THE RANGERS 1N CUBA
Texan Volunteers Give Spaniards a
Taste of Their'Mettle.
A SUPPLY TRAIN GAPTURBD.
h Dashing Charge Under a Gailing Fire.
A Prisoner Gallantly Rescued—An-
other Unfortunate American
I Is Accorded a “Trial.”
KEY WEST, Jan. 11.—The Texas rangers
in the Cuban army have distinguished
themselves again by defeating a much lar-
ger force, capturing a provision train and
making a prisoner of the commander of
the Epanish escort.
T 6 fight took place last Friday, judg-
ing by the date of the letter reporting it,
near Palacio, Pinar del Rio province.
The detachment of 300 Spanish cavalry
escorting the train was halted by a sudden
fierce fire from a hillside. It was too steep
to charge up, and the Spaniards replied as
best they could, taking shelter on the op-
posite side of the road.
Hardly had they done this when they
were fired on from the rear, the Texans,
who only numbered 160, ambushing both
sides of the road. The Spaniards then re-
trcated down the road.
The Texans thereupon came out from
one side, despite their ofiicers, and, with
shouts of “Cuba librc!” dashed in pursuit.
When they were well out of shelter, the
Spaniards turned, poured in a hot fire and
then charged. The Lone Star boys met
them, and the shock was terrific. Men
were unhorsed, horses thrown down and
men and beasts mixed.
The second detachment, of Texans came
up at this moment, and the Spaniards
again retreated, capturing a. lieutenant
named Stone and placing him in the rear
to prevent his comrades firing on them.
The TeXans, enraged at this, charged
with such fierceness that they could not be
withstood. The Spanish troops fell back
in disorder, and Stone was recovered.
Pavinia Captured.
Captain Pavinia, the Spanish Command-
cr, fell from his horse wounded, was in-
stantly surrounded by the Americans, put
on a horse and taken off the field before
his woops could rally and succor him.
The Texans then went back to the train
and carried it to Colonel Rogero’s camp in
the hills.
The Spaniards returned to the field sev~
eral hours later, buried their dead and took
their wounded away.
One of Colonel San Martin’s detach-
ments had a fight with insurgents near
Candelaria Monday, in which the latter
boat off the Spanish troops.
The insurgents were taking some cattle
into the hills when San Martin’s men met
them. It was a surprise to each. The
Cubans attacked first, and that saved the
day, as the Spanish troops, thinking Gen-
eral Rivera’s advance force was nigh, rc-
treated in hot haste.
Lieutenant Curscdes, known as the most
inhuman trooper in that region, whom the
Cubans had stn to kill at sight, was
killed.
Colonel San Martin reported to Havana
a “brilliant victory, ” adding that a “band
had been dispersed with great loss. ”
The Trial of Someillan...
HAVANA, Jan. 11.——".‘.’l:cn the trial 01
Luis Somcillan, charged with conspiracy
against the Spanish goyernment,was again
taken up, General Fitz Hugh Lee, consul
general for the United States, was not in
attendance. A number of witnesses were
examined, and the prosecuting attorney
summed up the case for the government.
He said that the tribunal should accept as
proved the evidence presented by the wit—
nesses against the prisoner and impose a
life sentence upon Somcillan. He recalled
the Sanguilly trial and said that it was
only a similar case of the same great drama.
In the one case the arrogant soldier was
apparently the chief character, in the oth-
or case the play centered around a com-
mon laboring man. Both, however, were
working by dark and underhand means
for a common end. He insisted that the
law of 1821 did not apply. Someillan, he
contended, was not an American citizen.
The law of 1821, he asserted, was not in
force. Even though it should be admitted
that the law was still, in force, it should
be overruled, because it offered no guaran-
tee and was not just in its effect.
This: ~v:. the law which the attorney for
the del (: .Zmed allowed six magistrates
in the tribunal instead of five. A request
by the defendant for a tribunal thus cou-
stitutcd was denied by the court.
sneers For Us, of Course.
Continuing, the attorney for the prose
cution asserted that the tribunal before
which Someillan had been tried was form-
ed according to treaty. He claimed that
Somcillan’s acts had made him notorious
throng? out the colony and insisted that
the public good and the necessity for the
suppression of the rebellion required the
conviction of the prisoner.
The prosecuting attorney then entered
into Someillan‘s family history. He said
that Someillau was a native of Spain and
that since 1571; he had enrolled himsel‘.
under the noble banner of the United
States for the purpose of conspiracy against
the Spanish government. He repudiated
the pro< 4; and the notarial documents
drawn before an American notary public,
claiming that they were without force and
not binding in Spain. He called Key West
a filibustering enrolling station and claim-
ed that many of the naturalized Cuban
_ Americans were spurious citizens with for.
eign and bogus naturalization papers.
In conclusion he urged that Someillar.
was entitled to no consideration, that he
had committed one of the most serious
ofi'enses against the Spanish government,
and he urged the tribunal to condemn the
prisoner.
Germany \Von’t Interfere.
BERLIN, Jan. 11.——Thc first statement
, concerning the Cuban situation which has
appeared in the semiolficial press has just
been printed in The Norddeutsch Allgem
Zeitung. After a review of the question
this newspaper states that Germany has.
no intention of interfering in the Cuban
afi‘air. .
. Business Troubles.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 11.-R. A. Shores
and E. A. Shores, J r., have made personal
assignments to exLGovernor Upham, who
gave bond for $200,000. They are stock—
[holders in the Shores Mining cmnpany,,
Shores Lumber company and Shores Build—
ing association
‘ A Young Woman 'Murdered.
SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass, Jan. 11.—
Hattie McCloud, a young woman living in
this town, was found murdered here today.
' There were marks‘ofviolence on her throat.
She was last seenat'.57_:30last evening. -
M’KINLEWABINET.
Sherman, Golf and Hanson Are New
Regarded as Certainties.
DINGLEll IS STILL WANTED.
The Chairman of the \Vays and Means
Committee Fears the Awful Strain
of a. Cabinet Position—Politics
In Sherman's Selection.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The Washington
correspondent of The Press (Rep) has
telegraphed the following to his paper:
If the latest cabinet rumors are correct,
{Fa there are better grounds for believing
iem than any which have gone before,
the next administration will be in the con-
trol of an exceptionally interesting lot of
men, although, with the exception of John
Sherman, not one of the new cabinet so far
as decided upon will have any great na-
tional renown upon taking up his office.
It is a curious thing that the crowning
honor of John Sherman’s political life
should come to him not so much by reason
of his eminent distinction and command-
ing abilities as on account of the exigen-
cies of th0 politics. The selection of Sher-
man to be secretary of state will be accept-
ed by the country as pro-eminently fitting.
And yet it is a fact well understood by
those who are familiar with the conditions
that if it were not for other considerations
than this the name of Sherman probably
would not be mentioned in cabinet calcu-
lations at all.
If it were absolutely certain, for in-
stance, that he could be re-elected to the
senate by the next Republican legislature,
it is doubtful whether he would consider
for a moment the offer which has been
made to him of a cabinet position, for to
one of his years a continuance of service
in the body where he has served so many
terms would be more agreeable than a
transfer to an untried field, no matter how
distinguished his new position might be.
Besides, the term of a senator is six, years,
and that of a sccrtary of state is only four,
and this is a consideration which tells
with men whose long experience in public
life has taught them the uncertainties of
politics.
Sherman's Acceptance Not Certain.
Major McKinley, say the gossips, has
offered to Senator Sherman the post of
secretary of state, or, if the tender has not
been made formally, they say, it has been
determined upon. But Mr. Sherman’s ac-
ceptance of the offer is understood to de-
pend upon several considerations which
would naturally be thought quite foreign
to such an important affair. If he can be
assured that his successor in the senate
:will be a man altogether acceptable not
only to him, but to Major McKinley, then
he may take up the offer. If not, then he
will stay where he is and run the chances
of revelection, although a bitter contest in
the legislature will be anything but agree-
able at his time of life, no matter whether
he wins or not.
The man he would like to have for his
successor is Mark Hanna, but assurances
must be given by Governor Bushnell that
Hanna will be appointed before Sherman
lets go his present position. And these as-
surances must be the result of a complete
understanding between McKinley, Foraker
and Bushnell, for in spite of all that has
happened in the last year the long nourish-
ed faction im Ohio politics still remains,
and Governor Bushnell, although extreme-
ly friendly to the new president, is ‘sup-
posed to be as loyal as ever to Foraker,
through whose influence he was made gov-
ernor. Foraker would be glad to have an-
other colleague in the senate than Sher-
man, but owing to the turn which affairs
have taken Sherman just now has the
game in his own hands so far as immediate
action goes, and his consent is necessary to
anything which may be done.
If Chairman Dingley was 20 years young-
er, he would without doubt be the next
secretary of the treasury. McKinley wants
him there as it is and has not altogether
given up hope that Dingley will take the
place.
Dingley Fears the Cabinet.
But the chairman of the ways and means
committee, although by no means an old
man, has begun to feel recently the neces-
sity of caring for his health, and he shud—
ders at the prospect of the killing responsi-
bilities which would rest upon the chief
financial adviser of the new administra—
tion. The work of preparing a tariff bill
is as severe a task as he feels able to under-
take. To carry a new tariff law into 0p-
eration, with all its manifold details, he
fears, would be beyond his physical powers.
Those who have been present at the hear-
ings before the ways and means committee
the last week have noticed that Mr. Ding-
ley was extremely careful of himself. The
committee room has been crowded daily
almost to the point of suffocation. A
roaring fire of logs has kept the tempera-
ture at a'point uncomfortably high for al-
most everybody there, and yet the chair-
man has sat with a heavy overcoat thrown
over his shoulder as if to protect himself
from the slightest draft or the possibility
of a chill. Governor Dingley is noted for
his caution. With Windom and Manning
before him constantly as warnings, it is
little wonder that he hesitates. It. would
be a great surprise to everybody who knows
him if he finally were to accept.
~ Nathan Gofi‘ of West Virginia is sup
posed to be booked for attorney general.
He will be a most attractive figure in the
cabinet, as he was in the house of repre-
sentatives and as he has been in every po-
sition in public life that he has been called
upon to fill. Goff is a man after McKin-
ley’s own heart. He was a brave soldier,
and he is a fine speaker, intrepid and
dashing. He is one of those who draw
other men to himself by the force of per-
sonal magnetism. With his smooth, clean
cut face, his dramatic bearing, his Napo-
leonic stature and his winnings ways he
reminds one of McKinley in more ways
than one. The two men were close friends
when in congress together. They have re-
mained close friends ever since. It would
be a personal gratification for McKinley to
see Gofi‘ by his side at the cabinet table._ It
would be a labor of love and loyalty for
Golf to serve under McKinley as his chief.
Hanson is New Name.
There is another nameless familiar than
those which have been given which prom-
ises to be equally familiar before many
months of the new administration have
rolled around. Major J. F. Hanson of
Georgia is declared by those who are close
to the incoming president to have been de-
cided upon as the southern member of the
cabinet. In making up his slate Mr. Mc-
Kinley has not regarded West Virgina as a
southern state. ' He 4 has been inclined to
look farther for a representative of Repub-
licans of the south, and Hanson has dis,-
played qualifications which appeal to him
above those of any other. Although Hin-
eon is unknown to, the country, he. i not
T111431 .F: v am so HAZE M a
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unknown to McKinley. They have been
friends for years, and McKinley on more
than one occasion has expressed the opin-
ion that Hanson was the ablest Republican
in the south. «
Major Hanson has been a Republican
only since the lines were drawn on protec-
tion and free trade in the campaign of
1888. He came out for Harrison then, and
he has staid with the party ever since in
national affairs. His appointment would
mark the beginning of a new career for
southern Republicans. He is ». a. man of
wealth, a manufacturer and the owner of
a newspaper. He is a member of one of
the finest families in Georgia, and in go-
ing over to the Republican party he retain-
ed his social prestige, which is not excel-
ed in the state. He has never held public
office. He would not turn over his finger
now fee a cabinet position. When some
of his friends suggested to him that if he
would indicate his willingness they Would
bring all their influence to bear for his ap-
pointment, he replied: “If I thoughtI had
to make the slightest personal effort to go
into President McKinley’s cabinet, I would
have nothing to do with it. , I do not be‘
lieve in that kind of business.”
Hanson is a man of fine presence, 3
speaker of remarkable force and a writer
of great power and logic. His culture is
commensurate with his means. The Dem-
ocrats of Georgia would regard his ap-
Tlointment to the cabinet as a tribute to
their state, and they would be proud of
him. -
THE, NEXT POPE.
The Illness cf the Pontifi' Causes the Ex-
pression of Preferences. '
LONDON, Jan. 11.—In spite of official
denials, the reports that the health of the
pope is very delicate are confirmed by pri—
vate advices. According to news from
Rome received by Cardinal Richard, the
archbishop of Paris, the condition of Pope
Leo is very disquieting.
The death of Cardinal San Felice greatly
affected his holiness, as San Felice was
Pope Leo's probable successor to the pen-
tificate and regarded the driebund as a.
possible means of bringing about a recon-
ciliation bet-ween the quirinal and the-Vat-
ican. Emperor William, when he visited
Naples last spring, asked Cardinal San
POPE LEO XIII.
Felice what attitude he would take if elect-
ed pope, but the distinguished prelate de-
clined to be drawn out. .
In view of Pope Leo’s present condition
of health, it is stated that some of the pow-
ers have already signified their wishes re-
garding the succession, France, Belgium
and Portugal favoring Cardinal Paroc‘chi,
the vicar general of his holiness, while
Spain, Austria and Russia support Cardi-
nal Vannutelli, the prefect 0f the congre-
gational index.
WEALTHY WOMAN ABDUOTED.
A Remarkable Case, Which Is Now Excit-
ing the \Vindy City.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. — The police are
searching for Mrs. E. M. Wilson, 79 years
old, the. sister of C. C. P. Holden, one of
the oldestand wealthiest citizens of~Chica-
go, who, it is alleged, was abducted from
her home, at 26 Aberdeen street, on Tues-
day. Dec. :25). by Mrs. Etta May Truesdell
and H. E. McNeill, alias Earl M. Truesdell.
Mrs. Wilson is very wealthy, and Mrs.
Etta. May '1‘ ruesdcll is her adopted daugh-
ter. Althoug-) the police were notified of
Mrs. \‘v’ilson's abduction on the day it oc-
cuii‘ci“. it did not become public- until to-
day, uhcu Mr. Holden inside. it known.
hlr. Holden svs Mrs. 'lrizcsdell has be—
come. possessed of a portion of his sister’s
property, and he. declares the idea of ab—
duction was to get the whole of it.
Mrs. Wilson formerly lived in Fort Mad-
ison, 1a., but has been residing here for
sometime. She has another brother, Dr.
N. P. Holden, living in Matteson, Ills. '
The Holden family is among the most
prominent in Chicago. and the fact of the
abduction has created the greatest excite-
ment. The police so far have been unable
to find the slightest trace of the missing
woman or her supposed captors.
A Grim Joker Is Marsch.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, Jan. ll.—~Thomas
Marsch, a contractor, attempted to murder
Alderman Butzle. He went to the latter‘s
office on horseback and upon entering sa-
luted the alderman with, “How are you?"
“I’m not feeling well,” replied the justice.
“Well, I’ll make you feel gem ,” replied
Marsch, and drawing a revolver he shot at
Batzzle. The ball went wide of the mark.
Marsch then tried to shoot Constable
Kuauff. {e was caught.
Gold Democrats w.” rogue.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 l.—’l‘ho conference oi
gold standard Democrats held at the Audi-
torium declai ed for continued opposition
to the. tenets of the silver wing of the party
and {or a. continuance of the party organi-
zation. Reunion with the “regulars” was
declared to be out of the question, and a
resolution was adopted calling upon gold
Democrats throughout the country to per-
fect their state and local organizations.
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IIALF PBIGE HALF PBIOE
0n lnianis’ Wear. 0n Cloaks-
HALF PBIGE
0n crocKery
This will be the Greatest Sale
Of Dry Goods of Modern Times.-
0ver $25,000 worlh of Winter Wear, including Dress Goods, 0|oaks, Wrappers
Blankets, Flannels, Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, and Men’s Furnishings, at about 50
cents on the Dollar. The story is plain and simple: 0ur_Slocks are by far loo large
to carry, we cannot afford lo carry them over and a terrific slaughler in Prices isl-ihe
result. Friday we 'will lake inventory and Mark Down Slack. '
7|qu PillllE
0n Dress Goods.
IIALF PBIGE
0n Hosiery. .
Saturdav Jan. 9th, 1897
he great Sale will begin and will conlinue unlil the enlire lols are disposed of. Be.
among the early callers and secure your share of the prizes, as many of the lots are
small. llall orders will nol be taken. The following is a parlial list of lhe bargains:
THE PIPULAR GLBAK 300M 3%
Every Winter Jacket and Cape must go.- We did not
carry any over last year, We will not carry any '
over this year, the prices will sell them.
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One 'Half..0ffthe Marked Price.- on all JacketsaoneI-Ialf ‘
$16.98 Finest Quality Kersey Jack.
ets. tan, black and green, half
price, ’ 8.50.
$16.98 Boucle Jackets, in green and . large sizes] only, half price, 5.00.,
black, half price, 8 50 $5 00 B '
- - . , eaver and B l .
$14.98 Kersey and Boucle Jae“ ts, will go at ouc eJafke§$5861
f,_ , l . half price, . 1.50. , ’
L1,“, 21.00 Boucle, trimmed With fur, $11.50 Rough and Plain Jackets, Chvirlillreblessolelillzefis 1f{infdfllGretc-hens;
l Empire Jacket, navy and green, half price, 5.15. price You cana have i; 12:33,]
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half price, , [0.50.
CAPES CAPESO
36,00 Black, Single and Double Capes at Half Price,
$3.00.
$13.50 Black Boucle Capes, 'Ihibet Trimmed, Half
Price, 0.15.
$13.00 Seal Plush Jackets, Trimmed with Jet 30, inches
long, Half Price, 6.50 =‘
$17 00 Seal Plush, 33 inch, 140 inch sweep, Half Price
8.50
$23 Seal Plush, 30 inch, 140 inch sweep, Half Price,
1.50
$10.00 Boucle Jackets, we have coat for 9301.50 2-00 2.50 3
CHILDREN ’8 CAPS‘
50 Silk and Velvet Caps, were 750 to $1.00, small
Sizes only to close out, each. ’ 25c
Children’s White Silk Caps, each, _ 25a to 490
100 Ladies’ Worsted Fascinators, were 79c 10 . 1 00
Black, White and Pink all at one price, $ 50¢;
GOSSAMEBS.
All our Rubber Gossamers that we sold at $1 50 and
$1.90, each, V 5.00
Something in Every Department will be
Sold During this Sale "at HALF PRICE.
_ * BUSTUN STUH 13m. Main and Wall 33.
PLATE GLASS
llutual Plate Glass nsurance’ Company -
' OF' CONNECTICUT,
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At. HALF THE RATE charged by other stock companies.
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