Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 January 1896 — Page 2

mu ■ ClufiltfGountgfJrmorrat H. MtO. 8T00P8, Editor *ad Priprictor, PETEESBU EG. .... INDIANA. Thk Moskow&kii Viedemoste (Moscow Gazette) urges Germany to curb Great Britain’s aggressive policy in Africa. Thk Pall Mall Gazette is authority for the statement, that Cecil J. Rhodes, ex-premier of Cape CoJotiy, sailed from Cape Town fol England on the 15th. Thk Brazilian government has conchided a contract for the immigration 100,000 foreigners, Italians being excluded from the provisions ol the 1 tract.. I. Emile Locbet, formerly prime _lister of Franc*, minister of the interior and minister of public works, was, on the 16th, elected president of the French senate. A dispatch from Portsmouth, England, cm the 13th, said that the British channel squadron was ready for sea. with provisions on hoard sufficient to last six monthsWbilk a party of young ladies were abating on the river near Decatur, Ipd.. on the 14th, the ice gave way and Miss Elva Rex went under. A tramp plunged in gntf rescued her. | A Oapk Tows dispatch says that President Kruger will demand $5,000 indemnity on behalf of the relatives of e)ach Boer killed in the recent fight Dr. Jamieson's raiders. with

I The leading Russian newspapers are Unanimous in protesting against the establishment of an entente between 1 England and Russia, in regard to 'the Transvaal or any other question. j Thk Salvation Array in New* York is Angry over the recall to England of fommander Balliington Booth. who for tine years has l»een in supreme oomtasd of the Salvation Army in the United States. . Fhaxcis Marion Drake was inaugurated governor of Iowa in the rotfmda of the eapitol building in Des Moines. * on the 16th. in the presence of thousands of spectators and both branches Of the general assembly. The London Times says that the admiralty has invited the princi pat-pri-vate ship-building firms to tender bids for ten third-class cruisers, to be worn- * pleted in one year, the armament tube wholly of quick-firing guns. Faiia kes for the week ended on the 17th, as reported by R. G. Dun A Co., were: For the United States. 3&5. as against 373 for the corresponding week last year; and for Canaria. 81, against At the polls, on the 15th. the electors Of Manitoba declared almost unanimously against interference^ by the Dominion with her school laws, and | ex-I’remier Green way's'administration j was Indorsed by a good majority. On the eharge that he traveled on a pass and collected mileage from the territory. Gov. Thornton of New Mexico. on the 14th. summarily removed Col. Richard Hudson, of Silver City, as » member of the penitentiary board. Tuk senate committee on naval affairs has decided to hold the hearings on the Chandler resolution to investigate certain matters in connection with armor plate and other alleged frauds in the navy, behind closed doors. _ I‘resident Crespo has appointed Rafael lleijas. La urea no Villa, Neuva Julten. Viso March and An to trio Salzo ft commission to search the libraries in Venezftela for old data regarding the Guiana boundary, in order to assist the United States commission. When.Chaplain Couden of the house of representatives in his • opening prayer, on the J7th. asked for Ue success of the Cubans in their stniggle for liberty, there was a lively outburst ©f handclapping all over the floor—an s unusual if not unprecedented occurrence. For entering and starting the mare •‘Bethel” on German tracks, under the name of “Nellie Kneebs," Robert T. Kneebs. an American horseman, has been sentenced at Berlin to nine months' imprisonment and td pay a fine of 5,000 mirks. The mare was also seized and forfeited. •

The establishment of a national military park on the battle fields in and a round Vicksburg, M iss.. is the purpose of a bill soon to be introduced in the house of representatives. The proposed park will cover an extent of territory one-eighth of a mile wide by six miles in length, lying loathe east and north of the city. r'‘ Ik the hotly-contested fight before the Democratic national committee in Washington, on1 the 16th, Chicago won the prize of the national convention, which it was decided *to hold in that city on July 7 next. The decision was reached on the twenty-ninth ballot, which resulted: Chicago, 26; St. Louis, 14. and Cincinnati. 1. -f---— f “Witbik five days yb® may look for some very important action by this government respecting Cuba," said a gentleman who was at the White House, on the 15th. He added that the president and Secretary Oiney were giving consideration to this matter, and that both felt the time for recognition of the revolutionists was close at hand. A dispatch from Havana to Madrid, cm the 16th, said that the rebels had ahut off all means of communication with the interior except by the short railroad from Havana to Tarianas. The telegraph wires were all cut and the railway tracks torn up, and the only means of official communication with the outlying provinces was by means of steamship.

CUEEENT TOPICS. THE HEWS H BRIEF. UV. CONGRESS. (Tint Simlow ) IK the senate. on the 13th, Senator Morgan (den.. Ala.) spoke two hours on the free silver substitute for the house bond Mil. ▲ concurrent resolution empowering and directing the president of the United States to receive a deputation front the Cuban revolutionists and to extend belligerent recognition to them, offered by Mr. Kyle (pop., S. D.) was referred to the committee on foreign relations.In the house, it being the second Monday in the month. District of Columbia business was taken up and two bins of local interest were passed. The pension appropriation Mil carrying 3141 .325J20. 160.000 less than the last bill, was taken up in committee of the whole. lx the senate, on the 14th. two bills, a railroad and a private pension bill, were passed. The latter bill provoked an unusually interesting debate, which was followed by a prepared speech on the house bond Mil and the free silver substitute by Mr. Butler (pop. X. G|._In the bouse four hours was occupied in the debate on the general appropriation bill, the feature of which was the philippic of Mr. Cummings idem.. X. Y ) against the policy of : the pension bureau. The military academy appropriation bill wsa reported aad placed oa the calendar. „ Is the senate, on the I&th. two long speeches were delivered against the further issue of United States bonds and in favor of the j use of silver money, by Messrs. Mills (tfem., | Tex.) and Peffer (pop. Kas ). A Joint reso- , lution was introduced by Mr. Pugh (dem.. ] Ala.) declaring all government bonds payable. | principal and interest, at the pleasure of the | government, in standard silver dollars..In { the house the reuerable ex-speaker, Galusha j A. Grow, delivered an earnest protest against j the encroachments of the head of the execu- | tive department upon the prerogatives of the j house. Most of the session was devoted to a j discussion of the pension appropriation bill, j tbe administration of the pension bureau being j severely criticised. Ix the senate, on the ttSth. a resolution was offered by Mr. Sewalt (yep . X. J.) condemning : the course of tbe president in the Venezuelan j boundary dispute, anddeeiaring that the Moa- I roe doctrine, as originally Intended, was not j involved in the dispute. - A resolution , was j agreed to calling on the secretary of state for | information regarding the alleged detention j by the JTurk.'h government of American citi- i sens ...In the house bills were passed to print J 3.000. copies of a compilation of the customs t law. and authorizing the leasing of school and j educational lands in Arizona General debate * on the pension appropriation bill was conclud- J ed. The death of ex-Congressmaa Cogswell, j of Massachusetts, was announced, the usual j resolutions adopted, and. as a further mark of j respect, the house adjourned. Th* senate was not in session on the 17th.... j In the house the general pension appropriation ; bill for the year ending June 30, IS87. was con- j stdered under the tive minute rule and passed. ; A message was received from the president ; asking prompt legislation to enable the attor- j ne;,--general to prosecute litigation in reference j to the granting of patents to lgnd lying within ; forfeited railroad grants, Th© Invocation in the chaplain s prayer that this government do j what it can to aid in securing liberty to the Cu- j bans was followed by a wave of applause.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Chaxcf.li.ob Vox Hohexlohe, on b? h*alf of tfie king’, opened the Prussian hjmdtag, on the 15th, without any special ceremony. Two hundred members of the body were present, St. Maky's Catholic church at Anderson. Ind.. which cost $50,000 and is the third finest in the state, was damaged by fire to the amount of $-.500 on the 14th. United States Consul-General DeKay, at lh'rlin, reports to the state de- ■ partmenUthat he has secured an allotment of r&om in the international art exhibition, to be held in Berlin from j May-to October next. ,|or American artists, and-a promise from the presi-, dent of the exhibition committee that American artists shall have the same privileges as artists in London and Paris. Surc. Charletox of the reform school for ljoys at Plainfield. Ind.,on the 15th, notified Secretary Metcalf of the state board of health, asking that the institution be placed under quarantine immediately. as scarlet fever had broken out among \he boys. The disease, he says, '. as communicated through a letter received by one of the boys. Near Jacques'store, south of Fort Holmes. 50 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, Qkla., on the 15th, a vigilance committee, composed of farmers and ranchmen,, captured and hanged three desperadoes—Tom Foley, a man known as Wild Horse and t half-breed Choctaw named Marina. John J. Banning an. general manager of the United States Rubber Co., gave orders, on the. 15th, for the indefinite closing of the United States Rubber Cp.*s works at Millville, 1L, I. The order went into immediate effect, and 1,000 men were thrown out of work. Prof. James Bryce, who has just returned from a trip to South Africa, in addressing the Edinburgh chamber of commerce, on the J5th. said that there was no doubt that Masluma'and and Matabe leland would prove to be wealthy, but railways were necessary to develop them. t It is learned that the German kaiser will grant amnesty to a large number of political ^Tenders now serving sentence in German prisons. It is believed that nearly all the editors and socialists who have lately been convicted and sentenced for lese majeste will be released at the quarter centennial of

the birth of the empire. A gams of Italian counterfeiters were arrested la New York eitj or£ the 15th. Among them were Xicolo Tolanto, the alleged chief of the mafia in the United States, and {Frank Lfigeroglia, said to have been born in the king's , palace in staly. They showed fight, * but were disarmed. Thf, announcement was made, on the 16th. that the liabilities of Kenn. Sntterlee A Co., leather dealers and importers, of Philadelphia, who failed recently, will reach, if they do not exceed $4,000,000. A sKXSATtox was created In St. Johns, N. F., on the 16th, by a statement in the official organ of the government that 1.000 families irj St. John's were without food, fuel or clothing./ Bill Dqdlix, the notorions train robber and outlaw, leader of one of the worst gangs of desperadoes that ever infested the southwest, was taken to Guthrie, Okla., on the 17th, by his captor, United States Deputy-Marshal Tilgham. and lodged in the federal jaUi Two thousand people assembled at the Santa Fa station to aaa tin outlaw.

■J. •• !" Tn dispatch boat Dolphin Is do ing good service in ranking an seen* rate surrey of the gulf of Amatique, where some uncharted sand bars had been touched during the past year by American steamers running regularly to Puerto Barrios, the Atlantic terminal of the Guatemala railway.^ A decision was reached, on the 16th, to hold the. next national convention of the W. C. T. 0. at San Francisco. Invitations were received from Seattle, Portland, Ore.; Portland, Me.; Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chattanooga and Nashville. Mrs. B. Sturtevant, of San Jose, the president of the northern California .district, will be the hostess of the convention. Misses Minnie and Flora, aged IS years, twin daughters of James Davenport, of Lafayette, Ind., died, on the 16th, near the same hour, of typhoid fever. During their lives they had never been separated from each other over night. Nat Goodwin is going to make a tour of Australia and India. Contracts j have been signed which hind him to sail from San Francisco on June 81 next, at the conclusion of his engagement in that city. The secretary of the interior has issued an order disbarring from practice before the department, for violation of the pension laws, Day id B. \ Davis, of Thorn town. Ind. The Society of the Army of the ' Tennessee has taken up the matter of the erection of some sortof a monument j in Washington city to commemorate the life and fame of Gen. U. S. Grant. The correspondent of the London 1 Times at Adigrat expresses the opinion that the fate of the Italian garrison at Fort Makalen is sealed unless they are able to capture and retain a well held by the Abyssinia ns.— No oxE%will be appointed at present to succeed Sir Charles Tupper as Canadian high commissioner in London. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper was offered the position but declined it. The Spanish cabinet, on the 17th, unanimously decided to supersede Gen.

.Marline* ue campos ana ms lieutenant, Gen. Arderius. Gen. Marin will assume temporary command in Cuba, but it is understood that Gen. Polavieja, who has a reputation for vindictive cruelty, will be sent to take supreme command. a Pretoria dispatch of the 17th says tnat the government and burghers will resist any for*m of foreign protection either upon the part of Great Britain or any other country. It was also stated that Dr. Jamieson and the other prisoners with him would be released unconditionally. The disagreement between the copastors of the First Presbyterian church at Washington, D. C., Key. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage and Rev. Adolos Allen, has been settled bv the church calling for Mr. Allen's resignation. Dr. Talmage will now preach twice Sundays. Ex-President Harrison authorizes the announcement that he and Mrs. Dimmiek are engaged to be married, and that the marriage will not take place until after Lent. , Ex-Congressman Frank LawLer, of Chicago, died suddenly of heart disease on the 17th. He had spent the night before at a ball given for the benefit of the poor of his ward, in which he was a leading spirit. At the time of his death he was a member bf the Chicago common council. The London Graphic editoriallj asks: “Why not make the Monroe doctrine the subject of a formal treaty between England and America? Such a treaty would facilitate the settlement of future disputes.” LATE NEWS ITEMS. A Washington dispatch of the 19th says that the recognition of Caban belligerency is imminent, ii having been learned that Spain and Great Britain are in negotiation for the transfer of the island of Cuba to the latter. The weekly statement of the associated banks of Xeiv York city for the week ended on the 18th showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $5,162,450; loans, decrease, $4,350,200; specie, increase. $2.22-!.200; legal, tenders. increase, $3,181,900: deposits, increase, $1,135,000; circulation, decrease, $79,200. Gen. Valerixo Weyler has accepted the appointment of the governorship of Cuba, and is slated to sail for the island oh the 24th. Gen. Suarez Valdez has been appointed second in command. Gen. Weyler, it is -said, will adopt a severe policy with the insurgents.

It was reported from latlahassee, Fla., on the night of the 19th, that Gov. Mitchell, at the request of the 1 war department in Washington, had ordered Adjt.-Gen. Houston to see that the Florida 9 militia be placed in readiness to take the field at a moment's notice. Rkak-Ai»«»ul Belkxap (retiredi is quoted as saving, on the lUth, that he | had received advices from London | which convinced him that the British | flying squadron is coming to American ? waters and that war is imminent. Advices from Abyssinia sav that the | Shoans who are surrounding MakaHe are drawing their lines closer. The | beseiged Italians are well provisioned. but it is feared that their supply of | water may become exhausted; | The consensus of opinion in Madrid is that the superseding of Gen. Mar* j tinez Campos in command of the Spanj ish forces in Cuba will greatly improve | the situation there. The prince of Wales has accepted an I invitation to visit the czar at St. | Petersburg in May, He will go thence j to Moscow, where the cornation of the i czar takes place. The Washington city jury in the case of the recalcitrant sugar witness. Broker Elverton R. Chapman* of New York, returned a verdict, on the 18th, of guilty. | Bishop A. G. Hatgood, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, died at his home in Oxford, Gu., an the morning of the 19th, from paralysis. The people's party national committee, in session at St. Louis, on the 18th, derided to hold the national convention Louis July 32

INDIANA STATE NEWS. At Rushville, John Perry Parrish, a large land owner, made an assignment to Cashier Irvin, of the Farmer's bank, the other day. Liabilities, $13,000; assets. $12,000. Box. John* P. Carr died at Brookston of heart failure while sitting with his family in the parlor. He was aged TO. He served two terms in the Indiana legislature. The explosion of a gasoline can in the barber shop of Thompson & Stansberry, Franklin, destroyed the shop and badly burned Thompson and Stansberry, the proprietors, and WiLlard Matthews and George Nolan, cns- j tomers. Wabash county is rapidly becoming an inviting field for oil prospectors. | Two or three thousand acres of land in Liberty township hare been leased for this purpose lately, and Daniel Gift and M. &. Brane, in Lagro township, leased to a new operator named Craig. Mr. C^aig is after other farms in the vicinity. Liebei.t Bros., stationers, of South Bend, confessed judgment for about $3,000 in favor of John L. Keusport. Matters were adjusted and the store reopened, but it has been closed again by creditors, who have begu a replevin suits. Mrs. Williamson, of Elv ood, who went there from Kokomo tome time ago, attempted to commit suicide by taking poison the other night. The fact was discovered in time 1o save her life. She gave no reason for the attempt She has one child and her relatives reside in'Howard com tty.* The Kokomo plant of the plate glass combine resumed operation: in all departments the other morning after a close-down of three weeks oh the order of General Superintendent George F. Neal, who is here from Pittsburgh. Mr. Neal has resigned his position, to take effect February 2. It is understood that each of the nine factories will be controlled by local managers hereafter.

JOHN jurime yer, a gardener, was instantly killed by a street car ar Terre Haute. He started to drive across the track near the fair grounds, wheu the car struck the horse and buggy. He was thrown a considerable distance, and his neck broken. The horse was also killed. At Franklin Miss Mary Jones was badly burned while lighting a fire with coal. oil. She will probably recover, but will be scarred for life. The Terre Haute Post of the Travelers’ Protective association and business men dt tfiat city, are beg : nning to organize for the work of entertaining the national convention of the T. P. A., which will be held there in the spring. Leaxder S. Joxes, a farmer, near Scottsburg, filed deeds o: assignment to Wm. M. Comer. Liabilities about $2,b00; assets $1,500. t Miss Mary Farm, of South Bend, has just been reunited with her sister, Mrs. Baird, of Kansas City, Mo, whom she has not seen for many years. Capt. J. D. Flakes, of Greencastle, attempted to kindle a f re .with kerosene the other day at d was badly burned on his hand«tt nd face. He lost a flowing set of whiskers which he had worn for 36 years in nemory of an oath taken during the Liacoln-Douglas campaign, in I860. The firm of A. H. Gillespie & Co., Elwood, dealers in fruil of all kinds. • has failed and closed its doors the other day. What is thought to be the strongest gas well itr the state w is struck east of Tipton- It is the pi operty of the Eastern Oil Co. The p ressure is 375 pounds to the inch, and t is so strong that the men have been unable so control it. Abner Koonz, aged TO, died the other morning at his home, near Wabash. Mr. Koonz was oie of the oldest and mo4t prominent residents of Wabash* county, haring gone to the county nearly a half century ago. There occurred in Henry county the other day the funeral of one of the county’s most famous citizens, £ol. A. R. A. Thompson- He died recently at his country home after it short illness, of pneumonia. CoL Thompson, at the time af his death, was paying larger taxes than any other ciitizen in the county, with the neat sum of $250,000 securely invested. He was a prominent mason and the funeral services were conducted by that body. The following is,the new democratic state central committee: First district, John W. Spencer. Evansvi lie: Second, Parks M. Martin, Spencer; Third, Richard H. Willett, Leavenwor :h; Fourth, Joel Matlock, Brownstown: Fifth, Frank A. Horner, Brazil:. Sixth, K. M. Hord, Sheibyville; Seventh, Tom Taggart,.' Indianapolis; Eighth, J. J. Net

tervme, Anuerson: Amin. n. ti. jonnston. Crawfordsville: Tenth, Wm. H. Blackstock. Lafayette; Eleventh, Rufus Magee, Logangport; .Twelfth,Thos. | H. Marshall, Columbia City; Thirteenth, Peter T. Kruyer. Plymouth. * Charles Hikes, a young farmer of Boone county, was caught in a cornhnsker and his arm badly crushed. Louisa Dill, of Knigktstown, who took concentrated lye the other day with suicidal intent, died the next i evening. At Plainfield, Calvin Rash, while I feeding a corn-husking machine for | Isaac Palmer, had hialeft hand caught. and it - wgs so badly lacerated and torn I that it ishelieved amputation will be ' necesa*ry- | Miss Luct Purviakck. of Hunting* | ton, accidentally thrust a curling iron into her ere^destrojing the sight. | James RH0.VD, Charles Yocum and ! Sam Chanclfter. all of Vincennes,'were again arrested there upon warrants returned by the grand jury for com* plicity in the Latta mnrder in thatjcity last May. Tatlob Case, a well-known resident of Matthews, is constantly under surveillance to prevent him from injuring himself and others. He was in excellent health until a few cays ago, when hie mind became impair -d cm the rah* jeet of religion. Sine then he hat periods of frenzy.

- .. . EX-CONSUL DELAPLAIN xaek.n Qu»tloa-ne Benont of Sir Own-tea Ctmeroa Lcm on Indication that tike British An Not Going to Back Down an Inch In Tcmwnla Wh,:eun6, W. Va., Jan. 2ty-The News yesterday contained an interview with Louis Springer Delaplain, of this city, ex-consul to Demerara, who discussed recent pbtses of the Venezuelan controversy. Mr. Delaplain says in part: “The removal of Sir Charles Cameron Lees is to my mind • an indication that the British are not going to back down an inch in their position. I knew Mr. Lees while in Demerara. He was not aggressive enough to suit,the tastes of the home government. He was entirely too tame, and I iinagine the new governor is a much stronger i and more aggressive man, who will j obey the behests of the government at j any cost and adopt a policy in har-1 mony with England’s land-grabbing, plans.” -Referring to the commission of the flying squadron by the British and the report that it is coming to western waters, Mr. Delaplain said: ): “It is said that the squadron is going to the Bermudas. If it does it will be a direct and unmistakable menace against the United States. The natural harbor of an English fleet in western waters is at Barbadoes. If

it goes there it will imply a direct threat to Venezuela. Only hostility to the' United States would take a squadron to the Bermudas, for they are not a rendezvous or never have been, and have not even a coaling station. Furtherfore, the Bermudas are. within two days ofXewYork. On the other hand, the Bar^adoes are recognized as a stragetieal point to protect British interests in the West Indies,, and would be a natural rendezvous. A fleet there would be only 150 miles from If)emerara, and dOO from Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.” In discussing the plans of the British in South America. Mr. Delaplain asserts that England does not only wants the portion of Venezuefa in dispute; but the whole territory included in Brazilian and French Guiana with the possible exception of that owned bt Holland. ___ __ PEACEFUL VENEZUELANS. While Americans Talk of War, They Par sae the Even Tenor of Their Way. New York, Jan. 20.—C. Marxen-Er-ase, who arrived in New York Saturday by the steamer Philadelphia from Venezuela, where he represents the large commercial interests .of Flint. Eddy A Co., was interviewed yesterday. Mr. Marzen-Eraso stated that the reports published in the newspapers here as to the warlike spirit and excitement in Venezuela were grossly exaggerated. He had been traveling for the last two months over a large portion of Venezuela from Ciudad Bolivar to the capital, and he was impressed every where with the absence of anything like bravado and the prevailing feeling among Venezuelans that the pending questions would ultimately be -settled without war. Nobody in Venezuela seems to believe in war. and there is no inclination on the pert of the authorities or of the people to precipitate an issue. The country: is prosperous, and business is progressing in its usual channels without any disturbance. Mr. Marxen-Erazo, in conclusion, said that nothing but positive aggression on the part of England could bring about war. CHIEF CLARENCE To be Invited to Return to Bluefletds—Th« Strike on the Panama Canal. Colon, Jan. 20.—It is reported here that the Mosquito Indians, including Chief Andrew llendy, will invite Chief Clarence to return to the Mosquito territory. Chief Clarence was deposed by the Nicaraguans, in H804 and-sub-sequently went to, Jamaica where it was said' he was in receipt of a pension from the British government Great Britain refused to recognize the new Nicaraguan government that was set up at Bluefields after the deposition of Chief Clarence, and out of this grew the troubles that resulted in Great Britain sending a squadron to Coriihio to enforce the payment of the indemnity demanded by thaT nation for the expulsion of t^u» British viceconsul at Bluefields. Chief Hendy was appointed as the successor of Chief Clarence. The strike among the laborers on the Panama canal continues. < - a A dispatch from l^pgota states tha t martial law has been proclaimed in the province of Barranquilla, state of Bolivar.

APARTMENT HOUSES BURNED. Two Costly Structure*. One of Then Scarcely Completed, Go Up In Smoke. Chicago, Jan. 3a—Two of the finest apartment houses on the South Side were destroyed by fire last evening'. The buildings were owned by Lincoln Brooks and "located at the southwest corner of Wabash avenue and Thirty* sixth street. The . one on the cornet | contained 40 apartments and was unoccupied, being just about completed. The building next door and just south : on the avenue was filled with tenants i | and contained over 30 apartments. Both of the buildings are a total j loss, which will reach §300,000. ! The fire started in the corner build- j ing on the fifth floor, through the fall* j ing of the salamanders which were bo | ing used to dry plastering. THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA. King MeaeUk Makes Overture* for Peace Which are Revolved with 1)1*trust. I Rohe, Jan. £0.—A dispatch from i Massowah yesterday afternoon states1 that the situation at Makalle, the Italian position which the Abyssinians hate been trying for some time to capture, is unchanged. It is reported that Menelek, king of the Abyssinian*, has offered to treat for. peace It is allegedthat he offers that the Italians will not be harmed if thev abandon the fortress at Makalle and retreat.

__■ GEN. CAMPOS DEPOSED. The Chaa^e KflMted with Lew Exrite* ■Met Thu vm Feared—Gen. Collate Owh la Washington-Fleeing froze Havana tor Sahty-BeriiroattM of the Hake of Tetu&n. the Spanish Forets* Minister—Gen. Cttapot' SaoceMor. Havana, Jan. 19, via Key West, Fla., Jan. 20.—Gen. Marinofficially received the officers of the army, navy and prominent citizens in tha?paiace yesterday. Gen. Campos was present most of the time. The change caused less excitement than was expected. Merchants, planters, Spanish residents and others loyal to Spain are satisfied now that effective measures will be taken. The Caban sympathizers of the rebels fear the return of the bloody practices of the last war. Polavieja, |}ie new captain general, has a record for severity and Panolosis similar. Marin is regarded as humane. The Cabans regret the departure of Campos. His campaign was most humane. He would not confiscate prop- V erty and granted amnesty upon the surrender of the rebels. He treated, suspects leniently, especially Americans. The retirement of Campos is the result of agitation among the* merchants of the produce exchange. The Cubans say the removal of Campos, Spain's ablest general, is & great, victory and will convince the world thali a'genuine revolution is in pro-, gress. They hope it will aid in obtaining recognition for the belligerents at Washington. Gen. Callsto Garcia In Conference with Caban Delegates in Washington. Washington, Jan. 20.— Gen. Calisto Garcia, who commanded' the Cuban, revolutionises in their last war, lasting from 1868 to 18?S, is,in this city conferrin - with the Cuban delegates. * Palma and Quesada. upon the inauguration of new matters concerning the insurgent policy, which are expected to give a decided additional impetus to that cause. It is the impression that. Gen. Garcia will again become active in the military movements of the revolutionists, but nothing as to hiscourse is vet determined. Fleeing from Havana for Sa Key West, Fla., Jan. 20.—Martinez Campos leaves Havana to-day for Spain. 'i * S. Solomon & Son, large tobacco exporters were arrested while oa board the steamer bound for New York. The Olivette was crowded with passengers last night. The Morgan line boat is expected this morning with nearly three hundred residents of Havana, fleeing for safety. ■. ■ - j Resignation of the Spanish Foreign .Uln* inter. . i Madrid, Jan. 20.—Owing to differences with his colleagues the duke of Tetuan. minister of foreign affairs, has tendered his resignation to the queen regent, who has accepted it. He will* be succeeded by Senor Guayen.

Geo. Campos' Successor. Madrid, Jan. 20.—It is officially stated here that the government has. appointed Gen. Weykr to succeed Gen. Campos in Cuba. He will sail from Barcelona for Havana on January 25. .A,'. ■_;_ . '■:r Appointed Second Jn Command. I. Madrid, Jan. 20.—Gen. Suarez Valdez, has been appointed second in command under Gen. Weyler. Tetuao'i Sacrewor Takes the Oath. Washington, Jan. 20.--Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister, received notice last night that Senator Elduauei/, the new Spanish minister^ of foreign affairs, whose title is Mar- 1 quis Del Paso de la Merced, had taken ■- the oath of office and entered upon th* discharge of his duties. The minister's advices yesterday from Cuba jvere to the effect that only’ minor engagements between the insurgents hnd royal troops had occurred in the past day or two, none of them being of importance. " CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS

Making Arrangements for the Interna* t tonal Con Ten Hon In 'Washington. Washington, Jan. 20.—The fourth annual session of the societies of Christian Endeavor closed this afternoon with an overflowing mass meet*in£ in Central hall. The hall committee has made cone tracts for the erection of three mammouth tents. A joint resolution was- \ recently introduced in the senate and house, the purport of which is to grant the society" permission to- use the ‘ White House lot, south of the executive mansion, for the, purpose of the closing international convention, and if this joint resolution is passed, the convention tents will be pitched there. DEATH OF DEERFOOT, The Famoaa Indian I.oug-Distance Kaoner. - , Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 20.—“Deerfoot,” the famous Indian long-distanco runner, died on the Cattaraguas reavation Saturday. His proper name was Louis Bennett, the name “Deerfoot” being given him for his prowess, in running. He was born on the reservation in 1888. In 1861 he went to England where he .defeated the English champion runners. In 1863 he returned to this country and- took part in races in New York and Chicago, defeating all comers. Deer foot’s great* est reeord was made in London, where he ran ten miles in 52 minutes. AN ATFCC&US DEED. A Husband Arrested Charged with Attempting to llura His Wife to Death. Tkknton, N. J., Jau. 20.—James Collins. an employe at 8. K. Wilson’s woolen mill and living on Wilson street, was arrested yesterday on a charge of atrocious assault on his. wife, who rah out of the house yesterday afternoon with her clothing on fire. Neighbors asserted that Collinshad poured kerosene oil on her dresa and then ignited it. She was severely burned and lies in a precarious condir tion at St. Francis’ hoscitsL ' I