Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1895-TEN PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAl- tmore, the wonderful medium, every FRIDAY during’ day, for private sitt! {WG TH st. naw. Every FRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's Hall, 721 6th st. W. © t U—GHAPIN UNION Will, HOLD ITS 10 a.m. A quartefiy meeting tomorrow, FRIDAY to 4 p.m., at Headquarters, 910 Fs full atteniance destred. . COHEN, Prest. It Mra. M. NOTICE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Stockholders of thi ling Company irginia Brick Compan County, Virginia, on HURSDAY, January 16, 1896, “for the election any other busine as may be legally brought before the me he meet ing Will be called to order at lock, When the polls will be open, and the ame ciesed at 1 orelgek. Tranefir tniks wit] be «iosed om Jane uary 2 and remain closed until J G. BRITTO! FE. EMMONS, Secret "ICE OF THE RIG a deel: ‘office of the after JANUARY 2, record at the clos 1895. ‘The transfer books will be clos ber 31, 18% r elusive. e board ‘of trust 26-7t HARRY C, BIRGE, Sey WEST END NATL BANK.—THE REGULAR quarterly dividend of 3% per cent elared payabl holders of 28, 1895. Books from Dee January 1, ‘96, Inclusiv de2s-6t CHAS, P. WILLIAMS, Cas! THE REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF THE Columbia National Sand Dredging Coupsny will be prid at the company's office on and after JANUARY 2, 1896. ‘The books for transfer of stock will be closed five days prigr. PAULI MORKOW, Secretary, PEARSON, ‘Treasurer. de2i-cost ‘AL BANK OF V on and ders of 20, 4 from Decem- . both days in- Wusiness on Dece will take place at the banking house on TUES- DAY, January 14, 1806. Polls open from'12 m. to 1 p.m. del2,19,26&ja2,9 CHAS. E. WHITE, Cashier. INVALIDS AND CONVALESCENTS SHOULD EAT CHINCOTEAGUE BAY OYSTERS. We're supplying lots of sick people with these famous oyxters—people who're unable to eat anything else. Big difference between Chinco- teaxue Bay Oysters and fresh-water oyster Superior favor—always large und fat—and best of all, we get them fresh every day direct from bay in the Allantic. crTh y’'re real Salt-water Oysters. PERS, COR. PA, AVE. AND 4% ST. THE STOC Idiers’ How year “Will be held i » Lith st. and Fk S on WEDNEs Y, ary 5, 1506, een the hours of 12 o'clock Le antes bor will aren january 6, and opened on January 9, 18 > 1D. M. NEWBOLD, Pr D.W., OF THE STOCKHOLDERS for the vl the office of th jon, on WEDNESDAY, @ MEET! Capital ‘Traction Compan ors will be 1896. ‘The polis will be’ opened at 10 a.m. and closed at 121 G. T. DUNLOP, ©. M. _KOONES, Secretary. WASHINGTON MARKET COMPA The annual meeting of the siockholders of the Washington Market Company will be held at the office of the company, in Center Market, in the city of Washington, at 12 o'clock noon’ on the first, MONDAY, being the Gth day of January, 1806, for the choice of thirteen directors to serve “the ensuing year, and to act on any other subject within the power of the corporation that inay come befor: the meeting. SAMUEL W, President de2b-L Washington, D. ¢ Z DIVIDEND OF 3 PERC months ending December 31, 1 the st ders of she Lincoln and after January 2, 1896. de20-10t HAVE YOUR HORSES SHOD WiTH “SUREFOOT” SHOES. ‘They will not slip on tee or slippery pavements and wre the best shoes for lame and tender fi JOHN OFENSTEIN, Shoeing Shop 626 K st. nw. 1e20-6t* tlonal Bas . STIER, PIRITUALISM. L, business aud test me- tice for the fall and win- ter and will be at home daily until further m fice. Business examinations a specialty and istuction guaranteed. 1914 Pa. ave. di CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES IN XK new and artistic; candlesticks, in many desizas, copies from untiques; trays, ash receivers, mated MRS. EFFIE Me dium, hax resumed p pen racks, “inkstands, lanterns,” lamps, fireplace fixtu ce: Jie iG, Tile Shop, 2 dei or WHE FIRE INSURANCE NY OF ‘TH! COLUMBIA. WASHIN 186 Polley. hil bis "cou. hereby fied to bring thelr policies office With delay and have them tudorsed, ssessment” to fl y in December, 896. These who HAVE re requested to wuirender their receipts, aud bave the amount paid py them refund J. WESLEY BOTELE! ait -ffnd3o CALENDARS FOR ‘96. Hundreds of designs here. Prices from $20 m. upward. MeQUEEN’S, 1108 E STREET N.W. newed without de2 Ride any good wheel on the market —then mount a COLUMBIA BICYCLE. Whether you're a novice or an expert, the genuine all-round superiority ef the CO- LUMBIA will be perspleiously apparent. Inspect the '96 models. DISTRICT CYCL “Coltmblas,"” “Hartfords," 4 new. a You can return that gift you've recelved for Xmas selecting one of Those hauidsome little “Knlek-Kaacks” Tam show- ns . SPIER, , 310 9th st. 6-6 e Gd d Doe 2s Don’t Forget Blank Books. Know ail you business men have been ‘ rush- ed” during the last few weeks, But ‘06 {s only one week away—aol new looks must be ready. had a big run on Blank Books —Leigers, Journals, Cash Book: 1 nat, a ara seo Make Hiooks to we haven't just the size or ruling y TrsSmallest prices. a oe Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Forge PRICED STATIONERS. (Just above ave.) - Holiday You should never offer your Wines at friends any but the very best 5 wines. To Insure getting the THArp’s, purest and vest winca buy thom 812 F St. of us. All the good sorts here, de25-10d Bad Paint —looks Just as well as gcod patnt when f Maquld form. It's only after it that you’ see the diffe PAINTS" are the very Will outlast any other kind. Will not crack or peel from sat or rain. A’ gallon eqn costs hut $1.50. CHAS. EB HODGK N, 913 7th st. de? 104 NERY ‘our orders with 913 E st. nw. T PLATE-FINISH NOTE We and retail. ‘Tela 16-10% TWO CAR LOADS Of Bicycles will be here in plenty of time for the CHRISTMAS trade, at prices varying from $40 up to AIL brand-new goods, 18% terns, and the best values we baye ever at the prices. We can furnish all sizes fro: to 28-Inch wheels, and while these goods are not purctased for Christmas gifts only, they are well adapted for that purpose, being fully guaranteed by the manufacturers. 1806 patterns of RAMBLERS are also coming rapldiy along, and While a little higher priced—§100—we can show Fou Where the difference Hes. You can tell an 1896 RAMBLER when you see it. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg.Co., 1825 ITH N.W. 481 loth N.W. de2i For ‘‘stags” or semi-formal occasions the ‘‘Tuxedo”’ Is eminently the correct garment, Ww alized the making of Suits and ‘Tuxedos— and you ure assured of the very highest class work if your on fs" placed with us, ” Moderate Aft, 805 Vt. ave., opp. the Arlington. ‘— SCHUTZ. de2- ad Get out of the old rut —and begin the new ycar by adver- tising your business. “Attractive Cal- endars ure splendid media of adver- Using. We show a hundred or mo: diferent designs—and every one at- tructive. $12.50 per thousand up. 512 11th st. de24-14d “hicago yesterday over the changing of a $5 bill, William Dayton shot and fatally wounded Joseph Cohen, and seriously wounded Matthew Cohen. THE TWO REPORTS Chairman Dingley’s Reasons for Submitting the Bills. A CHRONIC DEFICIENCY OF REVENUE No General Revision of the Tariff Contemp'ated Now. BONDS AND _ CERTIFICATES Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee today reported to the House the tariff and bond bills agreed on by the ma- jority of the committee. They were accom- panied by the following reports: The committee on ways and means, to whom was referred so much of the Presi- dent’s annual message and so much of the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury as relates to revenue and the condition of the treasury, and also the President's special message presenting the urgency of immediate action by Congress in a direction calculated to bring relief, re- port that the committee appreciate the se- riousness of the situation and the import- ance of prompt remedies, so far as Con- gress can giv them. Chronic Deficiency of Revenue. Your committee regard the chronic de- ficiency of revenue for the past two years and a half as a most potent cause of the difficulties which tne treasury has encoun- tered, and an important factor in the cre- ation and promotion of that serious dis- trust which has paralyzed business and dangerously shaken confidence, even in the financial operations of the government. It is as Impossible for a government to have a continuous deficiency of revenue for two years and a half without affecting its finan- cial standing as it is for an individual. It is impessible also for a government to con- tinue in this condition without casting a shadow of doubt and discouragement over all business operations within its borders. The serious fact which we are called up- on to confront is that in the two and a half years thai have elapsed since July 1, this government has had an insuifi of revenue to meet current expenditur amounting in the aggregate to. about $133, 000,000, And even in the first half of the present fiscal year the deficiency will reach about $20,000,000, and about $3,000,000 in this present month And up to the present tine there is no sufficient grou.d for opining that this insuf- ficiency of revenue will not continue during the remainder of the fiscal year, and how much longer no one can safely predict. Widespreading Consequences. If the consequences of such a chronic de- ficlency were only the neces4ty of borrow- ing money to meet current expenses in time of peace, even this would afford abundant reason for increasing the revenue. But the consequen-es are more wide reaching than that. Insuffictency of reverue has made It necessary to use the redeemed United tates legal tender notes to pay current ex- penditures, and thus to supply additional n.eans to draw gold from the greenback sdemption fund—in short, to create the ‘endless chain” of which the Secretary of ‘the ‘Treasury complains, and which has made it necessary to sell issue after issue of bonds to replenish the reserve. This will be clearly seen when it is re- membered that the Secretary of the Treas- ury has issued and sold little over $16: 000,000 of 5 per cent ten years and 4 per cent 30 years bends, from which he has realized about $182,000,000,. and after redeeming $182,000,000 of United States legal tender notes with the proceeds, he has been obliged to immediately pay out $133,000,000 of these demand notes to meet current expenditures, and thus has fur- nished $13,000,000 of governmental demand notes, to be again and again used to draw gold from the treasury. It is evident that so long as there is insufficient revenue this performance will go on, and bond sale after bond sale will be required. It is also evident that if there had been a sufficiency of revenue, these redeemed legal tender notes would not have been paid out at once, and there would have been so much the less opportunity to draw gold from the treasury. Indeed, there is’ good reason to believe that if in the first six months of the distrust which inaugurated the run on the redemption fund the treasury had been receiving revenue more than adequate to meet expenditures, so as to temporarily hold the redeemed government notes, the disposition to present these notes for re- demption would have soon been overcome. That would ave undoubtedly been the case if the redemption fund had been in- creased In the spring of 18%}, and never allowed to fall below the $10,000,000 mini- mum. Necessity for More Revenue. And the necessity for more revenue from the point of view of the maintenance of the redempton fund is not taken away by the fact that we have $50,000,000 of cash in the treasury, in addition to the $100,- 000,000 (part gold) required for the redemp- tion fund and the twenty-odd millions re- quired as a working balance. This $50,- 000,000 represents $50,000,000 of redeemed United States legal tender notes, for whose redemption we borrowed $50,000,000.in gold. If we continue to pay them out to meet a deficiency of revenue, then presently t will come back again to draw $50,000,000 more from the treasury, which we must supply by selling $50,000,000 more of bonds. The suggestion, therefore, that we need no More revenue, because we have a cash bal- ance of $50,000,000 of government notes in the treasury that can be used to pay any deficiency for the next six or twel months, is in effect a proposition to issue more bonds to meet a deficiency which should be met at once by providing more revenue, In other words, those who oppose raising more revenue in such a situation, in effect —whether they intend to do so or hot—favor borrowing in preference to paying as we go along. The Duty of the House. Your committee believe that it is the duty of the House of Representatives, to which body the Constitution commits the inauguration of revenue bills, to frame and pass a measure that will yield not far from $40,000,000, sufficient to put an end to deficiency—and to do this without delay, too—leaving to others, whose co-operation is required, to finally place such legislation on the statute books, to meet the respon: bility in their own way. And the Pres dent’s special message, setting forth so pointedly the seriousness of the situation and the necessity for the promptest action, only emphasizes the duty of the House. In response to the urgent call of the President, your committee have felt im- pelled to act with all possible dispatch. ‘Two facts have led your committee to lool to an increase of customs duties as the most appropriate source of additional rev- enue. They are, first, the fact that we are already raising a disproportionate amount from internal revenue, which has always Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and ove: comes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea and Feverlshnss, Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. CAs- TORIA contains no morphine or other narcotic property. ‘CASTORIA is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superlor to any prescription known to me.” H. A. ARCHER, M.D., 111 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I haye recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do so, as it bas invariably produced beneficial results.”” EDWIN F, PARDEE, M.D., 125th st. aud 7th cve., New York city. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. xX Sn of high and low barometer. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at $ a.m. bars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth cf Unes of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words all arcows fly with the wind. ith meridian time. Solid lines are 1so- inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or Shaded areas ire tegions where rain or “High and ‘Low’? show location of RAIN PREDICTED. It Will Also Be Colder, the Winds Shifting to Northwesterly. Forecast till 8 p.m. Friday—For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, rain; colder Friday; southeasterly winds, shifting to northwesterly. For the District of Columbia, Delaware Maryland, rain; colder Friday; souther- y winds, shifting to northwesterly. For Virginia, rain, followed by fair in western portion Friday; colder in western portion tonight, colder Friday; southerly winds, shifting to northwesterly. Weather conditions and general forecast— An area of high pressure covers New Eng- jand, and a second area covers the Rocky mountain districts. A trough of low press- ure extends from the lower lake region to the east gulf states. The pressure is gen- erally low in the northwestern districts. The barometer has fallen in the middle and south Atlantic st t gulf states. The temperature has risen in the antic states and on the Rocky mountain A plateau, and has fallen in the Mississippi valley. Rain has fallen in the middle states, the Ohio and the lower Missi. ppl valley: The following heavy precipitation, in inch es was reported during the four hours: New Orleans, 1 Louisville, 1.06; Columbus, 1. Mo., ». in is indicated for st. twenty- Nashville, Flor- England and ably turning into r by Friday. snow, with colder weat: Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and cendition of water at 8 a.m: Great Falls, temperature, 46; condl- tion, receiving reservoir, temperature, ; condition at north connection, 2; condi- tion at south connection, §; distributing reservoir, temperature, 45; condition at in- fluent gate house, 15; effluent gate house, 25. Tide Table. Today high tide, -™m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:02 a.m. snd 10:57 p.m.; high tide, 3:41 a.m. and 4:14 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, sun sets, 4:40. Moon rises, 0:36 p.m. today; sets, 2:05 a.m, tomorrow. The Bicycle Lam All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 4:40. The police regulations require that “All cycles, bicyeles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 5:58 _p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 6:04 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. If clear, less lighting may be ordered. ‘ Naphtha lamps all lighted by 5:58 p.m extinguishing begun at 6:19. The naphth lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather buréau toda: 8 a.m., 58; 2 p.m, 64; maximum, 66; min- imum, 4. . been regarded as a war resort—indecd, Jef. ferson took the ground that excise taxe should not be resorted to by the fe: government as sources of revenue in time of peace, and the democratic national con- vention ‘maintained the same doctrine in Issi. And, secondly, the fact that by in- creasing customs duties on imported art cles which we can and ought to produc or make ‘at home, for revenue purpos we can at the same time incidentally en- se stricken industries and materially ing in our favor the balance of *, Which has been so heavily against us all tMough this calendar year, and which has caused a demand for gold for export, which our treasury has been called to supply. For so long as the balance af trade is against us on account of exces- sive imports, we must export gold or (what is the seme thing) promises to pay gold to pay for the excess of imports over the ex- ports. No General Tariff Revision. Your committee have not undertaken 2 general revision of the tariff on protection lines, as a mejority hope can be done in 1897-98, not only because they know that such tariff legislation would stand no chance of becom a law, but also because general tariff revision would require many months; and the necd is more revenue at once. We believe, however, that this need of more revenue is so great that a simple measure increasing all duties of the duti- able list, and taking from the free list of the present tariff a few articles that were ays on the dutiable list until August 27, INM, and which have always been, im- portant revenue producers, and limiting the operation of such legislation to about two years and a half—until the present defi- ciency of revenue is overcome—ought to re- celve the approval even of those who do not favor protective duties, on patriotic grounds; and that the fact that it may in- cidentally encourage the production of many articles that we require at home in- stead of abroad, will not be regarded as a ground of opposition under present circum- stances. In framing the bill submitted for your consideration it has been necessary, if ac- tion was to be taken promptly, to resort to a considerable extent to a horizontal raise of du for the reason that it would have required months to deal with each article se} y. Horizontal dealing with tariffs ified in ordinary times, but in such an exigency as e: now, so erious that the President felt it his duty to send us a special message of extreme urgency, and especially for a limited time, it is not only defensible, but is the only al- ternative. Duty cn Wool and Woolens. But while we have presented in the brief measure reported a horizontal increase of 15 per cent of existing duties on all the schedules but two, which is an addition of less than 8 per cent to the average ad valorem rate—giving about $15,000,000 rev: enue from that source; yet more than 000,000 of the $10,000,000, which it is es- timated this bill would add to our annuat revenue, will come mainly from wool,which is taken from the free list and given a moderate duty, and from manufactures of wool, which are given a compensatory duty’ equivalent to the duty on wool (which is always ne ry when a duty is placed on wool) in order to give the wool grower the benetitgand make it possible to manu- facture woolens at home. i The bill reported by your committee pro- poses to make the duty on imported cloth- ing wool 60 per cent of the duty imposed -by the act of 1880, which would give an equiv- alent of 6 6-10 of a cent per pound on un- Washed wool, oc about 40 per cent ad va- lorem. This reduction from the duty of the act of 180) has been made because the res- tration of the full duty in that act might seem te be too great a change from the present law to those whose co-operation it is necessary to’secure in order to have any legislation, and not as a measure of what might be done when all branches of the government are in harmony with the ma- jority of the House on protection lines. The duty on manufactures of wool is Increased by a specific duty equivalent to the duty on wool, * ‘The duty on carpet wools is left at the per centum ad valorem, where it was placed in 1800, This fs a purely revenue duty, as we raise very few carpet wools. Such lum- ber as was placed on the free list by the act of 18 without the slightest justification is restored to the dutiable list, but with a duty of only 60 per cent of the duties pro- vided by the act of 1890—giving an equiva- Jent of only about 15 per cent. Such reduc- tlon from the low rates of 1590 is justified only on the ground that the object of your committee has been to frame a bill mainly on revenue grounds, in the hope that it would secure the approval of those in official places whose co-operation is essential to legislation, and who may be supposed to feel that in such an exigency as now exists the public necessity must control. Believing that such an increase of reve- nue as is proposed is essential as a first step in the restoration of confidence and the res- toyition of the treasury to a sound condi- tion, and that other legislation to be pro- posed to this end cannot be effective with- out adequate revenue to meet the expendi- tures of the government, your committee recommend the passage of the accompany- ing bill, ‘to temporarily increase revenue to meet the expenses of government and provide against a deficiency. The Redemption Fund. ‘The committe on ways and means, to whom was referred so much of the Presi- dent’s annual message and of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury as relates to the maintenance of the redemption fund and the conditions of the treasury report that the Secretary of the Treasury now hus the authority under the resumption act of 1875 to issue and sell ten years’ five per cent, and thirty years’. four per cent bonds to maintain the fund for the redemp- tion of) United States notes, and that he has sold $100,000,000 of the former descrip- tion of, bonds, and about $62,000,000 of the latter description of Londs in the past two years. As the redemption fund has de- clined to almost $0,000,000, the Secretary requests authority sto: issue a lower rate nd shorter time bond in lieu of the higher ate and longer time bends, in expectation at at an early date he will be required to bonds te procure coin for t sell additional this fund. aes The question invalved:is not whether or not bonds shall be sold for this. purpose. The Secretary annownees his intention to ail himself of the authority given by the resumption act and -seH, the high rate and long term bonds, and the only question is whether it is not clearly, for the public in- terests that he shoull have authority to sell a lower rate and shorter term bond. Your committee think that it is clearly in the public interest that he should have this - In granting this authority, we chave,included in the bill a ision, that,4he proceeds of bonds sold under thé aet of 1875, and under the bill which I. a, Shalt he used, exchisive- Purposes, our ‘object be- e such a separation c” the re- fund from the ordinary ish in ury as will maintain and protect e also provide that such for sale in such a r as to invite investment among the of the people. Certificates of Indebtedness. fhe second section of the act reported authorizes the issue. of certificates of in- debtedness of small denominations, payable in three years and bearing three per cent interest, not to exceed $50,000,000 in the gate, to meet temporary deficiencies treasury and to be used for no other purpose. In our judgment the Secretary of the Treasury.should always have such au- thority as this to meet temporary deficlen- cies that are liable to Uni authority is given the Secretary will | airectly use the proceeds of bonds sold un- cer the resumption act for redemption*pur- poses to meet the deficiency in the revenue as he has been doing the past two years and a halt. Your committee, therefore, recommend the passaze of the accompanying bill, “to maintain and protect the coin redemption fund, and -to authorize the issue of cer- tificates of indebtedness to meet temporary deficiencies of revenu: bonds shall be offered mnan Cornellians at Meizerott Hall. The glee, banjo and mandolin clubs of Cornell University will appear in concert this evening at Metzerott Hall. It will be the fourth concert of this musical com- bination during the present trip. It is the same organization that went to England last summer, and was highly praised by the London press. The Daily Standard a ‘A performance of a curfous and uncon- ventional character was given yesterflay evening in St. James Hall by the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs of the Corneil University, in the United States. The singers render their simple part songs, mostly of a humorous nature, in perfect time and tune, and their pianissimo might well he copied by English glee vocal who essay higher-class music. Equal praise is due to the members of the mandolin and banjo clubs, the ensemble in all cases being absolutely without flaw.” A tea will be given by Mrs. Howard G White this afternoon in honor of the clut and a ball by Mrs. Hearst this evening. There are about forty in the party and they travel in two private cars. eS Eveniog Star Almanac for 1896. The Evening Star Almanac for "96 is larger and more complete than that of "95. Four hundred and sixteen solidly printed pages of national, international and local Statistics, Records and General Informa- tion. Tells all abouT thsirelationship exist- ing between the Digtrigg of Columbia and the National Goverymept. Contains much not to be found in a’hy éneyelopedia. A val- uable, yet inexpensive addition to any li- brary. Price, 25e. Bo be had at The Even- ing Star office, at all ngws stands, or will be mailed upon receypt of price. Hotel, Arrivals, rab Raleigh—Robert Bs Loa, Pittsburg; Emil Heller, Newark, Ns.; Jno. Jacobson, New York; R. W. Davis, Fall’ Brook, Pa.; F. Totten and wife, Ajjanta, Ga. Oxford—Thad. M ahon, Pennsylvania; Jvo. L. McLaurin, South Carolina; b. E. Bird, Bosten; J. D."Datis and wife, H. H. Smith, New York/B. F. Bee, Haverhill, Mass. Shoreham—H. N. Sweet, Boston; Chas. H. Gibson, Mar; Harold Birney and wife, E. Binke, New York; James G. Flanders, Milwaukee. Normandie—E. H, Nelson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; S. W. Cobb, St. Louis; Geo, Edward Foss and wife, Chicago. Arlington—Albert B. Hart, Cambridge, Mass.; James Pond Rhodes, John Hofwell, ir., . R. Biss and wife, Chicago. Riggs—G. N. Steeler, Philadelphia; Repre- sentative Geo. P, Harrison, Alabama; Rep- resentative W. O. Arnold, Rhode Island; Geo, J. Brimer, Chicago. Regent—H. J. Barry, Geo. B. Saks, Phila- delphia; F. L. Mansfield, New York; Wm. P. Gilleth, Auburn, N.Y: Willard’s—J. D. Hicks, Altoona, P; Uhler, Philadelphia; W. A. Shirle York; J. H. Hulins, Charleston, W. Va.; A. M. Duvall, Sharon, Pa. Safe and sure—Dr, Bull's Cough CUBANS’ PROGRESS. Details of the Advance Movement Toward Havana. FIGHT AT THE COLISEO PLANTATION Troops and Insurgents at Times Sur- rounded by Flames. PLUCK OF CORRESPONDENTS ———_—_— Further details have come from Matan- zas, Cuba, of the rapid advance of the insurgent army, numbering about 12,000 men, upon Havana, after forcing its way to the province of Santa Clara and into the province of Matanzas, in spite of the efforts of Captain General Campos and about 80,000 troops at his disposal In the territory traversed and invaded. The reported impof€ant battle between the Spaniards, under Campos, and the in- surgents at Coliseo plantation, twelve miles from Cardenas, does not appear to have been a very severe engagement. Cardenas is a seaport, quite an import- ant place for Cuba, of about 4,000 inhab- itants, is only thirty-one miles from Matan- zas, capital of the province of that name, and the largest town from Cardenas and Havana. Defent for Campon. The Spanish forces do not appear to have encountered the main body of the insur- gents, as at first announced. The fight at the Coliseo plantation was between a por- tion of the northern column of the three insurgent columns now pushing through the province of Matanzas, and instead of turning out to be a great victory, for the Spaniards the result of the engagement was virtually a defeat for Campos’ forces, for the Cuban army pushed onward, un- checked, and is still advancing on Havana. Maximo Gomez. The fighting took place amid burning cane, underwood, tall grass and trees, and was of the usual guerriila nature. At times both the troops and the insurgents were surrounded by walls of flames and the smoke was so dense over certain portions of the ground contested that the Cubans and the troops, unable to see each other, kept banging away at open spaces, wasting vast quantities cf good aramunition. It is true that the indiscriminate firing vas more noticed upon the part of the troops than on the side of the insurgents, but for one insurgent killed at least 2,000 shots must have been fired. Fighting at Long Range. The Cubans, following their customary tactics, seemed to melt away into the dis- tance as soon as the troops got within sighting distance of them, and nearly all the firing was at very long range, although the soldiers made several gallant charges through the burning territory This style’of fighting is termed a defeat of the insurgents, but, as they succeeded in accomplishing their object, holding the Spaniards in check while the Cuban army pushed on southward, the result was really a Cuban victory. The captain general was as near the front as possible throughout the battle, encour- aging the troops by word and action. One of the captain general's orderlies, who was sitting on his horse by the side of Gen. Campos, received a bullet in his chest and fell to the ground, severely wounded. The shot no doubt was intended for the Spanish commander. Brave Correspondents, The correspondent of Correspondencia, Manuel Escobar, was decorated on the field of battle by the captain general for gallant conduct at the battle of Ensenenada de La- mora, and it may here be added that sev- eral other newspaper men have displayed a good deal of pluck in remaining with the captain general under fire. Campos seems to have supreme contempt for the bullets of the insurgents, but he is rapidly learn- ing to admire their tactics In spite of all the veteran Spaaish com- mander does, the Cubans are marching through his forces, with but a few skir- mishes here and there, and he seems utter- ly unable to concentrate ahead cf them force sufficient to draw the enemy into a pitched battle. When Campos estaDlishes a headquarters and lays out a place of bat- tle, the Cubans seem by some mysterious means to hear of it, for, pretending to fall into the trap. they push a body of men for- skirmishing with the troops, draw 2 vanish forces upon them, and then the Cuban army proper outfianks the Span- iards and pushes steadily onward toward Havana. Is it a Trapt ‘The admirers of the captain geaeral claim this is his plan of campaign; that he Is al- lowing the Cubans to get by him and near and nearer to Havana only for the pur- pose of eventually falling upon them in the rear and scattering them to all the points of the compess. This sounds plausible enough, but the in- surgents are destroying all bridges, rail- ways and plantations behind them. The route they have followed is marked a blacker ed swath of amoking ruin and deso- lation, and the Spaniards will have a diffi- cult task to push on after their fleet-fooed enemies. Besides, within two weeks, Campos has changed his headquarters from Santa Clara to Cienfuegos, from Cienfuegos to Palmil- las, from Palmillas to Colon, from Colon to Jovellunos, from Jovellanos to Limonare, and from Limonare to Guananbana, where he slept Tuesday night. ‘All these changes were direct retreats before the enemy, in the hope, it is true, of being able to bring about a pitched battle. ‘This seems to be the secret of the failure of the Spaniaris to check the advance of the Cubans. Ordered to Pursue. The exact whereabcuts of the captain- general is not known, but he is reported to have made another change of base, and to be making another attempt to engage the enemy. All the Spanish in the rear of the insurgents have been instructed to hurry after the enemy with all possible speed. Here, however, comes in the weakest fea- ture of the campaign of the Spaniards. The poorly-fed, half-grown lads, shipped from Spain, are suffering terribly from the effects of the climate and unusual exposure, in spite of the fact that this is the so-called healthy season in Cuba. Yellow fever, small- pcx and malarial fevers have told terribly upon these unfortunate troops, and, in ad- dition, they are utterly untit for campaign- ing in a land of bad roads, high grass, swamps and low bushwcod. They simply have not the strength to push steadily on af- ter the Cubans, who, as a rule, are thorough- ly acclimated, men accustomed to the coun- try, familiar with all its pecuilarities and able to bear long marches without suffering too severely. Then again the Spanish troops are thor- oughly dispirited. 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