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PUTTING SPAIN TO SHAME.
HER FORCES DEFEATED IN 4 THREE
DAYS FIGHT NEAR HAVAN4.

Col Arrange and Ills Cubnns Cover Themselves
with Giory-Thc spnnIRrds Fail In Repcated
Attempts to Drive Them from Their In.
trcnchinents--tightIng In other Places.
HAVANA. via Key West, Aug l5.Tho raw
ages made around the principal towns noar
Havana by the insurgcnt, Col Raoul Arrange,
his continual raids upon tho towns and the
many challenges sent by him to Gen. Wcvlcr
and all the other commanders of Spanish troops
In Havana province. led to combined attack
upon him by the Spanish forces of Gen. Morote
and Col Arguelles Aguilcra
Col Arrange was fortified with 500 men in the
hills of El Grillo. near Madruga. and rcpellcd
successfully three attacks OF tho Spaniards.
After tho first attack Gen. Morote and Col.
Agulera retrcated with heavy losses, among
them Major Cevil. Capt. Morguila, and FIVE
Lieutcnants. On the field, in front Of Arangos
trenches. they left eighteen soldiers dead and
thirt wounded.
The second att ok assum ID tho mpor ance OF
formal battle, lasting twenty.four hours.
After it was seen that all hope OF taking
Arangos positions was futile tho Span.
iards retire ted again and returned next
day, on last Wednesday. with heavy reinforce
ments OF the battalions of Almanz, Thisares dc
Ia Princess and Espaha. Arrange, was also re-
inforced by 400 insurgents and he further
strengthened his positions.
Tho third engagement lasted all day w cdnes.
uay, anu tne SpunlNruS rttrcnteu again aTter
having spent all their ammunition In useless
shots. Arnngo's losses during the three fights
were almost insignificant on account of his
celent BY stem OF trenches, OF which an account
has been printed In THE Sun. The Spanish
losses were $50 men.
Gen. Moroto and Col. Arguelle had several
times been ridicued in Arango's communica-
tions TO Gen. Wcyler as having refused to light
him while passing by the Grillo Hills, near
Madruga.
In Matanzas province the Spanish battalion Of
Guadalajara also incurred considerable losses In
an engagement with the Gu bans near Bolondron.
II Is reported that the spanish soldiers, while
entering the town after the fight massacred
over fifty paciiicos concentrated there.
Gen. GasCo has been recalled by Gen. Weyler
from the central trocha Jucaro to Moronj on
account of his recent defeats there.
Tho train between Sabaniila and Union,
Matanzas province has been blown up with
dynamite by the insurgents.
a battalion which escorted large Spanish
convoy that left Manzanilo for Santiago de
Cuba had to take refuge in Veguitas.
n fortified town. for fear OF losing the
convoy. The Mayor OF VeRuitas then
asked for more reinforcements to protect
the town. because the Cubans following the
Spanish battalion threatened a siege. An ad-
ditional force WAS sent to Neguitas. and an en-
gagement is expected at any moment.
At Caridad, Santa Clara province the Spanish
battalion OF Sora has fought several important
engagements with the insurgents.
AT this moment the Spanish soldiers sick In
the different hospitals OF the island number
over 10000 mon.
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SPANS NEW CABINET.
Tho Miuistry Is Expected to he M Outlined In
Tho sun or Yesterday.

HAVANA. via Key West, Aug. l5.-Ld Lurhd
publishes the following despatch from Madrid
Gen. Azcarraga, President ad interim of the
Council of Ministers. had long conference
yesterday with Gen. Martinez Campos and with
Senior silvela. leader OF an important fraction OF
the Conservative party.
"Sehor Sagasta has also had long conference
with Gen. Martinez Campos. The object Of
these interviews "a generally believed to be tho
formation Of n representative Cabinet of the
two monarchcal parties and its fractions
In another despatch from Madrid, not pub.
lished. 1t Is said that FL Herdido asserts that
Gen. Weyler. according to his best friends, will
soon be in Madrid.
The sun., 1897-08-16
CANADA,S MINING LAW.
Her Own Citizens Are Holding MeetinGs %
Protest-Exodus to the Klondike.

Her Own Citizens Are Holding MeetinGp %
Protest-Exodus to the Kiondike.
SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 15.-The vacillating po-
sition OF the Canadian Government regarding
the enforcement Of all the obnoxious features
Of their new mining law is causing still moro
disgust on the part of the British Columbia peo.
pie and Americans The citizens OF British
Columbia are generally familiar with mines.
Many Of them are interested in mines and know
the wants of miners They contend that the
Ottawa Government is utterly ignorant Of tho
situation in the Northwest Territories, as their
bunglinr work is demonstrating.
At a large meeting of miners and citizens Of
Victoria last evening they passed resolutions
calling for the suspension Of the law until a
committee had been sent by the Government to
examine into the situation. They say that per-
sistence in the present policy will stop mining
Developments. injure immigration, and retard
progress throughout the country.
Meantime, the American miners, heading to
the north by thousands. have pretty generally
made up their minds to submit to no extor-
chances on American soil. This sentiment is
growing and the newspapers Of the Pacific coast
The steamer Humboldt arrived here early
this morning. and VII complete her cargo in
1t was the Impression that accommodating
could only be had for 800 passengers. but she
will carry $50.
are causing large numbers of KIondikers to take
the route via ST. Michael and the Yukon River,
feeling confident that they can, at least. get into
the gold country where they can prospect this
winter
Including those sailing tomorrow, the num-
Der OF passengers engaged for this week is in
excess of l,4O0 While the exodus OF gold
seekers has lien off in San Francisco and other
decline here Facilities being improved
and better care and attention Is promised to
passengers. Some New England people from
Haverhill. Mass, took passage on the Hum
boldt, and among others were quite a number
from New York city.
The sun., 1897-08-16
ALL SIZE TAINTED.
A Few Minor Alterations In tho House Before
Taking IL ON Trial.
From the Detroit Free Preu.

AhkihB IL On tFiol.
From the Detroit Free Press
Bzzly has his hands full in leasing houses and
collecting rents. He is a bachelor given to sar-
casm and not averse to taking u whirl at the
gentler sex when opportunity presents itself. A
woman who called upon him in business way
the other afternoon made the mistake of asking
him II he did not find the most satisfactory pa.
irons to be women.
"As matter of course" he answered, with a
suspicious CLINT in his eyr, 90 it il a delight TO do
business with them. They 30 consderate in
their requests and so reasonable in their IDEAS
! am still enjoying the pleasant memories of an
experience ! had to-day. | have u very hand.
some house on u principal avenue. This lady
came in her carriage and took look at it.
could see that she liked the location, the sur.
roundngs. and the stylish appearance OF the
residence. She admitted this much. but was
too Consiicrdtr to urge her to rent. Finally
she made the tirst advance by saying that with
few alterations, she would take the place. |
acknowledged my anxiety to please her and
asked her TO suggest The changes she had in
MINE; .,,,
a little small. / think You had better tear down
the wall and throw the two parlors together AT
the same time il would be an easy IN tier to
raise the ceings couple OF ieet, Tor that is
what they need. would also like servants
stairway ana an elevator for mamma IL "A good
deal Of an invalid and not able TO go up and
down stairs. | would like II better II you would
substitute steam heat for hot water AMI put In
natural gas II | would make these slight
changes and additions, move the house twenty
feet further back from the street, ana reduce
the rent from $50 TO $50 per mont h, she would
take the place Tor u quarter on trial, lOld her
that l might conclude TO tear ne mousse down
and bullu IN accordance with hcr improved plans
and specifications. Ii did, would let her
know"
The sun., 1897-08-16
COSTLY EXPERIMENTING.
Half n Million Wasted n Man who Thought
lie Had Mastered y Trade Secret.
the Detroit Free Press.

He Had Mastered . Trade Secret.
From the Detroit Free Press
I'm not going to give names. but you all
know that have no Imagination that can in.
vent fairy tales literally came within four
inches Of being a millionaire.
go on !" exclaimed the man at the club who
is the recognized story promoter in the organ
Zation.
I'm telling you right. Some years ago So
cured employment In an immense factory that
turns out a certain chemical basic used tho
world over and as staple wheat. II was
rule OF the establishment that good man could
stay as long as he wanted to in one department,
but under no circumstances could he go from
caution was taken against the discovery of the
secret process. By "a series of studied disguises
J. succeeded in finding employment in every
department but one and that being where
the coloring was done. l thought this ono
omission of very little Importance. BY standing
In with one of the office men. / succeeded in
tracing the parts entering into the principal
machines This was no small job, for there would
be one piece made in Portland. Me-, another in
San Francisco, another in Dallas and another
mastered the machinery. Then upon a guar
antee that had secured the process interested
capital When we HnNiously analyzcd results
we found that the stuff was all right except in
to dig my way into the coloring department of
the parent institution. Just as began work
on four-inch partition was d discovered and in
continently tossed from a second-story window.
We found II impossible to master tho trick of
colorng and all we had TO show for half a million
invested was lot OF empty buildings and smoke
less stacks I've concluded since that got just
what deserved"
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on. vHERE rs nm. FEIrss
ne HASN'T Jumped rron, Pike's Peak ana No
hedy Knows whero re IL.

CoIoRApo SPRINGS, Col, Aug. 15.-William II.
Felts has not yet made his proposed jump with
the flying machine from Pike Peak to Colorado
Springs In fact, Felts has mystoriously disap.
peared and nobody seems able to give clue as
to his whereabouts.
He has beenspehding most OF the time for the
past week on top OF the peak experimenting
with his machine, but tho wind has been blow
ing gale OF from atty to sixty miles an hour
until noon, and then the clouds have settled
down, hiding everything in sight.
Under these conditions 1t has been impossible
for him to mako oven the slightest attempt at
IN experiment OF u successful nature But no
has at all times insisted that ho would mako
the jump and has placed considerable money In
wagors to that effect.
To-day, however, he could not be found either
on the peak or below 1t. and nobody for mo-
ment believes that he is up above II. His ma
chine, however is still on top Of the peak, safe
ly stored in the signal station.
On Friday morning Folts told some or tho men
at the signal station that he was going to walk
down the Pixies Peak carriage road and would
return in an hour or two. Tho day passed with
out his returning. Night came and still no
sign of Felts.
This, however, did not create any approhen.
sion. as It was supposed that he might have de-
cided to 90 down tho cascade and then to Col
orado Springs. intending to return to the peak
on Saturday or Sunday morning.
Under these circumstances no anxiety was
created until he failed to show up on tho trains
to-day.
Although 1t was cloudy on the peak aud storm
ing below 1t was naturally supposed that he
would have at least como around and reported
that he was still on earth.
Several hundred persons went up on the peak
to watch him mako the jump. Thore were
about $50 who went up on horseback from the
Cripple Creek district. and three train loads
went up during the day on the cog road, and
they were all disappointed.
Felts was nowhere to be seen. Some OF his
friends started out lato this afternoon to hunt
him up They supposed that he must be in
Colorado Springs, but he could not he found at
his residence, and no ono could be found who
had seen him here since his disappearance from
the peak.
Much speculation 10 going on to his whore
abouts. Maybe he has simply lost his nerve and
Is In hiding until the affair quiets down; but at
the present time there Is no clue on which to
solve the problem.
Unless he turns up tomorrow or some word is
received from him. searching parties wi be
started out to explore the gorges and gulches
around the peak In an effort to find him. living
or dead.
The sun., 1897-08-16
CALIFORNIA; KL0NDIKE.
CRoUDs or MINERS POURING INTO
TRINITY COUNTY

some Reports EXAGGERATED, but There Ia Every
Evidence or Rich Placer ana Quartz Ovcr =
VYldo Arcn-Evcry Guich In COnee Creek
sccns to Abound In Precious Metals
SAN Francisco, Aug. ia special Corre
spondcnt sent by tho Chronicle TO the Trinity
county mining district has sent In the first de.
tailed report. Ho says that, while some discov.
cries have been exaggerated. the richness of the
district has not been overestimatcd, and he pre-.
diets that the careful prospecting which will
follow the large influx OF strangers will result
in important finds Of placer golG as we'll MS rich
quartz. In his despatch from Carrville he says,
"All the hotels are filled and along the turn.
pike is q procession Of prospoctors. some in
wagons, others with heavily laden pack horses
and still more carrying blankets with grub and
gold pans strapped to their shoulders.
The several important finds reported from
different parts OF this and the adjoining county
have stimulated effort, and from every hand no.
ports are coming in OF discoveries OF varying
magnitude. Two Iucn arrived at Trinity Centre
last night from tho Integral quicksilver mine.
about twenty miles northeast OF this place. and
reported tho discovery on Thursday, Of ledge
of high. grade cinnabar over 100 feet wide. This
will mean the resumption Of work after many
months of idlenoss. Integral Is one Of the largest
quicksilver mines on the coast.
John Lyle OF Santa Cruz. an old prospector
is just in from Hickory Gulch, where Burgess
and Murphy made their rich strike last week.
He says they sent q baking powder tin full OF
coarse gold and nuggets to the store at Upper
Coffee Creek to pay for grub In their mine tho
gold does not lie In pockets, but Is distributed
oil through a large seam Of soft decomposcd
porphyry, any single pan Of which will pay a
man days wages. This scam is twelve
inches wide on the surface, and is in forma.
tion so soft that it can bc dug out and washed.
They got $142 out Of twenty-five pans and IL
will average 81 to the pan. They were fixing
up q rocker, and estimated that IL the dirt did
not average more than 81 to a pan they would
make $500 a day for the three men.
Z" John s. Stroud, who carries on the Orc Fino
quartz mine. near here and has been here for
forty eight years. says the gold belt that is the
head OF the south fork Of Scott River and the
head OF the east fork OF Salmon River This
region lies within easy reach OF this p lace is
over thirty miles in extent. and has been but lit.
1.-The real Klondike of Trinity county, in
Strouds opinion and in the estimation Of the
most experienced men here is Coffee Creek,
every gulch leading into II being rich in
precious metals. at one time there was popu-
lation that numbered 500 in tho small settle
ments on Coffee Creek. This was in the early
diggings. Stroud says is that they were looking
for gravel mining and had no thought Of pros.
pecting for the real source OF the placer gold.
and 1t is only lately that this district has been
prospected at all for quartz: Already numbeT
Of valuable properties have been located"
The sun., 1897-08-16
DID NOT PRAISE THE DEAD.
A Colored Preacher Gives the Dead Man . Rak-
ing Down I'm tho Funeral Sermon.
From the Nswport Mems Daav Press.

inG Down In tho funeroi SERMON.
From the Nspport Mems Daily Fress
Thomas Giles a colored backslider who pro-
fessed to be a good churchgoer, turned out to be
with lie on his lips"
With tho foregoing sentence tho Rev. f. j.
began the discourse which he delivered yester.
day afternoon over tho romans of Thomas Giles
the negro who made a fatal leap from moving
led a dual life. dividing his affections between
two women-Oneas his lawful wife and the other
his paramour. Whom the colored excursion left
the depot Monday morning for RchmOnd Giles
was on the train with woman who. he said, was
his wife. He provided n comfortable seat for
her, and then went out on the platform to ride
as far as Twent y-fourth street. Reaching the
street he jumped off the car The train was
running at tho rate OF probably ten miles an
asa sS MSdb TSsSs IsS s @
places. killing him instantly. As soon rs the
accident occurred a telegram was sent to Rich
mond apprisng the supposed wife OF the fatal
ity which had come to her husband. Aiterward
1t was learned that Giless lawful spouse was IN
service as q domestic in the family OF Mrs.
Believing in the fidelity of her husband she
WAS grief.strcken and went Immediately 10 the
scene OF the accident and there created II pa
children. aged 8. 7, and years respectively.
The funeral took place from the Third Baptist
ChuECh AT 3oclock yesterday afternoon in The
presence Of a large congregation. including the
lawful widow. " BE not deceived God is not
Knocked: for whatsoever u man sOweth that
shall he also reap was the text which tho Rev
+. j. Croodup announced ana hc cXCOriatcd the
dead man, declaring, among other things, that
he died with lie in his mouth. lie said Giles
claimed to BIO member OF the church. but never
attended services or let his children go to the
Sunday school. The speaker further stated
that Giles lied when he said the woman he put
on the train ls was his wife, In closing, the
right lives. saying: AS we SOW our seeds, we
must expect 10 reap them
The sun., 1897-08-16

Gladstone on Hutter ana EEga and FREQ Trade.
Mr.. Gladstone has been expressing his views
on the advantages OF small culture In a speech
at the meeting Of the Hawarden Horticultural
Society. where Mrs. Gladstone distributed the
prizes. After praising Hawarden and its butter
he said:
"No doubt 1t seems almost ridiculous II we
w6re to recommend the pursuit of the culture
o. fruits and flowers and butter and eggs and
poultry to the farmers OF this country as a
cure for all their distresses At the same
time II is matter to Of extreme sat
hfaction to know that In my own particular
cases these recommendations have been
useful to farmers For my part. am very
strong free trader. and I look back with salts
faction and delight upon those changes In tho
laws OF this country which have made tho prod
uuts OF the whole world open to tho population
w this country without let or hindrance or
charge. Of any kind. The effect of that is de-
hghtful To witness, and although there may be
still much to desire-Rnd there always will be
much TO desire--in the lot of our fellow laboring
now prevails with that which prevailed In my
YOUTH when compare that which you may
hSs to wh ", reraG S o y0q ooG
clothing. lodgings, the comfort and enjoyments
OF life open to tho people at large, the change
IS an immense change But. at the same time,
ladies and gentlemen, though ] wish that the
Pohuolo W tnc WOTll 5HOulu HnN lnGlr
way to the tables Of tho laboring people OF this
sountry without let or hindrance, and though
ever induce the Legislature OF this country to
obaek upon the happy experience that 1t has
witnessed, yet II any OF those products can DO
can be raised better and cheaper here. say
rejoice In H. When ! find that 200. 900 600
eggs are laid all over Europe. to be import cd into
England. cannot help thinking that it would
he a very good thing II five or six hundred mil
lion OF those eggs were laid al home because
you may depend on this, that the nearer al egg
ID laid TO he place where II is consumed the bet
tor II viii be- do not believe that the egg.prO-
ducing faculty In this country Ia half exhausted
Or, IN point OF fact is exercised in the degree 70
which II ought 10 be exercised, and, therefore
while rejoice that the foreigner 10 allowed to
supply the Englishman with cheap food rather
than that the Englishman should not get It. yet
j say tho more tho EnRlishman can grow that
cheap food az home, the better for himself and
Ne country"
The sun., 1897-08-16
YUKON AND KLoNDIkE GOLD
FIELDS.

~ Parties intending to visit the Klondike Gold
T. n L'1ius Gus OF invest In stock comptntcs operating
Governnent Alaskan boundary Commiesiu..rr,
Iroi' ogi!yies 3, Report on the Yukon and k,on.
dike Gold Fields, before doing 50.
THIS ID the official report made last sprin;
whi'h 80 astonnded the Canadian Government
confirmed it personally on his arrival in Ottlwa
Inc report is very extensive. abounGing in
fhotoEravnres and Maps and giving the most
Iellhoie lntorinatlon as TO routes. climate. nnd
She lndescrihable wealth awaiting the miners,
sent: postage paid, on receipt OF nifty ccUts, "
the I9rontO Newspaper UniOn PuDlishers, ~
Nay It,, TOFOntO, Canada.
The sun., 1897-08-16

0omethinG About the Count or Tarin who Van
quished Prince Henri.

Something About the Count or Tarin who VAN
Quished Prince Henri
The Count OF Turin is a nephew of King Hum
bert, his father. the late Duke Of Aosta who died
in 1890, having been Humbert's younger
brother. The full name OF the young man is
Vittorio Emanuele Torino Giovanni Maria de
Savoie-Aoste. He was born in Turin on Nov.
"a. 1870. His mother was Maria dal Pozzo
Della Cisterna. and he was the second son. He
IN q Major in the Royal Piedmont Regiment of
Cuirassiers and is unmarried.
Like all the princes OF the house OF Savoy. he
10 small OF stature and plain of feature. He is
popular with the people and the army and q
favorite nephew OF the King. His chief fame
until this duel seems to have come from broken
leg which he got while dancing two years ago.
The first heard Of the Counts intention to
1ght for the honor of the Italian Army was on
July 10. when the Popolo Romano announced
that the Count. after Prince Henrs refusal to
fight with Lieut.. PM. who had been chosen
challenger by lot, had sent a challenge to the
Prince. This was afterward denied in the Paris
newspapers: and L was supposed that II was a
Albertone. who had come in personally for a
part of the criticism lavished ,r by the
PPSe sS6o,dS on aso Italian Am The nd Cen zen
MazEitelli, were in Paris awaiting the
Princes arrival in order to make final arrange
ments for the duel. The Prince landed at Mar
eeilles eR Friday and proceeded at once to Paris:
Before he reached Paris he received the cartel
tthe Count. and when he arrived in Paris he
ene nt eSado al ounts al awafne
bin. Tho Count of Turin had in the meantime
left Italy secretly and was in France living in
0eclusion.
Prince Henri immediately announced that the
Counts challenge took precedence over Alber-
tones, and the latter's seconds had to give way
to the newcomer from Italy. Numerous and
worry secret consultations were held at the Hotel
Continental, Paris, between the seconds. There
were rumors that King Humbert was to inter
fore. that the Prince OF Naples would challenge.
d'Orieans, is the Princes cousin, would chal.
lenge. As 1t turned out 1t was Turin that got
tho fight
The sun., 1897-08-16
"IKEY, THE BUTT OHAsER,"
He Almost Precipitates . RIot over q Cigarette
. Bridge Train.

FT0CTpItht63
. Bridge Train.
There came near being riot on a bridge train
tho other night with bridge policemen as the
only rioters. "Ikey, the Butt Chaser" was at
the bottom OF it, and that fact is enough to ex-
plain it, Everybody who crosses tho bridge
knows Ikey. He is the only policeman there
animated by a lofty ideal as brief observation
will prove He is the stoopshouldered man
with a short. stubbly, black mustache and iron
determination in the set Of his lower jaw. He
has fine. piercing eyes, but only old acauaint-
ances know that, for he pulls his helmet down
over them. shading them away from tho fierce
light that beats about him SO that he may the
better pursue his ideal The whole feryor OF
keys intense nature is concentrated on the en-
forcement OF the law proclaimed by the sign.
boards, which say: