The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1898, Page 3

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1898. FAKE JOURNALS THROW INTO A PANIC False Stories of Bears of Wall Street to Hunt Wildly for Cover. NEW YORK, March 28.—Following the publication of an article to the effect that the President has a plan for a settlement of the controversy with Spain by a declaration X armistice between Spain and Cuba, this announcement in the Evening Sun to-day nth: tually and tt nics that have eve with dealing 1ve been ex tely fals Acc ated, ure newspaper the that pri in their zeal newspapers, d doubt. 1s concocted right here in New hould be used in connection wi yme well-known brokers riday that Stock Exc ¥e nge to-day. 1 de contrac n than ~ their But when th nts came out, and record. total trs the total. The: dealings that ever occurred in any lion. OCOOCO000OCOCCOOO0OOOCOOCCOOOOCOIOO00OOooDDUO0NO00DYD00OD00 O000C0000000000000000000000C0000000000 consideration of the bill making the relief appropriation asked for by the President. A motion will then be made for the previous question apd this will be opposed. The opposition will, 1 think, be successful in this, for many Re- \ publicans will join the Democrats. If the motion for the previous ques- tion is defeated it will be then in order to submit amendments, and one of them will be for the recog- nition of the Cubans as belliger- ents, or perhaps a recognition of the independence ¢f Cuba. A point of order will likely be made that this is not germain and 1t is expected that Speaker Reed will sustain this point. An appeal will then be taken from his rul- ing, and if Speaker Reed recognizes this right of appeal (as he should) the House will vote by a big majority not to sustain him. My opinion is that unless the Speaker arbitrarily refuses to recognize the right of appeal the House will succeed in attaching a | rider to the appropriation bill recognizing Cuban independence. If such action is taken the Senate will follow suit.”’ ““What would be the effect of such action?”” Mr. Hopkins was asked. “War,”’ he replied, ‘‘and if the President is wise he will accept the inevitable and dispatch our| war vessels to head off the torpedo fleet before it can reach Havana harbor.”’ But, notwithstanding the op- timistic Congressman Hopkins, there is another side to the ques- tion. The President is fully aware of the temper of Congress and realizes the danger. For reason he may delay sending his message until the Congressmen have cooled off. The President held a conference to-night with several Cabinet members .and in- timate friends, and the situation was discussed. was reached could not be ascer- tained, although it is believed that the President will withhold his message until Wednesday, at any rate; and perhaps it may be in-| definitely postponed. There is an additional reason for that. The Call correspondent learns that at 4 o’clock this after- noon a cablegram was received from United States Minister Wood- ford at Madrid conveying to this Government the satisfaction with which President McKinley’s mod- erate message to Congress to-day was regarded by the Spanish Ministry. The President and his Cabinet are apprehensive that the publication of this felicitous cablegram may add fuel to the flames. Therefore, as stated above, the proba- bilities are that he will thwart the plans of the rebels in the House by ywed a moment later by the glaring announcement Journal which used the Evening Sun’s dispatches that Spain acceded to the President’s plan, that armistice would be peace was at hand, there was one of the biggest bear been witnessed in the history of the Stock Ex- on a colossal scale and running up to figures eeded only on one or two occasions. The stories published by the two newspapers appear to have been 1d if half of what has come to the ears of well-in- n in Wall street is true the original story was concerted ng about a great coup In the stock market. es from which the details of the supposed plot w that it was created for stock-jobbing t to get ahead of their contemporaries, published this story without taking pains to verify it seems to be be- From all that can be York and its originators intended that said to-day that they knew as long ago ere was to be a great demonstration of some kind on There had been rices during the early morning session, a continuation of the raid on begun on Saturday and apparently with no other sire of the stronger interests to make the small fry -called news about the armistice between Spain and one of Wall street’s news agencies that peace was climbed over one another in their terror to make r and prices jumped up from four to six points, some of the specialties recorded gains of as much as After gains of 11% points had been recorded in Metropolitan street v, 9 in sugar, 6% in St. Paul, 6% in Burlington, 5% in Rock Is- in Manhattan, 6% in Union Pacific, preferred, and correspond- ces in many other stocks, sion of a quarter from the highest prices of the day, the street 1l in the dark as to the exact state of the Cuban situation, al- known that the President had reached no understand- Spain and no armistice had been agreed to. It was only late in the day that it dawned upon community that it had been humbugged in one of the worst ways on Glancing at the actual course of the market to-day, out of nsactions of 858,006 shares, were sugar, 180,000 shares; St. Paul, 109,000; Burling- ton, 90,000, and Union Pacific, 50,000. shares were not recorded, it is probable that the total reached a mil- this | What conclusion | BROKERS R R R R R R R T E R SRR R R R Peace Cause the in the nted the fake to-day possibly did purposes, but that ascertained, the armistice story th a raid on the shorts. a considerable rise in it was boldly announced by the eleven and after the exchange closed with the financial four stocks made up one-half of This is one of the biggest day’s of these stocks. As thousands of C00000000CQO000E0OO00QC00000Q00C00000000Q000C00CO000000 | withholding his message until its tem- | | per has cooled. If he does not do so, | | the House is almost certain tu take | radical action. The button will be pressed and there will be nothing left |of President McKinley’s policy of | “peaceful intervention.” | Mr. Quigg (R.) ot New York, a mem- ber of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said to-night: “The facts disclosed in the message are those and only those which have been anticipated and their | effect upon the public feeling is natur- | ally discounted. The President states | them clearly and defines a course which | becomes the Chief Magistrate of a so- | ber, right-intending and self-confident | people. He is acting with good judg- | | ment and I, as a Representative, pro- | pose to sustain him. War is hideous and | | should be resorted to only when no | other course is possible in justice and | self-respect.” | Mr. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio said he had no comment to make on the mes- sage. Mr. Livingston (D.) of Georgia: “The message reads like an apology.” | Mr. McMillin (D.) of Tennessee: “The | message is thoroughly non-committal and does not acquaint Congress with the | | policy of the administration. From the | | fact that the President simply trans- | mits the findings of the board and no- | tifies us that these have been laid be- | | fore the Spanish Government I judge | | that we are expected to do nothing | until Spain is heard from.” J Representative Cummings of New\’ York, a member of the Naval Commit- tee—In my opinion the blowing up of | the Maine ought to be considered one of the main factors in the case. The | Spaniards are proverbial for thelr | trickery. Their policy is one of delay. | By shunning the issue made by the blowing up of the Maine they concen- trate evidence on the issue of feeding | their own starving people. If I under- | stand the President the Spaniards are | unwilling that we should take it upon ourselves to feed these people, and if they finally agree to allow us to do so it will be as a special favor tousand re- move all pretext for interference. I have no comment to make. The Ameri- can people will make their own com- ment and make it so loud that even the deaf will hear them. Charles A. Russell of Connecticut, a member of the Ways and Means Com- | mittee—The President’s message trans- mitting the report and evidence of | the Maine board of inquiry was calm | and dispassionate, befitting the gravity | of the subject. Congress and the coun- | try ought to receive this message and | | the report as a forerunner of some ac- | | tion for two reasons: First, exhaust | | every effort to preserve peace with | | honor to ourselves and justice to Cuba; | | and second, to prepare most effectively | for war. | | Representative Babcock (R.) of Wis- | consin, chairman of the Republican | Congressional Committee—The Presi- dent has treated the matter with great forbearance and has been very con- servative in his action. Representative Warner (R.) of Ill- nois—The report settles the question beyond cavil that the Maine was blown up by a mine in Spanish waters. The time for talking on our part has passed. ‘We should now act. Representative Foos (R.) of Illinofs, a member of the Naval Affalrs Com- mittee: “The report fails to fix the responsibility, but it will be difficult to make the Americans believe that Spain did not have something to do with it. If armed intervention is to | take place it should be done on the | broad ground of humanity.” | | Representative Dockery (D.): “I have | not read the findings of the Court of Inquiry or the accompanying evidence | and, therefore, my opinion is based | solely upon the President’s message. I | confess to a deep disappointment at | its tenor. Doubtless the language of | diplomacy calls for respectful phrases, | but the facts already known to the | country in relation to the Maine do not, | it seems to me, admit of any depart- |ure from a strict and simple recital, | devoid of coloring either way. I do | not know the contemplated policy of | the administration, but it may as well | be understood now as later that the | people of the United States will dis- |approve of any attempted settlement of the Cuban question, involving the payment or guarantee of bonds or leav- |ing the Spanish flag floating on the | island, or any action resulting in the | feeding of the Cuban non-combatants | while the Spanish army is fighting the insurgents in the field. The appro- priation to relieve the starving Cubans would be a very proper accompaniment of armed intervention.” 1 THE FULL REPORT OF THE NAVAL COURT OF INQUIRY. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. ty-two feet in length (from frame seventeen to frame twenty-five) is doubled back upon itself against the continuation of the same plat- ing forward. Frame eighty, the vertical keel, is broken in two, and the flat keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed by outside bot- tom plating. This break is now about six feet below the surface of the water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at about frame eighteen, and somewhat on the port side of the ship. 6. The court finds that the loss of the Maine on the occasion named was not In any respect due to fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of the crew of said vessel. 7. In the opinion of the court the Malne was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines. | gain. any person or persons. at 11 a. m., to await the action of the W. T. SAMPSON, Captain U. United States Flagship New York, are approved. COMMENT OF THE PRESS Abroad President Me- Kinley Is Applauded as a Statesman. London Newspapers Say Eng- land Needs Uncle Sam’s Support in the Far East. Leading Journals in This Country Are Not Unanimous in Criticiz- ing the Message. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, March 20.—The Times says: “President McKinley's message is tem- perate and contains nothing that ought to wound the feelings of the most sus- ceptible Spaniard. ified the anticipation that he would throw down the gauntlet. This is a distinct It must be admitted, with every desire to excuse Spain’s reluctance to in- creased pressure, that we cannot refuse our sympathy to the American people. If such an incident as the Maine's destruc- | tion had happened to us, it would have | been difficult even for Englishmen to preserve their boasted calm. We share the grief at the loss of the noble vessel | and her crew and we admire the pati- ence and reserve of a democratic govern- ment under provocation and public ex- citement. The sentiments of England for ‘America, which we hope are reciprocated, are expressed in the laureate's cordial he Standard says: “With a report so fnconclusive and a Presidential message so cordial toward Spain, the latter should be able to make suitable amends. There- fore, war on_that issue need not be ap- prehended. Still, the situation is exceed- ingly grave. The danger is not passed. Let the United States continue in their patient mood. Their interests in Cuba are ot great enough to make it worth thelr while to break t..e peace of the world.” BERLIN, March 28.—The Vossische Zel- tung says: “The most dangerous is the second demand, namely, under the cloak of humanitarianism to alm at direct in- ferference in Cuba. The Washington Government in that goes beyond limits. Spain can make no concessions without humiliation and loss of dignity, but if America insists upon these ~demands swords will be brought out of their scab- bards.” The Tageblatt remarks: “The American jingoes underrate the Injuries which a war will bring upon America.” The Boersen Courier says; “With an earnest desire that an understanding may be reached, even without mediation, dip- lomatic ciréles still count on this as being the best solution so_long as nelther one nor the other has taken the irredeemable step.”” The Berliner Post In its comments says: “President McKinley will doubtless do everything to avert war, but popular sen- timent may decide to the contrary.” g ogamons SENTIMENT IN THIS COUNTRY. What the Leading Papers of the East Have to Say About the Message. NEW YORK, March 28—The morning press will comment as follows on President’s message to-morrow: The Herald says: Spain must under- stand froia diplomatic and other develop- ments of the last few days that she stands at the parting of the ways. So far Christian people are concerned there is no wish for war. Peace was never more requisite. The situation in Cuba is no longer war or insurrection, nor even an outbreak. It has degenerated into mas- sacre and starvation. There must be humane intervention. Humanity imposes the mandate and will applaud the mis- sion. From this policy there will be neither departure nor appeal. Spain must decide.” The World says: “The President’s mes- sage is inadequate, a disappointing and chilling document. This trust in Spanish “justice’ and ‘honor’ cannot have been rawn from the history of Spain nor from any manifestation of — Spanish character in Cuba. But what has the President to say as to the ‘course of ac- tion’ required by our Government and reparation demanded by our sense of honor and justice? Why is the initiative left to Spafn? Is this the way that Eng- land proceeded at Alexandria or Germany at Hayti? Is this what an¥ first-class European power would do in like circum- stances? There is a time to stop delib- erating and proceed to action. This time has come in the Spanish-Cuban crisis.” The Tribune says: ‘It Is the voice of atriotism and of statesmanship. The %r(‘sldenl sees that the case is one to be dealt with di?lomntlcally until either it is satisfactorily settled or the resour of diplomacy are exhausted. Those who are in the vast majority believe that the destruction of one ship and of hundreds of lives can be atoned for in some better way than the destruction of other ships ami’ hundreds or thousands of other lives.” The Journal says: That is absolutely all the comment the President has to make upon_an act of murderous treachery that stands alone in modern history. He has less to say about the destruction of an American battle-ship and the murder of 266 American sailors than he would say about a proposition to fill Potomac flats. He humbly holds out his hat at Spain and trusts that she will drop into it some- thing satisfactory to us or at least to her- self. And this is what we have been arm- ing for so ostentatiously in the sight of an admiring world. It is for this we have been scouring the military markets of Burope and painting our warships a greenish gray. & 8. The court has been unable to obtain evidence fixing the responsibility of the destruction of the Maine upon W. T. SAMPSON, Captain, U. 8. N., President. A. A. MARIX, U. 8. The court, having finished the inquiry it was ordered to make, adjourned A. A. MARIX, Lieutenant-Commander U. 8. N., Judge Advocate. The proceedings and findings of the court of inquiry in the above case Commander-in-Chief United States Naval Force of the North Atlantic. O O R R R RS e It has in no way ver- | the | N., Commander, Judge-Advocate. convening authority. S. N., President. March 22, 1898, off Key West, Fla. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * M. SICARD, Rear-Admiral, * * * + 10 EXAMINE THE MAINE Naval Officers Who Will Decide as to, Abandon- ing the Wreck. Divers Not Anxious to Remain at Their Perilous Task Much Longer. Since the Uss of Dynamite Is Denled, the Work Cannot Bs Carried On With Success. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, March 28—The Bache left Havana for Key = “est at 4 p. m. with | Captain Chadwick and Captain Cowles, | who, with Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright, were named to decide | whether it was desirable to proceed | further with the work of wrecking the | Maine. The committee has secured the necessary information, and while work | on the wreck is going on and will be | continued, the plan first decided upon, which included the raising of every portion of tk*shlp possible, has been | #bandoned. shopt the wreckers and divers will continué work for the pres- | ent and recover such guns and material as are still valuable enough to pay the heavy cost of getting them up. The Fern remains, but work will proceed slowly in the absence of permission to use dynamite. It is the opinion of both naval officers and wreckers that the commission’s decision will mean little more work to b> done, the ten-inch guns may be raised, but even those may be abandoned because of the dif- ficulty of reaching and raising them. The task of the divers is perilous in the extreme, and as the top hamper cannot be cut away by dynamite lives might be sacrificed, and are nuw hourly endangered by submarine caves. The tug Underwriter s expected to-night with a barge to carry off some of the material recovered and not taken by the Mangrove and Bache. The wreck- ers are not at al anxious to continue work. They feel anxiety regarding the continued stay in these waters and say the wreck will long resist thelr efforts as dynamite is barred. Deep interest is felt here in the news received to-day from the United States. La Lucha, in an editorial, says: “The United States note to Spain demanding that a date be fixed to end hostilities is simply a dec .ration of war. It was not issued until after the finding of the United States Court of Inquiry had been received which finding is without scientific basis an1 is open to question even upon the part of the most pre- judiced. President McKinley has been forced by jingo opinion and the sensa- tional press to close the debate on the question and to shield Captain Sigsbee, who is one of the most popular officers in the navv. It was needless to send the Maine to Havana, as American in- terests were amply protected by Gen- eral Lee and also by the Cuban Govern- ment, the latter often acting to its dis- advantage and in favor of American interests.” Continuing, La Lucha remarks: “It is well for Spain to know at last the real purpose of money-loving Ameri- cans. Spain now knows what to ex- pect and how to act.” La Lucha then warns the United States that if she expects to have all her own way in Cuba ‘‘she can only do so with cannon.” In conclusion La Lucha says: *“The United States is rich and Spain is poor, but the Yankees may find Spain with a good portion of American money."” La Lucha also quotes General Lee as denying the report published in Mad- rid to the effect that he was connected with an alleged syndicate whose pur- pose is said to be the purchase of Cuba. The Consul-General says, ac- cording to La Lucha, that he attends only to the interests of Americans, never mixes wth outside matters and never had any communications with the insurgents, except when he tried to save the life of the late Lieutenant- Colonel Ruiz, which step was taken with the consent of Captain-General Blanco. In conclusion General Lee is quoted as expressing the hope that peace will prevail and that all ques- tions in dispute will be arranged in the interests of both nations. About 700 troops have arrived here to-day from Spain. Spain Buys the Giralda. LONDON, March 28.—A London bro- ker who had an option on Mr. McCal- mont’s steel yacht Giralda, informs the correspondent of the Associated Press that she was sold to-day to Spain for about 60,000 pounds. She was offered “fi t}:; United States, but was de- clines fer it S ] Lighters Pressed Into Service. NEW YORK, March 28.—A New Ha- ven special to the Evening Post says: Every lighter in New London harbor been e by the Government to transport materials to Plum and Gull Islands, where fortification work is now going on night and day mission. without inter- 'THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TALKS ONLY OF PEACE Submits the Report of the Court of Inquiry and Leaves the Rest to Spain’s Honor. WASHINGTON, March 28—The President to-day sent the following mes- sage to Congress: To the Congress of the United States: For some time prior to the visit of the Maine to Havana harbor our Consular representatives pointed out the advan- tages to follow a visit of national ships to the Cuban waters, in accustomingthe residents to the presence of our flag as the symbol of good will and of our ships in the fulfillment of the mission of protection to American interests, even though no immediate need there- for might exist. Accordingly, on the 25th of January last, after a conference with the Span- ish Minister, in which the renewal of visits of our war vessels to Spanish waters was discussed and accepted, the | peninsula authorities at Havana were | advised of the purpose of this Govern- ment to resume friendly visits at Cuban ports, and with that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port of Hav- ana. This announcement was received by the Spanish Government with ap- preciation of the friendly character of the visit of the Maine and with notifi- cation of the intention to return the courtesy by sending Spanish ships to the principal ports of the United States. Meanwhile the Maine entered the port of Havana on the 25th of January, her arrival being marked with no special incident besides the exchange of cus- tomary salutes and ceremonial visits. The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during the three weeks fol- lowing her arrival. No appreciable ex- citement attended her stay; on the contrary, a feeling of relief and con- fidence followed the resumption of the long interrupted friendly intercourse. So noticeable was this immediate effect of her visit that the Consul-General strongly urged that the presence of our ships in Cuban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana; or, in the event of her recall, by send- ing another vessel there to take her place. At forty minutes past 9 o’clock in the evening of the 1s5th of February, the Maine was destroyed by an explosion, by which the entire forward part of the ship was utterly wrecked. In this catas- trophe two oticers and 260 of her crew perished, those who were not killed outright by her explosion being penned between decks by the tangle of wreck- age and drowned by the immediate sinking of the hull. Prompt assistance was rendered by the neighboring ves- sels anchored in the harbor, aid being especially given by the boats of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII and the Ward line steamer City of Washing- ton, which lay not far distant. The wounded were generously cared for by the authorities of Havana, the hospitals being freely opened to them, while the carliest recovered bodies of the dead were interred by the munrcipality in the public cemetery of the city. Tributes of grief and sympathy were offered from all official quarter of the island. The appalling calamity fell upon the people of our country with crushing force, and for a brief time an intense excitement prevailed, which in a com- munity less just and self-controlled than ours must have led to hasty acts of blind resentment. This spirit, how- ever, soon gave way to the calmer pro- cesses of reason and to the resolve to investigate the facts and await the ma- terial proof before forming a judgment as to the cause, the resnonsibility, and. if the facts waranted, the emedy due. This course necessarily recommended itself from the outset to the executive, for only in the light of a dispassionately ascertained certainty could it determine the nature and measure of its full duty in the matter. The wusual procedure was followed. as in all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of any r-aritime state. A Naval Court of Inquiry was at once organized, composed of officers well qualified by rank and practical ex- perience to discharge the onerous duty imposed upon them: and by a strong force of wreckers and divers the court proceeded to make a thorough investi- gation on the spot, employing every available means for the impartial and exact determination of the causes of the explosion. Its operations have been conducted with the utmost deliberation and judgment, and, while independently pursued, no source of information was neglected, and the fullest opnortunity was allowed for a simultaneous inves- tigation by the Spanish authorities. The finding of the Court of Inquiry was reached, after twenty-three days of continuous labor, on the 215t of March, and, having been approved on the 22d by the commander-in-chief of the Unit- ed States naval force on the North At- lantic station, was transmitted to the executive. It is herewith laid before the Congress, together with the volum- inous testimony taken before the court. Its purport in brief is as follows: When the Maine arrived at Havana she was conducted by the regular Gov- ernment pilot to buoy No. 4, to which she was moored in from five and a half to six fathoms of water. The state of discipline on board and the condition of her magazines, coal- bunkers and storage compartments are passed in review, with the conclusion that excellent order prevailed and that no indication of any cause for an in- ternal explosion existed in any quarter. At 8 o'clock in the evening on Feb- ruary 15 everything had been reported secure and all about was quiet. At forty minutes past 9 o'clock the vessel was suddenly destroyed. There were two distinct explosions., with a brief interval between them. The first lifted the forward part of the ship very perceptibly; the second, which was more prolonged, is attributed by the court to the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines. The evidence of the divers estab- lishes that the after part of the ship was practically intact and sank in that condition within a very few minutes of the explosion. The forward part was completely demolished. Upon the evi- dence of concurrent external cause the finding of the court is as follows: At frame 17, the outer shell of the ship, from a roint eleven and one half feet from the middle line of the ship and six feet above the keel when in its normal position, had been forced up so as to be about four feet above the sur- face of the water; therefore, about about fifteen feet broad and thirty-two be had she sunk uninjured. The out- side bottom plating is bent into a re- versed V shape, the after wing of which, about fifteen feet broad and thirty-two feet in length (from frame 17 to frame 25), is doubled back upon itself against the continuation of the same plating extending forward. At frame 18 the vertical keel is broken in two and keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed for the outside plates. This break is about six feet below the sur- face of the water and about thirty feet above its normal position. In the opin- ion of the court this effect could have been produced only by the explosion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship, at about frame 18 and some- what on the port side of the ship. The conclusions of the court are: That the loss of the Maine was not in any way due to the fault or negligence on the part of any of the officers or members of her crew. That the ship was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, which caused the partial explosion of two or more of her forward magazines; and that ro evidence has been obtainable fixing the responsibility for the destruc- tion of the Maine upon any person or persons, 1 have directed that the finding of the Court of Inquiry and the views of this Goverament thereon be communicated to the Government of her Majesty the Queen, and I do not permit myself to doubt that the sense of justice of the Spanish nation will dictate a course of action suggested by honor and the friendly relations of the two Govern- ents. It is the duty of the executive to ad- vise Congress of the result, and in the meantime deliberate consideration is invoked. WILLIAM McKINLEY. Executive Mansion, March 28, 1808. CONGRESS 11AS WON ITS FIRST CREAT VICTORY Continued from First Page. as to provoke Spain to armed resist- ance. Not very much time was required to make it clear that a serious change had come over the situation. The Presi- dent’s desire has been to have a united Congress at his back in all the nego- tiations. Here was a break. It is plain that the jingoes had brought on serious complications. Quickly the news trav- eled to the White House, and it had the effect of disturbing the President seriously. Unless the attitude of Con- gress could be changed the whole fab- ric of the President’s aspirations would come tumbling down. The President’s dream of a united Congress was surely dispelled. He had not been anticipat- ing opposition to the sending of relief without warlike conditions, and a prop- osition had been laid before him by the peaceful financiers of New York, Bos- ton and Philadelphia, looking to the raising of the money by private sub- scription. This would accomplish the President’s humanitarian desires, but what effect would it have on the coun- try, and what effect would it have on Spain? The President to-night is consulting with members of Congress seeking to smooth out the tangle. He has been in conference with Allison, Gorman, Hanna and Aldrich. Representatives have called. It is thought that Reed can fight the appropriation through the House without a warlike order being put in. The Speaker was evidently pre- paring for the fray to-day when to at- tend the late Representative Simpkins’ funeral he appointed four members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Berrv of Kentucky, Elliott of Massachusetts. Cousins of Iowa and Newlands of Ne- vada. This will take them away from the House for a few days. The State Department’s instructions to Minister Woodford were to say that the United States would gladly encour- age any plan which would end the Cu- ban war. General Wpodford was in- The fao-simile signature of Zot Tz is on every wrapper of CASTORIA. best offer the Span- and it structed to get t ish Government jould make, would be considernd. There are indicgions here that the Republic of Frang, in pursuance of the policy outlinedin the speech of M. Hanotaux, Ministerof Foreign Affairs, in the Chamber of Deputies last Satur- day, is soon to apper with an offer of mediation on the whole general sub- ject of Cuba and the llaine. A movement in ths direction is ex- pected daily. I find & sentiment in the Cabinet is not entirely favorable to the mediation of any Eutspean power. There are hints, tog, of other moves on the international chess board. The eyes of the diplomats ¢ the world are watching Austria as wil as France. Some significance was aso attached to a call of Sir Julian Pawmcefote on the Secretary of State to-day I must add here that Senators Gormai and Allison were sent for by the Presilent because they are the chairmen respectively of the Democratic and Repubican caucus commiittees. The President wanted to know of the Senators whethe: Congress could not be induced to grait an ap- propriation without conditicns which might bring on trouble. He was frank- ly told that Congress had passed be- yond control of any one who wanted to act on Cuba in any way shon of ac- tual intervention. The Presidert said Spain had suggested an armistice untx October. The Senators told him that every- body must see that would be directly against the interests of the Unrited States. An armistice would not be ac- cepted by the Cubans. When October comes, the need of intervention might be more urgent than now, and by that time Spain would have a cordon of war- ships around the island to keep the United States out. The President visibly weakened when this was said to him. When the Sena- tors told him that he must also insist that the reconcentrados be released and returned to their homes, he said he would be in favor of that. Thus at midnight it looks as though Congress had won in the first engage- ment with the President. Miles Goes to Cleveland. WASHINGTON, March 28.—General Miles, commanding the army, accom- panied by his aide, Captain Maus, left here to-night for Cleveland, Ohio. POWER. The feeling of power is as splendid a one as there is in the world. When you know that you are equal to any task that may be placed before you, you cannot but feel proud. But how few men there are in the different stations of life who are full of it. Much fewer than you would imagine. Loss of strength is caused in men from causes too numerous to mention. Over-exertion is one of the commonest. An individual, instead of exercising all of his functions in equal pro- portion, uses some to excess. 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