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ACCOUNT OF MACEO'S DEATH.
HE WAS A1BUSHED, AS WAS AT
FIRST REPORTED.
His Followers Recovered His Body
and Avenged the Death of
Their Leader.

NEW YORK, Jan. IA Tribune
special from Jacksonville, Fla, says:
A letter was received here on Friday
from Colonel Andre Hernandez, now in
command of the Cuban army encamped
near Havana, giving the true account
of Maceos death and his subsequent
burial. AS he says that he was in
command of the Cuban detachment
that recovered the body from Major
Cirujeda's command his statement
should settle the matter. The letter
was sent to j. H. Huan, the Florida
representative of the New York Cuban
Junta. 1t came through the under
ground channel" 1t is dated January
9th, from the Encampment near Ha-
vana." After extending to Mr. Huan
thanks fer past favors the letter goes
on: 1T was on December eth that we
suffered a great misfortune in the
tragic death (by ambush of our leader.
Maceo. This is the greatest misfor-
tune we have suffered since the begin
ming Of the war, but it only encourages
us to fight the harder and avenge his
death. We Were encamped near the
fight that day and heard the firing
Maceo came across the trocha un-
known to US, with but forty men. More
than !, 800 Spaniards, who had been in
formed of his trip, ambushed him. He
rode into it and was shot at the first
fire.
We heard the firing and thinking
that some of our friends were attacked
by the Spanish guerrillas, started off
at once to their aid. though we had
but 400 men. When we reached the
scene of the slaughter it was mostly
over. and then we were told that Maceo
was dead and that the enemy had his
body tied to a horses tail and were
taking it eff our men were perfectly
frantic over the report and begged to
be led against the Spaniards. We
dashed forward with drawn machetes
and what fight there was
The Spaniards met us and the en-
counter was horrible. Our trusty and
sharp machetes fell with regularity.
and l think we killed more than 200 of
the enemy; and what is more, we had
the consolation of recovering the body
of our beloved leader Maceo. The
Spaniards fought hard again to regain
1t, charging on US repeatedly but our
machetes We're too much for them and
they sullenly retreated.
Our little force suffered terribly.
Our cavalry. which went in eighty
strong. came out with only twenty-two
men. and the infantry suffered almost
in the same proportion But for all
that we We're consoled by the fact that
our brave brothers gave up their lives
in a good cause and to save the body
of our lamented Maceo from the desc
Grafton the Spaniards would have in
flicted. We buried the body in a secret
and secure place. Only myself and a
few selected men and officers know the
location. In due time it will be marked.
If known now the murderous Spaniards
would try to get it and parade to show
their great triumph. Poor Maceo sleeps
in peace, but his brothers remain to
avenge him and that they are doing
daily. I have a good many important
things to tell you in connection with
this, but I do not care to put them in
this, as / am not positive that the letter
will get through safely"
The record-union., 1897-01-18
The Nicaragua Canal Bill Will be Un-
finished Business To-Day.
Senator Morgan Will Address the
Senate on His Bill for the Appoint
ment of a Board of Trustees to
Manage the Pacific Roads-The
Cameron Cuban Resolution Not to
be Called Up During This Admins
tration-No Programme of Busi-
ness Arranged in the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Appropria-
ton bills will demand the attention of
the Senate this week The army bill
has been reported and the Military
Academy executive bill will be reported
tomorrow. Senator Morgan will prob
ably address the Senate tomorrow on
his bill for the appointment of a board
of Government trustees to operate the
Pacific roads until the Government s
claim is liquidated.
The Nicaraguan Canal BILL in ac-
cordance with the decision of the Re-
publican Steering Committee, will be
made the unfinished business Monday.
The proposition in the guarantee of the
canal bonds will be antagonized by
Messrs. Turpie. Vest, Teller and others.
There is no indication of any intention
to call up the Cameron Cuban resolu-
ton. The utterances of Mr.. Sherman on
this subject since the formal announce
ment of his acceptance of the State De-
partment portfolio are looked upon by
his associates as a request from the in
coming Administration that nothing
should be done pending its accession to
power.
Several influential Senators, who
were previously charged with being
"jingoes, have since their visit to
Canton become very conservative, and
no one on the Republican side of the
chamber is now urging action of any
kind with respect to the war in Cuba
The eXtradition treaties between the
United States and the Orange Free
State and the Argentine Republic will
probably be disposed of this week, and
the remainder of the time will be de-
voted to clearing up unobjected mat
ters on the calendar.
In the House of Representatives no
programme of business has been ar
ranged except a Virginia contested
election case. 1t is the expectation of
the members Of the Committee on Rules
that in the course of the week the Agri-
cultural and Indian bills will be con-
sidered.
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MOORE IS DEAD.
The Seeley Dinner Sensation Tended
to His Death.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-William S.
Moore, the theatrical agent who was the
cause of Captain Chapman of the ten
derloin station raiding the famous See
ley dinner at Sherry's by reporting that
his stepdaughter, Anna Belle. the
dancer, had been asked to do an i'm
modest dance, died at his residence in
this city this afternoon of pneumonia.
Moore was % years old and was born in
Philadelphia. He was at one time the
manager of the Little Tycoon Opera
Company" and acted as manager of
many OF H. r. Jacobs theaters and of
Harry Minot's Eight-avenue Theater in
this city. He was also manager of the
Imperial Opera Company
Since the Seeley dinner Moore has
been greatly worried over the publicity
that came to him and his family over
the affair. Mrs. Moore thinks that ha :
tended to his death.
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FROM HEART FAILURE.
A Prominent Chicago Manufacturer
Dies Suddenly

OMAHA, Jan. 11.-Charles A. Kirk.
partner in the firm of James F. Kirk &
Co, the big soap manufacturers of Chi
cago, died tonight at 1915 o'clock at
the Paxton Hotel of heart failure. He
had been in the city since Friday, but
had made no complaint of ill-health un-
til yesterday afternoon, and although
no serious results were anticipated yet
his personal friends kept close watch
after they knew that Mr. Kirk had
heart weakness, despite his rugged ap-
pearance.
AT q o'clock when they entered his
room they found him unconscious, hav-
ing suffered an attack during the hour
previous. Every possible effort was
made to resuscitate the unfortunate
man by his physicians, and with such
hope of success that shortly after 10
O'Clock one of them went to lunch while
the other began preparing additional
restoratives. Just as the patient seemed
about to revive he suddenly collapsed
and died at 1918 O'Clock without hav-
ing gained consciousness.
In Chicago Mr.. Kirk was known in
public life as an ex-Park Commissioner
He was one of the twelve members of
Chief of Police Badenoch's staff at the
time of his death and member of sew
eral prominent business and social
clubs
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THE CZAR'S HEAD.
An Operation to be Performed to
Remove an OsSeOus Growth.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan 17.-Yester-
day a summons was sent to Berlin for
Fofessor Bergman, the distinguished
German surgeon, to come to this city
to perform an operation upon the Car
to prevent the extension of an osseous
excrescence which has appeared in the
region of the cranium.
IhiS trouble is due to the blow in
ficted by fanatical Japanese when
he was travelling in Japan in 1891 His
majesty was visiting the town of Otsa
on May Ilth of that year, when he was
making a tour of the world. and was
set upon by the fanatic, who would
probably have inflicted more serious
injuries had it not been for Prince
George Of Greece, who accompanied
him, and who knocked the assailant
down. This osseous growth, which
Professor Bergman will remove has,
combined with overwork. caused the
attacks of vertigo from which the Gar
has suffered for some time.
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WAS ASPHYXIATED.
Well-known Newspaper rIan Found
Dead in His Room.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Rudd Smith,
Well-known newspaper man, was
found dead in bed this morning at the
Putnam House, Twenty-sixth street and
Fourth avenue, death having been
caused by asphyxiation. Mr.. Smith had
gone to the hotel about 1:30 and was
assigned to a single room on the third
floor. He was shown to has room at once
and that was the last seen of him alive.
Mr.. Smiths associates are of the opin-
ion that death was due to an accident.
He was apparently in good spirits and
light-hearted and SO far as known in
perfect health.
Mr.. Smith was 3S years old and had
been in newspaper work in New York
and in the West for fifteen years. He
was a brother of Ballard Smith, the
European correspondent Mr.. Smith
was one of the telegraph editors on the
journal"
The record-union., 1897-01-18
THE IDAHO DEADLOCK.
The Mormon Church VIII Not In
terfere-Dubois Confident.

BOISE Qda.), Jan 1.-THE Demo-
Gratis and Populists of the State Legis-
lature spent to-day in a fruitless at
tenpt to come TO an understanding to
throw their united strength to some
candidate for United States Senator.
The names most considered We're T. F.
Nelson and Secretary of State George
] Lewis. Either. it is understood,
would be satisfactory to the Democrats.
but the Populists could not be concen-
trated on either in sufficient numbers
to elect. and II is said the real inten-
ton of the Populists is to force the
Democrats to support Claggett
The Dubois men are feeling more con-
fdent than for several days. especially
since the receipt by Senator Teller of a
communication from Wilford Wood
ruff. the head OF the Mormon Church,
stating that the rumor that the church
was opposed to Dubois is untrue, and
that church influence must not be
used in the contest either way.
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DE WITT TALMAGE.
He Lauds the Pending Arbitration
Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Dr. De
Witt Talmage, who succeeded DR.. Sun
derland in the active pastorship of the
Presidential Presbyterian Church in
Washington, in his sermon this morning
referred to the pending arbitration
treaty with Great Britain, character
izing lit as the mightiest, grandest
movement for driving brutal war out of
the earth. He said the men who on
either side of the sea did most to eff
feet that plan of arbitration have made
themselves immortal. The evening of
the present Administration of the
United States Government has been
honored with the greatest and gladdest
event of eighteen centuries. All civil
lied nations Will copy the sublime ex-
ample. He implored the Senate to
promptly ratify the treaty.
Mr.. Cleveland was not present at the
service
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A HORSEMAN IN TROUBLE.
ASSAULTED AND BEATEN RY AN
INJURED HUSBAND.
He Would Have Been Killed by His
AsSailant if Others Had Not
Interfered.

SOMERVILLE IN. j., Jan. 17.-Fred
Smith, a well.known turf man and as
sistant trainer of the two great PAGERS,
John r. Gentry and Robert J., was mur-
derously assaulted at his apartments in
the stables of Lewis G. Tewksbury at
this place at an early hour this morn
ing by George CASTER, manager of the
Alfred de Cardova Stock Farm.
CASTER applied to a local Justice at
midnight for a warrant for the arrest
of Smith, who he alleges committed
adultery with his wife at a Trenton
hotel on Friday night. The Justice re-
fused to issue the warrant as CASTER
had not sufficient proof of the mans
guilt. CASTER, accompanied by his
father-in-law, then went to Smith s
apartments. CASTER, who is a man of
phenomenal strength broke Smiths nose
with single blow. He then grasped
him by the throat and continued his as
sault with terrible effect and would have
killed his victim but for the timely in
reference of the stablemen.
Smith escaped to a neighboring stable.
where he concealed himself in a hay
NOW. When discovered by his friends
he was in a pitiable condition. CASTER
was still searching for him. Smiths
friends dressed his wounds and hurried
him out of town in a closed carriage. He
boarded a train at Bound Brook for
New York City.
At the Bound Brook Station he created
a sensation by mistaking an approach
ing carriage containing two men for
CASTER and his father-in-law He gave
a yell and sprinted down the track and
jumped over the back yard fences in
his attempt to escape from his imag-
mary enemy.
CASTERS wife is the daughter of a
well-to-dO farmer who wept to-day as
he told the story of his daughters way
wardneSS.
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TROUBLE AVERTED.
New rIexico Legislators Agree to Di-
vide Patronage.

SANTA F'E On. Nd, Jan. 1.-THE
thirty Legislative Assembly Of
New Mexico will convene here to-mor-
row. Democrats have claimed that they
would have a majority of one in the
council and that the House would be
tie politically and there has been some
talk of trouble over the organization
as the Republicans claimed that both
branches were evenly divided on the
face of the election returns.
However, after a conference to-day
among the leaders of both parties, It
was agreed that the Democrats should
choose the President and organize the
Council and the Republicans should be
accorded similar action in the House,
the employees to be evenly divided be-
tween the two parties and there should
be no contests for seats
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What He Learned About Them From
General Rivera.
There Are Plenty of Cubans Ready
and Willing to Fight for Their
Country, But They Are Lacking in
Arms and Rivera
Says an Army of $4,000 Could be
Raised if They Had Arms With
Which to Fight.

BOSTON, Jan. 1.-THE "Globe" to-
day publishes a lengthy letter from a
special correspondent sent to Pinar del
Rlo to substantiate the reported death
OF Maceo and to present the actual facts
bearing on the situation among the in
surgents in that province in Cuba. The
letter was sent from San Cajento on
January 10th, and at the outset says
that unless assistance of many kinds
comes to the rebels in this province
within the next month or six weeks
there will be no rebels to assist.
OF the force that Maceo had when he
made his second invasion only a rem
nant of go remains under the command
OF rigadier-Genera1 Rivera. saws the
writer Rivera, who has not received any
1ntimation that he is to succeed Maceo.
is practically in hiding on the northern
coast with his force, who are without
ammunition and without hope. prac-
tically. General Rivera warmly greeted
the writer and discussed at length the
situation. The best of what he said
follows:
Il do not wish to criticise our friends
in the United States. We in Pinar del
p
have been depending upon our strategy
and knowledge of the province to keep
out of serious trouble. We have a dv-
Mantle gun and two shell pieces, but
for some time since we have not had
ammunition for them. We are not in
need of men at all You may think this
a strange statement as you look about
and see me in command of only a few
hundred. But in Cuba the whole native
population is with us and I am conf
dent an army of 10000 could be placed
in Havana province before winter is over
if we but had the arms and ammuni-
tion to give the men. Our Cubans are
brave and patriotic and willing to die
for our republic, but they are not crazy
enough to face az enemy's bullets with
empty hands. Tell the American people
to give US 10000 rifles and a supply of
cartridges and we will whip hell out of
Weyler and his trocha.
THE force with which Maceo entered
the province has not been killed off by
the enemy. 1t was diSbanded because
it became unwieldy and could not be
handled with advantage to ourselves. AS
it is I am able to keep 40, 900 or $4,000
troops of the enemy worrying and yet
not suffer any serious loss. The enemy
has concentrated all his attention upon
this province and while we have not
suffered in a lasting way, we have dem
onstrated that we could remain in the
province and fool a big army and many
Generals. While Weyler has directed
all his efforts against us, Gomez has
been we'll preparing for his march west
ward. Gomez will enter Matanzas with
much larger number of men than were
the combined forces last year, and you
mark me, he will sweep Havana Well
The record-union., 1897-01-18

| Hopkins will open headquarters to-
| morrow morning. 1t is now apparent
that a number Of candidates are count
ing on the inability of the caucus to-
| morrow night to name a candidate.
and hope to get the fight transferred to
the floor of the joint Assembly, trust
| ing to luck to be in the pathway of the
Senatorial thunderbolt when it strikes.
The appearance of these two candidates
with a possibility of General John j.
McNulta entering the field, makes the
chances of William E. Mason grow less
! hopeful
| Mr.. Mason's strength lies principally
| in the districts outside Chicago, and
1.-THE new candidates are in agricultural
precincts Each will draw from his
forces and the seventy-six supporters
claimed by Mason will be divided
among the new men. Mr.. Hopkins
starts out with the support of his SEN
atorial district, which takes three from
Mason, and the other candidates will be
backed by their representatives in the
General Assembly. This will take from
Mason enough to make his selection
uncertain in the caucus. 1t is asserted
by old politicians that the caucus can
not possibly settle the contention.
The machine men think the Cook
County members will yet win, even if
they have to put up Governor Tanner
as a compromise candidate. There will
be a full caucus of the Republican
members tomorrow night and it is
hoped by the Cook County delegates to
have things so arranged that their man
will be finally decided upon, if it is
proven conclusively that Lorimer can
not carry the day
With the contest in the General AS
sembly it will be anybodys fight and
memorable contest is promised. Con-
gresham Hit is conducting a quiet,
yet energetic campaign and his mana
gers assert that he is the strongest man
if the contest is to be decided on merit
The candidates for the Senatorship
now number fifteen. They are: Will
lam f. Mason, Congressman Lorimer
and Hit, Joseph Cannon, Walter
Reeves. A. J. Hopkins, w. J. Calhoun,
John M. Smyth. Samuel Allerton,
George Hunt, Clark Carr, w. H. Har-
per, ex-senator Farwell, General John
c. McNulta, and Ex-Governor Fifer
The Legislature meets at noon Tues
day.
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REACHED THE SUMMIT.
A Swiss Guide Scales the Sides of
1Ount ACOncagua.

| LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Chronicle
has dispatch from Mendosa, Argen-
tina, stating that Zurbriggen, the Swiss
mountain guide, who is accompanying
the Fitzgerald expedition which went to
South America for the purpose of as
cending Mount Aconcagua, in the An
des, reached the summit of that noun
tain on Thursday. This is a feat that
has never been accomplished before
The hight of the mountain is stated
in the dispatch to be 24,000 feet above
the level of the sea, but according to
Professo Guyot it's altitude is % 422
The record-union., 1897-01-18
TRAIN-WRECKERS,
They Pile Ties Across a Track Near
Dallas and Cause a Wreck.

DALLAS (Texas), Jan. 17-Through
express from ST. Louis on the Iron
Mountain and Texas Pacific route due
at Dallas at $40 a. m, was wrecked
last night at the little station of Forest
in Cass County, Texas. Engineer Glenn
mons had both legs broken and sus-
tained other Injuries so severe that he
died this afternoon. His home was at
Marshall, Texas. The express messen-
ger is reported as fatally hurt and a
postal route agent seriously injured
The wreck was the work of train
wreckers, who had piled cross ties on
the track. Half a dozen or more pas
senSers are reported injured, but none
fatally
The record-union., 1897-01-18
ROBBED OF HER DIAMONDS.
"A Society Woman Accuses Her rlaid
of the Robbery.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Good
win Boyd of 320 Fifth avenue was
robbed last night, as alleged, by her
French maid of $4,000 worth of dia-
mondS and jewelry. Mrs. Goodwin
Boyd went to social function last
night, and when she returned home at
an early hour this morning she found
that the desk in which she kept the
diamonds had been broken open and the
jewelry taken.
The maid, who, it is said, intended to
sail for France next Saturday, was ar
rested this morning and remanded for
examination tomorrow. The jewelry
has not been recovered and the woman
denies her guilt
The record-union., 1897-01-18
THE CZARINA'S ILLNESS.
1t Has Caused the Abandonment of
the Usual RecepfiouS

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Sunday
Times" confirms the report of the i'll
ness of the Czarina. 1t says that her
which is very serious. has
ended for the present the hopes of the
birth of an heir
As cabled by the United Associated
Presses yesterday the Czarina was
threatened with a miscarriage which,
however, was averted. She has since
been seriously i'll, and to this fact was
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EMIGRANTS HELD UP.
One of the Robbers the rIurderer of
the rIeeks Family.

GUTHRIE (Ok), Jan. ia party of
emigrants travelling from Missouri to
Oklahoma was held up by seven out
laws in the Greek Reservation and
robbed of everything valuable, amount
ing to several thousand dollars.
The leader of the gang was recognized
by one of the Missourians as George
Taylor, the escaped murderer of the
Meeks family.
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ILLINOIS SENATORSHIP.
Appearance of New Candidates DAM
ages Mason'S Chances.

SPRINGFIELD QIl.), Jan. 11-With
the return OF the members of the House
and Senate and the appearance on the
scene of two new candidates, the Sena-
torial fight begins to assume again the
heated phase that characterized ii at
the close of last week. The new candi-
dates are William J. Calhoun of Dam
vile and Congressman Albert ]. Hop
kins of Aurora
Neither of these gentlemen has for
mally announced his candidacy, but
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The Pope Had Hopes.

LONDON, Jan 1.-THE Rome cor
respondent of the Chronicle" tele-
graphs that the Pope expressed the ut
most satisfaction upon hearing of the
signing of the Anglo-American arbi-
tration treaty. He said he had hoped
that the Papacy would be the perma-
nent tribunal for arbitration for all ma
tions, but was glad that the principle
of arbitration had been adopted by
Great Britain and America.
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Got Off Without Damage.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 1.-THE Al
len Line steamship Assyrian, which
went ashore below here in the Della
ware River on Friday, lightered part of
her cargo and moved off without dam
age. AS soon as her cargo has been re-
loaded the Assyrian will proceed on her
voyage for Glasgow
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due the abandonment of the usual re-
ceptions during the Russian New Year
week. Her physicians say that it is
necessary for her to take a long rest at
Liyadia, one of the Cars estates in
Southern Russia, where Car Alexan-
der Ill died in 1894. Here she can
have perfect quiet, which is a prerequi-
site to her recovery.
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st. John r1ay Step in.

Topeka (Kas.), Jan. FIX Con-
gresham W. A. Harris is conceded to
be in the lead for United States Sen
ator. A new and strong candidate was
announced last night, however, in ex-
Governor John p. st. John. Though a
Prohibitionist of national standing, he
is in accord with the Populists and may
slip in as a compromise.
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Proceeded ON Her Way

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 1.-THE Gu
nard line steamship Aurania, which ar
rived off this port to-day from New
York, was prevented from communicate
ing with the shore owing to a gale, and
she therefore proceeded for Liver
pool
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Joseph c. Willard Dead.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Joseph C.
Willard, owner of the well-known
Willard Hotel died at his residence in
this city this morning aged so years
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day The Legislature will meet in joint
assembly at that time.
chester c. Lord, the managing editor.
OF the New York Sun" will be elected
as Regent of the university at the
same Joint session.