The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 19, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO. 110. PRICE FIVE CENTS, BATTLE WITH TWO OUTLAWS, Attempted Hold-Up of a Southern Pacific Train Near Tagus. ONE ROBBER WOUNDED. Under Sheriff Daggett and Dep- uty Reed Struck by the Dandits’ Bullets. DESPERATE FIGHT AT NIGHT. The Wounded Man Leaves a Long Trail of Blood—Posse Hurried to the Scene. TULARE, CaL., March 19.—An attempt was made at 1 o’clock this morning to hold up the southbound passenger train No. 19 on the Southern Pacitic Railroad. In the fight that foilowed between the two bandits attempting the robbery and Under Sheriff Eari Daggett and Deputy Victor Reed, who were on the train, one of the outlaws was shot, and, it is believed, killed. Daggett was badly wounded and is be- lieved to be dying. Reed was slightly wounded. The attempted robbery occurred | at Tagus, a small station eight miles north of this city. : One week ago Sheriff Merritt was in- formed that an attempt would be made to hold up northbound train 20 to-night. He at once made arrangements to give the would-be Tobbers a warm reception. To-night a posse of six was formed, four | of the number—Sheriff Merritt and Depu- | ties Russell, Hoply and Thomas—being sent by team to Tulare to board No. 20. To guard against . treachery Merritt also resolved to put a guard aboard the south- i bound train—No. 19. This guard was com- posed of Under Sheriff Daggett and Deputy Reed. Daggett and Reed boarded the train at They mounted the end of the tender, with their backs to the baggage- Goschen. car. According to Engineer Wrigh#’s story, when they arrived near Tagus, he faw a masked man clAmbaring' over the coal on the tender toward him with a revolver in each hand. He had no sooner discovered the robber than the latter espied the two officers lying in wait on the end of the tender. The masked man at once opened fire with both revolvers, and Daggett and Reed were hit. The two officers, though wounded, re- turned the fire, and the outlaw feil from the tender. Meanwhile another bandit attempted to board the engine, but when his companion was shot he jumped off. The engine was brought to a standstill, and while the wounded officers were looked after the train crew hurried back to where the shooting had occurred. A long trail of blood gave evidence that the outlaw had been badly wounded. The train came on to this city, and at 2 o’clock this morning a posse of officers left for the scene on a handcar. A messenger has been dispatched to Vi- salia to summon Hon. Alfred Daggett to the bedside of his son. Victor Reed says that the masked man, when he saw the officers, yelled: “Throw up your hands, — you.” Then the robber commenced to shoot. In the excitement Reed did not know he was shot and returned the fire. The bandit jumped straight into the air and fell over and off the coal bunker. T'he coal is satu- rated wizh blood. The doctors bave extracted the ball from Dagegett’s side. Itisarifle ball, 38 calibre. The officer has shown great nerve and coolness. Officer Harry Bernstein of Hanford and the Visalia correspondent of TuE CALL ar- rived justas the train pulled in and ren- dered assistance to the wounded men. The side of the tender is covered with blood. The Winchester of the robber was pickea up covered with blood. it R eiee EDISON'S CRANK . VISITOR. A Mysterious Young Man Walks From Nebraska to New York With a Grievance. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 18.—A young man who sasid his name was Burt Budgeon of Edison, Nebr., appeared at Thomas A. Edison’s laboratory in Orange yesterday and demanded an audience with the inventor. Edison has received many Jetters from Budgeon in the last few years. The young man said that eig!lt years ago Edison appropriated from him a patent- able idea relating to arc lights and hf|d made thousands of dollars from 1t, ‘VVhlle the real dizcoverer had received nothing. When Budgeon appeared he said that Mr, Edison had paid no attention to his letters, so he had walked all the way from Nebraska to collect his claim. His clothes and shoes were worn, his face was covered by a beard, his hair hung down his back and he bore evidences of teiling the truth regarding his long walk. He offered to compromise for $100. Edison’s private secretary, John Ran- olph, told Budgeon to call again in the afternoon. When the traveler came back £o keep the appointment a policeman was in readiness and arrested him. In the Police Court Justice Condit advised him to drop the claim. Budgeon finally agreed to this and was released on his promise to leave the State and go back to Nebraska. ARMENIA’S APPEAL FOR AID. Ten Thousand Dollars Cabled From New York Yesterday. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 18.—Spencer Trask, chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of the National Armenian Relief Committee, has given out the following: The International Armenian Relief Com- mittee has cabled the following: “All available funds exhausted. Thir- teen distributing centers calling for help. People perishing. What shall we answer?” In reply the National Armenian relief committee forwarded by cable to-day $10.000 through Brown Bros. & Co., New York, who are the authorized treasurers, and to whom all relief funds should be promptly sent. The needs and facilities for immediate and safe distribution are greater now than ever. Every dollar goes to the starving survivors of the massacres, whose supplies are exhausted and who are weakened by starvation, exposure and sickness. Thousands of them will perish nnless foreign aid is continued until new crops are harvested. BT RRONLY VERTED Officers Charge a Crowd in a Sweatshop District of Chicago. The First Outbreak of Violence in Con- nection With the Tailors’ Strike. CHICAGO, Irr., March 18.—The first outbreak of violence in connection with the tailors’ strike occurred this afternoon in the sweatshop district of Halsiead sweet. The arrival of & squad of police under command of Captain John Wheeler prevented a general riot between the strikers, non-union workers and sympa- thizers with the strikers. A large delega- tion from the Garment Workers’ Union man, at 486 Halstead street, shortly after | noon and tried to induce the non-union men to stop work until the strike was set- tled. The non-union men refused and the strikers became boisterous, when Kauff- man raised the front window of his shop and fired half a dozen shots into the crowd, causing wild excitement. No one was hit. The police guard at the factory sent in a riot call and the officers charged the in- ereasing crowd in a body. Kauffman and {three of nis employes were arrested, with several strikers. POWDER WORKS EXPLODE Five Men Are Killed and an Unknown Number Injured. All Leave Families—The Cause of the Disaster Will Never Be Known. KINGSTON, N. Y., March 18.— The Laflin & Kand Powder Works at Rifton exploded shortly after 11 o’clock to-day. ‘The upper glazer first exploded, setting off the dryhouse and wrecking the corning- mill, engine-house and lower glazer. Five men were killed and an unknown number hurt. The names of the killed are: John Jones, Solomon 8. Smalley, Elias Peter- son, Emery Decker, Naaman Decker. All leave families. The cause of the explosion will never be known. The works were destroyed in a similar manner in January, 1894, and were afterward rebuilt. They extended for half a mile along the Walkill Cre The loss will exceed $25,000. The works are seven miles from Kingston. The shock, how- ever, was felt strongly in this city and caused small panics in several factories where female help is employed. NCARKGUNS REBELLOK Three Important Points Captured by the Government Forces. Many Killed and Wounded and Large Quantities of Ammunition Left Behind. NEW YOR . Y., March 18.—The Herald to-morrow will print the following: PANAMA, Coromeia, March 18.—The Herald's correspondent in Managua, Ni tagua, telegraphs that the Government troops took three important points to-day. Matapa, which was occupied by 800 rebels under Generals Chevasa, Tallavera and Lopez, fell into the hands of the Govern- ment. The enemy left a large quantity of ammunition and many dead and wounded on the field. The rebels fled to Matagalpa. Ginotega el Vejo, a town three miles north of Chinandes, was taken by the Honduran troops without resistance. Pueblo Nuevo was also captured after a slizht skirmish, the enemy fleeing to Es- telli. Leon is virtuaily surrounded on all sides. A T GEEMANY'S NAVAL PLANS. Von Bieberstein Says a Limitless In- crease Is Not Considered, BERLIN, GernMany, March 18.—In the Reichstag to-day, Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking for the naval budget, repeated the assurances which he had given to the budget committee that nobody in the Gov- ernment was planning a limitless increase of the navy. He assured the Reichstag that the Government would always de- mand only what its needs justified, and he called at the sweaishop of Heyman Kauff- | “Hey, = there! Where are you going ?”’ felt sure that the Reichstag would give its consent. He was equally sure of the Reichstag’s and the Nation’s approval. Germany, he said, was allied with friendly powers, and must always be sufficiently strong and well armed on land and sea to be a safe guarantee of peace. FoLa AMERICANS ARE BARRED. Cannot Sit on the Anglo-Nicaraguan Commission. GREYTOWN, NicArRaGUA, March 4, via’ New Orleans, March 18.—Official proclama- tion is made in the Boletin de los Debats, the official journal, that a convention has been agreed upon between Lord Salisbury and the Salvadoran Minister in London, acting for Nicaragua, to *‘settle amicably the claims of divers British subjects for losses sustained by them on the Mosquito reserve.” It was supposed that with the payment of the $75,000 smart money to the British consular agent, Hatch, all further claims for damages had been dropped, but this seems not to be the case, The convention retains the words which were regarded as reflecting on the United States in the original demand. Article 1 provides for the appointment of the com- mission, which is to consist of a represen- tative of England (well versed in Spanish), a representative of Nicaragua (who knows well the English language) and a jurist not a citizen of any American State. This last shall be president of the commission. The commission is to meet at Bluefields as early as possible. Both Governments have ratifiea theconvention. e HUBBARD PLAN EXPLAINED, Proposed Methods of Liquidating the Central Pacific Debt. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—Gen- eral Hubbard, representing the hoidings of the Searles estate in the Central Pacific, presented to the House Pacific Railroads Committee this morning his plan for the settlement of the debt of the Central road to the Government. He explained his plan at lengtn, and compared it with that proposed by the Smith bill, pointing out the defects in the latter, which were reme- died by his plan. W. 8. Pierce, on behalf of the Union Pa- cific Company, proposed an extension of the Hubbard plan, providing for the or- ganization of a company to take the place of tne Union Pacific. Under the new com- pany the principal of the Government debt would be extingnished . as the sub- sidiary bonds matured on January 1, 1897, and January 1, 1899. The interest would be liquidated by the issue of fifty-year 2 per cent mortgage bonds. st s A Telephone and Telegraph Case. MADISON, Wis,, March 18.—A new question of interest to telephone and tele- graph companies, especially telephone companies opposed to the Bell monopoly, was decided to-day in the case of the Dane Telephone Company vs. the Western Union Telegraph Company by Judge Siebecker in the Circuit Court. The writ of man- damus asked by the telephone company to compel the Western Union to admit new telephones to its offices was denied. Itis believed the case will be taken to the Su- preme Court. - e 4 Colonel Ochiltree’s Iliness. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 18.—Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree of Texas is lying seriously ill at his home, 8 West Thirty- third street. He has been confined to his room for two days with a severe cold, and yesterday his illness took on an alarming turn. Last night his valet said that the colonel was not able to see any one and that the physicians ordered absolute rest. Ty\»(l)tphyuicians were in attendance last night. p i Sudden Death of George M. Storrs. CHI1CAGO, IrL.,, March 18.—George M. Storrs, the only son of the late Emory A. Storrs, the great lawyer, wit and orator, died suddenly last night of heart disease at his home here. He was born in New York and inherited many of his father’s traits and talents. Atter his parents died he became a journalist in New York and later held a Government post in Wash- ington. pL A Ex-Consul Waller Is Free. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—The statement published in La Patrie in Paris that ex-Consul Waller was still in prisonis denied by the authorities here, who state that not only had Embassador Eustis sent notice of his release, but aiso he had been heard from in London aud other places since his release. i A Brosius’ Bill Favored. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18.—The House Banking and Currency Committee | to-day ordered a favorable report on the Brosius bill gsrmimng the establishment of National banks in towns of 4000 inhabi- tants or under with a capital stock of $20,000. GARCIA ON THE WAY 70 CUBA The Veteran General Sails on the Filibustering Steamer Bermuda. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS TRICKED. Clever Strategy of the Managers of the Expedition—Success of a Former Venture. « PEPSER SOMERS POINT, N. J., March 18.— After three failures General Calixto Gar- cia is at last upon his way to Cuba to fight against the Spaniards. Together with sixty-two of his countrymen he was put aboard the steamship Bermuda off here this morning by a little passenger steamer from Atlantic City. The entire scheme was cleverly worked out. and the agentsof the Spanish Government are said to have been badly taken in. It is known that the members of the ex- pedition left Philadelphia in a rather open manner on Sunday night in a tug. To all interts and purposes, it was proclaimed from the housetops that their destination was the Delaware Breakwater and that it was from off here a steamer would be boarded for Cuba. It is presumed the Spanish officials had the tug followed when it left Philadelphia. The Cubans went upon this presumption at least, and dur- ing a fog on Monday afternoon their tug doubled and turned up the Delaware Bay and river to Camden, arriving there Mon- day evening. The party at once boarded a special train, which landed them at Tuckahoe. The Cubans boarded the steamboat Atlan- tic City, which was waiting for them. The Atlantic is used for summer traffic at the seashore resort of that name. It has been out of commission for several months. On Monday last the Atlantic City took out papers of inspection from the custom- house, for.the purpose, as supposed by the customs officials, of putting’her into tem- porary commission, as it was known cer- tain parties had been negotiating to pur- chase her. The Atlantic City left Tuckahoe at 6 A. n. yesterday and steamed to. Ocean City, where she lay ali night. While the Atlan- tic City was at Tuckahoe and Ocean City, none of the Cubans were visible on deck, but this morning, when the whistle of the Bermuda attracted people along the coast, the concealed men came on deck and gave cheer after cheer as the Atlantic City started out to meet the arms-laden steamer. Beyond the three-mile limit, the transfer of the Cubans to the Bermuda took place, and the steamer then proceeded on her way. . The Custom-house officials were canght napping, and could do nothing to hinder the transfer of the men. They at once, however, communicated with the authori- ties at Wasnington. R. H. Ingersoll, secretary of the com- pany which owns the Atlantic City, says that the steamer was put into commission only for the purpose of giving her a trial trip for the bedefit of her intended pur- chasers. RS ARMS AND MEN LANDED. Success of a Filibustering Expedition to the Island. JACKSON, FrA., March 18.—A special to the Times-Union from Key West, Fla.,says: The steamer Three Friends of Jackson- ville, in command of Captain Napoleon B. Broward, arrived here at noon to-day, having succeeded in landing in Cuba Gen- eral Enrique Collazo, Major-General Her- nandez and Duke Estrada, besides fifty- four men taken off the schooner Ardel, from Tampa, and the entire cargo of arms and ammunition of the schooner Mallory from Cedar Keys. It was by Jong odds the most important expedition that has set out from this coun- try, and the Cubans here, when they learned that the Three Friends had safely fulfilled her mission, shouted *Viva la Cuba’ until they were hoarse. They de- clared that it would: change the charact r ‘ot the whole-war, -as the unarmed men would now be armed and those without ammunition would be supplied and that Maceo, who has been wary and cautious, would be more aggressive than he had ever been before. The cargo of arms landed by the Three Friends and Mallory was as follows: Seven hundred and fitty thousand rounds of cartridges, 1400 rifles, 1200 machetes, 400 revolvers, besides reloading tools, etc. The Three Friends met the Mallory at the Alligator Key. The Ardell had just finished transferring the men to her. While they were rendezvousing there be- hind the pines in a deep creek three big Spanish meh-of-war steamed slowly by, but they did not discover that there was anything suspicious-looking in shore, al- though with a glass men could be seen in their lookouts scanning the horizon as well as searching the shore. On Sunday, about noon, no.vessels being in sight, the Three Friends took in tow the Mallory and steamed southward under a good head of steam. The Three Friends is a powerful tug, and- by Monday night was close enough to the Ouban shore to hear the breakers.. Several ship lights to the ‘wedt were seen; one of which was evidently a Spanish man-of-war, for it had a search- light at its bows, and was sweeping the ‘waves with it, but the Three Friends wasa long way off and bad no light, and so was out of reach of the Spaniards. P At 10’clock that night by aid of a naph- tha launch and two big surf boats which had been taken out of Jacksonville the Three Friends landed men and ammunition from her hold and that of the Mallory. It took four and a half hours to complete the job. There were hundreds of men on the shore to assist, and they did it silently, appreciating the peril of the undertaking. The Cubans on shore recognized Gen- eral Enrique Callazo ymmediately, and no words can describe their joy upon seeing him. Heisa veteran of Cuban wars and is one whom Spain fears. In fact, it is a known - fact that during his sojourn in Florida he has been shadowed by detec- tives, who have been instructed to spare no expense to keep Collazo from reaching Cuba. ‘When it was whispered that Collazo was really among them they seemed not to believe their ears, but came forward and looked, and seeing that there was really no mistake they threw up their arms and wept. Major Hernandez and Duke Es- trada were also enthusiastically welcomed. It was reported to-night that Maceo has received the arms of the first expedition that set forth three days before the Three Friends landed. These were not from the Commodore, for they reported that they were on the lookout for that vessel. On Tuesday morning, as the Three Friends was returning, it sighted a steamer that answered the description of the Commodore. It was headed south- ward and pushing along apparently at the rate of fifteen knots an hour. This vessel has an engine capable of driving a ship twice its size, and has a speed of seventeen knots an bour. ¢ General Collazo, Major Hernandez and Duke Estrada left Tampa on March 4 and reached Jacksonville the next day. They intended to leave on the night of March 5, but their departure was delayed on account of the capture of the Mallory until the 12th. After the release the Mal- lory sailed with a part of the arms seized at Cedar Key last fall, some on an island, some in a house and some that had been jettisoned and had been released through the efforts of H. 8. Rubens, general coun- sel for the Cubans. The schooner Ardell left Tampa the same night with fifty-four men and Brig- adier-General Vasquez, a brother-in-law of General Collazo. Five tons of the Mallory’s arms and am- munition were taken from her at Tampa and shipped to Jacksonville in a sealed car with instructions not to open until called for. When the car arrived in Jacksonville one of the clerks of the railroad, not knowing the orders, opened the car and unloaded it in the freight depot of the Florida Central and Pensacola Railroad, and this discovery led to all sorts of rumors. It was known that the boxes contained arms, as they were heavy and were labeled “'Colts Fire- arms Company.” They were promptly removed to the warehouse of Wightman & Christopher, the junior member of which firm, who is known® here as the president of the Friends of Cuba Club of Jacksonville. The arms remained in the warehouse until the night of the 12th inst. 3 Meanwhile the Mallory sailed from Tampa with the remainder of the cargo to Alligator Key, the appointed rendezvous. Allizator Key is about 100 miles south of Biscayne Bay. It is a port of the Florida reef and being well wooded is an excellent place for the purpose. There the Mallory was joined by the Ardell, where the two waited for the Three Friends. This vessel left the dock of the Alabama Coal Com- pany in Jacksonville on the night of the 12th inst. and proceeded to dock in the rear of Kohn, Furchgot & Co., where a lifeboat was taken on board. At 9 o’clock it proceeded to the Wight- man and Christopher Dock, where it loaded with arms, ammunition and dynamite. At 10 o’clock it sailed for the mouth of the river. Itstopped at Buckis Mill on the way and took on General Collazo and his party and A. W. Barrs, who had.driven out in carriages from the residence of J. M. Barrs. At this point a large naphtha launch was taken on, as well as two large iron surfboats to be used in landing the arms, etc. At daylight on the 13th the vessel pro- ceeded down the coast with N. B. Broward at the wheel. It arrived at Alligator Key Sunday morning, and then took in tow the Mallory. The Cubans on shore estimate that if the other two land they will have 2,000,000 rounds of cartridges. They say that when Gomez was before Havana with 2500 armed men he had only 800 rounds of ammunition, or a third ofa cartridge to each man. The Times-Union correspondent has told all of the facts with the exception of the place of landing, which it is in honor bound not to reveal RETURNS T0 SANTA CRUZ Myrtle Castella Decides That She Will Not Become an Actress. Prevaricates Slightly in Describing Her Wanderings Since Run- ning Away. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., March 18.—Myrtle Castella, the 15-year-old girl who ran away to become an actress, put an ena to her parents’ anxiety to-day by coming home. She arrived ot the noon train much 'to everybody’s surprise, as her brother, Fowler, was in San Francisco searching for her. Myrtle Jaughed when questioned about her trip and answered all questions, but her replies contradicted many facts. She denied having been in San Francisco after the 7th of March, declaring that she left Santa Cruz on the 6th and was visiting a Mrs. Shaubusgh on H street, Sacramento, during her absence. She insisted she had never written the letters to her brother bearing the signature “Myrtle Curtice,” and said some one had Jied about her. n the letters to her father and brother, coming from 425 Kearny street, San Fran- cisco, the girl had mentioned a friend named *“Jim,” A letter received in_this eity to-night from-Fowler Castelia said he bad found “Jim,” who had seen Myrtle on March 10, and that others had seen her later. The girl may be sent to a reform school. Sl g PLANS FOR THE WATER FETE. Construction of the Monster Dam Will Be Commenced at Once. SANTA CRUZ, CAL., March 18.—The di- rectors of the Carnival Association got down t6 hard work at their meeting this evening. W.H. Lamb, S.J. Strauss and A.J. Hinds, the committee appointed by a special meeting of the board Monday night to confer with the merchants in re- gard to their subscriptions, reported fa- vorably. The Merchants’ Association was heartily in favor of a carnival, and prom- ised to back the project heartily. It was definitely decided to call the affair the Santa Cruz Venetian Water Carnival, and to adopt the white and yellow colors of last vear. The dates setare June 17, 18, 19 and 20, en.ding on Saturday night with a masquerade and a general “‘high jinks.” The mechanical work is to befimshed rapidly and men are to begin on Monday to build the dam. the forts of the G. A. R. and the landings of the naval reserves for the land and water engagement and a cas- tle with the Queen’s throne on the oppo- site side of the San Lorenzo River. General J. H. Russell, Colonel W. D. Kingsbury and Colonel A. W. Taylor, of the Boys' Brigade, appeared before the meeting, asking thata sum be raised and privileges be given to enable two regiments of the Church Militant to camp in Santa Cruz a week in July. The matter was taken under advisement and will undoubt- edly be decided favorably. st FATE OF A CHICKEN THIEF. Long Term for a Man Who Robbed Hen- roosts and Wore Fine Clothes. SANTA CRUZ, CAL.,, March 18.—H. C. Vickery, the chicken thief, pleaded guilty before Judge Logan in the Superior Court this afternoon, and was sentenced to three years in San Quentin. Sheriff Besse will leave to-morrow for that penitentiary with his prisoner in charge. Vickery lived in Santa Cruz for many months, posing as a physician, although he made no pretense at practicing. e dressed styhshly, wearing gloves, silk hat and well-cut suits. A short time ago he moved out of town, ostensibly to raise chickens. His chicken-yards were well stocked with the fowls he stole all over town. When he heard of hisimpending arrest he escaped to San Jose, where he was subsequently found by the officers and brought back. SO Dismissed the Suits. SANTA CRUZ, Can., March 18.—Five heavy suits against the Santa Cruz Elec- tric Light and Power Company and James McNeil were dismissed to-day in the Su- perior Court at the request of the plaint- iffs, F. W. Swanton, A. P. Swanton and E. C. Lilly. Some $20.000 were invoived in the tive suits, and an amicable settlement was reached by the Swantons and Lilly selling their shares to McNeil. gl > Ly Disturbancrs at Beyreuth. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEy, March 18.—1It is reported that disturbances have occurred at Beyreuth, where 15,000 Chris- tians paraded the streets and warned the Moslems to defend themseives. The Sultan telegraphed to Vali instructing him to preserve order. P S48 Flowers on ltioters’ Graves. BERLIN, GerMANY, March 18.—Thou- sands of socialists went to Friedrichsain to-day to place flowers on the graves of the men killed in the rioting which oc- curred in the revolution of 1848, aaatolit ey Yacht Cup From Emperor William. LONDON, Ex6.; March 18.—The German Emperor has sent to the Royal Yacht Squadron a cup to be competed for in the races of the Cowes regatta which will take place in August, SPANISH ARMY DRIVEN BACK, Maceo and Bandera Win a Pitched Battle at Candelaria. TWO HOURS OF STRIFE. Rebels Charge With Machetes and Engage in a Hand-to- Hand Struggle, REGULARS SUFFER HEAVY L0SS Three Gallant Attacks Made Before the Cubans Carry the Spanish Position. HAVANA, Cusa, March 18.—News has been received here of an important battle which was fouzht on Monday in the vicin- ity of Candelaria, in the Province of Pinar del Rio. The Government troops were unable to drive the insurgents back and retired from their positions with con- siderable loss. The Spanish forces were commanded by General Linares and Ooionels Inclan and Hernandez and the rebel forces by Maceo and Bandera. The fight was begun on a line parallel with the roadway. The Span- ish forces deployed the Tarifa Battalion, a section of the Victoria Cavalry ana a de- tachment of artillery forming the van- guard, and opened fire upon the enemy. The rebels returned the fire, and at the same time made an attack upon the rear guard of the Spaniards, completely encir- cling their column. Having entirely surrounded the Govern- ment troops the insurgents advanced upon the artillerymen with machetes. The latter made a vigorous resistance, using muskets and grenades with such effect as to check for a time the enemy’s advance; but with re-enforcements a second charge was made by the insurgents anda hand- to-hand engagement ensued. The battle terminated with a bayonet charge. After a hot fight lasting two hours, the Span- iards were defeated, losing many killed and wounded. It was the intention of the enemy to prevent Colonel Inclan from proceeding to Candelaria. The official report of the fight says the insurgents suffered a tremendous loss. The Spaniards lost “two captéinsand five pri- vates killed, and one lieutenant, four ser- geants and fifty-four soldiers wounded. General Linares arrived at Caldelaria an hour after the conclusion of the engage- ment, when he reported: his share in the battle. Heliographic communication was inter« rupted yesterday. The rebels have burned all .but fifteen houses in San Antonia delas Vegas, in the province of Havana. g —_—— CLAIM A VICTORY. The Battle of Candelaria as Reported at Madrid. MADRID, Spary, March 18.—A special to the Imparcial from Havana says the fight near Candelaria, in the western province, was the most severe that has taken place for some time. Theinsurgents, 4000 strong, made a dashing attack upon the Spanish artillery, completely surround- ing them and maintaining thelr position until their lines were broken by grape- shot. They were eventually dislodged at the point of the bayonet. The rebels, who were commanded by Maceo, suffered severe losses. The Government troops lost eleven killed and sixty-two wounded. Spanish troops are in pursuit of the rebels. MEATS MUST BE MARKED. Second Reading of Mildmay's Bill Voted in the English House of Commons. LONDON, E~G., March 18.—In the House of Commons to-day F. B. Mildmay, Liberal Unionist, introduced a bill to com- pel sellers of meats to place marks upon foreign and colonial meats which would distinguish them from domestic meats, and also- indicate which was foreign and which colonial. James P. Smith, Liberal Unionist, moved the rejection of the bill. He agreed with the provisions of the measure in so far as it related to the marking of foreign meats, but was strongly opposed to mark- ing meats which had been imported alive and slaughtered at the port of landing. The English and Irish agricultural mem- bers supported the bill, but the Scotch members were mostly opposed to it. Right Hon. Charles R. T. Ritchie, Presidentof the Board of Trade, speaking on behalf of tha Government, thought that the bill as in- troduced was unworkable, and suggested its reference to a select committee. Mildmay's bill was read a second time by a vote of 239 to82. The measure in- ciudes the marking of foreign and colonial cheese and butter as well as meats. ke STRANGLED TO DEATH. Clumsy Execution of Two Murderers in @ Texas Town. BRENHAM, Tex., March 18.—Clem Strautbers, who murdered Louis Peter last November, and Buck Chappell, who murdered Mrs. Dora Emshoff December 18, 1895, were both hanged at Belleville to- day. The drop fell at 12:55. Neither neck was broken and both died by strangula- tion. They were cut down tweive minutes aiter the drop fell. Strauther confessed hus crime, but Chappell declared his inno- cence to the last. g Charged With Smuggling Diamonds, PHILADELPHIA, PA., March 18.—Here man Keck, a member of the firm of Codes= man, Heinrick, Keck & Col, diamond brokers of Cincinnati, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Bell to-day on the charge of being implicated in smug- gling diamonds into the country. After the case had been argued at length, Keek was held in $3000 bail for court.