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THE WAR RESOLUTIONS Adopted by the Semite and Agreed to by the House. Washington, April 37.—Following is the text of the report of the house foreign affairs committee, formally declaring that war exists between the United States and Spain, as adopted by the house and agreed to by the sen ate today: “Be it enacted by the senate and the house of representatives of the United States, in congress assembled: “First, That war be and the same is THE PRESIDENT REQUESTED IT hereby declared to exist, and ttiat war has existed since the 31st of April, in cluding Sunday, between the United The Meainre Went Through Without a States of America and the kingdom of Ditnenting Vote — Naval Appropria- Spain. liill Passed—Secretary Sherman lie “Second, That the president of the signs—Judge Day Appointed. United States is hereby directed and em;«wered to use the entire land and Washington, April 27.—A formal naval forces of the United States, and -declaration that war exists between the to call into actual service the United United States and Spain passed both States militia of the several states to branches of congress today. The dec such extent as may be necessary to laration was made in accordance with carry this act into effect the recommendation of the president, THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. engrafted in a message sent to congress of Document Recommending this morning. The measure was first Full Text l*aN8uge of War Resolution. adopted by the house, and. later agreed Washington, April 37.—The presi to by the senate. dent today sent to congress the follow The senate passed the naval appro ing bill recommending the passage of a priation bill, carrying large amounts declaration of war against Spain: To the Senate and House of Repre of money for the improvement of our sea-fighting arm of the federal service. sentatives of the United States of America: 1 transmit to congress for The Hull army reorganization bill was its consideration and appropriate action passed by the senate, and now goes to copies of correspondence recently had conference; Secretary Sherman re with the representative of Spain in the signed, as chief of the state depart United States, with the United States ment, to be succeeded by Assistant Sec minister at Madrid, and through the retary Day, and the latter by John B. latter with the government of Spain, Moore, of New York, an acknowledged showing the action taken under joint authority on international law, and the recognition of the independence of the war department called on the several people of Cuba, demanding that the states for their quota to the volunteer government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island army of the United States. These make up the important events of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban of the day. It was not announced when Secre waters and directing the president of tary Sherman's resignation would take the United States to use the land and eSect, the secretary abandoned his naval forces of the United States to original idea of leaving at once, and it carry these resolutions into effect. Upon communicating to the Spanish is thought he will remain until Judge Day qualifies as his successor. The minister in Washington the demand selection of Judge Moore, wlw is now which it became the duty of the execu professorof law at Columbia university, tive to address to the government of New York, to succeed the latter, was Spain in obedience to said resolution, warmly welcomed by all of the state said minister asked for his passports and withdrew. The United States department employes. A prize commissioner was appointed minister at Madrid was in turn notified this afternoon in the person of Com by the Spanish representative that the mander John A. Wynne, a retired naval United States had terminated diplo officer. lie will be stationed at Key matic relations between the two coun West, where he now resides, and it will tries, and all official commuunications be his duty in conjunction with two between their respective representatives -other members, to lie selected as a part oeased therewith. I recommend to your attention the of the commission, to make appraise ments of the value of prizes and to note directed to the United States min ister at Madrid by the Spanish min assist the prize courts in their work. A few telegrams came from Key ister of foreign affairs on the 21st inst., West, announcing the arrival there of whereby the foregoing notification was the prizes whose capture has been re communicated. It will be perceived ported through the press. Nothing that the Spanish government, having -could be obtained as to the intentions cognizance of the resolutions, and in of Commodore Schley in so hastily view of the things which the president rushing away the flyers Columbia and is hereby required and authorized to Minneapolis from Hampton Roads, but do, responds by treating the representa it is believed that their purpose is to tive demands of this government as shelter the Paris or some of the liners measures of hostility, following with from attack of some Spanish cruisers. that instant and complete severance of There was talk of establishing a supply relations by its action. The position of Spain being thus depot in the Philippines to meet the conditions in Asiatic waters. Our fleet made known and the demands of the there now has no home, and under United States being denied with a com neutrality laws, the stay of the ships plete rupture in the intercourse with at any port is limited to a few hours. Spain, I have been constrained in the This is unpleasant, besides involving exercise of the power and authority the expenditure of a great deal of coal, conferred upon me by the joint resolu so that it may become necessary for tion aforesaid to proclaim under date Commodore Dewey to seize a port in of April 22, 1898, a blockade of cer the Philippines and fortify it as a base tain ports on the north coaet of Cuba, lying between Cardenas and Bahia of supplies. The department today purchased two Honda and the port of Cienfuegos on tugs, the Hortense, of New Orleans, the south coaet of Cuba, and further in the exercise of my constitutional pow and the Mary Willick, of Galveston. The feature of interest at the war ers and using the powers conferred on department was the dispatch to the me by act of oongress, approved April governors of the states and territories, 32, 1898, to issue mv proclamation of circulars, notifying them how many dated April 23, 1898, calling for volun men they would be expected to furnish teers in order to carry into effect said as volunteers, how they should be ap resolution of April 20, 1898. Copies portioned among the three arms of the of this proclamation are hereunto ap service, and where they should rendez pended. In view of the measures so taken vous as a United States army. A good many details to be arranged in order to and with the view to the adoption of carry out the project for the mobiliza such war measures as may be neces tion of the volunteers, but these are sary to enable me to carry out the ex pressed will of the congress to the rapidly being disposed of. The rendezvous for the troops to be United States in the premises, I now mustered in the service of the volun recommend to your honorable body the teer army in the Pacific states and ter adoption of a joint resolution declaring ritories has been designated by Secre that a state of war exists between the United States of America and the tary Alger as follows: kingdom of Spain, and I urge speedy California—San Francisco. action thereon to the end that a defi Colorado—Denver. nition of the international status of Idaho—Boise. the United States as a belligerent Montana—Helena. power may be made known and the as Oregon—Portland. sertion of all its duties in the conduct Utah—Ogden. of the public war may be assured. Wyoming—Cheyenne. (Signed) WILLIAM M’KINLEY. THE BLOCKADE PERFECT. Executive Mansion, Washington. Passed Congress With out Dissenting Vote. Vigorous Chasing of Every Light That Appears, WITHOUT A Moving On Board the Flagship New York, off Havana, April 37. — The early morning hours today were taken up by a vigorous chasing of moving lights. The only vessels spoken were the Brit ish schooner Iolanthr, of Windsor, N. 8. She was allowed to proceed. She was just out of Matanzas. No shots have been fired since yesterday morn ing on either side. The Dolphin and the yacht Eagle arrived from Key West this morning. The Dolphin carried the officers and prize crews who had been placed on the steamer Pedro and the schooner Antonio. All were glad to get back, although they said they had had no trouble with their prizes, The torpedo-boat Porter made a dar- ing trip into the shore under cover of darkness last night, and Lieutenant Fremont, her commander, landed with a small party and obtained valuable information. The blockade continues under beautiful weather conditions. Washington, April 87.—Secretary Long this afternoon said Captain Samp- eon had been appointed acting rear- admiraL ROLL-CALL. Impressive Manner in Which the House Passed the War Bill. j ; I | Washington, April 27.—The house today passed the bill declaring theexist- tence of a state of war between the United States and the kingdom of Spain in a manner which cannot fail to impress the world. The representatives of 70,000,000 people voted for it without a word of debate, w ithout a dissenting vote, and without a roll-call, but with a solemn appreciation of the gravity of their momentous action. It required : Dut one minute and 41 seconds to ac- ' complish this. The house was consid ering an election case, and simply : paused to declare war. There was no excitement, no cavil, no word or ques tion. It was only in the great cheer that went up from the floor and galler ies when Speaker Reed announced its passage that the tremendous import of the act and the expression behind it was shown. After the president’s message was read, the committee on ' foreign affairs framed tbe resolution, , Acting Chairman Adame wrote the re port. and it was pasred and on its way - to the senate in an hour and 6 minutes. 1 LATER TO HEWS. The state department sent notice to all foreign nations of congress having declared war, and that war has existed since April 21. Reponses have already begun to flow in. A neutrality procla mation was issued by the British gov ernment. Among the first to take cognizance of the existence of a state of war were tbe British colonies. This in a measure supports the contention of this government that war actually ex isted before the declaration by congress. The conference report on the army reorganization bill was passed by both houses of congress and signed by the president No progress was made on other pending war measures. Secretary Day’s nomination was sent to and confirmed by the senate. The cabinet has decided that no Spanish prize ship shall be released previous to the passing upon of their respective cases by the courts. A Hong Kong dispatch says the Phil ippine islands insurgents are massing around Manila, and a massacre of the Spanish is feared. The Mangrove took in the big steam er Panama, of the Ceballos line, a Spanish auxiliary cruiser, off the Cuban coast, and brought her prize to Key West. Tbe Panama is a steamer of 2,800 tons, and carried a valuable cargo, including stores for the Spanish army in Cuba. She sailed from New York April 20. The capture of so large a steamer by so small a vessel as the Mangrove is regarded as a notable achievement, and there was unusual rejoicing at Key Westover the capture. A rebellion is again imminent in Spain. Towns are in the hands of riot ers at frequent intervals daily. The authorities are totally unable to con trol tbe mob. All revolutionary parties are active and the stability of the pres ent monarchy is threatened. A royal decree proclaiming neutral ity has been issued by tbe government of Great Britain and printed in the London Gazette. This was followed by the issuance of proclamations of similar import by a majority of the British colonies in all parts of tbe world. As a result of tbe issuance of this decree, the international laws re specting vessels sailing under the flags of belligerent powers will be strictly enforced in the ports of the British empire. Two more Spanish prizes have been captured by the gunboat Newport. Tbe Newport brought in to Key West tho Spanish sloop Paquette and the Spanish schooner Tireno, Cuban coast ing vessels, captured off Havana. Cuban advices are to the effect that the insurgents are forcing the fighting. The Spanish, fearing assault by land and sea, are hurrying their troops into tbe cities. Insurgents have appeared in force within 80 miles of Havana. There was a raid by them just before Bocade Jaruco early in tbe morning, and the combatants must have had a full view of the blockading squadron. Tbe house committee on naval affairs has decided to report a disagreement with the senate amendments to the naval bill, and ask for a conference. Boutelle, Hillborn and Cumminng will be the house conferees. It has been announced by the Rich ard Silk Company, of Chicago, that if any of their employes desire to go to war, his salary will be continued dur ing his absence, his position will be re tained until bis return, and if he is killed 93,300 wil' be given by tbe firm to hie family. There was a meeting on Trafalgar Square, London, Sunday afternoon to protest against Spanish barbarities in Cuba and the Philippines. “Tom'’ Mann, Louise Michael and Lathrop Tathington, an American, who was greeted with cries of “Good old Yan kee,” made speeches. Resolutions fa voring free Cuba were adopted amid cheers. CONTRABAND OF WAR. Character of Merchandise That Is Lia ble to Seizure. Inasmuch as there exists a great amount of misapprehension, not only among foreign countries, but also among American shippers, as to the character of merchandise that is con traband and liable to seizure during tne progress of war, the following un official but authentic statement has been obtained from a high official of the government: In determining, according to the law of nations, whether merchandise is contraband of war, it is classified: 1— Absolute contraband. 2— Occasional or conditional contra band. 8—Goods not contraband. Tbe first class includes ail goods of an essentially warlike character. The second class includes provisions, naval stores, coal, horses, certain kinds of machinery, certain forms of steel, iron, etc., that are destined for the use of the enemy. They are contraband or not, according to occasion and condi tions as to their character, shipment and destined use. Every such caes de pends upon its own facts. The third class includes articles not suited to warlike use, such as church service and musical instruments,(house hold waies and goods of such like, and including many that are purely of a mercantile character. A New York World dispatch from Madrid says that a revolution is im minent there. The correspondent says no one can tell what will be the result of her rapidly increasing domestic troubles—the cabinet crisis; the dis- sen lions among her statesmen and warriors: the intrigues of the Carlista, the plotting of Weyler and Romero Robledo, and the {«pillar agitation. United States warships made demon strations against Cardenas and Mariel I on tho 36th. SUCCEED GARY. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. GOOD-BYE, POLO. Chari»« Emory Smith Named for Poa*> maater-General. Trade Conditio»» In the Leading Citle« of the World. Washington, April 28.—The presi dent sent this nomination to the senate today: Charles Emory Smith, of Pennsyl vania, to be [«st-master-general, vice James A. Gary, resigned. It is stated at the White House that the resignation of Poetmaster-General Gary had absolutely nothing to do with our foreign complications. It was owing entirely to the condition of Gary’s health. He has been suffering from a general breaking down of the system. The new postmaster-general ia editor of the Philadelphia Press. Spanish Ministar Takas Bia DeportnaX From Washington. [Reported by Downing Hopkins Co., Inc.. Board of Trade Brokers, 711 to 714 Chamber 01 Commerce building, Portland, Oregon.) Washington, April 32.—The Span ish minister, accompanied by six mem bers of hie staff, left Washington at 7:30 o’clock tonight, and the Spanish government thus terminated ita diplo matic representation in the United States. The minister and hie party left by the Pennsylvania road, going northward to Buffalo and Suspension Bridge, and thence to Toronto. From there they will go to Halifax to take an ocean steamer. The departure of the Spanish party was made without noticeable demon stration, although a considerable num ber of secret service offioers and police were on duty at the depot. There was no time at any occasion tor their doing more than keeping back a crowd of curious onlookers. , Co-Operation« of Cuban«. Washington, April 23.—Brigadier- Generals Nunez and Castillo, of the Cuban insurgent army, are now asso ciated with the active work of the Cuban delegation here, and their recent confer«» :e with Major-General Miles, commander of tbe army, is looked upon I as suggesting possible co-operation of the insurgent forces in the event of an attack by the United States troops on the Spanish forces in Cuba. At the Cuban legation, no statement would be made as to the conference, but Senor Albeitino, first secretary, said the Cubans would most gladly co operate with tije United States forces, if oo-operation was desired. At pres ent, he said, there were 85,000 Cubans in aims, and there would be a general uprising as soon as the forces began to attack Havana. An Alliance Possible. New York, April 23.—A Herald dis patch from Washington says: Henry White, secetary of the Amerioan em bassy in London, is here on a diplo matic mission in connection with the relations of this government with that of Great Britain, and the particular re lations growing out of the situation be tween this country and Spain. One official high in administration circles said that Mr. White is here in connec tion with the preparation of a new treaty between the United States and Great Britain, something on the line, be believed, of the arbitration treaty which failed last year. He only knew that some kind of negotiations were in progress, and that Mr. White ia here in connection with them. Cheer« In Common«. London, April 23.—Replying in the house of commons to Sir Arthur Bower Norwood, conservative, Mr. Balfour, the government leader and acting sec retary of state for foreign affairs, said that in regard to neutral vessels, the government had received from the United States a notification that it would adhere to the principle of the treaty of Paris. The announcement was greeted with cheers. Mr. Balfour announced that no answer on the sub ject had yet been received from Spain. Frenchmen Side With Spain. London, April 23.—The Paris corre spondent of the Times says: There is not a single French paper, nor even, I believe, a single Frenchman, who sup ports the United States. The news from Spain indicates that the national subscription will total £30,000,000. It is said that all able-bodied men are ready to take up arms. All the Span iards that I meet are convinced that serious resistance is useless, yet they are all convinced that Spain will not yield, but will fight all the more ad mirably because the fighting is for honor. Passed the Senate. The prospect of arranging peaceably the differences betweu Spain and this country began to disappear about the opening of this month. Foreign buy ing of cash wheat began then in a liberal way and continued on a larger scale than the the speculators would at the time believe. Between March 30, when Leiter reported 2,500,000 bushels sold abroad in one transaction, und tbe middle of last week, when in two days he reported 1,800,000 bush els, his sales of spot were almost 6,- 000,000 bushels. Within that same period he kept disj«sing of May on tbe bard Bpots, possibly in tbe two weeks to tbe extent of 2,000,000 bushels. Last Friday the enormous July sale« effected through Cudahy, estimated by different people from 5,000,000 to 8,000,000 bushels. That drew atten tion to the enormous liquidation of May and cash that had been quietly effected during a fortnight. It did not re quire long retrospection to make plain that within less than three weeks tire Leiter selling of cash, May and July had aggregated from 12,000,000 to 15,- 000,000 bushels. What has made this possible was demonstrated Saturday, when, in spite of the known enormous selling of the largest holder, the for eign markets came higher and foreign orders were received on a scale to rally prices two cents a bushel. At the close of last week traders were agreed that tbe one man influences, so all important for a year, had at last been supplanted by broader ones; that what Leiter did would not be nearly so influential for the future us what the foreigners did and that crop prospects and receipts and exports and the other circumstances, of which one operator might learn as well as another, would become the improtant factors again. Portland Market. Wheat—Walla Walla, 8w@90c; Val ley and Bluestem, 98c per bushel. Flour—Best grades, $4.65; graham, 94.00; superfine, 93.50 per barrel. Oats—Choice white, 40@41o; choice gray, 88@89c per bushel. Barley—Feed barley, 925; brewing, |26 per ton. Millstuffs—Bran, 918 per ton; mid dlings, 934; shorts, 918. Hay—Timothy, 913@ 14; clover. 911 @12; Oregon wild hay, |9@10 per ton. Eggs—Oregon, 12c per dozen. Butter—Fancy creamery, 40@45c; fair to good, 85@40c; dairy, 80@85c per roll. Cheese—Oregon full cream, 12)^0; Young America, 13 @ 14c. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 94.00 per dozen; liens, 94.00@4.50; geese, 96.50@7.00; ducks, 96.00@ 6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 14@15c per pound. Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 30@ 40c per sack; sweets, 91.75@2 per cental. Onions—Oregon, f2.25@2.50 per sack. Hops—5@12^c per-pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c. Wool—Valley, 14@16c tier pound; Eastern Oregon, 8@12c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton—Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 6^jc; spring lambs, 10c per lb. Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, 94.25; light and feeders, 93.00@4.00; dressed, 95.00@6.25 per 100 pounds. Beef—Gross, top steers, 93.50@ 4.00; cows, 93.50@3.25; dressed beef, 6% per pound. Veal—Large, 5@5>£c; small, 6@ 6)$c per pound. Washington, April 23.—Three im portant measures were passed by tbe senate this afternoon, each of which related largely to the national defense. The sundry civil bill, which has been pending for weeks, and which carries a large amount of money intended to be used in tbe strengthening of the coun try’s defenses, was finally passed. The naval appropriation bill was imme diately taken up and practically com pleted. A joint resolution was adopted, Seattle Market» giving the president power to prevent Potatoes — Yakimas, |13@ 13 per ton; the exportation of coal and other war natives, 99@ 11; sweets, 3)jc per pound; material. box of 60 pounds, 91.75. The Spanish Corte«. Butter—Fancy native creamery, Madrid, April 23.—In the Spanish brick, 25c; ranch, 10@12c; dairy, senate today, Marshal Martinez Campos 16c; Iowa fancy creamery, 23c. asked the minister for foreign affairs, Cheese—Native Washington, 12@ Guilon, to make a statement regarding 18c; Eastern cheese, 12 Re the relations of Spain and the United Eggs—Fresh ranch, 15o; California States, whereupon the latter replied ranch, 14e. that the relations were broken off. The Meats—Choice dressed beef steers, ex-captain-general of Cuba then made a 8c; cows,'7@7>kc; mutton, 8^c; pork, patriotic speech, in which he declared 7c; veal, small, 8c. that Cuba will never lose her Spanish Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound, sovereignty. hens, 15@16c; dressed, 17c; turkeys, live, 14c; dressed, 17@ 18c. Charle« Fleater Sentenced. Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c; steel Grants Pass, Or., April 23.—Judge heads, 7@8c; salmon trout, 9@10c; Hale this afternoon pronounced tbe death sentence upon Charles Fiester, flounders and sole, 3@4c; tom cod, 4a; the wife-murderer, fixing Friday, June ling cod, 4@5c; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 8@ 5c; herring, 4c. 10, as the date of execution. Olympia oysters, per sack, 93@3.35. Fiester broke completely down and Corn—Whole, 933; cracked, per ton, wept like a child. 934; feed meal, 934 per ton. Fiester drowned hie wife in a pool of Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton, water in May, 1895. 926; whole, 925. Naval and Military Preparation«. Flour—Patents, per barrel, 94.25@ Washington, April 33.—With the 4.50; straights, 94.25; California actual beginning of war, military and brands, »5 .50; Dakota brands, 95.00 naval preparations were vastly stimu <395.75; buckwheat flour, 98-50. lated today. The navy bought a ship Millstuffs—Bran, per ton,916; shorts, and number of yachts. It secured per ton, 917@IB. some more material for guns and re Feed—Chopped feed, 921 @23 per newed orders for haste in the construc ton; middlings, per ton, 918@ 19; oil tion of guns. Orders were sent to the cake meal, per ton, 935. squadrons to guard their movements Hay—Puget Sound, new, per ton, and the preliminaries of a blockade 910@ 18; Eastern Washington timothy, were executed. 917; alfalfa, 911; straw, 97. Oats—Choice, per ton, 925@36. Secretary Long has decided to assign Wheat—Feed wheaL per ton, 922 @ Commodore Howell to command the newly organized patrol fleet, consisting •24. of the Yosemite, Prairie, Yankee and Han Franrlaen Market. Dixie. Secretary Long was very anx Wool—Nevada, ll@13c; Oregon, 12 ious to avail himself of the experience @14c; Southern coast lambs, 7@8c. of Commodore Howell, but found some Millstuffs—Middlings, 928 @35.50; difficulty in doing so, in view of the California bran, 931.00@31.50 per ton. fact that he outran.« both Schley and Onions—Silverskins. 92.50@2.65 per Hampson, in command of the two fleets, j cental. Neither of these officers oouId in justice Butter—Fancy creamery, 30c; do have been relieved to make room for . seconds, 18|»c; fancy dairy, 19c; good the former commander of the European . to choice, 17@18c per pound. squadron. I Potatoes—Earlv Rose, 40« 50c. Lieutenant Carantha*« Statement. Lieutenant de Carantha asked a pres« reporter to make known tbe lieuten ant’s view on the war. “It is no longer a question of retain ing Cuba,” said Lieutenant de Caran tha. “That was meiely a question of territory. Now a higher purpose is in view—tbe honor and dignity of Spain —since the United States has con temptuously ordered Spain to vacate» Cuba, and has made the infamous charge that we are responsible for th» murder of the poor men of the Maine. These orders and charges are mad» with a kick of the boot, and against such action, Spain will resist to th» uttermost. There should be no mi»- take about thia History has recorded that even the legions of Napoleon,with 400,000 men, bearing the triumphs of all Europe, were halted and retired from Spain, after those legions bad lost between 200,000 and 800,000 men. “We realize the gallantry of th» American navy, and the noble heroes of its past—Paul Jones, Farragut, Por ter—but Spain, too, has her heroes and their blood is in the vein of those called upon to defend her honor. I have recently talked with my naval as sociates, commanders of Bpanieh ship« and of torpedo-boats, and I know that there is but one sentiment; namely, that not one Spanish ship shall be taken. Your navy may send many of them to tbe bottom; superior forces may seek to annihilate them, but not one Spanish ship will surrender to the Amerioan navy. With honor at stake, that will be the response of the navy of Spain.” Lieutenant de Carantha spoke with gieat earnestness, and hie statement was takeo in note and authorized. Tbe departure of the Spanish party brought to a close a most eventful day at the Spanish legation. Benor Polo’s totter. At 11:20 o’clock the minister re- ceived from the state department a copy of the ultimatum, and immedi ately demanded hie passports in the following letter: “Legation de Españole, Washing ton, D. C., April 22, 1898.—Mr. Sec retary: The resolution adopted by the congress of America and approved to day by the president is of such a nature that my permanence in Washington becomes impossible and obligee me to request of you the delivery of my pass ports. The protection of the Spanish interests will be intrusted to the French» ambassador and tbe Austro Hungarian minister. “On this occasion, very painful to me, I have tbe honor to convey to you the assurance of my highest considera tion. “LUIS POLO Y BERNABE. "Hbn. John Sherman, Secretary of State of the .United States of Ameri ca,” etc., etc. The passports reached the minister at 4 P. M. They were accompanied by a letter from Secretary Sherman, in which the secretary expressed bis re gret that the minls'ter bad felt calle«* upon to take this step. The Spanish legation is now closed. An attendant remains there simply to clear up the effects of hasty departure. Tbe Cuban colonial delegation also terminated its relatione at Washington thia afternoon. Emergency Meamre. Washington, April 23.—The hone» today passed, as an emergency war measure, the bill empowering tbe presi dent to cal) out the volunteer force» and providing for their organization. Both the president and Secretary Alger had urged the imperative necessity for the passing of the bill today, and Chair man Hull, of the military affaire com mittee, drove it under whip and spur. The bill was drafted at the war depart ment, introduced in the house yester day and considered and reported by th» committee today. No such expedition could have been possible except under the stress of war pressure. Tbe bill is permanent in its character. Tbe prin cipal change in the bill, as introduced, was that the appointment of all regi mental officers are to he made by the governors of the states instead of by the president, as was proposed originally ny tbe war dpeartment. This con forms to the practices of the civil war. — Soma rity for Spain. London, April 32.—The afternoon papers today, while generally friendly to the United States, express a certain amount of sympathy with Spain. Chartering Transport«. Washington, April 33. — Arrange ments are being made by the war de partment for the transportation of troops from Southern ports to Cub», and it is expected that they will be per fected tomorrow. Colonel A. 8. Kim ball, chief quartermaster, department of the East, will open bide at New York for the charter of steam vessel» for this service. It is believed he will have no difficulty in securing sufficient vessels of good speed for the army to be sent to Cuba.