, 1898-03-30

American opinion regards this as u menace
Initiating war ,and Therefore fayors attacking
The squadron en- route.
A Washington correspondent Of q New
York paper reports that The State D part
lnent regards the above as designed for
effect upon the Spanish elections The
same correspondent states hat Secretary
Long has bought y yachts and tugs for
picket boats.
Captain Sampson has relieved Admiral
Sicard who has been invalided from the com
lnand of the North Atlantic squadron.
The Commercial Bulletin reports that the
Custom House authorities claim The highest
countervailing duty upon sugar arriving
without "A crltiicate Of origin. The question
was raised upon a hundred thousand dollar
cargo from DemeraIa. Precisely Similar
other cargocs have passed without question,
and the intention is not to exclude De1nelara
but to prevent Tie evasion Of cOunteryailing
duties.
Other Washington u VS. states that Senator
GallingrI, who has fuSt returned from Cuba,
speaking in the Senate. wildly depicted tile
horrors aud suffrrings Of tile reconcentrados
in Cuba. referring to the "Maine' disaster,
when he de, Jared chat il government that
would deliberately StarYe 100000 Of it's own
people would do pretty nearly anything, the
galleries rang with applause. He fuIthor
said that the lives Of brave Americans.
if purpoSrly taken, cannot be paid for in gold
tr silver, and that the time had now come
for Spain to refine from the Western Hemis.
pherc.
Senator Bacon intI oduced n peace rcsolu-
ton in The present crisis, 50 long as consistent
with national honor.
London news states tbat Sir Thomas Smith,
surgeon extraordinary 10 The Queen, who had
foaN Colla,1 fr consultation il, Mr. GloAetapo'a
ease, confirms the report that he is suffering
~inteuse pain and is very i'll.
A CaiIo despatch reports that a sharp ca
Nniry skiruish between the Egyptian troops
and the pelvIshes has taken place
eleven miles up the Atbara River. The lat
tel were repulsed with heavy loss. Eight
Egyptians were killed and several wounded.
A despatch from Rome reports that the
Chamber Of Deputies have adopted by a vote
ri 80 to 70 the Commuters report recon-
menling political censure against SIgnor
CrispI for completely in the Bank Of Naples
scandals and illegal tratfickiug in decorations;
lie will not be prosecuted.
London, 26th-Ihe boai race between
OxfoId md Cambridge to day resulted IN the
former winning 10y 6 lengths.
The race for the Grand National Steepls.
chase, RIM at Aintree, Liverpool, yesteIdny,
resulted as follows: Droghedo, Isl; Cothal, 2nd;
Gauntlet, 3rd.
New York. March 28th.-LondOn news an
nounces the death Of Mr.. James Payn, the
we'll known author.
IN the House of Commons the Under Soc
ietnry Of Stnte for Foreign Affeirs stated Tint
the telegram from Pekin, published by the
Times, announcing that China had occeded
20 the demands Of Russia (vii6 Saturdays
bulletin). had not been confirmed.
The report is nevertheless generally be.
lirved in London.
The "Graphic" is the only Government
paper that is satisfied, and it thinks that if
England gets compensatlons Lord Salisbury
is right in not making it a casus belli.
A despatch from Shanghai reports that the
Chinese soldiers and Mandal ms are hurried
~ leaving Port Arthur.
Other far Eastern news states that Russia
having agreed not to interfere in Corea, Jn-
pan has asseuted 20 Russia acquiring the
L~iaotung ports.
A Madrid telegram reports that the Spanish
Court of Inquiry into the Maine" disaster
finds that she was destroyed by an acciden.
tai internal explosion.
Washington news however states that the
United States Court has decided that the
ship was destroyed by u primary external
explosion, probably II sub mari" mine. fol-