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The Real Significance of the Alleged
Reforms For Cuba.
A GLUMSILY' BAITED TRAP.
Good \Vork of an American Captain In
Insurgent Army—Train Blown Up,
Supplies Captured and a. Sarcas-
tic Note Sent to'\Veylcr.
LONDON, Feb. ‘2.—-The Madrid corre-
. spondent of The Standm (1 states that the
contemplated Cuban programme will do
nothing more than assert the willingness
of the government to entertain suggestions
for the reform of the West Indian tarifi
and the subsequent improvement of com-
mercial 1elations with the United States,a
question which it is intimated the govern-
ment and the cortes must approach cau-
tiously, both measures being likely to clash-
with the Spanish agricultural and manu-
facturing interests as well as the interests
of the powers in matters growing out of
the situation in Cuba and Pucrto Rico.
The correspondent announces that it is
premature to suppose that colonial 1 eforms'
in the present condition of the colonies can
be so shaped as to resemble the Canadian
or the Australian systems of self govern-
ment.
Cubans Dynamite 'a Train.
KEY WEST, F‘eb. 2.——One of General
Weyler’ 9 supply trains was dynamited near
Cieze, north of Cienfuegos,- Cuba. Two
bombs were exploded under the engine and
four under the train by electricity as the
train was crossing a trestle. The engine
was blown apart and all the cars were
splintered. They rolled into the ditch,
and of the guard of 100 soldiers 45 were
instantly killed or terribly injured. The
others surrendered, as 200 Cubans appears
ed. The train was looted of a small field-
piece that Weyler had just ordered from,
Havana. and of piovigions and ammuni-
tion. The cars were burned.
' The prisoners were released, and the Cu-
ban captain sent Weyler a. box of sweet
bread with a polite note. The captain was
an American named Buike, from Indiana.
The famished condition of th people in
Pinar del Rio, especially at Artemisa, San
Cristobal and Pinar del hio city is well
known. Hundreds have flocked to these
cities in obedience to the cruel orders of
Colonels Hernandez, San Martin and In—
olcn. o
“Official” Spanishb
HAVANA, Feb. 2.—Captain (Jena a1 Wey-
ler has published in the oiiicial Havana
Gazette three edicts, promulgating for San-
ta. Clara three former edicts regarding the
concentration of people in towns and the
sale of products. All were dated. and pro-
claimed from'the general staff headquar-
ters at Cruces.
Senor Miguel Diaz has been appointed
mayor of Havana.
A regiment of cavalry and the local
Bourbon guerrilla. from Guira Malena,
province of Havana, under Lieutenant
Colonel Herrera, recently met 80 insur-
gents near the Gertrudis farm. Twelve of
the Cubans were killed, including the lead-
er, Luis Gonzales. Arms, moneyandvalu-
able documents were captured. Of the
Spanish column and auxiliaries, 11 were
wOunded.
Antonio Perdomo and Enrique Sclles
Osma, prisoners of war, were shot here to-
day.
Another batch of political prisoners,
numbering 11 men, sailed today for the
Spanish settlement on the isle of Pines.
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The Case of the Three Friends.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. —The supreme
court today granted the writ of certiorari
asked by Attorney General Harmon in the
case of the steamer Three Friends and set
the hearing for the third Monday in Feb-
ruary, the 15th.
The Next President's Doorkeeper.
YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Feb. 2.—James, 'T.
Cheney, a colored politician of this City,
will be doorkeeper of the White House un-
der President McKinley. Cheney and the
president elect. served in the same regi-
ment during the war, and the 1&11'01‘ one
day jokingly promised him a. position
when he became president. Maj01 McKin-
ley is now keeping his promise. The posi-
tion pays $1, 000 a year salary and has no
limit to tips. This city is in Major Mc-
Kinley’s old congressional district.
The Steel Billet Pool.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 2.—One of the lead-
ing steel billet producers in this city said
that the appointment of a reorganization
committee by the Bessemer Steel aSSocia-
tion at Pittsburg last week would amount
to nothing. “We might as well admit the
truth,” he said. “The decision reached at
Pittsburg last week was to wind 11p the
affairs of the association. As a. matter of
fact the pool has been inoperative ever
since the break in prices last fall.”
Clergyman’s House Looted.
SYRACUSE, Feb. 2. ——The house of Rev.
R. E. Burton," pastor of the Delawaie
Street Baptist church, was looted by bur-
glars while the clergyman and his family
were absent at service. The robbers turned
the interior of the house into a bcdlam
and decamped with a number of articles
of value. Before going they blew out the
gas, and Mr. Burton was nearly suffocated
when he reached home.
Mitchell's Latest Bluff.
BOSTON, Feb. 2.—A letter here from
London announces that Charley Mitchell
has completed arrangements to return to
this country within the next three weeks.
The letter states that it is Mitchell’s in- .
tention to challenge the winner of the Cor-
bett-Fitzsimmons fight. Failing in this,
Mitchell will issuea challenge to fight any
heavyweight in the world.
New Jersey Editorial Association.
TRENTON, Feb. 2. —-The New Jersey Edi-
torial association met today and elected
the following ofl‘iccrs: President, H. C.
Page, Bayonne; vice president, B. Flood,
Vineland; secretary, Charles Bechtel,
Trenton; treasurer, James S. Yard.
Shoe Factory on Short Time.
SOUTH BERWICK, Me., Feb. 2.—The
cutters and other employees Of T. G. Land
& Co. , shoe manufacturers, have been or-
dered to work only seven hoursaday until
trade llllpl oves.
High School Building Burned.
KALAMAZOO, Mich., Feb. 2.———The high
tchool building burned today. Loss on
building, $40,000; insurance, $20,000.
Cold Weather at Sarat-oga.
SARATOGA Feb. 2. —Thc mercury was
15 degrees below zero here today. The ice
harvest is in full blast.
WEYLE R’S BUTCHERIES.
A Fearful Story of Spanish Atrocitles In
' Stricken Cub‘a.
KEY WEST, Feb. 1.—A horribl‘e story
comes from Remedios. Near Placetas the
insurgents had a large hospital, where
were quartered sick and wounded soldiers.
Near the insurgent camp was also located
the well known leper hospital of Cardosa,
in which were about 20 unfortunates.
Guarding the insurgent hospital was a.
company of Cuban amazons, numbering
about 70, under command Of Senorita Inez
Alvarez, whose father and brothers had,
been butchered by Spaniards and who had
taken up‘ arms for revenge.
The hospital was a solitary location and
was thought to be safe from Spanish mo-
lestation. But a colonel of the Spanish
regiment Dc Bourbona, operating in that
district, learned of the hospital’s location
and sent 500 men to destroy it. The Span-
iards attacked at night and fired the build-
ings. The inmates and amazon guards
awoke to find flames roaring about them.
The sick and wounded soldiers could not
escape, but the amazons rushed out, only
to be greeted by a murderous fire.
The amazous fought- bravely, but they
were soon shot down. Many of them were
only wounded, but even these were butch—
ered, except' eight, whose peculiar beauty
led the Spanish commander to order them
saved for a fate worse than death.
In the hospital there were more than 70
sick and wounded soldiers, six surgeons
and ten nurses. Not one of these escaped,
and, including the amazons, nearly 150
people fell victims to Spanish thirst for
slaughter.
Returning, the Spaniards, passed the
leper hospital, which they set on fire, and
nearly all the inmates perished in the
flames.
LOUISVILLE’S SCANDAL.
The Grand Jury Says the City Is Honey-
combed \Vith Official Corruption.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1,—The report of the
January grand jury was hardly less sensa-
tional than had been promised. Such a.
shaking up as has resulted from its inves‘
tigation of municipal affairs has never be-
fore been known in the history of the city
government, including among the accused
alderman, police officials, patrolmcn, con-
tractors and several minor offenders. The
charges 1': go from neglect of duty in fall-
ing to prosecute gamblers to conspiracy to
extort money. The disclosures made in
these indictments are principally due to a
falling out of the factions in the city gov-
ernmcnt.
The persons indicted are: R. E. King,.
president of the board of aldermcn and ex
officio member of the sinking fund com-
mission; Alderman J. E. Lcatherman, R.
O. Brener, C. J. Jenne and John De Gar-
1110, Night Chief of Police Major Sebastian
Guenther, Patrolman Nicholas Varilla and
Steve Condley, Contractor Drake, Charles
Kramer, .Ir., secretary of the board of pub
lic safety; Pat Ahcarn, saloon kcepc ';
Harry Debo, fireman, and William Kim-
ball, Martin Donoliue and John Gill.
The grand jury in its report says many
cases brought before it could not be inves-
tigated for lack of time. It continues: '
“That some persons holding high official
positions have not been indicted does not
indicate that those indicted are the only
guilty ones in official positions. That the
city is honeycombed with Official con" '1-
tion is the firm conviction of this jury, yet
not enough evidenccc could be procured 1
secure convictions in many cases to which
the attention of the jury was called. ”
May Destroy the Mine.
HALIFAX, Feb. 1.—Thc striking miners
at Springhill are about to play their last
card. The situation is becoming desperate,
and as the mine owners ignore the strike
committee the miners have decided to call
off all the men who are fightimg the fire In
the east slope. This would mean the de-
struction of the mine. But it is thoug..t
the provincial government will interfere,
the government being virtually the owner
of the mine and the company only the
lessee.
Big Strike Threatened.
HAMILTON, Ont., Feb. 1.—-—A big strike
is threatened here by garment workers.
The ebntractors have received their orders
from Sandford & Co., the largest manu-
facturers of clothing in Canada, and the
prices are reduced 30 per cent. The 4,0 :0
hands employed by the contractors refuse
to make the work at the reduced rate, and
serious trouble is threatened.
Bank'VVreC'kers Sentenced.
DENVER, Feb. 1.——Judge Hallett has
sentenced O. E. Miller, president of the
Miller Hernia Treatment company, to im
prisonment at hard labor for ten years, C.
H. Dowse seven years and Sidney E. Mc-
Clui ken five years The three were 1.ecc1 t-
ly convicted of wrecking the Commercntl
National bank to which Miller was indebt-
ed for $125,000 when it- closed 1893.
Corbett’s Training Ground.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.—-Feb. 5 James J.‘
Corbett will close his theatrical season at
Kansas City and at once go to Cal1fo1'nia,
where, with four trainers, he will begin
the task of getting in condition for the
meeting with Fitzsimmons in Nevada St.
Patrick's day, very likely at Carson Cilv.
Five weeks is the exact time Corbett ex-
pects to put in training. '
President McIlvaiue Dead.
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 1.—Rev. Dr.
Joshua H. McIlvainc, president of the Ev-
clyn Women’s college, died this morning
from heart disease. He was professor of
belles lettres in Princeton college from
1866 t101872 and was pastor of High Str -t
Presbyterian church, Newark, from 4872
to 1887. He was 82 years Old.
Outlaw‘Taylor Caught.
HANFORD, Ca1.,Feb.1. —-Taylor, the
noted Missouii outlaw and murderer of
the Mocks family,w was captured yestei day
011 a ranch near here by Sherifl Buckner.
LoivDON,‘ 1‘61). 1.—Ail" 61‘ the Sunday
papers contain references to the great ball
soon to be given in New York city by Mr.
and Mrs. Bradley-Martin. The Referee
devotes two columns to the subject and
considers a social function of the character
indicatedas unwise in view of the fact that
it furnishes a. text for Socialist agitators.
His Daughter Against Him.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Feb. 1.———William
Bleicher, charged with attempting to mur-
der his wife Francesca, last Saturday, is
held in $5,000 for the grand jury. Bleich-
er’s 16 year old daughter testified that he.
fat-her fired two shots at her mothci and
one at box self. The latter missed the mark.
Ill-coke Operated Upon.
’NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—An operation was
performed yesterday to remove the cancer
011s growth from the intestines of Lawyer
Charles W. Brooke, who is lying ill at .1
sanitarium at New Brighton, N. Y. Tia
doctors say that the operation was a suc-
cess.
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lawyers.
county called upon cx—Judge Barnett of ‘
shooting.
O'cAZE
THE HENRY TRAGEDY.
Dr. Johnston Found Guilty of Murder In
the Second Degree.
NEW BLOOMFIELD, Pa, Feb. 1.—Dr.
Thomas L. Johnston, who shot and killed
Dr. George S. Henry at Duncannon, this
county, on Sept. 28 last, has been adjudged
guilty of murder in the second degree.
The trial has been a remarkable one, occu-
pying two weeks, and in all nearly 100
witnesses were called. The defense was
represented by eminent counsel, United
States District Attorney James M. Beck of
Philadelphia being one of the defendant’s
The district attorney of Perry
Lebanon to assist the commonwealth.
The plea of the defense was insanity,
and they called experts to testify as to the
doctor’s condition immediately after the
Many patients of the accused,
howevei, testified that they had received
calls from the doctor on the day of the
Shooting and saw nothing peculiar in his
actions. A motion for 11. new trial has been
made.
Dr. J Olinston’s crime was a most delib-
erate one. He called Dr. Henry into his
office, and then, calling Mrs. Johnston, ac-
cused thecouplc of being too intimate. Be-
fore cithor had time to reply to tho accusa-
tion Johnston shot Henry and then turned
the weapon 011 his wife, wounding her se-
verely. Henry died in two hours.
Dr. Johnston was indicted by the grand
jury for murder in the first degrce.
KRUGER’S PROMISES.
He Makes Some New Ones and Says the
Old Ones Have Been Kept.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Feb. 1.—
Presidcnt Kruger in an interview yester-
day with J. 13. Robinson, the millionaire
mine owner, promised a speedy reduction
in railway rates to the goldficlds and said
that the schools would henceforth be sub-
sidized by the state and the mediunrof in-
struction would be English.
Referring to the statement made by Mr.
Chamberlain in the house of commons Fri~
'day to the effect that certain promises of
reform made by President Kruger had not _
been kept, the president said that he would
like a definite statement from Mr. Cham-
berlain as to what promises had not been
kept.
President Kruger concluded the inter-
view by sniphaticnlly declaring that be de-
sired nothing but to maintain peace in the
whole Of South Africa and afford aliens
every protection. Long continued disturb-
ances were in Opposition to his policy of
peace. -
Dawes May Be Comptroller.
\V’Asnixturox, Feb. 1.—A bank presi-
dent of Des Moincs named G. M. Reynolds,
who has just. been visiting Major McKin-
ley-at Canton, 0., informed Co111ptrollcr
Ecliels that Mr. McKinley 1111.11 selected
Charles G. Dawes Of Chicago for comptrol—
ler of the currency. He is the author of a.
work on banking, is a director Of the
American Exchange National bank of Lin-
coln, Neb.; vice president of the Lincoln
(Nell) Packing company, president of the
Akron (0.) Gas company, president of the
Lacrosse (\l’is.)G11s company and presi-
dent of the Northwestern Gaslight and
Coke company at Evanston, llls. Mr.
Dawes and Major McKinley have been
close friends for years.
The Atwater Court. BIartial.
MERIDEN, Conn, Feb. 1.——Word has
been received here from Washington that
the military committee, of which Ser 1tor
Hawlcy is chairman, will this week report
favorably on the bill by which the court
martial of 30 years ago upon Dorence At- '
water, formerly of Connecticut, the well
known keeper of the Andersonville prison
death record, will be set aside. It is also
added that the bill will probably go
through. Mr. Atwatei is 110w in the South
Sea. islands.
Suicide Was Unnecessary.
TOLEDO, Feb. 1.-—Under the misappre-
hension that he could not meet the claims
of his ward, John Simmons of Fonburg,
Pa., who came of age Friday, John Rood, I
a- prominent North Baltimore oil man,
shot and killed himself. After his death it
was found that he had more than enough
money to effect the settlement.
General A. J. Smith Dead.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1. — General A. J.
Smith, who was stricken with paralysis
last Tuesday, died yesterday. He was a
veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, re-
ceiving the brevet of major general of vol-
unteers in the latter for meritorious service.
\Volch Is Champion.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. —-Thc amateur pi<
geon shooting contest for the championship
of the United States on the grounds of the)
Larchmont Yacht club at Larchmont was
won by Robeit S. Welch, the crack shot of
the River ton and Philadelphia. Gun clubs.
Sunday Ball In Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, Feb l.——Prcsident Robin-
son of the Cleveland Baseball club is de-
termined .10 pl y Sunday games. He says
that if his players were ar1ested and prose
cuted he would 1e1nove the club from
Cleveland.
Tetuan and Minister Taylor.
MADRID, Feb. 1. —The Epooa declares
that rumms of disagreements between thé
Duke of Tctuan, Spanish minister of for"
eign affairs, and United States Minister
Hannis Taylor are unfounded.
.B‘ostgn'g .Pi'lutlng Unice'.
BOSTON, Feb. 1.——The board of elder
men, in concurrence with the common
council, has passed an order establishing a
municipal printing plant in the city of
Boston. All employees of the new de-
partment must be citizens of Boston.
Senator George improved.
.-WASHINGTON, Feb'. lH—Senatm George
is reported bv his physician to have passed
arestful day, and that his condition is
somewhat improved.
Died on the Voyage.
QUEEXSTOWN, Feb. 1. —— Chief Ofllcer
Wardlaw of the Cunaid line steamship
Servia, Captain Pierce, fom New York to
Liverpool, just arrived, died of heart dis-
ease on the 10) age.
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JOCKO.’S SUNDAY OUT.
[1e Released the Parrots and Other Croa-
tures, and There “’35 a Time.
A' sad-faced monkey with a fringe of
agricultural chin whiskers got out of
his cage in a bird store on Bromfield
street yesterday. afternoon, and, owing
to the absence of every one from the-
store, he was not put back in it again
until about 12 o’clock at night.
he did go it was at the instance of
two policemen armed with long poles,
who had broken through the door in or-
der to stop the devastation which he
was causing in the interior, and he re-
turned to imprisonment with the proud
consciousness that he had done every—
thing which a monkey could do to
make it interesting for the other occu-
pants of the store.
His first act on escaping from his
cage appears to have been to let out
the parrots. There are many brilliant
hued African parrots in the store, and
the color scheme created by their re-
lease seemed to please the monkey im-
mensely, for he attempted a closer ac-
quaintance with them. The parrots,
however, were coy, and sought the
cages at the top of the store, so that
the monkey was only able to pull out
the tail of one of them“. About this
time he began to get hungry, and his
eye chancing to light on the goldfish
which were swimming about in glass
globes in the centre of the store he
thought that they would do for a meal.
He first tried to snatch them out, but
this process was too slow, and he
pi1shci‘l one of the globes over, smash-
ing it, scattering the fish about on
the floor.
It was this performance which at-
tracted the attention of two police-
men. It is on record that they did ac-
tually chase the monkey an hour
before they succeeded in getting him
back into his cage. He showed
marked agility in avoiding them,
bounding from the door to the
door to the cages at the side of the
room, and from one side to the other,»
until their eyes stuck out of their
heads in the attempt to follow his
movements.
Finally the monkey was cornered and
then driven along the wall and into his
cage. The store looked like moving
day, but the cause of it all was whol’
ly uninjured, and in as good condition
as ever.——Bostcn Transcript.
YOU WOULDN’T THINK OF IT.
The Fierceness “'ith 11Vhich Ordinarily
Inofl‘ensive Animals Can Fight.
You would hardly believe that moles,
clumsy, almost blind, little beasts as
they are, become perfect demons when
they quarrel. No one knows what
they quarerl about, but if they once
start fighting one has to die. They
will keep on in the presence of, any
number of spectators, hanging on to
one another like bulldogs, and burying
their enormously strong jaws and teeth
in one another’s flesh.
Hedgehogs, another type of the quiet,
inoffensive animal, not only fight, but
always to the death, and when one is
killed the other generally devours him.
Hares, on the other hand, are pro-
verbially the most timid of creatures.
Yet they can fight. A fight between
two hares is a ludicrous sight, as they
skip and jump over one another. But
a blow from the hind leg of a bare is
no joke to his opponent.
Amongst birds, robins are'thc most:
pugnacious. More than one case could
be quoted of two cock-robins so fran-
tically set on killing one another as to
have allowed themselves to be picked
up in the hands of a locker-on, and
there have lain, with beak and claws
deep buried in one another’s plumage.
Cleanliness Next to Godliness.
There is a family in Oregon which
has a peculiar faith. Each member of
it is obliged to take six baths every
twenty-four hours. No outsider is al-
lowed to enter their dwelling.
work every day for six years, and rest
the whole of the seventh year.
Pussy Adopted a. Rat.
A boy in Springfield went to see an
:l'l tabby and her kittens, one of
which he picked up, only to be bit-
rm. "‘ho boy's mother investigated
11111 found :1 rat two-thirds grown was
wine (-:ll'9(l for as if it was a kitten.
THE ORIGINAL
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Captive lVild Animals.
The most costly of wild animals held
in captivity is the elephant. A fine
Afiican elephant costs fiom $6, 000 to
$7, 000. A fine Indian elephant would
cost about $5,000.
Glraifes cost about the same as the
best elephants, about $6,000 or $7,000,
but that quotation is really only nomL
11:11; it would be difficult to get a gi-
raffe at any rate. This is due partly
to their increasing scarcity and partly
to the difficulty of obtaining them, due
to the internal wars of the natives in
the giraffe country. Giraffes very rare-V
ly breed in captivity.
A fine hippopotamus would probably
cost about $3,000..
A good African lion, with a full and
perfect mane, would cost from $1,000
to $1,500; $1 fine lioness $800 or $900.
Good Bengal tigers cost about the
SfllllP.
Camels usually cost from $4.00 to
$500 apiece.
Silr‘thn‘s Joke,
It is said that Sir John E. Millais has
almost as great a reputation for joking
as for painting portraits. Once he was;
speaking of a. beautiful young girl
whose portrait he had just finished.
“Her features are exquisitely mould»
ed, I have heard," said a. friend who had
seen neither the portrait nor its orig
inal.
“Beautiful forehead and eyes,” re»
turned the artist concisely; "handsome
nose, fine chin, mouth like an ele-
phant’s.”
“Mouth like an clephant’s?” echoed '
his friend in dismay. “What a terrible
misfortune! DO you mean ,that it is so
enormous, or—what do you mean?”
"Only that it is filled with superb.
ivory, madam.” returned the artist with
a merry little twinkle in his eye—An-
swers.
Telephone Service.
The Southern
New England
Telephone no
TELEPHONE SERVICE
in this City with an .
equipment of Metallic a year
Circuit, and Long Dis-
tance Transmitter at and upwards.
according to the amount and character
of the service. For details, address he
Local Oflice of: the Company,
Sentinel B’ld’g., Washington St.,
SOUTH NOR WALK.
W
OFFERS
S. B. WILSON,
PRACTICAL CONTRACTOR .
AND BUILDER.
Estimates cheerfully given. WLarge buldlng
a. specialty. Contracts taken 1n
any part of the country,
STEAM MILL AID YARD, OFFIGE
8 GROSS ST., 92 WA“. 8]
Norwalk, Conn.
HERE’S 101111 11111111112.
A. fine buildiiig 101 on Wilton ave-r
nue. If you intend to build, look at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the avenue.
Will be sold at a Bargain,
w. H. BYINoTON,
Real Estate and Insurance,
Room I. Gazette B’l’d.
\
J. I). Jennings.
UN DERTAKER
pposite '-
Stl eet Railway Dgpos.
NIGH 1' BELL AT OFFTCE. .
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