Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-03
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the recclpt OF the lOng-eNpected caDlc-
gram from United States Minister
woodford at Madrid, transmitting the
answer of the Spanish government to
his representatives in the interest of
peace in Cuba This message began to
come in installmcnts at two o'clock
Tuesday night and it was nearly noon
Wednesday before IL was all in hand ut
the state department. 1t was not the
length of the message that occupied
! the wires all that tune. but the
fact taat II was in all groups
of figures and il was probably
filed in small patches rs il
was turned into the complicated state
department cipher in Madrid. All of
this work had To be undone ut the state
department and the message trans
lated from the cipher back again into
good English. This occupied nearly
all of the day. so that il was half past
before the first fair copy of the mes
sage was turned out. 1t was not SO
long, in fact, there were little less
than 1000 words in the message, for
MIR. Woodford instead of cabling the
whole of the Spanish answer TO his note
contented himself with reducing the
matter To IA brief outline. The first
copy was taken at once Ia the presi-
| dent, not being entrusted tn n mcSsen-
ger, but being delivered by Chief
Clerk Michaels in person n. the white
house. After due opportunity had
been allowed the president To read the
message, AN application was made for
statement of its contents or nature.
This was declined 10y Secretary Porter,
and il was said that under no circum.
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made public before consideration by
the cabinet.
From unofficial information that has
reached certain administration officials
in advance of this message of Mr.
Noodford's as To the nature OF the
| spanish reply. il is evident that in
neither language nor subject matter is
the communication likely To be taken
as offensive 10y our government.
| IL may bc, il is true. regarded
as insufficient TO meet the issue
presented by MIR Woodford in his note.
but officials of the state department
say that in view of what has already
been accomplished by the new Spanish
cabinet in reforming abuses i'm Cuba.
in removing Wcyler and in projecting
what appears tn be IA liberal measure
of autonomy. our government will GER
tainly rest, at least until congress as
scmblcs, and afford the new Spanish
government n reasonable time to carry
out its plans.
In his annual report TO the AL iutant
general of the army, Mai Gen. John
X. Brooke. commanding the depart
ment of the Missouri. says that a large
amount of travelling by rail has been
done 10y troops during the past sum
mer, and this has been "a source of edu.
cation To officers and men. As in our
small army, any concentration of
troops will, of necessity, Ice by rail.
the experience is Of great Importance.
not only to the troops hut To the trans
portation companies rs we'll Gen.
Brooke says there has been no tronble
during the past year in the Indian
country.
Many improve ments are required al
Forts Brady and Wayne in Michigan.
now occupied by the 18th infantry. and
Fort sheridan and other posts require
more buildings. Fort Sheridan. saws
General Brooke, has never been com
plctcd according TO the original plan.
and no effort should bc spared To put il
on proper footing.
The Apache prisoners OF war at Fort
Sill are still under the care of the army
and II is not believed To he advisable To
make any change at present
NASnINGToN, Oct. 2S.-Gen. Flapler.
chief of the bureau of ordnance. has
submitted his annual report To the
secretary of war. The amount cXpcnd-
ed was Si9ol los. During the year -. =
364 rifles were furnished the militia of
the states. A large share Of the rcport
Is given 10 details of the business of
the Rock Island Watcrtown and
Natervliet arScnals. From the
Sandy Hook proving ground
many guns, mortars and carriages have
been sent Ia fea-coaSt fortitications
Satisfactory resnlts have been obtained
with smolIclcss powders The report
is devoted largely TO the technical dis
cusSion of ordnance which has been
done during the year including the
work ON sca-coast defense and field
guns, small arms. powders and couip.
| incnts of the army.
NAsnNGToN. Oct. 2S.-Assistant Sec
rotary Nanderlip Wednesday author
lied the director Of the bureau of en-.
| craving and printing 10 print and de-
| liver To the treasurer Of the United
states the following silver certificates.
! FiVcs- 100000 sheets, making sl2 900
OOO' tens-aOO, 900 sheets, making ST.. -
1000: twentics-5O 30. 900 sheets. MAX
| ing $4,000. 900; total SIS. OOO. 900.
The president and Mrs Mckinley
entertained a few friends at an inform.
al musicale at the white houSe WedDes-
day night In addition 10 the mem
bers Of the cabinet and their ladies the
guests included Maj and Mrs. Heiston.
Mai. and Mrs Rand and Col. and Mrs
bingham. During the evening Horace
! Sims, the boy soprano singer from Ra.
cine. Wis. entertained the gathering
! with several selections.
Must Have Better wire Protection.
| kNoXvffLE. Tenn. Oct 2s.-Thc city
| officials Of Knoxville have been mott.
fed that the city must have better fire
! protection or all insurance rates would
/ be raised.
VIII Not Compromise with spain.
NV YORK, Oct. 2s Tomas Estrada
| Palma. the Cuban delegate TO the Unit.
ed states. when asked his opinion of