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ing toward himself the minister has al- ways been singularly guarded and dis creet in his public utterances, as far as can now be recalled, so as not to subject him. self to censure.
 Every effort has been made officially to disguise the real state of affairs The Hawaiian minister's name has been scru- pulously included in all state functions in which the diplomatic corps plays a part, and on at least ono occasion he has been tendered the honor of n special dinner by Secretary Gresham, but it is known that there have been stormy interviews bo- tween them. Minister Thurston was seen and positively declined to discuss the re- port He was at the legation office and was busy preparing a budget of official mail to Hawaii. He said the report was of such character that be would main tain absolute silence He did not want this taken as an intimation of affirmation or denial. He was asked specifically if he had becn recalled and declined to an- swer He was also specifically asked as to the closing of tho state department against him. and he made the same re- sponse.
 The charge against the minister is that he has boen aS1gcthor too frce in publicly criticising the policy of the Cleveland ad- ministration toward Hawaii and of fur nishing prematurely for publication in- formation treating Hawaiian affairs since the failure of the attempt to restore Lili- uokalani and during the trial of the ex- queen and her accomplices In the conspir- acy to inaugurate a revolution.
 Secretary Gresham's letter demanding Minister Thurston's recall was lengthy one and gave full specifications of the charges against him. including newspaper publications said to have been inspired by him and copies from official documents of the state department, showing that the minister had talked too freely about mat ters which the secretary thought were still to be regarded as state department secrets.
Connecticut western news., 1895-03-21
STATE LEGISLATURES.
What Is Being Done at Harrisburg. Albany
 and Trenton

and Trenton.
 ALBANY, March 19.-Senator Bradley brought into the chamber the police reor- ganization bills for New York as formu- lated by the committee of ten of the cham Der of commerce They were introduced at the earliest opportunity, and. with slight objection by MT. Lexow, were sent to the committee of the whole for consid. eration Thursday.
 ALBANY, March 2o-The bipartisan AL bany police bill, protested against by the reform mayor. has passed the assembly, yeas, 70; nays fl.
 The senate, after K hours debate on the Golf bill, did not progress 1t, but laid it aside for future discussion.
 TRENTON, March 2o.-Assemblyman Exton's bill prohibiting the adulterating of biscuits or cakes was one of the bills passed by the house. Another was the senate bill which provides for the prepara- play of the New Jersey school exhibit at the Worlds fair and authorizes the ap- pointment of a curator at the salary of s1, 500.
 HARRISBURG. March s0-The bill to es- tablish public employment bureaus in cit les under the direction of the chief of the bureau of industrial statistics was defeat ed In the house. The same fate befell the bill to extend the provisions of the me- chanics' lien law to servant girls. Gov ernor Hastings sent to the senate the names of Wilson c. Kress of Lock Haven as supreme court reporter. Thomas J. Edge of Harrisburg as secretary of agriculture and Colonel Ezra H. Ripple of Scranton as commissary general of the national guard. The nominations were confirmed.
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SPAIN COMPLIES.
PROMPT ANSWER MADE TO SECRE-
 TARY GRESHAM'S DEMAND.

Spain Promises That Nothing of the Kind
 Ansir Will Be Looked Into-The span-
 ish Ministry Resigns.
 WASHINGTON, March 1s-The state de- rartment has received a dispatch from Minister Taylor at Madrid. The Spanish government has given assurance to the United States that there will be no repe- tition of such offenses as the firing upon the mail steamer Allianca.
 The reply of the Spanish government Is couched in courteous and temperate phrases, and expresses the determination of Spain to avoid further cause for com- plaint on the part of the government.
 As to the attempted detention of the Al lianca, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs says he is as yet without informa- tion, and adds that as soon as he shall have received report from the captain genera, of Cuba concerning that incident B reply will be made to the demand con- tained in Secretary Gresham's telegram.
 While the officials of the state depart ment are unwilling to say anything what ever concerning the contents of Minister Taylor's cablegram, 1t Is believed the fore going is a fairly accurate interpretation of the dispatch. It will be noted that the Spanish government promptly complies with one of the most important of Secre- tary Gresham's demands which was for immediate assurance" that the war yes sells patrolling Cuban waters should not give further offense in the manner com plained of in the Allianca affair.
 As to the other demand made by Score tary Gresham that the Spanish government should promptly express its regrets In its attempted detention of the Allianca, Min ister Taylor's dispatch indicates the will ingness of the Madrid government to com- ply herewith in due time should the facts on investigation prove to be in accordance with the representations made by the United States.
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General Markets.

NEW YORK, March 1a.-FIOUR-State and western quiet, but steady: city mills patents, S5.90G4.l5; winter patents, S2.sOG3l5; city mills clears, $32593 20, winter straights, $235G2.D. WHEAT-No. 2 red opened lower under for eign selling, weak cables and rains west, but subsequently rallied partially on big local ex- ports; May, 6094d6l1sc.; July, 60 13-l6Goltc- RYE-Nominal: carlots, 55c.; boatloads, 650 56c.
 CORN-No. 2 opened easier, but recovered and advanced sharply with the west May, 5lA @5lasc.; July, 50i&G5034c-
 OATS-No. quiet, but steady; May, 33lxc.; track. white state. g I4lc.
 PORK Quiet; new mess. sl39l3.5o; family, $l225ala75
 LARD-Easier; prime western steam. se.e5, nominal .-. BUTTER-Firmer: state dairy, l0Glsc.; state creamery, old, l0nl5c.
 CHEEsE-Steady; large, s611lsc.; small. 80 12c. &-|-
 EGGS Lower; state and Pennsylvania, E34 @l3c.: western, 12lSd 12Ac.
 SUGAR-Raw steady; fair refining. 1l-l6c.: centrifugal, e6 test, Sc: refined quiet; crushed. 4e-l6G434c.; powdered. 3-l6d 4ssc.
 TURPENTINE-Firm at 361fG31c.
 M0LASSES-Firm: New Orleans, 3Sd3sc. RICE-Steady; domestic, 4ssGbasc.; Japan. 41494s5c.
 TALLOW- Firm; city, &lxc.; country, G4ssc-
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Spain's Ministry Resigns.

MADRID. March 1s.-The Sagasta min istry has resigned in consequence of the trouble in the chamber of deputies, when all the reporters withdrew from the house as & protest against the official defense made by the minister of war of the officers who attacked and wrecked the offices of Fl Globo the organ of Senor Castelar,.
 1t is probable that Field Marshal Mar tinez Canlpos will form a new cabinet.
 A positive demand for ministerial action against tho press had been made by the officers responsible for the riots, and their support by the minister of war in tho dep uties caused much excitement Nothing like this conflict between the civil and the military authorities has been known for a long time, and much anxiety prevails. General Martinez de Campos has just been appointed captain general of Madrid and has ordered the officers to barracks. The queen regent is much disturbed.
 The ministers decided to resign at a council held Sunday evening. Senor Sa-
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POLICE SUSPENDED.
The Indicted New York Police onaciais Re- moved Temporarily.

moved Temporarily.
 NEW YORK, March 2o-After months of anxious waiting. during all of which time the public and members of tho po- lice force have been kept in m agony of suspense, the result of the deliberations of the extraordinary grand jury, which has been inquiring into the charges of police corruption, was m.de known and indiot- monts against the following officials hand cd down:
 Inspector William w. Mclaughlin.
 Captain Jacob Siebert, Union Market station.
 Captain Michael ]. Murphy, West One Hundredth street station.
 Captain James K. Price, Maodougal street station.
 Captain J. J. Donohue, West Twentieth street station.
 Ex-Captain William s Devery.
 Patrolman Edward c. Glcnnon, former ly wardman.
 Patrolman Henry Shin. formerly ward man.
 Ex-Patrolman Burns, formerly ward man. out of the country.
 There is another indictment against a former member of tho force. who has not yet been found. ex. Captain John stephen son, who retired more than year ago on learning that charges were to be presented against him by Superintendent Byrnes.
 All tho accused mon. with the excep- tion of Burns, surrendered themselves at police headquarters yesterday morning and when arraigned later in the court of oyer and terminer before Justice 1ngrn- ham were admitted to bail Burns fled the country during the Lexow inquiry, and his whereabouts is unknown. It Is thought he is in Ireland.
 At an executive meeting of the police board. as soon as Superintendent Byrnoe had officially reported their arrest. Conn missioner Andrews moved that all the ao. cused be suspended from duty until the disposition of their cases by the oourta This was done ... -
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Mummy Wheat.

The belief in the vitality of mummy wheat is so persistent that it probably will not be overthrown by the result of careful tests on Lord Winchelsea' s farm.
 Every visitor to Egypt is besought by the Arabs to buy wheat which is de- clared to be veritable portion of the grain Joseph stored in Pharaoh's gran aries, but which are really gathered in the nearest wheatfield. The Arabs have even been impudent enough to offer indian corn, which is of American ori- gin, to credulous tourists as "from a mummy" A few months ago Lord Sheffield, on his return from Egypt,
 gave Lord Winchelsea handful of wheat which he had himself taken from sarcophagus containing a mummy. A hundred of these grains were carefully planted under glass frame. After some weeks it was discovered that the seeds had rotted away.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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What People Write For.

Mir. Froude, in one of our earliest talks, said:
 And why do you want to neddle with biography Why can't you be content to writo threo volume novolss"
 "I have no invention" said I.
 "Then I suppose you can't write that sort of rot out of which Rider Haggard and such mon make their thousandsYn
 II am not clever enough for that, " TO. piled.
 That answer Is dlslngonuous, " he said.
 "Well, said l, "I don't want to wrIte those books"
 That's better" said Froudo and turn ed away. But aftorward ho renewed the subject and said II am glad you don't como to mo saying that you think you have a mission of any kind, or want to ro- move veil from the eyes of mistaken hu. manity on any subject, or to do anything grand or philanthropical, or that sort of idiocy. l havc heard so much of that kind of thing.
 "oh, dear, nol'' said. "Iwnnt to put a little money in my pocket have no other motive, and as publisher asked for the book l took the necessary steps Noth- ing more"
 That's well," said Froude Ire land in Contemporary Review.
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REINA REGENTA.

has been exposed night and day in the royal chapel from the time the first report of the disaster reached her, and by her di- rection prayers for the safety of the crew of the Reina Regonta have been said con- tinuously evor since
 The missing cruiser was found sunk near Bajo Aceitanos, not far from the straits of Gibraltar. Only 20 inches of the Reina Regenta's masts were above water.
 The Reina Regenta was reported miss. ing on March 13 She had just conveyed from Cadiz to Tangier the returning Moor ish mission to Spain. The cruiser left Tangier on March 10 for Cndiz and her whereabouts had not been definitely asccr- tained until Tuesday. Pieces of one of hor boats and semaphore flags were reported to have been picked up along the shore near Ceuta and Tarifa. She carried a crow of 420 officers and men. and all hands are believed to have perished.
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CAPTAIN JAMES A. cRossaAN.

steamer replied by raising an English flag. The cruiser signaled the steamer to stop. but without effect.
 As the steamer proceeded at full speed the cruiser first fired two blank shots and then two solid shots. The commander says he did not desire to hit the steamer but merely to cause her to heave to. He asserts that the steamer was but one and a half miles off the Cuban coast when the firing occurred
 Tho authorities here have ordered that a full inquiry be made into the command CTS statement Judging from Captain Crossman's story. nobody can doubt that the steamer in question was the Allianca which was fired on by Spanish cruiser on March 8.
 Nothing has been heard here to con- firm the rumor that the Spanish gunooat Alcedo has sunk an American schooner. The rumor Is regarded as utterly unfound- ed in fact.
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Pens Don't Go.

Drop thati"
 The prominent attorney who had just picked up pen in the recorder of deeds office to affix few additional annota- tions to document he was about to file looked up in astonishment at his friend Sam de Jong's warlike order.
 Drop that pen, say'' continued De Jong, smiling. Don't you know that's a criminal offense?''
 The lawyer said he didn't, and the D. R. then explained to him that there was a statute which provides that no one but sworn employee of the depart ment shall use pen in the office of re- corder of deeds under penalty of prose- cution.
 "You folks can come in here and use pencil all you like" he continued, "but as soon as you pick up pen and commence to write you lay yourself lia- ble to arrest See?'
 The lawyer looked up Missouri's laws and saw. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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ROBINSON TRIAL.
HUSBAND AND WIFE CHARGED WITH
 THE MURDER OF GIBBS.

The Case Has Developed Into an Intsress-
 ing Courtroom Drsma-sadls Says She
 Was CsJolcd Into Making . confession
 by Dctectlses
 BUFFALO, March l6.-Tho trial of tho two Robinsons for the murder of Mont gomery Gibbs was continued herr, and tho day was full of incidents interesting and dramatic. and brought out one of the cards which tho dofense will ondcavor to play as n trump. This was that tho oon- feSsion made by Sadie that she and Clar~ enoe had shot Gibbs was obtained from her by improper means and was made to avengo herself on her husband. who, sho was Tod to believe, had another wife whom ho was supporting Working from this tho defeiise will try to provo that tho con fession was false.
 One of tho most dramatic features of tho day was the realistic acting on tho part of Mir. Quaokenbush and wardon Abbey of Cleveland, in which they showed how Clarence Robinson had tracked and shot Montgomery Gibbs.
 The prisoners-Clarcnoe md Sadie Rob inson-are indicted for murder in tho first degree for the killing of Montgomery Gibbs n young lawyer on Delaware ave nue yoar ago. This murder. by reason of the prominence of the victim and the bafiling mystery which surrounded the crime, created n sensation.
 Mir Gibbs, rotioont and inoffonsive citizen, was shot while walking alone up fashionable residence strcet about 10 o'clock in tho evening.
 No arrests woro mado until several months lator tho Buffalo police received word from tho police of Cleveland that they had Clarence Robinson under arrest and had wormed out from his pals a charge that ho was implicated in Buffalo mur. der. Assistant Superintendent Cusalfx of the Buffalo police wont to Cleveland and arrested Roblnson's wifo Sadie who thinking that her husband was to bo charged with murder. confessed that ehe killed Gibbs Sho was brought to Buffa-
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CLARENCE AND sAprK poprSsoS.

To- but refused to give particulars Rob inson. learning that his wife was under arrest in Buffalo for the Gibbs murder. made olenn breast of inc mattor. telling how he and his wife had gone out to hold upn somebody that night Sadie being attired in mems clothes Gibbs had rc- sisted them, and in the tusslo ho had been shot Clarunce Robinson wns brought hora, where ho has been jailed apart from his wife evcr sinoo
 Tho district attorney has found the dis guise which Sadie woro on tho night and other corroborative evidence and believes he has strong oaso. Thcro arc many people here who believe that tho Robin sons arc lying and had nothing to do with the affair. Attorney w. w. Saperston will defend both. The question whether the confessions of tho Roblnsons will bc ad- mitted hy the court as evidence against them or how much of thcm and tho curl osity to sec tho pair and hear what they will say for themselves on tho stand filled the courtroom us soon as the doors wero opened.
Connecticut western news., 1895-03-21
Always Keep to the Right.

The polite lodging that some times occurs between passers in a narrow pas sage was happily solved once by tall. ungraceful, bulky Vermonter, who ex- tricated both from the position by say ing, If you will stand still, madam, I will go home.'' Joseph Ritchie of Roxbury used to tell an experience of his in the days when ladies gowns trailed on sidewalks and in street cars, and their tempers flashed out if anybody trod upon them. Looking straight at the flushed cheeks and wrinkled forehead, "I excuse you, ma'am," said MT. Rit- chic, with old school politeness. .-Bos. ton Transcript
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AGAINST FOOTBALL.
The Harvard Faculty Tabooes InteroolIegi-
 ate Contests.

The Harvard Faculty Tabooes Intercouegt-
 ate Contests.
 CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 2o.-The Harvard faculty at their meeting again took firm stand against intercollegiate football contests, and 1t looks doubtful if the crimson will be represented by an eleven on the gridiron next fall.
 The motion adopted was worded as fol- lows, "The faculty. having received and considered communication from the committee on the regulation of athletic sports, dated Feb. 25, remain of the opin- ion that no student under their charge should be permitted to take part in inter collegiate football contests
 Although this action Is not final, 1t Is sufficiently prohibitive to prevent the game. for, while the faculty may not have the power to abolish contests, they can prohibit the men from engaging in them, which is sufficient Another meeting of the faculty will be held on April 2, when final and decisive action on the question Is anticipated.
Connecticut western news., 1895-03-21

military code, those who islander the army through the press ought to be tried by court martial. while, according to the press laws. such matters ought to be sub mitted to jury in the supreme court Despite this, the minister of war, conform ing to the desires expressed by the officers of tho garrison, proposed to the cabinet that court martial be summoned to try the eases A majority of the ministers, representing the civil clements, opposed this procedure whereupon Prime Minister SagaSta declared that it was impossible for him to continue longer in office. All the ministers then rendered their resignations.
 Marshal Martinez de Campos assumed command of the garrison last night
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THE LION ROARS.
John Hull Win Make the Little Republic
 Pay Cash For Being Bad.

John Bull Win Make the Little Republic
 Pay Cash For Being Bad.
 MANAoUA, Nicaragua March 1a.-Tho British government through its minister here. has submitted an ultimatum to Mic aragua It demands cash indemnity of fl5. 900 as smart money to pay for the ox- pulsion of Mir. Hatch, British consular agent at Bluofields during the troubles there last year, and also the appointment of commission to adjudlcato tho damages sustained ny the persons and property of British subjects who were expelled from the Mosquito reservation about the same time.
 By the terms of the ultlmatum Great Britain Is to namo one of the commission CTS and Nicaragua another. and these two arc to choose third, who shall not be a citizen of the United States. It was also made known that British warship is now on her way to Nicaragua to enforce these demands. which must be complied with within seven weeks from the goth of February last the date of the ultimatum.
Connecticut western news., 1895-03-21
THURSTON MUST GO.
REPORT THAT SECRETARY GRESHAM
 HAS DEMANDED HIS RECALL.

It Is Said That the Hawaiian Minister and
 the Secretary of State Have Had Several
 Diplomatic Tins, and That Thurston Has
 Been Barred From the State Department.
 WASHINGTON, March 20.-1t was report ed hero that Secretary Gresham had de- manded the recall of Lorin A. Thurston. the Hawaiian minister to Washington, on the ground that he was persona non grata. When Secretary Gresham's attention was called to this statement, he positively re- fused to say one word in confirmation or denial, and other officials of the state de- partment allege ignorance of the matter.
 It is known, however, that there has been much friction between the minister and the state department in the transao- tion of business dating hack to Mir. Thurs tons appointment as minister Probably because he was aware of the state of feel
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gasta subsequent ly went to the palace and handed the resignations to the queen regent, " h O acc ept t @ d thein. It is expect cd that Marshal Martinez de Cam pos will form a business cabinet. Senor Sagasta has declared that it is his intention not to resume tho pre- niiorship. An ex- planation of the crisis is that, ac-
 xl. A. AI
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HONEY.

When bees wend forth in black, continuous
 stream
 And steadily return unto the hive, When all the air with humming is alive From early dawn to days last golden gleam, Then 1t behooves to work and not to dreaml UpI if your honey store you want to thrive, Ere hungry drones with rohber bees conniye, That you may gather all the blossom cream. Yet let me pause a moment on the brink. Between yon flower calyx and its spoil What labor intervenethi Only think. What you deem play to bees and me 'tis toll. Yet labor. precipitation, many n sting. So I've the honey-cheerfully l sing
 Kate Frei"igrath- Kroeker in Academy.