The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-07
PROTEST AGAINST SURRENDER
Castiiian Generals and Members of
the Cabinet Wait Upon the oheen.
SaGasta and His Pasvns-"fIy "eS
Ier's Dark AIIusiOns-"arlike
Preparations in Barcelona.

week before the Maine arrived.
Two strings of torpedoes were run
across the narrow harbor entrance re-
Gently They are placed as described ana
are small floating boxes, two feet by one
foot. They are called here mine torpe>
does"
There are In the arsenal today fifty
.'buoy" mines loaded with guncottoh-
They are two shallow head spears
placed together. four feet each in dame
ter and each about two and half feet
thick
Eighteen mine torpedoes similar to
those recently placed in the entrance TO
the harbor were put aboard the torped"
chaser Philippines yesterday.
The rumors that the officers of the
snanisb transport Legazpi hauled down
the Maine's half-masted ensign are false
The American colOrs were first hoisted
clear to the peak. then taken down by
Chief Quartermaster Hulgrcn by order
of Captain Cowles. of the Fern. Ihe
Spanish admiral was notified Of the tact'
The ceremony took place at sunset
Then the Spanish banner dipped IRON.
the Alfonso XII and the day formally
closed The officers and crew OF the
lighthouse tender Fern passed toward
her lowering the national nag ana saIut-
ing. Meanwhile the huttering STRIPS o.
bunting all that was LETT OF the Ni'hHs
ensign. were being hauled clear to the
ton Then the crew of the Fern faced
..l,,,ttt and stood at a silent salute. while
IN. historic tattcrs came slowly down.
\ sinewy seaman descended the
Names single mast. Tie had capt.
Sigsbee's pennant between his teeth.
The insignia of command and the ma
tional colors reached the deck together.
The saIuting hands on the Fern drop
ned. and the United States battleshlp
Maine ceased to officially exist. She Is
no longer a bit of United States soil
according to naval usage. she is no more
than the abandoned hulh Ol "ltSheu
merchantmen.
There Is a half million dollars wOrJn
of uniniured machinery within her, and
four 10-inch guns stin lie in the tur-
refs They could not be secured with
cut the use Of prohibited explosives. The
guns when new cost $4,000 each.
syuin's Rights i'm Cubn.
Madrid tvia Bayonne. France. April :.
Among those who waited upon the
queen Yesterday to protest against sur
rendering Spanish rights in cuba We're
q number of distinguished Spanish gen.
erals and several members Of the Cas-
tiian cabinet Among the generals were
. Lopez Dominique Polavieja, AzcaTraga,
La Chambre, Segura and Dabon.
Agitation is visible in military and ma
val circles in Madrid. Barcelona. Cadiz.
Ferrol and other places where there are
gaTriSonS or arsenals-
So pronounced is the feeling among
military men that il is rumOred that at
the next council of ministers the heads
Of the war and marine departments. Gen.
C5rrea and Admiral Bermeio. Will join
Count Niquena and Senor Gullon in max
ing strong objections 20 granting further
( concessions 70 the United States
Premier Sagasta, aa usual. viii strive
TO cOncliate the opposing factions in his
cabinet, his intention being TO endeavOr
to hold his present colleagues until the
! Cortes meets He would be very loath
10 part with Moret, Groizard, Capdebon,
or PUigosrver, respectively the ministers
! of the colonies, of justice. Of the interior.
/ and Of finance. They were genuine rep
/ resentatives Of the policy initiated when
/ the Liberals took Office in October.
/ Weyler. with his military and political
/ following, and Senior Romero Robledo
have been very active lately in critics.
/ ing the conduct of Sagasta with refer
! ence to Cuba. and the Spanish relations
/ with the United States.
Prcparation- in barcelona.
! Barcelona Spain, April 7.-One thou
sand one hundred and ninety-six men,
/ representing the flower of the battaliOns
| Of the Iuchana and MaIlonca regiments.
Of the line. embarked yesterday for the
| Canary Islands. Headed by a band play
/ ing the "Cadiz Military March they
I marched from the South Station to the
I quay through the main streets, with col
/ ors fving. they We're enthusiastically
/ cheered by all classes of the people. Not
/ only did the wealthy citizens ana re-
puhIicans gather TO see the troops en-
! bark on the transatlantic liner Antonio
! I.opez. but the socialist workmen, who
| are so numerous in Barcelona, also took
/ part in the demonstrations
| Artillery batteries left for the same deS-
+ination last Monday with similar patri-
otic demonstrations.
TRANSPORTS are preparing to take tive
| hattalions of line artillery to re-entorc'
| the troops in the Philippine Islands.
A report in shipping circles says thai
| tho government has taken forty fas
| transatlantic vessels for the auxiliary
| fleet.
| The Barcelona Bourse. which is ever
| more important than the one in Madrid
| was greatly agitated yesterday. There
| was a heavy decline in all securities ant
| exchange went TO AZ per cent premium.
This city being the chief center o.
| Snanish industry and the most impOrtan
| mort of the kingdom. its 600.000 inhabi
| tantS take more interest even than th'
rest of Spain in the Cuban question a:
the prosperity of Barcelona's extensive
| banking, shipping, mercantile and manu-
! featuring interests is involved. The Ca
faIan provinces long have depended upoI
the West Indian markets, TO which they
used to send $4,000 600 worth of goods an
nualIv before the present insurrection il
Cuba.
The practical Catalans often say tina
If autonomy i'm tariff costs them all tn
! advantages of connection with the colon,
II is hardly worth while to prolong an,
increase the sacrifices to retain it. Blu
| they show patriotism and are willing T.
contribute vessels and money should wa
be declared.
Two years ago R. J. Warren. a druggis
at Pleasant Brook, N. Y, bought smal
supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
He sums up the result as follows: "A
that time the goods were unknown il
| this section: today Chamberlain Cougl
| Remedy is a household world" 1t is tn
same in hundreds of communities. Where
ever the good qualities of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy become known the peopI