Show I DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE Of MARS Sabbath Cuts No Figure I War Preparations CABINET MEETING AT WHITE HOUSE Never Since the Civil War Was Sunday Activity So Evident Significant Conference of Senor Polo and Judge Day at State Department Steady Progress In Peace Nego tiations Presdents Policy Outlined Out-lined Developments of a Day I the Cuban Situation Militia Preparations Prep-arations Naval Movements Washington 1are 27Te president saw a number of the members of the cabinet at the White House today They dropped in one by one until those present included Secretes Bliss Al ger Gage and Attorney Grlggs With them also was Assistant Secretary Day of the state department who presumably presum-ably had some dispatches to show the i president The gathering was not a > special cabinet meeting in the sense in which the term is generally used but was simply a talk between the president and his advisers such as occurred curred last Sunday concerning matters on which he desired to consult them The Cuban question and the report ot the Maine court of inquiry were the topics discussed but so far as could ba ascertained nothing conclusive was determined de-termined one of the members of the cabinet saying subsequently that there was nothing new or startling in the situation strtng to The presence of Judge Day would infer in-fer there were advices from Minister Woodford but further than an acknowledgment ac-knowledgment that communication lain la-in progress between the state department depart-ment and the minister nothing could be ascertained AT THE DEPARTMENT At the state war and navy departments depart-ments there was during the earlipr portions por-tions of the day little semblance of tho Sabbath Chiefs of bureaus clerks messengers and telegraph operatom were at work Probably never since the days of the late war have so many officials gathered at the war and navy departments on a Sunday Dispatches that came over night regarding the t movements of ships and other matters were received and as many of them required prompt answer in the present emergency replies were forwarded Secretary Long however did not appear ap-pear at the navy department during the day as most of the matters requiring re-quiring attention were those that could as well be attended to by bureau officers wel Beers and their assistants Mrs Long has been ill for some time and the secretary in part shook official cares and spent the major portion of the day with her In the afternoon in company com-pany with Mrs Long the secretary drove to the navy yard and inspected the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius which is having Its guns repaired The vessel ves-sel has been at the yards about a week and great crowds have been there to see her CALL FROM POLO Assistant Secretary Day spent a portion por-tion of the Sabbath at the state department de-partment and there received a call from the Spanish minister a rather unusual un-usual procedure indicating important matters for consideration The conference con-ference lasted some time but Us nature na-ture could not be learned Tonight Commodore Vinfleld S Schley just appointed the commander of the Hying squadron left here for Norfolk It is expected that tomorrow he will hoist his flag on the Brooklyn which is to be flagship of the fleet The only other vessel of the squadron now at Hampton Roads is the Massachusetts Massa-chusetts or the remaining three the a Texas is In New York receiving her ammunition hoists and the Columbia and Xhe Minneapolis arc at League Island where the final work preparatory prepara-tory to their service is being hurriedly done The later will be at Norfolk about the middle of the week PEACE NEGOTIATIONS The developments of the day in the Cuban situation indicate steady progress prog-ress in the negotiations of this country and Spain looking to the maintenance of peace for the present at least There Is go > d authority for saying that Spains wish Is to secure a cessation of hostilities in Cuba rather than to engage in a war with the United States and that jt is more than probable that the negotiations between the government govern-ment of the United States and the Sa gasta ministry will take a turn in the immediate future The present Spanish Span-ish ministry has professed a pacific disposition from the beginning and the indications are strong now that I will avail itself of the good offices of the LTnited States to the fullest extent that public opinion in Spain will allow in iringing uba to an end the hostilities in ubaMKNLEY DIPLOMACY To what extent the United States may goin assisting Spain in her present pres-ent design of securing an armistice is not yet determined but the conservative conserva-tive eement in the administration consider the manifestation of this de ce sire or the part of Spain for even a temporary peace a direct result of President McKinleys diplomacy and they ara naturally disposed to contend that the president should be left free for the present at least to pursue a policy which promises much in the way of preventing war between this country and Spain and also of bringing to a close the hostilities in Cuba Hence there will be an effort on the part of the peacefully inclined in congress to continue to hold that body In check and to prevent Inflammatory utterances utter-ances there until this promising diplomatic diplo-matic Jead may be exploited NO EXTENDED DELAY On the part of the administration it Is stated that the development of the situation will not require a great length of time and hence that there will be no extended delay A policy has been fully determined upon by the president I is to bring the Cuban war to a close This will be accomplished by pointed Intervention if necessary but it Is considered far preferable that the end should come as the result of peaceful negotiations than that it should be accompanied by hostile demonstrations on the part of the United States Hence the disposition disposi-tion of the president is to give Spain a fair opportunity to secure an armistice i armis-tice with the Cubans and to allow her a reasonable time In which to come to an understanding with the hostiles A FREE PEOPLE I can be stated upon high authority that there has been no abatement of the presidents intentions to see that the war is terminated when it Is closed upon terms that will render the Cubans practically a free people It I is not believed that they would accept anything less nor that Americans I would bo satisfied if we should encourage encour-age a settlement that would not be acceptable ac-ceptable to the Cubans I here should now be an armistice it would be with the concessions made by Spain at the Instanc of this country that negotiations ne-gotiations should be opened immediately I immedi-ately with the insurgents looking to the establishment of a permanent peace upon these terms I has long been I the hope of the administration to bring Spain to the point oC making proposi I making tions of this character as the 1roposl a I settlement most satisfactory to all parties and it is hoped from Spains I attitude that this time has arrived The friends of the administration feel that the situation is a very delicate I one and that much will depend upon the course congress may pursue In the meantime the president will on ednesday send his message asking that an appropriation be made for the lid of the destitute Cubans I GEE2OANS WILT BE NETJTEAL Same Time Regarding Our Intervention Interven-tion A Impertinent London March 27A dispatch to the Observer from Berlin says the Imminent langer of war between the United States and Spain is the absorbing topic < Sttes cussion Until recently political and financial circles refused t credit the prob auillty of war but the report of the MaIn commission dissipated this skepticism There Is great depression on the bourse today uerraan opinion may he summarized bv eajinsr that it refuses to believe that a mine was exyloile1 I regards the capo us one of negligence on the part or Spain for which the United States Ss entitled to compensation but Spains ntited account of the filibustering expeditions must also b allowed No German credits the genuineness of the American crelts ures against these expeditions or mes in uicnatlon of Americans ovr Spanish cruelties in Cuba Indeed 01 oninfna here resents American AmErlrl intervention as Im pertinence and would in case of war empathize outsrmkenly outslkenb with Spain but ould at the tam time preserve the srictest neutrality INSULT TO AMERICAN CHARITY American Sailors a Poor Disguise For Sisters of Charity Havana March 7La Union Con stltutioncial editorially criticises to tv the proposition that the United States had a rIght to afford relief in uba I denies this I says America lias still less right to bring the supplies in war vessels adding that the uni forms of American sailors and marines I are a poor disguise for alleged Sisters of I Charity and that i may be that these I I nurses Come to feed the sick on dan I SIHIUS food like shells and bullets Kl Diarlo de la Marina replying to the I I question Shall we have war an i svers Everything lOoks like Itthe I I decline in stocks the bellicose attitude I of and ig fat I congress the editorials In a I press which is without conscience Nevertheless we cannot believe that the Americans will go to war at a moment I mo-ment when domestic questions of political po-litical economy in their own country are in such an unsatisfactory state i But In case war comes we must pre srnt a united front The United States I riny know when the conflict will commence I com-mence It cannot know when it will nd Spain makes no boasts but pre ftrs death to dishonor I LEAGUE ISLAND NAVY YARD 0 Indefatigable Sunday Work On Cruisers I Cruis-ers Monitors and Rams I Philadelnhia Pa March 27The i cruiser Columbia will leave Iengue Island navy yard tomerrow about noon I for Hampton Roads Shr finished loading ammunition at i oclock this afternoon I ftr which her pilots were taken aboard Notwithstanding rain fell for the greater Joter tart of the day there was no cessation 1 the activity at this station The doubleturreteil nvmitor Mlanto n mah has all hef ammunition on bpard I i ijifi as soon l her men hHve given her n oallng of lead colored paint she will be reaJv to sail I Tho Minneapolis sad the ram TCatahdin will receive ammunition tomorrow morn ln and the former will get about 200 tons of coal All the vessels are short n I number of me The Columbia will sail xvlth her complement locking about 100 m ° n The Minneapolis is also short about that number and the ram Is about 20 hort Fourteen men arrived today and w r assigned tt shipS Both the Minneapolis Minne-apolis and the Miantonomah will head he-ad to depart on Wednesday at the latest lateSIGNFCAN SIGNIFICANT INQUIRY How Our Lake Warships May Reach the Atlantic Milwaukee Win March 27 Captain A S Davis commander of the revenue cutter Gresham rcceved a dispatch from Washington ordering him to ship a complement of 70 men and proceed to Cleveland as soon as possible Captain Cap-tain Davis was also asked In the dispatch dis-patch I he thought It possible if the Cresham could run the Sf Lawrence t rapids thus avoiding the locks to pass which would necessitate shortening her Captain Davis is Investigating I the subject PREPARE FOR WAR Purported Language of a Cipher Dispatch I patch Received By Blanco Havana via Key West Fin March I 27Last night it was persistently stated on alleged good authority that the Palace officials here had received a cipher dispatch from Madrid which in effect said Prepare for war I is not likely that anything so alarming or so peremptory vas received re-ceived but it is pretty certain that intimation in-timation was given that the time for evasion or delay on the part of Spain was drawing to1 a close There can be no question that the policy of the United States in making the destruction of the Maine merely a side issue and a corollary of the graver question of the continuance of inhumanity and property destruction on the island is a disagreeable surprise to many high in office in Cuba They had concluded that the dispute as to the origin of the explosion ex-plosion would be Indefinitely prolonged and finally open the way for a new investigation in-vestigation in which Germany Italy or some other European power would take part Many of the best informed Spaniards are free to say that American Amer-ican interference on humanitarian grounds will be bound to carry with it the passive sympathy if not the active ac-tive of all civilized nations since the fact a to local conditions are no longer in doubt in any cabinet in Christendom Christen-dom CRISIS I PORTO RICO Dissatisfaction Among Autonomists of Spains Other Colony j I Madrid March 7A semiofficial j note has been issued which says i j i Owing to the interruption in the j cable service to Porto Rico the government gov-ernment has been without news until j I this evening when the report was confirmed con-firmed of disagreements among the i Liberal elements in Porto Rico The i their interests old autonomist party finding terests affected in connection with the I j elections to the insular chamber have published a manifesto compromising to j j I the union I among the autonomists I and to the very existence fto the insular I I f government At one time the historical 1 autonomists thought of abstaining I from the elections but happily they desisted from this attitude all agreeI inn that the cabinet should remain I constituted as at present The electoral elec-toral struggle will under these conditions condi-tions be very severe The announcement of these differences differ-ences in Porto Rico has a natural effect ef-fect upon the peninsular elections Late tonight i is rumored that a government crisis has occurred in Porto Rico I TEE WRECKED MAINE Board of Survey Will Determine Her I Final Disposition I Havana March 27The United States I Bache which left coast survey steamer lef I Ke West at 7 oclock last evening arrived i I ar-rived at noon today She brought Cap I tale Chadwick who with Lieutenant I Commander Cowles and Lieutenant Com I I mamlor Wainwright now on the Fern will act as a board of survey to determine I the final disposition of the wreck of the Maine as far as the United States is concerned The board will consider what I is best t be done toward rising the wreck If it is thought such a thing is ossib and also if raising the hull Is I not practicable what is the most feasible feasi-ble plan of saving certain valuably portions I por-tions It Is said by naval officers here that the I i I I board of survey is constituted according to rules in force in the navy under I < I hlh nltsocf every article of value in the navy must b accounted for from a manofwar to a marlinspike I Is believed be-lieved the board will reach a decision as I soon as all its members arc familiar with the condition of thinsrs i NO SYMPATHY FROST ITALY Spain Fid Little Comfort From A Italian Minister Iti Miter Drrll March 27The Rome correspondent I correspon-dent of the Berliner Taceblatt telegraphs tele-graphs The Marquis ViscontS Venosta the Italian foreign minister says the Cuban situation has grown worse but that outside out-side of Austria which morally supports Spain for dynastic reasons no European power is Inclined t show practical sympathy sym-pathy for Spain Jathy Riciottl Garibaldi I says that if the le nst L fo Stales will defray their expenses he will l engage to send 4000J Garlbaldiaus to Cuba SAVAGES WOULDNOT DO IT Spanish Generals Disclaimer of M ing Havana Harbor Madrid March 27A genera In the army who declines to permit the use of his name said that it was Incredible that the report of the American court of inquiry in-quiry into tho Maine disaster should attribute at-tribute the destruction of the vessel to a submarine mine Not even among savages he asserted would such mines be placed In their ports Moreover our own ships would have incurred equal peril had the mines been placed in Havana harbor Mines are only laid in time of war and then friendly nations are notllled READY TO HANDLE GUNS Ann Arbor Students Commence Parading Pa-rading With Pitchforks j Ann Arbor Mich March 2Two hundred hun-dred students of the University of Michigan j Michi-gan paraded the campus armed with pitchforks etc 1eIn a Cuban demonstra I lionWilliam Day son of Judga Day of the state department addressed the students and at rae close of the meeting resolutions I resolu-tions approving the action of the United States wen sent to Secretary Day and President MoKlnley The boys also amid great enthusiasm I burned an clfigy of Spain Jerseys Militia On War Footing I Trenton N J March EThe work of putting the New Jersey National Guard on a war footing Is being successfully pushed I Yesterday a large number of army hats and leggings and about 2000 rubber blankets wore received at the stat arsenal I There Is talk of a special session of the legislatures place a fund of KS0030 at the disposal of the governor for the better bet-ter equipment of the National Guard In the event of war I Annapolis Cadets Preparing Anna pi Is Md March EAt dinner I formation at the naval academy today an I order was read directing the first class of cadets to report at the medical tlermrt meet tomorrow morning for physlcial examination I amination preparatory It Is supposed to sea orders Key West Looks Warlike Key West Fla March 2The Iowa I left late last night for Dry Tortugas i whore she will coal She Is expected here 1 short The harbor once more presents a warlike appearance The Marblehead Montgomery Detroit Nashville Cincinnati Cincin-nati Castlnp Wilmington and six torpedo tor-pedo boats lie close in shore while the Indiana and the New York loom up six miles ont he Montgomery is expected to KO north shortly Eicht bodies from the Maine were laid to rest In the city cemetery this morning with the Mme simple ceremonies that have attended the interment of other bodies burled here I Skilled Physicians Volunteer I New York March 27At the suggestion I of Dr G Bollng Lee physician of tho fourth medical division of Bellsvlow hospital hos-pital 21 of the Z physicians and surgeons of the start of that institution today signed their names to a document In which they tendor their services to the government in ease of war Dr L e Is i a Virginian and a nephew of Consul Generrl Lee All are graduates and men of ski |