Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 30 March 1896 — Page 1

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VOL. II. NO. 109

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GREENFIELD, INDIANA MONDAY EVENING MARCH 30 1896

PINAR DEL RIO TAKEN

Cubans Capture a Strongheld of the (Spaniards.

THE TOWN WAS DESTROYED.

There Was a Desperate Fight and Many Men on Both Sides Were Killed and Wounded—It Was the American Artilleryman Who Decided the Battle.

Weyler Trying to Suppress the News. NEW YORK, March 80.—A special ca­

ble dispatoh !b The Journal from HaTonarfays: .... Pin$tfdel Rio has fallen. The stronghold of the Spanish army in the westera part of the island was taken by the insurgents Saturday. There was a desperate fight, and many men on both sides are killed and wounded.

Only the meager news of the battle has been received in. Havana, and t|ie details dan not at this moment be attained. What news has been received was sent to the captain general by the officer in oharge of the garrison at Pinar del Rio, aft^er h$s troops had been utterly routed and while thfe insurgents were applying the torch to the oity.

be obtained there is the confirmation of the story that there was a fight. The Spanish officials will not state the result of the battle, nor have they furnished the local papers with an official note of it. This in itself is sufficient to confirm the report of Spanish defeat, for the authorities never lose any time in giving out the coinplete details of victories for their side. The Cuban sympathizers have received information from the scene of battle. The report made to them states that General Antonio Maceo and Calixto Garoia were command of the rebel forces.

The hot fighting was done by the American artillerymen, who came to Cuba on the Bermuda filibustering expedition for the express purpose of working the Hotchkiss and Gatling guns brought on the steamer.

Without the assistance of the Americans, Pinar del Rio would not fallen. It was only their deadly fire sent into the town by the Gatling and Hotchkiss guns that saved the day for the insurgents.

Pinar del Rio is situated about twothirds of the distance across the island at the north, and in the extreme western province, It was a city of some 20,000 inhabitants, and the Spanish had relied upon it to afford them a. base for operations in Pinar del Rio duiihg the rainy season.

The Spanish garrison consisted of 4,000 men, and the attacking force had fully 9,000 men besides the sharpshooters and other skilled men of war, who came on the Bermuda.

Following his usual policy, General Maceo did not hold the town. He simply destroyed it and then passed out to some other j^ace.

Exactly wnere he is at present is not known. The Spanish troops in the province of Pinar del Rio are now without a refuge from the rains, malaria and yellow fever which sweep over that part of the island during the rainy season, and which are so fatal to those who are not acclimated.

It is predicted that if the war extends far into the rainy season that yellow fever will carry off the Spanish troops in groups.

The news of the fall of the city was brought into Havana by mounted couriers. They must have ridden for their lives to get here as they did, for the scene of action is close to 100 miles from this city.

SLEW MATABELES.

Bxplorer Selous Headed Volunteers in a Victorious Battle. CAPE TOWN, March 30.—Dispatches

received here from Buluwayo announce that Frederick O. Selous, the explorer, who left that town Friday at the head of a strong detachment of volunteers and police, has met and engaged the enemy, killing a large number. Five troopers were killed. The prompt action of the authorities has had a bad effect upon the rebellious Matabeles, who did not expect to be attacked for some time to come.

The Matabeles have burned a large store, about 40 miles from Buluawyo, and executed a medicine dance around die flames. The transport riders are abandoning their wagons in all directions, and are hurrying into the towns, where armed men are gathering for defense and fbi. active operations against the rebels Many fiendish murders have been reported, and the settlers are terror-stricken. In nearly all cas^s they have abandoned.' their homes and are encamped in laagers, while awaiting to be rescued by the mounted police and volunteers. Others have placed their houses in a state of defense, and have determined to fight it out until assistance reaches them.

The gravity of the situation has not been exaggerated, although it is still hoped that the promptness of the authorities in commencing operations against the Matabeles may reisult in checking the spiead of the rebellion.

Fears are entertained for the safety of a party of about 1,000 settlers, mainly women and children, who are in the laager, in tho vicinity of which a strong force of Ma abeles has been reportedThe settlers have only sufficient provisions to last them a short time.

Another American Flag Burned. BARCELO* A, March 30.—This city had

the anti-American demonstration yesterday which has been a regular feature of the Sunuay festivities for severed weeks past. The throngs of promenaders who listened to the band concert displayed a lively enthusiasm when the band playec patriotic airs and their

guraing

atriotism took the form of publioly ah American flag. No further disturbance, howejro,.occurred..

FORECAST OF CONGRESS. What Will Probably Be Done in the Senate and House This Week.

WASHINGTON, March 30.—The present arrangement in the senate is to dispose of the bill providing for a settlement of the accounts between the state of Arkansas and the United States the first thing this week. It is doubtful, however, whether further time will be given the bill if it is not out Of the way When the adjournment hour is reached tonight. It is expected that the postofflce appropriation Mil will be reported from |h* appropriation^ commfftef during the clay, and if it, should hi thg £$sjpsitionfe that it

Will

be taken up in the

senate Tuesday and passed as Sbon as possible. Senator Mitchell says thai he will. the seiia,fe,to ana

-ye.edvri$i $1$ consider?

atiofi tif the Dupoiui) election "case 'after today, providing, appropriation bil^s £o not stand fo tlte way, «en^|6i-. Q^orge already TUB given notice of a speech on this question and will be heard among others when the question is again taken up-

Thgre prob^Jriy will be no. prolonged debatfe over tbte postoffice bill unless upon the fast mail subsidies and it will, in allliklihood be disposed of in two or three days time. The appropriations committee hope to have the Indian and Naval appropriations. bill ready to report by the last of the week.

If there should be any time between the disposition of the postoffice bill and

1 j. 1 .1 l_ Vilv UiOWBAUUU UX IUC uuovwimw V1AA nuu

At the palace absolutely nothing has jje reporting of these two bills the calbeen given out, and the most that can endar affords plenty of material to. work upon. Senator Cannon's resolution directing the opening of the Uncompangre

Indian reservation in Utah, which created such an animated debate a few days since, will become the unfinished business after the Arkansas bill. The foreign relations committee is anxious to get up the bill to prevent the extermination of the Alaskan seals as soon as possible and it may be pressed to the front durir the week.

Program of the House.

WASHINGTON, March 30.—The Sundry civil appropriation bill probably will consume the major portion of the time of the house this week and, by many, it is considered doubtful whether it will have been disposed of when the house adjourns next Saturday. The bill will precipitate the general opposition of the Democratic side because of the fact alhave ready pointed out that for all continuing

work now under contract (river and harbor and public building work) tLe I bill carries appropriations for only eight months. This is an entirely new departure and will bring up a general discussion of appriations all along the line.

In addition to this the bill carries $29,000,000, over $11,000,000 less than the estimates. In the odds and ends which make up .th^ sundry qivil bill members are personally interested, and where the committee has declined to recommend in accordance with the estimates the members interested can be relied upon to push their opposition to extremes.

It is the intention of Chairman Hitt of the foreign affairs committee to call up the conft rence report on the Cuban resolutions as soon as the sundry civil bill is out of the way. It is not thought that the adoption of the report will encounter much antagonism. If Mr. Hitt were so disposed he could call up the report any time and move its adoption under suspension of the rules, but it is more likely that the report will be held in abeyance and the sundry civil bill be given the right of way. The leaders of the house are bending all their efforts to hasten the appropriation bills in order to effect an early final adjournment. The river and harbor bill is the next appropriation bill in order after the sundry civil.

SECRET TR-ATV.

Details of the Arrangement ..iaJe JJetween Russia and China. SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. The

North China Daily News prints what is said to be a translation of a secret treaty entered into between Russia and China. The treaty allows Russia to use any of the harbors along the coast of China, to mobilize fleets therein, buy coal and supplies, recruit forces in Chinese terri tory, buy horses, hire coolies, etc. Russia is to have the use of Port Arthur as a winter harbor, but if complications With other powers should arise Russia may use any other pprtg on the coast, of Kiang Su and Che Kiang. In return, Russia is to help China in case of war with other powers. Russia will be permitted to build a branch of the Siberian railway through Manchuria,

The line is to be controlled jointly for 15 years by China and Russia. At the end of that time China is to be allowed to purchase Russia's share of the branch road. In order to protect this road Russia will be allowed to hold one of the islands near Talien Hawan. Russia will also be allowed to fortify points on Chinese territory opposite Vladivostock. If Russia and Japan should come to blows Russia is given permission to attack the western frontiers of Corea by way of the Yalu river. China will open her markets to the sale of Russian goods, and Russia will land several hundred officers to drill about 100,000 Chinese troops. This treaty is taken seriously by the Chinese papers, and is believed to be authentic.

Turkish Minister Not Recalled. WASHINGTON, March 30.—Mavroyeni

Bey, the Turkish minister, who, it was stated had been recalled because of the sympathy of the government with the Armenians, officially denies the report. The minister makes public the following telegram on the subject received by him yesterday from the' Turkish minister of foreign affairs: "The news telegraphed to the London Times regarding the Turkish legation of 'Washington, being false, you may contradict it."

Breaker Burned.

SOBANTON, Pa., March 30.—Johnson breaker No. 1, at Priceburg, owned by

SKoo

O. S. Johnson and others, "was totally /ably fatal wound. Cochran was Burdestroyed by fire Saturday night, the I funded at his House by heighbora and eriffin of which is unknown

FIRE IS A TENEMENT

Four People Killed and Others Badly Hurt.

Two

NARROW ESCAPE OF OTHERS.

Three of the Dead Were Suffocated in the Burning Building Wj^ile the Fourth One Received Fatal Injuried When Jumping

From a Third-Story Window—Firemen Hurt by a Falling Wall. NEW YORK, March 30.—Four people

were killed and two injured in afire which started early Sunday morning in the 8-^tory business and tenement building, 374 Hudson street. The dead are:

ThomasMalloy, 23 years old, a fireman oh the steamship St. Louis, suffocated.

Archibald Grogan, 35 years old, waiter, suffooated. Mary McMahon, single, 32 years old, suffocated.

Margaret Ryan, 60 years old, single, died on the way to the hospital from injuries received by jumping from a window.

The injured ?ire: Kate Higgins, 85 years old, leg fractured by falling.

Edward Walsh, 29 years old, foreman, internally hurt by falling from a ladder.

The burned building is one of a row of three-story structures owned by the Trinity church corporation. The ground floor is occupied by John H. Eggers, a dealer in confectioners' supplies and the two upper floors were occupied by several families as dwellings. The second floor, immediately over the confectioner's quarters was occupied for the most part by the family of Thomas McManus. The McManus family consists of Mr. and Mrs. McManus, two sons and two daughters. Twelve of the rooms on that floor are used by the family of Mr. McManus, while throe room in the rear portion of the floor were occupied by a Mr. and Mrs. McMahon and the young man Malloy the steamship Iceman, who was boarding with them. On the third floor were a number of families.

It was in the apartments of the McManus family that the fire originated, so far as the police and firemen are able to determine. Nicholas McManus, one of the sons, who slept in one of the back rooms of the suite, was awakened by the smell of smoke. He turned in an alarm and awakened the tenants. It was apparent that the lives of many were in danger, for the smoke had permeated every part of the house and the flames were burning briskly. All of the McManuses were able to make their way down the stairs to the street before exit in that direction was cut off by the flames. Nicholas McManus succeeded in helping several of the people out by leading them down the stairs through the blinding smoke in the hallway.

It was amgng the tenants on the top floor that the chief danger lay. Some of them ran to the roof and escaped in that direction, but others sought to get down by the stairway.

Miss Margaret Ryan and Miss Kate Higgins, one of the household, on being awakened, ran to the front windows the third floor where they lived. T1 firemen had already arrived and ladders had been placed in the front side of the house to help to take out the tenants whose lives were in danger. On one of these ladders was foreman Walsh. As he was ascending, a burst of flame and smoke shot out of one of the windows and he was sent reeling to the street. As Walsh fell, Miss Ryan leaped from the window to the sidewalk and Miss Higgins, apparently partly overcome by the smoke in the rooms above fell to the ground at almost the same time.

An ambulance was sent for, but Miss Ryan was unconscious when placed in the conveyance and died before the hospital was reached. Walsh was taken to the hospital &t the same time. He is badly, but probably not dangerously hurt.

After the flames had been extinguished, a search of the building was made and the bodies of Thomas Malloy, Archibald Grogan and Mary McMahon were found. All of the persons found dead had been suffocated before they were able to escape.

HOw the fire originated can not be determined until a thorough investigation is made. The property loss will not exceed $15,000.

NO MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE. Four Hundred Italians Will Be Deported Back to Italy.

NEW YORK, March 30.—At least 400 of the 2,000 Italian immigrants who were landed on Ellis island on Sunday and Monday will be deported, as they have not the means to subsist upon for 30 days. The law requires each immigrant to have at least $30, or to have some relative in America before he is admitted.

Commissioner Senner attributes the large migration of Italians to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, to which most Italian peasants are averse. They do not wish to be drafted into the army and so to avoid becoming conscripts they emigrate. In many instances they have sold their household effects in order to raise their passage money. Of the vast number of Italian immigrants now on Ellis island but a veiy small proportion are ticketed through to railroad towns.

Shot on the Highway.

WASHINGTON, Ind., March 30.—Frank Bowers and Mason Cochran, two farmers living three miles north of here, quarreled the other day over an old grudge. Saturday afternoon, about 4 o'olock, the two men met in the road, arfd, without a word of warning. Cochr&n emptied both barrels of a shotgun fnto Bowers' abdomen, inflicting a prob-

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IOWA LAUNCHED.

Uncle Sam's Most Powerful Fighting Vessel Now Afloat. PHILADELPHIA, March 30.—The battleship Iowa was launch from Cramns* shipyard at 1:14 o'clock Saturday af^ernoon. When she slipped from hlMr cradle and dipped her virgin keel in thp waters of the Delaware, Uncle Samfe new navy received the most powerful fighting vessel afloat.

THK BATTLUHIF IOWA.

There has never been a more sucoi ful launch. Federal, state and muni pal governments were represented high dignitaries. Miss Mary Lori Drake, daughter of the governor Iowa, named the big naval baby. bottle she broke on its great iron pro contain^ chajgapgtgne, and h$t water some pro]hibition|jwapt& used.

Officially the Iowa isl&Hrn as going Battleship No. 1, distinguishing her from coastline battleships like thfr Indiana, Massachusetts ana Oregon. Virtually she is a floating fort—a terrific engine of destruction. She is 860 feet long, 72 feet 2 inches wide, ami when roaming the aeas will be suiyfc about 25 feet in the water. This mean® that 11,410 tons of water will have (o move when she decides to go on an excursion, as that amount is her reckoned displacement. Here are some of her other statistics: Normal coal supply, 625 tons total coal capaoity, bunkers filled, 1,780 tons maximum indicated horsepower contract, 11,000 speed ijl knots contract, 16 complement of officers and crew, 490.

In the matter of giving punishment the Iowa will surely be a terror. At each end of the main deck rise great revolving turrets, made of 14-inch armor plates. These turrets aro supported,, and revolve inside a barbette base of 15inch armor, and each one is located a pair of rifled guns with a bore 12 inches in diameter. These are the great guns, and can hurl accurately steel pointed shot weighing nearly 1,000 pounds a matter of seven miles or so.

These guns consume at each shot about 300 pounds of powder, of a kind that looks like huge prismatic lumps or egg coal. They are fired by electricity, and so nice is the mechanism by which they are controlled that they may be almost as readily aimed as a sporting rifle. These guns can be trained ovejr either side, and the forward ones dead ahead, or the after pair dead aft, thus sweeping the seam any direction.

The deckhouse, as it might be called, of the Iowa is really a heavily armored fortress, and at each of its four corners are barbettes of 8-inch armor, on whichturn the turrets, 5 1-2 inches thick. In each of these turrets is a pair of guns of eight inches diameter, a type conceded to be about the most effective kind and size of guns made. They hurl lighter projectiles than the great guns, but with al: aost as much force, and aro easily handled and quickly fired.

Incidentally the ship carries six 4-inch rifles, no mean guns, by tho way, in a close fight, and 22 rapid-fire and machine guns. The great beam of the ship, which must give lier stability in any kind of weather, will enable her to fight this tremendous battery, entire, in any sort of a sea

The Iowa contract was awarded to the Cramps on Feb. 11, 1893, the price being $3,010,000. She is guaranteed to speed 16 knots an hour, and for each quarter knot additional the builders will get $50,000.

CHICAGO TRUNK MYSTERY.

Three Cases of Men Who Have Disappeared Near Salt Lake City Reported. CHICAGO, March 30.—The mystery of

the body fqund in the box by Carl Haas and Philip Gness, at Austin, Thursday afternoon, yet remains unsolved. Three! cases of men who have disappeared iju^ the west, in or near Salt Lake Oiiy,^ have been reported to the authorities, but there seems to be no way of determining the identity of the body. The cases are: ..

Oliver Pike, disappeared at Seattle^ Wash., three years ago. An Englishman employed on a rancli near Salt Lake City, three years ago.

Joanes Prosper Chazal, disappeared at Salt Lake City, three years ago. If the friends of either the unknown Englishman or Oliver Pike succeed in^ identifying the body at the morgue by a scrap of hair and a set of teeth, they will accomplish wonders, for these are the only things they have to go by. The rest of the body is past identifies*tion.

Mrs. Theodore Mosliler told Deputy Coroner McNally the story of Oliver Pike's disappearance. She said he wqfe at Seattle, Wash., at the time. His mother is Mrs. William Hawes, and:# lives at Fayette, Fulton county Mrs. Mosher is a close friend of the

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ily' and had known young Pike for as number of years. She said also the aft* ?-:,i scription of the body, as regards size, weight, hair, teeth and age, were those of Pike. He had been injured in lifp and wore a truss. He always had plenty of money, site said.

The inquest at the morguo Saturday afternoon resulted in nothing. After considerable testimony had been heard it was adjourned to Tuesday afternoon fe at 2 o'clock.

Preparing For the Trial*

CINCINNATI, March 30.—All who aio

interested in the prosecution of the For£ Thomas murder case are busy getting" the evidence in shape for the trial of Jackson, which will begin on Tuesday^ April 7I Will Wood, it is underfetoodj has agreed to tell all he knows, and will be an important witness for the. state. The lawyers for the defense are, not idle, either, but are preparing to light the cases in the courts to the utmost. It is claimed that they contemplate making the serious charge against the prosecution that- it has been rehearsing with its witnesses the testimony they are to give at the trials and will havfe theM w^ess?*' tqctinK^ ir^ed out.

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