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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Fire in IL Cubnm Town Destroys IkO
Hnuses-SnalIpox Spreading Ira
Piunr Del Rio.


Piunr Del Rio.
Havana. Dec. 4.-News lras been re-
c,eived here of fire which occurred yes
tcrday at Jaruco, a town of 10000 in
habitants, in this province. About 10
houses were destroyed, with nearly all
OF the amount of damage can be made
Hundreds of families have been render
Ell homeless and the situation at ,Iaru-
co is very distressing. The fire origi-
mated through an accident
According TO an announcement issued
from Spanish headquarters this after
noCCl. the Spanish forces belonging 10
the ManZnnillo division have had 4
sharp engagement with the insurgents
at Piedra. province of Santiago da
Cuba, with the result that they cap
turcd all the positions Of the army and
compelled the insurgents to retreat with
numerous loss. lowing to an accident
to the field columrr," the announcement
ccmtiucs. twelve soldiers were killed
ana Major Larorre, Drs. Matorcll and
Sipali. a chaplain attached to the Baza
iSaitaiion, and thirty-cight soldiers
We're wounded
me central plantations of the AIaja-
experimentation district and those
OF the Ncnah-Matanzas district hayc
commenced GlGidinS cane.
1t is reported that the leader, Mario
Adam Bctancourt. n brothcr-in-law ~
General Alajandro Rodriguez, died re-
Gently from illness in the insurgcnt
camp in Puerto Principe
Reports from Pinar del Rio city say
that smallpox is rapidly spreading
there and that thirty deaths occur
daily from the disease. Many deaths
from the same cause are reported from
other towns. DR.. Jovcr, of the Havana
Sanitary Board. has been commission
ed to proceed 10 Pnar del Rio for the
purpose OF vaccinating the inhabitants
and thus preventing the further spread.
Of the scourgc.
II Is announced that the grinding OF
sugar cane will be begun before De-
crmher II on the central plantations of
Constancia. Andricta and Dos HERNIA
nos, in the Cicnfuegos district.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
THE FORTHCOMING mEss.,. O. =
ihe Presidents Idea About Excnnue
Ing Goid ana GrcenbacL

washington. D. c., Dec. 4.-Presidant
Mckinley In his forthcoming mesa oa = =. :
congress viii not discuss in n sISnifi'
cant way the recent monetary nerotin
IONS OF the NVolcott Bimetallic Con !
mission, but will casually refer 10 II
me chief interest in the financia1 no -
or MS message will attach to recn,,,t
mendation that gold shall be paifi onIv
Tor freenbacks and that ereenban nl,s
shall be paid only for gold. The Pres; ,
dent does not believe that Congress- vii,
retire the notes and it Is his on;,ian
that where there is a constant snr,i,,s
OF receipts over expenditures and nm
exchange of gold and notes there 10 no
longer any menace ito the country He
does not contemplate the retirement Of
treasury notes, but only q. change or
classified ton for ahe reason thai If
retlred. there would always be talk
of contraction of the currency. and he
does believe that If gold and green
packs are made interchangeable and
kept In class by themselves no danger
need be apprehended from that source.
After q man succeeds In printing one
kiss upon a girls lips II, s. an Se5. sy mat
ter to run off a. arga ed tion,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
POSSIBLE REVISION OF THE MAP OF EUROPE
Relations Between Austria and Hungary
Strained TO The Last Point.
Copyright, 1897, by Associated Press.)
London December 1907

Copyright, 1897, by Associated Press. }
London, December 4, 1897.
international! questions have been
temporarily overshadowcd by the gray
lty OF the situation in Austria, where
things are as gloomy as Imaginable.
III addition to the imminencc of civil
war, the next few hours may possibly
witness historic revolution in the re-
lations between Austria and Hungary,
which might mean the reconstruction
Of the map of Europe.
The question OF the provisional Aus
Gieich Dill Cor agreement to prolong for
year, instead of Ten years. the com
pact between Austria and Hungary
pending the perfecting of arrangements
ior longer compacp is, If possible, a
question even more grave than the
threat tened civil war. The Hungarian
Diet has given Baron Won Gautch
Sontrankenthurn. the Austrian Pre-
mer. until Monday next in which to
state whether he can reasonably cxuect
the Ausgleich bill to pass, and failing
Il decisive answer BarCcl Banfry. the
hungarian Premier, will introduce on
Monday bill whereby Hungary will
act independently as regards the duties
to De levied, continuance of commercial
relations with Austria and the renewal
OIL me Charter of the AuStro- Hungarian
bank. The compact between the two
portions of the dual State thus lansos
and, though the status quo may he
maintained temporarily, Hungary will
establish her claim to the right of in
ucpendently diSp"sing of these uueS-
tions. 1t is easy to see that victory
VIII only whct the Ilungarians' an
petite and that II will be but a short
Step to the dissolution of Austria,
Whlch, IN turn. will hurl Europe into a
furnace of terrible possibilities,
Apparently the only hope of escape
is that the personal ascendancy OF the
old Emperor will once again enable
MIN to solve an apparently impossible
solution. Failing in this. the Reich
Srath will be dissolved and a reign Of
aboslution will begin in Austria and.
Technically Hungary will have resumed
her independence
The Indian war continues on the old
lines. The British advances and sub
scnuent retirements leave but n small
lmniessicm on the tribesmen. who will
not submit. The whole warfare is dis
couraEing, rs ii promises To he inc0n-
elusive and looks as though the results
might be summed up in Il nutshell
bloody war, weakened frontier, angcred
neiEhbnrs. humping hill
The fact that the engineers confer
ence has ended icl Il fiasco is no sur
prise, though much regretted. The cX-
treme gravity of the situation cannot
be ovcrestimatcd.
The whole aspect of the industrial
world is most depressing. In addition
TO the engineering trouhlcs. The Am
algamated Society Of Railway Servants
has issued strike notices to 10000 of
It's members, and the cotton industry is
also threatened with paralysis The
contcndinG factions are adamant; the
men utterly refuse to arbitrate.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
During this series Oh,

the world. During this series the
Student" has won against all of his
opponents, taking four games. To-
nights game was one of the, finest eX-
hibitions ever given here. Ives held the
lead until the very last inning, being
within two OF the game when SloSson.
far behind took up his cue. The
student" by marvellous work, ran out
and won with sixty points in the forty
ilnst inning. Schaefer takes second
place with three games won. ives
third Daily fourth and Sutton. who lost
all his games, last. Ives wins the best
grand average prize and the prize for
the highest run, which is the record
40.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
NEW CAUSE FOR EXCITEMENT
Weylcr's Words at Majorca-To Foreign
Hclp Not Ncedal in Cunn

Weyler's Words at Majorca-Foreign
Help Not Needed in Cuba
Madrid, Dec. i.--Thc ncwsnapers Of
this city are excited over the mysterious
y 'rds attributed 10 General Weyler af-
ter he had proposed the toast at the
military club banquet in his homer, at
Palma. Island of Majlrca. The General
Is quOted-as having added: 80 long as
;hcir Majestics are the heads Of the
stat. they Will ibc The heads OF the
country and OF the army"
The Minister 1)r the Colonies. Senior
Morc;, has received a dispatch from
Marshal Blanco, the Captain General
Of Cuba, saying:
II have to-day sent the following teIe-
gram 10 our minister at Washington:
There is no need for foreign help ia
provide nor The wants OF this island or
its Inhabitants The government
from it's own resources, is cndcavoring
To provide fer the necessities, the need
of which, moreover Is diminishing
daily"
The floating treasury debt was in
creased during the month of November
by 2S, ,500.0CO peSatas.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
POPE IN POOR II HEALTH, .Ii,.!, ! q |.

London, Dec "A dispatc tch to itha Pail
Mall Gazette from Rome, published ahis'
afternoon, says that the Pope has 8rotS
been enjoying his usual health recent
ly DR.. Lappori. the Pope's physicians;
it is added, has forbidden His Holinessi
to take part in any tiring flnctiorli and. y
therefore, the programme mapped ont;
for the ceremonies which ere to take
place on the siStieth anniversary sf5
the celebration OF the first NJ ass uiy
Leo Kill: has been abandoned
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
GERMAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR
FOR CHINA! 5ssssssE SE;s'

Berlin. Dec. 1.-THE German RI tor oess
ments which will soon be sent to- iaof
Chou bay consist OF four com pantes of
marines, consisting of % offlcefa :iIisl
1900 men, a company Of naval arti ilisry
numbering 200 men and several pi isesa
of field artillery and a number OF 5iIlss
chine guns saS3
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
NEW F AsTERs 1.

washington, p. 4. a., Il 4 foi.:
lowing fourth ella SIS post stnlabter iii
gsinia have been app oint I'd : H
II Rural II etreat, &. w fsacE los
Store, John W. Il Siiise 4 II isrs Sd:
ID. TdirjIes. sSS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
UPRISING THREATESED

San Francisco. Dec. 4.-The latest
mail from GuatcnIllaa conveys the In
formation chat President Blrrios Is
threatened with another uprising
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
sLossoN is CHAMPION.

Z New York. Dec. a-By defeating
Champion Frank Ives, George +. Slos-
son won the series In the billiard
tourra men! FOR the chamr1nslp az
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-05
I'LL PARIS Talks
ABOUT DREYFUS
P0DeIS Discuss HIS C0Se 10 Il3
Exclusion OF O|her MQI|eTS.
FRANCE IN THE lHROES Of AGITATION
Two Editors Arrange for Nesting With
Pistols:
FRANCE IN THE IHROES Of AGITATION

Significant Uttcranccs ora Person Esc.
mind the 'Sccncs-COurt~A1ar TO
Inquire Into tho Charges Against
F"nnt Estcrnazy-Roth sides Ap-
pcnrtO Rc PIenscd with the An.
nounccInent- Majority orDcputicS
Sustufr The Governments
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16

here twenty-eight years and was born IN
England ifty-three years ago. The chill
dren who survive her are Mrs. A. s. Penn
brook, Susie c.. George F., Frank, Fred
w. and Roy L. Barker.
Stolen Money Returned.
OAKLAND, CAL, March Is. - This
morning Police Clerk Crawford paid to
w. c. Mason the money which the boy
burglars, jors and Wilimore, stole from
him year ago. ALI tie money recovered
has now been paid back with the excep-
tion of 81. which is still with the property
clerk.
Much Useless Expense.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 15.-John
Stewart objected to having case tried in
Judge Gifts court and decided to have it
tried in Livermore. The amount involved
is $40. The railroad fare for round trip
from Oakland to Livermore is So. Six
People will have to pay this fare because
of the change of venue. The suit was
brought by John Stewart against Mrs. F.
Miller and when Judge Cliff was asked
why it was not transferred 10 Jud ge Allen s
court across the street he explained !:
Stewart objected to having the case go to
Judge Allen and he also objected to hav-
ing it sent to East Oakland or Alameda.
Therefore there was no alternative but to
send it somewhere else, and transferred
it 10 Livermore because Justice TAYLOR has
transferred several cases to my COURT
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
.BASSETT BACKED DOWN,
DID Not Garry His Threat in r..
lation to Sunday Sa,oon
Closing.
Could Not Get Enough Votes and Could
Not Make a Losing
Fight.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, !
QQ2 RrOadwav March IL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
908 Broadway, March Is.
Councilman Bassett did not introduce
his Sunday-closing ordinance at the Coun-
ell tonight. He had intended to take up
the measure for the purpose of getting
even with that element of the saloon
keepers who defeated him at the election
"Since making the announcement that
/ intended to introduce a Sunday closing
ordinance" said Mr.. Bassett to-day, 81
have taken step which it would perhaps
have been wiser to have taken before. As.
certaining the number of votes that would
be necessary 10 suspend the rules, 1 find
we should be one, and possibly two, short.
1.-THE rules can only be suspended by
eight votes. Ny motion would receive
but seven. The ordinance would then be
referred to its proper committee and be
considered in that committee of the in
coming Council, and they would most
certainly relegate it to pigeonhole
eternity.
my opinion is unchanged that SUM-
day-closing ordinance, while not affecting
the orderly law-abiding saloon, would
drive out of existence the disreputa BILE
hole in the wall kept by individuals who
would sell liquor 10 a drunken father or
his four-year- old child. As am now alb
solutely certain that the ordinance could
not be passed to print this evening, which
is q necessity TO its final passage before
the present Council goes out of Office,
decided to withdraw it and not make q
losing fight.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
Sounds Attributed to the D..
ponent That He Never
u tered.
An Expert Final y Found That an
Insect Hal Caused AL! the
Excitement.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALLl
Dr1,

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,)
90S Broadway, March Is.
The use of the graphophone is becoming
common with the official reporters OF the
Alameda Superior courts. 1t is very
delicate instrument, and not only records
the words the reporter IS anxious that it
should, but just as faithfully retains all
other no ses, and herein lies the secret of
an investis alton that has just been con-
cluded.
While talking into his machine the re-
porter, if he cannot make out his hen
tracks with ease. will sometimes comment
on the difficulty, and for some time this
somewhat bothered the lady typewriters
when transcribing from the delicate wax
cylinders, but they have now become used
to it.
Saturday, however. a difficulty arose
that puzz ed all the official stenographers
and typewriters in the City. very i'm
portant deposition had been taken by
Eugene Van Court the Police Court
stenographer and weIknown athlete.
Eugene sat down at the graphophone and
faithfully read off his notes, which were
just as faithfully recorded on the cyiin-
der. He turned over the cylinders to
Miss Anna Fogarty, one Of the speedlest
typewri!ers in the county, and, with the
repea Ting machine screwed firmly TO her
head, she touched the button and the
wheels commenced TO revolve.
The machine di1n't talk. 1t quarreled
and buZzed and snarled, and Miss Fogarty
was alarmed. She had never heard of
such deposition, and salo that she never
wanted the privilege of transcribng any
such thing. Thinking, perhaps, tnat the
graphophone was out of order, the cylin-
der was put on another machine, but il
only made matters worse. 1t actually
swore.
Stenographer Van Court was sent for,
and when he heard his deposition he
vowed that he had never used such lam
guage, out there was his mark on the
cylinder and he could not disown it.
Then the assistance of Frank Thwaites,
the official enographer of the District
Attorneys office, was invoked. Mr..
Thwaites is an expert on graphophones,
and he gave the cylinder trial. He
/ stened eagerly for few moments and
then said very decidedly, No deponent
sayeth what hear and never did,
The incident created great interest
| among the little army of reporters and
stenographers. and as nothing could be
done an expert from the agency was
called in.
The machine was carefully inspected
and the great secret was revealed. All the
official repertoriaI talent of a county had
been outwitted by lively buzzhy. The
little insect had crept into the tune and
had buzzed and crawled all the time Van
Cour; was rolling off that deposition and
al. the vibrations OF the busy wings had
been recorded as well as the heavier yibra-
tons of the athletes voice.
Van Court has talked that deposition
over again and now he makes his boast
that having carefully inspected the tube
beforehand there will be no flies on the
testimony.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR U PPLIES FOR THE
i n vy-yard, Mare Island, Cal, February "a,
lS97.-Sealed propo as indors-d proposals for
Supplies for the Navy-yard, Mare Island, CAL. to
be opened March 80, 1s97," will be received at
the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Navy De-
partment, Washington, d. c., until ~ O'Clock,
noon. March 8 1897. and public opened imme-
Nj are Island, Cal, a quantity of candies, tflned
vegetables, pickles, timed hams timed mutton,
salmon, syrup, rice, steel aies steel an les, riv-
cts. burrs. hardware, rigging ealher, lumber, bolt
copper, sheet copper and sheet iron. The articles
must conform to the navy standard and ,ss the
usual naval inspection. Blank proposals will b
furnished upon application to the Navy Pay
Office, Francisco Cal, or the Navy-yard,
Mare Island, Cal. Tee BIDS all other things being
equal, decided by lot. he department reserves
the right 10 waive defects to reject any all
b os not deemed advantageous to the cove rnment.
EDWIN STE " ART Paym aster-Ge neral. u. x N.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
LIGHTS FOR THE MOLE
Alameda Has a Contract With
the Southern Pacific
Company.
The Narrtw.Gauge Depot Will Be-
in Darkness NJ
Longer.

ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-The
Board of Trustees tonight authorized the
City Attorney to draw up contract with
the Southern Pacific Com pany to furnish
electric light for the depot at the narrow
gauge mole.
The contract price is to be SIS per
month, which is to include seventy-tive
lights for the outside and sixteen lights
for II inside of the Offices. The railroad
company will supply the material 10 ex-
tend the city line down the mole, and the
city's force will put up the wires. The
contract is to hold good for one year.
G.. A Bord we'll presented to the board
petition signed by 500 electors asking that
The question of saloon-ciosing in precincts
be placed on the official ballot, 10 be voted
for at the election next month. Accord
ing to the referendum ordinance the num-
ber of signatures required is cnIy 10 per
cent of the legal voters, which mum Der
would BE- a bout 800. Mr.. Bordwell stated
that tho Anti-Saloon League had many
more signatures to petitions and it re-
served the right to present them here
after.
Chairman Forderer declared that under
the terms of the ordinance the board is
not called upon 10 take any action. The
CIiy Clerk would file the petition and
treat the petitioned matter as provided
for in he ordinance.
Nj. P. Wiggin, counsel for the liquor
dealers, made an argument against the
referendum, uging that it is in conflict
with the State law regarding constitu-
tionsl amendments. which recognizes sub
mission of questions Of public interest to
the people at large and not in political
subdivisions. Other objections under the
State law regarding ballots and the mat
ter thereon were urged, and the general
stand was maintained that there is no
legal provision to submit any question TO
a vote of q municipality, except the mat
ter of the issue of bonds for a public i'm
provement.
City Attorney Taylor gave the opinion
that the State law expressly provides for
the submission of questions of public mo-
ment.
Trustee Hammond, speaking for the
Iiquor-dealers, declared that they are
quite willing to submit the question to
the people at large. He was certain that
no precinct re erendum would stand i've
minutes in a court.
A Church Anniversary.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-To.mor-
row will be the eighteenth anniversary OF
the organization of the Congregational
church of Alameda. In a hay loft on
Webster street, where the old West End
school building is now located, eleven
members organiZed the church on the
10th of March, 1879. and Rev. George
NJ orris was installed as pastor on the Sun
day following. 1t became the memorable
HayIoft Church Mr.. Morris continued
as pastor until April. 1884 was succeeded
tor one year by Rev. 0. G. Nav of Rock
ton, H.. and on August %, 1885, by Rev.
w. w. Scudder Jr.s who 10 still the pastor
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-16
HOW OAKl AND IS
GROWING GREATER
Big Blocks Now Being
Erected in All Parts
Of the City.
Labor and Lumber Being Cheap
Investors Grasp Their
Opportunity.
Many Church Properties Are Made
Valuable by the Surrounding
improvements
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
QOS Broad MnN March 1h

90S Broadway March Is.
There is more building being done in
this city at the present time than has been
in progress for years. Several contracts
have been recently let, and on many lots
that have always been vacant large build
ings are in course of erection.
This life in the building trade is notice
able all over the city, but more so in the
ne gh borhood of Clay street and Eleventh
and Fourteenth streets.
AT Clay and Twelfth streets the large
Abrahamson block is nearly completed.
II is built of brick and iron and is four
stories high, with a large frontag ge on two
streets. On Eleventh street the building
which will be occupied by the Acme Club
Is also far advanced. On Fourteenth
street, right opposite the Macdonough
Theater, DR.. Woolsey is erecting hand
some block, in the construction of which
marble will be largely used.
st. Johns Episcopal Church is now pre-
pairing plans for the erection OF its build
ing on lot which it has recently pur-
chased near the center OF town. The
First Christian Church, which vacated its
old building yesterday, is also preparing
10 erect a suitable house of worship. The
Tweniielh-street Free Baptist Church has
almost sufficient funds raised to build
handsome eoifce, and the spiritualists
have recently organized for the purpose
OF erecting a temple of spiritualism.
Quite recently GieT's Hall has been
completed, which is complete remodel
ing of the old Calvin carriage factory on
Fourteenth street. In the neig borhood
h Washington street, toward Clay, Mrs.
Blake completed some time ago a large
bTlck block. while on the same
Loring Hall is also new block.
Very gradually the line of new build
ings is working out toward fourteenth
and Grove streets. When the gas COM
pany built its terra Gotta block at Thir-
teenth and Clay four years ago business
people laughed at the location. Very
gradually large blocks and stores are be-
ing built, which reach now almost 10 the
gas office. in that neighborhood there
are several large properties each consist
ing of a whole block and occupied by but
one solitary dwelling or iodging-house,
all of which is on the market, and if not
disposed of soon will be cut up into lots.
The First Congregational Church made a
deal some time ago by which large slice
of its property was sold TO q good advan-
tage, and it is only a question of time
when they Will be forced TO sell their large
property and move to q quieter locality.
Mrs. Biake's seminary and buildings ad-
joining il are now on ianG which is far
more valuable for business purposes, and
as all the buildings are old there is no
doubt they will soon give way 10 more sub
stantial blocks.
Atthe present time labor is remarkably
low ana lumber is very cheap, conse-
ouently houses are being built all around
the outskirts OF the city, and every body
who has any ready money to invest is
putting it into lncome-paying property.