Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1898, Page 2

2 ' THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1698-94 PAGES. ACTIVITY CONTINUES |S." "w=" "= "ICAPTIVES GO FREE|WAR HGH OINKFT) FR] PROFOUND ANXIETY |==z= E H Ly 3 5 F FINANCE AND TRADE Btooks Were Feverish and Irregular on the War News, PRICES UPHELD BY STRONG INTERESTS rf i Reorganising the Militia. - ‘The Senate committee on military affairs No Cessation on Work of Military | 5ctstor Hewicy's vill for the reergenton: { General Blanoo Orders the Release off >. <——+—— That Fooling Apparent Throughout Preparations. Staton ‘ho bil 1s prastloally '& ction: Beconoentrados, ——Renthaies trom Rirnt Pose) Offital Circles, tion of the laws relating to the militia, || recelyed by" tortiorrow. fn either event it CAMPAIGN PLANS CONSIDERED | ag? i F z i | saad Ea ith i ined ad a i : : id i F i i I i | and while it does not make many material is argued that’ whether. the anewer ts favor- changes, it makes a great many in mat- changes, It makes a gieat many in mat THEY MAY RETURN 70 THEIR HOMES si's ot ssttvorsbie consrese cusnt to te | A DIPPERENCE IN UNDERSTANDING @iven the enawer by Saturday. It is sug- aoe se reveers: auites the E wetter Sees gevted that {7 Spain's answer means certain 3 ‘i Plans for Succor Till They Can : What Giving Cuba Independence Become Self-Supporting, ‘Coma Would Mean in Spain. | gf ri z 4 ? PE [ i fs F f i i f i E i é War, Tecognition of that fact should be forty-five years of age who are not in- ciuded in the organized corps or engaged in certain exempted callings. Sen SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. Discussing the Need fo» More. Coaling Stations. & i Assurance of Peace Would Cause a Bound Upward. ALTERING SMALL BOATS ——_-+—-— HOW DIPLOMATS TALE ane nine enters YY the |TERMS OF THE DECREE ate. The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up in the Senate this afternoon. The a7 committee amendment appropriating $45,000 |_| HAVANA, March 81.—Capt. Gen. Blanco for the purchase of the Globe building was | has issued an important decree, dated stricken from the bill by a vote of the Sen- | March 30, and published this morning, In ate. The appropriation of $650,000 for the | Wrich he directs the end of the reconcen- preparations are well under way so far 28 | purchase of the Union building was also | tration in the four western provinces, the department proper is concerned more perecely Pico and will probably be | Pinar Del Rio, Havana Matanzas and San- attention fs being cevoted to the broader | *'Ticken from the bill. ta Clara. have been received from the President that if the reply comes in time he will not require Congress to wait until A feeling of profound anxiety was ap- pepinadd readied aoe eanete afer Parent throughout all official circles today peice Sere horace a as the time for Spain's final answer to the cane Avsaere Feber to the | "ecific representations of the United Comuiunicate ideas States draws near. The State Department President held a meeting this morning, and | p25 received a cable dispatch from Min- it was reported at the meeting that the isier Woodford at Madrid expressing in a i : number of members joining in the Cuban general way his hopefulness that a solu- question of plan of campaign in the event AGAINST BELGIAN BLOCK. The preamble sets forth that the pacifica- | movement had grown to a hundred and tion will be effected, and stating that his of war. Under this head comes the neces- tions of said provinces having been con-|ninety-seven. It was decided that the | interview with Pretaier Segasta and the sity for the establishment of depots to be | Merchants and Property Owners on | siderably advanced by the combined action | committee stiould call on the President at ministry was set for 4 o'clock this after- used as bases of supplies, and_on this 7th Street File Petitions. of arms-and the natural effect of the es- | half-past 2 today, and that they should neon, following the cabinet council. This watter the commercial interests of “he } A committee, consisting of Messrs. Isa-| tablishment of autonomy in giving security | urge upon him that the message should be cabinet council is“one of two held regu- | ™dst of the present exciting events. His country are making themseives heard. The | dore Saks, James Lansburgh, John R.| to the country, thus making possible the | sent to Congress tomorrow, if possible, or | isriy during the week, but the noon meet- | ©@@¥Tance has been put to the test within citizens of Louisiana realizing the desir- | Major, House &Herrman, R, Harris; Chas.| advancement of the sugar, tobacco and | on Saturday at the latest. A member of | ing of ‘Thursday has the added importance the past ten days, for hardly a night passes ability and practicability of New Orleans | Kraemer, Fred Eberly, Peter Nee, Ben} food crops, it also being near the time | the committee said later that the commit- of having the queen regent present and | tt he and his entire staff are not engaged as a supply center for troops that may be | solomon, C. Kattlemann and others, repre-j when the minor plantings give the means | tee would not be unreasonable, but that presiding. ‘The difference in time between until 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. When located in the south, have called the at-| senting every property owner and mer-| of living to the laboring clasees and peas-| some very good reason would have to be Washington and Madrid is such that these | tP® Cfitical condition of affairs was sug- tention of the Navy Department to the | chant on 7th street between Pennsylvania | ants, also believing the time has come | advanced by the President to induce them meetings are held early in the day, accord- | £°#ted to him this morning he shook his merits of that place. Senator McEnery | avenue and K street, called upon the Dis-| to resume the normal conditions in the | to wait in patience until Monday.. It is said ing to our time, but this is offset by the head, with a smiling negative, indicating and Representatives Myer, Ogden and | trict Commissioners today for the purpose | towns and villages, to do away with the | that If Spain asks for further delay than time required for transmitting and de- | “#2 he believed the apprehension was Davy of Louisiana called on Secretary | og presenting petitions for the removal| causes of suffering among the people, to | the-time named in the ultimatum, Congress ciphering official dispatches even announc- | ™*Stitled, and suggested that as he had re- Long today and supp:emented the repre-/ trom 7th street between the streets desig-] remove so far as possible all the effects | cannot be held for that delay. “The asser- ing simple results. ceived an invitation to dine with a distin- sentations of the merchants who were here | rated of the present Belgian block pave-| of the reconcentration, and further to give | tion Is excited by an intimation that there ane aS Suished official the latter part of April it lest week in regard to the advantages of | rent and for replacing it with asphalt or] complete liberty to all the country peopie | might be a request for a delay of oné week sa ream remrre SE Nae pwbeits tet be well te New Orleans as a base of supplies. They scme other smooth-surface pavement. | to return to such places as they desire, to | more. = ; ewame tie bopetul tenor of Gen. ens — —— to aS “eee ae = 2, = . it distance ney Jesse 5 rd’s tches gives some groun for | fore ime. e ac’ co of Swann aclecciay aie eae spokesman of the committee, and in pre- Se ace pen oe ned ene etl Ne eran Sis ae ae wees ay pitecnaes BS pesssccabae oli 1s aeorocmian foamatiint | nuses tas minister eetemree kar meen ake = 5 “ memnbera o} louse who preset by fleet and is a great railroad center. saw the President is authority for the | nocp°aks from the situation as it se action asked. The Commissioners took the Plan of Relief. solute silence. The delegation also spoke to the Secre-| matter under consideration, suggesting, Statement that if a favorable reply is re- itself at Madrid, and this cannot take into —_—_—__o-—___ - | account the complications which have ceived from Spain Congress will at once ‘s if tary in regard to the question of defenses | however, that it would be well for the com. | The Preemie ae enkone: a INDIANS OF THE DOMINION. for th2 city, but the Secretary expressed | Mittee to present the matter to the Senate | Tecuncentrados who, arisen on this side, and the apparent dif- inion t be informed; should it be unfavorable the | rerences of understanding between Wash. President will send a message reviewing 7 eS ith a formidable fleet in | 2"¢ House district committees, as the Com- | sources or instruments with which to labor, he 8: ington and Madrid as to what constitutes panish-American controversy, and missioners can do nothing without direct | remain ic the towns or centers previously make certain recommendations. The mes- {tne S¢tusl desire of the United States gov- the gulf and such fortifications as were | authority from Congress, jontal govern- already in existence the city is well pro-| Commissioner Black stated that the Com- | *¢t apart for thelr use, the colonial gov. ernment. The understanding at Madrid, sage, he sald, would justify the recom- and fro: mendations, and these recommendations | 25 Conveyed by cable dispatches, ee to missioners have already recommended that | ™ent will with great urgency propose a pee meee a Se Belgian block should not be replaced on | the governor general a plan of relief. In nother Coaling Station. ther high sources, is that the actual in- would be satisfactory to Congress, . a Rouben wee ee dependence of Cuba is not involved in the such thoroughfares as 7th street, and while | this plan the mayors and alcaldes are ex- Another delegation that called on Secre- | they would be glad to afford the desired re- | pected to take part, establishing scup kitch- present negotiations. At the same time, Assistant Secretary Day said to a Star | the view in Washington is that the inde. reporter at 3 o'clock this afternoon that he tary Long during the morning was made | lef. it cannot be done in the absence of ex-| ons etc., and doing all in thelr power to ndence of the island is an essential fea- had not heard anything from Minister | pa, ress authority therefor from Congress. up of Representatives McMillin of Tennes- | Commissioner Black cleo called Gouerten | terminate the existing misery. ture to any plan of settlement. It is alm- Woodford up to that hour and dia not ex-| cult to account for this difference at the pect any advices from that quarter before see, Underwood and Wheeler of Alabama | to complaints which the Commissioners | Then follow five articles, carrying out and Lester of Gecrgia. They came to talk | have received from property owners on | what is set forth in the preamble: about the matter of the selection of a coal- | Other streets so paved, remarking that! Article 1—After the publication of this é two capitals on the most vital feature of & or 7 o'clock this evening. Consequently | the negotiation. he did not know how the Sp&nish govern-| 1- pou I: was suggested today that the pour- ment had treated the President's repre- ets sé ing station on the gulf or the Atlantic | jmlat Petitions could easily be obtained | 722, the reconcentrados and their families coast, somewhere in the neighborhood of | Commissioner Ross expressed his sympa- | Will be allowed to return home in th four the headquarters of the gulf fleet. Already | thy wiih the prayer of the petitioners, and | provinces giv2n above. the department hes taken steps for the es- eee shee meexithe eye Article <—Orders ald relere commaletars ‘i pile Leming ROWER ES Chica . 1 vo istrict committees in Congress, \d civil and military autho: ies to cili- Farler, while tending tow: e ultimate Se Ss = ates at nurcaees: pac which Mr. Wilson, on thelr behalf, prom: ae . ine earkings Bats aaurostand/eikoucs a for the settlement of the Cuban | accomplishment of independence, might not as s ised to do. Mr. Ross also remarked that : . | affair, and there was no certainty that h t Present time little difficulty would be ex- | it was unfortunate that the matter had | aid the reconcentrados in selecting and se 14 'y that he | have treated it as an immediate sine qua government, costs the Canadian treasury | ‘®8¢ Tecorded the day after the Maine would be any better informed on the sub- There is no doubt he tl explosion indicates a considerable Jis- Perienced by a hostile fleet in destroying | not been brought to the attention of the | curing new houses. Ject this evenfig. It is possible that Me, | 7, TEE 2 = = = the oes ©s | annually many thousands of dollars, spent.| crepancy yet to be regainca. Inthe raven, Woodford may- not be prepared to send the here regard the immediate cessation 0s- | for eed clotaing, schools, police and gen- ment issues, including particularly the tillties and such a condition as will bring | eral administration. Still, it is money well | Vanderbilt and granger groupe the enerine desired information before tomorrow morn- | about independence as essential features. | €xPended. for on the whole the Canadian | decline is something more then 3 per cen: ing, and .. may not be ready even by that Th be aiff z _ | 2dministration of Indian affairs has been | In the traction group Brooklyn Rapid Tran- time. fast ere may, be some difference as to just | successful and in the best interests not | ait ‘has virtually recovered ite lo:s, wh le was said by one of the members after orders to secure for the country people ee when these results are to be reached, but | only of the red man, but also of law and : leaving the Secretary that they were prac- work on public improvements, and also to | . is tically agreed on Tybee Island as a second give food, by economical kitchens, to ali} PROPOSED ‘NAVAL STATION efr- — GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——_.———__ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, March #1.—Liberal sellin= of Spanish bonds in the foreign markets for Speculative accounts hag a depressing in- fluence on the London market for American securities this morning. The decline in the foreign markets extended to more than ‘ Der cent in many instances. Opening prices on this side were extreme- qe Sebs ‘catatatee: Ween Weise Dar ly feverish, the declines varying from 1 :o 3 per cent. The market was supported 24- nabe, maintains’ his usual composure in the | mirabiy, however, and the Gectine stayed before it had assumed the proportions of a scare. The largest interests in the street con- tinue to buy in all weak spots, and every effort is being made to protect Invested capital in the event of an emergency. At times during the morning the good effect of the buying was hindered by the theatri- cal methods employed to hold the market. Notwithstanding this fact, however, prices were forced back im many instances for a complete recovery of the early loss. ‘There was no cessation teday in the ax- traordinary activity which has prevailed at the Navy Department during the past month. Now that many of the emergency Nearly 100,000 on the Canadian Reser- vations. Eryom the Springfield Eepublican. According to the report of the superin- tendent general of Indian affairs there is | “<rhe ‘abil throughout the Dominion of Canada an In- | this dian population of 99,364 living upon the | equaled. reservations of the eastern provinces and Demers oan ap in ene Dane Manitoba, and scattered over parts of 2 expec’ od ad- British Columbia and the unorganized ter- | Foreige etre Sropable outcome from some ritory of the far northwest. Almost three | Few interests save those actually sus- centuries have passed since the whites | tairing the market cared to stand commit- first settled in thé northern part of the | ted to eitner accoumt over mgnt. American continent, and today of the ab- The whoie situation is feverish and guess- has taken ome original population there docs not remain | inf "ee take tee Mogg he oe as many souls as would make up one-third | in the hands of experienced teaere tan of the population of Montreal. That rem- | in the hands of a too credulous public. nant of the Indian tribes, all wards of the | A comparison of prevailing prices with ‘tock market. ity to read the Spanish mind at bas a money value not often Morgan, Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile. It | promising an early reply to the petitions. ficers, to prepare to execute all necessary —————— APPEAL TO PALMA. The Cuban Junta Urged to Reject Compromise. Representative C. B. Beach of Ohio has ‘sent the following telegram to President Palma of the Cuban junta: “Having main- tained the war for three years by their own bravery, resources and sacrifices un- entirely in the hands of Congress, as such | procedented in“all history, will the Cubans action would involve the expenditure of |2-cept compromise when they can over. money, for which provision would have to | hear in the throat of thelr brutal enemy be made by that body. He was interested | the death rattle? God forbid. Will com- in the project, but in the absence of the | Promise give tos — a i aggaie oh = Docemrary legislation <i not see how he | mocner who urged them on with the Yast could comply with their wishes. breath which starvation alloed? Fight Visitors to the Military Secretaries. | Ut. Uncle Sam is dusting off his uniform. ; pe al rush o! tors today. those at “i 4 ” the Navy Department aes eccateea Platt, | Werk of: Overh: ‘= the Vesuvius | "fying “golden lily,” has always Seett : Gear and Tillman and Representative Bar- Almost Fini the curfosity of Europeans. I neve no in- rows of Massachusetts. Senator Tillman| The work of overhauling the dynamite | tention of passing in sever - ae meee made inquiries concerning the condition of | cruiser Vesuvius, completing the work on | #¥¢s that have been ad sei ae Seer 2 the Port Royal dry dock. The latest re- | her guns, and fitting her up for active ser- | ¢xPlein why the Chinese have see Ports received at the department indicated | vice is now almost finished, and she proba- | ™Utilated be “set we behest aed that work at that place was progressing | bly will be ordered to leave the Washing- Lee eee ae Bere ee steadily in the draining out of a basin at | ton navy yard within the next two days. Po ee eS ee O fernnee pe e the entrance to the dock, so that vessels | Her officers do not know as yet where she | Sve Years (hat they, bet aie canted can enter and leave either at high or low | will be ordered, though it is thought that si Commissioners last summer, so that they h Kitchens. Gcteralon Woabd make denreae weeeaane | coli fave hrovidea fort in thatr'nomaai | Fe Eatmbaiam Keone its higher priced neighbors are from 10 io there appears to be no doubt that the re- | order throughout the land. 15 per cent under the low level of Febru- sults themselves are expected as the uiti-} The largest Indian population of any choice if their individual preferences in the the suffering, attention being called to those selection of a place could not be acquiesced on the small country estates. estimates, He said the Commissioners| Article 3—Directs the colonial govern- ary 16. mate end of present negotiation, province is that of British Columbia, whose ee ere article 4All the expenses over and above | Purchase of Danish West India Islands Fa- : ferced about in both directions do not war- Effect of Giving Cuba Independence. | Mountains and a long stretch of Pacific] rant confidence In its staying govern coast extending up to Alaska and the Yu- Ba penne oan How far Spain will eccede tothe Amer- | kon. Here live 24,996 Indians. Conditions | gsnou Peace result entice’ Some ne San: i ropost an onl: Con: »Uill favor their mode of life. Every lake r lean propositions can only be conjectured, P and river abounds with fish, and land game tor even the bast posted officials Bere tack 1 i5"srm pientiful. It $e gather reurareatae any basis of judging the probable course } that the next largest Indian population is of events at Madrid. Minister Woodford's | in Ontario, the most highly developed prov- > dispatch is the most hopeful indication, | ince in Canada. It numbers 20.208. These and yet, as already stated, it mas veiate cy | Indians ‘are all on reservations “in mest | FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. 2 cases their land is good and they are fairly ——— featurer of settl>ment less advanced than | well-to-do farmers. living afte: the wue.| The f are the opening, the high. those generally understood here as the re- | ner of their white neighbors. In Quebec | ©St and ine lowest nut the chosing gripes of quirements sultable to the case. If the | there are 10,622 Indians; in the three mari- | ‘he New York stock market today. as re- ete indi f time provinces, 3,850; in Manitoba, 6,540; in | BO . we Sic complete Independence of Cuba is to be | the northweat ‘terns re ae ae pt | Rew York stock ex Presented and insisted upon by the United | terior of Labrador, 1,000, with the renain, | Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 States government there is reuson to be- | der scattered over the vast districts about | Wall st. Meve that the situation may become ex- wg aps ee: a reaching ay tremely grave. Those familiar with condi- | t° mol long the Mackenzie river ticns at Madrid say the independence of | pao 'o,{he cast to the shores of Hudson Cuba is out of the question, and that the coaling: station. The purchasé ‘Is to be | people of this country do not seem to real- pom — . 4 made upon such terms as he may in his dis- | ize what the granting of such independence ; other istian bedies, 1,362, and pa- éretion deem advisable. The sum of $5,-| weuld mean to Spain. gans, 16.677. The Catholics, therefore. k pagans secon 000,000 or so much thereof as may be neces-| One well-informed gentleman—not an ee eend rose tte sary 1s appropriated for th2 purchase. official—said that if Spein voluntarily re-|ism do not seem to have found favor with Gnesapeake © Ohio 9° ion tex te Senator Lodge submitted a lengthy re-| Inquished her hold on Cuba without a war | the Indians. 8 3 for coaling stations cre Tybee Island, Fort | would take the matter into consideration, | ment, through its secretaries and minor of- Th market territory incl.des a large part of the a. pmead Secretary Long informed the visitors that the funds now in the hands of the commit- the establishment of cealing stations in tees are to be provided for under the cad vored. accordance with their wishes was a matter of an extraordinary war credit. ra Article 5—All former orders of reconcen- tration are abrogated. Report Submitted to the Senate From ——. i ; THE FEET OF CHINESE women. | ‘"® Foreign Relations Committee— Appropriation of $5,000,000. wel on > as Costs Considerable ad Inconvenience. From La Nature. Senator Lodge reported to the Senate to- day,from the committee on foreign rela- ions a bill directing-the President of the United States to purchas3 the Danish West India Islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, or any of*them, for a naval and The most interesting reservations are Port upon the proposed purchase. The lo- | the queen regent and Sagasta would be be- ro- | by the use of tighter and tighter bandages those of eastern Canada, containing the thde. Eee Be tia Sie Re See 10 Noe And tren that produce in the organ a double move-|Catfon of tue islands is described amd | headed by the Spanish people. This con-|remnants of the sutiecs oot figure 80 Senators Proc! Mason Repre- -| their history given. A review is given of tative Smit SS ee ment of antero-posterior flexion upon it. Cae Saeeone primers had confer- New Naval Academy Building. self and of the rotation of the last four ae attenats at Bingen beginning ences Secretary Alger during the day, - | t their metatarsal bone around the eee nee ee un and Senators Frye and Fairbeaks weg | T¢ House today agreed to the amend- | toes and <2) beg Yevs an lea of the extreme gravity which | prominently. in the ‘early history ‘of this such @ proposition would have at Madrid. | Continent—the who ruled over the It induces the belief among those whose | 227 forests before Champlain had landed at Quebec or the Pilgrim Fathers on New Sete eet en oe Tae hee ee : by Mr. Seward. After twenty-four years | position is such thet they are familiar|tnsiand’s coast, There ans tee Soon, among the congressional callers on Assist- | ings at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The effect of this first movement is to} Regotlations were reopened by Secretary | with the general current of events In Spain| reservations in Quebec. One is at Caugh- ery ts Daye ati tha lmuatet negest ce pace break the foot into two parts—one of them | Foster and continued under his succsssors.| that complete independence of the Isalnd | ¥@Wage, on the south bank of the St. Law- ‘aeaek : ‘A Postmaster’s Suicide. anterior, comprising the toes and their! In the argument'in favor of the purchase, | of Cuba has not and will not be insisted | Te®ce ten miles above Montreal. It is an metatarsa', the other posterior amd com-| the report says that as lon; he island: Militia of the United States. Acting Chief Post Office Inspector Baird prising the calcaneum. The scaphoid bone, ‘dee inns ike rete eee 3 oR saa The military information division of the | today received a telegram from one of his} which in this work plays the part of & sel x 2 ill be acquired by some foreign govern- War Department h: inspectors conveying the inforniation that] hirge, is entirely put out of joint. it is| w! ahacchacs ties’ atracetie oF 1 <a ane er = Postmaster W. W. Guinor of Winslow, | always more or less displaced and ralses| ment. This would be an infraction of the 2 ngt e ia of the the skin of the foot, which, at this level,} Monroe doctrine and inyolve the United United States. It,also gives data as to the | ATk., coramitted suicide while his accounts also gives data as to the being inspected. He was found to be| Sometimes ulcerates. After the foot has| siates in a serious diMeuity with the Be, number of men liable to military duty, in- TOU « Eee eee attained a sufficient degree of atrophy, y e formation in regard to appropriations, com- Sar cola ne ees GPs Mesa ne and at the cost of considerable pain, the | TCPean power which sought possession of Pany officers, encampments, mobilization, | Photographing 1 Wounded Buffalo. | young Chinese woman has not yet finished | the tsland. ‘The United States has always ete. The table is compiled from the re- | Arthur C. Humbert in Harper's Magazine. suffering. She has to keep her feet con-| teen anxious to acquire a naval station in s stantly bardaged in order to be able to Dorts made to the department by army offi- | kxchanging my .577 tor a 3u-v repeater, | Wai, ana even then a long walk is impos. | t#e West Indies. Such a ccaling station is important in cers detailed for inspection duty with the |1I fired at the bull, which was standing | sible. The atrophy of the foot brings about militia of the states. The authorized | broadside to us, end struck him some six | an atrophy of the leg, which is reduced to| time of reace and essential to our safety strength of the militia of the entire coun-|inches below his spine. This seemed to | the state of a skeleton, the muscles dis-| in tiine of war. The islands could be easily ay aring and hardly anything remaining 7 try is 18684, while the aggregate actual | disable him considerably; but th the mean-| put the skin and bone. ‘This ateophy of the piers to die sae Si ered strength is 114,764, made up as follows: time the other buffalo, who had been hit | leg contributes in < great measure toward posi Infantry . 100,179 in the shoulder, ‘Inaped off into the long { increasing the trouble of walking and| Value to the United States, not only of old settlement, established under the upon by the United States, or, if insisted] French regime by the Jesuits. They had upon, that Spain will regard the issue as eee creme tte ee now the e of New York, one between honor and dishonor and will and whenever they inp gbinwant ae eee choose to resist independence at whatever | brought up td Caughnawaga s0 as to re- cost it may entail, even though it be war.|move him from the influence of the Eng- This, it should be understood, fs not based | lish. A large grant of land was given and cn any official advices from Madrid, but | Subsequently | ey British as merely expressing the general aspect of | jine of the Canadian Pacific ratives. thet ecnditions in Spain by those having an|ieads to Boston crosses the St. Lawrence intelligent view of the situation. here, and i One Hopeful Outlook. On the other questions involved—the ces- sation of hostilities and the relief of the reconcentrados—the hopeful outlook is much stronger. The dispatches received by that _ balancing. the gart of the national defense, but as re-| the Spanish legation last night, stating ences 5.005 | grass and was lost to vieW. ‘The Chinese woman can walk only with! moving by their possession a very probable | the reconcentrado decree had been revoked Cavalry . 4,978 | Taking my twelve-bore in one hand, and a shoe made to fit the form of her foot. caule’ bf Corsige “Gimplisationk: in the eastern provinces of Cuba, is looked Special troope. 2,270 | fastening my ¢amera to my saddle, I re-| This is provided with a fiat heel, which ? i Gpon:awat slgpificant. step’ inthe dicection Generaié and sta: 878 | mounted my pony and advanced toward the | alene serves as a_point of support for ——_->-—_—_ of the demands made by the United States. But the eastern provinces of Cuba are not the ones toward which the attention of the United States is directed. It is the rich central and western provinces, where Non-commissioned staff otticers. 400 | wounded bull. There he was, standing in| the entire body. The point of the foot The District Appropriation Bill. = d, and the women The total number of men liable to mili- seen sen = ae ae a seat Bie A ite ery oo oceans No staps have yet been taken by the tary duty in the country is 10,378,108. State | Of us-, He made su a ee My | They are rot very steady upon their feet, | Senate or House conferees. onthe District Sppropriations made for the maintenance | guide, who was on his pony, warned me to| &nd when they become aged have to use| of Columbia appropriation bill to secure a of the militia in 1897 amounted to $2,723,561. | be careful and not make too free with the | 2 cane. They walk with their arms slight- meeting. ‘The Senate committee on appro- = shoot ly extended and performing the office of a “4 boundary between Quebec and New York The “Mosquito Fleet.” Re ee ee hima | valance-pole; and with the pelvis thrown | Priations has business before. it which it touches the St. Lawrence, is another The work incident to the transformation | Jumping down from my pony and hand-| hack and the breast slightly forward, they | desires to consider within’ the: next few quois reservation. , I took | Seem to be endeavoring to preserve their | days, so that it is. not Mkely the District of the 3 yachts and tugs recently purchased | ing the reine to one, of my Rams, 1 took | center of gravity. When thelr heels are | ceva appropriation bill..will be tak- javy Department, so as to make the other,then crept stealthily along among | Close together, the slightest push may up-| en up by the conferees for several days. them practicable for naval purposes, i] the tall reeds, keeping a watchful eye on | Set them. ~A foot is so much the more ap- : Sasol i ie now well under way. The alterations and| him. After some stalking I could Plainly | #Teciated in proportion as it is smaller. im an % cE 2 changes necessary are being rushed with | sce his enormous horns through the reeds. = may not be eoreany, anown Hie aul low the Republicans Stand. all possible speed, and orders have been is-4 At such tlmes as this the heart, from fear | Fhinete, women, do not have deformed! Representative.Joy of Missourl, secretary sued to employ a sufficient number of men | OF excitement, seems to throb unevenly. I eirnpacadetists of the republican conference, which will the south than in the north, and in cities to work night and day, so that no time will | Resitated. not knowing whether to photo: | inan in the rural districts. “The Manchoo | tday press the Presldsnt for immediate " thetr | action, says that. canvass of the republi- be lost. In the tugs, particularly, there | position he was in decided me in favor of | ©Men are.not authorized to bandage t! 3 3 4 are a number of changes necessary for the | the camera. Cocking my 12-bore, and hold- | feet: and on this subject there are very fans of the House. shows. 197 of them ‘will comfort and convenience of the men who | ing it ready to raise to my shoulder, 1 an Borel of tha; mllaicmacy” sociation aad Fro onng Gee Sk Somnus in- will man them. The yachts, on the other big euarc nsec had pala litte ci: | especially some of the female missionaries, ree hand, are in better shape and less work | tention ‘to me, but was in the act of | Mave for some time will be required on them than on the tugs. | jooking through the ny ressed They will be given @ belt of armor as u|he turned his head quickly toward me, in| ;o™es heseeching that minister to wane. means of protection for portions which are | readinces to charge. Snapping sant: | mit thetr request to the emperor; hut he almost vulnerable to the enemy's fire. So | !¥ pet marcas, 4 nswered them that the Son of Heaven ing my 12-bore, sent a bullet through his | far the department has purchased five |p, fave his subjects the right to do_as they yachts and eight tugs for the auxiliary pleased. The Chinese regard a @ef< feot thing of beauty. What would navy. The New English Liability Act. Queen" ‘Victoria say’ ae to recelve a ? i dd! d Fc ii if! ERESES fii i i it t re f I E I Bek i : | i fs i & ; i i Hy E i ef 2 f i EE +3 tt with a British degree. Safe and Trost —National Ng Signidcant Movement. From the Philadelphia Record. Petition slgned by Rumerour colestials ask: troquols ‘were the Harons; whe" bad ts | Lean eof rac 125 bid, 126 sated. "Smesicas There was nothing specially significant in| The employers’ liability act, which goes | DE her to, ’ flee from their country about che lake to! Sant.2'ScanGupital Seaction, 71% bid, 72% the movements of naval vessels reported | Mt effect in England July 1, embraces all PAS BEET SSS which they gave their mame and found | amet Metropolitan "ios baa. 27 ~ to the Navy Department today. The gun- | PeT#0ns engaged in any employment to A Cub Bear as a Model. ng gh Soe ol Bear Quebss, They | lnmbia, 70 bd, 15 asked. 35 bid, 1 asked. boat Wilmington arrived at Jacksonville | Which the act appliss, “whether by manual] | a. acis quols were of the English. ‘Tho remnant of | Geeand tre Gas, yesterday on her way to N@w York for re- | !@b0F oF otherwise.” thus including off!- | 7 'o test model in my experience waa the proud Huron nation live at the village | $°4..0040% =" pairs. ‘The torpedo boat Somers, purchased | “als. clerks and assistants, and as the new | | “To Des TS Ta auring hie wisit to the of Jeune Locette, near the city of Quebec. | *yontence fn Germany, arrived at Pillau yesterday on | ™¢48uFe extinguishes the doctrine of “com- % All told, they Lumber but the census | 35 bid. her way to the United States. The gunboat ‘Wheeling has left Port Angeles for Seattle. 2 - The cruiser Columbia and the revenue cut- | °tion of the ne oe Se eee ter Morrill arrived at Norfolk today. The baat . SB piranha Ha dE Seerious fi i 5 i i i et a | { H Hl : i : ‘Portneuf, i fl x | the it portionately reduced; and when ti no dependents a raaximum of $50 ed for medical and funeral Hf hers are