Mesa free press., 1898-10-14
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

offices on the island of Formosa and set
fire to building in which they were
located. They fled, however, ON the
approach of the troops, and the latter
attacked the rebels in that district.
burning number of villages.
Premier Sagasta declares that all the
financial difficulties of the government
have been removed. The sum of $685.
OOO. 600 has been forwarded to Capt.
Gen. Blanco with a repetition of the or
der to disband the volunteers. It is
understood the government is willing
to provide unemployed Spaniards in
Cuba with free passage home.
The difficulties attendant upon Sc
curing a revision of the Dreyfus pro-
ceedings is gauged from the story now
published, that Gen. Zurhnden practi-
cally offered himself by advocating a
revision of the Dreyfus case and that
his change of opinion is due to the
strong feeling which he afterward
found among his subordinates at the
war office.
The Daily ,Telegraph's ST. Petersburg
correspondent says he ascertained that
Lucheni, the assassin Of the Austrian
empress, belonged to gang of anarch-
lists who went from Europe to the
United States two years ago, and who
had for their object the assassination
of crowned heads. The correspondent
says it is also known that chiefs of the
band are still in New York.
A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
says the Maroons ON the coast line are
rising, and taking possession of valu-
able property belongingtO English pros
pectors, and threatening to hold them
with force. There are fears Of a seri-
GUS insurrection, and the government
is preparing to cope with it. Some of
the residents of the threatened dis
tricts have sought safety in the city.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph says the Sirdar
will become the first governor-general
Of the Soudan, and may hold that post
for time, but he will resign the Sir
darship. Maj. Marchand was in straits
when the Sirdar arrived, and was glad
to receive the supplies from the latter,
without which he would have been
compelled to quit Fashoda. Maj. Mar
chand was unable to show any author
ity from the French government for
holding the place.
A telegram received at Madrid from
Gen. Rios, Spanish governor of the
Viscayas islands, who is reported to
have recently proclaimed himself gov
ernor-general of the Spanish dominions
in the Philippines, reports that insur-
gent expeditions have. arrived at the
Viscayas. Some officers of the gend-
armes and their families have been
massacred The governors and officers
of Iloilo, island of Panay, have fed to
Manila. La Correspondence blames
the Americans for tolerating the new
rising Of the insurgents.
Japanese advices just received state
that scandals have developed concern
ing the. financial management of two
Japanese railway enterprises. Directors
of the Nishi Mari Railway company
have discovered deficiency of 275,000
yen in the company's assets, and have
demanded an explanation. President
Manako has made an unsatisfactory
statement to the effect that the ''miss-
ing money has been used for promo
tion expenses" The Nippon, newspa-
per of Toxic, makes serious charges
against the administration of the For
mosa Railway company's finances, the
management of which is pronounced
scandalous. This company was organ
lied several years ago with 100000
yen capital, to build a railroad from
the south to the north end of Formosa.
Actual work has never been COM
menced and the money paid in for
stock has apparently been squandered.