The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1897, Page 1

= [ SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 1897. “ PRICE FIVE CENTS VICTOR VOLUME LXXXIL—NO. 24. ACH POINTS TO FLAWS IN 24, o 0. 108, THE WESTERN unmqmnnmn ——— (NCORPORATED 3 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. __ CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. Fhls Compacy THANSOITS and DELIVERS, 08 conditions it kn by, which hae bees e 10y g somderof COMPANY. | | o e ey o e Tk 10 e g bt (0 oo, Ad o A i e et i G ey o e et Moo, Loyt koot s B e or o e STk et = g R ki EATED MESS) P, 3 4 ) FIGELS TALE Hoffman Was in Sacramento on the Date of the $9500 NO ARREST TO BE MADE FOR| R eceipt. THE PRESENT. Heavy Additional Defalcations Brought to Light-—Joseph’s Remarkable Con- versation With the Book- keeper. There was a grand climax at the Hoff- | man inquest yesterday. More sensational testimony was developed than at all the previous sessions put together. Attorney Ach on the day previous had | promised something of a sensational char- aoter, and he more than fulfilled expecta- tions. He flatly contradicted the sworn testimony of Theodore A. Figel by incon- trovertible evidence on a most material point. he produced and read telegrar SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 22, 1897. Rothehild & Ach, San Francisco: I Hoffman registered the night of May 17 and leit the afternoon of 18th. GOLDEN EAGLE HOTEL, Henry Wiener, a drummer for a local firm, was also produced, who swore 1o secing soffman in Sacramento on the the following SAID A CLERKS DISHONE: METHODS GENTLEMEN OF THEJURY " TTY ACH. Rothchild and Ash, I. Hoffman registered the night of May 17 end left the afterncon of 18. Golden Eagle Fotel. || Standara Time. 0 -SF- oo otoen e e ¢ e by ot of O e o 30 condiions s et I THOS. T. EGKERT. brasdent and c%.. Manager. | RECEIVED &t 8an Francisco, Gaia. S. 103 M. Hy. 17 Collect. 1:2§/p Saoramento,Cal .June.22 '97, FATIGUED The Jubilee Excitement Telling Upon Her Majesty. BUT HER SUBJECTS ARE TIRELESS. Peers and Commoners Pay a Visit to Buckingham Palace. A CEREMONY OF UNUSUAL INTEREST. Events of a Day In Which Ten Thousand School Chlidren Play a Part. LONDON, Exc., June 23.—This day was one of the most fatiguing for the Queen, the official programme demanding the re- ception of several distinguished bodies of official personages and the reception ad- dresses at Slough, Eion and Windsor. The chief event of the day and one of the most interesting of the entire week was the preseniation to the Queen of a con- gratu'atory address by both houses of Parliament, which occurred at Bucking- ham Palace this morning. Nearly half a century has passed since 3 fied i iti ing of the 18th of May. Hestated the House of Commons visited the Figel testified in the most positive man- | ™™ e ner on Tuesday that he nm'; partly writ- | that Hoffman toid him he had an ap- sovereign in a body, the last occasion being ten the receipt for $9500 on May pointment to show samples to some | the presentation of an address acknowl- that it had been signed by Isa. one of the firm of the Weinstock-Lubin edging the reception of the Queen’s on the same day. Ach, by the produe- tion of & telegram, showed that Hoffman | was not at his place of business on tbe | 18th of May. That there may be no doubt of the char- acter and language of the testimony given by the young bookkeeper on this vital point a transcript of his testimony was ob- | Company during the afternoon of that day. It was learned Inter from other sources that Hoffman had taken the 5:10 P. M. train from Sscramento on the 18ih in and arrived here about 8:45 P. M. He did not go to his place of business, but went direct home, where he arrived asked him what he did with the receipt. said: “I put it in the iton safe for about five message announcing the declaration of war against Russia, and not since the early forties, when addresses were made congratulating the Queen on the failure of attempts at assassination, has she received the two houses together. There were brief formalities at West- minster to-day, the two houses meeting | | % - tained from the official shorthand re- | about 9 P. M. then'Iput it in the Safe Deposit vaults :::“ t : to;:;l ag:{;u‘;xl:::m.nic ba::g vorter of the Coroner. That which bears | In the course of his testimony Ach | leftiL there lor two daye, then took it out and iz oi’Lm_d! a m‘ an}; n m’ on the receipt is herewitn given: | swore that Figel bad misappropriated | Sarried i€ 1n my pocke: for abony o1 3 our in the “Will you state tha . ots loading up 1o the and Mr. Gellert asked me if I had a receipt large sums of remitted money other than Now, geotlemen of tne jury. 1 wish to call that date. House of Commons that the Queen would room of the palice, and afier a brief de- o1 this recel ed O Ha | - your uilen ti 0 the fact thai Figel testified be pleased to receive the two houses, they 1 g s Te erked Coroner Haw- | those thst have heretofore been made ;H""fl_, ‘thet My. Hoffman signed that re | | proceeded in stately procession to the pa e - i 5 e = public. [He aiso testified that Figel had | T00T% The 18th of May. 1 have here a tele- | Nriclé: e g Well.” aaid Figel, “1 told Ar. Gellert that | misappropriated checks for large amounts | gram from the Golden Eagle Hotel stating that | | ace. ere they assembled in the ball- Hoffman had drawn quite a sum of mon- | ;01\, heen signed by E. 8. Rothebild, §ir. Hoftman was stopping ac tnat place on | ‘ or it, and that is the first time 1 ever thought g ng a receipt.”” re was this receipt given?” the store.” *Was anybody present?” Yes, the office employes were there.’” “Did they know of this?” Atwhat time? At the time he gave me the | to be appied 1o the payment of no owed by the firm to the London, Paris and American Bank. These defalcations, as Ach calls them, were made prior to March 9, the date of Rothchild’s departure for the East and while Hoffman was absent from the City. Chief Lees came i for a sarcastic refer- | The witness displayed the telegram as “ follows: BACRAMENTO, June 22, 1897, | 1. Hoffman registered the nightor May 17, | and left the alterncou of May 18. | Golden Zagle Hotel. This created a distinct sensation. The witness resumed: his own affairs, put he stopped me saying that lay the doors were thrown open and the { announcement made that her Majesty wes prepared to give them audience: Theretuvon the Lord Chancellor and the Speaker of the House of Commons ad- vunced side by side to the throne, each followed by the members of his own Aiter the Parliamentary ceremony the House. Lord Chancelior Salisbury kneit i receipt—that Mr. Hoffman gave me the re- = g 1ou see, gentiemen, Mr. Hoffman was not | ¥ at the foot of the throne and read the ad- | ence. Ach said that whenever anything | day that Figel says h Z - I ceipt iu the City on the day that gel says he B : s Resn ofa damaging character to Figel came up | signed it receipt. During e nervier WHAT A DAY BROUGHT FORTH IN THE HOFFMAN CASE. dress there on his knees. ! “Idon’t really remember whether Itold Mr, | the latter went 10 the Chief, whom Ach | F¢ierred to 1 began to question Figel about | Gellert at that time or not. What time of the dey was it that he gave it you?"” dubbed “Counsel Lees i and made explanations, which the Chief always informed the newspaper men were 1 bad no right o do so. | 1then asked Figel why he came back to the | store on the evening of the murder, and he recelved by Heftman, Rothehild & Co. on May 2 for $280 It was a draft on the Angl SPAN thirty-five Spanish soidiers and one lieu- Queen received in the same manner the mayors and provosts of provinces and 3 ; tenant captured. The rest fled in dis- | chairmen of county councils, who after- x et s : y said 1t was to get small bottle of 10k, of | California Bank, Mmited. it was not credired S H . Flbwass 1 Slak ratier late o, the alier | Satistaciory 1o Bini, which, he said, they had samyles from deal- | to them and whs deposized by Figel in the order. ward were entertained at a luncheonin | -2 8 | _ B. Josenh aded to tiie sensations of the | &% a3 3. Hoftman wanted the books writica | Fiest Natlonal Tauk 10 his owd credt on diay A few minutes after the engagement | the palace. They were attired in lcvee “0n whi s - Upin one kina of ink; the door was opene The firm name was indorsed by Fige iy s thirty. | dress, consisting of black knicker “May 18 session when he testified he consented to | \iih o key, he said. He saw Mr. Hofiman | withou: authority. and a feesipe which s was over Monteagudo hanged his thirty- -y b, 5 S o u say you remember the date of the re- fay 18.” Mr. Figel, when you made out this receipt, did you place the name o1 Hoffman, Rothehild & Co. there?” L at that time, no, s ““When did you the receipt 2"’ “May 18." May 18, at what time?" “I think it was—I don’t really know the e of the day, but I think it was late in the noon.” first start write af testify for Figel that he had seen Hofl- man sign the $3500 check. He explained that he at first refused to do so, bu: when Fige! walked behind his chair it made bim feel “'not very comfortable,” intimat- |ing that he teared personal injury from the bookkeeper. Most of the checks and drafts which | Figel had wrovgly deposited to his own | credit in bank were indorsed with the £rm name by him. E. 8. Rotbcehild testi- fied that he had no authority to sign the name of Hoffman, Rothehild & Co. It is | there and taiked with him about ten minutes on business matters; he (Figel) leit about twenty minutes o1 6. Now I hand vou the cashbooks which he | seid he took hame that night. Taose marked Tuesday, Thursday and Saiurday are in the handwritiog of Mr. Geliert, and the writing in it is in red and biack ink and lead pencil. Tre other marked Monday, Wednesday and Friday is in that of Figel, and the last entry in | the book is in lewd pencil. 1 hand you the checkbook, the stubs of which you will see | bear the handwriting of Figel. 1 reporied this interview to the Chief of | Police, and asked Mr. Boben to remember it, but he said he knew nothing about book tigures. 1 went to the First National d looked over Figel's sccounts and found a ank not covied, was sént by him to Gilman. On May 13 the firm received from Hale Bros. Petaluma, 8 check for %277 60, which wi treated exactly like the Gisman check, depos- | ited by Figel (o his own credit. ived end so caarged on the buoks. | Figel took the draft 1o his own bank and de- | posited there to his own credit. On the 19th | he drewa check on tho firm 10 the same | amount. This a double shot. | In April C. P. Bishop sent & mmmmu, 01 $466 95, Figel's receipt for the amount s | here, but they were not credited with the | smount. Another remittance was received | | from the same firm in March for $205 71 which | was treated ir: the same way. the bank | draft on the Anglo-California Bank | SOLDIERS HANGD | ix prisoners on the spot. *1f you don't treat us as belligerents,” he wrote again to the Spanish commander at Santa Clara, “and if you continue to murder our prisoners we will treat you as bandits.” This is the beginning of the terrible re- taliation which Weyler's methods have provoked and which will soon extend toall the provinces. Spaniards are not showing any signs of being deterred from their barbarous work. This morning Tomas Amores, Antonio Jordan and Isidro Car- and siockings, black velvet coats with steel buttons, black-plumed hats and swords. Later her Majesty inspected the Ycomen of the Guard. The Queen left the palace soon after 4:30 P. M. to-day, returning to Paddington railroad station by the same route as was followed on her arrival and in semi-state. Her Majesty was greeted with the same enthusiasm. There was a pretty sight on Constitution Hill, near ihe palace, where, in grand stands used to view the proces- sion yesterday, 10,000 children from the On April 30, again, he charged s i - o ¢ - Ci 5 “Did anybody see you writing the receipt?” | ciaimed for this reason that the bank | creditin the amount of $3500 on April 7, | with a deposit 04;4;1';;, which does not sppear Weyler’'s Butcheries on mom; were shot in the Labnlnu Kortress, :’::;‘;;:S ‘%3::]‘:(”‘“(’““::‘:’00]"’ %;:3;;‘1‘; “] don’t really know whether they saw me, @ which has beeu referred to; that a check for | in the account at the bank | . ““for having helped” the revolution, which J S iz but 1 EHep RO over t my asek, T sup. | LT FiRck deposited thess dratts will | SUSH RSN T o .| " May 17 there was rece.ved from the Board the Island Repaid SRRk Bored destt et schools and Jewish schools were inspected i S o il * © ®UP"| bave 10 make them good to the Hrm if | jowph. The indorsement was of Trrde 5 through the Angio-Caliior- e o e el doh b ueTely Uscaube “How much of ths receipt did you te the first time 2" May 18, $9500—at vari ninety-five hundred doliars * “Did Mr. Hoffmun sign it then ?” ““He signed it und asked me why the name was not in.”’ ““Tiis space (indicating where the firm name sppears) was b.ank?’ “This space was blank; yes, sir.” ““When did you fill it in?"" I think vn the following day, on the 19th.” After the witness had testified toa num- ber of other matters e was led back to w times— Figel does notdo so. And Josepn, for the same reason, will have to refund the!tirm's | moneys that were wiongfully deposi.ed to uis credit by Figel. In a statement read by Alfred Meyer- stein it was shown that Hoffman for sev- eral months past had intended to have the books of the firm experted, owing to his knowledge of the betting proclivities of his bookkeeper. There was a rumor current last night that Figel had called at the office of the Chief of Police to surrender himself, on the advice of his attorneys. When the | per Figel. | "7 asked the receiving teller of the bank if he noticed Figel’s demeanor at the time he made the devosit, and he said he was excited; he asked the cashier if he had noticed the littie bookkeeper’s excitement. On the 5th of June Mr. Joseph came to my office in response 10 & request, and he told me thatFigel had visited bim at his house on the 3d of June; that they had walked_together in a little park near ihe house; that Figel said to bim: “I want you to do me a favor, but I am afraid you won’t do it.” “Why not? What is it?” saia Mr. Joseph. “Well,” said Figel, *'I want you 10 say that ied & check for Mr. Hoffmaa on April 500. Mr Joseph declined to do this. nia Benk, which was fndorses 10 the order of Theodore A. Figel,” and’ de- | posited in the First Natiogal Bank. to his | | credit. Ou the 19th of May, afier Mr. Hoffman | returned, this amount was charged as being | paid to the Board of Trade, 5o tnat the firm | not only was robbed o: the &mount in the first | vlace, but was charged with its outlay, mak- ing a'double loss. While Mr. Hoffman was in New York and Mr. Rothchild was here attending to the busi- ness Figel deposited in his own name in the First Natioual Bank cbecks signed with the name of Rothehild for $1500. 1 would call your attentivn to this, as it has never been charged, even by Figel, that Roth- child was misappropriating the firm’s money | or that be ever sct fire to the building. This | was on the 224 of Jaouary and Mr. Hoffman | In Kind. THIRTY-SIX DIE BY THE NOOSE. Men Captured in Battle Exe- cuted at Once Without Trial. of their sympathy for the Cubans. The | three men had not taken up arms against | Spain, but were arrested while peacefully eugaged in their vocations at home. At Trinidad over 400, ,hundred peaceful coun- trymen have been concentrated by order of Weyler. They were driver: to the town in an awful condition of misery by the column of General Prats. Weyler gave strict orders not to allow them 10 seek any food outside the town. La Lucha publishes to-day another bit- ter editorial against Consul-General Lee, who is said by that newspaver to be a by her Majesty. Each child wore a special medal and ared badge and the teachers wore blue badges and white dresses. All the children were dressed in their Sun iay best and presented a very pretty picture. On the arrival of the Queen the children joined in singing the.national anthem, led by a band, with a heartiness and fresh- ness never surpassed. The Marquis of Londonderry, as chairman, presented her Majesty an address in behalf of the school board. The Bishop of London and others did the same in behalf of the other school bodies. Among the members of the coms o " A S et v Yo 2 T i i i ittee present were Cardinal Vaughan . Chiel was questioned about this he pro- | I then sentatonce for Chiefof Police Lees | arrived irom New York on the 24th. These | dunce, maliciously acting against the | ™il : i wing wi g s f t evidence | checks were t the London, P = ish. Thi 4 i d thschild. There was a great the receipt, and the following was the re- | ;0u1c.d the report 10 be absurd. and told bim that [had importan evidence | checks were through the London, Paris and Spanish. Th e and an earlier one | and Baron Rothschil er g sait: Now, Mr. Figel, when you made out | this receipt are you positive that you got Ixasc Hoffnan to sign it on the 18th day of May ? He explained that Figel haa called last night with Henry Eichoff, one of his atiorneys, to get the receipt in order to submit 1t toan expert. The Chief referred | him to the Coroner, in whose possession pointing to murder or suicide. what I had lesrned, and Mr. Heyneman, his s c- retary, took down the siatement. Mr. Joseph stated that he d'd not know the amount that Figel had deposited. 1learned afterward that the Chief had got- | ton some expianstion of the 3,500 and 1| American Bank, and there were no payments creditea through that bank batween the 21st and the 26th. The cueck 1or $1500 was drawn against buls pay. bie. Ou February 15, 1897, there was a draft charged o the order o1 the Lonaon, Paris American Bank for $1000, signed by Ed: GENERAL GOMIZ RESOLVES TO RETALIATE. in Diario de Ja Marina, in which Lee's conduet was said to be *'‘dangerous for his personal safety” if he continued to anger Spaniards, was directly inspired by Wey- burst of cheering as the Queen left. Per- fect weather prevailed. The final épisode of the procress was at the castle gates, wiere the addresses from Wel f: Hecti b d herefused 1o tell | &. Rotliehild, whieh the bank did not ler, before the lafter left Havana yester- | the Windsor bodies were n::ieivm;’ As ““Well, as far as my recollection goes, < ol asked him what it wasand herefused o tell me. | 5. Rothichild, which the bap not receive. = R g ared at the en- yes, air.” | he thought it was as an exhibit. 1told him that I was in this thing workiag 1o | On March 1 {here was unother charge o §1500 | Prisoners Taken by the Insurgents | 48Y- Weyles and his friends hope the | the Queen’s et n ol s ] et e nndke Aib ondey Hnks e While the Chief admitted that the eyi- | diecover the truth hltgfi,lnweu of Inckl:‘rm i? the bank, nhhu. w.; not N";‘ and on H frer Will be Treated campaign through the press against Lee | tracce to her nomcl e n-bxo:;w hem 5 ok - | and of the estate an not tuink anythin arch 8 still anoher in the sum of $1500. ereafter e Treate vill i dean ini was chanted in welcome voices. petty cashbook on the 18th day of | dence introduced by Ach, if it could not | shoujd be kept Izom me. BUll herefuscd. | - On tho Dih ‘or M sre will induce the American administration o = May ?’ “30 far as my recollection carries mo, | | be refuted, m zht prove embezziement, it The witness here asked the Chief, who h Mr. Rothehud left for New York. On the 10th another check for as Bandlts. to recall him. Lee pays no attention to The day’s festivities were brought to an 1 o W $1500 was chargel fo the bank, but not paid, these attacks, and is not disturbed in the | end by an illumination of the palace. res, sir i "°“:," “”}f“l"" that Figel was guilty of | was sitting next the Coroner af 1is de=k, | Lut a charge of $2000 was puic. i least by the thrents of the newspaper-. | The illuminations in the city were re- “Now, Mr. Figel, is this the same day | D urder. e had no idea of taking him | for certain deposit slips of Figel’s and pre- | On the 11th & cueck for $1500 w deposited hat you got tue receipt that you made his entry 2" «*L think it was, yes, the same day." All these apparently insignificant ques- 's were prompied by Ach. At times Coroner became somewbat impatient inio custody, but was ready to perform his duty if any body swore to a complaint against the suspected man. S A 1 THE TESTIMONY. sented in close succession a long series of checks and memoranda of moneys re- | ceived by the firm of Hoffman, Rotbehild | & To., and whether not crediied on the | books or, 1nstead, placed to his own indi- vidual credit at the Frst National Bank as | he stated then the account ran. by Figel 10 his own credit n tue First Nutional Bunk. Several of the chiecks paid by the Lon- don, Paris and American Bauk are missing. The witness stated that Figel had owed Mr. joseph $i000 on a note for more than & year, which he had taken up since the death of Mr. Hoffman. HAVANA, Cusa, June 23.—Cuban Gen- eral Chucho Monteagudo has begun to take retaliatory measures against the Spaniards for outrages committed by their guerrilla forces in Santa Clara province. Monteagudo, for more than three months, In Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio provinces the insurgents are showing great activity. On an averaze of forty en- ~agements a day have been fought with Spanish columns. The provisions of the Cuban army, which were scarce last month, are npw plentiful. Stores in the swamp of Zspata abound with food and peated to-night. Notwithstanding the fact that large numbers of persons left to- day the crowds to-night are larger and noisier than yesterday. This is explained by the fact that thousands who were de- terred yesterday from going into the streets for fear of being crushed turned what he considered were mere repeil- | Ach and Joseph Tell Important |, 05 Marca 23, 1807, the firm recelved fram | _He now stated thatan envelope, rough- | has been asking permission from Gomes | ammunition. ont to-day in full force. 15 and wan ed to know the motive of Storles Before the Coroner’s | M e kel of Merced & remitiance Sams oy | 17 torn open, addressed to Figel, had been | i retatiate, on the ground the humane —— R a in asking them, but Ach simply per- ted, without offering any expianation. Jury. Edwara S. Rothehild of the firm of in the same writing Figel charges the bank with $1600, other moneys having come in, The bankbook was balanced on the 26th of found among the papers and in’ the pres- ence of Chief Lees it had been sealed up. He now, with the consent of the Chief, policy pursued by Gomez was met by the enemy with the massacre of sick and NO MORE MOMEY FOR SPAIN. | Kiothsohilde Serve Notice That They Will Wheel traffic, suspended along the route of the royal procession yesterday, was re- sumed to-day. This proved s mistake, referring 1o this portion of the exami- | Ho/fman & Rothchila wi called t i March, and there was no account oi this | OPened the envelope and drew out !the in- | wounded prisoners in hospital and the | Make No Furiher Loans. the vehicles dangerously wedgin eople stion Ach sait y.sterday: “OF course 1| 1 sowhesner of met Figel aey eies oty depai, " closures. They were copies of statements | assassination of prisoners of war. At last| NEW YORK, N. Y., June 25 —Murat st i of pod On Apri 3 there wi ouldn’t teli any one what I was after. 1) ould bave been foolisb ‘10 have done so. What if I bad iet the Chief of Police know what I haa? Where would I bave been, judging from the way the Chief has obtained ‘satisfactory explanations’ [rom Figel on everything else?” Attorney Ach was on the stand buta | few minutes wien he cast consternation | into the Figel camp. | | Ho called attention to the testimony of Figel thai the $9500 receipt was signed by Hoffman ou May 18, and fol- | lowed this ap by declaring that Hoff- | man was not at, his place of business on | thatday. In support of this assertion | die. | was only a bookkeeper. to indorse the name of the firm on checks or otherwise. He said that no one but Mr. Hoffman and limself had that right. Mr. Ach now took the stand and con- sumed nearly the whole of the morning session in completing the statement of his investigation. He said that he had had an interview with Theodore Figel in the presence of Captain Boaen. He askeq bim why he took the receipt from Mr. Hoffman for the $3500 when he (Figel) His answer that he wanted 1t as protection against Mr. Rothebild. 1 asked what he nceded protection as gainst Mr. Rothehild for—was he going to To this Lie said he wanted to be safe. I entered in the petty foilows: Hies $99 50, J. | B. Raymona #45 50, Moyse $142 25, Gorham & Rothschila $226 05; total $512 80| On that date ibe bank was cuarged {u tre cashbook with & deposit of $1159 03 that was made, and again charged wilh & deposit of $512 80 that wes not made. On May 12 the firm of Hoffman, Rothehild & Co. received from Cornell, Oliver & Co. oi Merced a draft on the Commercial and Savings Bank for $294 46. It was indorsed in the name of Hoffman, Rothebild & Co. Cornell, Oliver & Co. were ot credited on the books nor was thix check placed in their bank, but was placed by Figel to his own ereait in the First Natioual Bank, where he kept his per- soual account. The letter from Cornell & Oii- ver making the remittance Is not to be fonud, nor was the receipt transmitted to the firm copled, according to the invariable rule of the rm. A check trom B. F. Gliman of Marysville was cashbook receipt of the firm’s business prepared by Figel for submission to Rothchild, together with other figures bearing on the firm’s affairs. The envelope in which these were inclosed end bearing Figel’s pame bore evidence of having been roughly torn ope: With this Ach turned from the checks end books and figures to the pistol and the story atiaching to it. He could not see, be said, how the shot in the front m of thehat could have been fired by toe man who wore it, the ball striking as it did low down in the wail. He went all over the measurements of the rooms and the relative distances from point to point of bilood n and builet mark. He retailed again how half a dozen men had Continued on Fifth Page. Gomez sent permission to Monteagudo to act as he desirea if, after the first warn- ing to the Spaniards, they should con- tinue their inhuman conduct. Montea- gudo sent a warning to the Spanish mili- tary commander at Senta Clara, and the answer came in the form of & raid upon a Cuban hospital by the guerrilla force of Camajuani and the murder of a sick Cuban officer and a number of nurses. Monteazudo then prepared the ambush for Camajuani and his men at a” place named Palo Brieio, where they often went in search of cattle. The Spaniards fell into the ambush and a hard hand-to- nand fight ensued. One Spanish captain and saventeen soldiers were killed and Halstead, who it credited with authorita- tive knowledge of the Cuban war, in the | Herald says the Rothschilds have notified Spain that they will refuse to ioan more money to her after July 1. This1s of im- portance, because Spain’s loans haye been placed in France and Belgium exclasively. England and Germany shut down on Spain long ago. “The reason given by the French banks, representing ‘the Rothschilds, for stoy- ping money for the Cuban war is that there hae been no result, and the possi- bility of getiing the money out of the island by Spain is now 100 remote to con- sider.” Halstead concindes that this means the war will be ended by fall in immovable masses for long periods. Many persons fainted. Hundreds of coaches and omnibuses, loaded with sight- seers, paraden the streets until the {llumi- nations were extinguished at a late hour. Then there was a great exodus to the | suburbs. S G4L4 OPEL4 PEKFORMANCE: Giren on a rcale of Magnificence Never i gualed in London. LONDON, Exg., June 23.—A gals opera performance was given to-night on a scale of magnificene never before equaled in London. Covent Garden Opera-house was transformed trom its usua! ugliness into a paradise of roses, The whole interior of