The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, April 02, 1898, Image 1
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THE WHITE '1
. FEATHER a
McKinley Rons From Responsibility.
LEAVES CONGRESS w
To I>?*aI Willi the Whole MatterA
Flood of Resolutions. War
Fro | >urations Continue.
pn
Washington, l>. C., Mnrli if.i. nf
?There was a tlon?l of Culian re- s
solutions in the senate today.
Thev were all introdueed more )(
as a warning to the e\eeiitive than
with any hope that they would ne |
promptly noted upon.
Senator Ka\vlinir>" resoiulious, j
Htm 1-oraker s nti< I I' rye s were f
lot
for forcible interv<*iit ion and
I'DI
Allen's for the recognition of ,
w 11
( 'it I Mitt independence.
M KIM.K^ S|" ItltKN 1>KIlS. 41 r(
Washington, 1). (\, Ma:elt lis. i inv
? The president decided this af-! tlie
ternoon to send a ines-sipe to eon- am
press and turn over the entire re*,
matter practically to ombres*;. ' sp?
He feels himself helpless. The an*
foreipn atTairs committee will i am
meet tomorrow t<? take action on Ian
one of the resolutions. War pre* a s
partitions lie'ively continue. Sen-' ]
ator Mason mtide a sensational rcj
plea for war in tho senate. Kiotsjhis
are anticipated mi Havana. in
m ? m - u n i
SIGSIIKK IN WASHINGTON.'of
not
' upturn or the 1 u>st .Maine is Wei- | ino
coined I?y Ins Neighbors. sen
of
Washington, March li'.h?Cap- dot
tain Sigsbec, of the wrecked lh
Maine, arrived this morning from j Co
Havana at 7 11 o'clock, accompa
nied by Paymaster Kay, Chief on<
Knginecr Ilowell, Naval Cadet ni}
llolden ami I)r llonelierger. The gri
captain was immediately driven Cu
home. Ilia neighbors on both I sin
sides of the square on which he Ke
lives, had profusely decorated their J ma
residences with flags and bunting. tha
The captain went to the navy de- the
partinent an?l reported his arrival, j fac
and in the course of conversation arc
saul ne had not yet received any
assignment to duty. Ho would!
I>e ready, however, as soon as he;
could get his wardrobe replenish-1
?d, to go anywhere. 'the
?* ? ? the
Another Warning. tai
? ; the
Tlio 4war scare' should l.ave C'u
more interest to tho Southern is |
farmers than to any other class of the
people in the United States. If I col
war comes, higher price's for corn, aeh
meal, tlour bacon and all food <?u
.stuffs .will como with it. The pui
Southern farmer who does not e?f
produce enough for himself, his go
family and his stock to eat will dc|
surely suffer. There's no doubt an
aNtut it. Our farmers have l?een vol
warned in time. If they do not sta
raise wheat, oats, corn, barley,
vegetables, hogs and cattle in
abundance this year the) will have the
only themselves to hlatne.? ah
Greenville News. tin
let
'I am descended front ono of the
l>e*t families in the city,' as the
young man who had been kicked m
down stairs by her father remark t>?
d upon reaching the landing. rr
oo
ftfMt.-li on liiiuiau mmio n *r
4>>w? * .?! aw kio-'k, cureu in so mlnnt*** it
by Wool ford's -sanitary ? otlon Tlila 441
n*?ver fall* Hold bv J K Vaokay A _
Co., Druggist. l>anosai?r, rt C 1
R E A L BELLIGERENTS.
Congressman Resigns to
Raise a Regiment.
TIIKRK ARK OTIIKKN
h<> Declare an Intention t?? Fol-j
low His K\ani|)lc-.(\>l. Iterrv,
??f Kentucky, Wants
to Ki?rhl.
New York, March ? Re-i
. sentative Roliert I' Rroussnrd,
Louisiana, has tendered his
liquation to the governor of his
itc, to take elToet immediately
on a declaration of w iv niili
:ii11. says the W*:i>?liin??!i ? ??:*pondent
of the Ilerald.
Mr I iroii?>:iri| !. ft for his home
Louisiana wlier he ? x j?;*?"ts to
mi a regiment which he will
nmatid in the event of war,
ieli lie says is sure 1 <> eonie.
I 11:i\ e heell ill receipt of hllll
?ds of letters from eili/.ens in
'district,' said li??, mllcrmo
ir services incase of hostilities,
1 I lrive derided to organize a
'intent of my own. I have
d\cn and voted, and will speak
I will speak and vote for war,
1 I am willing and anxious to
k up my vote and words with
word or musket.'
Mr l'lroussard is not the onlv
iresentativo who lias annoiineed
intention of ?_'iviiio up a seat
the house for a sword and hluo
iforui. Representative Sul/er,
New York, was the lirst to an-|
tnee that ho would raise a reg; j
lit in his district, and Kepre
itatives Colson and Berry, both ,
Kentucky, here expressed their
erminulion to go to the front. :
e latter was a colonel in the
nfederate army.
'1 am very anxious,' said col
. I Berry, 'to take a regiment of
' old men, their sous and their
indsons, it may t>e, ami go to |
ha with them. We would soon
>w what American soldiers and
ntucky sold'ers at that were;
de of. We would show them ;
it the men who fought under j
i blue and the gray, who stood ,
e to face with American bullets, j
i not afraid of Spaniards.'
Colored Troops Wanted.
A special from Washington to,
> New York Herald says that in
1
* event of the necessity of de |
ling I'nited States troops for
j invasion and occupation of
ha during the rainy season, it
prohahlc that the main hody of
i army will he composed of
tired troops. Such a plan, i
Is the special, is being sonsly
considered by the war dortinent
and should the number
colored soldiers now in the re.
Iiir s<?r\ ire l?o inswllieient, the
pnrtmcnt has ns-m ranees that ,
adequate number of colorod
lunteers from the southern
,tes can he counted on.
If you undertake to anawor al
> unkind things that are said
out you, the probabilities are1,
?t you will not have much time
t for anything else.
A Woadn fat DliMTtrf.
Th* lut quarter of a century rcoorda
any wondcrftil diaoovcrlca In mrdicin*,
it nona that hare acmn.r>lia)ir<l mora for
imanity than that itrrllng old household
rocdy, Mrowna* Iron Hittcra. It aami to
(itain the vrrjr element* of good health,
id neither man, woman or child can taka
without deriving the greateat benefit,
rowna* Iron Hitter* laaoltl by all daalan.
rfltjnw fv- Cttto
SIXTY HOI KS.
(iivento Spain t?? I>erlare l'w
Km'--l'nless 1 he Oastilian
(iovernment Knuckles
to the I H'tnnnd War
is a (Vrtainty.
Washington, P. , March .'3
McKiiilcv lias ?rivcn Spain si
1 y hours to say whether On
shall he free.
Snjja-ta cables this afternoon,
nothing luit absolute freedom w
satisfy this oovornmeiit. MeKi
ley replies that independence
the only solution.
Washington is wild with excil
ment in anticipation of Sj ail
reply.
Three more war-hips sailed fr?
Spain for t uba, two armor
rruisers and one torpedo boat <i
si r<ivei.
Spain this afternoon orders t
immediate mobilization of all ot
er ships and by these steps it
presumed that Spain will tijzht.
Itailey introduced a resolution
fill* llfilKO linlar 4
?... ?? '?.*? I\ ? 11^ III /.III \
i nde pendenee of Culia hut the I
publicans vie'ded 1<> McKinho
pica for time to hour from Mn
rid and tin* resolution was rul
out of order and the ruling si
tnined.
'I'lte republicans are not willi
for the democrats to take t
initial i ve.
Several patriotic speeches wc
nne'o today.
1'rospects of war stronger n<
than at any time heretofore.
RAH FOR NKW YORK.
Tin1 Hmpire State Leads tho l'i
cession.
Albany, N Y., March 31.?T
empire state of the I'nion is i
termined to bo ready for whate\
may come. The assembl" toil
voted one million dollars for a w
emergency fund for the state mi
tia. New York has an unusual
well equipped militia force u
this appropriation will put it
a war footing.
Artillery and Cavalry on t
Move.
Kl Reno, O. T., March 20.
Twelve pieces of Held arti 1 lor
mostly twelve pounders, tin
(iatling guns and six Ilotchk
guns, with a small number
artillerymen, were moved fr?
Fort Reno today, and are now
route to the South Atlantic con
presumably Mobile, Ala. Co
pany A. Captain liar ret t, a
Companies F ami II, of the Ten
Infantry, and two troops of t
First Cavalry, Major Kskrid^
about <100 men in all, were i
ported for movement to night
tomorrow. It is also icport
here that several other conipani
of the First Cavalry, have bo
ordered from Fort Sill to
Mrs Noble* Commuted.
Atlanta, (?a., March .'11. T
death sentence of Mrs Nobles v?
commuted today.
So Cure ? So i'uy.
I'Ih is the >v*v nil ilriiKglfttft
IHlOVKtVH TAHTKI.KSH < HI I
IONIC fur Chill* an.I Malaria. It
i 'niply I roe ijuuine In a UMel-e? foi
love it \ilulla prefer It
i?llt*r iiaiiaeatingtonlc*. Price, 60c
j' DECLARATION OF WAR
Expected Monday or Tuesday
Governors Notified to lluve tin
Naval Militia in Readiness?
State I >e|>ai t men! the Centre o]
Interest.
xl?a
Washington, March d 1.? A de
j. el.nation of war is expected Moil
... <luv or Tuesday. Memhers of Con
I ;rless in a position to know tin
. ti itli say that no hope is held I?v
those informed, that Spain's ropl\
to this eowntrv's demands will la
Le*,
sv.isf.aetor\. There is to he ih
is \
fiil tli'-r diplomatic eorrespondenei
>111 < * '''tan ipiestion. A presi
. dilitial nie-sa^e. it is believed,
ed I
I WB
sent to Congress Monday.
This has been a day of nnxiom
he ',,r Spain's reply to the
ehlnands ol the I'nited States eon
telmlalin<jr the termination of the
,s 1 .
w?r in Cuba, and the iudependenei
o lathe island. < )n that reply, it
1,1 ft
wl h universally believed, the issiu
lie
la ween peace or war would la
"I!dt1
fide 1, unh'ss some new and mi
' s
j ex as-led considerations arose t<
, I a tponc the matter further. Ihn
ed \ k. 1
d?KlV Wllllld meet tiio oppositioi
ofB'ongrcss. The gravity of tin
sit i;ition was felt in all nlliciu
ng |
j ?11 liters. It was not a delay ol
ra id development, as when tin
wi \ preparations were followinj.
in apid succession, hut the ten
si< i was even greater from tin
DW , . , ...
u< ertainty that prevailed, am
the^ feeling that Spain would no
concede the complete indpendenci
of Cuha.
The White House continued ti
? he thronged with congressional
leilders, anxious to learn from tin
President what his course was t<
h(L The general view convoyed
e" | bv these leaders, after tliev had
I V ' J
'cr *
been with the President, waa that
H- ,1)0 ex iccted to have definite ro
' ii r
plies from Spain in time to pre
Kent the entire subject to Congresn
by next Monday.
The State Department was the
?n centre of interest -throughout the
<lav, as it was there that Minister
Woodford's dispatch, announcing
Spain's attitude, was to l?e ro
iceived.
Congress will wait until Monday
? before any action is taken. I'hc
'.V< President has asked delay until
"ec that time, and assurances have
,S!J i been given by those in charge of
?' affairs that thero will bo nothing
>m done until then.
,,n Tho most important action tash
ken by the Navy Department to.
"i* day was the determinat ion to have
n,l the naval militia of tho several
dh States prepared for immediate
he service, .should this be found nee '*>
essary. T'.iis conclusion was the
r0' outcome of a conference of the
or members of the naval strategic
n-l ' . ... . -
uu rronni during the afternoon. ix't,PS
tern will he sent to the <? rvernora
<>n and to the Adjutant Generals of
'e? all States where there are them to
not in motion tho maohincry for
drilling and equipping the Slate
organization* promptly m> they
ho i may l>e ready within a few hour*'
! notice of a call to arm*. Aaaiai
tant Secretary Roosevelt has charge
of all mattera pertaining to tlx
naval militia, and he feel* that
"* the reaponae to this request will
t be hearty and prompt
rra
i ncoiiiiiiffiic* or witter oui.ntl
<*cp slopped immediately Ly DalrK
Oktchon's anti Uiukktic <u h
children anil adult* alike ?Price,
old by J F M??lr?'- A <'o., DruKa'K1
Lancaster, 8
GMdne Cnr fcr PltdMr*!
SPAIN ANsWoHS,j"<
MR IS I II M I N e H I.
Alleged Outline of Contents.
V*
f . ,
; Says Spain (lives No Direct Au-'0f(<
swer Im11 Argues She Should in t<i
Herself he Allowed to of N
Propose Terms. Dud
. i 1 ? .
Washington, March .'11. Spain's ^
' oHieial reply to President McKinlev's
latest demand in the Cohan
' situation was reeci\cd in \Vashin?r.
. , . disci
ton toniirht. An anxious party,
> comprising most of the cabinet
' and .'v* vera I friends of the admin- M"
1 Vit i
istration, waited till late in the
... . , . well
evening in expectation ot developinents.
Ahoiit half-past P> the 1 '
i . i had
' message bewail to come, in cipher,
( jf \
' and the wmk of translation was
i . n b h > v
hc"tin at once. It was otliciallv
i i . . ' o t S
' stated.however, that no intimation ^
' as to the nature of the replv could
..... , ' resu
be divulged tonight.
out
New York, April 1. \ special 1,1X1
.. i i were
dispatch from Washington t.> in??
World, timed 'J ii in., jjives tin* Xlls
following outline of Sj tin's reply ' ' *
1 to the note presented hy Minister u"u
' I W oodford: ^ '
I "Spain neither nceedes to nor '' '
f deelines President MeKinlev's 'M '
l?y |
propositions. '
J 'She makes counter nr?ruinent "
' that Spain should herself lit-allow U
1 ed to propose terms as to what
' should he done remirdin<r her own
t territory: that the I'nited States """
5, should not do so. *'
! rest
' T11K ANONYMOl'S LKTTKK. "U'
I was
. Coc
'The Allowed Plot to Plow l'p the j
Maine as Dctuilcd in a hotter ,
I i . her.
Sent to Consul General . .
i kern
Lee?Thtee Men, the
i stun
Letter Says, Did the
J not
Job for $<>,000. ..
the>
i! . b*r
Washington, March 29.?The ^ei
i most interesting feature of the t(
publshed report of the Maine .
testimony issued from the Gov- j ,4
'eminent Printing Office today, L, .
was the famous anonymous letter c
I '
! mentioned in the evidence of
1 ! cr
Henry Diuin, the clerk of the j
American consulate at Havana, j.
The letter was received by Gen'
eral Lee a few days after the ^
Maine disaster. It is ?lated Febi
rttary 10th, 1898, and signed
1 "An Admirer." It is in Spanish
1 written by a fairly well educated ('>Vf
person. The certified translation
, ? . take
is as follows:
4,It should l>o remembered that
at dawn of the day of the terrible 'l<
catastrophe,an individual was kill- S "
ed in a small boat, together with V
another who was found wounded
and it prisoner. They were going
about the cruisers Maine and Al
phonso XIII, and as the said in-j 'l
, dividuals are of the worst ante- Ada
cedents as harbor thieves, I have, ""
interested myself in investigating *
what connection this occurrence ,
could have had with the explosion Up |
of the Maine, and 1 hayo discover- icon
! cd that those two men, together ^ 0R,'I
^ with another, who is called Pepejono
}, Taco, had Ixxight in a hardware ; |)js
store in Mercados street, Calla la (j(M
Marina, a hose such as is uscd~T7y j trin
divers,, and they left Kegla in a has
small ln?at which they placed un- *m
der the wharves of Santa Catalina, *ien
ire<
, and they were loitering a!>out j
> mora than an hour and a half, (}u
r while Pepe Taco, ?ho is a corker
and a diver, probably the best in |
Undersell AH Otiies In
Groceries.
LIST IC > :
minis k rami luted Knuar for 1
minis Ii>?lir urown Hu^ar 1 00
V'T" Wo have tlio cheapest lino
hewiu?* Mini Smoking Toliaeeo
iwn. A Isu wo osifry :i nioo line
otions. siirli :is handkerchiefs,
ios' and (louts* 1 lose, <'to., oti
* ??. "lioi'i'.v A: I t?*ot
i) parts, did Iho work to brinjj
it .tin; explosion of the Maine.
It the data 1 wont to Co<j;lii and
ivorod that the family of tlit?
I iii'in who lived in t lie iit most
try in a house in Kodriirue/.
sta street, Had moved to a
furnished one on (lo'.abort
id. There I learned that they
atrreed with some inerehants
luralla street, for the work of
rinur up the ship for the sum
it.ooo K-J.ooo in advance and
other sj ooo after seeing the
It. Hut a-^ thev did not eome
of the adventure xci'v w 11.
n?f hren att:u-Uoi 1 when they
i* retiring, the result of wliieh
the dentil of one, who left his
h in the hoat, and another one
llded, the third one has not
>cnted himself to eolleet the
of the inonev, and it eould
ii'o ha lily seeretly done, that
liayiuii him the rest that the
?rs will not now pay him, he
ihl deelare the truth of ali this,
one whom 1 called the third
he diver l'epe Taeo, who is
loundcd, who is nodouhtnfraid
iresent himself to collect the
In Manilla street, they tell
was the place were the business
arranged with Messrs (iarcia
ujeuo, > innsuso, .Munhona
others whom I do not remeinThe
man who is arrested is
ig administered morphine eontly
to sea if he will die and
give evidence, so as not as
r express it, spoil the alfair afit
has come otf so much to
r taste.
1 certify that the ahovo is a
i copy.
Signed) "ADMIRER."
eutenant Commander I'nited
tates Navy and Judge Ad volte."
'rain, the consular elerk, stated
is evidence that an effort was
e to ascertain the authenticity
fiis letter, although the conto
was handicapped, having
ecret fund. The witness disced,
however, that flic name
e Tttd), must have been a mis
, as the man mentioned died a
days before the explosion took
e. Witness thought Ihc name
ild have been IVpe Rnnjuin,
died a couple of days after
explosion.
A Nurro?v lw*npe.
hankful words written b\ Mrs
i H Hart, of Gorton, S I).
hn tnknn with a bad coM which
led on my lung*: I) ?etora
l? ino up, saving I could live
a short time. I gave myself
to my savior, determined if 1
Id not stay with my friends on
ih, I would meet my absent
s above. My husband was
ised to get Dr Kind's New
covery for Consumption,
ighs and Colds. I gave it a
lI too, in all eight bottles. It
cured me, and thank God I
saved and now a well and
Jthy woman." Trial bottles
e nt Crawford Bros' Drng Store
iegnlar size 50c and $1.00.
arrnteed or price rafunded.
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