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i ENORMOUS BIOS FOR BONDS More Than Four Thousand Bids Presented Ranging in Amount Prom $50 to Siov 000,000 and Carlisls U Pleased Th Tariff Bill Doomed Interest for tbe Nes Percea Senator Brown's Pirst BilL Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. The mo tion of Senator Quay, to recommit the free coinage substitute for the tariff bill to the committee on finance, with In struction to report the bill snd substi tute separately, could not be reached to day In the Senate. It will come up to morrow, when a motion to lay the Quay motion on the table will probably carry by the vote of all the democrat! and populist combined. The free coin age republicans, with possibly the ex ception of Senator Teller, will vote to recommit. The combination of demo crats, free traders and populists to beat the brains out of the tariff bill by a free coinage substitute which can never be come a law, has awakened violent re sentment among the republicans from the mlnlr, uates, who had vindicated their sincerity for free coinage on man a field of senatorial battle, but who do not propose to be made cattpaws of to Injure the republican party without inv possible advantage to free coinage, and 10 aeieat a revenue measure which will be of vast advantage to the Industrial interests of their state. This action of the free coinage demo crats and the populists bids fair to nro duce disruption in the republican free coinage ranks. It Is so clearly partisan, so evidently made purely to defeat re publican legislation, that It has not de celved any of the most earnest and ac tive 01 tne free coinage republican lead ers. At the same time it has caused violent Indignation among a number of republican senators who have hereto fore voted steadily for every free coin age proposition, who placed themselves on record for the coinage substitute for the House bill, and who would have been glad In the future, as they have been tn the past, to join with the sena tors from the great mining states In holding up the banner of the free and unlimsted coinage of silver within the party lines. It is very difficult to see how ti e action of yesterday can help in any sense the cause of free colnage.and should the Quay resolution be defeated tomorrow, as it probably will be. the re suit will not, In the judgment of a num ber of these gentlemen, accrue to the material benefit of the cause of silver contract was let in lSo,3,but onscoun of delay in forwarding papers to Wa.h Ington, the money appropriated lapsed Into the treasury. Senator Shoup's ob ject Is to have this money rrappropri-ated. Senator Clark of Wyoming todav re- ported adversely the bill providing that no person shall be eligible to be assignee or receiver of a bankrupt corporation who had been an officer or employee of that corporation within three years prior to the bankruptcy. Washington, Feb. 5 Senator Brown today Introduced a bill transferring Utah for judicial purposes from the Eighth judicial circuit to the Ninth. The enabling act provides that Utah shall be In the Eighth circuit. The change proposed by Senator Brown's bill would have the effect of taking to San Francisco cases on appeal from the United States court In Utah, instead of to St. Louis; as is now the law. BIG BID FOR BONDS. Secretary Carlisle is Surprised and Pleased. Washington, Feb. 5. Four thousand six hundrectand forty bids for $558,369, 050 worth of bonds. Such Is the tremendous total of the subscriptions opened at the treasury de partment today, In accordance with the terms of the call Issued about a month ago Inviting proposals for $100 000,000 of U sited Mates four-per-cent bonds to run for thirty years from Feb. 1, 1895. These figures do not include $110,000,000 of "crank" bids rejected as bo mis. The immense offerings astounded ex perts. The bids literally swamped the Ireasury department, which was so tak en by surprise that at 6 o'clock tonight although extra clerks had been hurried ly drafted, the work of tabulating the bids was still In progress, and it was im possible to tell with definlteness how many bids, and for what aggregate, had been received at figures In advance the upset price of 110.68S7, at which syndicate composed of J. P. Morgan & Co., Harvey risk & Co., and th Deutsche bank of Berlin, offered to tak the whole loan. The bids ranged from par up to a single $50 bid at 1 to It Impossible, therefore, to say at this time how the awards will be made. Treasury officials regard the loan as complete success, both as to the popular uoscrtptlon feature and the prices ob talned. Bldscamefrom thousands of indi viduals and hundreds of National bank auu other banking Institutions. Nearly all the big New York banker, and big Insurance companies were represented in the list of bidders, but with few ex ceptlons.they were outmaneuvered by trie Mmjjan syndicate. P -ing to the confusion caused by th magrlnulc of he offerings and the con que tdelsr- in classtfyingandschedu ing the hj.h,M y authorative statemen " rv will t. pursue not be made at this time. As the bu of the offerings were below the Morea figures, It Is be.'nved that the syndicate bid headed bv the' great New Yo banker will be accepted for at least $50,- ooe.ooo, snd possibly more. In any event, no bid below the syndicate rate 110.6877 will be --epted a covers the entire loan. It is understood that Mr. Morgan will secure a nart the gold abroad and will not have to de plete the Treasury to furnish any part the gold called lor under his bid. Ik : of Washington, Feb. .Senator Shou has visited the treasury department for the purpose of securing a speedy pay ment to the Nes Perce Indians of the interest on the $1,000,000 still due them C . 01 ... . . . utiimuroiiii'f wm assured mat in the I " near future the matter of the payment I "pected to 01 mis interest money would be taken up for settlement The treasury de partment, owing to pressure of othei business, as well as to the fact that the Nes Perces have but recently received large sums of money and are not in ac tual need, has delayed settlement In this case, but promises to make proper pay ment in a reasonable time. Senator Shoup will endeavor to have inserted In the urgent deficiency bill an tern for the payment of something over Jiooo for public surveys In Idaho. The of Probate Judges Ousted. The official heads of twenty-seven probate judges fell In Utah Tuesday, at Salt Lake, as the result of an opinion delivered by Chief Justice Zane of the State Supreme Court, in the case of the State ex rel. A. C. Bishop against Pro bate Judge J. C. McNally of Salt Lake county. The action was brought against Judge McNally to determine whether or not the terms of probate judges expired on the second Monday In January, 1896, as provided In the Constitution, or contin ued until the expiration of the terms un der their appointment by the President The matter came before the court on general demurrer, which Chief Tustice lane overruled, claiming that the term office of the respondent expired on the second Monday in January, 1806. in har mony with the provision of section 9 of the constitution. This view was con curred In by Justices Miner and Bartch Reports from White Pine. Ernest C. Wood, assistant general manager of the Cumberland & Osceola Uold Mining and Milling Co, whose property is located at Osceola, White Pine county, Nevada, reports 1000 feet of work which has resulted in the dis closure of a big body of low-grade ore while in the Cumberland 350 feet of Ox ploration has revealed the presence o two distinct veins, one a fissure with well-defined walls, the other a contact The company will, as soon as the snow departs, begin the erection of a mill, ex penments having demonstrated in a test of 125 tons that amalgamation was th process adapted to the treatment of th product, although a test was made on cyanide and with the tri-eone rotary mill. What is needed to arouse the peopl of White pine, says Mr. Wood, is a cui torn mill which would be assured stcai patronage irom claims already openc up and others that promise an increase amount of ore. About May 1st the washing of gravel will begin on the placer bars in the sluclng of whieh the Osceola Gravel Mining company has been the most ao tive and for which it has constructed to large ditches. From the waters that are thus controlled the smaller companies that last year yielded between $10,000 and $15,000 in gold derive their supply. With a steady flow the record of all pre vious years Is promised an increase in 1896. Mr. Wood expresses the belief that with systematic devolopement the district will become one of the most pro ductive of any in the west. ily THETAHIFF BILL IN DANGER Bomb in Lisbon. Lisbon, Feb. 4. A bomb was exploded at 9 o'clock tonight in the residence of the physician who certified to the lunacv of the man who threw the stone into f he King'6 carriage a short lime ago- Much damage was done by the explosion. Ten arrests have been made. Kidnapped and Killed. Chicago, Feb. 5. A special from Al buquerque says: Col. A. J. Fountain, one of the best known men In New Mexico, was kidnapped on the road from Las Cruces to White Oaks by cattle thieves and is believed to have been killed, together with his little son w ho was his only traveling companion. Fountain was prosecuting attorney for the district and has been pushing the rustlers hard. He had just been at court in Lincoln county, where he had Indict ea a number of them, and was on his way home when he was waylaid and doubtless killed. A large party is scour ing the country for the rustlers. El raso, Texas, Feb. 5. The vigilance committee, headed by Maj. Llewellyn of Las t ruces, N. M., struck a recently abandoned camp of cattle rustlers ten miles from where Col. Fountain's buck board was discovered. Tracks of the colonel, his son and three memvith hi..h heeled boats were found, also on of his horses The pursuers are. hot on the trail. It Is believed In Las Cruces that Col. Fountain and the boy have been killed by the rustlers. Short shift will be given the rustlers if caught. Repealing th S. P. Charter. Frankfort Ky., Feb. 4. Chairman Goebel has called a meeting of the Sen. ate committee on railroads to consider the bill to repeal the charter of the Southern Paclfie railroad for tomorrow evening. People from California are appear, and it Is an. nounced that C. P. Huntington will be here tomorrow. Members of the com. mittee slate it is a foregone conclusion that the bill will be favorably reported for passage. Side-Tracked by aJFree Coin age Substitute. Allen Prepares a Bill Extending", the Time of Payment for Public Lands Opposes the Administration and In volves 60,000,000 Acres Utah After a Slice of Arizona. Washington, Feb. 4 The belated tar iff bill emerged from the finance com mittee today and made its appearance in the Senate soon after the session opened. Chairman Morrill made the report, stating that a free silver amend ment had taken the place of the orig inal bill, and adding, amid laughter, the closing phrase of official procedure of Massachusetts, "and may God save the commonwealth. Mr. Quay made two at temps to have the bill recommitted to the committee, with instructions to report back separ ate tariff and free silver bills, but was cut off by parliamentary objections. His resolution for recommittment will come up, under the rules, tomorrow. A sharp .contest occurred at a o'clock between the senator favorable to ad vancing the appropriation bills and those desiring to take up general legis lation. The latter element prevailed In two test votes, and the right of way was secured by the resolution of Mr. Dubois of Idaho, to reform the method of con- sidering appropriation bills by distrib Ing them among the several commit tees. This was strenously resisted by the friends of the appropriation com mittee, who conten ted that the change was revolutionary and designed to dis mantle the committee. The fjnal vote was not reached, but It was evident from the debate and incidental votes that majority favored the change. Among the bills Introduced In the Senate today were the following: By Mr. Cannon, for the annexation to Utah all that portion of Arizona ly ing north of the Colorado river and west of the eastern boundary of Utah. Mr. Davis, to amend the Indian dep redation act so as to permit the pay ment of claims for losses by Indian raids to those persons who have de dared their intention of becoming citl zens. tentative, of all the republics of the Americas to define and endorse the Mon roe doctrine, and to establish closer com mercial and political relations between them is rapidly taking form. The Ecua doran Minister here, Senor Csrbo, has freely discussed the subject with the other members of the diplomatic body ho come from the South, ar.d todav. to give an official character to his mWsion, he addressed a cony of a circular ii nnl by the Minister of foreign affairs of Ecua dor to the ministers of all thevnation of Central America anj sent for inn.n.l.. slon to their respective foreign office, A copy was delivered also to Secretary OI- ney, for it is expected that the United States will certainly be represented as It as in the 1 an-.merican congress. It is stated by Senor Carbo that while e City of Mexico is suggested as the proper place of meeting, it does not fol- w that the congress will eventually be held there, for the first opportunity will be offered the nations invited to express their preference in the matter of a meet ig place, and it mav be that the city of Washington will be selected. BONA-FIDE PURCHASERS. Regrets Censure of Bayard. an editorial expresses its regret at the censure pronounced upon Mr. Uayard, the United States Embassador, "be-1 cause," says the Daily News, "no man la better qualified to assist In a friendly aattlaman t nt tha ritffloiilMAa v...-.a.vu - . . v vinccu England and America' Congressman Allen' Bill Protects Them In Their Rights. Washington, Feb. 4. The House Committee on Public Lands today re considered its action of last week In adopting a bill to carry out the recom mendations of President Cleveland's message that the limitation of five years for bringing suits to annul title to nat ents established bv the act of March 1861, be repealed. Another bill embody ing the views of different members of the committee and intended to furnish full protection to purchasers in good faith, drawn by Mr. Allen of Utah, was sunsututea tor the hrst bill. Chairman Lucey will report it to the House. Ai this legislation may affect the title to 60, 000,000 of acres, it has been difficult foi the committee to draw a satisfactory bin. The new bill provides that suits to be brought by the United States to annu patents to lands erroneously Issued un der a special grant shall only be brought within tive years from the passage of the act, and suits to annul patents hereafte issued must be brought within ten years alter their date. The bill expressly con firms the titles of bona-fide purchasers and provides that if any party claiming to be a bona fide purchaser presents hii claim to the Secretary of the Interior be fore the institution of a suit to cancel 1 patent, and his claim is found to be valid, the Secretary shall request that suit be brought against the original pat entee for a sum not less than the min mum government prices for the land and not more than the amount paid by the purchasers. Another section makes the courts having jurisdiction overuit under the act the final authority on th bona-fule purchasers, and provides th claimants w ho have not submitted their claims to the Secretary of the Interio may intervene in suits begun, and hav their claims adjudicated by becomlnj parties in that way to the litigation. Th bill also provides that no suit shall b brought to annul patents, when partie have presented claims to be bona fid: purchasers, until the Secretary has pass- ea upon their claimr at A HALF-CRAZY MURDERER. He Had Read the Book of Mormon, and Claimed a Revalation. Lincoln, 111., Feb. 4. The finale in McAfee murder case was a surprise all, even to those who had been con vinced of the guilt of Giles. The tramp nau maintained his innocence until S urday, and many believed him, throw the guilt on a person from here. But query from his sister, Mrs. Hough, w the to had come from Ohio to attend the trial brought forth a confession. This was repeated in court, after which Giles told ...o unit oiury. tie C aimed that a r lation from God had commanded him found a new'sect, and after readinir Doolof Mormon, he became convinced that thi-s was the doctrine he sought was while still with this Idea In his mi that he came to this viclniiv. On fatal Sabbath day he passed the home the honest old farmer who fed him morning before. He said that an I slstible impulse overcame him then. he jumped over the fence and shot McAfee us he stood shaking the crumhs out of the table cloth. a- to the ed It ind the !0f the Irre- , and Mr Pan American Republics. Washington, Feb. 4. The movement nitiated by the government of Ecuador for the holding of a congress of repre- SMITH MAKES ACCOUNTING. Why the Uncompahgre Reser vation is Not Opened. th Liberals Want Arbitral ion. London, Feb. 4. The Chronicle an nounce that the Liberals will challenge the government at the very earliest mo ment In Parliament on the abandonment of the Armenians. "It is believed," the Chronicle contin ues, "that A.J. Balfour will then make revalation concerning the action of pre vious Individuals and governments on the Armenian question. The Liberals regard the Venezuela af fair a too important to be raised as a mere ide issue upon the address. There fore the House will be adjourned after the adoption of the address, so as to se cure a full debate on Venezuela. The Liberal are unanimously in favor of arbitration with the United States, and it Is believed to this effect v. ill secure wide Unionist support. Sir William V. Harcourt, the Liberal leader, who has studied the cause min utely, fully shares Hon. John Morley's view that no question is more fit for arbitration than this. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. Daughter of the Late Ailen G. Thur- man is a Defendant. Los Angeies, Cal., Feb. 4. Mrs. Mary Holliday a daughter of the late Allen G. Teurman of Ohio, is one of the prin cipal figures in a sensational damage suit which is on trial In this citv. Prior to her marriage to Edward T. Hollidav who was formerly a well-known base ball player, Mrs. Holliday resided in Washington, where she was regarded as one of the most beautiful and bril liant young ladies in the National cani tal. The suit was brought by Mrs Fannie L. Hollidav, the defendant's sister-in-law, who seeks to recover $25, 000 damages for malicious arrest and false imprisonment. It is charged that Mr. and Mrs. Hollidav falsely and ma liciously caused her arrest in August last upon the charge that she had threatened to destroy her personal property and had also threatened their lives. Upon this charge she was Im prisoned for eight dajs, the proceedings against her being finally dismissed. In their answer the defendants reiterate the charges made against the plaintiff and deny that the prosecution was ma licious. HOT WORK AT HAND. Violence Likely to Enter in the Ke tucky Legislature. 1 . ' s- . . ... iiitiunau, u., ret. 4. A speiial late tonight from Frankfort, Ky.. sas: Mr Beckham, the newly-elected democratic member ot the House, arrived here at II I Li r. . . uuunigni, alter a drive ot sixty-five miles across the country. There are omens 01 coming trouble. Thev are quite conspicuous tonight. A resolute effort to eiect Blackbu will be made in the join session tonior- iuw, nu every oouy looks tor exciting times from now until the question is settled. It is not expected that a sena- ator will be elected tomorrow. On Tl I . t . . . inursuay me truce ends, and the re publican house will unseat the two democrats, Kaufman and Tompkins. The democrats In caucus tonight re i 1 . . soiveu 10 retaliate by unseating four re publican senators. To prevent these unseated senators from going into joint meeting, where they would be recog nlzed by Lieutenant Governor Worth Ington, Captain Tyler, the doorkeeper 01 tne senate, who will be ex-officio doorkeeper of the joint session, has had a number of deputies sworn in to enable hlin to prevent unseated republican sen ators from gaining admittance into the joint assembly, and to eject them should they succeed in getting in. Among the deputies are Captain lames I. Williams of Louisville, and Colonel Jack Chinn of Harrodsburg, two widely known turf men. Both sides caucussed till night, and It is believed hot business is at hand. stri gol con Land Insufficient for Allotment 1. dians Will Not Pay St .35 per Acre Cree Indian History Allen's Maid en Speech for Silver. Big Storm in Idaho. Pocatello, Ida., Feb. One of the heaviest snow storms experienced for years has been raging in the Wood Riv. er country for the past two weeks, and snow to the depth of from five to eight feet on a level Is reported at Hailey Ketchum and other points on Wood River. Roads are all drifted full of snow and are Impassable and communication ith settlements distant from the rail road is to be had only by means of cour ier on snow shoes, as the heavy wind have prostrated the telegraph line and rendered them useless. Much anxietv I felt for miners and others in the inter ior, as a storm of thi kind Is very fre quently attended with fatalities and works great hardship on the residents in the more remote district li,...i.E. snow slides are to be witnessed daily from the town of Hailey and are an im posing sight Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith ha acknowledged receipt of the House resolution Intro duced by Delegate Cannon, calling for a detailed statement of proceeding and expenditure made in carrying out the Uintah and Uncompahgre clause of the Indian appropriation bill, and a to the probable time hen the lands within the Uncompahgre reservation can be re stored to the public domain. In re sponse Secretary Smith transmits in cisures from the commissioner of In dian affairs, to whom the matter was re terred. Secretary Smith say that it seem from these paper that there la not within th limits of the Uncompah gre reservation sufficient agricultural or grazing land tl provide these Indian with allotments, and that even if the land were there, the Indians will not agree to take allotment with the cor.JI tion attached that they should pay $1.25 pr acre therefor. "These reports," con tinues Secretary Smith, "contain a full statement of all the facts In this matter, and contain some trong argument in favor of relieving the Indian of the payment of $1.35 per acre for land taken by them a allotment." Commissioner Browning, after giving the expense of the commission to dale including $1,563 taken from the present quarter, as $14,440.45, states that he ha not deemed It advisable under previous recommendation to express any opinion as to the probable time when the land can be restored to the public domain. Mining Under Butte. It has long been known that the city of Butte, covering about two mil-. square of territory, is located over one of the greatest mineral deposits in the world, but all the p. an heretofore pro posed for mining under the city have been considered not feasible. A com pany has just been organized, however, by J. A. Coram, C. II. Palmerand other who are also connected with the Big tiutte and Boston company, for the pur pose of mining under the city. They have secured control of the Destroying Angel mine, located right In the heart of the city, and have commenced sink ing a shaft near the main street of the city, and after reaching a depth of tooo feet will drive tunnels In every direction under the city. It is the purpote to cap italize the company for many million dollars. CREE INDIANS. A Little Inside History of the Contro versy. Butte, Mont., Feb. 7. Apropos of the heated correspondence going on at pre ent between Governor Rickards and Secretary Olney relative to the bonds of renegade Canadian Cree Indians in Montana. Thomas G. Miles, a prorr.l nent land and cattleowner, today made public a stack of personal correspond ence he had with Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Paucefort, regarding the same matters in 1892. The correspondence discloses that the Canadian government through the efforts of Blaine, had finally agreed to receive the Indians at the bor der, provided they were brought there which Mr. Blaine agreed to do, and then the whole matter was suddenly dropped and nothing more could be learned un til Governor Rickards visited Secretary Olnev and wa received rather coldly by him. It also develop by the correspondence made public that the Canadian govern ment only consented to take back its Indians when the rancher of Montan had formed an organization with the in tention of exterminating the pests. Ke ports received from different parts of the state say that the Crees are spreading small-pox, scarlet fever and other con tagious diseases, and the question o their remo.val from the state Is becoming an alarming one. ALLEN'S MAIDEN SPEECH. The Utah Congressman Contends for Down-Trodden Silver. Washington, Feb. 6. Congressman C. E. Allen of Utah made his maiden speech upon upon the floor of the House tonight. The House met according to the rule for a night session In order to allow thoe members who desired to peak upon the bond bill to do o. Mr. Allen' remarks were confined under the ten-minute rule. Not many membe appeared upon the floor, but uch a were there listened to the remarks the Utah representative Mr. Allen spoke of the inability of the United States to keep up the price of the pro ducts of it people and maintain a nion ometalic gold standard so long as we ar a debtor to the nation of the world He attempted to thow that we have about $150,000,000 yet to pay abroad in excess of our Import over our export That, he laid, can be paid in only three way, either with the gold which we have accumulated and produced from year to year, or with other products, bv sending our securities abroad to pav the balance. We cannot produce gold enough to pay this balance, said Mr Allen, and If we would pay it with ou exports we would have to force the price down until we could obtain market abroad; but to do this we must compete with silver using nations and would have to force down the prices under which they could sell. Senator Cannon was In New York yes terday and today on business connected with the Pioneer Electric company o Utah. LIKE FAIRY TALES. Reports of Fabulously Rich Gold De posits on Flint Creek Mountain. Butte, Mont., Feb. 7. -Report re celved today from the new gold discov . . .' . I'M . I ..... ' runi crcen, twenty mile trom 1 .. unnconoa, more man bear out the first reports of the remarkable finds o the precious metal. L. U. Loomis, a well- known and experienced mining ma wno is also familiar with Cripple Creek, returned from the new district today and declares Flint creek u a richer fold field than the famous Colorado di.irlct. He confirms the report of the "hi.n,;iy jt pector, as Sam SnvtW-r, the .u..murr of the district, is called, i peifect mint of gold In b' tlahn. The new ke is not far from the famous Cable d mine, which has yielded over $3,- ,000 in the last few years. LATEST NEWS FROM CUBA Insurgent Leaders Effect a Junction. Report of Barbarous Cruelties of th Spanish Troops Th Exodus Grow in Volume Story that th "Hawklna" Wss not Lost Sugar Mills Working Under Military Protection, at Heavy Expens. A COWARDLY DEED. Utah Man Killed in Cold Blood at Vic tor, Colorado. His Slayer May Be Lynchtd-Boy Arrested for Horse Steeling Loe Angrle Building- Dysamited. Denver, Feb. 7, A special to the Re publican from Victor, say: E. O. Max held was shot and killed at 4:15 by Charlie Holland. The shooting was ap parently unprovoked. Maxfield wa watching a game in the barroom of the Hotel Victor when Holland suddenly entered the room and drawing a pistol, fired two shot into the back of hi vic tim. Maxtield died almost instantly. Holland was not arrested. Maxfield wa a man of good habits and was well liked and there is strong talk of lynch ing his slayer. Maxfield came from Salt Lake City about two ysar ago, Ills parents live In Spring City, Utah. A Bad Boy. Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 7. Vul Love less, alia Bob Green, of Somerset, Neb., wa arrested here today and turned over to the Nebraska authorities, who wanted lilm for burglary. Lovelace is charged with breaking into a store at Somerset and stealing a large quantity of jewelry He is also charged with running away with a team of horses hired from a liv ery stable near his home. He is (aid to have sold his plunder In Nebraska and had been gambling with the proceeds here for several day before he wa ap prehended. Lovelace Is about 20 years of age and is the son of the Somerset postmaster. Dynamite in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7. A charge of dynamite was exploded last evening under the residence of T. D. Stimson, wealthy resident of this city. The house was not seriously damaged. The occu pants of the house were asleep when the explosion occurred and the report which was heard all o er the city, created great confusion. A neighbor who hastened to the scene lired u shot at a man who was running across the lane, butthebul let mUscd the mark. The police believe robbers perpetrated the outrage for the purpose of plunder ing the house during the confusion. No arrests have been made. Watching a Suspected Vessel. Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 8. It is reported here that the Spanish authori ties will make some movement against the steamer "Neptuno," suspected of being under the control of the Cuban authorities. Among those who visited the ship yards of Hugh Ramsay Sun day two men, evidently Spaniards, were the most prominent. They went through the yards several times and gazed curiously at the "Neptuno," which is In the dr'-oi-' -v avoided those who attempted to speak to them, and did not talk to any of the other visitors in the yard. Mr. Ramsay said that the "Neptuno" was hauled Into the dry-dock Saturday to have her bot torn scraped and painted. She would probably remain on the dock until Tuesday. Mr. Ramsay said that he no ticed the two Spaniards In the yard. The cases of guns which arrived hers by the "Pennsylvania" will, it Is said oe placed on board the ship. Mr. Ram say said that if any one attempted to selzp the steamer or prevent her de parture he could ray or do nothing to prevent It. It Is reported here that the feilpral authorities are watching the Neptuno." Th steamer Is still In eiiaige or a watenman, no crew or commander having bf?en on her sine sh arrived at Perth Amboy. Ar.OTHER STORY flF THE "HAWK INS. New York. Feb. 3. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., savs: In the minds of many persons it is doul ted whether the filibustering steamer "J. w. Hawkins" was really wrecked. There is a possibility that she may be at present near the Cuban const, ready to land her cargo of arms and ammunition. The arrival here of the battleship "Maine" and the state ments of many of her crew give color to this. It is a fact that the "Maine's1 crew are of the opinion that the "Haw- Kirs" has proceed! to Cuba, and those "n board of her not only succeeded In U reiving the United States authorities, but also the Spanish agents. 1 ne neiier , expressed that the carried many Cuban sympathizers to sea on several extra boats, and when outsida put them off with the under- Miming that they would say the Hawkins" had gone to the bottom. T-V 1 .. '"j Knew mat tne authorities are after them and they resorted to this trick to throw their pursuers off. New York, Feb. J. A dispatch to the Wotld from Havana says: Muximo Gomes, accompanied by 4000 mounted men, succeeded late Thursday -In recrossing' the) Trocha or military 11 established by th Sapnlards be tween Havana and Batabano. He crossed a few mile south of Bejucan, near Buena Ventura, which Is about ten miles north of Qulvlcan. At the same time be destroyed a small cul vert, tore up the railroad tracks, cut the telegraph wires and crippled the section of railroad between Rlncon and Qulvlcan. People wonder how Gomes evaded the Spanish columns, and how was possible for him to practically cut through the wall of men of which the Spanish Generals expect so much. At the very time Gomes played this trick on th Spanish guard along tha Troca Gen. Marin, the acting Governor- General of Cuba, who had left Havana the same day at the head of the best equipped force put in the field during the present rebellion, was slumbering quietly, surrounded by his troops, at Han Antonio de Los Banos, about ten miles east of Guanajay. While Gomez was coming east and approaching the trocha. Gen. Marin and his troops were going west and a train from Rlncon toward Guanajay. Gomez's rounte of march was parallel with the railroad used by Marin and not more than from six to ten miles distant at any time. Yet they did not learn until the follow ing morning (Friday) that Gomez was in the east again. The first intimation received here was by a telegram from Gulvlcan. An exceedingly large number of peo ple have been leaving Cuba in the past fortnight, and It seems as If the exo dus has only just begun. Every steam er leaving Havana carries hundreds of families, not only to the United States, but to Mexico, South America and West India ports. Steamship agents talk of putting on extra steamers to carry the passengers away. Some sugar plantations In the ex treme eastern province of the Island are grinding. All that are grinding are doing ao under strong military guard and are compelled to0feed the troops, and the profits are very small. One or two plantations, it is said, obtained permission from Gomez to start their machinery. GOMEZ AND MACEO TOGETHER. Key West, Fla., Feb. 3. By mail from Havana. Gomez and Maoeo have met. The meeting, It is said, took place at a plantation near Arte mlsa, In the province of Pinar del Rio, at the very time that Acting Governor General Marin, with five columns, was looking for the rebel chiefs only four teen miles to the northward, near San Antony de 4i Banos. It was sup posed that the guarded railroad line from Havana to Batabano would pre vent the meeting, but Gomes crossed the line, and Maceo, with a compara tively small part of his forces, made a quick march from the westernmost point of the Island and kept his tryst. BARBAROUS CRUELTIES. Spanish Soldiers Charged with Shoot ing 30 women and Children. Key West, Fla., Feb. 3. Some time ago, when the insurgents entered Sa banllla, the Spanish official report stat ed that they were driven out by the garrison and that "unfortunately three women were killed by stray bullets." The truth of what happened there has just been learned, and It shows the Spaniards are acting as barbarously In Cuba as the Kurds In Armenia. Sa- bnnllla, which Is an important town in Matanzas province, was entered by 400 Insurgents under Garcia. The SpaniBh regulars retreated to the barracks and made no resistance. The Spanish vol unteers, however, retreated to the church and fired upon the Insurgents. The Insurgents returned the fire, killing five volunteers. The volunteers then ceased firing. The Inhabitants received the insur gents joyfully and many poor people who had eaten nothing but cane were fed by Garcia, who had the merchants open their stores and told the people to take food. Thirty stores were looted of provisions, and one storekeeper was shot for resisting. The Insurgents then retired. As soon as they were gone the Spanish volunteers came out of the church and opened fire on the people In the streets. Forty-six were killed. of whom thirty were women and chil dren. Their only offense was cheering the insurgents and taking food to save themselve from starvation. After shooting these people th volunteers took ten Cubans, who had surrendered on promise of amnesty, and shot them in cold blood. Two thousand men, wo men and children have reached Matan zas from Sabanllla. They fled fearing further massacres by the Spanish vol unteers. These are facts vouched for by Mayor Juan Galves of Sabanllla, who Is In Havana to ask Gen. Marin to punish the volunteers. An Overdue Apology. London. Feb 3 The St. James Ga stette this afternoon says: "What is Lord Dunraven waiting for? We -hoped to lit- able today to publish his apology to the A merlon n Nation, and we trust alt ""-; le.Lfl w-iU Un;-"s upim him that srK l it the essence at fnmcm U. aj in'.-wlffl of thi sort. Vrvr tl"i credit ot rr'les ha collected "damaging evi- Ifillsh r: T''-;Til.tl H it TrO. tr,ittirM. Lord Pun. iveit STt not hei-it Evxry day .,, ev.'rr hour Allotment to Uncompahgre. Washington, Feb. 1. Secretary Smith has sent to the House certain papers from the commission to allot land in the Uncompahgre Indians In Utah. It seems from these papers, says the Sec retary, that there Is not within th lim its of the Uncompahgre reservation suf ficient agricultural or grazing lands to provide those Indians allotments, and that even with the lands there the In dians will not agree to take allotments with the condition attached that they should pay $1.25 per acre therefor. The Secretary thinks further negotia tions should be had with the Uncom pivhgrans upon lines Indicated by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. TORTURE" OF PRISONERS. - London, Feb. J. The correspondent of tho African Critic at Johannesburg "-i-c ' f refined torture of the captain and troopers of Jameson' fore by freer who commander afterwards lot w.V nnv t ad:Moaai tneulv orri two prisoner shot