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izenship pwers in Detroit last Mon
day. His father was naturalized in
Maine more than thirty year3 ago ,
and so he has been a citizen of the
United States by virtue of that fact
ever since , but as he was unable to
show his father's papers he was
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The successof recent fiction num
bers has induced the editors of Godey's
Magazine to issue a special fiction
number for springtime reading. The
March number is , therefore , rich in
stories. Among the leading tales that
grace the pages of this issue are the
following , each individually strong ,
climactic and interesting : "It Will B2
as God Wills , " by Isabel Bowman Fin-
ley , a tale of Creole life ; "The Pariah ,
a Story of the Isles of Brittany. " by
John William Harding , whose books
are well known ; "A Journey to Heav
en , " by Howard M. Yost , one of the
most touching and tender tales of
child life that have been told in many
days.
The contractor for the raonument
to be erected at Asheville , N. C , to
the memory of Zebulon Baird Vance
has informed the committee in charge
that the monument will be ready for
unveiling any time after March 1 next.
A committee has been appointed to
receive suggestions from the public
and formulate a plan for the un
veiling ceremonies and make report
to a future meeting of the central
committee.
The last time Queen Victoria open
ed parliament was in 1886 , and it * s
likely to remain the last time , for an
elevator would be necessary in the
house of lords should she again at
tend the function , as she is too feeble
to ascend the stairs.
Some time ago one of President
Kruger's young relatives applied to
him for an office. "I am sorry , but I
can do nothing , " was the grim re
ply of the president. "The high of
fices of the state are in good hands ,
and for little clerkships you are too
stupid/ '
The name California , derived from
two Spanish words , Caliente Fornalll
i. e. "hot furnace" was given by
Cortez in the yea. 1535 to the penin
sula now known as Lower California ,
of which he was the discoverer , on ac-
cunt o * its hct climate.
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NEWS BOILED. DOWN.
WHISPERINGS OF THE WtRE IN
FEW WORDS.
Allrsccllnncouii News Notes Gathered From
This and Other Countries Accidental ,
Criminal , Political , Social and Othcr-
\vls Crisp Condensations From All
Quarters.
Monday , Feb. 158.
War talk does net seem to have any
effect on trade.
Uncle Sam Is now studying the
question of indemnity.
Heavy rains in California insure the
wheat crop over most of the state.
Chris Von der A he is out o' the
Pittsburg jail and has returned to St.
Louis.
The ship Terror has no orders and
will likely remain sometime at Hamp
ton Roads.
Scnor du Boso declares that there
were no mines inside or outside of
Havana harbor.
The court of inqt'iry is said to have
decided that it 's not worth while to
raise the Maine.
The house is practically agreed that
the usual river and harbor bill will
not be in evidence this season.
Shreveport , La. , suffered a loss of
$175,000 by the burning cf one of the
finest brick blocks of the city.
President Dole of Hawaii returned
to Honolulu on the steamer Mariposa ,
which sailed from San Francisco.
The Paris correspondent of the
Times says : "Certain correspondents
of foreign newspapers have been warn
ed that it is advisable for them to
leave France. "
Henry Mentzer of Center Point , la. ,
has returned with $100,000 as a result
of two years sppat in Alaska. De
spite his good fortune in the Klondike
Mentzer slates that the reports cf its
fabulous wealth are greatly exagger
ated , u . _ _ "
Tuesday , March 1.
Gen. Howard believes the Maine was
blown up by dciign , but not by Span
iards.
Archbishopp Ireland says the presi
dent may be depended upon to uphold
national honor.
The New York Priest who said Cath
olics should fignt fcr Spain has been
ousted from the diocese.
Talking of C > * tp. Sigsbee's future it
is predicted that he will be assigned
; to the finest ship in the navy.
Citizens of Juneau. Alaska , give
some interesting figures on their an
nual gold crop and ask for an assay
office.
Champion Bob Fitzsimmons ex
presses a willingness to fight Kid Mc
Coy anytime he puts up money enough
to make it worth his while.
Capt. Sigsbee notified the navy de
partment that it was possible to ship
dead bodies in hermetically sealed
zinc cases , and this will be done.
George CollinIS years old , of
Cairo , 111. , stabbed his mother twelve
times while she was attempting to
whip him. She cannot recover.
At South BenJ. Ind. , a brave police
man fought four burglars in the dark ,
single handed , mortally wounding
one. The officer himself was killed.
The secretary cf the interior has ap
proved clear list No. 4 , located in the
Sundance land dfrtrict , selected by the
state of Wyoming ; containing 2,560
acres.
Public meetings are bsing organ
ized everywhere to- urge the govern
ment to push the r.rmaments of the
Argentine republic , in order , it f3
claimed , to guarantee1 peace.
The strongest reason to restrain
Spain from a voluntary surrender of
authority in Cuoa is that she would
thereby assume the responsibility for
the Cuban 'debt ' which now amounts
to nearly ? 600,000OOC.
i Wednesday , March .
Lord Salisbury is confined to his
rojm at-Hatfield house , London , with
a slight indisposition.
The mayor of Havana is said to be
permitting hundreds of inmates of
asylums to die of starvation.
Miss Annie Edwards was found dead
near Jamison , Pa. , with her head
crushed to a jflly. The motive was
robbery.
James Corriga'i began suit against
John D. Rockfc'IIer at Cleveland for
$1,000,000 , alleging he was defrauded
of Standard Oil ttoclc
Auctineer Sam Clark shot and killed
Steve R. Carney , president of a to
bacco company , in a dispute over busi
ness matters at Mayfield , Ky.
The senate committee investigating
charges of bribery in the Ohio sena
torial election examined several wit
nesses at Columbus last night and ad
journed sine dis
Two masked men took A. C. Taylor ,
president of the T'anfc of Bayard. Neb. ,
from bed and comDelled nim to open
the safe in the bank. Only a small
sum was secured.
The Chinese govprnment has agreed
to open Yuen-Chau on Lake.Tung Tin
Tu as a treaty port , but aeclines to
entertain a proposal tending to the
abolition of the Lin dues.
Captain Tebeau at Cleveland , O. ,
announced thac McAleer , the famous
center fielder , had affixed his signa
ture to a Cleveland contract for the
coming season at a salary of $2,500.
Kid McCoy aror.pted Joe Choynski's
standing challenge and has wired him
to that effect , tee meeting to take
place in Hot Sorings , Ark. , April 20.
With the more- peaceful news from
Washington and Madrid , there has
been a perceptib'e ' abatement " n the
excitement in the City of Mexico as
to the war between the United States
and Spain.
The first positive orders received at
the Portsmouth navy yard since Hie
blowing up of the Maine were received
on the 1st , when orders came to send
the warchip Al'iince ' to sea on April
1. ho"vill bs put in first class re
pair b > that iia. *
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, ' 7Inir di y , March 3.
The new Spanish cortes will meet
for * the first time April 25.
Half a car load of flour has reached
Omaha in aid of the Cubans.
Gen. Mi s has gone to San Fran
cisco , presumably to inspect defenses.
Th ; net cash balance in the nation
al treasury March 1 was $225,504,200.
Five hundred and twenty-nine rein
deer are en route to Seattle from New
York.
Senator Turpie wants 141st paral
lel settled as line between Alaska and
British Columbia.
The London Daily News says Spain
must fight alone if she chooses war.
England will not help her.
A Spanish paper refers to Uncle
Sam's soldiers as "drunkards , insubordinates -
ordinates , thieves and fighters. "
Paris papers talk as if they expected
war , and advise the United States to
think well1 before attacking Spain. .
The last steamer from Alaska had
a number of passengers returning who
are thoroughly disgusted with the
country.
Lieutenant Commander Charles
Henderson Craven. U. S. N. , ( retired )
died in Washington on the 1st , aged
55 years.
At Galesburg , 111. , William Wilder
was senteneced to the penitentiary
for twenty-five years for the murder
of Charles Anderson. Wilder plead
guilty.
Fitzhugh Lee , Jr. , son of Consul
General Lee , who is employed in
Richmond , Va. , as a clerk in the C.
& O. offices , has gone to Cuba to visit
his father.
A new issue of counterfeit $2 treas
ury notes , discovered by the secret
service some time ago , has made its
appearance. This note bears check
letter B , and plate number 28.
Edward J. Ratcliffe , the actor , was
taken to Blackwell's island peniten
tiary , where he will serve a sentence
of six months' imprisonment for an
assault upon his wife , Alice DeLacy
Ratcliffe.
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Friday , March t.
Cargill & Fall's flour mill at Hous
ton , Minn. , was destroyed by fire.
A hundred persons have perished In
the snow drifts of Northern Persia.
Very Cycle Manufacturing company
of Boston has assigned. Liabilities ,
$42S6G.
The twentieth anniversary of the
coronation of Pope Leo XIII. was cel
ebrated at Rome.
The McCoy-Burley fight at Hot
Springs , Ark. , has been declared off.
Authorities object.
Senator Warren introduced two bills
providing for cession of arid lands
to the respective states.
The serious apprehension of failure
of crops though drnuth in California
has been dispelled by recent rains.
Jim Janey. the colored lad of "Wash
ington , and Charles Johnson of Minne
apolis fought to a draw at Baltimore.
Fred Moore , who murdered Tom An
derson at Sentobia , Miss. , was taken
from jail by a large mob and shot to
death.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill
providing that the fees for reducing
the testimony to writing in contests
in Oklahoma shall not exceed S cents
per folio.
Joseph Schaller. well known in the
Black Hills , was found dead in his
room at Terry. S. D.
Marine insurance men at sound ports
have decided to advance the rates on
all vessels bound for Alaska.
Officers in seeking to arrest Dr.
Francis Brooks of Chicago , whose
mind is unbalanced , shot and perhaps
fatally injured him.
The treasury department announces
that bids will be opened March 7 for
the town clock and bids for the new
Omaha public building elevator.
Saturday. March . " > .
The Niagara Cycle Fittings company
at Buffalo has made an assignment.
The Spanish navy is not strong
enough to give this country much con
cern.
cern.Ed'
Ed' "tor Hedley of Bunker Hill , . 111. ,
has been acquitted of the charge of
homicide.
Colored militiamen of South Carolina
lina have tendered their services in
case of war.
The Louisville and Nashville rail
way has decided to restore old-time
wages to its employes.
Fifteen thousand dollars changed
hands at a cocking main of Massachu
setts birds near Paterson , N. J.
Harry Meredith , an actor who has
played in all the principal cities of
the United States , died on the 1st.
Ali Ferouck Bey , the newly appoint
ed Turkish minister to the United
States , has started for Washington.
Dave Sullivan of Boston met and de
feated Patsy Broderick of Provider ce
at Yonners , N. Y. , in the. ninth round.
Senator Pettigrew today introduced
a bill to appropriate $500 for the re
lief of Georfe W. Lane , t Cherokee
freedman.
Edward H. Clark , formerly of Min
neapolis , accidently fell from the roof
of a building at Santa Monica , Cal. ,
and was killed.
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Jown W. Bailey , manager editor of
the Philadelphia Record , was elected
president of the publishing company
to succeed Mr. Singerly.
The viceroys of Nan Kin and Hi
Kwang , China , have openly revolted
against the rule of the empercr.
The secretary of the interior tcday
sent to the senate the treaty recently
negotrated with the Indians on the
Fort Hall reservation in Idaho.
Judge W. B. C. Pearson died at
Holyoke , Mass. , aged 70 years. He was
a brother of Dr. D. K. Pearson , the
Chicago millionaire and philanthro
pist.
pist.The
The federal convention has adopted
the proposal that the capitol of Aus
tralasia be federal territory , like
Washington , the existing cap itols be-
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OFFICIAL 1RSTRUCTIONS OF
THE ADMIRAL.
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They nr > Much Broader than Those
• Generally Ixxucd for Sucli Courts Ena
bles the Court to On Fully Into the
Oucfttlou Everything to he Thoroughly
Inquired Into.
Scopn or the Investigation.
WASHINGTON , March 5. Admiral
Cicard's precept convening the court
of inquiry now investigating the disas
ter to the battleship Maine has been
received by the navy department and
was made public today. It is import
ant mainly in showing the exact scope
of the inquiry and the extent to which
the report will go. Aside from the
usual orders , directing the court to
report both findings of fact and its
opinions on these findings , Admiral
Sicard directs the court to record any
Information , as to person or persons ,
"not connected with the navy of the
United Slates , who are , In its opinion ,
responsible , in part or wholly , directly ,
or indirectly , for the explosion and
the loss of the Maine , " with names and
the degree of responsibility in each
case. The orders are dated at Key
West , February. 19 , 1898 , and are di
rected to Captain Sampson , president
of the court. The text is as follows :
A court' of inquiry consisting of
yourself , as president and Captain F.
E. Chadwick and Lieutenant Com
mander William Potter as additional
members and of Lieutenant Command
er Adolph Marix as judge advocate , is
hereby ordered to convene at noon on
Monday. February 21 , 1S98. or as soon
thereafter as practicable , for the pur
pose of inquiring into the circumstan
ces connected with the loss by explos
ion of the United States battleship
Maine in the harbor or city of Hava
na on the night of Tuesday , February
15 , 1898. The court is authorized to
hold its sessions on board any ship
of the North Atlantic squadron or in <
the city of Key West , Fla. , or in the
harbor of the city of Havana , Cuba.
The attention of the court is invited
to the instructions concerning the par
ticulars to be investigated in the case
of the loss or grounding of a ship of
the navy , contained in the United
States navy regulations.
The following described papers re
lating to the loss of the United States
ship Maine on the occasion referred
to are attached to and made part of
this precept :
1. The copy of a telegram = ent by
Captain Charles Sigsbee at Havana ,
Cuba , to Commander James M. For-
sythe. U. S. N. . at Key West. Fla ' . .
without date , but probably sent on the
night of February 15. as it vp -
ceived at Key West , Fla. . hy Lieuten
ant Commander William S. Cowles , U. •
S. N. , at 1 o'clock- . m. of February
1G at Dry Tortugas , Fla.
2. A teleerram sent by Captain
Charles D. Sigsbee. V. S. N. , to the
commander in chief at Key West. FH. .
dated Havana , Cuba. Februarv 1C.
1898.
1898.Tho
The court will diligently and thor
oughly inquire into all the circum
stances attending the lose of said ves
sel on the date named and upon the
conclusion of the investigation will re
port to the commander-in-chief its
proceedings , and the testimony taken ,
and the facts whifh it raav deem es
tablished by the evidence adduced , to
gether with its opinion ao to what
further proceedings , if any , should b °
had in the matter. The court will
also report whether or not the loss
of said vessel was. on the occasion
named , in any respect due to fault or
noeriteence on the part of any of the
officers or members of the crew , and
in what resnect and to wnat extent
any or either of them were so at
fault or negligent.
If the court shall be of the opin
ion that further proceedings should"
be had in the matter it will include in
its report a succinct statement as to
the person or persons against whom
and the specific matter upon which
such proceedings should be had. I
The court will also report its opinIon - I J
Ion as to the pause or causes of thej j j
explosion or other incidents that bore j j
directly or indirectly upon the loss of ! I
the Maine.
It will also record any information
that it may be able to obtain by tes
timony and evidence as to any person
or persons not connected with the
navy of the United States who are in
its ooinion responsible , in part or -
wholly , directly or indirect"v. " for the
exnlosion and loss of the Maine , and I
will include their names , in its opinion - i
ion , together with the degree of such |
responsibility in each caso. '
Signed. M. SICARD. .
Rear Admiral. Commander-in-phi" j
United States Naval Force , North
Atlantic Naval Station.
Uuvinir Oold for Amerb-i.
NEW YORK. March o. Heidel-
bach. Eickelheim & Co. announce to
day having engaged $200,000 in gold
for export from Paris to morrow.
Tomorrow's gold shipments from
Paris will also include Sl.000,000 to
Lazard-Freres and $300,000 to Von
Hoffman & Co. Further shipments
for them were expected both from
Paris and London. The greater part i
of the gold coming from Paris is supposed - '
posed to be Japanese yen. the new !
gold coin of Japan.
Kuhn , Loeb & Co. have altogether
$1,000,000 in gold that will be shipped
to morrow , both from London and
Paris. The tot" ! of the movement
thus far is $5,300,000.
Anxious to Sec the Reindeer.
ST. CLOUD , Minn. . March 5. Near
ly one-fourth the population of the city-
was at the Great Northern yards to
see the reindeer trains. The first sec
tion reached herd at S:30 : a. m. . and
twenty minutes later a stop of twenty
minutes was made and the reindeer
fed. Schools were dismissed and pu
pils thronged the yards. The Laaps
were in the happiest mood. Nearly
every one carried a piece of moss for
a souvenir. All on board were well
and the trip to this point w&3 success-
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The Spanish Government Secure * xwc •
> o\v Itulldlng for Hra7.ll. I jl
LONDON , March 5. Spain has pur- v 1
chased two cruisers which the Arm- ; |
strongs have been building for Brazil , jfj I
the AmazonitiB and a sister ship , un- J I
named , of 4,000 tons each , twenty-tltreo-K i I
knots and ten guns. Spain Is also nt- , j |
gotiating for and will probably secure t M
two cruisers of a similar type which * |
have been building in Franco for Bra- U
zil. - . r ) I I
The Araazonius is ready for launcf- , j
ing and Its sister ship will soon bo
ready. The Spanish government Is ai- i
so endeavoring to secure gun ? and
large supplies of ammunition in England -
land and on the continent for Immedl-
ate use.
The government of Spain seems to
have funds , for It is understood to bo
paying a large part of the purchase
money in cash , giving gooj security '
for the balance , these being the only ,
terms upon which the Armstrongs i .
would deal. Some weeks ago Spain <
attempted to purchase ships and sup-
piles in England on credit from ' prominent -
minent firms having having close re- J
latlons with the government , but after -
tor inquiries the firms refused to give i
credit. Since then Spain has raised j
funds from unknown sources. H
Diplomats In London express the belief - <
lief that French financiers are helping ! H
the Snanish government. It is known M
that Spain is trying to purchase -three M
other ships which are being built by ' M
the Armstrongs , but it has not yet . M
succeeded in making a bargain , conse- j M
quentiy there is still time if the United jH
States wishes to forestall the Spanish. ' m
The United S . tates could also fore- l H
stall Spain in the purchase of other j J M
ships building in English and contl- H
nenlai dock yards. While Chile ddnies H
that any of the ships ordered forth ' at H
counLrv are for sale , it is believed bv H
navai constructors that Chile's best H
cruiser , the O'Hlggins , which is just H
finished , could be purchased. ' | H
WHAT SAILORS SAY. i H
AH or Opinion that ExploKion "Was From ' M
CLEVELAND , March 5. Dr. H. F. M
Biggar , one of the most prominent flH
physicians and surgeons of Cleveland , | ' H
has just returned from Key West , M
where he was in the midst of the ex- i JJ
citement which followed the blowing
up of the battleship Maine , and conversed - H
versed with several of those who wcro M
on the ill-fated ship at the time of H
the disaster. He found that all of H
those who were willing to discuss the , j H
matter at all were convinced that the j Hj
explosion had been caused by an outside - H
side force , probably a torpedo. "The * ' H
officers were very reticent , but from { WM
their manner it seemed that they had HH
no doubt as to the origin of the trouble - M
ble , " said Dr. Biggar j H
"Some of the middies and sailors , H
were more outspoken and did not hesl- H
late to say that the work had been ' H
done by a torpedo. They offered several - M
oral reasons for th * s belief , all of which i H
seemed to justify them in tninking as- H
they did. For instance , the mast was , M
lifted right out of its place in the vessel - H
sel and the men were sure that this H
could only havp been done by a force H
from underlie4" . If the explosion had H
been on the inside , they areued. the H
mast would have been shattered and ' m
thrown aside. The bow of the Maine i * j H
was split just as if a wedge had been " . . H
driven at thp bottom of the boat on ; - H
the outside and the hull was bent forward - H
ward as if bv " *
an external force appled" |
directly under ft. " H
Martin Renrdon was also at Kev t fl
West : he was decidedly of the opinion , ' j H
that thp Maine was tampered with on M
the outside. "I was told shortly be- H
fore the explosion a ripple was no- f' ' H
Hp-M in the water , as if pome Frailer " * ' H
prafL were moving around the Maine. ti H
No particular attention was paid to ' } H
this it the time , but it is remembered H
now. " M
_ _ _ _ _ _ i H H
The Court \ow Awaltlnsr Order * * . ' i |
KEY WEST , Fla. . Marcli 5. The- j J M
1 nited States naval court of inquiry ' H
aDpomted to inouire into the loss of > ' H
the Maine is still here , inactive , and \ H
awaiting orders from Washington H
Hulzz. the court's chief stenographer ' H
has returned to Washingtonlearing H
Bisseil. his associatehere. . M
AH the Maine survivors received" i |
month s pay yesterday and their [ H
claims for lost nersonal property have- j |
been filed. Schwantz. a cook of the i ' H
Maine , has put in a dafm for $ ] 226 j H
whicti , he says , he had in his c-h t ' k ' 1
which was blown tn pieces. Many other H
enlisted men lost the savings of years H
Thpre have been no movements of _ H
-the fleet today excent in the case n- ' H
tne Nashville , which towed a coal ' " _ _ _ _ _
barge out to the Iowa. Later In the H
day the it was said on good authority * that _ _ _ _ _
naval court of inquiry will leave ( _
Wo at 5 o' clock this afternoon for ' _
Havana , unless '
'orders to the con- _ _ _ _ _
trrry are received from Admiral Sic- • _ _
. : ' H
Effect of the CI\tl Rp-viff 7ti | ! " ' ' H
WASHINGTON , March o. The Civil HI
Service commission '
has prepared for _ _ _ _
submission to congress some informa- i t _ _ _ _ _
tion as to the effect of the enactment
_
into law of the Evans
bill , now pend- ' H
ing , n the house. The bill removes ' j B
from the operation of the . - !
' lav. all no- ' _ -
sitions now in the classified service I M
below the $900 and above H
the $180O I
fnor beSif6S "mitlDS i application M
in otner .
respects. According to the I _ H
commission , there are now 688 nost- _ i
officps in the classified - H
service with _ _
26.000 employes. 636 of which ' w h -H
" • ° f m-loyes. would be withdrawn - M
if the bill were passed. J , M
A late supreme court decision • H
<
up-
holds a man's right to >
devise nrnn _
erty held in trust by his s H
- Cattlemen Hold n 3roetl _ |
ST. LOUIS , Mo. . March " s
The _ _ _
Southwestern Cattlemen's association * _ H
will meet at Fort YOorth. -H
Tex optY 1 -
. . ' will be largely attend M
by commission men and
cattle H
dealers- _ _
and butchers from
St. Louis and ? H
St. Louis. A determined Eas _ -H
effort win _
be made to divert the cattle trad J.Y • _ H
the SouUiwest to this clt ? I
i
Thp executive '
committee of the NT- " _ _ _ _ _
? ° onIectione/s * association Set
at Washington _
and
decided to hold th- _ _ _ _ _
annual convention at Chicago. June M
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