Show n Z 5 1 va I 1 s 4 N 11 dvir I 1 tv atul i rus 1 I 1 I 1 11 r 4 4 N tc of V R elff T TO I 1 ly t k 11 I 1 deficiency I 1 of the past three months events tile serious dou bt at 2 the of cleave mandela to cope bile on the SP RIlls sl till tile before T gen ca weyler threw th a force of I 1 hem 11 into ato tile the country to the ifil s o men ome chere antonio macon t of havalla HaV allu vii ere 4 wd am rebels ikla had been located same nearly ly the ho U bhole hale ot of 1896 the spanish for alias IRs detailed tw for duty on the army troth aril to 10 garrison Err lon the towns and forts forir to march columns form rm and to from im os district to distrI district Lt in the del rio pg in tile face aag pinar of cf province ra pro this vinct concentration ot of troops the re reb b I 1 broko camp mid in I 1 dispersed in differ cis aliens mall I 1 bodies I 1 dies of 0 men only irwing f a I 1 i r left laft 10 hold old c carlil l difficult S slid an moun mountain tail I 1 anges nor or could kc vr elor succeed lit in E dubb the diang nA liSth these scatter catte reil d groups together such as to lo force a general genera I 1 t into engagement cahnt the troops marching continuously hum from point to point were harald ly by tin the bellet fire skirmish took place and tn an occasional orca lonal I 1 no action 0 of any real importance imbor anac I 1 wm r ut i heen ahrn fought in this pinar del rio has ates Ince maco a crossed ins trocha for or 1 aho of 01 putting PS himself at ill t bead ot at the echels III 1 I 1 lie province if t amana and attacking uen ion in the raar ity S it lucky accident of 0 mar for or the th Fp larda Wac eoas killed ills death MM not however in any cc a credit to lo gen weyler wellers Wey lers a conduct of 0 operations IW for 11 I 1 the province of t bayn anti it hiliot 06 ell ya eyler was searching or him blin in the hillot the western see llon lien of pinar dl del klo ilo after the death of macro couple of NN beeks of 0 combar tire inaction followed follow vid vi td d gen weiler completely fallad to take advantage of 0 lh the g thock hock caused to the til abels r bels by the iho ion tt of their leader then the spanish commander inc in ln c hief chie decided I 1 that mcco maceo being dead the rebels imp in Ila clairdel rint ridel irdel RIO bin atre ere no longer 10 tiger an im factor basing this assumpta mx on the fact act that the insurgents mad no urther further attempt to concentrate A more fatal error gen weyler could not alae no rebels in pinar alnar del rio elo have surrendered no ila arnis amis have nv been captured only same borne men have been killed or taken prisoners by tilt the spaniards gen weyler Is homi tn acting air a ir though the rebels ila biad suffered a decisive e defeat and 1 alth ith drawing tome some men from pinar let del ilia for or service lit in navarra havana matanzas aad tha eastern provinces ln fori on nailon nallon front from riar alnar let del rio Is to tits the that once the of thum then spaniards Is 19 effected the renela hilll aill assume it more aggressive policy the more especially so an aa they tale ave been re enforced by over 1000 men from the east cast tile rebels in pinar del rio plo will therefore be quite as strong as they were mere six sit months a ago 90 loll and all reports tend to show that they have punt clent food supplies in this district for several months to come in of I 1 spanish aff iclal declarations to the contrary dr Zw lucha nho surrendered derca ift cribe death of meese macco estimates the iho I 1 number of rebels in ili the fighting ranks now halt in pinar del rio as bettt eon and ard veil armed and balth a fair supply of ft ammunition in these conill condl ilona the rebels are in it a position to carty carry 1 on a guerrilla wat fare tor for years it necessary against a very large body of trooper troop il provided that thai amount tion ion can ile be obtained and food Is avail 4 ayee kly I 1 AVAST THESE THERE ALIEN while the lax laws a of arc groat at britain tro am anore friendly to for especially cs ilian of adv other country I 1 i except the united st states ates the people gene ally act on oil ill hie e I 1 win aple of 0 the cockney mason man aiho ho st rid ald to ills his mate say IY r hill eres cres a fur ferriner rIner lets I 1 e cave a ve a brick ebrick atiniz atin at biml if that this centime n t la Is not noi confined to the lower orders la Is it 11 I 1 by an anecdote ane odolo in vanity li anity fair with reference to th lh rumor that don carlos the bourbon Pre pretender ajaime f till bill abdicate in fa favor vor of ills lil son don I 1 balme don jaime was educate il ot at an 11 i english school ana one of its his older 1 as one day seen neen vigor romly rally kicking him asked nha jaime I 1 iad rai iaone done to provoke such nuch tre ame lit the english boy answered ile he bil haunt dint done anything but perhaps sak hell be i king one of theme days and it if lie Is I 1 mant st to 0 to 1 l abia allo 1110 ll lo to say ly that I 1 once kicked the h king of spain A PERFECT HYDRAULIC DREDGE it Is believed by the ho times herald chicago wa that at the problem ilem of 0 rendering render lne all large 1 I rivara na has becki tied i by h the dredger in vented ya by y mr 1 IV bates of that CJ CILY and 1 used d by him irk in mahln making ex cic w ulas for ta the now new drainage livial it Is 1 thus described 1 ts Is his pl 1 achino l ill 90 lit ough a nind band rat t speed ot of fr arol 10 five nv baull la ull to ten feet acet it K ban S cutting its y y way through a belld fill 1 lea ing behind it u D 1 ae a channel for feel 1 10 wi it 1 1 and ia ty feet eel deep of I 1 no to its work at ai guch acl t ih bator amazing a rate ra as il till 1 I it if it 11 ere not tor for 1 v aich 10 it 11 lias has to 10 vork mark with alth th iwa at 11 the wt of the aholo 1010 1 in front 1 of ill machine B wm Is BI I are nix fix intake c boh bt at fumed 7 donward Surround illig affix these 1 b a 0 tinder titled with nem M kimt A h 1 W kept 1 it revolution on of all tile iho ll 11 the kni 11 00 cut und chow ili ahi up lip provit tw Pro rIt SS i it s1 sa and call 0 it 1 be w ith the ater this ahls I 1 all alro id t rd ca the allex intake allt and 1 11 ll w the i g tS lur auction of y reat amm arlye I 1 1 husk 19 sir amay ty at t tire ms of 0 build an water it is in city to i I 1 inguillo Ing fillO fa the lh result alt great solid S of debris no y w ln in the B at I 1 IL d th T hy lylall lall D 1 calculated ia suite engineers hac lave I 1 ili h A speed ill 1 it a nicety kno ll 11 to the tile they tho fraction 0 y at ewt nhat al title 44 ed I 1 must hae hal r I 1 ne in through I 1 lion lot owr mw to 1 car aty ry tho the mand and in tolu chinnel channel the ho problem ro blem of 0 maintaining i a t viner is 1 in 01 11 I 1 or a MI river at low ow ol id it where there to 1 four lr and nd now hut but autu lumn alft ore half fact oct of 0 ater in lh ill liters ill bt be 0 Pr edged hive have air 0 tarm es ft t to la loon leon P put lit to work fourteen I 1 urton aur two years it III 1 possible to have n foot iri i ri of 0 iti he lital water walor from st loula louis to 10 it amic raulle drel mery day I 1 it tho the yr year five hy by rs gee will ill do 40 tho the four work it m or five lit cost t of i ixko months month a beur car sit t tt a 0 it 11 month th each this to 1 al it modern th 6 ral I 1 ill tt it the ih significance ot at this ihn achievement to la problem lra of le r nl nulu maintaining lowro low wa atlon alvel lation it t if in til all alluvial streams tr tun is 1 I 1 0 ui th 11 I 1 luidor applicable to the missouri ourt vol to 10 the IB to tho the to the ali ili D dadubo ubo to tt the 10 to riv 1628 tr hongly ia in alc a lr il 11 in fi india 10 a the iho la plate pitta to to 0 o petal that parts ot of the th world it to Is baar air bleat ont silica luce the th no invention or r athle achieve e I 1 ia S 1 1 0 h t development of 0 etem n pa nav P POn atlon i as much for or un trans da oron pon of 0 rivers ali ii this art e ireful ful hydra hYda ice ullo ulles lant 1 ll nt win will do to or avd W in tho the near autu ro it A NEW KEW ASIATIC QUESTION 1 1 it ha been S till hm L t has pointed out repeatedly hiag B least e government gives elves wt lib erty to her bee people at honri home ha hat 10 K acom am the th K rac ex introducing benefactor of 0 many asiatic I 1 yd aad huntice a degree of 0 order r leui 10 a neva ever am among ong them which they ibey it ail experienced on the other kt ld tile the choai ot of modern lamenta la irl lt r 0 PA hoa has been fro support by political tl t to england t englana ty tyranny Js ID other unit thu may inay be I 1 fht an ameer ir of 0 compelled to k wildly to who in 1 na as I 1 ae the JiUl bulan tark lof pettish british go oa no pa f nt while ic turkey was in former 9 tho annrita Ann rit hon holls I 1 to rid themselves of ills hla tyranny with till the help of russian ri conspirators A correspondent of 0 the st jamess gai cai london in a long article do dc scribes the situation tion lit in afghanistan we W condense his aly remarks as aa follows probably for the first time in hIst historia orya a political situation 1 developing develop lne itself huelf in A f eh 11 n lot fin hitherto the will nill of that ery flirting FLIr cing man abdur rahman khan ball denoted the position of afghan nt if fairs llo ila ham haj now reigned sixteen years oil o long conff time for an ealta eastern ra monarch around whom in be ac dance alth the eternal fitness or of khints always bover an assorted callec lion of skillful assassins abdur rahmin 1 I 1 irn ally ded dei hy by Engli englishmen slime as tho lie I 1 father of at hii hl people at al least lie he IF it a stern parem III his s jubilee la Is summary and severe enough lift lie has been guilty of atrocities besl besides es alch chose of abdul ilia damned are vet set light but that curious lack of moral so ao ch chaotic artic terncio of ii lit in tile th mais ila has led t to 0 the condonation in afghanistan of what cannot bo be denounced in IT armenia punishment la Is inflicted alth relent leam barbar ltv in tile the La laband bugs pugs an iron cage lit is fixed at on the top lot of a cliff it contains tho the skeleton cleton Hk of a n high waman waiman laff fr in it il to 10 adjo of hunger and thirst thi th hand of at a reputed robber la Is in till ilia fol follow loning ink and ready nut liner tho the local butcher Is called in he knots a rope ropa tightly just above tire wrist arist of lie criminal ond and will JAN knife the hand at the ilia joint pluna int inai the iho raw stump into boiling oil all ones a humane priest suggested to the amter I 1 that hu t operations of till alili kind should bo be performed properly by a doctor lie ho was sharply reprimanded jf if tile alimo be batern measures wre mere exercised merely in tire the of law and order one might cecina them the afghans aro are a turbulent folk they need ax d the strong hand and cannot he go veined nod hy by derre demo bratle and methods mei hoila but hat hac shell shall bo be said MILI of tho the man who UPS ihla his despotic polier practices crull cruel I 1 lei for his own personal ends to nil fill lila ills coffees coff COf feis pis verlael it Is that whenever an afghan becomes noticeably rich some charge of treason or NO 1 brought itRal again nrC vit him involving death and forfeiture of 0 property or at least huch buch it a fan UK no ahall ittin him possibly there never was lit in all history it a mor mart com patta and cruel than his tho rho sultans sultana of zotti eld atme almo were nt at least influenced by bv their own pall lons the women of their hit ha rems rema thir th ir vi slid and sycophants but abdur li Is abobo theme mcak nefa A mail mai of affairs cold stern calculating CUI cu lating aLing mallant ho he keeps all tho the rolna reins of power in lils hid wan on hands bands wo woe 6 betide the luckless wight x aho vho ho trans transgress gres by L hahs breadth ills alfi commands achl chieftains beof ins ond nad no less legs than the helpless ta peasants are but helpless hel pleas dieves of tho the burns gaimo lio lie plays playa always there have been protests pr oteala on the lh part of ills subjects against this sort eort of thing generally they bave taken the shape of rebellions bird and attern attempts litt at a assassination crushed c bushed and punished with mith rigor there theio are many fancy vava mama at 0 killing in at rind th tho a lot of tho the bained con bPI Is hard recently hoe however vr there it haa come com a change in ilia iho method of agitation the rho protest has bag assumed it a earn com paia lively constitutional shape and tho the whole matter Is now fraught with the gravest concern to tho the indian empire R hughly Roup lily the amr ameer hai a 0 standing army of dhow men they them aro are not particularly well mell treated or dependable it title haa always been his fits ambition to supplement this force by hnit a system of conscription throughout the hie country thinking the time ilmo ripe he expressed hm will mill to the chiefs a short allo ago affo they unexpected lion A numbus of them heads a oc villages and tribes lamole rei noli from cabill politely joll oli tely but declined to tall fall in with mith tho the or ran gement unless thoro there was a quill quid pro quo in tho the shape of remission of 0 certain taxes tuxes A lioness robbed of tier her whelps wore not more enraged than the ameer at this but blit alto iho protest was loo ion firm and popular to 0 o make tc it safo into for him to practice ilia his little way mays poll t those home who ho uttered it and so BO ill tho matter Is temporarily in abeyance nobody who knows tho the ameer ani and hla his lio ex pacts that it will III remain so R neither r III bond bend one on must be broken tile the esuo sue will almost inevitably bo be decided aided by force of arnia in any cats case tile penult affect andla jf if the iho ainger and ad there loiero ile bo consequently a lideo ill joe creaso in tho the strength of the iho at g I 1 I 1 or urmy E a L serious ll will mill be created arc abed m if r U upon P n iho lie other hand the ro ra alre cali calel trant c hilas are victorious matters will III became go BO extremely crooked that art an Enot enill ilah h army will III probably lave have t to a perambulate ambli lato the kaber POM pass to pu put t them any weakening ot of tits hie Ar ower would involve tire iho loss at 0 lilal we life then tho the tat fat would ha be in ill the 1 s fits clr wl with 8 buge ance it behooves L n gaib PON clans and indian administrators to carefully conser and prepare to deal with the situation which m will lit bo be created by his death THE CULPRITS DETECTED you have just been married lie ho fald aid as lie stopped on ills his way down jovn tho ilia I 1 ach ay cu car and addressed a youny young man v alio ito occupied a seat with a 3 oung lady low did you know that thai asked tho the young mart man in surp surprise rNe never mind how replied tile the other 1 I know that you havo have just been mir mae lied led so has this young lady you bave have just been marbled man led to each cacti other oilier you vou are the iho bridegroom cand and she fihe Is the bride you are right stranger Bt ranger the young man admitted but ill he bo danced it I 1 know how low you found it 11 out til ill tell you that later but just now I 1 will merely odd acid that you were mar inar tied this morning and that you are arc jiow on your honeymoon trip am I 1 right you are arc strAT iKer but wont you tell us ua how you discovered these things so ao accurately yes yea I 1 will tell you I 1 discovered them through my cultivated powers of observation I 1 noticed you two snuggling up lip to each other regardless ol of A bother hather school kept or not when you thought no one was waa looking I 1 raw aw you steal kies I 1 noted the rice in 3 bour our tat when you placed it in the 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