Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING &TAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Tf you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease property or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, moe no Cor. 11th 8t, by Star i 5 7 hee — Ss * Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building eat oe SP Evening served to subscribers te the oy te sea teense at 10 cents fcuater 2 sevés sacks maltwanywhere. in the United States « r-Canada—postage prepaid—5o ccnts a Sheet Star, $1 per year, with eee ee €7 All mail subscriptions mast be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on applicstiocs MUST WAIT LONGER Report of the Maine Court Not Ex- pected Before Thursday. No. 14,057. TWO CENTS. pcrts, as so many of them are affoat, but inferentially*the statement was dismissed ay unwarranted. One high official, who 898—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ‘would be very likely to know if such infor- PROSPECT OF PEACE|SPANISH CUBA INDEPENDEN was in hand, the fact had nev2r been — Little Hope of Immediate End of Oon- ai 4 ae : The President ‘Believed to Have ™ ‘Tor 1907 | Naval Officer of High Rank Writes. kr.own to him, and he seriously doubted its flict a Oba. ‘ : fe Pein = ined Upon R aus : x Postage stamps wer? first issued in 1847, correctness. ¥ > ‘STATEMENT OF WHITE HOUSE: CALLERS | Ssca war ius Ssi° 22.0% une umber ‘=| SPAT MORE BRUTAL THAN TURKEY It was pointed out also that Lieut. Blow was a junior officer compared with Lieut. issued last year was 3,063,633,885. The num- be of stamped =nvelopes and wrappers in- THE SPEAKER AT THE WHITE HCUSE} crrivea'nere seturasysend that aamiravete. | WHAT INTERVENTION: MIGHT 00 ard would so set aside the punctilious re- quirements of naval procedure by passing 3 nae s : $3 tm 5 > A creased proportionately. In 1853 the num- $A A Conference Regarded as Very) {trave teaponsibiity to & imicn ‘Line |AtY Other Sort of Recognition} 7 march i esecata’ Panaa | COM? Will Probably Indorse tally recorded seucuzeuar™"~ “** 7*** ®°| Her Atrocities in Cuba Transcend Important. Blow has gone to La Salle, It., for a rest, | ~ Stow of Results. and Seliedo, it_is annguneed st the palac: His Action. tal cards were first issued May 1, 1873, and the other Maine survivors are also free and that year 31,004,000 were sold by the the Armenian Horrors. today, “continue-advancirg with consider- government as against 523,608,250 last year. te go where they please and recuperate able forces of allarms toward Puerto Prin- Letters were first registered July 1. 1855, from the trying ordeal through which thop clipe.” - é i and year the number recorded as reg- have passed. “1 INSURGENTS GROW BOLDER] The insurgents on Saturday night ayna-| FEELING AT THE . CAPITOL | istered was 629,332. Last year the number P} FIN * weal > reached 14,550,083. NG LIKE DOGS No More Ships Bought. mited the iron ratiroad ge -near Mad- There were in 1848 1,800,000 dead letters The government has made no further RY pate cir w partly vende eee wane aaa year ths total number ing the structure;-and fast night~th2y de- return Tepated 5,976,900. i It was stated on authority that the report | purchases of warships, but its negotiations (Copyright, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Birasbal Gin deowmatn: Caltece tavkcen ie ae oe Se peas: = ‘The first dead letter saly eccurred in 1838] NEW YORK, March 21.—A gentleman of of the Maine court of inquiry had not been | in that line-have at least been productive | Srecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. Se ms PI i= impressi and represented the accumulation from 1789 | this city has received the following letter HAMANA, March 19, via Key West, Fla., | Robles and Madrugn. the outcome, among republican statesmen | to 134. From this sale $1200 was real-| fi u received up to 3 g’clock. The present offi- | °f one important result, namely, in estab- * , y a ‘| "The United States consul at Sagua La. : le as rom a United States naval officer of high P 2 ° lishing that unless the battle ship O”Hig- | March 20.—What will follow if the United eo Unit paul. at the White House today. The majority | ined. Last year the sale realized $1L451.| rank now at Havana, cial information is that it is not likely to | US! £ Grande, Walter B..Barker,-in a letter just | of these callers did not care to have their | The largest sale the departm:-nt ever eid | 7 gins becomes the property of the United | States recognizes either the bellgerency of Ba tiered saga ok pasting roms was in 1808, when $30,5uz was realized. The| “I 4» mot see how it is possible for us. be had before Thursday. States it will not be sold at all. Spain, it | the insurgents or the independence of | Tecetv seek pai but is-in fine health | “mes Used. but as there is a unanimity of | "hatest sale wae 18H, when but $20 was|to withhold our interference. It is well Lieut. Com. Pillsbury conferred with | js confidently agserted, will not-be able to | Cuba Is attracting attention. The answer son coast Sa a eer sear sentiment, this fact is worth a good deal. | taken in. enough to talk about this island belonging Navy Department officials regarding the | secure this war vessel, nor are her chances | cannot be conclusive. Viewed on the ground ae * Pie MA = , PSrgict hae to | _Hepresentative Pierce of Missouri was} The number of pfeces of matter of alll to another country, anA-thet- we dame wee future of the Wesuvius. It is thought she | any better, or as good, as those of the | here, there may be no immediate change in | Which are at - one of the few men who talked openly. “I United States. Practically the same con- = seperate SO eee Oe 1 Fite | atten gcevalls gato: the Avgeusina a2nicve kinds mailed incr2ased from 500,000 in 17W, .” when the t right here; that we ougl lea the ‘appearance of Spain’s power in the | *Mord relief. P me ~. | intend to‘vote to recognize the independ- en the first record was kept, to 5,781,0u2,- | TSht here we ought to leave Spain island, but the time of the certain collapse |__ Mr. Barker adds: “A®-consul or ex-con- cruiser San Martino, which will become the Gen. Grezly returned from New York and| property of this government if it passes 1 to settle the matter it >; but \ ence of Cuba,” he sald, “and I am going to | ** ‘Ms sear. eco pe will be much closer. The insurgents in a | SUI, I will continue here, giving ail the aid announced that the work of connecting the] out of the hands of Argentina. NEW CRUISERS NAMED ere Wann ine ——+—_-e—_____ her way is a way of murder. : jon get the chance NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. “We got up a great month could not conduct a military cam- | !".™mY power ies thote Dgpple, who have won | +6 Go this,” he continued. ipl imcainn siroortien: Shey sary hand a coe: paign which would drive the Spanish pettiness danpeissea’m thie prov: Plan Generally Hinted At. Meny Sclectiors of the President Ap-| die to what has happened here. In the last forts in New York harbor with telegraph| Secretary Long’s office at the Navy De- | troops into the sea. That is the extreme ince of the insurgent -polonel,. Guillermo | This plan of intervention was h.nted at proved by the Senate. fifteen or eighteen months 450,000 people wires would soon begin. partment was again the center of animated | limit which could be counted on before the Sabato, and Major aUserto Dubusche, with | 2! day by the Pres-dent's visitcrs. One of | The Senate today confirmed these nom-|have been buried within the Spanish lines Speaker Reed held a.20-minute confer-| COMference today. Senator Hale, chairman | wet season begins. eight unarmed Insurgé z the “most distingulshcd of these ca‘lers | !rations. in consecrated ground (this is the bishop of ith the Presid hich it is thought | °f the Senate committee on naval affairs, If action should be taken by the admin-| “@ oy ver Tejeda Of the, Spanish forces re- | Would not discuss the question as a prov-| John Daland of Massachusetts, to be Havana's report. Everybody says he ts enc2 with the lent, which it ‘ought! was one of the early callers, and spent | istration or by Congress as early as April ports having been. e ed ‘near Manga- ability, but he did answsr hypothetical | Collector of customs, district of Salem and | an excellent man) 200,000 left the.lines and related to sending the report of the Maine| naif an hour with Mr. Long. Another vis- | 1, Gomez would know it at his headquar- Fniflo, province of Santiago de Cuba, with | gestions which he knew me a erat | Beverly, Mass; Perry Glascock of Indiana, | are with the insurgents (Le., those who sur- court to Congress. itor was Senator Cullom. Senator Pritch- | tere in Santa Clara province within five | the insurgent eee Sener sponte | deal. His answers to trese qu iaci- | Consul at Baracoa, Cuba; Webeter ‘Street, | vive.) ‘The bill for the relief of the families of | ard of North Carolina also had a talk with | days, but = fortnight would elapse: before | (ot OUSe* St tre sees ited ont tee | cated that tt may be tc rrsdints on | to be chief justice supreme court territory | “It is but reasonable to suppose that ot the Maine disaster victims was passed by | Mt- Long. Mr. Hale went from the Secre- | it could be known in‘ all the insurgent | Drisosers; and that the govenmnent fore fentica to recopne indi percence ana nave | of Arizona. least 50,000 have died who-have not been oe tary’s cffice to the White House and had | camps. That would not give much time for |jost four‘men. . Going the same thing. Tens ieee) tate |. Army—Commissary subsistence depart- reorted, and it is estimated that half of Se a talk with the President. Withina short | striking a decisive blow. It would not pre- ——s the President has the power to .ake this | ™ént—Lieut. Colonel C. P. Eagan, to be | those who joined the insurgents are dead, Representative Wheeler introduced a| time he was followed by Secretary Long, | vent tne troops from maintaining them-| BRITISH WARSHIPy’ MOVEMENTS. step alone, but he natura!ty rrefcrs to have | colonel; Major J. J. Clague, to be Neu- | We thus have at least 600,009 out of 1,500,- resolution providing for a joint committee | who spent some time with the President. | selves in the garrison towns for several the indorsement- of Congie. tenant colonel; Capt. A. L. Smith, to be | 000 who have disappeared in this period of Admti hy Tidliat T pferene> 2 £ to investigate egnditions in Cuba, to con-| The Secretary carried with him a bundle | months. Besides, Spain will have here its | Admiral Eienee oo ee ee Cant? President and Rep- | reajor, and numerous other minor time, and the most of these have died : of documents, which, however, was his | 15,000 fresh recruits, who have been raised eee Be = apse re, aithoash aie] Hens ‘in the navy and revenue cutter | through sider relations with Spain and to recom- 3 . der tl ise that | BUFFALO, N. ¥%. March 21.—A Halifax | t? have been 2tong.th:s line, aithough afr. service: rough starvation or the effects of want usual custom. Senator Hanna came to the | in the peninsula, under the promise that g 5.4 i ¥ Hitt wov'd not taix. zs of food. There is nothi: like it that I mend proper action. Secretary's office during his absence, and, | they would end the insurrection. As an |Special says: The witt.torpedo destroyer | Mitt Word Taptar peacecteeecseterttclgce Mima steading times. The cruiser Amazonas, purchased from | jearnjng that he was with the President, | offensive force against the insurgents they | Rocket will arrive here iin-a few days. It |) Idependent cf the ng, (a meeae ‘ow of in the history of modern et . is announced that tHe dfitiser Indefatigable | The opinion was expresscd in ‘Tho star | Missouri—William L. H. Silliman, Clarks- | The island is simply being made an unin. Brazil, will be called the New Orleans, | spent sume time in conference with Assist- | would be no more effective than the 185,000 igal z 3 Geo. F. Robinson, Jefferson City; W. = a the ‘4: will come here immg¢iafely from the West | two weeks ago that the res! would | © Bloeba Saint Chark habited desert. and the Abreuall will be called Albany. ant Secretary Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt ea = ava eee 2 age Sacre ere : probably intervene in-some shape. Upinion |. llinois Thomes bitter at siting: “At Matansas, which had 80,000 popula~ <I think the report of the hboard.will the} Wil SpPsar. before. the Senale _commatttec | or ficfense ther the fnsurgenlss tts gore |. Whether. this. mivadiiet: ot warships iso | ls: aibw:. crvatalicing thats shape has| Mississippi-W. H. -Vasser, Aberdeen, | tion (and is now estimated to have 30,000), her2 at the end of the week and that the Sr pera legisiation: eapactalty | tealy’ civiscsteed ‘that Ga mex hes Gisposea | early is on account g& theimodern {deas of] Teached the recognition of indenErdexce, | Miss. but forty mfles from here, some of our of- President will want a few days in which | With pending = eomecs % t advan- |.the new admiral, Sir Jolin Fisher, about | ahd that it wil: be granted, independent of | Ge0rgia—J. M. Alexander, Dawson. ficers saw four persons lying in the street, to consider it.” the construction of new dry docks. his followers s0 as to take prompt advan- dead of starvation. It is estimated that in Secretary Long made this statement to APPEALED TO THE PRESIDENT. heving the station equipped or to | the Meine disaster cr the report of the The New Orleans and Albany. tage of any action by the United States, | she crisis in the ‘Américan trou-'| board, the district of Matanzas they are dying at @ Star reporter today as he was leaving | Secretary Long issued an order toda~ as- | elther by interventicn or by recognition. | bles, the officials jot or will not | -The President 1s mow rczresented by the rate of 1,200 a day. r signing to the Amazonas, the cruiser re- Pando Flanked in the East. — =| say. i close friends as huving > ed the point | Two Delegations Call Regarding the | *~ g the White House after a long conference | signing to th ses, (he esuleee ‘This ‘sudesstal Rahidng ot Gea Pakda's : = dl geliora Fat Alsieod toteea eh ia <hy Ripken ‘These are not rumors or exeggerations; - cently purchased at jewcastle-on-Tyne ..of Gen. Pan 3 edi Lal 5 3 wr Whetuee Senet Long spoke on infor- from the Brazilian government, the name | ‘Toops in the east nas been the first evi. | MISSING DANK fralts LOCATED. | tire’ question. Independence would, it is | Two delegations teday brought to the at- | €¥ Fe Stern, melancholy facts. if this said, be the quickest way of doing it. 3 Feeling in Congress. SG b The prospect of having to wait several ‘m- 1 days longer before the report of the board support of the family of the murdered ily of Joel G. Tyler, tile go®mer teller_of the | of inquiry is trying on the patience of Con- | postmaster at Lake City. Safoty Fund Bank of thi® place, who has gress, ‘The question “How much longer’ Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett of Chicago, beenimissing since Mitch fi, has announced | js.asked with weariness. Apparently; how- | better known as Miss lds B. Wells, the of New Orleans, in honor of the principal | dence of a carefully matured campaign. city of Louisiana. Telegraphic instructions | The poscession of the country by the in- mation direct from Key West or whether what he said was dictated by the general p , by Show nge. appearance of the situation in the vicinity | to this effect were sent to the naval officer | surgents in the provinces of Santiago and | wyroumURG Maa Mellel oi: of the court is not known. At any ‘rate, |in command of the vessel, who will take | Puerto Principe 1s complete enough for 3 is not a case for interference by a Chrjs- his opinion stands as official and precludes | immediate steps to carry them into effect. | them to withdraw a portion of their active tien power, there never was one. I may nothing of the commercial interests of our own people, ich are ruined. I am look- ing only at The humanitarian side. Tweuty times as many peopie here are dying per 1,000 as are dying in any other place or tention ef the President the recent South Carolina murder, and asked that he recom- mend to Congress some provisicn for the Investigation of «Tyler's Books the, probability that the verdict will reach | Urder the established custom of the Navy | forces. These are moving westward and here earlier than the time set. Department, all vessels of the navy of the | to the crossing the Jucaro Moron trocha | 0+ i ig wig) abe “ty ever, there is.no-disposition to let this im- | lecturer, the Presi ” 7 r, is, | i -no- = : ident on this sub- | ccuntry. ; ae cruiser type ure named after cities of tue | in small bodies. The Spanish defenses of ‘ : s im- saw the tere wore indications tat the verdise sf | Union, The main reason for the aclectog | that trocha are not stromg enough to with- reef aed “End. the mege: | vance 6's communication trols the Prost: | e2t,, SBE, was Lego emhee ot | TROOPS AT SHERIDAN Port, the court could not be expectei as early | of New Orleans as the name of the war- | Stand an attack by any large body of in- bers''of the family” @ecli dent. But the running of time does not the five Chicago members of : = = ship acquired from the sister republic of surgents which may want to cross it. The as tcmorrow. Chairman Dingley of the Ways ard means committee of the House the House. Mrs. Barnett was sent hore by s neater ~ -auiet _feeling. On the contrary, it seems sale ae a. Y robability is that Calixto Garcia’s follow- | Matter in any way, a ‘s to render ‘more tae the desire that ac- | Midss meéting of Chicago’ colored’ people South Ametica is that Louisiana is one of | P The-examinatign of fhe batk’s books “1s Battery K, Fourth Artillery, Ea- ; Down the River. ar a tion, “it does come, shall be of the | to work for the family or Mr. Baker. Mrs. camped D 2 gor had a eonfercree with President McKinley. | the very few states of the Union not repre. | €r8 Will want to cross in ee hecuetieed aul some cas nthet information | most ian ah ene pee Barnett said: The preparaiiohs for the defense -6f tne On leaving, he said he thought the report | sented in the navy at this time. pal a eethe uiea anitect ett mectig i been mi Bhd ay ys it has become an almost, universal convic- aee Presiden The colored citizens of this | national capital havc been: practically coms e “this week.” vi ti several | Starte ss a turday, tion in both houses of Congress that tl ry in gel and Chicago in particu- | pieted, so far as its approach by water 4s ould be here “this week.” From other paves mak athe acon rt sieoneteens “amplified autonomy.” are repudiated. | ®hlch h At, mas sald thet (UP, to that, time | independence of Cuba 1s going to be recog. | lar desire to respectfully urse thon siee Pa one baitiy af Boeriian raed psec ale ¥ pars the — Pe fu (heme houiee tit ations a ee oat Spanish military authorities have ho con- | pot! that a Conk nized by the President or its recognition | action be taken by you as chief magistrate pr iRig D1 wi ven, sl is a c! ge in * - had Teeommended by him to Congress. There | of this great nation whieh will result, on th? Pctomac just above Mount Vernon Sea {s no doubt that if a less decided course | “First, In the apprehension and punish- | is now completely manned, and will prove GOTTLIEG ‘SCHNEIDER IN TROUBLE. |is adopted by the President it will cause | ment of the lynchers of Postmaster Buker | « powerful auxiliary to the main battery at z ai both disappointment and discontent. The | of Lake City, 8. Fort Washinglon, ob the eppuiie sbaeeGe Howard County, Md. Man Charged | Pinion is held by some of the most con- |. “Second, 1h securing indemnity for the 3 cae With patuee oe servative men in Congress that Congress | widow: and children, both for the aurier | the river nearer this ged na warkioon _— ASTORIA, Ore., Maréh 21.—The steamer | 1tSelf, cannot be restrained from the rec-| of the husband and father and the in. }€steblished af Fort Washington several ognition of the independence of Cuba. It is | juries sustained b: themselves; -onth: fo. It consists of a detachment Oregon arrived froth ea and Skaguay, | universally recognized that it is quite possi- “Third, moat earnestly desire that sparing = W atl ren making the passagé fn five days. she | ble that, while the court of inquiry will be | national legislation be enacted foe tke at | of Hag: Sohieperancel ba ae fatten — om brings 146 passengers, who report that the | ble to report positively. that the Maine | pression of the nafional erime of tynching? | 2 ee eee epidemic of spinal migningitis in Skaguay is | V2* destroyed by an explosion from with- | ‘The other delegation consisted of a cem- | W°rk of building the emplacements an if out, it may not have discovered any evi- | mit; f fash- th ms at Sheridan Point was abating, no deaths having o¢curred for | dence showing who committed the erie. ‘tee of colored ministers from the Wash- | mounting the gu! ington conference, which tl, t ago, and its troops able to interpose no resistance or | some days. In Congress it is realized that this sort of Cee Those brkicabtece c Ean ane tora tn vleghagpected ward pact He'g obstacle in the way. Frank Clement of Hillsboro, Oregon, was |® report will be met by a most persistent | 4 "W. Clair, presiding clave: ine Ve Stretch Between Santa Clara and | shot and killed at oe) Camp March 14 by | fort, on the part of Spain to make the | ‘tomas, Rey. J. H. Griffin, Rev. i W. 8. | Oly within past few days, when the situation. Secretary. Leng did not know how the Teport would come or who would bring it. He laughed at the story that the man who brings the report will be guarded all the way. A Secretary Long and Secretary Alger, who also called upen the President for a confer- ence, declared positively that no intima- tion of the verdict of the court has reached the President or anybody else. Speaker Reed Sces the President. The day's events at the White House were evidently of the greatest importance. Unusual reserve was manifested by the visitors, however, and not much leaked out. The most iraportant conference of the day was between President McKinley and Speaker Reed. It is not known whether the Speaker was sent for, but when his Lig figure was seen on its way up the White Houre grounds everybcdy realized that something important was on foot. It is said that the Speaker has been at the White House but twice since President McKinley came in. = The conference took place in the private part of the White House, Secretary Long and Representative Hitt waiting in the President's room to see him when the big man of the house had concluded his busi- ness. The conference lasted about twenty minutes, and is thought to have related to sending of the report of the Maine board to Congress. Of course, Mr. Reed would not talk about the conference. Presi- dent McKinley does not now look for the tion of the various claims Secretary Long | Mdence in their own ability to repulse an attack of this kind. Several thousand in- considered that the compliment properly surgents who can be spared from the east belonged to the crescent city. Albany, N. iit be moved through: Puerto mcipeldo: ¥., Providence, R. L, and Buffalo, N. ¥., | ¥#! e et : Santa Clara to take the place of those Te thd en Senet ae: being: ential | cm Gomes has publi’ westward Gward ; < Havans. h A n, G hased im England from the Braallan government, | 1% *0ud not be understood trim hls “ ” , | that the appearance of a large body of has been named “Albany,” in honor of the capital of New York state. , insurgents within sight of- this city is = 1 an early probability, even were the Spanish The department may conclude to retain the historic name Mayflower for the vessel of that ‘ame now fitting out at, New York navy yard as a torpedo hoat destroyer. Future Movements of the Vesuvius, question of reparation the subject of pro- : ev. C. t K of the 4th Artillery arrived there Havana. Gottlieb Schneider loward county, Md. | fonged consideration, and that Spain will | nick Rev. Moses Lake, Rev. C. E, Hodges, | tery “4 : 2 A lynching was averted only by the prompt insist that this question should. be settled Rev. H. A. Carroll. frem Fort Monroe and went into camp. ~ Th ‘retch of count! between th ad és President. McKinley assured his callers five in the detach- Lieut. Commaneer J. E. Pillsbury, com: ere. is a stretc! ry action of the officer im getting the mur- | pefore anything is dene with respect to the | that both the Poor Sltins Dapariinent goa ae i apprentice pers ze < > general Cuban question. ; ; manding the dyremite cruiser Vesuvius, . reral tl- the Department of Justice were doing a!l . wiles Waa $a Re Le Washington | Wich Js almost a barren desert. No army | here. met lived Ag rege fall- | put an End to the Cuban Question. |) tree power to ferret out and punish | Greenough of the 4th Artillery. Their : can march over it. and find subsistence. 2 anes the members of the mob, and that the At-.| white tents and the American flag, which navy yard from Florida, was at tle Navy LAUREL, Md., "March 21.— Howard | The sentiment in Congress is strongly in Depa;tvast t60ay 40 cont ith the | For two weeks the ingurgents have Been | gchnelder, ‘who is about forty-five years | favor or having an end put immediately to | tomey General was now considering what | floats cver the small fort, are plainly vis- Lan ey ee ee < | moving in small detachments in this direc- | old, left here ‘last stmmer for the Klon- the Cuban question, irrespsctive of the ré- | SUIiHET Steps the government fould take | able from the riverside, and are objects of pt Fore (CERES EW ND a ee oa ie ee re en | pert as! to dhe Male ieeriee eeetiaetice ad cral Jurisdiction. | much interest to excursionists. ‘The near- us of eighty miles of Havana than at any |® farm near Guilford, Howard county, ae est communication to this post by land is where his wife and two children await his | is that there is ample reason for action in sat tool Santa Clara and Havana, 200 miles across,.| derer out-of the way3;He is now in jail officials in regard to the probable destina- tion and duties of that unique craft when she is again ready for service. The pneu- matic gear used in operating the dyfiamite tubes is undergoing repairs, which it is cal- culated will take about two weeks’ time. It is considered probable, in view ef the specd power of the Vesuvius, that she may be ettached te the so-called flying squadron wkich, it is alléged, is soon to assemble at Hampton Roads, with a view of making quick runs to such points as would enable it to harass and damage the commerce of Spain, in case circumstances should justify such a proceeding. According to present plans, the squadron to he organized at Hampton Roads will consist .7 the battle’ time during the past eighteen months. They are stowed away in the hills in such. numbers as to make the troops afraid to risk attacking them. . More will be brought westward as fast as they can be assured of food. When strengthened in this way they will forage in the zones of cultivation SS irae soins FT. SHERIDAN TROOPS COMING EAST re return.. He was al ked upon as a@| that direction, no matter how the Maine een by way of the Mount Vernon electric rail- peaceable, law-abidisg here. road. There is no road, as yet, to the fort, Dies iio and it can be approached from the land side only by crossing fields and farm lands. It is expected that one of the first duties was destroyed, and that ther2fore if there] They Are Volunteers for the New - > has to be any discussion over the latter Artillery Regiments, MOBILIZATION (OW ‘PRENCH FLEET. | question, it shall not be made the excuse | CHICAGO, ES 21.—Fort Sheridan brag 22% fo: it a troo| to fe +9 at, Salises: caletie it May Re- | 27,2 delay which prolongs the agony in ps are to join the forces stationed a Cuba. The Proctor statement has had a} the New York harbor 4d fenses, At Fort | 02 the new garrison. will be the building of fer to Us. profound eff2ct upon Congress, the im- $ “A a "y | Sh2ridan volunteers were asked for the new] a road from the point to the Mount Vernon which le close to the fortified towns. LONDON, March ¢1.—The St. James Ga- hi rape iso de a ecolnelder te meensity | artillery regiments and 200 men volunteer. | railroad in order to make closer connection The insurgents in the province of Pinar | #¢tte this afternocn, qmmenting upon the | 35! report on the Maine disaster and the | €d. From among them 100 were selected | with Alexandria and Washington than ts del Rio, to the west of Havana, expect no | mctilization of the French fleet, euggests | generat sentiment as to ths whele Cubes | and they will be sent to Fort Slocun, with-| pceesible by the river route. Army en- trouble in crossing the: Weyler trocha, | !t may be connected with the Spanish ques- | question is what is expected, but if it | im a few days. The man were taken from gireers, while not boasting of the strength tion, arid says: “If the trouble between | should turn out otherwise, the demand for | the different companies at the post and of the fortifications of Washington express Spain end the Unilted States. should be-| ection will, apparently, be no less, ‘The | their places will be filled with new recruits. gunk shan eufficicnt come aeute it would precipitate -issues of | minds of members of Congress ere un- —— ea a a great moment for France. Abe doubtedly set upon the recognition of the DEATH OF A FAMOUS WOMAN. to prevent the approach of a hostile flect which is now practically abandoned. They could make a junction with forces from the east in ten days. Tlie siege of Havana is s ‘ : Gi tal to be report befcre Thursday or Friday, and Ma: husetts and Texas and the | "°t 2 probability, but by the time the rainy . —_— independence of Cuba, and it does no: seem near enough to the national capil phi peppers he reps parece ae MMicnespells cad meta | season Ja on the ineurgents might Dé able| | DETRorIVES ae aul’ RONT. thet anything short of that can come out |areg, Emily Jackson, Whe Testea | dangerous. ministration officials. C Bia. “The, Vesuvitns could De Dest ey at | ee Ce a a een on ots peta ae rset eR A ico ar Bp at age Jarereaga a et eee A ee beginning to openly express impatience. | hcme in such company, being faster than cana a nare ei ate asia bat : {erference must not be of @ character to in || LONDON, March 21.—Mrs. Jackson, who Ci ~ etth f the battlesht; d he | Well supp! oe sed by any way it Spain in maintaining a} tecame prominent in 1891 as the princi At the Parasia oO pe. the a tm speed y patna aiekeee certainty that fresh supplies would not be | Special Dispatch to The/Evening Star. shadowy Sovereignty over island. a Principal | prof, Klek Says It is Easy to Avoid equal in speed of the pennant holders— Minneapolis and Columbia. - Commodore Howell Likely to Com- mand. 5 Although no orders to that effect have yet been given, it is generally ‘believed in naval circles that Commodore Howell will be assigned to the command of this fleet. ‘ in what was known as the Clitheroe case, dependent upon filibustering expeditions. | CLEVELAND, OBtojs March 21Jacob| Vhereas some time ago many Ynen could : > The care that has heretofore been exer- | Mintz, e private dutective, left. Cleveland | be found in Congress who said that this |! dead, as a result of blood poisoning, fol-| Crago, March 21—Uncle Sam has ‘try ought to k hands off, no e | lowing an operation performed upon her clged might not be necessary. The ingur- | quletly last night to: wind up negotiations | CZuniry Qugne te Keep hand Po pet are PRE A Proposed Joint Commission. water” to render the whole American army Representative Wheeler of Alabama to- immune from yellow fever, according to 3 : day introduced in the Ho-se the following ie Prof. Edwin Kiek of Rush Medical College, supervision resolution: @n account of whose discovery of yellow next. Senator Proctor said that he had | This officer was recently in command of sncaatie-on geeliee wle: ity “Resolved, That a joint -smmittee, con- lalled on a political missign solely, and had |the European squadron, which’ has Just ec! Ie = sisting of seven members ut :he Senate, to not talked of the Cuban situation with the been abandoned by the recall to the United z ‘Mints. be..appointed by the Vice President, and President. _ States of the three vessels comprising it— Not Before Thursday. }Ban Francisco, Helena end Bancroft, Com- It can be stated that the present official } modore Howell is now on the San Fran- infcrmation is that the report is not Ikely | cisco, which was. the fiagship of the sta- to be hare before next Thursday or Friday. ‘This 1s a material change from the expecta- tion up to this time. The cause of the de- jay is not known, but it is-assumed that the conclusions of the court are not yet in svch éxact form as to warrant their earlier | England on thelr vcyage across the At- Frzsentation here. lantic ocean, and the probabilities are that ‘The rumor that the report is coming by | they will make Hampton Roads their des- Capt. Barker, as some press dispatches in- | tiration. In case of his return “to the timate, is specifically denied by Secretary | United States, Commodore Howell will Leng. The routine which the report will |rank next to Admiral Sicard among the follcw in transmission ‘to the President wil! | 0Mcera afloat, and would be entitled to not b2 made public, as it would merely |command a@ separate squadron if one is serve to Jeopardize its safe transmission | Organized. and arouse groundless conjecture. Capt. Barker left Washington the middle of last week. He is the naval ald to Secretary Lorg, and it is naturally inferred that his goirg from the Secretary to Key West at this time had some direct relation to the important pending question. Further than this, however, the naval officials will say nothing as to the purposes of his trip. Floca of Rumors. —~ ‘There was th2 usual flood of speculative report current today, Including a renewal President was with Representative Hitt for a short time. He next held a conference with Secretary Long and later with Secre- tary Alger. Senator Hale -wus the first caller of preminence in the morning. Representa- tive Dingley and Senator Proctor were gents would be able to get what they need- ed if the military operations proved more active than is usually possible at the be- ginning of the rainy season. In summing up it can be said that while the insurgents detectives to the front imcasc of a war with Spain. & rl cel if The enlistment branch of the Navy De- 5 Petersen shot six | omcial u:.d olher Partmont today issued a large poster ad- r, 4s holding her own | will aiso rec vertising for men for the navy. The re-| and as e | tion. aa be ne San