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__ __Ije wterri j eilb jij CeW . _ E sTABLISHED 1865. NEWBEIRRY,s. C., TU (SDY, APRIL ;, 1898. .T w10E A WEEK, $15 A Y 14'A 1H PEARL OF T1 THE STORY OF C AND HER I [Copyright. 1898. by tho Author.] Cuba I It is a namo that now is fa. miliar to every household in all the civilized earth. The suffering of its people, the dying groans of its tortured patriots, have formed the minor key of sorrow in the world's grand song of progress. And yet, in spite of the fact that it has long held the interest and sympathy of fair minuded people, no land is so little known and so greatly underestimated. The traveler who glimpses for the first time hr marvel ous shores is overcomo with astonish ment at the panorama of immenso pos sibility that lies slimmoring before him, for even now, her riohest vest monts shtledded, her body bleeding un der the violent hands of an unnatural parent, Cuba ramains the indestructible Pearl of tho Antilles, with such wealth in her soil anI under it as n : earthly power can take away. As everybody knows, the develop mont of Cuba had been from its earliest occupancy retarded and at times prao tically stopped by the rule of Spain. Soon after the foot of Columbus touched her virgin soil the dark cloud of oppres sion began to hover over her, and it war only by the sheer force of her innate worth, coupled with the necessities of her inhabitants, that her glorious prod ucts became, even to a limited extent, available. When in 1511 Columbus sent his son Diego, with a number of colonists, to Cuba, the big island was speedily set tled, and measurements of its propor tions were made by a party of ofilcial agramensores (surveyors), and these measurements were of such accuracy that they remain as standards today. The length or the island was found to be In round numbers (100 miles, its width at its narrowest point 21 miles and at Its widest point 111 miles. This gives to the long, shark shaped island an aren of approximately 48,000 square miles, or necarly the size of the state of Pennsylvania. In view of the necessity of the exten sive exploration which was incident to this comprehensive survey it seems passing strange that no more of Cuba's richness was discovered and utilized for the dovelopment of the strength and value of the new colony. This derelic tion, however, was probably not tha fault of the really vigorous and progress ive adherents of the son of the. great discoverer. Indeed from a careful study of history, though exact dates are not to be obtained, it would seem that It was soon after its colonization that the greed of the mother country began to cripple the enterprise and mar the des tiny of the new government that wasn forming on this new soil. 'Caba's G1'eat Grievance. The grievance of Cuba, which has lasted all these years, dates from this early period. It was in Its nature and operation the parallel of the one which brought about the bloody but glorious birth of our owvn independence-that is to say, taxation without representation. B3ut there was a vast diff'erence in the situation of the Cubans. While our Rev olutionist fathers were vastly inferior to th,e enemy in point of numbers, their proportion to the whole number of fight. lng Englishmien who could be landed on our shores was not of such smallness as to p)recludo all hope, whereas the mere handful of Cubans were so overwhelm ingly overmiatched by the armeid force that Spain could muster as to be praotd cally in her power after the first demon stration. And so there have beenm insurrection after Insurrection and defeat after de feat, and the consequent horrible butch eries of retribution, until Cuba, the beautiful, the rich, the wonderful, has been little more than a bloody abattoir wherein the lives and hopes of - a weaic but marvelously courageous people have beeni periodically sacrificed. But the Immortal longing for liberty could not be crushed out of the bremast A PANORAMI JE ANTILLES. UBA, HER PEOPL" ESOURCES. of the sons of theso patriots, and they, in turn, have mado tho same struggle. But the results of these heroio offorts became in time of more and more im portance to the peopl of Cuba and loss and less satisfactory to the administra tion at Madrid, and thus, from years of weakness, strongth grow, so that insur rection came to mean revolution, and there dawned upon the sight of the striving patriot the splendid visiou of a blood bought but free republic. But people know moro of the strug gles of Cuba than they do of Cubit itself. Every civilized inhabitant of the globe has followed with feelings of indigna1 tion and pity the story of Cuba's suffer ing. All the "insurrections," the "Sop aratist wars" and the other vain but valiant efforts of the Cubans to throw off the Spanish yoko have appealed to his chivalry and wyrung his heart with grief and rage; but, us a rule, ho is as ignorant of the scene of these struggles as if they had occurred in the viewless air. And yet, in the comparatively small compass of its watory bounda ries, there is concentrated a greater va riety of natural resources than are to ho found in any other island, state, prov ince or country bencath the sun. This may sound extravagant, but the statement is verified by all reliable sta tistics and unprejudiced witnesses. And when thoso who cavil come to reckon up its advantages-its millions of acres of soil, richer than any in the United States, that will grow anything from a potato to a pmueapple; its abundant yields of sugar and tobacco; its tre mondous forests of mahogany and other precious Voods; its uplands, upon which is growvn every p)rodluct of the temper ate zone, and its fertile valleys, from which luxuriantly spring the most lus cious fruits of the tropics; its mines of iron and copper and managaneso; its hundreds of beautiful and oxcellent harbors, and the soft, healthful atmios phore of perpetual suummonr that forms the setting for this peerless "Pearl" their doubts will be swallowed up in conviotion. A Comnpaex St,udy. A study of this wonderful island is complex from any standpoint. The geog rapher, with the best map in his pos session, will fid now inlets, the natu ralist wvill add to his collection, and the mineralogist will revel in novelties, and oven the blaiso cosmopolitan wvill recover in Cuba the zest wh'li-h had gone out of his life. And all this is merely to say that a groat dleal of the accepted data with reference to Cubat is either inexact or wholly faulty. This, of course, like everything else that wvorks injury to the island as to its relation to the rest of the world, is dlue to the autocratic and ignorant methods of the Spanish author ities, the tendlenoy of whose "disci p1lno" is toward hand icaupping every public spirited enterprise and retarding everything that Is not donoe dlirectly in the interest, of the honor and glory and revenue of the power acress the sea, for whom this poor. dow~ncast people haivo boon working out what hats heretoforo appeared to M. -. life subsidy. Notwithstanding aill these difficulties, the enterprise of Americans and others foreign to the soil hats led native Indus try in the right directiona, and its com m norce has grown in the teeth of riot and( insurrection.- The normal poulation, 1,700,000, composed of something near .1,000,000 persons of Spanuisha descent, 10,000 foreign whites, 413,0(00 Chinmese and 600,000 negroes and colored pecople, is not a busy throng. The loitering Cu ban of today cain hardly be recognizAed as the doscendant of these sturdy pijoncors of the sixteenth century wvho fashioned the gigantic bastions of El Castillo do la F"uerza--the Caistlo of Strength-but still ho canm be brought to bestir himself if a suficient financial Inducement is offered. To be entirely just, it should Lao said that onterpriso is not wholly wvant lag, oven among the laboring classes. And so capital, wvhich was at first large ly Americana, was p)ut to work, and as .a result citioA have sprung up, large C VIEW OF tioln, mines h0avo beenl opened up, and sugar, tobacco and tho hundreds of oth er valuable pirdcts oif the island have been imado to onrieh it. As is well knowi, a largo and usu ious part of the annual rovenues of planters, miners and manufacturers has boen taken for taxos, and at length it has found its way into the ever depleted coffers of the home government at Madrid. And still traillo increased until tho beginning of thorov olution in 1893, whei thero commenced the devastation -which has cost Cuta so dearly. The chief product. of the Island are sugar and tobacco, and the amount an nually realized from these products dur ing the years just preceding the last up. rising has been, on tIhe average, 85,000, 000 pesos (dollars), amid the revenue from mineral sources has been grossly esti Mated at 8,500,000 pesos. The amounts derived from other sources (including cotton, of which a good deal is pro duced) were considerablo, but these wero the most imiortant. And just here, as an iitanco of the slumbrous apathy that has resulted from years of hopeless subjugation and practical serf don, the ollening up of the iron mines in the provine of 8antiago do Cuba, at the eastern end of the island, may profit ably be cited. Theso valuable mines, though discovered nearly a century ago, never felt the blow of a pick until 1883, when t party of Now York capitalists detorminod to mako an effort to pur chase and develop them. Negotiations with the 6panish government were at once commenced. and in 1885, after two years of persuasioi, concessions wore obtained and work was commenced. Stock companies were organized in New York and Philadelphia, and bonds were floated. Those companies wore the Ju ragun, the Spanish-American, the Signo and others. Fromt theso mines the anl unal exportation grow to be more than 500,000 tons of iron oro and 40,000 tons of managanse, amounting to $3,000,000 in value at the lowest estimate. Mining Il Easy. Mining was nominal, as the ore could be readily broken up by surface blast ing. In orlr to carry tro to the United States al largo fleet of steamers was neo essatry. Ont the retuarn trilp from the Unit ed States these steatners tat first wvent empty or with ballast only, but it final ly daw~ned uaponi the owners of the ves sels that loads mighat ats well be carried, andl the steamers began to talke coal to thu WVest IndIies. And thus it caime about that the shaipment of iron ore to the United States facilitatedl the expor tation of Peinnsylvania coal to the West The development of this industry was one of many enterprises thalt have beenm successfully pursued in thmis woinderful lad (despite the singularly unfavorable conditions that halve existed. Cua's grealtest wealth amust always comoe from the vegetablo parodlucts of the earth. Her soil is wonderful. It is not only fertile, but inoxhmaustible. Three crops of cane grow~ froim onoe planting. No fortilizers ar10 used. The1 soil in places has the greiit depth of 27 feet. Tobaceco needs no guano to mako a crop and not nearly so much labor as is required in eultivationa elsewhero. Anythinag that grows under thu tropial sun1 canI be grown ini Cubs, atiltogh (luring recent years the soil hats beena givena up to the productioan of sugar anmd tobacco. Before the devastating torch of war had laid waste thu canmofiolds and do stroyedl factories aitad mialls the busy hum of fruitful labor stirred all the air. The cost of makinmg sugar was gradually redluced by the introduction of labor saiving macahinery, and the business set tied down to a paying basis, and by the increased power of production the do nmand [or canto grew, planters were en couraged, atnd theo fruitful island began to wveatr a prosperotus aiir. The tobacco planters and itmnfacturers also imn proved their- mecthods, aind this rival p)roduct kept'oven pace with its saccha rnm competitor. Thu aniual sugar crop was worth $45,000,000, the tobacco orop $(,000,000. Thena caime the rovolu tioni. Somehow, wvhen one writes of Cuba, overything comics back to that point and( strikes it as algalinst a dead wall after clearind~ the cruel biurdIes of Spanaish tyratnny. B3ut lot us revert to the first branch of the subject-thme island proper in its ont tirety. TIhe coatst contour of Cubat is broken, with hundreds of Inlets, all of them harbors inm greatter or less degree, each havinig its snmall fortifications, Its villages and1( Its apeciail industries. The pirofilo of the Islanad, to quote the Ian FHE HARBOR guage of th railroa'd engineor, is varied and picturesque, hero a high peak, thero a valloy, thero a plain. Beginning at Santiago do Cuba, tho most easterly of tho six provinces, and proceeding west 'vard through Puerto Principo, Santa Clara, Alatanas llabana and to the land's end of Pinar del 1io, the tourist traverses magnificent stretches of pla teau and crosses innumerablo valleys, skirts high mountains and follows deep and picturesquo gorges, but the mouin tains become hills, and thoso are grad ually shaded down until in the extromo west a surfaco, generally lovol, is reach ed, although in tho vicinity of the Queen City, Havana, small but rugged peaks, with preciintous sides, may be seen in many directions along the shoro. Pictureqt 1mvania. To say that IIavana is pioturesque and beautiful is but to give vent to the first suporficial exi)rossion that comes to your lips. Spain itnelf cannot show a more ourious or interesting city. Study it as you approach it from tho sea, vith mighty Morro set high upon the head land, timo dyed in mottled splotches of yellow, gray and black, and the rod and yellow fings above, with La Jnnta across the narrow channel, prim and whito, save where the ugly dahligren guns flash at you like venonous black eyes, and the city is as interesting and impressive a sight as human oyo ever behold. As the capital, metropolis and chief seaport of Cuba it is one of the best known cities in the American homi sphere. Its splendid harbor, its commer cial importanco, its climato and the tinge of romance that ever attachos to its people have mado its fame world wide. Havana has abox 260,000 inhab itants. It was founded but 23 years after the discovery by Columbus and has always been the commercial cm porium of the Antilles. Few cities have such beautiful parks and driveways as his Havana. Tho great Plaza do Armas is th chief. It com prisos four parks, in the center of which is a statue of Fordinand VII. Then there are the Alamedhi do Paula, bor. dering on the bay, and the Campo do Marto, used as a drill ground for tho military. This is an normous park. It has four handsome gates, named respec tively Coloni, Cortez, Pizarro anid Tacon. Thoe Paseo do T1acon is a magnificent drive wvith double rows of trees. It has numerous colunmns and statues, among the latter one of Charles 111, ranking among the finest works of art in Amer ica. Thme commerce of Havana Is only sur passed in the now world by that of New York. Two-thirds of the products of Cuba find outlet through Havana. The exports of augar alone are annually about 120,000,000 pounds. Havana was first called San Cristobal do Ia Hlabana, in honor of Columbus, but gradually the prefix wvas droppedl. Havana has been froequentily attacked from the sea. D)rake tried to take it in 1585, but failed. In 1702 a British fleet under Admiral Pocookc boutbarded the city and compelled it to capitulate, but It was restored to the Spaniards the next year by the treaty of Paris. Not a Hfot Country. We are accustomecd to thinkc of Cuba as a hot country, situated as it Is under the tropics, andl the common impression is correct to the extent that the moan average temperature of the year is high er thant in countries farther north, but the climate is umoer equable. There are not those sudden variations that In many p)arts of the United States are so severe on the human constitution. In Havana, for exailplo, the average tem perature of the bottost month is 84 degrees; of the coldest, 72. In Santiago do Cuba, a city often mentioned in the wvar dispatches, the average of tIhe year Is 80; of the hottest mronith, 84 ; of the coolest, 73. These are high figures, but not very high for an island lying in eqluatorial regions and surrounded by water that Is warm to the hand all the year round. To a stranger from a dry counitry a fe~aturo more objectiolable thani the steady heat is the tremendous rainfall. The geographical and topo grapnhical situation of Cuba provides t wo seasons onily, t he wet andl the dry. During the lat ier rains ara not frequent, being atoned for, however; by the abun (lance of the doew, but in the rainy sea 50on Jupiter Pluvius seems to tuin him self 1ooso to excel all previous efforts, andl fronm 125 to 14'0 Inches of rain Is not uuncomnmon, there being about 102 dlays when the raini comes dorwn not in dIropms, but in sheets, in maisses, in tub fnls at a time, as though tho wvindows of the heavenns wmre nonn~da nnd the - 0"" silll4 f OF HAVANA. floods of tihe great aerial deep had bro ken loose. So abundant is tih rainfall, in fact, that, as a recent travoler remarks, the wonder is that any island reiains; that tho who!o is not dissolved and car riod oil' into the sea. But in Cuba no one minds tho rain. Notwithstanding tile peculiarities of its coast line, Cuba has moro than 200 excellent ports. The principal of these aro Havana, Bahia Hlondo, Pluerco do Cabanas, Matanzas, Cardenas, Saguna la Grando, La Guianaja, Nuovitam, Mala guota, Alianati, Puerto dl Padre, Santi ago do Cuba, Main:anillo, Canto, Santa Cruz, Cien f uegos, Cochinos and La Bron. The rivers of Cuba are not large, but numerous, thero being no fewer than 260 of them, all told, and that is exclusivo of small creeks and dry bedsof torrents, called arroyos. Thle Canto, the only roally navigable stream, rises in tho Sierra del Cobro and has its outlet on tho south coast near Manzanillo. Therm are a fow (tlher strearns which are nav igablo for siall boats for a distance of from 8 to 20 milos. Next in importanco are the streams Guinet and Ay. At on time it was t.a intention to cut it canal through tiw land intervening and bisect the island, but the idea was finally abandoned as impracticable. Cuba contains many miniral springs which are famed for their valuablo heal ing properties, 16ilncipal among thom being those known as the baths of Sin Diego. The temperature of the water Is 82 degrees F., and it is very strongly im prognated with oxygen, carbonio acid gases, chlorido of sodium, sulphato of limo, nitrate of ino, iron, magnesia, silox and chlorido of calcium. Four glasses of it a day and two baths aro the regulation ouro for almost every diseaso known to miateria imedica, but it is probable that tho warm, p-iro air, sim plo diet and faith have much to do with it. At any rate, a great many surpris ing cures livo been effected, particular ly of bronchial and scrofulous colmi plaiiits. Peoplo havo been taken from tho steamer on litters, apparent ly just ready to die, who in a week's timo havo been riding over the h .il . o hors. back and in a monelth havo gene home11( as "good as now~'' anId well as anybod1(y. If thieso pr'in1gs were ini theo United States, with the sam1e1 air to alccompllany them, or if managed whore they are by som11 sensible, widlo aiwake Anlo-SaIx on, they would become the sanitatrium11 of the world, beside which Saratog,a, Carlsbad, Las Vegas and1( Whito Sulphur would hido their dliinlished headls. All KIinda of inerals. Nearly all metals and minerals that aire useful ini aniy sort of industry aro found in Cuba-gold, silver, iron, cop per, qjuicksiver, lead(, asphaltumi in all its formis, aint 1n1ony, arsenic,mannganose, copperas, red load(, etc0. Ini thle Satrama guacani antd several other rivers gold has been found, thlough niot iln payinlg quan titios. Silver of a certainl gradoe albounds In Pilnar (1e1 Rio, Sana Fernando and Yumri. A lmost all the nletamforphlio rocks contain copper, anld these are scat tered all over tihe island. It is usually found in the formi of pyrites andl sul phurets. In the caIstern1 part of Cuba, about 12 miles from Santiago, tile rich copper mlinles of l Coblro wOe woreiked for a good mnany years bCy an Eniglishl comI panly. Thit.y were abandonled durinig thle last revol utionl. Thereli are other mlinles not yet open1 and1( some1 not yet exhlausted. The city or Sa11 ngo, by the way, is worth mor0e thlan 11nero passinIg 111entioni, It being the chlief city oIf tiho casternm de( partmienlt. It lies (100 inlileb souItheast of tile piescrit capiitiial aid raniks thlird ill commellrclal impliortanlce--H av ana first anIdMatanlzas 5econdi. It is tile archlbish-. Op's residlenIc, and1( to it p1e(oplo flockc fromll pa nrts of the island during cer tain yearly religious festivals, w biich aro celeb)rated withI remrkalo pompIj and1 ceremiony. it is aliso the terininus oIf twol rail way lineIIs, one1( of w Ihilh is the outlet of lanniIas rio (Cobro, the faminous copper ine11s, and1( thle other, paissinig thlrough tile riches~t sugar district, af fords tranIspo(rtation11 for that great staple. Th'll eIxpoirts of the( piort reaich tile han11d50gno aitIlitml aggregate of $8, 0(00, 000, t hrco- forth1s of whIich11 is ill sugar, tile rest cocoa, rulm, tobacco, hloney anid mxahoganly. Of the fertility of Cuba's soil too much canrIot b)o said(. Ini the1 westernl part tihe celebrated V'uelta A bajo tob)ac co Is 1aised(. It hIls no0 egnal ill till wvorld. Iln thle eastornl patrt, necar San ti ago, thlere ar10 some1 tracts of land whlichm yield excellent tob"-~ , almost as f1ino 1a that; of Vunlta Ahno- n R Evin Cofreo Thrives. Tihe sugar (-titl giows ill through tho island andtil yields the lairgost percentago kiiown of saccalrino matter. In sonm parts of th island the coffeo treo thrives very well, aud tho quality of tho bean is eqlual to ite best Maraeibo or Ceui trill Amnerican. The liana a..d tho phuitain also flourish. Largo quantitio. of tho latter are raised and c%nsumed in tho country. It is an ,xeeedingly nourishing food. Of the foiner, in tho eastern part, there are great planta tions, and hoveral inillion dollrs' worth are exported ove-y year to tho United States. Ti orango and tho pineapplo abound in tho island id about I J other spo cies of most, delicious fruits, am tho gultva, thu liligo, tho inley, th o anlolla, etc. As has beien said, the forusts of the iSland Containl a great 111 number (if valun blo hard aid cabinut woods, amnong tihom tho ninhiogaiy aild thu cedar, of Which thero aro very largo (iuantities. Thre aro plantations of tho cocoanut troo, and imillions of tho nuts aro ex ported yearly. 'h cocoa t ren also grows very well, anid tho heian is of a very su porior quiality. Tho cedar furnishes tho nitItrial of tho cigar boxes. The fruits of thu island compriso nearly aill those found in tho tropic4. Tho pieappoi is indigenous to tho soil. Thero wero at tho tiio of tho discovery of th island six varieties of thu sweet potat cultivatedl by thu nm tivo Indinils, as woll ais tho yuc-c or CaVassa81 nuld 111dinl coni. Although th forests aro denso, very nearly impeno trablo, they arn inhabitud by no wild alilalils larger thanll t1ho wild dogs, which are, in fact, sinall wolves. These aro pests to planters, ats thmy destroy (luaitities of poultry and1 young cattle. The jutia, u Hinall amnimal resembling at muskrat, living ill trees and haiing the habits of tho raccoon, is the only other ainial of i iptane1111O thilt is found. Birds in groat ntiu r and variety hero muake their homes, and many migratory fow s uiso th ish5ind9 for i breding laco. CiiaraceterisLtles of the Poplei. Thu spirit of till peoplo is light and gay. Thu Lat in mind is volaltil(o and not givenu to mourninl lg. (irief hero, lik'm hatredi, is violent wh'ilo it lasts, bu; llmIiles and1( laughItor follow', swiftly3. Latin. VTo Cuban lady 11(3' i chrming. variably halvinig t hat greaOtt desidera1turn of mlost Ameurican w~ohinon1-an1 unaffelct (3d and1( graceful caeirriagte. 1Ionnuets and1( hats arie thinugs whiichi, for tihl linost part, sho halppily knows not at all, but she( wearIs acOross hecr glancing shlouldeIrs or lightly thrown over he(r head a shawl of wvhito or blacok lae. ITho hiighe(st ox ampilWs of her 11 are almost malltclolss ats types (of glor' ious, dar1k, fe1iiino beauty, withi their sl ight , well routndled figures, their wveath I of hilIlowy, blu11( blacitc hai11r 1ar11 the( fin1ely3 chiisuled features of thelir 1' V'l Iovl fo<es, wh icho stoii, aifter all1, buit the fit, set tinlg of gloriiouIS eyes, dIark m;3 night, soflt a5 vel vet, y'et bright as5 wintl 1'starls. That11 tho CJuban ladly it not laek inog in 1men1ta lity, in ziltive' wi t, often proved when02 tranlsplante rd to moure timulilatinig cliIates. SIhe has been a leader.1 in the bril10lit ilntel lectual1 sa1lonsi of P ariS, and1( if' at homo111 shie is seldom11 (list inguiishedt by igh' itellectual no-e comp il ishmuents1 it mal;y chari tably ho sup.* 1p0sed to ho chuargeaiblo to a climiate whIlich rende trs pro(traetedi men(iitalI en'ori Unoder t ho favorabilo (cond1itions of penetoi, wvheni homues have nolt beeni wair. gradli ng touch (If tihl tr1ooperi1, the0 Cuban girl oIf <luaiility3 is reared' initi e strictest retfiniemlent, andii eveni the1 poor are0 miore regardtful (of thei prapiletie thanlii thley ar2( undIler t ho'dlemollulliing inf! lencel of waur. Buit thienion(1hOS lollf (Uobani cliii dr10n hazs been1 satdly neg'~leted. As late(I as I1855 niot a1 primarlIy school4 could( be~ fonnd 1 townls boalstinzg 2,500 (or J, 001 inIhalb' -ants. uIn 1851, whlen Cuba wwi a1 cornIpcilled to (con1tribu11to $0t,0100,00(0 ill sulpport (,f th a1nny1123 of Spain, the aillnountL I approprlialted for pubhic inst rue tiOll inl th lilamd was less t hani $0, 000). A\ few~ years aigo lHaiataon, with I,,305 sch(ools, w.ith I acconnodaiitIionI ftor I10 clhIdren, and1( cost ing for teniebers' saL1I tho year;ly son11 of' $ i80. M anza nil lo, withiO)5 V i,t7 ci ldren, hald(' f pubi their full capacity, at a yearly oxpenso of $3,030 for salaries; rent of buildings. school material. eto. Las Tunas, with 1,297 children, had two schools, with 150 children, at an annual total cost of $1,100. Tho children of the well to do families woro either educated at homie or at privato schools at a cost entirely boyond the means of the lower olassos. The gentleman of Cuba is well known. Ilis hot blooded impetuosity anu& his opn handed generosity are characteristics with which all the world is acquainted. Anid now, when his visit is at an evd, and his explorations are completed, and he dwells in pleasatint retrospect upon the illimitable richness of this dingular-1 ly interesting islo, the stranger is forced to admit that, with all her wealth of resource, Cuba must be aC3pted, ats it has been classet by Cubans, as the country of Imanana1 (tomorrow), for, though partially developd, her re sources are to a largo extent lost to all good purposes, and it is to tho morrow of liberty, tho advaiicement of educa tion and the concurrent emancipation of thought and aotion that Uuban must look for tho rehabilitation of their loved islo and her acquiromont of that paco in the grand march of nations to which her innato wealth and worth on title her. WAI:rn J. DAvIs. WAR ! WPA IN PVoVIIISIVSI'1.Y i Tit TO tUi. M i r . I)YI,Vi, The Colisivil of %vir D4-4-inep it) it-reepw the Spaitsh4 VWct11in All NG-U,Itit 14,nt with 1p1 Ce n Spani 1111sh1I Shipm Are lit -ried 01T1r tnlliha WaslH6igIon, April I.-Tho vihoi. tion istsuinm1<l tip as follovs Tit aldillitlistrationl 1111 been 11(1 Vised that Spaini Ias positivoly dv clitned to ma111ko 1ny ohor concessions lo tho United States, anIld the om bers of tie cabinetio, ictcrdingly ro gard the sitation as ext remely critiical. All hopi-s of pveco have beon practically abmitlonod. A liorried council of war was 1101d thiS ifternoo1 to which naVy arid army oilicerti wero called. It, is statud on reliablo authority that. it. was decided to intercept the SpanRIkish flotilla now steamiiiig towards Porto Iico. Tht Aiino incident hasg loomed upI and many mmeibers of the foreign affiairs committeo favor an absoluto declaration of war C! thatt Fcoro. All negotiations with Bpaiii aro closed. Tho Presidoit is Writ ing a1 I-8s1go to titbiit to Congresm o. Monday. 11 will itsk int ervont ion by force. SpIain must back down or war is inlmitfle. Spanish shipsi livl hurriedly sailed for invana. THE vIAY LATEsT Nl.WS. Wanshinigton, A prdl 2.--12:20 a. m3. -Briefly, Spini's propoal 11 are as5 follows: Sie (4will revoke, Ih' reoni centrat ion Sheo will a ppropri iat thIreeo iiillioni peso8(tas1 ($Ot00,000 ) for thIejir relijef. Sheo will ieaive the ' istion of peatc0 tot ho deOt(rmiined by) thlo Cub ana atonom011ist le'gislaturie, whicho is to be (lete t htp is 511'i mothI and whlih meeiots in t ho fir. we'tek of May. 1In thle inuterval she will grant an a1rmtist icoi if it is aisked ftor Ibv te in. 831rgenits. Th'ea relyI is Uunsat is fact oy. Thenro u ill be 11o fith r nieg< t ti ation11, and1( the President will siend a mlessage. to Congress Mainday. "T hitsieas wYar." Ml,-n,al s FM M t ntM in 1. SVB AIflItlj10ii fr Aritni polis, NItd., A pril 2.--VTe nal3' cadt(s o ,f tflir ist class8 touday thleiri shipjs at. olnce' and will lt'ayo heror thint afternooni. 'l'hieir dliplomIas are0 g'ivenil temi tay wviho'ut the1( (custutlnairy final ''xamuiiinatiooi. P'resi hils introduced(t i I~ IIbi opp ropr011iatng .20(0,I IH)t to (nabh-thel,~( lovern or toarinh 1(1-1 ' n thet so8uth,, rn, for spia,l occ '113he Stt hernpi lliniy isl oillringi u inC t ia edne liaes for retnr tr33 iIp to Norufolk, Vat., for9 thle follo(wingf named)C otcaii,onsH, whIich:l will occnr in that cli-' A lmltricani Ih Hapt-i SIldn1ealtloa4111 Soct. y NIlay 5; N-o. IHa It,ist, XI I ovntion,. May (6. 12; Womn'si Ha ptist Nli.ssionariy Un3ion, Nitay Ii10. I ioke:ts will he put (in 51ah4 %Ibiy 2 t, 0. limiutd for* 15 dlays, aL $.12 30 fort tle oun (Itripoj fom New herriv. l"oar an iy fut1her infIo'ourtiion calotl on 'Ageon , J1. A. IIr : n, w; o .v ill t.ake pdlasure in point331 iig out t he <tdvanti ages, s13peior) ac~ommoihIOtlins and(1 ipro)ved ser'vice off1 rna hOtb tht 0 .)O , ....il