Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1898, Page 2

THE EVEN MILITARY ACTIVITY ATH DAY-OF DEBAT All the Bureaus of the War Depart- BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. Only Dispute is Over the Recognition ment Very Buay. A reference to the statement he- "of Cuba. low will show that the circulation sworn to Is a bona fide one. PREPARING 10 TRANSPORT TROOPS] i i= casts sowie ror a mows- | NEARLY ALLPHE SENATORSPOR ACTION Sia Ot ers a aa Et = ING STAR, SATURDAY Oe eee hy iss APRIL 16, 1898-24 PAGES. - Xo war cota syed ac any tme or | TQ RATSE REVENUE |CONSULATE UNDER GUARD| FINANCE AND TRADE No any naticn ugless.g}i diplomatic agencies had been exkqusted, and he could not see | that. result fm the smessage of the Presl- dent. “I witk votextor peace, I will stand for peace as king as peace !3 possible. “I do net stand here as an apologist for the Sp&nish pdlicyzs% belteve the people of Cuba had a right tarchel against the colo- nial policy oft8pains But we as a nation are outside tue stturtion. We have aoth- ing to do wit& the ebeltion now going on in the isiand.® = 9 Measure Practically Completed by Hipped in Bod American Tobacco Company Stock : House Leaders, , Fell Of Nine Points. * Call fer Spaniards to Return Home— pth te ecm WORKOF WAYSANDMEANS COMMITTEE | ast tors ateae vo secure — | WHOLE LIST WAS THY WEAR ‘Eagan Ald. i i” lyon CADIZ, Spain, April 16.—The students of Selling M vement Started Ear y - the’ school of medicine, carrying 2 flag, at- tempted to make a manifestation here last the Other Side. evening. but the police interfered and ar- rested two of the students. As a result, A BIG POPULAR LOAN =e gags consulate has beenplaced |GENERAL MARKET REPORTS paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- . < mously, in order to deceive adver- i The senator‘saidathet while Spain was Officers on Special Duty to Join} {i°" "yy semamg out thocsants o¢ | Differ Only as to the Methods to latxciyrepojpiie or une conditions x 4 i rs to ne itands, which are re- isting in the ,that country was no‘ Their Regiments. Ei amenmechigrs we ae Be Employed. wholly reporetble, ortho. reason that-the cane, "bat etic, ace he a guerrilla warfare waged by the insurgents : Bs was enough fo driv’ a proud people to put XIETY ABOUT THE OREGON cluded In what purports to be an SESSION .OPENED AT 10 A. M. | down such warfare even at the cost of life™| ray honest statement of circulation. $ and property. It Is Expected to Raise Over $100,000,000 by Taxes. news A ——_+_—_ —_+_—_ —_—--+ — e > Spaniards Called Home. Intelligent advertisers, however, Passing to the diplomatic phase of .the = r % é . = a Sette, | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ary Alger sald today in reply to a] 3udge by fescits, and bogus circula- The brilliant oratory and the exciting | ULatlon., oo tha Beton spoke of the ef | sre republican members of the ways and Reales oy eaten ig grep ag eee} gto ye teen necheyenged end ed ioquiry om the subject that no call Cons don't give them. cette ponte aay in ane, Senate added | 116 tor the reconcentrades, and his suc. | “80s committee of the House have prac- says all able-bodied Spaniards there have | Cover any change in conditions warranting on the militia of the several states will be ‘The family circulation of The Star to the public interest in today’s proceedings. : tically completed the preparation of the : cess in that: direction, followed later by thé armistice granted by the Spanish gov- ernment. ~ Mr. Wellington argued that the message of the Presidént had been wholly miscon- been ordered to return to Spain as early as | Yesterd prices in the local stock mar- possible. ket, London refused to trade at the closing Spanish Torpedo Fiot parity. Early cables reflected declines SOUTHAMPTON, April 16.—A vessel | tending from % to I per cent. Spanish Which arrived here today reports having | Ponds yielded all of yesterday's gain and The additional fact that the Senate last night determined to take a vote today upon the pending resolution lent an added interest to the Senate proceedings. This was the fourth day of the debate upon the the President in ths absence of ge by Congress of a resolution of intervention. This authoritative statement disposes of the rumors that have persist- eptly circulated during th past few days| Cirealation of The “Evening Star.” revenue measure which will be pase:d to raise revenue sufficient to prosecute the war. Th: members propose that the pres- ent generation sheaH bear the burdegs of is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. x the war, and, proceeding upon that theory established a new low level. - strued, that, instead of an arpeal to Con- i je . that a call of this kind will be made within ae War resolutions. Thus far the only radical | or26¢ to sanction war, it was exactly the | they have prepared a bill that will raise be- Fe iiadig < asker Anse *hcediarn “both a. certain specified time. The action thus | “{TU=PAT. Ame® , tote... differences of opinion developed are upon : tween $10,000,000 and $120,000,000 addition- = reverse, but the war frenzy was abroad and Congress was rushing hopelessly into hostilities. ‘The President, I believe, in his heart feels that war is not necessary.” He read the closing paragraph of the President's message, and, placing his inter- pretation upon it, said that the words in- dicated that the executive still believed brie prices were curtailed to meet the foreign pomsabiapiapeamra dane: markets. Declines were forced within frac- tional limits, but liquidation was apparent- 4 : rev: ly as remote as ever, Perfect tranquillity prevails on the | iy, percentage of those believing in raised. On manufactured tobacco and snuff : > the internal revenue tax will be incr2ased | ‘*!#4- All political parties are more unit-} tual hostilities is variously. estimated—in : ed to} €a than ever, und are rallying around the | Wall street—from one in five to one in ten from 6 to 12 cents. This is expected to} government and the flag. The newspapers | Washington developments have failed to raise $15,000,000 of revenue. The: increase | are printing patriotic article: shake the peace idea because of the belief that the armistice granted to the insur- | 0n cigars and cigarettes has not b2en abso- Warships at St. Thomas. that deliberate judgment is only pos: ible gents would yet work out peace. lutely fixed, but it probably will be $l on all! is_aND OF ST. THOMAS, West Indies, |!" Communities’ sufficiently well removed i 3 1 ri this $5,000,000 ts ted. to be upprejudiced by legislative details. pial 5 Passiag to the internal dissensions exist- | classes. From % miprtesi April 16.—A report is current here that five | Washington. it is argued. ix forced to be- . | Who were granted four hours’ time today to} ing in Spain, he said that the United States |. The proposition which the Senate Placed | warships passed this island yesterday to | lieve in wat because war preparations, Present their side of the Cuban question, | would be held responsible should the Cer- we sarift Bill. but which went out inj the northward. They are said to bave been | whereas New York believes that such prep- represent the non-intervention policy. None | tists overthrow the. present dynasty, which | FO" ae patina ly is embodied in. the going in a westerly direction. arations lead to certain peace. the advisability of the recognition by the United States of the independence of the Cuban republic. The only differences are as to the methods to be employed, the general desire being to Place the United States in a favorable po- sition before the people of this country LCR aE as well as before the civilized nations of bi = Dally average. si the world. “ry bureau of the War Department has " n called into action in carrying out the| solemnly ewear that the above statement rep- | _Seators Caffery, Wellington and White, ord-rs issued yesterday for the mobiliza- | resents only the number of copies of THE EV tien of the troops in the south. The quar- | ING STAR circulated during the six secular day termaster general's office, which looks after | ending Friday, April 15, 1899—that is, the num cene-ntration of the regular army at points | WEDNESDAY, April 18, 1898.. in the south where they will be readily | THURSDAY, April 14, 1998 available for transportation to Cuba in case | FRIDAY, April 15, 1898... of ne ’s orders involv> a movement of about 16,500 men, most of a! revenue per annum. The bill will pro- vide for an additional tax of $1 a barrel upon beer, from which $30,000,000 will be dispatch from Havana says: of these S:nators believe that the United ped woul ve - Spain Buyx 7. vas These arguments are adopted by many the transportation of the troops, and the | ver of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- = he hoped would continue many years. ™measure, together with practically all the nein abt en gener because of the bigh sources from which Bae A hich: de pint piace’ . States should interfere in Cuban affairs, Does Not Hold Spain to Blame. Scheme of internal revenue taxation of the| BERLIN, April 16—Senor Sandovala, the | fpee¥o™, Of the wigh sources from which Sima A ne tenere aerel Naete ed or nailed, for valuable consideration, to bona | and that present hostile demonstrations = . volves the duty of furnishing the nec>ssary act of 1886, which includes a stamp tax on] Spanish agent here, is going to Kiel on food supplies, are particularly busy. The Upon the question of responsibility as to | ait checks, drafts and all instruments of | song the destruction of the Maine Mr. Welling- | business (mortgages, loans and bonds), a Ways logical, but there is well-established (ide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of | have unnecessarily been forwarded by the next in order to test thirteen | precedent for their acceptanc emain | war spirit. a Scwekekoot at There is no single event relied upon es) etticens| ins eoncumad| of the variocs) teats | aC Sune cre yee ee ee eae | Sage eemance ican agTCCHETC cocaine | ON basalNeathy ain tate “ban ane Lak ccs estore oma ieee oem BRaEON Ta ORE en ne | aalty “1b makindotn (thor ponte lapete Tony ments which are to move have responded | i the office unsold. = think that Spain blew up our vessel. and @ tax on telegraph messages and ex- | Chased.for Spain, before their shipment to | Vieid. the powers may intervene, Congress with alacrity to General Miles’ ord3ra, and J. WHIT. HERRON, ed last night, the Senate convened prompt- Press packages is also incorporated in| that country. The United States embassy “ 2 may strike out the threatening phrases in ly at 10 o'clock and after the transaction | _“!f 80, then the responsibility rested upon | fhe pit, he i- | has tt have Indicated their readiness and intention Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. This scheme of taxation is est been notified of the facts in the case : ees its resolutions, but war will be averted of some routine business the resolution of | General “Blanco in command at Havana. | mated to raise $35,000,000. and will request the German government to| These are the arguments of the four in to proceed at once to their destination. Subscribed and sworn to before me this} 1). foreign relations committee was laid | 24 I cannot belteve that Blanco would The tax on proprietary and patent med-] prevent the shipment of the torpedoes If | five, but should the forebodings of the one Quart-rmaster General Ludington said to- | sixteenth day of April, A. D. 1898. before the Senate. ‘. sanction such an outrage. One touch of etre wake two oe a een ae nao before they are on their —< oppoate belie ~ well eeeee yoie4 y » * = nature es the le world kin, even | bottles retailing at cents or unde! vay So sult will scarcely be acceptable to those day that all the command>rs would issue CHAS. G. MORTIMER, Few senators were on the floor at the time | (UUre aan fe Pa es panies 4 cents cn those retailing above that price. who believe the worst to have been dis short-time advertisements inviting propos- Notary Public, D.C. | and Mr. Teller suggested the lack of a quo- | ‘Noush the kinship ts with a Spaniard. - a Weary of Spanish Importunities. - % The tax on telegraph messages will be 1 . counted. The als for transportation, from which selec- Mr. Wellington then recounted the deeds - = rid 7] s LONDON, April 16.—The members of the | 1 stad rum, saying it was due to senators who cent on all messages which cost 25 cents Dp been sustained tions will be made in the best interest of were to speak that a quorum be present. of valor done by Marylanders, and satd | or less and 2 cents on all above 25 cents. diplomatic corps in this city have now nts will make .is the government. He did not think any of "| that while the conservative people of his | A duty of 10 cents rer pound is placed upon atandoned all hope of effectual mediation | @djustmeni the more radical in the end Mr. Cannon for Recognition. . E nd coffee, with the commands would move b>fore Mond state agreed with him that war was not | tea and 3 cents per pound upon - e upon the part of the powers between the from which time they would rapidly follow | ====—=——= ===} After about fifteen minutes a quorum ap- | necessary they and himself would be found arcane ath Soe eS Ta Pats iin pa aad space anaes ona each other on the trip south. Already of-] be ordered to-San Francisco on the out- | Pe@red. Mr. Cannon (Utah) was then rec- | battling with the majorit form of a tax on the sales of stock on | Austrian ambassadors, however, cling ten- ficers of the quartermaster's department | break of hostilities for the purpose of di- | "zed and spoke in favor of immediate | In concluding he said more sensational break in prices. When decisive action and for thi f If war must be, | hand to avoid the Constitutional inhibition | aciously to the delusion that they will be | this comes, or when peace comes, the m, are on their way to the mobilizing points to | recting the operations of the fleet of vessels ieee ‘or the recognition of | Maryland will be with you, but in this fate- | against a direct tax. From tea and coffe secure a able to arrange at the last moment a com- | ket Will advance under the impetus of the independence o} : ” $24,000,000 is estimated. Bottled waters »mmodations for th> troops and | gathered at that port for the defense of the | ‘MN | Gan ee Eee sea ea r to make per- | @f¢ to bear a tax similar to patent med- | Promise which will avert war. make other necessary arrangements for | Pacific coast. In case of the withdrawal = a 2 oan Fam roncte pe All things considered, the market is right- fully narrow and capital timid. Many mii- lions of dollars are lying in wait for one hasty employment of these disappoin millions. The break has been long awaited, ic-1es, They have kaunted the British foreign h hi t di intment. Pro- saying that the surest way to peace was | fectly clear the resolution reported by the F 7 ds of th vern- | office for a week i ly ence the present @isappela 2 < their care and comfort. The possibility of | of the Bennington from the Hawatian sta- | 110006 | aa y ‘or the pressing needs of the go} ce for a week past, calling daily and | fessional Wall street, conscious of this dis. the f war. el % g = 4 : : yesterday's developments having been con-| tion the only naval representative of the a gates of war. The United | minority of the foreign relations commit-| ment the Secretary of the Treasury is | occasionaliy more of They arrived S appointment, has been systematically ag- 5 s States would, he said, enter Cuba against | tee, offered an amendment to insert after | given the general power to issue certifi- | there early this mnorning and for a long | gravating it in order to force the money templet efor! some: time,; the Gepaxtment | United: states mi those: waters cwill he \the:| 56 ac ta cp an tneoeecesummene crim titer meen “Independent” the following: | cates of indebtedness, payable in one year, | time conferred with Sir Thomas H. San simply bad te put into motion the machin- | old wooden ship Adams, now on a cruise and to bea: not to exceed 3 per cent in-| derson, the permanent secretary for the | nt? > Market around present prices and ve Peace “and that govern: x 2 s = 4 Sed ox £ 4 vent, by it . the break other- ery for its execution. in the central Pacific. eee eset cea ts | eel tes tes ba ieecerabiin Or whoa aa | terest: oe te also au- | 2ECIEN Office, who appears to be wearied | Wise a, POARIy Anshan wees epee 1 . co} ed, ‘wi CON izes ba " sc I~ . Adjutant General Corbin reports every- Anxious About the Oregon. The Secretary of the Treasury is with their importunities. Their efforts io not favor these resolutions have ex-| the true and lawful government of that | thorized to borrow on the credit of the see the supreme effort in this particular. thing as working smoothly toward the suc- vere seemingly rewarded with little en- | [- he test is made, predence warrants The retatives and friends of the officers | pressed a fear of the consequence to us | island.” goverrment, by popular oe as couragement, erie eons the part or. the average in- cessful carrying out of the order issued by | and crow of the battle ship Oregon are dis- | from the armed intervention of European Caffery tor Modcrati: A eeed tieougaths posteticanet the Pag Se ee vestor. Gen. Miles yesterday. playing sonte concern over the whereabouts | countries, while others have expressed the tiv tha fatreaneriee dail goversmache as: WHEN WAR IS DECLARED. A decline of 9 per cent in American To- a les’ : Eee e t : Mr. Caffery was then recognized. ry, the ¢ st bacco was the ony feature of special si<- m. Miles’ Activity. of that vessel. She left Callao, Peru, abou: | fear that the United States will be written | My have stod& before,” said he, “on the | Positories in low-rate bonds, which are te 1 ificance in today’s market. Fifteen per de sold at par. Pandemonium Will Break Loose in pence - t of an unwarranted rise abandoned in ‘They are to bear 3 per cent interest and Chicage at Once. Sn nents sabe onions conain ~ fad over-credulous speculative following. In Gen. Miles’ office the greatest activity |a week ago, since which time nothing has | down as a coward for destroying Spain. 2° re - | brink of war, Although young, then, I Was noticeable today. Arrangements are | been heard of her, so far as the officials of | If we keep our motive pure and our pur- “s y as aus ssa cs coe ss being made whereby the army headquar- | the Navy Depar:ment will admit. In view | pose high we will be sustained by Provi-| COUnS@I¢d mederation; but my opinions | to be redeemable after five years at the op-| CHICAGO, Arril 16.—Long blasts from ept to!the winds, 28 tion of the government, and to be due in} 90 rainy de peueg i ters, wherever they may be located, will |of the fact that she should have reached | dence. We will vindicate ourselves to our ecg ainate Sane aioaie te ia twenty years. ‘The principal and interest | OV¢r two hundred whistles and the clang- Appa me — he supplied with all the necessary official | Valparaiso before this, in case she was | consciences, to the wisdom and honor of | 700®,™ the fistofy of civilized nations. | @¢,to be payable in coin. aoe ae oe St Dells will annonce bp thet ee Steen tethered Pecan i Peni wy Gata. maps. charts and books on military | bound for that port, the impression obtains | the world and to the day of judgment, awe >| . The measure will be presented to the full} people of Chicago and the surrounding Our people were a Unit then. If war is to ings have been increased about These will be carefully selected | that she has shaped her course so as ‘> committee probably on Monday, and it will | country ihat war has cither been declared all in specie. The leans have decreased And when the war shall have ended the 5 1 be waged we oughtsto be a unit now. But | be brought into the House as soon as the | by the Uni Stat 3; = 697.90 7 cked in trunks bought for that pur- | proceed south around the Horn, without | United States will be able, I trust, to write it seems that) whoever dares to utter a] war resolutions are signed by the Presi- Cae = corer or ee = + select pete Sioheved peer nog pose and will be shipped prior to the de- | stopping at any Chilean port. It is, there- | a story of the deed in this one sentence: thought in opposition to hasty or ill-con- | dent. reece ae Nhe ct . parture of the general and his aids. There | fcre, probable that she will next be heard i edge) ; . ‘The hand of God moved this country to were a large number of callers on the ken- | frcm at Montevideo, on the east coast of | destroy in Cuba the divine right of king | etre popular breast. cral during the day. He also spent a great | South America. She ts under hurry orders | snd to establish there the diviner right of | "Me Cofferytsentto the desk a clipping deal of time in conference with the officials | to join Capt. Sampson's squadron’ at Key | the people.’ from a Washfigtoiy‘newsparer sharply at- €f the department respecting the coming | West, and will prove a most powerful ad- | mr. Aaticn Protests Against Interfer- | tacking him and.charging him with having campaign. “It is said by one of the gen- | junct to that large fleet of warships. The ence. been one of the-agents.of the Loutsana lot- eral's aids today that probably four or | sunboat eee is owe Bi her wey | Mr. Allen (Neb.) sald he wanted to call tegy. i five days will elapse before he will start | around the Horn, bound for the same | ait, n : 5 = Serer coos Ler en part | clace. She is two’ or three davs ancat or | attention to the remarkable scene that had It ts rarely'that I rotice newspaper ar- | artillery regiments from Washington to| for more than a few minutes after che ic mand o} e theo bathe akine Tasae fe eee cea ceeurre] at the White House on April 7. { ticles referring to mec,” said he. “There Is Chickamauga. It is understood that bids] news has been received here. army in the field. The expectation fs that a nye a Se = ; Oe He referred to the call of the represen‘a- | nothing in this I care to make a statement have been submitted by the Southern,| The following three conditions will be he will take with him his personal staff, | ments esi Bat Legh oe = tives of six great powers upon the Presi- | atout except ith> chargé that I was an | Chesapeake and Ohio, Baltimore and Ohio, | Considered as justification for sounding the as follows: =a at each stopping place on her long v dent and to the exchange of notes on the | agent of the Loulslara lottery. The gro- | Pennsylvania and Seaboard Air Line com. Se Be a oe ara “en ea Lieut. Col. J. €. Gilmore, adjutant gen- eee oak Hispavo-American situation. He declared | tesqueness of the lle is the one thing that | panies. part of Spain. etal; Capt. F. Michler, 5th Cavalry; Capt. ate Army Orders. that vo similar scene had ever been wit-| attracts my notice. If there is any one | Although no definite information on that| Second “The declaration of war on che M. P. Maus, Ist Infantry; Capt. Edward | First Lieut. James M. Kennedy, assist- | nessed in this country. thing in my life that I take pride in it is | point could be obtained at the War Depart-| Part of the United States. 2 Davis, 3d Artillery, and Chief Clerk J. B. | ant surgeon, ts relieved from the duty of | “1 want to register my protest.” said the part I took in destroying that infamous | ment this afternoon, it Is said that the oth| Third. The signing by the President of Morton of army headquarters, who will | attending the sick of the battery at Sheri- | Mr. Allen, “against the representatives of institution, the Lousiana lotter: look after the large amount of correspond- | dan Point, Va. - r ssed - Cavalry at Fort Myer and the 4th Artillery | fe urmoat (hee satay Gonmress: authoriz: the so-called powers of Europe entering} Mr. Caffery then entered upon a discus- | at Washington barracks will hardly start! ‘The railroads will also take part and erce, &c., arising in connection with the} Leave of absence for three months is | the White House end telling this country | sion of the Cuban situation, declaring that operations of the army. granted Capt. Charles H. Clark, ordnance | what it shall do. I cannot understand on their Journey south before Monday even-| every engine will take up the tooting as it it was manifest that the power of Spain | ing or Tuesday morning next. is echoed. General Superintendent Zeublin Consul General Lee spent a great portion | department. : why the President did not inform them | was slowly dying in Cuba and that her | Orders have been received by the com- ee medine of the day at the War Department, in con- | |The following transfers are made in the | that this country would not tolerate any | sovereignty, without our interference, would} Mandant at the Washington barracks di- | theity and every town and village In the sultation with Secretary Alger, presumably | 21st Infantry: Capt. Ebenezer W. Stone, | interference from them: yet here iw tre be swept from the island. He showed much | 2¢cting him to send Light Battery E, Capt. | {he Clty and every town and for th from Company F to Company I; Capt. P 2 4 Capron, to Chickamauga. It is understood ‘or the purpese of giving the latter the fs ; Z s Laces ns first step toward the breaking down of the feeling because of the haste which he said | that the command will leave Washington a benefit of his knowledge of the condition | Harry L. Batley, from Company 1 to Com-| Monroe doctrine and the destruction of had been manifested in forcing the present | Wednesday next. NAVAL RESERVE CALLED OUT. of the Spanish military forces on the Island | Pany F. the nation. And it is understood that these | situation to a crisis. The 6th United States Cavairy, stationed of Cuba and the defenses of its harbors, The extension of leave of absence grant- recehes Chicago the telephone company D COMMER: will have transmitted it to a hundred or| F!NANCIAL AND Co) eee mcre manufacturing concerns. The following are the opening, the high- In the several surrounding villages whis- | est and the lowest and the cloring prices of tles and schcol bells will announce the | the New York stock market today, as re- Udings, end, eccording to the present ar- | Now York stock exchanes, Concspondents rangements, no town or village within fifty | Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. ceived action subjects himself to the gibbet ———_—__ —- o-____. WILL LEAVE NEXT WEEK. Preparations of the Regulars Sta- tioned Here and Nenr Here. Bids will b2 opened at the War Depart- ment at 10 o'clock Monday morning for the transpoztation of the 6th Cavalry and 4th] miles of Chicago vill be kept in ignorance same so-called powers are to go further | Discussing the question of recognition of | at Fort Myer, is making preparations to | West New Jersey Battalion Orderca ed Second Lieut. George B. Pritchard, jr., 1 i ing . move south, in accordance with orders is- to the Cruiser V: le. To J and make another essault wer Venezuela. ‘@ Join Their on th Cavalry, is further extended twent;. upon the White | independence, Mr. Caffery maintained that sued from the War Department. It is There are several officers on special duty House with more pressing demands. With- in six months these same powers will be urging the United States to agree to arbi- tration in order that our Hability for Span- ish-Cupan bonds may be determined.” Mr. Burrows (Mich.) supported the po- one days. First Lieut. William W. Galbraith, Sth Artillery, will proceed to Atlanta, Ga., and report to Brigadier General Graham, com- manding the department of the gulf, fur appointment and duty as aid-de-camp. sition assumed in this crisis by the Presi- Latest Naval Orders. dent, and argued against the recognition of The following naval orders were issued | the present republic of Cuba. today: Mr. Platt Hopes for Peace. Commander G. C. Relter, to the navy] yy. Platt (Conn), who, in ascordance Irvine, 11th Infantry, and Capt. 8. Y. Sey- | 34rd, Norfolk, instead of to command of | with the agreement reached last night, burn. 10th Infantry. These officers are | Selace, as originally ordered. was accorded a half hour's time, devoted it now on duty In the war records office com- | Acting Carpenter F. H. Preble, from the | 19 a sircrg and eloquent expression of his Dieting the work of the compilation of the | New York navy yard. to the New Orleans. | nope for peace and a defense of the Pret, military records of the rebellion, which | Acting Gunner T. B. Watson, from the} gent “He thought, the timé for oratacies work is practically finished. yom 2 bas Roonaan. ae and impassioned utterance had passed. It is more than probable that sono 5< & Eaton, ‘fromthe Buter- y 3 ESeayppemmart eons Oratory would not bombard Moro Casti : TRENTON, N. J., April 16.— Adjutant recognition was an executive and not a | likely that the troops of the regiment will legislative tunctién. spend the entire day tomorrow in the gar- General Stryker today issued an order di- “The adoption by’ the Senate of the res- | rison, and the move made Monday. recting Commander Charles B. Dahigren ciutions reportedby the minority of the | , The men in the different troops are ex-) of the Battalion of the West New Jersey 5 tremely anxiovs to move, and, as one| aval Reserv a Peaheeel aren foreign relations committee,” he declared, | stated to a Star reporter, all of the cav- | “4 eserves to once would be to stultify ourselves, and the | alrymen would much rather be in active | bis battalion one Heutenant, two Meuten- President would be bound to veto those | campaign service than remain in the sus-| ants, jurior grade; two ensigns, one sur- resolutions.” pense which has characterized events since | geon, one paymaster, one chief engineer, Mr. Hawley ‘followed Mr. Caffery. He thot tee eeabs ot tke ie oe ee one assistant engineer and 150 seamen for sald he could not yote for a declaration | the post were all filled up, and that since | Service aboard the United States ship Ven- that Cuba is free, because, as a matter of | the threatened rupture with Spain and the | ezu2la, in accordance with instructions re- a ‘beginning of war talk many enlistments | ceived from the Navy Department at Pat ee BOE : have deen made, which completed the | Waeningtom y Mr. White Opposes War. number assigned for each troop. The de- se parture of the cavalry will be remembered | Commander Dahigren is instructed to Mr. White, who followed, said he regard-| by the residents of the section, who in- | make immediate report of the detachment ry 5 ed the present occasion as the most mo-| tend giving the troopers a royal send-off. | to adjutant general's office. The three di- mentous that had called for consideration ae visions of the battalion of the west are on: since he had entered the Senate. He said THE DISTRICT GUARDSMEN. ee an nen eek Tab etheret, in this city who are attached to regiments which have been ordered into field duty at scuthern ports and orders will be prepared @¥ soon as possible for them to join their regiments. Among the number who will be rclieved from their present duties in this city and ordered to active service with the army at once are Lieut. Col. George W. Davis of the Mth Infantry, Capt. Hugh R. Brown, 12th Infantry, Capt. R. J. C. the fi he Cavalli d Inf 5 | it di: able to dissent from the he divisi egepe ses — _— officers now at the Cavalry and Infantry 2 stinging, angry words, said he, may wound eee Bee call the lions together at once to School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will also | Assistant Engineer R. K. Crank, from the | the Sr euaent but they cannot ordlakibecte general view, but for him there was noth-| Gem. Harries to Confer With the | the detail, after ascertaining who are will- be immediately relieved and ordered to | 24V¥ yard, Norfolk, to the Merrimac. is President. ing to volunteer. The men will then re- ing to do but to follow his own convictions. Mr. White asked the Senate to pause and]. Brig. Gen. Herries will have a conference | main in readiness to respond to a future ‘ i order to report on board the Venezuela. reflect upon the issues before casting the | With President McKinley this afternoon re- Licut. James Boyd Cotter of Bridgeport dle. Spain had been our friend and it was | 8arding the part the District National! wil) probably be assigned as Neutenant in a é armor of Spanisn battle ships. Join their regiments. Action of this kind | Iieut. W. E. Safford, from the Naval] "4, piatt believed that peace might have hs been already Griese the case of the oases 20: te: CREAT, Oe ARPES BOE Eo ois ealt meat uae ecr for the officers who were attac © the artillery g & intemperate utter passion 2. school at Fort, Monroe, Va., and in zhe | Ensign R. W. McNeely, from the Annapo- | guacn, anita ae mare ea actions of -those who seemed bent upon | °t becoming in the committee on foreign:| Guard will take in a conflict with Spain. charge of the detall. No orders or ingtruc- case of officers on uty at collegés and tn- | lis to the Saturn. plunging the country into war. He hoped, | Telations to return to the days of the Duke ni Gubwe (aw suianaie, Oy the nalatant penerslite xeamore totes stitutions of learning as professors of mii- | Ensign W. J. Manion, from the San Fran-| he said, that even yet some way Tmigneee of Alva and the inquisition. wD NING. itary tactics and instruction. cisco to the Saturn. ¥ rae Spat ——_ ome 7 Aa the National Guard or any ou or ‘There was no-glory in conquering Spain, | Marine Bamd in Attendam. or Assistant Naval Constructor W. G. Groes- | (time sccure gence in Gale Het ane how. | and the United - States was sufficiently Heavy and Slow. SEE ‘The Secretary of War today made an | D’ck. from the bureau. of construction and | er that if our determined purpose to | strong to do justice. The futare must | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star Peesonal Mention. allotment of $20,000 out of the $50,000,000 | T¢P2!t to the navy yard, Norfolk. intervene to put an end to conditions in| Judge us, and we should now act so as to] BENNING RACE TRACK, April 16—By]| aj. T. N. Norton, retired, is at the Eb- emergency approrriation to the surgeon | , C'v!l Engineer L. E. Gregory, to the navy | ine isiand of Cuba should result tn aver | secure its approval. He expressed the opin. |far the largest crowd of the meeting at- | pret, general of the army for the purchase of | 874 at New York. it must be so. The United States woutd | fon that if the President were lett alone} tended the racing this afternoon at the! Lieut. W. W. Gilmer, who has been or- medical and hospital stores for the use| Acting Boatswain H. J. Duffy, from the | ior be recreant to its duty or to a wreat | Cuba would be freed-without the sheilding | Benning track, the sixth day of the spring yard, New York, to the New Orleans. meeting of the Washington Jockey Club, of the army in the field in the event of | 22¥¥ 34rd. J trust. He held that the President and a 9 Gunner W. G. Moore, from navy yard, the number of ladies being very large. hestilities. The principal want of the med- Washington, to the New York navy yard. House of Representatives had placed the ‘The Marine Band was in ai a a t Pending question upon high ground. The Gered a selected program ‘ se pomecied April re John ap Senate was called upon to place it on lower cata cain tie te flat Pirie nomic 3 "| ground—cn untenable ground that would a Chas. T. Chase, Chas. Larson, Geo. B. the Mount Vernon stakes for two-year-old Henary, J. H. Doyle. get approved by the nations of the Mee fillies. The Easter steeplechase of ‘The Call for Volunteers. “I deplore it—it is unpardonable,” de- Adjutant General Corbin informed a Star | cjared Mr. Platt. He thought to recognize Fr Hospital Supplies. ical department of the army in case of extensive field operations is hospital stores, such as cots and ambulances, and the al- lotment made today is intended to supply this deficiency so far as possible. Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers, 1s mak- ing arrangements to have a pontoon or aPeeprateee, Sea? 5 EEEEES Wid. Bee: igidge train at the disposal of the army | reporter this afternoon in the most positive | the present Cuban republic,’ which Gen. 7 se = for facilitating the movements of the | terms ot no pers for volunte2rs marae z Bio H oratensor r c pa rm, troops on the march, and ft ts probable | tary service, efther militiamen or others, e e 1 (Clay), iD that a train of this character will form | would be made unless such a step is au- he Mine d z ae), aa Keon oEonkor). A tol National Part of the army now on its way to the | thorized by Congress and approved by the N ; = ET. asked. are: various rendezvous on the southern coasts. } President. He said that all th> details of o asked. such a call rested in the hands of the Pres- ident, and so far as he (General Corbin) Point, and it can be prepared for use leng | knew, nothing had yet been settled in the before there is Mikeiy to be any call for it.] matt2r beyond a decisicn to make such a ‘The Yorktown Purchased. call in case it became necessary and was The Navy D t has purch d the | fully authorized by the action of Congress. O14 Dominion steamer Yorktown, ullt Oy | ee ee ae oe ae ney tonne the successors of the late John Roach, & | {ime how many met were tkely to Sons_and is considering the advisability of | Called out Under he Brat call, but in other the purchase of the steamer Jamestown of | uatgere it ts learnad thas the Present the same line. Roach & Sons built the firat | Dae Dracticaly decided. in the even ships of our new navy, the Chicago, At- po tox Banter vi Janta, Boston and Dolphin. Secretary Long | 0M © ssien$ peo dione shy and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, it is un- a3¢ . derstood, are of opinion that the firm was unjustly treated In regard to these ships, and are very anxious to resume telations with their successors. The Yorktown is comparatively new vessel, having been the. service of the Old Dominion tine as passenger steamer for bout five years. She will be a valuable acquisition ‘as a commerce destroyer in the event of Cuba. There 1s a complete equipment for such a train at the Military Academy at West nl zi Ht is ce