The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 29, 1898, Image 1

Newspaper Page TextieLE. JSi VOLUME IX. CAMDEN. S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 20, I8!)8. NOr Hi. HIS 10 8E illl. Conditions Rapidly Settling Down to ENGAGEMENTS NOT CONFIRMED Uroat llt-Ualu Has Always Taken an Advanced Stand In the Principles of Neutinl1ty--Moro Advantageous to the United Stated Than Spain. Washington, April 20. ? (Speoial),? Conditions in Washington are rapidly settling down to thoso of aoittal war. Notice* came to tho Stato Depavtmout from tho four quarters of the globo to day, showing that tho nations as a rule aro prepared to assume an atti tude of strict noutraltiy as between v the United Statos and Spain in tho presont struggle. In moat cases they were in auswer to the idontioal note nout out by the State Department U nil United Statos ombaseies and lega tions, instructing them to inform tho governments of which they were Ac credited that war has existed since April 21st. Great Britain always has taken an advanced stand. in the prin ciples ,v of neutrality, bo that it was with great interest that the news was. reoeived hore of tho terms of the neutrality proolaiuu - mat ion issued in London. On the' whole tho otlicials are disposed to take tho view that a strict adherenoe by Great Britain to theso rules will be rather ^noro advantageous to the Unit ed Statos than to Spain, particularly as wo are now operating, in the nav'&l souse, close to our own base of supplies, and in all probability soon will put Spain oil' from the two bases that she now has in tho neighborhood of Cuba. Tho President issued a proclamation during tho day laying down the rules ' ns to tho soizuros of prizes and tho re ) suit, it is beiiovod, will be the releaso of some of the ships already captured, though it will bo for tho prize courts to dotormino in each case whether tho conditions under which the ship was oapturod aro suoh as to war rant release. The impression prevails that the Buena Ventura, tho first on the list of prizes, will be deolprod no prize. Tho case of the ljanama, ^yhose seizure is a more complicated one, owing to the fact thujj whilo otherwise exempt, the ship was reported to have contained eupplies for the Spanish army in Cuba, >vhich are contraband. . It is noted that tho administration hc.s not been do terred by any/ criticism in Congress from again formally pledging itself to the nations of tho world to refrain from privatoering, and abido by tho Declara tion of Paris, of 1850. Tho urmy reorganization bill beeamo u law during the day aud tho War De partment otlicials have begun to devise tho best meaus of carrying out the purpose of the act, whioh will result in the reorganization of the army, and an increase to more than 00,000 men. In thoAVar Department proparatipns went on with ceaseless energy for the organ ization of the volunteer army. All the officers were detailed who are to be sent to the various States, and there to rpuster Guardsmen into the eervico of tho United Slates. The plans f<jr the full organization of the army wero also perfected. To provide ofiiuurs for the regular army aud vol unteers Secrotarv Alger ordered the assignment to duty of all of .the cadets at West Point Military Academy who would, in tho ordinary oourBe of events, havo graduated in June. '^ho greatest anxiety was shown at the Navy Department for news from the blockading equadron. Notwith standing ttie frequent reports that came from two unofficial sources of engAge - - znent8 between tho fleet and the shore batteries, no wero of confirmation came officially. ? Actual War. To Muster in the Volunteers* Today the following officers were de tailed to muster in the volunteers by Jfrecretary Alger: Georgia, Atlauta, jPbaptaiu Oscar J. Brown, First Cavalry; North Carolina, Raleigh, Captain John C. Oresham, Seventh Cavalry; South Carolina, Charleston, Sfteond Lieuten ant Marcus B. Stokes, Tenth Infantry; Tennessee >Nashville, First Lieutenant H. Say 6, Jr. * Fourteenth Infantry Vir ginia, Richmond, First Lieutenant Richard C. Croxton, First Infantry. It, frpm any cause, the G6vernora find it j nccessary to change the place of ren ? .dczv.ous, they are to notify th* War Department at once. Cubans to Do Moat Fighting. Washington Aprii 26. ?Secretary Day said today that it was his expectation that for the present and the immediate future the insurgent army would do the greater part of the fighting la Cuba. He added the statement that them was nointntioBof taking the militiamen aad sew reoruiU ,iato C?ba until thoroughly inured to tha hardship# oj the npliri also would 1 is thk ooutrj u**il later lathe] the <jpinioa that AdaM ' 1- Mil IfcrliU fa] arvjsas: * Vl\U.\ DKt-JUAUiv* WAU. OlIU-lul On/.otte IVInts t Uo I'roctumar I lon?- icules of WurdlvcitOtit A Madrid dihpitcU bays: Tho oill oial (gazette priuU a proclamation by tho /govovnuiont that a ?tuto of "war oxista between Spain and tho Unitod States, ami adding that the treaty of ami tho protocol of IS??, are null and void. A I so that thirty da.va mo Kiven American vossels to leave Span- j ish wntoi ?, and that Spain will roo Ul2o tho following nilo.s: A neutral tlaj? will protect all merchandise uot contraband of war. Tho goods of neutral powers not contrabuuil will bo prolootod under the oueiu,y'? Hug. TUp bloekado to bo obligatory must be ofteotive. Spain rotniuH hoi* right to grant lettoi'H of tnArquo, and will oxor* ciHo the right of search on tho high scat), but will not issuo iotteru of muKjuo, utilizing venule of mor cautilo fleet as auxiliary war ships. LKK AM) Mii.SU KK ClialtouKetl to Klfjlil u Dui'l l>,v Lieut. Cur rau/.u. Washington, April 2\ (Spociul).? - Liout. r in no 11 do Carranza, of the Spanish lfoj-al Navy, until recently naval attaolio of tho .Spanish legation at 'Washington, lias challenged General Fitzhugh Loo ami Captain Kigsbeo, of tho Maine, to fight duels. Tho challenges were issued on tho night that tho Spanish minister withdrow from Washington. Lieut. Do Cnr ranza had determined upon this course of notion immediate!}' i^tcr (ion oral Loo and captain Sigsln.-e stated before Congress that in their belief Spanish naval officers were responsible for the blowing up of tho Maine. Uo made known his purposo to Minister Polo, who peremptorily forbado liiin from issuing tho challougo while ho was a member of tho legation staff. Lieut. De Carranza persisted that hi< official ))osition in no way restricted his rights as a gentleman to call an other gentleman to account. It. was finally arranged that tho ir.suanco of the challenges should await the termination of diplomatic re lation# between Spain and the United {States, whereupon Lieut. De Carranza would bo absolved from auy restraint as an. official under [Minister Polo. , Sinco. tho challenges wero sent no word has reached hero as to tho pur poso of Gon. Lee or Capt. Sijrr.bee. J ho dispatch from Toronto indicate. i that no acceptauco or declinations havo boon received. Cftpt. Sigsbco, when seen tonight' in Philadelphia, iu reference to tho chal lenge, said ho hat! no definite informa tion concerning ity Jio added: "J do not beliovo any Sflcli challenge has been issued. 1 have 110L recoived it, at anwrate, and think I would havo heard if it had been sent to nio 111 Wash ington. " War Ifevcnue Measure. Washington, April ' 20. ? Chairman Dingley, of the ways and means com mittoe, submitted to t)io houso tho war revenuo bilh It recites tho necessity of immediately providing revenue bo cause of the ; war with Sraiu; that if poaee had continued no doubt tho rov enuo would be sufficient. The bill sub mitted today contains thiee changes from the bill as originally adopt ed. They are as., follows: A dis count of flvo pef-^cent. o%\ beer stamps will bo allowed after thelpas sage of tho act. Telephone mJMatres are subject to a tax of one eoufcjUuu all messages transmitted thirty n|iio? or more. Graduated up to 10 centsy, where tho cost of communication exceed#,.*^. Official telephone aiul telegraphic mes sages of tho government aro exempt. The differential half cent on mineral raters and beverages, domestic or im ported, not otherwiso sujocted to inter national taxation Iwlfylf pint bottles is olimiunted so that tho dividiug line is,: pint bottles. / Captures a Variable PrI/.o. Key West, Fla. , ApKl QfJ* 11:15 a. m. ?The big Spanish stennship Panama, of the Ceballos Lino, wtiich left Now ifork on April 20th for Havana, with a number of ttpanixh refugees on board and a very valuable cargo, including, it is understood, starts for tho Spanish army, was capturecylast evening about twenty miles from Havana by the little light house tender Mangrove, now be longing to the n/osquitto fleet. The Panama is of about 2,800 tons, and a very valuable prize, _ f .. .? , No Mali for Hpatn. An order prohibiting the dispatch to Spain and her colonies of onail originat ing iu the Uuited States during contin uance of hostilities has been issued by tho Postujaster-General. KKVIKVV OF TRADK. Brsdntreet'i Comment on Commerce hQ<1 War. Bradstreet'a lleviow of Trade for the past week, in part, says: "General trade and speculation this week hAvo exhibited most of the characteristics which have b?ootn^ popu larly associated 'with ihe "near approach of hostilities. Whila tbers ii reported a farther qiietiug *ol distributive - trs^e in , some lues at the Kast awl Ronth, I almost directly t**antrci _ warlike conditions, tMI| ia a ofieyutwity ?rems fhi oenters which Mpra to eDMbl Tonar rro ?ailinff *?e been dispelled trade oondi WM ere twill shaped to the new order ? ^ (rut i mil of, el ? V/ 1 S vy* jd The First Blow May Bo Struck In Eastern Cuba, MISSION OF LIEUT. ROWAN,! lie Landed on tho Cuban Const ou Ills Way to Meet (ion. Gnrcia nnd A r I'liu^c for t lie t.unillny: of tho L'nltccJ ^States I roups. V Kingston, Jamaica, April 20. ? Lieu tenant Andrew 8. Rowan, Uuitod i States Army, has landed on the coast ! of Cuba, near Santiago, from an open j boat, accompanied by Cuban guides. j Ho iH ou his way to General Garcia' a eamp ai voprosontativo of the War ! >e- i partmont to arrangofor landing of Vni- j tod Statos troops in eastorn Cuba, (Jar- | cia to cover the lauding. Lieutenant Andrew Rowan was un der orders from tbo War Pepartmout, and was lauded on the Cuban coast somewhere west of Sautiago, probabl v boforuudawu on Monday, il iu Cuban guid&asand an open sail boat were used. Tbo guides have not returned. Ho is on ; his way to tho camp of Gen. Calixto Garcia. lie will roprosent tbo War Do partmont in arrangVng for tho co-oper ation of tbo insurgents iu tho invasion cf eastern Cuba by the forces of tbo United States, 'iho time and place of invasion will bo controlled by evouts and tho charnoter of Liouteuaut How* an's dispatches. Liouteunnt Kowan was dotailod from tho Bureau of Information for this dangerous service? dangerous bccauso in bis oiviliau dross he is liable to bo treated us a spy. lie speaks Spanish j and knows Cuba, having written a book on tbo subjoct. Moreover, I19 is an export map maker, lie left Wash | inglon under instant orders on April Dtb. Ho wa3 directed to wait hero, propnred to pro to Porto Rico or Cuba. As he went to eastorn Cuba, it is inferred that a blow will bostruek there boforeonois struck at Porto Hico. With him he took au ofllcial Spanish section map of eastorn Cuba, with auieudutions mado by tho War Depart ment hvdrographers. Tho expedition is for tlio purposo of forming a plau to laud United .States troops on tho island. A courier with Lieutenant Rowan's first dispatchos to tho War Department will probably loavo General Garcia's i camp l^oxt week. WAIi BIGG AN Thursday, April Slut, According to tlio Resolution. 'I ho following is tho official text of tho bill declaring that war exists be tween tho United States and Spaiu, as passed by both houses of Congress and uignod by tho l'rosident 011 tho 2.">th inut. : A lillili DECLARING THAT WAR EX ISTS hetwhen'thu united states OF AMERICA ANI> THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN : I?e it rosolved, by the Senate and House of liepresentatives of the United States of America, iy Congress assembled : First?That war bo and the same is hereby declared to exist, and that war baa existed since the 21st day of April A. IX, 18U8, including Raid day between the United States of Aiuorica and the Kingdom of Spain. Second ? That the President of, the United States be aud he here by is dirocted and empowered to use the entire land and naval -forces of the United States the mi litia of the several States to such extont as may be necessary to car ry this action into effect.; W Alt NOTK8. The I'rlce of Food Going Up In IlavAna, Cuba. A cablogram a ay a Spain is seoking Russian support , Eight thousand regular meu are now under tents at Chicamautfa. . Gomez has notitied^ho United States to send anps to the insurgents. Admiral Sicard lias suicooded Roose velt as a member of the board of war. Over four thousand lighting meu marched out of Cbieago on the 2<5th, bound for .tlie war. , Irish members of Parliament passed a resolution commending the aotiou of tho United States in reference to Cuba, i The Resident by proclamation has allowed Bpainish vessels in American waters till May 30th to load and depart. British naval authorities say that Spain's Asiatic float will be outclassed by American warships in a right off the Phillippineslslande. v A Nov York special says Havana is preparing k torpedo attack on our fle*i. Gomez will co-operate with the United States with 80. ow men. ? . -- ? ~ There are *o*l mines in Cuba, but ?tAioA /J am luLtTA Ki>An ?Wlw and all the coal used la the island is shipped there from America. yh* gsaa torn |ha lfHtlrilf amdtb* j in eoftmwtioit should such lmiiitj ?riML V . v Byaalsh vssssls boaad for the Uatt*4 McMf April Wet 1 SOSTBT States which sailed the theatre of naval operations. i llf si 10 MOVE.! I t , Regular Troops Will Be Sent to Cuba First. J ? VOLUNTEERS WILL GO LATER." A Now Army Corps Creator!? Prest (lont IsKiil'H it I'roclamat Ion for OOO Volunteers to Servo 'i'tvo Years, t'nless Sooner Discharged. Washington, April 23 (Spooial). ? The l'rosidont baa isauod . tho following proclamation culling for 135,000 troops tc servo two years: Jiy the President of (he United States, A Proclamation: Wju.be as, A joint resolution of Congress was approved n tbo 20;h day o f April, 1888, entit.ua "Joint resolution for tho reeognliiou of tho ludupondoiico of tho people of c ulm, demanding that tho government of .Spain re. linquish its authority and government of the Island of Cuba and to withdraw its laud and naval from Oubn and Cuban waters, and di recting tbo President to u-o tho land aud na val lorcesof the United Stntos to carry the<so resolutions Into effect," aud WjiiiHKAB, J3y an act of Congress, entitled "An ael,to provide for temporarily Increas ing tho military establishment of tho United Slates in thno of war and for other pur pu; v," approved April 22,1808, tbePresident W uutbori/.od, in order to rnlso a volunteer iirmy, to issue lifs proclamation calling forN volunteers to servo iu tho army of tho Uni ted States. Is" ;w, therefore, I, William McKiuloy, Presi dent of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by tho constitution and tho laws, and deeming sufficient occasion to exist, have thought lit jo call forth, and hereby do Call forth, volunteers to tho ag gregate of 125,000, In order to carry into ef fect tho purpose of tho said resolutions, tho tarao to bo apportioned, as far as practicable, among the ?fWal Slates and Territories nud tho l)istrfct*of Columbia, according to 'popr.latlon, and to servo two years, unless sooner discharged. The details for this object will bo Immedi ately communicated to the proper authori ties through tho War Department, \ In witness whereof, I have hcreuntoVsct my hand and caused the seal of tho uS^p'd States to bo affixed. Done at tho CltyTlf* Washington; this 24d d/iy of April, A. D., 1K08, and of tint Independence of the United States, tho 122d. (Sealj Wm. McKinlf.*. By the l'tesldont. John Sherman, Bocretary of State. Tbo President today called upon tbo people of tbo Uuited titateB, for the first tiuio in thirty years, to manifest tboir martial strength, tbis time tbo call be ing upon a uuited people to go forward to n battlo with a foreign power. Tbo Hep-rotary of War created a new army qp+vb. Tbo two, taken with other news rOf tbo day, Khowed tjjat the regular flrmy soou will move on Cuba find that moautiiuo tbe volunteers will bo equippod and drillod. Tho formal ( r# j der for tho creation of thin grand army j division issued at tho Wur Dopartiuent j in as follows: Headquarters of the Army, ) | Adjutant General's Ottloe, > t Washington, April 23, 1898, ) General Oritur No. ? ? l.y dlrootlon of thoBeorotnry of War, tho j following orders of tho Provident are pub* | hshod fur iho information and guidauoo of ; all concerned : 1. 'The United States troops assomblod In j Iho Chlokamnuga National Park will form ' rui encampment, to to known as Camp j Georgo U. Thomas, nud will constitute tem- j porartly tin army corps uudor the command ! ? I Alnj >r General Jirooke, The corps will j cousi?i of one division of cavalry, ouu dlvls- j Ion of infantry and one brigade of light ) artillery. The cavalry and Infantry divia- j ions will each be composed of not moro j than three brigades, eoofinling of three or more regiments cachi | The artillery brigade will l>o composed of < two battullions, each comprising live bat* i terle?. The corps ccuuuaudor will assign the Hunior vlllcers present for duty with rich arm to the command of divisions and brig ade. 2. The regiments eoucvul rated i*t New Or ient b, Mobile uud 'Jam pa, Flu., aru coualU ! luted divisions, unt|?r the command of l!ngt | I Generals Shelter. J.\J. Copplugor and liriga- | dler-Oenerai James F. Wade, respectively, j The division commanders will lorni their ill- . vision* into brigades nnd assign tho senior j olll-icrs present for duty to command them, j I lly command ot .Maj. Gen. Milud. II. U. ConuiN, Adit. Oon. While it is Iho pt^po^^oT^lh ? War I Department to socwre only National i Guardsmen, as far as possible,' under j I this first call for volunteers, yet iu | i Stat ea whore thoro aro uo National | 1 Guards, or whoro tho number falls bo- j . low tho quota llxod in iho call, tho I I Stntos will bo oxpectcd to supply tho I \olun toois regard I one of Iheu lack of I organization. J u faot, tins' must bo ! dono under tho law. j On tho basis of this call for 125,000 men, the various Status and Territories, j including tho District of Columbia, will j bo called upon to supply each tho fol I lowing number of volunteers: SAlabnuin 2, 000 ; Arkansas 2,025 ;Califor j ma 2.238; Colorado l,2i?8; Connecticut ; 1,UU7; Dclawaro 841; 1'lorida 750; Goor i giw\3, 174; idnfio 232; Illinois 0,009; In* ^ diupa 4,1102; Iowa 8, 772; Kansas 2,778; \Ko/itucky <1, 10 7;ljouiaiity&tt 1,040; Muine jV/50; Maryland l,042i Massachusetts j 4,721; Michigan 2,o08;/Miuuesota2,847; ! Mississippi 2, 257; Miniouri 0,411 ; Mou ! tana 524; Nebraska l.tOO; Nevada 188; | Now Hampshiro 752; 1|d\v York 12,018; [North Carolina 2,584 North Dakota I 401; Ohio 7,234; Oregon 820; Pennsyl vania 10,700; Ithodo island 710; South Dakota 1,830; South Caroliua 747; Ten uesseo 8,060; Texas 4,220; Utah 423; Vermont 024; Virginia 2,9)8; Washing* ton 1,178; West Virginia 1,889; Wiscoa* sin 3;274; Wyoming 231; Arizona 181; District of Columbia 44'.) ; Now Meiioo 830; Oklahoma 143. Cyclone In Georgia. Specials to tho Macon (Oa. ) Tele graph from towns injjoutli west Georgia say: A terrillo cyclone swoft over Mitchell county on the afternoon of th? 23d, demolishing residences and out houses, destroying growing crops, and blowing down tce?fs and hurting sev eral people. Property in adjoiuiftg > counties was damaged, but nobody was j seriously hurt. CAMriNG GROUNDS IN CHICKAMAUOA TOR UNITED STATES TROOrS. ' Secretary Sherman lteslgoi. A Washington special of the 33 d says Secretary of State John Sherman resign ed today and Judgo Day, Assistant Secretary of State succeeds him. It is also rumored that Secretary of War Al ger will resign and be succeeded by liieutenaut-doneral John M. Scofleld. \) Bits of WitrNo&s. The govornor baa ordered out tho militia of Nebraska. Hawaii has been seized by the Uni ted States for a ooaHng station. ? The German press oondemns the United Statea. All the pepera-prjuee Spain. t ltta estimated that from 49.000 to 60, - 000 men Mt^sder arms tn Havana piifrer. r - Havana grocer | have pledged them selves not to raise prioes owing to the uneKoected scarcity of food. The United States squadron, which haa beenai Hon* Kong, baa alerted to make anatteck on the Phjllipine Talanda. * ?All lsvjftn aai pfttftiilftial North Carolina Stands Iteady. | Governor Russell, of North Carotin*, ; bas telegraphed tho President that I North Carolina not only stands ready ! to furnish its quota but if necessary | tho patrio^io oitizens will respond in excess of'the number th& State isrez | pected to furnish. ' " '""7.*' 7 II ? Congress Formally Declares War Between THE UNITED STATES-AN# "SPAIN -Jena _ ? f~~^y States fulled I'pon Their Quota of Volu u t oers Sliniti.ui'it Kftdguu tion Sout ln?? Roosevelt t<> Invnito Cnbu at the liead of a Keuliiieat. Washington, April SJ "?, (Spooinl. ) ? Conjo'oba to iluy formally declared war to oxint botweou tho United tttuton ami fSpnin ; tho Houuto paenod tho uuvul ap propriation bill, oarryiug large amouuta of money for improvement* of the nen flouting arm of tho norvico; tho Hull army reorganization bill wuh pitted by tho ?Sonuto and goou to tho I'ro/ntlenl; Secretary Sherman resigned and i;? suc ceeded by .1 udgo l>tty, and the latter by Joliu B. Mooro, of Now York, an an* kuowledged authority on intornutiouitl law, and tho War Mopartment culled on tho Hovornl Htatos for thoir quotas to the voluutuer army of tho United Stuteu. Tho Mo.ssaRP to Congress. Tbo Trosidont eont tho following message io Congress: To tho Senato and Ilouso of llopreson tativooi of tho United tStulen of Amot - ion : 1 trausmit to tho Coligroas for it? consideration aud apm'opiato uctiou copies of correspondence recently had witU tho roproHontativoa .of Spain iri tho United v$tntea, with tho United States miniate* at Madrid and through tho latter witn the government of Spaiu, showing the action taken under tho joint roHolution approved April 20th, 180&?"for the recognition of the indopondonco of tho pooplo of Cuhns, demanding that the government of Spain relinquish its authority and gov ernment in tho i?dand of Cuba and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and. Cnbnu watorB, and di recting the 'President of the United Slates to uro tho land and naval forces of tho Unitod htutea to carry those res olutions iuti^fVeot." Upon coi^Bkuication to (ho Spanish mimntor in^^^ishington the demand which it becamo the duty of tho Exec utive to address to, tho government of Spain in obodionco/to said resolution, the minister asked/for his passports and withdrew. The U nited States ni mister at Madriil was notifiod by the .Spanish Minister Tor Foreign A flairs that the -withdrawal of the Spaniah ropro(>ontn tive in the United States had terminated diplomatic relaftoua between the two countries and that all communications between their ? respective countriea ceased therewith. 1 commend to your especial attention tho noto nd drossed to the "United States min ister ut Madrid by tho Spauish Minister for For ig a. Affairs, on the 24?t instant, whereby tho foregoiug notification was couveyed. It will be perceived therefrom that tho Koveru went of Spain, having cognizance of the joint resolution of the United Statea CougresB, in view of the thiuga which the President wa8 thoroby re quired and authorized to do, responds by treating tho reasonable demands of this government as measures of hostil ity, following with that inatant and complete aeveranoo of relations by its action^v^blch by the usage of natiouft, accoinpatiicH an existent state of war between Bovoreign powois. The position of Spain being thus mado known and tho demands of the United States boing denied, wtth a com plete rnpturo of iutorcour?o by the act of Spain, I have been constrained in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the joint resolu tion aforesaid, to proclaim, under date of April 22, 1893, a Moekado of cer tain ports of tho north coast of Cuba, lying botwoen Cardenas and ltahia Honda, aud of tho port of Ctenfnegos, on tho south coast of Cuba; aud, fur ther, in exercise of my constitutional powers and using tho authority confer red upon mo by tho uct of Congress approved April 22, 1808, to tnsue my proclamation dated April 28, 1808, call? Ing for the volunteers in order to car ry into effect the said resolution of April 20, 1808. Copies of there procla mations are hereto appended. In viow of tho measures bo taken, and with a view to tho adoption of" auch measures aa may be necessary to enable me to carry out the express cd will of the Congress of the United States, in tho premises, I now recom mend to your iionorablo body tlio adop tion of a joint resolution declaring that a Btatwof war exista betwoen the UnK ted Statea of America and tho King dom of Spain, and I urge speedy ac tion thereon tp the end tLat the defln ing international status of tho United State* as ? belligerent power mar be made known. And the assertion of all its rights and the maintenance of~sn its duties in the conduct of a public war may be aeeured. - .. William McKiaLR*. Executive Mansion, Washington, April - *b? Pieaidwnt'a meware w**-mceom~ SET*1*** - ? - - ~ THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. ? The South, Asheville, N. O. , is jo ported to have one or two canes of emallpox. Tho Manon* iii Oeorgin will aid lh# *Tttipviutf iiiomboiM of their order ia Cubu. 1'iro do?lroyed tho rotary liQuae be longing t<> tho 1 ai or di i i 1 m of Ryater & . Sou ut llulltown, Vn. A tomato near Atlanta, Tex , killed Mr. and Mrs, Jackaou aud JoUi) Mo I>afflo. t\ud injured many pov?oiv?. Tho Supremo Court of Appeals of W'ost Virginia haa decided a ci\so iuvolviug tho titlo to ft large tract of roal land, valuod nt fti.Auo.uut). j 'the Alabama Pemocrntio Stnto oon voution, which mot nt Montgomery on tho SOvh, re-nominated by acclamation Ooveruor Johnston. Treasurer Kllia and state Auditor White. For Chief Justico Jtulg.i MoCIollan was r.orni noted, mid >r. It. T.vhou and II. A.Sharp vero u timed for HBooointo justices. It. 1* MolJuvid wus hUcoosKful for Heore tury of State. The convention will en dorse the Chicago platform. Our Country, (tight or Wroug Tlio Jeftersou JDaviti memorial window was uuvoiled ou tho 1 7th at Itichmond; Vn. , in Kt. Paul's cathedral, the church Mr. Davis attended while president of tho Confederacy. There was nu iui moiiHb crowd present, Tho service was vary simple, tliu sermon boiug preached by He v. i)r, William Dome, of JUalti tnoro. Mrs. J>nviH, hor granddaughter, iUiMi Hays, and Consul General Lea Dud family, ncoompaniod by Miss Cisuerou, attended tho coremouios. A special to (ho Charlotte (N. O. ) Observer from Beaufort, via Newport, nays: Tho govornhienjt liaa let out a contract hero to put np n telephone iina f.om hero to Capo Lookout lif^L^S?iwg slut ion and light house, twenty miles distant. There will ho a line from Cape Lookout to Portsmouth station, and from there to Oeracoko. and thonce to lluttorus to conucct with tho telegraph lino that goos to Norfolk. Oulv about forty men uro working at Fort Maeon, and tho work is progressing slowly. Peoplo hero R'ol that discrimination Iff being made, as our harbor has practi cal! no defence. (f ^ '? Slldoollnueoust '' Yachts of American millionaires'uow In tho Mediterranean aro said to be in mueh danger from ho?tile warships. Tho United States minister at Athene ban received many application^ from Greeks to onlist i n tho AmerioanrAttfijr., News from London Bays Gladstone is rapidly sinking. His. family has been summoned to Hawarden. The Spanish officers at Havana, Cuba, aro drilling every man th#y can press into service. Havana, -eays a British - sen captain, will give our soldiers all tho lighting they want whon they land. ; Tho Sugar trust has advanced prices of refined sugar ono-sixtoonth to OM eighth of a cent a pound, according to grade. August C. Wllber, treasurer of San Frnncisco, has been arrested, charged with e in be z z\ I n g ff 1 00,000. Tho Inter-State Corfftfcrcd' Commis* sion holds that thi?*i>HHs*tiger rates on tho Charlbston aud tfavannah Kailroad, in South Carolina, aro not unlawful. ... Reports having been published that Secretary Alger intended to resign from tho Cabinet, on accouut of ill health, it can bo Htatod after inquiry of the Hooretary hlnuoif, that there is no foundation whatovur for them. Fugitive* from Guchuntjmo, province of SuutiagodeCuba, say Spanish troops are concentrating in tho principal see- l coast towns and laying waste by Are interior 'towns aud plau tot ions, ' Jteie feared that tho devastation will be complete before 4he A?n*r*cans can oo cupy that territory. Tho public /4&bt of Cuba at tho ittd. of 1807 was $523,000,000, most of which was contacted not for the benefit of CuhejHbut for the bonefifof Spain. Ibe next .general conference of the boani-of bishops and general officers of the African Methodist Episoopal Ziod Church of the United States and Cob* ad a will be held in Waahingtojii^ 1900. for to Rico pays faxes toSpXGa this yeaP amounting to $4,874,874, Of wbiefc only 8010,000 is spent for the benefit of tho nati.ye population ? M: -* - .1 . : Wa?t)tnffton. Tbo Anti-i'iloon L>?ague, of Willi ingtou. D. C., roporta great activity Im it* work. ; ? JJoxtiu Crania, o*-clucl.?f tko Colom bia Fire De pertinent, Washington, P. -43U committed ituicide by ?booing. lator Edward C. WnltMll, of : CHro, in Wnahlngtxm, gath?J <}?*tb wsB-wrtywexpwtedrti* reaeen for mvwm! 4 nod

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