The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-03-31

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r. The senate avoids action on Cuban
+ questions pending action of the
+ foreign relations committee on resolu- .
+ tions referred to 1t onsTuesday; pro- .
+ vision is made for civil government in .
!. Alaska; the sundry civil bill is re- .
/. ported to the senate and the San Pc .
+ dro item is in it.
+ Lieutenant Jenkins, late of the .
+ Maine, buried at Pittsburg with mill .
+ tary honors.
+ Spain is anxious for peace with .
]. honor, now being interpreted to mean .
+ the payment of a big indemnity by .
]. the insurgents, which does not seem to .
+ be forthcoming.
+ The Spanish torpedo flotilla which .
+ left the Canaries on March 23d, was :
+ followed yesterday by a fleet of three .
+ armored cruisers starting from Car .
+ thagena; this action of Spain is not .
+ taken as confirmation of Spain's ex- .
+ pressions of a desire for peace. .
+ The Danish West India islands are .
+ to be purchased by the United States .
+ by reason of their availability as coal .
+ ing stations; Denmark also has five .
|. war vessels which she is willing to .
+ sell. ,
+ The Olympic club of San Francisco .
+ engineering a meeting of Jim Jeffries .
+ and Peter Maher. i
The war storm center has been .
+ transferred from Washington to .
+ Madrid. where the Spanish officials .
+ are trying to decide on what to do; .
K within certain limits Spain may make j.
+ her own terms, but they must include .
+ the cessation of war and the independ- !
I ence of Cuba; the question of war or .
+ peace is expected to be settled before .
a tOmOrrnuy NIGHT. <ol,o
|. Madrid say the "ultimatum" from .
!, America demands no more than an .
( armistice and relief Of suffering in .
+ Cuba.
+ The attempt In the house to over =.
+ rule the speaker and pass a Cuban .
+ resolution proves abortive: only two .
+ OF the majority dare to break party i
K lines; good many others, however. .
!. are screwing their courage to the .
+ sticking point, and action cannot be .
+ much longer delayed .
+ indian packers at Chilkoot driven .
+ from their jobs by white men; mill j
\ tary protection will be given. j
+ careless or bewildered switchman :.
+ at French Camp turns a switch .
+ wrong; an engineer is dead, three pas F..
+ sengers injured, two engines wrecked. ]
+ The northern portion of California .
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+ many years; buildings rock and peo- .
+ pie rush half dressed into the streets. .
+ but no serious damage is done. .
+ Spanish financiers, who realize the j
+ effects of war and are aware of the !.
+ needs of the government. express the .
!! opinion that there will be no war; i
+ spain will protest and threaten to the .
+ end and then let go. .
r mckinley wants more time, which ,
I congress seems likely grudgingly to .
+ grant until Monday, with the dis .
+ tinct understanding that on that day .
T SPAN must already have given Cuba .
+ freedom or the whole question win j
oe taken In charge by congress. .
Spain may intend to back down on .
+ Friday, but she is setting a rattlinr
+ pace in her war preparations, while .
+ President Mckinley waits for ans .
+ wers to his numerous ultimatums. j
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