The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04

1rOVlSlOnS were naruiy CnanR6u. Inc
gain on early trades was limited to 21a
over last night. Liverpool cables we're
I'D lower for wheat. Northwest mar
kets had ITO cars. The weather was
perfect everywhere. Against these
bearish items the trade had much
better New York stock market. Kansas
reports of wet harvests, and very bull
ish Illinois crop bulletin claiming
decided drop in winter wheat condition
since the May report. There was bet
ter feeling in all quarters.
AMONG the letters just received from
Cuba by Senior Quesada, the representa-
tive in Washington of the Cuban insur-
gents, is one under date of the 10th inst,
which after describing atrocities alleged
to have been perpetrated upon unoffend-
ing non combatants, says: 1.-THE Span
iards are losing heart. They are con-
WINGED they can make no Roadway and
are fast leaving the island. l mean the
influential Spanish merchants and we'll
TODD people. The explosion of the two
bombs on the aqueduct has dampened
the bellicose spirit of the volunteers,
and the latter have refused to go to the
trocha. The Spanish generals often
visit Weyler to ask him for money to
pay the troops, who have received no
fOr he ,ho hal
discontinued in consequence and are in
state bordering on mutiny.
The news that Gen. Porfirio Diaz has
again been nominated as a candidate for
the Office Of president of the republic of
Mexico contains a sufficient assurance
that this remarkable politician will be
successful in gaining fifth successive
term of the presidency, and that, barring
accidents, he will hold the office until
the end of the nineteenth century, says
the New York Sun. In reality, he will
be elected this year for the sixth term,
as he had held the Office for term prior
to the election of President Gonzales in
the year 1880. In November next he will
close the twentieth year of his service as
president of Mexico; and. if he shall out
live the ensuing term, he will have a
record of "a years in the office.
THE Braddock wire works. the largest
of the plants of the Consolidated Steel
and Wire company, followed the ruling
of the wire nail trust and shut down.
Both the Braddock wire mills are now
shut down. also the Beaver Falls mill.
The suspension at the mills. which
closed yesterday, affects 800 men, who
will be idle until August. The yearly
scale of the Amalgamated association
expires and general shutdown will fol-
low if decision is not reached by that
time. This will throw $4,000 men out
of employment in the tin-plate mills and
twice as many more in other depart
ments.
A SERIES of explosions eliminating in
a terrible fall of rock occurred at 3
o'clock Sunday morning in Twin Shaft
colliery of the Newton Coal Mining Com
pany at Pittston, Penn, and number
of miners, variously estimated at from
sixty-fve to seventy-ive, are entombed
in the mine, with but faint hope of their
being rescued. The mine had been
working" for some time, and special
force under the leadership of the Super
intendent, Acting Mayor Langan, of
Pittston, we're engaged in an effort to
strengthen the supports in the gangway.
Rescue work was begun at once, but
slow progress is being made.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND left Washing
ton this morning at Z o'clock over
the Pennsylvania railroad. A private
car was attached to the regular train
from New York leaving at that hour and
placed at his disposal. The President
was accompanied by Private Secretary
Thurber. who will be with him during
the summer. At Jersey City the Presi
dent will go aboard the private yacht
Oneida, and will sail to Buzzard's bay.
All executive business will be transacted
at Gray Gables during the summer, but
official announcements, as heretofore,
will be made from the executive man
sion in Washington.
TIE steamers Three Friends and City
OF Richmond have been detained at Key
West, Fla, on the ground that they were
about to engage in filibustering expe-
dition to Cuba. The vessels were over
hauled at sea by the revenue cutter
Winona on Friday evening. On the
City of Richmond we're 407 cases of
arms and ammunition, and on the Three
Friends a party of forty men. among
whom was Secretary Costello, of the
Cuban Junta in this country.
The Liberal party won a great victo
ry in the Dominion at the elections last
week. 1t was triumph which was not
expected as the clergy of the French
Catholic church were on the Tory side.
An Ottawa dispatch says that the Con