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OUTRAGE OHHE ALLIAM
Action of the Spanish Man-uf-Wiir
Was Unjustifiable.
CLEAR VIEWS OX THE SUBJECT
Even Though the Alliancu Was Misusing
the Ainericun Ting, Spuniah Ships
Hod No H !(; lit to Interfere
with Her Course.
Washington, March 1". SihuUIur of
the Allianca liu-ldcnt und Sei-ivtury
Gresham'a dispatch to our minister lo
Madrid Insisting upon disavowal of tho
unauthorized ai't and that positive or
ders be given to Spanish naval com
manders not to Interfere with the passage-
of mall steamers thiKii;h a
recognized anil legitimate channel of
commerce, one of the best informed
authorities on International law ' in
Washington said to the United Press
today:
"Assuming the facts to be as stated,
there can be no question as to the
soundness of Secretary Ciresham's po
sition under the principles of Interna
tional law as now recogni.ed and prac
ticed. One hundred years ago. when
the sea was overrun with pirates und
Hivaters, the right of visit or search
was recognized under certain contin
gencies. Hut these only applied to a
leeognized existing state of war. There
is no such condition In this case. Kven
If there were no nation of late years
has had warrant for stopping a vessel
flying a friendly flag on the hluh seas,
nor has the right been recognized for a
war vessel under any circumstances to
fire a solid shot at the flag of any mer
chant vessel flying any Hag except that
of the war vessel attempting to inter
cept her.
"Supposing, for thesake of argument,
that the Allianca was misusing the
American flag (as was actually the
case with the Virginias for the execu
tion of whose crew the United States
exacted heavy indemnity from Spain)
the power to punish the vessel for this
mususe of the flag would rest with the
United States alone and not with
Spain. But of course there Is no such
upposltion as to the misuse of a flag
possible in the case of a steamer be
longing to a regular United States mail
line."
The Outraaa Unjustifiable.
"The assumption that there is the
slightest obligation on the part of the
Allianca to show that she was nmre
than one marine league from shore
when fired upon is entirely unwarrant
ed. If she had been within half a mile
of the Cuban coast the alleged action
of the Spanish man-of-war. would have
been just as unjustifiable as if she had
been fifty miles out at sea. In the
case of the seizure of four American
schooners off Cuba ' by Spanish au
thorities fifteen years ago our govern
ment successfully asserted and sus
tained the principle that In time of
pi-a-.-e, no forcible Intervention with
American ships could be permitted
Trhether they were within three miles
of shore or not. In short the absolute
right of any merchant vessel to
traverse any channel in times of peace,
whether within thre miles of shore or
not is sustained by universally accepted
International law, and no ship of war
of any nation under any pretext has the
right to stop or search her to ask an
examination of her papers."
"Spain Is in the wrong In this matter
ail I feel sure will, In due time, admit
It."
"What If she does not?" "Why, then,
In such an unfriendly aspect of affairs,
ail that the United States authorities
need do would be to relax their vlgfl
ance at Tampa and other porta, and
the question would soon settle Itself."
Spain Has Replied.
New York, March 17. The Recorder
will tomorrow publish the following
dispatch from Washington: Spain has
replied to Gresham's demand. A dis
patch was received tonight that, so far
as It gof. la entirely satisfactory to the
United State. It ta a response to the
last part of Secretary Gresham's dis
patch in which he Insists that "Imme
diate and positive orders be given to
Spanish naval commanders not to In
terfere with legitimate American com
merce passing through the windward
channel, and prohibiting all acta wan
tonly Imperilling life and property law
fully under the flag of the United
States."
That part of the dispatch which re
fers to the firing upon the Allianca is
reserved for future reply after an In
vestigation by Spain Into the circum
stances that surround It.
"There Is no doubt In the minds of
the president and secretary of state
that this will receive 'prompt disavow
al as an unauthorized act,' and that a
'due expression of regret on the part of
Spain' will be forthcoming.
"Secretary Uresham communicated
the substance of Spain's respone to the
president as soon as. It had been trans
lated, but he was unwilling to give it
out for publication.
"It Is understood, however, that the
dispatch conveyed the Information
that orders had been issued to the com
manders of the Spanish men of war In
Cuban waters not to Interfere with
legitimate American commerce and to
use every precaution to avoid Interna
tional complications by an exercise of
undue zeal."
MR. REED'S OPINION.
llo Thinks That There Is l.lttlo probability
of an Ivxtra Session.
Washington, March 17. Rx-Speaker
Deed leaves Washington tomorrow, not
to return till congress meets again. He
will spend some days In New York be
fore going to his home In Maine, but de
clined all invitations to deliver publlo
addresses, feeling In need of thorough
rest. Ills appearance. In fact, does not
denote his usual condition of robust
health.
Mr. Heed thinks there is little prob
able of an extra session of congress,
unless the supreme court should decide
the income tax unconstitutional.
JACOB READY. TO DIE.
The Choctow Wife Murderer's Kcprlevs
. . Arrived Just In Time.
Caddo, 1. ' T., March 17. Johnson
Jacob, a Chcvtaw, was sentenced to be
shot at Pushmataha court grounds,
thirty nilleB east of here, Friday, for
the murder of his wife last f Jl.
. Jacob had pulled off lils coat and
boots, painted a spot over his heart
and taken his seut to awult the thing
of the sheriff's Winchester, when a
courier 'arrived with a reprieve, grant
ing a hearing before tho supreme court.
NO CHANGE AT MEXICO.
Tho Situation Is Neither Hotter or Worse
Aeeoidlng to .Mr. Koinero.
Washington, March 17. Minister Ro
mero said tonight that so far as he hud
been advised there wus no change of
the conditions of uffalrs between
Mexico und (luatemalu; that the situa
tion was Just us It had been for a
month or more, neither better or worse.
ltescting the reports thut the rela
tions between the two countries were
more strained Just now than any time
previous and trouble was not believed
to be imminent, Senor Komero said he
had no Information which would Justi
fy or confirm these predictions.
SPANISH CABINET C RISIS.
General Martinez De Campos II us Been
Appoluted Cuptulu Ueneru I Officers
Indulge in Klotous ton J not.
London, March 17. The I'nlted Vross
correspondent in Madrid telegraphs
late this evening that the whole Sa
gastn cabinet has resigned and Gen
eral Martinez De Campos has been ap
pointed captain general of Madrid.
General Campos will lake command of
the troops and probably will be the
next premier, us there Is a general feel
ing that a strong hand In the govern
ment Is an Imperative necessity Just
now.
During the flnul council of the Sa
gasta cabinet a committee of officers
went to the council room and asked for
the premier. They demanded that he
suppress the Resumen,, which had pub
lished reflections upon the courage of
the officers of the corps, and propose
to parliament severely repressive press
laws.
The premier declined to make any
such concessions. He reported the of
ficers' demands to the council, and after
a brief discussion the ministers decid
ed to resign. The upset was due pri
marily to the Ill-feeling roused between
the civil and military authorities by
the military raids on the newspaper
offices yesterday. The present colonial
complications also added to the diffi
culties of the ministry.
General Campos has Just ordered
back to their barracks all the officers
who at this moment 11. IS p. m. stand
In groups in the streets. Officers tf
the provincial garrisons have begun
telegraphing expressions of congratula
tion and sympathy to their comrades
in the capital.
The government's failure to Interfere
with the rioting officers was not due.
however, entirely to disinclination to
act. The ministers and local officials
could count only upon the civilians to
execute their order, as the civil guard
refused to proceed against the officers.
The city has been In a ferment of ex-"Item'-nt
all "day. Crowds filled the
streets and places of public resort.
Such a conflict between the army and
the civilians has not been known be
fore since the restoration. The prog
ress of events is watched with the
keenest Interest from the palace. The
Queen Regent was greatly effected by
the reports of yesterday's disorder. She
has conferred repeatedly with Generals
Campos and Sagata.
THE D0M1S SHAKEN IP.
A Thirty-Ton Boiler Dances About Their
Iinelling - .Miraculous Kseupo from
Death.
Webster, Mass., March 17. The resi
dents of this town were startled at
noon today by a terrific explosion In the
South Village mill of the Slater Wool
len company. A 60-hor8e power boiler
burst, causing a loud noise and wreck
ing many thousand dollars' worth of
property near it.
The boiler was driven out of Its build
ing, through the basement and the par
lor up stairs of the corporation tene
ment occupied by the Doml family and
across Main street, striking the stone
foundation of the Old Tavern, where It
lodged. Kosa Doml was sitting in the
parlor at the time, and she was pre
cipitated into the basement, but was
not Injured beyond a shaking up. Mrs.
Doml was In the kitchen adjoining the
parlor. She was knocked down but un
hurt. Large pieces of debris were
thrown around for many rods, but for
tunately they hit no human murk. The
boiler weighed about SO tons. It struck
the Old Tavern with such force as to
bore a large hole In the stone under
pinning and then turned Itself com
pletely around at a distance of about
4U feet from Its bed. The shock was
felt all over town. The engine house
and the driving room are completely
ruined.
In the engine house Were twelve Allen
boilers, a Corliss engine, a Green en
gine and the apparatus for lighting the
factory by electrlctly. With the damage
to buildings, the loss will easily reach
$7.'.00i). The mill Is so crippled thut
operations cannot lie resumed In n
month at least.
Died In Kxllc.
Ban Francisco, March 17. Arthur P. Pe
lemon, attorney generitl of Hawaii undr
the monarchy, died In exile In this city
yesterday.
STATE NEWS CHIT'S.
Hodford Is 100 years old '
A plant thut will turn out BG.OOO bricks
dully will be built t Heading.
Altoona will voto next Friday on the
question of a 4U0,U00 bond Issue.
A hospital for consumptives may be
built at KuHt Hlroudslturg by Dr. O. H.
Khodea. ' ,
Hullroad coal operators In weiturn Penn
sylvania still refiwe to yield to tho strik
ers. Warden C. C. Jones, of tho Luxerno
county Jul, Is dying from u stroke of
apoplexy.
Whlto rabbits Imported from Maine havo
been turned loose In large numbers on
I'otlsvllle mountain.
Professor Carl Mats, of Lancaster, hns
been prosecuted for alleged cruelty in
beating Waller liaughton.
Of tlO engineers who left the service of
the Lehigh V alloy railroad In 'the strike
of ull but ninety-one have returned to
work. ' , . , , ,v
Three Bhamokln miners, Tim Covun, Al
bert Haines and Jell ttprlnger. stood ten
feet from Where a Voworful dynamite
explosion occurred and worn unhurt.
Arbitrators at Heudlng have decided
that there was no fraud in the Heudlng
Truotlon company's dual with the Will
lam Schweitzer heirs, from whom land
worth $33,M3.liO was purchased..'
FATAL ROUND-HOUSE FIRE
Three Employes of the Wabash Kail
road Killed by Palling Wall.
SEVERAL UTHEKS AKE INJURED
While KiitfUfieJ In Fighting l ire the Vic
tims Are Cuuglit by Crumbling Walls.
Six l itglnes Kendered Use
less by the lllue.
Toledo, l)., March 17. A disastrous
lire at the round-house of the Wabash
railroad, ultendeil by heavy loss of
life, occurred In this city this morning.
Three men lost their lives, two being
Instantly killed. Nine others were
more or less Injured, one of them,
John O'Lenry, u machinist, it Is
thought, futully. The list of dead Is as
follows:
It. 11. liohlman, painter, married, sev
en children, skull crushed. Internally
Injured; J. J. Preston, aged 35, car In
spector, married, sl children, back
broken, skull crushed; John Howell,
aged IS. a spectator, skull crutdied, In
ternally Injured.
The injured ure: 11. 10. Howard, gen
eral foreman Kastern division, back
bruised, face cut. slightly burned; John
O'Lenry, machinist, leg broken, arm
crushed, skull fructured, may die; Pat
lick McDonough, llrenian, skull frac
tured, shoulder broken; Martin Green
burg, car repairer, head cut; Harry
Zimmerman, painter, leg broken, body
bruised; Louis Decker, painter, bruised,
shoulder sprained; Henry Gerdlng, car
repairer, head bruised and cut; Caspar
ltecker, painter, head and shoulders
cut; T. C. La tier, track foreman, neck
sprained, head cut.
All of the dead, except John Bowen,
were employes of the Wabash railway.
They constituted the company's fire de
partment for the protection ofthe
shops and were engaged In lighting the
Matties when the accident occurred that
resulted so disastrously.
The round-house was a substantial
brick structure with a capacity of
twenty engines, and contained six loco
motives when the fire broke out. The
tlanitfs were first seen in the copula
that surmounted the roof, shortly after
10 o'clock. An alarm was seut to the
cjty fire department, and In the mean
time the yard company got one stream
playing on the blaze, which soon made
its way to the roof. The walls of the
building were believed to be secure,
and the fire lighters pressed closely In
towards the building the more effec
tively to combat the spreading flumes.
It was seen that the roof would soon
fall, but no danger was apprehended
from that source, until, to the horror of
the spectators, the southwest wall,
weakened by the destruction of the
supports that connected It with the
roof, was observed to tremble and sud
denly fall out on tbe volunteer fire
men. Wall Fell t'pon Them.
Uefore the majority of the men could
realize their peril, the' heavy wall was
down on top of them, burying them un
der a heap of smoking debris. All but
Howen, Preston and Hohlman were
quickly taken out. Tho two first
named were completely covered by the
ruins of the wall; Hohlman was a little
more fortunate. From out of the
smoking heap the mangled bodies of
Howen and Preston were taken; they
were beyond need of human cure.
Hohlman was still alive, though un
conscious, but died shortly after being
taken home. A dozen surgeons were
quickly summoned ami prompt assist
ance rendered the Injured. Leary, the
machinist, rallied temporarily, but it is
not thought ho can recover.
When the first of the city firemen
arrived they saw that there was Immi
nent danger of the fire spreading to
the Wabash elevator and the repair
shops, which stood close by. The oil
house was also menaced, but luckily
the (lames were held in check at this
particular point. A genernl alarm was
sent In nnd by hard work the firemen
succeeded In saving the surrounding
property. The roundhouse was com
pletely wrecked, and the six engines
stord therein practically rendered use
lens. The loss Is estimated nt from
J7.'.f00 to $100,000, and It Is believed to be
fully covered by Insurance.
F.MI'F.KOR IN Till: CHAIR.
i'nder His Direction the Sessions of
Council of State become I'll In fill
lterlln, March 17. Kugene Hlchter's
Freslnnlge Keltung given u moving pic
ture tif the misery suffered by the coun
cil of slate under 111" emperor's chnlr
mei.Rhlp. Illchter snys the members
have got 'to the point where they pray
that the emperor will slny uway nnd
thus leave them free to sny what they
think. He Majesty has n list of the
speakers in his hand nnd dictates the
order In which they may tnke the floor.
As nobody dure go out when bored,
all ure obliged to remain fixed for
hours In their chtilrs and listen to the
most dolorous discussions or trifles.
The most trivial speeches must be
cheered. As the emperor bus forbidden
Interruptions and cries of dissent, thero
Is only a dreary waste of reotly-niude
applause for Aosc taking part In the
debutes.
Ill, SIIOVFD Til 12 OCI.FR.
Officers f ound Kvldcnco of llullt hut the
Wherenhouts of Slim Is a Dark Secret.
Atlanta. (In., Mar'h 17. Deputy mar
shals last night arrested llenjamln It.
Sims, who hns been distributing agent
here for New York dealers In counter
felt money. Sims Is a well educated
negro of 2ft. He was locked In a room
In the custom house, while the deputy
marshals went to his house to search.
They found evidences of his guilt
there, but when they returned did not
And him. He had escnped by a tran
som nnd lias not been arrested since
breaking out. Several letters referring
to green goods were signed "J. It. Lan
sing, 170 West street, New York."
INDIANA SENSATION. '
judge Dlake Sues Publishers of Qoshon
Times for l.lhcl. ,
Chicago, March 17. A special from
Elkhart. Ind., says: Sensational de
velopments occurred yesterdny In the
libel case of Judge Blake against the
publishers of the Goshen Dally Times.
Colonel H. M. Johnson, a wealthy at
torney of this city, wns recently a de
fendant In Judge Uluke's court and
after a bitter fight a Judgment was
taken against him. The following day
the Times denounced the Judge for his
rulings In tho case and held him up
to ridicule. The Judge Immediately be
gan libel proceedings, plating the dam
ages at (20,000. lCvhlence was bruught
out that Colonel Johnson had person
ally procured the publication of the edi
torial und had furnished tho publishers
of the Times a bond Indemnifying them
ugaliiHt nil damagos that might accrue
from libel suits resulting from the pub
lication and also from tho attorneys'
fees und other expenses connected with
it.
The prominence of all the parties
made the revelation a sensation. Ool
lumi Johnson Is a leading Democratic
politician of northern Indiana; was a
prominent official of New Mexico under
President Cleveland's first administra
tion, has amusstiil great wealth and
wus a recent candidate for the Berlin
mission.
.
DOOM 12 D THE COMPANY.
The Itookkccper Who Made False Entries
lias u Narrow Ksoupo.
Camden, N. J March 17. After being
out since about noon Friday the Jury In
the case of Phillip 11. Fowler was dis
charged at 11 o'clock this morning by
Judge Vroom, huvlug been unable to
agree on a verdict. Fowler was super
intendent of the Gloucester Gingham
mills and was charged with falsifying
the returns made to stockholders of the
concern's condition.
It was churged that his returns did
not show within $35,000 the company's
true condition. No embezzlement or
defalcation wus charged against Fow
ler, the allegation being that he falsi
fied the returns so as to make as good
a showing of the company's condition
as possible. The trial occupied nearly
a week and the Jury stood nine for
acquittal and three for conviction when
discharged.
HOODOOLIMiY HlCiiilXS.
Professor Baldwin Is "Ixposed" and
Held to Dull in the Sum of S5.000 in
Skeptical Wilkes-llurrc.
Wilkes-Hurre, March 17. The arrest
of Sumrl 8. Baldwin last evening has
been among the chief topics of conver
sation about town today. Baldwin,
who with his wife has been giving ex
hibitions of mind reading at the Grand
opera house during the week, is
charged with libel und slander by Am
brose Higgins, manager of the Postal
Telegraph company's office here.
In the performance of the Baldwins,
Mrs. Baldwin is brought on the stage
In what is stated to be a hypnotic
stute. She is also blindfolded. Earlier
In the evening the peopte In the au
dlenc have written questions ou slips
of paper, which they are told to hold
close in their hands. They are In
structed to concentrate their mind on
the question, and Mrs. Baldwin, It is
said, thus gets Into telepathic commun
ication with them, calls out the name of
a spectator and answers his questions.
Higgins, who has studied mesmerism
and hynotism, had no faith in the al
leged mind reading, and resolved to test
It. For three nights he conformed to
the Instructions und held a question in
his hand, but his name was not called"
out. Then he wrote to Baldwin and
asked why his question was not an
swered. In return he received a circu
lar letter asking him to send In his
question by .mull and then be at the
Opera House on Thursday night and
think of it. He mailed the question.
"Will the business 1 contemplate suc
ceed?" At the Opera, House, fhough,
he wrote this question, "When will my
brother Frank graduate from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania." Mrs. Bald
win answered him In the course of the
exhibition, "You business will be a suc
cess." Higgins' belief that the mind reading
was mero trickery was thus strength
ened, and yesterday morning a com
munication from him appeared In a
newspaper giving his views. Today he
received a letter from Baldwin abusing
him vigorously, und culling him "a
sneaking cad," "an Idiot," "a cur and a
fool."
When the warrant was Bervcd Bald
win resisted the constable and refused
to go, but nfterwnrd appeared before
Alderman Donahue and gave ball in
$5,0011.
SHOT TIIF ASIILFY HOYS.
Saloon keeper Holt on Effective .Marks
man. Detroit, Mich., March 17. Allen Ash
ley and his brother, Frank, was serious
ly wounded Inst night by John Holtz,
a naloon-keeper. The Ashley boys be
calm; involved In un altercation with
a ciibtomer of Hultst nnd assaulted him.
Halts Interfered when the Ashley
knocked him down and were beating
him, when lie drew a revolver nnd llred
three shots at them.
Allen Ashley cannot recover. Holta
hub been arrested.
II. It. Reynolds Missing.
Carey, O., Murch 17. II. D. lleynolds, a
prominent business man of this plucc, Is
missing under sensulloiial circumstances.
It In thought that Mr. Reynolds has been
niado away with his room was found
In a greatly disordered condition und there
was blood on tho walls and floor. Detec
tives are working on the cuse.
VAKIOCS WIRINGS.
A new trial will be grunted Krastus
Wlmun, or New York.
An Kngllsh syndicate offer $'Jft0,000 for
coal lands In Cupe Breton.
Oenerul Joseph O. Rhelby's attempt to
break bin mother's will at lexlngton, Ky
has fulled.
A tremendous downpour of rain In Col
umbus,' (lu., caused an Inundation of the
lower punt of the city.
Husknt munufucturt-rs of Ohio, Indiana
and Michigan organized an asnoclutlon,
to control the market,
tFraturnlty" students lu Hie Ann Arbor
(Mich.) high school must quit one or the
other on ten days' notice.
' In eighteen months John F. Boss, of
Brooklyn, squandered $.ro,0og, and then
took a fatal doso of poison.
Boston offers $1,000 reward for the detec
tion of the person who has recently set
tiro to throo Cuthollo churches. .
By inducing Aulnntn Jewelers to send
samples to Bwnlnsboro, clever swindlers
got away with tJ.ooo worth of goods.
' In a petty quarrel at New Btevensvltle,
Mont., A. II. Bnelllng shot dead Charles
McCullough, and then blew his own head
off. ,
Burglars entered a Boston apartment
houso by means of skeleton keys and stole
$8,300 worth of property owned by MUs
Wary B. Swift, ..- .
THE BEET IN PERU
Government Is Unable to Lift
Sicijc at Lima.
the
REBELS GAINING IN NUMBERS
Dullness Is at a Stundstill-The Press Is
tiuggud and Political Prisoner Arc
Sepurutcd from the Heat of
the World.
Ulna, Peru, Feb. 19. Secretary Gen
eral Caceres' telegram to Atuerloan
papers has been read here with much
Indlgmttlon.
The burefuced falsehoods It contains
and the uuducity of publishing such
statements when many Impartial for
eigners have witnessed the facts denied
in the said telegrams could only ema
nate from a source which to guln Its
point Its stops at nothing.
Fourteen young men and a woman
were taken prisoners on their wuy, us
It was said, to Join the guerillas. The
Caceiist papers published news of their
arreist nnd confinement In a police sta
tion, but since then there has been no
news of them. Young Tlrado was mur
dered In the principal square of Matu
cana In ful daylight and in the presence
of many persons, both native und for
eign. Cuptaln Hand rex, a political prisoner,
WU.S bound to a tree close to Barranco
the other day und shot In the presence
of natives and foreigners by un officer
In command of one of Caceres' battali
ons. These are only a few cases of the
many which' have occurred.
As to the 150 political prisoners con
lined in the underground dungeons in
Calluo, even the Cacerist newspaper
has been compelled on various occa
sions to publish articles crying out for
their - better treatment. I visited the
poor wretches In their subterranean
dungeons and found many of them 111
owing to the bad food they get. The
press is at present gagged, the political
prisoners are completely separated
from ull Intercourse with the outside
world, so no cry can be made in their
behalf, and the secretary of General
Caceres asserts that they are treated
with all humanity, despite evidence to
the contrary. Many of the prisoners
have been released, It Is true, but for
every butch released another batch
was taken to fill the vacant cells.
The Revolution's Success.
According to the secretary of Gen
eral Caceres, his party counts upon the
loyalty of the people and the fidelity of
the army and navy. But how about all
the places occupied by the revolution,
the taking of Arequlpa and Puno, the
10,000 men today In arms In favor of the
revolution, the siege of Lima by 0,000
men of tho revolutionary forces, and
the officers and soldiers of his army
who are daily passing over to the
enemy? These are not signs of loyalty
to Caceres and his government, cer
tainly. The revolutionary forces burn nnd
destroy private property, says the sec
retary. Every one in Peru will tell you
th( revolutionary forces do no harm,
but pay for all they require, but that
Colonel Munlz, with government troops,
burned and destroyed valuable prop
erty In Canete, nnd thut wherever they
go the government troops pay for noth
ing und only steal und destroy.
The revolutionary forces flee before
the government troops, says General
Caeerer,' secretary, but they took Are
qulqa nnd Puno, and far more than two
months Lima has been virtually be
sieged by revolutionary forces, who
dally occupy the outskirts of the city;
and yet General Onceres, having, as he
says, a faithful army of 6,000 men in
Lima, does not go not at the head of
his army nnd put these rebels to flight!
General Caceres fears to leave Lima,
dreading possible defent. He knows
that If he did so the greater part of his
urmy, composed of soldiers forced to
serve him, unpaid and llltreated, would
go over to the enemy, while the popu
lation of Lima would rise In his ruar
and overwhelm him.
business KnlncJ.
At present In Plura the contending
forces seem pretty well balanced; some
times one gains a point, sometimes the
other. Further south, Cujaniarea Is
held by the revolution, while the army
of Colonel Caceres and 'that of Tcodoro
Hemlnarlo watch each other's move
ments In the neighborhood of Chlclnyo.
Nearer to the center, Huaruz, lu the In
terior, and the ports of Huucho, Supe,
etc., nre held by the revolution. In the
center the government Is In possession
only of Lima nnd Calloa.
Business Is ruined In these titles, nnd
living Is becoming every day more ex
pensive, purity owing to the increasing
scarcity of ninny nrtlctes and pnrlly
owing to the tuxes ami duties which the
government constantly decrees in or
der to rulso money.
In the south there are some govern
ment troops near Pisco, und these are
kept In constunt movement by sundry
bund a of guerillas. Further south nil
Is lost to the government; Arequlba,
Puno, Cu zco, Moquvqua all are tit this
moment In the hands of the revolu
tion. Probably Senor Solar will form his
govcrnment'ln Arequlpa, and then It Is
thought wjll follow recognition as belli
gerents by the foreign powers.
M'FARLAN'S SUICIDE.
lie Advises All to llo Hiiro of tho Hoard of
Trade.
Chicago, March 17. Frank M. Ate
Furlnn, n member of .the board of trade,
committed suicide tlilB morning in
South Park by shooting himself lit the
head.
Tho following notice was discovered
pinned to the tree under which the body
jay: "Let my death bo a warning to nil
honest men to keep away from the
board of trade."' Vnfortunate specula
tions are said to have been tho cause.
FOOLED WITH GASOLINE.
Two Women Are Kutully llurnod In an
Explosion.
St. Paul, Mlnn.i Murch 17. Tho bodies
are lying nt the morgue tonight as the
result of a woman's carelessness In 4 he
handling of gasoline. They are those
of Mrs. Frances Summer, a widow, and
her niece. Miss Nellie Closson, 21 years
of age. To start the fire this morning,
Mr. Summer poured gasoline on the
lire In the, stove.
The was an explosion, which blew out
a partition and a part of the celling.
LmIss Closson was enveloped In flames
P.. wl ...,u 1.1.1 1 1U.. I.
vvuo iuuiiu wrviiiuiK in me Hireei.
Her aunt was also frightfully burned
about the face and breast. Both dlod
this afternoon.
REWARD FOR LYNCHERS.
Governor of Colorudo Seeks the Walscn
burg Murderers.
Denver, Col., March 17. Governor
Mclntyre last night guve out a pro
clamation announcing a reward of
$1,000 for the arrest und conviction of
those who were Implicated In the kill
ing of the Italians at Walsenburg.
He declares his Intention to give the
matter his close personal attention and
see that tho law Is vindicated.
SPANISH TK00TS RETREAT.
Insurgents I'nder General .Muso Put to
Plight a Kcgiuicnt of Government Sol
diers. Port Tampa, Fla., March 17. The
steamship Olivette arrived from Cuba
this afternoon bringing news of a battle
between the insurgents and government
troops, In which the latter were com
pelled to retreat.
A leading spirit in the movement re
siding In Havana received a letter on
Frlduy from General Masco stating
that he with 2,000 troops attacked a
Spanish regiment of 1,500 men under
command of Colonel Hanto Slides, who
were on their way from Mansanllla to
Bayamo. The engagement lusted two
hours and the government troops were
compelled to retreat Into the town of
Bayamo with a loss of 300 men killed
and wounded.
The Insurgent loss Is reported to have
been less than 12 killed and wounded.
The troops, said General Maso In his
letter, will not follow up their advan
tage, preferring to remain quietly under
arms until after the crops are har
vested In June, when a more general
uprising Is anticipated.
A semi-official report current in
Havana regarding the firing on the
Allianca. by a Spanish war vessel Is to
the effect that a steam launch was seen
to leave the Alllanca's side before the
war ship signalled her to heave to.
Havana papers are silent on the sub
ject. Taylor, the defaulting South Dakota
treasurer, said to have been rrest?d
at Vera Cruz, Mexico, was not on board
the Olivette. None of the passengers
or officers knew anything of Taylor.
The supposition is growing that Taylor
has not been arrested at all.
TRAGEDY OF A DIVORCE.
A Beautiful Woman the Cause of the
Murder of George K. Kroning at lcn
ver. Denver, Co., March 17. George It.
Kroning, a clerk In the auditor's office
of the Denver and Uio Grande railway,
was shot and mortally wounded this
afternoon by William R. Peck. .Peck
up to two years ago was city passenger
agent of the Hock Island road.
Kronlng's wife obtained a divorce
from him several weeks ago on the
ground that he had been unduly inti
mate jvith a woman named Marie, who
is said to be Mrs. Peck, wife of the man
who did the shooting. Peck surrender
ed himself and is in Jail and refuses
to talk. Kroning died at the hospital.
Mrs. Peck Is a beautiful woman of
the brunette type and Is well known
In church circles. Kroning and his
family were regular attendants at St.
John's cathedral. Mrs. Kroning. the
one who first discovered the Intimacy
between her husband and Mrs. Peck,
Is a blonde and quite good looking.
The proceedings for a divorce were
kept quiet until tha matter came up for
trial and It was at the commencement
of the trial that Peek hud the first Inti
mation of his wife's infidelity. Before
his death Kroning stated that he and
Peck had never had any trouble of any
sort and that his first warning was a
shot from Peck's gun.
George B. Kroning comes of a re
spectable and wealthy family of Wash
ington, IX C. He has been in the em
ploy of the Denver and Rio Grande as
chief disbursing officer for the past five
years. He was mnrrled five years ago
to Sarah A. Lowrle, of Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. Peck were Intimate
friends of the Kroning family. Mr.
Peck was employed in the passenger
department of the same railroad.
Big l ire at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., March 1". The newspaper
building on Ontario street, occupied by the
World, the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper
company and the I'nlted Pivss, was com
pletely destroyed by tire this evening, the
llrw starting lit 6 o'clock. The totnl loss
wns about 1150,000. It Is thought that the
llro started through the carelessness of a
porter.
Christians in Aslu Safe.
London, March 17. The Dully Graphic
has this dispatch from Constantinople:
"The Porte bus sent a note to Mr. Ter
rell, the American minister, assuring him
of tho safety of the Christians in Aslu
Minor."
No Advance in Spirits.
Cincinnati. March 17. -Tho whisky deal
ers here yesterday signed an agreement
refusing to recognize the udvance In spir
its ordered by the trust nnd will continue
to quote lit $t.25.
FROM VASHIX(JTON.
Tho Debs cuse will como up In the su
preme court the llrst Monday In April.
Senator Butler, the North Carollmt Pop
nllMt, has asked that he bo seated on the
Kepiiblican side.
It Is reiwrled In dlplonuille circles that
Baron l'Bva, Itnllun amliiissador ut Wash
ington, may .shortly be transferred to
Furope.
As soon lis Senator Dolph, two years
ago In Boston, made a speech ngulust sil
ver, Senulor Dubois applied for Jiolph's
seat, and he will have H after Murch t.
FOREIGN GLINTS.
Tho kaiser's 0-year-old son, Prince
Joachim, Is dangerously 111 with inflamma
tion of the bowels.
The condition of Sir HeriVy Ponsonby,
Queen Victoria's private secretary, is
again very serious,
Premier Blbot, of Franco, told sugar re
finers that hn would support the Impo
sition of a surtax on sukuis produced In
oilier than Kuropeun countries. .
The. Gcrmnn bundesrath will send dele
gaites to greet Bismarck on his birthday,
but the Berlin municipal authorities have
rejected a motion to- send an address of
congratulation.
WEATHER REPORT.
For eastern Pennsylvania, fair; warmer;
brisk and high westerly winds
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