Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 16, 1898, Page 2

: The Revald--Beview. By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA, If a man were really to disec ver the north pole, his wife wouldn’t let him keep it in the house. A man who never changes his mind is one who has so little mind that he can’t run any risks with it, When a woman drives a nail through the plaster and hits a beam she thinks she is the smartest person she knows. ‘The statue of George Washington is one of the objects of interest at the capital of Venezuela. They like our George. en With some women devotion to a mean husband is merely an obstinate determination not to admit having made a mistake. John Lawrence Sullivan decares he can lick any man who offers him Span- ish onions with his beans. Oh, if John could only give Don Weyler one good soaker on the point of his awful jaw! The loudest shouters for war are often the men who forget the fact, felicitously stated by Captain Mahan of the navy, “Fighting means close re- lations with those who are trying to hurt you.’ Senator Hill has won the enmity of Senator Grady of the New York legis- lature, who says he is both distin- guished and extinguished; and he is further fortunate in the praise he gets for his opposition to the Ellsworth press-gag bill. “Politics as a highly desirable pro- fession” is a topic discussed by Presi- dent E. Benjamin Andrews, who says, “The common thought that it is mean to seek office or accept office uness it has sought the man is wholly per- verse.” This is so palpably true that it ought not to need discussion. Every voter ought to be a politician; and to cry down the office-seeker or the office- holder is to bring contempt to our sys- tem of government. William Olmsted, who died recent- ly at Cassopolis, Mich., left $10,000 to Barnum’s circus. It seems that he was an eccentric old man and did not live in harmony with his relatives, and he decided to get even with them by leav- ing all his possessions, with exception of a small farm to his wife, to the fa- mous circus. There is no way to ac- count for the strange bequest except the possibility that Mr. Olmsted may have received at one time free tickets for the show. The heirs will contest the will. On one corner of a Chicago street intersection myriads of workmen are at work building one of the grandest edifices in the world. Several blocks farther down firemen are hopelessly striving to extinguish the flames that are rapidly consuming another great building. Thousands of frenzied peo- ple are striving to get a glimpse of the great walls as they crumble and fall and then a mighty cheer goes up. Queer isn’t it all, A scene of destruction at- tracts the multitudes, while the erec- tion of a building that is a triumph of the century scarcely attracts notice. Mankind as a whole loves to witness the work of destruction’s angel. At the annual banquet of New York’s Sons of the American Revolution the other night, Ferd W. Peck of Chicago presented the plan which has already received the sanction of the president and the senate for raising a fund of $250,000 by contribution from the school children of the United States to erect an appropriate monument in Paris to the Marquis de Lafayette. President McKinley has consented to serve as chairman of a national com- mittee to be composed of the gover- nors of the several states; the senate has already passed and the house will probably adopt a resolution authoriz- ing its appointment, under whose au- spices a celebration will be held on Lafayette’s birthday, in September next, in every schoolhouse in the Unit- ed States. Spain cannot scare up an ally in all of Europe. Thanks to the great American plan. “No entangling alli- ances with European powers.” Had this policy been forgotten and the un- patriotic Bayard had successfully ne- gotiated an alliance with England we would not now have a friend in Eu- rope. As it happily is, they are all our friends—all except poor old Spain. European friendship is more marked in the case of Russia, France and Ger- may, than in England. We are Eng- land’s commercial rivals; we are the commercial allies of all other nations. Neither dces the Anglo-Saxon blood preponderate among us; it is only an element of that which goes to make up the real American. Germany and Ire- land are perhaps to a larger extent the mother country than is England. It is therefore not likely that there will ever be an alliance with any European country—England especially. A child is born every six minutes in Greater New York, or about 90,000 births a year, and 70,000 persons die annually. The city has 850,000 Irish in it and 900,000 Germans; its manu- factures employ 635,000 workingmen, whose wages are $400,000,000 annually; it has 360 square miles, its greatest jength, from Tottenville, on Staten Island, to Mount St. Vincent on the Hudson, being thirty-five miles, and there are over ten saloons to each church; its assessed value is $2,264,- 142,968, and its entire indebtedness 170,000,000 THE NEWS RESUME DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS CF THE WORLD. A Comprchensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. Washington Talk. Senator Riley's bill, appropriating $1,000,000 to place Ohio on a war foot- ing, is now a law. The house has passed a bill eu a pension of $50 a month to Mrs. Ad- olphine Krez of Milwaukee. She is the widow of Conrad Krez, once collector of customs at Milwaukee. Criminal. At Hobart, Tasmania, Mrs, Clover, while insane, cut the throats of her six cnildren and then committed suicide. At Brownsville, Tex., Carlos Julien shot Jailor Sam Cobb, who attempted pe arrest, wounding him fatally, and then killed Felipe Cobb, A young brother of Juillen blew out Sam Cobb’s brains. Carlos was fatally wounded, but this did not prevent a mob getting hold of him and killing him. It was an election riot. Two men were killed and another lynched at an election riot held at Brownsville, ‘Texas. Charles Jullien shot Sam Cobb while attempting his arrest, wounding him fatally, and then killed Felipe Cobb. A young brother of Jullien then blew out Sam Cobb's brains. Carlos was fatally wounded, but this did not prevent a mob getting hold of him and killing him. The boy escaped. People Talked About. The wife of Justice Brewer, of the United States supreme court, is dead. Congressman George Faris, of the Indiana district was renom- inated on the 272d ballot. Julius Schulhoff, for about fifty years noted a piano virthoso of the bril- liant nool and composer of salon niusic, is just dead. Ex-Mayor Wood has arrived at Seat- tle from the Lower Yukon river, ha ing made a trip of over 1,300 miles over ice and snow with a dog team. Archibald H. Welch, second vice president of the New York Life In- surance company, died at his summer residence at Morristown, N. J., aged sixty-nine. It is announced that Dr. J. H. Wil- ; ley, pastor of the First Methodist church of Akron, Ohio has accepted a call to the Nostrand Avenue Methodist Church of Brooklyn, N. Y. His suc- cessor has not been named. General Manager Yoakim, of the St. Louis & Francisco railroad, an- nounces that Benjamin Winchell, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, Denver & Guf road, has been appointed general passenger agent of the St. Louis & San Francisco line to succeed George T. ‘holson, who will go to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe as passenger traflic manager. Casualties. A Wisconsin man is killed by lying in a bed filled with insect powder. Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, an aged wo- man, living rear Orient, Iow was burned to death by her clothes catch- ing on fire from a stove. Andrew J. McClain, Democratic poli- tician and candidate for marshal of Mayville, Mo., committed suicide by shooting himself. In a fracas at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Joe Gregore was severely bitten about the legs and arms by a large dog owned by George Rogers. ‘The wounds may prove serious. Belle Kennedy, aged twenty years, and William Wendt, aged twenty- trhee, residents of Carbon Cliff, a small town west of Geneseo, Ill., were killed by a train on the Rock Island read while walking upon the tracks. A younger girl who was with them was thrown from the tracks, and, al- though able to get to her home in a dazed condition, she recognizes no one. ; Foreign Notes. The Bank of England has increased its rate of discount from 3 to 4 per cent. The triennial elections for the lower house of the Danish parliament have resulted in a clear majority for the Radical Left of thirteen. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Odessa says that owing to the American war scare the price of wheat is rapidly rising there. The dominion government is to open a new customs post on the coast of Labrador, near the Straits of Belle Isle for affording facilities to fisher- men and traders. Ey the overflowing of the Nunanu, 2 stream which runs through the most populous portion of Honolulu, much property was damaged, and one life, that of a Japanese, was lost. Sagasta and Yostista, two Japanese murderers, were hanged at Honolulu March 25. Sagasta killed his wife and child, and Yostista murdered the wife of a friend on the island of Maui last summer. Intense excitement prevails at Lima, Peru, over what many citizens consider the miraculous resurrection of the archbishop of Lima. After an illness of several weeks he expired at noon Saturday. He came to life an hour later, but can hardly survive. Sporting Itema. Gearge Stout of Cincinnati was knocked out at Columbus, Ohio, by Oscar Gardner, the Omaha Kid, in twelve rounds. It was a hot fight from start to finish. The University of Toronto has asked permission to enter the rowing race between Pennsylvania, Cornell and Co- lumbia. The Toronto crew is being coached by Hanlon, the professional oarsman. The League of American Wheelmen Bicycle Club of Indianapolis has se- lected the site for-its third of a mile race track. Its location is less than four miles*north of the city’s center. Accommodations for seating over 20,- 000 spectators are specified in the plans. a oe 2 Hector Vervacke, an extensive ex- porter of all classes of horses to Lon- don, Eng., from the Chicago market, has shipped a choice consignment of animals to be exhibited at the Crystal Palace horse show, which will be held this month. The horsemen of Topeka are plan- ning a race meeting to be held at the fair grounds June 21-24, inclusive, and an effort will be made to secure as many horses as_ possible from the grand circuit. The Topeka Exposi- tion association will have charge of the affair. Otherwise. The Chicago carpenters have won their strike. The Rhode Island State election re- sulted in a Republican walk-over. Ten thousand Pennsyllvania miners are to strike. The Chicago election results in a vic. tory for the reformers. Mount St. Elias (Wash.) shows evi- dences of eruption. The Oliver company negotiates for some big mines on the Mesaba range. Western roads positively decline to allow the Canadian Pacific differen- tials. Otto Suanpera, a native of Finland, was killed in the Lillie mines at Ne- gaunee, Mich., by a fall of ground. _The new Utica academy at Utica, Y., was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000. The American Fire Chiefs’ associa- tion date of next meeting was fixed for St. Louis Oct. 18. The Chicago Brewers’ association has adopted a resolution to cotitribute $1,0U0 for the benefit of the Chicago ship’s crew of naval reserves, Receivers have been appointed for Joshua Baker & Co. of Boston, Mass., attachments for $120,000 having been issued against Joshua Baker. The provision in the civil bill appro- priating $400,000 for the construction of a deep water harbor at San Pedro, Cal., was agreed to by the senate. he steamer Miewera has arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Honolulu and Australia, bringing 120 passengers for the Klondike. Ex-Goy. Peck of Wisconsin is in Washington. He is on his way home from a lecturing tour, and will remain in Washington for two or three days. The president has nominated Jacob Schaen of California to be assistant appraiser of merchandise in the dis- trict of San Francisco. J. M. Harriman, a broker in New York city and Savannah, Ga., died sud- denly while dressing at his sister’s home in the former city. Archibald Webb, second vice presi- dent of the New York Life Insurance company, died at his summer resi- dence at Morristown, N. J., aged sixty- nine. The United States ship Baltimore left Honolulu March 25 for Hong Kong. Before she left the admiral’s flag was transferred to the Benning- ton. The New England Methodist confer. ence at Worcester, Mass., has voted in favor of equal representation of luy and clerical delegates in the general conference. Yhe national headquarters of the United Mine Workers have been moved from Columbus, Ohio, to In- dianapolis in accordance with a de- cree of the lalst national convention. A delegation representing the United States Brewers’ association appearea before the ways and means committee of the house and protested against the proposed increase of the tax on beer to meet war emergencies. Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., who contemplated leaving Richmond, Va., to join his fa- ther, Consul-General Lee, at Havana, has received a cable message from his father, advising him to “hold the fort” for further orders. He has given up the trip. Multitudinous Uses for a New Uni- versally Popular Contrivance. Washington Star: “It is surprising the number of rubber batids that are used in the mercantile business these days,” said a downtown druggist a few nights ago, as he quickly snaped one around a 5-cent package of sodium bicarbonate for a woman customer. ‘We use hundreds of them every day, whereas formerly we ised twine. The manufacture of rubber bands has become an ercrmous industry in this country, particularly during the pest few years. It is not half a dozen years ago hardly that rubber bands were used almost solely for filing papers ard dccuments, and you seldom saw them used outside of a city hall or court house. Now you will scarcely find a drug store or grocery that doves not vse them more cr less in place of twine in putting up the small packages. “In the drug business the rubber band has become almost an irdispensable arti- ele. A band may be adjusted about a package in one-third of the time that it takes to wind twine cround and break it off, as in the old way. And then the package can be made more symmetrical than by the old method. Often in using twine one gets the package all out of shape and a clerk who is interested in his work does not like to allow a pack- age to leave his hands in such a condi- tion. Still it can’t be avoided when one is in a hurry. Women particularly like the rubber bands, and as a rule they sive them. It may not be generally krown that a rubber band is the best known article for cleaning the teeth. I mean for removing the accumulations be- tween the teeth and where a brush will not reach. Did you ever try it? No? well, you do it, and see if what I say isn’t the truth. The elasticity of rubber makes it much easier to penetrate be- tween the teeth that are the closest to- gether, and it is far superior te a silken thread, which is used by many. Women also find rubber bands handy for elastic mouths in work bags and small pouches.” Smoke Shows Atmospheric Condi- tions. When one sees smoke hanging from a chim: ney, with tendency to sink to the ground, it in- dicates that the atmosphere is light—in fact tco light to float the smoke. When the smoke rises from the chimney it indicates a heavy at- mosphere. A column of smoke is not a ba¢ barometer, for a barometer simply records the pressure of the atmosphere. ———S In France. Detroit Journal: Of course they tar- ried a while in France, beautiful France; and there they visited a gaol. A gaol is much the same as a jail, but that is another story. “Who,” they asked, “is that p¥isoner with the tall, white forehead?” “That,” replied the guard, “is one who has been convicted of treason.” “And these others?” “These are those who know him to be innocent.” In the corridor, just beyond, was a pronze statue of Justi¢e, with a brass beefsteak bound over each eye. NO FURTHER DELAY PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE WILL BE IN ON TIME. New Condition Presented in the Latest Move of Spain Will Be Touched On—Not Known Wheth- er the President Will Make Any Recommendations or Not—Un- usual Condition Arises for Two Cabinet Meetings on Sunday— Spain’s Grent of sn Armistice Considered by the President's Ad- visers — Attitude of Congress on the General Subject Problematic —Spanish Note Has Not Altered cr the Situ- Either the Message ation. Washington, April 11.—At the close of the second cabinet meeting last night it stated that the meeting had been devoted wholly to the con- sideration of the addition to the me: sage necessitated by the reccipt of th latest note from Spain advising this government of the declaration of an unconditional armistice. The sutfti to the president’s message merely re- cited this latest event in the develop ment of the Spanish questien, giving the substance of the Spanish note and “recommending it to the es tention of congress.” Otherw message stands unchanged. After the meeting one member of the cabinet id that the Spanish note had not al- tered either the message or the situ: tion. “It is merely,” he ‘said, ‘what Spain has been asking for all along-— more time. It does not touch the situ- ation, and the president’s message is left precisely as it was before, merely stating the fact of this last develop- ment.” Another member of the cabinet said, after the meeting: “Our meeting was for the final reading of the message which will be sent to cong It is a strong state pape tain a review of the com x in Cuba for years past. There is no change in the tone of the message dif- fering from that indicated in the news- papers. The president wil Jask that he be given authority to use the army and the navy to bring about peace in the island of Cuba and to insure there a stable government. Peace or War? Which? Washington, Apri! 11. -- The pres dent’s message on Cuba will go to congress &t noon to-day. Whether it will make a recommendaticn upon the situation as presented by Spaiz latest move, and if so, what ferm this recommendation will take, is a matter vpon which war or pea may r If the president should take the pos tion that Spain’s armistice comes too late or that it dees not meet the re- quirements of the nation, congress probably would act with a belligerent resolution calling upon the president to use the army and navy of the Unit- ed States to bring to an end the con- dition of affairs in Cuba which he de- clared to the six embassadors of the powers who called upon him Thursday as being “insufferable.” Should the. im ge take the ground that Spaiu’s endeavors seem tending in the proper direction and that justice should per- mit her an opportunity for a trial of her: stated desire to end the insurrec- tion, or should the president simply re- fer the whole subject to congress with- out recommendation, a condition would arise of which no one could pos- itively see the outcome. So few con- gressmen knew th> exact status of af- fairs that no prediction could be made as to what action- congress would take A New Condition to Confront. Easter Sunday brought little rest to those who are dealing with the Span- ish situation. . With the president's message ready to go to congress, Spain’s grant of an armistice had brought about a new condition which compelled the president and his ad- visers to meet and consider how far the ‘situation was affected by Spain's concession. As a result the unusual, of not unprecedented condition arose for two cabinet meetings on Sunday, one at noon, lasting an hour and a hal%, and another at 8 o’clock in the even- The cabinet meetings led to 20 change in the determination that the president’s message would go to con- gress to-day. It scemcd evident, how- ever, from the new conditiens present- ed by the grant of armistice that the message should deal with these condi- tions in order that congress might be fully advised on the latest phases of the subject. Cabinet officers were ex- tremely reticent over the changes in the message, although it seemed to be understocd that the facts relating to the armistice would at least be incor- porated, even though the general pol- icy of the message underwent no Senor Polo's call at the state department he notified the authorities that word had come from Hayana that Gen. Blanco had been prompt in exe- cuting the orders of the queen regent, and that the Veoclamation of Armistice had been duly promulgated. ‘he first effect of this will be to bring a com- plete cessation of all Spanish hostili- ties throughout the island. The Span- ish troops will, for the time being go into garrison. Their future disposition has not even been considered. for much depeuds upon the duration of the duration of the armistice and the course of the insurgents. If the in- surgents continue their fighting and make attacks upon the Spaniards, the situation will become complicated, for it is hardly believed that the Spanish forces will lay down their arms for any length of ‘time if they continue to be under fire from the insurgents. The attitude of the insurgent advisers at Washington is that of rejecting the armistice. There is little doubt, how- ever, that strong influences will now be brought to bear to induce the in- surgents to suspend hostilities so that terms for a complete settlement may be reached. One of the ambassadors at Washipgton pointed out that the in- fluence of the pope was relied upon to a cousiderable extent with the insur- gents, as they are a part of a country which is thoroughly Catholic and loyal to Rome. The attitude of congress on the general subject is problematic. during recent days the feeling in both houses has been intense and it remains to be seen whether the changed con- ditions brought about by the armistice will suffice to allay this feeling. Res- olutions Authorizing Intervention are already prepared, but these were framed when diplometic negotiations were in a deadlock. Diplomatic c¢ir- cles in Washington were keenly inter- ested in the change brought about by Spain's grant of an armistice. The am- bassadors and sters exchanged calls and there w. neral exchange of congratulations, as it was felt that the anmistice at least gave time for calmer counc The French amba r received a cable dispate h from the 3 n office at Paris informing him that the armistice had been granted ‘and Ww: wholly without conditions. seeing his associates of the tic corps, the ambassador saw op Ireland, who was instru- mental in securing the influence of the pope. and joined the archbishop in ex- f satisfaction. Throughout zotiations the French ambassa- dor ane the French government has taken a leading part in averting an open rup e between the United States and Spain. While the British government has been most active m seeing that the action of the powers did uot assume a menacing attitude toward the United State: pt itr is known that Great Britain joins with the other powers in approving the lat- est movement of an armistice and is hopeful that this wil Iclear the way for a fuller settlement of the general Cuban question. Bee ard CUMAN GOVERNME THE Senor Quesada Issues a Statement Proving Its Existence. Washington, April 11.—Senor Gon- zalo de Quesada, the diplomatic rep- resentative of the Cuban insurgents, has issued a signed statement to show that the insurgents have a regularly organized civil government whose in- dependence can be recognized. It fol- lows: “It is circulated by the enemies of independence that the Cubans have no government or civil organization to recognize. It is admitted by all that there is a Cuban army, which has forced Spain to confess her inability to re-establish her control of the island; and hardships of the are written up every day, but the more admirable example of the virtue and capacity of the peo- ple of Cuba, the creation and working of a civil organ tion is lost sight of. And yet there is no writer who has visited the island, English or Ameri- can, who has not told the world of the government of the republic of Cuba.” Then follows a short sketch of the laws and officers of the republic, which the senor trusts cannot fail to interest the American people and serve to dispel any doubt in the mind of sen- ators and congressmen who will be called to vote for a resolution recog- nizing the republic. Stoss FLYING SQUADRON READY. Fully Supplied With Ammunition and Equipped for Action. Fort Monroe, Va., April 11.—The fact that it was not only Sunday, but East- er Sunday, made no special difference with the activity of those on the flying squadron, and there was much that was important done. In addition to the routine work on the Columbia and Minneapolis some of the new men were drilled at the guns and the men on the Brooklyn were kept busily em- ployed taking on ammunition, All of the vessels of the squadron are now well if. not fully supplied with am- muniticn, despite sensational stories to the contrary. Senor Quesada Spanish Washington, April 11. sada, the diplomatic representative of the Cuban sinsurgents in this city, when asked what he thought of the Spanish armistice, sai “It is only a Spanish trick. They want to put us before the American people in the atti- tude of being unreasonable. But we do not believe the American people will so censider us, for we thiuk they know it merely a last effort to force nd of Spanish home rule on us. ve fought three years for inde- pendence, We'know this is a Spanish trick and we will net give in now.” Se gt a WOULD SERVE WITH LEE. Grandson ef Gen. Grant Offers His Services to Gen. Lee. Key West, April 11.—Gen. Lee has a letter from Algernon Sartoris, grand- son of Gen. Grant, in which he said he wrote to him as grandson of the great commander on the Northern side to ask one of the leaders on the Southern side to permit him, in case he headed an invasion of Cuba, to serve on his staff. Mr. Sartoris added that he was twenty-one years old and sound, and presented the compliments of his mother and grandmother. —o— Recommended by Pingrce. Lansing, Mich., April 11—Gov. Pin- gree has sent a message to the lezis- jJature recommending the authoriza- tion of a war loan of half a million dollars, also advising recruiting the national guard and volunteer militia companies to a strength not exceeding 150 men per company. A scene of en- thusiasm followed the reading in the house, and the loan bill was passed within half an hour, A bill also passed increasing an appropriation for the naval reserve from $2,800 to $11.- 000, and providing for raising the same. <As the senate had aajouriied until Tuesday no action could be taken in that body. President Garland’s Successor. Pittsburg. April 11.—At a meeting of the advisory board of the Amalgamat- ed Association of lron and Steel Work- ers Theodore Schaeffer of Pittsburg was elected to succeed M. M. Garland as president. Mr. Garland resigned recently to accept the office of surveyor of the port, this city. Miners’ Strike Ends. Charleston, W. Va., April 11. — The strike of the coal miners of the Kan- awha valley is over. The miners have returned to work at the old priee. SPAIN SENDS A ——“TTHE NEWS RESUME] ira as 2 arts |NO FURTHER DELAY [ous zene Sia atm| SPAIN SENOS ANOTE. MINISTER BERNABE HANDS IN AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. * Official Notification “to the United States Government of the Grant- ing of an Armistice and Its Es- sential Terms—Most Vital Point Is That No Conditions Are At- tached to Armistice — The Not Reealls the Horror With Whi Spain Learned of the Maine Dis-— aster and Offers to Submit the Question to Experts Designated by Maritime Powers. Washington, April 11.—The Spanish nment, through its minister at hington, Senor Polo de Bernage, delivered an important official docu- ment to the state department stating that the arn ce which the queen regent of Spain had commanded Gen. Blanco to proclaim Sunday was with- out conditions, that her majesty’s gov- ernment had granted liberal institu- tions to the Island of Cuba which the coming Cuban parliament would de- velop; recalling the condolence and sympathy expressed by the queen re- gent and her government on the dis- aster of the Maine and the horror this disaster had 0: ioned in Spanish ; hearts, and appealing to the courtesy and sense of justice of the United States government to enlighten public opinion upon the attitude of Spain. The note also repeats the offer of the Spanish government to submit the Maine question to experts designate? by the maritime powers of the world. This document was the official notifi- cation of the Spanish government to the United States of granting of the armistice and its essentiol terms. Minister Woodford’s dispatch Satur- day night had briefly stated the fact that an arm ce had been agreed upon. But it was not communicated “xs coming from the Spanish govern- ment. This communication cleared up misapprehension on the most vital point of Spain’s Concession, namely, that the armistice was with- out conditions. Although the Spanish note was surrounded with the usual secrecy of official negotiations, the fol- lowing summary of its contents is se- cured: “The Spanish minister in Washington, deeply impressed by the numerous errors which seem to have obtained credit in public opinion in America in regard to. the Cuban question, considers it his duty to call again the attention of the secre- tary of state of the United States to the following points: Unconditional Armistice. “First—Her majesty, the queen regent of Spain, desirous of ending the troubles. which are desolating Cuba, has com- nded a suspension of hostilities. Gen. ncv has been ordered to proclaim to- y an armistice withont conditions. He will determine later the duration and dctails of this armistice, su as to carry out the generous intentions of her ma ty and the wishes of the friends of pea cond—Her majesty’s government has granted to the Island of Cuba insvitu- tions as liberal as those enjoyed by Can- ada under the British flag. The Cuban chambers will meet on the 4th of next May. It will be their duty and privilece to put into practice and deveiop these in- stitutions. In addition to this, Cuba is. to be represented in the parliament at Madrid. “Third—Public opinion in this country appears to ignore the fact that the loss. of the Maine was immediately met by official and reiterated expressions of -on- dolence from her majesty the queen, from her government, from her charge @affaires in Washington, and from the authorities in Havana; all of which tend- ed to affirm the horror which this disas- ter had caused to arise in Spanish hearts, as also the sympathy felt for the United States government and navy and for the American nation. The Spanish minister feels confident he can count upon the courtesy and sense of justice of the United Staies government to enlightem public opinion upon this subject. The Maine Question. “Fourth—As te the cause of this la- mentable disaster, it resolves itself into a question of facts, which can only be settled by material proofs. The Spanish minister reiterates the assurance that his government is ready to submit the question to experts designated by the maritime powers, whose conclusions are in advance accepted.” Senor Polo delivered the document in person to the state department, and, aside from the interest in the communi- cation itself, the call had added interest as an evidence of a renewal of diplomatic negotiations, this being his first call at the department in ten days. Later Senor du Bosc, first secretary of the legation, made another call at the department on the same general subject. Besides de- livering the note, the call permitted a personal exchange between the secretary of state and the Spanish officials of an agreeable character. se Es, Can't See It That Way. London, April 11.—The Rome corre- spondent of the Times says: “I have the fullest authority to say that the pope’s intervention has met with the most complete success. Notwithstand- ing the nearly desperate state of af- fairs his holiness persevered. An armistice has been agreed to, war for the present is avoided, and there is every hope of the continuance of peace.” —o— Significant Utterance of a Briton. Key West, April 11.—A significant occurrence took place when the Fern, with Consul General Lee and other Americans, was passing Morro castle. In reply to the Spanish rabble on the wharves, who hooted “death to the Yankee swine,” the correspondent of the London Times, who was on the Fern, remarked loudly: ‘May every Yankee shell kill fifty of those Spanish | dogs.” Boge Will Also “Shock” Sprin, Paris, April 11. — The Temps says: “Spain has given fresh proofs of her prudence and wise patriotism and henceforth diplomecy must guard her honor and interests. The United States will shock the conscience of the world if it fails to respoud to Spain's advances.” The Journal des Debats says: “If the jingoes continue their campaign it will prove that under the pretext cf humanity they have only pursued their own aims and sought the ex- ploitation of Cuba.” } . ~ oe