The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-25

u Tic SuSSSSIloiI was TcicT-
| red to the committee on
eForeign relations without
debate.
MoRRo's GUNS BooMED.
! Key West, April "a About o'clock
Friday night one Of tho newspaper yachts
got TOO close to MORO Castle, and several
Of the guns began action. Ten shots were
Fred, but the yacht quickly came about
: md sourried back to the feet, but no shots
were fired in return.
On the flagship New York the firing was
reported by the officer Of deck, Ensign J.
| r. Il lie to Captain Chadwick, who WINS
nsieop at the time. Tho young officer
eskeu the Captain, In somewhat excited
tones whether tho Now York had not bot.
Dor discontinue signaling.
mo" mutterod Captain Chadwick, with
Che utmost GOODNESS; there is no necessity
for stopping the signals Go ahead"
A little a'er Captain Chadwick was on
the forward bridge from whence he watch
ed the tongues of flames shoot out from
MORO Castle. He glanced in tho direction
Of The Spanish Notifications for few sec.
puds and then turned his bnck on them in
silent contempt and went back to his bed,
perfectly certain the Spaniards could do no
damage at five miles. which was then the
approximate distance OF the flagship from
MORO Castle,
Moro Castle Light, which was burning
brightly all Friday evening, WAS put out al
midnight The Spaniards evidently rsa
H8ed, though rather late, that tho use Of
MORO Light up to that time had been 10
serve as guido for the fleet of tho United
6tates.
MUST RESPECT NEUTRAL FLAGS
Washington. D. c., April 24-The pro.
posed concerted action Of the powers for
protection OF the flags of neutral powers is
believed here to lie designed more as q
warning to Spain than to have any other
Significance. The representative Of the pow
eys say the contemplated action is IL nutur-
n move. 1t is II measure Of precautiOn san-
otioned by tho usagts Of past conflicts but
there Il not TO DO implied in it any DISPOSE
tion to question the sincerity OF This Gov
eminent, rs expressed in the formal mott
fCations as to tho course it viii adopt
which has been communicated to all the
foreign governments The fun observance
Of the neutrality law on the uArt OF the
Spanish Government is not re gardod a. al
ali certain.
Information has been received hero that
Spain decided To-day to resort TO priva-
teering. This is presumably IL part of her
programme to harry our commerce by this
system Of licensed piracy. Congress has
thu solo power to issue letters Of Dlnrque
and reprisal, and there Is IL strong seRti-
ment among lcGislut Jrs in favor Of beat
ing Spain at her own game, whatever it
may be. Senator Foraker, Of the COM
mittee GU Foreign Relations said: ut is
impossible to forecast what Congress will
do in IA matter Of that kind, but if Spain
has determined to resort to pNvatroring
the U lifted States can fol At perfect lib.
erty 20 pursue the same method Of war
fare"
NEGRO TROOPERS ~ A ROT.
Chat.arooga, Tenn, April PA riot
was narrowly uyeWtd in Chattanooga
about midnight last night while the streets
were still filled with soldiers and visitors
A crowd Of drunken troopers If the
Ninth, Cavalry flom Fort Robinson,
armed with pistols and sword bayOn.ts,
saw patrol wagon going toward the
jail and attempted to rescue the negro
civilians who were in it. In the melee
That followed u number OF shots were fred
by the troops, and the negro prisoners
were both slightly wounded.
The wagon was kurriedly driven to the
county jail, and tho soldiers in grent OK.
citement ran after 1t, but could not over
take il.
One caTalrylnan namol Hudson Hogan,
OF Troop 4, Of the Tenth. was arrested,
aud is now in custody of The police. After
Hogan was arrested number Of drunken
negro soldiers followed by largo crowd
Of Chattanooga nagrOe', paraled tho
streets, making threats to the effect that
they would folcibly release Hogan ifhc
could be found