The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 06, 1896, Image 2
CBEATEH BEff YOBI fflHS1
The Consolidation Bill A^ain Passed
by the Assembly.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTES.
The Vetoes of Mayors Strong; and TVurster
at So Avail?All the Tammany Members
Except Two Against the Measure
?But Two More Votes Than Needed-?
The Measure Sent to the Governor.
Albaxt, N. Y., April 23.?The Assembly
yesterday passod tho Greater New York bill
ever the vetoes of Mayor Strong, ol New
York, and Mayor Wurster, of Brooklyn, by a
vote of 78 to G9. Seventy-six votes were
seeded to pass it. The issue was in doubt
tlD the roll call was over, and tho scene in
the Assembly Chamber was intensely exciting.
The bill was passod with the votes recorded
against it of most of the representatives
of New York and Brooklyn in the Assembly.
The city of Brooklyn cast fifteen votes against
the bill and only six in its favor. Of the
deven Republican Assemblymen eight opposed
the bill and only three favored it, and
of the ten Democrats there were seven opposed
to it and three for it. There wore
twenty-five votes cast against the bill bv the
a*nB&oan?n4<t*AO S\t /lift* Af WoTO Vfin/1
iuj;iTOruinm ui iun vuj w* ?v?? uuu
eight votes in its favor. The twenty-five
New York City votes against the bill were
cast by two Republicans and twenty-three
Democrats. The eight votes for the bill
were cast by two Democrats and six Republicans.
The bill was taken up at 11.35. A call of
the Assembly showed only three members
absent. Leader O'Grady of the Republicans
had moved a cail of the House, and
the absentees, with three exceptions, had
been hunted up and brought to the bar of |
the House. The three Mayors' messages wore
read. Then followed speeches by Demoeratie
Leader 8tanchfield, Wilson, of Brooklyn;
Brennan, Waldo, Perkins and Bobbins
gainst the bill, and by Austin. Ebbitts,
Murphy, and at the close by Bepublican
Leader O'Grady for the bill. These ended,
the roll call came.
The gallery was packed. Scores of men
who had been for two days working like
beavers for and against the bill, crowded
the space behind the rail and held their
breath as Clerk Baxter called the 150
names. So evenly did the voting run
that It was not until the very end of the roll
was reached that the result was known.
r*th?v Knickerbocker
: , fl
LONG ISLAND CITY, BROOKLYN,
82,000. 1,020,000.
Half of the members kept their own tally
Bats and became visibly excited as the closehau9
of the result was seen before the call for
absentees had been ordered.
Just as the vote was about to be declared,Mr.
mjmiu, ui ouuuua, uroateu uiuiuuuitujr ayprofcensions
among the bill's supporters by
rising and requesting that he be recorded
to the negative instead of the affirmative.
This would have reduced the affirmative
o?e to 77, and might have led to further
defections, with the result that the requisite
Totes could not have been obtained.
However, Mr. Goodsell, of Orange, was
equal to the emergency. He gained recognition
from the chair white the excitement
was at its height and declared his wish to
ehange from the negative to the affirmative.
Immediately a shout went up from the bill's
friends, and without delay the result was announced.
The vote analyzed shows that these Democrats
voted with the Republicans for the
bill: Barth, Butis, Cain. Ebbetts. Guider,
Kinne. Mlttnacht, Newman. Stahl, two of
whom, Butts and Mittnacht, represented
Tammany. Republicans who voted against
the bill with the Democrats were Audett,
Babcock, Brennan, C. J. Clark, J. Clark,
Cromwoll, De Gruw, French. Hill. Hobbie,
Housinger, Hortou, Ives, Kelsey, Koehler.
Ljiimhupr. Mtirshull Vntt-fann MiUnr. TJi't
on, Perkins, Post, Bobbins, Rounds. Sanger,
C. 8mlth, Steele, Steiner, Storm. Wagstaff,
Waldo, G. Wilson and Zimmermana.
Those who were absent were Blatsdel!, of
Erie; Carlisle, of Westchester, and Malone,
of New York.
? Bio vote on final passage before it was
sent to the Mayors was, 91 ayes and 56 noes.
Out of a total of fifty-four votes in the two
tiff cities which go to make up Greater New
lork, forty opposed consolidation and fourte<m
favored it.
Feeder the terms of the Greater New York
Ml!, the nine Commissioners^ to prepare
legislation necessary to perfect consolidation
must bo appointed by the Governor "with
the advice* and consent of the Senate."
J" Greater >'ew Y rk Bicyclists.
It is said that there are in and around New
York City 150 cycling clubs, with a combined
membership of 80,000. The annual dues
amount to about ?1,900,000 and the total
aramber of miles ridden by these members is
about 35.000.000 each year.
Potatoes Bring Lltt'e Money.
*The prico of potatoes has been broken and
world's record made. In Columbus. Minn.,
choice white potatoes are selling at 1% cents
a bushel. The starch factories are running
and many potatoes are being brought in.
Prices at the factories are good.
> Lionizing a Cuban Patriot.
' ilr. Quesada, tho Secretary of the Cuban
Committee at Washington, is becoming a
Itreat pet In society, and some of the most
fastidious and giddy women in town have
taken him up and are making a lion of him.
They give dinner parties and teas in his
konor, they take him to drive on pleasant
alternoons in their victorias, and they invite
politicians to their parlors to hear him talk
about "Cuba libra." Mr. Quesada isa handsome
fellow, of tho Spanish type, about
thirty years o! ajre, with large black eyes and
a ferocious mustache. It is his first ?*xperi*nce
in swa?g5r society, but he has the natural
\-i"t of self-possession and carries hirn6elt
very well.
Prominent Peo;>!o.
A memorial service for tho late Governor
Creenuni^e was hciu in x>usiuu.
Queen Victoria, while on the continent,
travels as the Countess of Balmoral.
The Prince of Wales is attain undergoing
' treatment for the reduction of his weight.
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, is regarded
as the best amatuer cyclist in Washington.
Duprez, once a famous tenor, is still living
in Paris; he is over ninety yeurs of age.
Probably the champion postal-card writer
of the wor d is Mr. Ola stone. He uses over
4000 a year.
It is reported that Li Hung Chang, Prime
Minister of China, has given up his projected
American tour,
*
. JERSEY FARMS DESERTED. *
Cheap Land for New York City Poor
pfearby.
South Jersey farms are being desert?d as
fast as those of New England. All over Cumberland,
Cape May and Atlantlo Counties
stand thousands of acres of unused farm
lands and hundreds of vacant houses. The
houses are falling Into decay, and the fields
and orohards are overgrown with bushes.
Even towns are deserted. Over In Atlantic
County are the remains of the once prosperous
town of Pomona. It is sparsely settled.
Then there is the settlement oT Halbertstown
in tho lower end of Cumberland
County, which for two years has not had a
mugie resiuum, i ae iowd was iounuou uj a
company of New York capitalists, who expended
several hundred thousand dollars In
laying out streets and erecting houses and
factory building?. In Halbertstown stands a
handsome and commodious school house
which never had a child within its portals.
Fifty houses in the place are going to decay.
The town has excellent railroad facilities?
the West Jersey Railroad running right
through it Its boom is exhausted. The
place has been named the "Silent Town.' It
is the town that will be sold entire, just as it
stands, by Sheriff Thinn, of Cumberland
County, in a few weeks.
COLD PRODUCTION.
Indications of a Larze Output (or the
Year 1396.
The Director of the United States Mint has
received a report from Mr. John Daggett,
Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint,
of the production of gold and silver in California,
Oregon, Washington and Alaska during
the calendar year 1895. The production
of gold in California was $15,334,318, and of
silver, coining value. $559,790. Gold in Oregon
is placed at ?1,837,632 and silver at $15,192;
in Washington, gold $373,148, silver,
$141,000; Alaska, gold 32,328,400. silver $97,000.
The increase in gold In 1895 over 1894
in Californ'a was $1,471,000. and of silver
$302,450. In Washington tno increase of
When He Reaches
C
NEW TORE,
1,885,000.
gold was 8140,380 and of silver $128,480; in
Alaska gold increase was $1,048,900 and silver
$92,000. The gold output in Oregon in
1895, as compared with 1894, shows a decrease
of $275,700 and an increase in the silver
product of $4800.
The report says that the indications are
that the gold product for 1896 will largely
exceed that of 1895.
A CONVENTION TRAGEDY.
Sheriff Kennedy Killed Wood and Wounded
His Brother.
Five hundred Democrats, at Montgomery,
Ala., to attend the Democratic State Convention,
were horrified by a traeedy at the
depot. The platform was crowded at 7.80 a.
m., when Bob Kennedy, Sheriff of Dallas
County, Alabama, stepped out with a doublebarreled
shotgun and opened Are on two
brothers, Percy and Mardts Wood, both citizens
of Selma. When the brothers saw Kennedy
they ran for a piece of safety, but before
this could be reached Kennedy shot
Percy Wood through the back, Inflicting a
fatal wonnd.
Mardls Wood drew his pistol and fired at
Kennedy five times without hitting him.
Kennedy reloaded hi? gun twice, firing in all
five shots at Mardis Wood, shattering his
right shoulder and breaking his left arm.
ELECTRICITY ON THEIR WHISKERS.
Wisconsin Men Have a Remarkable Adventure
After a Storm.
A remarkable adventure befell a party of
Wisconsin men. According to one of them,
H. 0. Tofson, who lives at Kilbourn, in
company with Ole Tofson, Will Tofson, Jens
Anderson and Eaimet Peterson, he attended
a party at the home of Tom O'Connell
About 2 a. m. the ycung men started for
home. The rain had ceased, but the sky
was still very cloudy and the night was
black. Suddenly beads of electricity gathered
on their mustaches and hair and a
brilliant blueish ligftt streamed from their fur
coats. They were terrorized. They brushed
and struck at the mystic fluid, but for fully
fifteen minutes they fought with it, and then
it disappeared for a sh^rt time only to reappear.
They were greatly relieved on
reaching home, but still puzzling their wits
to make out what had possession of them.
Iowa Taxes Bicycles.
10wa oos passeaa 0111 iiamj uicjruioa wo
| same as all other vehicles.
Twins Wi h Different Birthdays.
I Twins born to Mr. and Mre. Everhart, of
Green Island, Mioh., last week, will, ifthoy
| live, have the odd experience for twins of
having a birthday apiece and celebrating on
different days. One was born Just before
j midnight and the other a minute or 90 after.
Railways Adopt a No vol Rule.
The Trans-Missouri Committee of the
Western Passenger Association decided to
place a joint agent at the various tourist
terminal points, with whom passengers must
deposit the return portion of their tickets
until ready to star: for home.
Kept SJ3?0 la Gold In a Tin Pall.
Three we^ks ago Samuel Poiphor died nt
Slateford, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
He was quite a wealthy l'urmer. Two
neighbors, William T. Roberts and John Irwin,
whilo assisting In arranging his eff-cts
for a public sale, camo across a tin pail in
the wagon shed containing $2300 in gold.
"Land of Kcd-CheoUod Children."
Polk County, Missouri, business people
are booming their ow.i favored locality by
having printed on the envelopes thev send
through the mails the legend: ''ThelandoJ
the red-cheeked children."
NATIONAL DELEGATIONS"!
. Actions of the Conventions in Vari1
ous States,
) ???1
DIVERSIFIED MONEY PLANKS.
' The Republicans of Connecticut Meet at
New Haven and Sclect an Unlnstructed
Delegation?Tennessee Republicans
Declare for McKinley?Resolutions
Adopted in Maryland and Alabama.
Only an hour's session was needed to transact
ail the business of the Connecticut Republican
State Convention at New Haven.
it adopted a sound money platform, confirmed
the eleotion of the delegates to St.
Louis and then adjourned. The platform Is
for a gold basis and sound money, for protection
of the American flag everywhere, for
upholding of the Monroe doctrine, for reviving
American shipping and for caring for
widows and children of Union soldiers. Of
the delegates chosen it is said that a majority
of them are for Reed, although uninstructed
and unpledged.
Tennessee For MeKinley.
The Tennessee Republican State ConvenHls
Full Stature.
ifff^
-vJwfW
if M.I&I
r<\ f /
GREATER NEW YORK,^ ^
With Outlying Districts, 3,430,000.
? i l
tion held at Nashville was for McKlnley, protection
and soundjmoney. Iron-clad instruc- '
tions were given for the Ohio man and, not '
satisfied with this, each of the candidates-atlarge
was called out and a demand made for
a personal pledge to carry ou^ the instructions
to the letter. The pledge was given. '
Judge Lewis Shepherd, of Chattanooea, was
Temporary Chairman and George W. Win- 1
steaa, of Knoxvillo, once a candidate for 1
Governor against "Bob" Taylor, was Per- 1
manent Chairman. The following delegates- 1
at-large were selected: H. Clay Evans, ofj i
Chattanooga? James Jeffreys, of Camden;' t
E. J. 8anford, Knoxville, and Ernest Cold- 1
well, of Shelbyville. (
(
Maryland Eepnbllcans Sleet. (
The Maryland Republican State Convention
met at Baltimore. All the leading
lights of the party In the State were on hand.
Senator-elect WelliuKton called the conven
tion to order. A. Barnes, of Worcester ]
County, was ohcsen Temporary Chairman. t
Attorney-General Harry M. Clabaugh was j
elected Permanent Chairman. The election ,
of four dele/rates-at-large resulted in the t
unanimous choice of George L. Wellington, (
James A. Gary, William T. Master and Rob- j
ert P. Graham. For electors-at-large, Gen- j
eral Adam E. King and J. Cookman Eoyd
were chosen, liie platform, which was
unanimously adopted, declared that:
'We believe In the gold standard
upon which to base our circu- i
lating medium, and are opposed to free and ,
unlimited coinage of silver until an interna- J
tional agreement of the important commer- ,
cial countries of the world shall give silver a ,
larger usp." The platform also announced '
that the delegation to St. Louis was not in- j
structeO. t
Alabama Democrats.
The Alabama Democratic Stato Convention
at Montgomery adjourned after a two
days' session. A platform wan adopted
which favors the free and unlimited coinage J
of silver and ffoid at a ratio of 16 to 1, ai 1
the standard money of the country, without <
discrimination against either metal, and (
without the consent of foreign Nations. i
The platform also calls for the repeal ol i
tho ten per cent, tax on State bank issues, I
and for tho government of the Stato b. j
white men. The administration of Governo
Oates was endorsed. Prnsldent Clevelan'
was commenaea lor nis attitude on tne Mom
roe doctrine, l)ut his financial policy wai
condemned. The delegation to the National <
Convention was Instructed to vote as a unil \
for free silver.
W, J. Bryan for Preiliiar.t. ]
Over 500 delegates attended the Nebraska
Democratic State Convention at Linooln tq
select delegates to the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago. They shouted them*
selves hoarse for free silver and W. J. Bryan,
for President. In addition to advocating ,
free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, a
resolution was introduced commending MrJ
W. J. Bryan for President, and pledging tht} !
efforts of the delegation in his behalf. i
Ohio Prohibltioulats for Free Silver. |
The Ohio Prohibition State Convention at
Find lay declared in favor of free coinage ai
a ratio of 16 to 1. This ticket was name.:
Secretary of State, Alvin 0. Crabtree,
Springfield; Judge of Supreme Court, M. JJ
Chase, Marion; Dairy and Food Commi.1-!
siouer. Joseph Love, Gcshocton; Board o|
Public Works, Charles E. llefT, Hamiltoni
Electurssit-Larye, O. W. Ball, linos County]
iind .1. W. Punflnlil Willnnchhv.
- * 1
Iowa l'opuliste.
The Populists made a better showing in
their State Convention at l)es Moines than
ever before in Iowa. General James B.
Weaver was the Temporary Chairman, and
made a speech that outlined the polley of the
convention, which declared for free coinage.
The attendance was the largest at any Populist
Convention ever hell in the State, and
there were more young and active men in it.
Nearly four hundred delegates were present.
Cyclone Cave for School*.
Sohool directors in the district of Luverne,
Iowa, have ordered a cyclone cave
due at each of the school houses lu the district.
NINE SAILORS DROWNEO.
The Schooner J. W. Campbell Wrecked
Off Long Island.
Seven shipwrecked men were landed in
New Bedford, Mass., by the tug Gladiator.
The seven were all that was left of the sixteen
members of the crew of the fishing
sohooner J. W. Campbell, of Gloucester,
which went down In a squall off Long Island.
The men who lost their lives were all residents
of Gloucester. They were Captain
Robert Smith, John McGuire, Frank Sylvia,
Thomas Rogers, George Ebler, William McAllister,
Abel McCormey, George Draham
and Charles Doherty.
The fisherman was bound to the capes oi
the Delaware after mackerel. About 8 p. m.
the vessel was sailing along on her course
with no indications of danger ahead, when,
without warnins, a squall from the northwest
struck her and laid her on her beam
ends.
Most of the crew were on deck. Some of
them rushed- for the stern. The vessel
plowed her nose under the water and the
stern was raised high In the air. The rest of
the men took to the main rigging, and this
was the wiser course. Before the vessel
righted she began to fill and sink and two
minutes after the shock she went down head
foremost.
Those who were at the stern were dragged
Tinder by the suction of the vessel, but tnose
who had climbed to the mast were thrown so
far away from the sinking vessel that the
undertow did not effect them. In the darkness
it was hard work for the ship wrecked men
to see anything. At length one of them discovered
a dory to windward, and all who
could swim made for It.
Near the dory was a seine boat, and bv lifting
the dory upon the seine boat the men
were able to free it from water. Then they
Jumped in and tried to rescue others, but
nothing but wreckage was seen. When the
men were sure that nobody remained alive
near the wreck, they began to row In the direction
of land. The stars gave them a general
Idea of the direotion.
After a while they gave up rowing and
waited for morning. About 9 o'clock in the
morning the men saw the three-masted
schooner JNorman, 01 uastine, iue., wuicu
bore down on them and picked them up.
They were put aboard the tug Gladiator and
taken to port.
A QUEER EXHIBITION.
Flying: Machines, Kites and Aeroplanes
to Be Shown In Boston.
There will be a unique gathering of more
or less visionary modern disciples of Darius
Gnen at Boston next Ootober. There is to
be held during that month a grand competitive
exhibition of designs for and working
models of airships, flying machines and aeroplanes,
under the auspices of the Boston
Aeronautical Association.
Five valuable cash prizes, the amounts of
which will soon be made public, as contributions
to that end, are being solicited from the
scientific men of the country, will be awarded
as follows:
For the kite showing the maximnm of lift
to the minimum of drift in a breeze having
a velocity of more than fifteen miles per
hour.
For the kite showing the maximum of lift
to the minimum of drift in a breeze having
a velocity of less than fifteen miles an hour.
For the kite keeping its equilibrium
through the greatest extremes of wind
velocity.
For tbe soaring machine la free flight,
which, after gaining velooity, shall make
the best courso, the excellence of the course
to be judged by the maximum of length and
the minimum of undulation. Energy may
be given to the maohlne by carrying it to a
height. /
For the best self-propelled maohlne.
SUFFERING IN ALASKA*
Adventareri Who Went Therewith Little
Aloney Are Having a Hard Time.
According to advises by the sohooner Erjelslor,
which arrived at 8anFrancisco, Cat.,
from Cook s Inlet, a few days ago, a serious
state of affairs exists in Alaska. Sitka and
Juneau are overflowing with miners, who
jannot start for the gold fields on acoount of
the ice and snow on the hills, and now comes
Ihe news that Cook's Inlet is frozen and that
:he miners who went up early are suffering
jreat hardships.
Provisions are plentiful, but the prices
charged are exorbitant. Some of the men
ire destitute and have not taken enough
?old to pay for a second-class passage to
Paget Sound, much less San Franolsoo. The
souotry is overrun with prospectors, and in
iome instances the sufferlag of the adreaturers
is heartreadlag.
Spain Offers Cuban Reform.
The Spanish Secretary of the Colonies will
nake arrangements to put into effect the
aw granting Dclltical reforms to the Antiles.
These arrangements wi 1 probably go
nto operation in Porto Rico on Juno land
n Cuba on July 1. The Government denies
bat the Washington Government prompted
:his action. The speech from the throna
>peningthe Cortes will contain a passage
lealing with the reform. The Cabinet will
lecide on the wording of the passage.
Shot Dead at Her Sewincr Machine.
Mrs. Charles GIvens, residing near White
Pine, Tenn^ was shot and killed while siting
at her sewing maohlne.the assassin havng
fired through a window. Wesley Daron,
iged seventeen* confessed that he was the
nurdererand was instigated to the crime by
3. H. Givens, the murdered woman's hus)and,
wbo promised to pay him for the Idling.
Church Built of Sort Dedicated.
In Smith County, Kansas, stands a church
)uiltof sod taken from the prairies surroundng,
which was dedicated by the presiding
slder of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
People traveled eight miles to witness tne
tervices. A month ago the people of all delominations
m?t, and with tht-ir own hands
wilt a place of worsnip out of the only ma;erial
which nature ufTorded.
Children Killed by Lightning.
Two persons were killed, two mortally inlured
and two others seriously hurt by two
Jolts of lightning which struck the dwelling
5f Andrew Olsen at Wallace, Mich. The
3ead are two of the Olson children, a boy
ind a girl. The family was huddled in one
room when the two bolts fell. The house
took Are, but neighbors extinguished the
Humes.
Falling Rock Kill* Four Miners.
Falling rock In the Eddy Creek shaft at
Olyphant, Penn., killed four men. Tne victims
are: Ralph and James Abbott, brothers,
who lived at Throopj John McHnle, of Olyphant,
and William Harvey, of Priceburg.
The men were known a3 root miners, and
were driving a tunnel when they were killed.
Seven miners Killed and Six Injured.
The Broadwater mine at Neihart, Montana,
was the scene of an explosion resulting
in the death of seven men and the injury of
six others. The magazine, a room used for
thawing powder at the middle tunnel of the
mine, exploded just as the men were returning
from lunch.
Crespo Crushes a Kevolt.
The Venezuelan warship Rivas returned
to Laguayra with General Paredos on board
triumphant. The uprising, which suddenly
occurred in Nirgaata, was orushed and the
leaders captured.
The Labor worm.
A building trades council Is being organized.
Woolen manufacture employs 220,030
Americans.
A mailers' union has boon organized in
New York City.
A workingmen'sclub house is to be erected
in honkers, N. Y.
In this country there are over eighty National
trades unions.
Trouble Is anticipated on the street railroads
in Milwaukee, Wis.
New York coopers' wages have been reduced
ten to fifteen per cent.
A steel plant, which will cost $1,000,000, Is
to be erects 1 at Birmingham, Ala.
?
ffEYLBR'S FIBITBOCHA"
The Strongest Spanish line Ye
Stretched Across Cuba.
SOLDIERS SUCCUMBING TO HEAT,
All the Available Spanish Troops Are Be
ins Used to maintain a Wall of Mei
Across the Narrowest Part of the Islam
-?Value of the Barrier From a Mllltar;
Standpoint?Hospitals Crowded.
Havana, Cuba, April 21.?General Weyle
has succeeded in accomplishing what Mai
tinez Campos attempted in vain. He ha
Dnllt a trocba across the Island ana icepr 1
intaot for two weeks. That the presen
trocha is formidable even the Insurgents ad
mlt, bnt they profess that it alarms them no
at all.
When Maceo passed through Havan
province to the west, and Weyler statlonei
10,000 men along the twenty-one miles fron
Marlel on the north coast to Majana on th
south, he cabled to Madrid announcing tha
the second in command of the insurgen
forces was penned up in the western prov
lnce.
After staking his reputation on the abso
lute impossibility of Maceo's crossing, h
found that detaohed parties of from 100 t<
200 insurgents were getting through the lin
at will.
He then brought all the troops from othe
}>arts of the island that could be spared
eaving the eastern and middle province
with forces barely sufficient for garrisoi
duty, and practically suspending activ
'operations in all but the western province
The concentration raised the force on tt
trocha to 28,000, and gave 5000 more for us
,ln flying columns, acting in conjunctioi
with those on the line. The troops were se
to work erecting forts, digging trenches am
building barricades.
The work has been pushed night and day
and the best trocha Spain has ever built ii
Oubanow confronts Maceo. Through th
ihilly country south from Marie redoubt
[have been built for artillery upon every emi
nence.
Between Guanajuay and Artemisia, aloni
the middle part of the line, fort3 and blool
houses, with earthworks between, have beei
constructed. From Majana to the soutl
coast, through marshy land, is a broad ditch
baoked by stockade, with block houses a
intervals.
CUBAN INSURGENTS RE!
General Arolus, who 1b in command of th
troops on the line, says the Insurgents can
not cross without tremendous losses. Th
troops are under arms night and day, bu
though they have waited two weeks Mace
has not attaoked the line.
This faot has raised a question as to th
value of the line from a military standpoint
To maintain its strength at all points leave
only a few thousand men who caj
be used in aggressive opperatiom
Maceo's own forces, with those of Banderi
and Delgado, number about 15,000 men
They have been in the hills around Leohuza
fifteen miles west of the trocha, for twi
weeks.
Meanwhile, the main body of 8panisl
troops holds the trocha. Maximo Gomez ha
accepted the situation and has directei
Maceo to remain in Pinar del Bio province
Several large Insurgent columns have beei
ordered into Havana province from eas1
One of these columns, number'-"? 6000 mei
from Santiago province, has ved. and i
now near Quivican, twenty .. js south o
this city.
Gomez says he is satisfied to have Mace
remain in the western province, as it keep
25,000 Spaniards stationed on the line an
prevents them from interfering with opera
tlons in other parts of the island. Gomez i
said to be willing to have the Spanish troop
hold the line until the rainy season sets ii
by which time they will find it a very ue
healthy spot. Reports are already being n
ceived of Spanish soldiers succumbing t
the heat, and between the wounded and th
Bicfc there are fully 15,000 now in hospital
on the island.
DISTRESS IN CUBAN TOWNS.
Concentration of Population Adds to Dan
ger of Famine.
Havana, Cuba, April 21.?The situation i
Cuba is hwart-rendlng. The poverty is a{
palling. Famine stalks through this nakec
desolate land.
The bread question will presently becom
as important us the political question. Pre{
?wiHniw fnr rplievluff the suffering of th
non-combatants must soon be made. Wome
and children from the interior continue t
flee to the United States on every steamer.
The benevolence of Americans will soo
be tested or thousands will starve, for everj
thing is being put to the torch, before Ion
nothing will be left of a once smilln
country but ashes.
Reports come from all parts of the islan
of much distress resulting from the concer
tration of the population in the cities an
the desertion of the fields.
A letter from Cartagena says the peopl
are in a terrible oondition. There is no wor
for the men and little food- In Trinidad fls
sells for thirty cents a pound and meat ha
Increased two and one-half cents a pound
In Sanctl Spiriras charcoa', formerly fort
cents a bag, is now $1.40. All food has ad
vanced equally in price. In Sltio Grand
many families are living in tents erected 1
the middle of the streets.
A Blow to the North Pole Story,
A dispatch from Christiana says that th
Governor of Yakutsk reports officially tha
the Inhabitants of Ust-Yansk have not hear
anything about Dr. Nansen, the Arctio ea
plorer, who was recently reported to be re
turning after having discovered the Nortl
I Pole. The Governor adds that the Ivor
a.v?i? tw
seeicers on mo uuw oiuenuu uuuug
eeo any ship between May and November o
last year.
Patriots' Day Celebrated.
Patriots' Day, In commemoration of th
battlo of Lexington. was celebrated wltl
groat enthusiasm throughout New England
Colored Hoy Lynched.
J<yff Gardner, colored, about rwenty-om
years of age, went to the home of Josepl
Burrows; a few mlle? north of Narren. Ark.
and found nobody there except the children
He fastened the eldo3t girl with a rope an<
then carried her to the Saline bottoms
where she was kept for soveaal hours
It was late in the afternoon before the tw<
wero found. When the miscreant was or
dered to surrendor he attempted to run am
was shot in the leg. Though wounded hi
made his escape Into a sage Held near by
and It was some time before he was found
On being captured he did not deny anything
and only wanted to know what was to b<
done with him. Be was lynched. The gir
is in a crltloal oondltlon. .
: -v, . {s : r ' <
: -j:f. . ,
; *;- " . . .OT
*
TWO NAME RUSSELL.
1 State Conventions in llaiiacbaittti and
Khode Island Indorse Him.
At Boston. Mass., Ex-Governor William E. ^
t Russell was Indorsed for the Democratic W
nomination for the Presidency by the Democratic
8tate Convention. As he was also in- *r
dorsed by the Rhode Island Democrats, Mr. 1
Russell starts In the raoe for the nomination
i with two States at his back. * ,
John W. Corcoran, Chairman of the State ^
Committee, called the 12?6 delegates to or- te
. der. John P. Thayer, of Worcester, was
- bl
^ M
g EX-GOVERXOIt BUSSELL. \
1 (Named by Massachusetts Democrats as their ?
t candidate for President.)
i s?
made Permanent Chairman. John E. Rus- ?
, sell, George Fred Williams, J. W. Corcoran I*
a and James W. Donovan were chosen dele- r;
e gates-at-large to the Chicago Convention. "
s The platform adopted declares for sound
.- money and against free silver coinage, in- o!
dorse3 the Cleveland Administration, do- B
g nounces the Republican party for coquet- A
k ting with the American Protective Associa- ti
a non, ana presents jir. jtsusseu as a canai- n
tx date. b<
i. I tAt Providence, R. I., the Democratic State
t Convention was not the tame affair It promised
to be. When the name of General Olney
^ > P
P
I
'UL3ING SPANISH CAVALRY. e
"~ n
9 Arnold was presented as the first delegate to I
the National Convention an antagonistic p
e movement was commenced. Richard R.
t Comstock, Mile9 A. McNamee, George W.
o Greene. Jesse H. Metoalf, James P. Van Alen,
David 8. Baker, John H. Tuoker and John _
e E. Conley were elected delegates. The plat- L
. form adopted Indorses President Cleveland, ?
s declares for sound money and presents to ?
a the National Convention William E. Bussell t(
i. as "one who will make on ideal candidate
a and an ideal President." I
u t
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION. ?
j
a Result* of the Vote for State and Manlcl- ^
3 pal Officers.
3 The April election was the most exciting ?
^ and surprising ever held in Louisiana. The
election was for both State and oity offices 8
n The municipal contest in New Orleans was a
s between the Democrats and the Citizens'
11 League, an organization which set to work J
to reform the city government, and which ?
0 nominated not only municipal officers ?
f but members of the Legislature as well. Rea
turns at midnight showed a majority for the I
l" league of 9272 in a total vote of 80,000 counts
ed. They indicated thar it had carried the v
13 oity by 14,000 majority, elected the Mayor, ^
Councilmen and other municipal officers, j(
l' and every one of its candidates for 8enator ?
J n muA _
ami XkBprtwemauve. xue uiu?i suipiuiu^ ic- j
? suit, however, was the discovery that New j
,? Orleans, which has 37.000 registered white j
majoritv, has gone for Pharr, the Republi- c
can candidate for Governor, by 300 to 1000 a
majority, against 22.272 Democratic maority
at the last election.
The news from the parishes was meagre, r
but showed heavy Republican gains nearly 3
everywhere. The early Indications pointed
to a Democratic majority of 22,000, against t
n 62,590 in the Presidential eleotion of 1892, d
y. and 86,913 in the State eleotion of 1888. The p
1, vote for Governor is counted by the Legisla- c
ture.
e Inanelectionjdiffloultyat Amite Dr. Gosse, \
j- Populist candidate for Governor in Tangi- s
e pahoa, and a Democrat named Wade were ^
n killed. o
0 Killed b.v Lightning.
n Christian Anderson, a teamster, living at J
r- Cassidy Park, just outside Greenwioh, Conn.,
% gave a family reunion at his house in honor
8 of the arrival of his mother from Denmark. *
Fifteen persons were seated about the table ^
d atsupper at half pa^t 8 o'clock p. m., when a d
k" bolt of lightning from a heavy shower passed ^
d throuarh an open window, striking Anderson
and killing him instantly. The bolt struck
6 Anderson in the face. No one else was in- J
? jured. A widow and two children survive ?
11 the dead man. &
a
I. Connecticut's Oldest Woman Dead,
y Mrs. Emily Robblns Talcott, the oldest
~ woman in Connecticut, dlei at her home in a
n West Hartford. She was born in Wethersfleld
on Christmas Day, 1790. n
Baron de Hlr?ch Dead. ? p
9 Baron Maurice de Hirsch, the great nnan- =>
t cler and philanthropist, died on his estate at ^
d Presburg. Hungary, from a stroke of apo- jplexy.
Baron Maurice de Hirsch. whose ^
t- full name was Maurioede Hirsch de Gereuth,
h was born in Munich sixty-three years ago.
y His father was a merchant in Bavaria, wlio, "
it for services rendered to the State, was enif
nobled in 1869. G
f<
A Woman Juror In Colorado.
Judge Johnson, of the District Court. Den- q
e ver, a.-cepted Madame Warren as u juror, ii
i this being the first case of a woman sitting
. on a jury in Colorado. is
The St. Lawrence Over Its Hank. j,
a Tho water in the St. Lawrence River rose ^
i higher than during the great flood of 1865,
, the highest on record at Three Rivers, ii
. Canadu. An Immense loss has been sus1
tained by farmers, barns being carried away, jj
, and hogs, lumber and cordwood swept down
i, the river In largo quantities. ,1
> e]
- New Trial for a Murderess.
1 The New York Court of Appeals has granted
3 a new trial to Maria Barberi, sentenced to st
' death In New York City for killing her be,
trajrer, Domlnlco Cataldo. In Its opinion D
a the Court says that Recorder Goff's attitude fli
1 during the trial and his charge to the jury is
were nnfair to the defendant. I el
THE NEWS EPITOMIZEDWaihlnrton
Items.
Ex-Senator Edmunds was elected
intof the International Arbitration
ess which opened a two days' sessio^H|H^H
ashlngton. _
Mr. Goodwyn, the Popallst contestant
om the Fifth Alabama District, was seated1
r the House. |^B
President Cleveland received a petition 9RS
om the Bar Association of New York, ask-1
k him to favor the establishment of an in-; B
rnatlonal court of arbitration. ^^9
An amendment to the Naval Appropriation
11, appropriating (25,000 additional for the;
instruction of tide Kates in the causeway}
:ros<? Wallabout Channel, connecting the
ob Dock at Brooklyn. N. Y., with the Navyj |^B
ard was favorably reported to the Senate]
om tho Naval Affairs Committee. |H|
A report from Miss Clara Barton, giving an.
count of the gratifying progress of relief - B|
ork in Armenia, was reoeived in Washgton.
In the House the General Deflolency blili
ie last of the great appropriation bills, was issed.
j. /<HH
Mr. Call presented to the Senate a petition B8
gned by L. L. Yarrell and A. H. Garland,.
;torneys for Mrs. Maybrlck, addressed to
ie President of the United States, urging W9
lis Government to intervene In behalf or )H9
rs. Maybrlck. The petition is accompanied] Hlfl
y a great number of printed documents andi
itters from Individuals Interested in the'
4 ' :.'9i
Thn newly found document submitted to1 HI
ie Boundary Commission by Venezuela 1b!
lid seriously to discredit the British Blue' OH
ook. j
In the United States 8enate Mr. Allen, of
ebraska, accused Mr. Gear, of Iowa, of ut(ring
falsehoods.
Experts testified before the House Com- H|
ilttee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
lat the building of the Nicaragua Canal acjrding
to the plans and estimates prepared
y the company was impracticable.
Civil Engineer B. E. Peary, the Arctic ex* lM
lorer. has been detached from duty at the ^H|
rooklyn Navy Yard by orders issued by the
avy Department and placed on the wait- V
ig list.
The President issued his annual Bering .
aa proclamation, warning sealers from ply- J^H
tg their vocation during the close season, ^H|
om May 1 to August 1. The proclamation
similar to those issued in prevkus years. President
Cleveland has awarded a medal HH
t honor to Brigadier-General Absalom ' H
aird, who was Inspector-General of the BWI
rmy up to time of his retirement from ao- HIH
ve service. The medal is given for gallan- H|
y in action in Jonesboro. 6a., Septem- BD
ar 1,1861. HH
Domestic. HB
EECOBD OF TOT LEAGUE CLUBS. HH
Per Pel BH
Clnb*. Won. Loit. ct Club?. Won. Loir. ct
hlladel .4 1 .800 Chicago...8 8 .800 I
lttsburg..4 1 .800 Cincinnati.3 8 .600
Brooklyn..3 2 .600 St. Louis..8 S .600
Ueveland.S 2 .600 Boston.. .2 4 . 333
rashing'nS 2 .600 New York.l 4 .2C0 HI
laltlmore.8 3 .500 Louisville.. 1 6 .161
The American National Bank of Denver, Mfl
!ol., closed Its doors. MBI
Extensive damage has been done to the Hflj
rult crop of California by frosts. IH|
The United States battleship Massachaetts
In its run from Delaware Capes to Cape j
!od proved even faster than the battleship
ndiana Hfl
Stocks opened lower on sales for London
ecount. A false rumor was circulated oa
tie other side that the Venezuelan contro
ersv might break out afresh.' There was
ood local buying, however, and the dosing
rices were considerably higher. 9|
W, F. Workman and Layman Williams. Hfl
rominent citizens of Balelgh County, West
'Inrinla. drank carbolic acid for whisky, and
led from tne effects.
J. D. Buxton, cashier of the Minneapolis
Hinn.) postofflcee, has been placed undei
rrest for embezzlement. The shortage u
bout $2100. H
Paderewski, the pianist in New York City, |^H
ave William SteinwAy $10,000 as a fund to
stablish prizes for American composers.
Edla Stimguist, Mrs. Burden's kifcohenlaid,
was indicted, arrested and sent to tha HflB
'ombs, New York City, on a charge of com*
lloity in the robbery of the jewels.
Governor A. L Bo reman, of West Virginia, I H
ied at Parkersburg.
Starling Savage was taken from his bed it
rving College, Tenn., by a mob of masked
loonshlner.s, and hanged to a tree. The
oomed man was suspected of being a spot* I H
3r for the United States Internal Revenue.
Christ Union Church at Helleretown,
'enn., was struck by lightning and ourned
3 the ground. Loss, $12,000; insurance, H
I9C00.
Edward Pardridge, a noted wheat specuitor,
died of Bright's disease in Chicago. 111.
Insurance agents have been instructed to
ancel Are policies on buildings In New York
fleeted by the Raines Liquor Tax law.
The Appellate Division of the New York
upreme Court sustained the^ constitutionlity
of the Percy-Gray Racing law. ^HD
Field Marshal Yamagata, of Japan, sailed
rom New York for Havre, on his way to fl^H[
loscow, where he will represent Japan at
be coronation of the Czar.
Three men were killed by an explosion in
At Turner's Falls, Mass.. five children
rere suffocated in a tenement-house fire.
,l?? a# Ana A a ra iima TltlKnlB
,UD UaLUCD iUU uvuu n?v
our years old; Lena Dubois, seven, both
hildren of Joseph Dubois; Rosie Boumter, HH
)ubois's stepdaughter, a girl of thirteen: I
osephine Coumartino. twelve years old, ana
Jdward Coumartino. ten years old, children
f Charles Coumartine. The children wen
,11 French.
At Maitland, Mo., the Farmer s' Bank ws
obbed by three masked men, who b!ew tha
afe open and secured $1000 in silver.
Baron Constantino de Grimm, artist, catoonist,
journalist, soldier and bohemian.
[led,at the age of fifty, in New York City, of
meumonla, accompanied by a complication HHH
if kidney disease.
The First National Bank of Bedford City.
ra., failed. Its capital was $50,000, ana
urplus and profits $23,000. Its individual
eposits amounted to $78,000, and tne bank
wed $55,000 borrowed money.
Thomas Brown, who was serving a seven
ears' sentence for burglary in the Jackson HH
Mich.) State prison, was killed while attemptif?
to escape.
The lawyers of East New Jersey have in?
uced Chancellor HcGill to established a
ranch court at As bury Park to accominc
late the lawj-ors practicing in tbn territory
etween South Amboy and Toms River. H
Marquis Yamagata, the Japanese Field
larshal, visited the City Hall, New
Mty, and was received by the Mayor and the^^JH
leads of various City Departments.
Forelarr. Not**. .
Daron von Hammerstein was convlcted^^^M
nd sentenced in Berlin
Mr. Chamberlain says England most
lain paramount in South Africa.
General Weyler has staked his whole cam?^^^^|
aisrn on his trocha movements and is san^^K|B
uine of victory within nine months.
A special cable despatch from Havanaj^^^H
ubn, says that Gomez Is marching tow&n^^^^f
[avana prcvince, to make a demonstratlo^^^^^H
1 favor of Maceo.
Princess Marguerite of Orleans was
led In Paris to Patrice MacMahon. |HHH
It is rumored in Madrid that the Spanish^^^^f
Government is preparing to Inaugurate re^^^Bfl
)rms in Cuba.
The German Reicbsta? has called upon
overnment to combat the practice of duel^^H^H
H
Leon Say, the French political economist^M^
The Fronch Senate refused tc vote
[adagascar credits because of want of
ience in the Ministry.
Dervishes in the Soudan have been
tg amons; themselves. '?v> BlH
King 'M?nelek has defied Italy. Angere^^^^H
y the Duke of Sermonela's speech, he
risoned his enemy's envoy and peace negc^M^H|
ations are off. The Negus considered Gec^M^^fl
-al Baldissera's representative a spy in
byssinian camp.
A demand was made in the German Reicl^|^Hj|
ag for measures to prevent dueling.
The Municipal Council has again electe^H^H|
r. Lueger, the anti-Semite leader, to the
zo of Burgomaster of Yienna, Austria. Th^Hfl^H
the third time that Dr. Lueger has be^^^^^H
to .?