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Relief work Going On.
Special Correspondence New York Comm
cial Advertiser


AS to the general relief work on the island
a system of distribution has been perfected
within the past week two which has
greatly reduced the suffering. Reconcen-
tradoS in over 400 towns have been supplied
with food, and train loads of provisions are
being sent into the interior daily. Those in
charge of the work sent circulars to the
alcaldes of towns in every province asking
for information as to the necessities of the
people and requesting the alcaldes to act in
the distribution of the supplies that were
to be sent them Tt cannot be denied that
the Spanish officials in Cuba resent the eff
forts of Americans to feed the starving peo-
pie, and Captain General Blanco instructed
local officers throughout the island not to
give the information that the American
committee asked. But nevertheless, the in
formation has been obtained from any
sources possible, and train loads of pro-
visions have been going to every part of
Cuba which can be reached by railroad, and
other means have been employed in sending
relief to remote sections. Since the relief
movement started in January 1900 tons of
provisions have been received in Cuba from
the United States, and with the supplies on
hand now and those the way here 1t is
believed that the 200 900 reconcentradoS can
be fed for three months.
The supplies for points outside or Havana
ara sent to alcaldeS or local committees for
distribution. The central station in Havana
is crowded daily, and supplies Tor a week
are given to several hundred people every
day Special arrangements are in opera
ton for the benefit of the sick, and special
food is prepared for them in a large kitchen
which has been established fer that purpose.
The committee composed of several Ameri-
can newspaper correspondents who were
given o fund by Mr.. Klopsch to use ju-
oiciously in relieving the sufferlngs or the
higher class of CubanS who have been rem
dered destitute, have distributed funds
among number of families OF this class.
Altogether the Americans here feel the
greatest announcement at the progress of
the relief work in Cuba during the last few
weeks and the results which have been at
tanned in checking the ravages OF starvation
On the island.
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of Iowa TO see which should be in the front
rank of battle and stay the longest. The
coming war would cement with blood and
iron the States and the Union.
Mr.. Robbins Rep.. Pa.) opposed the bill
because he believed ii was inimical to the
volunteer forces of the United States. In
time of war the volunteer forces he
thought ought to do the fighting. The reg
ulaf army should not be Increased, 5 was
proposed in this bill. to 10000.
:. When the report was circulated and con-
lifmed that there was to be no message to-
n;ly there was an exodus of disguised peo-
pie from the galleries, and the members de-
serted the floor 10 discuss the latest phase
OF the situation in the Hobbies interest III
the Debate on the army bill almost ceased,
and 1t drifted along in desultory fashion.
The main argument used against the bill
was that in case of war the National Guard
ana volunteer forces could supply the troops
necessary above the regular army of % 00.
RMS was met with the contention that one
quarter of the expanded regiments would
be regulars and that they would be ready
for real service in Il much shorter time than
the volunteer forces could be. An amend
inert was offered to reduce the size of the
companies from go 10 200.
At O'Clock. without action on the bill
the House adjourned.
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SCENES IN THE SENATE.
Noted People in the Galleries-Sundry
Civil Bill Considered.

WASHINGTON. April 6.-When the Sen
ate convened to-day intense expectancy,
amounting to excitement, prevailed both on
the floor and in the galleries. The Presi-
dents message had been positively prom
ised and its coming was awaited with genu-
inc anxiety Ten minutes after the Senate
convened consideration of the sundry civil
bill was resumed and, with the exception
of eight minutes consumed by executive
session. in which Senator Davis announced
that no message would be sent in to-day,
almost the entire session was consumed by
the appropriation bill. 1t was practically
completed when laid aside for the day.
A memorable scene was presented at the
opening of the session. An audience that
tested the full capacity of the accommoda-
tons had filled the galleries hours before
the Senate convened. It was by no means
an ordinary crowd of gallery habitues.
Members Of the families Of the most dis
tinguished men in American public life were
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VIEWS OF CoNGREssMEN.
What Messrs. Henry and others Say
About the JuntO Manifesto.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE statement
of Mr.. Rubens excited considerable interest
among the members of the House. Mr..
Henry, of Indiana, a member of the foreign
affairs committee. said he cared nothing
about the views Of the Junto. He favored
the independence of the people of the island
from Spanish dominion, but he did not be-
lieve it wise to recognize a government
which, he had no knowledge, existed except
on paper.
Mr.. Berry, of Kentucky, minority mem
Der OF the foreign affairs committee de-
ciined to credit the statement, but added :
IF it is true, there are probably some bonds
or some interests the Junto seeks to pro-
tect But we will know the truth At my
suggestion Mr.. Adams, acting chairman of
the committee, has decided to call Mr.. Que
sada, the representative of the Junto in this
city, before the committee Tomorrow.
William Alden Smith, of Michigan, also a
member of the foreign affairs committee:
II shall be disappointed ii the action of our
government does not contemplate the recog-
milton of the Cuban insurgents and the gov
eminent established by Maceo, Garcia and
Gomez, which now exercises jurisdiction
over a considerable portion of the island
and has for it's President an honorable and
earned this recognition from us, and it
should not be grudgingly given, if extended
at all. Those who have opposed Cuba from
the first are now endeavoring to dictate the
policy to be pursued by the United States,
and / hope they will fail. The wrong rem
edy would be worse than nothing, and 1
shall not be a party to any action which
does uot contemplate absolute independence
from Spanish rule
Mr.. Qugg, of New York, a Republican
member of the foreign affairs committee
said that the views and purposes of the Gu
ban Junto did not seem to him to have any
relation to the obligations of the United
States government. $50 far as my action
as one representative is concerned" said
Mr.. Quigg, 1T will not be determined from
the point of view of the interests of the
Cuban Junto. l am not sending American
citizens off to be shot at in order to give
value to the Junto's issue of bonds. If my
vote is finally given in favor of a war
against Spain, the ruling consideration with
me will be the interests of the American
people. / do not think the time has come
TO recognize q political status in Cuba or
to declare for or against any existing COM
bination of persons as a government there
We should, however, declare the people of
Cuba to be independent of the government
of Spain, and If necessary, / think we
should employ our land and naval forces to
give validity to our declaration"
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The Junto Probably Divided.

WASHINGTON, April 6.-When Mr.. Ru-
benss statement was shown to Tomas Es-
trada Palma, the representative in the
United States of the Cuban republic, who
arrived in Washington this morning, Min
lister Palma turned the dispatch, after per-
using it attentively, over to Senior Con
zalo de Quesada, who read it carefully and
slowly. Then Minister Palma said: II can
not say anything about this dispatch until L
communicate with Mr. Rubens." It was
made evident from the manner of the two
gentlemen that they did not for a moment
consider the possibility of such an unwise
statement being made by their associate
and counsel. Mr.. Quesada, at o'clock
went to the telegraph Office and sent an in
quiry to Mr.. Rubens. Messrs. Palma and
Quesada think Rubens must have been mis-
quoted. Minister Palma did not hesitate to
reiterate with great emphasis his recent
declaration that intervention for the pur-
pose of establishing autonomy in the island
would not be accepted and that Cuba would
become independent.
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A Tribute 10 His Courage from
Southern Admirer.

Memphis Commercial Appeal Dem.)
While we differ with him, II is not easy
to withhold admiration from Speaker Reed.
He has been in many tight places and has
had many close calls during his occupancy
of the chair, but in disposing of the resolu-
ton introduced by leader Bailey, recosniz-
ing Cuban beiligerency, he was put 30 IL
sererer test than ever before That he rose
equal TO the emergency demonstrated his
great force of character. A weaker man
would have failed.
His Interpretation of a privileged question
was no doubt correct but the temper OF the
House and OF the country Is such that Il re-
auired Il rock OF Gibraltar 10 withstand
Reeds own party associates were clamorouS
for war. The platform OF his party was
pledged TO II. practically. Delay and pro-
crastination had inhamed the mind of Cor
gress The Democrats We're anxious 70
-orce the Republicans to show their hands.
Republicans We're belligerent and threaten
ing revolt and characterization. The gall
leries were wild cheering for the friends of
Cuba and kissing those who opposed ~eeog-
A whirlwipd OF feeling, simeon Of passion,
YVES in progress, and when Mr. Bailey con-
Guided his speech crisis was on that is
seldom paralleled in parliamentary bodies.
But Reed arose and received the full force
of the tempest without wincing. lie rallied
his forces and scourged into submission
those who had threatened TO revolt. He
solicited his party ranks and defeated the
resolution by a practically united party vote
There is perhaps not anotherN man III
Congress who would have been able TO do
as Reed did. The speaker is surely 4 strong
character a great force.
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TO PACIFY CUBA.
Resolution Introduced in the House
by Representative Pearson

WASHINGTON. April Representative
Pearson, of North Carolina, Republican
member of the House foreign affairs COM
mittee, to-day introduced the following
joint resolution:
Whereas, The government of SPAIN for
three years past, has been waging war in
the island of Cuba against the revolutionary
government established in that island. with
out making any substantial progress
towards the suppression of said revolution;
and
Whereas. This war, by reason of the I'M
usual and unciViliZed methods resorted to-
has caused unprecedented loss of life and
destruction of property, not only to the op-
posing forces, but to innocent noncombat-
ants. by reason of the process known as re-
concentration, and has caused serious in
United States. involving the destruction OF
the lives and property of many of our citi-
zens. disturbing the business of our entire
country, endangering public health and COM
fort by reason of the proximity of pestilen-
tlal diseases, c. using our government to eX-
pend millions of money in patroiling our
coasts and policing the high seas in order to
maintain the obligations of neutrality, and,
nndlly when our forbearance had already
osen taxed 10 us lmlt, one OF our Dattle
shlps anchored in the harbor of Havana.
and on a friendly visit, is destroyed by AN
act of unspeakable atrocity; and
Whereas. There is no definite prospect
and no present energetic efforts the part
of the government of Spain to suppress the
revolution and restore peace to the island
and
Whereas, The further prosecution of hos
tilities will result in further injury to the
commercial sanitary and business interests
of the United States, without benefit to the
government of Spain; therefore
Resolved, That we recognize the lndepend-
ence of the republic Of Cuba and will accord
to it's government all the rights and privi-
leges OF a sovereign state under the law of
nations.
Resolved, further. That the imperative
interests of the United States, as well as the
highest considerations of humanity, con-
strain our government to intervene for the
purpose of ending the contest, and the Pres
ident of the United States is hereby clothed
with full power to use all the land and ma
val forces in order to accomplish this end. :"
Representative Smith. of Illinois, has in
troduced Joint resolution recognizing Gu
ban independence and pledging enforcement.
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WARMER AND FAIR.
Predictions and Observa lions of the
Local Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
twenty-four hours ending II p. m. April
Warmer, fair weather on Thursday.
General Conditions Iesterday-The high
barometmc area covering the country east
of the Rocky mountains is moving slowly
eastward, followed by low barometric areas
on and west of the mountains. Higher tenn
perature prevails with fair weather, except
near Lake Erie, where light snow fell.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-For Indiana and
Illinois-Fair; warmer; light variable winds,
becoming southerly
For Ohio-Generally fair; warmer; north
westerly winds, becoming light and variab BILE.
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nexation. to the United States, and the pres
sure Of federal force would determine the
election in favor of annexation. The Gu
bans are resolved TO make no such farcical
apparent choice for themselves. They viii
make only an absolute free choice, and that
choice has been. is and will be one thing
only-absolute independence. They will not
have the United States step in in the elev-
enth hour of the most heroic and self
sacrificing struggle against tyranny re-
corded in all history and reap all the fruits
of 1t. saddling US, among other things, with
the financial cost of it's unwelcome interven-
tion. But, should the United States recog-
nige the independence and then intervene,
i would be most welcome to the Cubans,
and the expense would gladly be betrayed
from the treasury of the republic
There is a view of this matter which 1t
behooves the United States to weigh care
fully. Should this country forcibly inter-
vene without recognizing any government in
Cuba, it would be responsible to all nations;
of the earth for every injury 10 their sub
Jects or their property during the whole
period of the occupation, whereas, should
the republic of Cuba be recognized as the
lawful sovereignty in the island, upon it
would deVOIye all responsibility.
1T may be said that the United States
would be too high-minded to influence the
result of the plebiscite, of which l have
spoken, as the sequence of occupation with
out recognition. But has not the United
States corrupt elections in its own borders?
How could it guarantee an absolute fair
and unbiased election in Cuba? Shall it set
up for the Cuban people a standard of
purity at the ballot box which its own more
enlightened citizens have not been able to
obtain?
THE mistake in the United States is in
treating the Cubans as children, instead of
as men fighting for liberty and prepared
to keep up the conflict to the death against
whomsoever opposes their one object. We
should infinitely prefer hands Off than
that the United States should intervene
without recognition of Cuban independence
There are 10000 Cuban guerrillas to oppose
such Intervention. But, of course, we hope
for better things We expect, even, that
Congress will upset this clever scheme of
Spain and our executive, and declare, first,
our independence and then Intervention to
secure it."
This evening Mr.. Horatio S. Rubens. coun-
sci to the Cuban Junto, supplemented his
utterances of this afternoon with this writ
ten statement over his signature: The
statement appearing over my name in the
evening papers was based on the indications
appearing that the object of the United
States in refusing TO recognize the indie
pendence of Cuba was TO annex the island to
the United States. II was in view of this
fact that expressed the determination of
the Cuban army to resist. We would of
course, welcome the American army to aid
us in achieving our independence"
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NEED or A DYEING SCHOOL.
The SkilIfuI Boss Dyer Unknown In
American MiIIs-Plans for "a school.


New York Evening Post.
Recent movements FOR the establishment
of textile schools In various sections of the
country. notably in the South show con-
clusively that well-defined tendency pre-
walls in America toward q beuering of the
class OF goods made here. The improve
mentS in machinery and in the methods of
operating mills have Deen most radical
within the last two years. In all these steps
towards advancement, it is regarded as odd
that the question of dyeing has been so
lightly touched upon or IN some instances
neglected altogether
Yet in the questions of dyeing and finish
ing lie the reasons for the preferences
shown for imported cotton and WOODEN
goods. Experts say that the secret of the
undisputed popularity of high-class foreign
goods is to be found in the purity, rich
ness and durability of their dyes. in a
word, the fault with the goods made in
this country is the inability of the Ma tive
dyers TO compete with the art-like skill of
their foreign rivals. As a result the I'M
ported article is preferred above the Ameri-
can product.
Every up-to-date manufacturer in these
United States is familiar with the existing
conditions, and knows the weak point IN
his armor. Yet the great majority are con-
tent to allow things TO remain as they are.
Their reasons for so doing are, at first
blush. almost convincing. 10 begin with,
they admit that more than 80 per cent. of
the boss dyers' in America are notorious
" Inadequate TO overcome the obstacles or
a most exacting trade. Despite these admls-
sfons, these same manufacturers will say
that they always dread a change of boss
dyers" for the good and sufficient reason
that there are few if any high-elass dyers
available in this country. On the other
hand, all the large English and German
mills are provided with dyers who are
skilled in every modern branch of the trade.
and are really masters Of their art. Fer
every foreign mill of importance has fine
laboratory included in its plant, and that
laboratory houses an analytical chemist of
undisputed talents, This chemist has entire
charge of the dye house., and 10 him
and his assistants belongs all the credit of
the fine product turned out by the mill.
These chemists almost without exception
are graduates of schools wonderful IN their
scope and unique in their methods.
Although he is perfectly familiar with the
above mentioned facts. the native manu-
facturer manifests no great eagerness to
ehan,e the system now in vogue mere. HIS
reas IN for this seeming indifference is that
Z fgst-class laboratory costs a great deal
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THE. OBSERVANCE OF EASTER.
The Discrepancy Computing the Date
Was Not Corrected Until 1852.
Ladies' Homo Journal


The observance of Easter dates back to
about the year 68, at which time there was
much contention among the Eastern and
Western churches as to what day the feSti-
val should be observed. 1t was finally
dained at the Council of Nice, in the year
325, that it must be observed throughout the
Christian world on the same day. This de-
ciSion settled that Easter should be kept
upon the Sunday first after the fourteenth
cay of the first Jewish month, but no gen
cral conclusion was arrived at as to the
cycle by which the festival was to be reg
ulated and some churches adopted one rule
and some another. This diversity of usage
was put an end to, and the Roman rule
making Easter the first Sunday after the
fourteenth day of the calendar moon was
established in England in 669. After nine
centuries discrepancy in the keeping of
Easter was caused by the authorities of the
English Church declining to adopt the refor-
nation of the Gregorian calendar in 1882
The difference was settled in 1852 by the
adoption of the rule which makes Easter
day always the first Sunday after the full
moon which appears on or next after the
21st day of March. If the full moon hap
pens upon Sunday, Easter is the Sunday
after
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WASHINGTON. April 6.-Mr. Quesada,
representing the Cuban Junto said to-day:
II wish to deny the story that is being used
for the purpose of preventing the reeogni-
tion OF the independence of Cuba, which
says that $50,OOO0OO of Cuban bonds have
been issued. In the first place the govern
$4,000 900 bonds Only 100000 of these
have been printed and only 81 100000 sod,
but even If more had been sold ii was for
the purpose of acquiring independence, and
we had the right to do so. The Cubans will
take care of their bonds
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WASHINGTON, April 6.-When the re-
marks of Mr.. Rubens, counsel for the Cuban
Junto, was shown Secretary Long he de-
cined to make any statement in connection
Herewith, saying it was matter for the
President and he was not at liberty on that
phase of the Cuban question.
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mother ana chiIdrcn Rurnea.

BOWLING GREEN, o., April e.-Mrs.
George Carr ana her two smaH children
were burned 10 death at Bays last night.
he Carr home was discovered TO be On
fire and Mrs Carr rushed IN 20 rescue her
two sleeping children, Before she could do
SO, however, the building was envcioped In
flames and all three persisted, The origin
OF the fire is unknown.
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So spnnish Renort on dine Maine.

WASHINGTON. April 6.-Senor Du Bose,
charge d'affaires of the Spanish legation
here during the critical period following the
Maine disaster. to-day authorized the fol-
lowing statement; The report of the Span
ish commission which investigated the
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Philadelnhia Record.

Editor (of yellow journaD-We must
modify our war policy bit for while.
Assistant-Arent we still for war?
Editor--Yes; but the country Is not quite
prepared for 1t. We've just ordered dozen
new double octupie presses and we can't
have war till they're In working order.
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Maine disaster has not yet had time to
reach Madrid from Havana. Notwithstand-
ing this the Spanish government is ready
TO submit the evidence of both sides to the
impartial judgment of the expert opinion
of the maritime nations of the world.
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GALLERIES OF, CONGRESS CROWDED
WITH EXPECTANT PEOPLE,
Who Left the Capitol i'm Disgust
When They Learned There Would
Be No Presidents Message.
THRoNGS IN BOTH HOUSES
AND THOUSANDS OUTSIDE WHO
COULD NOT GAIN ENTRANCE.

Grounds About the Building Black
with an Excited Multitude from
Morning Till Late in Afternoon.
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Bar Ther. r. H. Wind. Weather. Pre-
a. m. .30.43 q 76 INVEST. Clear. 900
p. m. .3139 IL 70 INVEST. Clear. 600
Maximum temperature, 4S; minimum tenn
perature, "a.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation April 6:
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Plus. C. F. r. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official