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wimwmm It Passes the Assembly Amid Scenes of Great Disorder and Excitement SENT TO GOVERNOR MORTON, Members Locked In, All Amendments Voted Down and the Bill Finally Passed by a Vote of 84 to 59?Seventeen Kepublicans Voted Against It?A Summary of the Bill's Provisions. At.ba.xy, March 14.?After a session which lasted continuously for over nine hours, and was marked by scenes of the greatest con, fusion and disorder, the Assembly passed the Raines Excise bill on Thursday by a vote of 84 to 59. Durinj? a great part of the session the doors were kept locked to prevent the and Rpnublican ODDOnentSOt the bill from defeating its passage by leaving the chamber. While seventy-six members constitute a quorum, it was necessary that ?' _ ninety should be present and voting, inasmuch as the bill is a tax measure. No member was permitted to enter or deport without a written pass. Only ladies were permitted on the floor of the Assembly. Senators were rigidly excludca. Senator Cantor, the Democratic leader, applied for admission and was rebuffed. When the Democrats refrained from answering to their names the Speaker directed the Clerk to note the fact that they were present, and they were counted with the others. At one time the disorder was so great that the Speaker threatened Assemblyman Trainor, of New York, with arrest unless ho took his seat. The passage of the bill was due very largely to the activity of the 8peaker, both in the chair and on the floor, and the assistance he received from Leader O'Grady aad Assemblyman 8. Fred Nixon. At critical times, while he was on the floor the Speaker coached whichever of his lieutenants happened to be in the chair, and the rule of the majority was asserted with the utmost vigor. All the proposed amendments to the bill were voted down. Finally Speaker Fish took the floor and defended the measure In tne closing speech of the day. The roll call on the final passage of the bill was not concluded until 7 p. m. The fortytwo Democrats who were present voted against the bill. Four Democrats and three Repubiicanswere absent. They wore: Ebbetts (Dem. ^>f Kings, Goodman (Dem.) of New York, Gray (Rep.)'of Dutchess. Kempner Si)em.) of New York. Malone (Dem.) of New ork, G. W. Meyer (Dem.) of New York, and G. W. Wilson (Rep.) of Brooklyn. The following Republicans voted with the Democrats against the bill: Adler. French, Laimbeer, and Murphy of New York; Babcock of Chautauqua; jBlasdell, Braun, Hill, Peever3, C. Smith. Springweller, and Steiner of Erie; Brennan. Degraw, Forrester, Hughes, and Wagstaff of Kings. Mr. Kempner (Dem., N. Y.), who made the principal speech against the bill, had to leave, so that he was not present to vote against it. Most of the New York and Brooklyn members explained on the roll call that Km. nrnnid TTrtfn for the bill as a Dartv meas ure if it were not for the great sentiment against it In their respective districts. Babcock, who is a free silver and temperance advocate, voted against it because it permits steamboats on Lake Chautauqua, as elsewhere, to sell liquor. The bill passed the Assembly just as it came from the Senate, and yesterday went to the Governor for Executive action. Provisions of the Bill as Passed. Abolition of all excise boards on April 80, 1896. Termination of all excise licenses June 30, next. Creation of State excise commmissionei with headquarters in Albany, at salary ol $5000, deputy at $4000, three special inspectors at $4000. $3000 and $2000; sixty confidential inspectors-at-large at $1200, and expenses for all. A bureau at Albany with clerical help. Gives one-third of the net revenue collentfid to the State, and two-thirds to the counties. Allows oounty treasurers, except in counties containing cities of the first class, fees ranginsr from one per cent, to three per cent., the lattei in country districts. Prohibits all night licenses, and the sale of liquor on Sunday except in hotels with meals. This prohibition extends to clubs, where liquor may be sold only at meals. Fine for violation of law is fixed at not less than twice the amount of license. Allows local option in towns only and not in cities. Compels posting of iiquor licenses In windows of saloons. Prohibits saloons within two hundred feet of a church or school. Allows courts to review applications foi license, also petitions tor revocation of license. Hotels must have at least ten rooms fox accommodation of guest3 to be rated as hotels. Excise fee or license for saloons or places where the liquor is to be drunk on the premises to be $800 in New York City; $650 in Brooklyn; 8500 in other cities of more than 60,000; $350 in cities of less than 50,000 and more thau 10,000; $300 in places of less than 10,000, bat more than 500C: $200 in village' of lees than 5000 but more than 1200 Inhabitants, and in all other places $100. For the sale of liquors not to be drunk on the premises the tax i9 to be, in New York City, $500; in Brooklyn. 6400; in cities oi from 50,000 to 500,000 inhabitants, $300; in places of from 10,0C0 to 50,000 inhabitants, $200; In villages of from 50'J0 to 10,000 inhabitants, $100; in villages of from 1200 to 5000 inhabitants, $75, and in other places, $50. Druggists' licenses for the sale on prescription, except of alcohol for medicinal or mechanical purposes, $100 in New York; $75 1d ?- fmm ki onn t.-> 500.000 lnh ibitants, 450; in cities of from 10,000 to 50/ 00 Inhabitants, ?33; in villages of from 500?to 10,000 inhabitants, ?20; in Tillages ol frot^ 1200 to 5000, $15, and iu other places, J10. Steamboat and car licenses for liquor to be drunk where sold, $200. Act takt3 effect immediately. Professor Roentgen Created a Baron. In recognition of valuable services to hlj native country ani to all the world, Prince Ludwlg of Bavaria.has created Professoi Roentgen, of Wuerzburg, a Baron. A little more than a month ago the name of Professor Roentgen was only known in a few exclusive scientiflo clroles, mainly for some speculative papers on clinical subjects. Today it is popular throughout tho civilized world. Baron Roentgen was born in 1345 in Zurich, Switzerland. Feared Rabies, Died In Convulsions. Robert Wheeler, Sr., of White Mills, Penn.( was bitten on the hand by a dog a year ago. He often expressed the fear that he would hav3 hydrophobia. He fell in tho roadway in violent convulsions. He died very soon. The doctors say he died of heart disease, not /.f htdrnnhobla. Southern Cotton for Rns<!a. A. Russian cotton manufacturer has been Interviewed iu St. Louis, after a tour of the cotton States. He says his Ami will begin using Southern cotton instead of Egyptian. The Labor World. A union of laundry workers was organized in Syracuse, N. Y. Stoue cutters have been on strike in Chicago since January G. There is $1343 in the defense fund of the Building Trades Section. Abolition of the militia is advocated in tho Journal of the Knights of Labor. Thorough organization ot New York City laundry workers was commenced. The Fall River (Mass.) mills have declared an average quarterly dividend of 1.93 per cent. Tho window, flint and groan glass union organizations in Indiana are forming a trust- i THE HALLS OF CONCRESS. The Daughters of the Revolution want Congre?s to buy and make parks of the old f^rts cad battle fields of 1812 In Northern Ohio. The House passed the bill making one year's continuous residence in a Territory a prerequisite to obtaining a divorce. The House passed a bill authorizing the establishment of a signal house and fog signal at Big Oyster Bed Shoal, New Jersey, to cost $4500. * Congress proposes to compel the Washington Gas Company to sell its product at $1 a thousand feet. A sworn statement of the H.'ohn room fill ts of the com Dan V for 1895 shows that 'it took $1,137,000 trom consumers and paid its stockholders $600,000 in dividends. The Scranton bill to give tho Territory of Alaska a delegate in Congress, to be elected by the people, was ordered to be favorably reported by the House Territories Committee. A committee representing New York publishing Arms submitted protests against the passage of the Loud bill relating to secondolass postal matter. The extravagance of the Senate has so impressed Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, that he has introduced resolutions calling for an inquiry. He says there are four men employed for each 8enator. For the current fiscal year the appropriations for the Senate, with a membership of 88, amounted to $1,088,838.90, while the appropriations for tho House, with a member* ship of 356, amounted to $2,674,819.43. The House Committee on Agriculture, by a vote of 9 to 6, decided to lay upon the table the Anti-Options (Hatch) bilt This practically kills the measure for this Congress. In the contested election case of Benoit (Tooulist) against Boatner (Democrat), of the Fifth District of Louisiana, Elections Committee No. 2'of the House of Representatives decided to report a resolution declaring that neither contestee nor contestant is entitled to the seat. The sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Territories, by the unanimous vote3 of Senators Davis, White and Shoup, has ordered a favorable report on the bill to admit New Mexico to Statenood. The Sanate passed a bill changing the limitations of fourth-class mail ma:ter so as to free the postal service from bulky articles heretofore sent free by the Government departments. Representative Poole has obtained a favorable report on his bill, granting a pension of $12 a month to Phoebe M, Wolley Palmeter, daughter of Jonathan Wolley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. TiHE SALVATION ARMY REVOLT. Booth Tucker Tllacle American Commander ? Calllnsrtoa Booth'? Army Growing. Commissioner Eva C. Booth, who had temporarily supplanted her deposed brother, Ballington Boota, in tne command 01 me Salvation Army in America, has in turn been superseded. Mr. and Mrs. Booth-Tucker have been appointed to the command of the Army in America. A cablegram from London announcing their appointment by -wwnvC01QII3SI0KEB BOOTH-TUCKEB. (New Commander of the Salvation Army In America.) General Booth was received at the Army's headquarters in New York. The new Commander's real name is F. de la Tour Tucker, but when he married Emma Booth, the second daughter of the old General, he was persuaded to add the name of her family to his own. He has 3fnce been called BoothTuoker. The marriage took place In 1888, and since that time Mr. Tucker's life has been taken up with Salvation Army matters. He was born in India and resigned from a Government office to join the Salvation Army. MBS. BOOTH-TCCKEB. Tne Dew American Army under Ballington Booth and his wife is being rapidly organized. It already contains some of the best people of the old Armv. The ranks of the old Army in New York have just been depleted by the resignation of two prominent officers. One is Staff Captain Pattle Watkins, who reorganized the Bowery corps and is known as the "3wedish Nightingale. The second is Adjutant Hartwright. who for nine years had been cashier at headquarters. Both officers will join Ballington Booth's .organization. A Year'* Production of Zinc. The United States Geological Survey ha just completed the collection of the statistics of the produ:tion of zinc in the United States during the year 1895, which show a total of 89,686 ton?, as against 75,323 in 1894. This breaks the record. The increase is particularly evident in the Illinois-Indiana region. Thanked for a Death Sentence. At Grayson,. Ky., James Dawitt was sentenced to be hanged for wife murder. When the verdict was brought in he smiled, and, rising, thankeJ tin jury in a speech, saying that the dyiag screa ns of his victim had been ringing in his ears since the killing. Kail Name for Oar tattle. Walter Long. President of the British Roar*! of Agriculture, stated in the Com mons that seventy-two cases of contagious pluero-paeumonia hail been found in cattlo imported from the United States, and sixteen in cattle imported from Canada since October. 1892. Whatever view the Candian and United States authorities might take, he could only say that it had been conclusively proved there that the disease was infectious. Xo Loafing; at the Church Door. Tho authorities of a Lexington (Ky.) church ask the City Council to impose a big fine tor loafing around a church door before and after service. MOST BEAUTIFUL C I I 1 I f . MARGUERITE OF S, According to the Chicago Times-Herali only tho most beautiful Queen in all the w< liest as well. Marguerite Teresa Maria Gi< father was Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa, wh< is a sister of the present King of 3axony. ions, letters, art. 8he Is fond of sovereign tronage it involves. She is fitted physical! figure tall and aristocratic, her hair a delif perfect, her movements full of grace, her n MGliM HELPS ITtti France Threatens to Intervene and War Cloud Rises. GREAT REJOICING AT ROM I Premier Kadlnl Says There Can Be > Peace, In Abyssinia Till Italy Has S I cared an Honorable Position?-tl ' Ministry Asks for a Credit to Carry c the War?Paris Excited. Rome, Italy, March 18.?Tho ceremonif in the Chamber of Deputies when tha Ma quis di Rudini, the new Italian Prime Mi: ister, presented to the Chamber the new formed Cabinet, were impos'ng. Four hui dred Deputies wore present. Premier i Rudini began his address to the Chamb thus: "Our first thought turns to the bnr soldiers who have fallen In Africa In defem of the flag. Let us send a message of syc pathy and hope to those who are still mail tainlng the honorof Italy in that countr Events of which Parliament will have I judge have led our sons to disaster, duo I want of military preparation. Whoever responsible for the disaster will be punished He denied the truth of the rumors of tl Government's acceptance of proposals f< peace with Abyssinia, and announced th the Government would ask for a credit $30,000,000 for the purpose of continuing tl campaign until Italy had obtained an hono able situation. "The late Ministry," the Premier co ' tinued, "ordered the opening of negotiatioi for peace. We have continued the negotl tions and will still continue to treat, but v will not accept any conditions except su< as will reinstate the National honor." The Premier's speech was greatly ap^lau od, the Radicals Deing especi tt'IJ with his statement In opposition to coloni expansion. Other groups, however, foui the Government's intentions in Africa, outlined by the Premier, obscure and co tradictory. ENGLAND IS THREATENED. Franco Does Not Approve of Her Exped tion to Dongola. r London, March 18.?Whoever reads t tween the lines of the news from Euro plainly sees that England must back do\ again and drop the Egyptian campaign, u dertaken to aid Italy in ner Abyssinian tro bles, or face a very ugly attitude of be Ffrancb and Russia. It was announced in Parliament that aft consultation with Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir Re vers Buller and Sir Francis Grenfell, Lo Wolseley counselled the Government unle in a case of great emergency it would not advisable on uccount of the impendii hot weather and lowness of t Nile to advance further than se enty or eighty miles to Akasb< some considerable distance this side of Do gola. Lord Cromer called attention to t Jl" ?" '-"" -""Ino snnnlleq for a for ciliucuuy Ui uauDpvii?uQ w~kX? of eight to ten thousand men beyond tt place. No further adTance, thertfore, deemed possible until the Nile rises in 8e tember. The Temps and Journal de3 Desbats jo the French chorus against the expedltlo which, it is generally believed, is slmplj move on the part of Great Britain to solid) and make permanent her occupation Egypt- A The Italians Enthusiast^^r , Rome, Italy, March 18.?The Italii pres3 are very enthusiast over the stat ment made by Mr. George N. Curzon, TJnd Foreign Secretary, in the British House Commons, in regard to the British expec tion into the Soudan. The Popolo ft mano says it is impossible to exa gerate the importance of the stal ment. For the first time, the paper aa the British Government proclaims to Euro her alliance with Italy. The Italian Gover ment is informedthat a large Italian caravi has retchel Kassala. It met with no oppoj tion from the Dervishes. A Ship Blown to Pieces. A despatch from Boma, capital of t Congo Free State, Africa, says the Briti steamer Matadi, has been destroyed at Bon by an explosion of punpowder. Twenty-fl passengers were killed. The vessel had < board twelve tons of gunpowder, all of whi was ignited, Dlowingtnesmpinio iragm?ai Kngland'* New Wur. It was announced in the House of Co; mons that the British Government does n contemplate occupation of the Soudan, b that the advance on Dongola is intend imply as a diversion to aid the Italian art :i Africa in the interest of all Europe. Suicide of :i l'os linns tor. Chief Postofflce Inspector Wheeler receiv at Washington a telegram from Inspectc Sutton and Reed, who have been inspectii the office at Kansas City. Kan., reporting i apparent shortage of iS'JO^. Frank AIat< the postmaster, committed suicide, shootli thr/\nrrh tlift hour! Thr* ir turned over to his sureties. Mobilized Forccs of Spain. The mobilized forces of Spain, accordi: to the latest Government reports, are es mated at about 176,035. exclusive of office] with 590 large guns. Of the reserve form there are estimated as available 5500 office and 585.000 men of the First Reserve and : 1217.000 of the 8econd Reserve. iUEEN IN JHE WORLO. ! I VJ7A i?#i *S. i' E{| ^ ? ' ' ;jHf' Br'1'^'"p ^ 4P, jr<j ?i'-^.- 1 o\ * " i \ ff^te^ -V! J [ J kv-O' '? ' fflpyw jfjp^0 \ 9iY0y, QUEEN OF ITALY. 1- Marcneritft nf flavov. Queen of Italy. is not >rld, but tho moat cultured, gracious anil love)vanna was born on November 20, 1851. Her ) died when she was four years old; her mother Italy's Queen Is not domestic. She loves fashIty end the endless work of social duty and pay for these things, for her face Is beautiful, her jht In chestnut brown, her arms and shoulders aanner ever dignified, always charming. f KENTUCKY DEADLOCK OVER. The Legislature Adjourns Without Electing a Senator. "Everlasting, eternally and forever," aca cording to the resolution, the joint Assembly of the Kentuoky Legislature adjourned at Frankfort. Th9 eDtlre session was a failure* Primarily, the chief business of the body, the provision of ways and means, and the enact t ment of just laws for the conduot and administration of government, was neglected, and in addition there was presented the rare spectacle of a State Capitol filled with >o troops, enforcing martial law. And lastly, the election of a reDresentative of the State in the highest body In the land failed of ac10 complishment. m The joint session began promptly at noon amid a din of voices inside, ana trumpets; bugles and drums outside. The Senators and newspaper men filed into the House 53 hall. The lobbies were filled with ladies r- and State officials. While the crowd was D_ gathering a group sang the Doxology. The preliminary roll call disclosed the fact " that Dunlap (Rep.) seated in place of Kaufa man (Dem.) was not present. No Democrats di answered to their names. The Chair angr nounced that sixty-six members had answered to their names,but that a ballot would be taken to 3ee if seventy, a quorum, were re present and voting. ;0 * The ballot began, and not a man, Republi* can or Democrat, answered to his name durj ing the call of the Senate roll. Mr. Howard moved that the session be dissolved everlastingly, eternally and forever. ? His motion was carried with a wild yell. A member started up the Doxology and the ? crowd in the lobby joined in. 8enator Blaokburn sat in the Senate cloak ^ room surrounded by his friends smiling at z? his satisfaction at having accomplished all he had really hoped for from the beginning. i- CUBAN REPUBLIC POSTACE STAMPS. Q. They Have Been Issued In New York for 13 Use If Spanish Power Is Overthrown. a* The first issue of Cuban postage stamps, ,jj designed by the revolutionists in New York City, and intended for use in Cuba, has just d- been circulated. When the stamps were '4 issued there was a great rush for them j*J among collectors. The stamp shown in r; the accompanying cut is twice the actual :T size, the original being a trifle longer than our two-cent stamp. They were printed in denominations of two, five, ten ana twentyfive cents. All are of the same design, but differ in color. 11- ?_ ' ' 1D CUBAN' KEPUDLIC POST AO E 6TA5TP. In case the Spanish power is overthrown ^ in the island, tna stumps will be adopted as ofnmn Thrtv hrn nr>u7 nf nn g.^iiuo i^uuuuai ov'tuij/. ??- ?w .? ~- ?er practical service, excepting in certain parts 0r of Cuba where the revolutionists are in 11- power, and where they maintain a mall ser0_ vice of their own, ~ >tatue to Americans. ys The Government of Venezuela has dec?aed pe the erection of a bronze statue in Maracaibo in memory of the ten Americans who were .. executed "by the Spaniards in 1806 for flghtingforthe cause of Venezuelan independence. A Man and Trro Boys Killed. h A train struck a wagon at Camden, N. J., and killed a man and two boys. The vieve tims are: James Coleman, sixty-seven years on old. driver for R. T. Robinson, provision cjj dealer; Frank McCluskey, six yeare old; t3 Charles Price, seven years old. The boys were riding with Coleman. How the accident happened is not clear. Defeat for Maceo. A despatch from Havana, Cuba, says that e.) General Linares has defeated llaceo's force, ns near Camlelaria. a town in the eastern part oi the province of Pinar del Rio. ed Telc^raphic Ticlcs. rs Manitoba now taiks of soceuing. ^ The grip is epidcmic in England. An nr.Arn hntiaw l'e Orfifitfld at Joh.in jjl nesburg, South Africa. as Sugar has already advanced two ccnts as a result of the Cuban war. Hungary is about to celebrate its thousandth birthday by six months of festivity. The Standard Oil Company continues to increase its holdings in the Tennessee oil r9> field. Tho property of the Salvation Army in this country is valued at something more L'~ than 54.000,000. WAY FOR SETTLEMENT OPEN. II Negotiations to End the Venezuelan Dli? pute In Froirresa. In the British House of Commons Sir Al- _ bert Kaye Bollit, Independent Conservative Ti member for the South Division of Islington, asked what truth there was in the reports * that the United States Government had expressed willingness that the Venezuelan dispute should be referred to a joint commis- 11\ sion for consideration and Settlement. The Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, replied that the Government had received official proposals from the United States Government on the subject of the Venezuelan difficulty, and Ibat these proposals were now in course of negotiation, and, therefore, he could not communicate them to the House. Mr. Curzon floH vtnn*affAii fViaf npAnnofiln mftdo by the United 8tates were not accurately described by the language in the question. ce While State Department officials of Wash- d< ington decline to divulge the nature ot Secretary Olney'e latest suggestion to Lord Salisbury in regard to a method of settling the ni Venezuelan dispute, it is understood tnat the tt way has been'opened for negotiations which i0 are expected to result in some plan of adjust- . ing the boundary claims satisfactory to all concerned. The reply of Great Britain to H Mr. Olney's proposal ha3 not yet actually B reached the State Department, but it is on _ the way, and there are srood reasons for believing that Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador, has within the last twentyfour hours received full instructions to enter Into negotiations on the subject. HIS MOTHER SAW HIM HANGED. Cherokee Bill Diet Game on the Scaffold at Fort Smith, Ark. At 2.13 p. m. Crawford Goldsby, alias "Cherokee Bill," was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark. The desperado was the coolest man in the crowd. On the gallows, in reply to the | question if he had anything to say, Bill answered: "No, I oame here to die; not to talk." Turning, he kissed his mother goodby, and, with a smile on his face, walked to his place on the trap. Bill got his wonderful nerve from his mother. She stood by him on the gallows within* flfnnhina' or sheddins? a tear. She took the body to Fort Gibson at 3 o'clook. ~ Crawford Goldsby was the name conferred | npon Cherokee Bill when he was born at Fort |w Gibson, Indian Territory, February 8, 1876. V He was one of the robbers who infested the y Indian Territory during the reign of terror of 1894 and belonged to the Cook gang. Ha worked with Bill Cook on the ranch in the Creek Nation, near Tulsa. Cherokee Bill n became an outlaw at the age of fourteen, He shot a man with whom he had quarrelied, ana from that time until his arrest he n was on the scout, suspicious of every one jj 9scept his mother and sister, and counting c] no friend so dear as his rifle. ^ ir OUR MINISTER WAS RICHT. w Had Mr. Terrell Been Supported, Jlas&acres Would Have Been Averted. ? W A private letter from a gentleman in Con- C Btantinopie, familiar with recent occurrences 14 in Armenia, says: g, "The request made by the Duke of West- s minster that the United States should depart k from their policy and instruct Minister Ter- a rell to strengthen the hands of Sir Philin ? Currle in protecting all natives edu- 8 cated in missionary schools attracts ? s ALEXANDEB W. TERRELL, UNITED STATES MINXSTEB TO TURKEY. attention. It is remembered that Mr. Terrell openly expressed the opinion that if European pressure for reforms, repulsive 4.^ Trrni.n 4-/N +r\ (ho A IU ILLO J. Ul tL^, YVU1UU VYCIO iy auuin iv vuv W> army a subject race, should be sucoessfu'. a 0 general massacre was sure to result, unless n concerted and armed co-operation among b the Powers prevented It. o "It is now known that there was no such c co-operation. It Is also known that on the n very day these reforms were announced Mr. 1 Terrell demanded Immediate military pro- v tectiou for all missionaries. It is now seen b that if the Duke of Westminster nad, at the proper time, 'strengthened the hands' of the z American Minister at Constantinople there t would have teen no massacre." I t CUBA'S SUGAR CROP. C ti The Probable Shortage as Compared With That of a Former Period. It is now the middle of the grinding season in Cuba, and in the great sugar produc- * ing provinces of Matanzas and Havana not one estate is grinding.*No others dare begin. The same is true In Matanzas. The wet sea- j son will soon be here. Estates have been or- iered by General Weyler to grind. It is impossible for them to comply. s Estimating the amount of sugar at the d nllls held back through interference with transportation at 10,000 tons?a liberal flg- 1 ire?the total amount of new crop to March 1 I jecomes 62.296 tons. If the second half of the a grinding season does as well as the first ;he total yield for Cuba for 1896 will be 126,- c 596 tons. Last year rtie crop was estimated | ? it 1,000,000 tons. The probable 9nortage 9 this year will therefore be 873,000 tons, or h aore than eighty-seven per cent, of a nor- h mal crop. These figures contain only one element of t ioubt; that is, as to whether the decree of f General Weyler that planters shall grind, or e of Gomez, that they shall not grind, will be c enforced. What is true of the sugar crop is a practically true of tobacco. p War Minister Defends Weyler. The Minister of War, despite the hostility of the Spanish press against Captain-Gsneral ^ Weyler, defends in energetic terms the g latter's tactics in Cub i. A royal ordinance 1 was published defining the rules under which privateering can be carried on against the enumies of the Crown. Delegates for McKlnley. The Republican State Convention of Wisconsin selected delegates-at-large to St.. ?i Louis and instructed them to vote for Mc- " Kinley for President; thirty out of thirty- 0 four counties of Alabama were carried by ii McKinley men. t Chapel Attendance Obligatory. An English undergraduate has .susd St. Peter's College, Cambridge, because he was oxpolled for refusing to attend ehapel and c declining to state any reason for it. The 1 lourt gave judgment against him, alleging | D .hat the college had a right to manage its a own discipline. 3 The Eagle a Songbird. The Amoriean eaglo 13 a songbird, in the jpinlon of the Ohio House of Representa- f :ivos., A bill to prevent the killing of the aativo songbirds of the State was passed by V that branoh of the Legislature after it had 5oenamended to include the American eagle. MIMfcm" ie Patriots After Two Honrs' Desper- \ ite Fighting Defeat the Spaniards, , i 1P0RTANT EXPEDITION LANDS. > t the Darkness General Collazo's FiUbasters Slipped Ashore and Carried With Them 750,000 Cartridges, 12OO Elfles, 2100 Machetes and 400 Revolvers. Havana, March ID.?News has been relived here of an important battle near Can* >laria, in Pinar del Rio, the extreme westn province. The Government troops were lable to drive the insurgents back, and re+Viaid nnolHftn TlHf V? HavrvKln Iou UV1U luou ^ujiuvu nuu \<VU9lUOiawtg as. The Spanish forces were commanded 7 General Linares and Colonels Inclan and ernandez, and the patriots by Maceo and anderas. ASMS or THE CUBAH BEPOBLXO. The fight was begun pn a line parallel ith the roadway. The Spanish forces dei A TuiJfo HofffiHnn a SAnHr.n nf rhA liryuu, IUQ IUli>U> + W~W..?? Ictorla Cavalry, and a detachment of arllery forming the vanguard and opening r? upon the enemy. The Insurgents reirnea this fire and made an attack upon the sar guard of the Spaniards, Having entirer surrounded the Government troops, the isurgents advanced upon the artllleryien with maohetes. The latter used musets and grenades with such effect as to aeok for a time the enemy's advance, but, 1th re-enforcements, a second charge was iade by the insurgents, and a hand-to-hand igagement ensued. The battle terminated 1th a bayonet charge. After a hot fight, is ting two hours, the Spaniards were de? lated. losing many killed and wounded. It as the intention of the enemy to prevent olonel Inclan from proceeding to Gandfv irla. The official report of the fight savs theinirgents suffered a tremendous loss. The panlards lost two Captains and five privates tiled, and odb Lieutenant, four Sergeants, nd fifty-four soldiers wounded. The insurgents have burned all but fifteen houses in an Antonio de las Vegas, in the province of [avana. PATRIOTS LAND IN CUBA. leneral Collaio and Men Evade the Spanlab War Ships. Jacksonville, Fla., March 19.?A special rom Key West, Fla., says that the steamer 'hree Friends,of Jacksonville, arrived there, avlng succeeded In landing In Cuba Generl Enrique Collazo, Major Charles Hernandez nd Duke Estrada, besides fifty-four men aken off the schooner Ardell from Tampa, nd the entire cargo of arms and ammuniIon of the schooner Mallory from Cedar [ey. It was by long odds the most importnt expedition that has get out from this ountry. The carea of arms landed by the Three 'rienda an& Mallory consisted of 750,000 ounds of cartridges, 1200 rifles, 3100 mahets, 400 revolvers, besides stores, reloading ools, etc. It took four and a half hours to complete tie job. There were hundreds of men on bore to assist and thev did it silently, appelating the peril of the undertaking. The Cubans on shore recognized General lollazo Immediately, and no words can dearths their joy upon seeing him. He is a eteran of the Cuban war, and Is one whom pain fears. When it was whispered that Collazo was sally among them, they seemed not to beeve their ears, but came forward and joked, and seeing that there was really no listake threw up their arms and many of lem wept. CUBAN ARMY'S STRENCTH. nsnrgent Soldiers Now Number Nearly Forty-three Thousand. Havana, Maroh 19.?The present strength f the Cuban insurgent army is close to 43,00 men. Cubans themselves estimate the umber of men in the field &a high as 60,000, -* ?J* rtomn IaIIatmm men in Ill OVCLL 11 UUUIWOU <vmv ii w?w, >mvm ... barge of provision trains, hospitals and ainps were counted it is doubtful if that lumber could be found actually in service. !here are thousands of Cubans who would rillingly cast their lot with the patriot army, ut lack of arms and ammunition prevents. The insurgent forces operate, as a rule, in ones or districts, and are organized on miliary lines. The columns of Gomez, Maceo, jacret and Banderas are, however, limited o no one province, but pass from one to anther. nnaer direct orders of Gomez. The !ommander-in-Chief is now in Matanzas and he others have reinvaded Havana province. POWDER MILLS BLOWN UP. 'Ive Men Killed and Fifty Injared, Seven* teen Fatally, at Bifton, Y. The Laflin St Rand Powd9r Mills at Rifton, I. Y.,' were blown up at 11 o'clock a. m. 'ive men were killed and fifty injured. The hock was felt all over Ulster County. The iamaj?e is roughly estimated at $25,000. Seventeen persons were probably fatally njured. The dead are two brothers, named )ecker, and men named Peterson, Smailey nd Jones. There were two expolosions. 15,000 pounds if powder being consumed in each. The Ir3t explosion was in the upper glazer. The bock set off the powder stored in the drytouse, wrecking the corning mill, engine louse, and what was called the tower glazer. About 600 kess of powder were stored in he glazer, and each ke? weighed twentyIve pounas. In a magazine there was an qual quantity. The glazer was wiped out as ompletely ns if it had never been, and only , few timbers of the magazine were left in lace. | Fatal Boiler Explosion. A boiler explosion at JIcLarkin's Mill near Jaiedonia. Ala., resulted In the death of imon Watts, a farmer, Alexander Grace, a aborer at the mill, and Allan HollinRer, the Ireman. E. J. Dofee, another farmer, was eriousiy injured. B:metallistg Determined. At a large meeting of the Bimetallic League a London it was determined to continue ctive communications with the bimetallism f France. Germa >y, Austria, and Belgium, ? ?-<-> nrnmiifn n. <n'eat eaniLiaiira la all lie industrial centres. Prominent People. Th* height of Queen Victoria Is four feet en inches. Prince Bismarck continues to eajoy exellent health. "Princess" Kaiulani of Hawaii, who is low in Northern Italy, is to be married to n Italian nobleman. The smallest Prime Minister on recor l is I. StoiloiT, of Bulgaria. He is only four set six inches in height. Paderewski, the pianist, is accustomed to iractice lour to six hours a day, in addition o his public performances. The Shah of Persia owns the richest colsotion of jewels and ornaments in the world, t being valued at $00,000,000. TCE NEWS EPfTOMl^OI TTuhlnxton Items* fl H In the Senate the resolutions demandfng^^^^^^H hat Ambassador Bayard be censored tor hiaM speeches abroad were debated at length. Mr. Vest, of Missouri, in the Senate ."acked the President for his Home Mission in New York. Mr. Morgan finished his speech before the^J^^H^Hj Senate in lavor of recognizing the Cuban surgents as belligerents. A recent speed run of the cruiser Olymniafl^M^H between two Chinese ports was made the^^H^^^H subject of an official report whioh has reached the Navy Department. Notwitb>H^^^^^| standing very rough weather, the 01ymjwfl|H^^^H averaged twenty knots an hour, and would^^^^l^H have made twenty-three knots, her offloets H H say, In smoother water, thus becoming the second fastest cruiser in the world. Senator Morgan attacked the Spanish Minister's statements about the condition of affairs in Cuba. . Senator Lodge addressed the Senate in favor of an educational qualification for *b* nf tmmlc^ih'nn. Secretary Carlisle declared that the ury Department treats gold and silver ex* aotly alike. I President Cleveland nominated Captain John J. Brice as United States Fish Com--^^^^^^! mlssloner. Secretary of War Lamont has approved the plans of the New York and New Jersey bridge. 4 Extracts from the diary of Hamilton Fish,; Secretary of State under Grant, show that the President prepared in 1869 a proclamation recognizing Cuban belligerency and instructed Fiah to issue it. The Secretary re^ fused to do so and was afterward thanked *)> Grant for his disobedience. H The Treasury lost 8131.300*.ln gold coin and 130,800 in bars, which leaves the true amount of the reserve $126,054,835. , , The bill to oreate a National Art Commit sion was passed. President Cleveland returned to "Washington from his duck-hunting trip to Wide Water, Va, | The police of New York City arrested one 0. M. Norton and an alleged accomplice with gilded brass bricks and incriminating 1 H correspondence in their possession. An flj^H Englishman, representing the exeoutors of a1 large estate, was to have paid Norton no,000 for some of the bricks. . i M H Domestic. Two persons were killed and seven injured In a collision near Steelton, Penn., on the B Pennsylvania Railroad. Tne captain and the mates of the Cuban filibuster ship Bona were sentenced to prison and fined In the Federal Court in Philadel* I phi a. In a room In the Hotel Henlo, New York City, Robert E. Herman shot and killed Lizzie Grater and then killed himself In the 8 H same manner. Their bodies weie found side by side. 4 The Hanover National Bank, of Boston; has brought suit in which it Is shown that H Abraham White secured (1,800,000 of the recent Issue of bonds for an Investment of forty-four cents Jn postage stamps, and when I he disposed of his option he speculated on Bussell Sage's "tip" and lost all. ' An examination of the photographs of stelUr spectra at the Haward College Obeer-j vatory, Cambridge, Mass., has led to the dls- B covery of fourteen new variable stars of long period, In addition to those announced pre4 vlously. Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, ordered troops from Louisville. Lexington and Frankfort to preserve the peactt in Frankfort during the Senatorial contest Ex-Pofftm aster-General John Wanamaket1 was fined 81000 in Philadelphia for import* lng alien contract labor. j JHj H Sandor Nemity, a butoher In Tonkers, N, Y.. shot and killed his stepdaughter. Mary Batkofsky, and then committed suicide. , The steamship Bermuda put to sea from New York, supposedly for Cuba, with arms for the insurgents. Edward G. Ward, a railroad man. shot and killed his'wife In Denver, GoL, and commit* ted suicide by blowing out his brains. Jeal ousy was the cause, j I H The Oeneral Electric Company and the Westinghouse Electrio Company, New York aBa^Hfl City, agreed to stop fighting over patents. The building oocupled by the Pope Manu*1 HHM facturlng Company, bicycle manufacturers, Infl in Boston. Mass., was badly damaged bj flre. Loss about 8125,000, fully oovered by iosuranoe. About 1700 bloycles were 'de^ H stioyed. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court affirmed the conviotion of ex-Pollo? HHH Inspector McLaughlin,of New York City. H< was sentenced to two years and six months In Blng Sing Prison. Foreicn Notes. A rebellion has broken out In Bolivia. Spain's Ambassador in Bome denies that ^^HH| there is an understanding between Spain and HHH any European Power on the Cuban question. The Dongola expedition is regarded In Italy as a severe defeat for Freuoh dlplomaoy. It is semi-offlclally declared in Paris that M. Bertheiot's statement simply referred to 'v~ f-nmtlon fnnrl fnr thn emedl" 111W USC Ui IUC puuu iwmw .v. - ? tlon to Dongola and has hence received undue gravity. From Spain comes an intimation that Captain-General Weyier of Cuba may re> sign in disgust. Yellow fever is again spreading through- H^HHj out Bio de Janeiro, Brazil, at an alarming rate. One hundred new cases were reported BM In one | The Salisbury Government disavows all sympathy with bimetallism. Lady Henry Somerset's libel suit against ' W. W. Astor for $25,000 damages was settled In London by Mr. Astor apologizing and paying the costs. Two of the missionaries who were killed; by the gunpowder explosion on the steamship Mutadi, at Bomn, in the Congo Free| State, Africa, were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S.t Harvey, of the American Advent Missionary Society of Boston. The Czar of Bussla has conferred the highest military decoration of the Empire on King Menelek of Abyssinia. The French Chamber of Deputies has approved the Government scheme for an international exhibition in 1900. It is believed that the Venezuelan Govern- ^^RBH > ment has received advice from Washington ? ? v.. t-aA I that the xuruan inciaeiu musi urj Otipcuaivu j from the boundary dispute. Herbert Booth, brother of Ballmgton and Commander of the Salvation Army in Canada. has been called to England for service HH| in Europe. The United States Embassy at Berlin has Issued an invitation to German universities to take part in the 150th anniversary celebra4ions of Princeton College. The Universities of Erlangen, Freiburg and Restock have re- )H^M9 plied that it would be impossible for them to |^H^H seed delegates so great a distance Goettingen reserves its decision. England and Ireland were swept by fierce * It is reported from Havana that one Spanish column fired into another column, mistaking it for a band of insurgents; thirty soldiers are reported to have been killed and The resotuticn passed l>y the English Commons iu favor of opening National museums and art galleries on Sunday has resulted in the authorities of the British Museum, of the National Gallery and of the Royal Academy making arrangements to open their places to the public on Sundays. Princess Maud (Harry) or waies win oe married In July to her first cousin, Priu:e Car! of Denmark. Advices from the Transvaal announce the ^B^^H intention to exhume the bodies of the fol< lowers of Dr. Jameson aud to reinter themin a cemetery. United States Minister Terrell has started from Constantinople, Turkey, for New York on the Fuerst Bismarck. German cavalry officers have been en* pngcd to organize a new Chinese cavalry ser? ^B^^Bj vice modeled utter tue uermau system. ? A despatch from Bombay says that Samuel L. Clemens (Murk Twain), who is lying il) at Jeypore. in the Bombay Presidency, will n.'covtr. his condition not being as serious as was at first reported. There has been an insurrection among the Indians in the province of Pallasca. There have been losses In killed and wounded on both sides.