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WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS.
THE OUTLOOK NEW YEAH
omin6us.
John Hall Finds the Outlook in the
East and the Revival of the War
Spirit in the United States Dis
qnieting—-An Armed British Force
Reported to Have Entered the
Transvaal.
London, Dec. 31.—1 n its issue to-mor
row the Times will say: “The new year
opens with mingled omens. At home the
auguries are in every way favorable.
The outlook of external politics is most
serious, even alarming. The revival of
the war spirit in the United States, or
what stimulates It, and the prolonging of
the uncertain position in the east are
almost equally disquieting. The long im
pending crisis in South Africa has be
come acute. We are bound therefore to
be prepared for contingencies which may
call for a vigorous exertion of power,
that last resort that must be relied upop
to hold the British empire together. Hap
pily, it is certain that the nation is fully
capable of meeting the probable demands
on its own resources."
The Morning Post will to-morrow pub
lish a despatch from Vienna saying that
a telegram from Pretoria, the capital of
the Transvaal, states that an armed
force of the British South Africa Com
pany, numbering 800 men and armed with
Maxim and other guns, is reported to
have entered the Transvaal. This force
is said to have reached the vicinity of
Rustenburg, and Intends to march on
Johannesburg. President Kruger has or
dered that its advance be forcibly pre
vented, and has issued a proclamation
appealing to the burghers to defend their
country. The dispatch adds that fight
ing seems inevitable.
The papers here will to-morrow publish
a statement, emanating from a commer
cial source, that Dr. Jameson, the admin
istrator of the British South Africa Com
pany, has led 500 armed men into the
Transvaal to assist the Uitlanders, or
foreign residents of that republic, to en
force their demands that they be granted
equal political rights with the Boers. The
papers will add that the Rt. Hon Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, has ordered the immediate re
turn of this force to British territory.
The Times will to-morrow publish a
dispatch from Capetown announcing that
Dr. Jameson’s invasion of the Trans
vaal at the head of 700 men was in re
sponse to a long appeal from the Uitland
ers, which appeal the Times prints.
There is no further direct news of the
British Invasion of Dutch territory.
The Westminster Gazette© says:
“We must not delude ourselves
into thinking that the Venezuelan
crisis is passed. There is a surprising
depth and strength of feeling behind Pres
ident Cleveland. Lord Salisbury cannot
retreat from his position of refusing to
submit the Venezuelan dispute to arbi
tration and the Americans will not re
treat fr<yn the stand they have taken."
The Gazette, in conclusion, advises that
both agree to leave the whole matter to
a board of conciliation. The countries
would not be bound to accept the decis
ion of such a board, it siys, but the
chance of reaching an acceptable com
promise would be very great.
The morning papers will to-morrow
print another letter from ex-Prime Min
ister Rosebery of similar tenor to the
letter from the same source published
Monday morning In which Lord Rose
bery took the government severely to
task for its action, or rather its non
action in regard to Turkish affairs.
In his last letter Lord Rosebery advo
cated the holding of many mass meet
ings to express the public opinion nn
Boxq&jm&.ty valves, hejaya,
exlds: "To build "the mightiest “ivy in
th© world and give absolute po<W to the
ministry in order to see our ev<j’ effort
baffled and ridiculed by a sultah—and
such a sultan!—is enough to make every
gorge in the country rise."
The Standard, commenting on the state
ment telegraphed from Vienna that Rus
sia would not take over the administra
tration of affairs in Armenia, recalls the
fact that a similar statement was made
by Austria prior to her occupying Bos
nia, and adds that the same may be true
In this case, since Russia, having a pros
pect of taking the whole of Turkey
through the person of the sultan, would
not waste her strength In occupying a
part of the Turkish dominions.
Persistent rumors are In circulation to
the effect that secret negotiations are
going on between Russia\and Turkey.
Constantinople, Dec, 31.—The army re
serves at Moush, Sardlz, Aleshogora and
Bitlls have been called out.
Vienna, Dec. 31.—The Politische Corre
spondez’s St. Petersburg correspondent
emphatically denies that Russia intends
to administer Armenia or to intervene in
anyway in Anatolia.
SEVEN MEN HELDFIip,
Two Highwaymen Commit Murder
While Mnkinii' a Night of It.
Horse Creek, Ala., Dec. 31.—While Bud
'Adair and John Brown were returning
from the Ivy mines last night about 8
o’clock they were held up by two men.
Brown being commanded to throw up
his hands, did so, and was robbed of
S 3. Adair was also ordered to throw up
his hands, but refused to do so, and re
sisted, when he was shot through the
left side and left hand, killing him in
stantly.
The two robbers then proceeded to the
coke ovens at Ivy mines and robbed the
night watchman of what little change
he happened to have in his pockets.
Later on in the night they held up and
robbed two negroes near the Victor mines
About 11 o’clock they held up and robbed
two more negroes near the junction lead
ing to the Magellan mines.
The night watchman robbed at the
Ivy coke ovens says he recognised the
men, and one of them was Bart Thrasher
the noted desperado who recently escaped
from the Pratt mines.
A Collision in a Tunnel.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 31.—T0-night at 10
o’clock an Illinois Central passenger
train ran into the rear of a Wabash pas
senger in the tunnel. Fireman Henry
Roth wilier was Instantly killed and En
gineer Milton White and Express Mes
senger J. G. Chambers were badly jn
juted.
Nerves
\Are like Fire.
, They are
Good Servants
But make
Poor Masters
To keep your Nerves steady,
Your Head clear,
Bdild up your Strength,
Sharpen your Appetite,
You must have
Pure Rich Blood
The Best Medicine to Vitalize
and Enrich the Blood, is
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye.
Hood’s Pills
SHOTS AT A VARIETY SHOW.
Two Men Killed and Several Wound
ed in a Mining; Camp. *
Cripple Creek, Col., Dec. 31.—A shooting
affray in the Union theater, in the little
mining camp of Victor, a few miles out,
threw the place into great excitement.
Early in the evening the' toughs of the
town gave it out that they would clean
out the Union, and when Manager Smith
Os the theater accused Tom Pasco, one of
the audience, of being the leader, a pitched
battle was precipitated.
The killed are: George Smith, manager
of the theater, and Tom Pasco.
The wounded are: George Ferguson,
mortally; Robert Smith, shot in the thigh;
Fred Ellis, left arm broken by a shot, and
several others received flesTlxwounds.
Victor has always borne an excellent
reputation as a mining camp free from
saloon brawls and shooting affrays.
Saloons and dance halls have been run
ning night and day ever since the camp
was 1 started and to-night’s affair is the
first serious trouble the town has had.
The variety show at the Union was pro
gressing as usual and the programme
was about half finished, when Manager
Smith came in from his office and walk
ed to a table at which were seated five
or six men. One of them was Tom Pasco,
a well-known man about the camp. Smith
accused him of being the leader of a
gang of toughs which were scattered
about the theater, and told him he had
heard the tbughs had come down to clean
out the place. The lie was passed instant
ly and in a jiffy a dozen pistols were flash
ing in the gaslight. Before any one could
interfere Pasco had brought his pistol
to a level with Smiths head and had let
its contents go. Smith dropped on his
knee and as he fell he was seen to draw
his gun. A report rang out and Pasco
reeled and fell almost directly across
Smith.
The shooting then became general and
when the smoke had cleared away nearly
every light in the place had been shot out
ttnd it was some time before sufficient
larrips could be obtained to allow the mar
shal to see who had been killed.
It is a miracle that but two were killed,
as bullet marks are everywhere. Some
f the wounded left the place for their
camps without saying who they were
and a full list of the injured cannot be
obtained.
SEMINARY GIRLS SCANDALIZED.
An Indignation Meeting Over Scur
rilous Publications.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 31.—The riot
call was sounded from the court house
at Cleveland, Tenn., to-day as a precon
certed signal to summon the citizens of
thirf quiet town together for the purpose
of condemning certain scurrillous publi
cations made in two weekly sheets which
are debarred from the United States mails
under the act prohibiting carrying of ob
scene literature, and which grossly re
flected on the character of the young
ladles of the Centenary Female College. It
was a remarkable gathering of business
and professional men, composed of the
best citizens of Cleveland, and fairly bun
bled over with indignation. Judge P. B.
Mayfield presided over the mass meeting.
Red-hot resolutions were put through
without a dissenting voice, characterizing
the articles and illustrations as vile,
sjanders and baseless fabrications, libelous
in the extreme and designed to injure the
institution among strangers.
Dr. David Sullins, the aged president of
the college, and a widely known educator,
was present and two newspaper men on
the committee of resolutions were among
the most Indignant.
The most offensive feature of the publi
cation was the cartoon accompaniment,
which pictured a highly modernized ver
sion of the Romeo-Juliet scene. The girls
were shown in deshabille, climbing out
over a balcony to meet the young Lo
tharios, who were coming up a ladder
I to aitl their-descent. The origin of
teles was/ffi tips laik of "five gay
BFPMWratagx.-gar— who ‘ wtw aaousefi
of flbtlng with the young ladies while
visiting the town and their subsequent
arrest, whieh episode was distorted to suit
the purpose of the sensational publica
tion.
AFRAID OF GROVER’S POPULARITY.
An Antl-Clevelan<l Conference Pro
poned by n Kansas Mun.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 31.—Prominent
democrats here and elsewhere over this
state have received typewritten letters
from one Walter N. Allen of Meriden,
Kan., asking co-operation in an anti-
Cleveland movement. One of these let
ters, addressed to Senator J. Z. George,
has been shown the Southern Associated
Press correspondent. It begins as follows:
"Enclosed And proposition for a national
conference of anti-Cleveland men and re
form forces. I ask that you read it and
then send it to some democratic editor in
your state, who will notice same.”
Senator Georg© will take no stock In
any such conference, though like a large
majority of Mississipplana, opposed to a
third term for Mr. Cleveland or any other
man. He cannot be inveigled into a move
ment that savors so strongly of populism.
Mr. Allen, who is neither democrat nor
republican, judging by his circular, sug
gests that the conference be held a week
after the democratic national convention,
which he predicts will end in a row. He
proposes to get alt the dissatisfied ele
ments together, "Span the river of preju
dice and form an alliance against the com
mon enemy. ’The Cleveland-Carlisle ad
ministration.’ ’’
Commenting on the letter the Clarion
i Ledger, the official journal of Mississippi
says: "We are qpposed to Mr. Cleveland
for a third term, but should the party in
convention again nominate him, we will
give him a warm support; but we are op
posed to any conference such as Mr. Al
len proposes. It is unnecessary to say that
Senator George and other democrats, to
whom the circular has been sent, will de
cline to have anything to do with th©
proposed conference." ,
DI'NRAYEN’S DEFEAT.
The Committee Finishes the Taking
of Testimony.
New York, Dec. 31.—The special com
mittee of the New York Yacht Club, sit
ting as a court of inquiry into the charges
made by Lord Dunraven against the
people in charge of the Defender con
cluded its labor of taking testimony in
the case "at noon to-day. The long ar
ray of witnesses who took the stand on
behalf of the Defender syndicate and
gave evidence entirely refuting the char
ges of foul play brought by the Irish
carl, hatl ail been examined by last
night with the exception of some of the
riggers from New York and Boston, who
added their quota this morning to the
already overwhelming mass of rebuttal
testimony.
George R. Askwith, Lord Dunraven's
counsel, came alone for the first lime
since the session opened. J. A. G. Hll
tomn. Ix>rd Dunraven’s private secre
tary, who was one of the stenographers
of the hearing, left for London on board
the North German Lloyd steamer Havel
this morning.
Nothing could be gotten out of any
member of the investigating committee
after the adjournment beyond this from
Mr. Whitney: “It will be some days be
for the report will be ready. The evi
dence has all been taken, and we are
through, except for making the report.
I cannot say wfeat day the decision of the
committee may be expected.”
COWHIDED AND THEN KILLED. |
White Men Uaeh a Negro Farm
Hand for Maligning Women.
Meridian. Mies.. Dec. 31.—Jim Lynch, a
negro farm hand residing twenty miles
east of this place, was taken to the woods
by about twenty-five determined white
men last night, and. after being whipped
with a cowhide until the blood was
streaming from his body, was shot to
death. Lynch had been making some very, ;
ugly remarks about Ikdies. j
THE WEEKLY I'L:>DA\ , JANEARY :', IS9G.
FOR WOMEN!
One Kind of Protection That Pro
tects—A Hard Nut for Skeptics to
Crack—Some Figures ' That Don’t
Lie.
No one has ever warned people against
wearing a certain kind of underwear,
drinking a certain kind of chocolate or
eating a certain kind of bread because
<the particular name of such article, its
composition, or process of manufacture
was protected by law.
Seven out of every ten articles we eat,
drink and wear are legally protected,
and there isn’t a medical man under the
sun who doesn’t continually use such ar
ticles. Yet a majority of 'these same men
say to their patients that because the
United States government has seen fit to
recognize and protect the name of a cer
tain medical discovery, made by one of
u\ \ Z
' \ A'
the most successful, regularly qualified
practitioners in America—that this fact
renders such discovery unworthy of pub
lic confidence.
No traveler, not even a doctor, ever
objected 'to having his or her life saved
by a Westinghouse air brake, and no one
declines to enjoy the blessings of Edi
son’s electric light or Bell’s telephone.
All these discoveries are protected by
law. Civilized governments recognize
the fact that public benefactors are not
only worth protecting, but that they re
quire protection for the good of the peo
ple. By protecting them the public pro
tects Itself. Discoveries that increase the
comforts of life and lessen its burdens
and dangers are the result of brains, study
and genius, and there is a premium on
brains the world over.
Every discoverer is entitled to the fruits
of his labor, genius and skill. It is
enough that he places his discovery with
in the reach of the people. He need not
make a partner of tne public or a confi
dant of the profession.
The case in point is a discovery which
Is annually brightening the lives of
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN,
a discovery which, according to their own
written statements, has rescued over 90,-
000 women from conditions of hopeless de
d®SfP^lp and them
This discovery is legally protected as
Dr. Fierce’s Favorite Prescription. It
is not a patent medicine, but its name
and individuality are, for the benefit of all,
protected against pirates and humbugs.
It is the discovery of Dr. R. V. Pierce of
Buffalo, N. Y. chief consulting physician
to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Insti
tute, and author of The People’s Common
Sense Medical Adviser, of which over six
hundred and eighty thousand copies have
already been sold.
Why shouldn’t women use it? Its dis
coverer is a regularly qualified physician
who has made the treatment of ailments
peculiar to women a life study and a life
specialty. His thirty years’ practice in
this special field, during which he, with his
staff of specialists, have successfully treat
ed hundred of thousands of cases, has af
forded him opportunities enjoyed by no
one else for discovering the right methods
and th© right remedies.
That he should, for his own protection
and the protection of his patients who are
scattered all over the globa take advan
tage of that law of which every Inventor
in other fields avails himself, is neither
unprofessional nor unbusiness-like. It’s
>good, sound, common sense.
In every state, city, town and hamlet.
Dr. Pierce’s discoveries have effected just
such cures as those reported below. Long
neglected, seriously complicated and so
called Incurable cases are treated by
him by letter with a success that is sim
ply astounding. Where the ordinary prac
titioner treats one such case, Dr. Pierce
and the skilled specialists of the Invalids’
Hotel and Surgical Institute treat tens
iof thousands; and what is regarded by
the local doctor as a complicated case,
one that puzzles his brain and baffles his
skill, is as simple of treatment and sure
of being cured in this institution as is
the drawing of a perfect circle to the
one man in a million. This is another
instance where practice makes perfect.
It is a case where one man can do what
millions of others cannot do.
One reason that women suffer in si
lence agonies that would make
A COWARD OF MAN
is because her inborn modesty causes her
to shrink from the ordeal of submitting
to medical examination and the stereo
typed “local treatment.” When, finally,
torture drives her to seek advice, she.
unfortunately, only too often falls into
hands that lack the rare ability of draw
ing that "perfect circle” upon which
her peace of mind, her happiness and her
life depend. Instead of the treatment that
makes thousands of cures a certainty and
failure almost an unheard-of accident,
she receives that which makes failure a
certainty and the cure a mere accident.
No woman, who is tired of suffering,
tired of doctoring, or tired of life, should
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Dispensary Medical Association, of Buf
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ly. and this, too. without having to un
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and the stereotyped and dreaded treat
ment by “local applications.” If her case
is really incurable, she will be told so
plainly. But Dr. Pierce’s records, cover
ing hundreds of thousands of cases, prove
that there are not three incurable cases
in a hundred.
Here are a few specimen cures:
Mrs. Homer Clark. 238 West Third
street. Sioux City. lowa, tried doctor af
ter doctor and hospital after hospital,
but all to no purpose. She suffered from
female weakness and ulcers of the uterus.
She continued growing worse until a
druggist—Mr. Cummings—advised her to
take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
The first bottle brought relief and its
further use effected a cure.
Mrs. Abram Lyon, Lorraine. Jefferson,
county. New York, was declared incurable
by everv physician in her neighborhood.
She had’ falling of the womb and ulcera
tion brought on by the birth of her child.
After having been given up to die she was
induced to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription which, she says, not only
saved her life but cured her permanently.
Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs, Mechanicsburg,
Pa , after the best physicians in her town
could do nothing for her frequent faint
ing spells and terrible pains in her head,
which made life a burden to her, was in
duced bv a neighbor to take Dr. Pierce's
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Mrs. Jennie Williams. Mohawk, Ore
gon, vainly tried doctor after doctor for
i the bllndin* dixzy spells, palpitation of
I the heart, pains in back andr head, and
nervous chills, with which* she suffered
1 over three rears. The very first bottle
*
of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
brought greatful relief, and two more
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fered from female weakness and could
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Mrs. Anna Dauel, 901 South Main street,
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and hed to be carried home from the
hospital. Friends then induced her to
take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription,
which effected a complete cure.
Mrs. Mary F. Covell, Scotland, Bon
1 Homme county, South Dakota, was pro
nounced incurable by the best doctors in
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womb and leucorrhea. After giving up all
1 hopes she was quickly made a "well wo
-1 man” by Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescrip
tion.
IV The above list could be continued to
' embrace over 90,000 grateful letters re
ceived by Dr. Pierce, but space forbids.
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r money expended in pro
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ROSEBORO’S ROBBERY,
The Express Agent Implicates the
Mayor and Coroner.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 31.—A special to
the Star says that the alleged robbery of
the Southern express agent at Roseboro,
N. C., a station on the Cape Fear and
Yadkin Valley railroad of $950, by
masked men a few days ago, has turned
out to be no robbery at all. According to
the confession 'of Agent Grier, it was a
deliberately planned and executed con
spiracy, participated in by himself. Dr.
Fleet J. Cooper, the coroner of Sampson
county, and Redden Butler, the mayor
of Roseboro.
Cooper and Butler were arrested Mon
day and had a preliminary hearing before
Justices Giddens and Farrell. They were
bodnd over in a bond of $950 each, to ap
pear in Clinton on Thursday. Jan. 2, for
further preliminary examination. They
deny any complicity or knowledge of the
matter and say that Greer implicated thefn
to shift the burden from himself.
LYNCHED FOR STEALING.
A Cattle •Thief Hanged by a Mob tn
Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., Dec. 31.—Ex-Sheriff Bush
of Simpson county was in Jackson to-day
and tells of a lynching that occurred a
day or two since, but which has not here
tofore been made known, on account of
the distance from railroad and telegraph
offices. A negro named Andrew Brown,
j who had served a time in the penitentiary
| for cattle stealing, was caught at his old
. tricks and started to a justice of the
peace. A mob met the officers on the
road, took charge of the prisoner and left
him dangling at the end of a plow line
his body full of lead. No arrests have
been made yet, but the affair is generally
denounced in the country.
A BATTLE WITH WINCHESTERS.
Two Men Killed and Two Wounded
In Virginia.
Sargent, Ky., Dec. 31.—There was a ter
rible battle and double murder at Don
key, a little hamlet, near Pound Gap, in
county, Virginia, yesterday, the re
sult of a drunken row on Christmas, over
'a woman of bad character. Bill Wells
and Gus Osborne, always known as good
citizens, met Jim Cox and Abe Williams,
two desperate mountain outlaws, on the
public road a half mile from Donkey,
heavily armed with Winchesters, for the
purpose of fighting it out. The firing con
tinued for more than two hours. Shortly
after the firing commenced a deputy
sheriff of Wise county, whose name has
not been learned, appeared on the scene
but < <»uld not stop the fight. Soon Wells
and usborne lay lifeless on the roadside,
with Cox seriously wounded, being shot
twice. The deputy sheriff also received
a serious wound in the left leg.
A Fatal Esrtbyuake in Italy.
Naples. Dec. 31.—A severe shock of earth
quake was felt at Clcciano. near the city
of Nola. in the province of Caserta. on
Sunday. A number of houses were
thrown down, several persons were killed
and many injured.
HARD FIGHTING NEAR HAVANA.
THE CUBAN FORCES REPULSED BY
THE SPANISH.
The Concentrated Forces of the Pa
triots Engaged in tine Fighting.
They Retreat in Good Order and
■Without Very Serious Loss in Kill
ed or Wounded—The Cubans Also
Reported Repulsed in the Jiquani
District.
Havana, Dec. 31.—Gens. Navarro and
Suarez Valdez held in check throughout
the whole of yesterday the concentrated
forces of the rebel commanders Gomez
and Maceo. Gen. Navarro attacked a
capip of rebels and dispersed them. Go
mez and Maceo were entrenched at Cen
tral Maria and a battle ensued there
later in which the Spanish artillery werte
pitted against the insurgents cavalry. The
rebels were finally routed and retreated
in two colmuns, leaving seven dead on the
field. Passing Camanagua on their re
treat, the rebels had twenty litters and
two carts filled with wounded. Gen. Sua
rez Valdez made an attack upon another
wing of the rebel army, and after two
hours fighting the rebels retreated, leav
ing eight dead and many wounded. Gen.
Valdez reached Baro without further re
sistance. The rebels who confronted him
and were forced to retreat were 2,000
strong.
The last news from the field shows that
the rebels have been driven back in the
province of Matanzas, after having been
severely punished by the troops. The loss
of property has been enormous, but
planters now feel more confident in the
future success of the Spanish army, and
will try when possible to grind again.
/Some of the large central factories, how
' ever, have suffered so severely that it
will be rather hard for them to do any
thing before next year.
On Dec. 28 two government columns,
one of 400 men under Col. Rodon and the
other of 200 men under Col. Pardon, after
a fight lasting two hours, dispersed the
rebels commanded by Rabi and others.
The engagement took place in the Jiguanl
district, to the eastward of Bayamo, in
the province of Santiago de Cuba. The
rebels made several charges with ma
chetes, but were repulsed and finally driv
en from the field in confusion. Their loss
was 17 killed. A quantity of arms and
a number of horses were captured by
the troops. The government loss was
eight killed, including three officers, and
42 wounded. The latter were taken to
Jiguani and Bayamo.
Geq. Suarez Valdez telegraphs that he
had an engagement yesterday with a rebel
force north of Cuevitas and defeated
them. The rebels lost two killed.
Madrid, Dec. 31.—A dispatch from Ha
vana to the Imparclal says: "Col. Pe
rera, with 850 Spanish troops, made an
attack upon Maximo Gomez at the head
of a force vastly more numerous than
that of the Spaniards, at Calimete. The
insurgents’ cavalry made a charge upon
the square formed by the Spanish troops
and for a time the situation of the Span
iards was critical. "After three hours’
fighting, however, Gens. Navarro and
Suarez, with their commands, arrived,
and the insurgents retreated. The Span
ish had nineteen men killed and sixty
three wounded. The insurgents lost 20)
killed and wounded. Gomez made a stand
at Marqute and again at Roque, but
was driven from both positions.”
Two thousand Spanish troops embarked
at Cadiz last evening for Cuba.
Baro, Cuba, Dec. 23, via Tampa, Dec.
31.—At 9 o’clock this morning the town
of Roque was invaded by Maximo Go
mez, Serafin Sanchez. Cayeto Alverez, and
' with thgg
They did no great day to the town,
I their depredations were limited almost en
tirely to taking a number of horses. They
seized the flag on the town hall and set
fire to a new but unoccupied wooden fort.
They marched through all the streets of
the town, headed by the rebel flag, shout
ing “Viva Cuba Libra.” Later they en
tered a number of stores, in some of
which they paid for what they took, while
others they looted. They left with the
mayor of the town three of their wounded,
with an intimation that they must have
close cake arift attention. Previous to
reaching Roque, Gomez and his following
had devastated the cane, fields of the
Espana estate. They took on the estate,
and had with them at Roque, two prison
ers, alleged poisoners of wells. I
While on the way to Roque the rebels
set fire to the railway work shops on the
line of the Cardenas and Jucaro railroad.
Maximo Gomez, w'hil'e at Roque, said that
their men composed the vanguard; that
Maceo and Quintin bandera were follow
ing with a large force, and that at that
time the latter was near Colef.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 31.—" Havana for
Cuba” is the password that is being used
by Cuban agents in securing Georgia vol
unteers to join the Cubans in taking Ha
vana on Jan. 15. The Morning News cor
respondent accidentally learned this fol
lowing fact from a Cuban agent: Several
squads of Georgians, who were unemploy
ed, have left Georgia for Cuba this fall,
and recently the number has increased.
Many go by rail to Tampa and thence by
steamer «to Havana, via Key West, but
some go from the Georgia coast. All per
sons who are willing to fight for Cuba
are being invited to meet the agent on a
certain day at or near Darien. The expe
dition is to leave on a regular Altamaha
river steamer and be taken beyond Doboy
and Altamaha sound, where a filibuster
ing boat will be in readiness to receive
them. Volunteers will be paid SIOO cash
at the start and SIOO a month for service,
provided that Cuba wins. They will be
provided with arms and ammunition. The
expedition is intended to land at Havana
and join the Cubans in beseiglng the
Spanish city on Jan. 15. It is learned that
several young men have already left Way
cross on one of these expeditions and
several more will leave here some time
this week, via the Altamaha river.
TO TINKER WITH THE TARIFF.
The Ways and Means Committee to
Begin Work Next Week. »
» Washington, Dec. 31.—Chairman Ding
ley of the ways and means committee
will not leave Washington during the
holiday recess. He has been so busy with
his public work that his correspondence
has fallen badly in arrears and the in
tervening time between now and the
reassembling of congress will be neces
sary to complete it. Mr. Dingley will
not call the ways and means committee
together until the latter part of next
week, at which time the sub-committees
will be appointed and a programme of
work prepared. One of the first matters
which Mr. Dingley purposes bringing to
the attention of the committee will be
certain amendments to the administrat
ive features of the present tariff law with
a view to preventing under valuations of
imports. A strong necessity exists, Mr.
Dingley says, for the correction of some
of the defects in the administrative law.
There are also other matters coming
within the jurisdiction of the ways and
means committee upon which action will
be taken, but of these the chairman does
not care to speak of in detail at present.
RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURY.
The Deficit for the First Half of the
Fiscal Year $15,000,000.
Washington. Dec. 31.—The figures of
treasury receipts and expenditures for
the first half of the fiscal year 1896, are
now practically complete. The official
statement to be issued on Thursday, Jan.
2, will show approximately that the re
ceipts for the six months were $167,500,000,
and the expenditures $182,509,000, making
the deficit $15,000,000.
For the month of December, the re
ceipts were light, being $26,250,000 and the
expenditures 526.750.0 ft). making an ex
cess of receipts over expenditures of SS * 1
000. Because of the heavy interest pay
ment in January and the mat ,ri:y of $»,-
320,000 of Pacific Railroad bonds it is an
ticipated that the m»n,,i of .J> uary will
show a deficit of $10,000,000 or 31..000.000.
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GOLD FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
THE TERMS ON WHICH THE BOND
SYNDICATE WILL FURNISH IT.
The Bankers Offer 11,500,000 Ounces
in Exchange for 4 Per Cent. Thirty-
Year Coin Bond* at 104.49, Lea* a
Commission of 1 Per Cent.—Half of
the Gold Offered at the Option of
the Government.
New York, Dec. 31.—An evening paper
says: "A contract was signed this morn
ing by all the members of the new bond
syndicate subject to the formal acceptance
of the government. The syndicate agree to
furnish 11,500,000 ounces of gold, amount
ing to about $200,000,000 gold, the govern
ment to take half of this sum first, and
to have the option of taking the other
half, and to deliver four per cent, thirty
year coin bonds at about the same price
as paid-for the last issue of bonds; the
managers of the syndicate to receive a
commission of 1 per cent. The price at
which the last bonds were taken was
104.49, at which they yielded 3% per cent,
interest.
“The foregoing report is pronounced
premature by leading bankers. The sub
scriptions for the new loan, according to
banking officials, foot up anywhere from
$100,090,000 to $155,000,000. Report has it that
J. P. Morgan has secured $25,000,000 of this
amount and James Stillman of the city
bank, an equal amount. The Deutsche
Bank of Berlin Is credited with being
ready to take another $25,000,000. A ru
mor was current that Bussell Sage was
personally interested in the syndicate to
the extent of $10,000,000, but this was sub
sequently denied.'
“The form of the application for par
ticipation in the syndicate for the bond
issue circulated among the banks and
trust companies to-day states that the
agreement proposed with the treasury
is substantially the same as that of last
February, J. P. Morgan & Co. being the
managers of the syndicate and receiv
ing for their services a commission of 1
per cent.
“Gold to the amount of 11,150,000 ounces
may be called Tor by the treasury, of
which one-half, that is 5,575,000 ounces,
Is a firm sale, the other half being in the
nature of an option. No subscriptions of
syndicate, and the gold to be paid in
must not come from the treasury/'
The demand for gold, for the purpose
of subscribing to the new bond loan, led
to an advance in the commission paid
for the metal, and transactions were re
ported at one per cent. It is reported
that the $1,700,000 gold, which was snipped
by the Paris last week, has been ordered
reshipped to this country and will prob
ably be used in jutying for bonds.
Berlin, Dec. 31.—The United States em
bassy here has received a number of of
fers from German banking firms of the
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posed new American loan at Sniper cent,
interest. It Is reported that the United
States treasury will give only 3 per cent.,
or at the most 3%. The Deutsch bank
is an anxious offerer for the loan. Some
firms profess to believe that there will be
an exclusive tender for the loan within
the confines of the United States.
London, Dec. 31.—The dealings at the
Stock Exchange during the day were re
stricted and the market closed The
political situation Is not encouraging.
American railroad securities are droop
ing and attract little attention. The
news from the Transvaal caused a weak
ness in mining stocks. Spanish securities
rose % on the news from Cuba.
The Standard will to-morrow say in
connection with the new American loan:
“The loan is a mere raising of money to
enable the United States to maintain an
appearance of solvency. As it prolongs
the present financial system it must end
In debasing the currency. The new bonds
would not be extravagantly cheap at par.’*
RETURN OF THE BELL.
The Atlanta Committee to Avoid a
Row With the Philadelphian*.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31.—The liberty bell
committee that has been in hot water
for several days through the action of
the Philadelphia committee appointed to
come to Atlanta and take the old relic
home again, held a meeting behind closed
doors to-day and decided to accompany
the bell to the city of Brotherly Love de
spite the complications and alleged dis
courtesy. At the conclusion of the meet
ing Mayor King said that the committee
had decided to accompany the bell back
at any odds. Upon considering the mat
ter they concluded that there was not
any unpleasant feeling between the com
mittees of Philadelphia and Atlanta.
Whether the Philadelphia committee will
take charge of the‘bell here and the local
committee will escort them, or the At
lantans take it back and the Philadel
phians act as an escort 'is a question to be
decided upon further correspondence.
Mayor King would not consent to furn
ish the correspondence between himself
and Chairman Smith of Philadelphia to
the public. The nature of the letter which
the committee will send to the Philadel
phians is, therefore, a matter of conjec
ture. It may be that the committee will
insist upon receiving the Philadelphians
as the guests of the city when they ar
rive here, and will insist further up on
taking the party and bell back to Phil
adelphia. However, the letter will proba
bly not be very peremptory and Chairman
Smith will be given to understand that
the feelings of the Atlantians have not
been in the least ruffled by the apparent
coolness of the recent communications
sent to Mayor King. The Philadelphia
committee will reach here about Jan.
17 and from present indications will be
cordially received by the liberty bell com
mittee, if not by the people at large.
SOUTH CHICAGO MILLS SHUT.
The Illinois Steel Company Close*
Part of It* Plant.
Chicago, Dec. 31.—The Illinois Steel
Company closed for a month its Bessemer
and rail mills at South Chicago. There
are few orders to fill ,and the company
says this is a good time* to make repairs.
The two mills closed are operated on
the sliding scale, which does not satisfy
the company, and the men assert that
the closing down is done to make a re
adjustment. <
A great many men throughout the coun
try, including plenty of really swell fel
lows, have got it into their heads, rightly
or wrongly—and we are by no means sure
that it isn’t rightly—that there is no
reason why any man should pay more than
$3.00 to $5.00 for a pair of shoes, and, to
say the least, the idea has this foundation
in reason,, that excellent shoes are now
made tfor $3. To pay $S to sl2 for a pair
of shoes is simply throwing away money,
and in many cases this is done to gratify
a mistaken notion that none but your
favorite shoemaker is worthy to adorn
your feet. The recent improvements in
shoe machinery make it possible, as shown
by the well known W. L. Douglass $3
shoe, to produce a shoe to-day that will
compare favorably tn style, wearing qual
ities and comfort with those; offered at
$6, $8 and $lO per pair,—ad. _
Judge Peckham Rfhigni.
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 31.—Judge Peckham
of the court of appeals, to-day filed his
resignation with the secretary of state.
He will start for Washington at once to
take his seat on the bench of the United
States supreme court. ,