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ANYIIIIX; III' I AflOXl.MV i
! Vttlct rxcwit- l Tif iilt .l H.at
rruiidv Time lor A.;'l.i M,n
Armrd, y imbcr Vl "
' Ni-w York. Feb. -Th World print
i I In. following clnulnr hi. h It ay l
! dlairlhuled n h trect nf Havana:
"Hpuiilarda without
i on llt ''ti . long
It la linn wo l"v
' lite Spain with honor
at one .Mr. lylna; d-c -ptloiia an I j.eurlle f
f.nra. It la m-craeary evrti If wo all u
l . uinb III the nuht. not to ataiid the Imp"-
","t ,,r'""1 un,i in,,';'''"u """""
.1,1,1, nt .very tnom-nt. tiiklfi udva'H'U''
..r tl... w.ukmta ..f the III" Ml Koi'rn-
mint. iiKiuina Ha and tl.rma down l"p
...,,,,.1.1 fn.vl.l.lire t-ikiiu our i"rt.
and If m l. e wlut h.i li.il'"H d to '
v ' I to win. h Ui ioii!i.. .l all llMir
M.w. r. It la lie. cKiiry to ,-o to lln- b uin
U.x n ..ft. r .ill ol-.M. l a t' aut.m"iiill
l,. . iiuf. with tlirtn mid tli'ir ."Hill. 2
Int.. ....r. Hi:!.i have oirjrr.-d l"at
lie.r hi..en.-.l wh-li we. th.: citialltu
; i-nta . it Iti l-.w. r.
fn.lir the new tuloful .yal.-m li-a - -
iurre.1 th.
rl.lnit to the Maine. Tli. y
i I...... ..II.. -.-.I lh. .leld of j hille nation
i to be placid in the p.tl.ice and a llnmeaii'l
; other thlnti" to brlii ua coiill'.cta. Ho '
'rrptat the p!irnt of the or.it. r It.oi.ero
Kublo: 'We 1U " anywhere e. epl u
autonomy" and let u. nil Kike note thai
the ..lleiit tlenerut ryler. whom '
, iiUKhl lo ele. t a deputy for Havana, act
on. la ua. We have or our aide the army.
. ' tho volunteer, the navy, and the p.o.e.
What do you do, that you al.ow your-
' M-lvra lo Ik- In.ultrd In thla manner? 1"'
' you not .c. what th-y have done to u by
r-m..vii.a- our brave and belov-d V.'ej 1. 1 T
i. .t.i. hi.i.r we would have made all end
of thla vile Inauriicnt rnb'.le that tiampa' llllnol hold third place, with .v. Other . ( ( auai.n th(,m , RnT Alnrral Slc
on our flag and on our honor. They foice 1.1..1. follow : I r(J., fommand at Key Weat. With these
autonomy on ua to vaat ua ual le uiiu
Klve the poaitl.ni of honor and command
I., th.ee who initiated thla rebellion-
I hoi'
Ill.l-.rti nlitonomlata. ItWl I.e '
..f ur beloved land. And l.iat. th-ae Hr'j
Vankiia who meddle In iur uft.Hi h-
nillluiln' u to the inn dmrej a (ur-
ther taunt, aend ua one of th- war ve-
el of their roll n navy, after Inai'ltlnrf
ua In their newap.i-r In our own hu-. ,
"HiMtnlard. the time for action hu ar-
rlvid. SlumU r not. Let it ho th " ,
vll traitor that we have not el ut
our honor and lh t we know how to pro-;
tect It with the etieruy of a worthy and
at roll K nation. '
"Di-nlh to the American! Death to Au- j
tonomv! I.on live Spain! Long live :
Weyl.r!-'
" ATllnl.ir c'lU lt.'iI Sl'KAKS.
! New York, Feb. S.-lil the Church ot
t. l'etrr and ft. Paul. Father Mahoney
poke to a large eongr -gatlJii on the
probabillile of war between tho United
Rtnte and Spain. He ild:
1 uin for war. If wir l dwlured
-not
, only us an Amerlc in but
us Catholic
I tirlest. If tho country' honor I
I stake, give your .Ifo If nceary to ua-
tain It. That I the true American and
Catholic principle. I do vox desire to ie
j wur. but If It come we must abide by the
' government' declxlon and show our true
spirit a American cltluin. Whether It
! I war or pe.ice. we muM do our duty.
1 V must upport tho government and It
president whether he buy b. a d. mocrat
or 11 republican. '.Vople should be tu,in
nnd wait for the decNIon of. P''"
1 Mi Klnley. If tho M line wa deitroym
. by design we hould strike the blow, It
I Justified, or demand Indemnity."
j Ir. Homer Wellin ui of the lCpHcopul
, Church of Atonement, Brooklyn, relerred
to the war talk last nlcht In his sermon.
He snl.l;
i "Never since the days of fie Spanlsli
lii.iulsltlon have such terrible deeds been
! countenanced us have been In Culm.
There surely must be omethlng wrong
with a nation that wo ild lo ra. li thins.
War would be barbarism, but II must be
(o Ul sUl), H orw Klml o lAr.
burlnm. The discipline on tho Maine
beyond question and the r.ilnmlty could
not have been due in the carelessness 0:
her oMIcers and men. Th. only lenminiii':
possibility Is that tlm cal unity was plan-
nou iiy sonie one vivuo una u. uu ..
I connected with tho Spanish government."
ORKtlON AT NANAIMO.
Gold Seekers Returning Homo Disgusted.
1 Seventeen lienths at Skagw.ty.
,
Nittmlino, H. C. Feb. ;S.-lhe steamer
Oregon arrived here this afternoon from
Skngwny and Pyea. She had a number
of passengers who ure ictiimlng home
disgusted with Alat-kn. .t.i'oi'o the Oie
gon left Skngwav IT deaths from oerebro
splnul mcnengltls were reported in M
hours. Among th dead tho only names
nscertnliied were It. Auslr in.l.'i', of V'ou
lnnd, tlr.; Molitello, of Pes Mollies, la.;
Jones llawbaeher, of Astoria, Or.; Geo.
Halter, of Everett, Wash.; it child named
Atkins, of Albany, and a ioy named
Anderson.
Pr. O. H. Kstes, of Astoria, who was
n passenger on the Orgo, predicts that
tho number of deaths will soon run Into
tho hundreds.
GODDARD OOES DOWN.
T.o Anirele. fill.. Feb. M.-Jim Jeffries,
of this city, defeated Jo. Qoddard, tho
"barrier champion," here tonight In tho
fourth round.
ITIIE TROOPS THAI'
ARE AVAILABLE
Tremendous flijhtlmj I'orce at Hand
ir Needed.
KOMI It l NATIONAL il'AKI)
jT.e M Vhn Uo:d lufi I. Drlr.d
lbnr Couniiy Ait ili:4 lit tin.'
1 !h,uriiU J Tbimtakdv
Chicago, Feb. t.-A peril lo tM
Tlmea-H'-rald from Washington yi:
According to report placed before
President Mi KlnU-y there am now avail
I.I.. for mllUiiry duly In the United State
.r.l TK abli-lmdled men and of three 112.-
ft: are already In tha mllltu, forming
the nu'ieua of a trrmrndoua ll(.hllni
rune. Thla la without i.utialderlng the
nkel.ion I'nlt.-d Btntei army, whlcn couid
on abort notice recruit up to I'M,') men.
Th.-r.- w;ia at the i ..e of IKA. oricunlicd
Kiiiinla In every atute and territory,
ept Aliidka and IndlHn Territory, all Of
whom could be ue for active eerv're In
caw of ncceaally. (if tho total force of
li:..i tlnre are l..Wl In the Infantry
,,r.. .,. . ,.- cavalry. V, , the ar- j
tllli-ry. and 3' K' n-rul olt1i.-r. Vmi
w-r hi l.l List year In muiy atitt. i t j
whl.h w.re pr. . nt fro.i, M pr cent of !
,r fr, ... In Tcaaa. to per j
in i
iinectlrut. Th
o'al apnroprlntloni j
in.i.l.- I.v the fnlt.-d State for mlimo wa ; innuetl r.r tne return or me vii.ria, m
It........ while the varlou. .tat., .i-nt ! Mew cf the aaplratlon. of the admlniMra-
1 Hon to brlit; theae Inland within Amerl
alwut :w..jii. j ran jUrllKllc(l(m. The cruiser Alert and
It l latlmated that the time required , tnf, junit Marietta ore !n Nlcanifuan
f..r en. . nlrHtliik- f-.r aen lie would vary ;
fiom .la tioiira In Nevada to three di
In Oklahoma, whll
the ;.roport...n lht ,
would probably turn out for duty range j
from lK-r cent In Indiana and N w Jer-
,.y to in r cent In I'cnn.ylvanla. New1
'.rk la tar i.neau o i.ir a tne .., o.
Iff national K.ird U i-on-nied. having
''r 13.WM t.rtl.-er ami men.
I hiik n .una i oou wiwi w.
aiaaa-icnuae,,.
New Jera-y
fallfornia
,
.
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f
"J
S":
IsM0
c.uiii v ...... .iu
i.eorKm ...
T.u.
Mlmi.aola
Indiana ....
t'l.nmi tlcut
WIk.-..iiIii
Alabama ..
Mlchlitan ..
Arkaima .
lowu
-, -nneee .
Miaaoiirl ...
Maryland .
Mlaalaalppl
tl
?Z
Kentucky
KutlMi.
Oregon
North Carolina
Maine 1
New Hampshire ..
District of Columbia ....
Rhode Island ...
Ijuutsliina -
Nebraska
Florida
Virginia
1M
12U0 '
If
111X1 1
1100 1
HMJ '
lOool
10W)
. I Washington
Utah
The other atates have less than
men. It I estimated tniit in case 01 ne- kcw yorg, f eo. tne monuor ivnui
cesslty the following number of men ' passed In at quarantine at 12:30 this morn
I could be furnished: (lug. The vessel left Hampton Road Sun-
Pennsylvania StM.OOO ' dy afternoon, where she ha been lying
' Illinois TW.OuO for a week, fully prepared to put to ea.
Ohio SW.OOO ! Her commander. Captain Nlcoll Ludlow,
v... v..-i, fiurt ooo ' ,i.....i in.r,.iinia from Secretary
! 500.ODO
1 M,,mirl " m.OM
( MllKS,u.hsotts 3.0M
New Jersey s.w j the nnnl settlement or the Maine uisaa-
WIKconsIn S7a."5 ter.
Kentucky S61.000 It Is thought that the secretary de-
Tcxiis SW.OOO hiyed sending the monitor to these wat-
Vlrglnla S5-000 rs during the stay of the Spanish cruiser
lw K4.000 Vlxcaya through courtesy to the Span
Michigan 250,000 . lards. The formidable vessel, which will
Montana SaO.000 1 probably He at the man-of-war oachor-
v.,rth Carolina NO.000 ! ago off Tompkinsvllle, la M feet long, 60
Mississippi
Maryland ,
Arkansas ,.
California .
Tennessee .
53.000
SPANISH SQUADRON.
New York, Feb. 2S.-A dispatch to the
World snys:
The report that a Spanish squadron had
sailed for tho United States hits Its only
foundation In thes,i facts: Spain Is hur
riedly getting her navy Into fighting trim,
and a torpedo flotilla will sot sail for Ha
vana this week.
The World correspondent learns ofil-
dully from the Spanish department th"
no squadron has sailed from Spnln within
I (ho last few days. The only cruiser now
, o H,ivnlm ,g ,,, A)inttnte
, 0 m,0 8stcr 8nlp to tho Vlicnya. A
coml)1(!,od of ,hrec torp do deatroy-
; torpedo boats, ami the Menm-
ship City of Cadlx under command ot
Captain Vlllnmll. will leave Cadis for Ha
vana this week, as hns been cabled al
ready. The only Spanish vessels which could
follow Immediately arc the cruisers In
fanta Maria, Teresa, Alfonso XIII., three
more torpedo destroyers and three tor
pedo boats.
All tho other warships, Including the
battleships r.iaeo and' Emveradot- Curios
armored cruiser Cristobal
V., and the
Colon, nro undergoing repairs, it win
take somo time to complete the repairs,
fit them out and mount their guns, but
they are being actively prepared for ser
vice. General Weylor arrived at Bare.-
0na Sunday and left immcuinieiy ior nis
' country loot In the morning. He expects
to return to Barcelona on Tuesday and
reach Madrid on Wednesday.
PLANS FOR THE
WHITE SQUADRON
How the Ship in I'nrle Sam's Navy
Kill Ik I'laccd.
PROTECTION FOR TIIK PACIFIC
Imtrrt Ike 9 .and Orrg-ia to i
Cuotivro Tke tUinj S'liadro tor
Sp4ti!k ktet Coal Vffii..
N(w Tork, Fb. 2H.-U ba. bi decided
by the navy department to kp on the
I'Bclflr onat tho full force of naval Tf-h-In
now thrr. aaya the WuhLigton cor-r-aifnli'nt
of th. Hrald. The depsirt-
tni-nt cifllctula rwnnlxe the fact that the
atrnKth of the North Atlantic viuidron
would he rreatly lncraed by attarhlng
the battk-ahlp Ort-ifon to Rear Admiral
Hli anl a rommand. But thoy appreciate
the d.inair of Iravinc the Paclnc couat
without aulatanre juat a they appreci
ate the Importance of defending the porta
by the veaa.-U of the monitor type. Ibere
are now .tatlonrd on the Pacific coaat
the Orwton, the coaat di-fcnae veanela
llonfrcy and Moruidnork, and the train-Ina-
ahlp Adama. The On-Bon, whlrh If at
Pua-ot Bound, will be ordered to leave that
port and procetd to San Fntnclaco harbor
and hi-r idare In northern water will
"" on;d.
n(M.k , tH, nt. n rrrve, but the order
hna not ten carried out and the will
probably be aent to San Otejo. llde
UU the cruiaer llaltlmore nd the pin-
b)at HcnnlnBton. No -rd'-r have been
Bnd Guatemalan water reepecuveiT
. ' Th,. ahfnK will Im nnlfred to Han I mn-
' Mla,i l n mArifiinv bHiK n nrl m i 11 hold
, r air-tlv.. rvlc.
Tn ,i,.,,rtm. nl doe not antlc!iate that a
fl(t will be ent to the Pucl.lc coaat. but
there I an expectmton that detached ar-
, h) acl(tc 0 make , (1,.m.,.I!,.ruon. One
- f obJectf of he AffMniafnt ,n wur.
. ,u(Ut.u.n. m,,n to pi.,c,. the , miser
,.,.,limWa and Mlnneanoll In commlwton
, eny matter to ha.vs them Jolnej by the
j cruisers New York nnd Ilrooklyn and to
send thcra to Spanish waters, probably
Cadix.
' Aulhorllli-a say that the Columbia,
Minneapolis, the Brooklyn and the New
! York will be Ideal ships to form a flying
s.iuadron. The Columbia and Minneapolis
h,,ve u"rT "?!le0 ,S70vtO", "f
,he Hro.klyn the New - York B
Their Rteamlng radius Is su.H-'iently large
anable them to carry ' out the pro-
grumnio cnirniiiaitu vj 1110 ui. ....
W0 and so far a obtaining coal on the other
side la concerned, the authorities point
l"1 out that while coal was a contraband of
,'ltt . war during the rebellion, the ship of the
VtX i Union had no difficulty In getting rom
j English merchant all they wanted.
m I Th n,oni,r puritan which will be ta-
1 tloned near Hampton Road to defend
M ! Baltimore. Washington, Norfolk, and
1400 j Richmond, will have her repair complet
,wo ed the llrxt of next weeg. She now has
a part of her crew and Lleutentnt-Com-
mnnder J. M. llawiey 1 preparing ne
rt. iuil of ihA tnen who will be assigned
to fill vucancte. now existing or. that ship.
"
THE TERROR READY.
ing to remain In New York harbor until
further order, which I taken to mean
that the monitor will be on hand until
feet 9 Inches beam. U fect S Inche.
S05.000 j draught. Her displacement Is S'W tons;
rwS.O.'O speed, 12 knots; main battery, four 10-inch
200,000 ! ritles In pairs; secondary buttery, six
190,000 ! rapid-fire guns, and two machine guns;
I thickness of armor belt, I Inches; thick
I ness of protective deck, 8 Inches; thlck
I ness of turret armor 124 Inches.
"" AMOS STONE'S CASE.
Captain Murphy and Mate Harvey Held
In S3000 Bonds Each.
Portland, Or., Feb. SS.-lSpeclul to the
Astorla.l-Captnln E. Murphy and First
Mnto Georgo Harvey, of the American
ship Georgo Stetson, wero today held to
answer before the federal grand jury by
United States Commissioner McKee on a
charge of gross cruelty to Amos Stone,
ordinary seaman, who since tho arrival
of the shin in port, and In consequence
of tho alleged brutality of the olllcers,
has been In the hospital Tor treatment.
His condition being that of mental nnd
uhvslcal wrek.
The bond, of the defendant's were fixed
at $3000 each.
NEWS FROM STICK KEN RIVR.
Vaneouer. B. C, Feb. 2S.-Tho steamer
Joan today returned from the moath of
the Stlekeen river. At Wrangel crowns
of men nr. waiting for the ice lo break
nr. on tha Stlekeen river. It broko once
for seventy miles up. then froxe again.
The snow on the Ice Is from three to four
feet deep. Food Is reported scarce, es
pecially meat. Coal command. JC0 pe.1 ton,
Hay and lumber cannot b. gotten at any
price.
CORiSETT TURNED
DOWN BY SENATE
Loses His Seat by Vote of f iftj
to Nineteen.
MITCHELL TO TUE HOUSE
Nawtd tke .le. Be V'ld Sapport - Biffuwi
Aagacd .'raid 1 Or ego. - fli.ir
Sapporttd rorbctl.
Waaiilnrton, Feb. a Th. elalra of M
W. Corbett to a Mat In tb. aenau from
Orecon wa rejected today by vol. of
to 1.
Burrow, after quoting In aupport of
hi. poeltlon many eminent utrK.ntle,
aid that If the aenAte hould aeat Cor
bett it would overthrow th. long ll.e of
eitabllahcd prec-3enta. a It would open
the doota to conplfn--y and fraud, the
reaulta of which nooody could foresee.
In conclusion Burrows eald that he had
a letter from Hon. Oeorge C Brownell,
of Oregon, In whl -h the .tatement wa
made that Senator Mitchell, the caucus
nominee, catlafled tnat he couM not be
elected. iad named In writing a number
of republican whom he would cheerfully
iipport Among thce were Hon. George
II. William. Hon. K. U. Wataon, Hen.
F. A. itoore. Hon. Blnger Hermann, and
other. Rrownll wld In hi letter that
to hi certain . knowledge ex -Senator
Mitchell. In a communication to the rrt-
sildlns; officer of the house of represents
tlve, had ald that he would aupport
any of these whom he namil, and re
ceived In reply a statement that the
house would upport no ther than Henry
W. Corbett. A combln itlon for the elec
tion of Corbett wa m.vle evident. Bur
row thought, by the replv received by
Senator Mitchell to hi proposition, and
he hMleved It waa held together by the
cohesive power of the unlimited use of
money. - It thla scheme thould be ratincd
by the cenate It would be within the pow
er of the 11 elected member of the Ore
gon legislature to thwart the purpose ot
the 79 other member. Burrow, did not
believe the senate would approve by It
action the conference of uch authority
upon a (mail majority.
Monran. of Alabama. uriorted the
claim of Corbett to a seat In the itenale.
Hoar, of Massachusetts moved to .trlke
from the resolution the word "not": upon
this motion the aye. and noes were de
mand,-d. The motion was defeated. M to
yoe
I y,asAMrl,.h AUlgon Enker Falr.
' ToniL Frye, HannA, Hansbor-
ough. Hawley, Hoar. Lodge, Mantle, Ma
son. Morrill. Perkins. Sewell. Turner,
Wetmore, Wilson 19.
Noes Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry, Bur
rows, Butler. Canary, carter, cmiion.
Clark. Clay, Cockrell. Cullom, Davis, P
boe, Faulkner. Galllnger. Gorman, Gray.
Hale. Heitfeldt. Jones of Arkansas, Jones
of Nevada. Money, Nelson, Pasco, Pen
rose. Kenny, Lindsay. McBrlde, M. M IIan.
Mallory. Martin. Mills. Mitchell, Ittt-
grew. Fcttus. t-iatt or Connecticut, jtaw-
11ns, Roach, Shoup, St ?wnrt. Teller, Till
man, Thurston, Turley, Turple, Vest,
Warren, Wellington.
The resolutions of the committee on
privileges and elections declaring that
Corbett was. not entitled to a seat In the
senato from Oregon was then laid before
the senate. The resolution ot the commit
tee wn. adopted CO to 19.
THE CIX)SE 8EASON.
Whatever may be said In the way ot
criticising the appearance of the exte
rior of the city hall bulUtnff-and much
might be said In regard to Its condition
the Interior when the present Improve
ments are completed will I abive re
proach. The small um appropriited by
the council appears to oe sufficient lo re
model It throughout, and reflects credit
on the foresight of that august bdy.
even nt this late date. The old police
court hull Is partitioned off Into two
rooms, which will be occupied by tho city
attorney. Contractor Mcvnarian yester
day opened a door In the partition be
tween th council '.ham'oor. and Ihe hall
of Engine Company, No. 2. and will have
the latter ready for the next meeting or
the council. But slight changes In the
way of repairs are necessary to trui'sforra
the old council chamber into tho police
court, for which It will be used In future.
To reach the new council chambers now
used by the engine company one will have
to pass through the police court. The old
committee room will be left Intact as
well a. Auditor's Nelson's office. The
mayor", room face, on Eleventh street,
and will be newly papered and can be
reached either from the council cham
bers, police court or committee room,
Tho space occupied by (lie tatter room Is
rather small, and the question of Its us'
fulness Is as yet doubtful.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Washington, Feb. 28. The housa passe .1
the sundry civil appropriation bill today-
after a four hours' debate. Tha most Im
portant" action of tho day was the elimi
nation of the appropriation for represen
tation at the Paris exposition.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY NUGGTOrS.
Portlund. Or., Feb. 2S.-Wheat-A'iila
Walla Walla, 73c; valley and bluestem,
T7ff78c.
The total shipments from Portland for
the season Is 10.S15.5C9 bushels of wheat
and 551.7S5 barrels ot flour.
A now method of testing steel bullets
has been devised In Germany. Tho bulls
are dropped trom a fixed height onto a
glass plate set at an angle. It properly
tempered they rebound Into one recep
tacle; tt they are too soft they drop
into anothor. .
REPORT WILL BE
DELAYED WEEKS
Court of Inquiry Into Maine Affair
Must Return to Havana.
DIVERS NOT YET FINISHED
Will Req.irt M.r Tie to E tasiiee Botto.
ottke Skip Vu. Imbedded i tkt
lad i. tltia. Btrhaf.
wyaahlngton, Feb. B. At th cloa. oC
offlc. hour a telegram cam. to the navf
department from Arimlr.il Eicard, at Kef
Wet, lo th. followtnj term:
"Key Weat, Feb. rt-To the S'.sretnry
of th. Navy. Washington. D. C: Th
court of lnqjlry w'.ll commence It .
lion at Key We-it todny. "Hit mu.n re
dime th. 4aln at Hjvi-i. to tube trie
diver testimony after further work on
th. wreck, Slciri"
Th. Important future of thl I the ia
claratloa that the conn will return to
Havana. It et at res: the rumors that
have been current for days past that the
court wa. not to return to Havana, for
the rion that It had discovered th.
cause of the linking of th Milne, ttiul)
wa. not an accident, and that they hud
consequently no furtVr buslnera In Ha
vana. One important ledurtl-m to be drawn
from the meage wa the report of the
court of inquiry t in acnrcely be expected
for iteveral weki c Th court
will be occupied at Key W'cit for everal
day, at leaxt. In taking tha testimony of
the lurvtvor. thre. Then, upon their re
turn to Havma. It U expected th.it a
good deal of time must elapse before the
diver can get through the mud which
now encompass. tie lower pirt of the
wreck of the Milne and eimlne the tot
torn. After thl I d ne thft coun must
deliberate In onl-n- to eeenre asnement
upon their findings. Th prevalent belief
at the navy department I that up to tlila
moment, the court ha not undertaken
to compare note and endeavor to reacn
uch agreemeat
WILL GIVE SPAIN A SHOW.
Havana, Feb. SI Little -vork waa done
today by the diver from the tog Risht
Ann.
Cuptaln Slgabee wa on board tha light
house tender Fern until 3 o'clock thla
afternoon. He waited for the Spanish
diver, but they did not appear.
Captain Sigsbee thinks Spain has a
moral and International rUht to muUa
an Independent examination and he Will
give the Spanish diver auch facilities a
are possible.
1 1
SPANISH CORTES DISSOLVER
Washington. Feb. 28. The state depart
ment received the following dispatch from
Minister Woodford at Madrid: "Decree
dissolving Spanish cortes February S.
The new cortes will meet April M"
Tha dissolution of the cortes had been
expected and It may be attended with Im
portant results. The two parties, liberal
and conervitlv, will now appeal to th.
country. The Sagasta ministry, now In
power, is liberal. The policy being pur
sued by General Blanco In Cuba Is th.
entire reversal of that under the con
servative regime of Campos and his suc
cessor, and tt Is felt that a continuance
of this policy is no less at stake than
the ministry Itself In the outcome of th
present elections.
THE RIVER AND HARBOH BILL
Washington, Feb. 28. It can be stated
positively that no river and harbor bill
will be reported at this session of con
gress. The house leaders are opposed to
more river and harbor bills and th.
friends of the bill on the committee be
lieve. It will b. better to wait until th.
short session after the congrasslonal elec
tions next fall, when a complete and com
prehensive bill can be reported tather
than attempt to pas. an inadequate llll
at this session.
MEAT INSPECTORS.
Kansas City. Feb. 2S.-Unlted Slates
court today decided In the J. Dole Pack
ing Company case that tha system ot gov
ernment Inspection of meats was uncon
stitutional.
CANNOT TAKE ADVANTAGE.
Washington, Feb, 28. -The United State
supreme court today doclded that a Uni
ted States official could not take advan
tage of his office to secure advanvise over
others In the location of government land.
The wettest spot on the North AmciVan
continent la Neah Ray. Wash. At fjat
rlaee an average of 1!3 inches ot water--falls
every yenr. At 8t. Louis the aver
age is only thirty-eight Inches.
Royal nuke th food para,
wholMum and dallcloti.
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al
Ab.olutsly Puro
aovAi bmuno rowota oo., nw torn.