Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1898, Page 3

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DON'T ORDER YOUR MANTELS OR TILE work until you see my stock; SO different styles of oak and white mantels to select from: 20 Gfferent styles of slate mantels cabinets; yourself as to prices; goods and work- Cammeeadiniece sj — goa T1G 13th st. o.w. 3 “Uy TIL M ONDAY.” SPEEDY ACTION DEMANDED Another Conference of Republican Repre- sentatives, Many Favor Armed Intervention, but the Leaders Are Willing to Wait a Few Days Longer on President. The republicans of the House of Repre- sentatives who are advocating prompt and speedy action on the Cuban question met again last evening. Their number was avgmented from 46 to 115. Among those present were Representatives Hicks of Pennsylvania, Hawley of Texas, Crump of Michigan, Hepburn of Iowa, Lacey of Iowa, Ellis of Oregon, Fischer of New York, Hamilton of Michigan, Mills of Illinois, Shattue of Ohio, Mann of Mlinols, Beiknap of lilinois, Sullonay of New Hampshire, Faris of Indiana, Cooper of Wisconsin, Morris of Minnesoa, Adams of Pennsy vania, Prince of illinois, Mercer of Ne- braska, Hopkirs of Ilinois, Bromwell of Chi Parker of New Jersey, Corliss of Michigan, Smith of Ilinois, 8. W. Smith and W. A. Smith of Michigan, Connelly of Illinois, Reeves of Niinois, Marsh of Illi- nois, Northway of Ohio, White Illinois, White of North Carolina, Brownlow of ‘Tennessee, Henry of Connecticut, Spalding of Michigan, Aldri¢h of Alabame, Joy of Missouri, Mitchell of New York, Arnold of Pennsylvania, Mahany of New York, But- ler of Pennsylvania, Kirkpatrick of Penn- sylvania, McIntyre of Maryland, Dovener of West Virginia, Tawney of Minnesota, Sherman of New York, Foote of New York, Quigg of New York, Barham of California, Lorimer of Iliinois, Boutell of Illinois, Dorr of West Virginia, Graff of liline! Sheldon of Michigan, . Clarke of ‘ew Hampshire, Heatwole of Minnesota, McDonald cf Maryland, Powers of Ve mont, Curtis of lowa, Updegraff of Iowa, Brumm of Penrsylvania, Acheson of Penn- sylvania, Sauerhering of Wisconsin, Olm- sted of Pennsylvania, Ray of New York, Miller of West Virginia, Steyens. of Minne- sota, Eddy of Mirnesota, Mudd of Mary- land, Wanger cof Pennsylvania, Johnson of North Dakota, Gibson of Tennessce, Kulp of Pennsylvania, Williams of Pennsylvania, Davenport of Pennsylvania, Stewart of New Jersey, Fowler of New Jersey, Ben- nett cf New York, Overstreet of Indiana, Pitney of New Jersey, Barber of Mary- land, Kerr of Ohio, Lowe of New York, Mahon of Pennsylvania, Strode of Nebras- ka, Hill of Connecticut, Pearce of Missouri, Howe of New Yerk, Otjen of Wisconsin, Crumpacker of Indiana, Young of Penn- sylvania, Weymouth of Massachusetts, Scuthard of Ohio, Loudenslager of New Jersey, Dayton of West Virginia, Pugh of Kentucky, Hager of Jowa, Bartholdt of Missouri, Boyce of Indiana, Hull of Iowa, Minor of Wisconsin. Many for Intervention. Many of the radicals favon armed inter- vention and a few, like Representative Marsh of Illinois, believe the blowing up of the Maine is @ casus belli. The speeches at last night’s meeting, while vigorous ani yielding nothing, were nevertheless in favor of giving the President an opportunity to mature his policy and of completing the negotiations In which he is now engaged. Many of the leaders in the movement, in- cluding Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, Mr. Hull of Iowa, Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, Mr. Bromwell of Ohio, Mr. Hepburn of lows, W. A. Smith of Michigan, saw the Presi- dent yesterday, and all he asked was a brief delay. Action by Congress before the pending negotiations are completed, he told them, would embarrass him and might result in a complete rupture. Mr. Hull and Mr. Bromwell and others explained this situation to the conference. They counseled acquiescence’ in the President's desires. A rupture with the administration was great- ly to be deplored and should, they argued, enly occur as a last resort. They informed the conference that the President had said that the negotiations now in progress would either fall or be successful by the end of the week. He believed they would be suc- cessful. He did not indicate their nature, they said, and they pointed out that it would be manifestly ruinous for the detai!s to be made public at this time. They said further that the President informed them that he would, in the event of the failure of the negotiations, place the whole subject before Congress and share with it the re- sponsibility for what might foliow. ‘Waiting on the President. _ Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania, the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee of the House in the absence of Mr. Hitt, who is ill, explained that the sentiment of the committee was strongly against further de- lay, although he was himself a conserva- tive. But he said the committee were wil!- ing to defer to the wishes of the President, snd no action would be taken at tife meet- ing tonight. Monday, however, if a satis- factory solution had not previousiy been reached action would be had. All the mem- bers present professed ignorance of the de- tails of the President's plans and negotia- tions, although several said the President assured them that, if successful, they would, he thought, be satisfactory. While these different reports were made to the conference they were unofficial, and the conference decided at last to appoint a committee of eleven to wait upon the Pres- ident today and explain their views of the situation, the committee to report at a meeting to be held tonight. The committee appointed consisted of the following mem- bers: Messrs. Hopkins and of Ili- nois, Joy of Knox ~{ Massachusetts, Faris of Indiana, Hager St Iowa and Smith of Michigan. EXCITING HOUSE SCENES Representative Cummings Speaks on Condi- tions in Cuba. Says His Mouth Has Been Padlocked by the Rules—Enthusiasm of His Auditors, From time to time during the afternoon in the House of Representatives yester- day the Cuban question was brought for- ward during consideration of the naval ap- propriation bill, and aroused intense feel- ing. Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) said that in the morning the country had been stirred by the announcement that the republicans of the House had at last revolted and action was to be taken. Tomorrow the American people would be humiliated when they found that the republicans of the House had joined the temporizing policy which was betraying the American government and the American name. Mr. Cummings (N. Y.): ‘How much time would it require, considering the prospect- ive alliance between the governments of Spain and the United States, to put down the patriots of Cuba?” (Great applause in | the galleries.) “With my head bowed in humiliation,” replied Mr: Wheeler, “I have watched how matters have gone, but I do not believe the administration will go so tar as tu ex- tend a friendly hand to the rauréerers of the sailors of the Maine and the patriots of Cuba.” (Renewed applause.) An amendment was adopted, on motion of Mr. Elliott (8. C.), to appropriate $50,000 for a steam engineering shop at the Port Royal naval station. Galleries Enthusiastic. Mr. Cummings, speaking to this amend- ment, aroused the galleries to a high pitch of enthusiasm. “The Port Royal doc! said he, “is the nearest dock to Key West. It is the nearest dock where you can have a man-of-war repaired in case she is dis- abled. The gentleman from South Carolina (Elliott) tells us that this work can be done within three months. You will need it be- fore the three months are over, Mr. Chair- wan. That there will be war between this country and Spain is indicated by every pulsation of the popular heart today. I have received from my own constituents this batch of letters in one mail, asking me why my voice is silent at this time; asking me why, after I have visited Cuba and know the facts, I remain silent. I wish to say, Mr. Chairman, I remain silent be- cause, under the rules of a former House, adopted under a false plea by this House (applause), my lips are sealed, my mouth is padlocked by the majority of this House through its rules. I will say further to the contituents who are writing me every hour that today I besought the Speaker of the House to give me an opportunity to tell arte S gene aa what Hae ay and was ‘ol at at the proper time the 0} - ty would be given me. ratte Mr. Wheeler of Alabama—‘‘Next year.” Mr. Cummings—“The representative from the first district of Mainé deciding what would be the proper time.” Cabi Ra “Now, Mr. Chairman, I shall not vote Yor any $400,000 apprcpriation to feed the re- coneentrados of Cuba until this govern- ment explicitly seys to Blanco and to Se- gasta, ‘Repeal your Weyler order, which is starving these people!’ (Applause.) There is the place to take the initiative. Make them repeal that murderous order of Weyler’s. From even a Spanish stand- point or a Weyler standpoint, it is no long- er necessary that that order should con- tinue in force. Weyler said he made the order for the. purpose of destroying the basis of supplies of the Cuban the west, in Havana, in Matanzas, in Santa Clara and Puerto Principe. Well, they are already destroyed. There are no provisions raised there. There are not ten acres in al! these provinces planted with provisions, The country is devastated and ruined. It is an utter impossibility, unices they bring their provisions with them, for Gomez and Garcla to march into the wes-- ern provinces of Cuba. Therefore, I say, that the initiative should be a peremptory demand by this rovernment for the repeal of the Weyler order. When that is done, feed the recorcertrados, if you please. First give them homes, give them ploughs, give them’ oxen. And, in God's name, send them back to the blackened ashes of their homes and give them the opportunity Ge ease provisiors for themselves.” (Ap- plause. Mr. Boutelle objected to an extension of Mr. Cummings’ time beyond the five-min- ute limit, and was hissed by the galleries. Without reaching the provisions reluting to the increases in the navy, the com- mittee rose, and at 5:05 o'clock p.m. the House adjourned. + o+_____ DEMANDS A VIGOROUS POLICY. Action Taken by Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated March 29, says: The chamber of commerce of Cin- cinnati had before it today a resolution expressing confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the administration in deal- ACCOUNTANTS. Page 15 AMUSEMENTS Page 12 ATTORNEYS. ... Page 15 AUCTION SALES, Page 24 BICYCLES. Page 14 BOARDING. ‘Page 14 BUSINESS CHANCES. Page 14 CITY ITEMS. Page 12 COMMISSIO: Page 14 COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. ‘Page 14 DEATHS......2..... ve R Page 7 DELINQUENT TAX LIST. ...iG3.34..Pages 16-23 Ce = a FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stores)... FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE ‘(Miscellaneous) HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS. a LOCAL MENTION. PROPOSALS. 35 PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS..... SUBURBAN PROPERTY. . SUMMER RESORTS. WANTED (Rooms)... WANTED (Situations). FAIR TONIGHT. Pleasant Weather, With Northerly Winds Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For the Dis- trict of Columbia, e@stern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Vir- ginia, fair tonight afi Friday; northerly winds. ‘Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm, which developed yesterday on the south Atlantic coast, has moved with great rapidity to the vicinity of Cape Cod. The pressure remains high throughout the central valleys, lake regions and the northwest. Rain has fallen during the past twenty- four hours from the Ohio valley southward to the gulf and in the south and miadle At- lantic states. There has been a light snow- fall in New England. The temperature has fallen in the scuth Atlantic and east gulf states, and has risen in the northwest. The weather will clear tonight in the north Atiantic states, and be fair and some- what coiuer in the middle and south At- lantic states. Fair weather, with nearly stationary temperature, is indicated for the lower lake region, the Ohio and lower Mississippi val- leys, and fair and somewhat warmer weather for the southwest, The Mississippi continues to rise from Su. Louis southward. At Cairo the stage is 7.5 feet above danger line, and at Memphis has almost reached the danger Jine, the rise during the past twenty-four hours being 0.7 foot. At Vicksburg the stage is 2.5 feet below the danger line. Rivers—The following changes in the riv- ers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: Risen, Cairo, 0.7; Memphis, 0.7; Vicks- burg, 0.8. Fallen, Cincinnati, 1.6; Louisville. 0.3. Above the danger line and rising, Cairo, 7.6. Above the danger line dnd falling, Cincin- nati, 13.6; Louisville, 12. = Below the danger line and rising, Mem- phis, 0.1. er Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 52; condi- tion, 1; receiving “reserVolr, “temperature, 53; condjtion at north connection, 2; eondi- tion at. south connection,..33 distributing | reservoir, temperature, 53; condition at in- fluent gate house, 3; effluent gate. house, 3. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8 a.m. and 8:57 p.m.; high tide, 1:55 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 8:57 a.m. and 9:46 p.-m.; high tide, 2:48 a.m. and 3:07 p.m. The San and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 5:46 a.m.; sun sets, 6:23 p.m "Moon sets 2:52 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:44 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all Hghted by 7:31 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:52 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Are lamps lighted at 7:16 p.m.; extin- guished at 5:07 a.m. - Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermcmeter at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: March 30.4 p.m., 56; 8 p.m., 53; mid- night, 44. March 31.4 a.m., 42; 8 am., 41; noon, 42; 2 p.m., 45. Maximum, 57, at 3 p.m., March 30; mini- mum, 38, at 6 a.m., March 31. The follcwirg were the readings of. the berometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 2 p.m. yesterday: March 30.—4 p.m., 80.04; 8 p.m., 29.98; 12 midnight, 30.00. March 31.4 a.m., 29.98; 8 a.m., 80.08; noon, 30.10; 2 p.m. 08, ———— SUNDRY CIVIL BILL REPORTED. Nearly $5,000,000 More Than Appro- printed by the House. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported to the Senate yesterday from the committee on arpropriations. ‘The Star yesterday contained the local features of the bill. The committee made e large num- Ler of amendments, the total net increase in the amount carried” by the Senate amendments being $4,988,878. The - in- creases are as follows: On public build- ings, $1,050,945; cn light houses, beacons and fog signals, $869,350; light house es- tablishment, $135,000; revenue cutter ser- vice, $378,000; ‘armories ‘and arsenals, $114,- 850; pay of the army, $401,163; military posts, $600,000; rivers and: harbors, $225,000; Paris exposition, $200,000; public printing and binding, $400,000. The remainder in- cludes many miscellaneous items, One of the most important of the emend- ments is one appropriating $491,163. for the payment of the services,of the two addi- tional regiments of artillery provided for by recent legislation. ./Phe,;general. ap- Propriation for the enlarg of military posts is increased from 600 to $920,000. Forty thousand dol for the purchase of Po! Mountain as @ part of ard $50,000 is piovided toward the erection of a sanitarium for @sabied volunteer salaiegs. at Hot Springs\8. » the total cost to be limited tos Provision is made for: the sepresentation of the United Stetes etsthe:Paris exposi- tion of 1900, the expensed such sentation being limited mediate appro} tion ean Heed ‘The United States exhiljtion:ds to the supervision of @ comsmiasioner general, an assistant commissfoner” general, and twelve experts. — eet Taken to Massnchusetts. * Yesterday afternoon at 4'o'clock the body of the hate n THE BATTLE SHIP MARIA TERESA, One of the Spanish warships on the way to Cuban waters. FARMERS DO NOT WANT WAR. But if It Comes They Will Be Fou! Ready. i Assistant Secretary Brigham of the cultural Department sald yesterday in re- ferring to the effect war would have on the agricultural interests of the country that the first effect would be stagnation. Then there would be a jon. Farmers, he thought, might get a little-more for their preducts, but they would have to pay more for what they bought. No such increased prices would occur, however, as did dur- ing the late war. It was his opinion in the Icng run that farmers would suffer as a result of war. They pay a large propor- tion of taxes. Continuing, he said: “It is desirable, therefore, to avold war,but the conditions that exist in Cuba cannot be allowed to continue. We cannot stand idly by and see thousands upon thousands perish from starvation because of the cruel and heartless policy inaugurated by General Weyler, and continued under the present controlling power in Cuba. There is no doubt that the administrations of beth the United States and Spain desire to avoid war. Under such conditions it is pcssible that some plan may be devised which will prevent hostilities, and in the end lead to a peaceful solution of the diffi- culties now existing. It is not true, as claimed by some, that the great desire to avoid war is prompted by a fear that it will interfere with business, and be dis- astrous to some of the moneyed interests of our country. The President knows very well from his own observations that ‘war is hell; he knows that it means the mang- ling and maiming of thousands upon thou- sends of our young men, the burying of thousands in trenches, without funeral rites, and the carrying of desolation and distress to thousands of homes. It is this terrible calamity and the vast increase in the burdens now borne by the people that the administration would gladly avoid, and every, good citizen must regret the reck- less anxiety manifested by some of our frominent men to involve the country in war.” The farmers do nct want war, the as- sistant secretary said, but if war must come they will be found ready. A large percentage of soldiers of the late war, he said, came from the farmers. —____-2-+__ THE POPE AS MEDIATOR. Head of the Catholic Church Friendly to Both Countries. A dispatch from Rome yesterday says: Mgs.Del Val, the Spanish ambassador at the Vatican, had a long interview today with Cardinal Rampollo, papel secretary of state. This has revived the rumors that the pope will intervene in the Cuban affair. It is known, however, that thus far offers of mediation from the vatican ere been firmly but respectfully declined. The Rome correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle says: «The Vatican earnestly desires peace. ‘The pope greatly esteems Spain, but also manifests his warm sympathy for the United States. The Vatican regards the American Catholics as the hope of the Catholic Church, and desires to do nothing that will offend the Washington govern- ment.” Mexican Officials Arrest the Ring- leaders and Notify Authorities. A dispatch from Carrizo, Texas, says: The report that Joaquin Marti has been ar- rested in Mexico, charged with plotting an invasion of Texas in case of war with Spain, is confirmed by Sheriff Haynes, who has just returned from Guerrero, Mexico. He went there at the request of the Mexi- can authorities for consultation. He says that Marti had been perfecting his plans since December, and at the time of his ar- rest, March 26, all was ready for the cross- ing. Intercepted letters of Marti’s, taken from one of his couriers by Mexican troops and now in possession of officials at Guer- rero, show that he was in communication with the Spanish officials at Havana. far ten arrests have been made and more are expected. One of the raiders now under arrest states that Marti had over three hundred men waiting orders to meet him in front of San Ygnacio and the crossing was to have been made simultaneously with the opening of hostilities between Spain and the United States. is a native of Havana and came to San Ygnacio a year ago, moving into Mexico some six months ago. He is of fine appearance and highly educated, speaking English fluently. Yesterday Dr. Garcia, Marti’s second in command, was arrested at Ballacillas, Mex- ico. He is a Spaniard and came to San pene lo with Marti, afterward passing into ico. ——_—__—_-e-____ Food for the Cubans, Stephen Barton of the central Cuban re- lef committee said in an interview in New York yesterday that a ship will be char- tered to carry supplies to the reconcentra- dos. The vessel will sail between the 15th and 20th of April, and will visit the ports of Santiago de Cuba, Guatanamo, Manza- nillo, Cienfuegos and other places where food is needed. It is estimated that it will take about one month to make the round trip, and that in the meantime provisions will be accumulating, and enough will be ready on the vessel’s return to make an- other cargo, and she will sail again imme- diately. ————++- —____ Private Fogarty Dismissed. Private Bat Fogarty, Troop G, 6th Cav- alry, having been tried by a general court- martial convened at Fort Myer, Va., and foun\ guilty of violation of the 38th article FOR a Infants and Children, SPAIN’S WAR PREPARATIONS. Order Issued to- Mobilize the Navy— To Build Warships. El Pais of Madrid states that orders have been issued to mobilize all the Spanish war- ships and that a second torpedo squadron is being prepared for sea at Cadiz. The same newspaper states that four Werships have been obtained by Spain in France, and that negotiations are pending for the purchase of several torpedo boats in Great Britain. The torpedo boat Halcon is to sail from Carthagena for Cadiz, where the new torpedo squadron is being pre- pared. Italy, it is said by El Pais, has sold the armored cruiser Gluseppe Garibaldi, of 6,840 tons, a sister ship of the Varese, to Spain. There is no doubt that Spain has bcught several vessels in some quarter. Military engineers and two regiments of trcops are starting for the Canary Islands. The Balearic Islands are being fortified. Senor Zarato, who was recently at Cadiz, says the Spanish warships Pelayo and Carlos V, which the government announced to be ready for sea, cannot be made ready in less than two months. The Marquis Cornillas, Senor Emilio Castelar, General Lopez Dominguez, secre- tary of war in Sagasta’s former cabinet, and Monsignor Cardena, bishop of Zion, the Queen Regent’s chaplain, are the lead- ing spirits in a movement for a national subscription to build a warship to be called Second of May. The original idea was that every Spaniard should contribute a Gay's earnings on May 2, the nineteenth an- niversary of the rising of the people of Madrid against French domination toward the national defense. The Madrid papers allege that the South American republics have already sub- scribed enough to build a warship, to be called Rio de la Plata, while Mexico has sent huge donations. The Spanish army will give a day's pay. The impression of the press and the pub- lie generally is that Spain will be able to make a good showing in the event of war, although her men-of-war are smaller than the Americans. She would depend on her greater strength in torpedo boats, torpedo catchers and torpedo boat de- stroyers. ————_—_+e+_______ OYSTERMEN FOR THE NAVY. Capt. Harper Tells of Their Capabili- ties as Sailors. A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun from Easton says: Capt. Crittendon Harper of Beverly, near St. Michael's, a former deputy commander in the state fishery force, says that in the event of war with Spain the best men to man the torpedo boats will be the captains of Chesapeake kay oyster boats. If the government wiil put him in com- mand of a torpedo boat, furnish him with a navigator and Iet him select. the re- mainder of the crew, Captain Harper says he will take the contract to clear Havana harbor of Spanish war vesseis In a short time, and then'sink, one by one, the ships of the Spanish flotilla. He would make his crew up of dredge- boat captains, who make a business of evading the fishery force and sneaking in cn forbidden grounds. He could gei a crew of this sort who would think it easy to abduct the captain general of Cuba from his pajace in Havana or steal a gun from Moro Castle. In the oyster season, he Says, they daily do this more difficult and get off cnvieectat: aes! = Besides, Captain Harper says, the oys- termen are a brave, sturdy and patriotic set of men, absolutely devoid of fear and skilled in strategem. As a state officer he has had experience with these men and knows whereof he speaks. If war is declared he will select a crew of oystermen from men he knows Personally and make the offer in proper form to the government for the command of a torpedo boat. Mr. Harper is himself a young and ly man, with nerves of steel, at home on land or sea. ees ——or—____ MAY RETURN TO THEIR HOMES. Reconcentrados in Eastern Cuba to Be Given Freedom. The Spanish legation has received a cablegram from the governor general of Cube saying that the captain general re- ported the pacification of the eastern provinces so far advanced that it had been decided to rescind the reconcentrado order in these provinces and allow all subjects of this decree to return to their homes in the country. To aid in the re-establishing of the reconcentrados upon their farms, the cablegram states, the government will grant them protection of the Spanish mili- tary forces, augmented by local relief com- mittees to lcok after their immediate needs. Economic kitchens are to be established to support the reconcentrados while wait- ing for their first crops to mature, and they are to be furnished farming imple- ments and seeds by the government. 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