The herald., 1897-09-20
A BISHOPS
CONTUMACY
Precipitates a Spanish
Cabinet Crisis
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
INSISTS ON ABSORBING FUNDS
OF THE CHURCH
THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
Official Reports From Havana Show
Enormous Death Rate From
Lack Of Food
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Associated Press Special Wire.
MADRID. Sept. 19.-Fears are ex-
pressed in we'll informed circles that
cabinet crisis may result from the con-
tumacy of the Bishop Of Majorca, Bal
earic Isles, who in defiance of the order
of the archbishop has persisted in his
accommodation of Signor j. Reverted,
the Spanish minister of finance, for TAX
ing possession of the church treasure in
his diocese.
Several influential prelates approve the
course Of the bishop. Their attitude,
which Is absolutely opposed to that OF
all the members of the cabinet, who have
appealed to the pope against the de-
cree, through the papal nuncio, has
raised complicated issue between the
ecclesiastical and political authorities.
The cabinet relies upon the dictum Of
the nuncio, that the bishop has no jur-
isdiction over the minister. and upon
his further assurance that the pope will
undoubtedly censure the bishop.
The notorious sympathies of the bishop
with the Carlist movement also aggra-
vate the situation.
The ministerial organs assert that the
Spanish foreign minister, the duke of
Tetuan, will be soon gazetted as Span
ish ambassador to France.
The duke of Teuton had long inter-
view today with the queen and United
States Minister Woodford.
MERE COURTEsIEs
LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch to the
Times from Madrid says:
The conference between United States
Minister Woodford and the duke of Te-
tuan lasted about two hours and has
given rise to a good deal of excited sur
mise. Nothing appears to have been
said, however, beyond the interchange
of customary courtesies and mutual as
viii. The conversation was carried on
through a high official of the foreign
office as interpreter
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-In his
weekly report to the marine hospital SER
vice, Sanitary Inspector Brunner, at
Havana, says that for the week ending
September 9th there were 1926 deaths of
which fifteen were from yellow fever,
twenty-nine from enteric or pernicious
fevers, thirty-four from dysentery and
fifty-five from enteritis. The inspector
says the decline in deaths from yellow
fever is barely apparent and many
deaths from that disease having been
placed under the head of enteritis and
enteric fever.
There is not as much yellow fever in
the military circles as there was a short
time ago. The enormous death rate from
enteritis and dysentry is a result Of the
lack of nutritious food and the deaths
from these diseases have not reached
high water mark. Unless the laws are
so amended as to admit certain import
food products, nobody but the favored
few will be able to obtain nutritious
food. Even at the present time, all
fresh meats command prices above the
reach Of the lower classes, while bread
stuffs are proportionately high. 1 have
not had sufficient time to push an in
vestigation of the number of cases Of
beri-beri among the Cinnamon here. 1t
is certain that no city can show more
inviting appearance to epidemic disease
than Havana.
The price Of all kinds of food Is rising
steadily, owing to the growing deprecia-
tion of silver and of paper currency.