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J*--'." ( '* tUTmst" m? " Report of the Extraordinary Grand Jury on New York's Police. SUPT. THOMAS BYRNES SCORED. The Presentment Declares That the Existence of Bribery and Extortion in the Department is Proved?Byrnes'* Method ?f Acciimnlatlnp Wealth a Cause of De moralization?Indicted Men Give Bail* ; The Extraordinary Grand Jury, which has eea investigating for two months and a half' the corruption of the Police Department of Kew York City, revealed by the Lexow Committee, handed to Judge Ingraham, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Indictments / ?'"JSfjiZGr ^r / FCPEBIXTENDEXT THOJIAS BYBNES. Criticised in the Grand Jury's presentment. gainst eleven police officers. There were a score of indictments, raoro than one i k?ving been found against some of the men. After an exhaustive investigation and the xamination of hundreds of witnesses the' Grand Jury also filed a presentment scoring the police and charging the department with corruption and degradation. The presentment made by the Grand Jury \ was a severe arraigument of the Police Department and its officers. The Grand Jury expresses the opinion that the great Doay 01 suDorainaru ponce oiucers are nonest and capable men, and their assistance ? ' .. In the investigation would have been most valuable; but such assistance was not rendered, because no orders were given by the executive officers of the force to their subordinates to aid the Grand Jury in its deliberations. The result was that the attitude of the department hampered the work of the Grand Jury. Notwithstanding that the V /' eo-operotion of the executive heads of the ,y - department was requested by the Grand Jury, it was jiot given. The presentment farther says that the 7 , . t Gracc^.Jury has no doubt that it has been the practice of the Police Captains for years to receive money as bribes for protecting violators of the law, and to extort money from law-abiding citizens as the price cf exemption from police interference and annoyance. ^ In referring to Byrnes the presentment* ays: "The enjoyment by the executive head of the force of the considerable fortune aoy , cumulated as a result of favors granted la the performance of official duty may well have caused demoralization cf the force ander his command. The distinction between such favors and direct gratuities it Or.. ? - * i auk uuo luai lus ouuyiuiuaico o;d uivui^ trv y , appreciate." In conclusion the Grand Jury observes: "The existence of the evils to which we have referred evidences the absolute neces ity of a radical reorganization of the force ilrv new men and new methods." "Following are the officers and ex-offlcera f the Police Department against whom in* dictments were handed down: Inspector William W. McLaughlin, Chiel Inspector in charge of the Detective Bureau, ' five indictments; Captain Michael J. Murphy, one indictment; Captain Jacob Siebert, on< v, tndictment; Captain James K. Price, one indictment; Captain John J. Donotoe, one indictment; ex-Captain William S. Devery, one indictment; ex-Captain John T. Stevenson; one indictment; ex;; Captain Edward Carpenter, one indictment; Patrolman Henry IL Shill, formerly a ward?aan. three indictments; ex-Patrolman Jame3 Burns, formerly a wardman, one indictment; ex-Patrolman Edward G. Glennon, formerly j.'v - a wardman, one indictment. With the exception of former Captain Stephenson, who was not arrested, and former Wardmao Burns, who has for many months keen a fugitive from justice, the indicted men furnished bail, and were ordered to appear &'r ; < and plead to tne indictments. The bail of Inspector McLaughlin was placed at $20,000; that of the others, against all of whom charges of bribery, extortion or > / attempted extortion were made, except in i<, *ne case 01 onui, again.sc wnom mere was an additional charge of perjury, ranged from "? $11,000 down to $2500, as follows: Captain Donohue, ?10,000; Captain Siefcert. $10,000; Captain Murphy, $10,000; Captain Price. $2500; ex-Captain Devery, $10,000; f ex-Captain Carpenter, $10,000; ex-Wardman ShilJ, $11,000, and ex-Wardman Glennon $5000. Captain Creeden is a witness against Inspector McLaughlin and two other captains. Captain Schmittberger also figured Av again as a witness. On receipt of the news of the arrests, which was officially conveyed to the Police Commissioners by Superintendent Byrne*, *11 the indicted officers were suspended from ;' / . duty. Bp.:. A WOMAN LYNCHED. Belief That She 1a the Victim of Cattle Thieves and Their Friends. Telegraphic advices from Stuart, Neb., tell K V V the lynching of Mrs. W. E. Holten in Keya Paha County. The outrage occurred near L" ' . Broeksburg. The crime wa3 supposed to kave been committed by rustlers or antirigilants, vrho suspected the woman of giving testimony which would lead to the conileiion of several of the cattle thieves who iBfest that county. pvv The woman was found in her farmhouse lying face downward on the floor with a ?iece of rope ten feet in length tied around t ier neck, and a hatchet and a hammer by ti-L ker side. The room was in great disorder. A terrible struggle must have taken place before the woman was overpowered. The woman had always born a good reputation. She bad a good deal of property. ?he was living alone when she was killed. Berhusband was committed to an insane I . asylum about throe y ;ars ago. v-; THE ALUANCA'S ASSAILANT. 5 . ... . Identified as the Spanish Cruiser Conde I)e Venudito. The commander of the Spanish cruiser Conde de Venadito reports that on March 8, ' -while cruising off the eastern coast of the island, he sighted a steamer heading for Maisi ' Point. ; ' The steamer's course was to the northeast. ' The cruiser hoisted a flas, and the steamer replied by raising sin English flag. The cruiser signalled the steamer to stop, but without effect. As the steamer proceeded at full speed, the cruiser first fired two blank shots and then V * two solid shots. Tbe commander says he did sot desire to hit the steamer, but merely to caubo her to heave to. He asserts that the steamer was but one and a half miles off the Cuban coast whon the firing occurred. Judging from Captain Crossman's story, Bobody doubted that the steamer in question was the Allianca which was fired on by a ;i Spanish cruiser on March 8. te Sensational Suicide. 3 James Blizzard, a well-known resident of '.iv Port Norris, N. J., committed suicide in a sensational manner. He drove a horse and kuggy down to a wharf at Port Norrls and Sato the water. He waa drowned. M GENERAL BADEAU DEAD. Apoplexy End* the Life of the Author, Sol' dler and Diplomat. A dispatch from IUdgowood, N. .T., an nounced the death of Brigadier-Genera Adam Badeau. which occurred suddenly at the Herbert House in that city. Genera Badeau was in his usual health and spirit.up to the time of his death, which was caused by anoplexy. General Badeau was born in Now York City on December 29, 1831. and was a volunteer in the Federal service when the Civil War broke out. After serving on General snerman s stait ne became military secretary to Genernl Grant, remaining on Grant's staff until 1869. Hn then entered the diplomatic service of the United States, holding several important posts, including that of ConsulGeneral at London. Since last fall he has made his home in Ridgewood, with his adopted children, Geortje Corfu and Miss Chillman. A brother. Dr. Badeau, of AUentown, Penn., survives him. In 1868 General Badeau began his ''Military History of Ulysses S. Grant,"' which occupied him sixteen years. His other literary works are ''The Conspiracy; a Cuban Romance." "Aristocracy in England," and ' Grant in Peace." In 1884, when General Grant undertook his "Memoirs," ho employed General Badeau to assist him in compiling and editing material for the work, and it was in connection with that undertaking that the quarrel arose between the two which resulted in the disruption of their friendly relations, and a lawsuit brought by General Badeau against the estate of General Grant after the lattcr's death. Mrs. Grant domanded that General Badeau should retract what he had said about a secret agreement between himself and General Grant as to the authorship of the work. General Badeau flnatly signed a statement that no secret existed between General Grant and himself that, if divulged, would affect General Grant's honor, and the suit was settled on October 30, 1888, by the payment to General Badeau of $10,GJ0. TORNADO IN THE SOUTH. Many Building* Crushed in Augusta and Colarabuft, Gu. At 9 o'clock a. m. Augusta. Ga., was visited by the most destructive wind storm since 1878. The tornado came from the southwest with but little warning and iu less than a .minute had passed over the city Into South Carolina. Houses were torn from thoir foundations and twisted in various shapes. There were no fatalities, for though in many cases roofs wfjre carried away?the occupants were unhurt. Most of the "houses ruined were of one story. The part of the city over which the tornado passed was that for the most part inhabited by the poorer white and colored people. The path of the tornado was about a mile long from the first place it struck to where it finally rose and passed over. The path was in the shape of an S. The tornado made four descents. In all about forty houses were badly damaged and twenty destroyed. The width of the path was not more than fifty yards. The great tornado of 1878 passed over part of the territory covered by this one. Perhaps seventy-live persons were made homeless by this storm. The tornado also visited Columbus, Ga. The disturbance was greater in Girard, Ala., across the rivor. opposite (Jolumtms. The roof of a fertilizer manufactory was carried away. Four houses were blown down. Fortunately the occupants, who are cotton factory operatives, were up at the ti?ie and escaped Injury. The mill was closed down on account of the great rise in the river. TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE KILLED. Blown to Piece* by an Explosion of Dynamite on the Rhine. While 9000 cases, containing 225,000 kilograms of dynamite, destined for Maasluis, were being transferred by boats on the Rhine from German territory near Lobith, the cargoes of two of them exploded, blowing the boats and boatmen to atoms. A church in the village of Elten was shattered and fifty houses collapsed in Emmerich and Keeken. Twenty-five persons were killed. The inhabitants of Lobith, Cleve. Salmorth, Tolkamer, Spick, and half a dozen other nearby places felt two violent shocks and supposed that there was an earthquake. A girl was found dying in a pile of ruins. She lingered throe hours in agony. The cause of the explosion could not be ascertained. American Carpets in Switzerland. American carpets are being introduced Into Switzerland by a German firm of Stuttgart, and the American Consul at Zurich in his investigation has found that United States manufacturers have a great field in Europe for their fabrics. There are no carpet factories in Switzerland, the supply being imported from Germany. England, France and Belgium. The Consul points out a single difficulty to be overcome in creating a market there, which is the prevailing opinion that everything called American must naturally be high priced. A Triple Killing In SIlmtlMlppl. A triple killing occurred at Kewanee, Miss. Ben and Allen Pringle, brothers, and James Britton, renewed an oH quarrel. One of the Pringle boys shot Britton, mortally wounding him. Britton then shot both of the Pringle boys, killing them instantly. American Cloth in England. American cloth is being sold in the English markets, and right in the centre of the Eng. lish cloth manufacturing districts. The American cloth is woolen stuff, suitable for coatings and men's suitings, selling at from fifty to sixty cents per yard. The English merchants pronounce it to be superior cloth t?. ii.? ?.n mo/loAfahni+nmn] ftnH nannot lur tuo nuu, iunuv v* v ?. w, ??? 9ee how it can be produced and sold for the price. Of Interest to "Women Voters. In registering for municipal elections in Kansas women are not required to state their exact age, but will comply with the law by simply stating that they are "over twentyone." This is official. The subject has been thoroughly agitated at Topeka. A pertinent fact was developed by the discovery that a well known man refused to state his age, but said he was "'over twenty-one." He got a certificate. A Colored Woman Lynched. A colored woman named Henrietta Taylor was hangod by a mob near Fetersburgh, Lincoln County, Tenn. She was accused of burning a house belonging to Mr. Bayless a few months ago. Whaling: Off Kaliant. Sailors at Nahant, Mass., killed a right whale, seventy-five feet in length, which bore a harpoon dated 1853. The Labor World. Tes thousand shoe operatives struck in London for a shorter day s work. The waiters of St. Lou4s, Mo., are protesting against an order that they shall shave off their whiskers. Sanitary pottery operators or the united States met at Trenton, N. J., and formulated a new constitution. One hundked and twenty diamond cutters from Antwerp sailed from Liverpool for New York on the Majestic. Fifteen thousand of the 23,000 miners in the Pittsburg (Penn.) district responded to the order calling for a strike. It is reported that three large tin plate mills are to bo constructed at Baltimore, Md., aggregating in cost about ?750,000. Unemployed members of the Machinists' Union at Baltimore, Md., have succeeded in establishing a co-operative machine shop. J. A. Hamilton, a blacklisted American Railway Union conductor, committed suicide at Denver, Col., because lie could not get work. Silk weavers are flush just now. They arc working overtime at increased wages, as the manufacturers have more orders than they can QU. The largest steel mill of the Bethleheix (Penn.) Iron Company resumed operations on a twelve-thousand-ton order for a Georgia railroad. Employment was given to 150C idle workmen. = SPAIN'S GBDISERA WRECK [ The Reina Regente Foundered Near the Straits of Gibraltar. i ' CREW OF 420 MEN ABOARD. The Misting Warship Found by a Sister Vessel Sunk to Her Topmasts?Overwhelmed in a Storm Because of Heavy Armament?She Took Part In New York's >*aval Celebration. The missing Spanish warship Reina Regente has been found near the Straits of Gibraltar. The ship had sunk in deep water and lies submerged. No survivors were found by those who discovered the wrack, and it was believed that the entire crow, consisting irtA ui ii.\j tuuu, niu uiunugu< THE BEINA BEOENTE. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII., which has been cruising in the Mediterranean in search of the missing warship found the Reina Regente at Rajo Accitunos, near Couil, where she had sunk. Only about eighteen Inches of her ma3ts were visible above the surface of the water. The Alfonso XII. after reporting the fact at Cadiz returned to the scene of the wreck with a company or divers. The news brought by the Alfonso XII. created a profound feeling of sorrow throughout Spain. The Alfonso XII. has taken divers and diving appliances for the purpose of removing the bodies from the sunken ship and examining the condition of the vessel with a view to ascertaining the possibilities of raising her. The Reina Regente, with a crew of 420 men on board, left Tangier for Cadiz on the afternoon of March 10. She should have made her destination by March 12. Until she was found a wreck nothing, however, was heard of her with the exception of the fact that on March 10 the British ship Mayfair sighted her, funnels and bridges gone, fighting her way against heavy seas. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL English-Built and One of the Fastest Cruisers Afloat. The Reina Regente was remarkable for her speed, and resembled the United States cruiser Charleston. Her dimensions were: Length on water line. 320 feet; beam, 60 feet 7 inohes; mean draugnt, 20 feet 4 inches; displacement, 5000 tons. Her battery consisted of four 9.45 inch guns, one on each side, forward of the superstructure, and one on each side aft; six 4.72-inch guns in -broadside, forward and., after pair in sponsons, center pair in recessed ports, and fourteen rapid fire and machine guns. She had five torpedo tubes. Her horse power on trial was 11,500, and her speed was 20.07 knots. Her protective deck was four and three-fourth Inchea thick on the slopes, her conning tower five inches and her heavy gun shields three inches. Her coal capacity was 1150 tons, and her radius of action about 6even thousand miles at ton knots. She had two smokestacks and two military masts, with armored tops. Of the Reina Regente during her visit to New York during the naval celebration in 1893, the following was said: ''Next to the Blake, the most efficient flagship of the many present will be the Reina Regente,Spain's representative. The Reina Regente is an English built cruiser, and, aside from the little torpedo boat Cushing,the Reina Regente will undoubtedly be the fastest war craft in New York Harbor. This vessel has made a epeed of twenty-two knots an hour, which, when taken into consideration that her displacement is 5000 tons, is little short of marvelous." SPAIN WILLINQ TO SETTLE. Her Foreign Minister's Speech on the Allianca Affair. The 8panlsh Minister of Foreign Affairs announced to Congress at Madrid that the United States had addressed to Spain a courteous remonstrance in the case of the Allianca, which was said to have been fired on by a Spanish cruiser off the ea3t end of Cuba. Deputies Villanueva, Diaz and Moreu spoke at length concerning the American note. They insisted that, as the Allianca was in Cuban waters, the commander of the Spanish cruiser acted within his rights. The Minister eventually promised that a full inquiry should be made into the incident and that the Government would not neglect to fulfill all the demands of justice. "It is true that Mr. Taylor, the American Minister, has claimed reparation from Spain on account of the firing on the Allianca, ' he said. "The United States at the same time nresented a demand that American trade with Cuba should not be interfered with, and expressed the hope that the Allianca affair would be equitably settled, since they considered the action of our cruiser a violation of international law. The Government has asked for full information on this subject and is willing to make a just settlement without infringement on international law or prejudice to the dignity of the Nation." Spain, according to a report current in Madrid just after the resignation cf the Cabinet, made a satisfactory answer to Secretary Gresham's demands in connection with the Allianca affair. MINERS ENTOMBED. Two Score Killed by Fir* Damp in Au?trlau Silesia. An explosion of Are damp occurred in the Albrecht mine, at Troppau, Austrian Silesia. Eighty miners were taken out alive, but two hundred were left entombed. It wa3 then estimated that fifty persons were killed. The disaster is attributed to tho accidental explosion of a number of dynamite cartridges known to have been in the possession of a foreman. A later (lespatcn irom iroppau says mat Jorty-three dead bodies were takeu from the mine owned by the late Archduke Albrecht. The Archduke Frederick has ordered that an - annual pension of 100 florins be paid the widow of every victim, the first payment to be made at once. THURSTON'S RECALL DESIRED. The Hawaiian Minister Persona Non Grata to the Administration. Secretary Gresham, according to a report current in Washington, demanded, according to the same report, the recall of Lorin A. Thurston, the Hawaiian Minister to thtJ United States. The letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hawaiian Republic announcing that Mr. Thurston is persona non grata to the Cleveland Administration Witf written on February 21. The charge against the Minister is that hd has been altogether too free in p.ubliHjj criticising tho policy of tho Cleveland AdJ ministration toward Hawaii and of lurnlsn-j ing prematurely for publication information! treating Hawaiian affairs since the failure o! the attempt to restore Lilinokalani anil durj ing the trial of the ex-Queen and her ats complices in the conspiracy to inaugurate a revolution. Secretary Gresham's letter demanding t Minister Thurston's recall gave full speciflcai tions of the charges against him, including newspaper publications said to have been in' spired by him, and copies from official dociW ments of the State Department, showing thai ( the Minister had talked too freely abouj matters which tho Secretary thought wer4 still to be regarded as State Depart men I secrets. 1 Minister Thurston admitted that Secretary 1 Gresham had asked for his recall. According " to international law and custom the demacj must be granted. SPAIN'S CABINET" RESIGNS. ' | The Remit of the Military Raids on News* paper Offices. The Resumen, a paper published in Mad* , rid, Spain, in an article on tho Cuban insur?eotion, charged the junior officers ol the Spanish army with a lack of enthusiasm and an indispsoition to goto Cuba because of the danger to which they would be exposed \ there. Resenting this Imputation, a party of thirty-flve officers raided the office of that paper, smashing desks and otherwise damaging the premises. The ] Globe commented severely upon the action of the offlcers.and protested against their conduct, whereupon sixty officers visited the office of the Globe and made an attack upon the staff of that paper. In the melee the City editor and two subordinates were badly injured and the office was completely wrecked. The crowd of officers and their sympathizers increased every minute until it reached trio numoer or 4uu, ana an attempts to prevent their sacking the office were futile. Later they made another visit to the office 1 of the Resumen, but the Captain-General, i who had in the meantime been summoned, persuaded them to disperse. j At a meeting held in the evening the Madrid ' editors resolved to notify tho Government i that they would suspend the publication ?of all the city newspapers unless they should receive guarantees of the safety of their lives and property. < During the final council of the Sagasta Cabinet a committee of officers went to the council room and asked for the Premier. They demanded that he suppress the Resumen, which had published reflections upon "the courage of the officers' corps, and propose to Parliament severely repressive press laws. The Premier declined to make any such concessions. He reported the officers' demands to the Council, and, after a brief dissuasion, the Ministers decided to resign. The upset was due primarily to the ill feeling roused between the civil and military authorities by the military raids on the newspaper offices. The present colonial complications ilao added to the difficulties of the Ministry. THE PRESIDENT RETURNS. He Approve! of Mr. Gresham's Courts In the Alllanca Affair. President Cleveland returned to Washington after his eleven day3 of reoreation on the water. As he stepped down the gangplank from the Violet to the wharf he looked hale and hearty, and smiled broadly when somebody in the crowd shouted: "Bring out the ducks." There was a glow of health upon his cheeks which was not there when he left < Washington on March'5, the day after Congress had adjourned. The President was accompanied by his com- s panions on the trip, Dr. O'Reilly, of the Army, ' his phj'sioian; Commander Wilde, United ' States Navy, the Naval Secretary of the Light- ' house Board, and Commander Lamberton. < United States Navy, the Lighthouse Inspector of the Fifth Inspection Distriot. ( Enough game was brought back to send ] hampers to all the Cabinet officers in town, ' to Mr. Thurber and to the homes of the Pres- 1 ldent's companions, not to speak of a plentiful supply for the White House table. Mos1 1 of the sport was had in Pamlico Sound, and * the President bagged a fair share. ! President Cleveland and Secretary Oresham ] had a long talk at tho White House immedi- 1 ately after his return from his outing on the 1 subject ol the demand made upon Spain to. < apologize for the action ofthe Spanish gunboat 1 in firing upon the Aliianca. The Secretary took 1 with him all the papers in the case, including the affidavit of Captain Crossman, with accom- < panying map, and a copy of the despatch 1 sent to Minister Taylor at Madrid. The President read all the papers carefully, and iiccordlng to the statement of a State Department official, who afterward talked with the Secretary, the President cordially endorsed ] the terms and sentiment of Mr. Gresham'? lemand upon Spain for an apology. LI HUNG CHANG'S MISSION. Four Points Upon Which China'* Peace Envoy was Empowered to Negotiate. Offloial advices have been received stating that the powers of Viceroy Li Hung Chang) the Chinese Peace Commissioner to Japan, are to negotiate upon four points: 1. The independence of Korea. 2. A money in uemnuy. a. uession 01 territory. i 4. The readjustment of treaty rela- , lions between the two countries In regard tc | commercial relations, extra-territorial juris'liotion and other matters previously covered , by treaties, which have been terminated by j the war. LI Hung Chang s credentials read ] simply "to negotiate," bnt he is clothed with ] full powers for this purpose. ( The Japanese Government already knows what credentials have been given by the Chinese Government to Li Hung Chang. Those credentials are correct in form and accept- ] able to Japan. Marshal Prince Komatsu has been ordered to proceed at once to the front as Commander-in-Chief of all the Japanese armies, i Count Matsukata has been appointed Minis- < ter of Finance to replace Mr. Watanabe. who < has been made Minister of Roads, Railways I and Telegraphs. Count Kuroda, whose ! Eortfolio has been given to Mr. Watanabe, i as been named President of the Privy Coun- < cil. i ( A BAD FIRE IN TOLEDO. < Wall of m Roand Home F?Us and Many ' Firemen Burled In the Debris. The round house of the Wabash Railroad i In Toledo, Ohio, was burned, The fire j caused the loss of three lives and injuries to j nine persons, of whom one probably was 1 fatally hurt. The property damage is be- 1 tween f75.000 and f100,000, The list of the dead la as follows: R. H. Bohlman, flfty-six, painter; skull crushed; internally Injured. John Bowen, eighteen, a spectator; skull orushed; internally injured. J. J. Preston, thirty-five, car inspector; back broken and skull orushea. The walls of the building were considered to be secure,and the brave Are fighters pressed close in toward the building, the more effectively to combat the spreading flames. Suddenly the southeast wall, weakened by the destruction of the frame supports that connected it with the root, fell out and buried a number of firemen under a heap of smoking debris. The round house was completely wrecked, and the six engines stored there were rendered praotically useless. SPANISH TROOPS DEFEATED. They Retreat, Leaving Three Hundred Killed and Wounded. The steamship Olivette arrived at Pori , Tampa, Fla., from Cuba, bringing news of a battle between the insurgents and Government troops, in which the latter were compelled to retreat. General Maso, with 2000 troops, attacked J 2500 Government troops under command of General Saldo, who were on their way 1 from Manslnalla to Bayamo. The engagement lasted two hours and toe Government troops were compelled tr retreat into the town of Bayamo with a loss of 800 men < killed and wounded. The insurgents' loss ii reported to have been less than seventy killed and wounded. i Drowned by a Waterspout. Thirty miles from Gadsden, Ala., near the j Coosa River, a waterspout hurst, flooding s 1 valley for three miles and doing immenst I damage. Many houses floated from theii ] foundations and much live Btock was urowiiwcu u?euu Aiverayxi, litcmcr, m? waic ] and flve-year-old son all lost their lives. < Three men who were cutting timber in th< < valley were thought to have perished-. Children Killed by 'Wlilsky. The two children of Tatrick J. Knoud, o| ' Tuxedo Park, N. J., a boy ngcd live and a ] girl aged three, found a bottlo of their fa- j ther's whisky and drank freely of it. Both became intoxicated, and the littlo girl, attempting to c;o down stairs, fell headlong killing herself. William Havens, of Norwalk, Conn., n brakeinan. placed a bottlo of whisky on the dining room table. His son James, aged five, and his little daughter Marguerite, aged four, were up before the others next morning and drank a large quantity of tht contents. The boy died and no hopes were entertained for the little grirl. \ SPAIN MOST APOLOGIZE. Sresham Demands a Prompt Disavowal tor Firing on the Allianca, WARSHIPS ORDERED TO CUBA. Instructions Sent to United State? Minister Taylor at Madrid?The Spanish Minister at Washington Very Indignant? Madrid Greatly Excited?Forcible Interference Cannot Be Tolerated. Mr. Hannls Taylor, the American Minister to 8pain, presented to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Madrid a demand from his Government for apology and reparation from the Government of Spain on account of the yiianca affair. Mr. Taylor's action was sased on the following dispatch from Secretary of State Gresham, dated Washington: "Taylor, Minister, Madrid: ''This department is Informed that on tho 3th inst. the United States mail steamuhip illianca, on her homeward voyage from Colon to New York, when six miles from the :oast of Cuba, off Cape Maysi, was repeatidly fired upon by a Spanish gunSoat. fvith solid shot, which, fortunately, leli ihort ' 8ECBETABT 0BE8HAH. "The Windwaid Passage, where this oejurred, is the natural and usual highway for vessels plying between ports of the United 3tates and the Caribbean Sea. Through it several regular lines of American mail and commercial steamers pass weekly within sight of Cape Maysi. They are well known, ind their voyage embraces no Cuban port of :alL "Forcible interference with them cannot be claimed as a belligerent act, whether they pass within three miles of the Cuban coast or lot, and can under no circumstances be :olerated when no state of war exists. "This Government will expect prompt disavowal of the unauthorized act, and due jxpression of regret on the part of Spain, ind it must insist that immediate and positive orders be given to Spanish iiaval commanders not to interfere with legitimate American commerce passing :hrough that channel, and prohibiting all icts wantonly imperilling lif* and property awfully under the flag of the United States. "xou win communioare tnisxo tne .Minister >f Foreign Affaire, and urge importance of prompt and satisfactory response. "Gbesham." MINISTER MURUACA DISPLEASED. 9e Thinks Mr. Granhara Should Have Waited for "More Facts." An interesting and most unusual feature >f the controversy is the attitude assumed >y the Spanish Minister in Washington, 5enor Muruaga. Diplomacy is not silenco with him, for no diplomat ever talked with nore freedom or recklessness than he has lone since the news first came of the firing lpon the Allianoa. The Minister insisted ;hat he had been unable, with the aid of all he Spanish officials in Cuba, to identify t- 1 4- J ik? nkAi 4-Us* ut> guuuuai wuicu iirou mo nuui ui iuo American flag. and repeated the opinion that Captain Crosaman's story was a ".fake." 3ven after the receipt of Captain Crossman's ifHdavit, Minister Muruaga was inclined to egard the warlike Spanish vessel as a myth. The Spanish Minister wa3 considerably piqued that the State Department should lave Ignored him in its correspondence with Madrid, and should have failed to inform ilm thftt the correspondence had been opened 3rto furnish him with a copy of the dispatch. SECRETARY GRESHAM ON DUTY. HU Policy Meeta With Approval In Army and Navy Circles. Secretary Gresham, in spite of his sickness ind the inclemency of the weather, resumed iuty at the State Department and was closetid with Assistant Secretary Uhl for several lours. Mr. Gresham left the department at 2 p. m. and returned to his hotel. Neither he ior any other State Department official would iiscuss the Spanish affair further than to ad mit the accuraoy of the publisned text of the iespatch sent to Minister Taylor at Madrid. No expression could be obtained from them an Minister Muruaga's somewhat drastic jomments upon the action of the department. The very serious blunder or outrage committed by the Spanish gunboat excited much uomment in Washington, and Secretary Gresham's demand upon Spain to apologize for the insult offered to the American flag was almost universally approved in Army ind Navy circles. Excitement In Spain. Great excitement prevailed in Madrid, not only among the high officials, but through ill classes, over the reception by the Spanish Government of Secretary Gresham's ultimatum in the case of the Alliance. Large crowds thronged all the evening ibout the newspaper offices, and some hot neaaea Bpaniaras mnue cuiu-auiow^n.. jpeeches, which were cheered by the crowd, [t was evident, however, that the Government was viewing the matter calmly, for the police promptly suppressed the would-be orators. Cruisers to Stop at Havana. Secretary Horbert did all that he thought necessary or possible for him to do in orlering the New York and Columbia to stop at Havana on their way to the West Indies, tvhere they had already been ordered, and as Secretary Gresham went to the extent of his authority in demanding prompt apology, it was fair to assume that the incident would remain in statu quo until a reply had been received from the Spanish Government. How Spain May Apologize. There are various ^ethods by which the lpology of Spain could be made, the most popular one being the saluting of tho flag of :he United States and a written apology to :he Government for having insulted it. , A WHOLE ASSEMBLY INDICTED. Charges of Gross Corruption Against Oklahoma's Legislature. The*United States Grand Jury in session n Guthrie. Oiclahoma, summoned almost jvery member of tlio third Legislative Aslembly?sergeant-at-arms, clerks and doorkeepers?to appear before it. It was charged :hat much corruption existed in the Assembly and that over 420,000 was expended in furthering legislation. The jury, it was given out, determined to investigate these reports, and if evidence :ame out that corrupt practices were pursued indictments were to follow. "Women Suffrage in California. At Sacramento, Cat, the Stato Ssnato has idopted a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote. Tho amendment lias already been adopted by the Assembly, :ind will now be submitted to tho voters of California. Blows Good for Notaries Public. It is said that thero aro 100,000 people in Chicago who will have to make income tax returns, and each return must be sworn to before a notary public. The usual price of a notarial swear is twenty-flve cents, so that the notaries of Chicago will profit to the extent of $25,000. CHINA GIVES**UP. Will Content to Indemnity, CeMlon of Tei rltory and Surrender a Squadron. It is reported that Li Hang Chang ia ii etructed to consent to an indemnity; also,: necessary, to a cession of territory. The Japanese will oocupy Manchurif Shangtung promontory and Formosa. Th Indemnity will be guaranteed by the custom and will be paid quinquennially. China: also ready to surrender her southern squac ron, now hiding at Nankin. The Emperor and Dowager Empres warned Li Lung Chang that he need not n turn unless successful. They upbraided hit for ooncealin? from them the deolorabl condition of China, which, they said, migb easily have been victorious if properly pr< pared. The Central News correspondent in Tokic Japan, telegraphs: i(8ome 1600 Chinese attacked the out-posl at Chiulie, near the border of Korea, on th morning of the 11th. They were repulse With heavy losses and were pursued. Ai other Chinese force. 1000 atroncr. made at tacks on the Japanese rear and left flank, bt was repulsed with seventy killed. The Jai anese loss was sis wounded." FIJI ISLANDS DEVASTATED. Several Days of Hurricane Destroy The) Fertile Plantations. Particulars have arrived of a terrible hui ricane which swept over the Fiji Islands few weeks ago. Several large vessel came to grief, with loss of life and buildings in Suva, the capital c Fiji, suffered severely. The town was th centre of the hurricane. It was accompanle by a driving rain, penetrating ever] thing. The storm continued from Febn ary 7 until 5 o'clock, February 11, and the gradually calmed down. The cocoani plantations will take fully five years t recover and banana plantations have bee ruined. Thi3 is the most serious hurrican the group has had for years. The islan of Tave union, where most of the Europea planters are settled, has been swept froi top to bottom. The effect of such a storm must be famini disease and many deaths. The Governmei of the Fiji Islands has voted money to met the more Immediate necessities, but this wi certainly not prove sufficient. By far tl largest number of natives belong to tl Methodist Church of the colony and missioi ary societies are taking steps to give relief. RHODE ISLAND'S APRIL ELECTION. Gubernatorial Tickets Placed in the Fiel at Conventions in Providence. . The Rhode Island Republican State Coi ventlon at Providence nominated candidal for the April election, Charles Warren Li] pitt, of Providence, was named for Govern* to succeed D. Russell Brown, who has bee elected by the Republicans for three conseoi tive terms. For the rest of the general offici the present incumbents were nominated f< re-eleotion. They are: Lieutenant-Gove nor, Edwin_R. Allen; Secretary of 8tat cnaries jf. .Bennett; Anorney-uenerai, m ward C. Dubois, and General Treasure Samuel Clark. The Democratic State Convention, al< held at Providence, named the followir ticket: For Governor,"George L. Littlefleli of Pawtucket; for Lieutenant-Governor, k\ gustus B. Miller, of Providence; for Seer tary of State, George W. Greene, of Wool socket; for Attorney-General, George Brown-, ot Providence; for General Treasure John G. Perry, of South Kingstown. STARTING FOR LIBERIA. Colored People Leav* Memphis for Savai nah to TaHe Ship for Africa. Three hundred and ten colored persons le Memphis, Tenn., on a special train for Savai nah, Ga., there to take a steamship to can them to Liberia. The emigrants were gatl ered irom Arkansas ana Mississippi, xt desire to emigrate Is spreading in the Soutl ern cotton countries. They are to be transported by the Africa Migration Society, each person having pai j $41, which defrays all expenses of the trij I Six thousand colored persons are now pa; ing for fares in advance. The people wt | left Memphis are mostly farmers, thohg there are carpenters, blacksmiths and othi craftsmen. One-half are women and chi dren. They have agreed to form a color by themselves. CUINEA-PICS IN DEMAND. A Problem Confronting the Health Di partment of New York City. There is a "corner" in the guinea-pig ma ket. The increased use of anti-toxine hi caused a greatly increased demand for an mals upon -which to test the effect of tl remedy. The guinea-pig is especially adaj ted for these purposes, because all guinei pigs show the same reaction, whereas hums beings and other animals show the effect < the serum in different ways. The former price of guinea-pigs was six! cents each. On account of the scarcity, tt price has advanced to seventy-five and ninel cents, and the Health Department of Ne York City is having difficulty in securing tt 200 pigs that they use every month. Tfcei is a probability that the Health Board ma start a guinea-pig farm of its own. SENSITIVE OF HONOR. A Young 4Man Kill# Himself to Avoi Disgrace of Arrest. William Hill, aged twenty-two, only son < Lyman E. Hill, a retired gun merchant, con mitted suicide at Putnan, Conn., under sir 1-- XXJ11 Tffonf r*n a anrf guiur Uiruuuumuua), lull nvn v/u ? T., with Louis Geer. aged seventeen. The | hired a team to go to a hotel at Buck Hil According to Geer a wheel broke and the returned to get another wagon, which w* | refused. The young men made a fuss an were arrested. As Geer entered the jail door Hill remarks that it would disgrace his father and mothf | if he were locked up. and drew a revolve Before the deaf officer who had him i I charge could disarm him he had shot himse in the head. Ho died immediately. Hi I had many friends. He was a member < Company G and was an expert riflemai The man who sold Hili liquor, as the tow I grants no licenses, is legally responsibl aud the matter is being looked up by tta town fathers. Killed Himself With Electricity. William Boetler, a press boy, seventoe years old, in Dreschsler's printing office, i Baltimore, Md., was killed by electricit; He stood on the zinc floor, with his ri^l hand resting on an electric motor, an turned the lever with his left hand. He w< killed instantly. Points ef Law. A bill introduced before the Massachuseti Legislature this year proposed a fine of $ for every voter who fails to take advantajj of the right of suffrage. In Howard County, Missouri, a loams judge decided that certain hogs which wei permitted to run wild were ferae natural and any one had a right to kill them lit rabbits. An Indian on the Umatilla reservation, i Oregon, has won a judgment of 4200 dan a^es because an Indian officer sentenced hii to have his hair cut as a penalty for druui enuess. Kew York Women G?ln a Point. A concurrent resolution, introduced at A bany by Assemblyman Jiixon, to submit th question to strike the word "male" from th Constitution of New York Statotothe peopli passed the Assembly by a vote of 80 to 21. The women had gathered pretty thickl in tiie chamber and they buzzed like a hi\ of bees. Five porters carried in the chamb< four baskets liilod with petitions, containin 000 signatures, praying that the rights ( suffrage bo extended to females. The rest lution was sent to the Senate. Treasurer of His Town Fifty Years. At Richford, Vt., Elias Carpenter has bea elected Town Treasurer for the fiftieth bu< aesslve year. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. f t'S > Washington Items. , , [f r "yj^. A special meeting of the Cabinet wu held v - - .V i- to consider the situation of affair* in -y.'i If Venezuela and Nicaragua. ( *' The President appointed Joseph R. Herod, , of Indiana, to be Secretary of the Legation />'? of the United States to Japan. " ) :].pr. Ye Heux Gik, the Korean Charge d'Af? 1 ?f| . fairs, %7ho has been confined to the Legation i by serious illness for the past three months, '/v.? has been recalled by his Government at hi* own request. 'fgsPiS a delegation of Cheyenne and Arapahoe ..gjj n Indians called upon the Secretary of the In? e terior to pay their respects. They are the most notable Indians that have visited Wash- j 5. ington for some time. Among them are chiefs who participated in the Ouster massacre al , the Little Big Horn and engaged in many - mr ' other fights. 3 Th* question whether diamond cutting Is e a new industry in the United States has been d decided in the negative by Acting Secretary ' '--/j i- Hamlin, of the Treasury Department. Theret fore, Holland diamond cutters cannot comtf " ; it here under contract. > The Government filed a claim involving J $15,000,000 against the estate of the late Sen- 7.'&i fttor Leland Stanford. Fob the eight and a half months of the current fiscal year just ended the receipts of the United 8tates from all sources have been ' 3 9223,776,901, and the expenditures $203,414,r* The Ways and Means Committee recom- ; a mends that England, Russia and Japan be '1 Ig requested to co-operate with the United States in protecting the seals. "1 President Cleveland decided the bono* , fc|5j >r dary dispute between Brazil and Argentina ? In favor of Brazn. ? Foreljjn Note*. it President Htppolite, of Hayti, <eft Port o au Prince with a large sum of money and f v- ;$? n troops and munitions of war, and took up a ,e position where ho would be better able to ^ , d cope with the threatened rebellion u The Duchess of Leinster, the noted beauty n and leader of London society, Is dead. , Li Hong Chano arrived In Japan to treat r'vjs ^ on behalf of China for peaoe. 5t Several bands of Cuban rebels were d?- '' 11 feated by the Spanish forces. 10 Peru's revolutionists carried their mxJ L0 fare right up to the doors of the capital,' Lima, where a three days' battle was fought. ' .' In the Verde mine, at Minis Prietas, Sonora, ' Mexico, four miners were killed and one fatally Injured by an explosion of giant pow- . -> p^ d Nearly fifty thousand English boot and { shoe operatives who objected to Improved American machinery have been locked out.' x" Before Queen Victoria left England foi 33 her outing she made the Liberal and Tory &?r > leaders promise, it is said, that they would ' '\y )r not break up the Government while she is ' in gon0- . ^ Domestic. '.rV >r At Ntw Orleans, La., the Grand Jury 'v'.C$s r- r hich has been Investigating the levee riots e, eturned indictments for murder against . ^ a? 1- twenty-eight of the participants. r, In the Maine Senate, at Augusta, the Woman's Suffrage bill, which had already so passed the House> was rejected by a vote ot , JIM't f 111?15- ; 7 General Neal Dow, "the father of Pro- }$ ~~ hlbition," celebrated at Portland, Me., hlfl :> ninety-first birthday. He had many callers., > , |!/sp I_, a. ituBirii; aimuon, muilR air wiux r - sand, swept over Denison, Texas. Houses wero unroofed, trees blown down, and a' , . : 'f great deal of damage done, Vtl A. E. Butler, Cashier of the Arlington (Mass.) National Bank and an Alderman, committed suicide by shooting. Mr. Botlet was taken ill a few weeks before with grip ' and had been suffering mentally. Johk Kubtz, a saloon-keeper, and Anthony " Ketchum, an insurance agent, were killed at i- a fire in New York City, and other tenants y were rescued by heroic flr?men. Kurtz lost '}% his life while bravely attempting to save his wife and children. '6 Br the explosion of a sawmill boiler near Eight Mile Creek, Texas, six persons were killed and as many more maimed. [d The Danish steamship Horsa left Savanp_ nah, Ga., bound for Monrovia, Liberia, with <7. 196 colored passengers, men, women and y i0 children, on board. v-mEsH ;h The National Bank of Kansas City, Mo.t 3r failed to open its doors. The. assets are 1- 11,800,000, with liabilities of $1,050,000. The Populist Convention of the Tenth Georgia Congress District met at Thomson, the home of Thomas E. Watson, and nominated him unanimously for Congress, toj make the race in the special eleoton made necessary by the resignation of Congresman s" Blaok. y President Beowksojt and Cashier Morgan, ^ r- of the wrecked Chenango Valley Savings jg Bank, Binghamton, were arrested. J j. While Frederick Marcott, the inventor of a patent rope fire-escape, and his cousin, George Marcott. aged twelve, wero giving P- an exhibition at Duluth, Minn., the rope broke, aud they fell sixty feet. The boy was n Instantly killed. Marcott was fatally in-' . } jured. , . The 8upreme Court of Illinois gave a Y decision declaring that the eight-hour law, . or, as it is generally known, the sweatshop ' I '-l law, is unconstitutional. About 40,000 ^ women in Illinois who work in factories are , . V ' ? affected. W MM ? \ Passengers from Cuba brought ^ export to Key West, Fia., that the Spanish- gapboat ,v> Arcedo fired on and sank an American! /. 9ohooner off Puerto del Padre, and that the crew of sixteen was lost Govebnob McIktibe, of Colorado, offered d $1000 reward for the arrestand conviction of the lynchers of Italians at Walsonburg. He . received a telegram from the State Department at Washington saying that the Presil_ dent approved his coarse. Daniel Ward, who was arrested in Bosta frnn htiQ HP An {HonflHa/l oa ?na nf 4-KA ??**? 'V ?v-f vvwu ,?VUK?UVU ?KJ VUV Ul bUO gou^ iy who tried to barn New York City during the 1. War. >y The fifth attempt to burn Algona, Iowa, is was made. Four business houses were d burned. The militia was then placed on guard. , ? The New Jersey Senate, as High Court of ,;> ;r Impeachment, removed justice Connolly, of r- Bayonne, from office. Police Captain Cboss and Wardman II George Smith, who were dismissed from the 5f New York force by the Police Commissioners a as guilty of extortion and neglect of duty. q were reinstated by a decision of the General [0 Term of the Supreme Court. e The General Term of the New York Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Erastus Wiman. convicted last summer on a charge of forgery. ' >> ,a Between $100,000 and $150,000 in money . and bonds, which was in care of the Adams Express Company, was believed to have been Y- destroyed in a fire which followed the smashing a passenger train at Terre Haute, Ind. n johmhon Jacob, a full-blooded Choctaw, 13 was executed by shooting at the Pushmata District Court House, Indian Territory, for the murd?r of his wife. Wbkckaoe from the steamer Chicora. which was lost with twenty-four persons on J? boarcl sevoral weeks ago, has begun coming ^ ashore at St. Joseph, Mich. (j Prominent Teople. e The late Earl of Dudley, of England, was ?, insured for over $1,500,000. :e The Russian Czar's coronation will take place late in May at Moscow. n The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, has uovor si^acu a uetim wfirrauu Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., has resigned his pastorate at Now York City, stating that he desired greater freedom in his work. Emperor William, of Gormany, is superintending iu person the arrangements for 1- opening the North Sea and Baltic Canal. .0 JI. Pcvis de Chavasxes, the distinguished l0 French artist, is to receive 350,000 for decorating one room in the Boston public library. The Paris Municipal Council has decided y to bestow the name of the illustrious Pasteur '? Dn the street that has hitherto been called K Hue d'Uim. K Senator George, of Mississippi, will re;ire at the close of his present term, when he will have completed eighteen years of service in the Senate. Congressman Siblet, who is to be the ailver party's Presidential figure-head, is a D tall and slender man of about forty-two 3- years. His face is beardless. Mr. Sibley is a rich farmer and has an Interest besides in leveral manufacturing industries.