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Minister Woodford Pre? pares to Leave Madrid. SHIPS ORDERED TO BE BEADY FOB ACTION. Madrid. April 1.-The demands of tire United Sutes have been evaded and tba answer of the Spanish, govern? ment is entirely unsatisfactory. . War is rite only outcome of the pre? sent crisis. Minister Woodford is pre? paring to leave Spain at once. * STILL DEMANDING CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Washington April ?.-The Senate foreign retal?eos committee has been asked by the Senate to report immedi? ately the bill recognising Cubau inde? pendence, bat tb? matter goes over. The President's ni H m at um is aex ioas'y awaited. A London steamer which arrived this morning report? having sighted Spanish fleet sooth of ih? Canaries en route to Coba. BESS Spate Attempts to Sidetrack Main leane-No Ultima tam Yet. Wssfaigton, March 31.-Speaking of Spam's reply received to-night The Poet to morrow will say : .'It is not what the President, hop? ing for the best had expected. It is. at most, a vague and unsatisfactory Bot? from Minister Woodford, devot? ing more space to his -impressions of j ?bat the Spanish government will' : ?od will sot do than a formal expr?s ?ion from the Spanish ministry of its own position. "Spain does not accede to the American demands. Neither does ' she positively and finally reject them. , Hie question is still left open for fu <are negotiations. According to the traditional policy of Spanish diplo ; ?*cy, more delay is required and mach evasion is manifested. One ?of the reasons for asking farther time is lae fact that the ministry cannot act Ew??hont the ratification of the cortes, which ia not now in session. Coun? ter proposition? are also suggested, rather than plainly stated, which look ; to the sidetracking of the main issue, which is the immediate and com plete independence of the island o? !r?aba .*It ie now a question with the {t Resident whether he will continue to treat with Spain along the linea suggested I? the dispatch and grant g^fce additional time which is required. .".No message will be sent to con? gress to-day. The reply of the Span? ish government will be considered at toe meeiieg of toe cabinet this mom mg. and then it will be decided whether aa ultimatum will be seat to *Up to this time no ultimatum, in the diplomatic sense of the word, bas been forwarded. If sent, it will mean that Spain moat within 24 hours, an ?wer specifically as to the demands ?ade by the United States Io the ?rent pf a failure tn answer, or posi tire rejection of the American propo? sitions, the President will suggest to congress the advisability of recogniz fog the independence of Coba sod enforcing that recogniton by a mili tory demonstration Thia will be practically a declarion of war, al? though it will not go literally to that .xteot." Ships Stripped o? Woodwork -Torpedo Boats on Patrol Duty. Key West, March 31 -Every prc ps? is ion f<r actioo w s taken by war? ship* t)day AU woodwark Was ?tripped off exposed spots and neut ashore The wood pilot bea??s on the stainers were taken dow?. To a oer . taio extent interter woodwork wt?' attn removed and tent ashore Eren ?he tailors wooden boxes were removed from some cf the ship* These precautions hive been ado pu td to prevent, so far as possible; the ?aogtr of flying splinters io ease of action The cfSaers sent their persona] valuables and belongings io be stored ?M> ?bor? Toe Castine sod two torpedo boats left their anchorages after dark aod steamed southward where they will patrol doriog ?be oigbt This precao ims was ordered by Capt. Sampson to? day He ia particularly asziooa to watch closeiy the Habaos en trance to this harbor aod also to afford addi? tional safety for the Iowa, indiana aod New York, which lie unprotected ?ix miles oat. The naval station officials have re? ceived orders to overhaul their s>arioe engineering stock so that it eooid be osed instantly io ease of emergency. Torpedo boat? not engaged io patroli? ng to-night made another attack on the battleships, bot alf these measures were guarded with the greatest se cr e. ?y. The establishment of a patrol is eonsidsred by the few who koow of it as most significant. The entire fleet i g oo w io readiness to move at 15 min? ?les notice. The gunboat Annapolis bas left for ?rcoklyn. The five bodies from the Maine wreck broogbt here last oight were buried to-day with the usual sim? ple ceremony aod with oat incident. A o important consultation was held this morning between Capt. Sampson aod the other chief officers of the fleet OB hoard the flagship New York. A STORMY DAY IN CONGRESS. House and Galleries Boused : . % _ to a Great Excitement. Washington, March 31.-For three* honre the packed galleries and the excited members of the House' hs tened to a passionate outburst of ora? tory on tbe Coban question, dnring which the intensity of feeling was alternately manifested by cheers, jeers sod hisses Time sad again the excited throngs in the galleries were admonished to be silent: At one time, at least, it seemed as if a motion would be made to clear the galleries. The three speeches which stirred the assemblage to ita depths were made by Mr Grosvenor, of Ohio, who it was assumed spoke for the Administration and who practi? cally pledged it to the eau se of free Coba ; Mr Bailey, of Texas, the1 Democratic leader, who announced the Democratic position as for Coba without war, if it could be avoided, bot with war if necessary, and Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, who spoke for peace, declaring that ii was our doty to go to the extreme in magnanimity to avoid the horrors of war. SHALL CUBA BUY HER FREE? DOM ? Mr Lewis, a Democrat from Wash? ington, provoked the speech of Mr Johnson, which aroused the mern bera and the galleries to the fever pitch of excitement Mr Lewis bsd denounced the proposition that Coba purchase her freedom from Spain, which u was alleged the Administra? tion was fostering. Then ri was that Mr. Johnson in a brilliant speech plead fer peace. He faced the storm of hisses which swept down opon him from the galleries like a Spartan, and with passionate utter mee ad? jured the members to pause before they plunged the country into war, the evils of which would follow after io endless train.* The House has had before illustrations of Mr. Johnson's fearlessness, bot none so striking as to day, wheo he espoused the un? popular cause and pleaded to let di plomacy have its way. At the same time be g?ve it as his opinion thst if so ultimatum had been sent to Spain it meant war, as Spain's pride would not permit* ber to. humiliate herself before the world He eulogized ev? ery influence that made for peace and declared Ms belief that the Coban Jonta would agree to pay $100.00.0. 000 for tbe independence of tbe isl? and BAILEY'S FiERY SPEECH. Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader, replied to Mr Johnson "I know," said he, "the standing of the gentleman from Indiana in the councils of his own party sod be? fore the country well enough to know that what he has spoken hss been spoken with deliberation, and that it is entitled to be considered almost ss authoritative When be says that the President is trying to compose the misunderstanding between this nation snd the Spanish Government, upon a basis which will compel the island of Cuba to boy its liberty from the botchers of Spain, we are justified io supposing that it is for that par pose the House has been deoied the opportunity te vote on a resolution which declares thst the Ceban pat? riots have fairly won their independ? ence. ( Applause on the Democratic side ) I believed yesterday, I know to day, that the policy of tba* side of the Hoose was to delay a decision of this question in the hope that the rich and powerful interests of this snd . other nations will compel the struggling patriots of Cuba to buy the freedom that they have fait ly won with their courage and by their Bwords (Applause on the Dem? ocratic sides) I owe the Re? publican party no kindly of ces, bot I will venture to warn it thal if its leaders agree and the Re? publican party sanctions the agree? ment to compel any people auder God's son to bay that liberty which God has given to them, that party will never sarvive long enough to es? cape the odium wbich will be fas? tened upon it by the outraged senti? ment of the American people. (Ap? plause on the Democratic side ) LIBERTY NOT PURCHASEABLE. "Mr Chairman, liberty is not a purchasable commodity (Renew? ed applause ) There was a time in this Repoblie when no man in high station would have suggested that ons nation would sell it. or that an? other should be compelled to buy it. (Applause from the Democrats ) It is a birthright of man ; and it is their duty to assert it, though war be neces? sary to its assertion. (Prolonged ap? plause from the Democrats ) "lam, myself, Mr. Chairman, as averse to war as any gentleman. On this side twice during tbe present session we have walked up to the altar and made a willing sacrifice of our political advancement We know, and you know, that a war will be to the advantage of tbe party in power ; and you, knowing it, will still know it no better than we do. Yet, with a knowledge that we are pursuing a policy to the advantage of our political opponents and to tbe in* jory of ourselves, you must admit that we did all you asked us to do DEMOCRATIC UN8ELFISHNI "Ia all the history of this Repe no party has ever ioted more patr e*Hy or more uoselfiibly than the E ooratio party has acted during crisis. (Applause from the De oratB.) There wai a time when threatened ?ar ceo ld have been at ed. Six months ago if yon had don ire urged yon to do, if yon bad rei oized tbe rights of these struggl patriots to fight for indepeodeoee. would have been averted and Cn would to-day he an established fact tbe history of the world. (Appia on the Democratic side.) A Member: "And the baillee Maine, with ail the accompanying li of American seamen, would not b been sacrificed.'' Mr. Bailey, continuing : "And t unfortunate disaster which has bo fied humanity and humiliated American citizenship would never b occurred. You refused to act and progress of events bas simply int?] fied the situation The longer 3 postpone doiog right-the longer 3 postpone action-the more certaio it that ivar, and war alone, will extric yon. In trying to allow Spaio to co plete ber reconquest of Cuba you ht made it absolutely necessary that jj shall ?Dtarvene io the oause of fr dom. There may be time still to av a war CUBA CAN WIN HER FREEDO ''Within tbe last forty eight honrs representativo of the Cuban Repub has said to me that they did not desi 03 to engage io war with Spain, that ; they ask is that we recognize their i dependence, to gi;ve them the cree and standing to which they are eo ti ti arnon j the nations of the earth, ai with their own strong arms and 0? brave hearts tbey will achieve their i independence. "A representative of the Cubao R public said to me with great fran kee aod feeling : 'We do not seek toil volve the United States io war wii Spaio It if onoeoessary. Give os recognition of our independence 1 that we can obtain arms sud beav artillery, and io thirty days we will pi an amy of a hundred thousand Cuba patrio s in tbs field, and in thiry daj more r.he flags of Spain will be trailio io the dost of Cuba.' (Applause 0 the Democratic side ) t b at is tbei spirit Why do we not meet them i it ? War ! you invite it with ?ll its bot rora. I know the horrors at well 8 the gentleman from io diana, (Johnson I witnessed its desilatioa My fatbe and my kinsmeo came back from <b battlefields rendered historic by sh* courage of tbo?e who wore the blue a well as those wbt> wore the grey When they turned from Appomattox where they bad left everything exeep their honor, they came back and ot every band they witnessed the bor rora and desolatioos of war. Wfier< fhey had left a happy home, they foonc masses of charred and blackened rains WE DO NOT WANT WAR. "We have twice offered yoo the op? portunity to avoid it. But, Mr. Chair maa, we might as well be frank. If ii takes a war to free the island of Cuba my voioe is, tod the voice of those with whom I have the honor to act ie, 'Cubs ree. withoat war if possible. Cuba free, with a war if necessary(Prolonged applause from the Democrats ) THE OFFER TO BUY DECLINED. Mr. Grosvenor, Republioao, of Ohio, whose utterances are given great weight owing to hts close friendship with tbe Administration, answered Mr Bailey. **I rise," he said, "to point oat one or two absurd statements constantly re? peated in the newspapers and which found 11a echo in tbe voice of the gentle? man from Tezss. Fie warns this House that if the Presiden 1; attempts to force tbe Cubans to boy their freedom bell will break loose io about fifteen seconds on the Democratic fiide Nobody pro poses to force Cuba to buy ber inde? pendence, lt is like a tale told by the of idio 8, foll of sound aod fury and full oothioj;. There is no snob proposition by, to, or from the Administration, and the whole id e prattle of this character in the newspapers has been ja*t so muob folly and nonsense, sod yet a statesman, kader of a great division noon this fl ?<ir. .'i*?* ?rd soler warns tb- Republican side of Rouse tho- if the Prenden? drives ( to buy J:er independence th?y go to v?rk to prevmt at. Nohody attempted it. Jit is an idle dreaa the newspapers." The President and Congr< Every hour of to day ia freigl with words and weighty with dc of tremendous import. The crisi upon us The future looms im nent, holding behind its veil, at to be withdrawn, the revelatim peace or war And behind that ternative there is known to be certainty-the freedom of Cuba Amid the storm clouds thaf. w through the Capitol, that encircle executive mansion and that h thrown their shadows of doubt J gloom over the perplexed and an? nation, President McKinley stat calm, but active, a figure heroic, a statue, but a living, moving, sa ci?os statesman Hin far seeing < i not only commands the day and j hour, but penetrates the months ? ! the years to come He realizes ti his responsibility is not only of day, but of many to-morrows W comprehension as wide as it ia ke< he waives? the passions of the n ment and he measures, with Io perspective, the coming1 position a obligations in history of the nati to whose honor and weal be is t consecrated servant. With cabl pulsing every moment between t shores of the United Skates and Spai with a Congress and a people indi nant at demonstrated Spanish treac ery. with the Senate chamber ringii with the words of his friend, the ii petaous Mason, "there can be t peace while Europeans own ai butcher their slaves on the same eo tinent where our flatf floats," wi hysterical newspapers publishing i flammatory misinformation, the Pre ident maintains unshaken his fir purpose to restore permanent peat in Cuba and to avert, if the stupid ii of Spain will permit, the calamity a greater war Lvt no one imagine, in these hom of excitement, that the President striving for any peace l:hat is not sane tified with honor. Let every on remember our strength and greatnet and recall tbe wisdom of continue dignity and forbearance toward rotten monarchy fast moving to it doom and a nation condemned by it own corruption to repentance in sac cloths Let every one have pru found faith that the Chief Execntivi will both uphold honor and con fe npon Coba ita blood bought freedom Peace or war now rests with Mad rid, not with Waehington Sagast has made bis propositions ; they havi been countered with the insistent de claration that no conditions can hi accepted unless they include immedi ate end of the atrocities in Cuba immediate succor to the atarviug thousand?, immediate release, fron the dreadful "prison pena'* of thc reconcentrados All Ibis must mear ultimate Cuban independence. If all this can be accomplished without war, President McKinley will csp his se ries of peaceful victories over Spam with a glorious climax that will make bim preeminent among the command ing figures of the world's most illus trous -century. At such a crisis, Congress will fail to represent the people if by yielding to tempestuous passion it mars this glorious consnm mation -N Y Mail s>nd Express BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the world for Cut? Bruioeae, Sons, Ulcers.Salt Rheum. Fever, Sore Tetter, Chapped Hand:', Chilblains. Corn? and all Skin Eruptions, and posi?vely care I Pilot or no pay required, lt is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or oouey rounded price 25 c^Dt* per box. For sale by Dr J P W L>?LortDA. Clarksville, Toon. Mano 29 - Three terrific explosions occured at she Sycamore Powder Mills to-day, fatally injuring four emplyres. .lohn Morrl?, Joseph Fixer, Pearly Fells and James Cullom The explosions were felt for a radoius of fifty mile? 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