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SWINDLER POSES AS SWELL.
MISS MABY VANDER
POOL TOUC.- ff ' 5T,375.
A Board Bill For $1,400 Lei*
at the Holland House—A La».
Arti*t From Australia Relieved of
$450 in Cash and 30 Pictures—The
Money Secured on the Pretense
That It Wa« Wanted For a Bo
nanza in the Shape of a Mining
Scheme.
Ne’V York, Nov. 17.—Three young wo
men, two of them heiresses of this city,and
the other a famous Australian artist, tem
porarily here, are said to be the victims
of an alleged swell swindler, Arthur Blair
Moody of New Haven, Conn., who was
yesterday arrested at that city.
Moody is now out on bail and is fighting
the attempt to extradite him to New York.
He is 28 years old and has always been a
favorite-with women.
Moody comes of a good family. His
father is in the insurance business In New
Haven, and his mother is a doctor.
Moody stopped for a long time at the
Holland house and cut quite a dash. When
he left the Holland he was $l,lOO in debt to
Proprietor Baumann for his board.
Moody happened to meet the Rev. Dr.
De Leon Nicholl, who took a fancy to him,
and introduced him to Miss Mary Van Bu
reii Vanderpool, who in turn introduced
him to her friend, Mlstf Rosamond H.
Owen.
Both ladies hold high positions in New
York city. As soon as Moody felt that he
had gained the confidence of the women
he dl/ied them at the Holland house. There,
It is alleged, he unfolded a great mining
scheme. A few days later Moody called
on Miss Vanderpool, and said that his
partner had told him of a grand oppor
tunity for some subscribed mining stock.
One of the men who had put down his
jiame for some of the stock had failed
to get the money, and although the mayor
of New Haven had tried to get in, he
(Moody) had managed to get the chance
for Miss Vanderpool. The latter was de
lighted, but she did not have the ready
money and she recommended her friend,
Miss Owen. The later took to the scheme
and .gave Moody $5,000. That was in
March last.
On July 15 Moody went to Miss Owen
and said that SI,OOO more was needed, and
She'gave him a consolidated 6 per cent,
gold bond of the St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba railroad, market value $1,176.
She told Moody to dispose of it and re
gturn the $175 to her. He gave the bond
T’ro’irU’tnr P.aiqnaon .of tie. Hyland
iious*’ for a board bill of $1,170, telling him
that>i the bond was not redeemed in thir
ty days he might sell it. Moody never re
deemed it, and it was sold. He did not
return the $175 to Miss Owen.
Later in July Moody went once more
to Miss Vanderpool and told her of an
other splendid opportunity for making
money. Miss Vanderpool says she gave
Moody u. SI,OOO United States gold bond
without getting any receipt or security
for It, and she hss not since heard of it.
Meantime, Moody had been nt work at
the Buckingham hotel. There he met Miss
Kills Rowen, an artist in water colots
from Australia. She was also impressed
with Moody and showed him a set of 150
water color paintings of the flora of Aus
tralia, which she said was worth £3,000.
Moody broached his latest scheme to the
nrtist and got $450 from her on the security
of fifty shares of the stock of his com
pany. Then he wanted more money for
the scheme and she let him take the pic
tures as security. He was to raise £1,500
on them, the pictures to be placed in a
safe deposit vault ns security. After a
time she became anxious and asked for
the pictures. He gave back, she says, all
but thirty, and said that ho did not know
where the others were. Then he told her
that he had sold the pictures to Georgs
Vanderbilt, who wanted to decornte his
house at Biltmore, N. C,
About two months ago he disappeared.
He owed Proprietor Baumann a sl.4ot>
board bill when he left. The police hap
pened to hear of the matter, and Moody
was Indicted In the case of Miss Vander
pool’s SI,OOO bond.
MHIDEII OF JOHN M. CLAYTON.
A Georgian Claims to Be Able to Lo
cate the Assassin.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 17.—The mem
ory of the most famous crime committed
in Arkansas—th* assassination of Hon.
John M. Clayton, has been revived by the
receipt of a letter by Gov. Jones, written
from Pitts, Ga., by a person signing the
name of Luther Akins. The writer of the
letter recalls the circumstances, inquires
• bout rewards, and states that he can lo
cate the murderer and produce proof of
guilt.
The death of the Hon. John M. Clayton
will be remembered by politicians and pub-
men nil over the United States. Clay-
'was a brother of Hon. Powell Clayton,
the present United States minister to
Mexico. He was the republican candidate
for congress In 1889. his opponent being
Hon. Clifton S. Breckenridge, late ambas
sador to Russia.
The cant ass was a spirited one. Mr.
Breckenridge was declared elected and
Mr. Clayton filed contest. While this con
test was In progress. Mr. Clayton went to
I‘lutnmerviHe to look after fils interests
there. While In his room one night, an
•aaassin flred a load of buckshot through
the window, inflicting wounds from which
he died. The legialnture at once offered a
reward of for the arrest and convic
tion of the murderer, and the reward is
probably yet in force.
RICHMOND TOBACCONIST KILLED.
S. I*. Carr the Victim of His Pistot’s
Accldvutal DtschMrire.
Richmond, Va.. Nov. 17.-8. p. Carr, of
the firm of Carr A Dickerson, tobaccon
ists. died from the effects of a pistol
wound about 3 o’clock to-day. He was en
gaged in writing at his private desk at his
residence, and In attempting to open the
drawer to his desk. In which was a revolv
• er, the weapon ex.doded. the ball striking
Mr. Carr in the left breast, inflicting a
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Mr. Carr was about 83 years of age He
leaves • wife at: J ihrro children.
TURKEY YIELDS TO AUSTRIA.
All the Demands of Hie Latter Coun
try to Be Complied With.
London, Nov. 17.—A special dispatch
from Vienna says that a telegram has
S$ en received there from Baron de Callee,
v.ie Austrian ambassador at Constantino
ple, saying that the sultan has declared
his willingness to give Austria full satis
faction for the Mersina Incidents, and
in regard to the disputes in connection with
the Oriental railroads, growing out of the
transportation of the Turkish troops dur
ing the recent war between Turkey and
Greece.
A special dispatch from Constantino
ple, confirming the special dispatch from
Vienna, adds that the vali of Adana and
the mutossariff of Mersina have been de
posed, says that the victim of the out
rage, Herr Brazzafelli, will be indemni
fied and asserts that the sultan has con
sented to pay the claims of the Oriental
railroad, which is operated by an Aus
trian company, paying the $1,250,000, being
the balance due the company for the con
veyance of Turkish troops during the re
cent war with Greece.
Vienna, Nov. 17.—Had not the Turkish
government yielded to the demands of the
government of Austria for redress on ac
count of the indignities offered to an Aus
trian merchant of Mersina, Herr Braz
zafelli, the Austrian ambassador at Con
stantinople, Baron de Calice, would have
left the Turkish capital and an Austrian
warship would have bombarded the port
of Mersina (Asia Minor) to-morrow.
KETCHAM’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Clear Caie of Conupiracy Alleged to
Have Been Unearthed,
Chicago, 111., Nov. 17.—Additional mys
tery is thrown about the case of John B.
Ketcham with every development brought
forth by the police in their efforts to as
certain the facts death at
the home of Mrs. Minnie Wallace "Walkup,
or Ketcham. Joseph Keller, the butler
at the home of the woman, who now
claims to be the widow of Mr. Ketcham,
has been locked up on suspicion aroused
by his own story.
The suspicion has been growing upon the
police as a result of rumors which started
in Milwaukee, that Keller appeared in the
role of bridegroom at the wedding, and
that he, and not Ketcham, stood before
the minister with his face concealed un
der the folds of a scarf.
The alleged wife of Ketcham is ill in
bed with nervous prostration, the ordeal
which she has undergone since the death
of Ketcham having been too much for her
strength.
Criminal proceedings are threatened
against Mrs. Walkup and several other
persons whose names have not been di
vulged, but who, John Borden Ketcham’s
relatives will charge, were associated in
w4ja( characterize as a conspiracy.
• Attorhe?’ James E. Purnell, representing
the dead banker’s family, said to-night
that enough evidence relative to John B.
Ketcham’s life in the Indiana avenue
house, as well as the marriage that was
performed In Milwaukee last September,
had been collected by detectives to make
a clear case of conspiracy against several
persons.
RIOT AT A SCHOOL HOUSE.
Virions Pupil Resists Punishment
and Is Backed Up by His Father.
Dardanelle, Ark., Nov. 17.—A riot occur
red In the public school yesterday, the re
sult of which is that Prof. Dickson Is in
a critical condition, a student named Al
ley is expelled and the student's father,
F. A. Alley, is in jail. The trouble start
ed when Miss Jones, one of the teachers,
attempted to correct young Alley for an
infraction of the rules.
Alley Is 17 years old, and Miss Jones
thrashed him. The boy took the punish
ment, but resolved on revenge, and at re
cess set fire to the premises. For this of
fence Prof. Dickson attempted to give the
boy another thrashing. , »
Alley resisted and in the fight with Dick
son had all the best of it, beating the pro
fessor’s face into a jelly and inflicting
dangerous wounds. A free fight ensued,
and Alley's father came to his son’s rescue.
Officers stopped the fight and locked Alley,
the senior, up in jail.
NEW MOVE FOR DURRANT.
Ills Attorneys Demand Trial of the
Williams Murder Case.
San Francisco, Nov. 17.—The attorneys
for Theodore Durrant have made a new
move. The condemned man now stands
convicted of the murder of Blanche La
mont. No disposition has been made of
the additional charge of the murder of
Minnie Williams. A document filed with
the district attorney gives notice that on
Friday next the attorneys for the ac
cused will appear before Judge Bahrs and
demand that a time be set for the trial
of the Williams case in the same manner
as that of Blanche Lamont.
District Attorney Barnes takes the po
sition that the Williams case cannot be
forced to trial.
DEMAND MADE ON DOLE.
Japan Wants s2oo,Otto Indemnity
From the Government of Hawaii.
Victoria. B. C., Nov. 17.—According to ad
vices brought by the steamship Empress
of China the Japanese government has
demanded the sum of $300,0)0 in gold from
Hawaii byway of indemnity in connec
tion with the immigration affairs. Thia
sum Includes losses suffered by the immi
grants to whom admission was denied, as
well as by the companies which sent them
and the expense of sending a man-of-war
to Honolulu. The Japanese papers con
sider the demand moderate.
PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Imprlsuued Banker Released After
Serving 1U oaths.
Fanta Fe, N. M.. Nov. 17 —S. M. Folsom,
former president of the Albuquerque Na
tional Bank, serving a flve-years’ sentence
in th* territorial penitentiary for falsify
ing the published statements of the bank,
has been granted a full pardon by the
This announcement by the Attorney Gen
eral reached the penitentiary to-day and
Folsom was released. He had been in pris
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SAVANNAH. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1897.
BATTLES OF THE BRITISH.
KEMPSTER’S FORCE BADLY HAR
RASSED BY THE
The Insurgent Tribesmen Invaria
bly Repulsed by the Brigade, But
They Succeed in Inflicting Rather
Severe Losses—The Dorsetshire
Regiment Loses Its Way in the
Dark, Is Cut Off by the Enemy and
Two Lieutenants and Nine Men
Killed.
Simla, Nov. 17.—The official dispatches
received to-day from the British head
quarters in the Maidan valley say that on
Gen, Kempster returning to camp with his
baggage on Monday last the Sikhs of the
British force were split up into compa
nies and held the spurs of the Kotal. The
enemy appeared In force and rushing for
ward with great perseverance, some hard
hand to hand fighting followed. The Sikhs,
the dispatches add, were “as steady as
rocks” and drove back the enemy with
heavy loss.
Further details from the Maidan valley
show that the loss of Gen. Kempster”s
brigade is quite serious. The force con
sisted of the Dorsetshire regiment and reg
iments of Sikhs and Ghurkas. The in
surgent tribesmen made their usual at
tack upon the rear guard, but were brill
iantly repulsed by, the Sikhs. The Dor
setshires lost their way in the darkness
and were cut off by the enemy. Lieuts.
Hales and Crook and nine men were kill
ed. The rest of the Dorsetshires attach
ed themselves to the Sikhs and arrived in
camp |n safety. The other officers killed
were Lieut. Wylie of the Ghurkas and
Lieut. Warne of the Sikhs. Fourteen Sikhs
and Ghurkas were killed.
Col. Abbot, Capt. Gustance, Lieut. Munn
and twenty-eight Sikhs and Ghurkas were
wounded. This shows that fifty-eight men
were placed hores du combat in this af
fair, of whom twenty-seven officers and
men were killed and thirty-one wounded.
The two companies of Sikhs holding the
spur of the hill were so fiercely assaulted
‘that they had to call for reinforcements.
Col. Haughton, with the balance of the
Sikh regiment, rushed to their support.
The whole force withdrew gradually,
fighting every step to the valley. Dusk
had now set in and the enemy was crowd
ing the British on all sides. Col. Haugh,
ton determined to camp for the night and
sent five companies to storm a couple of
block houses. The Sikhs drove out the
enemy at the point of the bayonet.
Six were killed and many wounded dur
ing this charge. The wounded were
brought in under the enemy’s unceasing
fire and the force reached headquarters
the next morning without further casual
ties.
TRIAL TRIP OF THE IOWA.
Acceptance Recommended by the
Inspection Board.
New York, INov. 17.—The United States
battleship lowa arrived at the Brooklyn
navy yard this afternoon, after conclud
ing her final trial trip. Before coming up
the upper bay the battleship anchored for
a short time off Tompkinsville, where the
inspection board went ashore "in the ship’s
steam launch. The report of the board
will be sent by telegraph toWashington.
It is said that the performance of the
lowa during the trip was in every way
satisfactory, and that the board will re
commend that the government finally ac
cept the war vessel
As soon as the lowa was made fast at
the navy yard, Capt. Sampson came
ashore and reported to the commander of
the yard.
Capt. Sampson said to a representative
of the Associated Press: “There is very
little to be said about the lowa’s final trial
trip. We sailed south for twenty-four
hours, but at no time during the trip did
we resort to forced draught. After we
had sailed south for twenty-four conse
cutive hours the ship was steered east for
an hour and then northwest for an hour,
nt her maximum speed. She obtained
about 85 per cent, of her maximum speed
under natural draught, which was about
13*4 knots. In her previous trial the en
gines registered 108 revolutions per min
ute, but this was with forced draught.
On this last trip the maxlmurp attained
was ninety-four revolutions.
“All the guns on board were fired on
our way home,” said the captain in con
clusion, “and everything passed off sat
isfactorily. Considering that the vessel
has not been in dock for over seven
months, in my opinion she behaved won
derfully well, and 1 am quite satisfied with
the results.”
HANNA IN NEW YORK.
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The Senator Claims Good Times
Have Arrived.
New York, Nov. 17.—Mark Hanna.
United States senator from Ohio, and
chairman of the republican national com
mittee, arrived in the city to-day. All at
tempts to induce the senator to talk about
the senatorial situation in his state failed.
The senator said that business is good
in Ohio and everything looks encouraging.
“Prosperity has come, and factories are
running on full time,” he added. “The
farmers are getting better prices for their
products and every one seems to be more
or less happy. The mining troubles have
been adjusted happily, and, on the whole,
good times have arrived.”
“I expect to remain three days and then
return to Cleveland,” he concluded.
BLASTING POWDER IN COAL.
The Keg Mowed Away in the Bank
ers of the Amphitrite.
Norfolk. Va., Nov. 17.—1 t is stated here
on what Is considered good authority that
a keg of twenty-five pounds of blasting
powder was found by the coal trimmers of
the Amphitrite, while the vessel was coal
at Lambert’s Point. Monday.
The keg. it seems, passed down into the
bunkers and was there discovered by the
‘men, who took it on deck and tested it.
Its presence in the coal is a mystery, but
the most plausible theory is that it was
left in the car at the mines and brought
here beneath the coal.
llnhamn Gives Gold For Paper.
New York. Nov. 17.—The sum of $30.0(0
In currency was transferred to Alabama
to-day through the sub-treasury in ex
change for gold deposited by local banks.
Baltimore's New Mayor.
Baltimore. Nov. 17.—William T. Malster.
the newly elected mayor of Baltimore,
was inaugurated to-day with simple but
impressive ceremonies.
LOSS OF THE OLIVE PECKER.
Indictments For Murder and Arson
Against the Crew.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 17.—The federal grand
jury in the case of the crew of the Olive
Pecker convened to-day, and after a ses
sion of four hours and a half returned
true bills against John Anderson for the
murder of Capt. John W. Whitman, the
same for the murder of Mate Wallace
Saunders (two indictments) and tlje same
for the destruction of the vessel.
William Horsburgh, John Lind and Juan
de Dios Barrial, alias Manuel Barrial, ac
cessories after murder of Mate Saunders.
Same, accessories after murder of Capt.
Whitman.
John Anderson, Williani Horsburgh,
John Lind and Juan d*e.Dios Barrial for
the destruction of the vessel.
Prior to the session of the grand jury
Martin Barstad and Andrew March, two
of the crew of the Olive Pecker, wer&
given a hearing before United Stales
Commissioner Ackiss and acquitted. They
were held for witnesses and being unable
to furnish bond, are now in jail awaiting
the trial.
These men testified before the grand
jury, as also did Capt. A. J. Hall of Rock
land, Me., owner of the ill-fated schooner;
United States Commissioner Ackiss and
A. M. Low, a Washington newspaper man.
Those were all the witnesses. The case
will probably come up in open court about
Jan. 1, 1898, possibly sooner.
FAKE S'JORY OF DEATH.
Forty Persons Killed According to
a Lund Slide Yarn.
Quebec, Nov. 17.—A landslide on the
Duchene river, near St. Edouard, Lotbine
county, is reported to have killed forty
parsons. The place is forty-five miles
southwest of Quebec. Only one person
has reached the city with any news, and
he is so excited that he can hardly talk.
It is reported by him that more than forty
persons are killed. Following, are some
of the dead: *
Hermidas Labadl, wife and four chil
dren.
Edres LeClair, mother, wife and one
child.
The Castonguay family of eight or nine
persons.
P, Wright, father, mother and brother.
The Lozot family.
Montreal, Nov. 17.—The story telegraph
ed from Quebec of a terrible landslide on
the Duchene river and the loss of forty
lives turns out to be untrue. A French
daily published the story, and added de
tails of the disaster, but investigation
proves that the whole story is a fake.
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CUT DOWN ITS DIVIDEND.
Richmond, Fredericksburg nnd Po
tomac Makes a Small Slash.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 17.—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac rail
road was held here to-day. The opera
tions of the fiscal year, as shown in the
treasurer’s report, indicate that the com
pany’s receipts justified a dividend of not
more than && per cent, for the year, a re
duction of one-half per cent, from the div
idends of the years 1896 and 1895. This de
crease was due chiefly to the adverse con
ditions of trade, but also in no small de
gree to the war of rates between rival wa
ter lines. The property is in good condi
tion. The indications are that the com
pany will resume the payment of 7 per
cent, dividends during the current fiscal
year.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows:
President—E. T. D. Myers.
Directors, on the part of individual
stockholders: Messrs. B. F. Newcomer,
Henry Walters, W. J. Leake and Charles
Chauncey. Director on the part of the
state, J. Taylor Ellyson.
EMORY BEST TRANSFERRED.
He Is Now Assistant Attorney In the
Interior Department.
Washington, Nov. 17.—Judge Emory F.
Best of Georgia, assistant commissioner
of the general land office, has resigned,
and to-day was appointed assistant at
torney in the interior department. He
makes way for ex-Congressman Frank
W. Mondell of Wyoming, who was
out fqr assistant commissioner long ago,
but whose appointment had been deferred
until r.ow.
Judge Best formerly occupied the place
to which he has just been transferred
and was chief clerk of the office of the
assistant attorney general for the Interior
department before his appointment as as
sistant land commissioner uhder the last
administration.
LOAN ASSOCIATION LOANS.
Interesting Subject* Diactissed Be
fore the League,
New York, Nov. 17.—(At the second day's
session of the Interstate League of Build
ing and Loan- Association there was a
thorough discussion of "errors in loans.”
The subject included warnings against
the mistakes made in making loans of the
funds of the different associations.
"What character of securities are asso
ciations justifiable in accepting?” was the
subject discussed at the afternoon session,
which was largely attended.
“How best to conserve assets,” was also
considered.
J. Taylor Ellyson of Richmond, Va., read
a paper on “Real Estate Secured by As
sociations by Foreclosures.”
NVHII’I’ED AND WARNED.
Regulators Visit Negroei Suspected
of Burning a Barn.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 17.—Near Johnson,
Edgefield county, Andrew and Henry Hol
stein and Nels Hartley, negroes, charged
with burning the house and barn of Peter
Washington, a well to do negro, respected
by his white neighbors, were taken out
of their houses and given severe whip
pings by white men and allowed ten days
in which to leave the county, it was
thought that the property of Washington
was destroyed because of jealousy of his
good standing in the community.
WIDE SPLIT OVER WEYLER.
RIVAL PARTIES AT CORUNNA TAKE
OPPOSITE STANDS.
The General Public Appears. Indiff
erent to the Whole Affair—Senor
Moret 11l and the Cuban Autono
my Scheme Not Discussed by the
Cabinet Yet—An Outline of Its
Main Features—Senor Congosfu
Badly Received at Havana.
Corunna, Nov. 17. —There is a violent
campaign here for and against a popular
demonstration in honor of Gen. Weyler,
the former captain general of Cuba, when
he arrives here from Havapa, via Gibara
and Porto Rico. The moderate republi
cans and Carlists are in favor of a dem
onstration, and are doing everything pos
sible to organize a reception for the gen
eral. On the other hand the republicans,
liberals and socialists are organizing a
counter demonstration. The general pub
lic is indifferent. Gen. WeyleFs son was
serenaded to-day on his arrival froifi
Cuba.
Madrid, Nov. 17.—The report that the
government intends, in return for his ser
vices as governor general of Cuba, to ap
point Lieut. Gen. Weyler governor gen
eral of the Philippines, is officially denied.
According to a dispatch from Santiand
er, on the Bay of Biscay, the partisans
and friends of Gen. Weyler are making
lavish preparations to welcome him on his
return. Boats with bands will meet the
Montserrat, and 6,000 rockets will be fired.
When they explode they will drop ribbons
inscribed with “Vive Weyler."
The public, however, is not disposed to
subscribe to meet the expenses of the dem
onstration, and in the case of one club
having a membership of 1,000, only six con
tributed.
CUBAN AUTONOMY.
Basis of tbe Scheme to Be Discussed
by Spain’s Cabinet.
Madrid, Nov. 17—Owing to the indispo
sition of Senor ’Moret, minster for the
colonies, the meeting of the Spanish cab
inet, which had been called for the dis
cussion of Cuban autonomy this evening,
was postponed. ' The principal bases of the
scheme to be considered when the cabinet
meets are the enjoyment of all the rights
accorded by the Spanish constitution, with
out any curtailment whatever; the iden
tity of political and civil rights for Span
iards, and Cubans, without distinction of
race or color, and the creation of a Cuban
chamber, all the members of which are
to be elected by popular vote. A Cuban
Senate is to be created later on.
The chamber is to be empow
ered to vote the budget expenditure,
make laws controlling public services, es
tablish customs tariffs and decide the rel
ative i’espontlbilty of the executive offi
cers.
The motherland will have exclusive con
trol of international affairs, military and
naval matters, sand of the organization of
the tribunals.
Spain also retains the direction of the
political and civil laws of a national char
acter, and retains control .of the expendi
tures of the same character. The exec
utive power will be vested in a governor
general with deputies appointed by him
self. Both the governor general and his
deputies will be responsible to the Cuban
chamber.
CONGOSTO CRANKY
Cuba’s New Secretary General Al
ready Unpopular.
Nov. 17.—The new secretary
general of Cuba, Dr. Jose Congosto, for
merly Spanish consul at Philadelphia, con
tinues to make himself unpopular.' He
has had a dispute with a prominent con
servative, Senor Francisco de las Satftos
Guzman, a former president of the con
gress, and he also has had a misunder
standing with Senor Guetre, a prominent
autonomist, wjth the result, It is under
stood, that letters have been written to
Madrid calling attention to the alleged
eccentricities of the secretary general, and
also dwelling uppn his peculiar political
sentiments. In fact, the dispute between
Dr. Congosto and Senor Guzman became
so heated that it nearly ended in a most
disagreeable manner, and their conversa
tion becoming generally* known, has been
much commented upon and has had a very
unfavorable effect among the Spanish resi
dents.
It is believed here that there will be
great excitements in Spain so soon as the
United States congress meets. Letters
found upon captured insurgents and re
ceived from 'Spain recently indicate that
the insurgents were recently advised to
keep up the struggle for three months
longer, pointing out that the first Act of
the Sagasta government would be the re
moval of Gen. Weyler and adding that
war would be made on the Spanish min
ister at Washington, Senor Dupuy de
Lome. It is charged that Senor de Lome
and Dr. Congosto are to blame for the
spread in the United States of the senti
ment in favor of autonomy, and it is
even alleged that they have induced
American newspapers to advocate this
policy.
There is much excitement here at pres
ent over the news of the landing of an
other filibustering expedition by the
Dauntless, and the hard feelings against
Americans have consequently been in
creased in bitterness.
PANDO CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Every Spaniard In Cuba Between
14 and 40 Wanted in the Army.
Havana, Nov. 17.—Gen. Pando, who is
in charge of the military operations in the
field, received to-day at the palace the
chiefs of the volunteers, whom he asked
to send as many contingents as were dis
posed to undertake the work as garrisons
for the principal plantations and as guards
for the railway lines, bridges and sta
tions. The chiefs will give their answer
to-morrow.
It is officially stated that the govern
ment considers it necessary that all Span
ish residents in the island from the ages
of 14 to 40, should enlist as volunteers on
behalf of the government. It is asserted
that the chiefs of the volunteers assured
Gen. Pando at the interview to-day that
this proposal met with their approval.
Gen. Hernandez De Velasco denies the
recent engagement near Cayajabas, Pin
ar del Ibo, was a severe one. for although
the insurgents were numerous, the Span
ish troops had much the advantage in
position.
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SCANDAL OF THE GRAND CAMP,
Investigation of tbe School Book
Charges Resumed.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 17.—The investigat
ing committe of the Grand Camp, S<#ns of
Confederate Veterans, resumed their ses
sion to-night. This committee was ap
pointed to inquire into the charge that
certain members of the historical com
mittee of the Grand Camp, ’Sons of Veter
ans, were in the employ of the American
Book Company.
The Son’s history committee is an aux
iliary of the history committee of the Vet
erans’ grand camp, which latter commit
tee is atso to be investigated later on with
reference to members of it being in the
employ of the American Book Company.
The investigations by the Son’s Investi
gating committee has, however, taken the
more specific direction of sifting charges
that members of its history committee
were influenced to squelch the Massey res
olutions, which were introduced into Lee
camp, Sons of Veterans, some months ago,
and which were inimical to John E. Mas
sey, superintendent of public instruction
and the book company in question.
At the last meeting of the committee it
developed that Clyde B. West had shown
a check for $125 given him by the agent
here of the American Book Company,
which amount, he claimed, was a personal
loan from the agent. The point at issue
was whether any member or members of
the Son’s history committee, received a
part of this money.
At the session to-night much of the
ground gone over at the first meeting was
gone over again, and several hours were
spent in making technical objections to
the testimony. About the only new tes
timony was that of F. W. Mahood, the au
thor of the Massey resolutions. He testi
fied that Minetree Folkes, who had been a
member of the history committee, endors
ed to him the resolutions.
Mr. .Folkes, however, spoke against the
resolutions in the meeting of the camp,
and is the gentleman alleged by one wit
ness to have said to Mr. West: “Vfhy
did you put that SSO on my desk?”
At midnight the committee adjourned
until to-morrow night.
CANADA’S CONFERENCE.
State Dei>artment Officials Deny
That It Proved a Failure.
Washington, Nov. 17.—The officers of
the state department were very much sur
prised at the reports of the total failure
of the Canadian negotiations which ap
peared to-day in several morning newspa
pers. One of them to-day said: “That
view is not taken by the government in
"Washington. The representatives of the
Canadian government, who have just left
the city, did not come to Washington with
any expectation of concluding any ar
rangement or treaty during their brief
stay. They entertained views upon the
question of the sealing regulations and
hoped to acquire accurate information as
to the views of our government on the re
maining questions which their preceding
government in Canada had failed to ad
just.
“The only fact correctly stated in the
publications referred to is that under the
favorable influences prevailing the seal
experts agreed upon a report. This report
will furnish a good basis for further ac
tion. It goes without saying that Canada
is not disposed to make concessions to
the United States without consideration to
Canada. What such reciprocal concession
or concessions should be is a question not
disposed of, but continues under consider
ation. There has not been the slightest
check to the negotiations further than
the inevitable delay in the settlement of
the sealing question. The Canadian rep
resentatives were hospitably,frankly talk
ed with and participated in a free and
frank discussion.”
The official added: “If every irritating
question can be removed between the two
countries (meaning the United States and
Canada) they can be disposed of under
the administrations now charged with the
conduct of affairs in the United States
and Canada.”
SOVEREIGN MAY RUN WITH BRYAN.
The Former Would Tlieoi Be the
Vice PreMldeuttal Candidate.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17.—The general
assembly of the Knights of Labor, which
has been in session in this city since the
early part of last week, completed its work
to-day and adjourned until the second
Tuesday of next November, when It will
convene again in Chicago.
To-day’s proceedings were the most in
teresting and spirited of any day since the
sesion began. Many questions of national
significance were discussed, and in each
case resolutions were passed expressing
the sentiment of the organization on the
several matters.
The financial question occasioned no end
of discussion and finally /esulted in the
adoption of resolutions denouncing strong
ly the present banking system as advoca
ted by the national bankers.
A delegate to the general assembly from
New York, and one of the most prominent
in the body, said this evening to the As
sociated Press representative .that Mr.
Sovereign, beyond a doubt, would be a
candidate for the nomination of president
in 1900.
“If,” he said, “Mr. Bryan Insists on mak
ing a fight for the nomination, Mr. Sover
eign will not oppose him, for the two are
warm friends. In that event, Mr. Sov
ereign will become a candidate for the
nomination of Vice President. It was
natural for Mr. Sovereign to deny the re
port as he did not care for the capitalists
to interfere this early In his canvas and
thus greatly injure him before the fight is
fairly on.”
STIVE COTTERS SEIZED.
Only Two of the Imported .Lnhor
cr« Xow Free.
Washington, Nov. 17.—Commissioner
General Powderly of the Immigration bu
reau to-day received a telegram from
Inspector Baldwin in Mississippi stating
that he had secured the arrest of nineteen
others of the party of Austrian stave cut
ters. making forty-seven in all. Inspector
Baldwin was instructed to bring the for
ty-seven immediately to Baltimore, for
deportation to Austria and have a deputy
find the two still miseing.
Wages to Go Ip at Fall River.
Fall River, Mass., Nov. 17.—An increase
of 10 per cent, in wages has been an
nounced at the Jesse Eddy w’oolen mill to
take effect Dec. 1. Several hundred hands
«re affected.
WATERWAVES OF THE EARTH.
REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES PER
TAINING TO FARMING.
The Investigations Conducted by the
Division of Soils of the Federal
Department of Agriculture—Cer
tain Regions Where the Rainfall
Is Below the Average Escape the
Disasters Due to Drought by an
Upward Movement of Water Front
Artesian Sources.
Washington, Nov. 17.-The Division of
Sollsfe of the agricultural department,
winch was established a couple of years
ago, is conducting some of the most in
teresting experiments of the department.
Prof. Mil ton Whitney, who is in charge
of the division, is engaged at present in
the investigation of the climatic conditions
of moisture and temperature in their re
lation to the local distribution of crops.
The work has a scope as broad as the
country, it will eventually embrace all
the soils and staple crops, and in its re
lation to the future of the country, when
crops must be specialized under the in
tensified system of agriculture, which
must come to our farmers in a few years,
it promises to be of the utmost economic
and practical value. Its practical utility
will be the determination of the normal
water contents of the different soils in
various portions of the country, their ca
pacity for the absorption and retention
of moisture, with the amount of moisture
required by different crops, together with
methods for ascertaining the point at
which lack of moisture would endanger
crops and the most feasible methods of
Irrigation.
Thus far the investigation has covered
only truck soils in the east, tobacco soils >
•nd an investigation of western soils.
Some marvelous results have already been
obtained. It has been ascertained, for in
stance, in the matter of tobacco growing,
that tobacco wrappers, which are grown
on the light soils of Connecticut, require
but 7 per cent, of moisture, while the fill
ers which are best grown on the heavy!
soils of Pennsylvania and Ohio, require
20 per cent. ,
The investigation of wheat and the
actual amount of water required for its
maturity will follow next, and subse
quently the data as to other crops.
The investigation of the western soils,
made with the aid of the weather bureau
which covers Lower California, the Ban
Joaquin valfey, the Great Palouse district,
comprising the fertile wheat-growing dis
tricts of California, Washington and
Montana, the Yellowstope valley, the Red
river valley and also the Mograve and Ne« -
vada deserts, has developed sortie most as
tounding facts and some which the de
partment of agriculture is not yet able to
explain.
Prof. Whitney says the history of these
soils will make the most remarkable chap
ter in the history of the world’s agricul
ture. Although these soils, excepting the
Red river and desert districts mentioned,
have only from one-fifth to one-half of
the annual rainfall received by the terri
tory east of the Mississippi river (that is
7 to 20 inches) they seldom, if ever, suffer
from drought.
In the Mograve and Nevada deserts the
annual rainfall averages about 5 inches,
but beneath the alkali crusts the soil is
always moist, a fact which the scientists
have as yet been unable to explain. In
fact, little is yet known of the power of
the soils to hold water. As artesian wells
show water in all these districts, from for
ty to 200 feet below the surface, it is con
sidered possible that there is a slow and
continuous movement of water upward
from the artesian sources which are be
yond the influences of local climate. By
placing electrodes In the soil in all these
places at various depths, from a few
inches to twenty-five feet, it is believed
in the future that the direction and in
tensity of what might be termed the wa
terwaves of the earth can be accurately
determined.
The use of electrodes for determining
the moisture of the earth has been quit©
extensively employed in the east and, with
very satisfactory results.
In truck farming and garden work,
where cultivation is intense, it is believed
that the use of these electrodes, which re
quire but two or three ordinary cells for
their operation, can be used with great
profit by those who are at all scientific In
their methods.
MANOUVEKS OFF BRUNSWICK.
Warships and Torpedo Flotilla fa
Try Conclusions.
Washington, Nov. 17.—The navy depart
ment is contemplating some joint maneu
vers between the North Atlantic squadron
and the torpedo boat flotilla, probably ofl!
Brunswick, Ga„ in the course of a few
weeks. The squadron is going southward
that far, and as the flotilla is now in the
vicinity, the opportunity to make some
trials of the torpedo boats as assailants
of battleships and as blockade runners la
good.
CONGRATULATION OF CLEVELAND.
The Ex-President Expresses His Ap
preciation.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 17.—Ex-President
Cleveland said to-day to a representative
of the Associated Press: "The number
and heartiness of congratulations we have
received on the birth of our son are so
gratefully appreciated that I wish you
would convey through the Associated
Press our thanks to all the kind people
who have thus given proof of their friend
liness."
WINTER ASSUMES OFFICE.
All Whiteway’s Eleventh Honr Ap
pointments Cancelled.
St. John’s, New Foundland, Nov. 17.—Sir
James Winter and his colleagues in the
new cabinet, formally assumed office at
noon to-day. The final act of the govern
ment was to cancel all the appointments
made by Sir William Whiteway and his
coheagaes in immediate anticipation of
their resignation yesterday. »
Seven Killed at Munich.
Munich, Nov. 17.—The vault of the Maxi
milian cellar collapsed to-day, burying
eeven ten persons. Eleven of them have
been extricated, but the others are prob
ably dead.