The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-17

| ed a note from Assistant United States
| Circuit Attorney Anthony, calling his at
| tention to sec. 1856 of the United States
! neutrality act, providing a penalty of q
! fine of $1,000 and three years imprison-
ment for breaking it. Under this section
| the audience and the performers, as well
as the managers, would be equally gull
| ty. The concert is off for the present,
but will be given later, probably to raise
a hospital fund for the wounded soldiers
of Cuba.
BUT THEY CAN INDYGNATE.
Buffa,o, y. Y, Dec. 16.-A call has
been issued by the Cuban junta in this
city for an indignation meeting to be held
at the Lyceum theater next Sunday after
noon. At this meeting preliminary steps
Will be taken to raise troops and money
TO send them to Cuba and also to petit
ton congress to take immediate steps to
further the Cuban struggle for liberty.
FIRST VOLUNTEERS.
Council Bluffs, Ia, Dec. 16.-The Dodge
Light Guards have passed the following
resolutions:
Whereas. In view of the treacherous
conduct Of the Spaniards, through which
the cowardly assassination of General
Maceo, the leader of the Cuban forces,
was accomplished; and,
w utiSGS, Inc NllOte CpllOuCl VI
Spaniards seems to tend 10 wholesale
determination Of al life and destruction
of property in Cuba; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the members of COM
pany l., Third regiment Iowa National
guard, known as the Dodge Light guard,
That We deprecate that deed Of the
Spaniards, and that we pladge ourselves
to uphold any action taken by the United
States government, and we volunteer our
services, if necessary, to resort TO arms
in upholding such action"
HORNELLSVILLEB BOYS.
Hornelisville. n. Y, Dec. ia letter
has been received from Vera Cruze
which states that the HornellsvilIe boys
who enlisted in the insurgent cause in
Cuba were well and doing much good
service. One Of them has the distinction
of having d Spanish reward of $500 set on
him, dead or a/ve. He had charge of
dynamite gun under Maceo. Twenty
other young men of this city are ready to
go TO Cuba, but the letter says: I'VE
are unable to send any more men to
Cuba at present.
IN KANSAS AND MISSOURI.
Sterling, Kan, Dec. ia man named
Hamilton, who claims to have served
five years in the regular army, has writ
ten the junta for the necessary authori-
ty 10 raise company of recruits to go
to Cuba Already he has quite a list of
names of young men in this vicinity who
have pledged themselves to follow his
lead
Carthage, Mo-, Dec. 16.-Sergeant Bert
CCff:n, of the Carthage Light Guards,
has left for Kansas City to make ar
70 start a company of Car
thage young men to Cuba to fight for
the Insurgents.
AFRAID OF THE JAPS.
San Diego, Cali, Dec. 16.-The secret
of Henry Cooper's mission to the United
States is out. Mr.. Cooper is the Ha-
waiian minister of foreign affairs. He
formerly lived in San Diego and was
prominent member of the bar. He is
here today and is quoted as saying that
he came to the United States to urge ar
owing to the fears that the
Hawaiian government has of Japan. The
situation in Hawaiia, according to Judge
Cooper, is that the Japanese far cut
number all other foreigners. They are a
handful in comparison. Hawaii has q
treaty with Japan and cannot exclude
the japanese, who are pouring into the
islands steadily and pushing into every
business. They are losing the humble
demeanor that characterizes their coun-
trymen on this coast, and through their
great numbers and the prestige of the
Iapan-China war, are beginning to chafe
for the elective franchise If they force
Hawaii to give them the right to vote,
the American ascedancy will be at an
end forever Judge Cooper has laid the
situation before influential men in the
east and has so won their judgment that
he believes great strides will be made !
turing the next year toward annexation
under the Mckinley administration.
SMALLPOX IN JAPAN.
Victoria, Dec 16.-The steamship EN-
press of India, just arrived from the ORR !
ant, reports smallpox raging with ex-
severity in the principal sea-
port towns of Japan. At Kobe 200 cases
and several deaths are reported. The
Empress passengers were not allowed
to land and the crew We're all vaccinat-
ed before departure from Yokohama.
Nothing has been doing in the Carew
poisoning cases at Yokohama, already
HAMBURG STRIKERS.
Hamburg. Dec. 16-There were dis J
-urbances today in many parts Of the
locks. and nffrays between the strikers
and the police occurred, during which |
several persons were injured and num-
Der of arrests were made. The strikers
Yesterday evening attacked and burned |
the Stevaiores' association public house. |
Work proceeded today on los vessels, |
and SO other ships are at standstill.
FOREIGN MISCELLANY
Munich, Dec. 16-The loss of life by |
he explosion which caused the Won !
Cromer match factory at Aschaffenburg |
was much greater than previously re- |
Fifteen women and girls en-
oloyed in the main building were killed, |
and many persons working in an ad- |
Joining building were fatally or seriously |
injured.
steamer Edward Kohl, which was re- !
ported to have been lost at sea while on |
her way to the West African colonies, ar
rived safely at Las Palmas, Canary Is
ands, on Monday last.
Berlin. Dec. 16.-Prince Solns-Hohen- !
'lome-Lich has been elected president OF |
he Prussian upper house. He was born |
n 1883. He was major general in the |
prussian army and succeeds the late /
Prince Won Stollberg Weinger, who died /
)n November 20.
Paris, France. Dec. 16.-The big prize |
n the Panama lottery, amounting to 90 |
100 pounds Gl00.00O has been won by a !
Narseilles market woman, the widow /
Boissiere.
London, Eng. Dec. 16.-Lord George /
hamilton. secretary of state for India, /
speaking to public meeting in London. /
llnted "a an early agreement of the pow /
rs 10 stop Turkish misgovernment.
Paris, France Dec. 16-An adventures l
famed Comtesse RoSsi. who was born /
7 America, has been arrested in Paris 1
'or series Of burglaries.