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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
STARvINGIN HAVANA CITY.
S<S WOMEN AND CHTBDREN DYING
OF HUNGER FEVER.

n. v,,n. n. pec,or., No mea,c,ue,-yyhsr I.
5 the 600, 900 Biapco Aaid wau,a ne Used
e Re,ssve distress i-Pntris,s Capture
81 10 Picnic apa SEND the wsmen Hou,e.
HAVANA. Ian. 2. via Key weat.-Tur suns
.ovr..nondent yes,ordny visited Los Fosos. in
aria civ. where tho poor concentrates have
-, h,,dd,sd aimee the dnvs OF >Wey,er. Tho
snso.sc,a ~ miserv oIorod by these peop,e IA
hs.rtrondine. In the department called tho
so.nitsl the correspondent counted 44o
yor,.n and ohi,dren dyinn of foyer caused
Nv hunger. Muat NJ them Inv on the ground be-
os,,. there arc only 100 cote. Thoy have no
Co., ana no medicinos. There IA not tho least
i,aicatIon thai any timo they have received
w.aical treatment. One OF tho women who was
All. IA ,neak was asked IL she had boon attended
hv a doctor. what for p she answered.
.cs, n doctor cpro without medicines ~
~. v,s s.kea. also. what money tho concen.
1870. had receiycd from the Spanish Govern
vo,pt ana ans,yered. "Not a cent" The same
v.rlv va, given by several others. What has
h,come Of the 600 in silver which Gen.
y,.nco sn,oppced was ready for the relief Of
~, etarvinr pnuiaoosi Other persons may
49, hut the concentrados know nothing
.hout n.
7, ons n, ths most central streets OF the CAPT.
ssi a yonny woman fell dead this morning. The
c,ues Of bor death. according to the medical Ger
ttacat, VIVA starvation. Her baby was clasped
4, her breast.
Yestsrday afternoon Capt. villeras of tho
sn.ni.h army invited many young women of
ne town Of Artemisa. in this province,
and their relatives to take a trip to the
Nar,el.M.,nn trocha, with the strong Span.
i.h forces near there nobody suspected
a, attach from tho insurRents. sixty families
ecc.nt.d the invitation and went on a kind
- oountry picnic with tho Captain, the guide
pa. ana eome spanish soldiers. Near the
sorta thcv unexpeotedIy met an insurecnt
Sst.ohmcnt commanded by Lieut.. Vicente
Ruhi of the forces of Col. Nuhez. They were
All made prisoners by tho patriots. The
woman. trented with great courtesy, were re.
Io,sed shortly aftervsrd and were sent back to
Artemioa with n Cuban escort, But Cant, VII.
lorna the uuide ana all the other men in the
marty ware held. This occurred at Montoto. To-.
day. not hayibx resolved any more news of tho
Drisoncrs. tho Spapiah authorities telerrnphed
IN Gen. Blnnco. who suggested that the family
a. CoL. Nusex. who 1.-Two in Artemisa, DO re-
oueated IN Intervene with that leader on behalf
A. the prfSonern. 60 three women of tho Nuhcz
family have atnrted for the insurrent lines. No
word haa beeatheard from them vet.
TIE AFFECT I,autouomy il quito contrary to
shnt oxpected by the span,ards. From all tho
tovna men ara going TO join the insur.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
OPPOSES LODGES BILL.

william LLOYD Carbon on tho Anti-ImmiEra-
tien Rin.
BOSTON, Mass, Jan. s.-William Lloyd CARR.
son. who yesterday WAS elected q Vice-Presiden
of the immigration Protective League. q ma.
tional body, severely criticised Senator Henry
Cabot Lodges new A~nti-immigration bill in an
to-day. In his opinion the educa-
tional test embodied In the bill now before Con.
gress 10 not n test Of the fitness of an immigrant
for admission into the United States.
Men end, women have n right to change their
places OF abode" asserted Mr.. Garrison. He
believes that something must be done to coun-
teract the false impression made by the Boston
restricted immigration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
Gov. ua.,,nus,. Appeal for Cuba.

HARRISBURG, Pa. Jan. s.-Gov. Hastings to.
night issued a proclamation calling upon the
people of Pennsylvania TO aid the starving
Cubans. He designates Charles F. Warwick.
Mayor OF Philadelphia; Henry p. Ford, Mayor
OF Pittsburg; James G.. Bailey. Mayor OF Scran.
ton. and John ID, Patterson; Mayor Of Harris
burg. as depositari9s, TO whom money. cloth.
transmitted for sure forwarding to ConsulGen-
oral Lee at Havana" He asks tho citizens not
10 turn "a deaf ear TO the pitiful cry which now
comes from our neighbors in Cuba"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
D4sAPPoINrED u SEEKERS.
SAsy say the Autsaomists Give the Omees 10
thr Conservative.

thr COnsrrVntiyss
HAVANA, Jan. 6.-Disappointed oflce seekers
arc disgusted with the Autonomisl Cabinet. II
II said that the Autonomists grant every Office
asked OF them by the Conservatives, and that
Gen. Blanco, though disclaiming responsibility
for the nominations Of the Cabinet behind the
scenes. is tho real boss" whose slightest do.
Bires are commands to Sohor Galyez. tho Nor.
ouis OF Montoro. and the other Ministers. Tho
truth 10 that many Conservatives. close friends
u Gen. Weyler, hold offices. Among them is
Senior Acevodo. President OF q rabid Spanish
club. Tho Marquis OF Apeztegula, President OF
the Conservatives has great influence over the
Antonomist Cabinet.
The decroe allowing tho eIportation or loaf
tobacco has caused disgust among the planters
In tue east. The same export duty Is imposed
upon them as upon tho western planters, though
tti well known, that the western tobacco, or
the east, or de Partido." SO the eastern
planters lose heavily.
Gen. Pando Is said - have taken tho field
again, but it has not bev Gnnounced Officially.
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An Inspection Invited.


Receiver for . Tezas Electric Light Company.
GALVESTON. Tex. Jan. Son the bill OF com.
plant nled in tho United States Circuit Court
by the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company
against the Citizens Electric Light and Power
Company of Houston, Judge Bryant has issued
an order appointing Blake DIpree of Houston
receiver of tho company.
The Massachusetts Loan and Trust COMPANY
10 the holder OF $50 first mortgage bonds Of tho
company. OF the denomination OF 81 900 and
bearing interest at the rate OF @ per cent. per
annum. The company has defRulted on tho
interest on these bonds since September. 1895.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
1--WE Men Crushed to Death Ulasr Tons Of
Rock and Earth.

SLATTNGToN. Pa. Jan. s.-John Kraliska and
Carl Fritz were crushed to death In the Pennsyl.
vRnia slate quarry at this PLACE this morning.
and will die. and Capt. W. II. Keenor and Mil.
ton Men were badly bruised. The alternate
freezing and thawing OF the past few days
a thousand ions Of rock and earth pitched down
q hundred. feot on the miners working below.
and two OF the men were completely buried.
Their bodies were recovered later in the day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

CITY OF Mexico, Jan. ga few weeks ago
Dennis Early. locomotive engineer on tho Mex
lean National road. was shot In his cab aud
plot that led TO the killing and eight Mexicans,
living At SalaEkr. have been arrested for the
crime and all ordered shot TIE object Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
SHIRT Ironers 10 nave a Parade.

The striking shirt ironors and laundry work
ers OF New York. Brooklyn. and Newark met at
1871 Allen street yesterday and appointed q set.
Element committee. No settlement will DO
made. however. until after the parade which
tho strikers will have tomorrow afternoon,
starting from ISL Allen street. A now schedule
OF prices has been prepared. which the con.
tractors will DO asked to sign, and which will
enable The shirt ironors to earn $40 q week,
working ten hours o day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09
IINvsland city Rrsponds TO the Appeal for
SubaBs.

CLEVELAND, Jan. s.-Cleveland is responding
nob!y to McKinley's appeal in behalf OF starving
Cubans. Harry Garfield. son of the late Presi.
dsnt. is at the head OF che movement. Up to
tonight no has received subscriptions amount
ing to 81. 200. OF this amount he has already
sent A sistant Secretary Day u. 500. An appeal
will be read In all the churches on Sunday, and
printed copies are being distributed on The
streets. Large quantities of food and clothing
have also been received.
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Gov. LseaJ ASKS ava FOR ,ho cubau..

TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. s,-Gov. Loedy has ap.
p%ointci n committee OF ten leading KAnsans to
solicit aid for the starving Cubans. This action
was taken in response to the request OF Stephen
A. barton OF Now York. Tnc Governor says;
noe made by theae eople 10 obtain their liberty.
hope Kansas will respond from her store q
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vs.uvlus az E.eort to ,ne nauuuc.a.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Jan. s,-Tho tug Daunt.
less left this morning for savannah to 20 into
the towing business again. She was stopped
and searched BY the cruiser Vesuyius at Nay
BORT, The ca uiser then started with her and,
Will eQhyoy hcr 10 Savannah for fear that "ill
VtRas" bay blow the tug toward Cuba.
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NOT WANTED IN CUBA.
La Lacha Attacks Americas Politicians who.
u Says. Are Thoras

HAVANA, Jan. s.-La Lucha In an editorial to.
day attacks tho American politicians and men,
bers OF Congress who are said TO be in Cuba
holding communications with the insurgents
and visiting their camps. La Luchd calls tho
attention OF The Government to this and says
that the A americans are not dealing fairly with
Spain.
A hard fight 10 reported to-day near the river
Buey. Santiago de Cuba, between the Spanish
column OF Col. Ochoa and the insurgents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

The old.
ia S hi n e d
, savings bank
n was often a
A. stocking hid
in the chin
'N ney, but now.
o. a.days people
T 0 want
safety put
cir money behind
irglar : and fire
'oof walls. A wo.
an who thinks her
Te and health Is
orth saving won't
SIX it with incom-
nersona re-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-09-08
INTERRUPTION.

I've tried to live most proper-like, IT, quiet
an content
A-doin' of my duty, day by day.
A-schoolin Of my disposition, SOS won't
resent
The fractiousness that people oft display.
I thought that l was gittin' settled COM
fortably down
To travel in accordance with nv plan
or never maxim much complaint nor wear
in of a frown.
An a-tryin' for to love my fellow-man-
When along comes drum, and a fife
a-singin shriIl,
An the marchin' OF weapon wearin'
clan;
It's scmethn' most confusin for to feel
that martial thrill
When you're tryin for to love your
fellow-man.
They say: Forgive your enemies" It's
hard to stop and think
How them same enemies have raised
their hands
Fo- deeds from which you might suppose a
savage beast would shrink,
And scattered terror over many lands.
1t makes you feel uneasy, if the record you
review
That's wrote in blood an tears which
freely ran:
If you think Of treachery an hate toward
laddies dressed in blue,
When you're tryin' for to love your fell
bowman.
l know that duty bids me keep my
angry passions still:
I chide myself an do the best can
But along comes the drum an the fife
a-sngin shril,
When I'm tryin for to love my fellow
man.
Wa shington Star
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HIS SOUL WAS HEROIC.
A Timid SeaSick Landiubber out
dares the Most Reckless
of the Se0men.

It was off the Horn. Waves such as
are encountered only there in all the
world raced irresistibly. The ship la
bored nightly through the night. In
a lull the cry: Man overboard!"
rang from stem to stern. Without
hesitation the hclmsman put the wheel
hard up" The watch peered over the
sides of the ship into the foam. All
at once a man rushed up the compan-
ionway. He was in his night clothes
Without waiting Il moment, he leaped
the rail, and plunged overboard. There
was only death to be found in the boil
ing benumbing waters. BY some
witchery Of Neptune, cross sea
tossed the two men to leeward, and
the ship dipped them up. They were
both unconscious. and the hero had
his man clutched by the hair. Even to
the old sailors used to miracles of the
sea the safety of the two was not so
great a marvel as the fact that the
man had dared to jump at all; for he
was timid, scasick landluhber max
iN his first voyage, and his seeming
cowartIice had been the butt of savage
srorn. How, then, had he outdared
them all in recklessness? He was
asked the question. How could he do
it?
He answered simply that he had
lain awake nights planning just wha t
he would do if he heard the cry: Man
overboard!" 1t was so hard for him to
overcome his instructive fear of the
water that he had mentally and sys-
tematically schoolcd himself to ac-
ton. Thus, while his body cringed, his
soul was heroic. This habit of mind
made opportunity impossible to pass
by. The intuitive response to his train
ing swept him over the rail before he
knew where he was.-Herbert d.
Ward, in Century.
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WHEN A BIG GUN GOES OFF.
Scientific Men DO Not Know All Tint
Takes Plnce-Ways Of Avoiding
the Awful Shock.

Not one man in ten thousand has
clear idea of just what happens when
big cannon is fired. The physical
manifestations are numerous. Even
professors of chemistry and physics
are stumped when they want to diff
ferentiate all the gases set loose and
the peculiar effects they induce. The
puff of whitish smoke. the flash OF
fire. the dim image of the flying pro-
jectile the roar and the recoil are all
familiar. but back of these is a com
pleN mass of phenomena most bewii-
dering to the mind of any but an ar
tiIlery expert.
First. the cubes. disks. heXagons or
irregular Jumps of powder are chem
ically transformed into a powerful. eX-
panding gas the instant firing takes
place. Then there are innumerablc
bv-products that even chemists do not
understand.
The explosion of gunpowder is di-
vided into three distinct stages. called
the ignition, inflammation and com
bustion. The ignition is the setting on
fire of the first grain. while the In.
hammation il the spreading of the
flame over the surface of the powder
from the point of ignition. Combus-
tion is the burning up of each grain
The value Of gunpowder is due to the
| fact that when subjected to sufficient
heat it becomes gas which expands
with frightful rapidity. The so-called
| explosion that takes place when
match is touched to gunpowder is
| merely chemical change. during
which there is a sudden evolution of
gases from the original solid.
1t has been calculated that ordinary
| gunpowder on exploding expands
| about 5000 times or fills space this
much larger as a gas than when in a
solid form. When this chemical change
takes place in a closed vessel the en-
| pansion may be made to do a work
like that of forcing projectile along
the bore of the great gun or test tube
| in the line of least resistance.
| The hardest work gunner is called
upon to do is to stand the tremendous
| shock The forces eXerted by these
gases in expanding seem to radiate in
all directions from the cannon. as rip
pies are caused by dropping pebble
in pool of still water. AS matter OF
fact. it has been discovered that these
lines of forces are exceedingly compli-
Gated affairs. and play very queer
2ranks about the cannon. As a result
few people know just which is the
safest or the Inost dangerous position
for a gunner to take beside his gun
In the case OF the great 13-inch guns or
our monitors, q position back Of tn,
gun Is much easier than one nearer
!, the muzzie.-PhiladeIph Times.
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BENTON. LOUISIANA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER s, 1885,

tation at all risks" Mohrhaus said,
and he started for the tavern where he
expected to find the sexton.
The sun was fast approaching the
west. and rough wind blew through
the deserted streets; it seemed to
Mohrhaus that he heard the clatter
of hoofs on the cobblestones, as he
came along, but he paid no attention
to it.
The tavern-keeper Informed him
that the sexton Fad just been sum-
moned away, as the long-delayed fu-
neral had come at last.
Mohrhaus' eyes twinkled, as he said:
Then | must go to the graveyard at
once, before they put the strawman
underground
The sun was about to go down when
he reached the gate of the cemetery;
he met the parish clerk, who told
him that he funeral had come-a lone
ly-looking coffin on an open wagon
drawn by two horses-a dun horse and
a black one. The wagon that left El-
dagsen had been drawn by a span
of white horses; but they had become
unmanageable. had torn the harness,
broken the wagon, and thrown the
coffin to the ground. The man who
drove the wagon, and the man who
followed, as solitary mourner, had
both been hurt; one of the white
horses had to be shot. the other had
run away, ant the odd team now in
the wagon, had been picked up among
the people on the road.
"A Likely story said Mohrhaus, and
he pressed on to where he saw a num-
Der of men gathered around an open
grove, his friend, the SEXTON, among
them.
They had evidently removed the lid
from the coffin, or perhaps it had
been broken by the fall. They all
seemed perturbed as the young man
approached, and the sexton seemed
anxious to put the lid back.
Are you trying to hide the straw
man from me, seNton:" he asked, wit h
his ready sneer; and the sexton lifted
the lid away, with a sudden impulse,
so that Mohrhaus might see.
The last departing rays of the sun
lay OH the coffin; and as Mohrhaus
stopped down. there was a CLINT as of
gold, where the light fell on heavy
flax blond braids. For it was Wieschen n
he saw in the coffin. and they had
found her where the water was deep
est, in the little lake on the Wulbrand's 3
Hof.-Overland Monthly.
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NO. 2S.
HUMOROUS.

"How much do you charge for ride
In the balloon:" Forty cents going
up" "And down?" -Four dollars
Fliegendc Blaetter.
1t Is sCOntrahand.-Spa is
one king who is not on the side of King
Alfonso" What king
is that?" Spatts-"Old King Cole."-
Judge.
kaiser Wilhelm" remarked Rivers.
'seems to be fishing for trouble"
"Nou refer. of course" said Brooks, "to
his carping about our war."-Chicago
Tribune.
Oar ism much comfort in de re-
mahk dat contentment is better dan
riches, said Uncle Eben. "One is jes'
about as hahd to git as de other."-
Washington Star.
Short.-YOung Doctor-"Did you
diagnose his case as appendicitis. or
merely the cramps?' Old Doctor
Cramps. He didn't have money
enough for appendicitis. Life.
We All Know Him.-"lIinckson and
his wife do not get along very we'll to-
gethcr, 10 they?" NO: you see he is
the kind of fellow who merely does
his duty to his wife" c."-Philadclphia
North American
Indignant Woman-"This dog
bought of you came near eating my
little girl the other day" Dealer
"Well, you said you wanted dog that
was fond of childMn, didn't you?"-
Household Words
Similar.-"Waters' talk reminds me
so much of river" 1T does run
pretty steadily" ''Yes; and though
there is undoubtedly some connection
between his head and his mouth il is
not apparent, ,"-Cincil,nat Enquirer.
He thought it safer to write to the
girls father for her hand. He was an
ardent lover. but a poor speller, and
his note ran: 81 want your daughter
the -four Of your family" ''The -four
of my family is good" replied the old
man: "are you sure it isn't my dough
you're after?"-Yonkers Statesman.
DissimiIar Views.-Stern Father
young man, I saw YOU kissing my
daughter as l passed the parlor door.
and ] want you to know that don't
like it. What have you got to say for
yourself?" Young Man.-"Well. all II,
got to say is that you don't know a
good thing when you see .''-Chicago
Daily News
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One may have the ability to appre-
ciate good thing, but not the faculty
of telling it.
At the club one evening somebody
remarked in the hearing of young
Gargoyle:
The worst thing about these yell
low journals is that they're read.'
This struck him as being particular
]y good, and he repeated it at party
the next evening in the following
style:
speaking of yellow newspapers,
did it ever occur to you that the worst
thing about them is that everybody
reads them?"
Then he leaned back in his chair,
and wondered why it was that the
thing sounded so much fatter at a
party than it did in a clubroom.-
Youths Companion.