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The evening times., 1896-12-19
AMONG THE DIPLOMATS.
Those In London Decline to Discuss
the situation.

tue SitudtlbH.
London Dec lS-In an interyiew with
a representative OF the United Associated
Presses this morning upon the subject of
the resolutions of the Foreign Relations
Committee of the United States Senate.
recognizing the independence of Cuba, a
high official OF the Spa nish embassy said:
THE resolution is apparently an action
on the part OF the jingo party in America
Spanish officials cannot believe that it
will pass Congress, but If it does surely
President Cleveland, judging from his past
policy, win exercise his right OF veto.
There is no parallel between the rebellion
in Cuba and Spain's recognition OF the
Confederate States of America as beilig-
erents.
Tie Confedcratcs had a government and
a regular army, held possession Of iupor-
tant cities, and were well supplied with
finances. The Cubans, on the other nand,
are only bands of rebels, scattered in the
woods and mountains, without the posses
sion OF single town. 1t would be folly
to recognize them as belligerents.'f
In reply to a question as to what action
Spain would be likely to take in the event
of the adoption OF the resolution by the
United States Senate and House OF Repre-
scntatives, the officials of the embassy said
1t would be impossible for them TO antici-
pate the action of the government at
Madrid.
Baron de Courcel, the French ambassador,
was seen by the reporter as he was leaving
his office. The ambassador begged to be
excused from expressing any opinion upon
the subject of the relations between Spain
and the United States.
Both United States Ambassador Rayard
and Italian Ambassador General Fcrrero
are out oftow n. and in their absence the off
Gals of their respective embassies decline 10
talk on the subject.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
STOLE THE PIGEONS.
Great Excitement Up Around the
National Guard Armory.

Loud cries were heard in MAYORS alley,
adjoining the District Militia Armory,
about O'Clock last night.
Oats him, dat's him; fotch him out oh
dar Fotch him, o Lawd!'' rang out on
the night. Soon thereupon a group OF
dusky citizens emerged from the alley, hav
ing in their clutches an ebony-hucd fellow
citizen.
.'Wheffo' yo' stole dem pigeons; whuffo',
yo' niggah? Whuffo' yo' break de record?
Amt dere no chickens a-roostin' in dat
yard? Come wild US to the penitentiary" :"
And forthwith the procession moved up
Fifth street, to the station and their cap
tive was safely landed behind the bars.
Sonny Blackstone had planned very care
fully to appropriate some two dozen pigeons
from the back yard Of Mrs. Rupert, COR
ner of Fourth and l. streets, but plans, it
is said-and Sonny found il true sometimes
miscarry.
In Judge Miller's court Sonny was held
for the grand jury.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
PRICES GENERALLY HIGHER.
Strong London Market Caused UI
ward Movement Here.

Strong London Market Caused Up
ward Movement Here.
New, York, d &c. 10. Wall Street, II a. M
The security markets were decidedly
stronger this morning and prices were high
er all around. London, contrary to gen.
eral expectations, was not disturbed by
the serious decline here yesterday and
paid little attention to the actions of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions. This, with the statemen Mt that
the Republican leaders in the House in
tended to oppose the Cameron resolution,
caused the bears to make a change OF
front and led to an advance Of 1-2 to 9
per cent during the first hour of business.
Sugar rose l IA, to 110 IA; American
Spirits l. to II Is; Tobacco g. 4, to 75 Il;
Burlington and Quincy 2, to Il Ii: Chi
cago Gas Is, to Il 5-S; Northwest Id,
to 101 3-4; st. Paul 5-S, to 72 / 4: Rock
Island l 7-8, TO 60 So; Consolidated Gas
1, TO 146; Louisville and Nashville / Ia
to 46 7-S; Kansasand Texaspreferred1 1-2,
to 26: Missouri Pacific 1, to 10; Reading
5-s, to "a 7-s; Southern Railway preferred
Western Union 1, to 50 IA. Manhattan
first rose "a. to SO 1-2. broke to SO, ad-
vanced to So IA, and recedcd to 81.
The suit brought by bondholder to pre-
vent the payment of dividends induced sell
ing for both accounts. At 1 O'Clock the mar
ket was shade easier on realizations.
Stocks after 1 O'Clock were irregular
and feverish. Some of the leading issues
scored further gains, while others dis
played marked weakness. Among the par
ticularly firm issues We're Louisville and
Nashville, Sugar, Consolidated Gas. Read
ing, Standard Rope and Twine, Northern
Pacific preferred certificates, and st.
Paul. The Gould stocks did not rally with
the general list, and We're pressed for sale
Manhattan ranged between s6 Ia and
81, and Western Union between 81 rs
and SO 3-S. The bank statement, while
favorable, had little effect on speculation
The market left off irregular.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
WAYS AND MEANS HEARINGS.
Oral Statements Are Discouraged
Committee Pushing the Work.

The Ways and Means Committee of the
House, as far az possible, are discouragins
oral hearings. Many persons who have
written for information respecting the
hearings, have been asked to put their ar
guments in writing SO that they may re-
ceive more attention from the committee
than would be the case If the latter had
no such data before them.
There is a determined effort on the part
of the committee to finish the hearings
on the date specifed-January lin order
that no delay may occur in preparing the
tariff bill.
Mr.. Dolliver, of Iowa, who will be the
chairman OF the subcommittee having in
charge the agricultural schedule, will'leave
for the West this evening, but will return
in time to be present at the first hearing.
Mr.. Dolliver says that the agricultural
schedule, which in effect includes the wool
en- schedule, will receive careful attention
from the committee. The farmers along
the northern border have been complaining
bitterly for the past two years, he says,
of the competition of the CANADIANS, an
1t is proposed to give them a protr:a !,
that will be quite as satisfactory as that
afforded by the Mckinley bill.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
THEY COME HIGH.
Electric Lamp Thread Most Expen
siye Produced in the World.


sive Produced in the World.
As a matter OF curiosity United States
Consul Morris, at Client, reports to the
State Department that the most expensive
product in the world is the charcoal thread
employed for incandescent lamps.
1t is, for the most part, manufactured at
Paris, and comes from the hands of an
artist who desires his name to re main un
known, in order to better prote ct the Sc
cret of manufacture. 1t is by the gramme
that this product is sold at wholesale. In
reducing its price to the basis of pounds
it is easily found that the filaments for
lamps of twenty candles are worth So, 900
per pound, and that for camps of thirty
candles they are worth $12 900 per pound.
The former have diameter of twenty
thousa ndths of one miil;meter and the latter
four and one-half thousandths of milli-
meter. The filaments for lamps of three
candles are SO light that it would require
nearly 1,50O,O 900 of them to weigh a
pound. As the length Of each of them is
ten centimeters, their total length would
be 1877 miles
The evening times., 1896-12-19
LEAVE OUT BORAX.
Then American Sailed Beef Can Be
Exported to Switzerland.

United States Consul Germain, at Zu-
rich, has investigated the restrictive meas
ures against American meat products in
Switzerland, and finds that the prohibit
ton relates only to salt meat products
in the canton of Zurich, where the law
prevents the sale OF use or any meat pro-
duct preserved by other chemicals than
salt and saltpeter, while in American meat
borax was found.
When American shippers send meat to
Switzerland without borax the restriction
will probably be removed.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
Forecast Till 8 p. tn. sunday.

Forecast Till p. IN. Sunday.
ror the District of Columbia, Maryland
and virginia, fair weather tonight; Sunday
partly cloudy slight angesintemperature;
northeriy winds, becoming variable.
Weather Conditions and General
Forecast,
The barometer has fallen in New Eng
land and from Texas northward to the Da-
kotas; il has risen over the central valleys
and the lake regions. The depression,
which was over Lake Huron yesterday
morning, now covers northern New Eng
land and light SHOWS are reported in the
st. Lawrence valley, New York, and West
ern Pennsy sylvania. The barometer contin-
ues high over the lower Missouri valley and
The central plateau region.
1t is about 10 degrees colder in the lake
regions and the Ohio valley and warmer In
the extreme Northwest.
The indications are that the weather will
continue fair, but with increasing cloudi-
ness along the Atlantic coast. Cloudiness
will continue in tue Southern States, with
The evening times., 1896-12-19
Postal Receipts

Postmaster General Wilson today gave
out statement showing that the post al
receipts for November Of the thirty largest
postoffices were S2,63O, 511. The re-
ceipts for the same month of 1895 was
S2,TS1 900, net decrease of S151 ,OS9.
New York city leads in the amount of re-
ceipts. followed i norder by Chicago, Phila
depihia, Boston, st. Louis and Cincin-
The evening times., 1896-12-19

though she could have been held as n sus-
picious character. under the vagrancy act
The inspector told her that she had been
arrested on her record. and as a precau-
tionary measure to protect the Wash
ington business houses. He agreed to re-
lease her il she would leave the city ant
keeper of the resort with whom She had
been stopping since last Saturday was an
old friend of hers and she had come here
to visit her.
Ralph Hamburger, her alleged husband,
is said, by the police, to bc an expert and
nervy sneak thief and shopliftcr He
halls from Baltimore, where his people
are said to be well to do. He works with
the woman arrested last night, who does
the ''stalIine'' for him. He was arrested
in New York on July l., 1891, charged
with stealing from c. Werincke, an i'm :
porter, antiques, rings, pins, brooches and
other miscellaneous pieces of diamond
jewery valued at $4,000 on February
6, 1891 For this offense he was con-
victed and sentenced to serve eight years
and six months in the state prison and
is now doing his term.
SHE WAS WITH him.
1ue Woutan, NeiHe, VINO was with him
at the time of the robbery, was later ar
rested in baltimore, taken to New York
and convicted of completely in the crime.
Friends on the outside worked hard to Sc
cure pardon for her and finally succeeded.
Hamburg is thirty-four years of age and
was originally saleman III several large
business houses. This gave him famil-
iarity with these establishments which
made him dangerous sneak and shop
litter.
Nellie Hamburg is about twenty-six years
old. She has brown hair, blue eyes and is
a keen talker, shrewd observer and quite
pretty. Both her picture and that of the
man are n the New York rogues' gallery.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
B. & o. VIADUCT.
Commissioners Think Bill should In
clude Country Crossings.

clude Country Crossings.
The Commissioners today sent to Con-
grcss their report upon Senate bill 2S09,
which provides for the elevation of the
tracks of tie Baltimore and Ohio in this
city. ,5cgr
The Commissioners say that no provision
is made in the bill for grade crossings out
side of Washington, W hile experience shows
that more accidents occur at country road
crossings, and they recommend that the
bill he anne ndcd in this particular.
They regard ,the time of construction Of
six years as unnecessarily long. Four years
is thought 10 be ample, and that work should
be begun in one year.
The closing OF and f streets and Della
ware avenue at strret is deemed to be
unwise.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
Street Railway Company Assigns

Defiance, Ohio, Dec. 19.-The Defiance
Street Railway and Electric Company went
into the hands of receiver yesterday.
Walter r. Faben, manager of the company,
was appointed to the receivership on appli-
cation Of W. NJ. z. Hunton, of Philadel-
phia. The company was bonded in the sum
OF ST. O0, 200, and. according to the peti-
ton. has been running at loss of So 900
per year.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
SOUTH AFRICA ALIEN LAW.
Conditions Under which Foreigner.
Can Enter That Republic.

Can Enter That Republic.
The new alien law which goes into ef
feet in the South African Republic jan
uary / has been sent to the State De-
partment by the American minister at
The Hague. 1t provides for the admis-
sion of foreigners into the republic where
they are provided with proper passport,
which must show that such foreigner has
sufficient means of subsistence or can
obtain it by his own work.
Other foreigners may be admitted on let
tiers of Identification If they can prove
their identity and can show themselves
capable OF self-support. Admissions. how
ever, arc to be granted only through the
issue of a travelling or residing passport
which must be rene wed every three months.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
CondItion of the Water,

High and low tides are officially recorded
at the Navy Yard today as follows:
High. Low.
6:55 p. m. 1:16 p. m.
7:19 a. IN. III a. m.
Temperature and condition of the water
at s a. M: Great Falls-Temperature, "a;
condition. SO. Receiving reseryoir-Ten-
perature, Al; condition at south connection,
36; condition at north connection, Sc. Dis
tributing reservoir-Temperature, 40; coll
dition at influent gatehouse, &c. cffIuent
gatehouse, Sc.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, Bank
ers and Brokers. members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office, Rooms 8 and 3a, Sun Build
ing. j. A. Breen. manager.
On. High Law. Clns
Ar Cotton Oil Co.,. 10 10 10 10
sam. Suyar Refinery Go. i0ex iI0iI 100 ilOIS
Canada Southern ....... Is 16K z6 46Z
The evening times., 1896-12-19
schedule for street Lighting.

Gas lamps lighted at 5:49 p. m.; extin-
guished at 6:29 a. IN.
Jncandescent and electric lamps lighted
at 5:32 p. M; extinguished at $50 a. m.
Naphtha lamps lighted at 5:34 p. m; ex-
unguished at 6:38 q. m.
The evening times., 1896-12-19

District Appropriations Monday.
The subcommittee on appropriations will
on Monday take up the District bill. The
Commissioners and heads OF departments
will be called in as usual. The disposition
of this committee this yea rhas been to
cut all appropriations as close as possible.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
Marriage Licenses.

]. C. Hayden and Mary B. Newton.
BENJAMIN S. tGilIyard and Mary Mont
gomery. ,,
Hunter G. Ta1iliaffero and Annie T. Pei
field.
George W. Arlington and Mary C. Kid
well. BIZ
John B. BeaIiiaild Matte NJ. Routt.
The evening times., 1896-12-19

Profits of Police Auction Sale.
Chief Clerk Sylvester reported this after
noon that the police auction sale netted
$242, which will he applied to the peslon
fund
The evening times., 1896-12-19
Naval Orders

Assistant Paymaster G. W. siebels has
been detached from the receiving ship In.
dependence at Mare Island and assigned
to the gunboat Petrol, destined for duty
on the China station.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
SENATE WOULD BE SAFE.
State Senator James Not Dying.
Death Would Cause No Deadlock.

Louisville, Ky. Dec. 19.-The report that
DR.. A. II. James, Republican senator from
Muhlenburg county, is dying OF pneu-
monia, is untrue. DR.. James has been ill
for some days, but is now recovering
Had he died 1T would have only made a
temporary deadlock in the legislature, as
the Senator's district is Republican, and
the vacancy would be Immediately filled by
a snecial election.
The evening times., 1896-12-19

possibly sho wers on the Gulf coast Sunday.
1t will be slightly colder along the At
lantic coast Sunday morning.
The evening times., 1896-12-19
PRETTY NELLIE CAN'T STAY
Noted Shoplifter Sent Away by
the City Police.
RAN OVER FROM NEW YORK
Had some Friends Here She Wanted
to Visit Detectives watched Her
Every MOve-Her Picture and
That of Her Husband In the
Rogues' Gallery.

A stylishly attired and rather pretty
young woman stepped from a New York
train Saturday evening, and, taking a cab,
was whiried To q house in disreputable
section. Her coming was unheralded. but
Inspector Eoliinberger and Detectives He
Ian and Boyd knew within an hour after
her arrival that Nellie Hamburg, alias
De Ford, alias Howe, one or the cleverest
New York shoplifters and "stalls,'' was
in. town.
under the strictest surveillance by the de-
tectives. Her every movement was watch
ed and noted The officers feared she
might try to turn trick here and then
disappear.
Last night detectives Boyd and IIelan
arrested Nellie on suspicion and held her
at the Twelfth street station in charge Of
the matron. They talked with her. and she
acknowledged that she was the companion
of Ralph Hamburg, alias De Ford, alias
Howe. who is now doing a long tern IN
the pen for shoplifting.
AT HEADQUARTERS.
This forenoon the prisoner was brought to
police headquarters and ''introduced'' 10
Inspector Hollinbergcr. She frankly ad-
mitted that she had been Ralph Hamburg's
.'stall.'' and had served time herself tor
shoplifting.
There was no charge against her, al
The evening times., 1896-12-19

Read of the extraOrdi-
nary price-induCements
which hecht offers for
next week in tomorrow'S
Times. Their liberal credit
system will help you buy
the gifts which you
thought you couldn't give.
SIS SEVENTH St.
The evening times., 1896-12-19

Received for Redemption
The national bank notes received today
for redemption amounted to $3.50 ,5O9.S
The evening times., 1896-12-19
washington Stock Exchange.

Sales-Wash. Gas. 2S at i5; Firemen's In
snrance 80 at 80; Lanston Monotype, 80 at e1<
GOVERNMENT BONDS Bid Askei
The evening times., 1896-12-19

low tides are officially Y recorded
Y Yard tnla Y rs follows.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23
4 AOlESTRO Y SiNlESTRO

Ell gobierno ha crsfdo poner fAcil
t6rmino 6 Ia caesti6n de honor sur
gida entire Martinez Campos y Bo
rrero, enviando & este dltimo & las
Canarias.
Mas dado el car&eter pundonoroso
y sntero del h6roe de Sagunto, cree
mos que ese dslicado incidents no ha
quedado rssuelto en- defnitiva.
La actual solucion equivale { su
aplazAmiento.
Por otra parte Martinez Campos
necesita vindicarss. y resupsrar par
to de aus prsstigios, lanzados Is
mitad del arroyo por Ia intransigsn-
cia Y los rancores polfticos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23

que sc publicn en- Ttanoi, ha dicho
10 siguiente
Esta maiiana era espantoso el &C.
pectaculo que ofrecisn los alradedo
res de la alcaldfa. Mas de ouinien
tas personas su mayorfa mujeres
y nifos, algunos de pecho-estaban
allf desgrefiados, fanelicos, esperandos
limosnas y la limosna sirve eScasa.
mente para cubrir las necesidades del
dfa. La responsabilidadr dc esta 81
tuaci6n SIS nueStra.s Este estados de
lcosas responde nuestra incuriay
nuestra imprevision, y. mas que TO-
do, d nHsstra eo6icia de o6tener ae
nHest,as aduanas. yi<Sgo dc ayyui
nal al pais taerkSs cdatfdadSs que an.
me,stau dc dla en- dia."
La politica interior, 81 vale Ia fra.
SC, Sc ha limitado una manifestation
de comunistas en- el c~meneerio del
Pero-Lachaisse, y 4 una ma fiesta.
ci6n de anarquistas que. cantando Ia
Ravach0le. fueron { cubrir de prima-
verales flores la tumba de Emilio
Henry. sutoT de Ia explosion del no
tel Terminus. 9 s9
Ciertas medidas de. orden p1bico
motivsron en- el Consreso una inter
pelaci6n del socialista Reno, & quien
contesto el ministfo Barthole, conde-
nando la Commune y la gloyi6cacion
! de sus recverdos.
.es LUIS BoNAFoUx.
I (ContSnUard)
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23

ma mas ca consonancia con la liber-
tad, " con las ideas que venfa defen-
diendo el Ministro de Estado M
Hanotaux. Pero prevalecio Ia Idea
de la anexi6n, que pucd- originaf
graves consecuencias internacionales.
Por de pronto, tiene In ansxi4n ace
rrimos enemigos entire los mismos
franceses.
"Nos preguntabamos- dice y In
transtgeant-porque habfamos que
maso tres ciudsdes en- Madagascar
y degollado los habitantes; y aho
ra comprendemos que ell incendio y
la matanea tenfan por fin reemplazar
ell protectorado por la anexioa. Nues
tro procedimiento de colonization ha
sido siempre el asesinato. Asf, pues.
para que los Magaehos comprendie-
sen que su territorio pasaba 4 ser
frances, reventamos varios centanares
de indfgenas."
Los Favaios. que son los mss .te-
mibles de Madagascar, sigueu hosti-
lizando los franceses 6, dicho sea
con mas exactitud, gepeliendo la ane
xi6ni emo la isls es mayor que
Frsncia, la conquista ccstara muchos
hombres y dinero. Ell citado L'straa
sfgeant ha recordado qne Cochinchi
ma cuesta Frsneia ounce millones
por afio, treinta T1nez setenta Ton
kin.
Y en- Tonkin Sc perece material
msnte de hambre. El Journal S'tfesst
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23
UNA FINCA De CAFE EN- VENTA

SE vENDE EN- PATILLks una inca de esfe.
oompuosta de doscientas onerdss mas me
nos de terreuo alto y sobre llAno.
Tiene So 40 ouerdas nneadss de cafe eu
plens production, y de 30 a 25 cuerdss Dc
plantacion nuevs, como de uno tres aiIos;
el resto, on au mayor pRrte desmontsdo J
con a1abaIss propios para oontinuar las siem
bras.
Sc aceptan proposiciopea, bien al eontado,
8 Parte Rl oontado y el resto plagos.
Iuformaci6n en- Arrollo SNsssoTss dc Co
rdS d c.
Ponce, 28 de Junio do 1896.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23
LAS BOMBAS EN- BARCELONA

ra yer 4 este desgraciadc es precise
man, ha4se los pies, tanta es la sangre
| que ail1 hay. t1A
Muy cerca de este anciano aparece
an hombre como -ds, treiata amos,
/ tambien pobremente vestido. Esta
otra vfctima de la barbarie anarquis-
ia produce indescriptiblc horror, tie
ne el craneo destrozado, y So masa
| encefalica ha salpicado varios metros
de Ia fachada de una casa.
"A pocos pasos vi IN grupo de 10
6 IL personals s.
Quisiera no haberme acsrcado; en-
medio de elias agonizaba uns a.ds
de cuatgo 8 ciaco afos, dc cuyos {.
nos labios salfan debiles gemidos )
angustiosisimos iementes.
Teafa en- sus brazos { la pohre NJ
ia ana m SER joven que ll0rsba silea-
ciosa, psro con ia sello tai dc amaT
gufa, que asegufarfa era la madre de
la nina espirante.
Nc qaise siqaiera preguntarlo; me
aparte de all horrorizado, hallando
4 cada psso un hsfido, encontr6 Ell
la puerta de la tarbena de la casa MI.
mero ,una muj er del pueblo: esta
ba muerta y tenfa Ell pecho compile
tamente dessroza6o.
No puedo detallar el n1mero de
muertos yo he contsdo 10 menos
diez. @ - -
Iufnidad de heridos pedfan auxi-
iio IN mismo tiempo, y el propio
deseo de atendSrlos hacfa qus los en-
cargados de tan humanitaria rnisioa
anduvieran aturdidos ds un laio &
otro. II SlIft lsItl
A cada momsnto van csmilleros
conduciendo -os hsridos al hospital y
& Las Casas do Socorro.
Con los gritos dc peua mezc Sban-
Sc los aver dc dolor Por todas par
tes sangre, lastima augusta.
Todo cato. visto ca mny pocos me-
tros de distancia y oldo en- muy po-
cos instantes, causa tai impression, que
acaso estas notas tslegraflca iran lle-
mas de la confusion y ei dssorden que
sc echa de ver en- cuaRtos presenciaa
los tristes resaltados de este crfmen
j 49,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-23
EXCMO. AYUNTAMIENTO
DE La
OIUDAD DE PONCE
PTssidsnefa
AL PUBLIOo

No habiendoss presentsdo loltadores Ia
Subasta anunciada para las Obras dc repsrs
clones de an trozo de canal del acueducte
Alfonso XII de esta oiudad, oil Excmo. Ayun
tamiento, eli su Ultima aesion, soordo Sc pG-
blique uuevo renSts por ell termino de veiG-
Co dias, contar desds squel en- que apares
CO este anuncio por primer vez en- la Ga
ceta OsciaI", hora de lss tres de Ia tsrde
Las proposiciones no exoederGl de Ia suma de
727 pesos 28 cent&vos, que es el presupnesto
aprobsdo.
Lo que se hace p6blico para couocimiento
general. haciendese presente que In docu
mentsci6u respective 90 hala de manifesto
en- esta Secretaria.
Ponce, Juuio 30 de 1895 Ell Alcalds Pre-
sidente, AICarado.