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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. r ESTABLISHED J U.N ID 10 , 1871. O3IA1IA , .FRIDAY MORNING ; NOVEMBER 22 , 1805. Ifl COPY 1IVH CENTS. ORDER MUST BE RESTORED Strict Instructions Sent by the Sultan to Officials in Armenia ! HELD TO PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY Military mill CUII Aulliorltle * In Co- Oj rrnt for Uie 1'roleotloii < if ilte mill l'riiMTt | > ) that of Kii WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. Tint Sultan Abilul Hamld II Is ranking efforts to quell the disturbance * ! In tlio various provinces o Turkey nml Intends to hold his subordinate olllclals to nccount for future disorders seem to bo confirmed by the follow Ing cable re colved by the Turkish legation hero today All news about plots against his Impcrla majesty arc absolutely and entirely false Transmit you below the text of three tele grams that have been i nt to the vails and to the military commanders of those province where troubles lately took place mid ask you to glvo them tin ; widest publicity : First. Telegram addressed to the governor general of the vlllaycts of Treblzond , Erzc rouin , Ulttlls , Van , Dlarboklr , Manourctol Aziz , SIvnB , Abaua and Aleppo , dated November ber 15 : The commanders of lirlgades In detach Ing tlylng columns for the repression of ells 01 del R \\lll send out n proclanmtlon to the people In order to advise those who nro In uriiiH against thn legal authorities of thcl ruuntry In give \ip thulr sedition * plans nni to abstain from nil acts dltectcd ngalns the wishes of htH Impcrlnl innjesty , th nultiin. The commandcis will have to den Immvdlatnly and by force of nrniM with al perrons who disobey this Injunction. They will nlio try to prevent , In plnclnR tioons1 lit different nolnti. nil movement on the purt of the rioters attacking boroughs and villages. If murders or In mirrectlonnry nct were to take ; place Slid ilcnly wllhln the sphere of evolution of a Hying column , said commander1 * will Imvo to pursue Immediately , and without glvliii , uny preliminary warning , the nuthora o tlio'-o rrlnux. The - conimnnder-ln-cliler o the Fourth Imperial corps will help with hi troops thu commiindcrH of brigades nndc Ills orders , with ihe view of securing the J nieces * of their task. The Department o War has been ln tructcd to transmit tele graphic orders as above to the miichle nm to the commandeis of snld Impel lal coiim. The line of conduct of the civil author Itles toward the agitator" , having already boon shown by telegraph , according to ni Imperial tirade , vou will have to tnnkc. to the proper jiartles nil recommendallons In ronfoimlty with said telegram before the sending of troops for the repression o tllsordoi * . The aliuva dlsposltlomt liuvlni reccheil the Imperial sanction , the needfu Instructions have been Eont to the Depart incut of War and to tlm other v.ills. I ro quell you again to conform jourself to Mine as regards your vlllayot. Our aligns toverelRii's determination la that older shal be lestoiod Immcdlnlulv In all dlsturbei parts ; thut the life , the honor and property of every ouo shall be safcguaideil and tha all acts contrnr\ justice and equity shnl bo in evented. Vou will watch day nm night to pecuro the realization of said Im perlul determination by putting a Mop to disorders , without delay OFFICIALS UHLD ACCOUNTADLE. Second. Telpgrnms addressed to the vails of Van , nittlls , Erzeroum , Aleppo , Dlarh-klr. Trebl70tid , Slvas and Manouretol-Azlz. datot November 17' Although leneiti-d Instructions were given to yon with the vlr\v of adjusting In jour vlllnyct nil necessary mea'-uict for pre venting all iiobslble ( roullon ) and nil shed ding of blood and forbidding- - well that ono class of the population attack the other or acts contiarv to justice should occur , Mich cases continue , however , to take place Ono of the most Impoiliint duties of the vails being , according to the formal orders of his Impel lal imjcsty , tin- sultan , to so- ourp public peace In the provinces , I hasten to warn you th.it If , after the recclpl of the present tolcirnitn there should occui acts like llros , seditious movements , per- tuibntlons of public older or shedding of blood , such nil omission of duties could not by any mo ins be forgiven , and would tairy with It grave consequences. Such responsi bility falling nlfo on the moutas ailffH and culrnacnms. you nm t aKo put yourself Ir iiui-uiii wmi inu cummnwit'rs lor uie adop tion of the ' necessarv precautions. You will principally look with the greatest care after the protection of the consulates anil foiolgn subjects , In ordci to place them oul of anv danger , and to avoid nnv motive for complaint on their part. All gulltv parlies should bo arrested and punMied according to law. You will telegraph In plain woids every twenty-four hours to the llopntment of Wiir. to the grand vlzlci nnd to the Imperial palace the situation of > our vlllnyetH. Third. Tele-gram addressed to the mar shals of the rourth Imperial corps , and to the military commanders of Aleppo , Hltllls , Ahann , Trehlzoml , Slvas Manourctol-Azlz nnd other parts of Asiatic Turkey dated November 17 : The explicit will of our august sever eign be ng that tranquillity of the countrv should bo maintained moio than ever anil In n moit cfllclont manner nnd In ordei to prevent absolutely any sneh acts as lire * rovolutlonarv movements , shedding of blood , 01 attacks on the part of ono class of the population on the other , or ngalnat the consulates and foreign sub- JootH , the necessary Instructions have al ready been transmitted to functionaries of the civil admlnNtiatlon. In conformity with nn mnerlnl Hindi ? , the Imperial mili tary authcn Itles shall put themselves In npforil with the vnlls ami moutn sarlffH In "ider to secure public peaci > nnd to see Unit the olllcvrs and soldiers of tlm Im perial agents art according to the military iemulations , abstaining carefully fiom all nets tending In cause complaints Any dls- obedlvnco of the above , anv negleut or anv proceeding contiaiv to discipline , will en tail grave lesponslblllly. . \iiNlrln IN SntlNlleil. nUDA PRSTII. Nov 21. In the Diet today replying to a question regarding the situation of affairs In Asia Minor , the premier , Ilaron Ilinffy. said that tlio rcprtsentatlons of the ambassadors of Iho powers at Constantinople had led In a gratifying result. The Porte had displayed nn earnest Intention to restore tranquillity In the disturbed districts and to piotect the Christians. The premier added the mowt complete unanimity of opinion pre vailed among the powers. The latter were ilt'crmlned that pence nnd the status quo muni uu ri'Biurt-ii iinu 10 lain cnu llieir IIOF18 had been sent to the levant. Harou llanffy concluded by saying : " \Vo have reassuring hope that Turkey will succeed In restoring order , In which tack her efforts will certainly lie supported by all Hie powers , which , with out exception , attach the greatest Importance to tlio maintenance of a peaceful state of things. " _ Initnlreil About HlN Country men , LONDON , Nov. 21. A dispatch to the Stindard from Derlln says thut Prlnco Itls- inarek recently received Congressman Rich- nid Ilirthfalilt of St. Louis. Mo. Ths ex- chancellor asked niiny questions of the member - ber of the house of representatives , Most of those Inquiries wore about matters pertain ing to the United States. Ho was especially Rollcltoifti concerning the welfare of Germans who have ssttled In America. Among other things ho asked about , was as to vvhcthci thn Jews who have left the old world and set tled in America , are ever persecuted to any extent. May Vlult Iioniliin , T.ONPON , Nov. 21. The Manchester fiuarJhin today nnyw that It Is reported that In Ihe coinmunlcatloii from the sultan of Turkey read by the marquis of Salisbury on Tueiday latt , at nrlghlon , Kngland , before the National t'nlon of Conservative Assocla- UoiiK , Abdul Ilanild offeree ! , after the execu tion of rrfonns In Armrnlu , tolslt London iul oilier European capitals for the purpose pf arrhliiK At a complete understanding with the powers relative to the future aOtulnbtra- tlcn of the Ottoman cniptro. i SU'iiiucr Gm'iinliori - . LONDON , Nov. 21. The Ilrlllsh steamer Neksmoro , Capt.\ln HlcharJson. from Mon treal en November 5 for Liverpool , Is shorn mi Oilt Wand off tie coast of Scotland , with loiirUfn feet uf water In tier hold. The crew Vf-e landed safely. The Ncstmoro was built lit n irdovv. UiiKlun J. In U82. She Is a screw btBttnier of 2.210 tons ml rtl tvr , ana Is > wucd bYllllaw Jobnstono fi Co. .si i/r.i. > AT ins oi.n THICKS ACJAIV nn Olllri-r Who In fill In niiulnnd. ( CopyrlRhtKl. 189 ; , ly the AMOClnli-l PrcM ) CONSTANTINOI'LK , Nov. 21. Matters po litical do not took as bright today as they did yesterday. The expressed determination of the sultan to act aggressively In suppressing the disorders In Asia Minor hid n decidedly good effect here and elsewhere , and the troub les which threatened to cause the disruption of the Turklth government vv.a looked upon as almost ended , lint n fur'hsr ' jarring hai occurred , ard It Is once more Ilahrl I'aahn who N the disturbing clement. This notori ous olDclal made himself so conspicuous by his cruelty to Armenians and maladminis tration of his district when governor of Van , that the Ilrltlsh ambassador Insln ed upon his removal. Aft r considerable correspondence on the subject , plain evidence of the Pasha's unfltncFg for his position having been fur- niched to the sultan , the latter removed the pasha. Ilahrl , however , brought the strongest Influence to bear upon Abdul Hanild , pro tested his Innocence of the charges brought agaln't htm , chimed that his removal was brought about by the liitrlgn ° s of the Arme nians , and evidently \is \ was not only for given , but was decorated with the Order of the Osmanlch and complimented upon his efforts to suppress disorder. Soon afterwords Itas rumored tint Ilahrl Pasha was to be unpointed to command the large force of Turkish troops being concen trated at Marash for a movement upon Z l- toun , which Is held by the Armenians who had captured the Turkish garrison , consisting of about 400 men. This report ralsoJ such a storm of Indignation In diplomatic nnd other circles here that the plan was abandoned , If Indeed , It had been formed. STOUM HURSTS AOAIN. Now , however , the storm has burst again for Ilahrl Pasha has been appointed military commander of the Aleppo district. The bn Impression which this has produced cat hardly be exaggerated , for the- diplomats fee that it will bu almost Impossible to proven him from pursuing the same tactics at Aleppo as ho did nt Van. Upon receiving the n ws of Ilahrl Pasha's appointment to the military command o Aleppo , the representatives of the powers held n meeting ami discussed the matter fron all Its standpoints. The result was that they have Joined In n note to the Turkish govern ment saying that they canr.ki tintwer for the consequences which might en ue should the Armenians ofCeltoun be massacred after their surrender , which the Armenian patri arch , at the Instance of Ihe representatives of the powers Is endeavoring to bring abou In order to prevent further bloodshed , AlEppo Is situated about nevcnty-flve miles distant from Marash , which Is about fifleet miles ficm Zeltoun , Is the capital of the vlllnyct of Haleb , In which both Marash am & 3ltoun are situated. It will thus be seen that while the sultan , alarmed at the disap proval which the rumor of Bahrl Pasha's ap pointment to the Immediate commind of the Turkish troops a' Marash caused , refralnct from confirming It , he hau made him military commander of the Aleppo district , which vvll glvo him contiol over the commander of the Turkish troops nt Marash. A dispatch received hero from Aleppo says that the greatest alarm prevails there. Hur- rle I nnd frequent councils of the ministers are being held nt the palace nnd some plain linguas Is ta'd ' to have been used by the sultan. That a swooning out of the present cabinet Is contemplated nobody doubts ; In deed , people arc astonished that It did not take place when the sultan underwent his change of mind its a result of the assembling of the foreign nests. The Ilrltlsh fleet Is still at Salonica and the Prench and Italian fleets are at Smyrna , abcu' 200 miles fron. Salonica. Smyrna and Silon- Ica , however are about an equal distance from the entrance to the Dirdanelles SIR PHILIP CUHRIR ABSENT. Thci British ambassador Is still away fiom his post. The latest news fiom him received at the embassy located him at Vienna , but Sir Philip Is expected here by the end of the week. He In said to be the bearer of a letter from the marquis of Salisbury In reply to the sultan's letter. The United Stales minister. Mr. Aletandsr \V Terrell at the request of ths American missionaries nt Khaiput , has prevailed upon the Tuiklsh government to telegraph oidcrs to the Tuikish commander there to furnish Hit missionaries with un ri-cort of troons to conduct them to thp nearest point on Hit Ulack soi coist , possibly Tieblrond , In order that they may embark for this city. Mr Terrell hss alto advised the missionaries In other disturbed district" to retire from their pests for n time so that their presence may- no1 bo made the excuse for further disorder It Is believed that his suggestion will be adopted In several cases at least. The city Is quieter than It hap been for some time past. The polite have release ! several additional batches of Armenians nnd the latter are reopening their stores and circulating freely about the main thorough fares. This looks well and seems to indicate that matters must be In n more eatlsfactoiy state than for bomo time past , although people here would feel easier If more news was obtainable from the piovlnces. The Armenian patriarch , ns well as the sultan , has undergone a healthy change of mind as a result of the advice he has recelvvd from the representatives of the poweis. He has , as already cabled , been strongly advlsel to co-operatp with the Turkish authorities In their efforts to u-store order and It Is under stood that It has been plainly Intimated to the > prelate tint the Armenians need not look for the sympathy of Europe If they continue causing outbreaks against the authority of the t'liltnn. It Is also understood that thp leprescntatlvcs of the powers lntlM that the Aimenlnn clergy throughout Asia Mlnoi must co-operato with the Turkish olllclala in sup pressing the anarchy which IMS existed In many districts for months past , LONDON. Nov. 21 A dispatch to the Times from Constantinople says that Ihe Australian. Italian , Russian and Drltlfh representatives there have applied to th ? sultan for firmans allowing the pissage through the Daidnnellt's of a nocjiul dlb- pateh boat to ho attached to each of the lespectlvo embassies , ROMR , Nov. 21 Italia , onr cf the lend ing dally papers lieie. announces that King llunhert , upon his cnlv.il lieu- today , told ils ministers that he was full of coiifldcnca that the peace of Europe would be preseivtvl n spite of the present troubles In the Turk- tli urovlneea. LONDON. Nov. 22. A dispatch to the Ohrinlclf from Constantinople says that a ncmber of the Inner palace circle , In nn ntervlew recently , declared that It had been .lio sultan's plan for years past to make he finance mlnlettr pay all of the palace r.\- > eiEen. ! AH a result of this method of Turk- 9)1 ) financiering the pultun has u [ 15,000,000 saving from the civil list fund deposited In ti.EsIa nnd America , whllu the Impel lal coffers are empty. The sultan It a mono- narlao on the subject of his personal safety Tlio person Interviewed dee ] ires ho has not the slightest consideration for the lives of ) tl.crs , and his most trusted advisers enter nto his presence with fear and trembling. MIMIVIS' : : ; cTuvni. . ! * coui.u AVI.V. I.CIIIlIllll TIllll-N MllUcN II ( llll-HH Oil Aiilcrli'iin INilllli'N. LONDON' , Nov. 21. The Times this morn- n g editorially expresses Iho opinion that it \as not President Cleveland who was civer- lirovrn In the last elections In the United States. Accoidlnn to the editorial , In the recent democratic defeat the paity was com- iletcly routed , but the pnutlgo of the prctl- lent was Increased rather than diminished , "It Is not unlikely , " the Tlmts continues , 'that If the democrats will rally around 'le\ eland he will lead them to victory In ho next presidential conti-sl , the repuh- ICMIU having no striking policy to attract > opular fcyiripathy , "It Is thla position of parties and men vMch gives unusual Importance to Secrt-tirj Carlisle's recent speech at the dinner of he New Yoik Chamber of Commerce , If Jleveland Is able to bring the party Into Ine with the aspirations expressed by Car- Isle lie may yet open a now chapter In American history. " lliilfour'N SctMiiiil Trial. LONDON , Nov. 21. The trial of Jabcz S , ialfour anil bis fellow defendants In the Jbera'or company's frauds en the second In- ilctim'Jit found igaliut lliciu \ \ e commenced hs [ morning. THREATEN SUGAR PLANTERS Insurgents Strike a Serious Blow nt Ameri can Interests in Oubn. GOMEZ ORDERS PROPERTY DESTROYED clM Iti-piorl to DcMiicrnti * MfiitiN lo ( Oiln > IViMHlhlo from Spain ArNliiK Out of tliu SiiKiir Indimtf ) . ( OopyrlRht , 1E93 , by lrc PuMlrlilni ; Company ) HAVANA , Cuba , Nov. 21. ( Prom a Staff Correspondent of the New York World. ) Amcrlcan-owned sugar property In Cuba worth $20,000.000 Is jcopardlred by General Maximo Gomez's recent order to destroy every estate whose owner tries to make sugar this winter. Consul General Williams ? who has been In the sugar business In Cubi or In close touch with with It for more than forty years , thinks that estimate Is not too high. Gomez's ' order Is , In part , as follows : Article I. Plantations will be totally de stroyed , cane Holds nnd houses of the en closures burned , together with the rnlltoud lines. Article II. Any laborer lending his nld to the sugar manufacturers shall be con sidered a tinltor to the country , ns wo must cut oft these fountains of resource to the enemy. Article III. Any person caught In llagrnntc dellctti , or who Is known to break article II , will be shot. The bulk of the sugar property In Santa Clara Is owned by foreign capital. The Cuban owners hold more than the Spaniards. The Soledad estate , near Arlniao , Is owned by Ed ward Atkins of Doston ; the Hornlguero es tate Is owned by the brothers Porret of New York ; the Constancla estate Is owned by Pfrklns & Welsh of 41 Wall street , New Yoik ; the San Augustln and the Lc Quleto estates by an American syndicate , of which Colonel James S. Murray Is the manager. In Trln- lilad there Is the great property owned by the Havemeyers of Ntw York , Edward Atkins and others. In the Sagua district Is the George Thorndyko estate , those of Hemingway of Doston , the Snntana and St. George. The Victoria estate Is an American property , nnd Perkins & Welsh of New York control a large sugar estate. In Santiago arc a number of American sugar plantations. Kcny of tne American sugar properties on the Island will be forced Into bankruptcy If they are not permitted to make a crop this coming winter. One representative de clares that If the revolution continues Cuba's fate will be the same as Haytl's. CAMPOS pno.Misns PIIOTHCTION. Campos will place the negro contingent of troops in Santa Clara provinc' . He has assured the planters that he will do all In Us power to protect them. I have reason to believe he contemplates a policy toward Incendiaries and Intlmldators of labor dlf- fcient from the course he follows toward antagonists in the fluid. Hepicsentatlve sugar growers nsirert that the loss ; from the Inability to clean the grow ing cane properly from weeds will prevent more than thiee-fourths of a crop , even If sugar can be made at all. Several wild rumors have been flying about Havana , such ns alleged encounters bstween Goirex nnd tlio Spanish general ? , Suniez , Valdez and Garrlch near Santo Espltltti. There has been great activity among the Spanish troops. The generals have kept nearly 30,000 soldiers trotting here and there , and the Insurgents have ben taxed more severely than at uny previous tlmo duilng the war In keeping out of the way , Antonio Macco has had intentions on Santa Clara province , but he was unable up to fcnr days ago to dodge the strong Spanish forces ttatloncd along the bolder between Snrto Esplrltu and the Trocha. INSUHGENT STRENGTH OVERRATED. Details of the encounter November 15 at Habanllla near Sequanea Valley , are her ? . Ono of the dead Insurgents is Dr. E. Itruno , an Ameiican citizen , formerly a dentist in Clenfiicgos. His father was a Philadelphia ! ! and he has ssveral brothers In or near that city. Another practices * In Paris. The battle demonstrated that the Insurgents In the Sequanea had not nearly an many men as had been believed by the Spaniards. There was goad reason for supposing that there wore over 3,000 men In the valley , but Colonel Arl/on pressed Rego hard and the latter mustered only 1,500 followers to op pose the Spanish advance. I have obtained accurate Information con cerning the homo government's finances. Spain has obtained a war loan through the ability of Senor Canovas and his mlnlbtor of finance There Is now available for war purposes In Cuba ? 23,000OOCS enough nt the estimated rate of expenditure to carry on the operations until March. The Paris hoiiio of the Bank of Pays-Das , an Amster dam Institution , has floated the loin , which Is In Cuban bonds , wen red by the customs leceipts of the ( bland with the Indorsement of Spain. The rate of Interest Is 5 per cent with a commission of one-half of one psr cent , the must favorable rate Spain has ob tained In many a day. The Dank of Poys- Da'i has promised another $25,000,000. The payments to Spain art > In regular Instalments as called for. WILLIAM SHAW DOWEN. ATTHMI'T TO Ml'ltDHIt ' A MISSIO.NAIIA CiitJiollr I'rli'Ht anil Companion * CliiirKfil ttltli ( InDIMM ! , ( Oop\rlKhtnl , 1585 , by Pi em 1'ublMilnir Company ) SAN JOSE , Costa Rica , Nov. 21. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Exrltcment stilt prevails over the attempt to murder Protestant mltalonarlea at Desam- pardos. The priest , Zabclata , has been Drought to this city and Imprisoned. He has accused two leading cltlrons , Juan Uretia and Juan Mora , of having been plotting with lilm for some tlmo against the lives of Protestants , Catholic union newspapers dally urge the people to do away with the Protestants , saying they should do every thing possible to free the country from infernal monsters. COLON. Colombia , Nov. 21. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Five Imndred laborers have arrived from Car- thacena. Work on the canal will bo pushed. John Dillon Tal. < * a AVIfo. LONDON , Nov. 21. Mr. John Dillon , ths well known Irish leader and antt-Parnelllto iicmbcr of Parliament for East Mayo , was narrled tlilt morning at the oratory , Ilromp- on , this city , to Miss Matthew , daughter of Justice Matthew , After Ihe ceremony the jlshop of Galwuy read a telegram from the pope bestowing bis blessing upon the mar- lage , POTMTM AclliiK : III 1'crfci'l Conci-rt , PARIS , Nov 21. At a cabinet council held ifre this morning , the minister for foreign bffalrt ) , M. lierlht'Iot , cald that the Informs- Ion which lie received fiom various sour cot did not justify llu alarmist reports In the 'rench prei-s. The agreement between th ? lowers , ho bald , wan revealing Itself with the turnout clearness and peruhuricy. National ( irmiKt * bmHlon Kmlfil. WORCESTER , Mass , Nov. 21. The twon- y-nlnth uiinunl tension of the National CiraiiKo closed nt midnight. The newly- elected ottlcer * were Installed. The execu- Ive commltU't ) will meet tomorrow morning to plan for the work ot the coming year , Minnr.it WOMIAM : > , ciut.imi : > Siumlflli .Soldier * ( Inllt ) of nit Aft o TAMPA , Pis. , Nov. 21. Colonel Pernando Tlguerdo , the Cuban leader ot this city , Is In receipt , ot n letter from Havana giving details of atrocities which wcr * committed by Spaniards In Matanzns province. Cotone ! Mcllno , who commands a Spinlsh regiment recently encountered lliehdvnncc gtlard 01 Gomez In Matanzas and was defeated. While soldiers under Mcllno were In retreat they met a group of women and children near a little town called Cayoplno. As the soldiers passed one of the women"1 * made a sneering remark about the Spaniards. The remark was overheard by the soldiers nnd so enraged - raged them that they fell Upon the womCh and children and butchered every ono of them. There were ton women and about a doren children In the group. The letter say a that the Spaniards , after bhoollng down their victims , stabbed then wMth bayonets , Inflicting the most horrible wounds One babv was killed al Its mother's breast and the bullet that rH sed through the Infant also passed through the mother. Colonel Mellnu mads no report of the butchery , but It happened that two of the women murdered were wives of Spaniards engaged In themwmlll business In Matnnzns > When the husbands learned how their lovct ones had been slaughtered they went to Martinez d Campos , Informed him of the horrible affair and demanded that Colonc Mellno be punished. It Is said that do Campos has ordered that Mellno bo court-martialed and It Is thought the butchers will be sentenced to death , ns the massacre Is condemned as bitterly by Kn.inlnrclR on hv flip fJiilinnn. HAVANA , Nov. 21. Thece ave been sev eral skirmishes In the province of Santiago do Cuba , during which the Insurgents hat flf'een ' killed , four wounded and lost one prlsonsr. The troops lost one killed and had thirteen wounded. , According to an official dispatch received here from Clcnfngos , province of Santa Clara , the Insurgent leader , Rego , with 250 followers , has surrendered to'tho authorities of that place. General Maximo Gomez , the Insurgent leader who recently enlcrdd the province of Santa Clara from the province of Puerto Principe , captured Fort Paleyo , 'on the river Zaza , In the provlnc ? of Santa Clara. No detalln are given. * Whllo a train conveying General Suarez Valdcz was nearlng Santa Rita , In the pro vince of Santa Clara , to < Jay , the Insurgents flrad n dynamite shell at It. The explosion blew up four wagons and the engine cf the train. Two soldiers wcro seriously Injured anl twelve others were slightly wounded. The car In which the genaraj wao riding was not Injured , and he went'on horseback to Esperanza. , The signal towers betvveeji Veguitas and " Cauto , province of Santiago"'do Cuba , have bcsn Inaugurated. During the day they will communicate with each other by heliograph and at night they will exchange signals by the Mangln system , which Is said to be equal to Morse's telegraph. Captain Amiga Is going to establish communication batwo3ii Holgtiln nivl IJnjnmo In Uie same province , and cable communication with ( he Important southern porty will be , established about January 1. DHMA.M ) Ki-.COCJ.MTIOA roll CUIIA. Strom ; SprcclifN Mude nt 11 MIINH Mcct- liiK "t IMilIild.'lilhlll. PHILADELPHIA , Nov , 2i The strongest and most outspoken expregstons ol sympathy for Cuba yet made In this fHy were heard tonight at n meeting at the Academy of .Music , umier the auspices if the Philadel phia brigade , and In aid of thc'lr Antletam monument fund. The spe.'i eja weri Qpy- ernor Matthews of Indiana , Rfineral Gonzallo de Qucsada , secretary of the revolutionary party In the United States , and Captain W. W. Kerr , owner of the fcteanier Lauradn. Strong resolutions were adopted calling upon congress Immediately after convening to re quest President Cleveland to recognize the Cuban republic without delay. General Pnlma , minister plenipotentiary "of HIP Cuban republic , and a nupiber of prominent local Cubans were present , x Governor Matthews was tile flrst sp kcr General Quesada followed in a stirring up peal for the sympathy of the American pee ple. captain Kerr , in ms ypeecn , saiu : "ji there Is a country on God's earth wo ought to despisp and bare our breasts to their bul lets , It Is Spain. " Concluding he said : "Vessels will leave this country every day andjand arms , am munition and men on Cuba's shores until she Is free , and If Spain will wait ten days. she will hear of another1 expedition being landed. " ? ' General Fra/er , chalrpiah of Ihe meeting. announced at the close that bo had just re ceived word that Congressman Amos Cum- mlngs was at that moment preparing a resolution elution to present to congress recognizing Cuba. _ IMlOTKhT AG.VI.VST1 Tt IIKISII IlUjt.D. l ullh. the lilllty for IIxlHtliiK C tiill < lniiH. NEW YORK , Nov. 21.--A. largo audience assembled at Chickerlng hiill tonight at the call of the Armenian Rclfef association to protest against Turkish barBarltle1 ? and to ap peal to the powers to protect Chrh'tlan and Armenians , In Turkey. President Seth Lowe of Columbia college pre UJed , and made n short address. Rev. Father Ducey made a speech and Varlln Dllloghan , an Arjiienlan Christian who escapel the mapsacics of rla i summer , related his experience. The fallowing resolutions were adopted : "That In our opinion the t-iiltan of Turkey has ; forfe'ted all light tp rue | over the Arme nian people ; tlrat wo respectfully urge our government to mnko ovary\ possible effort to Induce the governments nl Christendom to rousa themselves from tliclr apathy and put an end of thin intolerable fctato of affairs which threatens with extermination thousands and thousands of Innocent fellow Christians , "Hut wo urge upon the government nHo to do everything In II ? power to preserve the fiulu of the work Of .American mlsslon- aiies. "Wo extend our ardent sympathy with the unutterable bufferings of this persecuted racs and call upon all Clirlt-'Jana to Inslvt that these unuttciahle suffering ? shall ceasa. " President Lowe , In Irrepecch , ad ! that the powers of Europe were to blame for the existing stuto of attain' , , and particularly England , for s'lt hod , afjcr the Crimean war , practically guaranteed the protection of Chris tians In Turkey. Speeches fere also made by Dr. William H. Thompson. 'Rev. Dr. John Hall and Rov. Charles' W. Seboyd , Lettert' of regret worn read fron } Governor Morton , Cliouncey M , Depow njid'othe'rs. ' Domliilt'k ST. JOSEPH , Nov. ? l.-K tlier Domlnlck Wagner , cx-prlest of Bt , Jlifry's parish , who cteated such n qensatlon by abducting Miss Maud Steldel , unJ after yard marrying her , was tried to day on Uifr cnarge of embez zlement of church furjls. The cose wan bitterly contested , and melted the deepest Interest , the couit room nelng HO crowded that It was found neeitsary to lock the dears. Lute thla uf let noon the casu went to th& jury , who , after a thort deliberation , icturncd a veidlct of riot pullty. The other cases agnlnet Wagner will como up gome t'me ' the early part of next week. Iliirrlxoii HUM' Many CallorN , NEW YORK , Nov. -Senator Sherman of Ohio left this city for Washington to day , Ex-Pi esldent Harrison Is still holding his dally lovi'o In bin room/In / me Fifth Avenue hotel. Ex-Secretary Neb c , Cornelius N , Hllss and ox-.Mlnlcter diaries Kinery Smith of Philadelphia were the most conspicuous of liln ninny callers. General llurrlfon hopes lo Hulbh his visit by tomorrow , when ho wll tuliu it train I'M- Saratoga , where he proposes to hpend a day or two -with "Little Hen" McKee , who la fully recovered from lls | recent Illness , Sclrfd-d FuriuiH 'for I'rrMlilriil. CHICAGO , Nov. Zl-rThe Eastern and Western Fair association concluded lit meeting today. Homo chanKes were made In the clanslllcutlon of llye utock. and It. W. Furnas of Nebraska nnd T. J. Fleming of Ncrtli Orecnflcld. WIs . were re-elected pres ident and secretary , respectively , AlliER REPLIES TO SHERMAN Correspondence on the Subject Between Hitnsolf anil the Senator's ' Brother. DENIES OFFERING MONEY OR POSITIONS of tin- Southern Volex CiiMt tor AlKor tun ! MUTIIIIIII Ko- Mlii-ctlvctj In tlic CoiiM'U- * llon of ISi < s. DETROIT , Nov. 21 General R. A. Alger has written n lenqthy letter to Hi ? Detroit Tribune In reply to Senator John Sherman's charges against the general's friends , as con tained In the coml volume of Sherman's Recollections. The writer quotes Senator Sherman's language , In which Shcnran , In referring to the circumstances attending tlio republ'can ' convention of 1SSS , wrote. "I believe , and had , ns I thought , conclu sive proaf that the friends of Gensral Alger substantially purchased the votes of irany ot tlio delegates from the southern states , who had besn Instructed by their conventions to vote for me. " He a\so \ quotes Senator Sherman's asser tion to the effect that althoi'gh ho had learned with complaisance of ths explana tions of tliu wavering of the Ohio and New Ynrlf ilntniTitlntia frn.it lili / Qt0rm4n'taim. ! . port , "tho only feeling of resentment I e-'ter- talned was In regard to the actions of the friends of General Alger In tempting with money poor negroes to violate the Instructions of their constituents. " In replv to these quotations General Alger says that he should not have Intruded this matter upon the public were It not for the fict that It appeared tint Sherman hud gene out of his way to Ins-ult his ( Alger s ) friends , as well as himself "What he writes , " Gcn- nal Alger said , "would b > less objectionable were It not that the second word In the flrst paragraph Is written In the present tense. " Genctal Alger says that when the senator's chargey wsro flrst made. Immediately after the convention , he was especially distressed , because of the warm friendship existing be tween lilnii'lf and family nnd Geneial W. T. Sherman and family. In view ot tills h : wrote General Sherman assuring him that there- was no foundation for His charges , and that he had not replied on account of the ago of tha rcnator ; second , an account of his great rame , and third , because of the InJury - Jury such talk would do the party. OPINION OF A BROTHER. General Sherman said in reply : "I assure you that I entertain for yon the tama senti ment of respect and affection as always. If anything ever shook my faith In you It was that you stooped to the level of a politician. A soldier of reput ? , a gentleman , and one who has such a family and buslnei'j as General - oral Alger , ought to hold himself above that level. Hut this is eminently a free country , and you had as good a right to ert'r the rac ? ns had John Sl'ennaii. You made a good show of votes , and If you bought some , ac cording to universal usage , surely I don't blame you. I laughed at John for trying to throw off on anybody. He was fairly beat n at the convention , and I congratulated him on his escape. I frankly atu'ueryour Inquiry by saying that my friendship to you has not been shaken In the least that I wish you all honor and happiness , and that during my short remainder of life wo may often meet here or on the Pacific. With great respect , etc. , W. T. SHERMAN. "P. S. Dest love to the family. " , . Continuing. General Alger says that during ' ' ' ' tho'ticttpment'on888'he'lpa1dMIttle7rattenll6n to the reports In question , as nothing had appeared over Senator Sherman's name , but that now the case Is different. He then gives an analyals of the southern votes re ceived by Sherman and himself nt the Chicago convention. According ; to this showing Senator Sherman on the flftn ballot ( the one In which Alger received the highest number of votes ) received 109 votes from southern states , against Alger's sixty , not Including , however , twenty-eight votes from Arkansas and Missouri , which came voluntarily pledged tn Alcer under thn Ipadershln rDsnpntlvolv of General Powell Clayton nnd Chatmcey I. Flllcy. Of the other sixty General Alger wrlteu that more than one-half of them "had served either In the union or southern armies during the war , and It was natural that they should prefer a soldier to a civilian. Many of these people I know personally. " The general mentions a list of soldiers and other friends of his among tlicbe dele gates whom , he concludes , naturally ut d their utmost endeavors with their respective delegates In his behalf , and adds : PAID NEITHER MONEY NOR PROMISES. "No delegate or friend who went to Chicago In my behalf or voted for me at the conven tion ever asked for or received n Mingle pledge from me for money or any office- . " General Alger relates Instances of the friendship between himself and the senator of late years and of assurances given him by Sherman that while his disappointment had been great he did not believe Hint Alger had any part In the scramble for votes , etc. . In 1SSS. Alger also quotes an autograph letter written him by Sherman In 1892 , In which the senator reasserts : "I cherish no prejudice or unklndncss for the Incident of the national convention of IX8S. " "In conclusion , " writes General Alger , "I will only add that If Senator Sherman Is willing to leave a record mude up largsly of adverse criticisms of the public men of his day , many of whom have passed from earth , he Is welcome to the task , I am sure he Htands alone among our public men who would ! > ! > willing by his own account to blight the honorable record of the living and the dead , " A letter from James Lewis ( colored ) of New Orleans la appended , stating that the writer voted for Alger In the 1888 conven tion as second choice to Sherman and denying that negro delegates weru In the habit of celling their voles. MAY FI.VIJ 'I'IIIMSIIVIS IN MH.VICO , r.nttcr Country IIIJHK | Claim lo a I-iirI of UK- Oily of III I-IIHO. DENVER , Nov. 21 , A special to the Re publican from El Paso , Tex. , says : Mexican engineers of the International boundary com mission , now In session bore , have been sur veying and placing monuments through the southern portion of the city , so as to take In a strip of the- city ever a mile long nnd six blocks deep. The American commissioner , Colonel Anson Mlll , was called here to con sider a claim for Mexico , and while that claim lia not yet been submitted , It la under stood that Mexico will claim territory on the north side of the riyer within the corporate Imlts of El Paso , on the ground that the original channel of tlie river run almost through the center of this city , but that because - cause of embankment ! ) the flood waters unified the main channel over on Mexican territory. Mexicans living In the southern portion of the city are BO confident their lollies will soon bo conceded to be on Mexican soil that they are flying the Mexican colors from their house tops , U Is claimed by American residents that under the Guadeloupe Ildalgo treaty the boundary line was fixed a 1852 where the river now runs. I.uti-Hl Turn In tlic Mil ) no CIIKP. LOS ANOELES , Cat. , Nov. 21. Attorney J , L. Murphy was arrested today on a warrant - rant from the district attorney's olllce charging him with subornation of perjury n the Mayno criminal aesault case. A war rant han been sent after Mrs. Bhlpton at tan Diego , llotli will be tried on the charge of Influencing Delia Shlpton to swear to an affidavit Intended as a basis for a new rial for Mayne , who was formerly un Omaha real estate dealer. lib IMI inn I IN in I.oiidN lo Suicide. MILWAUKEE , Nov. 21. A tpcclal from Wousuu , WIs. , says Nutlmnlnl H , Kldred , captain of Iho Wausau Light Guard nnd nanuger of u branch housu uf Ihe Armour 'atklng company , committed suicide last night by bhoollng. Tlio deceased was 23 cars of age and a rheumatic suffuier. Ilia looks are snld to be all straight , TWO IMMinxU mOVlMiS IIIUM'.U l.OMN on Tlu-in anil ( tf3F < Mil * AIII Tool t n lo siRSVo" . CHICAGO. Nov. 21 HJBB Excelsior buildIng - Ing at Canal nnd JnclBH si reels , and an eight-story brick strtict Hlinmcdlntfly ad joining It , at 171 nnd j B South C.tnnl street , were destroyed "j B this afternoon. Not less than thirteen vl Ailc mamifac'ur- Ing plints , located In Hu B buildings , wcro lost , Including the Shober-rarquevllle Lith ographing compiny , the Chirlep Emmerich Feitlier compmy , and the largo establishment of Straus * . Elsendrath ft Drom. The total loss Is not less than $020.000. The flre wa * a hard one to subdue , and attended with no little danger The cscipo ot several hundred girls from the Strauss. Elsciidralh & Drom factory was made possible by coolness and decision. A tiumbJr of the girls suffered from fright , nnd sustained slight brumes. llcfore the fight v 'th ' the tire was ended Fire Chief Sweeny had exhausted the regular calls for engine ? , and had to speclnlly Mun ition twenty more. An approximate lift of the losses Is : Ex celsior building , seven-story brick , owned by Warren Springer , total loss , Jlf.O.OOO ; Shober & Carquovllla Lithographing company $125.000 ; Charles Emmerlca & Co , feathers , $100,000 ; Gcorso E. Lloyd & . Co . bicycles and ttersotyplng. $50,000 , Schmdlg Hros. & Co. , Sheet , $20,000 ; H. E Puffer K. Co. , felt hats , $10,000 , Strauss. Elscndnth & Droin , ladles' wals's , $40,000. Several smaller con cerns lo t an aggregate of $15,000. Eight- story brick building , 171 to 173 South Canal street , owned by Warren Springer , tot.il lors , fTG.OOD. A. J. Hcrbst & . Co. , typewriter carbons bens and ribbons , $20,000. An aggregate loss of $18,000 was sustilncil by the mallcr con cerns In this building. Four-story brick building. 1C5 to 1C9 South Canal street. owned by W. J. WIKm , damaged by water and falling walls to the extent of $0,000. The tenants of the build ing sustained nn aggregate loss of $11,000 , The flre started bv a dust explosion In the renovating room ot diaries Emmerich & Co. , on the fourth floor of the Excelsior building ami spread so rapidly Ihat the work men In that part of the establishment had barely time to give the alarm and get out In s > afety. On the sIMh floor a serious loss of life was narrowly averted Straus , Elscndrath R. Drom , makers of shirt waists , employed 400 girls and none of them were awnro of the tire until It had made con siderable headway and the Ptnoko came pour ing Into their working room In thick clouds. A wild rush was made for the three ele vators , which were kept .running to the last posnlblo minute , and while most of the girls escaped In this way , others took to the stairs. When the main floor was reached the Jam hee.nmo frlirhtfiil. and but for the efforts of Officers Drcnnan and Miloney of the les- plalnes street station , who managed to keep the mass of frightened girls moving nnd in some Instances by force , prevented them from crowding too violently , many lives must have been lost. Several of the glrlB fainted , but soon revived when taken to the open air. Nearly all of the losses are covered by Insurance. nr.ns HAS MIIVII ; ) OIT ms rinu : . Sentence i\iilreil : IIIN Klit While IIu .Slept. CHICAGO , Nov. 21. Eugene V. Debs be comes a frc2 mm again at 12 o'clock tonight. His term of six months Imprisonment In the Woodstock Jail came to an end while he snored blissfully In his cell. In no degree clungd In his convictions ; In no wise re pentant of his attitude In times past , ard with the same opinion that the federal courts have yet to leain how to administer Justice , Mr. Debs finish's Ins sertcncc In about the &amo condition , both mentally and physi cally as when Sheriff Eckert took him In nest and ninj-nHIc champion of organization of labor as In days gotn by , his genial dis position not having suffered In the least by his enforced confinement. He explained nil this last night vvhllo pit ting In the f'h'riff's office at Woodstock , by saying1 "I have been sustained by the con sciousness that I was paying the penalty for doing what I conceived to be my duty. " Had Mr. Debs so chos n , ho could have walked out of the jail at midnight , but ho was satlb- flfd with the comfort of Ills quarters' , and pre furred to remain a prisoner until morning A party of 300 ndmlicis and fi lends will go out to Woodstock tomorrow afteinoon to greet the lab'or leader on his release. A party composed of representative ! , of all the Central Labor unions will be among those to flrst greet Mr. Dobs. Mr. Debs will receive them at the jail , nnd will then march around tlio public irjuaro with the party , to the music of a brass bind and drum corps. Cof fee and sandwiches will bo served to 1J"1 vlsltois In the restaurants of the lown just hefoie boarding the train. A deleffltlon of the Trades assembly of Clncim all will unlvo over the Dig Four , and tnother from the A. R. U. of Cleveland will at rive over the Nickel Plate tomorrow to take part In the general jubilee , which will IIP h3ld In battery U In the evening. Mr. Dcbj has alicady laid plans that will keep him very much before the public. Ho said last night that ho had arrang d to visit all the principal cities In the country , primarily In the Interests of the A. It. U. , but combin ing his efforts also to bring oiganlzed labor into a defensive alliance. oivii , .snuvicn unromi MAII ; : . I'riMinrntloiiM for the Annual Meeting to He Held In IVaNhliiKloii. NEW YORK , Nov. 21. The annual meet ing of the National Civil Servlca Reform league will ho held al Washington on Thurs day and Friday , December 12 and 13. Tim detailed arrangements for the annual meet ing are uy follows : The general headquarters foi the league meeting of two days will be at the rooms of the Cosmon club , Lafayette square. A joint meeting of the general commltteu of tno executive committee will be held In these rooms at 10:30 : a. in. on the Ilith. The annual address will bo delivered by Ilia president , Hon. Carl Schuri , on Thurs day evening , December 12. at 8 o'clock. The special bualneEs sc-si'Ion of the league will be field Filday , December IM. The business at this meeting will bo the election nf a presi dent and vice presidents , the hearing and considering of reports , and other routine mat tern. tern.Public Public meetings will bo held at the Comnos club at 2.30 p. in. on the afternoons of the 12th and 13th , at which ihs following will bo read : "The Repent Civil Service Reform Movement In Chicago , " by Hon. John W Ela of Chicago ; "Tlio Appointment and Tenure nf Postmasters , " by Richard Henry Dana of Cambridge ; "Superannuation of the Civil Service , " by Hon. William Dudley Foults of Indiana ; "The Interest of the Worklngrnen In Civil Service Reform , " by Herbert Welsh of Philadelphia ; "Tho State of Civil Service Reform Sentiment In the South , " by Herman Justl of Nashville ; "The Important Function of Civil Service Re form , " by F. L. Slddons pt Washington ; "Tho Reign and Overthrow of an Omcehold- Ing Oligarchy. " by Charles J. Hmiaparlo of Baltimore ; "Tho Necessity of Thorough and Permanent Reform In the Consular Service , " by Jonathan Lane , president of Douton Mer chants association At 7 p m , on Thursday a reception to visiting delegates will bo held at the. Ar lington hotel , Seliliiitcr HUH an Imitator , ATCHISON , Kan. , Nov. 21. H. H. Wentworth - worth , flagman at the Thirteenth street railroad dossing- , claims to be nblo to pel- form cures very much the same as Schlut- ter , the alleged "Messiah ; liealer , " and ho In attracting a- great deal of attention. He la said to have performed a number of cures during the past few days. nnJ u great many people are Hocking to him for treat ment. Hu Is 81 year old , has long hair , and Is very quiet. He makes no charge for his Beivices. He claims tnat ho can cure disease a thousand miles away If he known of ltn existence. ICIIIfil \olorluiiN Outlaw. BPniNQFIELD , Mo , Nov. 21.-Frank Huffman , the notorious outlaw , who has de led the authorities , wan kllcd last night jy Sheriff James 1C. Moore of Hickory ccunty fifty mlluu norlhwc-s tof here. Huff man was leader of the Ottervllln train rubbery on the MlisourJ Pacific railway and broke jail In Howard county eight months UKO. Blnce then lie has been bid- ng In th liHU of Hickory and Cedar rnun- lies. Particular * of the killing nre han | to obtain by reason of the place being re mote from ttlesraphlg communication. LOSS IS REVENUE RECEIPTS lutomnl Kovonuo Over Tbrco Millions Less Than Last Year. COST OF COLLECTION HAS INCREASED CiuiitiilxxloiK'r Mai. < < So niltlorom * iiiriulnlloiiM fur I'hmiurs In ( lie l.im , I'rhu'lpnll } t'oiH IlOllllflllirolHIHMCM , WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. The annual re- pou of the commissioner of Internal rcvcnuti as Issued lodiy shews the receipts from dlf fcrrnt sources during the last llscal year to bo as follows From spirits , $79SC2C27 ; 'c- ' ciense for the year , ! 5.39Gfi2lj tobacco , $29- 70O07 ; Increase. $ I,0 ! > 7OOS > ; fermented liquors , ? 3lGIOGI7 ; Increase , $2:5.S29 , Income tax. $77,139 ; oleomargarine , $1,109.211 ; decrease. $31I,2CS ; miscellaneous , $ r > f > tb ! > 3 ; Increaw , $300fi54. The lo'al receipts from all sourcoa arc $143,210,077 , n decib-ise of $ .1,922,371. The total cost of collecting the revenue during tha year was $4,127f01 ! , a percentage as compaiecl to revenue of 2 SS per cent , against 2,70 for the previous year. During the year 3,309 violations of the In ternal revenue laws were reported by rcvenua agents ; 7S9 persons hive been arrested ; prop erty valued at $340,905 Ina bjrn reported fop fcclziiro and $139fiCO for nsscs ment for unpaid taxes nnd penalties. During the same period 1,727 stills werpj seized , 147 stills removed , S7t persons arrested , one olllccr killed and three otheru wounded. Commissioner Miller estimates that 'the. ' revenues for the present fiscal year will ag gregate $105.000,000. The commissioner recommends amendment * to existing Uws as follows : Provisions fop nn allowance for los < cs > In transportation ot splrlta to n general bonded warehouse ; that general bonded warehouws shall bo usoil only for storage of spirits removed from dis tilling warehouses or from other general bonded warehouses In the same district ; and for a charge of 25 cents for each package or such gum as may be neccstxiry to cover tlio expense of ganging. He also recommended legislation to enable distillers or owners or sp'rlts In distillery warehouses to bottle the same for export In bond or for domestic Ube. linilnp irn\nrnmnnt Kitnnri'lilnn fift t * t\nt.tin. . of the tax thereon. The commlwloner also recommends that collectoro of International revenue bo author- , led by law to keep records of the ownership - ship of distilled bplrlts In Intertill bonded ' warehouses , such ownership to bo evidenced by warehouse receipts , or by the judgments of courts of competent jurisdiction. Also that such a law bo pasxjJ as vflll tnnb'o the owner * cf distilled Mplrlto In a distillery vvarehoiiro or bonded warehouse to withdraw the same upon payment of the tax or for any purpose authorised by law , and In case of dispute us to ownership or unadjusted claims on nc count of storage or other charges , upon the giving of an Indemnity bond by the party ; other than the dlt'tlller ' applying to withdraw. Ho also leconimoiid'i an amendment allowing the u of fruits other than apples , pcaciies and grapes for distillation ; nlwi a provision that fcrmcntcrs not In ute at distilleries may bo closed and fastened In : uch manner as may bo prescribed by the commissioner or Internal levcnue. Also a provision that store keepers and gangers who are assigned to dl - tllletlcs whosj registered capacity Is twenty bu hclslprJitless1BballJrecelvo such comiienpa- tlolTas may bo proscribed" by 'th.ecommls- sloner of Internal revenue , not to exceed $4 per day ; nnd alao tliut bakcro and manufac turers of jcas > t may make and have on hand mash , wort or wash nt for distillation In tlio conduct of thcfo Industries , the quantity ot " * such mash , wort or wash to be fixed and tho. purpose for which It Is to bo used to bo strictly limited nnd defined. Commissioner Miller's final recommendation Is that action Cl of the not of August 28 , 1894 , allow Ine the use of alcohol free of tax by manufac turers under certain conditions , be repealed. MilU.\SICA'S MMJ.AK l.vriJK I'ortjl'lTliuiiNaiHl DolliirN Homily , Claimed for tin- Yriir'xVorU. . WASHINGTON , 1) . C. , Nov. 21. ( Special Telegram. ) Commissioner Miller of Internal revenue , In his annual report jiibt Issued , finds that three blates are largely Interested in the production of beet sugar , California , Nebraska and Utah. Nebraska produced last year C.GOO.OOO pounds , clearing as bounty ; $45,087. The commissioner xays that In Ne braska the Norfolk Meet Sugar company and Oxnard Ileet Sugar company each compiled with the law. The Oxnard people did not produce sugar subsequent to August 27 , 1894. The Norfollt company has filed claim for thu bounty mou : tloned. For the district ot Nebiaskn James n. North , collector , repot ts collections $1,14G , * 947.88. Fourth class postmasters wcro appointed today at Morse Illuff , Sounders county , and Zlinmer , Frontier county. At the forme-ir olllco N. C. Wagner succeeds J , F. Pralr , and at the latter M. V. Doll succeeds KlliabctU. Doll. lown changes are : Arlspo , Union county , C. W. Dulcher , vice J. n. Rhine , resigned ; Medford , Warren county , IJert Parr , vlco L. II. Hranclit. South Dakota : Delhi , McPherson county , J. W. Tookcr , vice G. W. Moidcll ; Newark , Mm shall county , W. L. Cornell , vlco L. M. lllack. Second Lieutenant Lutz Wuhl of the. Fifth Infantry Is granted two months' leave , to tnko effect December 15 ; station of Major Chnilcs 10. Kllbnurne , paymaster , Is changed from Walla Walla , Wash. , to Portland , Ore- . ; six months additional sick Have IH granted Second Lieutenant Sawyer lllanchaid , First artillery. bi-Ai.vs snxiyrniiVAS snNsrrivn , Ieft VriK-ruclii HITIIIIMI. of n Cuban DciiioiiNtriitliin. WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. The departiira of tliu Spanish cruiser , Alplionse XII , from Havana for Venezuela has been Inado tha hauls for a 9 n&utlonal report that Spall ) would join with Fiance and Great Hrltaln lit a demonstration against Venezuela. It la stated , however , by officials conversant vvlthf the fneta that tl.o Alphonsu XII goes ) on an entirely pacific mission of conveying a now ipanUli minister to Venezuela and that therci in no project of trouble. It appears that 3enor Otl , the Spanish minister at Caracas , eft there uome- weeks ago becaiibo of a 2tiban demonstration held In Uollvur wjuani. directly lit front of the Spanish legation , Nu ndlgnlty was shown the mlnlilor , nor did the Venezuelan minister take , any cognl/anea of the meeting , The minister's suiuiua yj departure created apprehension of trouble with Spain , but the latter country has ovl < lontly overlooked the affair. General Quo uila of Venezuela , who took a prominent part n the Cuban organization In Now York , has returned to his plantation. He Is a prlvata citizen and the Venezuelan authorities dlu * claim all reypontdhlllty for hU action , .SrcrHnry .Morton Comlniv WI-M | . WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. Secretary Merion eft for the west today , expecting to bo- absent for about two weeks. Ills trip If onu of m-ientfon end most of the time will Id spent In Chicago , j Our I < n l < y OUliilioiiin Mnn. WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. Tlio preslden * ias appointed John T. Coinan of Oklahoma ! receiver ot public money at Alva , OKI. Mnv riui-iilN of OriMiii VrxNitlN , Not' , 21 * At Southampton Arrived New York , from ] Nciv York. T At New York Arrived , Cevlc , from Liver * pool.At . At Ilremfn Arrived Sprw , from New ! Yoik , via Houllmmpton. j At IIanibura--Arrlved-Dai.la1 frcm New York ,