Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1898, Page 2

9 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898-14 PAGES. Gauu = ;[ improvement of the harbor of Cleveland. TRAG' , ' 2 DISSENSION 18 THE comm MORGAN IS FOR WAR) co oat ore eact | ADREIGN. POWERS eS EA ANCASTER: Pa orsans sacsoee scares nreer x wane, Drm nemon FINANCE AND TRADE ic Spanish Minister's Residence. sn It was reported this afternoon that a de- gum river at Zanesville, Ohio. Banker Dayid BE a, Killed by RW. Rates serra te a area s i" si : i Eulogies on Senator George. Declares He is Willing to Vote For} at 2 octock the bil was laid aside and COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7.—It is proba- | tail of policemen had been made for duty | Stocks Opened Weak, but Recovered Z a (Continued from First Page.) e . Wireback, ble mow that no report of the committee | in the vicinity of the Spanish minister's . aalicclaratine Mr. Walthall Mie ber an — Se “ | of the Senate appointed to investigate the | house, corner of Massachusetts avenue and on Good Buying. : Coe Oe Coe be ng real prospect.of any change in the situa- charge of bribery against Senator Hanne | isth street, but the truth of it was denied oe ee Fee Bi twed peed Pest tributes | tion between now and next Monday to pre- | FRE naeeetee An, Barriended .in Hits | will be made. Senator Burke, the antl | at police headquarters. Licutenant Hoyte. — peed . Se vent the message of President McKinley House gna Desens the Authori- Hanna republican, who is chairman of the | in whose precinct the Spanish residence is, ¥ SENATE ON SUNDRY CIVIL BILL) 3 We'thet ots), Mr. Proctor oP going to Congress, and to prevent the war ® a seo committee, and the democratic members of | told a Star. reporter that there was not @ DULLNESS FOLLOWED THE RISE Mr. Turpie (Ind.), bee BS cee T- | which is still regarded as inevitable. tide to™ Arrest Him, - the committee, Senators Long, Robertson | word of truth in the rumor. So far as he ae <5 | Teller (Col.), Mr. Gray (Del.), Mr. Platt 9 —__-___. Nothing but the complete and positive and Finck, have had a falling out. Senator | krew, he said, there had been no request made for such a detail. . . . . It was stated that some person interestea | | Market is Still in Confusion in the welfare of the Spanish minister had called on the chief of police and asked that Over War News. @ detail of officers be made, or that better pclice protection be given. This person, it is stated. was assured by Major Mcore that the minister and his property would be am- | GENERAL MARKET REPORTS : SS ee surrender of Spain to every demand of this Finck seye he tz authorized by his demo- t¢ Army Reorganization Bill in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. country, or the conclusion of an uncondi-| LANCASTER, Ba., April 7.— David B. | cratic colleagues cn the committee to pro- a ticnal armistice, will effect any change in Landis, presjdent Of the Conestoga Nation- | test against the action of Chairman Burke. House. Little evidene> of excitement existed | the President’s plans. al Bank, and one of the leading citizens of ae say he has a report ecoeres outside when the House of Representatives met at | ‘The latter is thought improbable, as it| this city, was shot and killed this morn-| of the committee, which he insists upon — rocn. The public galleries were crowded. | would have to be agreed to by the insur-| img by Ralph W. Wireback, who is exten-| the committee signing up for immediate ’ presentation to the senate. Finck says it 2 ss as = - Lut great yawnirg gaps showed in the re- ents, whose representatives here wit! | Sively known throughout the country as a y . Kurt CaPITOL CROWDS SMALLER |. req scutes! medoers aeredte nace |S ay has been prepared by Cherles L. Kurtz — reverrastthin: maker of @ patent medicine bearing his| and the anti-Hanta republican combna- | RY Rouctt ter ce men On the Deut. and pas settled down to the conviction that they | stim there is a good deal of talk today | name. . Ce egies on Siete eee morse: ae at would have to wait with what patience | in official circles that Spain might suc-| The tragedy resnited from an effort of ig, We will insist,” sai see AED —_s Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. Comparati Hitle interest was mani | they could the developments untfl Monday. | ceed in bringing around such an armis. | Landis to dispossels-wircback, who rented | “that the report ‘be made by us in our ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRACT. ie committee upon the evidence secured. We will violate our oaths if we do not do this.” the position of the United States and gain- | Privilege of renewing the lease if the Senator Burke gave it out last week that people in the proceedings Of | wen the message is to go to Congress. today. When the Vice Pr: The chaplain in his invocation prayed fer- NEW YORK, April 7. London prices Local Firm Will Reconstract the In-| this morning were barely steady around tice, thus cutting the ground from under | ® house from Lahiis last year with the dustrial Home School. the closing level of yesterday, as the result dent's gavel fell at noon the galleries were | vently for peace ing the moral support of Eurcpe. The | ®Cuse was not sold. Landis, however, sold | the report was ready and would be sub- 3 2 ff adverse devel % scarcely half filled, and the attendance on| Mr. Hull. chairman of the military af-| proclamation of an armistice by Spain| the house before January 1 and. notitted | mitted fee ee Siesta ee Ce oe len ae the foor was smaller than it had been for | fairs -ommittee, realizing the opposition to | wint not affect the situation, but there is a | Wireback, who njaintained that he had | Presented yet, and is not expec 5 ; 5 time now. fear in some circles that instead of the oe BESS OE yenely Ot pastvely —-—__ refused. to_.vacate.. Proceedings were SNNSYLVANIA IN WRECK! queen being ready to grant the demands | ferused.to.xacals him, but he had prepar. | PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN ECKED. of the United States, she is really allowing ; Se cd himseit by sending his family away | passenger Conch Telescoped by Rear Spanish diplomacy to work in the direction | and nailing the doors and windows and End Collision. of an underhanded slap‘at the United | otherwise barricading the entrance. Two aoe oe States. censtables attempted to eject him, but | COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 7.—A special to This morning the President received noti- | Wireback took refuge in the garret. the Dispatch from Steubenville, Ohio, says: He asked for a conference, and requested 2 ae fication that the Iast meeting of the Span- | that the constables send for Mr. Landis, | TMS morning the east-bound Pennsyl several days certain features of the army reorganiza- Mr. Allison (lewa) moved that when the } tion bill, stated before the consideration of wijourn today it be to meet on/tkat bill was resumed that at the proper next. and the motion was agreed |time he should move to strike out every- thing except the first two sections provid- Mebile Harbor Improvements. ing for the three-battalion formation; the of the sundry civil bill was | section providing for the expansion of the the question pending being | regular army in time of war to 104,000 \dment offered by Mr. Pettus | would be stricken out. That the proposal of Pavarini & Greer, Spanish 4s declired 2 per cent under the received March 30, 1898, for reconstructing | Influence of heavy Parts selling, a signiti- the Industrial Home School building, on the | Cant argument against belief in a peaceful east of the Georgetown and Rockville road, | S0luticn of the Cuban quest An ad- near the Naval Observatory, for $25,400 be | Varce of 1 per cent in the Bank of En- accepted. All bids for the construction ot | 8land’s discount rate served also to check the boiler house are rejected. foreign buying. That 200 feet of 3-inch water main be taid | The Easter holidays abroad had a tena- in the alleys of square estimated cost | "CY toward restricting risks over e = ia limited passenger No. 2 struck a a ‘ ish cabinet had adjourned without taking | His request was complied with. ot 25; that the gas ae north side | eventful period embraced In the next few »propriate $200,000 for the im-| Debate then prcceeded. action, leaving him to infer that nothing | Mr. Landis came over to the house, and, | man walking on the track, and knocked | Of Wirsinia avenn n Zad-and 3d | daya. Upon London's to business provement of the Mobile harbor in order Mr. Sulzer (N.Y.), who supported the bilt will be done. This is believed to have led | #¢¢¢™panied by the two constables, started | him into the creek, west of Fernwood, this streets be re-erecte xt Tuesday i lave ae #: ish tha warships might reach the wharves toas it was proposed to modify it. made a | 1) tne stenng : ESIC sea te cee Wireback. He had not as- | county. While the passenger was stopped | "That cement sidewalk be laid in front ot | NeXt Tuesday morning, the days of Spanis' oa avd to receive other supplies. It had | vigorous pro-Cuban speech. If Cuban in- | %2 tHe Strong remarks made to the Euro- | certied more than two or three steps of ine | count. While the passenger was stopped | | ‘That ceme northwest, under the permit | "8" in Cuba should de numbered. onihts : : pee Di ‘ ? 4, | P&# representatives. Sarret stairs when a terrific report was | ing it into Steubenville, crashed into the | 8¥Stem, estimated cost $86; that a new con-| The local mark»t opene] at deciines vary- sl” by the Alabama senator as | dependence were reccgnized, he declared, | — re ,, | heard, and Landis fell back into Constable | iM& aecrae nectio1 : . 1 vas No Word F Woodford Yestera: n be constructed for the catch-basin | ing from % to % per cent, but was alm ney war measure. Cuba would soon be free. He declared that } * rom ‘codfo: esterday. | Graef's arms, the whole top of his head | Passenger, wrecking three cars, two of © cateh- 4 me ttus, in support of his amendment, | the minority in Congress and the President Despite all reports that th2 President having been blown off. Graef’s face and | them being Pullmans.. The ladies’ coach ved the approval of the | little understood the intense feeling of in- | W&5 yesterday notified that Spain would | the upper part of nis body were covered ef War. He pointed out that if | dignation among the people of the country | Probably yield, it is today sail by more | With the brains of the dead man. The top at the northeast corner of ith and L streets | immediately given excellent support. Dur- northwest, estimated cost $234. ing the noon hour prices were all improved — 7 for % under moderate buying for both accounts. telescoped the smoker, the engine of the freight and eight cars were derailed and b Suit for an Accounti: a t, + at | of Landis’ head from a line immed y a adly si he mec. At the advance the amrk2t beewme dull difficulty was to be had with a for-| over the Maine affair and the delay in the Sa ree ee cauinet fie above the eyes was shot off as clean as alee leis 2) Deals guested es A bill in equity, asking an accounting in and remained in this condition during the nation at this time or in the imme- | calling of Spain to account: Tweeter x Minister | though cut off by an ax. ee ewe the passenger were brought here and can- |-Cornection with a dairy par:nership, was greater part of the after:.con. z future the scene of the trouble would “Oh, for another Andrew Jackson in the oodford. Nothing was seen of Wireback. He had not be identified. this afternoon filed by John L. Grubb. who Wash ai 2 tain walk xe probably in south raters. He re-] White House!” he concluded. “He woula { The President, knowing that it was fully | removed the door of the garret and nail The injured, who were in the ladies’ | names Ernest L. Dodd as defendant Cree mg yp aang aie een bal why ¥ %t southern waters. He E Z understood by the Spanish gov. t th: ‘ds over the opening, and is intrenched | ooach, are Christian Stegner, National “ of the delegation of foreign diplomats to sarded it as very important that the ap-|say one word to the fleet, ‘Forward the nasces toed y Ps Den Povermene eHaG | renind this )baerienties: THERNOUSE Tia waur= Ree ee he SE >— miipe m pence poley wpen the Predaens ame made, in order that our | whole iine, and let the battle cry be, “Cuba Proposition except for the Independence | rounded by officers and a wildly exci ahaihend:eRee, We OS: owke Ne. iscac: Base Ball Outfit. the significant reply to their statements ial Wake eine’ taciities (ntnt he ace" = of Cuba would be entertained by this gov- | crowd, but no effort has yet been made nd; = : treet, East End, Pittsburg, left side Mr. Lewis (Wash.) vigorously assailed the | ¢'mment, inferred that if the public reports | capture the murderer. This, it is feared, | pruiced poth lege Ijucod Mie’ ware, Had t annot be accomplished without further 4 Sharles Accles Sw: Li. He = vas part | that the Queen Regent of Spain hoped to | C4unot Slut uk her left leg injured. Charles Accles Swan Maple itera Cone ed offer terms of peace were true, it must | /€88 of life. Thero is a rumor that yester- | of Hanover, Ohio, cut about head. The day a whoie wagon toad of gas pipe was | Conductor of the freht oes eee eg ne army in time of peace, but he declared |‘mean that Spain was getting ready to| placed in house by Wireback, and it|Sumping, S'S 4 Don Interest in the Masonic fair is rapidly | were made the b: for cautious seliing. Srowing, and contributions are pouring in| Havana news was generally construed from all sources. Among tbe attractions | "t? atkuments against heavy stock accu- mulation. There was a general feeling in ts a magnificent base ball outfit, donated | Speculative circles that the cuban situation : - jumping. to National Lodge, No. 12, to be presented | had reached almost a maximum point of measures for the national |that the three-battalion formation had | Yield. It 1s said that he could not conceive | was said he intended making dynamite car- — to the most popular base ball player. ‘The | Tavity and that actual hostilities could be id the rule to exclude this | Proven a failure, and had been so charac- | f any hope in Madrid to preserve peace on | tridges out of it. STAY TILL THE CLOUDS FALL. bat, new on exhibition at the Temple drug | #Verted only by an unconditional and amendment v entirely terized by the commander-in-chief of the | #9¥ other terms. Therefore these reports 3 een store, corner of 9th and F streets, fs of | P™Mpt yielding on the part of Spain. Secereat wae colinely prone. | Haya) rire na inspired in him hope that Spain intended to BIG ETRE AT PORIO) JAPAN. Gen. Lee's Determination as Express- | >0lid mahogany, with solid silver banis |, While recognizing this fact, many strong ven to understand, he said, that if E REG roe aida: OTE 4 = tolnlipcicnd and gold mountings. This trophy fs valued | iterests cling tenaciously to the idea that mendment were adopted other simil: = = os 2 Po cemands, _10is/eaid| that he/en-||| rgeven | Mandeceincases” Deatcoyee= ee : at $350. the necessary concessions will be made at femerits, alt. becacas mania ia Ge TO PREVENT MORE DELAY. tertained that hope all during last night Thousands Rendered Homeless. RICHMOND, Va., April 7.—Fitzhugh < a the last moment Wall street is once more in confusion on Hasband Deserted Her. the outcome, but there are no indications In a suit for divorce instituted this after- | of alarm. Should the President's message : and until it was learned this morning that = =e 7 S. Lee, jr., wao contemplated leaving Rich- spcgtense, would be offered. This! Republicans Who Are Willing to| the Spanish cabinet had adjourned witheat | _VANCOUVER, B. C., April 7. — News ’ i i i $ mond today to join nis father, Consul Gen- would open up the entire field of river and Coashhaa Weiie thc tieegere ie Ba resing ormaks Tha ee resisias jeu Scala eS Ey Sey sensoue Se | Pes gecy a iaceneh eaeal a eae haere abt re telacn Some of the republicans of the House, | It develops that one reason for the delay | 1" Tokto 1111 houses were destroyed, Geacayeycatrany ashes abo Tron eae Oe by Anna R. Simms against Henry E.]g0 to Congress Monday there will be Teh thitasagerooctl e t i econ! r s 23 )ES Diets : a r enough surprise to force concessions in the chamintac PDrepriation the appropriations | who fear that there may be a request for | in getting the Americans from Cuba was | Suiting in death and accidents to nativ father, advising him to “hold the fort for | Sms it 4 stated that the couple were | enous SuarG. Siok Sakina Shae Gomer Gee hence was unanimously opposed, al- | rurther delay in the sending In of the Pres-| that the two steamers of the Plant ling | The fire started In the Harukicho Theater, married January 4, 1896, and that the fol- sh every member of the committee J go to any length in support of the national defense. further orders.” He thereupon gave up Fis trip. A close personal friend of Gen. Lee’s here received a letter from him, in which the corsul general stated that he would re- main at Havana “vntil the clouds fall, or dependent upon it will find lly unprepared. Self-de- ong motive behind much those naturally rted the wife. | the market. w ee = “ fense will be a For Duty at Masonic Fatr. ef the buying which may be recorded in Fred Miller and Frank B. Morgan were | the presence of actual war. Meanwhile all tcday appointed by the District Commis- | ¢yes are turned toward Spain and hope is sioners additional privates on the police, | Still strong. for duty as watchmen at the Masonic fair.|, Tae tension of the situation must be broken shortly, and this will be a relief, “a meat Seankbi no matter what follows. A waiting market ident's message Monday, are canvassing | which were to have gone to Havana to | 274, Owing to a defect in the water system, thelr side of the House and obtaining the | bring away Americans refused at the lust | fifteen streets were cleaned out. The fire signatures of republicans who will, on | moment to go on that mission unless guar- | Y®S incendiary. Mr. Morgnn’s Warning. Monday, {f the message does not go to| anteed by the United States against loss. Averaging ten to a house, a reasonble ade a sharp attack upon | Congress on that day, join with the demo- | The undertaking was represented by the ate ata ha poeen rendered in a + centil the fall opriations committee, charging | crats to overrule the Speaker or support | Plant agent who called on the President | homeless by Tokio's big fire. unt! am recalled by the United States committee d too great! any other Temalatiinate ection ieeeey yesterday to be extremely hazardous. This | ,4 fire destroyed the Modykhana hospital | government.” For the present, he says, A for plague patients, erected by Europeans. | he is going right along, “keeping in the It had usurped power that did not | to get the question before the House. Mr. | morning it was decided tu give the guaran- Qué of ainstyeigne patients only six lost ladlesot the ED see lowing day the husband d. ee and one devoid of interest should prevail sto it. “I want to say to the | Lerrimer and Mr. Mann of Illinois and | tee their lives. Mrs. Lee received a cablegram from her | Ossie Klinger, an operator in the District | for the present. There is nothing suffi- of the comm . Allison), | others are at the head of the movement.}; lt was a bare hope for p2ace with the on tre ean peeteenotlicy fire a husband couched in reassuring terms. telegraph and telephone department, in- arg to warrant risks on either es Z mes 2 pes z = = a | Tokio destroyed 113 more buildings, amoi eS es x x. 2 ar "| side of the market. They say they will have over fifty pledged | President yesterday, but the hope has agaia - Gvired of the District Commissioners sev- Pret ao Be 5 " ei en P coll f the Imperial B. . au" = Prices will make little difference, whether saeeagte uae of ite affairs | votes. fled and the eure for war is again Ba Garg oe college of thi iD DEATH OF LIEUT. DANIELS. eral days ago whether, in the event of his Sees or sire: tn a patient orver of mittee I have admired for many | Twenty-four votes with the democrats | fresi as before the message was delayed ——————— : : enlistrent in the service of the United | events. A decision for or against war will years. [ wont to say that he w are a majority of the House. yesterday. Cabinet officials say today chat| way GET THE FUERST pismarck. | 9°.8" ¥®¥ eae eee nem | Staiee ini the expected war with Spain, his | be equal to the development of a profit- leok out, or the Senate will di: The republican members of the House | there is not one word todiy which changes ——— PHILADELPHIA; April 7—Lieut. David | Wife would be permitted to assume his | 8¥/¢) momentum in one account or the ind distribute its Who have been active in the movement to | the situation from yesterday morning. Fur-| Naval Bont Ordered to Inspect Three |) PHT. SAvigating oMee oblene coast aan| Sas (luring (his absence. | ‘The mat er sa neha Es Se toa he various cor itte "i ‘ re * her, they expect any e * Ocenn Liners. Sy 2 7 was referred to Commissioner Wight, an: 5 Se eee ona bring about immediate intervention in Cuba | ther. they do not expe: anything from sin cb rier oe hat | fense ram Katahdin, died this morning on | he recommends thac Mr. Klinger’s reyuost FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. au I will be one to heip do met late this afternoon, the purpose of | Madrid to change the situation. NEW YORK, April 7.—The report tha board the ram, which is at the League Is-| be denied. Mr Wight holds thet Goto As for the threat impiied by their meeting being to prepare for united | Nothing but the surrender of Spain, there-| the Hamburg-American line had intimated land navy yard, Lieut. Daniels had been | !4ngement suggested by Operator Klinger | The following are the opening, the high tor from Alabama,” interjected Mr. Alli- | action with democrats in case there was | for2, will change the President's intentions | its willingnges to ‘sell the Normannia, the SWeetie tonan iabictes: for* coverai’ Gaga | WOuld not be; desirable. est and the lowest and the closing prices of “ene nots, “it I Know myself, I do not | further delay on the part of the adminis-| °F a word in his message, The message | Columbia and the Fuerst Bismarck to the uid beds besa Gontinealbes hs Sule: tilts ica pesint es nooron ome cating Bi crave the work that is now imposed upon | tration after Monday. The character of the | Will stand as written. BON Or ACRE Wan a tenon a Wely, SOOnt MeN I Nandy 5 Michigan Town Burning. - New York stock exchange. Correspondents, me by the Senate. If the Senate wants to } President's reply to the note of the foreign A Program Outlined. Be eee eee eae ee eee eee Fis Rede wan een Tolle WUiaied Biakaad /UGRAND MAPIDAL ANG. April 7A dis- | Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 cee atetag “Ummittee, it may do so with- | diplomats will, however, be lkely to render | ‘The exclusive statement has been made | #¢2illary cruiser See ae ae aude | NEvaliromecticl tial elty Sewers) (tewifltBe | watch ixceeived ince anihaigut recs aaa | ee out delay : ; pacer On cre Darelat the! meeting, Unneces | trchel Star (atl Giajmaasage will reciueatl| tts nave navecy che suecmens OECD | aa aes Annapolis, Md., | Ings, Barry county, thirty miles southeast | american Spirits. Mr. Morgan, resuming the discussion, sary. f their arrival in this port, and to make a 7 Log. h = a a ‘American Spirits, p said that ulready we hear of a great coal ; Vente it eI ee rethe, sumed Inter= | carefull <ceport tal the; departnients ,Tha| Where fis ‘widow. lives. of here, on the Michigan Central, states wat x “i e « va A —r+r2——_______—_ oT 2 n. It will go further and ask for ate armed intervention, thus dis- Lieut. Daniels was forty-two years of age American Sugar. Peerst Bismarck is due here on April 22,| .14‘has been navigating officer of the Ka- the Normarnia on May 13 and the Colum-| tandin since the ram was placed in com- bia on May 6. It. is said to be probable | mission on March 10 last. Previous to that combine that is to control the price of coal] EXPECTED SPAIN WOULD ACCEPT, to be supplied to the government at south- orts. He hoped the report was not | Mimister Woodferd Disappointed at that the city is being destroyed by fire | American Susat, that started at 11:30 last night. Assist- | American Tobacco . ance was asked from this city, and an en- | American Cotton O11 imm. posirg of the charge that the President is icniive Pantheon tiie’ =e at {gine has been dispatched. AtchIOD oa onn true, but ke rea sa a : Result of C: 3 ee z that the last to arrive will not be con-| time he was teacher of navigation at the . timore & Onio. tunity ft aad p pychieci ia ees cue MADRID, April TT Tinities tae Rael ues von ine Deneaee! OF astee0 | akiered: 7 ee ore Partition of Insurance. pan conan: : in diate-| It is also said today that the vessels of} Notwithstanding the death of Lieut. Dan- a the government. He pointed cut some of | Gen. Woodford yesterday belleved spain | [tion direciing the President to immediate y the Atlantle Transport Company had been | els, the Katahdin will sail tonight under offered to the government, and would prob- | seaied orders. Nothing is known as to the meni suggested | that orders to that effect would be imme-| Will begin a demonstration in the waters | aiiy be considered. No specific reason for| departure of the monitor Miantonomoh. A bill in equity, asking the partition of a | Canada Pacific cn e & Ohio. the udvantages of opening the coal fields | would accept the proposed armistice, and | !¥ !terfere by force of arms, the navy certain life insurance fund, was this after- | (R@MpOaKe # Oalo.. of the south by the impro: r noon filed by Minnie N. Hoover against | unicago B&Q. in the pending amendment. Ciately promulgated in the Official Gazette. | Near Havana, and orders will be issued to! the government's purchase of any ores a as .| Wm. E. Vanselver and Mary E. Monrot. | CaicagoxNortawestern ‘The government would thus be enabled | Other diplomats also expected a satisfac. | M0bilize troops at southern points. wossele of phe company of the Hamburg’) Capital Traetion Bill Amendment. - CicagO GAR. nee = Ee = a ss an “he! 1e v1 ‘ J. al. to obtain its coal in any quantities at rea- | tory solution of the crisis; but at the mo- bbe ae Lease = ss nis eae Subsidized boats of the American was sug-| _™r. Pettigrew has Sivan gmotico mene Talk on Rescue Work. CM& St. Paul, pia. sonable rates meer the theaier of action in | ment when the cabinet council was com- | there Will probably be orders to strike @| F¢.taq "tt ig generally understood, how-| Senate of an amendment he will eernarhee, | ,{Mother Prindle” and Mrs. Kate Waller | Chicago, Rl & Bactt case of hostilities, meneing the minister for foreign affairs, | Senuine blow at Havana. Grew, Maat the sovernment te not willing | the Capital Traction biN providing: “Phat, | posrett, whose connection with the Crit- | 22 5 P= : we erntnigd ecknecaaee wees Senor Gullon, received the following letter | This program has already been outlined | to pay the price asked for the St. Louls| at any tim? after five years from the date tenton mission work is weil known, will give a free talk on rescue work in the mu- sic room of the Elsmere tomorrow (Friday) at 8 o'clock. The talk was originally an- nounced for this evening. It will be un- der the patronage of prominent ladies of the house, including Mrs. Kyle, wife of Senator Kyle; Mrs. Showalter and Mrs. Botkin, wife of Representative J. D. Bot- Kin of Kansas. = mn ‘The Star, but is now more forcibly in | and the St. Paul, and that the Fuerst Bis- : am “I do not know, Mr. Presileat, whether | {fom the United States minister: ny Fue: Bets Dut ie no z marck, the Normannia or the Columbia | Of tte Passage of this act, the Commission war is coming or not," he said. “I have| “Having fruitlersly awaited since noon | ®vidence than ever before. could be bought for much lessthan either | ¢t# of the Distriet of Columbia, or the gov- never myself cone enything that might in- | ¥€Sterday for the decision of the Spanish No Faith in Spanish Promises. of the American liners. rement oe settee eu Estes may ielae volve this country in war; but it seems to | &*vermment, it is my duty to announce to | The failure of the Spanish cabinet to take . seh ga chase or otherwise. without.taking into ac- me that the sworn testimony now before | YOU that I will still wait until midnight. I | action has not made a favorable imprestion op Comma en cemisers: count the value of any franchise now or the Senate is sufficiently strong to compel | YE Of You to kindly communicate this de- | uron the mind of the President. It has] NEW YORK, April 7.It was announced | heretofore granted, and may operate or us to strike in defense of ihe honor and | ‘!*i0n before midnight and that this de- | again shattered the little belief he had that | today that the following officers of the eee eee the same in the in- dignity of the country and in memory of | ‘!*!0n may be couched in terms which may | ary dependence could be placed in Span-| rank of commander had been named to| te? P our dead seamen shrouded in the mud of | Prevent the sad consequences that I should | ish promises. command the four Morgan line steamers, re SESE TE Wife Beneticiary and Executrix. ava 5 : ss ss greatly regret, but which I believe inevit- The only chance seen now that Spain | recently bought by the government: Com- 5 zs Spina patio npn tn nee, [able if things continue in their present | will bo made to come to time by Monday | manders W. H. Brownson, W. H. Emory, | Commander Thomas Nelson. | United | ‘Tho will of the late Nelson B. Sweitzer, Seminpioas2 beak Dobe ee ” a ; 5 | C.J. Train and C. W. Davis, States navy, retired, is at stree! cciouke 43. Gc A, dated Weheaery iE Maik, tilities because I believe we have a just | Ste: is in the messages that will bt sent to Eu zs today in ie : : cause.” ‘The letter was sent as a private com- | repean capitals today. These messages will | 9) ne Poatd was past few Rayae ia iebort| Lieut. C. H. Harlow has reported at the was this afternoon filed for probate. The i My ? y Navy Department on waiting orders. Mr. Morgan was of opinion that if a munication, for it commenced, “My dear | result in enormous pressure on Spain by that there are at present no vessels in the deceased bequeathcd his estate to his wife, ” : y, 7 t | Helen M. Sweitzer, ard named her as ex- triend.’ 1 ede 2 harbor to be inspected. Capt W. S. Edgerly, 7th Cavairy, is al ; . railroad company had brought the amend- —_. __ SaGNRGRSHaC eS ane tovereaident fa = seaiee a eas the Normandie. He is on the staff of the | ecutrix. ment to the Senate it would have passed & = : 7 zi : Representation Favored. governor of New Hampshire. Sa Witheet) ‘a smearinie a6 Siaeed c ike BEST OF TWO EVILS. Kinley it will come by Sunday. It will have Lay pr Rexite. to be something definite also. No shadowy | WORCESTER, Mass., April 7.The New | Ensign Arthur B. Hoff, United ona Promises will be accepted. In view of the | England Methodist conference voted today | Navy. railed for Europe on the St. Louls, reports from Medrid yesterday that the | in favor of equal representation of lay and Ss reteRe r Rind aevieen Lieut. Vreelana and Lieut. Laird arriv aveen regent wes ready to yield every- | Clerical delegates in the general confer-| .afely at Key West yesterday on the laconic minister for war, General Correa, | thing, it is considered stranger that Min- | &2¢e- committee, and he did not think that, in Spain's War Minister's Laconic Re- the present circumstances, there should be mark. the slightest hesitation to pass it, because, | MADRID, April 7—11:30 a.m.—Spain’s though it had not received the sanction From the Birmingham Post. The German Emperor has again been on experimenting privately with a new ex- | Union Pacific, pfa. picsive, which he claims to have invented, | Wabash, pfd. United States steamer Helena. 1, | Western Unica ‘iei. of aay committee, it had received the ap-| has at last broken his sil i SSS Chief Engineer W. H. Waumann of the | #nd which he proposes to call “rexite.” | sliver” Atte Sey tg proval of the Secretary: of War’ <2) ae viata: thas peciarah eet etcer Seer a ee conor hans wired) noting, CENa hr | gees g gral Geos (eames ge. navy is at the St. James. Eightcen months ago it was reported that } Brookiyn it. Transit. 7, “Bi, pubes pee Mar 1 am | terview the general has given an interest- closest advisers of the President deciare | «Ysa ninymcn ve The arene ata Major Frank A. Butts has gone to Flori-| he had Just complied @ oorlen of expeay | Oblg- © @ Western, oe ug,” said he, “to do anything that will | ing account of the situation, saying: that he nas not received a line from Gen< sax “ : 2 ees Fi si i z here he expects to spend a month, ti hich he had been engaged. jews tha mm satel States navy and strike | “War is the better of two evils. It is bet- | eral Woodford intimating the queen's pur- | RICHMOND, Va., April 7—The supreme | 42, W! Jacksonville, St. Augus- | fur several imrectane crn Remyenorr) town the meropoly that seeks to prey up- | ter to fight foreigners than to fight Span- | poses. Smee court of Virginia today handed down an | {me my eer went vas Susns” | but several important difficulties presented re om the government. Mr. Hawley (Conn) inquired what, if any, ‘rrangements had been made for the piant- themselves in the process of manufactu:. ats <a These, however, are now said to have been | gon To ut taty: Dy a poe ne a oe overcome. iten 6 at 116%. Washington Gas, 15 at lard: opinion holding that the office of register } Lieutenant Commander W. L. Field, on ee eee in indignation if their honor Urief Message From Gen. Lee. of the land office is not abolished. The sec-| recruiting duty at the New York navy and rights are trampled underfoot. A priet message from General Lee was | retary of the commonwealth had asked for | yard, has reported at the Navy Department The guards around the United Stat ived by the Presid his fi i So =~ A ee 3 Se ; reais : a ; 2 wites | received by the President this morning. It} 4 mandamus compelling the regisier of the | for examination for promotion. a - ington Fire ingarance, 5 at. 12. ‘ eho bee wae = the entrance of Mobile | jegation were trebled today. simply gave the number of Americans who | land oflice to turn over the office to him,| Lieut. E. M. Weaver, 2d Artillery, is in| _ Patriotism and Business. Americtin craphopbione, 100 af 1g), "Lavaion Mo. ee = 0 ating it = “ase an attack Gen. Woodford was at his desk at an| have left Havana, and said that the re-| according to the bill passed by the legis- ene cty, Gees of pera teak From the Chicago Tribune. rey we 100 at 15%, ‘Ameri ee nee Me eariy hour, and many Americans called to] rm: lature. jeut. . Lemly, ery, The proprietor of the shooting gallery trict of Columbia | Bonde.—20-yea: Mr. Morgan replied that as the Secretary : mainder will be sent out as fast as possi- Chevy Chase on leave of absenee. ask about the arrangements made for tueir | ple. protection. The general said he would re-| President McKinley had a conference this main here until directed to apply for his | morning with Representatives Grosvenor Passports, or until they are handed to him. | and Cannon. Nothing new. was developed = He added that when he leaves the Brit-| py the conference, however. ee See ‘Coabenange ane From the Louisville Courier-Journal, iar Bax wil be hoisted over. the “United! | (cy te tena elthe Geversuces: Pennsylvania railroad, fell from his train | ,,7h¢, Stand Jury has indicted eight mem- Sin een alarming situation the gen- |, President McKinley has recsived assur. | at Horse Shoe Bend, tear Clarysville, this | Riayacid. “rhe leeks ke tie el ent = 8 morzing, and was In two. z eral belleves that the end ls about rescued, | 20ce# from business men and bankers all of Graves county mean to wipe out the ir fand 3s, ‘year fund 63, gold, 17% bid. 3.656, 114 bid. Metropolitan Railroad 5s, Railroad conv. @s, 117 bid, 48 bid, 60 had been standirg in his front door all afternoon and watching the crowds pour- ing into the establishment of his rival across the way. “Bill,” he said, calling his assistant, ‘‘ wish you'd slip cver there and find out pond the attraction is. He's getting every- thing.” = Bil went over and returned a few min- oS - Conductor McMullen KMlled. Capt. M. C, Butler, 3d Infantry, is visit- Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ing friends at 1764 K street. % a SS CUMBERLAND, Md., April 7.—James The Mayfield, Ky., Mobs. of War had recommended the proposed im- provement, he doubtless had tn mind a provision for the defense of the harbor in the event of need. Mr. Allison had a telegram read from Secretary Alger saying that, while ne was willing that the improvement should be made to be expended within the discretion é 7 % x SSS SS ef utes later in great excitement. of the Sceretary of War, that he thouxht | several of the diplomats still hope. for Berra the eocenmmmant can Jason's Turret Spindle Breaks. rimvoesive cinanghtiyc tie aclawibed oie be Tiecgeraen eens Boer aoa ta the outer bar should be left for the present peace. ae : a y sre in case of war} pyiLADELPHIA, April 7.—While work- ment of its population. The mobs at May-| trick oa us!” he sald. “He's usin’ Span- so as ie Preveat the too ready ingress of | The city thus far Is perfectly quiet. he ee yeep aooeck MnAtover man | aot seaside eating ther cinret of Ee field have been the’ enemies of Graves | ish onicns for targets.” foreign hostile ships. ey it needs at its own terms. There wili a hey Z PS cuits. n to ascertain what repairs | county and the state of Kentucky, for t “It is better it." th ben ary’ = = ee = be no necessity, as heretofore stated in the turret i ke, | have fastened upon the whole state the re- ateh read, “to = says narocs ee Se a aN The Star, to issue a single bond for sale making aretrpracticalcn tetee ae proach of disregarding law. pombe omen eee admit warships. It would make | Senator Carter Says That in Yet to |2P1d. Every dollar néeded can be ob- | repalred. -B ugg - ‘The Women in War. and brokers, 1427 F si., members New York cad wae wer te aaa ma moti "| tained from Americans. e = "es = SS; Stock exchange, correspondeats Messrs. On this telegram the chairman overruled | “But even if the Cuban question is set-| John A. McCall of New York says he be-| _Kendril pape bagatet Magi eae pence arta Laderharg, Thalmann & Co, New York. Mr. A Ss 7 bi pea mn, bless them, are getting ready sen's potnt of order and submitted | tled to the satisfaction of this govern- | /!¢ves that within forty-eight hours New | BOISE, ime), Mise “Jessie J. | The womes 4 J Be to make - Low. . he Question to the Senate whether the | ment,” said Senator Carter of Montana to- | Y°Fk financial institutions could and would | Parker was eo ee ee Op bandages and tidies for rocking chairs | Whest2tay. 18 Seg” amendment should be considered. day, “there will still remain: the Maine | T#!S8e $300,000,000, which the government Sear ath ea pred Set wale’ 12, | in the offlvers’ quarters. on: se The Proposition Rejected. affair. That is an extremely ugly question | Cowld have upon its own terms. He thinks | Phe city. a iesonkse Miuinieee=* “= Oats—Riay. Fo An aye and nay vote was taken on this |f0r Spain to meet. The people are very {280 that if a popular subscription were 2 tf Rattlesnakes Utilized. to Say. 4 Bw >position and resulted in the negative, | uch wrought up over the assassination of | C@led for $500,000,000 could be obtained in ep Kurhsrohe. The mountain ranges of New Jersey ee ti The vote had the effect of rullag | 0UT Sailors in a friendly port, and they will | ® few days. NEW pril 7.—The North Ger- | Pennsylvania abound in rattlesnakes, whic! Sn. he: anstadmenk oa€' cl-anter: demand a satisfactory settlement om that The President Takes a Drive. man ner Karisruhe, Captain | #e turned by th2 natives to various com- 9.90 An amendment propcsed by Mr. Carter | 8ore.” The confinement and responsibilities of | Bruns, ay. frem Bremen, and} ™ercial uses, and, though the reptile does 517 ‘ . not very well, his residuary substances (Mont.), providing that ft should net be maine meee nz) s President McKinley have told on him to oe cee peaideed Bhindi have-siese selling walhe. For instance, le necessary for disbursing officers and heads ae to Sent Away. | such an extent that he has decided to take | °f _5™a Ss Serase Passen-| skin, if a large one, is worth $1, and if of departments to submit to the auditor | The model of the ill-starred batte ship | mcre exercise. “This afiernoon he went | &?= : sold’ to th? summer boarder brings’ on an official telegrams, and that a certificate of | Maine, which has been an object of genoral | driving with Mr. Charles Dawes, contrailes |” ry a aaeY GeReecl 8 i seek & ‘ qpisolate Dstersaa. average about $2.30. It ig made into belts, 4 iis: telceecagaa ‘ interest to vicitors to the Navy Depart- | of the currency. : - "= *: pocket books, slippers and ot articles of cacent adoeta papier nad rre rent since the disaster of the 1th uitimo, RSIS IWS f . Mageweprit 7.—The Spanish con- ike ort, and Is of a delicate ornate tex: eonieelinces was removed to the navy yard tuday for Ammunition for the ‘Popeka. SAB RR ae PRE Mr. Carter explained that in time of | ‘®¢ purpose of preparing it for transfer to LONDON, April 7.—Eighty-four packages ‘Po Secure Indian Lands, doll, unchanged— war especially, many confidertial telc- | t?¢ Omaha exposition. ~{of ammunition for quick-firing guns, ete:, ‘The Senate committee on Indian affairs barrels. grams were sent and received by the gov- 2 SABER arrived at Southampton today from Havre. today authorized a favorable report on the BE ertment, telegrams that ought not, in any Pedestal for Webster Statue. and were transported by. special tug. to bill to ratify the agreement with the In- Ta5t,- cireunistances, to be submitted to the | Im the Senate this afternoon Mr. Hans- | Weymouth, where they were embarked -on scrutiny of the clerks in the auditor's office | /8Cugh proposed Lis amendment to the oan ogee oe States cruiser. Topeka, who had nething to do with their con- | SUNdry civil bill, appropriating $4,0) for a | fTmerly the Diogenes. tents. pedestal for a statue of Daniel Webster, i dians on the Fort Hell reservation, in Ida- ho, for the cession of a part of their lands. Hi Mr. Gray (Del.) effered an amendment for an appropriation of $205,846 for con- tinuing the improvement cf the harbor at Wilmington, Del., cnd it was agrecd to. Mr. Foraker (Obio) secured the adop- ticn of an amendment providing that of the sum of $200,000 appropriated for the to be donated by Stilson Hutchins, and it was adopted. The amendment had been favorably reported from the committee on the library. The ameniment gives author- ity for the erection of this pedestal end statue in any of the publio parks or reser- vations In the D's:rfet of Columbia, exzept the Capitol or Library grounds. i DIRS Strikers Return to Work. _ LEWISTON, Me., April 7.—Ail but twen. cotton mills have agreed to return to work, and the strike vhich has prevailed for bhp gape at an Se aan ae who re- ‘fused to go to work ¥. employment elsewhere, * ty of the strikers at the Androscoggin}