Vol. vi. Whoie No. 1280 W EABY OED] CAMPOS Havana Anxious to Get Rid of the Alleged Great General. ornnf' BOUFFE CAMPAIGN. l‘he Insurgents Have Never Met With a Serious Setback—De Campos Says He Is Willing to Get Out and Equal- ly Willing to Remain. HAVANA, Jan. 18.—The situation here today is most critical. This is not due to the movements of the insurgents, but peo- ple here have about decided that the cap- tain general, Martinez dc Campos, will either resign at once or be recalled to Spain very shortly. ‘ The agitation against his conduct of the military operations against the insurgent forces has been steadily growing for some time past, and although the Spaniards have loyally supported his rule and tactics, in spite of the reverses which he has suf- fered and in the face of the constant ad- vance of the insurgents, the wholesale de- struction of property and the failure of the Spanish troops to bring the enemy to terms, matters have now reached a climax, and there seems to be only one way out of the difficulty. The newspapers will no longer be controlled by the press censor, and in view of the strong editorials reflecting upon Campos which have appeared in the Conservative and Reforniist newspapers the’fe’eling’a’gainst the captain general is growinghourly, and repeated despatches have been sent‘ to Madrid on the subject. His recall has been requested by some of the most influential party leaders inCuba, and a reply has been received saying that the matter will be considered by the cabi- net council. It is believed that the Span- ish government has communicated with the captain general, explaining the situa- tion to him and asking him for his views .1 in the matter. Barkis Is Willin. It is also said here that the captain gen- eral has replied to Madrid, saying that, in view of the critical situation and not hav- ing the entire confidence of the public, he leaves the government to decide the’ques- tion of his relief from further duty in Cuba, while being personally willing to remain and fight it out to the last. This report served to calm the public mind somewhat this afternoon, but there is a state of strong, suppressed excitement here, and the same state of afiairs' is known to exist in Madrid. At the ‘ same time the utmost respect is still shown to the veteran general who has done so much gallant work for Spain, and he is still sustained by the autono- mists. But this is not likely to have much iiifluence now upon the decision of the cab- inet council. ' The tide of public disapproval has set so strongly against the captain general, po- litically and otherwise, that the most graceful way out of it for him, it is said, would be to promptly accept the situation and resign the captain generalship in favor of General Arderius, his brother-in—law and commander of the Spanish forces here, in the captain general’s absence, while awaiting the arrival from Spain of his suc— cessor. In this connection the man whose name is most referred to as Martinez (19 Campos’ successor is General Polaveja, who was hastily called to Madrid today, and who is understood to have been in consultation with the minister for war. General Censure For Campos. The captain general was down town to- day, accompanied by an aid-de-camp. He looked very old and utterly worn out with anxiety. file was respectfully saluted by everybody, but then was no mistaking the coldness of the manner of the people to- ward him. By many he is directly blamed for the present situation, it being claimed that he scattered his troops right and left all over the island in an endeavor to pro- tect property against small, unimportant bands of insurgents, and that in so doing he allowed Gomez, Maceo and others to collect large bands of adherents, and when the time came to move successfully upon Havana in spite of everything done by the military authorities to prevent them. It is further pointed out that the order to gather'in all the horses possible for the use of the government troops, only issued a few weeks ago, should have been pro- mulgated several months ago, which would have had a twofold purpose—that of pre- venting the animals from falling into the hands of the insurgents and that of mounting the Spanish infantry and en- abling them to more successfully cope with the enemy and to move with greater free- dom and speed from one part of the island to the other. As a matter of fact, it seems that it was only quite recently that the captan general recognized the fact that the mounted insurgents were able to move with greater rapidity and effective- ness than his dismounted recruits, many of them nothing more than boys, from Spain. Negligence Charged. Then again there has been much dis- aathfaction in militpry giggles oyer the 1. f‘EqwaZ and Exact Justipg to all More of:.W/eatcvcr‘State' or Persuasion, Religious ’1? provisioning and payment—of the Spanish troops. Their pay is small and the food given them is of the poorest description, but the pay has continually been in arrears and their food has been in many cases cap- tured by the insurgents, wasted, sent to wrong places or in some other manner held away from them until both officers and men became utterly disgusted. In addi- tion to this, the soldiers have been subject- ed to long, forced marches, have had to fight with an enemy they would very rare ly come to close quarters with, in a coun- try whose natural and climatic conditions were decidedly against them, and'on top of this theyr have suffered defeat after defeat and have shown themselves utterly inca- pable of coping successfully under the pres- ent conditions with the admirably con- ducted and well disciplined forces of the insurgents. - The captain general, talking over the situation with a friend, is reported to have said: “I did the best I could under tl circum- stances and nobody but myself ias apfull knowledge of the difficulties I have labor- ed under. Had I been successful, there would have been nothing but praise. I have been unsuccessful and there is noth- ing but blame. This is the way of the world and'I do not complain.” Naturally, there is a great deal of anx- iety in political and military circles to know what course the Spanish government will adopt under the circumstances. . Much Excitement In Havana. At the close of business today there was evidence of considerable excitement among the populace, and many of the commercial houses closed their doors long before the usual hour. Groups of' people gathered in various places discussing the situation, but so soon as any large number assem- bled they were dispersed by the police 01 military authorities. ‘This, however, was done in a quiet and orderly manner and only in obedience to orders. In fact, everything possible is being done to keep the city quiet and to refrain from doing anything which may provoke a disturb- ance. - ’ - In the difi‘erent business sections this afternoon meetings were held, and a num- ber of merchants expressed their views on the crisis, the general opinion being that the order for the recall of the captain gen— eral may be expected almost at any mo m'ent. During the afternoon General Marin, who is looked upon as one of the most able Spanish commanders, arrived here from the front after having been sent for by the captain general, and had a long conference at the palace with the latter. This gave rise to the report that General Marin was likely to succeed the captain general in command of the Spanish forces in Cuba. There was very little news from the front today, the only item worth recording being that the insurgents had burned the railroad station at Duran, in the province of Pinar dcl Rio. THE QUORUM RULE. It \Vill Have to Be Amended Before It . Can Be Passed. WASHING-TON, Jan. 18.-——The rule for compelling the attendance of a quorum oi members of the house of representatives, which was first brought forward by J. B. Randolph Tucker of Virginia in the For- ty—sixth congress, and which the commit- tee on rules proposed to add to the Reed quorum counting rule for the use of this house of representatives, has not yet been adopted by the house and will probably be amended before it is passed. When the rule was brought before the house last week, so much objection to it in the orig- inal form appeared that it was withdrawn for further consideration at the hands oi the committee. Under the rule when the point of no quorum is raised and found to be correct the sergeant-at-arms is to bring in absefit- members to answer to roll call, and when those voting and those present and declining to vote make a quorum, the question is to be decided by the majority of those voting. The point was raised that this rule would allow a bill to be‘passed by a vote of less than a majority of the quorum 01 the house, and this the supreme court had declared to be unconstitutional. Accord- ingly the rule was withdrawn temporarily, and it will probably be changed by the committee before it is again brought for- Ward. The Du Pont Case. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18,—The senate com- mittee on privileges and elections held a brief session today to consider the Du Ponl case:- The constitution of the state of Del- aware was ordered printed for the use oi the committee, which will meet again on Friday of next Week. German Grain Monopoly. BERLIN, Jan. 18.—The debate on Count von Kanitz’s proposal that the govern. ment should establish a monopoly for the sale of grain was resumed in the reichstag today. Herr Radziwill, the Polish leader, concurred in the view of the subject taken by the minister of foreign affairs, Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, and Herr Ben. nigsen said that the national Liberals would vote against the motion. M. Floquet Reported Dying. PARIS, Jan. 18.—-M. Floquet, formerly president of the council of ministers, who has been sufiering from congestion of the lungs, is said to be dying. He was born in 1828- and was at one time editor'of Le Temps and later of Le Sieclc. He was also’assistant of the mayor of Paris during the commune and has held the office .~’ president of the chamber of deputies. ‘. Cliauncey’s Next Address. ALBANY, Jan. 18.—At the nineteenth an- nual meeting of the New York State Bar association in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21 and 22,the programme of Which has been published heretofore, Chauncey M. Depew of New York will ad- dress the body on “Patriotism and Jingo- ism; the Lawyer’s Duty.” ~ Allowed to Marry 3 Witness. Locxron'r, N. Y, Jan. 18.—William Smith, the Niagara Falls negro indicted for the murder of Oscar Jones at a dance in the tunnel district on Dec. 10 last, and Mary King, a negro woman, held here at: a witness in the. case, were married in the Niagara county jail." 2P1rison' oflicials wit nessod the ceremony. . ' ' _ ~ . v I :7/ .45).“ ." a"? C, :‘éxhfiylm 3‘ . 43¢ .‘VL’I 7': ’I‘ 5‘ a 8 £6 ,3 a I ~.. .— M :3“ 5*“: ——.—-—~~s~.—d.r Norwalk, Conn, Saturday Evening, January, 18' 1896. noun. SITUATION. , ' _.__-____ No One Is Yet Able to Foretell the Business Development. GOLD’S GOINGS AND COMIN GS Condition of Domestic Trade Is One of Hesitation—Speculation Dull—Man'- ufacturing at a Standstill. Failures of the \Veek. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—R. G. Dun & Co. ’5 ~ weekly review of trade says: The situation could hardly be more per- plexing for business men. Practical mer- chants, manufacturers, or bankers can have little sympathy for those who mini- mizc their difficulties. None doubts that the government will raise money to meet obligations, but how far the money market will be disturbed or the treasury reserve first diminished none can say. The busi- ness world cannot know as yet how far for- eign questions may upset calculations, though there seems every reason to expect peaceful settlement. It cannot know what may be the duties on any important class of imports a month‘ hence, whether im- ports are likely to exceed exports and draw away gold, whet-her the deficit of revenue will'continuc, or what other taxation will be levied. Failure of the senate thus far to take any action upon financial measures proposed by the president or those passed by the house affects u‘nfavorably all branches of business. Under such adverse circumstances it is actually encouraging that shrinkage in transactions and result- ing commercial disasters have not been greater. But four large failures within a day or two indicate that the same condi- tion cannot continue long without much embarrassment. The Morgan syndicate has dissolved, the proposed loan being practically underwrit- ten, but considerable gold has already been drawn from the treasury by intending pur- chasers and as high as 114; premium has been paid, though at the close only % to 1% per cent. To some it seems incompre, hensible that $2,400,000 gold has been exported during the week and 553,200,000 gold imported the same week, with ap- parent advantage to both parties. Ex— change stands firmly abovc the point at which exports are profitable. But the premium paid in order to purchase bonds suffices to cause some imports. The com- mercial loan market was active for some days, but became hard later, with diffi- culty in placing oven the best commercial paper and most loans were made at 8 per cent. Domestic Trade. Domestic trade shown by clearing house payments is 8.8 per cent larger than last year, but 27.8 per cent less than in 1893, and in nearly all trades there is much hes- itation. Railroad earnings for the first week- of January were 5. 7 per cent larger than in January, 1895, but- 13.5 per cent less than in 1893, December showing a gain of 8.7 over 1895 and a decrease of 7.5 compared with 1893. Stocks steadily ad. vanccd until Friday, but the failures brought a more cautious feeling. . Speculation in products was not very active, and wheat was practically un. changed, though Atlantic exports for two weeks, flour included, have been 4,483,190 bushels against 4,273,124 last year. West- ern receipts still make short crop predic- tions ridiculous, amounting for two weeks of January to 5,421,976 bushels against 2,559,122 last year. Corn receipts were also liberal and exports about five times last year’s. Cotton receipts still indicate a yield neither as small as Mr.'i*eill’s ro- itcrated estimate of 6,500,000 bales nor as large as the 7,000,000 bales estimated by others, but it is yet to be seen whether supplies hold for better prices are of conse- quence. The price declined an eighth with accounts of narrower demand by spinners abroad and declining prices for goods-in this country. ' No branch of manufacture has made progress, for all are unavoidably waiting both for settlement of financial doubts and for a demand which does not yet appear. Cotton goods are not quotably lower, but concessions to secure business are reported in many instances, and many of the mills have been running largely in anticipation of orders not yet received. There is a lit- tle better inquiry for staples, with indica. tions that dealers’ stOcks are running low. The opening of fine and fancy woolens has brought no change in prices, and rcvi; sions caused by recent openings of worst- eds have been generally toward lower prices. There has been somewhat more demand, but not enough to keep most of the mills running full. Iron and Steel. The pig iron output weekly Jan; 1 was 207,481 tons, a decrease of 9,316, or 4.3 per cent in December, and unsold stocks in- creased 91,125 tons, or over 20,000 weekly, while the great steel companies whose stocks are not reported produced in De- cember 342,936 tons. The production is so far beyond the present demand for finished products that temporary stoppage of many furnaces is expected. Yet pig iron is high- er, bessemer about 50 cents and grey forge and anthracitegE cents, although finished products are generally weaker, with less demand. Controllers of the coke and ore output are said to have agreed to maintain prices above those of 1895, which means dearer pig iron, but if orders for finished products do not materially increase the ad- vance in materials can hardly be main- tained. Minor metals are weaker, with copper at 9. 75 cents, about 5,000 tons lead at 3 cents and tin at 13 cents. Shipments of boots and shoes for two weeks have been 23 per cent less than last year, not many of the factories are running full, and order: are scanty,buyers still believing that price: must go lower. Failures for the past week have been - much larger in magnitude, numbering 39?; in the United States against 373 last year and 81 in Canada against 60 last year. Cost of Investigating Asylums. ALBANY, Jan. 18.——Tho state board '05 claims today awarded John D. McMahon of Utica $4,381.08 for compensation as counsel for the state lunacy commissmn in ‘ York city insane asylums. conducting an investigation of the New _ MR. CARROLL’S GREAT IDEA. it Put: a Man at His Best When no In Hold Up by a Robber. Taylor Carroll is efigaged in devising a formidable system of defense for lone pedestrians when they wander in dan- gerous places where police protection is ineffective and the risk of being “held up” is ever present. His plan is to con- vert the erect human body into _a minia- ture revolving turret,. armed at four points and capable of dealing death in- front, rear or flank simultaneously or of sending four successive discharges in the same direction. _ Mr. Carroll’s design is still in its ru- dimentary stage, with numberless minor details to be elaborated, but his central idea is well developed. He says he has not yet prepared diagrams or experi- mental apparatus, but has merely out- lined it mentally. _ “I would have a small storage bat- tery worn in a belt,” he said, “with small copper wires running from it up through the sleeves and connected with each hand on the great or middle finger with a copper ring the thumb can reach in the palm of the hand. When the thumb touched the ring, an electrical current would discharge four batteries loaded with ball behind and in front. This discharge could take place when the hands were being held under the threat of an armed robber. “The ring should be placed beyond the reach of the thumb except in cases of emergency, so the thumb will never discharge the battery accidentally. ” Mr. Carroll is‘not a practical electri- cian or mechanic, being an actor by profession. He has not figured up the weight of the storage battery to be car- ried on the belt, nor is he adverse to considering the advisability of substi- tuting _a dry primary cell. In his zeal for the application of sci- entific methods to ,the protection of the citizen the inventor has apparently left out of sight everything but the tactical advantage of the lonely pedestrian at- tacked in front by the bold marauder or clasped from behind by the lurking gar- roter. Thus he has not yet figured out how a slim young man is to avoid as- suming Falstaifian dimensions when he braces storage batteries and arsenals around his waist. Nor does he forecast the possibly trag- ical consequences that might some day result from the clasp of a loving hand upon the thumb‘ and palm that carried the potential copper appurtenances he describes, making igadvertent electrical contact and producing a catastrophe when only endearment was intended.— Chicago Tribune. GENERAL GRANT,’S FUNERAL. The Procession In New York Was Eight Miles In Length. The procession, eight miles long, wended up Broadway between lines of old soldiers—flags veiled, drums muffled and arms reversed. The Grant family, except Mrs. Grant, who was unable to be present, followed in four carriages, succeeded by the general’s old stuff, his cabinet oflicers and detachments from Grand Army posts. Members of the Aztec club, survivors of the Mexican war, formed a group. President Cleve- land rode with Secretary Bayard, and they were followed by the vice president and the cabinet, the supreme court jus- tices, United States senators and a com- mittee of the house. Governor Hill and his suit and a committee of the state legislature were of the cortege; also gen- tlemen who had occupied diplomatic and consular ofiices under Grant while pres— ident. Besides all these were ofiicial guests filling 150 carriages. Over the ashes of the man who had said “Let us have peace” all bitter memories were forgotten. Speaker Car- lisle and ex-Spea‘ker. Randall rode with Congressmen Hiscock and Reed, Senator Merrill with Senator Cockrell, Sherman with Ransom, Ingalls with Harris. Famous Confederates, distinguishable by their gray silk sashes, fraternized with Federal Chieftains. Generals Joe Johnston and Buckner cfliciated with Sherman, Sheridan and Logan among the pallbearers. southerners, Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and Gordon, were, also present at the funeral. —PreSident E. Benjamin Andrews in Scribner’s. EDWARD P. WE ED Three other gallant _ [nu-.4- r- '9‘ //V~_' . Ten Sweet V. Caporal Little Cigars. [fats cts. " new BY ALL DEALERS. N s The Big (Store of Fairfild Bounty. or P0litical.”-—Jefiersoni I'l'lll BIISTIIN S'llll Brice One. Cent 4 i Always Forging ' ‘..,—’—Ahead. \ NoRWALK, ' CONN. , ' OUR ‘OF N AND sin-Nuns. ‘ OPENING ,_ 1 D E R 1 ES ' Linus MUSLlN UNDERWEAR. 10,000 Pieces of Women‘s, Misses7 and Children’s Underwear, all fresh, new, reliable, and honestly made. The greatest gathering of Choice Styles, for little money, ever shown. THlS IMPOBTtsT tan-T evens SATURDAY. 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