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OUTWARDS To Naples $18 “ Genoa 18 “ “ .Messina. 20 “ Palermo 20 TICKETS CAN. BE OBTAINED AT THIS OFFICE. , PREPAID S. "I . From Naples $ 1L7 Genoa ' “ Messina 16 “ Palermo 1 9 11100011001: A. Wise Man Keep-s his Home Insured Milli I. GAZETTE BIIELNEM, || || Against Fire.— IHE BEST [IUMPll ES REPRESENTEU w. 11. Brlnoior. - - MRWILI,‘ 00M 1‘ _ _ 0U real this advertis: ment. If it had been yours and others had read it, how much' goodlit Imight . have done. Send in your adv. and we Will do the rest. Rates) on application. GEN lEEON THE lll lNN Says the Explosion W .13 the. Work of Spanish Oflicmls. A SIGNIFICANT 1111111111011 Our Consul General to Cuba Produces Copy of the Captain Generai’s Telegram Ordering the Destruction of a Myster- ious Letter—-The Mines \Vere Placed in Havana Harbor During \"cyler’s Reign—Exonerflted Gen. Bianco, “‘lm Seemed to Be Deeply (lrieved at the Tragedy. ‘ Washington, April 15.—The testimony of Gen. Lee before the Senate Com- mittee on Foreign Relations in the in- vestigation relating to the Maine disas- ter is the most important heard by the committee. It was made on the 12th inst. In the statement Gen. Lee said that he was informed on very good authority that the Spaniards had placed two rows of torpedoes just at the mouth of Havana harbor by Morro Castle within the last two months, or subsequent to the Maine disaster, and that switchboard was in a room in the castle. He said, however, that he had no information of the placing of any torpedoes before the Maine was de— stroyed, and none in regard to the pur— chase of torpedoes or mines abroad by the Spanish authorities. “Have you any reason to suppose that the harbor was mined at all be— fore the blowing up of the Maine?" asked Senator Frye. ' “No, sir; I had no reason to suspect anything of the sort up to that time.” He then went on to say that Gen. YVey- ler‘s letter to Santos Guzman had led him to believe that mines might have been placed there piexious to he Maine incident, and he said that this sup-- position was strengthened by a tele- gram from Gen. VVeyler, of which he had cognizance. Upon the whole, he thought the Weyler letter (the Laine letter) was a correct copy of a genu- ine letter. The telegram to which he referred was addressed to Eva Canel, a. noted Spanish woman and an ad- mirer of Weyler, and to Senor Guzman, and it read as follows: “Grave circumstances cause me to ask you to destroy the laSt letter, of February 18.” Gen. Lee said that this telegram had never before'been published, and he found in it strong confirmatory evi- dence of the genuineness of the ch- ler letter. Outside Explosion Certain. With reference to the responsibility for the destruction of the Maine, Gen. Lee said: “‘1 am satisfied the explosion was from the outside. I cabled the State Department a few days after the board assembled that it was almost certain that the explosion was from the exterior. I have always had an idea about the Maine that, of course. it was not blown up by any private individual or by any private citizen. but it was blown up by some of the officers who had charge of the mines and electrical wires and torpedoes in the arsenal there, who thoroughly understood their business, for it was done remarkably well. “I do not think Gen. Blanco, the pars- sent Captain and Governor—General of the island of Cuba, had anything to do with it. I do not think he had any knowledge of it. I saw him just after the occurrence. I was sitting in my room at the hotel, and from the balcony of the hotel I heard the c2'1plosion and saw a great column of fire go up in 11112 air. A- few moments after. 3511-11? 211- ing that it was the Maine. I went right down to the palace and asked for Gen. Blanco. He came in directly, by himself. He had just heard it. and was crying; tears were coming out (1' his eyes. He seemed to 1'cg1'--t it as much as anybody I saw in l-l'm'unu. “I think the explosion was the work of some of the subaltcm ofilccr: who had been there under “(wig-1', and who w ere p1obably anti- Blanco anyhow. and who had full knowledg 'c of the b' is- iness.” I hIanterolla's Telegram . Gen. Lee said that he 11:1} seen 21 copy of a. telegram from A l mil-:1} Man- terolla, dated in Havana, 13.11;; to the explosion of the Maine. to tho Spams ish Commission in London. 1zsking the Commission to “hurry up :he elec- trical cables.” ~“thcthcr il.:..; referred to wire for submarine mints. or torpe- does, I do not know,” he conunued, “I tried to ascertain 11' any of the wire or electrical cables had arrind 1111—19. but. they came on Spanish ships and I could not find out.” Gen. Lee said that this 351111101131 in regard to Manterolia, and 1.130 that with reference to the Vl’cylez hisgrum. had been furnished to the ‘foure. of In", quiry which investigated tin:- Maine disaster, but had not been 9:111: 1:1 Con- gress nor published, because of 11 re— quest of his made to the State De- partment not to make thmn public. "as I was afraid the Spanish papers tin-1's would republish it and tho}; would probably kill the man that gave it ti me.” Continuing this testinruny. (:1: .' Lee said that ten minutes after 1I' 1':"‘o— sion he was at the Palace lul Gen.‘ Blanco, and that the latter gave him an order for a boat to take him out into the harbor. Senator Morgan asked if. when he got to the: wuior's edge, he saw any light burning. “I did not notice that,’ ’ said (Eon. L's-c: ‘but I have made inquiries elm-c anti have ascertained that no (-lcctric lights went out. I sent for electric light 121911 and gas men. Some gas jets wont cul in one or two places. caused by the shock or something, but I could not ascertain from these men that a. single electric light went out. One of the elec- tric light men whom I call-3d upon is a friend of mine, and he sent for the man who has direct 021111-11 of 12:: lights, who came to my c.1I‘.11~.TI;is man said he had not heard oi any 5 1131 thing. I said I wanted to know with certainty. The man then 11111-311 an ex,- ploration of an hour or two and 11':— turned, saying, that with the cxccpii ‘11 of one electric ligh t near" the li.11'1='h and one at another pgace not very m; dist-ant, which. mightflmwe genera! M the shock, no other electric lights 1111111 out.” . NH R w A I. K '1' Sunnis]: Officers Rejoiced. “Ea. e you heard since :he explosion of the Maine any expressmn by Span- ish officers in leiation to it, indicating their pleasure at the act?” asked Sen— ator Frye. ‘ Gen. Lee responded: “I heard two or three days afterward from various persons who came in that there was a. good deal of rejoicing among some of the officers. All rep01 ts I got said they were drinking champagne, quite a thing to do in honor of the event. and in different portions of the city officers were making merry. I attribute It to the fact that what they considered almost an enemy’s battleship had been blown up, and it was that much in their favor.” He said that he had not heard any threats of. or allusions to the destruction of the Maine previous to the explosion. Senator Lodge asked if he had heard of an attempt on the Montgomery. “I heard,” responded Gen. Lee, “that. that there was something of that sort one evening, but I bell-eve upon inves— Ligation it was found that it did not amount to anything.” The following colloquy between Sen— ator Foraker and Gen. Lee brought out some further opinions of the General in legard to the destruction of the Maine: Senator Foraker—You think that no novice could have destroyed the Maine? Consul-General Lee—Oh, no, sir. The man who did the. work was an officer thoroughly acquainted with ex- plosives of all sorts, and knew all about it. It was very well done. Senator Foraker—A man who had ex- pert knowledge, necessarily? Gen. Lee—Yes, sir. Senator Clark—And who must have had knowledge of the location of the torpedo? Consul-General Lee—Yesfl I never have been certain that the submarine explosive was placed there prior to the entrance of the Maine into the harbor. It might have been done afterward. The Maine was anchored to a buoy by some little chain. A vessel swinging around that way sometimes gets at various places all around the circle. IVhen she would swing off that way, with the bow next to the buoy and these boats plying about the harbor all the time, an‘ybody could go pretty ,well in front of her on a dark night and fi'op one of these submarine mines of 500 pounds. They have fingers, as it were, and as the boat goes around it vould touch the finger, which makes contact and explodes the mine. That might have been done after the Maine got in there and not be discovered. Easily Done. “One or two men rowing quietly in a boat could drop it off the stern of the boat on a dark night. A boat would not have been noticed, because boats go there always to a. late hour of the night. The harbor is full of these lit- tle boats. A mine weighs about 500 pounds, and I suppose it would take four or five men—one man to row, and probably three or four to handle the mine.” In reply to a question from Senator Gray, Gen. Lee said that the Spanish population is not especially hostile towa1d the United States. Senator Gray—How as to 'the Cuban part of the population? Gen. Lee——Thcy are generally all for free Cuba. Senator (fullom—What is the condi— tion of the reconcentrados out in the - country? ' Gen. Lee—Just as bad as in Gen. IVeylcr’s day. It has been relieved a good deal by supplies sent from the ‘Lfnitcd States, but that has ceased now. Tho Chairman—How about the Span- iards? ’ Gen. Lee—Gen. Blanco published a proclamation rescinding Gen. Vchler‘s bando, as they call it there, but it has 11:11.1 no practical effect, for, in the first place, these people have no place to which to go. The houses have been burned down: there is nothing but the bore land there. and it takes them two months before they can raise the first (Top. In the next place, they are afriad to go out from the lines of the towns, because the roving bands of Spanish guc '1'lllas, as they are called, would kill them. So they stick right in at the edges of towns. just like they did, with nothing to eat except what they can get from cha1i‘1y. The Spanish have Inoth— lllfl i0 give. Armistice Means Nothing. Senator Lodge asked: “IVhat does this cessation of hostilities spoken of in the last few days amount to?” to which Gen. Lee responded: “Noth- ing; practially nothing—the armistice amounts to nothing." "Suppose Havana was blockaded,” said Senator Mills, “so that no pro— visions could go in, would the people there have any way to get any?” f'None wutever,” responded Gen. Lee. “The town would surrender in a short while.” Gen. Lee said that all but about 300,- 000 Spaniards of the population of (.‘u- ba, which is about 1,500,000 were Cu- buns. "Are all 1119 Cubans friendly to the insurgents?" asked Senator Foraker. 1 111-2 \er saw one that was not,” re— sponded Gen. Lee. Senator P119. asked various questions in Qegaid 111 the physical condition Oil. the Spanish soldiers, and the method of providing for them, of which the influx-sills are specimens, with their 1'e- ' pliesz' :-'¢'-11.I1t111 l‘ryc—NVhat is the condition 1: f the .apazui s‘n soldiers there in the isl— and? 1‘11115111-(lcns1'el Lee—Very bad. Baseball Season Opens To-Day. New York \prll 15. —-The gieat game of busebu ill will be on in full force to- lay. for the National League and Amer— ican Association championship battlc will then begin. It promises to be :1 most successful season. In all the teams except the Baltimorcs and Cleve- lands important changes have been made. Whether they are to the ad- vantage of the teams will only 11 proud as the season advances. Elephants for War Service. \' ushington A’pril 15.—Sec c‘ .1v ll- ' tshnoa" afternoon received a «.115- . from a circus proprietor, tender- mg‘ to the. Gm ernment twenty-five e19- phones. These elephants, he explaincl had seer: senior in India and migl-i .‘ ch ' Drove of benefit :11 a Cuban camps: gr. Men are also offered to handle til; ch ': 1500000000001 011 Bill Drafted to Provide Funds for the Conflict. BIG BOND ISSUE PLAN Annual Revenues to Be Increased by i $100,000,000—The Tax on Tobacco and Beer Will Be Increased—Other Changes in the warm: ' lVashington, April 15.—Chairman Dingley of the Committee on \Vays and Means is at work on a. bill to be intro- iuced in a day or two, providing for the raising of revenue to meet the expendi- :ures already authorized and those an— ticipated by the passage of the Cuban resolution. It is the understanding 'ihat the bill will be introduced imme- li'ately succeeding action by the Senate on the resolutions now pending before It. '-The bill has been drafted upon the oasis of an increase-of $100,000,000 anI-I dually in revenues, and an immediate loan of $500,000,000 to enable the Gov- ernment to enter upon and carry on war with Spain. The loan will be divided into bonds of the amount of $300,000,000 and $200,~ 300,000 of certificates of indebtedness, which the Secretary of the Treasury ' will be authorized to issue. This proposition may be made a per— manent provision of the law. to be ex- ercised in times of exigency. The bonds will be offered for general subscriptions at Government agencies in all parts of widely distributed as- the people may desire—a popular loan in the fullest sense. To provide the additional revenue the tax on tobacco will be increased, and the special license tax assessed against retail dealers, repealed by the law of 1890, may be revived. The Stamp Tax act of 1866 will be re— enacted, omitting those features which the experience of the Treasury Depart- ment has demonstrated were vexatiI to the people without the compens t- ing advantage of producing revenue omitted. An increase will be made of $1 a bar? rel in the beer tax. It is also proposed to enact Senator Lodge’s bill to tax trans— fers of bonds and stocks, which was added to the Dingley Tariff bill in the Senate and afterward stricken out in conference. free list, and the old-ltime war duty levied on the importations of those ar— ticles. ' This is the only change that will be made in the tariff, all other taxes being included within the internal revenue. WEYLER CALLED TO MADRID. The Butcher-General Declares That Cuba is Lost Unless Spain Fights. Madrid, April 15.—Gen. Weyler ar- rived here yesterday, apparently :alled by the Government. He consid- ers war with the United States inev- Itable. He was met at the railroad sto- many friends, military men and civil— ians. The GOvernor of Madrid prohibited posed to make, and adopted strong pre— cautionary measures. There was a. de- .tachment of police at the station, there Iiw ere policemen in the streets through iwhich the General passed, and police .I :officers were stationed even Within the , when necessary. display all possible on- : crgy to defend the honor and interests Ientrance of the General’S\residence.. From the railroad station the former ICaptain- -General was driven rapidly to - ' his 1101 1e in a carriage, accompanied by , Senor Mosamena, a. Chamber of Deputies. Vv'hen questioned on the subject, Gen. \Veyler refused to say he was called to Madrid by the Government, but, he member of the the Associated Press:“ “I have indeed offered my services to the Queen. tween “'ashington and Madrid.” llIore Spanish Cruisers at Cape Verde. St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, April 15.—The Spanish armored Icruis- ers‘Infanta Maria. Teresa. and Cristobal Colon arrived'here yesterday and joined the torpedo flotilla. which has been here since April 1. All of these vessels are now in this port. “rashington. April 15.—The arrival of the armored cruisers, Infanta Maria Teresa and Cristobal Colon, at Cape Verde Islands, where they have Joined the belief among naval officers that .the Vizcaya and Oquendo are bound for the same port. If that is the case, the Viz- caya. and Oquendo should arrive at the Cape Verde Islands to-morrow or Sat- urday. ' Patriotic Express Company. New York, April 15.—The American Express Company has notified such of its employes as are members of the National Guard and Naval Reserve of the'several States, that, if called upon to accept service in aid of the United States in case of war with Spain, they will be allowed helf pay during such' service, and upon their return to du- ties with the company, will be given their former positions and salary, or some other position of an equal sal- ary. . Took Coast Guns from Havana. New York, April 15.—Information that is regarded as somewhat significant has reached this city to the effect that when the Spanish war ship Vizcaya. lefit Ha.- vana. she took with her from that port a. number of rapid fire guns that had been‘mounted on Shore preparatory to repelling a. possible invasion. The ves- sel also took away a. large quantity of the private papers of the Captain-Gen- eral and of the Government archives. Italian Crull'ér Not Sold. Rome, April 15. —It is announced that there is no t‘r‘uth‘ in the ’21??? that the .It’aiiian Cabinet is (hand ring a con- tract for the sale‘ dt‘thdfg‘l'lnored ’orui- ser Giuseppe Garibhld’i t‘ ' w as the ];aleI has not yet lieu 33$!) W01; the country, that the loan may be as- Coffee and tea will be taken from the ' SPAIN MAY DECLARE WAR Berlin Thinks the, Resolution Before Our Senate Is in the Highest. Degree Provocative and Insulting. . Berlin, Germany, April 15.—Th9 51'1- eral belief in Berlin is that 8111171) ' l- ieclare war on the United Stun... . - mediately. . The debate in the House of Rogue-1:.- taltives at'Washington seems to fir. , still further embittered feeling: i‘.'-.’".'\". The Bismarck papers regard t.-. .. - olutions 'reported from the commit e in the highest degree provocat‘xc 11.2.1 'nsulting to Spain. The Tageblatt speaks of “a frivolous provocation to war unequalled in his— tory,” and says the resolutions :11}: “marked by infamous hypocrisy." 1.1.1453?" ..London, April 15.—The Vienna cotte- apondent of the Daliy Mail says: “Sev- eral European powers, includirrg inu- atria, are reported to have advilsed Spain to declare war because further fielay or concessions would be likely to orovoke a revolution.” W Berlin Regards the Case Hopelesslw‘ London, April 15.—The Berlin co1'1'c4 spondent of the Times says: “The vote in the American House of Representatives is universally regarded here as rendering war inevitable. In- deed, one description of the resolutions adopted is that they constitute an overt declaration of war. It is, therefore, as- serted on good authority that the Eu- ropean powers have no intention of making any further attempts at joint mediation. ” HE LAID THE MINE. 3? Admits the Part: Be Innocently Played in the Destrucdon of the Maine. Chicago, April 15.—Charles A. Cran— dall, alias Emanuel Escadero, who Lcting under the personal orders of Cap— tain- General Weyler, planted the mines and torpedoes in the harbor of Ho— vana, has been'run to earth. He is in the custody of three United States Se- cret Service agents, who will escort him to Washington, where he is expected to give information to prove beyond any possible doubt that the Maine was blown up by a mine and her 266 officers and crew murdered designedly by agencies known to the Spanish officials. Ever since the Maine was blown up Crandall has been dodging. He was run down by a. Cuban spy, who dogged him from Nashville to Highwood, a. Chicago suburb, where he was ’ located by the Secret Service agents early last evening, At first he tried to evade the agents, but when they assured him he would be protected he volunteered to accom— pany them, and he is on his Way to the national Capitol, where he will give his evidence before the State Department. Sagnsta Declares His Policy. tion by Gen. Prat, in full uniform, and I the demonstlations which it was pro- I ' ifesto, I hope the policy and action of added. speaking to the correspondent of,‘ I'ctmsmer war with Amer- j ica inevitable oi ( ‘uIba is- lost. 'to Spain. " "‘I believe w 'ai' is preferable to a. ecu-r. tinuation of the prolonged tension be-- London, April 15.—The Madrid corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says he has 3 had a. conversation with Senor Sagasta, ' who assured him that the Government was absolutely resolved not to provoke hostilities with America. The Premier added: “I should be extremely sorry were the country to lose its pre esent self— —posses— . i Slon because of the incessant menaces addressed to us by the United States. ‘We are striving with all our might to repress the national excitement. “\Vhile others are carrying on agita— tion with as much cleverness as Don Carlos has displayed in his recent man'~ the Government will inspile C'onfidence 111 the country. Just as we are or .'1cful 'now to avoid giving any cause of of— fense to the United States, so will we, of Spain.” . Army to Wait for Congress. “'ashington, April 15.—The statement u as made on very reliable" authority , last night that the order executing the 3 plans of mobilization .“ 111 not be given ; until Congress passes‘a resolution au- thorizing the us se of the army in cariv- ing out its orders. All department com- mandch have received orders to be iea’dy to move South or East as the case may be, when called upon and plans have been fully matured f01 (on- ‘centlating the military forces at what- ever point,wili be best suited to the pur- pose. The present arrangement con— templates mobilization at Chickamau- ga, but the troops may be centred at some other point. The Powers to Try Again. W'ash‘ington, April 15.—It is reported in Washington that the European pow- ers again will send their representatives to the White House to labor with the ,President in the hope of averting war. 'u hat line of argument is to be used is not disclosed. Spain is doing her best gto stir the powers of Europe to inter- the Spanish torpedo flotilla, confirms' v one in her behalf. Evidently, in spite of her war talk she has no longing for a trial of strength with this country. Shawneetown’s Dead. Shawneetown, 111. ,April 15.—The bodies of Dora Galloway and Mary Gal- loway, daughters of Sheriff Galloway, and Mrs. Edward Fleck, have been found. The Mayor and Council of Ev— ansville, Ind, will send fifty firemen to join in the search for the dead. The water is . falling rapidly. Inspection has been made of the levee and it was found a total wreck. It will require $100,000 to put it in condition. To Keep Navy I’lans Secret. \R-‘ashington April 15.—Secretary Long has issued a written order closing the Bureau of’Navigation to members of the press and forbidding the publication of the official list of movements of naval vessels from this date. Hereafter the movements of ships will be kept abso— lutely secret so far as possible. This order is the most significant of the war measures yet taken. Miantonomah to Sail Next Week. Philadelphia, April 15.—The big mon- itor Miantonomoh, it is announced, will leave the League Island Navy Yard early next week, when it is hoped the repairs to her ammunition hoisting machinery will be completed. Baltimore’s Urgent Orders. Yokohama, April 15.—The U iltcd States oru‘i'ser Baltimore, from Hono— lulu, willdepart for Hong Kong t‘o-duy, under, urgent orders. I
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