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V^-LVII ? X? 18.747.
NEW-YOBKi MONDAY. MARCH 14. 1898. TWELVE PAGES.
PBICE THREE CENTS,
jjjjVEN LIVES WERE LOST.
TTTTr.p AT TIIK BOWERY MISSIOX
FIRF.
.-.v- |S ONE OF TUF FXiV. WnVH IS
IN?T riir nt t.n?. BEUEVgO to ratB
CAtBEB thi- t:i.a7.f: run BIBTORt or
THF. MIBBI03I FIVB BOP1ES
IDBBfflFIBU,
?Wa BUmber ?r llvea loet ln the flre thnt brok*
?i early yeaterday mornlng at the Bowery
?npjlon lodging-house. at Na 108 Bowery. !?
' ' knOWh to be el*ven. Of theae only flve had
' identlfli ! up le a lnte hmir last nlght.
a*-. number waa varloualy eatlmated before tho
Bra bad '? '"? broaght under rontrol at from flf
( (. . twenty. Those were Chlef I'.onner's
jrjj^, i in \-.\rp edltlona "f yeaterday'a
-ribunf Theae estimatea -rre made upon the
. ,? 0f the reporta of th, flremen, who said
,. . i ?! i m Bome place* Btrewad th,- floor.
\u\mv of th ae who eerap, ln the mad rush for
..ff',.r- ? hard upon tho ,-ry of "flre!"
?Hweallfbtl) burned or wen auffeting from the
f#>rt< of the amoke they had to t.reathc before
? open alr.
DEAD
,., ao far aa the proceaa of identlflcatlon 1ms
laaa. completed the men who loal thelr llves
nerr
- t? ? i m yaara old, ?' Iraaa "
yoRA
-; n, Btatea laland.
UPERMoTT ? Bv# >?>?-. kder*aa nol kaown
0j'.:, i I. forty-tWO vurn oM. P
,0.',,^ . ght ???*? ia, s,. ????. '. N. J.
INJVRKD.
jv.o Injured, all of whom wlll rer-over, are:
hhvan ? -'? ' ' ight raare old, badli *ww*?
' ... iFnaurHoi
G..xw;v | , ? ??.,. nefl about th* handi
_.'... ? ....... ' - y*ara old hurti*d Bl ll
boj al i H ?, lal
Th? waa conducted under the
,._.,. .. ? rlatlan Herald." and Ua au?
,,'.': waa John H Wyburn. its Incor
paraton ludi 1 the Rev. Dr. t De witt Tal
mag?. the Rei Dr Joalab stronar. tho Rev. Dr.
->r -,. ihe Rav, Dr. R. B MaeArthur. Mrs.
=.., rd, Mrs Amelia E. BaiT, Henry E.
Howlanri the Rev. Pr. J. Wllbur Chapman, ihe
Itav. Di JameaM Klng. Ihe Rev. Dr. A C pu
aathc R*i B Kav Mllla, the Rev Pr Pa\id J.
Fu.., ;, Dr C. n Mead. the Rev. Pr
\. , , Raniii the Rev. Btephen aferritt and
l^aala Kloi Iti oflleera nre.
UM |KI; PBCB praal laal
I ??.-.?: rlea ?r*al >r,t.
QgOB I - '? - **cratary.
.-.?.; \ HERALD. ' treaaurer.
Th* bulldlng wa* flve etorlea hiph and the four
Bapar atorlea were glven ap to dormltory ae.
flommoda'lona the prieea eharged belng fr im 16
,- 25 -.? -c a t. rhi. aocordlng to la ntlon. The
keaaa had ?!^i.ing room for naarly ona hundred
ai.J flfty men. Every room "..s tak.-:i al T
ei jn Baturday evenlng, and when the flr
taOBB oul there wm 144 men ale?-ning in tbe
fcaaaa Oi thaaa Blaty were oa the third nnd
| .-:- flo, rs. The flre etarted on the thlrd iloor,
Ud BMMt Of thoae who loat their lives j-.*r1shrd
fham (|n the firs: and serond floors alxty
Bnaa rr.r-n were s'.eeplrp. and all of them ee
c&;*i bi aafety.
Fl7T>:i> WTTH FTRaVRfaCAPBi.
IM buiiding la provlded with flre-eecapea both
b: th* fmnt Brid the rear, and II was by th^se
lAaretoat of the lodgera eacaped, alnce the smir
tay waa a roarlng flue aoon after the flre
ralned headway. How the flre -.tartod ?b not
krr.un. bul It la Buppoaed thnt aome l< Iger
Hghi i a p'P'-. nnd dropplag ofl to aleep, let i;
f* pon 'h* badcl >thing. Bmoking la agalna*
ilea of the h .use, bul it is th->.ipht tli:it
?aaiel dj 'a Infraetlon of the rul ? la reep nalble
for ihe loaa of ? '
T flra waa dlaeoverad b -.on after 1:30 o'clock
4 .. of the lodsrera. who dashed into the of
.? ad tha nltrht < >rk. who ra:i up
tate the halla to waks the aleepera. There he
. ti. Day, the day clerk, who waa -' ? .
tbe thlrd fl or, and who waa awakened
' -- ae. The two men rush ? i
ahoutlng and r"in.'.inp on tha
laora f the 1 itle compartmenta called rooma
Mra-- me ' ad turned In nn alarm, and
?ti- flre ? glnea aoon afti i wai I I -'.in to arrive.
Bv thal tbe thlrd and f< urth floor-,
? f emok ? I flame. The flra-escapea were
?? ' ?.., a) atagea of undress, who
geti ng t Ihe atiw I ns rapidly aa
On* of th* flremen aaya thal al one time there
w?j a frightful ?ta;^> of panlc atnonir the lodg
, ruahed for the wlndowa an.I. arrl'.inc
at th'? ba, were unable to gel througb
Bad .. ? . ,i itandstlll there, flgl l - le?
pen '- 'dom. Theae men tl.e flremen
I ? .- w!;h the wlndow Baabee, an.'.
then ruahed in to ,i.?:?t othera who had b,
fi?.. ? The Department dld the
f a rk, nnd doubtleaa aaved many
:,?.-?- Indrew B Bweel and Joaeph
Qal n n - a-:v dlatingulahed themaelvea
Nrr HARD TO KEEF FROM BPRBADIKG
The flra gn ao hol thal II waa Impoaalble to ,
%?? iing. "nd the unfortunatea
prho ha-l n ?t e.,Rped ^.-re ;.>*t. The flr* Itaelf
? .. to verp from apreadlng.
| n Ht 4 o'clock Tlien th* bodlea
were iak*r >ul One or two of them were found
f ? ? ;? 0f them were :y!rnr ln tha
i the thlrd and fourth floora where
thej ? the atti pt to eacap, A
i? ? them were >> badly burned as to
ir.a.k.- ? k of lentlficat on dlfflcult, In lae
inybody to Identlfj them. In aeveral
? ?: ns th* men
for tr. ? tered undf r aai :in)> 1
f:.. n Ui aa and
I
Tl - were t.-iK.-n to the Morgue, nnd
taert . lentlfled. aa told
laov,
?wgeani ln ;he Unlted Btai i ? - alr) al Fort
Breni ? .; .ntana Soi '? ? lodgera aaved
? . ? th, :-i ? re taken to
:?.. re the eup< i
me of them
? ? . g. xh, ??? rled by th*
auBjtei . ? tivea , laim thelr hodlea Th*
. .,!?? .n the handa of Bte
; -r. ?.'. ' ?. 341 Weat Twanty-thlrd-at..
I ai ? .. ? ;;,.s M [j] ,, t be burl, d untll time haa
fleatloi
Th' flre , a ? ; 11 a gr*at CTOWd 'ha? aurfre,.
f- .... ? bulldlng,
mi ?? - ,f the EI Irldjae at. Bta
tlon -. i to keep or ler. The
BBtunati ' * - 2,00" ,ver*d by Inaur
?
CRANQE THB LODOINO-HOUBB LAW?
'-? v v. | % \? |OM FROM THE BOWERT
bi?a2 be u>aa o? UFE
|| BX1 LA1KED.
? rhi .... a l ighl ta ba amended."
Bgd Flr ' ?; i'-' evenlng i ilklng
Baeui th* Bowery Mli lon flre "Thal I h, l*aa n
v. ? ... ?? ,. | it la , ne of i Ital Importam - II
ii n... ? ,n the requiraaentfl of th* law i
Bar, '. ? . ty waa largeiy due to
n which o'H'hi not to ba permltted to ? \ at
,h bjiidingB where .arjii* numbera of peraona ar,
haeai ? ? A .. .,t- a? ani ln use f, r
.-, we arrtved on tha -
?"nin a te* mlautea of tha alarm we found th* ;
?r* in it,, - . irth ..,.?: Bftk Boon it ?p; ir
pUy atart*d In Iba r.;.c of tba ti.ir.i Booi ai id
Moended m< ina ?' tha open alalrwB) Tli* ,
<rajKh' f. i th, :' I ? re "?? '" ri ?'
?nw..,n th* Mr.- Br.d tha lodgara, with ebaneea dc- I
?aTedl) it favor of th* foraaer.
"Th* men tha front of the buUdlag wara f?rr?d j
jlth* flr , . j.. i on tho Bowery alde, ai I tiiot,*
?*=*l?fi wer* th* ones used. Th* lodgera on th* 1
?aMUlatucd *.nTTaira Pw?*.
CAXA L FROBLEM UNSOLVED.
RTVAL PROPOMTION8 PEEORE THE LEO
I8LATURS
THg PAVF.T AMF.NI'MKNT OPPOaTETJ Bt iUPPORT
BRI o~ thk t:....ow) BILL BLACaPI
DELAY OP THB invkstk; ITION
BXCim COMMaCMT.
Albany, March 13 (Bpeclal). <>ne of tho rhief
mattere whieh remaln to be conalderad by the j
l.ciriaiattire ia the pollcy to ha followed in re
gard to the Itnprovemenl of th- canala. Ta i
legialativa meaMirea of importance have been ,
Introduo ,l relatlng to thla aubject, one ar,
amendment to tho Conatltutlon, preaented by
Benator Pavey, authorialng tin- aala ?.r leaae of
the canala of the state t,? tho United Btatea
Government, and th<- other a bill. Introduced by
Benator Cantor nn.l A.eiem:>;yrn.in Hlll, BUb
mitting to th- people nt tbe eomlng Novembrr
electlon .. proposltlon to apend $7,000,000 more
f..r what wmorigirallyknown aathe "f9,000,000
Improvement."
Theae two propoeltlona, In the oplalon of th<
auprortera of the .<T.??i*?.??..-. acheme, rtvaJ i
other. Thoae who t,,k.- thla vlew nrtr.io that
there is greal danger, if any h,,] fl is held OUl t i
th ? taxpayera of tbe Btate thal the ITnited Btat.
wiii laaaa or buy lha canala. that they wlll vote
agalnal grantlng tha |7.000.00a Th- aupportei
of the 17,000.000 bill, tbarafora, have been re
alatlni wlth all thelr mlghl tbe Federal control
plan. Aa thej look upon ?<" ,! Paver'a
amendment, If paased by the preaent Legla
lal ire II would pul r< atop for aeveral yeai to
come t, a contlnuance of improvemant work
on tho canala, and thua the Bl ite would
no Immediate advantage f: n the $9,000,000 it
aaa ali aad nt on tbla a
PATRONAGE EXDANOEREI)
"Wlth BUch bitternena has the Pavey aT"ti'l
menl been f.Mi^ht thal auapl n la arouaed that
aome other m itive than love of the canala la
i-aok. of the oppoaltlon tc it. Bome membera of
the LeglBlature ?y thal the nttaok on II la made
, ic of -h- politlcal patrqnage along thi
canala whlch II would wlpe out. The two
politlcal machinca in the Btate have certainly
made thia patronage, controiled by tbe Buperin
(endenl af Publlc Worka. a potent force In the
primariea <>f the canal countlea. The Ms cai i
r.mtracta whlch .ire glven oul by the Buperln
tendent of Publlc Worka ao long na -he Btata
carrlea on the work of canal Improvement, ala
Influcnce great ly the pol'.t.ca of varioua countlea,
Canal contracton wlth politlcal "pulle," It ma)
. . . bc bellcved, would rather have the Btate
Canal Departmenl manage Ihe work of >'ana!
Improvement than to have it dlre ted by the
englnecra of the United Btatea.
it is poaaible, however, that auch real frienda
,.,f the canala aa are oppoatng tho Pavey amend
,,-??? ' are tnakiio,- a niNtak- It l<< polnti I ??.'
by tha advocatM of the amendment thal it i?
merely permlaal 'e, thal it almply fr.es the handa
of the Stat?, now ti-d. to do what It r>l-n?>ea w ith
Ita canala. "Suppoae.' .:..-. the auppori ra of the
amendment, "ihat th" people refuae to prant
an% more money for i anal Improvement, and vote
down the $7,000,000 propoaitlon* wm n..t the
state of New-York ba ln a bettei altuatlon, if.
after i hla defeat of th. propoeition al the polle, t;
la ai.io to turn to Congreaa nnd r.?k what It wlll
do lo Imp.ove ihe gu-a* waterway? Whal i i
be ihe harm i f bgvfng hro roada to foilow, one
whlch ieada t< ihe Btate improvlng the canala
at its own expenae, nnd tbe other lo the United
Btatea Treaaury bearing the,,.-1 of tbe ; i
ATTITUDE OF RURAL MEMBERS.
Any one u ho talka ~
tbe Leglalatura diec ivera ?<"?*' b at \
ent to the spend ng .f a alng'e '
on canal li menl [I
al I --vas ,;. i u of the $9,000,000
i^'< n -?; ? ill had been contracted for, that
iho nea? waa 11 h)^i upon the state that $7,000,
000 ii,.ii?? noul 1 '. - requlred to mpli
work. There w hs at leaai auapl tlon i fdeceptlon
ln the . .ii--. ...oi the taxpayera dld not i.ke it.
??:., n Hlgglna. of i il ? in, aaid on 1-'.
"The votera of the southern Her of counl n
would anap ii the ? > . - f givlng I he i !i ?
< mti;.i ta ihe r Htatei
\..,,ni ?.,.!? unanlmoualy in favor of Benator
1 , ,. amendment i' tople are llred
:.i\, ,| for the i ip] "i 1 i.? i h i :"?? ? eni ? ' i
,- ilat."
s-na' .r Hlgglna It man of the B.
Pinance Commktee, and the efor. i in a
llon to knov i ie planfl of th ad" of the Re
publii an in'ij ???'.". ln I h >.? ire, \\ h< n
' he thoughl thi $?.<.<??" propoaitlon
adopted i.y the Legialn re he n :
"H lia. been the plan herol ? ;'.
.. . ? to BUbmll thla $7..kJ0.ia>J ;? l.i the
j,,., pia ni.t|| tbe Canal i
nion ahould haie madt Ita repo', and we . I
,?. .... w h.i: \\;.j beal to bi do'ie., whether to ?:?>
II', t he . inal Imj i .. -i.i.-it ,,r aband
1 am noi aware that thera has been any change
of i ui noae."
"I am aomewhal BU-'.-jrlaed." aaid Lleutenant- ;
Governor Wood/uff "thai Benator Cantoi al
favor thla $7.taTfi,000 bill, for li atrikea me it i.-i
a rather llloglcal attltude for hlm to tak* when
we remember his crlticlBm of the rnnal Improve?
ment work already done."
BLACK IN' N'r? Hl'RRT
Governor Btack*a delay ln appoirfina the
.'anal Commlaalon la excitlng Increaalng won
der, The ('anal Comralaslon blll waa framed ln i
his ofBce early in .lannary. nnd he knew weekfl
ti advance of the paaaage of th,> meaaura thal
It would renrh h!s handa, He had therefore
lanl tlme to aelecl the membera oi
Commlaalon and be re.idy t<. ap] ni * icm aa
Boon as the blll ahould paaa the LeglBlature.
The meaaura waa paaaed aboul the mlddl. of
Pebruary, out the Commlaalon haa noi yel been
named.
it la aaid that the delay la due to the G
ernor'B dealre ta nai ie a hlgh-claaa C
and tho refuaal of a large number of i ? drahle
men to aerve on It. The Btate, Indeed
lo have adopted a nlggardl) attltude toward
thla Important Commlaalon Noi a memlier ..f
it |a io a;e1 a cenl of pay, and only $10,000
approprlated for Ita expenaai ':?;??
large 1.111b for counael, etenographerr and type
wrltera thla appropriatlon aeema small
The dela) of the canal Invei ? ; ?
the B. ? the Aa i n My to a. I In the dark
on the $7.(100,000 propoalUon. If th- matter
li noi voted on thla year, It la already ? i
that it cannot be aubm tted to the votera al the
polla ln the fall of l#90, aa a i matltutlonal
Im. i i relatlng l ? Ne ? York Clty wlll '
tho have to be conaldered, and Ihe Coi
rion forbida two BUch queationa golng before the
ai i he aame ? le. i lon. I 'nleai. tht-refoi -.
th.- propoaitlon goea before the people thli
action on it a 111 probabl .? have to he ,i.???
untll H"MI. the year of the electlon i I the r:
d-nt. Tne clrcumatancea have glven rlae to the
thoughl In many mlnda thal the Legialnture
made a blg mlatake when it did noi do a
rannl Inveettgatlng on ita own account thla
I GIBL 8B00T8 HI i: FATHER.
QL'ARREL OVER A LOVEB LEADg TO I'AItltl 'IDB I
j-,,-,:-,??'.'.... Ark . Mareh U (Bpacla i a r.
haa i.n rec. i I of i parrlclde whlch u*,'* \
mllea aaat of thla place M V Btorrer ..
',:?,,. r ^^..- lha vletlm, and he a ? - ? i In
kllled by hla daughter Myrtle alxteen ,?
old who waa returnlng wlth him from Huntavllle
ln a wagon Thi ? ?? otlng took place In a lonel)
;,ur- of lha mountalni Tha da i tor aad
mother, togetber wlth Oacar II.r, 'he x.r: r
lover i" whom th?- father abjected, ar^
arre
?
THi: QVBEJi AMRtTBH AT CIMIBS.
ly.ndon Mareh M Queea Pletarla arrived at
Clmlaa to-day. Her Majaaty :? la ber neual bealth
?
tiik shI'thw;:h'ikrn UMITXD
A faat I'.mlte-. traln 10 St. Louls nnd CtnoUanatl i
wlthout an *xe?sa fare. Ma N.-w-.ork .en.ial.
l/.ke Ibore ai"' '''a t,'?"r ro.it.. Moat comfort- ,
able traln. leav.a Grand Central Statl-n centre of
boie! alatrlet every day at 1 p. in. -Acvi I
THE MAINE INQL'iUV.
CONTINUINQ PROOV OF AN" BXPLOBION
FROM WITHOUT.
run TWO FHABRfl "K TllF C17BAM ULBBT10R
CLArjfg lf BL'CCKBBEB BOB BPAN18H aRMI
om.y CALL ATTBBTION TO THKIH
L'TTBR FAILURB.
[BT TBtaaBaBB TO THE TI11B1NK 1
Havar.a, Mar h 12, via Key Weat, Mauch IS
The two dlatlnd phaaea of th" Caban 'ine.tlon
are now before the Amerlcan people. ime is
whether the Maine Inqulry shn'i beeomfl a dlplo
matlc Inddenl between the two Qovernmenta,
Stlhjert to the ustial rouise v.iien an interna
tion'! dlapute arlsea over faets. The other
phaae la the mtlltary nni polltlcal condltlon of
Ihe laland wlth rwferenca to Interventlon.
< aptaln Bampi n aad hla aaaoclatea by pro
longlng the Investlgatlon for week* niight flnd
much further cumulatlve evldence "f an ex
ternal exploalon. The comparatlvely narrow
*; ??? ?? in whl, ii the divera ar.- now worklng i oa
tlniies ? . furnlab proofa of an eaploefon from
without. bul thla leadlng fact wa* Bfltablisbed
eka ago. The clearlng away of the d? brla
haa added llttle to tbe knowledge Bral obtalned
i'.. beUef thal the Maine waa blown up by a
torpedo la b Id \ experta who have watched
th.> pnarrea ' tbe Inqulry. This brtnga the
Nat il Courl to the moal dlfflcull parl of Ita
taak Under Admlral Blcard'a Inatruetlona the
Board ia to r. porl whal pereona not connected
with tbe Navy are reaponalb!, for the ? c of
the .Maine Wlth wh.it is ronclualve evldence
to the mlnda of ihe membera thal Ihe loaa
due to foul play, tb?y are atlll wlthoul con
proof of the Identlty of th* conapiratora
Thal the exploslon was* nol the work of a alngle
faaatlc la pretty well eatabllshed. Beyond thla
tbe Board may nol be able to go, becauae the
. operation of the Bpanlah Qovernmenl eannol
be had ao long ar Bpaln bolda to tbe tbeory of
an Bccident.
THE BPANIBH VTEW OF THE BXPLOBION.
Bince Captain Peral, the president of the Bpaa*
:-' Board, gave oul hla Intervlew, that la ac
cepted as thc Spnni'-ii offlclal vlew. No belp can
: expected fi m th,- authoritlea In dlacovcrlng
the ronaplratora whlle they are riaimlnR that |
ih?-re eould have been no conaplracy, heraua*
Ma ???>;?' a! m uns dua to a myateriotifl
ent.
\n analysia of Captain Peral'a theory r.e*d
j , ? .,.-. p;. en here. lt is enough that if bla
B, h, ? ?? of ralalng th* hull by meana of the ftoat
ing dock ? feasil le, monttaa would pasa be?
fore a flnal reporl eould be made. The mud at
the bottom haa not pr*vent?d th* Amerlcan
divera from maklng an examination of portiona
of ihe wre, k whlch the Board thought neceaaary,
Thc perfunctorj lahora nt th* Bpanlah divera
ha\e not prevented them from flnd Ing unex
[doded ammunltlon In parta of the ahlp wbera
nn inl ti .i. exploalon eould hardly have left lt
Intact. They have alao dlacovered that the tur
ia blown from porl to atarboard, along with .
other Incldental evldencea of an exteraal explo?
alon. Nevertheleas, no admlaalon of th* poaai
of foul play wlll rome from th* Bpanlah
Board. The matier as now preaented !s that
? i en-an Court, whlle prohably not |
juatlfled ln Indlcatlng auapl don ns to th? parties
to ihe conaplracy, baa sifted the evldence
whlch its membera ar" ready to suhmit to the
?orld In BUPPOrt of the clalm that th* ! vlne
ne.? destroyed by r"-? ? 11 play. When thnt evldence
?hall !'?? mad- publle '.'..i be Judged better la
Waahlngton than ln Havana
MORET8 'I \;..is \\ 1THOIJT FOUNDATION.
Oeneral Blam ?'a Aul momlat Oovernment, ao
far as an Autonomlel Qovernmenl exlita, is
- I ... Madrld in on
urag ? ance I ? Amerlcan Inten ?
on the grounda lald d wn in th* Preaident'*
Meaaage, An Bbatracl of Mlniater Moret'a
I puhllahed her.-, and one and all rlBBBfI
eahorted to unlte No result followa, be.
eauae, whl1" Bpaln mlghl ba deeelved by the
lal Mlnlster'a pretenalona, tho people ln I
Cuba eannol be mlaPad. Thi .-laim thal
i arma are maklng progreaa only drawa
? m to the fallure of i ?? ? Mtary opera
tiona and to the knowledge tha: ln what llttle
flg-htlri: now go, Inaurganta are gener
ally Bucceaaful Benator Proctor carried haek
aome clear Ideaa regardlng the military ram
palgn. They ma) be uaeful to the Admlniatra.
tlon and to hla rolleaguea ln the Benate.
Two to mtha hl" the decialon of the Conaerva.
llve patyy to tak" part In the electlona mlghl
have had Influen ? N \ II la of llttle conae*
quen. ?? . ?-?? ?i.iie at that time the p,*oa
; '? i exiated thal Auti nomy i ilghl lasl tlll after
tl el, ?.'?,. of a Cuhan Congreaa its poaalblllty
? ita The Qovernmenl propoaltlon
thal Ii Bhould ha\e two thirda of the Con*
greei and the Conaervatlvea >>ne-thlrd. Not
wlthatandlng the aetlon of their Ontral Com
mlttee, the maaa of the Conaervatlvea r,r Intran
Blgentea, bltte ly reaenl tha aebeme, ani *xh..rt
one another to refuae all partinpation In th*
Oovernmenl bj l >ns: as Autonomy Is n..t re
pudlated They denounce Apeategul and his
followera aajtralton to th* spanish Oovernment.
ti ? Intranslgente newapapera complaln "f the
ji. -^ eensorahlp, and ask Oeneral nianeo to
modlfy it bo that tlie queation au;ip,.se,i to be
Bt laaue i l.deetloni may be freely dlacuaaed.
The) wll] n >l be gratlfled.
The Auton imlat Cablnel wlth lt?. lnternal dis
aenelona haa aunk completely oul of Blghl
POLITICAL av-"!' MILITARY PARALTSIB.
Tir- polltlcal and military condltlon of Bpan?
lah aoverelgnty In Cuba to-day la deacrlbed ln a
rd It la a condltlon of paralyala ar|,l
? . l*i ? ! Btat, - la '? ?? linsr the atarvtng Inhab
ltnnto. Knowledge of the deaperate altuatl n
: th, ? RI al rla iaea to ex
cite feellng agalr.Bt the Unlted Btatea ns i meana
of coverlng up thelr Internatlonal weakneaa,
The ;...... of B tihh warahlpa aervea this
purpoae. The ball at th* BpanlBh ,'aslno ln
honor of the offlcera of the Oquendo and the
Vlacaya % ? - ;,ti opportunlty for an exhlbltion
of loyalty '???'.'??? aa Intenai aa thal ihown by the
popult.ee wben the ahlpa arrived.
Th, preai cenBOi hlp doea nol Interfere wlth
th, Weyleriti and other papera rxborting Bpan
... ? guard againal the Ameri?
cana and to foreatall the blow whlch they aay
?h" I'nlted Btatea Intenda lo atrike ln the Phll
Ipplnei Thbi aei llmeni apreada whlle th.. uaual
........ are exchanged between the command
,.r of tha Montgomery an.l tbe Bpanlah com
mandera. Theae ? urteelea do nol prevenl un
tha BpanlBh men-of-war In
i the) reaull In ?ci\ inc. ihe offl
cera of the X h i y ab, re Ii avi
?[-.,. queatlon baa been raiaed whether, when
tbe conaular reporta ar- iraaamltted to Con
KresB. a demonatratlOU may not he made Hgninst
., ula This la n..t !h..UK-ht lik-.v. One
thal - >ma time may elapea i.ef..re ih?
Bpanlah populatlon is allowed to kn.,w their fu'i
purporl The preaa cenaorahip raea to that. Tbe
i .,. im ideni a aa handli d by permlttlng the pui>
II h1 on Of a fea llnes, Inrludlng SagaHta's de
nlal thnt ? "demwnd" ha.l l.r'n mn.1* f..r I^e'a
rerni',.
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DI '.'i />/// fl i \ /? BRITIEB \ E \R TOQBTBER
CairO, Marek II A d*r\lBh tore* h*B advanred
10 althia i'-n mllrs souih of ih* rlv< r Atharh, Whack
enters the NBe ?t M I>*m*r
The Brittoh ? .,mp :? about ih.t lama dlstane*
north of U.e ilvtr.
PERAL'S REPORT EXPECTED
iTS CONCLTJSIONB AS To THE MAINE
WII.T. BE CPHEL.D BY srAIN.
THAT COL'BTBT COURTg OR HELP IV AVT COR
PLICT WITH Tiin CNITKI) statf:? thr
TORPKDO SQfAPRi'N STII.I.
AT cadiz.
Madrid. Mareh 1.1 "El Impar.-lal" saya: "The
Government la momeatarlly expeeting to re
ealaa the raport af the Spanlah Commlaalon,
whi.-h. It la DnderatOOd, Wlll mnlntaln that the
Malne exploalon waa Internal.
"Altbougb tho Amerlcan Commlaalon may give
anoth.r explanatton, the Gorernment vrlll oner
getlcally uphoid the Bpanlah report."
The vlew held |f| ofTlelal rlrrlee Is thnt Ppaln
win not provoke a wnr, becauae, if she dld. ahe
would flnd heraelf laolated: bul If Anarrlca glvea
the provocatlon, .spatn wlll no: be alone la tbe
Btruggle.
The gepf-ra] ordnlon la thnt In the evcnt of
war tfpaln wlll not nee.l t>, nita,k Amerlcan
tenitory, it wlll suffire her to puraua a war <.f
prlvateering, As Amarlca'a commerca is aeven
fold greater than Spaln's Amerlean Interests
would auffer moat. War would be madneas,
lienelltlnj; neltber natlon, and good aense, th^r.*
f,.r-, rounaelfl j ...,,.,?>
Tbe Bpanlah torpejo aojuadron has not yet left
<?.-, lia.
Beftor Leon Caatlllo, Bpanlah Ambaaaador to
, Pram e, has returned to Paria
Paria, March 13. Tbe "Tempe" aaya: "Spaln
d. <s not dec i'va hersoif when ahe counta upon
ihe aympathlee, at least latent, of Bui
Govemmanta; imt it would t>e a mistaiu- for ber
topxp.,t any effectual aupport from eltherGreal
Britain or th- Triplp Alllance. Before all, she
mual rely upon beraelf."
London, March 11 V speolal dlspatch from
Madri.i aaya thnt when the Bpanlah torpedo
?quadron lias left Cadla another wlll be pre
pared.
OIVEB BPAIN 17NTIL MAT 1
THK UKDERBTAKPtXa BETWEEN WAgHlKOTOE
AM> MADRID.
london. Marcn 14. The Madrid correapondent
of 'The Mornlng Poat"' eaya: ?
"I am abla to aaaert on the beat authority that
Cnlted Btatea Mlnlater VPoodford origtnally In
tlmated thal ihe Cnlted Btatea hoped and eX
pected that S;,ai:i would re-eatabllah peace ln
Cuba before March 1 nf thla year. Reeently,
in reaponae to Bpanlah repreaentatlona, the
Cnlted Btatea exten led the time to May I, Both
Governmenta refuae to deacribe thla Intlmatlon
aa un ultlmatum to Spaln."
"It has tmi>n Kl\en," contlauea th? oorrespon,!
ent. "entir-iy lireapectlve of the Malne affalr or
of any other compllcatlona whlch may arise in
the mean tlme. T!Kr? waa nn sucpesMon aa to
what artjon the mited Btatea wmild take on
May 1 Bhould. aa Is <ortain 10 be the rane, the
rcbeiiion he atlll unauppreeaed."
THK COURT vVORKB ON BUNDAT.
BTXAMININO ENBION P0WEL80N AND DIVEKB or
WHF.,'KIM"; COMPANT.
Havana, Mareh 18.?The Couri of Inqulry did
?I good deal of work to-day, examtning Enaign
Powejaon and au, h dlvera of the wrecktng mm
pany aa have been Inveetlgatlne; th- wreck. it
ra aaid to-day tliat EReae dlvera have been re
gl 1 from fur'h"r work of th!s ldnd, nnd ln
iti . ted to puraua their labora under the wreck
inp contract,
The couri wlll have tba ? rvlcea of the naval
dlvera aa heretofora. and. !f neceaaary, can eall
apain upon the rjvlllan dlvera, it is thonght
that the eourl wlll '?! -s hero the prea?
ent week, an 1 Will probably re-examlne aoma
of th? aurvtvora of the Mnino at Key vPeat.
This rumor. however, la not ofllcially vertfled, tho
metnliera nf the ,-ourt Inalstlng that they ean
Mx nn data for the concluslon of Ita aeaaiona or
their departure from Havana.
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nnA'/.il.IAN* BHIPB KOT TET PURCHASED.
Waahlngton, March II Becretary Long to-nlghi
tnnde the Btatemenl that ti.e m.itter of the pur
ohaaa of the two Braalllan ahlpa had not been aet
tled.
TO SEARCR FOR AXDREE.
glJTO OBCAR AOCEPT8 thi: opfer op WALTEB
BTELLafAN TO TAKE A PART1 OF gWl DEI
uN HIS POLAB EXPEDITK M.
Waahlngton, March 13. The stat- Depart?
ment haa recelved from the Government nf
Bweden and Norway Klng Oacar'a condltlonal
ii,. eptance <>f the nffer made thr.nigh tho Cnlted
Btatea Oovernment, by vPalter vPellman, to
rarry fr? of eharge upon his North Polar ex
padltlon ateamer Laura, whieh is to ?n\\ fr.,ni
Tromso, Korway, "n June 20, a party of Bwedea
to aearch for thelr eountryman, Profeaaor An
dr"e. in Kranz Joaef Land "Tha Oovernment
of the Klng doea not expeel to aand oul a aearch
axpedltlon." aaya ihe Mlnlater of Forelgn Af?
falra at Btockbolm, "but if no news of Andree
is recelved by .luiy. gratltude would be feit if
Mr. Wellman were to pertmt aeveral peraona,
famlllnr wlth the Arctlc retclona, tn a<.mruuiy
his expedttton for that purpoae. The Govern
ment of the Kin* has learned w.th deep grat?
ltude of the courteoua and generoua offer made
by Mr. Wellman."
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WBAT FRAXCE WILL TAKE IX CBINA.
TO OOCL'PT Un-CHAIT, RORTH T HAI-WAJf, as
a NAVAL BABS.
reklnc, Mareh 1ft Fran.-e. It is rald. lntenda
to occupy Lel Chau, ln the Quang-Tung Penin
aula, nortb of Hal-Nan, ns a naval baaa.
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COREA DEFIEB THE BEAR.
THF BIJCO DECIDEB TO DIBBtlBfl M ALEXIEFE,
THE RVBBIAR AOEXT, \M' BUSBIAN
MH.lTAitV INBTRfCTORB.
s- >ul, Corea, March 18.- The Cablnet yaatar
da) k.'^? notlca to the Kuspiari Charge d'Af
falrea, M. Bchpeyar, "ho bad complalned l the
Klng of th- dtsfai .r the Corean ofllclala bad
diaplayed loward M. AlexlelT, the Ruaalan rep
entatlve in tbe cuatoma, and the Ruaalan
mllltary Inatructora, thal the Kinx had declded
to dlamiaa af. Alexlelt and tbe Inatructora.
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A JAPANESE rLEET IBBEMBLIKO.
Beriln, March II A dlapatch to tha "Tagablatt" '
from i'-kii..; ai\s tt Ifl perslatently rep,,r:ed th. re
? ? fapaneae Bjer antlla Beei aaaembllng ln
ol Japan
\ >i Hng t., the -jin>' eorreapo lenl :iie T>..w-.Ker
Empreaa of "'iilna nill Bhortlj napect tha rallway
?r. m Peking to Tlen-TBln (ihe porl -' Peklng), and
. .... i -.;? .rl inl for t. ?? ! ? p
? ,,i the i hlneae rallwaj a) iti ?
| WORKBR IS CBINA BETVRX8 Hohe
sati Praawlaco, March 11 (Si>e<:a!> The ite\
Toung j, Allen, th.- eldeal Amerlcan mlaal u
ln Cblna returned to-daj from the Orleat. He haa
..? in eharge of the Methodtai Mlaalon al Ihang.
l| for f.rty vat?. B"lnjr from Atlanta, Oa M
\ .ii made atudy of the .'hlnrpe languagfl and hla
.:.i ha i."? irrlttani ?%-?? ?? i-..i boofca
!n i hlneae, tnrltidmg aaveral hlgforlei Hla hU- ,
Bl tha CWneae-Japanaaa v.ar pleaaed Viceroj
LI Huna ?'liang ho mu-h th..t he aenl I?r Mlen
roptea ,f ull the telegrama and correaponden.
he aenl an.l recelved whlle actlng .^ Peace Bnvo)
Mr .\ ? n hai beaa ln th. aervlea of i Boctety for
th- dlafaet-ai of knoa e.i^- among i'hii.^.-- for
m.i.'.y yeara Ha la ret.irnlng to ahare l.i th? aetnl
r.etnennlal le.etmtion at llaltlmore. next May, of
tha foundlng of hla mlaalun church.
Qiirr AT WA8HIN0T0N.
NOTHING DBFINITE HEARD FROM THB
rtoARP OF INQUIRT.
NAVAL ro\RP on gUXIUART CBUT8EM IN BEB- (
BION A srr^TAl. BOARD TO MKF.T IN N'F.'.V
rnHK Ti> DA1 OWKBBJ OF BBIPB to
BB 1NVITKI) TO TiTtN OVEB VaM
BX14 rOB WAR PUBPOBEB.
Waablngtoo. Msr.-h 18, To-day, unltke in-t
Sundav. when the publlshed Btatementa "f th"
de.tre f..r the recall of Oeneral Lee and '??'" i'! '
?,?? of thi Bpanlah Qovernmani againat aendlng
war veaaela "ith rellef auppllea to Cuba eauaed
much ex'ltement among offlclal ctrclee, was
romparattvely qulet There had been no In
formatlon bearing on ti-,.- doitiRs of the Couri
of Inqulry on th" Maine exploalon recelved dur?
lng the day "r any other dlapatcbea calculated
t? rauee confcrence between th.- beada of the
?arions departmenta There were a numbei
ih.- experta ol the War Department ordnance
offlce at thelr deeka for ., *h..rt time .lurlng the
mornlng t.. attend to aome preaatng mattera,
whlle at th- Navy Departmenl the Board on
Auxlllary Crulaera held a iin.il meetlng, prepai . -
tory to ih.- departure of the Bpecial 3oard to
New-York.
Becretary Long waa a' th" Navy Department
f..r ? ahort time. He atated late In '!?.?? after?
noon that there waa no newe of any natur-- '..r
th" preaa, and added, in reaponse to a apeclflc
Inqulry, thal nothing ha I beei n ? elved from
the C url of Inqulry.
BOARD ON AUXILIART ' BUI8ERB
Th- Board ? ?? Auxlllary Crulaera mei ln the
;-.,.-n ,,f AHlatant Becretary Rooaevell in the
mornlng. Tn-re were preaent, In additlon lo
the Aflslatant Becretary, Chlef Conatructor
(Ilchborn of the Bureau "f Conatructlon ani
Re ?.!?!?; Captain Frederl, .4 Rodgera, of l
Naval ii' ard of Inapi ctlon ??".'! H irvej. <'
taln O'Nell, Chlef of the Ordnance Bureau
Meutenant bargent, r.rder of -he Board of
Inapectlon, and Lleutenanl Petera, of the Naval
Intelllgence Bureau. Lleutennnt-Commander
,l D. Kelle) and Naval Conatru, tor Towreajt, th*
latter now on duty at Crampa' ahlpyarda were
expe, ted, bul thelr ordi ra to attend had at Ident
ly arrlved too late to permlt them to do ? ?. Each
of the bureau chlefa preaeni waa able to glva
the Board aome Informatlon Incidenl to work
that may be requlred to flt out any ahlpa that
may i.e obtalned.
BPKI1AL BOARD TO COME TO SEW-TORK
Beveral of the membera of the B ard, aa
illy appoli.1 t i look Into th- matter,
are unable to leave the clty at the preaeni time,
ao it vas determlned that a ap< ': B, trd, nf
whlch Captain Rodgera wlll be preaident, ah ul I
i.- dealgnated t> proceed to New-York to-nlghl
to undertake th.- work in h in 1 An offlce wlll be
opened al N'.. 20 Cortlandt at., Nen--York Clty.
to-morrow, a which ??. ? ? i and agenta for
ships wlll io invited t<> make thelr propoaala
f..r turnlng over to th" Navy auch veaaela ?t?
at-e of value for converalon Into war purpoi a.
The na-.ai offlclala aay there wlll i*1 no d'.ffl
culty experlenced in obtalnlng all th* veaa
that ar* desir.-d. aa there .ir* hundredl avalla
l.l". Thanka to the careful wrk -f the Naval
Intelllgence Offlce, the Department koep* in
cloae touch vith tiie conatructlon of ati craft
that eould ba utlllxed In the event of hostillties,
and Jua< now II has a record of fort) luch ibipi
of all alxea and claaaea, which wlll be Inepected
tnd examlned if their ownera di Ire to part
them. A number of theae are veeeeia v. i '<
have been conBtructed under the Bubaldy A, I if
... igag, d |n carrying the i illa
VE8SI :.-- TO BE CAREF1 t.LV EXAMIXED.
1 .. veaaela to exai Ine l n iil ln, lude all
claaa a, from llnera I.an-golng tuga, whlch
, ,in be :' vei material aen I, ?? for a numb x of
purposea. Tonnage, draught, apeed, c, ndltiona
of boilera and machlnery and other attrlbutea
? .;..,?.? in tha th irough Inap* ?? n vhl h wlll
the Board before anj ? harter
Ing or pun ? ? nded. Hoth the
, ndi .:: ?? Bui ? au and lhal i ga fed In the
of , .matrui tlon ai I repali in rea ly to take
thelr parl In fltltng ? ul an 1 ? iulpi Ing au< h rea
?ela ii- it aj l> ? a ulreil.
At the w ?.- ilngton gun faci .
,. ? ? ructl, n no leaa than
,.,).. hundred and flfty guna of formldable char
,-,. i. r on w hlch ? 'rk la b n, nlght and
to thelr earl.. .. mpletton. No
.,, v gun nt.- beli | atai I d, I ul the entlre ? ?'
forte of ;o ? fa, tor) are d??? te I lo flnishlng
thoae i; ..? und* r way. A naval ?? ild there
would tu ? :l"'.?-:!, "f tht-m when flniahed tu con
atltute ? falr armamenl for probably thlrty >>r
mor, auxlllary prulaera. ah, uld au h a large fleel
aaan ? - ?? pl< m, nl the regular
wai ihl| -
THE MAt'HIAB IS OOOD BHAPE.
The gunboat Machlae, whlch has Juat arrlved
al Norfolk from the Aalatlc atatlon by way of
the Buea Canal, haa been found t.. be in falr
aa a resuit of th* examlnatlon by tbe
Naval Inapectlon Board A thorough overhaul
inc wlll he unnecesaary In the preeeni InBi u
and ahe wlll he aent to Boaton, where all i
*arv repaira can be mad" to her ln about ta*elve
daya The orderlng of the Helena and the Ban
?roft' f ? "ii th" European atatlon. to tha
I'nlted Btatea, wlll leave Admlral Howell eom
manlinK that Btatlon with bul one vesael, the
Ban Fran, Ibco. No explanatlon for tbe aetlon
la vouchaafed by the offlclala of the Navy De?
partment, and Becretary Long when aaked to
day decllned to aay anythlng about thla itep
furtber than that the two ahlpa had been ordered
home.
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TBE KIYBR AXD HARBOR BILL
IF PLT OVEB ' STH, NEXT TBAB IT wn.T. BOT
EXCEED TB ELA R Utl.LH V O
Waahlngton, March 11 I ? il) \ leadlng mem
ber . ' th* Rivi r and Hai nf the
Ilou'e. r'ferrirK to I f th, rommlttee
nol to n ;? rt a Wll ?" ' " ?""??'?
of thal at wln>
t*r, remark*d io i Tribui * corr,
"1 think th-it w* ihall nol make ? great*r WH o-i
postpoi em? nt it. n ? | i Igment
wh.-n we rapoi i we ? ill i t *x '**d ?12 ??
lt oughl t.. be ad led i ' ntract aya
B/ent into operatlon Itrma of approprlatlon of
th'.s chara ;ter an a Bundrj Clvtl bllL
"OOM PAl L" DI8BI881 D H!\l.
OBIBVAKCB OF THB FORMEB CHIET irtTICI OF
THE TRAKBVAAL.
Pretorta March lt Judge Kotae, who waa re
rently removed from hla offlce aa Chlef Juatlc* of
tha Bui r >me ?' ? url of the Bwuth fcfrtean Bei
b) Preaidenl Kr-iger. but wl i the Pi
dent'a righl of removal under exlatlng law, ha*
declared, whlle addreaatng a deputatlon that a
upon hlm, that, whlle l ? ? of the Amerlcan
engtneer, R. V Brown, who auad tbe Traavaal
Qovernmani with refarence to certafn rlalm* at
Wltfonateln, waa proceedlng, and before judgment
ha.i i.ii glvan tn his fa\.,r i.y the Blgh Court,
I, nl KrUger, ln an Intervlew wlth him >J i Ige
i threatened him with di nlaaal unleai
,,:. >-, ,i thi > Ikaraad re olutl, n
Thla Btatement haa caused a aenaatlon.
MR8. TOBLISBOX'R VBRDICT FOR $:><>.'?>?>.
Llttle Pock, Ark . March U A |ury ln th* Allne
? v .'ir.'uit Court, Bl Benton, yeaterday,
broughl In * verdlel of |B),aOO damage* i?ratris*; tha
st. Lo1:;.. Iron Mounl iln and koutheva Ballway
ln favor of Mra Arthur Tomllnson, of Waehlni
tun, ald w ,.f Liautenant Arthur Tomtlneoa, of the
noted mllltarj organlaatlon tha Natlonal Fanct
,,,.... . .1. utenanl romlli ? n araa run ..\.-r and
kllled hv .in Iroij Mountaln locomotlre ai Liitle
i>... :< - lot. at tba ronclUBl >n of an ini.-r
atata drlll
AS BOCIETY FlBTDg IT.
Boaaatr hni?, Moal ^ Chandon Champagne a poal
tive raoulaita, lo auil the paUtae of connola^Miira
and bon-vlvaura ??'' eviden.-ml by tha aaenuaBerved
at promlnent banguel* and faahlonable ?;aihBringa.
-Advt.
INVESTING MONEY IX CFTBA.
FOREMN CAPITALIatTI TRt'STING TO
AMERIC A N IN T E?i V E N TICIX
EXOLtSHafaUf BUTIBNJ TOBACOO PACfOWBI a!CT>
RAILROADi nUEXCM AMD OCTatAM Bf
TERggTg Ai*4'" OONFIDBMCI Bl
THE FtTi jtK or THB PJL
LAND BHOUm
mr raunaAi-a t,. ran raiacxa.1
Havana, March 12, vla Tampa, March 13.?
Evanta In tb. Cnlted Btatea i thgl the
teata lald down In Preaident M Klnl y'a Meaaaagaj
for aolvlng ih- Cuban 'i"> l n ara ?? ?n to he
applled. Teattmonj to the Juatlce of theaa teata
la furnlahed from an Imi ataal Booraa, H
comea from the Inveatmeal of European < apltal.
Bngllah capitallata have abown more confld
ln tbe certalnty of Amerlcan Interventlon than
? i - rnie of tha Am. rlcan i For rnontha,
they have been maklng extenalve Inveatmenta.
Now it la under ad that EnglU f\ llcatag
? ; ? ? ? he t .ba i f?? 'torlaa. The cea**
Idatlon i m la andar their
gui lance. < (ther -.. ? <v ? Htalr dlrae
.. ,,, All thla haa been gol g ? n , a parkai
-.-. h> n the ihad f Bpai " " vgf
i 'uba a aa dlaappe irlng
BXLYINO ON AMERICAN INTERVENTIOM.
No al ile . imi ta Id ba *a
tbe ri.- k of a dollai If It had reat. d on aut i
ng peav a pa of Bpaln I rlng abaa
u irante >a ata I. go arnmi nt. nor has there
anyth.ng to enc tui age l f that pi >?*
would - ime ln th I n luerini arnaB
,f the Penli aai the Inaurganta woadi
Spanla lalaBda,
The Bngllah Inve ra have taken no wlldcat
? hancea if thai kl i. Th< ? . '. rwari
in the face of 1 ? have proi 1 a *??*>
porar) perli l of anarchy or even a alxty laya*
uar. Thelr bui l nent has bean bauaal
on the dellberai.?i Ictloi ? ? Ither tha
liatlon or tha Interventlon of the Cnltad
.??.':?? it waa tbeir I I af that
Bpaln wi ul . to i eel th- i ondttlaM
on whlch the Preaident arould be supi tad by
facta ln ? Ing thal tl luaa ' Intarvaaj
,..;. . iai ; n unoai
a-nj repreaentatlvea of ' French < ipltallatJ
a-ho i. . i y been ln Cuba bav ? r-a-hed
the aame conclualon. Thla haa been In the fa-e
,,' the French boldlnga of Bpanlah bonda. The
? ita, long ago atrongly
;,.,.. ; .'. d fora ar I wtth com
lance, mlngled wlth Impatienca, to the tlme
a-hen tha Cnlted Btatea ahould end tha strag
gle
Doubtleta th- repreaentatlvea of thes- Euro?
pean countriee have reported th. iltuatlon to
their reapectlve doverntrenta. Iloal of them
have made a careful Btudy of the aconomtc proa>
recta aa wellaa ofthe politlcal and mllltary aut
look. All oba rvara agraa an one polnL whlch
far in determlnlng the whole queatloa of m
ntlon. It la four montha alnce th* rtarigai
of autonomy, whlch ?as to hnng peace. waa
eatabllabed, and yet th- Cnlted States Is to-day
trylng to faed one-third of the inhabitanta of
Cuba. Had the authortty of Bpaln bean vindi
. ated, ao aa l i anabte tbe reeumption of peaoeful
! purauita, there would h%va t.een no neeri of thia
auceor. if tha u'ratghed gurvlvora of wey'.er'a
entratlon pollcy had been put back ln thelr
h itnea In tha cevatfy and the gonaa of cuittva*
1 tlon eztended aa promlaed. by thla time they
would have bean abla to jupport thcmselvea from
th- frultfl of the aoll. Inst*ad. Amerlcan reiief ia
now tbe aole hope of a large proportlon of tha
populatlon. Without II they would dle oi starv
atlon, as they have been dylng for fifreen montha
paat
RELIBP FOR THB BTARVINfA,
The reiief has ? -? ematlaad, aad at laat
: itributed wlth aome degree of fattnem And
I ? ? itlc I aala tha exrent to
whlch food, medl - ai I ? othlng ara re-,ulred
is for tha Bral tlme fully appreclated. In all
eattea n paaaea througb the handa of tha aaataaaaj
and ic by them dellvared to the i mmlttaaa usu
ally hlred by the Alcaldea ? - Mayora. These
munlcipal authorltlea ara all bankrupt They
recelve no ald from the Central Gorernaaant in
Havana. They baxe no recourae ta aaaa their
people fr tan ?- ea ept thla ald from the
Cnlted Btatea Many of them took ofltoa unekaf
the Autonom it Governaneni on the promiae that
they ? told ba enabl i to aupply food for the
Cubana and put tha reconcentradoa back in the
eountry,
Thelr fallure to do a i haa leatroyed any ir.flu
.-n.e ih-y mlght have bad in wlnning the p-o
ple to the aupporl of Autonomy, and na agaxgeaag
is beld out that the oonditlona arlll improve.
Th? Cnlted state- must contlnue ta (aad the
Inhabitanta of Cuba for an Indeflnlta period
unleaa the eottrae of atarvatlon is gtoppad) by
meana of interventlon.
Large c-ntarutlaaa weleome peaca or fbtelMB
Interventlon nt the meana of freelng them from
burdena T'.ia Government owea avarybody. In
the cttlaa the gaa eompanlea and the eiectric
Itgbt eompanlea van collect nothlng. If they
press for payment tbeir plants are threatened
with conflacatlon. Tbe rallroad company re
celvea promlaea of future paymenta for the
tranaportatloa of auppllea When they preea
for compenaatlon they are met wlth the pettM
that the Oovernment may take the roada other
important cradltora ar- held ofl la a rtmlaaff
way.
?? ?
NEW DRTDOCK AT NEWPORT MBWft
THB LABOE8T i N TRE COWTINEXT TO BE B'JIUT
ir, ? c ir SCTtKOI 'N
Newport Neara, V i . March U iBpa ?'?? CaUla
p Huntington, prlnclpal oa ?- of tha Newpect
.\. -..., .- g ind D oek i ??. my, haa
glven Inatructlona i i begln nork on tha mamaaotb
This determlnatl >n an bla i art
reaull of B eonference beld ln Waahlngtaai
laal week between hla lieutenant, Calvtn B Or
,?? preaident of tha i " ' ? ??' I
.., :..;_- gol ? v ' . ? Mr. < ircutl made
b propoaitlon to the Oot nmeni l inatruat a
large drydock on the comaany'a property here.
provldlng the Oovernment ? r I llberal patroo*
ig. wheti it? sh.i s we ; irt ,.t tho At
l.tntlc.
bfr. Orcutl an it te IVaahlngtoa Ust week and
ha,, a aatlafactor} '????? a ??? i l ? Becratary,
turned io Nea l*< rk ? '? by Mayat
Walter A. Poat, of thla ?'. aagmaat of tha
companj Mr Bui -' rdaj naada anawa
ht^ Intentlon to k- ? i a?tth tha work :-. ? F'oat
- returned to tne >lty, and I. -morrow will oom
ni.-nr? actlva aorh on the blg l.is.n.
pi .. piana i li baea prepared, and it ta
Btated on good authorlt) tl .t Mr Huntlngtaa ?m
? re. pt no lubaldy He v,M
furnlah the $1 r acaaaary, ta bulld
? ..- io k. and atll kaep ln elaaa teweh wlth h.-. iltfa
from Ba ... arhere ba wlll go la a f-*w
wlll be, a .i- ? mi lete I, MI f.et
ln length an s M laal ln breadtn It adll be con
?tnicti aiaal raodern Ideaa ind ?til ha
capabla ol re^etvtng tw . of ? ? ,'^ l I ?ttie--.hlpa
,? one tlme It la und ra id that one thouaand
men aill be employed al on e to puah tha work to
completlon. All Of the nee?.?iry lOUBdlngfl h?\a
been mada and ihe material ml.l be ordered at
onca
The aite of the nea baaln will be dlrectly north
of th- praaanl do.k. atiKh la now the largest ln
Vm.-rt.Mti watera, althm.gh '.<-'<lna a few feet of
ba>lna ..hl? lo re.rtve th.. n r -I . l.i.-a t,.?"!,>-shl,.a of
ihe Savr ma ne? aoefe artll ba me lanpaai on the
-nt
_ _a
SKNATnK PRCaCTOR OM BOUTHBRN i.dvai.TT.
. hariotte. N. C? Mareh u -genaaar Proctor
pa.-h, .1 throuflb .'l.urlotte this mornina ?"d took
hraakfaat her-. Ha taiked freely exoept on tha
BUBgaeta Bl Hp-tn avnd tha probablllty of war. Ha
aaid that tha moat grattfylng thln< ha m?t ?ith *a

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