| Show AT HOME AND ABROAD havana march 3 th operations of 0 thed the divers vers this morning were interrupted by a heavy thunderstorm the indications are however that the weather will clear later in the day senator proctor may leave havana saturday for home though the time of his departure is not decided he may remain here until wednesday and in ix that cw case will probably take a trip into the province of pinar del rio with superintendent elwell of the red cross po oc lety clety umess the stormy weather changes the program the anted states lighthouse tended bende mangrove and the naval court of inquiry into the loss of the battleship maine are expected here today wichita kan kam march 3 at ryan 1 I T three masked men entered the hous of dr bise upon the pretense of needing his professional services they bound the doctor and his wife and tortured first one and then the other by burning their feet until the victims gave them all the money in the house bolike A posse is ie in pursuit and threats of lynching lunching lyn ching are plentiful Pa paducah ducati KY hy march 3 forty or fifty burglaries of note in this locality lately have aroused the people A stringent idlers ordinance and a curfew law have been adopted by the city council and put in force A strong vigilance committee also went to work and eight negroes and three white men were caught and all whipped two severely and forced to leave on departing trains one negro in his haste to depart fell from a moving train and was injured but he was thrown on and carried away the committee promises to clear the town before disbanding there is great fear particularly among negroes dallas tex march 4 news reached dallas today from a mining camp in gillespie county miles southwest of dallas that five men were overcome by the foul gas in ani old gold mine which they were exploring they were all dead before they could be rescued searchers are exploring for other bodies in old mines long ago abandoned mexico city march 3 the latest item of interest in the alroye murder case appeal is the application of vil attorneys for commutation of death sentence for a twenty year imprisonment this seems to indicate very little confidence so far as this prisoner is concerned in the appeal tor for a new trial as twenty years Is the maximum term of imprisonment in mexico and is only imposed in lieu of capital punishment arrangements have been concluded between the government and sir welman pearson an english contractor whereby the latter leases the railway across the isthmus of tehuantepec for ninety years A mani manifesto feito signed A spaniard has been profusely distributed in the streets here in the porticos of the houses hodiss and cafes bates it refers to the imminence of wax war between spain and the united states and is a patriotic call on spaniards to come to the rescue of their country which as the manifesto states has been wantonly proclaimed by the most powerful nation the manifesto states that it is for the spaniards to prove their patriotism and self sacrifice the manifesto contains no insults to americans e cans berlin march arch 3 the semiofficial semi official north german gazette says the following passage occurred in the ship speech in which emperor william delivered on tuesday at Wilhelm wilhelmshaven shaven upon the octa occasion sion of swearing in the naval recruits there where the german eagle has seized hold and fixed it claws that country to is german and will reman german new york march 4 sergeants Serge antA dark clark and jones of the united states signal corps have been conducting a series of experiments at governors island that may result in a revolution of armyl the signal system now in use by the army throughout the country so far their experiments have been successful and they have written to washington suggesting the adoption of a new apparatus which consists of an aluminum lamp with an ordinary circular shut ter so perfect is the light thrown by the new lamp that the sentence war has been declared with spain can be flashed from governors island to the presidio at san francisco in fewer than six minutes providing the necessary number of signal stations can be placed along the line for a number of years the officials of the signal corps have been expert with various lights with the object of finding a fitting substitute for the old time torch so long as the torch remains in use it will be necessary to signal in accordance with the flag system which is slow and cumbersome the new lamp permits a return to the more rapid and comprehensive morse code so strong is the light produced that signals can be flashed thirty miles the lamp rests upon a tripod about four fee thigh just in front of the disc n the circular shutter resting on an other tripod and so constructed that it opens in the center by moving a small handle attached to the tripod he be flashes are produced by the opening and closing of the shutter the telegraph code is based upon the duration of the opening and closing breslau prussia march 5 A fire started in the saturn and mine here today twenty dead bodies have so far been recovered there are more in the burning mine burlington iowa march 5 frank kalke IT S army commandant at iowa wesleyan university at mount pleasant attempted to board a train here today he missed his footing and was cut completely in two at the waist he leaves a wife jand and two children at mount pleasant london march 4 A letter just received here from madrid says it is def definitely bitely reported that a fresh spanish squadron destined for cyba ciba is being organized at cadi cad it consists of four iron dads the carlos V pelayo alfonzo XIII and another seven gun boats and a transatlantic steamer I 1 i active work is also proceeding upon the torpedo boat destroyers erlna audaz and and upon the torpedo boats habana retamosa and barcelona which form the second torpedo boat floal fioti lla ila which spain is sending to cuba havana march 5 the mangrove with the united states naval court of inquiry on board arrived here before noon and the board at af once held a session ensign was examined concerning the work of the divers ovet which he has supervision and his examination was continued after the recess captain sampson the president of the court said he was very sorry but it was impossible to tell the correspondent any part of the testimony or the conclusions reached further the captain said he had no idea how long the court would remain here adding that no orders had been apen received for the court to go to washington at the close of its sessions here I 1 three bodies were from the wreck of the maine today one of them was identified as that of robert white a me roa attendant and another posed to be that of a roan man nam named ed L art with the remains was waa f plain handkerchief having on it the letter R 11 the third body is in supposed to be that of an oller as the clothing was saturated with oil tae ake coast survey steamer bache is expected here today and will return with four bodies which have been found since her last trip from key west the Almi almirante Almira ote oquendo and the vizcaya sister ships are moored a few hundred yards from each other and present a fine appearance senator proctor visited the hospi hospitals tab today and this evening he will take a boat to sagua bagua la grande returning in time birne to take the next wednesday steamer for home havana march 4 at tabano Ba a hurricane passed over the bay which has done great damage it destroyed a hut in which were quartered a number of soldiers belonging to the castillan castilian battalion killing two of the men nd wounding twenty five others thousands of trees were swept sweat away and the ships in the harbor were obliged to put hurriedly to sea in order to avoid being wrecked koenigsburg prussia march 5 A dispatch from memel says that four fishing vessels belonging to that place were wrecked in a storm last evening ten fishermen were drowned and 6 others are missing key west fla march 5 captain marix before sailing on the mangrove with the maine board of inquiry referred to the statement that the courts investigation had failed to prove that the maine had been blown up from the outside all bosh he be said why cant they stop theorizing until we get ready to report then I 1 assure you we shall have some reading for the american people that will be interesting will it mean war was asked the question I 1 cant answer now wait brass west coast of africa march 6 the royal niger companas comp anys force left lokema yesterday for lokoto to assist the sultan of lokoto to drive the french out of his territory should the french refuse to re cross the niger river liverpool march 6 5 major lugard the commander in chief of the royal niger companas comp anys forces accompanied by other officers sailed today tor for rio des forcades forcados For Fore cados ados upper guinea philadelphia march 5 the whole atlantic coast has again been visited by a storm of such violence as to cause grave apprehension for vessels that happen to be close to the shore A terrific northeaster prevails at the delaware breakwater and is casting in be fore its influence a sea which at last reports was leaping high over the delaware breakwater and maritime exchange observatory at that point the harbor is full of stormbound storm bound cratt craft smothering themselves in the head and held in position only with their two anchors down and a full scope of chain the storm according to the weather bureau is central off the coast of north carolina moving northeast and will cause dangerous gales in the new jersey and southern new england coasts A dispatch to tc the maritime exchange from lewis del says that an unknown two masted schooner is ashore near Assa teague life saving stationing station inside fishing point the violence of the storm and condition of the sea the life savers had long before dark launched their boat and were making desperate efforts to reach the distressed craft A fleet of no less than twenty coal barges carrying possibly upwards of tons of coal some in charge of A alk and others in tow of st steamers ml to sea on thursday night and aad experience the full force of the aan tanti ti nople M march arch 5 athe the bul agent here has asked the turk n tor for explanations rethe all alleged ed movements of troops toward the bulgarians Bulga rians reported that macedonian and barlan bands crossed the macedo front frontier ler yesterday yet erday bique march 5 advices advises just here from the island of may comora group says Ys mayotta was pt by a cyclone during the night vb bleb 27 the government building partly jp ly destroyed many of the naw nave 41 villages and crops were destroyed large numbers of people were I 1 ama or injured I 1 ay iy sufferers w were ere left without any and are now suffering from e ta to is one of the comora forming with some adjacent a crensh colony the area of d is square miles the na i of mixed aari iare arob arab and malagasy stock the tion 0 of f the island to is about 11 y lington march 5 the senate tee on foreign relations held a N t hows sitting today in an effort to what course to pursue with upon avon aretice e to the hawaiian annexation when the committee adjourned members refused absolutely to give information informs tion to the press say all present had pledged them to absolute secrecy it w was through other senators howat the committee had under atlon the advisability of taking question of annexation in the r 10 explanation rather than by the COS of ratifying that treaty and av t taw had 1161 decided not to abandon saty at least immediately but to brits 0 consideration o upon the senate jike aret opportunity they declined T W ven to senators what might be waree ourse later confining themselves declaration that they would seek acy the senate go into executive again for the consideration of ty as soon as the t bills could be got out of the ington march 6 the spanish ton developed two new phases to it became known that the i govern government me nt had formally re 1 t the recall of consul general his post at havana to which the united states had courte nyut firmly refused to comply 6 that the spanish government has ad the impropriety of sending reb at supplies aup imp plies to the cuban on the cruiser montgomery boat nashville to which sug 1 the united stites states had given a r in the negative a president ident will not consider the I 1 oct oen gen lee he has borne hi ahlm in atu this crisis with judg ii ft 11 delity and d ca courage rage to the entire satisfaction AM aj to the supplies for the relief of ka ufern people all arrangements bom been made to carry a consign efrom rom key west by one of the artates states naval vessels ves sete whichever 18 1 te most moet adapted for the matanzas and sagua bagua agton march 6 speaking of law madrid rid dispatch made public by secretary day chairman it of the senate foreign relations tte deb said it is a circumstance added to the present strained tons a makes things more dexa A 4 approve the presidents action march 7 spain has her request tor for the recall of lee it to is believed the incident is practically closed the withdrawal came today in the shape of an official communication from minister woodford it is stated the request was never put in the shape of a demand but was merely a suggestion on the part of spain and when she found it would not be pleasantly received by this country she promptly recalled it it is learned that the spanish objection to consul Getie general getheral ral lee to is based largely upon his sympathy for the cubans and some of his utterances which have found their way into print it is understood that the spaniards also take exceptions to athe he friendly relations and companionship existing between gen lee and correspondents of papers which have been decidedly unfriendly to spain it to is believed that senor de lome carried ried information calculated to make the spanish government request the recall of consul general lee berlin march 7 the Tage blatt today publishes a dispatch from pekin saying china has agreed to lease port arthur and ta llen lien wan to russia tor for 99 years washington D C march 7 chairman cannon of the appropriations committee today introduced a bill entitled making appropriations for naval defense it is as follows that there is hereby appropriated out bout of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the national defense and for each and every purpose connected therewith to be expended at the discretion of the president and to remain available until june 30 1899 fifty million dollars washington D C march 7 the navy department announced at 2 this afternoon that the cruiser montgomery would relieve the dispatch boat fern at havana and that the fern would carry provisions and relief supplies to matanzas and sagua bagua this is understood to be a satisfactory arrangement ran gement to the spanish government and relieves the incident of its irritating feature bombay march 7 the situation here is grave there is excitement and unrest among the natives who are incensed at the plague measures which i wound their religious susceptibilities I 1 in addition the plague authorities are at loggerheads logger heads with the city corpora i tion which has stopped their supplies of money new york march 8 A dispatch to the world from madrid says the panic on the foreign bourses bourdes to get rid of securities has puzzled the people of madrid all day they are at a loss to understand the reason for it in sympathy with that panic there was some fall in stocks on the madrid bourse accompanied by a sharp rise in foreign exchange the government took steps Imme immediately tely to contradict officially both the reports that spain had asked for the recall 0 of consul general lee from havana and the report that pope leo XIII had made any declaration favorable to cuban 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