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few of our cruisers, such as the Columbia
and Minneapolis, carry a large enough sup
ply to keep the seas much longer than
anything Spain possesses.
As regards many other articles of mer-
chandise, the question is little more settled.
Many things have at various times been
held to be contraband. but fixed rules have
been established as to few of them. Arms
and munitions of war are, of course, con-
traband; COAL provisions, money, horses,
medicines, merchandise, soldiers. dispatch
es and diplomatists have all been so con-
sdered at various times. The general rule
is that any goods available for war pur-
poses even if ordinarily used for peaceful
purpose, are contraband.
Trade in contraband goods is not by any
means prohibited nor is a nsutral state
required to prevent their export. They are
merely subject to confiscation If captured
by the enemy. Thus, If Cuba were recog
nized, vessels could clear for her ports
with munitions of war without interference
by our officers, as at present, but they
could be subject to seizure if captured by
Spain. Tn regard to this question the law is
we'll established. Two conditions may pre-
vail.
l. When ship goes to a blockaded port.
2. Where she simply carries contraband
to an open port.
Where there Is an effective blockade, that
is to say, one where there is present a
blockading force, rendering access mani
testify difficult and dangerous" any ship
attempting to enter or leave that port is
subject to capture and confiscation, unless
1t may have sailed for the port before the
blockade was declared. in which case 1t
can only be turned back. When vessel
has run the blockade, either inward or
outward she Is liable to capture until the
termination of her return voyage but is
not liable on any subsequent voyage.
Where there is no blockade, neutrals
may send anything, contraband or not con-
traband, to any belligerent port, and are
not called upon to prevent this being done,
but if these goods be contraband the bel
ligerent to whom they are not in course of
transmission has the right to seize them
and confiscate them. But only the CONTRA
band goods themselves may be seized. Nom
contrab band goods on the same ship, and
the ship itself, are not liable to confisca-
ton unless they belong to the same owner,
or unless there Is some attempted fraud in
volved such as sailing with false papers or
with false destination. In this case the snip
and 1t contents may be confiscated.
This right of confiscation involves the
right of a belligerent to stop and search
vessels of a neutral which it may suspect
| of CARRYING contraband. 1t is required, how
ever to exercise this right with as little In
convenience to the ship that is stopped as
may be possible under the circumstances.
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RUNS OF THE RACERS.
Condition of the Track at New Or
leans Made Worse.


New Orleans. La, March 29.-The rain
put the track in worse condition than yes
terday. The following official rulings were
given out to-day:
On account of the suspicious and unsat-
isfactory running of the horse Albert S.,
Laird and Hand are suspended from the
privilege of running horses at this meet
ing, either as individual, or as a firm,
and the secretary is hereby ordered to
scratch any or all horses they may have
entered for to-morrow's races.
Jockey L. Smith is also suspended from
riding for any one for the remainder of
the season. Summaries follow:
First Race-Seven furlongs. Halton, 8
to 5. won, with Irish Lady, to / and
6 to s. second, and Scrivener, Z to l, third.
Time. 1913
Second Race-Mile. Swordsman, 20 to !,
won, with Mount Washington, to ! and
4 to 3, second, and Russella, to l, third.
Time, LAT.
Third Race-One mile and a sixteenth.
Corelli, to 1, won, with Mr.. Easton, Is
to 10 and to 5. second and the Doctor.
5 to l. third. Time 1:561A
Fourth Race-Handcap, one mile. AL
bert s., 6 to /, won. with Pete Kitchen 8
to 10 and out, second, and Judge Steadman,
Z to 2, third. Time 1:461a.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs. Stanza, to
l, won, with Anna Helm to l and to 8,
second, and Tommy Rutter, to l, third.
Time 1:1SA.
Sixth Race-One mile Cave Springs, G
to l, won, with Teeta May, Is to l and 6 to
l, second and L. w, 10 to l, third. Time
1:45
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-S-~3-s-
Contraband Goods in War.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago T1mes-Herald.
Washington, March BIN case of war
with Spain the question of what is contra
hand of war. subject to capture on the
high seas. will certainly be involved. Since
the last great war, where maritime mat
ters were largely involved the conditions
~ naval warfare have changed to very
considerable extent. For instance, the
messing necessity of the renewal OF
war Ahip's coal supply is of comparative
Nv modern growth. and the question TO
what extent it may be considered contra
hand is not yet definitely settled. In 1852
Cor instance. the United States strongly
Objected to it's being declared contraband,
while in 1862 it prohibited the export OF
coal to the West Indies on the ground that
MANY ports there were merely coallng sta-
lions for Confederate cruisers, and that
Ia send coal to them was 70 help the en-
cmv The British government seriously
objected to this discrimination against IT'S
norris. and the President then pronloiteo
the expectation of coal to any port any
where in the world thus putting al foul-
tries on an equal basis.
In the Alabama award it was held lhat
,ba particular, circumstances of each SAFE
of GOAL in neutral ports must decide Wheth-
~. ar not it was "A breach of neutrality
from opinions delivered by members OF
he Alabama court in the different cases
a. seems probable that il viii in future be
be,d mat a hostile vessel may be furnished
With coal enough to take her home, but
not with a supply for the purpose OF en-
obling her to cruise against an enemy.
This Drirc iple If maintained, would be of
lrraa+ in,nortance. II would precluds
Snanisb cruisers from leaving that coun-
trv and coming to this in order to do any
nroIon ged cruising against our ports. Few
IF fhrm carry more coal than they need
10 cross the ocean and return home. The
same thing Is true az regards our move
ments in foreign waters, except that a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-30
WAR CLAIM OF MRS. LEES HEIRS.
House Strikes 1t Out After a Spirited
Debate.

House Strikes 1t Out After Spirited
Debate.
Washington, March 29.-The House to-
DAY proceeded with the order of the day.
the consideration of private bills.
No opportunity was afforded under the
rules to debate the all-absorbing topic, but
members stood about the cloak rooms and
oohles all day long discussing the situa-
listed
me House after passing bill to pen
ION the widow of Gen. John l.. Stevenson
'He rale OF $50 per month, devoted the
'"oe Gay to the consideration of the bill
pay certain claims for stores and sup
'i5s furnished the union by loyal citizens
ule south during the war. There was
Di''er contest over a claim of SIT 900
gn,elerfed by the heirs of the widow of Gen.
Ooert r. Lee. She inherited the claim
an MIS- Fitzhugh, her aunt, who it was
'1 III was loyal
obi WI, swanson, Dem, of Virginia, who
tbe4 pIoHed the payment of the claim, said
h' at MRS. Lee was the heir of Mrs. Fitz-
aa ana ne thought in this enlightened
Isau' was outrageous to set up the con-
co,IS lHat the blood of Robert e. Lee
\ o,aI i uot inherit property given them by
'Sa' citizen of the United States.
L. Yost, Rep. of Virginia, and
|claiS Dem, of Virginia, supported the
W. "ut It was stricken out--92 to 81.
|Nr me bill was reported to the House
Tee dnson demanded a roll call on the
|ca,s I'm The vote in committee was
uol.''''ea by vote of 1872 to 81. The
\ n ~. recessed before the bill was passed.
ogd p-oYides for the payment of $50 claims
ss'eSdJing about 81 200 600
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FIRST CHURCH's RECEPTION.
Officers of the Church Entertained
the Congregation.


A delightful informal reception was ten
dered the congregation and their friends
of the First Presbyterian Church last
of the church, assisted by their wives,
Many were present during the hours of the
reception, which were from $50 until 1920.
The time was spent socially and in the
enjoyment of an excellent impromptu pro-
gramme of music and recitations in which
some of the leading talent of the city was
heard. Among those who contributed to
the pleasure of those who attended were
Mrs. Bishop, Miss Maggie Chandler, Mrs.
Silva, Miss Conner, Miss Brockway, Mrs.
Mize, Miss Beckwith Mr.. Chandler and
Mr. McIlveen. Refreshments were served
by the ladies.
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RappahannOck's New Collector.

Washington, March z9.-The President
to-day nominated Thomas c. Walker to
be collector of customs of the district of
Rappahannock, Va.
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W. II. EDMUxDs DEAD.

'e of the Founders of the MAN.
R,,.. "i"cturers' Record.
MN, ''"ore' March 29.-william II. Ed
st,,. founder and editor Of the Southern
hon, 'uasazine, died this morning at his
RI IN Roland Park
ufict,,'alS one Of the founders Of the Man
pnetor l Record. and at one tir1e pro-
Vi the Admission, Ala, Hot Blast.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-30

Mrs Grump: / see a good deal about
Lee in the paper. Who is Lee? don't
recall him.
Neither did Mckinley
Free Press
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Passenger Fares From Savannah

Passenger Fares From Savannah
TO NEW YoRK-Cabin. $50; Excursion,
So; intermediate SIS; Excursion. $24;
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TO BOsToN-Cabin. $22; Excursion. $50:
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TO PHILADELPHIA (via New York;
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The express steamships of this line ara
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GOTH meridian time, as follows;
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher FRIDAY.
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CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt Daggett,
SATURDAY, April 3 $3.50 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg.
MONDAY, April A. 3 .. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins. TUESDAY.
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TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins FRI
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CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett.
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CITY OF MACON, Can't. Savage
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CHATTAHooCHEE, Capt Lewis.
THURSDAY. April ID, p. m.
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ANDERSON GETS A NEW TRIAL.

Supreme Court Orders 1t and
=. II VIII Open April II.
!. '''o'h Va, March 29.-John Andersen.
rs COOK of the schooner Olive Pecker,
c,.. as convicted in the United States
of Ma. mere last December of the murder
'a'o Saunders on the high seas ba,
gran 'nted another trial. It has been
coir. ny the United States Supreme
liar ana the case will come up before
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-30

Saturday nights only IL p. m. from Boil
ton street. cars leaving and arriving into
Bolton street. Passengers change at
Thunderbolt.
For Montgomery . and 1851 a. m. ana
2.2o and $50 .. m.
Leave Montgomery 1880 a. m, 12:2o ana
4:15 p. m.
For Thunderbolt cars leave Bolton street
depot on every hour and half hour during
che day and evening, W
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23
OPENING 10Th STREET.

Extension Through the Grounds
About Mr.. Geo. TruesdelFs Residence.
A gang of men Is engaged In opening 10Th
street. extended through the grounds about
the residence of Mr.. George Truesdell.
which is on the west side OF Columbia road.
between Wyoming avenue and Kaiorama
avenue. Thu new street will pass between
Mr.. Truesdelrs house and the stable. and
win furnish an outlet for the lots on the
west side AS yet there has been no subdi-
vision made of the grounds on ths east
side
The new street Is to be fifty feet wide.
with a reservation on each side of twenty
feet, thus making the total width nin,ty
feet.
The portion of the street that Is now be-
Ing opened extends from Wyoming avenue
to Kalorama avenue and II the present
plan of street extension is carried out, 20th
street will in the future be opened through
to Columbia road. North of Kalorama ave
nue. the street has been opened for some
time. and as soon as the pavement and side
walk are laid along the new section it IS
the purpose of Mr.. j. B. Winner to have the
sidewalks laid the east side between
Kalorama avenue and the Woodley road,
corresponding TO the street on the west
side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23
Miss Rlchards' Lecture.

Tuesday evening next. Miss Janet Rich
ards will give her interesting new lecture
On the Yellowstone Park at the Univer-
salist Church. 18th and L streets Miss Rich
ards visited that famous region last August
as the guest of the park authorities, and
vas afforded every facility for viewing the
park under the most favorable auspices.
She has carefully collected an unusually
beautiful set Of views Of the park, fnclud-
ing several fine maps of the region, which
Will greatly aid comprehensive under
standing OF the trip. She has also a num-
Der OF portraits Of people of interest con-
nected with the park. notably those of Col
s. b. NJ. Young of the 4th Cavalry. late
military superintendent: Capt Waters Of
the lake steamer Zillah, Larry the Ire
pressible." and Mr.. Everts, for whom IA
nous Mount Everts was named in memory
or his terrible experience in 1871, when he
vas lost In the park, and wandered half
starved and alone for thirty-seven DAYS.
Miss Richards will also give an account of
the famous park "hold-up'' of August. 81.
with graphic pictures of this unusual and
exciting experience. Her set of views of
this wonderful region is the most extensive
ever shown in Washington, and altogether
most interesting evening may be antici-
pated Tor those Who visit the park on can
vas next Tuesday night under the guidance
OF this bright and entertaining lecturer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
In your issue Of April % 1t is said that
International law would not permit the
bombardment of seaside towns Of summer
resort II they are not fortified
Notwithstanding this statement of the
law, Spanish feet under Admiral Mendez-
Nunez, consisting of the Numancia, Villa
de Madrid and other vessels and against
the protest of Admiral John Rodgers. u g
N. and the British senior officer present
did lombard the then unprotected city Of
Valparaiso. Chile.
Our minister. General Judson Fitzpatrick.
protested against the barbarity and rode
about the city on horseback during the
Smelling. Admiral John Rodgers, then a
commodore, had the u g. 8 Monadnock
and other vessels conveying her to San
francisco, under his command. He begged
the British admiral to let him have the
smaiiest gunboat carrying the English fia1
to go with our feet and he would. without
orders from home, stop the Spanish from
committing this outrage, but Mr. Thomp-
son. English minister. would not permit e
without orders from home. This occurred
about the year 1896 The Spanish DESTROY
ed the custom house and a number Of uri-
to Callao. Peru. and were whipped by forts
manned by natives and some OF our Citizen.
who had gone there after our then recent
war Of the rebellion. The villa de Madrid
retired from action with great hole In her
side. Aendez-Nunez went home and vas
created Duke of Callao for being repulsed
win loss At that port and Smelling defenso-
less Valparaiso. You see, che freed ~
rabbit" Law or no law. a a. H
April q, 1soo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23
THE COURTS.

Equity Court No. 1-Justice Cox.
Hobsor agt. HObsOn, sale and reinSest-
ment of proceeds by trustee authorized.
Samelsberger agt. Sameisbergar; demurrer
sustained with leave to amend Somervil!e
agt Williams; decree In accordance with
mandate of Court of Appeals reversing de-
crse below Stefan agt. Zeust: re-refer-
Albright agt. Kennedy: preliminary injunc-
ton granted. Birtwell agt- Haley, Thos.
Grant appointed guardian ad Item. ODon-
nell agt. Hewett: pro confeSso against de-
PENDANTS. Hewett ard Robertson. granted.
Dyer agt. Wilcox: time to take testimony
limited TO thirty-five days.
Equity Court No. 2-Justice Hagner.
Alexander agt. Bidwell. order to take
proof as to Wills of Joseph c. q. and Cath
crime NJ. Kennedy before 7. Percy Myers.
examiner. McCauley agt. McCauley; de-
cree overruling exceptions to auditors re-
port and confirming said report. Cumber-
land agt- Cumberland: time to take de-
fendants testimony limited to ten days.
Circuit Court No. I-Justice Cole
Plumb agt- Thomas. motion for new
trial filed
Probate Court-Justice Hagner.
In re Carrie 1. Burkhart. minor; petition
for appointment of guardian filed. In re
Eliza D. Herrell. guardian: rule on guardian
petition for letters Of administration filed
Estate of Thos. Francis: do. Estate of
Roger Sullivan; account passed. Estate OF
Mary F. Jones; do. Estate of James d.
Laird: do. Estate Of Jos. H. Daniel; do.
Estate of John Bailey: do In re Esther
N. Berger. guardian; do. Estate Of John
lcGuire; inventory filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23

there were fewer displays of the national
,, emblem in this country than in any other
M had ever visited No sooner was IL def
nitely known that war was not only a pos
sibility. but settled fact. than, as If q
string controlling them all had been sud.
denly jerked. there was Immediately nut
tering Of bunting In the breeEes, and the
whole city seemed to guerion with the red
white and blue. The Cuban colors also
were intermingled with those OF this coun-
try Since then their number has been
doubled.
Not only are the houses hung with plain,
everyday hags. but there are streamers
shown on the front of some OF them-na-
val signal flags along with the rest. One
proprietor of a business house hit upon a
happy and excellent patriotic idea. De-
pending from the roof of his place OF bus
i;iess down the front Is a string of fiags.
They have been arranged according TO the
naval code. and their Interpretation when
read by this is, Remember the Maine"
1t may not have been exactly what the
author intended but in this connection one
man was heard to quote two lines OF tbs
now famous ''recessional:''
Lord. God of Hosts. be with US yet
Lest We forget. lest We forget
Decorations General.
Up eth street the flags are futtering free
ly, m my of the stores being decorated with
them. In the northeast section and all
sections they could be seen. They were on
every second vehicle seen passing along
some OF the street cars displaying them.
Even the tool box Of the street railway
company had its flag flying.
Silk ribbons with the stars and stripes
stamped into them were on many larel,
and the ladies wore them at their throats
On F street there was a crowd OF men In
front Of the brokers' Offices looking at the
bulletins being displayed there and COM
menting on the situation.
As was the case yesterday. great inter-
est was attached to the Center Market
Annoy. where the District Guard boys
are waiting to be called out. A crowd had
gathered at the entrance to the bridge and
watched closely the proceedings across
the way. where the accustomed spirit Of
unrest prevailed.
Scenes Last Night.
Last night the crowd which sathe red on
the avenue. opposite the armory. greatly
exceeded in numbers the one of the night
before 1t was SO large, in fact that IL
was with dimculty at one time a pedestrian
could pass along. The watchers lined up
on the curb and remained there for hours.
some OF them. The boys in blue drilled on
the avenue and were put through the tao
tics to the delight and applause of the on
lockers. many OF whom had sons. brothers
ana sweethearts In the ranks. They were
put through the double quick" in good or
der. and there was q dash and vim about
all of their movements which was most in
spring to these who witnessed them.
The drilling OF the Corcoran Cadets ON
the White Lot Was watched with interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-23

supernumerary list. the 9th Battalion. TO
fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of
First Lieutenant Geo. A. Drury.
For the trar sfer of Private William II.
Hamilton, Company B. 9th Battalion. and
Private George G. Wilson. Company c.
4th Battalion. to Battery A, Light Artil-
lery.
For the honorable discharge, on their own
applications. of Private William Stone Hut
ton, engineer company: Private L. ].
Hughes. Company d. list Battalion: Prt-
vate Irving L. Small. Company ID. I'd Bat
talon, and Private Charles r. Ely, Com
pany c. 9Th Battalion.
For the honorable discharge, by reason
Of disability, of Privates Arthur j. Krause
s. c. Ellis and Burton G. Cox. Ambulance
Corps; Private J. McName. bani: Privates
George A. Young. E. F. Thomas and Ell
mer X. Martin. signal company. and Pri-
yate John p. Hess, Company B. 5th Bat
TALON.