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Threats of Volunteers Delay the
President’s Message.
LEE lists 101 1er 11111.
Cables That the Spanish Volunteers at
Havana Threaten to Massacre All Amer-
icans as Boone: the President’s Recom-
mendations Are Known to Be Hostile
to Spain.
Washington, April 7.—-ln.slend of
American intervention in tier. affairs of
Cuba, as was confidently expectea yes-
terday, the citizens of tire United
States were treated to the rather sur-
prising speceacle of Spanish interven-
tion in the affairs of our own govern-
ment. Consul—General Lee cabled
President McKinley that the Volun-
teem of; Havana were a1med and
threatened the lives of 11)] Alli-ericans
as soon as he commumcated his mos-
rsage to Congress. Gen. Lee said he
could not get citizens of the United
States off the island before Sunday,
and asked that. the message be deferred
until that time.
With a realization of the d‘sappoint-
ment created throughout tie country
bythe announcementyesterday that the
President’s Cuban message is withheld
until Monday, the statement is made
deliberatly in these dispatol'ses that-it
signifies no change in the war policy
of the Administration.
President McKinley has glue-m up his
last, lingering hope of peace. .
The statement was made at the Gap-
lrtioi at 2 o’clock that in all probability
there would be no message from the
President.
The report stated that an import-
ant dispatch had been received from
Spain at the White House which had
caused a change in the President’s
plans.
To the White House.
Mr. Dingley was called from the Cap-
itol to the White House and Assistant
Secretary Adee, who (has charge of the
ci-pther, also hurried to the executive
mansion.
The reports circulated at the Cap-
itol were that the Quleen {agent had
taken the matter into her own hands,
and had cabled the President. This
could not be confirmed at the YVhiote
House. The only statement made there
was that the President had decided not
to send his message 10 Congo. so all; the
hour agreed upon.
It was first said thalt the message
would be delayed until 4 o Welock, and
then that it was most probable that no
message would be sent in
Senate in Executive Session.
Representative Cannon and five Sen-
ators left the Capitol with Mr. Dingley
for the White House, in answer to a.
summons from the President. ' The
Senate went into executive session
shortly before 2 o’clock. The galleries,
which had been filled since 9 o'clock,
were emptied. The session . behind
closed doors only lasted ten minutes,
and the galleries were at once filled
again.
It was intimated that some informa-
tion was given to the Senate from the
White House which caused the sudden
and short executive session. After the
session it was stated that there would
be no message until Monday.
The Official Explanation.
The explanation sent to Congress by
the President was mhart he had Just
received a. dispatch from Gen. Lee en-
nouncing that he could not leave He-
? vana with the Americans as soon as di-
rected. The dispatch further stated
ethat he could not get away for a. day
'or so, and that it would not be safe
for him 'to remain or Havana. aner the
message was sent to Congress. -
This at once determined the Pud-
dent to wait, and it is now his intention
to hold the message until Monday. It
may be possible for Gen. Lee and the
Americans to get out. of Havana. in less
time than may now expect. If so the
message may go to Congress sooner.
The President announced to his Cab-
inet that he would not send his mes-
sage as long as Gen. Lee remained in
Havana, and although yesterday a dis-
patch was sent to him directing him to
leve at once, the President still said
he would not send the message until
he had a. cable from Gen. Dee saying
that he and the other Americans were
safe on the United States vessels and
were leaving or had left Havana. He
has been informed of the situation
there, and that Spain has said she
mes-sage.
Volunteers Threaten.
Senator Davis. the chairmen of the
the So Ira-.9 the message from Gen. Lee.
The dis; etch stated that he had been
unable to leave, '
Americans in Cuba. to get out. They
could not all possibly get away before
Sunday. He added the Volunteers are
all armed and have declared that they
will massacre the Americans hf the
President sends his message.
These threats will be carried out
immediately, so Gen. Le declares, and
therefore he begs the President to wait
until Monday before he oonununicates
with Congress. As soon as this mee-
sage was read in the Senate it was ae-
oepted as perflectly' right.
The news of the postponement of the
the Capitol.
had waited in the corridors and gel-
leries all day and in camped. seat.
came out of the galleries elmut a
rapidly on they went in. In less than
half an hour the greater pent of the
crowd had left the Capitol,
and Army bills. 0
Vatican Reeve or Peeee.
noisily announced here that the mg.
tab Government hes accepted the prin-
oiple of an armistice with the teen:-
senta. u 12va to (the Pope ‘
Rome. Italy. Awii 7.—It-. I. M- '
Would not be responsible for Amer--
icans after this President has sent his "
l
Foreig; :1 Relations Committee, read to.
as there were 2,000;
«e A 7. 1+1
irreerer',
'VVHITTEE MESSAGE WAS.
It can be stated on absolute author-
ity that President McKinley’s mes—
sage was to have been in full accord
with the Foraker resolution after" the
second paragraph has been out out“
The President so informed his close-st
friends. 'The delay until Monday may
cause a modificationan-d then again
there may be no change in it.
The Foraker resolutions as they
stand read as follows:
“Be it resolv,ed By the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of Armenian:
“1. That the people of the island of
Cuba are and of right ought to be fro:
and independent.
“9-. That the Government of the
(Hui-zed semen. recognizes the Republic
. L‘ . .r. be as th! true and lav, ful govern-
.1 s! that island
-..'. t Cub-a. is so destzuctive of the
"turn-1a! and property interests of
:3 c 1"nited States, and so cruel, barbar-
:'=::s :...2 I :zilauman in its character, as to
lt-tiie duty of the United States
12111152., and the Government of the
Unison] States hereby does demand,
: s' e :1. 1 once withdraw her land and
.::‘*-.'.‘.l fora s fiom Cuba and Cuban
“I‘ u.
That the President of the United
5:11:25- be and he, is hereby authorized,
:2: .mwered and directed to use, if nee-
1';".;l."}'. the entire land and naval forces
1.." the United States to carry these re:-
olutions into effect.”
CU BANS APPROACH HAVANA.
(70121112 and Garcia's Forces Marching
Against- the Capital.
liar-mm, Cuba, via. Key West, April
7.~-I\‘o:ws was received here from a. re-
liltuie source that General Callix‘bo Gar-
(i:»., after diesultory fighting with Gen-
e: ..1' Panda, in the province of Puerto
Piincipe ,had evaded Pando and, with
3.0.0 men, had reached the Jucaro-‘Mo-
run mocha. Many of his men are cav-
11.11"]
it is believed that by this time Gen-
(3111-1 Garcia has crossed the trooha. in
:h 2 vicinity of the plantation San Nico-
las, and been joined by General aMax-
i111) Gomez, and that the combined
forces, making fully 4,000 men, are now
on route for the provinces of, Matanzas
and Havana, on the long-threatened
raid for which arrangements were
rude by the mission from General Go-
mez, sent westward prior to the con-
ference in which the autonomists
sought to induce General Garcia and
other insurgent leaders to surrender.
ITALY SELLS WAR SHIPS.
United States Gets Three Torpedo. Boats
and Spain a Cruiser.
London, April 7.——A special dispatch
rom Rome, epublish-ed to-day, says
contracts were signed during the day
for the sale of three torpedo boats to
the United States, for the sale of the
:2 rmored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi to
Spain, and for the sale of the armored
cruiser Varese to the Argentine Re-
public.
The Flying Squadron Renew.
lVashxington, D. 0., April 7.—The plan
of action for the naval forces in event
of hostilities is now practically com-
pleted as a result of several weeks?
constant work on the part of the of-
fice-1's to whom was intrusted this im-
portant feature of the wear prepara-
tions. While these plans are naturally
most closely guarded, it may be stat-
ed on high authority that one feature
of them contemplates a dash by the
flying squadron, under Commodore
Sc-hley, to theICanary Islands. This
proposition is as yet tentative, as all
projects subject to unforeseen condi-
tions must be, but it. has received most
careful consideration by the naval au—
thorities. \
Irwin Says Spanish Knew.
Wadiing'hon, April 7.-T-he Foreign
Affairs Committee at the House of
Representatives had Rear— Admiral Ir-
win, who is an expert in explosives, be-
fore “them yesterday. He was asked
his opinion as to the character of the
mine which blew up the Maine, and as
to whether it Was possible for such a
mine to have been located Without the
knowledge of the Spanish authorities.
To the latter inquiry he replied in the
negative, giving his reasons for his
opinion. .
Chaplain Chldwick Promoted.
New York, April 7.—T-he Rev. John
Chidwick, chaplain of the ill-fated bat—
tle ship Maine, Who is stopping, pend-
ing orders from Ithe Navy Department,
at the rectory of St. Stephen's Church,
in East Twenty-ninth street, was no-
tified by Secretary‘Long yesterday of
his promotion to a lieu-tenancy in the
navy. Fat-her Ollidwick at once tele-
graphed his acceptance of the position,
adding that he Was ready for duty and
hoped for an early assignment.
On to Chickamauga.
Washington, April 7.—Troops moved
last night from several Western points
. toward the rendezvous alt C-hickamau-
-..——-
message spread like wildfire through,
' T1" my WW“ 'h' 3' ed um the Spanish officials have con-
ga. They will form the advance guard
and will comprise principally the col-
ored regiments. They are sent to
Ghicwamauga in preference to other
troops because they will be ‘the first.
to enter Cuba. The advance of the
main body of regulars upon the ren-
dezvous will not begin until next week.
Spain Rushes an Order.
Washington. April 7.—A telegram re-
solved at the Navy Department from
the Naval Attache at London announc-
" tracted with Vickers' Sons, Maxim and
end the?
House and ‘Semate were left elmoet'
alone to go on with the Sundry Civil '
3
other European manufacturers for the
" Prompt delivery of 200,000 stand, of
small arms and the necessary ammu-
nitiron.
Gov. Dyer 1e Be-eleeterl.
Providence, B. 1., April 7.—As was
expected, the Republicans swept the
State io-aay, and Governor Elisha
" Dyer was re-elected by 1 large major-
ity. The Liemoorets mode «may feebhr
Opposition. There will be only a. hand—
; 111.1 or Democrat: in the Legislature
I the returns at a late hour to-nis'd
1110sz that only six have been
elected. _ .. .. ‘7
That the war Spa-in- is waging-
‘1‘ TE.
‘1' URN 91" THE CARDS.
’ “an "you tell fiortunes?” she asked,
learning her elbows on the table and
shufliing the cards.
“Some people’s.
"mother’s?”
Her mother was dosing in the arm-
chair by the fire.
1 “Oh, don’t be silly!
is told.”
“Poor momma!”
“Well you know what I mean—all
that’s worth telling. She refused the
fair man and married the dark one;
wasn’t veryrieh and wasn’t very poor
—-quite poor enough!”She shrugged
her shoulders and made a. dainty grim-
aceL—alas! unnamable. “Had two tire-
some boys and one very nice girl—voi-
la moi!”
“Who was an incorrigible little flirt
and tease,” I suggested bitterly.
“Fortunes don’t go into such details
about secondary persons, even if they
happened to be true; which they
aren’t.”
“Oh, yes, they do.”
“Since you know so much about it
you can tell mine.” She scattered the
cards toward me with a crash. “We
all right, mum; I’m only brewing the
cards at Cousin Harry.”
Her mother gave a sleepy smile and
returned to her slumbers.
“You mustn't Home more it the eerie
are unfavorable.” '
“I shall know you’ve made it up it
theyare.”
“I wouldn’t dream of jesting upon.
such a subject,” I assured her. “For-
tune telling follows certain essential
principles, which are immutable
and—4’ ,
.“Should be practised, not preached.
Go on.”
“To start with, then, you are the
Queen of Hearts."
“Why?” _ .
”Because the Queen of Hearts rep-
resents feminine beauty and charm.”
“Oh!” She leaned back and laughed.
“If you are only going to flatter me I
won’t listen. ”
"I merely state a fast. You are the
Queen of Hearts."
“No, I’m not. I’m spades or clubs,
because I’m dark.”
“Excuse'me, but it is not. a matter
merely of complexion, but of general
appearance. Spades represents plain
pe0ple, diamonds passable people,
clubs nice-looking people, and hearts
very nice-looking people. Queen of
Hearts.”
“I’m glad the fortune teller is so ap-
preciative. Of course, I know you’re
only pretending.” She looked at me
for denial, but I busied myself with the
cards. "Go on!” she cried.
“First I shufllo the cards—so. Then
I cut them-so. Now I place my hand
on‘ them—-so. You place your hand on
top of mine.” She did. "Now I
place my other hand on top of yours—
so—and you put your other hand on
top of mine.”
“I never heard of this before,” said
she, doubtfully. Neither did I, but it
had occurred to me as an improve-
ment.
“Now you must sit quite still and si-
lent for a full minute.”
“I know I shall laug .”
“Then the fortune will be spoiled.”
“I don’t believe it’s necessary.”
“Yes it. isL—to place the teller and
the tellee en rapport.”
“But we aren’t, you know. We al-
ways quarrel—at least, you do.” '
“Couldn’t. we be, just for a. minute,
Milly?”
I didn’t mean to speak seriously, but
I did.
“You have made me feel quite seri-
Shall I try your
Mum’s fortune
one," said she, with a nervous little
laugh.
“It’s going to be a. serious fortune.”
I meant it to be.
“Then—then won't you cut, too,
Harry? To represent the other peo-
ple? I don’t like all the responsibili-
ty. Please!” '
So I out too. It didn’t matter, you
see, because I looked at the cards be-
fore I put them down in the shape of
an opened fan round the Queen of
Hearts. 'Of course, I don’t know any-
thing about fortune telling, really.
“The disposition of the cards," I
said gravely, "indicates many possibil-
ities of happiness and good fortune,
if you take your opportunities; but
much is left to your own decision."
“What a nuisance! an’t they say
how I shall decide?”
I shook my head. “-
“The hearts near the queen show
that you are and will be much liked
and admired.” -
“I believe you’re making it up.”
“The three kings next to her indicate
three admirers—perhaps lovers."
“Whoever can they be?”
“The King of Clubs, with the other
clubs close by, I_ take to be a soldier——
good-looting, dashing, and, from the
diamonds in the same line, not badly
of}. The hearts at the end of the line
.12 . tet hat you have given him some
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a agement.”
'13 s1; :11: I haven’t,” said she with
.. .- (e ..:z.1rnth.0f course she knew I
;--,1 :_':'~.;.:.::i11 Richards. “The cards
a wrong."
"1"'0:‘."_.::5 they mean that you will
.1 Suggested inquiringly; but
sic-'7. in her handkerchief and
fill-£31 Iii é-I'E‘Vel‘.
“The .3-2' $171; of Diamonds, with spades
fol: o 1 1:3, 1.;-;-:- ans an elderly suitor who
has prospered in trade. He is shown
by the diamonds,
l‘l'
-. . ed handing the business over‘t
.1. I meant old Parsley " '.
"I call it very unkind of you, Hat-
('3’ "
H":- lip dropped a little, "fix-14:3? be,
Alto apOIOSize :II‘S'Hli’Ilt (3.11%: {1:15;
“It isn’ t. my doing. It’efhe cards. 3’
“Well, you know it.» 'i'ihit“; “'3 .e'Ii’s
self—she looked ovfifil‘dnwflw o
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. as dad; and I wouldn’t.
ending with the ,
.n..v,e to have made a fortune a‘nd re: 3
sell“!
or
see that her mother was still asleep—.-
"mamma’s silliness. Why, he’sas old
onuldn’t ”
“The cards leave it to you, Mill-y."
“Don’t you believe me?” ...1..s:i
She looked quite hurt. “if
"0f course—if you say so. ” '
I patted her hand, which was lying
on the table, but she draw it sharply
away and rubbed the touch off with
her handkerchief.
“Well? The King’ of Hearts?
does he mean?” ,
I considered a moment.
“The King of Hearts,” I pronounced
slowly, “means a handsome youn'g‘fel-a
low who paid you a great deal ofvatu-
tention when you were staying with
the Queen of Clubs, 21 dark relatives-q
probably your aunt.” . ‘
“I won’t. listen to another words"
What
- s
,she cried indignantly. It’s a nasty,
horrid fortune, and quite -untrue.
There!” - ~11. . 31.5: f -zt'r’é
“Veiy well.” '" ’ "' "
I made as if I would sweep the «cards
togmether
' “Don’t be disagreeable.” She looked
at me reproachfully, with one of her.
kaleidoscopic changes. “I want to hear
it—my proper fortune—not nonsense.
"“Well, isn’t this true?"
“No, it isn’t."
“Didn’t he pay you a. lot of atten-
tion?”
“Young; Jephsonf"
“Yes.""' .. ~ :
He was the rival I really feared.
“Nothing special."
“So may pay you attention that you
think nothing of 1 ”
“You silly fellow!" said she, scorn-
fully. “Why, he’s almost engaged to
Cousin Annie.”
I felt as though a weight was taken
off me.
“Why,” I said, ”how stupid of me!.
She must be the dark lady, I suppose."
I ought to have connected him with
her instead of you.”
“I don’t believe you understand the
fortune businesé a bit.”
“It’s very difficult,"
I apologized.
“But you see the cards are all right,‘
when you read them properly. "
“What else do they say?”
“The next point is money. The sev-
en of diamonds next to the knave or
clubs—probably your uncle—indicates
a legacy; and—”
"No, no!” she interrupted.
want to know about money.”
“Well, the duration of life is shown
by_!’ .
“That doesn’t matter,” said she,
quickly, shrugging her shoulders. -
“Then I hardly know what else there
is to tell.” I looked at her'doubtfully.
There was one thing only that I want-
ed to tell her. ’
III MD. ’t
know, Milly ?”
She put her elbow on the table and
rested her head on her hand. Then'
she laughed uneasily, and I held my
breath for a moment. '
“Isn‘t. there—I mean did you ‘finish
with—tho—the—admirers, as you call
them?”
"There is another,” I told her,
he is hardly worth mentioning.”
“Why not? Because he doesn’t care
for—doesn’t admire, or Whatever you
call it—much?”
“Oh, no! But he’s poor, you s'ee. Be-
ing only the King of Spades, he has to
work for his living, so he admires at a
distance. There are two cards between
him and her, you see.”
"But,” said she very gently,
are hearts."
“Yes, ” said 1, "they are hearts; be-
ing two, they show that he is distantly
related.” We are second cousins, real-
ly. "They indicate that he is very fond
of her, but leave it doubtful if she is
more than slightly attached to him.”
I looked appealingly to her, but. her
eyes were cast down.
“How do you make that out?”
asked at length.‘
The card next to her is the two; but
that byohim is the ten; which means-
great affection.”
“What does the rest of the
mean?”
“The nine of spades, on the other
“but
“they
she
line
side of the king, shows that he has a,
great deal more work to do before he
can be in a position to ask the room
of hearts—her father—for her.- hand.
ace cf clubs show that he must toil at
some risk in a land acrosé‘lh‘é ‘sea. 5’
She clasped her hands.lw-ddenly and
looked up .» 1
“Oh, no, no!” she cried
“Yes, ” I said quietlyr'a‘n‘d teary. ' ‘ '
“Wh.re?” :"1\,.- 1.1-”.
Her dainty mouth. was quivering.
“The cards do‘ not say. But it is. the
Cape, I believe, where a. relative has‘,
1' '1;
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offered him a good berth."
We looked at theicards in. dismal 9.1-.
lence for a while Then she smilled at
me ever so brightly.
. “There 11’ the ‘a'cé'df" hearts attet'ite‘
end of the lin'e,,'Har1-:7.,.’3. she whisnflma.
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must be my heart, because it is querllby
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