The leader., 1898-05-04
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Some 10000 Spanish republicans have
declared themselves ready to support
Senior CASTELAR, If he will proclaim a re
public.
The Spanish auxiliary cruiser Pana
ma, which has been plying of late be
tween New York and Havana, was cap
tured by the lighthouse tender Man
grove.
The firm of Sherwood, Thompson
Co., cotton brokers in Liverpool, faileG
for S35O,0O0.
At Matanzas the New York, Puritan
and Cincinnati bombarded the forts
and the three batteries were silenced
and nearly destroyed in less than &c
minutes. None of the American ships
was struck, the Spanish shots going
wild. The number of dead and wounded
on the Spanish side must be large.
In the Spanish cortes Romero Roble.
do declared that Spain must make up
her mind to struggle alone, since no one
would support her.
The Ambrosia Bolivar, another Span
ish vessel, has been captured in Cuban
waters. IL had on board $4,000 in sill
yer.
The Madrid papers hold the opinion
that the war will be lengthy one, it
being SPANS policy to prolong it as
much as possible.
France has issued a decree of neu-
trality between the United States and
Spain.
Near Taipeh. China, robbers entered
the house of Yang Kin Shang and muir
dered Shang. his wife, his mother and
| children and servants, Is persons in all
CONDENSED TELEGR ANS.
DR.. JOHN NJ. GUITERAs has been or
dered by the government to go tt
Tampa, Fla, where he is to take charge
of the safeguarding of the American
troops from the climatic diseases they
will encounter.
Four masked men held up paSsen.
ger train near Comstock. Texas, on the
night of the 10Th. The express car and
engine were detached and run short
distance. The robbers then wrecked
the through safe and took the entire
"
THE American Line steamer Paris,
which was reported to have been cap
tured by the Spaniards, arrived at New
York on the 30th.
TIE statement of the condition of
the treasury issued on the 29th shows:
Available cash balance, S2lS, 5O2, O66;
gold reserve. $3.50. 743.0 62.
AT Huntsville, Ala, on the Goth, w.
NJ. BOwlain was sentenced to two wears
in the penitentiary and fined $500 for
violation of the pension laws. Thus
ends one of the most interesting cases
that has appeared before the authori-
! ties for many years.
IT is officially announced that the
European powers are to make joint rep
sentation to the United States on the
subject of the proposed increase in the
| tonnage tax, pointing out the onerous-
ness of the proposed measure on Euro
pean trade.
| THE government has ordered the re-
lease of the Spanish vessel Saturnina,
seized in Biloxi Miss harbor. Under
the presidents proclamation such yes
sells are allowed.thirty days in which to
leave port.
OF the $50, 900 national defense
appropriation the navy department has
disbursed 11,145, 900, and the war de-
partment 2,1s5, 900.
AN explosion occurred in the Atlantic
Powder Company's works, at Dover, n
j., on the 2Sth, and the plant is now a
mass of ruins. Six men were killed.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck the soutbbound Illinois Central
mail train and to rob the American Elk
press Company of 49,, 900, in the suburbs
Of Louisville, KY, on the Goth.
THE president on the 10Th nominated
William X. Day of Ohio to be secretary
If state, vice John Sherman. resign d.
and John b. Moore of New York, to be
assistant secretary of state.
ALL the bessemer pig iron p odu ers
Of the central West have agreed to bank
their furnaces for thirty days out of the
three months of May, June and JulN