Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — Page 2

AWFUL BUTOHERY.

Spanish Wflttftrtta, Otecged wtth Kfltteg »Biiri—*flrttiiitn ' .—... No Mgrer »ow» to Ttuf •*> MH ; Ito**tak RmMtewt* Mtast-Ok* flf■nfl|<*n4n Wlo ta* R**p*r«OM If* Stas. '■; ._■ _ "1 • 1 ' Washington. Feta. M. flsm*tar Morgen Mw«y received <ta* Mtowteg tele, from flfttnp*. Fta-: tai Gratae, atetfa taffss fM*a the tadMftrft* at Harana, «*itaterfley, VSarwwf 2S, at 2t30 tfdtaA lie -taßwagMtaa wtfonfl from the tow*. At Hr »’«b«k 300 Spcretah soldiers e*rt«r*t, mutating »u-cMn-battaste to tbs awmlaar «fl M. among M hos »sa ti|fr«ia*d*. tini wao aiok frtea, a bop «* I* and aa «M man at 73. The vMrtten of yonag wa* duly ’preheated through th* prate** of Spanish residents. Fifteen ianooeat aoabombktante hav* been takes to Meriono for trial. This news has been received through letters from reliable parties, and sfarce conftnned by witnesses who haveju*C arrived from the scene of the butchery. A Ftght ta the HIIU. Havana, Feb. 29.—Gen. Linares reports that the rebels in the hills near Fan Gabriel, In the province of Havana, opened fire on his column. The troops dislodged the enemy, causing them a loss of 12 dead on the field. Neighbors say that others were carried away. The troops lost one killed and eight wounded. *- An Important Battle. Havana, Feb 29.—The details of the battle at Palo Prieto, between Santa Clara end Placets, about February 20, have arrived. The result is considered more important than the battles of Persie jo, Coliseo or Laacacaoa Serafin Sanches commanded the Cubans and Gen. Palanco the Spanish. The outcome was the greatest triumph the Cubans ever had, the Spanish loss being 700. Gen. Palanco was severely wounded, and his horse is now in the possession of Quintin Bandera. Tn their flight many Spaniards threw themselves into the river. The Spaniards attacked a small detachment of scouts, who soon overtook the main body. and after a short fight the fearful machette charge was made, prostrating hundreds of Spaniards beneath their terrific onslaught. The severe Spanish losses are attributed greatly to the panic which ensued when “charge with machette” was ordered.

BOILER EXPLODER.

It Wreck* Building*, Kill* Five Men and Wound* Other*. li ' Lewisburg, W. Va., Feb. 29.—A boiler belonging to W. H. Overholt at Frankfort, Greenbrier county, W. Va., exploded at noon Friday. The machinery and house are a total wreck. Five men were killed and five or six others seriously injured. The killed are: Bam Livesay, Kell Livesay, Woodson Ransbarger, Clouney Kershner and Mr. Dunbar, all of this county. The names of the wounded have not been learned. Two or three of them, it is said, cannot live. • ft : 2 i .

American Schooner Boarded.

Boston, Feb. 29.—The Boston threemasted schooner Navarino came into port with a cargo of sugar from Manzanillo, Cuba. The vessel was stopped in Cuban waters by a Spanish gunboat, losing a great deal of valuable time, and First Mate Pritchard, who was -seen, is fighting mad over the matter, which he considers an outrage.

Clare Barton Wins.

Constantinople, Feb. 29, -An imperial trade has been issued permitting Miss Clara Barton, president of the Ameri can Red Cross society, and her representatives to travel in Anatolia and distribute relief to sufferers there. United States Minister Terrell accompanied Miss Barton and her party to Selamlik.

High Water in New England.

Boston, March' 2.—The loss caused by th* 48 hours' rain in New England is beyond estimate, but computation of reports received from all accessible places shows over $2,000,000 damage. All railroads are tied up, wires are generally down and travel in nearly every direction is suspended.

A High-Priced Hog.

Springfield, Hl., Feb. 28.—At an auction sale of hogs at the fair grounds one sow was sold for $651. The seller was G. G. Council, of Williamsville, and rthe purchaser was M. C. Ellis, of Terry, Miss. This is said to be the highest price ever paid for a single hog at an auction sale.

Kills Wife and Himself.

Blue Earth City, Minn., Feb. 28. Moritz Firky, a wealthy farmer residing four miles east of this city, murdered his wife and committed suicide □Thursday morning.

Died While Bathing.

St. Louis, Feb. 28. Gen. Madison Miller, a retired army officer, aged 87, died suddenly in the bathroom of his 'residence, No. 4842 Maffi't avenue, Thursday, of apoplexy. £>. Took a Handful of Morphine Pill*. Cedar Rapids, la., Feb. 29.—Mrs. Robert Harman, aged 25, after a quarrel with her husband, took a handful of Sorphine pills and died after nine mrs of agony.

Denied the Ballot.

Des Moines, la., Feb. 29.—The senate Friday, by a vote of 49 to 44, defeated ifienator Funk’s resolution to give women the right to vote at all elections.

Population of Dayton.

Dayton, Feb. 28.—The census reIfurns give this city a population of 85,pOO, not including the soldiers' home, 6,000, and outlying suburbs.

Brothers Lynched.

Convent, La., March 2. —Paul Frances land Gilbert Frances were taken from Jail here and lynched by a mob for attempting to rob a store.

No Days of Grace in Ohio.

-1 Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 28. —There will be jno more days of grace in Ohio, the governor having signed the law.

CUBANS UPHELD.

Recognition c/t the Insurgents Is Ffivorod by Gkmgress. ■he lAdff BMI Defeated la the SenateImportant Mtauares Considered la Cbe Hearn Dally Summary, at Vrniiesrttnga Washington, Feb. 25. —A bill granting a pension of SIOO a month to the widow of the late Walter Q. Gresham was passed in the senate yesterday. Senator Morgan spoke in favor of recog uUiTtg Cuban belligerency. Washington, Feb. 2G. —Senator Mor ■HI offered a resolution in the senate yesterday to take ftp the tariff bill, but it was defeated by a vote of 33 to 22. After the announcement of the vote Senator Morrill stated that he would make no further attempt to get up the bill; that it was hopelessly defeated, and it was perfectly obvious that the republican party was in a minority in the senate. Senator Sherman said the bill did not belong to any party. ’ Its on(y merit was to furnish $40,000,003 additional to the revenues of the government. It was a bill to provide for on occasion. He declared that it was a disgrace to the country and to civilization that the government of the United States was now spending $30,000,000 e year beyond its income. The Cuban question was taken up, and Senators Morgan, Lodge, Stewart and Call spoke m favor of recognising Cuban belligerency. Washington, Feb. 27.—1 n the senate yesterday Senator Allen (Neb.) offered a substitute? for the pending Cuban resolution. It authorizes and requests the president to issue a proclamation recognising the independence of the republic of Cuba. Senator Carter (Mont.) in speaking on the tariff bill charged the republicans in the senate and house with deserting the republican national platform on both the tariff and money questions, and with taking their orders from the white house, where a democratic president is in command. He said he believed that the protection of American industries was necessary to American prosperity, but the free coinage of silver

was equally Msetrtial and -the two would hereafter go hand in hand. Washington, Feb. 28. —The cause of Cuban independence had strong advocacy and . support in the senate yesterday in a speech delivered by Senator Vest (dem., Mo.). He spoke of Spain aa a toothless old wolf, sitting at the door of the cava of the despotism and grinning at the procession of free republics; denounced the declaration of l Capt. Gen. Weyler, and asked whether the senate should sit silent and dumb while the Cubans were butchered into subjection to the Spanish queen. “If we do,” he exclaimed, “God will curse us." The army appropriation bill, carrying, $23,279,000, was passed. Washington, Feb. 29. —By a vote ot 64 to 6 the senate yesterday put on record its viewsand policy in relation to the existing revolution in Cuba by passing the ' following resolutions: "Resolved. By the senate (the house of representatives concurring), that In the opinion of congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in th* ports and territories of the United States. , “Resolved,' further. That the friendly offices of the United States should be offered by the president to the Spanish government for the recognition of independence of Cuba." After agreeing to the conference re. port on the pension appropriation bill the senate adjourned until Monday. THE HOUSE. Bill* Introduced and Petitions and Resolutions Presented. Washington, Feb. 25. —In the house yesterday it was decided by a vote of 93 to 64 that none of the appropriations in the Indian appropriation bill for Indian schools should go for sectarian schools. A bill was introduced to take from the free list of the tariff bill silver bullion, silver coins and silver ores, and making them dutiable at 50 per cent, ad valorem. Washington, Feb. 26. —The Indian appropriation bill was passed in the house yesterday and resolutions were reported from the foreign affairs committee censuring Ambassador Bayard for por„p«ehes he dcitveTed in- England.

Washington, Feb. 27. —In the house yesterday a bill was introduced for the erection of a national mint at Chicago. The Van Horn-Tarsney contested election case from the Kansas City (Mo.) district occupied most of the session. Washington, Feb. 28.—Resolutions were presented in the house yesterday declaring it to be the sense of congress that a state of war exists in Cuba; that the insurgents be given the right of belligerents, and that it is the sense of congress that the government of the United States use its influence to stop the war, if necessary, by intervention, and pledging the support of congress. After debate the vote on the resolutions was postponed one day. John C. Tarsney (dem.), from the Fifth Missouri district, was unseated, and his opponent, Robert T.- Van Horn (rep.), was seated. Washington,- F-eb..-20. The conference report on the general pension appropriation bill was presented and passed in the house yesterday. It was decided tp act upon the Cuban resolution on Monday. The legislative ap propriation bill was considered. The speaker presented the president’s veto of the bill to lease certain lands in Arizona for educational purposes." - Washington, March 2.—ln th<* house on Saturday the bill authorizing the governor and local officers of Arizona to lease the educational lands of the territory, for school purposes, which was t etoed by the president, was passed over the veto by a vote of 193 to 38. Most of the day was consumed in the consideration of the legislative appropriation bill.

This nitmsoge direcuxl thutipaunr* >u>aister to inform the United State, gov-, eviuneut that Spain wits exerting all her power io amply protect the United btates legation and consulates, and that he could give assurances that they would be protected from auy harm. Also that Americans visiting ar, residing in Spain would be made safe fromthe attacks of mobs and other riotous assemblages. The communication from the Spanish minister is eouebed in pleasant and friendly terms, ami reiterates on his own behalf assurances of his government that no outrages should be perpetrated on Americans in Spain.

STATE OF TRADE.

Tks Haatses* SltasUnn Shews No Material Im pro vemanfc ■ ■ \ New York. Feb, 29.—1 L 0. Dm * Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: “In sems quartern busmess gains at the west, rather than aS the east, but there la no general change for the better, although hopefulness still aredonsfsfes, Foreign affairs grow mors paeUlo, public opinion turns more resolutely toward sound money, but the want ot oulßoleat demand for the products of great Industries still retards actual Improvement. Strikes of some Importaaeo la aarmeat staking and kindred lines affoot trade so Chleage and Baltimore. but there see fewer labor difficulties then usual, aa nrlstisg ooodltlena warn wage-earners that controversies at thl» time ere unwise, frpsswtattve markets show little Ufa, Tfts velums of business does aot improve, BaohaagM through the principal stearin* houses shew l>.f per cent, gain over foot yeas, but ths month's comparison with IfM is ths stafr tsotruotlve-one. And shows a doors*ss of »f for February. "Wheat has tai* • flight toward, affvaaciog *U cents lev each sad 2% tor May, with rueaoeo of f* rotes etugUeo as the only bask. Kettasaua of Wheat la farmers' hands are lower tbea tag* year, but still indicate, with vtatbto Mtooha a Supply much bogoort yr»had* i aoeffo, OoOOea has been weaker. With ealrf fttar reoetpta, the Important deoMao la goods Imviag much Inflaeooe. Ths price ft mlddlfag uplands derived • Het sea th. cad preparation for a targe Is ere ess erf owiepi so etfft reported. The amtfost for taostrfto go eta todteappolntiftg. Wist— adifo are reaetvtag oonslderabto ooMtosa for BPedh bet business for the fotnre does abt HMod. The feature tn the Iran nsactoot boa been the targe demand fa Woomrtt and coat pipe. Largo orders for stmetusoi word she received at Chicago and eapeoted at Itas east, as building plans hrs nanauefly targe, but sheets sell Mluafo aad ratio veig MtNb. "fexporta offlomaMde products from New Teak for three weMtta show a rfafn of W per eeat, ever taut year, while imports tn the same time soaroeiy Increase, ftut export bate are diminishing rapidly at this sooMon, white later imports naturally come in succeeding months, and many security bills have to be mot in the near future. It is therefore beHeved by many that gold exports are not for off. "Failures jn three weeks of February show Itabttttiec ot »0,»B,»38, against $«.- 523,08 s last yeas, and tU,480,413 in 1894. Failures for the week have been 278 in the United States, against 208 last year, and 68 tn Canada, against 8t last year.”

ASSASSIN BURNS

BwlMlnc ta Whteh * Would-Be Murderer I* Correted la rtred. Jefferson, Wis., Feb. 29.—L. M. Smith, secretary, treasurer and suixrintendent Of the Wisconsin Manufacturing company, was shot Friday night and fatally wounded by an unknown man. Officers pursuing theassasslu surrounded him in the fnetory, »nd after shots were exchanged, the building t. as fired and the plant and the assassin were consumed together.

A Sudden Call.

Newton, Mass., Feb. '2B.—Charles L. Colby, of New York, and formerly president of the Wisconsin Central Railroad company, is dead. He had been invited to address the 25th anniversary of the Woman’s Baptist Foreign Missionary society at Newton Center Wednesday evening and was ascending the platform when he was stricken with heart trouble, dying almost immediately. He was about 50 years of age.

Immense Cost to Spain.

Madrid, Feb. 29.--The papers here publish some curious statistics as to the cost of the Cuban war. Nearly 118,000 men have been sent to the island and the cost of the rebellion has already amounted to £10,000,000 ($50,000,090), and for the second year it will exceed £15,000,000 ($75,000,000.) Capt. Gen. Weyler reports that it will take at least twq years to crush the rebellion.

Booth to Form a New Army.

New York, March 2. —The Wov,d says that Ballington Booth is making plaps for an independent American Sa’vatlon Army, of which he and his wife will be the leaders. He announced the decision to start such a movement Saturday, but it will be several weeks before he can tell just on what lines the work will lie. undertaken.

Lord Dunraven Expelled.

New York, Feb. 28.—At an adjourned session of the annual meeting of the New York Yacht club Thursday night with 48 yacht owners present and about 600 members crowding into the clubhouse, Lord Dunraven was expelled from membership in the club by a vote of 39 to L

Can't Use the Mails.

Washington, Feb. 27. —Attorney-Gen-eral Harmon has submitted to Postmas-ter-General Wilson a decision to the effect that the numerous bond and investment schemes conducted throughout the country are lotteries and not entitled to the privileges of the mails.

Died in Prison.

Utica, N. Y„ Feb. 28. —Fred Bristol, one of the four boys indicted for murder in the first degree for wrecking a New Y’ork Central express train near Rome December 19, 1895, died of consumption in Utica jail Thursday night.

Died Suddenly.

Worcester, Mass., March 2. —William M. Rice died suddenly at his home in thhs city of heart failure, aged 70 years. He was a member of congress from 1876 to 1884.

Wants Damages.

Mitchell, S. March 2—Editor McBride, whose office here was wrecked by citizens, has commenced suit against 48 residents, damages being placed at $25,000.

Killed His Mother.

Long Island City, L. 1., March 2. Michael Kraemer shot and killed his aged mother because she asked him to let liquor alone, and then killed himself.

MINOR News ITEMS.

War the WaeK fltadtaff ffareSi X.An entire budfcess toiook at Hal lias; N. S.. wax bunuft, tim loss being iZSfI,OM. Dr. W. Godfrey Hqnter (rep.) witfafrom the senatorial contest tai Kentucky. The Massachusetts republican state convention has been called to meet in Boston March 27. A deficit of over 250,000 marks ft ns discovered in the Savings bank of Herr Lysabbel at Berlin. It was announced that Mr. Wiliams, tonsul-general of the United States to Cuba, had resigned. ;*. Rev. AUen Tlg>mjg>son died ac Bordentown, N. J. He was born in New Jersey oa May 21,1796. Republicans of the Seventh district of Missouri renominated J. P. Tracy, ot Springfield, for congress. / The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway was sold at Akron, to the Hrie railway for $10,000,000. K. R. Hayes, who represented the Seventh lowa district in congress in 1890 and 1891, died at Knoxville, i Melville Kennedy (colored) was lynched by a mob at Windsor, S. C., for alleged assault on a young woman. Two children of Howard Allen, near Shanghai, Ind., were roasted to death In their home where they had been left alone. Advices from Washington say that horseless inail wagons will soon be used in all the large citiea of the United States. s - : Kansas democrats will hold their stato xionvnntion at Topek* on June 3 to elect delegates to the national convention. William R. Smith, who was elected to congress from Alabama in 1851 and served three terms, diedin Washington, aged 81 years. A tornado passed through the towns of Rodas and Los Abreus in Cuba, doing an immense amouht of damage and causing the loss of several lives. Thomas Jones, a widower with five children, angered because Mrs. Annie Muzz, of Denver, would notinarry him. shot her fatally and killed himself.

The Sentence Stands.

Chicago, Feb. 28. —Judge Grosscup refused yesterday to modify the sentence in the case of Joseph Dunlop, convicted of sending improper matter through the mails, and the two years' imprisonment in a penitentiary and the fine of $2,000 will stand. At the expiration of 15 days Mr. Dunlop will enter upon his term of wearing stripes unless the pardoning power of the president of the United States intervenes.

Crime of a Lover In Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 29.—Edward Peters, aged 19, and Flora Lar big, aged 17, were found dead Friday forenoon in the basement »f 350 West Fourteenth street, where Peters had lived. Both were shot through the head, and had been dead since Thursday evening. Peters . had been despondent because he was out of work and because Miss Larbig, who lived with her parents at 128 Brown street, would not marry him.

Dealers in Sporting Goods Fail.

Chicago, March 2. —The Thorsen & Cassady company, dealers in sporting goods, made an assignment Saturday. [ The assets are placed at $200,000 and 1 the liabilities at $160,000. The failure i was precipitated by a suit of the Buffalo Wheel company for $12,000. The ' cause of the failure is said to be too sharp competition and poor collections.

Three Killed.

Irwin, Pa., March 2.—Christiana Grieves, aged 19 years; Mary C.erk, 18 years of age, and Thomas Garland. 23 years old, were run down by a locomotive and instantly killed at S> afton. one mile east of here, at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night. They were walking along the railroad tracks on their way home from a concert

In Bayard’s Hands.

London, Feb. 29. —United States Ambassador Bayard has received a copy of the British case in the Venezuela dispute, prepared by Sir Edward Pollock, professor of jurisprudence at Oxford university. Mr. Bayard was given the document in strict confidence, and will mail it to the state department in Washington at once.

Deepest Sounding on Record.

London, Feb. 29. —The British war ship I enguin, while engaged in making deep-sea soundings between Tonga and New Zealand, got bottom at 5,155 fathoms. The deepest sounding ever before made was by the American war ship 1 uscarora off the northeast coast of Japan, when bottom was reached at 4,655 fathoms.

Deadly Gasoline.

Eureka, S. D., Feb. 28. —A gasolinestove explosion Thursday caused the destruction of Frank B. Puckett’s house and the loss of three lives. The dead are: Mrs. Frank Puckett, Hattie, aged seven years, and Clarence, aged four years. The servant girl saved the baby. Mr. Puckett was away from home.

Victim No. 4.

Chicago, March 2. —Another member of the Stuenkel family, living three miles northeast of Monee, in Will county, Hl., died on Saturday morning from asphyxiation, making four now dead, with the other four in a dangerous condition. The last one is William Stuehkel, 16 years old.

Buried in Sand.

Berlin, Feb. 28.—Alarming reports have reached here from Buda-Pesthof the most terrific sandstorms that have ever occurred in northwestern Hungary. Many villages were completely covered under the sand, and the dead in many of the villages reached into the hundreds. -\

Victim of Mixed Drinks.

Cedar Rapids, la., Feb. 29/—John Rudafter a night’s rounding with politicians, fell unconscious in an alley. He was carried to his home, and after a short time died, a victim of mixed drinks.

SPAIN IS ANGRY

The Aottdo *ff Qongreaa Arousfts a Bitter Feeling. , A Mob aS BSwttoaa Dtahonare to* liaar taoA fllog Fh« Consulate StoArd - Asngrfo Apology WUI Be Bequlred. 4 ' —— Bareoiaaa, March 2.—The fever of indigdhtioa aud hat* against the United State* whioh seems to have taken possession of the heart of all over ths aotioa of th* United State* senate in recognizing the provistenal government of Cuba aa belligerents, and in calling upon President Cleveland to use his good offices with Spain to secure th* Independence of Cuba, culminated in violent scenes her* Sunday and an attack upon the United State* consulate. Th* persons who took part in the diaorderix. demonstrations dearly had the sympathise of the people with them The onlookers from the neighboring houses cheered them with the greatest enthusiasm. The balconies and windows were 1 filled with ladies waving their handkerchiefs as the mob passed through the streets. Herbert W. Bowen is the United States consul general in Barcelona, and H. W. Rider is the vice consul general. Stan and Stripe* Dishonored. Ip the evening there was another outburst of disapproval of the United States and all things American. This time it took the form of publicly dishonoring the American flag. The rioter* had purchased somewhere a large American flag, which, after it had been dragged through the streets, was pulled to pieces amid cries of “Long live Spain,” and “Down with the Americans.” There is still much excitement in the. city. Stoned the Consulate. After this outrage on the American flag, the mob became more violent, and a proposition to make a further demonstration against the American consulate was speedily acted upon. Themob proeeeded to the cumulate, in the meantime arming themselves with stones. Arriving at the consulate a perfect volley of missiles was directed against the shield over the doorway bearing the American coat of arms, which was battered almost to places. The mob in some way became possessed of several American flags, which were destroyed amid ribald jests and expressions of contempt for the nation they represented. Mob Dispersed. The situation was becoming more and more threatening, when reinforcements for the guards at the consulate arrived bi the shape of a detachment of mounted gendarmes. The crowd was ordered to disperse, which they sullenly refused to do, whereupon the gendarmes charged them with drawn swords and put them to flight. Several of the rioters were injured by being trampled cn. Until a late hour the boulevards were thronged by an excited crowd singing the “Marseillaise” and patriotic Spanish songs. s Apologize or Fight. Chicago, March 2.—The Tribune's Washington special says: “Apologize or fight.” That is the sentiment among senators, representatives and government officials. The mobs in Spain have freed Cuba, beyond the shadow of a doubt, and in all probability are in a fair way to receive a thrashing from Uncle Sainih addition. War talk, which was suppressed before, is openly heard now. The Spanish ministry was ai-i-eady tottering. Spain is on the verge of bankruptcy, and caiinot afford to fight. But the mob is supreme and the belief here is general that war between this country and Spain can hardly be averted. The leaders in congress have kept, the rank and file in check as long as possible. The excitement in Spain is certain to be reflected in congress. The resolutions of the senate, which were intended as a friendly intimation of the senitment in America as regards Cuba, will in all probability be changed into a declaration of a firm intention to set Cuba free. That much is certain now. From Another Source. Washington, March 2. —Intense interest centered here in the dispatches showing the demonstrative feelings existing in Spain against the Americans regarding the Cuban question Abd the statement that the government is increasing its naval force. Copier of the press dispatches were shown to public men interested in the question. No surprise was expressed at demonstrations which have occurred; in fact, such were expected. The speeches in the senate, extracts of which have no doubt been published in the Spanish papers, have had their influence on the masses of the people and have thrown them in an unfriendly move against United States officials. The whole matter is regarded here simply as that of mob violence, of which the Spanish government has not in any manner been responsible. Cabinet Meet*. New York, March 2.—A Journal special from Washington says: The Span-ish-American situatibn growing out of the reports of the riots in Barcelona and other cities in Spain was regarded so serious by the president that he decided to convene a special meeting of the cabinet Sunday night, though the call was issued under the guise of a dinner at Secretary Olney’s home; Secretary Olney was promptly advised of the outbreaks in Madrid, Barcelona and other places in Spain by Minister Taylor and the American consuls. He hastened to the white house and laid before the president all the dispatches he had received. Important Communication. The dinner conference lasted until after ten o’clock. During the dinner Secretary Olney produced some very important additional information that had come to him by cable. He read a letter from Minister de Lome, the Spanish minister, inclosing a cable message he had received from his government.

FUNCENT PARAGRAPHS.

—Wfttfs —“Do jou tiffink a x>an can be a Cbrirtian oxi a dollar a day?” Potts—“l diMi't see how he eon afford to beanythiug ahte.”—lndienapblia JourftM37~ —Walta**—“How did you feel the first tisi* y*a got into a barber’s chair far a shave?” Ferry—“To tell the truth about it, 1 felt like a bare-faced fraud.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. —With ft Comma or Without.— •Wasn’t h* put out when you told him he couldn't have a kiss?” “Oh, no! He just took it a* a matter of course.” “Ah! ho took it, as a matter of course, did he?” —Blobb*—“What nonsense it is for th* newspapers, in their accounts of weddings, to describe the bride being led to tb* alter.” Slobbe—“How so?” Blobbe—“Well, most girls could find their way In the dark.”—Philadelphia Recerfl. ■' —H* (confidently)—“By Jove! lAn tell you, the woman who could make a fool o’ me isn’t living.’’ She—“ Poor thing! What a satisfacton it must be to you that she so thoroughly accomplished her mission before she died!”— New Budget. , —“So you’ve taken to cycling at last, have you?” ,“How did you find that out?” “I saw you on your wheel yesterday.” “By Jove! I’m glad to hear that. All the rest of my friends happened to see me when I was off.”—Richmond Dispatch. —Great New York Editor “What does thi tr reken.'n ? Why was my editorial on the decadenee of journalism left over?" Trembling Assistant—“ Please, sir. so much room Was taken up by the ’How to Eat Corned Bed? Hash’ symposium.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. , —A scientific writer put out flaming handbills,; headed ’’Know Thyself.” A wag aeon called on the lecturer and told him he was inducing a great many people to form acquaintance* of a very toworder. Th* lecturer looked at the wag a moment and said: “My friend, you are right; but it never occurred to meuntil 1 saw you.” —Teacher —“Polly, dear, suppose I were to shoot at a tree with five birds on it and killed three, how many would be left?" Polly (aged six)—“Three, please.” Teacher—“No; two would be left.” Polly “No, there wouldn’t. The three shot would be left, and the other two would be filed away,”—-Phil-adelphia American. : —“There is some excvse," said the police judge, “for a man becoming exasperated by the strains of a hand organ, but to rush out and attack the musician with an ax is carrying things with a little too high a hand.” “I know it is, jedge,” pleaded the man who had never been in a police court before, “but when, a blame dago comes and stops in front: of the house jist after a man has had an argument with his wife about whether he gits an overcoat or her s cloak and begins playin’ ‘Home, Sweet Home,’ it is more than flesh ah’ blood kin stand!” —lndianapolis Journal.

TESTING THE DOCTORS.

Chinese, Dike Other Physician*, Reserve the Right to Disagree. The emperor of- China has lately had so much trouble with his functionaries of every kind that he has grown distrustful of them all. He had noticed that, while his statesmen seemed to bewidely at variance, the court physicians agreed beautifully whenever they were called together. But a test that, he might make of their skill and sincerity occurred to him. Feeling somewhat indisposed, the emperor sent for one of his court doctors. These physicians are paid public functionaries and are learned professors. One of them came, listened to his majesty’s account of his trouble, diagnosed it, prescribed and took his leave. Then the emperor sent for anotiier court doctor and gave him exactly the same account of his difficulty. This doctor then made hit own diagnosis, which was quite different from his brother physicians, prescribed a different remedy and went his way. A third and fourth physician were called and each found a different disease and each prescribed a different medicine. Then the emperor became angry and also sarcastic, and begged to know how he could have so many things the matter with him and live, and whether he should continue to live if he took all the diverse sorts of medicine' that, had that day been prescribed for him. The doctors could give him no satisfactory answer to these questions, but each insisted that' he was right and all the others wrong. But the emperor declared that this could not be true, and condemned every one of the physicians to lose a month’s salary. Of course the moral of this story has no occidental application. Though the doctors of our western countries reserve the right to disagree, such a case of radical divergence probably could not occur under the practice of our perfected science.—Youth’s Companion.

Shaving on a Man of War.

“There is lots of money in the barberin'g business on board a man-of-war,” said a bluejacket, on whose cap was a black band bearing in letters of gold the name of the hoodoo ship Olympia, in a barber shop. “How’s that?” one of the barbers asked. “Why, that’s easy.” answered the bluejacket. “Take the Olympia, the ship that I belong to. She’s got 400 men on board. They all get shaved and have to have their hair cut. All a man has to do is to ship as a landsman for three years and be assigned to the barber shop. Your pay from the government will be $36 a month, and you will rank as a petty officer. Then you’ll get $1.50 from every mftn on the ship every three months. That makes $450., Add to that $36 a month, which is SIOB a quarter, and there- you have $558 a quarter. That’s not bad for a barber. The barber gets another landsman to wash the towels and other flxin’s for S2O a month, but, I tell you what, the barber has to hustle.”—San Francisco Examiner.