Middletown Daily Argus from Middletown, New York • Page 1

I ARGUS MIDDLETOWN DAILY ARGUS. ARGUS once. BM! Wort, toff Ml ftten. VOL. XX11I.

NO.6,615. MIDDLETOWN, N. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6,1898. 30 CENTS PEB MONTH, PEIGE 2 CENTS OUR TRADE on lie 1st Bay ol until! IF PRICES, Variety ot Stock and Close Atteniion to the Wants of the Public Would Do It. We are more than satisfied with the result.

We have been compelled to add three more clerks to our force, and yet we have not been able to get out our goods as promptly as we would like. Two "Weeks More of Our Great SALE, But onr greatest of all cuts will be in our FURNITURE Department during April. Small dealers through the country are asking how we do it at the price. Our warerooms are just runnJBg over with new and up-to date goods in every line. It will pay yen to trade with us--The Bigr House Furnishing Store of Orange County.

C. EMMET CRAWFORD 44-46 NORTH STREET, MIDDLETOWN, N. Y. ALSO NEWBURGH, PORT JERVIS AND MATTEAWAN. The Buttons Don't Come Off," The Linings Don't Rip." "They Hold Their Shape." "They Fit Like Custom Cloihes" IS The above remarks aie aome of the pleasant things we hear about onr Cloth ing.

ALL I ASK IS TO HAYE YOU LOOK. Full Line of Furnishings. $1.25. iSOLE AGENl'S YOUNG'Si BATS, CHAS. WOLFFS SON, The Oldest Established and Most Reliable Clothier in the City, No.

43 James Street, Near Erie Depot, Middletown, Y. Special in Gloves Adler's Dress Gloves 69 Cents a Pair. For Easter--New and nobby Neckwear! All the new colors and all the new styles. High class Neckwear in Puffs, Four in-Hands, Imperials and Tecks, 36 CENTS EACH OB 3 FOB $1. Cheaper grades at 15c each and 22c each.

Boys' and Children's Clothing! To increase onr trade in this department, we have made exceptionally low prices daring Easter week. All the clothing our own make. Look us oyer before you buy. We are pleased to show you whether you wish to buy or not We return the money cheerfully for any goods bought by simply asking for it. Thin In oar If ark.

PUBLIC BOTICE. The Water Commissioners or the city of Mid- iJlttown, ha delivered to the Common Council of said city the following statement, to wit: OFFICE OP THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, CITY or MIODLETOWX, if. T. February To the honorable Common Council of the City ofMiddletown: UDdergtsned Board of Water Commissioners of the city of Middletown, N. i deem that the Interests of the city rwll for and require the expenditure of for the m- largement and improvement of the nater worts ot tnte city, for the purpose of supplying the city purer water, jnd more of it.

The supply of water in the present reservoirs is not sufficient to accomplish the purpose. We, therefore In aciordance with section seventeen, title twelve, of the act imorporailnK the city of Mtddietown, submit the following state- meat In regard to gnch proposed increased supply of water and the probable cost ot the same. propose to build a small dam or catch basin on the Shawannrnnk Kill, about SOO feet above the Hope mill pond, and carry the water through an open canal a distance of about 2Hi miles to a point abTut SOO feet above the Monnt Hot rosd. where it croi-sen the Shavran- frink Kill Valley, rhis being a suitable location for a fllter and at the nead of the proposed reservoir, which wi 1 be obtained by baildiuff a cam about miles faitbe down the Little Shawaugnnlc Kill to an el'-vadoii not less than fltty feet above the flow line of MonhaRea Lake. Said reservoir will cover ahout 110 acres, and a capacity of aboni 700,000 COO (ra'lons.

Wt propoee to convey the wnter -rom this reservoir to Mcnhagrn Lake throuuh a twenty inch pipe, a distance of about eighteen thousand feet, also connect said pipe with ihe present ttt.v mains, giving additional pressure for emergencies We estimate tiie probable cost of the above to he hundred and seventy-are thons md dollars D. A I T. TOMPKIXS. GEORGB WEST. Water Commissioners.

F. DICKS. And thi 1 said Common Council being of the opinion that the interests of the city require the expenditure of the sum of money specified In said statement for the objects and for the reasons in said statement set forth, NOW, Iv'OTICE IS I that on the 22d dav of April. 1 a aper- IB! election or appropriation meeting will held at the Common Council rooms. Times Bullclinir.

corner of King and Centre streets, In said city of Mlddletown, New York, from two o'clock In the afternoon until olnlit o'clock In tie evening of that oay. at which the question whether the snid sum or snms specified in said statement shall be raised or not will be submitted to the qualified voters for their determination. Da'ed Middlotown, New York. March By order of the Common Council. CHARLES I i President I.

B. A. TA1 LOR, City Clerk. d30 lifci OIETQWN.N.Y, 111 INEVITABLE. All Hope ol Peace Now Seems to Have Been Abandoned.

MEDIATION IS REJECTED Insurgents Will Not Grant an Armistice While They Can Fight. AMERICANS ARE LEAVING CUBA, Botn Flaying a Waiting Game--General Lee Been Ordered to Leave Havana--The Government Now Ready, Whatever May Happen. WASHINGTON, April Of hediation on the part of the European powers continue to be circulated, but i summary of all the news on this point Is that the powers of Europe cannot Igl' that. rfe rid- FOR SALE! Hit! City lilts OD the YonoEiili Albert street, Harrison Lincoln etreit, Beatt'e and Urnnd avenn-s Every street properly (traced nnd aweptml by the city, Rftwers, city water, Rns, etc these eipennlTf pcrman.n by the mcny sold nnd the handsome hottsen erected. Not a ritcnnt ITOUSK on the tract.

Snlwn qnlckly made It Any are uttrrei). In locatlort to the rallrondn, bnnlrKwn section, churrhni Hictr1c cuni and fit. that thn prlrm ira nil If ton In witnt of a hetore buy Twms MMJ md low. or Bull Yonngblood, City OroMrt, Worth port be unacceptable to the government of the United States. The recall of General Lee, our consuls ind other Americans In Cuba is a matter of concern to the state department, but advices from General Lee Indicate rhat this would take some time and apparently showed that he did not share in the apprehension felt here.

Unusual activity was manifest yesterday ind last evening at the foreign embas- lies and legations 'representing the great powers of Europe- These representatives are: The British embassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote; the French em- oassador, M. Cambon; the German em- bassador, Dr. von Holleben; the Italian sharge d'affaires, Count Vinci, and the A-ustrian minister, Mr. von Hengelmul- ler. These officials were kept fully advised from their foreign offices, and it was expected that a concerted movement would be made almost any moment.

About midday the British embas- tador went to the French embassy and erred with M. Cambon on the si tuition, and shortly after Count Vinci ivas at the British embassy. Again at 5 o'clock it was understood that the French embassador and Austrian min- conferred with Sir Julian at the British embassy. But while confer- snces were thus going on and apprehen- lion was keen over an anticipated move could not be learned that any actual of mediation had eventuated. The German embassador.

Dr. von Holleben, appeared to be the only one not actively participating in the con- Terences yesterday, but there is reason to believe he is kept fully advised on the lentiments at Berlin concerning the Spanish situation. Accompanying tne diplomatic comment was an undercurrent of suggestion that developments ji Cuba were not unlocked for and that the pressure of the powers and the pope on Spain might yet bring about an armistice in which both Spanish troops ind insurgents would participate. View- sd from the official standpoint here, the lime for that has gone by. and there is little likelihood that the insurgents be induced to lay down their arms sven for a time.

The Spanish minister, Senor Polo Bernabe, did not take part in any of the diplomatic conferences, nor did he have occasion to visit the state department. If the negotiations have taken my new direction, it has been between Minister "Woodford and the authorities it Madrid and not at 'Washington. An important conference of conservative senators was held, when it was determined that in ease the foreign relations comrmttee did not report in accordance i the president's recommendations there would be a long debate upon the resolution reported, and unanimous action by the senate could not be expected. A general belief was expressed when the house adjourned last nig-ht that a majority of the house committee on foreign affairs was ready to support Mr. McKlnley's plan, and the impression prevailed that a resolution in line with the recommendations of the president ivould be reported from the committee.

It may take a day for congress to report and adopt the resolutions, which ret are subject to an amendment, but lot much further time will be occupied. The importance of striking quick and hard is appreciated by the legislative ind executive branches, which already ire in consultation as to the best means 5f providing the sinews of a war that promises to be costly, although short ind decisive. A bill will be reported from the ways ind means committee of the house authorizing the president to make a popular loan of $100,000,000 or more to keep the treasury revenues up to the extra- srdinary demands soon to be made up- sn them. An increase in internal taxes will be embodied in a bill that will dou- Dle the tax on beer and in all probability tax coffee and tea, together i a itamp tax that can be adjusted to various articles. It is thought that tha seer and stamp tax i i all the money needed to supplomont popular 'oans, there being some objection to a report to a taxation that i increase the cost of every day food supplies.

I a i received at department from Consul Lfe at Havana docs not indicate a he fards himself or thp other consular officers In Cuba In any special rtnngpr at this time, and In rpplj- to the suggestion that It might bo expedient (or htm to hasten hid departure hf informed the department that About ten days frould for througltout the Inland to for In CAM of nitwit HHHMtttWM to ana nas given mm full authority go to whatever expense is necessary, the hiie of vessels that may ic neoessaiy to secure that end. General Miles said that the only regiment far ordered to Chickamauga was the Twenty-fifth regiment of col- sred infantry, and so far as the present intentions are concerned they are to stop there only temporarily on their way to Key West and Dry Tortugas, to vvhich place they were originally ordered about ten days ago. was no cabinet meeting at the White House last night, but several of the members spent the evening, with the president and Mrs. McKinley. There were present Secretary and Mrs.

Bliss, Judge Day and Mrs. Day, Secretary and Miss Long, Attorney General and Secretary Gage. Representative Cannon and Charles Emory Smith called in the course of the evening. There have been no further negotiations with Madrid, but the president has kept in close touch with Minister 'Woodford and Consul General Lee. Assistant Secretary of State Adee, the cipher expert of the department, was present and messages passed, but of their source or tenor nothing was given out.

The administration confesses anxiety as to the situation in Havana, and constant communication is kept up with General Lee in fear of a possible outbreak. It is thought over 1,000 Americans will be eager to leave Havana tomorrow. To care for this crowd there are the Fern, the Bache and the Mangrove, all government vessels, and the passenger steamers Olivette ana Mascotte. netn- er any armed vessel from the Key "West squadron will be at hand when the exodus begins could not be learned, but it was said at the White House that "all Americans would be well cared for." SENATORS ANXIOUS FOR WAR. pedo flotilla wilt oe here soon and that the cruisers have- come to protect it on its way to Cuba.

The harbor of San Juan is recognized among naval men as the best point at which Spain could I put the flotilla for strategic purposes. and it is a matter of wonderment that the United States did not take action before the Spanish departed from Havana. Once in harbor the flotilla will be safe, it can dodge through tortuous among the islands where no can interfere with it and be out and away toward Cuba before United ships could solve the problem of whereabouts. Xo Chftnee of an Armistice, WASHINGTON. April Btate- ment has been made by a public man in close touch with the administration that the effort to secure a settlement of the war between Spain and the insurgent Cubans through an armistice had come to a definite conclusion and failure, ancl that the fault was due to the refusal of the government of the United to remove its fleet from Key West.

According tq this statement, Spain made removal a condition precedent to her offering an armistice with the end in view of granting the independence ot Cuba, and when the proposition was brought to the attention of the administration it was met with refusal, though not until after it had been seriously considered. The congressional opponents of a war policy, who had counted upon the acceptance of this condition by the United States, admit that the Spanish 3tlsrale Must Ettd Once--Instant- Action to Be Demanded, April United States ought to immediately declare war against Spain and to maintain that war until the people of Cuba are made free from Spanish starvation and cruelty and the government of the island firmly established as an independent republic." This utterance by Senator Chandler of New Hampshire in a carefully prepared statement of his position on the Cuban crisis was the climax of an extended discussion of the subject participated in by several members in the senate yesterday afternoon. Speeches had been, delivered by Mr. Turner of Washington, Mr. Harris of Kansas and Mr.

Kenny of Delaware, all of took strong ground for vigorous action by the United States. Indeed, Mr. Turner took substantially the same position as that of Mr. Chandler, basing his demand for action upon the Maine catastrophe. Profound attention was attracted by a speech delivered by Mr.

Turpie of Indiana, one of the members of the foreign relations committee. Briefly but scathingly he reviewed the Spanish conduct of Cuban affairs and declared in the strongest sterma for intervention that would mean something--tnat would drive Spain from control of every foot of territory In the western hemisphere. The speech was a clear, concise statement of the position in which this country has been placed by Spanish outrages, insults and crimes. At the conclusion of the speeches on the Cuban question the senate resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill, the only important progress made being the addition in slightly modified form of the committee amendments suspending the forestry reservation proclamation of 1897. WHAT THEY SAY IN MADRID.

outlook for peace has grown almost hopeless since this determination was reached. The Pope's mediation. ROME, April was an active exchange of telegrams yesterday afternoon between the Spanish minister for foreign affairs. Senor Gullon, at Madrid, and Mgr. Merry del Val, the I private chamberlain, with the view of drawing up, with the consent of the pope, the exact terms of the armistice for Cuba, which will be proposed, It la said, by the pope Immediately after tha terms are drawn up, and the hope expressed at the Vatican that it be agreed to by the authorities at Washington.

In clerical circles it appears to be understood that President McKinley may bring pressure to bear upon the insurgents to induce them to accept an armistice, and it is understood that holy see will then exert similar ence through the ppiscopacy in Spaniards Abandon All Hope of Peace. Conservative Predict War. LONDON, April The Madrid correspondent of The Times says: "The horizon blackens once anew, and congress is the cloud which grows more imminent. The reported-mediation -of the pope sent stocks up yesterday with a rush. Today they may fall back just as swiftly.

The London correspondent of La Epoca sees reason for declaring that President McKinley has not communicated with his holiness, and La Epoca is not an alarmist organ. "The talk of a'-mistice had done something toward i i calm, although armistice is a i no magic word per se, but a verbal expression for a pact struck by at Irast militant partiefi. Today it is being remembered that before the armistice projected in Cuba can become an accomplished fact no fewer than five parties must be consulted in some form or other. These are the Vnited States, the Autonomists of Cuba, the Autonom'sts of the mother country, the government of the mother country and the is in thf field. "It has been usual of late, perhaps unreasonably usual, to a i every sinister impression to a jingo source No imputation whatever of jingoism can be attached to Kl Liberal, is ministerial, deliberate ancl unpcnpa- tional, and has stood by the government in every detail of their procedure until Quite recently.

Yesterday Kl Liberal said it 'foarej the ray of lipht served only to show the darkness and that the i i thread leading the way out of the labyrinth i.s The effect of the Cuban cabinet's manifesto to the i is regarded hero as doubtful, for similar experiments have been tried before and unsuccessfully." SPANISH SHIPS AT SAN JUAN. Thoy i fiuurtl the Torpedo Flotilla, Wblcti In to Soon. SAN Puerto Rico, April Spanish cruisers Vlr.cnya and AI- Otjuenilo, i sailed from last Friday, arrived here yesterday arc at anchor In the harbor. They were received inlth the greatest i As noon tin they had reached their ICM they vlnlted br thf of the colonial frnvrrnmcnt. and whole dajr at on and UM Work Abroad WASHINGTON, April efforts to purchase ahipajund.

munitions of war abroad have bepn abandoned by government, and instructions have been sent to Commander Wlllard H. Brownson, the special representative of the United States engaged in that duty, to return home without delay. The naval authorities think it is unwise to maka further purchases on account of likelihood of a speedy resort to hostilities. Ships secured by the United States might be captured in crossing: the Atlantic, and war munitions would also be likely to fall into the hands of the enemy. Commander Brownson will probably have command of a fast auxiliary cruiser.

The Bancroft In Drydock. BOSTON, April United States ship Bancroft was put in drydock at the Charlestown navy yard yesterday. Commodore Hovvison said that a new plate was to be put in the ship's bottom and that various fittings in the Interior which were used for educational purposes while the Bancroft was a practice ship for the naval cadets were to be taken out. The ship will not remain in drydock more than a day or two. The Machias is still waiting for ammunition from York, and will probably not leave for the south frfr two days.

Jtnapp In Command of the LONDON. April John J. Knapp took command of the new American cruiser Diogenes yesterday, transferring the command of the new torpedo boat Somers to Acting Ensign C. W. Hazelton.

The Diogenes has gone to Weymouth, and the two vessels will sail for New York together. It is feared they will be unable to start before Friday, as the Diogenes must take on a arpo of a i i at Weymouth. The German crew that brought the Somers from the Sehiehau yards will bej replaced by an American crew. Actions of hpanfsh LONDON. April Chronicle- prints a report that one or two Spanish warships are off Queens- tou Jn tne a of vessels plying between the i States and Great i a i If this report is correct, the presence of the warships has possibly some connection i the disabled torpedo lioat Auiluz.

which is being repaired at Watertord. Spiiln Stnnll WASHINGTON, A i information was rer-eived at navy department yesterday from th American embassy in London that Spain had contracted for the prompt delivery of 200,000 stand of small arms from Vickers Sons Maxirn and that orders had also been placed for large a i i of ammunition for weapons. Flylnir to Sull at Last. WASHINGTON, April flyinjf squadron, under command of Commodore Schley, will move on the Canaries i i 21 hours. This is the profrramma of the navy department.

It Is both a reply to i a of the torpedo flotilla nnd (loot of cruisers toward our shores and i i a to a blow at the sea power of Spain. It uwNVMowI (feat lown From rOX, April Lieutenant Coffi- mfvrvl.T ell. the United StatM ixww and for weeks and te broken down. will London imnwdlattly to NEWSPAPER! SPAPER.