VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 6'.
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THE INCOME TAX LAW
THE SUPREME COURT SAID TO
HE A !IE ON QUESTION OF
OF CONSTITUTIONALITY.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER A SPHINX!
It Does Not Follow That an Extra
Session Will Be Necessary if the
Tax Should Re Declared Unconsti
tutional—The President Would Re
gard a Deficiency as a Less Evil
Than an Extra Session-« The Chief
Justice Holds Fate in IDs Hands.
Washington, D. C , April 3
The overshadowing question here is:
“What will the Supreme Court do with
the income tax ca*e ?” If decided cons
titutional, the men with large salaries
and large incomes must shell out If
unconstitutional, the large number of offi
cials employed to arrange and collect it
will be like Othello, without occupation.
If an extra session is called, all the
Democratic officials in the Capital vu 1
lose their positions. And so it is a per
sonal and political, as well as a legal ques
tion.
Tne correspondent of the New York
World telegraphs this inter sting story:
As the Supreme Court stands to-night
Chief Justice Fuller has the fate of the
income tax law in his hands. This as
sertion is made on the authority of one
of the Justices. Four members of the
court are said to be in favor of sustain
ing the appeal, ani three in favor of up
holding the constitutionality of the
statoet If Chief Justice Fuller sides with
the minor ty there will be a tie, and the
law will stand. Justice Fuller has proven
a sphinx to his associates, but while he
has not indicated how he will record
himself it is the belief that he will hold
the act to be good law.
The absence of Justice Jackson is re
sponsible for the delay in reaching a de
cision. Chief Justice’ Fuller dislikes to
assume the responsibility, for reasons
that are obvious. He is a Democrat in
politics, and the law was passed by a
Democratic Congress and approved by a
Democratic President, and he prefers to
delay expressing an opinion in the hope
that further discussion will bring about
a change in the views of one or more of
the Justices. Os the four who are said
to regard the act as an unoonstitntiora 1 ,
one at least, it is asserted, takes excep- j
tions only to certain features, aud is not
disposed to negative the whole law on
the question as to whether it is a direct
or an indirect tax.
It does not follow, even if the law is
declared unconstitutional, that an extra
session will be deemed necessary. The
revenues are steadily gaining on the ex-
Gnditures, the deficit for March being j
is than a quarter of a million, wiih
reasonable prospects that the month of ,
April may show a surplus. It is not out
of reason to believe that the improve
ment in business and the consequent
steady increase of revenue may produce
from now on within a few millions of
enough to pay the expenses of the gov
ernment. It should be remembered that
the Treasury holds an available cash
balance, including the gold reserve, of
over $187,000,000, and over $98,000,000,
exclusive of the gold reserve. There is
yet over $20,000,000 to come into the
Treasury in gold coin on account of the
bond sale, and between $5,000,000 and
$6,000,000 which will shortly appear in
the available cash balance by transfer
from the Pacific Railroad sinking fund.
With the certainty of a cash balance
in excess of $200,000,000, exclusive of
income-tax receipts, by the end t of the
fiscal year, it is not absurd to suppose
that President Cleveland,w'ould prefer to
face a temporary deficiency in revenues j
rather than run the risk of permanent
extravagance at the hands of the new
Republican Congress. There are issues
which would certainly be thrust to the
front by that body were they called to
gether this summer, which will be far
better postponed until the regular meet
ing in December.
It is possible—even probable—that
the President would regard a deficiency
as a less evil than an extra session.
IT IS RECEIPTED FOR.
So Say* Enrolling Clerk Brown in Re
gard to the Mortgage Law.
Special to the News and Observer.
Oxford, N. G\, April 3.
Apropos of the statement of Enrolling
Clerk Brown about the assignment act
in your to day's issue to the effect that
the bill was never in his possession and
that his books do not show that he re
ceipted for the bill, will say that he
stated to me and other citizens of Ox
ford that his books showed that the act
was receipted for by him and produced
a memorandum copied from his book,
which read “a bill to be entitled an act
to regulate assignments and other con
veyances of like nature in North Caro
lina.”
J. Crawford Biggs
WM. L. WILSON SWORN IN.
The Cere irnmv Performed by Chief
Justice Fuller.
Washington, April 3.—Hon. Wm. L.
Wilson, of West Virginia at 11:15 a. m.
to day wan sworn in as Postmaster Gen
eral of the United States by Chiel Jus
tice Fuller of the United States Supreme
Court, and immediately assumed the
duties of the office.
The ceremony was performed in tbe
private office of the Postmaster General,
the only witness being Mrs. Fuller, wife
of the Chief Justice, aud Miss Bessie
Wilson, the young daughter of the new
% Postmaster General.
The News and Obse~ er
THE FARMERS ARE MAD.
i New Mortgage Law Convincing Them
That Fusion is a Mistake.
i Special to the News aud Observer.
Lenoir, N. C., April 3.
Col. George N. Folk has sold his val
uable Yadkin River farm, and moved to
Lenoir, and will build a residence here
during the summer.
Three large store buildings and quite
a number of handsome residences will
be erected here during the year.
Hon. W. H Bower and family have
returned to Lenoir, after a stay of some
weeks iu Pennsylvania, since the ad
journment of Congress.
Court is in session, Judge Timberlake
presiding.
The farmers that have come to town
during the past week, to get their usual
supply of fertilizers on time, and have
had to go home without it, say that they
will return to their old party lines for
the good of the country and themselves;
all agree that the stampede in Novem
ber was a mistake.
GOES TO JAIL FOR LARCENY.
A Well Known Citizen of Buncombe
Fails to Give Bond. v
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., April 3.
W. H. Newman, a well known citizen
of Avery’s Creek township, this county,
has been committed in default of bond
on charge of larceny.
Efforts are being made to locate The
odore Sumner, the nineteen year old
son of Frank A. Sumner, a merchant
here, who left home last October. Noth
ing has been beard of the boy since he
left.
The Y. M. C. A. here has called W.
A. Wells, of Philadelphia, to the general
secretaryship.
A call has been issued for a meeting
here next Thursday to organize a county
Farmers’ Alliance.
WANTED TO SEE THEM BURIED.
The Mother who cut her Children’s
Throats Now in Jail.
Columbus, Ohio, April 3.— The bodies
of the two Williams children, found
murdered at the Park Hotel Monday
were taken from the Morgue this morn
ing and buried in Green I>awn Cemetery.
Williams, the father, and Annie, the
surviving daughter, were present.
The father was deeply affected, but
Annie seemed entirely unmoved.
Four carriages followed the hearse to
the grave, where a few words were said
by Rev. J. C. Bright, of the South High
Street Congregational Church. The two
children were placed in one coffin and
buried clasped in each others anus.
Mrs. Williams asked to be permitted
to attend the funeral hot was refused.
She was placed in the county jail this
moruiDg.
THE CURRENCY SITUATION.
Germany Decides in Favor of an Inter
national Aereement.
Berlin, April 3.— ln the Upper House
of the Landtag to-day, Count von Mont
euffel moved to refer to a special com
mittee, Count von Mierbach’s proposal
to accelerate the settlement of the cur
rency situation by means of an interna
tional agreement. The motion was
carried without debate.
Mr. Balfour's Prediction.
London, April 3. —Mr. A. J. Balfour,
M. P., in an address before the bimet
allic league to-day, said that the time
was not far distant when men of all
parties would agree to introduce into in
ternational transactions some medium of
exchange less hurtful to industry than
the present absurd system.
THE CONFERENCE CLOSES.
lieport of Statistical Society Show's In
crease Over Last Year.
Washington, April 3.—The tilth
annual session of the Baltimore < Confer
ence of the M. E. Chuch South closed at
noon to-day with the announcement of
the assignment of pastors for the en
suing jear. Bishop Cranberry read the
list.
The report of the statistical society
was presented at the session to-day.
There are 44,873 church members in
this conference, an increase of 1,994
over last year. The number of local
preachers is 125, being nine more than
the year before. Washington district
heads the list, with a membership of
7,904 aid twenty preachers.
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES.
Several Persons Killed and Many In
jured in Toscany.
Rome, April 3.— Tuscany has been
shaken by earthquakes several times this
week.
At Tredezio a dozen houses collapsed.
Several dead bodies have beer romoved
from the mins and 8 person* miss
ing.
At Moutepuleiano, in Central Italy,
roofs were shaken down and three build
ings were wrecked. Two persons were
killed and 10 or 12 injured.
The earthquakes have been aceompa
nied by heavy rains. The government
has sent, a geologist to visit the places
where the shocks were most violent.
A Deacon Get* Four Years.
New York, April 3.— John Emison,
one time a deacon in a Brooklyn church,
who pleaded guilty to grand larceny in
the first degree, was sentenced to Sing
Sing for four years to day. Emison stole
$54,000 from the Iri*h linen house of
Fenten, Connor & Co,, of Belfast, and
lost it all. He was the book-keeper of
the firm and had the confidence of his
employers.
RALEIGH, N. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 1895.
TOOK FIFTY THOUSAND
ASSISTANT UASIIIER OF THE
NORTH VVESTERV N ATIONAL
BANK UNDER ARREST.
HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED.
Disastrous Speculation was the Cause
of the Uufortunate Man’s Downfall--
Began his Stealings AVith Other Banks
and Then Took a Package of $50,-
000 in Currency to Cover his Losses—
Had Always Lived an Exemplary
and Apparently Honest Life.
Chicago, April 3,—Frederick W. Grif
fin, assistant cashier of the Noithwestern
National Bank of this city was yesterday
afternoon taken into custody at the in
stance of bank examiner John C. Mc-
Keon, by a United States Deputy Mar
shal.
A shortage of #50,000 was discovered
in his accounts during an examination of
the bank books made by McKeon last
week, Griffin has been in theservice of the
bank for 20 years.
The officers of the bank decline to talk
about the shortage further than to ac
knowledge the main facts.
Story of his Crime.
Assistant cashier Frederick W. Griffin
of the Northwestern National Bank,
walked into the vault where the money
is kept Saturday morning and took there
from a package containing $50,000 in
currency.
Another employe saw him come out
and noticed he was ill at ease. After
thinkiug the matter over all night the
employe went to Vice-President Hum
mer's residence Sunday morning and re
lated what he had seen. On being ques
tioned about the occurrence, Griffin
made a full confession although there
was at that time not a particle of evid
ence against him beyond the suspicions
of his fellow clerk.
Bank Examiner O'Keefe was called in
and an investigation showed the books
bad been tampered with so as to cover
the amount missing, the peculations ex
tending over a period of six months.
Griffin took the money in a vain en
deavor to conceal his crime from the
bank officials. He secured a draft from
another Chicago bank with the $50,000
abstracted and placed the draft to the
credit of the United States National
Bulk of Omaha. This bank, as the
Omaha correspondent of the Northwest
ern, had originally SBO,OOO to its credit
in the Chicago institution.
Commencing his stealings with the
accounts of other banks, Griffin finally
mulcted this one alone. His system was
to put in false tickets for telegraphic
transfers of money. When the Omaha
bank at last called for a settlement he
saw the ease was hopeless and required
a desperate remedy, forgetting that
while his plan made the Omaha account
all straig t, it left the Chicago institu
tions cash short to the amount taken.
Unfortunate speculation in stock was
the cause of his downfall. Aside from
these the life he led was an exemplary
one. He had the entire confidence of
the officers and did not even give a bond
when he took the position. He is 38
years old, has a wife and two children.
He was arrested last night and has
been in the custody of the marshal ever
since. At 3 o’clock this afternoon he
was brought before Commissioner Hum
phreys who placed him under $1,500
bond’ until to-morrow.
Griffin recently resigned the presiden
cy of the Ashland Club. He was prom
inent in North side society circle* and
declares that he will live down his dis
grace. The bank officials will be as len
ient as possible. His father lives in
Florida.
AUlv ER STE AMER BI RNED.
Ail But One of the Passengers Rescued
From Flame and Water.
Pittsburg, Pa., April 3, —The Pitts
burg and Cincinnati Packet Company's
steamer, Iron Queen, was burned this
morning at Racine, Ohio, on the Ohio
river. „
She was lying at the wharf taking on
freight when the fire broke out in the
eDgiue room. Cupt. Thomas P. Calhoun
ordered that the passengers be aroused.
All were gotten off the boat in safety
with the exception of the chambermaid,
Mrs Martha Moseley, of Cincinnati, who
became frightened and jumped into the
water and was drowned. Her body has
not yet been recovered.
In three minutes from the time of the
first alarm the boat was iu flames trom
bow to stern, aud in about fifteen min
utes was a total ruin. The vessel burned
to the water line, the stern resting
in thirty feet of water, in which posi
tion the boat now lies.
There was on the steamer fifteen
Pittsburg passengers and a crew of sev
enty people.
A MURDERER LYNCHED.
Found Swinging from a Limb and
Riddled With Bullets.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 3.— The
body of the negro William Rawls, who
w'as taken from the guards at Newnans
ville last night, was found this morning
swinging from a limb and riddled with
bullets.
Rawls was lynched for the murder on
March 27th of H. B. Kaul, a prominent
merchant of Newnansville. The murder
was for the purpose of robbery.
A coroner’s jury is now investigating
the lynching of Rawls. The negro’s
father wits legally hanged four years ago
for a similar crime.
RESULT IN THE W INDY CITY.
Last November’s Landslide Much Aug
*mented in Tne*day’s Election.
Chicago, April 3 —The political land
slide of last November in this city was
augmented in yesterday’s election.
The returns show au almost clean
sweep for the Republicans. George B
Swift for mayor was elected by 40,930
plurality over Frank Wenter, Democrat,
and the other candidates on the Re
publican ticket received substantially the
same plurality, with the exception of
West, for city attorney, who ran 20,000
behind his ti« ket. He still has a safe
plurality of 19,249.
The city of Chicagoi> divided, for tax
ing purposes i:.to seven districts, krown
as “towns.” In all these the Republican
candidates were elected by unprecedent
ed pluralities.
Twenty-two members of the Common
Council were elected. Os these eighteen
are Republicans, or independents of Re
publican tendencies, two are Democrats
and one is an independent Democrat,
With a few exceptions the members of
the boodle gang who were up for re
election were defeated.
There] were several surprises in the
aldermanic results. Iu the first ward
Michael Kenna, better known as “Hincky
Dink,” was beaten byGleasou, (Rep.), a
gentleman of almost equal notoriety. In
the 19ih ward ex - Congress man Frank
Lawler, who has been a candidate for al
most anything in sight during the last
three years, ran as an independent
Democrat and won over the Republican
and the regular Democratic candidates
by a small plurality. In the 21st John
McGillen, leader of the Democratic forces
in the Council, was defeated by 1,000
plurality. His defeat is attributed to his
unsatisfactory record on the so-called
boodle ordinances. The 39 h ward returns
to the Council “Buck” McCarthy,
theex-bo<Mle county commissioner, who
narrowly escaped a penitentiary sentence
when Van Pelt, Wrenn and others went
to Joliet, aud McGarigle made his fa
mous trip to Canada by the bath-tub
route eight years ago. McCarthy is a
Republican. *
With the exceptions noted, most of
the successful candidates for the council
are new in politics. It was a bad day
for the “gang.’’
The vote on the proposition to adopt a
civil service system applying to all mu
nicipal employes, including the firemen
and the police, was comparatively light,
only 160,000 votes being cast on the
question. The proposition won, how
ever, by a majority of 40,000, despite
the opposition of the machine politicians
of both parties and tbe ill-concealed en
mity of the police.
The civil service rules do not go into
operation for 90 days, and although Mr.
Swift ison record as favoring the system,
it is expected that a number of changes
will be made in the various departments
before the law becomes active.
Alexander Ross is slated to succeed
Chief of Police Brennan; Matt Benner
may be Fire Chief Sweney’s successor,
and the other higher officers of both de
partments will probably be reduced or
dropped altogether. The rank and file
will not likely be interfered with.
TO STUDY THE CANAL.
The President Names Three Engineer*
to Investigate the Route.
Washington, April 3. — The President
has selected under a provision of tbe
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill the fol
lowing persons as a board to investigate
and report upon the feasibility, perma
nency and expense of the Nicaraguan
canal over the route proffered by the
construction company: From the army,
Major William Ludlow, corps of engin
eers; from tbe na\y, Commander M. T.
Endicott, 0. E., from the civil life Alf.
Noble, of Chicago, member of the Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers
Major Ludlow was born in New York
and appointed from that State as a first
lieutenant of engineers in June, 1864.
Little more than a month later he was
brevetted a captain for gallant service
iu the defence of Alt ona Pass, and be
fore the end of the year he was breveted
a Major for gallant service in the Geor
gia campaign, and in March, 1865, he
received another brevet for gallantry in
the C iroiioas, and was made Major iu
1882.
Col. Ludlow served as the engineer
member cf the board of commissioners
for the District of Columbia. He is at
present light bouse inspector for the De
troit light house district. A few years
ago he got into difficulty with the light
house board over a question as to the
advisability of placing certain lights in
the St. Mary’s River and a court of iu
quiry to determine whether Major Lud
low should be tried by court martial re
suited. The board was vindicated in the
question of discipline but Maj Ludlow
was not court mavtialled.
Mr. Endicott, whose rank of comman
der is relative and not actual was ap
pointed a civil engineer in the navy
from New Jersey iu July 1874. He
stands second on the list of civil service.
The U. 8. S., Monterey, having finish
ed her turning trials near San Francisco
went to tbe Mare Island Navy Yard to
day to receive her final supplies for a
long cruise. She is expected to start
South before the end of this week and to
remain in foreign waters six or eight
months.
Her orders are to proceed along the
Pacific coast reporting frequently to the
department as far as Callao, Peru unless
otherwise directed. She will touch first
at San Diego, aud will remain iu Nicara
guan waters while the government engi
neers are examiug the canal route.
Baltimore, April 3 —The Democratic
State Conventton will be held in this
city on July 31st.
SATTERFIELDS SAY
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
GIVES HIS EXPLANATION
OF THE BILL.
WHAT SAYS THE ENROLLING CLERK
Mr. Satterfield Now Dispute* ihe Clear
Stat< ment Made by Smith, ofStanly,
and Tries to Put the Burden of Proof
on the Enrolling Clerk’s Office--Like
Rats, the Reformers Leave the Sink
ing Ship--There is “Something Rot
fen in Denmark.”
House Bill 1018, introduced by It. L.
Smith, Republican, of StaDly county on
the 20th day of February, 1895, (a bill
entitled an act to regulate assignments )
was on the day of its introduction re
ferred to the Committee on Finance,
and on the next day reported to the
House favorably, w ith amendment. This
bill remained on the calendar till Friday,
i
March, the Bth, when it was made, by
motion of Mr. Smith, special order for
8:30 p. m. that day. It was preceeded
j by another special order—a school bill
! which delayed its consideration. It was
; again called up at tbe evening session of
j March the 12th, and on motion of Mr.
Ix-e, of Haywood, was tabled by a large
majority of the House. The same was
promptly stamped “tabled’’ in large type
letters by myself. There were a great
number of other bills tabled at this ses
; sion. There were also many bills
! passed their several readings and ordered
| enrolled. It was my habit to handle
1 the bills personally when passed upou
| favorably and unfavorably, and to con
j vey them to my clerks in my office to
separate and distribute and place
them iu their proper departments. Bills
stamped “Enrolled,” to*the Enrolling
Clerk; those stamped “Tabled,” placed
in the “Table” box kept for that pur
pose; bills passed second reading, placed
upon the third reading calendar, etc.
Mr. R. L Smith, in a letter to the
News and Observer of the 30th of March,
states that the next day after this bill
was tabled he met the principal clerk of
: the House on his way to the Enrolling
Clerk’s office with a number of bills and
stopped and showed him the bills aud
among them he found the bill referred
to, 1018, and he (Smith) told him that
bill was tabled the day before and had
never been to the Senate, and says he
; examined the bill and found no mark or
j stamp on it except it had passed the first
reading, and the clerk remarked that he
would go back and see about it. Smith
1 intimated that unless the journal showed
as he said the same had been doctored,
and intimates fraud on the part of the
clerk. In the News and Observer of
April 3rd he contradicts the first state
ment by saying the next day after the
tabling of this bill “1 met Mr. Satter
field, principal clerk of the House, be
tween the Speaker’s desk and the Speak- j
er’s room with a number of bills in his !
hand. He stopped me and said he had j
j one of my bills and asked to let him see !
it. I then asked him what he was go- j
| ing to do with it. He remarked that he i
was going to have them enrolled. 1 j
then semarked to him that the bill had 1
been tabled the night before. Mr.
Smith says in one breath I met Mr. Sat
terfield going to t:-.a enrolling clerk's of
fice, and the next I met him going to
the Speaker's room—one being on the
floor of Commons Hall, the other a dis
tance off, to wit, in the Capitol. Now I
deny Mr. Smith’s assertions and give the
j facts in the case. On the night of the
12th of March, in evening session, I
1 met Mr. Smith at the Speaker’s office
door, in which I had three cleiks dis
tributing aud arranging bills and placing
them on the calendar. Mr: Smith was
standing near the doer and had to move
so that I could pass. He asked me what
had become of his bills. I told him 1
thought 1 had one of them in the batch
of bills in my hand, in which there were
a great mauy tabled, together with bills
that had pas od their several readings
and ordered enrolled. He remarked
that one of them had just been tabled.
I told him that we were in. a
rush, but would attend to his bids
promptly arid place thorn where they
justly belonged in that batch of bills was
H. B. 1018, above referred toon which
was stamped ns before stated with was
large type, (tabled Match 12 h. 1895).
This bill was promptly placed after
entering upon the Calendar (tabled) in
the Table box kept for that purpose, and
has been there every minute since its
death in the House on the 12th of March,
where it will ever sleep as a dead bill.
After the adjournment of the Legislature
I carefully seperaed the tabled and other
bills not passed and placed them in a
neat paper box, marked on the outside
what the b x contained, accessible and
easily found at any moment. When Mr.
Smith met me at the door, H. B. 1018
had stamped upon its back in large let
ters, tabled. It is false that I told Mr.
Smith that I was going to the Enrolling
Clerk’s office to have it enrolled. It is
false that any bill was ever stamped
through the House by myself or auy
clerk without a vote of the House. It is
false that bills or bill was lost in the
House pending session 1895. It is un
equivocally false that this bill 1018 as
considered by the House was taken out
by auy persou aud allowed to be en
rolled. My book of receipts from the
enrolling clerk does not show- that he ;
received the bill. My calender shows it !
a dead letter and as far as the House
clerks are coueerued their skirts art
clear, and 1 have all the evidence and
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
any statements made by persons or news
papers to the contrary are false. By this
1 stand and am responsible personally
for the saying.
Very respectfully,
S. P. Satterfield,
CTk House Hep., Session 1895.
BASEBALL IN THE SOUTH.
Charleston Sees Her Last League Gttni*
for the Season.
Charleston, 8. C., April 3.
ton saw her last National League game
for this season at the ball park to day. It
was hotly contested and all around was
the best of the exhibition games played
here. Score:
Pittsburg,
Washingti n, 3- 6—o
Batteries: Colcolough and Sugden;
Mercer, Mulaiky and McGuire.
Philadelphia G; Petersburg 3.
Petersburg, Ya., April 3.—The ball
season of 1895 in Petersburg opened to
day with an exciting game between the
Philadelphia aid tie Petersburgg.
Cranks were out in full force. Score
Philadelphia 6, Petersburg 3. Batter
ies—Baldwin ard Grady; Foreman.
Thcmas, Packard and Ha}den.
Brooklyn League Team.
Augusta, April 3.— The last ball team
of the Brookly League team drew a fair
sized crowd to tbe park. The game was
maiked by brilliant fieldirg and some
hardhitting. The team leaves to mor
row morning fer Atlanta, where they
will play three fames. Score :
Regulars 33024102 x—l 6
Colts 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 o—s
Batteries—Oppenheimcr and Daly,
Kennedy and Grim.
Norfolk II; Lancaster O.
Norfolk, April B.—This morning
when the Norfolk colts read the adverse
criticism of the local press on their poor
playing, they went into win to-aay’s
game, and as a result they succeeded in
shutting Lancaster out by a score of 7
to oin a very pretty played game. Set
ley was in the box for the home team,
and pitched a splendid game, and shut
them out without a single hit. The vis-
I itors put up a good fielding game with
only one error.
On Friday and Saturday the Wash
ington League team will play the Nor
folks. Score: Norfolk 11; Lancaster 0.
Batteries : Setley and Tenley; West and
Arthur.
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SYMPATHIZE WITH REBELS.
Inhabitant* ol Havana Ready to Em
brace the Revolutionary C'aii-e.
New York, Aprils.—A passer geron
the steamer Vigilancia. which arrived
from Havana this morning, reports that
at Manzanille where he had been stay
ing, the sympathy of the inhabitants was
all with the insurgents aud if the latter
would approach the city and make a
demonstration, the whole town would
probably readily embrace the revolution
ary cause.
There were frequent skirmishes
tween the insn’gents and the Spanish
troops, but the former were too crafty
|to risk a decisive battle as yet. Their
cause is apparently gaining strength
j daily.
About ten days aso it was reported at
Manzuilla that the insurgent forces
were about to invest the town, and for
a time there was great excitement, bnt
j the rumor was soon traced to unreliable
sources aud the town again became
quiet.
An Insurgent Boat Stranded.
Havana, April 3.—The Governor of
Santiago Province reports that the gun
boat Yndia, w hile cruising along tbe coast
came upou a foreign fishing smack
stranded on the beach at Dubua a short
distance west of Baracoa.
The captain of the smack was dead.
Two sailors were captured and taken
aboard the Yndia. They reported they
had landed 21 Insurgents.
There had been trouble, they said, be
tween the insurgents and captain be
cause he had refused to land them at
the point designated by them. When
the captain re'used to yield they killed
him and threw his body overboard.
After landing the insurgents met a small
column of Spanish troops. The skirmish
was almost bloodless. The insurgents
were put to flight without having lost a
man, killed or wounded. One of them
was captured in hiding au hour after the
skirmish, bat the rest are in the moun
tains.
The prisoner would give little infor
mation. He is said to have admitted,
however, that Maceo aud Combret, the
insurgent leaders, are with the fugitive
band. Several companies of troops are
pursuing the 21 men but had not got
within shooting distance of them at the
time of the Governor’s despatch. Apart
from these events the district around
Baracoa is quiet.
Col. Saliedo, who is in charge of the
military operations round Holguin, re
ports that he attacked and dispersed a
party of insurgents at Martillo, near San
Andres.
The arrival of reiuforeements for the
regular troops in Santiago has restored
confidence throughout the Province.
A British Vessel Fired Upou.
Kingston, Jamaica, April B.—The
British steamship Ethelred from Boston
has arrived at Port Antonia, Jamaica.
Capt. Hopkins, who commands her,
says that w hen she was off Cape Mays! a
Spanish gunboat bore down upon her.
She hoisted the British flag and the gun
boat tired a shot across the Ethelred’s
bow. She hove to and the gunboat
steamed around without exchanging sig
nals. She then steamed away and the
Ethelred proceeded on her voyage.
Maceo’s band of insurgents has landed
in Cuba.