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HIDDEN CONVENT DIsoovrnEp.
The Nuns Dispersed and Placed with
PrINnla Eani!icA.

Prlyntc Families.
Mexico City March ga hidden con-
vent. containing twenty nuns OF the Car
mtlite order, wnB discovered in Plaza LO-
rctto in this city today. The information
having been lodged with the first district
judge, he went to the house, and, finding
the report true. ordered that the nuns be
dispersed, as prescribed by the reform laws,
and placed In private families In sympathy
with their religion. This was done.
villayiconcio, concerned With the late
inspector general of police in the murder
OF Arroyo, who attempted TO assassinate
President Diaz. VIII. together with his az
sociatcs, be granted new Jury trial. The
new trial is granted In order that certain
technical points not made clear In the first
trial may be settled definitely.
AdvIces from Merida state that yellow
fever is bad there and that there is much
activity among the refugee cubans. who
believe that the island will soon gain in
dependence.
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RESTS WITH SPAIN.
Is Now Considering the Last Ultimatum Sent by
President Mckinley.

2oseyond the fact policemen
in
OF a pace
General Woodd presented practically repetition the
colonies
decision would be
desabilty
tospltt the
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THE HOUSE.
Day PASSED In Considicrntion nj War
nIMN md IN Exclfcmenf. q.

| Day Passed liz Consideration nj War
| Claims and M Excitement.
Washington, March 29.-Thc house to-.
day liictly proceeded with the order OF
the day--thc consideration Of private Bills.
No opportunity was afforded under the
rules of debating the allsabsorbing topic.
but members stood tbort the cloak rooms
and Hobbies all day long. discussing the
situation Tho most intense feeling was
manifested. Tho house devoted the whole
day TO the consideration OF the bill TO pay
certain claims for stores and supplies fur
nishcd TO the Union by loyal citizens of
the South during the war. There wa.
bitter contest over a claim of S21I,O0o pre-
ferred by the hairs OF The widow OF Cen
cral Robert e. Lee. She inherited the
claim from Mrs. Fitz Hugh, her aunt who
1t IL admitted was loyal. The claim was
finally stricken out, but the house recessed
before the bill was passed. 1t provides for
the payment of about $50 claims, aggregate
ing about sl,200,00p. recess was taken
Until s O'Clock. the evening session to be
devoted to pension legislation.
At 1890 the house adjourned, only pri-
yate pension bills having been considered
at the evening sesSion. u
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IN IS PLAYING SAFE
Ma Her NV Wsrship Removed
from France.
PREVENT IT BEING lied lIp
-. Law Of Neutrality in Cnse
80 IL nm Outbreak of Hostility.
NJ. Bought Another Vessel.

\. York, March 2s.--while pleading
me United states for peace, Spain
significant action indicative of her
,ctation of immediate war.
.ticIpating hostiltes and apprehsnding
implication Of the neutrality laws to
r.ssels under construction in French
rards, the Madrid government has d.
IA the immediate departure for Ferrol,
81 OF the unfinished armored cruiser
~ v. That there may be no Interrupt
Ia the work on board, the Spanish in
&lions contemplate the employment OF
IL workmen during the voyage from
u to Ferrol and at the latter place
effort will be exerted to hasten the
Melton of the ship.
BIZ Information was contained in a ca
ram received from Lieutenant w. s.
naval attache of this government in
4. Furthermore. official advices from
kterait Colwell, naval attache of the
&kd States in London, state positively
Spain has purchased the steam Yacht
hda, built on the Clyde several years
and Spanish lieutenant IL now in
knand making preparations to proceed
|once to Cadiz. AS an offset to this in
nation the authorities have promises
y the sagasta ministry. There Is reason
Aslieve that during the afternoon advices
y the naval attaches were brought to
! attention of the president by Secretary
z, but 1t is not expected they will make
change in the policy which has been
Eulated by he president and his adj
ks 10 meet the existing emergencies.
kict that Spain has removed the Car
IN. one of the most formidable armored |,
hers from the jurisdiction of France,
] That she acted so hastily, is Indicative |
Firials CT the navy department that she !
mo Intention of permitting any OF her
bci-war to be tied up as the result of
|op,ration OF neutrality.
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INDIGNANT TEXANS.
Wired Their Opinion of the Ncssnge
To Their COUSrcrsniem.


to Their COUSrcssnien.
Dallas, Texas. March pa mass meet
ing here today passed resolutions censurlng
President Mckinley for the mildness of HIS
Maine report message. Resolutions were
passed demanding vigorous action on the
part of congress toward Spain
The following memorial was adopted by
the Cuban Independence league and tele-
gsaphed to the Texas delegation In con-
gress:
10 the Honorables Roger @, Mills and
Horace Chiffon. United States Senate
Chamber, Washington ID. {.
Dallas. Texas, March 29.--Qn behalf OF
the Cuban independence league of Dallas,
Texas. and their trieuds we protest against
the countenapc!ng by the government OF
the United States or any new schemes OF
Slanlsn origin sor the alleged paciiicaiion
OF Cuba, short OF the absolute inaepCnd-
ence of the people OF that island we al o
protest against the entertainment by the
government OF the United States of tho
spanish request mentioned In the news
paper dispatches looking to an armistice
until next October between the Cuban and
Spanish military forces. and which, il Is
said, has the favorable consideration OF the
president OF the United States. An armis-
tice q. this character in its practical eff
fcct5 would. In our judgment, be equal to
declaration OF war on the part OF the
United States against the Cuban patriots,
as ii would relieve Spain OF the necessity
OF military activity during the rainy and
yellow fever season In Cuba. save he APP
proSimately 500, 900, 600 OF war e&pen s 5
during the coming six months, during
which time quiet arrangements could be
perfected In Spain for the sending of large
army to Cuba next fall to prosecute the
savage warfare OF the last three years
more savagely than ever.
We demand, also, that the congress per-
nit no further temporizing, but hold Spain
to a quick and severe account for the
ireacherous destruction OF the United
States battle hip Name and the cruel mur-
der of 260 brave American sailors who were
on board that ship
We respectfully ask that you use your
best influence in the United States senate
to promote the Ideas herein outlined and
request that this communication be shown
TO Congressman Bailey. Burke ana the
other members of the Texas delegation in
the house OF representatives, and that they
consider II the same az II copy had been
addressed to each OF them.
Cuban Independence League OF Dallas,
Texas. o. Paget President.
j. G. McNealus, Secretary.
A grand benefit entertainment Is to be
given on the night Of April Z TO raise money
10 contribute to the National Maine ilonu-
meDt fund.
Ennis. Texas, March 29.--Publc eentl-
ment here is bowling against the course
which the administration has recently
taken in the Spain affair A general belief
prevails that severe action should be forced
at once.
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THE ELECTIONS IN CUBA.
The Whole Affair Mas on the Order
of a Burlesquc.
FEW BONA Eide VOTES WERE CAST
Tyyenty-two Autonomists, Two More
Than Agreed Upon, Have Been
Returned.

New York, March pa dispatch to the
Herald from Havana says: The elections
seemed to have passed off without incl
dent and about as expected. of the tnirN
deputies TO be elected to the Spanish cofts
twenty have been allotted to the autono'
mists and ten to the UAion constitutional
i,ts. In three cases the plans were Upset,
resulting In a net gain or one autonom's',
giving them a total OF twenty-one aciu-
teg.
In the contest only one was OF interest
IN the Americans IN Havana. That wa
in The district which returned Senior Ra-
NON Mendez Aliz, Union constitutional
lei Senior Mt,-dez Is the censor In havana,
ana consequently often comes In Tor more
than his share OF harsh words, parucl
larly from newspaper correspond, -
whose dispatches are passed uFon by MN
Havana, March 20.-The elections were
sarcical In many OF the districts IN ma
yora not more than six bona nde votes
were cast out OF hundreds which were ell
g,h,o In one province in thu inter o.
with a total of over 200 qualified vo1-
ers. the number Of votes polied was MY
nine. r.-,,s,s show
,wen,y.two autonomists and eight con
seryatiye delegates were CHOSEN ..e oon
ssryative candidates losing in Artsm sa
and cardenas. in spite OF an sgteeIe
10 The contrary entered into by tne gov
eminent a.s.d
sunday was day Of much suplress.u
excitement among the Americans MY
Everyore fears that great events ",
transpire In the United States without me
knowledge reaching the Americans .ns
uubl.c in Havana. There 10 no doubt me
censorship is more rigid than ever ote'
both incoming ard outgoing wires
Washington. Marcn 2s.--Adyicss received
from Havana by the Spanish LEGATION mere
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KEY TO TWO OCEANS.

Cubn Occupies u Point Of Vantage
Blockade Of New York.
Vienna. March 2a.--The Marquis OF Ho-
yos, Spanish ambassador to Austria. Is
about to leave Vienna. and who is therefore
able to speak frankly, is quoted as saying:
Cuba is the key TO the Atlantic. Direct
Iy Panama or other canal is cut. 1t also
will become the key to the Pacific. .
The marquis referred to the serious con-
sequences for the United States OF a block
AIDE OF New York harbor."
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MAsoN's METHOD.

,eves tn Cleaning Out the
whole Spanish Nation.
sso.te Wis. March 29.-Dr. Georye
s.sn who accepted the challenge
y senator Mason by Baron Flea :
sanlard. has received the following
rom Senator Macon:
kii;aNs =. Powell. La Crosse. Wis:
y. slon, D. c., March %. 1898. Dear
.nank you for your magnificent
q ~ me spirit Of patriotism 1t
~ must decline to let you fight
bova clean out the whole MAJ OF
mem OFF the continent. in
5QAi"s, from young man OF Day
IN. VINO wants to take your place.
socrs. william e. Mason.
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To As.ns.inn1r the suttnn,

London, March 90 according to 1 a -
patch from Bucharest the outbreak among
tho Albanian and Kurdish troops IN the
barracks OF tho Yildiz palace. Constants
nople, during the evening OF March 10.
was In reality a fight which followed the
discovery OF n plot to assasslnatc tho sui
tan OF Turkey. II is added that hun
dred men wore killed.
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WHITE nIyEn nooMIxG.
Newport, AIn.. In Danger OF being
SyIIbluc rnel.

Newport, Aln., In Danger OF being
Submerged.
port, Ark, March 2o.--Whitc river II
booming again and II Is almost certain that
the town will be under water by morning. The
danger mark has been passed and the river ID
rising at tho rate Of an Inch an hour. At q
O'Clock the gauge was sl.2 feet, In several
places II lacks only few inches of being I
the top of tho levees In the south and cas-
parts OF town. All cattle and hogs have beer
driver TO the high ground In East Newport.
and everybody is making boats and preparing
for tho worst, which is expected about mid
night This has been the iiycliest day Nsv-
port has experienced In years.
Cincinnati. March 20.---At 10 o'clock tonight
the rivei here registered COG feet fall %
tisht-tenths of foot ,.nce reaching a maxi.
mum OF GA feet att o'clock this morning.
From some distance below Cincinnati TO ia
headwaters the Ohio Is failing. Hero IN cin-
cihbati people Witt the flooded houses In
skins. rbe condition Of The lesidents A. nSr-
Now Orleans mil Memphis Packet cQinpaay
Will receive no freight uitii the Hood sub
CATION VIII be resumed by Thursday,
Plttsburs. March eo--Anotl,er f0od Is swael,-
ing toward Pittsburg, ard this time u d
coinips out OF the Monongahel. river. -.
trcrel' heavy rains ieIl ut the headwassss
also reported OH the Allegheny. \ The slnHll
streams running Into tho MonpEaheia m 0ldts
Of their banks. ~ 'llsS1l
I.ouisvine, March D.--'rhc cherrtng tntpiil,
gcIicc comes from above that the rivers 20
all falling and that BY morning the river hur&
Will be on a decline. The worst is over Ill
It wrs xell that Il came when 4 did. - y I
cc,.plf Of feet more would have put tho lnuo11S
water over tho enlbniikineilt along Tho fiv2S(
front between tho cut-um and theI TIT re
First street All the point would have beS "a
submerged and cog families fendersl heS1,I 81
less y 5 s ss;' Y M
cteensburs. Ind. Msrch sssyrh6 oaroa y:
AMI loss from ~ Aoo1 II iris Co.. n n
iexcesd tl5o0oo, The damages IN M
tera family ele uiselnGs an1 q I'm
Fhi;itpE uas IN s1c<IN ~ q eIo11 ~ x [<>I
1hert ~ ~ ol& fotallty A.
dstyGing q cl9u1e cAens. 81 n
Z " 1nx
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DANGER IN HAVANA.
Blanco breads Anne leans, Particularly the Corre-
spondents of the Newspapers.

washington March 2ahe State department official
Bano
made
erl Blanco
The
the in mere
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very foolish. The hue aud crv the tory
rapers are raising, however. IL very un-
DISGUISED Clearly II was not worth Eng
lands while to 60 10 war to prevent Rus
sla's action What We have to do Il to see
that British rights aud interests are not
in, mr. rtllcb ~ y $40
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spanI.h Geftinu rbnr,tnbie.

Washington. March 28.--senor Polo v
Bernabe received a telegram today an-
nouncing that at q meeting OF spani III
residents In Cuba s2iO.0OO was subscribed
for the Cuban reconcentrados, and II wa,
confidently hoped the fund would reash
million dollars during the week.
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FOR DRY TORTrGAIs.

.on' March 30. BY direction oil
IN sues commanding the army. or
|fxss issued today for the transfer oil
h,,, nth regiment OF infantry to
IN ssss The fact that this regi-
sae up OF colored trooos is re-
TX tn sn.hcant In showing the pur-
~ troor sar aepartment to concentrate
IN h = - the vicinity OF Cuba. mas
nv n y recognized the negro Is bet
~ wb,,a hstand the Cuban climate
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today says perfeN quiet prevailed through.
out the island IN the elections held yes
terday. The result WINS the choice OF
twenty-one autonomists and nine conserva-
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M,kmls.e

jsris y,slak--malSte Tranquil nerves
~ husSin' halt-Nutrine is pre-
ue famous Anheuser- Bus N
\ nSrsss u lion. which fact guaran-
excellence ana merit claim-
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SPANS REPORT.
Liberal Extracts cabIcd 10 Washing
tOn--Thc POne,a AffitMdt.

New York, March PA dispatch to the
World from Madrid says The pop, has
made official demonstrations very I 1 n "
to Spain and indicating desire fo- r
success In Cuba.
There is caimer feeling in both po,iti-
eL and financial quarters. This Is due
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Washington, March 2s.--(SpecIal,) -R. T,
Polk was appointed postmaster Fourth class
at Killcen, Bell county, today.
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Alphonso ]. Rosenthal has been appointed
deputy collector OF customs at Galveston.
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Consumption cured at your home. No
pay TIL cured. Guaranteed Coz sumption
Cure Company. san Antonio. Texas.
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Julian NJ. Collins of Texas has been ap
pointed q teacher Mt TIE Neat Bay, Wash.
Indian kchoo,.
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sun Lookinu for vessels.

St. Petersburg. March 29.-Charles II.
Cramps. The shipbuilder Of Philadelphia.
has arrived here.
Rome. March 30 Commander Willard
H. Brownson, U. s. ~, has conferred with
the minister OF marine. Adelbert Merin.
about the purchase o. ships building In
Italy. The commander has been author
lied to visit the Private yards and see
what vessels are available.
Berlin. March 29.--l.itutenhrt commar l.
or Nihlaek. United States naval attache,
hes opened negotiations with the stlttln
FOR the purchase OF torpedo boat destroy
nrs.
Berlin, Marcel 90. Lieutenant John J
Knapp. United States rsvy, detached from
today ho.sted the stats and stripes over the
torpelo loaf purchased for the United
statfs at tn Schichau yards Monday, She
was renamed the somers.
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Conxnmptioa carol IL -
pEy TIL curbds 0uagan ~
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The comptroller OF the currency has de-
clarod division In favor OF the creditors OF
First National Bank of Tylcr, Texas: 5 per
cent, tho National bank OF Kansas City, Mo.
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New York. March e9.-JThe demand for
war risks strengthened to-day and tie
marine companies did considerable bust
ness at rates slightly lower than thrss
quoted yesterday.
Marine rnderwriters exrect further fe-
mands for war risks" though some CONS
panies look for fewer requests.
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The postmaster general today awarded the
contract for carrying the mails from juneau
TO Weare. Alaska, to -. @. Richardson OF
this contract provides for two round trips
month for period OF four years. beginning
July /, 1895.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington. March 90. -tspec.M,) Herbert
Mitchell was today appointed postmaster at
TUpersville, Coryeil county.
Tho president today sent the following nomi-
nations 10 congress; Charles L. Maxwell o.
OIio, to be consul general of Santo Domingo.
To h, consuls; Il. T. Green of Rhode Island.
Mt hhtofagosta, Chile Louis Kaiser OF llli-
noio, at Ma2atlan, Mexico.
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Washington. Marea 2s.--Adycss received
from Havana by the Spanish LEGATION mere
The times., 1898-04-17
ECHOES FROM MADRID.

Gen. Weyler, according TO our Madrid
correspondent, has become the man of
the hour in Spain, and in sending him
back TO Cuba in supreme command the
government is conforming itself to pop
ular sentiment which takes the ground
that Weyler is the only general quail
fed to assume direction Of the operations
against the United States and against
the insurgents in Cuba Never. accord
ing 10 Spanish views, has man been
more entirely vindicated than Weyler.
All that he has predicted has come true,
the policy which he condemned at the
time Of his recall has proved a lamentable
fiascO, and every advantage that he had
managed TO secure by his admittedly
harsh and cruel methods Of warfare has
since been sacrificed and lost. His STAFF
is already chosen.
Among the many considerations which
have lead the government to decide upon
sending him back, one Of the most i'm
portant has been. that, while he was
in Cuba, he was shrewd enough TO draw
UP a complete scheme Of resistance OF any
American invasion that might take
place, including plans for the closing Of
the various Cuban ports and harbors by
means Of torpedoes. These We're the plans
which he carried away with him when
he was recalled last autumn, and con-
cerning which so much fuss was made
AZ the time charges Of having appro-
priated government documents and
charts. with the object Of embarrassing
Capt Gen. Bianco. being freely made
against him. lie, however, regarded the
plans in question as his own personal
property, and he is now about 10 turn
them 10 good account.
The times., 1898-04-17

Guilty in persuading her to consent to
the issuance of the temporary suspen-
sion of hostilities against the insurgents.
as he encountered in dealing with Gen
Correo, the minister of war.
The times., 1898-04-17
Playwright samuel French
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.)


Samuel French, who died in London
than any other man who ever lived His
name was familiar over the English
speaking world. And not only the actors
but the amateurs-begging pardon for the
horrible insinuation that possibly a few
of them are not actors-relied on him
more than any other dozen of men. For
Mr.. French published plays, published
them by the dozens. hundreds and thou
sands; published them in little 15-cent
editions, on cheap paper. with yellow
covers, small type and other distresses,
but with clear stage directions and a
feasible text; for, respecting this latter
qualification, the old comedies require
blue penciling and condensation. The
frankness of some of Shakespeare's lines
would, if spoken. cause the historic blush
to arise TO the cheek of the Young Per-
sons father.
Mr.. French's plays were acting edi-
tions. and as such they have been invalu-
able to actors of North America. Austria
liza, New Zealan7, South Africa, India. in
deed, all parts of the world that have be-
come AngliciZed, as we'll as in Great Brit
ain and Ireland itself Comparing this
venture with what would be popularity re-
garded as more important undertakings in
the manufacture of books, IL would seem
as if there could be no great margin of
profit, and the demand for every book is
limited; yet the demand is steady and
certain, and 1t is better to print a little
pamphlet at a moderate profit, and to
keep on printing it, than to toss off an
edition of thousands of some novel that
achieves a meteoric success on the in
stant and is never heard of afterward.
In. 1Nafs
the drama cheap and trustworthy editions
of the important plays. including transla-
tions of French and German. Mr.. French
did a public and artistic service.
The times., 1898-04-17
The saneuine woodford.

Very likely Woodford thinks he is play
ing an immensely important part in keep
ing up his conferences with the members
of Sagastas government. But when in
tervention in Cuba really comes (and 1t
is coming soon) and when Cuba is finally
lost TO Spain, it will be realized by every
body that these results have been inevi-
table for long time, and that they were
made so by the utter disregard by the
Spaniards of the warning addressed 10
them by Grover Cleveland in his message
of 1896.
The genial Woodford is only making
himself ridiculous by keeping UP his as
surances of peace in Madrid 1t is for
the Spanish authorities, not for the rep
resentative of the United States, 10 give
such assurances now. They are going TO
be warned out of Cuba, and they will
have to go very quietly in order to keep
the peace.
On the whole, we think it would be a
good thing for the United States, as well
as for the reputation of our minister to
Spain, if he could find some convenient
excuse for resuming his residence in
Brooklyn, n. y, at once.
The times., 1898-04-17
The Wrong Party.

Rrom the St. Paul DispatCh.)
That was a stupid blunder of the San
tiago de Cuba people, in asking United
States Consul Hyatt to contribute to the
fund for building a Spanish cruiser Per-
haps they may have meant the request
for an insult and such it certainly was
But their mistake was in asking for
money from the wrong American citizen.
They should have passed the plate TO the
Boston chamber of commerce and that
Body would. without doubt, have gladly
and generously contributed for the sake
of consistency and to maintain its per-
sistent anti-American attitude. Or in
Hartford, Conn, n town which has a
rather poor reputation, of many years
standing, for patriotism, little assist
ance might have been gained. Or in the
precincts of the bears of Wall street a
stray peso or peseta might have been
gathered. Or in the cloakrooms of the
United States Senate some of the sena-
tors from Aragon and Andalusia and
other sections of Spain, might have
shared some of their hardsaved earnings.