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GOMEZ WILL STAND PAT.
To Proceed With the Distribution
of the Three Millions.
BROOKE MAY INTERVENE
He Has the Authority to Dissolve the
Assembly Should It Become
ecessary-Adherencst to the
Cause OF Gomez.

Havana, March 15.-General Gomez
has decided to proceed with the plans
agreed upon for distributing the
sS,O0o,000 to the Cuban troops, disband-
ing, as though the military assembly
did not exist. He conferred for two
hours to-day with General Brooke re-
garding details.
General Brooke asked Washington
several days ago whether, in case he
dissolved the assembly, his action
would be approved. The cabled reply
authorized him to dissolve that body if,
in his judgment such an act was neces-
sary. He hopes the assembly will soon
cease of its own accord to hold its ses-
sions but should such sessions dis
quieting to the public mind continue,
he will intervene
Havana Is much more quiet to-day
This is partly due to the fact that the
assembly held no meeting. AT meet
ing this morning the Cuban generals,
Diaz, Robeau. Monteaguado, Nodarez,
Peraz and others decided to join with
Gen. Pedro Betancourt. commander of
the Cuban troops in Matanzas, in a
public declaration of their position. La
Discussion understands that they will
side with General Gomez. The papers
continue to print letters and kilograms
from all points declaring adherence to
the veteran patriots cause.
There are numerous fresh calls to-
day for the resignation of Civil Cover
nor Mora and Chief of Police Menocal
because of their attitude, the result of
misunderstanding or otherwise, toward
Sundays parade in honor of General
Gomez.
There have been six designations from
the assembly since Sunday.
This afternoons demonstration in IA
vor of Gomez, in which all the patriotic
clubs, as well as many women and
children, took part, was better organ
lied than that Of Monday. though not
so spontaneous. Several thousand peo-
pie paraded to General Gomez's resi-
dence. He made his appearance and
addressed them and the procession did
not return until after night fall
Archbishop Chapelle, the apostolic
delegate to the West Indies, discussed
with General Brooke to-day the situa-
ton Of the Roman Catholic church in
Cuba. He asks nothing except that the
church be allowed to retain its prop
erty, jurisdiction and rights as a cor
poration under the Spanish law. To
this General Brooke sees no objection,
though there are some titles in dispute
that may have to come before the
courts
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Fighting at Calooean.

Manila, March Is, 1870 p. m.-The in
surgents at the outposts and in the
trenches beyond Caloocan fired several
volleys last night upon the Kansas vol
unteers and a part of the 4th regulars.
desiring, it is supposed, to discover if
the American line had been thinned by
the movement of General Wheaton's
command. The Americans in the
trenches replied warmly to the fire.
H. Y. Beecher of company A of the
Montana regiment was killed in the en-
gagement.
A battalion of the Goth regular in
fantry routed a small band of Flip
mos on the Laguna road and some
sharpshooters who were firing from a
house over which French flag was
flying were dislodged.
A gunboat entered the lake and 81
fenced one-gun battery in the foot
hills.
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VESSELS OVERDUE.
1t Is Feared That 400 Lives Have Been
Lost.


New York, March 15.-The Tribune
says: 1t is now practically certain that
10 freight steamers have been lost en-
the Atlantic in recent storms. This in
wolves the sacrifice of more than 300
lives and $2.500,0 600 of capital. Or course
there yet remains a slim chance that
some of the crews may have been picked
up by slow-going sailing vessels, bound
for far distant ports or that one or two
Of the missing ships may still be drift
in, disabled, far from the usual lanes
OF ocean travel, but the probabilities
are heavily against that hope. 1t is said
that about $4,000 has already changed
hands on the maritime exchange
through bets made on the fate Of these
luckless steamers and the rate of re-
insurance on them for the last three
weeks has stood at 80 guineas All per-
haps went down in the fearful hurri-
cane Of Feb. 2. Their names are: Ale
gheny (American), Captain McGilvray,
loaded with oil in bulk from Halifax,
Jan. &C. for Dover, L. r. Luchenback
owner: Aroma (British), Captain J. p.
Baxter, timber laden, sailed from Port
land, Me, Jan. o. for London, Thomp-
son line: City of Wakefield (BritishD.
Captain Townsend, grain and general
merchandise, from New York, Jan. "a,
for Rotterdasn: Croft, Captain Martin,
from New York, Jan. rs, for Leith,
grain laden, Arrow line; Dora Foster
British, Captain J. B. Wooley, cotton,
from Savannah, Jan. 90. for Liverpool
Laughton (British), Captain Hodgson,
grain and cotton, from Norfolk. Jan %,
for Copenhagen; Minister Maybury
tGerman), Captain Prelle, oil in bulk,
from New York, Jan. 25, for Hamburg
Oberon (British), Captain Lesley. grain,
from Baltimore, Jan. %, for Antwerp:
Picton tBritish) Captain c. G. Payne,
grain and cotton, from Norfolk, Jan.
20. for Vigo; Port Milburn (British)
Captain Smith, grain and general mer-
chandise, from New York for London,
Atlantic Transport
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RUSH TO BUFFALO HUMP
The District Is the Mecca of
Hundreds.
SNOW LOCATIONS MADE
No Accommodations in the Camp and
Food Is Getting Low-Snow Is
Fourteen Feet Deep-A
Seven Devils Deal
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Boise, Idaho, March ia letter
from Buffalo Hump, the Idaho mining
camp that is at present the Mecca of
hundreds of people, gives the follow
dng information:
There are about 100 men in camp
and more coming in. There are abso-
lutely no accommodations in the camp
and only a little grub for those here.
The snow is IA feet deep and it is next
to impossible to do anything. Many
snow locations are being made and sold
at Grangeville and Spokane at good
prices, but when the snow is gone the
purchasers will find the ground be-
longs to some one else. People wish
ing to see the camp should not attempt
to make the trip in here before the LIST
of June, and July would be much bet
ter"
A mining deal involving 100000 on
properties in the Seven Devils has been
practically closed. The properties have
been bonded to Louis A. Hall and as
sociates of Minneapolis and Duluth and
large cash payment is to be made the
first OF June next. The properties con-
sist of a group of IL claims lying east
and west of the celebrated Peacock
mine. The purchasers are back of the
Weiser railroad project.
A rich strike has been made by
James Constable and Henry Johnson
in claim near Idaho City. The loca-
ton covers two veins. 100 feet apart.
One is four inches wide and the over
age value of the ore crushed in a hand
mortar is $500 ton. The other vein
is five inches wide and the ore crushed
in hand mortar without asserting
yielded at The rate of more than $4,000
ton. The veins have fed rich placer
mines for years.
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CRUISE OF THE NORMA
Yacht Is Reported Lost in the
-.."." Red Sea.
THE CAREER OF WEAVER
The Commander Started in Trouble and
Took 1t Half Way Around the
World He Posed as
Millionaire.

Washington, March 15.-United States
Consul Cunningham, at Alden, Arabia.
reports to the state department that
the commander OF H, NJ, S. Prieskn
'had picked up but lost again a small
American zach or schooner after tow
ing her about 200 miles in the western
part of the Red Sea. There was rough
sea and it was believed to be possible
that the yacht had gone aground
somewhere, as she was overdue. Her
name Is unknown, but the officers said
she had aboard a man from New York
named Caver. The Consul, on Febrl
airy %, received a cablegram from ot1s
Percival, at Colombo, asking for news
of the yacht Norma.
Buffalo, N. Y, March 15.-The News
publishes the following story of the
cruise of the Norma, written by one of
the party, who sailed from New York
on the yacht:
The yacht Norma was built in 1879
by A. Cary Smith and was one of the
staunchest craft of her class that ever
sailed from New York harbor. Sic
carried a crew of 16 men under the
command of Commodore N. ]. Wea7-
er. On Nov. %, 1896, she left New
world for newspaper syndicate, which
weaver was supposed to have organz-
ed. She touched at Baltimore and Nor
folk and fell into difficulty through the
alleged indiscretions of the supposed
owner. From Norfolk she went to
Bermuda, where she lay for a month,
while Weaver returned to New York
on ostensible business. From Bermuda
she sailed for the Azores and after
war for Madeira and the coast of Afri-
ca. At Funchal she was not allowed
to land on account of the lack of a bill
of health.
I'm the English garrisons in the Mel
iterranean her master again got into
difficulty, but managed to reach Lon
don, where for many weeks he lived at
the Hotel Cecil, posing as millionaire
American who proposed to establish a
great daily in London on the lines OF
HarmsWorth's Daily Mail. Again he
had trouble and the yacht was held for
debt. The yacht was next reported
in the Mediterranean, where the com
modore' was living at all the SWEETEST
clubs and pursuing his pet amusements.
His wife and little son had been left
in New York. Mrs. Weaver died sud
denly in New York last spring and the
commodore came back to America for
few days and took his son abroad
with him. At that time the yacht
was somewhere on the French coast
and since then nothing has been heard
from her in this country until to-day.
She carried the flag of the Atlantic
Yacht club of New York, of which Or
ganization Weaver was at one time u
member. With the exception Of Weav-
err. all persons mentioned as having
sailed from New York on the Norma
left the vessel before she entered the
Mediterranean. Weaver was born in
Cleveland, where his father was a well
known man. He sailed the lakes fer
some years and was an expert yachts
man."
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JEALOUSY AND MURDER.
A Criminal Put a Charge of Shot Into
His Wife's Head.

Waco, Texas, March 15.-Ed Bean, at
Bleaton, Is miles south of here, after a
night spent in robbery and arson, at
tackled his wife in a fit of jealousy at
daylight this morning. The woman fled
through the principal street of the
town, pursued by her frantic husband,
armed with a shotgun and revolver
The man approached near enough to
the fleeing woman to make sure of his
aim, when he fired a load of shot into
her head. AS she fell face downward
he emptied the second barrel into her
body. after which he fired a bullet into
his own head. blowing out his brains
The sound of the shots had scarcely
died away when flames were seen ssu-
ing from the big hardware store of
Wilson & Austin, which was destroyed,
with Its stock. An examina ton showed
that the weapon used by Bean had
been stolen from this store and he APP
parently set fire to the place after Sc
curing the weapons and ammunition
with which to kill his wife. The loss
on the hardware, stock and store is
about $25, 900, with $1,000 insurance.
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SWINDLED IN BUTTE.
MIS-. Ruth Howard Arrested for Her OPP
erations in New York.

MIS-. Ruth Howard Arrested for Her OPP
CREATIONS in New York.
New York, March 15.-Mrs. Ruth
Howard, rs years of age, and Herman
Cohen, so years of age, broker, both
OF Brooklyn, Were arrested to-day on
the charge of grand larceny. 1t Is al
legged by the police that these two pris-
oners belong to q notorious gang Of
swindlers which obtained last month
under the name of w. B. Deming &
Co. at 80 Broadway. During their stay
in the place, it is said, they swindled
merchants in this city and elsewhere out
of nearly $4,000. They obtained credit
on the supposition that they were in
reality the firm of William B. Deming,
dealers in railroad supplies, at So Ex-
change place, whose rating in the COM
mercial agencies is about 100000.
Mrs. Howard made a clean breast of
the swindle to Captain McCluskey. She
said that she was engaged by the firm
to act as agent for them in buying
goods. Cohen, she said. was the head.
He had cards printed giving her name
as May Chambers, and at the same time
gave to her a list Of dealers in various
kinds of merchandise from Which she
was expected to get goods. She visited
various stores and bought skirts. cloth
ing and furs. All Of the goods she sue
t1eueu III getting were sent 10 lHe o.
fees of w. B. Deming 6. Co. and We're
Immediately sold by them to other buy
ers or were shipped out of town or
placed in storage.
In her confession, Mrs. Howard said
she came from JuleEburg, Col, and had
lived in st. Paul and afterwards was
buyer for Marshall Field & Co. of Chi
cago. From there she went to Butte,
Mont, where she and Charles Howard,
her husband, swinded a man out of
$4,000. After that transaction they fled
to Chicago. In Chicago she deserted
her husband and started a shoe com
pany under the name of the Ruth-Frost
Shoe company, with George S. Marlin,
who came to this city last October and
was finally arrested and convicted of
grand larceny and sent to the peniten-
tiary. Mrs. Howard then came to this
city and was engaged to Cohen as buy
er for the firm.
Howard, the deserted husband, made
his way East and went into business IN
Boston as the c. J. Mosley Banking
company, with Ernest Tasley as his
partner. They afterward came to this
city, where they engaged in operations
which landed Tasley in Sing Sing for
three and half years and Howard in
the penitentiary for 10 months. Captain
McCluskey expects to arrest other per-
sons implicated in the Deming swindle.
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ACCENTS the Decrease.

Berlin, March 15.-Emperor William
granted an audience to-day to the min
lister of war, General Won Gossler, and
authorized him to declare in the reich
stag tomorrow that the government
accepts the budget committees pro-
posal involving reduction of 1000 in
fantry on the increase demanded by the
army bill. This, together with DR..
Lieber's concession, will thwart the
threatened conflict with the reichstag
and dissolution. It is understood that
Emperor Williams yielding is the out
come of advice rendered by Prince Ho-
henlohe, the imperial chancellor
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Found in the Red Sea.

New York, March 15.--The American
yacht referred to as found in the Red
Sea, undoubtedly is the old racing
schooner Norma. In 1896 the Norma
was fitted out for cruise around the
world. her passengers having the in
tention of writing up foreign coun-
tries and photographing picturesque
scenes. Mr. Weaver, New Englander,
engineered the scheme, purchased the
schooner and had her put in condition
for the trip. r. A. Morris, a Nova
Scotian. was given charge of the Nor
ma, and she sailed on her long voy-
age on November 2, 1896. The party on
board the Norma consisted of Mrs. c.
c. Collins of Greensboro. N. c.; DR.. L.
A. Worrell of Northeast Indiana, e. a.
Granforth, jr, of St. Louis, Harry P.
Tabor of Buffalo, N. Y, and W. P.
NeWcom.
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San Francisco, March 15--When the
cases of the 20 bookmakers and others
arrested at the Inglesde track yesterday
for violating the anti-betting ordinance
came up for hearing to-day the attorney
retained by the track owners stepped for
ward and asked for a dismissal on the
ground that no formal complaint had been
filed. This motion was denied by Judge
Morgan, who continued the case for an
hour to give the police time to prepare
their complaints, but on the second call
ing the complaints were not forthcoming
and the judge postponed action until to-
morrow, when, as matter of precauton,
the desired documents will be presented.
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1T MAY BE ViLLAMlL.
Identity of the Remains Found Near
Santiago.

Identify Oh the Remains Found Near
Santiago.
Santiago. March 15.-Owing to the
report from the United States that the
remains found by Gen. Leonard Wood,
the military governor on Sunday
among the rocks on the shore, about
four miles west of Ell Moro, and by him
identified as those of the Spanish adj
miral Villamil, are not the remains of
that officer, the department is endeav-
oring to ascertain beyond a doubt
whether General Woods Identification
was accurate. Thus far everything
goes to show that if not those of Ad-
lniral Villamil, the remains are I'M
doubtedly those of some high officer In
the Spanish navy. The uniform found
is that of squadron commander. The
handkerchief bears the initials j. W."
and in the coat pocket was found the
fleet countersign for June &c. signed
by the late Capt. Oviedo y Bustamente,
Admiral Cerveras chief of staff.
For several months it had been ru-
mored here that Admiral Villamil's
body was lying in a chair in that part
of the island. Previous attempts to
discover the remains had failed. These
reports arose from the fact that a
Spanish sailor who escaped from the
Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Pluton
had said he helped to bring a dying
officer ashore. There was also the tes-
timony of a Cuban boy engaged at
present on boat at Cayusmith, that
he gave water to a Spanish officer who
was tied in chair within few hours
after the battle. Lopez, the pilot, who
knew Admiral Villaml, says he is alb
solutely certain as to the identlfica-
ton.
General Wood is also confident that
the remains are those of an officer COM
handing some ship, most probably the
Pluton, owing to the immediate prox-
unity of the wreck of that destroyer.
Captain Romero, formerly a Spanish
naval officer, says the rope that was
found tied about the chair is Of British
manufacture, his argument being that
the Furor and Pluton, both of which
were built in British yards, would be
fitted with such rope.
Senior Bias, proprietor of the Venus
cafe, who knew Admiral Villamil well,
says that shortly after the battle
Spanish sailor from the Pluton told
him he helped bring Admiral Villamil's
body ashore, tied in a chair. Senior Bas'
informant asserted that he took the
chair to secluded spot. then went in
search of water, but failed to find the
body on his return. Senior Bas believes
that the remains are undoubtedly those
of Admiral Villamil.
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At New Orleans,

New Orleans. March 15.-Track slow
results: Selling. rile-Elkin won, School
Girl second. Sadie Levy third; time, 1:43
Seven furlongs-Phidias won, Uhlers sec
ond. Liddesdale third; time, 1:30. Mile and
20 yards-Can I See EN- won, Mamie Da-
Wis second. Oxnard third time, 40. The
Lightning stakes. $1,000 2-year-olds, five
furlongs-Lady Contrary won, Johnny ].
second, DR.. Riddle third; time, 1:02A. Sell
ing. six furlongs-Hairpin won. Nora S.
second, Emmett Ahearn third; time, :151a.
Selling, six and a half furlnngs-Tappan
won Diggs second, Briggs third; time,
1.9S
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ON THE RACE TRACK.


San Francisco, March 15.--In the fourth
race at Ingleside to-day Master Buck
owned by w. Magrane. was jumped on
by Corrigan's Winifred and killed. Track
sloppy. Results: Four furlongs-Lomond
won, Alary's Garter second. Glssando
third; time, :49la Short course, steeple-
chase-Vanity won, Lord Chesterfield sec
ond, Huntsman third; time, 4:151s. Four
and half furlongs. the Occidental stakes.
value $l,000-Winyah won, st. Anthony
second, Morbid third; time, :42h. Six fur
longs, selling-kamsin won, Jingle Jingle
second, Petrarch third: time. 1:1sA. Mile
and an eighth, selling-Survivor won
Limewater second. Morinel third time,
1:57A. Six furiongs, selling-Jinks won
Ed Garland II. second, Wyoming third ;
time, I:14A.
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WILL MEET THE CUT.
Low Rates From the East to North Pacific
Coast Points.

Chicago March 1.-THE Chicago-Mis-
souri, river lines have decided to meet the
Sl5 one-way rate made by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific roads
from st. Paul to North Pacific points via
the Missouri river gateways. The through
rate from Chicago via the Missouri river
to North Pacific coast points will be $685.
on second class business, the same as
the rate from Chicago via St. Paul. This
action will affect the rates to all Utah
points. no higher rate can be charged
to intermediate than to through points.
The Atchison road has announced that 1t
will put into effect a second class rate of
$42. so to California common points from
Chicago and s32 from the Missouri riv-
err The rates will become effective March
IS and will remain in effect until further
notice
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Madrid, March 15,--An extraordinary
speech made by General Castellanos, the
Spanish governor general of Cuba, who
was recently appointed captain general
of Madrid, to the soldiers during an in
spection which he made of the barracks
yesterday has caused intense anger in
military circles. The captain general
said:
There is only one thing good in the
army, and it Is the soldier himself. AS
to the officers, if they are derelict in their
duty I am accustomed to send them to
the galleys.'
The officers have demanded that the
minister of war take action in the mat
ter.
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An All Day Fight.

Los Angeles, March ia special
cablegram to the Times from Brigadier
General Harrison Gray Otis, dated at
Manila, March Is, says:
1.-The goth infantry had an all-day
fight at Pasig. Three thousand rebels
were encountered and defeated They
We're routed with heavy loss. Our
loss was small. Three hundred and
fifty rebel soldiers were made prison
ers of war. Wheaton's brigade now
holds the towns of Pasig and Pateros.
This news is based on official informa-
ton. Our river gunboats fought their
way into the lake.
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Queensland. Australia, is inaugural
ing new departure in the fruit trade
1t is found that dried bananas take the
place of raisins in puddings very well.
and an enterprising firm in Queensland
has sent to the agent generals office
in Victoria street, Westminster, a con-
signment of dried bananas, with the
object of opening up market for them
in England. AS soon as the public has
tested for itself the agreeable flavor
which dried bananas give to puddings.
there is sure to be big demand for
them.
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Washington, March 15.--The follow
ing notice was given to the press to-
day by Adjutant General Corbn:
'*The secretary of war requests that
parents and friends of the soldiers who
We're killed around Santiago, or who
have since died in Cuba, desiring their
remains sent home send their home add
dress to the quartermaster general, u.
S. A, Washington, D. C. The remains,
upon arrival in this country, will be
sent by express to the address given.
Otherwise, the remains will be inferred
at Arlington
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Washington, March 15.--A party OF
postal authorities comprising Postmas-
ter General Smith, Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristol, Chief Bea-
vers of the salary and allowance divis-
ion and D. Dawson, secretary of the
postmaster general, left here this after
noon for Cuba via Tampa. The post
master general will confer with Di-
rector of Posts Rathbone at Havana
about important matters affecting the
postal service on the island. The par
ty probably will be away about q
week
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CHASTITY Remains Found.

Chicago. March 15,--August Becker. the
sausage maker, who confessed last night
to having killed his wife and boiled and
burned her body, to-day took police off
GERS to the spot in his yard where he had
buried the charred remains. Two bas-
kets of burned bones were found and DIR.
Dorsey tonight identified Il portion of
them as a human shoulder blade A
small piece OF the woman's dress was
also found.