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Kl'RAL I'OPTl.ACE MURDER.!.)
Rebel Army Redact1 hy Standi" iad nt
tiat-uh Spatlara' Left I (lairs
riailalloas a4 riijat.
Now York, November l.-A World dis
patch from Mutant, says:
General Blanco ha rnl-r-'l un n
iilm wl hoix-4csa lri"k. TIm preaent Cuban
situation l ui h thiil It imii" Impowilble
to rffe-t 'the reform and to aovwiipllsh
what the irrilml army In the ht.iory
cif i .il..nl it ri tuia failed to do Hpaln'e
present policy la announced to be on "t
romlilnr.1 -inwlllrillim nnl lr.. It ui
jw.tr I, n itnn Hl'iiiilnli Joiiriiil"
httvn rl!l t, "a auM-hil vAU-y." Thr
im'iilliir mnI n iftirrnKv un.li rnfftl
run. nil. m f il ilin mriiKlx i.nw m k
any nmrlllntory mm'" a illr t luy Into
j ttm hnn1 of th lnatirit'. Th! In
tarll"iinjr1y true nf thr i ""Ijiim ifl'm of
Xmrmtifr in, which cimtmanila rlvll and
rnllltary iiutlirltlr to al-l In iriro!tn
th niiKiir 'rowrtUa In arrlroltiiic ram-.
Ti H'lriintny protnt miirar .intt'
likely to (i.rnt-. fH-n-iil I'.litii.-.i will
hvp to ra.tlrnlly Ho th.- o-'r.itlori
ait'nlnt (hr lni!nr-nt. Iln tuia not
1 nouirh nuti to ilo ImjII lhlr: Mot of
thr !iintullnii wrr workH Lot yr:ir
for hnrt ix-rlixla. All (mid !h-lr own
lliur l. ami moat of ihi'tn iwt! tlv" Oul.ma
a wrll. Th i? lnnti-ra who illJ noi pay
trllnit" w.r forx,. to ilouKt or triHp
thi-ir R'linln. duly utiit ' tr unt of
tln .ucir jiI.it. t.i ion ilut o:riii'J two
ycri 'itfo havi machlniTy mo.lrrn .rnuinn
'or ivinw 11001I nioiurh t. warrant trln.l
I nar ut !h prraml irliv if aunor
JMi'riil Itliuu-o will have to fiirn!"h,
1 MtitmiNxl mHl'riti'iy. nt l-'ant i:.i. mn.
or K'l ird" to tM h of 44 jil.inl iioti.
Th-m' Rot'lli'm iiiiihi roni from forie"
now jiiTiiilnir uit ilii't !h limurK-i nc
li la not Hk'ly that Ornrrnl IHanro haa
foritotiin thf l.-raon of tin- lnvat.n. .inj
' will ak- the nwiiUi troop from irnnr l
iloty In tin. town to allow voluntwr
B-arrlKonn oiportunlly of mirrcnilfrlnit to
1 thn rncmy. Th lumr minitw-r of Culiann
1 foroiil by hiiiiKcr Into thi- volunti'ir unl
! furnw mak.-a m-h aurrf nilriinx more
proliulrin now than tn'for. ,
' More than half .if the rural ixtpitl.i.
. tlon haa JliappeariN, havtni; lxrn mur
j iIiTimI hy Wryl.T nnl hla auiijiorters. The
, aanie men are muvh more ntvuuntiiMo
I for ilw Inhuman nunner In which their
aplendlilly hrnve aolillera have Urn nn-
ili-rf.-.! anil uikiireil for. A. nearly a
I
I ran U- nac.rtalnetl from runaervatlvely
computi-il fliturea' little more than half
lire left alive, unit what of the l.Vi.OW
IH'iiaunt luila Simln aent to Onbii, The
fl(!iire are:
IUil In honpltala. 3J..l.
Kllleil or ill.sl on the tlehl.
Sent Ku-k to Spoilt a "Inutile." :;..
Now In huapltnla, 12.(Ki.
Tom), si.ftW.
Of thla rnormoiia niinilnr, It Is tmproh.
j able that mor than SO.m met death or
jillaabllUy from Cuban bulleta. even dur-
Inir the real llsrhtlnn of the Invasion, and
the alx months thereafter.
Mitrro ratlmatetl that more than SO.W
Spanlah aoldlera h,id fallen In liafle.
That waa In Atm-twt. lSHS. Since then very
little flRhtlns; haa been done. If Ocn-'ral
lUanco follow tip hla priK-lamatlon nnd
miiinla auinir maklnir Mils year, he will
not have more Hum 27.0on men available
for aervlee ninilnat tho InniiiR-intM. Of
the Wi.tHKI irooin at hl command, W
ar Ki'ardlnir towns. About the same
number nre looking nfter rallroiuU and
the tror-lMi. These eannot very wvll he
drawn tiinin, or the well-oranlaed reUla
of Katern Culm can nwoop dnwn In a
second Invanlon and the rallrnaila will
asal he torn up.
The best-Informed Cubans admit that
disease and starvation have reduced the
rebel army of aNe-Unlltd men from
loo.oiH) to 10,000. The real flKiiiv probably
la neirer 30,0i. Still there arc more thn
Oener il Itlnnco will have to send agulnat
them and they ars vastly bftter armed
aaul havo Ofty times more experience
than w"hen 'they bafhVd the successive
eftorU of Weyier to crush them with
twice. that' num4er of mien, taking one
province after another. It la not likely
that with the odds in their favor they
will continue to run away. Insurgent
hands may combine and the experiment
of weakening; his fore to aid his con
ciliatory movements may be disastrous
lo'driteraJ Iihuieo'a anrvuiiei-d Mll-y f
cotiiMiii'd suavity f.nd trnn.
I, nl i'ti n If the liiiir'ii! should "jn.
Ilnu" lli'lr lull's of running, away,
Hpiiln'K han'. of nvlslnu th'- rl!w
and rd ow r "uUi grow with earh
noldler taken Ivrm HK.!nst her cm my.
mom; i-ii-M!i;hti;hh
Ntnr York, Novxmts r K A a" litl to
tlm Tribune from Washlnir'on any:
Tn lllll)iiii-rliiif lei;mr Daiintles. la
UKul'i .uislnif a.'rt'nia corwern to naval
aiithorltlis. A t'l-ifriun to the navy de
partment from Key West, where the
cruiser 5lontKom-ry and lh KUrilxii.t
Annii.lla are auttxsel 1o U- on watrh,
unnourn'-d tlx- aiid-b r. arrlvnl of the
!Miint!rs nt that print, aJUio'uKn on
Hattirlay lha commandinif others of the
Visuvl'ta, who waa 4trlitiix h-r a!
Jacksonville, rejiorte-l h r In itk there,
Ix-liiic r-jMlnli-d and nnerally pla"-l In
eondlilon for another expedition. He
Iholixh; h WotiM be e,t y In amitilrr
wc k and wondi rrd wtnit al- it h wouH
tjiku to prrnt hir d'mrture If stw had
men and arms alxiar l. and th- depart
ment luid llrely Informed him that the
must follow her otit to ii and mike
very e ffort to pr.vint In r r-3chln
Culm, when tlx; word cam': that ahe had
ailM'-d Into Key Vt. vlola'lna; the
iianuitln rrculatlona by b-avlnc Jack
sonville without notice, and completely
dlsm.irerlinc the naval uftVers who 't
afraM 'ie may irt a iy from her pres
ent UrLh a rendlly a. from the last,
without imynna Mnjf tie wiser. If
had anus and ammunition the I.iuntles
Is tn flue w.y to raeh Ct,nn. fur all
the navy can do to prevent It, sine.' 'oer
sx-d make It difficult for any of our
smiiter warshlpa to ratWi I r In the
daytime, nnd "he cun e.islly .-lude them
at nlfc'ht. The only methx ti prevent
her re.i tilinr CuUi, In rhe i.4nlon ol
naval ofheers her, la b destroy twt.
A MAN'S STEAM
Can I watsl It la often thrown away
by foolishness. Nature made man a
irrent deal on the aam- principle thit
man mnkes a atenm enirlne. She nijxlles
him w-tth steam to Wi-k the vital p.i'.Ho.
tlona. Tlie stwrn ruo tin- heirt. the
unarh, the nerves, the bruin, keeps the
Mootl ctiriilatliur. and supplh him with
ximl eiiTify u feJ th.sw functlo-.s In
their daily use. Hut sometimes they aX-:
overworked; the ateam Is exhauitted. you
have to fire up. Nature does It wl:h
rtocrljity. Charire the sstcm w-ith a
tronK eleotrlc current, and swn th
power will N-jfln to work rural n; the r-.v
life will warm uj the nervi. and In a
few weeks everythlnc; Is runnh-g smioth.
ly; .-.tretiirth and ma:iho.td aro on top.
Ir. rnrrln, a-t 131 Ito il s-reet, A.wr:t.
to rvemlxr 1st. Is doini-- w.in.lorfiil
cure, aa the homes of p-ie rluht In
our midst will show, with eleetrlolty, as
you have road of his ma-ny cur.-s here
In your dry and vk-l:4:y of late. Call
soon as his time Is limited. The poor
truted free, oxcept mllilnix.
STORMS 1N THE ATLANTIC.
New Ynr', Nov. U".-,Tlie French liner la
liiisi-i.gne on tier recent trip brmujlit ample
ev dencc of the storms that prevailed on the
ixrau lust week. A less staunch ship might
have had a ssdder Uile to n'latc. The slorni
ln-naii with all its fury, commander Baudelou
Mild, on the vessel's out trip. Krom Novem
ber 7 until Sanday Hook lltlu.-litpMns sight
cil there was n succession of west and south,
westerly gales with tren idous teas Not
for a moment was a passenger safe on deck.
and few there were w ho ventured beyond the
secure y barred doora. Towering waves
hoarded the big steamship almost continu
ously. All the openings were boarded as far
as possible and portholes could not be opened
fora moment. The vessel was pitching and
laboring badly. Suddenly there was a shock
and the next moment mere was a oeiugeoi
water In the dining room, flooding the floor
and the alarmed passenger scurried up
the eoinpaiilonways. The tescl had been
struck by a huge mass of water which burled
her whole forward nectlou under water, step
ping her progress for the time. The wavis
came over her 'starboard side. According to
tha chief officer there waa at least oa&O tons of
water In the miniature tidal nave. It struck
the deckhouse which is built of Iron nearly
two Indies thick. The long front Iron plates
were smashed In, the Iron railings torn off
the bridge, forwaad deck fittings unfastened,
the bell broken, big stretches of canva i car"
rled away and one of the massive Iron ventil
ators ripped from the deck and swept Into the
sea. Through the ventilator opening tin I in
mense quantity of water rushed, finding lis
way Into thfdinliig-room. It fell upon the
heads of adoien men and women who chanced
to he there.
About -'.' ?r cent of I .a Uascogue's passen
gers were sick from the start to tlie Mulsh of
the 1rlp, and on Tuesday only IS out of the
lit passengers sat down to dinner. Other
hls which have reached ii t report hard
flghtlag with the waves. Among these was
the Hamburg-American Hue California. There
were Immigrant in the sie.-rat;e aim the offi
oers had a lively time trying to get to them
to allay their fears and navigate the vessel.
They had to be locked up down below decks
to keep tueru out of danger and mischief.
r.
GETS HIS ORDERS
I Inspeetlon l In the hands of Captain T. A.
1 I.I. le of the army, lie la out of tha city and
j th manner of the M Id vair Company declln
; d to talk ri-Krding the big contract made
His Uvarje Mth the Bear to the , ,b, AD ope llt r the
Arctic Outlined.
three unfinished easting of the 10-Inch pat-
! tern. To one side of th fumaeea opon tern-
! porary woixlen mountings were two weapons
MIST RESCUE THE VVIIALI.RSiI'I,""-''r ready 6,r transportation. WhU
j thla work of conatrurllng guna has been
pushed so assiduously at the Mldvale Works,
! equal activity haa been waged at the big
aid Get food I Ties l Iirly fo- j works of th Souibwark Koundry and Ma
ible kill Start Xovcmbtr 2D -A
Losj Trip.
Waahl,tii Nov. ll-Cptln Sbo-
Nov. R Captain 8ho-
nwker. oblef of the rwenue cutter lht fntlre fore, of mtn t each plac for aer
vl. r. ha prewred a Itt T of Instruc- eni ,,,,), jt to said there will be no shut-
llona to Captain Tuttle. In command of j
the Hear, on her cruise north to relieve i
the ire-hound whalers.
frwlnjf to the Tu-t th-l a Shis season
of th year the route to the Arctic
throuifh Hertng sea Is cVxwd. TuUle Is
dlrerte.1 to ealiUrtish communications
with the whaling fleet by means of !
overland expedition. Ilo Is or.V-red to(nd Prominent member of the Olympic
proceed with tils vesa-l on or about No- j
vemtxr 23 to Ch(m Nome, thence, if th9 I
lew permlta, north lienrs- St. Lawrence
'stand and the coatt f Alaska to the I
norui tiixire of Ni t ton souod. between )
Cuts- Nome wd Cape Prince of Wal
wh-re a landing will Ixj effected If pos- i
slble. From this point cf Uniting will
Ixtrin tne overland expedition north. I
Th officer In charge of the govern-:
ment station at I nalaska la to be com- J
munlcated with, with a t1ew to collect- j
liur an entirv available herd of rt inder
to be drltvn to Point Burrow. W. T. .
Ijp, at Cape Prince of Walea, is to take i 1
ohanro of the party and the herd, and j
nuke all necessary arrong-tnents for j
herd.-rs, clothing, aleda, docs, etc. The
necvury foci for the use of the party
i
will txj land J from the ship. When the ;
d.-.r are collected and a start made, I
i
patty from the Bear will travel with it ;
aa fur a Koe:atsu sound. T'uls point j
reuctwd. on- officer axxl tiie relmlecr
drivers wia vh out ahead t) Point j
H's;.-. leaving; the others and the herd to j
fidtww. At this point tlie exx?ditlon will j
prohaldy get the news of the cnmlltion of
the Imprisoned fleet at Point Barrows. If
I shuttld 1? learned than, the fleet is Ice
lxmnJ and lt peole In dltres. the
white people are to be Informed that ,
they will U, .xite,! fo take cm: of .
such men as may bo sent down later. ,
The cxpclttion la then to puh on. fol- '
lowing v castt.
On their arriv-aC at Point Barrow. ,r '
the situution Is found to be as desperate !
take
as antleiivited. the offlers will
chargre of the t-hliw ln the name of the
government and org-.inixe a community
for mutual supjwrt and good order, ap
portion the provisions on hand and
slaughter the reindeer for fixxi, to make
all hold out until August, 1SS, when Cap
tr.ln Tutil-.- may U expected to arrive
with the Bear. Sueh reindeer n are
left will lx turned over to the Presbyte
riut mission nt Point Barrow.
All rearikd whalers should be at Point
Hope by Jtiy 1, whore liiey can be
reached and succored a moitth ear'.lcr
Jmn at Point Barrow. No ojortunIty
for lain tlii).-. scaling or whiling whereby
th.
food supj-ly may he added to. Is to
txi neg'-tt'ted. In exusv CaiKain Turtle
finds It impossible to effect a landing on shortage in both coumneu ouu u,t,
the north shore of Norton sound, he Is fr sufflcdent In 1t4f to proUu-e a
instructeJ to a.Km the m.wt f-alble ot very sensible effect on Che world s sup
five plane, which are outlined, always Pl indeiendent of short cn In Aus
bearing In mind tha-t f.xi must be gotten trkt, Hrngary. the Dundblun and Balkan
to the ifij starving men nt the earliest countries and elsow-here. and the shori
Ioesrtble rooimitt. He is given full au- .n,a of the last crop In India, Australia,
thority and the largest posalWe latitude
to ant in every exigency that may arise.
Aft- landing tl ovortutvt exp.dttion,
the Bear will seek suoh harbor aa may
be d.eime.l proper In which to awaH re-
suits and tltu oix-tVlivir of na1gsition rn
the spring.
In closing his instructions to OMUtain
Tuttle. Secretary Gnge aays: "illndfiU I
of the arduous ajid perilous eipcHtlon .
upon -which you are aboti: to enter, I hid
you. yvjur offlcers njid men, God-speed
upon your erriind of mercy and wish you
a successful voyage and safe return.
SIIUEN EXCITEMENT.
Government
Building More
nt Mldvale-
Blg Guns
Philadelphia, Nov. 10. For more than two
mouths people living In Tioga aud Nlcetown
havecoinmenteil upon the fact that the Mid
vale steel works have not had a shutdown
even for Sunday and the Jarring noise ol the
big iiio -hliiery has penetrated at midnight or
the early hours of tin- morning as duriug the
day. Sickness has been the only plea that
would permit any of the employes to enjoy a
day's rest and three relays of men have been
alternately kept at a high tension. All this
I exelteiiient, It baked out Uxlny, la due to a
' hurried order from the govsrnment for an In
j rnii.eof armament. Tlx order plared with
tlii Mid tale Ku-el Works la for M iiMnrh dlsaje
ftun and 10 IZ-ltich mortars. The
I main building at th Mid vale disclose to view
I chin Company, where the war department
1 has a contract for in 10 Inch dlssappearlog
gun carriages and 1012 lrwh mortar carriage,
i Th Houthwark Company has completed
i several rarrtaL'es and delivered them to the
! government. There Is enough work oo the
Uf)nnb(.u fonlr.rt, ,t ,, w kp
Oow M either place for the holiday Taca-
tiOI.
MIAHKV--;OII)AKD HOHT.
San Franelaeo, Iov. M. Kcpreacotatltea of
Tom Sharkey and Joe Uoddard bave selected
Hob Arihur, a well known deTote. of twxing
' Club, to refe ee their contest on next Tbnrs
day nlgbU Choice Brut fell upon Joe Cboyo-
I ski, hot that popular beary. weight declined
i to accept, saying it would place him In an
! eiubanualDg position, a be Intended tochal
! lenge the winner,
I The Burners are both in fine trim and de-
teruilned to show those who attend on Thurs-
day night that the cry of "fake" was falsely
raised.
Both Sharkey and Uoddard are said to be
greatly Incensed at articles published in the
making it appear that the contest la
M"-' ud tb Goaixtd la to I se. bhargey
hw"1 ""'"'S'y "' hi 'hre of
purse to go to charity If a Jury of unbiased
spectutor detect any sign of faking In bla
end of the contest. The Knlclerboiker club
has matched Dal Hawkins and Eddie Con-
i nolly at 138 pounds. The contest will be SO
nd wlI1 uk, p,, on mber 16.
FOREIGN CROP BITCATION.
Ruasu's Wheat Crop Is Deficient, but
She Erportd Freely.
WushdngHoo, Nov. 16. The agricultural
department has Issued IU monthly rc-
. vivw ot the foreign crop situation. Much
: attention Is devoted, to the groin crop of
' . l.. J . it.- V..-i t An afvsmcn. nf
s-n-s.
Iu "u"'"d tt f'tor ln Eunxp.nn
'"W'y.
Tbe vitW M aU'"8
,n r,trcnUn the whet crop as detlcic-
ent. b.R the review caib attenUon to th
facl that 8lnce harve9t RuBSia haS
exported grain very freely. It Is gen
erally understood thut RusHsia had large
stocks of wheat Mt over from the crops
o the precetUng year and tthto fact cou
pled with the gxd prices w-hkA have pre
vulled. maj- accoung for the large exports
w"hlch have taken place een thougrh the
crop failure in large ixirus of Russia has
bten extremely serious. The review says
tstimates of tlie Russian crop are so un
certain th-U Choir rcproduoftkm would be
ot dVmbtful utility.
Preliminary offloI.U fig-ures for France
show a reducition of 26 per cent, below
1 and 17 per cent. below thv average
for ten years. !As for five years. Fr.ince
Bml Kua, produce j, ptr c"..
world's crop. The review says a n a
and Argentine. In t.ermajiy rye. wnun
Is the prinoijsU brctul gr.vta in Ich.ut coun- j
try has been officially estimated at 1 per .
cent. les.-. ttuin iai '.,-. ,
ristlmates Tor AU3tna-nungar aie uio,
or less ontlldHntr but there is no doubt ;
as to there being a heavy defietlt In th- I
Wheat crop.
Tlio whetut crop vi me tun n.un,uu.i.
s estimated uit 50.0O0.0W bushels. A pre-
Mm wary eW.lma.te of ohe Italian w-he tt
crop makes it STsKl.OOO busiiels against
' Vi.TRTtO last ye-ar. The Roumanian what
j"crop Us esHlmaltci. at 3",l3i."30 bualieLs.
Tlie BulfSirian wiheat crop Is ,ptimated
at 10 per cent.: rye, alt 33 to 10 per 'cent.,
and barley at 25 per cent. Hess than last
year. The wheat crop of Turkey Iva
been estimated at 50.SOO.000 imperl.U
bushels.
In Argentine the drowht which for a
time ln some provinces threaltened se
rious damage seemU to 'have txen gener
ally broken and ithe danger or any seri
ous toss from such sourrw seems now, In
the adt-nneed state of the crop, to have
passed. The Indian wheait crop has been
sown under favorable conditions and ths
same is ln general true of the winter
grain crops of Europe.
IN IMITATION
OF ENGLAND
Germaiy Haying the Kole of Uully
to Hayti.
THE TROUBLE NOW AVERTED
Villi)' Army ail) Hot C to tbe Wst
ldi. Tkroagk Oir Miiister's
lttretlo.
KJngwton, J.uiuloa, Nov. H(Corre
pondeTce of tha AsworJated Pe-.Th
threatened ruptura between Germany and
Hayti baa so far been airteafciy settled,
thanks to tha unedlatlmi of the United
State rolniatr, F. W. HowtMl, though It
is still understood that Germany intend
to make a naval demonstration n Hay.
Han waters.
The German version of tlie trouble has
been already published. .
The following Is th Haytlan side of
the dispute: ,
The dispute arose out of the Imprison
ment of Herr Emit Louder, the son of a
German who married a Haytlan woman,
t'p to a short time ago Lueders waa a
Haytlan citizen, but. it Is added, having
been concerned In various little, affairs, ;
among which are mentioned four duels,
he seemingly deemed k wlsa to change
his nationality and registered his name .
at the German consulate.
For an assault upon a cab driver, said
to have been unprovoked, to which Lue
ders, it is aald, pleaded guilty, be was
sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
He appealed from this decision to the
correctional court and tha sentence was
altered, he being sentenced to one year's
seclusion and a fine of 500 francs. A
further appeal was pending when the
German minister interfered without In
vitation, and. It is claimed, forced his
way into tbe private apartments of
Tciesias Simon Sam, the president of the
Ha.yti.ui republic, and In a rude and
peremptory manner, demanded .the re
lease of Lueders, with an apology to the
German government, aa Indt-mnicy of
IliXK) & day for the time ha had been la
prison, the Immediate trie! of the police
who arrested him and the dismissal of
the Judges who sentenced him. If the
prisoner was not released within 24 hours
the Indemnity was to be 5000 per day for
every day thereafter.
Naturally the president resented the
Insult which had been offered and firmly
but politely referred the minister. Count
Schwerin, who is charge d'affaires of the
German embassy at Port au Prince, to
the minister for foreign affairs, whose
dirty it was to enter Into such matters.
The German minister demanded that
Simon Sam should comply with his de
mands, and Tneettrtg with refusal, cabled
to Berlin for instructions. A reply hav
ing bm received, he hauled down his
flag and announced that three German
warships were on their way here.
This news became public property and
aroosed the. Haytlans to fever heat of
excitement and indignation, and even
the American and British rcsi'Wnts felt
that It was an attempt to "milk a cow
already dry." and the Haytlans, despite
their feebleness, were bound to resist It
Many of them offered their assistance
to the government aa volunteers in the
event of trouble.
Feeling 'the current of public opinion
and the certainty of support ln any de
fensive action which he might take the
president called In as many troops as
could be reached at short notice, the bar
racks were fllCcd. ammunition was served
out and every preparation made for a
fierce struggle. Acting entirely upon his
own volition, Mr. Powell, the Totted
States minister, addressed letters to th
Haytlan minister for foreign affairs, re
questing that Lueders be released. Tlie
Haytlan minister then, as en act of cour
tesy to the United State, released Lue
ders, but at the same time officially ex
pelled hlra from the country. He left
at once for Berlin, where he laid his
case before the German government.
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