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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-31
CABINET OF SPAIN coNFERs.
According to story Given Out II
Isn't Considering Independence.

According to story Given Out II
Isn't Considering Independence.
Madrid March 30-A cabinet council
was held this afternoon to consider the
American proposals. Another will be held
tomorrow at noon, presided over by the
Queen Regent, and at O'Clock tomorrow
there will be a conference between United
states Minister Woodford, senor Sagasta,
the premier, Senor Gullon, the foreign
minister, and Senior Moret. the minister
for the colonies.
The proposition which Spain will an
swer covers two points only, and its publ
cation will be a revelation to some Of those
abroad who have been denouncing Amer
ica's aggressive attitude. 1t is as follows:
Spain to proclaim Immediately an ar
mIstice in Cuba to last until October, dur.
ing which interval the United States will
use its good Offices with the insurgents to
make this temporary peace permanent;
and
Second, Spain to do her best toward re-
Aeving suffering and starvation on che
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SPAIN READY ron A STRUGGLE.
War Preparations Continue with the
Greatest Activity.

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Greatest Activity.
Madrid, March SO.--A severe censorship
is exercised to prevent the leakage of
news as to the naval movements while the
war preparations continue with the great
est activity, and as far as possible the
greatest secrecy.
The utmost efforts are making night
and day to get the first-class ironclads
Pelayo and Carlos V completed, when It
is regarded as certain they will be dis
patched with the cruisers Maria Teresa
and Crlstobal Colon to join the Vizcaya
and Almirante Oquendo in Cuban waters,
thus forming a squadron of six armored
vessels against Americas seven.
The wave of patriotism with the enroll
ment of the volunteer corps is spreading
enthusiasm throughout the country. All
seats have been sold for to-morrow's opera
performance, realizing about $1,000 5000
for the navy and similar performances
are being arranged in other cities.
The Madrid papers allege that the South
American republics have already sub
scribed enough TO build a warship 10 be
called the Rio de La Plata, while Mexico
has sent huge donations. The Spanish
army will give days pay.
Orders have been sent to strengthen the
defenses at Manila and Porto Rico There
is good deal of comment upon America s
purchase of twenty-three heavy guns from
the Armstrong;, and 1t IS alleged that both
Spain and Japan had previously refused
them after a trial. The impression of the
press and the public generally is that
Spain will be able TO make good show In
the event of war, although her men-of-
war are smaller than the Americans. She
would depend on her greater strength in
torpedo boats torpedo catchers and tor
pedo boat destroyers.
Minister Woodford's proposals are rot
yet known to the public here The papers
assert that when he gave assurances of
Americas friendliness Senor Sagasta
pithily retorted by abiding to the war
like preparations Of the United States,
The attitude Of the American Congress
and 10 American popular feeling.
Gen. Woodford is said to have explained
this as only natural, in order to be ready
for emergencies" The result of to-mor-
rows conference IS awaited on all sides
with the greatest anxiety and hope.
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GRANTS M'KISLEY MORE TINE.
senate Committee on Foreign Re-
IafIOps Delays Action.

StHAte EOFttEH htt-
IafIOps Delays Action.
Washington, March 3O.--The Senate COM
mittee on foreign relations held two ses-
sions to-day, and adjourned a few min
utes before 6 O'Clock without reaching an
agreement.
Commander Bradford Of the bureau of
equipment was before the committee for
several hours, giving expert testimony as
TO the relative strength of the navies Of
the United States and SPAIN and also ad-
vocatng the purchase Of the island of St.
Thomas Of the Danish West Indies as a
naval station.
Another development in the committee
was an agreement to postpone a compile
tIon of tho committees work on the Cuban
situation for a few days. In order to af-
ford time to the President TO continue his
Diplomatic negotiations with the Spanish
authorities This concession was the re-
suit of a request made direct TO members
of the committee by the President. and Il
was granted by the entire committee with
out any murmur of dissent.
Previous to this action on the part Of
the committee, the President had been
very frankly INFORMED tlat neither the
committee nor the Senate would be dis
posed TO acquiesce in any agreement for
an armistice. This opposition is UNDER
stood to have been made clear on behalf
OF the Joint Republican and Democratic
steering committees OF the Senate, and 1t
Is understood TO have been met by the
President With the response that this gov
ernment would not press the matter
The President freely admitted 20 all vis-
tting senators that the negotiations with
Spain were rapidly approaching a crisis
and said that he felt quite confident con-
clusion would be reached by Friday night
at the latest He asked that IN view Of
this fact no action be taken by either
house until after that time, or until the
present negotiations could be brought TO
close. If he took any Of the senators into
his confidence as to the basis upon which
ne was proceeding they did not repeat the
Information In the Senate.
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RELEASE OF RECONCENTRADOs.
Cubans in the Eastern Provinces to
he Allowed to Return Home.

Re Allowed to Return Home.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 3 a. m.-The
Spanish legation here late last night re-
ceived a cablegram from the governor
general of Cuba, saying that the captain
general reported the pacification of the
eastern provinces so far advanced that it
had been decided 10 rescind the reconceu-
trado order in these provinces and allow
all subjects of this decree to return to
their homes In the country.
To aid in the re-establishng of the re-
concentrates upon their farms, the cable
gram states, the government will grant
them protection of the Spanish military
forces. augmented by local relief commit
tees to look after their immediate needs.
Economic kitchens, it says, are to be es-
tablished to support the reconcentrados
while waiting for their first crops to ma
t,,re and they are to be furnished farm
inc implements and seeds by the govern
ment.
To supply them ready money, such Of
them as are able will be given employ
ment upon public works, and 1t is assert
ed by the authorities that these measures
will result in the speedy rehabilitation OF
the rural communities in the eastern
provinces.
This cablegram was not made public till
more than an hour after midnight and no
official comment upon its significance can
be secured.
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SPANISH FLoTILLA SAILED.
Reported Departure From the Ca
naries Confirmed.

London, March So.--Mall advices receiv-
ed here to-day from Las Palmas Canary
Islands, under date Of March %, confirm
the Washington advices of the sailing Of
the Spanish torpedo fiotilla. The letters
received here say that on that date three
Spanish torpedo boats, three torpedo boat
destroyers and their escort, the transport
Ciudadde Cadiz, received telegraphic or
ders 10 proceed TO Cuba.
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island, with America to be allowed to as
sist in this work.


sist in this work.
Washington, March so.--The above dis
patch was shown to an official of the adj
ministraton whose position is such as
TO give weight to his utterances. He said
that in view of to-day's events, the Mad
rid statement of the Presidents PROPOSE
ton was not to be taken seriously. The
armistice scheme referred to was the very
one which had almost caused an open re-
volt in Congress. f''iHia
The administration was quoted as saying
to-day that an armistiee would not be
pressed. The probable explanation was
that the armistice story had been circu-
lated by the government in Madrid for
home consumption. "a
Madrid, March 80, 1i:ga p. mat the
cabinet council Senior Capdopon, minister
of the Interior explained the results of the
elections and Senior Moret read a series of
important documents relative to the situ-
alton of the reconcentrados in Cuba and
the results of the Efforts hitherto made
for their relief.
In view of these documents, Senior Moret
proposed and the council approved an
open credit of 100000 posetas, to be placed
at the disposition OF Gen. Blanco by cable,
to be used in succoring necessitous recon-
centrados and to facilitate means of work
for those willing to return to their hold
ings, with the supply Of needful advances
to enable them TO TIM the ground.
The documents read by Senor Moret
tended to show that the healthy reeoncen-
trados who were desirous of working
could find sufficient labor in the fields.
but that those who had lost their imple-
ments or the small capital necessary to
sustain them for three months while wait
ing for the product OF their husbandry,
needed some kind of administrative or
ganizatlon more complex than the sim
pie distribution of food by the commission
created.
Senor Sagasta gave an account of the
conference with United States Minister
Woodford and explained Americas pro-
posals, their character and significance.
The council deliberated at great length
and after consideration of the important
issues depending upon its decision, re-
solved to submit the results of the de-
liberations tomorrow to the Queen Re
gent.
The report that the government has
obtained the Queen Regents signature to
a new credit from the Bank of Spain is
unfounded.
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SPAIN SENDS MORE SHIPS.
Two Cruisers aud "a Torpedo Boat
Destroyer Leave Cartbagenn.

Washington, March S0.-The navy de-
partment has received dispatch saying
that the armored cruisers Infanta Maria
Theresa and Christobal Colon, and the
torpedo boat destroyer Destructor have
sailed from Carthagena, Spain. Their des-
tlnation has not been learned as yet.
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CONTINUED on Fifth Pagel
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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850 Incorporated 1888.
J. II. ESTILL, President.
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The times., 1898-09-18
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TWO BOY HEROES.
Shot While With the Army Down at
Santiago

(From the New York Tribune.)
The small boy Is ubiquitous You natu-
rally look for him at a circus or in the
pantry. but when you see him on a bat
t.efie!d you are impressed Dy his wonder
ful store of curiosity and shocked az be-
holding him in such dangerous place.
Yet from time immemorial battles have
been graced by his presence. with occa-
sionaliy such actions on his part as TO
make MIN a prominent figure in history
afterward. From San Juan Hill there
comes a pathetic story of a little young
ster who might have distinguished him
se.f also had he not been cut down early
in his career. His father was q private
in an infantry regiment He had taken
his boy TO Tampa with him. and when he
went on board the San Marcos with his
regiment he took the boy along. He was
sorry he had afterward, for the boy
proved a perfect nuisance. He climbed
up in the rigging. ran all over the ship,
and got into all sorts of dangerous
places, causing his father considerable
anxiety and worry most of the time.
When the ship anchored off the Cuban
coast his father gave the boy strict or
6eIs 10 stay on board the boat but the
father had TO sooner gone ashore with
his company in one of the small boats
than his son followed in another. For
several days the boy knocked around
with the troops and then disappeared.
But on the day of battle ne turned up
again, and as the regiments made their
way up San Juan Hill there was the boy
trotting along behind his father. The
bullets were already beginning TO come
thick and fast. The color sergeant had
been shot, and men were dropping here
and there Suddenly there came great
shower of bullets. and the father fell, but
the boy paused only an instant, just long
enough to pick up his fathers gun: then
he pressed on with the rest of the line
But twenty yards from his fathers body
he caught il, too, and fell, pierced by a
bullet His days for getting into mis-
chief We're over, and his little courageous
heart, which had prompted him to seize
his dead fathers gun and take his place
in the line was stilled forever.
But this heroic little shaver was not
the only boy who got upon Cuban bat
tlefield. There was a little colored chap
of about the same age. say twelve or
thirteen years, who went along with one
of the regiments and in some way or
other got mixed up in the fight between
the firing lines of the Rough Riders and
the Spaniards. He was capering around
in the bush when a Spanish bullet struck
him in the fieshy part of the leg. and he
came trotting back to the lines, crying,
Use got it Use got it," But he did not
seem to mind it much, at that. He hunt
! ed UP an old handkerchief somewhere,
/ tied it about his leg. and went walking
about, scarcely limping. The next day
I his leg was rather stiff, but he raked uI
/ a Spanish pony and rode about quite as
/ lively as ever.
II hear you got it yesterday" a trooper
J said to him as he rode by.
Oats ies' what 1 did. Right dar, see?'
! and hn1ding apart great rent in his
/ trouser leg, he proudly displayed his
f, wound. But dat's muffin he added
dose fellers can't XIII dis nigger," and
/ he trotted away on his pony.
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so cheerfully bright to be almost pa
thetic. This march was played at the fu-
neral of his master, John @. Bethune. who
was killed in railway accident in 1888.
He has the habit of turning his eyes up
when he plays when he walks about
mumbling to himself. He likes to let the
sunlight fall directly on his eyeballs.
When he talks 10 himself he will repeat
u word or phrase several times either to
emphasize 1t or through pleasure in the
the sound or else because he is filling III
time until some other idea shall come
TO his mind For instance, he went on in
this way for some time as he strolled up
and down with his rolling gait on the
Veranda:
Wagner. Yes, Wagner. Mr. Wag-
ner. Richard Wagner Wagner. Mr.
Wagner is dead Yes; he is dead. Dead.
His last opera. Yes. His opera. His
last opera was 'Parsifal.' Parisfal.' his
last opera"
When j rose to go he shook hands and
bade me good-by. and as the carriage
bore me off | heard him again at his be-
loved piano. the unwearying Solace Of
his iife. The soft music from the weak
minded negro escaped through the shades
of the room, and the breath of the hon.
eysuckle was waited in upon the b.ini
child of nature as he sat there in the
dim apartment alone, yet companioned
as few mortalS are.
The strongest impression / bore away
was that of the sweet. contented life the
poor. blind negro was leading. There
was pathos in Ii. j had expected to finI
a wonder at the piano, and ] did; for his
untaught mastery of the instrument IS
marvellous and admits of no explanation
IL is a gift of nature. pure and simple.
From the time when the Bethune fam
lily left the dinner table to see who could
be playing on the piano and discovered 4
the sightless pickaninny of four years
perched on the stool, his little hands
plucking uncanny melody from the key
board-from that time until now he has
had an unwavering devotion to the in
strument whose music is his life.
He has made fortunes. first for Col
Bethune. who bought his mother. Mrs.
Charity Virgins. when the blind baby
was thrown in:" then for John S. Be-
thune. and lastly for the widow of Joha
Bethune, who is now the wife of the law
yer. Albert J. Lerche. at whose residence
| saw the wonderful negro.
Blind Tom has all that he wants. OF
how few of US can as much be said.
There is even dignity. pathos and sweet
ness about this big. feshy negro, now In
his forty-eighth year. His old mother is
still alive. withered, wrinkIed man.
my" eighty-tiye years Old.
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HER GARTER.
Hollands Queen VIII weRr the Dec
oratiOn on Her Arm.

Grafton on Her Arm.
If. as is suggested, Queen Victoria con-
fers upon Queen Wilhelmina the Order of
the Garter, the young Queen of Holland
viii be the first lady to receive that dec
Grafton from her majesty's hands.
The comforting of the Order of the Car
ter upon ladies was common enough prior
to the reign of Henry VI. The order was
confined mainly to the wives or near rel
atives of men who had rendered the state
some signal service, or were held in high
favor at Court.
Ladies of the Order" as they were
styled. were as numerous in those days as
knights of the Garter are at present. and
a lady decked out in all the insignia of the
order was only less picturesque in ap-
pearance than the reigning sovereign him.
self. She wore the George, the star, the
mantle, the hood, the collar, and other
decorations, while the garter itself-a
beautiful and costly jewel bearing the
motto ''Honi soft qui NAL y pense'-en-
circled the left arm.
The order for ladies was allowed to
lapse; but in after years an effort was
made to re-establish it. The country,
however. was in the throes of great up
heaval. ''Wild war" broke ''the converse
Of the wise" People thought, and wrote,
anu Icdu oI HOllllllS Dul DdlllGr ueltdt
and victory, and the peaceful advocates
of the restoration of the honor of the or
der for ladies met with but a Iukewarm
reception. So discoura ging, indeed was
this that no further attempt was made to
obtain the royal assent, and Ladies of
the Order" became a memory.
1t is, of course, within the power of
Queen Victoria, as sovereign of the order.
to confer the garter upon any lady whom
she may wish to honor IN that way Her
majesty has already instituted the follow
ing orders for ladies': The Royal Order
of Victoria and Albert. the Imperial Order
Of the Crown of India, and the Order
OF the Royal Red Cross.
No more beautiful or impressive deco
ration could the girl Queen of Holland
wear on her coronation day than the Or
der OF the Garter.
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