a THE EVENING GAZETTE t. fi BEGIN THE YEAR 1898 ; RIGHT BY SUBSCRI FOR THE 1111111 1111111 AND N. Y. WEEKLY TRIBE E. BOTH P APERS Sent to anv Address FOR One — Dollar? 1111131153 ALI. ORDERS To GAZETTE." -more than two persons are not allowed ~ obstructions, could only ascend seventy- THE CUBAN ELOCKADE Reports OJ Insurgent Messengers From Havana. F”... g...- HIGH PRICES FOR PRODUCE OUR SHIPS AT ILOIL0.A -—-—\ The Boston rind Concord Said to Have Taken Possession. Victoria, B. ~C., June 21.—According to men‘s from 'M-a11ila_by the Esmeral- da, which, after considerable trouble, “”8 given permission by Americans and S::‘.1‘.ic="‘s to sa'l to the United States the steamers Boston and Con- cord left on May 12 to attack 110110. The cruisers are reported to have reached the point without resi-zstame an Food Is scarce and the Army on Kalil and to have taken possession in the nations-Work on the Defences Contin- ues Uninterrnptedly — Conditions al Cardenas. Fortifications Being Strength- ened—Reports of Vessels Entering the Harbor With Supplies False. Key West, Fla, June 21.—A vessel ar- rive-d here from the Cuban blockade yesterday and reported all quiet along the line. She brought an officer of. the Cuban army and a pilot, who are car— rying important dispaltches to Senor 'name of the U :11 ted States The. American coal- laden ship Sara- nac, which was seized by the Spanish gunboat El C-ano, was recaptured. She was anchored in the stream without a person on board, the prize crew left on board by the Spaniards having desert.- ed~ here when the American warships hove in sight. NICARAGUA CANAL. _, . MW. ‘ A Bill Agreed Upon by Committee. the Senate Estrada Palms. of the Cuban junta from General Alexandro Rodriguez, the insurgent commander of Havana prov- ince. The Cubans were taken on board last Saturday from an auxiliary gunboat which had'picked them They give a. very interesting account of their ex- periences. After leaving the insurgent camp they made their way into the city of Havana, spent several days there, proceeded to one of the small in- lets in the neighborhood, stole a small boat and rowed out to sea. in the hope of coming across an American vessel They were «three days in the boat before they were picked up. The Cubans report that there are no supplies of rice, maize, potatoes or eggs in Havana. Flour, they say, costs fifty cents per pound, and the army has been placed on half rations. The Cubans also report that lard is selling at Havana at 50, rice at 20, beans at 25, and meat at 75 cents per pound, and all are scarce, and they say that all horses of private families, stores and livery stables have been confiscated by order of General Arolas, the military governor of Havana, for the use of the troops. '- There is hardly any traffic in the streets of Havana, and groups of to loiter on street corners. The Ferro Cari-ii Urbano, or Street Railway Com- pany, whos’eicar's are drawn‘ by horses. are obliged to run a car every hour in- stead of every five minutes as here-to- fore, as 1the horses of the company have been taken by the government. 'Themessengers class as false the re~ ports that vessels have succeeded in en‘- tering Havana with supplies. They a’s- sert that since the blockade began only three small fishing vessels have entered the harbor and that no food Whatever is received from Clenfuego‘s. The Cubans-confirm the reports that work on the defences of Havana is pro- ceeding steadily. Two‘ll-nes‘of torpe- does extend across the m‘Outh-iof the Aharbor;'whlch is said to be further pro- tected by two automobile torpedoes, one at each side, dischargeable by pres- sing a button. The only w‘a‘r vessel in‘ the harbor of HiVana are small »gun~ boats and the "Alfonso XII. - = The Spanish vessels in Havana har- bor'are the Conde de‘ V'enadito, 'Neuva Esp-aria, Vincente Yancz Plnzon‘ and Al- fon'so 1X11} Athe AlaSt named being used' as a. haspital ship. No other gunboats or converted tugs are in port. An auXiiiary gunboat off Cardenas has been visited bv a Cuban officer from the shore,’who reported that place to ‘be effectively besieged by :the in- surgents on land and by the warships in front. He made the statement that in two weeks’ time the whole population of Cardenas will be starving. The Cu- ban officer has his father and wife in Cardenas and he, was concerned for them. He described the people as liv- ing on palm buds and on dog meat, which he claimed is considered a. dell- cecy. The ve essel which arrived here yester- day has been patrolling a regular beat of! the Cuban coast, “Just like a po- liceman,” going back and‘forth during the day and night. Sometimes she saw Spanish troops moving about, but on the whole the blockade was unevent- fwl. It is also reported that there are 3,- 600armed Cubans in Havana. province pitted against 50,000 well equipped Spaniards. The health of the Cubans in Havana province is excellrnt. Their camp is situated at Zonca. THE YOUKON GOLD FIELDS. Report of an Engineer on the Ail-Cana- dian Route. Montreal, June 21. —J. R. Roy, resi- dent engineer of the Dominion govern- ment, who was sent up with Mr. Coste, the chief engineer of the public works department, to examine the all-Cana- dian route to the Yukon, has returned to Victoria, B. C., and reports the Stickeen to be a fine‘body of water, which steamers drawing not more than thirty or forty inches of water and having powerful enough engines may navigate for six months in the year. The trouble this season has been, he says, that several s;eamers with en- gines not powerful enough have at- tempted to ascend the river. The gov- ernment boat Sampson, sent to remove five miles. but beyond the work will be carried on from large Indian canoes. The Yale Battery. New Haven. June 21.—It is stated of- ficially that the battery containing the Yale volunteers will soon be sent South to a school of instruction, and that ev- ery effort will he made lat-er to send it- to the front. The?“ are fifty-one Yale men in the battery. and yesterday a re- cruiting office was Opened here to en- list, it possible, as many more. Ammunition and Supplies firmSp-gnfifi', London, June 21.—A llspaltc-h from Paris says that an Austrian agent has returned from Madrid, where he deliv- ered to the Spaniel: authorities, via; the Pyrenees, three million empty cartrid- ges and 120 tons c1 explosives, de1ive-d from the F1encl1, Austrian and Belgian sources. 1110 Kaiser Wilhelm Delayed. Southampton, June 21.—The North German Llo;'Ai Steamer Kaiser le- helm Ader GI .sse. a'aptaln Engelbert, has arrived 1 are Sums. Bremen, with a; damaged rudler and is m dry dock having it re; sire: Elie will proceed to New York 0: Trig-1y, ' A street car on the Washington, June 21.—The Senate committee on the Nicaraguan canal yesterday agreed to report, a. bill pro- viding for the construction of the Nic- araguan canal, but on lines very dif- ferent from those of bills previously re— ported. The bill authorized yesterday practically provides for the construc- tion of the canal by the Unitel States. The Maritime Canal Company is to be continued in existence, but all the stock is to be held by the government of the United Stat-es, Nicaragua and Costa. Rica. The bill provides for the pay- ment of 85,000,000 to the present stock- holders for the work already per- formed. .. __ 1 .34“ INT ERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS. Increase Over Last Year of $3,000,000 in the May Collections. Washington, Jun‘e 21.—The monthly internal revenue statement shows that the May collection-s amounted to 314,- 098,117, an increase over May last year of $3,281,225. The receipts from the sev- eral sources of revenue and the increa— ses, as compared with May, 1897, are as follows: Spirits, 87,096,460; increase, 81, 988, 057: tobacco, 83, 754, 062, increase, 81, 018, 759; fermented liquors, 83,131, 505: increase, 8247, 887; oleo’marg‘arine, 888, 014, in— crease,- » 823, 712; miscellaneous, 828,074; increase, 84, 962. The net increase in the receipts dur- ing the last eleven months was 19, 938, - 808. ' The Wheat Crop Abroad. London, June 21. -—The "Marke Lane Express, ” in its weekly. reView of the crop situation, says: ”The warmer weather comes in time to their the wheat. which has reached the critical caring stage, but the most which can be licped for is an increased acreage, to balance the decrease in the yidid.» *A 1» Rust has invaded the wheat fields of France and heavy rains have 111111 the corn' in entire departments; but it is still hoped that there will be an aver- age crop. ' There are good reports frOm Russia, both ’of the Azima. and Ghirka. sow- 1118'.“ rA. Earthquake in Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn, June 21. —Three dis- tinct earthquake shochts were felt in this region Sunday afternoon, comlng one minute apart and lasting two,,four and three seconds respectively. There was a. swaying ~movement11rom west to east, which was not, noticed by per- sOns in the business part of the city. Repo1ts from Ducktown, Kingston, Crossville, SEEedvi'ile. Newport and Er- win show that the earthquake was gen- eral over eastern Tennessee. 14: was also felt at Big Stone Gap, Va. California" Town Burned. Tracey, Cal, June 21. —-A fire caused by the explosion of a gasoline stove destroyed the entire business portion of this town, which consisted of three blocks of closely connected buildings. The wind blew a galeand the efforts of the citizens to stay the course of the flames were of no avail. The residence portion of the town escaped damage, and is all of Tracey now remaining. The total loss is about 887,000; partly insured. Spaniards Put 011:. Their Lights. Washington, June 21.—Consul Sprague at Gibraltar reports to the state de- partment that official notice has been received by the Gibraltar authorities that the Malaga, Torrox, Velex, Este- pona, Motril, Cartagena and Escom- brera. lighthouses have been darkened by order of the Spanish government until further notice. Elevator and Wool Storehouse Burned. Owosso, M-ich., June 21.—The elevator and wool storehouse of F. E. Close & Co, at Byron was destroyed by fire Sunday, together with 3,000 bushels of beans and 84,00 Worth of wool. The loss is 25,000, with $35,000 insurance. A number of Ann Arbor freight cars that were standing on the track were also burned. Opera House Burns Down. Albuquerque, N. M., June 21.—Fire has practically destroyed the’ Grand Opera House building in this city, caus- ing a loss approximating $200,000. The building contained many offices, the contents of which were totally destroy- ed. Insurance on building and con- tents amounted to $127,000. Hundreds Have Died Key West, June 21.—Messages from Havana "say that the condition of the Pacificos about Havana is wretched. Hundreds have died of l.ate The gov- ernment has sent 111 any to the COuIltlY. The. Cubans haVe allowed them to raise vegetables and their condition is now much improved. Picnic Party in a. Collision. St. Louis, M0,, June 21. ——A picnic party returning from Benton Park in a wagon Sunday 11; ght collided with a Southern Electric Railroad. Three men were probably Ea- tally injured. . . 03"“ N0 Fro: .11: Cabinet. Paris, June 2i.~l‘-:«’. Dupuy having failed in his efforts =0 form a ministry, M.’Sa1rrien has 6'1 1'-rtaken the task, and hopes to .. ct a cabinet by ~ Thursday. 4-*E ADEBATE ON HAWAII. The Question of- Anni-Estion is Brought Befoie the Senate- ' Washington, June 21. ——In the Senate yesterday, ten minutes after- the ses-. sion opened, Mr. Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, movedthat the Senate pro; ceed to the'consideration of the He.- waiian annexation resolution. The quick disposition of morning business and the large attendance in the Senateindicated an intention on the part of the senators to press the Hawaiian question to the front as rap- idly as possible. In answer to an inquiry from Mr. ‘Hoar of Massachusetts, Mr. Davis said it was the purpose of the foreign rela- tions committee to occupy not only the morning hour, but the entire bime‘of the Senate in the consideration ofjtbe question of Hawaiian annexation. ,‘.‘-The', committee,” said he, “considers this As most important measure, to which it is very desirable to give. prompt atten- tion. Of course there will be no dis- position to unnecessarily impede other business, but we regard it necessary to press this measure to the exclusion of ordinary matters.” Mr. Hoar said he desired simply to obtain time‘ at an early date to have considered the conference report on the bankruptcy bill and he hoped that there would be no objection to its con- Sideratlion. After minor business the vice presi- dent declared the Hawaiian resolution to be before the Senate. Senators Davis and Frye spoke in fa- vor of the measure and Senator Morriil in opposition. ___ HOW CUBA GETS SUPPLIES. Regular Service from the Isle of Pines- Plans to Break It Up. Washington, June 21.—The navy de- partment has received'information that the Spanish military forces in Havana province are not so greatly in need of food and supplies as has been for some time believed by the government au- thorities in Washington. It is learned that subsistence supplies are being re- ceived constantly ‘ from the Isle of Pines, after having been landed there from Jamaica. Between the Isle of Pines and the southern coast of Cuba the water .is shoal, but between the Isle and Jamaica. deep water makes navigation possible with the largest ships. The navy department has learned on good authority that a. regular line of light draught; ferries has been estab« lished between the Isle. of..Pines _ and Cuba, and that supplies from Jamaica have been repeatedly landed in the pro- vinces of Cuba, particularly in Havana, where the principal forces are located. Plans are now being made to break up Spain’s communication between the Isle of Pines and, Cuba, and between the smaller island anl Jamaica. Serious Riots in China. Tacoma, June 21. —-0riental advices received here tell of a piratlcaJl raid sixty miles above CantOn. Pirates boarded a Chinese steamer at Can-ton as passengers, and, reaching a. favora- ble place, attacked the crow, which re- sisted, and after several hours’ fighting drove them from the boat. The steamer drifted ashore during the struggle, and had not..b.osn floated several days later. Serious rioting is reported 100m Sha- shi, China-.- The customaritulon was burned and the commissioner a: cuss, toms had been. madaaway with. The British consulate was attacked and the flag staff, torn down and the flag torn to pieces. The building weeburned to the ground. Reports from Canton state thatthe grave diggers are not able to If“) up with the death list from the ravages of the. plague. Prince Kung, a. member of the royal family, is reported “to have died at Peking on May”. The news iscredito 'ed by Chinese and Japanese papers. SMOKELESS POWDER EXPLOSION. " Supposed Work of Spanish Spies Near Cincinnati. Cincinnati, June 21.—Sunday night the smokeless powder finishing house at King's Mills, twenty miles northeast of Cincinnati, was completely destroyed by an explosion. The building contain- ed 200 kegs of finished smokeless pow- der, said to have been made for the government. Several days ago the company received word from the gov- ernment that Spanish spies were in Cincinnati. The force of watchmen was increased. A stranger, who is accused of app-lying the fuse. is the only per- son "hurt. He is now in the custody of the sheriff at Lebanon, Warren county. He is of foreign descent, and is believed to be a Spaniard or in Spain's em- ploy. Miore Troops for Santiago. Washington, June 21.—The Harvard and the Yale, formerly the American liners New York and Paris, will be ready to sail from Newport News, Va., this week, with troops to reinforce Gen. Shatter at Santiago de Cuba. One of the ,vessels will be prepared to sail on Wednesday and the other on the fol- lowing Saturday. Wind Storm in “'estvrn New York. Middleport, N. Y., June 21.—A terri- fic wind storm SIl‘!;.f.‘k Niagara and Or— leans counties early Sunday morning. The storm travelled in a. belt three miles wide and seventy miles long. In Orleans county hundreds of orch- ards were ant-1 rely destxoy’ed. The dam- age wiil ieach many thousanls of dol- lais. Spanish Prisoners in the Philippines. Hong Kong, June ..21.—A steamer which has just arrived from Manila, says the insurgents now hold four thou- sand Spaniards and one thousand na- tive prisoners with their arms. Astor Battery 111 California. Oakland, Cal, June 21.—The Astor Light Artillery has arrived from New York. The battery crossed the bay yesterday and is located at Camp Mer- ritt in San Francisco. ' The Most Important. “I suppose that there are many prob- lems whiCh polar explorers seek to solve, ” said the unscientific man. “Yes," replied tie intrepid traveiei; .' “a. great many.’ “What is the most important one?" “fGettiug back "—-Wasl1ington Star. m1 ~thickeue ivvh'ile‘ the veins are swollen and "throbbmg. ‘ With Rose cam. It‘Shares the OdIum of Being a Most De- tested Providence Woman Ee- eaped One of Them. The victims of hay. fever and rose colds need no description of their cases, and no person unacquainted with the malady can form any conception of what its victims sulfe1xDuring its attacks, which occur at seasons of the year when the sections where it is prevalent are in all other respects the most. attractive, the lining membranes ' oI all the air passages of the upper and iddl‘e parts of the face are terribly ' in ully inflamed; they become and of an angry red color, .; These tWo maladies, Hay Fever and Rose Gold, tare exactly similar in all their symptoms; they diiIer only in the season of their attack, the Rose Gold prevailing earlier in the summer. Being pathologically similar, 1f one is "relieved by a. certain treatment. the same treatment is more than likely to relieve the other also. No ills to which the human flesh is heir are more fickle in their individual cases; for there are thousands of remedies that. will help one or two cases, and dis- appoint every other. But there is one treatment that we venture to assert will give more relief to the greater number of cases than all the other so- called remedies combined. Of this we are prepared to submit as proof the testimony of people who have tried it. Note this case: Mrs. George W. Spink, 227 Friend— ship St., Providence, says. “Every year I have been troubled with the most disagreeable colds in my head during June, and I could seem to get. no relief until the wee season was over. This year I obtained a bottle of California. Catarrh Cure at Hall 85 Lyon’ 9, and when I felt the Rose Gold coming on, I began to use 11;. It gave merelief at once, entirely removing all traces of the Rose Cold, and I have not been as free from this tiouble f01 years, as I have been this season from using California Catarrh Cure. ” Remember you are more likely to get relief from Hay Fever by using Califo1‘niaCatarrh Cure than by any other means. It is sold at all drug stores; 50 cents; three times as much $1. <vv‘ ' «.— A 'Another objection - to bicycling is overcome. An undershirt has been perfected Which combines knicker- backer and petticoat, giving the ad— vantages of both withOut their disad- vantages. The garment is known as the “Cythere,” which name was chosen for its attractiveness. With the Cythere, it is unnecessary to wear tights, though some lisle or light wool Aundergarment should sup- plement the article. Neither does the Cythere take the places of stockinzs- They begin at the knee, where the knickerbockers leave off. The chief advantage of this novelty is the added and desirable petticoat element. Men. it seems, deprecate such athletic cos- tumés‘ for women, as it dispenses with the traditional feminine garment. Whether the inventor wrought in. respOnSe to this masculine wall for the retention cf the nan-bifurcated underskirt; whether the wish of the women to be obliging or if the Cythere represents the natural reaction from great skirt to no skirt, then to little skirt, is not explained. It is. And such women as hitherto have found their athletic costumes incomplete, there is made with a. deep yoke, the Iki'rt and brisket-backers are attached below thumps, thus there is no full- 0888 atthe beltline. ‘ The garment is unlined; the knicker- -b0ckers and ‘ skirt are of one fabric and hue. ' The former finish at the knee, while the latter is longer. the depth of the outer skirt. A fall from a. wheel, a. sudden gust of Wind,- would not discover so generouslyfi woman wearing this sort of garment as one sans petticoat. The sills one: are trilled, but those of brilliantine are not. The skirt opens the entire length on either side, which is a. gain for ease'in locomotion. A woman of taste, of course, has all visible 01‘ pos- sibly visible underwear match outer- wear on the wheel, in color. These red Cytheres are to be countenanced only for golf, traveling or walking un- der circumstances in which the skirt would show only the least occasional bit. There has been an immense sale this season of genuine Scotch tweeds, as these materials are in high favor for cycling and travelling dresses. The patterns are handsome, and, besides the soft gray mixtures, show any num- ber of pretty color-blendings. The du- rability of these goods we are entirely familiar with. For general uses they rank well with English serge and the‘ stylish waterproof cravenettes. —No claims, no aflidavns, out a GAZETTE advertisement gets there every time. Chemists Endorse Vino] (mover)r side. as the greatest tonic rcconslrucior ever given to man. It gives us pleasure to add our recom- mendation to the already long list. \Vcihave' fOund in a wonderfully ‘efiiCIent remedy fol” all wasting diseases. It is deliciously‘pal- atable- It never upsets the stomach. It can be taken with advantage in the hot- test weather. “’15 believe it willbe the means of saving many‘lives in cases of consumption. Special Vinol representative. EDWARD P. WEE D. Maiady-How a, For Sicyele Suits. ‘ teal
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