The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-26
CUBAN CRIMES.
General Marin's Administration Reek-
ing With Crimes.
Every Office of Trust HoneycOmbsd
With Fraud
The Deficit in the Manitoba Treas
ury Nearly 100000.
A Mine Explosion Attended With
Heavy Lossof Life,
CUBAN CRIMES.

KEY WEST, Jan. 25.-During the last
ten DAYS Havana has been in a perfect
turmoil and on the verge of mob vio-
lence. The trouble was caused by the
INSCRIPTIONS acts of Captain General
Marin and his officers. Although Ma
rim has been in Office but three months,
his administration is reeking with
crimes of every description. The gov
eminent tax is short $50, 900. The local
board of aldermen have gobbied SO, GOO,
the CardenaS tax office is short $40, eco.
and every office of trust is honeycombed
with fraud. Two weeks ago the in
dignant citizens made vain appeals to
Marin for protection. y mass meeting
was held but Marin ordered armed
guards about the gathering and pre-
vented speakers from addressing the
people. ESprogreS, mercantile news
paper denounced Marin's act and yes
terdav the paper was suppressed by
order of the despot. When Marin
learned that several merchants were
sending cablegrams of protest to the
guard about the cable office. Then the
bright and fearless LaLucha, newspa-
per censured Marin in caustic language
and the despot now threatens to sup
press this sheet. On Sunday there
were twelve murders, one suicide,
eight highway robberies and four
stabbing affrays in Havana and Car
dence. Senior Pezeeze, a wealthy
sugar merchant, was found murdered
in the streets, Senior Antonio Luis,
prominent planter in Guines has
been kidnapped and is now
| held for Il ransom at some unknown
place, probably by the murderer Lenqu
Romero. The La Lucia, in its last is
sue, says: I'VE must protect ourselves,
as we are living on top of a powder
mine a special from Havana last
night said that the situation is becom-
ing more alarming every moment.
TIE HARRISON DEFICIT.
| WINNIPEG, Man, Jan. 24.-The de-
| falcation of the NOrquay government
will prove much beyond what was at
first limited at. Already Premier Green
way has discovered deficit of over
| $500, 900. The investigation has re-
vealed that for sixteen months, from
| September, 1885. to January, 1887, not
a single entry had been made in the
cash book of the province treasury.
| The investigation revealed that OH
January 10 the cash deficit was S315, 600.
besides an issue of provincial bonds
| for $3.50, 600, making deficit of S475,-
GOO. In addition to this this there are
a large number CT floating debts. The
examination showed that the $3.50, 600
| ICCclNCb carry III
all been spent, with the exception of
a few thousand, and that one of the
| last acts of the Harrison administration
had been to pay themselves and most
of the civil servants their salaries up to
February lst.
| a TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
! VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 25.-In a terri
BILE explosion which occurred at pit
| No. of the Wellington collieries yes
terday morning shaft timbers were
destroyed so that the cages could not
be used but pulleys and rope were i'm
| mediately prepared for the work of
rescue. Two men climbed by means
of cage wire cable through the shat
| tered timber TO within 100 feet of the
top. y rope was then lowered and
| they reached the surface in an ex-
| hausted condition. Another when
| fifty feet from the top, lost his hold and
| fell to certain death at the bottom of
| the shaft. Two men were lowered as
a search party, and they returned stat
| ing that nothing could be heard but
calls from below. Fortunately, the
mine had not been fired. so danger
! from this source was averted. 4 tenn
poraTy cage was made and lowered to
| a considerable depth, the miners
climbing to it by means of lad
| ders, so that by o'clock los
of the $50 men in the mine
| had been rescued. One white man,
Robert Williams the unfortunate who
fell was taken out dead. The ex-
| piosion took place in the last level and
and in this 200 white miners and a
| number of Chinese were imprisoned.
| Fears that they were all killed were
verified later. for at o'clock all white
men were carried to the surface dead
and the work of taking out the Chinese
was begun.