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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13

Washington, ID. C., April 12.-Gen.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, now generally re-
garded as the spokesman of the Pres
ident on the floor OF the House, late
this afternoon, in reply to an attack
upon the policy of the administration,
interpreted the recommendations in the
Presidents message to mean a request
for authority to use the army and navy
of the United States to establish on the
Island of Cuba government indie
pendent Of Spain.
1t was regarded as an exceedingly
important and significant announce
ment.
In the brief debate to-day the OPEN
ing guns of the contest that begins
tomorrow were fired. Broadsides were
exchanged and then the House adj
journed. Mr.. LentZ, an Ohio Democrat.
who drew the fire of Gen. Grosvenor
last Thursday, returned the assault
again to-day, attacking what he term
ed the "vacillating' policy of the Pres
ident, the midnight conferences, at
the White House with Senator Elkins
and John j. McCOok, and asserting
that the Presidents recommendations
really meant that the United States
should coerce the Cuban insurgents
into acceptance of Spain's scheme of
autonomy.
Then came Gen. Grosvenors import
ant announcement upon which Mr.. Bal
ley, the Democratic leader, countered,
taking the position that If the President
had meant to declare for the independ-
ence Of Cuba he would have said so in
specific words. The message was clear
and lucid, he said, except as to the rec
concentrations, and it had required all
the ingenuity of Gen. Grosvenor to tor
ture such an Interpretation from them.
In conclusion he declared that the Pres
ident who would coerce the Cuban pa
triots would not live to survive the
odium of the American people.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal the Speaker recognized Mr.,
Hilborn, (Rep., California; to call up
on behalf of the naval committee the
Senate bill for the organization of
naval battalion in the District of Co
lumbia
Il rise to a parliamentary inquiry,
shouted Mr.. Terry Oem., Ark.).
what need have we for any army
and navy any way?" G4aughter)
THAT is not parliamentary in
quiry." replied the Speaker, smiling
blandly amid renewed laughter.
Later, while Mr.. Hill. Conn, was dis
cussing the question of reforming the cur
rency, Mr. Simpson, Pop, Kas., became so
obstreperous that Mr.. Hopkins. Rep, Ill,
who was in the chair, ordered him to take
his seat and when the Kansan declined
he instructed the Sergeant at Arms to
use the silver mace, the emblem of the
Houses authority to compel him to take
his seat One of the assistants took the
mace out Of its place on the malachite
pedestal and marched up the aisle tow
ard Mr.. Simpson. The latter laughed at
him. "Take that thing back" he said.
AS the mace can not be employed under
the rules in committee, the chair did not
press the command and the incident clos
cd with a round of laughter.
For nearly three hours to-day the
Senate had the Cuban question in its sew
eral phases under discussion. Three res
buttons bearing upon the question were
introduced All went to the Foreign AZ
rairs Committee.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
GRAND WELCOME 70 GEN. LEE.
Thousands Of Enthusiastic Washing
tonlaDS Awaited Him

At the Railway Station and So
Great Was Their Anxiety to
Give Him a Hearty Greeting
That Even a Platoon of Police
Were Inefficient in Making a Pas
sage-At the State Department,
Discipline Was Relaxed, and
Every body Turned Into the Cor
ridors to Cheer the Havana Hero
as He Went to Secretary Sher-
mans Office - Closeted for an
Hour With the President.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
ACQUITTED.

Milton Weliman Found to Have Been Held
on Perjured Evidence.
Special to the Register.
Huntington, w. Va. April 12.-Mil-
ton Wellman, of Wayne, recently ar
rested as an accomplice in postoffice
robbery and arson at Erie. Wayne
county, was acquitted. David Bart
ram, who recently made confession I'M
der oath duplicating Wellman, made a
different statement to the United States
Commissioner to-day. Government Of
fjcials will now prosecute Bartram for
Deriury
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
TO MEET MAY II.
Ihlrd District Democratic Committee
lled.-.Will Call a Convention.

special to the Register
Charleston. W. Va, April 12-J. Fl.
Miller, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee of the Third Con-
sfessoinal District. has called that
Committee to meet In Hinton May IA,
Nneh call will be issued for a CEN
,entlon to nominate Democratic can
oldate for Congress.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
ATTACHMENT SUITS
For Amounts Aggregating $4,000 Insti-
tuted Against Bettman ~ Watson.

Special to the Register
Parkersburg, W. Va, April 12.-Two
attachment suits, aggregating twelve
thousand dollars, were instituted in the
Circuit Court to-day. against the as
signed oil firms of Bettman & Watson,
and Stillheimer & Bettman, of New
York, by the Citizens National Bank
OF Parkersburg, for checks and notes
held by the bank. and the property of
the firms In this section was attached
The bank accepted the paper and later
discovered there was not funds in the
bank in New York.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
AnoKKIBLE ACCIDENT.
Child Burned to Death While Its Mothc
Was Absent from Home

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, W. Va. April ia
horrible accident occurred at Wades-
vile. near here, last night. Mrs. Alon-
70 Balderson left her three-year-oid
son locked in the house while she went
to the store, and during her absence
the child fell into the fire. and its
head was almost burned off. the arms
dropping off whhen the body was lift
ed from the crate.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
TOOK COAL AT HALIFAX.

Halifax. n. s.. April 1.-The United
States warships San Francisco and New
Orleans sailed at o'clock this morning
for New York They took on board
go tons Of coal al this port
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
TEN THOUSAND REREI.S

TEN THOUSAND REBFLS.
:. London, April Especial dispatches
,lom Madrid say that advices received
ION the Philippine islands report that
me rebellion there is increasing, and
onat ten thousand rebels are now under
HIMs Trouble is feared at Manila.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13

Washington, April 12.-By a prac
tically unanimous vote, the Cuban con-
ference of Republican Representatives
decided tonight to work in harmony
with the committee on foreign affairs
on representations of the latter's firm
position to be incorporated in report
to the House, expected tomorrow
This is the most significant step yet
taken by the body of about three score
of aggressive Republican members
whose course has been towards radical
action. They were in session for an
hour to-day at the adjournment of the
House, and after
SOME VIGOROUS SPEECHES,
the submission of a report on how the
foreign affairs committee stood decided
that they would be satisfied with the
report from the foreign affairs commit
tee If il made no change in the position
il announced to the steering committee
substantially as follows
A preamble reciting the condition IN
Cnba. consisting largely OF quotations
from the Presidents message, which
constitutes a scatching arrangement OF
SPANISH misrule and the barbarities OF
the war. a vigorous reference TO the
blowing up of the Maine and resoiu-
ton authorizing, empowering and dl-
recting the President to intervene at
once for the purpose of restoring peace
and order and the establishment OF
firm. stable and independent govern
ment on the island of Cuba with the
free consent of the people Of the ISL
and and empowering the President to
employ the army and navy forces of
the United States for this purpose.
There were fifty-fve Representatives
present, and while there We're several
who stood out temporarily for more
pronounced action on the line of recog-
milton. they finally agreed on the ne
cessity for unifying the conclusion
finally adopted.
During the afternoon the steering
committee of nine, Mr.. Belknap. of IL
linois chairman, had been before the
Republican members of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee and secured
AN INFORMAL STATEMENT
of their position. The members of that
committee stated they have agreed on
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13

SSiVaIiVes ana ErO-Cuban Mem
bers OF Both Houses Expected to
Be Satisfied With the Result.
Senate May Be Continued in Ses-
sion Till Late to Get the Resolu-
ton Through-Predict That the
House May Vote Almost Unani-
mOuSly.
Washington, April LIT was stated
late tonight on high authority that an
arrangement has been practically effect
ed by which the resolution may pass
both houses tomorrow 1t is under
stood that the foreign affairs commit
tees Of the House and Senate will con-
fer before the assembling Of Congress
tomorrow for the purpose OF perfect
ing an agreement whereby the Foraker
resolution will be substituted for the
other resolutions. 1t will be modified
by the elimination of the second para
graph, which recognizes independence,
and other slight changes made to con-
form to the decision reached by the
committees. Tonight the members of
the Senate committee believe that the
resolution will pass both houses by a
practically unanimous vote 1t is said
that if necessary a continuous sitting
will be had in the Senate in order to
secure final action during the legisla-
tive day of Wednesday.
THE President is authorized, directed
and empowered to intrvene at once tC
restore peace on the island of Cuba and
secure to the people thereof firm
stable and independent government of
their own, and is authorized to use the
army and naval forces of the United
States to secure this end"
This substantially is the resolution
agreed upon by the Republican mem
bers Of the Foreign Affairs Committee
vi Tic IIOuoo H. llC AiCSIlh !.
was held at the residence of one OF
the members, and did not adjourn un-
til a very late hour
Before finally deciding upon the
wording of the resolution, as given
above, the committee carefully consid-
cred several other forms. Information
was conveyed to the committee, how
ever, that a strong resolution was de-
manded, and several members. headed
by Mr. Smith, Of Michigan, made the
contest for the resolution that was
finally agreed upon. To all intents
and purposes it is the resolution offer
ed by Mr. Smith himself.
1t is the intention of the Republican
members now that an agreement has
been reached, to call in the Demo-
cratic members of the committee to-
morrow morning and to make a report
to the House as soon as it convenes
at noon.
The single resolution agreed upon
by the Republican members will be in
troduced by a preamble reciting the
conditions existing on the island of
Cuba, the facts as known concerning
the destruction Of the Maine and brief
ly making strong indictment against
Spain for her conduct of affairs on the
island The preamble will in epitom-
lied form follow very closely the lines
of the Presidents message. but that
portion Of it referring to the Maine
disaster will take stronger ground
than did the message.
1t is now the purpose to pass the
resolution before the sun sets to-mor-
row. Debate will be limited to four or
five hours. The House leaders have
determined upon this course in the be-
lief that it will strengthen both at
home and abroad the position to be
taken.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
CONGRESS MAY ACT TO-DAY.
The House and Senate Committees on
Foreign Relations

VIII Confer Together This Morning
and Are Expected to Harmonize
All Their Differences-The Con-
servatlves and Pro Cuban Mem
bers Of Both Houses Expected to
Be Satisfied With the Result.
Senate May Be Continued in Ses-
sion Till Late to Get the Resolu-
ton Through-Predicted That the
House May Vote Almost Unani-
mOuSly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
ME- 70 SPANISH AGENCIES.
Gen. Lee Tells the Senate Foreign
Affairs Committee

u;e Views of the Maine Disaster.
noes Not Think General Blanco
Knew of the Plot. But Thinks
snanish Officials Conducted the
Murderous Enterprise-Says He
Thinks There is No Room for
Doubt About It.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
The Day Devoted TO the Discussion OF
the Cuban Question.

Numerous Resolutions Offered in
the Senate, and All Sent to the
Committee on Foreign Relations.
A Warm Exchange in the House,
That Drew the Fire of General
Grosvenor, the Presidents Con-
gressional Mouthpiece.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13

MI. VT. {. Schnepf the Opera House drug
n" made the following observations OF
= teinperature YESTERDAY. A. m. 81,
Clear x ni'' ~ ~ "'-' g. y "''' w.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13
The Weather.

VIZ lNGTON. April 12.-For Wesi
a., gina and Western syivania-Fair
sn nS warmer: winds becoming southerly
ny increasing in force.
so,r,.9r ohio-Increasing cloudiness. fresh
'V'herly winds.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-13

Washington, April 12.-Consul Cen
eral Fitzhugh Lee arrived mere from
Havana at 80 o'clock this afternoon.
A large crowd of enthusiastic admirers
had gathered at the Pennsylvania sta
ton and when the General stepped from
the train he was greeted With tre-
mendous outburst of applause.
Women waived their handkerchiefs
and men their hats, and altogether the
demonstration was notable.
Washington crowds, as a rule. are
not demonstrative, but this occasion
was a conspicuous exception.
Long before the hour set for the ar
rival of the train the crowd began to
gather. 1t completely filled the station
and Sixth street adjacent on the east,
and extended far out into Pennsylvania
avenue The General occupied the last
car in his train, and when it was known
that it had reached the station there was
a tremendous rush TO get look at him.
BY the time he was ready to alight the
crowd was so dense about the train that
even the assistance of platoon of
police it was with difficulty he reached
the platform.
Several personal friends of the Cen
eral. among them a number of ladies,
pressed forward and finally succeeded
in grasping him by the hand One Of
the ladies presented him bouquet OF
Continued on Second Page.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

perr 3 me pay of a End
clas ~ and $40 is the amount
allopsd to Ffd class engineers. Men
receives fro{n s24 to $40 per month.
This Of cou tse, includes boarding and
uuifayms, aAd when sick they are
coiveyedtb the governments hospi-
tails where they received the beat of
icare and treatment.
james T. Nix sent to the peniten-
tiary from Lake Charles at the Feb
tuary term of court Of the present
year, has made his escape.
THE trial of Joseph Page. charged
with the murder of Mrs. Johanna Ro-
ma, between / and 2 o'clock on The
morning of June 9th 1897, came up
I1tA,eesQre Jsdge Noise in section B of
the criminal court gt New Orleans.
He was acquitted Of the charge and
the District Attorney ordered the ar
rest Of the husband for the bloody
deed.
"A new hotel Dieu to be built OF
white stone with marble trimmings
will be an ornament to the avenue
St Charles in New Orleans. The new
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

tIme to come to
work, to quit it and the amount of
provisions they shall be allowed to
carry home to feed their families and
many other similar rules to numerous
to mention here. Have these rules
circulated and have every white lady
sign them and bind and oOllsate them
selves TO keep them.
The local reporter of the Lafayette
Advertiser would suggest the follow
;nc nlan which to his mind would be
quite "cliucher' on the tyranny.
1st For time to begin work.
Let the writer of the above commu'
nication 60 around and get the census
Of all the cooks employed in Lafayette
and furnish a list of the same to the
electrician of the town, then let th's
officer see that every night a wire Is
attached to the wrist of each cook and
then every morning Gin winter at
o'clock, and in summer at 4 O'Clock
lot him turn the current, this Will &c
to remind each one of them that 'n'
time has arrived.
"a. Time to quit work.
Let each kitchen door be provided
after 8 o'clock p. M. with the neV
, annaratus devised to catch burglar
> which consist of a clock coneea'"s
! revolver spring, and the indlspensa
r BILE electricity.
+ Let the clock be set at the nou
fO unlt W0rk. II
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

lean war Sd
ropean stAion H.
from Lisbon, the foS
and the latter one for H.
The San Francisco has b.
ed to England and a part ot her crew
will bring one Of the ships purchased
from the Brazilian governement.
|-Purchases of torpedo boats are also
pushed along and every day finds the
United States better prepared for war.
The War department has discon-
tinued the army departments OF Mis-
souri, and Texas and has created two
new ones nams ely, the departments OF
the Lakes and Of the Gulf the lrtter's,
headquarters being in Atlanta. da.
Movement of artillery batte1 =
from the Western States to the a
coast have already begun and in '1
few days all the forts on the sea fo'.'
will have received their guns, 'her
ammunition and the Een to maH
them.
-Cjffers from various States are re-
received daily in Washington for
: men and money in case of war with
> Spain.
a General stoppcl!ein. of South Car
olina, commanding the largest body
of cavalry in the United States writes
r 20 one of his congressman as follows
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

Felix Mouton. 81 t,O oo
Don L Caffery. 80
Felix Mouton and DR.. F.. +. Girard
against Chas. M, Parkerson-Score 5O,
Chas. NJ, Parkerson won by l..
Correspondence.
Crowley, La., March 10 1898.
Mr.. EDITOR:
Having promised to drop few
lines "de temps en- temps, 90 so
with much pleasure this morning,
knowing well that some Of my old
friends in Lafayette parish will be
pleased to hear that "Cherokee" is still
in the land Of the living.
Crowley, whose birth extends but
few years back, has certainly made
gip antic strides towards becoming a
city of some Importance. Her success
remains unquestionably a fact, as from
the narshy weeds and malaria iDfest-
ed pools Of a few years back, she has
very pheniX like, risen to modern
CITY of several thousand inhabitants,
With her two-story buildlngs-wide
and graded avenues@immense ware
houses and rice mills-factories ane
combined with the cleverness OF he
people, makes Crowley the peer o
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

PASTOR Of the ST. 1,
among the resinous atmosS6
RaaI,b n1s; "nere ne expect to regain !
The law and.US..-.u
We clip the fo follow;rreuas
explain to the satisfaction which
cerned why there is so iiftis oil co
ance to appropriate ourssl Arelut
umbrellas that are not .gS wi
our own. III
A gentleman in Chicago, : fe~ ].
ago entered store while
rain Wa. falling, pulled an
ont of rack and ran off,
When arranged in court
self-defense, arguing that
means Of protecting himsf
the weather .as to appI
umbrella. The court, how
him 81 for disorderly cone
for the taking Of the umb
1t seems that there il
glish law on umbrellas W.
er beea repealed andN Nwl
down by Lord Colerid M0I1roM,
"Umbielas prope'
are part Of the att
THEOLOGICAL condition.
there can be 40 indiv
right in them. In
Thon pson defendant toll,
with standing on plantlffIdAA
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

own of its size and
,e inviting and un-
ONE plan will be de-
enable some know
here and locate a
,ing investment and
lime.
Sugar Refinery. |
,ments are being and
Ibis refinery.
brk shall have been
factory will be 2 sto-
lsles and the rooming
bhree times larger. 1t
/ the very largest in
ana.
knents are necessitated
sugar.cane' planting.
rapidly coming 10
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1898-03-19

hery iedins,
F'a or No on
thus caOs'g a
planter, at the
of the harvest
th repa'ri"g
ome, the time
and the loss
INK about this e.
another fall sets IN
81 8 $lry.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-01
ENGLAND'S ALLEGED PERIL.
Emperor William Said to BE Planning Her
Commercial Humiliation. with GER
man Supremacy In View.

London, Nov. so. The Contempt
rary Review contains a sensational
anonymous article entitled The Arch
Enemy of England" This is the
German emperor. The writer al
leges that the kaiser seized Kiao-
Chau by an agreement with Rus
STA to prevent England getting
it, and the czar holds his promise
to vacate it when called upon, Russia
providing Germany with coaling sta
tions elsewhere. The writer declares
the kaiser had drawn up a complete
plan arranging for the naval superior
ity OF France, Russia aud Germany
over England four years hence, when
England is to be compelled to make
humiliating terms throughout the
world, leaving Germany the chief
commercial colonial power. All these
plans have suddenly been thrown into
by the American Spanish
war and America and England draw
ing together.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-12-01
Another HoId-Up in Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 30.-Allen C.
Austin, of 1918 Cherry street, was held
up and shot by two footpads at Six
teenth and Summit streets last night
at 9:45 o'clock, the robbers securing a
gold watch and chain. Austin's wound
is not considered serious. The hold up
occurred in the very glare of an cleo
trio light and within 80 feet of the
home of Mrs G. Scoville, who saw it
from window upon which she tapped
ali the time Austin was in the hands
of the footpads, but was unable to
brighten them