Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-13

1 iu OpdnlSn territory. It VIII require
 two or three days to get all safely
 away from the island.
 London, April 7.-The Austrian
 ambassador has been closeted with
 Secretary Balfour all day seek
 ing the good offices of Great Britain
 on behalf of Spain in the present
 emergency. It is also unofficially
 reported that the queen regent ol
 Spain has applied to Queen Victoria ! to intervene.
 Washington, April 7.-Congress
 has decided to wait patiently until
 Monday, for the transmissIon of the
 presidents message. This delay
 may make the hot heads exasperated but with the advices from Havana, of the condition of affairs there the judgment of the cooler heads of the country will readily see the wisdom of the decision.
 Washington, April S-The State Department this morning advised Minister Woodford to leave Madrid on Saturday. Consul General Lee has been instructed to leave Havang on the same day, and by Saturday night he will be on American soil. Diplomatic relations, which ceased recently, have not been resumed and are not likely to be, unless Spain should yield at the last moment, and the Department has decided that there is no longer any necessity for Minister Woodford's presence at the Spanish capital. All communi- cations which have passed between our minister at Madrid and that government have been conducted through the intermediate aid of the French and British ministers. The last and final instructions which went to Minister Woodford were embodied in a very brief message, Absolute independence" meaning that no proposition which would concede Jess than that would be considered by this government. While some believe that Spain will yet recede from her position, the general belief is to the contrary.
 Washington, April 9.-Naval ac- tivity prevails all over today. Ships are being gotten ready for service and the busy hum of preparation prevails every where.
 All officials have now settled down to the firm conviction that war will be on next week. Both countries now expect it, and there is little short of a miracle that it can be avoided. While negotiations were in progress between the two coun- tries, and while members of the administration were hoping against hope almost of being able to avert war, their public utterances were on the side of peace, and of hope to maintain it. This is now all changed and the administration this morning admits what has been apparent be- fore to outsiders, that war cannot be averted longer, and that the Presi- dents message, which will be pre- sented to Congress on Monday, will create it.
 Chattanooga, Tenn, April g. Twenty-Five hundred regular troops from Arizona, New Mexico, Indian Territory and Texas are en route to- day to Chickamaugua. This con sists of troops from the first, second, hfth and seventh cavalry and from the tenth. eleventh, fifteenth and twenty-second infantry.
 London, April 9.-It is reported this morning that the powers have formally notified Spain that she must yield, as the United States ab- solutely refuses to yield a single point in her demands. The authori- ties at Madrid, however, continue obdurate, and insist that they will concede nothing demanded.
 Rome, Apr,l 9.--Telegrams which have been received by the Vulcan this morning from Madrid, represent that the situation there is hopeless so far as maintaining peace is con- cerned. The government, the dis patches say, has been absolutely compelled to abandon the idea of decreeing an armistice in Cuba or of making the slightest concessions in regard to that island, on account of the opposing sentiment in the army. which resents any such ac- ton.
 Jacksonville, April 9.-AIarmed by the immineuce of war, large num- bers of people have, for the last few day, been closing up their business in various Florida towns and have been hastening northward to more favored and less exposed points when actual hostilities are on.
 The rapid fire guns for the pro- lection of the mouth 0f the St. l Johns rlver, arrived here last night, and will be mounted in position at once.
 The city and all other state troops are making their final preparations for active service.
 Washington, Aprll 9.-It was said at the White House at noon today that there had been no change what ever in the Presidents plans in regard to sending his message to Congress on Monday. He will send it positively on that date unless in the meantime Spain yields.
 Chicago, April 9.-The remains of Miss Frances E. Willard were ere mated here this morning.
 Albany, N. r., April 9.-The indi- cations today are that the National