Youngstown News, 1895-08-09

              The Youngstown News. VOL. XV. YOUNGSTOWN, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895. NO. 26. KILLED BY A CLOUDBURST Most Serious Flood in the History of New Mexico. SOCORRO ALMOST DESTROYED. Sixl<M-n l'»r«onil..ii: I'helr Lives In Neighboring Villugi-H—iiiii- Hundred Families l.r!i Hnmelesa and Destitute— Crop* in the Arroya Valley Ruined— A Chnrch and a Convent Undermined. The late flood atßocorro and vioinity was the most serious in the history of New Mexioo. Sixtoen persons lost their lives at Cuba and Chihuahua. The storm began with a downpour of rain at 2 p. in., and after two hours of terrific rainfall a cloudburst Itraok the mountain about live miles above Socorro, and in less than half an hour after dark gigantic waves, bringing bricks, mud and debris, took their' destructive course through the streets. The bridges and at least a mile of the grade of the Magdalcnu Branch of the Santa Fβ Railroad were washed awny, and some damage resulted to the main line south of the city. Of several houses which stood near tho channels of the Arroya, not a vestige Is left. Many adobe houses in different parts of the flity have fallen. Water entered the Catholic Church, and tho Convent of the Sacred Heart was undermined. None of the business portion of the city is injured, but not a dwelling house escaped some damage. Many of the oitizens have lost everything, and at least 100 families are homeless. The city waterworks are partly swept away, ami a water famine will follow the flood, as it will take a week or ten days to repair the damage. The los&of among tho Mexican resi<l«utn was estimated at thirteen. The father Hiid five children of Ignanlo Duran were drowned. His wife attempted to escape with their three-months'-old baby. The torrent tore it from her arms and dashed it •against a barb-wire fence, and she saw it perish, Two other bodies were picked up, bruised beyond recognition. Mrs. Muusey, an American woman, and her five-year-old Sirl could not be found, and five Mexicans were missing. There were many narrow escapes. C. T. Brown rode his horse shoulder deep iu tho current and rescued the family of J. H. Hilton, as their house was falling above their heads. Manuel Fadilla, the City Marshal, carried a siok man through water up to his neck to a place of safety. E. M. Keller breasted the torrent and rescued a woman as she was being swept by- Mrs. Frank Myers, in carrying her sick mother to a place of safety, was badly lacerated while holding to a barb-wire fence, and lier mother was badly injured. Many acres of tho fruit aud the grain crop were destroyed, and for tho Hrst time in the hundred years' settlement of SocorroCounty there will be a crop failure. The total loss In Soeorro and the iinmediato vicinity will far exceed $100,000. A mass meeting of citizens was held, and measures were taken for the immediate relief of the destitute. The villages of San Pedro, San Antonio and a settloment adjacent to Socorrc were also visited by the flood. THE DESTROYED TOWN, SOCORRO. WERE MEXICAN COLONISTS. Pitiable Story of Deception Told by Colored Victims. A special from Ciudad Porflrio Diaz, Mexico, says: One hundred and seventy colored colonists arrived from the City of Mexico in n box car. Quarantine Officer Evans has Isolated them in cars under guards, where they will be held until all danger is past. United Slates Consul Sparks wired for more rations, as several hundred more were expected lo arrive of the TOO who took part In the exodus from Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and other Southern States, passing through Torrenn last February to make their fortunes through the aid of a colonization company. Nearly 400 of them, starved, half naked and diseased, huve been camped for the pant few days near Torrean. Such a miserable, hungry, bare-footed lot will be hard toeqaal. They tell a pitiable tain of deception. They were assured ti.ul the plaoe was on a railroad, a good house to live In, five aoree of land to cultivate their own vegetables, eto., plenty of game, and all were given a blank contract which was to guarantee them half of the orop of sixty aoree, which each was to take oare of—fifty In cotton and ten In corn. After their arrival they vainly endeavored to get the contracts llgned, but it seems the contracts were never signed or fulfilled. The houses were miserable adobes. The water was vile and killed a good many wiih a species of malaria and swelling of the limbs. The death rate averaged flvo a week, and they claim nearly 100 died there, principally owing to the water and lack of medicine and medical attention. Finally they were told that they had no interest in the crop, and that the company would pay them fifty cents a day. This was done for about two weeks, when it was out to thirty-eeven cents a day. If they were sick they received not King, and if what they eay is true, many a one died crying for something to eat. The manager about this time, it is alleged, told them the company had broken Its contract and he could do nothing, and advised them to "go." This, after planting and raising one of the finest, If not the best, cotton crops ever grown in the State of Duningo. Then they loft Many of them, in order to do so. had to sell their personal efforts, bedding, furniture, eto. It is estimated that there are about 100 more at Tahuanllo and twenty-five at lieplmi station awaiting transfer. FOR ATLANTA'S BIG SHOW. Success of the Colton State* International Exposition More Than Asanred. Arrangements are rapidly being perfected for the owning of the Cotton States and International Exposition, at Atlanta. Oa., on September 18. More than 42,000.000 has beenspent in laying out the groundeand in tho erection of buildings. The interest taken in this exhibition from one end of the country to the other, coupled with the fuct that the' United States Government has set its stamp of approval upon the enterprise by appropriating $250,000 for the erection of a Oov»niment Buildiuj,, presage an unqualified success. The Indications are that the attendance will be enormous, and the citizens of Atlanta aro determined that there shall lie ample accommodation for all who visit the city. Hotels are l>eiug enlarged and now structures are being built. Somo thirty or forty conventions are to be held during tho period the exposition remains open. Mrs. Joseph Thompson, of At'anta, the President of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Department of tho exposition, aocompaniod by her husband, arrived in New York a few days ago. M rs. Thompson has been indefatigable in h«r efforts to iueure the success of the Woman's Department of the exposition ever sine? the feasibility of the enterprise was broached. She has lui'l the hearty co-operation, not alone of the woinmi of tho South, but ot lire. Levi P. Morton and other well known women in the Northern and Western States. There U every reason to believe thut the Woman's Department will be one oi the moat successful features of the exhibition.Mrs. Thompson wa.s visited at her hotel by ft reporter for the New York Times. In answer to quustions as to how tho work of the exposition was progressing Mrs. Thompson said: "Tho management of the exposition has been intrusted to Charles A. Collier, who is Director General and President. Under his care and supervision the most charming grounds have been laid out for exhibition purposes, and the. various buildings are practically completed. The grounds are very spacious, are about three miles from the heart of the city, aud the transportation facilities will be excellent. The Southern Railway passes the grounds and the electric cars will run direct, and you know," said Mrs. Thompson, proudly, "Atlanta has the finest system 01 electric railroads in the country. "The United States Government has put up a big building at a cost of $250,009, and the States of New York, Pennsylvania aud Massachusetts, among others, hav? erected separate buildings. Then we have an electric building, a forestry building, a machinery building, a flue arts building, and our own State building. lam not prepared to say how large the foreign exhibits will be, but we expect that foreign countries will be well represented. The Argentine Republic will have its own building. '•The oost of the exhibition will be about $2,000,000, no inconsiderable share of which has been raised in Atlanta. The United States Government appropriated $250,00) for its building, New York appropriated *2">,- 000, Pennsylvania, 138,000, and Massachusetts and other States have also made appropriations. I don't know the exact figures, but I should Imagine at least 9500.009 has been raised in Atlanta by subscription and other means." MHS. JOSEPH THOMP3OX. (President the Board of Womeu Managers.) KILLED HIS GRANDSON. A Kentucky Colonel stall* to the Heart the Recreant Youth. Colonel Joseph Elliott, a well-known citizen of Graves Countv, Kentucky, stabbed his grandson, Edward Gardner, to death at Murray In a desperate light. Colonel Elliott U an extiemely quiet and even-tempered old gentleman, and while he was pretty wild during his younger days himself, he was oontinually reminding his grandson of the embarrassment he wae uauslnd his family by his wild escapades. Gardner refused to listen to his grandfather, and on several occasions warned him to ceaee troubling him with his lectures. But lecture the old gentleman would, and finally the two came together. Colonel Elliott learned of an affair in which Gardner had takon the leading part, and when Gardner arose and entered the dining room the old fellow at onoe began to upbraid him. Gardner replied in an angry way, and Colonel Elliott ordered him from the house, saying that he would no longer recogntzti him. Gardner no sooner heard this than he drew his knife and ran at his grandfather. Colonel Elliott qulokly pulled a dirk and plunged it into the young man's heart. Garage; died immediately. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Advioes received in Washington indicate that a union of Central American States will soon be formed. General Ooppinger reports to tho War Department that horse thieves and rustlers alone caused the Indian scare at Jackson's Hole. Captain A. 8. Crownlnshield, of the United States steamship Richmond, at League Island, has been orderod to command the new battleship Maine. Beoretary Carlisle increased the salaries of the ten pressmen in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from $3.20 to $4 per day. General Coppinger informed the War Department that the Bannocks were returning to their reservation, and the Indian scare in Wyoming was over. Uiiron Hiirden-Hickey protested to Secretary of State Olneyugainet England's occupation of Trinidad. It was announced at the State Department that the Spanish Cabinet has agreed to pay tho Mora claim in three instalments. The ballistic test of a turret, representing those to be used on the battleships Massachusetts, Indiana and Oregon, will be made at the naval proving ground, Indian Head, In the near future. The State Department took action in reference to tin) arrest of Louis Stern, of New York, at Kissingen, Germany. His arrest, nt the instance of Buron von Thuongen, created a storm among the hotel guests, many of whom threatened to leave the resort. Domestic. The town of Sprague. Wash., was nearly destroyed bv fire; the Northern Pacific- oar shops were burned. The American liner at. Louis beat her best previous run from Southampton, England, to New York by nearly an hour and a half. One Italian was killed and fourteen colored men were wounded in a race war at Spring Valley, 111. A filibustering conspiracy to overturn the Hawaiian Republic and restore ex-Queen Liliuokalanl was brought to* light in San Francisco. Beame s tobacco warehouse, Stokes's Opera House and other business houses in Durham, N. C, wore destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,0 0. At Menominee, Sllch.. sixty million feet of lumber, valued at £500,000, were destroyed ia a lire. Barns, offices and other buildings and property destroyed easily swelled the total loss to $000,000. Jacob S. Coxev, leader of the Commonweal army, was nominated at Columbus for Governor by the Populi3ts of Ohio. The Vigilant won the GoeletCupforsloops at Newport, B. 1., owing to the breaking of the gaff of the Defender ne she was turning tor the last leg of the course. t At Hayneville, Ala., Philip Boundtre", the wife murderer, was hange 1. He out his wife to pieces, after shooting her. Biohard M. Hunt, the noted architoct, died in Newport, B. 1., after a brief illness. In the run of the Now York Yacht Club from New London, Conn., to Newport, R. L, the Defenier outsailed the Vigilant by more than twelve minutes. The New York City Police Board appealed foV 325 intelligent and able-bodied recruits for the force. Frank Burkott was nominated for Governor by the Mississippi Popullats at Jackson and a full State ticket was put in the Held. Fire In Menominee, Win., destroyed a number of saw and planing mills and 25,- 003,000 feet of lumber. The lose will reach nearly 8500,000. Simon Wcrtuser, member of the banking firm of I. Jc 8. Worinser, died suddenly from heart disease on the street in New York City. Everything was reported to be quiet at the scene of the threatened Indian disturbances in Wyoming. At the Coroner's inquest Into the death of Lillie Low in New York City no mention was made of the three persons arrested in connection with it. and after the jury had returned a verdict of suicide they were discharged.The Defender was outsailed by the Vigilant, and under weather conditions in which her owners claimed the new boat would romp right away from the old cup defender. There was a strong wind and a heavy sea. Four miles from the finish the Defender's steering geer became deranged. This probably saved her from defeat. The dinar I steamship Aurania was found disabled in midocean by two steamships, but declined assistance, as her captain deoided to make repairs and bring the vessel into New York under her own steam. Secretary Herbert arrived on tbe Dolphin and inspected the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A large number of colored women assembled in Boston and formed a National League. The doors of the Union Bank, Denver, Col,, were closed and that institution Iβ in the hands of the Government. It was upset by a demand for 975,900 of public funds. The County Treasurer's office was oloeed also. The silver debate between Bos well G. Horr and William H. Harvey, in Chicago, ended. Foreign Notes. Jose Haceo wne defeated by Spanish forces, under Oolonel Segulrae, near Lome de Iα Galleta, Cuba. An Anarchist, In attempting to assassinate M. Vulllemin, a mining director, at Anlohe, France, was blown to pieces by his own bomb. The King of Korea has summoned General Legendre, an American, uh his chief counsellor. . Advices from Saltooats. Scotland, state that Auohenharvie colliery was flooded; fourteen miners were drowued. Charles Lynn demands 9150,000 for Spanish persecution of his mother and father, Americans living in Cuba. Jos* 01ms, formerly editor of El Monitor de Puebla, was assassinated in the streets of Puebla, Mexico. Blngen Brothers, one of the oldest and largest banks in Genoa, Italy, has failed. A severe earthquake has occurred at Krasaovodsk, the most noted military post in the Trans-Caspian region of Bussla. Fifteen houses, were thrown down, burying twelve persona in the ruins. Returns, almost complete, of the English elections showed a Conservative majority in the House of Commons of nine over any possible coalition. A despatch from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, says Mrs. Alexander Campbell, of Montague, gave birth to live daughters a few nights age. Her husband is a tailor, In hu eighty-fourth year. „ HOLMES A HUMAN FIEND One of the Most Remarkable Criminals of the Century. MURDER WAS HIS MANIA. Hβ ISnthlev.iv Made Wat With Men, Women anil Children After Injuring Their Lives—A *ketrh of Bli Bloody Cnreer — HI. Kenl Name I. Mutlgett anil Hβ Was Bnrn In New Hampshire. Weird and grewsome beyond human conception almost are the development* at Chicago in the ?ase of Holme.*, tlio nUeffe«l murderer, bigamist and swindler, now in jail lit Philadelphia, awaiting trial. From almost every nook anil corner of his malodorous '"castle" aoe oomingevidences of murder in tie form of ghastly ralics of bodies that were elaufthtUeC. Each hour adds to the discov- Mfte. In fiendish cunning they were laid away and would have remained forever unknown but for tho action of the authorities in ordering tho place torn down. From the great vault, from the ruins of the collar, Imm the vat in which chemicals were placed, from every place, in fnet. that could hide a body are evidences of wholesale murder. Chicago is now vielng with Detroit, Toronto and Philadelphia in an endeavor to ohtain possession of the accused that justice may be muted out to him. No series of crimps of the century, in coldblooded atrocity or in the number of unfortunate victims.in any degree approaches this. The victims ranged in ago from nine to fifty years. Many were believed to have been murdered for the sake of the insurance they carried. Others were sacriflod, fearing they know the secret. They were made away with in divers manners. The body of one was cut up Into small pieces and fed Into a stove. That of another was put into a Irunk and sunk in the lake. Two others were shut up in a vault and allowed to die there, the bodies being subsequently articulated and the skeletons sold to a medical student. Not only is the cellar-of the "castle,, a veritable graveyard, but the bones of other victims are scattered all over the country. One is believed to have been murdered in Arkansas and two in Canada. The trail of the murderer is all over the country, and in every case it was either the getting of insurance money or the fear of discovery that was the motive. These capital offenses were necessarily accompanied by minor ones, such as arson and perjurv, but the graver crimes may be summarized as follows; The murder of B. F. Pietzel. The murder of Alice Pietzel. The murder of Nellie Pietzel. The murder of Howard Pietzul. Tho murder of Mrs. Julia Connor, The murder of Anna Williams. The murder of Minnie Williams. The murder of Emma Cigrand. The murder of Milford C. Cole. The murder of Dr Russler. The swindling of Insurance companies to the extent of at least $250,000. Criminal history is without a parallel for Holmes. He seemed to have a mania for crime. There was no form too revolting for him, no deed too daring. Hurler and swindling was his life business. He pursued it as a profession and with a boldness that was startling almost bej'ond credence. Hβ operated everywhere and anywhere, with headquarters at Chicago. His "castle" there was a ghastly mausoleum. Like most other criminals of method, Holmes was not born in criminal surroundings. His was an educated shrewdness, quickened and made alert by the risks he ran. It wan not oommon, low cunning, but the development of a plan that was the life work of a daring criminal. The stST of tne life of Fl.ilmee is a growaoiho tale. If written in fiction it would be denounced asunnatural and improbable. It would be deemed utterly beyond belief that in every city of consequence In the onuntry, except the city of New York, he had plied successfully hlg criminal trade and finally was only brought behi mi prison bars through the accusation of a train robber, whose only grudge was that Holmes had not recompensed him for an introduction to a "useful" man. This man Holmes, confessed bigamist, perjurer, swindler and alleged murderer, was born a short distance from London, in tho New Hampshire hills. His real name is Mudgett. Besides Holmes he Iβ known to have used' the alias Howard. His parents were plain, homely country folk, but with ambitions for their boy. He was the prize boy in his classes always. From hie farm home he went to GUmartin and there taught school. He saved money enough to attend a medical college at Burlington, Vt. Then he went West and entered upon hie career of crime, which included murder, arson, swindling insurance companies, bigamy and burking.The National Game. Duffy again leads the Bostons in hitting. Fuller, New York shortstop, made his first sacrifice hit in hie sixtieth game. Already five teams have at various times held the lead in the League race. The Nashville Club exoepted a 9500 offer from New York for Outfielder Butler. Olnolnnatl is utilizing Pltoher Parrott as an outfielder because of his heavy batting. HcPheo is the only member of the champion '8a Cincinnati Bed* still playing ball. Cleveland was the first team since 1893 to win four consecutive games from Baltimore. Latham, of Cincinnati, this season, ae usual, Iβ up among the leading bue runners.Thompson, of Philadelphia, still leads the League in home rune. He has made nine to date. The olosonese of the big League race has practically killed prospects ot trades of any The Bostons have more games to play on their own grounds than any other team in the League. All flv« of Cleveland's pitchers-Young, Cuppy, Wallace, Knell and Wilson—are now in good trim. Maul and McGuire, of Washington, for allaround work make one ot the beet batteries in the League. Sheehan, first baseman of the Little Book (Ark.) Club, takes Connor's place at Ht. Louis's first base. Louisville has at last won two games In succession and has also reached double figures in victories. Th« Baltimore* knocked all hopes of the pennant out of the Chicago* by defeating them three straight. Hofer's work for Baltimore so far stamps him as the best young pltoher developed this year. Wallace, of Cleveland, and Dolan, of Boston, come next. TONS OF TOMBSTONE. KsitallbMWk •»>■»« riacel Or»f a California rioneer's <ir»»e. The molt massive tombstone ever set np in California h.i-lint bemi liatilc.l h> Cyprev Lawn (Vmotory, San Francisco, an.l placed over th» grave of J C. Brickell It i» a sin die block of granite tnm theUaymimd quarry, near FnbUO, aud weighs JJ,JOI pounds. In shape it i- route*!, and the OBlj ilrmelnM ♦hat has been done to it has been to trim oil the surface next to the ground so as to insure its abandoning the migratory habits at- tributed to bowldetfc OthWWiM DM block is just n.* it was tktWO from the quarry, The stono measure-) twelv« feei in height, ten feet in width ami six fMt across tli« liiisc. Th« loading of tho stone on the ours was in itself an undertaking of considerable difficulty, hut the chief task was to move it up the steen Incline to the cemetery plot after it had been sidetracked at Cynreas Lawn. The only inscription on the monolith isthe sinelename "lirlekell" and a spray of ivy .T. 0. Brickell was a pioneer of 18411. lie left an estate value.l at about *700.0C<). The idea of marking his burial place in this manner was his own suggestion. «.lLI«lll*t/.'i 810 TOMMTOyE. BOCUS GINSENG DISCOVERED. Cheap Glncer ItnuU Willi the Genuine Article. The ginseng industry in the Fnired States and Canada, amounting to $5,000,000 annually, is threatened with ruin through the rascality of a smart lot of unscrupulous tradesmen. The plant arrows wild in nearly every section of tho Cniiml States. New York and Canada produce the ahoiOMi root. The Cn'>"se are almost the sole users of ginseng. They regard It as an all round panacea. The root sells all the way from l>2 to $10 a pound. New York Ih the centre of the trade. There are in New York City about twelve dealers and sight buyers. Fraud was discovered by the Chinese buyers. In looking over some lots of root they found scattered through the genuine ginseng a quantity of Japanese ginger, which sells for only thirty cents a pound. Further investigation showed that from 10,000 to 20.0U0 pounds of the Japanese stuff had been mixed with tho American ginseng. It is feared that the country is flooded with the counterfeit article. It is asserted that unless a check is put to the fraud the legitimate industry will in all likelihood tie destroyed. This would mean a loss of revenue to a great number of thu farming class. LICHTMING'S FATAL WORK. Seven Fenons Killed by Electric Bolt* In Miesourl. During a tornado seven persons were killed by lightning at tho town ot Three Htates. Mo. A shanty boat which was tied at the bank wu struck by lightning, Instantly killing the owner, George MoClellan, end wife, and fatally injuring their three children, who havecdnoadied. Their borne wasaaid to be Knnosha, Win. Three mllen west of the Tillage, at Barnes RUlge, a farmhouse was struck and a man and wife of the name of Thomas were instantly killed. The ({ale was from the west. The smokestack of the Three Htates Milling Company's mill was blown down. Thestaok was 126 foot htgii, mado of steel and well braoed. The tornado literally cut a swath through the woods about a hundred yards wide, uprooting trees and filling the air with flying wreckage. MURDERER JOHNSON LYNCHED. Hanged and Shot in Missinsslppl, the Scene of His Crimes. Tom Johnson, the colored murderer, was killed by a mob ol 300 men from Marlon, Perry and Jones Counties, Mississippi, at the scene of hie crime*, the Hartfleld farm, fourteen miles from Purvis, Miss. Johnson visited the Hartfleld farm while Mr. Hartfleld was at the primaries. HU original Intention was obviously robbing. Ho nrst met Kate Hartfleld, fourteen years old. He out open her head with a hatchet and then outraged her. Her sister Susie, sixteen years old, was his next victim. He split her head with the .same hatohet and then shot down Mrs. Hartfleld. Johnson fled. The whole population went out saarohlng for him, and he was Raptured and chained to a stake. He confessed his orime before he was strung up. and a volley from rifles and pietoU ended his life. Burned on a Pleasure Trip. The lugger &unity has been burned off Baltime, Cork County, Ireland. Tku flames broke oat shortly before midnight and Hproad rapidly. The lugger bad on board a crew of tix men and twenty-one passengers who worn out on a pleasure trip from Qlandore to which place they were returning when flames bunt through the hatchway. A panic followed and a boat which was lowered was swamped by the orowd of people who elnmbered Into It. During the confusion nine persona were drowned. A NATIONAL BANK FAILS. Liabilities, •14S,000; Cash on Hand, SIO,- 000—WmI Superior Lom •M.OOO. A sensation was oaused in connection with the failure of the Superior National Bank at West Superior, Win. Alderman Breonan, who had 91700 deposited in the bank, came to the door of the bank and demanded the money. He pulled a revolver and threatened to blow out the brains of the officers. After some trouble h# was c|uleted down by friends. The Superior National Bank went into the hand** of the National Bank Exatnlnent. The cause was the heavy withdrawal of deposits. The assets are 9376,000, and liabilities are •143,300, with less than 910,000 in cash on hand. The city Is a heavy loser, having on deposit there »65.000. Thia U the bank of which A. A. Cadwallader was President when he embMCtod 927,000 three years ago. CUBANS SURE OF SUCCESS Everything Seems Now to Favor the Patriot Cause. FEVER FIGHTING THE SPANIARDS. The War ax Fur Adv.tni'n.t In Five Month. an \Va« the I.Hut Oμ In Fly* Yean— More I'atrloU In the Flel.t and Fi>w«r SptnlanU—The Catling Out or the SpanUli U...-H,-. <'.m.1.!.T.-.l simiiil.itnt With the enthusiasm which is tho natural Inheritance of those in whoso vulns flows th« Mood of .1 Latin nw, t!1(> Cubans Iα New York wore Inclined to celebrate the landing of tht> patriot* In the province, of Hantit Warn. It would be difficult now to flud n. Ciilmii who docs not believe that tho Itovotutioiiist* will ultimately wiu. Thi* belief is based not only upon the raoewi which attended tho landing of the IftttM expedition and upon the number and condition of the llcvolutionary troope, l)iit also upon tho fact that tho First Spanish Reserve ha« been called out. Tho Cubans reason that, If there were available regular troops, tlw nmnim would not now be oallod for. The Iμ) rtvoll eoattawN for ten years, and the reserves were not called for until tho war wift more tlmn half over. During (h« llvo months that the present revolt has continual the Cubans, it In said, have made a-< groat progress ax they did in the llrst live years of the revolution of '68. At no time during the former struggle were tho Cubans as niimoricallv strong osthoy are now. The largest uumhiir of men which they hud in the Held at any one time during that oonflict was 12,000. and those, went poorly armed. There are said to be 25,000 patriots in the Held now. Santiago do Culm, the extreme oastern province, is the scene of the most active hoe. tillties. It is in that provlneo where Oaptalu- Ooneral Ouipot has hi» headquarter!). In nil the territory occupied by tho Spaniards them are only about 125,000 troops, an oomiwired with the 950.001) men (teiteral Campoa liad under him ilurlnn the last revolt. Then it U assorted that tho prejudicee o< the Inhabitants of the island favor the .success of the revolt. It In In only the three western pnivlnem that there is anything like loyalty to the Spanish. Before the landing of the nxpoditioii a weok rro there were 5000 armed Revolutionists In Banta Clarn, and now It Is believed that the original number of patriots will be iucroiuiouT by from 11000 to 5000. Another (Mag that makes the Cubans believe th ilr cause will win is thulr belief ol this ability oCMm patriots to live comfortably upon the fruit, roots and herbs of thn coun-1 try. The Spanish, they say, are poorly fo<l from supplies obtained from Porto Kioo and from Spain. A suhatnntlul moal of bananas, anonns, (juavaK, plantain, or avocado* (alllitntor pear), la enough, they wiy, for it Cuban to flirht oheerfully upon all day. On such n meal, a Spaniard they bollevo, would full from exhaustion. The treasury of Hpaln Is well nigh ompty. It looks now as If tho Spanish Qovormuout would bo unable to secure the loan that II has attempted to twico and failed. Spanish soldiers will not llxht when they are not paid. It Is only a inatterof tiino when there will be nothing to pav them with. Then Cuba will be free. The Cubans have 35,000 men In the Held. They need, they euv, ammunition more than men. I'rlvnte telegrams confirm the story ol the safe In in linn of the largest and best equipped Insurgent expedition that has reached Cuba. The expedition was commanded by Uuunnilt Roloff, Sanobez and Hodrlguea. Thev carried 380 men, 38,000 round* m. nmroanlMon, 00 riflw, 4700 poatM of dynamite, one Oatllnjr gun MM one oanuon. Dr. Valdes Domlafruez weot M Colonel of the sanitary corps. The expedition started from Harbor Key, about thirty miles from Key West, Fla. Cuban* etatd that the snfo landing of the expedition hW put new life Into the Cuban eauae, audits failure to land would have been a death blow. The expedition wan «to well planned and oxeoutod that few. oven of tbe Cuban*, kuewanytblng about it. y The spnnlsli troops In Cuba are suffering terribly from fevers. M irtlner Campo* cabled to the Oovernment a request for 1800 pounds of (iu]olne, to be shipped at onoe, as tho supply taken with the troops wan almost exhausted. Tbe War Department sent 400 pound*. Campos had already informed the Oovernment that during the rainy seaHOC In Cuba quinine was more indispensable in < be Held than powder and lead. The general opinion In Havana Is that s> successful campaign against tho Insurgents will be possible only after their connections with tbe outside world, especially those with the United State*, shall have been cut off. This must be accomplished by blockading the wholecoast Consequently Spain has bought or ordered to be built a large number of gunboats. These new vessels, together with the old ones, wilt make up a considerable fleet for service Iα Cuban waters. Tho blockading squadron, an now planned, will consist of seven oruisersj seven torpedo cruisers and twenty-five gunboats.A MINIMUM FINE OF $135,300 Mar Be Imposed on a Cold Storage Desler Under the Game Laws. H. Clay Merritt hae oeen tried before Justice Pyle, at Kewanee, lIL.on • charge ofj violation of tlie game lawn. The protean* tloa, which L- In charge of the State Warden, ■rag Instituted by the Sportsmen's Aasoola-' t on. The defendant admit* baring In hM poeeeselon 27.060 game birds. If theiUegallry of thU If proved, the minimum fine t> $135,- 300 and the maximum *fi7H 500, Manysportsmen were present, a* well ae several cold, storage dealers who nave establishment*) similar to Ifenitt'e In Chloago aad elsewhere.Juetlce Pyle rendered his deoialon finding the defendant trullty of the illegal sale of game. In his remark* the Court stated that) M the law clearly Justified the decision. Mer- j ritt immediately tiled notion to appeal, and ' hi* bond was fixed at »10,000. Poisoned His Whole faintly. H. H. Edwards, a Los Angeles (Oal.) ph*| tographer, who was despondent and out e4 employment, poUoned himself, Us wife, and! two children with cyanide of potaeelumT Al| were dead whon found exoept the four-VNUN old girl, upon whom the poison had nltea to not. The family went to Ban Franotoco bross Los AuxhK)», and the father passed a day la ( . ii vain eearoh for work. He evidently in* " duced hln wife to atrree to salohto, as ahst r* ■ wrote a letter to a woman friend informlai A, a her of their deeiga. Xhe couple deatrarsjq 1 4 nil their papers. M BECORD OV THE LEAdUE CLUBS. Per Per Chlhs. Won. ct Club*. Won. Lost, ct. Cleveland. 68 86 .59fi CinolunatHR 8S .542 Pittsburt;..5O 34 .5it.r< Phlladel .43 37 ..r)88 Baltimore.46 32 .590iNmy York.41 39 .513 Chicago... 51 39 .567HVashlnK'n 27 48 .360 Boston... 44 35 .55781. Louis.. 2H 59 .322 Brooklyn..44 37 .543 Louisville.21 69 .263