Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1896 — Page 2

Democratic Press. IIKCATUH, IND. nuinorrsllr l‘ro«« Xis. - FwtiHsXera. ISM JANUARY. 1896. Su Mo Tu Wo Th Fr Si •| • • | II 2 3 4 5|6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • « » e «J ® _ • L p.AN. M. >F. '.>■ • • F. M. 7th V A hth. V -.ad. k»/ 2»'th. tgi, ,'i ■" r.g’jgsr— HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS OF THE WORLD. flu- Cuban Inaurizenta Arc Not Losing Ground in th* Island of Cuius A British Steamer Given Up for Loot-* Darina Rob’wry at Laporte, Ind. Only Eight Miles Away. Havana special: The latest won}, just received, is that sounds of cannon and musketry have been heard in tlie neighborhood of Guanajay, an important town of 4.000 inhabitants in Plnar I>el Rio, for-ty-five miles southward of Havana, ft is supposed an engagement is taking place there between the forces of Gen. Suarez Valdes and the insurgents, but tlie numbers engaged or the course which the fortune of the fight is taking is not known. The insurgents were burning anil destroying Wednesday up to within eight miles of Havana. The district around the village of ( alabazar is only two miles from Vento, where tlie apparatus is located npon which Havana depends for its water supply. In the Calabazar and Hoyo Colorado districts cane has been burned in the fields of Maulin, Garro, and Baraeua. Murdered by There Robber*, Henry Baker, a veteran from the Dayton (Ohio) .soldiers’ Home, was murdered by three colored men at Marion, Ind. Baker, who is a memUT of Company C. Eightysecond Indiana Infantry, was the guest of trends, with whom he was enjoying the evening at a saloon near the Soldiers' Home. During the evening he had cause to go out. when the colored men followed him and commenced to go through his pockets. Baker attempted to fight tor his life, but a broken head and several bruises on tlie body, made with a club, soon floored him. The robbers made their escape with his money and watch. Baker was found several hours afterwards with hands and feet frozen in an unconscious condition. He cannot live. All Went Down. The British steamer. Wild Flower, Cap- , tain Tonewell, which sailed from Philadelphia December 11, for Rouen. France, ; with 1.173,626 gallons of crude oil. worth i $r»U<D, manned by a crew of thirty men. , was blown up or foundered at sea and all hands perished, no tidings having been received from the ship since she left the Delaware breakwater that day. She , probably met with tlie disaster when not far from shore, by the memorable gale of . December 14, which sent to the bottom the Stag line steamship, Laurestina. which left the same day, bound to Sligo, Ireland, laden with grain. Darina Robbery at Laporte. At Laporte, Ind.. the clothing house of Matt Kreidler was entered between 6 and 7 o’clock the other evening and the safe rubbed of s3l*o. The robbers found the case unlocked and the vault containing the money was carried away. The proprietor bad left the store to go to supper, the thieves taking advantage of his absence to loot the safe, shortly after 7 o'clock a well dressed man. suppose! to lie the robber, boarded a west bound train for Chicago. Crushed to Death. Fire caused the loss of two lives, the injury of one man, and the destruction of two houses with th ir contents, at Wheaton, 111., a suburb of Chicago. In battling with the tire a number of men were caught j under a falling chimney of one of the ■ dwellings and were crushed. The dead are Albert Grant, carpenter; Arthur Vernon, employed in a publishing house in Chicago. Died at Washington. Gen. William Polite Lassetle, died at Washington, age i 59 years, the result of a fall. Gen. Lasselle was born at Logans- 1 port, Ind., from where he entered the army as a member of Company K, Ninth Indi- i ana Volunteers. He was twice breveted ! for gallant and meritorious conduct and ' reached the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers. Emperor William Firm. Berlin special: At a special audience Dr. Leydes, Secretary of State of the Transvaal, had with Emperor William, his Majesty declared that lie would not recognize any claim of suzerainty over the Transvaal. Great Britain, by the treaty us 188!, claims suzerainty over tlie Transvaal Republic. Crushed His Body. A dreadful accident occurred at the Chicago and Erie car shops, at Huntington, Ind. William Stewart, a car repairer,was caught between the end of the coach and tlie shop entrance, and was instantly crushed to death. Masonic Temple Theater, Ft, Wayne, Indiana. .lan. 20.—Florence Bindlay. Jan. 28,—“Bunch of Keys.” Jan. 28. Bruce Wallace. Feb. 1. “The Engineer." Murdered His Wife. Allen Shultz, a young negro, shot his wife at ( leveland, Tenn., instantly killing her. Jealousy is supposed to be the cause. A Horrible Crime. Henry Dickerson, a sneak thief and burglar, supposed to Isdong in Louisville, but confined in jail at ( alro, ill., for some time, charged with burglary and grand larceny, cut a fellow-prisoner, Charles Wilson, colored, across the abdomen, the knife penetrating through to the spine. Afterward he cut off a portion of the intestines, rolled it in a paper and handed it to Assistant Jailer Irwin when the latter came to the eell, saying: “Here is a piece ot his entrails.” Ilis victim cannot live. Wilson had betrayed a plan <A Dickerson •nd other prisoners to escape.

GRIM wail It la Itelnn Frit in Al! Ita Terror on the Island of Cuba. Havana special: The lines of eommunication are cut in every direction out of Havana, it Is reported from the province •>t Dinar Del Rio that the insurgent columns have covered a wide territory unceasingly destroying sugar cane and damaging the tobacco crop. At Cabana, a seaport town of considerable importance, the inau'goiits destroyed the light-house and burned t.ulra Melcn* oinpletcly. Guira Melena is an important village ot 4,Out* inhabitants In a fertile district. The Insurgents plundered the church, bu>ln>-s houses, stores, and private residences, and tbeu destroyed ’them entirely. They killed the Mayor and a prom men I merchant. similar talcs come from all towns In the route of the insugents' march. Guara, a small village east of Guara Molena, and west of Guinea, is also burned. The zone Included in the country about the villages ot Qutviean, Duran and San Felipe in the southern part of the province , of Havana has been swept clean by the destructive touch of the insurgents. The plantations of Salvador, Julia, San Augustin, Santa Teresa, M ere id ita, Mora , and Mirosa, have been burned. Incoming trains from the south are bringing in vast throngs of refugees, men ! and women, some of whom have been i burned out of house and home, but most , of them fleeing from fear of violence, hav- I ing hastily gathered their household goods. This large infusion of panie-stricketi people inlo the city’s population, spreads the tontagion of alarm. FBIGUTFUL CABUALTIEB. An Explosion nt St. Louie Dcul* Ont Slaughter. At 1 o'clock Friday afternoon a series of I terrific explosions laid waste the vicinity of Second and Vine streets. St. Louis. ' where printing houses and null'd trades | are numerous. Just after the clock stroke a boiler in Geo. F. Meritz’s printing office, No. 80S North Third street, just across the alley from the storage arid commission house of H. B. Grubb, exploded. In the rear of the Grubb establishment a large quantity of fireworks was stored and a second explosion occurred, followed ini- . mediately by a third that lifted the Grubb building and dropped it in a mass of wreckage. The explosion caused general consternation and every w indow for three • blocks was broken. A large plate glass window in the Merchants' Exchange, four , blocks away, was shattered, and the traders stampeded. Nineteen persons were seriously injured and at 6 p. m. five dead were found. In addition to the list of injured given thirty-five others were more or less hurt. A HOLOCAUST. Six Pcraons Perish in the Flames nt Columbus, Ohio. At 4 o'clock Friday morning the resi- | denceof J IL Hibbard, I,S:<B East Long ' street, Columbus, Ohio, was discovered to L>e on fire. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard, their | son, Allen, aged 5. and baby. Dorothy, j Miss Fanny Hibbard and Mrs. Grace Hibbard Lee, sisters, of Barnesville, Ohio, perished in the smoke and their bodies were more or less destroyed by fire. Mr. Hibbard is secretary of the Central Ohio | Natural Gas and Fuel Company, and is connected by marriage with the Deshler*. Huntingtons and others of tlie wealthiest families of Columbus. Four sons less than fifteen years of age and the colored servant, aged 18, and originally from Palatka, Florida, escaped by jumping from the second story window. Natural gas was used, but the fire evidently originated from some defective construction in the wood work. Mrs. Lee was the w ife of a son of the editor ot the Barnesville Enterprise. AN OPEN SWITCH. Terrific Rear End Collision Near Chillicothe, Ohio. Chillicothe (Ohio) special: The Royal ' . i ly.-r on the B. & 0.8. W. Railread was wrecked at Schooley Station, seven miles east of Chillicothe. The conductor of a freight train which was ahead of the express train was ordered to run in on a side track at Schooley Station in order to allow the Royal Blue Flyer to pass. This was done, but the switch was not thrown back in place again. After a brief wait the express came thundering along and ran in on the side track, crashing with terrific force into the rear end of the freight. The passenger engine was demolished, and from what can be learned both the engineer and fireman were instantly killed. Details of the w reck are meager. It is known, though, that a number of passengers were badly injured, and it is said several are dead, as a score of physicians and surgeons have been sent to the scene from this city. FAILURES. Tlie Number for 1895 Slightly Less Than That of 1594. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The commercial failures during the complete year of 1895 number 13,197, against 13.885 in 1894, but the aggregate of liabilities are slightly greater, $173,196,090 against $172,992,859, so that the average per failure is $13,124 against $12,458 in 1894. The bright promise offered by a large decrease in the first quarter was followed by a small increase in the second and third quartets, and a large increase in the last quarter of the year. In that quarter also the deferred liabilities to each firm in business Increased and also the proportion of deferred liabilities to payments through clearing houses. The effects of unreasonable speculation in materials create an advance in prices of goods, heavy purchases ahead of distribution and enormous increases in production clearly appear in the returns. Explosion in a Mine. Five men were badly burned, three of them probably fatally, by an explosion of gas in the Girard mine near Shamokin, Pa. Those who arc likely to die from their burns are: Samuel McDungel, miner; Michael Yunde, miner: Joseph Eneowski, laborer. Superintendent Alex. Law and Foreman Evan Jenkins were seriously burned about the face, arms, and body, but will recover. The bodies of the three first named present a horrible appearane ■. The flesh was so terribly roasted that it dropped from their arms and faces. The explosion was caused by an unprotected lamp igniting the gas. Mysterious Murder. A special from Leetonia, 0., says: A mysterious murder was committed at Grafton, near this town. Two Italian brothers, who lived and sleep together in the same bed were awakened during the night by three masked men, two of whom held the one brother, while the third fellow’ stabbed the other brother to death. Robbery does not appear to have been the jiotive for the crime as there were several auudred dollars in the possession of the

• brother-, which was left untouched. The ' crime is supposed tu be the work of the , Malta. There Will Die. At Milledgeville, Ky., a boy named i U alters, while playing at the house ot Ins sunt, secured a revolver and began shoot- ' mg, with the result that his two little I cousins, two girls aged 4 and 8, were shot through the abdomen and hip respectively. ! \ third was also slightly injured. The I l<oy then placed the pistol under bls own chin, and, pulling the trigger, scut a ball crashing through hi* own head. A doctor was called, but, after examination, touud that tiro two girl* would die. The boy is just lingering between life and death, and cannot last long. Four Dead ond Three Missing. A special from Bluefield, W. Va., saya: It I* reported here that by a premature explosion of powder and dynamite recently, four men were killed at Lafollrte Campbell Country. Three other* ate missing and their bodies are being searched for in the mas* of earth and rock which was dislodged I > i explosion The names of the dead are said to be John Webster, Anderson Bailey, Dawson Neal and a Mr. Price. Theexploeion took place ni the mine. Alaska Boundary. in discussing the Alaska boundary question. Judge Truitt, retiring United States Judge of Alaska, having turned over bis office to his successor. Hon. A. K. Denaly, says: “The unanimous opinion on the lamndary question is that the line should stay right where it is. People do not want England's contention granted, for it would take some of the best of southwestern Alaska and control the Yukon trade.” Fierce Battle. Knoxville (Tenn.) special: Reports reached the United States Revenue Colector’s office here which say that in a battle betwren a posse of officer* and moonshiners in North Carolina, near the Tennessee line, seven men were instantly killed and others hurt. The sceneof the reported battle is several miles from any railroad and nothing additional can be learned. Fearful Plunge. Bv the breaking of the harness the wagon in which John Brumer. his wife and four children were riding, west of Akron, Ohio, ran down a steep hill and plunged into a telegraph pole. All six were badly injured. Mr*. Brumer and the girls, aged 7 and 11 years, were fatally hurt. One of the girls has since died, and the other and <w mother cannot live. Fire und Blizzard. Wilkesbarre lPa.) special: The cranberry breaker, operated by Pardee & Co., at Cranberry, near Hazletown. Pa., was destroyed by tire. A number of comi>any houses were also destroyed. Loss about SIOO,OOO. A furious blizzard is raging. Tlie boiler and fan houses adjoining the breaker are on fire and the department is of no avail. Fatal Wreck. A Columbus. Sandusky and Hocking freight engine blew up two miles south of Fultonham, Ohio, and twelve miles from Zanesville Engineer Bert Mead, Fireman Frank Hesse and Brakeman Kreits were killed instantly, and Conductor Ir* Morri* is fatally injured. All the men live at Shawnee, Ohio. To Save Zeitoun. A dispatch from Constantinople say* that the porte has consented to accept the offer of the foreign representatives at Constantinople, that , the foreign consuls at Aleppo mediate between the Turks, who are besieging Zeitoun. and the Armenians wbo hold the town, for the surrender of the latter. Fatal Misstep. Ora Brown, an employe at the Mon or. rock crusher, Salem. Ind., was instantly killed while attempting to board a flat ear from the trestlework at the crusher. Brown missed his footing, fell between the cars, and was horribly mangled. He leaves a wife and child. Wreck on the Pennsylvania. Eight loaded freight car* broke away from an engine in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Pittsburgh, and dashing down the grade at Thirtieth street, collided with the north wail of the round house, causing much damage. The loss is estimated at SIO,OOO. Hanging Too Good for Him. At Lincoln. Neb., Judge Holmes sentenced George W. Davis to tlie penitentiary for life for wrecking a Rock Island passenger train near Lincoln, wbareby eleven lives were lost. Murdered b> Robbers. The Clover Leaf Railway station agent at Waterville, Ohio, was fatally shot twice and stabbed just above the heart by two robbers. It is not thought much money was secured. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.00; bogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wh< at. No. 2 red. 54v ta> Wc; corn. No. 2,25 cto 26c; oat». No. 2, 16e to 18c; rye. No. 2. 33e to 34c; but-ter, choice ereumcry, 23c to 25c: eggs, fresh. 20c to 22c: potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, S2O tu $45 per ton fur poor tu choice. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50: hog*, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; aheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, (»3c tu G4c; corn. No. 1 while, 2(ic to 27c; out*. No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis (’nttle. $3.00 to $5.00; bogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. C2c to l«3c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to 17c; rye, No. 2,31 c to 33c. Cincinnati—Tattle. $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2. 64c to 66c; corn. No. 2 Wiixed, 2<>e to 27c; outs. No. 2 mixed. 2Ue to 21e: rye, No. 2. 38c to 40c. Detroit ('attic, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 rod. 64e to 65c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 2(>e to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye, 36c to 38c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 65e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 27c to 2l)c; oats, No. 2 white. 19c to 2Oc; rye. No. 2,36 ct® 38c; clover seed. $4.10 to $4.20. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 54c to 55c; corn, No. 3,25 cto 27e; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; barley, No. 2. 31c to 33c; rye. No. 1,35 cto 36c; jiork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 rod. (>Be to 71c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hog*, $3.00 to $1.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, Na. 2, 33c to 35c: oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery 20c to 26c; agga, Western, 20c to 2

BOND CALL IS ISSUED. LONG-EXPECTED ACTION TAKEN BY CARLISLE. fiaalad Hldatoßa Rcccivi-dat lilaOßiee Fab. 5-Intarwat Fixed at 4 per Cent. New Svcurlliea <u Ito ar the Date ot Feb. 1. 1805. Amount la $100,000,000. Speculation concerning the amount and charncter of the new bond Issue waa set at rest when Bocretary Carlisle made public a circular on the subject. The loan will baa “isipular” one, and the circular gives notice that the Government will *<•11 sloo,o<iO,(MiO thirty-gear 4 per cent coupon or registered bond* dated Fab. 1. 1805, for which purchaser* will bo required to pay in gold coin or gold certilicatea. This fa the first issue by the present administration of such a large amount of bond* at one time, all the previous issues having been for $50,(«*(,(*») each. The circular also contains an intimation of a possible further Issue of bonds should the issue or sale of an additional or different form of bond for the maintenance of the gold reserve be authorized by the law before Feb. 5. The circular is a* follows: "Treasury Department. Office of the Secretary. Washington, D. C. Notice i» hereby given that sealed proposal* will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, at Washington, D. C., until 12 o'clock tu. on Wednesday, the sth day of February, 181*6. for the purchase of one hundred million dollars isloo,(X*o,(MX*i of United States 4 per cent coupon or registered bonds in denomination* nf fifty dollars (SSO) and multiple* of that sum as may be desired by bidder*. “The right to reject any or all bld* i* reserved. '•The bonds will be dated on the Ist day of February, 1895, and be payable in coin thirty years after that date, and will bear interest at 4 per centum per annum, payable quarterly In coin, but all coupons maturing on and before the Ist day of Feb-

BATTLEFIELD OF BULL RUN. THE HISTORIC GROUND SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE.

The historic Yorkshire estate, situated on Bull Run, the first battlefield of the ‘war, was recently sold at public auction at Fairfax court house, Virginia. Six I hundred acres in all. situated on both sides of Bull Run, in Prince William and ; Fairfax Counties, were sold. The land ‘ lying on the Prince William side brought ! on an average $6 an acre, the other about j $.3. The prices ranged from $3 to $25. I The part of the battlefield on ’he Prince ruaryj 1896, will be detached and purchaser* will be required to pay in United States gold coin or gold certificates for the bond* awarded them, and all interest accrued thereon after the Ist day of February, 1896, up to the time of application for delivery. "Payments for the bond* must be made at the treasury of the United State* at Washington, D. C., or at the United States sub-treasuries at New York. Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis or New Grleans, or they may be made at San Francisco, with exchange on New York, and all bids must state what denominations of bonds arc desired, and whether coupon or registered, and at what place they will be paid for. "Payments may be made by installments, as follows: Twenty per cent upon receipt of notice of acceptance of bids aud 20 per eent at the end of each ten day* thereafter: but all accepted bidder* may pay the whole amount at the data of the first installment and all those who have paid all installments previously maturing may pay the whole amount of their bid* at any time, not later than the maturity of the last installment. "The bond* will be ready for delivery on or before the 15th day of February, 1896. “Notice is further hereby given that if the issue and sale of an additional or different form of bond for the maintenance of the gold reserve shall be authorized by law before the sth day of February. 1896. sealed proposal* for the purchase of such bond* will also be received at tho same time and place, aud up to the same date, and upon the same term* and conditions herein set forth, and such bids will be considered a* well as the bid* for the 4 per cent bou<?» herein mentioned. “J. G. CARLISLE, ■"Secretary of the Treasury.” CORTEGE CUT IN TWO. fit. Fuul Express Train Rune Down a Funeral Carriage in Chicago* Without a signal of warning, an express train of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road cut through a funeral procession at the Paulina street crossing in Chicago. Five person* were buried under the ruins of a mourning carriage, and two women were »o badly injured that they may die. The occupant* of two other carriage* narrowly escaped the same fata, the horse* being pulled up within a few feet of Die outbouud train. Part of tlie funeral procession went on, the mourner* being unconscious of the fact that someof their number had been nearly killed. Whether the flagman or the engineer of the passenger train was to blame was not learned. The flagman declare* he flagged the train, but the witnesses of tho accident tell another story. The engineer, tlie police say, wa* at fault in not slowing up in response to the flagman'* signal

UTAH IS NOW A STATE. Elaborate CeremoniesCelebratlnß Ad. mlaalon to ’ba Union. After ,v»’itri« of trial* nnd utbwlati’»n*> of various kind*. I tali emerge* from her swaddling clothe* and become* «> new member of the great galaxy of the States in the Union, to be represented by a fortyfifth star upon the national nag. The formal celebration of the event ami the Inauguration of the State officer* took pine.. Monday in Salt Lake City. On reurlpt of tho tiowt that th»* I rooWrnt • proclamation had been issued, K'>n» wwe tired ami the citizen* gave thenisclyo* over to n seitson of Jollification. Monday was a general holiday and thousands of people from all over the new State joined with the citizens of Salt Lake in celebrating the dose of Utah'* forty years O’ probation. Tlie Inaugiiral exercise* proper began at 8 o'clock, when the cannon at Fort Douglass. the gi"’« of ’h* Regiment. d. A TIIK ÜBIIAT TAMHXACLR. Utah National Guard, every whistle in the State ami all the other instruments of noise available heralded the beginning of the day'* festivities. The parade formed at 11 o'clock, led by the Sixteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. 500 strong, and its band*. Following came the carriage* containing the State officials and invited guests, with the Utah National Guard, the Grand Army veterans and all the civic societies of the city as an escort. Tlie exercises at the tabernacle were very simple. They opened with music by the band from Fort Douglass, then a prayer by Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church; “The Star-Span-

William side was sold to Dr. C. M. Bennett. of Washington. Hi* name does not appear in the Washington directory and he is not known to real estate men. The remainder of the estate was sold to difft-r---eut individuals. Nobody has any idea for what purpose it wa* bought. The land has been in litigation for many years, and this sale was made by order of the court. Three years ago there was a spasmodic attempt to buy it for purposes of a park, gled Banner" by the tabernacle choir, the reading of the President’s proclamation, administration of the onth of office, Gov. Wells' inaugural address, "America" by tho audience and the benediction. The Legislature was called in special session at 2 p. m. to fix a time for the regular session, the constitution failing to provide the time for convening regularly. CUBANS IN CONTROL Whole Island, Excepting the City of Havana, Is in Their Hands. In effect, the whole island of Cuba, outside of the city of Havana, is now in the hands of the insurgents. They have not annihilated the Spanish forces, nor have they routed the whole army in any single pitched battle. Yet the situation is completely in their hands, and so completely have they outgeneraled the Spanish that, to all appearances, Martinez de Campoa’ army might as well 1< in Spain for any check it puts upon the movements to anil fro of Maximo Gomel’s army. The latter's progress has been accompanied with continual ai essions to his forces by volunteers, and he has captured enough horses, rifles and artillery to add immensely to the effective strength of hia men. He has practically carried his bnso of operation with him, and ha* usually countermarched over a wholly different route from that of hi* advance, apparently counting with confidence upon living upon the country a* he went. There is little doubt really felt In Havana that he will get a* much or more sympathy in Pinar del Rio than he did in Santa Clara and Matanzas. and the general fear is now that, after sweeping over Pinnr del Rio, lie will come upon Havana from the west, co-operating iu tin attack with the forces of the insurgent* which have been cast of Havana for several days past. The advance of Gomez beyond Batabano has cut the line of telegraph and cable communication with the eastern part of the island upon which Campo* principally ri lied for directing hi* forces in Santiago de Cuba. Puerto Principe and Santa Clara. The authorities no longer make the slightest concealment of the serious view tiu-j take of the situation, and there are some who do not hesitate to rail at the Spanish generals and the troops and make bitter criticisms of them. There ha* lx en great fear that the light and water supply of the city would lie cut off by a sudden raid of the insurgent forces. Tho idea of the city being left in total darkness for the unseen working of plots ami seditions is itself enough to work u panic in the nervous condition of the public mind. All possible recruit* have been enlisted for the defense of the city, and the available ground about tne city ha* been filled with batteries of artillery, which are manned night and day

INDIANA STATE NEWS. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. An Interesting Bammary of (hr Mora t,„. portant Doing, of <>or Neighbors., w,,,!. din*. eo<i Draths—Crimea. Casuaiugg Oeueral Sew* Notes ot the Mtale. Minor Mtate hew*. Rushville rwblier* even steal watcttatiks. Loaded mine car ran over and killed Marlon Haines at liiazil. Vinetines paper mill* burned. L<,.. SSd,(MU. Insurance, s!'.•,o**. Montgomery County has ten banksmore tluin any other county in the state. John Boyd, a Rockport buy, while tain. perlng with a shot-gun, blow his head () g e A horsu frightened at a freight train near Peru, thu other day, and dropjied dead. Robert Musser of Waverlcy, awoke, Hie other mornitig, and found his wilq dead by hi* side. During the past year in Richmond tliere were 2t>7 death* and XU birtiu 183 male* and 152 female*. Sherman Eastman, of Anderson, in stepping from a motor to a trader, fell between the cars and was killed. Muncie silverware work* will open, next month. Two car loads of machinery are on hand, ready to lie put in the mill*. Since the murder of Mr*. Curtis, at Lafayette. many robberies have Ix-en committed throughout Tippecanoe County. Northern Indiana is being worked by a bicycle “sacker.” He sells on payments, takes $5 cash and never deliver* the good*. Tlie Greencastle Christian Church I ad 185 accessions during tho revival lately conducted by T. IL Boyer, a Che ago evangelist. Chas. Clark of Pendleton, has sued tlie Big Four for SB,OO0 damages for an injury received in a w reck while he wo? a U. 8. mail clerk. Nitro-glycerine was used by robber-to blow open the Orleans poetoffice safe, inner doors were not opened, although drills had bren used on them. Capitalist* are arranging to establish a cracker factory at Muneie. to be outside the trust, and put the product on the market cheaper than it is now sold. At Gilman Tuesday a Lake Erie and Western freight train broke in two and came together with damaging results. A half-dozen cars were smashed. The loss by fire in Richmond the past year was about the lightest in the city’s history. There were 111 alarm* sent in an 1 the total loss was only sl3 786. John Brow n relics, owned by Dan Lizer, of Wabash, were recently sold to James Eldridge, of Hartfonl. Conn., for f.’>l. Relics consist of handcuffs and sword. The Pennsylvania bottle works at Anderson has secured the contract to make whisky bottles for South Carolina. That btatp manages its own liquor business. Clem Blain, a Plymouth druggist, was knocked down anil robl>ed by footpads. He was struck on the head with a coup-ling-pin, and lay insensible several hours. A little daughter of William Walden of Waynetown, set her clothes afire by touching the stove. The flesh of her arms and face dropped off in places. She w ill die. James Palmer, a farmer in Switzerland County, is dead from hurts received in a runaway. He was a soldier in company A. Eighty-fifth Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Bill Scott, who figured in the capture of the Dalton gang, now lives in Kenneth near Logansport. He received ten bullets ami several knife gashes before the gang was caught. The O. B. Rowlett Desk Company of Richmond, has determined to accept the proposition made by the city of Marion, and will remove to that place w.tlan a month or six weeks. Sherman F. Chandler, formerly a Richmond printer, who waa sent to the penitentiary from Hamilton County for shooting at Miss Bird Davis, now ha* friend* interceding in his behalf for a pardon. Harry McDougal of New Albany, engineer on the Airline local freight, was badlv injured near Princeton. Hi* engine was deraib-d ami overturnisl between two stations while running at a high rate of speed. Tlie German Baptist Fire Insurance Company of Wayne. Fayette, ami Union Counties, with headquarters at Hagerstown, began to issue policies last week, witli nearly $!0o.(*)0 worth of property offered to begin with. The English-speaking catholics of Hammond are asking Bishop Rademacher of Fort Wayne, to allow them to have a elmrch for Hiemselve*. The priest approves the division, as well as many of tlie congregation speaking a foreign tongue. Ed Shannon, a convict who escaped from the Prison South. Get. 6. 1893, lias just been captured at New Orleans. He was sent from Terre Haute, March 3, 1892. to serve four years for robliery. Hi- has a reputation as one of tlie worst hotel thieve* in the country. Quakers of Kokomo prepared to give a stereoptlcan lecture based on th 1 ’ career of Calvin Armstrong, now in Michigan City prison. Armstrong “wired” his lawyers to prevent itand thequakers de.-ist-ed. Armstrong was sent up for gamtiling away $43,000 of Tipton County money while lie was deputy treasurer. Governor Matthews ha* granted a pardon to Harry J. Lewis, who wa* sent to tlie Northern I’rison in July, 1891. for two years, for passing a forged check for at the Grand Hotel, Indianapolis. Lewis wa* a stranger in the city, and pleaded guilty to the indictment. Tlie Mayor of Michigan City was well acquainted with him. and interceded with the Governor. Ex-Warden French and the present Warden, Harley, joined in the recommendation for a pardon. He lias made a good prison teeord, and investigation shows that he had a good character before his conviction, and that the cause of the forgery was desperation on account of being among strangers without money. Over 4,’XX) employes in window glass factories of the State will bo thrown out of work. Jan. 11. T. F. Hart, p-- ■ ident of the Western Window-glass Manufacturers’ Association, thinks tlie shut down is be“t for the laborers, a* well as for tho owners, >f the factories. Burt C. Reed, a young man 18 years old, was drowned in the D i Lake, at Fort Wayne, while skating. Tlie ice d 8 away, and before bi* < mpanions could reach him he was undthe ice The body y«s recovered in a liort time. His brother, William Reed, is proprietor of the Hotel Hays, at Warsaw . Deceased * a# attending business college.