The herald., 1898-03-20
INDEX
TO TELEaRAPH1c NEWS

+ England asks of Russia a guarantee 4
4, that warships Of the world will be ad- 4
+ mitted to Port Arthur free of duty. 4
+ Secretary Gage addresses the Pitts 4
+ burg chamber Of commerce.; he sings 4
4. the praises of the gold standard and 1
+ denounces the free silver fanatics. 4
1. Lord Salisbury's i'll health gives rise 4
r to rumors of changes in the English 4
4, cabinet, but no modification of the i
+ foreign policy is expected to result. 1
+ Department officials at Washington 4
+ are still anxiously waiting the report 1
+ of the Maine court of inquiry, and the 1
1. making of definite plans will be post-d
+ poned until 1t is received. 1
4, w. ]. Wallace, the latest arrival !
4. from Dawson, brings a moderate for 4
1. tune with him and reports plentiful .
+ food supply and frequent stampedes /.
+ caused by reports of new strikes. 1
+ The British bark Ancyra sails into .
+ the harbor at New York city, the crew .
+ suffering from brutal treatment BY .
+ officers and scurvy raging as result .
1. of poor food and not enough Of 1t. !
+ Cuban insurgents rejoicing over a .
+ report. which is probably untrue, that 1
+ General Pando has been captured; at .
4. any rate, however, the generals cam 1
4, paign in Santiago de Cuba has proved 1
4, a dismal failure. !
r The house passes the postoffice ap- .
4. preparation bill without reducing the .
+ compensation of railroads for trans !
+ portation of the mails; on motion of !
4, Mr.. Dingley, war material imported ,
+ from abroad will be allowed to come !
+ in free of duty. 4.
r Spanish diplomats appeal to the .
+ monarchs of Europe for aid against I
4. the United States; Francis Joseph Of .
+ Austria is willing to help, but nobody .
1. else seems anxious; German legfslat- .
i. ors preparing to strike another blow .
+ at American meats.
+ All references to Anglo-Saxon alli- .
+ ance received in a very friendly spirit .
+ by masses and classes Of England; /
+ editors comment on the awakening /.
+ Of race feeling in the face Of real or .
r fancied danger of European coali- !
r tion against an English-speaking peo- .
+ pie. 1
+ President McKinley's policy regard .
r ing Cuban affairs has not changed. !
4. Spain having proved her inability to .
+ establish autonomy, the time for in .
r tervention has arrived; the Maine at .
+ fair is separate question:; Spain must .
+ make disavowal Of completely. pay in .
r demnity or go to war.
r While the report of the Maine court 4
r of inquiry has not been filed, its chief !
r features are known; many theories .
+ were advanced to account for the ex-.
+ plosion, but the work Of the divers 1
+ proves all to be untrue except the as .
r sertion that the damage was done by !
r an external submarine mine.
4, Three of the surviving officers of the 1
+ Maine arrive at Washington; they do 4
+ not bring the report of the court Of 4
+ inquiry, and are reticent about ex- 4
+ pressing opinions concerning the ex- 4
+ plosion. Department officials grow I
+ impatient for the report, but improve I
+. the time by making preparations for I
+ war; good prospect for securing war
+ ships from South American countrtes;d
+ Of warships. 4
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