The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, April 01, 1898, Page 2, Image 2
' -. THE EEI) CLOUD CHIEF. WAK RESOLUTIONS. SENATORS FOR RADICAL MEAEURES. Rawtllne, rornkrr nnil 1'rye Want Spain Driven From Colin Mnn DrlUrrs u Vlft-orons WarSpeccli llmnlutloiii nil Itrfcrrrct to Committers. Wasiiixoton, March fl". Discus sion of tho Cuban question, in nny of its phases, Is evidently an Irreslstlblo attraction. Tho prospective consid eration of the critical problem in tho Kcnate to-day drow another trcmend tiotix crowd to tho galleries. Ah on previous days when Chop, wns tho foremost topic, hundreds "f pcoplo jammed tho corridors, disappointed because they could not gain admis sion. Whan tho Scnato convened, a beauti ful horshou of roses and violets stood upon tho desk of Senator Galllngcr. When Mr. Mason of Illinois entered tho chamber the pcoplo in tho galleries recognising him, npplnudvd vigor ously. Senator Rawlins of Utah introduced n joint resolution recognizing the Independences of Cuba and declaring war against Spain. Senator Forakor tlion offered a reso lution for Cuban independence. Mr. Forakor spoko of tho delays caused by tho DcLomo incident and tho Maine incident, but declared that tho Cuban question would como up whatovor was dono with tho Maine. Senator Frye introduced n resolu tion, reciting the conditions in Cubn nnd directing tho President, iu Ills discretion, to tako steps to drive tho naval and military forces from tho Island. Tho Foraker and Fryo resolutions went to the Scnato commlttco on for eign relations. Tho Rawlins resolu tions also went to tho foreign rela tions committee. Mr. Mason followed tho Introduc tion of tho resolutions in tho scnato with a vigorous war speech. Ho do scribed vividly tho disaster of tho Maine. Ho said that if ninety of the men had been senators or sons of sen ators, wo would not linvo been forty days declaring war. Yet tho lives of nil Americans wero sacred alike under our law, nnd equally ontltlcd to con sideration. Mr. Mason said tho cattis tropho should bo repelled vigorously. Ho could not speak for others, but for himself, ho was for war. This declar ation brought nut a vigorous outburst of applauso from tho galleries. Mr. Mason declared thero could bo nopeaco as long ns a European nation owns nnd butclters Its slaves in this hemisphere. lie said It was not nec essary for tho Maine court to fix tho responsibility. Tho law did that If It was a torpedo or n mlno it was a Spanish torpedo or a Spanish mine. Ilenco Spam must an swer. Ho would opposo any proposi tion looking to Indemnity as ho would opposo making a diplomatic incident of the catastrophe. Ho would oppose any kind of autonomy or any plan to nsslst Spain, but his demand was that tho Spanish flag should bo driven from tho Western hemisphere. Neither did ho bolieva that Cubn should bo required to pay an indem nity to Spain. "Wo tiro told." ho said, "wo must wait upon tho Spanish elec tion, but if Spanish elections aro as rotten as Spanish diplomacy wo had "bettor not wait." "Let us awake," said Mr. Mason In conclusion, "to glorious war as did our fathers a war that shall insure tho honor and respect of our Hag ull over tho world " Mr. Morrill of Vermont, from tho finance commltteo, reported a joint resolution providing for tho importa tion, freo of duty, of military supplies secured nbroad into tiie United States, and askad for Us Immediate consider ation. It was passed. spaniardsgo"ing" home. An KimIm of Spanish Population From New Orleans War LooIcihi Var. Nkw Ow.kan8, La., March .10. Tho Spanish merchant marlno ngnnts here aro much exercised over tho war news current in tho newspapers. Hoping that war may bo averted, they are, ho wo vol, exercising all necessary pre cautions. Kvery ship sailing undor tho Spanish flag is leaving New Or 'cans as fast as It can get out, From and to thin port thero is annunllv n very largo movement of Spanish ship ping. Almost invariably these boats when thoy Icavo New Orleans home ward bound call at Havana nnd Porto Rico. At theso points they secure cargo and passengers. It is under stood thai ull who can get uway from either city will do so at onco and seek tho protection of tho mother country. FLOTILLA ADVANCING. Naval Authorities Continue to Declare She I Dangerous Menace Washington, Mnrch 30. Thero Is no additional Information at tho de partment regarding the location of the Spanish torpedo boat flotilla, now on IU way to Puerto ltico from the Canaries, excepting that it was ad vancing steadily. Tho highest naval nut'no .ties contlnuo to say that this movement Is tho roost formidable menace to tho ships ot our navy that hasyot occurred. ANTON L.SEIDL DEAD. Celebrate I Musical Director a Victim nt ToUtmlug I'roui Kilting I'lih. Itn Jskw oiik, Mnrch 30. Anton I, Heidi, the celebrated musical director, died suddonly In this city last nlht of poisoning, probably resulting from eating fl.Ji, j N.-ivxl Onioer IHri Sudilosly, Axxai'oms, Mil., March SU Com muuder Eugene 1). l- Heuld. V. S. N In command of ships ut tho nuvul academy, dlod suddenly at 3 p. in. of llrlght'a disease. TRANQUILITY IN Outlook for I'rnrc Considered Hotter-' I'nlillo KrollnR Cluing. MAimin, March .'i0. Comploto tran quility prevails hero nnd In the pro vinces. Public opinion Is quieted by tho belief that tho difficulties between Spain nnd the United Stales will bo arranged in a friendly manner, nnd tho newspapers tilaco grcntstoro upon tho conference between General Woodford, tho United States minister, and Senor Sagastn, tho premier, which Is to take place nt 1 o'clock this after noon, expressing the belief that it will havo important pnclflo result.4, The Spanish newspapers nlso say tho government of Spain "has decided to do everything possible to avo.d war, If tho honor nnd dignity of Spain arc not uffectcd." London, Mnroh 2D. A dispatch from Madrid to-day says: "The news that Congress will not immediately discuss tiie Maine report, thus giving time for European diplomacy to work nnd prevent a conflict, lias caumd rlso In stocks. i "During tho courso of a conference with Scnor Ci til Ion, tho minister for foreign n flairs, yesterday. General Woodford, the United States minister, expressed tho unusual tlcslro to havo a conference with Senor Sagasta, tho premier, personally. It is believed he has a message from President MeKIn ley to Senor Sagasta." Spanish 4s closed nt 52 ? to-day on tho London stock exchange, n not gain of two points over yesterday's prices. WONDERFUL CHANCE IN MADRID Nkw Yohk, March 30. A dispatch to tho New York Herald from Madrid says: "The sequenco of events during tho last few duys hero has been noth ing short of miraculous. At the present moment, when all .seemed lost and war only short of declaration, tho exact opposlto of what cveryono ex pected would bo the cn&o turned up. It Is as It a mlraclo had occurred, unless tho impression given by a highly experienced parsonugo is wrong. He said: 'Knowing more, I regret to say I am in tho unfortun ate position of not being ablo to con vey It to you, but you may print in tho largest tvp., double spaced, with tho feeling that It is fully worth it, tho following somewhat stiff state mont and read between tho lines: Tho most important of events is forth coming, ono which will calm tho des perate situation, avert war, settle ull international differences and end tho fighting In Cuba.' "Although tlio American minister, General Woodford, sturdily refuses to be interviewed, ho has stated to u ' lntorvlowcu, tirninlifatit cfnnllotiinn In Mfulrlit ).. ho was ontiroly confident that an oarly and effcctlvo peace would soon bo assured between Spain and thu Unltod States, a penco which would bo consistent with tho honor of tho Spanish pcoplo and that would secure justice to Cuba and effective protec tion to tho great American interests In that island. "Tho more tranquil feeling is attrib uted by tho ministerial organs Correo and Correspondence to pressuro ami cably brought to bear on tho Ameri can government by tho Europeuu powers, headed by Austria. "Tito feature of the President's pol icy which causes the mo.st anxiety in otllcinl oleics in Madrid and Havana is tho proposition to relievo tbo dis tressed Cubans." NOT PROMISING IN WASHINGTON. Wasiii.votox, March .10. Senators and other.! who havo talhed with the President last night nnd to-day say that tho proposition for tho arinislico c.uno from Spain, and while it is being considered by the President in con nection with other negotiations, ho litis Insisted that any proposed nrtulis- iico must dc couptcii Willi oilier con ditions which Spain liiw not shown n disposition to accept nnd perhnps will not accept The tenor of the condi tions are not btaled, but look to per manent pence nnd telf government by tho Cuhuns. tit was stilted by ono senator that matters would be brought to n head within a very short time. HOMECOMING OF SIGSBEE. The Captain's Washington Nclehbori Decorate Tlielr llnosei In III llouor, Washington, March 3 0. Captain Sigsbeo of tho wrecked steamer Mulne arrived in Washington this morning from Havana at 7:41 o'clock. He was accompanied by Paymaster Ituy, Chief Engineer Howell, Naval Cadet Holden and Dr. Hcr.ebsrgpr. Tho captain was driven to his home, 1033 Kiggs place. Tho neighbors on both sides of tho squtiro on which ho lives had profusely decorated tlielr resi dences with fines mid bunting and many of his friends and fellow oflicers had sent largo bouquets of American Ileauty roses nnd flower designs of ships and anchors as an expression of tneir friendship and esteem. At half past 10 o'clock tho captain weut to tho Navy department to re port his arrival. In tho courso of a conversation he said that he had not yet received nny assignment to duty, nor does ha know what command will bo given him. As to tho cause of tho wreck Captuln blgsbco said that ho could add nothing to his testimony before tho court of Inquiry, which hud ulrendv beon published. BIG LEVEE" BREAKS. Many I'copta lltro Hoau Drnwne.l In Wnbtsti liiittiims. Sur.MVA, Ind., Mnrch 30. The iaveo tin tho Wabash river went out hist night with n break of joo feet, entailing n loss of S10:),(),iu Muuv pcoplo may havo haen drowned. Twenty thousand acres of hind an ovurllowol and hundreds of fuinllie nro rendered huinclois and destitute. Hundreds of cuttlu and horses are hemmed In. Such a rush of w'utor was never known la this section of 1 the country before. wiadrid.jTHUBSToN!S SPEECH. NEBRASKA'S SENATOR ON CUBAN HORRORS. Spain Hns Not Olven n Dollar Toward Having tho Stars Iir Dependent on Amrrlrun Charity Too I.nln for Uclllg eroney or Independence. WABtiiNriTON, March 25. The Scnato chamber was crowded this morning to hear tho speech by Senator Thurston on the situation in Cuba. "Mr President," saltl Mr. T!iur3'on, "lam here by command of silent lips to speak once and for alt time upon the Cuban mtua Hon. I trust that no one lias expected any thine scnsatlo.tal from inc. Uocl forhll that the bitterness of a personal lost nhouIU Indue me to color In tnc slightest decree the s .tement thit t feel It ntv duty to make. I shall en leavor to be lion at, com rvatlvc .ind Just I have no purpoc to stir tip public passion In action not ncccs uary and Imperative to meet the duties and necessl y of . American responsibility. Christian humanity and national honor. I would shirk this task If I could, bat I dare not I cannot satisfy my consci etice except oy speaking, and spcaKlng now." Mr. Thuriton said that he had roic to Cu uallrmly bcllcvl k that tho condition or iff.ttrs on the Island had been cr-atly cx iRKcratcd and that he had directed Ills ef forts In the-llrst Instance to the exposure jf tho suppoicd exaggerations lie had concluded, however, that an overstatement of the liorr irsnf the sltuatlo t was Impos ilblc. He was prepared, ne .stated, not only to adopt every word ot the careful, concise and specific statement of the senator from Vermont (Mr. Proctor), but he was even eoiivInccJ that ho had understated the facts. oMr. Thurston then frsely summarized til observations and conclusions as follows: SPAIN'S LOSS IN TIIKKK YKAHS. After three years of warfare an J the use -f tiJliHiO Spanish troop. Spain has lost control of every foot of Cuba not sur ronnded by an actual entrenchment and protsted by a fortltlcd picket line. Mio holds poscsslnn with her armies of the fortltlcd seaboard towns, because they arc under the vlrtua protection of Spanish warsatps, with which the rcvolut.onlsU cannot cope. The revolutionists are In absolute and almost peaceful possession of nearly one half of the Inland. Including the Kastcrn provinces of Saitlago dc Cuba and Puerto Principe. In those provinces on Santiago they have establls ted form of government, levy and colic t taxct. maintain armies. and generally levy a tax of tribute upon the principal plantations in other provinces, and, as Is commonly believed, upon the en tire railway sy.tem of the Island. In the four so-, ailed Spanish provinces there Is neither cultivation nor railway operation, except under strong Spanish military protection or by consent of the revolutionists la consideration of tribute Aild. Under taelnh-jm an policy of Wcyler.not lets than -40(1,030 self-supporting, simple, peaceable, defenseless country people were driven from their horae4tntheagrlcultur.il portions of the Spanish provinces to the cities and Imprisoned upin the barren waste outside the residence portions of these cities and within the Hues of In- trenchment a little way beyond. Their burned, their Heidi humble homes were laid waste, their Implements of husbandry . destroyed, their livestock and food supplies lor me moi pan coniucaicu. must oi these pcoplo were old men. women and children. Slow starvation svas their In evitable fate. A conservative estimate indicates that 210 000 or these people have already perished from starvation. CThe government of Spain has neyer con tributed one dollar to home, shelter, feed or provide medical attention for these, Its own citizens. There has been no amelioration of the sit uatlon. except through the charity ot the j pcople of the United Stales There has beeu no diminution In the death rate among these reconcentrados, except as the death supply Is constantly diminished There Is no relief and no hope except through the continued charity of th- Amer ican people until peace has beca fully re stored In the Island. NOT WAIt. UUT DEVASTATION. Spain cannot put an end to the existing condition. She cannot conqusr the insur gents. Sie cannot rc-cstilillsh her sov ereignty over anv considerable portion of the Interior of the Island. The revolution ists, while able to maintain themselves, cannot drive tho Spanish army from the firttUed seaeoast towns. The situation, the i, Is no: war as we underKtand It, but achansiif devastation and depopulation of undellned duration, whom end no man can see. In dcUIUng the Incidents and reciting the facts that came under his observation. Mr. Thurston said he had no des re to deal in horror. -'If I had my way." said he, "I a-ould shield the Amsrlcm ubll; even from the phot 'graphic reproductions of the aw ful scenes th it I viewed in all their origi nal ibastlliiess." oOf the 2ji OJO soldiers Spain has sent to Cuba, less than 0 I OJO were now available for duty. The remainder are dead, sick In hospitals or returned to Spain Incapaci tated. It Is currently reported that 37, 000 ro now sick In the hospitals on the Island. The army was in poor cond.tlon and under lax discipline "I do not believe," said he ' that the entire Spanish army in Cuba could stand an engagrm-nt In the open field against 20,00 well disciplined American soldiers." Of the Spanish sol diers, he sail that they, of all people on earth, would most gladly welcome any re- sul which would enable them to return to their homes. The pictures In the American newspa pers of the starving reconcentrados are true. They can all be duplicated by the thousands. I never saw, and please God I mar never again see, so deplorable a 'sight as the rcconcentralosln Matanzss I can never torget to my dying day the hopeless anguish lu their despairing eyes Iludd ed about their little bark huts, they raised no voice of appeal to us for alms as wi went among them. Men, women and children stand silent fam shin;. Their only app-al comes from their sad eyes, through which one looks as through an opsn window Into their agonizlngssuU "The government of Spain has not ana will not appropriate, one dollar to save these people Ther ar- now being attended and nur. ed and '.idnitn stere I to by the charity of the United States. Think of the sp-ctaclel We are feeding these clttrens of Spain; we are nu'slng their sick; we are saving such as can be saved, and yet there are those who still say it is right for us to send food, but we must keep handi off. I say that the time has come when muskets ought to go with the food. "I shall refer to these horrible things no further. They are there. O d pity me: I have seen them; they will remain on my mind lorevcr and thtv almost the twen tieth century, ( hrlst dljd 10 1 1 years ago, and Spain Is a Chr.stlan nation: sho has set up more cr'sves In morn lands beneath more skies, and ur.Cer them has butchered more p;opte, than all the other nations of the earth cmnbt.icd. "Uurope may tolerate her existence v long as the people of the Old World wish God grant that before another Christmas morning the last vestige of S lanlsli tyr rany and oppression will havo vanished from the Western hemisphere." Dismissing tho remdy which should be applied to tho evils he found, Mr. Thurston va d; I ro .meled sllunce and mo leratlar. from this floor vhcn the passion of the na tloa seesied ,v white heat over the destruc tloi of the Milne; but It seems to me the time for action has now roine. Not acttoa In the Maine cast. I hope and trust this KSigrnuu-ut jrlll take oJcUon.on.tUe Cuban S 3JJ I ttuat on entirely outside of the Maine case. When Pie Maine report Is received, If It be found that nur shin and sailors were blown up by some outside explosive we will have ample reparation without quibble or delay and If the explosion can be traced to Spanish nniclal sources there will be such swift and terrible punishment adjudged as will remain a warning to the world forever. "What shall tho United States do, Mr. President" Tor answer Mr. Thurston, as a Republican turned to the last national platform of his party, which declared that "The United States should actively use Its Influence and good oniccH to restore the peace and elve Independence to the Islanl." In accepting the nomination tendered him by tnc con vention which had adopted the Cuban plank with a "mighty shout." William Mi-Klnlcy had said: "Thi platform adopted bv the ltcpubllcan convention his rccelreif my careful consideration and my unqualified approval." TiMn Koit iNDKprA'onNci:. Twice within the pist two years, Mr. Thurston said, he had voted for a resolution recognizing the liclllgercn y of the Cubm Insurgents, but he was sitlsilcd It was now tru late to accord them belligerent rights, oreven msrely to recognize the indepen dence of the Cuban republic ''Our plat form " sild he. "demands that the United States shall actively use Its Influence lor the lndojiindenceof tho Island." "It was the plain duty of the President ot the United States to give to the liberal ministry of Spain a reasonable time In which to test IU proposed autonomy. That time his been given. Autonomy is con ceded the wide world over to be a conspic uous failure. The situation In Cuba has only cli.ing.'d for ihc worse. Sagasta li powerless. Illanco Is powerless to put an end to the conflict, to rehabilitate the Isl and or to relievo the suffering, starvation and dl. tress. l "The time for action has then com. No greater reason for It can exist to-morrow than exists ti-day. Kvery hour's d-lay only adds another chapter to the awful sto y of misery and death. Only one power can intervene the United State of America. "It was her glorious example which In spired the Cubans of Cuba to ralss the itac , of liberty In her eternal hills. Wo cannot reiusc 10 accept ine rcspons unity wiilcli the Cud of thu unlvcrtc has placed upon us as the one groat power lu the nci world. Whit shall our action be? IN1T.HVKNTION THU ONr.Y COUKSH. "Mr. I'r.-sldcnt there Is only one action tt be taken that Is lor the Intervention for the liidt-pendeiicc of the Island Interven tion that means the landing of an Ameri can army on Cuban soil, the deploying of an American fleet off the harbor ot Havana; liitcrvnntlon walch say to Spain, 'Ieavethe Island, withdraw your soldiers, leave the Cubans, these brothers of ours In the new world, to form and carry on government for themielves.' Such Intervention oa our part would not of lthelf be war It would undoubtedly ioad to war. Hnt If war came It w uld conic by act of Spain In resistance of the liberty and independence of the Cuban p'ople." He maintained that of all people upon the Island, the native Cubans were the best qualified and fitted for government. Mr. P.-esldent." he continued, "against the Intervention of the United States in this holy cause there Is but one voice of dissent: that voice Is the voice of money changers. They fear war. Notb-causeof any Christian sentiment against war and in favor of pe ice. but because they fear that a declaration of war or the Intervention which might result In war would have a de pressing effect upon the stock market "Let them go; what one man 1 -sen at the gambling table his fellow gamblers win. Let them take their chances as they can. Their weal or woe Is of but little Impor tance to the llbetty-loving people of the United States. I.ct these men whose loyal ty is to the dollar stand as-lde while the men whose loyalty Is to the natloa come to tbt front PAHTV MUST STAND ASIDE. "Thc7.U03.00-) freemen who voted for the Ilcnubl.can party and for William McKtn ley did not mortgag the honor of this na tion for a campaign fui1. and If the time ever cocies when the Itepubllcan party he.s- ltates in Its course olduu-oscausc of anv undue anxiety for the wcllare of the accu mulate 1 wealth of the nation, then let the Kepubllcan party be swept from the face of the earth and be succeeded by some other party by wh itjvr name It may be called, which will represent the patriotism, the honor, the loyalty and the devotion that Uk- Kepubllcan party exhibited under At rahuai I.mcol i la lsGl." SPANISH SHIPS COMING. The Torpedo riotlllu Hulls for I'orto ltico YVuslilngtou Miiy Act. Washington-, March 23. News reached tho navy department to-dtiy that tho Spanish torpedo boat flotilla lias left tho Canary Islands for I'orto ltico. This fact lias beon communi cated to tho President, No question has beon as'ced of Spain ns yet con cerning tills movement, nor has It beon decided what action tho navy or stato departments will tako, it any, under tho clrcti instances. SAMPSON IN COMMAND. Admiral Meant nelleveil From Com toantl on Account of Illness. Washington, March V3. Captain Sampson of thu Iowa, and ulso of tho iuquiry board, has been ordered to command tho North Atlantic fleet, re lieving Admiral Sicard, who is HL Commodore W. S. Schloy In all proba bility will bo pluced in command of tho squadron at Hampton Itoads. Captain Itobley 1). Evans, hotter known as "l-'lghtlng Hob" Evans, reaohed horo this morning, nnd was Immediately ordered to tuko command of tho Iowa. TO LEAVE THE WRECK. lllanoo llefnses I'erinUslon to Have the Malno lllowii Up by Dynamite. Madhu), March 25. A semi-official note, just issued, says; "At tho cab inet meeting yesterday Sonor Sagasta road a telegram from Captain Ooneral Hlanco saying that tho captain of tho Malno had requested permission to blow up tho wreck with dynamite, and that permission to do so had been re fused him. "Tho cabinet empowered the minis tor for foreign affairs (Sonor Qullon) to watch tho situation with tho . vlow of seeing justlco dono and defending tho rights of Spain. "Tho minister of finance (Scnor Pulgcerver) declared tho resources wero sufficient for all war expenses until tho new chambers moot" Tho note is absolutely reserved in regard to tho Spanish commission's report on tho loss of tho Maine. Nicholson Hucceedl White. Ciiicauo, March 23. Oeorgo T. Nicholson was to-day appointed ns general pussengor and traffic manager of tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Va railway to succeed W. V. White, who died recently. Tho appointment Is to take effect May 1. WORLD'S BRIEF NEWS A THOROUGH RESUME WORLD DOINGS. OF Items of Moment Itonnil to Int crest th Intelligent Itrndcr Congressional and Departmental Doings Hbortcncil for tbo llencflt of the Ilusy. The Now Jersey sttito militia has been ordered to prcpuro for war. Olmlslonc Is very ill nt his homo at Hawurdeii. Ho Buffers intense pain. It is iignin hinted that Lord Salis bury Is to retlro on uccount of poor hcnllh. Tho pig iron trust is now a fnct. Finul steps were tuken at Clovcltmd recently. Floods in tho central stnfcn continue to grow tilanningly wone. Much Juniugc is being done. Tlis Cineinnntl chamber of commcrco litis arranged to sent a carload of corn ucnl to .still'ering Cubans. Captuln Anson has nn opinion on the Chicago baseball club. It is said tho old mun wunts to bo ti "magnate." At West Superior, Wis., Mrs. Louis Barrett was burned to death. She tried to build a tiro with kerosene. A dynnmito mngnmie at Hillsvillc, Pa., exploded, killing eight persons, n man named Welch, his wlfo and ui.v children. An explosion nt the works of tho U. S. Smokeless Powder company near San llafael, Cnl., caused thu death of two men. Tom Watson has emphatically re fused the populist nomination for governor of (loorglu. Ho declares ho is out of polities. Perry Young, engineer, and Clark (Irunt, were blown to ttntoms by the explosion of a holler iu the Hour mill at Jtcou City, Mich. In tho house of commons nt London the Irish local government bill passed a second reading without u division and amid loud cheers. In tho United States court of np peuls at St.Louls, Judge Phillips has rendered a decision that a man cannot be imprisoned for debt. Kl Nnelonnl of Madrid publishes a letter from Maximo tiomcz to (Jeiieral liluuco, refusing proposals that he should make submission. Governor ltradloy has sent a num ber of militia tents to Middlesboro and ntehmond, Ky., for tho uso of thu small pox patients und suspects. The house of representatives unseat ed Ileproseutntivo Epps from the Fourth district of Virginin, giving tho seat to his contestant 11. T. Thorpe. A deep feeling of uneasiness pervades railroad circles in Umuha over the possibility of a reduction in wnges of thu employes on the Union Pucilic. After obtaining S1.700 from tho sale of his farm, Win. Sehmulz, living near Waukesha, Wis., has mysteriously dis appeared. It is believed to be a ease of abduction or suicide. At Vincennes, Intl., William Ostcr hung shot his wife mid then committed suicide. His wlfo lind just returned from visiting some friends when they quarreled with thu result stated. A general strike of river coal minors nt Pittsburg, Pn., is to be luiiugcrated April " unless the conditions of the Chicago agreement are complied with. A strike will effect about r.,000 men. Tho llnnk of Mcrrlnm Parle, St. Paul, Minnesota, lias suspended owing to complications arising from invest ment in thu Soutliall government time checks, which have been shown to be worthless. An amendment to the sundry civil hill is pending before thu bcunto com mittee on appropriations, impropriat ing S'.'.'O.OOO to furnish supplies to thu destitute peopleof Cuba. It will prob ably bo adopted. Nenr Verdin, IU., Will Kent wns shot and fatally wounded by his broth er. Noble Kent. Th6 latter wns dis inherited in favor of tho former by the father, who recently died, and tho deed was done for reveugc. Wesley Cochrane, jr., a yountr tnan of Atwood, Kan, shot and killed Mrs. (Jcrtio Woodward, daughter of tho editor of tho Atwood Gazette. Ho then' cut his' own throat. The cnuse is unknown. The two were children together. Tho Stcaraor Santa Rosa from Snn Diego to San Francisco, reports having sighted tho Steamer Helen W. Almy, bottom side up nine miles out from Point Konltta, at the Golden (late. It Is bclloved the passengers and crew, forty persons in all, perished. .1 udc-o Spencer of tho St. Louis cir cuit court rendered a decision on the rights of newspapers to plead In justi fication in libel suits that the articles sued on were true. Ho says: "If tho Mibstanco of tho publication in its full and fnlr meaning is alleged and proved to bo true, tho justification is com plete." Dr. Oeo. E. Powell, "White Eagle," of La Crosse, Wis., has cabled to Huron el Cardo of Mndrld accepting tho chal lenge which the Huron sont to Senator Hilly Mason of Illinois. He concludes his ehalleugo ns follows: "And while earnestly assuring you and all your kind that thousands of men of my typo stand ready to stop in my tracks and pick up my pistol if it should fall, I alncerely thank tho representative of u thousand years of barbarism for the opportunity to tire a shot in revenge for tho Yankee sudors, who fed the sharks in thu bottom of Huvana bay." A head-end collision botwecn a pus sengor and special engine on thu Chi cago & Northwestern ten miles north of Helolt, Wis., resulted in tho death of two, and tho Injury of four persons. In Dallas county, Alabama, Sam Ellis, a nugro, confessed iu court to an attempt to itssassliiuto II. A. Hurdy. The court ordered him to jail, but a mob took tho prisoner to tho woodw ind Jynehcd him. Tho government has ordered the Alpha-Portland Cement eompnny of Whltaker, N. J., to hurry the work on all orders for cement. The works nro runuing night and day. TWENTY TONS OF GOLD. 1'stlmnto of W'liut "Will Come Out In June Lntcst Klondike Isers. VAN-couvnn, H. C, March 29. Tho steamer Pakshan, which arrived trom Skaguay, Alaska, had among her 'pas sengers four men direct from Dawson City. They wero J. P. Donhnm ot Snn Francisco, H. Tung of Tacoma, Wash., Sid LaSallo of Lcadvllle, Col., and C. A. Goodwin of Los Angeles. Cal. They report a stampedo for the American sldo below American creek. This section, they claim, will boat the Klondike. Pny dirt Is moro easily ill vlded and shallower. A SO.OO'J nugget has boon found on Eldorado creek, they say. It is estimated by them that S-10,000,000 in gold will be brought this season. In speaking of tho finding of thn Ca.OOO nugget, Mr. Goodwin said: "That sounds like a talc, but it Ha fact Tho nugget has considerable quartz mixed with it, and it is as big us a small pall." The owner's name, Mr. Goodwin said, Is being kept dark, as he hopes to get it out intact without paying royalty on It Several rich strikes havo already been kept secret for u similar reason. Tho party left Dawson February IB. In recounting the events of tho journey, Goodwin stated that for tho tlrst '100 miles the cold was intense nnd traveling extremely dilllcult At the conlluenco of tho Stovurt und Yu kon rivers they met tho Northwest mounted police dotuchment with 703 pounds of mail. Mr. Goodwin states that at a very conservative estimato nt least twenty tons of gold will bo brought out in Juno when navigation opens. Tho country around Dawson was blnck with smoke from fires burning to thaw the frozen ground. Claims nro fre quently changing hands. Quite re cently tho llcuiy company had paid "NlgL'er .Hin" 8:25,000 for three claims on Honanza creek. Claims on Hear and Dominion creeks, on Indian and Klondike rivers, respectively, had been sold as high asS20,OOU. On Hunker creek 520,500 lind boon paid for a half Interest by a man named Elliott nnd S40.000 for a wholo claim. When they leftSlO a cord was the prico paid for wood In Dawson, lleforo tho party left many reports were coming in of richness of Clarence Kerry's claims ou thu hlllsldo of El dorudo. Reports were also bolng rcolvcd every dny of rich finds on American creek on the American side. Rosebud creek Is also drawing much attention. None of the party brought out much actual dust, as drafts could bo ob tained ut Dawson for gold at 15. SO an ounce, and very few would pack dubt under these circumstances. DELUDED BY OFFICIALS. fUuropean Aid ICxpected by the Spanish Classen In Cuba, Nkw Yojik, March 28. Tho Havana correspondent of tho New York Trib une says: "European interference between Spain and the United States is a growing delusion of tho Spanish classes in Cuba. Apparently it is fostered from Mndrld through government channels. Tho bo lief of these classes that the nations of Huropo would sldo with Spain in case of war has always pre vailed. It finds utterance lu tho many pamphlets wiilcli havo been published since the beginning of the revolution, and the uewspupers havo encouraged tho Idea. Tho way they put It wns that the United States wns responsi ble for keeping tho insurrection alive because filibustering was not stopped; that Europe cannot inte'rfere in that matter, but that the minute hostilities arose sho would be arrayed, with tko possible exception of Great llritain, against tho United States. "Thero Is a possibility that the da lusion of European aid will Impel the ultra-Spanish classes to acts which will precipitate a collision with tho United States. Either this will hap pen or tho confidence in Spain in se curing the support of other countries will be shattered forever and the set tlement of the Cuban question will be come much moro simple." PUTTING ON WAR PAINT. The American gulps Will Trobably He Ulvan it Ureen Coat. Washington, March 2a Secretary Long has deferred to tho judgment of Abslstaut Secretary Roosovolt as to the color which the vessels of the navy aro to bo painted. Yesterday It was announced that tho vessels now white would be changed to a piratical black. To this color somo objection; was maao by naval ofllcors, as It ww thought to afford too striking a tar get for an enemy's guns. Assistant Sccrotary Roosovolt this morning had a conference with Cap tain Crowinshlcld, chief of the bureau of navigation, at which Mr. Roosevelt announced that he would leave the matter of painting tho ships to tho , squadron commanderc, and orders to that effect will be promulgated, It soems quite probable that the color to be selected by the squadron command ers will bo a dark irreen. That color will furnish a poor target and the ves sels will not be discernible, It is said, at to great a distance at sea. The Itoek Island's New Yukon Company. Tacoma, Wash., March 28. Ono of the strongest company's now prepar ing to oporato upon tho Yukon has been organized by W. O. Purdy, vice president! socretnry nnd treasurer of tho Chicago, Ruck Island & Paclflo railroad It has tho bucking of th'o otllcials of that road. Initloteil for llrlherr. St. Joskimi, Ma, March 28. Albert R. Duncan, ex-prosecutlng attorney of Uuchannn county, was indicted by tho grand jury yesterday on th charge of bribjntr o witness i i : v I - mr a k , k-iWSSKHaV I