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asked. 1t is stated positively that no
part of the report and

No Intimation Of the Findings
has reached the executive authorities
In Washington as yet. At the same
time it is noticeable fact that the cur
rent of Official opin ion is beginning to
follow that Of the unofficial opinion ex-
pressed so positively and persistently
at Havana and Key West that the
cause Of the explosi on was external to
the battleship. Officials hign in the
administration state that while they
were wholly without exact information
as to the findings Of the court of in
uuiry they found themselves sharing
in the apparently intangible conviction
that the cause of the explosion was not
accidental. Opinion expressed by the
Maine survivors who reached here last
Saturday doubtless contributed largely
to this view In official circles. In this
connection it is understood that one Of
the officers who arrived on Saturday
stated, not as opinion but as his per.
sofal observation on the night Of the
disaster, that
There Were Two Distinct Explosions.
LILO t0AuoACy "a 1nAS 10 W SuppOIG OAc
theory OF external cause, as this is
based on the idea that the first external
explosion was followed by O second in.
ternal explosion.
Intense interest in the report was
manifested during the day at the
White House and at the state, war and
navy department ts. The president re-
ceived number Of congressional lead
ers, among them being Speaker
Reed and Chairman Hit Of
the house committee on foreign
affairs. The visit of Mr.. Reed
naturally attracted much attentlon,
as he seldom leaves the congressional
sphere to make calls on the executive
branch, and it was naturally inferred
that the purpose OF his visit was to
confer upon the Cuban situation and
its future before congress, though
neither he nor Mr.. Hit was commune
catlve. Secretary Long also had an
extended conference with the presi-
dent.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
CHANDLER IS AUTHORITY.

Says the President Will Soon . Issue 9
Proclamation.
CONCORD, N. H., March Ex-senator
William e. Chandler, in an editorial, in
the Concord Monitor, says that Presi.
dent Mckinley is about to take action
In the name of the United States to re.
ieve the famine and sickness in Cuba.
''Food and medicine and clothing, -
he says, ''given by the generous peo~le
Of the United States will be sent \. b
the approval of Spain if she consents,
or will be carried by American steam.
ers and soldiers without that approval,
1t she does not consent" .... +
"The end Of the starvation and tor
ture is near at hand. Every humane
person in this whole land should sus.
tain and bless the president in his
coming proclamation, which is to cause
the name of William Mckinley to be
held in sacred reverence by the Cuban
generation as long as will be revered
the name of Abraham Lincoln by the
colored race in America
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
THE TIME is At HAND.

Senator Thurston Believes the United
States Should intervene at Once.
OMAHA, March 22.-"H the time for
the Intervention Of the United States
in the affairs Of Cuba is not here now
it never will come," said Senator
Thurston. II wired Senator Allen to
announce that I would speak on the
Cuban question in the senate next
Thursday" The senator says that the
only solution Of the trouble is such in.
tervention unless the people of the
/ United States are willing to look on
and sec the work Of starvation, already
20 far advanced, completed. The re-.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS

Tuesday. March 1B.
The house agreed to consider the bill
for the relief OF the legal heirs Of the vic
Tins and survivors of the Maine disaster
as soon as the postoffice appropriation
bill, which was taken up in the house is
out of the way. Mr.. Tawney made
speech under cover of the postoffice bill
favoring annexation of Hawaii.
After the passage of numerous bills
from the. general calendar, the senate be-
gan the consideration of the, measure pro-
viding for a national system Of quaran-
tine. Little beyond the reading Of the bill
was accomplished.
Wednesday, March 16
The postofice appropriation bill was
nominally before the house, though most
Of the time was devoted to Hawaiian dis
cussion. The Cuban question bobbed up
for a little while on report that the pres
ldent would like congress to adjourn, so
he could settle the difficulty without in
reference. Grosvenor characterized the
report as false and absurd.
The senate, in executive session, con-
frmed the nomination of r. V. Powderly
as immigration commissioner. Senator
Davis introduced resolution for the an
nexation of Hawaii, thus virtually aban-
ioning the treaty which has been under
consideration for the past few weeks.
Thursday, March II.
The house considered the postof1ce
appropriation bill to the exclusion Of
other business
The principal event in the senate was
the statement by Senator Proctor OF the
conditions he witnessed in Cuba.
Friday, March Is.
The house agreed to the conference re-
port on the agricultural appropriation bill
and then went into committee of the
whole and resumed consideration Of the
postoffice appropriation bill.
Saturday. March 10.
The house passed the bill introduced by
Dingley providing for free entry OF naval
supplies and war material purchased
abroad.
Senate not in session.
Monday, March 21. II.
The house unanimously passed the bill
for the relief of the survivors and victims
of the Maine disaster. The bill reimburses
| the surviving officers and men for the
losses they sustained to an amount not to
exceed years sea pay, and directs a sum
equal to years pay to the legal heirs Of
those who perished. s
The senate, after passing some minor
bills to which there was no objection, ad.
| iourned at 100 for the day
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
DR.. kLoPscH REPORTS.

Over Two Hundred thousand Cnbans Are
Helplessly Destitute. ..
NEW YORK, March 22.-Dr. Louis
Klopsch, now in Cuba in charge of the
American relief work, cables from Ha.
vana under date of March 81 to The
Christian Herald: .as
"The situation is simply this: Two
hundred and five thousand reconcen-
trados in over 400 accessible towns are
helplessly destitute. Unless we can
get regularly, without break, 300
tons of corn meal and 80 tons of lard or
bacon every week, we cannot effectively
relieve the suffering. (Spasmodio and
unsy stematic efforts defeat all good in.
tentions. Canned goods are useless
and condensed milk should be substi-
tuted. Fifteen thousand dollars weekly
will feed every starving man, woman
and child in Cuba. Small, irregular
shipments are only tantaiizing."
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26

KANSAS CITY, March 2l.-A relief
fund OF 49,, 233 and 81 carloads of pro.
visions and clothing collected in Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Oklahoma for the
starving Cubans Of Matanzas were for
warded south from Kansas City during
the day. These relief measures are
being carried out under the manage.
meht Of the Kansas City Star.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26

Black Hills ranges are being secured
by the United States agents for horses
suitable tor the cavalry. A contract has
been made with one large horse com.
pany near here to furnish 1000 horses,
as soon as they can be brought in from
the ranges. 81 ei,,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
McINTOSH BROS,
HARDVV.ARE
SEIZED BY RowDlEs.
BOTTINEAU MACHINERY co.

Rough Element Said to Be Holding Bon
nstss Road. Leading to White Pass.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Informa.
tion has reached the war department
that the rowdy element Of Alaska have
seized Bennetts road, leading to and
over White Pass, and have placed the
country in state Of terror. Instruc.
tions were telegraphed to General Mer.
riam, commanding the Department. OF
the Colum bia, at Vancouver, Wash, te
order the infantry garrison at Skaguay
to take proper steps for the protection
of persons and property in the dis
turbed region, regardless Of the expense
attending such q movement Of troops.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
Funeral Of Blanche K. Bruce.

Funeral Of Blanche X. Bruce.
" WASHINGTON, March az. The funeral
Of Blanche K. Bruce, ex.slave, ex-sen-
;ator and twice register Of the treasury,
was held here during the day. The
Metropolitan African Methodist Epis.
copal church, was crowded with the
representative colored population Of the
nikv
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here in large quantities for the forts
and batteries defending the harbor.
Three Of the eight big mortars for the
new battery on Santa Rosa island have
also arrived and they will be mounted
as quickly as possible. There is great
activity at Fort Fckens. The work Of
deepening and widening the new
channel on tho bar is progressing
steadily and the largest merchant
steamships now pass through it with.
out difficulty.
NEW 1. ORLEANS AND ALBANY.
Braxilian Cruisers Rschristened BY sec-
@ retaTy Long. 8
WASHINGTON, March %. Secretary
Long has issued an order that the Anna
zonas, the cruiser recently purchased
at Newcastle.on-T Tyne from the Brazil.
ian government, hereafter shall bear
the name Of New Orleans. The secre-
tary has also christened the cruiser
sAbreuall, sister ship OF the Amazonas.
and hereafter she will be known as the
Albany, il honor Of the capital Of the
Empire state. 9
in EXCELLENT CONDITION.
/ Colonel salioedo Brings That Report q
the Cuban Army. S4s.
. KEY WEST. Fla, March az. Colonel
Salicedo Of the Cuban army, who has
arrived here after Q severe experience
in an open boat, said:
.'''The Cuban army IS in excellent
health and condition. General Calixto.
Garcia has l8, 500 men ia the eastern
department.. between Santiago de Cuba
and Camagusy. These forces have l25
field pieces 9 dynamite gnnsand 2, 600 u
900 rounds sof rifle aInmunit ition.
lssJ ~ . Dsly ~ lIetss rs
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In letter written Jan. 8, Weyler is
said to have intimated that he had
planted mines in Havana harbor.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
ANN unition by Special Train.

AMMUNITION by Special Train.
TAMPA, Fla, March 22.-Three car.
loads of ammunition arrived during the
morning and one rush order was sent
down to Port Tampa by special train
and loaded on the Marblehead.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
NONE so GOOD.

concentrates are absolutely without
hope and il the death lists in any parts
Of the island are decreasing it is only
because the material for starvation to
work upon is giving out.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26

POWDER, SHOT, AND. SHELL.
Large Quantities Arriving at Pensacola
for Harbor Defense.
PENSACOLA, Fla, March 21.-Pow-
der. shot and shell continue to arrsvc
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
THE KENTUCKY DETACHABLE
HEELDRILL Shoe,

The Detachable Heel Piece is
made Of high grade, drop forged
crucible steel, sharpened and tenn
pered.
It is compressed into shape un-
der 1000 pound drop hammers,
which eliminate all pores, pin
holes, seams or defects, and rem
ders it capable Of taking a high
polish.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
WAITING FOR CUBA
SENATORS PosTPoNlNe IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.

Belief Quite reoided That the Admins
tratioa IL Prepared TO Act-President
will Send the Main Report to Congress
dr Soon After Il Arrives-6enator Thurs
ton Declares the Time For Intervention
l II II Hand.
WARRINGTON. March 22.--The short
session Of the senate was quite unusual
for the early part Of the week. That
no one was prepared to 60 on with any.
pending measure was given as the ex-
PLANTATION, but privately the opinion
was stated BY some Of the senators that
while tho Cuban question remained in
suoh suspense there was no desire to
take mp important legislation. The
outlook as to Cuba was discussed
among senator's almost to the exclusion
Of other topics and the belief was
quite decided that the administration
is preparing to take q positive position
within the next week. Several senator's
made the prediction that the United
States would intervene. Being pressed
xor reason they stated that they had
reached this conclusion after more or
less conference with executive officers,
but at the same time saying quite em-
phatically that they had no positive in.
formation on this point. Other sena-
tors thought the recognition of Cuban
Independence more probable than in.
tervention. Almost all expressed the
view that some action surely will fol-
low the report Of the Maine court Of
inquiry regardless Of its purport.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26
LATEST MARKET REPORT.

Duluth Grain.
DULUTH March 20
WHEAT-Cash No. hard, $780,
No Northern, $3.50; No. 2 Northern.
CSC; No spring, Zoo. 10 Arrive No.
1 hard, sl.oO4; No. Northern, 99Nc;.
May, $3.50; July, ,94sSo; September, 761a,.
Minneapolis Grain.
MINNEAPoLIs, March 81!
L WHEAT-March closed at ysc; May.
961sc; July, $3.50. On Ira k--
No. / hard. $780, No. Northern y79scs
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux CITY, Ia, March %.
HOGS-Market fairly active, steady.
Range Of prices, g. 55@j.8O. ..
CATTLE-Market active on best, COM
mon neglected.
Sales ranged at &a.6o9a6O for COWS;
t445.. rs for stockers and feeders; $500
@4.OO for heifers; $3.75@4.75 for year
nngs
SHEEP-In demand, $3.5004.25.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, March %.
HOGS-Market active and sc higher.
Range of prices, 1850 .s2H.
CATTLE-Strong and tive, common
dragging
Sales ranged at s4.oo@4.5o for stockers;
&2.4o@s.50 for COWS; $S. 35t@36j for heifers;
8 .4U@425 for steers.
SHEEP-Market steady. Good demand
for good sheep.
Sales ranged at s3.9o@4.oo for muttons;
$40 tor bucks; "A s5 for lambs
Chicago Union Stocx Yards.
CHICAGO, March 20
HOGS-Market active, generally IN
@5c higher.
Sales ranged at $3.s0@4.0O for light;
@. .eO@4.O2H for mixed; $3.S0@4.05 for
heavy; 81. 8O@3.8 IS for rough.
CATTLE-Market strong to loo higher.
Sales ranged at $3.s0@5 90 for beeyes;
$22o@455 for cows and heifers; $J.G549
$50 for Texas steers; $3.4005.40 for
stockers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market firm to 100 higher.
Sales ranged ut S3.4O@4.70 for natives;
t8.6O@4.55 for westerns; $i.4J05.o5 for
lambs.
Chicago Grain aud rFovislons.
CHICAGO, March 30
CLOSING PRICES
WHEAT-May, $l.047z; July, $500
651lc: September, 7sc; december, 1870
CORN-March 281zc; May, 1880;
July. 30A@30sscc; September. Sl1Sc.
OATS-March, 253sc; May, 1870; July,
2.Ac.
PoRK-March, $3.50; May. se.s5a
tS7; July $S.9a
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!IN ExcELLENT coNDITIoM. .

Colonel salioedo Brinxs That Report of
s the Cuban Army vs.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1898-03-26

.ANTI---R UST TIN.
WARE. Every Piece
Guaranteed. -:

Picture Frames made to
order. %
A Full Line Of Shelf and
Heavy Hardware.
Coal, Wood and Gasolene
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09

which the Conference may take.
Pike and Monroe are said to be fav.
orable TO the nomination of DR..
Shull, while Lauer is reported to be
in it for keeps for himself. Barber
will not, it is understood, yield his
opportunity TO any one, and If, as is
currently believed, Northampton
favors him, admitting his confer
ees would be fatal to the aspira
tions of Shull. assuming that Mr.
Hart is for Monroe first and last.
If the Lauer conferees are admitted,
either he or Shull must give way,
and if, with so unpopular a man as
Mr.. Barber is said to be, Lauer can
only divide Carbon, what might his
chances in future be against some
stronger candidate? Supposing that
he now relinquishes his hold, has
he any assurance that opportunity
will ever open her doors to him
again? It is safe to predict, how
ever, that the air over in Carbon
will take on the familiar sulphurous
odor which accompanies Democratic
gatherings, when the brethern meet
to adjust their little differences
and enter on campaign of har-
mOny.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
EDITORIAL.
NOTES BY A RAMBLER.

SAID prominent gentleman,a "a ma
tive of Vantage, by the way,
"About the only place in the world
where man does not seem to know
enough to turn out and let you go
by, if you are behind him with a
team or one horse, and want to go
faster, is New Jersey. 1 have come
up behind men in Sussex, who were
heavily loaded, so much so that
their horses could hardly much more
than walk. 1 of coursewanted to
drive faster and get by. They
would stay right in the road and
never pull out to one side, or "ay
over as the saying is have trav-
eled in a good many states, and
have never found people this way
except in N. j. It is great dis
courtesy, and a violation of the laws
of the road. 1t is customary in all
other States to pull one side and let
those behind you go by if they choose
and / wish you would call peoples
attention to this matter"
The gentleman referred to is not
the only one who has complained
of this discourtesy, There are many
others who have frequently spoken
of the matter. Besides being bad
manners such an act is illegal and
if understand it correctly has been
so decided by the courts. Turn to
the right in every instance. A man
that will do such business as is COM
planned of is no man anyhow. A
man who persists in it does not
know enough to pound sand into
a rat hole. He should be published
far and wide and receive the punish
ment prescribed by law.-Sussex
Independent.
We have ached more than score
of times to say something about like
the above but have refrained lest
we might be considered invidious,
being in another state. We thank
the Rambler for his frank criticism
of a most reprehensible habit, if it is
any satisfaction for him to know
it the fact is that if such thing oc-
cures over in Pike the remark is
made ''well that fellow must be a
Jersey man" and when you pass
him finally, perhaps at considerable
risk, its dollars to doughnuts that
your guess is correct.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
THE BASKET rs READY.

HON. Howard Mntchler, the warm
friend of the two Josephs who
are now reaching for the Congress
sional nomination in this District, is
quoted by the North Amer can as
saying: 1T took me six years to
get Harrity's scalp for interfering
in the politics in my district, and
("addressing Col. Guffey') 1 think
in six months your head will be
ready for the basket" No ordinary
basket will hold the heads young
Mr.. Mutchler wants to see rolling
that way, and as this is not a very
good peach year he might secure a
job lot of peach baskets for use
True, the contents would not bt
very peachy, but they would prob.
ably be a highly satisfactory sight
for more men than young Mr.. NJ. tc
contemplate. There might be found
too, some willing hands in Pike t,
hold them while the decapitatinp
process went merrily on.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
CARBoN's SPLIT.

The exact facts as to the number
of uncontested delegates composing
the respective Barber and Lauer
conventions in Carbon will have to
be determined by the Conference or
the Courts. 1t is claimed by some
papers that Barber had 371% dele
gates who were notcontested, or just
half of the whole number, and that
there were three contested and that
therefore the Lauer party was in
the minority. Others say each side
had 37111 in the convention and that
the delegates were leaving the hall
and that County Chairman Null
hearn had left the stage before the
division ON the motion to adjourn
was called for. Within thirty min
utes after the Lauer convention ad-
journed the nomination papers for
Associate Judge made by it were on
their way to Harrisburg. So that
it would seem the Barberites would
have to raise the contest, against
the regularity of that nomination
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09

at will be demonstrated to the peo-
pie of Pennsylvania and of the United
States during the present campaign
that our state during the last quarter
of a century has been the most hap
PLY governed state in the Union; that
her advance in wealth, population and
general prosperity has been phenome-
nal. During that time the state has
never lost a dollar by reason of de-
fault or dishonesty of any of her state
officials. Such, indeed, seems to have
been the opinion of Mr.. Wanamaker
himself until very recently for it is
only within the last year that he has in
timated anything to the contrary. OF
course we have been subject to the
criticism which is inseparable from the
conduct of public affairs whose control
is disputed by enemies of the party
and persons having disappointed ambi-
tions.
when an army breaks camp to
march to battle vultures gather over
the camp fires. and there is always
some belated dog to bark after every
triumphal. procession.
"The structures made by Mr.. Wana-
maker on the last election of a United
States senator, 1t seems to me, come
with bad grace from a defeated candi-
date, and explain the soured feeling
emanating from that source ever since.
I was not personally familiar with the
details of that campaign, but from re-
liable information in my possession 1
am surprised that Mr.. Wanamaker
should make use of the following Ian
guage: The whole business of e1ecting
a United States senator was an arith-
metical problem and a check book.
Mr.. Wanamaker's managers undoubt-
edly impressed him, more in their own
than in his interest, with that theory,
and he, no doubt, speaks from his per-
sonal knowledge and experience.
ROASTING THE PIGS.
Il am surprised that any person with
the intelligence of Mr.. Wanamaker
should be guilty of repeating by inuen-
do at least, that the burning Of the
state capitol was the result of a con-
spiracy of state officials, and for the
purpose of destroying public records
which might incriminate them. II Mr..
Wanamaker and those who report
these silly charges would take the time
CONTINUED ON PAGE A.
For job p rinting come to the PREsi
Office.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

THE Stroudsburg Times, COM
menting on the result of the
primary in Monroe, says: The
chances for Democratic success this
election were never better or bright
err" and in the next article says
the party is hopelessly rent. F" If
the party united could not elect a
Congressman in this District, it is
rather difficult to see how the chances
now, with the organization split up
the back and down in front, are
"better and brighter. The Times
argument would seem to be a re-
ductio ad absurdum.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-09-09
MATAMORAS.

EPwORTH NJ. 4. CHURCH, Matamoras
Services every Sabbath at 1890 a. m. and
p. IN. Sabbath school at 2.3O. G. e
meeting Monday evening at 7.30. Glass
meeting Tuesday evening at 7.30 Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 7.3O.
everyone welcome.
REV. +. G.. CURTIS, Pastor.
Hope EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Mata
moras, Pa. Services next Sunday as follows:
Preaching at 1870 a. IN. and p. m. Sun
lay school at 3 y. m. Junior g. Il. before
and G. K. prayer meeting after the even
ing service. Mid-weck prayer meeting
5very Wednesday evening at 7.3O. Seats
Tree. A cordial welcome to all Come.
REV A. WIEGAND, Pastor