St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 1, 1898

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WANTS - | t, 0 (29 id neonalilies wer tive TEN PAGES. ee ge 708 preatnrer Rawat ey Pi and nationalities were given lucrative Flats and Board Columns. ()) sna in all branches of labor. 5| per cent MORE than the same week last year. | VOL. 49, NO 204 ; TUESDAY—ST. LOUIS—MARCH 4, 1898. os PRICE { i", St. oats. one *atenh Ra The sounanal Perea pester doy week last y _ The rith man’s directory—the poor man's guide. | ° . ene ee ee — 7 wre Lor = ee f } py ye ed ~ 3 WAL _— e ye a 1 o a - . A ‘. ‘ 3 > re Pe j “s A te ik a? ~. y S i * ne iW ff Shag: GTON, D.C, March S . 7 * . ’ # “ofa * % : re (fad, v , ‘ a : * . : » oe TT oh * ; " ; " ¥ y i 474 ‘ zh 2 e -" - " 7 fe ~~ ’ HY are o a - : ocf « - g a * 4 ‘ i," sige’ . 7 : hs . 5 Fiat tieay i : BS Mf , P > " ’ 4 : ° 5 + & semnfersigey ape The President and His Cabinet Said to Have Determined Upon This Policy, Even at the Risk of War. the ordnance and other bureaus » of the department who have’ been quoted in the newspapers as advancing theories to explain the Maine explosion to keep silent, It is preferred they shall no longer discuss this matter in ad.” vance of the report of the Court of Inquiry. One reason for this » action was fuct that the de- > partment finding itself com- © mitted involuntarily to the sup- Conflict With Spain More Likely to Come Through Intervention Than| Lek y | i) ol | |§ pore tthe theory tat te wale » as a matter of fact, Over Settlement of the Maine Disaster. bi BSH =| 3 Lang han been at grent paine ts show that the department stood Pristaalt- entirely neutral as between theo- Secretary Long Says That Spain’s Responsi-|; BLOOD MONEY DOES cay th cond ors See bility for the Maine Explosion Has Been NOT MEET THE ISSUE. quiry as binding upon it, Eliminated From Consideration. WASHINGTON, March 1.—The expression of Senator Burrows, always 2 $teeooeoeoeeoHoTHeeoeesesors In magn: sc of this decision a. friend and supporter of the Administration and one of the President's per- sonal and political associates for many years, is a fair sample of what Congress thinks of a proposition for cash indemnity for the loss of the Maine and the killing of her sailors. Said he: “A money indemnity will not satisfy the people a the United States, and nothing but the ultimate independence of Cuba ever will.” The President would find it hard, it is thought, to get the approval of Congress in any attempt to secure a cash indemnity. The members of Con- gress revolt at the idea of placing a cash consideration upon the lives of its sailors. SOUTH SEA EA HURRICANE, New Sibedietn ta ee" ff — Vaults of the Treasury. NOT CONQU EST, BUT FREEDOM. From To-Day'’s New York World. Here and there in the country there is a voice raised for the capture and annexation of Cuba. It is an unworthy suggestion. Forcible annexa-- tion by the United States would mean conquest, not freedom to the Cubans. They demand the right which our revolutionary fathers succe ssfully asserted— to freedom and self-government. The Cubans do not seek annexation to the United States. There is no reason to suppose that they would accept it save upon compulsion. Nor do the people of this country desire Cuba. Our population is sufficiently het- erogenous and our problems of government sufficiently complex now. Freedom for Cuba at our demandi:would be a noble indemnity for the Maine and a lasting settlement of the troubles growing out of the irrepressible con- flict in that unhappy island. But annexation is\ conquest, and conquest is Rapid Growth of Public Sentiment Opposing the Sug- gestion [That Money Can Atone for the Assassination of Americans. 2 OEE Ee 7 tooo eee 64 ooo oe eos + ’ Rothschilds and Other Money-Lendets Said to Be Buying Up Cuban Bonds in the Expectation of Early Intervention. There was an increase of HIG. an the jValue of buildings, represented porsaita sone thoes See ae a m.- saiasionee in Fubruart:. a0, compare | oa Yalue. represents month was. I a8 a $564,039 last WARSHIPS ARE iRE READY WITH FIRES Bi CA PT. | SIGSBEE:-" LOBOS e° Hi Ay } Seeaian s by the Press Publishing Com KEY WEST, Fla., Mareh 1.—The situatiall : ~~ * Special to the Post- Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.—The direct tesponsibility of the Spanish government for the destruction of the Maine, or the complicity of the authorities in Havana for the disaster, ave line. = , been eliminated from consideration by the Administration ae Photographed on the Naval Examining Board boat by the Post-Dispatch cor- ‘ id s . in Havana is known to be very feverish, — OT ee ee ee ee So ee ee ae ae A Ai a a ei a a a respondent in Havana. end. it tw assumed thatthe Ween This conclusion w ef ( -day’s Cabinet meeting. It a his conclusion was reached at to lay diate: — ! ' | Officials are watching the situation closely. ~ All the warships here are ready, with was the opinion of those present that even if the Maine was| in dollars is discussed, the more repugnant the scheme becomes. " | I P : It is said to-day that the President is displeased with the plan. He has almost STAVING OFF CUBA’S INDEPENDENCE fires banked, to slip moorings and start the — instant the eee is given. wrecked as the result of plot, or destroy ed by fanatics, no degree determined to demand the freedom of Cuba as the only atonement, if the verdict WHILE GATHERING IN HER BONDS. Bteam launches are running back and for- ward from the flagship to the other ve#se of, dire«t res vonsibility attached to the representatives of Spain. of the Court of I ry puts the responsibility, even by inference, upon Spain or ae I : P kaso Sy pal : & j : r é Special to the Post-Dispatch. a cruise to Havana’ everything ie mare ets , a . » Spaniards. ~ 2 ( € » 3 “« no way affects the final verdict as to whether the The tone of the press, the expressions of Congressmen and character of letters WASHINGT pons ae ote, pe as te hi gO ff a 4 ae. a and: the’ Stew Yas: tee explosion way the result of accident or design, but it may have a| received from private citizens in parts of the country by members of the Adminis-| ever, but in any and all events the hae hal “2 aie S ry ree d A the ear, had a 1 Lenvehliane drill ' last ht, far-reaching effect on the question of demanding indemnity for tration, demonstrate that the American people have had enough of the horrors of | triotic Americans are indignant over the Maine disaster and writhing under the | j; was plainly visible from the shore, apes a a ques gay: i” ‘ Spanish barbarity and its settlemept on a dollar and cent basis. They have not yet dilatory tactics of the Administration, the story is that the big bugs of the stock ae ay~s to 6 from: Pr RB Tg yo of f many y the loss of the Maine’s crew. The Cabinet did not discuss the forgotten the slaughter of the Virginius, That crime should have been revenged | Market have the pegs set to pre is . P oP Cuania 6 = nee aboard his flagship New york last Maine incident at length. in the blood of the Spaniard, and there is not a feeling to-day that the nation which Cuba is to be free. That is what has een determined on. Certain great finan- "The Cushing left dock about # o’clock last ot ciaJ interests—always able to secure advance information of value—have found this | night ave gone to the fleet © ‘ Re ee . : PO ~ _| can so outrage the Jaws of civilized countries should be allowed to escape like a t Tort Tl d t ee. The fact that the Administration is ready to. acquit the Span-| |); weed Blas hon ge glint ye oy ont There arc even: tumors teat: thitele Senators have Reais informed al the fact, to ths tugas. "it he inere pane: orders : j able, bs r ns is Sai reat activity has been manifested am of te The pacific tone of the Administration at the present time is undeniable, but} and have been urged to delay action for purély speculative reaso t that Pape pode Ma, y B tr By pane yond ish government of responsibility for the loss of the Maine brings it could hardly be otherwise in advance of the decision ef the Board of Inquiry the Belmonts, representing the Rothschilds’ interests, have gradually disposed Of| many into consultation. : Much activity is noticed in the fleet. into prominence the proposition heretofore advanced by the Post-| which the President is calmly awaiting. Di tch th it aew anit ral mareti f : hiekines Preparations for war wens. iow ~+ of peace go hand in hand. Rapid fire guns are their large holdings of Spanish bonds, having unloaded them quietly but rig Rumore'that Admiral Sicard ts to elim | spate at military and naval preparations for war are being! en route to the New York Navy Yard for the auxiliary cruisers. The monitors] ently during the period when talk of autonomy led unthinking politicians to be- -—. ‘bout thom toda opment. as 3 Miantonomoh and Puritan are being put into condition for sea service, together lieve that the revolution would fall of its own weight under the pressure of public a em y, used SS HIM HPO rerrreseeoeses Re Seer ee - - = oe “9 : Oe ee. s cane 4 hee w. a at 2 fs ‘Se sores = 2 Be. ac” ee Ae Oe ag ‘ a dines: . : . . - discuss the matter A pushed Lo be in re adine ty for intervention in Cuba. : : with the cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis at League Island, while even such a opinion. Thereupon, so the history goes, the Belmont interests re gathered If he does retire on is relieved he may be 4 War with Spain, in fact, jwill come through intervention | doubtful quantity as the ram Katahdin Bie not been overlooked, but will soon be| in all the Cuban onds obtainable, which are still at merely nomina res. aqcooeded either by Schie or by Bupes, . | | ‘ 3 ready for a commission. Orders have been issued to fill the magazines of the fleet The Rothschilds are said now to own so large a line of the ‘ese Br securities a... that ake benie ae io Havant iitnouianee rather than as a result of the Maine disaster. near Key West to their utmost capacity. Assignments for duty have been made that they would profit by immediate independence. The Belmonts, pe prem ly is not believed, Orders have of the monitor Terror at New York, the Amphitrite at Charleston, the Puritan in the Rothschilds, have sent men to Washington for the express parepes 4 of delaying colved for the men of the Maine now bonds. Other |to go North. They will | cote on the ‘ni ti ; > j 4 0 e i eat i- The Administration is be nding every energy t be in readi Hampdon Roads, and the Miantonomoh in Delaware Bay, thus pretecting Wash-| action «until they could pick up a few more millions of these reb ee nS, Se ‘war in Cuba. The gravity of the situation does not “lie in the The army officers arc telegraphing for tes canned provisions, clothing, am- the building, facing a little square a poe among certain speculative Senators to get hold of 'the premises. A sentry stood at the question. have the Army and Navy Departments been so n rly on a war footing. | these Cuban bonds a. de The wounded men are conval a position to enforce the compliance of Spain with such a T ae, ’ y. : hag BARS | P P _ “KETCHIN’ EM A-COMIN’ AN’: A-GWINE! sg tc es rr ge to all ‘over? we Sa Nn ‘retary Long stated after t ‘abi ‘ting that “any | Secretary g 1 after the Cabinet meeting y : orammiennal tat lea a up of the Maine is eliminated in my judgment.” Lerpose | ; h tt ted to int to the prosecution of the work ° of rasta © ae OOUNS es ior Mieoart and night; aio se Tos Tee will find the explosion to have been due to external causes, taken in connection with | | Stn CriopleMne . | ‘ of" | colder in the north portioa ama 2850.94 7 ‘the semi-official anhouncement from the White House that the President has no in- : Fax " aA Aes Wece VIO& Done by a letirere oie Tak tention of asking for cash indemnity, indicates to the minds of members of Congress | Flames | rir nival : | Bes Sager 20% aa te Prajo od r is of : cept im the Atlantic and east oe hope rae will be adopted, 7) ' Wale , | . . POST-DISPATCH OREY AS SATISFACTION FOR ASSASSINATION i a oe : Rep eee - ne AS REPUGNA*0. HE AMERICAN PEOPLE, , | _—— |g BESSSog ES : OB Menc 1-T mor L of & with Spain for ——_ | Om ees PT « ‘once HOUSER’S RUSE, {| — ae a eee etter abe = a ; ‘ee: ez i 9 ¢ Ss Oa ae . “ 78 es ty 4 = , x 3 rach B a Le £ 4 * . : 3, 5 z re ee pia *' t ae 7 , - +a Ea 7 “ . s ¢ : ae - AP. . gt er © Re ot ee SON SSN COMED > Oa Soe i. * ' | : ‘a eae Oe ee ae ¥ . * 4 : s Nae ge an ‘fs i 7” st AY Adsc 7 fh . ‘ . : a 4 ; . % "a vt ; , . ‘* ° ’ af yA: 5 : te ‘ Es 0 ah one *, ‘ a ie ay! ye Roae eo, : Be Oe ies ‘ gat ae A : er , : , Pe PS a” haga LT ee ake galt mecades O ae “hae ET ath eae tyres «eee ag I - ee, penance _—— —— tate SRBC ARR YF or SS Pe x he ct eh * > by >e : a a hae he Sia vw . Necks ee is 1 SS i a Re: ee gare em ae Sx uae ty te eee ie a a - ee. — > 7 “ a oe ae siamo’ | ait + At « ** oocereoe once corenaaese / ' 4 ee - NT SRT A TELS ny : f I ‘ ; ? ¢ 7