The Columbus journal., 1898-03-23
REPORT TURNED OVER.
Admiral Sscard Receives the
! Result of Investigation.

Admiral Sscard Receives tht
| Result of Investigation.
10 READ AND FORWARD A? 0N0E
| Oesssesry Loag Says It WIN Reach Wsah.
Hngssa WoAnseAay or Tharsday-Ferty
sagAt Hears Deemed Sanelsst Time Fsl
oDaaa - Comply with DsDasds q Uscls
0.n-LsoAsss CeaSsr with President.
(Oopyrisht, lsoe BY New York Journal,
WAsHNGT0x, March 22.-The re'
peet Of the board Of inquiry viii moi
b hses until "wednesday or Thursday
Qsgntng, according to al accounts and
q tho president considers it for day
q Two Il Win not be submitted to con.
szss until nsxt Monday.
This il Secretary Longs view, and is
said b b based ON the fact that Judge
Advocate Mark went ashore at Key
West yesterday afternoon and deliv.
sred . package Of Official documents to
Admiral Sicard. The presumption il
that tho admiral viii read the report
and dispatch it to the secretary today.
There IL much activity at the White
houso and tho opinion is still held in
O0cial and administration circles that
tie Maine question will be cleared up
within six days. There is NO doubt
that congress is growing extremely
rostivo and that the administration will
Lose many Of its friends il the policy Of
peocrastination is continued much
longer.
Even tho legislative admirers Of the
president agree that he is reaching the
limit in the matter of time. They no.
ticed with pleasure that yesterday the
president saw Representative Dingley,
chairman OF the ways and means COM
nittee Representative Hit, chairman
of the house committee on foreign af-
fairs, and Speaker Reed.
Object ef Their Calls.
Mr.. Dingley went there to discuss q
system Of prospective war taxation,
Mr.. Hit talked over the diplomatic
complications that may rise, and
Speaker Reeds object in calling at the
White house was to arrange program
fer handling the report Of the court of
inquiry and the presidential message
that viii accompany it.
It il likely that the president will
transmit tho report of the court Of In.
quiry to congress with the conventional
Recommendation that congress deal
with it according to the best interests
Of the country and with the announce.
ment that he has sent a note of instruc-
lions to Minister WOodford, informing
our representative at Madrid to lay be.
fore the Spanish cabinet the report and
explaining to congress that further in
formation will be furnished within a
specified number of days.
Time Must he Short.
II the president gives Spain 4S hours
In which to make reply, congress will
probably b willing to wait, but should
hs, ON tho contrary, make the time
limit greater than two days, there is no
telling what congress will do.
The administration is of the opinion
that. while a report declaring the Maine
TO have been blown up through an ex.
tesnal agency without stating who was
responsible for the explosion directs an
almost conclusive suspicion toward
Spanish complicity, it is not sufficiently
definite to justify declaration of war.
The disposition Of the president and his
advisers Is to await the reply of the Sa-
gasts ministry, and when that comes
in tho form of q declaration that the
Sampson court Of inquiry must be mis-
taken in it, conclusions, refer the reply
to congress.
Pando'S Alssf01 . Failure.
HAVANA, March 22.-There Is con.
siderable excitement among inside po-
litical circles concerning the rumor that
Spain is conducting negotiations with
the insurgents. 1t is difficult to affirm
or deny the present story, but it is an
assured fact that General Pando did
hold conference with leading rebels
about two weeks ago. but obviously
nothing came Of it. The renewed &C.
tivity in the campaign in Camaguay
would indicate that the insurgents still
refuse to accept any solution but inde-
pendence. More 50 ut the present time,
when everything points to rupture
and hostilities between Spain and the
United States.
General Pando and Saliedo, it is an
nounced it the palace today. continue
advancing with considerable forces of
Ill arms toward Puerto Principe. The
insurgents On Saturday night dyna.
mited the iron railroad bridge near
1adruga, province OF Matanzas, partly
destroying the structure, and last night
they destroyed with dynamite q culvert
between Robes and Aadruga.
IDdicatSons of . Crisfs.
Oy Cable to the New York Journal.)
MADRID. March 22.-MacArthur, first
secretary Of the United States legation,
Left last evening for Washington. The
belief il that matters have reached Q
crisis here and that he bears important
documents to the American govern.
meat, demonstrating the necessity Of
ohoosing Immediately between auton
omy and war.
Colo0sl Dyer Dead.
LONDON. March 23.-Colonel Dyer, Q
member Of the Armstrong; w Whitwortt
Arm, is dead. Colonel Dyer managed
the a6airs Of the employers in the re-
caEt lockout Of the engineers trades.
C0ontoos e Warwick . Moehor.
LONDON, March .2.-The Countess OF
Warwick formerly Lady Brooke) ha.
given birth to . son,
100aanoek aad Noatofey Sail.
WAsaIa0TON, March 2s.-The sailiae
Of the coast defense vessels Nonadnock
and Monterey yesterday from San
Diego for Ssn Francisco has been re.
ported to the navy department.
Senate 0olds . Brief Seosien.
WAaHINoT0N. March 22.-The senate
after passing some minor bills. to which