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London, Feb. 7.—It is probable that but little further reliable information regarding China will be obtainable un-. til the Ministers have a. chance tc round on their assailants during the course of the debate in Parliament on the address in reply to the speech from the throne. But the explicitstatemeni of the situation furnished to the As- sociated Press on Thursday last is suf- ficient insight into the actual facts, and shows the press has wasted a con- siderable amount of hysterical alarm. w hich, curiously enough, is more prev- alent among the Government support- ers than among the opposition papers. After all the pertubation will not have been wasted if it serves to convince the Government of the terrible earnestness of the country over the matter and how it will resent any weakness or bungling. It must be remembered that the whole-Ta-Lien-Wan story never receiv- ed a shadow of official sanction. As ca.- bled on Thursday last Great Britain has never demanded that Ta—Lien- Wan be made a. treaty port. It was merely one of the ~.uggested constitu- ents of the bargain, and if it should be vithdI-aWn It can only be because it is a banner to the negotiations for the' loan. The object of the condition was 1‘“ checkmate any scheme for the trans-' Iormation of Port Arthur into a. closed Russian port, and the object was equal- ly secured by exacting from China. and Russia. together a pledge in regard to Port Arthur, similar to the pledge ex- acted from them in regard to Corea, before the evacuation of Port. HamilL ton, and this will probably be the up- shot. The statements dis- notably the spe- cific assurance early in the week in re- gard to the temporary nature of the Rus'sian tenure of Port Arthur, which was accompanied by the friendly as- surance that Great Britain is not semi-official -bound to Japan by any warlike alli- ance. In short, there is every reason to believe that Great Britain does not intend to recede an inch from the po- sition which has been officially taken Balfour, Chamberlain in the Marquis of up by Messrs. and Hicks-Beach, Salisbury’s name. During the course of an interesting address at Bradford before the Chamber of Commerce of that place, on Thurs- day last, the United States Consul, Mr. Erastus S. Day, applauded the Marquis of Salisbury’s doctrine of free trade in China. He said America had every sympathy with it, and that the people of Great Britain and the United States ought to lead in shaping the world’s thought and action. Continuing, he said they had the opportunity to achieve great things would they unite to achieve lasting benefits to them- selves and to the world. England May Lose the Loan. London, Feb. 7.-—The Vienna corre- spondent of the Daily Chronicle says ’a telegram received there from St. Pe- tersburg asserts that Russia and Gen many have signed a. contract forthe issuance of a Chinese loan. The Daily Chronicle says this morn- ing that it believes that the recent speech of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir Michael Micks-Zeach at Swansea, when he said the Government was determined, even at the cost of war, that the door of. Chinese com- merce should not be shut to Great Britain, greatly offended Russia. Wrong Report Cost $27,000. VVarrensburg, Mo., Feb. 7.———The case of Minter Brothers against Bradstreet’s Commercial Agency went to a. jury here Saturday afternoon, and a verdict was handed down that night, giving to the plaintiffs judgment for $27,000. In 1890 Bradstreet’s reporter at Sedalia re- ported to the agency that Mintei‘ Brothers were insolvent. A business failure followed, and Minter Brothers alleged that it was due to an unjust rating. .Suit was brought against Brad- street’s for $100,000 damages. A judg— ment for $30,000 was found. The award was set aside by the Supreme Court and the case remanded. Saturday‘s decision was the result of the second trial. \Vinter Resort. in South Carolina Burned. Aiken. S. C., Feb. 7.—The New High- land Park Hotel was burned to the ground by fire yesterday morning. All the hotel furniture was burned, besides clothing and jewelry belonging to guests worth $20,000. The fire started in the hotel laundry about 6 o’clock, and by 10.30 the hotel was destroyed. The. heaviest loser is the proprietor, Harry XV. Priest, whose loss is estimat— ed at $50,000. The building cost $500,- 000, and was partly insured. At the time of the' fire the hotel contained 175 guests, and many more were expected in the week. All of the guests were gotten out safely, and much of their property was saved. Actor Hearne in the Pulpit. Chiacgo, Feb. 7,—James A. Hearne stepped from the stage to the pulpit yesterday to, deliver a eulogy of Henry: George, who was his personal friend, in the Church of the Redeemer. Every seat was filled, while the actor made an attack on the private ownership of land, and enunciated doctrines that seemed strangely out of keeping with his fashionable audience. After speak- ing of his personal association with Mr. George and the heroism of his life and death, the speaker devoted himself to the principles of the Single Tax advo- cate. . Henry Frick’s $100,000 Picturv. London, Feb. 7.—Art circles here and in Paris are excited over the record price paid by Henry Frick, of 'Pittts- burg, for Dagnan-Bouveret’s sensation- al picture, “Christ Breaking Bread,” which, it is said, has been sold for $100,000. The picture, which has re- cently been finished, is now here, but will be sent to Paris next week to be exhibited in the Salon, and will reach New York in August. It is one of the' most remarkable works of the modern French school. . I STARVING TO DEATH N 0 Change in Cuba Since 'Blanco Took Command. 400,000" DEATHS REPORTED The Day Close at Hand When the Presi- dent Will Takethe Next Step Forward So Clearly Announced in His blessage -:Autonomy a. Dismal Failure. Washington, Feb. ’7.——A11 information from Cuba, both official and unofficial—— so far as the former leaks out—indi- cates the very near approach of the time when President McKinley must take his promised forward step. Au- tonomy is seen to be a. dismal failure, both the insurgents and the Spanish Army being alike arrayed against it. American citizens are held as virtual prisoners away from their plantations. The American Consulate in Havana. like the American Minister’s residence in Madrid, requires police and military protection. So far as the populace of both cities is concerned, the diplomatic representativesof the United States are present by sufferance. The tales of continuing starvation of the reconcentrados in all the towns Within the Spanish line grow in horror with the arrival of every mail. The most careful estimates that have been made in Havana by those possessing the fullest information there place the numbers that have already been starv- ed to death under the inhuman policy adopted by Weyler as very little if any below 400,000 men, women and chil- dren. The death rate from starvation still prevailing is on the increase in- stead of diminishing. ' The majority of members i'v‘ believe that the day is close at hand when the President_wi11 declai his policy and take the next step for“ uni so clearly announced in his message. Only‘ the expectation and firm belief that he will 'do this is keeping the Ad- ministration party in each house quiet. The situation thus affords the strong- est evidence which could be furnished of the confidence which is pla’ced in the President and the belief that he‘ has a. definite plan along the lines' of which he and his advisers are working delib- ately to do everything that the nation— al interests and the national honor re- quire. But for this belief and confi— dence the voice of Congress would now be ringing through the country in stinging terms of condemnation over Spanish methods of barbarous warfare inICuba. But as yet Congress, with 111- concealed impatience, it is true, is waiting to give the President the time and the freedom of action which are conceded to be his right. But the reasons for dissatisfaction with Spain and proper complaint of her methods are rapidly multiplying. So far from the representations being true upon which the President declared in his mesage that the reconcentrados had been sent to their homes by Blan— co, and were then engaged in planting. it was not true then, and has not- been true up to the present time. Informa~ tion about which there can be no doubt received from Cuba shows that Wey- ler’s prisoners, so far as any of them are yet alive, men, women and children, are still retained in the towns, and their conditionis even worse than un- der VVeyler, since all the ,living are weaker and” more helpless than when he turned them over to Blanco. It is also true that refined American women, with their daughters, who have been accustomed to every comfort, are to- day among these starving captives, where, up have been kept alive on the bounty provided by the relief fund provided by Congress. This is now exhausted, and these ladies, who have long lived in quiet on their plantations and have been prevented from returning to them must now suffer with the rest of Blan- co’s victims unless United State Con- suls can find means of relieving them. In View of the truth which has now reached Washington in regard to the continued horrors of the Spanish use of starvation as the most effective weap- on of their methods of warfare, and the attempt to deceive the Administration about the real situation, it would seem as if the President had full reason for resenting it. The latest information from Consu- lar quarters in regard to the purposes of Spanish ofiicials is that they hope by such devices as they may be able to invent and use to delay any action on the part of the -United States until April, when the rainy season, with its yellow fever, sets in, after which ac- tive intervention will be impossible for months to come. Yellow fever how- ever, is not an inappropriate weapon to use in a war which depends sci large— ly upon starvation for its success. There; are many in Congress who hope that the next promised step can be tak- en before this plague of fever defeats the President’s purpose. Our Consuls in Cuba are hearing much annoying talk from the Consuls of other nations. It is based upon our position touching the Monroe Doctrine. The criticism is that we have made it impossible for European powers to re- lieve the horrors which have made Cuba. :1 hell, and, on the other hand, do nothing to end the matter and compel full relief. There have also been taunt- ings, which it is necessary to admit have point, to the effect that Congress was swift to denounce the Turkish sav agery in Armenia. but holds its voice over a worse situation Within six hours’ avail of our own shores, and now, with the proximity of our fleets, under our very guns. flTliere is a strong‘hope here that the dispatch of the Brooklyn indicates that the time for the prom— ised step forward is rapidly drawing near. Congress Spain Looks for Sims-ily l’pn(-P' Madrid. Fob. 7.—-Senor Sag-asta's 0r— gan. , El Liberal. commenting on the mass of false information published, in- cluding that of the resignation of Se- nor Govin', says: “Let the United States help or not help, let the insurrection- ists give themselves up or not, peace will come quickly. Spain so desires, and she has the will and the power to aceomplish it without assistance.” Bayard Scolds Followers of Teller. ‘XVilmington, Del., Feb. 7.—-—Thomas F. Bayard, ‘AmbasSador to England under President Cleveland, has made a state— nent in which he denounces severely r«Ill Democrats in Congress Who voted Im the Teller reselution. Democrats in 1896 Wthe present time, they' especially _ those who Were affiliated with the gold STRIKERS WERE UNARMEI" 5 ing at 1 o’cloc" until to—day, but the session was prolific in sensa- tions, one scene being unparal- leled in the history of the Lu- .neys for the prosecution objected, say- , [own by the city unless steps are taken ’ place them under ground before ; - IIIIIIIIII Bill 1111. Trial of Sheriff Martin and His llIen Cou- tinued with Further Damaging Evi- dence Cropping Up--Stato Physician Keller's Strong Card Against Deputies. Wilkesbarre, Pa... Feb. 7.-—T11e second week of the trial of High Sheriff Mar- tin and his deputies is certain to be sensational. The testimony of the week just closed has developed a startling point that adds to the gravity and 11:21— tional importance of the case. The powers of the high Sheriff in the co 111- ties of nearly all the States of t: as union are equal. and the verdict in this case will be regarded as a precedent. There was only one session in the Maitin trial Saturday, court adjourn- zernc County Bar. This was a. bitter controversy between John M. Garman. representing the Commonwealth, and John T. Lenahan, attorney for the de- fense, in which Mr. Lenahan, abused Garman so viciously that air-exchange of blows was imminent and would un- doubtedly have occurred had it not been for the crowd of spectators and attorneys standing between the two men. ‘ The principal witness on Saturday and one of the most important of those to be heard on behalf’of the Common- wealth was John Egler, secretary of the Harwood Union of the United Mine Workers. He told how, on the night before the shooting, a meeting had been held at Harvv‘ood. The men who had gathered there decided to march over to Lattimer, the next day to show themselves to the men at that place at their request. W’itness endeavored to get an American flag because he un- derstood they could not march without carrying a. flag He did not obtain the flag until noon on the day of the shoot— ing. When he got it he nailed it on a long pole he had out. They agreed, he said, to march unarmed and to be- have peaceably all the time. Speaking of the meeting with the Sheriff and deputies at W'est Hazleton witness said: “They rushed at us and pointed their guns in our faces and told us to stop. I explained to the Sheriff that we were just going to Show ourselves to the Lattimer men and were going to do no a harm to anybody. The Sheriff said: ‘If you go to Lattimer you must kill me.’ “Burgess Jones of West Hazleton said we could march through the streets, and so the Sheriff and deputies went away and we marched to Lattimer.” The witness told about the arrival of the strikers at Lattimerhnd said that he again told the Sheriff they were not armed and that they would behave themselves. The Sheriff pulled a con- ple of the men out ‘01: the ranks and drew his revolver, and witness saw him trying to shoot one of the strikers. The revolver did not explode, however, and then a crowd formed around the Sher— iff. At this time there was a: shot, and then three or four shots, and at last a volley. Witness fell down be- tween two men, but did not think the men were shooting ball cartridges until he saw some of the men bleeding. Then he got up and ran with the rest, and the bullets kept whizzing about his ears. He saw lots of wounded men, but did not go near the deputies, as he was afraid. On cross- -examination Egler admitted that when the Sheriff told them to dis- perse he said. “We ain' t going to; we are going to Lattimer." After Egler had left the stand the jury was dismissed and District Attor- ney Martin, addressing the court, ask- ed that the defendants be required to furnish :bail or be committed to jail.” “Their bail,” he said, “has been for- feited since the last term of the court in November, when their appearance here absolved their bondsmen. By'mis- take their ball was not then renewed and we have discovered that they have not been under bail since that time. They are charged with the highest crime on the calendar, and the court should not discriminate between them and the ordinary criminal. They should ' either furnish bail at once or be sent to jail." ‘ There was a heated argument be~ tween Attorney Garmanifor the prose- cution and Attorney Lenahanfor the defense, in which several very forcible epithets were exchanged which created a. sensation in the court room. Judge Woodward said that the defendants. should furnish bail to-day. The attor- ing this was allowing them too much freedom. . The court said this was an imperti- nent statement, and repeated its de- cision about giving the‘defendants un- til to-day to secure bail. The court then adjourned until to-day. The defense in the trial has carefully concealed its plan, but it has been dis- closed in a statement by Dr. Keller, who has given out the following: “Of the thirty-nine men brought to the hospital, eleven were shot from the rear. Of these three were the result of direct fire. The others, from the su- perficial character of their wounds. were evidently injured by glanced shots. Others were shot in the from and side. The men shot in the rear were not necessarily shot while run- ning, as these same wounds could have been received while the strikers were surrounding the Sheriff in the form of a circle. Signed. ‘ “DR. H. M. KELLER. “State Hospital, Hazlctnn.” First Russian “'oman Lawyer in Amorik-n. New York, Feb. 7.——Tl1e first Russian women to become a lawyer in .- this country will take the oath in this city to-day, and will be admitted to the New York Bar. She is Miss Alice Sci-- ber, who lives at No. 1670 Lexington avenue, and she is very proud of the distinction of being the first Russian woman to be admitted to the bar in 1 “ this country. Must Remove Wires. . , Chicago. Feb. Ii.-~Four thousand ' warhead wires belonging to the tele- iraph, telephone and other companies. 11 the dbun- town districts will be cut , gm 1?. 12:: O _" LAT'I’lMEFl 310T TRIAL ' ‘ Witness Points out Deputies “'liom He Saw 1111- the Shooting. Vv’i kesbarre, Pa... Feb. 5.7-The trial )f Sheriff Martin and his deputies was :ontinued yesterday morning. Charles E‘ruscott, the school teacher who told such a. thrilling story Thursday, was Pecalled yesterday i...'enoon and was )n tho stand until the noon recess. ‘He was chiefly occupied in pointing out :hose of the deputies he remembered caving seen at Lattimer just previous to the shooting, and afterward when me was assisting the wounded. Some of the deputies endeavored to avoid ‘ecognition by bowing their heads, and :he court was compelled to order them to rise and come forward. They were then required to remain in the front row where they could be easily seen. Guscott said he told the Sheriff at :he time that the shooting was uncall— ed for. The Sherifi made no reply. Deputy Platt said he agreed with Gus- :ott,’ and was sorry he was there. Gus- :ott said he helped the deputies carry the victims to the cars. He spoke to every one, and saw no weapons, not wen a club. After this Guscott pointed out bY\ Inaps and photographs of the scene 01? :he shooting, just where the deputies Itood, where the strikers halted, where . :he Sheriff met the strikers and where the dead and wounded had fallen. The Witness was then turned over to the lefense for cross examination. Dr. Kellar’s testimony yesterday af- ternoon revealed the indisputable fact that riot guns as well as ordinary rifles were used in firing on the strikers. they were loaded with buckshot. They would not have been carried or load— ed with shot unless it was expected :here would be use for them. After describing the different chur— Ieter of wounds received by those who tell Dr. Kellar was asked: “Could any of these wounds in the back and side nave been received while the men were ying face downward on the ground?" “Yes, they could,” he answered, signifi- :antly. The last witness called yesterday af- zernoon was Stephen T. Adams, u :raveling man, by Whom the commons wealth hoped to. prove that some of :he deputies, while ourneying to the, place of the shooting, made threats that they would kill some of the strik- Irs. The witness said he could not 'dentify any of the deputies on the car. As he was telling his story the defense abjected, on the ground that as he :ould not identify any of the deputies .t was not proper evidence for him to Itate what was said. The Court sus- iained the objection. Court then adjourned morning. The witnesses examined in the trial so :ar have given the most damaging evi- until this ‘ dence against the deputies and the ; Sheriff. They have told how the strik- ers agreed to march to Lattimer from Harwood at' the request of Lattimer nen; how they had read the rules of the United Mine Workers Union in ref- erence to the conduct of strikes and giving xplicit instructions to the astrikers as to their behavior, telling them to commit no overt act, to make r10 threats, to carry no weapons, and in every way to obey the officers of the law. The strikers.marched on the fatal lay in accordance with these instruc- tions, and carrying as Joseph Mulhala, their chief, said: “Not a- stick as large as my finger.” They were joined in the march by some strikers from Cran- berry, and when they reached West Hazleton they met the Sheriff andhis leputies. The evidence was quite clear that the Sheriff had drawn his revolver and, threatened to shoot; that the deputies had pushed and prodded the strikers with the muzzles of their guns and mat they had assaulted one man, out uis head and broken his arm, and act- ed in such a. manner that Burgess Iones, of West Hazleton, was obliged to protest and assure the Sheriff that he would be responsible for the good behavior of the strikers. All the testimony heard as to the :hooting was of a. very positive nature ind each witness corroborated the oth- er in saying that the Sheriff said noth- ing; that he read no paper, and that lie provoked the shooting by drawing his revolver and trying to fire it. The evidence was also very clear as to the malice of the deputies in following up the fleeing strikers and shooting them down. There was a. sensational rumor, yes- terday that testimony would be intro- duced later to show that the Sheriff did not select his deputies himself, as required by law, but accepted selec- tlons made by interested parties, and swore all in at once; also that he did not want to fire, but a. deputy gave the order, the Sheriff standing at the time :5 feet in'advance of the line. A strik- er at the Sheriff’s side was killed by the fusilade. This, it is argued, Will show that the deputies were not posse comitatus; that, therefore, they shot as ndividuals. The trial is expected to take four weeks at least, as there are about [50 witnesses to be heard for the com- monwealth and nearly 200 for the de- tense. Famous Jockey and Starter Dead. Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. I'm—William J. Fitzpatrick, jockey and starter, known on every running trggzk in the United States and Canada, died of pneumonia yesterday. He was born at Mount Hol- ly. N. J., thirty-six years ago. ' He is survived by a widow and three chil- dren. Suicide oft-a. Banker’s Daughter. Boston, Feb. 5.—Miss L. S. Peterson, believed to be the daughter of a. bank- _ m of Tarrytown, N. Y., was found dad in a room at Young's Hotel. yes- ;crday forenoon. She had committed suicide by inhaling illuminatng gas. Nothing was found to indicate the mo- tive for the act. and were probably smaller othe _‘ " . DUN’S WEEKLY REVIEW. 'Witent Took akin-op, but Prices of hIcr- clmndise Remain Firzn. I . New York, Feb. 5.~—Thel Iailurcs‘ in ~ January were smaller than in anypre- ' ' vious year of which there is record, than in 1‘ January since 1881. The. state- ment by branches of business given this week shows a. surprising gem in most departments of manufacture and trade. No failure appear in the woolen manufacture, and in several branches only an insignificant aggregate com- pared with the failures 0f previous years. Meanwhile the money market is as confident as ever'; gold does not come from Europe in large amount only because bankers find it worth while to lend American money abroad, and the commercial balances are heav-’ ily in favor of the United States as heretofore. Perhaps the most striking feature of the week has been the decline in wheat. With exports of 3.094.517 bush- els against 1,770,546 last year. flour in- cluded, from Atlantic ports. and 776,800 from Pacific ports against 811,343 bush- els last year, the temper of the market has been weaker. The report of the Agricultural Department has had some influence, although its figures are not generally credited as reliable. Dur- ing the past week prices have declined 8 cents, although there has been no corresponding decrease in foreign 01- domestic demand. Corn has fallen only 5-8 of a. cent for spot, and there has been no important change in op- tions. The wheat market has turned largely upon the operations of 3. Chi— cago speculator, but the fact remains that the price depends largely upon foreign needs and upon the compam- ‘ tive scarcity of American supply. The prospect of a. combination of wire manufacturers has stimulated the demand and raised the price of wire rods. Of Connelsville coke 15,099' ovens' are in blast, with an output of 155,000 tons weekly, and the quoted price is $1.50 for furnace. The shipments of boots and shoes from «the East show increasing sales exceeding those of every year except the last and 1895, although the returns are possibly incomplete because of the storm. There is a. better demand for cotton goods, since the general stoppage of werks at the East, but thereis no in- dication as yet of material gain as re- spects unsold- stocks on hand. In woolen goods the demand is altogether more satisfactory, an advance of about 20 per cent. being paid on most grades of the finer woolens and wor- steds, and nearly all the mills are ac- tive. Failures for the Week were 335 in the United States against 311 last year, and 30 in Canada against 63 last year. TRIAL OF EMILE ZOLA. The Great Novelist to Face Charges for Defending Dreyfus. Paris, Feb. 5.—The trial of Emile Zola, the famous novelist, whose de- fensepf Dreyfus and letter to Presi- dent Fame, published in the Aurora, charged the Minister of W‘ar with per- jury in connection with the Esterhazy court- martial, is set to come up in As- size Court on Monday. The complaint made out against Zola. by the prose- cution is made up from certain pass- ages in his letter published in the Au- rora. The passages accuse the Ester- hazy court-martial of having dared ‘ obedience to orders received,” to ac- quit the Count with an “iniquitous ver- dict which will sully with suspicion the decisions of all future court-mar- EMILE ZOLA. The indictment wholly ignores tials. M. Zola’s accusations against high personages in the army, General Mer-. cier, General Billot, General Pellieux and others whom he specifically charg- ed with illegality and breach of trust. This indicates that no light is to be let in on the doings of the general staff. Zola. is full of fight, and has made careful preparations for his defense. He will call twenty-five witnesses, in- cluding many handwriting experts. What the outcome of the trial will be it is hard to surmise, as he will be at bay with the highest military authori- ties of France, and the riots and con- flicts that have recently startled the world will undoubtedly be. renewed when the case gets under way. “'as a Tame Fight. Philadelphia, Feb. 5.—-The fight last night between Jack Daly and Jack O’ Brien in the Arena. was a disappoint- ment. O’brien kept entirely out of Daly’s reach, notwithstanding Daly had a sore hand. This was kept up for the entire six rounds, in which there was little punching done on either side. .__ .. .. . ~.-..- .......-... Locomotive V‘l’orks Fail. Providence, Feb. 5.——-The Rhode Isl- and Locomotive W’orks failed yestei- day for $616, 000; assets about $518, 000. I I ~- THE ORIGINAL '_ -’ . Always the Same any .
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