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I ce - Von 7rfV TIE DAILY ASTORIA! ll th blfftit anJ tt paper on tin Columbia River THE ASTORIAN has. the largest circulation of any cater Q on the Columfcla River KULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL XIjVIII. ASTORIA, UI.K1.0X. HATCHDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 18!M. NO. M II,,;'.. i . House Furnishing Goods For the nilllon. Cq,rjiwti Junt vtxl from I he Knt. l0 1111(1 fltllllUM.. Eclipse Hardware Company CASH BOXES I i, , a-U- K7 You Need On In Your llu.lnc.s... pOHTOPKICK H'xi:h orricB hoxich LETTER AND VV.HK TIUYH III J.I- FILES AND HUNO C'AHKH All Hli'i and Hiylri Griffin & Reed. All Aboard for St. Michael's and Dawson City. AND WAY POINTS ;5 ,. run freight AND FAH8AGB Al'PLT AT Foard & Stokes Co., ASTORIA. OREGON. Iiumtr l.avr early la May. s-iiAfii rr if k TV! C. r.v N(. .1C7 i Commercial Street. M..uf.c.ur.r. of I T X! I 1 1v I ? V 1 A R .. LA D I E AUD OKI IB V - a 'a- Japan-. Good., llo.lrr. Notion, and rurnt.hln Oooda AT REABONA Ill.K PRICKa. W. F. SCHEIBE, Manufacturer unil lCMlr In A lull Dm al Pip... IkbKca. M 5fjwkr' Aitlck. 474 Commercial Mi. FINE CIGARS! PUPILS ROCEIVKD IN THB PRIMARY. ORAMMAR AND AUADKMIU OHADK8 J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the . . . Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. HAVE OPENED THEIR IiOAKHISG AND DAY HClUMii.. For rate, etc.. adilre--. the Supcrloro INSTRU- MKNTAL MUSIC, PAINTING AND VOIOB CULTURE FORM A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT -K t. Kopp's "Best A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURE )9 Tim North l'ttclllo Hrowery, of wliiol) Mr.Julin Kopp in proprietor, ninkcfi 1hhi for (lotntaMo ami riH)rt trml. Uotttttl boor for fiimily m or Yog boor siipplipj Ht nny tinio, delivery in the ity free. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY A i 1.4 I THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION Notice to the World of the Blockade of Cuban Ports. CONTRABAND OF WAR GOODS Rules of the Paris Convention to tc Observed-Oregon Thought to te Able to Take Care of Herself. tllllllHIlltIIIIIHIIIinilMlllllllflimiMtMMtMlimiMIIIIIMMIfll S a w T Aflll Ni I UN. 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Bend for Cat 3 THE VOICE OF Students Throughout the Las'l Rx press Their Views. GKOVEK CI.EVKLAMS SPEECH GREAT BRITAIN IS WITH US IS REVEALED The Hlsh Ground Takes by the l aited States rJlijhly Approved, Hate Not Coal and Pood Enough for the War. SPAIN MUST COME INTO LINE: THEY DEFENDED O.N THE POPE Stirring VonM to rriocetu. Boy Dart avittn. ',V(il(jr ..4 Tile Celebrate Veter rl.r.cd in r.lli'jy. rrlin ton, N. J., Airll 22 The nrfat niu'l'iit il-ni"iilrii(iin In nitar'l to lh nr look pimr on I'rlnrMon rampu. Iat nlKhl. On" ihounnnd .tu'lnt. wirail IhroiiKh tlii town arnl about the campuo ntnl flnnlly lri-w up In front of tx-l'r- l'l ill Cl vr hmil'ii hoii: and with rlnKiriK j In-, ti Itidtici'd him to crcrnr out. Th" n-1 Ihunl'iiTii Hint uulxiiitiil'-d iinj Mr. C'lcvf -1 I. mil ma'l" a mn-'ch. ev ry iM-nt. nce of j Hlilrli a l'illy rh'vm. v ilil In rrivtc(ritg 5ot to B Allotted Tli tktst ; lad Rtliiveil Tuti Woald Dt Miiitaiacd riimi.itcd nd tbc k.r Vill Be bkort : ow Their Tradition! Bravery Vill tt Elliott', faropitc. 1 rkite. hy Grab and Co.1. Nw York. April C.-A dlnpatch to the i Tribune from London aayi: The annnunf-nrnt that the United glut.-. In the evnt of hoatllltlr. whl n"t rffwirt to privateering and will be gov- rn d ly the four rulrt of th. declaration of I'arla l conald-red a mafrr atrolc ; In diplomatic clrcl-. While F.ngland' oynipathy ha. Ix-en with America from nmt to l-t. Spain haa gained mnw tact ful ndvantag-. aa negotiation, have pro- . AiViiVtiiiiiiriiiiMirfiiiitiiVtiiifVfifim a S- iuiiitiiiiiiiuiiuiiiiuiiiiiiuiiiaiiuiiiiiyiiaiiMiiuii.vs' P. F, PLACIDUS, Direcfcr. wliltiiim, April .: T!.rr rre lo turtlier Import . id p. in a.iimt -ii to-i niit.l .ilvlli. not M u-iliin Hi. I'vrrt art' lliolnl In llii wliure nl Ibr Spmii'li rl Hut u. Vr..lur I'll Kr) t'l 1h ll- ltur I') I ) prc.rul "I bl l'iii' lani;l ' f uoiin' iiii: l lli n'l tb liioi'kade "I a iium j Iwrnl 1'nbaii ir(. mi l t" "" I the I lnliiit lr lilm ol (he t-Hi pnil liiu- f.'r the . lilill.illuil til the vgliinlci-r Inri'M Hi III. .ir. Th.u. lu I'lUli'H. Ibf 'v ' iiiilnl'in a' ti.u al Hie nr di-piittuiriil in tb rM f t uptitiu Hr.Jliir'l, rblrl ol tlir r.Ul'iionl illvulun. II j Iim b.-iiunf Inii'mirnt ti join In arl'v rvlie thallir IihI.)' a-lilmtrd the fnllilii Irtlrr to the pri'dl'lrut: I rt.ti.-!fuilT Ini'li-r mr ri'.litulla rlilrtollh. liiiriiii'li,Ui,ni''ni of lb. navy tlrpmttnrut It hai twen a .rt pli'miiw to arve .hiring yo ir a I ml mil ration in my prc Mut rap.i-lly, nnil I b'i rv. li expren my tlmnkuf.r the h mor ronferrl up.ii me ly vonrappolutui.ut tmui'li n'ipi)iilhl Mce Thl. rtMiitiiallun Utcmlerel only that I may aak l. r aetlv. ervle ailna: C.pl.lil llnidfjnl will he lvil o I of lilt i.l ol tb. avaiUM. iil' in the nuvy. Knllowln. up (lie tiiriniilltli'.lrliinliii Willi lli l.liiokiido prat'liiiiiHlliin. Ihe rn.le deirt molt lbl arteruiKiii .iMrowl ail litem leal note In nil of the reprM'iit:illve of foreign iiiiIIoiik invriitliiil to Wlil'.mtin, nutlri Iiik tlielll ol Hie imiIIi'V in be pui'Mied tiy till" IP'V- em it III Ibe mutter of privateering and tifulmllty. In brlet II ilivliiren tlmt our uovernnient will not reurt to prlvntivrlug: Hint the ene my no l III ueiilnil bolloiiii, iive roulra biinl, me iM inpl froiii wlirr: Hint neutral K , h I m mil ooiiiuliiiiil u ii li-r me eni'iiii a Itait hit exempt Hum eiure unil Unil block ii. Us to be biinlliii! Iini't be .He. live In iibiiinri Ihe.e lire (be prluelpb'H ii liuule ii vvn In Ibe aui'i'e nl ol Piirlii ol ls,'.l. The ollleluN are tl"t ili-iiiibe.l lit the ii'iiil uillelul not lee fiotu Mii'li bl Unit Nwrn will refu-e to be b mini by Ibe mull'' prlnelplea unil lorblil prlvalei'i'liu' for I hey are itllleil Unil Ihe gieiit iMiuiiierelal power. ill not tolenu. Ibe prneilie of prlviilrvrlUK uieler Hie Mpaiiii.li IbiK. Ihe lollowliiK uiioilbliu but HUlhenlle .InHiiiii'iil him bei'ii oblnlneil floiu a li It'll ollb iiil i.l Ibe goverii'iieiu: t uiiliabainl o( warIn ilelermlninii aeeonl- Iniilollie law ol nut Ioiih whether men ban iIImi Ii couliabuuil f war. It l elaKllleil; I Abmiblle couliabaiul. .' iii'i'imlomil or eniitllltoiial eonlriibanil. :V-tionilH uol eontinbaiiil. The llrit eln Inelu.lrs nil gnoils of csielltl- ally a warlike ehariu'ler. Tin Heeoiul el" luelmlti prnvlsloipi. naval Morei.,eonl, luii'M'.. enl.uii klinlt of machin ery, certain fornix of utoi'l, Iron, etc., which Hie suhHcrvlcnt to warllk. iip mid which are itcllne,l for the umMil Ihe enemy. They im eoiilrbanil or not, uoeonUnii In the uccaslon ami ihecnnilllloiH hi In their chiiiiu Icr, shlp nienl mid ilenllucil use, every such case ili pemlii upon ll ow n fiicU. The tlllril I'lii.i liieliul- ill lli'lcs nut sullo.l to warlll-fl uno. such n church wrvlee ami iniinlc- III iiihtniiueiiK liiinwliolil wnri'M nuil (iiioiln ot Kiich like iirlleleii, uiul Im luillnx many that urn purely nl a laerc inulw ui'tlele. No Billcle or iiicri'iiiimi'ie it eoiiininiiuii mi lem triinsporlo.l be.V'in.1 Ibe territorial wi.lerH and Jurlmllclloii ol u iieulrnl lulc,or iinlc. den tlneil lor Ihe eiieinj'ii pun or for Iho .nemy'ii line, or lr tile oneniy'i uhlpa u tin IUll ! which brlllUf rent hIiIpm are periiiillml to pulle. lu aenrcli of the vimuiy'i blp ami uontnibaml ot war. Nnvnl nlUclaW feel very romlilnut lit thi ability of the Oregon ami Marietta Hot only t protect iliciiiioli'i'i fr.ou llie SpiiuUlt gunboat Teiii-iliT, bul bnl-tniy that craft If .he rrrr came witbln r.nii;e. flic lluiilalioii o( Ibe biKtate to a certain pari ol the 1. Inn. I not oil ela ly el.ilaini d l.l.i. bin . plaiimbb rc"n ailvaueed (or the govi'tiiinriii aitioti waa Uiat by refraining Iroin eainh I'lib i! a b k le over llivraatern portion of the I ami. uu.b-ratoo.1 to be prae Inally hi iotr.nl of Ihe ImutKclill, the way hmlneii b't in f. r I hem to freely receive .11 kiipplle ami muiililou of war t I -e 'm c 'to a t I I 'm a e I AUK ISLAND NAVY YARD. APRIL tt-"WE ARE I'llE- I'AKED TODAY TO CAITl'RE OR DESTROY ANY I KORCE THAT BI'AIN COl'LD POSSIBLY Bl-.NU ' iniivuT Tin.' Pn'inc mAST " BAIH REAR AD MIRAL KIRKLANf. "IN THE FIRST 'LA'"K. THE SPANISH OOVKItNMKNT HAS Nr VKHSK.L8 IN PACIFIC WATERS NKAKKR THAN THK PHILIPPINES. WE HAVE A GREATER KORCK THAN SPAIN AN1 CAN EASILY TAKE CARE OK THE i'i.siN! FLEET. THE NEXT HJS3IIIILITY LIES IN BEND INC A FLEET THROIMH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN. EVEN IK SPAIN HAD THE SHIPS. THE ? WOPLD RE PRAC TICALLY I'SELESS AFTER THEY GOT INTO THE PACIFIC THIIOIC.H LACK OK COAL. WE HAVE TWO MONITORS. THE MONADNOCK AND THE MONTEREY. THAT ARE MORE THAN A MATCH FOR ANY VESSEL IN THE SPANISH NA VY RESIDES THESE TWO. WE HAVE THE BENNINGTON AND MOHICAN. WHICH ARE NOW EN Rol'TE FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE CHARLESTON WILL HE IN COMMISSION RY MAY 1 AND IF IT WERE NECESSARY WE COl'LD HAVE THE YORKTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA IN FIGHTING TRIM RY THE FIRST OF JUNE. "WHAT I BELT UPON LARGELY TO COMPLETE OCR COAST DEFENSES ARE THE TEN VESSELS RECENTLY AC Ql'IRED. ANOTHER VALI AI1LE ADJUNCT TO OUR PACIFIC CO.ST DEFENSES IS THE THREE TORPEDO BOATS NOW N EARING COMPLETION ON THE SOUND. THIS NUMBER CAN RE INCREASED MATERIALLY IF THE NECESSITY PRE SENTS SINCE EACH REyl lRKS ONLT SIXTY DAYS FOR liril.DING." a; m. a m m 3 3 S-" a. 3: 4iauaauiuiiiuiiMiiiiiiMi.uuiiMimiiiiiuii TIIK HKST lit X FIKH1' Key Wr-t. April - The llilled glateaguu bunt Naihvllle loitay captured the r-panlth i ll. inner llueuu Ventura Th. I'ulleil Ma!r Hi at waa aliout 12 lnllrl off inn. I Key 1 1 k tula morning at 7 o'clock when the Kpanuli uirrch.iilui.il lluru. Ventura tlgbtril. iHniiid north 'Ihe fiinboat N.shvllle rauberdow.i and put a .hot acrona her bows from a 4-Inch g in on tip. po.t able, aft, manned by l.leutruaui Dllllngliam, Tb. 8paulard Ig onred th. ahot, but anollier co-er to bet bowa brought her to. Th. prlrc craw, uuiler Euiign M.grudrr, i' put abotrd. Captain Lue.rrag', In coinrs.Dd, waa aatouiiiled. He aald he did not know that war had b'an declared, hut, when he w.i In formed of the -tate of ailalra.be abrugg.d hi. lliKiihlera and .erected tb. altuatiou phtliaoph leally. Tli. Naahville haa taken on the alorea and will rclurll In III. fleet. A body of Mai me la pa.'ing the deck if th. 8.a iar,l, and her crew of - .aat .V, aa pr.vlnui ly alate.l.l are lounging about Ike deck) In a iioiichaUnl fahloii. Not a man la In troii.. A.T'.r.lliik' to rlc la a, t'apuln Mayiianl will turn the prlMUiera over to the lulled State- iliMrict attorney, 'tbo wl.l decide the ilc-ti ll of th. lr .IIkmi.IiIihi. I be inonll .r I'm linn i taking ou coal and water and u III ami to join the licet loiiKbl. On excc.lcut aulborlty it la Ii arucit Unit the i. ttinatiiui o' Hie licet i .Maiauaa. oil Uoaid die llak'lilp l In plain .AraiicuiTeii, broiherof IhcUlc Nialor A rtiomieivii. He Mill Hot lb. Ileei lo M u.ila-. Cubnii pilots woe put on board I1 uistil after ! o' c'ock. The Detnill an I led lo join the licet thin allcr- liiHiu. It Is licllevetl one cr two aliipi win ie left here, at IciiM temporarily. TIIK KI.KhT IN CUBA. Key Weal, April '2.I.-M5 a. in. Word has been received heie Unit the United SlatM 11 cot la lying up oil' the Cuban eoaat fur a blockade, ANOTUKK SfAMsll CAITIRK. K.y Weal, April -'Ji'.'i a. in .An Incoming tug report tli.it the cruiser New Voik h:i cup lured a rlpniiiah piacngor Mcanicr plying be tween Havana uiul I'mtu Kicu. The turpi do llolilln b coining in. WOOHFllRli IN PAULS. Pari", April 22 -tienoral Stcwari I.. Wood ford, t nllcd rtutes ivlnlilor to Spain, ucccili- punieil by the patty with which he left Madrid arrived In thin cliy at MWclojk this evenlug. t-llASINtl I'll K OHKtlON. lluenos Ayrcs, April '.'.'. The Spanish tor pedo guuhon.l Tainoirtt tii left heiv today. It is believed alio la going lo meet the battleship Oregon part: "I aupixifc thlK il. mi.ni'tr.ition U un ev- , Id.m e of your patrlotlKm In this crltn-.il , hour of our nutlon'e history. Stand by i the country when she In rUtht. und I am not eo eure that we should not ntand by , h.r when she Is wrong. I At u. hM- In j this crisis which Is upon us our arms may sustain their prowess and that It may be demonstrated In after years that we were right. Stern duties face the American people today und let u. hope that these duties may be performed In the sumo high way that our duties were performed In the preliminary stages of the trouble and In the days to come let us prepare ourselves for the proper per formance on all occasions of these du ties. Hut so fur us In us lies, let us be conservative and righteous to the end." Loud hurruhs were given for the cx prcsldent before the students took up their march ugaln. DARTMOUTH. Hanover. N. II.. April St-Dartmouth students hud an exciting demonstration last night, marching through the town with a banner Inscribed: WEYLER SUNK THE MAINE. In the center of the town Weyler was hung in etllcy and then burned. The students marched to several faculty resi dences and wen- greeted with war speeches. WESLEY. ii.i.ii.,,.i-n f-omv. Aorll ? WCiOevan students carrying Cuban and American Hags paraded last night unit created much enthusiasm. General Weyler was hanged In eftlgy und then burned In n big bonllre. YALE. New Haven. Conn., April 22. -The pa triotic enthusiasm of Yale students was evidenced last night by a demonstration In which nearly the entire student lon participated. Speeches were mnde, ' The Slar Spangled Banner," "Culm Ubro Forever," and other stirring songs were sung, and five effigies of Weyler and one labeled Spain were fed to the huge bon llre on the campus. PHKKM AN TO KESRIS'. Washington, April .- The I 'out tomoriow will soy: "There I. every reason to believe that Meerelary sheriniiu will resign from the cabinet within the next few days. Ilia auc coKsor will be Assistant Secretary Day." CALIFORNIA MILITIA. San Francisco, April 22. Governor Budd has expressed the belief that lit least one regiment of the national guard of this sliito will bo culled on to reinforce the regular army In the southeast. The officers of the tlrst regiment sny It enn ho recruited to Its full strength of IcOO men. It hns 1100 rltles avallahln for use. The governor has signified his Intention of aceeiitliiir the nroferrod services of the League of the Cross cadets. 700 strong, In ease their aid Is required. The First regi ment of regulars which started for New Orleans, will go to Chlckamiiuga In stead, orders to thnt effect having been received from Washington. MINNESOTA'S OFFER. St. Paul, April 22, -Governor dough nn telegraphed President McKlnley an offer ..f ihA aorvieea of Minnesota's three In fantry reglmenta and ot the battalion of artillery. ce.il-d. The point has been scored, not by many, but by a few English Journals, that while Spain has made a series of concessions to America, congress In the end has compelled her to fight. All the continental Journal, have agreed In de i rihlng the negotiation as one-sided with Spain In the position of offering one sac rifice after another without pleasing American opinion. It was Important that the state department, while Justifying war on humane principles should restrict the area of disturbance as much as pos sible and guarantee security for neutral commercial Interests. This has been done by toe official announcement from Wash ington that the government will adhere to the principles of the declaration of l-urls. Nothing could be more siitlsfac tory to England. France and Germany. It Is pler.fc-etl that the United States will respect the four rules of the declaration of Paris, discountenance privateering, protect neutral goods under any flag and the enemy sailing under a neutral flag with the single exception of contraband of war. and recognise the necessity of making a blockade effective In order to render It binding. These four pledges will be the safeguards of European com merce In the pending war. So far as the A-nerlcan practice Is concerned. Spain will be placed on her defensive. She will he compelled to respect these assurances or else alienate European sympathy. The ludgment In diplomatic circles is that America has adopted a course which will embarrass Spain, conciliate the com mercial and mercantile classes of Eng land and the continent and strengthen the position of the United Slates. Every one of the four rules of the declaration of Paris la In favor of America in the event of hostilities. Diplomats perceive at once that America has nothing to lose and much to gain from the abolition of privateering and the protection of neutral commerce and private property under any Hag and the establishment ot the principle that a blockade lu order to be binding must be effective. It would be to the manifest advantage of the United Slates If both belligerents were under ob ligations to respect the declaration of Paris. The state department by taking high grounds In the Interest of civiliza tion may force Spain to follow It. If Spain draws back owing to a wanton desire to rapture and destroy private property at sea It will be an offense against the commercial Interests and moral opinion of Europe. This Is the Judgment of diplomatists, members of parliament and representa tives of mercantile England, und they sincerely hope that the announcement of the Intention in today's papers will bo followed by similar assurances from Spain. It cannot be doubted that the ad herence of the United States to the de claration of Paris will strengthen Eng lish feeling In favor ot America and greatly impulr the anti-American senti ment on the continent. It will be un ap peal to self-Interest all around, yet will have ft moral Justification In the high alms of civilization. Mr. Balfour only needs assurance of this kind tn order to authorize a rigorous enforcement of the neutrality acts which will shut the Spanish fleet out of Brit ish coaling stations and cripple It. The declaration of Paris leaves contraband of war an uncertain quantity to be deter mined by prize courts, but Great Britain which will have the decisive influence In regulating neutral obligations In the London. April 22 -A di.patch to th Daily T'legraph from Barcelona, trla Part., a-iya: Grave appr'-henalon. are entertained In thi highest government circle, that th !iie of war may b. decided not by valor and enthusiastic and dogged peraever ence. qualltle of which the Spaniard. poaes an abundance, but by re?rvet of ro;il and victu'iU where they have mad but '.anty provision In Cuba. It appear that In reipect of coal. In particular, they are wiirm off than they have nunc no imagineo. ine upanian govern ment. believing down to the very last moment that peace would be prenred through the Intercession of the pope and power., neglected to lay In tufTiclcnt pro vlalun of coal, despite the representation made to them by one or two far-.elnr naval officers. Be.lde. this. It l be lieved they never once Inquired of th Urltish or other neutral government, whether coal would be regarded aa con traband of war. The result I. said to be a state of things that may be fraught with unpleaiant surprises and bring ho-tilltlt-a to a premature end. Those In the secret were anxlou. to overthrow th cabinet on other grounds before the be ginning of war. but patriotic considera tion, forbade a public discussion of the country', weak point on the eve of hos tilities. The short time allowed for the deliberations of parliament rendered thl. Intention difficult of execution and the liberal cabinet which conducted the nego tiations will b- allowed to bear the re .ponsibUliy for the results during a con flict. This alarming story comes from an excellent source, quite abore all sus picion, even of hostility to the cabinet. If. as I fear, events should demonstrate Its truth, the close of the war may also be the end not only of the liberal govern ment, but of much else which Is lnflnltelr more worthy of respect than any present party and which enjoys the sympathy of all Europe. I hear that extreme depression prevails among the few who are Initiated Into the painful secret. THE POPE MUCH GRIEVED. London. April 22,-The Rome corres pondent of the Chronicle says: The pope has thanked Archbishop Ire land and Cardinal Gibbons for their ef forts In the cause of peace. In view of the war. the Vatican has cabled Instruc tions to Monslgnor Martlnelll at Wash ington enjoining him to preserve the ut most prudence and strict neutrality. The nope Is deeply disappointed that his efforts during the past few days to secure from Spain a renunciation of Cuba have not succeeded. His Holiness, who loves and esteems the United 8tates as well as Spain, is profoundly grieved at the prosect of war. He said yesterday to one of his confidenates: "This war Is an inexpressible grief for my old age." The departure of Don Carlos Is attrib uted to official representations by the Spanish government which demanded from the Italian government that he be required to leave. Carllst agents are very numerous In Italy and they declare that a Carllst Insurrection In Spain Is certain In the event of that country's defeat. POLO ON THE MOVE. Niagara Falls. April Z2. Upon crossing the bridge to Niagara Falls. Ont.. Polo y Bernabe and nls staff, accompanied by two United States secret service men and a Plnkerton detective, proceeded at once to the Lafayette hotel, where It I their Intention to remain until Satur day. They will go to Toronto. Upon arrival In the dominion the minister and his party were placed under protection of Thomas H. Young, chief of the On tario police, and two detectives. The minuter sent dispatches to New York. Washington. Paris and Havana, and did some M) worth of cubllng to the foreign office at Madrid. He re ceived messages from Madrid, New York and Montreal. The Spanish minister made in exception to his policy ot si lence when a reporter showed him a dis patch asking him to affirm or deny the report that Just before leaving Washing ton he made the statement: "Had Gen eral Grant been president, this war would have been Impossible." "1 did not make the statement," said Senor Polo, "but those are my senti ments, nevertheless. The United States has no Justlllcation for forcing a war uiwn Spain. It Is a shameful proceed ing." Further than this Polo refused to dis cuss the situation. (Continued on fourth page.) Tke Royal I. the highest gr.de bakiag powder kwmik Actual teat, ahow it goe. oae Ulrd further tha. .ay other bread. ml0 FQYOER Absolutely Pure aovu. whim -owes. eo at vow.