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the MORNING NEWS. )
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| 1 J. H. ESTILL. President. f
CUBA HEROIC IN HER CONTEST.
GEN. JOHNSON AGAIN TALKS OF
THE WAR OF THE PATRIOTS.
Tht . Heliellion Supported I>y the Heat
People of the Isliiiml, Directed ly
In telllifeuce nnil Cundueteil With
Genius niul Conrnre— I The General
Expects the Cubans to Wear the
Spaulsh Out A Great Influx of
American Mechanics Predicted In
(,ise the Cubans NVin.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 30.—1n discussing
situation in Cuba, Gen. Bradley T.
Johnson, recently returning from there,
6 ays that it is impossible to get reliable
or accurate information as to the Cuban
army ■ "I investigated carefully,” said he.
•and was never satisfied. Consider the
Btate of mind in Baltimore among south
ern sympathisers during the civil war,
recall the exaggerations of their enthus
iasm and the dreams of their hopes. Then
intensify that a thousandfold and you
have a faint idea of the condition of
things in Havana to-day. All Spaniards
are for the government—all Cubans are
for the rebellion.”
"What sort of people are supporting the
rebellion?” the general was asked.
The bankers, the planters, the writers,
lawyers, doctors, the professors of the
University of Havana, and the people. The
University of Havana is a hot-bed of pa
triotism. The boys run oft by the score
lo join Gomez and Maceo, and some of the
professors are ministers plenipotentiary
from the Cuban republic to the South
American governments as Franklin and
Laurens were from the devoted colonies
to France, in 1777-78. I think the property,
the culture and the courage of the island
is on the side of the rebellion.
“The insurrection is supported by wealth,
directed by intelligence, and conducted
with genius and courage. I think the
rebels out fight and out manouevre the
Spaniards, and they will wear them out.
“There Is no chance of the rebels being
starved out of the Pinar del Rio district,
for the woods are full of cattle, hogs and
sweet potatoes. They will always have
plenty to eat. They are armed with Rem
ingtons, Spencers, Mausers, every variety
of carbine and revolver and all of them
first rate, but their calibers vary, which
is a terrible disadvantage. In war all car
tridges ought to fit all guns of the
same kind. They have, since I left, got
some dynamite guns, cannons worked by
compressed air, and some guns for smoke
less powder. They have a few American
and foreign artillerists who will rapidly
instruct other foreigners in the service,
and as their artillery is reinforced skilled
men will be ready to use the new cannon.
I would say without any definite Informa
tion that they need company officers, cap
tains, lieutenants and orderly sergeants
more than anything else.
“They are making the gimest fight that
ever was made— not excepting that made
by the confederates in the civil war.
They are wearing out the Spaniards, and
after Gen. Weyler comes back to Havana
again the Spaniards will not throw up the
sponge, but will sit in the towns and
make faces at the rebels, who will rule
the country.”
Hut if they do succeed, will they be
capable of self-government? Will there
no: be a repetition of San Domingo or
iilexlco?”
“No Latin tribe is capable of self-gov
ernment. That requires the constant
6turggle against the forces of nature, and
the pressure of power, such as the Anglo-
Northmen conducted for a thousand years
a ?' the tempests of the North sea
mil the encroachments of feudal power—
a thousand years to produce such a race
as this self-reliant, self-controlled, liberty
loving. justice and right practicing Ameri
can rare. It is the evolution of the ages.
It is the flower of civilization, and no
Roman race will ever equal it.
"its area is about equal to Pennsyl
vania; its people about 1,108,000 white and
0 1.000 negroes and 43,811 Chinese. Negroes
include all mixed blood; white means
pure blooded. You perceive the popula
tion is about equal to that of Virginia and
is similarly mixed, about two whites to
one of all other races.”
With peace and order restored there,
how long would it take for two million
American mechanics to take possession of
the island?"
' s'mh an immigration of skill, energy
and industry as would flow into Cuba the
world has never seen. That would dis
los of the St. Domingo, Mexican, nigger
republic spook.**
Maceo Is the genius of the war. He
sa Quadroon. His mother was the daugh
ter of a Spaniard of rank, as he is the son
hi a Spaniard officer. He Is well educated,
alert, dashing and daring. He
*■' "tar the Spaniards out by guerilla
"ar—constant surprises, ambuscades, at-
! acks an d retreats. Mosby, with 300 men,
, h'.ooo men constantly employed for
to years in the mountains of Fauquier
, Loudoun In Virginia chasing him up
* n, ‘ down hill and dale, but they never
raptured him, and he cost them thousands
“tn-n and millions of money.
Il j s a condition and not a theory that
, Cleveland and the congress are bound
o meet, and a condition cannot be dodged.
grasps men and nations and makes
thvin act.”
BACON FOR CUBA LIHRB.
f engross Believed to Favor Recog
nition of the Insurgents.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30.—Senator A. O.
on stopped over In Atlanta to-day on
tll _ 8 way from his home in Macon to
Washington. On the outlook at the na
tloriai capital, he said: "Unless opinion
* las ‘ hanged very materially, and I do
n “ : believe that it has, there Is an un
douhtc] majority in the present House
t i Senate in favor of what some might
radical action, that Is the lndepend
rr" ' , of the re PUbllc of Cuba being recog
■ z and hy the American congress. I am
L member of the foreign relations
' " mitten, and do not know whether ths
"Publican majority will prevent action
McKinley is inaugurated, but I am
nor of the Independence of Cuba, will
■' vot„ anil Relieve that a majority will
t i ** the opportunity Is pre-
NNOWING IN VIRGINIA.
■be Klakei Come Down Thick and
Fast at Petersburg.
1 '■ >riiburg, V„ Nov. 30.—'Rain fell hete
Ir ' 'y much all day yesterday and (fist
The rain was followed at an early
,’ ir this morning by a heavy snow storm,
first of the winter. At 1 o'clock this
'"eon It |s still enowlng fact, with
• u •leliuation* of clearing weather.
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BUCKET-SHOP MEN BROKE.
lines of SI,OOO Encli to Be ImpoNcd
On a Chiengo Quintette.
Chicago, 111., Nov. 30.—The first case in
this city in which "bucket shop” proprie
tors have been successfully prosecuted by
means of the postal laws came before
Judge Grosscup In the United States dis
trict court this afternoon.
William H. McClure, Dr. James Craig.
James F. McClure, John Tallman and
William A. Thomas, who were indicted
this term at the instance of the Civio
Federation for using the malls to promote
a scheme to defraud, appeared in court,
with their attorney, Judge Scott, and en
tered a plea of guilty. The men were
arrested la|t July, after doing a profit
able business, and others wer caught in
the same net by Postoffice Inspector
Stuart. The Indictments were based n
a letter to customers.
Attorney Scott admitted that the trade
had not been made on the board of trade,
but it was a bucket shop trade.
District Attorney Black, for the govern
ment, recommended a fine of 11.000 in eacn
case, and said Jie was satisfied that the
men, If they had at one time made money,
were now poor and had been broken on
their own wheel.
In answer to the court the defendants
said they had not continued the business
after their arrest.
The district attorney informed the court
there were ot,her similar cases to be called
next month, and he recommended a fine
of *I,OOO In each case.
The judge will pronounce sentence to
morrow.
PISTOLS BEGIN TO POP.
The Battle of the Crack Revolver
Shot* Begun at New York.
New York, Nov. 30.—The battle of crack
revolver shots, instituted under the aus
pices of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club,
began this morning at the club’s range,
and proved to be quite an attraction.
Pistol experts and their friends from
all parts of the country were there. The
tournament will last a week and the
championship of the United States is to
be decided.
The rewards of the men who make good
records, but are beaten for the coveted
championship, will be the silver loving
cup, offered by the club. There are many
crack shots among the contestants, and
some records, it is believed, will be
broken. Among these crack shots are
Lieut. Sumner Paine and John B. Payne
of Boston. Lieut. Paine easily excelled
In shooting at moving object in the Olym
pian games at Athens last April, and John
B. Payne beat all comers in the station
ary target contests. Philadelphia has
entered Barton Willing, a brother of Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, and a very expert
handier of the pistol.
INDIANAPOLIS* CONFERENCE.
The Monetary Convention to Repre
sent Fifteen Western Cities.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 30.—Already
many delegates have arrived to attend
the monetary conference which opens to
morrow morning.
The conference Is called to discuss the
currency question and to decide upon the
advisability of calling a monetary con
ference for the purpose of preparing a
memorial to congress suggesting such
changes in the existing currency laws as
will forever keep the question out of poli
tics and ensure a permanency In financial
methods.
The cities to be represented are Cincin
nati, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, De
troit, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Milwau
kee, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Peo
ria, St. Louis, Toledo, Louisville and In
dianapolis.
. The delegates already here seem to fa
vor the idea of combining the tariff and
financial policies—and adopting a plan
that will put both beyond the possibility
of Immediate changes.
TIG FROM SAVANNAH STRANDED.
The Crew Saved but the I.evl Dints
Aground Off Southport.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The steam tug
Levi Davis of Newark, N. J., from Sa
vannah to Norfolk, Va., crew of seven,
stranded last night, fourteen miles south
east of Southport, N. C. The crew were
saved by means of surf boats.
The tug Levi Davis left Savannah Satur
day, in command of Capt. C. C. Morse of
Southport, N. C. She is owped by P.
Sanford Ross, and was bound from Sa
vannah to Norfolk, to be engaged in tow
ing mud scows near Norfolk, where dredg
ing is being done.
FITZSIMMONS READY TO FIGHT.
He Accept* Stuart's Offer of fJBJKMi
for the Bout.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 30.—Martin Julian and
Bob Fitzsimmons telegraphed Dan Stuart
this afternoon from San Salino, Cal., as
follows: “We accept offer; ready to sign
your articles any time; George Siler of
Chicago must be referee, and fight must
be to a finish.”
This Is in reply to Stuart's telegram of
last Saturday night, offering a purse of
$15,000 for a finish fight between Corbett
and Fitz. Corbett has not been heard
from.
DAN STIABT VERY ILL.
Hl* Life Dcupnlred of at One Time
. lint Ills Ulinuces Setter Now.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 30.—Dan Stuart, the
well known sporting man, is dangerously
sick. His life was dlspaired of all last
night. The complaint is called Interlock
ing of the bowels. Relief was given this
morning, and at noon Stuart fell asleep
under the Influence of narcotics.
Hon. John Scot I Head.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 30.—Hon. John
Scott, ex-Unlted States senator from Penn
sylvania, and general solicitor of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, died last night
at his residence In this city, after a brief
Illness. He was 74 years of age.
goutli CnrolliiH un<! Georgia Hood.
New York, Nov. 30.—The South Carolina
and Georgia Railroad Company reports
for the year ended Juno 30 last: Gross
earnings, $1,077,146, a decrease of $17,339;
net earnings of $359,691, a decrease of $5,783;
and surplus, $33,39(1, a decrease of $11,739.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1890.
CUBANS DODGE OPEN COMBAT.
WEYLER UNABLE TO RUN MACEO
DOWN AS VET.
The Insurgent Lender Reported on
the Retrent—The Coptnln-Genernl
Ln*t Reported Mnrehlng West
ward From San Cristobal—lnsurg
ent* Blow Up a Bridge While n
Train With Spanish Troop* Is
Passing Over It, But no One Killed
in flic Crush.
Havana, Nov. 30.—N0 news concerning
the movements of Capt. Gen. Weyler later
than sent in these dispatches yesterday
has been received. He was then reported
to be marching westward from San Cris
tobal in search of the rebel forces. No
insurgents had been met. The Spaniards
captured a number of stray cattle, and
destroyed some rebel plantations and huts.
There is nothing to Indicate the where
ahouts of Maceo’s command, but it is
thought that they are retreating before
the advance of Gen. Weyler.
The war bulletins issued at the palace
to-day were unimportant. They only re
ported skirmishes In which the losses on
either side were trifling.
Rebels to-day blew up with dynamite a
bridge near Zeiba Mocha, province of Ml.
tanzas, while a train was passing over it.
The armored car attached to the train
was wrecked and one soldier wounded.
Thus far 278 members of the Nanigo So
ciety, which is made up of criminals and
ruffians of every description, have been
exiled to the African penal colonies. This
society was very active towards and after
the close of the ten-years war, and Its
members have taken advantage of the
present condition of affairs to commit all
manner of crimes. The authorities are
making every effort to extirpate them.
An order has been issued by the local
treasury to prevent the exportation of to
bacco grown in the provinces of Pinar del
Bio and Havana from the ports of the
other provinces.
New York, Nov. 30.—The first definite
news in the shape of details regarding
the capture of the town of Guaimaro, in
the district of Camaguey, Cuba, by the
patriots, reached this city to-day in the
form of a personal letter from Gen. Calix
to Garcia to the Junta in New Street. It
was dictated to one of his adjutants, who
brought It to this city.
The report of the siege and capture,
which was celebrated here some time ago,
has been denied by the Spanish authorities,
but the Cuban leaders In this city declare
that Gen. Garcia's letter leaves no doubt
now that the report was correct.
It states that the siege of the garrison
of men in the twelve small forts In the
town lasted twelve days. When the offi
cers surrendered the Cubans took as pris
oners ail the men in charge of the forts,
which ftcluded one captain, two lieuten
ants, two sub-lieutenants, eighteen ser
geants, one surgeon and sixteen corporals.
AH the officers were paroled, but the men
were sent to the mountains to work on the
Cuban plantations. The constitution of
the Cuban government provides for the re
lease of the prisoners, and it was at the
request of the men that they were sent to
the plantations, the letter states.
The booty captured by Gen. Garcia’s
men was a boon to the patriots. In in
cluded 500 "centennes” (A gold piece worth
$5.30.) and other moneys aggregating $21,-
000 ; 200 Mauser rifles, 125 rounds of ammuni
tion, six pack mules loaded with medicines
and stores, and 500 machetes, besides a
quantity of clothing. The letter concludes
by stating that the captured soldiers pre
ferred the protection of the Cubans to the
liberty that was offered them.
Guiamaro is in the district of Camaguey
and in the province of Puerto Principe,
and is a three-day's march from the cap
ital of that province.
It was said by the Cuban leaders irv this
city to-night that news of the capture of
Puerto Principe is expected daily from
Cuba.
Guiamaro had a population of from 4,000
to 5,000 persons.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 30.—A. W. Cock
rell & Son, attorneys for the owners of the
Three Friends, this morning, filed with the
clerk of the United States court their ob
jections and exceptions to the information
of libel in the case of the United States vs.
thp steamer Three Friends, which Is charg
ed with being armed and fitted out for the
purpose of making war against the people
and property of the King of Spain In the
island of Cuba.
In their answer, the owners deny each
and every one of the allegations made in
the libel. The answer to each count of
the libel is set forth specifically and the
answers asked that the libel be dismissed.
The case will come up for a hearing at
the Deeeniber term of court, but as the
steamer is still in custody of the United
States marshal, the owners, through their
attorneys, will to-morrow apply to Judge
Looke to fix the amount of bond to secure
the release of the steamer.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 30.—C01. Emilio
Nunez, the Cuban patriot, will remain
here this week and appear In the United
States court next Monday to answer to
the charge of aiding in setting on fobt the
expedition against Spain, alleged to have
been taken out by the steamer Laurada.
Col. Nunez had a hearing in this case
last September and the evidence went to
show that if any offense had been com
mitted It was on the high seas, but as he
was arrested in this district he was held
for trial at the coming term of the Uni
ted States court.
Since being here last Col. Nunez has
been tried In New York for virtually the
same offense. The trial resulted in the
disagreement of the Jury, and it Is pos
sible that the case may be nol prossed.
Since the beginning of the Cuban war Col.
Nunez has been hounded from one end of
this country to the other by Spanish spies.
Now that ho is here It Is very likely that
a half dozen or more spies will make their
appearance in a day or two.
Key West, Fla., Nov. 30.—Private letters
received In this city Saturday night state
that young Oscar Ceptedes, an American
citizen and a correspondent of the Key
West Herald, who has been confined in
prison In Matanzas for the past several
months, will be tried by court-martial.
His case is similar to that of Orna Melton,
the Tlmea-Unlon correspondent, who has
languished In the Cabanas for the past
nine months. Both cast* have been re
ported to the state department, but hardly
any attention has been paid to them. It
Is reported that young Melton Is back In
the Cabanas, Just convalescing from a
case of yellow fever, and is In a very deli
cate state.
Chicago, (Nov. 30.—Chairman Cragln has
called * meeting of the Cuban relief com-
mlttee of 100 for next Friday to discuss the
advisability and means of floating $1,000,00)
of the Cuban republic bonds in Chicago. If
the committee decides favorably, Senor Es
trada Palma will be soon advised ami he
will offer the bonds on the local market,
coming to the city for that purpose.
There were numerous applicants at
Chairman Cragln’s office to-day for vol
unteer service in Cuba, but no encourage
ment was given them except to a former
lieutenant in the United States army, who
was told to communicate with Gen. Palma.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 30.—The Morning
News correspondent found a perfect hot
bed of Cuban news to dive into to-day.
The star attractions are the filibustering
tug Dauntless, W. A. Blsbee, the owner of
the Dauntless, Mate Lewis of filibustering
fame, and Collector of Customs Lamb. For
the Jacksonville end of the Cuban junta
connections, are the filibustering tug Com
modore and Capt. Morton of filibustering
fame. The play of the junta dates back
from the capture of the Dauntless by the
cruiser Raleigh off Florida shores and
runs through a dull and uninteresting per
iod of detention of the tug until the depart
ure of the revenue cutter Colfax from
these waters yesterday morning. ■ The
cutter had been here for days and lay
near the Dauntless. The Dauntless was
a scene of inactivity. The cutter weighed
anchor and steamed for another port. The
scene on the Dauntless Became active. In
striking coincidence with these moves
came the appearance of Owner Blsbee and
Mate Lewis on the night'train from Jack
sonville. On board the Dauntless prepar
ations for steaming up began. A cus
toms official visited the docks and was in
formed that she was foul on her
bottom and was being fixed to
go on the marine railway at Jacksonville
to be scraped. The Dauntless continued
to take on coal during the investigation,
and while the inspector was going through
her fore and aft she careened under the
load on her port side. This enabled part
of her star board side to be seen, and It
was evident she needed cleaning. In the
meantime the papers were being carried
to the custom house and former Mate
Jams Floyd was endorsed as master. No
tice was then given that she would prob
ably make application later for clearance
to Jacksonville, but before this was done •
a messenger was dispatched to Owner
Blsbee, conveying the Information that
the treasury department had Instructed
the collector not to clear her. This made
a sudden change in plans necessary, and
increased activity was apparent among
the Dauntless people. Rumors were rife
as to her intention to leave without clear
ance, but these were denied, and at a late
hour she was at her dock. Whether she
will sail in the next few hours Is proble
matical, but this is. believed to be her pur
pose and once she is away the Cuban®
will be happier.
At Jacksonville the Commodore
Is being put in shape
for a cruise. She will be cleared for Ha
vana by Capt. Morton. One story states
that she will carry an expedition, and an
other states that she will go out as a
dispatch boat for the New York Herald
with Correspondent Scoville on board. The
Dauntless will make Port Antonio, Ja
maica, her next destination. There she
will take on a cargo of fruit for the Amer
ican trade. The Junta people say there
Is good money In this business during the
Christmas holidays. Be that as it may,
the public may expect some grand stand
plays at once with the Cuban Junta on
one side and the Spanish and American
governments on the other. Should the
Dauntless be refused clearance at Jack
sonville mandamus proceedings will doubt
less be instituted against the collector at
that port. The fight is on, and which side
will win is the absorbing topic of conver
sation among those on the Inside here to
night.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 30.—John W. Starke
of this city claims to have recruited nere
some 500 men, who are to fight for Cuba
as soon as the Cubans are recognized by
the United States as belligerents.
Pottsville, Pa., Nov. 30,-Tho Pottsvllle
Iron and Steel Company this afternoon
shipped to New York for shipment to Ha
vana a sample of a portable steel struc
ture, a number of which It is proposed to
use by the Spanish troops on the Cuban
battlefields for hospital purposes. The
steel company received the order for the
sample from the Spanish ambassador.
Tho building is constructed entirely of
light steel beams, channels and angles,
with corrugated Iron covering on the roofs
and sides. It is bolted together and may
be taken apart easily and transferred from
one seen of operations to another. The
bujldlng Is of plain design. It Is thirty
five feet long, twenty feet wide and fifteen
feet high, under the eaves. The doors
and windows are made of wood. There
are four large windows on either side of
the building. About forty patients can
be taped for in each structure.
MYSTERY IN A FRIZ FT STORE.
The Store Burned and the Proprie
tor Found Wounded.
Charleston, S. C„ Nov. 30. Early this
morning, a fruit store belonging to Charles
Perkins was discovered to be on fire. The
firemen found Perkins himself Inside the
place with five wounds In his head, and In
an unconscious condition. The shop was
totally destroyed.
Perkins regained consciousness during
the day, and said that two men entered his
shop while he was asleep, and one of them
shot him with buckshot and then robbed
him. No shot was heard by the neigh
bors, and the money had not been touched
in the cash drawer. The physicians have
found no bullets nor buckshot In Perkins'
head. The case Is surrounded In mystery,
and many people believe that a roman
candle of one of the sky-rockets, many
of which were In the shop, must have gone
off, hitting Perkins in the head and set
ting the place on fire.
TREASURY GOLD CERTIFICATES.
The Government Not to Rename In
mu ill K Them nt Present.
Washington, Nov. 30.—There is no pres
ent likelihood that the treasury depart
ment will voluntarily resume the Issue of
gold certificates for bullion gold deposited.
Within the past week stealing exchange
has gradually grown stronger until now
it has reached within a fraction of the gold
exporting point. During December and
January it is usual for Imports to be
heavy, as a result of which gold has to
•-■e sent abroad In January and February
to meet the payment of the goods thus
Imported. At present the gold reserve Is
$30,000,000 above the reserve limit and the
treasury rather discourages than other
wise the receipts of gold as it reduces Its
supply of currency. In round figures It
has on hand net $70,000,000 In currency
available for Us dally business.
SNOW STOPS TRAINS SHORT.
TRAFFIC’ EVERYWHERE IMPEDED
IN THE NORTHWEST.
Two Snow Plows Work For Two
Days to Reach a Train Only Five
Mile* Away—A Train That Should
Have Reached Minneapolis Thurs
day Still Stack In n Drift Near Bis
march.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 3d.—Reports of
damage done by the late storm, which
are beginning to come in, show that the
damage is greater than at first supposed.
The railroads are still badly handicapped,
but hope to be running by Wednesday.
The body of Thomas Anderson, who per
ished in the storm near Moorehead, was
found this morning near the home of tha
young lady whom he had escorted home
through the blizzard.
The thermometer registered 6 below
zero In this city at midnight.
With two rotary plows working out of
Fargo on the Northern Pacific since Sat
urday morning, a train snowed in five
miles east of Valley City, was reached at
10 o'clock this morning. Only half a mile
was cleaned yesterday by the rotaries.
The drifts in the cuts are six to fourteen
feet deep, and are frozen like ice mixed
with sand. Dynamite is used to loosen up
this snow. The Southwestern branch to
Lisbon and Edgely is still frozen up and
people In the towns along the line are out
of wood and coal and there seems no pros
pect of opening the roads for three or four
days. Small towns along the main line
of the Northern Pacific are out of fuel.
The Northern Pacific is still blockaded
near Bismarck. It’s coast train, which
should have reached Minneapolis on
Thursday, is stuck in a snow drift at New
Salem, forty miles west of Bismarck, and
cannot move until a snow plow clears the
track.
In some deep cuts snow Is drifted on the
track to a depth of fifty feet. A coal
famine prevails there, and there will be
much suffering unless relief 1h ottered at
once,
• Engineer Winney'S engine ran down to
the tank at Stephen, Minn., for water and
fuel Thursday night, with their cars ohly
a thousand feet away. The storm filled
the track behind them and engineers and
fireman were compelled to stay at the
tank. No one dared to trust himself In
the weather and during the entire night
the two worked to keep the engine aiive
and shoveled snow In the hope of getting
back to the train. At the end of four
teen hours they succeeded in getting hack
over the 1,000 feet. They were hungry,
tired and frost bitten.
Traffic west of Barnesvllle, Minn., has
been completely stopped for two days. An
engine and snow plow left there Sun
day to open the line to Grand Forks. A
large number of freight and passenger
trains are stalled there.
Alexandria, Minn., Nov. 30.—A genuine
blizzard has been raging here all day. No
malls have been received from the west
for twenty-four hours.
Fargo, N. D., Nov. 30.—Two snow plows
on the Northern Pacific collided this
morning. Hans Hansen of Mapleton was
instantly killed and two fireman and two
section men seriously, If not fatally in
jured.
bayard at a banquet.
Anglo-American Friendship the
Hope of Ills Life.
London, Nov. 30.—The anniversary din
ner of tho Royal society was given to
night. Among the guests was Hon. Thom
as F. Bayard, the American ambassador,
tv ho proposed a toast to Sir Joseph Lister,
the president of the society. In speaking
the toast, Mr. Bayard paid a handsome
tribute to the work that had been achieved.
Sir Josepih. replying to the toast, eulo
gized Mr. Bayard who, he said, had en
deared himself lo everybody by htg gen
uine love for the old country. Mr. Bay
ard, he added, must have a feeling of the
greatest satisfaction, as he (Mr. Bayard)
had privately remarked to him during the
evening, that the hope of his life bad been
almost fulfilled, and when he left he would
be able to feel that the clouds that had
once seriously threatened the amicable re
lations of the United States and Great
Britain, had entirely cleared away during
his term of office. This. Sir Joseph as
cribed as largely due to Mr. Bayard's ben
neficient efforts.
BRYAN'S LECTURE TOUR.
Headquarters of the Management
Established at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30.—V. E. Mdßee of
the Seaboard Air Line, who has signed a
contract with Hon. William Jennings
Bryan for a series of lectures In the prin
cipal cities of the United Slates, to-day es
tablished headquarters at the Kimball
house, this city, from which all arrange
ments for the lecture tour will be made.
Alexander Comstock of New York has
been placed In charge of the headquarters
and will attend to all correspondence and
arrangements for the tour. The opening
lecture will probably bo given In Atlanta
the latter part of December. Mr. Com
stock has not decided where Mr. (Bryan
will go from here.
LIEUT. HEIGH BENIGN H.
He Is Working for a Firm Which
Takes Government Contracts.
Washington, Nov. 30.—Secretary Her
bert has accepted the resignation of Lieut.
J. F. Molgs, retired, to take effect June
30 next. Lieut. Meigs was placed on the
retired list In 1391, on account of disabil
ity. After retirement he secured employ
ment with the Bethlehem iron and Steel
Company, as an ordnance expert. The
last naval appropriation bill contained a
clause prohibiting retired officers working
for firms doing work for the government.
In order to continue his work with the
company Lletit. Meigs resigned. He was
appointed from Pennsylvania In 1362.
LADV HE LIN A HC4)TT*H TRIAL.
Postponement for Another Week
Owing to Host's Illness.
London, Nov. 30.—The trial of Lady Se
lina Scott, mother of the Countess Rus
sell, Frederick Hast, John Cockerton and
William Aylott, for criminally libelling
Earl Russell, which was adjourned on
Friday until this morning, has been fur
ther adjourned until next Monday, owing
to the Illness of Host, who la suffering
from pneumonia.
A KANSAS CITY RANK CLOSED.
It* Reserve Depleted anil It* Asset*
Mum Depreciation.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 30.—The Mis
souri National Bank, one of the largest
banking institutions in this city, passed
into the hands of the controller of the
currency this morning, and Is directly In
charge of*H. A. Forman, national bank
examiner. The failure is due to the money
on hand running below the reserve requir
ed under the banking luws, and paper
among the assets being given a much low
er value by Examiner Forman than by tho
bank officials. Mr. Forman Is reticent re
garding the exact condition of the bank,
and the officers of the Institution say they
havo left everything to him. They assert,
however, with apparent confidence that
they will pay depositors in full, and no
matter what occurs, there will be a fair
percentage left for tho stockholders. The'
failure created surprise, us the bank was
generally understood to be In a sound con
dition. Us last statement was made Oct.
6, and showed Its resources at the close of
business that day to be $1,875,537. Its cap
ital was $250,0ft). Examiner Forman says
the condition of the bank Is practically
the same to-day as on Oct. 6. The only
difference Is tho value of somu of the as
sets. The bank opened for business Jan.
2, 1891. with thirty-eight depositors, and
now lias 2,685 depositors. During the panic
in July 1893, it was compelled to suspend,
but remained closed only about ten days.
No trouble is anticipated at any of tho
other Kansas City hanks.
GOAL RUSSELL FOR PRITCHARD.
He I* Also In Fnvur of Breaking a
Rnllroml Lease to the Southern.
Winston, N. C., Nov. 30.—G0v.-elect Dan
iel L. Russell, in an interview, says he
favors the re-election of J. C. Pritchard
to the United States Senate, He claims
that Dockery and Guthrie, populist*, will
not have any showing In the coming- state
legislature. Ho gives Dockery a severs
rasping for the part he took In the last
campaign, after being defeated for the
nomination of governor. The governor
says he will use all of his efforts to break
the Southern's lease of the North Carolina
road. Mr. Russell says he stated during
the campaign that he did not agree wltn
the St. Louis declaration in favor of the
gold stundard. He Is also opposed to tho
lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina
road.
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 30.—There is anew
development In the senatorial fight. Tho
populist state chairman has a letter from
a republican member-elect of the legis
lature, announcing that he will vote for a
populist and not for Pritchard for senator.
VERDICT FOR A LINEMAN’S HEIRS.
An Award of $17,000 on Account of,
His Death by a Live Wire.
(Philadelphia, Pa.. Nov. 30.—An opinion
was filed to-day by Judge Dallas In the
United States circuit court of appeals, af
firming the Judgment of the lower court
In the suit of Henry IM. Garden, adminis
trator of James A. Mason, deceased,
against tho Newark Electric Light and
Power Company. The action was tried In
the circuit court of New Jersey and re
sulted in an award of $7,000 damages for
Mason’s death. Mason was a lineman.
In 1894, while he was engaged In Newark
In making some repairs to wires strung
on a telegraph pole, he came In contact
with a "live" wire and was killed. The
defendant company was held responsible,
upon the ground of negligence, it being
contended that the wire was not properly
covered. Judge Acheson filed a dissenting
opinion.
FLAG UF TRUCE AT HAMBURG.
The Mnsler* ami Men to Try to Coiu
promise Their Difference*.
Hamburg, Nov. 30.—There is some reason
to believe that the trouble here will short
ly be settled. Though both sides to the
dispute have expressed themselves as con
fident of victory, It has been certain that
there would be no amicable adjustment of
the questions In dispute unless concessions
were made by both maulers and men. This
was seen by both sides and efforts to bring
about a conference resulted to-day In the
appointment of a committee of four ship
owners and four workmen to decide upon
terms for a settlement of the strike. The
committee wet to-day and It is said that
the outlook for the ending of the trouble
is hopeful, 'both sides being willing to re
cede in some degree from the extreme
stands they have heretofore maintained.
FRANCE'S CHANGE OF FRONT.
Pnrlslnn Papers Ynw Advocating an
Alliance With England.
Paris, Nov. 30.—The Figaro, In a leading
article to-day, declares that the most in
timate relations between Great Britain
and France are necessary, and that M.
Hanotaux, minister of foreign affairs, will
be to blame if he falls to cement the na
tions as desired by the people and parlia
ment of France.
Lo Nord affirms the statement made on
Bunday that the Purls government Ims
Joined the governments in Ht. Petersburg
and London in negotiations looking to tho
establishment of Turkish reforms, which
accounts fqr the sudden change In the tone
of the Frekch press toward England.
HARDEMAN SLIGHTLY BETTER.
Ills Physician* Fear Ihe Outcome of
the Brlghl’* Disease.
Oxford, Ga., Nov. 30.—The physicians
announce jio permanent change In Col.
Hardeman's condition, though at present
he Is brighter.
Mr. Hardeman's physicians are afraid
(hat the Bright’s disease will prove fatal.
He was unconscious to-day and seemed to
Imagine that he was making calculations
In regard to the state's revenues and dls
biirsementa. Five physicians are attend
ing him.
HI'IUIDE IN A CELL
An Alleged Hnludler Hwnllon* Pul
verised Looking Gliisn.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 30.—Dr. Cowan,
Implicated In the big land swindling case
at Kansas City, and who has been In jail
here for the last two months, committed
suicide In the county Jail to-day. Cowan
pulverised a small looking glass and swal
lowed a large quantity of It, dying almost
Instantly,
I DAILY. $lO A YEAR. I
■{ 5 CENTS A COPY. V
J WEEKLY 2-TiMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR I
CASE GOES AGAINST CHAPMAN.
Jl DGEMENT OF THE COURT OF AP
PEALS AFFIRMED.
Now Look* n* If the Recalcitrant
Savor Trust Investigation Broker
Would Have to Pay sloo and Nerve
Thirty ltn>* In Jail—The Claim ot
Controller General Wright Auatnat
the Central for Taxes Upheld—Sev
eral Other Case* Also Decided by
the Federal Supreme Court.
Washington, Nov. 30.—(8y its unanimous
decision to-day, announced by Chief Jus
tice Fuller, the supreme court of the United
States practically affirmed the Judgment
of the court of appeals of the District of
Columbia In the case of Elverton R. Chap
man, the stockbroker, who declined to
answer certain questions propounded by
the Senate committee investigating the fa
mous sugar trust rumors In connection
with the consideration of the tariff bill in
1893.
Tlie effect of the division is that Mr.
Chapman must surrender himself to serve
the term of Imprisonment of thirty days
adjudged against him upon conviction in
the district court, ami pay a fine of SIOO. A
collateral effect is that Messrs. Havemyeo
and Searlcs of the sugar trust, and Messrs.
Edwards and Shrlver, newspaper corres
pondents, who ulso declined to answer th
questions propounded by the Senate com
mittee, will have to submit themselves foil
trial in the district court, upon indictments
similar to that in the Chapman case.
There yet remains to Mr. Chapman,
however, the sight to apply for his re
lease, after he shall have been placed In
the custody of the marshal, under tha
sentence of the district court upon a writ
of habeas corpus and the whole case will
then come up for review. He may file hla
petition in the district court, but inas
much as that court has already practi
cally decided against him, he will be more
likely to go to the supreme court of the
United States direct with an original ac
tion.
A total of jhirty-eight cases were dis
posed of by the supreme court to-day.
Among them were the following:
The claim of W. A. Wright, controller
of Georgia, against the Cehtrai Railroad
and Banking Company of that state for
certain taxes assessed against the railroad
property for 1891, was sustained in accord
ance with the Judgment of the supreme
court of the state. The court held that a
tax on the property of a railroad com
pany may be a tax on its capital stock in
some Instances, it was not such a tax
when the distinction between the two wae
made by the statute, as was done in tha
charter of the railroad company in this
case,
A decision adverse to the claims of tha
New Orleans Water works Company was
rendered in the case of the company vs.
the city of New Orleans, sustaining tha
action of the circuit court for the Eastern
district of Louisiana. The corporation
asked for a decree annulling licenses
granted by the council of New Orleans
to certain persons to lay water math* in
the streets of the city, in violation of the
company's alleged exclusive right thereto,
and aN*o directing the council not to issua
such licenses In the future. Buch decrees,
it was pointed out, even if granted, would
be inoperative ugalnst persons not brought
into court.
The Citizens Bank of Louisiana brought
suit In the United States court for tha
Western district of Louisiana to. prevent
the sheriff of certain parishes In the state
from seizing and selling certain property
of the bank In their several parishes for
taxes alleged to be due. To give the court
Jurisdiction of the case the bank aggre
gated the various sums claimed to be due*
but this, the court said, could not ba
done, and dismissed the bill. The su
preme court of the United States holdfl
that view of the law was correct, but re
versed the Judgment of the district court
for the reason that, not having jurisdic
tion, the lower court gave Judgment of
costs and made certain allowances of per
centages to attorneys and others. Tha
case was remanded without Instructions.
The constitutionality of the laws of Ala
bama regulating the conduct of Insur
ance in that state was sustained by tha
decision of the supreme court of tha
United States affirming the Judgment of
the supreme court of the state In the casa
of Noble and Ware vs. S. M. Mitchell.
DINGLKY BILL DOOMED.
Hrnutor Bacon Confident It Will Ba
Vetoed If Passed.
Atlanta, Ga-, Nov. 30.—Regarding tha
statement that President Cleveland
might sign the Dingley bill should It pasa
at this session, United States Senator
Bacon gave It as his opinion to-day that
the President would not sign It even If It
did pass, which he considered extremely
doubtful. “I believe,” said the senator,
“that McKinley will call an extra session
of congress, but I am not one of thosa
who think the republicans will attempt to
re-enact the McKinley bill or any Ilka
measure. 1 think," he continued, “that
the tariff schedules will be revised in sev
eral particulars, but any attempt to
change the whole bill would be as disas
trous to the republican party as It would
be to the country.”
TWO KILLED AT A CHURCH.
A Political Fend In Mouth Cnrollms
Has n Bloody Ending.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 30,—A special to
the State from Troy. S. C., gives intelli
gence of a double tragedy at Bethany
church, near there, yesterday.
It seems that for some time a feud had
existed between L. J. Williams and J. D.
White, because of political rivalry, though
both belonged to the reform faction. Tha
matter was broached after church yester
day by J. V. White, a brother, who cursed
Williams. They both drew pistols, and
Williams killed White.
J. D. White then cut Wifilams with a
knife and was shot down, dying soma
hour* later. The bodies had not been re
moved from the church, which Is In A re
mote section of the country, when heard,
from to-day. Williams Is an ex-member
of the legislature and a member of ilia
board of control.
Deficit of the Treasury.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The November
treasury deficit from official figures to ba
Issued to-morrow will be $7,621,000, and for
the five months of the fiscal year to datff
, of $40,500,000.