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ESTABLISHED 1887.
FUSION IN NEW YORK'
Remocuts and Populists Have Reached
an Agreement.
HELD A CONFERENCE AT BUFFALO'
The Populists Claim They Can
Carry it Either Way
WILL RESULT IN DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
The Democrats Give the Populists Five
Representatives on the Electoral Ticket
and Two Congressmen For the Active
Support ot the Ticket to Be Nominated
by the Democratic State Convention.
Buffalo, Sept. 16. —Fusion of the
Populistic and Democratic parties in
New York state is the important result
of a conference between representatives
of the two parties. For active support
•of the ticket to be named by the Demo
cratic state convention, the Populists
will be given five representatives upon
the electoral ticket and two congress
men. The conference was not a lengthy
•one, as the matter had been fully dis
cussed previously. The Populists claim
that they can swing the electoral vote
of this state either way and are sure
that their union with the Democratic
party will result in Bryan and Sewall
carrying New York state by a large ma
jority.
THE CONVENTION’S WORK.
•Hinckley Raps For Order and Temporary
Chairman Grady Speaks.
Buffalo, Sept. 16. —lt was 12:30
■o’clock when Chairman Hinckley rapped
the Democratic state convetion to order
and announced that the state commit
tee had selected State Senator Thomas
F. Grady for temporary chairman.
Grady addressed the convention for a
period of about 20 minutes. In begin
ning, he said:
"As loyal representatives of Demo
cratic constituents, you are assembled
to again declare your faith in Demo
cratic principles, your respect for Dem
ocratic authority and your confidence
in Democratic success. In this respect
you differ from some who were, for
many years, using their profession of
Democracy as a mask under which to
conceal the purely selfish character of
their political action, and who are now
leagued with your political opponents
denouncing Democratic principles, de
fying Democratic authority and aiding,
in so far as they may, to defeat the
Democratic candidates.
"It is,” the speaker continued, "a
sham Democracy which submits to the
will of the majority only when no selfish
interest is, affected or sacrificed by so
doing. It is a sham Democracy which
gets up the opinions as entitled to con
trol because of the wealth or culture or
pedigree of those by whom such opin
ions are held. It is a sham Democracy
which has for its support upon what his
money earns for him by the unjust im
poverishment of the citizen who de
pends upon what his labor may be able
to earn. It is a sham Democracy which
yesterday asked for a bimetallic stand
ard, upon the single condition of inter
national agreement, and today con
fesses that such declarations was but a
subterfuge, with which to deceive those
honestly favoring such standard, and
that all the time its purpose was to es
tablish and maintain the supremacy of
gold.”
Mr. Grady alluded to Governor Mc-
Kinley as a mortgaged candidate and
spurned the allegation that the Chicago
platform is “nothing but a declaration
favoring repudiation, riot and ruin.”
He proceeded to argue the question of
free coinage from a bimetallist’s stand
k point.
Taking up the allegation that the
Chicago platform means a disturbance
of existing conditions. Senator Grady
said:
“It is entirely true that we meditate a
■disturbance of existing conditions—a
. disturbance, however, more in the na
ture of a restoration than a repudia
tion.”
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Favors the Indorse
meut of Mr. Bryan.
New Haven, Sept. 16.—The Demo
cratic state convention, which assembled
in this city, began its business with
■every indication of being as memorable
an occasion as ever has risen in the po
. litical history of Connecticut. While
the delegates, numbering 800, were al
most solidly for the indorsement of the
( .Chicago platform and candidates, the
whole machinery of the party in the
state was in the hands of gold stand
ard men Anticipating the upset which
this condition made inevitable, 12 mem
.' bers of the state central committee re-
I signed.
There was also talk before the con
vention met that there would be a bolt
of the gold standard men at a time
when such action might be expected to
have an effect more or less spectacular.
The con vention was for the selection of
presidential electors and for the nomi
nation of candidates and for the gov
ernorship and other state officers.
Chairman David of the state commit
tee called the convention to order, but
made no speech. William Kenney of
Naugutuck was designated as tempo
rary chairman, the announcement being
received with tumultuous cheering,
which wjs renewed when, in his
speech, ho praised the Chicago platform
u,nd candidates. Temporary officers were
■made permanent.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
Arter Chairman Kenney had read the
resignations of the state committeemen,
a delegate moved that they be accepted
"with the thanks of the convention.”
The motion was adopted amid loud
cheering and other marks of approval.
The committee on resolutions not being
ready to report, the convention took
a recess until 1 p. in.
A COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
Illinois Populists Indorse Governor Alt
geld and the St. Louis Platform.
Chicago, Sept. 16.—After nine hours
of exciting debate, the Populist state
convention tacitly indorsed Governor
Altgeld, by leaving the head of their
ticket blank. The following is the
ticket as nominated:
Lieutenant governor, Henry D. Lloyd;
secretary of state, L. A. Quellmaex;
auditor, Grant Dunbar; attorney gen
eral, E. I. Burdick; state treasurer, Jo
seph Schwerzgen; trustee state univer
sity, Mrs. Fannie Kavanaugh; electors
at-large, A. H. Allen, Bo me county; O.
L. Bears, Bureau county.
The fight of the convention was over
the question of a gubernatorial nomi
nation, and once or twice the police
were called to eject disorderly delegates.
A compromise was finally agreed upon,
the head of the ticket being left vacant,
and Henry D. Lloyd, slated for the nom
ination for governor, being nominated
for lieutenant governor. The platform
adopted indorses the St. Louis conven
tion and contains the following:
We do most heartily indorse the wis
dom of the national convention in the
nomination of Thomas E. Watson for vice
pffsident of the United States, and most
emphatically denounce any action which
prevents the Populists of any state from
casting their ballots for him.
The remaining presidential electors
will be presented to the state executive
committee by each congressional district.
THE DISPENSARY SCANDALS
State Board of Control Meets and Begins
an Investigation.
Columbia, S. C.. Sept. 16.—The state
board of control met here to take action
looking to the investigation of the dis
pensary scandals. The board held a
secret session of about three hours’ du
ration and found difficulty in outlining
a plan in view of its lack of power to
send for persons and papers. Two of
the members of the legislative commit
tee on the dispensary were ip the city
and one was in consultation with the
board for a short time. Upon adjourn
ment the board made public this order:
Ordered that a thorough investigation
of the management of the dispensary be
entered into at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow
morning, and khat representatives of the
press be admitted and the legislative ex
amining committee be invited to attend
and the attorney general be also invited to
attend and a sist in said investigation.
Ordered that a stenographer be em
ployeed to take testimony and that wit
nesses be summoned.
Commissioner Mixon has engaged B.
L. Abney, a leading attorney, to watch
his interests, and the commissioner no
tified the board that he would refuse to
appear unless the investigation was open
to the general public.
At the meeting the Richland county
board of control reported one of the sub
dispensers $1,752.19 short in his ac
counts.
ST. JOHN IS HEARD FROM.
The Seaboard's Vice President Replies to
President Spencer's Letter.
Atlanta, Sept. 16.—Vice President
St. John of the Seaboard Air Line has
written a reply to President Samuel
Spencer’s letter to Colonel L. N. Tram
mell. Mr. St. John devotes the greater
part of his letter to the consolidation of
various lines by the Southern and de
clares that the consolidations were un
constitutional. He quotes from a speech
which Mr. Spencer is said to have made
in Savannah on the night the Central
was reorganized, when- Mr. Spencer
spoke of the Southern’s interest in the
property.
Mr. St. John also reiterates the
charges that the Southern controls the
Georgia and the Atlanta and West
Point. Toward the close he takes up
the origin of the rate troubles on the
Chesapeake bay. He denies that any
one able to control a majority of the
Seaboard’s stock ever offered to sell it
to Mr. Spencer.
Mr. St. John has not written in a
personal vein, as was expected, but con
fines himself principally to argument
and he pays Mr. Spencer a compliment
in passing.
Big Blaze In Alabama.
Brewton, Ala,, Sept. 16. —The entire
plant of the Peters Lumber company,
consisting of saw and planing mills, dry
houses, machine shops, etc., located at
Alco, one mile south of here, has been
destroyed by fire. The fire originated
in the machine shops, where the pumps
were located, and the entire plant was
at the mercy of the flames. The esti
mated loss is $100,000; insurance, $60,-
000. At least 1,000,000 feet of dressed,
rough and cypress lumber were burned.
This was one of the largest establish
ments of its kind in the south. Hun
dreds of laborers are thrown out of em
ployment.
A Distinguished Educator Dead.
Danville, Ky , Sept. 16 —Rev. Dr.
William C. Young, one of the most dis
tinguished educators in the south, died
here. He was a Harvard aluminus and
president of Center college. He was
moderator of the Portland general as
sembly and took a prominent part in
the famous Briggs case.
Ex-Governor Ashley Dead.
Toledo, Sept. 16.—Hon. James M.
Ashley, ex-congressman and territorial
governor of Montana, died here.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., THURSDAY SePTEMBE
A COWARDLY ATTACK
t
Ruffians Assault a Mite Owner Near
Cartersville
HAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE
Mr. Russell-Howland, an Eng
lish Capitalist
WAS LFIRED AT SEVERAL TIMES
By Three Masked Highwaymen - One of the
Robbers Wounded and the Other Two
Tut to Flight By the Approach of .Neigh
bors—Mr. Russell Howland Was Not
Injured.
Cartersville, Sept. 16—News
reached here today of an exciting at
tempt at highway robbery made by
three white men qpon Howard Rus
sell-Howland, the prominent English
mirer, well-known here and in Rome.
Mr. Russell-Howland lives at Alla
toona for the present in order to be
convenient to his mining interest in
the section. Sunday evening shortly
after dark he was passing from his
home to the Georgiana mills with two
packages in his hand. He had just
reached the bridge over the Allatoonß
creek when the highwaymen emerged
from the shadows and stepped in
front of him. One of the men, dis
guised and apparently the leader of
the gang, stepped in front of the
miner and asked :
“What have you got there
Ma Russell-Howland replied :
“It is none of your business.’’
The man then attempted to seize
him by the throat and one of the
others from the rear fired a revolver
at him, but the bullet smashed only
one of the packages that he had in his
hand
Mr. Russell-Howland dropped the
remaining package and at the same
time struck out with his left arm and
hit his assailant on the right eye. As
he stepped back from the bridge they
both tumbled down the embankment,
which fortunately was soft, or he
might have been seriously injured by
the fall, with his assailant on top of
him. As his assailant got on his knees
Mr. Russell-Howland managed to
draw a revolver, but was too.clQfißly
pressed to shont aT the man. However,
his weapon was fired, and the bullet
buried itself in the highwayman’s
arm. The highwayman leaped to his
feet and the Englishman pulled his
pistol again, but the weapon clogged
and missed. The robbers ran, firing
back at Russell-Howland who return
ed the fire, but in the darkness the
bullets passed and repassed without
serious results.
The neighbors, hearing the pistol
shots, came out and Mr. Armstrong,
Sr., J. L. Armstrong, Butler, Maxwell,
Penley and others were soon on hand,
well armed, and diligent search was
kept up all about the neighborhood
until an early hour in the morning,
but the highwaymen had made their
escape.
Mr. Russell Howland says the leader
of the gang was strongly built, had a
inus'ache and a dark, stubby three
weeks growth of beard; the other two,
including the one who did the shoot
ing, appeared to be young men.
Buckner and Fellows In Memphis.
Memphis, Sept. 16. —General Simon
B. Buckner, vice presidential nominee
of the Indianapolis Democratic conven
tion, together with Hon. John R. Fel
lows of New York, arrived in Memphis
during the morning from Nashville and
will speak at the Auditorium at night.
Colonel Fellows appears in Memphis
under the auspices of the “Sound Money
league,” an organization which claims
to boa nouparrisan body constituted to
fight free silver. Colonel Fellows’ sub
ject will be “The Financial Question.”
A reception w T as tendered General Buck
ner and Colonel Fellows at the Gayose
hotel which continued from 11 a m.
until 2 p. m.
Sold the Shenandoah Division.
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 16—The Shenan
doah Valley division of the Norfolk and
Western railroad was sold here by
Special Masters Sharp and Bowden.
The purchasers' were George Coppell, J.
K. Todd, Victor Morwaertz and W. E.
Glenn, representing the reorganizing
committee of the bondholders of the
road. The required qualification de
posit had been made and the parties
named were the only bidders They
offered $1,500,000. The special masters
and representatives of the bondholders
then left for Lynchburg, where the
Lynchburg and Durham was sold later
in the afternoon.
Attacked the Scientific Party.
Berlin, Sept. 16.—A scientific party
from the warship Albatross.it is just
| announced here, was attacked on Aug.
I 1 by natives of Guadalcanal', Solo
mon islands. The geologist of the ex
' pedition, Foulton, a midshipman and
two seamen, were killed. Many natives
I were also killed.
BEGINS WORK AT 2 AM
Bryan Makes Converts Wliile Many
People Slumber,
STORMS THE ENEMY’S STRONGHOLD
The Remarks of Mr. Bryan
Were Well Received
A COMMITTEE FROM < KNOXVILLE
Make* a Brief Address to a Crowd of
About Five Hundred at the Town of
Somerset, Tenn., and Proceeds at Once
to Kuoxville, Where He Discusses the
Issues of the Campaign at Length.
Knoxville. Sept. 16. Mr. W. J.
Bryan began work at 2 o’clock Wednes
day morning. He was going through
Somerset, a Republican stronghold, and
started to make converts while many
good people were sleeping peacefully
and 500 citizens of Somerset disturbed
their rest in order to hear the nominee.
They cheered good and loud and the
few remarks of Mr. Bryan were well
received. Mr. Bryan led off by telling
the people he was glad to notice the in
terest taken in the campaign by them.
He declared that when the people stay
up until 2 o’clock in the morning to see
the presidential nominee it was an indi
cation that they were interested in the
right ot self government He told them
that if between now and election day
they vipuld get up as early in the morn
ing asfhey did then and work as hard
in belief of Democracy as the nominee
worked Tuesday, there would be no
question of the success of the cause.
This statement was received with the
greatest applause. He told them he
could not enter into a discussion of the
issues of the campaign in the short time
that he was to speak, but he asked them
to study the financial question thor
oughly.
A reception committee of 25 from
Knoxville got on the train headed by
John Sneed of that city. H. H. Hanna,
the electoral delegate of the Second con
gressional district of Tennessee, was one
of the party and he brought with him
100 members of the Bolivar Springs Sil
ver club.
A Great Day For Knoxville.
There was a stop of two hours at
Knoxville. All night long people had
come in on excursion trains and farm
ers for miles around had driven in to
hear the nominee. It was one of the
greatest days that Knoxville ever knew.
The train arrived at Knoxville shortly
before 8 o’clock, and Mr. Bryan was
taken immediately to the speaker’s
stand in front of the courthouse. He
was introduced by Sx-Governor Robert
L. Taylor with a few appropriate re
marks.
On the stand were seated Judge Clark
of the United States district court; D. L.
Snodgrass, chief justice of the supreme
court of the state of Tennessee; W. D.
Beard, W. C. Caldwell, W. D. McAllis
ter and John S. Wells, associate justices
of the supreme court, and other promi
nent gentlemen. When Mr. Bryan ap
peared, it was the signal for the
est applause. This section is a great
stronghold of the Republican party in
the south, but the Republicans were not
in evidence during the day.
There were between 14,000 and 18,-
000 people in the audience to which Mr.
Bryan spoke. He said in part:
It gives me great pleasure to meet the
people of East Tennessee wno have as
sembled here in such great numbers. I
am sure that when I speak for an inde
pendent financial policy my words will
strike a responsive chord in the hearts of
mountain people, because the mountain
people of the world have always been
friends of independence and liberty. You
can find among them those who are con
fident in their strength and who are there
fore not willing to bow the head or bend
the knee to the oppressor. I come to you
as the representative of a principle para
mount in this campaign. It is the right
of 70,0011,000 of people to have just the kind
of a financial system that they want
whether any other foreign nation helps
us to have it or is willing for us to have
it. [Great Applause].
Tlie Lines Clearly Drawn.
In this campaign, as never before in
the country, have the lines been drawn
between those who believe in the possibil
ities of America and those who believe in
abject dependence upon foreign nations.
If this nation is not real enough to have a
financial policy of its own, it ought to
annex itself to some power that is great
enough to take care of our people. [Ap
plause]. Against the maintenance of a
gold standard for one year, or forever, the
Democratic party has arrayed itself.
We are opposed to a gold standard. We
have declared an honorable opposition to
. it. We have commenced a war of extermi
i ation against it, a war that will not cease
while there is any party or any consider
able number of men who are attempting
to fasten the yoke upon independent peo
ple. [Applause], I seek no votes under
false pretenses. I want no vote for me
under this understanding. If there is
any one who believes that the gold stand
ard is a good thing or that it must be
maintained, I warn him not to cast his
vote for me, because I promise him that it
will not be maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid of it.
(Cheers and applause].
My friends, when you find a narty which
tells you what it wants and tells you how
it is going to get it, and what in the judg
ment of those who advocate it the effect
of that policy will be. you have the right
to conclude that they are honestly believ
ing the justice of the cause which they
represent, and when you find people who
use the term sound money, without tell
ing you what sound money is; when you
find people who talk about an honest dol
lar and deal dishonestly with the people
with whom they come in contact, you
have a right to believe that they are not
devoted to the cause of the people whom
they are not willing to take into their
{ 17, 1896.
connuence. . i assert inai v.-neti tney at
tempt to build a financial system upon a
money which they cannot "produce, that
they are building up an insecure struc
ture upon an invisible foundation and in
sulting the intelligence of those who mean
" hat they say and say what they mean.
[Applause], .
Bryan Makes Explanations.
Mr Bryan then explained what the
term of 16 to 1 means and said that
there was no danger of a flood of silver.
He also explained the ways that money
, was put into circulation, and while he
was in the midst of this explanation
some one called:
“Mark Hanna is going to put it into
circulation.”
“That is increasing the circulation,”
answered Mr. Bryan, “just before elec
tion in order to contract it after elec
tion.” [Great applause and cheering].
Mr. Bryan, in conclusion, asked the
people not. to crowd him and repeated
what he had said previously about being
afraid of monopoly aiyi consequently
not wanting to shake hands with a few
to the exclusion of the many.
When Mr. Bryan concluded his speech
he was taken to the depot, where the
crowd had assembled and the police had
a hard time to get him through. A
special train was taken to Asheville and
at 9:40 the party was on its way from
Knoxville. The committee which re
ceived Mr. Bryan escorted him back to
Asheville, and at Hot Springs, N. C.,
the committee from Asheville of 75 took
the train in charge. The North Caro
lina committee had come to Knoxville
and took the train with the nominee.
They were Julian S. Carr, chairman
of the North Carolina reception commit
tee; Major E. J. Dale, representing
Chairman Manley of the state central
committee; Josephus Daniels, national
committeeman from North Carolina;
W. F. Randolph, chairman of the trans
portation committee.
A reception committee from Asheville
met the party with a special car which
was attached to the train.
MINERS WANT MONEY.
Objection Raised to the Payment of Wages
Through Store Orders.
Washington, Sept. 16.—The Italian
government has set about the task of
breaking down the system which has
prevailed in the sulphur mining dis
tricts, similar to that which once ob
tained in some of our other industries,
of making payment of wages to miners
through store orders.
United States Consul Seymour has
transmitted to the department of state
copies of a circular addressed by the
civil commissioner of Sicily for all the
prefects in which he cites the fact that
the mine owners, instead of paying the
workers in money, as agreed upon, were
accustomed to furnish them with pro
visions from their own stores, for which
they charged exorbitant prices. This
practice he says, is unworthy of a civil
ized country and tends to nourish dis
content and menace public order.
Therefore the prefects are directed to
urge the mine owners to abandon this
practice and pay the workmen in money,
and if this fails, it is the intention to
enact special laws to compel them and
denounce the offenders to the penal
magistrates.
Notice is also given to mine owners
of an intention to enforce vigorously
the provisions of a law to prevent the
employment of young children in the
sulphur mines which are largely in
fringed of late.
C L E V £ L ANDI N~C LEV ELAND.
A Brother of the President Takes Up His
Residence lu the Forest City.
Cleveland, Sept. 16.—Rev. W. M.
Cleveland, a brother of President Cleve
land, who has two sons living in this
city, has arrived in Cleveland with his
wife, preparatory to taking up his resi
dence here. Mr. Cleveland comes from
Chaumont, Jefferson county, N. Y. He
has given up active work as a minister,
for the present, at least, and comes to
Cleveland because, as he says, his two
sons live here, and for the rea on that
he has a sister living at Toledo and an
other near relative in the north central
part of the state. Mr. Cleveland was
loth to talk politics, when seen by a re
porter.
“I have always been a Democrat,
that is, on ordinary issues.” he said,
“but this year—let me see, I lose my
vote this time, do I not?”
“Yes,” replied his son, who was in
the room at the time, “the laws of Ohio
compel a voter to be a resident of the
state one year prior to an election and
that excludes you.”
Produce Exchange Files a Complaint.
Washington, Sept. 16. The New
York Produce Exchange has filed a very
important complaint against the rail
roads comprising the Joint Traffic asso
ciation, which carry produce to the sea
board, charging them with making
rates and regulations detrimental to
their privileges and for the purpose of
diverting traffic which should naturally
go to New York and other seaboard
points, including Baltimore, Philadel
phia and Boston. The complaint asks
for an investigation and establishment
by the commission of just rates, charges,
etc., for interstate transportation from
Chicago, Buffalo and west to the sea
board cities and markets.
Tlie I'almetto Brewery Sold.
Charleston, Sept. 16.—1 n pursuance
with a decree of the United States court,
rendered by J.dge Simonton on July 1,
the Palmetto brewery was sold here to
J. H. Dasher, the former president of
the company, for the upset price of $85,-
000 _
A Breach of Promise Suit.
Chicago, Sept. 16.—Alfred Feather
stone, a wealthy bicycle maker of this
city, has been sued for SIOO,OOO for
breach of promise.’,>y Miss Maud Stevens
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MASSACREOF CUBANS
Spaniards Slaughter Eighteen Men and
Four Women.
THIRTEEN OTHERS ARE WOUNDED
The Butchery Occurred On
Las Canas’ Plantation
SPAIN’S GENERAL ORDERED A RAID
Troops Surround a Sugar Estate, Apply
the Torch and Shoot Cubans as They Run.
General Molina Reports the Massacre to
Weyler as “a Glorious Victory”—lnsur
gents Burn a Town.
Key West, Sept. 16.—Advices from
Havana by the steamer Mascotte give
details of a massacre of Cubans in Man
tanzas province by Spaniards under
General Molina. The butchery occurred
on Las Cauas’ sugar estate. Molina
heard that an insurgent band was
camped on the estate, and ordered a
raid. The insurgents had gone when
the Spaniards arrived, and Molina or
dered the buildings on the estate de
stroyed. The Spaniards surrounded the
homes of the employes, applied the torch,
and shot the Cubans as they rushed out.
Eighteen men and four women were
killed outright, while 13 others, includ
ing three children, were wounded. Mo
lina was a pleased spectator of the mas
sacre, and he reported it to Weyler as a
“glorious victory.”
Thursday insurgents raided and
burned the town of San Francisco de
Paulo, a suburb of Havana. The Span
ish garrison of 300 men surren
dered, but were released after being dis
armed. The smoke and flames were
visible in Havana, and caused great ex
citement. Weyler seems to have com
pletely lost his head. He is having lead
ing citizens arrested by the wholesale.
Weyler says that the men arrested have
been plotting to have him recalled to
Spain. The arrests have profoundly
stirred Haviftia.
Insurgents Burn Farms.
The band of Juan Delgado is reported
to have burned the farms of Gatera,
Chinchai and Tiraboque on the canal
and seven settlements near Santiago de
Los Vegas. The insurgents burned sev
eral farms at Guira Melena in Havana
province because the owners refused to
pay the taxes levied by the insurgents.
Near Palos, in Mantanzas, insurgents
have burned the tobacco plantations of
Herculano and Esperanza, causing a loss
of $400,000. In the last few days they
have also burned a large amount of
property near Puerto Principe.
Several soldiers of the battalion of
Los Navas, guarding the trocha at
Jucaro, have died from sunstroke. The
first 1,000 soldiers of the reinforcements
recently arrived from Spain have ar
rived at Jucaro.
It is reported from Palos, Matanzas,
that in consequence of his ungovern
able temper and his immoderate drink
ing, Insurgent Leader Lacret was aband
oned by Rolof several days ago.
Reinforcements Arrive.
The steamer San Domingo has arrived
at Havana, having on board 20 officers
and 750 soldiers of the reinforcements
from Spain.
There is a report in circulation that
Maximo Gomez has left his command
at Guasasimos with Agrimonte, going
iu the direction of Santa Clara, to form
a junction with Majia and Roariguez
in Sancti Spiritus. It is also reported
that Rodriguez has arrived in that dis
trict.
Plans for a balloon, which it is claimed
can be raised or lowered at pleasure
without the use of ballast, has been of
fered to the government and wi 1 be ex
amined by the commission.
The news is confirmed that the insur
gent leader Morjon, whose influence in
the revolution was great, has died of
wounds received in a skirmish in Man
tauzas with Colonel Molena.
DISCOVERED HER MISTAKE.
Nicaragua Readjust. Duties on Imported
Wines and Spirits.
Washington, Sept. 16.—The state de
partment has been informed by United
States Consul Weiseke, at Managua,
that the Nicaraguan government, find
ing that the effect of the law of Decern-
I her last, fixing duties on imported wines
t and spirits, has been to stop the im
’ portation of California and other
light wines and spirits which were
formerly largely used, has adopted a
new law which went into effect Aug.
18, last, readjusting the duties. Here
after duties will be imposed as follows:
On wines not more than 20 degrees
strength, 2 cents for each pound Span
ish weight gross, and 1 cent more for
each degree of strength in excess of 20
degrees.
Mixed liquors not more than 20 de
grees strength, 15 cents for each pound
gross, and 1 cent for each degree excess.
Wines and mixed liquors above 30 de
grees, not over 50 degrees. 13 cents;
beer, 1 cent per pound gross; cham
pagne, 5 cents per pound.
Kidnape'l 1/y Bulgarian Brigands.
Vienna, Sept. 16.—A dispatch to the
Neu Erie Presse from Belgrade, Servia,
says that it was the Austrian consul
that was kidnaped, near Seres, Mace
donia, by a band of Bulgarian brigands
armed with dynamite bombs. The con
sul is also a wealthy lauded property
holder and a. Greek. A dispatch from
Volo, Greece, announces that the brother
of the Austrian consul at Seres had
been carried off by a band of Bulgarian
brigands armed with dynamite bombs.