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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
FLEEING FROM CUBA.
Cubans Coming to America to Escape Being
Drafted

The steamer Oliyette brought 40 refugees
to Tampa. Fla, from Cuba, and landed l3O
in Key West. Three hundred refugees are
already booked for the next trip, and addi-
tional benches and cots will be taken 10 ac-
commodate them. Those arriving say that
If one does not participate in the revolution
they must leave Cuba or join the Spanish
forces. Those able to leave are doing 20, but
the less fortunate will Join the revolution and
greatly swell the Cuban army.
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Foreign Facts.

The destination of the flying squadron Is
still Il secret, and wont probably be divulged
until the vessels composing II shall have ar
rived at some port. The war scare, In
consequence has extended To Tampa, Fla.
Another crisis is at hand in Bulgaria.
Prince Ferdinand il being openly opposed
by DIR. stoioff. and wants 10 replace him
by NJ. GrekoT jp tba office Of the prime
minister
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-23
Russia Remains Neutral.

Russia's policy at the present moment Is
steadfastly 10 avoid being drawn into any
combination or complication with Armenia,
Germany. England or Abyssnia, but to keep
the oriental question ever In the foremost.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
Salisbury Answers the Challenge
Thrown Down by Emperor
William.
CONGREGATING A SQUADRON.
Admiral RawSon Hurrying to Delagoa
Bay on the Flagship st.
George.

LONDON, Eng, Jan. s-The Central
News is authority for the statement that
Lord Salisbury has notified the German
Government that Great Britain will main
tain her rights in the Transyaal under the
convention of 1884 at all costs.
The generosity shown by President
Kruger is admitted everywhere. At the
clubs here it is q matter of speculation as
to what terms will be made by Sir Her
cules Robinson, Governor OF Cape Col
ony. The consensus of opinion is that
President Kruger will expel the leading
agitators in the Rand, of whose participa-
ton in the conspiracy against the Trans
vaal Government he possesses proof, and
that the British Government will punish
the other participants. 1t is also believed
that the British South Africa Company
will be obliged TO pay heavy indemnity
and VIII lose its administrative rights in
the adjoining terr itory.
Everything is quiet about the Govern
ment offices this evening. Lord Salisbury
is giving a country ball at Hatfield House,
his seat in Hertfordshire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
QUARREL At A HANGING,
War of Words Between a Con.
demned Murderer and a
Spectator.
Bitter Accusations Made and An
swered Before the Moose Is
Adjusted.

HATT1ESBURG, Miss, Jan. ST. D.
Hathorn (white) ana Thompson Wade
(colored) were hanged at Augusta, twenty
miles inland. at y :04 to-day, both men
dropping simultaneously from the same
sc tffold. The execution was witnessed by
at least 5000 people, many of whom walked
for twenty miles and few as far as thirty
five miles. This was the first legal execu-
tion in this county for nearly twenty years.
The men we're hanged for the murder of
Mrs. Hathorn on the evening of October 7,
the negro shooting the woman at the in
stigatlon and compulsion of the husband
Hathorn had become infatuated with a
young woman-Josephine Marriatt-
whom he was intimate for several months,
and from the gallows to-day he declared
that she suggested to him the killing of
his wife.
The father of the young woman was
among the crowd to-day, and when Hat
horn stated that he (Marriatt) knew of his
relations with the daughter he interrupted
the statement with the demand for proof.
Hathorn merely replied that actions had
led him to so believe. The two men in
dulged in a row that caused much excite
ment. Hathorn endeavored to prolong
his harangue indefinitely, claiming that
the woman should be hanged with him,
but Sheriff McCullom called time, adjusted
the moose and black cap and dropped the
wretches.
Both necks were broken, the white SUBJ
iect dying IN five minutes and the black in
eight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
Islanders Surrounded at Artemus
by a Large Force of
Regulars.
GENERAL NUNEz HAS FALLEN.
Patriots Beaten at Guanajay in an
Engagement Lasting Three
Hours.

HAVANA, CUBA, Jan. SIT is reported
here this evening that great battle has
been fought near Artemus, a town near
Guanajay, the base OF operations of the
rebels.
The report has it that the insurgents
were surrounded by Spanish troops under
Generals Suarez, Valdez, MADAM and
Navarro. and it is believed they met with
a complete defeat. No details of the fight
can be obtained.
1t is said that the rebel leader Nunez
was killed in yesterdays battle with Cen
eral Navarros forces, and that the rebels
lost 200 men. The engagement lasted
three hours, the Spanish troops under
Generals Garcia and Navarro dispensing
the rebels at Guanaiay, forty-five miles.
from Havana, which place was chosen by
. the insurgents as the center of operations.
Another battle took place late in the
evening at Ceiba del Aqua between the
rebel bands under the command of the
leaders Gomez, Maceo and Saracas and
Navarro's forces. The insurgents were
again defeated and dispersed, but the di-
rection in which they fed is known.
Their loss was 232 killed and one taken
prisoner.
The Spanish forces captured seventeen
Remington rifles and a number of
machetes, besides a number of the rebel
horses. Their loss was four officers and
one soldier wounded.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
BATTLE OF soDINEz.

Desperate Struggle Bettceen Gomez and
the NdUnrrO Battalion.
HAVANA, CUBA, Dec. 80 (via Tampa.
Fla, Jan. S).-The following official ac-
count of the battle of Sodinez was sent to
the island press last evening":
A column from the battalion of Navarro.
under command of Lieutenant Perera to-
day (the 29th), had an engagement with
the enemy near Colimete. 1t resulted in
a serious action with the forces under
Maxine Gomez, who greatly outnum bered
our force. The column drew back and
captured the positions held by them on
the Sodinez estate, and the enemy was
forced to scatter.
The column, which was composed of
$50 men, had an officer and four men killed
and twenty officers and sixty men
wounded, all of whom were taken to Coli
mete. An hour after the engagement can
non shots were heard in the direction of
the Maria estate. 1t is believed that the
same body OF rebels had an engagement
with the forces under Colonel Molina"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09

says: The Emperor yesterday summoned
to Potsdam the Chancellor, Admiral Knorr,
commander-in-criefo of the navy, and Ad-
mlral Won Holman, chief of the Ad-
mlralty, to concert military measures to
be taken in the event of England landing
troops to occupy the Transvaal.
The Emperor and the Car OF Russia
Yesterday exchanged dispatches regarding
the kaiser's telegram to President Kruger
and the resulting conflict with England,
and Russias cooperation with Germany
is already assured. France will regulate
her policy by that of Russia.
The Transvaal representatives here lare
attempting to obtain French support.
Connt Won Hatzfeldt has received in
structions to intimate to Lord Salisbury
that Germany will not permit the slightest
lesion of the interests of persons of Ger
man nationality.
The Duke of SAKE Coburg-Gotha deplores
DIR. Jameson's crime, and the Gothaer
Zeitung warmly supports the idea of i'm
perial intervention by Germany.
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YOU Dirty BOY"

Africa Company have held repeated meet
ings during the last week, and since Mon
day have met twice daily, but have made
no statement to the press. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Chamberlain has ordered
the directors to obtain from Cecil Rhodes
q detailed statement of his knowledge of
DR.. Jameson's movements prior to the
latter's raid into the Transvaal, otherwise
the charter of the British South Africa
Company would be revoked. The anxiety
of the directors increases as the days go by
without bringing any statement from
Rhodes, whose only reference to jameson
was made in dispatch received here on
January 1, in which he said that Jane
son had acted withont authority.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
PEACE IN THE TRAKSYAAL.
Secretary Chamberlain Believes the Crisis
in the Boer Republic Has Been
Passed

LONDON, ENG, Jan. s.-Notwithstand-
ing the report that orders were issued to
prepare flying squadron of six vessels to
be In readiness for navigating duties' on
January Ia has been found to be true, and
that Admiral Harry Rawson, commanding
the Cape and West African squadron has
been ordered to proceed with his flagship,
the st. George, to Delagoa Bay, and is al
ready en- route from Cape Town to that
place, Mr.. Cham berlain, the Colonial Sec
retary, is said to consider the Transvaal
crisis past. In political circles, However,
the formation of the flying squadron is re-
garded as an indicatian that the situation
is graver than it has hitherto been thought.
and all OF the afternoon papers approve of
the preparations for war Some of them
urge the revocation of the British South
Africa Company's charter, after which
England would be able to fight Germany,
on account of the Iauter's interference
with clean hands.
According to a dispatch from Cape
Town, dated January 4, it is reported that
the high court of the Transvaal ordered
that DR.. jameson be shot, but President
Kruger refused to sign the death warrant.
This report is not confirmed. Another
dispatch asserts that if Dr. jameson
should be executed the hostile feeling
would become so greatly aroused that
the British Government forces would
not be able to prevent a race war in South
Africa.
Official advices from Pretoria say that
DR.. Jameson will be released and handed
over. to Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor
1f
Transvaal, and it is also stated that Sir
Hercules, after consulting with the heads
of the Transvaal Government, informed
the people in the Rand that they would
be allowed twenty-four hours from noon
of January to lay down their arms IN
conditionaily.
Another Pretoria dispatch. dated jan
uary s. says the prisoners of Jameson's
following are loud in their praise OF the
treatment they received at the hands of
the Beers, while the burghers deeply re-
sent The action of DIR. Jameson. They
are intensely angry at the necessity OF
leaving their farms, and demand q speedy
and final settlement of all the questions
at issue and full and free possession of the
Transvaal country, under the disputed
rule of the Beers.
vi the prisoners, the men were confined
in the racecourse inclosure at Pretoria
and the officers in the town Jail. DR..
| Jameson, Sir John Willoughby and the
Messrs. White were deeply detected at the
result of their movement, Jameson refus-
ing to take food for some time after his
Imprisonment.
The following statement has been issued
by the Colonial Office:
Governor Robinson of Cape Colony
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telegraphed to Mr. Chamberlain from Pre-
toria on January Z:

telegra phed to Mr.. Cham berlaln from Pre-
toria on January 7:
communicated TO Mr.. F. K. Newton, Secre-
tery of the colony of British Buchuanaland,
your telegram of the 5th and received reply
from him that he had been absent from
Buchuanaland for nearly a fortnight prior to
the raid into the Transvaal He arrived at
Mafeking on December % and heard then,
after the telegraph had been closed, that Jane
sons force was leaving. That night the wires
were cut and the first message that got through
on December 80 was yours, directing me to
send DR.. Jameson an order TO return.
About one-ffth of Jameson's forces started
from Mafeking and the rest from Pictsani, the
British South African new territory. Jameson
left only ten policemen in the whole of the
Buehuanaland protectorate and OF them four
were doing customs duty. The whole country
was unpoliced There was no representative
of the British South Africa Com pany in
Mafeking, and magistrate in the company's
territory. There was only one representative
OF the company in the lower protectorate and
he had joined Jameson's forces.
Governor Robinson adds: "Newton will
come to Pretoria at my invitation to con-
fer with me in regard to reducing the pro-
tectorate.
Governor Robinson teIegraphed Mr..
Chamberlain on January Z: johannes
burg surrendered Internationally this
afternoon and gave up arms. President
Kruger has intimated his intention to
hand over Jameson and the other prison
ers upon the frontier of Natal. You may
be satisfied that the crisis is over and all
danger of further hostilities ended"
The directors of the British South
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
TOLD BY THE SPANISH.
Madrid and HaUana Reports of Tict,
1.ies GIre1. the CaIhnnR

Madrid and Havana Reports of Victo-
riSs Doer the Cit6Gns.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. S.-The fol-
lowing cablegram from General Martinez
was received at the Spanish legation late
this afternoon:
The column OF General Navarro yester-
day had an engagement lasting three
hours with the main bands of Maceo and
Gomez in Ceiba del Aqua, dispensing them.
Twenty dead have been found and buried
by our soldiers. The Spanish loss was
slight-four officers wounded and twenty
casualties among the men, either killed
or badly wounded.
THE troops captured numbers of horses,
arms and ammunition. The column is
reconnoitering the scene and many col
umns are following the insurgents. The
army is in high spirits and Havana is
completely quiet"
Minister Dupuy de LONE also received a
long cablegram from the Government at
Madrid to-day, giving a summary of the
latest official reports received there from
the commander-in-chief in Cuba. These
reports show that it is.exceedingly diff
cult to get fight with the bands of ma
rauders which are continually galloplng
about, burning and pillaging the defense
less plantations and small villages. GEN.
eral Echagua, who is in the rear OF the in
surgents, has twice succeeded in overtaking
few of the bands and capturing some
prisoners.
General Campos says The rebels never
stop long enough to be overtaken in any
considerable numbers.
In the invasion of Pinar del Rio, by the
insurgents, small bands of bandits pre-
cede the main forces of the insurgents,
and cause more damage than Maceo and
Gomez.
Yesterday 1000 men were sent by sea to
Colonia, the port OF Pinar del Rio, to re-
enforce the troops there. In the rest of
the entire island of Cuba nothing of a
revolutionary character is occurring.
Minister Dupuy de LONE expresses his
full confidence that these dispatches give
an exactly truthful statement of affairs,
and he courts the comparison OF these dis
patches with news from other sources
which secure publicity from day to day in
several newspapers which have been proven
so unreliable recently.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09

ough sitting of the British South AT RIGA
Companys liability for the trouble, and
admonish the Government not to shirk its
obligations to the Transvaal and to Eng
land to convict the real authors of the ap-
parent gross conspiracy against the South
African republic.
The lectures to Emperor William are
generally repeated. The marked cessation
of hostilities of the press of Germany
toward England is ascribed to the British
Governments preparations for war, which
are highly commended on all sides.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
7AURTiRG THE GERMANS.
The London Press AscT6es Their Silence to
Fear of Great 8Ttan's

LONDON, ENG, Jan. s.-The editorials
of the leading papers tomorrow will be
unanimous in lauding the generosity of
President Kruger and assuring him that
everything is appreciated at its full
value. All of the papers will praise
Colonial Secretary Cham berlain for his
course throughout the difficulty.
The Daily Chronicle will congratulate
him upon having secured peace with
honor. Sir Hercules Robinson will re-
ceive his share of praise.
The Daily News and Daily Chronicle
lead in an emphatic demand for a thor
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09

Admiral RatcsOn and the Flagship st.
George already the Hay.
LONDON, ENG, Jan. st is stated this
afternoon that Admiral Rawson, COM
manding the British Cape and West
Africa squadron. who was ordered to
proceed with his flagship, the St George
to Delagoa Bay, is already on his way to
that place, where several warships will
assemble.
The Admiralty this afternoon issued the
names of the new commanders of the YES
sells composing the flying squadron and
the men who are detailed for service on
those ships.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
MRS. BENEDICT DIVORCED.
Granted Decree Upon the Grounds of
CgMeitH and DesertiOm.

Cruelty and Desertion.
OMAHA, NEBR., Jan. 8.-Mrs. Jeanette
Halford Benedict, daughter of Major Hal
ford, U. S. A, and President Harrson's
private secretary, has received a divorce
from her husband, formerly of Boston.
They weye married three years ago in Eng
land during the Bering Sea arbitration.
The grounds were cruelty and desertion.
Benedict lost his fortune soon after the
marriage and is now in South Africa. He
made no defense. She regains her maiden
name and has gone to Denver, where her
father is now stationed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
COVENTRK STILL LIVES.

Report of the CaptGin's Death Found to
Hare Been Erroneous.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. st is stated this
evening that Hon. Charles Coventry, a
captain in the Buchanaland police and son
of the Earl OF Coventry, whose death was
recently announced to have occurred from
the effects of wounds received in the battle
between the Beers and Jameson's troops
in the Transvaal, is alive. The dispatch
conveying the information also says that
although he was wounded, MIR. Coventry's s
condition is not serious.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
SIEGE GUNS LANDED.

-Four HedrU Var Engines for the De-
TeitSe of HdrGnd.
HAVANA, CUBA, Dec. 81 (via Tampa,
Fla, Jan. S).-Four heavy siege guns have
Just been disembarked at La Machina in
this harbor. They will complete the sew
eral forts and sea batteries of this city.
They are the heaviest and most destruc-
tiye guns in the West Indies. A tenn,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
HARRISoNs WEDDING.
The General Going to Ne,o York to MARI
Mrs Dimnick.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. "a Sun
special from Indianapolis, Ind, says; Ex-
President Harrison is going to New York
within ten days and will marry Mrs
Dimmick before his return. 1t is barely
possible, however, that the ceremony may
be deferred until after Lent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
INTERVIEWED SALISBURY.
German and Portuguese Representative
CIoseted Nth the Premier.

LONDON, Eng, Jan. 8.-Lord Salisbury
and Count Won Hatzfeldt, the German
Embassador. had a short interview at the
Foreign Office this afternoon, and after
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09

ward the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires
saw Lord Salisbury in reference to the
sending of British warships to Delagoa
Rav
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
RUSSIA SHOWS HER HAND.
Emperor William Assured of the co-0peru-
ton of the Gar in Checking
EnqiaHd
EnQLand.

NEW YORK, N. Y. Jan. "a special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Berlin
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09
HEADING FOR DELAGoA BAY.

are highly commended on all sides.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-13

The back, "the- handspring of wo
mans organism" quickly calls atten-
tion to trouble by aching. II tells
with other symptoms, such as nervous.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-13
HANGING on the Fence.

The Liverpool Sun intends to hang
on the fence in the gravest question
that now confronts the American
people. Show up a little back bone
and don't let such an excuse as the
following take the place of honor
and integrity;
The SUn is neutral on the silver
and gold question, and don't try to
persuade people to vote either way,
but we are willing and anxious to
learn, so here we ask several ques-
tions. AS the Selinsgrove Times il
about the most rampant free silver
paper in this section, we will ask
that journal Cor any other free silver
paper by what ingenious and effec.
tive legislation they expect to main
tain the parity of l6 to when the
finances of the country are on a sill.
yer basis, as in other free silver bas-
is, as in the free silver countries the
relative value is about 80 to /, and
gold at a premium of 50 to 30 per
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-13
CENTREVILLE.

VIM. Roger and l.. L. Badger of
Mifilinburg were in town Saturday
evening. g.. . DIR. j. o. Mohn OF Mid
dleburg visited his parents Sunday
H. T. Mohn rode his wheel to
Laurelton on Sunday afternoon, ,..
j. L. Halfpenny and MIR. Spigelmire
of Swengel rode on their wheels to
this place Sunday morning Quite
a number of our people were to the
colored campmeeting at Summit
Grove on Sunday. =. .Thos. Kleckner
and Jas. Rooms wear smiles all over
their faces, all on account of baby
girls. .. Clarence Chambers of White
Springs visited Grandpap Hopnai
Sampsel's on Sunday. :. There was
quite female pugilistic affair on
Market street one day last week. 49,.
We are Informed that DIR. IL. @.
Brunner intends to locate at Trever-
ton. Northd county. We extend
him our best wishes.
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Thursday, Aug. 13, 1896.
II Bryan Be Elected.

The following letter explains itself
The DIR. Miles Medical Company is
composed of business men and they
are among the largest advertisers in
this country. Read the Letter:
Ellihart, Ind, Aug. |, 1896,
EDITOR Posi-:
To protect ourselves in time of
panic and financial distress, which
we regard as inevitable if the unex-
pected should happen in November,
we have decided to add the follow
ing condition to all contracts made
for newspaper advertising:
1T is also agreed that should the
Free Silver Candidate Bryan be
elected, the DR. Miles Medical Co.
have the privilege of cancelling this
contract"
From this date contracts without
this clause will not be accepted.
Respectfully,
DIR. MILES MEDICAL Co.
Does this mean that Free Silver is
going to bring prosperity II this
country is to be flooded with money
why does the DR.. Miles Medica
Company not want some of it. Vo
ter, think of this.
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Republican Committeeman.

Adams. 4. Fetterolt. Tobias Mitchell.
Beaver, Nathan Freed, Irwin Kinney.
Beaver w.--wm. Heeter. G. W. Boush;
,entre.-,t W. Sampsel II. G. Sampsel.
Chapman,-D. A. Portlline, 7. u. Nlchols'
Frankiin,-C. II. Dunkelberger, J' W. Eisen
hover.
Jackson, VIM Martin, J. :. Yearck.
Middleburgh, curtin B0wersox, w. Y. Fees.
Niddlecreek j. J. Mitchell. i. l.. Row.
Monroe III. II. BOrdner, |. 4. Boust.
Penn. daniel Knouse, G. f. wagner
perry-Irwn Boyer Henry Harding.
Perry w.,--Daniel Maneval. II. X. ferster'
Spring A. VI Smith, d, F.Spaid.
sellnsxrove.-E. X. Gcmberling, G. ". covert
Unlon.-Geo I. Flanders. J. q. Stahl.
Washington, Win. c. Hilblsh, Jerry CHARLES.