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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24
Among Our Exchanges.
POcahontas Times:

POcahOntaS Times:
Died at Warrington, November 18th,
Thomas Jefferson Criser, aged 68 years
and 8 months. He was born in Rock
bridge county, near Panther Gap,
March 10, 1880. During the war he be-
longed to the Bath Squadron and was
faithful soldier. He lived many
years on Morris Hill, in Allegheny
county.9
| Died at Linwood, last Sunday, the
18th, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Hamilton, aged about eighteen
months, of fever. The interment took
place on Monday.
I Married at Warrington, November
10th. by Rev. w. 7. Price, Mr.. George
Fl. Jackson and Miss Delilah Hartford
Kellison, all of Pocahontas. The bride
is daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
KellisOn.
The election resulted in favor OF the
following county officers: For the Leg
slature, 1. B. Moore; County Commits
: sioner, A, Barlow; County Superintend
ent. Jas. w. Warwick.
II The wire is being stretched from Dris-
col to Frost. Several private phones
will be placed between the two points
, along Knapp's Creek. 1t is believed
| that by spring communication will be
extended between Frost and Monterey
/ and between Driscol and the Warm
Springs.
Miss Ann Moore, aged about 80 years
and who made her home with Hanson
Auldridge. near Edray, died Sunday
morning at o'clock, from bursting a
blood vessel.
About 5 clock Saturday evening she
had occasion to climb fence, and jump
ed to the ground on the other side. AS
she struck the ground she felt an in
= tense pain in the head which grew more
land more severe until sac died. She
was conscious until about an hour be
: fore her death About 10 O'Clock he
friends became alarmed and sent for
doctor, but she was dead before on
= lcould be brought.
The deceased was daughter OF tn
!, late VIM D. Moore, on Elk, and was
hat sister of Jacob s. Moore, the pres
'e ldent of the board of Education.
j. Bridgewater Herald:
IS Col. A. S. Fulton, of Mt. Meridian
s, was in town day or two this week.
= Miss Wilson, of Swoope's Depot,
10 the guest of MI. and Mrs. j. Newto
= Wilson.
Il Ed. Gentry, of Richmond, and Cha
70 Ralston, of Slower, Augusta count
20 were visitors at J. F. Brauburn's OF
or day this week.
e. &C. Brown, of Dunsmore's Busine
u College, spent Saturday and Sunday
he his home here.
al B. A. Kiracofe and wife, of Mt. Solo
n were guests of Capt. S. H. Webb
e. Sunday.
Il. Thomas Newman, of Staunton. WI
10 visiting here last Sunday.
~ Miss Sadie Davies spent Sunday
u SamI Forrer's on Messy Creek.
10 Miss Mary Crone, sister of Mrs. A. n
- WhitIock, who has been visiting frient
and relatives at Staunton and Laur
Hill, returned home last Thursday.
A series of meetings will begin at tt
oe Presbyterian church Sunday mornln
eo Nov. goth. The Rev. J. E. Booker,
H. Hebron church, is expected to preat
IN during the meetings, The co operatio
~ of all christians is earnestly sought
VI this work, and the community cordia
'n ly invited to all services.
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News has reach ID this city that Gen.
Thomas L. Rosser has been appoints d
Sanitary Engineer for Cuba in the room
and stead of Col. George Warning who's {
sad death WAS chronicled only a short
time since Our informant says th2t
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The following letter has been received
by Mrs. M. E. Plant, of this city, from
her son, Paul who is member of Co.
K. 4th U. S. Vol. Infantry, at Mama
milo, Cuba. 1t is quite full of facts,
and will be read with interest by S
friends:
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-11-24

The wire is being stretched from Dris-
col to Frost. Several private phones
will be placed between the two points
along Knapp's Creek. 1t is believed
that by spring communication will be
extended between Frost and Monterey
and between Driscol and the Warm
Springs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-28

of the former glory OF those Ia
nous Sunday and Thursday even
ing functions only because they ar
so different. Central Park about
Isabella statue was deserted last
Thursday night. There were at
least score of seats available for
every auditor. Two years ago,
even when Gomez was at the very
gates of Havana, there were seen
here on these nights eager pleas
e-seeking throngs almost block
ing traffic halfway across the
prado. There were laughter, mer-
riment, filtration and smiles.
"Where are all the people gone? ~
! said to a Spanish officer as
glanced at the long array of empty
chairs and noted that the most pop
ular cafes on the prado were
almost equally deserted. My Span
ish acquaintance lighted cigarette
and answered: "Alas, to theiI
graves many of them"
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Statement to Be Given Out
Soon by the Navy
Department.
In the Face Of Evidence Of
Treachery Officials Will Say
the Disaster Was Due to
an Accident.

same In the list Of those writing to-
day c. c. Pulls of Kearney, graduate
of the State University, who was rec
commended as able to receive a COM
mission in the regular army for his pro-
ficiency in military science and tactics,
is another. DR.. j. H Downing of Waco
offers his services in any capacity.
while William Neve Of Omaha proposes
to raise a regiment of Danish born
American citizens, who will be all
trained soldiers from the State
The Adjutant-Generals office has re-
ceived joint letter from H. H. BOwker
and |. j. Oviatt, veterans of the War
of the Rebellion, who distinctly state
that they offer to enlist as privates,
and that their age, 81 and sc years re-
spectively, will not prevent them from
again serving their country.
Altogether offers to raise regiments
that will aggregate 10000 men have
thus far been received by Governor
Holcomb. All are placed on file and
careful data sent to General Coppinger,
commanding the Department of the
Platte
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CARIBBEAN SEA
BADLY NEEDED
Required by the United
States to Protect Her
Interests.
Sobral Wrote Upon This Sub
ject and the Nicaragua
Canal.
From a Strategic Point of View the
Command of Southern Waters
Is Necessary.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK. Feb. PA Washing
ton special to the Herald says: The
United States looks upon the Caribbean
Sea the same as England looks upon
the Mediterranean, and they go SO far
as to state these two seas are similar
in their history and their future. Ell
TEMPO, a Spanish organ published in
Madrid, credits these words to Lieu
tenant Commander Jose G. Sobral, the
Spanish officer who the Spanish lega-
ton here declared has been relieved
from duty as it's naval attache. Ell
TEMPO has published an article from
the pen of Sobral, which shows what
he has observed of American affairs. 1t
is also evident, according to officials of
the Navy Department, that he has
colored what he has learned. Ell
TEMPO says:
That the Caribbean Sea is from a
strategical point of view of as much
Importance to the United States and
other nations of the American CONT
nent and even some of the European
nations as the Mediterranean is to
England is a fact so we'll known that
it is not necessary to dwell upon it..
Some time ago we published under the
title, The Key of Panama. work by
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FESTIVE SABBATH AT
THE CUBAN CAPITAL.
Senator Proctor Attends a Bull Fight
and Makes Speech Which
Is Applauded.

Copyrighted 1885, by James Gordon Bennett
HAVANA, Feb. 27.-Suspension of
work on the Maine, a bull fight and the
fag end of a carnival combined to give
Havana a somewhat gay Sunday.
Senator Proctor was among the Ameri-
cans at the bull fight the star matador
of which was Mazzantini. In a speech
addressed to Acting Chief of Staff
General Solano, the Senator said he
hoped for peace through means of the
army. A tremendous outburst Of
cheering greeted the mention of the
army. The audience was one-half off,
GERS and soldiers.
Divers will resume the work of re-
covering the Names dead Tomorrow
and the big wrecking tug Jones is eXS
pected then also.
Senator Proctor and Captain Sigs-
bee dined with General Lee this even
ing. Mr.. Proctor goes to the east of
the island in a few days. but will go
leisurely, not expecting the report Of
the court of inquiry very soon.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-28
MADRID MUST
MAKE AMENDS
Ex-senator EdmundS on
the Position Of
Spain.
Will Have to Punish the Men
Who Wrecked the
Maine.
Theory of Government Connivance
Declared Too Horrible to Be
Entertained.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

NEW YORK, Feb. pa Philadel-
phia special to the Herald says: The
status of the Maine disaster as effected
by international law was Interestingly
discussed by United States Senator
George F. Edmunds at his home this
afternoon with Herald man.
While I have not been called upon
to study this instance with minute
care" Mr.. Edmunds said, there have
been cases which were similar, in their
effects at least, and to which my legis-
lative duties required me to give care
full attention. Above all, 1t seems to
me that American chivalry demands
that we exercise our finest and incest
sense of honor and dignity, and impute
nothing evil to the Government of
Spain unless most 1ncontroVertlble
facts demonstrate such necessity.
Our own Government is now with
out precedent of her own making in
the matter At the time of the Malta
riots in the State of Louisiana some
years ago, you will remember, the then
Secretary of State, James G. Blaine,
contended, and l think rightly, that the
death of a number of Italian subjects
was brought about by circumstances
so extraordinary that the Government
could not be expected to have foreseen
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A. T. Mahan, captain in the Ameri-
can navy. On the same subject Jose G.
Sobral, naval lieutenant of the first
class and attache of the Spanish lega-
ton at Washington, has published
wellwritten article In Revista General
de Marina.
In another article published by said
Sobral some time ago under the title
of The Nicaragua Canal he called at
tention to the aspirations of the North
American Republic in regard to the
Caribbean Sea, not for strategical rea-
sons only, but for its commercial ad-
vantage and for her own safety and
defense, hence we have to add that
Lieutenant Commander Sobrals words
are worth being taken into considera-
ton, especially under the present cir
cumstances. He says: The United
States covet naval supremacy in the
Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico; in
the former to obtain absolute control of
the future of the Nicaraguan canal; in
the latter in order to have a free road
from the mouth Of the Mississippi to
the Atlantic
at is difficult to close in a fleet in
the Caribbean Sea on account of its
many outlets; and it is this same diff
Guilty which makes 1t easy of access
Fertilization ON different islands bound
ing the Sea Of the Antilles to the west
would protect the ports were they to
be erected, but not the channels sep
arating them. For their protection a
large number of cruisers and ships
would be required.
THE interests Of England beyond the
Red Sea have caused her to fortify the
whole road that takes her shfps to
Bombay and Singapore and Hong
kong, with naval stations at Gibraltar.
Malta, Cypress. Alden and Penang.
These same interests the American
people see for the future not only in the
Caribbean Sea, but In the Gulf Of Mex
leo, ana this leads them on the same
lines as their brethren in Europe.
The chain of Antilles hampers then,
because 1t is in the way of the course
of their ships to Central and South
America. Key West is not sufficient
even In connection with the Dry Tor
tugas to insure the safety of the Flor
Ida channel as long as Havana belongs
to Spain.
"The Yucatan channels belong to
Spain and Mexico, so that American
merchant ships with their cargoes
from Galveston, New Orleans, Pensa
cola and Mobile would be endangered
In time of war while passing through
these two channels, and her fleet
would be very apt not to be able to go
to the assistance of the cities named in
case they were threatened by foreign
ships.
I'm order to go to the Caribbean Sea.
they have to pass between Cuba and
Hayti or between the latter and Porto
Rico and by ST. Thomas, Martinique
and st. Lucia, all of which islands are
under European flags. With what
safety could their ships pass from the
Atlantic to the Pacific in the event of
the opening Of the Nicaragua canal?
How COULD they maintain fleet In the
waters of the Caribbean Sea without
owning an island which would serve
them as base of operations?''
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their danger, and, therefore, could not
nave prevented it.
If, in view of these facts, the United
states sought out the real offenders and
brought them to the fullest justice, he
further insisted that all had been done
that the Italian Government could
properly demand. The offenders were
found, and an attempt was made to
brlng them to justice, but the condi-
lions were such and public opinion was
so preJudiced that 1t even affected the
states courts of Louisiana, and made
IT impossible to bring them to JUS
tlce. Then the President was author
lied by Congress to indemnify the wild
ows and children of the Italians who
were killed
This case and that of the Maine
disaster are analogous in their effect.
A great wrong has been done this ma
tlon, and many families have been
sadly broken. The battle-ship was on
a friendly visit to a friendly port, and
ali propriety demands that the fullest
restitution shall be made. If some
wicked person or persons were instru-
mental in bringing about an explosion
Wnlcn cost SO many lives, then the
Government of Spain must find them
and mete out to them the most severe
punishment which so cowardly crime
demands. If she does this. she has done
her duty, in my opinion. II she fails
10 90 so, then our national dignity will
force us to compel something else.
rms, OF course, is upon the assump-
ton that Spain as a Government was
neither instrumental nor had any
knowledge of the impending catas-
trophe. Anything else is too horrible
to contemplate. The dignity and
chivalry of United States forbid deal
ing In suspicious. An efficient board
or inquiry is investigating the matter
In an orderly and commendable man
ner, and when it has announced it's
hndlngs we must accept 1t as truth"
Asked as to what would be the prob
aDle result if the report of the board
or inquiry should show that Spanish
government officials were implicated in
a plot to destroy the Maine, Senator
Edmunds repeated that such an as
sumption was too horrible to think
about, unless it was finally shown to
be necessary
Spain could not afford to do any
such thing" he said. "She would for
ever lose all honor among the nations
or the earth. The strained relations
winch have existed between the United
states and Spain made 1t incumbent
upon Spain to. take the greatest pre-
cautions against accident to our ships
Wnen they visited the port Of Havana,
ana IT is only fair to assume that
Spain did her duty. Until more facts
are obtainable from an unquestionable
source we must be content to hope for
the best"
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the defense of New York; the Puritah
will be held at the entrance to Dela4
ware Bay; the Amphitrite at the en-
trance to Port Royal Sound; and the
squadron at Key West and Dry Tor
tugaS.
The turret armor for the battle-ships
Kearsarge and Kentucky will be fin
ished next month. The armor is divid-
ed into two groups. The first group
will be accepted or rejected on the
showing to be made by a plate taper
ing from seventeen to fifteen inches in
thickness, which will be shipped in a
few days to the Indian Head proving
grounds for a test. The plate will be
fired at with twelve-inch guns Imme-
diately after the launching Of the two
battle-ships next month the work Of
putting on their armor will COM
mence. 1t is expected that they will be
completed and in commission in about
year.
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AN OUTSIDE EXPLOSION
CAUSED THE DISASTER.
But Before Forming an Opinion the
President Wants to Secure All
the Facts.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The Heralds
Washington correspondent telegraphs:
There will be at least another week of
uncertainty of the cause of the Maine
disaster. All the information the au-
thorities have concerning the Court of
Inquiry is that contained in a dispatch
from Admiral Sicard received by the
Secretary of the Navy this morning,
announcing the arrival of the Man
grove, with the Court of Inquiry on
board, at Key West. I was told by one
of the officials who saw the dispatch
that it contained no reference as to the
progress of the work yesterday. or any
intimation as to when the court would
be likely to conclude it's labors. l was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-28

Key West. On the Pacific Coast the
positions of greatest Importance are
Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and
contingent on its projected improve
ments, San Pedro Bay. The conditions
at the entrance of the Columbia River
are similar to those at Delaware Bay
as respects its naval Importance. Ow-
ing to the great distances from this
coast to ports of any sea power except
those of Great Britain to the north
ward, an attack will be an attempt at
seizure of one of these ports. To meet
the enemy in these positions and hold
the lines of defense will be most i'm
portant work of the navy"
AS the Herald showed this morn
ing, the only harbors for which a naval
defense has not. yet been provided are
those on the Maine, Massachusetts and
Connecticut coasts. The Terror will ar
rive at the entrance to New York Bay
by Tuesday, and will be held there for
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war and if we have to fight this
matter out wish it might begin
soon. This protracted uncertainty
and suspense is unhealthy alike to
soldiers and civilians. We are
growing tired of it. Do | think we
could whip you? Well, like the
naval court gentlemen, pre-
fer not to discuss that question,
but in any case there would be
some good blood shed on both
sides, but then this eternal con-
troversy would at last be ended"
The city of Havana remains
quiet-quieter than usuaI-abnor-
mally quiet for carnival time. |
have been offered no affront and
have heard no harsh words spoken
to the many Americans who now
throng the Hotel Inglaterra, nor
have been reliably informed of
any such incident. That there is
disposition in the very loves
quarters to sheer at the fate of our
lost ship is undeniably true. One
of the small catch-penny attrac-
tons of continuous performance
has put forward a cheap so-calIed
dramatization of the Maine disas-
ter, but it is rather silly than often
sive.-
Havana people, especially their
women. remain home nights more
than they used to. Band nights
on the prado are now suggestive