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4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 2§, 1895, MANITOBA IS DEFIANT., Determined to Resist the Order to Restore the School System. AN OFFICIAL ANSWER. Says the Wheel of Progress Will Not Be Turned | Far Back. WAR OF CHURCH AND STATE. Something Serious Will Occur Canada Before the Contro- versy Closes. In WINNIPEG, Maxitosa, March 27.—The remedial order on separate schools does not come up in the Legislature until to- morrow night, but nevertheless it was the topic of the day. Both Government and opposition are holding frequent caucuses, and what the outcome will be is difficult to predict. One thing certain is that the Manitoba Government will resent interference b Ottowa in educational matters. The new paper organ of the Government has this official statement under the heading, “Man- itoba’s Answer.” “We are asked to restore the school sys- tem that was in operation previous to 1890. Let Quebec and Ottawa rest assured that the restoration will never be made. Man- itoba has too keen a sense of justice, too much regard for truth and equity, to recog- nize as a religious aristocracy an element of its population by no means the most worthy. “As a civilized people attempting to realize 1n a measure the idols of the nine- teenth century, Manitobans will not silently submit to the demand that they should turn back the wheel of progress 300 s. Itisa struggle as to whether the ols of the nineteenth century or idols of the dark ages shall prevail. ‘“Anyone who believes that all citizens are equal in the sight of the law and what is good enough for one is good enough for another must stand by the act of 1890. And this is our answer to Quebec: We shall not allow the state to support relig- ion; we shall not allow the church to con- trol the state; we shall not return to the civilization of the dark ages; we shall not recognize Rome as better or in any way different from others; we shall hold | to the principle of equal rights for all, and | that principle shall be dearer to us than confederation itself.” CABINET M RESIGNING, Peculiar Upheaval in the Political Circles of Ontario. OTTAWA, Oxtarro, March 2 ere has not been as much stir in political | circles since the news was received here of | the sudden death at Windsor Castle of Sir John Thompson as there was to-day. That | there are serious dissensions in the Cabinet goes without saying. There are two causes for want of har- mony. One is the passage of the order in Council recommending the Manitoba Gov- ernment to grant remedial legislation to the | Catholic minority; the other is the de- cision of the Cabinet to hold a s m of Parliament before going to the country. This decision was bitterly opposed by Hon. George Foster, Minister of Fingnce. It is announced that Mr. Patterson, the Minister of Militia, has resigned his port- folio owing to ill health. By many per- sons the plea of ill health is regarded as a | mere subterfuge. Mr. Patterson will ac- cept the lieutenant-governorship of Mani- toba. There were rumors to-day of a more startling event. It is known that Sir Charles Tupper has tendered his resig- nation. He has not attended Cabinet meet- ings for the past three days. His resigna- tion was brought about by two causes. In the first place his advice that an im- mediate appeal should be made to the country was disregarded, and his claim to lead the House of Commons was denied. It 1s customary for the Minister of Justice, which portfolio he holds, to lead; owing ® his youth and jealousy of older mem- bers the leadership was given to Mr. Foster, Minister of Finance. The leader of the House has the first claim to the vpremiership, and as Sir | Mackenzie Bowell is an old man Sir Charles | o Tupper is anxious to have the .right of | succession. 3 In addition to these definite facts there is a very pronounced rumor to the effect that Finance Minister Foster and Mr. | Clark Wallace, the Controller of Customs, | will also resign. Should this prove true it means that the French Catholics will | have a preponderance of power in the Cabinet, a thing that Ontario will not agree to. Those best posted predict trouble for the Bowell Cabinet. BATTLES IN COLOMBIA. Many Slain on Both Sides Before the Revolution Ended. COLON, Coroxsra, March 27.—A great battle was fought at Ensisoon March 10 between the Government troops under General Reyes and the rebels. The latter were defeated after a struggle of ten hours. Although many Government troops died while on the march the rebels, who num- bered 2500, were routed and the town cap- tured. The Government forces lost 700, the rebels 1200. Two thousand rebels have surrendered. The steamship Allianca of the Colum- bian Line, from New York March 20, ar- rived here after passing over the usual ceurse. She was not molested. Rl Fortifying Adigrit. ROME, Iravy, March 27.—A dispatch from Massowah, Egypt, says: General | Baratieri, commander of the Italian forces occupied Adigrit Monday. He is fortify- ing the place, and senta flying column ageinst Ras Mangascia, the Abyssinian chief who has been causing so much trouble to the Italians.” Ras Mangascia is assisted by the almost equally famous Ras Alouia. e Kaffirs Repulsed. LONDON, Ex6., March 28,—A dispatch to the Times from Capetown says advices received there show that a force of re- bellious Kaffirs attacked on March 21 a Portuguese gunboat near Maroquon. They were repulsed with heavy loss. ittt Killed in a Duel. LONDON, Exc., March 27.—A dispatch from Paris says M. Soubre has been killed ina duel. —_—— AntieRevolutionary Biil. . BERLIN,GerMANY, March 27.—The com- mittee with the anti-revolution bill under examination began the consideration of its second reading to-day, and rejected the proposal of Herr Hensmann to throw out the entire measure. ———— OFFICERS OF THE REICHSTAG. Election of Successors to Those Who Re- cently Resigned. BERLIN, GerMANY, March 27.—The Reichstag to-day elected Baron von Buel Berenberg President, in succession of Herr von Levetsow, who resigned on account of the refusal of the Reichstag to permit him to congratulate Prince Bismarck in the name of the House on his birthday. The vote stood 291 for Berenberg, 183 against. The black balls numbered 105. Herr Schmidt, member of the Freisin- nige party, who represents Ulberfield, was elected First Vice-President, and Herr Spahn, a member of the Center party, was elected Second Vice-President, the latter in succession to Dr. Burklin, who resigned shortly after Herr von Levetzow. . AL BURNING CATHOLIC CHURCHES. One of the Incéndaries Evidently Not Responsible for Her Aets. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—Mary Delaney, the Milwaukee woman arrested for setting fire to St. Dominick’s and St. Patrick’s churches, was on trial in the Police Court to-day. The organist of St. Dominick’s identified her as a woman who was in the church near the spot where the fire was lighted at the time of the attempt. Judge Miller said it was evident that the woman was not responsible for her acts. The case was not concluded. Last night an attempt was made to burn St. Mary’s Catholic school, by pouring oil on one of floors and applying the torch just as the two churches were fired. Fortunately the fire failed to spread. - NO END T0 THE HONORS. BISMARCK CONGRATULATED BY THE PRINCES OF PRUS- SIA. THESE, HOWEVER, ARE ONLY PRE- LIMINARY TO THE COMING BIRTH- DAY CELEBRATION. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, GerMaNY, March 27.—Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, accompanied by his six-year-old son, Prince Waldemar, arrived here at 11 o’clock. He was followed | by the Grand Duke of Baden, Prince Hohenlohe, Chancellor; Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe, youngest son of the Chan- cellor; the Baden Ministry and Count Wilmonski, chief of the Imperial Chan- cellory. Prince Bismarck met his visitors on the | threshold of his castle, greeting them warmly. At luncheon Prince Henry of Prussia proposed the health of Prince Bismarck, adding: “May God still long preserve you.” Prince the worse for the fatigues which he has en- dured during the past three days. The visit of Prince Henry of Prussia was quite unexpected. . He cordially congratulated | Prince Bismarck, and the latter presented him with his photograph. Prince Hohenlohe presented Prince Bi marck with a joint letter of congratulation from the Federal Council and the Frussian Ministry. The Prince, after personally thanking Prince Hohenlohe and asking him to convey to the Federal Council and Prussian Ministry his warmest thanks for their kind message, added: ‘It was al- ways a pleasure to me to work with you, |and I am the more pleased that you, as Chancellor, should be the bearer of the congratulations.” Prince Bismarck parted with the Grand Duke of Baden and Prince Hohenlohe at the railroad station. STO0D UP FOR KENTUCKY. The Tombstone Man Wouldn’t Have It Disparaged by Comparison. Kentuckians are always proud of their State in whatever department of human labor they may hold place. Not long ago a widow went to see a marble-cutter to get | a tombstone for her late husband. She | selected a plain one from his stock, and gave him an inscription to put on it. “Can’t do that ma’am,” he said politely, when he had read it. “Why not?” she asked in surprise. “I'm paying for it.” “Yes’m, but Ican’t put thaton. 1 stretch my conscience a good many times in what I puton a tombstone, but T ain’t going to tell a plain lie when I know it.” The widow was greatly shocked, and insisted on his explaining what he meant. “Well, ma’am,” he said, ‘‘you've got here ‘Gone to a better land,’ and thatain’t so, | ma’am. There ain’t any better land than Kentucky.”—Detroit Free Press. ————— The Holy Inquisition. The Holy Inguisition was established in 1208 by Pope Innocent III in Languepoc for the suppression of the Albigenses and Troubadours. From its establishment in SJmin, five and twenty years later, it rap- idly spread all over the Continent.’ It gave the deathblow to the Knights Templar; in 1481 it drove the Jews out of Spain. At this time the famous Torquemada was Grand Inquisitor. He was a short, stout man, lit- tle sugiestive in appearance of a bigot. It is possible that hisravages are exaggerated, but even when we ailow for error in this re- spect, the number of persons who were put to death under his inquisitorship is enor- mous. His harshiness was so unbending and his punishments so_rigorous that he was several times obliged to account for his conduct to the Pope. Throughout the long, bloody record of the Santa Hernandad there isno trace of any redeeming action. It was established to root out heresy, and with terrible earnestness it did its work. The Inquisi- tion was omnipresent; it followed in the wake of the Conquistadores into Peru and Mexico; it descended upon the unhappy Netherlands in_the van of the Duke of Alya. In the reign of Philip IT the Inqui- sition reached the summit of its power, for it had become a recognized Spanish in- stitution, and the people were no more shocked at an auto ‘da fe than at a bull- fight. But with the growth of civilization t_fie Inquisition declined. It continued to linger on, but it was unlf' a shadow; and when the soldiers of Napoleon entered the inquisitorial prison they found few prison- ers to liberate. The rack and wheel had grown rusty, the cords and pulleys were Totting on the beam. Poe’s terrible nightmare tale of the torture by the pendulum is centuries be- hind its time; the 1pel'niu\um was there, but the knife was blunt and dull and the mechanism was broken and useless. An mt@xprt was made to re-establish the In- uisition in 1814, and many persons were mprisoned; but the time Foer even the mummery of persecution was past. The people broke out into revolt, burned the Ys%o&u nfidldrlove _n!;vtgy the 1an}uinn. In e Holy Inquisition was blotted out. —Ghnmbers)’Joumal. Hall Caine’s ‘“Manxman® in Ethics. Last evening the Ealing Free Public Library committee unanimously decided to withdraw Hall Caine’s novel, “The Manxman,” from circulation, on the ground of its unsuitability for generat reading. The Rev. J. 8. Hilliard, chair- man of the committee, said the book was “dis; ful,” and Mrs. Force, another member, described it as “shameful.”’— Westminster Gazette, A smarck does not seem to be any | THEY WAIVE A PONT, Why the Japanese Are Very Hopeful for Peace. THEIR REASONS KNOWN. China Need Not Now Fear Deg- radation or Unjust Burdens. YET GOES ON. INVASION Details of the Capture of New Chwang and Ting Chwang Tal. VICTORIA, B. C., March 27.—Yokohama advices to March 12 by the steamship Ta- coma are: The reason why Japan is for the first time hopeful with regatd to China’s overtures for peace can now be explained. By means of indirect correspondence through the legations of the United States in Tokio and Peking it was discovered that the reluctance of the Chinese Emperor to confer full power on an Embassador was caused by his dread that the Japanese con- | ditions of peace would be overwhelmingly | oppressive, and that it would therefore be unsafe to authorize any delegate to discuss them on his own responsibility. With a genuine desire to facilitate progress the Japanese Government decided shortly after the departure of the unacceptable messen- | gers—Chang and Shao—to waive a point | | which they had previously maintained | with firmness and to relieve their adver- | sary of the worst of his apprehensions by communicating an outline of the terms to be exacted. This was done also through the medium of the American legasions, with the result that Li Hung Chang was immediately designated to act as Embas- sador, and the strongest assurances were given to Mr. Denby that on this occasion the credentials should be satisfactory in every particular. It is not understood that Japan’s pur- | poses have been disclosed minutely. Enough has been imparted to show that | China need not fear absolute degradation or the imposition of intolerable burdens, |and the details will remain open to dis- cussion. Reports from the scene of military act- | | | | | | contradictory, bt it is now ascertained | effected by the army corps of Lieutenant- | General Nodzn, consisting of the Third and Fifth divisions. The former of these on leaving Hai Cheng marched northward | toward Liao Yang for about twenty miles |and then turned back by another road leading to New Chwang. Outside the walls of the city this body was joined by the | Fifth division, and the place was carried | either on the 4th or 5th of March. | On March 7, Lieutenant-General Yamaji | marched into Yin Kow (called New | Chwang by its foreign residents) with the | First Division and took possession with | scarcely a show of opposition. Guards | were posted around the alien quarters and arrangements made for the complete pro- | tection of Americans and Europeans, to the warmly expressed satisfaction of the Consular officials. Two days later a brigade | of the Third Division joined the first in an | assault upon Ting Chwang Tai, a heavily | fortified fort on the western bank of the | | Liao River, to which all the defeated | Chingse troops had betaken themselves. | The Stream was frozen so that no difficulty |in crossing was experienced, and after a battle lasting from 7in the morning till | 10:30 o’clock, the defenders were driven | ont in disorder, leaving 2000 dead behind | them. The Japanese losses were ninety- | | eight killed and wounded. Immense stores | of war material were seized. Lieutenant-General Nodzu has been pro- | moted to the rank of general, or, as it is | called by many, field marshal. HIS WOUND VERY SERIOUS.® The Attack on Li Hung Chang Will Cause a Loss to Japan. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.—Al- though nothing is said at either the Jap- anese or Chinese legations as to the condi- tion of Li Hung Chang, it is known that advices have been received in official circles | that serious results are apprehended from the wound. In fact, the information has been such as to cause some discussion as to theeffect his death might have on the situa- tion. It is generally believed it would pre- vent Japan from securing as good terms as she intended to insist upon. THE BIGGEST MONOLITH. Any One in Want of Such a Thing Should Hurry Up and Buy. Any one wanting a monolith, the biggest in the world, can get it of Frederick Pren- tiss, who is at the Grand Pacific. Mr. Pren- tiss quarried this monolith for the Wiscon- | sin World’s Fair Commissioners. It was to be put up at the Exposition. It cost Mr. Prentiss $16,000 to get it ready to be lifted from its bed. It never saw the World’s Fair, and Mr. Prentiss never saw his money. The stone is brown sandstone and is 115 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches at the base and 4 feet6 inches at the top. waWhen the World’s Fair;Commissioners Tound out they could not move the big stone they a w Mr. Prentiss to give them four monoliths 25 feet high. This he did. They were brought to the fair and put up. They were not paid for, Mr. Prentiss says. He 'has, therefore, one huge monolith ‘in his gusnesslon and a claim on four medium sized monoliths. John Wannamaker wrote Mr. Prentiss not long ago and asked how much it would cost to move the stone to Philadelphia, where, it was thought, it would make a fitting monument m%. W. Childs. The cost of transportation was placed at $100,000. The correspondence ceased. A Chicago man named Cleveland | has been making inquiries about the stone and the cost of getting it to this city. He did not disclose what he wanted to do with with the big thing.—Chicago Tribune. ————— How to Repel Train Robbers. It may safely be assumed that the “point of attack’’ is the engine and then the ex- press car. Why then not separate as much as possible by putting the express car the last in the train? Have alarm bells in each coach and sleeper, which can be rung by the express messenger when he is di- rected or requested, at this unusual time and place, to open the door of the car. In each coach and sleeper have,in a glass front case, similar to those now in use for the ax and saw, two repeating nhutEnna, each magazine containing five buckshot cartridges, thus giving from six to twelve most effective weapons into the hands of the train crew and passengers. The alarm bells should be electric, though it is be- lieved that the ordinary cord bell could be made to serve the purpose. When the mes- sanger sounds his tocsin of war, there would soon be a sufficient force of brave Inen at the express-car to give the robbers | ivity in Manchuria are still confused and | | that the capture of old New Chwang was | a warm welcome. For the latter to cover the engine cab and each door and side of each coach or sleeper would require a force of men too great in numbers to make ‘‘the divide” profitable. Besides the greater the number of accomplices or principals the greater the chances of a capture and the possibilities of some one turning ““State’s evidence.” Under such an arrangement in the make-up of a train should the rear or express-car be the sole point of attack then the first step would be to cut this car loose from the train and then loot it. The automatic air brake would give the aldirm to the engineer, and he, in turn, to the coaches; or, better still, the concealed elec- tric wire could be so arranged as to sound the alarm when the car parted from tha | train. Should the engine, as in the past, | be the first point of attack, then the crew and passengers (armed) have the advan- | tage of being between the forces of robbers and, with every probability, can throw the Froater number in the fight, and, Napoleon- ike, repulse or defeat in detail. Under the present order of things, the crime of “holding up” trains has become one of al- most daily or weekly occurrence. And why? Because two, three or four men can | successfully effect it,and the ill-gotten gain- are large., ‘Render the aet one more%iflis cult and dangerous of accomplishment, and the attempts will be less frequent. It matters not how invulnerable the car, so long as it remains in the train near the en- gine it will offer but slight resistance to the | robber and his stick of dynamite.—North American Review. S OHIN}JSUANNEBISMS. Race of People That Outelass Any Other in Peculiar Characteristics. “Just when you think you have learned to know the Chinaman,” says a missionary in China, “'you suddenly find it necessary to modify half of what you have learned and discard the other half.” The difficulty of knowing the Chinese in their own homes is well described in Rev. Arthur Smith’s book, ‘“‘Chinese Characteristics,” | brought out a couple of years ago. One of their characteristics that almost explains all the others is their belief in | themselves, TLike the character in Rich- | ter’s novel, if a Chinaman knew anything | about the first meridian he would assume | that is ran through his own skull. He | believes in his Erovmce simply because he | lives in it, but he has no interest in China | outside of his province. | A maninChinais a part of a gigantic | machine, a mere cog in one of many wheels. A Chinese family is like a hill of | potatoes; one cannot get any of them | without a process by which all are brought | to view. In China, private houses are sur- rounded by a wall and_have no windows | looking on the street. Nevertheless, there | is no domestic privacy in China. No one thinks of objecting to the en- trance of perfect strangers through the | ever-open door. To close the door would | provoke the inquiry, “What is going on | within that they are afraid to have every | one see and hear?’ And from that mo- ment the social doom of that family would | be sealed. : The occidental question to an intruder would be, *“What business have you here ?”” The oriental reply would be, ‘“‘What busi- ness have you to keep me out?”’ The Chi- nese adage covering this matter is, “If you would not have it known that you do it, | do not do it.” | . Economy is one of the greatest virtues in China, though the Chinese do not reckon it so much a virtue as an ordinance of nature. This trait is also shown in the gathering of fuel. Not a weed is leftin the | fields. Boys beat off the autumnal leaves with clubs'as if they were chestnuts, and even straws are scarcely allowed leisure to | show which way the wind blows. | When a Chinaman presents a compli- mentary inscription o a friend he pastes it { on a silk backing instead of gluing it, so | that his friend may remove the inscription and use the silk. In many parts of China the children wear no clothes for many months in the year. Wheels are never greased, and the majority of the people | never wash. | “Doyou wash your child every day?” | a Chinese mother ‘was asked. *Wash him every day?” was the indignant rgsponse. *‘He was never washed since he was born.” A soapdealer who should open an agency | in China would lose money. One difficulty, however, in describing | Chinese characteristics is the fact that there are many races and families of peoples, all of which are loosely known as | Chinese, and each of which has its own gis(i ive characteristics.—New York Tri- une. e Tape Tyranny in France. British red-tapeism is bad to beat, but the record just now is with Paris. There the front of the Ecole des Beaux Arts is adorned with a statue of Puget, the once- famous tenor. Four years ago a passer-by made the discovery that the statue’s nose had come off. He called the attention of the policeman on duty to the fact. The police- man reported to bis brigadier, whoreported to the commissary of the quarter, who re- orted to the Prefecture of Police. The refecture of Police decided that the nose had drorped off the statue and had not been maliciously knocked off; the matter, therefore, concerned the Prefecture of the Sejne. It was then August, 1891. In QOc- tober a committee of three was appointed to decide which department had to put the nose on again. The committee inspected | the statue in January, 1892, and reported in December that they were unable to re- port. In February, 1893, this report reached | the department of public works. The | head of 2 room found it in June and made | the lives of his subordinates so many bur- | dens to them with it. Somehow_ or other it got into print that, but for this zealous official, there would be hardly a statue in | France and in Navarre with its nose on. | In July he was decorated for special services. Somebody else took up the re- port. Between January and December, | 1894, it had got into Parliament. On Feb- ruary 25, 1895, the House sat upon it, and MM. Jaures and Carnaud got off some virulent attacks upon the Government for its want of public spirit. Thenextday the same passer-by who had reported absence of the nose happened to pass by again. He discovered that the nose had not been re- laced. He reported to the policeman on uty, who, etc. The nose of Puget is in for another round.—Pall Mall Gazette. TP — Scientific Skunk-Raising. A letter from Kokomo, Ind., to the In- dianapolis Journal says the skunk-farming industry has been re-established in Porter County by Messrs. Harbrecht & Seivert, a mile north of the town of Porter, near the banks of the Little Calumet River. Speak- ing of the business one of the proprietors says: ly‘The skunks are confined in an in- closure of several acres, a woven wize fence, resting on a _wall of masonry three feet under ground, the latter to keep the ani- mals from burrowing out. In the in- closure boxes are placed under ground. These are sectioned off into stalls for the females to breed in separately and care for their young, the apartments being pro- vided with straw for bedding. Skunks are easily cared for and thrive on almost an kind of food. They prefer offal and eat all kinds of animal matter. They breed very rapidly, having two litters every summer of from four to twelve each. e started with fifty-three females and five males. All surplus males are killed off as soon as they attain their full growth. Skunks raised in captivity are as tame and playful as kittens, and are handled with impunity by their keepers. Wild ones were cap- tured for starting the industry., The ani- mals mate in February. The furs of domesticated skunks are much finer than those of wild ones, and_are not mutilated by trapping and shooting. They mature in ten months. A skunk when full grown will yield a quart and a half of oil, which sells for §3 a gallon, and the hides sell at 50 cents to $1 75 each.” Messrs. Harbrecht and Selvert expect to increase the business until the annual kill reaches 2000 skunks, prmeED s License Collector’s Report, License Collector Fred W. Lees filed his re: port for the month of February with the Board of Supervisors yvesterday. It shows that his Teceipts were $30,797 that 2592 Tioanses had hoen soa 1 U o | OPERATIONS IN CUBA Spain’s Activity in the Campaign Against the Rebels. MORE TRCOPS ARE SENT. Marshal Campos to Take the Supreme Command of the Forces. OTHER COMPLICATIONS ARISE. England May Act on the Murder of a British Seaman by Sentries. N MADRID, Sears, March 27.—In the Senate to-day Senor Castillo, President of the Council of Ministers, asked support for the new Ministry. He read a dispatch from the Spanish Consul at Costa Rica, announcing the departure of a filibuster- ing expedition, commanded by General Masso, the Cuban revolutionist, for Cuba. Senor Castillo added that a detachment of Spanish troops at Compechuela, Cuba, had been obliged to retreat, and that the commanding officer was to be tried by court-martial. In conclusion the Minister said that the Government, in addition to the re-enforce- ments now being sent to Cuba, was fe- termined to lend the Governor of Cuba assistance in every possible way in order to stifle the revolution. The Senate passed a resolution express- ing satisfaction with the energetic atti- tude of the Government in regard to the troubles in Cuba. In the Chamber of Deputies this after- noon Senor Castillo announced that Marshal Campos would leave Spain for Cuba April 2 in order to take supreme command of the Spanish forces there. ENGLAND MAY INTERFERE. Spanish Sentries Kill a Seaman of a = British Ship. BALTIMORE, March 27.—At2 A. M. on March 19 Spanish sentries murderously shot and killed a seaman of the British ship Laurestina and badly wounded a Cuhan néegro at St. Jago, Cuba. The Brit- ish Government is investigating, and com- plications between England and Spain may result. The Laurestina arrived here thisafter- noon from St. Jago. Her officers stated that the murdered seaman was John Lowe, aged 35. a resident of Leeds, England, who shipped at Cardiff, Wales. On the night of March 18 the crew went ashore, and after a stroll started to return to the ship. When nearly there Lowe started back to St. Jago in company with a Cuban negro. Cuban fort garrisoned by Spanish troops. Suddenly a sentinel sprang out of the darkness and in Spanish commanded them to halt. Lowe did not understand the command, and started to hurry away. The nextin- stant the sentinel fired. Lowe dropped down a corpse. The negro then started to run. He, too, was shot and mortally wounded. The dead man and wounded | negro were carried inside the fort. At daybreak Captain Gavin of the Laures- tina went to the fort and demanded the body of the man. This demand was re- fused, and he has made a formal com- plaint to the British Government. An in- vestigation is to be made. when she left Cuba, March 20, the revolu- tion was progressing quietly. COLONEL SANTOCILDE REPULSED. Insurgents in Possession of Bayano and Manzanillo. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 27.—A special from Tampa says: Havana pas- sengers by the Olivette bring the rumor that the insurgents have taken possession of Bayano and Manzanillo, repulsing Colonel Santocilde’s troops at Manzanillo with heavy loss. A Cuban general says every item of war news is almost iden- tically the same in every paper published in Havana. The uniformity is astonish- ing to an American, but he saysitis ob- tained in this way: When the captain-general desires to give any information about the insurrec- tion he notifies the newspaper offices. Reporters are at once sent to the palace and, seated at a long table, they write at the dictation of a Government official. Nothing but this official news is allowed published by the Government in Havana, he says. The Cubans deny the rumor that this is a race war. Conscription of Cubans for military duty is being advocated by the Spanish officers, and it is believed such a move will soon be made. About twenty- five have arrived here from Havana, antic- ipating such a movement. Their parents are anxious to have them escape such un- welcome service. Some of them say they hope to make their way into the Cuban lines from this country, but they have no desire to bear arms for Spain. There are about twenty schooners fit- ting out here, ostensibly for the sponge banks, but it is not believed that this is the destination of all of them. Members of the Aurora and Progress clubs, two negro organizations of Puerto Principe, paraded through the public streets, after which they sent word to the Governor of the province that they would help fight the insurgents if called on to do =0. Hundreds of negroes have made simi- lar offers of their services to the Govern- ment. Caribou Brown’s Nugget. . In Ben Butler’s safe at the Capitol saloon is a gold nugget, notable as being the first precious metal discovered on Rich Hill, that strange deposit of treasure in the Weaver mining district which afterward yielded over $1,000,000. Jack Swilling found the nugget, and was 10 less surprised than haye been hundreds of more pretentious geological theorizers since. The nugget is about the size of one’s three forefingers from their first joints to their tips, and weighs nearly five ounces, being actually valued at $96. Caribou Brown finally eot possession, and would not now part with it for any reasonable consideration. Caribou himself is an interesting char- acter. Fiity of his seventy-five years have n spent on this coast, and for forty years he has experienced the vicissitudes of those whose fate depends on the turn of acard. But no matter how disastrously the game may be going as he sits on the lookout chair of a faro table, the person yet remains to be seen who can induce old Caribou to Em with that precious nugget. It has been his friend, silent, yet potent, in emergency for thirty years past. He will cling'to it, doubtless, until the dealer in life and death wins his last chip.—Pheenix Gazette. En route they had to passa | The officers of the steamer state that | COMBISATIOY OF VAL NEW CLOAKS WASH DRESS FABRICS! HIGH QUALITIES AND LOW PRICES were never so closely united as in the magnificent New Spring Stock that we are now showing and from which we make our this week’s WONDERFUL OFFERINGS OF VALUES. These offerings include a great variety of THE LATEST AND MOST ELEGANT NOVELTIES IN OUTER GARMENTS just uncased, as well as a‘matchless assortment of the PRETTIEST AND MOST STYLISH PRODUCTS IN WASH DRESS MATERIALS, all on sale at PRICES THAT ARE UNMATCHABLE! NEW SPRING CAPES. At S2.95. : g LADIES’ TAN BROADCLOTH CIRCULAR CAPES, with seal brown applique on fronts and high circular collar, full bow of ribbon at neck, will be placed on sale at $2 95 each. At $3.50. g LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, of tan, black and navy broadcloth, both capes trimmed with braid, standing collar, finished with loops and streamers of ribbon, fastened with fancy clasp, will be placed ou sale at $3 50 each. At $4.50. 3 LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, of tan, navy and black ladies’ cloth, lower cape trimmed with lace inserting, upper cape with vandykes of lace, finished at neck with lace and ribbon, will be placed on sale at $4 50 each. At $5.00. LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, of navy, black, tan and brown ladies’ cloth, with full ripple collars, full bow of satin ribbon at neck; also Double Capes of covert cloth, with rolling collar of velvet; both capes neatly stitched, fancy clasp at meck, will be placed on sale at $5 each. NEW TO-DAY DRY Gggns. At $8.00. LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, of tan, black and navy broadcloth, lower cape trimmed with bands of cloth, upper cape with applique trimming, brpm;l rolling collar, fanc: Clasp at neck; also Donble Capes of ta, black and navy ladies’ cloth, trimmed wit rows of ribbon and lace, with vandfkes of lace on upper cape, finished at neck with loops and streamers of ribbon; will be placed on sale at $6 each. At $7.80. A LADIES’ DOUBLE CAPES, of fine quality tan, black and navy broadcloth, trimmed with bands of cloth, velvet collar and fancy clasp; also me{ Cirenlar Cape of tan broadcloth, elaborately braided all over, and double capes of black broadcloth, with upper cape neatly braided; will be placed on sale at $7 50 each. At $8.50. & LADIES' DOUBLE CAPES, of black, navy and tan very good brosdcloth, with upper cape and full circular collar, elaborately braided, large bow of satin ribbon at neck; also Double Capes of tan broadcloth, with- brown stitchings in fancy designs on upper cape; also Navy and Black Broadcloth Capes, similar in style, with white stitchings, will be placed on sale at $8 50 each. LADIES’ JACKETS. At S5.00. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, of black, tan and navy cheviot, triple stitched seams, large bone buttons, will be offered at $5 each. At $7.50. LADIES’ DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS of black and navy twilled cheviot, coal black and very full sleeves, tailor buttons, will be offered at $7 50 each. At S10.00. LADIES' DOUBLE-BREASTED REEFERS, of dark tan covert cloth, with triple. stitched seams, horn buttons and very foll sleeyes; also Navy Blue Broadcloth and Black Twilled Cheviot Jackets, handsomely finished, will be offered at $10 eacm) CHILDREN’S JACKETS. - At $81.50. CHILDREN’S DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKETS, in tan, striped and mottled goods, with full sleeves, bone buttons, stylishly made, ranging in size from 4 to 14 years, worth $3, will be closed outat $1 50 each. CHILDREN’S8 JACKETS, made of tan, navy, brown and fancy checked cloakings, notched collar, very large sleeves, will be offered at $4 each, At $5.00. CHILDREN'S JACKETS, made of fine fancy mixed or checked vet collars, very large sleeves, buttons to match materials, wil ?fing cloakings, vels be offered at §5 each, NEW WASH DRESS FABRICS. At 10O Cents a Yard. 135 pieces ZEPHYR TOILE LAINE, beautiful neatdesigns, on dark or light grounds; value for 15¢. At 20 Cents a Yard. FINEdLL\'E HIGH-GRADE SATEEN, ia brocade and plain weaves, superior cloth and finish. At 10 Cents a Yard. 500 pieces ENGLISH PERCALES, dark, medium and light colorings, best cloth, 88 inches wide, value for 15c. & At 12% Cents a Yard. 300 pieces NEW FANCY CRAPE SUITING, printed in beautiful coloring and designs, At 12% Cents a Yard. 200 pieces NOVELTY CREPON ZEPHYRS, medium colorings, all fast, At 10O Cents a Yard. 200 pieces FINE GRADE AMERICAN SEERSUCKERS AND DRESS STYAR EPHYRS, a grand assortment and excellent cloth. At 12% Cents a Yard. FULL LINE PRINTED DUCKS AND PIQUES, in dark, medium and light colers ings; a good assortment; all fine fabrics. HOUSE-FURNISHINGS! SPECIAL SALE LACE CURTAINS. Enormous purchase of Nottingham Lace Curtains at very favorable prices. Newést des signs and plenty of them. i At 75 Cents a Pair. NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, fair quality, taped edges, variety of designs, 3 yards long, in ecru or white. 2 At $1.00 a Pair. 4 NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, 34 yards long, good double thread, nice grade, an exe cellent line. At $1.15 a Pair. A Special Line ECRU NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, fine well-twisted thread, 48 inches wide and 8 yards long, value for §1 75. At $1.75 a Pair, BAY-WINDOW NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS, 60 inches wide, light lacy effect—a leader. $1.85 a Pair. CURTAINS, 4 yards long, at $1 85, $2 25 to $7 At $3.00 a Pair. IRISH POINT CURTAINS, 3}¢ yards long, well made, heavily worked. FINE IRISK POINT, 4 yards fong, artee wider vere sinboratel N X ards long, extra wide, very elaborate! ked, and $13 50 a pair (to close out sg;all lots). Y JEuked, wams §1§00 Al 50O Cents Hach. NICE CHENILLE 44 COVERS, 50c each; same grade, 6-4 size, at $1 each, all new colors. 5 cases regular $6 ALL-WOOL WHITE BLANKETS, weight 6 ounds, to be i S reg ir. » Welgl P s on sale At A Fine Line NOTTINGHAM a pair. At B51.85 Haud 2 cases FULL-SIZE HEAVY MARSEILLES SPB.E?\ID"S regularly). » good styles (the $2 25 grade MURPHY BUILDING, Harkal Stosel, coraer of Jongg, SAN FRANCISCO. 4