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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THE POPS ARE AT IT
Convention Called to Order by Chairman
, Taubeneck.
BUTLER PRESIDES TEMPORARILY
The Result of the Convention
Sttii Uncertain
< THE FATE OF THE PARTY IMPENDING
“Middle-of-the-Road” Men Fail to Make
Their Expected Fight on the North Car
ol I nan—Governor Stone of Missouri Wel
comed *he Delegates In Behalf of the
State —Ignatius Donnelly Responded.
St. Louis, July 22.—The day for the
opening of the two national conventions
broke clear and bright, in striking con
trast with the dark, gloomy and droop
i ifig clouds which have been like a shadow
:
tt H. E. TAUBENECK. '
|fl over the preliminary days of the conven
es tion. The heavens were azure blue,
Hstuffed here and there with wads of cot-
clouds. Delegates and visitors were
early regaling themselves in the
|g||Hght sunshine. The only drawback
an otherwise perfect day was the
temperature which promised tor
fl rid heat bofore Old Sol crossed the me
flAtiiian. Crowds in the corridors of the
" i*hotels, where the delegates’ headquar
ters of the various factions are located,
were dense and noisy, but there was a
striking absence of the brass bands with
4 which the conventions of the old parties
woke the air with their clash and clat
t ter.
Before 10 o’clock the crowds and del
egates began leaving in steady streams
t towards the convention hall. The Bryan
•,« and the “middle-of-the-road” factions
,/wereboth girded for the fray and
', "both claimed victory. The first test of
1 .strength was eagerly looked forward to,
•as it would prove which was in the ma
jority.
So far as the silver convention was
concerned there was little or no public
interest in it. The attention of the
public Was all for the Populist gather
ing.
Although the “middle-of-the-road”
men were very much incensed at the
statement of Senator Butler of North
. Carolina, who was selected for tempo
rary chairman by the national commit
' tee, that ha was in favor of Bryan’s
nomination, conditionally, they had not
L decided, up to 9 o’clock, whether they
< would fight the selection on the floor.
i ’ Later it was stated that the “middle-
L of-the-road” men had decided to place
O. B. Jones of Missouri in nomination
I for temporary chairman against Sena
[ tor Butler. The “middle-of-the-road”
1 . men didn’t hold any formal meeting, but
■ an agreement was reached among a few
I leaders that the “middle-of-the-road”
men were not to be frightened by the
■ thiteat that Jones is not a delegate and
claim that any man can be chosen as
chairman.
flu It was also announced that a definite
■ agreement had been reached to place
fl Paul Van Dervoort of Nebraska in nomi
nation in opposion to Bryan. Van De-
I vbrt has consented to run before the con
fl vention and says he will give them all
the fight he has in him.
B The “middle-of-the-road” men are
not at all well organized and have no
I definite idea of their strength, either on
■ the temporary chairmanship or on the
nomination of candidates.
The Hall Not Elaborately DecoratcS?
The hall in which the Populists met
I was the same as in which the Republi-
I can national convention met last month.
The state delegations were located in
I the pit.
!> The galleries reared themselves above
fl the pit on all sides. The platform in
■ front was flanked by the press benches.
I ’ The decorations were not elaborate.
L They were practically the same as those
V of the Republican convention. The
k bunting which swathed the galleries
f had Mfln taken down and some of the
1 flags which flew from the roof were
I fsided and weather beaten. There was
| not a picture in the hall. No face of the
k Populistic iaols graced its walls. The
■ only counterfeit presentation within
IJ the building was the large bust of Gen-
■ eral Grant, which faced the platform
across the heads of delegates. It occu-
?! pied the same position in the Republi-
B can convention.
■ The delegates began to straggle in be
; ' fore 10 o’clock, but the spectators were
BL alow in arriving. When the pit was
B half filled there were not 200 in the gal-
leries. In this respect the usual order
B of things at the conventions of the old
■ parties was reversed Among the first
f^Lto ’arrive was the Kansas delegation,
■jrith long yellow libbons on their hip-
B. Ignatius Donnelly, short and round.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE
his good humored race beaming, came
in early and talked awhile with Ser
geant-at- Arms McDowell, who stood on
the platform, silver baton in hand, sur
veying the final arrangements.
| Congressman Howard of Alabama,
who wrote “If Christ Came to Con
gress,” was a striking figure in his dele
gation. He is tall, powerfully built,
with a swarthy complexion and long,
straight, black hair that gives him al
, most the appearance of an Indian.
I “Buffalo” Jones of Oklahoma sat
with his delegation, stolidly reading a
newspaper. Here and there was a black
face. There was one negro delegate
each from Colorado and Georgia.
General Coxey Was on Hand.
General Coxey of the famous com
monweal army and his son-in-law; Carl
Browne, came in together with their re
spective wives. Mrs. Coxey bore in her
arms her young son, whom General
Coxey christined “Legal Tender” as a
perpetual reminder of his march across
the mountains in 1898. As the air in
the hall is oppressive, the delegates do
not hesitate to shed their coats. Some
of them came to the hall with their
coats on their arms. Others took off
their vests and hung them on the back
of the chairs. Some wore negligee shirts,
while some wore white collars and cra
vats. •
Although some of the delegates have
been very noisy during the preliminary
skirmishing before the convention, they
were very quiet while assembling. The
band stationed above the speaker’s stand
kept np a coutinnous fusilade of popu
lar airs, but not one of them wrung any
applause from the delegates. The first
thing to wake them from their lethargy
was the action of an assistant sergeant
at-arms when he hung a portrait of
Lincoln over one of the front galleries.
The delegates applauded and some one
shouted for three cheers, which were
given. The ice being thus broken, they
became more demonstrative and cheered
the band’s rendition of “Columbia” and
“Gem of the Ocean.”
There were several women delegates
on the floor, among them Mrs. J. A.
Bush of Prescott, Arizona; Mrs. Jennie
B. Atherhold and Mrs. H. Ilers of Colo
rado.
Senator Allen received the first per
sonal ovation. The Texas delegation
first grew demonstrative. A woman
posed with a “middle-of-the-road”
streamer pinned to her gown and they
cheered wildly.
She waved her handkerchief fran
tically in response, and the enthusiastic
Texans crowded about her to shake her
hand. She proved to be a Mrs. Hines
of Chicago. Then a Lone Star delegate
mounted a chair and read a number of
telegrams from Texas Populists, ad
monishing them to keep in the “middle
of-the-road” and bolt if necessary.
Peffer and Weaver Arrive.
General Weave*, the last Populist
candidate for the presidency, and Sena
tor Peffer came in together. Paul Van
Dervoort of Nebraska, the most promi
nent candidate of the “middle-of-the
road” men for president, took one of
the seats on the platform reserved for
distinguished guests. On his coat he
wore the badge of his faction.
Shortly before 12 o’clock a pitcher of
ice water was placed on the chairman’s
table and an oak gavel was carried to
the platform.
The Mississippi delegation, bearing
banners, marched down the aisle bearing
the slogan, “no compromise.” About
this time some one nailed a portrait of
Peter Cooper above the speaker’s stand.
Below were the words: “National pros
perity cannot be restored by the enforce'!
idleness of a large portion of our peo
ple.”
The portrait did not seem to be rec
ognized; at least it was not applauded.
The Massachusetts delegation bore
into the hall a banner bearing the leg
end, “The spirit of 1777.” At 12:15
Senator Butler of North Carolina as
cended the platform and took his seat.
About him were “Cyclone” Davis of
Texas, Secretary Turner of Washing
ton and some members of the natinoal
committee. Three minutes later Chair
man Taubeneck of the executive com
mittee took his seat at the front of the
platform. Senators Allen and Peffer
were cheered as they ascended the stage.
At this time, while every seat on the
floor was taken and there was much an
imation, the galleries were practically
empty. There were over 2,000 delegates
in attendance in the pit, but there were
not over 300 spectators in the galleries.
Governor Stone of Missouri, -who was
to deliver an* address of welcome, sat
among the distinguished guests on the
platform.
The most brilliant dash of coloring in
the scene was a bunch of crimson flow
ers which graced the straw hat of one
of the Populist editresses on the press
benches.
Taubeneck Raps For Order.
At 12:25 Chairman Taubeneck stepped
to the front of the platform to call the
convention to order. At the sight of
him the Illinois delegation, who sat im
mediately below the platform, rose up
and cheered. Quiet came with the first
rap of the gavel. Rev. W. L. Smith of
the First Baptist church of this city de
livered the invocation. The 1,300 dele
gates itood reverently as he appealed to
the throne of grace to drive out all evils
and bring in all good.
Mr. Taubeneck again descended on
the conclusion of the prayer. There
was some surprise when the chairman
introduced Governor Stone of Missouri,
but whatever apprehensions which
: might have been raised were speedily
removed by the announcement that the
governor was merely expected to make a
welcome address. Mr. Stone did not
speak at great length. His welcome was
most cordial and was couched in choice
words.
He ventured upon a few general re
• marks upon the propriety of freedom of
opinion, of the press, of speech and of
the ballot, which must, he says, be pre
cafv-aH at. all
(Continued on fifth page.)
THE ROME GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1896
ARMY OF CONVICTS
Four Hundred and' [Seven Have
Been Ordered
REMOVED FROM DADE COAL MINES
To th© Chattahoochee Convict
Camps Near Atlanta
FIRST STEP IN FORFEITURE
The Lei sees Refuged to Pay the Fines Im
posed by Governor Atkinson and Ho Has
Ordered the Removal of the Men From
Camp No 1 to Camp N<.s 3 and 3 in
Cong quence,
Atlanta, July 23. —Judge Joseph
S. Turner, principal keeper of the
penitentiary, left last night for Cole
City, the largest convict camp in the
state, and when he returns Thursday
morning he will have with him a
small army of convicts, 407 in num
ber. They will be brought down to
Bolton on the Chattahoochee river,
chained together and marched from
there to the Chattahoochee brick com
pany’s yard, about a mile down the
river, and there delivered to the of
ficials of Company No. 2 and Com
pany No. 3.
This action is the outcome of the re
fusal of Mr. Julius Brown, president
of Company No. 1, to pay the fine im
posed upon his company by Governor
Atkinson for mismanagement of the
convicts worked at Cole City, Gov
ernor Atkinson passed an order this
afternoon ordering the principal
keeper of the penitentiary to proceed
to Cole City and Camp Bartow and
take charge of all the convicts at these
two places belonging to penitentiary
companies number two and three, and
turn them over to the officials of the
companies.
Penitentiary Company No. 1 is a
stockholder in both of the other pen
itentiary companies, number two and
three. As such stockholder it has
been working a number of convicts
belonging to the other companies. On
account of the way in which the con
victs were managed at Cole City and
at Camp Bartow heavy fines were im
posed on all three of the companies.
The fines imposed on No. 2 and 3 have
been-paid, but that imposed on Com
pany No. 1 has not.
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
Democratic and Republican Congressional
Committees to Send Out Documeuts.
Washington, July 22. Secretary
Gardner of the Democratic congres
sional committee, said that he had re
ceived 800 requests from New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania for free
silver literature. The committee is get
ting ready for vigorous work. It is said
there is a perfect understanding be
tween the Democratic national com
mittee and the congressional committee.
Ab stated some days ago, negotiations
are in progress for the rental by the na
tional committee of the bui ding form
erly known as Wormley’s hotel, in the
annex to which the congressional com
mittee is already established. If satis
factory arrangements can be made there
is little doubt that either the headquar
ters of the national committee 05 a
branch of it will be located here.
Representative S. N. Sparkman of
Florida, who was one of the delegates
at-large from that state to the Chicago
convention, and who is a conservative
gold standard Democrat, is here on
business. He will support the nominees
of the convention. When asked what
his state would do, he said: “Florida
will support the ticket, as well as all
the other southern states. There won’t
be any bolting in my state to amount to
anything. Here and there a Democrat
may cut the ticket, but I have seen no
announcement yet that any prominent
man has bolted the ticket.”
As one result of the conference be
tween Chairman Babcock of the Repub
lican congressional committee and Mark
Hanna and Major McKinley last week,
the scope of the work of the congres
sional committee is to be greatly widened
during the coming campaign. The com
mittee, in addition to supplying the va
rious congressional district committees
throughout the country with literature,
speeches and documents, will also fur
nish the state central committees in
every state in the Union with campaign
material.
The number of campaign documents
that will be sent out between now and
next November by the congressional
committee will reach into the millions.
From one state atone an order has been
received for 700,000 documents, and
there are a number of orders for 400,000
and 500,000. The majority of these
documents w.ll bear upon the financial
question. _ _ __
A Young Lady Attempts Suicide.
Columbia, S. 0., July 22.—Miss Cora
Campbell, the 22-year-old daughter of
Mr. Jeff Campbell, living six miles south
of Seneca, S. C., shot herself with sui
cidal intent. She is still alive, but there
is little hope of her recovery. The ball
entered the left breast just above the
heart and came out of the back lower
down.
Stat. Senator Rice Badly Injured.
Raleigh, July 22.—At Wilmington a
horse ran away with a buggy in which
State Senator Rice nd his wife were
riding. The vehicle was wrecked and
Senator Rice badly injured.
IILL GOTTEN GAINS
England’s Profits From Gold Dug out
of Disputed Land.
VENEZUELA’S SIDE OF THE CASE
An International Boundary Dis
pute is on
THAT MAY BRING ON A FIGHT
First Part of a Brief Prepared by Her
Counsel Submitted to the American
Boundary Commission—The Schomburgk.
Line Attacked—Venezuela Is and Always
Was Ready to Arbitrate.
Washington, July 22.—The first part
of a brief prepared by James J. Storrow,
of counsel for Venezuela, in conjunction
with Mr. Scruggs, the legal adviser of
that government, has been submitted to
the boundary commission. It is an an
swer to the blue book summary of the
British case.
The leading points are the attack upon
the Schomburgk line as it now appears
on British maps; the assertion of the
priority of settlement by Spaniards; the
denial of Dutch jurisdiction beyond the
reach of the guns of their ships at any
time, and the claim that the disputed
territory does not contain any settle
ment.
The brief begins with a quotation
from the British blue book that to ad
mit Venezuela’s claim to the territory
west of the Essequibo would involve
the surrender of a province inhabited
by 40,000 British subjects which has
been possessed by Great Britain and
Holland for two centuries. Mr. Stor
row, while asserting that the alleged
unterruption was but a continuous
wrong, says Venezuela offered in 1890
to recognize in Great Britain a right to
its settlement on both banks of the Es
sequibo; to reserve for itself the banks
of the Orinoco which the treaty of
Aranjuez recognized as Spanish, and
which <sVefry British ministry except
Lord Salisbury’s offered to recognize;
and to arbitrate the rest —territory
where even England had no settlement
—but the offer was refused.
For the sake of argument, Mr. Stor
row assumes that England may have a
right where its people have established
homes even fu,.- 4, generation, but she
can have no title by occupation to 40,000
square miles in which during Lord
Salisbury’s “two centuries” neither the
Dutch nor the IJnglisJi ever had a set-
| tlement. j, ' ' /
Sviiat Storrow Propose. to Show.
Therefore he proposes to show that
the Spaniards discovered Guinea in 1500
and established themselves so strongly
that no other power had ever been able
to penetrate inland beyond the reach of
its ships’ guns.
Mr. Storrow devotes mtfch of his brief
to combating what he regards as an at
tempt to ettend the claim beyond actual
occupation, and declares that the law
and* facts are fatal to it
The brief then enters into the history
of the early settlement, and argues that
against such history it is useless to quib
ble; that no other power was able to ef
fect a lodgment against Spain, and that
she possessed the land.
In answer to the British claim that
the early settlement of the Dutch in the
estuaries of the Essequibo and the
Cuyuni gave them title to the entire
watersheds of those rivers, Mr. Storrow
quotes the decision in the Oregon boun
dary case, where the British claim was
founded on precisely the. opposite con
tention and was sustained.
He asserts that it is settled law that
those who own the watersheds and the
firm banks of a river do also own and
possess the delta islands and shores be
low, and that as the Spanish did so own
and occupy the upper banks their title
to the lands below was good.
Mr. Storrow, referring to the Schom
burgk line, against the running of
which Venezuela protested, says every
British ministry except that of Lord
Salisbury recognized that it was mon
strous. But Lord Salisbury’s claim
grew every time he recurred to the sub
ject, and Mr. Storrow points out how,
after Schomburgk’s death and 40 years
after his survey, the British colonial
office discovered that all the maps were
wrong and that Schomburgk’s line went
around by the big bend of the Cuyuni.
Venezuela Was Ready to Arbitrate.
In conclusion, Mr. Storrow says:
“We have pointed out that Venezuela,
for the sake of settlement, was ready to
exempt the settled districts from arbi
tration. The region it did then require
to be arbitrated, and in which the re
cent gold diggings are found, contains
no settlement even today. The diggings
are worked exclusively by negroes hired
on the coast, who go up for three months
at a time. There are no houses there
for they live in huts built in Indian
fashion, or mere shanties—and no fam
ilies and no permanent residents, unless
that term be applied to a few negroes
who have kitchen gardens, and perhaps
a few foremen or officials whose duties
keep them there.
“Nor have the English spent any
money for permanent improvements in
those regions. With scarcely an excep
tion the gold is got by simple washing
by hand labor.
"The highest estimate of the total
copital put in is $2,000,000, and that is
chiefly to pay wages and current ex
penses until the product can be mark
eted. The output of gold, by official
returns, has been $10,500,000. The gov
ernment gets a royalty of 90 cents an
ounce, say rising $500,000; its royalty
last year was $119,000. Its total ex
penses for clearing streams, roads and
ayarvthiua els. would be less.thau that.
*“Sd, if every Bntisn subject or resi
dent were required today to quit these
regions with only what he would nat
urally carry with him, the country
Would be $8,000,000 the richer for its in
vasion of the territory we cl dm, and no
one would leave his ‘home. ’ ”
Charged With Poisoning Her Stepsons.
Parkersburg, W. Va., July 22.—Mrs-
Moore, at Martinsville, is under arrest
charged with poisoning her stepson,
Oakey Moore, who died Tuesday night,*
and his brother is not expected to live.
Mrs. Moore and the Jioys have not been
living very pleasantly.
lowa Democrats to Meet on Aug. 18.
Boise City, July 22.—The Democratic
state executive committee has called the
state convention to meet in Boise Aug.
18. Fusion with any organization fa
voring Bryan and Sewall is recom- >
mended.
SILVER PARTY MEETS.
The Convention Called to Order by Chair
man Mott—A Small Attendance.
St. Louis, July 22. —The delegates to
the national silver organization were
slow in as embling at the Grand Mbsic
hall, and there were not- enough visitors
to fill the galleries when J. J. Mott,
chairman of the national committee,
called the convention to order. He,
too, was tardy, and it was long after 12
o’clock when he stepped to the platform
and rapped for order.
But it was not surprising that the del
egates, the visitors and the chairman
should have been slow in coming to
gether. The weather was intensely hot.
It- was of that variety of heat that one
finds in the steam room of a Turkish
bath. It rained Tuesday night and Wed
nesday the sun came up in a clear sky
with scarcely a breath of air stirring,
and as the day advanced it intGfisified
Bi j,
- Jw
r. w. no .
until the scorching rays of the sun be
came almost unbearable.
The hall had been attractively draped
with flags and bunting, but the atmos
phere was so close and hot that it was
almost suffocating when Chairman Mott
called the convention to order. The
delegates at the moment were using
their fans and were roused from the
torpor caused by the awful heat by en
thusiastic cheering.
Prayer was offered, after which Miss
Lilllian B. Pierce of this city read the
declaration of independence. This
caused an outburst of applause.
When the call for the convention had’
been read, Francis G. Newlands of Ne
vada was introduced by Chairman Mott
as temporary chairman of the conven
tion. The galleries of the hall were al
most vacant. The delegates gave him
a generous reception.
Mr. Newlands was frequently inter
rupted by applause. Less than 100 peo
ple occupied the galleries, so the ap
plause from that quarter was feeble.
Congressman Newland praised
Bryan warmly, saying of the demo
cratic party:
“It has nominated a candidate of
unimpeachable character of exalted
ability, of inflexible integrity, of high
purpose, who has not faltered for a
moment in his devotion to the cause
of bimettalism. Firm but not head
strong, confident but not self-suffi
cient, near to the people, but not
demagogic, for reform but yet with
out a single incendiary speech or pas
sionate utterance to mar his record,
possessing a happy combination of the
oratorical and logical qualities, young
and courageous and enthusiastic, yet
deliberate and wise, he stands as the
deal candidate of a movement which,
though termed a movement for re
form, really means a return to the
wise conservatism of our fathers.”
A telegram was received from Sen
ator Teller saying that a vote for
Bryan was a vote for the monetary
independence of America.
St. John was elected permanent
chairman and made a strong speech.
A committee was appointed to con
fer with the populists.
The convention adjourned until to
morrow.
Convict < ain.M Abolished.
Atlanta, July 22.—Governor Atkin
sou has ordered the abolition of the con
vict camps controlled by the Diide Coal
company, directing that the convicts be
transferred to other camps The order
was made because the Dade company
refused to pay the fine recently imposed
upon it for mismanagement of the con
victs at the camps. Three of the camps
will be abandoned by the removal ol
the convicts. The removal will tak<
place at once.
Great Crowd Ureu«'
Key West, July 22.—General Carlo
Roloff arrived in this city on the steamei
Mascotte. The entire Cuban population
turned out to receive him. The city
was gaily decorated with both Cuban
and American __ _ ,
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Jose Maceo Was Not Killed By
Garcia’s Orders.
THE TWO WERE GOOD FRIENDS
So Say the Revolutionary
Authorities in Cuba
THE OUTLOOK IF STILL HOPEFUL
Rafteal Paras, Who Haa J oat Arrived From
Cuba. Says the Insurgents Have but One
Idea, Free Cuba—Preparations Nearly
Completed For a Great Battle—Sanitary
f Condition of the Island.
New York, July 22.—Rafael Perea,
an aid de camp of General Serafin
Sanchez of the Cuban army, arrived on
the Atlas line steamship Alene, from
Kingston, Jamaica.
Mr. Perez was shot in the right eye
during an engagement at Mai Tiempo,
between Santa Clara and Mantanzas.
The bullet went through hie eye and
same out near the right ear. He feared
he would lose the sight of the other eye
and came to this city for treatment.
Mr. Perez said:
“The condition of things is very en
couraging. We have from 30,000 to
40,000 men in our rauks and 100,000
who would join if we could equip them.
We have the finest artillery corps ever
in Cuba, called the Wilmington corps,
in honor >t the expedition which left
that city. Tho commander U au Ameri
can. I want to deny the killing of JoSo
Maceo by Garcia’s orders, for I know
that the two were the Lest of friends
and were fighting the common cause.
No jealousy exists among our soldiers,
for we all have but one idea—free
Cuba. Garcia has complete control over
eastern Cuba, and the Spanish in that
section aro in a state of siege. Maceo
is in daily communication with Gomez,
in spite of the trocha. Yon will hear
of a great battle by Garcia in a few
weeks, as preparations are nearly com
pleted.”
Mr. Perez escaped from Cuba with 11
others by means of a small boat July 13.
Twenty hours afterward they reached
Jamaica aud sailed for this city.
Work of Yellow Fever and Smallpox.
Washington, July 22.—Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman of the marine hospital ser
vice, has received advices from Sanitary
Inspector Caminero, giving the sanitary
condition of Santiago de Cuba for the
Week ending July 4 last.
During the time there were 90 deaths,
nine from yellow fever, 41 from small
pox, ten from dysentery, six from diar
rhoea, five from remittaut fever aud
the rest from common diseases not con
tagious.
Dr. Caminero stated that smallpox
was taking a most virulent form, and
the number of cases increased daily.
Yellow fever had also taken a malig
nant character, and all the cases end fa
tally at present. Dysentery was caus
ing many deaths aud malaria was fear
fully severe among the children, many
of whom die from the pernicious form
of intermittent fever.
Eight per cent of the smallpox cases
were in non-vaccinated negroes. They
are opposed to being vaccinated whilo
the epidemic rages from fear of catch
ing the disease, but the government
will make vaccination compulsory now.
Under date of July 6, the United
States consul at Cienfuegos reported
several deaths from yellow fever in Ci
enfuegos during the. week ending July
4. During the same period tuere were
62 deaths from smallpox.
The United States commercial agent
at Cardenas reported that uuring tho
week ended July 4 there were seven
cases of yellow fevfer in Cardenas, of
which two were fatal.
The United states sanitary inspector
at Habanas reported 225 deaths in the
city during the week ended July!), 1896.
Twenty were caused by yellow fever,
with approximately 50 new cases. Os
the 20 deaths by yellow.fever during
the week, 13 occurred among the Span
ish troops in the military hospital.
There were also 15 deaths from small
pox.
Rebels Under Garcia Repulsed.
Havana, July 22.—The rebels under
Cleotilde Garcia attacked the town of
Macagua, province of Matanzas, but
were repulsed. They returned the
attack, however, and were again com
pelled to retreat. The ocal cavalry
were sent in pursuit of them, the inten
tion being to effectually break up the
band. The insurgents, while retreat
ing, were unexpectedly reinforced by
500 other insurgents. The combined
force surrounded the troops, who were
thus placed on the defensive. The lat
ter managed to make their way through
the enemy’s line and retreated to Maca
gua, carrying with them four dead and
four wounded.
Captain General Weyler ordered the
release of 112 political prisoners, who
were set at liberty as soon as the neces
sary formalities had been complied with.
Several rebels, who have surrendered
to the military authorities, confirm th i
report that Antonio Maceo, Gohicz’h
lieutenant, was slightly wounded in a
recent engagement.
Spaniard.* Suffering From YoHow Fever.
Madrid, July 22.—A dispatch to The
Imparcial from Havana says that during
the last ten days of June there were
8,000 invalids in the Spanish army ia
Cuba, of which number 1,300 were suf
fering from yellow fever. The dispatch