The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1897, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1897. 3 SLAIN BY THE FORCES UF FUENTES Cablegrams Confirm the News of Juan Apar- icio’s Death. KILLED AT THE FALL OF QUEZALTENANGO. Guatemalan Authorities Shot Nine Prisoners Held as Hostages. CHIEF OF POLICE MORALES’ BLOODY DEEDS. A Lleutenant Who Carrled Out His Orders Lynched by the Enraged Populace. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 25.—It was under the lesdership of Daniel Fuentes that troops killed J Aparici . at | o P : i BRED Je | bad no ume to devote to the exhibition. | has become very | Quezaltenango, or at least President Bar- Tios in & telegram sent here so states. The first report of the death was received here some days ago, and last evening brought cablegrams from Mazatlan, via Mexico, giving ful! confirmation together with & few details. By these reports from friends of the Aparicio family it appears that when the insurgents were before Q altenango Roque Morales, Chief of Folice, acting under superior orders, arrested a large number of leading citizens as hostages and threatened to shoot them if theinsur- gents fired on the town. Money was extorted from Aparicio be- fore he was finally arrested, along with others. His wife rode out from the city to San Marcos to prevent an attack, but ber efforts did not avail. Fuentes ordered an attack, and ultimately captured the city. Morales as he retired ordered the execu- tion of nine prisoners. A lieutenant who carried tbe orders was, according to lates dispatches, lynched and torn to pieces by the enraged populace. It was the cutting of the telegraph wires that delayed the sending of the news for s0 ma ys. In answer toa cablegram sent to President Barrios by Manuel icio on Thursday last, this reply was Quez )aniel Fuentes. REYNA BARRIOS. The news has been scat to the dead man’s mother, who lives in Paris with her and and younger children. A sister, the Marchioness de Vista Bella, also lives forces under 1 nuel Aparicio, when seen at the Coffee hange this afternoon, said he understand the Guatemalan not ernment’s action, as his brother had Ge kept vut of politics. He had even refused the portfolio of finance, offered him by the present administration. He had been Mayor of Quezaltenango in 188 and was popular with the ci ns. It was true, the brother said, t many of his iriends were along with the insurgents. In addition to ement of large coifee and ons and firm’s home since 1834 Juan Aparicio Jr. a director in the Banco de Occidente, the Occidental Railway and tbe new wharf system of Champerico. He also had introduced electric light and power system at Qu zaltenango and a telephone service throughout the western portion of the country. AParicio was 41y old. His wife was the daughter nor Rivera, chief Guatemalan attorney for the Aparicios. su of was of They had four children, all of whom are | | It gives me great 1leasure to meet witn | now living. Aparicio was the eldest son of the founder of the exporting and i porting house of Juan Aparicio & Sons represented in Paris by tne father and in this city by tne second son, Manuel | Aparicio, a member of the Coffee Ex- change. SRSV 3 BESIEGED BY FASQUEZ. Insurgents Endeavor to Prevent the Flight of Barrios, NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 25.—A special to the Herald from La Libertad says: The city of Chigquimula, where President Reyna Barrios is at present, has been be- si=ged by General Domingo Vasquez, with 4 force of 1000 insurgents, to prevent his | flight. R:ports were circulated some time ago that Barrios might attempt to leave Gualemala, and it is believed now he is only awaitin : a favorable opportunity. itis stated here on what seems 10 be high authori‘y that the recent attempt to assassinate President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico was tue result of a conspiracy hatcued in Guatemala. [t seems, according to this authori that Armajo Arroyo, who attacked Pres dent Disz in the street, althougu a tailor in the City of Mexico, was in reality act- ing under orders from an anarchistic or- ganization in Guatemala. Reliable figures as to the strength of the revolutionary forces in Guatemala are as follows: Men under arms, 8342; generals, including General Jo-e Salazar, who bas just joined the revolutionary movement, 80; colonels, 105; lieutenant-colonels, 240. 4 he rebels have filteen pieces of heavy ar- ullery, eignteen Hotchkiss guns ana 10,000 modern rifles. Former President Barillas of Guatemala has offered his services to Barrios and given 300 armed men from his estates. He as> contributed money. Barrios is now trying to form a new cabinet as follows: Minister of War, Gregorio Bolares; Minister of Edaucation, Mariano Cruz; Minister of Public Works, Feliciano Gurcia. : : Fifteen prisoners of war were executed at Cuaginiquilapa on September 21. There are now in.the prisons more than 600 po- litical suspeets. Ashoiurne jor Lanada. LONDON, Exc., Sept. 25—A Dublin special says it is reported on the highest anthority that Baron Edward Givson Ash- bourne, Lord Chancetlor of Ireland, will soon succeed the Earl of Aberdeen as Gov- ernor-Geueral of Canada. the | ANERIGA AT T EXPOSITION | The Preparations for the Twentieth Century Fair in Paris. Commissioner Handy Actively { at Work in the French Capstal. More Space Will Be Needed for United States Exhibits Than Ever Before. PARIS, Fraxce, Sept. Major Moses P. Handy, the special Commissioner from the United States to the exposition of | 1900, has lost no time in begmnning work, although he has been in Paris only a few | days. Major Handy is assisted by Lieu- { tenant Baker, who was connected with the Chicago exposition as assistant chief of the foreign transportation of exhibits, and by Colonel Chaillet-Lory, who is sec- | retary of the commission. In conversation with the Associated Press representative Major Handy made the following statement: in the United States with regard to the ! any doubt gbout the people taking hold of | | it with enthus:asm. But public attention was so engrossed with the Presideatial | i | election, with an extra session of Con- | gress and with the tariff question, that it President McKinley much interested in sages to Congress concerning it. it and sent two mes The rea- passed by the Senate, did not go through the House is that nothing went through. “Ir was thought best notto open the door for consideration of any question except that for which Congress was called together, because there were so many meritorious subjects pressing. Mean- while the United States’ interestin the ex- hibition is shown by the appointment of a special commission. I am confer with the authorities here, to give ‘an earnest of our good will, to secure ground for our exhibit, to prepare a report for President McKinley before Congress assembles, etc. late, as compared Wwith other Lations, we are eighteen months earlier than the United States was for either the exhibi- tion of or of 1889 For the latter, however, a good was done by our secretary of legation, M. Vignaud. nce my appointment on July 27 I have been steadily at work. month in feeling the public puise. that largely through correspondence and through newspaper publications. From | the answers received I feel safe in saying | that we shall nced more space in 1900 than at previous exhibitions and that our ex- | bibit will De of a higher order of merit. | [ am anxious to select exhibits which witl | be truly resentative and characteristic | rather than exhibits merely remarkable for their size, +I shall be guided to a large extent: by the correspondence mentioned with re- gard 10 the amount of space required, etc. 1 have had persona! communication with the managers of tie larcer interests, such as the bicycle trade, electrical concerns, the furniture trade and sucl like. Men like President Depew of the New York Cen- tral, President Thompson of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad and Mr. Pullman of the Puliman Falace Car Company, have given me personal assurance of their co-upera- tion. 1 have had overtures from the managers of the representative trade It 1s beiter to deal with them in a classified way.” “How do you like the clas made by the French authorities Handy was asked. ““ft is excellent,” he answered. *I: tion Major is tio I notice that, with propriety, edu- cation is placed first on the list and art also holds a high place.” “What success do you hope to meet with in your capacity as special commis- sioner?”’ 5 “I cannot, and would not, anticipate the result of our negotiations, but I feel sur we shall have all due consideration. Our people have the friendliest feeling for France and have great reason to be grate- | ful to the ¥rench republic for the mag- nificent exhibitit made in Cnicago in-18¢ | the distinguished Frenchmen I met in | Chicago, and I am sure I can rely upon their co-operation. “Our Embassador, General Porter, who was unavoidably absent from Paris when I reached here, lefi a most cordial note of welcome for me. Meanwhile [ was re- | ceived with marked courtesy by M. Vig- | naud, the Charge d’'Affuires.” Iexpect to | be here two months and wili return in )umc to present my report to the Presi- dent before the opening of Congress. | Since my arrival, recent as it is, 1 have received many applications jor space from | resident Americans. One application re- | ceived was for the reproduction of the | process of gold mining from day o day. 1 cannot mention names, but it is from | one of the largest gold mines in the worla. “1 am 1in great hope that the work 1 set on foot in Chicago and New York will bring a full response, =o as to enable us to | judge as to space. The impression at | present is that we can fill creditabiy 600 feet square. There is no reason why we should have less than any other country. except France. As she is the home cou ury she should have the right of way. The retrospeciive parts of the pro- | gramme—that is, the part which shows what progress has been made during a century—we could easily lead in. We have often taken the lead in the field of inventions and we can do so again. I think the ited States will make a gen- erous appropriation. Appropriationsfrom other countries are larger than ever before. W henever we show Congress the deirabile ity of having the American exhibit hoid a high piace on the bunks of the Seine I am sure a generous response wiil be given, “The exhibition of 1900 wili be the greatest the world has ever seen. Inspite | of many difficultics France did well in | 1889. Then, though European countries maae respectable showings, stili the mon- { arcbical governments didn’t enter into the exhibition with enthusiasm. Now there- public is no longer cold-shouldered. Ger- many joins in enthusiastically, so do ihe | other countries. We could not expect the European countries wou!d have put forih as much effort for us in 1893 as they wili do for the exhibition of 190). In fact it required the revelation we made at Chi- caz0 to_convince the world that we could Next time they will all come to us their best foot forward. : 0 lesson taught by previous exposi- tions has been lost upon France. The much-abused word ‘fin de <iecle’ will ap- ply 10 this exposition of 1900 better than to anything else, for it wili b: the crown- ing event of tue century do it. Viewing the }orascope Fight. LONDON, Exc., Sept. 25 —The vera- scope pictures of the Fitzsimmons-Corbett rrize-fight, now on exh:bition at the Royal Aquarium for the first time, are attracting crowds, many persons paying a guinea apiece for the best seats, “There is a rapidly increasing interest | exhibition of 1900. There has never been | son why the bill aporopriating $5,000,000, | charged to | Though we are | deal of valuable work | 1 speat a| 1did | an improvement on all preceding exhibi- | ENGLAND'S ARMY | 10 BE INGREASED Recent Incident Show- ing Her Military Weakness. London Journals Foresee War Between Spain and Uncle Sam. The Spectator Urges This Country to “*S:op the Long Agony of Cuba.” LONDON, Exc., Sept. 25.—The average Britisber has come to the conclusion that he is the arbiter of the fate of Europe and | holds the baiance of power. It must be confessed that the changed tone of the Continental politicians and newspaper writers from abuses to caresses encourages this assumption. Even Prince Bismarck | recently deprecated the constant badger- ing and baiting of Great Britain by Ger- man statesmen and writers. | As matters stand, in the even f war, | the side securing the assistance of Great | Britain must win. In the meanwhile, it is avident from the tenor of a speech of Lord Wolseley, commander-in-chief of the British forces, at Glasgow on Thursday last, when the freedom of that city was conferred upon him, and from remarks made by the Parliamentary Secretary for | the War Office, the Hon. W, St. J. Brod- | erick, the same nigit that the Govern- ment is preparing to introduce a scheme or a considerable increase in the strength of the army, whici will probably call forth the formation of a dozen additional battalions of infantry and a proportionate addition of cavalry and artiliery during the next session of Parliament, The warnings have not been sounded too soon. A telling instance of the mili- | tary weakness of Great Britain was af- forded at Aldersnot on Thursday, whan the Second Battalion of the Rifle Brigade | left camp for a tour of the colonial service, including a sojourn at Vancouver. Though nominally a full battalion, there were only slightly over 400 men, and the | regiment wiil have to be re-enforced from | the First Batialion of the Rifle Brigade, | which is now cn its way home. | The Spectator, accepting as a fact the | | report that the United States has admon- ished Spain, finds it dificult to think war can beaverted, saving: **Apart from that, | pride and ignorance of the consequences | did Spain defy tne United States, war is probably considerad to be the best way | outof the difficuities. Were the Govern- ment to propose the abandonmentoi Cuba in cold blood it wouid simpiy mean hand- | ing the country over to Don Carlos, so the Government proposes toem ploy Amer- | ica as the surgeon to do the necessary am- | putation, which will alone preveni the { Cuban gangrene from spreading to the rest of the body politic.” Aiter detailing Spain’s iniquities in | Cuba the Spectator continues: “To pro- long the war would be a crime, and if America chooses to stop these hideous cruelties all Englishmen should appland and refuse to_inquire too narrowly into the reason which influenced her statesmen in putling pressure upon Spain.” eferring to the objection of “‘patriotic Americans to the alimission into the Union of Cuba and Hawaii as States and the consequent election of Senators by de- graded populations” the Spectator says: “America’s duty is to stop the long agony of Cuba, and if her constitution ad- mits of her doing 8o safely the sooner she amends her constitution so she can hold ber new acquisitions on a_ d:fferent foot- g the Letter for her and for humanity.” The Westminster Gazette says that efforts are being made to build a railroad | trom Eltor to the summit of Mount Sinai. | The line passes the cave in whicn Elijah | remained hidden while fleeing from the | priests of Baal. over the internal revenue authorities su moning the secretary of the Mersey Yacht Ciub for usin« the c'ub's flag on th> ofii | cial stationery. The magistrates vecided that the burgee of the club embussed on the club notepaper constituted armorial bearings, ana imposed a nominai fine, This is the first case of the rind, and it will be carried to the highest courts, not nly by the yacht clubs, but by the cricket nd bicyeling clubs. Even boys display- ing the device of their schools on their caps are liable under this ruling to pay an | internal revenue fee YET: IN A SIAIE OF SIEGE. Although the Revolution in Nicaragua Has Geen Quelled 7here Is Tur- moil in the Country. NEW YORK, N. Y. pt. 25.—A special from La Libertad, Salvador, says: There bas been a revolution in Niearagna, but advices just received in Corinto state that although the revolution has been guelled the country remains in a siege and op- pression. A severe and rigid censorship is main- tained over the telegraph and mails Private and business letter: of nauves and foreigners alike must be handed to the postmaster open for his perusal belore they are mailed. The general opinion in Nicaragua is that a more formidable attempt wiil be made to overthrow the Government a- soon as President Zelavas’ new ministry isinsialled. This new ministry is as foi- lows: Minister of War apd Marine, Erasmo Calderon; Minister of the Interior, Manuel C. Matus; Minister of Public Works, Jose Antonio Rolero; Minister oi Finance, En- rique C. Lopez. This is Zelayas’ account of the revolu- tionary attempt: “On the 17th 1nst., members of the conservative party in Gra- nada arose in arms aguinst the constituted authorities. but owing to the efficient support rendered by the beople of the republiic and the activity and energy dis- played in this case, the revolution became abortive and showed once more that the people love peace and are always ready to make a sacrifice for the sake of its mainienance.” A special from San Jose, Costa Rica, says: News hus been received here (o the effect that the Costa Rican Consul in Nicaragua, Don Eduardo Beeche, has been thrown into prison in Managua, Nicaragua, by order ol the presideni, charged with implicity in the retellion there. The situation 1s grave, and the general beiief is & conflict between the two coun- tries 1s at hand. o SR Eurove to England. PARIS, France, Sept. 25.—The Politique Coloniale publishes a dispateh from St. Petersburz to-day, saying that as a result of an exchange of views between the chancellories of St. Petersburg, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Constanti- nople, the Sultan of Turkey will address the powers shortly on the subject of Great Britain’s evacuation of Egypt and Russia, supporting the Suitan, will invite a con- ference at Constantinople or St. Peters- burg, with the object of seitling the ques- tion on the basis of the autonomy ol Ezypt under the suzerainty of the Sultan. Yachting circles here are in a flutter | WOCH ADO ABOIT AT DURELET Royal Doctors and Royal Nurse for the Marl- boroughs. Exquisite Layette of Priceless L mbroideries, Laces and Silks. Great Joy In One Branch of the Famlly and Bitter Chagrin in Another. LONDON, Ex6., Sept. 25.—The young Duchess of Marlborough is determined to do everything in regal style, for not only | has she royal! doctors, but also a royal nurse—a certain Mrs. Green, who always attends the Duchess of York. This wise woman declares that she never officiated at so auspicious an event, the Duchess being so wonderfully well, while although the baby does not look to be a very large child it has the respectable weight of nine pounds. They say it isunlucky for a baby to be welghed, but the Duchess seems to be able to defy the fates. She makes won- derful recovery. Very seldom has so much fuss been made over even the birth of a child born 10 a ducal estate. Lady Blandford, the Duke’s mother, is especially pleased, as she has always been fearful that the title might be inherited by Lady Randolph’s son. Lady Randolph has always fully appreciated the briliiant possibilities of her positicn, and the birth of this child must be a great disappointment. The dowager Duchess of Mar!borough, the Duke's grandmother, is hugely de- lighted and personally informed daily of the progress of the son and hneir. whie Lady Tweedmonth, Lady Sarah Wilson, Lady Curzon and others of the family are in equal high feathers. No trouble or expense has been spared on the lavette, which isa wealth of the loveliest embroideries and most beautiful real laces. There is one garment which has a deep, transparent flounce of price- less lace. Another has exquisite trans- parent Nont over the richest-soft silk, and the little bodices and sleeves are so elab- orately done that they show scarcely any | of the fine lawn of which they are sup- posed to be made. The Dowager Duchess and Lady Blandford contributed to tue layette. but a great portion was bought by the Duchess in Paris. As yet she has ‘een alluwed to see no ontsiders, but call- NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. The Last Days of This Sale Will Be Store-Crowders Business Swits, Dress- up Swits, in blues and blacks, fancy mixtures; Overcoats in pretty Mel- tons. Never mind what they are worth. Our price to-day is $5.00. ers are constantly coming to the house, and the Duke’s delight in talking about his son 1s still keen. The statement is repeated that the Prince of Wales will shortiy visit the Italian court. Queen Victoria will privately visit the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hattield House about the middle of No- vemper, after the return cof the court to Windsor. The growth of London is astonishing. The latest returns on the subject show that over 1200 hous re erected montbly in the metropolis. Between the months of August, 1896, and August, 1897, 14,591 houses were built. The medical press warns the public against @ pronable recurrence of influenza. For menths past tnat disease has been raging in a severe form in the district of Mery, Turkestun. The number of victims is immense, and although there are fewer deaths tian formerly the virulence of the epidemic 1s said to have increased rather than lessened. The latest reports show that the attack of influenza leaves severe results, such as heart affections, paraly- sig, etc. The French newspapers note with much satisfaction tnat the German military au- thorities are so exercised at the progress made by the Frenci miiitary bicyclists that they are training enocmou = hounds to attack militant fieid men. The papers assert tnai daily on the outskirts of Berlin wolt-hounds are trained 1o sei dummies in French uniforms which have beex perched on bicycles. here is wide interest among oarsmen at Sandow’s offer to train the Cambridge crew for the boat race oi 1898 with Oxjora and buck them to win. Sandow insists | that the old method of dieting, living up to hard and fast rules and not smoking is wrong, and he proposes, in the event of Cambridge not accepting his offer, to dertake the iraining of one of the Henle; crews. ‘the present extra epidemic of murders, suicides and outrages upon women-in | London and its vicinity is uncqualed | since the days of “Jack the Ripder.” | Daily for a week past the public has been stariled by an airocious.murdec and the | alarm is increased by the fact thatu the | perpetrators of the crimes bave all baffl 4 | the police and have escaped apparently | without leaving a clew as to their identity. The murder in a railroad cerriage of Miss Camp in February last, the perpe- trator of tbe crime not Laving been dis- covered, has been fol:owed by another railroad tragedy in which Mrs. Bryan, the wite of a Dr. Brvan of Northampton, hasbeen killed under circumstances point- ing to murder, and the Rev. Dr. Aubrey, I-known_divine, was kuled at his e on Monday. A lle boy has been kidnaped and murdercd in the sub- | urbs. A rich, miserly woman has been found cut to pieces at bher re<idence, Bethnal Green, and a farmer's dauvg ter, Emma Jounson, has been murderes at indsor under peculiariy atrocious circumstances., Her bedy was mutilated, stripped and thrown into the Thames. ‘The suthors of all these outrages are still atlarge, and there seems 10 be no trace of them, ai- thouzh the murderer of Emma Johnson i8 believed to be a maniac whose actual identity is not knewn, but who for many months past has frightened and assaulted persons on the road from Winasor to Maidennead, and who has always man- aged to ¢lude capture. Has Nol ¥E1 WITHODRAWN, Englana Wil Decide as to Joining in the Sealing Confer-mece. LONDON, ENa., Sept. 25.—An official at the British Foreign Office, in an interview this afternoon with a representative of the United States upon the sealing ques- tion, said: “Great Britain has not yet withdrwhn, but the discussion of the situation will go on with the United States Embassador here. The probable result wid be that Gicat Britain will ask that the reports be ~ut mitted to her and she will then decide whether ornot the necessity exists of join- ing in the conterence. If thereports point out some easier remedy in the situation the result can be arrived ot by agreement between Great Britain and the United States without the necessity of a confer- euce, which was only accepted as a reler- endum. In any eventitis probable that the United States will obtain as much as if a conierence was held.’ WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.—Ex- Secretary John W. Foster, counsei for the United Siates in the Bering Sea negotia- vions with Great Britam, said to-night, with reference to to-day’s telegrams from London that this Government has re- ceived no information either from the British Embassy here or from Embassa- dor Hay, that the English had decided e e e A A A A P A i THE FINAL DAYS OF THIS SALE WILL CAUSE A SENSATION! It shall end in a blaze of glory. The valueswill be extraordinary, the prices the tiniest. A Groen Tag Doos the Work. A Green Tag Is Your Mascot. "TWAS ABOLD MOVE On our part to make such @ severe cwt in those pretty Swits and Over- coats, but the lines were broken. It won't require an ex- pert to tell yow their value; $15 has always been our price. Yow ex- pect big values, and the Last days of this sale will show ’em. What swell Overcoats! Whatpretty Swits! Monday at $7.45. ALL GOOD THINGS HAVE AN ENDING. So will it be with these Sreat valwes. What arich and rare treat for Lovers of fine clothe. THE SUITS Embrace the finest of French Seotehes in broken Plaids, those swell Endlish Worsteds in blues and blacks—swits for business wear, swits for dress wear; val- wes wp to $18; no tailor can make’em better ; they'll ask yow $50 for its equal. They're with.- owt doubt the handsomest lot of new Fall styles ever dathered to- Zether under one roof. Special Monday at 10.00. THE OVERCOATS. Need we say anything about ’em? For years we've been King Pins for Overcoats. Owr swellest Blue and Black Kersey Overcoats, silk sleeve linings; the overcoat lined with black clay worsted ; the swellest of tan covert cloth coats; those dressy Black Clay Worsteds, made up in a hidh-class marn- ner; swch ZSarments yow'd be willing to pay $18 for any day. Monday these sreat valwes at $810.00. o-1113-15 KEARNY ST. “FOR. DYFRCOATS Country Orders So ited. Rules for Self-Measurement Furnished. FIGHTING STATESHEN. Count Badeni, the Austrian Premier, Wounded by a Fistol Bullet in a Duel. VIENNA, AvstrIia, Sept. 25.—A pisto} duel was fought this morning between Count Badeni, the Austrian Premier, ana Dr. Wolff, the German Nationalist leader, arising . from insults addressed by the latter to the Premier during yesterday’s session of the Unterhaus. Count Badeni was wounded in the right hand. Dr. Wollf fought a duel with swords on May 8 last with Herr Horisa, a Czech member of the Unterhaus. This encoun- ter grew out of tue violent scenes which occurred in the Hou-e between the Ger- mans and Czechs, in which personalities were ireely indulg d in. Count Badeni was formerly Governor of Galicia, He is a young and able Pole, and was very little xnown, even in Austria, until he was unexpectedly called npon to form a cabinet in September, 1895, when he assumed the duties of president of the Council of Ministers anda Minister of the Interior. His nobility only dates back to not to juin in the Washington conferencs, or was likely to do so. Further than this Mr. Foster declined to make any state- ment for publfcation. his father, His mother’s brother, Count Mijer, marriea the famous German actress, Anna Wierer, who eventually left her large fortune to her two nephews, Count Casimir Badeni, the present Premier of Austria, and his youneer brother. Count Badeni’s wound is not serious. The bullet entered the wrist and went out above the elbow. Dr. Wolte's charge of rascality was the cause of the duel. Smooth-bore pistols were used, and thiee shots were to be fired at twenty-five paces. Count Badeni was wounded at the firs: fire. Tbe wound does not prevent him irom transacting busi- ness. The Emperor has telegraphed ex- pressions ot tle warmest sympathy, and has requested npourly information concern- ing the condition of the wounded man. FLLUTRT A Tribesmen Again Active. SIMLA, I~xpia, Sept. 25.—Renewed ac- tivity is reporied among the tribesmen in the Khyber region. The Orakzais have been persuaded to return and hold the pass while the Afridis are reconnoitering in the Chinese and Ba- zaar valleys. Syed Akbar, with repre- sentatives of the various tribes, has gone to try to persnade the Ameer’'s commander- in-chief, who is an Orakzai, to help his co- religionists. \ General Elles’ attack upon Bedmania has so completely disorganized the enemy that both the Haddah Mullah and the Sufe Mullah fled precipitately. The for- mer fell off his horseand had to be carried in alitter, MUST GRANT AUTONOMY. At Roms It Is Asserted That the Powers Will Coerce Spain in Order to Avoid War. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 25.—-A special cable from Rome says it is as- serted there that in order to aveid war, the powers will compel Spain to give autonomy to Cuba. The Mattino also asserts this. The Roma clalms that negotiations are already in progress. Tho ‘Mipister of War has ordared the formation of an Atlantic squadron in view of the serious situation. f —_—— Excommunication Stands. ROME, Iravry. Sept. 25.—The Vatican bas informed the Spanish Government that the Catholic Church w:li not with- draw the excommunication pronouuced upon Senor Reverter, Minister of Finance, unl-ss it should prove that the property alleged 10 nave been confizcated does ot belong to the church. SiFa ok Fighting Kenewea in Crete. CANEA, Crere, Sept. 25.—The insur- gents attacked Scalina, near Candia. Afe ter two hours’ fighting they retireds