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NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
Five Important Events Bearing Upon
Our Relations with Spain.
Washington Feverish Fnar That War Id
Imminent Unison for Delaying tho
Court' Verdict Another Wnr-
Klilp Going to Ilnvnntu
Washington, March 8. Thcro wore I
no fewer than fivo important events
yesterday having a bcoring more or
less direct upon the troubled relations
between the United States and Spain, I
viz.: Tho introduction in congress by I
Mr. Cannon of a resolution carrying
$50,000,000 for the public defense; the
! withdrawal by .tho bpanlsn govern
ment of its intimated objection to tho
continuance in ofileo of Consul General
'Lee; tho order of tho cruiser Mont
gomery to proceed to Havana in place
tof tho Fern; the passago through tho
house of tho bill increasing tho artil
lery arm by two regiments, and tho
institution of negotiations looking to
tho purchase of warships for our navy.
Mr. Cannon's resolution probably led
all other topics in interest, particular
ly when it became known that it was
tho result of a conference between tho
author, the president, Senator Halo
and other leading spirits in congress.
As for Gcu. Lee's case, the news of the
satisfactory ending of tho incident
through the withdrawal of the sug
gestion by Spain was expected as soon
as it was noted that a loopholo had
been left open through the failure to
make the complaint in anything like
official form.
Late in the nfternoon Scnor DuBosc,
tho Spanish charge, received a cipher
cable from the minister of state at
Madrid, Senor Gullon, saying: "You
can disavow tho rumor that any oill
cial application has been made for tho
recall of Gen. Lee."
This confirmed Mr. DuBosc's view
that a misapprehension had occurred,
and that some intimation concerning
Gen. Lee had been construed into a
request or demand for his recall,
which Mr. DuBosc says with posltive
ness was never intended.
The appropriation of 550,000,000 for
the national defenso for which provi
sion was made in tho bill introduced
in the house yesterday by Mr. Cannon,
will not involve the issue of bonds.
This announcement was made by the
treasury otlicials, who stated that tho
treasury was amply prepared to meet
any demands that will likely bo mado
upon it. On February 1 the cash in
tho treasury amounted to 5850,571,700,
of which 5204,003,971 was gold, 5511,
858,840 silver, S107,504,958 paper cur
rency and 533,01)4,002 in disbursing of
ficers' balances, etc. The not available
cash on hand above all liabilities
amounts to 5225,504,203.
It is not felt at the navy department
that tho people of tho Montgomery are
taking any particular risk in going to
Havana at this time, for it is said that,
oven should hostilities break out, it is
a rule of honorable warfare that they
be given safe convoy out of the waters
of the hostile country. Of course, Gou.
Lee and tho members of tho court of
inquiry at Havana would bo equally
exempt from molestation.
Without delay the officers of the ad
jutant general department jTesterday
gave tho necessary orders for the re
cruiting of the new artillery regiments
authorized by congress. The purpose
is to enlist such members as have had
service in the artillery wherever possi
ble, and no doubt is entertained that
plenty of material of tho right kind
will offer.
FEVKHISH 8TATK OP WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 8. A highly
feverish condition prevailed in Wash
ington yesterday in reference to tho
Spanish question. Tho announcement
that Spain had asked for tho recall of
Consul General Leo raised tho patriot
ic feeling of congress to its highest
pitch and the backdown of the Span
ish government has not materially
abated the strain. The condition, is
best described by likening it to that
of uncertainty and reserved feeling
preceding tho firing on Fort Sumter.
It is feared that war is imminent.
Reliable information from Havana
is to the effect that the report of the
naval court of inquiry has found
almost unmistakable evidence that tho
Maine was exploded by a mine. Tho
strongest reason in support of this
theory, asldo from tho information to
that ofTcct received by various chan
nels, Is that tho report of the court is
not made public. Tho argument is
that, if the court had found the ex
plosion to bo from internal causes, it
would have been raado known with
little delay. From this comes the in
ference that both sides are trying to
gain time to got ready. The impres
sion is growing stronger day by day
that some Incident is likely to precipi
tate a conilict at almost any time.
WOKIC OP THE DIVKKS.
Havana, March 8. The court of in
quiry held its usual sessionsyesterday,
examining Ensign Powollson and tho
divers' plans. The Spanish divers work
when they desire to do so. Tho day
was beautiful and the wreckers ad
vanced steadily in clearing away tho
debris. Many articles of personal value
to the officers of tho Maine are recov
ered from timo, to time. Tho wreckers
and divers when below work hard.
Tho Maine was exceptionally high be
tween decks, which makes tho effort
of getting out tho bodies more diffi
cult. They float to tho ceilings and
ure entangled in the debris.
FOR SMOKING CIGARETTES.
Fourteen-Ycar-Old Olrl nt Aurora, 111.,
Nearly Kills it I'laymato with i Hatpin.
AunciiA, 111., Muroh 7. Hereafter in
Aurora tho hatpin will be classed
among dangerous and deadly weapons.
A Fulton street youngster, attacked
by one of these weapons, owes his
preservation to his own vigorous con
stitution rather than to any fault in
tho hatpin or good will on tho part
of tho owner. Tho pin in this in
stance was wielded by a 11-year-old
girl. Sho was ploying with
a group of children which con
tained among others a boy smoking
a cigarette. Tho girl endeavored to
snatch tho cigarette from him, and to
got it out of her way ho handed it to a
smaller boy. Either in rago or mis
chief or both tho girl pulled the pin
from her hat and jabbed the boy with
it. Tho slender weapon penetrated
tho lad's body to a considerable depth,
oven piercing tho lungs and narrowly
missing tho heart. Mood poisoning
was feared, but tho boy seems to bo on
tho road to recovery.
INSIDE THE PRISON WALLS.
A Convict nt Hint; 8'g Cruelly Murdora
IMn Wife Who Wan Visiting Illin.
NkW Yohk, March 7. Within tho
walls of Sing Sing, where every pre
caution is supposed to bo taken that
no criminal may add to the list of his
misdeeds, a murder was committed.
Adrian llraun, a convict, attacked his
wife in vthc waiting room of the
prison, and with one vicious swing
of a long, keen knife cut her throat.
Ho struck her again and again
with tho weapon, but that first stab
was sufficient to kill. Tho wife had
come to visit hor husband and was
just ready to lcavo tho prison when
Braun slipped tho knifo from its con
cealmcnt and laughed at the woman
slttlug by his side, llraun was serv
ing a two-years' sentence for beating
his wife, but she had forgiven him and
this was her first visit to tho prison.
WILL OUTDO FORMER EFFORTS.
Dr. Gatllng, Inventor of tho Terrlhlo Llfe
Dcgtroylug Instrument, nt Work on a
Now Gun.
Ci.evei.anh, O., March 7. Dr. Rich
ard Jordan Gatling, tho Inventor of
tho famous engine of death which
beai-s his name, and which forms a
part of tho life-destroying equipment
of every army and navy of tho world,
is actively engaged in this city in tho
construction of a monstrous death
dealing gun on newly calculated plans
based upon scientific principles, me
chanically and mathematically correct.
It is being made for tho United States
government. Tho new gun is calcu
lated to last longer and fire more shots
than the ono of his former invention.
WOULD COST TOO MUCH.
Tho l'ro poult Ion to Itulhl tho Warship,
'Gcorgo Washington," Impracticable.
Washington, March 7. The scnato
committee on naval affairs has received
a reply from the navy department in
answer to the resolution of the senato
inquiring as to the feasibility of build
ing a battleship to be named the
Georgo Washington, which would ba
equal to any battleship in the world,
with the facilities therein provided for
within one year. The department re
ports that it would not bo feasible,
and that tho lest time in which such a
vessel could be constructed would be
18 months, and that at an enormous
expense, probably SS,000,000.
A Groat Strike Declared Off.
Bipdkfoki), Me., March 7. Tho
strike of the 3,500 employes of tho Pop
perell and Laconia cotton manufactur
ing corporations which began on Jan
uary 17, when a general reduction of
ten per cent, in wages went into effect,
was declared off Saturday afternoon
and tho big mills, which have been
silent since that date, started up this
morning. The operatives have lost
nearly 5210,000 in wapes since they
came out on a strike and business has
been paralyzed.
Almost a Tenement Houso Horror.
PiTTSiiuitaii, Pa., March 7. Ono of
the most exciting fires the fire depart
ment has ever beon called upon to fight
occurred at (114 Wdbster avenue yester
day, when one woman was suffocated
and fivo other people so badly burned
that three may die. Three families
were penned in a ramshackle building
and the stairs eaten away while they
slept. Only the most rapid work of
firemen prevented a tenement houso
horror.
No Spring Flood This Your.
Omaha, Neb., March 7. There will
be no spring Hood in the Missouri val
ley this year. This is tho report of
tho weather observer at Omaha, based
upon data ho has gathered at the re
quest of tho department at Washing
ton. Tho Information was secured for
the purpose of giving timely notice to
tho vast property interests annually
menaced by Hoods on tho Missouri
river region, of the spring rise, should
it be heavy or light.
Senator MIIIh Out or tho Knee.
HOUSTON, Tex., March 7. Tho Post
prints a letter from United States
Senator Mills in which ho formally
withdraws from tho race for re-election,
which leaves the field to Gov. Cul
berson. In his letter Mr. Mills gives
as tho reason of his withdrawal the re
cent action of the state executive com
mittee, which required all voters at
the democratic primaries to he loyal
to free silver at the sixteen to one ratio.
WEIT Olf INJUNCTION.
Railroad Men Petition tho Scnato
Prevent Its Abuse.
to
I'ntrlotlsin In tho Houso 1I1U to l'ro v I do
Two Additional Itoglmrut or Artil
lery rnmed 8(10,000,000 for
1'urposoa of DofOIIHO.
Washington, March 8. Yesterday's
Bcssion of tho senate was devoted on
tlrely to tho consideration of the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill.
At tho hour of adjournment tho bill
had not been disposed of and its dis
cussion will bo continued to-day. Mr.
Carter, of Montana, urged that tho
bill go over as ho desired to offer an
nmendtnont relating to tho gas supply
of Washington. "A moro infamous
and audacious outrage was never per
petrated on an inoifonslvo public than
is nightly perpotratcd by the Wash
ington Gas Light company," declared
Mr. Carter, "and I dcslro to present an
amendment that will afford tho suffer
ing people of this city an opportunity
to force tho company to givo them
what they pay for." At his suggestion
tho bill was laid aside and at 5:45 tho
senate went into cxccutlvo session,
and soon afterwards adjourned. Dur
ing the morning hour Mr. Allen, of
Nebraska, presented tho potltion of
18,000 railway men of Pennsylvania,
in favor of legislation to prevent tho
abuse of the writ of injunction.
the house.
Washington, March 8. The spirit of
patriotism was rampant in the house
yestorday, and by almost an unanimous
vote tho Ilawlcy bill providing for two
additional regiments of artillery was
passed under suspension of tho rules.
No effort was mado to obstruct action,
but Mr. Bailey, tho democratic leudcr,
pleaded for more time than the 40 min
utes allowed under the rule, and be
cause It was refused after tho bill had
been passed he inaugurated a filibuster
against District of Columbia legisla
tion that continued all day. Mr. Bai
ley desired to speak in favor of tho
bill, but could not get time.
Mr. Hull, in opening tho debate, ex
plained briefly tho necessity for these
men to man tho coast defenses of the
country. By July 1, ho said, 244 big
guns and 232 mortars would he mount
ed. Those guns required 18 men each
to handle them, and, in time of war,
00. Ther.0 were 4,025 artillerymen, all
told, in tho service. Tho guns cm
placed July 1 would require 7,000, re
gardless of any exigency that might
arise. Even if no exigency arose,
these men, ho insisted, would be nec
essary to care for tho fortifications and
guns upon which wo were 'expending
millions -of dollars. The charge that
this bill was an attempt to Increase
tho standing army, to bo used possibly
to overawe the cities, he said, ho con
sidered too frivolous to discuss.
Mr. Cox, in opposing tho bill, said he
would vote as cheerfully as any man
in tho house for this bill if it were
needed for the national defense as a
war measure, but ho argued that the
president, as commander-in-chief of
tho army, had authority to detail men
from tho other branches of the service,
the cavalry and infantry, and that
such details could man and caro for
the coast defenses without increasing
permanently tho standing army.
Mr. Jones, of Virginia, tho other
democrat who opposed the bill, in
sisted that tho bill was not a war
measure, as it had been recommended
for several years.
Mr. Shafroth, populist, of Colorado,
caused a round of applauso when he
expressed his regret that a single voice
should bo raised against such a bill at
such a time. Thcro was no denying
tho fact that our foreign relations
with Spain were on tho cvo of a rup
ture. War ought to bo averted if pos
sible, but wo ought to proparo at once,
ho said, for overy emergency.
Mr. Williams, democrat, of Missis
sippi, said that while his voice was
now, as ever, for peace, it seemed ab
solutely certain that Spain was forcing
us into war to extricate tho reigning
family from tho desperate straits into
which she was placed by her futjlo at
tempts to subjugate Cuba. He had
been for Cuban belligeroncy and Cuban
independence, and if war was to como
as a result of our sympathy for those
who were struggling for their free
dom, ho would not refuse to give his
voto to any measure designed to pre
pare us to meet tho enemy.
The time for debate expired at this
time, and Mr. Bailey, who had not
been ablo to got tho iloor, asked for
unanimous consent for three minutes.
Mr. nepburn, republican of Iowa, ob
jected. Tho bill was then passed
without division. Tho great chorus
of ayes was offset by three voices on
tho minority side, Messrs. Cox, demo
crat, of Tennessee; Jones, democrat, of
Virginia, and Todd, fusion, of Michi
gan. Following this Mr. Cannon present
ed a bill placing S50,000,000 at tho dis
posal of tho administration, tho same
to bo expended in providing for tho
public defonse. It was referred to tho
committee on appropriations.
District of Columbia business was
then taken up and Mr. Bailey, as a
method of resenting tho refusal to ac
cord him tho privilege of addressing
the house on tho artillery bill, inau
gurated a filibuster. Roll call fol
lowed roll call for two hours. When
tho confusion of the iloor became such
that order was called for, tho speaker
requested all members to take their
seats.
SCHOOLBOYS IN CHAINS.
Surprising Fact Drought Out hy n Massa
chusetts Legislative Inquiry.
Boston, March 5. Tho legislative
committee on education continued tho
hearing on tho measure reported by
tho state board of education rola
tivo to school attendance and tru
ancy. Some remarkable facts camo
out. Agent Walton told of a visit
to tho Essex county truant school.
Mr. Walton said ho had soon ono
boy with a horsoweight and a chain
tied to his feet and hands. Two other
boys confined in a small collar woro,
chained together with a long chain.
Tho superintendent of tho school did
not act as if It was any unusual thing
to havo his boys chained together in
this way. Tho boys wore ignorant,
too, not knowing what simplo words
meant. At tho school at lteckot,ln Berk
shire county, Mr. Ilortwell said ho
found hanging in tho schoolroom a
rawhide, a ball and chain and hand
cults. These wero not in uso nbw,
but tho present superintendent said
that wheu he came there ho found
a boy walking about tha yard with a
ball and chain on his feet. The super
intendents of thoso schools woro al
lowed to run tho truant schools as
thoy pleased. These statcmonta havo
caused a great sensation.
FOR A GREAT SHIPYARD.
Andrew Carnoglo Tell Why Ono Near Now
York Would Ito a Good Thing.
Cr.KVKi.ANi, O., March 5. Tho Iron
Trade Review has tho following letter
from Mr. Andrew Carnegie:
CANNK.s, Franco, Fob. 10, 1893. May I call
attention through your columns to tho hold
which Is open for a tlrst-cluss Hhtpbutldlug
yard upon tho Hudson. ICast rlvor, or Lower
bay, near Now Yorlr ? Tho prices paid for stool
by Urltlsh unu Gorman shipyards aro bo much
hlKlior than shipbuilders in Now Yorlc would
bo required to pay that tho dlfforonco wouli
tnalco, In ItBolf, an cxcullont jrollt. l'lutos aro
worth about 52.! or SJ:i por ton in Now
Yorlc. Tho quoted prloo at Glasgow Is nearly
130. Other prices uro In proportion, and nil tho
woodwork of ships is also much choapor with
us. If a yard woro built to-dav with tho now
cst appliances, tho total cost of labor, ovon at
cch higher wnt'os, would ho less than In any
shipyard I know of, olthor In Urltaln or dor
many. Prominent Cleveland shipbuilders
agree with Mr. Carnogio and express
confidence that American built ships
will reign supreme.
MINING TROUBLE.
All Minus Ordered Shut Down In Northern
Colorado Coal Dlftrlot.
Dknveh, Col., March 5. Trouble is
brewing again in the northern coal dis
trict. The trust has ordered a shut
down of tho mines and tho men
threaten to shut down tho entire dis
trict indefinitely unless some agree
ment is reached at once. At tho
United mines tho representation is
made that tho shut down is according
to tho orders of Judgo Johnson, pond
ing a report to the court as to tho busi
ness done since tho decision of tho
stato board of arbitration In fixing
a new scale of wages, so that tho judgo
can determine whether tho mines uro
working at a loss in paying tho now
scale.
CUBAN ORPHANS.
Consul Gaunrul Loo Looking After tho
Children Mado I'aroiitless by tho War.
Washington, March 5. Tho only
word received at the stato department
from Gen. Leo during tho past 24
hours camo in a short cablegram re
ceived last night addressed to Assist
ant Secretary Day. Tho consul gen
eral had formerly notified tho depart
ment that as ono result of his efforts
to ameliorate tho condition of tho poor
in Havana ho had secured from tho
Spanish authorities tho uso of a lurge
storehouse, which ho proposed to uso
as an orphan asylum to shelter tho
many little children left parcntless by
tho war.
AGAINST GOLD CONTRACTS.
The Kentucky Houso I'asses n Meusurt
Which Is Substantially a Copy of the Ne
braska Law.
FiiANKFOitT, Ky., March 5. The
houso of representatives has passed,
by a party vote, an act to prevent the
making of a contract payable in gold
and making such a contract null and
void. Dr. S. Atwood Smith, of Louis
ville, introduced tho bill and warmly
advocated Its passage. It is substan
tially a copy of tho Nebraska law, and
prevents tho discrimination of either
metal against the other, and declares
both gold and silver legal tender in
payment of debt on exactly tho same
torms.
Hllent for Seven Years.
San Quentin, Cal., March 5. Seven
years ugo William Rodgers, a convict
serving a 80-yoars' sentence in the pen
itentiary here, was told by Lieut. Mc
Lean, of tho forco of guards, to stop
talking and attend to his work. Tho
prisoner replied: "I'll not talk any
more." He kept his word until yestor
day, tvhen he was Informed that Mc
Lean had left tho prison. Then Rodg
ers broke his silence of seven years by
remarking that his vow was off. Ho
now converses freely with his follow
convicts. Four Trumps Dead In a Kerrlgerntor Cur.
St. Louis, March 5. A special from
Fort Worth, Tex., says: Four tramps
were found dead in a refrigerator car
to-day. Dcatli resulted by gas from a
nro built with coal. Six men, supposed
to bo tramps, entered tho car last
night, closing the door behind them.
Two of tho men escaped this morning
in a dying condition, but were resus
citated by physicians.
WILL RESORT TO ARMS.
The Cltlcon of Young America, Ind.,Vh
Demolished n Saloon, Jtendy to Fight.
iNHiANAroi.ifl, Ind., March 7. -The
authorities of Cass county havo been
Informed that any effort to arrest tho
citizens of tho town of Young America,
who recently demolished W. F. Nance's
saloon, will be resisted, ovon to blood
shed. Tho citizens havo organized and
havo agreed that, should an officer ap
pear with warrants, a whlstlo will bo
sounded as a signal for tho citizens to
como out and resist tho process of tho
court. Tho men who demolished tho
saloon dcclaro thoy had a perfect right
to do it for tho protection of their
families.
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCES.
Two Train-WrockersntOscooln, la., Severe
ly J'unUhcd for Endangering 000 Lives.
Ckkbton, Io., March 7. Fred Flvo
coats and Frank Jackman wero sen
tenced by Judgo Towner in tho dis
trict court at Osceola Saturday to im
prisonment for life nt hard labor for
attempted train-wrecking. Both nro
young men from Clark county. On
tho night of December 22 they at
tempted to wreck and rob tho Burling
ton llyer No. 2 near Murray, a small
town oast of here. Part of tho train
was derailed, but nodamugo was done.
Tho lives of over 300 passengers wero
placed In peril by tho wreckors.
FOOD DISTRESS IN SPAIN.
Wheat Is S'J HO Tor llmhol nud tho Situ
ation Is Incoming Critical.
London, March 7. Advices from
Spain tend to show increasing distress.
Tho scarcity of breadstull'u is reaching
tho point of bolng a calamity, and
through this scarcity and tho manipu
lation of tho Barcelona clique, who
havo created a corner in tho
cereal, wheat is now worth $2.80 per
bushel, of which 51 is profit to tho ma
nipulators. As tho gross incomo of tho
people has decreased from SO.'M, 000,000
to 5752,000,000 since 1805, tho situa
tion is becoming dangerous.
KANSAS PACIFIC PAYMENT.
Tho First Installment of One Million Dol
lars Has Heen Handed Over.
Washington, March 7. In answer
to inquiries on tho subject, it is offi
cially announced that tho first pay
ment of 51,000,000 on account of tho
sale of the government's interest lu
tho Kansas Pacific railroad was mado
during tho pastweok. Tho remaining
55,303,000 will bo mado in i)0, 40, 50 and
60 days from tho date of tho sale, Feb
ruary 10.
Secretary 111 Us Against "Froo Homos."
Washington, March 7. Chairman
Sherman, of tho Indian affairs commit
tee of tho houso, has received from
Secretary Bliss a communication in
which tho latter takes strong ground
against tho adoption by tho houso of
tho "free homes" amendment to tho
Indian appropriation bill added by
tho senate. Tho secretary thinks that
such legislation would bo inexpedient,
as it would bo, taxing tho entire peo
ple for tho benefit of tho few. He esti
mates that it would also cost tho gov
ernment 530,000,000.
Thousands Starving.
San Mahous, Tex., March 7. Dr. J.
n. Coombs, of this city, has rccoivod a
letter from Hon. Walter B. Barkor,
United States consul at Sagua la
Grando, Cuba, in which ho says: "I
havo certificates of mayors of largo
cities and towns in this largo district
going to show that there aro over 50,
000 pooplo actually starving. I cannot
believe that our American pooplo aro
uncharitable. Thoy just don't realizo
the destitution and desolation of tho
people of this islaud."
Tho 'Frisco May Ilrunoh Out.
Kansas City, Mo., March 7. It is re
ported that tho St. Louis & San Fran
cisco Railway company is soon to be
come tho larges trailway system in tho
southwest and it will bo tho short line
from this city to Galveston, Tox. This
is to bo dono by tho purchase of tho
Texas Midland and tho absorption of
tho Houston & Texas Central. Tho
deal, it is said, has boon under consid
eration for a long timo and will bo
effected in tho near future.
Will Ho n ronnsylvanlan.
Washington, March 7. Congress
man Dalzell created much comment
by announcing that tho president had
decided to appoint a Pennsylvania re
publican as tho successor of Col. Wil
liam R. Morrison, of tho interstate
commerce commission. According to
Mr. Dalzell a member of tho Pennsyl
vania supremo court, whoso name ho
declined to divulge, has beon offered
the position and has accepted it.
Insurgents Active.
Havana, March 7. The insurgents
aro very active in Havana province.
Sovcral miles of sugar cane Holds havo
beon burned. Tho railroad tracks be
tween Buena Ventura and Bejucal
havo been destroyed by dynamite. Tho
Spaniards are rushing troops to Santi
ago do Cuba province. Insurgents
have control there, and tho Spanish
troops aro not sufficient to garrison
tho towns that aro under Spanish con
trol. Kndaiigorcd Hor 1.1 fo to Havo l'roporty.
Foht Scott, Kan., March 7. Miss
Noro Woodard remained in her father's
burning house to save valued articles
until all avenues of escape wero cut
off. Sho was seen ploading for help
from a second-story window and then
sho fell unconscious. Sho was finally
rescued by means of a ladder. Tho
house and the furniture were damaged
ubout 55,000.