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'izs rt porta of war measures. In SCENE IN HAVANA HARBOR. MAINE. would be willing to laid the United States by selling the worships before the com menceirent of war. SPAIX ALSO PREPARING.

tltInr for Every Purchasable arsblp In England. London, March 5. Spain is preparing for all contingencies, and surface indica tions lead many people here to believe that he Intends to make war on the United States should the latter country intervene in Cuban affairs. The Spaniards are negotiating for every purchasable warship in England and elsewhere, and are rushing into service all vessels of their own navy cruisers. Ironclads and torpedo boats which have been lying, idle at Cadiz and other porta.

While all this does not necessarily portend a declara tion of war against the United States, certain It is tuat" it means preparation for i an energetcy. "It has been known here for somfe time that the Spanish government, though really bankrupt as to ready mone, had been promised support hi case of hostilities with the Yankee. This aid was not promised by any nation as a na but by individuals who have already millions in, Spanish loans. French jbaakers have rees of Spanish bond i jautneu uwoj ui uieir vauiu. inese se curtUea are worth little now, but would ibe worth nothing if Spain should lose Cuba and her other colonial possessions: therefore, the bankers are.

It is said, urging Spain to protect them by defending her colonies to the utmost. For xhla purpose the bankers are re ported to. hare given the Castillans assurance that jnoneywill be forthcoming Wed in tha purchase and fitting out of warships. MDIATl6.V OR IXTERTKXTIOX. Tfce Oaly Hope foe Eadlaar tke "War t.

fare la Cab, New Tork, March 6. Spanish authority la; Cuba Is strengthened a little against attacks from within the presence of warships, says' the Havana correspond ent of the Tribune. They give Captain General Blanco meari, of repressing in ternal disorder that has heretofore been lacking to the government. The volunteer and the popusjee. who have been rejoicing over the, coming of the ships because or 'tne supposed enect on the United States have not I thought of it In this light: They may I see its bearing later If they attempt aj hostile demon siraiion.

Bat whiie Blanco is measurably reas sured against attacks frord his own people, no Aprogress Is made In preventing assaults from i without" nor are the in surgents showing a willingness to yield any of the advantages they have gained. hilt recruits ior Spanish army continue to arrive from Spain, their com ing seems to inspire no dread in the In surgents, who, are alike Indifferent to persuasion and to force, efforts at persuasion by the au tonomist cabinet are proceeding, yet it not.be said they: are" making oroa; resg. Goyln Dolx dominate the cab lnet, for It ia known that they repre sent the Sagasta willingness to make further concessions. The Conservatives In Cuba growl at. this farther weakening of Spanish sovereignty Just as they, growled at the original conces sion of autonomy, but they do not open iy repudiate it.

The 'Censorship Is too strict to allow much expression of ion on their What the Intransl gentes think or what they might do, Is of 'little consequence long as the insurgents are not entertaining the propositions which' the autonomist cabinet is willing to make on behalf of the Sagasta ministry. Me dlatloa or Iatervenittoa Gomes is in Santa Clara province. nearer, communication with the outside world than he has" been for months. His answer, which wiU' be rejection' of every proposition' which is not based on absolute independence, may be re ceived at any time" After that nothing 1 MAINE WRECK. From a rhototrrapa Talrem for tke lew Tsrk World.

i iuiip'i i i .4 I U. S. DISPATCH BOAT FERN (Viewed from starboard.) From a Photograph Taken February 25 by the Correspondent li referring to.thla aubject a member of tb cabinet aid he felt that patriotic lrwiUncU should Inspire a Just measuring of the activity now evident at no more and do less than It really meant JTEGOTIATIXO POH WARSHIPS. Oar GorrriiMit Said to be About to Parch Thc ni. March 6.

A special to the Herald from Washington says: Fully realizing the importance' of preparations for any etnregency. ths President baa directed the Navy Department topen negotiations looking to the purchase abroad of warships. This fact' is now, for the first time, made public. It probably would not have transpired a tills Juncture but for tb excitement caused ty the statement published that Bpa In bad purchased, or was for warships being built by an English company for Brazil, and for other ships under v. i A WRh a ver of ascertaining the facts, your correspondent called upon a high official of I the administration and ob trU ed an official admission made for the first time that while the President dos pot anticipate war.

he recognizes that there la a possibility of hostilities growing out of the Cuban problem and the Maine and that be proposes to be prepared for it There has been Ample evidence of IhUf ln the extensive preparations patent to everybody, which have teen in progress for some time but there 'raa been no omcial admission, to this effect until now. lght men of war, which are practically completed in foreisnl 8hIp arda. have been offered for sale in the United States. The Prealllent has given consideration to the advisability ot placing; an 'option. oa them.

i AVatetaa: Their The KatT Department has been carefully watching the construction, of ships abroad through 'the eyes of it navaj at tcchea at London. Parts, SfPetersbuifc, Berlin, Vienna, and Rome. This survellj lance 'has been maintained for twq months, but more especially since thd Maine disaster. Throorn these naval at taches and from the shipbuilders liiem selves the Secretary of the Nary baa learned that he can now "purchase two small sized two' armored cruisers and four torpedo boats, all at a comparatively low price. The builders have promised that they tan deliver the vessels to agenta of this Government at this time, complete in every respect, all that will be toeces sary for the administration to do will be to order the necessary details of officers i and tneu to proceed to.

the ship yard, ge on. board the and take them to any points which may be desired, The builders have urged that th' purchases be made at once, as they say that a declaration of war between the Lnited States and 8paia would result in the. enforcement of neutrality laws and bre vent the sale of th ships, A 2t All tbat Is Xaary: i Thi hKitleahlns have been built by Oer i man man and English arms for governments which are now unable to pay for them, so ilM cinvmmtit i would have no difficulty In obtalrang; the, vessel by simply putting down the fceeessary amount of cash. The four torpedo, boats have, been offerod byv the; ijhornycroft Ship hbuilding Company, whqse boats, are rec ogniaed by txperta to be among the best In the While your! correspondent was unable to learn the names of the ships" which nave ouuuDucnu tw iu viuTciuiucut, there Is reason to believe 4 hat among them are throe powerful ship under construction at the Vulcan work. Stettin, Germany, tot the, Chinese government.

These three ships are tons dis placement, contracted to make 19.5, knots, and will be able to carry not less than a thousand tone of coal In their bunker. There Is also reason to believe that, in case of trouble, this Government could urchase from Japan the. JCasago and the Chlosa, which are nearlng. completion at Philadelphia and the Union Iron works. The official with whom your correepond ent talked had no doubt that Japan VULTURES IN THE SPANISH DISPATCH BOAT.

of the Chicago Inter Ocean. i remains for Spain except the mediation of the United States, orv if not mediation intervention. Senator Proctor, who has been looking into the situation, finds a condition ripe for mediation, but how It Is to come unless Spain is willing, he does not know In common with other observers, he finds grounds for believing that little friction would be experienced in Cuba in making the arrangements. He has studied the political complications 'In Havana and understands the embarrass ments of Captain General Blanco and the government. He has also made short trip Into the tobacco district and among the sugar plantations.

He says It Is his purpose to do what he can at any time Individually to bring the present destructive state of affairs to an end. Senator Proctor's observations will be thorough, and he will be able to inform himself fully of what Cuba needs in the future. I i The present need of the island is petae and food for Its starving inhabitants. In some places In the interior an lm proved showing is made, because the insurgents ire permitting plantations to grind that.jhave heretofore been idle. "But this Improvement Is local.

Taken generally, the agricultural crosDects are growing worse and the area 'of desolation broadens. Moreover, people in the interior are hone of the food ano medicines contributed bv the Amor. lean people. The distribution is limited to Havana and the towns and villages ANOTHER SPAMS WARSHIP, The FirsT CIass Cralser Almlrante Oqneado Arrive at Havana. Havana, March 6.

The Spanish linst ciaas cruiser, Ahnirante Oquendo. ar rived, in. Havana harbor this morning from She. received a hearty wel come from che ferry boats and tugs, on board of which were the civil and mili tary authorities and different societies. which had been waiting for the warship's arrival.

The docks were crowded with Rackets were sent up and flags other decorations were dls played from the vessels port, the pub llc buildings and the palaces. Tha Al mlrante Oquenda made a fine appear ance as she returned the salute from Ft Cabanas, and then saluted the fort land admiral. Capt. Joaquin Lasaga is in comxriaad of he Almlrante Oquendo. The papers here say the newly arrived vessel is of the same u.ass as the Vlsoaya.

The same ceremonies were observed on the arrival of the Aimirante Oquendo as were fol lowed When the Vlscaya reached (this pon irom iw, xon. i Fltzhugh Lee, eon, of the consul generaU was: among. the passengers Who arrived here to day on board the Olivette. he United States lighthouscrtender Man grove is expected here at any time with the United States naval court of inquiry. The smokestacks of ttie Maine have been removed! The divers hone to recover some more bodies to day.

I OOXCRESSMAX HE.NRlj OX SPAI.t. He Tblak the Spaniard Would Lose Cuba la Case of War. Special to The ladlanapolls News. Anderson, March' 5. Congress man Charles L.

Henry arrived this aft ernoon from Washington, D. C. Next week he will attend a meeting of the trustees of the State University. He said that in Congress it is generally believed that adjournment will occur some time in In regard to the loss of the Maine and, trouble with Spain, he says; "The condition is critical, ana therefore the United States must be ready for war, although I do hot expect It seems to me that the loss of the Maine is not the vital point on which the administration would act. The president has been waiting to see re suits! of autonomy! In Cuba.

It Is a failure. IX there is, war with Spain, the Spaniards would Ioe Cuba, Their pride would lead them to flsht. Should they lose a revolution would occur in Spain." Relief tor the Cabana. New York, March 5. Th Mallory line steamer Nueces sailed to day for Key West wKh seventy five ton of relief supplies for the destitute in At Key West the stores will be transferred to the United States steamships Nashville and Montgomery.

A telegram was received here to day from H. R. Lewis. secretary of the Oregon, railway commit tee, saying; that the first section of the Cuban 4 elief train, carrying 120.000 pounds of food, left there yesterday. Tha Cuban relief comsolttoe In this city has received a letter from Assistant Secretary Day, expressing, the appreciation of the State Department at the response which has been made to the Government's appeal for contributions for the aufferera in Cuba.

i The Coae ressional Junketer. Charleston. S. March 5. A party.

consisting of Senators Money, Gallinger and Thurston and Representative A. Smith, Of Michigan, and Amos Cum mlngs. of York, with several ladies of their families, arrived here this morning on the Flagler yacht Antes They are en route to Cuba to make a personal Investigation of conditions on the Island. They go as the guests of W. R.

Hearst, of the New York Journal. The party will leave here to night or to morrow morning. Offered Their Service. (Special to The Indianapolis New. Valparaiso.

March At the meetlne of the Hobart G. A. R. post a resolution was adopted unanimously offering their services to the Government in event of war with 8 pain. The post has more than a hundred members.

To: Mea Ready to Fisrht. (Special to The: Indianapolis XeWs. BrookviUe. March 5. William Wlnans is organizing company here to be offered 10 uovernor Mount in case war shall be declared between this country and Spain.

Seventy nine young men have already, enlisted. A Heavy 1 Aasisrameat. New York, March 5. Bettman Wat son, sealers ta ou weii supplies, witn offices in this city, and" a plant at Par kersburg, W. mftide an assignment to day to Emanuel W.

Bloomingdale. The amount Involved Is said to be 3u0. The Steamship Arrival. New York. March 5.

Arrived St. Paul, from Southampton; Lucanla, from Liverpool. LlverpooL Atarcn Arrived Kyn ItEd. from Philadelphia. RAILROAD MEN OPPOSE IT PROPOSED APPOIT.MET OF THE COMMERCE COMMISSIOXKR.

Their Rpiion for It The President's Pastor The Currency Reform Bill in (Vragrru Other Xews from aalilnston. Special to Th Indianapolis Xewi Washington. D. March Railway organizations again throughout the country aroused because the President has Indicated a determination to appoint a Pennsylvania man as Interstate Commerce Gonrrtissloner. Several of their representatives are now In Washington working for the passage of the arbitration bill and other legislation of special importance to them, and their mutteringa over the probable solution i of the interstate commerce commlasion ership question are loud.

The hostility of other railroad employes' organizations was first aroused when the announcement went out that Judge E. M. Paxson, receiver of the Reading railroad and formerly chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, was to be named. He. had, it was alleged, antagonized the Interests of organized labor In many ways.

More irritating still, to the railway employes, was the report circulated, and generally credited, that his appointnjent waa to be made at the dictation of Vice President Hobart and Eaetern railroads, as the result of a campaign promise made by Chairman Haiuia. The President agreed to hear the railway employes' organization through a representative, and Frank B. Sargeant. of Peoria. 111., waa selected as x.

spokesman. After an In tervlew with the President, the latter promised nob to appoint Paxson. Later it was semi officially announced that W. J. Calhoun would be appointed.

But the Vice President renewed his ap peals to the President not to. ignore cam pad rr pledges, and if Judge Paxson could not be appointed, permit his friend to choose a candidate not distasteful to the Jrailway organisations. In the lest few 'days the President 'has evinced a disposition to select a Pennsylvania Jurist for the place. The labor interests are. thor: oughly and a movement to bear down upon the President I with an u'Jti tnatum has been started here.

"The intensity of feeling grows out of the belief that railroads, with which Vice President Hobart, before election was identified, are dictating the anse of the. Interstate Commerce com mlEsioner In return for' the mone con intnuiea to tne last campaign, said a representative of one of the brotherhoods. "The objection to any railway influence figuring in this is the fact that the interstate commerce law and the commission were created with the avowed object of protecting the public against railroad discrimination. To permit the railroads to $ame, or even Influence the personnel ot the commis sion Is not consistent." THE PRESIDENT'S PASTOR. lie Is' Frequently Embarrassed by His Pulpit iterance.

Special to The Indianapolis News. Washington. D. C. March 5.

The Bal timore Conference of the M. E. church is In session here, and at the conclusion of Its labors the Metropolitan, the church President McKInley attends, will have a new pastor. Perhaps it will be a relief, for. whether justly or not, the Rev.

Hugh Johnston has been continually In the attitude of embarrassing the Presi dent. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Wilch Presl dent Cleveland used to attend, had the same thing to contend with every time he made a reference to national politics, labor troubles or any other subject re iriotely'connected with the President's of ficial duty. If he did not express the views publicly attributed to the President the sensation was ajl the greater.

If he expressed decided views on a subject which" the President was supposed to be considering. the pastor's views were im mediately heralded the 1 President's. The aged and sincere Dr. Sunderland was much embarrassed by, these things. Once they came nearly causing the President and Mrs.

Clcvelanc.to quit the church, but Mrs. Cleveland's pacific Influence was exerted to prevent it. The Rev. Hugh Johnston, who. It Is foreordained by the unvarying rule of the Methodist Episcopal church, must give up the charge at the President's has had more than the lisual share of embarrassment because, being a positive person, he has dared to assert his own views, regardless of the personal views of the President or any other par ishioner.

His Probable Successor. While nothing is known positively. there is a well credited, rumor in the conference that the Rev. Frank M. Bris tol, of Chicago, win be called to the pastorate of the Metropolitan church.

Some of the wealthiest' and njo6t Influential members have asted for. him. The bishops and elders who are gravely deliberating on the appointments are embarrassed by "transfers" to this conference from other fields to oblige the Influential churches. Bishop Merrill gave a severe rap to the eicht or ten influential churches In the Baltimore conference, which select their pastors, usually from another conference, and submit their choice to the bishoo for approval. As Bishop Merrill said: "It is almost as much as the bishop's life Is worth to refuse the demands of the Churches.

They want the young men, and the old mes'muat be looked after by the vIn Baltimore is a pastor who formerly preached at Canton, and Tils friends are active ln antlcipariojl of the change. CIRREMY REFORM BILL. The Republican Pros ram to Pass It la the House. Special to The IndlanapoUs News. Washington, D.

March 5. Senators Elklns and Aldrich. and other leading Republicans, claim to have secured assurances from the banking and currency committee of the House that a metusure of banking or currency reform will be reported as soon as the appropriation bills are out of the way. The program of the leaders' is jtf) pass It through the House and 4nd ltfto the Sl nate. where It is foreordained to be overwhelmed In a sea ofj free silver Upon the action of the House the Republicans will go to the country for the fall eonjrresional campaign.

The character of the bill to be reported Is. after all, the chief point of interest. It looks now a If lt would not ko beyond the three speciflj: recommendations of the President: (1) Aff ectiivg national banks; (2) to authorized banks to issue circulation to the par value of thv bouds deposited with the Comptroller of the Currency as a basis for circulation; (3) a reduction of the tJt on national bank circulation; to permit the. establishment of national banks of "a capital ot tS.000 for the benefit of sparsely populated communities, It gots without saying that a measure that toes no further than these three recommendations will meet with Republican opposition, not only In the House, but in the eo nmitu of banking and cu rency. Representative Johnsva believes such limited bill will do more political harm than good to the Republican, party, for people will aee in it nothing but an extension of the power of national banks.

"osiplitl with other features of currency reform, the proposed changes of the lankirur law would be readily acceptoa by th people: standing alone, they wosld excite popul. vr'dLstrurt, he thinks. HIGH HAAAA FOR SEXATOO. CfiIdrrahlr Talk of Him He Is Sot a Candidate. Special to The InUianapolU News.

Washington. D. C. March 5. Hugh H.

lianna availability as a candidate for the United States Senate from Indiana ha been quietly canvassed by the Incl! nna delegation" tr Congress, and has met with general approval, the onty dUstnt being heard from Mr. Hanna himself. He Insists that be has no political ambitions, and has given his attention entirely to a plan of currency reform. Indiana Republicans here, without ex ception, say Mr. Hanna Is unselfish, and has no thought of political preferment." Whenever the maiter has been mentioned.

he has said that the very fact of his rxotion. with the cause of monetary re form would the possibility of his candidacy for any office. Ilawaiiaa Treaty. "Washington. D.

C. March 5. The Sen ate committee on foreign re I aliens held a two hours' sitting to day In an effgrt to decide upon what course to pursue with reference to the Hawaiian annexation treaty. When the meeting adjourned: the members ret used absolutely to give out any Information to the press, saylnx that all present had pledged themselves to absolute secrecy. It learned through other Senators, however," that the committee under consideration the advisability of taking up the ques tion of annexation in the way of legisla tion, rather than by the means of ratify ing the treaty, and that they had decided cot to abandon the treaty, at least Im mediately, bat to press its consideration upon the Senate at the first opportunity.

They declined to say eves to Senators what might be their course later confin ing themselves to the declaration that they would seek to have the Senate go Into executive, seeslon again for the con sideration of the treaty as soon as the appropriation bills could be got out of the way. The Alaska Bill Passed. Washington, D. March 5. After a debate lasting several days the Senate late yesterday afternoon passed the bill extending the homestead laws and pro viding for rights of way for railroads In the.

district of Alaska. Comparatively little discussion of general Interest was created by the bill, i Section 13, providing for certain bondings concessions to Can ada, in lieu of privileges to be extended by the Dominion government to this country, however, induced a rather lively debate, as it brought inter the controversy the old fisheries question on the New England coast, which has been pending between the United States and Great Britain for a hundred years. The statement was made on the floor of the senate that there was every reason to believe that by the passage of the bill the fisheries question could be settled without any great effort, as assurances to that effect had been received from a large and Influential element In Canada. Void Sloney Orders. Washington, D.

C. March 5. Auditor Castle, of the Postofflce Department, has directed mat all spoiled money orders sent to his office by postmasters be can celed immediately by a perforating Etarip peanng the word "void. This is doae to prevent their possible use' by devices rjt sorted to by dishonest persons into whoso possession they may come. PICQUART FIGHTS A DUEL.

I Colonel Henry Wmtnded kh Arm by IU Sword. Paris. March 5. Colonel Picquart, who was disciplined for giving testimony favorable to the case 'of M. Zola, at the recent trial of the author, fought a duel with swords to day in the riding school of tho military school with Colonel Henry, who.

In the course of his testimony against M. Zola, denounced Pier quart as a liar. Colonel Henry was wounded in the wrist arm. Colonel Henry succeeded Colonel Picquart as chief of the secret service of the war office. At.

the first encounter Colonel Henry was slightly scratched on the forearm." aiid at the same mo men his blade ap peared to touch Colonel Picquart' neck. Senator Kane, Colonel Picquart second. tnen intervened: but his principal was snown not to nave beer, touched and ah at close quarters followed. Colonel Henry was eventually wounded on tho elbww and the duel was brought to a close. After Colonel Henry's wound had been dressed he went, home, where General Bolsdeffre was awaiting him.

umcers acted as seconds for the two duelists, and Colonel Henry's wound was dressed by a civilian. EXAMINATION OF CLARK. Why One Teacher Received More Than HI Contract Called For. After the county officials had heard testimony for and against Trustee. F.

M. Clark, of Wayne township, yesterday afternoon, spectators who heard it expressed i he opinion that the trustee Would not be found guilty of misconduct In managing township uffairs. It was shown by testiirony thai Clarence Clark, a teacher In the Bridgeport school In 159J, hud received about than his conV tract caUed for. and for which there Mere no vouchers. The trustee explained the difference by saying the teacher had taught in a different school, and had per formed more work than the contract called for.

BANK TELLER ARRESTED. Shervrood Cnanlng, of Cincinnati, Charflred. with Embtuleuent, Cincinnati, March 5. Sherwood Cunning, receiving teller of the First National Bank, was arrested last night on account of an alleged discrepancy of J21.0CK) found in his accounts. His arrest, was complaint of the officers of that bank.

It is alleged that he admitted the embezzle ment, I bp urned over to the bank his real estate, nominally valued at $30,000, consisting of his home in. HartwelL He was released on bond, and it la believed he will not be prosecuted. He filled his position in the bank fdr fifteen years. FELL UNDER THE CARS. Lieut.

Frank. Kalke, t. SL KlUed at Barlimirton, Iowa. Burlington. March 5.

Lieut. Frank Kalke. of the U. S. commandant at Iowa Wesleyan University at lit.

Pleas ant. attempted to board a freight train here to day. He missed his footing and was cu completely in two at the waist. He leaves a wife and two children at Mt. Pleasant.

Admits His Gallt. San Frarcisco. March 5. Edwin A. Lowe, chaJfced with having embezzled whilp acting assistant postmaster at Newton Center.

has been held trial, iand will be taken to Massachusetts by a deputy United States marshal at once. Lowe admits his guilt, and says the money was taken In one sum. Another Mine Horror. Breslau. Prussia.

March iA started in the Saturn and Sosnowice mine here to day. Twenty dead i bodies have so far been recovered. There are more in the burning mine. t. lAMP'OLI VOL, XXKltSgfcopSS FOUR?" EDITIOS SATURDAY KYEMNG, MARCH 5, 1898.

TWELVE PACES ION 1 IV 1 4 TffQTfilNG ALARMING Tin3 CTBA3T KTTUATIOS REGARDED 1 "Jit PRACTICALLY WAXGEx. a' I CTcraWt awd Stall Sal to Vesrotlarla; I or the Parcha War kip. hi MxmATTox or LvreavEVrio.v KAY EXD THE i.Th DMf Talk a WMas I i4a4aitTBiM Be4Jv4 to he Prjrpartas; to necc Arm a Oiv powlrioa Aather tpaalsh WanUf Ban I 1 5 .1 I 1 i. rfinttrlaJ tA Tha Ttwllafianolla htf wa 1 "WaahlrLrlon. March 5.4 fiortai oatfB, matter of fact wajr, qfj: opening' v.tL,.U.ii ajr waa xiot T'arlike.

The PreWent not see. the Secretary and Judr tar. tf tbe Siate Depart menu. In I the. early Inornlog, which the obaerrf ri, Several weeka of.

war' rumors, pare learned is a sure a Ism thaf ipo alartnma; crrespondence haa "been received. hen jecretary 'Lronr or the AaIatint Secre try of th Btat Department puts ott lus. anu gathers btmdle of papers' un Zcr his arm and starts fort the i White llouse, one does not have to consult' the Ik cather map to learn that "scare bad xtraa are In order and a slnm la ttC it hand. 'tt 5 To day eTeiything unusually '1 lerece. The real trend of ofQcial opinion could be gained from the tfijk anions, i bordinates of the ffarr pausing be "fween their' to venture, suggef cns.

and from Senators and pJepresenta who had a field day for a gossip ts day, both houses. In the i absence! of ny aJannfnj reports, havtag decided to 1 til i The eltuaUon or a week has been irowlns; quieter around the exeowtlve de paj unents, but gathering force and fueling of unrest 'in other quarters, ajmongst beads of deDartmertt jihe Army and Navy and SUtte. and Senators and Representatives ho bear nothing of absolute fact, but. see and hear so riucfl. of hurried apejals for appropriations and general mjcrease of the army Trrd nary strength, that thenar forced 1 draw a serious knowredge that Spain baa purT 1 erased two new warships andjs prepaf ife to mass a fleet' at Havana Is even riare significant to minds of members of Qmgrees than all the preparations in teis country.

The general Inference tffawn from all these preparations la l.ie with the news given, heretofore Ja tliese dlrpatrtiea, thai President McKln has finally determined to, Jntervers for ptce ia Cuba; that be Is preparing tt meet armed resirfance If 1 should offered ahd that 8 pain suapectlng hl policy is likewise getting ready for. an eJhargency. 1'' 'j "4 IVheft this climax will came can not bo known, that It Is Bot Hqj fllate la certalji fron? the air of lit prevailing in tha eecnUve depart nita. tJis absence bt excitement and trr caka manner wlth which. Congress a4.ourns over a "day.

The icl crlaXs, ft la thought, Mnges on the report of the octurj of Inquiry, which may be deferred ua Jl the conditions are ripe. Acnyrrr op tub departjiexts Xfiorts to Hake BfflHestt the Mlll tary svad Xsvvsa Service Aswciaud PrM DlspatcVl 1 Washington, D. March' aThas de4 I ZZrV lnlh situation, have divided them' es Into two distinct branches, imo re to the Maine court of inquiry, and tfcf other to the natural and necessary tYs to place the naval military, branches of the service on on efficient: balls. Concerning the court ahfl It work; th Information reaching the authorities iurte la of th tnost fragmentary character, and the highest naval Clcials re Itctatfthat la at hand to indicate even the tendencies of tha member "ofTKe court from the evidence ihey have' Ihm far Admiral Sicard'j telo grsun last night gives the only clew as to be plana of the court, and ths in effect la that it will be some time before terpmony of divers and other witnesses cart betaken, and an Idea formed as to hoi date of submitting' the report. It la felfe at the Xavy Department that 'this wt! leave the question, ao far a the 'toifl Is concerned.

In a state of doubt 1 or some days longer, probably a week or cn days, for, aside from ftho con ciui)n of the hearings, there la the farfriulaticn'of their important; findings, ttt4 framing of the court's oprnlon, and theft th formalities of Its to Xdtulral Sicard and thence to Wash liion, While therfe, last Ugc will be brief when the7 actual findings and' i pi Ions have btn matured. yet they" cart not entirely be "eliminated, and there arrears to be no disposition to be pre cu iioua In a matter lirvolrlng such grave IfciuKja. i Tfce other reneral branch of the sub the activity In tbo various haval and rp.iiftary bureaus, continue wKhout ref erenoe to th work of the court of in qulf ThU acUvlty, up to th present time, has not taken th form of any rert.i or elaborate plan of emergency Irci3raUojia but has ben manifest ciuly through comparatively minor acti taken have shown that the heada of dciartments were not lrailve In iirepairingr their branches of th Jwrrioe for any requirement which it possible might be made upon them. 4 Ko Cxm (or Alarmv A bember ifthe Cabinet state td day tbaXf there sbouKl be no micunoerstand br. ml construction of thewe Step, rornrtance, all of the manifold move xnenK particularly In the of war natrUI.

are declared In tfee most posU fnanmr. simply to in execution oi long ago tleveiopeo, oy ui juruw tion board for the defence of the coast. hu4 at Seattle, the War Department reccrttly purchased a tract of acres on Waiolla bluff, a point resrarchsd by the board as indispensable to tne proper ftW of Puaret sound. This la now being mi Uo oorwinirta for; the reception of the 'heavy guns and other weapons. The wvrl4 It said, should have been done kns tuto.

However, while it la stated that these sietxiare, in accordance with past plana, thwv? is no concealment of th fact that iAmiulstratlon is Impressed with a fw i nt iimr tn Duttlns: two war b. ar.ahe In the highest siNte of to rret any There is no d.i to anticipate an emerrency. or ao my that any. situation will develop vhick will call into use th pceparstjons now en foot. On th contrary, the hih est atthorltles of the naval and military 1 ranches say do not expect an t'merf eney.

"but are performing the duty aiict to then of being ready lor any re.u; that may come, no matter. how i rj fueled It may be. Th.ie officials not 'to' minf i' tzi liitlr prepanitlor.s. or sert that ry ire.mt rely routine. nitJ oo they v.fJi jhee wise rroautlos i 1 construed far beyond extent and made the ba.s lor I I i 1 GENl ROSECRANS SERY the Vetera soldier, delisted to be tear death, His Evewtfal Career; as ja 9oIdlr IIls Coaapleaoas Services la the War of the Reellla Tbe Day Death Receri, Los Angeles.

Cat, March Gen. Will lam Sta Rosecransv lyiiKrltlcally at his hard some ranch homev a few miles south of this city, tt was', reported a few days ago that he was seriously i. but had" partially recovered, and his condition jhad materially improved. Since then re has been sudden change for the wrse. Yesterday he became unaware of the attentions of the members of his unconscious of the mln irtratlons of the spiritual leader of his religlods faith.

iV, The veteran warrior seems to be suffer Ing from nervous prostrtUon, whlcn, Jn his weakened condition, holds him in a strong grasp. 'His critical condition can hardly be be due to old age. although he has mearly reached the four score mark. HJs son. Cat! F.

Rosecrans, and his family aro with him, and his 3 WILLIAM STARK ROSECRANS. i i daughter, Mrs. Toole, wife aif ex Governor K. Toole, of Montana, ks within con venient reach. i Bishop Montgomery visited, him yester day, and in part, th last rites of the Roman Catholic! church.

The general, not regaining; consciousness, it was thought best to administer, extreme unction. Should the patient rally suffi ciently, holy communion will be administered. i' I Ht Carerft General Rosecrans waa bcrn In Kdnjs on, September 1819. Choosing tha life of a soldier, he waa 1 educated at West i Point, whence he was graduated July IT1M2. Until April.

he served as lieutenant In the Umtedrbcates corps of engineers. After that he was assistant )tb Col oriel do Russy at.Fqrtress Monroe. From 1843 to 1847 he was assunanx pro feseor at the military academy of West Point. He was then In charge Of the fortlflcatlons at Newport. 1S52 he was civil and constructing engineer in the navy yard at 'Washington.

He resigned in 1852 and until ISO. was engaged as core suiting engineer In the. manufacturins; in that vear Rosecrans was commissioned chief the State of Ohio with the rank of coioisei xne same month was commissioned colo nel tff the United States volunteer in fantrr. In thli year he! was 'also com missioned brigadier general ot the united States army, and held that: rank unxil IS67. when he Went to California.

Durrnsr the war General Rosecrans was conspicuous for his military i skill and hla He was next in command to General MeClellan in West Virginia. His brigade won the battle of Rich Mountain end established the supremacy of the Union In the State. He was commander of the' Department of the Ohio, ana nis services were acknowledged by the legis lature of West Virginia. and onio in unanimous vote of thanks, i Succeeding General Poo as command er of the Army of the Mississippi, Gen Rosecrans was vector at' the battle of Iuka. 1S62.

He was com missioned nwjjr general of volunteers on August 16. .1862. On October 3 and 4, lso, he won the battle of Corinth. A ahorf tinu nfifr this he was relieved of his command an? ordered: to Cincinna4fc On rt. tnVv.r II iskl he waa ariven command of the Fourteenth army corps and also the Dep irtment of the tmneriancv His Farther Operation.

While hrfdlni these posHlons forti fied Nashville sand Murfreesboro, won the. battle of Stone River, made the campaign of and txpeUed the Confederates from Mississippi. He fought the battle of September 19 and. 20, and took and held Chattanooga. commander of the Department of MUscuri he repul3ed Qeneral Price and his invadirr army.

At the st critical momest during the battle of Chlckamauga General Roee crans dashed Into the hottest of the fire to rally the mer of command. who had befcnn waver, before the terrific, assault of superior numbers ot the enemy. A young staff officer who ac companied him begged him i tcrTetlre to i safer place and not expose himseif to almost certain death. To. the expos tulation of the young officer! the general replied: "Never, mind me, boy, but make th sign of, the cross and go in." Ih 1SCT he was mustered; out of.

tot voluntary service and resigned his position in ih army. He declined the superintendency of the mint at Saa Francisco and refused the Democratic nomi nation for Governpr of California. General iiesecrans was a repreenia tive In the Forty seventh and Forty eighth Congresses, and Register of tne Treasury. He has for many years Hvi in his California home near Redofido. Father Joaenh Xelmon.

Lacrana e. March 5. Tbe" recen death ecd burial of Joseph? Nelson, of Eden township, removed one; of the con spicuous figures of thia county. Fathert Nelson, as he was familiarly waa ninety five year old, and hei was a na tive of Pennsylvania, by birth, in isos. He removed to Starke county, Ohio, in 1820.

ani In 1827. with his wife and children, he settled In Newbury township, this coci ty. then an unbroken Wilderness. In 1S34 he purchased a second home in Eden township, again clearing aay the forest Hla wife died In r3, Jeavlns eiyht children, all adult a tfirarsettledIn Ufa Altogether. nere were iweivo cnu dren, but only four outlived Father Nelson.

However, there are forty two grandchildren, eighty great grandchildren and no less than twelve great great grandchildren. Mr. Nelson organized) the first M. E. church In Newbury township.

and to the close oi ms ne was a con sistent mem oer. Sirs. Martha Lafara. rSDecIal to The Indlanapolia'Newal Arcadia, i March; MErsi Martha Lafara, on of the. pioneer mothers of Hamilton county, was buried here Thurs day.

Her age was tunety ent years. Her sister died a few weeks ago at the age of 102. Edward f. Tiarro. Marcn a Edward Smith, eighty years old.

and long a practitioner! of the law. Is dead of pneumonia. He1 settled In vVabash county forty years ago. I Prlaee btepaaale Wre. Vienna.

March i The condition or jCrowh Princess Stephanie took a marked change for; the worse last; nlsht. A physician an4 the priest were at the bed A i v. i I 5 ,5 side all night She received the" last sacraments of the church, and has been Visited by Emperor Francis Joseph. Richard Feaaii. Special ta The JaUlanapolls News.

Washington. March 5. Rlchard Feagans. ex cky councilman and a widely known contractor, is dead of consump William Taylor. JeffersonvUle.

Ind, March sUwillHta tunre years oid. long a TM cUr' ot sudden at tack of; hemorrhage. TV Efm a4 TattersalL London. March Edmund tJi? xchnK Arm of Tat tersalL ls dead. "COSSCIESCE KOSSr RETUS.MD.

i Paid Over CellrVror Sapp "at LoJvlIIe, ky, Louisville, Ky, SlarciTi "Recclvea of" sum of C.400, alleged by them to be due the United States Government as taxes on whisky in bond In ISO to the State of Kentucky, said taxes being withheld said un kn6wn persons at the time. "CIIARLLS E. SAPP. "Collector Internal Revenue, Fifth Kentucky District. "March 4, This.

receipt was given to an'unknowa man by Collector Sapp, after the Strang er had countW out 52.400 la gold. It was 1 conscience money." The stranger ex I plained himself to Collector Sapp as fol kws: "I represent persons now living hi a distant State. In 1563 they lived, in and derrauded the Government out pf cor itderable money In whisky tax. How It, was done makes no diffL ince to The persons 1 represent are conscience stricken. They want to return the with.

Interest. WUl you give me a receipt for the money if I pay it over to you." I Collector Sapp was.) of course, willing to 'give a receipt nndiaccept the loiter he wired (Department at AV ashing ton of his unusual collection. GROYER CLEYELIND'ILETTER. The Activity of the Stlverlte; Say," 4 Threatealas. Philadelphia, March 5.

Represextatlvea of th State orgafilxation of th Jeffer sordon. or gold Democratic party, met here yesterday, and resolved to put in the field a ticket of their own for State of fleers, from the governorship down, and for members of Congress In evtry die letter from ex President Cleve land was read. In which he savat rL hope most sincerely that there may be a sound money movement Pennsyi vania. that "will be strong; and can not account for the arroarant confl aence or free silver force, except vpon the theory that they are led to be lieva that tftetR la very little aggressive effort to be made by their opponertta It Is a strange thing that the apparent apathy, in many of our sound 'money States should give such a telief. If any one believing wlch us sup poses that free silver can be prevented from controlling tha two House of the.

'Con gTcirs wi.thoul effective organization l'r' and hard work the quicker he abandons that idea the more useful he wilt be as a sound money man: I am so earnest Ut. pay deair tee our courrtry blessed with safe money, and. a suluble financial temthat I am of the opinion we ought to give patriotic and corrstnent support' toianynfan which lnure this result, and wmrn tmsr tne elements that promise it! SUJeasJul advocacy." TPB.WEATOEg BCLLETKf. United 'SUtes Weather Bureau, Iadia r.a poitsr Ma rch Thermometer. March 5, 1S9L 7 a.m.

12 m. 2 p.m. 60 65 61 March orts 7 a.m. 12 m. 1 p.m.

2S 24 40 7 am. 30.46 12 in. 30.4y 2 p.m 30. a 7 lci CooditioBs. Forecast'; for Indianapolis and cinity for the thlrty eix hours end Ing p.nL, March (.

1S38: I Warmer, fair weather to nlgbt and on Sunday. Geaeral Conditions. High atmospheric. pressure prevails everywhere; with depressions along th Jtocky mountains and off the New Eng le.nd coast; a large area of high aimos pherlo pressura" central over Indiana, and moving eastward, covers the country. No great change in temperature occurred: it rose south or the Missouri and near the upper lakes; elsewhere it fell.

Fair weatn er continues. Rain or snow fell only cat the northern Atlantic coast. Weather la Other Cities. Observations taken by the 'Cnfted States Weather Bureau), at I seventy fifth meriaian time: Statlona Bismarck, N. Boston, Mass.

Bnr. Th'er. 14 Clear 30.W 32 Clear Chicago. 111.... Cincinnati.

Clear Pt Cdy Clar Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy It Coy Snow Clear Clear Clear Clar Cloudy Fair. Clear LIZ Cleveland. Jacksonville, 30. rw 43 30. 3fi Kansas City.

nnfan. WV 3L4i V.14 Moor heed. New Orleans. New York. Y.

1 42 22 34 Omaha, Neh.li. pa St. LouK St Paul Minn. A. 3U.46 3l.3) 50.9) 30.34 30 30 34 IS Zi Washington.

D. Helena, Mobile. Ala Nashville, Tenn. 4 33? Oklahoma, u. i.

20.24 VJu' AppeJle, 30.12 30. Han Antonio, iei F. It. WAP.PEN HAN3. Local Forecast C'lllcial.

Robert Law's Great Ewtatr. Chicago, March 6. Letters of administration on the estat of Robert Law, th wealthy coal dealer, who died on February 14 have been. Issued in the Probate Court The estate Is estimated: at J1.2W. COO.

of which 1900.000 Is In personal property. The only heirs are Robert Law and Elisabeth Ware, children. Robert H. Law was appointed Hla bond wa placed at J1.SOO.000, and wa signed by th American Surety Company. Thi la th Iarsret bond ever approved a the Probate Court where a eorporatioa appeared as A Special Seloa Called.

Detroit, March 5. The' Evenir.t New announce that Governor Plng re ill call a special session of the Legislature, begin March .15 The Governor's object, apparently, fc to place mera btrs of the Lerlslature asol on record on his railway and taxation Issue As as demonstrated In' the last reruir ses sion, the Senate is opposed to the ptng.e measures on these Ii Ne'v oiu are being prepared coneTiung taxiwioii quai public corporations. A BfK Jailzneit HI rnwtl. Chlcafro. March S.

The, Unl'edTSratea Circuit Court of Appeals to day confirmed' the Judgment of KO.M In favor of Mrs. Susan N. St. "John, the New York portrait painter against 'th North 'Chicago Street Railway Company for injuries received from a from a street car In the summof iij. Aadrevr Csrwea ie's Health.

Pittsburg, March 5. The Cat "Andrew CamcgJe Is dylnx, or that is seriousiy here by ofScUlsi of the Carnegie tee I Company. Secretary Lovejoy says'' Mr. Carnegie's fceaP.h at the present time ts g.xi l. much beVLer.

la fact, than it has bea far rr.azy. rr.c 4 i 'I".