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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE.

Thee reports valuable they are 70 the com
InerciaI community. have not satisfied the Aneri-
can Government. and since the beginning Of 1928
they have issued q daily edition Of the consular
reports so that within few hours the manufact-
u1iuc and commercial community Is in receipt
O the information. Here is a report dated Janu-
sry o. which gives 10 the American engineers
nouce Of the growing market for freight motors
81 England. ID explains thc high rates for railway
CARRIAGE shows whore tnt English motor manu-
faoturers are failing. and AN American agent was
laud-l here ln q feW days TO take up the new III
V0l.4 have been months before u reached knghSn
m8rrT1nr = would have been sent In PROOF
% he Consul before being issued. ana nave Known
Iu which u was eighteen months before II
Nas published The newspapers would PRINT H. bu'
& Is not available.
our consular reports should be made promptly
Accessible IN abstract. well ~ being pulnshtl
s. h8n.tIy volumes We should appoint commercial
fJactts 70 the chief cOrsulates, Win clear ID
stT8e-9ne - 10 their duties. They should be Eng
lsnwer wherever possible. but speaking the IAN
Fudre ~ he country IN when they are .o,a'eo.
The reports from all these sources shOuld nt a.
widely .lr.rlttrd among those most lmHe dlatri!
Concerned d. possible. TIE American Govern
G. th- .. .er only lu order that they may % t1t
Venice. l0r lsa lv The press. ne IsLSSi JJlilI
ou--e patriotic enough 10 give run publcllI /"
such r.tr-4 if the information 81 circulated prop
srly and r convenient form.
Cousu. uals-ead Of Birmingham on February 20.
80 soy. ttat the trade journal Paper ana PUP
oommentsg on the same subject. concludes; Inc
Unnes States Is ahead u the world IN regard 10
Quick consular reports and 70 this fact alone can
te traced 90 much u the loss suffered by English
traders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21

Washington March 90 The War Department mas
ordered battalion ~ Tie oh Artillery, consisting
" Batteries a. x. and y. 20 duty IN the Depart
NMent ~ California. with station ar iionouu.
.-lslof Samuel H. 81 mas been assigned 10 com
Msnd tHe battalion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21

OF this balance little II anything can be col
lected This Is because agriculture can pay moth
ing urban Inhabitants are equally unfortunate, and
many commercial houses have given up their bust
During the recent in Cuba the municipality
was compelled 20 lay out some $4,000 IN f0rtihca-
own such salaries. charitable institutions. lights
etc.
The town Of sagua has and electric hight
The contract with the gas company ends this
month. having run twenty years. The municipality
paid s. 70 gold for each gas or petroleum street
lamp. The city has not been lighted for nearly
year. because the municipality did not regularly
pay the Ias company. A. matters now stand. the
ever money they have In their possession for food
I'm order TO keep themselves from starving. The
e.ectric light plant has not sufficient power 70 ght
the city. only furnishing private lights and some
lights In the park A more powerful electric plant
H. needed and cheaper gaslights. TIE municipality
already owes these two companies over $1,000
Sagua l. a healthy place compared with me othei
lilies Of cuba The town is rarely afflicted with a
case OF yellow fever During the period Of recon
contration the mortality was large The streets are
paved with stones, covered with cargit ana shhu
from tho river There some sewers In the prr-
cipal streets but the is not In an ideal sani-
tary condition.
RAILWAYS FROM SAGUA
The Sagla Railway. starting from the port OF
isabella divides into branches at Siticcito. the
next station after passing 5agua four miles south
one branch runs south meeting the Central Ha-
vens line at Santo Domingo and ends at Cruces.
there connecting with the Santa Clara and Glen
fu.gos Railway The other branch runs east, end
ing at Camaluani, where II connects WIN the
Remedies and Caiberien lines. The nrst branch
runs seyenty-nine kilometres and the second eighty.
The Western Railway, running In the direction
Indicated Is not yet finished. II reaches 10 Ca
guagas. eight miles from sagua. This Is narrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-21
DEATHS ~ PHILIPPINES AyD crBA.

Wasn,nrfon. March 20-The following dlsDatchos
have reached the War Department
Manila, March 20. 1889.
Adiutanf- General. Washington.
Toilnv-inp deaths since last weekly report.
March u-Privates Timothy Enright. .. lsth
Minnesota; electric shock March li-Gcorgc ~
II I'd oregon. dysertery. and Corporal John j.
keenedy A. Utah Artillery. dyseniery. March IN
private Andrew Nicholson. A. Nevada cavalry.
typhoid. ,, -, .,o, Mar, IA
priyate Charles a Davis II. 2pth Infantry.
Havana. March 49, 1899.
Adiutant- General. Washington.
AHye.fb rcror, 10Th l7th and Nth-camp Columbia
Sergeant Il NJ Barrier. L. ist North carolina, INA.
died 18TH. typhoid; Private Aihe lsdeelI r. 1911.
!, X Dunn Volunteer signal Corps. l6th. acci-
Jy'i..,,,,es I'm dV-eutery BROOKE.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30
SPELL OF THE BIRD,
A STRANGE TALE OF FASCiNA-
TON.
Fiendish Partnership Between Reduc-
tive songster and Rcpaisive Serpent
of tEie South American Wilderness--
Killing "a Monster.

Fascination? Does any one believe
in fascination? Yes, ! do, and / don't
mind who hears me say II or who
laughs at 1t. II you had had the ex-
perience ! once went through, you
would believe In it tool"
The speaker was air. George Crel-
don, and he proceeded to tell one OF
the weirdest tales human tongue has
ever uttered. Several years ago, with
a friend. he had gone to that part of
south America where Venezuela, Bra
I'll and British Guinea meet, and was
engaged in working gold mine owned
by Mr.. soltram, who had settled in
these untrodden wiids with his beau
tliul daughter, Ledra, and established
a village OF Indians about him. TO help
work the mine. Among the Indians
was deep-seated belief in the exist
enee of monstrous serpent OF unusu-
ally terrifying aspect, but of a slug
gish nature. which is always accom-
panied by one or pair of birds equal
iy rare but OF strikingly beautiful
plumage. This serpent is called in
some parts "kragi," in others. again,
there Is no particular name for it, and
IL Is ranked as a kind Of "camoodi,"
which Is the Indian term for the great
boaconstr!etor of Guiana The bird
is called the kalon, or sometimes the
krao-kalon, and is declared to entice
victims into the neighborhood of the
serpent. SO that the latter may seize
them with very little trouble or exer-
ton, the bird being afterwards re-
warded by being allowed TO pick out
the strangled creatures eyes and other
ut-bits before the dead body is swal-
lowed by the reptile. But let Mr..
Creldon himself tells his story:
"one day. about noon, wei e., Sol
tram. my friend Dringham. and myself
had come to the mouth Of the mine
from the distant workings to have oul
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

Philadelphia Inquirer; The narrow
escape of the Norwegian steamship
George Dumois from being sunk at sea
nv a meteor which exploded in her
course while she was bound from Phil
adelphia for Jamaica was related by
members of the crew when the steamer
lied I'M MT the West India Fruit COM
pany's wharves. Capt. Jentott states
that ON the night of Oct 10, the YES
ssl,s position being about latitude 20
north and longitude 74.22 west. the
meteor. which was only seen few
seconds before It came near. exploded
within a few yards of the vessel, scat
tering its fragments In all directions
The EXPLOSION was due. he believes
to the hot substance suddenly coming
IN contact with the water During the
entire night the luminous trails Of
ether msteors could be seen In theiE
downward descent. The crew OF thu
vessel were blinded BY the trail Of
,ntense light which followed the ne
..or svsn after II had disAppeAred,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

midday meal. as was our custom. This
was brought for us from the huts by
Indians. and Ledra would often come
With them and chat with us while we
ate. going back with the Indians. On
this particular morning. when we got
out In the open air, we found Ledra
there but not her attendants. She had,
in fact, run on in front and outstripped
them. A clearing of considerable eX-
tent HAD been made round the mouth
of the mine, and this was Uttered
about with heaps of debris, logs OF
timber, and so on. l then saw that
Ledra was chasing bird OF wonder
fully beautiful pumage. 1t was, IN
some respects. like the bird of para
disc but in brilliancy of coloning IL
surpassed any bird | had ever seen. 1t
seemed quite tame, and frequently al
most allowed its pursuer to come up
TO It: when. however, with coquet-
fish little fiutter, 1t would evade cap
tire with remarkable agility, and af-
feet TO hide among the logs or behind
some heaps of rubbish. Thinking that
I.edra would like me to shoot 1t in or
der TO secure the bird, | turned back
into the mine for my gun. had left
double barreled piece loaded with
shot in one barrel and ball in the
other in the first gallery over the en-
trance. Just as | had taken the gun
heard an cutlery. and paused for mo-
ment to look out through the bars of a
sort of window to the gallery to see
what was going on below. The In
dians had arrived with our meal. and
had evidently taken alarm at some
thing and were fleeing In terror, eacf
one having ineontinently thrown dowr
whatever he or she was carrying. Muef
surprised, I looked anxiously for LIE
| dra. and saw that she was standing
| still in the middle of the open space
while her father had gone after thu
bird which had perched itself on on
of the lower houghs OF tree at TIL
edge O. the clearing. Meantime, tn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

bird had perched, So near was he to
the creature that. with a long stick, he
could have knocked it over. Yet he
stood still and never moved even his
head. / saw Ledra out in the sun
light her broad hat swaying slightly,
her hands clasped together, standing
like one turned to stone; and just be-
low me l saw Bingham. who had step
ped out and then stopped; and he,too,
was as motionless as the Others. And
still that internal bird sang on, flap
ping his wings. his silver and gold
plumage sparkling and flashing in the
sun. And slowly there rose up in my
mind a presentiment, foreboding of
some horror yet to come, and |
watched and waited for-I know not
what.
"All the time there was in my mind
feeling as of resentment against
these other three that they stood thus
and did nothing Why did not Bling
ham or Soltram move, or do or say
something? | wondered to myself,
! thinking that | was the only one who
| felt the spell, and vaguely angry that
/ these others did not move or offer to
come to my assistance. The bird sang
on. and the unnatural quiet that
seemed to have fallen upon all the
world beside continued until near Sol
tram, and looking across, saw, slowly
rising through the bushes, the most
/ hideous head 1t has ever been my lot
to look upon. That it belonged to
some member of the serpent tribe was
soon evident; but in grisly repulsive-
ness it exceeded even what magnified
rattlesnake might be supposed to be
like, and there are not many things
in the world more horrible, imagine,
than the expression.if one may SO term
It. that turks in the head and jaws oil
rattlesnake. The creature that now
slowly came into view. however. ex-
ceeded In gruesome hideousness any
thing that l over imagined, Like the
rattlesnake. Its mouth seemed to b
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30
(ONANTlC STORY OF THE WAR

the Almirante oquendo. The vizcays
come to anchor, its great l3-inch guns
trained on the American consulate.
Amid the blare of trumpets and the
shouts Of the populace the fleets COM
mander came aehore. He paid the GUS
tomary official visit to the Spanish
military commander, and in the
course Of the conversation asked:
WHO represents the Yankees here?"
Philip {. Hanna was the reply.
MY friend!" Capt. Eulate turned
pale. Fastening back to the feet he
changed the position Of the yizcaya.
Ihen he penned a note Of invitation.
requesting the pleasure of Consul
Hanna's preeenee at dinner aboard the
hagship. The consul, who had in the
intervening time been married to
charming Iowa girl, responded on be-
half OF himself and wife. The meet
ing was a dramatic one. war being
then a certainty, and, in fact, only q
few days OF, aud great was the aston
ishment of the Spanish town and the
Spanish feet to witness the triumph
OF friendship over circumstances.
While the ships were yet in the
bay the consul was ordered 10 leave
San Juan and take refuge In the Dam
ish island of ST, Thomas. less than a
hundred miles away.
Mrs. Eulate remained in San Juan
when her husband sailed away to join
cerYera. Then came report that
Capt. Eulste was killed. In the midst
OF excitement Consul Hanna did not
forget He telegraphed 10 Washing
ton 10 ascertain whether the captain
was dead or alive He got word tina,
the Vizcaya had gone down and thai
Eulate was prisoner of war. He sent
all the facts 10 hrs. Euiate and she
] wrote him charming letter OF
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30
,cidents of Years Ago That Made Consul
Hanna and Capt. Eulate Firm Friends.

local authorities shut on the dispatch.
Then he tried TO get word 10 WASH
lngton, but the censor refused 10
send II.
Phll" Hanna Was fighting mad.
Eseheyerra's troops were lonnging Ia
front Of the fortress when the consul
strobe up and demanded the release
OF the prisoners. Escheyerra replied
that II WAS impossible unless the ran
SONS were paid.
III you don't let them out" eaid
Hanna. Il win land troops and take
charge OF them myself"
Eseheyerra only shrugged his
shoulders, II Was a blun and he
knew H. An inspiration came TO
Mr. Hanna as he turned away. en-
ragged AZ his pOweriess condition. He
would ask Rnlate TO land him some
marines. The lieutenant looked al
the consul a moment and exclaimed
You are my dear friend. VIII
blow mp the prison il you say So
True 20 his word, be trained his
/ guns on the fortress. and gave Il a
blank solley. The fort replied by run
hing cut one gun and firing IT.. The
shot struck the bows and glanced Of.
II was Rulate's turn 10 get angry now.
Putting on his full uniform and taking
his aiafi and 8 detail Of men he went
ashore Consul Hanna marched up "a
Escheyerra once more and pulled out
his watch.
I'm give you Just twenty minutes.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

I, ana thousands of American elti-
{ chose pity went out 20 the brave
~ N ceryera's Gquadron In their
N anguish and depression dur
,,s weeks of their captivity on
vac soil. very few knew Of the
Incidents OF romantic story
in Capt. Eulate and a loyal
I ,iean citizen, which the war with
An later brought 10 a close.
vas 10 1892 that the story really
H. Venezuela was in a reyoln-
sau tumult. A dictator, Mendoza.
SEIZED the government few
stts before and installed himself in
sr Al Caracas. the inland capital.
var had grown very serious by
tember His troops eiamored for
That was circumstance the
ka,or had not provided for. The
mry had been depleted long be-
80 there sss no money to be had
All quarter. Gen. EscheYerra waa
eaosa's principal supporter II oe-
I'd 20 him that the guiekes, way
nd money was 10 take II by force
! xhomsoeyer had IL. So he ar
"A .lghly-hye Of the weslthies,
|sls o, La Guayra. the seaport and
-gslal metropolis OF Venezuela
prlsoHeFs acre mostly merchants
tc,slsl birth. but the really serious
., the affair waa the fact that
,etezn ioreisn e0nsgis were In
ed IL the arFest-t the c0nsuls Of
aa, France. Belgium. Hawaii ant
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

Indians had every one disappeared
with shouts of 'drao-kalon' and 'kra-
gi.' Suddenly the bird began to sing,
and it had the most charming, thrill
ing note ! ever heard in my life. In
deed, it was not like the song of bird
at all; 1t resembled nothing so much
as music given out by an Aeolian harp
when the wind sweeps across Its
strings. The effect was inexpressibly
sweet; yet mingled with 1t was
weird wild note that somehow repealed
while it charmed. And as the notes
sweiled out fuller and louder / could
not but stand still and listen in very
ecstasy of pleasure and delight; which,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30
NEGRO is LYNcHED BY A MOB.
Suspected of Bartender's Murder, He Is
Hanged to Pole.

Suspected of Bartender's Murder, He Is
Hanged to a Pole.
Weir City, Mo-. was the scene of a
double tragedy the other night. Gus
MeArdle, a bartender in Berry James
saloon, was shot and killed and in less
than two hours his supposed MUIR
derer. George Wells. negro miner
from Scammon, was swinging to
telephone pole. the victim of a mob
which had forcibly taken him from
jail. Earlier in the evening MeArdle
and Wells had some words in the sa-
loon, after which the negro left Short
ly afterward shot was fired from
across the street. the bullet striking
McArdle in the forehead. He died in
half an hour. few minutes later
Wells came up in the crowd which
had collected and inquired the cause
of the commotion. A spectator to the
previous quarrel pointed Wells out to
an officer. who arrested him on sus-
pieion and lodged him in jail Another
spectator shortly afterward identified
him as the negro who had quarreled
with McArdle and the report quickly
spread that he was identified as the
man who did the killing. A mob
formed quickly and marched to the
Jail. Securing Wells without much
trouble they dragged the frightened
negro from the building and strung
him up to the nearest telephone pole
| Before the rope was placed about his
neck Wells admitted he was with the
man who shot McArdle, but denied
that he had done the shooting.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

he said To let those people out. Wen
atay here till you do It," The twenty
minutaa we're Just up as Gen Esehe.
vera turned sullenly and unloekea
the door of the fall. The eighty-hse
prlaoners lost no time in getting out
.tf q ever comes my turn, lieuten-
ant" said Mr.. Hanna. to 90 you
favor. YOU can count on me.
Little did either man think OF the
consequences of the AFFAIR. the Vene-
zuelan dictator. baked of his prey by
despised American and a reckless
neutral spauiard, complained 10 ND
drid and to Washington of the preach a
If international law. Washington
oniv took trivial notice of the mat
Ter writing to Hanna for an expiana-
ton and then to Mendoza, telling hins
he had only got what he deserved. .,
lesa. Madrid took different view =.
n rulato was stripped of his RAM
ana mt in the guard house to await
court-martial. Things would nav. nav,
rona hard with him II Madrid mad ho'
.oon received the thanks OIL seven
teen governments for the timely a'a VI
| Eulate. ..,,s mad
MIR Hanna, as in duty bound. nsu
raa,as,od the consuls to write hom'
ahau, e. with the result that the mer-
curial Spanish government ohieia,s f e
l.a.ed their man and promoted nm :,
an. command OF the Havana nS'"'
s.not with the rank OF captain
u1 IN. nne day in April, 1888, when
~ Two nations were on the verge o.
war, the harbor OF san JUN ',,.sav. and
p,co was entered by the VhcA'a INV
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

however. began soon to change to cold
horror. as | realized, all at once. that
/ could not move. ! was overrun by
4 mixture of feelings in which sur
prise. perplexity. horror, Incredibly,
and wonder were all jumbled up to-
gether. Yet were my senses almost
abnormally acute; remember. as /
looked helplessly out, how l saw the
brilliant sunshine pouring down and
lighting up portions of the scene, in
glazing contrast to the deep, gloomy
shadows that lay among the trees OF
the forest beyond. remember Sol
tram, as he stood with his back to me.
just under the bough on which the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

A''I every Latin country. A list
Kept Of the names Of the pris-
s'' and of the amount of money ex-
'ea from each before he could be
Eetsted,
.Ae'e were two men in La Guayra,
sever, upon whom Eacheverra had
'eekoned. One was tall. slender
'ls american, He was Philip Han
On Iowa man. the American con-
~ the port The other man who
ussuned to interfere was leu
.aa' OF the Spanish navy. dark
,p esu' uclturn man. who had taken
S"s 10 the Iowa boy, aud whose
~ was lying in the harbor. This
'u inc Jorge Juan. was about the
'el The little Concord of the Ameri-
navy The two men had been ac-
std about two months, Lieut..
n. ~-ior such was the spaniard's
a visiting the bachelor quarters
WV consulate for smoke and a
aug consul Hanna going aboard
M wy Warship whenever It came in
!. '0e coast survey duty. There
\, ~ war anywhere, except in vene-
pI,,, spaih was friendly to the
,oh a states and Indifferent to the
.na su'nary quarrels of Crespo and
N. .avfh'hE In September, the day
Nv Wholesale arrests, Consul Han.
kll,,. s,,eo note from the prison
Itl.s MN there was an American
ah,.,,up, 4 man who had beer
tn.n The consul was alone
c,,,.'o telegraph Minister scrugE,
"a' Tor Instructions. but th.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

thanks He also sent letters from Mrs.
Eulate TO her husband through the
state department. Before leaving san
Juan Mrs Eulate commended several
local friends and relatives to the
American protection, saying that this
war had given her an exalted idea OF
American manhood
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

Mr.. Harris Lehman, a telegraph OPP
orator on the Beech Creek district of
the New York Central railway, locat-
ed at Garway, Pa, Clearfield county.
met with distressing accident the
other day. Lehman was shooting OF
an old army musket on the platform
of the depot The target was stump
in a field near by. Remarking to a
friend that he would show him how
to shoot. Lehman loaded the gun with
ten inches of powder. He was warned
by his companion that 1t was danger
Gus to discharge the gun with this
amount of powder in it, but in spite
of the warning Lehman placed the
| musket to his shoulder and pulled the
trigger. AS he did so the barrel ex-
| ploded and his left hand was blown of
| at the wrist. The injured man sank
| to the platform and was picked up by
companions and carried into the depot.
Money Lost In the Malls
About ten thousand dollars cash is
lost every year through being inclosed
In letters and mailed. the postotfice au-
| thorities being unable to identify
either the sender or addressee. In adj
dition to this something like ten thou
| sand dollars is found loose in the mails
every year. 1t is officially styled
| loose money"