lOYCOTr UNCLE SAM.
A movement by merchants
OF CUBA.
They nra Urged to Cancel all Orders Out
standing for Our Goods to Get Even
for the Action of the Ilonse and Sen
ate Cuban Resolution—A Protest
Against So-Called “Offensive Words.”
Caban Merchants Aroused.
Havana, March 7.—A strong effort
1s being made for united action by the
Spanish merchants and importers of
the entire island looking to a complete
severance of commercial relations
with the United States. Cicnfuegoes
dispatches announce anti-American
demonstrations to be held there to
night, formal permission having been
asked of the provisional authorities.
The Cienfuegos chamber of commerce
resolved yesterday, as a protest
against the action of the United
. States, to cancel all orders outstand
ing for American goods and to boycott
the United States goods of all kinds in
future.
Commercial organizations in Ha
vana, Matanzas, Cardenas and other
cities were notified by cable of the
action of Cienfuegos merchants and
were asked to co-operate. The Ha
vana chamber of commerce immedi
ately held ■ a meeting and passed a
l-esoiution congratulating the Cien
fuegos chamber of commerce on its
patriotic attitude and promising to lay
its action before several other Ha
vana commercial organizations. A
coimnittee waited on Captain General
W’eyier, and asked his advice. Ho
recommended prudence and extreme
caution. The committee assured him
of its regret for any offensive words
against him and against Spain in the
United States Senate and pledged
him its sympathy.
Tiie. Havana Produce exchange also
held a meeting to consider the Cienfu
egos proposition. Many members
urged immediate boycott on American
imports. One member, a colonel of
volunteers, said Cuba could do with
out American lard, and could use
Spanish oil. He had no use for any
thing American now. Others, who
maintained they were equally as good
Spaniards, urged deliberation. After
lunch patriotic talk the conservative
element prevailed. The meeting’ con
tented itself with sending a dispatch
to the Cienfugos merchants, applaud
ing their patriotic motives, hut omit
ting to pledge co-operation in the pro
posed boycott *
A number of deputations have called
upon Attorney General Weyler to-day
protesting against the so-called “of
fensive words to Spain and himself
uttered in the United States senate.”
STREET CARS RUN BY AIR.
A Chicago Traffic Company to Test a New
Motive Power.
Chicago, March 7.—The General
Street Railway company has con
tracted to test on its lines a new com
pi t ssed air motor, which the owners
claim will sound the death knell of
trolley and cable systems. Two of the
new motors are on the way from
Rome, >i. Y., where they are made,
and where one of the kind
lilts been in successful operation
without a breakdown in eight
months. The cars tb be brought here
for the test are “double-euders” like
trolley cars. The'system of operation
is still partly a secret, but one of the
local stockholders, a scientiiic army
officer at I’ort Sheridan, said yester
day that seamless tubes, filled with
compressed air, were stored under the
scats of the ears, connecting by pipes
with the engine underneath the car;
that before reaching the engine the
air passed over a hot water tank, re
ceiving heat by contact; that in the
coldest weather a little vapor escaped
from the engine, this being the only
evidence of the force ai work.
Experiments have demonstrated, it
v.u.iuvu, biiau uajjiumuii neeu not oe
feared, and that a single charge of
compressed air is enough to drive a
car seventeen miles. If trailers be
used, compressed air tanks may be
stored under them, and an indefinite
run thus provided for. Any desired
speed, it is said, can be attained, and
the cost of operation is declared to be
from 30 to 4o per cent less than by
electrical or cable power.
'Xfce other advantages claimed by
tlid promoters are: So poles, over
head wires, cables, pipes or conduits;
no electrolysis of water and gas pipes
by escaping current|; «•> obstructions
to the fire department; no tearing up
of streets for underground construc
tion; no fatal accidents from live wires;
no stalling of cars in time of riots by
tampering with the source of power.
BEHEADED'HIS MINISTERS.
The Latest Corean Coup d’Ktat N’o Im
provement ou the First.
San Francisco, March 7. — The
Steamer China arrived yesterday from
Yokohama, bringing news of another
coup d'etat on an extensive scale at
Seoul, Corea. On February 10 a de
tachment of Russian marines number
ingj-127 arrived in Scout from Jinsen.
The Coroan King and the crown prince
went into the Russian legation and
formed a new government, dismissing
all the former cabinet ministers.,
l’remier Kiin Hong Tsuh and seven
other cabinet ministers known as Pro
Japanese statesmen, were beheaded
• and theit corpses dragged around the
streets. A decree said to have been
signed by the king at the Russian le
gation ordered that the heads of five
of the murdered ministers be fixed on
sticks and exposed.
ATTACKED AT VALENCIA.
University Students,Stone the American
Consulate.
Valencia, March 7.-—The disorders
which were prevalent here when the
news was first received of the action
of the United States senate on the Cu
ban question broke opt afresh yester
day, anti tliere were renewed demon
strations of hostility toward the
United States. The mob made its way
to the United States consulate, which
was stoned and tiie windows smashed
by the infuriated populace.
THE PRESIDENT SCORED.
HI* New York Home Mls.Mon Spoecli
Attacked In the Honse,
Washington, March 7.—The House
yesterday wrangled about four hours
over the salaries of United States
marshals and the other features of the
amendment to the legislative appropri
ation bill to abolish the fee system in
the cases of United States attorneys
and marshals. Interest in that debate
was completely overshadowed by a
sensational attack made upon Trcsi*
dent Cleveland by Mr. Hartman, Re
publican, of -Montana, who felt him
self personally aggrieved by Mr.
Cleveland’s utterances at the Presby
terian Home mission meeting in New
Yorli on Tuesduy, and who seized the
opportunity allowed by the latitude of
debate on appropriation bill to repel
the idea that the Western States were
the home of evil influences. Mr. Hart
man sent to the clerk’s desk and had
read the following extract from Mr.
Cleveland’s address:
“The teleration of evils and indif
ference to Christianizing and elevat
ing agencies” in the new states of the
West, which, “if unchecked, develops
into badly regulated municipalities,
corrupt and unsafe territories aud un
desirable states.”
“Whatever may be my individual
opinion of the president,” said Mr.
Hartman, “matters not. It would not
be proper for me to state it here. For
the high office of president of the
United States I have a supreme re
gard. The legitimate functions of
that office are limited to those enu
merated in our constitution. Under
the constitution and laws I deny the
right of the chief executive to will
fully and wantonly, in public address
or otherwise, insult any of the citizens
of any state of the republic over which
he has been called to preside.
“The percentage of crime in those
states' and territories will not exceed
that found in the state of New York,
where the President seems to think
all virtue resides. The per capita of
wealth of the citizens of our state ex
ceeds that of any state in the Union,
save one. Our educational facilities
are equal to those of any section of
the Union, and if some of the patriot
ism of the people ot the West had been
possessed by the President and his
friends, the citizens of this remiblie
would not have been called upon to
witness the national humiliation of
hauling’ down the American flag at
Honolulu; of begging the bankers of
Wall street and Great Britain to save
us from financial ruin, and under the
behests of the powers behind the
thmne, of denying to the oppressed
citizens of Cuba the recognition which
the dictates of humanity and common
right demand. (Applause). It is true
we do not get our patriotism from
Wall street, where the President goes
his. (Laughter). It is true none of
our citizens has possessed that partic
ular style of patriotism which would
enable them to save by thrift and
strict economy five times as much as
their entire income amounts to. and it
is also true that the patriotism of
these ‘corrupt and unsafe territories
and undesirable states’ have never yet
been able to rise to that lofty plane
of supreme wisdom and virtue!”
“It is also true,” continued Mr.
Hartman, resuming, “that the patriot
ism of these “corrupt and unsafe ter
ritories and undesirable states’ has
never yet been able to rise to that
lofty plane of supreme wisdom and
virtue, which enables those who
claim to occupy it to justify the sale
of thirty-year government bonds of a
year ago for lot when that very day
ten-year bonds were selling at 100.
On behalf of the citizens of the states
and territories thus slandered and
maligned by the chief executive I here
and now repel the insult and respect
fully suggest that the greatest need of
this country for the work of the mis
sionary, the schoolmaster and the
statesman will be found at the White
house. (Laughter and applause.)
This closed the incident.
THE PRESlUciNT SPEAKS.
Says the Administration lias Not Yet De
fined Its Position on Cuba.
Washington, March '7.—The Presi
dent said to-day: “I see it is assumed
in certain quarters that a deliverance
published a few days a pro on the Cuban
question may be taken as defining' the
attitude of the administration on that
subject 1 wish you would say that I
never saw the statement, nor heard of
it, until I read it in the newspapers,
and even then neglected to read all
of it, supposing it represented noth
ing more than a newspaper guess.
I do not know how it originated nor
by whom it was constructed or
inspired, but I do know that I am m
no manner responsible for it, nor in
any way related to it. I only desire
to say, in addition, that 1 do not know
whether the publication referred to
represents the views of the adminis
tration on the Cuban question or not
and that I never have found any dif
ficulty in communicating with the peo
ple in a manner which leaves no doubt
as to the authenticity of any state
ment purporting to represent my
views."_
Oklahoma Statehood Kill.
Washington, March 7.—The Okla
homa Statehood bill will be given con
sideration in a short time, separately
from the Arizona and New Mexico
bills. Those who are pushing it be
lieve that the same influence, opposi
tion to free silver, which is operating
against the other Statehood bills, will
not be shown, toward the Oklahoma
proposition, and that there is a good
chance to get it through at this ses
sion. ___
He Lived 110 Years.
Dububue. Iowa. Mardi 7.—Christian
Conrad of Delaware county is dead,
aged 110 years. He was the oldest
man in Iowa
A Wlciovr of 18 Weds a Third Time,
Tkiibe Haute, Ind., Marcli 7.—Min
nie Russell, aged 18, was married yes
terday to Lewis Russell, aged 01, from
whom she was divorced three months
ago. Her first marriage was when
she was 14 years old to a man named
Higginbotham. He died less than a
year ago, leaving her with two chil
dren. Then she married Russell. Now
she’s married him again.
Russia Kidlrulcs Spain's Stand.
St. Petersburg, Marcli '.—Spain’s
attitude toward the United States in
connection with the Cuban question is
regarded here as ridiculous. I
SMASHER OF HEARTS.
NINE WIVES LIVING AND DOUBT
LESS SOME DEAD.
Women l»y the Dozen Married for the
Apparent Sole Purpose of Securing
Their Money, After Which They Were
Iteserted and Left Penniless Among
Strangers—He is Known to Have Nine
Wi%*es Living.
Had Wives by the Dozen*
Kansas City, JIa, March 6.—II. C.
Wilmoth, who was recently arrested
at Terre Haute, Ind., and taken to
Kansas City, Kan., on the charge of
bigamy, was before Judge Alden in
the district coart across the state line
shortly after noon to-day and pleaded
guilty to the charge. The court room
was crowded with people who had
gone there to catch a glimpsS of the
man who, if all stories are true, has
made the wrecking of feminine hearts
his sole business in life, and to-day
has nine living wives. The punish
ment that will be given Wilmoth, or
whatever happens to be his name, will
be somewhere between six months in
jail and live years in the penitentiary.
Wilmoth is without doubt the most
daring, unscrupulous and successful
bigamist that ever operated in the
west. The police records of different
western eitirs. when compared, show
that Wilmoth in the past ten vearshas
married dozens of women, solely for
their money, deserting them as soon
as he got hold of their money. In
some instances he took the women to
far-away cities, where the marriage
ceremony was performed, and then
the victim was deserted and left pen
niless and friendless among stran"
ers. “
There is a strong likeness between
the methods of entrapping women
used by Wilmuth and Holmes, now
under sentence of death in Philadel
phia. Each of these master bigamists
seems to have exerted some hypnotic
in 11 nence over women he designed to
dupe, and each, in his dealings with
women, was utterly' without principle
or pity.
I i. liuiutu is a.ineumrnsized, well built,
rather stout man. His complexion is
swarthy, he lias dark hair and mus
tache and is rather g’ood looking'. It
is his voice and the manner of using1 it
that wins the women, lie is a pleas
ing' talker; women say he is a winsome
talker. __
SMALLPOX IN CUBA
Th© Dread Disease Is Epidemic at Man
zanillo and Unrestricted.
Washington’, March 6. — Smallpox
lias been added to the horrors existing
in Cuba, according to a communica
tion received by Surgeon General Wy
man of the Marine hospital service
from Dr. Caminero at Santiago, Cuba.
In his report Dr. Caminero sa3’s: “A
general order has been issued by the
authorities to all the practicing phy
sicians of the town to report any case
of smallpox presenting itself for the
purpose of sending any such case to a
smallpox hospital provided by tile mu
nicipality, outside the city, but this
measure w 11 not prevent, in my judg
ment, the development of the terrible
disease if it should further appear
among us. No quarantine is enforced
upon the coasting steamers coming
from the port of Manzanillo, where
smallpox is epidemic, and most likely
some passengers will arrive with the
disease in its period of incubation,
which later on will develop into a
more or less malignant form of small
pox. ” __________
Iowa’. Abandonment of Prohibition.
Dks Moines, Iowa, March ti.—The
Senate suppression of intemperance
committee decided to report the bill
allowing the manufacture of liquors in
Iowa. The bill operates on the lines
wx uiv iumtt *»w, requiring- sixiy-nve
per cent of the voters in the cities or
counties on the petition of consent to
manufacture. No sales are allowed of
quantities less than four gallons. No
liquor manufactory is allowed within
■jOu feet of any school or church build
ing. Violations of the provisions of
the law make the violator liable to
penalties of the prohibition law.
General Booth'! Comm Us loner.
Nkw York, March 6.—The latest
Salvation army commissioner to reach
this country is John A. Carleton, who
had control of the banking, insurance,
property and legal departments of the
International Salvation army head
quarters in Jiondon. He arrived on
the Majestic. Colonel N'icol explained
that the visit of the commissioner at
this juncture was to perfect the legal
transfer of the property here from
the keeping of ex-Commander Ualling
ton Hooth to his successor.
A JSoston Company Heady to Sail.
HosroN, March C.—Over 300 men,
armed and equipped, who have been
drilling for weeks in preparation for
joining the Cuban insurgents are now
ready and waiting only for the Wash
ington action on the Cuban question.
If the action be favorable, they will
leave openly, and if adverse, they
will depart secretly.
Dill n't Like I he President's Sprrrh.
Washixoto.v, Marce 6.—Mr. Hart
man of Montana made an attack on
President Cleveland in the House late
this .afternoon for his speech before
the Presbyterian home mission board
in New York which he declared was a
slander on the Western States and
was grossly improper. Mr. Powers of
Vermont and Mr. Miles of Maryland
attempted to call Mr, Hartman to
order, but Mr. Hepburn, in the chair,
declined to interfere.
CHRISTIAN CRUSADE.
Balliugton Booth (live, the Independent
Organization a Marne.
Vork, March C.—The Christian
Crusade is the name suggested by Hal
lington Hooth for the new evangelical
movement which the ex-commander
of the Salvation armv has pledged
lumself to lead. It is said that Hal
l.upt^n Uooth will establish a paper in
opposition to the War Cry, and that it
will be ‘*up to date1* in all evangelical
matters, not limiting itself to the dis
cussion of purely army affairs, but
dealing with all matters of interest to
Christian workers.
THEY BURNED OLD GLORY
Spanish Students Insult ths Amrrionn
Fins at Madrid.
Mapwd, March 0.—There were re
11cweil disturbances here yesterday
and demonstrations of popular anger
against the United States government.
In spite of the special prohibition di
rected against them by the govern
ment, the students and other inhab
itants indulged in renewed manifesta
tions of their unfriendly sentiments
against the United States. They as
sembled before the Madrid university
and there publicly burned tn Amer
ican flag. The police dispersed the
meeting, after making several arrests.
As a result, the cabinet council de
cided to close the university tempor
arily. It was also decided to create a
special budget for naval armaments.
The premier, Senor Canovas del Cas
tillo, denies that Spain is negotiating
with any foreign power with regard
to Cuba.
The opinion prevails in official cir
cles here that President Cleveland will
not approve of the Cuban resolutions
adopted by the United States Con
gress.
The minister of foreign affairs,
Senor Klduayen, has resigned owing,
it is said, to ill health.
The Duke of Tetuan, who resigned
tlie office of minister for foreign affairs
on January 18, owing to the recall of
his friend Marshal De Campos from the
captain generalship of Cuba, will
again take the portfolio of minister
for foreign affairs.
PREMIER CRISPI RESIGNS.
lie and HI* Cabinet Farced Oat of Office
by Popular Clamor.
Rome, March 6.—The ministry an
nounced its resignation in the Cham
ber of Deputies to-day and Premier
Orispi added that it had been accepted
by the king.
I '1 he Chamber of Deputies was
crowded and the galleries were packed
with excited spectators. The crowds
about Monte Citorio, upon which the
Chamber of Deputies stunds, frequent
ly raised cries of “Down with the
government!” “Death to llaratieri.”
etc., ana from the galleries, previous
to the entry of the ministers, anuui
her of persons were ejected by the
police for uttering similar cries. ’
Almost immediately after the ap
pearance of the premier, who was
greeted with cheering by somo of his
supporters and by cries of derision
from his opponents.he announced that
the cabinet had resigned and that the
king had accepted its resignation.
The announcement was followed by
loud cheers which wore heard by the
crowds outside and, being understood,
were taken up rnd echoed far and
wide.
Crispi gazed calmly upon the shout
ing deputies, as if such a demonstra
tion was quite an ordinary occurrence
and, when he was able to make him
self heard, he added: “The ministers
will remain at their posts until their
successors are appointed.”
More cheers and shouts of disap
proval followed this statement, after
which the president of tho Chamber
asked that tho House adjourn until
the ex-own decided upon the successors
of tho ministers who had just an
nounced their resignations.
The leftists raised a storm of pro
test against the proposition, saying
that the government should be im
peached. that the public was entitled
to know who was responsible for. the
disaster in Abyssinia and that there
was no excuse for not making publie
promptly all the facts in the posses
sion of the ministers. But, when the
protest of the Leftists had been ex
hausted, the home adjourned, pend
ing the appointment of a new cabinet.
King Humbert lias consulted with
several statesmen regarding the form
ation of a new cabinet. Among those
■who have been seni for by his majesty
-—— r mi, vu u in uci ,1,
the Marquis Di Rurtini, Viscount Ve
nosta and General Kicotti
An Intimate friend of the Marquis
Di Kudini, the opposition leader, is
quoted as saying that Rudini will not
consent to accept office during the
present crisis. He is reported
to be of the opinion that Signor
Crispi should be compelled to straight
en out the difficulties into which ho
has led the country and that the de
feat of General Baratieri is not so
much a misfortune as the greater
financial troubles which are likely to
follow.
The conservatir. newspapers say
Italy is confronted by a knotty prob
lem—whether it would be better to
make peace at any price with the
Abvssinians than incur the immense
expense involved in undertaking a suc
cessful campaign against Abyssinia.
GOV. GREENHALGE DEAD.
The Chief Executive of Masshchusettn
Succumbs to a Long' Illness.
Loivkij,, Mass., March 6.—Governor
Greenlialge died at 12:30 this morning.
He lias been critically ill for several
weeks and for several days it has been
recognized that the end was very
near. He was three times governor
and also served in Congress.
A Normal School Burned.
STA.NBEKHY, Mo., March C. — The
Northwestern Normal School at Stan
lierry was burned early this morning.
The fire started in the bakery and a
fierce wind aided the progress of the
fiames. The buiiding was built in
1881 at a cost of about 826,000, and an
addition, which cost 810,000, was built
in 189X The insurance is between
$16,000 and 820,000. There will be a
mass meeting to consider rebuilding,
and the school will continue, tin
churches and public school building
being used as recitation rooms.
Will Wood Not Indicted.
Grekxcasti.k, Ind., March 6.— The
grand jury adjourned without return
ing an indictment against Will Wood
as an accessory in the attempted abor
tion on I’earl Bryan. It ic learned
that the investigation was not com
pleted ewing to the absence of impor
tant witnesses.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Senate committee on Foreign
Relations decided to favorably report
Dingley’s bill for exterminating th*
seals.
HIS LIFE WORK ENDS
VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP KEN
•DRICK DEAD.
A Man who t.lve<l a Life of Great Useful
ness and Attained 88 Years—-Brief Kc
view of Ills Good Work for His Church
for Mankind and for tils Adopted Cltj
—Ills Differences with Rome.
A Famous Prelate Dead.
St. Lons, Mo., March f>.—Peter
Richard Kenrick, who, for nearly a
half century prior to three years ago,
was Catholic archbishop of the dio
cese, died at 1:30 o'clock to-day la the
88th year of his age. He bad been in
▼ery feeble health for se verdl years.
With the possible exception of John
Ireland of St. Paul, no other arch
bishop of the Roman Catholic church
in America has attracted more notice
than Peter Richard Kenrick. Until a
decade ago he was the only member of
the American hierarchy whose name
was familiar to savants of the old
world. His fame came during the
great ecumenical council of 1809, when
with only one ally, he kept at bay the
Catholic theologians of the world and
made an intellectual battle under the
most pronounced odds, and though he
acquiesced when the doctrine was pro
mulgated, he lost prestige by his
course at the papal court, and for
over twenty years was practically an
outlawed prelate.
He was born in Dublin and came of
a family closely related to clergymen
who had won names in the service of
the church.
In the early history of St. Louis,
Archbishop Kenrick was a prominent
figure. Not until late in his years did
ho retire from public life. He was a
public man, and the community felt
his influence. After the war he took
a public stand against the “test oath”
imposed by the Drake constitution,
and spent $!0,00l) out of his own pock
et to fight the measure in the courts
and disprove its legality. During the
cholera epidemic he gavo his time and
money for the relief of the suffering,
and went among the stricken patients,
performing the simple duties of a
priest.
Ihirty-flro years ago the city was in
sore financial straits, and the banks
c ould give no relief. Archbishop Ken
rick advanced 8r.0,000 without interest
or security, lie did like favors a num
ber of times for the local banking
houses.
The later years of Archbishop Ken
nck’s life were neither so glorious or
happy os the earlier years of his epis
copate. He had never been on good
terms with Home after the ecumenical
council of I860. When in 1863 his be
loved coadjutor, P. J. Rvan, was made
coadjutor of Philadelphia, the change
was wrought by Rome without con
sulting him or giving him the slight
est intimation. lie felt the rebuff
keenly. He maintained a diguified si
lence. He would not deign to petition
for an assistant, and, old as he was,
he performed single handed the labor
ious duties of the archepiscopal see.
Some time after the celebration o?
his golden jubilee, when his clergy
saw that he was too advanced in years
for the burden on his shoulder’s and
petitioned him to ask for a coadjutor,
lie sharply repulsed them. They
added nothing to the comfort of his
declining years by petitioning Rome
direct and obtaining an order from
the propaganda to Archbishop Kenrick
to hold an election for episcopal candi
dates
The aged metropolitan never re
garded his coadjutor archbishop as
anything but an interloper and Arch
bishop Kain’s lot has been far from
pleasant since he took up his abode at
the arch episcopal residence.
When Archbishop Ivenrick began hia
administration Sb Louis was a town
of 20,000 inhabitants, and had two
- —-- vi*va VaUIDUni,
built In 1834 and a little Jesuit chapel.
The diocese now contains over 800
churches, twenty-five stations, and a
Catholic population of over 350,000.
At the time of his appointmunt as
bishop of Drasa the diocese of St.
Louis comprised Missouri, Arkansas,
and the western end of Illinois, and
the bishop was compelled to travel on
horseback or m wagons or stages over
this immense territory, which has
since been divided.
In the Vatican he was a strong op
ponent of the doctrine of the infal
libility of the pope, and had it not
been for this opposition, it is said that
the archbishop would have been made
a cardinal.
THREE POSTS REVOLT.
italllnjcton Booth Is Receiving ftoorolts
tor His Independent Salvation Array,
New York, March .V— The Salvation
Army no longer presents a solid front
There are serious deflections toward i
the new religious movement to be led
by Ballington Booth and his wife.
Last night, at Sea Cliff, the local corps
there, the first to rebel against Gen
eral Booth, held a rousing meeting
and telegraphed Ballington Booth as
suring him of their devotion to him.
At Syracuse the local army corps has
refused longer to obey orders from
headquarters. Corps No. 3 of the
army at Newark also took definite
stand against international headquar
ters by refusing to sell the War dry.
HOLMES MUST DIE.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Refuses to
Keverao the Case of tho Multi-Murderer.
Puu.adei.phia, March 6.—The Su
preme court to-day overruled all as
signments of errors in the case of H.
H. Holmes, sentenced to death for
murdering Benjamin F. Pietzel, and
confirmed the judgment of the court
below.
Illinois Railroad Commission Report
Si'RiNuvrEi.p, 111., March 5.—The an
nual report of the Illinois railroad and
warehouse commission for 1895
shows that passenger tariffs do
not exceed 3.75 cents per mile, the av
erage tariff on all kinds of freight,
local and through, does not exceed
1.35 cents per ton per mile, being 46
and 80 per cent respectively lower
than in 1870. During the past year
63,455,41s passer gers were handled,
but twelve persons killed in accidents,
being one person out of every 5.3x0,451
carried. One person out of every
409,583 passenger* carried was injured, i
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| BATTLE IN ABYSSINIA.
Italian* Force* Defeated by the shoaaa
Eomr, March L— It is reported her*
that General Baratieri, commander of
the Italian forces in Africa, who suf
fered another severe reverse .a* the
hands of the Shoaos while advancing
on Abyssinia, was wounded .during
the engagement.
I'ull details of the battle haTe not
yet been received, but it appears that
the defeat of the Italians was com
plete. According to • the corre
spondents In Africa of the Popolo
Romano, half the Italian artillery
and all, the ammunition and provis
ions were lost. Other advices report
that 3,000 Italian soldiers engaged in
the battle were killed and that among
them are Oenerals Albertoneand Dar
bormlda, who commanded 'two of the
three columns. The number of
wounded is not stated.
It is reported that the entire army
reserve of the class of lsT3 is to be
mobilized and that the government ia
taking steps to charter a number of
extra steamships to send leinforee
ments to Maasowad where General
Baldissera is said to have arrived to
day.
The Shoans are said to have been
well armed with modern rifles and
cannon, and the entire force opposed
to the Italians is estimated to have
been over 00,000 men.
A rumor spread through the city
that General Baratieri, when he be
came aware of the full extent of the
disaster, wrote to his successor, Gen
eral Baldissera, and then committed
suicide by shooting. At the ministry
of war, however, this was discredited
As the news of the Italian defeat
was confirmed, the inhabitant^ gave
way to excitement and rage against
the govern men L Bands of young men
began parading the streets, shouting
"Down with Urispi," until they were
promptly dispersed by the police. •
These demonstrations, however, at
tracted still larger crowds to the
streets, and for a time serious trouble
was anticipated. Ail the troops at
the different barracks throughout the
city were placed under arms, and pa
trols of mounted gendarmes were ~or
1ered to the leading thoroughfares.
AMAZED AT UNCLE SAM.
Europe Greatly Interested Over the Ca
ban Question.
Bf.ri.ix, March 4.—The Intentions of
the American government toward the
rebellion in Cuba, as indicated by the
action of the United States Congress,
awakens profound interest and wide
spread discussion here, not only in the
press and official circles, but inwall
classes of society. The questions in
volved are not regarded by any
means as "being confined in their
effects to Spain and the United
States. The Cuban resolution is
coupled witli President Cleveland’s
Venezuelan message in the publia
mind, and there seems to be a deep
sealed conviction in the European
mind that these incidents mark a de
termination on the part of the United
States government to depart from its
time-honored course of non-interven
tion in European affairs. The Ameri
can action on the Cuban question is,
therefore, regarded as an event of the
first importance to the European
world.
It is not believed in Berlin that
Spain will brook any interference with
her course in Cuba, such as is contem
plated by the concurrent resolution of
the Senate, and the opinion is gener
ally held by well informed politicians
in the rcichstag and in government
circles that the Spanish government
will find an ally against the United
States in Europe should she find’- her
self compelled to fight against the.
United States.
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Official Relation! Rammed.
Washington, March 4.—The British
ambassador to the United States, Sir
Julian Paunoefote, and the Venezue
lan minister in this city, Senor An
drade, have entered into direct nego
tiations for the settlement of the
Uruan incident,' which involves the
arrest of a British police official in the
territory in dispute between Venezuela
and Great Britain, the hauling down
of tho British flag and a subsequent
demand for an indemnity upon the
part of Great Britain.
Opposition to tho Marquette Statue,
Detroit, Mich., March. 4.—E. H.
Sellers, president of the National
Council of Patriotic Associations of
the United States, has issued an ad
dress protesting against the receiving
by the Government the statue of Pere
Marquette, which has been unveiled in
the national capitol, and appealing to
all members of patriotic orders to
seek to influence their representatives
in Congress to vote against the recep
tion of the statue.
Brail! Want, to Arbitrate.
Paris, March 4 —M. Bertlietot, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave an
audience to the Brazilian M mister,
who is armed with power to arrange
for arbitration of the matters in dis
pute regarding the possession of the
Amapa territory. The Brazilian Min
ister submitted a project for a mixed
commission to control ttie disputed
territory pending a definite settlement
of the dispute.
Has Weyler Resigned?
Havana, March 4.—The startling
rumor that Captain General Weyler
had resigned swept like wildfire
through Havana last night, originat
ing from an apparently worthy source.
It was promptly denied, however, at
the palace. When Martinez Campos
retired his reported resignation was
denied in Havana in official circles up
to the last hour.
A roitmutar la Jail.
Wichita, March 4.—Yesterday G. H
Pierce, postmaster at Liverpool, Kan.,
was jailed here by Tnited States Mar
shal Neeley, of Leavenworth, on the
charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails He will be tried
in the federal court before Judge Fos
ter.
Missionaries to be Expelled.
Berlin. March 4.—A dispatch to the
Lokalanzeiger says that, at Russia's
request, the porte intends to expel,
from Asia Minor all English and Amer
ican missionaries