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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY. JUNE 18, 1895, ey 4 CYCLONES LET LOOSE — 1 They Spread Death and| Destruction in Three | States. | PLAY PECULIAR PRANKS. Graphic Description of One in Kansas Given by an Eye- Witness. PHENOMENAL FALL OF RAIN. * Overflows In Oklahoma Result In! the Death of Three Daring Men. NSAS CITY, Kans., June 17.—A | 1 0 the Times from Hartford, Kans., | About 5 o'clock this eveninga cyclone str! this place coming from the south- | west, and swept away everything from its which was clean cut and about 100 | feet in width. ral persons were in- ed so badly they are not expected u,j No one so faras known was killed | { | | | live. outright. The known wounded are: Mr. | on, who will die; Mrs. Lawson, seri- injured; M B. Rawson, fatally injured; Cora Rawson, hurt; Ola Rawson, badly cut| he head; Mrs. H. K. Smith, severe- Iy b . About twelve houses were destroyed, as well as many barns and outhouses. Among the houses destroyed were th: of Judge W. J. Combs, Mrs. Rawson, Clarence Con- ley, L. F. Dud J. A. Thompson, W. B. Brooks and God haeffer. The roof of CI ice Conley’s house was fted off as clea: if the house had been up and the of left unfinished, the re- nder of the being unharmed. | ore or less dam- is estimated at about $15,000. | An eye-w: the storm. F. B.| 1 man from Emporia, m Many other he on the incoming M. K. and T. tra e at Hartford at 5:20. Just as the train was stopping I and other passengers noticed to the southwest a 1 »ud, formed ne; lijtle more tapering. Its whiteness first attracted our at- In a few minutes it seemed to | h out its neck to the ground and turn | Then clouds from all directions round the top, and as ruck the earth trees, fences hing it struck were lifted bodily 1 another second beams, fur- i di and all kinds of | seen shooting high into the | time the passengers were be- z to notice that the funnel-shaped ud was coming straight for the car in h we were, and inquiries began as to what was best to be done. “Suddenly a Methodist. preacher—I do not know his name—solved the question by shouting, ‘Here goes for the prairiel’ and rushed to the door, followed by every the car. However, this was not , for when only about 100 feet car the storm center took a sud- den turn eastward and swept past the rear of the train without touching it. The storm, after passing through the town to.-| the east, seemed to jump the Neosho River and then rise and disappear in the air.” Subscriptions were started here this evening for the benefit of the sufferers. PRANKS OF THE STOEM. 1t Carries a Baby Some Distance, but Leaves It Unharmed. OMAHA, Nesr,, June 17.—A special to the Bee from Denison, Iowa, says: H This morning about 3:30 o’clock a heavy windstorm passed over this county and at places assumed cyclonic proportions. There is scarcely a yard in Denison that is not strewn with trees and branches. Resi- dences of old settlers are pretty weil shat- tered, fences and outbuildings blown over, winaows smashed and doors blown in. No orie was hurt here. A barn belong- ing to Squire Bonds, just east of town, was moved and three valuable cows killed. The storm was worse about eight miles west of Paradise Township. The house of John Rose was demolished and Mrs. Rose has died from injuries received. Mr. Rose had his shoulder dislocated. Their baby was carried some distance from the house, but was found wrappea in a quilt unhurt. The large barn of Joseph Duncan was wrecked. August Eggers also lost a barn and many outbuildings. McWilliams schoolhouse, three miles west of Denison, was completely wrecked. Another dispatch to the Bee from Stella, Nebr., gives details of a terrific eyclone which passed over Richardson County. All of tbe barnsand outbuildings on William Stoltz’s farm,four miles southwest of Stella, were demolished. Several head of live- stock and 200 chickens were killed. Six hundred bushels of grain were blown to the four winds, and much standing grain pn Stoltz’s and adjoining farms was de- stroyed. Stoliz and his family took refuge in the cellar of their house and escaped un- injured. The house was badly wrecked but not blown down. ALMOST A WATERSPOUT. The Heaviest Downponur Ever Known in Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 17.—A rain- storm which assumed almost the propor- tions of a waterspout began here this after- noon and continued late into the night. Nearly four inches of water feil within eight hours’ time, which is the heaviest fall recorded for this vicinity in fifteen years. During the height of the storm two inches of rain fell within twenty-eight minutes, the greatest fall in a like length of time ever known here. Btreets in low- lying districts were flooded as were many cellars, but no serious damage resulted. At Sheffield, an eastern suburb, Moose Neck Creek, into which half a dozen small ravines let loose a large volume of water, rose five feet within thirty minutes and damaged three or four small bridges along its course, The rise is the biggest ever known in this vicinity. Four miles west of here, near Quindaro, two boys, Joseph and Thomas Butterweck, aged 19 and 15 years respectively, were struck by lightning while working in a field and instantly killed. No other fatali- ties are known. OVFRFLOW IN OKLAHOMA, Prospectors ©o to Swim the Wachita—Three Men Drowned. EL RENO, Q. T., June 17.—The late rains in Western Oklahoma have caused | as the, the rivers to overflow badly. The North Canadian is overflowing the bottom and sing rapidly. The Indians who prophe- ed & flood are leaving the lowlands an insist that the flood is coming sure. The South Canadian is a raging torrent and Is putting the gold hunters to much trouble, =1l have to cross the El Reno Com- mercial Club bridge to getto the fields. Five hundred and sixty-three teams crossed this bridge during twenty-four hours Sun- The Wachita River is not fordable, but the prospectors are swimming it. Two miners with outfits and a soldier bearing dispatches have been drowned in the Wachite since the rise. It is raining hard to-night. ri sit —_— OFF FOR GRAY GABLES. Prestdent Cleveland Not Expeoted Back in Washington Tl Fall. NEW YORK, June17.—President Cleve- land, accompanied by his private secre- tarv and Dr. O’Reiily, arrived from Wash- ington at the Pennsylvania Railway de- pot in Jersey City at 12:45 this afternoon. They were greeted by E. C. Benedict, and they walked to where the steamer John E. Moore was tied up. From the deck of the Moore they descended into Mr. Benedict’s steam launch and were quickly transferred to the steam yacht Oneida, which was lying infthe North River about 500 yards oft shore. The President, who was dressed in a brownish-colored business suit and straw hat, greeted Mr. Benedict very warmly and chatted with him while they walked from the depot to the end of the pier. steamed down the ‘river en route to Buz- s Bay. Outside of the railway offi- Is, very few of those who were present he depot when the train arrived were aware of Mr. Cleveland’s presence. The President is not expected to return to ‘Washington before next fall (LLED BY LIE WIES, Terrible Tragedy Enacted on the Roof of a Cleve- land Building. A Brave Reporter Nearly Meets the Fate of the Woman He Tried to Rescue. CLEVELAND, Onio, June 17.—People passing along Ontario street this evening | were startled by the piercing screams of a woman, which came from the roof of a restaurant known as the New Bright House. Looking in the direction from which the cries came they saw a woman entangled in the telephone and electric wires forty feet above the ground. Her clothes were on fire and she was loudly calling for help. Several men ran up the stairs leading tothe roof, and Thomas Bell,a reporter of the World, ascended by the fire-escape. Bell reached the unfortunate woman as soon as the other men and succeeded in rescuing her from her perilous position. Just as they succeeded in rescuing her Bell caught hold of one of the live wires with his hand. In an instant he was writhine in pain. Somebody had the presence of mind to cut the wire, but that did not save Bell. | He fell head downward to the fire-escape, acoil of wire being about his hips and holding him suspended in the air. He screamed for help, and for a time it seemed that he would be burned to death by the flames that were playing about his body. He was finally released, and together with the woman was sent to a hospital. The latter, whose name is Edith Johnson, will die, her arms and legs being burned to a crisp, but Bell, though badly burned, will recover. The woman, who was a waitress in the | restaurant, had gzone to the roof of the building to see a tire which was burning a block away. She leaned out over the roof to get a better view, and in so doing grasped’ the electric-light wire with her hands. WORK OF ENDIARIES. They Attempt to Burn an- Ohio Town. Heavy Losses Result. GREENVILLE, Osumo, June 17.—A fire last night burned Mozart’s store, Wester- field’s wholesale house, three printing oftices, a Methodist church, five dwellings, alarge livery stable and damaged several other dwellings and business houses, mak- ing a loss of $150,000. Piqua and Rich- mond were telegraphed to for assistance, Fires broke out in several places, and seemed to be the work of desperate char- acters trying to burn the town. The fire was the work of incendisries, and in the excitement thieves looted the town, Charles Dalrymple of the Mozart store and Dell Daugherty of the fire de- partment were injured, the latter seri- ously. The loss on Mozart's store is $100,000, and the insurdnce $15,000. West- erfield, a wholesale grocer, iost $30,000. His insurance is $20,000, Other losses aggregate $95,000. — - ROBBERY OF A MAIL POUCH. A Package Containing $10,000 Ab- stracted—Its Prompt Recovery. MONTGOMERY, Ava., June 17.—Josiah Morris & Co., bankers, last Saturday sent a $10,000 package to a New York bank, in- suring it as usual. The postal agent at the Montgomery postoffice receipted for it,and shortly afterward the mail pouch was found cut open. Postmaster Screws telegraphed Inspector Barrett at Chattanooga to inves- tigate. A postoffice employe named Arm- strong returned it Sunday, claiming he had found it in the street. Armstrong was ar- rested this morning. —_— Non-Union Men Forced to Quit, CLEVELAND, O=nto, June 17.— Two hundred strikers at the: United Slate Works went 1o the plant to-day armed with clubs and compelled those at work to quit. The strikers demand an increase in wages of 50 cents a day. The workers are guarded by police. Any attempt to put the new men at work will likely cause serious trouble. ———— Attacked With Appendicitis. ATLANTA, Ga., June 17.—Governor W. Y. Atkinson was seized yesterday with a sudden and dangerous attack of appen- dicitis, from which fatal resuits were for a time feared. He is reported considerably better this morning. It has not yet been decided whether or not an operation is necessary. et Fatal Boiler Explosion. UNION CITY, Texs., June 17.—The boilers at the water-works plant exploded this afternoon. Engineer Carman was killed instantly, and it is thought others were badly hurt. The cause was the letting of cold water into the boilers. The city is now without water and light, e Sudden Death of a Prominent Attorney. NEW YORK, X. Y., June 17.—William Peet, law partner of H. B. Bristow, ex-At- torney-General of the United States, died suddenly at his office to-day, aged 73. He was born in Utica, N. Y., and was gradu- ated from Yale in 1870, The Oneida weighed anchor and | i : asm to-day, as it was the observance of the | one hundredth anniversary of the erec- | tion of the orizinal monument on the site { where the American colonists first meas- ured themselves against the British soldiers. King Solomon’s Lodge of Free- masons had charge of the ceremonies. POLITICS 1S BOILING. Gathering of the Na- tional Republican League. e LN e WATERS WEDDED. Format Opening of the Harlem River Ship Canal. NEW YORK, N. Y., Jung 17.—The Har- {lem ship canal, which connects Hudson | River with Long Island Sound, was form- ally opened this afternoon with a monster | aquatic and land parade, in which the United States army and navy, State militia | and naval reserve, city police and fire de- partment and numerous civic bodies were represented. The parade was watched by 50,000 or FIGHT FOR LEADERSHIP. Expected to Lie Between Steve Elkins and General Mc- Alpin. THE SPLIT IN KENTUCKY. Interesting Contest Between the Friends of Silver and Thelr Opponents. CLEVELAND, Osro, June 17.— Many delegates and visitors have already arrived to atténd the National Republican League Convention which begins on Wednesday. Among those who reached the city to-day was Colonel A. E. Humphrey of Chicago. “The arrangements provided for taking care of the convention,” he said, “‘are first- class and the indications are that the meet- ing will be one of the most successful ever held by the league. “President Tracy will be here on Tues- day,” the secretary continued, “ahead of the delegation. I just received some good news in a letter to the effect that Senator Warner Miller is coming with the New York delegation. Professor George Can- ton of the New York School of Economics is coming to answer the silverites should occasion demand it, and Professor “'il-‘ liams of Brown University will also be here.” The ladies’ reception committee will open headquarters at the Hollenden, with Catherine W. T. Avery in charge. Mrs. L. Ellen Foster, president of the Woman’s Republican Association of the TUnited States, is expected to reach the Hollenden to-morrow. It is now reported that Senator-elect | Stephen B. Elkins, hes entered the race for the presidency of the league and that he will come to town with the West Virginia delegation, in hope of winning a victory against the McAlpin forces. The New Yorkers are entranced in the belief that their candidate cannot, by any possible chance, be beaten. There is a quiet but strong undercurrent of senti- ment favoring H. Clay Evans of Tennessee for president of the league, and the strength which he may develop depends upon his willingness to allow his friends to formally present his name before the convention. One of the early far Western arrivals is Frank W. Bicknell, Jowa member of the National League. Mr. Bicknell is the ed- | itor of the Des Moines Iowa State Regis- ter, and is in touch with the politics of his State. *‘Are the people of Towa going to demand i i free silver?’’ he was asked. “No, sir; we are going to be very con- servative on that point. We believe in keeping quiet on that question. It is not the province of this convention to formulate or even touch upon the policies of the Republican party. We stood with Senator Allison in the | speech that he made at the Pittsburg | Americus Clab banguet on Grant’s birth- day, which is for bimetallism. You may | safely say that the Iowa delegation will vote as a unit against asilver platform out- side of the one adopted at Minneapolis.” *“Will Iowa boom Allison for President of the United States?” “We will boom him, certainly, but not this week. We believe in being courteous, and do not propose to do anything in Ohio on Governor McKinley’s own ground.”” J. R. Blanchard of New York arrived to- day. He is the advance guard of the | forces which will push the candidacy of | General McAlpin for the presidency of the league. He declares McAlpin will be | elected. KENTUCKY’'S SI_TUATI ON, An Interesting Contest Between Silverites | and Their Opponents. LOUISVILLE, K., June 17.—County conventions were held in every county in Kentucky to-day to elect delegates to the State Democratic Convention, which meets in this city on June 25 to nominate a full State ticket. The political situation in Kentucky just now is attracting attention on account of the split in the party over the financial platform. Senator J. C. 8. Blackburn is leading the silver faction, together with Hon. P. W. Harding, ex-Attorney-Gen- eral, now candidate for Governor. Cassius M. Clay Jr. is the opposing candidate for Governor. He has steadily refused to make any declaration on the financial question. The battle for sound money is not won, Tior can the free silver leaders rest on their oars. Although returns have been re- ceived from nearly all the counties, the financial problem is still unsolved. In the race for Governor in Louisville and Jefferson County to-day, Mr. Clay gained control of the party machinery and a solid Clay delegation was selected. He also carried the cities of Lexington, Paris, Marysville and Elizabethtown. General Hardin found most of his strength in the country. More unin- structed delegates will come to this con- vention than ever before in the history of Kentucky politics. There are 119 coun- ties and they have 867 votes, 440 being necessary to a choice, Reports from sixty-five counties received at 12 o'clock, with fifty-four to hear from, gave Hardin 182 instructed votes, Clay 152, uninstructed 211; favoring sound money platform 160, for free silver 105 and unin- structed 275. I1F THE PARTIES STRADDLE. Opinion of a Delégate to the Republican ZLeague Convention, i CLEVELAND, Osnio, June 17.—C. E. Allen, one of the delegatesto the league convention from Utah, has arrived in the city. “The action of this convention,” said Allen, “‘whether for or against silver, will not have the slightest effect on the people of the West, They feel too deeply on this matter to be influenced by the mere declarations of such a body as this. I will say, however, that if the National Repub- lican Convention does not nominate a free- silver man on a free-silver platform the party need not expect to carry a State west of the Mississippi River.” “What ticket, if both Democrats and Republicans straddle,” asked the reporter, “will the West vote?” “They will vote the ticket of the party declaring for silver.” SioigE Bunker Hill Day gt Boston. BOSTON, Mass., June 17.—Bunker Hill day was celebrated with unusual enthusi- more people stationed along the line of march and on the banks of the canal. The ceremony of pouring two. barrels of water from the great lakes into the canal, symbolizing the union of the lakes with the sound, was accompanied by the firing of cannon by the United States cruisers Atlanta and Cincinnati. Among the visitors were Governor Coffin of Connecticut and Governor Wertz of New Jersey. ATTCK OF h DSTILLERY It Is One of the Properties of the Great Whisky' Trust. The Assallants Forced to Retreat by a Hot Volley From Deputy Marshals. CHICAGO, Iiy., June 17.—The antici- pated attack on the Shufeld Distillery, one of the plants of the whisky trust, occurred at 1 o'clock this morning, when a dozen armed men attempted to take possession. The attacking party was met by deputy marshals, placed on guard by Receiver McNulta, and after a harmless exchange of twenty-five or thirty shots the men re- treated. Trouble has been expected since the recent decision of the Illinois Supreme Court declaring the whisky trust illegal. The Shufeld plant, where last night’s trouble occurred is located at Chicago ave- nue and River street. The attacking party when first seen by the guards was gliding silently down in a scow. Deputy marshals were quietly bunched at the landing and when the scow neared the shore the men aboard were commanded to surrender. They re- plied with a volley of revolver shots and the deputies promptly opened fire. Under a hot volley the ‘men quickly dropped down the river and reaching the landing disappeared. The force of deputies at the plant was doubled to-day in anticipation of further trouble. Who is responsible for the attack the authorities refuse to say. The Shufeld Distillery was sold to the whisky trust by Millionaire Lynch’s family. Thomas Lynch Jr. has been reported to have de- clared his intention of regaining possession of the distillery. MAY CHMRGE THE OWTE The Republican National Com- mittee to Meet a Month Earlier. Representation in the Convention One of the Matters to Be Conslidered. WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 17.—The Republican National Committee will prob- ably meet in November this year, instead of December, which has been the month selected for many years past. While this conclusion has not been definitely reached, it isone which meets the views of the in- fluential members of the committee and little doubt is entertained that it will be adopted. The Republican leaders believe that the next National Convention should be held in May, and inasmuch as the Na- tional Committee must give six months’ | notice of the holding of the convention, it will be necessary that the committee shall hold its meeting in November. So far as can be learned the members of the National Committee generally favor the May convention. Washington, as usual, will be the place of meeting of the committee, which will consider one ques- tion of far reaching importance to the party. At the committee’s last meeting a resolu- tion was introduced by Henry B. Payne of ‘Wisconsin to base the apportionment of delegates to the National Convention on the number of votes cast by the Republican party at the preceding Presidential elec- tion. The better part of one day’s session was devoted to the consideration of the resolution, which provoked strong opposi- tion from the Southern members particu- larly, and the committee adjourned, leay- ing it unsettled. It will be the most im- portant business which will come before the committee when it reassembles. The sentiment in favor of the proposition seems to have grown rather than diminished during the interyal, It was contended by Mr. Payne, as well as by the others who supported the resolu- tion, that the committee as at present con- stituted gives to delegates from strong Democratic States an influence and power which is unfair to representatives from other States whose electoral vote is always cast for the Republican nominee. His contention was that the convention should be composed of delegates who Tepresent the actual strength of the Republican party in the several States, and that this was the only fair basis of apportionment. The Southern members argued that the Republican vote in their States was sup- pressed, and for that reason they could not, on the face of the returns, be given a representation in the convention that would correctly express their real strength. One effect of such a rule would be to de- crease to some extent at the nextconyen- tion the representation from States like New York and Illinois, inasmuch as both commonwealths in 1892 cast their electoral vote for Cleveland. Such strong Republi- can States as Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania would retain their present representation, if in some cases they did not exceed it. The proposition is there- fore an interesting one, and it is predicted that the committee will spend more time in its consideration than will be given even to the question as to which city shall secure the honor of entertaining the con- vention. e ——————— ."! find the Royal Baking Powder supe- rior to all the others in every respect. It is eptirely free from all adulteration and unwholesome impurity, and in baking it gb:es off a greater volume of leavening gas n any other powder. .. “Wacrzs 8. Haivgs, M.D., *‘Chemist to the Chicago Board of Health,” A KNOT FOR OLNEY, One That Has Been Tied by Germany in Venezuela. AFTER A NAVAL STATION. Another Interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine May Be Needed. HOW THE COMPLICATION AROSE. Venezuela Induced to Guarantee the Profits on a German Enterprise. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—There is reason to believe that the United States will have occasion to give another inter- pretation on the Monroe doctrine, as ap- plicable to the acquisition of an island off the coast of Venezuela, to be used by Ger- many for a naval station. The attention of officials has been directed to the inter- ests of Germany in that locality, and there is apprehension that the subject may as- sume quite as formidable an aspect as that of British aggression on Venezuelan soil. An enormous amouut of German capital has been invested in Venezuela of late under peculiar circumstances. The Gov- ernment wanted a railroad through a rich and productive valley, and a German syn- dicate stood ready to build the road on condition that Venezuela would guarantee ‘7vper cent on the capital invested. The guarantee was given and the road built and put into operation about eight months ago. At the outset it was supposed abont $4,000,000 would amply cover the costof the road, but the actual outlay reached about $8,000,000. By the terms of the Gov- ernment guarantee, Venezuela now be- comes responsible to the German syndicate for a 7 per cent return on this $8,000,000. The road has been in operation long enough to determine what it will earn, but its most sanguine promoters do not hope that it will pay 7 per cent on the outlay. ‘Whatever it earns will be applied on the investment, and Venezuela then will have to give suflicient to bring the earnings up to 7 per cent. It is said to be this and similar German interests that are inclining the German Government to regard with favor the ac- quisition of an island off the Veneznelan coast to be used as a naval station and as a sort of base of operations for Germany on the American continent. The guarantee of Venezuela to the Ger- man syndicate is of a private character, the German Government having no interest in the matter, but it is looked upon as afford- ing a convenient means by which the Gov- ernment, in giving protection to its sub- jects, could also carry out its desire for the acquisition of a naval station. The circum- stances are such as to lead to’the belief that the United States will again be called upon to define to what extent the acquisi- tion of territory by foreign powers on South American soil is compatible with the Mon- roe doctrine, Great Britain already possesses an island at the mouth of the Orinoco, in which a powerful naval station has been estab- lished. There are two other islands near by owned by Venezuela, either of which would be well adapted to Germany’s needs. There is another large island further np the coast, but it constitutes a province of Venezuela and its people have such intense loyalty to Venezuela that they have been named ‘“New Spartans.” They would un- doubtedly resist any separation, even if Venezuela assented to it. At the moment this German phase of the Venezuelan question is making its appear- ance the British branch of the subject is presenting a more favorable aspect. Offi- cial intelligence has recently reached here that Sir Vincent Barrington, representing the most extensiye British interests in Venezuela, has most strongly urged upon the British Government the importance of an amicable settlement with Venezuela asameans of protecting British interests in that country. Since the withdrawal of the British Minister at Venezuela, as a result of the boundary troubles, Sir Vincent has stood as the representative Briton in that country. He is at the head of the head of the syndicate of London capitalists who built the railroad from Caracas to La Guayra, thus connecting the capital with the chief seaport. At La Guayra the syndi- cate built an artificial harbor, with break- waters and wharves, ata cost of several millions. Sir Vincent manages these ex- tensive British interests, and his appeal that they can be fosterea best by a settle- ment with Venezuela will doubtless have important influence on the Foreign Office. Benor Andrade, the Veneznelan Minister here, when asked as to Germany’s purpose, said he bad not been informed of any in- tention to acquire any of the islands for a naval station, although he was ac- quatnted with the investment of German capital in the railroad and the guaranteé given by the Venezuelan Government. The information reaching here, however, has come from other sources. It is believed the new United States Minister to Venezuela, Mr. Thomas, who has just left for that post, is fully con- versant with the German phase of the subject. It is understood also that the new German Embassador, who is soon to arrive, is likely to have a full understand- ing of Germany’s desires 'concerning Venezuela. LAMONT ON A VACATION. He Will Make an Extended Tour of the Northwest. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—Secre- tary Lamont left to-day on an extended tour of the Northwest. With him was Mrs. Lamont, her their children and two servants, Mrs, and Miss Brant of New York, Quartermaster-General and fMajor George B, Davis, military secretary to Sec- retary Lamont. The party was accommo- dated in two special Pullman cars. The trip, which will take the party first to Omaha and then through Wyoming into the Yellowstone National Parkand other attractive points in the Rocky Mountain country, was being planned purely as a pleasure jaunt and will not include official inspections or other public business. CLEmTs e THE BAN ON PYTHIANS. It Must Be Made Publio by AW Arch- bishops and Bishops. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—A sec- ond decree has been received from Rome eoncerning the obligation of Catholics to remain outside of the Knights of Pythias organization. It states that there appears to be no further reason why the decree of last December should not be made public | . . in all dioceses, and all Archbishops and | has arrived bere from Spain and assumed Bishops are accordingly directed to pro- | command of the naval forces. He will mulgate the decree without further delay. l give stringent instructions to commanders ‘When the decree was first issued the head | of warships. of each diocese was given two months ADVOCATES OF FREEDOM. within which to publish it or else make | s known to i{omeo i?x writing what special | Zarge 4“"",‘”‘; ";':{"zfi"‘"’ the Ranks S LA the In . circumstances existed why publication | 9 * B E should be deferred. Most of the heads of | M‘“v\ ?;Us }}'“J::; s dmcial dioceses have since published the decree, | to the World from Hava ys: but as unofficial information reached Rome | The whole rvrqvinceiolf{ Mf'flfl;::#.fl:htx;h that some Bishops had not yet acted, this | 2djoins the province of Havana, is Gl edge to rise in arms again. The first ups Secontidgcres was xss.ued. { rising took place there, but the insurgents’® | plans in that section were frustrated. The | sympathizers with the revolution have | been carefally laying new plans and wait- ing for a favoroble moment to strike. The autonomist political party of Ma- | tanzas has been dissolved, to express a | change of opinion and approval of the THE ELBE DISASTER. Responsibility for It Placed on the Mate of the Crathie. LONDON, Exg., June 17.—The Board of | Trade, after examining thoroughly all re- | ports regarding the sinking of the German- Lloyd steamship Elbe on January 31 last, which resulted in the loss of about 370 lives, | has ruled that the mate of the Crathie, the | British steamer which ran into and sank | the German steamship, was responsible | for the disaster. Consequently the mate's f certificate was suspended. | | { St Oscar Must Stay in Jail. LONDON, Ex6., June 17.—The applica- tion made to-day for the release of Oscar Wilde pending steps for a new trial was refused. ) BIG BATLE PRI, Insurgents Defeated With Seri- ous Loss—Their Camp Captured. | | Spanish Spies Sent to Enter the! Cuban Camp to Poison | General Maceo. HAVANA, Cusa, June 17.—General Pen- dro Mella, Civil Governor of Puerto Prin- | cipe, and 900 cayalry have arrived at Puerto Principe, the capital of that proy- ince. Allthe troopsare prepared to take the field against the insurgents in three days. { The commission, which on its own ac- | count is taking steps to bring about a con- ference between the representatives of prominent residents of Puerto Principeand | Maximo Gomez, desires that Rafael Mon- toro, the autonomist leader, should pre- | side. They expect the result of the con- ference will be the restoration of peace in | Cuba. A detachment of 600 cavalry from the | province of Santa Clara has arrived here. | In an engagement in Duabo the insurgents lost twelve killed and thirty wounded. | In view of the peaceful attitude of the | province of Puetro Principe, the Captain- | General has given up the idea of proclaim- ing martial 1aw there. A special judge has | been ordered by the Government to pro- | ceed to Alfonso Doce in the province of Matanzasté commence proceedings against | those parties who circulated false reports of an insurgent outbreak in that province. Colonel Copello, with a force of volun- teers and civil guards amounting to 170 men, has engaged the insurgents near Jamaica, district of Guantanamo. The in- surgents were commanded by Perez and | Maceo, and numbered 500 men. The | Spanish forces captured the insurgent | camp, a quantity of arms and ammunition and thirty-two horses. The insurgentslost four kiiled, among whom was the insurgent captain, Crescendo Castillo. They also | had seven wounded. On the side of th: troops only one was killed and three | wounded. rine General Delgado Peretno | | ereignty ths | Produce Exchange to raise mo | to a local paper from Key W | Maceo. revolution. The autonomist party of Havana is likely to follow suit. The prin- | cipal officers and most influential members cannot agree. The majority acknowledge the increasing irportance of the revolu- tion, and the number who favor free Cuba constantly grows. From the interior of the island come re- ports showing that members of the aue tonomist party are abandoning it one by one. The newspaper, El Pais, the organ of the autonomist party, and about the only paper read by the Cubans, has published of late such strong articies against the revolution and in favor of Spanish sov t more than 1500 persons have stopped taking it. The subscription lisp continues to shrink every day. Business men were called to meet at the ey to carry ives of the The subscrip~ on the war. Few represen larger houses were present. tions amounted to $100,000. The Santiago mine-owners have notified the Government that they will have to suspend work if not allowed troops enough to protect them, for they are often raided by rebels, who take all their provisions. The Government has given an evasive ane swer. The closing of the mines would | send many men into the insurgent ranks, GENERAL CAMPOS SHOT. He Is Said to Have Been Wounded by the Rebels. NEW YORK Y., June 1 to the Herald from Panama say Members of the Cuban colony here they have received news from Cuba th Captain-General Martinez Campos was wounded by a shot from the rebels while he was on board a yacht at the port of Guantanamo. No confirmation of this re- port has been had from Santiago de Cuba. SPANISH TROOPS CAPTURED. Rebels Reported to Have Made Prisoners of a Trainload of Them. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 17.—A specia} sayst Private advices received in t state that Maceo, Rabi and Miro, with 7000 men in Awras, captured a train loaded with Spanish troops between Gibara ana Hol- guin. Peculiar Tactics. NEW YORK, N. 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