VILE CUBAN COURTS
Governor Gene. alB- coke Will
Attempt a Reform.
JUSTICE HAS BEEN 1101191111111) SOLD
Customs Receipts on the Island Arc
Satisfactory—Agrilcultural Condi-
tions 1211111 03 ing—Arnericun Cur-
rency Driving Out Spanish.
tHAVANA, April 3.—Today as unde1-
he Spanish 1egin1e, blibeiy and fraud
di1ect the Cuban coults. This is the firm
conviction of' the military administra-
tion. Govei nor General Brooke is tak-
ing the matter up and intends to clean
out the corruption.’ to revise the judi-
cial procedure, to change the court per-
sonnel and to abolish the barbarous
practice of incommunicado, by which a
judge may 'impr’is’on for'life a person
ignorant of the accusat. on against him
and of the names of his accusers.
It is true that the statutes allow only
three days’ detention i11communicado,«
but a judge, under the practice that has
grown up, may make a new commit-
ment at the expiration of the third day,
:1 nother at the expiration of the sixth,
2 nd so on VVithout limit. '
More than this, the eVidence in crim—
inal causes is taken by escribanos, or
clerks, who for a consideration VVrite
into the testimony things never uttered,
thus often making the best friends of
the accused .appear to condemn him.
Apparently the whole criminal and civil
systems have been arranged so as to
make it easy to buy and sell justice.
The island government, as adminis-
tered by the United States military au—
thorities, has yielded for the first quar-
ter $3,500,000 as customs receipts. Of
this amount $2,100,000 has been spent.
the city of Havana getting $1,100,000 and
the city of Santiago $259, 000. Each pro—
vincial gOV ernor received all he asked.
Havana’s engineering estimates for
April aggregate $270, 000.
Of the cash balance $1 400, 000, almost
all is American curiency. Spanish gold,
and especially s1.V e1, are going abroad.
so that Cuba’s treasury keeps out of
circulation from 10 to 15 per cent of the
currency in the island. Silver is appre-
ciating. ,VVcrth '55 cents during the
blockade, it has now risen to 93-011 the
basis of the local value of the centen,
$5.30.- Change is scarce, and there is lit-
vle American fractional currency cir-
culated. American bills, however,» are
often to be met, and prices are going on
. theAmerican gold basis.
Agricultural conditions throughout
the country are improving. The tobac-
co crop is. good, and Guines, the market
garden of; Havana, willput on thevmar-
ket in a few days 80,000 barrels of Irish
potatoes at $3 a barrel and 30,000 pounds
of onions at 3 cents a pound. A large
proportion of both will be supplied to
the American troops through the cpm-
missary department.
Postmaster Thompson has been in-
stalled in his official duties and the mil-
itary "branch of the postal service has
'been abolished in Havana. It VV‘ill-soon
be abolished at other points.
Late yesterday a slight conflict oc-'
curred at La Machina wharf between
the police and some marines and sailors
of the Resolute. The appearance of
General Ludlow and the police reserves
quelled the disturbance. It is asserted
that the marines were more or less in-
toxicated, that one of them raised a.
row, that the police interfered and that
thereupon the companions of the intox-
icated marines set upon the police. Sev-
eral shots were fired before the arrival
of the military governor and the police
reserves under Chief Menocal. The ma-
rines returned to the Resolute, and it
was reported at headquarters that one.
policeman was wounded in the affray.
Receivers For 11 Railway.
KANSAS CITY, April 3.—A receiver-
ship for the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf railroad has been asked of Judge
Gibson of the circuit court by Charles
Grannis and other stockholders and
creditors. The, application was granted,
and Judge Gibson appointed the follow-
‘ing named officials of the road as re-
ceivers: E.'L..Martin, vice president;
Robert Gillham," general manager, and
J. McD. Trimble, attorney, all of this
city. Considerable mystery seems to
surround the affair.
Overcome In Church. .
NEW YORK, April 3.——D. A. Water-
man, treasurer Of the Michigan Central
railroad, while attending Easter serv-
ice in the TVarburton Avenue Baptist
chorch in Yonkers in company with his
wife and daughters yesterday morning,
was overcome and became unconscious.
Physicians worked over him for four
hours before restoring him to conscious-
ness. He was then removed to his
home in an ambulance. His condition
is considered critical. He is about 65
years of age. '
Eighty Lost on the Stella.
LONDON, April 3.—The morning pa.-
pers publish approximate lists of the
saved and drowned passengers of the
steamer Stella of theLondon and South—
Western Railway company, which was
Wrecked upon the Casquet rocks near
the island of Alderney last Thursday
afternoon. These show the death roll to
include about 80.
A Triple Funeral.»
CLINTON, Mass, April 3.—~The fu-
neral Of the three members of Company
K, Ninth Massachusetts volunteers,
who died in Cuba. and whose bodies
were brought here on Friday was held
in St. John's Catholic church yesterday.
It was the first triple funeral ever held
in this town, and the services were
Quite elaborate. ~
0A Quadruple Funeral.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, April 3. -—
Unusual andrimpressively sad services
were held in the Academy Of Music yes-
terday'afternoon over the remains of
four Northampton soldiers who died in
Cuba during the Santiago campaign
and were brought to this. country a
few days since in the transport Crook.
Operatives Gélt More Pay.
SOMERSWORTH, N. 11., April 3.—
The Great Falls Manufacturing com-
pany restore the wage scale of 1895 to-
day., Over 2,200 hands are employed in
the mills. Cotton goods are made.
Flour-lug Mill Burned. _
PITTSFIELD, Ill., April 3.-—~The large
flouting mlll of Pow & King, formerly
C. P Chapman & Cox, has been burned;
loss $100, 000, insurance 845. 000. The cause
of the fire is unknown.
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cuan TELEGRAPH COMPLETED
Line Now Open. From Santiago to
Havana—Many Bandits Capt‘ured.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, April 3.—T‘he tele-
graph line to Havana constructed by
the United States signal corps is com—
pleted and/will be opened for commer-
cial messages today. Local merchants,
however, say they do not believe the
line can be regularly opera ed during
the rainy season, which causes great
damage.
Five more bandits have been cap-
tured, ineluding Nainon, a. noted des-
', perado. The others who have been in-
? festing the San Luis district seem to
have removed their operations to the
north of that point. .A body, of armed
men a few days ago attacked two
Americans in the neighborhood of Hol-
lhen went still farther n01 th to rob the
lighthouse at Gibara. Colonel Grubb
of the Second immunes has gone'in pur-
suit. The trouble seems to have grown
out of the cessation of public works in
the province and the delay in the ap-
proval of the estimates. Many who
became bandits during that period now
refuse to return to work.
General {ussell A. Alger, United
States secretary of war, left Santiago
last evening by the transport Ingalls
and after coaling at Jamaica will pro-
ceed to Porto Rico. Yesterday he .visit-
ed E1 Morro, Siboney and San Luis.
BRISK STEEL MARKET.
Price Goes Up, but Demand Contin-
ues \Vith Supply Short.
PHILADELPHIA, April '3.———The de-
mand in this market for steel appears
to be absolutely insatiable. Price cuts
very littlefigure in the majority of
cases. The point is to get material to
keep the men at work. In referring to
this extraordinary demand for the
product a local paper says:
“Prices of angles, beamsand channels
were advanced $2 per ton on Thursday,
and on Saturday plates virtually made
a $4 advance. Pittsburg and Chicago
buyers were here on Saturday beg-
ging to have a price named,‘intimating
that $2 or $3 per ton would be no detri-
ment to business if they could have de—
liveries guaranteed, large lots if possi—
ble, failing which a few hundred tons
would be acceptable.
sources were taken and no price named,
simply because the mllls are crowded
with local work.
“A 3,000 ton Order was taken for onegf
the Delaware shipyards, however, and a
vast amount of other business is wait-
ing to see what can be done with it.”
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Vermont will place a memorial to Ad—
miral Dewey at the entrance to her
statehouse. . I, '
Samuel VVertheim committed suicide
in Charleston by cutting his throat on
broken window glass. ’
Sixty— three fire insurance companies
have ordered their agents in Arkansas
to Suspend underwriting.
The battleship Massachusetts was
taken out of drydock, the repairs to her
keel having been cempleted.
gest freighters evervlaunched in Amer-
ica for the Hawaiian trade. .
Mr. Richard Chamberlain, brother of
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
state for the colonies, died in London.
Mrs. Howard Gould gave an Easter
party in New York city with 65 ,little
girls from Mulberry bend and vicinity
as her guests.
The bodies of Miss Dora Hoffman,
Mrs. M. Auze and H. W. Loree, taken
from, the Windsor hotel ruins, have been
identified by relatives.
The wholesale hardware house of Mil-
ler,_Schloss & Scott, San Francisco, has
been almost entirely destroyed by fire,
the total loss being $400,000.
An Easter Snowstorm.
PIERRE, S. D., April 3.—A furious
snowstorm has been raging here, about
.six inches having already fallen, with
more in sight. It is drifting badly, and
the temperature is falling. This, in con—
nection with the snow already on the
ground in this section of the state, cre—
ateda serious cd'ndition for stockmen
to face, as the long period for which
winter has held on here has prevented
the cattle from grazing, and the hay
supply is practically exhausted. .
Serious Disturbances Near Canton.
LONDON, April 3.——According to a
dispatch to The Daily Mail from Hong-
kong, serious disturbances have recent—
ly occurred in the vicinity of Canton,
and a British torpedo boat destroyer
has been sent there to protect British
interests. The destroyer will soon be
followed by other vessels, carrying
troops. '
“7111 Call Dr. Counell.
NEW YORK, April 3.—At a. meeting
of the pulpit supply committee of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church yes:
terday it was unanimously decided to
recommend that Rev. Alexander Con-
nell be calleda... spastor of the church
to succeed the late Dr. John Hall and
that he be paid a. salary of $10,000 a
year. '
Match Girl. Strike.
OSWEGO, N. Y., April 3.—TW0 hun-
dred girls employed in the packing de-
partment of the Diamond Match com-
pany's Oswego factory quit work late
Saturday evening because of a. 20 per
cent reduction in their salaries. They
mands are acceded to.
. Italy May Have a. Slice Yet.
I LONDON, April 3.—-The Rome corre-
' spondent of The Daily Chronicle says he
learns in official circles that Italy and
Great Britain have arrived at an agree.
ment which will result in an Italian oc-
cupation of San Mun bay. province of
Chehkiang, China, before April 25.
Figaro Will Be P'rosecuted.
PARIS, April 3.——It is announced that
the Figaro, which is publishing daily
the evidence given before the criminal
chamber of the court of cassation in the
Dreyfus affair, will be prosecuted.
Spain’s Embassudor to England.
MADRID, April 3.-——-It is announced
that Count de Vlllagonzalo, former
Spanish embassador to Russia, has been
appointed Spanish ambassador to Great
- Britain.
. La. Champagne Bring. Much Specie.
NEW YORK, April 3.——The French
. liner La. Champagne, which arrived:
' from Havre yesterday, brought $211, 001“
l in specie.
*‘I-gn.
'1‘ 1:1le
guin, took their arms and horses and-
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“SO far as known no orders from these
The Roaches will build two of the lar- ,
will refuse to return until their de-.
DEWEY S SHOTS TOLD
An
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Official Report on the.
Battle of Manila.
PERFECT STORM .OF SHOT AND SHELL
The Spanish Ships'WeI-e Struck 141‘
Times—011 the Reina Cristina“ 130
\Vere Killed—Greater Percent-
age of Hits Than at Santiago.
WASHINGTON, April 3.-—Lieutenant
John M. Elliott, the intelligence officer
of the Baltimore, has forwarded to the
navy department a report on the ef-
fects of the gun fire of Dewey’s fleet.
upon the Spanish war vessels in the
battle of Manila. The report is based
upon a personal examination of all the
vessels, personal conversations with of-
ficers aboard and extracts from Admi-
ral Montojo’s official report. It describes
in detail every shot from the American
fleet and proves that Montojo's vessels
were riddled by a perfect storm of shot ‘
and shell from the American guns.
There was a much larger percentage of
hits at Manila than at Santiago. This
is accounted for by the fact that ,Dew-
ey’s fleet made a deliberate attack, with
most of the enemy’s ships at rest, while
the appearance of Cerv eia’s fleet at
Santiago was unexpected and it VV as a
running fig.ht Lieutenant Elliott makes
the follouing summary of the number
and size of. the shots which struck each
of the Spanish vessels: Cristina, five
8 inch, five 5 inch and 13 other large
shells and seven 6 poundei'sand nine
other projectiles; Castillo, two 26 inch,
twelve 5 inch and four other large shells
and three 6 pounders and 16 other small
shells, survivors also telling of three 8
inch shells which burst on the orlop
deck forward. amidships and aft, caus—
ing fires thatcould not be controlled;
D011 Antonio de Ulloa, four 8 inch, three
6 inch, one 5 inch and 14 other large
shells and ten 6 pounders and one other
small shell; Don Juan de Austria, two
46 inch, or 8 inch, four 5 inch, five 6
pounders and two other small shells;
Isla de Luzon, three hits before she re-
tired behind the arsenal and was sunk
by her own crew; Isla de Cuba, to which
Montojo transferred his .flag after the
Cristina was abandoned, four 6 pound-,
ers and one of unknown caliber, she too
being sunk by the Spaniards; Marques
del Duel-o, one 8 inch, one 6 inch and
three 6 pounders. The Velasco took no
part in the action, but was hit by a
stray shelland was sunk by the Span—
iards. The General Lezo took no part
in'the engagement and-was exploded by
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the Spaniards. The Argos‘was also out '
of the fight, but was struck 'by 'a-large
shell-and was scuttled by the Spaniards.
The total number bf hits‘observable
was 141, but there were doubtless many
others, especially of small '~ caliber,
through the rigging and burned super—
structure of the ships.
ihg ‘inquiry- Lieutenant Elliott' makes
the following report of casualties?
Reina Coristina 130 killed, 90 wounded:
Cast-111a, ‘killed, 80 wounded; 1513. do
Cuba, 22wo1111ded: Isla- de Luann, 6
wounded;- Don Juan de Austria, 22
wounded; Don Antonio de Ulloa, 8 kill-
ed, 10 wounded;sh01e batteries, 6 killed,
4 VV ounded; killed, 1677:.- wounded, 214;
total, 381. -
The following points in connection
with the examination of the Spanish
ships are emphasized by Lieutenant El-
liott:
First.—'-The sides Of iron and steel
built cruisers do not arrest projectiles
enough to explode them.
Second. —— The incendiary effect of
bursting 8 inch shells is great, and far
greater than would seem propo1tionate
to that of lower calibers.
Third—At ranges over 2, 500 yards the‘
gun shields of cruisers are in no sense
a. protection, but insure the annihilation
of the gun’s crew and the disabling of
the gun it struck by a. large projectile.
Fourth—Warships of the present day
will generally be placed ~hors de combat
by conflagration and the destruction of
their personnel before they are sunk by
gun fire.
An Historical Church.
ALBANY, April 3.—Four beautiful
memorial windows, two of them de-
signed by the Tiffany Glass and Decor-
ating company of New York, were Uri--
veiled yesterday at the Madison Avenue
Reformed church, the oldest in this
city, the formative period extending
from 1609, when Fort Orange was lo-
cated. until 1642, when the first regular
pastor was installed. This church pos-
sesses many old and valuable docu-
ments, besides having a complete record
of its membership since 1683.
Remains of the Bidwells.
CHICAGO, April 3.-—The bodies of
George and Austin Bidwell, the men
who as leaders of a gang of confidence
me'n swindled the-Bank of England out
of $1,000,000, reached Chicago yesterday
from Butte, Mon., where the men re-
cently died. The body of Austin Bid-
well was taken to Rose Hill cemetery
and buried. The body of George was
shipped to Hartford.
Another Railway In Colorado.
IDENVER, April 3.———A railway be-
tween Cripple Creek and Canyon City
is to be built during the coming sum-
mer. The construction is under the per-
sonal charge of George H. Proctor of
New‘York city, who says that $1,000,000
has been subscribed for bonds of the
company, which has been incorporated
in Arizona with a capital of $2,000,000.
Vice President Still Ill.
WASHINGTON , April 3.-—Vice Presi-
dent Hobart is still kept to his house
by the severe cold from which he has
suffered more or lees since his bad at-
tack of la grippe last winter, but is im-
proving slowly. Ex-‘ Secretary Sherman
is continuing to improve and is gaining I
strength. He is able to sit up for short
periods.
. nig- Railroad Transfer.
PIERRE. S. D.. April 3.—-A deed
transferring the interests of the Minne-
apolis and Pacific Railroad company to
the Minneapolis and St. Louis company
has been filed in the office of the sec-
retary of state which bore $1,000 of rev-
enue stamps. The amount of the tram.
fer was over $1, 500, 000.
. Palnters Will Strike.
‘ SYRACUSE. April 3.—-At a. meeting of
Palnters' unlons Nos. 31 and 35 'held
here yesterday it was voted to strike at
'1 o'clock this morning, as a majority. of
the master painters' association will not
agree to sign the scale submitted by the
journeyman.
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' FROM
Chief Prowitt !
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East ‘Worwalk Fire Deparlmmts .°
The year ’98 was a great year 101' bicycles. I sold more
Wheels during that year than ever before, but I desire to make
the year ’99 a record breaker, and in order to do it I want
your assistance in booming the RambIer Whee]; to spread
its name and fame into every nook and corner of our town.
To obtain your help I propose to give away Absolutely
Free, to the most popular membercf either the Norwalk,
South N orwalk or East Norwalk Fire Departments a celebra-
ted High Grade ’99 Rambler Wheel, the fleetest, the
handsomest, the most graceful, the most durable endlmost
reliable Wheel built,- up to date. '
The popularity will be decided by ballot, and in order to
vote for candidates the name of the member to be voted for
together with the name of the fire company of which he isa
member must be written on the coupon below and deposited
in the ballot box at my store N o. 45 Main street, N orwalk .
Ballots for members of the South N orwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box at the store of Whelpley (it
Clark 1n the Lauder building.
Ballots for members of the East Norwalk department can
be deposited in the ballot box in Haffner’ s Cigar and News
store at the east end of the Washington street bridge
The conlest is open to every memberof the several fire d
pal tments including members of the Fire Police.
All ballots must be deposited by 7 o ‘clock sharp On'the
evening of May 29th, and the name of the winner will be an
nounced on May 3lst.
J, T. ~Prowitt,
Agent RAMBLER WHEELS,
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