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INHrrIcIHNGY- or SPAIN
Unable to Preserve Order, and the United
States Must Intervene—Whether War
Results or ‘Not Depends on Spain—Ad-
ministration: Ready to Act.
Washington, March 10.—The Admin-
istration realizes that while there may
be a peaceful settlement of the Maine
question, the greater one, that of Cuba,
still remains. To settle this the Pres-
ident and his Cabinet are preparing.
This means the independence of Cuba.
The President, in his message to Con-
gress, stated his plan in this matter.
He gave Spain an opportunity to put
autonomy into effect and asked her to
set a. time when she would restore
'peace- on the island The Administra-
tion has waited patiently for the Ma-
drid Government to name this date,
but no answer has been received.
It is evident to the President and his
Cabinet that when the report of the
Courtylof Inquiry and the" Cuban cor-
respondence are made public, the Ad-
ministration must be prepared to act
as the President promised in his mes-
sage last December. Spain has per-
mitted the time to pass when anything
short of the independence of Cuba will
suffice. ‘
The course of the President in the
last few days, the asking for a. $50,000,-
000 appropriation, the active prepara-
tions for any emergency by all the de-
partments, and the _taklng of the pub-
lic into his confidence—all mean that.
the real crisis is about at hand.
This is practically the universal opin-
ion in Congress, and it is more than
mere speculation. No doubt is felt
that the independence of Cuba. is to be
recognized by this Government.
Whether this causes war depends upon
Spain. The 1055 of the Maine is known
dent. If it is not shown to have been
the act of Spanish officials, or by their
connivance, it will still demonstrate the
inefficiency of Spainish control in Ha.-
vana. The necessity of assistance by
this Go *ernment to prevent the depop-
ulation of the island by starvation,
confessed by the acceptance of the as-
sistance, is another evidence of the
helplessness of Spain to maintain in
Cuba the conditions of government.
The barbarities, proven and confessed,
show inability to preserve the forms
of civilization. Incapacity and loss of
control on the island are shown. V '
Intervention by this Government to
save the populatioufrom starvation is
the first step toward a, broader inter-
vention to preserve life and property
and to save the island from becoming
a barren 11 aste The conditions in Cuba.
have compelled Spain to achnou led
the need and propriety of this Govern-
ment intervening to check devastation
by starvation. The right of further in—
tervention, if necessary, naturally fol-
lows.
This is the view of the situation held
in Congress, and intervention is ex-
pected.
propriation bill by Congress has
brought a general sense of relief. Here-’
tofore there has "been apprehension
that evil would result fromihe Admin-
istration not being prepared-for an
emergency, and, at the same time, it'
was feared that the public steps neces-
sary -to preparation would aggravate
the situation. Moreover, both parties
feared some break or evidence of lack
of harmony when the time came for
action. All these apprehensions have
been relieved by the unanimous vote
in both houses, and the knowledge that
all necessary preparations without de-
lay. Further reason for satisfaction
is found» in the belief that a policy has
been inaugurated which will result in
the final settlement of the irritating
C‘uban question.
While the 'hope' is entertained that
and the display of resources by this
Government will impress the Spanish
Government, yet there is not much
faith in the ability of Sagasta. to con-
trol or resist Spanish public sentiment.
It' is expected that Spain will be com-
pelled to choose betWeen settling the
Cuban question peaceably herself on
the basis of independence, or having
this Government recognize the inde-
ering the course Spain may see fit to
follow.
The steps that will be taken will not
be Of a character to provoke Spain to
war, though it is thought they will
probably have that effect, and will cer-
tainly lead speedily .to Cuban inde-
pendence. ,
Ari evidence of the spirit with which
the question of supporting the Presi-
dent ~was approached was furnished
Tuesday by the action of Speaker Reed,
Mr. Cannon, General Henderson and
Mr. Dalzell, the Republican members
of the Rules Committee and the chair-
man. of Appropriations Committee, in
leaving it to Mr. Sayers, the Democrat-
ic leader on the Appropriations Com-
mittee, to fix,the programme for the
consideration of the defense bill. The
same spirit was shown when Mr.
Bailey, the Democratic leader, support-
ed by every Democrat in the ”House,
and the Populists, view with the Re-
publicans in a display of patriotism.
This was not the result of a. momen-
tary impulse, but was the formal en-
trance upon a policy of support of the
President and submergence of party
politics in this crisis which will con-
tinue until the close.
Cleveland Strike Over.
Cleveland, 0., March 10.—After more
than two months' hard fighting, the
Glrhe Sh‘p Yard strike has been set-
t‘cd. The battle is declared off and
the men compelled to acknowledge a
lsfeat, which may mean the disinte-
gration ofvtheir local union. Between
'oouaimd 500 hands were involved in the
str e. ' .
$100,000 Fire in Chicago.
Chicago, March 10.—‘1'hc three upper
tories of the building at the southeast
wrner of ‘Monroe and Market streets
'ere gutted by fire last evening. The
amage was about $100,000 to tho struc-
Ire, and to the stocks of tenants, who
~ .re'r'e' a number of small manufacturers
of clothing and manufacturera‘ agents.
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not to have been the result of an acct-v
~ a. verdict before leaving- the box.
The passage of the fifty million ap— .
the President is in condition to make "
the unprecedented action of Congress-
pendence of the island without consid- '
' perpetratoru‘ _
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THE DEPUTlES ACQUITT‘ED.
Verdict of Not Guilty Rendeled in the
Lattimer Riot Trial.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 10.——The
jury in the case of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies for shooting of strikers
a. verdict of not guilty.
Long before the time for court to
convene yesterday morning there was
a big crowd waiting to gain admission
to the court room. Judge Woodward
did not take hisseat on the3 bench un—
til 10.05 o’clock, the jury coming in a.
few minutes later. When the jurors
had taken their seats the roll was call-
ed, each man answering to his name.
The clerk then asked: “Gentlemen of
the jury, have you agreed upon a. ver-
dict?"
The foreman replied: “We have," at
the same time handing the. clerk the
written verdict, which was promptly
passed to Judge VVoodwardu
, After reading the verdict the Judge
returned the paper to the clerk. The
latter, addressing the jury, said: “Gen-
tlemen. your verdict in the case of the
Commonwealth vs. James Martin et.
a]. is not guilty, so say‘ you all.”
“We'do,” was the reply.
The jury was then polled and each
juror answered not guilty as his name
was called.
There was an attempt at applause,
but it was quickly suppressed by the
Judge.
When the jury retired Tuesday even-
ingpthey took only one ballot and it
was unanimous for acquittal. It is
"said the jury was prepared to render
The
ballot was taken only for form’s sake.
‘ After the jury had been thanked and
discharged by Judge Woodward, Dis-
trict Attorney Martin asked that the
defendants be required to continue
their bail bond, as there are still sev-f
enteen indictments for murder hang-
ing over them, and thirty eight for
feloniously wounding. The bond 11 as
continued as 1equested. I
DistII‘ct Atttorney Martin says he
has not decided What to do with these
other cases, but will confer with the
Prosecuting Committee. This com—
mittee, it is said, “If“ insist upon fur-
ther prosecutic'm.
The trial of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies began on Tuesday, February
1. and continued for five weeks, about
150 witneses being called by the Com-
monw ealth and the defense. The case
was bitterly fought by both sides, and
{has excited more interest. than any
. ‘other case ever tried in‘ this section of
the State
It is said that the trial will cost the
county almost $10, 000 and the defense
350,000. The lawyers engaged by the
-Prosecuting Committee to assist 'the
District Attorney were to have a fee
of $1,000 each. So for each has received
$700 of it. ‘ '
TREASURY 'IN GOOD SHAPE.
‘CIIItonIs Recclpn lncreaslhg~Gold lic-
serve 'l’ouclnlug Record Figures.
Washington, March lO.——At no time
,has the national Treasury been in a
lhealthier condition than now. There
is not only a greater store of gold in
. the .vaults of the Treasury building to-
day than there has been for a. decade,
but at no time within many years has
.the flow of gold into the Treasury been
Iso strong and steady as it is at pres-
; out. There are in round numbers $170,-
000,000 in gold in the Treasury, and the
supply is increasing every day,lthough
the Government is making no effort
toward further accumulation. The
most remarkable and gratifying of re—
cent developments has been the reap-
;pearance of gold in the payments for
l customs at New York. Tn the past few
. years the yellow metal has never been
tendered in payment of customs dues,
but ‘the gradual restoration of confi-
dence has had the effect of renewing
the- flow of gold- into the custom
houses.
It has been gradual, but it has now
become unmistakable. Last Septem-
ber 'the proportion of gold ‘was only
eight-tenths of l per cent. of all the
receipts. The next month it rose In 31‘
per cent. Ianovem‘ber it had inm‘cnsod
to 5 per cent, and so it rose steadily
until now it is no less Ithnn
cent. of the receipts. The
authorities have done nothing to pro-
duce this condition, nor even to en-
courage it.
The customs payments in actual min
is regarded in financial circles as cm-
of the best barometers of the confi-
dence of the money market. Next to
gold, United States notes are consid-
ered the best forms. of payment of cus-
toms dues, and these constituted 5—l per
cent. of the receipts in January, and
rose to 64 per cent. last month.
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FLORIDA’S FORT PLANS STOLEl‘l.
[Burglar-s, Said to Be Spanish Spies, Break
Into Building. 3080 Augustine. ,
West Palm Beach, Fla., March —10.-——
Following is an excerpt from a letter
which has been received here, the in-
formation coming from an official in
the Government building in St. Augus-
tine:
“The Government building here was
night and robbed, the thieves taking
nothing but the plans and specifies».
tions from the engineers of the fortifi-_
cations of the State. The discovery
caused great excitement among the of-:
hotels, and the matter has been kept
a profound Secret. The town has been
besieged with Spanish spies for the last
ten days, and it is generally believed
by the authorities that they are the,
at Lattimer, on September 10, returned '
employment of others;
:‘lttle dogged
' they stood.
THE ARMY ASA-N OCCUPATION.
.\ \Vonl in Its Favor—If a Soldier Chomee
tn do so He Can Lay by Money.
A contemponary, commenting on the
Ilemand of the Secretaries of War and
Navy fon more men for warships and
batteries, remarks that while the labor
market will not feel the drain much,
it is :1 fact that such employment of
able-bodied men is just somuch sub~
l'l‘ilcted from the productive forces of
the country. Considering that the
number’ of men required cannot be
much in excess of 3.000, altogether,
the drain will be hardly perceptible.
Soldiens labor? and me the cause of
for armies
must be fed and clothed, as well as
paid. Every year 50,000 men offer
themselves for enlistment in the army,
and recruiting officers can pick and
choose. The aspirants for enlistment
include many bright young Americans
—no aliens will be taken now—of
whom the military career is attractive.
Nor are the inducements in the way
of pay offered to be despised by able-
bodied young men who'would other—
wise be employed in civil labor in the
lower grades of employment. While
the private soldier begins his service
at $13 a month, his pay increase $1
every. year of faithful service up to
the sixth, when it is $18. Sergeants
in the line get as high as $30 a month;
in «the engineers, ordnance and signal
corps pay runs at its highest, fiom
$30 to $50 a month. To the educated
man in the 1anks there is the chance
to compete fan a commission. The
nayy pay for men before the mast
and petty officers is higher than that
given in 'the merchant service. When
we consider how much is supplied
gratis to the soldiers and sailors in the
way, of food, lodging and medical at-
tendance, we can readily see that their
pay ,cOmpares very favorably, for sin-
gle men at least, with the wages given
in at least the lower grades of me-
chanical employment :
Many soldiers and" sailors steady,
temperate, faithful men, lay up money
enough during their, service to begin
a business career with a Considerable
capital. This is especially true in the
lVest, where thrifty privates and “non-
coms" made good investments in buy-
ing .land cheap ahead of a boom.
Here in New England may .be found
men prospering in civnl employment
who a few years ago were in the
ranks, and started in a new career
with an honorable discharge and a few
hundred dollars of savings—Boston
Transcript.
wI-I EN SPEVC'T'ACLE'S WERE NEW.
The Size According to the Rank of Wearer
—Some as Large as Ones Band.
.In the days when spectacles were
introduced the world wasnot all wise. '
Glasses became so fashionable that the
people did not wait until necessity
compelled them to adopt the new we
tom. Whetherthelr eyesight was bad
01' good, those who would be stylish
wore spectacles. In Spain they formed
part of the costume of every well-
dressed person.
The object of the wearer in putting
on. glasses was to increase the gravity
’ofhis appearance and render himself
more directly imposing. A young
monk who had, through the assistance
of his family, caused his order to suc-
ceed in an important lawsuit. felt him-
seli'liberally rewarded when the prior,
having embraced him warmly, testified
his gratitude by saying, “Brother, put
on spectacles.”
The glasses_ of spectacles were pro-
portioned in size, not to the eyes, but
to the rank of the wearer, those worn
by the Sp'anish nobles being as large
as one’ 5 hand. The Marquis of As-
torga, Viceroy of Naples, after having
had his bust sculptured in marble, par-
ticularly enjoined the artist not to for-
get his beautiful apectacles.-—Youth’s
Companion.
A Religious Compromise.
A certain Governor of Rhode Island,
who lived in Newport and was a mem-
ber of the Congregational Church,
InarIled a woman who was a Baptist,
without any understanding as to the
Irrangement of religious matters. The
first Sunday morning after the mar-
riage the pair started out at church
time together. They walked side by
side as far as the corner of Church
Ind Spring streets, where their accus-
tomed ways to church diverged, and
therethey stopped. . He stood with a.
leaning toward his
church, she with the same leaning
towardrher's. “wen, wife,” said the
”Governor, “which way shall we go?”
entered by thieves on last Thursday _"_’5he made no answer, nor did she make
any sign 0f“ going his way. The
.Governor locked up at the beautiful
spin and . cheery door of
Trinity
Church, under the shadow of which
“‘Hal” said the Governor,
‘let’s throw up both our churches and
'go in here!” jAnd into Trinity they .
went, and were devout Episcopalians
ever after.—-Boston Transcript,
(1'an amines“
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Boston Store '
Fairiield County’s Greatest Store.
flPENlNl} [1F
SPRING
. I 0033 nuns
We received 80 pieces of new goods this Week, one
hundred and fifteen pieces more will be shipped to us the
first of next week. We must make room for them, so we
will sell all our Winter Dress Goods at-I—.—-"
Half Price.
29c Checks and Fancies,
Saturday and Monday, 15c.
$1.25 Mohair and Wool
suitings, so ,lnches wide,
631:. I
Domestic Goods
1200 mottled flannels 7c.
- Sc white domet flannel 5c.
100 dress ginghafiis 6c.
. 'Zc brown sheeting 5c.
Great Slaughter of Winter
Underwear. Good for next
Winter
180 pieces of men’s odd shirts and
drawers, fleeced grey and white wool,
and some part wool—worth 500, 65c and
75c; find your size and save money,——
each 340.
Men’s extra fine shirts and drawers,
all of. our well known brands, none
worth less than 81.50 a few worth $2.00
in grey, white and scarlet, you can’t
make a mistake—all at one price, 75c.
Kitchen Dept
75c Nickel plated tea kettle 53c.
$1.98 carpet sweepers warranted £61-
ene year $1. 29.
87c white ware ewers and basins, 59c.
$1. 98 Family size wringers $1.09.
35c No. 2 oval chopping bowls 190.
39c Wood fibre water pails 250.
' First quality steel knives & forks
‘ ebony handle 75c. set.
490 French rat traps 25c.
Vests and Drawers
Ladies wool vests, short sleeves.
Ladies scarlet pants and ladies merino
pants. regular price. 500, 75c and 81. 00,
all at one price 38c.
75:: Elk. Fancies,Mohatr
and Wool. It’s a shame to
sell them, 37 has. '
49¢ Plalds and Mixtures,
25c.
Hosiery at Half Price,
Everything in}: Ladies and Misses
wool and fleeced stockings, regardless
of cost willl be sold at Half the regular
prices:
750 Kind 380.
500 -I “ 25c.
25c “ 12+}c.
Collarettes atlflalt‘Prlcé
a 1.00 Collarette s 3.50. ‘
17.0. “ 8.50.
18.00 “ 9.0.
27.00, "‘ 16.00,
Jackets and Capes atlflait:
Price . . . I
$15.00 Black Kerscys, 87.50."
-15.00 Two toned boucle, 07.50.
15.00 Rough Jackets, 7.50.
5.00 Capes, 82, 50.
3.00 Capes, $1.50.
49.001Electri0 seal, $25.00.
7.00 Kersey Jackets, $3.50.
16.00iTan Kersey Jackets, 88:00.
17.00 Blouses,t$8.00.
12.00 Blouses, $6.00.
18.00iPlus‘h capes, $9.00.
24.00 Plush capes, $12.00.
10.00 Children’s Jackets—$5.00.',I
5.00 Children’s Jackets, $2.50.
THE BosroN STORE.
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