Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-23

} A Plot to Blow up the Montgomery is Discovered and She Pulls Out
 of Havana for American
 WatersI!
 Washington, D. C., March I9.- } Especial. l-The President proposes . to have Congress take the initiative !, in providing for war, which now, more than ever, seems inevitable. He will, therefore, send the report of the board of inquiry to Congres.
 just as soon as it IS received, which,
 it IS expected, will be on Monday or Tuesday, expecting immediate &C.,
 tion. Secretary of the Navy Long
 announced this morning that every thing will be ready tonight for any
 emergency. Orders were sent to the
 fleet of war ships at Tortugas yes
 terday, to Commander J. W. Phillips,
 of the Texas, and the commander of
 the Massachusetts not to leave for
 the north, as heretofore ordered, but
 to remain with the fleet. The entire
 fleet is also under orders to remain
 within four hours sal of Cuba.
 Every battle ship is now ready for
 action. Congress is quite restive
 today, but is fully prepared for a
 declaration of war on Spain the | first of the week.
 Washington, March 19-[ Special. It is runored that there is a
 division in the Cabinet over
 the question of granting
 Spain more time to amplify Cuban 1 autonomy. Spain is willing to with draw her troops and concede every
 thing except absolute surrender of sovereignty. The temper of few
 Washington statesmen is to insist on indemnity for the Maine as one of the conditions of granting Spain more time to pacify Cuba.
 Key West, March 19-LSpecisll A Dispatch just received here says that General Pando, commander of the Spanish troops of Cuba, has been captured by the insurgents, who have also landed big army on the island of Port Rico, whereupon general uprising has taken place.
 New York, March 1s.-[Special The reported capture of General Pando by the Cuban insurgents is | confirmed from Spanish sources. Cubans are wild with joy over this most important event of the war.
 Washington, March 19.-[Speciall S It is rumored at Key West that s the battleship Montgomery has left , Havana on account of an alleged | Spanish plot to blow her up. Cap- 1; tain Sampson president of the Maine e board of inquiry says the report is not yet completed and it is impos- sible to fix date for forwarding it to Washington. e
 Washington. March 19.-Intense V suspense prevails in Washington, c pending the report of the Maine I inquiry. Lieutenant Commander | Mark is expected to deliver the personally in a few days. a The contents will probably be thor t oughly discussed by the Cabinet n before being published. American e war ships are being hurried home s from all parts of the world. Re V cruitirg in every army and navy 2 station continues. The monthly pay ! roll of both are now greater than at Q any time since the war of the rebel t lion. The excess in expenditures IS s taken out of the S50,OO0,OOO emer- gency appropriation. Large con- f. tracts for war supplies are being let d daily, which indicates that war is by tte administration. Spain has not yet been successful in her negotiations for war ships, as she has not yet purchased a single a vessel.
 Washington, March 1s.-The re- port of the board of inquiry is not now expected to be made public 6 before the first of next week. t
 Havana, March Is. = General O Blanco is making great efforts I to have the belief prevail that there a is an Austrian-Spanish alliance. : Spain is looking forward to arbltra- ton of the Maine affair. @