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ESTABLISHED 1887.
WILL COBB GET IT?
He Discusses t'e Question Willi
Livingston
THINKS COBB OUGHT NOT TO RUN
Says it's a Bad AC, politically
For a Young Man
THE TWO CANDIDATES SMOKE
Th« Congressman Challenged on the Spot
For a Joint Debi’e, Accepts Condltiuna"y
P, pullets Nomination to bs Made Today
And Tom Cobb May bs Selected as the
Nominee.
Ablanta, Aug. 26.—1 t was in the
lobby of the Kimball house that
momentous events occurred today.
Mr. Thomas R. R- Cobb was talking
to friends and his candidacy for con
gress was the topic. Mr. Cobb is an
entertaining talker, especially on the
subject of Leonidas Livingston and
his record. Quite a group had gather
ed to hear him when an individual
somewhat resembling the uncle of his
country walked up and slapped Mr.
Cobb on the shoulder.
“Hello, Tom!”
“Hello, Lon.”
Mr. Cobb had paused in the middle of
a sentence and was about to resume as if
nothing had happened when the elder
man said:
“Come ever here, boy, and have a
emoke.”
The boy went over and lighted a cigar
from one which Colonel Livingston was
smoking.
Challenged in Advance.
“Uncle Lon,” said he, “will you give
me a joint debate if I am nominated?”
“Yes,” said the colonel., “I will, and
as much es it as you want.’ , .
‘ If lam not nominated,’ said Mr.
Cobb, “will you debate with me as an
independent democrat?’’ _
“No,” said Colonel Livingston, I
will not.” , , , , ~ .
They sat and smoked and chatted,
talking it over in a friendly manner.
The fist of the conversation was that
Colonel Livingston thought it was
very unwise for Mr. Cobb to make the
race, and would jeopardize the young
gentleman’s political fortunes to no
purpose. Mr. Cobb did not fully’
agree with the colonel on this point.
In fact he did not at all agree with
him.
Populist Convention Tomorrow.
All this is very interesting in view
of the fact that the populist conven
tion meets here tomorrow to nomin
ate a candidate for congress. Mr.
, Cobb has told Colonel Peek that he will
not be a candidate if that gentleman
allows his name to go before the con
vention. He agrees with the populist
leaders that an old wheel horse like
Colonel Peek wants the nomination,
he should have it.
In the meantime the populist leaders
have made some inquiries concerning the
size of the vote Mr. Cobb would get in
Atlanta and elsewhere, in addition to
their party vote, in the event of his nom
ination. They say he has a very respecta
ble following. If Mr. Peek s name is not
presented, it is likely that Mr. Cobb will
be seriously considered.
Demeii tn* !'*-tii i >:> <»I the Strikers.
Clevel Aug. 23. —Judge Stone,
in the <.min. :i ph-xs court, denied the
petit-t n ot t n.; sinking Brown Hoisting
compauv's employes (<>r an injunction
to compel ci:« c- niipauy to reinstate the
v.d me::, as agree :. lae court decides
that the strikers have an adequite rem
edy nt lav.' an action for ua a'ages for
breach of contract. Tile court also de
nies the niauitutoiy order to compel the
Br.iwa ■ .:n;nny to t :K0 its mea bac.-;
on the gr und taut the contract is too
llidt.* lilllvO.
Genera Wife Killed.
WaTBBW.v. N. Y„ Aug. 26.—Mrs.
Cr-rahline M. Winslow, wife ot General
Bradley Winslow, was thrown from her
(..■■■ ■g-’ nd fractured her skull, dying
vithin 20 minutes. Mrs. Winslow was
the daughter of John C. C >oper of
Adams, and was 60 years of age.
An American Dies in Kngiana.
London, Aug. 26. The death of
Leopold Herz of New York, the father
of Dr. Cornelius Herz, of Panama-canal
fame, which was announced Wednes
day in The Times, occurred at Bourne
mouth, where Mr. Herz was visiting his
son. His death was the result of an
operation. He intended to return to
New York on Saturday.
The Answer Not Satisfactory.
Constantinople, Aug. 26. The
United States minister, Alex W. Ter
rell, notified the Turkish government
that the latter’s answer to the demands
of the United States for indemnity as a
result of the burning of the American
missions at Kharput and Marash, is not
satisfactory.
Message From a Found ring Ship.
London, Aug. 26.—A bottle, which
has just washed ashore at Arranmore
contains the following inscription: “De
cember 27. Ocean Maid, New Bruns
wick to Liverpool, is foundering in lati
tude 47, longitude 57.45. (Signed) J.
B. Gilmore.”
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
BANDITS IN OKLAHOMA.
Stage Coach Heid Up and One of the Pas
sengers, a Woman, Killed.
Guthrie, O. T., Aug. 26. —Deputy
marshals have arrived here from the
southern part of the territory and bring
Hews of a stage robbery, in which one
person was killed. That person was a
woman, who had refused to give up her
valuables.
The holdup occurred in Day county,
which is one of the extreme southern
counties, and also one of those most re
cently organized. The coach was
stopped near the towu of Grand. Four
bandits appeared in the roadway and
after compelling the driver to stop his
horses they ordered the half dozen pas
sengers to dismount.
All complied except a woman. The
bandits evidently feared that her exam
ple of resistance would be followed by
some of the others and they opened fire
on the coach with rifles. The woman
was hit several times and one of the
wounds caused instant death.
It was said by her fellow travelers
that she was Mrs. Raymond Reems of
Philadelphia.
The bandits secured SBOO in money,
and after they had secured all the trav
elers’ possessions they allowed the coach
to proceed. The body of the woman
was taken to Grand.
The officers who bring the informa
tion are well known and thoroughly
reliable.
NO RIOTING AT ZANZIBAR.
Said Khalid Still In Possession of the
Palace Square—Marines Landed.
Zanzibar, Aug. 26.—There was no
rioting here as a result of the sultan’s
death, as was expected. The night
passed quietly. Said Khalid is still in
possession of the palace square, the guns
of which are trained on the British
warships Philomel, Thrush and Spar
row, which have landed sailors to pro
tect the British consulate, where all the
ladies are lodged. The warships are
moored opposite the palace square and
their commanders are awaiting orders
from the British government.
As already cabled, Khalid took pos
session of the palace immediately after
the announcement of the death of the
sultan, Hamid Bin Thwain Bin Said,
and proclaimed himself sultan. He has
barricaded himself in the palace with
700 armed Askars, following the ex
ample of his father, who took the same
steps, but who was overawed by a Brit
ish force, which established the late sul
tan instead. ,
The British firstclass cruiser St.
George, 12 guns, flagship of the Cape of
Good Hope and West Coast of Africa
station, with Bear Admiral Harry W.
Rawson on board, has arrived here and
landed 250 additional men to protect
property and maintain order.
A Big New York Drygoods Firm Falls.
New York, Aug. 62.—The drygoods
firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co. has
made an assignment to G. M. Wright.
The assignment is without preferences.
Elihu Root is attorney for the assignee.
Among the banks in Wall street the
failure is regarded as due to a gradual
decline in business. The firm’s credit
for the last five' years has been badly
impaired, and it is understood that very
little, if any, of the firm’s single name
paper is out. The firm has been taking
stock for several weeks past and was re
cently understood to have received about
$750,000, which has been used in reduc
ing the liabilities of the firm. It is re
ported that. Siegel, Cooper & Co. will
work over the stock of Hilton, Hughes
& Co.
The Son Avenged His Father’s Death.
Claksville, Tenn., Aug. 26. —A ter
rible tragedy is reported from Danville,
a town south of here, in Tennessee. Ac
cording to the news just received, two
men shot and fatally injured Ab Hin
son, a well known farmer, from am
bush, as the farmer was enroute home.
It is reported that Joe Hinson, the
wounded man’s son, shot and killed one
of the Wiggins brothers who were
charged with the shooting of Hinson’s
father and cut his heart out.
A Michigan Town Destroyed by Fire.
Milwaukee, Aug. 26. Telegraphic
communication has not been established
with Ontenagen and the details of the
fire which wiped that village out of ex
istence Tuesday afternoon are still lack
ing. Advices are received by railway
officials from stations in a few miles of
Ontenagen are to the effect that only
ten houses were left standing but that
no lives were lost. Relief measures
are already under way.
Boys Cause a Fatal Accident.
New London, Conn., Aug. 26.
While Sundayschool excursionists from
this city were landing at Gale’s Ferry,
a heavy quarry steam car was let loose
down an incline by a party of boys.
The heavy car dashed into the crowd of
excursionists. One man was killed, sev
eral persons seriously injured and a
dozen or more thrown violently into the
water.
A Texan Elected Vice President.
Buffalo, Aug. 26.—At the general
session of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, it was an
nounced that the council had selected
Professor Alex McFarlane of Austin,
Tex., as vice president of the associa
tion and chairman of section “A” in the
absence of Professor Storey. He was
elected.
An Old Clothing Company Fails.
Denver, Aug. 26 —At noon the fail
ure of the Knight & Atmore Clothing
Co., ons of the oldest firms in Denver,
was announced.
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THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 1896.
MR. BRYAN NOW MUM
Refuses to Discuss the Dinner With
Senator Hill.
WAS A MOST IMPORTANT EVENT
The Absence of Hill From the
Speaking
WAS COMMENTED UPON FREELY
Generally Believed Candidate Bryan VVa»
Assured That the New Yorker Would
Soon Declare For the Chicago Ticket.
Democracy’s Nominee on His Way to
Lincoln—Makes Speeches on the Koute.
Syracuse, Aug. 26. William J
Bryan took up campaigning Wednesday
almost before the sun was up. After a
few hours’ rest from the Utica meeting,
which did not end until half an hour
beyond midnight, and after a hurried
breakfast he and Mrs. Bryan boarded
the local passenger train which left
Utica at 7:15. There was no parlor car
on the train and they took seats in the
common coaches, when the passengers
crowded about them for handshakes and
autographs.
Mr. Bryan had little to say about the
dinner with Senator Hill, which was
undoubtedly one of the most important
events of his New York tour.
“It was a purely social affa r,” he said
to the representative of the Associated
Press.
Although the absence of Senator Hill
from the political me ting which fol
lowed the dinner was commented upon,
the remark made by the candidate in
his Albany speech, when fresh from
Wolt'ort’s Roost, that the support of
those Democrats who did not indorse
every plank of the platform was ex
pected, was commented upon as signifi
cant. There is a general impression
among those with the candidate that he
received assurances that Senator Hill
will declare for the ticket.
Two or three cross roads stations were
passed without any demonstrotion at
the early hour, but at Rome there were
300 people to whom the candidate spoke.
He said:
Bryan Speak* at Rome.
I do not suppose the train will stop long
enough for me to say anything to you,
but I rather imagine, however, from what
I can see, that you are not afraid of being
overwhelmed with afloodpf money. Some
of our opponents tell us that if we had
free coinage of silver we will have so much
money that we won’t know what to do
with it. Then, again, they tell us that
the gold of the country would go out
of circulation and that we would not
be able to coin enough silver for our
use. It rather amuses me that they ex
pect the people to believe this, because
there are lots of towns in this country
that would not object to the lation of
mints in our midst. We do not believe
that the free coinage of silver will do it.
We believe that the free coinage of silver
will bring gold to this country and that,
too, without the aid of syndicates.
In Hanover square, Syracuse, 500 peo
ple gathered to hear Mr. Bryan.
Mrs. Bryan, exhausted by the excit
ing journey of the previous day, re
mained in her room at Yates, for the
first time since the campaign failing to
hear her husbaud speak. Mr. Bryan
said:
Candidates Should Visit the People.
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
In a land like ours wher - the govern
ment derives its just powers from the con
sent of the governed and where the official
only for a short time exercises authority
according to law,4t is only fair that those
who are to choose by the ballot, should be
permitted to come in contact with those
who are candidates for a high position
and, as in this campaign, it is very diffi
cult for all the people to find the necssary
money, either gold or silver to visit the
candidate, it might be worth while for the
candidate to visit the people.
Theo, too, I thought it might be well
for one who is accused of being the can
didate of a body of anarchists to show
himself in order that you may judge
whether he looks like one who is bent
upon destroying the government under
which he lives. I believe, my friends, that
there is no one in all this land who is more
in love with our institutions than I. I glory
in the liberty of our people and I glory in
the opportunities which our nation pre
sents to every cit zen and to the children
of all who live beneath our flag.
GORDON IS INDIGNANT.
The Senator Suva a Great Wrong Was
Done Him in a Recent Interview.
Washington, Aug. 26.-=-General J.
B. Gordon, United States senator from
Georgia, was seen just before his de
parture for Saratoga, where he goes to
lecture before the summer schools. Gen
eral Gordon said he must decline to be
interviewed on politics or on the finan
cial issue now before the people; that
he is practically out of politics and
would absolutely retire from political
life at the end of his present term.
The general evinced considerable in
dignation at the wrong which had been
done him by a publication which pur
ported to be an interview with him
printed some weeks ago. In leference
to his future, he said:
“While I hope for a good many years
yet of active work, it is absolutely nec
essary for me to give more thought and
time to my personal affairs than I have
been able to do for the last 25 or 30
years.
“Os course I shall not lose interest in
public affairs, but I feel that I can do
more good in other fields. We all have
our spheres of labor and if I have any
mission it is in an effort to unite the
people of the different sections, irre
spective of parties, in closer and more
cordial relations. I trust that I have
done some service to the country by
such efforts in the past and I propose to
continue in that line to the end.”
I COTTON IS IMPROVED
Rains Put a Stop to Further Damage
to the Crop.
PICKING GOING ON AT A FAST RATE
Col. Redding Has Personally
Inspected the Crops
AND HAS RENDERED HIS REPORT
The September Receipt* Promise to Be
Large—Farmers Advised to Hold Their
Cotton For Ten Cents—Yield In Georgia
Will Be Tweney-Five Per Cent Short of
What Was Expected a Month Ago.
Atlanta, Aug. 26. —Good rains have
fallen throughout the cotton belt, put
ting a prompt stop to further damage
to the cotton crop and benefiting the
crop materially in some sections.
Many cotton men hold to the opinion
that the rains come too late to advance
the crop to any great extent, but will
merely serve to prevent any further
damage by heat and drouth.
Picking is going on at a faster rate
than for many years at this season of
the year and the September receipts will
be enormous. The fields all over Geor
gia are fairly white with the staple.
Mr. R. J. Redding, one of the best in
formed farmers in the state, reports that
he has given a careful inspection to the
cotton crops from Spalding county as
far north as Floyd and that in his opin
ion the yield will not be less than 25 per
cent short of what was expected five
weeks ago. In some parts of the state
he believes that the damage has
amounted to 33 pei’ cent. Mr. Redding
is of the opinion that the damage has
been much greater in other cotton states
than it has in Georgia and his position
at the head of the Georgia agricultural
experiment station places him where he
can get a clearer idea of the situation in
the south than almost any other man in
Georgia. He asserts that he will not be
in the least surprised -if the damage to
the entire crop will amount to 33 per
cent.
Eleven million bales was the general
estimate of the yield before the hot
! wave set in. Now conservative proph
ets declare
|an estimate. Frrmers are Tteliig ad-
I vised to hold their cotton for 10 cents.
It is claimed by those who give this
J advice that the demand of the world
calls for 9,000,000 bales every year and
that at best no more than 8,500,000 can
be expected after the disastrous effect of
the recent unfavorable dry and hot
weather.
ANOTHER ADDRESS ISSUED.
Voters Asked to Lay Aside Party Allegi
ance Until Money Question Is Settled.
Washington. Aug. 26. From the
headquarters of the national Silver party
in this city there has been issued by
George P. Kenny, president of the na
tional Silver clubs, an address calling
upon the people to organize silver clubs.
The address says it is desired to organ
ize these clubs in every school district
in America.
“Under this organization,” the ad
dress continues, “voters are only asked
to step aside from party allegiance un
til the money question is settled. Af
ter that they can readjust their political
relations as they see fit. They are not
asked to sacrifice their convictions on
any political questions but simply to lay
them aside till the one supreme question
is settled.”
It is announced that at the meeting
at Chicago Sept. 23 each organized non
partisan club, bimetallic club, bimetallic
league, Bryan and silver club, patriots
of America and all other silver clubs
will be entitled to representation as
follows:
Three delegates-at-large for each club
of 20 or more, or one additional delegate
for every 50 members.
Silver Party’s Executive Committee Meets.
Washington, Aug. 26.—There was a
meeting Tuesday night of the executive
committee of the national Silver party
at its headquarters, Vice Chairman
Stevenson of Colorado, presiding. Sev
eral of the members who were unable to
attend were represented by proxy.
Treasurer St. John of New York was
detained on account of pressing busi
ness. The committee decided that head
quarters shomd be established in Wash
ington and Chicago, both to be of equal
importance. The Washington branch
is to look after the east and south and
the Chicago headquarters the interwest.
The question of literature, speakers and
club organization were taken up and
provision made for carrying on effective
work in each department. The report
made by the national organizer of sil
ver clubs, George P. Keeny, was most
encouraging as to the number of Re
publicans on the rolls. The report also
says that the work in the Mississippi
valley states in forming clubs had b en
more successful, they being organized
by the hundr- ds.
To Grant Anionoiny to Crete.
London, Aug. 26. The Chronicle
says: “It is learned that Russia, France
and Great Britain agreed a month ago
that no Cretan reforms could be effect
ive unless carried on under the normal
control of foreign consuls. The present
scheme, according to the advices from
Constantinople, indicates that the sultan
grants virtual autonomy to Crete, simi
lar to that granted to Lebanon, the con
sul of the great powers forming an ad
visory council.
CRITICIZES THE QUEEN.
An Irish Paper Says Her Majesty Should
Look After Home Affairs.
Dublin, Aug. 26. The Kilkenny
Journal, commenting on the release of
John Daly, the Irish political prisoner,
from Portland prison, says:
“The red Indians’ torture of captives
is humane when compared with the tor
ture inflicted on Daly in England.”
Continuing, the periodical mentioned
refers to the allusion in the queen’s
speech to the outrages in Armenia, and
adds:
“The queen can find nearer home
more vent for her hypocritical tears
than with the Kurds,” and asks:
“Where is the queen’s clemency?”
“Daly was released a few months be
fore death would have released him, and
three others have been driven mad by
tortures in penal servitude, compared
with which Siberian exile is drawing
room imprisonment.”
An Appeal to Irishmen In America.
New York, Aug. 26. —The executive
committee of the Irish National Alli
ance has issued an appeal to the Irish
people in America to contribute funds
to the relief of the Irish prisoners re
leased and to be released from English
prisons.
THE DAGOES ARE ANGRY.
Italian Government Will Probably With
draw Its Brazilian Legation.
Washington, Aug. 26.—The recent
political conflicts in San Caulo, Brazil,
between the Italians and Brazilians, as
a result of which there are rumors
that the Italian legation to Brazil will
be withdrawn, may have some connec
tion, its believed hero, with the claims
which the Italian government has
against Brazil for damages inflicted on
its subjects in the late civil war in that
country.
There are a number of these claims
and an arrangement was arrived at by
which it was thought they would be ad
justed. A protocol was signed contain
ing a clause providing that claims would
be referred to the president of the
United States for decision.
The protocol was submitted to the
Brazilian congress for its ratification,
but the body refused to agree to it and
it may be that the Italian government
has taken umbrage at this action, fol
lowing close on the political conflicts,
and will withdraw its legation.
WATSON GOING TO TEXAS.
Vice Presidential Candidate Will Speak at
Dallas on Labor Day.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—Tom Watson will
make his last speech in Georgia before
taking his long western trip on Sept. 4,
one week from Friday, in Cartersville.
It will be during Sam Jones’ campmeet
ing and the Populist managers expect a
large crowd to greet the vice presiden
tial candidate.
He will deliver this speech at 11
o’clock in the morning. That night he
takes the train for Dallas, Tex., where
he will speak to the assembled labor or
ganizations of Texas on Labor day,
Sept. 7.
He will return to Georgia immedi
ately after the Dallas speech and will
devote himself energetically to the cam
paign in this state.
A British Steamer Establishes a Record.
New York, Aug. 26.—The little Brit
ish steamer Clearwater, which arrived
at the bar Tuesday night, established a
record from Porto Cortez, Honduras, to
this port. She left there Aug. 21 and
thus covered the distance in four days.
She has seven passengers, all guests of
the proprietor of the line, Macheca.
Among them is ex-Governor Mclnerney
of Louisiana. Captain McFarlane re
ports that a Spanish warship anchored
in Porto Cortez just before he left. He
could not give her name, but it was re
ported that she had j ..st arrived from
Cuba.
To Refute Venezuela's Claims.
London, Aug. 26. —The Venezuelan
blue book, which will be issued here
shortly, was forwarded to Washington
on last Saturday. In an editorial, com
menting on the issuance of the blue
book, The Times says: “We presume
the government’s object in issuing the
blue book, containing exclusively Dr.
Schomburgk’s reports and letters rela
tive to the boundary mission stations
from 1841 to 1844, is for the purpose of
refuting the Venezuelan claims relative
to the alteration and expension of the
Schomburgk line 20 years after Schom
burgk’s death.”
Wants Rates of Interest Reduce!.
London, Aug. 26.—The Westminster
Gazette pub ishes a letter appealing to
English money lenders to treat the
American farmers in the same spirit as
the English landlords treat their.ten
ants in times of agricultural depression
and declare a substantial reduction of
the present rates of interest both in
their own interests and in the interests
of international harmony.
Florida May* r In a Fight With Burglars.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26.—At San
Mateo, Fla., Mayor S. W. Rowley dis
covered three burglars in his residence.
A fight followed in which Rowley and
two of the burglars were shot. The
burglars are strangers and are believed
to be northern crooks.
Large Amount of Bullion Coming.
London, Aug. 26.—The Daily News,
in its financial columns, says: “It is
learned that the bulk of £300,000 in bul
lion which left the bank of England
Monday is engaged for America.”
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PLANTATIONS BURN
Cubans Destroy a Million Dollars
Worth of Property,
FRENCHMEN OWNED THE ESTATES
The Planters Were Not Cuban
Sympathisers
AND CONSEQUENTLY SUFFERED
Decree Prohibiting the Planting, Cultivat
ing and Harvesting of Sugar and < offeo
Crops Will Be Enforced—lnsurgents De
rail a Passenger Train With Dynamila
Bombs—Cuban War News.
Havana, Aug., 26.—1 tis reported
here that the insurgents recently burned
over 30 coffee and cocoa plantations in
the province of Santiago de Cuba.
Among the larger plantations burned
were the splendid estate of Aurora Sem
patia andDelorita. It is estimated that
more than $1,000,000 worth of property
was destroyed. These estates were
owned by French citizens who were not
sympathizers with the insurgents, but
who remained neutral from the com
mencement of the troubles in Cuba.
At a meeting of the board of trade
Tuesday night it was deliberately an
rounced that the decree prohibiting the
planting and cultivating and harvesting
of coffee and sugar crops will be prac
tically enforced. The recent report cir
culated that the Havana university
would be closed and a similar re
port regarding the building used as a
hospital was pronounced untrue by the
Spanish authorities.
Two thousand insurgents, under Gen
eral Oalixto Garcia, attacked Banes, in
the Holguin district of Santiago prov
ince, and twice called on the garrison
to surrender. The Spaniards refused
to do so, whereupon the insurgents
burned the villages of Carbonico and
Lama and planted two field pieces on
the heights commanding Banes, pre
paratory to a siege.
Colonel Cel,allo’s troops, protected by
a gunboat, had a severe engagement
with Garcia’s forces, but details of the
encounter have not been received.
Official reports confirm the statement
that in an engagement at Oayames
Leader Ohongo Rivero and 46 other in
surgents were killed and Leader Beni
,tez and 25 others were wounded.
Two trains with troops were in col
lision at Guanabana, Matanzas prov
ince. Three men were killed, 11
wounded seriously and 12 slightly in
jured.
Insurgents derailed a passenger train
at La Mocha with dynamite bombs. No
passenger was injured.
Orchando’s Nephew Did Not Suicide.
New York, Aug. 26. —A special cable
to The Herald from Havana, says that
the report recently published in which
it was stated that General D. Frederico
Ochando of the Spanish army in Cuba
had an encounter with swords with
Captain General Weyler in the palace
in Havana, is untrue.
It was said that while General
Ochando was away from Havana, his
nephew, a Spanish lieutenant, was sum
moned to the palace, and that General
Weyler accused him of being in corres
pondence with the insurgents. Accord
ing to report the lieutenant was then
given the choice of a courtmartial or
suicide and that he chose the latter and
shot himself. This, it was stated, caused
the encounter between General Weyler
and General Ochando.
General Ochando’s nephew died of
yellow fever, and the general was at
his bedside when death came. He was
never accused of disloyalty. General
Weyler, Palmerola, secretary of the
general government in Cuba, and sev
eral other palace officials, attended the
young man’s funeral.
Big: Filibustering Expedition Landed.
Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—According
to two cablegrams received in this city,
the steamer Laurada, which sailed from
this port for Cuba on Aug. 6, landed
one of the most formidable filibustering
expeditions yet shipped to Cuba and
landed at Port Antonie, Jamaica. The
first news of the arrival of the Laurada
was a cablegram received from Port An
tonio by Captain John D. Hart, an
nouncing the arrival of the steamer at
that port and also the bursting of three
boiler tubes.
Later a cipher dispatch was received
by the leader of the Cuban junta in this
city stating that the Laurada had landed
her immense cargo on the southern
coast of Cuba in Santa Clara province.
The cipher also told that the Cubans
aboard the steamship had landed with
the cargo. The cargo of the filibuster
ing steamer cons sted of 53.000 pounds
of dynamite, in 6-inch sticks; 11 field
guns, four cannon and seven Gatling
guns, a quantity of ammunition and
nearly 200 men.
Americans Arrested In Barcelona.
Barcelona, Spain, Aug. 26.—Louis
Ninesola and Miguel Rerny, who claim
to be American citizens, have been ar
rested for complicity in the revolution
ary propaganda. I i their rooms the
police seized a printing press and a lot
of revolutionary placards like those re
cently posted here.
Scotch Oil Companies Auarmca.
Glasgow, Aug. 2fl.—A meeting of the
Scotch Oil companies has been calle 1
for W duesday in order to consider ti:..
fact that American oils are selling m
Scotland below the Scotch agreement
prices.