Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1896, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 95, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. MASONIC.—THERE WILL EE A SPECIAL OON- vocation of Mount Vernon R. 3. Chapter, No. 3, at Masonie Temple THURSDAY, Merch 28, 1806, at 1 o'clock p.m., to attend the funergl of E. Comp. W. TH. Webrter, P. H. P. By ‘order of EMP. ty" W. H. OLCOTT, see. T_0. 0. F_—OFFICERS AND MENDERS ROTH Rebekah Lodge, No. 1.0.0. request to attend a special pate THURSDAY EVE) ING, Mareh 28, Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th st. nw o'clock. By order es MES MATTINGLY, N.G.P-1. aT N CHURCH, VEI Preaching TOMOI- by Rev. t VERMONT AV. ment ave. be ROW (THUR J.C. Cowden LON ARE requested! to attend the obsequies of our late brother, William 1. Webster, at Epiphany Choreh, THURSDAY, at 2 p.m. ite EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE CORCORAD OF ART. ‘The last Nix iio» of the season will be ING, March 1896, from Admittance free. F. S. 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THIS SEASON’S BUILDERS’ HARDWARE Has been reeeived. 1 ie ARCHITECTS Ts are invited to bring around or "phone us te come to you. ial iot eateante Re est designs for steci lings to be designs for particular furrished fre CHESLEY & CO. 7 1004 F ST. N. 522 10TH ST. J. H. Bt Every Medicine Chest tain a bottle of Tharp’s Ol Re- When a restorative is found invab le. ‘There's: tl Whisky the world than ‘tors recommend it! $1 qt. ts jue and striking— on time if we do it. n& Rupp, 421th St. foners. (Just above ave.) ml a Every Lawyer in Town out our bri *Phom Byron S. Adams,si2 mthSt. is Spring? nat to build a honse . Hedgkin, 913 qth. atute Not Suspended. urt of A . in the case of Gibson against Albert B. Ruff, of the estate of Milton B. Ford, the judgment of the court that the statute of limita- m s pnded in the matier of ing a debt a t the estate during atest over the validity cf the test 's will. Ford died November 1st His will was coniestcd. but was finally ad- mitted to probate April 6, 1804. Gibson filed his claim the 16th of the following November, to whicr the executor demurred, en the ground that it was then barred by the statute of limitaticns. But Gibson claimed that until the will was probated there was no one to present the chim against. The court below sustained the execute demurrer, a decision which the Court of Appeals affirms. —— Prof. Faust Will Lecture. ‘The lecture tomorrow. afternoon at the Catholic University will be by Prof. A. J. Faust, upon “A Literary Parallel of Our Times,” instead of by Rev. Mr. Mullany, in “Brother Azarias,” as was announced. This is exvected to be the lest of the winter and spring course, although there may be a @ourse after Easter on “Religious Art.” THE B.& 0.STRUGGLE The Baltimore Committee Preparing for a Contest. STRIVING FOR. THE CONTROL Committees Representing Stock- holders to Meet Soon. SOME RAILROAD NOTES ie! It is expected that the reorganization committee on the part of the Baltimore holders of securities of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will have a meeting in a few days, by which time a plan for their protection will be ready for submis- sion to them by the subcommittee having charge of the matter. ‘To save the Baltimpre and Ohio for Bal- timore and to protect their own financial in- terests are among the leading objects of the ccmmittee. A struggle appears inevitable between the New York committee, which was formed on the day of the receivership, and the Baltimore committee, for, as here- tofore stated in The Star, the impression is growing in Baltimore that the alm of the New York bankers is not alone to guard the money interests which they represent, but to gain control of the property and shape the course of affairs so that when- ever a reorganization may be accom- plished they will still hold the upper hand and control the destinies of the road. = The members of the Baltimore committee are among the most eminent men in the city and are as followst Maj. Alexander Shaw, chairinan, a great coal operator, di- rector of the railroad company and chair- man of the finance committee; Gen. John Gill, president of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company and a leading exporter of grain; C. Morton Stewart, president of the board of trustees of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, and one of the most prominent ship- pins merchants in ihe country. L. Fahne- stock, president of the Baltiniore Stock Ex- change; James L. McLane, formerly presi- dent of the Lake Roland Elevated Railroad Company; Joshua G. Harvey, president of the Western National Bank; T. Edward Hambleton, banker, and ex-Judge William A. Fisher, formerly of the supreme bench of Baltimore city. ‘The New York committee is composed of: Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, president of the Mer- cantile Trust Company of New York, and the following, all of that city: Henry Budge of Hallgartea & Co., August Belmont of A. Belmont & Co., Edward R. Bacon, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company; William A. Read of Ver- milyea & Co., Howland Davis of Blake Bros. & Co., and Eugene Delano of Brown Bros. & Co. The latter committee represents holders of stock an] the more recent issues of tonds of the Baltimore and Ohio, which were taken in New York and London. The Baltimore committee, it ts said, al- teady represents about $50,000,000 of Balti- more and Ohio stocks and bonds. Nearly all the preferred stock is held in Baltimore, and the Johns Hopkins hoidings are in first preferred stock. Whether the hoidings of Robert Garrett, which are represented by Mr. William F. Frick, will be joined with the Baltimore or New York committee is not known. Mr. Frick and Mr. Bacon are, it is stated, very friendly, and the supposi- tion has arisen that these securities might be placed with the New Yorkers. Notwithstanding the tribulations which surround the Baltimore and Ohio, many ing railroad officials now prominent in railroad management in different sections of the country, and formerly connected with the Baltimore and Ohio, have recently ex- pressed the highest op‘nions of the latter as an earner and naturally one of the most valuable corocrations in the United States. Vice President Odell of the New York and New England said the Baltimore and Ohio was naturally the best freight property in the United States, and his opinion was in- dorsel by Mr. M._H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville. Nathan Gutl- ford of the New York Central and others. Rallroad Notes. Within a few days past there have been rumors that the health of Miss Mary Gar- rett, who, as is well known, is one of the largest individual holders of Baltimore and Ohio stock, has become impaired by the shock produced by the failure of the com- pany, but her most intimate friends declare that she is not more seriously 111 than is in- cident to an attack of tonsilitis. Miss Gar- rett left Baltimore in a very quiet manner some days ago, after closing her elegant city home, for New York, and on the way was taken ill. She at once relinquished her contemplated trip and went to Bryn Mawr, Pa., where, at last accounts, she was under the care of a physician, and unable to leave her room. i Mary Garrett was. until recently, considered among the richest women in America, and, notwithstanding her losses growing out of the receivership of the Bal- timore and Ohio, still possesses a vast for- tune. As heretofore stated in The Star, Mr. Wil- liam M. Greene, whose appointment as gen- erai manager of the Baltimore and Ohio, to succeed Mr. R. B. Campbell, was announced some days ago, has entered upon the duties of his new position. The appointment of, Mr. Greene completes the rostef of officials who will undertaka the restoration of the B. and O. property, and the selection of president, first vice president and general manager may ba taken as indicative of a radical change of policy. ‘The impression prevails in railroad circles generally that Mr. John K. Cowen, the new president, is probably the ablest man that bas held the position, and there is no doubt that he is familiar with the mistakes made in the past and the company’s present needs. Mr. Osear G. Murray, the new vice presi- dent, has achieved great success and un- usual distinction as a traffic official. M ‘eene, the new general manager, is among the best all-around operating officers ever retained by the Baltimore and Ohio company. His first experience in operating was acquired on the Columbus and Hocking Valley railroad. Afterward, for several he was general manager of the Big stem, and of his own accord with- drew from that service to engage in the manufacture of car wheels in connection with a concern in Chicago. But his reputafion as an operator having outlived his withdrawal from the Big Four, he was still in demand, and two years ago he resumed railroading as general manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railro2d Company, and removed from Chi- cago to Cincinnati. About a month ago he was offered the choice of the presidency of the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad Corapany, made vacant by the death of Mr. Waite, and the general managership of the Baltimore and Ohio, and he accepted the lat . ————— Local Death Rate. The rise in the death rate week before < was followed by an additional rise last deaths reported to the health partment numbered 130 as against 121 in the preceding week. Cerrespondingly the death rate advanced to 24.5 from 22.8 per thousand inhebitants. The principal dis- eases causing this mortality were those of the lungs, brain, heart and kidneys. Nearly one-third of all the deaths were due to maladies of the lungs, cf which 19 were from pneumonia and 17 from consumption. Brain diseases caused 16 deaths, those of the heart 15 and of the kidneys 5. These re- sults were due, in part at least, to the con- tinually severe*weather. The mean temper- ature of the week was as low as 37 de- grees, while the barometric mean was but with a high mean relative humidity of The zymotic diseases were represented yy G6 deaths from measies, 1 from typhoid fever, two from diphtheria and 1 from whooping cough. Of diphtheria 8 new cases were reported, 2 houses were removed from quarantine and 23 remained in quarantine. Of scariet fever 1 new case was reported, placards were removed from 7 houses and 14 still remained isolated. Of the total deaths -25 occurred in hos- pitals an? 11 were certified by the coroner. Marriages reported, 20, and births return- ed, Sé. de ee Corcoran Art Gallery. The last night exhibition of the season at the Corcoran Art Gallery will be next Fri- day evening, from 7:30 till 10 o'clock. The admission will be free. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP." AUT Cnt NTT NMe i Mi tigi De aut HT itt EXPLANATORY NOt! Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th morii:u tire. Solid lines are iso- bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are fsotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and “Low” show location of ‘areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind BETTER TAKE AN UMBRELLA. Not Tonight, but Tomorrow, for Cloud- iness and Showers Are Indicated. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, fair tonight; Thursday, in- creasing cloudiness, probably with show- ers in the evening; warmer; southerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, fair to- night; Thursday, increasing cloudiness, with showers in western portions; warmer; northerly winds, becoming southerly. Weather conditions and general forecast —The pressure continues high in New Eng- land, the Atlantic and gulf states, but Is low in the lake regions, and generally on the Rocky Mountain slope, with a storm center over Lake Superior of considerable energy. The barometer has fallen decided- ly throughout the central valleys and lake regions, and it has risen in the. extreme northwest. The temperature has fallen in South Car- olina, Georgia and Alabama, and also de- cidedly in the extreme northwest, where a cold wave is threatening; it has risen in New England, the middle Atlantic states, the lake regions and the central valley: and on the southern Rocky Mountain slope. Rain has fallen in the east gulf states and snow in the extreme northwest. Increasing cloudiness will extend over New England, the middle states, the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys tonight, with showers Thursday. Partly cloudy or fair weather is indicated for the south Atlantic and east gulf states. ‘The temperature will be higher in the At- lantic states tonight and Thursday. It will be warmer in the lower lake region and the Ohio valley tonight, and colder in the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys Thursday. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 10:48 a.m. and 1 p.m.; high tide, 4:14 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 11:48 a.m.; high tide, 5:15 a.m. end 5:37 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Sun rises, 5:55; sun sets, 6:17. 4:22 a.m. tomorrow. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:24 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:45 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time ramed. If clear less ighting may be or- Gered. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 7:24 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 5:03. The moon schedule does not apply to naphtha lamps. Public arc lamps lighted at 6:54 p.m. and extinguished at $ a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 Moon sets, a.m.: Great Fails, temperature, 35; condi- tion,s2. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 41; Qndition at north connection, 5; condi- tion at south cornection, 3. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 40; condition at in- fluent gate house, 3; effluent gate house, 3. Range of the Thermometer. The readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today were as follows: 5 2 p.m., 45; maximum, 46; min- THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. Clear or fair weather. Local rain or snow. FLAG SIGNALS. No. 4. No. Temperature ignal, Cold wave. Explanation of the Flags. ‘The flags are hoisted each day upon the ‘They indicate the weather that may be expe ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that downward. If more than one kind of weather is p condiifons first aamed in the forecast will be repre sue Of the morning weather msp and float until dark, ed during the followil z thirty-six honrs, but more par They are to be read from the top of the staff ed for the period from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. the ented by the uppermost flag. When a warning of a “cold wave” is included in the forecast message, the cold-wave flag wili be displayed below the Proper weather flag. ‘The temperature flaz, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates warmer weather; when placed below numbers 1, 2 or 8, Indicates colder wi the temperature will remain stationary. When not displayed, the Indications are that POLICY BOOKS. A Well-Written One Found on an Offender. The neatest policy book that has been offered in proof In the Police Court in many years was offered today in the case of :wo brothers, Richard and John Gray, colored, who were chirged with promoting policy. Richard entered a plea of guilty, and ad- mitted that he had written the book, and said he did the writing with a pencil. “Then,” remarked Judge Miller, must be an expert.” Sergeant Daley and Policemen Herbert and Hatton had arrested them mear the Long bridge yesterday, where they were found being driven in the direction of Jackson City. Sergeant Daley knew the driver of the carriage, Henry Rankin,as a man who drove policy people across the river, and when his vehicle approached the bridge the offi- cer stepped out from his place of hiding and stopped the horse. cE wane you,” he said, grabbing Richard Gray. ‘As he did this Gray dropped the policy beok on the seat of the vehicle, but was not able to get rid of his money, $5.41 in small change. i His brother John was not so well heeled. He had only about 6) cents and a suc- picious-looking book, but there was nothing about tke book to prove conclusively that it had any connection with the policy busi- mat e police station Richard told the} officers that he was going over to a colored man named Thomas, but this he denied when he appeared in court. “Well, I see you are at the same sold business,” remarked the court, when Ran- Kin, the colored driver, appeared. “Driving policy people over the river again. I thought you had enough of this business. “My nephew's wife's husband came to see me,” he said, “and wanted me to drive over and—" ; a “And you drove these policy people over, interrupted ghe court. “When you were at tis business once before you entered sult against a policeman on the high moral ground that you were a good law-abiding citizen. Fine man to enter such a suit.’ “This is the first time I've ever driven these men,” said Rankin. Sergt. Daley exhibited the book, which contained more than a hundred rows. They were written on a narrow slip of tissue paper end were marked “ & K.” and "DE." ‘Witness explained that the former rep- resents the Frankfort, Kentucky, drawings, while the latter represents the Dismal Swamp dra zs at Norfolk. The plays represent $5.38, three cents short of the amount of cash found on him. ~ <i “Now, Gray,” said the court, “I want you to tell me just where you got this book.” im “J wrote it myself Sunday night. ‘or whom?” “Myself.” ? And were you going to play them?" ‘ot all at one time.” ‘The prisoner could not explain how the money and policy rows about tallied. He admitted that he was on his way to Jack- son City, where the policy shops fiourish. Richard was given ninety days in jail and John was dismissed. Charles Walker, colored, was also ar- rested. He was suspected of having been in the habit of visiting the places across the river and participating in the game. Vagrancy and suspicion was the charge against him, and he was sentenced to thirty days in jail. | oes Watterson Seats. Those desiring choice seats for the Wat- terson lecture should not delay in procuring them. They can be had at Bradbury's piano ware rooms, 1225 Pa. avenue, and at the box office of the Lafayette Square Theater.—Advt. _—_—.__—_ Wills Filed. The will of the late R. Edward Earle, dated March 14, 1896, and filed today, ap- points Louise A. Earle, widow of the tes- tator, as executrix, and makes her sole beneficiary. The will of the late Francis Aubrey Lamb, dated May 21, 1887, was also filed today. _ The widow of the testator, De- borah D. Lamb, is appointed executrix, and to her are given the family residence, 1332 T street, and the personal property. To Francis Ridgeley Lamb, a son, is given the house in which he resides, at Mt. Pleasant, and, $300 in cash. The sum of $2,500 is given to Henry A. Lamb, another son. To the widow the residue of the estate is left in trust, she ‘eng directed to make collections and divide two-thirds therefrom among five surviving chiidren, she to keep the other third, ‘you ‘ST PETTY PERQUISITES. Mr. Peffer Denounces the Jack Knife Appropriation: After thg Cuban debate yesterday after- noon the Senate resumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill, which was completed, with the exception of the items relating to compensation of district attorneys, marshals, commissioners, etc. Mr. Peffer sought to limit the amount of stationery used by Senators. This led to an animated protest from Mr. Teller, who declared that it was “small business’ to create the public impress.on that stationery was being stolen. Mr. Peffer referred to the pocket books, fountain pens, combina- tion cases end gold pens coming under the head of Senate “stationery The amend- ment was tabled. The legislative bill was then laid aside, and a bill was passed excepting logging cars from the operations of the law re- quiring cars to be equipped with grab irons, etc. At 5:35 the Senate adjourned. ss Death of Steven H. Jecko. Mr. Steven H. Jecko, for many years a citizen of Washington, died March 18, in Enid, Oklahoma territory. Mr. Jecko was widely acquainted here, and held for some:| years a position in the law division of the general land ollice. He gave up his place, however, to go to Oklahoma for the pur- pose of following his chosen profession, law. He was a graduate of Harvard Uni- versity and of the Harvard Law School. Mr. Jecko is also remembered in this city for his musical abilities, and was the composer of several well-known songs of more than ordinary merit. He played the organ in Trinity P. E. Church, of whici the Rev. Dr. Addison was pastor, for a number of years. At the time of his death Mr. Jecko was one of the best-known citizens of Oklahoma territory, and was the attorney for a large railroad corporation in that section of the country. His musical talents were also recognized in his new home, and on the Sunday before his death he piayed Gotts- chalk’s “Last Hope’ as an organ volun- tary in the church service at Enid. The direct cause of his death was a wound made for the purpose of bleeding him during an attack of vertigo, which did not heal properly. Fever set in, and he finally succumbed to the attack, which reached the stage of inflammation of the stomach. The end came on the morning of March 1s, without Mr. Jecko’s regaining con- sciousness. His remains were taken to his ; home in the city of St. Louis, Mo., for in- ferment, where his. mother is buried in Beile Fontaine cemete He leaves a widow and two children. —_——, A Bad Start. A boy named George Holroyd was tried in the Police Court today on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Sunday he had trouble with another boy named Bu- gene Skinner, at whbge hduse he had call- ed to sce a young sf&ter. “ The parties live on Congress Ucights, avd it was stated that Holroyd had been ordered away from the Skirner house’ bafore. i» There was some doubt abcut the cla that the pistol was Icaded, but tifis did not affect the case, so far as the court was concerned. Judge Miller warned the yeung man that he was King a bad start,,and imposed a fine of which was paids x —e 1 PG. 6. Considering the ex{ent jand character of the advertising done in its behalf, it seems unnecessary to call attention to the claims cf Paine’s Celery Compound as a seasonable household remedy; yct invalids who fail to read the convincing certificates of its efti- cacy are likely to be sufferers from their own oversight. The secret of the commer- cial success of the compound lies of course very largely in the liberal and straight- forward manner in which it is advertised, yet it stands to reason that a large, con- tinued and constantly increasing demand for any article cannot be sustained without substantial value in the article itself. —< Holt Will Case. ‘The issues in the contest over the will of the late Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt were filed today on the law side of the District Supreme Court by Messrs. Worthington and Heald of counsel for the heirs-at-law, who are contesting the mys- teriously forwarded will of February 7, 1873. The tssues have already been reported in The Star, and they are expected to be tried by jury in one of the Circuit Courts some time during next month or the fel- lowing month. REFUGEES FROM CUBA They Flock to the Cities of Southern Florida. : A TALK WITH FERNANDO FIGUERIDO Stories of Outrages by Spanish Soldiery. NEWS FROM THE ISLAND Staff Correspondence of The Evening Star. TAMPA, Fla., March 23, 1896. In wandering around through West Tampa and Ybor City, where the cigar factories dominate every other industry, and where all other business !s dependent upon ihem for support, I saw crowds of men, thin and wan, wearing queer hats and meuger clothing, sitting singly and in groups, silent and motionless, like spectral statues of despuir. Inquiry developed that they were refugees from Cuba, cut off from all opportunity of joining the insurgents or too cowardly to enter the ranks if they had the chance, whc had fled from the sure vengeance of the Spaniards to this country. In almost every instance these refugees spent the!r last cent for their passage from the island, and here they are, unable to get employment, ignorant of the language and customs, and wait- ing for what they know not. These men, and there are hundreds of them, are sup- ported by the Cubans who are at work without question and without lope or ex- pectation of reimbursement, no matter how soon freedom may be gained. Every man of them is a living illustration of the strong brotherhood that exists among the Cubans, of their unquestioning and devoted al- legiance to each other and the cause that centers all the hopes and aspirations of their herrts. And they wil: pursue their present course unflinchingly. They have just been made happy to a point of insanity over the news of the landing of the ammunition end stores carried to Cuba by U schooner Mallory and the steamer Three Friends. ‘They danced and sang and imade the air ring with exultant cries of ba Libr The Mallory had an eventful time of it before she finally cleared with her cargo. A detective discovered she was being loud- ed, and her seizure followed. Her release then came, and when she set 1 gain the Spanish consul at Tampa went to the collector of customs and demanded that she be overhauled. The reply was that the Mallory had cleared with proper papers, and would have been allowed to sail n if her destination had been ‘leclared to be Cuba itself. The stores were enormous when the desperate plight of the Cubans i consid. Three-quarters of a million cartridges, hundreds of reloadiag tools, over a thousand machetes, nearly half that many revolvers, and scores of cases of rifles, besides great bales cf medicines for the sick in the ‘amp hospitals. No wonder the Cubans are joyous, and are bending their energies toward getting more expeditions of the surt safely at s They laugh at you when you ask if there is any difficulty in getting the stores shore at the island, where the insurge ave no ports, and around w hips are sk.mming ere is no trouble elud! E tubs, they de with contident gestur Let ‘the es allow the v carrying the stores to get on the high seas and the rest is easy. What Figuerido Sa I saw Fernando Figuerido, the agent of Cuba libre in Florida in West Tampa, where he is manager of a cigar factory owned by Americans. An affable, courteous, pleas- ant gentleman, with a high, broad fore- head, eyes dark, but soft and set far apart, that light up with enthusiasm when Cuba's hopes are mentioned, or grow fierce when her wrongs are suggested. He was re- markably well posted on tne course of af- fairs Washington and the public men who are engaged in shaping them. “Every day that recognition of Cuba is delayed adds to the evidence of the out- rages inflicted upon her by the Spanish, and to the education of the people in this country on the subject, both in Congress and out of it," he said. “We feel convinced that belligerent rights cannot long be with- held, despite the false representations by which Spain hopes to misiead American statesmen. With every one of these avowals of the Spanish comes a denial in the shape of the dastardly deeds of her soldicrs. What more complete answer ‘o the assertions of Minister de Lome could be had than the murderous attack upon Dr. Delgardo, whose American citizenship did not save him from the anger of the Span- ish? It is easy to perceive what brutalicy must be visited upon the Cubans them- selves when American citizens in the island are not safe from suffering it.” After leaving Figuerido I met a Cuban gentleman who was educated at a Catholic college in this country, and who recenuy escaped from the island. Would Pat the Turk to Blush, “You could not publish what I could truthfully tell you about the course of the Spanish soldiery in Cuba,” he remarked. “Your readers would be awe-stricken and horrified. Your American women would drop on their knees and beg God to stretch out His protecting arm over their defense- less sisters in Cuba. The men are away from the towns in most places, all save the old and infirm, and the women and children remain. The orgies that follow upon the arrival of a Spanish column would put to blush the atrocities practiced by the Turks in Armenia. The Spanish soldiers know no motives save those of vengeance and utter and horrible depravity. Think of a bed- ridden brother tortured with the sight of his tender sisters in the hands of merci- less brutes before a bayonet is plunged through his brain. Think of even grand- mothers being defiled. I can make the sign of the cross as I tell you these things. The present war is developing worse in- stances of brutal depravity than even the last war did. Ah, Martinez Campos was indeed right when he said that the dead would rise from their graves if Weyler was returned to Cuba. Other Cubans with whom I conversed translated to me portions of letters that had been smuggled through, reciting hor- rors worse than Senator Sherman detailed in his speech to the Senate, and ‘almosi cried as they laboriously put the burning Spanish into fragmentary English. But poor as the translations were they were enough to make an honest, God-fearing man lose his control, and be willing to sell his soul for the subtle power to avenge the wrongs of the Cuban women, leaving the men entirely out of the question. These men I speak of had not been ap- prised of my coming. They were chary of all Intercourse with me until I showed them I could be trusted, and then they went into well-worn wallets, and with trembling fingers pulled forth the awful recitals, leading me away out of sight and sound of others while they labored to put them into English, ‘They were not lies written for effect. They were the missives of simple folk, barely equipped with the rudiments of education, who had scratched and scrawled their tei rible tales to their own relatives and the relatives of the victims, to acquaint them with the true conditions in their beloved island. Nor were they confined to one sec- tion. Wherever the Spanish troops have heen in the past two months It is nearly certain the same sort of letters could be written. How soon will the Cubans com- mence a policy of retaliation in kind is the question that is alarming their friends and representatives in this country. So far the insurgents have restrained themselves ad- mirably, in the opinion of those who are striving here for the official sympathy of this country. They have committed, it Is declared, no acts not recognized in the art of war. Their burning of the cane, they claim, is based upon the same policy which inspired the burning of the cotton during the war of the r&bellion—attacking the re- sources of the enemy. Every stalk of cane, every leaf of tobacco destroyed, means a loss to the Spanish treasury. But the fear is now that the atrocities of the Spanish soldiers will incense the Cubans beyond control and that retaliation in kind will en- sue, and the representations now being made by the Spanish mouthpleces in this country of the Cuban mode of war have something substantial to be founded on. Receiving News From Cuba. It is a matter of frequent speculation in the north as to how authentic news from the ‘friend to indorse; if Storage § : Rooms, de If you intend to store your household effects away for the summer it will pay you to use our Storage Rooms. Finest quarters in the city, most central location and “expert” movers. Nearly 300 large, new, clean, well-ventilated rooma. MERCHANTS? Farce. DELIVERY ©0., 929-031 D St. ’Phone 659. fel0-3m-20 CRN An A AN THE QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF 13% PER CENT on the capital stock of THE COLUMBIA TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY will be payable at the Gee of the company, G00 Sth st. n.w., om and after April 6, 1896. "Rooks for transfer of stock Will close March 27, 1896. mb23-5t J.D. COUGHLAN, Sceretars. Live INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS, Page 12 ATTORNEYS: Page 4 AUCTION SALES. o+te+--Page BICYCLES . Page BOARDING Page BUSINESS CHANCES. Page CITY ITEMS............ Page 1: COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS...... Page COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. DEATHS . DENTISTRY . FOR RENT (Plats), FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Gfices) FOR RENT ‘Hooms). FOR RENT (Stores) FOR SALY (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE dats). FOR SALE (Miscellancous), HORSES AND VEHICLES, HOTELS ST AND FOU! MANICURE . OCEAN TRAVE! 1B" PIANOS AND OR: POTOMAC RIV PROFESSIONAL . PROPOSALS . RAL RVAVS . ALOR ORUUR REACH RRR AR REE RHONA RRR RRS in the hands of the § cently mail from the { unmolest en if addre ith the revolution. ter of notoriety here a are no longer inviolable. nother channel open that eC never be closed, and that is the sh ment money packa banks. Through this flows a vast amo; of information from the insurgents, and apparent packazes of money consigned to trustworthy ba: letters and missives of the character men- tioned. Speaking of money, the Cuban represen- tatives in America have plenty of it. All they are awaiting is the opportunity to spend it withcut fear of United States in- tervention. The granting of belligerent rights would fill every Florida port with vessels awaiting cargoes of war stores for the revolutionists. The Cubans do not fear the right of search by Spanish men-of-war. They have no more respect for a Spanish vessel of war than a steamboat captain has for a canal boat, and point out that no Spa ish vessel has ever yet caught even a slow- sailing schooner which got within sight of the Cuban coast. Moncey Sent to Cuba. The effect on business in Tampa and vicin- ity by reason of the decreased circulation of money, owing to the immense regular contributions to the Cuban cause, is deplor- able. The barber who shaved me this morn- ing expatiated on it with sorrowful volu- bility. Efery potty is gomplainin’,” he said. “I got a intrus in a saloon, ass Vell ass In dees shob. De licker license down In Florita iss a tousan’ dollar a year. De cigar magers useter didn't do nottin’ but dring. Now dey chew kum an’ taig warder. All deir spare money out lods besides goes to Cupa. Ast enny pizness man an’ he tell you de same ting.” I interrogated several merchants, and they substantiated the barber. One put it te: Fifteen thousand dollars a week is bout the amount contributed to Cuba in Tampa, West Tampa and Ybor City. I may place the figures a lttle high, but not much. It is needless to talk about the effect when that much money is taken absolutely and permanently out of a community CLUSKEY CROMWELL. Hotel Arriva Normandie—H. A. Miller, C. F. Jennings, H. Clay, J. R. Young and F. W. Leach, Philadelphia, Pa. Cochran—S. M. Stone and wife, Miss Stone, C. A. Murray and wife, and Miss A. 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