Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-04-15
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

| Ilorato S. Rubens, counsel for the Cuban
! Junta, declared the Cubans could not ac-
cept amy interference by the United States
which did not include absolute indepcnd-
, ence for Cuba, and if American troops
were landed IN Cuba on other terms would
as a last resort resist them by force OF arms
The Junta promptly repudated the last
part of the statement.
Special reports show that nearly every
State in the Union is preparing for war.
Militia is being recruited to full strength,
equipments are being overhauled and sup
plies got ready Preparations for quick
mobilization are being made. Many COM
panies of volunteers are being organized.
Several States have provided war funds for
emergency
The man who made for Spain the mine
which he is convinced blew up the Maine,
J. p. Gibbons, of London, cablcd signed
statement. lie says it was a ground mine
containing 800 pounds of guncotton. and
c uld not possibly have been exploded cx-
ccpt 10y am officer of the Spanish Govern
mont.
Representative Lorrimcr, of Illinois, says
General Lee told Captain Siesbec that
when tine Maine wa, blown up hc electric
lights iu Havana were cXtinguishcd. show
bg electrical connection with the dcstlylr-
tiu of tle lattc,Hp. General Lee will
tell what hc knows, To Congress.
Minister Woodtord says that delay is
making tor peace i'm Spain, but all reported
fact, point to a growing conviction there
that war is inevitable. The General has
been instructed N the State Department
to leave Madrid when he sees ft
Thc Sea. York Life Insurance Counauv
has offered tine Government loan of SlO.-
0 O.OuO ou its oNn terms An official I'm
thr Nuh-lro5~wY ,ay, that Ncv York CITY
would probably r pond to a war call with
lean of ~2OnUU0. 500.
Most of the Ships of Spain, navy are
gathering at Cadiz. B1t instead of any
squadron being ordered to American
WatD,. neither squadron assembling at
CJdl j, anywhere near ready for SEA.
much less .rG-hm4.
ul-Cmmaulor Mark. of the YER
mont. and judge Advocate of the Maine
Board of Inquiry, has been ASSIGNED to
command tlc steam Yacht SOVEREIGN. tn Inc
h'"' INTO a. '-hJ armofod cruiSor Wd le-
h'ih,t 'hr Nc'il I'n.
john Stewart Grossly. OF Baltimore. has
Offered property worth s7o,00l for the
establishment of a school for the orphans
ana ahomc for the widows OF the men who
persisted ol Tine Maine.
\ large quantity of submarine mine
q d
month before t"e arrival OF the Maine. 1t
then Disappeared Its disposition has not
been made known
The work of planting mines in Hampton
Roads has begun Officers OF the flying
squadron received advices from Washing
ton thai war was matter Of only two or
Vhiee uaI''
The fertilization Of New York harbor has
been pushed so rapidly within seven weeks
that nav i eXparts declare that city as safe
from 'hc a''"cA Oh any foreign Heet "a
On'c'S"
Inc battleship Texts started for lamp
ION ROADS Improvements have been made
Al n'' '"diP' nlecn"i''S'i ana ammunition
holS'S' Inc NaSho"er Is almost ready ior
'c"
line uhl'ed states may purchase the new
Olllliall cruiser higgins IL a price can be
,I "l',I'. 1'ini !, a"'O - oe uloher'iS
r,, ''''' pam,
TP"''l ue"I"lioeu tp"V 'ne American neet
nrncoIont to the c,ami~a nf ~, ar,,ia,inotn
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