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