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I NEWS Of THE WEEK
Comprehensive Bevlew of the Import
ant Happening! of the Fait Week
r Called From the Telegraph Columns.
A wind with the velooity of 45 miles
an. hour swept through St. Louis, and
fire people are repoi ted injured in dif
ferent partB of the city from falling
. signboards.
Proposals for an arrangement between
the contending forces in Bolivia are
now under consideration by the lead
ers, and it is hoped they will result auc
oesstully. .
A severe snow storm has been raging
in Minnesota and over into South Da
kota on the west and into Wisconin on
the east. The snow drifted badly, and
Jiama was delayed.
Three togs for use among the Philip
pine islands have been purchased by
- tne united States at Hong Kong. They
re each of about 100 tons, 87 feet long
nd draw eight feet of water.
A terrific wind storm visited Okla
hama City, O, T. For half an hoar it
blew a perfect gale, while the rain fell
in sneets. n early iuu houses were
blown down. The damage is estimated
at 150,000. No lives were lost.
The ship Marion Chilcott will take
from Puget Sound 800 tons of hay,
oats and bran, and 400,000 feet of
lumber to Manila for government use,
in response to a recent order reoeived
by Quartermaster Robinson at Seattle.
The dispatoh from the Italian govern
ment asking from China a concession
of the port of San Mun, has been
changed into a note of demand, and
, China, which had refused to cede the
, port, in answer to the request will now
probably yield to the demand.
The Cuban assembly has impeaohed
Gomez and dismissed him from the
army for having agreed with United
: States authorities to disband the Cuban
army without consulting the assembly.
When Gomez was intormed of the ac
tion of the assembly, he replied: "All
right; I enjoy the situation."
Admiral Sam pson has sailed with
bis flagship the New York, and the
Brooklyn, from Ha rana for Puerto
Cortes, on the ooast of Honduras. The
Indiana and the Teias, of the North
Atlantic squadron, sailed from Havana
lor Cienfucgos. The ships will meet
-again in the coarse of a week, probably
cff the Venezuela coast.
The Bed Cross Society of New York
- lias shipped $30,000 worth of medical
uppliei and delicaoies to the soldiers
at Manila.
A rapture is imminent between Italy
and China, over the latter'i refusal to
ede a eoaling station to Italy at San
mud bay.
The British cruiser Talbot, which
-was sent to New York to convey the
tematue 01 Lord Hersbell to England,
nas tiied.
The Madrid authorities have offered
Aguinaldo a ransom of $1,000 for each
officer, $100 each for the privates, and
t ou tor eaon oivii servant.
Advices from Honolulu dated March
1 state that Princess Kanilani was not
cxpeoted to live 84 houia. Rheuma
ism of the heart was the oause of her
illness.
Both houses of the Oklahoma legisia
tore have passed a bill prohibiting the
practice of Christian scienoe in Okla
homa. The governor, it is said, will
tign the bill. ; , . .
1 The Canadian government has de
cided to construct a telegraph line to
she Klondike country. The pian is to
vuild a line between Lake Bennett and
Dawson City at once.
The Whftinsville cotton mill, at
whitinsville, Mass., and the cotton
mills at Lin wood and Saundersville
Juve announced an advance in wages.
-a 0011 1 a.uuo operatives are affected,
The British minister has informed
.. 1 ni.i ' m
uo vuiiibb ioreign omoe tiiat anv
attempt to repudiate tbe railway con
tract will be regarded as a breach of
-faith meriting retributive measures.
The government has conoluded to in
iguram iiringeni sanitary measures
in Cuba and Porto Rico. Apparatus
lor destroying garbage is being shipped
10 me principal cities of both islands.
An army winter hospital at Savan
nah, Ga., of 47 buildings, has been
opened lor patients. The first ship.
nieut or invalid soldiers from Cuba
Jiaye been received by the hospital ship
.Missouri.
Welcome A. Botkin, husband of
Cordelia Botkin, convicted of the
murder of Mrs. John R. Dunning, of
Dover, Del., has applied for a divorce
on the ground that his wife has been
convicted OTa felony.
The 19 dynamite cartridges found
"back of the exploded arsenal at Tou
lon, France, are of foreign manufac
ture, and French authorities aie now
convinoed the destruction of the arsen
al was due to foul play.
Minor Mesrs Hems,
Two surveying parties are locating
the line of the eleotrio road between
Taeouia and Seattle, a distance of 80
miles. The road is expected to be in
operation by November 1,
A double tragedy is reported from
Nanaimo, B. C. Dave Evans shot Lib
hie White dead and committed suicide
in their room at a hotel. Both were
publio entortainera, Unrequited love
is supposea to have been tbe
of the tragedy.
LATER NEWS.
A dispatch from Rome announces
that the pope has suffered a renewal
of fainting fits, but it is added that'his
physicians do iiot regard his condition
as serious.
The appellate court, at Chicago, has
nunanimonsly sustained a decision
rendered by Judge Tuley last summer,
that express companies are obliged to
furnish war revenue stamps to all ship
pers. ,
The sovereign oamp Woodmen of the
World, the fifth largest fraternal and
beneficiaiy order in the United States
are in biennial session at Memphis,
Tenn. The session will last ten days
or two weeks.
Mrs. Minnie Adams has been arrest
ed at her father's home, in San Fran
cisco, on suspicion of having murdered
her two-year-old illegitimate child,
Jolip Richard Gray, by administering a
dose of carbolic acid.
Senor Quesada, of the Cuban junta
in Washington, has received a cable
gram form Santiago which says: "The
people ol Santiago disauthorize the as
sembly, sustain Gomez and are pre
paring a public manifestation."
At the annual meeting of the Asso
ciated Chambers of Commerce in Lon
don, a resolution was passed urging
the British government to maintain the
"open door" in China and prior Brit
ish rights in the Yang tse Kiang valley
A contraot has been conoluded be
tween the German government and
Cecil Rhodes, the British South Afri
can magnate, lor tne construction or a
telegraph line in East Africa.1 A
contract for building a railroad through
tbe same territory ia upon the point
of conclusion. .
Rear-Admiral Hichborn, chief naval
constructor, in his statement of work
accomplished on the vessels now build
ing for the navy, shows thai there are
now actually under construction, or al
ready contracted for, 61 vessels of vari
ous types, ranging from battle-ships to
torpedo-boats. ,
According to a dispatoh from Pinar
del Rio, five sisters of the Amerioan
order of Sacred Heart have been ordered
away from Cuba by Archibshop Cha
pelle, papal representative. The nuns
are aU daughters of Indian chiefs, and
tbe "-reason gven ii the "oid hatred
against the Indian sisters."
Armed Italian strike) s have Dre vent
ed other miners fiom taking their
places at the Hidden Treasure, Ute
and Ulay mines, near Lake City. Colo.
The sheriff may call on the eovernor
for troops to maintain order. The
strike was declared on account of an
order requiring all miners without fam-
lies to take their meals at the mine
boarding house.
The torpedo-boat Fox, built at Port
land, has arrived . at San Francisco.
She made the run from Astoiia in 45
hours.
The navy department has abandoned
all hope of the recovery of the armored
sruiser Cristobal Colon, sunk in the
battle of July 8, at Santiago.
The navy department ia informed by
Admiral Dewey that the supply ship
Nanshan haa left Manila with supplies
for the new naval station at Guam.
A correspondent of the state depart
ment, ' writing from Ponapi, Caroline
Islands, says the inhabitants like every,
thing that is American. They are hop
ing and praying, he says, that the
Americans will take possession of all
of the islands, and, if not all, at least
the island of Ponapi.
The differences between the Raisin
Growers' Association and the packers
of California, have been finally ad
justed. The association will make the
sales and the paokers will receive a
liberal oommission. The packers will
form an oragnization with a capital of
I5Q0.000, of which 10,000 is to be in
cash. : ,
The city of Pasig, east of Manila,
haa been captured by American troops
after an hour's fight. The loss to the
Filipinos . was 80 killed and 18 prison
ers. The Americans' loss was one man
killed. Six were wounded. Tbe man
killed is Private C. E. Thorn, of the
Twentieth Kansas. The battle was
fought by Wheaton's divisional brigade.
A search steamer which has returned
to Brisbane, Queensland, from Cook!
town, on the Endeavor river, this 1
colonv, reports that three sohooners and I
80 luggers were lost and that 400 col
ored persons and 11 whites
'8 .
drowned during the recent hurricane
that swept the northwest coast of
Queensland.
There has been a popular demonstra
tion in Christiana, Norway, airainst
Crown Prluce Gustaf, Duke of Worm-
land, who was recently appointed re
gent on account of the illness of his
father, King Oscar. The prinoe was
returning from the military club when
he met a crowd of people, who hooted
bim, hissed him and pelted him with
snowballs.
A determined though unofficial effort
U being made to secure the exeroise bv
the United States of its good offioes in
behalf of China. The matter has not
yet been brought officially to the atten
tion or beoretary Hay. but it is under-
stood that he is aware of the wishes of
certain interested persons, and the ad
vantage, from their point of view,
which would aoorue to this government
in case of such action.
A monument costing 140.000 ia to be
ereoted over the grave of a simple Ken
tucky private killed in the San Joan
fight. The soldier was only one of
many wealthy men who were prepared
to go to the front in any capacity.
Tbe Danish East Asiatic Com tun.
limited, which, besides being a steam
ship oompany, owns large forests and
commercial establishments in Siam.
lately ordered four more 10.000-ton
caused earners for its line between the Bal
j tic and the far East ,
Wheaton's ; Brigade Forces
Back the Enemy.
NO FIGHT IN THE INSURGENTS
After an Hour's Stand the Filipino
Desert Their Defense Works and Fly
to the Jungle.
Manila, March 15. At daylight to
day Brigadier-General Lloyd Wheaton's
divisional brigade, consisting of the
Twentieth infantry, the Twenty-sec
ond infantry, eight companies of the'
Hailing ton volunteers, seven com-
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troops of tbe Fourth cavalry and a
mounted battery of the Sixth artillery,
was drawn upon a ridge behind San
Pedro Maoati, a mile south of town.
The adavnoe
was sounded at 6:80 A.
M.', the cavalry leading the column at
a smart trot across the open to tbe
right, eventually reaching a clump
commanding the rear of Guadlupe.
Supported by the Oregon voluntteers,
the advance opened a heavy fire on tha
rebels. The response was feeble and
desultory, apparently coming from -few
men in every covert. ' While the risht
oolumn was swinging toward the t,6wn
of Pasig, the left advanced, pouring
volleys into the buhh
A small I body of rebels made a de
termined stand at Guadalupe church,
but was uunable to withstand the as
sault. ' . .., . ;.
At 7:80 a liver gunboat started to
ward Pasig. The rebels were first en
oountered by this vessel in the jungle
near Guadalupe. Steaming slowly
the gunboat poured a terrifio fire from
her gatling guns into tbe brush. For
an hour Lie whirling of the rapid-fire
guns alternated with the booming of
the heavier pieces on board.
In the meantime Soott's battery
ashore was shelling the trenches and
driving the enemy bok. The artillery
then advanoed to the bridge of bamboo
and drove a few of the enemy's sharp
shooters away with volleys from their
carbines. The artillery then advanced
and met with no opposition.
Ihe infantry had been sent forward
in extended order, the' Washington
regiment resting on the bank of the
river, eaoh regiment deploying on
reacning a station and
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furnishing its
tain on nnAur Tl, .s.! ..1
COlUmn
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Wi.DD.ou luwtra uie river, ariving the
enemy toward his support and then ad
vanoing on Guadalupe. The artilleiv
moved to a ridge commanding Pasig and
Pateros. Ry this time tbe eriemv was
in full flight along a line over a mile
long, and the firing was discontinued
temporarily, in order to give the troops
a rest before makins the attack nn
Pasig. The enemy's loss was believed
.... a ivoa otuo iraucTwi 1
to be severe, but Only eight Amerjcajis
were wounded at this itage of the en
gagement. It Was raining heavily.
After a short rest, General Wheaton
resumed the attack on Pasig. Scott's
battery, supported by two companies
of the Twentieth regiment, advanced
on Guadalupe by the road along the
river bank, the remainder of the Twen
tieth regiment and the Twenty-second
regiment following with the reserve oi
Oregon volunteers. 1
At 11:80 A. M. the column came in
contact with the enemy, and the gun
boat steamed to the firinsr line and
cleared the jungle on both aides while
the battery took up a position on a blufl
at the right. The first shot from tlx
Amerioan field pieces at 1,200 yards'
range dislodged a gun of the enemy at
Pasig. After Ihe town bad been
shelled tbe Twentieth regiment lined
up on the bluff and the Twenty-second
took up a position on the left of the
place, with the cavalry in the center,
whereupon the enemy retreated to the
town. The gunboat then moved iuto
a bend oppoaite, and a hot fire on the
rebel position was maintained along
tbe 1 whole American line until 2 -511
P. M., when preparations were made
for the attack.
At 8 P. M. our gunboat started in
pursuit of the enemy s armed tag,
chasing her to the lake.
. ; At 8 :80 P.M. a large body of the
enemy was discovered working around
the right flank, and the Twentieth regi.
ment was moved to a commanding
ridge. The rebels were met opposite
Pateros, but bolted. Thirtv nf th
rebels were killed, 16 more taken pria-
imers, ana tne Americans lost six men
wounded. The whole American bi
vouacked at 6 o'clock.
About 700 rebels were reported to
be marching northward a few miles to
the southwest
Spain Cannot Pay.
Madrid, Maroh 15. The position of
the Spanish prisoners in the Philip,
pines, it is said here, mast remain in
anoyance, as the sum demanded bv
Aguinaldo is so enormous that the gov-
ernnient cannot pay it. General Rios
mo opuniHn cummanuer in the Philip-
pines, in an official dispatoh acquaint
ing tbe government with the fact that
Major-General Otis has stopped the ne
gotiations for the release of the Span
ish prisoners in the hands of the rebels,
says:
"1 protest in the name of humanity,
and believe the time has arrived to ap
peal through the consuls to the good
offices of the powers."
For a Two Weeks' Vacation.
Washington, Maroh 15. President
and Mrs. MoKinley and a party of
friends left the city at 6:45 tonight for
a vacation of two weeks at Thomas
ville, Ga., where the train is scheduled
to arrive at 4 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. The president occupied the
magnificent private Pullman observa
tion car Iolanthe, at the rear of the
special train, the remainder of whioh
was made up of a compartment car, a
sieeper, a dining-car and combina
Hon smoking and bamse oar.
FAIR WAY OF SETTLEMENT.
Satisfactory Understanding Reached in
Regard to Samoa.
Washington, March 15. After nu
meorus conferences and the exchange
of notes between Seoretary Hay, the
British ambassador 1 and tbe German
ambassador, a satisfactory understand
ing has been readied between tbe three
powers interested ' in Simoa as to the
conditions there. This seeks to open
a new aocount of Samoa and to obliter
ate the troubles among officials which
have recently occurred there. To
tbia end, Dr. Wilhelm Salf, who has
been nominated by Germany as presi
dent of the municipal council at Apia,
to succeed Di. Raffel, will be recog
nized by the British and United States
authorities. Already this recognition
is assured, but It remains for the con-
snla
at Apia to carry it into formal
effeot, in accordance with tbe letter of
the treaty of Berlin. Dr. Salf will
reach Washington the latter part of
1 this month. He will then proceed to
! Samoa, reaching there in May. His
assumption of the munininal r.reai.
ctency. with the approval of tha thron
powers, is expeoted to smooth out mat
ters among the offlciuls and go a long
way toward adjusting the entire mat
ter - :i ; .
In reaching this conclusion, the offl
oials of tbe three powers have decided
not to attempt a settlement , of the
Samoan kingship for the1 present. In
the meantime, the status quo is to be
maintained. According to the under
standing reached, there will be no move
to establish, permanently, one or the
other of these claimants on the throne.
The kingship will be settled by a full
conference as soon as all the informa
tion on the subject is obtained.
CALIFORNIA BANK FAILS.
The Drought Responsible for the Fi
nancial Situation.
San Luis Obispo, Cal., March 15.
The bank situation here is still unsat
isfactory. The County and Commer
cial banks are still closed. President
Venable, of the Commercial, said to
day: "If it does not rain very soon in or
der to make better times, our bank
will not be reopened." ,
J. P. Andrews, president of the An
drews Banking Company, the only bank
now doing business here, stated that
be was receiving deposits and would
weather the storm. It ia stated that if
too muoh pressure is brought to bear
In
, r .urn ,11a VIUBQU
banks, several hnai nnaa linnaaa mow ka
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iarcM tnutuan Rant Clnli.
( Barrett is investigating the affairs of
-" vuiutuiaaiuilDl
the County and Commercial banks.
SURRENDERED VOLUNTARILY.
Two Men Charged With the Murder of
Colonel Fountain and Son.
Denver, Colo., March 15. A special
to the News from Santa Fe, N. M.,
bujb; unver m, ijete and William
Gilliland, oharged with the (murder of
says: Oliver M. Lete and William
Colonel A. J, Fountain, of Las Cruces,
ana nis little son, on the white sands
or tne Sacramentos, in February, 1897,
surrendered this morning to Judge
raraer, ai as Unices. These men
have defied the officers for the past 18
nioniiis, ueputy Hderitr Uasey having
oeen emeu wnue trying to arrest them
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uyvu mo assurances 01 tne governor
that they would be protected from mob
violence, the men surrendered volun
tartly. The Fountain murder was sup
posed to be the result of the prosecu'
tion of cattle rustlers.
- Impeachment of domes.
New York, March 15. A dispatch
10 tne iriDiine trom Washington says
News from Havana of the Cuban asaera
bly'a action in deposing Maximo Go
mel from command of the armv will
cause no ehange in the administration's
policy. The Amerioan military com
mander authorities in Cuba will con
tinue to recognise Gomea and to deal
With bim. It is not believed the tur
moil which has been oreated temporar
ily win man e necessary any change in
the plans for the withdrawal of tha
volunteers, though if the developments
seem to require it, the plans will be
modified.
Harried Trio to Cuba.
Washington, Maroh 15. Postmaster
General Ubarles Emory Smith will
leave here next Wednesday on a hurried
trip of three or four days in Cuba. The
object or tne trip la a conference with
Director of Posts Rath bone over a num
ber of postal matters that have arisen
on the island which require personal
investigation.
Patlateh at Fort Rupert.
Victoria, B. 0 Maroh 15. The
steamer Willapa brings news that a
big potlatch is now going on at Fort
Rupert, where nearly 1,200 Indians
are aaid to be gathered. Dancing and
the making of presents is being carried
on in great style. The chief of the
Rupert tribe is trying to induce all the
tribes to join with him in a big
peace society, intended to put an end
to jealousies and intertribal quarrels.
V""3 awiety, mienueu 10 put an
The Tax at San Franolseo.
San Francisco, March 15. The torpedo-boat
Fox, built at Portland for the
government, arrived here today. She
made the run from Astoria in 45 hours,
but at no time was going at full speed.
She did not come to anchor on her ar
rival, but went direot to Mare island.
She will be turned over to the govern
ment in C day or two.
1 In Vedlale Action Necessary,
Wellington,' March 15. The war
Ltpartruent has determined to muster
out and bring home all the volunteers
in Cuba, with the exoeption of the vol
unteer 'engineers and immunes. The
necessity for immediate action has been
brought to the attention ot the war de
partment on account of the quarantine
regulations against Cuba, which go
into effect about May 1, and which are
j especially strict at all Southern poita.
American Advance Is Slow,
But Sure.
THE FILIPINOS RETREATING
Washington and Oregon Regiments la
, the Thickest If the Fights at the
Front Enemy Driven Into Pateros.
Manila, March 16. Late yesterday
General Wheaton's column encountered
the enemy, in such force between Pa
teros and THguig as to necessitate a
change in the original plans. The cav
airy attaoked a rebel stronghold in the
jungle, driving the enemy into Pateros,
The Amerioans had one man killed and
three wounded. Scott's batterry
shelled the city and woods effectively.
Later the enemy crossed the river
from Pasig. Iwo 00m panics of the
Second Oregon infantry oleared the
right bank after a sharp engagement,
and then retired with three wounded
In the meantime the Washington
volunteers closed in, driving small
bodies of the rebels back upon Pateros,
One man was killed.
During the night the enemy burned
the town of Pasig.
General Wheaton's brigade 'finished
the work of cleaning out the rebels
around Pasig.
The Washington volunteers . have
captured and burned Pateros, meeting
with a sharp fire from the enemy while
crossing the river.
Today's fighting was like that of
the past week, the insurgents occa
sionally making a stand, but event
ually fleeing. Their loss is supposed
to have been small, aB the Americans
were unable to see the enemy in the
thickets.
The progress of the American ad
vance is slow.
Branha Sorita and Jose Ruiz, the
bpanisb officer who were recently tried
ny a military commission for the em
bezzletnent of $10,540 (Mexican),
funds devoted to the maintenance of
prisoners, and who were convicted and
sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 gold
and to undergo- three years' imprison
ment at hard labor, have had the teim
of imprisonment commuted to six
months, in view of previous confine
ment and certain circumstances justi
fying olemency. Carlos Aymerich,
who was charged with them, has been
acquitted and released, on the ground
tiiat lie established an alibi.
Manila, Maroh 16. Brigadier-Gen
eral Wheaton's oolumn advanced today
beyond Pasig to the shore of Laguna
de Bay, sweeping everything before it.
The enemy made a running fight,
and suffered severe loss.
The rebels avenue of communica
tion north and south is now closed,
the American cordon stretching over a
mile from the river to the lake. The
rebels are in force art Pateros and Ta
guig. Two of yesterday's wounded. Private
Stewart, of the Twentieth infantry,
and Piivate Mnnson, of the Twenty
second infantry, are dead.
OTIS WILL BE SUSTAINED. !
Spain Cannot Ransom Prisoners Held
j by. Aguinaldo. , . - j
Washington. March 16. General
E. 8, Otis, in forbidding further nego
tiations between the Spanish a Ma
nila and tbe insurgents, touching the
surrender of ' the Spanish prisoners held
by the latter, aoted on his own au
thority. , The government has not sent
him any instructions upon this point,
but it will unquestionably support him
10 me extreme in any action of
kind he may take.
any
It is said at the state department
that there have been exchanges between
the United States and Spain, through
indireot cnannels, touching these par
ticular prisoners, dating back to the
signature of the peace protocol last
August. The United States govern
ment undertook finally to secure the
release of tbe prisoners. It never
contemplated trying to secure their re-'
lease by ransom, but simply through
the suppression. of the insurrection and
cannot be held, by any requirement of
international law, to do more than has
been done to secure tbe release of the
prisoners.
Advised to Ratify Treaty.
1 Madrid, March 16. Correspondent
says the cabinet has advised the queen
regent to ratify the treaty of peaoe
with the United States immediately
without awaiting the reassembling of
the cortes.
The presenoe of 800 soldiers repatri
ated from Cuba at a te deum celebra
tion yesterday in memory of the Carl
ists who were killed in the colonial
wars, exemplifies the intrigues of the
Cai lists to gain the support of the dis
banded troops. An investiagtion shows
that the Carlists paid five pesetas to
each soldier attending the service.
Shot Ris Wire and Himself.
Denver, March 15. John W. Rat
oliffe, a rooming-house keeper at 1786
California street, this evening shot and
fatally wounded his wife, and then nut
a bullet- into his own breast. He will
die. Ratcliffe has been ill for some
time, and is thought to have been men
tally unbalanced. He is 65 years old.
California Crops May Be Saved.
San Francisco, March 16. A oruvi
rain has been falling steadily sin
early this morning and indications for
its oontinuanoe are very favorahln
The weather bureau reports rain as far
south as San LuiB Obispo. Grain in
many setctions of the state is just on
the brink of destruction, and if tha
tain does not visit the needy sections
within the next two weeks the wheat
crop will be a failure, but the present
storm pormises to beeeneral. in whinh
case the crops will be saved.
SANTIAGO SUSTAINS GOMEZ.
Senor Quesada's Opinion of the Military
4 Assembly.
Washington, March 16. Senor Que.
sad a today received a cablegram from
Santiago which says: "The people ot
Santiago disauthorize the assembly,
sustain Gomez and are preparing a pub
lio manifestation." '
Mr. Qensada gave out the following
statement:
"The aotion of the assembly in de
posing me is in line with its conduct
toward that faithful, unsullied patriot,
General Maximo Gomez. I do not
care to discuss it, as the assembly does
not repiesent the judicious sentiment
cf the Cuban people or army.
"Unmoved by any selfish in
teiests, I have devoted all my life to
the oause of tbe independence of Cuba,
and for four years have tired my best
to establish the basis of the most cor
dial relations between the United
States and Cuba. Sure of the decision
of the Cubans, and knowing well that
the Americans will not misjudge them
from these hasty and ill-advised acts of
a disgruntled and ambitious group, I
shall continue for the self-government,.
reconstruction and order of my native
6ountry," : , ' ,
The dispatch received by Mr. Que--
sada from Santiago is from Judge San-
dies, head of the supreme court ot Cuba,
ITALY HAS SUPPORT.
Backed by England and Japan
in Her
r Demands on China. .
Rome, March 16. In the chamber
of deputies today, Admiral Canevaro,
minister 01 roreign analrs, made a com
prehensive statement regarding Italy's
action in China. He confirmed the re
ported recall of Signor Martino, Italian
minister at Peking, and announced that
Italy had obtained the approval of
Great Britain and Japan before demand
ing the concession at San Mun.
Great Biitain, however, had reouest-
ed, he said, that force should not b
employed, and had promised, in return,
to give her diplomatic support to Italy
at the courtof Peking.. Other friendly
powers, tbe minister continued, were
then notified, and indicated their ac
quiescence. THE IMPRISONED TRAIN.
Passengers Are Sick and In a Weak
ened Condition. '
Cheyenne, ' Wya. March 16. Wil
liam Pettigrew, of Douglas, Wyo.; John
Owens, ot Wheatland, Wya, and John
Oakley, of Aberdeen, S. D arrived
here today, having walked form the-
Snowbound train at Iron Mountain t
the relief train, a distance of 10 miles.
Oakley had a foot frozen, and all are-
suffering from sourvy, the result of
improperly cooked food. All those on
the imprisoned train are viotims of
dysentery, and are in a weakened con
dition. Three women are on the train
Miss Anna Morrison and Lizzie Cal
lahan, ot Cheyenne, and Miss Mary
Robinson, of Galeton, Pa. It will be
impossible to rescue tbe imprisoned1
train for some days.
Eagan Bought the Beef.
Chicago, March 16. Colonel O. M.
Smith, purchasing agent of the govern
ment at Chicago sinoe 1805, testified to
day before the government couit of in- '
qniry that the stores of canned roast
bnef bought by him during the Spanish
war were all upon the direot order of
General Eagan, the commissary-general.
He also stated that some out-
ohases of canned beef were made with
out his knowledge by Ihe oommissary
general. Another, important witness
was Gustavus F. Swift, head of th
packing house of Swift & Co. Good
progress was made bv the court toilav.
but the end of the list of witnesses to
be examined in Chicago is not yet in
gut.
t Unlucky Thirteen.
Chicago, March 16. A peculiar fea
ture in regard to the superstition con
nected with number 18 was that nf th
death of James Powers, a windnir
washer, happening, as it did, on the
18th of the month. Powers was m.
ployed on July 18, 1898, to take the
place of John Miller, window washer,
who met his death on that day from
falling from the same window from
which Powers fell. The window is tb
18th from the ground. , The dead man
was 26 years of sge twice 13. Miller,
the first man to meet his death from
the unlucky window, had worked just
89 days just thrice 13 when he was
killed.
Cheap Metallic Lithium.
Madison, WiB., Maroh 16. Professor
Kahlenburgh, of the department of
chemistry of the University of Wiscon
sin, has discovered that by running a
direct current of electricity through an
hydrous organic solution of lithium
chloride, tbe basic metal is thrown
down as an amorphous precipitate of
pure metallic lithium. Metallio lith
ium costs $100 per ounce, while the
chloride is comparatively cheap. The
professor hopes to secure metallio so-
uium ana potassium by the
same
metnod.
Kaw Whiskey Distributing Company.
New York, March 16.-The Mer
chants' Distributing & Distilling Com
pany haa been incoprorated under the
laws of this state, with a capital of
15.000,000, of which half will be com
mon and the other half preferred stock.
The new coropration comprises some of
the largest whisky blending and distri
buting companies in the country
Returns to Face tha Muslo.
t u'nrnT M8roh "Captain
John M. Neal, Fourth cavalr. nnw
States army, who disappeared from the
Presidio last month for the purpose of -esoaping
punishment for defalcation, is
on his return to San Franoisco to accept
any punishment that may be meted
out to bim. He will arrive on the
otate of bonora, from Mexico, tndar.
His friends have made good bis defal
cation, and it is understood he will esja.-
cape oriminal proceedings, and bis pi ' K!D
ISIiment Will be comparative v liaV