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Ar NEW ORLEANS.
M Evidence Against the
ErtCnds--J'hrre immune NPgjt

M Evidence Against the Three
FricDds--Tbrre Immune NeEiments.
Now Orleans, May 30,-The United States
court OF appeals today decided IN favor OF the
nlbustcr Three Friends because there was no
evidence that she was fitted out within tho
United States.
Several more companies Of volunteers were
mustered In today. but one-half OF the states
quota remains to be sworn IN. Three immune
regiments are ready to respond TO tho new
call. Two OF the commanders being now In
Washington.
General snyder. who is 10 command the
corps here, arrived tonight and Is busy ar
ranging for the reception OF the coming
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Tampa, Fla. May io.--Au order came for
the departure of IT, Gussic and shortly
after she cast loose from her m0orinss
and started on her long journey south. a
large crowd of soldiers had gathered on the
docks TO see their comrades depart and az
the boat steamed slowly away hearty
cheering was sent after the boys in blue
ON her docks.
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TO SACRIFICE MoREr.

II the ScmpegOat.
Madrid. May 1o.-1o y. MIN today's
debate in the chamber senior Moret. secre-
tary for the colonies replying to Senior
Meiia's speech yesterday. said that neither
victories nor defeats could be ascribed to
one regime more rhan another. and Il was
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(enee ial Dispstch to The Post and Now 1ork
Herald. Copyright, 1895, by James Cor
dcn Bennett)
Key West, May lo.-The captain and
crew Of the prize steamer Catalina. who
gave testimony before the prize commits
sion several days ago and were released
from further attendance. were today noti-
fled TO remain here indefinitely to give
further testimony. The witnesses are In
dignant. The prize commission is making
slow progress
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AT PORT TAMPA.
Transports Being Londed for the In
ynsioR of Cubn.

Tampa, Fla. May l0.-By Thursday sir
Of The big governmene4tra TRANSPORTS at Port
Tampa will be In readiness for actual load
ing operations and troops. They have al
ready been fully supplied with coal and
water. The work OF building the stalls for
the horses and mules was practically COM
pieted today and long lines OF freight cars
filled with boxes Of ammunition for the
rifles OF the soldiers and Calling and
Ho,cbkiss quick Are guns were backed
upou the tracks slbns The vhzrvss and the
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FOR WAR OR PEACE.
Question Is a Political One Strictly
In Spain.
CABINET CRISIS HINGES ON THAT.
Opposition Will Not Support the
Government.
SEEKING TO GUST sACAsrA
Aud WiIi Not Alta I'm Moving for
rcncc--in the Meantime Rioun9
Continues
tSpecial Cable to The Post and New York
Herald Copyright, 1895, by James Cor.

ictaiu. topyrlsht, 1873, ny James Tor.
don Bcnnett)
Madrid, May lott is only indirectly
that mtertlon is paid to the progress Of
the war by the people here. For the time
ocing every one is engrossed With consid-
| Grafton OF the ministerial crisis. Upon it's
solution depends the immediate future OF
Spain. n the cabine, wea,hcrs the storm
It viii emerge from Il either instructed 10
prosecute the war vigorously or else en-
powered to take steps for the rc-cstabiish-
mcnt Of peace with the least possible delay.
From careful consideration OF the min
istry's action ever since its investment with
the powers OF Office II is more than proba.
bic even morally cer,ain--that the latter
solution would be more in accordance with
its members personal desires,
The question Is will they b. able 10 fol
low their dcsIrcsr
II Is manifest that the governments j.
trying 20 throw the responsibility for the
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One thing Is certain There Is growing
current feeling that 10 pursue this dis
astrous war, now that It has been proved
that while snain's courage is always equal
to any test her financial military and
naval resources are Inadequate 10 cope
with an adversary so vastly bor superior as
| America, amounts simply to madness.
One Of the most prominent banker. here
said TO me that 10 escapo from total ruin
is becoming more and more difficult every
day the war is prolongod.
People who talk about war 10 the death
are in general people who run tho loas,
risk of diving or even taking mart in tho
war. They are in spain what the iine,
senators and congressman are in America
promoters Of trouble with M dnpeer 10
themselves. II is the workipeman who
inds himself confronted with Tangible
proof OF what war mems In fact no T..
already having about twice as much as for.
merly for the loaf of broad that plavs such
an important mart in his nourisbment and
he is beginning to get dcsperate
There You have the explanation NJ the
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sHoRT NEWS STOKES.

WASHINGTON y Exs Senator Aaron Crasin
OF New Hampshire died here Of congestion Of
tho lungs.
NEW YoRk.-James II. Meade, one of-the
sltcenly at hts home In this city Of heart
disease.
C1SCiNNATI.--A speciel TO the Commercial
Tribune from Middietown. Ohio. says: Hnh.
J. r. Sorg cmphaticaiiy denies the story r.
ported from New York that he has 3oinsd NJ
American Tobacco combine.
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A LIKELY MOVE.
II Is Believed spain VIII Relinauish
West indies.

London. May 1l.--There Is no confirma-
ton Of sthe report that the Spanish fleet
from the Cape Verde Islands has returned
10 Cadiz, but It Is regarded as the most
likely movement to be made, and as an In
diestion that Spain has decided to let her
West Indian possession go
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spA,x's WAR MEASURES.
The Obsolete nation In sore Distrcss
III secure Credits.

To SCCUTc CTrUItN. Nv
Madrid. May 1o.--f n, in.--The govern
mcnt intends to insist that the cortcs sit
continuously until the war measures are
adopted. Tho minister OF finance. Senior
Puigoeivcr. declares that until the cred Is
are removed It is impossible to NEST the
demands for ammunition and provisions for
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Balearic islands and
the Canary islands, or to obtain the neces-
sSry stocks OF coal.
Captain General Banco has rablcd an
urgcn, request for considerable supplies
OF provisions which the government can not
dispatch until the cortes have parsed the
war measure,
Th, authorities here are greatly con-
terned about the provisions for this city.
IL is estimated the stock of wheat will be
consumed In n month and measures ATE
being taken to purchase wheat abroad.
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Jackson. Miss. May Io.--The Hrst reg
ulars to move under orders were modified
here today 1000 strong The Second Miss!s-
sippi regiment viii not be modified for
week or more on account OF scarcity of
tentg
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MORE SPANISH LIES.
Report Circulated that Amertcn
Mnnts TO Annex MexicO

WHITE 10 NhHtN NFNI'U
City of Mexico, May 10--The idea has
been industriously propsgated by Span.
iards and resident Europeans tha' the
United States, after taking Cuba and Iorto
Rico Will annex Mexico. and the minor
papers representing the clerical party and
a few liberal papers, under financial obi
Fetions to Spanlards. aid In spreading THIS
fantastic notion. Every European influence
In Latin American countries down TO Chile
and Argentina Is seeking TO infuse these
notions into the peoples minds.
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THE CITN or PEISIN.

She VIII lie Ready to Sail for the
Philippines on saturday.
San Franosco, May 10.-The WORK OF dis,
charging the cargo of the City of Pekin was
begun Immediately after her arrival and
will soon be completed. She will be locked
cleaned and turned over to the government
when she will be prepared for use as a
transport.
She will be able to take at least 5000 SOL
diers. and in addition about $500 tons OF
freight BY Saturday 1t is expected she
can be loaded and ready to sail.
San Francisco. May TO- The City OF
Pekfn will be turned over to tho govern
ment tomorrow After going into dry do k
she will be loaded with supplies for Ad'
miral Dewey's fleet There Will be stores
for the vessels of the Asiatic squadron and
ammunition 10 take the place OF the powder
and shell that did such good work in Ma
Mia harbor The navy department is not
doing anything about coal, however, and
the suppostion is that Dewey has all he
wants. II is known that there was a large
amount of coal stored at Manila and this
must now be in Dewey's hands.
SO far no provision has been made for
the care Of troops on the Pekn. At the
navy office it Is given out that the navy Is
fitting her UP as a supply ship and is doing
nothing for the accommodation of troops on
board. though It is expected that before
she sails the army officials will arrange for
the transportation of all or portion OF
the troops assembled here.
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II is GROWING WORSE.
GOVERNMENT UNEQUAL TO SUP.
PRESS THE DIFFICULTIES.
situation In Ominous and Anxtct,
Notwithstanding Of the cabinet
&in,oINca 10 the situation,

London, May 1.-THE Rome correspond
| ent of the Times says. II Is believed that
matters are steadily growing worse. The
! outies or the situation and more anxiety
prevails In political circles.
London, May II 1.-The Milan correspond.
cnt of the Nows. wiring Tuesday night,
| says: Il am unable at this moment TO aond
YOU moro than n few words Fresh and
| more Rigid measures have teen adopted In
| the censorship Of kilograms. The situat on
| Is most ominoua
| London, May 1.-THE News publishes
a dispatch from point beyond the Italian
frontier confirming the censored telegram
from It's Milan correspondent as to the
tgbting at Milan.
| According to this communication be-
tween 100 and 200 were killed on Saturday.
100 more Sunday and 100 more Monday.
Hundreds are wounded aud dying, tho now
bullet used by the troops having tho effect
OF explosive balls.
London May 1.-THE Rome corrcspond-
dent of the News in the course Of dis
patch, large portion OF which was oyl.
IDENTIFY suppressed by the censor, says. The
problem Is much wider and more deeply
rooted than the question which appears. nj
fecting the status OF the cabinet. The re-
sponslbillly must be laid on the system
which for quarter of a century has grown
on the country.
Three cabinet councils we're held today
and the ministers were unanimous IN their
resolution to stick to their posts and con-
tinue the policy of representations at all
costs. Perfect calm prevails here, but the
patrol OF troops continues and all gun
smiths and cutler shops are closed by spe-
cial order
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Washington, May 10 many false
stories have been given out In Madrid re-
Gently that American confirmation of tho
arrival of the Montscrrat at Havana Will
he required before tho story of her block
AIDE running Is accepted IA true.
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EVIDENTLY A FAKE.
epauiarda Cintm the Nontaerrnt
Rnn the Havana blockade,

MadfId May JUL r. m.~-N dlsphtoh
from Havana this afternoon says The Span
ish ship Montserrnt, with valuable cargo
of troops and a large sum of money In
tended for Havana. which escaped the
United States fleet and entered the port
of Cicnfuogos has now run the blockade
OF the American squadron and entered the
port Of Havana In safety. II Is claimed hero
that this proves the blockade IL ineffective.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.
IN CHANCERY OF New

In CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between Enoch Hammond, complainant, and
Benjamin Sire, defendant. Fl. ia. for sale
October term, A. D., 1898.
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QUAINT SANTIAGO.

customers The senorita blows cloud
of smoke from under the lace of her
fascinating, mysterious mantilla, white
negresses walk along the streets puff
fing away at huge cigars. Children of
eight and ten may often be seen with
cigarettes in their mouths, and it is
no uncommon sight to see men and
women smoking in church.
The country houses around Santiago
are infested with mice and lizards.
The latter are very alert and active
and quite unlike the sluggish lizards
seen in northern climates. There is a
curious kind of mouser whose presence
is rather encouraged about Cuban
country houses. These mousers are
not cats, as one might suppose, but
large black snakes. AS they are quite
harmless, nobody thinks of being
afraid of them, and they come and go
as they please, unmolested.
All the young bloods in Santiago
wear white duck suits and straw hats,
and they may be seen lounging around
LIE City duu Lie NAuD QO OoA SoA4OoB
looking cool and comfortable, and
smoking, of course, for that goes with
out saying in Santiago. At the Club
de San Carlos, which is the Union
League of Santiago, the Spanish Off
GERS from Moro Castle and the gilded
youths of the city make their idling
headquarters. It is a pleasant place In
which to loaf, drink eoling beverages,
smoke and gossip. The club house is
only one story high. like most of the
buildings in the city, and in front is
little garden with fountain and flow
ers.
Opposite the Club de San Carlos is
the Cafe Venus, where, an enthusiastic
traveller declares, as good meal can
be had as at Delmonico's. There is
less wine drunk in Cuba than in most
Latin countries; but there is native
rum, called bacardi, which is made
from molasses. and which, we'll mixed
with water and cooled with ice, makes
a very smooth sort of beverage and a
somewhat insidious one. A quart bot
tie of this rum costs only fifty cents,
and as a good deal of it is usually
drunk at the midday meal it is not to
ne wondered at that nap immediate
ly follows it.
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millers choose to make it so; camp out
fits include cooking apparatus that can
be carried on the back of one man;
the canning of meats, vegetables, and
fruits, the desiccation of other articles
of food, and the general cheapening of
many things that were luxuries a few
years ago, make it possible to live in
camp almost as in a hotel. The sub
stitution of aluminium for iron in uten-
sis is another advantage, and in gen
eral there is a tendency to both light
ness of outfit and extension of proper
ties contained in it.
In addition to the articles provided
by the government in its clothing and
ration allowances, the man with gun
is now allowed to buy and have pipes,
tobacco, soap, writing materials, pens,
basins, backing brushes, silk handker-
chiefs, matches, towels, and an addi-
ton to his menu is cheese, canned
goods, dried fruits, deviled ham, pre-
serves, white sugar, lime juice, Wor-
cestershire sauce, pickles, jam, ginger,
spices, and cranberry sauce. Rum is
discountenanced in hot countries, for
it encourages sunstroke and intensifies
other troubles peculiar to the climate.
A sutler who should set up claret
punch and ice cream shop in camp
would become a bondholder in few
months.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
NEW JERSEY SUPREME CoURT.

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT.
MORRIS COUNTY.
John Huston VS.. Cyrus K. Capron, ct ais. Fl.
ia. de DO ct ter on docketed judgment. Re-
turnable to June term, A. D.. 1898.
E. G. HARRIS, Attorney.
NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT.
MORRIS COUNTY.
John Huston vs.. Cyrus K. Capron. ct ais. FL.
ia. de DO ct ter on docketed judgment. Re-
turnable to June term, A. D 1898.
E. G. HARRIS Attorney.
DY virtue of the above stated writs of Fieri
ID Facias in my hands, shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House in Nor
ristown N, j., on
Monday, the 10Th day of September
next, A D., 1898, between the hours of IL m.
and O'Clock p. M, that is to say at O'Clock
in the afternoon of said Gay, all that tract of
land and premises in the Township of Jeffer-
son, County of Morris and State of New Jer-
sey, containing one hundred and three and
thirty-two hundred acres and particularly
described in deed from Mary l.. Rockefeller
and husband to Cyrus K. Capron dated July
1st, 1898. and recorded in Book D-l4 of Deeds
for Morris county, page IS, &c.
Dated August To- 1898.
EDGAR L. DURLING, Sheriff.
Chronicle and Era. P. F. $3.50.
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The Demand for Army Horses.

For the first time since men began
stringing trolley wires through the
streets horses-sound ones, of course
are in demand. The United States
government needs war horses, forty
thousand of them or more, and, need
ing them badly and speedily, is willing
to pay good prices for them. In an
article in Leslie's Weekly Mr.. ellison
Willets describes the kind of horses
that will be accepted. No white horse
need apply, for it was a white horse
which Death rode in the Apocalypse,
and Death would speedily overtake the
soldier foolish enough to bestride so
conspicuous a beast within reach of
the enemy's sharpshooters. Only dark
colored horses will be accepted in the
army-dark sorrels, bays, browns,
blacks, and dark roans. They should
be intelligent and gentle in DISPOSE
ton, not given to kicking their friends.
The age should be from 5 to years,
and the weight from a thousand to fif-
teen hundred pounds. After the horse
is purchased he must go through
course of instruction, just as any other
raw recruit. He must learn to obey
commands, even when he is ordered
to lie down and convert himself into a
breastwork for his rider. That is the
most difficult accomplishment to teach.
But those who have observed the per-
feet training of the horses in the fire.
engine stations can readily understand
how thorough the drilling of army
horses can be made.
The intelligence of the trained and
experienced war horse is remarkable
and many wonderful stories are re-
lated to illustrate it. It was recog-
nized milleniums ago, as is shown in
the Book of Job: "Canst thou make
him afraid as grasshopper? the glory
of his nostrils is terrible He paweth
in the valley and rejoiceth in his
strength; he goeth on to meet the
armed men. He mocketh at fear and
is not affrighted; neither turneth he
back from the sword. He swallow
eth the ground with ferceness and
rage uGlIu0I DOllSNcL4 he tudC 1t is
the sound of the trumpet He saieth
among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he
smelleth the battle afar off, the thun-
der of the captains and the shouting"
There are numberless instances
which show the fierce delight of the
trained cavalry horse in battle.
1t will be far more difficult now for
the government to obtain horses than
it would have been five or ten years
ago. The electric railways not only
did away with the demand for car
horses, but, in consequence, of their oc-
cupation Of the streets, there is far less
demand for driving and riding horses,
and the bicycle also has contributed
to the destruction of the horse mar
ket. The demand having decreased,
Of course the supply decreased with It.
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Askins-How is your cold to-day?

Coffin-Much better, thank you. /
cough only all the time now, while be-
fore l had to stop coughing every now
and then In order to breathe.
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On another occasion Captain Sigs
bee deliberately sank his ship to save
her from a still worse fate. He was
in command Of the coast survey steam
err Blake, and was anchored in West
Indian port, when hurricane came up,
and in the heavy cea the ships an
chors began to drag. She was drifting
to utter and. inevitable destruction on
a reef. Where she lay there was a
soft. sandy bottom. The Captain or
dered her scuttled, and down she went.
Later she was pumped out and raised
an expensive operation, but far less
costly than building new ship.
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SOLDIERS LIFE EASIER
Protection, Weapons and Food Much I'm
proved of Late Years.

Protection, Weapons and Food Much Im-
proved of Late Years.
Although soldering would seem to
be more perilous business than It
ever was before, in consequence of the
greater force, rapidity and range of
weapons, and the higher power of ex-
plosives, the result may show that
modern battles are not more deadly
than were those in the Civil War, since
an attempt has been made to counter
act the destructive forces by stouter
projections in forts and by a system
of tactics that replaces the old solid
formations with something like the
skirmish order of former times. 1t
may be, also, that the troops will fight
at further distance, allowing for the
longer carriage of bullets and shells.
But of one thing we are certain. If
the perils of war have been multi
piled the comforts of the camp have
been increased until they are a. partial
offset. Clothing is stouter, if the
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DY virtue of the above stated writ of fieri
ID facias in my hands, shall expose for
sale at Public Vendue at the Court House in
Morristown, N. j., on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-09-09
QUAINT OLD SANTIAGO
The Venerable City On Which All Eyes
Were So Long Fixed.

Were SO Long Fixed.
The bottling up of Cervera's feet in
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba is not
the only claim to distinction possessed
by that curious old city; for, as the in
habitants never fail to remind the
traveller, it has long been disputed
fact whether Columbus landed first at
San Salvador or Santiago de Cuba.
However that may be, st. Jago, as the
Spanish call it, is far older than any
city in North America.
The peculiar narrow streets and the
faeades of the houses remind one of
some of the old towns in Italy; but
there the resemblance ceases, for the
houses of Santiago are nearly all built
around court, or patio, as they are in
most Spanish towns. With their high
barred windows and glaring plastered
walls, on the outside they look more
like prisons than like the American
idea of dwelling houses. But go inside
the patio and everything is different.
There are palms and shrubs and flow
ers, and in some of the richer houses
even fountains. Meals are often served
in the patio in pleasant weather.
In Santiago as we'll as in other Gu
ban cities, the proprietors of most of
the shops and warehouses live in the
same building in which their business
is conducted. The shops open about
nine o'clock in the morning and re-
main open till about noon, when they
close up, and everybody goes to the
midday meal. After that everybody
takes a nap in the heat of the day.
The shops open up again about two
o'clock in the afternoon and remain
open till half-past five or six. Go to
an Office in Santiago at half-past eight
in the morning and nobody will be up,
go again at half-past twelve and every
body will be eating; go again at half
past one and everybody will be asleep.
In the evening the people sit around
and take life easy, and smoke, of
course, for in Santiago everybody
smokes, men, women and children.
Even the walters in the hotels and
cafes pull out a cigarette and smoke
between the courses. The porters and
cabmen smoke at all times and sea-
sons. The stevedores on the wharves
smoke at their work, and even the
clerks in the dry goods stores roll a
cigarette and take puff between two