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    FORFMATEEMB
Spata Cay Adopt This Guerilla
Bode of Warfare.
VB7 SIQNIFIGAirr DEBATE.
Pbrtinent Question Indirectly An
Ewered in Spain's Senate.
THE OREGON AGAIN REPORTED.
the Bij FlgMtr, Accompanied by tat ITic
theroy aal the Marietta, Said to Have
Left Pan, Brazil, Monday Heavy Firing
, OS the laatera Xxtreaaity of Cuba
Which May Have Beta Naval Battle or
t a Bombardment Spaniards Denonnct the
Alleged Baiting of the Spanish Flag am
Onr Warships as an Act of Piracy.
Madrid May 14. In the senate yes
terday Count Almenaa vehemently
protested against the alleged action of
Dine American warships in displaying
the Spanish flag in order to deceive the
tarrtson of Guantanamo, aa announced
a dispatch from Captain General
anco, who added that the American
tlpa were "immediately recognized
and repulsed." The count asked if
the government had notified the pow
er's of this incident
' The minister of the interior, Senor
Capdepon, replied that he had notified
the powers and described this reported
action as "cowardly and Iniquitous."
Count ' Almenas then said that "lu
view 'of America's manner of making
Hrar. RnAIn rmmt Immediately riperea
nrlvateerlne. rn order to utterhr des-
To this the minister of the interior
replied that the government had de
liberated upon the matter "and had
even taken certain decisions, which
would shortly be known." . '
count Uuenriutaln said the Amur .
certain theorists as international law."
Senor Marlines Pacheo remarked
that It was doubtful whether 'sudh an
Mi-ew i iiHi arnnrirn n a rnnn iit lia t wta
slderatlon for them.'
Continuing, the speaker ' protested
against Spain's adherence to the Gen-
i-uuTciiuuu, nuettiuyuu me mm-
' ister of the interior replied that Spain
had not yet entered the convention.
" 8enator Conde, 'professor of inter-
' national law at , the Madrid univer
sity, warmly denounced what he was
pleased to term "the base proceedings"
of the United States, declaring that if
Washington authorized such acts "it
did not deserve the name of a civilized
government.". The professor thenjro
ceedeO to unfold a lenethv indictment
of the alleged war methods of the
Americans, insisting that they have
shown "no respect for the right of
njiiin in 11 h CM rn urn nr rn nrn nan rman
Tin nr rnnnrnmariTa oairarotim
those f a civilised country.
THE OREGON AGAIN REPORTED.
Has Just Left Para. KrnxtL, With thw
Xlctheroy and Marietta.
London, May 21 Lloyds' -agents at
Para, Brazil, cables that three Ameri
can men-of-war arrived there at 8
o'clock yesterday morning from Rio
Janeiro.
The only American warships known
to be on their way north from Rio
Janeiro are the Oregon, the Marietta
and the NIotheroy. The Oregon was
last reported officially by Lloyds at
Bahia, Brazil, on May 9, and she is
bellved to have proceeded at midnight
the same day. The distance from
Bahla to Para is about 1,600 miles,
roughly speaking, and If the Lloyds
report is correct the Oregon and hor
consorts have been steaming very
siowiy. other reports have placed the
. OUH ..v uaiuouuB. auu evttu nearer
ma to the United States.
HEAVY CANNONADING HEARD.
i'erlmpa It Waa a Naval Engagement
v ltn I'ervem'n Kl..,,f
Port au Prince. Hnvti io 91 t.o
. J - M . W
vuuwing aispatch has been received
io irom rort oe Paix. dated Satur
Jiy last, land telegraph cummunica
Jon having been interrupted up to
esterday:
"A furious cannonading was heard
on the 19th In the direction of the
north of Cuba. Today (Saturday) the
lannonadlng continues in a very lively
Tashlon."
Port de Paix la in id. .
I - w UUlVUHCBLQrU
art of Haytl, and the firing referred to
lay have been from m n. .v..
Eastern extremity of 'Cuba. As the
Spaniards CIaim Guantanamo was re-
;auy DomDaraea by American wur
Ihips, the sound of firing 1
)oma from that direction. .
SPAIN'S FUTILE PROTEST
kgalnat the Aliened RaUIng of the
Bpanma flag My Our Ships.
Washington. May !4 ti,.,
. Iff, tBJ
spatches from Madrid rivim? h.
harp debate In the corte nv.r
fce alleged " flying of the Spanish
kg by American warshlm
luch comment In naval circles. Spain's
uwm 10 me powers mat this use of
e flag waa "cowardly and
as dismissed by naval officers with
r laiemeni mat international law
pters agreed on the right to use an
emya nag for purposes of deceit.
ne hub is nauiea down be-
' . -itot la fired. The United States
1 retrulutlona maka ansninn
l. .
!'" on mis point. - '
"he statement made by the Spanish '
lister of the Interior that the gov.'
ment la likely to resort to priva-
t-.;-vv;V " -
tairini r at eaus any appraban
ton among official! her. One of the
highest asthortttes of the navy te.
partaMBt said Bpaln would adopt prfc
va tearing u ah felt It to be to bar In
terest without waiting for this country1
to give any pretext tor such action.
It la felt, however, that Great Britain,
Germany and Franc will have con
iderable to say In case Spain resort
to privateering. The commerce of theae
countries with the United States would
suffer very severely by Spanish priva
teering, and Its effect rould be far
more disastrous to these foreign Inter
eats than to the shipping of the United
States. It waa this influence of Great
Britain. Germany and Farnoe which
forced Spain reluctantly to forego prl-.
vateering, and It Is not thought prob
able these Influences will now consent
to have their commerce destroyed.
With the beginning of the present
week all Soanlsh vessels' In United
States ports, which sailed after the
outbreak of. the war, are subject to
seizure, as well as all Spanish mer
chantmen found on the high seas, save
where they left port for the United
States before April 21 last.
No sutlers are to be permitted to ac
company the army during the war. To
make up for any deficiency in supplier
which might be missed by debarring
the-sutlers the department has derided
to enlarge very materially the list of
articles which will be kept on hand by
the commissary's department. All these
will be supplied to the officers and sol
diers at cost price. Many applications
have been received from persons who
! are anxious to receive appointments
I entitling them to accompany the army
with a sutler's privilege.
MARYLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS
Baltimore EnthuMlnMtlcnlly TteeelTcs
the FumoiiH Sixth Itcglmi-ut.
Baltimore, May 21. In striking con
tract to the reception tendered the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment when It
passed through Baltimore on Its way to
defend the national capital April 19,
1861, the Sixth Massachusetts was
greeted today with the hand of fellow
ship -and love, and a hearty Godspeed
accompanies them on their way south
in answer to the call to defend the
nation.
The regiment waa met there by a
citizens' committee of 300, and the hos
pitality of the city extended to them.
Several appropriate floral designs were
presented, a,nd each soldier was pre
sented with a box of lunch, an Amer
ican flag and a button bearing the
state coat of arms and the words "Bal
timore . greets Massachusetts." . They
were then escorted through the city to
Camden station by the committee,
headed by the Fourth regiment band
and drum -corps and a platoon of police
men. Upon streamers attached to the floral
pieces were the words: "With uowers,
not bullets." "A united country honors
the men who are rallying to her de
fense. May the memory of J61 be ef
faoed by the welcome of '98."
Spanish Troops Leave Cadiz.
Barcelona, May 24. A steamer took
1,000" soldiers from Cadiz Saturday for
! the Canaries or the Philippines, and
there are two transatlantic liners now
in port here.
WAR BREVITIES.
Saturday, May 81.
It Is reported that France will ask
the powers to protest against American
cable cutting.
A boy named Garcia, arretted at
Tampa on sasplclon of being a Spanish
spy, has been honorably discharged.
The Fourteenth New York regiment
of volunteers. Colonel Fred Gram, went
Into camp at Chickamauga Friday.
The regiments of the new Pennsyl
vania Guard will be numbered so as
not to conflict with thoee now m ser
vice. United States steamer Resolute left
the Brooklyn navy yard lust night with
a crew of 100 men from New Jersey's
naval militia,
William J. Bryan experts to recruit
his provisional regiment at the tamp
recently vacated by the regular troopB
near Lincoln, Neb.
Business at Havana is almost at a
standstill In consequence of the block
ade, and a spirit of depression has
come over the beleaguered capital.
According to a Key West dispatch
the steamer Tecumseh has landed two
parties on the Cuban coant, bearing Im
portant messages to the Cuban Insur
gents. Monday. Mny 3.1,
The cost of the war to Spain exceeds
$28,000,000 a month.
Coffee will not be taxed In the war
revenue bill.
Over 30,000 letters were delivered to
the troops encamped at Chickamauga
on Friday.
Volunteers of Washington state, aow
at San Francisco, voted a unanimous
desire to be sent to Manila.
An unconfirmed report at Gibraltar
has it that the Spanish squadron at
Cadiz will salt for Cuban waters.
It Is reported that Admiral Cervera's
squadron will return to Fort de France
to coal from Spunish colliers now en
route.
The sittele turret monitor Jasnn, a
relic of the civil war, left Philadelphia
for New York, manned by New York
naval reserves.
A Madrid correspondent of the Lon
don Times declares our Rovernment
cannot expect aid from Cuban Insur
gents. TnetMluy. May 84.
The harbor of San Diego, Cal., has
been planted with mines and torpedoes.
The steamer Fenlta Is loading am
munition at Mqbile for a Cuban ex
pedition. 1
There have now been ' mustered Into
the service of the general government
107,761 volunteers. '
Cuban insurgent officers tieny charges
of inefficiency, and say the Cuban army
will distinguish Itself by brilliant oper
ations. The building of a navy equal, if not
the superior, of Great Britain's la being
agitated In congress, and has many
supporter.
Major General William M. Graham
formally assumed command of Camp
Alger, near Washington, yesterday.
There aro 12,000 men in the camp.
' The British steamer Ardanmhor was
seised off Cuba because of her aus
picious action. It was thought ah
wa attempting to ran the blockade.
M171
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Trouble in Securing Transports te
Carry Them to Manila.
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AH ENTIBE FLEET HOW 0FFESED. West Indies. Another dispatch, from
' ' . .St Pierre, Martinique, announced that
' ' the Spanish fleet had gone In the dlrec-
They Sow Carry the Brltlnh Flag, and tron of Cuba er Porto Rico. A Hong
Mnat Be Given American Register Kong dispatch announced that the
ir Aooopted-The First Manila Ex- Philippines insurgents were uselesa aa
pedltlon Mav Leare at Any Hour "les. many of them favoring the
Spanish cause as against the United
Washington, May II. Much comment State. It Is believed that all ef the
and some criticism have been caused 125.000 volunteers called for by Presi-
by the "delay in forwarding troops to
the Philippine Islands to annnort AA.
antral Dewey. Both the comment and
the criticism had their origin In the
desire for the people that the fruits of three troops of cavalry and three bat
Dewey's brilliant victory at Manila terlea of artillery. Newspaper corre
should not be endangered by any lack pondents at Tampa. Fla., were warn
of assistance from either the navy or d not to mention prospective secret
war departments. 1 expeditions to Cuba.
It I known now. however, that On Wednesday the cheering news was
troops would have been aent to Manila
before this had It been possible for the
war department to secure transport.
on the Pacific coast. The utmost dif
ficulty is being experienced by the de
partment In obtaining such transports.
The coastwise trade on the Pacific Is
not large as compared with that on the
Atlantic, and a majority of the vessels !
engaged in the trade are of foreign I
register. Of course ships flying a for- i
elgn flag cannot be used as transports '
by the government, as such use would !
constitute a violation of the neutrality
laws of the nation whose Hag the ship
bore.
The war department Is now negotia
ting by telegraph with the Pacific Mail
Steamship company for the charter of
two of the company's vessels, the China
and the Colon. The Colon flies Ameri
can colors, but the China Is under the
Hawaiian flag. The difference between
enmT. nw nl i T "'"""""' flying squadron under Admiral C.r
company is now one of price. Whether 1
satisfactory terms will be agreed upon
remains In doubt.
Last night Asslstnnt Secretary Meikle
John received a telegraphic offer from
the asrent of the Northern Pacific
Steamship company at Seattle placing
at the disposal of the department the
company's entire fleet of steamers pro
vided they be given American reglnteT.
The ships are the Taeoma, Arizona,
Olympla. Columbia, Victoria and Ar
gyll. All are British built vessels nnd
fly the British flag.
Commenting upon tbo situation which
confronts the department Secretary
Meikeljohn said:
"If we cannot get vessels at whnt we
consider fair prices, we shall be forced
to Impress such as we may need Into
the service and leave the prices to be
adjusted subsequently by a board ap
pointed for the purpose. We shall have
simply to ask congress .to give Ameri
can register to vessels that we can ob
tain. There Is no other way out of the
difficulty."
The likelihood is that the war de
partment will order such vessels of the
Northern Pacific Steamship company
as may be needed to 8an Francisco,
and then ask congress to give them
an American register in order that they
may promptly convey the waiting
troops to Manila. It Is the desire of
the department that the troops follow
ing those to be sent to the Phlliirplnes
on Suturday next shall go not biter
than Wednesday, June 1. It Is Impera
tively necessary that they be gotten to
Manila as soon as possible, but In order
that they may go at all It will he quite
necessary that some foreign ships be
given American register.
The Flrwt KxM-i!lt l.
San Francisco, May 21. Preparations
for the first expedition to Manila are
almom. complete. The first expedition
will be taken on the steamers Cltv f
Peking, City of Sydney and the Aus
tralia. It will 4-onsist of AO officers and
1,074 men of the California Infantry,
artillery and navy, 13 crlflcers and 31k
men of the Oregon volunteers and B
officers and 300 men o? the United
States cavalry. This exieditlon may j
leave at any hour. I
. ,.t.n . .
To Collect Philippine. Kr-vcnacH.
1ashlntin. May 24.-In anticipation
of the early occupation of the Philip- j
pine Islands by the military and naval
forces of the I'nlted States the treas
ury department has already begun the
formulation of regulations and a I
scheme of customs tariffs which will j
be collected by the military authori
ties and turned Into the treasury of J
the United States as a "military con-;
trlbution." That the president has au- j
thorlty to collect the Philippines rev- I
enues under existing conditions Is not '
'::"", " . . ""I ... I
and the authoHtv of th. !
uuiio uuriiiK i rbr iilmi wht wiin AifiTinri
In the premises was sustained by de
cisions of the United States supreme
court.
..v
The ReglmcntH of Immune.
Washington, May 24. Captain J. S.
Pettlt, First Infantry, and Lieutenant
H. H. Sargent, Becond cavalry, who
were recently appointed colonels ef In
dependent regiments of volunteers to
be composed of men immune from con
tagious and Infectious diseases, are
now making arrangements for the or
ganization of their regiments. Cap
tain Pettlt will recruit his regiment
from residents of the District of Co
lumbia, Maryland, Virginia. West Vir
ginia and North Carolina, and Lieu
tenant Sargent will secure his in Ala
bama and Mississippi.
Another Alleged Spanish Spy.
Key West, May U.J. Castellanos. a
young man who arrived from Key
West about three weeks ago, and who
is registered at the Palmetto hotel as
from New York, was arrested yester
day by order of General Shatter as a
suspected Spanish spy. Castellanos
has been watched for two weeks. He
was plentifully supplied with money.
He wrote aa many as 100 letters a day,
and this, with the dlBcovervv that he
was traveling under an assurrfed name,
resulted In his arrest.
Young Gray Dooltne a Commission.
Washington, May 24. Mr. 'Andrew
C. Gray, son of Senator Gray, of Del
aware, who was recently nominated
as judge advocate with the rank of
lieutenant colonel In the volunteer
army, ban notified Secretary Alger that
he will not be able to accept the ap
pointment A'"""
nifl WEEK.
Awalttnar w or ft Bnttl With AaV
' mlvftl Carrara Hqaodron,
Washington, May. .14. Tuesday of
last week the Spanish flying squad
ron ' commanded by Admiral Car
vera waa rerjorted off Totola Islands;
40 miles eaat of St. Thomas. Danish
ent MCKlnley will be en route to their
Permanent camps by the end of the
week. Pennsylvania officials decided
to organise a provisional National '
n.. " .l.
given out officially that the big battle-
ih"? ,on ',lfe'.bu no lnf"rm'ltl"
'"r5??" to "T
aoouts. A British captain Just ar-
rived at Baltimore with a cargo of
sulphur told how he had narrowly es-
oaped a Spanish mob at Huelva, being
obliged to flee without a full cargo.
Prince Bismarck, In an Interview at
his mansion In Frledrlchsruhe,' said the
war was due to systematic American
provocation, and declares that its re
Bult "cannot be wholesome either to
America or Europe." The Tenth Penn
sylvania regiment left Mount Oretna
for San Francisco, where they will Join
the forces that will be sent to Admiral
Dewey -at Manila. The battleship Ala
bama, a formidable fighting machine,
was successfully launched at Philadel
phia. She will be delivered to the gov
ernment some time next year.
The Important news of Thursday was
the reported arrival of the Spanish
Hi
ADMIRAL CF.KVERA.
vera wt Santiago de Cuba. This dls- 1
patch was subsequently confirmed. Cmr !
war department Is sadly lacking in '
miliUiiy supplies, and many delays are
Inevitable. The French government
gave ample assurance of friendship for
nor government. The Spanish torpedo I
boat destroyer Terror i ready for sea
at St. Pierre, Martinique, but -while I
the Spaniard was con ling the American '
auxiliary cruiser Harvard, for which i
vessel the Terror was supposed t be
In wafting, quietly stlpped off to sea. !
The cruiser Charleston, which left San I
Fram'lw-o with supplies for Admiral
Dewey, jiut back with her condensers
out of arder. Senator Srwell formally ;
resigned his appointment In the volun- i
teer army, declaring It his duty to serve '
his state as senator, though he would !
prefer to go to war.
On Friday an unconfirmed dispatch
declared that Admiral Cervera's Span-'
Ish squadron, which had been reported j
at Santiago de Cuba, had suddenly put !
tr sea. Other dispatches declared thut !
the fleet had not goae to Santiaga, ami 1
hi III later ft was declared that the fleet
vu" yt ax that plat. In the Spanish
,.nale prpl,l(.r p ,a h
. , ,ho ,,. ..,,,,., ,. ,., ....
ar to utmoHt t, tm, ,
steamer Argonauta. captured during
the first days of the war, a large quan
tity of ammunition was found secreted.
A Havana dispatch to Madrid declared
that "the rebels have pronounced in
faxor of Spain."
Iinst Saturday a dispatch from Key
West told of the chasing of three
small Spanish gunboats off the north
coast of Cuba by the cruiser Mont
gomery. ThQ Spaniards escaped. Our
cruiser Minneapolis, which was coaling
...
UI .wru,"e Amalle. St. Thomas Isl-
ntlfl uua irrinr..1 au-.iv lv M I.nn
I governor, as she had been In the port
over 24 hours. General Merritt. who la
to be the military governor of the mil-
ippmes, lert Washington for San Fran-
cisco.
A faw unlmi.ortiint fuhim Intnl. I
era nuvc uucepieu me oners or me au-
tononusl government, hut Gomes and I
Garcia firmly refuse. i
Sunday's news added nothing definite i
In regard to the movements of our
fleets, but It was generally admitted !
In Washington and nmnn- nv,,l m
-----n ...
cers at Key West that a light with
Admiral Cervera's Spanish Hying
squadron might be expected at any
time. It Is believed the conflict will '
be a. most desperate one. Spaniards!
In Hong Kong and Manila boast that a !
Spanish fleet Is en route to annihilate
Dewey's fleet. An unconfirmed report
WAR" NEWS Or
' f :
imw' 'I j:'
Ki-k scSKL.
from Port Tampa declared that several ,pot and month. $1.3U1.36; June. $1 32:
hundred United States volunteers, na- I July, $l.)2i; August. lMo; steamer No. i
tlve Cubans, left that place to Invade 1 red, fl.swfi 1.304; southern wheat, by gam
Cuba and are probably now with the P'e. fl.30fyi.3o!; do., on grade. gl.31U 1.3C
Insurgent army. The cruiser Charles- i Corn du" and lower; Bpot and month, lisy
ton finally got away from San Fran-
Cisco with a cargo of ammunition for
Admiral Dewey, at Manila. It is as
serted that Senor Castlllo'B reason for
refusing a place In the Spanish cabinet
Is the fact that France will soon Insls;
upon Spain suing for peace. Castillo
is Spanish ambassador to France.
The Exchange of Prisoner of War.
Atlanta, May 24. Colonel Vincent de
Cortljo and Dr. Isidore Julian and two
of the Spanish privates, all of whom
have been tinder arrest at Fort Mc
pherson barracks, were taken away
from Atlanta late Sunday night-. The
prisoners will be taken to Key West
and thence to Havana, where they will
be exchanged for the American news
paper correspondents, Thrall and "Jones.
EDWARD BELLAMY DEAR.
Vhe Noted Anthr and llumeattartssa
Victim of Coamutnptloa).
Springfield. Mass.. May 22. Edward
Bellamy, author ' and humanitarian,
died early yesterday morning at his
home 'In Chlckopee Falls, In the Mth
year of his aae. Mr. Bellamy has been
In feeble health ever since he finished
his "Equality," some eight months ago.
Indeed, long before it was done he had
the most significant warnings that his
vital energies were being undermined.
although It was not till August that
his physicians definitely told him that
one of his lungs was affected. At the
earnest solicitations of his physicians
and family he resolved to try the effect
of the Colorado climate, and early in
September last removed with his fani-
lly to Denver. He received, however.
little or no benefit from the change,
and since January has been rapidly
falling. When he recognised that re
covery was Impossible he became very
anxious to get bark to his old family
homestead, and returned last April.
Among his many published work
"Looking Backward" gave him hln
; jrreate-t fame,
Tt0. Ge, m.a?'
It has been translated
French. Russian. Italian.)
Arabic, Bulgarian and several other
1 languages, and nearly a million copies
have been sold.
GENERAL MERRITT TO WED.
Mix willlittuM, or ('1i(mk". Will lie
the Military Lender's Itrldo. j
Chicago. May 24. The formal an- j
nouncement of the engagement of Mls,
l.aura Williams,' daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Williams, of Chicago, urn! I
granddaughter of the late Judge John I
Dean Caton, to Major General Wesley
Merritt, military governor of the Phil
ippine Islands, was made yesterday.
Miss Williams is about 20 years old.
a brunette, graceful and petite, but of
striking appearance, with Jet Muck
hair and eyes and brilliant coloring.
She has received much attention her.
and abroad, especially In Londcu.
where she was the guest of Robert T.
Lincoln when he was the represeiitn
tlve of this country at the court of St.
James. She was presented at the
queen's drawing room with Miss Lin
coln. Norman Williams hus for a num
ber of years been one of the well known
figures In Chicago legal and financial
circles.
, General Merritt left for the Pacific
coast last night In a special car at
tached til the ft nVlnrlt Omiihn truln nf
j the Chicago and Northwestern railroad.
To IncrciiHc Our Navy.
Washington, May 24. Representative
I'earce, of Missouri, yesterday intro
duced u bill for an Increase In the naval
establishment, as follows: , Five first
class cruisers to carry the heaviest
armor practicable and the most power-
I fot ririlnnni'n tU mi tin i,mniit 11 -.nil t.mu
minimum average speed of 20 knot
per hour, and to cost exclusive of armor
and armament not exceeding $1,000,000;
ten torpedo boats, to cost, exclusive of
armament, not over $200,000 each; 15
torpedo boat destroyers, to cost, ex-
elusive of urmiimt.nl nnt .v,..,jinrf
$r(XI.Oll0; 15 Steel gunboats, to cost, save
armament, not over $r,n,000 each.
,
Colonel Cooper'H Sentence.
Wilmington. May 24. In the I'nlte.l
Stall's district court yesterday after
noon Colonel Ezeklal T. Cooper, con
victed of conspiring with William .V.
Hoggs In the Dover bank defalcation,
was 'sentenced to a fine of $"i,O0O and
costs and Imprisonment of lti months
in me .-vew jersey state prison at Trcn-
Ion. The term will' end Nov. 22; ISM.!
cooper paieu as ine sentence was pro- ,
nounced, and his lips twitched, but he!
displayed no other emotion.
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
A tornado In Arkansas Friday nigh',
klllwi at least seven persons and
causi-d immense destruction of prop
erty. Hon. William Cnnm II. of Scninton. i
the latest aspirant for the Republican
I nomination for governor of i'ennsyl
' vanla.
Halftones as large as partridge eggs
fell Ui Albemarle county, Virginia,
ruining growing crops. Near Char
lottesville lightning killed two persons.
Jacob and Oscar Relnhard. Morris
l Dry and Frank Eldoll were crushed to
death by a mine collapse near Mayers
vllle, Pa. The brothers Relnhanl ieav
families.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
A lteflct-U-il by Dcullnifs In l'lilludel-
pblu nnd Unit Imo
Philadelphia, May . Flour slow: win
ter superfine. $t.,"im.i4.;:,; ivnnsylvam.t
roller, clear, gi.Miti.lO; city mills, extra.
H.".Vi5. Hye tiuur steady, but unlet, at .4
per barrel for choice Pennsylvania. ,
Wheat weak; No. 2 red. snot. SI "l.Viil . !
. -. -
l orn lower.- No j mixed May. XW.aV;;
CO. vellOW. lor locu Irinl.. ll'ltL..
"il,H ,tx,M steady; No. 2 white, 37c.;
, '" - while, j upped. ilTUc.
Hay In fair
f,'?"", . ""d. ",r!!?:
choice timothy. $l2.GVi,
lleef quiet : beef hams.
tja.-jy i Pri n r..u t, , r,,,.. ,.'
1 1 . .
l.urd HilHV: - wouli.rr, wl..n t,,.,.l t.: f -
Wutter llrm; western creamery. H'.iliic
factory, ll'ul2'c.; Elglns. Ukr.; imitation
creamery. 12HtMHc; New York dairy, 1J
'ULsc-: ao- creamery, l.1',.;i:i,c; fiiny
Pennsylvania prints Jobbing at 1720e.;
"Jr., . "-""""T'' ... "ul: ,: larK"
. 'T'' 'c- ,i,rK1' cu'-
ored. iVu.V'.; small do., 7Vi7'-,c: light
skims. Bo; part skims sJie.; full
skims, 2,i3o. Eggs firm; New York and
1'eunsylvnnlu, lKuimc; western, fresh,
12c.; southern. 10.;',i U'V.
Baltimore, May St. Flour firm; western
sui-rtlne. Ui.ViM; do. extra. $4.5.26; do.
Ii 'in,"r ,h"a,t' lu,,'m"
f.L, " "
l0 - - June wu.oc.: July. KK-ge,
southern; wnite and yellow. 41c. Oats
steady; No. 2 white, 3Sc.; No. 2 mixed,
31c. Hye dull; No. 2 nearby. Stc; No. 2
western, 66c. Hay steady; chiiica timothy,
$12.D0fil.t Grain freights very dull;
scarcely any demand; steam to Liverpool,
per bushel, 4i June; Cork, for orders,
per quarter, 3s. (d., June. Sugar strong;
granulated, 6.4SH. Butter steady; fancy
creamery. 17c; do. imitation, 18c.; do.
ladle. 15c.; good ladle, 14c.; store packed,
12v 13c. Eggs weak; fresh. 10c. Cheese
steady: fancy New York, lurge, 9VJfj9ttc;
do. medium, WfciSlOc.; do. small, 10! illume.
Lettuce, $1.251.60 par banket.
East Liberty. Pa., May 23. Cattle
steady; extra, $5.10i&S.15; common, $4i4..
Hogi dull and lower; prime heavy, $4.39
4.40; best mediums, $4.2S4.30; heavy York
ers, 24.1S&4.20; light Yorkers, $4(14.10: pigs,
as te quality, $3.76-3.90: roughs, $2.503.60.
Phn lower: cholca c1.'prat, i nfiff4.19;
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DEATH OF GUDSTONE'
i
The Great Briton Passed Quietly
Away at Hawarden.
UNIVERSAL SORROW IN ENGLANB
The Program to Parliament Will Be
an Addrewa to Her Majaaty 1'raylng
For a Funeral at the Public Expena
and a Monument In Woatmlntttar.
London, May 19. William Ewart
Gladstone, the famous English states
man, died at his residence in Hawarden
early this morning. When death came
the eminent Briton was surrounded by
I
WILLIAM l'.WAItT GLADSTONE,
his family, and his death was peaceful
In the extreme. Jlc was conscious al
most to the last, and know Ui:it t hi
end was near. Mr. Gladstone will be
given a national funeral, and lilt re-
i mains will rest In WcMiniust
r Abbey
Sue. ;i..ixtom:'s .i;i:i:it.
Mt,v-l Yeai'H In I'ollllcs uiul Four
TIiiicm Premier,
i Gladstone is a same of power In all
the English speaking world. Not only
has the United Kingdom felt the Im
press of his genius in every part of bet
government, lull Canada and Australia,
the Cape Colony and other self govern
ing dependencies have molded theii
new Institutions largely according to
his Ideas, while In the I'nlted States ho
has had as many devoted admirers ut
In his native Island. "Grand old Man
Is his title here as well a in English
lands.
And yet the man presents a paradox
No other politician of modern timet,
none probably of any time, hnschanged
positions so often or so radically, uiei
It Is scarcely possible to find any de
fined principle lately advocated by bia
trial lie bail not at some time in tin
past assailed with vituperative elo
quence. Yet there is a certain consist
ency even In his changes. Contrury t:
nn almost universal rule among stu
dents of society and government, h
sl'adlly grew more radical us he grew
' ,,l(l"r- l,,FS cautious as he grew physl-
rally weaker, and less tolerant of cri:-
I Iclsm as tils course raised greati
armies of critics.
Mr. Gladstone entered parliament a
a Tory of the Eighteenth century stir;,
grew Into a mild conservative, held of
flee as an advanced Whig, and thci
led the opposition as a Liberal so -er:
radical that many English Il.ulica;
abandoned him and even Irish iUdica'.
restrain him
Els f.i'Iicr. .Khn Gladstone, was a
prominent merchant and bis mother
was of Scotch royal descent. William
Ewart Gladstone was born In Liverpool
Dec. 2!i. lvix lie was educated at Eton
and at Chr'st's church, oxford. n
K',1 U" was tTiadu.iteil. end the !!$
year was clectej to parliament froie
Newark. 4
He continued to represent that bor
ough till lM'i. In mi Gladstone fiit
"took office" as under secretary for tbo
colonies. Sir Robert Peel being premier
Being "thrown ,,ut" by the defeat !
Peel !n 1S.1",, he employed his leisure
In literary work and published the oni e
celebrated "Church and State."
In 1S:!S he married Miss Margaret
Glynne. of a Welsh family, und hi
put forth another peculiar work m
church affairs, in 1S4I he again toi.k
a place In the cabinet and soon becan.r
eminent as a financier. In 1S45 he r
siKtied because the government fverr4
the Catholic college in Ireland, but soot
came in again. In 1M7 lu; was cho-wir.
to represent Oxford and then, for th
first time, began to advocate llbenU
measures, the Hist being the bill f,t
removing the disabilities of the Jews
which he had opposed In 1S41. In 1S"1
52 he became n leader of the I.r.1'
and ent"ird on that long contest wi'.
; Disraeli which continued without tr.
till 1ST:, whin Disraeli became Lor.'
1'earonsfield und entered the bous. :
lords.
In 1S6S Mr. Disraeli succeeded Lord
, Derby as prime minister, but before th.
I year had run out Disraeli's cabinet was
! . I 1 . ti n. .
dissolved and Gladstone was called Te
th premiership. In 1R7I, owing to th
defeat of his Irish university bill. Glad
stone tendered his resignation as pre
mier, but on Disraeli refusing to form
a cabinet Gladstone consented ti re
main In office. Early In the following
year parliament was dissolved, and th
Liberals were overwhelmingly defeated
In the elections. This caused Glad;
stone's retirement, but he returned t
the premiership In 1SS0. In 1SW ).(
again resigned, being succeeded by
Lord Salisbury. In 1S6 he was restored
to power for the third time, but held
the premiership for only Ave months.
being again succeeded by Salisbury
In 1S92 he became premier for the
fourth time, but in the following year,
owing to the defeat of his Irish home
rule bill In the house of lords, Mr.
Gladstone again' retired, and Salisburr
once more became premier.
Gladstone was never a favorite wltk
Victoria. Indeed, the queen has said
more than once with emphasis that she
detested him. nnd said It in a war ta
Imply that she also feared him. Their
pergonal discussions more than once
terminated In angry words, but the pre
mier never flinched from facing royalty.
"You must take thla action," he once
said to her.
"Must!" Did you say must?" she
angrily retorted. "And do you know,
sir, wh j am?"
Ma ' le," answered Gladstone cool-
ly. "y
ire the queen of England; out
tow who I am? I am the peo-
ngland, and In this emergency
le say must!' "
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