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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-24
THE MEXICANs AROUSED.
The Spanish Consulate Narrowly Es-
capes Attack by an Excited Mob of
Cuban Sympathizers>

San Diego, Cal, Dec. 23.--The patriot
ism of Mexicans and their fervent love
of liberty is shown in their strong sym
pathy with the Cuban insurgents. Every
day during the past six months there
have been encounters in the city of Mex
ico between Mexicans and Spaniards
and the general government is taking Sc
we're measures to quell any public de-
monstration of hostility to Spain. In the
city of San Luis Potasi, the feeling runs
so high that serious trouble is threaten
ed. Tonight mob gathered In that
city, infiamed by q circular, said to have
been written by q Spaniard and defam-
ing Mexicans and Mexican institutions,
especially in reference to the part taken
in sympathy with the Cubans. This cir
cular precipitated a riot. A crowd gath
cred early in the evening, constantly
growing in numbers and violence The
mob gathered around the Spanish consul
late and threatened to demolish the
structure, but were finally controlled by
one or TIVE cool heads. The banners in
seribed with huge red letters were fiaunt-
ed before the consulate and violent talk
and insults abounded.
The Spanish consul was in great peril
and appealed to the authorities to pro
tect him. The mob finally left, after Sc
we're measures had been taken by the
police and plans were hurriedly made to
disperse any subsequent gathering.
| TO CONFER WITH WASHINGTON.
Madrid, Dec. 23.-Government officials
announce that the band of men, said 10
number only 10 persons, bearing a Re
publican flag, which was dispersed by
Gendarmes at Novelda, province of Ali
cante, was merely composed OF bandits,
although the report is spread that they
were paid by Cuban agents TO provoke
| panic and divert attention from Cuba
In mlnlsterial circles here it is denied
that the government intends to call out
| fresh contingents of troops.
| ElyIiempo asserts that a high political
1 parsonage is to be sent to Washington
| to confer with the officers OF the govern
| ment regarding relations between Spain
| and the United States.
WEYLER GOES MARCHING ON.
| Havana, Dec. 23.-The Colonel in com
mand of the Payia battalion with the
forces under his command, has been en-
| gagged at Sac Redondo, near Holquin,
| province of Santiago de Cuba, with an in
| surgent force. The Spanish troops des-
| troyed the enemies camp and killed q
4 of the insurgents. The troops had q
| Lieutenant and i privates killed and nine
| men wounded. Captain General Weyler,
| according to advices from Pinar del Rio
| province, went to-day in the direction OF
| San Cristobal, by the highway.
| MEDIATION RUMORED.
Faris, J C. 80 spanish securities were
| strong on tae Ieogrse to-day owing to the
| report that a dispatch from Washington
| indicated that the United States was
ready to recognize continued Spanish SOW
ereignty III Cuba on the condition that the
| United States be invited to intervene and
i aud hn ~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-24
MEDIATION RUMoRED.

I'aria, {. - Spanish securities were
strong on tae iogrse to-day owing to the
report that Dispatch from Washington
indicated that the United States was
ready to recognize continued Spanish SOW
ereignty i'll Cuba ON the condition that the
United States be invited to intervene and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-24
A s16,ooo,o0o FORECLOSURE.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. GA decree
of foreclosure in the suit IF the United
States Trust Company, os New York,
against the Atlantic and Pacific Rail-
road Company has been granted in the
Circuit court of the Southern district OF
California. This is one sf a series of
foreclosures that have been granted in
several States on a suit iavolving about
SIG 600 600
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-24
M'KINLEYIsM EEIDEMIC.

Auburn, Maine, Dec. %. 3.ITheAmerican
Banking and Trust Company, Of Au-
burn, closed its doors and made applica-
ton for receiver to-day.
THE COAL TRUST PROSPEROUS
New York, Dec. 23.-The Pennsylvan-
ia Coal Company has declared an extra
dividend OF 5 per cent on its stock. The
regular rate is 16 per cent per annum.
The evening times., 1896-04-15

The amendment 10 the District appro
priation bill. offered by Senator Martin.
providing that property owners having
stone or granolithic sidewalks laid in
front of their houses shall be reimbursed
from the public funds for One-half OF the
expense is entirely equitable and fair. II
the sidewalk is laid by the District the
property owner has TO pay onc-haif, and
SO it is no more than right and proper that
he should he reimbursed when he has the
work done. Proper care, of course, should
be taken 10 have the work correspond in
quality to that of the District.
In this connection it is not Inappropriate
again to call attention to the generally dir
Ia apidated condition of Washingtons side
walks. While it is encouraging to OBJ
serve that some really first-class side
walks arc being put down on portions OF
Pennsylvania avenue and in some favored
sections OF the West End, it is TO be re-
GREETED that the policy of relay ying them
does not extend impartiaIly to all parts
of the city. There are some streets, of
course, where they are yet in good condi-
ton, but these are comparatively few;
the majority of them are simply awful.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Paving for the Sidewalks.

On many Of the principal streets it is posi-
lively painful to use the sidewalks. Lo-
comotion on them resolves Itself into a
succession of Irches and stumblings, a
condition which is intensified and much
aggravated during spell Of rainy weather.
In fact, ii has come to pass that on these
streets many people prefer to walk on the
smooth driveways, running the risk of
being run down by some bicycIist rather
than take the chance of breaking or sprain-
ing an ankle in one of the sidewalk gull
lies or ridges.
Perhaps il has not occurred to the aristo-
cratic triocracy at the District building
that the people who most use the side walks
likewise pay for them and that they are
entitled to have them kept in repair And,
by the way. the policy of ma king property
owners pay for maj king these necessary re-
pairs instead OF charging the expense to the
general fund is all wrong. There would
he just as much sense in making them pay
for repairs OF the roadway in front of their
premises. There is 4 fund specially set apart
for the repair OF streets. Are not tie side
walks part Of the streets? And IL not. why
not?
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Our School Buildings.

not be in the city of Washington n public
schoolhouse. which the authorities and the
people would he ashamed to have Inspected
10y outsiders. The people OF the District are
taxed, and more than willing To be taxed,
to this end, for they do not want their chill
dren housed in places where their lives or
their health is jeopardized.
This feature Of our Municipal affairs
again makes apparent the desirability Of
having them committed to The ma na cement
ofourpeopie. II wa under the Old munio4paI
government of washingt on that the cree
ton of fine schoolhOuses was begun and
carried forward for several years. The
Franklin, the Seaton and the jefferson
were the first fruits Of this policy and there
is no doubt that it would have been CON
tinued on the same lines If the people had
been permitted to manage their own af-
fairs OF course. the necessities incident
to the increase of population compelled the
erection of new buildings, but had the
policy been as euergetically enforced as
1t was in the incipisncy of the era of new
sChoolhouses. there would be today no such
structure as the Anthony Bowen or some
of the rented quarters.
Sooner or later the people Of the District
will lie allowed to attend 10 their own mu-
nicipal business, and the schools Will be
their fondcst care. Meanwhile. however,
Congress should ut least be liberal enough
to Ina ke appropr iatiOns sufficient to
protect our children against sudden disaster
and lingering disease from rickety or un-
sanitary schoolhouSes.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
A Huge and Disappointing Farce.

himself in a flood tide OF Spanish fury.
The President can consistently do but one
OF two things. He must either continue his
present policy of neutrality-suspicious.
non-interference or he must issue a
proclamation declaring Cuban bclligerency.
The appointment of Gen. FitZhugh Lee to
succeed Consul General williams looks as
If the Pinkcrton detective bureau would
still continue to draw checks on Uncle
Sam for eavesdropping Cuban meetings,
and il can be viewed in no other way.
Another cause for the belief is the sud-
den lack OF interest in the question in
Congress. Those wallowing Cuban
Congressional enthusiasts whose speeches
on bleeding Cuba still sparkle with uncon-
sumed patriotic fire have become as dumb
rs an Egyptian mummy. Their duty as
politicians is ended, and the Congressional
Record with its cycIonic Cuban outbursts
has been mailed to their several constit.
uencies. 1t is to that record they Will
point with pride in the next campaign,
while the Cuban concurrent resolutions are
gathering pgeonhole duF in the White
House. As a matter of fact. has not this
entire Cuban controversy been huge and
disappointing farce?
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Congressman
Talked HbOUt.

Which is Linton?'' is a question an-
swered oftener each day than any other one
asked at the Capitol. Scarcely Il stranger
enters the gallery. but lie wants the Michi-
gan man pointed out, aud the guide or tire
next man on the seat is asked for the in
formation. One OF the very busiest men
among busy men. he is always found in his
seat or AT his committee room, and usually
tie Stranger goes way satisfied FOR he
has seen the great exponent of some OF the
AMERICAN Protective Association prime
pies. He has seen u good-iooking man at
that. Wei buil.. Of medium height, and
VIII Win huir Just beginning To turn grl s., Hon.
william s. Linton looks every incb the
sharp, shre ewl man he is
serving only his second term in Congress
ne Is one of the national figures. An nm.
Known man in the Fifty-third Congress.
ne , was drought right to the front by an at
tack. during his absence, too, on iii, right
10 10 seat made by Mr.. Weadock, the rep
s,g,seh.a'lve ,,a'lve from the adjoining district in
Michgan. Mr. Weadock claimed that Mr.
I'm, Linton bad no claim 10 his seat because he
i..,i a,au Deeh lnd2rsed by secret political or
eitnizatIon. Mr.. Linton bad M oprortunitv
10 reply 10 this, but waited until the Indiai
The evening times., 1896-04-15

Friends OF Cuba cannot fail 10 view
the appointment OF Gen. Fitzhugh Lee with
considerable apprehensio Not but that
he is an honest, conscientious man. but be-
cause il looks as if the change in tte Of
flee of consul gene raj at Havana was made
more 10 carry out a prcarranged policy OF
non-inteTfcrenoe than for any other reason.
The quarrel Consul General Williams had
with Gen. Campos and his prompt measures
10 protect American interests in Cuba
should have warranted his rete ntion had
they met the approval OF the President,
and while the appointment of Gen. Lee ut
this juncturc may improve the situation
from Cuban standpoint, there are grounds
for believing ii will rebound to the in
tcrests or Spain.
Whatever may be said TO the contrary, it
is clearly evident that Pre- sident Cleveland
has not as yet communicated with Spain
on the Cuban resolutions. As IA diplomatic
measure il might seem best to ask Spain
10 recognize Cuban independence or to
warn her TO be ready to sure nder her
rights to the island whenever Uncle Sam
decides 10 take Il hand in the war, but in
either event the Spanish Don would rightly
resent such a gratutous insult and bury
The evening times., 1896-04-15
More Cheeseparing.

Secretary Carlisle feels aggrieved, and
justly too, by the action Of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations in reducing the
appropriation for completing the new city
Postoffice according to the present designs
and failing to make provision for an indie
pendent electric light and power plant.
In his estimates he made allowance for
such changes in the six upper stories as
would permit the location there D all the
government bureaus now occupying rented
quarters in various parts OF the city. Such
concentration would be clearly in the in
terest of economy, for the annual inter
est on the sum to be expended in this con-
nection is far less than the rent 10 " paid for
hired quarters. Ii would also doubtless
be good deal cheaper in the end for the
government TO have its own lighting and
power plant in the building than to have
light and power supplied by some private
concern.
From time to time the policy of renting
quarters for government bureaus has been
condemned in Congress and The erection Of
buildings with ample accommodation
urged By men who look at the mat ter purely
The evening times., 1896-04-15

The unsafe and unSaniiary condition of
the Anthony Bowen school building calls
for immediate action. 1t is a crying shame
that some 400 children should be housed
for six hours every day In a toitering
structure whose walls may collapse at any
moment. Nor is it less shameful that they
should be exposed to disease and perhaps
death by defective heating and ventilation.
The statements male at the meeting ofthe
board OF school trustees. last night. dis
close a shocking condition OF things in this
building. Totterins walls, shaky floors
plaster failing all The time-such are the
surroundings OF 4CO children and about
dozen teachers. The building inspectors
opinion that the old trap will stand
does not amount to n row of pins, II the
statements made by the trustees are cor
rect-and there is no reason for discredit-
ing them. No time should be lost in obtain
ing an Immediately available appropriation
for making the building safe and puttingit
in sanitary condition, other quarters being
in themea ntine provided for the children.
Here is a case in point to illustrate the un-
wisdom that has marked the Congressional
policy respecting the construction OF school
buildings in the District. If reasonable ap-
preparations were granted for the erection of
proper schooihouscs to replace those unfit
for use, and others that are merely rented
and not suitable for the purpose, the an
mal surplus of District revenues would he
sufficient for one or two large new school
buildings every year, and even the cost OF
these would not exhaust il. There should
The evening times., 1896-04-15

from a business standpoint. But almost
always their efforts in this direction have
been thwarted by others whose views Os
economy were decidedly strabisiEal. The
same penny wise. pound d-foolish policy has
SO far prevented au appropriation for be
ginning the construction of a municipal
building for the District. The Scnate ought
10, and probably will, heed Secretary Car
isles request TO increase the deficiency
appropriation for the city postoffice so as
TO enable him TO make the ARA ncementshe
recommends.
At the same time, the Senate should
again insist upon the removal Of the fire
trap with which the postoffice building
is being capped. The top story ought to
be as fireproof as the others, and If ex-
perlclced builders judgment goes for any
thing, the contention that wooden. as
phaIt-sheated roof is cooler In summer and
warmer in winter Than an iron one will mot
hold good. 1t appears that both safety
and comfort will he best served by the con-
struction OF such a roof as is stipulated in
the contract. which calls for a fireproOf
building, and nothing less than that.
The evening times., 1896-04-15

Tic Times. with it's great circuit.
ton, the largest ever attained by
any daily paper ever published in
the District of Columbia. has long
since been recognized as a powerful
factor in every public enterprise. 1t
is also recognized by our wide-a wake
merchants as one of the strongest
factors in the growth and success
of their respective businesses. The
Times is the favoritc paper of the
people: hence, is the favorite medium
of the business man. who, 312 days
in every year has his hand on the
pulse of the people and carefully
weighs their wishes. The Times is
strong in its position with the Wash
incton public, and those who lean
on 1t, find il friend in need. The
Times is surely, steadily growing.
Ali other Washington papers are just
as surely losing. Watch and compare.
The circulation OF The Times for
IL week ended April IL, lS06, was
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Brutal HUSBAND FINED.
Peter FORESTER Dragged His Wife
Around by Her Hair.

Peter Forester, whose hair is wniteDed
by the fifty-nine winters he has lived filled
UP with whisky last night, and when he re-
turned to his home. at Ninth and NJ streets
northwest imagiIes! lie had u grievance
against his wife, Mrs. Kate Forester
She was in bed when her husband entered
the bedchamber After applying vile
cpithctS TO her. Forester seized tii, woman
by her flowing tiair, dra eyed her about the
apartment and otherwise maltreatcd her
Mrs. Forre&er's shril cries for helm
attracted Policeman Morgan, and Inc locked
the old man in a cell at No. station.
In the police court today Judge Miller
characterized the husbands treatment or
his wife as brutal and imposed a fine of
$50 or two months in Jail.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
uN I'D you know that cats are very
t9 muchlkepeople:" said a Rochester

nN I'D you know that cats are very
t0 muchlkepeople"" said Rochester
gentleman as he lighted his cigar
IN the Raieigll aud sat down TO entertain
the Lounger with anecdotes of all degre es
Of possible truth.
I'VE had one at our house that / had
elevated through a series of Kindly advances
and saucerS ofmiIk from the de grading Slums
of the back alley. We named him Fred. He
grew better looking aud fatter, and as his
looks improved he grew more aristocratic
each day.
Fred finally got so he would only sleep
on q silk cushion and eat out Of a china
saucer. His food had to be prepared to
the proper ~ greg also. one day we set
plate of mfrk tpon the back vcranda.
Presently orp, ofFred's old-time associates
came along. TIE associate was still in
his nutIve element of filth and dirt. The
milk was pessiIiy a trifIe sour and Fred
turned up his nose at il. The other cat
moved UP as III to take what his eL-
comrade would not use Fred watched him
until he got Kitlpe two feet Of the plate and
then sprane.at him and ra him out OF the
yard. He did not want the milk himself.
hut be woun nos permit bis unre degenerate
friend to have share oft, though ire might
be starving"
The evening times., 1896-04-15

If you miss any uews In the evening
edition look in the list below. What
you're looking for was proba bly,
published In this mornings edition,
and as Tho Times never repeats
youll have to take both editions to
get ull the news as quick as 1t hap
pens.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
WOULDN'T PAY FOR a CIGAR.
Ther-upOn a General Fight Followed
in the IOOlrOOm.

There was great confusion and n general
row in Lewis Thomas pOolroom. conner
of Fourteenth and Waliach streets ncrth-
west. last night
A number of colored men Were assembled
there and engaged in Il game of pool
Things came 10 a sudden halt when Will
lam Banks secured a cigar from the pro-
prietOr and then refused to pay for 1t.
Hot words followed. which leu TO a brisk
fight. in which some half Il dozen or more
took hand. Banks jumped upon the pro-
prietOr and was making good time with his
fists wher Policeman Kelley appeared and
placed Banks under arrest.
The other participants. who were making
free use of their billiard cues. scrambled for
the doorsand windO ws and made good their
escape Banks was locked up at the Eighth
precinct station, charged with assault upon
Thomas.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Some Spring Etchings.


Mans ne'er contented with his lot;
In youth he wishes he was old,
He kicks in summer cause it's hot
In winter cause it's cold.
Now doth the predatory moth
Betake himself with glee
Unto the most expensive cloth
To feast incessantly.
TIE lark is up to meet the sun,
The sons been on lark.
And when he thinks OF what he 8 done
He tries to keep it dark.
The bursting buds and grecning grass
Are getting down to biz;
The callow youth and ianguid lass
Now seek the soda fizz.
Ere the sun is in the sky,
Comes waited on the breeze
The sleep-dcstroying cry
OF "stra wber-rees. wber-rees."
The evening times., 1896-04-15
flNlEw Mexico's prospects for state
IN hood ars, now very rlattering and
shcfwfH unHnuhtetiiy make the

shcswfH undoubtedly make the
foriy-sixth star on the flag" remarked
Horace RapIey. n mine owner OF Santa
Fe. at the National. ....r....
The House committee. as you Know.
has presented favorable report and there
is really no serious obstacle in the way OF
the Territory becoming state. ! under
stand the minority III the committee is
preparing n report in which they will call
attention 10 the fact that there are Il
large number of Spanish SpedS king people
In New Mexico. and that, though railroads
have been built in the Territory, there has
been practically stationary population
for several years.
There are many Norwegians In the
States OF the Northwest and many French
speaking people among the citizens of
Louisiana. but those facts did not bar the
admission of those Territories into the
Union. The population is increasing as
fast in New Mexico as 1t Is In many o?
the States around IL. and If migration once
sets IN that way it will be quite thicsiy
populated region. And that is bound to
come. If the bill passes the House. as
think 1t will. it will be sure to pass the
Senate, and that will be the lucky day
In the history OF the Territory"
The evening times., 1896-04-15
A Distinction.

81 suppose there goes the most distin-
guished woman in town"
what claim has she to this ttle?"
..She has never read 'Trilby.'"
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Why She Knew,

Jonesby-wby. smithby. these cigars are
excellent. easy. delicateiy fragrant, and OF
the hest quality. don't understand it.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. what?
Jonesby-Didn't you say your wife Sc
lected them:
smitbby-Yes; before married her she
worked iu'a q cigar factory.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
n HE following incident will illustrate

and its fondness for its early home:
A rev years ago 'homing'' bird re-
turned to It's loft after au absence of six
months aud has continued In its old box.
without any attempt to go away.
within few days another bird has re-
turned to Its old home after an absence of
eight months. These birds. with Others,
were stolen from the loft Of j. Beverly
North and undoubtedly would have re-
turned sooner had they not been pc nned up.
The return, after an absence of eight
months, to the old box shows remarkable
memory that one would hardly think the
pigeons possess.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
Fish StenIer S,.p1cnced

Edward Rocket went tO the fish wharf
yesterday afternoon. He proceeded to
take on cargo of river front whisky
and then stole bunch of catfish from the
buggy Of Assistant Foreman Charles E.
Harper, OF engine company No. ;. when
placed under arrest Rocket said he bought
the fish from Il CUlCref man. In the police
court this forenoon Judge Miller sent
The prisoner TO Jail for fifteen days, in
default of Il So fine.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
The Minor Chord.

There's a sort of rhyme in the sweet balmy
air;
A sort of a song in the trees.
And q sort of new life bursting forth
every where,
But sort of sigh in the breeze.
The evening times., 1896-04-15

A sigh ike the tears mix'd with glad we'd
ding bells,
When hearts are with happiness rife;
A sigh of decay e'en springtime must ten,
Though nature is teeming with life.
The evening times., 1896-04-15
[ERloUs4a'5. I Z! THOUGHT
" HUMOROUS
1t Was Filled.

us this cheese filed" asked the Gus
toner as he watched the suspicious actions
of a slice OF this Gaseous product.
..Ah-m." coughed the dealer. evasively
I'm ufraid, sir. it is-just mite
The evening times., 1896-04-15

Now that Mayor Strong has vetoed the
Greater New York bill, he will probably
spend the remainder OF his existence en-
deavoring to ascertain if the gray matter
in his head is sufficiently active to keep
from putrefaction.