Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 22, 1897, Page 2

By E. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. It is the desire of all good Christians to see hasha made of all the pashas, Speaking of jam, the cupboard of the United States senate is happily free from it. Mariners report a great increase of whales. This is well, as we are not lacking in Jonahs. ‘A politician weakly and amtably in the right is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong. The city of Tokat, in the Sivas prov- Ince of Asia Minor, ‘thas been the scene of an outbreak of Turkish violence against the Armenians, The Turks at- tacked the Armenians while the latter were at church, and killed about one hundred of them. Both the civil and military officers of the city were im- plicated in the massacre, and under, urgent pressure from the British am- bassador at Constantinople, the Turk- ish government has dismissed them. In New York, in addition to paying the original cost of two street railway lines and 10 per cent additional, one purchaser offered the city $2,000,000 for the franchise, and an additional per- centage, affording not less than $100,- 000 yearly. Still another bidder has offered $4,000,000 for these franchises. These things are given away in other cities, that is, so far as their owners, the people, are concerned. It is scarce- ly to be supposed that they are given away by municipal legislators. The benefits to agriculture derived from investigations upon animals are to be largely measured by the success- es which have been attained in the prevention, limitation of the spread, and the complete eradication of infec- tious animal diseases, Plagues in the form of these affections have from the earliest times been a source of con- stant dread, and all too frequently, the cause of extreme suffering among the people, due to the loss of innumerable animals which afforded them food, clothiag and a means of transporta- tion. Rinderpest, or the great cattle plague, in England, in 1865, is esti- mated to have caused a loss of between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 worth of cattle. From 1839 to 1870 the total loss from the ravages in England of two tattle diseases is placed at $400,000,000. A very considerable revival in rail- way building is now in sight. Since the first of the year the Railway Age has been notified of a considerable number of new undertakings which promise to begin work soon; while a still larger umber of enterprises carried over from previous years, and on some of which work has already been done, ap- pear now to have secured the means for going on. Thousands of miles of lines can be enumerated for which room and need seem apparent on an intelligent study of the situation, and whose construction, therefore, is mere- ty a question of better times. For a few of these contracts have already been let, while the promoters of others are sanguine that they will get under way this year. Besides the legitimate enterprises there are various paper schemes, such as that of a new trans- continental line, which have little like- lihood of accomplishment; but alto- gether there is already a better out- look for railway building than has been observed for several previous years. England and Germany seem likely to get into a dispute over the Transvaal. The Globe of London says it has good authority for saying that the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Cham- berlain, acting under great parliamen- tary pressure, has sent President Kru- ger a strongly worded protest against alleged breaches of the London con- vention upon the part of the South Af- rican Republic. It is presumed the in- fraction of the agreement consisted of the reported understanding with Ger- many and the recent defensive alliance entered into between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, Great Britian claiming the right, under the terms of the convention, to control the “foreign relations” of the South African Repub- lic. The Birmingham Post, the organ of both the chamberlain and the secre- tary of state for the colonies, says it hears that Germany is sending 3,000 troops to southwest Africa at the end o: April, and that a special German envoy will be sent to interview President Krueger of the Transvaal and President Steyn of the Orange’Free State. If is elsewhere reported that owing to the preparing for eventualities in the Transvaal, the arrangements for the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to Khar- toum ave been suspended. Officials in London express strong belief that ii President Krueger persists in his claims for indemnity as a result of the Jame- son raid into Transvaal serious trou- ble will ensue. One hundred years ago France war the most powerful nation in continent- al Europe, more powerful than Greai Britain on land and contesting with hes the sovereignty of the ocean. To-day the ominous showing made by the re- cent census marks a decadence that i: exciting discussion and comment every: where. Dr. Bertillon, the chief of the municipal statistics department of Par- is, declares that the result of the cen- sus is appalling, and that unless a mi- raculous change for the better take: place France will soon disappear as Ay great aation. 3 The Herald-Beview. | THE NEW DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, A Comprehensive Review of the Impertant Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Nation’s Capital. The government -board of inquiry ap- pointed to investigate the nature of and responsibility for the obstruction on which the battleship Oregon scttled while lying at the entrance of the Puget sound naval station, has begun its ses- sion at Port Orchard. _ People Talked About. Sam Hoggland, a well known horse- man. died at Cony Island, aged eighty years. Christian Moerlein, one of the pioneer brewers of Cincinnati, is dead, aged eighty-four. Gen. Powell Clayton, the newly ap- pointed minister to Mexico, has official- ly presented his credentials to Presi- dent Diaz. Judge John Lowell, the distinguished jurist, Js dead at his home in Brook- line, Mass. Judge Lowell was ill for some time and death had -been ex- pected for several days. Con Baker of Columbus, Ohio, broke the world’s record for one mile on an in-door track at the Coliseum at Atlan- ta, Ga., covering the distance in a trial heat in 2:041-5. The previous record | was 2:061-5. Accidental Happenings. Fire destroyed the tannery of A. B. Patrick & Co., San Francisco. Loss, $500,000, A dispatch from Phoenix, Ariz., states that within three weeks seven persons have been drowned while at- tempting to ford the Salt river near that place. William Bramwell Carr, capitalist, mipe and land owner, and at one time a political leader of California, was found dead in his bed at San Francisco, due to accidental asphyxiation. Rowley Shepardson, the Princeton, N. J., student who was accidentally shot while rowing on Raritan canal, died from the effects of his wounds. The re- mains will be removed to Richmond, Va. As the result of a snowslide at the Highland Mary mine, in Eagle river canyon, near Red Cliff, Col., Frank Lar- zelere and Ernest Kemp are dead. The two men were working’ a lease on this mine and were found with their feet sticking out of the snow near the en- ‘rance to the tunnel. Crimes and Criminals. | Joseph Sims, a colored preacher of | Tas Angeles, while being conveyed to Yolsom to serve seven years for burg- | jumped from the train at Newman, and was seriously burt. John Patt n of Los Angeles has re- covered pos: ion of a six-year-old son who was kidnaped three years ago while the body of his wife was being lowered into a grave at Cincinnati, Ohio. T. B. Youtz, late cashier of the New- port National bank, was summoned by telephone before Judge Barr at Cin- cinnati and’ arrested on a warrant charging him with misappropriating the bank's funds. Foreign Gossip. M. R. Lebaudy’s che: Count Schomberg, five the Chester cup at the Chester, Eng., meeting. The town of Windischmatrel in ghe Tyrol. a well known tourist resort, has been destroyed by fire. A woman was burned to death. Charles C. Marsh, aide to Rear Ad- miral Sieard, and Miss Charlotte Ev- ans. daughter of commodore Evans, were married at Fortress Monroe. | Earthquakes are shaking the islands | of Guadeloupe and Mcntserrat of the) West Indies. The cable a few days ago reported that a nuniber of persons | had been killed at Guadeloupe. The obsequies of the late Duchess a@'Alencon took place in the Church of St. Philips du Role, in the Rue du} Fauburg St. Honore, Paris. Cardinal Richard, the archbishop of Paris, pro- | nounced the absolution. The Russian ambassador, Baron von | Mohrenheim, has handed an auto- graph letter from the czar to President | Faure expressing his majesty’s warm- est condolence with the families of the victims of the charity bazaar fire of May 4 The queen regent has issued a decree authorizing the raising of $40,000,000 to be secured by the customs duties of Spain to meet the cost of military ope- rations in Cuba and the Philippine is- lands. The Bank of Spain will under- take the issue. Minister Marrett has informed the state department that the. king of Siam. has appointed the queen to act as regent during his absence, assisted by a council of regency, a step un- precedented under the present dy- nasty. Two new telephone cables, each with | two. circuits, are to be laid across the English channel, making practically six | lines for the London-Paris telephone service. They will raise to thirty-four | the number of wires stretched across the chatnel from Dover to Beachy Head. The Paris Galuois announces Comte Castellane has written a letter to Baron Mackau, informing him that the | comptesse has decided, in memory of | her mother, to devote a million francs | for the purchase of a site and location of a building to be used for all kinds of charitable purposes, Complaints from stockholders lave} led the Western Railroad of France to publish some curious facts about free | passes given to the press. Passes were | issued in 1896 which, if paid for, would | have added to the receipts of the com- | pany 835,000 francs; to counterbalance | this the newspapers printed free adver- tiserents for the railroad, which would have cost it 1,634,000 frances. The session of the British parliament suspended by the Easter recess has! 2 brok rd for the number of votes taken in the house of commons, I nm three months the: house divided 135 times, 37 times after closure had been enforced. The number of votes taken last year during ths same interval was cnly 85. Since the Caillebotte collection of im- pressionist paintings has been accepted for the Luxembourg gallery, the fine arts section of the Institute of France bas been deluging the minister of fine arts with protests. Though there are some Manets and Claude Monets among them, the greater part of the collection is said to be a set of daubs. An anorymeus donor has sent the sum of 37,500 pounds sterling to the committee of management of the char- ity bazaar in the Rue Jean Goujon, Paris, which was the scene of. the re- cent tragedy from fire. This amount, with the proceeds of the first day's sales, 1,800 pounds sterlirg,equals the full receipts of the bazaar of 1896; and the committee is thus enabled to make distribution as before. Otherwise. The steel beam poo] has collapsed. John W. Echols of Georgia is made president of the A. P. A. The prospect for an abundant crop of all kinds of fruit in Oregon is excellent. The Traders’ Bank of Lynchburg, Va., has been placed in the hands of trustees. The Rockford, Ind., National bank has been authorized to begin business; capital, $50,000. At Los Angeles the fund for unem: ployed now excceds $22,000. Over $3,4 000 per week is paid out. The Illinois State supreme court has handed down a decision declaring the indeterminate sentence law to be con- stitutional. The Butte, Mont., reduction works, owned by W. O. Clark, have been al- most entirely destroyed by fire. The damage was $10,000. Manufacturers of wire nails, wire and rods are about to form a grand com- bination to control the market for all these products. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Reno, Nev., lasting several mo- ments. The vibration was from north to south. A fiouring mill at Pendleton, Or., has orders on hand for ten thousand barrels of flour to be shipped to China and South America. ‘The Mississippi Valley Cottonwood association has decided to advance the price of all grades of cottonwood lum- ber $2 per 1,000 feet. Col. H. C. Rector, commercial agent of the Cetton Belt railroad, died at his home in Memphis, Tenn., aged fifty- one. The twelfth annual diocesan conven- tion of the Protestant Episcopal church met at Pittsburg, Rev. Robert J..Coster presiding, Bishop Whitehead being absent in Europe. The American Ticket Brokers’ asso- ciation is holding its nineteenth annual convention at Pittsburg. About two hundred of the five hundred members in the association are in attendance. The Cincinnati chamber of commerce and other organizations have appoint- ed a committee of ten, headed by Gen. Andrew Hickenlooper, to go to Buffalo to secure the location of the next na- tional encampment of the G. A. R.- The Hope gold mine at Basin, Mont., owned principally by United States Senator Carter, closed down because the management could not pay back wages due the miners. An effort is be- ing made to reorganize the property with the aid of Chicago capitalists. Under the new Colorado game law the killing of elk, mountain sheep and bison is prohibited at any season of the year, while deer, antelope. etc., with horns, may be killed for food pur- poses only from the first of August til] the first of November. Richard Dawson, earl of Dartrey, is dead. He is succeeded in the title and the estate by his eldest son, Lord Cre- morne, aged fifty-six. The family is one of the great ground landlords of the United Kjngdom, owning _ thirty thousand acres. According to a dispatch to the Lon- don Times from Melbourne, all four of the daily newspapers in Sydney have been fined $500 each for contempt of court. consisting in improper com- ment upon the trial of Frank Butler, the murderer, which is now pending. A party of Kansas City investors have purchased ten thousand acres of land on Lower Horse creek, forty-five miles from Cheyenne, where they will establish a colony of Eastern farmers. Large reseryoirs are to be constructed and the entire tract placed under irri- gation and cut up into small farms. Excellent authority states that Judge row, now on the United States dis- trict bench in California, has been de- cided upon to succeed Attorney Gen- eral McKenna as judge of the Ninth circuit court of appeals. It is under- gtood that Judge Waymore will suc- ceed Judge Morrow. President Woodmansee has issued a call for a meeting of the executive committee of the Natioral Republican league at the Auditorium hotel, Chi- cago, Thursday, May 27. Final ar- rangements will be made at this meet- ole for the Detroit convention July 18. Deep Diviug to Recover Treasure. The greatest diving feat that was ever attempted was that of the raising of treasure that sank with the steam- er near Seal Rocks, New South Wales. News has been received here that every box of sovereigns that went to the bottom has-been saved by the men who worked under the sea at a depth of twenty-seven fathoms, The pames of the divers are Briggs and May. At times they were subject to a pressure of seventy io seventy-five pounds to the square inch, causing them great suffering. , The Catterthun was wrecked in Au- gust, 1895, while on the voyage from Sydney to Hong Kong. Fifty-four of her crew and passengers lost their lives, includimtg brave Capt. Shannon, The vessel's cargo consisted of pro- duce and 10,000 pounds in sovereigns, —San Francisco Examiner. Too Close for Comfort: “Is the concern that employs you a close corporation? ” “I should say. I have been trying to get a raise of salary for eight years.”— New York Journal. . OCCUPY DOMOKOS CRUSHING DEFEAT ADMINISTERED TO°THE GREEKS. After Flerce Fighting Against Su- perlor Numbers the Greeks Are Forced to Retreat—Great Excite- ment Prevails at Athens—rhe Greeks Put Up a Good Fight— Turks in Fall Thessaly. Possession of London, May 19. — The Daily Tele- graph’s special correspondent with the Turkish forces in Thessaly says: “Edhem Pasha has moved from point to point and finally occupied Domokos. ‘The Greeks have sustained a crushing defeat.” —0— London, May 19.—A dispatch to the Times from Athens says that the fol- lowing telegram has been received from Crown Prince Constantine: “Our right wing, under Col. Mastrapas, has been compelled to retire. It still holds Voussi, but may find it necessary to retire on Phourka pass. It was neces- sary to bring up all the reserves in order to repulse the furious attacks of the enemy. Our wounded have been sent to Lamia. The conduct of the army was praiseworthy.” --c— Athens, May 19.—The correspondent of the Associated Press at Domokos “The Turks have occupied the Greek troops are retreating toward the Orthrys range on the old frontier.” ~ o> Athens, May 19.—The most intense excitement prevails here. All the cab- Inet ministers have been assembled several hours at the ministry of ma- rine, where the dispatches from the front are being received. The gravity of the situation cannot be over-esti- mated. —o— London, May 19. — The latest news from the seat of hostilities, by way of Athens, shows that the battle yester- day ceased about 9 o'clock in the evening, but will prpobably be re- sumed in the morning. Thus far no account of the fighting has been re- ceived from the Turkish side. It is evident from the Greek account that the Greegs have suffered a serious de- feat, and if the left wing has given way, as appears probable, Edhem Pasha may be able to cut off the Greek retreat and separate Gen. Smolenski.at Sourpi from the main army. ‘This is Edhem Pasha's reply to the foolish attempt of Col. Manos to snatch a victory in Epirus. If Greece had prevented Manos from playing this last card of a gambler Turkey might perhaps have ceased hostilities. As it is now, she is in full possession of Thessaly, and the pow- ers will find the task of protecting Greece more difficult than ever. The dispatches from Athens represent the populace as astounded when the news of the fighting came. They had hoped to the last that the powers would prevent Turkey from going farther. One report represents the Greek government as threatening to teke extreme and desperate steps un- less Europe arrests the progress of the invasion. os FOUGHT VALIANTLY. Correspondent Praises the Conduct of the Greek Army. London, May 19.—The Daily Chron- icle’s correspondent at Athens sends the following official account of the fighting: “Over 50,000 Turks simul- taneously and continuously attacked our whole line. Our artillery and in- fantry did splendid work. Twice all the regiments of the enemy wavered -and fied. though their-attack was soon renewed"with fresh forces, which in turn we were able to hurl back. The stubborn resistance and splendid vigor of our troops finally compelled the enemy to give way altogether. All the attacks on our left were similarly re- pulsed. On our right we did not fare so well. ‘The first attack of the ene- my was repulsed, but they massed in immense forces for the next attack. Our first line wavered and was brok- en, and the wing would have been turned but for the timely arrival of the reserves. Still the enemy had gained ground which it was impossi- ble to regain, and we, therefore, fell back on Bousi. The Turks had 50,- 000 troops, with 30,000 reserves. Our force was only 35,000. We have lost heavily, but the enemy.must have lost thousands.” --0— Campaign Mapped Oat. London, May 19.—The correspondent of the Daily News with the Turkish forces in Tessaly writes: “The Turks showed me a number of Greek staff maps with all the positions they in- tended to occupy carefully marked and with the number of the various Greek regiments and their contempla- ted positions. They showed me also a printed map with the frontier moved about 100 kilometers north in antici- pation of Greek victory.” 0 Turkish Demands Ridiculed. London, May 19—The conditions pro- posed by the porte at the terms of peace with Greece have been ferely discussed in the lobbies of parliament, and the idea of the retrocession of ‘Thessaly and of such an indemnity as is already suggested is ridiculed as impracticable and absurd. At the outside an indemnity of $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 and a slight strategic ree- tification of frontier are considered as likely to be the terms finally settled upon. Pouch Took His Own Life. Milwaukee, May 19. — The body of William Pautz, or Pouch, as he was commonly known. who murdered Farmer Harris and wounded Makholdt, his hired man, and Miss Vesbach, a domestic at the Harris home, near Mukwanaga, a week ago, was taken from Hale’s pond at Prospect hill. The body was easily identified al- though it was badly bloated. There was a bullet hole in the neck. Pouch evidently waded into the pond and shot himself. Cenk < AGAINST ENGLAND. ‘Europenn Alliance to Settle the ‘Transvaal Muss. Berlin, May 19. — During the past Week a definite understanding was perfected by which the cabinets of Germany, France and Russia will soon reach the solution of the Egyptian and Transvaal questions, and this will be done systematically in an anti-British sense. As soon as the Greco-Turkish trouble | is settled, the subject wil be jointly taken up, unless Great Britain in the meanwhile precipitates matters, in which case she will encounter the united open hostility of the three con- ‘tinental powers. The ultimate object of the agreement is to force the evacu- ation of Egypt and the nullification of the Pretoria convention of 1886 and to put the Transvaal on a perfectly inde- pendent basis. France, in the settle- ment of the peace conditions with Greece, will side with Russia and Ger- many, in spite of public opinion to the contrary. DISCRIMINATION CHARGED. Senator Pettigrew Makes Complaint on Behalf of Sioux Falls. Washington, May 19.—Senator Pet- tigrew has made complaint to the in- terstate commerce commission of dis- crimination against Sioux Falls, in that state, on the part of the railroads entering that city. He charged that the roads would not give the same rate to and from the Pacifie coast that are given on the same classes of freight to and from Duluth and other. points further east. notwithstanding the dis- tance to Sioux Falls is many hundred miles less. Among the articles which he claimed were especially discrim- inated against were oat meal, pack- ing house products, fruits and canned goods. The commission agreed to in- vestigate the charges. IN LOVE WITH MARION. Scion of n Noble House in Germany Attempts Suicide. Chicago, May 19. — One night last Week a young man, with a bullet wound near kis heart and weak from loss of blood, staggered into Mercy hospital and said he had tried to com- mit suicide. He soon lost conscious- ness, and during his ravings for the next twenty-four hours uttered but one word, “Marion.” Absolutely noth- ing was found in his clothes to identi- fy him, and a hundred or more “Mari- ins” who have called, failed to recog- nize him. He has been identified, how- ever, by R. M. Patterson of New York, as Ludwig von Thielman, a former lieutenant of hussars in the German army, and a third son of Baron von Thielman of Germany. Postal Congress Completes Its Work Washington, May 19. — The general committee of the postal congress is rapidly completing its work and it is expected to report to the congress on Wednesday or Thursday. The com- mittee devoted to-day to the considera- tion of matters relating to parcels post. On Friday the delegates will go to Baltimore by rail, thence by boat to Fortress Monroe, returning home on Sunday. Gen. Batchelor, the presi- dent of the congress, has issued an order excluding all representatives of the press during sessions of the con- gress or of the committees. Three Children Burned. Milwaukee, May 19. — A special to the Wisconsin from Shawano, Wis., says: Martin Wicks and wife, who live near Gresham, this county, left their home to look after some stock that had strayed away. During their absence forest fires spread ‘over the farm and destroyed their house. Three small children who had been left alone perished. End of the Elks’ Fight. Cincinnati, May 19.—The Cincinnati lodge of the Penevolent Protective Or- der of Elks has received an order from the grand exalted ruler for the rein- statement of ex-Grand Secretary Al- len of Myers to all the rights and privileges. This is the last of the fac- tional fight in the order of Elks that started three years ago. All Held for Trial. Bismarck. N. D., May 19.—The hear- ing of the Spicer murderers has been finished and all five of the suspected ones are bound over for trial. The only witness in the examination was Holy Track. It is said there is much additional evidence tending toward the hanging of all five suspects. Trial will be in Juae. Bondsmen Are Sued. West Superior, Wis-, May 19.—Sam- monses have been served i nmore suits against the bondsmen of the suspended Ixeystone National bank. Actions were brought a couple of weeks ago to re- cover the city’s general deposit, and now suits are brought against the sureties on the sinking fund bond. Anti-Scalpers Law Valid. Helena, Mout. May 19.—In the su- preme court Chief Justice Pemberton has decided a test case, declaring the anti-scalpers_ticket law valid, holding it unlawful to sell scalpers’ tickets. The case came up on a test case, the defendant being tried on information and fined $100. Chapman in Jail, Washington, May 19.—E. R. Chap- man occupies a cell at the district jail and will continue therein for twenty- five days. Chapman surrendered him- self to United States Marshal Wilson in accordance with an understanding previously reached. Dumas Has Been Released. ‘Washington, May 19.—Consul Gen- eral Lee has ‘nformed the state de- partment that Jose F, Dumas, who was arrested in Cuba April 20 last, has been released by the Spanish au- thorities. JAdrich Wi!l Open the Debate. Washington, May 19.—Senator Ald- rich will not make his opening speech on the tariff Thursday, as at first an- nounced, but when the bill is taken up on Monday will open the debate with the speech. Cyclist Killed. London. May 19. — H. B. Chamber- lain of Denver, Colo., was killed while bicycling near Staines. Mr. Chamber- lain was formerly president of the Chamberlain Investment Company of Ponyer 568 eS : Bae seosk 2 caeeecuanee) FIGHTING IN CU RECENT SKIRMISHES RESULT SERI- - OUSLY FOR INSURGENTS. 4 } ps é Sixty-Five Insurgents Captured tm the Province of Santa Clara— Twenty-Six Killed fendered in. Pinar del Rio— surr 1 Offenders X Pardon for Politica Momentarily, Expected. 9. — During a num per of small skirmishes which By b 4 taken place recently in the Pro ca of Santa Clara the insureenty a thirty men killed, an ineurgent 9 ae and a .sub-prefect surrende! sixty-five armed insurgents were wae tured. In the Provinces of Mata! a Havana and Pinar del Rio twenty ee insurgents were killed in Log 8 skirmishes and thirteen surrender ke the Spanish authorities. In these gagements, according to the official Le ports, the government forces lost 8! men killed and had twenty-seveD wounded. The Marquis Palmerola, the civil governor of Havana, : gone to Placetas, Province of Santa Clara, to confer with Capt. Gen- Weyler regarding the pardon for pe litical offenders which is momentarily expected to be announced from Madrid on the occasion of ihe eleventh anni- versary of the birth of King Alfonso XIUIL., which occurs to-day- ee DID NOT ATTACK WEYLER. Havana, May 1 Consul General Lee Denies Various Rumors. s Havana, May 19. — In view of the statement published in New York that Consul General Lee had made a re- port to the state department in the 1 course of which he had attacked Capt. Gen. Weyler savagely and declared that the insurgents would be success~ ful in driving the Spaniards froin the island. a representative of La Lucha has interviewed Gen. Lee on the sub- ject. La Lucha says on the expres authority of Gen. Lee that u0 attack was made by him on Cap. Gen. Weylrr in any report to the American gov- zz ernment, nor has he ever. asserted in any report or orally that the insur- gents could expel the Spanish troops } from the island under the conditions A now existing. Consul General Lee is greatly annoyed by the publication of ikis unfounded report, and has written. an earnest letter to the Marquis Ahu- mada denying it. Upon Gen. Lee’s - desk is a portrait of Gen. Weyler with the following inscription: “To Gen. Lee, as a token of friendship and with my best wishes. Valentine Weyler-” WEYLER’S PANIC. He Won't Take Paper—Prices Have Doubled. Havana, May 19—The decision of the government against the exchanging of bank bills for silver coin has caused: a panic. Prices of bread, milk and other necessaries of life have doubled. within the past few days. The work- ing classes, as well as all government employes, both civil and military, openly express their dissatisfaction with the action of the government in paying them in scrip which is 90 per cent below par. It is believed the gov- { a ernment will no longer accept paper money in payment of taxes. In that event a further depreciation of paper money may be expected. Troops Win in Uraguay. Montevideo, May 19.—A battle last- ing six hours has taken place between the Uruguayan troops and the insur- gents under Lamas Saraieva. The government forces were victorious, ac- cording to the official report. It is. further stated that the revolution. is dying out owing to the insurgents lack- ing ammunition and on account of numerous dissentions from their ranks. Killed by Cars. Seney, Mich., May 19.—Ren MeRay.. camp foreman of the Danaher & Me- lendy company, was killed while re- turning to camp from the banking grounds. Several cars were standing on the track, which were started down grade at a rapid speed. He was re- turning by way of the track and didi not hear the cars until they struck him. He died in a few hours. Clearly a Murder. : Milwaukee, May 19.—Evidence de- veloped which makes it almost cer tain that N. B. Clark of Grand Rapids, Mich., whose body was found on Ter- race avenue, was assassinated. Mrs. Herman Kaufer, who lives near where the body was found, says she hear@ the shots on the fatal night and saw & man running away from the scene at the top of his speped. Pool Selling at. Trottin, M Albany, N. ¥., May 19—Gov. Black » has ‘signed the Burr bill amending the state racing law by allowing the sell- ing of pools at trotting meets under certain — restrictions. Under the amended law the trotting associations will be permitted to sell auction pools in iG a Style. with the exception at no ticket or token of an: be exchanged. pois Seg ——_——~_. iat ane Protest. cinnati, May 19. — The t manufacturers of the First OMe ane Sixth Kentucky districts Met and passed resolutions protesting against the proposed ipense of the rate of on manufactured 6 to 8 cents per pound. oo Under an Ore Trai Anoconda, Mont., Mag: Wace Nick Coljay, an Austrian 35 years of age, was run over and instantl: attempted, with two pie a cross the track in front of an ore train, but fell and was yond recognition. .—Sp' got the decision over Jack Do: the Broadway Athletic cnb.on ltcce in the nineteenth round. Up to the fifteenth round Downey had slight); the better of the argument, but he be came tired after that round and simply played for a draw. Beis da Mitac Canadian Pacific » earnings | week ending May 14 were § for the cranes aie eriod last sear the carnin; pA civic $42,000, 7000. am Increase of Torr ae cabs