllloty.
Way Cross, Ga., April 11. Every sta
tion along the route of Consul General
Leo's special train lavished apprecia
tive tributes upon him. The country
for miles In the Interior furnished ar
dent admirers who came In carts,
wagons and on horso back. Ladles
lllled the car with handsome bouquets
accompanied by missives expressive (J
their admiration. "Where Is Lee?"
wus the cry from Tampa to this place
and until he made his appearance the
crowds could not control their Impa
tience. Whenever the general stopped
to tho rear platform outbursts of ap
plause greeted him. Before teaching
Jasper, Fin., three telegrams were re
ceived on the train urging him to make
his appearnnce so that the people could
see him. Arriving there the local com
pany of state troops and a score of
Confederate veterans with a wild
crowd met him. "A thousand welcomes
to you. General Lee, as a brave man,
it thousand welcomes to our old Con
federate comrade, ten thousands of
welcomes to you six for your admirable
ofllcinl course as our consul at Hav
ana." said one of the (fey haired men.
"1 thank you sir," said Lee, "for your
kind expressions. I thank the Ameri
can people for the commendation they
have shown my administration as-your
consul general at Havana I have
never really known until today how
united the people arc In sanctioning
my course."
In the afternoon he endeavored to get
some sleep but It was Impossible. The
crowds would besiege the train nnd
even attempt to force doors of the pri
vate car In their frantic efforts to see
the popular general. One aged veteran
said; "I am sixty-two but all I want
you to do Is to sound the bugle and
1 will be with you saddle nnd boots.
Don't put It off too long general. Let
us go to haul down the Spanish flag."
This sentiment was general all along
the line.
A PRESIDENTIAL ROOM.
Johnstone, Ga., April 11. Way Cross
exceeded all previous points on giv
ing General Lee an ovation. As the
special train rolled through the rail
wuy yard every whistle and bell pealed
forth In welcome. Cannon roared and
musketry rattled while ffur thousand
wildly excited persons frantically
crowded up to the car. General Lee
was taken bodily from, the car and was
Introduced to the crowd by Colonel S.
G. McLendon, of Georgia, In the fol
lowing words: "As long ns human his
tory Is written, as long as human
history Is read, the name of Lee will
shlno out as a beacon light on the
shores of truth and honor nnd courage.
This gentleman Is Fitzhugh Lee, of
America."
An afternoon purer, in a big scare
head, announced "Lee for president
in l'JOO." The speclul train will reach
Washington at 2 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon. CKUISERS AT HALIFAX.
Tlio Sun FruitciHco unit New Orlnnun
Union Stmiiiv Piinsmsc
Halifax, N. P., Apill 11. The Ameri
can men-of-war, Snn Francisco nnd
Mew Orleans (formerly the Rrazlllan
ship Amazoua) urrlved here this morn
ing at 11 o'clock short of coal. Roth
vessels loft London on the 27th Inst,
nnd had a stormy passage during the
last eight days. On Monday, the
fourth, heavy winds and rain were met
with. The ships were together up to
tint date, but on Tuesday became sep
arated anil did not get together until
twenty hours had elapsed. The San
Francisco came through all right, but
the New Orleans experienced gu-.u
dilllculty, one of her starboard boats
being smashed In and steering gear was
for a time deranqed.
As 4dm came up evidences of her
rough passage was easily discernible.
Preparations were quickly made to
load the coal and the ships will b-
ready to sail tomorrow. Gieat excite
ment prevailed in the city when tho
signal station announced the approach
of the ships. The San Francisco ex
changed salutes with the forts and tho
olllccts reported to the authorities
shortly after entering port. AH hands
on both ships are In good health.
STRIKE AT I'ATTON.
Htivon Hundred Men (Jolt XI ork Oiling
lo Local Giievniice.
Patton, Pa., April 11. A strike was
Inaugurated today In the Cambria coal
region, affecting the miners of the Pat
ton Coal company,- about seven hun
dred men, together with the McCormlck
mine, employing one hundred und fifty
miners.
The strike Is owing to local griev
ances. For some time the company has
been running its Ashcroft mine by tho
car Instead of paying the district price,
forty-live cents per ton. The car sys
tem Is mi obnoxious one to miners.
licintcin-( ttinplie.l Atlitir 11 Draw.
Pittsburg, April II. The twelve-round
boxing contest tonight between Joe liern
Htiiu, of New York, and Louden Camp
bell, of Pittsburg, was declared a draw
by Refereo Eyrie. The Pittsburg Ath
lethlc club auditorium Was crowded lo Us
capacity by enthuskibilc sports, who
seemed satisfied with iho bout and do
tislon.
Hiiilcy in Prison.
Chester, Pa.. April 11. Charles
under arrast on suspicion of tlio
of lyahel Rldgw.iy, his house
and her son, Clmiles, was com-
West
Harley,
murder
keeper,
milled t
o prison today to answer at court.
The alb
Bed double riime was commltteu
!.', when the two bodies were
Marcli
found w
1th the throats cut.
Sniiiiihh I riiiai.rw ShII Nmiili.
TenercflV, Canary Islands, April II
Tho Spanish armored cruli-ers t'listol:
Colon and Murki Teresa have passed il
bal
v u,wi, ciii, .Ki.im tciiBii iiuve ip?fu lllin
Inland, going south. A battalion ot Span
ish lufuntr and two batteries of moun-
Ills
tinii artillery nave airiveu here.
&
Cure all liver illi,
illi, bilious- r-jsk a n n
, sour stom. fCM gljlm
-SuiTiUKlr IBIS
nrss. headache.
ach. Indlcestloa.
Urn. Titer art aattlv. with.
mitiln or frriie. f,nM ty all itruppliti. n centi.
l:io ,mlr rill, tn ul.e with Hood's Sursaparllla.
H9
ynfww iwwwMM
Ke)al mak the toot) pure,
wholesome anJ delicious.
Absolutely Puro
0l bAn0 f 0Dt CO. . St VOM.
imjiufamtnmnM
RIOTS AT MADRID.
Nitmorouti Groups in I'ront of tlia
omens ol .Minister oftho lntorlor
Shouting "Vivn Knpntin."
Madrid, April 11, 10.30 p. in. Numer
ous groups In the Puerto del Sol and In
front of the otllces of the minister of
the Interior this evening have raised
the cry "Viva Espanu." The gend
armes and police scattered them and
occupied the square, but the groups
quickly re-formed several times, until
Hnally the gendarmes charged, the
sroud. Many were Injured or arrested.
Senor Agullera, the civil governor, call
ed out the civil guard to clear the
street, but ut this hour several groups
are parading thoroughfares In the cen
ter of the city.
Madrid, April 11, midnight. Through
out the evening demonstrations have
continued in various quarters. The po
lice and gendarmes have repeatedly
dispersed large crowds and there havo
been several arrests In the lower quar
ters. Calm has finally been restored, but
the gendnrmes are patrolling the
streets and other precautions are main
tained. Madrid, April 12, 2 a. m. All the
crowds have dispersed and the streets
are deserted.
WAR SCARE IN DELAWARE.
Negroos I'leo to the Wood to Ilscnpe
I he Enemy.
Wilmington, DeV, April 11. Captain
Philip Reybold, who arrived In town
last night after -having taken the
steamer Favorite from New York to
Haltlmore, Md., for the Queen Anne's
railroad, says that during the recent
storm he ran the bout into Sand Shoal
Inlet on the Atlantic coast, below
Cobb Island Inlet. Va.
The negroes In the neighborhood
thought the Favorite was a Spanish
war vessel that was to begin an at
tack on them, and they fled to the
woods. The captain secured a stock of
provisions, but until the boat emerged
from the Inlet not a negro could be
seen In tho neighborhood.
WE MV BUY THE NICTHEROV.
The .Vuvy Department' Ivc9 011 the
IJrnzillnii Cruiser.
Washington, April 11. The navy de
partment has under consideration the
purchase of the Rrazlllan cruiser Nlcth
eroy, one of the most formidable ves
sels of Its kind afloat.
The Nletheroy was a high-speed mer
chantman purchased by Brazil in this
country dining the Mello revolution.
She was transformed into a naval ves
sel, with several others of her class,
and hurried there to meet the vessels
which under the revolutionary admiral
were investing Rio. She was armored
nnd equipped with a large pneumatic
dynamite gun and a secondary battery
of light power and machine guns. She
Is still borne on the Rrazlllan naval libt.
SOL BERLINER DETAINED.
Statu Department Authorize lilm to
Deler Him Departure.
AVashlngton, April 11. Sol Berliner,
of New York, appointed recently Fnl
ted States consul at Tenerlffe, Canary
islands, has been authorized by tho
state department to defer his depar
ture to his post "until the situation is
cleared." He had arranged to sail from
New York In a few days, but in view
of the Spanish crisis deemed It advls
abl. to ask the department for instruc
tions. Assistant Secretary Adee wrote him
a reply that he had better remain in
New York until further orders.
INDIANS AS PREACHERS.
Lone Wolfnnd liullolo .Meat Talked
lo HnptiMf.
Camden, N. J., April 11. Two full
blooded Indians, Lone Wolf and Huf
falo Meat, attended the Easier services
in the North church hero last evening.
They preached through Interpreters,
telling of the work done by them among
their people, the Cheyennes.
The men are graduates of the Bap
tist Indian college, at Talequah, In
dian Territory, and are going to Hoeh
eater, N. Y., to attend tho national an.
nlversary of the Baptist chutch.
BASE BALL.
nadtinicro, 23; Toronto, 10,
Philadelphia. 5; Moutieal, 1.
Pittsburg. 'J : Columbus, 2.
New Yoik, It; Itocbester, (J.
rinciim.itl. 1; I11di.il .polls, 0.
Princeton. 9; Georgetown, ".
University of Pennsylvania, 11; Georgia
university, 2.
Lancaster, Pa., Aprl 11. A rain slorm
stopped tho bas-e ball game today be
tween Lancaster, the champions of the
Atlantic league, und Boston, champions
of tho National league, after eight Innings
had been played In tho presence or a
crowd of 1,600 spectators. Score: R.H.E.
Lancaster 003100037 10 3
Boston 0030010 03 ti 0
Batteries Clausen and Wente for Lan
caster; Klobedauz, Willis and Prentiss
ond Yeager for Boston.
('uncus ol Itepuhllcnns.
Wiiuhliigton. April 11. A caucus of the
Hepubllcdii members of tho house foi
tign affairs commltteu was held tonight
at thn residence of Hepresentatlvo IJII
lett, of Massachusetts: It was lu ses
sion until a late hour but none of thofe
prenent would vouchsafe nny Information
at to tho conclusions. If any. that were
reached.
Failure at DnljcTllle.
Syracuse. April II. A special to tho
Herald today says: "Justice Hitchcock,
of Herkimer, today appointed Nicholas
Kernun, of Utlcn, assignee, and A. M.
Mills, of Llttlo Falls, receiver for Alfred
Dolgc, manufacturer of Dolgevllle, Herk
imer county. Tho proceedings were
brought by Itudolph Dolge, of New York.
0ml
POWDER
BERANGER TALKS
OF TORPEDOES
Former Spanish Minister ol War Is
Interviewed.
THINKS SPAIN CAN EASILY WIN
He Hays That 1UO Torpedoed Wore
Sent lo Cuba und Placed in the
Ilarbors--Alno Status Thnt the
Atiieiicau Sailors Would llucomo
l'rightoued ut Spain's Warriors.
Madrld.April 11. Kl Heraldo do Mad
rid publishes un Interview with Ad
miral Berangcr, former minister it
marine, in the course of which ho ex
presses his confidence In the ability ot
the Spanish navy to win in the oven of
war with the United Sates. Said tho
Admiral:
There is no fear of our Cuban ports
being exposed to a nliOit attack, Inas
much us Havana, Cicnfuegus, Nue
vitas and Santiago de Cuba aro de
defended by electric and automatic
torpedoes with a largo radius of ac
tion. The late Senor Canovas del Castillo,
who paid attention to these rumors,
decided in accord with myself, to send
to Cuba 10O torpedoes, which must
have been placed In these harbors.
Chacon, the well known torpedo ex
pert, undertook to convey and place
these engines.
I havo alrcudy said that by sea wo
shall bo victorious. 1 will give you
my reasons. Tho llrst Is, tho excel
lent discipline maintained on our war
ships; the second, is that 011 board the
Amciican vessels as soon as firing Is
opened, a panic will set lu, since it is
'uinmon knowledge that their crows
eomprlso men ,of every nationality.
Pitted ship ngalnst ship then, we
have nothing to fear.
El Itnparclal, commenting on this in
terview, says-.
That these torpedoes should be sent
lu case wur should break out la very
natural; but that us much should be
admitted at this moment constitutes a
two-fold Imprudence; In the first place,
because It warns the enemy und, the
enemy being warned, It will do Its best
tocrlpple those defenses, and secondly,
because the jingoes, availing them
selves of the evidence tifYoidcd by the
minister of marine of the late Senor
Canovas. will ascrt that one of the
torpedoes he describes caused the
Maine explosion.
STARS AND STRIPES INSULTED.
An Angry .tlob .Makes n Demonstra
tion nt Snutingo tie Culm.
Kingston, Jnmlca, April 11. It became
known today that a few nights before
Mr. Hyatt, the I'nlted States Consul at
Santiago de Cuba, left that port under
Instructions for Port Antonio, Jamlca,
a mob of Spaniards made a demonstra
te" before the consulate and threw to
matoes, eggs and stones at the stars
and stripes tloating over the consulate.
Tho crowd which took part In this
demonstration had .lust left a theater
where a performance had tnken place
for the purpose of raising funds to In
crease the strength of the Spanish
navy. The Spaniards surrounded the
consulate, shouting "death to Ameri
cans." long live Spain," etc, nnd In so
doing pelttMl the flag as described.
The mob was eventually dispersed by
the police. It also developed today that
Pr. Camlnero of tho United States Mar
ine hospital at Santiago de Cuba was
visited by the local Spanish committee
who asked him to buv tickets for the
benefit of the Spanish navy. The doctor
told tho Spanish committee to "go to
h-."
PROVISIONS 00 UP.
Prices Are Doubled in Hnvnna.
Blanco's Decree Ptibllshrd.
Havana, April 11. Noon. The offic
ial gazette today publishes a decree
signed by Captain General Blanco, an
nouncing that the Spanish government
yielding to the reiterated wishes ot tho
pope, hud decreed u suspension of hos
tilities in Cuba In order to facilitate
the restoration of peace in the Island.
No time; Is fixed for the expiration of
the decree.
About the usual business movement
was noticed here today. Provisions,
however, have been doubled In price.
Killed liv lull ol Slate.
Dubois, Pa., April 11. Joseph Goodyear,
aged to, and his son were killed by a fall
of slate while working in Shawmut mine
this afternoon. Ooodyear was a local
poltlcin of considerable prominence
and has held several local otllces of trust.
He was an active member of the Knights
of Pythias, Golden Eagle nnd other fra
ternal societies.
Condltltlon of Wheat.
Washington. April 11. The report of tho
department of agrlculturu lor April 1
makes tho average condlton of winter
wheat K against M.4 last Apiii and 77.1 on
April 1, 1SW. The leading winter wheat
states report averages as follows: Penn
sylvania, ft!: Ohio, id; Michigan. 92; In
diana. !7; Illinois, 73; Missouri, M; Kan
sas, 101; California, 62.
English Itiinner Sttccensliil.
Dublin, April ll.-Georgo H. Tinkler,
the English runner, and Mullen, the Irish
champion runner, contested in it two-milo
raco hero yesterday. Tinkler, by 14
splendid spurt about 130 yards from home,
won by 2.1 yards In 9 minutes and 30 sec
onds. .Madrid filet-lions.
Madrid, April 11. The result of tho sen
atorial elections is that HO ministerialists
havo bcvii elected cut of ISO senators
voted for.
(icn. Lee Loaves Tnmpu.
'lamp.i, Fla. April 11. -General Leo left
here ut 11.30 o'clock on u xnorlal train
over the Plant sjstem for Washington.
Wost Torturlnrj, Dlcflcurlnc
Humiliating
Of itching, burning, Ik'edinj, scaly nkin
mul scalp humors is Instantly relieved
by a wnrra bath with Cctioura Soap,
n single application of Cvticuka (oint
ment), tho groat skin cure, and a full cloio
otCi'TlcuKAltasoLTNT.groateatof blood
puritiera and humor cures.
mm
ItKMicoiES speedily, permanently, aud
economically euro, when till clao falU.
IVttir Dtra ani Chim, Cfi. Kal Vt , Triton.
03 " H'w to Cut fcm Kkla uuj UluuJ Uouiur, ' frvw.
PIMPLY FACES'eVi'criilTJ J
rati
FIRE SALE
H 11 lib. U'OLiU
Doubtless you remember the great fire in Philadelphia a short time
ago, during which the magnificent Carpet stock of John and James Dob
son, valued at $700,000, was injured by Fire, Smoke and Water.
This magnificent stock was recently sold and we have purchased
some ?4,ooo worth ol the Most Desirable Goods. These goods we
niicc 011 oaic jiunhai, AI'HIL 4tll.
Royal Wiltons,
Velvets,
Axminsters,
These goods we have placed on sale in our Basement, and they will
be sold at
25c. On the Dollar.
We wish it distinctly understood that these goods are entirely
separate from our regular stock, on which we have made Special
Reductions Tor this tircat Sale.
WILLIAMS
UNCLE SAM'S NAVY.
Here It a Lot of Interesting la formation
About It Put Into Few
Words.
Frank Lee In Times-Herald.
The United States is tho llfth naval
power In the world. The navies of
Great Urltnln, Kranee, Russia and
Italy rank ahead in the order named.
Germany and the United States are
about tied.
Our present effective; lighting force
consists of four battleships of the llrst
class, one Imttshlp of the second cluss,
two armored cruisers, eighteen cruis
ers, llfteen gunboats, six double tur
reted monitors, ono ram, one dynamite
gunboat, one dispatch boat, one trans
port and eight torpedo boats.
The Iowa weighs nearly 12,000 tons,
and as twenty tons is the average load
of a freight car and twelve cars Is a
good load for a locomotive engine, it
would take lifty locomotives to haul the
great steel structure.
The powder used is brown and In
chunks the size of a caramel. A charge
for the biggest guns weighs EOO pounds
and Is hoisted to tho breecti by a der
rick, the powder being sewed up in
burlap bags.
Armor plates aru tested )y firing
steel projectiles weighing from 100 to
1,500 pounds at thorn from guns charged
with 100- pounds of powder and at a.
distance of about a city block.
Our battleships have a speed of from
llfteen to seventeen knots an hour.
Cruisers make nineteen to twenty-four
knots, whllf the monitors can travel
cnly five to seven knots.
The biggest guns in the navy are
forty-nine feet long, big enough for a
man to crawl into; four feet in diam
eter at their larzest part and weigh
125,500 pounds or thereabouts.
There are six rear admirals In active
service. The olllce of vice admiral
and admiral aro unfilled, so there is no
head of tho navy excepting Secretary
Long.
fUirnaeles form on the hull of a ship,
Impeding Its speed. A six months'
cruise will decrease the speed of a ship
fifteen per cent., and It must go Into
dry dock.
Sixty-one merchant vessels belong to
tho auxiliary navy. These ships aro
subsidized and by contract must bo
given to the United States on demand.
Some of the guns In tho navy can
firo a shot twelve miles, farther than
a man can see, for the guns are aimed
and sighted by machinery.
The amount expended by the navy
department lu 1S7 was $.11,561,548. This
is a larger sum than has been expend
ed in any year since lSGtf.
In a battle the wondwoik and all ar
ticles of wood are either stowed below
or thrown overboard lest the men bo
injured by splinters.
The origin of the navy department
may be said to date from Oct. 12, 1775,
when congress authorized thu equip
ment of two cruisers.
The fastest vessels In the tiuvy are
the torpedo boats Porter and Dupont,
p.'tch of which can travel 27.5 knots nn
hour.
Battleships cost from $2,500,000 to $3,
7.10.000, and cruisers from $600,000 to
$3,000,000. A good torpedo boat costs
over $100,000.
Battleships are for the heavy work;
cruisers are commerce destroyers; mon
itors are useful only for coast de
fense. The Indiana could lie outside Sandy
Hook and throw 1,200-pound shots Into
New York at the rate of four a min
ute. Those urtlsts who show smoke In
their pictures of naval battles aro whol
ly wrong. Smokeless powder is used.
All of the cruisers are named In hon
or of cities, and the battleships, ex
cept the Kearsarge, lu honor of stntcs.
The "grog" ration was abolished lu
1S03, and since then the crew has been
forbidden to drink whilo on duty.
Marines aro the police on board ship.
Originally they were employed to pre
vent mutiny among the sailors.
The guns of a battleship can carry
from six to twelve miles, hurling u
shot weighing half 11 ton. '
Only 60 per cent, of tho enlisted men
nro Americans, nnd a smaller percent
age yet am native born.
Projectiles thrown by naval guns aro
shaped much as the bullets shot by the
ordinary rlilu.
A li'g battleship lias on board nn eloc.
trie plant cnpa'blo of lighting a town
of .".000 Inhabitants.
The bollets of the Iowa, havo a heat
ing surface of eight acres mid hold
thirty tons of water.
Croat Hrltaln has 291 torpedoes and
torpedo-boat destroyers; I.'nclo Sam
has only eight.
I''ivc hundred and twenty-six men
and forty olllcers nro required to ninn
tin' cruiser -Vow York.
liutttt'shlpti aro covered with armor
of nickel steel from live to t-ovon Inches
thick.
We have four armored battleships
the Indlnna. Iowa, Massachusetts anil
Texas.
A submarine torpedo boat to i,..
construction.
Pehliul the heavy nriuor there Is n
padding of either corn plih or coco.i
IuhUs.
it costs $500 every tlino ono of tho
big guns on board a ship Is fired.
The UiooUlyn nnd tho Now York nro
our armored cruisers.
Sallois aro paid from $9.50 to $12.50
per month and board.
An act of congress In 1S72 abolished
flagging In thu navy.
Tho Anmrlcan navy has practically
all been built since 1SS3.
At prwont the total enlisted force of
I known as the Plunger Is now under
ARPETS
OF
Stock comprises :
Body and Tapestry Brussels,
ingrains,
Hall and Stair Carpets.
, iMNULTY
the naval militia Is 3,870 olllcers and
men.
A captain in the navy ranks with a
colonel in tlio army.
The oldest iron vessel is the Michigan,
built in ISM.
Five battleships are now under con
struction. We havo tho only ram the Katahdln,
Tho ships aro painted white.
HILL MUST BE HANGED.
l.onc Struggle to Savo 11 .lltmleror on
'''ecliiiicul Grouudu 1 Knclrd.
Philadelphia, April 1L The supremo
cjurt decided today, in un opinion by
Justlco Mitchell, that Philip Hill must
ho hanged by tho sheriff of Allegheny
county, and that nny further delay
may subject the sheriff to penalties of
an escape.
Hill was convicted In Allegheny
county of murder in tho llrst degree in
killing George Lawrence, and on July
31, was sentenced to bo hanged.
The governor fixed the Jay ot exe
cution Dec. 8 last, and on that, day the
counsel for Hill filed an appeal to this
court, and the sheriff lielng Informed
by counsel thnt It was a question
whether the appeal was a supersedeas
though It had not bean specially allow
ed! by the supremo court, postponed the
execution. 11 was subsequently con
tended that this postponement must
work the release ot Hill as the day for
j his execution had passed, and t had
I not been carried Into effect.
I Tlie supreme court brushes aside nil
I these contentions and sets the records
I back to the lower court with an ordeo
' that the execulon be proceeded with.
AHFFLINTOWN CONVENTION,
Results of Primary Elections Hold on
on Saturday.
Mlttllntown, Pa., April 11. Tho Re
publican county convention today
summed up and announced the result
of the primary election held Saturday
as follows; Mahon, for congress, had
no opposition. For tho legislature K.
G. Shaffer defeated T. K. Heavor by
41. The two Wanamaker candidates
for tho state convention, ltohcrt 1L,
Pattlson and X. P. Sholllngsford, word
defeated by V. 11. Gronlger.who favora
Charles W. Stone, of 'Warren, and H.
H. McClellnn. a Quay man.
A resolution was adopted endorsing
President McKlnley's administration!
and his conduct of the Cuban questlonJ
DEATH OF WALTER DAWSON.
Walter Dawson, formerly master mc-1
ciianlc of the Delaware, Lackawannn
nnd Western railroad, and a former
resident of this city, died at his home!
in Now York city at 9 o'clock lustl
evening.
m
liitrignt' Knocked Out.
Philadelphia. April 11. "Jock'' Daly, oil
Wilmington, had tin- best of the (iigumeiitl
with Kid Lavigiip tonlxht at the Arena.!
The boat w nt the full six rounds, and"
Daly had Hi" host of every round but
the second. Ldvlgne was knocked down
in the first nnd fourth rounds. In tlio
ht'cond round Lavlgne punished D.ily with
some heavy stomach blows.
.1 11 1 In Arthur .Hurried.
HoFtcn, April II,- Tho marriage of lien- 1
Jnmtii P. Cheney, tin well known million-
aire of this city, to Miss Julia Aithur, tho '
actress, was unnoiinrtd today. The nn-
nnunccmciil was a complete surprlso to
all savo the mos.t intimate friends of tho
coiinle. The ceremony took place soma
time ago in New York.
IiiiHt Chapter 111 II risers t'ane.
Now York, April 11.- It Is believed that
the last chapter In the famous Dr. Bilges
case has now bom coni'lucli-il. At a meet
ing of the New York presbytery today a
letter from Dr. Hrlggs was lead with
drawing from the Presbyterian church.
Tha ifslgiiutlon was accepted.
Spittii!i Yellow Journal CnufUcntcd
Madrid, April 11. Tho Pais, the news
paper which bus ben Hie most promK
mill In fomenting the antt-govcrnmeiitl
campaign continued Us sensational oollccl
today and Its Issue or date was conllal
cated by tho authorities.
Drad in a freight ( ar.
Oswego, N. Y.. April 11. -Th. h..Oj oil
a man ." yoais old, who was found daii
la a freight car hist nlflit ha.-, not yell
been Identified. They nro ut Danes
morgue and will bo burled tomorrow un
less claimed.
i: vi.-ii with Her Crtmit-Kxnmincr.
Krom tho Cleveland Leader,
"Now," said tlu lawyer who was con
ducting the cross-examination, "ulll you
phase stuto how and where you lirst met
this man?"
'I think," said the lady with the sharp
nohe. "that It was "
"Neier mind what you tilnk, ' inter
rupled tho lawyer. "Wo want facts heie,
We don't enro what you think, and we
haven't any time to waste In listening to
wliil you think. Now. please tell us
where and when it w.ts that you first met
this man.''
Tho wltnois nindn u reply.
"Ciinc, collie." urged tho lawyer, 'l
demand un answer to my iiuc.ttlon."
Htlll no lesooiise from tho witness.
"Your Honor," said the lawyer, turning
to the court. "I think I am entitled to mi
answer 10 tho irui-stlim I havo put.''
'Tlio wltiU'KS will please answer tne
question," said the court In Impressive
tones.
"Can't',' said the lady.
"Why not?"
"The court doesn't cart) to hear what I
think, does It?"
"No."
Then thuro's no liso questioning ma
any further. I urn not a lawyer. I can t
talk without thinking."
So they culled the next wltneaa.
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