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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
COURT TO WORK ALL THE WEEK
1he Members Not Yet Ready to RE-
port ON the Explosion.

1he Members Not Yet Ready to RE-
port ON the Explosion.
hey West, Fla, March 2O.-The court of
inquiry, according to Rear Admiral Sicard
VIII continue its work through the coming
week. as it is not yet ready to make a re-
poI' on the Maine disaster. The state
Ment that Capt. Albert S. Barker carried
the report to Washington is officially de-
MED.
Ihe object of his flying visit to Key
west was not ascertained, outside of Off
ciai circles until to-day 1t can be author
l'atiyely stated that Capt. Barkers trip
nad nothing to do with the court of in
quiry.
he came here on Friday from Tampa, on
SPECIAL mission to investigate the har-
VI vi ueIenses, following out some lines sug-
80" by Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers,
tons. "a l'''-0
capt Barker's plan, when he left here
'a9l night was to confer with Comman-
I McCalla of the Marblehead who is
wv ~" at Tampa, and he will probably re-
,.Ili s5.-..ere mere day or so. Capt. Barker
y commanded the Oregon.
sr'. % impossible to say definitely whether
my Tl synopsis of the findings of the court
NJ W uate has been sent to Washington.
~ Houon prevails here that this has
4 uohe, but no official confirmation
te,y o'la!hable. That the final report has
denied. ''9iii''s 'on can NC oeiliii'eiS
uapl' sampson and Lieutenant Com
Ioa' Mark remained on board the
te,. 'o-day. Capt. Chadwick and Lieu
tbs y. commander Porter did not leave
recor,F fork. The court is expected to
T9n'ehe tomorrow on the Iowa.
bro'"'o, unidentified bodies from the Maine
,S,o4sht :, here last night were buried to-day
A 5, cry cemetery with simple services.
hearse. Niue JdcAe'S Io4io"eo 'le
ar,-,. ernando Salcedo of the insurgent
On y arrived this morning from Nassau
com sehooner Hattie Darling. With
an ramon ne left the shores OF Cuba in
len pen boat and after an eight-days'
ga, 'uous passage they landed at Mas
ce5o "'H dead from exposure. Col Sal
carr, on sick leave. His companion is
Goro,5 dispatches from Gen Maxine
n TO the junta in New York
The rI.o'roW the Indiana is expected from
then 1ortugas and that station VIII
ssc5, leI' with the Texas and the Mas
q 91ls' which did not sail yesterday
,ske 10 expected. These battleships will
ord. oN more ammunition and unless their
b. are unexpectedly changed, will
NJ ID day or two for Hampton Roads.
ror- survey boat Bache sailed for the
| yori s4s tonight to resume her usual
Tb- ol surveying the channels.
~ hdngrove will sail Tomorrow for
H. orlugas and will lay buoys there.
s, is merely in line with the activity
4 isa5,y shown In improving the harbor
TIes at the Tortugas.
Detroit and Montgomery arrived
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
NEW JERSEYS NATIONAL GUARD.
VIII Have to Protect the Coast in
Case of War.

New York, March 20.-The commanding
officers Of the regiment of the New Jer-
sey national guard held a meeting at
division headquarters Of Gen. ]. W. Plume
at Newark. to-day.
The general condition of the troops was
considered and all reported satisfactorily
I was the sense of the meeting that, as
New Jersey has no coast defense between
Sandy Hook and Cape May, except four
oun battery at Sea Girt, n. j., in case OF
var she would have TO take care Of her
coasts with her troops the minute hostili-
ties were begun between the United States
and Spain.
while no official order was given, every
man was quietly informed to be in readi-
ness In case an emergency should arise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
RECIPROCITY WITH SPAIN.
senior BcrnHbe Prepared 10 Make All
The ConcessIOns PonsibIe.

senior Bcrnnbe Prepared 10 Make All
the Concessions Possible.
London, March 2.-The Madrid corre-
spondent OF the Standard says: "senor
Polo Bernabe, the Spanish minister at
Washington, has been authorized TO make
all the concessions possible in order to OBJ
tain the speedy conclusions OF a fair re-
clproclty treaty.
by Americas expressed desire, this
will also include the Philippines. Both the
Cuban and Spanish cabinets are anxious
TO expedite the negotiations to the utmost.
"Senor Polo y Bernabe wires that he has
found the American state department very
favorably disposed on this point. but thar
more reserve than ever Is shown on inter-
national questions pending the settlement
Of the Maine affair"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
CRACK BATTERY OF THE ARMY.
* of the Light Artillery Moves From
Fort Sam Houston to Galveston.

Galveston Tex. March 20.--Battery X.
light artillery, with four officers and sixty
seven men. Capt. DilIonback In command,
reached Galveston this morning and went
into camp on the government reservation
just west Of the city on the Gulf beach j..
Battery X is the crack battery of the
army, and It's fun strength is four officers
and seyenty-six men, four modern 9 Pinch
guns and sixty horses. The move from
Fort Sam Houston to Galveston Is a
change Of station. A company of heavy
artillery from jackson barracks, at New
Orleans, is expected tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
FRANCES STAND IN CHINA.
HanOtaux DiscIaims Any Desire for
Disintegration of the Empire.

Disintegration of the Empire.
London. March 2l.-The Paris corre-
spondent of the Times reports passages Of
a conversation with diplomatist, in the
course of which NJ. Hanotaux, the French
foreign minister. repudlated the idea that
he desired to join any scheme for the dis
integration of China.
The correspondent reports Hanotaux as
saying that France had nothing to gain
by taking Chinese territory; that Tom
quin was enough for her; that she did NOT
desire TO settle in the Yuan Nan province
or TO seize Southern China, and that q
diplomat had not been authorized TO enter
upon the important negotiations attributed
to him.
France is not Jealous Of The Chinese
loan,' said M. Hanotaux. 1--WE think, on
the contrary, ID will induce England to
keep China is as good a condition as possi-
ble."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
DAvITT's CLAIM DENIED.
London Chronicle Sure EngIishmen
DO Not Hate America.

London, March 2l.-The Daily Chronicle
this morning repeats editorially its declar-
alton that Michael Davitts attempt to
show that England hates America has
been 'ludicrously unsuccessful and chal-
lenges him to obtain a half dozen votes in
support of a pro-Spanish resolution, in
any open meeting in any town In England,
Scotland or Wales
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
CAvALRYMEN ON THE HUSTLE.
Urgent Orders Received at Fort
Ethan Allen.

the officers do not make public were re-
ceived at Fort Ethan Allen yesterday from
Washington, and preparations for move
ment were begun. All day yesterday and
to-day every one has been hustling, shoe
ing horses, securing camp equippage and
repairing tents. The rushing work
through Sunday indicates very urgent or
ders. There are four troops of cavalry
here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21

from the Tortugas to-day. The former
put more ammunition on hoard The ~.
York and the Iowa, and then snohrros
in the harbor. 0''o 'i0i u
Inc torpedo boat Porter left for the Tor
tugas ana the torpedo boat Dupont re-
turned here. The fleet off Key West non,
consists OF the Iowa, the New York The
NASHVILLE, the Montgomery. the Detroit
ana the torpedo boats Dupont Winslow
added Tomorrow VIII oe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
HAvANA's PRESS CENSORSHIP.
kilograms Relating to Naval Prep
arations Prohibited.

London. March 21.-The increase in the
severity Of the press censorship. says the
Madrid correspondent OF the Times, is due
by the detention of the torpedo hotilla at
the Canary Islands. and for the future It
is intended to prohibit all kilograms re-
lating to the fiotilla or the general naval
prena tons
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
Madrid Paper Protests.

Madrid March 2O-El Liberal protests
AGAINST the authorities stopping telegrams
10 Spanish newspapers.
IT eharacterizes such action as "a useless
procedure because the Spanish press Is
both prudent and patriotic"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
JERSEY CITY STATION ABLAzE.

PennsyIvania Passenger Depot ana
Ferry House Burned.
New York, March 21, $3.50 a. m.-The fer
ry house and passenger station Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey city were
partially destroyed by fire early this morn
ing. The loss Is not known.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
PROCTOR ASKED ro SPEAK.

Senator Urges "A Pastor TO Put Cuba
First on Charity List.
Rutland. Vt, March Ex-senator Proc
tor of Vermont has been asked by Mayor
Clement and several other citizens of this
city to speak at a public meeting Tuesday
or Wednesday evening on his recent trip
to Cuba. In private letter to the pastor
Of the Congregational Church received
here to-day the Senator said: For heav-
ems sake place Cuba first among your
objects Of charity, at least now"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
TORPEDO boat MKExzIE.
Work on the Vessel NOT stopped on
Account of the Sabbath.

Philadelphia, March 2o.--A large force Of
men worked to-day on the torpedo boat
Mcl;ensie, which is being constructed at
IIillman'4 shjpyard. This is the first time
Sunday work has been done at this yard
and was said to be the result OF orders
from Washington 10 push the work as ra-
pidly as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21

Calcutta, March 20--The lighting on the
northwest frontier Is now regarded as end
ed. The rebels have given the seventy hos
iages demanded.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
sMOKELEss POWDER BOUGHT.
Steamer Reaches New York With %
Tons From Germany.

New York, March 20-The Norwegian
steamer Nordkyn, which arrived this
morning from Hamburg, brought twenty
five tons of smokeless gun powder for the
United States government The Nordkyn
anchored in Gravesend Bay to discharge
the powder into lighters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
GERMANY NOT TO INTERFERE.
Complex Commercial Interests One
of the Obstacles.

London, March 21.-The Berlin CORE
spondent Of the Times confirms the state
ment that Germany has no inclination to
interfere in the Cuban question. He cites
the Berlin Post as saying that Germany's
complex commercial interests as wen as
her regard for the German residents in
the United States. forbid such interfer-
ence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
REcRuITs ron TnE AnTILLnnY.

Eigty Forwarded From the Train
ing school at Columbus.
Columbus, o., March 2o-Eighty recruits
have been forwarded from the Columbus
post up to date for the new artillery reg
Continued on Fifth Page)
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
SEAMAN SAYS 1T WAS EXTERNAL.
One of the Sailors From the Maine
Arrives at London

London, March 21, a. m.-The morning
papers publish a long statement by Sea-
man Newman, recently arrived In England,
who was on board the Maine at the time
of the disaster in Havana harbor
Newman solemnly declares that the ex-
plosion was external and on the port side
of the ship.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-21
BETHLEHEM IRON works BUSY.
over 1000 Hands on Guns, Carriages
ma ArmOr.

Bethlehem, Pa, March 2O.-The Bethle-
hem Iron Company's ordnance works
were working to-day for the first Sunday
In the company's history. Work on guns,
carriages and armor for the government
was under way. The plant is running
day and night and over two thousand
hands are busy.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

IN this issue we reprint in full Secre-
tary Ayers letter to Chsuncey M. De-
pew, in which the secretary tells what
has been accomplished by his depart
ment during the progress of the war.
AS this controversy promises to be long
drawn out, we shall try to keep our
readers informed upon all the main
points, and above all we shall be abso-
lutely impartial in our treatment of the
subject. The HERALD is not a paper
to suppress or gsrble news for any par
tisan or personal purposes. And if Q
republican secretary of war has brought
disgrace upon his country and upon his
party. we are for getting rid Of him.
Alger's gcilt has not been proved yet,
by any means, and it will be only fair
to suspend final judgment until the
facts are known.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Wreck On The Mountain.

Passenger train No. l of last Tues
day while going down the mountain
near Crowley narrowly escaped a seri-
GUS accident which would have occurred
but for the presence of mind of EnRi-
neer Ben Workman. Engine No LOG
was pulling the train and when round
ing the curve from some cause that
will never be known the pony trucks
climbed the rail, placing the engine
upon the ties. Engineer Workman
threw the air into the emergency and
together v ith Fireman Hugh O'Neill
prerared to jump, and when they
thought the engine was bound to go off
the grade and turn over did
jump. Engineer Workman escaped
with a badly cut lip and other slight
injuries, but Fireman O'Neil was a
badly hurt man. His right leg was
broken above the ankle, the bone pro-
truding through the flesh, while his
head was frightfully wounded. the
scalp being almost completely torn off
Both were brought into Williams,
where DR.. p. A. Melick, company
surgeon. dressed the wounds and sent
them to Albuquerque the next morn
ing. Luckily no coaches we're derailed,
and more lucky was it that the engine
men were not killed. Both men are
among the company's best and num-
Der their friends by the score.-Wil-
liams News.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

Preside nt Mckinley and Vice-Presi-
dent hobart had expired. and at the
same time the congress now 70 De
electe d will also cease to exist. 1t can
do absolutely nothing toward a change
Of monetary policy, unless it be some
thing to entangle aud emu arrass the
government, and clog its wheels and
mpair its credit. If that should be
done by a silver congress, everybody
of intelli gence realizes that it would
only render more certain and over
whelming the defeat of that party IN
the following election. Hence the ell.
yer men themselves. or as many or
them as have any sense, wi l resolute-
ly oppose the only action that Is pos
sible for them, even If they should sue
coed in electing a silver congress on
the pretext that it could do something.
Nor does any sane man suppose that
the tariff question can be used
against the republican party with sue
cess at this time. Behind various pre-
texts, the opposition will be purely
partisan.
While it would seem an insult to the
Intelligence of the people to suppose
| that such an opposition. and under
| such extraordinary circumstances,
could elect a congress hostile to the
| administration, it is neither safe nor
| honorable to take the result for grant
ed. The American people have to
show their capacity in self-government
and that conspicuously aud decisively,
in order to make the acquisition of ter
ritory blessing and not q curse. They
have to show how they uphold public
servants who do we'll, in order to make
sure that other public servants in fu-
ture will study their wishes as care
fully, and execute them as effectively
They have to show capacity in SELF
government by resolutely thrusting
aside any part of any faction that
threatens to injure the administration
and to throw control of congress into
| the hands of its adversaries.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

SECRETARYsAL in the letter 10
Chauncey NJ. Depew published in to-
days issue, states some facts that it 10
which he evidently considers very
strong one, that deserves the severest
criticism. He has made this point be-
fore aud since, in published Interviews,
aud it seems to be the main stay in the
case for the defense. That point 10
that the heads of departments, bureau
chiefs, and commanding generals are
not responsible for the shortcomings
OF their subordinates. In this
letter he does not assert
this in so many words, but
it is implied, and as we have
said he has asserted it elsewhere. The
principle is vicious one, and if the
secretary has really had this idea
throughout the war, that circumstance
explains vast amount of the short
comings that have been so manifest in
the conduct of the war department. 1t
does not need any argument to show
that this principle carried through the
army and navy, the city, state, and ma
| tional governments, and the business
| world would mean utter demoraliza-
ton. II the superior officer is not re-
spousible for his subordinates, who is:
In the case Of the army abuses, ii
seems to have been the utter incom-
petepce Of the inspecting officers that
made possible the presence and multi
plication of abuses. And one
reason for this was that
the inspectors general, who in
all reason ought to have been among
the most experienced and thoroughly
equipped officers in the service, were
in many cases young men from civil life
without one thing to recommend them
except that they had. ancestors. ln
only one command, that of Gen. Fitz.
hugh Lee, does it seem that the plain
rules for large camps were enforced,
and in that command the sick lis,
amounted to but two per cent. No, il
Mr. Alger was afraid to shoulder the
responsibility, and to make his subord
mates take their share, be should have
stepped out and made room for a better
/ man.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
The Political Issue.

New York Tribune.
The political conventions in import
ant states remind a nation largely en-
crossed with foreign affairs that it has
business to take care of at home, and
the most necessary of all its business
In little more than two months it will
have to determine the political control
of many states for some time to come,
but also to elect all the menu ers of one
branch of the law-makipg body, and
the legislatures which will select a
third OF the senators. Upon congress
will ultimately depend not only the in
crease of the navy aud the mainteu-
snce of its full efficiency, the decision
as to the size and quality of the army
and all reorganization of that force
which may be needed with reference
to larger duties and responsibilities in
future, but also the disposition to be
made of vastly important territory
which has come into possession of the
United States. 1t will rest in a great
degree with congress to say how that
territory shall be governed, what pro-
lection shall be given to ind vidusl
rights of Inhabitants. what opportunity
to Americans who may settle there,
what forms of local rule shall exist.
what shall be done about the kind of
money circulating there, what taxes
shall be imposed, and how trade be-
tween these territories and the United
States and between them and other ma
tious shall be regulated. 1t is not too
much to say that the value OF these pos
sessions 10 the nation will depend in
great degree upon the patriotism and
wisdom of the next congress.
IL is naturally supposed that, after a
remarkably short and successful war.
the administration in power will be
heartily sustained by the people. It
was at their demand that the war was
caused by an ultimstum which Spain
rejected, and rarely, if ever, has
the action of congress more clearly
reflected the will of the great majority
of both parties. The vigor of the
administration, as we'll as the heroism
of the army and navy, has helped to
make the struggle brief, the losses
small, and the results highly satisfac-
tory. Yet IL is plain that q political
party intends to oppose. as strongly as
it can, the election of representatives
and senators who will support the ad-
ministration in completing its work
and in shaping the future of the great
territories acquired. Such an oppo-
sitiou because inspired of partisan
feeling only, and without regard to
supposed issues involved, ought to be
everywhere condemned, and yet will
unquestionably control in many states.
The silver question will be used as q
pretext, but it is nothing more. Every
intelligent man knows that no action
favorable to the demands of silver men
will be possible until the terms of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Texas Railroad Interests.

Texas railroad interests, as a very
general rule, are in healthy and
thriving condition, and advices from
the northern part of the state present
the following gratifying report:
All railroads ceutering at TeXarkana
have increased the capacity of their
traffic service to % per cent above. the
status of this time last year. Five re-
gular engines were added to the train
department of the Cotton Belt railroad,
five to the Texas and Pacific, six to
the Iron Mountain and Southern, and
three to the Kansas City, Pittsbure
and Gulf. The advance in these facili-
ties is due to the increase of business
that has set in upon all of these roads
since the middle of August.
In the passenger department the
travel seems to have exceeded that OF
any previous year, the receipts of all
of the ticket offices showing an in
crease of 20 to so per cent over any OF
the previous seasons. Heavy crops
and the improved condition of the cat
tie and lumber industry throughout
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
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Arbitration OF Rates.

The news that the Denver meeting
on the transcontinental freight rates
has resulted in an agreement to sub
NIT the subject to arbitration is some
thing of a surprise, Gays the Railway
Age. On passenger rates the propo-
sails for arbitration have been sum-
marily rejected whenever made. In
the first place, certain OF the executive
officers of leading transcontipental
lines have held that it would be impOs-
sible to find an arbitrator sufficiently
impartial, there being practically no
railway man in the country whose in
terest were not more or less
involved in some aspect OF the ques-
tions at issue. Secondly, as Mr.. Fustis
declared before the Interstate COM
merce commissions, an acceptance OF
arbitration would be q practical aban-
donment in advance of the position of
the American lines. Arbitrators, Mr..
Fustis said, always decided on q COM
promise: and this is a question which
the American lines can not consent to
have compromised. They can not con-
sent to anything but wiping out OF
coast differentisnls in toto. This Sec
ond objection has EVIDENTLY more
force than the other, for it is difficult
to believe that there are not to
be found men in this country who are
both competent and fair enough to de-
eide justly this or any other question
that can be brought up. If the freight
question is to be arbitrated, it is be-
cause the controversy has not yet gone
as far as it has with passenger rates;
the issue has not been yet SO clearly
cut and neither party has been COM
PEELED to take SO extreme a position.
1t is hard to believe that the diff
culties, either in regard to passenger
or freight business, are incapable OF
Admirable adjustment, and any attempt
to reach such an adjustment will be an
immense improvement on the methods
of conducting the fight which have
prevailed heretofore.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
NEW MEXICO.

H. B. Moe Her, formerly of Ell Paso,
was an arrival on Mondays train. He
left on the stage next morning for
Lincoln, to take charge of the books
of Chss. BELGIAN, the merchsnt.-Ros-
we'll Register.
Hon w. E. Martin, editor of Ell Re
publicano, of Socorro, in the last
issue of that paper, indorses Captain
Max Luna as q candidate for delegate
to congress on the Repub licsn ticket
in no unmistakable manner.
In the last sixty days, an almost gen
eral complaint has existed against the
impurity of the water furnished to the
consumers of Las Vegas, and numerous
cases of sickness have been alleged as
attributable to the use of the water
Las Vegas Optic.