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were employed on a derrick 100 feet high, which was used in putting the heavy pieces in position. The booiri pole of the derrick slipped and the men were plunged headlong to the ground. Prince and Sul­ livan alighted on a pile of brick and were an Insurance of about '§450,000. The concern employed about J^pO men. The employes of Parkhill mills at Fitch- burg, Mass., arc out on strike, refusing to accept; the cut in their wages. The strik­ ers went to the mills, started up their | from the White House. The ace lie wa« memorable as the eye swept the banked galleries and tie animated group of mem­ bers on the floor below, but there was less hubbub and evidence of excitement than there was Wednesday. In subdued tones everybody was discussing the latest phase of the situation. The general public, as manifested by the spirit of the galleries, seemed in favor of brushing aside the lat­ est offer of Spain, and this feeling was reflected by some members orf the floor, but the conservatives circulating here and there were counseling calmness and pa­ tience. There was an anxious hush of expect­ ancy in the crowded galleries when the THE PLAINDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. INTERVENTION RESOLUTIONS PASSED WITH A RUSH. ILLINOIS MCHENRY. Cuban Question Intrusted to Its Patriotic Care. They Demand Immediate Interven­ tion--President Directed to Use the Army, Navy and Vdlnnteera to Carry Decision of Congress Into Effect P0RT0 RICO REBELS. SPANISH AUTONOMY NOT AN ENTIRE SUCbESS. iRioting and Several Fatal Fichts Fol- i low the Flections, and an Internal Revolution Is Feared--Fatal Nitro­ glycerine Kxplosioil inWest Virginia. ---f Trouble in Porto Rico. According to advices from Porto Rico, the unrest of the island continues. Public order is not preserved, business is at. a •complete standstill and nil internal'revo­ lution is feared. Arrivals from Sail Juan report that street fights and-serious riot- Ling followed the election. The polls were j-aided aiid the,military finally intervened, killing two and wounding twenty. At <Caye 200 political arrests were made, in­ cluding well-known newspaper men. The resignations from the political cabinet of „ three autonomists have not been accepted. 'There have been demonstrations also at •San Juan, where the .police "by active measures have restored order, but there is no confidence in autonomy, and election frauds have been freely charged. The activity in improving the fortifications at San Juan continues. The American oil refinery there is under the protection of the Spanish troops. At last advices the .Yizeaya and the Almirante Oquendo were still at San Juan. Killed by Nitroglycerine. A terrific explosion took place at a mag- -aizne containing nitroglycerin on W het- etone creek, southwest of the Minnington <*Y. Va.f oil field. Otis Sykes and Daniel iRice, teamsters, were killed outright and !Edward Vincent, pumper, was probably Jfatally injured. They were all employed [by the Hartman Oil Company. The team­ sters, Sykes and Rice, had just arrived with two wagons loaded with the explo­ sive and had backed their wagons up to the magazine houses, when from some un­ known cause the whofe lot of it let go. The wreck caused by the explosion was terrible. NEWS NUGGETS. looms, and, after running them a few minutes, left the mills and proceeded to the upper common, where a mass meeting was held. The mills are three ic number and give employment to about 1,100 hands at present, more than is employed by any other one concern in the city. To be forced to shut down at this time will mean a great loss to the city. The opera­ tives claim that the new schedule of' wages offered by the mill management was equal to a cut of 2S per cent of their salaries. David B. Landis, president of the Con- estoga National Bank of Lancaster, Pa., was shot anil killed by Ralph W. Wire- back. The tragedy resulted from an effort of Landis to dispossess Wireback. who rented a house from Landis last year, with the privilege of renewing the lease if the house was not sold. Landis, however, sold the house before Jan. 1 and notified Wireback. who maintained that lie had the privilege of re-renting and positively refused to vacate. Proceedings were be­ gun to dispossess him. but he had pre­ pared himself by sending his family away and nailing, shut the doors and windows and otherwise barricading- the entrance. Two constables attempted to eject him, but Wirebackl took refuge1 in the garrets He asked for a conference, and requested that the constable sepd for Mr. Landis. His request was complied with. Mr. Landis came over to the house and, ac-. companied by the two constables, started upstairs to see Wireback. He had not ascended more than two steps of the gar­ ret stairs when a terrific report was heard and Landis fell back into Constable Graef's arms, the top of his head having been blo^yn off. Wireback on the advice of his counsel gave himself up. WESTERN. Morgan Bohannon. deputy sheriff, was ambushed, shot and killed at Bagdad, iKy. A car load of dynamite, to be used in mining the harbor of Galveston, has pass­ ed through Austin, Texas. The quartermaster general of the army lias been instructed to purchase 1.000 anules for transportation purposes. Henry B. Pierce, secretary of the Com- tmonwealth of Massachusetts for sixteen iyears, died at his home in Abington. The government has taken Senator iHenry Cabot Lodge's handsome residence int Nahant, Mass., for a signal station. Walter Richmond, a Fort Worth cattle jdealer, lost §5,000 at St. Joseph, Mo. Some one picked it up and is saying noth­ ing. The plant of the Dresden Hosiery Com- jpany at Dresden. Ohio, was entirely de­ stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $30,- <000. The base-ball season of the National 'League opened Friday, with the Western clubs playing in the Eastern and South­ ern cities. May wheat sold at $1.11^6 the other <lay. This is the highest price paid in Chicago for any future since the early part of 1892. Lieutenant Wilcox of the First infan­ try, California, has gone to Fortress Mon­ roe, where he will have charge of the tor­ pedo station; The British bark Will Seott was towed into San Francisco, badly damaged by a hurricane. She was bound from Hiogo for Paget Sound. All of the guns ordered in England by the United States have been shipped, so that no matter what comes the neutrality laws cannot be applied. Fire at Botkins, Ohio, destroyed a large amount of lumber and Allen's stave fac­ tory, owned by Clark «fc Son of Erie. Pa. The loss is $22,000, with no insurance. The Exposition Hotel Company has "been organized in Omaha, Neb., for tin- purpose of erecting a mammoth hotel for the accommodation of exposition visitors. At Canton, Ohio, an allotment has been made of 7,500 acres of land, which be­ longed to the Zoar Separatist Society. Each of the members received property to the value of $12,000. » The land is the "best in that section. Two thousand acres is of timber of great value. The Grasser & Brand Company's brew­ ery and its adjoining stables at Toledo, Ohio, were damaged by fire to an extent approximating $30,000. Fourteen fine draft horses were also burned. The loss is fully covered by insurance. The fire was evidently of an incendiary origin. The Madrid correspondent of the Lon­ don Morning Post says that the queen re­ gent has informed the members of her court that it is her intention to abdicate immediately if the cabinet takes any steps derogatory to Spain's honor and dignity. The queen regent heads the national navy fund with a donation of a million pesetas, and the Infanta Isabel contributes fifty thousand pesetas. A singular story of ingratitude is de­ veloped in the elopement of Mrs. George <S. Brown, wife of a captain of a river steamer, and Robert Goss, an ex-convict. When Goss' sentence expired two months ago. Captain Brown, confident of his in lioeence, resolved to assist him on his feet ugain. He took him to Vicksburg, Miss., made him an inmate of his own home', vouched for his respectability in society and became sponsor for him generally. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Frederick von Baum- bach to.be collector of internal revenue for the district of Minnesota. The Akron. Ohio, Salt Company has as­ signed. The company-i» incorporated for $80,000, and has made over $100,000 in salt wells and evaporating plants. Lia bilities are $30,000, Professor Charles Shields of the Prince ton Theological Seminary has been re ceived into the Episcopal Church. At Marietta, Ohio. Athens presbyter ordained Edward Marsden, a native < Hetlakahtla, Alaska. Lady Yarde-Buller was arrested on a charge of insanity, at Oakland, Cal. George W. Leeper, who cut his wife's throat at Milan. Mo., has-been captured. The United States Supreme Court has sustained the decision of the State court in the million dollar First National Bank stock case from Butte, Mont., by which Andrew ,T. Davis, one of the heirs of the Davis estate, comes into the possession of the First National Bank of Butte, val­ ued at fully $1,500,000. The Provident Trust Company at St. Faul, Minn., filed a deed of voluntary as­ signment, naming as assignee Edward Yanish. The deed sets forth that the oc­ casion for the assignment is a judgment for $10,292.50, obtained in an action brought by E. De F. Barnet, as assignee of the estate of R. C. Munger, The jolting of a car of dynamite while crossing the Dry Forks bridge caused a deafening explosion, the wrecking of the bridge and~the cars, and the instant death of three trainmen. The scene of the dis­ aster is sixty miles iron) Great Falls, Mont., on the Montana Central Railroad. A hole was torn in the earth 50 by 25 feet and 5 feet deep. The wreck caught fire and was consumed. At Miller. S. D., Henry Kolda, a farm­ er. was arrested on a charge of having started the prairie fire which recently de­ stroyed a large amount of property and live stock. The farmers are determined to put a stop to the fires, and will here- after prosecute all offenders. Another fire has been raging, and Ree Heights, a small town, was threatened with complete de­ struction. . O. M. Dean, editor of the Williams County Free Press at Williston, N. D„ shot and killed Hank Schufelt, who at­ tacked him when going from Griunell to his home. The exposure of cattle stealiug by a gang of rustlers is supposed to be the cause of the affray. Dean was assaulted once before at the same place and dragged with a lariat rope, but this time he was prepared for trouble and defended himself successfully. In a wreck on the Chicago and Erie Load near Lima, Ohio, one man was kill­ ed and four were injured. As the W'ells- Fargo fast express was pulling into Lima the train became unmanageable and dash­ ed past the depot at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The air brakes would not work. The local freight had just pulled into a siding around a curve west of the depot and the switch was open. A flagman heard the express whistling and ran ahead to Hag, but tlie train dashed into the sid­ ing and into the local engine. Destructive prairie fires swept over the southwestern portion of Beadle and east­ ern part of Hand counties, S. D. Losses will aggregate $10,000 to $15,000. Sev­ eral farmers lost their homes, buildings, machinery and stock. The town of W'es- sington had a narow escape. Charles Peck, M. Mosher and others lost their barns. The large dwelling, barns and cattle sheds on the Barden farm, near Wessington, were burned. The place was occupied by H. M. DeMott and fam- y, who barely escaped with their lives. The burned district covers many miles and the distress would have been much greater except for the rain, which begarr falling at sundown. Much live stock was burned and many people had narrow es­ capes. During a terrific windstorm prai­ rie fires destroyed the property and homes of twenty farmers in Spink County, en­ tailing a loss of more than $15,000. Re­ ports reach Valentine, Neb., of a terrible prairie fire that raged in the range coun­ try twenty miles northeast of that place. It is feared much damage was done, but nothing definite lias been received. There was much dry grass in the district and there had been no recent rains. instantly killed, both being terribly man gled, while Fredericks in his fall waB stopped by a guy rope for an instant, then fell again, being caught a short distance below, by a bolt in the framework, upon which he hung suspended for a second, then dropped to the ground. He was un­ conscious when picked up, and his life is despaired of. FOREIGN, News from the orient states jtliat by a serious fire at Tokio 1,111 houses were destroyed, resulting in death aud accidents to natives. The British ambassador in Paris, Sir Edmund Mousou, in behalf of Queen Vic­ toria, has presented President Faure with an oil-painted portrait of her majesty, spe­ cially executed at his request. Riotous demonstrations of threatening proportions, in favor of the army and against the Sagasta government, are re­ ported in the streets of "Madrid, and troops are held in readiness iu ease of emergency. / \ A dispatch to the London Daily Tele­ graph from Gibraltar says the Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon and Infanta Maria Teresa have left Cadiz for a desti­ nation undivulgcd, with six battalions, each 1,000 strong. Additional troops, the dispatch asserts, will leave Cadiz by the mail steamers during the next few days for Cuba. In an official note presented to the State Department at Washington, Senor Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish minister, preferred requests for peace in behalf of his govern­ ment. The note stated that the armistice offered Cuba was without conditions and contained assurances that the island would be granted home rule similar to that enjoyed by Canada. It also urged that a neutral inquiry be had into the Maine disaster, with the condition that both Spain and the United State^ agree to abide by the verdict. IN GENERAL EASTERN. The steamer Al-Ivi from Skaguay ar­ rived in Seattle, Wash., bringing a story of a slide which occurred on Chilkoot pass in which fifty persons perished. Thirty- one bodies have been recovered. The existence of a formidable conspir­ acy in the imperial palace at Pekin has been discovered, and the lives of some of the highest people in the empire are in danger. Progressive Mantc-hoos are indig­ nant at the virtual sale of China to Rus­ sia by the emperor's Chinese advisers. When a United States customs official at Montreal opened the door of a bonded freight car, bound from an Alabama point to Brunswick, Me., thirteen emaciated negroes crawled out. They had been without food or water for several days. Some of them had to be taken to the hos­ pital. The men were beating their way. Bradstreet's says: "A sensible quieting of demand for staple goods is perceptible in the various detailed trade reports coin­ ing to hand this week. At the East the drift of matters affecting our foreign rela­ tions has been such as to discourage new business, but this tendency has been con­ siderably accentuated by untimely ccld weather, which has checked the usual Easter demand to a considerable extent. Reports from the West are that the heavy rush of spring business is about over. Rather less activity is noted in most of the country's great staples. Cotton goods have moved fairly well. Wool is dull. The iron trade continues to report a large volume of business. A feature of trade at leading cities this week is the active business in bicycles in Chicago and New York, where sales are the largest on rec­ ord. Wheat shipments, including Hour, this week are slightly larger than those of last week, aud considerably in excess of last year, aggregating 3,773,72(5 bushels for that period, against 3,550,004 bushels last week. Corn exports have fallen off sharply, aggregating 3,557,000 bushels, against 4,507,000 bushels last week." The report of the Department of Agri­ culture at Washington lor April 1 makes the average condition of winter wheat 80 per cent, against 81.4 last April aud 77..1 on April 1, 1890. The leading winter wheat StHtes report averages as follows: Pennsylvania, 92; Ohio. 80; Michigan, 92; Indiana, 85; Illinois, 75; Missouri, 81; Kansas, 101; California, G2. The aver- nge^cmidition of winter rye is 92.1, against 88.9 on April 1, 1897, and 82.0 on tne corresponding date in 1S90. There are few sections of the country from which a very satisfactory report as to the condition of winter grain has not been received. The mortality of farm animals, both from exposure and from other causes, has been below that of the pre­ ceding winter. Of horses 2 per cent are reported as having died from disease, against 2.1 per cent the previous year; of cattle, a mortality of 1.3 per cent from winter exposure and of 3.3 per cent from all causes is reported, as against 1.0 per cent from exposure and 3.5 per cent from all causes the preceding winter; of sheep, the deaths from exposure amounted to 2.7 per cent, against 3.2 per cent the pre­ vious year, and to 5,3 per cent from all causes, against 5.5 per cent the previous year. While hog cholera has been more or less destructive, the total losses of swine have amounted only to 9.3 per cent against 14.4 per cent the preceding year. SOUTHERN. Radical Element Thinks Its Recommenda­ tions Are Too Mild. MAN! WOULD DECLARE WAR. Otheri Believe,McKinley Master of the Spanish Situation. - , * Chief Executive Leaves Matter with the National Legislature, and Says He Stands Ready to Fulfill the jMb^ ligations Imposed Upon Him by the Constitution--Failure to Demand In­ dependence of Cuba Is Disa ppointing to Some--Radical Republicans and Democrats Clamor for Immediate Action to Oust Spain--All Agree that Cuban War Must Stop. Washington correspondence: President McKinley sent his long-await­ ed Cuban message to Congress promptly at noon Monday. The message asks Congress to au­ thorize the President to take meas­ ures to secure termination of hos­ tilities in Cuba aud to secure the establishment of a stable govern­ ment there and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for those purposes. The President WJI.I.IAM R. BAY. Assistant Secretary of State. President's messenger appeared with tlio message. The reading of the message oc­ cupied nearly fifty minutes in the Senate, and when it was concluded the paper was referred to the Committee on Foreign Re­ lations. In the House the message was received with silence on the floor and in the galleries. W:hen the members saw Major Pruden at the door with the anx­ iously awaited communication from the President, further proceedings were sus­ pended by unanimous consent while its contents were read to the House. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY TO CONGRESS, THE PEOPLE, AND THE WO*LD. THE long trial has proved that the object for which Spain has waged the war cannnt be attained. The fire of insurrection may tlaine or smolder with varying seasons, but it has not been and it is plain It cannot he extinguished by present methods. The only hope of relief aud repose from a condition which cannot longer be endured is the enforced pacification of Cnbii ) f In the name of humanity, in the name of civiliza­ tion, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop. In view of these facts and these considerations, 1 ask tlie Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and speedy termination of hostilit ies between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, ami to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government callable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, Insuring peace and tranquility and the security of i ts citizens as well as our own, and to use the military and naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes. And in the interest of humanity and to aid in preserving the lives of the starving people of the island. I recommend that the distribution of food and supplies be con­ tinued and that an appropriation be made out of the public treasury to supplement the charity of the citizens. The Issue is now with the Congress. It . is a solemn responsibility. I have exhaust­ ed every effort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors. Pre­ pared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution aud the law, I await your action. 0 3 At Philadelphia, two children were suf­ focated in a fire iu'the dwelling house of George Dugan. " The extensive plant of the Penn Plate- Glass Company in North Irwin, Pa., is in complete ruin. Fire started near the new casting hall, caused by the blowing out of a gas converter. The flames spread with great rapidity from one build- iug to another, and in one hour nothing but smoldering ruins remained of the largest' arid most successful independent plate-glass works of the United States. The loss is estimated at $750,000, with United States Judge John B. Ilector is dead at Austin, Texas. Tennessee reports a heavy frost, which nearly ruined the fruit and berry crops. A special from Morton, Miss, reports that the business portion of the town was destroyed by fire. At Dandridge, Tenn., J. J. Bettis and son were arrested, charged with the mur­ der of Leauder Cox. 1 John T. Carter, who was to be hanged at Gainsboro, Tenn., for the murder of his brother, was granted a respite of thir­ ty days. A. B. Howard, former sheriff of Clay County, Ivy., and his son, Will, were waylaid and killed. A feud has been raging between th£ Philpots, Bakers, Campbells and Howards for the last year. Twenty m»u have been killed during that time. The most serious fire in the history of Mannington, the capital of the Marion County, W. Ya.. oil field, broke out in the new Commercial hotel. The flames were beyond control when discovered. The building, valued at $0,000, burned like tin­ der, and the fire soon spre&d in all direc­ tions. The total loss was about $50,000. Near McGhee Station, Tenn., John Mc- Ghee and his sou Joe shot and killed Henry and Ernest Howard and James Murrand and mortally wounded Tom Howard. The Howards Were brothers and sons-in-law of McGhee. The killing was the result of a family feud. The Mc- Ghees are prominent people and highly connected. A frightful accident occurred in Ben- wood, W. Ya.-, in which two men met their death autPoue was fatally injured. The Itiverside iron works is building a. large coke plant, and George Priuce, fames Sullivan and Edward Fredericks MARKET report:;, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.05 to $1.07; corn, No. 2. 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2. 25c to 20c; rye, No. 2. 51c to 52c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 10c; potatoes, common to choice, 50c to (>5c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 94c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00 wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.01; com. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00, to $4.00; sbeep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c. Detroit--Cattlo, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c io 31c; rye, 51c to 53c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to 99c: corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 28c; rye. No. 2, 51c to 53c; clover seed, $2.90 to $2.95. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 3, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 1, 51c to 52c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 44c; pork, mess, $9,50 to $10.00. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3:00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c. * ~ ' \ \ New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.5<v>; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.01 to $1.03; corn, No. 2, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs, Western, 10c to 11c. says the only hope of relief from a condition which can no longer be en­ dured is the enforced pacification of the island. The issue is now with Congress and he awaits its action, standing prepared to carry out every obligation imposed on him by the constitution. Spain's decree for a suspension of hostilities is submitted to Congress for just and careful at­ tention, with the observation that if the measure attains a successful re­ sult "then our aspirations as a peace-loving people will be realized. If it fails, it will be only another justification for our contemplated action." The Maine incident figures prominently in the message. The President argues that the wreck of the Maine in Havana harbor shows that Spain is not able to guarantee security to foreign vessels. Spain has disavowed any connection with that disaster and has offered to sub­ mit to arbitration all the differences which may arise from that affair. Undaunted by the disappointment of Wednesday, the multitude again besieged the capitol Monday morning before the doors were opened. Many camped out on the marble terraces all night and oth­ ers began streaming in through the dawn. But the thousands did not begin to arrive until about 9 o'clock. The day was dark and gloomy. The smoke liiiug heavy over the capitol and city and the Stars and Stripes above the dome and terrace clung limp and damp to their flagpoles. The experience of Wednesday, when thou­ sands who held tickets to the reserved galleries could not even get to the corri­ dors leading to the galleries, had resulted iu better arrangements, so far as the re- The message of the President was not received with enthusiasm in Congress. It would be a misrepresentation of the facts to say that it was. When read in the two houses the Senators and Repre­ sentatives listened with intense interest. They fully realized the gravity of the hour. Near the end of the reading some Representatives applauded one of the pas­ sages, and at. the conclusion the galleries aud members united in a demonstration. But, within half an hour after the reading of the document was concluded, everyone understood that dissatisfaction existed with the President's recommendations. Speaker Reed disposed e." the message by announcing that it was ordered printed and referred to the Committee on For­ eign Relations. Senators and Representatives did not hesitate to criticise the plan of the Presi­ dent to intervene. Many Congressmen think that the reco unendations are too mild. They favor armed intervention, but they want it t< occur at once. The message made converts to the radical ac­ tion proposed by Senator Foraker. Many favored going further than this and want­ ed to report a dec^iirfffton of war. It has been announced again and again that the President had repeatedly de­ manded the independence of Cuba from Spain, and it is pointed out that no refer­ ence to this most important of all points is made in the message. The Presi­ dent's silence on this subject is construed as an adinjjpsioifthat he has not made that demandJ$j>£t has been discussing auton- omy insfiM/r. The passage in the message in whicfPfhe Maine affair is considered is the one most freely criticised. None of the Congressmen hesitated to express their views on this phase of the matter and not a few were very outspoken. They claimed that what the country*demands is reparation for the insult to the flag and the murder of our citizens. They say that this is the wsue. Perhaps if the President had talked little more about the independence of Cuba the Congressmen would have been better satisfied with his recommendations. The conclusion of his message leaves the future policy of the Government for them to decide, and the President, after con­ fessing that lie has "exhausted every ef­ fort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors," adds "pre­ pared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the constitution and the law, I await your action." Congress is at lib­ erty to reject the message and the Presi­ dent's recommendations and go as far it likes toward war. CAPT. VII.I.AMir,. Commander of Spauish Torpedo Flotilla. Liberty for the Island. The American House of Representa­ tives on Wednesday declared for inter­ vention in Cuba. After one of the most exciting and memorable days iu its his­ tory, the House, by a vote of 322 to 19, adopted a resolution which nine-tenths of its members believed made war with Spain inevitable. By "nearly unanimous vote the President of the United States was authorized to intervene for the pur­ pose of securing a free Cuba. Thunder­ ous applause on both sides of the hail and in the galleries greeted the announcement of the result of this momentous roll call. . All the afternoon the House had been in a state of intense excitement, aud the day was marked by a number of sensa­ tional scenes. On account of internal ex­ plosions in the House the sergeant-at- arrns was twice. compelled to intervene with his mace to stop what bade fair to be a devastating War among the members. The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela­ tions late Tuesday afternoon agreed by unanimous vote on resolutions recognizing the right of the Cubans to independence and empowering the President to compel Spain to withdraw from the island. These resolutions are preceded by a stirring preamble which declares that the horrible condition of affairs which has prevailed for two years in the island of Cuba, so near to our borders, has shocked mankind, and is a disgrace to Christian civilization. It is further set forth that this condition of anarchy culminated in the destruction of a United States bat­ tleship and 200 of its officers and crew who were on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana. This state of affairs, it is said, can no longer be endured, and there­ fore, according to the facts set forth iu the President's message, in which Con­ gress was requested to act, the Senate committee adopts the resolutions which ire as follows: "Resolved, first--That the people of the Island of Cub;i nre. and of right ought to be. free aud independent. "Second--That the war Spain is waging against Cuba is so destructive of the com­ mercial and property interests of the Uni­ ted States, and so cruel, barbarous, and Inhuman In Its character, as to make it the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States hereby does demand, that she at once withdraw her land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. "Third--That the President of the Uni­ ted States be, aud he hereby is, author­ ized, empowered, and directed to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call Into the service of the United States the militia of the several States, to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect." The scene in the Senate chamber Wednesday when Senator Davis, chair­ man of the foreign relations committee, presented the resolution declaring Cuba free and independent was dramatic. The report came in much sooner than expected --immediately after the morning hour. The resolutions went to the limit of the pro-Cuban sentiment. The report ac­ companying the resolutions, which was also presented by Senator Davis, was a very thorough review of the entire situa­ tion. The reading of the report occupied for ty-seven minutes. Senator Hoar de­ manded that the resolution lie over under the rules until Thursday. The Vice Presi­ dent reserved his decision upon the point of order and recognized Senator Foraker, who yielded the floor to Senator Turpie. The latter presented the report of the mi­ nority of the committee on foreign rela­ tions, as follows: The undersigned members of the Com­ mittee on Foreign Relations cordially concur in the report made upon the Cu­ ban resolutions, but we favor the imme­ diate recognition of the republic of Cuba, as organized in that island, as a free, independent and sovereign power among the nations of the world. The minority report was signed by Sen ators Turpie, Mills, Daniel and Foraker. Conservative Senators showed a disposi­ tion io delay action on the resolutions by debate. Senator Davis said there was no disposition to unduly press the question, though it wtyuld be pressed as rapidly as possible. The chair decided Senator Hoar's point of order well taken. Two Reports in House. Late Tuesday night the Republican members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs agreed to report the fol­ lowing: The President is authorized, directed, and empowered to intervene at once to restore i>eace on the island of Cuba and secure to the people thereof a firm, stable, and Independent government of their own, and is authorized to use the army and navy forces of the United States to secure this end. The House committee on foreign affairs went into session about. 10:20 o'clock Wednesday morning. At 11:15 the com­ mittee took a recess until 1 o'clock. The Republicans were agreed and the recess was taken to allow the Democrats to con­ sult the leaders with the hope that unani­ mous action might be had. The Republican majority of the House foreign affairs committee at 1:30 Wednes­ day afternoon agreed to report a resolu­ tion in substance the same as that de­ cided upon Tuesday night. The Demo­ cratic members of the committee, how­ ever, agreed upon a resolution as u sub­ stitute for the majority report in which the recognition of the present Cuban gov­ ernment is demanded. At exactly 3 o'clock the Speaker recog­ nized Mr. Adams, acting chairman of the foreign affairs committee. He asked unanimous consent for the consideration of the resolutions which he submitted. Mr. Bailey objected to the consideration of the resolutions. Charges and counter­ charges were bandied across the floor. A fist light on the floor of the House almost followed. The Speaker ordered the ser- geant-at-arms to use the silver mace, the emblem of the House's authority. served galleries were concerned, and all holding tickets were accommodated. The multitude suffered, however. The space for the public was restricted and only comparatively few of the thousands who stood in the dense line ^tretchitig down stair and corridor to the basenient for hours were admitted. As on Wednesday, many women fainted in the crush and were carried out and others dropped out of the lines at last from fatigue and ex­ haustion. Prominent personages from a'.l over the Union were pointed out here and there. The diplomatic gallery was filled with members of the diplomatic corps, with their ladies, eager to see how Congress would receive the situation as left by diplomacy. The executive gallery, save for the first row of seats, was also filled ladies and gentlemen holding tickets News of Minor Note. John Montgomery was killed by an en­ gine in the Santa Fe yards at Lawrence, Ivan. It is said that a combination has been formed at Pittsburg. Pa., by big river coal operators to corner the Southern coal market in anticipation of war prices. A prominent naval officer at Key Wesi is reported to have said that, the ships there have orders to treat any Spanish ship approaching the harbor as hostile. At the annual Methodist conference in New York Bishop Hartzel, of Africa, predicted that Europe would bo fighting over the division of Africa within a year, A. W. Ti;tou, a young farmer, living near Belle Plaihe, Kan., was killed in an unusual manner. His windmill being out of order, he had gone up to fix it,, when a strong gust of wind set .the wheel to volviug, catching his coat and choking him to death. LEE IS LIONIZED. VTild Enthusiasm When the Consul General Keached Washington. The journey of Consul General Lee- from Key West ,to Washington was a continuous ovation. It was like the re­ turn of a victorious general from a hard- fought campaign. The people gathered by the thousands at the railway stations along his route, cheered him, embraced him, arid overwhelmed him with flowers. When the special train which carried him from Tampa to the capital pulled into- the Pennsylvania station at 2:15 p. m.,. Tuesday, there was a great crowd, num­ bering from 3,000 to 5,000 people, wait­ ing to see him and shout a welcome. There went up a wild shout from the people, and they crowded forward to greet him. As­ sistant Secretary Michael of the State- Department and Colonel R. I. Fleming, president of the Confederate Veterans' Association, were there to meet him, and he was hurrjed away in a carriage to tft\> State Department. The crowd rushed to the street and men on foot, on wheels, and in carriages followed the carriage of General Lee up Pennsylvania avenue, while the crowds on the street joined in. CON'SUI; GENERAL LEE. the enthusiastic welcome to him. It was not an organized movement, but the en­ thusiastic outpouring of the spirit of pa­ triotism looking for an idol. At the State Department there was an­ other large crowd, and the clerks in the big State, War and Navy buildings pour­ ed out into the corridors and upon the steps to add their voices to the cheering over the consul general. After a short conference with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day these two offi­ cials escorted General Lee to the White House. From the White House General Lee went to the Shorehain Hotel, and half an hour later slipped out unobserved, boarded a street car and rode to the capi­ tol, without being recognised until he en­ tered the Senate wing, where another crowd waited outside the room of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Believes Spaniards Guilty. Consul General Lee was before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for an hour. He talked freely with the Committee in regard to the conditions in Cuba, and especkilly, jwit V refprcxicc to the destruction of the Main.- ,He said that in his opinion there was no room to doubt that the destruction of the vessel was due to Spanish agencies. TELL OF WOE IN CUBA. Notes of Current Events. Apothecaries are wanted in the navy. Uncle Sam has use for some ou his war­ ships. A Baltimore tobacco importer alleges that the cigar manufacturers of Havana paid Gen. Weyler $120,000 in gold to pro­ hibit the shipment of Havana tobacco from the island. Benjamin Taylor, believed to be the oldest man in Texas, died at his home at Azel, Tarrant County. He was a native of South Carolina, and had lived in Texas forty-seven years. Charles A. Long, a well-known book­ maker, whose parents reside at Sedalia, Mo., but who has lived, in •'hieago for several years, died at Mot Springs, Ark., of consumption, nged 21) years. A system pf improvement of the publip highways has been "inaugurated in Pettis County, Mo. The County Court has or­ dered an election to vote upon a proposi­ tion to establish a six-mile road district, with Sedalia as the center. rrfre equal taxation committee of the St. Louis Single Tax League claims to have evidence that "more than $350,000,- 000 worth in actual cash value of real estate and franchises iu St. Louis goes Untaxed." Facts from Reports of United States Consuls on Spanish Brutality. On Jan. 8 of the present year Consul Lee reported: "The reconcentrado order of Gen. Weyler transformed 400,000 self- supporting people, principally women and children, into a multitude. Their homes were burned, their fields destroyed, and their live stock driven away or killed. I estimate that probably 200,000 of the rural population of the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana. Matanzas and Santa Clara have died of starvation. In some parts of the island I am told there is scarcely any food for soldiers and citi­ zens, and that even cats nre used for food, selling for 30 cents apiece." On Dec. 7 Consul Lee reported: "I see no effect of the governmental distribution to the reconeentrados. Reports from all parts of the province show 50 per cent have died, and most of these are women and children." In his letter of Nov. 23 Gen. Lee said: "If any young girl came in (to Los Fosos) who was nice looking she was infallibly condemned to the most abominable of traffics." On Nov. 27 Consul General Lee report­ ed: "In Los Fosos (the ditches), in Ha­ vana, 400 women and children were thrown on the ground heaped pell-mell as animals, some in a dying condition, others sick, others dead." Deaths averaged forty or fifty daily, and on the average there were only ten days of life for each person. No one was given food until after remain­ ing eight days in the ditches. During these eight days they were obliged to sub­ sist on the food which the dying had re­ fused." In Sagua la Grande Consul Barker re­ ported there are 25,000 starving people. Whole families, without clothing to hide nakedness, are sleeping on the ground without bedding of any kind. Fully 50 per cent are ill, without medical attention o* medicine. Consul Brice at Matanzas. on Jan. 18, 1898, reported that in his district, there were 90,000 people in an actual starving condition. In addition, he said, there were thousands of families of the better classes living on one meal a day. The daughter of a former Governor is begging food on the streets. Consul Hyatt of Santiago de Cuba said: "A census of the island taken to-day, as compared with the one taken three years ago, I feel confident, would show that two-thirds of the residents are missing, and the Spanish army would make no better showing." In Sagua la Grande province, accord­ ing to the advices of Consul Barker sent to the State Department on March 24, 1898. within sixty days 90 per cent, of the remaining population will reach a state of craving hunger. In this estimate he includes the Spanish soldiers as well as the pacificos and reconeentrados. On Dec. 21. 1S97, Consul Hyatt report­ ed that in the city of. Santiago de Cuba from 30 to 40 per cent of the inhabitants were afflicted with paludal fever. Out of the total of 10.000 soldiers at Manzanillo nearly 5,000 were in hospitals. The Unit­ ed States sanitary inspector reported 12,- 000 people sick in bed. In the six principal cities of Sagua la Grande province the death roll from Jan. 1. 1S97. to Nov. 15, 1897, was 80,881. Thisf^ay's Consul Barker, is official, and fcllv per cent should be added to cover deaths of which no record was kept. Telegraphic Brevities. The Populist State convention of Mis­ souri will bo held in St. Louis July 7. "Coin" Harvey has been seriously ill with appendicitis at his home in Chicago* Dr. for years a promi­ nent dentist of Hopkinsvill-e,- Ky., died in Richmond, Ya., aged 00 years. W\ T. Marriott, a young school teach­ er, committed suicide with strychnine at St. Paul, Tex. No cause is assigned. Joseph Jefferson *will not withdraw from the stage thus year. On the contrary, he is already forming his plans for next sea­ son.