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EUROPE NOT TO BE ENTANGLED
SYMPATHY WILL HE MERELY PLA
TONIC IN CASE OF WAR.
Opinion Eiiiremed in Spanish Official
Circles That Spain Will Not Pro
voke Whr, Hut That She Will Not
lie Alone If It Comes—Her Plan ot
Campaign Would He One of I rl
vateerlng—A Snggeation That Me
diation Might Take the Place of
Indemnity.
Madrid, March 13.-The view held in of
ficial circles is that Spain will not pro
voke war because if she did she would find
herself isolated, bat if America gives the
provocation Spain will not be alone in the
struggle.
The general opinion is that in the event
of war Spain will not need to attack
American territory. It will suffice her to
pursue a war of privateering. As Amer
ica’s commerce is seven-fold greater than
Spain’s, American interests would suffer
most. War would be madness, benefitting
neither nation, and good sense therefore
counse|p peace.
The Spanish torpedo squadron has not
yet left Cadiz. ' /
Senor Leon Castillo, Spanish ambassador
to France, has returned to France.
SUGGESTION OF ARBITRATION.
I
London Graphic Says Wur Must Come
Only If Jn»t.
London, March 14. —The Daily Graphic
editorially suggests this morning that
there is still time remaining that can be
utilized for an agreement to refer the
Maine matter to arbitration, to ascertain
“the true faces,” and to decide as to the
nature of the indemnity, if any be due to
the United States.
"England,” says the. Daily Grapnlc,
“would sympathize with a war for the
liberation of Cuba, but if the United Stites
goes to war it must be in a just cause,
and after every effort to secure an hon
orable peace has been exhausted."
SPANISH REPORT ON THE SINKING.
It la Mure to Alles*’ That the Explo
sion Was Internal.
Madrid, March 13.—El Imparcfal says:
“The government is momentarily expect
ing to receive the report of the Spanish
commission, which it is understood will
maintain that the Maine explosion was
internal. •»
"Although the American commission
tnay give another explanation the gov
- c . ■■».’!> energetically uphold the
Spanish report.” ’
MUST FIGHT IT OUT ALONE.
The Trnlps Snya the Dona Can Not
Count on Effectuni Support.
Paris, March 13.—The Temps says:
“Spain doea not deceive herself when she
counts upon the sympathies, at least lat
ent, of the Euroi>ean governments, but it
would be a mistake for her to expect any
effectual support from cither Great Brit
ain or the triple alliance. Before all the
must rely upon herself."
ambassador white talks.
Denies an Alliance With England
anti Japan.
London, March 13.—The Sunday Special
publishes from its Berlin correspondent
•n interview with United States Ainbaa
• sa<lor White on the attitude of the Unit
ed States toward Spain and the Cuban sit
uation.
Ambassador White, according to this
dispatch, declared the statement that the
United Stales hod entered into an alli
ance with England and Japan absolutely
without foundation.
"The United Suites,” Mr. White is tc
pbrted to have' said, “will never bind her
self by such an alliance. President Mc-
Kinley’s administration cannot act against
the tradition which forbids nil such cotn
, p.(cations in America's International re
in tioas.
“The fear ot war with Spain must not
be taken too seriously. The |60,<M0,000
credit is no proof that the United States
is going to war, since the government bad
long demanded such n credit for the pur
po»e of harbor defense. This, however,
has hern postponed owing to the niggard
ly policy Congress had hitherto pursued."
Characterising as “quite untrue," the
statement that the United State* had p.ne
ed large orders with Herr Krupp. Mr.
White la reported ns adding: "America
possesses ammunition of nil kinds and war
material In the govcrnmtnt factories suf
ficient for every emergency.”
Lieut. Allen, the United States military
attache nt Berlin, is reported by the Sun
day Special correspondent as confirming
Ambassador White’s view of the situation
on the strength as private advices that
have reached the American embassy,
alleging that the investigations of the
American court of inquiry clearly Indi
cate that the sinking of the Maine was
not due to accident, that substantial evi
dence to this effect has been discovered,
hut that owing to the excited state of
public feeling these facts have been with
held from publication.
UL’TOH VriON OF peace.
Time Reported Extended to Moy i,
Hui Not tn nn I Rlnintnm,
• linden. March 14.—The Madrid
correspondent of the Morning Post
•ays: "1 am able to assert
on the last authority that United
States Minister WoodfoM origi>»<lly mH
mated that the United States hoped and
•XpecUd that Spain would re-establish
peace in v'uba before March 1 of this year
Recently, tn response to Spanish re pre
•entalions. the United States extended the
lime Io May 1. Roth governments refuse
io tWwvri**** tills ItitStTmlion ss so uiiittvi*
turn to
“h has been given.” reattinuee the cor
respondent. '¥nt.rely Irrespective of the
Mawn- affair or of any other complications
which may artw in the Meantime Tii -r*.
•as m» auggcatioc as to what action uk
( THE MORNING NEWS. h
J iCstabllsheu ”?»corpcrated 1883. >
J. H. ESTILL, iTesiueuc. )
iSedtln News.
United States would take on May 1,
should, as is certain to be the case, the re
bellion be still unsuppressed.
MEDIATION INSTEAD OF MONEY.
London News Suggests an Improba
ble Course of Procedure.
London, March 14, 5 a. m.—The Daily
News, commenting this morning on its
Washington correspondent’s reports that
President McKinley intimates believe him
in favor of waiving all questions of in
demnity provided Spain will accept Ameri
ca’s friendly mediation in Cub’a, says:
“Such a solution would be the best for all
parties. If Spain is not able to manage
her own colonies they must be managed
for her. That, and no straining of the
Monroe doctrine, is the source of Ameri
can feeling against Spain.
"There will be no disgrace or discredit
In accepting the friendly mediation of a
power with no ambitions or designs of its
own to gratify. The political position is
a sort of stale-mate. If President McKin
ley can find away out of the imbroglio,
he will earn the gratitude of the United
States, Spain, Cuba, and mankind.”
KAISER’S ALLEGED THREAT.
No Confirmation of the Story Forth
coinluK Yet.
London, March 14.—The Madrid corres
pondent of the Times says the statement
of the Berlin correspondent of Da Corres
pondence de Espana that Emperor Will
iam at a private dinner party last week
declared: "So long as William II is the
German Emperor the United States shall
not possess themselves of Cuba,” is not
confirmed.
The correspondent, however, adds: "The
report has stimulated speculation in Mad
rid as to the support that Spain is likely
to receive there (Berlin). This specula
tion, however, is marked by an inability
to distinguish properly between moral
sympathy and material assistance, so that
the slightest hint of good will thrown out
by a foreign newspaper or diplomatist is
promptly clutched at as an earnest of an
impending alliance.
“But the prevailing conjectures are very
wild and appear to be based on no concrete
foundation."
M’KINLEY TALKS WITH BERNABE.
I'reptiredncMM for Wur Counted on to
Tranijulllse the Public.
London, March 14.—The Times, com
menting upon the cordiality of the Inter
view between Presldertt McKinley and
Senor Polo y Bernabe, the new Spanish
minister to Washington, and commending
the President’s policy, says:
"Mr. McKinley cannbt more surely tran
quilize American opinion and secure a fair
2* ld -°~endeavors .than by
edit’ i.W'M!!* lean pcttpL ■ h<«- hr
is prepared for all contingencies?’
W’ouldn’t Exceed Plutonic Sympathy.
Tx>n<lon, March 14.—The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily Mall declares French
support of Spain "would not exceed pla
tonic sympathy,” and that there is no
likelihood that the friendliness of Aus
tria or Germany would extend further, '
PROCTOR THINKS IT EXTERNAL.
Senator Helleves the Spanish Gov-
ernment Innocent.
Washington, March 13.—Senator Proc
tor of Vermont and his companion, Col.
Myron M. Parker, who have been spend
ing some time in Cuba, returned to
Washington to-night at 10:35 o’clock.
Senator Proctor was met at the station
by friends and was driven at once to
his residence.
Senator Proctor said to an Associated
Press reporter that he did not desire to
discuss his trip at present, and that fur
ther than io commend the good work
Mbs Clara Barton was doing in Cuba,
he had said nothing in the way of an
interview.
To a Post reporter Senator Proctor said:
"Concerning the cause of the Maine dis
aster, I feel free to say that such infor
mation as I have obtained indicates that
the explosion was from the outside. It
does not show that the Spanish govern
ment or any of its officials in Havana
were participants In the crime.
“In the first place I do not think there
were any mines in the harbor. I have
not the slightest knowledge of what the
decision of the naval court of inquiry will
be or when it will reach Washington.
"Such information as I have is entirely
of an unofficial character."
Col, Parker said to an Associated
Press reporter: "I’ve been to Sagua la
Grande, Matanxas, Clenfuegos and Ar
temlsa, province of Plnsr del Rio. I
was with Senator Proctor most of the
time. Stories of the amount of suffering
in Cuba have not been exaggerated. It
is Intense over every portion of the isl
and. The reeoncentrados -are gathered in
to the villages, where they can he seen
in ail their pitiable aspects. It is per
Haps greater in Matanxas than elsewhere.
What Impressed the most, and would
doubtless impress any visitor to Cuba,
is the utter desolation of the island. Miss
Carton is doing great work among the re
eoncentratios and is to be praised for
her heroic efforts in that direction. We
were well treated by the Spaniards."
In answer to the question as to what in
hl* mind should be done to put an end to
the awful suffering. Col. Parker would not
commit himself, but said he bad no doubt
this government would take the best
course. He commended most highly the
action pursued by Conjhii General Lee.
who; he said, vraa a man fitted for his
place In every respect, from what he had
seen of his administration of affairs there.
“The matter of his recall reached there
just a little before the contradiction and
was not credited. It was denkyl that his
return to th.s country was wanted." Coi.
Parker said.
In regard to the question as to whether
the ItnpreaskMi prevailed in Havana that
the Maine was destroyed by external in
fiuetve, t 01. I srker spoke guanue.iß' He
sa:J howwer. that the same impression
prevail’d there as here. There was little
or no war talk and the De Lome incident
wt« net mentioned there during his visit
He left Washingtqp Feb. IS,
’rrond Torpedo Sq«»<lron.
Ix’ndon, March 14—A special dispatch
from Madrid says that when the Danish
torpedo squadron hag k-ti Cadis another
will be prepared
SAVANNAH. 11ONDAY. MARCH 14, 1898.
DAY WITHOUT DEVELOPMENTS.
SUNDAY BRINGS NO EXCITEMENT
TO OFFICIAL CIRCLES.
No Information Received Bearing
on the Doiiigs of the Court of In
quiry—The Board on Securing
Auxiliary Cruisers Holds a Short
Session—Forty Merc Ii u n t m e u
Available for War Purposes.
AVashington Gun Factory Rushing
to Completion 150 Formidable
Weapons—Two Ships Ordered
Home From Europe.
Washington, March 13.—T0-day, unlike
last Sunday, when the published state
ments of the desire for the recall of Gen.
Lee and the protest of the Spanish gov
ernment against sending war vessels with
relief supplies to Cuba caused much ex
citement in official circles, was compara
tively quiet.
There had been no information bearing
on the doings of the court of inquiry oh
the Maine explosion received during the
day or any other dispatches calculated to
cause conference between the heads of the
various departments.
There were a number of experts of the
war department ordnance office at their
desks for a short time during the morning
to attend to some pressing matters, while
at the navy department the board on aux
iliary cruisers held a final meeting pre
paratory to the departure of the special
board for New York.
Secretary Long-was at the navy depart
ment for a shore while. He stated late
in the afternoon that there was no news
of any nature for the press, and added, in
response to a specific inquiry, that noth
ing had been received from the court of in
quiry.
The board on auxiliary cruisers met in
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt’s room dur
ing the morning. There were present, in
addition to the Assistant Secretary, Chief
Constructor Hichborn of the bureau of
construction and repair, Capt. Frederick
Rodgers of the naval board of inspection
and survey, Capt. O’Neill, chief of the
ordnance bureau, Lieut. Sargeant, record
er of the board of inspection, and Lieut.
Peters of the naval intelligence bureau.
Lieutenant Commander J. D. Kelley and
Naval Constructor Towresey, the latter
now on duty at Cramp’s ship yard, were
expected, but their orders to attend bad
evidently arrived too late to permit them
to do so. <
Each of the bureau chiefs present was
able the board some information
incM< nt to work that may be required to
fIV o»* chips that, nigiit lx obtained.
Several ot the' member’r'br ■*.»'
originally appointed to look into the mat
ter are unable to leave the city at the
present time; so It was determined that a
special board, of which Capt. Rodgers will
be president, should be designated to pro
ceed to New York to-night to undertake
the work at hand. An office will be opened
at 26 Courtlandt street? New York city,
to-morrow morning, at which owners and
agents for ships will be invited to make
their proposals for turning over to the
navy 1 such vessels as are of value for war
purposes. The naval officials say there
will be no difficulty experienced in ob
taining all the vessels that are desired, as
there are hundreds available.
Thanks to the careful work of the naval
intelligence office, the department keeps in
close touch with the construction of all
craft that could be utilized in the event of
hostilities and just now it has a record of
40 such ships of all sizes and classes'which
will be inspected and examined if their
owners desire to part with them. A num
ber of these are vessels which have been
constructed under the subsidy act of Con
gress and are engaged in carrying the
mails. The vessels to be examined will in
clude all classes, from liners like the St.
Paul to ocean going tugs, which can be of
very material service for a number of pur
poses.
Tonnage, draft, speed, conditions of boil
ers and machinery, and other attributes
will figure in the thorough inspection
which will be undertaken by the board
before any chartering or purchasing is rec
ommended. Both the ordnance ( bureau
and that engaged in the work of construc
tion and repair are ready to take their
part in Atting out and equipping such ves
sels as may be required.
At the Washington gun factory there are
now in various stages of construction no
less than 150 guns of formidable character
on which work is being done night and
day with a view to their early completion.
No new guns are being started, but the en
tire efforts of the factory are devotexl to
finishing those now under way.
A naval officer said there will
be enough of them when fin-
ished to constitute a fair armament for
probably thirty or more auxiliary cruisers
should so large a fleet be found necessary
to supplement the regular warships.
The gunboat Machias, which has just
arrived at Norfolk from the Asiatic sta
tion byway of the Suez pannl, has been
found to be in fair shape as a result of
the examination by the naval inspection
board. A thorough overhauling will be
unnecessary in the present instance as
she will be sent to Boston, where all
necessary, repairs can be made to her in
about twelve days.
TTie ordering of the Helena and the
Bancroft, now on the European station.
Io the United States, will leave the ad
miral commanding that station with but
one vessel, vix the San Francisco. No
explanation for the action is vouchsafed
by the officials of the navy department,
and Secretary Long, when asked, declined
to say anything about the step further
than that the two ships had been ordered
home.
SAVING THE STARVING.
Dlstribntion of Relief Supplies to Be
Expedited.
Havana. March 13.—Everything indicates
that the distribution of relief stores sent
from the United States will go forward
hereafter more speedily and effectively, at
taining better results than ever before.
While much good has been done, and no
questions have been raised as to honesty
of intention, there is. ro doubt, room for
improvement.
Matters appear Io have reached a crisis
in Matanxas yesterday, waere there was
a want of proper preparation, on the part
of certain relief agents appointed from.
Havana, and where, in view of the large
daily average of death, it was felt that
greater dispatch should have been used
in delivering supplies and in arranging
to have them properly cooked. But this
is now assured.
United States Consul General Bee and
Louis Klopsch, of < President McJCinley’s
special commission, will not only
a close and business supervision, but will
insist that the work of to-day (shall not be
put off until to-morrow. Every one is grat
ified to learn that a famous Catholic
priest, who will not allow his name to be
published, will give all the aid in his pow
er to Consul General Lee and Mr. Klopsch,
not only in Havana, where the suffering
is much alleviated, but outside, where re
lief is most urgently needed.
The United States consuls at Matanzas
and Sagua and the consular agents in oth
er cities can be relied upon, It is believed,
with the help of the local Spanish commit
tees to push forward the good work with
all due speed.
The need of relief supplies is practically
undiminished and there is no fear that the
contributions already here or to come will
not be properly used. A correspondent at
Matapzas says the Governor, Senor Fran
cisco de Armas, has appointed a distribu
tion committee, consisting of Drs. Devoza,
Cabarroca, Garcia, Maidan, Cuni, Romero,
and Salmo, the last named as president of
the committee. They get the Governor’s
signature to orders for food, which is then
delivered by United States Consul Brice
from the warehouse on presentation of the
order.
The local firemen see that food is deliv
ered to the needy. They have been active
in relief work heretofore and have made
a careful canvas of the city from house to
house.
•Dr. Hubbell of the Red Cross Society
sent supplies enough to the hospitals to
last over to-day and more will be deliv
ered when needed from the one and a
half tons sent by the Red Cross Society
several days ago, but held at the rail
road station because not directed to Unit
ed States Consul Brice, who had not
been advised of their coming.
Mr. Brice has appointed three Ameri
can women with power to give aid, inde
pendent of the governor’s signature, to
those who are called “silent sufferers,”
the class who have sold or pawned every
thing, but are too proud to let their wants
be known.
The Fern and the steamer Bergen have
gone with supplies.
Mr. Brice is satisfied with the arrange
ments and much encouraged. He says
great good will be accomplished in the
course of a week. Condensed milk, of
which too much has been sent to Havana,
is badly needed at Matanzas and Sagua.
One woman in the Matanzas Hospital on
hearing the word milk went frantic,
shrieking “milk” for hours.
Mr. Brice has supervision of the entire
relief work, with ample power to give
help personally in cases he knows to be
deserving.
Senor de Armas, the governoH is said
to be a humane and good, man. '
The Anita, with tl * eejgressional par-
No work was done at the custom house
to-day, but it will be resumed early in
the morning. No delay Is anticipated in
the delivery of goods.
HOW TOHPF.DOES WORK.
The Force of the Explosion Sufficient
to Sink it Warship.
Newport, R. 1., March 13.—Lieutenant
Commander McLean was interviewed at
the torpedo station to-day in regard to the
report that the Maine had been blown up
by a “Newport, torpedo.”
The commander is authority for the
statement that there is no such thing as
a “Newport torpedo.”
The station here is largely for experi
mental purposes in the «h»y of trying and
testing torpedoes, and it has at various
times experimented with the Whitehead,
Howell and Cunningham torpedoes.
The Whitehead torpedo, which is the
projectile in general use in the United
States navy, although the Howell is used
to some extent, is an auto-mobile device.
In the center of the projectile, which is
made in sizes of sixteen and eighteen feet
in length, is a cylinder for the reception
of compressed air, which feeds the me
chanism in the tail of the torpedo. In
front of the cylinder for compressed air
is placed the war-head, which usually con
tains in the neighborhood of 230 pounds of
gun cotton. ,
When the torpedo is prepared for action
it is placed in ts firing tube. When the
firing tube is discharged it throws the
projectile a distance of fifteen or twenty
feet, and the compressed air in the tank is
released, and supplies the motive power
for the mechanism in the tall. Enough
compressed air is stored to carry the tor
pedo l.flOO or 1.800 yards.
The distance which the torpedo is in
tended to travel may be guaged by an ad
justment of the mechanism in the tail of
the projectile.
When the projectile strikes an object
the gun cotton is exploded by detonation
by means of a charge of fulminate of mer
cury in the form of a cap. The force of
the discharge of 220 pounds of gun cotton
is sufficient, if properly placed, to sink a
warship, as was demonstrated in the Bra
zilian insurrection when a single torpedo
destroyed four compartments on the bat
tleship Aquidaben. sinking that vessel, al
though she was able, under her own
steam, to get from her mooring co a dock
a few hundred yards away.
The Howell torpedo differs from the
Whitehead only in the mechanism, while
the Cunningham torpedo is powerful,
swift and destructive, but uncontrollable.
COl RT OF INQI IRY AT WORK.
No Date Vet Named on Which It Will
Conclude Its Work,
Havana. March 13.—The court of inquiry
did a good deal of work to-day examining
Ensign Powelson and such divers of the
wrecking company as have been investi
gating the wreck.
It is said to-day that these divers have
been released from further work of this
kind and instructed to pursue their labors
under the wrecking contract.
The court will have the services of the
naval divers as heretofore and. if neces
sary, can call again upon the civilian div-
It is thought that the court will close its
labors her*.- during the present week, and
will probably re-examine some of the sur
vivors of the Maine at Key West. This ru
mor. however, is not officially verified, the
numbers of the court insisting that they
tan fix no date for the conclusion of its
sessions or their departure from Havana.
WAR NOT GENERALLY WANTED.
PRESIDENT HAS NOT YET SETTLED
ON A POLICY.
Will Shape It After the Report of
the Court of Inquiry Is Received.
The Government Not Seeking War
With Spain—On the Contrary It De
sires to Maintain Friendly Rela
tions With All the World.
Washington, March’ 13.—After consult
ing several members of ,the cabinet and
others in close touch with the administra
tion with reference to the probable policy
of the President in dealing with the Cu
ban situation, the Morning News corre
spondent justified in stating that no
fixed line of policy has been agreed upon,
and the administration programme will be
shaped after the report of the Maine court
of inquiry is promulgated.
There has been much wild speculation
on this subject, due to the fact that the
President and his cabinet are more dr less
confused by conflicting suggestions, com
ing from various sources, entitled to calm
consideration.
In the first place, the government of the
United States is not seeking war witn
Spain. There has been no official declara
tion from the war-making power to that
effect. The President has publicly declar
ed that this government desires to main
tain peaceful and friendly relations witn
all the world, including the Spanish gov
ernment. Congress has indicated no de
sire to plunge this country into war. It
very properly, with the advice and con
sent of the President, provided an emer
gency fund with which to protect the in
terests of*the whole country.
Thu* it appears that those having the
power to bring on a war, are opposed to it,
because they realize what it means to the
business interests of the entire people, and
the heavy burdens it will naturally inflict
upon the tax-paying citizens,to say nothing
of the actual horrors of war to those who
actively engage in the conflict.
Have those people who are seeking to
bring on war between the United States
and Spain volunteered to do the fighting,
or are they largely of a class of people
who have something to sell?
Are not the Secretary of the Navy and
the Secretary of War surrounded by mer
chants who have munitions and. war sup
plies for sale?
Are these men prompted by patriotic
motives alone, or are they seeking to dis
pose of their merchandise to the govern
ment at the highest market rate?
Have these men stopped to consider that
a blow will be delivered to our manufac
turing industry in every section of our
Jn the event, of war? z .
The United’ S«ofes' lias'
through a period of business depression
which extended ovex five years. Hard
times was preached from every political
pulpit and hard times were experienced
in a majority of the homes of American
citizens. We have by perseverance, in
genuity, and indomitable energy nearly
overcome the demon of hard times, and
to-day we ape competing with nearly all
the nations of the earth in the manufac
ture and production of the necessaries of
life. Our commerce is growing day by
day, and there is no estimating what a
severe blow it will be to our reviving
trade relations with foreign nations if we
should engage In war at this time. Our
revenues from customs would necessarily
be reduced, while the burden which a
war would inflict would be largely in
creased.
The great hardship which any govern
ment suffers from war, is that it never
gets through paying the penalties incurred.
Stop and consider what we are paying to
day in the way of penalties for indulging
in a civil war. Millions and millions are
paid out annually for pensions, and mil
lions and millions are still ow»?d for war
claims.
What effect is the pending war scare
having upon the interests of the country?
The result is that the business which the
government should be transacting. Is
pushed aside by the preparations for war,
which Spain says she does not wish and
which our government says she does not
care to indulge in if a conflict can be
avoided without injury to our national
honor.
With our revenues on the down grade,
which will surely follow hostilities, and
our.expenses to carry on war piling up, the
government will have to raise money to
meet the war demands. Naturally, bonds
will have to be sold, and the money lenders
of the world will put their patriotism in
cold storage and drive the hardest
bargain possible with the United States
treasury. It matters not whether they
have money or guns to sell, they will ex
act from the government the highest
price obtainable under the exigencies of
the occasion, and then swell with merce
nary pride, and console themselves with
the belief that they are the actual sav
iors of the government.
A conflict between the United States and
Spain would in all probability result vic
toriously for the United States. We have
all the qualities that enter into the for
mation and assembling of a great fighting
force. We also have unbounded resources
to draw upon, even if the interest should
be very heavy. Nevertheless, every en
lightened nation of the world would pre
fer to have the friendship of the United
States to that of Spain, we have nothing
to fear on the score.
The clamor for war is <sot as general as
some of the newspapers, bent on increas
ing their circulation, so sensationally as
sert in their flaring headlines and extra
editions.
The people of the West, who are far re
moved from any danger that might arise
in the event of war with Spain, are not
seeking to engage this country In a war
without some reasonable provocation.
The people of the South, who have en
dured the horrors and hardships of one
war, are not anxious to have their homes
devastated by foreign foes.
The people of the West and the South
are as loyal and as patriotic as the peo
ple of the North and East, and they
would respond as cheerfully, perhaps
more so, than some of their - Northern
brethren to a call to arms.
It is not a question of testing ones
loyalty or his devotion to the flag, but
what are the reasons for bringing on a
war between two nations supposed to be
on friendly terms?
It cannot be that we are seeking to
acquire additional territory in Cuba.
It is hardly possible that we are seeking
to add to our population a class of people
who might be even more objectionable as
citizens and office holders than some of
1 the citizens we now have to contend with
' and for.
It is not possible that we are prepared
, to go to the extent of saying that we com
pare the mongrels composing the insurgent
forces in Cuba with the gallant farmers of
. the South who fought for their independ
ence.
We may deprecate cruelty in any land,
Cuba or elsewhere, but interference is
something we would not tolerate from
Spain or any other nation in the
tration of our own affairs, and the Amer
ican people will hold the makers of the
possible war to a strict accountability for
the hardships such a war would inflict.
MAY SEARCH FOR ANDRE.
Sweden Invited to Send a Party With
the Wellman Expedition.
Washington, March 13.—The state de
partment has received from the govern
ment of Sweden and Norway, King Os
car’s conditional acceptance of the offer
made though the United States govern
ment by Walter Wellman to carry free of
charge upon his north polar expedition
steamer Laura, which is to sail from
Tromso, Norway, June 20, a party of
iSwedes to search for their countryman,
Prof. Andre, in Franz Josef Land.
The government of the King does not
expect to send out a search expedition,”
says the minister of foreign affairs at
Stockholm, “but if no news of Andre is
received by July gratitude would be felt
if Mr. Wellman were to permit several per
sons familiar with the Arctic regions to
accompany his expedition for that pur
pose. The government of the King has
learned with deep gratitude of the courte
ous and generous offer made by Mr. Well
man.”
KRUGER RULES WITH IRON HAND.
Chief Justice Removed for Refusing;
to Ho as Directed.
Pretoria, March 13.—Judge Kotze, who
was recently removed from his office as
chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
South African republic by President Kru
ger, but who did not possess power of re
moval, under the. existing law, has de
clared while addressing a delegation that
waited on him, that while the case of the
American engineer, R. F. Brown, who sued
the Transvaal government with reference
to certain claims at Witfontein, was pro
ceeding, and before judgment had been
given in his favor in the high court, Pres
ident Kruger, in an interview with him
(Judge Kotze) threatened him with dis
missal unless he obeyed the Volksraad res
olution. This statement has caused a sen
sation.
MISSISSIPPI STEAMER BURNED.
The Granrt Republic Gbe« Up in
St. Louis, Mo., March 13.—From a- fire,
the origin of which is unknown, the well
known Mississippi river excursion steamer
Grand Republic burned to the water's edge
to-day at the mouth of the River Des Pe
res, near South St. Louis. Nothing was
saved, and Capt. W. H. Thorwegen, his
wife and two children and the watchman
had a narrow and thrilling escape from
death. The loss amounts to $50,000.
The Grand Republic was tied up for the
winter, and those on board were making
it their home. They lost all their per
sonal belongings, and escaped in barely
enough to clothe themselves.
SPAIN’S LAWS ON YACHTS.
Captain* Must Provide Themselves
With u Regular Manifest.
Washington, March 13.—With the view
of avoiding difficulties in the future, • the
Spanish legation wishes it made public
that the customs laws existing in Cuba do
not contain any special regulations con
cerning yachts. The captain simply has to
provide himself with a regular manifest
certifying that the vessel is in ballast. If
these regulations are not complied with,
the captain shall be liable to a fine.
STICKEEN ROUTE A FAILURE.
Slush on the lee Makes Progrenn Im
poaslble.
Victoria, B. C., March 13.—Steamer;
Amur, from Fort Woangel, reports that
the Stickeen route to the Klondike, is a
failure as a water route. On account of
the mild weather there is slush on the ice
and it is impossible to make any progress.
JOURNEY OF THE REINDEER.
The Entire Herd to He Sent to Pyra
mid Harbor.
Seattle, Wash., March 13.—The plan for
sending North the government reindeer
has been changed. Capt. Robinson was
notified to-day that the entire herd would
be sent to Pyramid harbor, together with
all the Laplanders.
Dervishes None the British.
Cairo, March 13.—A dervish force has
advanced U* rfUMEL ten 1111,09 south of
the River AtuSW/which enters the Nile
at Ed-Damer.
The British camp Is about the same
distance north of the river.
Sir Kichard Qualn fA-od,
London, March 13.—Sir Richard Quain,
Bart., physician extraordinary to her maj
esty, president of the general medical
council and editor of the Dictionary of
Medicine, is dead. He was born Oct. 30,
1816.
Purse for McCoy and Ruhlln.
New Haven. Conn., March 13.—The New
Haven Athletic Club has offered a purse
of $5,000 for a twenty-round contest be
tween Kid McCoy and Gus Ruhlin, to
take place at New Haven May 30.
Shot Wife anil Self.
San Francisco March 13.—Andrew
Schuller, a financial broker, shot his wife
and killed himself in his office this even
ing. Mrs. Schuller will probably die.
France to Occupy Let-Chan.
Pekin, March 13.—France, it is said, in
tends to occupy Lei-Chau, in the Quang-
Tung peninsula, north of Hai-Nan, ua a i
naval base. <
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LIVES LOST IN A LODGING.
eleven persons perish in Al
fire in the bowery mission.
_ I
Blaze Breaks Out at 1:30 O’clock inf
the Morning with Every Room Oc
cupied and Every Lodger Asleep.
A Scene of Wild Excitement Fol
lows the Giving of the Alarm-AI
Majority of the Inmates Save Only,
a Portion of Their Clothing and
Several Forced to Flee Naked.
New York, March 13—EIeven men los#
their lives In the fire which swept through
tiie Bowery mission house at 105 Bowery,
early this morning, and left it a blackened
shell. Their bodies, now at the morgue, are
so charred that most of them may never
be recognized. The dead are supposed td
be:
Ehas Cuddah, 29 years old, address no 6
known.
John Foran, Stapleton, Staten Island
Wm. McDermott, 25 years old, address
unknown.
James O’Rourke, 42 years old, Philadel
phia.
William Sodan, 38 years old, Spottswood,
N. J. *
Six bodies unidentified.
a Tin-) injured, all of whom will recover*
Robert Ashman* 48 years old, badly!
burned about the feet, at Gouverneur hos
pital.
lh I ; le >, ÜB,nd2rahan’’ U B , nd 2 rahan ’’ flreD ’ on -
George Wilson, 24 years old, burned
hospital and handS; at Gouverneur
1( ® ü Bow ery is one of the best know>x
is ealkd 'the r S ° n at thoroughfare. It
is called the Bowery Mission lodging housa
In the C h ndUCted by the Chrl st‘an Herald!
*. the basement Os the building there il
a cheap restaurant, while the ground flo<£
is used exclusively for mission purposes
d!ilv el fn erV ' CeS havinff been held there
daily for several years. The four upper
floors were fitted up as a cheap lodging
house, with accommodations for 150 males
who paid 15, 20 and 25 cents each, accord
ing to the location of the rooms
F>led St A n t‘^ a)m i OS L eVery was occu *
* ‘ l3O ° clock this morning one of
the lodgers discovered flames coming from
ne had time to alarm the house the lira
B^thi 0 by . passers-by on the street!
Bj this time the flames had eaten their
way to the top of the building, and were
bursting through the roof.
W hen the alarm was given and the in
mates aroused, a scene of wild excitement
ensued. Many of the lodgers became mn
and r feii en ‘ They rushed Jnto tbe hallways!
and fell over each other in their efforts
to reach the street. Those on the lower
wTys S whHe th th street . safe,y by the stair ~
vro'nf.l * thosv on the upper floors
J Vj- way ; ' hrou « b ‘he blinding
df the ~g mv Ult ‘ eScap ' s in iron *
Ihe majority of them saved only nor
thern ° f the ‘ r c,oth,n S’» w bHe several o«
them were naked. or
bJ'l’hTfl^ 0 made thelr way to ‘he street
L fire escapes were superficially burn
ed by the excessive heat of the iron lad
dors, w/iich, in many places TJ 22 lad
red hot from the flames within ®
. ," the three alarms of firs
had l>een sent in and in a few minutes
wkh e torrem e ’ h f USy delug,n ® tbe building
uitn torrents of water. They finallv
thC flre Within ‘he lim-
its oi the three upper stories of the struc
ture. A large detail of police was auic’dw
summoned to the scene in charge of
spector Cross, and the reserveg wer V ca [j_
of r offl” down - towi > Predicts.
. . ,s force of officers had difficult works
to keep tiie vast crowds in check as weir
ers he M* nff to J escue the unfortunate Jo
atVhe Eldridge
three blocks away, kweral of h« SOn, «
destitute were brought to the stat on hotTso
in patrol wagons, and on the r arrhl!
there were partially clothed by meml eri
“ nd kl "‘ 1 -h‘’erted neighbors
After the fire had been subdued suffici
ently that a search of the place was nosZ
eible, the police and firemen entered tia
building and the work of i>a? C h n£ fS
the victims was begtifi. s
Several bodies we/e found near the win
‘lows on the two upper floors, where fljy
had been stricken down in attempting
m^ e m the ‘\ W 1 a i y tO ,he fire e9ca Pcs
So many bodies were found in the earlvi
stages in the search that it was estimated
that over forty persons must have beea
ki)l«l. However, the officers fortunately
over-estimated the loss of life, and eleven
bodies tn all were found. Some of these
were discovered in the small rooms they '
had occupied, while others were found in
the hallways and on the stairs of tl£
fourth and fifth floors. ina
All of them were naked and most of
them were burned and charred beyond
recognition. j'vuw
th<? bodies tvere carried to
the street they were transferred to the no
ice station and by 4:30 o’clock this
Ing the police relinquished their search
Coroner Zucca was summoned and after
looking at the bodlea in the station house
gave a permit for their removal to thZ
morgue. „
Manager Zartichan of the Christian
Herald, who has direct charge of the
sion and lodgmg house, called at the El
dridge street station later and told the of
ficer in charge that he would bury the
The loss on the building by fire is e«H
mated at $7,000 and the contents are dam
aged to the extent of $5,000. The loss iFen
-2 b \ ‘ ns “ rance ’ The bu ild i ng,
which belongs to the Chester estate is
leased by the Bowery Mission
John N Wyburn, superintendent of the
Bowery Mission, under whose direction
the lodging house was conducted, said t<2
day: **
“On investigation I found to my satis
faction that the fire originated in the lav
atory on the third floor, and was probably
caused by a lighted cigarette thrown ear
lessly among a lot of papers. It j s strict
ly against the rules of the house to
smoke in the building, but it is known to
be the habit of many of the lodgers to do
so, and on account of this the night cierk
ia supposed to inspect the lavatory every
hour, and he made an inspection shortly
before the fire was discovered. There were
165 names on the hotel register last night
Two-thirds of them were sleeping on the
third and fifth floors. Nine of the bodies
were found lying in beds, and it is suppos*
ed that some of the men never woke from
&heir sleep,”
NO. 21.