Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 40, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 February 1898 — Page 2

feft. MeC. STOOPS, Editor ud Proprietor. FBTKRSBtTRQ. • - INDIANA. Warrant* were issued, on the Id, Tor the arrest of 40 San Francisco drugfista, charged with selling pills nnder counterfeit labels which they knew to be bogus. The German report of England’* backdown in the matter of the open* ing of the Ta-Lien-Wan as a free port fs denied by English, Russian and Chi* nese authorities. Oh the 4th the president sent to the senate the name of Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, now minister, to be ambassadorextraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Russia. Thomas L. Thompson'. ex-United States minister to Brazil, committed suicide at Santa Rosa, Cai., on the 1st, by cutting his throat. Despondency is supposed to have been the cause, Hox. John W. Griggs, late governor of the state of New Jersey, who took the oath of office as attorney-general, on the 81st, entered upon the duties of his new office on the 1st. -Later he atr " tended a cabinet meeting. Since the government removed the bounty from sugar the once-promisiug sorghum industry in Kansas has collapsed. A plant at Fort Scott, which cost 8100,000, was sold to Nebraska parties recently for $9,000. Failures during the week ended February 4, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., were, for the United States, 335, against 311 for the corresponding week of 1697, and for Canada. 39. against 03 for the same week iu 1897. ---— The state department had not, up to the 2d, been informed by Ambassador White of the decree against the importation of American fresh fruit into Germany, and the official statement of the matter was awaited with anxiety. At a mass-meeting in Wichita, Kas., on the 4th, citizens formulated an invitation to President McKinley to visit that city during the Trausmississippi congress next fail. If he accepts. President Diaz of Mexico will be invited to meet him there.

The total export* of raw sugar from Belgium in 1897 was 394,787,616 pounds, of which 134,7*23,208 came to the United States. The exportation of refined sugar was 123,635,234 pounds, ami of this 1,16*2,608. known as pulverized, j came to the United States. Tu^ British steamer Majestic has been chartered to carry ‘23 locomotives and a general cargo from Philadelphia to the Finland government. The locomotives are being shipped by the Baldwin works, and consist of ten passenger and twelve freight engines. Secretary Bliss, on the 3d, sent to the public land committees of the senate and house a bill prepared by Col. Young, the acting superintendent of the Yellowstone national park, for an extension of the limits of that reservation by about 3.000 square miles. The contract has been signed for a nail plant at Guthrie, Okla.,to consist of eight screws, giving a capacity of 120 tons daily. The mill will give employment to from 75 to 103 men, and will be owned and operated by the American Cotton Co., of New York. The Indian office will soon issue advertisements inviting proposals for erectiog 60 miles of barbed-wire* fence along the north line of the Pine Uidge reservation. Si D. The fence is considered necessary to keep out cattle whi^h might otherwise stray into the reservation. Ti* gold production of the Cripple Creek jCol.) district during the mouth of January was, iu round figures, <1,200,000. The dividends declared by 11 mining companies operating there amounted to <146.000. while fully <75,000 more was cleared up by mines under private ownership. On the 2d, the Prussian minister of finance. Dr. Miguel, without warning, j issued a decree, to go into effect immediately, prohibiting the importation of e^ery kind of American fresh fruit. The decree was sent to ail German porta and frontier stations, excepting Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtemburg,

At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Diamond Match Co., in Chicago, on the 'id, the lost to the stock holders of the company through the failure of the Moore liros. and carried as an asset. was was taken from the surplus account. Tub monthly Statement of the bureau of statistics, issued on the 2Slh, allowed that the exports of wheat during the calendar year 1507 aggregated lutf.9dV.32d bushels, a gain of more than 26.000,000 bushels over 1826. and over 44.000,000 bushel* as compared with 1>U&. Wheat flour, however, fell off over 2,000,000 barrels as compared with iss#». A resolution was introduced in the Kew York state senate, on the M, declaring that the state of New York "has been grossly misrepresented by oue of its senator*" (meaning Senator Murphy, who cast his vote for the Teller resolution), “thus aiding in the enunciation of principles •calculated tc foster distrust auddisaster to the financial and business interests of th« state.’' A conference of business men from all parts of the state of Pennsylvania met in Philadelphia on the 2d, under the auspices of the Business Men’s league, aud resolved to request John Wanamaker to become a candidate for the republican nomination for go»eruor as against tbe candidate favored by United States Senator Quay. Vigorous anti-Quay resolutions were adopted. from the books. The amount

rr t 11 n***»^^* FEBRUARY— 1898. Tm. im. Thur. Frl. 8 10 n 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 * ♦ t+ CURRENT TOPICS. TEE HEWS IH BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. lit the senate, on the 31st. the army appropriation bill, carrying 323,243.482. and the legislative. judicial and executive appropriation hill, carrying t2l.fli8.53U. were passed, after which a brief executive session was held. In the house the Teller resolution, declaring the bonds of the United States payable in silver. was debated for five hours and rejected: Ayes, 132; nays. 183. In the senate, on the 1st. nt> business of importance was transacted in the open session. Mr. Clark (rep.. Wyo.). who voted in favor of the Teller resolution, as a matter of personal privilege made a speech defending his vote and claiming that it in no way impugned his republicanism. The Hawaiian treaty was considered in secret session.In the boaae a bill was passed authorizing the secretary of the treasury to purchase a suitable vessel for revenue cutter service 'on the Yukon. At 13:30 the house went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bilL Is the senate, on the 3d, the agricultural appropriation bill was read and the amendments proposed by the committee were agreed to. The greater part of the day was passed in secret session in consideration of the Hawaiian annexation treaty_In the house the District of Columbia appropriation bill was further considered and passed, and the bill to provide ooast defeases for the country was taken up. IN the senate, on the 3d. consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill occupied almost the entire open session. The bill was finally passed, after which a brief executive session was held_,. In the bouse consideration of the fortifications appropriation bill furnished the basis for a protracted political discussion. All attempts to increase the appropriations of the bill or to amend it in any way were voted down. In the senate, on the 4th. speaking to a question of personal privilege. Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, criticised the motives of the author and promoters of the resolution recently passed by the legislature of Kentucky demanding bis resignation as senator. He claimed to be a senator of the whole people of Kentucky with a duty to the whole country, and not a mere agent of {the Kentucky legislature. So business of importance was transacted. An executive session of three hours was held.In the house, it being private bill day. little business was transacted owing to filibustering.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thb month of January closed with nearly 91,000,000 on the right side of the government ledger. To be exact, the receipts for the month exceed the expenditures by $9,'51,0X8,39. Roach's shipyard at Chester. Pa., concluded a contract, on the 1st, to build for the Standard Oil Co. the largest tank ship ever constructed in this country. The ship will be 304 feet in length. 43 feet beam and 23 feet deep and will be built to carry oV. in bulk. The most violent storm known since 18»I swept the shores of Cape Apn, Mass., and vicinity, on the 1st, causing heavy loss of life, and about 5200.0(H) property damage. More than a dozen vessels went ashore near Gloucester, at least four more are lost, and many others damaged. Lester A. Beardsi.ee, rear admiral of the United States uavy, has been retired on account of age. lie was the second ranking officer in the navy, and at the date of his retirement was stationed in Washington as president of the examining and retiring boards. Details received in Constantinople, on the 3d, from Batikesr, Asia Minor, showed that 29 persons were killed and 59 injured by the recent earthquake at that place and in Brusa. The senate, on the 3d, confirmed the nomination of Col. M. L. Ludington, assistant quartermaster general, to be brigadier general. r Qciet negotiations are said to have been going on in the senate for several days, .looking to a sensational combination of the friends of both Hawaii and Cuba, with the object in view of precipitating a crisis on both quesr lions.

A rinfc wuicu uruKC uui iu inciuuuu story of the reclaiming plaut of the United States Bobber Co., at Naugatuck. Conn., on the night of the 1st, practically destroyed the entire plaut. entailing a loss of more than fTuO.UOO; partly insured. Thk Carm^rie-Oliver Mining Co., operating four of the largest iron mines on the Gogebic range, iu Wisconsin, and employing J.JWJ men. has announced an increase lift ten per cent, in the wages of all their employes. Lucy Taylor, the 20-year-old daughter of Walter Taylor, a clerk :n the treasury department in Washington, jumped from a second-story window, on the night of the 1st, and, failing to kill herself, ran. almost nude, through the streets. It was half an hour before she was fonud. during which time her father had hanged himself, lie was cut down and removed to a hospital. Both are likely to recover. A BLOOD-STAINED coat belonging to A. D. Storms, who is charged, at Burlington, la., with murdering Mrs. Kalb burn ami her daughter, was found on the 3*L There was muen feeliug against Storms, but little probability of trouble. A. P. Wjldkb. a prominent railroad man. and superintendent of the Mis souri and Kansas Car Service association, died at Topeka. Kas., on the 3d, from Bright's disease, aged Gd. He was for many ^eiirs car accountant of the Santa Fe. Ai.i. New York is guessing how Cashier William J. Quinlan, Jr., of the Chemical national bank of New York city, came to loan Francis Cato Grable and John S. Silver, promoters. SStf-xiMJ without security and without consulting the director*. The most charitable construction placed upon .the affair is that Quinlan was hypnotised.

;- Ok the 3d, the president nominated Walter S. Viele, of Indiana, to be surveyor of enstoms at the port of Evansville, Ind. Impobtakt information as to the success of tbie Spanish schemes for autonomy in Cuba has been received in Washington. Mr. Atkina of Boston, who is the most, prominent American grower of sugar on the island, has written to Consul General Lee expressing the opinion that there is no immediate prospect of peace. Word reached Great Falla Mont., on the 3d, of a pitched battle between cowboys and cattle thieves west of Glasgow., near the Dakota line. One of the thieves was reported dead, and the cowboys were in pursuit of the other members of the gang, who had crossed into Dakota. The British steamer Channel Queen, plying between Plymouth and the Channel islands, struck on Neir Rocher, off Ujte island of Guernsey, on t^e 1st, keeled over and soon after sank. Nineteen lives are said to have been lost. One of the must important engagements of the present campaign in Cuba was fought recently near Caiman, between the forces under Gen. Luque and the insurgents under Gen. Garcia. The Spanish loss is reported at 150 killed and a large number wounded. At Farmersburg, Ind., Bill Zinch sued Jack Plew for 810,000 damages for alienating Mrs. Zinch's affections. The jury that tried.the case thought the affections were worth just SL. even after hearing 40 witnesses testify. The costs are on Plew, anyway.

The cost to Spain of the Caban war from February. 1805, to the eud of 1697 is officially estimated at S240,000,000 besides tiae arrears due from the Cuban treasury, amounting to S40,000,000. Two iks.BG K exped i tiou S car ry i ug arms and mjun itious for the Cuban insurgents ate reported to hare got safely away from the shores of New Jersey, and are supposed to hare landed eve this oq Cuban soil. Ee-EImpukss Eugenie of France, who has forj some time been a martyr to inflammatory rheumatism, is said to be in such a precarious condition thai the end cap not be far off. D. \V. Bushy head, one of the most promipeut Cherokees, died at Tahlequah, :I. T., on the 4th, of Bright’s disease. lie wus 75 years old, and had in turn filled every office in the nation. He was a member of the recent Dawes commission on the part of the Cherokee nation, and was favorable to negotiations. x\BcjniBAX.n McLaren* was arrested at Cleveland, O., on the 4th, on the charge, of appropriating to his own use $15,000 belonging to the order of Scottish Clans, of which he was treasurer. | The shortage was discovered when John Hill, of St. Louis, was elected to succee d him. Fr4.sk D. Johnson*, William II. John? son abd C. A. Sharp, mauager, cashier and president of the defuuct Midland state bank, were held for trial in the district court at Omaha. Neb., on the 4th, on a charge of fraudulent bankiug. They gave bail in $2,000 each for appearance. Gov. Hastings of Pennsylvania granted a pardon, on the 4th, to exCity Attorney Wm. Moreland, of Pittsburgh, who is serving three years in the western penitentiary for embezzlement. Mr. Moreland’s health is precarious. Tbsain No. 3 on the South Haven & Easton narrow guage railroad, was wrecked at Lawrence, Mich., on the'" 4th, and at least half a dozen person! were injured.

la it. ntwa 11 tms. The senate vras not session on the 5th....In the house, at the opening of the session. Mr. Kouse (rep. . Inti.), chairman of Committee on Elections No. 2, presented a resolution declaring that in the contest betweerf Samuel Hudson and \Ym. McAleer. of Pennsylvania, for a seat in the house, Mr. McAleer is entitled to the seat, \yithout division the resolution and report of the committee was adopted. A bill granting to the Gulf, Colorado &. Santa Fe Railroad Co., the right to construct a branch of its railroad in the Indian territory was passed; also a sen- ! ate bill authorizing the Muskogee Coal & Railway Co. to construct and operate a railroad through the Indian territory. The house then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the fortifications appropriation bill, ! which was passed. j The weekly statement of the New I York city associated banks for the week ended on the 5th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, de- • crease, $827,825: loans, increase, $7,994.100; specie, increase. S995.400: legal tenders. increase*, 51.012.GOO: deposits, in- • crease. $11.343.300: circulation, decrease, 876.300. Under the auspices of the Swedish j National association of Chicago, a serifs of free lectures will be begun in that city the latter part of February. Prominent ministers and professors will be invited to deliver the talks, which will be upon popular subjects and be a source of general benefit. The steamer Queen left Vietorfa. B. C., on the 6th. with over 500 miners for the Y ukon. She was followed, on the 7th. by the Danube, with over 200 more. Over 100 miners' licenses for the Yukon district were issued on the 5th. and almost as many on the 6th. by the collector of customs at Victoria. 1 ! The Winthrop knitting mills at Lake- j port, N. H-, which had bert* closed \ down for several months, resumed 1 operations, on the 7th. on full time. The | company started in with 150 employes | and hopes within a short time to have j another hundred men at work. Reports from all sections of California. received at ban Francisco on the 6th, show general rains throughout the state. It will prove of great benefit and will save the farmers and fruit growers from great loss which the dry season threatened. Extraordinary measures of precaution are being taken in anticipation of the sultan of Turkey's progress through Stamboul, on the 15th, the feast of the Ramadan.

f STATE NEWS ITEMS.

DECLARED IMPURE. the Water Furnished Residents of Shelbjrville, Ind., Unfit for Use. Shelbyviijje, Ind., Jan. SI.—The alarming number of sufferers from typhoid fever in this city the past few months caused a demand to be made several days ago for an analysis of the hydrant water of the city. The water was taken from the mains in five different parts of the city on the dates of January 1#, 20,21, 22,28, and Saturday the secretary of the city board of health received from Dr. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, the result of his analysis, which is alarming. While the secretary does not state that the typhoid germs are contained in the water, he' pronounces it filthy, unfit for use and full of disease. The report of the secretary has caused great alarm among the residents, and Secretary Adams, of the board of health, has carded the public regarding the future use of the water. Another analysis will be made before the water is condemned entirely. FAITH CURISTS Arrested on the Charge of Manslaughter— They Are Alleged to Be the Cause of the Death ofa Woman and Child. Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 81.— Warrants were issued Saturday for the arrest of “Dr." J. L. Stevenson and Samuel Fu1 Ler. leaders of the “Christian Scien tists" in Jackson township, this county, * on the charge of manslaughter. They are held responsible for the deaths of a child of the former and the wife of the latter, both of whom died without receiving medical attention. The “Christian Scientists" do not believe in doctors and say that sickness is nothing more than imagination. Fuller's wife, who died last week of typhoid, did not believe in “Christian Science" and wanted her husband to send for a physician, but he declined and her death w as due to neglect.

t«oing to tne KiouaiKe. Warren. Ind., Jan. 29.—Samuel Jaques, aged 68.‘ of this place, is making preparations to start for Alaska. He is at present engaged in operating the oldest flouring mills erected on the Salamonie river. He hdd been a man of adventure all his life. In 1847 he went to sea in a whaler. After his return he shipped on the whaleship Petrel for another sea voyage, which lasted three j'ears, and also spent another three years in similar pursuit. He has visited many foreign countries, and amongst them the Alaskan shores. He expects to be joined by James Batson and J. E. Adams, of this place. The Joseph Ball Heir* Meet. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29.—One hundred persons who believe themselves to be heirs of Joseph Ball, who died intestate at Philadelphia in 1S21 leaving an estate estimated to be worth §100.000.000, met here Friday. Of those in attendance some have come from Missouri; others are here from Ohio, Kentucky. Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. The bulk of the estate is said to be located in and around Philadelphia. A 99-year lease is: soon to expire on some of the most valuable of the property. Mrs. Riley Get* No Damages. Lebanon. Ind., Jan. 31.—After an hour's deliberation the jury in the case of Mrs. Wal Riley against Thomas Allen for $10,000 damages for killing her husband, foun*l for the defendant. Riley and Allen quarreled over the elopement of their children, and in June, 1896, they met in front of the post oftice and fought a duel. Riley falling with a fatal wound. After the grand jury had investigated the tragedy and • exonerated Allen, Mrs. Riley brought suit for damages. Life Sentence Commuted. New Albany, Ind., Jan. 31.—Gov. Mount has commuted the sentence of Henry Berner, a life convict in the Indiana reformatory, sent from Vincennes in 1878, to a term of 50 years. This was done at the request of the prison board of managers, so that it would hare jurisdiction over the prisoner, and it is thought that at its meeting next month it will issue him a parole. Berner is the oldest prisoner at the reformatory in point of service.

c.uuur «u. Ft. JVay.se, Ind.. Jan. ‘29.—Mr. Clarence Cook, for many years city editor of the Ft. Wayne Sentinel, resigned a few d:\ys since and Friday morning started for the Klondike. He has received an offer to act as secretary of the Henderson Klondike Gold Co., owning large claims in the Ynkon region._. Death of Dr. Theophklas Parrln. Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. SI.—A telegram received here from Philadelphia Saturday announces the death in that city of I>r. Theophilus Parvin. one of the most distinguished, physicians of the country, formerly a citizen of Indianapolis. He had been ill for some weeks and his death was not unexpected. ___ To Save Life. Mrxcic, Ind., Feb. 2.—Thomas H. Hatton, an iron and steel worker of this city, Tuesday received patent papers on a contrivance to stop machinery without stopping the engine. Fifty Years a Locomotive Engineer. Avrora, Ind.. Jan. 29.—George M. Bennett, aged T‘2, the oldest engineer on the road between Cincinnati and St. Louis on the 11 & G. S, W„ sent in his resignation Monday and left on Thursday evening with his wife on an extended visit with his children. He has been on the road 50 years, in which time he has not had a single wreck. RcmIm Clotet the Schools. Fairmocnt, Ind., Feb. 1.—The public schools of this city were closed indefinitely Monday morning by the health officers on account of an epidemic of measles.

| THE KLONDIKE KING, Frank Phiscator, of Baroda, Ind.. Loam for Alaska With a Company «f Pros, pec tor*. New Carlisle, Ind., Feb. 2.—Frank Phiscator, the Klondike king, of Baroda, near this city, who sold his cltaitn for 81,000,000, has left for Alaska with a company of prospectors, Phiscator was in Washington conferring with Secretary of War Alger in regard to explorations ini Alaska. He agreed to accompany a party of explorers in the interests of the government, and they will leave Seattle j March 1 to begin their work. Phis- : cator before leaving said: “The greatest drawback to the coun- '■ try now is the lack of provisions, but j this will soon be overcome, fks I be- ! lieve that a year from now will find ; railroads running to all points in Alaska. “I am taking a number of good, strbng men back with me, and. I will devote the greater part of ray time to the government’s interests.” INDIANA REPUBLICANS Elect a X«w State Committee—Gen. Lew Wallace for United States Senator. Ixdiaxafolis, Ind., Feb. 3.—The republicans of Indiana, thrbuigh their representatives in district conventions, elected a new state committee Tuesday afternoon. The committee ebosen will serve until January, 1909. The new ; committee will meet here next Tuesj day to elect a chairman and make : plans for the coming state campaign. | In several of the districts there were ! mass meetings Monday night for the I purpose of arousing the. party “worki ers." In many of the districts Tuesday resolutions were adopted reaftjrm- ; ipg the party's allegiance to the St. Louis platform, and in the Ninth distriet Gen. Lew Wallace was indorsed* for United States senator. A Policeman Preacher. Logaxsport. Ind.. Feb. &—James Kleckner, a member of the local police force, is also a minister. A few years ago he began a study of the Bible. He j was examined at a conference meeting two jVars ago. earning ;a grade of ; 97 per cent. He preaches in Logansport occasionally, but 4°^ hot care to enter upon active ministerial duties. His knowledge of theological subjects is probably wider and more thorough than that of some ministers in charge of churches. * > Organization Completed. , j New Albany, Ind., Feb. 1—The or ganization of the New Albany Woolen Mills Co., was completed with the election of W. D. Grant, of Louisville, as president; Joseph Sabel, of Louisville, secretary and treasurer, and J. F. Gebhart. of New Albany, general manager. The plant will begin operation at once with nearly five hundred employes. The property originally cost SoOO.OOO, and was recently purchased at sheriff’s sale.

Hartaville College Burned. Coi.i MBt'8, Ind., Feb. 1.—Hartaville college, an institution connected with the United Brethren (radical) church, located at Hartsville, this county, together with the library and museum was burned. It is believed to have been started by an incendiary. The loss is 540,000; insurance 85.000. The college has been in financial difficulties and the building has been unoccupied since last June. Death Reveals a Secret. Madisox, Ind., Feb. 1.—Charles Guess, a prominent young colored man of this city, died suddenly Saturday, and in his pocket was found a certificate of his marriage last September to Miss Rose Hawser, a white woman of Cincinnati. His parents knew nothing of it. They had lived apart, but just before ljis funeral Sunday she telegraphed from Ft. Wayne ito hold the remains until her arrival Monday. Against a Common Communion Cup. Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 2.—A quiet discussion has been going on in religious circles of the advisability of individual communion cups, and now the state board of health has taken the j matter up. approving thie idea. The board will recommend the individual drinking cup at schools. Found Dead in MU Barn. j , Wakakvsa, Ind., Feb. 1.—Joel Snider, aged 60 years, a weailthy farmer living east of this place, was found dead in his barn, his face horribly bruised and lacerated. The supposition is he was kicked by a horse.

Indorsed Judge Marsh. \yixccestek, lad., Feb. L—The- republicans of this county met here Monday and set February _*3 for holding their nominating' election. They indorsed Judge A. O. Marsh for congress from the Eighth district. Contest for Fort Wayne. At'BURX. Ind., Jan. SL—Articles were signed Saturday by AL Treesh oi this city and ‘‘Kid" Cramer of Cinein- | nati for a ten round sparring match. The bout will come off Friday uight at Fort Wayne. Jumped Into the Cistern. ^ Rising Sex, Ind., Feb. 1.—Frederick Carpe. <W, a farmer, *of this county, committed suicide jumping into a cistern. ____ Stabbing nt a Dance. Scixivax. Ind., Feb. 1.—As the result of a fight at a.jlance in the river bottoms, near this eityTMed Lane was stabbed in the lung and will die, and another participant was stabbed several times and his clothing literally cut from his body. Joe Dunning was arrested and gave baiL lie* claims he I did not do the cutting. Chas. Dunning has not been arrested. Fell Dead on Bis Way to Church. Wakabvsa, Ind., Feb. 1.—Sunday ▲lien Wallace, 50 years old, a big land owner, f^lT'Shad while on his way to I church. Heart disease was the cause.

A RESPONSE FROM CUBA. Heartfelt Thanks to Charitable American Citizens. Timely Relief tor the Storvta*-Two Hundred Thousand Caban Corpses Stand Between Spain and Success of Autonomy for Pacification. Washington, Feb. 7.—Hon. Chariest W. Russell, assistant United States attorney in the department of justice, has received the following letter, aeknowledging the receipt of a New York, jj draft mairai to United States Consul ' Barker atvSagua le Grande, Cuba, whose district of Las Villas embraces* Santa Clara, the capital of the province of that name. San Domingo. Remedios. and another city in the same province,, in the eastern part of the island. In explanation of his estimate of the number of deaths from starvation up., to the time of his recent visit—viz. 200,000—Mr. Russell says that he got. that number from the common talk in Cuba. - For instance he asked a Cuban what the insurgents said about accepting the. offer of autonomy, and the answer was. that Spain had put 200,000 corpses between her and them, referring evidently to the reeoneentrados. The letter follows: i “It is with unfeigned pleasure, a*, well as inexpressible gratitude for your valued favor of thev 19th, in transmitting S6$, United States currency, as a. donation to the dispensario. a charitable institution to care for the destitute and sick children of this city, contributed, as you say, by 'certain employes*' of your department. , "I must tell you and the other good souls contributing that the remittance was most timely, as their exchequer- | was empty and, as one remarked 'when this relief was made known, “we had. God and only God, to look to, in orderthat our treasury be replenished. To* God and those charitable Americana are due our thanks." “Mrs. S., of Boston, has notified methat she has sent to nly address a case of condensed milk for the same purpose as also for the ‘Remnants of fami

iica ui iTauitTiurauua iu au uiu *> ai thouse of whom I have heard.' I assume it was you who called her attention to these poor starving outcasts.' After speaking of the good done by Mr. Russell's visit to Cuba, the letter proceeds: "Up to date my district has received nothing of the relief sent? by our people except through your thoughtful remembrance. - "Of course Consul-General Lee has, not, nor will he ever, in my humble judgment, have sufficient contributions. • sent to Havana to share with us, so remote and inaccessible in transporting supplies. In view of this* contributions—like yours—in money, will aid in saving thousands who must die without sustenance and medicine immediately furnished. For instance, this, remittance from the generous employes in your department will provemore beneficial , than ten times that, sum 30 days hence. i "I have certificates signed by the alcaldes of the principal cities and towns in my districts showing that my estimate of 50,000 perishing soula. was under rather than above tlsp mark. "To my mind and to ail Christian people there is but, one, solely one, issue in this Cuban question, viz. destitution and starvation. The status, quo is as when you left—save the destitution grows and the death rate in* creases hourly. "I—not the authorities—have selected and named agents composed of women, as well as men who will distribute all contributions received and renderneeded relief to all the destitute. "Say to the generous people of America who have never turned a deaf earto the cry of the distressed, whether at home or in a foreign land, to send us. food, medicine and clothing for the. sick.”

THEIR MISSION IN CUBA. To Establish the New Regime, Prepare* for the Elections, Etc. Havana, Feb. 7.—Senor Calvaz says, .here is no disagreement among the ministers, nor anything in the nature of a crisis. On the contrary, all the ministers understand their programme and mission, which he sums up as "toestablish the new regime, to prepare for the elections and, to constitute a, chamber of deputies.” Under no conditions, declares SenorCalvaz, is it the mission of members of ^ the cabinet to address the insurgentsofficially, or to negotiate for peace unless they should have a guarantee as to the outcome of their efforts. Nevertheless the members of the cabinet, in. their unofficial capacity, will do all in their power to smooth the path way,and will contribute to all private efforts to* bring about a favorable issue. Senor Calvaz says the cabinet is expecting favorable news from the province of Santa Clara, and assurance that Gen. Maximo Gomez retired across., the trocha into the Camaguey district*, owing to lack of support and "the conflicting opinions that distract the insurgents in eastern Cuba.” Peace will come, he declares, by the “Combined action of arms and-polities,” but it absolutely necessary to demonstrate the efficiency of Spanish arms at. the same time that the' beneficial influence of the new regime are beingmade known. The French eroiser Dubordieu ar* A rived here yesterday. HARD AGRdUND. The American Liner ?«aaUnd .Lahore Near Chester, Pa. Phii.adklphia, Feb, 7.—The American liner Pennland, which sailed from this city for Liverpool with a general cargo valued at S150.0001, ran aground' late yesterday in the shoals below Chester. At high water to-day she waastill hard and fast. Two of the city iee boats attempted to move her this, afternoon, without success. Her position is not dangerous, but should she. fail to float at midnight, it is thought it will be necessary to lighten her.