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TILE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
6
REPORT NOT INSIGHT
IS NOT EXPECfED BEFORE
THURSDAY.
Still Nrcotlntlnu for tlm O'IIIerIiis Tlio
HimiiUIi Minister Ciilln nt tlin Htwlo lie
inirtiiiciit Willi n Number of Autonomist
l.raitrm
WARittNfiTON, March 22, It enn bo
ttatod positively nmt iiulhorttntlvcly
that the report of tho bo.inl of Inquiry
on the.Mnlno disaster had not licen
received up to noon to-day. From till J
lottrcn It can bo stated Hint tho pros- '
entoniclat liifortnatlon Ii that the re
port Is not liltolv to he here beforo
Thursday or Friday. Thin In a ma
terial change from tho expectation
prior to this tint . 'i ho ctumn of the
rintay In not known, but It Is assumed
that tho coneltinlonn of tho court tiro
not yet in such exact form us to war
rant their earlier presentation here.
Tho government has made no fur
ther ritirchiiM'n of war ships, but Its
negotiations in that lino havo been
productive of nt leant one Important
result, namely in establishing that
unless the battleship tlenerul O'Hig
gins becomes tho property of tho
United .States it will not be sold at
nil. Spain, It in conlldently asserted,
will not bo ublo to secure thin war
vcsol, nor are her chances any better
en- an good nn tho'o of tho United
States. I'ractically tho same con
dition prevalln an to the Argentine
armored cruiser, San .Marti no, which
will bo tho piopcrty of thin govern
ment If it pusses out of tho hands of
Argentine.
Secretary Long's ofllce at the Navy
department was again tho center of
couferencen to-d.iy. Senator Halo,
chalrmnu of the Senate committee, on
naval iiiTalrn, was ono of the early
wallers and npent half nn hour with
Mr. Long. Senator I'rltchurd also had
n talk with Mr. Long. Mr. Halo went
from tho secretary's otllco to tho
White house and had a talk with
tho FrtMidcnt. Within tv abort
tlmo ho wnn followed by Secretary
Long, who spent som: tluio with tho
President. Tho secretary carried with
hlin a bundle of documents which,
however, has become- his usual cus
tom. Senator Hu'tiua camo to tho sec
retary's ollleo during bin nbvjnco anil,
learning that ho wan with tho Presi
dent, spent some tlmo In conference
with Assistant Secretary House veil
Tho Spanish mlnlnttir called nt the
State department to-day and presented
Messrs. Angulo, Vulern nnd Cudennn,
who uro the direct repro tentative o!
tho autonomous cabinet at Cuba
With tills presentation negotiations
toward a coinmeiolal treaty will be
open -d.
A high ofllccr of tho navy who hn
hitimato kuuwlodgo of Us alTalrs, said
to-day: "The greatest iliflleulty Is be
ing experienced by the government in
piooui lug ships from abroad, but It Is
hard at vtorlc and It mnl.lug as much
progress us could lo.isotiablv bo ex
)eetud under the circumstances
Spam is pushing work on thou- war
vessels. The l'elavo, tho largest and
best battleship is practically tendy for
iiea, nnd Its M'cond biggest ship, the
Canon V, will bj ready i l a fortnight
or three weeks. The ofllelals of the
navy departmcntaio doing everything
So their power to prepare for any pov
filblo conlliet. Any tiling, however,
which Is gotten In the way of tug
boits nnd yachts will bo for a make
hhift, and our peoplo would do well
to learn that the only way to prepare
for mi eiuerircncy is to sec that the
navy Is put In tlrst rate bhapo long
beforo tho emergency arises, and
this can bo done only by building
battleships mid torpedo destroyers',
adding permanently to our naval lists'
of ollieers and men am1, by Immediate
ly passing through Congress tho pond
ing personnel bill, which Is absolutely
necessary to tlm handling ol
the new navy. Tho results, how
ever, of tho preparations so fnt
us made with thu materials nt
hand uro eminently satisfactory.
The greutest preparation that bus
been made wan the drilling of the
baltlcshlppn and torpedo boats last
bii miner, and, as a result, tho navy la
now doubly tin ctlleloitt as one yent
ngo. Tho people of tho United States
may trust to the navy with absolute
confidence that It will respond to our
cnll with tho highest credit to kernel!
nnd the nation. Thu question of the
purchase of the O'lligglns in htiil in
the ntr. Spain will not get her, nnd
if (.lie In bold it will bo to tho UnLcd
States "
Unnbtn to Itntcli tlm Unlit IMnliK
VicroniA, II C., March :.';.. Tho
Btoamor Danube arrived from Skaguay
yesterday with many miners back
from Wrangel, who found that they
wore unnblu to go in by the htlckeen
route. The bark Canada, which was
wreckod near Skaguay, lias been
seized by United States marshals at
Sitka, who refuse to allow the cargo,
which includes much lumber for
dredges and the Skaguuy wugon road,
to be discharged.
Tlm Tope Itotilird of n I'ortnno.
rtiiMK, March 31. The Itulle snys
that n confidential olllchil at tho
Vatican linn decamped with J.f.OO.OuO
lire, (8300,0)0) Ho is said to have
gone to Sorfn, one ot the Ionian isl
ands. The HrHZltlon Crulinr ( lirlitnnml Now
OrlrtiiM uiiil All) in jr Uj l.ont;.
WAtiiil.MiT(.tf, March .'2. Seeretar
Long issued an order to-day that tho
Ainujcnan, the cruiser tecently pur
chased ul Newciistle-on-Tyno from the
lii-u.llluu government, hereafter shall
bear the inline of New Orleans, In
honor of thu principal city ot Louisi
ana. Secretary Long has also christened
the cruiser Abruell, recent y pur
chased from tho liruzil'.an government.
Ilereuftor site will be known as tho
Albany, In honor of tho capital of New
York.
SPAIN'S BOARD IN TROUBLE
I
rail ii re In 1'rmc Implosion nil Accident-
I ii (I ii I ry One l I'leres.
Nkw Yoitit, Mure 1 1 22. A dispatch
to tho New York Tribune from Havana
snys: "The Spanish Inquiry Into tho
Mulno disaster ban gone to pieces In
bcoklng to cntabllnh tho accident
theory. This admlnslon In privately
made In government clrclen. The
nature of the board's report will not
bo changed. Tho explosion will bo
charged to unknown eaunen, but the
.Spanish finding will 1m with u view of
making n case to bo panned on by n
third party.
"The work of their dlrcrn ban not
been thorough, yet apparently they
have found so little evlduncoou which
a theory of Internal explosion enn bo
based that the Spanish eortc is not
willing to stand unequivocally on tho
theory of accident, which It set out to
maintain. Thcsu facts havo been
known fur thieo or four days. This
may account forttutomeiitn from Mad
rid that the Maine Incident will not bo
a eaii3s of wur between the two coun
tries, and also for bints at arbitrating
tho disputed question of fact This
talk Is xriul-ofllcial.
" I he Spanish authorities renlio tho
Improbability of successfully contro
verting tho ear.o which will bo pre
sented when the report of Captain
Sampson anil bin associates on the
American board of inquiry shall bo
published. They have had an inkling
that tho evidence on which nn exter
nal explosion duu to foul play will be
chnrgsd In meant to satinf.y not sim
ply tho American reople, but tho
judgment, of experts throughout tho
world. How strongly thin conclusion
of the American boar.) is fortified will
boon be known. Tho euo received
from Madrid Is to havo a counter case
ready so that suspension of tho world's
judgment can bo asked until diplo
macy can arrange a satisfactory sat
tlemeti:. The evident hopo of lilunco's
government Is to keep the Maluo inol
dont uuliiely distinct from other Cu
ban questions. Notwithstanding this
lack of confidence in their own theory
of accident, it cannot bo learned that
the authorities uro doing anything to
uncover the conspirators with a re
sponsibility for tho blowing up of tho
Maine. Moro Importance Is given to
the final cfVortof radical autonomists
to negotiate with Home, and tho In
surgent leaders on a new basis than
Its certain outcome warrants. The
chief interest Is in thu knowledge that
tho negotiations are, In fact, Ibaneo's,
and that If they are entertained In any
form they will be clothud with a full
oflleial character.
"A few ollleiala profess confidence
that Homes and the other insurgent
leaders hl at least permit the propo
sitions to be made and will then dic
tate their own terms under which
Spain's tlag may remain. No giouud
whatever exists for this delusion.
Gome, lias already ghen an indication
of Ins answer. Tho insurgents will
treat with Hlanco's representative
only on tho ban s of Independence.
With that iiiiderUunding they will
agree to an armistice whilo tho good
ofllccs of the L nited States tiro em
ployed In arranging an indemnity
nnd other details under which Spain
might bo willing to withdraw her
troops and uba.idon thu island.
Wasiiimi ion, M irch '.'; Tho most
Intel esting topic of thu day was based
on dispatches fiom Havana in beating
iv productive eonferenco between
(iiMicral P.t ndo anil Heneral (larcln,
Home, nnd others of the Insurgent
army for the purpose of submitting to
the latter n formal offer of autonomy.
Thu autonomy as outlined in tho dis
patches apparently found no credence
with tho ofllelals of the Spanish lega
tion. Tliev stated their disbelief that
a conference at the proposed linen was
i,1i.iltl, fitnl ndilf.il tll.lt. tltl-L- ll!lil tin I
r-"-"-", "' -- " J
iuforiu'it inn on the nubject. Minister
Polo y Heruab' expressed the op.ulou
Hint tho report from Havana was un
founded as ho said the basis upon
which It was proposed to (tram au
tonomy was absurd.
RELJCIOUS LIBERTY.
KT-I'rnnliltnti Clovnliind unit llurrlnoa
on (-mi III Ainerlciiii Cniiilltlium
Cihoa(U), March S3 At the meeting
.if the Methodist Ministerial Associa
tion to-day thu Kev. John Lee, chair
man, tcad a report of tho "committee
on religious liberty for Protestants In
South America." The report atnted
that tho L'umiiiltteo was greatly en
couraged. Letters had been addressed to influ
ential men In various parts of Chris
tendom, stating thu aims of the com
mittee, and a la. -go number of replies
had been received. Among them was
onu from ex-President Cleveland, who
wrote:
"I am an advocnto of the largest
liberty to all people in our own laud
and am strongly In favor of any
moieinont having for Its object the
perfect security and absolute freedom
In the South Amer can states of peo
ple sojourning or residing there. Tho
demand for such freedom, It seems to
me, Is only reasonable and Just "
LN-Prosidont Harrisou ropliod: "Cer
tainly thu religious liberty which is
now universally given by Protestant
countries to citizens und residents of
the Komau Cuthobc faith calls for re
eiproeu treatment In American Cath
olic countries."
REPORT WILL BE DELAYED.
Ilenr Admlrut Mount hnyt Court of In
quiry ('niitlutitia IhU Vtrok.
Kr.Y Wr.sr, Flo., March -ii Tho
court of Inquiry, according to Hear
Admiral Siuaivl, will continue Its work
through tho coming week tin it la not
yet ready to make a report on the
Maine disaster. It is impossible to
sav definitely whothor nny synopsis ot
the findings of tho court, up to date,
luu been 6ent to Washington. The
notion prevails hero that this has been
done, but no oflleial confirmation is
obtainable
NEARLY HALF OF IT SPENT
Nary lrtn Scvrnty-llio ie rrnt "cirrul
.million round of I'mvdrr Con true ted
Wasiiinoton, Mnrch 22. Nearly
half of thu 850,000,000 for tho national
defenso already has been appropriated
or spent on contracts entered Into bj
the War und Navy departments. Ol
thh tho Navy department has spent
nearly 7." per cent. Thu bureau o!
ordnance nnd the bureau of equip
incut of the navy havo receive I
the largest amounts of the ap.
propria Hon. The bureau of ord
nance has received about S7,OU0,O0(
In n, I thus fur. Thin money In being
expended In thu mauufnctuie and
purchase of large quantities of shells
of various calibers, brown prismatic
and smokeless powder torpedo tuLei
and guns, nnd in meeting tho expenses
of operating the big gun factory at
the Washington navy yard. At leant
SI, O30.0J0 has been sot aside for the
current expenses of the high power
ordnance shop Thin, of eourio, In
cludes tho cost of muteriul, extra
labor, fuel, shlppini;. etc
Contracts for 10) 0-pounder and 100
l-i)oiiuder rapid lire gnus are not In
cluded In the money net aside for the
gun factory, an they are being manu
factured by private firms Several
million pounds of brown prismatic
powder havo been contracted for.
The bureau of equipment has ex
pended about S.',000,00.) in contracts
for coal and coal storage houses with
various points and for miscellaneous
equipments and stores for ship and
naval stations. Thcsu lljttrcs include
tho sums to bo spout in Hie extensive
dredging operations now under way
at Port lloyul and Key Went, but do
not include tho SCUii.OJO allotud lust
week for dredging, construction, etc.,
in connection with the establishment
of thu new naval station nt thu Dry
Tortugas
A vast sum also has been expended
fn getting tho cruisers Minneapolis
and Columbia and the Miuntouomnh
and other monitors ready for sea.
Tho purchase from tho Hra.-.Uian gov
ernment of the Ama.ouas and the
Abrounll has Involved the expenditure
of fully 3:1,000,000. Tills includes not
only the actual purchase pries of the
cruisers, but large incidental expenses
in tho matter of arrangements for tho
contracts, the detail of naval o Ulcers
for negotiations and tho cost of get
ting thu ships ready to sail for the
United States.
About 81,000,000 will bo used by the
bureau of construction and repair out
of the national defense appropriation
in completing tho repairs to tho New
ark, Philadelphia, Yoiktown, Charles
ton, Chicago and Atlanta, ut tho Nor
folk, Mare island and New York navy
yards.
I'p to tho present time SS, 375,000
have been allotted to thu War dep irt
meut. Two bureaus of the depart
ment only have been the recipients of
this money the bureau of ordnance
....I .1... ......1...-...M .1................. V......1..
,1, .W1 b, .,Vi fc . 4(Wt 111 till! , l.lldi; ... All,'
i illlment
Tlm otduance dcpirtmcut
has been credited with S'-',.'uu,0J0.
Neatly a fclO i,()00 lias been expended
for about I.O'U.OO) cartridges for tho
Ki'iiir-Jorgoiiscn and Sprlnglleld rilL's.
The department has under eousidein
Hon 11 large purchase of Winchester
inagii'ino rillon, callLcr M. Those
small arms are now in the process of
manufacture and thu formal contract
fer their purchase piobably will be
made In a few days. The thirty-two
fi and (Much rapid flr.ug guns,
with their carriages, and blip-
ply of amuuitiou for them,
which were purchased abroad last
week, cost about STOO.oriO. 'Iho sea
coast gun carriages of s-inch, 10-lneh
und 12-Inch caliber, proposals for
' which were considered yesterday, will
cost about .1(iu,ow. it is the cxpecta
tiou of thu ehi.-f of ordnance to ob
tain an allotment of about S-000,0,)0
additional within the next few days,
which will bo expended lu the pur
chase of projectiles, powder and high
power guns.
Jtrlgadicr General Wilson, chief of
the eniruieers, has contracted for tho
e.xroni'ilurc of about S3,t)Ou,uao lu has
tening tlio work on emplacements,
magazines and the mounting of gnus
on the Southern and Lantern coasts.
About fc.MJO.iiOO is to be expended for
the planting of torpedoes for harbor
defenses. The chief of engineers has
nt his dispoial, It In understood, about
S-'.UUO.OOi) sot nsldo for his m,o, butuol
jol actually expended.
Notuil C'atliollu I.'ijrniin Dnnd.
Louis vir.t.i:, Ivy., March S3 Gran
vlllu W. Smith, ono ot the best known
laymen In the Catholic church ol
America, died to-day at his homo here,
of Hrltrht's disease. He was tho
founder and at ono tlmo president of
the Catholic Knights und Ladles of
America. He was ono of the leading
members of the Soo ety of SL Vincent
do Paul and was Identified with other
church work. Mr. Smith wan 03 years
old and had been an undertaker fortr
years.
To Nuoannd It. IC. llruor.
Washington, March 51. It Is said
(o bo probable that the President will
appoint Judson C. Lyons, colo -eil, na
tional committeeman from Georgia,
register of the treasury, to uccccd
the 'ati 11. Iv. llriuc. Mr. Lyons was
a candidate for postmaster of Augus
ta. Ga., but the whlto people thero
successfully opposed hU appointment
To hnnrrli fur 1'xplo'or Anrtreo.
Ilr.W.iN', March 55 Theodnro Led
nor, with tin expedition aided from
stato anil pitvuto sources, will Btart
on the steamer llellcolnud next May
iu search of Herr Audree, the missing
aeronaut, and to prosecute scientific
Investigations.
Spain liny nn K113IUI1 Ynoht.
Nioi:, March 21, It is rumored here
that Spain has purchased tho steam
yacht Ulralda, belonging to Hugh
McCnlmont, M. P. The Glralda is 280
feet long, has 35.1 foot beam and Is lb
feet deep.
.lllit kiiu uiiu.()i:ri tti-imi bulb-,,.. ,iuiii iy , ., .111 1 , ,
., ,. 1 1 . 1 1 . "i 1 sarv, and tho icport will bo probably
this entire sum already has been used1, ,-' ... , , . , ', .. , . .
1., ,1" fi ' taken to Washington to-day by Lieu-
.tfAIXE REPORT KEADY
NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC
BEFORE MONDAY.
I'rnm Admiral Hli-anl's VCemiirlin It In
liiilKid tlm Keporl Is Iiidi-llnlti Tbe
lerri turj of tlm Nnty .Siild to llitvc llrru
Ti'li'Kriiplii'd tlio l'artlruluri.
Washington, Mnrch 23. Tho oab
net's session to-day was even bhortor
than usual. All the members arrived
promptly at 1) o'clock, but before
noon the secretaries of State and of
the Navy had left for their respective
departments und other member i fol
lowed soon after. The statement was
igain made by several members that
t was not expected that the Maine re
port would renelt here beforo some
tuna next Thursday nnd that In till
probability the President would re
quire until Monday at leant to give
it proper consideration. It therefore
may bo expected that on Monday, or
Tuesday at the latest, thu report,
which is said to bo very voluminous,
will bo transmitted to Congress, to
gether with a message from tho Presi
dent Indicating that its substance
had been communicated to the Span
ish government through Minister
Woodford nt Madrid, and, further,
that bo had indicated that this gov
ernment would expect a prompt reply
to the findings of the court Tills
will bo substantially the course pur
sued In case the report shows that the
disaster camo from outside causes.
While no ono having knowledgo of
the matter Is willing to speak for the
President, It Is believed tho question
of arbitration in connection with the
disaster to tho Maine h no longer un
der consideration. Tli rocent speech
of Senator Proctor scorns to have
cleared the minds of the member i of
tho administration as to the real con
ditions In Cuba, and It in now believed
that tho disaster to the Maine will bo
treated ouly us un Incident to the
main question. It Is asserted that tho
two ure so Intimately connected
that ono necessarily Involves the
other, and it In balloted to bo the
president's purpose to bring about, in
whatever action no may now tutte, a
settlement of the wholo Cuban ques
tion. Whether this Involves a war
with Spain, It Is believed rests entirely
with Spain herself. Persons closely
associated with the administration
belicvo Spain will ultimately bo com
pelled to settlo tho Cuban problem
herself and to tho entire satisfaction
of this government, or take the con
sequences of intervention.
ICr.v Wr.ST, Fla., March 2.1. Tho
United States court of inquiry into
tho loss ot tho battleship Maine has at
last finished its laborious work of in
vestigation of the dUaster and nan
submitted its report to Hear Admiral
Sicard. Ho has po.nted out some al
terations which he considers neees-
. .-, , . . ,
tenant Commander Manx
JIHJLTl- illl-
vacate of tlio court- It is possible,
however, that its arrival In Washing
ton may bo delayed several days
longer, as Admirni Slcird f.i'ul last
night: "1 could scarcely say that the
report will leavo to-morrow. Tno
court has practically finished its work,
but som ? details may cngago It.-, at
tention long enough to lceap the re
port h -re several days. I trust, how
ever, that' thu Navy department will
have the documents in a very thort
time "
The decision reached by the court I
still a matter of surmise. Perhaps
some significance may bo attached
and conclusion drawn from r. remark
made by Admiral Sicnid last night,
when ho said to n correspondent:
"The ease of the Malao is peculiar,
pci-lmp the most peculiar wlucli has
ever occurred in thu h. story of the
world."
From the general tone of his re
marks it might be inferred th it the
court Uuiliugs do not definitely solve
the mystery of tlio explosion. This ii
further borne out by the admiral's
statement that uven after tho report
shall have been sent to Washington
tho department nitty icquiro further
investigation
It is certain In any cane that the
court will remain in existence at tlio
call of Admiral Heard, the convculnQ
and reviewing authority.
Chk'.uio, March, 5 ! A dispatch tc
tho Uiicugo Tribune from Washington
says:
"Luto last ovcnlng Scciotury Long
admitted that a tolegrapnlo nummary
of tho report of tho court of inquiry
had been received, and ho also admit
ted that Almlral Sicnrd had received
the report nnd would forward it to
Washington without delay. With the
telegraphic summitry received as a
basis, the state department has
already proceeded to notify Minister
Woodford otlleinlly of tho character
of tho report, and he In turn luu prob
ably communicated the news to the
Spunlsh government, with an intima
tion that it must bo prepared to pre
sent a satisfactory reply within a few
days.
An Auditor 83,000 Short.
Hi'iii.iNOToN, Iown.-Murch 11). John
S. Fear, city auditor, ha. disappeared,
leaving a statement thai lu is S.'.OOJ
short in his accounts.
A Ucspiiuili'iit l!rhrr Hlinntt Illmtnlf.
Cajiiiiaok. Mo , March 53. Henry
Uose, a barber of this place, commit
ted sulcldo thin morning by shooting
himself through tho head whilo in
bod at his horn?. Despondency, sick
uess and drink ars responsible for tho
suicide.
Laiiniid, Kan., Mnrch 2 3. Mnnsou
Humphrey, a schoolboy IU years old,
went hunting und, falling to comu
home, searcli was made for him. Hu
wns found dead about two miles
southwest ot town. His gun had ex
ploded and had blown a lurtrc hole lu
his abdomen.
OUR CITIZENS IN ALASKA.
Niitlii-N are Mini h of Ituiii mid U Itclicraft
The Trip of u W'undilp.
Washington, March 2."!. Secretary
llllss to-day made public nn interest
ing letter from Hovernor John G.
Urady of Alaska, uonUlnitig tho ob
lervntlons made by him while on his
annual trip of Inspection to the vari
ous points upon tho coast aboard tho
United States ship Wheeling.
While passing up tho Lynn canal
the governor snys the ofllccrs of tho
ihlp saw n piece of wreckage which
was afterward ascertained to be part
of the ill-fated steamer Clara Novuda,
uf wIuho crew or passengers not one
wns left to tell tho tale. Special at
tention, tho e.eetitlvc says, should bo
paid to vessels navigating tho Yukon,
the trallic on which Is so largo that
tho tendency is to tnko great r.sks.
Tin; Wheeling, after leaving Dyea
jailed tit the village north of Chicago
island called Iloonah. Here one of
the leading men of tho village had
been aeei lentmly killed by a child 0
ve.irs of age. The people never take
ac"ouiit of accidents, and the Hooiiah
natives held the child's mother and her
people icsponsiblo and demanded re
paration. A body of 200 men, thor
oughly armed, went to u native village
near Kililsnoo, where tho child's
mother and her people belonged, nnd
compelled the natives to turn over
many blankets, trunks und money to
tho family. They severely admon
ished the natives and told them their
ld customs would not bo tolerntcd.
From this point the Wheeling pro
ceeded to Yukatat, where, upon in
vestigation, it was found that nenrly
everything that hud been reported to
the navy dcpirtment regarding tho
zom'ltion of iiflfairs there was correct.
Tho governor has considerable to say
about the practico of witchery, which
Heerin to exist to u considerable ex
tent in that tiart of the country. Ho
lolls of a man und two women who i
were bound and tied for bewitching a I
man. tm thu ninth day the bound
man was released. As ho had had
nothing to eat and only a few drinks
of water, he was in n fearful physical
condition. The governor spent somu
time talking to those people nnd after
explaining the laws of the United
States, told them that iu the future he
would not dcnl leniently with those
who had practiced witchcraft.
Captain Sebreo of the Wheeling line,
his men practice with tho guns of the
vessel as a useful object lesson to tho
natives.
Thero were about a doen mincrn nt
Yakutat waiting to procoed to the
head of Disenchantment bay. Thence
they were to cross over the glacier to
tho Olc4?l: r.ver, where they intended
to prospect and afterwards proceed to
the Whit- river and get back to the
St. Klias range of mountains.
T.:j Who 1 n g returned to Sitka.
Her rrube, in tlio governor's opinion,
had done a great good to the natives
an they dreaded a gunboat more than
anything else lie says he is convinced
t Is time to take the natives vigor
ously iu hand and bicak up their
witchcraft, distilling of ruin and man
ufactur ug of beer, and compel them
to conform to our laws iu ull respects.
The uatiU- who commits murder or
any crime on another native dees not
cheapo with the punishment that this
gorotnineiit metes nut to him, but Is
ueld accountable also under tho tribal
customs. The executive conclude? by
s.iylnc that If backed up by thu good
will and force of the Navy department
he feels he can do much to eradicate
existing conditions during his term of
ofllce.
KANSAS UNIVERSITY FIRE
The
Holler Hniito unit Klines Ilnrnoil,
Willi I.o'S or S.'Hl.OUl)
LwvnixiK, Kan., March 2.1. Tht
power house, eugino room nnd ma
chine shops at tlio 1,'nlvvvsity of Kan
sas were struck by lightning- at s
o'clock tills morning and liurucd. Thu
loss on tho building is SlC.dOU and thu
loss on thu machine shops, including
two lino engines, seven dynamos und
all the appliances for doing tho me
chanical work of the school of elec
trical engineering, will bo S-O.ooa
Thero Is no insurance.
Tho e'ectric lights, tho electrical
shops and the heating apparatus of
the school aro all useless for the pres
ent, though ft is thought tho boilers
are uninjured. A bpr.ng x-.tcatlon of
two weeks has been declared on ac
count of thu fire, and many students
left for their homes to-day.
nl) ii Holler Meant Work.
Nkw Yoiiic, March 5.1. Dr. Louis
Klopsch, now in Cu ha, in chargo of
American rollcf work, cables from
Havana under date of March 21, to
the Christian Henld:
"Tho situation Is simply this: Two
hundred and live thousand rnconcen
trndoes, iu over 400 uccessiblo towns,
aro helplessly destitute. Uulc.n wo
can get regularly, without a break,
300 tons of comment and fifty tons of
lard or bacon every wcok, we cannot
effectively relievo tho Hufferlnu'.
Spasmodic and unsystomatic efforts
defeat all good Intentions. Canned
goods nut usolcsa und condensed milk
should bo atibstltuted. Fifteen thous
and dollars weehly will foed every
starving man, woman and child in Cu
ba. Small, Irregular shipments are
only tantalizing."
noiimnlnc; the New S'lilpi.
Wasiiinoion, March 19 It Is under-
litood that Secretary Long has decided
upon "Albany" ns tho namo of one ol
tho cruise re which the government
has purchased from lirazil. The name
for the other cruiser has not been so
lectod.
Ilo XVni Too Irlah for T.nnnnr.
CntOAno, March 23. Colonel Marcus
Kuvaunugh has been relieved ot the
command of the Scvonth Illinois Na
tional Guard by Governor Tanner for
parading his troops on St Patrick's
day.
SPAIN'S WAP PREPARATION
llimy tiittlnu' Iteuily for t'linlllrt Hurry
Imk Work nn shlpi.
Ni:w YoitK. March ". A dispatch
to the New York World from Madrid
says that the Madrid paper, incliid
inn tho ministerial organs, the Correo.
the Correspondence, the Liberal nnd
tho Hlobo. print by permission these
Items of news legarding naval prepar
ations: "Tho Hying squadron h detntiied at
tho Canary island! for two reasons:
One Is the necessity for repairing the
torpedo vessel Arlete, tho other is to
give time to the battle ship Christob.it
Colon to coal and complete her outfit
beforo joining the squadron ut Las
Pal mas to escort It to Porto Rico.
"Orders havo been given to hurry
tho preparations of the bnttlc ships
Pelayo at Marseilles; llmperndor Car
los V at Havre nnil Niimanela and Vic
toria at Cartagena, to enable them to
join Admiral tcrveras' 'tquadrou of
evolution' at Cnrtasrcnn.
"Thin squadron already Includes tho
first class cruiser Infanta Marin Te
resa, the second class cruiser Alfonso
XII, the fourth class cruisers nnd thu
new Hist clans cruiser Veruso of 7,000
tons, bought from Italy.
Lieutenant Commander .Tone C
Sobral, former naval attache o! tho
Spanish embissy at Washington, wun
In conference with the queen regeut
yesterday.
"Another flying squadron in to bo
formed at Cadi, with threo torpedo
vessels built in Spain, two desti overs
recently handed over by English tlrms
nnd the torpedo gunboat Dona Marin
Molina, whose trial trips at Fcrrol
Hi s week showed nineteen knots For
thu present this second Hying squad
ron and tlm licet of Admiral Cervcras
will remain on the oouts of Spain.
"Tho minister of marine, Admiral
llcrmclo, has said repeatedly of late
that he declines to make known his
preparations He v:.nts the country
to understand that they are intended
ouly to meet any emergencies in the
purely defensive und pacific lino of
conduct all along proclaimed by tho
present government
"'Iho papers suy nothing of army
preparations.
Tho Spanish newspapers advocate
further strengthening of the naval
squadron lu tuba so as not to bo
caught at u d sadvautago in case of
war.
Tho Ilcraldo thinks that, in view of
the "ostentatious preparations" of the
United States, Spain has full liberty
to make similar preparations.
Tho Globo iusists that Injury has
been done to Spa u by tho United
States squadron rcmainiugcloic to tho
seat of war. It g adly notes, how
ever, that the verbal suggestions ot
Senoi- Polo v liernabe, the bpauish
minister at Washington, to Secretary
Sherman have led to the withdrawal
of a portion of the squ uluui, thus
demonstrating the cordiality existing
between the t.vii countries
CHADO'S REVELATIONS.
Horror of Cnnrentr.ittiin Allegation!
or Sp.mUli Tri-ni'linrj.
N::w Yoiiic, March 5'l Dr. Frank
Cliado, who for the past two years ban
served with tlio rink of colonel in thu
Ciunit army under Geneial Cullxto
Garcia, an I who wan present when
young Gome, committed suicide on
seeing Ins le uler, General Maceo. falj,
is iu tins city. Wticu Colonel Chado
left New S'ork two years ngo ho
weighed 510 pounds; to-.lay he weighs
1'.!. pounds.
"1 havo heard something of tho
stories published iu this c mntry of
the distress in Cuba and of tho thou
sands that have died and are dying1
of starvation. Nothing that has been
published, nothing that could bo pub
lished could tell the story as it really
is.
"I know of my own knowledgo that
in many sections of Cuba thev nro
digging up the earth for the worms
that they may find. It. !-. not every
one who Is able to dig. Most of tho
people uro so weak that they are un
able to move.
Of the present feeling among Span
iards at Havana, Colonel Chado said
that it was becoming moro hostile for
Americans every day.
"Thero is n feeling among them," ho
said, "that tho United States is afraid
to light and that they enn do nny tiling
they plense. I am as firmly convinced
lis a man can bo that the Mulno hor
ror wna not duo to a subinarino mine.
This belief is shared by all Cubans
that the Malno was blown up by a
torpedo, Further, I believe that tho
torpedo camo from tho Spanish war
ship, AlphonsoXIIL
"As to our reasons for thlnkln? bo:
First, there in tho fact that tlio night
beforo the Malno explosion the Al
phouso, which had been anchored
near, was moved to n safe dlstanco
away.
"Second, tho fact that not onco
since the day of the explosion lias any
seaman or marino from the Alphonso
been allowed to go ashore, Tho only
Inferonco is that tho ollloials nro
afraid tho sailors might become intox
icated und talk too much "
Colonel Chado has como to New
York for medical and surgical treat
ment, his right arm, s do and leg be
ing parulizcd from privation, exposuro
and a wound. He is a native Cuban,
and one of the most uctivu of the in
surgents. J.ipun'a New Nntr.
Vm'.nwa, March 23. Tho nowspapors
announce that Japan between IS'JX
und 190J will have devoted 103,000,000
yen to the building of warships.
Fnrtv-sevon have already b-on order
ed with short terms of delivery, In
Kni'liuid, France, Germany uud tho
United Stutes.
Watkktow.v, Mass., March 53. The
United States arsenal last night wun
run under u night furce for tlio first
tlmo sluco the rocent orders. Tills
mornlmr two twelve-inch and threo
ten-inch barbotto carriages, making
ton cur-loads, were shipped to Pugof
sound.
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