Weathei To-Day: FAIR.
VOL. XI.VI. NO. (i.
LEADS ILL mmu CAROLINA WILES 11 NEWS AND CIRCULATION.
Another Pierce Battle
WHEATON DEFEATS 2.000 FILIPI
NOS AT PASIG.
The Insurgents Lose Heavily—Wheaton Oc
cupies Pasig and Pateros —Ameri- •
can Advance Slow but Sure.
Manila, March 15.-42:40 1\ M.—
General Wheaton’s brigade continues
the work of clearing out the rebels
around Pasig. The Washington volun
teers have captured and burned Patrros.
meeting with a sharp tire from the
enemy while crossing the river.
To-day's fighting was like that of the
past week, the insurgents occasionally
making a stand, but eventually fleeing.
Their loss is supposed to have boon
small, ns the Americans were unable
to see the enemy in the thickets.
The progress of the American ad
vance is slow.
4:40 P. M.—‘General Lloyd Wheaton,
commanding the United States flying
column, attacked and defeated a force
of 2,000 Filipinos at Pasig this after
noon. inflicting a heavy loss upon them.
The American loss was slight. The
Americans captured 350 Filipinos. Many
bodies of rebels killed in the engage
ment are floating down the river.
0:35 P. M. —“Private Fern off, of Com
pany 1,. Twentieth region nt, was killed;
Private Newman, Company F, Twen
tieth regiment, wounded; Private Carol!,
Company A, Twenty-Second regiment,
wounded: Private Marshall, Company
B, Twenty-Second regiment, wounded;
Private Coombs, Company C, Twenty-
Second regiment, wounded; Private Rog
ers, Company “L, Twenty-Second regi
ment, wounded.
About 350 Filipinos surrendered at the
town of Tnguiff to the Washington regi
ment, and 175 Filipinos were captured
at Pasig by the Twentieth regiment.
Our troops found 100 dead Filipinos
and 30<> new graves near Pasig.
The prisoners were unarmed, and.
therefore, it is presumed they executed
their threat of throwing their arms into
tlie river.
FILIPINOS WERE ROUTED.
London, March 15. —The Evening
GOLF CONTEST CLOSES.
Final Championship Cup Won By 11.
M. DeForest, of Philadelphia.
Palm Beach, March 15. —The annual
tournament of the Florida East Coast
Golf Club at Palm Beach closed here
today, having been in all respects the
most successful event of the kind ever
played in Florida. The winners were:
H. M. DeForest, of the Philadelphia
Country Club,the first championship sup;
B. F. Sohunnier, of the St. Paul Club,
the second championship prize; J. A.
Farm well, of the Washington Park
Club, Chicago, the Consolidation cup;
A. S. Carpenter, ot the Philadelphia
Country Club, the handicap match cup,
and C. L. Tappin. of the West Brook
Golf Club, Long Island, the qualification
cup.
The championship contest was re
sumed this morning, in which DeForest
beat Taylor, 5 up, \ to play, and
Sohunnier beat Ramsey by the same
score. In the iinals several 'hundreds
followed the players over the links,
and the contest bet ween DeForest and
Sehurmier was close through the tirst
half; in the second the hitter fell off
somewhat, and DeForest played a
strong, steady game, winning live up
and four to play. All file other contests
were full of good work.
SMALLPOX IX VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., March 15.—There art*
a good many cases of smallpox scattered
throughout the Eastern part of the
State, but the disease is of a mild type.
Deaths are rare. In a few counties ii
has not been deemed wise to hold the
courts this month. Prisoners from com
munities where the disease prevails are
not being brought to the iteuiteutiary
here, lest it should be introduced in the
prison, and this policy has been entirely
successful. The information obtainable
in-night as to quarantines that have been
established is meagre, but no quarantine
is maintained here.
THE BRIBERY CASES.
Harrisburg, Pa., March 15. —The legis
lative bribery committee met 'n 'he
House chamber to-night to hear testi
mony on the charges of alleged bril < iy
in connection with * ire consideration in
the House of the McCarrall Jury Bill,
which bill the Anti-Quay members de
clared was introduced to aid Senator
Quay in his trial at Philadelphia on the
charges of conspiracy.
Several witnesses testified that they
had been offered money to support the
bill. Representative Charles B. Spat/.
(Deni.), of Berko county, denied tin*
charges of bribery made by witnesses
last week.
THE SENATORIAL DEADLOCKS.
Washington, March 15. —No change
was rejsirted to-day in the Senatorial
deadlocks in Pennsylvania an 1 C tlifor
nia.
Xews this afternoon publishes the fol
lowing dispatch from/ Manila:
j "General Wheaton has completely
routed the Filipinos and has occupied
Pasig Taguig and Pateros. Several
hundreds of the enemy were killed and
J as many were captured,
j "General Otis says this is the great
est victory sine. l February sth. The
Americans will now press toward Agui
naldo’s headquarters.’’
THE OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
Washington, .March 15.—The following
dispatch was received lliis morning from
j General Otis:
| "Manila, March 15th.
I "Adjutant General. Washington.
‘Three thousand insurgents moved
down last night to towns of Pasig and
Pateros. on shore Laguanda Bay front
ing Wheaton's troops on Pasig Riv r
line; by heavy fighting Wheaton has
dislodged and driven them hack, taking
400 prisoners and inflicting heavy loss in
killed and wounded; he reports his loss
as very moderate: he now occupies
these towns with sufficient force to
hold tlu'in.
• Signed) "OTIS.”
LIBERTY OR DEATH. THEY CRY.
New York, March 15.—Sixto Lopez,
the Secretary of Agoneillo, ihe repre
sentative of Aguinaldo, leader of the
Filipinos, with, Dr. Jose Lopsada. a
member of the Filipino Junta, who sailed
for Southampton to-day on the American
Liner St. Paul, said that they were
sorry that “the Americans, who boast
so much about freedom are trying to
make their poor people slaves.”
i "The Filipinos were fighting for lib
erty long b; fore the United States came
into existence,” remarked Lopez, "and
they are not going to give up tin* bat
tle because tht' task-makers have been
j changed from Spaniards to' North
I Americans. Our cry is lib; Tty or
. death,”
WHITE IMMUNE'S GO OFT.
Joy Leads tj> Discharges of Fin arms
but Nothing More.
Savannah. Ga., March 15.—The Sixth
United States volunteer infantry <im
; mimes) was mustered out here to-day. It
J was a white regiment. The men were
from North Carolina, Tenn ssee and
Kentucky. In consequence of the regi
ment having seen service in Porto Rico,
the men received two months’ extra
i pay. They were paid this morning.
I Each private received an average of
$125. Discharge papers were given ihe
' men at the time they got their wages.
Five special trains over four roads left
the city to-night for the accommodation
of the ex-soldiers. During th. day the
men behaved excellently. As one train
was pulling out to-night there was a
liberal discharge of firearms. It was
reported that there had been a riot
and that tin regulars had been ordered
out, but that was incorrect. It seems
that some of the men in exuberamv of
gladness at having dseaped military dis
eipliue, celebrated by tiring pistols into
the air and shouting. About 100 idiots
were tired. No damage was lon and
no arrests made. Four of tht* trains
left with utter absence of boisterous
demonstration. Then* was a minimum
i of drunkenness and no disorderly < ori
duet of any sort in the city.
FOR A KNIT GOODS COMBINE.
More Than a Hundred Manufacturers
Meet to Arrange the Matter.
New York', March 15. —More than a
hundred knit goods manufacturers met
in this city today to consider the ad
visability of forming a combination of
interests.
' Mr. Baker, a Philadelphia lawyer, is
said to he the chief promoter. He ex
plained the plans of the suggested com
. bination of the manufacturers,
j It was said that the plan is to form a
combination on a basis of $25,000,000
preferred stock to 7 per cent and $50,-
000 common stock.
A committee was appointed to esti
mate the output of each plant, in the
country, the cost of production, and the
i allotment of stock, under the consolida
tion.
This committee will, after it makes its
inspection, meet and draw up ils re
port and call a meeting of the manufno
l Hirers before whom the report will be
j laid with recommendation for action.
: The committee was also charged with
j lilie duty of considering whether the
j manufacturers of ribbed knit goods
i as well as "Hat” goods, should be in
cluded in the consolidation.
WALKER OUT OF DANGER.
Bristol. Tenn., March 15—General
Walker, one of tin* principals in last,
week's shooting affray, had a comforta
ble day, and the attending physicians
report him out of danger. Hamilton
was slightly delirious, but his wound is
I doing nicely. No arrests have yet been
! made.
RALEIGH, X. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1(5, 1899.
LOST IN THE RED SEA
YACHT ON WHICH WAS A LADY FROM
GREENSBORO.
A Passenger Said : ' ‘Each of us Goes to Hades
his Own Poad and Darn the
Expense.’’
Washington. March 15.—United Stales
Consul Cunningham at Aden, Arabia,
reports to the State Department that
the commander of 11. M. S. Brisko
has picked up lmt lost again, a small
American yacht or schooner after tow
ing her about 2(H) to 250 miles in the
western part of the Red Sea. There
was afterward rough weather and it
was believed to be .possible that the
yacht had gone aground somewhere, as
siie was much overdm . Her name was un
known but the British officer said she
had aboard a man from New York
named Weaver. The Consul on Feb
ruary 22nd received a cablegram from
one l’ereival, at Colombo. Ceylon, ask
ing foraiews of the yacht Noma.
OLD RACING SCHOONER NORN A.
New York, March 15.—The Am rican
yacht referred to in the dispatch from
Y\ ashington as having been picked up
and lost again in the western part of the
Red Sea b.v the British cruiser Brisko.
is undoubtedly the old racing schooner
Noma, d signed by A. Carey Smith in
1888 and at one time known as one
of the "wettest" yachts in the New
York yacht squadron.
In October, ISTMS, tlie Nortia was til
led out for a cruise around the world,
her passengers having the intention
of "writing up” foreign countries and
photographing picturesque* scenes.
R. A. Morris, a Nova Scotian, was
given charge of the Noma. She hoisted
th: Hag of the Atlantic Yacht Club and
sailed on her long voyage on November
2nd. 1 S'.Hi. The party on hoard tlit*
Xorna. in addition to Mr. X. J. Wea
ver, a New Englander, who engineered
the scheme, consisted of Mrs. C. ('.
Collins, of Greensboro, N. (’., I)r. T.
A. Worrall, of North East Indiana, A.
G. Danforth. Jr., of St. Louis. Mo..
Harry 1\ Talar, of Buffalo. X. Y.. ami
W. B. Neweome.
The Xorna reached Fayal, Azores,
about March ixth.
At the time the Xorna sailed from
New York statements were published to
the effect that from the point of view
of an expert sailor the schooner was
not exactly fitted for her trip around
the world. It was said that she looked
more fit to sail in a regatta than »o
encounter an Atlantic gait.
One of the passengers on tin* Xorna
is reported to have said to a reporter
on October 10th, 18'.K>:
“Each of us goes to liades Ins own
road, and darn the oxi>ense.”
Captain Morris, is understood to have
left the Xorna before she sailed, and
it is presumed that his reason for doing
so was that he did not believe her to
be equal to the task of fighting her
way around the world.
THE XORNA’S EXPERIENCES.
Norfolk, Va.. March 15. —Late in 1890,
or early in 1X97, the yacht Xorna touch
ed at Norfolk. Here she got in trouble
and was libelled for repairs and for pro
visions furnished. She was released,
the matter fixed up, and after a couple of
weeks' delay the yacht proceeded.
Commodore Weaver married a lady from
Suffolk, and Mrs. Beaver was, at the
time the yacht was here, a passenger
aboard her. Subscriptions Avere taken
for a book of art atul descriptive writing
by the newspaper men in the party,
which was to be delivered through the
American News Company. Whether or
not this contract was carried out is not
known. Numbers of newspatier men
were entertained aboard the Xorna, and
Ihe papers at the time were filled with
sensational accounts of the Commodore’s
affairs and the yacht’s experiences.
SHERMAN HAS PNEUMONIA.
He is a Passenger on the Steamer
Paris.
, Fori do France, Martinique, March 15.
—John Sherman, who is a passenger on
board the American Line steam; r Paris,
Captain Frederick Watkins, which ar
rived here to-day from Trinidad, with
the party of excursionist* who are
making a tour of the l West Indian Is
lands, is suffering from pneumonia, de
veloped from a cold caught while at
San Juan d • Porto Rico last Wednes
day, the* gu st of Brigadier General
Fred Grant.
HIS COXDIiiQX IMPROVED.
Sr. Pierre, Martinique, March 15.
On the arrival of the American Line*
steamer Paris. Captain Watkins, from
Fort de France, this evening, Mr.
Sherman’s physicians reported that his
condition was much improved and gave
ground for encouragement.
WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED.
The Committee Appointed by The Cu
ban Assembly.
Washington. March 15.--The commit
tee which was appointed yesterday by
the Cuban military assembly at Ha
vana to conn' to Washington, it can be
stated, will not be recognized in any
official capacity.
BRITISH STEAMER ASIIOIiE.
Norfolk. Va.. Mareli 15. —The British
steamer Bra tor. Captain Baquiri, Cuba
to Baltimore, iron ore laden, 1,829 ton
nage, ran ashore one and one half miles
south of Cape Henry, one and one half
miles off shore, at 3 o’clock this morning.
The Merritt and Chapman tugs Harold
and E. V. MeCnuby, and tin* barge
John Hagart.v have gone to her assis
tance.
AN ALABAMA TORNADO
NEGRO CHURCH AT AVONDALE BLOWN
DOWN AND WRECKED.
Bedstead Blown 100 Feet With a Sick Woman
Who was not Hurt. Other Apparontly
Miraculous Escapes
Birmingham, Ala., March 15.—The
fiercest tornado ever known in this
vicinity visited the town of Avondale on
the eastern outskirts of the city at 5
o’clock this morning. It came from the
south with rain and lightning. Passing
immediately in front of the Avondale
cotton mills, it blew down the negro
Methodist church and utterly lemolisned
it.
Three new frame houses and a second
negro church a short distance away were
next destroyed.
Mrs. R. (’. Foster was ill in bed. and
her husband was watching at her side.
The house was taken from over her
bed and the bedstead blown a hundred
feet away. Strange to say, Mrs. Foster
was not hurt.
The negro school house and negro
Baptist church were torn to pieces.
Mrs. Annie Johnson was buried under
her house and had to ‘lx* dug out. She
is badly cut and bruised and is in a
critical condition.
Arthur O. ‘Hudgings. a white hoy. was
also buried in the wreckage of his fath
er’s house. His arm was broken, and
In* was seriously injured.
At this house the four walls were
blown away and a bed containing three
children left in the middle of the room.
Tin* children were not scratched. Th 1 in
jured hoy was in an outer wing and th-*
main building crushed this in.
HEAVY STORM IN GEORGIA.
Hemmed in b.v Rising Waters— Many
Washouts.
Atlanta, Ga., March 15. —Heavy rains
yesterday and last night did considerable
damage to railroads in Georgia and Ala
bama. Numerous washouts were re
ported to-day on both the Southern Rail
way and the Nashville, Chattanooga end
Sr. Louis. The first train to get rlm tugh
either way between this city and Chat
tanooga since last night arrived here
to-night on the Southern. The Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Liuis which
abandoned its trains to-dav expect to
get their morning St. Ivouis-Chicago
train through to Chattanooga to-morrow,
although serious obstacles will be en
countered north of there.
Rome. Ga.. is i cing hemmed' hi' by
fast rising waters. The two rivers there
forming the Coosa, rose seven feet in
four hours to-day and it is expected th •
water will inundate the lower section
of tin* city before morning. No train
reached Rome on any road until noon,
when a passenger train on the Southern
came in from “Chattanooga. A tres'l ■
and 300 feet of track are washed out
three miles below Rome. There were
were several washouts on the Selma
branch of the Southern, ami n > trains
were sent out on it from Rome until
to-night.
No trains are running on the Rome
and Decatur, a large trestle being
washed out near Attalla, Ala. The Rome
road connecting that city with the Nash
ville. Chattanooga and St. Louis at
Kingston. Ga., is closed to traffic, a
trestle having been carried away by the
flood.
At Rogers Station on the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis road over
100 feet of track was washed away.
A train on the blast and West road
left Cartersville to-da.v for Pell Coy.
Ala. Several miles out of Carters vide,
it was caught by back water from Pet
tis crock, the fires in the engine were put
out, and at hist reports the train was
standing in tho water with the passen
gers on board waiting to he rescue-1. .It
will l>e impossible to got another « ngloo
to the train until the Hood .subsides.
The storm did $50,000 worth of dam
age in the- vicinity of Gadsden. -Via. The
Cliutta-noogu Southern road lost -i.>o feet
of track. The Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis road lost two bridges and
a half mile of track. The x lurhyrn
Railway lost its trestle at Gads-len an 1
considerable track between that city and
Rome.
Many road bridges have b en washed
away in Bartow comity, Ga.. and the
damage will he SIOO,OOO.
APPEAL AGAINST EXPRESS CO.
Case May Yet go to the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Atlanta, Ga.. March 15.—The ease of
the Railroad Commission of Georgia
against the Southern Express Company
in the matter of alleged overcharges
by the latter in demanding that shippers
furnish revenue stamps for packages is
not to end with the decision of Judge
Spier, who held that, as the question
was one arising out of internal revenue,
the Railroad Commission of Georgia had
nothing to do with it.
Governor Candler after a conference
with the Attorney General, instructed
that official to appeal the ease to th
Circuit Court of Appeals and to the Su
preme court of Ihe United States if
necessary.
THE KILPATRICK ARRIVES.
Savannah, Ga., March 15.—The trans
port Kilpatrick was released from quar
antine and arrived in port today with
tin* marine el hli(snu(tso vbgkqjmec
the Maine artillery, which at once went
into camp.
TEAM GOES TO CHARLOTTE.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 15—The
Philadelphia baseball club left to-day
for Charlotte. N. C„ to’go into spring
training. i
Worse Than Armenia
c>V
■ ——— .s*
STARVATION IN CUBA V NDER THE
STARS AND STRIPES.
“The Condition of the Island is a Reproach
to America and a Blot on
Civilization/'
Jacksonville. Fla.. March 15. —William |
"Willard Howard, General Manager of
the Cuban Industrial Relief Fund of
New York, passed through Jacksonville
this evening on his way home from Cu
ba. lie goes North to purchase agricul
tural implements and seeds for tlie* use
of the industrial relief station which he
has just, established at Guinea, Cuba.
Mr. Howard said:
"The condition of Cuba, so far as m.v
I observations have gone, is really worse
than it was at this time last year when
i 1 made my first investigations. In the
i rural districts little has been doin' to re
| store tin* island to it* normal condition.
; The fields are vacant and the farmers
; idle. The people still remain in tho
j towns and cities where army rations are
I issued to them. They cannot return to
; their abandoned farms because they have
I nothing to return with.
“Our Government has done, and is
| iloing nothing to 'enable farmers to re
sume the cultivation of their lands. All
Mbit it pretends to do is to distribute
ration.' through local committees of Cu
bans. (ii.wcrnor General iirooke and the
officers miner, him realize keenly the
condition of thing.;, and they cannot give
any assistance except food. Ours is not
a paternal Government
“The condition of the widows and or
phans of Cuba is heart-mniii;g. There
i are thousands upon t.iousands of these
poor creatures scattered over the island.
They have neither homo to live in.’ f ood
ito eat. nor clothes to cover them. Obc
I cannot think of their future without a"
| shudder. I am especially concerned for
! the poor little orphan girls, who roam
! the streets, scantily clad, asking for a bit
I of food with which to keep their little
: bodies and souls together. What will
| become of these girls? Their future for
: good or for evil, lies with tho people of
j the United States.
“Ajpong those widow*; and orphans I
' have as lately as last week seen individ
j ual cases of destitution and physical
j emaciation worse than anything that I
I saw in Armenia during the two years
j that I gave to Armenian relief work.
And to have these wrecks of Humanity
stand and look ‘ up to the Stars and
stripes waving over their city hall, gives
one a queer sensation. The generous
American people* surely cannot under
stand the condition of Cuba, or these
poor creatures would he taken care of.
| "1 do not speak of the sick, the infirm
I or of those who nobble about, covered
! with loathsome sores, resulting from
starvation. 1 cannot speak of them, for
the English language is inadequate to
the task. They should have been cared
for in hospitals long months ago. Why
it has not been done I cannot under
stand.
“The condition of Cuba is a reproach
to the American people, and it blot ujion
civilization!. We are going to do some
thing to improve that condition, and we
invite all lovers ol' humanity in tin*
j United States to help us for the good
I name of the American flag. Our Hag
j should mean something to those home-
I less, helpless orphans and destitute
I country people. Money for these orphans
{or for our industrial relief work should
i lie sent to the (Vnnitineutal 'lrust Com
pany. 30 Broad Street, New York City,
marked ‘For the Cuban Industrial* Re
lief Fund.’ ”
GOMEZ OOXFEKS»\\ ITII BROOKE.
Nervous Tension and Uneasiness in
Havana.
Havana, March 15.—The reported ;
resignation of Civil Governor Mora is
untrue.
A certain nervous tension and uneasy
restlessness, especially during the even
ings, is noticeable in the vicinity of
Central Bark, whore the men congre
gate and talk politics. The police have
orders not to allow groups to assemble
and are dispersing them. This causes
uncomplimentary comment about the
force, the people declaring that the police
are interfering with their rights and
freedom.
General GoniW. conferred with Gover
nor General Brooke from 10 o’clock until
about noon to-day.
The junta patriotica dissolved last
night after passing resolutions of adher
ence to Gomez.
It is said on good authority that the
seconds <>f General Alejandro Rodriguez,
chief of staff of General Gomez, and
Colonel Raoul Arango, a mounted in
spector of police, who was called a cow
ard by Rodriguez on Monday for club
bing a woman while dispersing a portion
of the parade in Belaseoain street, ur
rangod a duel between the two principals
to be fought with pistols to-day, but the
military assembly sent a notification to
General Rodriguez and Colonel Arango
last night, forbidding the duel, which
was consequently declared off.
GOMEZ WILL BAY THE TROOPS.
No Attention Paid to Assembly Brooke
May Disband It.
Havana, March 15.—General Gomez
has decided to proof'd with the plans
agreed upon for distributing the $3,000,-
000 to the Cuban troops, on disbanding,
Pit ICE FIVE CENTS.
as though the military assembly did not
exist. He conferred for two hours i«*-
day with Governor Gene mI Brooke re
garding details.
General Brooke asked Washington sev
eral days ago whether in case he dissolv
ed the assembly, his action would be ap
proved. The cabled reply authorized
him to dissolve that hotly, if, in his judg
ment, such an act was necessary. He
lmpes the assembly will soon cease of its
own accord to hold its sessions, but
should sessions disquieting to the public
mind continue, he will intervene.
1 Havana is much more quiet to-day and
less excitement is noticeable. This is
partly due to the fact that the assembly
held no meeting. Rumors are current
that its self-dissolution is a matter of
I the early Juture.
| At a meeting this morning the Cuban
j Generals Diaz Rohau, Monteaguado,
; Xodarse, Perasa and others decided lo
join with General Peuro Betancourt, Ihe
commander of the Cuban troops in Ma
lanzas, in a public declaration of their
position. La IMscusion understands that
they will side with General Gomez. The
papers continue to print letters and tele
grams from all points declaring adher
ence to the veteran patriot's cause.
J The United States military authorities
publish the following statement;
“We are equally authorized to say
that the President of the United States
will not recognize any obligation incurred
by the body known as tin* Cuban As
sembly, atul that all reports and asser
tions to the contrary arc absolutely nn
\ue.”
r ! oys is perhaps due to a story publish
ed iii ’ihe newspaper El Recoil cent rad o
to the etfeet that a representative of an
AmericaflK syndicate including Senator
Hanna is fcpw here with a view of
making a loaiKto the assembly.
| There have bKm s >x resignations from
the assembly siYus.'/ Sunday. Generals
and Scnores Ccspg/les, Monteagudo.
Nunez. I.eira. Mola anii,Tamayo.
This afternoon's deiuouAl*®!* o * l * n fa
vor of Gomez, in which allS^J patriotic
clubs, with banners and bandS>«, as well
as many women and children, took* { >art —
was better organized than that of Ajoo
day, though not so spontaneous. Seveioß
thousand people paraded to the Quinta
de Los Molilios, where General Gome*
resides. lie made his appearance and
addressed them, and the procession did
not return until after nightfall.
HAVANA A QUIET CITY.
New York, March 15. —State Superin
tendent of Elections John McCullagh.
who has been organizing the police force
in Havana, arrived here from that city
to-day.
Mr. McCullagh explained the plans he
had drawn up for policing that city,
which are similar to those in force in
New York city, ihe force consists of
about 1.9110 men. with General Menm-al
as chief of police, at a salary of* $4,000
a year. About seven-tenths of the entire
force are Cubans. Os these Mr. Mc-
Cullagh said:
"I believe after a short time they will
he recognized as being as fine a force of
men as there is in the country. Os
course they have had their way so long
and have been so lax in discipline that it
will he some time before they can Ik*
made to feel that they will have to obey
rules."
Mr. McCullagh said that the only
really weak point about the force is its
detective bureau.
"Taking Havana in its entirety,” said
Mr. McCullagh, "I never saw a more
quiet city life or out' more easy
to manage from a criminal standpoint.
I thought I would find a most murderous
lot. hut in this 1 was most agreeably dis
appointed.
"The Cuban assembly amounts to noth
ing. 'The feeling for Gome* in Havana,
is very strong, and there seems little
doubt that there will be some hot politi
cal strifes there before long.”
TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED.
It Will Be Done Immediately After
Dissolution of Cortes.
Madrid. March 15.—The Cabinet
Council this afternoon decided that tin*
treaty of peace with the United States
should he ratified immediately after the
dissolution of tho Cortes, which will
probably be decreed tomorrow.
The elections to the new Chamber
will be fixed for April ltith and to the
Senate for April 30th. the new Cortes
to re-assemble on May 2d.
LORD HERSCHELL’S SUCCESSOR
London. March 15.—The Times says:
"Tlie Government will probably appeint
Baron Russell of Killowen Lord Chief
Justice of England to succeed the late
Baron Horsehell on the Canadian Com
mission and the Anglo-Venezuelan Com
mission. This would be a highly ad
vantageous selection, while his being it
Catholic would make him jiersona grata
to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and a large sec
tion of till' Canadians.
“Though it would be difficult to spare
him from his important functions at
home, it would not be easy to suggest
an alternative appointment.”