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J 1 o bacco CLARKSVILLE. TENN., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1890. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK; VOL. 2. NO. 13G. Ghro aily i;v 4 SPECIAL BARGAINS -IN- LOTHING, Everybody cordially invited. Respectfully, iloclx Brotliers. FBANKLIN BANK Franklin Street - Clarsuille, Tenn. BUYS AND SELLS EXCHANGE New York, Memphis, Now Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Saint Louis, and PROMPT ATTENTION PAID TO COLLECTION It. II. POINDISXTKK. Caaliier. TJ1 n n !Sjc.eiiil prices on Carpets, Matting, Oil Clotli, HugH iiml Art SqtiureH. V). (Hick a the host pluco tolny"ii goo.l iiiting Oorsel, Aiiier.cau or French make. Prices very r oitsonalile. I nni agent lor tlieJKurcka nliirt. I sell lliem at r0 cents,'7.r) centnu(l $1.00. The bent Lirt in the market lor the money. I will hcII Summer Underwear at lesa than cost. Call and wee goods and prices. Now U the time to lmy Clothing. I will sell you clothing at antou'isliing low juicon, as I need more room tor my lull stock. I have made u general reduction in Dry (loodrf, Shoes, Trunks, Hats, Notions, etc. Very good large Croquet Quilts sold at $1.2i redueed to .15 cents. You will buy if you see them. . - . ..,. u.l .11 lin.l. CuiimMe Outfits for Store and torTJt ATLANTA SHOW CA' CO., AtlMti. 6a. PRINTING! DRY GOODS, CARPETS, SHOES & SLIPPERS All Accessible Folnti FINE SHOW GASES iu Wall ami fYracriotion cases, Cedat i-iw.cii h .rt r Furniture. TewelryTrayt Of every ih scription ilot e lit the fol'.AOK Lf AFJib Oltiee in-U-M fdyle. Ml AND BILL The Former Preparing to Give the Latter a Big Blow-Out. He'll Be Invited to Participate in a Grand Hunt. Cholera on the Increase In 8pan Turkey Kudangered by the Pilgrim, to Mecca. Au International Conference to Ho Held to Arrange a System of Universal Time. Other Foreign New s. IN GREAT STYLE Will the Cs-rof Ilusslu Kntoitiiin the Em. peror of f.criuuuy. London, Aug. 4. Grand preparations are being made in Russia for the recep tion of the emperor of Germany. The kaiser will be luvited. among other en tertainment, to join the czar in a grand hunt in ono of the imperial forests, and a vast number of wild animals are be ing driven within the circle to be covered by the hunting party, so that if the kaiser missej snooting someuiing n will not be his host's fault. A large body of troops is fconnng the forest and adioininii country for any lurking Nihilists, and the czar has him self selected the officers and meii who are to attend ujion himself and his royal guest. The maneuvers in connection with the visit of the emperor are expected to begin on the ,th instant ami huisli on the 13th. The troops are to be divided into two separate armies, and will dis play their military discipline on tne coast of the Finnish gulf. CHOLERA. ' Spreading in Spain Turkey Threatened With the Disease. Madrid, Aug. 4. An intense heat prevails. It has produced a great in crease in the deaths from cholera. Of forty-two who caught the disease on Wednesday twenty-two died. V aleneiu is now infected, as wen as niurcia, Alicante and Tarngona. The govern ment is afraid to publish the list of deaths. lu Turkey. Vienna, Aug. 4. The number of Turkish pilgrims to the shrine of Mecca this year is estimated at 300,000. The porte is said to be greatly alarmed at the prospect of this great a my of travel ers spreading cholera on their return to their homes. Such precautions against this calatnltv as the bankrupt treasury and inefficient government ot the sultan will allow are to be taker.. Cngluutl Muy Protest. London, Aug. 4. An important pro test is being aroused in London against the further persecution of the Jews in Kussia. The unfortunate Hebrew i-uu- jects of the crar are tending appeals to members of their race in all other coun tries, imnloriiiir aid in their hour of peril, 'these ui gent cries for assistant:-, shall not be allowed to fall unheeded Baron Hirsch. the Rothschilds and other Kowetful Israelites u:e discussing the liest means of relief, and when a deer sion is reached liuiiortaiit action is ex pected. Another Plot Agulust the t'sar, Pakis. Aug. 4. Both The Siccle and Figaro publish reports of the discovery at ht. Petersburg of a fresh plot of the Nihilists ugaiust the czar. Prolessor Corlowski. of the University of St. Petersburg, and a number of students have been arrested in connection with the plot. Many of those arrested belong in Moscow. The reports also state that two superior officers of the guard have committed suicide. Jerusulem Time. London, Aug. 4. An international conference for the purpose of fixing a common meridian is proposed, to be held in Rome next year. The confer ence will also arrange a system of universal standard time. The sugges tion which is likely to be most strongly urged upon the conference is to select the meridian of Jerusalem as the com mon one, replacing Washington and Greenwich. tiladstnno ami the Pop'. London. Aug. 4. The Irish Catholic, iiifhieutiai ultramontane organ, bitterly upbraids Mr. Gladstone tor ignoring the claims of the pope to temporal power, and specities recent speeches of the ex-premier wherein he took what the paiKT declares to have been ground inconsistent with his former position on that question. Foreign Notes. The nuu worm Is exteinting its ravages lu Germany, ami has attacked t lie woods along the Rhine, especially near .May ence. Portugal has con'erred a decoration noon Cardinal Rainpolla for his services iu treating fur recognition of Portugal's interests ill the West Indies. Klototis demonstration by Armenians, similar to those which occurred lu the Armenian cathedral, in Constant iuople, ou the :27th, occurred on the same day at Van and Moosh, in Turkish Armenia. Mr. Walsh, editor of The Coshel .Sen tinel, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment at hard laliar, for publish ing speech delivered by John Kelly at a meeting of the National league which the authorities had forbidden. A decree of partial amnesty to those persons who have lieen cunvicted of offenses in connection with labor strikes, has been issued by the government of France. I'nder this decree fourteen prisoners have been released and the sen -fences of twenty -two others have Iweu re duced. A SIBERIAN EXILE Land In New lurk With Her Child Horn I'mlcr Sentence. New York, Aug. 4. Annie Ratmen. a 21-one-year-old Russian, arrived here on Thursday on the steamship ( llslam. At the barge office r.he confused to hav ing lieen sent some five years ago to Si beria for a political offense, from whet she was pardoned five months ngo. During her exile a son was born to her. and when she landed, the bov, now 3 years old. accomiiatiied her. Her bus liand, who was imprisoned with her, will come here in a lew months. In her story of life in SiKria she tells some terrible tales. H.r hnsliaml was a young ptij'sician oi iair weann. oui an - 1-t Lis powCBMtons were st-ued by the gov ernment. She intends goiuif to Wichita. Kan. A MURDERER SUICIDES. Driven to the Deed Dy Pain Inflicted By an Exploding Lamp. Alexandria, La., Aug. 4. A lamp exploded iu the cell of Murderer Andes H. Butler, iu the jail here Friday morn- ( ing, and before aid could be rendered the man e hands' and tace were badly burned. A doctor dressed Butler's injuries and a colored boy was left in ins cell to attend to mm, as lie was suf fering intense pain. After tne pnysiciau leit, untier tout the boy to go out into the corridor and he would call when he wanted him. Tho murderer then cut his throat on both tides with a smalt pocket knife, the wound on the right side severing his jugular vein. When the sheriff leturned in the morning and found the colored boy wailing hi the coriidor, he bus- I looted souiethit.g was wrong, uoing to l.itler's cell ho found the prisoner dead. The burned and bloody corpse presented a shcciog apvoainiicL'. The charred cell and bed were bespattered with bleed. Butler killed his relative and friend, B. M. Haves, ttrandson of ex-Governor Moore, Jan. IU, the murder being one of unusual brutality, ile was tried for tne mine, but tne jury uisjigreeu, aim ne was to have been tried again in October. Popular sentiment was very strong against Butler, and few regret the tragic occurrence of Friday uioi ning. A will was found iu his cell dated May 11. iu which he leaves everything to his wife. His life was injured for $.'",0U0 with a New York company. He leaves a fam ily of two young children. RED HOT AND STILL A-HEATIN'. The lumpaigu lu South Car Una The Meeting in Hamp.nn C. II. New Yoiik, Aug. 4. A special to The Press from Charleston, C. C, says that the campaign in that state becomes more bitter and more personal every day. Tho meeting at Hampton C. H., the home of Strle Senator Moore, whom Ti.lmi'.n ii;is charged with perjury in voting in liifi senate, Friday was one of the personalities and interruptions in stead of issues. Faimer Tillman was the speaker. The lrii lids of Moore asked Tillman to name those he charged with ierjuiy. lie diil so. and as soon as he uttered the name "Moore," Mr. A. P. Youmans ilia le his way to the front, and sniii in a ringing voice, with clenched tist and glowing eyes: "Capt. Tilimait, you are a liar, a" black liar. Prove it on him. We rammed the lie dowui your duty throat at Ridgeway. You lied then, and you know it." : Others yelled out to Tillman that ho a liar. Then there was a rush for Youmans. His coat was caught. Men caught hold of each other and for a time trouble was imminent. Tillman's followers rushed him to the front and dared any cue to, touch him. Pande monium reigned for some time. At lust tilings qvtiewd and the speeches were continued amid frequent interruptions. TWO They Had NEGROES HANGED. Murdered the Hiubund nl u White Paramour. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 4. RochoCato and William CTyburne, negroes, were hanged at Lancaster C. H., Fri day, for the minder of August Hennis, with who e wife Cato was intimate. Hennis came to this state about a year ago from New York. V hen the woman and the negroes were placed on trial she conviction on a technicality. (Mo left a written statement in the hands of a deputy bderitf , in which he gives a detailed account 01 me Killing, lie acknowledged that he and CTyburne committed tiie deed, but says that Hen nis' wife was the instigator. She wit nessed the execution fm the jail win dow with apparent indiuerence. It was rumored Fridav that an effort would be made to lynch her Friday afternoon, but no such attempt was made. CTy burne was the last of a remarkable family of five brothers, the others hav ing been killed, hanged or sentenced to long terms in the penitentiary. Shnna tho Need of lli cipi ocltj , London, Aug. 4. Letters from South America represent that the Chilians tcorn the idea of extending any trade advantages to the United States. They claim that their copier-producirig in industry was greatly injured by the American tariff, and that the United States has no such claim upon her good will as England, which admits Uieii products free. A wmilar feeling toward i he United States is said to be prevalent in the Argentine, nnd the English spate no effort to foster Jit. CaterplHer 1'eit in Texan. Al sriN, Tex., Aug. 4. Millions ot caterpillars have invaded the fields iu this section of Texas and planters and farmers are busy poisoning them. T hey are reported to be very bad along the Brazos river, and it may be that the cot ton crops of this btate will be f oriously in-hired. The Dests are Ht least three weeks earlier than Ubtial and they are here in great numliers, and make the nv,MOKi.hei. verv offensive with their peculiar odor. Au Arid one by No Means. Ti-ihon. Am.. Aug. 4. lhe rainiall in this section during lh last three days of lt wek was unnreeeueiiUHi. ah KtreiLms me hooded ami much destruc tion of lironertv has-taken place iu the valley. The Santa Cruz river is a mile and a half wide opposite Tucson. Many thousand dollars worth of garden truck has l en lost. There were several nar row i.sc!UK8 from drowning. The river is still rising. Was Never Married to Senator Sharon San Fham iwo. Aug. 4 Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry had a re-trial of her case against the estate of the late Seuator Ki.oron mid Friday in the suiierior court Judgo Shafter rendered a decision holding that the so-called marriage con trn. t wn a forgery: that she had never lu,i mnrried to Sharon, and had no claim whatever upon the Sharon estate, Aetor and I'la aright Dead. New Yoke, Aug. 4. Spencer Fritch ard a well- known actor and play- wriirht. died early Friday morning at his home in this city of general debility. CONGRESS. One Hundred and Klghty-Thlrd Day. tn the atiiat-Mr. Blair offered a reso- l,i,m tn iirovide for ordering the previ ..., i.nestion. It went over. The tariff loll was discussed until adjournment. In the house-The sundry civil bill was taken up and the irrigation amendment discussed. The previous question wan or- . . ....1.11 . . ,.-(n a clereit, but no acnuuvuuiu whs, to the lack of a quorum. At li:3u p. m. a u taken, the evening session being devoted tu private pouslou bill. YERYSHORTLIYED The Iternliition of General Rivas iu Salvador. The Traitor Leader Receives a Just Punishment. Shot in rulilie and II in Corpse Eiponeit a u Warning Humlieiln of People Killed During the Siege of the Capital, Which Lfistcil Itut Forty Hours How Thinga Are Coming In Argentine. RIVAS' REVOLUTION Suppressed hy the Salvailorlan Govern ment, uud the Traitor Shot. La Libertad, Aug. 4. The news is confirmed of the defeat of Gen. Rivas by the government troops under Gen. An tonio Ezeta. Rivas escaped from the capital Thursday night, but was pur sued nnd taken prisoner a few miles out side the city. Friday morning he was publicly shot, and his corpse was ex posed on the Plaza Armas. It is reported that many prominent persons are compromised, and a strict inquiry is being made regarding the Rivas conspiracy. The siege lasted forty hours. The capital suffered considera ble damage. Hundreds Killed. Hundreds of persons were shot dead in the street. Tho government forces which took part in the overthrow of Rivas are now disced to return to the frontier if necessary. On the Frontier. It is stated that Guatemala has with di awn her forces from the frontier and that all is quiet at present. There is no teiographi': communication with Guate mala. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. A Very Had State of Attain, KlIrttK ill lluctio Ayrea. London, Aug. 4 -The Times has the following from Buenos Ayrcs: The situation here is unimproved. National and other bauks are taking ud vantages of the law postponing tmy menv ', and will cash only the smallest check.-'. Perhaps the financial cnsu may force ( elinnn's friends, including Rocca, to forcibly compel Celinau to resign. Will Hack I'p Their I) inan.l. London, Aug. 4. Tho admiralty have instructed the warships Canada and Thrush to proceed south from Hali fax, and it is generally understood that they are to proceed to'Buenos Ayres to join in the naval demonstration oy which France and kmland propose to back up their demand for indemnity for losses to citizens of those countries on account of the recent reliel bombard nieut of that city. He Should Head the Tapers. - Citv ok Mexico. Knn & Ra mon Mendoza. tho Argentine minister here, denies that there has been anv revolution in his country, and says that the news of alleged revolution was in vented in the United States. Seuor Moiulo'.a will leave for home next week. He nleads ill-health as reason for his deiiiu ture. but it is generally believed that he has been relieved by his govern ment for incompetency. KEMMLER WEAKENING. Hearing the rrepnralions for Ills Oeatli Too Much For Hlln. Aubuun. N. Y., Aug. 4. Recent developments have more than confirmed the triltn or vile suiieiuein. uim n.einui ler, the condemned murderer, is weak ening daily. The utter abandonment of uli hope and tho consequent realization of his utterly lost condition never came to him with sucli terrible force as liiurs day night. All night long the vision of his' impending fate rose before his sleep less eyes, and as h-i tossed nnd tumbled on his narrow cot he cried aloud iu his desnair, "T wish it was over." He 1 ... , .. - .. , ........ moaned time ami again, aim in unci loss of all iower to control his fears were pitable to behold. The cause of this sudden and uncon querable despair was the noise of pre- mmitinn in tno aiiiaceut. room oi execu tion, which the prisoner could not help hearini thronch the doorway winch connects his cell with tho chamber of death. In tho latter room men were making a test ot the denl-dealing amiaratus betoro lannctimg tne ratal thvninrh the liodv of Kelllluler. In the next room were arden uunstan mid Electrician Unmet, of Rochester, and a few others who Imd been invited to witness the test. C. F. Barnes, who has been employed to take chaire ot the electrical appara tus, and who will probably pull tho fatal switch, arrived on the HUM central train Thursday, and returned to Roches- tr ii t lie eveiiimr. His stay iu town was made as secret as possible, and ther was an evident fear at the prison that his visit would )a) found out by the reiwrters. During his brief time in the itv h did a creat deal of work. A thorough trial was made of the appa ratus which controls tne icariui cur rmit. Everything was Ionnu to oe in working order. Is Keinuiler anef New Yoke, Aug. 4 The Evening Kim's Auburn correspondent rriday mod 1ets ran lie, had in Auburn that k' ..on, ill r will never bo executed, lie claims that Ketnmler is either demented or is riietendmt: to Is-, and that aruen Uunstan has undoubtedly laid the mat- t .r lK.forp Governor Hill, and suggested the propriety of au inquiry into Kem mler's mental condition. As to the chances nf noKtixmeiiient there is one verv significant fact. Warden Duiistan has not yet sent out a single invitation to committeemen to lu. t,i-t'ent. Ijiwh rniuest that thw in hall 1? ( nt at least three days Hip date of the execution. The warden will not return to Auburn until to-mori-nw eveiiimr at tlic very earliest, He could not get llie invitation oc fore Sunday night. This would mean that the execution cannot take place lie fore Wednesday, and it also snggwts a lurking suspicion in the warden's mind tliat it will not take plice at all. Mrs. leveland el al. Hwii. Omaha, Aug. 4. Alice U. Folsom has brought suit in the district court against Mrs. Francis Cleveland and other heirs of ti e Folsom estale f or her shai e of the rents ou the iro-rty in this city, a jxirtion of which she alleges has been with! eld from her by the administrator. Grower Cleveland is made a party to the suit. A BLOW FROM THE MINORITY. Congressman Cuiuuilngs, of New York, Gets Hark at Speaker Heed. New Yoke, Aug. 4. The Herald's Washington correspoixlent says: Representative Cunimings, of New York, dealt Speaker Reed the hardest blow Friday that that gentleman has thus far received from a long suffering and indignant minority. The blow came in the form of a resolution of inquiry. It was aimed directly at the speaker, and with cruel irony, and was so framed as to require its reference to the com mittee on rules, of which Mr. Reed is chairman. The resolution, to be under stood, must be read in the light of the following facts: Away back in 185? congress passed an act preventing the employment of ad ditional laborers at any of the navy yards of the country during a period of sixty days preceding an electiou in the district wherein the yard was situated. The puriKise of the law was to prevent the use of the yards for political pur pose, and it admitted of no exceptions except in case where the secretary of the navy certified the necessity for the extra forte. W hen the naval bill passed the house a few months ago it contained an appropriation of ."O,OO0 for the recon struction of two buildings destroyed by fire at the Kittery, Me., navy yard iu last January, besides the amount neces sary for tho completion of the gunnery ship Lancaster; for repairs upon the training ship Monongahela, and for other purposes at the same yard. Saturday, July 2b, The Daily Chron icle, of Portsmouth, N. H., contained an advertisement eigued by the secretary of the navy, calling for the immediate employment of a large force of men at the Kittery yard for the foregoing pur pose. The Kittery yard, it should be ex plained, is situated in Speaker Reed's congressional district, and the manifest purpose of suddenly increasing the force VK) or WO able-bodied voters re ceives a new interpretation when it is remembered that the autumn elections, so fraught with interest to Mr. Reed, occur in Maine alsmtsix weeks hence. Mr. Cummings' resolution after recit ing in its preamble tho facts above stated, concludes as follows: Resolved, That tho committee on naval affairs be Instructed to inquire into the necessity of increasing the forca em ployed at the Kittery navy yard at this time; whether the best, interests of the public service require that the buildings destroyed by fire in January last shall be constructed; whether the gunnery ship Lancaster should be completed, etc.; and whether the contemplated employment of a large force at this time is not intended to affect, the approaching congressional election in the state of Maine, rather than to subserve the public interest.';; licit the said committee shall have the power to send for persons and papers, and send a sub-committee to the yard, and that all the expenses shall be paid out of the con tingent fund ot the house. It should be stated that when the aj propriatiou for reconstructing the build ing was under consideration in the sen ate it was stronuly opposed by so promi- n.k n iwi.i.iin oh Mr Allison, of Iowa, his argument lieing that the yard was useful only for tho purpose of re pairing wooden ships, a class of vessel now rapidly falling into disuse. The interesting feature of Mr. Cum mings' resolution was found in its refer ence to the committee on rules, of which Mr. Reed is chairman. If he suppresses the resolution, thereby preventing the committee on naval affairs from pursu ing the investigation, he makes a virtual 'onfyssioii of the allegations contained by inference in the resolution. Oil llie oilier naiui, u me coiuiuniee in rules reiHirt favorably upon the reso lution, it will go to the committee on naval affairs, of which Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, a personal triend of the speaker, is chairman. It would not lie au extra ordinary thing for Mr. Boutelle to carry the resolution around iu his pocket several weeks until the effect of the investigation, even it it were to be made, would be practically neutralized. The outcome of this Democratic flunk movement on Speaker Reed's forces will be awaited with no little interest. ANOTHER BOY PREACHER. This One is Not 14 Years Old and Halls from Chi-i-oHoii, Ou. Nashville, Aug. 4. Jimmie Cook, tho famous boy preacher of Georgia, is here, filling a pulpit engagement at tin Car rol Street Methodist church. Jim mie is a diminutive youth, about three feet four inches tall and weighing alxmt sixty pounds. The lad is of slight, un developed figure, but apimreiitly iu ler- fect health, with a soft, creamy toni- ilexion.- light, thm unburn hair tt:nl jirire brown eves, heavily fringed with loin ilrooimur eyelashes. His innocent. childish face has nevertheless aboum an air of manliness and intellectual de velopment not usually discernible m one so youi g. TwoveaiH 111:0 Jimmie was au un sophisticated country child, redding lie 11 r Cm-roltoii. Ga. One day. ae he ex nresses it. the spirit moved him, and he solicited the privilege of preaching at tli IochI Methodist church. His re- onpst was at first looked ntKin as the whim of a tirecocious cl ild. but Ulton friends interesting themselves in his be- hnlf tits renueit was irraiited. ine 1111 mense crowd which gathered to hear the child ho was then not vi years old were astounded. It was a hetero geneous assemblage, and the majority were nreaent from idle curiosity. Many chip tn tm ainiised. but at the close of th child's sermon most of those who cuiiw. to wolf remained to pray. T he wonderful eloquence of the child, his fliient-v of nii h, his choice, unhes- itatiiiL' diction and his apparent thor- miLdi conversance with the teachings of 0,p Kt.xr Trtiinient all imtresw:d themwlve upon hi bearers so forcibly that in a short simce of time tne won derf ul talent of the child was heralded far and near. He subsequently preached in larce towns, and Hot long ago, in company with the famous Ham Jones, hp anrnrispd and editied a large audi pni-n at Richmond. Va. Jimmie is lw tvrecii !3 and 14 years of age. His mother is dead and his father is an in valid. He received but eight months' education, and that at a country sch Hp pan read, bnt cannot write, and at tl.p npuimiiiiir of the Behool term will attend school regulasly. He always travels alone. At the conclusion of his present engagement he will visit Cincin nati, linoxvuie aim t nHiwtiujog A Hoiith Dakota Dust IHIHarii. Abkroekn. S. Dak., Aug. 4. A dnst bliizard etruck here at 8 o clock t nilay night and lasted five or ten minutes. When the wind subsided the mercury stood at lui degrees. All crops are sen- j ously damaged by heat and aroutu. $200,000,000 For This Sum the Island of Cuba Can He rurchaaod. Will Uncle Sam Take Advan tage of the Chance, - And Take the F.ver Faithful Iste under the Wing of the (ilurlous lllrd or Free dom ? Tlje People of Spain and Portu gal Itlpe for Revolution and the Royal Family Short of Finance. New Yoi.k, Aug. 4. Scnors Hypolito Murua and Policarpo Munoz, the special commissioners of tho Spanish gjvern- tneut, whose arrival here some time ago to investigate possibility of tho United States buying Cuba was announced re cently, are in New York at tho present time. They have been to liar Harbor, where they had lengthy conference, or series of conferences extending over three days, vth Secretary Blaine. From their expressions since they have ' re- urned to New York Mr. Blaine gave them ground for belief that the state department would look favorably upon any profferwl negotiation looking to our .... . n..i... 1..,. .......1.1 puicnase Ol u,Vl, inn. ivuutu "ou to recommend the president tho taking of the initiative. IUatnes Position. ' ' - " Mr. Blaine's position in this respect is dne probably to the fact that the coun try has already at inherent times made several overtures to Spain for the pur chase of Cuba, which have invariably been negatived at luadrid, and it would be throwing dignity and diplomacy to the winds to take the initiative again. 1 had a long talk Friday with Senor Murua. who speaks English fluently, and, although he preserved absolute' silence iu reference to leading questions concerning his mission, I have been able to secure an inside view of Spain's posi tion in the Cuban affair. Both Spain and Portugal are full of revolutionary movements, looking to the overthrow of the reigning sovereigns, and the, es tablishment of republics. Poor Sp.iln. Spain is already governed by a parlia mentary body, and the infant ruler is a ruler only in name. The deposition of Emperor "Dom Pedro, of 'Brazil! has brought directly home to the royal family of Spain the early probability that Spain will rlso become a republic in reality. The nation is- sadly in debt, and the royal revenue once cut olf by revolution, the royal family would lie beggared. The royalists have seen their relative, Dom Pedro, beggared by the Brazilian rV-t-olntion, and are casting around for means to evade such a fate for tlielns.'Ues. Her O.tly Hope. t nb,i is the only hope they have found that t'nev will not lie similarly beggared. If they can sell Cuba for iiJ(IU,(KiU,000 or even $IUMH)J.0H0 they Iiojk! to secure out of that amount . n.m. .... , i.o vide for themselves ag.iinst tho inevita ble day wLen Spain will be pronounced art public. Sciior Murua said. to me Fridav when I asked him what Spain woulil take for Cuba that negotiations had not r.-ached such u point that he could give figures or talk about a price. The Price. "Would Spain take IfJ.lil.doO.llOO V I asked him. 1 can sav that I am positive Spain wotdd give an offer of .'0.l,iHKI,00(l Seri ous consideration. That, amount would enable Spain to relievo her linaneifd dis tress and embarrassment, settle her differences with other nations iu Europe and take a new aJ higher place among, them. That is a prime consideration. The government of Spain is becoming lioro and more liberal. The recent change, in that country s ministry is in the direction of lilxnulity. The Repub lican element is recognized by the new ministry, and it is part of tho Repub lican policy to let Cuba become detached if the United State will tnko the island. This is a matter of open knowledge in Spain. ..-,.- The Kepulmcnn argument is mat a republic should bo compact geograph ically, and not scattered in colonies all . . 1 il... i. over tho world, unci recognizes ; mat Cuba belongs geographically to the United States." Preferred to Keep Num. "Was vour interview with Secretary Blaine satisfactory '" T would prefer to inako no expression about it. He is a very agreeable man and a very great man. W e were treated with exceeding kindness and courtesy. THE LOTTERY' PEOPLE Making a Hard Fight In Vt jnlongton to Iteslst Ilestrletloiis. Washington, Aug. 4. The Louis iana Lottery comiany does not propose that the president and postmaster general shall interfere with its business through an act of congress if Hie com- jiauy can help It. 1 lie recent message of the mesidetit. in which attention is directed to the fact that the poslufUce is practically made the principal agent or the company, bus attracted a great 'deal of attention in congress, and is the most direct blow that the lottery business ever received. ' ' A Hegulnr Organisation, At Washington tho Louisiana-ffouv any maintains a regular organization to influence congress and the police au thorities, and this organization includes ex-rongtvBsineii, -who have the privilege of the lhsir of the two houses; prominent attorneys, well known lobby agents and local offhia Is. T Ik-p parties ere liber ally paid by the company, and the en tire rtrength of thf- '.rg.-.r.!Eitw:i has lieen directed against theetlorts just put forth bv the president and the postmas ter general to exclude its tiekuts and ad vertisements from the mails. Bills for this pur -e have been heretofore intro duced in congress, but (he company has been able to defeat or prevent action on them. 1 Full of Muckers. Washington It said to li the most profitable lield of the Louisiana eom panv's operations, and it will not I surrendered without a determined effort. The lottery men are now dirii ting their pfforts to prevent any tiieaanrcvfroin lie ing brought forward in r"im; to the communication of the prei-ideot and the MSi'master general, llie prompt pw ngeoftnich a tneasnip as that n com mended bv the president would paralyse the lottery business. i(ialu.iug this the LocisiatiM c mpauy will put forth dea tieratp effort to defeat, the proied leulat ion and willi-p.ueno c.vibJuure wl uioney to do so.