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WAITING FOR THE NEWS


warrants in comparison with
other states. he Is Obliged to decline the
proffered services Of the Great Falls
cavalry troop and will recruit his regf-
ment in other states. Carter q prom
Used the boys &c use his influence with
Roosevelt n IL possible get him to
change his decision. In h meantime
they have not wavered In their deter
mination to get to the front in n way
or another. One member from Pondera
wrote yesterday that he was a to
come at any time n would bring IA
saddle horses with him, each being
thoroughly broker and weighing over
LOO pounds. He intends to make the
troop a present OF these animals.
1t Is said hat the Lewistown militia
are not so anxious to go to war as they
were. Before 1t was decided that each
mar must r~e-enlist and stand medical
examination, Lewistown figured on
sending at least IS men. Now 1T Is
stated that not more than 20 of those
enlisted will show up at Helena.
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ORIENTAL AOVICES.
China tn Pay Japan the Remainder Of
The War Indemnity.

San Francisco. April 0.-The following
Oriental advices arrived to-day per steam
er Gaelic from Hong Kong. via honolulu;
The Chinese government has informed
the pan legation at Pekin that u
will pay the remainder Ct the misinnity
arrears 10 Japan on May 8 next. Inc
Shimbur, however, says that IL Is rumored
that the Russian minister at Pekin las
adyicod the Tsung Ii Yamen not - Lay
the whole amount of the balance to
Japan.
on March 81. during some maneuvers.
the Japanese training ship Higoi ana
torpedo boat No. 26 collided on Oguroga-
mi island. The latter was so badly dam
aged that she sank at once. and TWO OF
her officers were Inc tra'IihS
ship escaped injury.
An imperial ordinance has been issued
conyoking the japanese diet on May 20
next.
The Japanese Mail says that II is ru-
mored that the American ship William IA.
Mercy. from New York November 10. for
Yokohama. collided with a steamer and
was seriously damaged at sea.
Yokohama experienced a lively shaking
nm on April 4. severe shocks of earthquake
being felt at 6 p. m, accompanied by
heavy rains
The Japanese government has just Is
sued war loan bonds to the extent OF 90
! 600. 600 yen, at So per 100 yen of their face
value.
A meeting of the japanese abine wa
held on March 80 as the result OF a com
munication from the British government
stating that Il intended to lease Wei Ha
Wei to Japan.
According to the Chugai Shegyo. tn,
total exports from japan to the United
States during the year 1897 were 81. fS6, ~
yen, and the imports "a 557 yen.
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quarters on Governors Island. but
Lieut.. j. r. Maxneld of the signal de-
partment was in conversation with
him. II was learned afterward that
General Greeley assigned Lieutenant
Maxfield to the duty of exercising GEN.
sorship for the government over the
cable at Hayti. This fact. i'm connec-
ton with the report that an invasion
of Porto Ric is contemplated, as well
as of Cuba, was regarded as extreme
ly significant in army circles.
IL is said by an officer: 1t looks as
if the placing Of q censorship over the
Haytian cable. which leads to Porto
Rico. means a blow at the S~paniards
through Porto Rico, as well as through
Cuba. The seizure Of the Spaniards'
base OF supplies al Porto Rico before
the Spanish fleet arrives would do
more to kill their operations on this
side of the ocean han anything else
that could be done. The preparations
to transport troops to Tampa means
that the actual Invasion of the Spanish
possessions is not to be put on until
after the rainy season"
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ferees to insist upon the senate amend
ment being stricken out. He warned the
house against persons who were ready
TO take advantage of the excitement
and patriotic fervor incident TO war TO
get through legislation that ought not
to be enacted. He opposed the amend
ment i'm question on the ground OF no
merit. and further because IL was en-
tirely out of place in an appropriation
hill. IL was plainly new legislation
without any connection with the ap-
propriation OF money. Proceeding 20
discuss the amendment. Mr.. Cannon
declared IL was. in his opinion' a
wicked and corrupting piece OF regis
lation."
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine. speaking for
the amendment and closing the debate.
criticised sharply the objection to the
amendment and characterized II as IN
e~xcusable haggling. while the navy and
the country waited in sore need OF
those war funds and essentials or
which the bill provided.
Intimating that members who had
been first sin forcing the country 10
war were acting improperly now in OPP
posing the BILL" Mr.. Boutelle
Mr.. Henry OF Missouri to his feet.
Docs the gentleman from Maine
throw that charge against us simply
because we oppose that amendment,
winch i 90 nOt tnluk NiSt' 'sNeH ~
Henry.
Il mean TO say that gentlemen are
DELAYING the who'll bill with Its pro
visions by insisting upon opposing a
smaller and unimportant amendment
which the senate placed upon the DILL
as IL had a right to do
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Boutelle's
| speech. a vote was taken upon the
Cannon resolution insisting upon strik-
| ing out the amendment I'm conference.
The resolution was agreed TO, lfs
to -.
Upon the motion OF Mr.. Boutelle. the
house asked the senate for further con-
ference. Conferees on the part OF IN.
house were named in the perc0ns of
Messrs. Boutelle, Hillborn and cum
mings.
Mr.. Cannon. from the committee on
| appropriations. reported back tn the
| house the sundry civil bill with sonoto
amendment with a recommendation
that the house ~n-con The ! 'usa
non-concurred and. upon motion oi
Mr.. Cannon. 1t was agreed TO Ask tht
| senate for a conference. The speaEe,
named as conferees upon the part Of
the house Messrs. Cannon, w. A. stone
and Savers. The house passsf the oil
providing for the organization OF 9
naval battalion to consist of not ma r.
than four companies in the District
OF Columbia. At 4:2s p. m. the house
adjourned.
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AWAITING ORDERS.
Every Regiment Anxious for Orders to
Move south.

Every Regiment Anxt0us for Orders To
Move south.
Chattanooga, Tenn. April 3o.-Ex-
pectancy Is the situation at Chicka-
manga park to-day among the officers
and men, every regiment looking every
momen almost to get orders to move
South. The 9Th cavalry and the oath
infantry left to-day. n h 10th cav
airy and the 25th infantry are under
orders to move and are packing to-
night preparatory to leaving m
row or Monday. The feeling hat there
would come an order for all to move
was accumulated tonight when II was
stated that the Sd and 9Th cavalry had
also received orders to be ready to
nov at a moments notice.
The 18th infantry from Fort Sher-
man. Idaho. and Rainbow. Washing
ton. reached here to-day n went into
camp on the Kelley field. Orders were
received to-day from the war depart
ment transferring this regiment and
all other troops at h park belonging
to other departments to the depart
ment of the lakes.
Capt. f. e. Hardin. 9Th infantry. was
granted an indefinite leave Of absence
to-day to accept the ~colonelcy of a regi-
ment Of New York volunteers. First
Lieutenant Albert s. Frost was grant
ed leave to accept the ~colonelcy of a
South Dakota regiment of volunteers.
First Lieutenant c.. c. Ballou, 18th
infantry, was ordered to Springfield,
ILL.,, for duty at the volunteer camp.
Capt. Jack Pitcher. Troop A. LIST cav
airy, was thrown from a new horse
which he was breaking to service this
afternoon and his leg was frightfully
smashed and spraiped. The surgeons
state tina he will be confined for six
weeks.
All the newspaper correspondents. an
army Of which has been here for 9
week or more, rave left under orders
for Tampa and Mobile, a straw h a in
dictates to the soldiers that they are
soon to follow.
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Crazy with Excitement.

San Francisco. April 3o.-The Alaska
Commercial mpa of this city Is in
receipt OF advices from its agents at Daw-
son City confirming the report OF a new
rich strike at the mouth of Ainsley creek,
Is miles up the Yukon from that place.
The correspondent says that the whole
country in the vicinity OF Dawson II crazy
with excitement over the new strike. rhe
men who made IL sank a hole Is feet in
depth on an island at the mouth ct AIMS
lev creek. almost in the middle of the
Yukon river. and on bed rock found ray
dirt which averaged "a to IS per pan. The
report OF the strike has been officially con-
frmed by two Canadian officials. M. Nc
Gregor. the mining Inspector, and Mr.,
| Wade, the crown attorney.
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A SPOILED PACKAGE
Caused Trouble In q Mans House
hold.

Caused Trouble IN a Mans House.
hold.
Those were happy days when ] was
convalescing and could feel the content
Of returning strength and life.
None know the feeling except those
who have been very i'll and recover.
L began again. n after COM
plete to use coffee for break
fast and IL seemed TO agree with me
for q while, until I gradually became
conscious that the old stomach and
bowel troubles were coming on again
with the queer nervous feelings.
Il had been cured first by leaving on
coffee and using Postum Food Coffee
and would have always used Postum
but for the fact hat ! got a spoiled
package one day and turned against h.
Il didn't then know that b grocer
would have given me a good one In It's
place without charge.
when I found coffee was doing me
again I went back to Postum n found
IL wns better made than ever and a most
charming. delicious beverage
In less than a week ! was well and
thoroughly satisfied 10 remain 80 and
stick 20 Postum"
An Experience.
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SPANlAROS STARVING.
Cubans Must Fight for spain Unds PEN
atty of Death.

Santiago de Cuba, April %, via
Steamer Remus, filed at Port Antonio.
Jamaica, April 2s.-tCopyright Asso-
ciated Press).-Don Arsenso Linares
Pombo, commandment genera OF TINS
division of Cuba, proclaimed four days
ago that every man etwee 10 and 90
years of age must enroll that night
with the volunteers for military service,
under penalty of arrest n military
trial and death. i've thousand persons
have left for the country since the
panic, four-ffths being women ana chill
dren. The Spanish soldiers now assume
a bullying attitude. and threaten TO Kill
every Cuban man and outrage every
Cuban woman left I'm the city when the
blockade begins. When the American
fleet appears. as 1t is daily expected, all
non-combatants will be expelled.
Though the governor of the city has
seized for the government all large
stores of food in private hands, many
| shops still do business with small
| stocks. the prices doubling day by day.
Monday meat was 40 cents a pound; TO-
day II Is 81. other prices in gold to-day
are: Rice. "a cents a pound; beans. Il:
-four. 10, and lard &c. Chickens are
$3.50 each.
The Spanish soldiers. especially the
sick, are abominably fed. Fourteen
undred sick in the military hospital
here get nothing except bean SOUP three
! times a DAY, WIN an ounce VI :,
eat. One thousand soldiers In San LUIS
hospital have had only salt fish this
week, and the conditions are now SC
bad the Spaniards would almost rejoice
to surrender after one good hight.
Preparations for defense go forward
A new battery has been erected at tn
west harbor entrance. with four rapid
fire guns. MORO fort has at least 81
ancient brass cannon marked 1854. Thu
Spaniards assemble nightly in the chic
streets yelling, Long Live SPAIN" an'
.'Death to the Yankees" The military
authorities seem to have little control o
the soldiery and d~isorderly elements.
Spanish silver Is at 40 per cent. pre-
mium. Bank notes issued by the gov
ernment at " are practicall!
worthless. and sometimes pass for 3 &
\ CENTS on the dollar.
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WITH THE D"LOCKADERS


report. the other 4-inch CUR i'm the aft
battery a landed Its projectile. A
few more shots from this battery were
fired, but the ground was evidently
damp, no ust arose. n IL was hard
TO tell where the shell fell. They were
fired at 3.400 yards range. The Span
iards were not heard from after the
first shot.
The New York then turned her bow
eastward. The target practice was
apparently over for the evening. Her
%starboard batteries nov bore on the
coast. A or 50 later Captain
Chadwick saw the Spanish cavalry.
then mounted, ascending a hillside to-
ward the hacienda. and he personally
trained a 4-inch gun and planted two
shots. the second one pumping right
among the Spaniards, who scattered I'm
all directions. The New York then
steamed ahead toward MORO Castle,
and the band OF the flagship continued
its musical programme. Most of the
crew were on deck watching this little
lesson given to the Spaniards, but there
was no excitement.
The trip which ended in the target
practice AT Cabanas commenced about
noon. when the flagship. with the Erlcs-
son and Porter, started westward. h
admiral was anxious to personally in
vestigate the blockaded harbors. Upon
this occasion the first good view OF the
city OF Havana was obtained, the New
York steaming within n OF her bat
teries. The palace, the cathedral and
Prado and the Notifications were plain
~ visible in the bright sunlight. Havana
then looked anything but the City of
saffron dirt" as some people thought
she looked. When out OF range OF the
santa Clara. batteries, after passing the
Iowa, Detroit. Mangrove and Mayfower,
the flagship proceeded westward,
steaming about two miles distant from
the shore.
When Mariel. 25 miles from Havana.
was reached, the flagship came to a
standstill, and the gunboat Castine,
which was guarding that port, was
hailed. Captain Berry thereupon went
on board the flagship and had a con-
sultation with the admiral. A careful
inspection Of Mariel harbor revealed the
presence OF two small Spanish ~gunboats
and four schooners, well in behind an
old-fashioned Martello tower on one
side and a fimsy fort IN the other The
combined battery of the two fortified
tons" is one muz3le loading cannon,
The last block house of the westward
trocha doomed up on a sharp blum
~shadowing the little W
After lying for some hours near this
harbor, the admiral proceeded to Ca
banas. saying jokingly to the CORE
spondent, "Mariel looks altogether toe
peaceful to be disturbed" II is be
lieved. however, that in spite OF its
peaceful appearances, mines have beer
laid beneath the smooth waters OF Ca
banas harbor.
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fining II as ~contraband Of war.
The cable to Santiago de Cuba 10
working - hours a day. Long Spanish
cipher messages are sent and received.
The Cubans who have just arrived here
by the steamer Remus assert that
strong anti British feeling prevails in
Santiago de Cuba. The street crowds
a few nights ago cried Death to the
English" in front of h British con-
sulate. and they threw stones at the
consul who has charge Of h Ameri-
can relief work. He has been threat
ened with personal violence. The au-
thorities have placed a guard over the
consulate.
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CRnpht bN a Ruse.

Washington. April 3o.-The comptroller
OF the currency to-day received a tele-
gram from Bank Ever. stat
ing that he had taken charge OF the
Hampshire County National bank of
Northampton. Mass. The president, who.
the examiner says. In a defaulter TO the
amount of ST. 900 or s10o, 600. is reported as
missing. The president of the national
bank is said to be also president OF the
Hampshire National bank. and the dis
covery of the defalcation was made
through a ruse. The government exam
liner worked through the state
for an Investigation of the two banks at
the same time. making II impossible for
those in charge to transfer N from
one TO the other TO cover up shortages.
In It's last statement the officers of IL.
nat .onal bank reported capital. SJ6.ep1,
deposits, $50. 600: surplus, s5o.tN.
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VALUABLE INFORMATION.
FrightfuI Mortality i'm the Military Hos
pitfalls.

pitfalls.
Savannah. Ga, April 30.-Dr. w. F.
Drummer, formerly United States sani-
tary inspector at Havana, has just re-
turned from Washington, where he
went to place valuable information in
the hands of the surgeon general and
of General Miles and the war depart
ment. DIR. Drummer, while in Havana,
for the sum of $3.50 a month, had the
original reports from all the Spanish
military post hospitals. These reports
are now in the possession of Surgeon
General Wyman. DIR. Drummer states
that there were in the Spanish hospi-
tails daily, out OF an army of 10000
men, from 80 to 32 deaths. The
u~nsanitary conditions surrounding the
men and the insufficient attention given
them, together with a lack of food. are
responsible for these facts.
DIR. Drummer also secured I'm the same
wa. information about all Of the coast
f~ortiications around Havana and per-
eonally saw planted eight of the sub
marine mines now in the harbor there.
The plans have been placed in the pos
session of the war department.
DR.. Drummer does not him an army OF
invasion should be sent to Cuba on ac-
count of the likelihood of great NOR
tally for yellow fever. He says that
with the volunteers and regulars the
Spaniards probably will soon assemble
an army Of about 10000 men in Havana,
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Fight with spanish Gunboat.

London. April 30.-A dispatch from
Madrid says ii is announced there in
an official dispatch from Havana that
the Spanish gunboat Ligeria has again
been engaged with an American torpe-
do boat off Cardenas. The dispatch
adds: THE American boa fired 20
shots. All went wild except one, which
carried away the back-stay of the gun
boat. The fire of the Ligeria was so
well sustained hat the American was
forced TO retire"
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ARMS FOR HAVANA.
An Important Discovery on the steame
Panama.

New York. April 30.-Discoveries have
been made on the captured Spanish
steamer Panama which make Ii very
improbable that she will ever be re-
turned to Spain whatever disposition
may be made Of the Buena Ventura n
other prizes taken. says the Key West
correspondent Of he Herald.
The prize commission has discovered
200 new Mauser rifles and a large con-
signment OF swords and bayonets be-
sides a quantity of fixed ammunition
for the Panama's four ~14-pounder guns,
which she might have used to blow her
captor. the Mangrove, out OF the water.
but did not.
The Panama's captain had refused to
admit that his cargo included any con-
traband of war. 1t is believed a fur
Their search will eve many more
weapon and possibly more ammuni-
ton. The prize commissioners also
found papers tending to show that GER
tain of the Panama's passengers. old
New York Spaniards, had been actively
engaged in plans for aiding the Spanish
of Cuba in getting arms, ammunition
and supplies. The discovery or these
documents has already led to an order
from Washington to hold as prisoners
OF war a large number OF the passen-
gers of the Panama.
Some patriotic sailors and marines
object because the Spanish flag still
flies over the Panama, Guido. and other
prizes OF war. After the captain
came ashore from the Guido. having
turned his prize w to the United
states federal authorities, one OF the
marine guards hauled down the Span
ish nag from the STAFF where 1t foated
under the stars N stripes and an
nounced his intention of keeping the
Spanish flag as a souvenir. He mas
| been sharply reprimanded and CON-
nelled to restore the flag to its place as
IL Is rightfully there until the prize
court condemns the ship. The only
excuse the marine gave for his action
was that he did not think the span
! iards should be permitted to fly theii
flag anywhere in Key West harpor.
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Chosen Arbitrator.

Berlin. April ga dispatch received
here from Santiago de Chill to-day an
nounces tina Chill and Peru have chosen
the queen regent OF Spain as partial arbi-
traitor OF their difference. A protocol has
been drawn up arranging for a plebescite
of the Inhabitants OF Taena and Aricoa 20
decide which country these provinces be-
long, the queen regent determining the
conditions of voting.
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A Likely story.

Key West, April @.-The passengers on
the Spanish steamer Panama. which was
captured by the lighthouse tender Man
grove on April Is were examined by Unit
ed States District Attorney Stripping to-
day. Twenty-four of the % are able
bodied men, whose way was paid to Ha-
vana by the Spanish consul in New York
One man admitted he was going to Join
the Spanish army, but the others declared
that they were going to Cuba to secure
e~mployment. .
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phonic communication with the various
brigades. regiments. etc. that go to
make up divisions of corps Of any
army. For this the officials are In
debted to General Greeley. the chief
signal o6icer. This means of commun-
ication thus Afforded. commanders will
be able to Immediately send instruc-
tons to s~ubordinates in the field and
to receive reports of movements. Gen.
eral Greeley also has equipped n has
ready for service his field Geographic
ouffit-
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Srain In q had WY.

New York, April 3o.-Senor Quesada,
representative of the Cuban 1unta in
washington. has received a letter from
General Gomez. written on April ii, be-
fore the action of congress on the Gu
han resolution, says a washington
correspondent of the Herald. II indi-
Gates the Cuban general was then con-
hdent Of winning. although he had no
assurance Of the assistance OF the
United States.
In his letter General Gomez says:
.'Spain is badly of automatically, but
her situation il ever worse here where
she is trying to keep up a campaign
i'm which she Is losing without any re-
suit whatever many men and many
millions of dollars. She cannot AFFORD
IN lose either the one or h other.
Cuba has reason TO expect that ef
fective aid of all the countries which
love liberty and above all of those
which I'm America defend IL and for the
reason we consider the moral aid eiver
us by the United States a logical con-
sequence Of it's greatness N poltica
independence.
Through General Lee, at the proper
time. l sent my coincidence to the gen
erous American people for the catas
trophe of the Maine. 1 was nov q
Il, not only by a sentiment OF human
ity. but because of my gratitude a
commander-in-chief of his army; be
cause l am a Cuban and an American.
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Moro Vessels Than Supposed.

London. April 30.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says: In
of the recent payment for
the purchase of vessels, a greater
number of which ave been acquired
than the people suppose. great n
dence Is felt with reference to the COM
ing naval operations. Admiral Bernie
10 Is In receipt of constant dispatches
with respect to the movement of the
Spanish vessels.
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a BnMder ExpIo.ion.

Sacramento. Cal. April M.-A bolt of
lightning struck one of the buildings of
the Clipper Gap Placer County Powder
company. There were two explosions. one
that blew up the glaze mill. and the other
a wheel or grinding mill. one man was
killed. No details of the accident have
beer received. The Clipper Gap Mills
make only. blasting powder for miners
uSe-