ITALY TNTTTKCLW it Is Nov." Said That. Over 5,000 Troops ' Perishcd In Abyssinia. THE BLOODY PASS OF ADOWA Everybody Holds Government Bespon'si- ble For the Disaster—Troops In Readiness In Their Barracks. hiany Demonstrations. ROME. March 5.—The kingdom of Italy is plunged into a state of excitement, grief and wild, despairing anger almost beyond description. No pen pictures can adequate- ly portray the situation, for every dispatch received from Massaua adds to the grav- ity of the disaster to the Italian arms at Adowa, Abyssinia. When the first news of General Bara- tieri’s defeat reached this city, report had it that only 500 men were killed. Then yesterday afternoon the numbers ran'up 'to 3:000 killed, with 60 pieces of artillery captured. But today's dispatches place the number of Italians killed at the, battle of Adowa and in the long, harassing re- treat that followed at 5,000, and it is not believed that even these terrible figures really tell the full extent of the disaster. Then, again, no mention is made of the wounded, and there is good reason, based on stories of recent Italian defeats by the Abyssinians. to believe that those who fell , wounded during the long retreat—over 50 miles, according to general report met a more horrible fate than those who were killed on the spot. Throughout the night the garrison here was kept under arms, and mounted patrols traversed the principal streets. The mass of the people, however, do not seem to have retired to rest. The streets were filled until daybreak, and after early morn- ing-every public place was crowded with excited men and women. A number of disturbances which have called for police interference, although few people have been arrested, have occurred in this city. Today, however, the indications are that the people are assuming a more threaten— ing attitude, not only in this city, but throughout Italy. Demonstrations Reported. Demonstrations against the Crispi min- istry and even against the crown are re- ported from a number of towns in the provinces in spite of the fact that the au- thorities are straining every nerve to sup- press all alarming news. for the present at least. It is said that the government Was aware on Tuesday of the full extent of the defeat inflicted upon the Italians, but it was judged to be dangerous to allow the startling information to reach the public suddenly, and so the first report of the de— feat was allowed to leak out, when the war office officials allowed it to be “ru- mored” that 500 men were killed. After this came the “report” that 3,000 soldiers had fallen, and now it is “admitted” that 5,000 Italian troops were slain, “in addi- tion to severe loss among the native troops” serving under the flag of Italy. Under these circumstances it is not as- tonishing that the wildest kind of rumors are in circulation and that insome of the clubs the number of killed and wounded is placed at 10,000. These figures may turn out to be exaggerated, but they show the state of the public mind here. All fetes have been indefinitely post- poned, masses for the repose of the souls of the dead have been celebrated in every Catholic church in this city, and crowds of weeping women and sorrowing men were in attendance. A requiem will be chanted in St. Peter’s by order of the pope, and the receptions, etc, in celebration of the coronation anniversary of his holiness have been dispensed with. A City of lilourning and Anger. Rome, in a word, is today a city of mourning and of sullen anger ready to break out into fierce, open resentment. The government and the military au- thorities are loudly charged with gross mismanagement of the Abyssinian cam- paign, and great indignation is expressed against the newspapers, which have been goading General Baratieri into action by taunting him with his inactivity. It is also said now that the Italian com- mander was led inn a trap skillfully bait- ed by the report which was allowed to reach him that a number of the important chiefs of the Shoans, accompaneid by a por- tion of the Shoan army, were attending the coronation of King Negus at Axun, and that, hoping to surprise those who re- mained behind, General Baratieri ordered Generals Albertona, Arimondi and Da- bormida to attack the enemy. The latter, it appears, pretended to re- treat before the Italian advance until the troops were well within the passes leading to Adowa, the capital of Tigre. Then the scene changed. The Shoans, armed with improved French military rifles, it is claimed, and supported by modern artillery directed by French artil- lerymen, advanced upon the Italians in overwhelming strength, while the ap- parently deserted passes became alive with natives, who hurled rocks down upon the trapped soldiers, while others kept up a terrible, well directed fire upon the troops. The Italians, it is said, broke and fled after making a gallant stand and seeing thousands of their number shot down or crushed to death. A Disastrous Rout. Then, it added, began the most disas- trous rout in the history of African war- fare, the triumphant Shoans pressing on after the disorganized soldiery, cutting them down in great numbers in spite of repeated formations of squares. The troops in these stands are said to have behaved with the greatest gallantry, but all the reserve ammunition was cap- tured, and all the Italian provisions and artillery fell into the hands of the enemy. The result was that a number of the Italian detachments eventually had only their bayonets with which to defend them- selves, and, it is feared, but a small por- tion of the Italian force sent against the Shoans reached Asmara in safety. But days must elapse before the full tale of war horrors can be accurately told. The people naturally are rendered more excited by the absence of definite news of the battle, and the Opposition party and socialists are taking advantage of the sit- uation. The latter especially are very bit- ter against the government. Later in the day the news from the prov- inces became more alarming. It was stated that in a number of places the police have been utterly unable to cope With the populace, and that the troops have been called upon to restore order. - The soldiers, however, appear to have , been as helpless as the police, and in sev- eral places the crowds have been fired upon. At Milan, for instance, the troops, after trying to disperse a mob which was mak- ing a demonstration against the govern- ment, fired a volley over the rioters’ heads. But one man was killed and_ several i .— Advertise in the GAZETTE. - . ' - . . . Tm E» E 'V‘ETNIN GIGAZETTE' wounded. This increased the excitement, and report has it ,that the troops were stoned and had to clear a public square at the point Of the bayonet. Excitement In Venice. Dispatches received here from Venice say that the most intense excitement pro- vails there, and that there were a number of riotous demonstrations during the night. An immense crowd of people as- sembled on the Piazza .au Marco, and speeches were made against the govern- ment, condemning the manner in which the Abyssinian campaign had been con- ducted and calling upon the military au- thorities to try General Baraticri by court martial. The latter, who has been deprived of his command by telegraph, and who has been superseded by General Baldissera as com- mander in chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia, will most likely be brought be- fore a military court at the earliest possi- ble moment. Further dispatches from Venice say that there was another popular demonstration against the government there this morn- ing, and that the mob was only dispersed ~by the police with the greatest difficulty and after a number of arrests had been made. Advices received life from Padua say that there was a riotous demonstration there today, and that the police had to in— terfere to restore order. A mob of people marched through the streets booting the government Officials and crying for the downfall of the Crispi ministry. At Verona there was a similar demon~ stration against the government, and a number of socialists were arrested for ston- ing the police and uttering seditious cries. Troops Confined to Barracks. At Rovigo and in fact nearly every city of importance throughout Italy the troops are confined to barracks today, and every precaution possible is being taken to pre- vent disorder. But it is believed that nothing short of the downfall of Senor Crispi and the dispatch of the strongest possible re-eniorcements to Africa. will satisfy public clamor. Shortly before noon today it was an- nounced that General Baratieri had been recalled to Rome, and that upon his arriv- al here his conduct of the present camg paign and the defeat of the Italians at Adowa will be inquired into. he social- ists claim that the general should be shot as an example to others, and that the min- ister for war should share his fate. General Baldissera, who has assumed command of the Italian troops in Africa, is preparing a long report on the battle of Adowa, which will be forwarded as promptly as possible to the war depart- ment here, The army reserves of 187:2, numbering about 00,000 men, are being called to the standard. BLOWN FROM A TRAIN. ‘ A. Serious Avoids-Mt to a New York on the .liizldletown Express. TIACKENSAHJ.. '9'. J., March 5,—Anotb- or person was blown from a train by the high wind today. Miss Lizzie Strauss Of 340 East One Hundred and Twenty first street, New York, took the Middletown express, which leaves New York over the New York. Susquehanna and Western rail- road at 8:30 o'clock, to go to Paterson. While the train was passing thgough New Durham and Little Ferry at the rate of 50 miles an hour Miss Strauss started to go from one car to another. She grasp- ed tlu hand rail on the car, but the wind disarranged her hat. She let go the hand rail, and the wind blew her from the train. As she was being carried from the plat- form she screamed, attracting the atten- tion of passengers on the car. They noti- fied the conductor, and the train stopped after it had gone nearlya mile from where the accident occurred, The train was backed up, and the guards got off to find Miss Strauss. She was found insensible beside the track and plac- ed on the train and taken to Hackensack. When she arrived at Hackensack, she was conveyed to the ofiice of Dr. St. John, the house physician of the Hackensack hospital. He found that she had been badly out about the head, and that she was probably injured internally. She was transferred to the hospital. Barkman, an insurance agent of Rose— ville, who was blown from a train yester- day while he was on a Lehigh Valley train, bound for New York, was resting easily in‘ the hospital today, and the doctors said that he would probably recover. Girl H. H. Holmes Blust Die. PHILADELPHIA, March 5.——The supreme court today in a decision by Justice Wil- liams overruled all assignments of errors in the case of H. H. Holmes, sentenced to death for murdering Benjamin F. Pitezel, and confirmed the judgment of the court below. 'luie opinion says that no sub- stantial error has been pointed out, and the evidence fully sustained the verdict. The Raines Bill Programme. ALBANY, March 5.——Debate on the ex- cise bill, which will begin Friday morn- ing, will be strictly limited. The clc-ture rule adopted early in the session, limiting the debate to six hours, or three hours for each side, will be adopted, and then only five minutes will be allowed to members to explain their votes. 1 Another Troy Victim Found. TROY, N. Y., March 5. ——The body of Miss Millie Brock, the fourth victim of. the Burdett building fire, was unearthed in the ruins of the Burdett building to- day. One icot was first discovered under a pile of floor timbers, and the work of re- moving the safes was suspended until the body was removed. . Tuttle Burglar Still at Large. NEW YORK, March :3.——The burglar who broke into Ezra iz’. Tuttle‘s house, Vill- ljamsburg, and shot his son .l’r.:n‘:- er. Purify And Enrich . Your Blood By Taking Sarsaparilla it was the Only Sarsaparilla admitted At World’s Fair. AYER’S PILLS for the Liver. Advert it: in the Gmmu. . Mtfiday’h'ight has ‘n'ot h'een Fapturéd yet. Captain Corwin was of the opinion that the burglar would soon be in custody. According to the captain, he knows where the burglar is. A Boon to Cyclers. ALBANY, March 5.——An important meas- ure was reported favorably to the house by the committee on codes. If it passes, it will be a crime to drop or place or cause to be placed upon any cycle path, street, side- walk, road, etc., any substance which might injure or puncture any tire used on a cycle. The “Voodbury Under \Vater- NEW YORK, March 5.—-Word was re- ceived in this city this morning that the schooner Nellie Woodbury, ashore near Long beach, is almost entirely under wa- ter, nothing showing but the top of her cabin skylight. Prominent Norwich Man Dead. NORWICH, Conn., March 5.—-Winis Rog- ers Austin, 7 7 years old, one of Connecti- cut’s most prominent citizens, died today, after an illness of two days, of pneu- monia. He held many offices in the state and locally. sronr's VIEWS ON MONEY. Missouri’s Governor “’rites a. Letter Defy- ing the Gold Men of the State. ST. LOUIS, March 5.—Governor William J: Stone has sent out a letter to the silver Democrats of Missouri, in which he defies the sound money men of the state. He says, among other things: “In this fight I state frankly my own position. I shall favor the Sedalia convention sending a solid free silver delegation to Chicago. I shall favor the selection of two delegates from each congressional district, as has been done heretofore, as a matter of geo- graphical distribution, but I shall stand with those who will insist on every dele- gate being a pronounced advocate of free silver coinage. I shall take this position because it is right. “The delegates to Chicago will represent the Miszouri lhxmocracy. They go there to voice the sentiment of the state. They do not go to voice simply the intent of 'a district. If that were so. then the state convention would have no right to in- struct them. If the convention has the right either to confirm or reject, then it follows that it has the right to select whomsoever it pleases. If a district rec- ommends men out of harmony and sym- pathy with the party sentiment in the state, I not only regard it as the right, but the duty, of the convention to select others in their stead. “Talk of reading people out of the party is nonsense. Nobody is read out unless a man chooses to say he is read out because he is not elected a. delegate. The proposi- tion is simply to elect delegates to the na- tional convention who are in accord with the party sentiment, and who will strive, as a matter of conviction to execute the will of those théy repre .‘nt. If gold men are in control at Scdali.z, 1 will throw up my hands, and, so far as I am concerned, give them what they are entitled to—a clear fluid. It the gold men are in control at Chicago. they will adopt a gold plat- form and indorsc Mr. Cleveland’s policy. That is as certain as fate. I am in favor of preventing that, if possible, but it can- not bc prevented by sending Cleveland men to represent silver constituencies in the cons-v ution.” He ends with an appeal to the silver men to organize at once. SPAIN BXPEOTS AID. She Is About to Ask Eyrope to Join Iler In a Protest to \Vaslrington. MADRID, March I5.——It is asserted upon good authority that Spain is now in com-- munication with several European minis- : .r . _ : z I I I Willi“!lHlHLUSIAliIl’EHKiinllSElililllllElE'ili. a m MILD At act-RA IN: I__— IE ‘ ' , , d E ' i: ;- ”'4 E 2 ll .SliCEE ‘I m lllE AMERIL'AN EaAEEgERMEASL 550R . Do not be deceived by infringe- ments of name, package or cigar- ette. THE ONLY GENUINE fillflfll liflilfilfll fllflfllflllts Bear the fac simile signature of M on the package and on each cigarette. TAKE NONE WITHOUT. Lg. THE ”BOSTON STOE, a NORWALK. New York Office. .442. Broadway. A MEMORABLE EVENT For. OUR PATRONS. GIGANTIC BARGAIN— VALUES WORTH COMING MILES TO 555. GIVING. Nu Time to Lose If You Wish to Buy Stockings at Less Than Hall-Price——/ 100 dozen Ladies’ Black Wool Hose, retailer’s price, per pair, is 190; somebody’s mistake; while they last, three pairs for 252. Ladies’ Hermsdori dye, full lengths. spliced hee‘s and toes, extra. stout; compare with some that you’ve bought at 25c; importer’s blunders in stamping the wrong name. 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N. B.—Waich the Exhibition in out Windows Friday and Saturday. TH BUSTUN 3103 .n. Main an Wa ' is. .. - .. ....__...._ .. ._ .__._..._ .._ ._.~ tries, with a view of securing their agree- ment to a joint protest in the event of President Cleveland declaring the belliger- ency of Cuba. Demonstrations and meetings of protest against the action of the American senate and house of representatives continue in the provinces. They are participated in almost wholly by students. Demonstra- tions took place yesterday in Saragossa, Barcelona, Santiago, Malaga, Alcala, Bil- bao and Cadiz. None of them was of any particular importance, and they were all easily controlled by the police. Armed transatlantic steamships will be- gin on March 20 to act as cruisers. A Spanish women’s patriotic league has been formed, which embraces the rich and poor alike. Queen Regent Christina is president. The league will open perma- nent subscriptions in aid of the Cuban war fund, and gifts of even the smallest coins will be received in every parish in Spain. J Greater New York Bill. ALBANY, March 5.-——An amendment to the greater New York bill drawn by Sen- ator Cantor and adopted removes all Dem- ocratic objection. It provides that the new charter shall be prepared and officers shall be elected in Nov-:2 Tiber, 1897. This pre- vents the governing of the cities by com- missioners. Princess lilarguerite of Orleans Betrothed. PARIS, March 5.—Princess Marguerite of Orleans, daughter of the Due de Char- tres, has been betrothed to Major Patrice de Machiahon, son .of the late Marshal MacMahon. Salisbury Holds a Cabinet Council. LONDON, March 5.—Lord Salisbury pre~ sided at a cabinet council which was held at the foreign office today. PAINT We are now prepared to supply the public with a. good reliable rem iy mixed paint in i- pt, 1 qt, 2 qt. and 4 qt. pails. 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