The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-12
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
A Full Report Received in Refer
ence to yellow Fever.
At Santiago De Cuba the Deaths From
the Dread Disease Numbered %
in One Week. Cholera in
Japan. a Well Known Itai-
ian Indicted for Libel.
Nv Southern AssoclatoI rross.

report from Its representative in
Cnba. DIR. Caminoro. who. acting
under instructions from tho depart.
ment, has made an examination OF all
tue leading ports III tue Provinces Of
Puerto Principe and Sautlugo De
Cuba. In Puerto Principe, tho capital
of the first named province, there are
about five deaths daily from yellow
fever. The military hospitals are
crowded with cases, the dIsease being
prevalent III the m ust violent form,
The city Ii located near tho central
part OF Cuba aud has population OF
1000. The province is tho scene OF
much OF the fighting between the
spanish troops nut: the insurgents, aud
the marlue hospital authorities look
with some apprehension ut the nature
of tho news.
AT Santiago De Cuba Tor the week
ended June 30 the deaths numbered
twenty eight, but the uumhor of cases
was not reported. The denth rate.
however, hus Increased In nn alarming
mnuner. Two deaths from The fever
are reported from Gibara,
The marine hospital service Is in
formed that during the week ended
june II, six cases and five deaths bv
choeru are reported from Osaka und
Hiergo, japan. During the same pc
ROD no cases were reported from either
Yokohama or NaRusaki. where sporadic
cases had previously been found.
The grand jury To day brought in an
indictment from criminal libel agninst
C."sor Celso Mereuu, II well Known
ltniian. Moreno Is charged with hny
ing published IN the Culorei American.
OF this city, weekly paper run by
cOlured men. u llbelious article in ref
crence to Baron Favu. the Itulian am
bassadOr. Tho libel complained of WAS
printed oil March II, last, nnd the
grand jury has had tie case under con
slderatiou some days.
1t was learned authoritativelv to day
that no representations have been made
10 the State Department by Seuur
Dupuy De Lone, or any other person,
to the effect that Spain was displeased
with the alleged ut,erances OF Mir. Jas.
Is. Eustls, the United States Ambassa
dor to France. CONCERNING Cuban
affairs. Furthermore, 1t is stated on
the same authority that If MIR. Taylor,
the United States Minister to MadrII,
has denied to the Spanish Government
that MIR. Eustis uttered tho statemeuts
attributed to him, he did 30 without
explicit Instructions from the State
Department.
Whatever Mr. Taylor did III regard TO
the matter. If he aid anything, WAS IL
Is stated, the result of private arrange
menis between Mr.. Eustis and himself.
Such couIse would have been eX-
ceedingly irregular, and for that rea
son 1t is not believed by the depart.
ment TO have been pursued. Nothing
has been received at the department,
III any way. officially or otherwise,
nhout the alleged interview, aud it is
believed there that If the Spanish
Munster had been instructed by his
Government to lay complaint against
MIR. Eustls before SECRETARY Olney, he
would have gone direct to Falmouth,
where MIR. Ouey Is spending the sum.
mer,
Capt. Royal b. Bradford will 20 to
New London to morrow, where he will
take the lighthouse tender Cactus and
lay oil twenty y-four. course IN
Long sland So"nd. over which the
torpedo boat Ericsson will be given
practice spins preparatory 10 her final
trial next month for acceptance by the
navy.
The cruiser Marblohead, which has
been ut CrOnstadt, Russia. since tue
hiel celebration, arrived at Stock holm
to-day, where she will be joined by the
San Francisco, which sailed from Crop.
siadt this morning. The gunboat Mon.
ocacy reached the Taku forts. below
lien Tsin, to-day, and the cruiser
Yorktown left Nagasaki for Shanghai.
Yesterday the Naval Academy practice
cruiser Bancroft arrived at Green
Port. l.. L.. the dispatch boat Dolphin
AT Gloucester, Mass.. and tho MohicaD
at Seattle.
Treasury receipts and expenditures
have been running heavy SO far this
month. The former hive attained the
aggregate OF $l0,970,000 or nearly
500, ,uO0 day, Sundays and holidays
excluded, and the expenditures foot up
S23, BIS, 600. making the deficit Sl2,-
33S, 900. The amount of treasury notes
and United States notes redeemed in
gold and rolssued, amount to S533, 1S9.
1t is not believed that the deficit will
be very much Increased for the month
over the figures 1t has now reached,
and it may be reduced.
The Engineers report on rivers and
la rbOrs states that at BrunsWiek Ga