The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-12

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nificant ocean steamers e Sud. e Rio.
Ell Norte and E Sol. and the officers to
whom they have been assigned are
Commander Willard II. Brownson,
now abroad engaged in pur-
chasing ships and supplies. Command
er Charles II. Davis. Commander Chas.
j. Train and Commander William II.
Emory Orders to these officers will
De issued tomorrow. No new ships
were purchased today. but the depart
ment has dIrected h board TO select
TWO vessels for distilTing ships and one
collier.
Savannah. Ga. April General A.
W. Greeley. chief OF the United States
signal service spent the day in Savan-
nah. gathering Information to be used
in the establishment Of a signal sta
ton at Tybee. the site Of the fortIfica-
tons at the entrance to Savannah har-
Dor. he left tonight for Atlanta
SBMINOLES FOR THE WAR
Jacksonville, Fla, April "A special
10 The Times Union and Citizen rrom
C~huckaluskee, Fla. says: n nun
dred Seminole Indians nave rendered
their services 10 the United States in
case OF war with Spain. The proposal
10 land an army at Matanzas 10 niarch
upon Havana would MAKE OF this force
d. most valuable auxiliary. whether
utilized as scouts or in actual battle.
The Seminoles have long been renown
ed as fighters and the present genera-
ton IS in no eSpec inferior 10 their
ancestors. Recent assurances that
the big chief Al Washington" would
alIot them a reservation in Florida in
stead Of exiting them 10 the west nave
made a great change in tpeir temper
toward this government anu the offer
is a proof OF this. Doubtless Tom
Tiger, the Tustenneggee OF the nation.
would lead the band and under him
would march young warriors OF blood
as pure, and descent as long as ever
honored the rolls OF European chivalry.
The chief himself boasts of ancestors
who fought Cortez in Mexico: Osceola's
grand son would follow: the son of
Billy Bowlegs, who never surrender
ID" Will join the band, and HoLalgu
of the Family Of the Wins will not be
last when the shot fly fast. One num-
dred of these warriors Will o retail
late upon Spain the injuries inflicted by
d Leon and Menendez and De Soto
and from the Pay-Hah COX EYED the
warrios of the primevial time Will
march to dispossess the discoverer OF
his last hold on the continent Columbus
gave to Spain. So will poetic justice
close one chapter in the history of the
new world and the first Floridans find
mention in the chronicles OF the clos
ing days of the century.
LAYING SUBMARINE MINES.
Norfolk, Va, April IA detachment
of twelve marine engineers from Will
lets Point, New York, arrived here to-
day TO lay cables and electrical appa
ratus for the mooring and operation
Of controlled mines in Hampton Roads.
A barge containing submarine mines.
apparatus, etc, is lying off Olu point
and was visited by the marine engi-
neers on their arrival here.
ALL QUIET IN HAVANA.
Washington, April "A telegram re-
ceived at the state department late this
afternoon from Consul General Lee re-
ported everything quiet in Havana.
General Lee thinks it probable that all
Americans in Cuba who desire 10 leave
the island will be able to do so, unless
something Unexpectedly should happen
suddenly to prevent them, by Satur-
day, when he will depart himself for
the United States.
PAPERS OF AMERICAN consul
LATE SENT TO BRITISH LIE
CATION.
Berlin, April THE Madrid CORE
spondent of the Cologne Gazette says:
The papers of the American consulate
have already been entrusted 10 the
care of the British consulate. At mid
night the pope made fresh confidential
representations to the Spanish govern
ment, and a second cabinet council was
then held. But the reply vas To the
effect that the pope's Intervention had
come too late, as a decision had al
ready been arrived at.
SPANISH VERSION OF NOTE OF
THE POWERS.
Madrid, April s. l a. m.-From a
source that is unofficial, but trust
worthy, it is learned that the cabinet
council tonight discussed Senior Polo
de Barnabe's telegram saying that the
European representatives in Washing
ton had delivered a collective note to
President Mckinley, the probable re-
suit of which would be a pacific Solu-
ton. The initiative of the note is sup
posed to have come from rance and
Russia.
The Spanish cabinet saw an appar-
ent connection between the note of the
powers, the papal nuncio'S action and
Cardinal Raenpolla's confidential tele-
gram late last evening, and thereupon
decided to send an official reply TO his
holiness, experimenting the previous
complimentary reply.
It is believed here now that the pow
ers' note explains the fact OF Presiden;
McKinley's p-ostponement of mis- mes
sage Until Monday, rather than the
pretext given QUITO enable Americans
to withdraw from Cuba prior TO hostil-
tiles.
This seems to bear out the informa,
ton sent to the Associated Press as &c
the tenor of the Heraldo's leading ar
ticle prior to its issue tonight.
(, NO THOUGHT OF WARM HAVANA
| Havana, via Key West, Fla, Apri
We may, Of course, 5e on the verge
Of momentous events but anything
more placid, not to say stupid, than tbs
present condition Of affairs here II
would be impossible to imagine. A
large majority seems to Anink that
everything is settled and that war is nc
longer possible.
So absolute is the dearth Of real new
while awaiting the action OF congress
that a commonplace accident las
night in the cafe Inglaterra was made
the subject of a governmental dispatch
from the colonial cabinet to Washing.
ington. One OF 'ce correspondence Ot
the Associated Press, when rising from
a chair dropped his revolver from his
pocket. A cartridge exploded. Be-
fore people could realize the triviaIity
of the incident there was considerable
excitement. People on the scene, now.
ever. soon laughed at the occurrence