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SUBSOEIPXIOS BATES.
One Yecr, cash In advance, . $1.25
Six Months, caeh In advance .....75 Ceats'
Entered at tfaeJJortfa PlnttefKfebraeka) poftofflceas
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TTRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898.
ITis easier toTiegin"ar'war?than
-tostop it, says the Philadelphia
JTitnes.- A fellow .who sits on- a
"lceg- of powder and lights it may
..know where he starts from, but his
information as to where ihe will
land isllimited. ' ;-. 1
Tee Kearney Daily Hub has
again assumed the'famous "Kear
ney gait" and is sppplyirig: its read
ers with three columns of special
dispatches each day. We trust this
display of enterprise will be' re
warded by increased return's io
the Hub's exchequer.
We may, in order to provide for
-the sinews of war, pay a little more
for our beer and patent medicines.
but this.we will all cheerfully do.
- Cuba niusfrbe free even if we are
compelled to -oav two-bits for a
" schooner of that :which lias made
-.Milwaukee famous
A .Madrid paper says:
'Our
Asoldiers, may soon be singing- "bur
lesques of the Yankee, songs on
American soil." It might be well
for them to begin rehearsals of
Hell Columbia right now. That is
. the first thing they will bump up
against on this side. DeuyerPost.
1 Since the services of Colonel Cody
have- been accepted by General
Iilesandthe Spanish troopers in
Cuba have heard of it, they, the
troopers, are anxious to embark
for Spain. Some of them know the
Colonel by reputation and they have
no desire to meet on the battle-field
a-,regiment led by him.
The yellows, who have
shouting morning, noon and
been
night
for war, are now pretending to la
ment because the fiuancialburden&
riiust fall largely upon the poor
gleLtbiBMxrijeT f hem.' Bit
we have never had a war in history
that AVas not paid for. by the sweat
of labor's brow. The time to think
of war taxes imposed on the poor
is while there is yet a chance to
maintain honorable peace. Bee. ,
.iK-these davs when a
probable
. war,occuptes the attention
of the
i: c ' z .Ar&ci.
paid to state politics, the general
feehag-apparently being that it H
our duty to chastise bpam arse atra
then devote our time to -politicsr
The republicans, will, however, put
in the field a ticket that will com-
mand the confidence and support
of a majority of the voters of the
state.
The men who make Uncle Sam's
postage stamps, postal cards and
stamped envelopes are not in doubt
about the return of prosperity to
this country. Durinjr the first
quarter of the year there was iss
ued stamped paper to( the amount
of 1.259.807,438 pieces valued at
524,105.508. anamount unpreceden
ted .in the history ot the postal de
partment. The department offic
ials say that if the rate is ept UP
the fiscal Tear will show business
in this line double "thatbf "any
previous year. Ex. - -
. -- . i -n
In his testimony beforethe " sen
, ate committee Consul-Geueral Lee
estimated that out "of the 98,000
Spanish troops in Cuba only 50,000
are available for ?ctive service. He
also informed the committee, that
the rainy season .began the middle
oPJuneT With the facts before the
pres'ideht-and congress; it is plain
that in the event ot war . there
should be a prompt and energetic
attack on Cuba; a quick and
vigor
ous blovnhat would either,
the Spanish off the island or
them to capitulate
wipe
cause
. 3omlaations Cob firmed. - .
.Washington, April 20. The senate
"confirmed these nominations : Edwin
JT. Durham, marshal for tho western
.district of Missouri ; Henry J. lien
drink, Iowa, secretary of the legation
at 'Santiago, Chile v Fred Butler, re
ceiver of public moneys, Leadville,'
' rColo. -
i Kccojmltloa Jlay Be Given.
Washington, April 20. Senator For-
aker said in debate in the senate that"
he had positive information that it
the intention of this government to rec
ognizo tli-e repr6sentative3.of the Cuban
government m tms country. . - s
ISomo Nervousness Felt Aboat tlie SlonxT
Talentine, livib., April 20. There
m much excitemestt hero owing 4b 1th
removal of the troops from Fort 2io?
.brara, leaving this section of the coun
try without protection from the war
like Sioux.
Texas Bangers Ordarcd O.Ht.
. Dallas, April 20. Governor Cnlber-
tm. today- ordered out tb entire Texas -
rebel any invaak f ihml thafc-obuntry
' thHtSpfcaieVgyaptm mymakeT
SftMtsr U'altljalt'a'CofBdlUoB.
Washigton;, A-Mil "SO. Thersit(a3
no change ia Senator Waltbairconui
tion at 9. o'clock this morning. Hope of
recovery has been praohcally aban
doned. " v
. - Xa CkaatR8k& Tfits Tear,'2 i
WrifoSE, Neb., April 20. Secretary
D. L. Whjtaey announces that there,
willtbe no OhautaaqBR held at Beatrice
r9r.
WLM 1MIIIL
fc ft fit 1
PostmasteifGeiperalQiiitS'
of Hi-Health.
SMITH HAMED POE .PLAOE.
Editor of the Philadelphia Press Is Norn
"inatcd to Succeed Him Senate Takes
"Up the XaraTiygrqprIatIbB BUE
Washlvgtok, April 21 The presi
dent has sent this nomination totho-
, senate Charles ry. Smith of Eann
master gener-
vicoj. A.uary,
l Ti t 1 '
at the White
louse that Post-
a3B; 8 resigna-
Sjntaarabsolute-
&if Boceung wqai-
itO" flO "With;
nresent ior-;
ifgn compl&a-'
ftieh&rIt wasow-
!i.entirelv;jdt is
"""lated, to theccon-i
CHAS. EMORY SMITH, edition Ot JMr.,
Gary's liealth He has suffered a great
deal of late from a general 4)reakjng
down of the system, which liasjspn
tinued to progress, until finallySIr.
Gary reluctantly reached the concluJ
ittn.thatdie -was unable longer to cany
the bnrden bf his office. 1 1 i
Charles' Emory Smith, the new post
master general, is at present editor of
the Philadelphia Press. He has been
minister to Russia, is an earnest, active
'Republican and known to public men
throughout the United States. He is at
present in Washington and received
.many congratulations. Ho said that
he did not know the nomination was to
go in at this time, but added : "I do nob
wish to be understood, though, as say
ing I did not know the nomination was
to be sent to the senate."
Gage Furnishes Information.
Washington, April Hi. Secretary
Gage today sent to the senate a reply to
the resolution requesting information
from him as to his manner of ascertain
ing the amount of gold in the country.
Be says that all estimates begin with
the calculation made in 1872 by Dr.
Iiinderman, then director of the mint,
who placed the stock at $128,8S9,864,
and that since that time the estimates
liave been arrived at by adding to the
stock of 1872 the annual coinage and
the domestic coin imported, deducting
tho loss on account of recoinage and ex
portation. The secretary says the esti
mate of the amount used in the indus
trial arts is based upon census and
xnade by the mint bureau, and upon an
nual reports received from private;
smelters andxefiners. The' secretary
also furnishes an estimate of loss by
UfZMX ano-etberwMe' or paper monej
the total of -which, on all issues, fee
places at $13,145,300.
War Kiveaae iVCeasare.
WASHLveTOJf, April 21. The Retrab
licaa members of the ways- and means
committee expect to 'complete the war
xevenue measure and have it Teady for
submission to the full committee Sat
urday at the latest. One of the bigjg'estj
ivinfoefa in ntTim-Aca in t".Tl o fnmTn?f foia
over the question of' taxine tea and cof
fee. "The proposition to 'place 10 cents'
.met considerable opposition.. ana var-i
coffee. .Among them is a proposition;
to pjace 50 ceate per barrel tax on pe-'
trslemni bat) itTnew seems probablef
that this will be' abandoned. There is:
also a proposition to tax mineral waters,!
wines, etc., but a proposition which
now meets- with moro favor is to taxi
railroad tickets and sleeping car tickets'
10 cents, for-each trip of over 100 mlles
If i3 estimated between $20,000,000-and;
$2o,000,00Q oould bo raised from thid
source. I
Senate .Takes Up Naval Bill.
Washtngton", April 2 J. The senate'
passed the sundry civil bill and took Tin
the naval appropriation bilL The coal
embargo joint resolution passed the!
senate without' division. Mr. Money,
iu speaking of the fact that there would
be no privateeringiby the United States
in the war with Spain, said that thej
matterbf deciding such a question was
entirely in- the hands of congress, j. j
H
House Calls For Loe Correspondetice-
. W-asiiixgton -April '21Thehouse
a'dopted-Tesblutibns "calling for aflcorre-spondence-with
-General Leo, and' for
information as to steps taken to protect
300" American! left aOTatanzas by Oon-
sul Brice. RepresenfaSve Adams said
warnings -were given all Americans in!
Ouba to get out, but few heeded thjem,
British consuls would guard them.
ToKcpbrfOarrency Bill.'
Washington, April 2l Ifejs' under
stood that 10 of the 12 Republican mem-!
'bersr6f the houseQpmmittee on bank-
ing and currency have reached an!
agreementrto TOttrf or the general' cur-1
rency bill reported;ibythelMo01eary;
subcommittee. The exceptions are
Messrs. Brpsius (Pa.) andYanYoofheW
(N.Y.). . .
thGrand Oanarylslands, dated April
12, say it was rumored there thatrthe"
Stars and Stripes had been torn down
from the American consulate by the
fablale and trampled upon.
Tlnn rinrloii trt Show Ills Patriotism?
BRnsffiis.lAnrii 11 DdniCaos"Bavs
thatjhea.tJieJirst.gnnj.sJirea. Jie 37111
. - x- .V "--. '. - . . .1...
give proof that "I am a patriot before
being a- pretender.
Senator Walthall Is Dylnsr.
Washington. April 2r. Senator;
Walthall (Miss.) is dying. .
:
Cash anii Not CornpetleiU -
Lincoln; April 2i.-4s&cr6farv
of the Cuban relief commission hasjfe-.
ceived a letter from Stephen Barton, of
Boston'-vho saya that & Satkihal com
mission has one' carcb oYreilei eooda
and. another readv to loadr but
asks that at present no more goodsTSbe
sent,- and that cash he forwarded 4h-i
stood, as .the committee has no money
to pay for the loading of the ships. The:
government is ready to furnish a con.-!
,-roy and sufficient lorcei tosee thatthe
goods teach Cuba and are properly dis
tributed, but money is needed to -pay"
XT- 1 . - . .
, iub isuorera wao iransier ine. gooosTO
Pole WHLeBata Is Toronto.
- Buffalo; AprU'?l .SSSFFoloTy-
Bernabe, formerly Spanish minister to
he United Stat.'crossgd. t&esupen
sloa bridge Into Oaoada at faoeni
ToscTo7!lpril Jnoch Thomp
son, Spanish consul in this city, has re-'
ceived an official dispatch from Senor
Polo y -Bernaberstating that he would,
arrive in ToroalOion. Saturday. It is
expected that "the Spanish minister and
iis staff will remain here- for the pres
ent and will likebvaiake Toronto their
lieftdquarters daring hostilities.
Mmmm
WHKiiY IS ISSTTIa-,THE .CALL.
PreSldWt Postponas JBis;Ap3l For Vol-
daot 'Postpones
t HtipHNGTON, ApR 3i.-r0 tOC of
feeing, intereJOiWmta'&cles
yesterday was thetepected decision of
the president and" bearstary Alger on
tho question of how to place the volun-
4 teer forces at the-service of the govern-
ment. jno less tnan tnree consultations
wo liolfl of. flio VVViifo Vnnon nn f.h?B
subject, but it was jHally annduncedJ
that it would not be possible to an
nounce the" expected call or volunteers .
yesterday j;he district military forces
ShavQljeeifoffered to'thefgovemment by
eSatheome ex;
pectation thatf thesenlLbo'th6 first of
the militia forces to be drawn into tho
government service. A Other events of
IthVday at' the war dpparf nent . were I
1th;onreluru4to Washington 6t tho mili- I
5tarv:exoert who inspected .the southern,
TorjKflcailous and .h(t ."appointment of
oipejiiew aides on the staff of General
lijles. ' , , . s
2 "The drdnan.ee bureau also made an
other teavy.reqtfisition f or funds. The
vydepartment was buSy in the prep
aration .of signal, codes, nags, reguia.
ttiqhs, 16g books, and a thousand and
one thinsk required for warships and
"for the large number of mercantile ves-
and yachts recently purchased.
offers of vessels poured in, but
.none were availed of.
'The notice of the arrival or the big
'Spanish armored .cruisers at Cape De
f-iT -t a. ., xl. J-
Y erciQ caustu." buuiu uisquiuu m ttuo uu
partment, particularly tho notice that
the.Pelayo joined the fleet. Chief En
gineer Baird, who is examining re
cruits at the Washington navy yard,
reports that a very largo portion qf the
applicants for enlistment are of British
birth English, Scotch and Irish, which
he regards as significant of the sym-
"pathy of that people with the United
States in its attitude toward Cuba.
The president spent nearly all of -the
afternoon with prominent officials dis
cussing war measures. Secretary Alger,
Secretary Long, Gendral Miles, General
Schofield and Captain Crowninshield
were with him until 5 o'clock. General
Miles brought with him several maps
and documents and it is believed the
matters under discussion had special
reference to the contemplated move
ment against Cuba. At about 5:15
o'clock the conference broko upland the
president and General Alger took a
drive. Another matter which occupied
a share of the time wjjb the question of
issuing a proclamation calling for volun
teers in anticipation of the early pas
sage by the senate of tho pending bill
authorizing the president to raise a
volunteer army
Troops at Tampa.
TAMPAjJPla., ..April 21. The streets
-of Tampa aro thronged with sightseers
from: adjacent towns, hundreds and
hundreds of people coming to witness
the arrival of the troops. The com
panies that have arrived aro 400 men
from Fort McPherson; 1,200 from Fort
Sheridan and. Columbus ;.600 from Fort
Thomas, Kyt 1,200 from, Plattsburg,
.N. Y. ; 490 from Governor's .Island, and
L00 from Fort-Pofter and Eort Niagara.
The troops are . all quartered, on a high
ridge north, of. the city, and .their camp
fires attract: considerable attention.
General Miles will arrive1 Saturday.
Charged With Polsoulur .Their Father.
Gallatin, Mo., April 21. Austin!
Lliaf twich, 18 years of age, and. Maria
Xeftwjch, aged 14, children of Gus;
Leftwich, editor of, the Gallatin.Demo
crat, has been arrested here under in
dictments which charge Jihem.with the
mnrder of their father, Editor Left -
zninistered in his coffee. The f hepry of
the.prpsecutioais :hat tho, bpisonwas
.adnuhistered by ,the phildren, but it
twas intended fd their, stepmother, with
wiiom rnev qui hoc agree.
00KSIDEEvWH0 WILL PAYWAE TAX
Passcncer Officials ' of iiaiifoads Aro Dl
vlil'ed on 'tli'e' O'uesiflou
f" 'Chicago, April 21 .Passenger officials
of 'tfierbads centenng in Chicago are
rdividedon;thebuestiohas to 'whether
The' railroads or the 'purchaser! tickets
shTrald pay the'tax to' b'e impbsd by the
government m case of wai?. Some aire
of the opinion that the maximum rate'
rlaw effective in -sonie states will prevent;
-Them lrom 'adding anything to the'
"present price of tickets and others say
Ih'at'the increase wiiThb't be aniricrGasa'
Sx 'fh&price of the "tickets7, but will "be a
fax'&nd that the government' and "the
passengers can settle the matter be-.
tweeh thenrhnd'as far as state law on
thePsubject of "maximum rates" are con
cerned the law frorii tho government
rwill take precedence over any enact
Smenfc by state legislatures;' "Another
OquesfuMris whether the fax will.be made
Ri . :li 1,1 ' 1 1 - a ?
rio cover an lares paia ior transportation
For simply tickets - sold. If the latter
FcOnBtructipn is to rulb the r6ads say
ptey-vvill sell very few tickets over the
counter and that nine out of ten pas
"sngerewfll pay their fare oh trains in
order to avoidtho tax which would Tjo
pirnxxjecVupdn them if they bought their
tickcts outnght at the regular offices,
Popo to Decide Boundary Dispute.
PnDT k TT PnTVrP Anvil Ol" . A Ifti rn rrVt
Mhe matter is still regarded as an. 681-
ciaLsecrot, lt is known that .President
Sam of tho Haytiau republic and Presi-.
Hereauxoftho republic of Santo Do--
mingo agreeu at then? recent confer
enceac jacmei to submit 'to the pope
rthohtiro" boundary dispute between
fctho two countries. The papal nuncio,
-who -was present; accepted in' behalf of
the-pope the task of arbitrating., the
plueStrohs at issue: Hayti; is willing to
payan--indemnity in order to gain' the
desired1 boundary and Santo Domingo
acdmesces on' this basis.
SUES TOE DAMAGES.
Estelln WJllqogUby" Aska tho .Courts
. , ' Glyo Ucr Xlireo Thousand Dollars.
. .lMdiXES, April al.Frii Pierce, $
the notorious '"searcher." wHo ris a oori-5
jjiuyugiuuuu u repujationas. a ngnier
Avba was not afraid to use his revolver
Jn.thadaysof tho prohibition law in
JIbwa,. has been. brought before the pub-
in by, a petition, 'filed in Vthe dis
rri'cE court by Estella 'WiUougnbyr The
case is
entitled "Estella "Willouchbir
;Estella
against the Iowa Stafe Insurance Com
Itjanv and F. O. Overton.3' 'The nlain-
tiff'ay.eges that on Afarch Vf, 1S98,
cin the' capacity of an: agent for F. O.
Uyerton, agent ior tne xowa otate xn
surance company, ca'me to her homo for
the' purpose of 'making a collection;
that he assaulted, beat and bruised her1
and terrorized' her family.
Theplaintiff . claims that Overton
Pknew Pierceuto beof notorious reputa
tion and should'not have employed him.
She" asks for 'a iudgment of f3.C00,
claiming $1,000 actual and-$2,000 ex
emplary damages. Pierce w.as pardoned
frop the penitentiary a few. months
ago, 'where ho was serving a term for
shootmc and killinar an old soldier here,
.and'asne.is put on gcbd behavipr this
case'.mav result in his recommitment.
"During Pierce's day as a .constable and
searcher of- illegal sa'oons he used his
frevolver; on more.: than one occasion
sahct-threb or lout people and upon one
mccaaonr "a large-mob congregated on
the streets aad thiiatened to lynch him.
-II OF 20010 MEN.
Provisional Force to Be P.nt. at tho
-9.
Disposal of the President. '
"pTB,ST
CALL IS EOB' 80,000.
Will Bo Talcen From the Blllltla of -the
r
DlCTerent States Itccrnttlnff For the
. . vlfatlbnal Gaard In Expecta
tion of .War.
Washington, April 19. A measure
hrin formation in congress to put 200,
000 men at tho president's disposal.
This calculation is basod on the fol
lowing figures : Standing army, 27,000 ;
-call for volunteers, (50,000 ; by calling
out; state militia, 100.000 ; by army reor
ganization bill, 5,000. The bill drawn
tip by tho war department for introduc
tion by Representative Hull, chairman
of the military committee, authorizes
.the president to call for something like
60,000 volunteers, to be drawn through
'the various states. While this method
obviates the local technicalities involved
in the services of state militia organi
nations, it is likely the volunteers thus
.obtained through quotas, furnished by
the respective stato and territorial gov
ernors, will come from: within state
militia ranks.
The war department today practically
decided that its first call to arms "would
be for 80,000 men, to be taken from the
militia of tho several states. There are
some complications in tho matter which
"it will take a little time to adjust, and
which will prevent the issuance of a
call today, and may delay it even a lit
tle longer.
Troops Pas.i Through Washington.
Washington, April 19. The Sixth
cavalry from Fort Myer passed through .
the city this morning to the railroad
station, on their way to Chickamauga. 1
They passed in reviow before Secretary
Alger and General Miles and were
greeted by crowds along tho streets. '
The secretary shook hands with the
officers and soldiers. After spending j
sometimo in this way, ho drove to tho
war department, while the troops con
tinued their preparations for departure.
St. Louis, April "19. Owing to the
inability of the Louisville and Nash
ville Railway company to get card tho
Third cavalry was not able to leave" for
Chickamauga last night, as expected. .
Sufficient cars . were obtained today
from Louisville, and that command ex-1
'pects to get away before night. Tho
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain will
move tho Eleventh infantry tonight.
Eight companies of the Twenty-second
infantry, Colonel Charles A. Wickoff
commanding, arc expected to arrive
this afternoon from Fort Crook, near
Omaha, cn route to the south. The
First and Second cavalry and eight
companies of the Twentieth infantry
will also pass through St. Louis from
the west to their newly assigned posts
within the next few days.
Alfjor Choecs Special Aide.
1 Philadelphia, April President
Frank Thompson of tho Pennsylvania
railroad has been called upon to act
as a special aide to Secretary of War
Alger, and in this capacity will tako
charge of tho transportation branch of
?tbo military branch in the event of ao
tivo hostilities. The selection of Presi
dent Thompson for this duty has been
'favorably commented upon, in view of
his experience during the civil war as
-aSsis'tont t0 the then assistant secretary
; f rpun,e A witVi rJnM
similar to those at present entrusted to
fhim.
Swellinc tho ?JlHtla.
Lincoln, April 10. Adjutant Gen
frarfBrrV,B office is tent bnsv these
days, and- for tho last week or two no
small part of tho work has been occas-
"ioned by tho large lists
of recruits
which are being sent in from the sever
al stations of tho companies of tho Ne
-braaka. Rational guard. It is estimated
that there have been about 200 of these
aiew recruits during the last few weeks,
and that they have brought the guard
cup to about 1,400.
Army on the Move.
..' WAshixgtox, April 19. The three
hra'nches of the regular army, infantry,,
cavalry' and artillery, began its move
ment towards the mobilizing points in
the sopth from all parts of the United
'StatC5 today. Tho fourpoints to which.
f the army moves are Chfckaniauga bat
tlefield, Tampa, New Orleans and
Mobile. As soon as reaching
these
places they will go into camp.
Leavenworth Troops SIovc.
Leayexwohth, Kan., April 19. The
Twentieth infantry, four troop3 of the
Sixth cavalry and a detachment of the
hospital corps left here this morning,
tha infantry for Mobile and tho cavalry
for Chickamauga. Not a soldier in
troop P of tho Sixth would volunteer to
"remain behind as garrison guard and. a
detail had to bo made.
Still After Fucrst Rlsmarclc.
Loxdox, April 19. Tho Berlin cor
respondent of the Standard says that
Lieutenant Commander Niblack United
States naval attache at Berlin and at
Borne is still negotiating for the pur
chase of tho Hamburg-American liner
Puerst Bismarck to bo used us an auxib
liary cruiser.
MncVicar 'WJlilnjrto'irfsht.
DeS MoixeS, April 19.- Mayor' John?
MacYicar this morning called "on the
adjutant general and tendered his ser
vices to the government' in case of "war.
Mayor MaoVicar was an officer in the
Pennsylvania National Guard for sev
eral years and is well up in military
tactics.
. Cruiser TopcIt.iv Sails..
.-Falmouth, . Eng.,. April 10. The!
United States cruiser Topeka, formerly
the Diogenes, has received orders to
Eail immediatelyfon the United States'
without waiting for tho United States
jorpedo boat Sounrs, which is being re-
iired here.'
Baptists Meet at Waterloo.
"Waterloo, Ja., April Jil. The 27th
annual session of the National Woman's
Bapnst loreign Missionary . .society -
uyciieu 111 luis ciiy yesteroay, witn ouy
delegates in -attendance. The society
Jias 0,000 members m 22 states. The
treasurer, Mrs. RanneyoE Chicago, re
ports receipts of $47,250.90, expenditures
bJiLC270.20. The society will remain in
sessioa for several days.
lotva Uanlscr Commits Sclclde.
Missouri Valley, Li., April 21. A.
"W. Brown of Modalc, a former banker
of that city, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself througb.tho-heart. About
40 months ago he suffered a stroke of
paralysis and has been living in fear of
a second attack ever since. He had;
made five former attempts at suicide;.
but each time was stopped before car?
rying out the deed. He leaves a wife.
lotva Amateur Oarsmen.
Cedar Rapids. Ia., April 21. The
officers' and members of the executive
committee of the Iowa State Amateur
Bowing association met here and de
cided to hold the annual regatta at Ot-
tumwa on July 26. The program will
consist of junior and senior singles,
h Awarded
Highest! Honors World's Fair,
Gold Medal,. Midwinter Fair.
DR
CREAM
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Spanish Looking? For Aid Prom STexlco In
Event of War.
Madrid (via Biarritz), April 19.
Yesterday- Spanish efforts were re
doubled in order to induce the Cuban
insurgents to scorn United States inter
ference. The Spaniards are trying to
make the insurgents believe that tho
United States seeks the annexation of
Cuba rather than the fostering of a
Cuban republic. They are endeavor
ing to convey to the Cubans the idea
that the latter would be better off in
the enjoyment of a merely nominal
suzerainty of the mother country than
as part of the American republic
Reports are being sedulously circul
ated here that General Gomez and Gar
cia are being reached upon the basis in
dicated. How Spain grasps at straws
may be illustrated by the fact that she
pretends to expect aid from Mexico.
Upon this, point the plea put forward in
military clubs and Spanish journalistic
circles is' that, as Texas was taken from
Mexico by th9 United States, the latter
is the common enemy of tho countries
ruled by President Diaz and the queen
regent.
Most frantic efforts are being made to
get the great powers to interfere bo as
to preservo, at least nominally, the sov
ereignty of Alfonso Xm. over the Pearl
of the Antilles. To this end the Mon
roe doctrine is distorted to mean not the
prevention of the further extension of
European power upon the American
continent, not America for the Amer
icans, but the world for Americans.
Today is given out the information
that the. strictest secrecy will be ob
served in future regarding Spanish
I military and naval preparations.
j In addition to gaining time tho Span-
ish energies are being directed toward
winning the sympathy of the powers ;
toward getting Central and South
American republics upon the side of
Spain; toward solidifying tho Latin
race against those whom they disdain
fully call Yankees.
The hope is also cherished that shonld
Spain be able to hold her own for a few
months against the United States, the
commercial elements issostrongin Am-
erica that the merchants will force the
"Washington government to bring hostil
ities to a close in a manner not unfavor
able to Spain. Though the Spanish
government openly repudiates today
having taken the initiative with regard
to the autonomist Cubans going to con
fer with the insurgent chiefs, everbody
here knows that the intimation to do
so wa3 sent from Madrid to Havana.
Goodrich Euters a Denial,
DesMoixes, April 19. Laaden B,
Goodrich of State Center, one of the 1
defendants in the contest begun in the 1
federal court here, between tho daugh
ters of the late "William L. Smith of
State Center, la., involving an estate
1 worth from $250,000 to S30(,000, denies
the charges made against nun tnac tor
the purpose 01 oivemng mosc 01 tne
estate to himself and wife, he concealed
a greater portion of the estate and made
a showing to the other sister, Sirs.
George B. Moore of NewYork, that
tho estate was pnly worth $27,500.
Rifles to Awe Striking: Miners.
Sprixgfield, April 10. Governor
Tanner has ordered 0 Springfield rifleg
sent to. Hosborongh, near Sparta, Ran
dolph county, and 1,000 rounds of am
munition, to bo used in quelling dis
turbances of rioting coal miners. Sher
iff McFarland called on the governor
this morning and explained the situa
tion. He will return with the rifles to
arm the deputies. If the sheriff cannot
maintain peace the governor says he
will call ont state troops.
More Males For Army.
St Louis, April 19. A telegram from
"Washington states that the war depart
ment has just ordered the purchase of
1,800 mules in addition to the 1,000
ordered last week. Tho mules are to
be used as pack animals for carrying
supplies over roads in Cuba, where the
army wagons cannot bo drawn. A1J.
the mule3 purchased for tho army are
to be delivered in this city.
Alaskan Rates Reduced.
Chicago, April 19. Announcement
has been made of a $10 reduction in
i steamship rates from Pacific coast
points to Alaska. The rates hereafter
from San Francisco to Dyea, Skagway
xr Sitka will be 52 cabin and $31
second class. From Portland, Seattle,
Tacoma, Port Townsend or Victoria
they will te $40 cabin ami $-5 gecpgd
class. .
Arrested on Serious Charge,
Des Moines, April 19. F. L. Jewetfc
of Toledo, who, it is charged, has been.
a fugitive irom justice ior o ver a year,
was recognized on the streets here to- I
day and arrested. He is charged .with
criminally assaulting tho 14-year-old
daughter of W. L. Davis, a farmer liv
ing near Toledo.
Ho Further Mediation.
Berltk; April 19. The German for
'ehja office declares that Dr. von Holle
ben, the ambassador of Germany at
Washington, instead of joining in re-
iewet representations to the United
Stat oc 6 arjiiag ambassadors, to stop
ri
, ,1 mediation, as 'they are
16 worse than useless.
TILEG1AM3 TERSELY TOLD.
The Wr Plow company of -Mon-moath;
IXki., aMa$e an assignment Tues
day: 1 v- V
Geal!Copji3or ajwf staff reached
Mobile Taasftr Morwg-yi fhe private
ear of the -foe. jwoidoat el' the Missouri
Pacific. J v; rf ' -f
Ia tire y-ihr'jMHmhorace at Boa
k, t'ae k,Jpt to '.fcririijwere : Boy
J. McDoMgMtttarWte gymnasium;
tie 2:4j.-Gray, Part George Ath
letic olab,- Mrfc, rfee 2 :45.
The oao'i twiar-A gf the Morning
mise at WaUaM, Lia- -was destroyed
by 1U T'ffar .Tfa lam, is $100,000;
iiBWfoei M, OWL ,Xijppncentrat04:
"win 1m bam lliaitfniiaatLrcd minerw
will fee ttaMtHlorment for
and mill wa
eeh.
stajinenfc hi
"ates will
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answer
SIX BM&tMt - TOSpHMS
LoaaCSr ii 9.1 A
PWf-It t.tairae United i
DENTINS I
Cuban Eesolution Is Kow a
Law of the Land,
ULTIMATUM SENT TO SPAIN.
Gives the Dons Until mdniglit Satur
day to LeaVe the Island.
POLO IS GIVES HIS PASSP0ETS.
Military and Naval Preparations Are Go
Ing Forward With Eenewcd Activity.
First Move Will Do to Blockade
Cuban Forts.
Washington, April 20. The Cuban
resolution is now a law of the land, and
the ultimatum to Spain an accom
plished fact. Tho president at 11 :24
o'clock affixed his signature to the joint
resolution of congress requiring Spain,
to evacuate the island of Cuba. The
ultimatum meanwhile had been pre
pared at the state department by Assis
tant Secretary Day, and at 11 :30 o'clock
announcement was made at the "White
House that it had been signed by tho
president and had been sent to the
Spanish government. The ultimatum
was'brought over to the "White House
shortly before 11 o'clock by Assistant
Secretary Day, who went over it with
President McKinley before the latter
affixed his signature. After the public
announcement Assistant Secretary Day
says thstt the ultimatum had been trans
mitted this morning to Madrid, ad
dressed to Minister "Woodford, who will
deliver it to the Spanish government.
As soon as the final determination to
send it had been reached, and it had
been started on its way to Madrid, Sopor
Polo do Bernabe, the Spanish minister,
in .accordance with diplomatic court
esies, was furnished a copy of the paper
by the colored messenger of Assistant
Secretary Day. The minister, as soon
as ho received it, made a brief reply
and requested his passports.
At the cabinet meeting yesterday aft
ernoon tho general features and form
of tho ultimatum to be sent to Spain
wero agreed upon, and there remained
for this morning only tho making of a
copy for the president's signature. Tho
original draft was made by Assistant
Secretary Day and tho revised copy,
which was made this morning under
his direction, was laid beforo the presi
dent at 10 0 o'clock. At 11 '4 it was
announced that tho president had at
that moment signed the resolutions of
congress ; that tho ultimatum had been
sicned some time before, and that tho
latter would not be made public until
sometime tomorrow.
The president in his ultimatum to the
Spanish government transmits a copy
of tho resolutions passed by congress;
j which
, signed
resolutions ho states he has
He demands that Spain with
draw her army and navy forces from
Cuban waters, as required by the terms
of the act of congress (no date for the
withdrawal being men" ioned), and then
states that if a satisfactory answer is
not received here before Saturday next,
he will proceed at onco to carry (he res
olutions of congress into effect.
Polo Asks For His Passports.
The Spanish minister's request for
has passports sent immediately on the
receiDt of the ultimatum, was as fol-
A
lows:
Trnif-inn da "Esnana. Atiril 2d. Mr.
' . mi.. l i.r 1 1. ,1 1
flio nrnrrrfai nf
the United States of
. America, and
1 w
approved today by the
president, is of such a nature that my
permanence in Washington becomes
1 impossible, and obliges me to request
vou the delivery of my passports. The
protection of the Spauish legation will
be entrusted to the French ambassador
and the Anstrian-Hnngarian minister.
On this occasion, very painful to me, I
have the honor to renew to yon the ns
Burances of my highest consideration.
Luis Polo de Bernabe.
The application oc tho Spanish minis
ter for his passpqrts reached the state
department about noon, and it was.
honored ac once. Assistant Secretary
Day gave orders that they be forwarded
to the minister immediately. No In
structions have been sent to Minister
Woodford at Madrid to withdraw from
Spain. It is said at the department
that the withdrawal cf tho Spanish
minister here does not mean the imme
diate withdrawal of Mr. "Woodford
from Madrid. In view of the depart
ment the action taken by Senor Bernabe
is not regarded as an ultimatum. Ac
cordingly, Mr. "Woodford will bo con
tinued at Madrid until the Spanish gov
ernment has had an opportunity to re
turn such answer as may be called for,
pr, failing that, until Saturday, when
he wil withdraw, fhe impression here
is that the action qf the 'Spanish minis
ter was brought abont by the .preamble
to the joint resointjong of congress',
which the Spanish government regards
as an insult to the nati n, of which it is
obliged to take notice formally when
the resolutions were known to have
been enacted.
From this time forward war prepara
tions will go forward with renewed ac
tivity, and both the army and the navy
will be put in position for active opera
Jipps. There seems to be little doubt
fhat the first move will be to blockade
one or more of the Cuban port? and as
soon as an army of occupation can be
transported to them a demand will
made for an unconditional surrender,
1 and in event of a refusal the work of
reducing them by bombardment will
be begun immediately. It is not
thought that the .assembling of the
naval forces will be delayed even for a
day, and it is not unlikely that important-movements
of both arms of the
service will be ordered within tho next
few houra.
All Onlet In Havana.
Havana, April 19. Quiet prevails
here, the streets present a quieter ap
pearance than they did a few days ago.
Business is almost paralyzed, no con
tracts are being entered into and the
papers are urging Spain to declare war
immediately. Spaniards allege tho in
surgents have most horribly mutilated
a captured sergeant of volunteers.
Brine Oat S?00,QOO Ia Gold.
Seattle, April 19. According to the
ptatemenfeof M.'B'. Hall of Spokane, a
' Klondike'r.'who arrived on the steamer,
f Utopia from 'Skagway, his party qf 'four
; men brought'pnt gold dust and draf t
j amounting'to $200,000.
! Demand That Americans Lcare.
St. Thomas, W. I., April 19. Ad
vices Teceived here from Porto Rico
show therais agitation thero with the
object of forcingnaturilized Americans
to declare themselves and leave the isl
and .
Military Attaches Called Home.
Serlix, April 3. The United States
military attache at Vienna, Lieutenant
J, L. Chamberlain, and tKe United
States military attache at St. Peters;:)
burg, Lieutenant George L. Anderson,
lave been called home.
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Burltngtok, Ia., April 21. D. S.
Forney, ased 90, tne oldest doctor in
the United States,-died this morning.
He wa3 the first graduate from the first
medical college ouuded inAmu:ica at
Baltimore. He leaves many nrominent
rcalatives.
Indians Enlist to Fight Dons.
Appletok, Wis.,April 21. The Onei
da Indians on their reservation north of
this city, have organized two compa
nies of 1C0 men each to-fight tho Span
iards. These compapies aro to form
tho nucleus of a regiment of Indians
to io raised on the Oneida, Menominee
and Stockbridgo reservations. All of
the officers aro to be whites, experienced
G. A. R. men or militia men. The reg.
iment will be headed by an" Indian-
band of 10 pieces.
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Atkinson to Lead Georgians.
Atlanta, Ga., April 21. Governor
W.Y. Atkinson has annonncod. that in
the event of war ho would lead the
Georgia military to tho front. '! have
received so many pathetic letters from
mothers all over tho state asking ma
not to send their eous," said the 'gov-
ernor, "that I have concluded the best
reply I can niako is to lead the boys my
self , inasmuch as I may be compelled to
order them out."
Soldier Killed nt Knob Koster.
Sedalia, Mo., April 21. A soldier
named Wheeler of troop K, Sixth cav
alry, U. S. A., enrou'e from Port Riley,
Kan., to St. Louis, feii from a Missouri
Pacific train at Knob Nbster, Mo., and
was killed.. J. C. Williams and J. Gl
Depriest, both from Kentucky and trav
eling for a Chicago picture company,
resigned their posilions and enlisted in
tho Sixth cavalrr here.
YVonld Kccinit the Convicts.
Spencer, Ia.f April 21. George Anr
drews of this place, who for the last
six years was depnty warden of the
state penitentiary in Anamosa, has
asked Governor Shaw to permit him to
recruit a company of 100 men from the
ranks of the convicts of tho state prison
at Anamosa. Andrews is an old soldier
and ho says he can pick ont 100 oE the
best fighters of the state if they will be
released on parole.
SPAKKS F0M TEE WfEES.
It is believed at Washington that
Great Britain and other nations will in
sist that Spam prohibit privateering.
Governor Wdlcqtt has issued orders
to raise the Massachusetts miiitia to a
war footing at once.
Tho first battalion qf marines for in?
vasion, concentrated at tne Jsrooaiyn
navy yard, has been increased from 427
to 7o0 men.
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