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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
CARTRIDGES IN HER coRsAGE.
Mildred Brewster showed the Eh-
pIosives to Friends.

MoutpeIier. VT. April S.-Among the
witnesses on the stand in the Mildred
brewster case yesterday were JACK
Wheeler and Iuan de Colaines. The de-
fens. is endeavoring to prove mat
Wheeler had promised to marry the pris-
oner and when he Tilted her she really
lost her mental control
De Colaines testified that Wheeler had
told him he had promised Mildred
something he was sorry Tor and that
he would just as soon marry her il II
were not for Annie Wheeler.
Rose Glennie said Mildred had told her
she felt queer lots of times. Mildred
she said was in her house the night be-
fore the shooting. and sang and played
on the piano. something she had neveI
known her TO do before. She took three
cartridges from her bosom and displayed
them. SAYING she had a box and a re-
volver upstairs. She spoke about going
to the woods that night. She appeared
very nervous.
Minnie Meehan saw Mildred the day be-
fore the murder. Mildred had her trunk
packed and said she was going away
from Montpelier. but didn't seem to know
where she was going or what she wanted
10 do
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Saturday Morning.

Unless for some reason the President
should extend the time named in the
ultimatum to Spain, the answer of the
Spanish government must be in Wash
ington at eighteen minutes past one
o'clock on Saturday morning. IL
no answer has been received at
that hour refusal of our de-
mands will be assumed and action will
be taken Immediately. AS ii is now I'M
derstood. the North Atlantic and Flying
Souadrons will be signalled TO cut loose
for Cuba and Porto Rico on the minute
of the expiration Of notice, and war
will have commenced.
Ii may be said with a good deal OF
confidence that not many people in
this CITY will go to bed Friday night, or
until they have heard the result of the
ultimatum. IL the weather should De
fair the Avenue is likely to present the
aspect that 1t does an hour before an
inauguration parade. Probably hall the
residents and all the strangers within
our gates will be on the streets, and
waiting patiently for the knowledge
| that the American peopie az W "~
| a chance to get revenge for the massa-
| ere of their brave countrymen in Ha-
vana harbor.
Nothing which now appears seems
likely to disappoint the public expec-
tation. that one o'clock Saturday morn
ing will settle all doubt as to the ques-
ton of war. Sagasta may possibly
finesse to gain a little more time. but
il is inconceivable that it should be
granted. Those closest to Mr.. Mchin-
ley today declare that his uitimatum
will be final and its terms unalterable
Therefore We think it safe to predict
that there will be an opportunity for
great impromptu, open-air, patrlouC
celebration in the neighborhood of the
Franklin Statue on Pennsylvania Ave
nue. about half past one o'clock next
Saturday morning.
Remember the Maine!
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what Spania rds Are.

(Froin the st Paul Bl~pdtch.l
Spanish bTutalities in Cuba are nothing exceP-
tional in the race. as far as their Kind is con-
eerned. but simply in their magnitude. The
barbarities OF eyler should not he charged zap
him alone. but upon the whole nation. for they
are but Characteristic Of the bloody minded span
lard wherever ne has power. These general asseT-
tons amply borne out by the specific N
stances Of cruelty and inhumanity detailed BY
an English woman, Elizabeth W Latimer. in a
work on Spain in the Nineteenth Century In
that book she tells of deeds committed By span
iards in the Carlist wars that would too
aborninable for the Dark Ages. Gen. Cabrera,
leader of the forces of the first Carlst pretcndeT
waged a war for eighteen months that was sheer
butchery The giving Of drink 10 a wounded sol
der of the enemy punished with death. and
his victims were women. old men, and children.
Those days that I do not shed blood, do not
have a good Digestion, said this butcher TO
group Of his generals. Tie captured a garrison b.
burning the town. They bsrgained 20 surrender.
on their lives and clothes being spared them.
and their stipulatiOns were agreed %. Cabrera
marched them with his regiment a few miles out.
then stripped them and had them run for their
lives There were sixty-fiye Of them, all his own
countrymen. and ne chased them until the spost
was ended with the killing Of the last man Thesc
instances are samples Of the way Spsnidrtls wage
war They are all alike. The whole nation -
in state Of mental and moral as well a. terri
toriaI decay and the worst OF il Is there Is NO
apparent hope OF their regeneration
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Remember the Maine!

From all over the round world the news
reaches US that the English-speaklns
naople everywhere are in hearty sym
patty with us in our determination 10
punish Spanish treachery and to drive
the yellow rag of Spain away from the
Western Hemisphere. The declaration OF
Congress that we have no thought OF
territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT in the prem
Uses but that. after pacifying the stricken
island of Cuba. we will leave it to its own
naonla whom we have recognized as free
I'D ipdenendent. has placed ms in the
lust attitude of humanity's sherin ABOUT
TO do execution upon the common enemy
of mankind.
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SPAIN rs IMPoTENT.
Her Colonies May BE Held as IN
demnity.

demnify.
The New York Journal has received
the following cable dispatch from It's cor
respondent in Italy:
Rome. April 2O.-Conversing with an
Italian public man, Mr.. Draper the
American ambassador, said:
'In spite of the decisive action OF Con-
gress war will not break out immmedl-
ately: some days. perhaps weeks, VIII
elapse. The United States desires, FUR
Their. to enIighten European public opin-
ion concerning Americas pacihc lnteh-
tions. Her enemies have deceived Eu-
rope into the belief that she desires TO
predominant over Europe, which is con-
ttafs 10 the truth. Delay Is also useIui,
as America needs time to organize her
army.
wait a few days and you'll see what
the United States can do, while Spain can
do nothing more We can land troops
in Cuba tomorrow, Spain cannot send an
other man there. | am convinced that
European public opinion VIII become Ia
vorable to America Before hostilitles
begin Europe will be fully treasured by
wise, prudent words from Mckinley.
. ...,i,s,er representing one OF the MI
nor powers in Rome said today that the
1.uru,ean Concert has demonstrated In
the Eastern and Cuban question tnat
il can only subsist on condition that the
powers do nothing. The reason Is that
all the great powers are terribly AFRAID
of compromising themselves. After the
war is over, he said. II is not improbable
that the powers may seek TO intervene
in the settlement of conditions of peace.
He thought the United States Will crush
Spain. seize Cuba. Porto Rico. the Phil
ippines. Carolinas. Cape Verde and Ca
naries. and hold them as guarantees Tor
war indemnity. Cuba, Porto Rico, ana
perhaps the Philippines, permanently.
If the United States were to keep all
Europe would do something serious 10
America. One or two other powers might
agree to divide the spells. and Spain
colonies may meet the same fate as chi
ma He suggested that England might
coolly occupy some Spanish colony un-
der the pretext of taking care OF Spain 5
interests.
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SIDNEY WEBB rs HERE.
the English Social Reformer Gomez
tn Washington.

Two well-known English social re-
formers are spending some time in this
country studying conditions. Sidney
Webb is q socialist of international rep
utation and also very well known as
the husband of Beatrice Webb, VINO
wrote a history of English trades
unions His wife belongs TO titled
family, but devotes her life to reform
work
Mr.. Webb is at present I'm Washing
ton studying the ways of Congress. he
intends to visit New York and compare
the condition of the sweaters with
those in the Whitechapel and other
poor districts in London.
He will also be the guest of the vari-
Gus labor unions and make a study oil
their plans. He is a pronounced en-
thusiast for labor party composed
of wage-workers. and hopes to I'M
press his views on the trade union lead
ers here, who are usually opposed to
forming a distinct labor party.
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Rally Round the Flag. BOY ..

The situation is clearer today than Ii
has been for a year. The bitter con-
test which has been waging between
tn, peopIe and the President is over.
He has at last surrendered and become
An American.
The war resolution passed by Con-
gress was signed by Mr.. Mckinney TINS
morning. and the fact notified to the
two Houses. An ultimatum has been
forwarded by cable to Madrid, giving
Snain until six O'Clock Saturday morn
ing. Madrid time for reply. Nobody be-
lieyes that any reply will be made; but.
if one should be. il will be in the form of
a straight-out defiance. To cap the eli
max. at about noon, Senior Polo y Ber-
naba, the Spanish minister, demanded
his passports and they were handed to
him.
II the President still Rugged linger-
ing hope of peace on yesterday, the
speech OF Sagasta to the ministerial
maiorities in the senate chamber at
Madrid must have rudely dispelled 1t.
After that. ultimatums and such things
become matters of the merest formal
| ity. Nobody here or in Europe appears
TO think that there is the least chance
TO avert war The good old Pope and
/ Austria
vet at work in the desperate hope that
some sort Of European interference can
he secured before the first shot has been
! fired. But the leading cabinets con-
| nected with the Concert are thoroughly
advised that anything like foreign in
reference would be resented by the
American people, and that the com
placency with which Mr.. Mckinley re-
ceived the collective note" Of the pow
ers recently has exposed him to much
criticism. We may count the interven'
ton scheme as one completely col
lapsed Europe now sees that we near
business. and that we are hardly fools
enough to wait until Spain can sell the
Philippines to Germany, or the Canar-
les to Great Britain, andthus be able tc
supply herself with munitions OF wal
in abundance.
And so, by Saturday. "a state OF
war will exist between America and
Spain. and when that happens we shall
lose not a moment in recognizing the
beIligerency of the Hon. William Me-
Kinley. We shall not feel justified in
recognizing his independence any more
than when until within few days, ht
was nothing more than revolted col.
ony Of Congress He wanted complete
independence, spurned autonomy. but
as he promises to fight, we will concedC
him belligerency as soon as he pulls his
gun and fires a shot.
The whole country will breathe more
freely now that the die is cast. The
nation is ready, as its forbears were
in 1916. to strike a telling blow against
tyranny and inhumanity, and for lib.
erty:
Aud wen rally round the flag, boys, rally onc'
again;
shouting the hattie cry of Freedom,
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Mr. Mckinley cannot get the humani-
tartan intervention nonsense out OF ms
mind. He is credited with still having
the determination to make his INVASION
of Cuba ostensibly a Red Cross feeding
ax,edition conveyed by war vessels. He
:. Inclined to think that this would not
be exactly war, while SPAN might 81
consider and resent it. Anyway. the pan
would ease his conscience, which appears
to have been troubling him little, and
so LET him have his way! Details do not
much matter. Spain has got to be whlp-
ned and kicked off the hemisphere me
rest is comparatively unimportant.
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Our Asiatic squadron is at Hong Kong
donning war paint and stripping lor ac-
tion. On Saturday or Sunday 1t ought TO
Ia in fighting trim and off for Mania
where it may have chance 10 tahe poS-
session of the chief Philippine port. by
co-operating with the revolutiomsts OF
the ISLANDS. 1t Would seem TO be an easy
matter to clean up the Spanish power
and GU. off Spanish revenue in that quar-
fer i'm short order.
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Murdered i'm RniIrOad Car

Fayetteville. Ark. April 2o.-Yesterday
the Frisco agent at Winslow found the
dead bodies of two well dressed men in
a refrigerator car on "a side track at that
place They are thought to have been
murdered They could not be identified.
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From the Chicago Post.)
rs your husband a man with much magma
tom
81 didn't think so before he married me, but
since l have heard the reasons he gives for not
coming home to supper and for staying at the
club until nearly da>light I've changed my
mind y
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Imagination.

QFrom the Chicago Post.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
Fit Dwelling Place for the Poet.

Miss Ada Sparhawk of this city, in an interesting communication to the Grants Pass (Ore.) Courior which for lack of space we are unable to repub- fish in full, gives the following eloquent finale to an article descriptive of Fort Wrangel, which is replete with general information:
 "Oh nature, how pleasing is thy face To me it is most impressive here. How love for nature grows upon one, and yields that perfect contentment that art is unable to give. There is no time to get lonesome among such scenes as these one is enchanted with its beau- ties and harmonies. What charms and magic permeate the pure, placid atmos- phere, while distance lends enchant- ment to the view and robes the noun tain in it's azure hue" A magical city whose hill slopes within our sight, adorned with its bright new houses and white tents, fit dwelling place for the poet. A sense of peace and purity seems to brood over all, rejoicing in the sunlight and pure air. But let us pause and enter some of these abodes, where we find souls resting trustfully in the arms of the Infinite Power, others sunk in the depths of misery and wretched- ness, not comprehending the power in the magnetic forces which draw all good and desirable things toward us, not comprehending the power that can hold us like the ships on the bay which are anchored fast, where the winds may blow and the angry waves beat over us, but we are safe."
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
What They Say.

Dr. P. c. Campbell-"What we need in Wrangel is pay roll. A fishing company and glove factory would help do this. Fine bucltskin gloves can be made here. They are a rarity in California, and are in great demand there. Start few industries of this kind, and money will be coming into Wrangel instead of going out"
 W. J. Smith-"There is mine of wealth in the food fish of our harbor. Halibut can be smoked and made staple which always commands good prices in the worlds markets. The liv- CTS of dog fish make a most excellent lubricating oil good for all delicate ma chinery. From the despised skates a fine glue can be made. There is no req son why plenty of good money cannot be made right here in the fish business. It does not require very much capital to start"
 w. A. Raymond-"it would have done your heart good to have seen the eager ness with which tourists on the Tope- ka, Cottage City and City of Seattle take the literature of the Twenty-Five Thousand club. I have placed a copy of the letter-leaflet in the hands of every one. Many read them at once, and all slowed them carefully away ill their pocket books. We need some more literature
 P. M. Smith-"I have cleared about three acres of land on the south side of Etholin bay. It was a big job burn ing off the fallen trees and blasting out the big stumps. l had a fine vegetable garden started, but band of horses got in and trampled it down. Howev- CT, have one of the finest potato patches anybody ever saw. The soil is deep and rich. It will grow anything. Next spring l shall set out a lot of fruit trees, and l have no doubt of their success"
 Patrick Loftus-"Last summer I put up a ton of smoked salmon by way of experiment, and it paid me so we'll that this summer 1 am putting up three tons. l will ship them 10 Dawson where l will get good prices.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
British Columbia Politics.

According to the report of a cores pondent of the Seattle -Intelli- gencef, the new parliament of British Columbia, resulting from the election of July 9th, is composed of
 b Conservatives,
 19 Liberals,
 ? Independents.
 There are 36 seats in the British Go lum bian parliament, and this leaves ten to be filled, unless there are some hold-oyers.
 Cassiar has had no election yet, and is entitled to two members.
 Commodore John Irving is very pop ular in Cassiar, and will undoubtedly be returned. At present he is on his way to Teslin via St. Michaels and Daw- son. It is understood that the nOmin- ations for the Cassiar district will close on August the lst.
 There is considerable sentiment in Glenora and Telegraph creek that home men should be sent.
 There is some talk, now that the Lib erals have majority tof Cnel in the provincial parliament, that Joe" Mar tin, formerly of Portage au Prairie, Manitoba, but now of Vancouver, will be called as premier, but others say it will be Mr. Semlin.
 Some local liberalists say, that in the event that Mr Martin becomes premier, his government will be of short dura- tion, and that it will not be loug before a vote of lack of confidence would pass and new election would be ordered.
 Meanwhile if the new government gets speedily to work, it's friends prom ise that measures will be taken to in sure the prompt completion of the wagon road between Telegraph creek and Lake Teslin.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
4. Scientific Expedition.

Mcssrs. Pideeon and Stanfield put a three months supply of grub i'll their boat last Thursday afternoon and pull ed out up the Stikeen river Mr. Stan field took with him his camera and photographic outfit and will devote a considerable portion of his time to talk ing views of the various features of in terest along the route. Mr. Pidgeon is a naturalist. and goes into the interior with the hope of securing some rare specimens. These gentlemen expect to go as far as the Dees lake country, and while they profess that gold in its na tive state has no attraction for them, the fact that the writer offered to pay them one dollar and fifty cents per pound for all they could deliver at the Davidge wharf in this city, no doubt will cause them to exercise considera- ble vigilance while in mineral coun- try. MT. Pidgeon in the past three years has spent considerable time in the Northwest Territory and Alaska and has made one trip from Fort Sel- kirk to the mouth of the Yukon. He is as thoroughly posted on the geographi- cal features of the great Yukon basin as any person with whom we have ever talked on the subject.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
THE LOCAL FIELD.
Items of Interest Dished Up in Brief for the Ben-
 eft of Our Readers.

E. c. Tunin and wife left Saturday on the Topeka for Olympia, Washing ton, where he keeps the Carlton house. Mr. and Mrs. Tunin spent four months last winter in Wrangel. The last two months they have been keeping res taurant in Telegraph creek. Mr. Tu- min left here January 22d and was thir- ty-three days getting to Telegraph on the ice. He likes the Cassiar country, and did good business but financial interests recall him to Olympia.
 The steamer Fastnet, which arrived Thursday, brought six passengers from Port Simpson. They had come over with 1900 head of horses They sent the horses on to Telegraph creek, and came down the Skeena river to Port Simpson. They left here Friday on the Monte Cristo for Telegraph.
 w. A. Raymond, who has charge of the '. M. c. A. rooms, says that the bowling alley is run solely in the in- terest of that institution. The charges for games are: "Ten Pins," 15 cents; "Cocked Hat" 10 cents; special reduc- tions made to learners. Bowling from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. The reading room is open from a. m. to 10 p. m.
 Of all the great fleet of river steam CTS designed for Yukon travel that has left the Sound, but one is reported to have reached St. Michaels. The ten first-class vessels built by Moran Bros., of Seattle, valued at S75,000 apiece, are said to be lost.
 The steamer Cottage City arrived last Friday with Seattle papers of the 18th inst. There was no war news of import ance. She brought lot of freight and passengers.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
The Copper River.

The hard experiences of the gold hunters who went up the Copper river in Alaska last year are being repeated by those who followed at the opening of the present season, says the San Francisco Call. A party of fifty men have returned to Seattle, having reached the kousina river, about one quarter of the way to the sources of the main stream, beyond Mounts Sanford and Wrangel. But one party had ever got further, and this was also turned back. All agree that between glaciers, rapids and swamps the way up the riv CT from the sea Is impossible, and that no gold is to be found there.
 Interest in the Copper river will not, however, subside until the headwaters are reached and prospected. It is not often that gold can be found in the lower reaches of broad and turbulent stream. Nearer the lodges from which the treasure originally came, in the gravel of the small atfiuents, is the place to search for the yellow nuggets, end there men will go until the aurif erous resources of the region, if it has any, are accounted for. Probably fu. ture parties will try to reach the head waters of the Copper by going over land. It is not matter of record that such trip can be easily made, but the region is mapped, and where surveyors have been prospectorS can follow. Judged by the chart alone, an overland trip from Sixty Mile creek due south west ought to be no more difficult than many that have been made i'll Alaska, to say nothing of the journey now be- ing pursued by naval officers between St Miclmels and Point Barrow.
Fort Wrangel news., 1898-07-27
The Alaskan congratuiates Judge Johnson.

The s. S. Wolcott brought the wei come news of the confirmation of Judge Johnson. An Alaskan reporter was on duty and the first to announce the fact to the Judges spouse On his arrival on the City of Topeka his many friends and the Mission Band were ready to receive him, and three hearty cheers went out from the throats and the hearts of the assembled citizens. The Judge has had a hard fight on his hands owing to the fact, principally, that some of the members of the Alas ka bar were inimical to him. That feel ing existed because he sat as an up right and conscientious judge swerving neither to the prosecution nor the de- fense. He is one of triumvirate of the District bench who is not to be bought and, he lies, who says that Judge Charles Sumner Johnson is sus- csptible of bribery, and surely no bet ter proof of the confidence reposed in him can be had than that our governor John G. Brady espoused his cause.