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‘Senators are deeply interested, and
‘ obtain all the warships we want in case
READY than Gilli
Long“ Says the United States is
Prepared for. the Fray.
lxchIW‘EY’S BRAVE STAND
Would Like Congress to Adjourn and
Allow Him to Settle
but the Senate llIay Object—Stateinent
llIaiters Alone,
on the Present Crisis.
Washington, March 15.—-De'velop-
ments in the Cuban situation have been
confined during the past few days to a
continuation of the active preparations
being made by the War and Navy De-
partments in preparing for a possible
conflict with Spain.
Diplomatic negotiations with Spain
have been practically suspended since
the Maine was destroyed and with re-
gard to the general question of Cuban
freedom they have not been renewed.
The President was hopeful a few
months ago that by tnis time the nego-
tiations would be brought to a head,
but the curse of Spanish tyranny is still
upon the people of Cuba.
Unless the report of the Naval Board
of Inquiry is hastened it will be im—
practicable for the President to bring
the controversy to an end during this
session of Congress, and in anticipa-
tion of this fact it is understood to. be
the purpose of the leaders of the Senate
and House, acting in accordance with
the President’s wishes, to dispose of all
necessary business, and adjourn at an
early day, perhaps before the 1st of
May. As far as the House is con-
cerned, the necessary bills are in such
an advanced stage that adjournment
could be had in a month. Thereby
many bills must be disposed of in the
Senate, however, and owing to the
rules allowing unlimited debate, no one
has power to end discussion and bring
bills to a vote. There are hundreds of
measures pending in ,which various
they may insist in having them con-
sidered. It is the programme of the
President and the leaders to have Con~
gress adjourn and allow Mr. McKinley
to settle the Cuban question in his own
way, but the Senate may not see fit to
put this programme into operation.
Secretary Long said some time ago
that he thought the Naval Board of In-
quiry would complete its work and
have its report in Washington during
the present week. But it now looks as
if this would not be done. The investi—
gation at Havana has not yet been
completed, and whether the board will
again take testimony at Key West or
elsewhere is not yet certain.
The delay naturally gives rise to the
charge that the board is postponing a
decision at the suggestion of the Presi-
dent, who desires to complete, as near-
ly as possible, the .war preparations
now under way before making public
the findings of the board, which may
possibly end in hostilities with Spain.
The administration officials deny that
the President or any one acting for
him has given an i-intimation to the
Naval Court as to when they shall re—
port.
“We are prepared for war.”
are Secretary Long’s words,
frankly to your correspondent.
“I am warranted in saying we can
These
spoken
of war,” he added. “Several war ves-
sels can become ours at an hour’s no-
tice. We have concluded our plans for
transforming merchant vessels into ar—
mored ships, but we will not take pos-
session of them until the necessity
arises.”
These words are especially significant
in view of the efforts being made on
every hand to convince the public that
a peaceful settlement of affairs with
Spain is probable.
One of the highest authorities in the
diplomatic world has made the follow-
ing statement on the present crisis:
“The United States stands to-day
nearer an armed conflict with Spain
than she has since the battleship Maine
was wrecked. The only possible way
in which war can be averted is one
which probably would strongly be con-
demned, both by the citizens of the
United States and by the Cuban pop-
ulation. One should not combine the
Cuban situation with the Maine disas-
ter; yet this is done, and it is only by
such a combination that a peaceful so-
lution of the affairs can be attained.
“Suppose, for instance, the Sagasta
Government announces its willingness
to grant complete freedom to Cuba,
how will this absolve Spain from the
responsibility for the Maine disaster,
should the Board of Inquiry report that
foul play had caused the wreck?
“In such a case the President would
be forced to demand an indemnity so
large that it would be impossible for
Spain to pay it. What then? Spain
must be forced to pay, or be punished
by great nations.
“The only probably way in which
war can be averted, it seems to me, is
by the United States accepting as in-
demnity the island of Cuba, or a large
indemnity guaranteed to the Cuban
customs, with the understanding that
Cuban independence be at once estab-
lished. This plan Would meet with two
objections. First, the American citizens
would object to the purchasing of Cu-
ban freedom with the blood of Ameri-
can sailors; second, the Cubans—evi-
dently now so near to independencc~
would object to the island being sad-
dled down with the debts of Spain, and
they would undoubtedly object to g
Cuba being under any control not their
own. .
“Taking these matters into consider—
ation, it is difficult to show how the
Cuban question and the Maine disaster
can be woven together, and without
they are, I cannot see how war can
be averted."
A Denial from Berlin.
Berlin, March 15.——The North Ger-
man Gazette publishes an official de-
nial of the statement made by the Ber—
lin correspondentlzof the Corresponden-
cia, of Madrid, to‘ the effect that Em-
peror William, at a. private dinner
party last week, declared that so long
as he is the German Emperor “the
United States shall not possess them-
selves cf Cuba."
Dividend for creditors.
Washington, March Isl—The Comp—
troller of the Currency has declared a
20 per cent. dividend in favor of the
creditor's of the Chestnut Street Bank"!
of Philadelphia. l
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SABY PROPHET Is A WONDER.
Chicago Produces a Three Year Old Child
. Prodigy.
Chicago has a prophet only three
years old. Her name is Winifred
Cline. daughter of Samuel Cline, a
wholesale chemist.
The child has demonstrated her abil-
ity to foretell all kinds of accidents
and important events varying from one
day to several months in advance.
She does the phenomenal prophecy-
ing in a perfectly natural manner. She
never goes into a trance; never claims
to see visions, either asleep or awake;
never gets “spells” of any kind. She
eats, sleeps and plays around the
house like any ordinary child.
For instance, she foretold the elec-
tion of President McKinley several
months in advance, when she was only
two years old. This might strike an
outsider at this time as being then an
easy prophecy, even for a child. Bui
circumstances show it to have been
otherwise. During the Presidential
campaign “’inifred’s grandfather, John
McNally, was a guest of the little girl’s
father. Both Mr. McNally and Mr.
Cline were ardent supporters of Bryan
Every evening they talked about the
campaign, expressing their utmost con
fidence that Bryan would be elected
Winifred had never heard anybody say
anything to the contrary, so that when
one evening before election Mr. Cline
came home and announced that he had
put up $100 on Bryan’s election, and
was going to win it, the whole family
was astounded by this sudden and
grave assertion from Baby Winifred:
“Mr. Bryan will not be elected, papa.
You will lose your bet. Mr. McKinley
will be the next President of the Uni~
ted States.”
Another extraordinary thing about
little Winifred, and something that has
caused her parents much anxiety, is
the fact that she has never used “baby
tilt.” Her choice and range of words
is as serious and extended as a Woman
of mature years.
Among other things she can always
tell what the weather will be the fol-
lowing day. She can always tell at
what hour a letter will arrive and often
from whom it will come. She not only
foretells the approaching visits of
fiends, but can even tell how the vis-
iring friends are going to feel and what
will be done while they are calling at,
her home. Her parents say there has
not been a single instance where her
prophecies have not come to pass.
In addition to this prophetic power
little Winifred has a marvellous mem-
ory, never forgetting the smallest de-
rail of a conversation. A list of a doz-
co, or even two dozen figures can be
ExilO‘N'l her for a few moments, and she
can call off each figure correctly.—-New
York 'World.
He Missed u Golden Opportunity.
A New Jersey junk dealer lost what
would have been the best bargain he
ever had in his life when he tried.tc
beat down the price he was asked to
pay for a. barrel of old iron. The iron
belonged to a queer old hermit who
lived alone for many years, and who
died a short time ago. The man who
was settling up his affairs found a bar-
rel containing scraps of old iron in the
shed, and when a junk dealer came
along, offered it to him for one dollar.
The junk man demurred at the price,
claiming it was worth only half that,
and during the discussion which fol-
lowed they tipped over the barrel
There among the old iron was found a
lot of gold and silver coins which
counted up more than six hundred dol.
lars.
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An employment which a few original
women have been able to make lucra-
tive is that of furnishing notes for pa-
pers, addresses, lectures and the like.
These women read everything in the
way of periodicals, classifying and con-
densing important topics and pre-
pare notes amply supplemented by
clippings, that amount to a syn-
opsis of the current news on
the subject. This often becomes a sori
of information bureau for the busy
writers and talkers. of the day. Clut
speakers, in particular, avail them-
selves of it.—New York Journal.
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The 'wife opening the window)—
“Well, John, drunk again? It was the
mistake of my life when I married
you.”
John—“All right, ‘Liza. Chust come
down (hie) and open zliis door (bio;
and admit your mistake."—New York
Journal.
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