Show AT HOME AND ABROAD HAVANA dec 25 copyright 1895 by the associated further details reached here today from matanzas Maia Mata ozas of the rapid advance of the current nur Rent army numbering cum bering about men on havana after forcing its ila way through the province provi oce of santa bantu clara and into the province of matanzas in spite of the efforts of captain general martinez Martl nez de cam campos poa and about troops at his disposal the reported important battle yesterday between abe spaniards under campos and the ins insurgent urgente at coliano plantation twelve miles illow cardenas does not appear to have been a severe engagement the spanish forces do not net appear to have encountered ene junt ered the wain main body of the insurgents as at firra the fight at the colisao coliseo plantation was between a purton porton ot the northern column of three insurgent columns now pushing through the province of matanzas and instead of turning out to be a great victory for or uie the spanish the result ol 01 the engagement was virtually a defeat for camposa Campo aa forces for abo cuban army pushed onward unchecked and is still advancing on 00 this city the fighting took place aruid amid burn ing cane underwood tall grass and trees and was of 0 the usual guerilla nature at times both the troop trempe rod and the insurgents were surrounded by walls of flame and the emoke domcke was so dense over certain portions of the ground cou contested that the cubans CHORDS sod and me troops were unable to see each other but kept banging away at open paces wasting good it is true that this thia indiscriminate indio criminate firing was mire noticed upon the part pan of the troops than ban on the side aide of the ansur but for one insurgent killed at least 2000 shots must have been fired the li cubans biubans folio following wing their customary lactic tactile tact ioe seemed to melt away into tbt lb ji stance so soon as the abe troops got within fighting distance of them ani and nearly all the tiring haiat was at very long range although the soldiers eold lera made several gallant charges through the burning cam try this style of fighting is karmao a defeat of the insurgent uto nW but so as they succeeded to in accomplishing their object holding the spaniards in oscor while the cubans pushed on southward the result was really a cuban victory 1 I be captain general was sio aci near the froot front as possible throughout the battle L g the troops by words and action LONDON dec 24 heavy gales prevail today over the coast of great britain and several small mail wrecks are already reported A schooner was seen run ashore in the tyne near flear shields anere she became a wreck it to is believed all of the crew were drowned HAVANA dec 24 aimez and tb insurgent army have turned the flank to me spanish forces commanded by general campos in person at colon I 1 sod and are now well to westward ard of that thai place threatening a quick movement upon havana LONDON dec 25 the daily newt news haa baa a minutely detailed letter describing the harput massacre mase acre the writer of which demares declares that the he evidence leaves no doubt that there was a well understood plan ordered directly from the yildiz palace to plunder and burn all the armenian Arms nian buildings and to render the further stay ot of tile the mission arl 9 impossible constantinople dec 24 vis via sofia bu bulgaria agaria 1 dec 25 JAd advises advices vices received here today from beyrent bey reut re port that a severe fight has taken place between the turkish troops and toe the curses near dear dudich the fight took baoe on december blat and the purses jost 1200 killed while only seventy turks were killed ana fifty wounded JEFFERSON CITY mo dec 26 25 the osage gasconade and moreau mereau river floods are su balding and tonight the weather is clear communication was established with tie the gasconade this afternoon atter noon it to is falling failing rapidly and no further danger la in apprehended the valley la Is bare but the low loss will be small in comparison with that in ID the osage valley as the former valley to li narrow and the river much shorter the only point that hat can be comma bloated with on the ibe osage except at tbt Ba bagnel guell ninety miles up the river bam baa fallen twenty one inc inores ties but is receding very slowly and the bottoms will be under water for two days A further rise I 1 ia oot not anticipated A large per cent of the corn crop was in the field and all i in lost one estimate places lae ane corn low ion at alone this may be ex deseive ce seive selve out but when the other losses are ara determined such as live stock bay fencing damage to wheat buildings etc the loss joao will run up into the millions the entire eu tire osage valley lor for miles is a scene of deavila tiou and ruin great suffering necessarily necesse rily resulting as an hundreds bUD dreda of families have lost loat everything within the space of six days one of the richest valleys in the state has been transformed into a scene of distress dietress without a parallel in the history of the state the moreau valley is also a scene of practical ruin but the farmers to in that section will probably be able to take care of themselves with out much assistance NEW dac 26 in an connection with the appointment ot of phelps sod and bincolo Liin colo by the president to places on the tae venezuelan high corn commission the worlds world Is washington correspondent to is informed that mr lincoln was secretary own selection election and that mut chief justice puller fuller of illinois also strongly recommended him on OB the ground that a report signed by two former american ministers to england both of whom nave have bren warmly praised by the british prom press or many years will have much weight in great britain baital a it is urged the ibe correspondent states that public opinion in Eni cannot ascribe to such men as phelps and lincoln any prejudice against englard En glaud where bey are both very popular the third member of the commission commiss commie iov be says is likely to 16 bb one ot the justices of the united states stales supreme court pr bably either justice brower brewer or jus lice brewa washington dec 26 there irberg has recently come ioto into my J said sen sea loge a valuable work which will throw light libbl on the vene vans this publication is ie ao an old blue book containing toe the original report of schomburg oo on the lioun boundary dary question between great britain and venezuela from the state moots ments of this thie botanist and explorer together with maps made in 1841 it appears that great britain only clai claimed meki the land now in dispute but exercised no Jurisdiction over it A year before in 1840 a british court in session at Deme rara ren rendered dereu a decision which is pertinent as well as ae important at side oils time an offense had been committed on the moroco river which to ie a considerable distance east of the land now in controversy and the prisoner was waa brought brough t before the abe court that tribunal hold held promptly that he be could not be hold held for the reason tnt that the offense with which he be stoob charged had bad been commit commuted ed in foreign territory over which the court had no ni jurisdiction washington dec 26 25 secretary herbert Herbei rt lias ijas practically concluded to aware the contract for the con construe tion of battleships 6 5 and 6 to the newport news dry dock and ship building company of virginia at their blo biu of for each ship it wm wai fould upon a careful inspection of the abe law authorizing the construction 16 the ships that the department not go behind the face of the bids bide so eu it 16 was pot not possible to aldow the other bidders to scale down their bids tu to meet the she low bid of the newport news newe company save with their conse consent ut HEW dec 26 A local paper pub timbes tue ane details of the new dow cooperative opera tiva colony now being projected in california the paper sayi 61 ibe plan to is the result of the observations oi 01 william E smith editor of the irrigation age and for two years president of the national irrigation cn 0 n gross which rise for its object primarily the reclaiming of so eq cailan caleu arid lands by irrigation and secondary the abe or of agricultural anu manufacturing iea 9 the site of the proposed colony is the ashurst ranch in the sacramento sacrament valley IU in northern an fn Oali lornia it Is is a tract of accor the property of C B ashurst As burst one of the california pioneers YORK due 26 abe herald correspondent in rio bio do u janeiro brazil sends sands tan an important dispatch co berning the situation there gro growing winit out of the trinidad question he says it to la well weh known kiowa there that president mori dunae favors arbitration with england but to is afraid to declare his bis views owing to the motility boti bo lity of the army it is ia believed that the cabinet will favor a report to congress as urging that the matter be submitted to ii b friendly power for adjustment HAVANA HAVA dec 26 the arrival here last night of capt gelmar do campos from Matao zif he be has been in CoD conference ferene i with leaning military anti and naval officers the civil dignitaries and the leaderer of the dlf dif faient political part parties leiv they bled at the palace last night an j in we coure of a number of patriotic speeches pledged their unconditional to the government in its efforts to suppress eup press the insurrection anti and promised to do everything possible poa gible in the abe way of moral and actual assist asenci an dec 27 A special to the be Jour journal nall from salvador dal vador say ayr g rho lae soldiers to in garr garrison iscia at Son have bavo bt been en dissatisfied for a long time bf be cause they are unpaid and oo on the colonel ordered a soldier to be bucked gagged and beaten the be sol uler aler dying under the lash the soldiers forced colonel rivers rivera and aad twenty four officers to stand aland in line and shot them the soldiers left the bodies of their victims lying where they fell and under command of captain rozsi kozai thoy marched toward the coast yelling jelling viva la revolution viva antonia czata it to ie believed these men man are now near the coast awaiting the arrival ot of fib p OMAHA neb dec 26 A special to the bee from deward neb says saye the eastbound east bound burlington passenger collided with a wen weel bound freight this afternoon engineer leei of ane fie to was lust antly killed the pas engineer was waa seriously injured awo vas a little alil and an old man were dangerously hurt the child behun frightfully burned by being bein thrown under a stove other casseu gets germ were injured MADRID dec 27 an earthquake has baa been tx ex erien erlen ced in the districts of brenes orenes renaa vienna pueblo do de tribes and province ot of galicia several houses collapsed out DO deaths are reported SAN francieco dec 27 A special from spokane Bp okane wash says mrs susie hess ot of pueblo colo arrived JU in this city last night and today made known to the authorities her belief that tier father mother slater sister and brother have been murdered mrs hess hesed aj husband died recently and her bar parents who resided at Ellens ellensberg ellensburg El lenaburg burg wrote for her to so come and live jive with them two weeks beeks ago she arrived unexpectedly at only to find wat that her bar father had sold out his business and gitlit his bla family had started abe country to she went to that but found no trace irace ot of her relatives except that their goods had bad arrived she then hen re returned to Ellens ellensberg ellensburg burg and engaging a guide started out on the be trail of her parents she readily traced them as far as ail the foothills foothill ot of the cascade range when all trace of them disappeared i for d ye ya she the search but without avail she finally came to this ibis city to enlist the aid of the tb authorities in the be search the in which the family disappeared la Is a rendezvous for cattle rustlers rust lera and as her father P donnelly don nelly was known to have had bad considerable money with him it is Is the impression that tile entire family has been murdered BAN FRAZ Cisco dec 27 judge jud morrow ren rendered dereu an important opinion in the be united U bolted state district diat riot court to day on the writ or of habeas corpus asked fur by gee hot HOD a chinaman who arrived from three months ago and was refused permission to land be had papers showing that im had bedou naturalized by a now new jersey ciura d urt commissioner heacock who took evidence in the case leaorn mended that gee hop be remanded for the reason that there was no law conferring the right of naturalization upon Mongo mongolians Moo Rollans lians or natives native of ontoh that hat we the judgment of abe court of common pleas of now new jersey naturalizing naturalising natural natura izing lising gee hop wm w null and void told tor for want of jurisdiction juried lotion and that therefore gee hop was wag and is not a citizen of the united Sta State ae clam claimed eidd uy by him hims and cannot he be permitted to land in this cou country in this conclusion P juge morrow sal eat 1 1 I heartily agree the matter of naturalization Is exclusively within he control of the government of the united states and not of the states 93 NEW dec 28 A special from washington to a local paper sayf say the president has invited kimbard H alvey of maryland the present chief autice of the court of appeals of the district of columbia to serve as a member of the commie sion SAN FRAN crisco dec 80 if the regents of the university of california anti and the Okla nama iams buard board of education give their consent a party of four astronomers will leave for japan on may alb to take observations observation and s photographs of the total eclipse of the aun su a that will take taice place on august aih more than ban usual interest attaches to the expedition because prof chag burck baiter of the observatory oakland has baa invented an ingenious photographic apparatus with which it is is said that results never before at bained in pictures of the he suns oo co rona w will I 1 I 1 I 1 be becu secured red the p pirty arty of astronomers astronomer to la made up of prot J M of the lick observatory prot burckhalter Burok balter dr Q E shuey awl and loula louis masten the reason the party part will go to japan is that the northern part of that country is the nearest pla claie e where the eclipse will be total HAVANA pee dec 29 last nights demonstration of political parties in honor of gen compos proved the grandest popular outburst of sympathy toward the spanish cause that has baa ever taken place in havana con vise autonomists reformists spaniards cubans men women and everybody united la a great brother hood about people in all took part in the demonstration HAVANA dec 29 in spite of the reports received here yesterday that the main body of insurgents had re treated tram rom the province of matan zis and are once more in santa clara reports still continue to come in nt A damage done at various parts to in matanzas and of the threatening movements of bodies of insurgents insurgent iL whether those these were wandering and isolated bands cannot be said acour accor amply uneasiness is also caused in official circles by reports coming from etke province provi oce ot of santiago de cuba the there report of jose mace le d flight which was wag received here seems to have been without foundation as there are renewed evidences of his hie activity in that province aau troops stationed there are fl oiling flading abundant occupation the baulsh authorities have reason to suspect that a movement is contemplated to in the oriental province santiago do de cuba to brine about a junction ot the insurgent |