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ESTABLISHED 1887.
■)NFEDERATE3 MEET
v
■.h Annual Reunion of the Men Who
■ Wore the Gray,
■NERAL J. B. GORDON PRESIDED
■) Called the Meeting to Order
St Yesterday Morning
■OUSANDS OF VETERANS AHETHERE
overnor O’Ferrall and .May or Taylor De
livered the Addresses of Welcome In
Behalf of the State of Virginia and the
City of Richmond, Respectively—Recep
tion to Mrs. Davis and Mru Hayes.
[Richmond, June 30.—The sixth an
nul reunion of the United Confederate
eterans was opened here at 10 o'clock
'uesday morning by General John B.
'ordon of Georgia. Thoukids of vet
rans are in attendance, come
om the'distant Texas, J
’here blooms tl*e cactus; widA
retching v.d'cvs of L
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■ o .
ite where the first gui® ..
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From far and near tin ' i vi ■' g
ace driven from then
n overpowering foe, come
heir tattered banners
.nd send a thrill of
'he old town with the their
'drums. '
' The streets are gorgeously decorated
with gay bunting and banners, the folds
of “Old Glory” mingling with the
waves of the little blood red battleflag 1
that bore the stars and bars, and the
houses are adorned with the precious
. mblems that southern soldiers strived
L ard to uphold.
I , The Hall Gayly Decorated.
[ The convention i» toeing held at the
Be city, in the music hall,) which has
l>een enlarged for the occasion, so as to
Beat 10,200 peftona. This hall is a maze
l>f bunting, the decorations being elabo
rate to last degree, and consisting
I'f-.sJfoaSiers, festoons, shields, names of
Wiles, With confederate gcngaaWirati
Bere conspicuous in them, eKb. A large
■ nited States flag surmounts the por
■taits of Lee and Jackson ov»r the chair
■ the presiding officer.
K| ks soon as the convention had been
HLted to Older prayer was j offered by
■ av. J. William Jones, chaplain general
Suited Confederate Vet erank (formerly
B.e confederate army.)
R Governor Charles T. O’Ferrall then
■ idea speech welcoming the veterans
■ the state of Virginia, and Mayor
hard M. Taylor followed in an ad
ts of welcome in behalf of the city
Richmond. General Gordon an
■ L-ed for the veterans.
|g|R.e hall, built and decorated in honor
■■ ie veterans, was then turned over
■■ e United Confederate Veterans by
?ral Peyton Wise, chairman of the
"on committee.
■rne feature of Tuesday night in the
■ ty was the reception at the Davis man
fon to Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Great re
l;ret was expressed that Miss Winnie,
Rhe daughter of the confederacy, could
not be present, but there was no very
material change in the program.
Sponsors For the Southern States.
The most picturesque feature of the
reunion is the galaxy of pretty young
ladies who will act as sponsors for the
southern states. These ladies were se
lected for this honor by the command
ers of the United Confederate Veterans
of their respective divisions. They not
oUly represent the leading social circles
of their respective states, but they have
also been chosen on account of services
/endered in the southern army by male
■members of their family.
k Following are .the sponsors for each
ktate:
■ Miss Hattie Patton Cooke, Virginia;
Rise Julia Hughes Spurr, Kentucky;
■t s Sarah B. Raney, Florida; Miss Lot-
■ Palmer Capers, South Carolina; Miss
■linnie Clopton, Mississippi; [Miss Vir
ginia S. Payne, District of Columbia;
nfiss Sadie McAlester, Indian [Tetritory;
Bliss Mary M. Beale, Oklahoma Terri
l.ry; Miss Mary Clare Miljner, Ala-
Kama; Miss Marie Adelaide Wiley,
Riorgia; Miss Minnie Boyd, Texas;
HiSS Oalder, North Carolina; .Miss Mary
Rilkes, Tennessee; Miss Virginia Nic-
Lils, Louisiana; Miss Lees Kennard,
rdissouri; Miss Tompie TalanAL Arkan-
Las. ■
I Atlanta Want, the Next Keißon.
P Atlanta and Nashville ai a ißking a
Light for the next reunion. well
Known that Atlanta gave
Bon last year in favor of Rißßnd’s
Rating the reunion this year.
L-legates made a desperate
R Ke City, but when they
R tiy of the veterans
■ —d, because the Jefferson
■ it was ,)e
!■ Mace. the Atlanta men ■
'hero was a tacit undeiMßHg
Kat Atlanta wmild g.-t tip
R-that is, in 1897. i v ii _.
■ A <ielegation from NashvilltH
■ General W. II Jackson. ■
■ lie Mead farm, and a promiS - " '
■n, now claims that NashvdM
[[■ed to have the next t
sßkson said:
■Wo will make a desperate «• > ’ ’■ ■
£■ next reunion, and think wcH
■fro it. I understand that Atlß
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
put in a claim, but we will attempt to
give better reasons why Nashville
should have it. Last year Atlanta had
her exposition, and everything gave way
to it. The city of Nashville did all it
could to help Atlanta with her big fair
and so did every southern city. Now,
next year Nashville’s exposition comes
on and we think it nothing but right
that we should have the veterans with
us.”
Griffin Awarded First Prize,
A joint meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Davis monument com
mittee from the United Confederate
Veterans was held to award prizes for
monument designs. Percy Griffin of
New York received first prize; Edgar
ton A. Rodgers and W. C. Nowland of
Richmond, second and third.
Griffin’s design is elaborate and ex
pressive of tne sentiment of the south
ern people, and it is estimated that it
will cost <200,000. The battle abbey
committee held a conference but did not
reach ajponclusiou.
THMDULL SEASON IS ON.
i
and Buslr.ias* Conditions In the
Enterprise* Reported.
Tunc —The Trades
. Ruihvri: u.r:'<p ( mdeiits report
increase m the volume of
■he r.iid-u: nnv'r dullness still
ftV*?'■frizes operations. It was ex
l&ifg that the adoption of the sound
t? Ota pM-tform by the St. Louis con-
■non would stimulate business in all
i I "but while a better feeling
■nsts, no very marked improvement in
■trade conditions is expected until the
Rdull season is over. ;
F The situation and (outlook in the iron
and steel industry is'still unsatisfactory.
There is a slight increase in the demand
for finished but quotations are
lower, prices having been cut to secure
business. ' !
The wire and cut Inail manufacturers
at their meeting at! Chicago, June 25,
decided to reduce tljeir output during
the summer months; but no action was
taken on the question of change of
rates. > - |
The lumber situation is a little more
favorable. In the ylUow pine market
I the demand :,s more Jctive and a good
export trade Is reported.
The textile (business is dull and prices
are lower tjan heretofore. Southern
manufacturers mot in Atlanta to devise
plans for the moving of stock and cur
tailment of production.', A number of
New EnglancUmnAnfacturers have al
ready decided r on restricted production,
and will run their mills 'on short time
during July and August.
Among the [most important new in
dustries fort H-e past week is a $50,000
electrip powe* plant at Columbus, Ga.,
the Whaley Mill and Elevator company,
Gaiw?«vJ.l.ev-'Sex., capital j? 100,000; the
Basic City Va., Furnari company, cap
ital $50,000; the OuerylPower and Irri
gation company, Cuero, Tex., capital
$65,000; the Peoples’ Cotton Oil com
pany, LaFayett, La., capital $50,000,
and a 10,000-spindle cotton will at Gaff
ney, S. 0., to manufacture fine goods
Other new industries ate ah follows:
Electric light and power plants at Jack
son, Tenn., Pociihontas, Va., and Par
kersburg and Sistersville, W. Va., a
fertilizer factory 'at Greer's 8. 0., a
flouring mill at Comancae, Tejt., grist
mills at Plum Tree, N. 0., and St.
Petersburg, Fla., and a foundry and
machine shops at Grafton, W. Va. A
stone quarry, will be opened at McGhee,
Tenn., chemical works will be Greeted
at Roanoke, Va., a slate mill at Rock
mart, Ga., and an. oil mill lat Greer’s, S.
O. An oil and gas compahy has'.been
organized at Philippi, W.' Va., a'rice
mill will be built fit Edgefield, S. C., a
sugar refinery at La Fayette, La., a pot
ton gin at Vicksburg, Miss., and a cot
ton mill at Concord, N. O. Woodwork
ing plants will be established at Brew
ton, Ala., and Greenwood and West
Point, Miss.
A $50,000 waterworks plant will be
put in at Pensacola, Fla., and others
will probablv be ooristructed at New
Iberia, La., and New Martinsville, W
Va.
The enlargements include cotton mills
at Forest City and Laurel Hill, N. C.,
and a saw mill at Sherwood, Tenn.
Among the new buildingiis a SIO,OOO
college at Jackson, Miss., aM45,000 hall
at Richmond, Va., a $2»00 jail at
Spartanburg, S. 0., a $H),000 office
building at Atlanta, a $26,000
Masonic temple at Ala.
Judge Newman uigvy.
Atlanta, June John S.
Bigby has been the re
ceivership of the mills
of Columbus by ordege New
man. His removal on the
ground that he was party
and was objected to of
the board of directors. vere no
other charges Ust him
and his counsel did case,
but allowed the petitio^^^^Eremoval
to go before the judge protest
No other receiver and
Mr. G. Gmiby Jordan and
Captain J. W. English will
have charge of the perma
nent receivers.
Want the Reciprocity
New York, June 30.
correspondent in Rio de
telegraphs that
circles are not of
commerce with Argon
the advantages to of
■ufficient importance. firms
to a
. Btaroeity with the
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THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY i; J 896.
ECUADOR REBELLION'
Determined Movement to Overthrow
President Alfaro.
THE REVOLT IS HEADED BY VEGA
Told of In a Dispatch *to the
New York Herald
SENT TO THAT PAPER FROM PANAMA
Alfaro Has Left the Capital to Place Him- |
self at the Head of an Army at Rio
Ham ba, and News of a Decisive Battle Is
Momentarily Expected Dr. Moria Is
Acting Chief Executive.
New York, June 30.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: The revolutionary party in Ecua
dor has again inaugurated a determined
movement to overthrow Alfaro, the.
provisional president. of the republic. |
The revolt is headed by one Vega of un
known fame.
The Herald’s correspondent in Guay
aquil telegraphs that General Alfaro
has left the capital to place himself at
the head of an army of 3,000 at Rio
Hamba. News of an important and de
cisive battle is expected every moment.
The revolution, it is believed, is re
stricted to the central portion of the
country. The followers of Vega are
supposed to number not more than 600
men.
Dr. Homero Moria, minister of public [
works in Alfaro’s cabinet remains nt
Aquito as president of the council or-,
ministers and is acting chief executive. .
HARRISON’S SCHEME.
The Candidate For Governor of South Caro
lina Wants the Dispensary Remodeled.
Charleston, June |0. —A campaign
meeting at Monk’s Corner, Berkely
county, was marked by a clash outside
of senatorial candidates. It was charged
by his opponent that Adjutant General
Watts had, at Cleveland’s inaugura
tion, fallen off his horse drunk.
Mr. Harrison, one of the candidates
for governor, named a new plank in his
platform which is going to stir up the
state from one end to the other. Harri
son proposes to remodel the dispensary
in its plan. It was the first time thej
scheme was . suggested and took well ;
with the crowd. Mr. Harrison’s plan ( '
is to abolish state control of the dispen
sary, vest it in county governments,
each county have its- oWn dispensary
and have exclusive control of the man
agement of the disnensary and appoint
trial justice constables as liquor con
stables and have no state constables.
Mr. Harrison opposed dispensaries be
ing forced on counties unless the voters I
declared for it. The crowd was pleased !
with the scheme and hereafter it will I
make a feature of the gubernatorial |
race.
John Gary Watts, adjutant and in- 1
1 spector general, taunted General Rich- I
nurg, his opponent, with having been
on the independent Haskell ticket in ,
1890. General Richburg said that was
of record; also that he had been a true
reformer the past four years. He asked 1 ,
Watts if he had not been drunk when 1.
In command of the Carolina troops at ''
the Atlanta exposition and if he did not
fall off a horse on the streets of Wash-'
ington at Cleveland’s inauguration.
Watts replied that any one who said
so was an infernal liar.
Richburg asserted that he saw Watts 1 ■
fall off his horse and saw him after he '
was taken to his room, helplessly drunk. | :
Afterwards Richburg wanted to prove
the statement by Governor Evans. The i
' governor said that he did not see Watts 1
fall off the horse, but that the whole
party was drunk.
The debate between Evans and Dun
can was of a less sensational character.
\ The sheriff and county senator led the
interrogatories of Duncan and they cut i [
off his argument by saying if all he I
charged was true, they did not blame I [
Governor Evans for taking all he could i,
get from Rhind. The state paid Rhind .
and lost nothing. If he paid it all to .
Evans it was a compliment to a South [
Carolina lawyer. Duncan asked Sena- ■
tor Dennis whether he, appreciating ob- [
ligations to the state, would have taken
the commissions. “I’d have jumped at .
it,” said the senator. “We can’t live ■
i onoursalari.es.”
Duncan said Evans was dishonorable .
, in calling him a liar on occasions like ,
• these.
1 For the first time in the campaign a [
, great many ladies attended the meeting. '
I Will Demand Sic Dowell’s Resignation. 1
■ Washington, June 30.—At a meeting '
held here by the executive committee of
I the Columbian Liberty Bell association, ]
i which consist! of the following : Mary '
I Desha, chairman; Mrs. Minnie F. Bald
win, secretary; Mrs. Anne Green, Mrs.
Petty M. Stocking, Mrs. Lillian Pike,
Mrs. Minnie F. Miokley, Mrs. Louie M. I
Gordon, Mrs. Jessie Burdett, Mrs. John
' Ritchie, Mr. Woodside of Philadelphia,
and Mr. J. 0. Pumpelly, a resolution ,
i was adopted authorizing Mrs. Green to
’ make a public statement in regard to 1
the amount due by the society on the j
1 bell for its construction. It is the pur- j
i pose as soon as possible to cancel this jf
obligation so that the bell can pass into®
the actual possession of the association. ■
It was also resolved to demand the re-B
signation of Vfilliam O. McDowell, whoj
has had charge of the collections oifl
money for the payment of the bell andfl
the disbursement of the same.
Banya Saataricea to Hang.'
Atlanta, June 30.—Arthur Hanye.w
convicted of the murd|» of Will Spinks, ■
has been sentenced to hang on
'SILVER WILL CONTROL
Gold Dolegates Will Bo Gl?o| No Qoai
ter, Says Hinriclisofl.
WO LATE FOR A CONFERENCE NOW
Says This Delegate atVarge
From the State of Illinois
SILVER MEN TO RUN THE CONVENTION
Gold Men* Were A»ked a Year Ago to Cbn
fer With the Silver Leaders, but lit
fused,, and They Will Be Ignored at
Chicago Convention—Senator Barris
Teuuessee to Be Peru&anent Chairman. '■
Chicago, June 30.—1 f the prognosti
cations of W. H. Hinrichsen, delegate
at-large and chairman of the Illinois
state central committee, are correct, the
gold standard delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention will be given
no quarter.
“Silver men are going to run the con
vention,” said Mr. Hinrichsen. “They
will control both temporary and perma
nent organizations and will nominate a
free silver ticket from top to bottom
and adopt a free silver 16 to 1 platform.
The wishes of the gold men will not be
considered. The states they represent
will not vote the gold ticket, and so
they will be ignored.
“Last year when the Democrats held
a convention and declared for free sil
ver, I wrote to Mr. Whitney and a num
ber of other gold standard men, asking
for a conference between the silver and
gold standard representatives of the
patty. Thoy oould not think of consult
ing Wwith so insignificant a crowd as the
free silver wing represented. Things
have changed now. We represent two
thirds of-the Democrats. We will not
confer with the gold men now, and we
have nothing to confer about. The
Democratic party wants a free silver
ticket and platform and we will have to
give it to them.”
TO ARRANGE MINOR DETAILS
The Subcommittee of the Democratic Na
tional Committee Will Sleet Wednesday.
Chicago, June 30.—The subcommittee
of the Democratic national committee
will meet at the Palmer House in this
city Wednesday for the purpose of ar
ranging some of the minor details of
the convention.. The subcommittee con
sists of Chairman W. F. Hajrity of
Pennsylvania, S. P. Sheerin of Indiana
and Messi's. E. B. Cable of Illinois, J.
F. Prather of Missouri, E. O. Wall of
Wisconsin, Hugh O. Wallace of Wash
ington and T. H. Sherley. The com
mittee will bear reports from the sub
committee on music, press and decora
tion of the convention hall. Colonel
Sheerin said that the committees hav
ing this matter in charge will be able to
ftport that everything Was in practical
readiness for the convention and he had
no doubt that the subcommittee in
charge would find the work In all re
spects satisfactory. The national com
mittee has departed from the usual rule
of having a committee composed of res
idents to look after these matters. They
placed the work in the hands of mem
bers of their own organization and they
feel that the innovation has proved a
success. The full national committee
will not meet until next Monday, the
day before the convention. No one ap
pears to have a definite idea of what
business it will have before it. It will
receive reports from the committees of
various states, but Colonel Sheerin says
that so far he has received official no
tice of none, except from Nebraska.
The Democratic party has in the past
been so free from contests that there are
few precedents to guide them. The na
tional committee has never heretofore
granted hearings, as the Republican
committee does, nor attempted to ar
range them so far as to decide what set
of delegates, where there are contests,
shall have their names placed upon the
temporary roll. The practice has been
rather to deprive both parties to a con
test frlm participating in the tempo
rary organization, thus referring the
entire matter to the convention.
It is believed that this plan will be
pursued this year, though the silver
men have been somewhat apprehensive
that the national committee may at
tempt to override these precedents and
seat gold contestants, believing a ma
jority of the committee to be opposed to
silver. He ce the subcommittee which
will meet W ednesday will be asked by
the silverites to give them some assur
ance on this matter.
The national committee will at its
meeting next Monday, designate tem
porary officers of the convention, in
cluding temporary chairman.
SILVER MEN’S PROGRAM.
Senator Harris to Be Permanent Chair
man of the National Convention.
Chicago, June 30.—The Record prints
tj following: Senator Isham G. Har-
Tennessee, a member of the Demo-
bimetallic committee, will proba
be permanent chairman of the Dem-
national convention. This is a
■rt of the program of the silver men,
■rich includes the removal of the na-
Honal Democratic headquarters to Chi
■igo and the election of Senator Jones
Hf Arkansas, as chairman of the na-
Bonal committee to succeed William E.
Karrity.
I The removal of the national head-
Buarters to Chicago, the silver men de-
Blare, will certainly be accomplished.
rThey say that Illinois will be the battle
[gtqtind, and Uis necessary that the <
•enters ot r... ~—.
>vith the men who are in the field mak
ing the fight.
Senator Fred Duboise of Idaho, the
representative of Senator Henry M.
Teller, reached Chicago Monday even
ing and as soon as his valise had been
taken to his room he hurried to the
Sherman House and there met Judge
McConnell. After a short conversation
in the office Senator Dußoise and Judge
McConnell went upstairs and Senator
Teller’s campaign manager held a short
conference with Senator Jones, Senator
Harris, John W. Tomlinson and other
Democrats.
GARDNER GONE TO CHICAGO
Headquarter* *»f tbe Association of Demo
cratic Clubs Will Be Established.
Washington,/ June 30. Lawrence
Gardner, secretary of the Democratic
congressional campaign and of the Na
tional Association of Democratic clubs,
Icago, where he will eB-
riers of the latter asso
eueral Wilson of the ex
tee will be detained here
nties and his place .will
lhairman Pro Tern Con
in MeMillan of Termes
[uarters have been fully
literature pertaining to
ociation. A circular let
nt to all delegates-elect
>n to come to the head
iference.
association now has a
over 1,500 clubs, em
;ate and territory, num
-00,000 members. Many
ig formed and it is ex
pected that in this campaign, which the
officers of he association say will be
purely a campaign of the people, there
will be at le vst 6,000 clubs in the field,
as there were nearly 5,000 clubs in the
last. <
Saturday, July 6, a conference will
be held in Chicago between Hie execu
tive committee and the chairman of the
state associations, which are 20 in num
ber. This conference, it is Stated, is for
the arrangements for the convention of
the clubs to be held in St./Louis, Sept.
30, and it is confidently expected by the
association that it will »e one of the
largest popular gatlieririgs ever held in
this country.
TO FIGHT FOR GOLD.
William C. Whltuey and His Party Will
Leave New York. This Week.
New York, June 30. The New
Yorkers who are going to Chicago to
fight for the gold standard have com
pleted their arrangements. Mr. Wil
liam C. Whitney will leave Vith a party
of friends in a private car atAched to
the Lake Shore limited of the New
York Central railroad at 4:30 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon, reaching Chicago
Friday atternoon. He will be joined by
Senator Hill at Albany. The Tammany
delegation will on Sunday morn
ing at 9:30 o’clock,<aving two special
trains on the New York Central. They
will arrive in Chicago on Monday morn
ing. Mr. Whitney said:
“The fight is being keyed up in the
sound money states, and there is a great
increase in the spirit and determination
of Democrats who are going to Chicago
to fight for sound money.
Oregon Delegates For Pennoyer.
Portland, Or., June 30. —“Pennoyer
for president” will be the slogan of the
the Oregon delegation to the Chicago
convention. It cannot be established
that Pennoyer has expressed any desire
to have it so, but there is little doubt
that his.name and fame will be exploited
long and loud among the Democrats.
The state Democracy is in favor of free
silver.
Meckison Nominated For Oongress.
Columbus, 0., June 30. —Judge D.
Meekison of Napoleon was nominated
by the Democrats for congress. “Free
find unlimited coinage of silver” was
indorsed. Delegates to the national
convention: John Kuenecke, Putnam
county, and Livi Jabobs, Van Wert
county.
Prospectors Having a Hard Time.
Tacoma, June 30.—William Hutch
inson returned Tuesday from Cook’s in
let, Alaska, where he has spent two
months. He came down on ths schooner
Norma, which left Kodiak on June 26.
Hutchinson says there are 1,750 people
on Six Mile creek and about as many
on Resurrection creek. About 750 of
them are making from $1.50 to $2 a day,
placer mining, but the remainder, he
says, are absolutely helpless and are un
able to find enough to keep them alive.
As a rule, the gold consists of such
light flakes that the breeze blows it
away. Many es the prospectors would
like to go to the Yukon country. That,
however, is 200 miles away, and it is
currently reported that the Copper
river Indians, who live there, are on
the warpath. Hutchinson thinks there
will not be enough steamers to accom
modate the people who will want to
leave Cook’s inlet this summer.
American* Will Be Honored.
London, June 30. —It has been de
cided that a review of troops will be
held at Aidershot camp in honor of the
Honorable Artillery company of Massa
chusetts, now on its way to England.
The date of this military turnout has
not been fixed, but it is now known that
the matter was arranged at the sugges
tion of the Prince of Wales. This is the
greatest compliment it is possible for the
war department to pay the Americans,
as reviews, up to the present, have never
been held save for the crowned heads.
In addition also, in honor of the Amer
ican visitors, an imposing artillery pa-
PRICE FIVE CENTS, i
A WARNING CIRCULAR
I ■
. Cubans Informed That Certain Toms
Are to Be Dynamited.
I
HAVAM’S DESTRUCTION PLANNED
Several Cubans Show Copies
Os the Circular tn New York
THE HERALD TELLS THE STORY
All Cubans Are Advised to Abandon the
Threatened Begiou American Forced
to Leave His Plantation—Spain to Send
Forty Thousand Reinforcements to the
Island In August—Cuban War News.
New York, June 30. The Herald
says: Several Cubans, who arrived
here on the steamer Saratoga, brought *
with them copies of a warning circular
addressed to Cubans informing them
that during the summer there would be
many explosions in the towns of tho
island, caused by dynamite. The circu
lar advised all Cubans to abandon the
threatened region while the campaign
of (Jestruction was in psogress.
The circulars, in Spanish, were dated
June 15, and were printed upon white
tissue paper. Many thousands of these
were said to be in circulation in and,
about Havana when the steamer left
that port.
At the Cuban junta headquarters it
was said that the destruction of Havanp,
in this way had been under contempla
tion for a long time and that private
buildings and property owned by Span
iards who are opposed to the independ
ence of Cuba would be sacrificed as well
as the public edifices occupied by the
Spanish.
Forced to Abandon Hi* Plantation.
Havana, June 30.—The Spanish gar
rison at the sugar estate Natalia, owned '
by Juan Jova, an American citizen,
compelled his brother, who was in
charge of the plantation, to leave on
short notice. He reports that the Span
ish were preparing to burn it.
The Spanish forces operating in the
neighborhood of Sagua la Grande had
a sharp engagement on June 16 with
the Cubans, under Colonel Jose Luis
Roban, near Quemado de Ouines. Af
terwards a special train took to Sagua
la Grand 18 Spanish soldiers, wounded
mostly with the machete..
The military hospitals of the town are
full, seven or eight soldiers dying every
day.
Julio Martinez Mesa and Dr. Chavez,
who had been graduated at the Univer-'
sity of Havana only qne week before,
joined the insurgents June 13. Next
day seven other young men of Sagua
followed them.
Spain Is Preparing For War.
London, June 30.—The Standard pub
lishes a dispatch from Madrid saying
that the chamber of deputies has unan
imously adopted a bill enabling the gov
ernment to raise the sum of $10,000,000
oh the security of the tobacco monopoly-,
the money to be available for war ex
penses during the parliamentary recess.
The dispatch adds that the government
has completed arrangements for the use
of 20 transatlantic steamers during the
month of August to transport 40,000 re
inforcements and 60,000 Mauser rifles
to Cuba and also a number, of heavy
guns to be mounted in the forts of Ha
vana and other ports of the island.
INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.
The Pitt Bi ver Tribe Threaten to Massacre
White Settlers on July 4.
Redding, Cal., June 30.—Great ex
citenlent has been caused by the receipt
of a letter containing news of a threat
ened rising of the Pitt river Indians.
Judge Edward Sweeney of Redding re
ceived the message, and the author is
W. Bailey, a farmer, living at his farm
on Pitt river, about six miles northeast
of this city.
•Bailey states in the letter that a
friendly squaw came to his house and.
informed him that the warriors of the
Pitt river tribe intended to have a great
pow wow near his farm on July 4,
gathering as many braves as possible,
and designed to follow their savage or
gies by the massacre of all the white
settlers who live along the banks of the
river. Sheriff Houston is organizing an
expedition to hurry on to the threatened
region. This tribe is the most powerful
and thoroughly organized in northern
California.
United States Troop* Pursuing Indian*.
Tombstone, A. T., June 30.—United
States troops, under Lieutenants Averill
and Yates, surronnded an Apache camp
in Sonora, about 40 miles below the
line. The Indians had evidently been J
informed by a scout of the presence of J
the troops, as all made their escape
cept a boy, who was captured with thjfl
camp outfit. The troops, co-operatibj®?
with a force of Mexican cavalry,
still in pursuit of the disbanded rejßwfl
gades.
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