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ESTABLISHED 1»87.
BRYAN IS A FAVORITE
, Bimetallic League Will Probably hdorse
His Nominnlion,
SECRETARY J. J. MOTT TALKS
The Kentucky Populists’
Choice Was Senator Teller
BUT THEY W.LL WILL GO FOR BRYAN
lt.fu.ea to Undertake to Forecast the
Work of the National Convention, bnt
Intimates That American Bimetallists
Will Support the Democratic Ticket.
Fopullsta May Nominate Toller.
St. Louis, July 14.—Dr. J. J. Mott,
' secretary of the Bimetallic League of
America, has returned here from Chi
cago and secured rooms at the Lindell
hotel for the coming convention of Sen
ator Stewart of Nevada, Congressman
Newland, William P. St John of New
* York and others. He was asked if the
Bimetallic national convention would
indorse Bryan’s nomination. He said:
“As one of the officers of the Bimetal
lic league, I don’t think it would be at
all proper for me to undertake to fore
cast what it will da I know, however,
that Mr. Bryan is a great favorite with
many men prominent in the league. ”
A. K. Taylor of Paducah, member of
the Populist national committee, is here
to engage quarters for the Kentucky
delegation and 300 visitors to the na
tional convention. When questioned
as to the Kentucky Populists’ choice for
president, he said:
“I cannot say further than that they
wanted Teller and hoped that the Chi
cago convention would nominate him
so that they could have indorsed him.”
“Will the Populists indorse Bryan
when they meet here next week?” he
was askeld.
“They may, but I doubt it, because
we have got to maintain our party. We
may nominate Teller and agree to di
vide our electoral tickets on the basis
that the man will be named after the
general result is known. This is feasi
ble, and, after all, it looks as if it would
be but the indorsement of Bryan, for
he would most likely be # the beneficiary. ”
Comment of the English Press.
London, July 14. —In an editorial on
' the political outlook in the United
States, The Times says: “Mr. Sewall
seems to have been nominated for vice
president in order to give an air of some
respectability to the Democratic party.”
, Discussing further Mr. Bryan’s
chances for the presidency, The Times
says: “It seems certain that he must
be reckoned with, and he may go fur
ther than his opponents profess to be
lieve possible.”
The same paper expresses the fear
that the putting up of another Demo
cratic candidate would only prove the
numerical weakness of the sound money
Democrats.
“Further,” The Times continues, “it
remains to be seen whether, should the
election of representatives in November
{iroduce a pro-silver house, Mr. McKin
ey would be firm enough to veto free
coinage. Altogether, the situation is
vital for America.”
The Chronicle says:
“Mr. Bryan’s character is as high as
his intellect is keen, and to many west
ern farmers he is a political idol; dearer,
perhaps, than any man since Lincoln.
Given the disastrous silver policy, it
must be admitted that Mr. Bryan is the
most acceptable representative of it.
Without sharing Mr. Smalley’s pessi
mistic notions, it cannot be denied that
the newspapers of the eastern states
have always made an unutterably ab
surd diagnosis of the vast silver move
ment. M. Zola once predicted that a
great class war would break out, not in
Europe, but a new country. Is this por
tentous event really beginning in the
United States?
“We believe that Mr. McKinley will
win, but the outlook is most stormy.
( It is war to the knife between two theo
ries of economics and finance. It is
fortunate that both sides are cham
pioned by men of undoubted high char
acter.”
Harrity Makes a Statement.
’ Philadelphia, July 14.—William F
Harrity returned from Chicago Tues
day and was at his desk in the office of
the Equitable Trust company, of which
he is president. Mr. Harrity was not
disposed to express himself regarding
the Democratic platform or candidates.
He did, however, make the following
statement:
“Since my return to Philadelphia my
attention has been called to a report
sent out from Chicago during the con
vention week to the effect that I had
declared that "I am a Democrat, and
after that I am a sound money man. ’
“There is no foundation whatever for
such a statement. It is a pure inven
tion, and the editorial which was based
’ -on it, appearing in some Philadelphia,
Boston and New York papers, are both
-unjust and unwarranted.
“I am a Democrat and a sound money
man, too,” continued Mr. Harrity, “not
afterwards, but at the same time. I
shall do nothing whatever during the
coming campaign that cun possibly be
regarded as a surrender of my convic
tions upon the currency question or
upon any other vital question.”
Ingall* Will Not Support Bryan,
Cincinnati, July 14.—President M.
| E. Ingalls of the Big Four and Chesa
peake and Ohio railways, has returned
L from the east and is out in an inter
■ view, saying: “Much as I regret it, I
F shall support McKinley, for I believe in
his election lies the only hope of the fu-
tore or tins country. ” ar. mgaiis is
one of the leading Democrats of this
state. He drew up the state platform
at the Democratic state convention last
year, when Senator Price was chairman
of the convention. Neither he nor Brice
attended the sti\te convention this year.
Ingalls denounces the platform for re
flecting upon the supreme court and for
violating contracts payable in gold in
the future as well as for its free coinage
plank.
Advise, the Nomination of a Third Ticket.
Ohableston, July 14.—The Evening
Post, editorially, advises the nomina
tion of a sound money Democratic ticket,
and the address of Illinois
Democrats.
A Kentucky Iron Furnace Shuts Down.
Middlesborough, Ky., July 14.
Watts’ iron fjjlnace has closed because
of the low pnoe of pig iron. Two hun
dred men are thrown out of employment.
TO FARMERS.
the Tumbling Mustard Imported From
Canada Into the United State..
Washington, July 14. American
farmers may be confronted with the
danger of another troublesome weed,
somewhat similar to the noted Russian
thistle in its destructive extent, unless
immediate steps are taken to check the
tumbling mustard. The tumbling must
ard has become very obnoxious as a
weed in the Canadian northwest prov
inces during the past five years, and re
cently has been imported from nine dif
ferent localities in the United States.
Its record in Canada and the rapidity
with which it has already spread here
has actuated the agricultural depart
ment to issue a special warning for
prompt action. So for-the weed has
been confined to a ftiall area in the
country. It is usually produced in baled
hay, poorly cleaned seed, stock cars or
sweepings from grain cars. It is es
pecially likely to be contained in tim
othy seed, the large proportion of which
is grown in the Sioux valley in the east
ern part of South Dakota.
The weed has not yet infested this
valley, but the statement is made that
if it should spread in this field for two
consecutive years it probably would ruin
the timothy seed industry of the entire
section. Various methods of complete
eradication are urged in the warning.
TO LEARN OUR LANGUAGE.
Thirty Chinese Boy. on the Way to New
• York—Rev. Kin Talks.
New Orleans, July 14.—There ar
rived in this city over the Southern Pa
cific railroad, 30 Chinese boys in charge
of Rev. Huie Kin, a Presbyterian min
ister, who has
New York, where they go to be placed
at school and after receiving a prelimi
nary education will enter college. They
are sons of prominent and wealthy citi
zens of Canton, Hong Kong and other
large cities of China. Mr. Kin stated
that since the war with Japan, the peo
ple of China have become more alive to
their deficiencies and are anxious to
place themselves more in touch with
modern methods. It was with this idea
in view that the boys were sent to
America to obtain an education. Mr.
Kin further said:
“The government officials had long
conferences with me regarding the
sending of a large number of children
to this country to receive an education.
The government in all probability will
spend millions of dollars to have her
young sons learn the language and all
the arts and sciences of the American
people. ’ ’
New System of Distributing Spirits.
Cincinnati, July 14.—The American
Spirits Manufacturing company has be
gun its new system of distributing and
announces that there will be no cutting
in rates. The present company, as well
as the old whisky trust, is having
trouble with the distributors on various
matters. The American Spirits Manu
facturing company decided last Satur
day to have but four distributors. They
are the American Distributing com
pany, New York; W. W. Johnson &
Co, Cincinnati; Shufeldt & Co., Chi
cago, and Corning & Co., Peoria. The
trade will be supplied from those four
places with old goods as well as the
new output of the distilleries.
A Big Battle Expected.
Buluwayo, July 14.—News of the
utmost gravity has reached this place
from the Mangwa and Tati districts.
It is to the effect that a rebel empire has
taken up a position on the Tati road,
about 35 miles southwest of Buluwayo.
Fak'>, one of the most noted of the
Mattabele chiefs, has joined the rebels
with reinforcements and ordered the
construction of the forts on the Tati
road. The Malakalakas are already in
great force in the northwestern part of
the Tati concession. Fighting is ex
pected to take place immediately.
Ate Too Many Green Apples.
Cincinnati, July 14.—0 n July 4 the
inmates of the City infirmary were
treated to green apples, lemonade and
other luxuries. The inmates drank anfi
ate too much. Sickness followed, and
eight have since died from the effects of
the festivities on that day. They were:
Barbara Bauers, aged 53; Henry Hol
lider, 74; Maria Thornbey, 70; Edwin
White, 90; Gerard Vonderspeck, 75;
William Hare, 68; John McDermott, 55,
and Mr. M. L. Bassett, 65. All were
infirm as well as aged.
Cabin Boy. Commit Murder.
Pomeroy, 0., July 14.—Robert M.
Hunter and William Joyce, cabin boys
on the steamer Bonanza, shot and killed
Peter Whitaker here. The killing was
the result of rivalry over a woman.
Both are in jail.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. WEDNESDAY, JULY la, 1896
TRIED TO KILL FAURE
An Attempt Made Upon the Lite of
France’s President.
ASSASSIN WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL
Cheer After Cheer Coes Up
For the President
THE NEWS SPREAD RAPIDLY
The Attempt Was Made at Long Champs,
Where the President Had Gone to Re
view the Troops—The Would-Be Assas
sin Arrested on the Spot—Claims the
Cartridge Was Blank.
Paris, July 14. —An attempt was
made to assassinate President .Faure
Tuesday. The president had gone to
Long Champs to review the troops. He
had no sooner entered the field when a
PRESIDENT FAURE.
man in the crowd stepped forward and
fired a revolver at him. The shot did
not take effect. The would-be assassin
was at once arrested. He declared that
he had only fired a blank cartridge and
that he had no intention of killing the
president.
When it became known in the crowd
at Long Ohampfe that the president had
not been hurt by the pistol shot, the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested.
Cheer after cheer went up, and the peo
ple could scarcely be restrained by the
guards from thronging about the place
where the president and his suite were
standing.
Ne’ws of the attempt on the life of
President Faure spread with great ra
pidity among the crowds of people who
were celebrating the national fete day,
and created an immense sensation. The
president, after the exciting incident,
was everywhere received with cheers,
the populace taking the means of ex
pressing their gratification at his escape
from a violent death.
While the president was seated in an
open carriage, accompanied by M. Me
line, M. Boisdeffre and Turnier, there
appeared upon the review grounds, at
Long Champs, a well dressed man, ap
parently about 40 years of age, who had
been leaning against a tree. He took
deliberate aim and fired twice in quick
succession.
The man had not time to fire again
before the crowd closed in on him, and
but for the intervention of the police,
the would-be assassin would have been
lynched. The name of the miscreant
is given as Francois.
It appears some time ago, in order to
draw attention to a supposed grievance
which he harbored, he fired a revolver
in the hall of the chamber of deputies.
Francois declares that he had no inten
tion to harm President Faure, but that
the sole purpose of his act was to secure
a hearing by the president of his griev
ances.
CLOUDBURST IN OHIO.
Great Damage Done to Crop. In the Vi
cinity of Lima—Lightning’s Work.
Lima, 0., July 14.—A terrific rain
storm and cloudburst did an immense
amount of damage in this city and vi
cinity. In the country, corn and oat
fields were leveled, the small streams
swollen into rivers and many bridges
and culverts were washed away. In
this city the sewers were not large
enough to carry away the water, and
the streets and cellars were flooded and
much damage was done.
At Youngstown lightning struck a
number of buildings, among them the
Second National bank. Shade trees
were blown down and there was much
damage to fruit trees. The damage to
crops in this locality, especially to the
oat crop, will amount to thousands of
dollars. Oats had grown rapidly dur
ing the hot weather. The wind and
torrents of rain have beaten down hun
dreds of acres. The damage to crops
will be the greatest in years.
No State Fair This Year.
Macon, July 14.—N0 state fair will
be held in Georgia this year. The so
ciety was under contract to hold it in
Macon this year, but owing to the de
pressed condition of the country the so
ciety asked the mayor and council to re
lease it from the contract this year, and
the request was granted. It is not
known whether the society will hold a
fair next year, nor at what place. Un
der its contract the society is bound to
hold a fair at Macon every other year.
As Macon waived its right to the fair
this year, some other city may get the
fair next year.
— n
CONDITION OF TRADE
r Eec juraging Reports Received From All
Farts of the South.
OUTLOOK IN INDUSTRIAL CIRCLES
The Unsettled Financial Ques.
tion Depresses Business
BUT PROSPECTS ARE ENCOURAGING
Southern Manufacturer* Expect an Early
Renewal of Activity—Drouth Ha* In
jured the Cotton Crop to Some Extent,
but a Good Yield I. Looked For—Many
New Industrie. Reported.
Chattanooga, July 14. —Business con
ditions throughout the south show little
change. The Tradesman has received a
large number of letters during the past
week from southern manufacturers in
regard to the present condition of trade
and the outlook fti industrial circles.
These reports are in the main encourag
ing. While the unsettled financial ques
tion tends to depress business and the
usual midsummer dullness prevails, the
prospects are still encouraging for an
early renewal of activity.
Orops give promise of being exception
ally fine and, though the drouth has in
jured cotton to some extent, a good
yield is expected.
The iron and steel industries report a
decreased demand, except in the Bir
mingham district, where the furnaces
are in full blast with prospects of an
idle furnace being blown in at an early
date. Prices for finished products are
about the same.
The lumber trade is fairly good for
the season, the most en-ouraging fea
ture being the export business, which
shows unusual activity.
Among the most important new in
dustries for the week are the Spring
Mountain Improvement company, Lit
tle Rock, Ark., capital $50,000; the
Pocahontas Electric company, Hunters
ville, W. Va., capital $200,000; the Di
reet Navigation company, Houston,
Tex., capital $100,000; a SIOO,OOO cotton
mill at Greenville, Ala., a SIO,OOO eleva
tor equipment company at Roanoke,
Va, a 40-barrel flouring mill at Thomp
kinsville, Ky., and the Cisco (Tex.) Oil
mill, capital $75,000.
Other industries are as follows: Elec
tric light plants at Lafayette, La., and
Marion, N. C.; electrical manufacturing
works at San Antonio, Tex.; a fertilizer
factory at Linton, Fla., and flouring
mills at Culler, N. C., and Ottobine, Va.
A grain elevator will be erected at Pa
ducah, Ky.; ice factories at Harrison,
Ark., and Brookhaven, Miss.; iron mines
will be opened at Jacksonville, Ala.;
plow works will be located at Lynch
burg, Va.; a rice mill at Crowley, La.,
and a cotton gin at Marianna* Ark. A
handle factory will be built at Dobbin,
W. Va.; a sash and blind factory at
Salisbury, N. O.; a sawmill at Berne,
Ark., and a saw and planingmill at
Culler, N. C.
Waterworks will be established at Ab
beville, S. C.; Franklin and LaFayette,
La., and New Martinsville, W. Va.
The enlargements include an electric
light plant at Valdosta, Ga.; flouring
mills at Newton, N. C.; Watauga Val
ley, Tenn., and Floyd, Va.; glassworks
at Fairmount, W.; coal mines at Mc-
Henry, Ky., and a match factory at
Vicksburg, Miss.
New buildings reported are: An au
ditorium at Chattanooga to cost $10,000;
a $12,000 boiler house at Newport, Ky.;
a SIO,OOO church at Atlanta, Ga.; a $20,-
000 church at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va.;
a $20,000 courthouse at Madisonville,
Tenn.; a $15,000 hotel at Fulton, Ky.,
and a $20,000 jail at Franklin, La.
Number of Idle Spindles In the South.
Fall River, Mass., July 14.—A cir
cular letter received from T. H. Martin,
secretary of the Southern Textile asso
ciation, states that of the 2,500,000 spin
dles in the south 1,923,000 were stopped
for varying terms. The factories oper
ating them are located as follows: Ala
bama, 138,000 spindles; Georgia, 460,-
000; North Carolina, 570,000; Tennessee,
80,000; South Carolina, 478,000: Vir
ginia, 103,000; Mississippi, 39,000; Ken
tucky, 21,000; Louisiana, 57,000. Some
of these agree to close until Aug. 1,
others for 60 days and the remainder
until Oct. 1.
Atkinson Chosen by the Alumni Society.
Atlanta, July 14.—Governor Atkin
son has been chosen orator of the Alumni
society of the University of Georgia for
1897. He has been advised of his selec
tion in a letter from the secretary of the
society. The governor has not yet de
cided to accept the invitation.
The Steamsr Colorado Badly Damaged.
New York, July 14.—The Mallory
line steamship Colorado, Captain A. C.
Burrows, inward bound from Bruns
wick, Ga., while proceeding up the
main channel in the lower bay struck a
nud scow in tow of a tug outbound,
i imaging the steamer’s bow. Captain
■ows found his vessel taking water
Up..dy and only beached her inside the
west buoy, in 7 feet of water. All the
passengers, 23 in number, were brought
to town in a tug.
The Georgia Delegation on the Way.
Atlanta, July 14.—The Georgia del
egation to the annual convention of the
Baptist Young People’s Union of Amer
ica left at noon for Milwaukee. The
convention convenes in annual session
Thursday morning and will not adjourn
before Sunday afternoon.
I HAMMOND IN LONDON.
Tlie American Who Was Sentenced to
Death Talks of the Johannesburg Raid.
• London, July 14.—Mr. John Haya
1 Hammond, the American mining engi
neer whose connection with the Johan
nesburg reform committee brought upon
!him the sentence of death, and who was
pardoned by President Kreuger, is in
the city, and has been interviewed by a
London newspaper correspondent.
’ Mr. Hammond says that he will not
return to Johannesburg. It is his pres
ent intention to remain in London for
. about six weeks and then to visit Amer
-1 ica with his wife. He will return to
England and settle in London to take
charge of the gold field company’s
business.
“I shall try,” said Mr. Hammond, “to
divert English capital to the United
States.”
Being questioned on the subject of the
Johannesburg raid, Mr. Hammond said:
“I shall not testify at the trial of Dr.
Jameson unless Jameson should make
the statement that it was the wish of
the people of Johannesburg that he
should come to rescue them. We of the
reform committee repeatedly told Dr.
James n not to make the experiment,
as the reform movement did not want
him.
“But I must decline to discuss the po
litical situation in South Africa,” Mr.
Hammond continued. “I desire, how
ever, to thank my friends in the United
States for their kindness during the pe
riod of my imprisonment. I have let
ters of sympathy from all parts of that
country, including many from persons
who were not personally known to me.”
Mr. Hammond says that his health
has been fully restored by the sea voy
age from Cape Town to London.
Hunt Recaptured; William* Still at Large.
Columbus Ga., July 14.—John Hunt,
one of the negroes who escaped from the
Cusseta jail, has been recaptured.
When he and his companion, Jim Wil
liams, made their escape from Chatta
hoochee county’s bastile, Hunt made for
the river, hoping to escape across into
Alabama, but the stream had begun to
rise and it was impossible to cross it.
For two days he was hemmed in on the
plantation of Mr. Rollin Jefferson, and
was finally captured by a negro on the
place. Hunt was turned over to Sheriff
Bagley, but that official, anticipating
violence, was afraid to keep him that
night in the Cusseta jail, so with a num
ber of guards he carried the negro into
the woods and there spent the night. It
is not known where Hunt Will be taken.
Hunt is charged with assault. Wil
liams, who is still at liberty, is charged
with murder.
Catcher Clark’s Finger Amputated.
Louisville, July 14.—Some time ago
Catcher Bill Clark of the Baltimore
club, had the little finger of his right
hand in jured in a game and has been
troubled with the member ever since the
accident occurred. Two days in
flamation set in, and it became evi
dent that unless the inflamed part
was amputated blood poisoning would
result. The operation was performed
Tuesday morning at the Norton in
firmary, and while Clark may not be
able to play for several weeks, the loss
of a part of the finger will not render
his services in the game in the future
less efficient.
Chicago Import* More Tea Than Gotham.
Chicago, July 14.—Chicago is now
the largest importing center of Japan
tea in the United States. Up to this
year the record was held by New York.
The annual report of Appraiser Hoyne
shows that Chicago has run ahead, of
New York. There were last year, end
ing with June 30, 275,353 packages of
teas invoiced to the port of Chicago,
weighing 31,145,595 pounds, or 15,583
tons. In addition to the direct impor
tation there passed through the Chicago
office over 2,000,000 pounds of teas im
ported from other places and sent to
Chicago for examination and classifica
tion.
Breckinridge Passes Through Atlanta.
Atlanta, July 14.—Colonel W. C. P.
Breckinridge, the ex-congressman from
Kentucky, passed through Atlanta on
his way to Milledgeville, where he goes
to defend Joe Ewalt, the young man
who shot down Bartender Walter
Hemphill on the night of March 24, last,
under very unus :al circumstances. The
father of Joe Ewalt and Colonel Breck
inridge were the most devoted friends,
and Colonel Breckinridge volunteered
his services to the youug man the mo
ment he heard of the tragedy.
Two Women Burned to Death.
Baltimore, July 14. —Mrs. Thomas
Woolford, aged 54, and her sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sliemaker, aged 65, were
burned to death by the explosion of an
old oil lamp at their home, 1210 River
side avenue, this city. The women
were climbing the steps leading to their
bedroom on the second floor, when a
lamp, which one of them was carrying,
exploded, throwing burning oil all over
them.
Restrained From Protesting a Ball Gama
Louisville, July 14.—An injunction
has been served, through the common
pleas court of Cuyahoga county, 0., on
Dr. Stucky, president of the Louisville
Base Ball club, Secretary Dreyfus, Man
ager McGunnigle and Captain Miller,
restraining them from protesting one of
the games played here with the Cleve
land club and further from interfering
with Captain Tebeau in playing with
the Cleveland team. The paper sets
forth the fact that by the prohibition of
Tebeau from plying his vocation his
means of subsistence is taken from him.
The document is quite a lengthy one.
>While the injunction may have some
effect as far as the Louisville officials
are concerned, it is not thought that
they will de enforceable with the league
directors.
PBICE FIVE CENTS,
FEYER’AIDING CUBA
Spanisli Army Being Thinned Out by
Yellow Jack.
THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ARE DYING
It Is Said a Panic Prevails
In the Army
FORTY PERCENTOFTHE CASES FATAL
Physician, and Norses Are Unable to Cope
With the Disease, and It, Seem* Likely
That Before the Summer la Over Spain
Will. Have No Army on the Island of
Cuba—Did Garcia Order Maceo Killed?
Key West, July 14.—Advices from
Havana state that a panic prevails in
the Spanish army in consequence of the
terrible increase of yellow fever in the
last few days. It is estimated that fully *
40 per cent of the cases prove fatal.
In Santiago de Cuba there are 4,500
soldiers in the hospitals. Major General
Linares is stricken and his life is de
spaired of. The physicians and nurses
are utterly incapable of coping with the
disease.
The epidemic is also very serious all
along the trocha. In some cases entire
companies have been stricken. General
Arolas and nearly every member of his
staff are ill. Captain General Weyler
has ordered an erection of new hospitals
along the trocha and will send to Spain
for additional physicians.
In Baracoa, Holguin and other places
in eastern Cuba the fever is raging with
great virulence, and it is spreading to
the central points. From Matanzas
come most distressing tales. In that
city it is said the mortality is about 66
per cent and that it is becoming difficult
to bury the dead.
The hospitals of Havana contain
nearly 6,000 patients, and every day the
number is being increased. Friday 450
sick soldiers were brought in from Pinar
del Rio province. Physicians fear that
more serious diseases will result. There
is talk now of cholera and it is pretty
well established that there have been
several cases of this latter disease along
the trocha.
Dr. Muratta, the Japanese armv sur
geon who has been here, says he doesn’t
see how a great epidemic of cholera can
be prevented.
The conditions of Spanish troops
along the trocha is awful. They are
illy fed and' in rags, and are ;forced to
drink from streams in which carcasses
are floating. The officers in the field,
from captain to general, are applying
for permission to ret. rn to Spain, and
the privates are deserting daily. Un
less something is done, it seems likely
that before the summer is over Spain
will have no army in Cuba.
Marine Hospital Bureau Receives Reports.
Washington, July 14.—The marine
hospital bureau is receiving full reports
of the progress of yellow fever, cholera
and smallpox epidemics progressing in
the various parts of the wcgld. While
these show a heavy mortality for the hot
months, the ravages are not such as to
cause fear, so far as this country is Con
cerned.
The last reports from Cuba show that
smallpox is proving more deadly tHan
yellow fever. The fever is epidemic
only at the seaport towns at which the
Spanish troops are garrisoned, but the
smallpox is virulent throughout the in
terior. At Santiago de Cuba, which has
6,000 population, there are 2,000 cases.
Dr. Caminetti says tpere are tenement
houses which contain as many Rs 27
oases.
Yellow fever has decreased somewhat,
but will again commence its deadly
mission as soon as the new recruits, an
nounced as coming, begin to arrive.
In his last letter Dr. Oamihettl re
ports that smallpox has taken virulent
form and that there are a number of
deaths daily. Yellow fever has taken a
more malignant character.
Spaniards Kill Three Women and a Child.
New York, July 14.—Captain Albert
Couspier, the French army officer who
organized in New York the expedition
which, under command of General
Rafael M. Portuondo, lately landed in
Cuba, writes from Majuga, Mantanzas
province, under date of June 29, to a
friend here as follows:
We have had an engagement near this
place with 650 Spanish troops. We charged
them with our machetes and killed about
40, besides wounding a great many more.
The Spaniards were commanded by Colo- •
nel Druaba.
I am informed on good authority that
Surgeon General Lozada has recently
stated that fully 10,000 Spanish troops are
sick at the present time, the majority with
yellow fever.
At Sagua, near the plantation Olallita,
some Spanish troops were passing along
the road when the captain commanding
espied two daughters of a man named
Rodriguez, both under 20 years of age.
After insulting them in the most brutal
manner, he had both girls shot on the ab
surd pretext of hiding insurgents.
At Mantanzas a woman and her child
were shot by Colonel Olivera for not re
vealing what they knew of the insurgent
movements.
Think Garcia Ordered Maceo Killed.
Havana, July 14.—Many sympathi
zers in this city with the insurgents ex
press the belief that Antonio Maceo has
been killed by the orders of General Oa
lixto Garcia, or by friends of the latter.
The basis of this theory is in the fact
that Maceo had openly refused to ac
knowledge the authority of General
Garcia.