Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 31 December 1896 — Page 5

INSURGENT VICTORY Dynamited a Train and Defeated the Soldiers In Charge. DASHED INTO GUANABACOA. Wedler I* Reported to Horn Divided HU Column* Again— Huh Bohu Doing Nothing but Sending Out Guerrilla* to Burn Dwelling* and Kill Pacifico* —Vice Consul Springer Leave* For Home. Key West, Dec. 80.—Smuggled messages from Havana state that the patriots gained a victory near Matanzas dynamiting a train and then defeating the Spanish soldiers in charge, securing a good supply of arms and ammunition. The Spaniards deny the rumor, but Cuban sources affirm its truth. Major Laredo, of the Spanish troops, was killed, and 15 soldiers fell. The patriots dashed into Guanabacoa, six milek from Havana, again Monday night and tired several houses. The Spanish troops fought them for two hears, the loss on each side being small. The alertness and audacity of the patriots in lighting so near the Havana fortress has caused much alarm again to the Spanish officials. , W eyler is reported as having divided up his columns again, ami he will push into the mountains west of Artemisa this week. So far he has rested in Ins encampment, doing nothing save to send out guerrilla expeditions to burn dwellings and to kill pacilicos. A Havana dispatch says that General Arolas with a force of 6,000 Spanish troops of all arms, has been reconnoitering the hights of Rubi. General Fuentes, while reconnoitering south of Rubi, at Animas, Guchilas de Las Damas and the entire range of Rosario hills, has destroyed several insurgent camps. At the engagement which Colonel Girujeda had at Cayo La Rosa and its vicinity, it is now stated that rhe insurgent Lieutenant Colonel Pancho Palacio, of Brigadier General Castillo's staff was killed and Castillo himself was wounded. Villaneuva, the insurgent leader, was also reported to have been wounded. Two French citizens, Rene and Louis Rentuideau, are being tried in Morro Castle oy the ordinary court-martial on the charge of rebelling against the Spanish government. Mr. .Joseph A. Springer, the United States vice consul general, will leave for the United States on the steamer Olivette today. . By the steamer Santiago today there were sent to Chafuriuas 8i political pris*ouers, and to Fernando nine cattle thieves and 55 Nanigoes. , Two brothers named Fornando and Amado Pino, who are negroes and naturalized Americans, charged with being Nanigoes and Toinos Amala of Colombo, have been expelled from the island. Officially Denied. Madrid, Dee. 30.—1 tis officially denied that there is any truth in the report published in a New York paper on Sunday last, that the United States consulate at Cardenas, province i Matanzas, Cuba, had been twice attacked and the shield torn from the door in spite of the efforts of the loc .1 authorities to protect the consulate. An empathic denial is also officially given to the statement of the London Chronicle that there was yeasen to believe that the French foreign office has been sounded, in regard to Cuba, in an anti-American sense.

Negotiating; With Olney. London, Doc. 30. — It is quite clear that Spain is negotiating with Mr. Olney, but the Castilian pride compels the government to negotiate in an underhand way. They cannot help trying to arrive at a private understandii r with the United States for the proceeds of the recent loan are n< arly exhausted, and Captain General Weylev's apparent * inaction has checked the buoyance which followed Maceo’s death. Ice Blockade. St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 30.—An ice blockade on the whole northwestern coast of the island has begun and steamers and vessels are returning here, sit being impossible to reach the mining settlements. All navigation will be suspended for the balance of the year. The New Foundland legislature will attempt to secure reciprocity with the United States when it meets in Feburary. The cabinet is uow discussing the question. What Caused Arbuckle's llextli. New York. Dec. 30.—1 n the case of Frank P. Arbuckle, the wealthy politician and miner of Denver, who died under suspicious circumstances in this city on Nov. 19, a coroner’s jury returned a verdict yesterday that death was caused by “fatty degeneration of the heart, chronic nephritis, cerebral and pulmonary oedema and other causes to the jurors unknown.” Mining Mau’s Body Found. Crawfordsville, Ind.. Dec. 30.—The body of W. B. Hardee, who suddenly disappeared from here_wmt foiuiu ana fencecorner a mile south of town. The body was on one side ol the fence, a gun on the other and a bullethole in Hardee’s temple. It is supposed ’to be a case of accidental shooting. Black Diphtheria. Crown Point, Ind., Dec. 30.—Black diphtheria is raging in the northern part of this county, there being 20 cases reported. The board of health has instituted a quarentfne but the disease has such a foothold that it will be hard -to suppress. Died lu an AI iiislioiise. Philadelphia, Dee. 30.— Lansing W. Bancker, who enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest living clown, except Dan Rice, died last night at the Philadelphia almshouse. He was about 75 years old. Bog Landslide ( <}»scd, , Dublin," Dec. 30. —The destructive moveißimt..of the bog land at Castle island finally ceased last night. Two bodies have been found a mile distant from the scene of the disaster.

WANT RECIPROCITY Manufacturers Not Disposed to Urge the McKinley RMes. TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS’ DAY. Will Be Satisfied With Protection Enough t*» Prevent Vuluir Competition — Controller Keklu* on the Condition* ol Bank*—National Bank* Today a* Stable a* They It ver Wore. Washington, Dec. 80. —The ways and means committee devoted the day tc listening to the representatives of delegations interested in the schedules relating to cotton manufacturers and silk and silk goods. The attendance was not as litrge us Monday and the number who appeared to make oral arguments was much smaller. The committee it encouraging the filing of briefs wherever possible. The feature of the day was a briaf oral argument made by E. O. Hovev of New York, representing the Textile Manufacturers’ association, in favor of more stringent regulations to prevent undervaluations and fraud on the revenue. Mr. Hovey has a quisi connection with the New York board of general appraisers. The general impression among the tariff experts who attend the hearings before the committee on ways and means of the house.is that the manufacturers are not disposed to urge the renewal of the high rates of the McKinley bill. They will be satisfied with just enough protection to insure them against unfair competition. What they, do want is reciprocity and commercial treaties which will extend trade. KKCENT BANK FAILURES, Controller Ecklen Given a Resume of the Situation. Washington, Dec. 30.—Controller of the Currency Eckles said yesterday afternoon that he feels no apprehension over the bank failures which have occurred of late. Two more failures, the Commercial National bank of Roanoke, Va., and the Columbia National bank of Minneapolis were added to the list yesterday. They are comparatively •mall institutions, however, and under ordinary circumstances*their failure, it

is said, would attract only passing attention. Mr. Eckles when asked by a representative of the press as to tire general banking situation, said: Os course bank failures are more or less disquieting, but those which have occurred recently have little or uo general ! significance attached to them. They were due largely to local causes wholly unconnected with the general condition ot the banks through the country at large. The case of tne Atlas bank was net a failure at all, but was a mere voluntary liquidation, every depositor being paid in lull. The two failures of yesterday are of minor importance, in each instance the bank capital being only $200,000. As against these few failures, based on local causes, the general condition of the banks is excellent. The reports received under the last call, that of Dec. 17, are uniformly favorable and show an average reserve held of considerably above the 25 per cent required bylaw. One of the last reports, t hat of the Brooklyn banks, shows that the average reserve held to be 34.02 per cent, and most of the reports run five or 10 per cent above the legal requirements. In each case, too, the assets in detail make an entirely satisfactory showing as compared with the liabilities. On the whole it is evident that the national banks today are as stable as they ever were, and t e sporadic failure of a bank here and there ‘ through'defects pecul.tr to the lailwg bank is of small import;..ice, wholly wit h out general significance. 1 am advised from Minneapolis that the failure! iht • has occasioned no disturbance beyond the institution concerned. Filibustering three friends. New Method of Froseetition Will Bo Had Against the steamer* Washington, Dec. 30.—The authorities of the treasury department and the department of justice expect that the prosecution of the alleged filibustering steamer Three Friends will be under section 5,282 of the revised statutes. This will be a new method of prosecution. Section 5,282 is directed against the arming and mounting of guns on a vessel intended to be used against a friendly nation. As those on board the Three Friends have given circumstantial detail as to the mounting and firing of a Hotchkiss rapid fire gun, it is believed by officials that section 5,282 will apply to the case. The proceeding against the vessel is much more severe than in the case of a libel for fitting out an expedition. The statute provides that on conviction the vessel ami all tackle, stores, etc., shall be forfeited to the United States. TENSION OFFICE RULES. CoinmfaMouer Murphy Han Promulgated Two Which Will Simplify Matter*. Washington, Dec. 30 —Two radical changes in the prix’eedure of the penlion office have been made. All claims for increase, save in extraordinary cases, hereafter, will be sent direct to the medical division of the bureau without having to be -passed upon by the board of review, as has. been the custom for years. Another step is that hereafter then' will be«o necesity for cases before the board of I‘eview being passed upon by three or four examiners. Commission t Murphy has fixed them umber of the examiners who must review each claim at t-two. Tins, he thinks, will minimize errors and delay and be of benefit to the service. Counterfeit Bnytnjjnte. ’ Washington, Dec. Chief Hasten of the secret service has issued a circular of warning against a new counterfeit $lO national banknote on the Union National bank of Detroit. The note is the product of the same htipd which produced the recent counterfeit on the National Bank of UomnierVe of New York. One distinguishing feature is that the back of the note is upside iowu.

REVISION OF TARIFF Ways and Means Committee Begins Werk on the Law. CHAIRMAN DINGLEY’S DESIRES. Without nu Kicvptlou Tteoie Appearing Before the Committee Vo*terday Wanted to Bo Ptaeed ou the Protection List. Only a Minority of the Commit tee Pre* eiit at the Meeting. Washington. Dec. 29.—The hearings which the ways and means committee of the house will give to representatives I of the various industries . interested in ' the preparation of the new tariff bill began in the room of thu committee at the capitol yesterday and will continue daily until Jan. 11. Much interest was manifested and the room was constantly thronged with delegations and the representatives of various trades. Owing to the brief time allotted for hearings and the desire of the committee, as expressed by Chairman Dingley, to avoid unnecessary repetitions, many of j those who appeared simply filed their briefs and made no oral arguments. Mr. Dingley expressed the opinion ■ that the presentation of condensed briefs would answer the purpose of the committee better than argument and advised the filing of such briefs where possible. He announced that briefs would be received until Jan. 11. ' Only seven of the 17 members of the commttee were present yesterday, Messrs. Dingley of Maine, Payne of New York, Evans of Kentucky, Dalzell of Pennsylvania, and Johnson of North Dakota, Republicans, and Messrs. MeMillion of Tennessee and Wheelock of Alabama. Democrats. The scheduals upon which hearings were accorded yesterday were those relating to chemicals and spirits and wine. ! There were no particular incidents yes- ■ terday • Without exception all who appeared I asked for increase of the duties ou the particular industry iu which they were . interested. Almost all of those who a'• I peared in behalf of changes iu the chemical schedule urged a change from ad valorem to specific duties. i FILIBUSTERING VESSELS. I , Charged and Not Denied That Federal ( Officials Are Interested Parties. i Washington, Doc. 29.—N0 information has been received at either the i treasury department or the department of justice respecting the suspected filibuster Three Friends, except the announcement of her seizure, nor have any special instructions been given to the- local officers as to the legal course to be pursued. There is no doubt that, the officials are not eutirely satisfied with the way the business of preventing filibustering expeditions from leaving our ports has been conducted, and it is believed that Assistant Secretary Wike, who is now in Florida, will maki it his business to investigate the matter. The Spanish minister here has made repeated complaint at the state department that some of rhe government officers iu Florida have money interests in some of the steamers engaged in violating the neutrality laws by carrying expeditions to Cuba, these complaints have been forwarded to the chief customs officers in Florida and, while the reports admit the fact of subordinates or members of their fatnilu's holding interests in some of the well known filibusters, it is claimed that this fact ha uot and could not have any influence upon the official acts of the subordinate officials. Whether the subordinates owning interests in these vessels will be required to resign is not known, but if it appears that tiny one of them is under reasonable suspicion prdmjofr action will be taken. The pibsence in Florida of Assistant Secretary Wike, however, is not by direction of Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Wike, in arranging for the trip, expressed the desire to took into the filibustering business in Florida, and the secretary issued an order placing the revenue cutters in those waters under Mr. Wike’s orders. DETENTION OF VESSELS. Our Merchant Marine to Receive Protection From Petty Annoyance*. Washington, Dec. 29. —The action of the Colombian authorities in detaining the American schooner Whitford nearly three weeks last spring at Colon may be made the basis for a correction of many of the petty official annoyances and illegal. obstacles that have been thrown ii the way of American shipping merchants doing business with the Spanish main. Secretary Olney yesterday assured the owner of the Whitford that the state department would move energetically iu that direction. Superiority of American Coal. Washington, Dec. 29.—United States Consul Saw ter at Glauchau says that notwithstanding very favorable concessions made to Russia under treaty, and the reduction of freight rates. Russian petrolettnr-exporfers have not yet been able to succeed iu their contest with the ; Standard Oil company in the struggle j for German trade. The consul gives figures to sustain his assertoin and explains the cause for the Russian’s failure, one being the superiority of American eoal. ’ Reception tn Mr*. Stevenson. St. Louis, Dec. 29. —A handsome reception was. given yesterday by Mrs.: General Shield*. regent of the St. Louis j chapter of the Daughters of the Amer ioan ■ Revolution). to ,Mrs. Stevenson,' Wife of Vice President Adlai E. Si even ! son and president pf the national organ-' ization of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Free With. Hi* Pupil*. Decatur, Ind., De -. 29. — Chirk Calderw od, a schoolteacher.,was publicly discharged yesterday. Patrons ot the School charged him with hugging, pinching and kissing the larger female sch.iara ■

WHAT SPAIN WILL DO Terms For the Settlement es the ■Cuban Question. » OUR GREAT COMMERCIAL LOSS. I United StnteM Asked to Propose the Spani kill Condition* to the Rebellious Cuban Tito Fpi ih of Government Offered i the Limit of Independence—The Madrid JCpoca Creates a Sensation. Washington, Dob., has been \ learned from an authoritative source ! that Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy I de Lome, the Spanish minister, have ■ practically terminated the negotiations i on the Cuban question which are to be ! submitted to congress, when it convenes ■on Jan. 5. The terms of agreement are i based on the recent official communication from Premier Canovas, addressed to the secretary of state. The premier states clearly the terms which Spain will accord to the Insur- ; gents, and practically asks the United i Strftes to propose these conditions to her ■ rebellious subject. In return for our good offices. Spain assures this government that she sincerely deplores the great commercial loss which we have I sustained on account the Cuban disturbances. She assures us that she is even now considering a reciprocity treaty which will deal mainly with Cuban products, and which will be framed in such advantageous terms toward this government that our losses, both iu commerce and iu the destruction ot American property in Cuba, will be most generously compensated. Premier Canovas says that Spain cannot. of course, as a self-respecting and respected nation, stand before the world as having been coerced into measures by the United States. She has freely granted all that she now offers, and that iu the face of a rebellion. But she accepts the good offices of the United States to act as mediator and to guarantee to the insurgents amnesty, and the enforcement of the new reform law which she is about to proclaim in Cuba. The form of government offered is, the Spanish statesman declares, the limit of independence which can be granted to a province by any nation, without absolutely severing the bonds of union with the mother country. Autonomy, as enjoyed by the Canadians, can never be granted in Cuba. What Spain is willing to grant the insurgents, if they lay down their arms and what she asks the United States to guarantee is an act which provides ft ■ a council of administration, which shall control all matters pertaining to the commerce of the Indies and .all estimates upon the general taxation and expenditures of the island as well as its general home government. THURSTON ON CUBA. He Will Vote For Recognition and Expects Spain to Declare War. Omaha, Dec. 29. —Senator Thurston talked on war last night before a large crowd— members of the Chautauqua circle. In beginning he announced his intention to vote for the recognition of Cuban independence. He declared he did uot want war. but there were worse things. As has been said: “War is God’s thunder in a storm which clears the atmosphere. ” through history war had been the most powerful factor in bringing about progress. A war that had for its purpose liberty and justice was God’s war and p’orked out God’s purpose in the destinies of mankind. Senator Thurston said he would east his vote for the recognition of Cuban independence with the full knowledge that such action was fraught with grave danger to our national peace. He seriously apprehended that when this country placed itself ou record for Cuban recognition the Spanish ministery would declare war on the United States regardless of the consequences. Referring to Cuba the speaker said that the situation was a blot ou the civilized world and a reproach to every A ineri - can citizen. Its condition called for patriotic action by every lover of liberty on this side of the ocean. CREATING A SENSATION. Madrid Epoea Says American Intervention lu Cuba is Logical. Madrid, Dec. 29. —An evidentally inspired editorial in the Epoea yesterday foreshadowing the possibility of an understanding between Spanish government and President Cleveland has caused a profound sensation in Spa it. The Epoca, the organ of the conservative party, now in power says? “American intervention in Cuba is perfectly logical on the ground of ma- ' terial interests and national sentiment. “It might become an inevitable meet's- ; sity of American home politics and it is emiently'to the interest of our own country to avoid a conflict while we can , do so with honor, maintaining our dignity and sovereignty." England, France and Italy. Rome. Dee. 29.— Spain has questioned England, Fra nob" and Italy as to their I attitudes in the event of war between i Spain ami the United States. France! and England replied indefinitely that | “everything depends upon the course of events.’’. Italy offers to assist- iu producing an amicable arrangement, | without promising to support Spain ) against the United States. It is said i that negotiations arc continuing be- i tween Spam and the European cabinets. The Vatican absolutely favors the Spanish van'-. King Alfonso has written a . Christ tn..- autograph letter to the pope | ; ng tor his prayers for the success of ' kb«» Spanish arms, • | IV vat tier. _ Ohio I icreasi tig cloudiness, probably I followed by light local showers, slightly’ ' warn;, r. 1 » Indiana aid Illinois — IJght local •huwers. followed by clearing weather.

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