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One Fast steamer. Purchased by the
Cuban Junto. Now ON Its Way
to the Island.
TWO INsURGENT DEFEATS
sPANIARDs CLAIM VICTORIES oyEB
MACEo's AND GoMEz's FORCES.
Part of the Latter's Army surprised
I'm n Mountain Psss-PoIiticat
Prisoners shot.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1s.--Coincident
with the arrival in this country OF DR.. Cos
tello, Secretary OF the Treasury of Cuba.
the sending OF aid TO the insurgents has
been progressing more rapidly than ever.
There sailed last Saturday afternoon from
off the capes of the Delaware the Norwe-
gian steamer Osteria. with an expedition OF
fifty men and large quantity OF arms and
ammunition. The vessel has been purchased
outright by the Cubans, TO be used by them
for future work. She is so built that she
can easily make twelve knots an hour. and.
ii is claimed, can show her heels 10 most OF
the war ships Spain now mas patrolling the
island. The expedition is in command OF
Captain Edward Arduo. who served through
the ten years war. With him are a number
of the sons OF wealthy Cubans in New York
city and other parts OF the United States
1t is anticipated that the vessel viii reach
the north coast Of Cuba at a point near the
Havana coast about next Sunday. where IL
will be met by detachment from
General Gomez's army and safe conveyance
given TO the snterior OF the island Whh
the expedition are one Maxim and two CAT
ling guns. News has been received here
that within the last ten days ten vessels
have arrived in Cuba from this country with
100000 cartridges. a large quantity OF powder
and dynamite and 5000 rifles.
One OF the local junta said to-day: As
there is no pressing need for men at this
time, no regular expeditions VIII be sent 10
the island. Generals Maceo and Gomez have
under their immediate command in the
provinces OF Havana and Matanzas ever
ten thousand men, who are without eny
arms except the machete. They could easily
get as many more If they could equip them
No such steamer as the Osteria Is men,
toned in marine reference books and she
is unknown I'm shipping circles here Some
significance is attached TO this fact when
il is recalled that the identity OF the En-
glewood an alleged Nova Scotian steamer.
which sailed from New York last week.
with arms for Cuba. is equally unknown.
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EDISON'S EXPERIMENTS.
Two Photographs Taken by the Wiz
ard by Means of ROentgen's Rays.

ORANGE. y. j., Feb. 19.-After expert
menting for two weeks in his laboratory
in West Orange. Thomas a. Edison to-day
succeeded in taking an instantaneous pho
tograph by means of the Roentgen rays
from fiuorescent tubes, the rays having
penetrated heavy card board and vulcan
lied fiber-plate holder. In another expert
ment a sharply defined image of a metal
strip was made on a plate with four and
one-haif inches of wood between the plate
and the fiuoreSce1t tube. and after an ex-
posure of twelve minutes the photograph
was taken. Mr.. Edison said that by the
end OF the present week he will De ready
10 try TO take picture OF the human head
and make other interesting Photographic
experiments.
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An Attorney Wields Cieaver in 81
Very Dangerous Manner.

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-After dramatic
scene in court, the jury in the case of Mic
Marsen, on trial for the murder of Fritz
Holzhuetter. this afternoon returned YER
dict Of guilty and fixed the penalty at
death. While delivering the closing ad-
dress to the jury Prosecuting Attorney
Pearson swung aloft the cleaver with
which Marsen is said TO have committed
the crime. The idea was TO show the jury
how the fatal blow struck. The
cleaver flew off the handle, sailed over the
heads of dozen people. and penetrated
one of the supporting pillars of the court
room, passing within an inch of the face
of a man sitting there. A few minutes
later the defendant succumbed to the in
tense strain he has been subjected to and
fell on the floor in dead faint.
The jury was not long in reaching their
1ict
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WILL NOT GO TO OREGON.
Baptists Will Hold Their Anniyer.
sartes at Asbury Park.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. l9.-The secretaries
of tae American Baptist Missionary Union.
the American Home Missionary Society, the
American Baptist Publication Society ard
the American Baptist Education Society,
acting under the advice and authority of
their respective boards. at meeting held
In this city. unanimously voted that |. Is
impracticable TO hold the anniversaries i'm
May in Portland. Ore, according 10 pre-
vious arrangement and announcement. Sew
erai reasons are given for this action. Times
are hard, and IL would be difficult 70 secure
a quorum OF the board of managers In
Portland The recent destruction by fre of
the Baptist Publication Society building. IN
this city, fs another reason. An invitation
10 hold the anniversaries at Asbury Park
commencing May ~, has been accepted.
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Not Authorized to Protest.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-If Mr.. Hannis
Taylor. United States minister to Madrid,
has, is reported on the authority of a
Spanish newspaper, addressed curt note
to the Spanish government demanding an
explanation of an attack made on the
United States in an address delivered by
Senior Conovas before a geographical So
ciety, then the minister has acted entirely
on his own responsibility. for nothing of
the subject matter of the complaint is
known at the State Department. Ii is felt
here that the facts cannot be as represent
ed, or at least there must be other facts
not stated in the cable dispatch, for our
minister would not ii is assumed base an
official complaint address entirely
licking. as this appears to have been. in
official character 1t Is not presumed here
that our ministers abroad can take cogniz-
try by individuals before private gather
ino
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Ex-Miihiamnn lam. shot.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.-William III. Iams
was shot and probably fatally injured to-day
in quarrel with Charles Arndt. Iams is
the man who was hung up by the thumbs,
had his head shaved and was drummed out
of camp, while serving in Pennsylvania
regiment of militia during the riots at
Homestead. Arndt Is a musician. fifty-five
years old. The shooting done at the
boarding house Of The men during an alter
cation, which grew out of 1amss alleged
habit of coming in late and making a noise.
The wound is in the abdomen, AMI Iams' 6
chances of recovery are very slender.
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NANsEN.s EXPEDITION.
Baron Oscar Dickson Discredits the
Reports from Siberia.

LONDON, Feb 20.-Baron Oscar Dick
son, who has been a munificent patron of
arctic exploration, discredits the Nansen
report. He says that DIR. Nansen's theory
of a current which would carry his ship
across the pole is not generally accepted
by geographers. But If DR.. Nansen is right
ON this point, it is possible that the same
current should have carried him back to
the New Siberian islands. If the ship had
been abandoned and the party had made
its way over the ice more direct news
would have been received of them. Baron
Dickson thinks that the Fran has been
drifting in the hacked ice north of the New
Siberian islands for two winters, and may
so continue to drift until the provisions
are exhausted, thus compelling DR.. Nansen
to retreat.
The Times says of the above: This is
the most pessimistic view yet advanced.
but, in view Of the meager news, 1t seems
as likely as any other.'
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Looks Like n Baelsdown.

NEW YORK, Feb. GA special TO the
World from Caracas, Venezuela, says: A
private cable dispatch from London reports,
on what is considered good authority,
though unofficial. that England has de-
cided 10 accept the boundary between Brit
ish Guiana and Venezuela which may be
fixed by the United States commission.
The press here is urging the government
10 appoint Immediately representatives 10
visit Spain. Holland and the Vatican 10
obtain proofs and present Venezuela 5
claim before the boundary commission.
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The Rumors May he True.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 1s.-At a meet
ing of the Imperial Geographical Society,
held to-day. Senator Semenoff, the vice pres
ident of the society. said that it would be
premature yet to deny the news of DR.. Nam
sens discovery of the north pole. Ii was
probable, he said, that DR.. Nansen was re-
turning, or had returned, TO the New ST.
berian islands, where Baron Toll had placed
stores of provisions in anticipation OF his
return. The first news of DIR. Nansen was
received by Peter kuschnereff, who was
searching for the ivory of the extinct man.
moth OIL the New Siberian islands, where
this ivory has been found in large quanti-
ties. kuschnereff's men possibly met a
member OF the Nansen expedition or even
\anseu himself
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Miss Barson Will Go to AnasoIin.

CONSTANTTNOPLE, Feb 1e.-Miss Clara
Barton, president of the American Red
Gross Society after having been presented
TO the Turkish ministers interested I'm the
purposes of her mission here. began MAX
ing the preparations necessary TO start for
Anatoia to supervise the work OF distribut-
ing relief TO the distressed Armenians. She
has established her headquarters in the
Fera quarter and, with the help OF her as
sstants. is making rapid progress with the
work OF organiza ton.
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Divorce Approved by Pope Leo.

HALIFAX, y. s. Feb. ia decree Of
divorce, approved by Pope Leo Kill. the
first of ito kind ever recorded in Canada.
nas been granted John Keefe, separating
him from his wife, on tle ground of iHfidel-
ity on the part of the woman. Much interest
Is excited by the concession from Rome, as
never before has a divorce been recognized
in this country by a Roman Catholic au-
thority. The decree granted Keefe is not
cnly one of separation. but it permits a re-
marriage. A legal dissolution of the mar
riase mas also been obtained from tie SUI
prprne Court
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CaI,le Notes.

The London Daily Telegraph says that it
port or r,nor circulated on the London
Stock Exchange that Great Britain had
purchased DeiagOa bay.
The British House OF Commons has
passed the second reading of the bill intro
duced by Sir 4. X. Rollit. providing for the
establishment of a board of conciliation
intended to be permanent tribunal of ar
bitration for labor disputes.
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Farmer Chopped to Pieces.

LAWRENCE, Kan, Feb. 19--J. T. Lam
bern. a wealthy farmer, has been found
murdered in his house at Fall Leaf. a re-
mote station northeast OF Lawrence The
murderers literally chopped the old man 10
pieces. The crime was committed with an
ak during the absence of Lambern's son
and daughter Robbery was evidently the
motive.
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Twins Xiii Each Other.

BIG STONE GAP. Va. Feb. 1s.-News
has just reached here Of double murder
at Harlan Courthouse, KY. which occurred
last Monday, i'm which Milford and Felix
Fee were instantly killed and John Fee
dangerously injured. The two Fee boys,
twins. were drunk. and became involved in
a fight. Before John Fee could separate
them they fired simultaneously, and both
fell dead. John Fee may die from the in
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Deserted and Marched Into France.

LONDON. Feb. IA special dispatch
received here from Paris announces that
company of Alsatians, belonging TO the
Sixty-ninth German Infantry of the line.
in garrison at Treves, Rhenish Prussia has
deserted in a body and marched across
the frontier, in company order. into France
wearing full regimentals The men were
Immediately disarned, but were allowed
their freedom
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President Wnise VERY Low.

COLUMBUS. o.. Feb 19.-President c. c.
Waite. OF the Hooking Valley railroad. Is
lying critically IN with pneumonia in his
private car I'm this city. He was taken i'll
while returning from banquet at Jackson
O.. Feb -. and IL was not deemed advisa-
Die TO move him from his car a physician
has been with him constantly for several
days. and tonight very little hope Is en-
tcrtained for his recovery
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CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 19-The members
OF the Chamber OF Commerce. embracing
all the leading business men OF the city
ficn OF the blackballing Of Andrew Carnegie
In the chamber the night before by five
t1e five has arisen. aud an effort will be
made TO have the vote reconsidered st the
next meeting.
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ohioau. WIN Co 20 ,s.x,,..

CLEVELAND. Feb. ia colony OF fiftv
mec nanics and their families Is being formed
IN this city by William D. Loveday who
nes spent most or his life in the tropcs. 10
settle on large tract OF land In Oaxaca
Mcx- f1e Mexican government has offered
sxtra Inducements for Northern colonization
= tnzt region. Mr.. Loyeday and a connmit-
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The Well-D<Down HUmorist sufrering
from N stroke Of Apoplexy.

ASHEvILI-E. n. c., Feb. 19-The reading
public OF America will hear with regret
that Edgar W. Nye. the "Bill Nye" of the
world OF humor. whose writings have made
the world laugh, is seriously ilf at his
home at Buckshoals. eight miles south OF
Ashcville. About two weeks ago Mr.. Nye
was taken H. and since that time zhe
trouble has been slowly progressing. Until
now his condition is very serious He is
suffering from stroke of apoplexy. Misses
Winnie and Bessie Nye, his daughters. ar
rived at Asheville to-day and took train
10 Arden, the nearest station TO the Nyt
residence. Tonight Mr.. Nyc Is much worse
and Il Is thought he can live only a few
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PARIS. Feb. 19.--The pardon of John L.
Waller. convicted by court-martial in the
island Of Madagascar of illegally COM
municating with the Hovas. and sentenced
to twenty years Imprisonment. has been
sent TO President Faure for the latter's
signature. The present action is due TO
the representations made by the United
States government in the prisoners behalf
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All the powers. IL Is announced. have
recognized Prince Ferdinand as ruler over
bulgaria in accordance with the request
OF the Sultan.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Feb 19.-Ex-Gov.
George ID. Robinson, of Chicopee. suffered
shock OF apoplexy to-day. and is now in
a critical condition
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LONDON, Feb. pa dispatch TO the
STANDARD from Madrid says that Don An
tonic a Canovas del Castillo. the Premier,
has determined to ask Senior Conovas to
write a full apology for his references to
the United States in the lecture which has
been the cause of the irrita ton.
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LONDON, Feb pa dispatch from Mad
ri1 says that several bombs were exploded
in the gardens of the palace last night
No personal injuries resulted. The outrage
is supposed in Madrid 10 have been per-
petrated by Repnblicans or Anarcnists.
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BONDS
Campbell, Wild & CO.
z0S TRUST BUILDING.
5 PER CENT. MONEY.

We are prepared to make loans at and
51s per cent. on good business property.
JOHN ). SPANN 81 co.
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Renr Adwir,I Fxfc m

OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. IA dispatch from
Pierce, xeb.. says Rear Admiral Fyfe.
United States navy. retired. Is seriously ill
at his residence there.
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MoNoN ROUTE
Louisville, View Albany a Chicago hallway.
SHORTEST LINE TO
CHICAGO .sn .sa was1 sas7uvss,

Pullman vesfibule Train Service.
Trains leave daily at IL 80 noon and l225 night
Arrive Chicago $50 .. m. and 80 a. m.
Leave Chicago daily 1910 and SO D. IN.
Arrive Ddianapolis 6.I0 D. m. and 325 a m.
Monon Accommodation except sunday leaves 90
M; arrives 10k q. IN.
Chicago Sleeper west end Union Station, ready at
t-a p. N.
Detailed information at Union station and West
Washington street. GEO. W. HAYLER, ID. p. A.
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Fair and cold weather.
The herald., 1896-08-17
United States Land NAM

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The big
general maps of the United States, is
sued by the general land office for this
year, have just been issued. The result
of the work of engraving and printing
is one of the most complete and fiuely
finished sets issued by the government
The feature is the division of the coun-
try into sections marking the various
cessions and purchases from other gov
ernments. The tracts covered in the
original thirteen colonies and the Gads-
den purchase. the Texas annexation, the
cessions of Louisiana, Alaska, Mexico
and Florida. are clearly set out for the
first time. Commissioner Lamoreaux is
the originator of the ideas. Only lim-
tied number of maps have been issued,
and large saving over previous years
is made in the contract price Of 40 cents
each to the government.
The herald., 1896-08-17
STRICKEN DEAD
BY lightning
Sitting at Home Under His
Own Fig Tree
4 Strange STORM VISITS POMONA
Where Damage by Lightning
Was Unknown
RAIN, HAIL AND THUNDER
Frlghten the Citizens Of Towns Near
the Mountains
Considerable Damage Done by the Sudden
Downpour
Storm Water Drains st RedIands and San
Bernardino Prove Altogether Inadc-
quate and Are Washed Away
rS rA.n
RAIN, HAIL AND THUNDER
Frlghten the Citizens Of Towns Near
the Mountains
Considerable Damage Done by the Sudden
Downpour
Storm Water Drains st RedIands and San
Bernardino Prove Altogether Inade-
quate and Are Washed Away
Like Dams Of chaf
Snecinl to The Herald.

SneclnI TO the Herald
POMONA, Aug. 16.-Hiram d. Carter
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed about o'clock this afternoon.
The day had been sultry, though
cloudy, especially on the mountains to
the east of the city. The clouds grew
heavier and blacker as the afternoon ad-
vanced, and the heat became more OPP
pressive. About o'clock Mr. Carter
went out in the front yard of his home
on Orange Grove avenue, not far from
the street-car barn, and sat down under
by heavy rain and vivid lightning, swept
down from the mountain, bolt strik-
ing the tree under which Carter sat and
killing him almost instantly. The effect
Of the lightning seemed most marked
about the chest, which was burned and
blackened, but the whole body present
ed strange tendency to immediate de-
composition. which sometimes accom-
panies death by lightning; the skin was
black and drawn. the tongue protruding
and the eyes sunken.
Mr. Carter for some time had carried
life insurance of $4,000. which he al
lowed to lapse three weeks ago.
While Pomona and the valley Sec
tions of Southern California are not ex-
empt from storms of wind and rain,
sometimes of considerable violence, up
to this time its citizens have regarded
death. or even damage, by lightning,
as almost beyond the bounds of possi-
bility.
Some damage was occasioned to roads
and irrigating bitches by the sudden
down-pour of rain.
The herald., 1896-08-17
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
AFRICAN AFFAIRS
German Jealousy Of English Infiuerce-The
Egyptian Campaign


LONDON, Aug. 17.-Referring to the
statement recently made in the Weekly
Sun that President Kruger of the
Transvaal republic had concluded a
treaty with European power contrary
to the convention of 1884, and that Great
Britain had asked for an explanation.
the Chronicle this morning says it inn
agines that the Suns statement refers
to an unimportant extradition treaty
between the Transvaal and Holland.
Continuing it's article in reference to
matters In Africa the Chronicle says it
has learned that the British government
has decided not to stop at Khartoum
but to advance eventually with the
Egyptian force of Ladoror Wadelai, the
object being to effect junction with the
troops from Uganda, thus being in a
position to dominate the valley of the
Nile, either from the north or from the
south.
The Chronicle expresses a hope that
there is yet time to reconsider so tre-
mendous and so perilous an enterprise
The Berlin correspondent of the Tele-
graph, in a dispatch published this
morning, asserted that the statement of
the weekly Sun is misleading, and de-
clares that no colonial question is caus-
ing or is likely to cause any friction be-
tween England and Germany.
The Daily News this morning asserts
that Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secre-
tary of state for the colonies, has mailed
an invitation to Cecil Rhodes, asking
him to come to England next January
for the purpose of testifying before the
committee on inquiry into the British
South African col.pany. Mr.. Chamber
lain has also invited President Kruger
of the Transvaal republic to submit to
the committee any evidence which he
may possess relative to the origin and
the execution of the raids conducted by
DR.. Jameson and his associates.
The herald., 1896-08-17
NANSEN'S ARCTIC VOYAGE
Commented on by Man Who Was
There
General Greeley Wants Further Details, but
Thinks His Own Attachments Have Not
Yet Been Exceeded

EXETER, n. H., Aug. 16.-Brigadier
General A. W. Greeley, in an Interview
with an Associated Press reporter, in
regard 40 the Nansen expedition, said
that the reports thus far published
were yet too meager to form an opinion.
General Greeley said:
"Nansen apparently wintered on
Franz Josef land and he says he saw
no land north of So degrees. The journey
was one of extreme danger and 1t is re-
markable that he returned alive. Ac-
cording to the reports, land reached by
my expedition is the most northerly
land yet attained. Nansen's most north
ern point is at sea. He went just two
degrees and 5 minutes farther north
than did Lockwood and Brainerd of my
expedition, in 1882. When Nansen's OBJ
servations are worked out they will
prove his explorations and will also
make interesting reading"
General Greeley said that notwith-
standing Nansen's reports of an ocean
to the pole, recent deductions show that
there is land near that point but that it
is north of North America rather than
Siberia.
Apparently Nansen travelled only 100
miles from where he abandoned his ship.
This is less than half the distance that
Lockwood and Brainerd travelled from
the headquarters of my expedition at
Lady Franklin bay, but 1 want to say
right here that Nansen's perseverance
is worthy of the Scandinavian race. /
think that the expedition will disap-
point those who believe that Franz
Josef land extended to the pole. The
predictions of six months ago that Nam
sens safe return lay in the possibility
that he would make and winter at Franz
Josef land, seems to have been verified"