Yamhill County Reporter THE REPORT ON THE WAY Lieutenant-Commander Marix W ith It for Washington. Starts ITS CONTENTS DEATH KNOWN. Summary or Ihe Court of Inquiry'« Ito- port Received. I IN THE FLAMES. Many Killed and Injured Fire in Rutte. In a Hotel Key West, March 24.—The United Butte, Mont., March 23.—The Hale Chicago, March 23.—A special to J States court of inquiry into the loss of house, a large three-story brick build­ the Tribune from Washington says: Bark Helen W. Almy, Bound England Surprised That We ..OREGON. xhe Maine at last finished its laborious M c M innville .. ing on East Broadway, used as a lodg­ Late last evening Secretary Long ad­ work of investigation of the disaster ing and boardingrhotise by miners in mitted that a telegraphic summary of for Copper River, Lost. Should Exoite Ourselves. and submitted its report to Rear-Ad- the employ of the Anaconda Company, the report of the court of inquiry had ¡niral Sieard. He pointed out some al­ been received, and be also admitted was entirely destroyed by fire, which terations which he considered neces­ FORTY PASSENGERS AND CREW that Admiral Sieard had received the WILL BE AN UNEQUAL CONTEST broke out shortly after 3 o’clock this sary, and the report was taken to Wash­ report last evening ami would forward morning. So far as known, two inen ington today by Lioutenant-Commander it to Washington without delay. With are dead from injuries in jumping from Comprehensive Review of the Important Marix, judge-advocate of the court. A Derelict Found Nine Mlles Off the the telegraphic summary received as a Spanish Comment on th» I.«e Incident windows, another is dying and 20 are Before leaving Key West,Commander basis the state department has already missing, while a search of the tuins Golden Gitte Which Proved to Be the Happening* of the I'ant Week Cvh.d —A Fall In Becnrl»le«—Threat« of Marix said nothing could be given out proceeded to notify Minister Woodford may disclose the fact that many tran­ Mi ssing Vessel—She Struck n Gale. Carll.t.—Germany Will Not Interfere. From the Telegraphic Columns about the work of the court of inquiry officially of the character, and he in sient lodgers lost their lives also. The An explosion occurred at the Nano­ or its findings. Personally, the com­ San Francisco, March 24. — U[>on the return by this time has probably com­ London, March 22.—The Daily Mai), casualties were as follows: Win coal mine near Monongahela City, mander said be was intensely relieved arrival of the Pacific Coast Steamship municated the news to the Spanish in an editorial refuting some of "tiie Dead- Pa. Two men are known to have been at completing his lalxirs. Company’s steamer Santa Rosa, from government with an intimation that it American accusations of British cold­ Matt Doyle, aged 45, miner at the .killed. Five were injured, and from Lieutenants J ungen ami Hoard, San Diego today, the news was re­ must be prepared to present a satisfac­ ness,” says: Mountain Consolidated, jumped from 15 to 25 are said to be entombed in the Cadets Brownson and Boyd, Passed ceived here of a horrible aocident indi­ tory reply within a few days. “Among many reasons for Great third-story window, turned over in the mine. Assistant Engineer Bowers, Assistant rectly attributed to the Alaskan gold Britain’s apparent noninterest, not the air and struck on head. An explosion tooa place at Ban Engineer Morris and Carpenter Jolmes, excitement, which is believed to have THEORY WAS NOT TENABLE. least is our better knoweldge of the Frank Rhodey, aged 40, lately from Rafael, Cal., at the United States of the Maine, left here today on the cost the lives of 40 passengerk and'sail­ Spanish and their paper navy and our Portland, Or., jumped from third-story Spaniard« Privately Admit the Maine smokeless powder works, which result­ City of Key West for Miami. ors. Captain Alexander, of the Santa conviction that the Anglo-Saxon will window, turned over and struck on Disaster Was Not an Accident. The decision reached by the court is Rosa, reported that early this morning, ed in the death of two men, Charles always defeat the Latin. Indeed, the head anil shoulders, fraoturing his New York, March 23.—A dispatch PerhapH while nine miles off Point Bonita, at A. Jenks and Charles Nelson, who were ' still a matter of surmise. trend of British thought is towards skull; dying. to the Tribune from Havana says: employed in the material room. Two some significance may be attached and the mouth of the Golden Gate, he surprise that the greatest of republics Hugh Boylo, aged 30, miner at Ana­ The Spanish inquiry into the Maine buildings were completely destroyed, conclusions drawn from a remark made sighted a derelict, bottom up. thould excite itself unduly about so conda mine, started to lower himself disaster has gone to pieces in seeking p . ik I the roofs torn off the other build­ by Rear-Admiral Sieard last night, The tug Sea Witch was immediately poor a foe. The Americans should re­ from third-story by means of impro­ ings close by and windows broken for when he said to a correspondent: despatched to the point indicated, and to establish the aocident theory. This member that while we are full of trust vised rope, which parted 50 feet from admission is privately made in govern ­ ini les around. "The case of the Maine is most found the derelict to be the the bark ment circles. The nature of the in their capability to deal with Span­ the ground. He was just recovering A Havana dispatch alleges that Cap­ peculiar, perhaps the most peculiar Helen W. Almy, Captain Hogan, which board’s report will not he charged to ish impertinences, we are fully oc­ from the effects of a broken leg through tain-General Blanco and General Man* which has ever occurred in the history sailed hence for Copper river points with unknown causes, but the Spanish find­ cupied with greater troubles threatened an accident a month ago. Six men 27 passengers and a crew of 13, on Sun­ or active in various parts of the world. were severely injured. terola have notified the Madrid govern­ oi the world.” From the general tone of his remarks day last. The bark lay upon her star­ ing will bo with a view of making a They have our full sympathy at a time There were 250 men and women in ment that they will resign their offices case to be passed on by a third party. when France, Germany and Russia are the building when the fire broke out. if the Spanish torpedo fleet is to be de­ it might be inferred that the court’s board side, with her stern low down in The work of the Spanish divers has findings do not definitely solve the the water, her deck hamper badly backing Spain and almost as openly as Of these, it is believed about 200 es­ tained at the Canaries in obedience to not been thorough. Apparently they the demand of President McKinley. mystery of the explosion. This is fur­ wrecked, and several planks of her hull have found no little evidence on which they are opposing British efforts for caped without injury. The lire started Captain Euhite, of the Vizcaya, is also ther borne out by the admiral’s state­ washed loose by the seas which br ke a theory of internal explosion can bo the freedom of its foreign trade through­ in the bakery south of the center of out the world. alleged to have sent a similar message ment that even after the report had over her. the building, and had a good stait be­ been sent to Washington the depart­ While there were no signs of her based that the Spanish court is not "But there is no occaion now to talk fore discovered. The blaze was first to the Spanish admiralty. willing to stand unequivocally on the ment may require further investiga­ boats, it is not believed that lier passen­ of an offfiensive and defensive alliance. discovered by Billy White, Jake Yuch Chaplain Chidwick, of tho Maine, tion. The general impression con­ gers and crew escaped by putting off theory of accident, which it set out to The disproportion between our mission and Jack Dooley, who were awake at maintain. Tho facts have been known lias completed his mortuary report, tinues that the court hail found that from the vessel in them, as theie has and America's makes it impossible. the time, and, smelling smoke, went which shows that 357 men and two tho Maine was intentionally blown up, been a very heavy sea for several days for three or four days. They may ac­ There will be time to propose this way down stairs to make an investigation. officers perished in the catastrophe. but no new reasons were adduced for past. Furthermore, no woid has been count for the statements from Madrid of recementing the race when America Two of the men immediately attached Six succumbed to their injuries while this conclusion. received from the survivors, if any ex­ that the Maine incident will not be a is ready to face the splendid responsi­ a small hose to a hydrant and began to lying in San Ambrosio hospital; one ist, although the derelict was sighted cause of war between the two countries, throw water upon the fire. died on tho Spanish transport; 171 SPANISH NAVAL PREPARATIONS. within 10 miles of this port and fully and also hints at arbitrating the dis­ bility it entails.” The Madrid correspondent of tho After a few minutes’ work, however, pute on the question of facts. bodies have been recovered from the 48 hours have passed since the wreck the men realized that the task was a This talk is semi-official. The Span­ Standard says: wreck, of which 61 have been identified; Movements of tho Warships as Pub­ occurred. "Senor Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish hopeless one, and they retreated to give lished by the Madrid Press» 161 have been buried in Colon cemetery According to the tugboat men, there ish recognize the improbability of suc­ minister at Washington, has been au­ the alarm. They summoned the watch­ cessfully controverting the case which and 11 at Key West. This is the offi­ New York, March 24.—A dispatch was a pretty stiff breeze when the Almy thorized to make all concessions possi­ man and rushed to the upper poition cial report, made public after careful to the World from Madrid says: The suiled out of the Golden Gate Sunday, will be presenter! when the report of ble in order to obtain the speedy con­ of the building, shouting that the house Captain Sampson and his associates on correction. Madrid papers, including the minis­ and near night it was blowing a gale. clusion of a fair reciprocity treaty. By was on flro. By this time, tho fire had Rev. Orsen D. Taylor, of Tho Dalles, terial organs, the Correro, Correspond­ She left here under topsails, and when the American board of inquiry is pub­ America’s expressed desire, this also broken through the first floor, and lished. They have had an inkling that Or., who has been in jail in Saginaw, encia, Liberal and tho Globe, print by last seen was standing out for an offing. includes the Philippine islands. Both smoke filled tho hallways. Dooley Mich., for several months, and against permission these items of news regard­ There was a heavy sea running, and it the evidence on which the external ex­ the Cuban and Spanish cabinets are and his companions realized that there plosion due to foul play will be charged, whom proceedings for securing money ing naval preparations: is supposed that some time during the anxious to expedite the negotiations to was no time to lose, and they began under false pretenses have been drag­ The flying squadron is detained at night she struck a squall and turned is meant to satisfy, not simply the the uttermost. Senor Polo y Bernabe kicking in the doors of the rooms. American people, but the judgment of ging along in the circuit court for a tho Canary islands for two reasons; one turtle. wires that he has found the American The men thoughtfully awakened the year or more, has at last been sen­ is the necessity for repairing the tor­ The Helen W. Almy was once a experts throughout the world. How state department very favorably dis­ women help first. By this time, the strongly the conclusion of the American tenced to six yearH in the Jackson state pedo vessel Arete, and the other is to South Sea trader, and was quite famous posed on this point, but that more re­ alarm had been turned in, and the de­ prison. The complainant alleged that give time to the battle-ship Cristobal for her many adventures among the board is fortified will soon be known. serve than ever is shown in interna­ partment responded promptly. When The one received from Madrid is to Taylor induced him to buy $5,000 Colon to coal and complete her outfit reefs. Her commander was Captain tional dealings pending the settlement the firemen arrived, men in their under­ worth of shares in the Interstate In­ before joining the squadron at Las Lutrell, and he operated her in the in­ have a counter-case ready, so a suspen­ of the Maine affair.” clothing and others half dressed were vestment Company, of The Dalles, Or., Palmas to escort it to Porto Rico. terest of John Wightman, who retained sion of the world’s judgment can be The Chronicle repeats editorially its clambering down the fire escapes in the asked until diplomacy can arrange a a concern which did not exist. Orders have been given to hurry the an interest in her when she entered the declaration that Michael Davitt’s at­ rear. Others, and the servant girls She was in good condi­ satisfactory settlement. Tire evident tempt to show that England bates were at the windows in the front of Roland Worthington, the veteran preparations of the battle-ships Pelayo Alaska trade. hope of Blanco ’ s government is to keep journalist, died at his home in Boston. nt Marseilles; Emperor Carlos V, at tion for an old vessel and perfectly sea­ the Maine incident entirely distinct America has been “ludicrously unsuc­ tho building, frantically calling for Havre, and Newmanca and Victoria at worthy. She was on the drydock some Representative King, of Utah, intro­ Cartagena, to enable them to join Ad­ days before being put on the berth, and from other Cuban questions. Not­ cessful,” and challenges him to obtain help. They were cut off from the rear duced Tuesday ruesdar a joint resolution recog- miral Cejvora’s squadron of evolution her owners spent $3,000 in repairing withstanding this lack of confidence in a half dozen votes in support of a pro­ of the building by the dense smoke. Spanish resolution in any open meet­ Ladders were run up, but not before Sizing tbe t.._ Independence .... of Cuba. fier. She had a temporary house on their own theory of accident, it cannot ing in any town in England, Scotland many of the frightened people had at Cartagen Y. be learned that the authorities are do­ The submarine boat Holland has The squadron also includes the first- deck. jumped. Others, including all the fe­ ing anything to uncover the conspira­ or Wales. :> lu New York. At ij class cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, the When the Almy left port she had 125 The Berlin correspondent of the male help, were gotten out by the fire­ tors who are responsible for the blow ­ nder water she showed second-class cruiser Alfonso XII, the tons of ballast which she carried, Times confirms the statement that men. On the side of the buidling, good speed, and was handled with ease. fourth-class cruisers and the new first- besides, the provisions of the paasen- ing up of tiie Maine. Germany has no inclination to inter­ many had made ropes of their bed­ fere in the Cuban question. It cites clothes and sought to escape in that * A dispatch to the Berlin Vossicjie class cruiser Varez, of 7,000 tons, gers ami their oufits. She was a ves­ sei of only about 250 tons, and was the Berlin Post, saying that Germany’s way. Some of them suoceded, but in Zeitung from Dare’s Salaam, 25 miles bought from Italy. Another squadron is to bo formed at therefore ballasted sufficiently to make 4 Substantial Tribute to the Maine’s commercial interests, as well as her other casos the ropes broke and the south of Zanzibar, East Africa, says Heroic Crew. regard for the German residents in tiie men dropped many feet to the ground. that last month a party of German for­ Cadiz, with three torpedo vessels, built her “stiff." Washington, March 23.—The house United States, forbid such an inter­ in Spain; two destroyers, recently esters was attacked, and three Germans TRAGEDY AT CASCADE LOCKS. today unanimously passed the bill for ference. A SERIOUS BLAZE. and many of the native carriers were handed over by English firms, and the the relief of the survivors and victims torpodo gunboat Dena Maria Melina, massacred. A Jersey City Railroad Depot Damaged PATRIOTIC NEW YORKERS. The bill reim­ whose trial trips at Ferrol this week Louis Gebbhard Murders His Wife and of the Maine disaster. to the Extent of Si00,000. While returning home from church Then Shoots Himself« burses the survivors, officers and men showed 19 knots. For the present the Enthusiasm Shown at a Maine Benefit in Wellsville, O., Oliver Reed asked New York, March 23.—The Penn­ Cascade Locks, Ore., March 24.— for the losses they sustained to an second flying squadron and the fleet of Performance. Sarah Walton to marry him. and upon sylvania railroad depot in New Jersey Admiral Cervcra will remain on the Lewis Gebbhard, aged 70, shot and amount not to exceed a year’s pay, and New York, March 23.—Over 4,000 lier refusal he shot her through tho killed his wife, aged 65, and then directs the payment of a sum equal to people rose simultaneously tonight in City was damaged by fire early today to coast of Spain. heart. He then blew bis brains out the extentof $100.000. The mammoth Other ports in tho peninsula have turned the pistol upon himself and took a year’s pay to the legal heirs of those the Metropolitan opera-house and dying in a short time. Papers found called the government’s attention to his own life here last night, The who perished. There was quite a spir­ joined with the chorus on the stage in train shed and large office building es­ on liin body show the deed was premed­ providing land and submarine defenses, bodies were not found until this morn­ ited debate over an amendment suggest­ singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” caped. Much mail matter was de­ itated. stoyed. ed by Cannon to give the survivors a offering to contribute a part of the ex­ ing. with more enthusiasm than has been Train and ferry traffic is seriously The house committee on naval affairs pense. Gebbhard, who is a German, and an year’s pay out of hand instead of at­ exhibited in the opera-house for many crippled. All of the frame portions of has completed the naval appropriation tempting to reimburse them for actual old soldier, had lived with his wife here No marine reserves have been called months. It was upon the occasion of bill. T1 >o bill is calculated as carrying He has been of losses. Some old alleged scandals in the performance for the benefit of the the depot, with the shed covering the out yet, as two battalions of marines for the past 10 years. approach to the several ferry slips and between $36,000,000 and $37,000,000, connection with the reimbursement of late years a small farmer. Frequent The Maine monument fund. On the great the waiting-room and restaurant, were of which about $3,000,000 will be ex­ are returning from Manilla. the survivors of the Samoan disaster quarrels have occurred between himself The rolling stock was pended on this year’s work on the three crews of the coast guard vessels at the and his wife for many years. Particu­ were raked up, but the debate in the stage stood the well-known singer Ca­ destroyed. battle-ships, six torpedo boats and six depots and arsenals of Ferrol, Cadiz larly severe have these quarrels been end was saved from a rather sordid tone mille d’Arville, and behind tier were promptly run out of the shed when tho and Cartagena have enough men avail ­ massed the combined choruses of the torpedo-boat destroyers. when Gebbhard was under the influ­ by a beautiful tribute paid to the gal­ Broadway theater, the Casino and the fire was discovered, and the ferry boats able to man the new war vessels, were simultaneously hurried out into lant dead by Cousins of Iowa, in a short Replying to a resolution of inquiry, ence of liquor. The minister of marine, Admiral He aroused the Whitney and Castle Square companies. tho stream and over to this city. the attorney-general sent to the senate Bermejo, has said frequently of late Last night Gebbhard must have been but eloquent speech. As a background, an immense Ameri­ There were several acres of glass on Tuesday a statement that tho records that 1 io declines to make known his more quarrelsome than usual. In galleries to spontaneous applause. The can flag waved from a tall pole. Each the roof of the big train shed, and, be­ of hie department do not show that any preparations. He wants tho country to fact, judging from the silent evidence remainder of the day was occupied in of the singers carried a small flag, and ing melted and oracked by the intense writs of injunction or restraining or­ understand that they are intended only about the lonely cottage which the the consideration of the old claim of the moment the patriotic air was start­ heat, it fell upon the firemen and made John Roach, the shipbuilder, for $331,- ders have been issued by United States to meet any emergeimv on tho purely couple occupied, the tight must have ed, the entire audience arose and their work more perilous. The Key­ No action was taken upon the courts against labor organizations or defensive and paeitiw line of conduct, been that of a maniac on one side and a 000. joined in the melody. At the conclu­ stone restaurant, where the greatest their members engaged in strikes in all along proclaimed by tho present gov­ defenseless woman on the other. claim. sion, there were tremenduous cheers damage was done, was one of the most 1897 and 1898. ernment. The papers say nothiug of Blood was found in the bed and in the The senate, after passing some minor and a great demonstration. Then spacious and handsomely fitted up room. A dispatch to the New York World the army preparations. bills, to which there was no objection, “My Country” was sung. The enter­ Gebbhard had evidently beaten his adjourned at 1:55 o’clock until tomor­ tainment, aside from the subscriptions, restaurants in the country. from Madrid says: Instructions have Railroad to the Yukon. wife with some instrument, in his mad row. been given since Friday night to the netted about $12,000. Many of the FOR MORE WARSHIPS. frenzy. In her attempt to escape she San Francisco, March 23.—At a press censor to stop all foreign and do- best known actors and actresses took had fled the house and reached tiie Relief for Stricken Cnbn. uieatic press telegrams—and even tele­ ¡»art in the performance, an 1 among meeting of capitalists interested in the The Naval Appropriation Bill Reported front porch. She got no farther, as, phone messages—containing news un­ Concord, N. H., March 23.—Senator the spectators was Miss Evangelina construction of a railroad to the Yukon to the House. with pistol in hand, he fired at her and Chandler, in an editorial in the Con­ Cisneros, who came in for much ap­ country, W. (J. Alders presented a re­ palatable to the government. Unau­ Washington, March 24.—The naval she fell forward, and when found her cord Monitor today says President Mc­ plause at one time in the evening. port based upon recent explorations and thorized details of naval and military from observations made during an ex­ preparations of the movements of war- appropriation bill was reported to the body was lying on the edge of the Kinley is about to take action in the Labor Union Refused to Aid. haustive surveying trip to Alaska, and shi| is, particularly of the flying squad­ house today. It carried $35,686,058, porch. name of the United States to relieve Boston, March 22. — At today’s showing that a route up Copper river The man, after committing the mur­ famine and sickness in Cuba. ron, of the purchase of vessels of war an increase over last year of $3,764,432, and stores abroad are especially inter­ and over current estimates of $3,514,- der walked into the house, and, lying "Food and medicine and clothing,” meeting of the Central Labor Union, was not only feasible, but practicable. 824. For the increase the navy bills down upon a lounge in the room, he says, "given by the generous people subscription blanks calling for the con­ It was decided to organize a party of dicted. The British Columbia, Seattle & Pa­ allow to be constructed by contract placed the pistol to his iiead and sent of the United States, will be sent with tributions to tho monument fund for surveyors who are to start as soon as cific Coast Railroad Company has made three sea-going coast-line battle-ships, a bullet into his own brain and his the appioval of Spain, if she consents, the victims of the Maine explosion, the weather conditions will permit, The programme or will be carried by American sailors which were sent out by Mayor probably by May 15. application to the city council of Se­ designated to carry the heaviest guns, soul into eternity. The shots were heard last night but displacement, 11,000 tons, with the ami soldiers without her approval, if Quincy’s committee, were ordered re­ is to start for Orca and proceed up Cop­ attle for a franchise 80 feet wide over Railroad avenue. It was stated to the highest practicable speed for their no attention was paid to them. This she does not consent. The end of turned, because they did not bear the per river to its head, and thence across council that it was the purpose of the class,with cost, exclusive of armament, morning the dead bodies were found, starvation and torture is near at hand. label of tho allied printing trades to the Yukon to its junction with Resolutions were adopted American boundary line. lie now has Every humane person in this whole council. company to construct a railroad from not exceeding $3,000,000 each, one to and the coroner notified, urging the labor organizations of this charge of the remains. be named the Maine; six torjiedo-boats, land should sustain and bless the presi ­ Portland, Or., to Seattle, and thence From Copper River. But one child, a daughter, survives dent in his coining proclamation,which country to erect a monument to the to the British Columbia boundary. and six torpedo-boat destroyers, to cost Seattle, March 23.—The schooner coal strikers who were shot at Latti- The company was willing that a condi­ not exceeding $2.340,000, and one gun­ the old couple. She is grown, and mar­ is to cause the name of William Mc­ General Siglin arrived tonight from tion be imposed in tho franchise that boat to take the place of the Michigan ried, her mime being Mrs. Morin. She Kinley to t>e held in sacred reverence mer, Pa., and requesting the secretary Copjier river. Captain Johnson states of the American Federation of Labor lives with her husband nt Fort Stevens. to cost, exclusive of armament, not by Cuban generations as long as will the work of construction should begin that 300 people have crossed the Val­ Gebbhard had been in ill-health, it lie the revered name of Abraham Lin­ to issue subscription blanks for that des glacier and are now making their in 30 days, and the line lie finished over $260,000, to be built on the Great purpose. is said of late, and got it into his head coln by the colored race in America.” within 18 months. The two incor|>o- Lakes. way intp the interior. The day the One of these sea-going battle-ships is that his wife was trying to cause his Johannesburg, March 22. — The Siglin left Copper City, which is now ralors of the company are Henry J. Barcelona is now the most populous death. He was also jealous of her for to be built on tho Pacific coast. C-on- Standard and News, in a seemingly in­ of 600 inhabitants, the theft of a quan­ Brokaw and Austin J. Fletcher, well- known financiers of New York. The tracts for the construction of all these some cause known only to himself, al­ city of Spain, the result of a census spired article, says: "War is almost tity of bacon had lieen discovered No­ road will cost between $4,000,000 and vessels are to be made within 60 days though the neighltors declare there was just taken showing 520,000 inhabitants inevitable, unless England abandons tices were being posted that the thief to Madrid's 507,000. no occasion for his jealousy. of the enactment of the bill. *5,000,000. her claim to suzerainty.” if caught would lie hanged. In«urgent« l.lng Dynamite. A Coinage Resolution. After being opened to the pnblio for Age,I Couple Hurne.t to Death. Story of a Maine Survivor. Would Affect France. more than five years for recreation pur­ Havana, March 23.—Generals Pando Washington, March 24.—The house Fresno, Cal.. March 24.—James London, March 22.—The morning London, March 23. — St. James’s poses. Castle island, in Boston barlxir, committee on coinage, weights and Thompson ami his aged wife were and Saliedo, it is announced today has been closed. Outers from Wash­ measures has favorably reported to the burned to death in a shanty in which “continue advancing with considerable papers publish a long statement by Gazette, commenting on the mobiliza­ ington to this effect have been exjieet- house a resolution authorising the sec­ they lived south of Chinatown at 11 forces toward Puerto Principe.” The Seaman Newman, recently arrived in tion of the French fleet, suggests that Jk ed ever since tho work of handling ex­ retary of tho tieasury to make experi­ o'clock tonight, The fire is supposed insurgents on Saturday dynamited an England, who was on Isrard the Maine it may be connected with the Spanish plosives whs begun at Fort Inde|>end- ments to determine the beat material to bare started from the explosion of iron railroad bridge near Madruga, at the time of the disaster in Havana question, and says: cnee on the island some three weeks for minor coinage and to submit new a lamp. "If trouble between Spain and the province of Matanza.«, partly destroying harl>or. New solemnly declares the «go. More than a score of inen have designs for congress. the structure, ami last night they de­ explosion was external and on the port United States should become acute, it The Cigar Krcord. been at work ¡tainting torpedo shells stroyed with dynamite a culvert be­ side of the ship. would precipitate issues of great mo­ A man who recently died in Paris tween Robles and Madruga. Trenton, March 24.—Henry Brown, ment for France.” «nd getting ready the wiring and other The coinage of a sovereign (about $5) necessary preliminaries to laying a local pugilist, who was injured in had kept a record of the number of Long Beach. Cal., has a 70-foot whale costs the English mint \d (about l.t» them in position in the barber if boxing with Jack Smith at the Palace cigars he had smoked during his life­ The common pond frog’s natural life* staked out in the ocean near the town. oenta). Sjwrting Club last night, died today. time. The number was 628,713. necessary. time is 13 to 15 years ». H. BAKMUHT. FublUber. t y