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LEE IN WASHINGTON
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"'i 4
Gives Testimony Before he 1.- 3r-
eign Relations Commit:
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OPPOSED TO 11333:: :7 .s'.‘
The Consul General’s story of the Sim..—
tion in Cuba and of His lixpv1-iz-1u--.-.~.
Creates a Profound linprcssiu ..—- :AAV a: .
Can Easily Be Taken.
Washington, April 13.——Genr.-:Izl F-‘Etz-
hugh Lee’s appearance befo c .1 .1 1 V1:—
iittee 0n Foxelgn Rela: ions .wwlt
afternoon had a good at: :(1 11:1 111:..-
commlttee, and the 1911.11.31 of his pm-
sonal experiences and «.2l_.~s:::w':»1tior1:< 1:1
Havana united the commirtce in f1. V2.1-
of prompt intervention—of a manila:—
ory nature.
He told the committee. £11 graphic
style, the story of his care-31' i1: llavan -.
during the last few years and in his
description of the destruction of 1213
Maine, while it contained HOLhLDg 1.11:,—
side of the official report. he gave his
impression of the disaster, and the re-
port and gossip of Havana. which the
Court ofxlnquiry could m".
admissible testimony.
” General Lee brought out 1n:- V'cry i121-
portant feature in his statement before
the committee, and that was the insta-
bilty of the present Cuban Republic.
He is not in favor of recognizing the
independence of the existing Cub1-11
Government, but he believes if the
United States intervene by force and
drive the Spaniards from the island a
satisfactory government can be estab~
lished and maintained. On this point
General Lee was very emphatic, unzl
his statements made a. profound im—
pression upon the members of the
committee.
In view of his advice on the subject
of independence, the committee will not
provide for the recogmtion of the Cuban
Republic in its report to be subml ted
to-daya
General Lee did not throw any ad-
ditional light upon the Maine disaster,
althoughsome of the circumstances he
related created a strong sentiment in
favor of immediate action
he talked freely with the committee
in regard to the conditions in L‘uba,and
especially with reference to the dc-
struction of the Maine. He said that
in HS opinion there was no room to
doubt that the destruction of the vessel
was due to Spanish agencies.
“Do you mean the Spanish authori-
ties in Cuba?” he was asked by a mem-
ber of the committee.
“I mean the Spanish ofiicials," he re-
plied, “but not General Blanco. I think
some of the officials were cognizant of
the plans to destroy the vessel, but I
do not believe that the Captain-(33mm;
was.”'
General Lee informed the committee
of the weakness of the Spanish defense
in Cuba, and intimated that Havana
would fall an easy prey to an attack
from the American fleet. He said that
the entrance to Havana Harbor, off
Morro Castle, is mined with torpednes.
which can be fired from either shore,
but beyondthe entrance to the harbor
the defenses are weak.
He said he is anxious to return to
Havana not as Consul—general, but as
an officer in the United States army.
The patriotic utterances caused consid—
erable enthusiasm among the men'1‘ocrs
of this usually dignified group of Sen—
ators, and the committee unanimously
agreed that General Lee should be giv—
en a commission as major-general and
ordered to, duty influba. in the event
of war. ,1”.
Genelal Lee was asked if there we
any foundation for the xeport that he
had stated that a. diver discovered a
mine under. the United States ship
Montgomery when the later vessel was
sent to Havana to ,I'clievc the Fern.
_He denied having made any such
statement, but informed the commit.-
tec how easy it was to hear all kinds
of sensational xepmts in Havana dur-
ing 1ch last six weeks
.1
regs-'11. 21's
LEE ATITHE WHITE HOUSE.
111 Conference with President and (lab-
inet IMembers—Che'ercd by Thousands.
Vv'ashington, April 13.——G~eneral Fitz-
hugh Lee arived here yesterday after—
noon at a quarter of three. o’clock and
was given a great ovation as he step-
ped. from the train at {he Pen nsylvania
Railroad depot.
Thousands of patriotic citizens stood
around the railway station and cheered
our Consul-General just from Havana,
and hundreds of people followed the
State Department carriage in which he
was driven 'to the department, on: hun.‘
drcd or more bicyclists accomranying
hzm.
Word had gone to the depmtment
that Lee was due to arrive, 21. d the
corridors in front of the Secrc 1’ary 5
door were jammed with people. As
General Lee stepped from the elevator
in front of the Secretarys’ door the
crowd gave three rousing cheers which
rang through the building. General
Lee bowed his recognition to 111:
and was. immediately ushered into the
Secretary's room.
The officials of the ‘Wur, Navy and
State Departments deserted their dmks
to join in honoring Lee.
The enthusiasm throughout the build-
ing was tremendous, and the' cheers
drew a. large throngto the corridors."
General Lee remained in the building
only a few minutes, quietly departing
accompanied by Seciclary Sherman,
for the White House. ' '
An unusual scene was presented in
front of the White House as the Sher-
man carriage dashed up the drive and
under the bload porch of the 1 xccu—
tive Mansion. Aiound the dour were
gathered about 150 men, women and
beys, who cheered the Consul-General
vigorously as he alighted.
Shortlyafter Secretary Sherman and
Gen. Lee arrived at the White House
Assistant Secretary Day arrived, and
afterward two or three members of
the Cabinet. All were shown into the
Presidents’ room, where ‘a. long con-
ference was held.
Last night the city turned out in
.1(:us'-1nds when a serenade was given
cl‘v’: at: l on at his hotel, and stood fer
mzrs in the street waiting for a
e of him. .
l‘hc "night demonstration was almos:
.s quick and unpremcditated as that
THE EVENLNG (1AA TTE
which had greeted General Lariat the ~
The .
station and State Department.-
United States Marine Band, had 'ben
secured from the barracks, and te
Seventy- first Regiment_ Band: under; .
' the leadership of Prof. Fanclulli, for-
merly conductor of “the Marine Band
came over from New York, on an. after-
noon train.
The crowd assembled without call-
ing, and by 8 o’clock was 5,000 strong
in the streets about the Shoreham ‘I-I‘o—
; tel, Where General Lee was quartered.
; Before the close it was twice that size.
I 1. as after 9 o’clock before he appear-
ed on one of the small corner balconies,
accompanied by a. committee of the
Union Veterans’ Legion and the Con—
federate Veterans’ Association, w 1c11
were jointly in charge of the affair,
The crowd yelled itself hoarse, call-
ing for Lee by name and demanding a
speech. The speech we: :5 b1 lef and so
much broken by applause that the
crowd caught probably little more than
its general drift.
The speaking and music was follow-
ed by a. very brief reception, to which
a. few score gained admittance in the
rooms of Representative Council of
Pennsylvania, from whose balcony
General Lee had made his address.
TORPEDO BOAT CATCHER.
Yarrow Craft Arrives on Deck of
Minnewaska from London.
New York, April 13.—The New tor-
pedo boat catcher, which the 3United
States has b'oughf’from the Yarrows,
of England, reached this port yester-
day from England. She came on board
the American Transport liner Minne-
waska.
The boat was placed on the main
deck forward of the Minnewaska; and
was braced there. Her steering gear
is all that is needed to place her in ac—
tive service, and this will probably be
adjusted as soon as she is taken off the
steamer, so that a trial of her may be
made inAmerican waters.
The vessel is 61 feet long, with 9 feet
of beam. She draws 2'feevt of water
forward and 3 feet aft. The boat,
which has not yet been named, is rep-
resented as among the fastest torpedo
boat catchers in the world, a speedof
Ne w
her. It is also claimed that she can
submerge herself so that
washes her. decks. She is designed to
be used also as a dispatch boat.
Warship~ Near Completion.
W'ashington, April l.3.-—Commodore
Hichbo-rn has issued a statement
showing the precentage of completion
of the various boats new building for
the Navy. The battleships Kearsarge
and Kentucky are completed to the ex-
tent of $7 per cent., the Illinois 7'5 per
cent, the Alabama 46 per cent, and the
Wisconsin 351-2 per cent. The gun-
boat Princeton is 95 per cent. completed
and the submarine torpedo boat Plung-
er 70 per cent. The torpedo boat3Row4
an is completed to .the extent of 94
per cent, the Davis 78 per cent... the
Morris 87 per cent, the Mackenzie 92
per cent, the McKee 80 per cent, the
Dahlgren 45 per cent, the Faragut 60
per cent, the Fox 73 per cent., the
Craven 38 per cent. and the Sringham
15 per cent. ,
Spanish Fleets Forming.
W'ashington, April 13.—-—Advices re-
ceived by the Navy Department indi-
cate that Spain is organizing as rapid-
ly as possible two powerful fleets,
which will, it is supposed, be opposed
to the two fleets that this country has
assembled at Key West and at Hamp—
ton Roads. One of her fleets is form-
ing at Puerto Grand/e, St. Vincent ,C’ape
de Verde Islands, and the other is
Forming at Cadiz, Spain.
Naval experts" think that the fleet at
oadiz is intended for the defense of the
Spanish coastfrom any attatckflbye the
lying squadron, while the fleet that is
assembling at the Cape de Verde Isl-
ends is intended for retaliatory attacks
1pon our coasts. .
National Bank’s Offer.
Washington, April 13.—Secretary
Gage has received the following letter
from Edward E. P001; president of the
National Park Bank of New- ‘York:
”In ‘the event of the Government re-
quiring funds for use in the present
crisis the facilities and resources of
this bank are hereby offered for that
purpose; and should Congress author-
ize an issue of bonds for popular in:
vestment we desire to offer'the servp
ices of this bank, with its 5,000 corre-
spondents in all p.11ts of of the coun-
try, for the distribution of the bonds
to the people, without commission or
charge of-any kind.” '
Berlin's Ilnpression of the )Iessuge.
London, April 13.———According to a
special dispatch from Berlin, the im-
pression created at the German capital
by President McKinley’s message to
Congress was not very favorable. Its
ered dilatory and as not promising
peace. The politicians. it appears, ex—
press the opinion that if the President
really had peaceable intentions he
would have acknowledged Spain’s con-
ccs sion of an a11n1tice.
$50’1‘)00.t.3£}.: Loss by “':n' Scare . ,
;New 'Yo'rk. April 13.—{ ‘onservr :‘V'e
estimates are that the war some V'Axd
the uncertainty as to what is to be
done has already cost the business
community of this city'upwards of
$50,000,000. And the end is not yet.
Theg reatest dcpr ession from suspense
thus fen noticeable is in the d: y goods
trade. Many of the shipping and ex—
11'101t firms are in a bad way as a direct
result of the “or scare.
Spain Losing Ground.
London, April 13.—-Spcc3iul dispatches
from Madrid say that advices receiv-
ed from the Philippine. Islands report
that the rebellion there is increasing,
and that ten thousand rebels are now
under arms. Trouble is feared at
ll'i'anila. .
K
Senor l'olo's Anxiety Over.
April l3.—~The Spanish
minister belie-eves thatrthe war crisis
has been averted. for the presentat
least. and no further thought is being
given at the Spanish Legation to the
necessity .for departure.
\l‘ushington,
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.N'V'V'il‘zrrl:rzlli T’illl'fi'.5_.‘lle}'i{'lllfl Fruit.
.1 :Berne, 'Svfiitzeriand, 'April l-3.——"L‘h(
Government has prohibited the imporl
ration of American fresh fruits. This
action was taken ow mg. to the alleged
presence of the San Jose Scale in the
”wit imported recent 1y ' ' '.3 . 3 1
1, 11 {.m'
30 knots an hour being claimed for'
tone, the dispatch continues, is consid-:
the water 1
l
‘ thus.
,‘ black
' V—shape in front,
111G111 between and narrow upstanding
3 121,1 nche
450' that. there,
‘llflt and hair line—there
.1'oscttes of stout net, the fulling wir-
(T -1 straw,
NEW YORK res-111w S __
1m», Drfi Gordon Drops'a'Bomb in the
With the ad» ance of wax m we the:
every body feels a desire to: throw be
. the heavy winter wraps and furs and
don some garment of lighter weight.
The, styles in capes and jackets for.
early spring wear are very fetchinv.
The Russian blouse" has been relegated
. to the background although the jacket“
with slightly pouched front and tighl
fitting back and sides is still with lit
and is especially becoming to .the.‘slén
der woman. The coat-bodies which
may be worn‘ without an extra wrap ls
simply invaluable in warm weather
. and can be supplemented when neces-
sary by a fur tie on feather boa. An
' exceedingly dressy coat is of green vel-
vet. and when worn with a skirt 01
green cloth or serge, makes a smart
afternoon toilette, and admits of varia-
tion if made with a. separate vest.
A striking coat for Spring weal
which may be worn open or closed, on
practically open, is of dark green cloth
When quite open the fronts are turned
back, and the facing of green velvet
edged with guipure insertion, forms re~
vers all down. while the square revers
fall over the sleeves. A full jabot 01
lace is worn, with cascade running
down in a point to the waist. The hat
to accompany this coat is of rough
straw, with fuchrown, and trimmed
on the left side with three standing
tips. A bunch of. violets rest on the
hair. '
A handsome tailor made gown oi
grey faced cloth 'is stitched and
trimmed with pipings of velvet of a
darker shade. The old-fashioned pip-
ings havebeen revived and are par-
ticularly effective used on pale cloth
gowns. The skirt of this gown fits
perfectly close over the hips, but
flares slightly at the back, being de-
void however of the dust-gathering
train which promises to be in vogue so
much the coming season. The natty
jacket is made quite plain, with the
exception of the piping of velvet on.
The slashed Medlcli
the small revers.
collar is simply stitched. Coat sleeves
are tight fitting with a little fulness at
the top.
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Capes are less fussy and cosy looking,
suggesting warmer days.
A new model is in black brocaded
silk, the back full, in cape form show-
ing a yoke above; the front short and
drawn into the figure like a bolero and
fastening down over a vest of soft silk.
The whole is trimmed with fine cream
insertion, and lined throughout with
rose colored silk.
This is the most difficult time of the
year to predict the. fashions in millin-
ery, although ‘ many - striking styles are
shown. As the pompadour style of
wearing the hair is still so fashionable
many madifications of the Napoleon
models will be: seen. '
with flaring brim will not be seen, but
tulle and net promises to be very pop-
i'ular and flowers in many cases will
constitute the sole trimming of the
:11 1shionable hat. _
The shape of a first hat should not
fbe 3S0 strange that. it is 1emember-
, (d whenronce, seen.
‘ to face with the :fact that a first but
=must be much like those we are ac-
"cnstomed to seeing. Not
So we are face
turned or
twisted fantastically at intervals. that
13.
Of medium brim, not too hit, sh or
aggressive as to crown and trim-
ming. A11 allowable departuie from
the current in favor of the fashion—
: able is this year’s brim on some hats,
. which turns up at the back and then
ove: for an- inch. The cachepeigue,
is less conspicuous.
31 saw one first hat which was of
Yeddp (soft, coarse, pliable)
ivith two black wi-ngs,3 put on
a rut-steel orna-
straw,
loops of black velvet. Half a dozen
s. of black violets buried the
c'1'oVV"n.'At the back, for a cache-
peigne—ethat is, a depth of trimming
was no‘b‘reak between
were two
(xi.
Another first hat was of 'black Yed-
rather broad brim, crown
viiscured with great pompous of
hits taffeta silk, Wired and placed
Use at either side of the crown. A
.m blark VVings gave the modish
o111011r.wnich involves considerab‘ e
..1-.:“"11 and height. ‘. .
-. ms: hats have facings or
21511111. color and the hat top all
1 i 1(.
15.71% mi the drawing is black lib-
shirred over 1 white. The
llDElCG that they are compact
vxoleis with green leaves. The
.. 1: 2.1. 51‘. with white straw and the
..., hi. 1‘. AS black-
. .- .i‘lv
:13. “.1“.
.3 ,1 1‘: --.
. shoes, as usual, are of
_ than with cloth top. ' But
:egirzpe is as nearlyperfect as the
.1..n1:.:‘:(—‘1-3‘s art has, become. The
exactly military? “No, nor:
_. 1:11. ’ in other times," with .1
_ w luck." “we should mu; :1
”was“ - i
"\V'13(1:: on 31011 bane it cowl"
Hnuda‘f‘ ".131. 5“ l:
1‘1 -. -.... .._ V- ..-.A L- . _.-
h,
.3013 the
' thoroughly orthodox.
The large hat.
. gives up its dead.
J:
‘2 .
THE NEW PURITANISM.
. . (lamps of- Orthodoxy.
Rev. George A. Gmdon, D. D., pastor
Old south Congregational
Church, Boston, in an address at Ply-
mouth Church, Brooklyn, 'on “The The
ological Problem of To-Day," :judged’
from the standpoint of Congregational ‘
"requirements, was heretical;¢'and-'- from
the standpoint of Universalism was
For some untold
reason this utterance of Dr. Gordon’s
has passed unchallenged. The extract
from Dr. Gordon’s address reads as
follows: ‘_ 11.3.1
I _\
’ /// Wag"
' /'1§_\
DR. GORD ON.
“The affirmation that God has a
Christian purpose toward our entire
humanity involves an extension of the
field of redemption so enormous as to
make obsolete, at a. single stroke, the
whole theological map of the tradition-
al view. And what seems worse, while
all clear-seeing men are aware that
this does not necessarily‘imply univer-
sal salvation, it is'u-‘ue that it looks
that way. If God shall succeed, uni-
versal salvation Vwill be the‘final re—
sult. This sounds perilous to good
morals and seems to cut the nerve of
all strenuous endeavor! 0h,-‘my broth-
ers, when will Christian thinkers fear
atheism more than universalism; when
will they see that the deepest immor-
ality lies in dis must of the righteous
will of God; VV hen will they awake to
the fact that only those who believe in
a God for humanity and eternally for
humanity can resist unto blood? Any
scheme that puts God with an inclu-
sive and everlasting-purpose of re-
demption behind mankind looks like
universalism, but let us remember
that any other scheme is, in our time,
a royal road to atheism. When we as~
'scrt as Vve‘do so easily'the brother-
hood of man, let us be sure that the
universe, according to our View, is not
against it; let us be sure ,that there is
in God a universal fatherhood upon
which to found it.”
The Lady and_the Bird.
A million bobolinks killed last year!
Four million other birds slaughtered
in the same year—and for what? That.
their torn and distorted bodies might
be. flaunted in. the headgear of Ameri-
can womanekindl
These are no guess-work figures, but
the ofiicia report of the Audubon So-
ciety of Massachusetts. And what does
it mean? It means five, milliOn- voices
stilled'in Nature’s avian choir. Five
3million flashes of cheeriness and glad-
Vness taken from, 3hum3an life; and
'millions of other young lives doomed
to starvation or prey in order that the
plumaged corpse «of the 'murdered
-mother birdmay be rent by a. lnilliner
and jammed in hideous shapelessness
in milady’ s hat!
Ah! milady, is there no efliczuy in
these des’olating fig cr'uies‘? Is the1e no
mercy in your heart, no concien‘ce in
your make-up, no sentiment in your
soul? can you enjoy the finest‘op’era
whenyou think that the killing of the
birds with which you and your sisters
are crowning your beauty is gradually
silencing the grand oratorio of thefon
est and the fields'? ' ' '
Aébirdless country! A :voiceless for-
est! - What- a. desolation it: would be!
And yet that is just what this country
is coming to if the song birds of 0111
land are to be killed off at the rate of
five millions a year in oxder to gratify
feminine vanity and keep VV omen "in
style.” '
What a grewsomepr‘hideous, ‘ con-
scienceless “style” it is that-murders
melody and silences the lax-k that sings
from Heaven’s gatel—l‘lew York Mail»
'EXpress. ‘ ' '
' A Lake That Never Gin-£1 up he Dead.
A very interesting and very sad thing
about. Lake Superior is that it never
' 1filho‘ewer enc’oim—
ters disasterL—happily infrequent in the
tourist season—and goes down in the
angry, beautiful waters, never comes
up again. From those earliest days.
when the daring French voyageurs, in.
their trim birth bark canoes, skirted
the picturesque shores of this noble but
relentless lake, down to this present
{moment those who have met their
' deaths in mid-Superior still he. ‘at the
' stone-paved bottom.
. so very cold is the water, some of their
It, may be that;
bodies may have been preserved through
the centuries. Sometimes, not far from
the shore, the bodies of people who
have been wrecked from fishing smacks
or from pleasure boats overtaken by a
cruel squall have been recovered, but
only after the most heroic efforts with
drag net or by the divers—St; Nicholas.
Astringeent Pan iotiszn. _
“Is your wife interested in all this
war talk?”.
“Interested?
to'—day and threw out elcV -n 3:.
Spanish pickles.”—Cincinn:11
She went down celsnl
:‘i
i:!‘.l'l:.1..‘1,“.
Practical Politic-s.
Alsoran—What reason‘ he w
thinking you will carry ,eL; 'r v.'~'
sclid?
Walkover—Becduse I"? fill-Bil it. i ....'1
of liquid. —‘Chicagc Tribune: -
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