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CANNED BEEF BAD.
Miles Inquiry Takes Testi-
mony In Chicago.
ARTICLE FURNISHED UNFIT FOR USE
Caused Sickness ‘Vlieuever It \Vas
Eaten — Chemical Treatment Dis-
credited—Court “fill Soon Fin-
ish Its Labor's In the \cht.
CHICAGO, March 21.—The principal
witness on the list to appear before the
government court of inquiry yesterday,
Dr. Nicholas Senn, was'unable to be in
the city, whereupon the court recessed
at noon until 6 o‘clock this evening,
when Dr. Senn will be heard. During
its short session the court received the
evidence of four witnesses who had
been called upon request of Major Lee,
the representative of General lliles. Ac—
cording to their testimony the canned
beef was always unpalatable and dis-
tasteful, and in their judgment it was a
contributary cause of sickness among
the soldiers and unfit for an army ra-
tion. Critical reference t0'the refuge:-
ated beef was also made by the hit-
nesses. It seems probable the t the court
will be able to terminate its Chicago
work in time to leave tomorrmv evening
for New York
Dr. NVilliam G. “illaId,
jor of the Fhst Illinois v‘olunteeis
tified that in Cuba the health of his
command was good up to July “2. Then
the Slck all began to inc1ease \e1 y rap-
idly, and by the 28th and 29th it was
as high as 300 per day. In his judgment
this sickness w‘as due to a combination
of circumstances. of which the condi-
tion of the canned roast beef was one.
He had no occasion to believe that any
of the beef had been treated with chem-
icals. Canned roast beef, so called, was
never a fit ration in his opinion, and it
was especially‘unfit for men in the con—
dition of the troops coming 112121: from
Cuba.
Replying to
Lee, Dr. NVillazd said:
“On open: '11g a can of beef there was
usually some variai The meat
surgeon ll: 3 -
tag-
crcr't‘cns {mm Major
SDGEC’O.
was in strips or 80"2111: 11m. .. 1111' less
covered with :1 11111.31 of grc ulai fat.
uninviting in apps-a: ante. Th? = meat it-
self had a bleacned a:_.pea1ancc and was
very tough and stringy. I do not recall
any other brand except A1 mour’ ”
“Please state whether or not in your
opinion the so called roast beef of the
kind furnished the army is a wholesome
or unwholesome ration for the Ameri-
can soldier?” . '
“I don't think it is a good ration un-
der any circumstances and totally unfit
in a tropical climate.”
i_. Oliver A. Olse,q11prterm?ster sand act-
ing commissary of the First Illinois vol-
unteers. corroborated the testimony of
Dr. Willard regarding the appearance
of. the canned roast beef when taken
from the can. He also did not reg‘a1:l
it as roast beef. As a ration for a so?—
dier he considered it inferior and would
place the meat in the third grade. The
labels he saw were Armour & Co., Lib—
by, McNeill & Libby and a Kansas City
firm whose name he did not recollect.
He also saw the Prarie State Packing
company’s brand, which in his opinion
was the worst of all and should be
placed in a grade lower than the others.
A number of witnesses who had been
summoned were on hand at 2 o’clock,
but none was examined, the court hold—
ing no session in the afternoon.
A Dial] Thipf Caught.
ROCHESTER, March 21.—Fred Ar—
nold, 24 years of age, a “trolley boy"
employed on one of the city trolley mail
cars, was arrested late yesterday just
as the car reached the Central post—
office station and locked up on the
charge of tampering with the,mails.
For the past two or three months let—
ters containing various sums of money
have been missed. A decoyletter con-
taining marked money was sent out
about noon. and when Arnold’s car re—
turned to the main office he was imme-
diately arrested and searched and the
marked money found in his pockets.
Runnor‘edfled Cross Aid Denied.
GENEVA, March 21.—The interna-
tional committee of the Red Cross so-
ciety declares that there is no founda-
—tion whatever for the statement report-
ed to have been made at Madrid by
General Polavieja, minister of war, to
the effect that he had received a.dis-.
patch from the committee giving him.
notice of the convocation of the general
assembly of the Red Cross society for
the purpose of appointing delegates to
negotiate for the release of the Spanish
prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos.
Don Carlos Revived Again.
ROME, March Elk—The Opinione re-
vives the story that Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender. has secured al—
vances of several millions from English
and French bankers and will soon ent 1r
Spain. The precise date is deferred un-
til the ratific‘ations 0f the treaty of
peace between Spain and the United
States have been exchanged, but, ac-
cording to Opinione, the Carlists and
Spanish Republicans will start a revo-
lution immediately after the exchange
has been made. .
Release of Spanish Prisoners.
WASHINGTON, March 21,—The ques-
tion of permitting the Spanish govern—
ment to negotiate with Agulnaldo for
.the release of the, Spanish prisoners
held by him is still under consideration.
The president himself will be the per-
son to decide whether or not this shall
be done. the authorities hesitating to
interfere in any way with the working
out of General Otis’ plans, and he has
forbidden the ransom. .
Emperor Will Honor Rhodes.
LONDON, March 21.—Emperor Wil-
liam, it is said, will con the Order of
the Crown of Prussia . on Mr. Cecil
Rhodes, the South African magnate,
with whom his majesty recently con~
ferred in Berlin 1egarding the railway
and telegraph piojec ts of Mr. Rhodes in
Africa.
M. Cnmbon “(ill Be leen Authority.
MADRID, M111 ch 21. —Senor Silvela,
premier and minister of foreign affairs
ls drafting the credentials that will em-
power M. Jules Cam‘ucn, French embas-
sador' to the United States, to represent
Spain at the exchange of the ratifica-
tions of the treaty of peace in Washing- '
ton;
Weather Probabilities.
Faii' , brisk nor’t..erly winds.
ALASRA’S BOUNDARY
Reported Battle. of American
and Canadian PrOSpectors.
TEAIPORARYARRAA GENE NT PROPOSED
Some Barrier Needed to Curb Law-
less Fortune Hunters—Canadians
Are Aggressive—The Governor
Thinks Troops Are Needed.
WASHINGTON, March 21.———The Brit-
ish embassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote,
has conferred with Secretary Hay in
leference, it is understood, to a modus
Vivendi to be obseiv ed along the Alaska.
border in code 1 to o‘uiate the possibil-
ity of a clash pending the final deter-
mination of the border. The need of
this has been emphasized within the
last few days by reports of a battle be-
tween the Canadian and the American
prospectors on the Porcupine river.
This report has caused considerable un-
easiness in (filth: circles in London,
and efforts have been made to learn the
facts. There has been no official in-
formation, however, either here or in
London. Just such a clash has been ex-
pectedfand the reports have served to
direct the attention of officials to the
need of effecting a border ariangement.
The preliminary move in th: S CU} ection
was made as soon as the Anglo— Amer-
ican commission adjounied without set
tling the border question. Sir Julian
then suggested i:at.a temporary ar-
rangement be made. This would main-
tain the status quo, each side making
no further advance pending a. final
agreement on the boundary. A tem-
porary lino probably would be run by
thetwo governments. This would not
affect permanent interests, but would
serve as a legal barrier between the
lawless fortune seekers in that locality.
Some Tnportant statements concern-
ing the‘ laskan boundary line situation
are given in ollicial correspondence now
on file in the state and interior depart-
ments which have never before been
n.ade public. The controversy between
the miners on eithei sidé of the line has
Withinthe past week led up to a num-
ber of casualties. Governor Brady of
Alaska as«long ago as the latter part
of February called attention to the
threatening condition of affairs. 011
Feb. 21 Governor Brady, who was here.
had a conference with both Secretary
Bliss, who was then just leaving the
cabinet, and Secretary Hay, in which
he urged that the aggressive acts of the
Canadians be promptly met. He sub-
mitted a formal note of «warning of the
impending trouble and the possibility of
bloodshed. The note was considered at
'the next cabinet meeting. On Feb. 23.
the archives show, the governor sub-
mitted a formal communication to the
secretary of the interior, in which he
speaks of the bitter feeling along the
line that made the. presence of troops.
in his opinion i1 11pe1ative.
Sec1etary Hay on Feb. 23 wrote ft:
the interior depaitment a letter i~1
which he adverts to the boundary 1111—
gotiations. ‘Among other things he
says: '
"In the whole stretch of the coast
boundary line between Prince of‘ Wales
island and Mount St. Elias there are
but two localities in 11 111011 a boundaiy
has been provisionally established
pending the eventful determination of
the entire question of that frontier—
namely, on the Stickine river and at the‘
passes north of Dyea and Skaguay.”
Continuing, Secretary Hay says:
“The location of the so called Pan-
handle boundary line between Alaska
and the British Northwestern Territory
is now under negotiation without agree-
ment so far. Until the two govern-
ments shall reach an accord as to the
definite boundary it would appear that
the point provisionally located on the
Stickine river should be respected by
'both governments as a modus vivendi
without prejudice to the final fixing of
the line."
Meliinley and Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, March 21. —-Senator
Platt held a conference at the Fifth
Avenue hotel last night with United
States Senators Foraker of Ohio, Thurs:
ton of Nebraska and Chandler of New
Hampshire. all of whom are visiting in
the city. After the conference was end-
ed it was announced that, while politics
was talked, the meeting had no espe-
cial si gni.1e.ance Senator Chandler said
that one of the matters under discus-
sion was the Republican national ticket
to be nominated next year. “There is
no doubt,” Senator Chandler said. “that
. Mr. McKinley will be renominated. He
will have practically no opposition, for
he has done everything possible to car—
: ry out the Republican platform of 1896.
As to the second place on the ticket, I
want to tell you that there is a great
deal of serious talk in Washington
about naming Governor Roosevelt.” U
The People Will Win.
ALBANY, March 21.—By a vote of 27
to 21 the senate last night ordered to a
third reading Assemblyman Fallows’
Amsterdam avenue bill with only the
Ford amendment, ,agreed upon by the
Metropolitan Street Railway company
and the property owners’ committee,
incorporated therein. The Lauterbach
amendments were. stricken from the
bill. This action of the senate indicates
that the Fallows bill, with only the
Ford amendment; attached, will pass
the senate. Mr. Fallows says it will be
concurred in by the assembl'y and that
the bill will be approved by the gov-
ernor. ’
A Father‘s Fiendlsh Crime.
HUTCI-IINSON, Kan., March 21.—
John A.’Moore murdered his 'five chil—
dren yesterday morning and then set
fire to the house. The eldest child was
‘12 years old and the youngest 3. Their
skulls were crushed with a hatchet and
their throats cut.- At the inquest Moore
told of the burning of the building and
said he was unable to' rescue the chil-
dren. He denied Killing them,
A Successor to Dr. Hall.
NEW YORK, March 21.-—The Rev.
1 Dr. Alexander Council of London is now
being considered as the successor of the
flate Dr. John Hall as pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. D1-
Connell is 31 years old. Dr. Hall wrote
several letters to members of the con-
gregation last year commending him to
their consideration.
Supreme Court Will 39“....
WASHINGTON. March 21.——The ’Unlt-
ed States supreme court has taken a
recess for two weeks. /,
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BRYAN AND BET MONT
The Nebraska Statesman Pub~
lishe's Correspondence.
ABOUT THE BANQCET AND TNVTTATION
Mr. Bryan Says IIis Voice Might
Prove a. Discorduut Note at the
Feast, and Belmont-‘5 Presence
\Vould' Dishonor Jel‘czson.
CI-IATTANOOGA, March 21.—Hon. W.
J. Bryan has given out the following
correspondence, having been notified
that it ad not been made public by
Mr. Belmont. Mr. Bryan stated that he
had nothing to say about the matter,
but that the correspondence spoke for
itself. In a letter, dated Champaign.
1115., March 16, Mr. Bryan wrote Mr.
Belmont as follows:
“I received a few days ago the follow-
ing telegram, signed by yourself: ‘In
arranging the toasts and responses at
the banquet of the Democratic club on
Jefferson’s birthday, April 13, the com-
mittee are most desirous, 'if your en-
gagements will permit your attendance,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
to have you select such subject as you
prefer to discuss in your own way with—
in the limit; so far all speeches of 20
minutes. Please wire reply.’
“Upon my return to Nebraska I sent
you the following inquiry, dated Lin-
coln, Neb., larch 13: ‘Invitation receiv-
ed. Remembering that you openly re-
pudiated the Democratic platform in
the last campaign, I desire to know be-
fore answering invitation whethcr you
have since the election publicly an—
nounced your conversion to the princi-
ples set forth in that platform.’
“I have just received your reply, as
follows: ‘The invitation extended to you
is on behalf of the Democratic club. In—
dividual opinions have not been consid-
ered in issuing the invitations to cele—
brate the birthday of Thomas Jeffer—
son.‘
“I might plead a previous engagement
as a reason for declining, but that
would be equivalent to saying that I
PERRY BELMONT.
would come but for the engagement,
and frankness compels me to add an-
other reason. I appreciate the compli-
ment which the Democratic club pays
me in extending an invitation, but I do
not understand how individual opin-
ions can be ignored at a. political gath-
ering. You are the president of the club
and represent the club before the pub-
lic. Your position upon public ques-
tions was well known in 1896, and your
telegram indicates that your position
has not been changed. My pesition up-
on public questions is also well known.
The antagonism between our opinions
is so great that we cannot with proprie-
ty join in a. political banquet given in
honor of Democracy’s patron saint.
“Jefferson stood for certain well de-
fined principles If you! views are a cor-
rect leflection of his ideas, I fear that
my voice would sound a. discordant
note at your banquet. If, on the other
hand, the Chicago platform applies, as
I believe it does, Jeffersonian principles
to present conditions, then your con-
spicuous presence at the Jeffersonian
banquet would not honor the memory of
the world's greatest Democrat.
“Do not misunderstand me. You may
be right, and I may be wrong, but I
take it for granted that we are equally
conscientious. and I trust that I may
not show myself less courageous than
you. You proclaimed to your fellow
citizens 111-1896 that my election upon a
Democratic platform would endanger
the nation’s welfare. You will pardon
me if I suggest that a banquet p1 esid-
ed over by you will injure rather than
aid the Democratic party. I believe in
harmonizing personal differences, but
differences in principle cannot be har-
monized, and, in my judgment, no par-
ty advantage is to be derived from Do-
litiéal communion. between Jeffersqpian
Democrats who stand upon the Chica-
go platform and the Republican-,allies
who masquerade as pemocrats bet“ een
campalg ns in order to give more poten—
cy to their betrayal of Democratic p1in-
clples on election day.”
Sunbeam Editor Dead.
SALEM, N. J.. March 21. _—Robert
Gwynne, Sr., editor of the Salem Sun
beam, _died here yesterday, aged 7.1
years. He came to this country from
Ireland when 13 years of age. He 11:31-11.
ed the printing trade and in 1849 pur-
chased TheSunbeam, which he'i‘pub-
llshed up to the time of his death.
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Mr. Choate’s Remarks Just i-
fied by Statistics.
11112111011 NOW 01113111113 ENGLAND
In 1898 Our Exports Exceeded Those .
of GreatBritain—In Twenty Years
the United States Has Gained
63 Per Cent In Export Trade.
WASHINGTON, March 20. — Embas-
sador Choate’s recent remark that the
United States and the United Kindgom
would doubtless continue a friendly ri-
valry in regard to the world’s com—
merce is quite justified by the latest
figures on the commerce of the two
countries as supplied by the treasury
bureau of statistics. These show that
the exports'of domestic merchandise
from the United States in the eight
months ending with February amount
to $829,335,141, and those from the Unit-
ed Kingdom amount to $798,960,427. In
the calendar year 1898 the domesticlex-
ports from the United States amounted
'to $1,‘ ’33, 564, 828, while those fioin the
United Kingdom amounted to $111,131,—
944, 331. The year 1898 was the first in
which the domestic exports home the
United States exceeded the domestic ex—
ports from the United Kingdom. On
only two occasions prior to 1898 have
the domestic exports of the' United
States exceeded $1.000,000,000,while these
of the United Kingdom have constantly
exceeded $000,000,000 during the past
.20 years. The latest year in which her
exports of domestic merchandise fell
below the $1,000,000,000 line was in 1879,
when they amounted to $928,929,026. I11
1879 our own exports of domestic guer—
chandise amounted to $754,656,755. Thus
in the 20 years since 1879 the figures
show an increase of but 23
the domestic exports of the United
Kingdom and of 63 per cent in those of
the United States, apparently quite jus-
tifying Embassador Choatc's assertion
that the United States would continue
to be a rival, though a friendly one, of
the United Kingdom in its relations
with the commercial world.
That the rivalry has been and is a
friendly one even to the extent of cor-
diality is shown by the fact that, de-
spite our rapid increase in the supplies
which we are offering to the markets of
‘the world, Great Britain continues to
take a proportionate share of that in-
crease. Our exports of domestic mer-
chandise to the United Kingdom in 1879
amounted to $346,485,881.and in 1898 were
$534,398,302, an increase of 54 per cent,
while, as already shown, our general
exports increased 63 per cent during
that period. This is the more striking
and worthy of remark in view of the
fact that our own imports from the
United Kingdom have not increased at
the rate her purchases from us have
grown. Indeed, the imports into the.
United States from the United King-
dom in 1898 ale no greater than they
were 20 yeais ago, the imports from the
United Kingdom in 1879 being $108,538 -
812 and in 1898 $108,945,185.
The Defender's Crew.
DEER ISLE, Me., March 20. ——The
crew of the new defender of the Amer-
ica cup were selected last week byCap-
tain F. 'P. Weed. The task was a diffi-
cult one, as 231 of the best seamen of
the island made applications for a place
among the crew. The restriction that
those selected should be under 30 years
of age assisted Captain Weed to some
extent, but at the same time it excluded
several of those who were on the old
Defender in 1895. Every man is strong
and hearty and, like all Deer islanders,
has spent his life in battling with the
sea. and storms along the Maine coast
and _on the fishing banks.
Fatal Railroad Wreck.
ROANOKE, Va., March 20.——A .fatal
wreck occurred on the Norfolk and
Western at Ada yesterday morning.
killing Fireman Van Landingham of
this city and a brakeman named E. A.
Graham. A tramp was also killed. Sev-
eral trainmen were more or less injured.
Three freight trains were wrecked. All
were coming east. The first train had
stopped. The second broke in two, and
the sections in their flight down the
mountain crashed into the first train.
They were soon followed by the third,
which had not been flagged.
Mohrenhelnl Denies the Charge.
PARIS, March 20.—The Temps pub-
,lishes an interview with Baron von
'Mohrenheim, former Russian embassa-
dor to France, who now resides at Pau,
in which he denounces as a. “clumsy
invention” the story that he is the real
culprit who sold both Russian and
French military secrets to the German
government and that it has been only
to avoid a public scandal greater than
the Dreyfus affair that he has gone un-
punished.
storms Bring Death and Destruction.
MEMPHIS, March 20.—-Reports from
different points in Arkansas, Mississip-
pi and Alabama indicate that in the
storms which swept over those states
'18 persons were killed outright and 21
injured, as follows: In Alabama, 16
killed, 4 injured, Arkansas, 1 killed, 7
injured; Mississippi, 1 killed, 10 injured.
The property loss will run into the
hundreds of thousands.
A Peacemaker Stabbed.
SENECA FALLS, N. Y., March 20.—
During an argument over the labor
question in Tom Dean’s saloon, on Ca.-
nal street, Ira Bishop and a man named
Lape came to blows. In attempting to
separate them a man named Ralph was
painfully stabbed in the breast. The
man who did the stabbing made his es-
cape.
The Finns Sent Home.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. -—-A
Finnish deputation of “)0 persons which
recently arrived here to petition the
czar against the Russofieation decrees
has been ordered to. return home. imme-
diately, the czar refusing to receive its
members. '
Baptist Clergyman Dead.
BOSTON, March 20.—Rev. A. S. Gum-
part, pastor of the Dudley Street Bap-
tist church and one of the best known
Baptist cl 1gymen in New England,
died at ’:is home here yesterday from
l1 .az't “.Iluie.
we in California.
. . 1,19 rc'n‘ 2'0 —-T’he Cali-
‘.""i,‘.rc N mourned 5”” d e at
“1:15 o'clock Eur .ad y morning without
’ :iecting .1 Unit 13 States sc:-..'.or to suc-
r,...-.;l Stephen M. W bite. to: n- euired.
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WAR 0111111: 10111312.
Residents pf Havana Attack
Their Guardians.
BLOWS AND SHOTS FREELY EXCHANGEB
American Troops Quell the Disturb--
once-General Ludlow Desires Ac-
tive Service In the Philippines.
Parade In Honor of Gonlez.
HA ANA, March 20.——A soricus.con-
liict between the police and people of
Have 113. Saturday night resulted in con- .
side1able shooting and clubbing From
30 to 50 people were wciunded, some se-
riously. Among the injured is Police
Captain Estampes, formerly a colonel
in the Cuban army.
Ever since the police interference
about a \V eek ago with the demonstra-
tion in honor of General Maximo Gomez
they have been unpopular with the pop-
ulace who jeer at them and declare
them inefficient. Certain newspapers let
no opportunity escape to criticise the
force, denouncing the arrests as unfair
and charging the police with “tram—
pling upon the rights of a free people.”
The police are virtually in the position
of men who have to make the people
fear them in order to secure obedience.
as thev i1; ve no record to fall back up-
on 130: example.
Saturday night's trouble occurred at
a public mulatto ball in San'Jose street,
an unsavory quarter of Havana. Many
Cuban officers, colOnels and captains
among them, attended the affair. A po-
liceman on duty in that street, follow—
ing orders to prevent a crowd collecting
in front of the building where the ball
was in progress, asked a group of men
to go in or disperse. His request was
unheeded. and, after repeating it, he
was attacked by the group, whereupon
many’issued from the building. set upon
him, took away his club and revolver
and handled him roughly.
The policeman immediately notified
headquarters, which ordered 20 reserves
to the scene of trouble. The crowd had
prepared for their arrival. It is said
they opened with a revolver fire upon
tbr police. Vvhich the latter returned,
the, shooting being kept up until the
ammunition was exhausted. The' oppo-
nents of the police acted with determiv
nation in the affray. Many who were
in the building mounted to the roof,
which is comparatively low, and fired
upon the police from that point. They
were apparently well armed, and this
fact: together with the resolution with
which they fought, seems to confirm the
belief that the attacking party was
mostly made up of Cuban officers, as
ordinary civilians would have fled from
the revolvers of the' police.
American troops were called to the
scene when the trouble was over, and
numerous arrests followed. Police Cap-
tain Estampes, who is well known in
Cuban military circles, is so badly in-
jured that fears are entertained that he
will not recover. .
Major General Ludlowf military gov—
ernor of the department of Havana, de-
sires to be relieved of his duties and to
go to the Philippines. It is understood
that he has'applied to the war-depart-
ment for a transfer and has strenuously
urged that it be made. He is weary of
the details of city administration.
Captain Johnston of General Ludlow’s
staff has sailed for Tampa,~en route for
the Philippines.
, Postmaster General Smith. intends to-
get a thorough insight into the Cuban ‘
postal system and will remain here a
week.
The workarren’s demonstration in fat-1
vor of General Gomez yesterday was a
successful affair, some 500 men and
women forming on .the Prado and
marching, with music and banners, to
the Quinto de los Molinos, the residence
of General Gomez, where they were
joined by a similar procession from
Guanabacoa.
Spain Will Protest.
MADRID, March 20.—Senor Silvela,
premier and'minister of foreign affairs,
has had a conference with the French
embassador regarding the liberation of
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the-
Filipinos. Spain, it is reported, has de-
termined to protest to the civilized
world against the attitude of the Amer-
icans in hindering the efforts of General
Rios, Spanish commander in the Philip-
pines, to liberate 1‘the prisoners. ,The
government will demand a credit for
the payment of the interest on the Cu-
ban debt.
Beef Court Sits on Sunday.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., March 20.—
The army beef court of inquiry con-
cluded the taking of testimony at Fort
Leavenworth at noon yesterday and at
4:15 departed for Chicago, where the
sessions will be resumed. The sole wit-
ness examined yesterday was Sergeant
Edward Mason, Troop A, First United
States cavalry, located at Fort Robin-
son, Neb., who served as regimental
commissary sergeant at Lakeland, Fla...
and during the Cuban campaign. -
D., L. and W. Run Sunday Trains.
NENV YORK, March 20.—-For the first
time in the history of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad
Sunday passenger trains were run yes-
terday, when a regular Sunday train
service was established. It was thought
at first that many people living along
the line would rebel against any such
movement. As far' as could be learned
nothing of this nature occurred; but,
on the contrary, the trains arriving at
Hoboken were crowded.
Murder and Suicide.
CHICAGO, March 20.~—Charles L.
Backman, an engraver, yesterday shot
'and mortally wounded his wife. He then
sent a bullet into his own breast, dying
almost instantly. Backman and his wife
had been separated for some time. A
quarrel resulting from Mrs. Backman’s
refusal to live with her husband culmi-
nated in the shooting. '
Paris Accepts Dr. Egleston’s Gift.
PARIS, March 20,—An official decree
just issued authorizes the School of
Mines in this city to accept the gift of
$5,000 offered in February of last year
by Dr. Thomas Egleston, emeritus pro-.
fessor of mineralogy and metallurgy of
the School of Mines, New York.
General 'Brcckiiu-idge’s Inspection.
PONCE, Porto Rico, March 20.——In-
specter General B1cckinridge of the
United States azmy, who will inspect
all the militarv posts in Porto Rico. has
1:111.“ ed the tibops at Ponce and pro-
ceeded yesterday to the Yaucc district.
111 ARMY COUNTED
.he has not done so.
Reports From Cuban Pro
inces Now Made Public.
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General Gomez Reported the Arnie
Force at Forty-two Thousand.
General Ernst Will vDis-
tribute the $3,000,000.
HAVANA, March 22.—The Cuban a
my has 13,219 men, all told. This nu
ber includes corporals and sergeant
but excludes commissioned officers. T
figures are the result of the official i
qmry instituted under the direction
the department commanders for the u
of the military administration.
The reports of the governors of t
provinces are as follows: Santiag
none; Puerto Principe, 300; Santa Clar
4,769; Matanzas, 2,200;' Havana provinc
2,450, which includes 375 in the city
Havana, and Pinar del Rio, 3,500.
General Gomez originally reporte
that there were 42,000 privates and no
commissioned officers. General R010
inspector general of the Cuban arm
was to have presented an accurate mu
ter roll to Governor General Brooke, b
As a creature
the Cuban military assembly, he h
joined with it against General Gome
His muster rolls, in whatever form th
may be, have been given to Senor R
fael Portuondo, president of the. exec
tive committee of the assembly, but t
governor general has assurances th
they will soon be turned over to him.
Brigadier General Ernst will repr
sent the military administration in di
tributing the $3,000,000. It has not y
been decided whether the whole amou
is to be distributed pro rata or $100 gi
on to 'each man and the balance retai
ed by the United States government.
The statement that there are no C
ban soldiers in the province of Santia
has caused considerable surprise her
as it was supposed there were ma
Cubans still in armsthere. Neverth
less this is the report of Major Gener
Leonard Wood, the military governor.
In yesterday's session of the cub
assembly a motion was made in few
of disbanding the Cuban army and di
solving the- assembly, with permissi
to the Cuban soldiers to accept gifts
money from the United States if they
desired. After considerable argume
the gist of which was that the asse
b‘ly could not discuss matters of su
importance without previous conside
ation on the part of individual me,
here, it was decided to postpone t
public discussion of the motion un
Saturday.
Another motion was introduced in. f
vor of changes and improvements
the organization of he Cuban army, b
the discussion of " his was postpon
until today. As a matter of fact t
session was devoted almost entirely
questions of order arising out of the v
rious motions made.
Senor Federico Mora, civil governor
Havana, has issued a document
which he summarizes the laws reg
lating public gatherings and parad
and attempts to show that he act
within 'the law in the course he to
regarding the parade of March 12
honor of Gomez, a course which w
primarily responsible for the ill feeli
between the police and populace th
culminated in the bloody affrays of 1
Sunday and Monday. Senor Mora 53.
that if the law is bad it should be
pealed, but that so long as it is in to
it should be observed. Postmaster Ge
eral Emory Smith spent five hours y
terday with the governor general.
Probable Triumph of Bolivia. Robe
LIMA, Peru, via Galveston, March
—Dr. Zoilo Floros, who has just
rived here from Bolivia, said in 1:
course of an interview yesterday t
Senor Cevero Alonzo, president.- of
livia, who, with the government tree
is now within the walls of Oruro
sieged by the Federal‘ists, or insurgen
cannot much longer maintain the
sition. Deprived of supplies, he In
either fight or withdraw from Oruro,
indeed he will not be compelled to d
perse his troops. The insurgent ar
in the opinion of Dr. Floros, is ev
way superior, and existing conditio
cannot be prolonged beyond the fi
fortnight in April. Dr. Floros‘belie
implicitly in the triumph of the revo
tionary movement.
Korean Emperor Changes Garb.
TACOMA, March 22.—According
advices from the orient, the emperor
Korea has caused a sensation by
pearing in a full uniform cut in Ame
can fashion. His attendants have a
been attired in American style.
emperor, it is stated, has cut his t
knot, or short queue, which from ti
immemorial has adorned the top of
Korean emperor’s head.
Others Must Follow France.
LONDON, March 22.—The Peking
respondent of The Times says, “Fra
has withdrawn her objections to the
tension of the cosmopolitan settlem
on conditions that have been accep
by the foreign consuls, and it now
volves upon the British, American
German ministers to insist upon
immediate granting of the extension.
Train Down an Embankment.
HERKIMER. N. Y., March .122.
train ‘on the Mohawk and Malone r
way yesterday, while running south
the branch between Hinckley and Pr
pect, 30 miles north of here, left
track an'd’went down the embankme
The cause was spreading of the ra
Joseph Fay, the conductor, was theo
person hurt, and be but slightly.
Another Probable Victim.
MONTREAL,1 March 22.—Mrs. J.
Taylor of Montreal is feared to h.
perished in the Windsor hotel fire.
left‘here on Wednesday morning
New York. Her name appears on
Windsor register, and her friends 11
been unable to secure any trace of
since then. i
Santiagoflero Rests at Arlingto
~WASHINGTON, March 22.—The
mains of Lieutenant VJilliam Geo
Elliott, U. S. A. whose death occur
Aug. 11 last at Santiago, Cuba, h
been interred with military honors
Arlington. v .
Fifth Mob Victim Dies. .
ATLANTA,» March 22.—J0hn Big
who was shot,_by the Palmetto mob 1
Thursday, died here yesterday.
death makes the fifth victim. Two 0
its were wpunded.
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