Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-11-14
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ed ln thls olty yesterday that the ex- Tconsul general to Havana, Ramon O.
 Williams, might De expected here from
 Europe ID about ten days. Although
 the fact of Mr. Williams presence ID
 Spain escaped the vigilance of the news
 paper correspondents in the Spanish
 capital, iG is nevertheless true shat be
 has been in Madrid for three weeks past, and in the immediate circle of his fami.
 ly 1t was announced that he was to leave
 for New York by one of the North Ger
 man Lloyd liners on Saturday last. While the fact cannot for obvious req
 cons be definitely learned, it was gensr-
 ally believed by his personal friends tn at
 Mir. Williams visit to Spain has been
 made ss an agent of the United States
 with the vIew of making come arrange.
 ments by which peRces bls solutiou of
 ihe Cuban question might be brought | about.
 It will be remembered that on return
 ing from Havana MT. Williams spept
 some time ir Washington where he had
 several lengthy interviews with Presi-
 dent Cleveland and Secretary Olney.
 He then left for Europe. calling ou Sep
 tenn Der 8, 1t being generally supposed
 that his trip was taken for rest and in
 the interest of bic health. He first vis- ited England and then crossed over to
 France, snd, as it nov trsnspires, pro-
 ceeded thence to Madrid, where he has | been for @ little over three weeks. 1 Members of his family seen yesterday
 at his residence in Brooklyn asserted
 that they knew of DO other reason for
 MT. Wilism visit to Eu- than to | improve bis health, which had been in- I juriously affected by his residence in | Cuba. Some close personal friends of
 the ex-copsul-geueral, however. made DO | secret of their belief that his mission to Spain was to sound the Spanish govern. ! meut and, in conjunction with Minister Taylor, to endeavor to procure a friend | ly settlement of the difficulties with Gu. | bs.
 It was even etated that Mir. Williams
 was gu horized to favor negotiations by | which the purchase of tbe islands by the Cubans might be arranged on the under.
 standing that the United States would | guarantee tbe payments to the mother | country. It will bs recalled that this was substantially the basis of the ar.
 rap2ement proposed by General Grant
 at the time of Spsin's last war with her
 colony.
 HAVANA, Nov. 9-Col. Palanca en- | countered the insurRsnt leader Robsu at Pslo Prieto, in Santa Clara province, | and killed fifteen of his men and took
 one prisoner. Tle insurgents carried off the rest of their lost. The troops had two officers and four soldiers wounded.
 Today @ meeting was held at the gov ernment palace of representatives of the Union Constitutional, the marquis O! Apeztugia, the marquis of PiDsr del Rio and Mayor Antonio Quesads, the auto- | nomist Galvez, Montoro and Cueto, and the reformists Rivell, Segundo and Alvarez. The folio wing cable dispatch was addressed to Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanish premier: The constituted committee of national defense of the island, under tho presi- dency of General Weyler, have the honor to greet your exceilency and offer to aid in the constitutional support to
 ward the triumph against tue national aspiration in the island which is fore shsdowed today, the definite triumph of our arms over the odious rebellion which is devastating the island and compromising the civilization acquired under the Spanish banner.
 Signed by the committee.
 After serdIng the message to Senor Canovss, the committee of pstionai de. feDse paid a welt 10 Csptaip General Weyler, who epplauded their action, and that stated be considered it important fer Spain. The congratulations of the united party. he said. were important as indicating their patriotic purposes.
 A telegram from Cienfuegos says great enthusiasm prevails there, and that patriotic subscription is under way to aid in the increase of the navy.
 LONDON, Nov. o-A Madrid dispatch to tue Standard says that the Spanish government will eend 10000 Automsn recruits to Cuba before the middle of Decem Der.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 10-E1-Senator Dorsey returned from London where he secured capital to erect 100-stamp mill on mines near the Colorado river above Yuma.
 WAsHIsG GroN, Nov. 10-A meeting of the Venezuelan com mission today was of more than ordinary interest on ao- count of tie significant statement of Lord Sslisbury's speech last evening announcing that the boundary dispute was practically ended. All members of the cou mission were present, but Justice Brewer did not rem ain until the close of the meeting, as he had to tak his place on the Supreme Court bench to hear an argument io the BerlIner case. During the early part of the meeting the address of Lord Salisbury was generally discussed, and papers con- 1 taiuing the speech and comments upor | it were read.
 LONDON, Nov. 10-Mrs. Walter M. l Castle of San Francisco sentenced at | the Clerken we'll sessions on Friday to | three months imprisonment without | bard labor after having pleaded guilty | by the advice f her counsel, to the | chsrge of shoplifting WAS released from | Wormwood Scrubs prison today on medical ground., by order of Home | Secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley. She will be placed in care of her hus- baod who undertakes to take her back | to the United States with the least possibly delay.
 CLEVELAND, Nov. 10-J. s. Coxey has a new doctrine Tor l9UU. dt6 platform declares for tbe dsmonetization of gold as well as silver; state ownship of rail- roads; high ways, waterways, telegraph and telephone lines, municipal owner ship of street car lines, water works, market houses, electric light aud gat plan IS; employ DeDt of surplus labor Oa pu blic works, women's suffrage, state control of the liquor traffic and the eleo- ton of the president by direct vote of the people. Coxey has called & confer snce of all friends Of initiative and re- ferend um and advocates of the above principles St the Lindell House on Jau- usry F next.
 CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 10-The report last Thursdsy that sixty De: cons were killed ln 8 massacre ip hn Armenian vil- age near KIssrich was not exaggerated. On the contrary the affair turns out more serious than at first announced. The
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