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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
WAR PREPARATIONS.
spain IushIng work on war.hlps aud
MobuirinE Them a. Cadir.

spain ushinE work on Narships anu
Mobuising Them At Cadir.
New York, April S.-A dispatch to
The World from Cadiz, Spain, says:
The report that the squadron Of eyo-
luton and the second torpedo hotilla are
about 20 .ail for Cuta and Porto Rico is
absolutely false. Positive orders have
bcen sent 20 the Cape Verde islands Tor
the torpedo squadron to stay there. IL
was contemplated 70 send the squadron
OF Admiral Ccrvesa 20 join IT, On tho
contrary Vallimil's squadron is expected
TO return here.
Neither Of the squadrons gathering
here Is anything like ready for sea.
Neither has assembled yet and no order
has been served from the prime minister
TO move either squadron.
The only instruction which really has
been given 70 Admiral Churruica, com.
manding at Cadiz is TO push prcpara.
tions as fast as pos,.ble
In consequence Of the order CadiE hay,
with the ncighboring royal arsenal OF
SAN Fernando and the yards belonging
TO the Transatlantic company, present
scenes Of much activity.
Admiral Ccrvesa's fleet i anchored
here taking in stores and victuals. II
consists now of the fast cruisers Alonzo
XIII, Infanta Maria Theresa, and Girls.
tobal Colon. two second class cruisers,
four nkish looking little torpedo vessels
and two dostroyors fresh from England.
Reliable official information state.
that the government expects the early
arrival Of the tattlcships Pelayo, Cardi
nal, Cisneros, Emperor, Charles V, two
dcstroycrs from England and the tor
pedo cruiser Maria de Molina from Fer
rol.
The vessels are not FAR advanced II
the preparations, but those which hay'
been in the yards have hcen withdraw
hurriodly for fear war would begin be
lore their repairs or outfits ooald b
. completed
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
EXODUS FROM CUBA.
Americans Leaving the Little Island
on Uncle Sans Advice.
MANY HAVE ALREADY LEFT.
consai General Lee Departs Tomorrow
With the Last sf the Americans
The Situation Points to Ho.-
tilitIss Beyond . Doubt.

Washington April s.-The cabinet
meeting occupied a little more than an
hour and halft odAy. Il was mainly
devoted to discussion on the situa.
ton. The proceedings indicated there
was no expectation on the part Of the
administration that war would be avert
ed.
IL can positively BE- stated that there Is
no fresh development in the situation
brought to the attention Of the cabinet
nor any dispatches or communications
Of any sort placed before IL.
Consul General Lee, IL was reiterated,
would surely leave Havana tomorrow,
according TO cabled instructions Just
when General woodford is expected u
vacAte his post Is not ascertainable.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
SITUATION GRAVE.
nostiiitiss Between the Unitsd state. and
spain Nearer Than Ever Before.

nsstllitlss Between the Unltsd state. and
spain Nearer Than Ever Bsfors.
Washington, April s.-The Hispano-
American situation Is regarded a. even
more grave than at any time heretofore
Hopeful views Of peace, heretofore en-
tertained, have given way TO conviction,
and the issue between the United States
and Spain has become well nigh IRE
conoilable and preparations for all event
uAiities are proceeding steadily.
One significant evidence in this direc-
tion developed when it was learned that
the United States consul at Porto Rico
was about TO leave his post The de-
termination to have the United States
consul At Porto Rico leave, indicates the
government Is not alone turning its at
tention 10 Cuba, but to Spain's other
colonies Of the West Indies
There IL no instruction in Porto Rico
known here, nor has the future Of that
island figured prominently Of late, but
its future, naturally. 20 a large extent,
would follow that Of Cuba The proha-
bility that the Spanish torpedo feet will
rendezvous at Porto Rico may have con-
tribuied 10 the determination 20 with
draw the United States consul there
Inquiry At the foreign embassies and
legations made Il plain that the action Of
the great powers Thursday. in present.
ing the joint note 10 President McKin.
ley urging peace. constituted all these
powers VIII do.
Il developed in diplomatic quarters
that the situation took a serious turn
late last night At Madrid when Minister
Woodfords final note was sent 20 Senor
Gullon. minister Of foreign Affairs. At
the time the note was received the Span.
ish cabinet was in session. the consider.
alton being the question of armistice.
II Is said the tone of the note was re-
garied as imperative. II was unofficial
and addressed TO Senor Gullon, but the
Spanish cabinet, according TO these adj
wees TO diplomats, believed il 90 be con
strued as none the less official and q
some extent an ultimhtum. Mr.. Wood
ford subsequently withdrew the note
stating that at the time IL was written
he was not aware that President Nc
Kinley's message had been preferred.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
CONSUL HYATT LEAVES.
Tie Tahes his Departure Prom santl
age de Cuba aud Co.'s to Boston.

Tie Tahes mis- Departure Prom santI.
age de Cuba and Goes to Iioston.
Kingston, Jamaica, April s.-Steamer
Brookline arrived at Port Antonio early
this morning from Santiago de Cuba
having on board United States Consul
Pulaski T. Hyatt, the staa OF the con.
sulate and 90 Americans, children in
eluded.
All was quiet at Santiago do Cuba
when the Brookline left that port Thrce
small Spanish warships arc there and
the entrance 20 the harbor Is protected
by torpedoes.
American interests at Santiago de
Cuba have been left in care Of the Brit
ish consul.
The Brookline will sail for Boston to-
night
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THe FEelINe AT HAVANA
sp-"'.h tTY"p. ns''svs They Are Lquai
10 Any Emsrgeney.


20 Any Emergency.
New York, April s-A dispatch to
The Tribune from Havana says;
THIS community awaits developments
with stalcal Indifference. Among the
officials from BlAnoo down, the feeling
h one of resignation. They arc dosp,r.
We, but they have done what they
could 10 save the remnant Of SPANS
sovcoignty In Cuba. They have also
made the best preparation possible for
Fepulsing hostile attack Some navy
and army officers have real faith IN the
extensive land batteries and In the har.
Dor defensos Of Havana Tho higher
officials, however, fear that It the poin,
bi hostillties Is reached, aud that land
lng Of American troops on the island Is
desirable for strategic purposes, they
will h. landed ut Matan1as and other
places and march overland while Havana
u hluCkhneu'
The authorities arc doing what thcy
can TO increase the number Of troop-
hAt Are available lg duty. a deere,
issued 10 the civil governors calling on
them for all ahlcbodied men between
ihe ayes otla and 90, who are not al
r.adu enrolled In the volunteers an,
similar organizations, was interpreted
a. call to arms for all Spanish subjects
A denial was made Of this intention
bot the result was the same. In Havana
,he nightly drill OF new recruits amon'
the volunteers Is an exhibition to cxcit
bly. Cradles seem literally to hay
cen empted IN order TO ill the ranks
ior many Of those bearing muskei' ar
bays under lhyear,
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While the p1pulace thinks itself ready
10 appeal to hostile force. the main trust
is still in the Spanish navy. The oquen.
do. the Vizcaya and the torpedo Hotilla
arc ON all tongues and all tongues wag
Iatriotioally it is yet a delusion Of the
Spanish classes that war Is not 10 BE-
feared, because In addition to defending
Cuba, the Spanish fleet will devastate
the Atlantic coast and compel the yam.
KEGS to sue for peace. Officials who en-.
coumgcd this belief when they were stir.
ring upa patriotic sentiment are now
trying TO moderate it, but without sue.
cess An actual demonstration Of Ameri.
can naval superiority is the only thing
which will cugh that delusion This
loyal feeling has rached such a pitch
that n peace negotiations ol the basis of
independence should finally prevail a
serious puhlem would be- to regulate Il
without causing a counter revolution.
The authorities believe they can now
admit that Instead of the insurgents
seeking an armisticc Sagasta has offered
g. and 'hcy might own propose u flag
Of trace. THAT 700, is IA prngrosG A
I week agu such q suggestion could not
have been made without aOusing bitter
projects To-day IL Is received with toll.
/ Grafton
Reports ~ attempted mediation on the
/ part OF the uopc was straw olutched AT
eagerly lg tie officials They even cred.
It it toa degree not warranted by theiI
own LnoWl'dgo of the circumstances
While Madud may not be able to enter
tain the idea, the representatives Of
Spanish authority In Cuba 200 how inn
mcnscly pelipF II would be- for the ponin
sular ia eonccde independence through
mediation
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Washington, April s. Two Of the
ships purchased by the navy depart.
ment from the Morgan line steamers
will be sent 10 the New York navyyard,
and two Of them 10 the Norfolk navy.
yard, where such changes as are neces.
sary to convert them into cruisers will
be made and armament which viii con.
sist mainly Of b-inch guns, will be in.
stalled. In two or three weeks the Of
ficials believe the ships can be prepared
for active service.
The cruiser Diogenes, purchased in
England the other day for the navy, Il
expected to leave that country this week
for New York. She is about 1900 tom
burden.
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New York. April s-A dispatch 10
The World from Berlin says;
In view Of the probable outbreak Of
hostilities the German Admiralty, which
at present has not 4 single ship In West
Indian waters, is considering the advis
ability Of sending cruiser for the pro
lection Of the political and commercial
interests Of Germany theHe.
The Hamburg. American line is send
ing it, steamers across 10 various Amer
can ports 10 take up the coasting trAd,
in the event Of war breaking out II n
stated that the American coasting steam
ers will not risk running, fearing cap
tue by spanish privatcep.
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OREGON REACHES cALLAo.
wn sail Prom Valparaiso with the
Marietta Tor Key West.

New York, April S-A dispatch 10
The Hcald from Lima Peru, announces
the departure of the battleship Oregon
from Callao after taking on coal and
provisions. She has not yet been painted
the war color
A dispatch to Tho Herald from Val.
paraiso announces the arrival OF the
gunboat Marietta She viii remain
there Tor orders from the navy depart.
mont. or, at least, until the arrival Of
the Oregon, which is expected scmor.
row.
The Spanish torpedo boat Tcmerario
Is still at Bucnos Ayrs, Chill.
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Another Purlll.t KILLED.

Columbus, o., April s.-George Stout
Of Philadelphia. who was knocked out
by Oscar Gardiner, the Omaha Kid, In
the fight here Thursday night, died frorn
the effects Of blow on the jaw. Gard.
ner and Mike Connolly, his seconds,
have been arrested and will b. held for
murder pending the coruner verdict
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09

Raleigh, n. q, April s-Princc Al.
fred lmpey, 20 years old, a grandson Of
the famous King Rhama Of Bechualand
Of South Africa, is dead Of consumption
at Southern Pines. He entered Shaw
university at Raleigh last August Il
study theology AMI medicine, intending
TO return to Africa as physician an,
missionary. Impey's father is KIM
William, chief Of the Katiis Of Kin
Xilliamstown.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09

New York, April s.--A dispatch u
The World from Queenstown, Ireland
says;
A large body Of workmen have beer
brought down from Clyde TO assis
in repairing and fitting the damaget
Spanish torpedo gunboat Audax for seA
The men are working day and night. n
she cannot leave II war Is declared. Th'
customs officers have been INSTRUCTED
from the admiralty Office at London u
take possession Of her Immediately Il
case Of war.
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New York. Apl s.-A dispatch 10
The World from St Vincent, Cape Verde
islands, says:
The Spanish torpedo notilla, in com
mand Of Commodore VillAmil, Is still
here, ready to put to SEA, but awaiting
orders from Madrid.
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cl.r. Barton wn Ai.s L..,..

New York, April Sat the head.
quarters Of the central Cuban relief
committee In this city IL IL said Miss
Clara Barton will leave Cuba with her
nine assistants in company with Consul
General Lee tomorrow.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09

sengers on board. After landing her
passengers. the Mangroye proceeded 70
her wharf. where she Is being atted
with npid fire guns.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
Ram K.,shdIa csmias south.

Q Delaware Breakwater, Del April s :
The government ram KAtahdin, whif
sailed from Philadelphia on THURSDAY
night passed Out by the oapes bound
south.
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reasons beyond yankee control"
The lmparcial also says IL considers
the action Of the power in Offering their
Good 'iliccs" as being favorable to
Spain.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09
STRICT PRESS CENSOR.

All Code Message. wIn Have 10 H. Trans
lated Hereafter Iisiors the Censor.
Havana, April s. Prom today on,
all code telegmms from or 10 Cuba must
BE- translated az the censor's Office with
the code books IN .ight
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09

Key West, April S..-The lighthouse
tender Mangroyc arrived here early this
morning from Havana. having 2S nas-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-09

Assumption, Ills., April s. The min
Srs Of the Assumption Coal company
went on a strike, the difference being In
the scale Of wages Pana and Taylor
vile are also out, aud no coal can be had
in this part Of the state.
Passengers Prom Havana.
New York, April s.-The Iampasa,
arrived from Mexican ports snd Havana
She brought J5 passengers from Havana
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Price 8 cents.
This War Talk Makes Me
Anxious


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21

Yet with all the weight Of statistics
against its deadliness, lightning Will
probably continue 70 scare people as here
tofore. Perhaps, after all, there may be
a more direct cause than the mere psyche
logical one usually ascribed to IL, and that
Is the fact that many people OF nervous
temperament are affected hours before the
approach Of a thunder storm and thus
rendered particularly powerless 10 stand
the strain which more or less affects the
most phlegmatic natures during a dis
turbance in the heavens.
The Philadelphia Record gives some In
formation as TO how 10 Judge of the dis
lance OF a storm. In writing of the re-
cent great storm In Philadelphia. II says:
zone Of the lessons taught by the recent
storm, which, II taken TO heart. would
greatly lessen the fears of the people who
are afraid of lightning Such people con-
fuse storms such as that OF Wednesday
last, which was central over the city, with
storms that are miles and miles away from
them. To determine whether a storm rs
central or far away IL a very simple prob
lem. IL Is a well-esiabilshed fact that
sound never travels more than about 100
feet second, whereas light, the lightning
flash included. travels at q speed Of over
10000 miles a second. Consequently no
matter how far away the lightning may be-
~ ~ seen at the same instant by every eye
within the radius OF vision, due 10 the
curvature OF the carih's surface, whereas
the thunder, which Is produced eimuitan-
cOusiy with The fash and Is supposed 60 be-
due 10 me uoisc caused by The air rushing
in 90 nn The partial vacuum caused BY the
passage Of the electric discharge, q heard
W people Al diherent distances from The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
FEAR or LIGHTNING.

The Danger From II Greater in the
Country Than I'm the city.
From the Boston Journal Of Commerce.
current news item gives the result OF
an Investigation carried out by DR.. q.
Stanley Hall, president Of Clark Univer-
sity on the things that most excite fear
in people. OF the 29S classes of objects
Of fear to which 1,707 persons confessed,
thunder and lightning lead all the rest,
although in certain localities, as, for in.
stance, those subject 20 cyclones, ETC., tho
fear Of the latter predominates. 1t may
be accepted as probably true, remarks the
Scientific American, that thunderstorms
constitute the most pronounced source of
fear with the majority OF people, due, no
doubt, to the always impressive and rot
tnquently overpowering nature of the phe-
nomenon. But Is there any justification
In fact for this fear so far as fatal re-
quits are concerned2
We believe there Is not, but on the con-
trary, that many other causes which bare
~ have place IN Dr. Halls list are IN.
finitely moro entitled 10 the distinction as
fear producers than lightning As proof
OF this we may cite statistics or the Unite
ed States weather bureau. These show
that FOR the four years 1908 the deaths
from lightning numbered 1si, or an aver
age Of 1876 q year. Again, A. +. kretzor
Or 80 Louis found from the record Of near
~ 90 new papers that for five years i6Ai-s8
there were 1000 deaths caused by iig1f-
Aing, ~ an average Of z0 q year. ne
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ON OCketBO
XJb and Purses.
Full sto ok
FOR leather, nicely
soc finished.

Of Australia and ten-elevenths Of Africa
are claimed or occupied lands. Nothing as
left for the nations to gamble for now
except the winsome ice gardens at the
poles, the aluring acreage of Patagonia
ana a few petty slots in the South Pacific,
where in the immortal words of Sunset
Cox. ''the men don't have no politics and
the women don't wear no clothes"
For centuries the nations Of Europe have
been singing the "Gobbie Song" all over
these tropical island groups of the South
Pacific. These are divided into Polynesia
and Micronesia. The first name is applied
to all the islands. north and south of the
equator. lying between the Philippines,
Papua or New Guinea, New Britain and
the negnboring islands, Solomon Islands,
New Hobrides and New Zealand, and the
meridian OF 100 degrees west. The princi-
pal Of these are the Hawiian' Marquesas'
paumotu. Society Samoan Friendly, New
Caledonia. Fiji, Caroline. Lndrone. Mar
shall and Gilbert groups. These are all
very much alike in tropical products, and
morals tougher than boarding-house
steak.
But they are all gobbled up either IN
whole or on a co-partnershiD basis. Uncle
Sam has Hawaii France has New Gale
donia, the Society, Marquesas ana New
Hebrides; Great Britan has New Yea
land. the Glberts and the Fills; Germany
has the Marahalls. Spain, for the time
af least. has the Carolncs and Ladronesi
me Dutch, English and German have slic-
"a up Now Guinea. Germany and England
have divided the solomOns, while the
BEAUTIFUL and fertile Paumotu Is uuaer
ihe nominal ruiO Of France 81 part 81 me
Tow Archipelago. Samoa has autonomy
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doubt whether, OF the number of deaths
classed as "accidentar IN the whole Unit
ed States any one group can show so
small q number. In New York city alone
over 800 persons are drowned every year,
while nearly 80 are burned or scalded to
death, and close on TO 900 persons meet
their end by falls of one kind or another.
Comparing the record Of 30 lightning IA
taliUes for the whole country with the
above records for New York city, with
its total of nearly 800 accidental deaths
for every year. il will be seen how ground
less is the popular fear OF lightning. II
Is a survival an inherited superstition.
But there is another point In connection
with this matter which ought 70 be par
ticuarly comforting to city dwellers al
belt country jewellers may not be affected
In like manner, and that Is, that statistics
show that the risk Of lightning Is i've
times greater in the country than In the
city. The cause OF this immunity for city
dwellers is not far to seek. 1t IL doubt
less due to the predominance Of metal
roofs, the well-grounded water pipes In
houses and probably as much as any
thing 90 the protective network Of over
head electric wires Of all kinds. The pop
ular belief that a stroke Of lightning Is
invariably fatal Is also not borne out by
facts Indeed. one record specially de-
voted TO this feature shows that Of 2i2
persons struck, only "a were killed. TAX
Ing it all in all, there seems 20 be no
more Gr0undloss popular fear than that
Of lightning Indeed, II one can 20 by
statistics, the risk Of meeting death by
a horse kick IN New York d over 80 per
cent. greater than that Of death BY light
Ming
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under a native King, guaranteed by the
United States, England and Germany, but
there are plenty Of loose joints in this
armor, and Samoa may be counted as
among the possible geese 10 be plucked
BY way of illustrating the splendors of
these Pacific possessions and the ease Of
government, as Il were, the Cerolines con-
tain 652 islands and the Pelew group 200.
Another group. part of the Caroline chain,
goes by the name of Ruk. Within a lagoon
100 miles in circumference he seventy
is.ets, chiefly coral reefs, and each has Its
own breech-cloth rapah or chief. Nearly
all these islets are big enough to accommo-
date game called golf The "blackbird"
schooner man who trades IN these regions
gets a wife for a case of gin or bolt of
calico print, while the divorce courts would
make Chicago blush with jealous rage.
There may be q few Of these delectable
vest-pocket islets for somebody 20 walk
up and govern" but II takes so many OF
them to make a decent bite, and their NOR
ais are so incurably loose, that the game
isn't worth the candle. Mother Earth. 80
the territorial wolves say, IS welcome 20
hug these remaining chocolate paintings TO
her breast Ike Nlobe, for all the rest OF
her brood has been Kidnapped and de-
voured.