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RUIZ'S TAK1SG OFF
licmbcr of the Staff of General Gomez
MatcE Explanation.
SAYS IT IS JUST AN INCIDENT OF WAR
SlotTnt to Death Under Flag of Truce , tut
Ac a Spy ,
HAD BEEN GIVEN WARNING BEFOREHAND
Told Hot to Attempt to Enter tie
Inrargent Lines.
FULLY AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES
ej > niiili Trenoln-rj In AwKlprnt-a nwn
Cnutx * fur tin * J'rocrilure of K.III-
Ilnl Mnleinrnt Ity
Gfiirrul
KEW YORK , Due. 23. General Emlllo
VCuiiez , a memSier or tbc fttuO of General
Gomez , and -veteran of the ton years' war ,
arrived In .New York yesterday Irotn Cuba.
" "Tho death ol Ruiz , " nald General .Nunez ,
"was one of the Jortunte of tbo war. but
the Spaniards , In their desperate extremity ,
ere seeking to make it appear that It WHB
Abe act < > r savages and not an act it' civilized
iwurlarr , ana with the extraordinary facili
ties they poMe-Hs lor dissemination of any
cert or new * - thatwill help ( bolster up their
iotteriug caune thej huve succeeded In ere
cting , temporarily , a false impression.
"Permit HIP to quote to you .from the
military code oT Spain , Inwhich It IB pro
vided that whomever shall attempt -to In
duce any officer , or any soldier or any body
cf troops to join Ihe enemy , or to desert
life flag In ilmp of war , shall be flpeniufl
CUlUy oftreason , antl the code provides
that the offender shall 'be ilrrt degraded In
lUs oflice cad then suffer death. The regu
lation la practically n ropy ol a Blmtlar
clause In the military cofle ol Prince.
"In your own military regulations it IE
jirovlfled ithat any officer or soldier of the
enemy vho adviseE or endeavors to pur-
nuade any officer or soldier of the Hulled
States to desert the service of the Dulled
States In time of nvar bha.ll . liedeemed
( worthy of death
"These are the rules that give complete
Justification .to Brigadier Aranguren for hl&
act. Ruizwas not killed under a flag or
truce , ibut at a epy.warned beforehand not
to enter the insurgent linen , and fully aware
of the consequcncer that would follow a
Tiolatlon of the order. >
-"In what was "known as the 'little war' of
1B7B Iwas in command at a plantation in
Eagua , 3uan Betarte , a SpcniBh planter in
Wangua , a non-combatant , came to me and
Bald ho desired to introduce a friend , to
which 1 offered no objection , and "he pre
sented o. Jew daye later Colonel A-gullera ,
Twhom 3 supposed to be a Cuban in sympathy
iwith the movement againiit Spanish oppren-
clon.
POSES AS A. MASON.
" 1 asked him -why he did not jolu UK onfl
WIE nmuzedvrhcn he informed me that he
wan a colonel in the Spanish army. 1 asked
lilra wliy lie dared to come to my camp "with
out penulBslon , end he replied that he came
us brother Mason and made known to me
that . .hewas a member of that organization.
Ho said he wanted to talk on general topics.
" " .Mcanwhllp two of his comrades were talk
ing to one of my officers , saying that Agullera
liaQ been authorized by General Blanco , the
nemo Blanco v. ho Ic In Havana today , to offer
$40,000 in gold and free transportation to any
part of the world if 1 would quit the Cuban
cause. Alter twenty minutes' talk Colonel
Agutlera departed , giving me his word of
ihonor that 1 eliould not be molested for twen
ty-four hours.
"My previous experience Tiad taught me to
fllBtrust Spanish promibeb , and instead of
remaining at the spot where I had met Asul-
5era I broke camp and moved off several
miles. The next day a force of 1,500Spanish
coldlers descended on the abandoned camp
to capture mo , despite the CEnurnnccK given
toy the Spanish salOicr. as a gentleman and
c MuBon , that 1 iihould not be molested , and
3 hnd permitted liim to depart unharmed Tvo
flays later I taw iu the Epanibh organt of
Havana that Acullera had met me and that
I -was ready to treat with litm.
"This van followed by the sending of two
fipanlbh miles , disguised BE Cubane , into my
tamp. One of them. Corporal Hojas , was en
trusted with the mission of assaubliiatinc inc.
Captain Pone , now a colonel in the Cuban
criiiy , diacovered tbulr Intention , elzed them
end executed thorn.
"After the war wan over J met Colonel
Agullera anfl accused him of having senf the
cples to me. Uti threw the blame on Lieu
tenant Coltmel Emjoveflu. but Admitted that
the men huS bui > u cent ostensibly to treat as
commissioners. This is a sample of
lionor , uud Is known to iiuudreds and
buudreds lu Cuba. "
SPAIN IS PLEASED.
MADRID. Due. 23. Thp manner In which
the American pveas lias condemned tbc cx-
iicutlnn of Lieutenant Colonel RuU has
awakened in Spain sentiments of sympathy ,
tending favorably to muaify the rtilutlant
tween the two oountries.
The inlnlKUTB cud statcr.mnn concldnr the
snomrnt jiroifltiouK for arriving at an accord
between Spain and the -Hiutud StutcE , which
voulfl Bpei'dtly put an end to the war in
Cuba. They h i > c the "Washington govern-
rat'nt will loyally aahore to tbo promises of
President McICiulcj-'h message , making it
vndurstooQ , as did Guunral Grant , that only
censure and the rlgorout , apiillcatlon of law
snuKt 'be cxpBCted by thono eounpirlng on
lAmcrican territory against a trlendl ; nation.
The-y consider that tiic Cuban vncujitlon of
( he autonumjsuhtunr and the tauccBBinns
made by Senor Palma impaat' un imjiurative
fluty to do everything jiosBlble to prevent
lilooflshefl and de tructlon of propartj in
Cuba.
_
crxs Axn A IMVMTION pen ci'
Shin lljik Uul at
Yurlf l.ondcd ivltli hujijillci. .
JTEW YOKK. Dec iS. The Prese
During the thitsU fog of the carty moulciE of
last Saturday the schooner JaineK M. HaEkcll
fcklrpcfl quietly from its tiler iaMenlucK in
Che Krle liiuiki. turned its nuue toward the
Icy , evaded the customs otllc-ert aui tuider
( he mantle of the tog begun HF fourth filll-
tiusterlnB expuditian to Cula. The JamcE M.
Huclcell , in view of lu recent jieftormaucch ,
is cruaitefl with being the fahtetu uufl maul
manfiged lllitiufitcrinn Bchoau-r
On ite lent trip , hecuo un Saturday morning ,
It cerrlttfl grata anfl ra-cvlEiont oiKinly lit
ijtcr read , < XB uuuttX , tar
ttm , S. C In Its holfl tt cairlefl BOO.litiO roundt I
'
of ammunition oofl 2,000 riflci. . Tbc cartrldptB
were carefully | iocked in baled hoy. the
rifles in boxes. All the Important loafling
was done at nipbt. Dazens and dorcne of big
tins marked "canned O JCK" wcrr carrlefl on
boarfl at it they contained the mort prpclBUt
of cargo , and , it le salfl , they oonulnefl the
moBt dnrgerous dynamite. The schooner
Hosktitl was formerly a Boston boat , lu
crew IB oompnnefl mostly of foreigners , but
its captain' * , name roulfl not be oscorUilneQ.
WAS r > DEai so FLAG or
Toe tf thnl Eml > l - n of Pcnrr Tor-
liiddf n lii SpnuKli Orflrrn.
NEW YORK , Dec. 2. . . indignation over
tin * kllllnR of Colonel Rulr is Btlll intenne in
Htvaua , BIJ-B the Herald corrcrn > inidcoL
Manr ate disposed < to blame General Blanco ,
alleging that lie forced Oolouel Ruiz to go
in spite of tbu luttcr'n jirDtetv.otlunE that it
meant certain death. Thlts ctory U improb
able , liut hs clrculathra sen-ed to aroupe e
very ugly feeling among the men ofwhich
Colonel Ruiz < wa oncp chief , and by whom
he was adored. This bitter feeling IB "In-
tenhlfled by a Btory ithut Colonel Rui7 - contributed
tributed to the support of Colonel Aranguer'B
mother and that only a few days before his
fleatrh ecnt lier $50 at Colonel Araiiguer'e per
sonal request.
AH accDuntB agree that Colonel Arariguer
wan jierranally opposed to Rue infliction of
the crtrernepenalty ii > the cane of Colonel
Ruiz , tiut hlF own life would have be-en sac
rificed hnd he refused immediate compliance
with the orders of his superiors.
A cable has been received litattag that Gen
eral Le-e had lieen instructed by Secretary
of State Sberman to notify General Gomez
and -Uhe other rebel leaders that they need
esjiect no Am-erican sympathy if they con
tinued to permit firing on Hags of truce.
Gentirul Lee stlfl he liad received no such
instructions , acid added ( that he knew of
no Instance of the display of a flag of truce
during -this war. It lias never been asserted
by 'the Spanish authorities that Colonel Ruiz
was under a Ccg of truce , that institution
bolus unknown to the Spaulnh army 10 Cuba
its use being interdicted OB involving n
recognition of the insurgents UB belligerents
This UK so widely known thait the Spanish ,
while denouncing the killing at an act nf
savagery , frankly admit that Coloaul Ruiz
was under no protection and had been
almtidantly warned of the consequences of
his action In approaching the rebel camp.
Much excitement was caused on Moadaj
manilnc ; vrtien u. email war ship tearing a
strong lesemblanceto the United States gun
boat Annapolis was seen slowly approaching
I4ie harbor A rumor spread than oa Amer
ican war chip was coming in aa3 the people
became frenzied when the etranger's guns
operied in a f.alute to ithe fortb , many be
lieving the city -was being bombarded. It
was HBon apparent that the - vesselwas tae
German school ship Stein , tut Beven liours
elajised before quiet was lestored ia tlie
city. A welcome -was extended .to the Stein
by the Spanish naval and military authorities.
All laHt night raging flree were visible
southwest of Havana , only ten miles diustaul
Standing canes on the Toledo and the Portu-
galeto estates , which 'were about to com
mence grinding , were set on fire "by the
rebels acid completely destroyed. No e-
taJes are grinding now except those paying
a tax of 40 cents a 'bag to the rebels.
J-iiKJU STILL ACTIVE.
Enter n Twvrn nt ! Msrli < niid Plunder
HAVANA , ( via Key "West , Pla. ) , Dec. 21 ! .
On SaturBuv ulglit lust , under cover of the
darkness , the insurgent leader , Ravena , with
fifty mea , entered the village of Bacuramo , in
the neighborhood of Guanabacoa , near thU
city , and plundered grooery etoies and sev
eral private residences without E. shot being
fired by the Insurgents or lj ihe garrison.
; o ithb province of Santa "Clara tbo m-
E-urgcttU "have avoamited a fine bridge. They
have burned Immense cane fields on the
ipiri plantation , near Aguacatothis prov
ince , with a lest of ever J100.000. It is
also reported "tbat they are now burning cane
fields on several other plantations to that
locality. An unconfirmed rumor is in cir
culation that they lave Tmrned the little
town of San Francisco de Paulo , about eight
miles from Havana. The cane fields -on the
plantation ToleSo , near Hav-aca , liave been
burnefl.
Last Sunday "the military commander at
Jagucy Kent u number of concentrudos , under
the protection of IcxuJ guerrillas , to bring
vegetables lu o the town. They were cur-
prlhed by ihe insurgents , who machetea fclxtj-
tfaree ,
\e - Ciililuet for CliIIl ,
VAILPAIRAIBO , Chill , Dec. 22. Seuor
Cuevas has EucreeoVd in forming a coalition
ministry , -with the following distribution of
portfolios :
Premier and minister of the interior , Senor
Antonio Yaldes Cuevab.
Minister of foreign affairs , Senor Sllva
Cruz.
Cruz.Minister
Minister of Justice , Senor J. Domingo
Rivoia.
Minister of fltmnce , Senor Gonzalez Erra-
zurlz.
Minister of war nnd marine , Senor T.
Davi'la ' Lorraln.
MlniBter of Industry and public works ,
"SBnor Horlioso.
After Cronlij-
DDC. 23. Rafael ( Madrigal ,
consul at Bancti Spiritus , left
there ou Saturday luBt Iqr the camp of Gen
eral Maximo Gomez. He goes to obtain ; the
money aud effects left liy C , E. Crobby , the
late correcpoudcnt of the Chicago Record ,
who WOK killed laat March during an engage
ment near ( Arroyo Blanco. General Gomez
promised at tlie time to deliver Mr. Criby'b
bolongiugs to ConBUl GBUeral Pitzhugh Lacer
or to Ills representative.
-SciTl-c THK iu 2Eiitill-.il Clitiuuclh.
LONDON , Dec. 28. Heavy tags prevail in
the dihtriui of London over the Bristol chan-
nol. thp aierMty , the Clyde and the Tyne ,
lime been numerous shipping acci-
diinu aud luuch luconveuieiice has iieen
aautied to < ualu traflit l > y delaye and btop-
pngos. It it ieoiYid that several liver * have
llt'ttU lost.
More Hiutlutr iu llliliciuili ,
LONliON. Dec. .24. The Vienna corro-
cpondeut of the Daily Telegraph bays that
the CxocliE jt'i-.terdny ( Tiiursda ) ) made an at-
tuek uu a Goriuac school at "Wcrecowitz , a
suburb of Prague , uud began to demolish the
buiidlug. The police flrefl on lht rloterb ,
one.
MJlil > .l T QlrfclKTiifc.
LIMA , Peru , D c. 23. Todsy Pretideut
Piurula jiromulgated the new law &b to IIQU-
Cathalic morrisgCE , anil Senor Ant'jendro
Ltipi-i de Rumuua , premier and minister iif
tlio interior , tendered his reBiEnatiou as &
protest.
NenCu inn l i CriitTnl fur I'orto QUnu.
MADRID. Dec. JJS. The quecu regent has
BiEuefl the appointment of General -Gucuilcs
iluiiui ( it , tuuUiln ccucnU ol Porto 2Uuo ,
PHILADELPHIA BAM PAILS
Olocing of "What "tfns ConEiflcrod a Etrang
Intrtituticrn.
CARRIES A SAVINGS COMPANY WITH IT
rrfunlnrnl Sln Arc
nl tli tlir I'lnnnrlnl ConcrriiK ,
mid Creditor * . Mill Prtil.nlilj-
lie Mndc Oi.iid.
PHILADELPHIA , Dec. IS. A ecnsatlca
was created in this city today by the an-
DDuocemcnt of the suspension of the Chest
nut Street National bank , regarded KK one
nf the strcageet financial inEtltutions in the
city. Tiie suspension carried -with it the
closing of the Chestnut Street Trust and
Saving Fund company , doing fbu&ineB * , under
the state tanking Imwe. "W M. S'ngrrlj ,
publisher of the Philadelphia Record , Is
president of both companies , and the came
men , vith one exception , act as officers aafl
directors.
The first information the -public received
of the bank's trouble -wo * fa the form of a
notice posted this morning on the door o !
the building occupied jointly by the two
ronecrnc , signed by National Bank Examiner
"William M. Hart , to the effect that the
Chestnut Street National bank had closed
Its doors pending an investigation of its
affah-B. No statement of assets uad liabili
ties is available , but it IE stated that the
deposits of the bank amounted to JL00,000 ,
and of the trust comtmny 11,800.000.
Pieeideut Slngerlj gave out a brief state
ment tonitfct in which he taid :
'TVe ore working to fcecure the Indebted
ness of the two banks so they can go into
voluntary liquidation' aad thus avoid c re
ceivership. "
"WILL TRY AND PAT OUT.
In thlt , conoection Deputy Comptroller of
tfae Treasury George M. Coffin , -who was sent
here from "Washington by Comptroller Eckels
today , said' "The matter of putting the
Chestnut Street Natlroal bank into c .volun
tary liquidation h.ifc been taken up by Phila
delphia men of great financial ability. Their
first step will lie to ascertain the value of
tlie assets of the "bank. They must first be
satisfied that they lave a Talue sufflcieni to
warrant them in assuming -indebtedness. . "
Mr. < 3olUn will remain Iiere several days
aiding the men who have taken upon tihe.m-
sehes the task of extricating Mr. Smgerly
from his financial difficulties. These gentle
men are in consultation tonight and the belief
is ctrong that they will .provide the funds
necessary for -voluntary liquidation of the
two banks.
It was linowti for pome time io banking
circles that Mr. Singerly't banks were iu
trouble und the national bank examiner , it
IE * aiflwas aware of nbe conditlou of af-
iairs. Last night o number of the leading
ba uk officials of the city lield a conference
lasdng. until nearly 3 o'clock tftls morning ,
consideiicg the matter of raising fufflcient
.money to iclleve Mr. Smgerly's tanks of
their distress. It is understood that a jiropo-
sitian to fluat $2,000,000 jirefcrrefl etock of
the Philadelphia Record had been practical ! }
agreed to , v.f'en the discovery -was made
that because of the m-valved condition of tic
trust company's finances this sum would not
"bo witjin several hundred dollars of the
amount required. Negotiations v.cre there
fore declared off and the "banks vvere forced
to the wall.
Now it is hoped that the committee vvhiLh
began tonight where the former committee
lelt off will succeed ia fiatisfactorlly adjust
ing the finances and jiermlt the ianks to jmj
depoultors dollar for dollar.
RECORD A GOOD PROPERTT.
The net earnings of the Record last year
are said to liave ilieen C21D.OOO , more than
sufficient to imy dividends on a euro sufficient
to pay all of Mr. Slngerly's indebtedness to
the banks.
The statements of the cause -of the failure
current here agree with that made by Comp
troller Eckels at "Washington today that it
WTIB primarily due to the loss of much money
l > y Mr. Singeriy 'in his unproductive paper
mill at Elkton , Md. , one of tlie largest in the
country. One statement placed the sumihut
involved at nearly $1,000,000.
On Monday of this -week the Chestnut
Street National bank made the following re
port to the Philadelphia Clearing liouse :
Loans and discounts , $2,216,000 ; legal re
serve , JliUd.OOO ; ueposlts , $1.789.000 ; due from
banks. $ n5S.OOO ; due -banks. . JGBC.OOO ; circu
lation , ? , OGO.
Tiie rebcrve lias been lielow the legal re
quirements for several weeks. The deposits
on Octonrr > , when the bank re-ported to the
comptroller of the treasury , amounted to
? 2,03iiBriC. Tlie shrinkage 1n thlfc item , there
to : e , has been more than $300,000 in a little
over two months. It IB said < there lave -been
quiet but steady runs on both banks for sev
eral days past.
Of the deposits in the bank the -city is rep
resented by $289 , GM , the state iby $225,000
and the national government by n large num. ,
but ell of thcBO creditors are believed to be
protected. "Wlicn the trust company made
its last report to the state authorities No
vember 1C the deposits amounted to ? l,4i)2- )
DIRECTORS MEET TODAT
A meeting of the directors of the truul
company will be "held at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning to ttecldc on a course of procced-
ure. It Is believed tlie state bank exam
iner will then take formal possession of
the institution. <
Mucli t-ympathy is expressed on all sides
for Mr. Singeriy. He lias occupied such a
prominent plae-e in the affairs of the city
and the state for years past that the newt
of his financial difficulties naturally created
a ( .ensatlan.
A great number nf Email account ! , -were
carried by the trust company and appre
hension was expressed that some distress
might follow the failure. It tlie hopes of u
quick BiitUoment are realized , however , all
depositors will be paid in full in a short
time.
The Chestnut Street Xatlonal bank , was
established in June , 1E77 , Tiut wafc not iu-
corporated until July 7 of the tame year
Hon. Robert E. Pattlsou wui , iu first presi
dent , -uBBunaing the office v.ht-u he letlred
from the governorship. TVhen he again be
came governor , in 1B81 , Mr. Singer- suc
ceeded him. The present officers aud direct
ors of the hank are "William M. gingerly ,
president , Isnat Cooper , vice president ; Deu-
Jamiu P. Obdyke , Benjamin A. Tan Schalck ,
Juhn BlmmonE , Charles A. Porter , "Walter
T. Bradley anfl George J. Selgler. Jr. . dl-
jectore , IV.V. . Price , paying tellej ; "William
Stuelc , catkin , and J. F. Rearflonnotar }
public.
NORIUSTO'WJs' , Pa. . Dec 23 A mortgage
of $100,000. catering William M. Singerty's
realty in Gwyneflfl township was placed en
record here this afternoon. The mortgagee
is GL G , Hart of rHh.auljib.ln ,
ment If dated March a 18P7. The rate of i
Interest is C. per -crot Tbqproperties eov- j
cred by this nrortEege are jftrme embracing
70S BCTPE. thrrr loti oT fAx nrren each anfl
ont- lot of two ncrrti , imakinR a total of 72S
acres in a high stale of cultivation.
Eurdjx-nn PrrKf Trj-lnjr < o Evolve n ,
Solntinu of ll < tr Tronlilr.
LONDON. Dec. 14. A fllKitxtch to the
Dally Chronicle from Rome enyrs it Is ru
mored there that owing to Its obligations to
Germany , Italy had declined England's pro
posal tor common action in the far east , in
cluding D joint occujxttlon of Chu San. Ac
cord tap to the same dltpatch It is asserted
that England .has proposed to Russia D con
ference on the Chtatflt question with a view
of avoiding dangerous rivalries.
Tlie Shanghai correspondent of thr Dally
Mall wys. "The Chinese government is help
less. It is mobilizing iu few troops under
the least capable generals who conducted
the campaign ogalnct Japan. The British
fleet U nt preeeat at sea. "
Tijf Daily Chronicle says that it has good
rcoHon to Jielleve the government bus decided
on -watching policy , and will refrain from
occupying any Chinese territory lor the pres
ent , but will give its moral support to Japan.
und distinct warnings to China cocireiailug
England's action in certain cantingeticcB It
is understood , s&ys the Dally Chronicle , that
Japan will protest in the strongest manner
ccahiKt Germany's actinn , and diplomatic
circles ridicule the idea or u RussD-German
entente concerning China.
STIt < I.VG CAE OF AVIttELT DEVOTIOX.
l.nrtjJMIIlnlN * MicrlfU- Ut-r Lift- for
l.ovt * < if llrr BaHlmiid.
( CnpjTlfrlit , 1S9" . by lre B J'ulillBhlnc Cnmpany. )
LONDON. Dec 23. ( New York "World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) The circum
stances of Lady Millals' death constitute a
painfully tragic ending to a singularly ro
mantic career. Lady Mlllais died , of cancer
contracted through her -wifely devotiou to
ler late distinguished husband. His doctors
conveyed to lier during the early progress
of his illness the Information that she .should
employ disinfeataiils regularly when attend
ing him , and she should aiever kiss liim
Both these injunctions Lady Milla's di rt > <
garded out of her affection for her hus
band , who never knew the disease could be
infectious , and -wliose ieelings she fe-ared
would be hurt if she adopted the precautions
suggested. Two months before her hus
band's death the disease dndarefl itself in
her and it made exceedmplf rapid progress
The shock of her son's death a few months
ago completely prostrated Lady MiWals and
she n-fused to permit any operation to be
performed for her relief. John Ruskin , her
first lusband , IE Btlll living at Amla ide , in
Lake country , but WE mental condition has
been clouded for the past two yea s.
1'Or.E MEJ-IHEfe 1PEJ ? E JX ITAL1.
Dfj > lnreB Conlllct 'B 'twr ? fij the- Stair
uuil Tntlcan.
ROME , Dec. ' 23. The Tpooptlon at the
Vatican today -was largely-attended by Cath
olic dignitaries Replyhp. : a > the Christmas
greetings the pojie dEpkced ithe conflict be
tween the state and loly Bee , which im
partial minds desired io iu. The majority
of Italians , his1 Tiolinejs .continued , were
against it. and itwas wrong to fight the will
of the ] > eople , who understood that political
unity did not suffice to give Ihem prosperity.
Therefore tney desired the-'independence of
the ( papacy and the restoration of its rights.
Peaceful citizens should jiof be confounded
with ihe subversive factions -whose aim waste
to set the cause of Ittfly and the rights of the
papacy inconflict. . It lad never been unworthy -
worthy , and the state should make just
reparation.
The pope , who T.-as in excellent .health and
splendid voice , blessed all present , including
twenty-three cardinals. Atterward every
guest passed the throne of "the pope and his
holiness said a few words to each of them.
FK.OCE SETTLED ON UPPER XILE.
ii Actoiujill > .lifB It * 1'tirj.onc
\Villi out IMfflrnltj ,
PARIS , Dec. 22. Tae Gil Bias today pub
lishes a loiter from Major Morchand , the
French officer whose expedition woe recentlj
erroneously reported from Brussels to liave
been massacred. The letter , which Is dated
from Semis , on June 17 , says the work ac
complished is enormous. He adds that the
Prench "hold Domzlber , strongly occupied
Mebaerrek , and that byAugust 14 Prance
would thus be firmly established on the Nile
without firing a E'JOI.
Commenting upon this' communication Gil
Bias bays the rivals of France can no longer
prevent it from being nulsti ess or the Nile.
aLViSACKE I'OnTlGT5ESE ) i-OLDIEIlS.
of u Drjiendrovy Are
Tronblt.
LISBON , Dec. 23. AH official dispatch
from St. Paul de Loando , Portuguese Lower
Guiana , sayj , that the natives of the Hurnbo
plateau in the Portuguese colony of Angoloa
-hare massacred a Portuguese , offlocr , a ser
geant and. . twelve men. Reinforcements
have been Bent firom St. ! Paul de Loaudo.
Ilootli Hf-urti frniu ( Hlx
( Copyrlel't. ' 18H7 TJJ ] * TenR I'uliU > .liliie Company )
LONDON , Dec. 2S. ( New Tcrk World Ca-
ulegrarn Sjiociul Telugiam. ) General "Wil
liam Booth , -tie founder and head of .the Eal-
-vation Army , received several cable dis
patches today relating to the condition
Mrs. Balllngton Booth , who Jz reportbd to be
dying in New Tork ot a bruhen hewt In con
sequence of tiie peraecutaons'uf the Salvation
Army. "Whew the general Jen urmy li 'ad-
cjuarters tor the 'day he ordernd that if anj
dlBjiatciie * for liim were anoeired later they
be kept uratil tomorrow morning.
QflCK TI5IE AOBOSS THE IMCIFIC.
htfUlncr Chi ii n ( DOCK i-Oinr J-jiei-ulliir oil
lib < > ' ! Arpuuilt.
BAN FRANOISOQ , OBC. 23. Toe steamer
China , .v , Uich arrived. , this monting ( from the
Orient , via Honolulu , made the Quickest trip
on record not only between Yokohama and
Honolulu , but ( between ( Honolulu and Ban
Francisco. The ship WEB detcined nineteen
hours and thirty-fcix minutes at Honolulu ,
and from Yokohama to this .jmrt , including
thie delay , U .mane . the trip in fourteen days
twehe hours and flchteenmluutej. . . The
paumgc from the ibland was .made In five
days seven hours and forty-one minutes. At
one period of the voyage 1B. 5 kuottwere
averaged for four liours. All previous rec
ords of the speedy liner were iKuUen by one
day one hour and forty minutes.
Xl'LIPICfe A 31 All Ul ACE
huprjne Court 4if llllnoU DI i > uiv of
a I't-ruliur Cuff.
CHICAGO , Dec 23. The Illinois supreme
court lias handed down a decision in the
Orchardboa Merrlcl : juarringe Annulment
cate. affirming the decrt-c of nullification
grtuit-d by the lower court and clvltig the
jiroport ) to the reUtiven of Mrs. Merrick
The cehe is unique ia thst the muriage it
eet abide after one ol the contracting parties
lias liuui duafl tlmixit lour 3 ears ,
VICTIM OF LAMP EXPLOSION
Mis. Polk Eoce'iTCB Bun * That Oost Her
Her Life.
CLOTHES SATURATED WITH BURNING OIL
niiicN Contliindo Hnt Into tlic
t'util I2ztliicnlNli lij Arlclili
Jtut.li to tlic Wtimuii'ii
An accident occurred to Mrs. Folk of 405
North Fourteenth street last jilpiit ia which
she received eevcre burns that resulted in
.her death. At 6 o'clock Mrs. Folk
entered thp halt to light the bravj
lamp vhich was suspended "with
weights from the ceiling. She ImS
lighted it and was about to push it back AO
Us usual faeight , 'When in some manner -the
bowl of the lamp slipped from its basket
und fell to the floor. Mrs. Folk did iiix
realize the danger of an explnsina und
though. t 3e would be able to ex.tlugU'lBh the
blaze by beating it wilii lier apron. In an
other inr'aat the lamp exploded and Mrs ,
Foil ; it clothes were covered with burning on
und iu nn kintanl were on flic. She ran
screaming into the parlor and then out upon
the porch , -where the wlmd cuugitftbe blaze.
The only other -person in the .house at the
ttinniwas James Itothery , a lodger , who run
downstairs when he facard the woman's cries
and found mer on 'the porch. Mr. McEa.tron ,
who lives apposite , arrived at the fume time
cud together the men succeeded in extin
guishing the burning garments by rolling
Mrs. Folk m the enow and enveloping her
in uhi'lr coatsj. The cloth'lng was found to be
almost entire ! } iburneJ from tocr body and
tberu were di ep burns upnu lier breast and
arms. Dr. Gilmorc attended Mrs Folk end
dressed ilier injuries. He pronounced them
of a d'mgerous character. She was laken to
the Presbyterian hospital , where she died at
2:30 : this morning.
Some damage i\as dcue to the hall and
frail ! portions of the house before the flames
were cxtluguished. The 'fire ' deiiartment ar
rived in time , however , to prevent the fire
from spreading to toe main portion of the
nous * or to ttie adjoining flats. The lost
amounted to about ? 10.
Mrs. Folk has lived in this city for fom-
teen years. iHer husband tiled las ; March at
St. Joseph's lio-spital and Blurt * that ahne she
'has taken boarders at her residence on Four
teenth street. Her daughter , Mrs. Anna
Smith , and lier granddaughter t'-.ve ' made
their liome with Mrs. .FolU. She came to
Omaha from Xenia , O. , where she sjicut her
early life.
AAVE THEIR BILL
AjijuirtJdliinrlilMpiiKurv 1'nnnfh BiiUNt *
fin n Clour Vote.
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , Dec. 23. Amid scenes
of riotous Bisorder and intense excitement
the hnuHe toflaj po Bu 'nc republican sena
torial -cjipartlonwcnt ) iu liy at vote < of J9
yeas to D4 nayt. Tht're * were but twp votes
to spare. It was a hu.irurc.LQth escape from
defeat for the republican managers. Eej > -
reBentative Patrick Meauj'of Chicago ! > c.r.C
the rcimbllcan organization. Be furnished
the seventy-serenth Tote necesEary to jiasK
the measure. Representatives Funk and
Scroggin , the McLeancounty kickers , then
voted for the bill imaking 79 in all.
It was a dramatic end -of the apportion
ment fight in the house. The democrats
shouted and jeered. So-great-was the tumult
that everybody in the state house was drawn
tothe floor of representative hall , -which
was crowded -with excited men.
Today's events insure the success of the
apportionment , as the senate -certain to
IIBEE the bill the first vvoel : in January.
The bill provides for a rppanllcan reappor-
tlonment of the legislative districts of the
state. According to the democrats the rc-
nppartioHrnent is a gerrymander. The re
publicans assert that the chances simpl\
correct the outrages alleged to lave been
perpetrated in the bo-called democratic
gerrymander of the state. So clever was the
democratic map-making under existing
conditions , it is necessary , Governor Tanner
( republican ) declares , lor the republicans to
carry Illinois by at least 80,000 majarJty if
the republican party is to control the state
legislature.
ITOR1AL OCIXTEST IX H1O.
iK1 1o Line I'ji for tlu * Coiiiliic
lint lie.
CLEVELAND , 0. , Dec. 23. The marfihal-
ing of forces in the Ohio senatorial contest
has begun. Charles llurtz of Columbus hat ,
dropped all pretense of not seeking to defeat
Senator Hanoa , and has for came time been
organizing Ills forces. Today there vere
many Important conferences in different parts
of the btate. Among .those who visited ihe
tenator were Judge Gearge K. Naeh , chair
man of the republican executive committee
of Ohio ; Harry Daugberty , chairman of the
state central committee ; John R. Malloy ,
clerk of the houte of repreaeutativcs and a
candidate for re-election ; Colonel Alexander
Carne , clerk of the sesate end a candidate
for it-election , and Pjosldent D. D. Wood-
mcnsee and C. C Case of the Onto League
of Republican clubs.
THIXK J.TATE IS
ColoruiloVniitM Aurlrulluriil Dfjinrl-
nicnt In Iliilic Corrcctlou.
DENVER , Colo. , Dfte. 2S. Goveraoi
Adams , anfl Secretary Schute of the State
Board of Horticulture , are not to make a
demand upon Secretary of Agriculture "Wil
son that E. certain bulletin recently eat out
by the Department of Pomology be with
drawn. The officials mentioned declare -that
tlic bulletin not only libels Colorado , tout that
it contains absurdities that the department
should be athamed of. Co'orado it credited
in the bulletin with a email range of ctjiu-
bllltlcfi in Irult crowing. It is further stated
that Hit ! limit of varieties ia apples , plums
nd the small fruite is so email that It would
appear us If ihif ceutlan could not grow any
large amount of any of iho < < e fruits.
TOO ILL 'JXI L1 * VE PHIVATE CAIt.
n. II II. CliirU Sullrri. u
in Tcxu
KANSAS CITY , Dec. 23. A special to the
Times from Sam Antonio. Tex. , eayt 5 , II.
H. Clark , one ol the leceivers of the Union
Pacific , arrived here this morning. Bularr
he could leave bis private -cur and go to iik
hotel where apartment * , were engagei , he
was tal.cu ill and has not isince been able to
leave the car. If his condition does not 1m-
firove within the n.est few dayt he will be
taken buck to hU luune in St. Louis.
J'ouHrjuil I'Miiicl. . hlioic < > ] ' < " >
ICANBAS CITY. Dfc. 2S The mid-CDntt-
nentiU poultry und Jict Mtoul ; nhow ojiunotl
iiere today witti jirire * ntrie from a dozen
Btat ° 6 anfl Tanadu llBtt-fl The iinr's ? are
numtiered by tlie hundreds unfl thv ' ( r.any
well tnown fanciers iirc&uit pronounce tiie
one of the finest ever
THE BEE BULLETIN.
ronrcnrt tar
riitr. AVurmer. Variable
1. Cuban Tnralou of Kult'n I > r Uu
lllc rhU < l < 4pha Itnuk rnlU.
- > Voninn Klllcil by l.nttip llxplonltin.
Serious rirr and I2xil ] < > Htim In Chlra
Z , Di-Klcti lor I piiKltlnn maiupo
Cminillan SrHlim Si-rurr Duiunci' * .
S. tVliul-up of IinlrymnnV Com rittlnn ,
Mliuirltv Itrpn-t in I'liiillnc
StuckiiinnVVlim n I'BKU CKHII.
4. Editorial it nil Gutuiiuuit ,
f. . I > i > lln to Come to tlir l cpoMt
KJitmllUr lloonuirs llrarh
Mnud Ku.iiuoml In Out iif 1 U.
Otimlm LoHifi nn luipnrtnnt Suit.
(1 , Counnll ItluRii l.oral Muttrn.
Attitiupti'd Trainwrnrklue lu Iowa.
7. O nnr l Nrws tif the Turtbur A rut.
H , Hrvli-u-s ot Ilitrnnt l'ul > llr tlmi .
> 'und of ATntrr for tint ExpiMltlim.
llltithtuirk llntmnif * uu Artful IHulpor.
1'laue lor ludlun Supply l > cii > t.
11. Coiiiuiiirclttl and I'lnunrliil WK.
IS. I'ollliv , Molllr and tillItuITiirlJh. . "
> nt Oiunltnt
Hour. Dec. Hour. Dec.
n u. in. . . . . . : t2 1 ji. iu. . . . . . 11
7 n. in. . , . . , ZZ : t ] i. in. . . . . . - '
It n. in . . - . . . . < l T i iu . . . . . . " 0
1 < ) n. in. . . . . . IS < l j iu.
11 a. in. . . . . . IS T j
IU iu. . . . . . . . . 1J S ] iu. . . . . . IS
II in. . _ . . . IS
WHEAT ! < I11.1.\G IT IX CH1TAGO.
Inlrrcht IH Ccntcrluu in ltd Finn !
Xi 4 position.
CHICAGO Dec 2R. In tie wheat pit on
the Board of Trade toflty the great game be
ing played lietween the clique represented
by Joseph loiter aod the elevator people , un
der the loid of P. D. LAirmour , Boemed to be
BhifUng from December to May. Thole war
more real wheat , sixty -pDunds to the bm-hcl ,
and cverj pound calling for money , preivntcd
to Mr. Irfslter's attcation. Chartering of veb-
lk to take out a large amount of grain was
believed to indicate 'that the i-levator people
had some 2,000,0110 bushels more wbeat so
near thiit it was time to maV.e room for it.
What the clique is to do with all this wheat
bus become of vital importance to veapel
mcsi uod to the elevators themsehes. On
that pnint it was certain t4iat nobody jet
known 'what is to become ol the accumulo-
tlon of wheat after tie tap of ihe bell on De
cember 21.
Within ten days since the close of naviga
tion on < * he lalvt-s about 4,000.000 ibushelp of
grain have been taken out of the -Chicago
elevators and loaded into vessels. Venue ]
men never wltueEeed such n rush to get'
graio into the winter fleet. Nearly fctet }
beats ae already loaded -with grain. The
aggregate capacity of tfae winter fleet Is not
over 12.000.OnO Sushels and thus before the
last vessel of the season bad reached Its dock
at Buffalo a third of the. flee : hero had been
'taken Care of ,
Ttoe ruth lor lioate airae to an end during
the flayAgentr iid uot find -boaywlio _
waatcfl to load grain" taTe their veaBels. They
at once came to 'tihe ' conclusion that the elevator -
vator capacity representefl by the 4,000,000
bUhhelB taken out was ntout fwnhat the ole-
vaitor people exjteoted to till , JarBcrywith
wheat , before the end of the yc r. The re
ceipts since the graio l > egnn pohig into the
lioatswould fill about half of the vacated
TOora. This would leave room ior about
2,000,1100 bushelB more grain acid was talien
to be a certaio indica'tion of the -amount Ji
elevator rteople cKiiectoQ to tring in before
ihe end of tie deal.
* .EVEIin ULlZIAJIJi 1THE EAST.
Tn o F Tt of ' 'iitiir Ctifrf. . tiltCrouiiil
In Cvntrnl > Torli.
WATERTOTVN , K. T. , Dec S. One of the
v/crst 'blizzards lhat 'has visited this section
in a number of years tiegan last evening and
continued all night. Two Jeet of snow now
covers the ground and is still coming. The
snow BO lar "has caused little delay to rail
road traffic.
ROCHESTER , N. T. . Dec. 22. A blizzard
is raging in "Wyoming county , forty miles
south of this city. Nearly four feet of
snow lias fallen during the last twenty-four
hours and the storm continues -with no sign
of abatement. Roads tire blocked and the
farmers arc shut up in their hous.es.
STKACL'SE , N. T. , Dec. 22. A sevee
snowstorm which lad 'been raging atpoints
.north ol this city all daj struck Syracuse to
night and continued late in the night. Nearly
all trains were delayed Irom twenty mlnuteb
to three hours , and all showed signs of liuv-
ingpasses through a storm. Borne of the
trains from the north had to lie preceded by
EIIOU plDWK.
BUFFALO , N. T. . Dec. 2R. Altbsugfc the
snowfall in this city was light toJay. en
gineers aad ilremcu running on roads Nou'.h
and Boutheast of Buffalo report much trouble
wiLa iieavy drifts. There was > J heavy fall
of snow ia the [ territory betw een lale Tlew
and Duaklil ; IUM ni ht and all reads running
in that direction , eHpeclally the Lake Shore ,
suffered. The Lake Shore llml'.udwas
blocked in four iwt of stiow near Aagola for
-two hours , until a sno-w rilow released it. Cco-
ductors on the Ilocheeier t I'Htsburg raid
people could nut reach the Orchard Parlr ela
tion on account of the depth of the snow.
S JLVUEKM \ WILL , HE HANGED ,
Driitli Srult'iK-r fur SiuruVr I jion
Mlth 5.-U.
NORFOLK , Va , , Dc. . 2S. John
was today convicted of the murflur ( if iWil-
liam "Wallace Sounders , mate of the scSiocotr
Olive Ptscker , on the high seat , on "August C
I'-tit and under the njmtncn of the court i ( <
to lie hanged oa March IE next , unless the
supreme -court of the United States in the
meantime imtrpobcs.
MOXWKVT OX TJKC MOt XTA1X TOI %
Colurudo'K I'luu to Ildiuir Aliruliaiu
DENVER , Colo. , Dt-c. 22. runnal
were taUeu today , toy the iiioorj/orallon of the
Abraham Lincoln Memorial association , lor
the rbtablifchmeut of a suitable memorial to
the manyrod president lu Colorado. The Bite
selected Is the bummlt of Mount Lookout
in the Arkoukos valley.
TVJoi nilnit of Oiui AfHt.fl > . , Ui'ts. ilil.
At N n' TorU Arrlvefl Manltobtt. from
London ; Kensington , Irtim Antwcirp ; liot-
tuidain , from Jtotterilain ; Magic , from Liv-
orjiool. Sailed Edam , for AmKtnrdani.
At Llvcrjiool Sailed Switzerland , for
Antwen' . Arrived. Ilhyjilandfor I'hlluael-
jima.
At London Arrived ( Mobile , from New
Turl ; ; Kunningtan , from Piillufluljihlu.
At' Bremen ArrJVofl T'i'a.A'e , from New
YorJ : , via Southamiiton.
At Itotterdam Arrived Sjiaurtiflam , ircm
JJtin Tort Saltofl Vijondum , for Now Torn.
At SCajiles Arrivwl Putrlft , tram yvef
YorU ,
At San FrunuiBro Arrivefl Stuxmer
China. ( Hung Kong , Tokohama and Hone
lulu.
lulu.At
At Queenstoiwa Sailefl Germanic , for
New , Turk , , t _
BDILDING WRECKED
OMcngo Structure Qmttcrotl "by PoroB of
GOG Explosion ,
DOORS AND WINDOWS BLOWN INTO STREET
Insignificant Fire Almost Develops Inta
Grave Disaster.
TWENTY-THREE PERSONS ARE INJURED
Ezmtod Occupants of Building Flee m
Confusion.
FIRE ADDS TO GENERAL DESTRUCTION
CiitttMtroplie Orrnr * In lltr Ilrnrt of
tinCity and lllorLndo
7'rnllic lor Several
HourK.
j
Dec. 23 , Fire lirokp out shortly
after 4 o'clock this afternoon ia hc base
ment ofthe flvo-fltnrr building at 101 Mudi-
BDKl Btreot. the ilrtl floar nnfl tummnnnt nf
which were -occupied by the Toeettl Cafe anfl
Restaurant company and ithe secood. floor ly
the bllllurd jiarlon. of FraaU Musnej- , The
-blare was Insignificant at first und a crowd
of peojile gathered cu ihe sidewalk in rent
of the .building . to w atch ttie 'work ' tf the fire
men.
men.About
About one dozen jiolleemco wore busily
engaged in pushing back the throng , when
a terrific explosion of natuial gas took placo.
The building -\\a badlj wrecked , The windows
dews , window gratings , bldewulk lights and
maahole ro\ ers -were hurled jhtc tht air mid
fell amreig tJie crowd Discus of jwople wcro
thrown from their feet audtwentj-thrue were
injured , only one of them being seriously
Lunt.
The following Is the lint of injured-
Oiptain Thiimas O'Conuor , burned about
head , fare and lirSj. may die.
James .lollj. plpomau , liuraed about licixd
and right Jeg rajured.
James Murphy , pipeman , injured -about
head and right arm.
Policemaci C. Scoiilan , burned about fac
end htud ; arm cut by falllnr ; glass.
Policcmau Jamt-p Lark.c , lialr bingcd and
cut over right eye.
Policemau Tiinmas Flccning , buined about
bead aad right leg 'bruised.
Policeman John Murphy , burned about
lirad and right cheel ; cut bj falling glass.
Louis Vlreck , cut over right eye.
Frank McDougall , tair Kinged and face
burned.
E. Gerber , liurned about-hesd and face and
arm cut.
* ' < 3.TJ. BrovTi , Tiurncd about lace ana liead.
Jcaepn "Kepler , e'earfl Jn Tospca's 'cOIe ,
liurned on right arm ; not serious.
Maggie Hyan , laudrces in To/iotti's cafe ,
buraed about tiie headand riglit leg xut.
Katie Ambcrg , ffb--wabher in cafe , bumcfl
about liead.
Uosie Brandon , dishwasher in cafe , "burned
on right arm.
Uertha Johnson , lautidrcss cmplojed Tjy
Tosrttl comjiany , burned about "head.
JohepTj Tennyboo , waiter -an cafe , burned
about the face and .hands.
"William Eddy , waiter in cafe , slightly
iburned.
TV. L. Shepard. thrown Egalnst a "wall ! by
the Jo-ce of the explosion and severely
brulHed.
Policeman "C. G Bresnahan , lace and liands
burned and bruised.
E. Summers , burned about lace and heafl.
Thomas Gray , knodied drrwnby ihe lorco
of ihe explosion and severely 'bruised.
P. . E. ThomaKon , porter in Mussey's bil
liard hall , stunned by force of explosion ;
taVen lome ! uiicoiiBDious.
PANIC IN THE .STREET.
The explosion caused a wild panic in Ihe
street , and in the irantic rush for safety
which followed -many people were thrown
down and trampled upon. That many wore
not killed and mauy more injured was little
bhort of a miracle.
Mussey's billiard parlors were filled -with
players whan the explosion came , anfl the
men , nvho liad paid little or no attention to
the small folczc in the basement , appreciated
the situation at its proper value when the
windows wont Balling into the street and
plaster began to come down on their .heads.
The rush In the street was dujillcatt-a by the
excited billiard players as they plunged
down the Htalrb ior iafutj and the outer air.
Many of them escaped 'by the stairway.
Some took to the fire escape , and those who
wpie late orwho deliberated as to the "beat
\\ny of egress , were taken out by the fire
men.
The fire spread ibinugb t'le buildtagwith
great raglfUty after the explosion , anfl within
ten minutes it was blazing fiercely Call
after cull for additional engines was sent by
Chief Swtienle , but the flie c.oulu only be
reached in front and rear and WBI , difficult of
accefcs. The severf weather caused much .of
the water to fruer.e , und within an hour the
building reflemWefl an ieeborg vitli & 3ur-
naco in its interior.
The 'burning building is within fifty fuet
of the lutefHection of lintrborn and Madison
streets , whoe the loops of the Weet Bide anfl
North Slflo cable linefc interfcect , and from the
time the fire broke out until al'lur midnight ,
truffle was euthely imnpendod an bath linen.
The lout is estimated at 1122,000 , o which
SiiO.OOO will fall on the ToBiitti company ,
t O.OOO oa Musfcey , ana tin.DOD on Norri *
oBwifeld , the owner of the builfling
The Grand Union hotel , wiiich backed up
ncalnst tlie Tosettl Btructure , the two farm
ing a right angle , wafi flamased to the ex
tent of $2,000. The building Is owned l > y
Chief Justice Fuller , of the United State *
Miprcmo court.
OTHER TIRES.
CLEVELAND , 0. , Dec. in. Fire broke out
in ttie buhluess center -fit the cltj at C o'clock
this afternoon , and launefl by a ilghweal
wind destroyed' jirojierty worth mo.e then
JuOO.OOO. TUB Power blocl. on Franlcfort
Btrcot , owned by 3. B , rciLlus , bis Uorie *
highj anfl made of bricl ; , was consumed
above the M'cond atory , cad the rear of the
brick "VVilfchlre block , eix etorleb high , owned
also byMr , PerkluE , and froutlne on Bu-
I > erlor Mr net , wu3 burnefl. i
The fire ctartefl by the expjofcion ot m
larcn'can of bouzlue in ilie lithographing
department uf Johns & Co. . in Ihe Power
blcrcU. Windows -were blown out , Bud the
employes cscapeflwith dljlieulty. The Iww
of Johns t CO. is 150,000 , coverefl by insur
ance. The other occupante at the imllalog
woe nomewhat ctnallcr maiiutacturiuE con
cern E. The Mock was -worth. 4 00,000 , Tii
roof ot the power house ol the new Century
lici iy