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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 3 Mar 1897, p. 2

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w; "A ' - '* ' THE PLAINDEALER J. YAH SLYKE, Editor and Pub. M6HENRY. ILLINOIS. •?• Kh^'* A MOTHER'S HEROISM SAVES BP!!®" HER BABE BUT HER OWN LIFE. LOSES Pitiable Death of Mrs. Mary Cum» minKs of Chicago--Greece Support# Kins George in HisAttitudo of De­ fiance--How Rniz Met Death. te;: fH v\ i f\ She Thought of Her Babe. Mrs. Mary Cummings' dre6S caught fire from, the stove at which she was prepar­ ing supper for her little family at 48 Best avenue, Chicago, Wednesday night, and she was so feeriously burned that she died at midnight. Her baby was with her in the house at the time, and its clothing, too, must have been ignited, perhaps from her own burning clothing. But even in her mortal agony the woman forgot her own sufferings in care for her child ana dashed a paii of water upon it, extinguish­ ing the flames. Then she fled frantically from the house and fell senseless in the .street. Later the neighbors found the. Ibabe, its dress half burned and thorough- . Sly (saturated With water, sitting calmly on . " t h e f l o o r , • : " • / , y • ; Fearfnl Tortnre 1 naposed on Dr. Rniz. A special dispatch to the New York Sun jfrom Havana says: "The torture known V las comporite in Cuba, and by means of which the American citizen. Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, was assassinated, is the most bar­ barous of all the cruel punishments in- Tented by the Spaniards. A prisoner is beaten, sometimes with a cane and some­ times with a large cylindrical piece of iron, until he faints from pain or loss of blood. His wounds are then cared' for, and when he is better the awful treatment is repeated. The design is to kill him by degrees, and when the climax of cruelty is reached, then a powerful and decisive blow on the head puts an end to the poor victim's sufferings. If Consul General Lee lives in Cuba much longer he will come to understand perfectly what was meant by the componte when some prison­ ers in the jail at Guanabacoa told him that by this method Dr. Ruiz had been done to death by the orders of Major Fondaviela." The Spanish authorities doubt the legality of Dr. Ruiz's,American citizenship. Nev­ ertheless they have ordered an immediate official inquiry with a view of punishing severely all persons concerned in the af­ fair if it is proved that they failed in their duties. Some time nn^t elapse be­ fore the matter can be sifted. ski! P%.: r̂r iip? Bpi i Grecian-Cretan Imbroglio. ' Advices from Athens say: King George and his Government reiterate that it is impossible for Greece to retreat from its decision in regard to Crete, which is sup­ ported by -the whole nation. The follow­ ing is from Constantinople: "Ismail Bey, governor ad interim of the palace, has officially informed the fimbassadors that, taking the gravity of the events into con­ sideration, the Turkish Government no longer considered itself bound by its prom­ ises with regard to the sending of re-en­ forcements to Crete." The St. Petersburg Novoe Yremya claims that the Greek pol­ icy is good for' England. If Greece goes in it will be impossible to forbid the Turks defending their territory. The Mirovye ol Gloski says the trouble is pure­ ly local and does not threaten the peace of Europe. The Glasmost says the Greeks counted on disaccord and found it. Greece must capitulate or Europe must. A spe­ cial received at Paris from Lanssa, Greece, says that 20,000 Greek troops are concentrated there; it is believed at Larissa that general hostilities will imme­ diately begin on the frontier in the event of Greece not being allowed to annex the Island of Crete. pected .and finally secured a confession from. Wiilte, who said he killed the in­ fant because it had become a burden to him. • r-i ' " • ~ " The mail train on the Cresson branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into a box car near Ebensburg, Pa., Monday morning r.nd was badly wrecked. Five persons were seriously hurt and a number of others sustained slight injuries. Those seriously hurt were: W. P. Shiver, fire­ man, may die; John Foreman, mail agent, Huntington Pa.; Michael Myers, Lilly, Pa.; S. C. Child, Harrisburg; Thomas Barnes, Phillipsburg, Pa. All except Shiver will recover Captain William Howard Merrill, U. S. A., retired, died of cirrhosis of the liver after an illness of a month at his home in New York, He was born in Utica, N. Y., March 21, 1833, and was educated at West Point. At the outbreak of the war he offered his services to President Lin­ coln and enlisted in the Twenty-seventh New York Infantry. For his services at Bull Run he was niade captain of volun­ teers. At the battle of Antietam he was captured and sent to Libby prison, from which place, after four months' confine­ ment, he escaped, While in the prison he ^vrote a book reciting the terrors of life 1®3 by the unfortunates confined there. Upon reaching the Union lines again he rejoined his command and served through­ out the war. He was mustered out of service Oct; 23, 1S66. but immediately re­ ceived bis appointment as brevet captain of the regular array, which was bestowed for his courage fit the battle of Bull Run. Sept. 10, 1S6S, he Was made a full cap­ tain and sent to Governor's Island. He retired from active service Dec. 31, 1S70. Captain Merrill was a friend of President Lincoln and for several months was at­ tached to his staff in the capacity of aid- de-camp. WESTERN. NEWS NUGGETS. mm Mr, • • & Salvador Cisneros, president of the Cu­ ban republic, is reported dead. The Court of Appeals at Montreal has maintained the right of trades unionists to strike if the firm they worked for re­ fused to discharge non-union men. The Banking Committee of the National House of Representatives has decided to report a bill for the incorporation of the International American Bank. The cap­ ital stock is placed at $5,000,000, and among the incorporators are Cornelius N. Bliss, Andrew Carnegie, Charles R. Flint. P. D. Armour, M. M. Estee and James S. Clarkson. The strike of the river coal miners, which was delayed on account of the high water flooding the rivers, was inaugurated at Pittsburg. The numbet of men out is >not known, but the miners expect the strike to be general along the Mononga 1 hela Valley, in which event 7,000 men will be involved. The men are striking for 2% cents per bushel in the first three pools and 2 cents in the fourth-pool. The people of Tucson, A. T., are sur­ prised to learn that a bill has passed.the lower house of Congress compianding the Arizona loan commission to fund over $300,000, principal and. interest, of nar­ row-gauge railway bonds, which the.Unit- ed States Supreme Court, in a suit ap­ pealed from Puma County1; declared abso­ lutely void because^they were -issued in Yiolatiqn of the organic law of the •terri­ tory. The feud between the Lurtin and Gros- som families, near Guthrie, O. T., which gave rise recently to reports that the town of Stroude had been raided, has resulted in another killing. John Grossom, the elder, was shot to death in front of his own house in the Creek country by Deputy Sheriff Bentley, who was one of a posse that attempted to arrest Grossom and his two sons, Solomon and Garfield. Th sons were finally captured and are in jail at Chandler. The arrests are the result of the recent kidnaping by the Grossoms of three members of the Lurtin faction John B. Heaney, cashier of the West­ ern Union- Telegraph Company at Chi cago, has resigned, and will go to the Merle & Heaney Manufacturing Com pany. He is one of the oldest employes in •the Western Union. He began his career as a messenger boy, away back in war time, and has been in the business and in a continually advancing course ever since, The.arrest at Seattle, Wash., of Mack McAlpin, William Laurie and Charles Hussey, the latter a 10-year-old boy, has led to the discovery by the police that'they have run into a nest of counterfeiters and (Wholesale thieves. -- :< mMMkr EASTERN. Fire which broke out in the Everett school building in Boston Friday caused a panic among the pupils. Police ambu­ lances were quickly at the scene, and within a few moments thirteen .injured victims Were on their, way to the city hospital. The fire was only a Slight cne end was extinguished without any consid? ersble damage having been done. Thomas Willis, colored, was hanged at Newcastle, Del., Friday, for the murder of his infant child May 4. The body of the child was uot found until May 23, having been dug up by dogs from a shal­ low grave on a farm. Detectives sub Judge Thomas, a prominent lawyer of Falls City, Neb., was run ovet and killed while alighting from a train. George Frank, proprietor of a candy factory at Chicago, was killed almost in­ stantly. He was caught in the flywheel of the engine. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway elevator "A," at Toledo, Ohio, burned. There was 325,000 bushels of wheat in the elevator. The loss on ele­ vator and grain will aggregate §355,000. Both insured. At Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. Thomas J. Mollow, aged 32 years, tried to re­ plenish the fire, when her clothing caught fire and was burned from her body. She died in great agony a few hours liter. The husband and two children were badly Ijurned in trying to save her. Benjamin R. Bacon, a Kansas City in­ surance agent, who a few years ago was one of the wealthiest and most prominent business men in Kansas City, committed suicide in a room at the Midjand Hotel1 Monday morning, firing a bullet into his brain. Despondency following business reverses is supposed to be the cause of Buiclde. The family of Jacob Citfez of Cleve­ land, Ohio, was almost completely wiped out of existence Friday by fire. Eight persons were burned and five will prob­ ably die. Ciclezrose about 5 o'clock to light the fire and mistook the gasoline lamp for the kerosene lamp. The result was a terrific explosion when he applied the match. . A large delegation of business men from Denver and other prominent cities of Colorado, including delegates from boards of trade and other commercial bodies, left Tuesday for a three weeks' trip through Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. The purpose of the trip is to attract attention to the re­ sources of Colorado, its interests, railway facilities, etc., with the view of establish­ ing closer commercial relations between it and the States of the Southwest. Twice within a month burglars have attempted to break into the house of Jus­ tice Hennessey at Chicago, but in each instance his servant girl was awakened and the thieves were frightened away. Recently the magistrate discharged the servant girl and bought a burglar alarm. The contrivance did not work, and Sunday morning, when he awoke, the justice dis­ covered his trousers on the rear porch, with their pockets turned inside out, while the proceeds of his court docket the day before were missing, Mrs. Louise Pitt Yokum, Dolores Coun­ ty. Colo., superintendent of schools, has refused a teacher's certificate to Prof. Victor C. McGirr, principal of the Rico public school, because he smokes. Mrs. Yokum takes the ground that a person who smokes is disqualified to teach in the public schools because teachers in that State are required by law to instruct the children 'against the use of tobacco. An appeal will probably be taken to the State Board of Education by Prof. McGirr, who js graduate of the Toronto University and is very popular in Rico. Jack Davis, J. W. Flynn. Charles Rey­ nolds, Charles Stewart, J. C. Haines and Frank Pi'erson have been arrested in Den­ ver and at Colorado Springs on charges of conspiracy and grand larceny. The complainant is George E. Hannan, a well- known bicycle dealer of Denver. He bet $10,000 with Pierson that Bertie banks could defeat Paul Richie in a five-mile bicyelfe race. Hames was stakeholder and David, Flynn and Reynolds assisted in arranging the match. Just before the hour for the race Banks was arrested on a trumped-up charge. Richie rode over the course alone^and Hames turned over $20,000 stakes to Piersofi?3 Mrs. Alice E. Crabtree, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was granted a divorce on the ground Of-neglect. Her husband is entitled to pre-eniinence among the meanest men of the community if her sworn testimony is true. She says that in four years all the money he gave her was but $10; that she spent $5 of this to buy her sister a parasol to replace one he had lost, and that he .borrowed back the, other $5 to get his trunk out of pawn. The only money he ever spent for her, in any way. fonn or manner, was 5 cents, paid for a sack of peanuts he shared with her. She clothed herself and paid her own board. Both are young and come of prominent families. The badly mutilated bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Spicer, their daughter, Mrs. William Rouse, with her 1-year-old twin boys, and the aged Mrs. Waldron, the mother of the postmaster of Winona, N. D., were dis­ covered scattered about the ranch. The appearances about the ranch and condi­ tion of the bodies led to the suspi cion that the murder was committed by Indians. Then the bodies were terribly mutilated with axes and clubs, which fact is taken to at least partially corroborate the suspicion of the Indian murderers, The Standing Rock Indian reservation is not far away, and when the Indians from there get away from sight and manage to get hold of some whisky there is sure to be trouble. The Chesapeake and Ohio west-bound passenger train encountered a washout opposite Portsmouth, Ohio, Monday morn­ ing, and the engine, baggage and express car, mail car and one coach were derailed A. G. Stout, supervisor of the Chesapeake and Ohio, was killed. The engineer, firo man, mail clerks and express messenge were all injured, but not seriously. The casualties are: A. G. Stout, roadmaster, riding on engine, skull fractured, diod in half an hour; Engineer J. E.'Fairhead of Cincinnati, cut on head, bruised leg and elbow; Fireman H. Myers of Covington hip and leg bruised: Richard Maddock of Portsmouth, leg bruised; William Wolf Portsmouth, leg crushed; R. J. Fite, ex­ press i&essenger, bruised about "Chest; M. A. Faulkner, baggagp master, nose brok­ en, face bruised; serious; F. A. Bradley, right shoulder and face bruised; Lu C. Tur­ ner, Boonville, Va., leg sprained; John Arvin Porter, Covington, cut in face; J. L. Gale, mail clerk, cut in knee and head. FOREIGN. The Bolivian Government increased all import tariff duties 25 per cent Jan. 1. The gold received at the royal mint at Melbourne,, Australia, during 1890 amounted to 1,186,541 ounces, against 1,092,819 ounces in 1896. The feeling on the Stock Exchange at London. Friday was very gloomy. The situation in the East is regarded with grave misgivings. The fall in prices was general throughout the list, and the same state of affairs prevailed on the continent­ al bourses. A London Daily News special from a place in Hungary called Hodmegae Vas- sarhely tells of the arrest of six men and two women accused of wholesale slaugh­ ter of relatives for the sake of securing about 100 florins apiece life insurance money. The murderers formed a society for getting rid of relatives. One man poisoned his father, mother, wife, wife's father, and others not related to him, and so gained several thousand florins. One woman murdered her mother, sister,' and a neighbor. All the other murderers are charged with one crime apiece. A midwife planned the society, and, like several of her accomplices, is fairly well-: to-do and intelligent. Seventeen bodies have been-exhumed. The midwife con­ fesses that she has been at the trade for many years, and always called in doctors when using poison to prevent suspicion. In every case now being investigated poi­ son was administered arid then a doctor was sent for, and in no case did any doc­ tor suspect foul play. Canea dispatch: A fusillade having Con­ tinued since morning, despite the warn­ ings of the foreign admirals, the united squadrons bombarded the insurgent camp outside of Canea. At 4:30 o'clock Sun­ day afternoon H. M. S. Dryad, H. M. S. Harrier and H. M. S. Revenge, together with one Italian, one German and one Russian ship, opened fire on the Cretan position where the Greek flag was hoist­ ed some days ago, arid ruined the house held by the Cretans. The flag was soon lowered and the order "cease fire" sound­ ed after ten minutes. Thereupon the flag was rehoisted. "The rocks around were crowded with Cretans. The Turks, encouraged by the fleet, opened a lively fusillade while the Cretans were removing the wounded. The Cretans had not re­ plied during the whole performance. It was a somewhat melancholy and degrad­ ing spectacle. The foreign admirals have warned Col. Vassos, the commander of. the Greek forces on the Island of Crete, of their intention to attack his troops with four men of war anchored off his camp, Aghioi Theodoroi, should he attempt to advance to the interior of the island. SHIPS THROW SHELLS IN GENERAL. Obituary: At Moscow, Russia, Dr. Wil­ liam Steinitz, the chess player, 61.--At Carp Village, Ont., John Brown, the old­ est orangeman in Canada, 98.--At St. Louis, Dr. S. Gratz Moses, 84.--At Trin­ idad, Colo., William A. Bell of St. Louis. --At Kokomo, Ind., Miss Catherine Wood Cassady, 97.--At Crown Point, Ind., John P. Merrill.--At Cairo, 111., Henry C. Laf- lin. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "A large increase in the iron arid steel business on account of sales covering eight to twelve months' produc­ tion of the largest works, a better de­ mand for woolen goods and slightly better for cottons, a gain which may prove last­ ing in boots and shoes, slightly better prices^for wheat, cotton, wool and iron, and a money market well adapted to en- ctfjfhige purchases against future improve­ ment in business, have rendered the last week more hopeful than any other since Igarly in November." The Iron Trade Review says: "The steel rail war was brief and tierce, and the execution was quite all that could be de­ sired. It is safe to say that nearly $20,- 000,000 worth of rail business is on the books of the members of the late pool, nearly all of it taken in five days. If we count 375,000 tons of Pittsburg sales, in addition to 100,000 tons of foreign orders and 100,000 tons of rails optioned to homo trade, and to this add 250,000 tons taken by Illinois and 200,000 to 250,000 tons sold by Eastern mills, we shall have a total of 1,075,000 tons." Washington's birthday was generally observed. Pupils of our public schools-- those who will bear the burden and re­ sponsibility of citizenship before the pass­ ing of many years--listened to words of wisdom and counsel from men of ripened experience, and hearts full of youth, hope and ambition swelled with nobler patri­ otic impulses. For the day the example of a man who has come to embody all that is desirable in American citizenship was placed before the youth of our land and they are asked to emulate him and, en­ couraged by his achievements and sterl­ ing worth, to strive for an equal measure of true greatness. Because he made possi­ ble "The parliament of man, the federa­ tion of the world." Business generally was suspended, and numerous gatherings of civic societies, where were delivered addresses telling of the honor, manliness and patriotism of our first President,"tes­ tified to the spirit of reverence which now marks the day. to CRETAN INSURGENTS IN HALE PA "ARE BOMBARDED. Crisis Affecting All Europe Now Be­ lieved to Be Ne«r-Kjre» of Diplomats Turned Toward Russia as the Pow­ erful Ally of Greece. x. .. ~~ - '. Grecian Leader Warned* War in grim earnest raged'Sunday in Crete. Just a week previous the fleets of the powers landed blue jackets at Canea to maintain, the peace, and ostensibly tq prevent Greek troops landing at that port. Sunday these same squadrons trained their big guns on the strongholds of the Cretan insurgents and shelled ttiem from thqir position. It was a day of the most intense excitement in Halepa. From early morning the insurgents had kept up a gall­ ing fire on the Turkish forts. The latter returned the leaden compliments with vigor; and what with the roaring of can­ non and the whizzing of bullets the peace­ ably inclined people in the town had a frightful experience. It became evident in the forenoon that the admirals on the cruisers were becom­ ing uneasy over the condition of affairs. Dispatch boats flitted from-war ship to warship and flag signals were exchanged, indicating thaj concerted action was being arranged. Meanwhile the decks of the cruisers were being prepared for action. Guns were unmasked and'marine's were lined up to meet all emergencies. The so- called rebels had been warned by. couriers bearing white flags that if their firing did not cease the battle ships would take a hand in the desperate melee. These warn­ ings were sedffingly disregarded, for upon their receipt the fusillade from rebel rifles only increased. The time for action had come, and the tremendous roar of a discharged shell shook Halepa as if an earthquake had oc­ curred beneath it. The first shot had come from Italian boats, and speedily all the other war ships joined in the bombard­ ment. is a compromise between the formidable- ness of architecture that is rigidly old English and what is distinctly modern. The yellowish stone walls- are so thick and take up so much room that the inte­ rior of the house is smaller than one thinks it ought to be after looking at the outside. The roof is red and the effect is good, especially when the stately trees that surround the house are in leaf. From the housekeeper's point of view the arrangement of the house is satisfac­ tory. Such details as butler's pantry, kitchen, servants' dining room and laun­ dry will insure Mrs. Hobart an exemption from the trials of the servant question, and \vhen the finishing touches are added to the house by the ornaments, rugs and hangings that Mrs. Hobart intends to bring with her the place will be ideal as a home and an excellent center of official hospitalities. SPAIN MUST ANSWER. Reparation Demanded for the Muirder of an American in His Cuban Cell. Spain w?H have to make full reparation and give ample apology for the death of MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to * prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, 3.00 to $3.75; sheep, faii; to choice, $2.00 to $4t25; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 70c; corn, No. *2, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2, 15c 16c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 34c; butter, hoiee crcamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 16c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $35 to $80 per ton. . - Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, good to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 83c to 85c; corn, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50 wheat, No. 2, 88c to 90c; corn, No. 2 yel­ low, 19c to 2lc; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to 17c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 32c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50 wheat, ,No. 2, 89c to 9lc; corn, No. 2 mixed, "22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25 wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 88c; corn. No. 2 yt»llow, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, 35c to 36c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 88c corn, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No 2 white, 17c to 18c; ryt>, No. 2, 34c to 36c clover seed, $4.65 to $4.70. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, ioc to 76c; corn, No. 3, 18c to 19c; oats, No 2 white, 17c to 19c; barley, No. 2, 28c to 31c; rye, No. 1, 34c to 35c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo--Cattle, common to prime ship ping, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, medium best, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime natives, $3.00 to $4.50; lambs, fair to extra, $4.50 to $5.50. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75 wheat, No, 2,,red, 83c to 84c; corn, No. 31c to 32c; oats,- No.- 2 white, 21c to 23c butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, WeBt ern, 15c to 20c. CONSUL. GENERAL I,EE. the American citizen, Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, who was last week found dead in a prison HOW UNCLE SAM SUFFERS, The Cnban VJTar Has a Bad Effect on Exports and Imports. The present" Cuban revolution dates from Feb. 24,1895. In the preceding year, 1894, the exports of all American ports to Cuba amounted collectively to more than $20,000,900. In the same year the imports into the United States from Cuba amounted to $75,670,000, making., a total comnlerce between the two countries of about $95,000,000 in one year! The fig­ ures of the fiscal year of 1896 show the extent to which commerce between the two countries has fallen off. The total exports from Ameri/tfhn. ports tb Cuba were $7,500,000, orefebou>i 30 per cent of th6 former volume of business. From Cuba .into the United States were im­ ported during the same/period goods to the value of $40,015,0^0, or about 55 per cent of the former volume of business. The chief item of American commerce with Cuba, the chief item of importa­ tion from Cuba into the.United States, is, of course, sugar, and this item has fallen off about one-half, jfrom 1895 to 1896 the importation of sugar into the United States fell off from 1,800.000,000 to 980,- 000,000 pounds, from $40,000,000 to $21,- 000,000. The other important items of im­ port into the United Stares fron; Cuba are tobacco, bananas, drugs, wood and. ore. The American exports to Cuba in­ clude in an ordinary year flour to the" amount of 000,000 barrels (it has now fall­ en to about 300.000), coal to the amount of 4<>0,000 tons, petroleum to the amount of 200,000 gallons (it, is now 00,000), hams, , tallow, lard, cotton goods and machinery, The devastation of Cuban plantations ha,s not only reduced the number of exporta­ ble products of Cuba, but it.lias, moreover, decreased the market in Cuba for Ameri­ can products, for the planters, having no longer any valuable crops for export, are unable to pay for the articles heretofore sent to them from the United States. Il^g estimated, on Cuban authority, that apart from the actual expenses incident to the prosecution of the war, the-contin­ uance, of hostilities is costing fully $75,- 000.000 a year. Of this sum, $50,000,000 is figured as the loss from the burned or abandoned plantations,^500.000 from the CANEA, THE CAPITAL: OF CRETE, SHOWING THE HARBOR AND NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS. The fire was generally accurate, and the effect withering. The. Cretan insurgents were driven pell mell from behind their breastworks, and, throwing away arms and accouterments, they hastily sought places of refuge from the hissing missiles of the fleet. The deadly ping of their bul­ lets across the empty streets- ceased, and as the firing of the big war ships stopped the cloud of gunpowder smoke floated lazily northward over the calm sea. As Vassos has but about 400 men, and as the forces on board the four men-of- war anchored off his camp are probably six times that number, it is inferred that he will make no move until he hears from the Delyannis governtifent. This new action of the powers is taken here as an indication that the Grecian scheme may yet miscarry. The admirals issued a statement direct­ ed to Cal. Vassos, encamped at Aghioi- Theodori, not far from Platania. The document warns Vassos that it is the in­ tention of the admirals to attack his troops at Guanabacoa. The administration is determined to have a full investigation of all the circumstances without delay, and the Spanish authorities have already been given to understand that this Gov­ ernment will suffer no red tape fo inter­ fere with a prompt ascertainment of all the facts. Secretary Olney cabled Minister Taylor at Madrid that Dr. Ruiz died under sus­ picious circumstances in the Guanabacoa jail, and directing the minister to impress upon the Spanish Government the urgent wish of the United States that all the facts be made known with the least pos­ sible delay. The Spanish are adepts at making promises of this sort, but as a rule much difficulty is experienced in securing their fulfillment. In this instance, how­ ever, Secretary Olnqy proposes to insist that every opportunity be given Consul General Lee to learn precisely how and under what circumstances Dr. Ruiz met his fate. If he was murdered the Span­ ish Government will have to make prompt reparation. The only infprination thus far received by this Government from Consul General Lee is contained in two dispatches, one in­ forming the department of Ruiz's arrest, and the second announcing his death in the Guanabacoa jail under suspicious cir­ cumstances. This cablegram called for a reply from the department, in which Consul General Lee was instructed to make a prompt and full investigation. In­ structions were also cabled to Minister Taylor at Madrid, as already stated. It is not true that Consul General Lee asked to have war ships sent to Havana. An official statement to this effect was made at the White House. The adminis­ tration has no intention of sending a fleet to Cuban waters. horses taken for use by the soldiers of either army, and $500,000 as the value of the cattle taken for the commissariat. The destruction of towns, railroads, bridges, stores and farms, goes to make up the balance of the loss. Cuba's chief busi- ness is with the United States among for­ eign countries. NEW BABY AT HARRISON'S. Little Daughter Arrives at the Home of the Ex-Pi eiide?|t. The anxiously awaited advent of an heir at the residence of ex-President Harrison in Indianapolis took place at 5:30 o'clock Sunday morning, when Mrs. Harrison pre­ sented her distinguished husband with a daughter, weighing eight and three-quar­ ter pounds. When the announcement Was made to the ex-President that the infant was a girl it was thought that a shade of disappointment passed over his face, but it passed away as quickly as it came, and KINO GEORGE OF GREECE. should "he attempt to advance to the in­ terior of the island. King George, it is said, spoke at the meeting, and intensified the patriotism of his people. But the odds are against him if the powers enforce their, threats. The time is near at hand when the secret and scheming backer of Greece in its on­ slaught on Turkey must make his pres­ ence felt. Eyes turn Russiaward. Per­ haps the Czar will soon relieve the terri­ ble suspense from which Europe suffers. None of the diplomats will talk, but it 1s evident the attitude of England is per­ plexing the cabinet. While Salisbury has refused to join the proposed blockade of Piraeus, British war ships, if reports from Athens are to be credited, are helping the Turks. Meanwhile all Greece is re­ joicing over their alleged control of the Island of Crete. A huge mass meeting was held at Athens, at which an address to the king was adopted pledging blood and treasure to maintain Grecian suprem­ acy in the island. * HANNA TO BE SENATOR. Republican National Chairman Will Get Mierman's Shoes. Mark A. Hanna is to succeed John Sher­ man as United States Senator from Ohio'. Gov. Bushnell has given out the foliow!- ing statement to the press: 'It had been my intention to make no announcement in relation to the action I would take in the matter of an appoint­ ment to fill the prospective vacancy in th^ Ohio representation in the United States Senate until the vacancy actually existed. But, on account of the manifest interest of the people and their desire to know what will be done, I deem it best now to make the following announcement: "When Senator Sherman resigns to enter the cabinet of President McKinley, I will HGBART'S NEW HOltoE. It Will Be One of the Handsomest in Washington. Vice-President Hobart will occupy one of the most beautiful homes in Washing­ ton and one which will enable him to keep up the dignity of his position to the fullest extent. The inmates of the White House, even, might look with envy upon the in­ mates of the "Belmont," as the Vice-Pres- . ident will call his new home. "Fancy the beauty of the place," says a- Washington correspondent. A whole block of rolling ground, with lawns in good condition. It looks down upon Washington most haughtily, upon the monument, the Capitol, tlje new Li. brary building, the tower of the postoffice building and all the beauty of the tree- lined avenues ,and streets. Belmont itself Hi MRS. BENJAMIN IIARRI60N. HANNA. appoint to succeed him Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga County, to serve un­ til liis successor is chosen by the Seventy- third General Assembly of tlr& State. 1 trust this action will meet with the np proval of the people. "ASA S. BUSHNELL," he appeared to take much pleasure in the new addition to his household. Tele­ grams tb friends throughout the country were sent announcing the event, and many congratulatory replies were received, some of them from the most distinguished men and women of the country. It will be a year the 10th of April Since the ex-President was married to Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick of New York City, niece of his first wife. He is 64 years old and she is 42. The union has been most pleasant, although It was objected to by the two children of the general, neither of whom attended the marriage. During the last few months the children, it is said, have becoine more reconciled, and tho daughter is said to have visited, her father's house during a recent trip to the city. The friends of the family have been expressing the hope that the advent of a little Harrison might make complete the reconciliation. News of Minor Note. ^ . Katherine, Lady Grantley, wife of Bar­ on Grantley, and daughter of William"IL. McViCker of New York, is dead at Lon­ don. Frank Friuk and George Peyton ware overcome by gas at Centerville. Ind., while repairing a crude oil tank belonging to the gas works. Their recovery is doubt­ ful. "John D. Hart, owner of the steamship Laurada. lias been placed on trial in the United States District Court at Philadel­ phia to answer the charge of violating the neutrality, laws. The State Supreme Court has decided that t Illinois on whi cnted of the Central nance granting to the s New Orleans property tuyvesant Socks are lo- ;Void. The suit was ono ies against the Illinois others. NATIONAL S0L0NS. REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceeding* of Senate and' House--Bills Passed or Introduced' in Either Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to the Country at Large. -- The Letrifilative Grind. The Seriate'adjourned at 6^0-Thursday night, after spending six hours in pxecu- . five session 'devoted to the consideration^ of the nomination of C. F. Amidon to be district judge of North Dakota, and of the Anglo-American arbitration treaty. Mr. Vilas has secured the passage by the' Senate of the Senate bill "to extend the use, of : the mail service.'-' It provides for using a paterit postal card and envelope, with coupons attached. The Postmaster General is authorized tq suspend the sys- > torn if it proves unsatisfactory on a test. . The House, by a,vote of 197 to 91, revers­ ed the finding of a majority of the elec­ tions committee and decided the contest­ ed election ease of N. T. Hopkins vs. .L M. Kendall from the tenth Kentucky dis­ trict in favor of the 'Republican contest­ ant. Eleven Republicans and three Pop­ ulists voted with the Democrats against unseating Kendall. The Senate adjourned at 8:15 o'clock Vv Friday night, after having spent almost eight hours in continuous executive ses­ sion on the arbitration treiity. No result was accomplished beyond voting down; the motion made by Senator Nelson to postpone further consideration of the treaty. A very spirited debate on the general subject of the payment of claims forind to be due against the United States was indulged in by the House during the consideration of the general deficiency ap­ propriation bill. Mr. Richardson (Tenu.)." had railed attention to the apparent in­ consistency of an item to pay the costs of defending suits, and the fact that the bill contained no item to pay the judgments. Mr. Mahon (Pa.), chairman of the War Claims Committee, made the. statement that the House had been frightened by. a "bogie man," and the just claims against the Government, instead of aggregating hundreds of millions, as was frequently stated, could be discharged with $10,000,- 000. - The consideration of the bill was not completed. The bill carries $S,441-- 027. •-V'r • Both houses worked hard Saturday, getting measures in shape for final actiou. Appropriation bills and conference re­ ports were before the House for actiou. There is evident an intention to pare ap­ propriations down to the last notch, and consternation reigns among members who have pet measures, affecting their partic­ ular districts, which they hoped to put through. Senator Sherman annouriced his purpose not to again bring up the arbi­ tration treaty for debate so long as the appropriation bills are pressing for con­ sideration, but if there should be a lull in this work lie may renew his efforts to secure ratification. The Senate joint res­ olution for an international monetary con­ ference looking to the adoption of interna­ tional bimetallism was unanimously re­ ported to the House. The Senate spent its first hours Monday in listening to Washington's farewell ad­ dress, read by Mr. Daniel (Va.), and then resumed consideration of the Indian ap­ propriation bill for a time. The Loud 1-Cent postal bill came in for some sharp criticism from Mr. BuKier, Mr. Stewart, and others. The House passed the gen­ eral deficiency appropriation bill and be­ gan the consideration of the last of the money bills, that providing for the naval establishment. A long debate occurred over the propriety of the appropriation of $1,310,000 for the Southern Pacific Rail­ road under the judgment of the Court of Claims, but the House by a vote of 102 to 138, refused to strike it out. The mem­ bers who favored the appropriation for the repayment to members of the last Congress of salary withheld from them on account of absence carried the fight into the Housc. but were beaten, 92 to 122. Sixteen of the forty-eight pages of the naval bill were completed. The House sent the naval bill, the last of the appropriation bills, to the Senate Tuesday. It was passed practically with­ out amendment. The feature of the day was a political debate which occurred late in the afternoon on the subject of civil service reform. It developed during the consideration of a bill, which was finally passed, to permit the Governors of the territories to appoint certain officers of the territories in case of vacancies with­ out the consent of the legislative coun­ cils, which is now required by law. The Senate made slow progress on the appro­ priation bills, disposing of only one item of the Indian bill, it being-that directing the opening of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation in Utah. It involved a conflict with the executive branch, which has steadily resisted opening these lands, on the ground that they'contained valuable mineral deposits;-" Mr. Vilas endeavored to have a royiilty reserved to the Govern­ ment, but was defeated in this and the clause was agreed to after an all-day de­ bate. During the day a resolution by Mr. Mills, of Texas, was adopted, asking the President for information as to the death of Dr. Ruiz at Guanabacoa. Cuba. Most of Wednesday was devoted to Dis­ trict of Columbia business. The eonfer- wice report on the bill to define the rights of the purchasers of the Atlantic and Pa­ cific Railroad under tfie foreclosure sale was adopted. Attention was recalled to the Cuban question in the Senate by the presentation of three resolutions on that subject. "One of these came by unanimous vote from the Committee oil Foreign Re­ lations and called for the immediate and unconditional release of Julio Sauguily, held at Havana. Another resolution by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, calls on the Pres­ ident to effectively protect American citi­ zens in Cuba, and for that purpose to send battleships to Cuban waters. A third res­ olution, by Mr. Hill, of New York, was agreed to, requesting the Secretary of State for the correspondence with Consul General Lee relative to Americans im­ prisoned in Cuba. A sensational episode occurred late in the day during the con, sideration of the Indian bill. Several of the Now England Senators had criticised various items. This aroused Mr. Petti- grew. in charge of the bill, to some caus­ tic recitals of barbarities practiced against Indians in Massachusetts in the early days. Mr. Hoar defended his State, and amid Impressive silence arraigned Mr. Pettigrew, n New Englander by birth, for "befouling the nest in vvhieh he was born." Little i-i'ogress was made on the Indian bill, and Mr. Allison warned the Senate that the, status of appropriation x'ills was most dangwo^s. " Notes of Current Events. Mrs. Booth-Tucker, wife of Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Ariny, be- eaiue so ill in Brooklyn that she had to give up her work there, and was taken to her home in New York. ' It is rumored that Dr. John B. Hamil­ ton. who was for many years prominently /identified with the United States Marino Corps, is to be made the superintendei.t of the insane asylum at Elgin. Capt.^.J. M. Briuker, who has been in New York for some time booming the proposed ran-Aiuerican exposition t«6 be held in 1900, has announced that tile'ex­ position would be held in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls, and that its success was assured. V • . ' . - v - v : . - : - : r . . - - v

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