The National tribune., 1896-06-18
BRIEF NEWS

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injured in cyclone which struck Wyeth City,
about 80 miles from Gadsden, Ala, June 9.
The third Congress of the Chambers of Com
merce of the Empire met in London, June y,
| with Mr.. Joseph ChanYberlsn, Secretary OF State
| for the Colonies, in the chair. Mr.. Chamber
lain in his speech Advocated closer CONNER
cal union between the colonies and the mother
| country, based upon tho freest exchange OF
commodities within the Empire, allowing each
colony to fix such duties on foreign goods as 1t
may wish.
The Executive Council last week decided to
release John Hays Hammond, Col. Rhodes,
| George Farrar, and J. w Leonard, the leaders
of the johannesburg Reform Committee, on
payment of fine of S125, 900 each, or in default,
Punishment from the country for 10 years All
except Rhodes paid their fines, and he will be
banished.
Confirmation of the report that England has
demanded that Volney Ashford be allowed to
| return to Hawaii has been received. The Re
| public declines to cOncede the demand, ana IL
Ashford is landed will protest.
John d. Hart, the alleged owner of the fill.
clustering steamer Bermuda, and Edward q.
! Riley, Captain of the ship, were arrested In
! Philadelphia, Saturday, warrant sworn
out by the Spanish Consul at Jacksonville,
Fla, charging that they took part in filibus-
tering expedition which started from that
| place April 81.
John s. Johnson, the American cyclist. low
| cred the worlds record for 500 meters to 80 90
seconds in contest ut Paris last week.
DR.. David Jordan, President of the Stanford
| University, has been appointed President OF
| the Boring Sea Commission, and will go to
| Alaskan waters on the steamer Albatross to
| make a study of the sealing question.
The trial of Alonzo Walling, charged with
| h.. nF ctI ftnvrn ut
Newport, Ky. The defense occupied four and
a half days last week presenting its side of the
case, which is considered much stronger than
| that of jackson, now under sentence OF death.
The little steamer Three Friends has been
undergoing repairs at Savannah, and it is said
will soon start with another expedition from
Jacksonville. Large quantities Of ammunition
will be carried.
Upon the advice of the Spanish Surgeon
General, the Council of Generals at Havana has
decided to limit military operations in Cuba for
the present to the defensive.
In an accident Saturday near Brest Lite
wiski. town in Russian Poland, on the Bug
River, a railway passenger train was wrecked
and many persons were killed.
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese Envoy was
granted an imposing audience by Emperor
William Sunday in Berlin.
Senior Ribeiro ex-Minister of the Colonies for
Portugal, is dead.
According to the official returns the imports
into France for the past five months show an
increase OF 193,000000 francs over the same
period OF 1895, while the exports from France
have increased 100000 francs.
Prince Victor Napoleon writes, regarding
imaginary negotiations carried on with the
object of inducing him to abandon his rights:
I'm Non havn Yin d &c nartt bnua
they hold from the people, and the people alone
can invalidate those rights. As the repre-
sentative of a great cause shall never abdi-
cate the duty which my name imposes"
Havana is in 4 state OF terror since Saturday
when the stone bridges of Christina and
Concha and aqueduct of Fernandino SeptimO
were destroyed by dynamite placed under the
stone arches by agents of the insurgents Food
is poor and scarce in the city, disease prevails.
and should the water supply be cut off great
snferir8 will result. 1t is also feared in
Havana that the insurgents may attack tho
city.
An important battle was fought between
largo body of Spanish troops, under Gen.
Castellanos, and body Of about 1000 insur-
gents. under Gen. Gomez. The engagement
was near Ciego Najssa. The insurgents at
tackled the Spanish. who were formed in
squares, aud, according TO the report made by
However, there is little doubt that had not re-
Inducements arrived the Spanish army would
have been annbilated. The Spanish give the
Cuban loss AS nearly 500 The loss of the
troops is suppressed by the Censor.
Fifty sailors from a Japanese warship, at
Antwerp, mutinied Sunday evening, landed
and attacked the police. The mutineers were
overcome, and the ship is now guarded by
detachment of police.
Returns to the Canadian Fisheries Depart
Dent of the Spring catch of seals by Canadian
vessels taken off the British Colombian and
Washington coasts show decrease of nearly a
thousand skins.
There are indications in Rio Janeiro of the
growth of the monarchist party. which is seek
ing to place Countess d'Eu daughter Of the
late Emperor, on the throne of Brazil.
DIR. Jameson and his fellow. leaders in the
Transvaal raid have been committed to court
for trial in London, being placed under heavy
bail.
Reports received by Surgeon. Gen. Wyman.
of the Marine Hospital Corps indicate that
smallpox is raging in Cuba. and is increasing.
and that it already has assumed far wider prev.
alence than yellow fever, the hereditary enemy
OF the Cnbans. One report states that yellow
feveris almost entirely confined to the Spanish
troops.
p. c. Jones, a member of one of the largest
banking houses in Honolulu. and Minister of
Finance under the late monarchy, has gone to
New York to interest Eastern capitalists in the
refunding of the Hawaiian Governments in
debtedness The Government has 100000
OF bonds, drawing 6 per cent, outstanding at
present, which it is proposed to pay, aud issue
in their stead bonds drawing interest at the
rate of 4 per cent.