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> Cotton Grop. > that interests < EVERYBODY .■ \ $5,000 \ In CASH paid on it C and $2,500 of this in f one big lump. / Get your figures in p during March’sure, $ EF~Beetlie details In ( announcement, today. > VOL. XXXI. NO. 12. REPORT FROM INQUIRY BOARD FAIRS TO GOME There Were No Developments of Special Significance Past Week. CONGRESSMEN ARE GETTING RESTLESS Board’s Findings Are Now Looked for Thursday of This Week. CONGRESS WILL NOT ADJOURN YET AWHILE = The Members Are Determined to Know the Findings of Board Before They Go Home. War Preparations Still Continue. I Tho past week ha, broujrht little of Importance . In the situation, and war preparations are still i being actively pushed. The most significant event of the week was the purchase by the ■ United States government of the Battlesh n ; Amazonas, which v/as built by the Armstrongs, ; an English firm, for the Brazil an government, i The ship was formally transferred to the | United States on Friday, ana as soon a:. a. i takes on a supply of co?.l she wiii sail from ; Gravesend, England, under sealed orders. The anxiously looked-for report of the inquiry board, which has been investigating tiie de struction of the Maine, is now expected next Thursday. Until the report is in all is specu iation, and the best we can do is to give our readers the developments from day to day. In the meantime the unusual act . ty of the past two weeks in army and naval circles shows no abatement, and we will certainly be in good snape if called upon to burn powder in a war with Spam. M’KINLEY EAGER FOR PEACE ? ARBITRATION IS THE PLAN HE IS INDORSING NOW. Report of the Spanish Court of In quiry on the Wreck of the Maine Makes a Change. By Jos: Ohl. Washington, March 14.—(Special.)—Secre tary Day had a long conference with th* : ; nt today. Just what turn the talk I took Is one of the unsolved mysteries, but I P . n .fable fact that -here Is a gfit deal of talk around the state department about arbitration in r.. p< • l to this .Maine While everybody is denying that the president has received a prelimi nary report from the Sampson board, it is not denied that the important fea tures of the testimony brought out in the investigation have been presented to him, rind that his mind is made up as to ■what that report will be. It will declare fl..it the Maine was de- Ftroy<<! from external raiiscs. The Span! h version, how ver. Is directly | opposite to this and the impression is strong ; that the president and bis advisers are : seriously contompl.iting letting other na- ■ lions have a hand in the settlement of tlm i differences The president knows that such I a step will meet the almost unanimous dis- ■ approval of tl’.e people ot this country, .lie , knows that such a step cannot be entered I upon or ac eded to except at the cost of i the national honor, and yet so anxious is | h“ to prevent war that ho Is list. ning to | tl’.e siren so iff of the little cot. tie about , him which is railing for peace (it any j It is pointed out to him by the people , who are tlm mugwumps of diplomacy that , now that Spanish board, under Captain ] . . .■ ■ declared that the d< struct on of the Maine rm'st hive been due to accident, the only xv.'i > to satisfy the nations ot I.ti ro;. to the ••ary is by submitting to .an International board of armtration or in quiry. both the American and the Spanish The president’s anxiety to got congress off Ins hands Is as great as his predecessor’s ever was. Speaker R-eed himself has expressed the opinion that if the Cuban question is allowed to get before congress in any shape, neither he nor his all pow erful committee on rules nor any other , agencies can hold the western and ; southern republicans in line, and so far ns the senate is concerned, it has • gone on record too often to admit of • any doubt as to where it stands. Under ordinary' circumstances there would be no chance in the world of .■enring an Intcrnati. n • ird) that is undt r ordinary methods, forth. .m involve ratification of an agreement to arbitrate by the senate. Real izing this tho state department officials have been looking for some method of HMH J reaching that end without permitting the senate to have a hand in it. A high official of the state department pointed out to mo today a precedent which might be called into play in this emergen cy. Strangely enough the precede nt Is fur nished by action in a. former eont rover. -y between the United States and Spain. A Precedent Cited. "Ordinarily,” said lie, “tho method of preparing for an intern i.tional board ot ar bitration is by treaty made, by the treaty junking power of both nations. That, wilii us means ratification by the senat”. lint there have been cases win r< a board of ar bitration was created without our s iiaio having any hand in the preliniimii of ih. so cases wa•• that under which the claims of Amci ■. .. i th< government of Spa n for wrongs ami inju ries committed against their person and properly in a former insurrection, w< rec■■- I tied. That was by a mere agreement tor settlem< nt it. IS7I Th reelnent was I based on a, note writt. n by (tenoral Sl< kl< . I then our minister nt. Madrid, to Christine. ; Martos, the .minister of foreign affairs of I Spain, The suggestion in this note was followed by a forn 1 which arbitrators one tiiimul by the s> r< ■ i of ; tate of th. I 'nited St t< er by tlm Spanish minister to Washington, these f.> selecting the third w- re appoint ed. Tills board of arbitration pase.l upon a number of largo claims and on tile find | Ing of the board they were .-ettled. Among Itlm-e w.is tin famon- Angariea clnim, which figured in our supr> rim court. This is wli.’.t might be <■ all. d an agreement by tho n ■ re ex. ,singe of notes. If (Imre is to I be international action of any kind it might. perhaps lie reached m the W ,iy it Was , r. chid In this.” But tlds international business Is In the I air. It is being seriously considered by ■ those who h ive charge of the diplomatic I end of the administration An international . board of a rid! ration would ni<an that , America i ■ iWim; to rec. ive Span: h gold j in payment tor the blood of her heroes on tlie Maine. An international board of lu- I quiry would lie an Insult not only to the I men comprising the present board, which is i u ij . !Jy a • 11, but I to tlie entire navy. I But it might bring pence. It begins to look very much ns if the forces pull ing for peace are too strong for the president to ignore, even if lie desired to do so. Spain is willing to make any temporary sacrlllee in order to retain contr I of Cuba. Wiule Hie pt. par.,lions w’.i < h ar. going on In both tlie army and n.ivy department show plainly that even tlie pr sident fears war cannot be av. it. <l. lii pr ■•.til p »H< 1-, if lie h is one. is in the inter. . t< of p. ate. Wants Congress to Adjourn. If bv gelling eon-TC-. 5 out of tile way mid by using an International board of in quiry or ;.rii na; tion to cool off the present 'deep re.’ i: 31,•1it of the Ann ih.-.m r'.;m. I lie can bring affairs to . state where li. I believes hu will be .-u taim.i by a l nr pro portion of tin- p. of Hie country, Im will bend his every energy toward . if. however, lie sees that the report on the Maine lit-s the American <!••.-.r. for :••- v.’iige to such a p.tch th .t Im <unnot con trol his party in congress he may take positive action toward Cub m freed n To -,v Ib.lt lie lias mi mr.iiul ii.-d pMi. v on : ne, lion ev< r. i ■ to make an a is< i - ti’.n which ills closest friends do not sub- Oniv public sentiment can force him to a po.-itive -tand in favor of Cuba l.ibr.-. He will not take such a stand unless he I Ims to. I , TWO BATTLESHIPS PURCHASED. Ships Ate Fiist-Clr-Ss an Will Prove an Acquisition to Our Navy. Washington, March II A wo-a. s m .ini tiations closed today by tlie ti iiimphant pur. hose by the navy department in l.on ■ d.’U of tlm IWo fill.’ m il’ ■, r . |. m ■, .i build ■ I Ing at Elswick for .Im i:r..zd.,an govern ■ n.elli . Possibly tho officials took more pleasure ■ In closing up tlm Imsine..- in this nmnnor. i 11. • m e <4 the kimwl. dye tlia.t tlie Spanish I .iperts had b. . n striving to secure these, i v. ry ships, to v.horn. It is s .id, they would ib. ..I mimh gre.ai. r v.du< In < n id’ trou ■ b!e than to tlm ITiitcd Stm. J < urn of tlm silips Is mmipi. :■■ In every ro | speet, has her coal supply and ammunition ' OU board and sieani c.m lie r.iis. d at any i time. There will be no trouble in bringing i this ship across, ns an adequate force from i the local > ard - .an b. seem. <1 f. r tlm s. r i vice. It is said tin coal and aniiniisi:ion on | beard pas. ■ d w.ih tile sale .T Hi.- United 1 States n.ivy, .so tli.i, the apply of aTimiuni ; t'on is adji ni t to lh< - y I Ships. Tlm other ship i.as been 1 m wiled, I but it will tak.- .sonm time to rn.ake her i. tdy for se . -Mr. Lane b< lives, however, I that th< ro will he no difficulty in bfin ting ; 11. • r imrni di Hely, il : . d, ■>>. d to 1 mnk. tiie move without delay, a. tlm hull I Os th.’ ship i- so well along that -Im could | be towed, and her own s.i.l power utilized ' tor tlm trip across. * SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Spanish Minister De. i ires the Maine Was Not Intentionally Wrecked. W.ashington. Mar.-hl!. "rhe Span li min ister. S. nor Polo y Bcrn.il..-. reeeiv.d i ntimlwr of dispatclies t..d;iy from the minis t< r of state at M it <1 m i fr >m Captain Gem ml Blanco. Senor Polo’s attention was called to tlm | reports from Spain a- to the pimp.-et •• sailing id’ tlm Spanish temped., fleet mr >l:.- v.m i and .is to tlie signili. :mce which h i 1 been atlaeb.d in this country to the move. 'l'll., sen. r said the tm pdo .-r ift cruise had been long contemplated. Their coming li.as no relation whatever, lie de,lured, to J K . ent conditions, as they Were wanted for work along tlm Cuban i i. '• 'l'lm miniSti r Ims r. . < v. d tm intimation I ns to tlm findings of tlm s,. m n nav H I commission ’vlreb is inve. : amt lng tlie 1 Marne disaster. He . iy> th • ■ mimiss- n I is proceeding with tlm ime formality and seereey as the Hulled States .-..uit of in quiry and tlm: m> it iis tin.lings would Im justili. .' lll.til tin form d r. port is pr.senti d IO tm- Spanish tmverntn.mt S- nor Polo idd< A that Ins )wf...ma 1 Imi.ef, however, was that tin re w-as no doubt that tlm Spanish ..t.mimission would report that the Maine explosion was due to acci dent rind said lie was convinced that tills also would Im tlm conclusion reached by tin people of this country when all the facts of the matter arc known. RUSSIAN PRESS SAYS BEWARE. Tiesident Notified That Spain Would Have Support of Three Powers. Ixmdon, Man’ll 15. —Tlie Vienna corre spondent of Tlie Times telegraphs an ab stract of an article In tlm St. Petersburg Novoe Vremya, which he thinks “deserves attention as giving an accurate account of the v mw and intentions of at least three of the <,:• ': power:,.” The correspondent ways: “Tim article asserts that tho United States are w. 11 aware that in declaring war against Spain limy could not count upon tiie approval of any of tlm liuropi an pow. im Alt, ;t alleges, would sympathize wilii Simin, if not actively, cm-t linly by < ■ ■■■■.'. inotesi ag.'iinsl Pre.si<i.;nt Me- Kirm y's , .induct. This is also well known at Madrid. “Tho Ih.iropia n re.pre.sent.itlv<s.” con cludes tlm ,irt:<’l-‘, “will notify the Wash ington government of the'.e opinion tlmt war is not de liable, and II is to bo hoped tlmt IT. den- .M.-Kini. e will realize llm d.s.idvant mo of .'■:tc i genera! censure and will no’ all >w him." if to be eggeu into war by Anmrican . p. cul ■tors.” The Vi’ iina correspondent of Tho Stand ard declares that Austria and Germany sympathize with Spain, the former being actuated by family tics between the two reigning Imuses, and tho latter by a grudge against the United States. INQUIRY COURT AT KEY WEST LEFT HAVANA RATHER SUDDENLY TUESDAY. The Board Does Not Know W hen a Report of Their Labors Will Be Made. Havana, March 15. The Mangrove, with tlm court of inquiry on board, sailed to night for Key Attest. 1 'pt..in S imps.in, president of the board, told tlm Assoeia ted Pre is eorre that the doei-ion to leave Havana was not ri’.'c'lmd until this afternoon at a consul tant n of tiie members, it w-as decided that while farther testimony might be obtained here, tills was not likely to justify a lon-.'-r st..v, Tlie court <• <n return if rim divers or wickers ifmke dis-ov. rias that will add to !!..; ev der.ee now b< ing gathered. Tiie plans of the submerm .1 wreck, in the f.r. paratlon of which Ensign Powelson Ims hml .1 very large share, are very elabo rate, ami Captain Samiwon says the testi mony and records of tiie divers are very fuff. Cap! In Sampson hopes the court will* Wu . ’ St ■ t • . H ■ ’.>■ do g the flagship New York. Tim greater i rot of Hi.- investigation tlmt ramins will eon : 1.-t-. mil ss til.’ court return her... of :i care ful study -.1 tlie plans. It is imt thought tlmt ii will !..• ne ■ : - :y to ./ dn summon tm’ -mvivors of Hie .Maine officers or rm n. 'l'lm m.urt Ims no prophecy to make a.s to tlie further duration of tlie sittings, or v. •.”» and where tlm tindings will be pro mu; Ited. Captain Yim '■.••.• will probably r.-nmin Imre r..-’omp:.nie.i by <’omiiiand.-r \\ ..fuwHght, t . sueprlntend tTrn work on l.elmlf 01 tin- government. WOULD BUY CUBA'S FREEDOM PEACE WAVE NOW HANGS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE. If Spain Will Sell the Island, the Cash. Can Ee Obtained Without Much Trouble. By Jos Ohl. v ... .. n ■ - tai.) A pem-e"wave seems to be making i s head qmirl. rs around and : bout tlm white bouse. All the bell-.’mremy mmif.-sted about the pr< ideal's otil -lai r< - it t'.u time < f h.s r. :.• d to r ■■ '! (h i< r.d I and wlrnii he asited congress for tlmt gigantic einer- Ctt >m vln da the e: <-!t. mt nt im .. .. ng ■ 10 * . ev, nt ■ Im-' died a ti. '. ', a’ the "i n. of the unmlst ik i.ble sen immit of tin. country. Today this peace policy breaks out ir. two or three different places. One is in the disclosure of a new scheme lor the pm pose of the freedom of Cu bt-—in a nutshell, the formation of a ••■•.’antic syndicate of American and European moneyed men, this syndicate to indorse the bonds of Cuba in case Spain agrees to sell her freedom- in . onto ’i ’’ i wifi turn svndlmito tlm , „f -,..nm .f •!'•■ mou prominent 1 ■. ; , of the Id are used. ’ H>me Preside:’.". Levi P Morton Is the P n w . » li is fi'P.' in i.ie white house w <h • Im'idea and the story wh'ch connects ills n ‘ wifi It also m ntioirn Sir .Jul’, m ”,um- f"’.’ Wilii whom Ci.v-m.ir Morton h ... b.-on 'n frequent c.msultatimi. and also tlm new Spanish nilnmti r. Sen nor Hlkins 'ms found tt tmcc:-.- iry to •lbandon his id. ;l tlmt tlm k•” rnnmnt -imifd indorse the ’bonds of ’the Cubans and a d idem to pnreimse i eir freed .in. for Im so-mi opposition to tills plan even from sue!) .-lose friend of the m< nhe was repre senting ■•• Sen ; ..r Hanna. Si. tills Morton pl . f >!1 ■■. ■ • its legitimate sueces sor. It is believed that the men who are strongest back of it are those who now cv.’n tho Spanish-Cuban bonds and who are naturally trying- to save what they have invested. ') m prop ’ mi purclmse 1 n’k and the ap ;■ • ' '• ■ " ■' '■ 1 h '' •” r ' , . V,d in . .i-n.ids'rat <ni < ireles adds to the : ■ ’! ■ ■■ feeling. It ■ sic-niti. ■■ t that Gen ml Grosvenor, t , < >nfid< mtial frit nd < f the president, ’..■a ..at m .iiith.-irized stiomcn'. of his ’, . ; ■ I Hum and it is :<is'> significant : . .■■■iii< 'lcm with the Grosvenor inter- im w • an ov.-iine of polay from a ... .... n -atlon, both of tinctui. d with tlie cry for i, ■ il lirii V'T'.r was once prominent -or in -, loud <• ■::.•= for Culrnn Indcpe idence. S’ow h< t ilk >1 “the oquivaiont of inde p. .id”ne. " Tm r.’ is talk of in ■• ’ < n:ion '.)) tlm interests of pence, bin’ of interven , sot or freedom not a There Will Be No War. "I <l.> not b< I . ve there will be war with Spain," he say*. “I d!> not believe tlm in- Continued on Second Page. ATLANTA, GA„ MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1898. STAHVATIOJI AJID DISEASE Are Holding High Carn ival in Cuba. DEATH-RATE IS APPALLING Senator Proctor Tells of Hor rors of the War. HALF OF THE MISERY HAS HOT BEEN TOLD Two Hundred Thousand De;.ths in the Past Few Months in Spanish Prisons, Caused by the Brutality of Spanish Officials -Senator Gallinger Says Situation Can not Be Exaggerated. Washington, March 17. -Senator Proctor, of Vermont, who return .<! last Sunday from on extend’ d trip to and from the island of Cuba, this afternoon made n. statement to the senate of his observations on the Island. From many view points the statement was remarkable, it had evidently been m ist can fully pr. p *.d. j ivery element of sensationalism h.„.' (n < n studiously elim inated from it. (H|j|,f ioft?t s<> f- iP as fa< ts repo:; d <•.■•.- . r 1 ■ . boro not tlm slightest evle floating beiTort to arouse tlm public n i-b', some of whe .live to tho i’r.- lder.t M. Klnl. ' . ’ • t()I is r.’prmented as ■ • ” ng Ins ’’ strain his unruly . ■■■« o El Globe attributi s the !■ ■ s to “bid storage of !.• r c of explosives arisii’p. >ts ,e preparations for v. | ... proper diselplin. on bob past 4. ' • " tiie best cha’vhich tlie uni n is ’’statement was made by m •due. a tew mlnut.s ait. r its"''' p i “it is," said l.e*.■ :,, s if Proctor had held up ills right IP’ sv.orn to it." That was tlie impr slot: the statement made upon tiie senate. Was Almost Dramatic. The scene in the senate just preceding and during tlm delivery of tile speech was almost dr.’.malic in th. in., n.-’.ty oi its. in ter.’ t. Tim occasion of tlie address i.io-e wry urn xpcctedly. The melon.il qu.ir.in line bill was under di-euss:on. uid Senator .M.dlorv. ol Florida. 11. id been recognized for a speech in opposition to tiie pending measure. .Mr. r’rye entered the chamber, and. In terrupting Mr. .Mallory, r. .pi- d- d him to yield to Mr. Proctor, who dee.r.-d to make a statement cone, rning bis observations in Cuba ot Interest to the senate and to tiie country. Instantly tlmre was a com motion on tile floor and in the galleries. It had been announced th.it Mr. Proctor would soon make a statement, but it was not supposed that Im would make it on the 11..0r of the senate. A call •■: the s< , a te w■■ d’ mand< dby Mr. < of w Hampshire, it a b w minut. > . very t .. nalor a Hie eapiioi was in h ■ seat, and tiie word having been par ed iluoimn tiie corridors, people flock.' I into the galleries until tiny were packed. Mr. Pr in beginn im. st ted tii.it ins trip was entirel’ unofficial and was not Sugg, .'ted by any one. Mr. Proctor said m He Compliments Lee. "Os Geimr.il !..■<• ! n-■■ 1 s:iv little. ills valuable serv:e. s to his country In ills try ing jio’-ition are too w.dl known to al! his countrymen to require mention. Besides iiis ability, high character and courage, ho posse .-. s ill. iinpor’ lilt requisites of un failing mr: and courtesy, and with ail, ills militarj” education and training and his sold’, rly qualities are invaluable adjuncts in tin- equipment of our representative in a couatry so completely under militarj- rule as is Cuba.” Senator Proctor also eulogized Consuls Brice and Barker. “It has been Slate.l that I said there was no doubt tlm Maine was blown up from the out. ide." lie e.jntinm •!. “This is ~ mi:- tak’ . 1 may i'.ivc said that such was tho general hnpr. ssion among Americans in 11 .i ma. In faet, J have no opinion about it myself, mi. u’ef’iily avoided forming one.” Picture Not Overdrawn. “Before starting I revived through tho mail a. leaflet published by Tlie Christian Herald, wit.li cuts of some of tlie sick and starving reconceiitrados, and took it with me, t.miking these were rar-> specimens get up to make tlm worst possible showing, i saw plenty a.s bad and worse: many that should lot im I’hO’togr.iph. .1 and shown. I could not in : : . ve th.it out of a population ... :,. ■■.’ :wo hundr .1 th >usand had died witli n these Spanish forts, practieaUj prison walls', within a few months past, from actual stnrvat.on and diseases caused I y i- s ufficient and impr..per food. My in qiiities were entirely outs, Io of sensation al sources. They w. re m. Io of our medical officers, our coi uls, of city alcaldes (may ors), of relief commit!. •_ of leading i> er < bants and bunkers, pi:,, sie.ans and law y. r. Several of n.y ini. tm nt.-' were Span ish born, but ev. ry time tlm answer was tint tlm caso had not been overstated. “General Blanco’s order of November 13th last somewhat modifies th( W eyler order, but is of lit il” or no practical benefit, its application :s finite I to farms ’properly <le fen.ie.it,’ and tlie owner, are obliged to build ’.'enters of defens-.’ Its execution is ..inipletely in tile discretion ( ty loed military on n T' I '' ’G ~.. i,’ w !ll ° terrible m,', ( ' ....effi’a.j of, order hi stripp'; irl(! ] {l , ss ja r -v ’trying tl .> s *ibffi shelter. fo< .)„. ’ on for an fnsurgf] )p occasion of tlie last vis!’andcr this adva ambassador to tlie ('bin °rder slice, the Chinese refused to French proposals, and the was Issued four months ago. I saw no beneficent results from It worth mention ing.” Speaking of tlie Cuban the senator said: "There are, or were before tlie war, about 1,000,000 Cubans on tlm island, 200,000 Spaniards, which means those born in Spain, and less than half a million of ne groes and mixed blood. Tlm percentage, of colored to white lias been steadily dimin ishing for more than fifty years, and is not now over 25 per cent of tlie total, in fact, tho number of colored people has been act ually diminishing for nearly that time. Cuban Superior to Spanish. "One tiling that was new to me was to learn the superiority of the well-to-do Cu ban over tlm Spaniard in the matter of education. Among those in good circum stances there can be no doubt tlmt tin) Cuban Is far superior in this respect. “Having .-ailed on Governor and Captain General Blanco and received bls . ourteous call in return. I could not witli propriety S”ck commun:< ;i tion witli Insurgents. f had plenty of offers of Safe conduct to Go mez's .imp an.l v. as toMi that if I would write him an answer would be returned safely within ten days at most. I saw sev eral who had visited tlie insurgent c imp and was sought out by an in.'urgent field officer who gave nm th. best information recid’.’.’d .m to tlm insurgent force. His statements were mod. r ite and I wa. <■(• •'»- Ibly inf.vin.’.l th.c !)■ w:i.’ . ntlrcly re'.ialxle. Ho .Tiinwd that tlm Cul> ins hn.l about thirty thousand now in the field, some in (•very pr.vin... imt mo-fly In th” two eastern provinces and ■ :i :■ -rn (pant i Clara, and tills itement was corrobora.'.' .i from oilier good sources “Tney have a fui'-e in Havana province Its. If organiz'd as four small brigades and operating in small bands. Ruiz was t ikon, tried and shot witli n about a mile and a half of tlie railroad and about tiftemi miles on: <>f Havana on tlm road to .Matanzas, a road mor. traveled than any other. "Airangnren was killed about three miles the other side of tlie road an.l about tlm same distance, fifteen or twenty miles, from Havana. The insurg.-nts tire w.-ll armed, but very poorly sup died with ammuniion. They are not allowed to carry many cart ridges, sometimes not more than one or two. The infantry especially are poorly clad. Autonomy Won’t Go. Senator Proctor «ald tlm army and Span ish < i'iz- do not want autonomy, for that mean.”- government by tlie Cuban peo ple. A.s for i.'m Cubans they saj- the offer of i: com too Lite, if tlicy succeed It can be only by armed for. e. “I found." . ontinu. d the speaker, “that vou do not !i ive to scratch an autonomist very do p to find tlm Cuban. When there Is to 1 • an <!■ I ..n .-V. ry polling plime must be in-id.- .i fortified town. Such (lections ought to be .-af.i fur ’ins.’ ■ i am i.o in f.i.vor of annexation, not because 1 • ■ ■ 1 : '• ' ! ; parti u- [ ouble from ft. but because it is not ,■ lar. ■ numl ■■ of . nu■■ tt. <i and patr. ■ ■ men, til. great sacrifices they Icixe en dured, the I- • ■!■!” t< mp< ram, nt of tlm people, wi11... and black, tlie wonderful prosperity that would com., surely w t.i peace and good home rule, tlie large in flux of Amer-miti-s and English immi grat on and money, could .til be strong factors for stable institutions. ••But it is i. tt my purix.se, .it tills time, nor do I cun ider it my providence, to . ng gest any plan. 1 merely sp< ak of the symp toms as 1 saw tin in, but do not undertake to pr< si ribe such remedial i teps as znaji be required, ami which may be safely left to an American resident and tlie American i e GALLINGER TALKS OF CUBA. Senator Says Spanish Soldiers Are Not at All Well Drilled. Washington, -March IS. S nator Gal’ln ger was at the . .pitol today for the first time since his r. turn from Cuba. Wh-n r qmste.l to nialio a statement as to his observ nee on tlm condition of that is land. he r. plied: •■Y >u m-M ■ ..n my name to any pimure ion draw oi utt. . wret. hedm", destitution aid helli.-hness in t:mt country. The con dition of affairs, -o far as I had opportunity to obs. rv. it. and I was only in llawma ami Matanzas. is simply indescribable. “Witli r.’f i-’-n.’,- to the military aspect of alTnirs in Cuba. 1 saw nothing .which Impr. m 4 m. with the idea tlmt Spam k! ..,ws much about muibm w ir,..: e. Th” 1 aw ,r.’ not drilled as our 501,1,. ,1,. ,-s ii” in !■ •d, tin y hmk Hie .'■im nt Os sold.erly bearing, whatever may lie said of tlmir merits as lighters. The drills that 1 witnessed were a travesty on mod-rn militarj' t.i’ is. While they were undergo ing their evolutions, the. soldiers were talk ing to ea. li other and smoking as freely ),mi unconcernedly as tlmy would do in tlieir mess rooms. “Naturally fi eri) was much talk about the Maine disaster, and so far ns I could ascertain from my conversation with Amer icans ami with those not entirely under tlm Influence of the Spaniards, tho opinion was universal that the Marne had been destroy ed bv an external agency, and almost ev ery person With whom I disem 1 the sub- ject In Cuba expects tlmt the findings of tlm American court of Inquiry will substantiate this view." AMERICAN GRAVES DECORATED. Austrian Soldiers Place Flowers and Flag’s Over Maine Martyrs. Havana March IS. Visitors to the Colon cemetery find the graves of the dead of the Maine decorated with many flowers, while from the central place of sepulcher waves a long streamer of ml and yellow, with an Inscription .showing that the d'.'orations and flowers were place! there by the sail ors of tho Austrian warship Don.iu, “In memory of our unfortunate follow sailors of tho United Stalin ship Maine." One Spanish and our American divers have been working on tho wreck today. This afternoon two Ixidies were recovered, but neither has been identified as yet. One Is the body of a man apparently about forty, of medium height, witli bls right forearm tattooed In n design of two hearts overlapping and pierced by two daggers, with a red tinged clover leaf above the hearts. 'I he dlv’-rs have recovered she ship’s ser vile plate and a six-pounder. Circulars have been sent to tho alcaldes of about 200 towns in Cuba notifying them of tlie new methods of relief and also set ting forth that corn meal, amounting to one pound per day, will be the first supply sent. SPANISH MADERS IN CUBA PMYW THEIR LAST G Blanco and Pando Are Anxious To Treat With Insurgent Leaders. Havana, via Key W«- t, Fla., March 19. ] News h.is ju.st reached the correspondent , from authentic .sources that the autonomist government, backed bv the military au- I thoriti» s here and the government at Mad rid, is now phiying it last card to secure • p‘ace in Cuba aid prevent Intcrventbm on the port of tho United States. Near Palo .Prioto and via Jacas Gor- I das, a province of Santa Clara, on the • west side of Jucaro-Moron trocha are ! gathered several thousand insurgents ' under command of General Calixto | Garcia and other prominent chiefs, ac- i companied by Senor Masso, president | of the Cuban republic, with several , members of his cabinet. Also, on the west side of the trocha, in the district of Sancti Spiritus, less ' than thirty miles distant from General ! Garcia’s forces, are stationed 2,000 in- ■ surgents under Generals Pancho, Car- ! rilo, Monteagudo, Lancliez, Legon and , Gonzalez. The Spanish commander, General Pando, with General Ramarlez, Charvez and other generals, Is within a few miles of General Calixto Garcia. General Gomez is west of tho Jucaro-Moron trocha within easy reacli. Pass Through Pando’s Lines. All the Insurgent j• a. rai'. I’r '-lent' Masso and th< fi lais, with G( n | oral GareM. got tl.rou '.h General l’amlo’ ; ; lines som, time ago and the latter gave up I the campaign, which was to b a grand I military coup de grace m tiie province of *S:nt!::’m de Cuba or province of Puerto I'rincipe. Bui a ..;g-h to pas.sln . through the trocha. the msurg Ints turned that th flan! i vement w■ - win by General Pando for the purpose of at- | tempting to carry out his ulterior toliti al , purposes. | Such wifi the position of all concerned’ wbeu th. la.-: a.lvlees w. te r. -eived In th” j p riace at H ivana. < 1 n< ral Pando’s pvr- ■ pose, to further which he has or.lered a, practl ; ai armi ‘ ce ln t the ‘ s ‘p O w- irt of ' “To have a personal conference with General Calixto Garcia. President Mas- ' so and other insurgents, and even with General Gomez, if pos-ible, and 10 ■ make them a i'ormal oiler of auton omy, according to the programme drawn up by the left of the radical wing of that party.” As previously cabled, this off t in.’lu l - ' In return for tho ending of the Insu.-i ctloti | t disarmament and disbanding of all vol- i ~, -■ ,ie Cuba as tho kilter s nomin and no insurgents to be nt a prisoners out of • '•■ ' for ' u uie off’ uses. The advii os rcceit < 1 here are in of's' l iiriiig the ‘ onferenee. while on , ..1 memb« rs of the mist felt sure that the propusitton. i:ig tin ; best eV. r .'H. "■• d an i a-mr.n 1” '■■ ■• independence, would be ace. ~t .1. tfi t th . rebellion would b< <lqi in I at an ■ b. ended. Offers Will Be Refused. Sue h view . h< i ever, wen n >t h( d wher ’ this dispatch was sent by ‘.hose best a- , quainte.l u il, Genei",’. Gorm-z .”ml bls ' ciiiel--., nor bv th” Spanisn-Cub m m- r ; chants, bank. rs. editors or lawvis. He , l, class in llavan .. Tile letter '••:■” or. I that nothin”, but the proposition of MonT , Spain, but absolute indepi ndenee lor Cuba ' -would . vet’ I” .-on-id. red b : Gen ral Go- , m. or any of his principal followers. In support of Hi- litt. r view It Is otli . daily announced th rt aft r all the • f near Manz nillo only two prir ites ol b.. i valor Ruiz’s band surr.-nd. nd. It t known b du. th it G< neral P.indo, ' In order to a.lvam o his plans for tlie pro- | the trochas, taking from th. m ew r d thousand men and much artil lery. H is rcL- ir.l. 1 ns certain In well Informs 1 Pando, or if tin”, do c.ml. r after r. > n ing the terms ( ff< nd. will take sufile ent : caUle and provi.'.ons from tlie. -mp i-a ■■- | ly well stock .1 ran.’..’ inim- d. tl. A w t I and then iuaugur.ato n :a ■! ue.m ■ Vinces of Matanzas. Havana and p < Pffi .r del Rio. appearing near here within lift. • n or eighteen days, which is com-id- CV e.l pos :ble. Not Favorable to United States. J„ r- led 1. re from prominent au- puerlo l'r'm”!>o have bf.n shown to , . orr ■”' ' ' Tho wi r ■ i . faiorable to tlie U: it'd Stat.'.-: ti- y -idi | cling to the theory of autonomy and <la.- - .- the assertions tlmt the Spanish soldiers .lie “unpaid and unfe 1 and llvlm in towns, wh lo th< : officer ire < < ing aga nst the antonm.. i governm. nt and r.fm-e t<> take the li. ’l. either <.inylng the presence of tlie ln-air.gen:s or : ,'lng •let troops who are in favor of autaaimj tight Us battle-’.”’ other letters from the same source Insist tlmt all til.’ plans laid to se uro the sur render of the insurgents ha;.- been badly conceived and poorly executed. These let- \ 4 War Gooses ? 5 or Not > \ YOU DON'T WANT \ / TO MISS A SINGLE C f COPY OF THE J ? WEEKLY.,... < { ALL THE NEWS } ) ALL THE YEAR ? \ ALL FOR SI.OO ? PBICE FIVE CENTS 'LIKELY ARMISTICE | WILL BE PROPOSED Rebel Troops Now Within a Veru Few Miles of Spaniards. SPANISH GOVERNMENT IS TO SUGGEST TERMS ! | Cuban Leaders Will Not A the Plan to Be Submitted. Will Kill All Autonomy. Personal Conference Is Wanted. j t.-rs add that only In Isola: j! Jr. tar. • * | wlm’fitirrimien d ' •’iTsfm furt r' ar sStcdi i the l'o lnsur””iits who i-d ba< k with the Insu gents wit i a 1 irt United States Must Intcrvc.'.e. T!i< f-.ner.d ..’pinion seems to im tlmt ti.e ) Pando conference will In anj ■ ' • • t! ) end of aut( nomj’ and th • m >st • • • : >rt that It will make the intervention of til.’ 1/nit d S' Iti '• ,rnp. I itive. Those .. . B i 3 n In spite of official and other -lenlils. :t '■ I believed tlmt r oils trouble ■ for Spain in I pr. Sent, that tiie Spanimi crui. ■ r Viz. iv.i ' CUBANS IN AMERICA PLEASED News of Proposed Armistice Causes Rejoicing in New York. New York. March It'. -At the offices ot ' tho Cuban lenla in this Ity then w ( I I: rge fore.’ of in in:, n’s w I tlm bulletin very carefully I’U-l j “of course we don’t doubt '.lmt th. ■_ i lards have suspend.operaitons in . ui.-tr. Cuba and that Gem ral P.indo 1- s. <. i j conference with the Cuban leaders. G. i j thing ever since his arrival in Cul .So I far be has b. en unsuccessful and ve rue I p... tlv.. tlmt ho will remain so “ rile gathering of largo Cuban fore < : lie. r th.’ Jiu uro-Morcn troelia Is pr. ■ . , for the Ir piussi ge through I: In ord< r t ■ j r.ouneed in Hie Assoclat.-d Press • - “There will be no conference between tlie Cuban leaders and Pando or any otlur I '"Tho l.< li'ef of tlie llm, : i ufilci.iL ti’. ’ I the Spanish propositions will be acc. , ted | “Tii.'’ latter portion •: tho ■ speaks for its. If. Tlie Culm:: will not .4- mit of any solution of tho war unless it is based on tho absolute Independ. neo of Cu ba." -•——. GLADSTONE HAS GROWN WORSE. i His General Physical Cone it ion Carn es Friends Great Ahtrm. i London, .March lie Pa.l M'l G.i.. to i this afternoon Mr. G..id- . m iai I conddi. nir .ipp.u’iu ly woi”. it ...id “It was his own wisa to b mo. •< lo Haw inion, with as little delay ... :-• ibh . Wh’it.’v r tho pre .”• nature of th .ml pains, neuralgia or tlm pr< em-o .-om healthy growth, there can be i... doubt tlmt though intermittent, tli' V hav .. . ..1 severe siiff.’l’lng an.l il lie- 1 . iLT-'LLTV'- Ambassador Hay Retii is to England. tho United States ambassador to th< court of St. James, who has been traveling In E „, pt arrived at Athens on Mar. amt the n.xt day he v. is inv ted to tlm palace and hnd a private conversation of an hour’s duration with King G< ot Greece. Colonel Hay left \the:m on tho lith with ids family and sail d from Pa tras for Venice. He r. t irns to London on Sunday.