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The age-herald., 1898-11-09

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: fn
 For fear that the mention of my narhe in connection with the case of Mrs. H. IL. Lindsay vs United States Saving and Loan company, decided today in her favor by the supreme court may be misconstrued to the disadvantage of Colonel s. W. John, beg to say that Colonel John filed the bill against the company; Chancellor Cobb rendered a decision in favor of the com- pany, from which Colonel John appealed
 Pending the appeal. I was accorded tho privilege through Colonel Johns courtesy and the permission of Chief Justice Brick ell on account of my having a number of cases involving similar questions to file my brief in the supreme court in behalf of Mrs. Lindsay.
 This explanation is due Colonel John. my close personal friend, who has consistently fought the good fight in behalf of the laws against usury Yours truly.
 *** RICHARD H. FRIES.t
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during this period, there are important u
submissions and the United states wltn,
draws its ships from the neighoornood
of Cuba and the Philippines all Will be
of Cuba and the Philippines. all Wlli We
Otherwise the Cuban war will continue,
and the Powers will be obliged to demand
that the United State maintain abso-
lutte neutrality and enforce dlssoiu-
ton of the filibustering committee III
New York. The armistice is not TO
prevent the Spanish government contlnu-
ing its military preparations and placing
tbe peninsula, the Canaries, the Baleric
Islands and Porto Rico in state of
defence"
The Impartial says that during the
Cabinet council Minister reminded his
colleagues that the Powers before APP
preaching Spain, approached the United
States. getting President Mckinley TO
delay his message to Congress and Gen
eral Woodford TO withdraw the ulti-
matum.
al Liberal says that effective military
measures were taken last evening in
this city in view Of possible disturbances;
that the garrison officers slept at the bar
racks. and that the government officers
were protected with additional guards.
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THE SPANISH PRESS.


1t Complacently Seems to Consider "Ar.
mistice' Il Monstrous Concession and
Claims Spain is Backed by the Pow
ers
Madrid. April 10-1015 A. Mel
Globo U:beraD devotes its leading edi-
torial to telling the nation that the
government has carried out Spain's
wishes under tie circumstances, yield
ing only to the voice of united Europe
and not to the United States. 1t says:
Europe Will now support Spain,
should the United States continue to
aid the instruction. Spain is stronger
than eyer"
Ell Liberal in highly significant AZ
ticle says:
'"Fhe government has signed blank
form which others will fill up. Spain
yields everything to the voice of Europe,
vet the Via Crucis is only beginning.
The collective note shows that Spains
surrender will serve as the basis Of new
negotiations. which will issue the neces-
sary guarantees for the re-establishment
of normality in Cuba"
lei Liberal plaintively says it is impos-
sible for Spain to avoid Il feeling OF
deadly Sadness
! Still, it advises the people to remain
quiet, as perhaps Europe may exact
concessions from America and also any
way defer the reckoning day"
| El impartial independently severely
slashes the government for, after boast
Eng that it would not grant an unsolici-
/ ted truce to rebels, yielding to brute
force what it refused to yield to the
moral influence and fatherly counsels oil
the Pope"
/ we do not know foreigners opinion
Of the governments surrender, says
El Impartial, ''but the Bourse salutes
it with rise. With the deepest SAD,
ness, before the manifest incapaclty OF
the present government and remember
ing also that internal peace Is hlgniy
in danger, we, to-day, proclaim the Ioi
lowing conditions us necessary Tor non
or: A twenty days truce for the reoels
submission, and. the concentration Oh our
lnaval forces at Cuba. If truce h,pseS
without, then, ceaseless war againet :, uii'
rebels and against the United STATES r.
lei Pals Republican, under he'' .!e, ny
such as "A great betrayal ana '7p'fi
sold,'' says: -,
THE present outbursts OF oPall,er 80, ~.
dignation resemble electric nIs SCI go
If the government sounds pllplic o ama
ion, it will find this of evil auS"'I H.
threatening, asking who Is 'n0
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pEvOTJrT1ON THREATENED.
PLOT TO KILL LEE.

Fugitive Rumors of Such Conspiracy
A Story That the Queen Regent Had
Agreed to the Intervention OF Russia.
Havana, via Key West, April 10
Havana is guarded more closely thal
over. the Arolas battalion being posted
oround the limits of VidanO, the swell
suburb of the city.
Within the last two days a number
of C1lbans have been arrested and are
now confined tn the Cabanas Fortress,
charged with various offences. Some
saw the prisoners have been engaged iii
= Mot to assassinate United States Con
sul General Lee and others assert thar
they have been acting as spies for The
United States government. There IS
M dOnbt that the Spanish government
is more alarmed than 1t has ever been
before and is taking every precautlon
There are reasons to believe that there
was n plot to kill General Lee and that
II was allowed to come to u head by the
SPANISH detectives in order that they
might get credit for defeating it.
All sorts of rumors were in circulation
Yesterday. The real impression among
newspaper men was that General Lee
withdrawal was q shrewd move intended
TO show Spain that the United State'
means business. In the palace, tele
grams Wee +ilsown say(cSg THAT tht
Queen Regent had agreed upon the IN
Prevention of Russia, and would accep
$3.50. 100000 for Cuba, end the wal
and withdraw her flag.
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SHIPMENT OF COAL.
British Steamer Chartered to Convey
Supplies.


Philadelphia, Pa, April 10.-The Brit
ish steamship Hampstead has been char.
tered to carry $500 tons of coal to the
Cape Verde Islands, the present rcndez.
vous of the Spanish torpedo flotilla, and
the cargo will be loaded either at this
port or Norfolk. Heretofore all coal
shipments for these islands have. been
supplied from Cardiff. Other shipments
are rapidly to follow the Hampstead
cargo in order that the Naval station
will be well stocked before the com.
mencement of possible hostilit:es, when
such shipments would be stopped.
Speaking of the shipment of coal to
the Canary islands, a well known shipper
said that it had nothing to do with tn,
war, but acknowledged that great haste
must be used so as to get it out be
fore the declaration of war is made. He
thinks the shipment is due to the fact
chat the Welsh miners are again on
Bike, and said that within the next
few weeks coal Will be shipped to Mar
settles and IL number of other ports on
the Mediterranean.
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ACTIVE AT FORT MONROE.
Captains of Flying Squadron Meet and
Talk Over Plans Of Action With Com
modore tSchley.

CAPTAINS of Flying Squadron Meet and
Talk Over Plans Of Action With Com
modore Schley.
Fort Monroe. Va, April 10.-The fact
that this was not only Sunday, but
Easter Sunday, made no special differ
ence with the activity of those on the
flying squadron to-day and there was
much that was important done, IN addl-
ton to the routine work. On the
Columbia and Minneapolis some of the
new men were drilled at the guns, ana
the men on the Brooklyn We're busily
employed taking on ammunition. All
of the vessels of the squadron are now
well, if not fully supplied. with ammuni-
ton. despite sensational stories to the
contrary.
A conference with all the captains
of the vessels Of the fleet was held this
AFTERNOON on the flagship, presided over
by Commodore Schley. At its conclu-
sion that officer said that the meeting
was held for the purpose of talking in
formally over various plans for action.
1t was said also that Senator Proctor.
who is here, and Commodore Schley had
received notice of an alleged outbreak
in Porto Rico. and that the squadron
expected to sail in the morning Com
modore Schley denied that they had re-
ceived any orders and the fact that
he had remained ashore tonight was
further confirmation of the denial.
The merchant ship Merrimac, recently
purchased, and which is to be made a
collier for this squadron. went to New
port News tonight to be transformed
and receive coal Commodore Schley
sard he had received no orders to attach
@ ram 4>atahdin to his squadron, but
IS still lying here. 1t is believed that
she will he left to guard the harbor in
conjunction with the Fort Monroe
should the fleet sail. Within three hours
from the time of receiving orders the
squadron can be at sea.
no ASSIGN RETIRED OFFICERS
Washington. ID. c., April 10.-A bill
which has official sanction is ready for
introduction tomorrow authorizing the
President in time of war to assign retir
ed officers to duty with the grade of
their rank.
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A PRUDENTIAL TRUCE.

Crowds i'll Madrid's Streets, But Minis
ter and Mrs. Woodford Walk Undis-
turbed.
Madrid, April 10.6:55 p. m.-The
day has passed quietly and without spe-
cial incident. Enormous crowds going
to and coming from the bull fight. pass
ed within easy sight of General Wood
fords house. Large reinforcements of
police and civil guards We're posted near,
and also in front of the Bank Of Spain
and other buildings. Just as the crowd
was returning, General Woodford and
Miss Woodford, who had been spending
the afternoon i'll the park, walked to
their residence.
The Epoca, CONSERVATIVE, will this
evening approve the resolution of the
government, ''conceding a prudential
truce on the petition of the Pope and
powers" adding, that by so doing the
question is not concluded and that
Spain is left in better position for sub
sequent events"
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no ASSIGN RETIRED OFFICERS.
WAR MUNITIONS ARRIVE.
Fifty-Five Cases Come on the Steam.
ship Etruria.

New York. April 10.-The steamship
Etruria. which arrived from Liverpool
to-day brought a large cargo of war
munitions for the government purchased
abroad by government officers, which to-
morrow will be transferred to Governors
Island and the Navy Yard for shipment
to tortitications along the SEGA coast, ana
to be mounted on vessels recently pur-
chased as auxiliary cruisers. The cargo
consists of rapid-fire guns, machine guns,
fIGaay tnrdnancsa and many tons OF
'smokeless powder. The larger part OF
the guns were purchased from the
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Weyler as the Defender of Spain 5
Honor.
London, April 10.-The special dis
patches to the morning papers from
Madrid to-day give for the most part
a bare recital Of the armistice negotia-
tons. The Madrid correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Sunday,
and dealing with the sensation caused by
the armistice announcement, says:
AT first nobody believed the rumor,
probably because the government had
emphatically declared that this step
would be Incompatible with the honor
of Spain. When finally the report was
confirmed all Madrid displayed senti-
mcnts of dissatisfaction and excitement.
Newspapers were sold, read. and dis
cussed all night The principal cafes
were crowded with groups of politicians,
and the policy of the Cabinet was con-
demned in vigorous terms.
THE garrison was wisely confined to
the barracks. the Indignation in military
circles being expressed in Il way which
bodies no good to the present Spanish
Cabinet"
The Daily Telegraph's correspondent,
after their quoting from El impartial,
FL Pals and other papers to illustrate
this feeling, says:
"Another article assures General
Weyler, who will shortly return -
Madrid. that he is not alone in defending
the honor, sovereignty and integrity of
the fatherland, and that he can. rely
upon Carlists, Republicans, Spanish, Gu
bans and the bulk of the army
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LONDON PRESS HOPEFUL.
Thinks SPANS Advance Will be Met in
n Friendly Spirit by United States.


Friendly Spirit by United States.
London, April 10.--T'he Times com
menting edjtOrially this morning on the
latest phase of the situation says:
We can not doubt THAT had the
government taken tbs true
statesman-like land patriotic action
little earlier it would have led to IL
solution honorable to Spain and satis-
factory TO America. Even now, despite
the ominous tone Of our New York cor
respondent, we find it hard to believe
that so signal an advance ON the part
of Spain will not meet with some re-
Spouse from Washington.
1t is to be earnestly hoped that nothing
in President McKinley's message VIII
CRATE needlessly upon the feelings OF
Spain or enhance Senior Sagasta's diff
culties.'
The Daily Mail says:
The a1mistice implies a recognition
of the insurgents as belligerents, and it
IS, therefore. very notable step, if not
too hate"
The Daily Graphic thinks that unless
the powers are convinced that the Cuban
Insurgents will accept an armistiee and
the United States is ready to give auto
nomy Il fair trial their proceedings are
more creditable to their hearts than to
their heads
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ONLY A DELAY OF WAR.

The London Press Think the Armistice
Win Not Prolong Negotiations With
the United States.
London April Yesterdays CONT
mental kilograms and to-day's morning
papers all welcome the arnlistice as Civ
ing at least a prospect of peace; but it is
the general belief, hooking to the diff
culties involved. that there is only Il de-
lay of wax, rs the United States will
refuse to be a party to further negotia-
tons
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if it be one traitor or several, VINO
has sold Spain, thinking that the span
iards are Eunuchs. Let han know that
he is mistaken"
Ell Pals draws a picture of street
group, gathering about an orator llafan-
tguing them their passions are surgiiig
Isome one raises the cry Viva Espana::
Ithe flag is produced and the enthusiastic
multitude follows It. "Whlthef' VINO
knows" says FL Pals; AND answers
I"Perhaps to settle accounts with the DC
ltrayers of Spain's honor"
REVOLUTION THREATENED.
Madrid. April 1O.-10:10 A. MA
revolutionary movement is threatened.
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BILE to maintain the influence Of the pow
ers with President Mckinley and in
directly with the rebels, thus bringing
about termination of the Cuban wal
According to the ambassadors, the
powers will be ready to give Spain u
certain amount of support should
America maintain an attitude Of hos
tlity The Spanish ministers declare
themselves very hopeful of u speedy
pacificatiOn of Cuba"
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CORREA's VIEW OF ARMIsTICE

He Proposes Period of Truce and
Then to Tell the United States
Hands Off"
Madrid, April 10.-10 a. m.-E I'M
parcial says that Lieutenant General
Correa. Minister of War, in conversation
yesterday with several people expressed
himself as follows:
1T is an error TO say that the gov
ernment has granted an arlnistice 10
the rebels. / would never give that
before leaving the ministry. because il
would be the same thing as recognizing
the bellgerency Of the rebels. The gov
ernment has granted the wishes of the
Powers that we should cease hostilities
during the delay which General Blanco
judges prudent for preparing peace.
acceded TO a cessation of hostilities, be-
cause to refuse the wishes of the Pow
ers would be TO divorce Spain from
the world. If | left the Cabinet,
should be placing my successor in al
awkward position. General Blanco vii
probably publish PROCLAMATION Of truce
and also another offering indulgent terms
during the cessation of hostilities. Ii
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Colon and Infanta Maria Teresa, have
left Cadiz for destination undivulged
with six battalions, each u thousand
strong.
Additional troops, the dispatch asserts
will leave Cadiz by the mail steamers
during the next few days for Cuba.
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Armstrong;. Other guns were pur-
chased ut Sheffield and other places IN
England.
These war machines are of the latest
and most improved Observation-Disclosures
patterns. There are fifty-fve cases of
them, besides their carriages and ma
chinery.
A MOB IN MADRID.
Madrid. April 1O.-9:30 =. MA
large crowd is still parading the Puerta
Del Sol, crying Long Live Spain and
Long Live the Army" The civil gov
ernor of Madrid is among them, prone
nading UP and down and begging them
to dispense peacefully.
The crowd, relying on the kind heart
Icdness of the governor. whom the poprr~
lation Of Madrid adores. refuses to dis
perse. and is bent on visiting the military
club to make demonstration of sympa-
thy The authorities prohibit the fOrma-
ton of groups in front of the Military
Club.
General Castelvi was offered at the
Military Club a banner to head the
demonstration, but he refused, alleging
that the crowd was composed Of the
dregs of the city. Several of the ring
leaders have been arrested. the civil
governor threatening to call out the
civic guards if the crowd does not DIS
pGrsc.
CONTROLLING THE MOB.
Madrid. April 1910 p. m.-TbC
Puerta Del Sol is now densely packed
A large body of police is drawn up neal
the hotel De Paris, where the civil gov.
ernor of Madrid is dining. Occasionally
the cry "Viva ESpana," is raised and
re-cchoed by n thousand voices. The
correspondent of the Associated Press
saw one arrest A respectable lookins
individual was brought to the hote
doorway where lie asked to be loOSeC
from physical custody, promising to nc
company the police quietly. Senol
Aguilera. the civil governor, resumed
his interrupted dinner. But fresh cries
arose. and the burly, good tempered gov
| ernOr rushed into the thickest of the
mob. brandishing stick, but hitting
nobody.
| Senior Aguilera is man of gigantic
proportions, and the best loved individual
| in Madrid. The manifestants scuttleC
| in all directions before his shillelah
producing comic effects and reducing the
disturbance to its true proportions. The
| police are acting admirably. and the
military are kept in reserve at the bar
racks. in case of an emergency. Should
there be more beneath the surface than
appears. praise is due for the precau
! tions taken.
| ARRESTING THE MOB.
Madrid, April 10.-11:10 T. M.-Dem'
constructions continue in favor of the
army and against the government. MODS
visited the Military Club and LiberaI
newspapers. There have been numerous
arrests and many injured.
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TROOPS LEAVING CADIZ.

Two Cruisers Sail With 5000 Each.
and Mail Steamers Will Bring More
in the Next Few Days.
London, April 10.--A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar, says
that the Spanish cruisers, Cristoba
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PREPARING FOR THE TROOPS.
General Boynton Goes to Chattanooga
to Look After the Work.

Washington, ID. c., April 10.-Gcneral
III. V. BOynton, Chairman of the Chick
amauga Park Commission, will leave to-
morrow for Chattanooga to put the park
force of laborers and their teams upon
such work as VIII best afford assistance
TO the incoming troops at the moment
of their arrival, by providing an advance
supply of wood and facilities for prompt
transportation of camp equippage. Much
of this work will be of Il precautionary
character, as it has heretofore happened
that troops ordered to the park have ar
rived there in advance of their own
equipment. Sidings for cars will be liz
creased. sind telegraph facilities pro-
vided to all parts of the park.
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WILL END THE WAR.
Powers Hopeful That Armistice Will
Bring About This Result.

London, April 10.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
1.-The ambassadors of the powers i'll
urging the arnistice declared that their
action was in support of the acts of
their colleagues in Washington. They
understood, they said, that if Spain
Iagreed to an armistice it would be posi-
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LEE AT KEY WEST.
He VIII Go to Tampa and Thence t
Washington.

Key West. Fla, April 10.-Consul
General Lee arrived here on the Fern
this morning. :,
General Lee came here about IL
o'clock and received an answer to tele-
gram he had sent to Washington. Inc
General sailed for Tampa at noon
From that port he will go direct to
Washington.
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SQUADRON READY FOR SEA.

Cruiser Baltimore and Revenue Cutter
Hugh McCulloch Expected To-mor-
row.
London. Eng. April 1O.-The Hong
Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail
telegraphing Sunday says:
The American squadron has completed
arrangements for putting to sea. Two
vessels have steam up ready to start al
Il moments notice. The cruiser Baltl-
more, and the revenue cutter Hugh Me
Culloch are expected tomorrow.
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INVITATIONS TO LEE.

Atlanta. Ga. April 10.-Major j. {.
Courtney. president of the Virginia So
riotv received two messages from Gen
oral Lee to-day dated Key West,
FLORIDA in reply to the invitation of
the Virginia Society In these dls-
patches General Lee thanked the society
for it's cordial greeting and stated 1t
was impossible to give the route he
would take until his arrival at Tampa
some time tomorrow. General Lee SAID
he was awaiting instructions from
Washington.