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Will Hear the Truth.

From The Rome, Ga. Hustler-Commercial
With Captain Evan Howell on the inves-
tigating board. the country will hear the
truth as it can be obtained, when the re-
port is filed. Evan Howell knows all about
camp life and campaigning, having been
one of the bravest leaders in the confed-
eracy He is not even an amateur in the
whitcwash business. being a total stranger
to the tricks of that trade. The Rome Hus-
or-COnmorcial COngra tulatcs the common
people of America upon Evan p. HOwcIIs
appointment to the board of investigation.
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Wilkinson. the Silent.

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instances mas place" mum at '"e
head OF negro coalition which threat
ems TO degrade and disgrace the white
people of his district.
AS late as August Of last year, Mr..
Wilkinson had not recovered from his
"0IS"'p u NIe' '.'ii,''9in' III d l9''q'
"-I'''i ''''ll ''V "'S'''Ieo 'i"I INC oo
ject. the one burning desire of the Chi
'ago convention was the humiliation of
air Cleveland And in the midst of
the panic of 1898, who saved the country
but that brave and honest man, Grover
Cleyeiand?'
We mention Mr.. Jim Wilkinson's af-
fections at this time because they are
in the strange contrast to the part he is
playing in the present campaign. As the
adopted child Of the republican party. he
has placed himself under the guardian
ship and guidance Of Colonel J. +. Han
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those of old England; but it continues
to- deceive its readers by asserting that
the wages Of southern operatives are
lower than these of New England.
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The Springfield Republican accepts,
with surprising equanimity. the state
ment that the wages of the cotton oper-
atives are lower in New England than
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An Arnold's Tribute to Andre.

From The New York World.
London, September l3,-hoSes were l'io
on the tomb of Major Ah"re III W e9'iiiihH'e'
,hhn,, yesterday. with a card on which was
Inscribed:
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When the Abbey authorities heard of this
inscription it was immediately removed by
order of the dean. who while willing that
Mrs. Curran should honor Andre, consider
ed an expression of dcteStatiOn for an
other person inappropriate in a sacred edi-
flee.
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From Mrs. Curran, nee Beatrice
Benedict Arnold, of Chicago,
descendant of Gen. Benedict Arnold,
who detests the memory OF her
ancestor, but reVercs That or
the man whose death he
encompassed, Major
Andre.
This is a token of loving respect.
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Change of Address.

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Always give pOstofiCe, county and state II your
lorly motif Fl
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comparing its results with what the
Board, enlightened of course by expert
testimony, believe would be the results of
an inside or outside explosion. Evidence
of this kind is obviously not of a very sat-
isfactoIy character, because into the calcu-
let1on of the probable results of some
thing with which we are SO little famil-
lar as an explosion inside or beneath a
ship there must enter necessarily a great
deal of uncertainty. Naturally we
should expect an explosion under ship
to blow it upward, while one withinya
ship would be likely to blow out it's sides,
but in the case of the Maine the shock
was so sudden and unexpected
that nobody on board was able to deter
mine anything more than that there had
been an explosion. The chief, and proha-
bly, the only reliance, of the court for evil
dence as to the cause of the explosion,
whether it was internal or external, Is
upon the discoveries made by the divers,
and a comparison of these discoveries
with the results which would be likely
to follow an inside or an outside explo-
sion. 1t is possible that some of these
discoveries have been of a nature TO fur
nish conclusive evidence one way
Or the other, so that the finding of the
board may have the force of a moral GER
tainty 1t is more likely however. that
they have been sufficient only to estnb-
fish strong degree of probability. and
that all that we shall get from the board
will be an expression of opinion to the
effect that while the probabilities are in
one direction or the other, the evidence
Is not sufficient to establish conclusion
whose correctness admits of no doubt. iEs
Of course If the Board procures no d.
rect evidence of the cause Of the explo-
sion and has to rely upon the appearance
ever for duplicating anybody, and will
not attempt to do so. The story published
steriay that the Board will find that
Cuban sympathizers were responsible for
the explosion is manifestly absurd. To
be able to charge it upon Cuban or a
Spaniard the Board must have had direct
evidence in regard to it, and that it did
not have any evidence of that character
is certain. The mere fact sthat Cubans
might have had motive for blowing up
the ship would constitute no basis what
ever for charging that they did it. If the
Board say anything upon this point it
will be simplythat they have been able to
get 10 evidence which throws any light
upon it at all.
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w. C. T. U. WILL TAKE PART.

Washington, March %. Members Of the
W. G. r. u, assembled in large mum bers
at the Pennsylvania depot to witness the
departure of Miss Christine Bradley, who
will tomorrow christen with water. the
E. Crafts. Superintendent of tie Depart
ment of Sabbath school work and the
national w. G. 7. o., by Mrs. Ella NJ.
Thacner of the department of soldiers and
sailors. There were speeches at the
station by Mrs. Thatcher, Rev. w. f.
Crafts, Representative Todd of Michigan,
Mrs. M. B. Platt and others in which
reference was made to the fact that the
Constitution cold Ironsides'' and the
Hartford were christened with water.
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ARMY REORGANIZATION

Washington, March 23.-The army re-
organization bill was adopted unanimous
" today by the House committee on mill
tary affairs and it was subsequently re-
ported to the House. The bill was agreed
on yesterday, but in view of the signifi-
canoe of the measure, it was deemed
best that the committee should also pass
an the report (which had been ordered
nreDared, to insure the correct represen-
fation of the committees views.
In passing upon the measure the COM
mittee has disposed of a very significant
noint as to the Presidents functions in
war time. There was a long discussion
over a proposition to insert in the bill
an exnress provision which would per-
NIT the President to increase the army
forces Immediately in case of a sudden
grave emergency, but it concluded that
If would be best to allow the conditions
to remain unchanged and the commit
tee inserted provision modifying sec
tion two to make previous congressional
action more binding, allowing the estab-
Iishment of the third battalion war for
nation only upon the declaration of war
nv congress or q declaration that war
exists.
The committee in its report cites official
renorts as showing the increase OF the
command force OF the line OF the army
need 10 change it from peace to a war
footing and puts the enlisted strength at
ia 3ss men, an increase of rs, 954 men,
en,,,iyalent to &c regiments of volunteers
of 1900 men each. To properly officer
these regiments would require &c coionels,
ca lieutenant colonies, 1893 majors, 792
captains, 924 first lieutenant 1893 second
lieutenants, the pay aggregating "a, 49s,-
snn 70 officer the same number of troops
under The provisions of this bill in time
oP war would cost as follows: 1920 second
iieutenants, cavalry, "a first lieuten-
ants, artillery; 81 second lieutenants,
artiilary: 80 captains infantry; 30 first
i IL infantry, and $50 second lieu
tenants infantry, their pay aggregating
Effects efi a saving in organization of 3d.
260 oOD uer year.
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The report of the Board Of Inquiry on
the Maine disaster will not be made pub
lie until next week, and statements mean
while of it's contents are, to be accepted
only as more or less shrewd surmises.
Yet before the report is published there
are certain observations that can be made
in regard to it with considerable assurance
that they are well grounded. It is certain
that whatever the findings of the court
they will not rest on any direct evidence.
If there are any persons living who know
how that explosion occurred they are per-
sons who procured it and of course would
not be witnesses against themselves. If
ANYBODY on the Maine had seen any sus-
pieious actions in the nefghborhood of
the ship on the fateful night we should
long ago have heard of it. 1t may there
fore be assumed with perfect confidence
that the conclusions which the Board
comes to in regard to the nature and cause
Of the explosion will be deductions from
the circumstantial evidence that the
condition of the ship as she lies at the
bot ON of Havana harbor has been able
to furnish Whether the explosion was
external or internal will be deter
mined largely If not entirely by
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THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. MARCH "a.

Setting aside the destruction of the
Maine as having no logical connection
with the general Cuban question, as it
really has not unless it is shown to have
been the work of the Spanish government,
there would seem to be but two defensible
methods of procedure on the part of this
government. One is drop the whole Cuban
matter as one that does not sufficiently
concern us to justly us in meddling with
it, and let the combatants fight it out
The other is to intervene in the name of
humanity and put an end to the conflict
1 i the island. Any intermediate course,
such as the recognition of Cuban bellig-
erency or independence, or an attempt to
assist Spain to establish autonomy
is illogical. The only ground upon
which interference in Cuba on our
part can be justified is that it is called
for by considerations of humanity. People
are dying of starvation consequent upon
the existing war, and neither the insur-
gents nor the Spaniards appear to be able
to put a STOP to it. That being SO it may
be our duty, rs the nearest power, to do in
the name of humanity what neither the
insurgents nor the Spaniards can do. An
argument Of considerable strength can be
made along this line. But this argument
does not apply. and cannot be made to
apply, to the recognition of Cuban bellig
erancy or Cuban Independence. 10 Justi-
fy action in the name of humanity it
must be action that will tend directly to
pat stop to the things that we allege
are inhulnan. But neither the recogni-
ton of belligerency or of independence
tends directly to that end. To confer
upon the rebels belligerent rights would
make them no more powerful or more
capable of ending the contest in the is
land Nnd restoring order. Neither would
the recognition of their independence.
Either operation would be closely anala-
gous to irritating a sore the only cure for
which was it's extirpation. Another OBJ
lection to the recognition of belligerency
or independence, is that the ordinary con-
ditions on which such recognition ought
to be based do not exist. The only way
in which either of them could settle
the Cuban question would be by bring
ing on a war with the United States,
and those that favor them really expect
that result Their preference for them
is because they think their adoption will
cause Spain to commit the first overt
act of war. But we cannot justly do
indirectly what We cannot justly do di-
rectly. If we are not justified in direct
IL interfering to stop the war in Cuba,
we are not justified in doing so Indirect
Iy. We cannot exasperate nation by all
sorts of hostile demonstrations, and
then turn round and say that we are
not to blame because she committed the
first overt act of war. By that sortswso
process we shall saddle ourselves in the
eyes of the world with the responsible
ty for the war that ensues, and at the
same time not get any of the credit 1--WE
should have got had wesdirectly inter-
fered with the avowed purpose of putting
an end to war because it has degensrat.
ed into wholesale murder of innocent
people.
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CHEATED GOVERNMENT.

Washington, March 23.-An order for
the arrest of j. H. Southall. former chief
clerk in the United States engineers
office at ST. Paul. has been sent by the
department. of justice to the United States
district attorney at St. Paul. The charge
against him is that he uttered false claims
against the government. Attorney Gen.
eral Griggs said today that the amount
of money realized by Southan through
the issuance of false time checks will
reach at least $500, COO.
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CUBAN RESOLUTION.

Washington, March 3.-Representative
Clark OF Missouri today introduced the
following resolution:
That the Congress of the United States
participate with the people of the United
States in the deep interest which they feel
for the success Of the people of Cuba who
are struggling to obtain their liberty and
independence, and do hereby recognize
the independence of the republic of Cuba.
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JOHN D. MURRAY,
81 Franklin Street.
mar21 div
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To Owners Of Dogs.

EVERY owner or keeper of dog more than
Ia four months old shall cause it to be regis
tered, numbered, described and licensed for one
year, in the office of the City Clerk in the City
where the dog IS kept, on or before the first day
of April of each year. All owners of dogs are
requested to comply with the law relating to the
licensing of the same. Dogs not properly IL
censed are liable to be killed.
GEO. w. SYLVESTER
mar19d2w City Marshall.
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URINARY BILL PASSED.

Albany, N. Y, March s3;-The primary
Hi nassad both the assembly and Senate
today BY unanimous vote, the demands
withdrawing opposition.
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by the ultra-Spaniards and Cubans.
The leaders of the instruction have not
forgotten how they were treated by Spain
in 1878 snd the Establishments and brides
now being offered them are spurned
with contempt Better death than au-
tonomy,' said leading Cuban to me,
for autonomy is only pretense by which
we would again be slaves to Spain.
Mr.. Gallinger recalled that he had
heard during debates in the Senate de-
mails made that 8 state of war existed
in Cuba. but it required only brief
personal observation to convince one
that war actually did exist. A desc
lated country and ITS stricken people,
told the storya more eloquently than it
could be conveyed in words. The war in
Cuba, however, :, he said, lis war of
starvation and determination, a war
more cruel than the world has ever
known.
ricans as great soldiers. They are under
lax discipline, and are poorly uniformed
and inadequately fed. The high officials
do most of their fighting in hotels and
cafes, the actual fighting being done Ey
those of inferior grade. On the contrary
the insurgents are COMFORTABLY clad and
under strict discipline. They occupy a
large part of the island and could, in
Mr. Gallinger's Judgment, take Havana
or Matanzas whenever it might suit their
purpose, although those cities could not
be held for lack of navy.
The scenes in the streets of Havana are
narrowing beyond description. People
III want and suffering are everywhere
seen and walking skeletons meet one
on every hand. Naked children, ENACT
ated and ragged women and diseased
bo CTR bo
hotel Hobbies and every place of public
resort. 1t is "a terrible sight, one that
sickens the heart and quickens every
impulse of human sympathy and love.
Under thes very shadow of cathedrals
and churches, where Spain's authority is
absolutely unquestioned, the most hor-
rible conditions are conceded to exist.
Many have refused to believe that a
great government was waging war of
determination instead of war of hon
or, yet such is an absolute fact. A visit
was paid to the orphanage which is
DOW under the care of Miss Clara Barton.
1t contains about so children, almost
every one of whom is victim of starva-
ton. DIR. Lesser, Miss Barton's assistant,
has had experience IN the Armenian and
Indian famines, but he declared that the
famine in Cuba Is worse than that in
India and the pictures he drew of the
terrible suffering and starvation in the
island more than confirm all that has
been written upon the subject.
A detailed story OF visit to Los Facas,
the place where the reconcentradoes daily
assemble to get food. was also given.
A few weeks ago, when Miss Barton dis
covered the place there were 645 people
lying on the floors, many OF them entire.
" nude, and all suffering the pangs of
starvation. Much has been done By the
Red Gross society to alleviate the con-
dition of those who still remain, but
scores of men, women and children are
yet Sthere, gaunt and bony. almost as
skeletons, many of them covered with
sores, directly traceable to insufficient
food.
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IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, March 23.-R. L. Thorpe
was today given the seat from the fourth
Virginia district. Sidney P. Eppes, who
obtained the certificate of election was
unseated by strict party vote. Mr..
151 to 100. TIE Republicans without a
break voted for Thorpe and the Demo-
Gratis and Populists with the exception
Of Mr. Howard of Alabama, a Popuiist,
voted for Eppes.
Mr.. Thorpe contested for the seat of Mr..
McKenney in the last Congress and was
seated. The Republican majority in the
House which was So when the House con-
Heped last summer. is now 81.
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Lester FL. Monks was on the stand the
entire afternoon and the cross-exanlna-
ton by Mr.. Cotter continued. The wit
ness answered all questions in a clear
strong voice and in very few instances
was ne at all lost for an answer. He could
give no reason for not informing Bran
or anyone else that Mrs. Nash as we'll as
the captain had been murdered. He said
he went into Mrs. Nash's room and saw
dark splashos on the bed clothing. lie
did not call her or make any examination
but as she did not speak when he came
into the room he supposed she had been
killed. She might possibly been alive at
the time. but he supposed her dead He
said he was selfish enough to hope to save
his own life If he could do so by leaving
the cabin. Mr.. Cotter then reviewed the
long hours between that time and day
light, the calling of the steward and in
forming him of the murder OF Captain
Nash and the subsequent discovery by the
steward of the dead body of the second
mate. Witness said that when the state
ment Was drawn up and signed by HIM
self and the members of the crew the
theory written out was his theory of the
manner in which the crime was COM
mitted. He believed SO for only 8
short time and when he reached Halifax
and his deposition was taken by United
States Consul IngrahaIn, he did not be-
lieve in the truth of the statement. At
Halifax the witness said another state
ment was drawn up by theU. S. consulsand
this contained at one point mention Of
the first statement, this being used as
part of the document. The witness said
he had sworn to the truth of this last
statement before the United States consul
Mr.. Monks said that although he did
not believe in the truth of the insert
which was dated July 13, he believed he
was right in swearing to the latter state
mept Of which the one in question was
part This brought about a lengthy argyll
1nent between counsel, which was inter-
rupted by adjournment OF the court at
FIVE O'clock.