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WORSE THAN INDIA.
Scourges Ttat Ravage Cuba a Grtatsr Ka
ace to the United State.
A dispatch frcro Havana nays: There are
aro now 2,063 cast ot smallpox in Havana.
At Guannjay. lu l'ionr del Ilio, which bus
only IO.CKjO Inhabitants, there are iCl coses.
Yi'l ow fevt r aud malaria ar also rnvnincr
tho country, ami it may I safely nttlrrtK-u
that the sanltuty condition of t uba l a far
grcaier iti ii lt r to tho l'uit-il States than the
tsui'U found bulii.ie pontile of ludin. Cuba
Is close t i cur co st iiml there In dully coni
menicitiuu lr twct-u thu if laud und the main
Intnl. At tho end of March the depriving warm
Wi alii r begins In r", ami tlirn ihscu-e of a
ountiu'ii 'is nature prcad twirl us fast o
luriru th-winter. Cub. 1.1 udw .1 Im'ii nl
ti. "ii--o a:i t tuny bceou 0 a hourcu of danger
to tho 14 !u. 'i' world.
I Mt iil.'i.ox was lntrotl:i'"-l hv tlio 200,.
K0 f 'I n r trcin Spam. The. Spanish emu
im 1 -op'o not cleanly in their habits,
nml til' ti'ijv. r, thin come ia Culm crowded
! liu. 1. .:: is 1:1 try oirty steamers of the
t'oiup .i.i Trans Aiu.ntie, in which r. well
bred A'n't.:ii would tjuvot if could pos
sibly ft. Under :iU conditions these
li;i"r land in Havana, wh"re there U no
H' tt'T.i:'" h j
'Ih'Ti' is m Impuof tiny improvement in
tills i-Tuiu tf things mi. (it Spanish domina
tion. 'J till UiUl.iclp.il IllWS IIU ll"t llllllW til"
city council to Hike any stops In ti n ttititti r
without iiutliiiri.itliui from fi captain gen
eral, who ittu-t llx his slguutine to any loan
raised by naiiiiiiry worn, unit fiirlhernior .
inn municipalities ar- ail in thu hands of
Hpauhir :s, most of whom Iuivh not thit least
notion ol iivjiouic rt-ijtilr'-tii' nlB.
SfANISII GUNBOAT TAKEN.
MASSACRED BT SAVAGES.
Cubans Capturo and urn Om of the
Enemy's Vessels.
1 110 S;uinl-L gunboat Cofnola bus been
cuptiirvd ainl burned by insurgent", accord
ing to Havana inlviu'i s. TI.h Cometu li.'us
been patrol lug tho coast war Carili'tiaH, anil
was (irimstodii.,! t i niK'hor at night off Slerrn
Moreno. Tin' gutibi at Ih)- t in hhnr nml
i'vi'tiilay t.lK'!' win u;turi il l.y iiiMtwrnH,
hottsi' la twilvo 1 ounil Hoti likim cnn.
1 In1 Cutui'tu wim ru"k n-vi'ml tiim's unl tliu
in-nri jit, pmtini; !T In hmtc, lioarilnl ti:n
vi'-H-l. A ilii-pnrnti' li ri 1 1 1-1 r-ln 11 tl llulit ful
luwi'J on tlm t.'oini ta'it ilri'k, tin1 liwurp'tits
iiklnir tli"ir itMii ln ti' wiili ilrn lly i llwt
rinnlly, aftrrtlii hpikni-h i-oiiiinnniliT ittiii
hulf his crow lia l lii "ti killi il, tin) mrvivurs
1 tirri'rileri'il. 'i 'Im ias'iron:, nftor Ffinlinif
1I10 priM'tirrs aliorn titi i n tiioviiii nil tint
arms unit iinitiivtnitlnii, tlrnil tin: Cuttirtii,
Which wns winn (litroy'il. When tint news
of thu iilTuir ri arln il ll.ivm.a il wusKiipprchs
'il I y Spanish utiilmiiUo.'i, who n'tit i ruisiTH
ti.i bicrtii Mnri'iiu to invc.-.ilifiitn l) Dicers of
'ho cfiilsi-rs reported tl.at ll cy found no
trace of the ( oin-tii, and now tlm Hpaniih
authorities lmve eprcud tho t torj that die
a.i kit 111 11 Mot ni.
8,000 FAMILIES STARVING.
Horror of Famir.s Upon the Unemployed of
Chicago.
Chicago has 8,000 fatnllle'' actually
rtnrvlntf to ilea' ii. It has 10,000 wltes, htts
bamla and children IkIhc; for lin.ail,
liudilled Into fl. iff In rooms, and freezing in
ino 1111,'xuru mm visncu tun my imm ween.
Tim Unreuu of As-sociateiJ Charities has de
cided to Ull the plain facts to the people and
let the pi opl'i take tho coin-equcnevs. An
otner.fuctv inw'tintt of . Afllllnted Chnrltli'H
was ealleii hy tlin t'ivlo 1'ediTatlon iu the
I'ultner House, Trldny. 'i'iie nipulllnK dli
Irem wus reporled. ami the hm d prea-nt r
golvod to appeal to the flavor at nee for
funds, and to call a mfiA.4 "nil iHIIik to devise
means for savltift the unfortunate from abso
lute death.
riiilllp W. Ayres, Heeretnry of the llurenu
of Asaocltvted Charities, Is authority for thu
terrible Iikuhm. lu says his estimate of thu
tarviiiR in Chlcnu-o Is not completed, as his
fiystutn of organliatlou dors not cover till tho
oltv.
'i'hn greatest want Is In the river district.
There is treat siiri)rtn in t.'io Htock Vanl
soot ion, dire want in Houth Chiciioiind neeil
of immediate relief in 1 ulluinu and Wot
Pullman. There lias hem almi.nt an entire
chntiKo In tlin miinner of appeals, mid this
year It la not tho lloutltiK populutiou neeklni;
aid. It Is tho uiechanii H and tlio laborers
who have been Idle ull of this yeur and prob
ably nil of lat
Tho letters tell fearful tali's of desperate
strunKles to kix-p alive and to save the writer
tlio humiliation of asking for assi-mum,
They com't in by the thoniiuli, many other
thousands beitiK too poor to cvitn spire
inotiey fin a postnge stump.
TEE PLAQUE SPREADING.
retail of How Uu Brltiik ZzptdiUai Wai
Vipat Oat la Atrlea.
The London "Evening News" publisher
dispatch from Laoa, capital of the British
West Africa colouy of that name, giving de
tails of the massacre-of thcBri Ish eipvditlon
under Coasul-Cieni ral J. IU I'uil'ipa by the
lnliuniiaots of Deulo Cily early durlnir the
prvscnl nnintli. The party cooslalmt of Con-pul-i
ieneral I'liillipa uud several olllcers, bo
fcides 'JiO cntive carriers. The party wn un
armed, and was proceeding to Ileum Cily In
order to make a reu-sl (or a palaver or
conf. renro with hint; Ubbnh lu n;atd to I ti
er, aslnif the trading laeililiea with that part
of Afrlcu, the kinit l aving previously cen
seiited that the x edillou should M.-it his
cnpiial. The ofllcers went unarmed In rrder
to Impress the kiur with the peaceful char
acter of their mission.
Alter proceed. nir up the river th expedi
tion lunded at i spot about 15 miles irom
: ltculu t i t, und the carriers were sent ahead
through ui dciise jungle, ihe officers follow
. ill--.
Five mlliis from Eenln City tho ofneers sud
I ib niy cuiiiM upon a narrow defile, which wus
Itiieii witn the ucud carriers, woo were fear
fully mutilated. t
Almost Immediately afterward the officers
nti-1 their servants wero surrounded and at
tacrd by hundred of bavsges armed with
Kims. cutiasiD, spears and club, and In a
lew minutes nil 01 tun members ol tue
party excepting lloisragcn and Locke wero
killed.
Captain llol.srijjon and his companion,
nfu r wainlerlni; in the bush for a week suc
ceeded lu reuchiu.' New lietilu, wounded and
exhausted, bringing the llrst uuthentic news
of the ma.s.-acro, although seven Lrooineu of
the carrier parly Mipc-.'cded in escaping, and
were thu llrot to bcur 1I10 reports of ttto dis
aster. The affair is looked upon a deserving of
the reiidlng of a punitive expedition to
Benin City, known iih the cl y of blood, on
account of lis being the seat of the fetich
priests of that part of Africa, nnd because,
human sacrifices an' of frequent occurrence,
the remains of uacrlllced slaves being seen
blenching in the tun oil all sides.
mm HED MPLHICKD
NINE LIVES LOST.
Tnt tfembtrs ot tho Crow Wtro
Clinging to tho Bigginj.
8oo
COLDEST DAY IN 25 YEARS.
Many
Dread Indian Siaraso Beaches a Bed Sea
Island.
Two eases of bubonic, plague which is
raging iu Dombay, are reported from Kunin
nin. Kamxrtiu is un Island of the west coast
of Arnbla In the lied sen. It Is u liritlsh pos
session Mild one of the landing stations near
tho city of Mecca. A severe quarantine has
been established by the liuslau authorities.
Committers in aid of the Indian (iiuiiue have
been Instltu d by tlm governors of ISt.
l'otersbnrg. Mo-cow and Odessa.
The rovi niment hn ordered the stoppage
on February 'J of all pilgrim trnftlc from
Hombny to Karachi on account of the plague.
There are now 1,750,000 por-ons employed on
tlin relief works ami about 170,000 ure receiv
ing grututlous rdlef. Thu principal Increase
In th" riutnl er of j insonn relieved Is in Jlen
gal and in the northwest.
Mirfro's 830,003 Fire,
l ire (h's'.royej all I lit tno building of nn
entire bloek lu the business portion of Mingo
Junction, Ohio, about midnight Thiiisduy;
I.o the City Hull on lhi opposite sldo of tlio
rtr. vL The .i- will foot up i.'iO.OXIO. The
lire originated froui a defective lluu In Kd
McNeill's butcher shop, und destroyed the
double two-siory fi .une lu which wns the
butcher shop nnd Charles lianna's barber
hop; the two-story finme owned and occu
pied by John Kennlou ns a saluon and resl
dence; two-story double frame occupied by
Kobert MeKlroy; fratno block occupied by
Henry lliekerj two-sp ry block occupied by
W. E.'l'ellyj frame building occupied by Mrs.
LticiAst Ii. K. l)ndosky's tailor shop, William
SIuKee's butcher shop, I. on Carson's bnkory,
f). H. Simpson's Jewelry sloryind the build
ing occupied by J diu Steen. The City Hull
was occupied by the Chess Club, Mayor' of
fice nnd poolroom. The htcubenville liru
department wus sent down.
More Than 12 Below in Chicago.
Fatnilci Freezing to Death.
According to tho records ol tno weather
bureau Huudny was tho coldest duj in
Chicago In i!S year At no time since Ihe
Chicn.o stiilinu l.ns ben istatill-lieil hag
there been so low a manlnium temperature
reeunleil. It was a steady cold. Tnero was
a variation of but i degrees lu the 12 hours
from (i o'clock in the uionilng until tho same
hour In the evening. At o'clock p. m., the
signal service reported 12 below. On the
street it was several degrees below that.
The coldest weather of tne winter thus far
was e-.erl"iieed at H. l'nul, Miuii.,Huturdiiy
night and (Sunday, the mercury b"ing away
down iu the minus llgures, from 20 to 3 de
grees hi'iow, therm otm tcrs vuryiug in differ
ent parts of the city.
Other stations reported ns follows: Helena,
II below; lllsninrck nnd Wiiinipeg, iil below;
Huron, 'M below, and liulutli, is below.
Specials from llochcster, M nn., sny that
Sunday was the coldest for many years, the
thermometer at noon Indicating W below,
and the severe col l was Intensified by a
twcnty-llve-mile gale from thu northwest.
Tiistniuek, K. ))., reports n severe blizzard
prevailing all day, with tho in' reurv il bo
low i-ero and a high wind. Il la the worst
storm of the h iisoii for tlio stock men, nud
the lo-ses will probably bo heavy, owing to
the low teniperaliiro. Th" first trains for the
ea t for throe days arrived.
At Waterloo, la., (Sunday w as the coldest
of the season. The mercury was 'iH below
xero In the morning and 15 below at noon.
Thu rallruuds suffered from tho snow, and
trains were late several hours on all roudg.
The schooner Nahum Chaplu, of Rocklnnd
Me., went asuor near yuogue, L. I., Thurs
day morniii?. All bands are reported lost
(juogue is situated about S5 miles ea.st ot
fire 1-i.ouiI, nnd It is the tlrst, point wnere
m occau l luetics inn main lauil tieynua tno
gn-iit South bay. v
Iho scliooniT went ashore at 4.3Ta. m.
Qtloge hfe e.HVing stations n port that six
men were seen eimgiug to tlio foh nio-l ng
giDg sn.i three i tin rs on the Jibboom. As
Ihe vessel went to p.eees till haiTrts wero c.r
ried Into the sea And presumably wre
drowned. Owing to the heavy surf and ilie
strong wind the erew were uuuhle to luuiieli
ttie llfo boat to render assistance. The name
of the schooner was learned Irom pieces of
wreckage which were wusheJ upon he
Leach.
A dispatch from Fire Island says that the
storm which struck the Lung Mand shore
WednetUay afternoon was the severest of the
winter. The schooner Nutlium Chaplu was
llrst seen on the outer bar ahout 4 o'clock by
a patrolmun from Quoguu life saving station.
About H o'clock the vessel began to break up,
parts of her coming ashore, and in less than
four hours from the time she struck alio went
to pieces, the nia.-ls fulling into the ben, car
rying the crew who wero ellugiug to them
iiloug. The life saving crew patrolled the
bete h looking for dead bodi"aiid up to noon
bad found two, which cnnie nshoro near
where the vejse stranded. Thu bodies wero
taken to the life saving station.
The prm 'ipal owners of the schooner were
I'eter Mclntyr" 4 Co., of Jlielon. dipt. .S.
K. Arey, who Co:iiir.atided tho vessel, wa a
part owner. Tho crew of th schooner, nine
in number. Were shipped lu Huston laat No
vember. Tne uani' s follow: K E. Arey,
captain. Maiden. .Muss; A. E. Davis, llrst
mate: Maiden. M:s.: I,. A. Maddoek, second
mute, Cnn'.'.-Mge, Mass, ; l".trr.iia John
N'elbT, Albert I...ve. It, O. Anderson, Victor
Mraehon, Oscar Oseur, Antonio Aueyanlih.
Tho residences of the nitter arc not known.
Capt. Arey leaves a widow and three
c hildren, residing lu Maiden. Mate liavis
and Hecoiid Mu'.c Maddoek cavil leave a wile
and one child.
Tho cargo was valued ot til, 400, the
schooner ai t; 15,000. liuth wero partially Insured.
, FAMINE HARD TO FIND.
A Correspondent in India Eayi Beport
Hava Been Exaggerated.
The special representative of the Associ
ated Press, who is traveling through the
famine districts in India, accompanying the
government's party of inspection, scuds a
dlsfuiloh from Kolhapur.
lie says that the reports which have been
sent toEugland und the United Klatis of the
acute famine said to exist iu the Hontheru
.Maharashtra States havo been exaggerated,
g. far as his observation has extended, A
scarcity of grain does, indeed, prevail lu the
extreme eastern portion of tills region, but
the people there were able to escape want by
migrating, most of them to the fertile Kan
con plain, and elsewhere where the short
ness of the ruin supply is not felt, lllce also
is plentiful, and means and measures for the
relief of the hungry are pronounced ulequuto
where I led.
The Maharajah, In an Interview on the
prospects of his pennl" escaping starvation,
said that his Htnle expected a famine every
five years, nud was therefore not taken una
wares or unprovided fur when It cnine.
Thu llritisli resident w.'H also In ervlewed
nnd Conllruied the statements of tin) Mahara
jah us to the situation, adding Unit the relief
organisation wus mo-t efficient, in thu lloni
bay presidency, and that thu ilifll'-iilties from
fandne nnd of securing the distributing re
lief were lighter than in former famines.
The resident summed up his views us fol
lows: "My observation ha been, In traveling
over the whole western side, that the famine
Is not severe there, though it may Increase
toward June. Hut Ir. tho districts In
which I have travel d I havo not heard of u
death from slarva Ion.
The weekly official reporls from tho Gov
onor Oeueral, Lord F.lgln, of thu f'imiuo out
look In India, says that from one to three
inches of rain have fallen In the I'linjab, ex
cept In thu Delhi district, and light showers
elsewhere. There Is a slight full In thu
price In tho northern I'unjab, while olse
whero they are statlouary.
A bottle was picked up on South beach,
seven miles below S . Augustine, Fin., on the
21st, which contained a message stating that
the bark l.iulrus had foundered lit sea on
January 15.
Tlie ni"ssage was written on several small
sheets oi paper and was signed by Captain
(ionziilea. It was a log of the vessel from
the tune she left port until she fou micro I.
According to the message the I.adrus left
Huston, January U In command of Captain
(ioiiz.do.s nnd luaiini J by u erew of 12 men.
On January 12 the vessel sprang n leak, but
the carpruti r miiiiiiged to partial y slop thu
inlliix of water. On January 14, however,
the wiitr-r began to pour into tlio hold lu
great volume.
The pumps were manned nnd the men
worked day ami nlgiit. but ut noon on Jan
uary 15 it was apparent that thu vessel was
doomed. The captain nud the erow tiled
took to tho boats, and hardly gut clear of tho
Vessel when she went down.
"We have little food nud water nnd must
perish unless soon ticked up,"
It is believed by seamen tnattho bark went
down during the iub). i.revuillng off the
Florida coast l:iit week, i'hu fear tx also ex
pressed that tho boat xitli JJa crew wero
swamped In tii" same gale. '
GUAYAMO RELIEVED.
A SILVER PALACE
Loisci by Fire.--Janies
E. I'nlsley'a three-story dwelling
and contents, a two-story house occupied by
Iloliert Htnrkey arid Its conb nls, Monsou's
saloon, Dock's Inrber shop and contents
and the Aieade general stoni nnd contents,
at Iroiidale, O.. were burned to the ground
Vediiesduy rik'bt. l'alsley's loss Is fli.OOO;
insurance 1,000; the others had no insur
ance nnd their Iossch aggregute r 15,01(0. A
delectlio ilue caused thu fire, remind
Owens" blacksmith shop nnd new dwelling
nd lu contcn sat Fiilrlleld were burned to
ths ground early Thursday morning. The
loss bi 11,000; no Insurance. The origin of
the Ore was laecnrtlary.
To bo Erected by ths Great Weft at tho
Trana-Hissiisippi Exposition.
Edward IloHowuler, chief of tho bereau of
publicity and promotion of tho trans-Mississippi
exposition to lie held In Omaha from
June to November, 1HS8, ncting for tho ex
position directors, ha approved and ac
cepted the pluiiH for a silver palace. This
pnlH.ee Is to lie one of the imposing features
of the exposition and the central figure in n
portion of the grounds, to lie called Eldo
rado. The building Is to be 400 feet square,
surmounted with n mammoth ornamental
tower and the entire structure will be cover
ed with rolled silver. The silver to be used
In Its external covering will be contributed
by the miners of the great west. Over 8,000
eiiuare feet of external surface will be cover
ed by the precious metal.
Tho "silver palace" will bo used entirely
for the display of the mineral products and
progress of the west, '1 h; amount of pure
silvur to be used in covering the wnlls and
domo of the mammoth hii'ldlng has not been
definitely estimated. It will largely depend
upon the thinness of the sheets ot pure metal
that can be use for this purpose.
CONDENSED ITEM 3.
Sir I':aao I'ltmnn, tho Inventor of tho sys
tem of shorthand writing whicji beans his
name, is d ad.
Committees In aid of tho Indian famine
hnvo been instituted by tho governor of Ht.
Petersburg, Mos.'ow nud Odessa.
The miners' strike at the Jackson county,
Ohio, mines Is at an end, the miners return
ing to work at the old rnto AT cunts, the
same aa la now being paid lu the Hocking
Valley.
Spanish Troop Succor tho Benegod Garri
son on tho Cauto.
Ilrlgnilier General M iHnii, by a or!cs of
eo'.ubined opetatlons, has defeated the in
surgent nt Zarahanila, Province of Mnlunzos,
nt Fiiiita (iuayamo, where be dislodged them
from tho hills, and later definitely defeated
them at Tiimbadero. Several of the Insur
gents. Jumping into the river, wero drowned.
Fifteen men, Il is believed, lost their lives
In this way, ami '14 others wore siifTurat'd in
the mud. The Insurgents iiluinduijod O'J sad
dled horses. Tho troops lost two men killed
and hud seven men wounded.
A column of troops under Colonel Tovars
ndvunced nb ng the left side of the Cuuto
river, defeating nnd dispersing tho enemy
frntn Cnyomon. On arriving at (iunyomo tho
troops found the insurgent. occupying n
pnrupitod position, the town having been
entirely destroyed, a tugboat blown up with
dynamite and the roof of the fort almost
shot away by tho artillery (Ire of the Insur
gents. 'J ho Spaniards opened lire w ith ar
tillory upon the eiieiii v's position, which was
on the right side of the river, mid ih garri
son, ly prompt movement, sticcee led In oc
cupying and destroying thu defenses of the
enemy.
The fort wus attacked en January lfl by
Calixto (iarcin from tho right, nml by Ituh'i
on tlio left. Tho first ntlai-k was repulsed,
with great loss, nnd, seeing the Impossibility
of ciiililtiug it by iisstiiilt, the insurgents be
sieged the pluuo and tried to cut on the water
supply of the garrison. When assistance
came the gairlsoii had lost three men killed,
hud eight men seriously wounded, nud 13
men slightly wounded. Tho gurrlBon was
commanded by Lieutenant IIIcok.
Twi Insurgents. Ignado Hernandez and
Domingo Niebiu, were executed ut Suuta
Clara.
GOLD EXCITEMENT IN GEORGIA.
One Hundred Mines in Operation Near
Near Dahlonega,
Tho gold excitement hss rovived nbout
Dahlonega, (la., fully 100 mines being In
operation, and the city Is full of prospectors
from Crlpplo Creek nud other places who
lire taking options. Surface ore Is ull that
ha been previously worked, but recently, in
experiments here Mr, French, of Pittsi.iirg,
l'a., has demonstrated that the ehlorinatlon
process Is n sucoe sful way of treating" sul
jdiuret ores. John F. llmz, the miillonairo
brewer of I'hl adelpbiu, has developed a
mine thai Is paying $500 ii week, and Chris
tian Wulil, of Milwaukee, bus bud ore to
run as high ns f 1.100 to the ton, while Judgo
Murray, of Tennessee, who is tunneling n
mouutnlu near Dahlonegu; struck three rich
veins which run from tJ'J to (500. All this
oro Is saprollte, or decomposed, aud is easily
mined. The Creighton mines, southwest ol
Dahlonega, yielded 6H.000 penny weights lost
year, while the owners of the Holly Springs
mines have taken out (10,0v0 In the Inst few
mouths, using a 10-stamp mill.
One oompany Is being organized to put In
a largo plant with a 200-itamp mill and
unother syndicate Is gelling ready to put in
n 250-starnp mill with a clilorinatlou plant
large enough to trout all the concentrates
from 600 stamps.
EN0BM0US LOSS OF LIFE.
Terrible Earthquake oa tho Island of
Knhm.
A dispatch from Teheran, Torsln, says that
nn earthquake occurred on tho Lslnnd of
Ivislim, in the rersiun gulf, on January 11,
attended by enormous loss of life. Ktshin Is
near the cntranco to thu Persian gulf und is
tho largest Island in Unit body of water, be
ing surrounded by many smaller Islands. Its
length Is 00 miles and its average breadth
12 miles. ,
The population Is estimated at 6,000, chief
ly Arabs, The lsluud belongs to the Imam
of Muscat
TEE CAPTURE OP SANTA CLARJL
Itary Cciirmti ky two KaglUatstB-TBty
Bay XaoM 11 BteorarlBf . '
A dispatch from City of M-xleo sayst Va
rious traveler just arrivlns from Can con
firm the capture ot SuU Clara by the Cu
bans, and also bring news that the Insur
gents have been fighting In the near vicinity
of Havaua, aud, a lew days ago, wrecked a
passenger train within two uuea ot that
cily.
Two youn : Englishmen, direct from Cuba,
Harry L. York nud Lee A. Hcrvey, have
reached ihe City of Mexico, after 'having
passed several w eeks in Cuba Willi tne in
surgent nrtny part of the time, und the re
mainder with the bpunish troois. Hcrvey
hud received a siiot through the left arm.
T'Ui-y are preparing a ropori for Sciritor
Cameron, wul b wi.l be forwarded to W ash
ington in n few iliiys. Tun Cubitus are not
in win. t, of men, but money, am intuition nud
medicine. Tne;e are nol over V5,0ilU Cubans,
while the sp niiird and Vo.uuteerd now
uurai er iiS5,00J men, mostly very young au'd
not good ligtuiug m.ib rml.
Tho Cuoiins ure. relying on being favored
by Mekinl y, ami expect immediately on bis
inauguration he vt ill rccoguiz-d Uiuir belli
gerency, if not their Iieicpeudeuee.
Hervey gives u grunhk uceouiit of tho cap
ture of Santa CV.tru by thu insurgents, wher-i
tho utmost gail.tu ry was displayed, the
r-pimiuriis te tug overcome by tlio luagnlil
cunt valor of tlio patriots. Hervcy says It
was told to Mm iu the Cubiiu cm p that
Mnceo had his lower jaw Miot iiway, but was
alive nn'' recuperating.
ion. Oomea Is not treating for oence. nnd
although there is a peacj party among tho
cuiaius, ii is u ennui one.
Tlio eapturu of the town of Agutco by tho
Cuhuns w as n brilliaul piece of Work. Three
thousand Spaniards held the place, but thu
Cilbiii s showed better generalship.
At Santa Clara the Cubans took and held
tho town just loug enough to ruin It. Hervcy
doe not eatisldur thero is any decided pros
pect oi victory for either side.
BUTCHERED SICK CUBANS.
LITEST M
5
OVER CLEVELAND'S VETO.
Xenber Feicei, Out By Timber
BefOBgtd.
f
Spaniards Attack aa Insurgent Hoipital
and Show No Mercy to Inmates.
One of the principal hospitals of tho Cu
bans, located in tlio Siguuncu mountains,
cetir Clenfuego", wits cuptured last week by
Spanish troop.. The Cuban soldiers wero
liimlly comi'i lied to give wnv. nud the ma
jority of them were mercilessly cut down
by tho Spaniards. A few escaped.
The hospital, once reached, wus nttacked
on nil sides. Dr. Holer, the patriot surgeon,
came out waving a white Hie; and bearing
the lnsl;.'i la of the lb d Cross to a.li for
mercy, lie was met by a volley of Spanish
bullets, and fell wounded, lie was dis
patched u few minutes Inter by the machete.
A sick American In one of thu buildings.
assisted by two wounded Cubans, raised the
stars mid strif es. This net Infuriated the
Spanish eomiminder, nnd was made the sig
nal for a general churge. Tlio work of
Hpanisli li)oiiets and machetes wus short
and bloody. Not a prisoner was taken; not
even women nurses were spared. The gov
ernment eotiiiiiuiider, before retiring irom
tin scene of his "victory," set llro to the
hospital und surrounding buildings, burn
Ind them down over tho bodies of tho vic
tims. GBEAT RUSH EXPECTED.
Rjnewed Interest In th Yukon Gold Min
ing District.
The steamer City of Topeka, from Alaska
arrived nt I'ort Towi.send, Wash. Very few
miners ara wintering nt Juneau, nnd tho
olty is said to bo very quiet. Fxtensive pro
pnnition ure being nindo for the Incoming
of mlucni Ijto the Yukon oouMry when the
setLsoii opens. Tho rush, It is oxHK'ted. will
bo greater ttian ever before. Il Is believed
very few prospectors will go to Cooks Inlet
during tlie reason. Old prospectors suy tho
Cooks Inlet bubble bus burst. .
Ii. ;. Knriffnnu, of tho Juneau board of
trade, was a passenger on the Topeka. He
will ask the oo-opcrutlon of the boards of
trude of all the cities on the coast to hnvo
congress allow n representative from the dis
trict of Alnskii to represent It ut thu national
capital. The last Issue ot the "Mining
lieeord," the leading paper of Alusku, says:
"Since the election last November, the
name of C. S. Johnson has been mentioned
many time as a possible candidate for the
governorship under the Republican adminis
tration, but it Is only recently that he bus
do dded to be a ciiudidiito.
''His iipj ointment is considered a foregone
couclusl u with those who are closely ac
quainted with Alaska Republican politics."
The most important mining deul yot
brought about in Alaska has been consum
mate,!. What Is known ns the I.iino nnd
Huyward properties, In Silver How basin,
comprising l!(l qnurU claims, were purchas
ed iu (ictober, 1SK4 by Messrs. I.iuie und
Huyward, of Citlilornia, und Archie Cnmp
bei, of Juneiiii. Superintendent Duncan,
Jr., of the famous Tread well com pan v. whllo
In Sun Eriinclsco, purchased the entire pro
erty for a sum approximating 6500,000, act
ing for Alfred licit, of London, and Captain
TliouiiH Mom, of the London exploration
coinpnny, who Is now u permanent resident
of San Francisco.
licit Is a member of the firm of Wehrnor A
licit, of Loudon. Captain Thomas Meln, Mr.
Hell's associate In this purchase, Is well
know In Aluskn, through his connection
some years ngo with the Tread well company
us its superintendent.
Throo Men Take a Train.
As train 35 of the Southern railroad pulled
out from perry station, Ala., a masked ninn
boarded the engine and with a brace of re
volvers took command of the engineer and
llrem.in. Two others nt the sumo time
boarded the forward platform of the express
car. Three miles out the train wus stopped.
The express messenger refused to open nnd
the rubbers, forced tho engineer and lireuiiiu
to force the door, meanwhile llrlng oil pis
tols to intimidate tlio passeugers nnd crew.
They secured tho stile keys und rilled the
local safe of $150. They also took a four
gallon jug of good whiskey. bloodhounds,
ure on tlio trull. The sumo train was hold
up und robbed of J.'iU'J a mouth ugo.
NEWSY NOTES.
Ilobert O. Itigersoll bus abandoned law for
the lecture pi at form.
Homuliis Colell, tho murderer of tho Stone
family ut Akron, 0., will plead guilty In thu
second degree.
Thu Stato of Chihuahua, Mexico, has pro
hibited bull-lights, prl.-.e-flghts ami cock
fights. Severe penalties are provided.
Iiy the explosion of tho great furnace, at
Wellhton. Ohio, John Kirbv, ngod 22 years;
John Matlu aud James Waddle, aged 21,
were terrlb y burned and cannot live. Weak
ness ot tho brcust ol the furnace was the
cause. i
The Brltlli steamer Salisbury, from Tort
Renlh to Nuwport, lias been in collision
with nn unknown steamer about four miles
from llfracombe, Devonshire. The latter Is
supposed to have been sunk with a crew of
about 20 men.
There has been a scvero storm in the gulf
of Cadiz, and 'H fishing boats huvo boon lost
near Sun Lucur.
A judgment for (t94,0OO In' favor of tho
World's Columbian I'.xpositlon Company
was given In Judgo Burke's court nt Chic
ago against the Ferris Wheel Compnuy. The
judgment is for the World's Fuir Company's
share of thu gate receipts during tho exposi
tion, The Jail at Jeffersonvllln, Oa., was broken
open between midnight nnd daylight Friday
aud tho two negroes, Willis White and Cbas
Forsyth, Implicated In the assassination of
Mrs. llowluud at Adams Fark, were taken
out aud hanged to the same limb and the
bodies afiurwnrd, rJslUc4 with buUetx
Friday was private bill day la the bouse
and most of the time was consumed with
small bills. The bill to provide for holding
terms of the Unitod Btates court ot the east
ern district ot Texas at the town of Beau
mont was passed over the president's veto
.by a vote of 141 to 63. Incidental to the dis
cussion Mr. Cooper ol Texas declared the
president vetoed the bill through a misuppre-
benslon. He explained the neccssitim which
existed for the enactment of the mea-nre.
llo said the llrst objection to the bill thut he
nan ever ueiira or i-uino Irom iho rrenident.
He recouiitud. as he said with tou.e huuillia-
hod, iuui uu nan several limes called upon
Mr. (Jievwut)d to present Iho rtnsous why it
biiould besigned or to meet any objections
which the president might rulsei ut he hnd
oeea denied ndinls.-lon to Mr. Cleveland. On
thu occasion 01 his last visit bo said liu had
been Informed by Private Secretory Thurber
that it would bo useless for him lo sou tlio
president as Mr. Cluvelund had already made
up ins mum ic veto the bill.
Mr. Cooper's ri'imiiks about his Inability
to get access to Mr. Cleveland drew from
Mr (Irosvenor n half humorous, half sar
castic commentary upon tho olMUiclcs which
hedged the White House. Mr. tirosvenor
said that it surprised him to hear that at any
time within the past three years uuy solf-iu-spoctlng
represeutulive of a respectable con
stituency would even uuiko application at
the White house. Three years ugo tho pro
sent occupant of the White House bud been
represented us having issued an order that
no senator or representative should present
himself In ersou until be bad bowed nt tho
sent of tlie private secretary and communi
cated to that august persouaga bis desires
and received the function of that person.
Mr. Orosvcuor recalled th fact that when
that order was Jailed one vt tho representa
tives ot nn Oiiio coii.tltucticv sworo he
would never ngaln si;ek lo see tho president
no unitiM Man s. "And lie never did.'
TCI r-2 usp,zLowiJ;
Urgtr yl ? Material.
Frtutioa. 1
. R. O. Don A Co. 'a Ww.. .
Trade snysi .
4 There Is more business. thn. I
ter prices. It la Interesting th,t k
prices which change at all ars k,
week ago. and ye busluess U
"'Kr. luere 11 larger Drudn-r
of
continued Mr. (Irosvenor. "Audi desiro to
say that my constituency nuver commission
ed mu to percolate my business with the exe
cutive through thu eluv of n private pecre
tnty. It now appears that the president
has inudo a mistake, it I unfortunate that
he c,xeludoa members of congress and fences
himself uboiit wl b a skirmish Hue of such
moderuto capacity. I am sorry these re
tiiiirks tiro made too late to do uuy good.
They shou.d buvo been uiadu sevurul years
ago."
"Do you think tho next occupant of the
Whllo House will do better'." asked Mr. Dul
zcll, qiitezlcally.
"I can't speak for the next administra
tion," replied Mr. (irosvenor, smiling. "I
on n only express tho hope that never ugaln
will nn administration refuse ready access iu
the representatives of tho people. The peo
ple up greater than nnv executive." Ad-
pliiuse.
The vote was then taken. Two-thirds
having voted, in tho unintuitive, 1I4 to H.
the bill v,a passud over tho veto of tlio presi
dent. ALL AGBEED ON C0EBCI0N.
Salisbury Erought tho Powers to Content
to His Turkish Program.
Tho oflklnl correspondence concerning
tlio reforms lu Turkey shows that on Sep
tember 23 Lord Salisbury proposed thut the
powors take measures to -enforce their pro
posals and that iu the event of unwillingness
on tno part ol any power lo assume Its share
in coo reive measures, tlmt. power should not
oppose the rtctlou of uny other. Austria guru
her assent without qualillcnlton,uud Oeriunuy
assented with tho proviso that any coercive)'
action tuken by tne powers agamst Turkey
must bo ununimoiis und that tho Integrity ot
tho Ottoman Empire must bo maintained.
Italy gave her absolute assent to the propos
al, but llussiu objected to nnv scheme which
Involved tlie application of coercion. Iu re
ply, Lord Salisbury expostulated with tho
llussiuu Minister saying that it would be use
less for tho powers to make further concert
ed representations to the I'orto lu regard to
reforms unless they wero prepared to en
force their proposals..
On November 24, M. Shlshkin wroto to
Lord Salisbury, suylng that tho Czar hud
agreed to consider the question of coercion
if tho Sultun should prove recalcitrant aud
tlie other powers were unanimous in favor
of resorting to coercion. About tho end ot
December, Franco gave a similar nssent to
measures of coercion, aud the governments
nf llussin, Austria and Italy reallnuud thvir
their adhesion t that plan of action.
HARMON SAYS HOT 80.
yet not so muoa increase i Vt
and there la larger buyinir of T'"
at present only because n.,n.
pei-icu m ion luiure. a 1
present only because better
cted In the future. 1 . 5
failures during ihe week nave fc??
ifil InltilAnA Th... - . . ulk.
slightly stronger.nnd yet th.-r, hT?
The number of bunds errpk.?,.?
tries considered, la allgbuy ,,.
Week ago wltiioutod VeiHH -.I.... . M
The Attorney General Differs from Judge
Looks About the Three Friends.
Attorncy-Oencrnl Harmon does not agree
with the decision of Judgo Locke of Flori
da In tho case ot tho suspected filibuster,
Three Friends.
The iittoru-y general has applied to tho
United Stales supremo court for a writ of
certiorari on thu L'ultcd Status court of ap
peals at New Orleans, directing that the ca-e
be at oueo cert Ileil to the United States su
preme court for trial. The attorney-general
said that If Judge Locke's interpretation of
the law was correct, it necessarily follows
that persons engaged lu these expeditions
are pirates und that be was seriously con
sidering tho question of arresting them as
such.
Judge Locke's decision wns In effect that
the law Inhibiting tho outfitting aud depart
ure from the Untied States of armed expedi
tions to aid 11 people In its eontest against
the lawful authority of a nation with which
the UuP.ed States is on friendly terms, does
not apply to thu Cuban insurgents, they not
being a people within the meaning ot the
law.
LIBERIA'S TERRIBLE SCOURGE.
Colonies of Negroes From Amorioa Almost
Wiped off ths Earth.
Fred Williams and John Osgood, two In
telligent oolol el young men, who were for
merly employed In the New York postofQoe
arrived at Ells Island on the 21st. They are
on their way to tnelr homes In Sibley, HI.,
and Wuhasseuo, Ark., having crossed tho
Atlantic lu nn Immigrant ship.
On tlio recoinmeudiition ot a colored Bap
tist Bishop, the young men sny they emi
grated with a party ot colonists to Liberia
lust Juno. V (hiatus and Osgood te 1 horri
ble stories ol tho ravages of ,"coot fever" In
Liberia.
Out of one colony of 165 negroes who went
to Liberia from Arkansas, only 12 have
survived, the nHumlug travelers say. Wil
liams stated thut the Arkansas colony Is ono
of n dozen that have been practically wiped
out by "ooust fever."
Congressional Junket
The first Juuket ot this Congress started
from Washington Monday. Tho House Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors left for nn ex
tended trip through tho South to acquaint
themselves personally on the suhjeoi of tho
necessity for appropriations for a number of
public Impioveiiienis in Alabama, Louisiana
nnd Texas. The members ot the committee
wl 1 be acoompnuled by tbelr wives. This is
a good season lo make a Southern trip, and
those who engineered the Junket through the
House evidently had nn eye to the fitness of
things. Representatives Burton, of Ohio;
Dovencr, of West Virginia, and Berry, of
Kentucky, are members vt th? committee.
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.1....
4 WBCVSL All Hloireh,..,.!. ' T"'U'
fnrbauce of money market has J
but there Is still great caution'!!?'""
loans. It is a mi.-tnii.) to r.,lf
symptoms of depression. 1 1,.' .V
iu spue of the lower range u(
portunt Inuuslri.-s, the KVtnJ. 4
cato larger production and k;
increasing, not us largely. iu ...
Wheat, corn nml ......... "l'H
key to tho ilunnclal shuuti,'';".
...... ,. n....un uie uei'iir- .
cent und corn of a cent .,
unchanged. 1 un Western ..,.','.! T
are still bmall-5bl,000 bu.shi-'. L
year ago. , " '
The Iron Industry l. e:igi-.,.i ,
relative 1, rlei-s nml 11,.. . , . 1
turds business in mui.v i.....-
Inture of pricoa is uncertaii," 'j,"'M
Is a trifle lower nt tlU.40 ut IvTr1!
grey forge at i 9. JO. Ilioiuh .. .
t lino has oecnrreii 11 1 I'... crt
hi... 10.. . . . " ' : un-i"..
corns temiued to niaiiufn. i,,. "I
high prices recently m.-iiuniM
clo.loli, l-.- .., .M"L" '
and of cut nails at tl.25. Th.'kiM' J
has been In seHsbin in ......1.1
of fteel bars to 1 cent, and in hirl'j
even uap. n...1 .1... I - eu
airi.ln been e-ll.,,1 . I.... T1!!
2'Jtll. althouiH tl.ere Is ..... TM
organization. Hillotn .-.i.i' . .i
l'lttsburgh. The Inereiise u "J
is perhups more delluite y J
nny other wny by the .r..,l,j, tton Jj
which steadily Increases. t nit .... f
in blast against 8 173 ,i,., ,j lb"1
OUtllUt. lllOSS.I I..I.U l.nv'.J
PUt ot October l. 'U0Ul,,l
Failure for tho week lisn.w ...
I-..1....1 Ul.,1... ..!...,. j-o i . "
.-...t.-., ..hiiiusi. tlij irsl Vlfii fc
flirtlK.jt III I..... .. '
lu Cuuada,
ELSA'8 BUHVIVOHJ
Mate and Two Sailors Brisgli: f.J
vana.
mo ward lino steamer Segari'iJ
urr.veu in jew lork January a, is.
lilpnnrnl llllvnnn I. ...... ..I..
........... muo(.U Bllii' Hi;i.wJ
soiimen rrom 1um co ami tl.r.-,J
vnnii. Tim tlii...i ....... r. o . '1
..... IliiVUUISlI
mate and two of the crew t.v uj
tug j'.isn, wnieu wns wn-iMil ,,B1i, 1
ril.ln peefa n'i.iU I.. I ... -
....... .w ..i.i.n liuuiiii iri.iu t.J
for Uocns del Torn, und be.-anie t nnj
ui'i'i IlivmoerS II liii'r-.J
nomo by way of New Orionns.
wns a small vessel of :I4 tm,s i ,i....1
longed to Sandusky, O. Mm vtm r J
iioi as uci ioro lo carry fruit tyil
leans. I
Tho men from the Elsa were tnl J
man Island. Those from 'J'amplco
ninto and live seamen of the .V.rwn.1
niiviuiu, which went nslinrs IJirsatel
T'tcuhitu during a iiorilar. aim leJ
. ' S
ftuiai loss.
NO OVERTURES OF PIACI
Miohigsn Prohibittonisti Will In i
promise With the K-ticm
After a lougthy discussion tlie SlJ
lution Convention In Detroit, diclanl
opjKised to negotiations with tho Smi
l'rohlbitiontsts, Who seeeiled lat lauj
l'ittsburg.' Tlin resolutiuu uiUutb
wus framed by I'rof. SamuHl bictie. a
man of the National I'ommlUc', najhl
John Husboi, who Is known as the Its
the Frohlbllloii party. Hotb il-!'i
resolution in vigorous terms. There
sentiment In the convention in Iivotfi
cilatory measures, but it was snreeri
parent when tho vote was tiki'ii oo u J
of the platform.
Tho platform reiterates th Pitt-tup
form and usserts thut features of ttf w
party's platlorm need not il-l'i,rtt hi
ulisls from returning to ttn ir former w
ance. In conclusion, it points outti
cumes ana uunger of luslon,
K0 REFORM FOB COM.
Palms Deolares Nothing Bat h'.i?M
Will Satisfy.
Tliomas Estrada rulmn, .rwilret ii
Cuban juntn, bus issued o ste teaes
answer to tho rumors that ! pr.ln M
nnd nnxlnus to grunt some Hiirwui
iiunsu ihe Cubuus. lie .iy most eurtM
ally that the Cubans will nut awpt J
the so-called rcrorms mm spsiot m"!"
no autonomy. What they want i '
and Independence from S auisli rnltlai
other things no suys: J
"What form of autonomy would HfCW
when saddled not only w th her ff1
debt, but with the added buries of
of the present war V Tne futureolUen
try would bo ruin aud dcsmiir.
At iHm nfNi.p nt iIim litntii a Btateneil
given out of u list of 1J tienwiii ilP4
have been murdered during the sen
crlmo bat that of being Cubans djot
NO AMNESTY FOR IRISHlta
Tho Commons Insist That Tisy 1
Main in Prison.
In tho House of Commons a w,b
offered to thu address in reply to iM
speech by Fnt'lck O lirleu toreoall"
ui.nteiii.n i.f tlin Irish liMMllli'r CI1'3'
on charges of treason, Has iF
e,.l,i ,,f 'llli I'll I., Ih, ur-C "I
cusslon Timothy Huuly said Ht'W'J 3
in America, had nrovoked th rl
which tlie Drlsoners were uicuw-u.
Sir Matthew Ridley, hutue''--!
htf wns in, ill. lu tn ai.il nnv rtilSOO liu"
that amnesty bo griinteJ to th H
i .:..u ... .v... ...,i.rntlieBl 1
ocj.uueiB, uiucu nn s". Tli
I.. ..,n.lu l,iuk ..rleiauM I
W I'-HIUUI OUT All.-," ft .KfcArT
had been found guilty of
the civilized world, and the 'm.rr?L
the courts bad been atlitel tins'
by the withdrawn! of ';
Ivorv, before the same Judge
inn irun prisoners wuun
sought.
Sherman Kakii Jti'"1 ,
. . i .s... 1S t'1
senator Sherman bbiu w- -
In tho piiDllsliud siiiteineni - -j
retnrv llmnv hull entered hit" " .J
that the Cuban question i-l"""1 .
statu quo during the n niu''''1''' ,' -i
out administration. "The news (n
lnvont soaietning moru .,.
scnulor. "Thero 1.," ho iiiWlJ
agreement between the l'arJ2
and myself, but we buvo n""
the qucstlco."
n .v l... in KeliCS
Earthquakes continue in t
Oaxaea. and that city b"?
severely by ibe trcpldalory sn
believe that a volcano Is K.
hills and the continued '"Tj-iosJ
lias excited nliinn In several t,
on the Faclllo ooast the faiii
tlnual commotion, caused ijr ' (k,
plosions, seuding huge waves i w .,
mwiA tur-lfulnn Onlll-rniPU. Wl"
nun ....... j.. - -
venture out.