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War Department Plans Complete
and Prepared for Hostilities.
ORDERS FOR AMBULANCBS.
Steps Perfect-ed . for Moving the Entire
Force to the Eastern and Southern
Coasts—The Number of Inspections In-
creased, as in Time of Actual Hostilities.
Washington, March 28.—Mcasures
have been adopted by the War Depart-
ment which go a. long way toward the
complete preparation of the army L0
meet immediate hostilities. General
Miles held a conference with Secretary
Long in regard to the distribution of
troops on the eastern and southern
coasts, and the steps taken to move
the whole standing army within a short
' time, or as soon as the situation shall
become in the least degree more criti—
cal, Were thus perfected.
‘5‘ It was decided in general that the in-
fantry and cavalry from Jefferson Bar-
racks, Columbus Barracks, Fort Thom-
as and Fort Sheridan shall be sent to
coast points south of Maryland, and
that the troops from the lake region
and the northwestern posts shall be
utilized in the Department of the East.
In many cases the troops will be as—
signed to the immediate vicinity of the
present forts and coast fortifications on
the coast, especially in the South.
Many of the troops, however, will be
stationed at new points, and the tent
cquipage of such regiments will be used
instead of permanent barracks. To
this end the tents and other belongings
of all Western cavalry and infantry
regiments have been prepared for ship-
ment at a. moment’s notice.
Several orders were issued and con-
tracts made Saturday which are espe-
cially significant of the erartment's
desire to prepare for actual operatons :
in the field at an early day. A con
tract was made for twenty additional
ambulances for use in the field. An-
other contract calls for the early de-
livery of 100,000 pounds of gun cotten
to be used in planting submarine mines
in channels, harbors, and at the
mouths of large rivers.
Without in any degree relaxing the
strictness of the physical and moral re—
quirements in regard to recruits for the
army, the Adjutant-General’s office is
hastening the work of recruiting men
for the new Sixth and Seventh Regi—
ments of artillery. When the recruit-
ing for these regiments began, only
about twenty—five men per day were so-
cured. W’ithin the last few days,
however, the number has been increas—
ed to forty per day, and it is on this
basis that Adjutant-General Corbin es-
timates the early completion of the re-
' cruiting.
The War Department has ordered
that a physical examination be made
of all the militia organizations in all
'the States for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the numb-1 r of men which would
be available all: once for the service,
tthe latest order provides for an ac-
curate statement of the whole force
which the President could command.
The Secretary of War has ordered
Ithat the system of army inspection em—
ployed prior to 1894 be organized at
once. Hereafter the inspectors will re-
port only to the commanding generals
of the several militarydpartments, in-
stead of being under the immediate di-
rection of the Secretary of War, and
of the Adjutant—General of the army.
PLANS OF THE FLYING SQUADRON.
Making Giant Efforts to Put It in Work-
ing Order.
Washington, March 28.—The flying
squadron will not complete its organi-
zation until the middle of this week,
although its nucleus will be at Hamp-
ton Roads when Commodore Schley
hoists his pennant on the flagship
Brooklyn to-day. At that time the
Brooklyn and Massachusetts will be
the only ships of the prospective flying
squadron there, the Texas being at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to receive her
ammunition hoists, while the cruisers
are ex-
pected to be ready to leave League
Island Navy Yard in time to reach
Hampton Roads about the middle of
the week.
Already men and supplies have been
forwarded to League Island for the
two cruisers of this squadron. Sixty
sailors have come on from the old ship
Michigan, stationed on the great lakes,
and seventeen coal passers from the re-
ceiving ship \l'abas-h at Boston. These
men are now a: League Island and will
be distributed between the cruisers
Minneapolis and Columbia. By the
end of the week the flying squadron
will be complete in its organization of
‘ships, men- and armament.
The movements of the Spanish t01-
pedo flotilla continues to be watched
11 1th the keenest interest by naval ofli-
cials and close estimates are being
made as.to their location and the time
intervening before their arrival at
Porto Rico. The Navy Department
calculates that the run from the Ca—
naries to San Juan, Porto Rico, which
to be the first stopping
point, is 2,800 miles. It is believed
they have already covered about 400
miles of this distance. They are mov—
ing slowly, being retarded by a. collier
which accompanies them, and the bal-
ance of the trip will take fro-m twelve
to fourteen days.
Representative Hilborn of California,
one of the senior members of the House
Committee on Naval Affairs in talking
with theNavyDepartment officials con-
;cérning the movements of the 'Spanish
'fiotilla. presented a. new phase of the
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case and one not in line with the cur—
rent View of naval officials.
”It is not for us to interfere in any
case with the movement of the Spanish
torpedo flotilla or other Spanish ves-
sels,” said he. “The high seas are an
open highway to the ships of the world,
and while there is no declaration of
war we are not in a. position to say that
these torpedo boats shall not move as
Spain sees fit to direct them. When
we are assembling our own ships at
the time for us to intercept the move—
ments of Spanish ships. That would
be an overt act and not permissible in
the absence of a declaration of war.”
It is understood that the battleships
Massachusetts and Texas were attach-
ed to the flying squadron because the
armored cruiser Cristobal Colon is act-
ing on tho flotilla}: convoy, and the
I an. .
they will act with the squadrdn in any
offensive moveme..t.
Six of the fastest tugs and yachts
bought in New 101k are to be as
signed to CommodOIe Schley‘s com-
mand as soon as they are converted
into torpedo gunboats at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. They will act as night
pickets for the warships. Each will
be fitted with a searchlight for that
purpose. This precaution was an out-
growth of the uneasiness over the ap-
proach of the Spanish flotilla.
Commodore Schley left Washinr-ton
‘9‘?)-
his
‘ last night for the rendezvous at lair
ton Roads, where he will assume:
,new post of duty on the fia: .,
'Brooklyn. He has selected two rr" toe
Iofiicers of his staff They are T. i-z- at
Sears, flag lieutenant, and Lieut. We‘
flag secretary.
SUNDAA WAR COUNCIL.
First Sunday ltIeeting of the Cabinet in
Thirty-three Years.
Washington, March 23.—President
McKinley yesterday hurriedly sum—
moned his Cabinet to the V'JhiteHouse.
This was the first time the Cabinet had
been called togther on Sunday for thir-
ty-three years. ‘The call was iSSued a
few minutes before 11 o‘clock. The
urgency of the meeting was well betok—
ene'd in the fact that several messen—
gers instead of one were sent to sum-
mon the Cabinet officers.
The chief cause of the hurried meet-
ing just before noon was the receipt by
the President of the Spanish Gov orn—
ment 5 reply to the American note ac-
companying the Maine report.
The substance of this reply is that
the Spanish Government has made a
separate investigation of the -.-'1ine
disaster, and is convinced that the ex-
plosion was an internal one, for which
Spain could in no way be held respon—
sible. It also declared that the harbor
of Havana was not mined.
The Cabinet spent much time in dis—
cussing the matter of the Spanish tor—
pedo boat flotilla, and the probabilities
of dispatching Commodore Schley’s
“flying squadron” to intercept it.
The meeting lasted until after 1
o’clock, and when the members of the
Cabinet left none of them would con—
sent to make any statement.
Attorney-General Griggs was asked
whether he could tell if any answer had
yet been received from Spain, and re-
plied: “Vl’e could tell you, but we will
not”
Secretary Alger last night said that
the meeting of the Cabinet was of no
special importance. The subjects dis-
cussed were'those that would naturally
be talked about.
MRS. PARNELL DEAD.
Mother of Charles Stewart Parnell Dies
from Burns.
London, March 28.—Mrs. Della Tudor
Parnell, daughter of the celebrated
American naval officer, Rear
Charles Stewart, and mother of Charles
Stewart Parnell, died last evening at
Avondale, Rathdrum, County ‘Wick-
low, Ireland, as the result of the burns
she received Saturday from igniting
her clothing while she was sitting be-
fore a fire.
Miss Della Tudor tewart was mar-
ried to Charles Henry Parnell on May
21, 1835. Her famous son, Charles
Stewart Parnell, long the Irish Home
,Rule leader in the British Parliament,
Iwas not born until 1846. After his
Ideath she remained for some time un-
der the hallucination that he still lived,
a delusion which was shared by her
daughter, Miss Anna Parnell. who at
the time of the imprisonment of
{Charles Stewart Parnell, assumed the
[direction of the Land League.
I In April of 1896, while in this country,
I Mrs. Parnell was the victim of a. sav-
lage assault, presumably by a tramp,
from the effects of which she never en-
tirely recovered. Last May an appeal
signed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin
and other. influential friends of Charles
Stewart Parnell was issued in London,
asking sub :criptions to a fund to assist
her and other needy members of the
family by freeing the Parnell estates at
Avondale from debt and other obliga-
tions. This was partially successful,
and her own immediate necessities
were relieved, while the remnant of
her days was passed in comparative
comfort.
To the end she was the devoted
champion of th doctrine of complete
political independence for Ireland of
which her favorite son was the most
celebrated exponent.
THE SPANISH ELECTION.
Liberal Party Wins and the Result Means
That \Var Will Be Avoided if Possible.
Madrid, March 28.—The result of the
elections to-day is that Premier Sa-
gasta. and the Liberal party will re—
main in ofi‘lce. They were elected by
a large majority amid the most in—
tense enthusiasm.
In this city the polls were alrxlost' (Ir;-
serted and the elections were cc»ndu:,:-
ed in an orderly manner. There were
serious disturbances, however, at Bli-
boa, Barcelona, Biscay, Navarre, ("ata-
1onia, Valencia and Durango. At the
latter place one man was killed
The election resulted as it w as gen-
erally supposed it would, in a 19315121}
to chler and the butcherings of inno-
cents in Cuba.
It was estimated last night that 111 -
Government has won 300 of the 12;:
seats in the Chamber of Deputies.
It is reported that the Conservatives
intend to propose that the troops in the
interior of Cuba withdraw to the coast
until the Autonom-ists and Separatists
arrive at an agreement, but it is not
expected that the Chamber will enter-
tain the proposal.
Order for Big Guns.
Bethlehem, Pa., March 28.—The Beth.
lehem Iron Company has received a big
order for the United States Navy. It
includes seven 10-inch and six 12-inch
disappearing gun carriages to be finish—
ed as rapidly as possible, and five 10-
inch guns which makes fifteen 10-inoh
guns to be delivered by July 1. The
company’s works are running night
and day on armor, guns and carriages
for the navy.
A Slaughter of Prices.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 28.—The dis.
ruption of the tin plate combination
has resulted in a. slaughter of prices
and tin plate, is now sehi-ng at $2. 70 per
100 pounds. Large orders have been
placed within the last few days, one
notable order being for 100,000 pounds.
This brings the price so low as to prac-
tically exclude the Welsh product, and
imports are. falling off to an alarming
extent.
'ward, the famous manufacturer
Admiral.
HOW SEWARD DISCHARGED A DEBT.
In a Year’s Time Be Paid $200,000 to
Cre itors and Was a Rich Man l‘iesiueq.
Calvin. Hudson, an old-time lawyer
of Rochester, used to tell a good story
of William H. Seward, in whose office
he studied law for about two years.
Seward retired from. the Governor’s
chair $200,000 in debt. He returned to
Auburn and went‘to practising law.
It was not long after this that Wood-
of
ploughs, began to have a lot of trouble
with firms all over the country, who
infringed his patents. He began to
look about him for a lawyer to prose-
cute them. Realizing that it was a gi-
gantic task, he would have'none but
the best lawyer to be secured. In his
search he went to Albany and attended
the Court of Appeals for several days.
Seward was arguing a case in that
court, and Woodward’s attention was
attracted to him. Woodward became
convinced that the lawyer, whom he
did not then know, was the one to con—
duct his case, so one day when court
was over he made his way to the clerk
of the court and asked who the young
attorney was. He was much surprised
to get the reply, “Why, that’s Gover-
nor Seward.”
Woodward engaged Seward to con-
duct his case for him‘and after some
months Seward went to Albany to have _
the first case against the infrin'gers
tried.
The opposition was represented by
twelve lawyers, among whom were
Senators, Congressmen and some of the
best attorneys in the State. After
much debating among themselves as to
who should conduct the defence, they
finally settled the job upon one of their
number. He was no match for Seward
who easily won the case and got a
strong opinion from the Court.
Armed with the opinion, Seward
went back to Auburn and began the
fight all along the line, wherever there
was an infringement. He sent a copy
of a voluminous brief to every man
who was concerned in the .infringe
ment, and they were scattered all over
the United States, together with the
opinion. For several weeks briefs left
Seward’s office by the bushel basket-tn].
He carried the enemies’ works by
storm. There were no more suits. At
the end of a year Seward had paid up
the debt of $200,000 and was a rich
man besides—Rochester Dem0crat and
Chronicle.
A HISTORIC ELEPHANT.
Carried the Prince of Wales Through
India—Is Sixty Years Old.
There was landed at a. London wharf
the other day the historical elephant
which had the honor of Carrying the
Prince of Wales during his tour in In-
dia. The animal is now over sixty
years of age and is an object of interest
to many zoologists, owing to the mas-
sive frontal development of its skull.
[t is believed to be the finest specimen
of the race in captivity and has dis-
played some most remarkable traits of
intelligence. Its enormous tusks are
fully four feet in length and at the end
of each a large brass ball, weighing
nine pounds, has been fixed. It would
appear that the same native attendant
had been in charge of the elephant ever
since the day on which he carried the
Prince of Wales and the Governor
General of India. The native Indian
attendant, whose name is Thanyo, was
by some mistake discharged when the
animal was about to be shipped. The
elephant, however, missing his old
friend, refused to touch any food and
was rapidly pining to death, though
he did not show any active resentment
against those who had charge of him.
As soon as Lord George Sanger, the
purchaser. was made aware of the fact,
he immediately gave his agents in-
structions to re-employ Thanyo. From
:hat time forth the animal regained
his usual good spirits‘and there was
so fmthei trouble with him. —Brook-
'3 :1 Eagle.
A "IEW THEORY FOR MARRIAGE.
".-..Io~su:~'s Charts, Not Cupid’s Darts,
t‘invv llleli Tu 11 Young Hearts.
9 ass:.1ance of an expert that
"t.
Lu] 7
Llii-i-‘j’ wczc physically and mentally
;.dap:ed to each other. John Ward
Ellis and Miss Mattie Weaver of
Sn-anton. S. D., were married after an
u<.'_uainuz_nco of less than an hour.
Beth were present not long ago at
a lecture by Prof. William McS'hane
on “Love, Courtship, and Marriage.”
The Professor’s contention was that
men and women pay too little atten-
tion in choosing life partners, to sim-
ilarity of temperament, taste, and edu-
cation. He urged that these considera-
tions be made peramount in the se—
lection of husbands and wives rather
than mere blind passion. To illus-
trate his theory he picked ten young
ladies at random from the audience,
defined their characteristics and ex—
plained why they should wed husbands
of such and such dispositions and hab-
its. Then he made selections for them
from among his male hearers._
Ellis and Miss Weaver were among
the ideal couples pointed out thus.
Neither had ever seen the other be-
fore, but so deep an impression did
the Professor’s words make on them
that a. Ibrief consultation between them
followed immediately after the lecture
at which they determined to act on the
speaker’s suggestion. It was already
so late that it was necessary to drag
the Clerk of the Court and a Justice
of the Peace from their beds to issue
the license and tie the 'hym-eneal knot.
Prof. McShane appeared as a. witness
at the ceremony and emphatically ex-
pressed the opinion that a. union so
wisely formed could not. end other-
wise than happy.
Ellis is a young farmer near Scran-
ton. His bride is the 22-year-old
daughter of a. merchant of ,the- town.
' ~Minneapolis Tribune.
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Blk. clay diagonal Jackets, $7. 50 to
$10. 00.
Covert Jackets a great line from $4.50
to $13.75.
Tailor made suits $10.00 to $20.00.
Just. look at'the great assortment we.
carry.
New Silks
15 ps. New patterns in all silk plaids
worth easy, 690. Just to open them 500.
27 in. Black Satin duchesse,sold every
where for$1.25 opening price $1.00.
27 in. B1ack5Jap. silk for waists and
dresses does not cut, worth 980 for this
opening 800.
Dress Goods
file will say but a word about them,
come and look at 5 'ps. all wool check-s
at 31c: always sold at 50c.
10 ps. newest of Novelties worth 690
and 75c,opening price 500.
15 ps. new poplins and soliel cloths,
75.0
3 “ps. New Black C1epons worth $1. I
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