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' Property In Philadelphia Worth Near-
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WHOLE BLOCK DESTROYED;
Several Deaths Indirectly Caused by the
Fire—“fork of the,Volunteers In
\Vanamaker's Store—Confin-
grations Elsewhere.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.—The largest
. tire that has visited this city for years
broke out early today in the block bounded
by Thirteenth and Juniper and Market
and Filbert streets. ' When it was brought
under control at 10:30 a. m., it had de-
stroyed 30 buildings and had caused money
losses estimated in the aggregate at be-
tween $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. The dry
,zsoods store of John Wanamaker was on
fire for a time and was saved fr5m destruc-
tion by great exertions.
The fire originated in the basement of
Ilanscom Bros.’ grocery store at 1317 Mar-
ket street. The flames jumped to Bennett’s
restaurant on the east and the umbrella
store of Hirsch Bros. on. the west. All of
the buildings were six stories high, and
nothing but the walls was soon left stand-
ing. The cloak store of Blum Bros, ad-
joining Hirsch Bros., next caught, and
the eight story building of Dunlap Bros,
fancy printers, at 1310, 1318 and 1320 Fil-
bert street, and the flames soon ate their
way through the big store.
The roof and tower of Wanamaker’s dry
goods store on the south side of market
street, directly opposite the fire, were then
seen to be ablaze, and the firemen turned
their attention to saving them. The weather
« was bitterly cold and rendered the work
of the firemen difficult. A general alarm
was sent in, but several fires in other parts
of the city delayed the assembling of the
entire department.
The fire in Wanamaker’s was confined
to the Market street end. The big orna-
mental tower at the Thirteenth and Mar-
ket street corner of the store was com-
The tower contained
a handsome clock and chime of bells.
These fell with a crash through to the
basement at 9 a. m. The roof of the build-
ing, which covers the large block bounded
by Chestnut, Market, Thirteenth and Ju-
niper streets, was filled with .city firemen
and members of Wanamaker’s fire bri—
gade. -
Effective Amateur Fire Fighters.
In the. store about 4,200 persons are em-
ployed, and as many of the men in this
army as could be of use in fighting the
flames were admitted to the store. The
precautions that the inflammable nature
of the contents of the structure had made
necessary made the work of the trained
fire brigade very effective.
The flames were discovered by John
Wagner, a. reserve policeman, who was
passing the Hansoom building at 6:50
O’clock. He immediately turned in an
alarm, but before the engines reached the
scene the entire rear portions of Hanscoms’
and Dennett’s restaurant were ablaze. A
second alarm was then . sent in, and a few
moments later a general alarm was sound-
ed. Immediately adjoining Hanscom Bros.
on the west was the five story building oc-
cupied by Blum Bros, manufacturers of
women’s cloaks. The flames spread swiftly
' to this building, and it was soon a mass of
flames. The water seemed almost to freeze
before it touched the buildings, so cold was
the weather. The next building on the
west to be burned was that occupied by
George Marshall as a restaurant; then
came the hat manufactory of George B.
Wells at 1323 Market street, and the rear
of the wholesale grocery of Showell 85
Fryer at 1325.
The umbrella manufactory of Hirsch
Bros, one Of the largest in the world,
which adjoincd Dcnnett’s restaurant, had
caught fire in the meantime, and in half
an hour the beautiful eight story building,
extending from 1.3 0 to 1315 Market street,
was a mass of flames. On the east of the
Hirsch building, between 1309 and 1315
Market street, were the following tenants:
The Mizpah restaurant, No. 1309; Sterner
86 Ball, wholesale and retail cigar dealers,
No. 1305; the wholesale and retail confec-
tioneryof A. Nickolacky, No. 1303, and the
drug store of H. Hillmann at No. 1301, the
upper story of which was occilpied by Pot-
ter Bros. as a photograph gallery.
Other Buildings Burned.
0n the north side Of Hirsch Bros. ’factery,
immediately across Silver street, stood the
new seven story building of Dunlap Bros,
said to be the only printing firm in the
state with a capacity for printing the pres-
ent blanket Australian ballots. This build-
ing extended from 1306 to 1310 Filbert
street and was 100 feet deep. The first-
floors were occupied by the Collins Car-
riage company. The flames swept through
this big structure and burned it out
completely. The small buildings on Silver
street, running west from __Thirteenth to
Juniper, were all burned out. . The shop of
Lewis Havens, a contractor, caught fire
from the rear of Blum Bros, and three
firemen were caught by a falling wall.
Frank Piper of Engine company NO. 80
was the only man seriously injured.
At 8:15 a. m. the fire was discovered
breaking out in the tower of Wanamaker’s.
A stream of water from one of the water
towers was run up to the structure, but
the supply of water was either too small
or the apparatus defective, and the stream
would not reach. When the tower col-
lapsed, 45 minutes later, the clock fell
through to the first floor. TWO lines of
hose were then got on top Of the structure,
and the flames were soon get under con-
trol. The fire had been confined en-
tirely to the ‘Market street front, and the
loss sustained by Mr. Wanamaker was
principally in the destruction of his clock
and chimes and the breaking of all the
large plate glass windows on Market
street. The roof Of the building was ablaze
at one time, and it seemed as though the
structure was doomed, but the hose oper-
ated by the employees of the establishment
kept the fire within bounds. /
Up to this time the flames had been con-
fined to the block bounded by Filbert street
on the north, Thirteenth on the east, Mar-
ket on the south and Juniper street on the
west. The wind was blowing from the
west and carried the flames into the rear
of the buildings on Thirteenth street. The
first building to catch fire here was that
Of Jacob Miller, men’s furnishing goods,
at NO. 6. Then came the cigar factory of
L. Tarbliss & CO. at NO. 8; A. McCune &.
Co. , manufacturers of picture frames, Nos.
10 and 12; E. Pither, dry goods, NO. 14; S.
H. Shull, drugs, NO. 16; Heine’s bakery,
-NO. 18; the Cafe de Blamberg, No. 20;
Budd &. Kite, jewelers, No. 22; the private
residence and barber shop at No. 24; Hu-
ber & Weber, dry goods, NO. 26; J. H.-
Stall, jeweler; William H. Sticffj wall pa-
per manufacturer, l‘lo. 28; Foley’srestau-
. rant, No. 30, and James Furlong’s saloon
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' at Nos. 32 and 34. All of these buildings
were burned out, nothfng being left stand-
ing but the bare walls.
Destruction on Juniper Street.
The flames ate their way almost directly
northwest from the rear of Blum Bros.’
building, burning out the rear of Showell
8:. Fryer’s grocery. The rear part of 7, 9,
11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25 North
Juniper street, which were used as law Of-
fices and private residences, was complete-
ly burned out, leaving only the front- walls
standing in some cases. The flames com-
municated with 1302 Filbert “root from
the rear of Furlong’s saloon and quickly
burned out Nos. 1302 and 1304, dwellings
occupied by lawyers. '
While the fire was at its height flames
were discovered on the window sashes on
the side of the city hall which was exposed
to the heat. The city hall fire department
ran a line of hose to the roof and in a few
minutes had the structure free from dan-
ger.
Previous to the breaking out of the big
fire there were two other fires within a
half mile of Wanamaker‘s, and just about
the time the firemen had gained control of
the great conflagration an alarm coming
from a point within four blocks caused a
part Of the fire fighters to hurry away with
their engines. Between 3 and 4 a. m. an
Chestnut street, where flames had broken
out in the fifth story of the building occu-
pied by O. S. Bunnell, a wholesale station-
er. The fire caused a. loss of about $10,000.
Just before (5 o’clock another fire started
on the sixth floor of the carpet store of
Chestnut street. By hard work the flames
water soaked through every floor to the
basement.
pensive carpets, rugs and upholstery, and
the loss caused by water and smoke exceed-
ed $100,000.
At 10:30 a. m. a defective flue started a
street, four blocks from where the big fire
was raging on the same street. The flames
here were confined to the third story and
the loss to $2,000.
Thrilling incidents were not wanting.
ployee of the carpet firm of Ivins, Dietz 8:.
Illa—gee, whose building is in the block be-
low that devastated by the flames on Mar-
ket street, was overcome by the excitement
and suddenly dropped dead.
at the corner of Juniper and Filbert streets,
is critically ill Of pneumonia.
flames began to eat their way to his place,
a squad of firemen carried him from his
sickbed into the bleak streets, and he was
hurriedly taken to a nearby hotel. The
excitement and shock may cost him his
life.
Shortly before noon a second fireman
was injured—William German, aged 32
years, assistant foreman of Company N o.
1. ‘ He was struck by falling bricks and
timbers and badly hurt about the arms
and neck.
Had the fire occurred an hour or two
later the results would have been appall-
ing. The burned district is in the very
heart of the business center of the city,
across the way from the mammoth city
hall and around the corner from the Penn-
sylvania railroad station. The blaze had
not been under way a half hour before the
thousands of employees of the destroyed
business houses began flocking to the scene
to begin their daily work. Many of the
larger establishments, including Wana-
maker’s, employed a large majority of
women and girls, and had the disaster come
during business hours a panic with its
consequent loss of life would have been in-
evitable.
Syracuse Sufl‘ers Too.
SYRACUSE, Jan. 27.—A fire which at one
time threatened to destroy the business
portion Of the city broke out in the cloak
establishment of the New York Cloak
company. A gale was blowing, and the
thermometer was down about the zero
point, making the successful fighting of
the fire a work of difficulty. The flames
spread rapidly, and within a short time the
two adjoining buildings to the north were
a. mass of flames. The water froze almost
as soon as it was thrown on the buildings,
and the firemen were masses Of .ice. The
smoke from the burning goods was so
dense that it interfered seriously with the
work Of the firemen. The roof of Din-
turff’s photograph gallery fell in and cut
Off Colonel Yale and a party Of friends,
who were in the rear of Colonel Yale’s
store directly under the gallery. They es-
caped by a rear staircase leading into an
adjoining building. The total loss will be
about $110,000. ‘
The Talas Tack Corporation.
BOSTON, Jan. 26.——The affairs of the
Talas tack corporation, which have been
in the hands of a. receiver for some time,
are still far from a settlement, and instead
of the claims being all presented by March
10, as was expected, Receiver T. J. Lothrop
states that they will probably not all be
available until May 1. The receiver is
still carrying on the business, but the out-
put and expenses have been greatly re-
duced.
To Establish a Great Dairy.
JEFFERSON, Ia., Jan. 26.-—Hiram C.
Wheeler, the Iowa farmer who was the Re-
publican nominee for governor in 1891
and was defeated by Horace Boies, has
sold his farm of 4,000 acres in Sac county
and will remove to Texas. He has pur-
chased mOre than 7,000 acres of land and
proposes to establish the largest dairy in
the world. ‘
Senator George’s Condition.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.——Senator George
of Mississippi, who has been dangerously
ill with heart trouble at Garfield hospital,
passed a comfortable day, and his physi-
cian said that there was hope of his rally-
ing from the present attack. It is not,like-
1y, however, that he will ever resume his
Ofiicial duties.
Murphy Still a. Rider.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.'—Char1es Murphy,
the bicycle racer, will ride again this year.
Murphy has now been racing since 1886
without a break, the longest record of any
rider in this country.
Cecil Rhodes In England.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Colonel Cecil
Rhodes, formerly premier of Cape Colony,
arrived here today from South Africa in
order to be present at the parliamentary
investigation Which is to be made into the
rTransvaal raid.
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Heavy Ice Encountered at Sea.
- southeast in order to clear it.
HALIFAX) N. S., Jan. 2-6.—'l‘he steamer
Boston City, from London, encountered
heavy ice in latitude 47. 38 north, longitude
48 west, and had to run 75 miles to the
Some of
the pieces were large and dangerous. She
saw nothing of the. overdue steamer State
of Georgia, now 30 days out frOm Dantzig
for Halifax, sugar laden.
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alarm had brought the firemen to 533 ;
John 8:. James Dobson, 808, 810 and 812- 3
were confined to the sixth story, but the .
The store was filled with ex- ;
fire in Cochran’s oyster house, 905 Filbert i
While the fire was at its height an em- ;
James Furlong, proprietor of the saloon
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Sections of the Country.
THE WORST IS YET TO COME.
Official Bulletins Show a Large and In-
creasing Area of Low Temperature.
Several Deaths and Many Cas-
ualties In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. Elli—Chicago is tasting
the deadliest bitterness of winter. It was
the coldest clay in 25 yefirs according to
the records of the weather bureau.
Fifty—t11ree“porsons were reported over—
come by the cold in Chicago and were
: rescued in a partly frozen condition. Two
, deaths occurred which were due to the
cold and a number Of persons are likely
to die as the result of frozen limbs or ex-
posure. Most of the sufferers succumbed
to the cold while about their work, but a
5 number of the victims were homeless wan-
derers.
‘ The dead were:
i A. L. Tanner, 893:3 Eric. avenue, slipped
7 on ice while coupling a train; died of his
injuries at midnight.
Freda. Bush, 5 years old, 177 Fry street,
died of exposure and lack of medical at-
tention.
Some of tlze victims of the cold were:
George Grant; a baker. 320 Lake street,
both feet frozen; amputation necessary;
found unconscious in an empty box car at
the foot of Illinois street.
I-atrick Coggins, malster, 2510 North-
western avenue, found wandering near
Chicago avenue and North Clark street;
cars and hands frozen.
George Dick, 5 years old, 73 North av-
enue, found unconscious near his home;
hands, feet and ears frozen.
William Thomas, homeless: feet frozen
while stealing a ride on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad.
Frank Schmidt, homeless, fell exhaust-
ed at the corner of Fifth avenue and Mad-
,- ison street; both cars frozen.
| Philip Dart, homeless, found helpless in
snow at Twelfth street and Michigan av-
enue; feet badly frozen.
, der the Twelfth street viaduct; feet, ears
and parts of body frozen.
Dick Polka. cab driver, found uncon-
scious in the snow at Church street and
Benson avenue; feet, ears and nose badly
frozen.
James Tracey. found with his head and
‘shoulders buried in a snow bank on the
Milwaukee avenue viadm t.
Edward Kinsey Of 73100 West Lake
street, found lying in the snow at Halsted
and Lake streets with hands and feet
frozen.
The cold wave reached Chicago on Sat-
urday night and tightened its grip yester-
day, and at midnight Chicagoans were
shivering in a 16 degrees below zero atmos-
phere. At 8 o‘clock yesterday morning the
thermometer was 11 below. The tempera-
ture then moderated somewhat, but at no
time during the day did the mercury rise
above 3 below. Shortly after sunset the
temperature began dropping rapidly. The
weat‘: er bureau promises no relief for four
or fix‘e days.
The blizzard continued until today.
Thor was no serious delay to street car
traffic. and the thoroughfares were kept
open by hundreds of men, who were at
work all night.
All trains were late, but the delays were
not serious. Chief of Police Badenoch ir—
sued an order last night which vill facili-
tate the furnishing Of relief to such as are
in danger from the want of food or fuel.
Colder \Veather Coming.
WASHIXGTOX, Jan. 26.-—-Advices received
by the weather bureau indicate that the
full force of the cold wave will not be felt
in the middle and south Atlantic states
until tomorrow, when the lowest tempera-
tures of the season undoubtedly will be
reached. The reports received show that
the entire country from the Rocky moun-
tains to the Atlantic coast has felt or will
feel severely the effects Of the cold snap,
which is technically explained to be due
to an exceedingly high barometer from the
cold breeding regions of the Canadian
northwest provinces pushing south and
eastward and displacing a low barometer
in those sections. Local snows are quite
generally reported from T cxas and from
the Mississippi valley regions. In this city
the thermometer last night went to 9 de-
grees above zero and is expected to fall
considerably lower. The sun was out, and
the air is clear and crisp. It is too early to
predict how much damage will be done in
Florida and the south Atlantic states by
the cold snap, as the wave will not strike
that section severely until tomorrow. The
weather bureau expects that low tempera-
tures will be generally throughout the sec-
tion east Of the Rockies most if not all 01
this week.
Cold Closes Factories.
VVAPAKONETA, 0., Jan. Edi—The cold
wave brought the thermometer down 20
degrees below zero. All the factories have
closed on account of the severe cold. Nat-
The Weather.
Fair; very cold; westerly to northerly
winds.
Accident Near Shamokin.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Jan. 26.—Whi1e Fred-
erick Graeber and Miss Maud-Gothic were
driving along the public road the earth
caved in and they were precipitated into
an abandoned mine working. The young
lady jumped from the carriage, fell into
the opening and was buried beneath the
earth. Both horses were crushed to death.
Miss Gothie’s body was horribly bruised,
anddeath must have been instantaneous.
Both of Mr. Graeber’s feet were frozen.
The Oregon Senatorship.
SALEM, 05.2, Jan. 26.—Only seven mem-
bers answered roll call at the Sunday ses-
sion Of the Davis house. There is no
change in the fight over the resolution to
notify the governor. Senator Mitchell has.
remained in Salem with most of his lieu-
tenants. To pass the resolution it is nec-
essary to have 15 ,votes besides that ol
Brownell, who is, sizk. Mitchell has not
obtained them.
Cabot Celebration.
LONDON, Jan. 2-6.——The Daily News an-
nounces that the Marquis of Dufi'erin, the
retiring Brit-ish ombussador to France, has
accepted the presidency of a committee to
celebrate the [our hundredth anniversary
of Cabot's discovery of America at Bristol.
'1‘weuty~fuur Fishing Boats Lost.
MADRID, Jan. 26.——There has been a se-
-vere storm in the gulf of' Cadiz, 3.111124
, fishing boats have been lost near San Lu
car.
litmus u BLAST.
Cold Weather Reported From Many
M. J. Glason, found lying in snow uu '
‘ural gas prevents suffering for lack of fuel. '
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Irish Relatives F:ghtin:: for the Property
Left by the Eccentric Recluse.
NEW YORK, Jan. Eli—Irish relatives of
the late Richard Tighe were represented
in Surrogate Fitzgerald’s court today,
where their cont-sat of his will was set for
a. hearing. ' They are fighting for a share
of his property, worth over $1,750,000,
which is mostly left by the will to his
wife’s relatives in this country, three of
whom, Louise M. Peckham, wife of Wal-
ton Peckham; Augusta S. Hochstaetter,
wife of Willliam Hochstaetter, and Ellen
C. Goldschmidt, are named as executors.
Tighe’s wife was the daughter Of Robert J.
Chesebrough, first president of the Fulton
National bank. She died in 1891. and her
will, which was made in 1840, left every-
thing to her husband.
Tighe, who was a familiar figure in
Union square, died last May in his house,
33, the only private house left there. It
a short time ago lawyers representing the
various contesting interests opened three
safe deposit boxes they were surprised at
what they found. There were bonds,
stocks and certificates Of deposit worth 31,-
750,000.
The will left by Tighe, whie ignored
his Irish relatives, was written b himself.
It is dated in 1884. It is a queer docu-
ment. There are no punctuation marks
from beginning to end, and in three places
he bequeathed to servants “X” dollars.
As the “X’s” are in pencil, they may have
been meant for blanks.
Lawyer E. N. Morran is acting for Mar-
garet, Rupert and Captain Richard Feth-
erstonhaugh and Harriet Massey in the
contest v-f the will. In case the will is set
asiie nth-2s. who will Obtain a share of the
estzte arc. Cecil Fetherstonhaugh, Black-
15:17. County Westmehth; Lady Marie Chap-
11; .n. a cousin. Killua castle, Westmeath;
Jane Tongue, sister—in-law, Dublin; Fran-
cis Roden, a cousin; Ella Vignolcs, a
cousin; Sir Montagu Chapman, a cousin:
limily Fetherstonhaugh, a. cousin, all of
Derry Cottage. Drumeree. _
The contestants allege that Tighe was of
unsound mind, and that the will was al-'
tered too many times. He was known be-
fore his death as the recluse of Union
square and was spoken of as Sir Richard
Tighe.
BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Inmates Forced to Flee For Their Lives
In Bitter Cold \Veather.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Tl2~e four story resi-
dence of Charles J. Barnes, 2,7237 Calumet
avenue, was burned early today. Mr.
Barnes is in New York, and Mrs. Barnes
and four servants were asleep in the house
at the time. With the mercury at 19 de-
grees below zero, they were forced to flee
in scant attire to save tl'oir lives. A maid-
ser 'ant was overcome by smoke and was
carried out by tho. firemen. Mr, Barnes is
the western manager of the American
Book company. For years he has been
collecting rare and v.;luable,books. This
was entirely destroyed, and with the dam-
age to the building and furnishings will
make the less more than $200,000.
The neighborhood isone of the best in
the city, and the fire 'aused much excite-
ment. On account of the bitter cold and a.
high wind,the firemen worked under a
great disadvantage. The fire spread to
2,240. Abraham Cohen, Jr., who is ill
with typhoid fever, was carried from his
bed to the house of A. R. Adams Opposite.
Most of the contents of the Cohen resi:
deuce were carried into the street and
saved. The damage there is estimated at
$15,000. The fire originated from electric
light wires which had boen'crossed. The
losses are fully covered by insurance.
August Taylor, 35 years old, was suffo-
cated by smoke in a fire at 2 o’clock in a
frame building at 2,907 Wentworth av-
enue. The explosion of a. kerosene lamp
caused the blaze.
Pittsburg and \Vestern Wreck.
CLARION, Pa, Jan. 26.——Another death
., is to be added to the list of persons killed
on Saturday, when a Pittsburg and West—
ern passenger train jumped the trestle at
Paint creek and fell a distance of 50 feet—
Brakeman George Wise of Foxburg. This
makes four dead, the engineer, fireman
and mail agent having been killed out-
right. Conductor Tonks, who jumped as
-the train was going over, is so badly in-
jured that his case is considered critical.
Prominent Newspaper Mm Dead.
NEW YORK, Jan.
in charge of the Republican state head—
quarters, died today of heart trouble. Mr.
Reid was well known as a newspaper man.
and Li} one time he was connected with
the Chicago Times. He was brought from
there by the elder Jones and became nian-
aging editor of the New York Tinms. Sub-
sequently he joined the stall of the New
York Herald. '
he llIauitoba School Settlement.
give prominence today to the proposed
terms for the settlement of the Catholic
' schools dispute in Manitoba and the prob-
able action Of the pope, who is said to be
considering the compromise clauses of the
question. Sir Donald Smith, the Cana-
dian high commissioner, informs the press
that the agree uent does not reveal any-
thing that is not already known in Canada.
A Student Burned to Death.
BRATTLEBORO, Vt, Jan fill—The Wel—
come Ramsdoll building at West Brattle-
boro, occupied by the drug store of Dr.
Otterson, the neat market of Horace Pre-
fontaine, by L. R. Knapp as a dwelling,
and containing two other tenements which
- were unoccupied, was burned early today.
Leroy Amiden, a student at ~Brattleboro
academy, was burned to death, and tl‘s‘.
Knapp family had a narrow escape. '
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was known that he was wealthy, but when ,
the house of the A. H. Cohen estate at.
LONDON, Jan. fad—The newspapers here ‘
. , ing passed several weeks in Cuba, with the
2(i.—John C. Reid, '
who for the past four (1' five years has been .
swept through their ranks, cutting a path
111;: nearly to Cajaio the Cubans withdrew.
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They Capture a Town and Rent the
Spaniards In Two Charges.
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DEADL’Y WORK OF MAGHETES
Two Observaut Englishmen Tell Stories
of the Ileroism of the Insurgents..
Another Report That General
Macao Is Still Alive.
KEY WEST. Fla, Jan. 26.—Latest re-
ports from Cuba indicate another "serious
defeat for the Spanish at Pelanos. This
town Of about 1,000 inhabitants, in the
southern part of Havana province, is well
fortified and has a Spanish garrison of
about 000, with one fieldpiece. Lieutenant
Colonel Hernandez, with 500 Cuban cav-
alry, made a dag . at the town, while the
troops were at tl e church celebrating a.
local holiday, and took possession Of the
llleckhouse. The cannon was trained at
the church, and solid shot came hurling
through its walls, while cries Of “Cuba
librc'.” filled tlze‘air. The Spaniardsrushed
out only to fall before a deadly volley.
Colonel Muncio, the Spanish oilicer, rallied
his men, but as tlzcyformed for a charge
he fell. The would in command took his
place, but lze. too, fell in a few seconds be—
fore the sharg. 2u’ic».-;t-?1's of Hernandez.
The Spanish made one more attempt to
charge he blockltouse, bu the cavalry
with their machctcs, turned and again
came through the crowdel ranks of the
Spanish, who fought. bravely, but were
routed, though a. portion stubbornly pro-
tected their rear until forced to retire by
Hernandez‘s fierce charges. After pursu—
Thoy burned the fort at Pelanos and se-
cured 1,400 stand of arms, a cannon,
$1,000 in gold and $5,000 paper money,
besides ammunition and valuable papers
belonging to the Spanish commissary de-
partment. '
Havana officials knew of the defeat, but
have kept it suppressed, and the palace
officials say that the place has been evacu-
ated.
Governor Ferrura has ordered over 100
bankers and gamblers of Havana province
to leave ins-i219. of 21 hours. under the pen-
alty of being imprisoned if they do not
do so.
Ana Sotolongo, who is believed to be an
accomplice of the dynamiters who were
arrested in San I-lafacl street some time
ago, has escaped from the prison iii the
Penulacr ward of this city.
Several wounded insurgents belonging
to the band of the Cuban loader Urra have
been arroste .
“‘Chr‘icial" \Var News.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Eli—The almost
complete pacific-ation of Havana and Ma 71-
tanzas provinces in the western part of the
island of Cuba is announced in the follow-
ing dispatch received at the Spanish loga-
tion here late last evening from the Span-
ish minister of foreign affairs:
“Weylcr at the head of 11 battalions has
repeatedly traversed the provinces of Ho.-
vana and Matanzas, Obliging the princi-
pal rebel leaders to fly to Las Villas. Wey-
ler considers that now in Havana and
Mantanzas there remain no nucleus of
rebels or organized bands to disperse, and
that both provinces may be considered as
almost completely pacified. The sugar
growers in these provinces are now grind-
ing cane without molestation.”
The officials of the legation gege‘d the
achievements of General Weyler a the
announcements Of the foreign alleys of-
fice as of great importance. The center
part of the island, they say, has been in a
state Of pacification, and now that the
western part has been brought to a similar
state, the rebels, it is stated, are confined
in their movements to some of the eastern
provinces. _
Following close on this announcement
it is expect id Premier Canovas will pro-
mulgate the reforms for Cuba voted by
the cert-es in 1305, but'withheld until the
island shall have bopn regarded as pacified
to a degree warranting their application.
An Englishman's Report 'of Cuba.
CITY or Maxico, Jan. flu—Two young
Englishmen, Harry E. York and Lee A.
Hervey, have reached this city after hav-
insurgent army part Of the time and the
remainder in the field with the Spanish
troops. Hervey received a shot through
the left arm. They are preparing a report
for Senator Cameron. The. insurgents are
not in need of men, but of money, ammu-
nition and medicine. There are not over
25,000 Cubans, while the Spaniards and
volunteers new number 285,000 men,
mostly very young, and not good fighting
material.
Hervey gives a graphic account of the
capture of Santa Clara by the insurgents,
where the utmost gallantry was displayed,
the Spaniards being overcome by the mag-
nificent valor of the patriots.
Hervey says it was told him in the Cu-
ban camp that Macco had his lower jaw
shot away, but was alive and recuperating.
Another Cuban Expedition.
BRIDGETON, Pa... Jan. 26.—-It has been
learned that the sleep Acosta, which has
been missing from Port Norris, N. J ., for
some time. has sailed for Cuba with arms .
and amn‘uniticn for the insurgents. She
is expected to arrive there this week. It is
not known who is in command of the ves-
sel. The boat belongs to John Hand.
President Flirchifd Dead.
SYRACUSE, . an. Ea—Leroy Fan-child,
cashier of the Hamilton (1\. Y.) Rational
bank. died yesterday of typhOid fever. He
was 5:3 years old and president of the v11-
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