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tEUMiOW S GABTLR. I i family Newspaper : fur the Promotion of the J'olitical,' iSjfriti, Agricultural and Commercial Interest*. J TERMS: Sl.fiO a Ikao.
EdITOH and Mav.aOF.U. V ' . > I'ATAJUI.U IN Al>YA*UB.
KLY * Ui'iPit LA NOASTKK. S. ^
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am ml Ij VVluu VuluiTiir
Majoritj Report to be
Adopted.
BONDS FOR War.
Two Ilun?irod ami Fifty Millions
to 1)0 Issued.
Washington, I). C., April 14.1
he fee n a to has decided to vote on
the resolutions not later than tomorrow
niglit and lias refused to
vljotirn.
It will probably hold a continuous
session. The majority report
of the committee on resolutions
will puss by a largo majority. It
is stronger than the house resolution,
calling also for the immediate
evacuation of Cuba by
Spain.
The house will accept the senate
reso'ut ion.
Secretary (luge says that lie
will ask congress for perini - ion
^ to issue sg.'>o,0<Hi,ouii in war
l>onds at once.
Seeretarv Long say; tint no
further advices as to the movement
of warships can be m ids
public.
It is semi Oliieiully stated ;hal
President MrKinley will veto war
resolut ions.
Tlyj excitement continues intense.
SPAIN WILL it LSI ST.
Will Not Obey Order to Kvncimte
Cuba.
Madrid, April l-t.-?A Spanish
cabinet minister announces that i
should McKinley notify Spain |
to evacuate Cuba, the government
will emphatically refuse and
athat it is fully prepuredto take tin?
can sequences.
A NOVKL POINT.
!
? ' '
. A Unfile Hold id bo Not in Con-j
flirt Willi Sta*c Laws.
"11?<- ntt( rnev general's oilier
nas just decided that a party can"
mule proper! \ or anything rise
without interference on the part
i
>f tli.1 State. It appears that
r+Jtfe i> 110 statute on the <|tiestion
."vf nfflin g, unless a rntlle be a
lot y, and the attorney general's
' Vtfr1'* \ i*i the opinion itmt llie
1 till? fvthfe a?iaoi.4.' n loltorv w ill
not hold ngiiit-t, a rattle. The
st?< o old spul d<? s not!
np ir to'navo Ik'vMi enforced.
i I
A lady amoral days ago ad- '
drt io?l a e 'umiuuivatT.ui to the!
attorney general's office to know
whether she might legally r a tile
her house and lot. The proposition
wus novel to the legal do- j
partinent of the State, hut excit
.-ed sufficient interest for the oh!
..laws to la? searched. There was
rwaLhing specifically prohibiting a
raffle, and so the lady was advised
t 'hut she might go on with the
raffle.?The State.
a W*a4?rAil DlMOTrrf.
Tsr iut flturter ef a ? -
in) ?woi?ierAil discoveries in medicine,
hta n<mi> (hat have invmipliihnl more for
JiasMsUfthan that sterling old household
remrdy, Brawns'I ron Hitters. It seems to
m nsntaiw the eery elements of ijood health,
sad neither man, woman or child ran take
it without "deriving the greatest henetit.
strnwca'dmna Bitters is sold hy all danders.
An honeat man is the noblest
pursuit of woman.
There are always more or lesa
Jj i money drawers in n (tank
!TH0US"AND3 WILD !
j WMTHUSip
Frigid Washington Electrified
Willi Patriotic Fire
| "LEE" UPON EVERY LIP.
'jtcns of *.7Vsons:v> r' :
Crw.t'. L tli *.
era Chie f* a.iu ,
a t t. e 1:3" ? t i - I
onal Oapi ?
t 1
UHPAEC^n.'iiiH 11 C $< j
A f o r T ; 0 PA .
(
Clerk* and Chiefs Ilesertwl Desks,
Lined ('orri.lot's ikt Ch 'red 1
W ildly When < "on mi (
(i oneral A j > ,en i ? ! ^
ills i i r it' j?
Speech. 1
\
\V:i lin t >n, A .n il 12. The '
ovation that .ollovndt <>l nil nc.l
end I. :.ee h s t i ait ? n
Amen .in soil, ;i u r nil mm
Huliann. ? . inul.e ! tnni hi in
\\ usliiu^t i lu wli.'t w.i-i :nv '
1 .
been. ! ntui tin- moment ho :i
??1 i<i the railroad ntatiou in . >
the afternoon ho wa? surrounded ?
hv u ehoerinj* rrowd that followed ?
him to the state department, and
tli? gpoe.taelo <1 army und iiav\ 1
pllicers and Government niu luvo 1
. .... ....
cneermg outside me very door of "
the oflice of the secretary of state s
was wholly unprecedented in t lit* i *
history of that staid department. 11
At night the city turned out in
thousands when a serenade was
given (Sen. Lee at his hotel an-.'
stood fi?r hours in the street wait- C
ing a glimpse of him.
The. night demonstration wisi
almost a-* quick and uupremedit at od
as that which had gree'ed (Jen. ii
I .ee at the d *pot and state depart- "
ment. The I'nited States marine e
hand had heeti secured from the r
harrncks and the Seventy first re- e
gimeut hand, under tho leader t
ship of I'rof. Fanciulli, formerly 11
conductor of the marine hand, h
came over from New York on an h
afternoon train. The crowd as |
Hcmhled without calling aid hy h
8 o'cl K?k was o,000 strong in tliojn
street> about the Shoreham hotel *
where t?en Lee i-quartered. lie- *>
fo?a the elosw it w a < two-e that < ?
size. It was ni1:. r t? o'clock ho- t
fore he appeared on one nf theft-'
small corner haleonies, aecompa-l"
nied hy a conunitteo of the Lnion v
Veteran* legion and the Confed-i Y
erato Veterans association, which
was jointly in charge of the affair.
Tho hands stanch up tho 'Star v
Spangled llunnor and there w as a j
, hurst of fireworks from the neigh- c
Isu ing houses while mounds of |f
I > I
red, white and hlr.o lights limned ,
at intervals along the Ktreet, t
throwing tho crowd on the hul- J
cony into sharp relief against a \
background of tlugH. The crowd j
yelled itself hoarse, calling for;
I I^ee nnd demanding a speech. The i
HjK'ech was brief and bo much
broken by applause that tho crowd (
i caught probably little more than '
its general drift. (ien. I>ec ,
Said: 1
'After all the a|>eechea 1 have
been forced to make in the past
two day a I can hardly hope to i
make myself heard over this great 1
gathering. I can only assure you
t!::st such :i <rroat demonst
t ins to luc out of till prop
*i> t!:c; s-iinplo faet of uiv h
pi i. ih'o ,i re, ;in<I 1 mi J'n
I >ce thai . desei
having only tri ?i to <lo m\
all American, v.h ra- Vi
t'incis phteed mo.'
The crowd iirola* out e.frcfl
I in in was veils: 'Tliat'i
That's wliatvou did."
(Jen Ja'c continued:
I liavc to thank you he
for this splendid endorsenn
my course. It is si tiling tli
hardly conic to a uisin nion
nice in si life time and it i
i.e more than I can put in \v<
'Voii can act pret t v spiieh,'
; man in the et o\\ !, an i t hen
\? !! d 'War, fijrht,' at
h "i howne . everything
! hsive lie* . Mile to talli
onlinned ' Jen I a a. hut i
amies in a few days or
rears, the prest nt cri->i . has
-d tl. it it u ill tind u> a i
joo] t ik! v I ho oonlr-t
M> !i> In vim ran carry tli
i;r(!;'s* nn?l fa- t??l.1
i'horo i< one tiling; in o<
' '
Y rh ruavl- who have
o rnnipll In tii fronI tor
! is i nly a no Hi or ovhloneo
w Vol it i * rci.tlv asslirha.n
lh" p ; I 1'i 111vi by \ irj
'i<l !. the I i! ooMM'H I can a
. u nil 11!:11 V irgiuia will he 1
t:ii) liii .;' sinv1111It r to sho
villi Nmv York/
The peaking and inusi
(iiiinven i>\ a very luiot re?*?
o which n few score gainc
nittuncc in the rooms of K
cntative (,'onncll, of lYonsylv
roui whoso balcony (ten Lei
undo his address.
TilK NKCKO TKOOl'S
irnet News of Impending
With Cheers?Coming Sou
Chicago, April HI.?Tin?
iituntry, the first hody of a
jen to move toward ('uhu,
d through Chicago todai
oute tor Cliickuinauga. lain
ro vd.s . greeted the ?*eginu
lie station and wild cheers
p tit, the soldiers w?Te seen cv
ng the platform and poking
cads through every window.
When the train pulled o
lie depot for the s mill, the
u-nt m;is present in its
trength, not one enlisted in
truer missing. Alj the ol
nd n on v\ere greatly pleased
he news from Wnslijogtot
very announcement that \va
hout to he declared was gr
v?th smiles hy the officer
ells hy the men.
The congressional eomn
vlioso duty it is to do such tl
n anticipation of war, has ,
(included to put a tax ol
ents a pound on coffee, '
vill yield $39,000,000 a
wo cents on tea, which will
M 1,000,000 a year. A t
>cer and cigars is also r
programme.
No Cure?No
Th*t |t? the w?v *11 druggl
[IROVBti'H TAHTKLRHH C.
rON IC for Chill* an<t Materia.
3mj>ly Iron Quinine in attunol"
love It. Aflult* nrefe
ieitter tiauNeatlnitontc?. Prloe.
? ? ? i
In seeking a wife a young
should remember that a bea
character it rot tto liable to h
wrinkled and faded.
oiUoi) lifMil'U it Ui i' uo i - !'l
it i-M"
wkPass tfearlike Resolution an]
t- Then Fight
THEMSELVES
''' |Tho Seblite llesolntion Caustically
Arjjaihfns tL?-* Spanish Ciova:
tilv . %nfncnt T!l{> m.~
cut of \A P in!1,,ron S!li,sat.
can ' V
than ^ns*hhv.:ton. I) April 1
The iHoase lain this afternoon
noves
foihivino resolution l?v
, a vote hi t veas to tin nays,
cried . .
U<|m4v !, that the president is
i some , X - '
; this afternoon on :i parliamentary
question end several lights oeeurC
wis ?
trts... | r?A\on ; v-vl av* j
j j the whcnV house was practically i
in a relish and tumble tijjdit.
cpro- " "
ral,|a SQl'.TDKOX 8AII-S.
a had Fort Mtyiroo, Vu., April 12.?
The living Squadron sailed for
the South at 2.2<> o'clock this afternoon
under sealed orders.
The ordeis are said to l?e to interWar
ccpt Spans lleet now en lonte to
,j, Forli lti< f?. i
I .
2i?tli Blown I i By Spanish Officers. j'
rined
pass- Washi gton, April 12.?Con M
/ en sul (ieneal Lee was lief ore the 1
nense senate cnmiittee on foreign re ;
>nl at Interns l r an hour late today. 1
went lie said int in his opinion there 1
owd- was no mm to douht thai the 1
their deslrueti n of the vessel was due (
to Spani i agencies,
ut of 'Do y i mean the Spanish until- I
re^ri Oiities itt'ui>a-*' lie aas asked t
full. by a nit ibsr of the eomuiiltee.
an or, 'I nion the Spuni-h officials, 1
livers he repli U 4hut not (Yen Blanco. "
over I think Mnod>f Bio oHieials wen- '
i .and cognizaj of tho plans to destroy t
r was the v< J; hut 1 do not believe
eeted that tlajjaptain General was.' s
pats the Klondike/ ^
Mr 4C Thomas, of Marvsvillo, f,
Tex., 1b found a more valuahle t
nttee discover than has yet been made j
lings, in thopondike. For years lie
about sutTereiuntold agony from con
f four ?nn?pt*? accompanied by horuor- h
. . , rhageslknd was absolutely cured a
w u 1 by Drling's New Discovery for gi
year, (j,,nguDtion, Coughs and Colds,
yield He dc<res that gold is of little
ax on value {comparison with this mar- ?
?n the voloudire; would have it, even c
if it a hundred dollars a but- w
tie. ithma, Bronchitis and all ?
throatand lung affections are p
positityr cured #by Dr King's
New Icovery for Consumption
h"iDttles free at Crawford r<
It' i Hros.,Jrug Store. Regular size P
inform 50 ctfliid $1 00. Guaranteed to p
r?0e 10 cwre c t>r'c? refunded. p
Chiiston harbor will be set *
' man with 1 >edoes and mine* within
f L
uitiful the n< few days. The active n
Boone work tarda this end was begun ^
Fridi 81
i y ij(X 1 suMViijijflrthoj i/'-l and directed to
' '* 'i vcrri' .it once to stop tlio war
nir , :n C ibn mid to the end and w ith
!? the puiiic'-1 of -"o<inn?r permanent
i lew Pc':l"4<?rder there :ui I estali.)rov
| IhdiinBy tiie free action of the
mitcd :l sta'?|c and indo
wi.jilHMido^ovcnimcnt of their own
0 (1:1*1- I <' ( ulia, t!If! |>i. -d
<M'nt i4 lb i't'liy a itliori/.4!(| ami
nclti- lMUlK)
.vW- 1 In I.si- tlio land :i i<I
.,d " ?v.i> ??f' til I'nitr 1 States
. M > a*.- ili? ptirpi si* ill' this
iijj[ht. " .
|*, .. 1 ' JV/i ?n ilI puss practically
- iHfii SI,1*K ,VM'I 11 tomorrow ?-\
rji)the senate resolution
sstn'i" immediate evacuation
found |of Spain*
1 hero v. as a riot in the house
WHAT LS2 SUFFERED
WHILE CONSUL IN CUB,
iWaitcii Two Years lor t!
Present Moment,
SOMKi J MI:s III-; 1/)ST 1110All
Fudnred Sj riiiish Insults unci (lo
eminent Pusillanimity lor
the Sake of lhitv? 4,At
Last, Thank (lod.
Sylvester Seovel in X. Y. \\ orii
On Iloard I S S Fern, Kt
West, Flu., April 1'*. ? Win
leaving llahana yederduy afte
noon Consul (leneral Lee tnnu
to veteran Consular Clerk !"> ?!
who has heen in the llahana ecu
suhite !on?rer than any one reineii
hers, and said: "Po!'/, look i
those (lags. lie pointed to l!
mass's of yellow and red huntif
all jubilantly fluttering in ofiic d!
religious honor of Holy Si'ntds
everv stick of llahana alloat <
a-hore laid its colors. "l)ol/.,
said l.ee, "look at thoc lie:.'
look close at thetit. 'f o-i II n !vi
see the n a xain m ( 'nha.
This -ayiiei is (leu ?<ee\s re:
heart fell \ iew of the present situ,
tion. lie awaited the compens;
ting moment for two years c
butchery and of starvation,
soldier, he saw, from the lir
llahana day, the awful msissaci
cjyic.k and slow, by sword or h
mincer, of noncoinbaium uutiai
which in Ctihu has dishonored tl
name of war and of eiviIizat**oi
lie once said:
"Ves, I have sometimes he
heart. The struggle promised t
he so long drawn out as to onl
weary the American people,
thought action impos>il?leat times.
When personally warm am
officially cool, (len Fitsduigl
Lee saw Morro astern, ho ft!
like one freed from a fetid cell
i.,. 1,1
....... ... mii miii iianana liar
>r anil its imwiimj rntlians am
ts in.>111111i<>nt:iI collin nt tuurderei
Xnierii'iiiw, and when lie tirst
eali/ed that neither lie nor an\
me was the ollieial rejirescntat i \?
?f the I idled States to Spanish
hiba, in short, when Kitx.liu^ii
,i'c realized tied tjnnlly the |>l;iir
icople of the I'nited States had,
hrnit?;lj the . reluoaui hut -til
iIh lici t ^oveiorneiit, rofused t<
durhr he ex en'oiiipi ill v the friemlt
tli ? tilth, t!ie ? ; \ trance an 1
mt'ha; \i\ of Spanish uloinVi ui.
lien Fdzhnoh Let* of'Virsjini >eunits
the Imp} it -nihil on hutC i
en, and h sal I so.
|te.in ember that this soldier an
cntleinun has seen and has heen
nreed to olliriallyv countenance
wo years of miserable, sordid,
l(H>dy national crime.
ltcmenilior that this proud man
as for 424 months endured Spanish
p^ravation and insults on one
ido and American governmental
patliv ami shameful pusillanimity
n the other, and von ran *mir?.
into what I heard tne same man
diisper, to himself when liuhanu
ras a thing pa?sed, "At last,
hank God."
This was the vindication and
eward of official patience and
orsonal misery, and ;t is hero
rinted so that the American |>eole
may know what their representative
has borne from a condiion
of affairs at their doors which
as required the martyrdom of
60 sailors to make them undertand
it and to act.
Ua !Hd.'>] In
IJ V OJ.u .! '.Hi.l J't Lt V i .ibO ill
t\, f;r0,,r:,,
iC 1 - * :"v I
!S jiouiMlr. j?'r:IIM?l:?!<? > ; < f.1 1)11
| -<l pounds i iu ii nw n So ?i' 1(H)
* * '?\ c iuivc n ( !u | ic>>t I; "(
'T i ol ( how iiijf an I Smim.uiij . ?).: o
in town. Also wu c:irrv ii 11i:*t* line
of Notions, oioli n s I in 11 lUerehicfs
N * I jinlios" and (tents" I lose, etc., ett
1?? . < '?) ?ft\v ?V I !ro?
(JEN. LEE INDKJNANT.
il. As I In Leaves llabana He Toasts
... | Officers and Men <.f Maine.
n
New \ oik i I era Id.
r
Key West, Senday. 'ov
Lee was so indignant at the eon
duet of tli' e r o w d s wh ?
I watched the de;>ut ire < 1" the
,jj refugees from Hal-ana tL::< lie
wrote ti;is m '? 1 1 -eid 1 y the
I!1
i i 11 I t. i ( 1 > ' "I... -
"lI
' Vdii ha vc I> 1 okeit every t v<?tr.i c
lt?a?le lilt*. Wo have been whi-tI"?I
'a* an?l i 11 >;i11I as we ^ '
v will return. ::11< 1 voiir wltis'le will
. be thill of a not he!" tiro.
?lew i: ! 1/ tit:*' litis no
however. ;lU I lis til'' pilot.
, leaving he Uh' ! 1'? : ':n
1 him :i verbal i:i - l .v >.
Bflto.uh th ?
castle son o? l;< in-ij-h*. ' I ' '
ill' of flint.; p::_ 'If :.!> ! 'hi- <e , s : 1
(ienoral !/ (' ":ive this
' 1 lew; is to 1 h i I". crs ?* i r i
'of the Maine, which was blown uj>
?v i , . .
lii' ji Spanish mine.
' Trt TTfl^bfTflitljr Mr Ackers, a
le . 1 ^
British subject, saiil:
4Miiv r.o onus speak for each of
the Maine's dead, mi l mav oach
jun mean .r>o Spanish lives.'
I asked General Leo if his
i toast was sijjjnilieant. Mo replied:
, ! 'It is Munition lit only as I speak
from tho heart, not from the head.'
'Is it true/ I asked him, 'that
voli have evidence showing Spanish
t .
implication in the blowing up oi
' | tho Maine;'
'I have a report to make on the
j Maine,1 he answered, 'which will
he in the President's hands on
L , .
Tuesday, hut I have no evidence.
(ronoral Loo airain denied in
Key West that ho had any positive
evidence to add to what tho court
of in<|uirv had reported. Speaking
to inu til lout possible host liil ies
(ieneral Lee said:
1 holievo it is mv due that 1
should he allowed to lead the tir>t
'division on Hnhaha. If 1 do,
! ploase say in the ilcraid for me
that I know how to hike thecil
Senatoi i illtn in i-opposed to war
hut'hasii t he made some pro-cuhan
speeches at one time or anotherl
Our recollection is tliit ho was an
itltnitao < 'nloirv " " * r
, v .omii jMinii a row years
ago.?Greenville No.vs,
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