nr.
5
SPANISH UES.
The Cmnfortabl Way They Have of In
venting Vicorle for Their Arms. (
Havana, July 7. Reports have
.jutft his city of a battle iu
the district of Cabanas, Province of
Pinar del Rio, on June 22. Oen.
Melquizo, with 12,000 men and six
teen fiV.il pieces, attacked Maceo,
who occupied a position, in the Kubi
hills with an estimated force' of
,000 men These hills are quite
high and steep, with numerous ir
regular points.
Maceo resisted the first attack of
the Spanish forces as they advanced
up the hilt until they were within
short range. He then took a posi
tion on another hill and waited for
the advance of the Spaniards. As
they advanced he followed the same
tactics, until he had occupied six
different positions.
The Spanish forces by that time
liad become so cut to pieces that
they broke and retreated Maceo
then charged the columns, and it
was only by his . ing ab!e to biiug
his numerous tit-Id pieces into play
that Gen. Melquizo's forces were sav
ed from beng completely routed.
Macro captured a hivge quantity of
arms and ammunition.
The Spanish officials reported this
battle as a Spanish victory. Gen.
uMelquizu Las been appointed com
mander in the province of Piiiar del
Ilio. He has issued a proclamation
ordering the relatives of all insur
gents to join the insurgents in the
field. He strictly forbids them tak
ing anything except the clothes they
wear. " As soon as they get away
"from the towns they are assassinaeed.
Gen. Melquizo has a record of mur
dering morp paciticos than auy other
general in the Spanish army
Col. Pagliery recently published
an account of a light with the in
surgents near Rincon, province of
Havana, in which he says he routed
the insurgents and killed a large
number. The f:.cta are Col. Pag
liery. with 150 gualia civiles, met
the advance guard of insurgent Col.
Juan Delgado. A s .ght skirmish
followed: seventeen of the guardia
civiles were killed and Col. Pagliery
retreated. One of his officers, with
several of his troops, joined Col.
Delgauo's forces.
On June 20 and 21, in the even
ing, the insurgents attacked the
forts of Guauabacoa, entered the
city, and fought in Cereria street
This is a city of over 20.000 inhab
itants, about four and a half miles
from Havana. It is surrounded
with forts, and guarded with many
Volunteers and cannons.
The village of Guane, in the pro
vince of Pinar del Rio, has been oc
cupied and governed by the insur
gents for two months. Col. Auto
nia Varona is in command there
He recently discovered four Span
iards observing people who were
giving refreshments to the insur
gent troops in order to report them
to the Spanish columns. He re
moved tllose men to Los Arroyos.
The Spaniards ate not disturbed if
they do not interfere with the insur
gents. On July 2 a reporter of one of the
Havana papers sent a dispatch from
the troeha saying that -AOo men,
with officers and two Held pieces,
had gone over to the insurgents, that
Maceo had distributed them aiong:
the forces of his Generals, and that
the desertion was caused by ill
treatment, poor food, aud no pay for
five months. The censor suppressed
the dispatch.
Three hundred and eighty-seven
Spanish office! s have made applica
tion for leave to return to Spain,
Some of them ask for leave on ac
count of sickness, but most of them
-have had enough of lighting:.
On June 'M) insurgent Gen. Zayas
was in Alquisar with o0,000 men.
Alquisar is very near the trocha.
On July 3 it was reported that in
surgent forces had captured the
forts on the St-nado estate, six miles
from i'uurto Pnnoine.
Maximo Go:.;tx is now reported to
be near the city of Santa Clara.
About wiaperp.
A leading statistician has calcu
lated that the annual circulation of
newspapers in the world is somewhere
in the close neighborhood of 12.000. -
()0n,0()0 copies. "To grasp an idea
of this magnitude," savs the Buffalo
Commercial, "it may "be stated that
this enormous circulation would cov
er no less than 10,450 square miles
of surface. It is printed on 781,250
ins of paper and if the number 12,
Mi,00O,M00 represented seconds in--t-ad
of papers it would take over
:i years for the time to elapse. In
li'iit of this arrangement we might
press aud pile them vertically up
ward to gradually reach our highest
mountains. Topping all these, and
-ven (he highest Alps, the pile would
resell the magniticent altitude of 490,
or, in round numbers, 500 miles
Calculating that the average man
spends five minutes reading his pa
per in the day (this is a very low es
timate), we find that the people of
the world altogether occupy time
equivalent to 100,000 years reading
"4he papers.
MECKLENBTT
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BJRtAN'S
LETTERS TO THJK "W OKLD.
They Reveal Him a a Foe of TrutW and
Mod pities. j
Letters and telegrams which The
World has pubiuud irom William
J. Bryar. while he was a member of
congress show that upon all the car
dinal political questions of the day
except silver he has been in sympa
thv with eastern Democrats and a
vigorous as well as eloquent cbamp
ion. of the people's lights
The World on Friday published
extracts from messages which Mr.
Bryan had written on silver and
bonds In the letters republished
below Mr. Bryan deals with the Su
gar Trust, the commission to inves
tigate the Chicago railroad strike,
and in a third letter he t 1 is how the
Wilson tariff bill was impaired by
the Democratic coiise vatives in the
senate, but why the house finally ac
cepted the bill as letter than no
thing. These letters to The World all give
an interesting insight into the char
acter and record of the voting man
who, at an unprecedented!)-early age,
has been nominated for President of
the United States.
While the Wilson bill was pending
in the house and thetSugar Tiust
vas making scandalous efforts to se
cure a protective tariff in their favor,
Mr. Bryan, then a member of the
tariff ways and means committee of
congress, wrote on July 14, 1S04:
"I am for free sugar The same
duty should be laid upon raw and
refined sugar. I am not willing to
give the Sugar Trust the benefit of a
higher duty on refined than on raw
sugar. 1 assume no spirit of prophe
cy wheti I assert that the house will
not accept a sugar duty as an alter
native for the income tax. Should
the senate lay a duty, say, of half a
cent per pound on raw and refined
sugar, that wotili yield about $18,
000,000 revenue.
"In my opinion, it will not be dif
ficult to reconcile the house to a duty
on sugar, even though it somewhat
exceed half a cent, provided the in
come tax be retained. Tlu house is
for free sugar and the income tax,
but for the income tax under all cir
cumstances." New York World.
Michigan Republicans Stampeded.
A Detroit special to the St. Louis
Republic says: A Republican stain
pede to the Democracy has begun.
It is altogether probable that the
party organizations will go to pieces
and an alliance be formed with the
free silver Democrats. Signs of
disintegration appeared just after
the St. Louis Convention and thev
reached their climax when Mr.
Bryan was nominated at Chicago.
To-night clubs in Kent, Inglair and
Minister counties telegraph that
they are all to secede to Bryan and
free silver at their next meetings.
Other telegrams marking the bolt
to the Democratic cause come from
Inscola, Nucomb, Noidland and
Grand Traverse. In Jackson Coun
ty a Republican leader permits
himself to be quoted as follows:
"The party which nominated Bry
an is not the Democratic party, but
a new Democracy, called to the front
by demands of the times. There
are thousands of Republicans in this
county and State who will vote for
Bryan and free silver and they come
from the laboring and farmer class
es." The new alliance when formed
will probably make Mayor Pingree
their candidate for Governor. The
Mayor is a free silver man and does
not try to conceal his liking for
Bryan. When the plan became
known Republican leaders here de
clared that the State wa' practically
ost to them. The caudidacy of the
Mayor, who is uncommonly popular
in the State, removes the last hope
of retaining it in the Republican col
umn. Export Statistic for June.
The June statement of the Bureau
of Statistics shows that the exports
of breadstuffs during the month was
$11,003,104, as compared with $S,
954,040 for June, 1805. For the
twelve months the exports amounted
to $133,030,390, a gain of nearly
$'24,000,000 over the same period in
1S95. The cotton exports for June
aggregated $5,210,100, which is only
a slight decrease from June, last
year. For the ten months, however;
the loss was about $11,500,000. The
mineral oils exports amounted to
$5,288,290, a gain for the month of
about $350,000 and about $15,500,
000 for the year. The provisions
also showed a gain for Juue of about
$3,O00,n0 and a gain of only about
$450,000 for the year.
Jersey men Roast Their Delegates
Trextox, K. J., July 10 The
Mercer County Democracy at a meet
ing last night passed resolutions in
dorsing the nominations made in
Chicago, and scored Allen McDer
mott, United States Senator James
Smith, Jr., and the entire Xew Jer
sey delegation for 4 'sitting in the
convention voiceless.''' The club is
headed by ex-Mayor John H. Briest
who is a silverite.
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TiiK MOUHNAi" FOB JJHYAN.
Mr. Ilearit' Paper Stand UpVlRorouOy
for the Democratic Platform and Candi
date. New Yohk, July 12.-rp1' V.
nal, owned by Wm. 11. Hearst, also
owner of the San Francisco Exanii
ner, is out for Bryan. In its edito
rial leader it says:
"The manner in which the oppo
nents of the ticket nominated at
Chicago have begun their campaign
must arouse the profoundest resent
ment of every American regardful
of the interests and jealous of the
honor of this country. The repre
sentatives of half the Amcriran peo
ple have been denounced iu delirious
language as anarchists, cutthroats
and swindlers. Their chosen candi
date for the highest office in the Re
public has be, n pic'ureda a crazy
Jacobin or a designing d magogue.
Commerce an'1 industry Inn e' been
threatened with the very panic these
a'armists have professed to hear
""This crusade has been one of
reckless misrepresentation from the
start. The libelers of the late con
vention know that the Chicago plat
form is not anarchical. In most re
spects it is inspired by enlightened
progressivenees.
"Nor is it possible with any more
sincerity to call Mr. Bryan a dema
irouue. He is the very reverse of a
demagogue.
"On the other side we have Wil
liam McKinley, bound hand, foot
and tjngne to the most corrupt com
bination that ever exhibited itself
openly in an American Presidential
campaign. His election would put
the resources of the Government at
the disposal of the Hanna syndi
cate. "In most respects the superiority
of the Democratic candidate is so
palpable as to make comparisons
needlessly cruel to his opponent
What, then, is the duty of American
citizens who desire to secure the
best possible government for the
liepublic during the next four
years ? P.ainly it is to vote for that
Presidential candidate who is mani
festly best fitted to administer the
Government and to settle the finan
cial question through their repre-
sentatives in Uongress. Gold men
may vote for gold candidates, silver
men for silver candidates and bi
metallists for l imetallism. But no
body who realizes what is at stake
m this campaign can vote to aban
don government of the people, b
the people, for the people, in favor
of government for McKinley, b
Hanna, for a candidate."
.Fust as We Expected
The New York World prints tele
graphic screeds regarding the result
at Chicago from Senators Butler and
Pritchard. Both repudiate the
Democratic platform and ticket, ( f
course, although Butler says: "The
Democratic party has put forward
the best ticket and platform it has
had iu a quarter of a century."
The fact is, Butler is bending all
his energies to the election of the
Republican ticket. While profess
ing to be for silver, he favors a third
ticket which he knows could not car
ry a single State in November, and
whose only purpose can be to take
votes from Bryan and thus btnefit
McKinley. But this is a year when
Mr. Butler cannot lead his ohl fol
lowers into the Republican party.
Nine-tenths of them are sincere in
their advocacy of silver, and they
will vote with the Democratic partv
which is the only party through
which free silver coinage can ever
be secured.
Pritchard was known to be for
the Republican ticket; but with the
demagogism characteristic "of the
man, pretends to be for free silver,
while supporting McKinley on a
gold standard platform.
Neither Butler nor Pritchard will
ever be elected to the United States
Senate again. Wilmington Star.
Bolts M'KJnley for Byan.
Richmond, Va., July 13. The
first Republican in Virginia to bolt
to Bryan and the platform made at
Chicago is Maj Joseph Wralker, of
Chesterfield. This gentleman is
chairman of the Republican District
Committee, and a member of the
State Committee of the same party.
Today he tendered his resignation in
both of these organizations, and will
vote for Bryan.
Mr. Julian Ruffin, of Hanover
county, and other leading Virginia
Populists, have expressed their de
termination to support the Chicago
ticket.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, it is be
lieved, will accept the chairmanship
of the Democratic State Committee.
Vilas Advises a Bolt.
Fox Dr Lac, Wis., July 10.
Senator Vilas has prepared 'an ad
dress to the Democrats of Wisconsin
advising them to. bolt the Chicago
Convention and co-operate ir an
other convention. He submitted it
to General Bragg, who will submit it
to the delegates to that convention.
According to the ligures of the
Chicago Tribune there is, in one
way and another, over $400,000,000
invested in bicycles in this country.
The bike is .little .but is great. . t . .
i. im.0n mast i.am.
Stat'stlcs Conjoin Tbn. Who ArrlTBd
Kew York, July 12 Dr. Sner,
gave out the following statistics
of immigration for the port of New
Yorki
. Immigration during the fiscal year
1895 6, 2G3,?09; increase over year
1881-5,72,781. Of these 118,636
were immigrants proper, 95,269
came to join the families, and the
others had been in the c mntry be
fore. From Austria Hungary came
52.085; Germany, 24.230; Italy, 06,
Ku.oia, 39,859; Sweden and
Norway. 22,978; the United King
dom, 38,2'G, and Turkey and Greece,
0,249 There were 31,961 immi
grants proper from Italy.
Illiterates among the immigrants
came as follows: Hungary, 8,739;
Italy, 30,728; Russia, 7,487; Ger
many, 410; Ireland, 1,430; Sweden
and Norway, 217, and Turkey and
Greece, 2,092.
The total amount of money
brought was $3,534,399. The aver
age per capita was: Highest. Spain,
$71.62; lowest, Hungary, $5.69. The
average of those from Germany was
38 31, and those from Ireland
12.39. The total immigrants de
ported was 2::M. Of these, 1,368
were Italian . 567 Austrians, 401
Russians, 104 Germans, and twenty
Swedes and Norwegians. Among
them were 756 excluded as contract
laborers, and 1,745 excluded as pau
pers. There were 40.538 cast-s considered
by the Bo.trd of - Special Inquiry,
from which 248 appeals were taken
and 102 admitted on bonds. There
were 1,689 cases treated in the hos
pital. Senator Berry Indorses Bryan.
Bektonville, Ark., July 12.
Senator Jas H. Berry returned home
from the Chicago convention to-day.
He says that the convention was the
greatest in attendance, iu earnestness
and in enthusiasm that has ever
been held in the United States. He
believes Mr. Bryan is the strongest
candidate that could have been nom
inated and that he will be supported
by the Populist and silver bolting
Republicans, and will be triumphant
ly elected iu November. Senator
Berry states that the Arkansas dele
gation stood loyally by BTand until
His name was withdrawn by Governor
Stone, and that the conduct of Mr.
Bland throughout the contest shows
him to be the most patriotic and un
selfish of citizens, and that he has
the love and confidence of the entire
Democracy of the whole country.
Sixteen Silver Congresm n In' Maryland.
Baltimore, Md., July 10. The
silver sentiment is still making head
way in the city and JState, and no
signs of its abatement have appeared.
Business men are beginning to nwake
to the situation, and as the strength
of the craze is realized many expres
sions of alarm are heard. While
the majority of the representative
business and professional men in
Baltimore and elsewhere are advo
cates of the gold standard, the voters
are being converted daily to silver,
aud in rural communities party lines
have been nearly obliterated. The
rank aud rile of the Democratic party
will uot only tender its enthusiastic
support to Bryan and Sewsll, but
plans are now being outlined to in
sure the nomination of silver men in
the six congressional districts.
Indorsed the ChJcuR) Ticket.
Fredericksburg, Va., July 14.
The Democrats of this city met iu
convention at the court house to
night to elect delegates to the Con
gressional Convention, to be held at
Cape Charles next Tuesday. There
was a large attendance, and resolu
tions indorsing the Democratic Na
tional ticket and Congressman Jones
for renomination were enthusiasti
cally adopted The following dele
gates were elected: Hon. A. P.
Rowe, J. V Harris, James R Raw
lings, Capt. T McCracken, George
A. Walker, and W. L. Watson; dele
gate at-large, A. T. Embrey.
An Argument for Silver,
Anderson, Ind., July 12. With
in 24 hours after the nomination of
a presidential candidate on a silver
platform, the Wright "Shovel Com
pany of this city, one of the largest
shovel and scoop manufacturers in
the country, posted notice that, be
ginning with tomorrow, they would
advance the wages of their grinders
aid polishers 5 cents on the dozen,
making. an advance of about 75
cents per day to these workmen.
Business is good and the plant will
continue throughout the summer
season. They ship to all ports.
Favor Kndorsius Chicago.
Topeka, July 16. The delegates
to the free silver Stite Convention
in session today, favor the endorse
ment of the Chicago platform.
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