Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - March 1, 1898, Galveston, Texas Deception Destroys In- it. chuu who to live up to his advertisement own ID The Nns brings OPERA GRAND Night and Thursday Nigh Tho Distinguished MISS MARGARET MATHER Ami her of players will present OH nt Now Shu ON 7. Telephone Strep your DOT And generally lubricates tho of Over 9OOO In Tex. Die tho LOOK Telephone in nil points concocted with the TELE- GRAPH TELEPHONE A Bull Market May and but ton is always a bully i market It is especially so owing to the large number of buyers here looking for v. Ship uc your Cotton the rest of the Cleveland f Appeal of ihe Lawyer nt of tliv the appeal werft of unusual of lawyer De la Ourza the former of the secret Mr. Do io. tried to law 1 have in the trial of his ami reiterated tho argument that no Croof had been adduced show that rora had any direct knowledge of tho In- to kill mill kws that he hod any active part In the 'The lawyer to Cabrera's sixteen years of services on the police and created something of when he 1 presented to the court a testimonial by u brother-in-law of Diaz and one of ihe heaviest of 'the by Carlos de a ban gentleman who Is of the the chief financial institution of the Gabriel a prominent other well known all bearing ness to the valuable work done by in protecting property running down evil At the conclusion of Garza's which made a favorable Lawyer Manuel Kou spoke in behalf ot chez Curler Court Now Feb. court martial trying Oberlin M. U. S. will re- convene In thia city after a two session in The court hold sessions In the board room of the army building on Whitehall has come to examine tho case of Carter with the Union trust it Id understood some effort will also be made to set information from the where Captain Green deposited money received on contract of in both Savannah and The is these Institutions refuse to since the court has power to punish for THE NEWS The Metropolitan opera house ance at New York on Sunday for the 1H of the widows and orphans of the sailors realized more than It stated tne strikers in the conla and York mills at Tvill remain out they uro starved in. Tlie In watres reaches It is that in tho Jn the suburbs of persons have dlea of starvation since the early part of mayor of Havana and tho civil for not food and ns the Institution depends In a large measure upon Iho public The In of of braska the ex-State Treasurer Hartley a fur Tho charge of the court was in favor the and was Tho state move to the verdict set The amount for was The in Ike highest b Actual feits show It IkM tkM otter POWDER l 56TH 342, MARCH 1, 1898. ESTABLISHED 1842. Price cut from tn 35n pound oa Java Blend ou of tbo big fall in tho All it. Strictly puro full Ask for It. LOW The all at four F. J. Finck A Would Kill Before the Feb. D. A. Ad Castor of the Grcon colored Baptist created a las night in a sermon that he would pick up a gun and kill an American before he would defend this country against foreign The Reverend Addison declared that tho negroes .in that the law was a dead letter as applied to that they were not and that they were not given a fair and on this account ho would not under any circumstances aid In the or any other tion with which the States might be at Ho advised his Hock to follow in but the sermon was generally de- by the colored people of the of whom are able to boar Already colored people formed two companies of volunteers to tho Spanish in case of and tho colored troops are drill Ins will In United with their last drop of I in pur tut I on n. New Feb. man that they en- In gold for Import again to this is iir addition to tho en- of announced City bank has added gold lu tho amount tt has engaged foi THE Feb. Forecast for twenty-four hours ending at 12 o'clock mid- March 1; For eastern Generally ble For western New territory and variable Yesterday's temperature record at as shown by the United States weather bureau thermograph on tho roof of tlie cotton was aa 7 a. j 1 p. H a. 6 p. retard for February 28, 1893, with corresponding dates of the 8 a. Ki 8 p. H 9] Maximum C3 C3 I Preci affD temperature CO and precipitation ton for February 1898, and since January 1, 1S9S, as compared with general Normal temperature for the CO. for lha 0, Excess for 145. Accumulated excess since Jan. 3, 1S3. for tilie for the for Excess since 1, 1.S2. For and Tuesday stationary For Texas of the 100th Tuesday generally stationary Weather Feb. Tho following synopsis of the weather Is furnished by tbe officials of the United weather reau at this Tito highest pressure reported is Central over eastern with the hest 30.08 St. Tho lowest barometer reported la 29.34 at St. Generally unsettled weather A light shower nt Corpus Christl and SU is tho only precipitation reported during the past twelve Weather The following weather bureau stations current temperature to-night at 8 75th meridian DISTRICTS AND 41 SSI 4S o 10! CO s 3S A. s 4 26 AT TO POIl OP MUST BE tain IIo til of Victims ered to lie Buried at Key Other D. Feb. At the close of office hours a telegram came to the navy de from Admiral West in the Key Feb. the Secretary of the Court of Inquiry commence session at Key West today ihoy must resume session at Havana to obtain evidence of divers after further work upon Iho tlon fa tho declaration that the court wil return to Jt sets at rest rumors that have been afloat for some days past that the court was not to return to for tho reason that Jt had discovered the cause of the sinking of Iho which was not an and that they had no further business In Cue Important deduction to bo drawn from the message that the report of the court of inquiry can scarcely bo ex- for several to The court will be occupied at Key West for some days at least in the testimony of the Then upon the re- turn to Havana it is that a good deal of time must elapse before iho divers can get through the mud which now en- the lower wart of the wreck of the Maine and the After this IB done the court must in order lo secure an agreement upon their find t The prevalent at the navy department Is that up to IhLs moment tho court haa not even undertaken to compare notes and endeavor to on A Cuban moll wan received the characterized all dealings with tho ic in this matter Secretary caused Jt to bo to the HO on aa ho had read It It woe made up of one letter from Captain son dated Havana February 23, and though it la a statement of evenly that had already been reported by the one fact 19 the statement that tlie testimony of certain civilian nesses before tho court would be of no Im- His letter aa Feb. 23. This court has taken testimony of all the officers of the Maine To-morrow we will take juch statement as the divers havo There are two citizens In the who have tea titled their to although they have nothing Im- nnd nf divers 1 propose to return to Key West and the of ihe and men It may be necessary to return here after further progress has been made tha divers. T. U. S. N. The reports that come from Key West about great and the observance of unusual precautions among the few soldiers quartered there was received with ment at army headquarters It was said no orders had gone from this city to explain the bustle but there WRS the best reason to suspect tho commandant was simply brushing up the post and putting ils best foot forward against the expected appearance there his tour of inspection General the commanding eral of tho department of the Tho gunboat sailed to-day from La Guayara for over the ground covered a few before by the Cincinnati and All of the loats are slowly cruising around In tho and will bo so employed until when they will go soutli Secretary Long said at the close of office lours that no orders had gone out to send mother warship to reports to tho At thf white honne the utmost quiet pre- Many officers have from and Individuals offering Jn case of a of tho callers havo stated to the president hat their states were ready to furnish full of. Long and and DIngley were among the visitors hut it stated hoy nothing nf Importance on thf affair to Mr. Pingley spoke afterward In onus against reports that financial circles n New York were being sounded as to the with which funds could be raised n an Tho attention of Secretary wna ailed to tho published statement that he vas making for a bond nd thu bureau of engraving tho action been e Long wont to the arly nnd remained In conference sonw Ho returned o tho hotel about 10 o'clock and left word hat there was no Whit Mosey of the of who haa of all tho g a lata hour .at nothing had from aln at Havana or court of In- nt Key TUB OF j of the j j the loss of the wan due to treachery apparently their for to-day tho universal question has the court found heard will war be de- Jt was not known whether aoy of the men would be but all preparations were marie so that delayed In ils lOuM n be The court opened shortly Lieutenant was the first witness Testimony was taken according to Its relative Importance and not according to tho rank of Lieutenant din was before the for un Tho navel sat In Judge Locke's private No marines were on but all tlie were The officers of the in the big court until summoned to give Those who were called as nesses before the luncheon recess were Lieutenants Jungen and and Cadets and No enlisted men were the Marlx said the Inquiry is progressing Tho sailed to to-day with provisions for thp AH the remains of the Maine's men found hereafter will be burled at Key Tlie coast survey boat will bring here any boOies Fifty coffins have been ordered from Key The navy ment orders are eaid tu been issued under the pressure of public sentiment against burying of tho sailors Admiral end Ills staff Have charge of. tlie funeral The court of Inquiry reconvened at 2 m. Lieutenant who testified at was agam Lieutenant of Marines Cotlin gave his evidence quickly and was followed by Boatswain Gunner Hill and Carpenter The two latter were on shore at the time of the explosion tell little of At 3.10 p. court adjourned until 10 judge Advocate have all they can In record form and Is no use of our working longer Senator Proctor had to pay respecta to General Blanco to-day In company with Colonel Parker nnd Ton General Iho en plain p was unusually busy In getting ready tc tbe outgoing and has 1 o'clock to-morrow for Senator Ono body boon it has not been though are hopes that it may be On tho trip north tbo wil carry to Key West the company wounded to tlie Dry divers did not muke Captain ex- and probably will bo to-night as to when they will begin their lie much prat Kind a recovering to-day in good condition his In sign la of the order of the Eagle and the gold lo him by the International in London In 1SS3. tho executive officer of who most worn out with wurk o-u ihe had a rest yesterday and says feels now like a new Captain reports that the work 01 the divers to-day was slow and must sarily continue owing to the of making an impression on the muss el heavy Captain McOrn of the Right Arm received from tho con- tractors to hire such lighters as are essary to remove the debris from This will facilitate the work of re- moving the and generally hasten op- Senator who passed most of day writing private letters and says his visit will be too brief to make his observations of Interest to tho and therefore has nothing foi ISSUING More ot tlie D. Feb. who In in charge of that MR. JOSEPH STORY Was .in Havana the Disaster She Was Blown Up He Was Told Father Wallis NEW Feb. Joseph Perlman of the wholesale tobacco leaf firm of Joseph Perlman who arrived from Havana on the steamship is firm In the belief ho Maine WHB destroyed through Spanish IIo affirms also that Spanish officers knew H Mr. when about the first refused to talk to tell what he had but us were put to touching different theories nnd ho threw off his and recited some facts about the disaster which have not be Cora been um ho the or tho Spanish cruiser Alfonso which was anchored not fur distant the knew that the Maine was tio be blown and I my on what a prominent agent tuld I have known him for many and hove much business with or he never told me what ho He that the Spanish naval who Is ond in command on the admitted to him that the XII luul liur email boats ready for launching twelve minutes before the explosion The val officer that reason for making this preparation was that was on board the Alfonso XII that the explosion under might injure Tho same officer told my customs that upheaval made by the explosion had tossed the Alfonso XII about In alarming nml that earn was to launch tho small until the water had for fear that they might be Mr. Perlman saM lhat Hie Alfonso XII not change her anchorage on Hie day before but lhat a smaller thu of which he did not had beeji moored nearer tho Maine the Alfonso XII had changed her vessel went out oC the harbor on Tuesday he uml when she returned in took our um not for fho another place further away from tho ea several Informed Tim Father G. of the Catholic Church of 1n Third a on the llu In found It a lie gladness that the Maine been but of sorrow that the sailors had to be In reply to a question as to what would bo done with a witness no longer of service to ho said no decision lias been reached on that but would be Captain Sampson scorned satisfied with the day's but nothing could be given After tho court room waft for the day Captain Sampson held a short inter- view with Hoar Admiral and then returned to the Chaplain and Lieutenant Commander Potter were ou bourit thn Nmv more than was known this An officer of the who had been examined by tha court during the talked at length with tho correspondent of Associated JWL loll he linn of questioning was but the court will 1 that the up by I do not think I will be to exactly Tlie court's findings will be based on Uvo rather than IJy this I mean Hint all tho testimony heard so far by upset the theories of who think the ox plosion was of internal This negative is so strong so general that T see no possibility of jhc court that the was The only uitin luft for court Is to fall back on which to the blowing up tlie think will be done unless tbe court a theory of its own or declares ti not know how accident which I think on tbe value of the opinion ihR In quest It must be borne n mind that ho was before the court for bout fifteen minutes and that he has at all times expressed himself as that fho explosion was not due to an Tho members of In- brought to them declined to mve anything to All the naval and military herd when asked cial politely professed BY THE iMlL Feb. work done by the from tho tug Right who Is in to lack authority from ihe wrecking or others and Is Indisposed to work m his own judgment except iu de- Captain was on hoard the United Slates lighthouse Fern at 2 p. m. le waited for tlie Spanish but they did not Captain thinks has a moral and International right n an and 10 will give thu divers arf he steamer will return to or thf Hv P wounded loft and he send on IIP of the dead recovered In a con- making It possible to place in Tho recovering ho bodies Is not understood by any Hut The lotter yesterday worked for hron trying to bring one body nnd nf it hml several got their air tubes not the of 'the nnd nd not all the ilond cun br All tins queries nvh who liven 'the blown up arc or If to of the letters waa from thf of onn of t who lhat when was his It his hns horn by a mun. n nmi nn He Is Is infc the moat effective work branch of tho navigation bureau relating to the of the Is now Directing the work of liis to tho Issuance of death to Kkw of the These issued by the and gation anil are thus conclusive upon ctu ill tors of thereby lu pay over to the representatives or heirs of the deceased any sums of money that may be due by tlie United or of accrued ray or It can he stated authoritatively the navy has received not ill ng to indicate the Of the ami re- ports that advised that it was by external nre without that two more dead were- One hut the was us til at uT Thu also the In. tho at Havana of poor who a gallant struggle tor r nt Key that ho in ex- of the n of ground at Key West in which will the cf such as are from Ail m after fhe funeral mt n Tho has boon at returned to nnd joined Terror reported her ar- nt The arrived at Port au Prince In the West MASS FOIl n 1 itn L at Feb. A solemn re- for tbo repuso of the souls of who lost their lives with tho of the battleship in nt Iho tills Cardinal made an and road tho services of the A number af naval and military were Including of militia naval The vocal was by a from now in The cardinal c do not fully how wo love our until crisis awakens our de- votion to her nnd nnd for those who haYe died in her u has for we havo here this morning to at holy of- Ihe nf men who lout lives nt post of We to expression to our a .id sympathy for the of of thoir J me of our nnd 1 of our anil of our fellow at YOU a for every home in our broad country fechi the loss us a personal van be on the president nnd on of his nnd particularly on the of navy and able as woli ns on of for ihe tranquillity and which they the tlie country in few day p. Jt need only n to a nnd the and ami bodies is Iho more in nf tho and of too too strong too powerful unil too Just In nn or us timt Iho eyes of the us wo onn not that will pain more ami credit lor our by calm nnd masterly My to is ho armed whose la The Tho Court of Inquiry Commenced at Key West Excitement in Washington PAUKt The Bankruptcy Tho Till PACK i Tho Daily Houston Coast Country FOURTH Naval Distribution of War FIFTH The State Crop Tbe Fire SIXTH Railroad February Was a New Market Financial SEVENTH The World's Cotton Produce Local Wholesale EIGHTH Court 1 hope nnd for the honor of the destruction of the Maine was caused by an and In that cose Spain can not be But suppose Cuban occasioned thia fearful of life in order to embroil our In a war with his mother In that Spain not be held re- And even had some fanatical Spaniards perpetrated this atrocious crime there would be no necessity for to only circumstances that would rant active hostilities would be the evidence that the Spanish connived the of the torpedoes or explosives In thp harbor of Havana to destroy our But I du and no eane cnn lhat a nation would be guilty of such able commission has been appointed by the government to the cause of the 1JS nnd the result of their verdict thulr One Is This knows In to defend her honor and her brave men did not on the deck of the whip with weapons In their must them as the or to this country who at i he post to which ahe call of 1 hope that is not fur off when a grateful nation will show her of of and faithful public servania by 10 memory a suitably a which not win be From aro on fool tho Ui u tt which Is to arrive at this port Weyler street is arched with and tho Casino is with H lhat the of the for March until April 27. tn correspond with for deputies to Hie cortts In he however lias not The coast survey returned to this after taking on four or the Maine's Jt Is possible that the will take to live wounded nen 01 the who are still at this as soon ns it safe to move the Feb. uas saH at the Brooklyn navy yard that the rapid Hrc una boon a nnd thai no special jis .to be attached to their arrival at this Work is rapidly pushed on tha Chicago and nud on dry at the navy yard than has been seen for i tho ivas com- where crowds u the Rates and as to the 01 Port Feb. The ork if fortifying three conspicuous points to Port which has nn in n desultory fashion for umo is being pushed forward un- ler orders from Secret IT .ml doubled forces arc being worked nml to finish aro mado for Cueing heavy re dun to arrive any rs hns ordered that the twelve companies the on shall be Immediately recruited to nil with tho of bringing ho militia up to the highest point of 111., Feb. Reports that forty f the swiftest telegraph operators In tho of the Western Union telegraph at Chicago were to start for in. within tho coming practically un- er government sealed thit men had left New York Hy for Jacksonville nnd Key West were puled to-day by William J. of the 2S.-Genernl Graham ml UlH this evening from Christi ami will inspect the Unit cd i tat os troops at Fort Mclntosh Feb. becoming thoroughly of with Spa In. nnd r. general of Iho lory ol to-day started lo organize the first f Oklahoma A public mooting hero for night to nnd on- A nt at 11 on and ready for council No. 11, of hy to 06 nnd Hon. aer in any capacity To llu I HO 11 ffl for the formation In Arizona of cf and nnd n. of ire at Tuscon Is Second N. M A. H. Foreign and domestic exchange bought and Cable and telegraphic transfers Credits Accounts MCCARTHY K. AT THAN Evidence Given Out the 1 unter Due to There Will lie D. Feb. 2S.- Is the excitement over tlie Cuban bles Is abating It Is said by those who have come In from the slates that there fs less excitement hero at any place the United Tho reason of this is that every effort is being made on all sides to allay the day we huva the locals that the president is calm and he will act when the proper timo comes and not nil and that tho timo has not yet One of Hie things makes the con- is 11 tho developments in tho of the Maine which is being carried had shewn the explosion was due to an accident the administration would have allowed this to leak out so that the people would be Tho board the tion is In direct communication with tho powers and therefore tho tion knows everything that Is going on hi Hut It has at no time given out up ine mea ot an and therefore iho cornier vat I mentioned nre uneasy through the fear that the examination lends to the theory that tho explosion wos brought by outside If the should show that destruction of the ship was due to outside then It fs admitted on all that nn lip from ami that indemnity would bB very in it in not believed that would agree to pay oven 1f she could pay OH us this government could not place the blamo at tho doors of her It IK at this point that it is thought that war will It Is a rather thing that not one man In a hundred here has the least doubt but what wo arc bound to have light with They am not tell you it is to come but all believe Tho real believe It Is because they understand the feelings of the musses hi both It in Hie democrats in tho to light tho which will for tho formation of two regiments for Iho coast Those require for Hut modern guns In the de- require tho boat and ths be In the have urging the Morgan which recognizes the belligerency of and which would probably be looked on by the Spanish their present hysterical condition as a declaration of nnd yet It fa that tho party will refuse to prepare for that which it will probably on the country by action on the resolutions but the party alluded to Ls not very consistent these w. G. 3. CORTES Important Dependent Upon Out on m P. 1 D. C. state de- received the following ister Wood ford at dissolving Spanish cortes ary 26. New cortes will meet April dissolution of cortes hud been ex- anil be wil h important The two liberal and wlK now liit nnd on the result will the political complexion of tho The Sagasta now in is Its re- tention in power menus much the present lor it was on the advent the regime that General Weyler the decrees were an- nulled and the present plan oC put In The policy now being pursued by Blanco in Cuba is an entire re- of umlor the regime of Canovas and his and ft is felt that tha continuance of this policy is not less at stake than the ministry Itself In the out- Benor the charge hns not received official of tho dissolution of the but iie says this was as the work of the ent was Under the of Spain forty days must expire before tho election of a new cortes Mr. who is himself a liberal and a supporter of the says there Is no doubt the result will be the re- turn of a liberal majority in the and tho consequent continuance of the AM parties of late have given loyal aid to tho liberal ministry and Its policy and the present time Is regarded by Mr. Dubosc .is for a calm which he asserts continue present authorities in He says there is no significance tho In other quarters it. is thought the con- servatives may take this opportunity Jf ro- thf reins of war Cuban policy of tne Kasta The Weyler clement is an- other growing in Spanish it that tho will oust their influence with the to or make their appearance as a distinct 1 organization opposing the the and the martial policy In The contest will bo between tho war pence and as tbe liberal element boa thus far been most liberals will the Tho bo held not only In but also in Cuba and Porto ThK should not with local elections of Cuba under plan of Tiie will confined entirely to choice of to the imperial and will be a part of the autonomous fur IL local of Tho ter have not and tho for them will be sot by the mous It bo no surprise to here If those at any timo ia the near us it is the Cuban autonomists nro rapidly the details of the 11 ml to of tho autonomous In tho of Its to under the tcm of Itay Tho will the Mny j. no has It In known in new potts OTI tno by bo by July 1. This give for tho by tho Spanish With a thin bo possibilities of nmy in the the victory will not Kivo Miat of Cortes another change with ct
