Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-03-24

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The sale "f War N..s-ls. fts.
WASHINGTON. March - President
Mckinley did not attend church yes
tcriay morning. a. j. his custom hat.
instead, spent two hours ani more la
conference with several members Of
the cabinet. Assistant Secretary nay
called atput iu.lo O'Clock aud remained
until uesrii unc. Secretary Long and
Secretary Bliss were the other mem
bsrs present. They remained less than
an hour. Commander clover. in cugn.
pany with Mr. Flint. who has icen
acting fpr the government Ia the ncro
tin,ioas for the pnrchas, of saip-. ai>o
called and wer~ shown into the prcSi
dent > private o.ice
The incmiscrs IT the cabinet. on lcav
ing the White tIouSs. said that ther.
was no special significance in the meet.
ing. The rcisort " the Maine court ct
inquiry had not hcen revived nor was
II definitely known when IL would
reach here. II was expected. howrvvr
early in the present week and a. wan
a. reviewed IL wuuld b.s handed a, ous,,
L. the president. and when b. hal b,.ru
rcai aud considered hy the president II
would b. made pu',lic.
Secretary Long. in speaking ~ the re
Prrt, said that. white fully realizing
it, Importance. the country. in his
opinion. woald willingly accord To the
president day ar two. II neecSsary.
Tor it, consideration. The Indications
sccrn 10 D.. that the report will b. made
Pdhiic by the middle ol the present
week
The presence - Mr. Charles X FLINT
al the conference naturally gave infer
encc that the president aud his a,lvis-
erS were discussing the qur>tion 81 ac-
guiring additional ships Mr. Flint.
Who~s commercial interest, arc largely
with >puth American cuuntries, j. b,-
li.ve,i. in a measure. AZ least. e. rrprc-
sent Chilli and Argentina in any ncgs,,-
tiatious which arc under way for the
disposition ~ their war ycs,ei.. re-
porter asked Mr. FLINT IL h.. could say
whether or not the United States hal
secured p.s>ss,s~inn II the Chilian ship
uliigginS aud the Arrrntine ship san
MARITIME. bat he declined - make auv
statement a. - that particular fca-
turs - the snhpct. Whsn prs-ssrd fpr
saine Information ia regard Ia the mat
ter h. replied.
Both Chih and the Argentine be-
puhlsr have the warmsst Friendship
and admiration fsr the nited states
aud her institutions Neither country
h. anNiou, to -rii thcir ship> 80 tht>
g,,vvrnment, h.asiug this in.ii-F-ssitian
on th- h~ii.-f that ~r haFc an v2c..ll.ut
navy II oar own
Thev Nant these vessels themselves
IL the tinte shauld ,ssme however.
when ID WAS apparent that thu nits.l
state, nrs-slsri thee vss>-is they Nusiid
gladly part Nith them - us.
The attention of Mr. Flint was called
- the pal.liShsss rs.Fssrt that tb.. rnited
ststss would purchase the brazilian
tsrT-.io srssal-sa, Tnby. but this he
said txuaid n.t l.. dome. - far a. he
----s 1890. - 49,. s...-ss na ne1ssstiA-
tiras un,ier way - tha; effect
Asisi. frim the n-etinr 81 several
tn.'fnl-s.r~ of ths' cabinet at the White
lipu,.,. there xerv M iuetsleuts - inn
partaus-' during the 90
Jutlsv nar. Assistant rrssrctarr Ndrs..
Chief lcrS Mirhaei aud other official,
Ncrr At the department.. but tn j. has
b.rn quitr eptnmpu during the rccrut
mvn,h Al-n At the war aui navy de
psrtmentS a nnm'-sr II the chiefs 81
bureaus VERY Al their ds-slxs f,sr several
hours mainly far the purpose - dis
ps.-ina - the hu~5nsss which uerently
has accumulated ~ rapidly.
The INST Interesting topic of the day
was basel "a th. dispatches from ia-
vuna Indicating a prospective eoafer-
ence between zen. PAnslo and tsenerals
6arciA. tsatucx and othgr> 81 the tu>ur-
gent army. for thr Purpsse - Submit
ting "a the latter a formal offer - au-
tonorny The basis ~ autonomy. a.
outlinesi in the dispatches, apparently
found no crcslence with the officials of
the spanish legation. They stated
their disbvlirf that a conference GA the
proposed lines was probable aud added
that they had No information On the
subject Minister Polo 5 kernabe ~
pressed the opinion that the report
from Havana was unfoundcd. as he
said. the basis upon which II was pro-
posed Ia grant autonomy was absurd