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In This City

matters are assuming better shape
under charitable committees, etc;
large numbers are now fed and cared
for by private subscriptions. | wit
messed many terrible scenes and saw
some die while l was present. | am
told Gen. Blanco will give 100000 to
the relief fund
November 27, Gen. Lee sent to the
department the communications of
two gentlemen whose names he says
are suppressed for obvious reasons,
but whom he knows personally as
standing high in the community, con-
corning the condition of Los Fosos
(The Ditches) in Havana. The COM
munication says. among other things:
-Four hundred and sixty women and
children thrown on the ground heaped
pell-mell as animals, some in a dying
condition, others sick, others dead;
without the slightest cleanliness or the
least help, not even able to give water
to the thirsty, without either religious
or social help. each one dying wherever
chance laid him
The communication goes on TO state
that the deaths among these reconcen-
tradoes averages forty or fifty daily
and that on an average there were
but ten days Of life for each person.
1t says that these unhappy creatures
received food only after having been
eight days in the bitches, during which
time they were obliged to subsist
upon the bad food which the dying had
refused Some horrible instances of
the distress witnessed are given
Among the mauy deaths we saw,
says the communication. there was
seen one impossible to forget. There
is still alive the only witness, a young
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AME SSAGE ATLt!SS71,.,
President, After Weeks OF Weary
Waiting, Gives the Spanish
Case to Congress.

Seeks Authority to Use the Army and Navy to
Suppress the Bloodshed in Cuba, but Makes
No Promise as to When Such Measures
Shall Be Put Into Executon--He Does Not
Favor the Recognition of Either Beiger-
ency or independence at This Time, but
Wants the Army and Navy Held Ready for
Use at His Call--The Maine Disaster Offered
as Evidence of Spanish Impotency--a Re-
view Of the Struggle on the Island and Its
Awful Results
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WHAT SHALL IT Re?
House and Senate Are Far From
Unanimous on the Spanish
and Cuban Questions.

he Presidents Recommendation Cannot Pre-
vail in Either House Without Long Debate
and Hard StruggIe--On the Other Hand.
the Conservatives Will Not Agree to Recog-
milton Of the Present Cuban Repubic--The
Committees on Foreign Affairs Are Divided
on the Question of Expediency in the Face
of the Problem Presented--Not Much En-
thusiasm for the Message.
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Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., April 11-Pres-
ident Mckinley did not win back the
confidence of Congress by the message
which he sent in to-day on the Cuban
question.
He did not convince the Republi-
cans that he was done with his policy
of delay and ready to act Immediately
for the purpose of ending the war and
starvation in Cuba and securing the
independence of that island.
On the contrary, he disappointed
the great bulk of his own party in
both houses by the general tenor OF
his message and by the recommended
ton that he be authorized to resort to
armed intervention in Cuba at his
own discretion in order to restore
peace and give the Cubans "a stable
government
Some Republicans were 50 angry
that they refused TO give an opinion
on the message. Among these were
Senator Foraker, of the President S
own State. and Senator Mason, of Hi
nois.
The former when asked what he
thought about the message. SIMPLY
swore and declined to discuss it.
How the message impressed Demo-
Gratis who have been willing to stand
by the President in UNFOLDING the
honor and interests of the country
can be gathered from what is said by
Senator Faulkner These were the
Senator's words:
The message was disappointing.
The chronicle of events in Cuba, the
strained relations between Spain and
this country, and the intolerable con-
ditions affecting our commercial IN
terests were we'll portrayed by the
President,
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STIRRING TuEfNSEI.V Ec

Madrid. April 1850 a. NAT the
Princess Theatre yesterday evening a
spectator shouted vida Espana' and
the entire audience arose, while the
building resounded with frantic cheers.
The national anthem was demanded
by the people and was played amidst
enthusiastic acclamations.
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correspondence is Of a confidential ma
ture, and some of the important COM
munications excerpts only are given.
The period of the correspondence after
the blowing up of the Maine contains
no reference to that event, such COM
munications probably being deemed
irrelevant to the purpose of the reso-
luton calling for the consular CORES
pondence in the possession of the gov
eminent as to the situation Of, affairs
in Cuba The first dispatch of Gen.
Lee contains Gen. Blanco's order under
date of November Is, repeating, or
rather modifying Gen Weyler's order
of concentration which has heretofore
been published by the press. This
order was made shortly after Gen.
Lee returned to Havana from the
United States, last fall, Gen. Lee, in
this communication. also enclosed the
proclamation Of j. NJ. Rodriguez,
major general in charge of the West
ern Department Of the Cuban military
operations, addressed to the Cuban
people, and informing them of the
firm resolution of the insurgent
army to continue fighting until the at
tainment Of absolute independence.
1t was on November 23d that Con-
sui General Lee made his first report
to the Department of State on the
conditions of affairs in Cuba 1t is as
follows:
United States Consulate General Ha-
hama, November 90 1897.
Sir:-I have the honor to briefly
submit a statement of what appears to
be the present condition Of
Affairs in This Island.
First-The insurgents will not ac-
cept autonomy.
Second-A large majority of the
Spanish subjects. who have commercial
and business interests and own prop
erty here, will not accept autonomy,
but prefer annexation to the United
States rather than an Independent re-
public or genuine autonomy, under the
Spanish flag.
Third-The Spanish authorities are
sincere in doing all in their power to
encourage, protect and promote the
grinding Of sugar. The grinding sea-
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

Teneriffe, Canary Islands. April Il
The Spanish armored cruisers Cristo-
bal Colon and Marie Teresa have pass
ed this island going south A battal-
ion of Spanish infantry and two bat
teries of mountain artillery have ar
rived here
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Efforts at Meditation.

In April, 1896, the evils from which
our country suffered through the Gu
ban war became SO onerous that my
predecessor made an effort to bring
about peace through The mediation
OF TINS government IN any way that
might tend to an honorable adjustment
OF the contest between Spain and her
reFolted colony, on the basis OF some
effective scheme of self government for
Cuba under the flag and sovereignty
OF Spain. 1t failed through the refusal
of the Spanish government then in
power to consider any form of media
ton, or indeed, any plan of settlement
which did not begin with the actual
submission of the insurgents to the
mother country, and then rely on such
terms as Spain herself might see fit to
grant. The war continued undated
The resistance of the insurgents was in
no wise diminished.
The efforts of Spain were increased
both by the dispatch of fresh levies to
Cuba and by the addition to the hor-
rors of the strife of new and inhuman
phase happily unprecedented in the
modern history of civilized Christian
peoples. The policy of devastation and
concentration, inaugurated by the cap
tain generals bando of October 81
1896. in the province of Pinar del Rio
was thence extended to embrace all of
the island to which the Spanish arm
was able to reach by occupation or by
military operations. The peasantry,
including all dwelling in the open ag-
ricultural interior, were driven into
the garrison towns or isolated places
held by the troops. The raising and
movement of provisions OF all kinds
were interdicted The fields were laid
waste. dwellings unroofed and fired,
mills destroyed, and, in short, every
thing that could desolate the land and
render it unfit for human habitation
or support was commanded by one or
the other of the contending parties. and
executed by all the powers at their dis
DoSal
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But His Conclusions

and recommendations, if / properly
understood them from the reading,
will not and cannot be supported by
American sentiment Congress alone
can declare when force shall be en-
ployed and how that force shall be
directed. We cannot, under any cir
cumstances. become the allies of Spain
by feeding her starving citizens and
by using our army and navy against
the insurgents to establish peace, and
thus re-establish the sovereignty or
Spain over the island of Cuba, which
she has lest my her impotency.
American traditions, American SYM
patty and American love Of liberty
would repudiate in the one case and
the rebels in the other against such
use of national power. While | have
been and am for peace, If 1t can be
had with national honor | cannot sup
port the recommendations OF the Pres
ident in his message"
Senator Elkins was one of the few
who were altogether pleased with the
message. He said it was great
state paper.
Captain Dovener did not care to
talk about the message until he had
had time to read it. Evidently he had
not got very clear idea of just
what the President proposed from
having it read.
This WAS the case with many nennle
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PROVISIONS GOING LIP.

Havana. April 11.-Fine, summer
weather prevailed here to-day and
about the usual business movement
was noticed. Provisions, however,
have been doubled in price
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girl of eighteen, whom we found
seemingly lfeless on the ground. On
her right side was the body of a
young mother cold and rigid, but with
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By Associated Press.
Washington, d. c., April 1.-The
future of the relations OF thu limited
States with Spain and 10 Cuba now
rests with Congress, The representa-
tive body of the American people
What course the elected men COM
posing it will pursue cannot be fore
told tonight
The Foreign Committees Of both
houses now have the subject I'M their
control and after due delberation will
report to their respective branches
what they consider should be the atti-
tude of the United States on the grave
question presented.
Early action by the committees is
expected, but exactly when it may be
looked for is not now determrable.
The full responsibility of the subject
was placed upon Congress, when Presi-
dent Mckinley to-day transmitted to
it a carefully prepared and anXiously
awaited message, relating to our ne
gotiations with Spain as to its warfare
in Cuba, and drawing therefrom his
personal conclusions and recommended
tions.
He placed the trust with these
words: The issue is now with Con-
grass. 1t is a solemn responsibility.
| have exhausted every effort to re-
lieve the intolerable condition of af-
fairs which is at our doors. | am pre-
pared to execute every obligation i'm
posed upon me by the constitution and
the law await your action" r,y
No message in recent years, not even
that of President Cleveland, on Vene-
zuela, nor President Harrison, on Chill.
caused such widespread and intense
interest. No message was ever lis
tened to with more close attention by
galleries and members at both ends
of the capitol.
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Sufferinus OF the People.

BY the time the present administra-
ton took office a year ago reconcentra-
tion-so-calied- been made effec-
tive over the better part of the four
central and western provinces, Santa
Clara, Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del
Continued on Second Page.
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Washington, d. c., April 1.-THE
consular correspondence with regard
to the situation in Cuba. which was
transmitted to-day, was prepared in
response to resolutions of inquiry
adopted by both House and Senate.
The correspondence was prepared for
transmission TO Congress just before
the blowing up Of the Maine, and hay-
ing been laid up since, now includes
communications up to April first 1t
covers the communications of Consul
General Lee at Havana; Consul Nc
Carr, at Cienfuegos; Consul Brice, at
Matanzas; Consul Hyatt, at Santiago
de Cuba, and Consul Barker, at Sagua
la Grande The communications make
10000 words They deal largely with
the distress and suffering which exists
in all the districts. But Gen. Lee re-
ports quite fully upon the DEGREES of
the government with regard to auton-
omy and other political phases of the
situation. In preparing the cores
pondence for transmission to Congress
considerable portions Of the import
ant communications, and especially
those marked confidential, are omit
ted. The resolutions to which they
are the response in each instance, ask
ed only for such correspondence as
it was not deemed incompatible with
the public interest to make public.
Gen. Lees Correspondence
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Effects OF the War.

since the present revolution began.
IN February, 1895. this country has
seen the fertile domain at our thresh-
old ravaged by fire and sword in the
course of a struggle unequalled in The
history Of the island. and rarely parel-
'rIed as to the number of combatants
ana the bitterness Of the contest by any
evolution of modern times where a
dependent people. striving to be free,
nave been oppressed by the power of
,ne sovereign State. Our people have
oehed once prosperous community
reduced TO comparative want, its lucra-
UFe commerce virtually paralyzed, its
exceptional productiveness diminished,
Us fields laid waste, its mills in RUNS.
and its people perishing by tens of
'houSands from hunger and destitu-
uoh. We have found ourselves con-
strained. in the observance of that
Nflct neutrality which our laws enjoin,
amy which the law of nations COM
MdndS, 10 police our own waters and
watch our own seaports in prevention
Oh any unlawful action in aid OF the
'upans Our trade has suffered; the
Capltal invested by our citizens in
'Qoa has been largely lost, and the
temper and forbearance of our people
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have been so sorely tried as to beget
a perilous unrest among our own citi-
zens, which has inevitably found its
expression from time to time in the
national legislature, so that issues
wholly external to our body polite
engross attention and stand in the
way of that close devotion to domestic
advancement that becomes a self-con-
tanned commonwealth, whose prime
maxim has been tae avoidance of all
foreign entaLglements All this must
needs awaken, and has indeed aroused
the utmost concern on the part of this
government, as well during my prede-
ceSSors term as in my own.
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Gen, Lees CORRESPONDENCE

runs over the period from November
II, 1897, to April !, 1898. Much of the
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Profound Enthusiasm.

may nave DSeU quo TO J0e ldCI tndL us
main features had been accurately
forecasted in The Associated Press dis
patches, or to a disappointment among
those who wanted Cuban independence
and immediate reprisal upon Spain for
the destruction of the Maine.
For a long time large majority in
both houses have favored recognition
Of the independence OF Cuba; for more
than two years, as voiced in resoiu-
tons passed by Congress, the recogni-
ton of belligerency has been sought
Both of these propositions were an
tagonized in the message, and conse-.
quently in this regard the message did
not accord with the majority senti-
ment. The message left Congress very
much at sea, because the disparage-
ment in views between it and the
executive are obstacles hard to sur
mount, unless, as now seems possible,
Congress sees its course to lie in ac-
cord with the Presidents recommen-
dalton. 1t is generally believed that
the President would have been author
lied to intervene with the army and
navy, had it not been for the conclud-
ing paragraphs Of the document,
which announced the latest phase OF
diplomatic negotiations.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations Immediately went into session,
but reached no definite conclusion.
From the fact that the Republican
members held a consultation after the
meeting adjourned, and what was SAID
regarding it, the inference was drawn
that some strong measure was neces-
sary in order to carry any acIoh DS
the committee through the senate.
A declaration of war was talked OF.
and a. declartlon that the people OF
Cuba should he free, coupled with
authorization to the President 70
bring this about by armed interview
ton, was suggested.
1t is well known that any PROPOSE
ton advanced will be met IN the sen
ate with an amendment declaring the
independence of the
Present Cuban Government.
To SO frame a resolution as to carry
majority of the Senate and at the
same time meet the commentators
of the President. is the result which
the foreign relations committee is try
ing to secure.
The conservative Senators also met
in the afternoon and determined 70
oppose any radical measure, il it
should be reported by the senate COM
mittee on foreign relations. They will
oppose by debate recognition OF In
dependence OF the present government
and a declaration Of war, ana Will
consent to action only along the lines
Of the recommendations Of the Presi-
dent as to Intervention at his discre-
ton,
The temper OF the House could not
no accurately determined, bat there.
As in the Senate. the proposition q
cuban independence has 10 be met
ANY report from the committee on
foreign affairs that does not cary
with it this feature will be antag
onjzed by an amendment, and the
prospects are that nearly all the DEM 1,
ocrats and many Republicans VII
Continued on Fourth PaK@
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Text OF the Message.

The message in full, is as follows:
Obedient to that precept OF the con-
stitutiOn which commands the Presi-
dent 10 give from time to time the
Congress information of the state of
the Union. and to recommend to its
consideration such measures as he
snail judge necessary and expedient.
il becomes my duty now to address
your body with regard to the grave
crisis that has arisen in the relations
Of the United States to Spain by reason
OF the warfare that for more than
three years has ragged in the neighbour
ing island of Cuba. | do so because of
the intimate connection of the Cuban
question with the state of our own
union, and the grave relation the
course which it is now incumbent up
on the nation to adopt must needs
bear TO the traditional policy OF our
government. if it is to accord with the
precepts laid down by the founders OF
Pie republic and religiously observed
'W each succeeding administration to
The present day
The present revolution is but the
successor of other similar instructions
which have occurred in Cuba against
the dominion of Spain, extending over
a period Of nearly half century, each
OF which, during its progress, has sub
]ected the United States to great eX-
PenSe and effort in enforcing its neu-
Nality laws, caused enormous losses to
American trade and commerce, caused
irritation, annoyance and disturbance
among our citizens, and, by the eXer-
clse Of cruel, barbarous and unciviliZed
practices of warfare. shocked the SEN
Abillties and offended the humane
SlmpathieS of our neOnle
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CORRESPONDENCE SENT N.
President Gives Congress the Cuban
Consular Re ports.

views OF Patriotic Americans Who
Have Been Living Right Among
the Horrors of the Cuban War
and Weyler's Hellish Concentra-
ton Schemes-A Story That
Makes the Blood Run Cold-No
Mitigating Feature ~ A Plan Of
Annihliation by Starvation and
Disease - Women and Children
The Principal Victims = Little
Made Public That Bore Upon the
Maine Disaster.
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Besides Capt. Doyener.

Mr.. Miller was another who was not
ready to talk about the message. Mr..
Miller admitted he had heard great
deal Of unfavorable comment on il
from Republicans on the floor OF the
House.
Mr.. Dorr said the message was all
right as far as it went, but it did not
60 far enough Il am IN favor of the
independence Of Cuba
and immediate intervention to restore
peace and make independence real
ity."
Mr. Dayton gave II as his opinion
that the President was right in his
recommendations. and that he could
be trusted 10 use the authority for
armed intervention. which Congress
would grant him with promptitude and
effectiveness.
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-07-15
FROM ZACH.

Special correspondence
Theo Elmore, Of Sharon, is Wis
iting relatives in this community.
j. p. Jordan has been indisposed
this week with fever, butts thought
to be some better.
Miss Fannie Beasley, of West
port, spent Friday aud Saturday
here with homefolks.
Miss Florence Nance began the
public school here this morning
with a fair attendance. We want
to see all the children in school, and
they should be encouraged to at
tendregularly, for withoutthis they
can not secure the benefits 80 nee
essary to their future life.
ZACH, July y.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1898-07-15
FROM sBlsrow

Special correspondence
Uncle Noah Rushing visited d
Camden la3t week
j. 1t. Harper Of Egvilie waF
here this week on business.
W. A. Sparks and fumilyQf Lib
erty are visiting here this week.
The public school at Neophogea
will be opened by N. e. Byn next
week
Rev w S. Brewer preached at
Rushing's Creek Sunday in the ab-
sence Of Rev Mr.. Matheney.
Farmers have about got through
work in their crops, and everything
looks promising for o good yield
The revival meeting will begin
at Bushings Greek on Saturday be
fore the second Sunday in August
We hope for q great revival
a. j. Lockhart is here with his
steam threshef getting out wheat.
The best yield noted is that Of w.
A. Latimsr, who made IS bushels
per acre.
The balloon show was mere this
week, but Professor Ross failed to
ascend However, a balloon was
sent up, and when last seen it wac
| going South
BRIsToW, July ~.
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FROM wHITLEYvILLE.

Special correspondence
Blackberries are ripe, and the
canning industry is active.
Constable G. w. Parker was in
our midst Saturday on business.
Rev. e, Holloman Will hold SER
vices here next Sunday at IL a. m.
There is some sickness in this
locality at present, but no serious
cases.
Rev. w. d. Dunn will begin the
protracted meeting here Sunday,
July 81.
James Wheatley gave a birthday
dinner on the 9th instant. About
twenty guests we're present.
Work in the crops is over, and
some Of our energetic farmera are
engaged in making ties, others re-
main in the shade and are taking
things easy, while a few spend theil
time in fishing.
WHITLEYvILLE, July 13.