BOYCOTT UNCLE SAM.
A MOVEMENT EV MERCHANTS
OF CUBA.
Tlwy artt Crged to Cancel all Orders Out
standing for Our Goods to Get Even
for the Action of the 1 1 none and Sen
ate Cuban Resolution A Protest
Clnt o-Oalled "Offensive Words."
Cuban Merchants Aronsed.
Havana. March 7. A strong effort
Is being made for united action by the
Spanish merchants and importers of
the entire island looking- to a complete
sevtrance of commercial relations
with the United States. Cienfuegoes
dispatches anuounee anti-American
demonstrations to be held there to
night, formal permission having1 been
asked of the provisional authorities.
Tne Cienfuego chamber of commerce
resolved yesterda 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 kindt in
fuVore.
cuunercial organizations in Ha
TM:a, Matanzas, Cardenas and other
cities were notified by cable of the
action of Cienfuegos merchants and
were asked to co-operate. The Ha
taL. chamber of commerce immedi
ately held a meeting and passed a
reeo:tion congratulating the Cien
fuegos chamber of commerce on its
patriotic attitude and promising to lay
it bclien before several other Ha
vana commercial organizations. A
committee waked on Captain General
Sevier and askd his advice. He
rec-cmmecded prudence and extreme
caution. The committee assured him
of its regret for any offensive words
agcinst him and against Spain in the
United States Senate and pledged
h:rr. its sympathv.
The Havana Produce exchange also
held a meeting to consider the Cienfu-
e -.- proposition. .Manv memoers
urjrfci immediate bovcott on American
iir.i-orts. One member, a colonel of
-re m leers, said Cuba could do with
out American lard, and could use
Srnish oil. He had no use for any
thing American now. Others, who
maintained they were equally as good
Srr.riards. ursred deliberation. After
in'.: :h patriotic talk the conservative
e.en ent prevailed. The meeting con
ter.:ed itself with sending a dispatch
to the Cienfugos merchants, applaud
ing their patriotic motives, but omit
ting to pledge co-operation in the pro
posed bovcott
A number of deputations have called
unon Attornev (jeneral Weyler to-day
pretesting against the so-called "of
fensive words to Spain and himself
uttered in the United States senate.1
STREET CARS RUN BY AIR.
A Chicago Traffic Company to Test
a New
Motive Power.
Chicago, March 7. The General
6treet Hail way company has con
tracted to test on its lines a new com-
pretsea air motor, wnicn the owners
claim will sound the death knell of
trolley and cable systems. Two of the
new motors are on the wav from
Home, N. Y., where they
anc where. one of
has been in successful
without a breakdown
are made,
the kind
operation
in eieht
months. The cars to be brought here
xor tne test are -double-enders like
troiaev cars. The system of operation
1 still partly a seeret, but one of the
local stockholders, a scientific armv
ofheer at Fort Sneridan, said yester
day that seamless tubes, filled with
compressed air, were stored under the
fcatw of the cars, connecting by pipes
with the engine underneath the car;
that before reaching the engine the
air parsed over a hot water tank, re
ceiving beat by contact; that in the
cr..:est weather a little vapor escaped
fr un the engine, this being the only
evidence of the foree at work.
iptriments have demonstrated, it
is claimed, that explosion need not be
feared, and that a single charge of
com pressed air is enough to drive a
car neventeen miles. If trailers be
Tlx-, compressed air tanks mav be
etorftd nnaer them, and an indefinite
run thus provided for. Any desired
sj-en, it is said, can be attained, and
the cost of operation is declared to be
from 30 to 4u per rent less than bv
electrical or cable power.
. lie other advantages claimed by
Trie promoter are: 2s o poles, over
head w.res, cables, pipes or conduits;
Ho tleetrolysis of water and gas pipes
by escaping currents; no obstructions
t the tire department; no tearing up
o: streets tor underground construc
tion; no fatal accidents from live wires:
n "-tailing of cars in time of riots by
xan. pe.ring witn the source of power.
BEHEADED HIS MINISTERS.
Tl.
Itfitest Co res n Coop d'Ktat No
Im-
provement on the First.
a?i Francisco. March 7. The
steamer China arrived yesterday from
Yokohama, bringing news of another
cosp d'etat on an extensive scale at
Seoul, Corea. On February 10 a de
tachment of Russian marines number
ing 127 arrived in Seoul from Jinsen.
The Corean King and the crown prince
went into the Russian legation and
formed a new government, dismissing
ai. tne iormer cabinet ministers.
T . Tf .
i n-mier rvira uong Xsuli and seven
other cabinet ministers known as Pro-
Japanese statesmen, were beheaded
and then corpses dragged around the
streets. A decree said to have been
f-iirned 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.
T"rimity
Students Stone
the American
Consulate.
V.lk.ncia, March 7. The disorders
wi:ich were prevalent here when the
news was first received of the action
of the United States senate on the Cu
ban question broke out afresh yester
day, and there were renewed demon
strations of hostility toward the
United States. The mob made its way
to the United States consulate, which
wm stoned and the windows smashed
by the infuriated populace.
THE PRESIDENT SCORED.
HI
New York Home Mission
paeeai
Attacked In the House. ,
Washington, March 7. The House
yesterdaj' wrangled about four hours j
over the salaries of United States ;
marshals and the other features of the j
amendment to the legislative approprl-
ation bill to abolish the fee system in j
the cases of United States attorneys j
and marshals. Interest in that debate
was completely overshadowed by; a
sensational attack made upon Presi
dent Cleveland by Mr. Ilartman, Re
publican, of Montana, who felt him
self personally aggrieved by Mr.
Cleveland's utterances at the Presby
terian Home mission meeting in New
York on Tuesday, 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 and un
desirable states."
"Whatever may be my individual
opinion of the president," said Mr.
ilartman, '"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
.hat 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 est had been
possessed by the President and his
friends, the citizens of this republic
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 saTe
us from financial ruin, and under the
behests of the powers behind the
throne, of denying to the oppressed
citizens of Cuba the recognition whch
the dictates of humanity and common
right demand. (Applause). It is true
we do not get our patriotism from
Wall street, where the President gets
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.
Ilartman, 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 104 when that very day
ten-year bonds were selling at I0G.
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 clo"'1 th irf5int.
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
Says
the Administration Has Not Yet De
fined Its Position on Cuba.
Washington, March 7. The Presi
dent said to-dav: "I see it is assumed
in certain quarters that a deliverance
published a few days ago on the Cuban
question maj' be taken as defining the
attitude of the administration on that
subject. I 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 in
no manner responsible for it, nor in
anv wav reiatea 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 tne autnenticity oi 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 session-
lie Lived 116 Tears.
DUBUBUE, Iowa. March 7. Christian j
Conrad of Delaware
county is dead,
aged 116 years. He
was the oldest
man in Iowa.
A Wlaow of 18 Weds a Third Time.
Terre Haute, Ind., March 7. Min
nie Russell, aged 18, was married yes
terday to Lewis Russell, aged 61, from
whom she was divorced three months
ago. iler first marriace 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. Tnen she married RusselL Now
she's married him again.
Russia Ridicules Spain's Stand.
Sr. Petersburg, March 7, Spain's
attitude toward the United States in
connection with the Cuban question is
regarded here as ridiculous.
SMASHER OF HEARTS.
NINE WIVES LIVING AND DOUBT
LESS SOME DEAD.
Women by the Dozen Married for the
Apparent Sole Purpose of Securing:
Their Money, After Which They Were
Deserted and Ieft Penniless Among
Strancers He is Known to Have Nine
Wives Living-.
Had Wives by the Dozen.
Kansas Crrr, Mo., March 6. H. 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 court 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 glimpse 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 five 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 citirs. when compared, show
that Wilmoth in the past tenyearchas
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 strang
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
influence over women he designed to
dupe, and each, in his dealings with
women, was utterly without principle
or pitv.
Wil moth is a medium sized, well built,
rather stout man. His complexion is
swarthy, he has dark hair and mus
tache and is rather good looking. It
is his voice and the manner of using it
that wins the women. He is a pleas
ing talker; women say he is a winsome
talker.
SMALLPOX IN CUBA.
The Dread Disease Is Epidemic at Mid
zanlllo and Unrestricted.
Washington, March 6. Smallpox
has 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 says: "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 the 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's Abandonment of Prohibition.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 6. The
Senate suppression of intemperance
committee decided to report the bill
allowing the manufacture of liquors in
Iowa. The bill operates on the lines
of the Mulct law, requiring sixty-five
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
2W feet of any school or church build
ing. tolations of the provisions of
the law make the violator liable to
penalties of the prohibition law.
General Booth's Commissioner.
New iouk. 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 JiOnaon. lie arrived on
the Majestic. Colonel Nicol 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 Balling-
ton Booth to his suece sor.
A UtMton Company Ready to Sail.
Bostox, .March o. Uver 300 men,
Ariucl and equipped, who have been
drilling for week in preparation for
joining the Cuban insurgents are now
reudv and waiting only for the Wash
ing-ton action on the Cuban question.
If the action be favorable, they will
leave openly, and if adverse, they
will depart secretly.
Didn't Like the President's Speech.
Washington-, 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 ork which he declared was a
slander on the Western States and
was crossly improper. Mr. Powers of
Vermont and Mr. Miles of Maryland
attempted to call Mr. Ilartman to
order, but Mr. Hepburn, in the chair,
declined to interfere.
CHRISTIAN CRUSADE.
Ball ing: ton Booth Gives the Independent
Organization a Name. .
New York. March G. The Christian
Crusade is the name suggested by Bal
lington Booth for the new evangelical
movement which the ex-commander
of the Salvation army has pledged
himself to lead. It is said that Bal
lington Booth will establish a paper in
opposition to the War Cry, and that it
will be 4up to date" in ail 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 Stadents Insult the American
Flap at Madrid.
Madrid, March 6. There were re
newed 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 Elduayen, has resigned' owing,
it is said, to ill health.
The Duke of Tetuan, who resigned
the 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.
He and
Ills Cabinet Forced Ont of Office
by Popular Clamor.
Rome, March 6. The ministry an
nounced its resignation in the Cham
ber of Deputies to-day and Premier
Crispi added that it had been accepted
by the king.
The Chamber of Deputies was
crowded and the galleries were packed
with excited spectators. The crowds
about Monte Citorio, upon which the
Chamber of Deputies stands, frequent
ly raised cries of "Down with the
government!" "Death to Baratieri."
etc., and from the galleries, previous
to the entry of the ministers, a num
ber 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 some 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 were heard bv 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
arid, when be 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 ths Chamber
asked that the House adjourn unti
the crown decided upon the successors
of the ministers who had just an
nounced their resignations.
ine xeitists raisea a storm oi 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 house adjourned, pend
ing the appointment of a new cabinet.
King Humbert has consulted with
several statesmen regarding the form
ation of a new cabinet Among those
I who have been sent for by his majesty
are mepresiaents oi tne chambers.
the Marquis Di Rudini, Viscount Ve
nosta and General Ricotti
An intimate friend of the Marquis
ui liudini, 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 he
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 conservative newspapers say
Italy is confronted by a knotty prob
lem whether it would be better to
make peace at any price with the
Abyssinians than incur the immense
expense involved in undertaking a suc
cessful campaign against Abyssinia.
GOV. GREENHALGE DEAD.
The Chief Executive of Mauarhnncttii
Succumbs to a Long: Illness.
Lowell, Mass., Mareh 6. Governor
Greenhalge died at 1 2:30 this morn insr.
He has been critically ill for several
weeks and for several days it has been
recognized that the end was verv
near. He was three times g-overno'
and also served in Congress.
A Normal School Burned.
Stanberry, Ma, March e. The
Northwestern Normal School at Stan
berry was burned early this morninir.
The fire started in the bakery and a
fierce wind aided the progress of the
flames. The building was built in
1881 at a cost of about S25.000. and an
addition, which cost $10,000, was built
in 1893. Ihe insurance is between
815,000 and S20,00o. There will be a
mass meeting to consider rebuilding,
and the school will continue, the
churches and public school building-
being used as recitation rooms.
Will Wood Not Indicted.
Gbeencastle, Ind., March 6. The
grand jury adjourned without return
ing an indictment against Will Wood
as an accessory in the Attempted abor
tion on Fearl Bryan. It is learned
that the investigation was not com
pleted cwing 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 the
seals.
' HIS LIFE WORK ENDS.
VENERABLE ARCHBISHOP KEN
DRICK DEAD.
A Man who Lived a Life of- Great Useful
ness and Attained 88 Tears Brief Re
view of His Good Work for His Church,
for Mankind and for His Adopted City
Bit Differences with Rome.
A Famous Prelate Dead.
St. Lotns, Ma, March 6. Petei
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 in the
88th year of his age. De had been in
very feeble health for several 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 eumenical council of 1869, 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 nntil late in his years did
he 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 $10,000 out of his own pock
et to fight the measure in the courts
and disprove its legality. During the
cholera epidemic he gave his time and
money for the relief of the suffering,
and went among the stricken patients,
performing the simple duties of a
priest.
Thirty-five years ago the city was in
sore financial straits, and the banks
could give no relief. Archbishop Ken
rick advanced 80,000 without interest
or security. He did like favors a num
ber of times for the local banking
houses.
The later years of Archbishop Ken
rick's life were neither so glorious or
happy as the earlier years of his epis
copate. He had never been on good
terms with Rome after the ecumenical
council of 1859. When in ISS3 his be
loved coadjutor, P. J. Ryan, was made
coadjutor of Philadelphia, the change
was wrought by Rome without con
sulting him or giving him the slight
est intimation. He felt the rebuff
keenly. He maintained a dignified 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 of
his golden jubilee, when is clergy
saw that he was too advanced in years
for the burden on his shoulders and
petitioned him to ask for a coadjutor,
he 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 Arohbishop Kenriok
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 Kenrick began his
administration St. Louis was a town
of 10,000 inhabitants, and had two
Catholic churches the Cathedral,
built in 1834 and a little Jesuit chapel.
The diocese now contains over 300
churches, twenty-five stations, and a
Catholic population of over 360,000.
At the time of his appointment 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 in wagons or stages over
this immense territory, which has
6tnce been divided.
In the Vatican he was a strong op
ponent of the doctrine of the infal
libility of the pooe, and had it not
been for this opposition, it is said that
the archbishop would have been made
a cardinal
THREE POSTS REVOLT.
Ballington Itooth Is Receiving Beer alts
for His Independent Salvation Army.
New York, March !. The Salvation
Army no longer prosents a solid front
There are serious deflections toward
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 corns hai
refused longer to obey orders from
headquarters. Corps No. 2 of the
army at JNewaric also took definite
stand against international headquar
ters by refusing to sell the War Cry.
HOLMES MUST DIE.
Pennsylvania Supreme Co art Befasea to
Reverse the Case of tne Mnltl-Murderer.
1'iiiLADKi.PHiA, March 6. The Su
preme court to-day overruled all as
signments of errors in the oase of H.
11. Holmes, sentenced to death for
murdering Benjamin F. Pietzel, and
confirmed the judgment of the court
below.
Illinois Bailroad Commission Report.
Springfield, ni., March o. The an
nual report of the Illinois railroad and
warehouse commission for 1805
shows that passenger tariffs do
not exceed 2.75 cents per mile, the av
, erage tariff on all kinds of freight,
local and through, does not exceed
L35 cents per ton per mile, being 40
and 80 per cent respectively lower
than in 1870. During the past year
63,4b&,1o passe gers were handled.
but twelve persons killed in accidents,
being one person out of every 5,30,451
t carried. One person out of every
i 409,583 passengers carried was injured.
BATTLE IN ABYSSINIA.
I
Italians Forces Defeated by the Shoana
Rome, March 4. It is reported here
that General Baratieri, commander of
the Italian forces in Africa, who suf
fered another severe reverse at the
hands of the Shoans while advancing
on Abj-ssinia, was wounded during
the engagement.
Full details of the battle have 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
a
that 3,000 Italian soldiers engaged in
the battle were killed and that among
them are Generals Albertoneacd Dar
bormida, 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 1672 Is to be
mobilized and that the government is
taking steps to oharter a number of
extra steamships to send lein force
meats to Alassowa. 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 60,000 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 inhabitants gave
way to excitement and rage against
the government. Bands of young men
began parading the streets, shouting
Down with Crispi," until they were
promptly dispersed by the polio.
These demonstrations, however, at
tracted still larger crowds to the
itreets, and for a time serious trouble
was anticipated. All the troops at
the different barracks throughout the
sity were placed under arirs, and pa
trols of mounted gendarmes were or
dered to the leading thoroughfares.
AMAZED AT UNCLE SAM.
Europe Greatly Interested Over the Co
ban Question.
Beblik, 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 in all
classes of societj. The questions in
volved are not regarded by any
means as beiDg confined in their
effects to Spain and the United
States. The Cuban resolution is
coupled with President Cleveland's
Venezuelan message in the pnblio
mind, and there seems to be a deep
seated conviction in the Europeaji
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-intervention
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-
Ially held by well informed politician
in the reichstag 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
Tnited States.
Official Relations Resumed.
Wasiiijtgtox, March 4. The British
ambassador to the United States, Sir
Julian Pauncefote, 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
1 arrest of a British police ofheial in the
territory in dispute between Venezuela
and Great Britain, the hauling down
of the British flag and a subsequent
demand for an indemnity upon the
part of (ireat Britain.
Opposition to the 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 representative
in Congress to vote acainst the recep
tion of the statue.
Itmzil Want to Arbitrate
Pakis, March 4. M. Berthelot, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave an
audience to the Brazilian Minister,
who is armed with power to arrang
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 the 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 X'ostmaster In JalU
Wichita, March 4. Yesterday G. II
Pierce, postmaster at Liverpool, Kan.,
was jailed here by Tnited States Mar
shal Neelej', of Leavenworth, on the
charge of sending obscene matter
through the mails. He will be tried
in the federal court before Judge Fos
ter. 0
' Missionaries to he 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.