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THE MORNING NEWS. )
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888. -
J. H. ESTILL, President. )
COURT MAY PASS ON CARTER.
CISE SENT TO THE JUDGE ADVO
CATE GENERAL OF THE ARMY.
Secretary Alger Want* the Opinion
of the Head of the Legal Depart
ment on the Report of the Board
of Inquiry—Shonld the Judge
Advocnte Find Further Proeeed-
Ings Inueoessar}- the Case Would
lie Closed Vpon Secretary llger'a
Approval of the Jadge Advocate’s
Finding.
Washington, Nov. 15.—'A military court
martial or a court of inquiry may be con
vened to finally dispose of the charges
against Capt. O. M’ Carter, of the en
gineer corps, growing out of the findings
of the board of officers appointed by the
Secretary of War to investigate the work
In connection with the river and harbor
Improvements in Savannah harbor.
This very interesting case took an un
expected turn to-day, when Secretary Al
ger, after being advised of the findings
of the board of officers, of Which Col. Gil
lespie is chairman, referred the report to
the judge advocate general of the army,
with instructions to make a legal review
of the testimony taken by the board and
submit a report thereon. The reference
of the report to the judge advocate gener
al's department indicates that the findings
of the board were not such as to warrant
the secretary tn either approving or dis
approving of the report without further
legal information on the subject.
The case has attracted general interest
throughout the army, especially in the en
gineeer corps, and the fact that Secretary
Alger, although In poor health, made o
brief visit to the war department this
morning to consider thts case, shows that
he intends that full and speedy justice
shall be meted out to all concerned.
In conversation with the Morning News
correspondent. Secretary Alger stated this
afternoon, that he went to
the war department this morning
and had a consultation with
Gen. Wilson, the chief of engineers, who
carefully read the entire report. The sec
retary did not undertake to read the text
of the report, which covers over 1,000 type
written pages, but he was advised of the
contents of the report by Gen. Wilson. It
is understood the board of officers sub
mitted its findings without making any
precise recommendations.
Secretary Alger added that In view of
the fact that the board took a very wide
range in Its investigation and covered
many subjects not ordinarily inquired into
by similar boards, he deemed it advisable
to have the whole matter referred to the
Judge advocate general of the army, be
fore proceeding further.
Pending the review of the findings of the
board, by the judge advocate general, the
cloak of secrecy still enfolds the report.
Had the report been entirely friendly to
Capt. Carter, it is believed that the Sec
retary of War would have cheerfully pro
mulgated the findings of the board, for
it is well understood that Secretary Al
ger, Gen. Wilson and nearly all of ttie
leading army officers on duty at Washing
ton, entertain the highest regard for Capt,
Carter’s professional and personal stand
ing. It was stated at the war department
s. few days ago that if the report of the
board was favorable to Capt. Carter, the
secretary would take great pleasure in
promptly giving it the widest publicity.
It is possible that the judge advocate
general, after reviewing the case, may
conclude that further proceedings are un
necessary, and in that event the incident
is closed when Secretary Alger approves
the report of the legal authority in the
army.
On the other hand it may be necessary
to convene a court martial to give the ac
cused an opportunity to meet certain ques
tions brought out by the original board.
It appears that the board, under authority.
Imposed upon it in the order creating the
board, exercised its own discretion as to
the extent to which the investigation of
Capt. Carter’s affairs should go. In so do
ing a great many subjects were touched
upon not contemplated when the investi
gation was originally projected, hence the
ease has been more or loss complicated.
Col. Gillespie and his associates on the
board have evidently executed the work to
which they were assigned in the most
thorough manner, and submitted the facts
as they found them, leaving the Secretary
of War to render such decision as he may
consider justifiable under the circum
stances.
Just what construction to put upon the
secretary’s action in referring the report
to the judge advocate general Is a ques
tion upon which military authorities dif
fer. The Gillespie board did not attempt
to pass upon the legal status of the com
plaints filed against Capt. Carter. It sim
ply took such testimony as it deemed rele
vant to the question involved. It is said
that the judge advocate general may de
cide that the board went out of its way in
its search for testimony and motives, and
that such testimony and motives when
legally considered, will have no bearing
upon the original allegations. It is also
said that if a court martial is convened
Capt. Carter will be given a better chance
to explain away some of the now cloudy
circumstances in connection with this cel
ebrated case. However opinions may dif
fer as to the outcome of this ease, the
fact remains that the Secretary of War
considers the findings of the board quite
serious enough to call In the advocate
general for legal advice, which in itself is
not altogether favorable to Capt. Carter
at the present writing.
CLERGYMAN STABBED.
A Masked Man Sticks n Knife Into
Abdomen and Flees.
Ttacine, Wl*., Nov. 15.—Rev. Hugo Stu
benvoll, pastor of the St. Paul German
Lutheran church, lies In a precarious con
dition at his home on Geneva street to
night as the result of a stab wound in
tin- abdomen received from an unknown
a- assin at a late hour Saturday night.
Saturday night. Rev. Mr. Stubenvoll left
hi- house, which adjoins the church, and
proceeded to an outbuilding in the rear
of bis home. Returning, he was attacked
* v a masked man of medium hight, who
thrust the blade of ft knife into his abdo
men and fled. The matter was kept quiet
until to-day.
GREECE’S TOBI'EDO SCANDAL.
hastopoalo Cashiered and Anastas!
to Be Cnurt-Marlinled.
'' c ns. Nov. 15.—The disciplinary tfcouri
is investigating the torpedo scandal. It
h f) s "cashlehed” Capt. Rastopoulo on the
charge of culpable negligence, and has
ordered that Capt. Anastasl, the construc
tion engineer, be courlmartlaled.
fp )t Motnim
LEE PAYS HIS RESPECTS.
The Consul General Satisfied With
the Results of His Interview.
Havana, Nov. 15.—Consul General Fltz
hugh Lee paid official visits to-day to Mar
shal Blanco, the governor general, Gen.
Pando (who has been assigned by Marshal
Blanco to conduct the military operations
in the field) and Senor Jose Congosto, the
new secretary general of Cuba. He was
Courteously received by all and according
to the official account, subsequently ex
pressed himself as well satisfied with the
results of the interview.
YVEYLER AND THE MAI'S.
The New York Herald’s Charge
Looked fpon ns Very Grave.
Madrid, Nov. 15.—The semi-official Cor
respondence, referring to a Havana dis
patch published In the New York Herald
Sunday, asserting that Gen. Weyler car
ried off maps and other documents con
cerning Cuba, says: “The gravity of the
statement does not permit comment. The
matter must be completely elucidated for,
if confirmed, the government will be
obliged to assume an inexorable attitude.”
SOLDIERS SENT TO SPAIN.
Steamer Leaves Cuba With SOO In
valided Men on Board.
Havana, Nov. 16.—The Spanish steamer
Alicante returned to Spain to-day with
800 sick and invalided soldiers.
The Spanish steamer Alfonso XII ar
rived here to-day, having on board San
itary Sub-Inspector General Mass and
Brig. Gen. Diego Fieguroa, twenty-five
officers, five chaplains and 700 soldiers.
Admiral Luis Pastor Landero also ar
rived by the Alfonso XII. He Immediate
ly relieved Admiral Navarro, the Spanish
naval commander in these -waters. The
latter will return to Spain on Saturday
next.
LYNCHING OF THE INDIANS.
Two of the Dead Bucks Witnesses
Needed by the Government.
Bismarck, S. D„ Nov. 15.—An Interest
ing legal question is presented by yester
day’s lynching of three of the Spicer mur
derers. Two of the men, Holytrack and
Ireland, were the state's witnesses, and
without their testimony the state has no
case against the two surviving suspects,
Black Hawk and Defender. There is,
therefore, now no possibility of convicting
them before any tribunal for the reason
that the state’s witnesses, self-confessed
aneompllcss. are dead.
The feeling against Black Hawk has
been intensified by the report that Coudot
confessed before his hanging that Black
Hawk and Defender were concerned in
the crime. It has been the opinion of a
large number of people in Edmounds coun
tyl that Black Hawk was the instigator of
the crime. If he is discharged it Is predict
ed that unless he has an escort out of the
country, he will share the fate of his com
rades in crime. Defender, the other sur
vivor, has consumption, and it is predicted
cannot live a year.
It is claimed that the majority of the
lynchers were from Winona, where the
crime was committed, but nothing certain
is known. Two of the men hanged were
wards of the government, and the lynching
may bring about some action by the gov
ernment to discover by whom they were
lynched.
Blackhawk and Defender were remov
ed by Sheriff Taylor to-day from the
county Jail to the state penitentiary to
protect them, from possible mob violence.
SICK BENEFITS A CONTRACT.
New Jersey Decides Against an Odd
Fellows Lodge.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 15.—The court of
errors and appeals met to-day and render
ed a number of decisions. William H.
Brenderburgh, the newly-appointed judge
of the court, was present and was sworn
in by the controller.
One of the opinions rendered is of gen
eral importance to beneficial organizations.
The court affirmed the supreme court in
the case of the Roxbury Lodge, Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellows, against Wtiliam
Hocking. When Hocking joined the Rox
burg lodge the sick benefits were $3 a
week for an indefinite period. Subsequent
ly they were changed to $5 a week for
twenty-six weeks and $1 a week thereafter.
Hocking was sick a long time and sought
to recover $3 a week for the period. The
court decided in his favor and laid down
the principle that the benefits which the
lodge rules provided for at the time of a
member joining were in the nature of a
contract, and could not be changed without
the member’s consent.
TURKEY GIVES IN TO AUSTRIA.
Offending Officials to Re Dismissed
* and the Flag Saluted.
London, Nov. 16.—According to a special
dispatch from Vienna, the Turkish gov
ernment, in reply to the demands of Baron
de Calice, the Austro-Hungarian ambas
sador to the porte, for the dismissal of the
vali of Adnna, Asia Minor, and of the
mulessarif or Mersina, the port of Adana,
for the recent Indignities offered to the
Austrian merchant, Brazzafolli, agent at
Mersina of the Austrian-Lloyd Steamship
Company, has agreed to dismiss both offi
cials and to salute the Austrian flag. The
incident is now closed.
London, Nov. 16.—'The Vienna correspon
dent of the Doily Chronicle says: The
commanders of two Austrian warships
had received Instructions to bombard Mer
slna in case the Turkish government de
layed giving satisfaction for the Indignity
beyond next Thursday at noon.
WIFE GETS A VERDICT FOR ftUi.OOO
Her Father-In-Law Held to Have
Alienated Her Hunhnnd'n Love.
New York, Nov. T6.—A sheriff's jury In
Brooklyn to-day gave a verdict for *65,000
to Mrs. Florence Van Schaack against
her father-in-law, Peter • Van Schaack,
for the alienation of her husband’s af
fections. Peter Van Schaack Js the head
of the firm of Peter Van Schaack & Cos.,
druggists of Chicago. He is said to he
a millionaire. The plaintiff lives at Bath
Beach. On March 20, 1888, she was mar
ried to John Van Schaack at Pensacola,
Fla. Since that time the couple have
lived in New York, Chicago and New Or
leans. On March 26, 1897, the couple sep
arated. iMrs. SchaSck in her affidavit al
leges that she was abandoned and that
her father-in-law alienated her husband's
affections.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1807.
BRAVE CHARGE BY BRITISH.
GORDON HIGHLANDERS COYER
THEMSELVES WITH GLORY'.
Dnrgal Ridge Reeaptnretl in the
Face of a YVitkering Fire From
Native Tribesmen on a Ilill Allow
Them-—The Attacking Party
Forced to Cross an Open Y'alley
Half YY’ay Up the Ridge Before
They Conld Get at Their Foes.
London, Nov. 16.—The newspapers of
this city have received graphic details by
mall of the recapture of Dargal Ridge by
the Gordon Highlanders on Oct. 20, during
which that regiment exhibited remarkable
dash ans courage. In order that the nar
rative may be complete it ts necessary to
make a brief review of details already
cabled.
After the fighting on Monday, Oct. 18,
between the column of British troops, com
manded by Gen. Sir Yeatman Biggs, and
the tribesmen from Chagru, on the Sa
mana range, the British retired upon
Shinware and the enemy, greatly re-in
forced, re-ocoupted Dargal Ridge, which
commands Chagru.
On Wednesday Oct. 20, Gen. Biggs sent
the second division to dislodge the tribes
men from Dargal Ridge. The position
was a very strong one, the epemy occu
pying the summit of a precipitous hill.
The top of this hill could be reached only
by a single path along which the attack
ing force, at first consisting of a Ghurka
regiment, the Derbyshire regiment and
the Dorsetshire regiment, was obliged to
climb tn Indian file, while three batteries
of artillery shelled the Bangars of breast
work entrenchments of the hillmen.
Dargal from the direction of the
assault, it is now more fully explained,
presents a frontage of about a mile, the
left end pf which is sheer rock for 200
yards. In spite of the difficulty of the as
cent, the movements of the British troops
were fairly well covered, except in case of
a low dip or small valley, from 100 to 500
yards wide, about half way up the ridge.
This dip was exposed to direct fire from
the summit of the cliffs. As the Ghurkas,
supported by the Derbyshlres and Dorset
shires, reached this fire zone the top of the
cliffs burst out into flame, for 1,000 tribes
men had reserved the fire of their rifles
until that moment. Though decimated,
the little mountaineers (Ghurkas), strug
gled across the dip and reached the shel
ter of a few rocks where they lay down
under cover for a moment or so in order
to recover their breath. Then, led by
their officers, they made a rush for the
cover of the cliff side. Though the re
mainder—the Ghurkas, the Derbyshires
and the Dorsetshires—appeared on the
fringe of the dip, yet to step Into the fire
was to court death. But the Dorsetshires
again tried to advance to the support of
the Ghurks and thirteen men straggled
into the open space, only to drop before
the far side haven was reached. At this
juncture, Gen. Kempster ordered the Gor
don Highlanders to the front. Rapidly
forming his men, and after this now his
toric speech, “Men of the Gordon High
landers: Our general says that position
must be taken at all costs, the Gordon
Highlanders will take it," Col. Mathias
the commander of the Highlanders, dash
ed out at the head of his gallant regiment,
and in a moment they were across, carry
ing everyone with them In their onrush,
storming the ridge with a resolution that
was resistless and beating down all oppo
sition.
Piper Findlater, blowing his loudest and
best, was among the first to show the
way across that deadly strip of ground,
and when, after traversing but a few
yards, he was laid low by a shot through
both legs, he managed to prop himself
up against a boulder and continued with
unabated energy to play "Cock of the
North,” animating his comrades by the
familiar, stirring music of his beloved
pipes.
The barrier was finally swept away, and
the enemy left their loopholes, and rock
barricades and fled precipitately down the
river’s slopes, without waiting for the
line of cold steel which was too nearly
on the crest of the ridge.
Piper Findlater has been recommended
for the Victoria Cross.
Capt. Robinson of the Ghurkas also act
ed with the greatest gallantry. After
leading his men across the fire zone to
the cover, and finding the force there in
sufficient, he returned over the death-trap
alone, and was mortally wounded while
leading the second rush of Ghurkas to
support the first body of that regiment.
VOTERS MUST HEAD ENGLISH.
Supreme Conrt of Wyoming Ren
ders nil Important Decision.
Cheyenne, Wyo„ Nov. 15.—The Wyoming
supreme court to-day rendered a decision
in the Carbon county election case, sus
taining the contentions of the plaintiffs,
who were the candidates for county attor
ney, treasurer and commissioner on the
democratic ticket at the last election. The
court decided that foreign borne citizens
must be required to read the constitution
tn the English language in order to vote.
There were 115 Finns who voted the re
publican ticket, but could not rend the
constitution In English. Their votes were
accepted as they oould read in their own
language. The decision will put the dem
ocratic candidates in office and settle a
very important constitutional question.
COTTON GROWERS TO CONVENE.
Their Convention to Open at Atlan
ta on Dec. 13.
Columbia, 3. C., Nov, 15.—As a result
of a cotton grower’s convention of this
state, held here last week, under the call
of the alliance president, a convention of
southern cotton growers has been called
to meet in Atlanta on Dee. 13. Delegates
will be elected tn each county on the first
sales day in December. Gov. Ellerbe will
to-morrow write the several southern gov
ernors asking that they appoint delegates
at large. The purpose of the convention
is to form a protective alliance to fight
combinations and dlvise plans for advan
tageously marketing the Crop.
BAND LEADER A SUICIDE.
Despondency Ended With a Load of
Shot From a Gnn.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.—Prof. Dennis
Levy, leader of the hand at the National
Soldier’s home, Hampton, committed sui
cide this morning by shooting himself with
a shotgun. He was 62 years of age, a na
tive of Ireland, and served in the late
war from New Hampshire. He had been
despondent for some time.
DREYFUS MAY BE INNOCENT.
Proof That He I* Claimed to Have
Been Laid Before Pilot.
Paris, Nov. 15.'—M. Scheurer-Kestner,
one of the vice presidents of the Senate,
who has been agitating for a re-opening
of the case of Alfred Dreyfus, the former
captain of artillery, now undergoing a
sentence of life Imprisonment for life for
selling important French military plans
to agents of a foreign power, has written
a letter ro the newspapers In which he
asserts that on Oct. 30, he presented the
French minister for war, Gen. Bllot, doc
uments proving the prisoner Innocent. M.
Scheurer-Kestner adds that the minister
promised to make an Inquiry into the
matter and also undertook to communi
cate to M. Scheurer-Kestner the result
within a fortnight, pledging the latter to
silence in the meanwhile. Continuing, M.
Scheurer-Kestner explains that this is
the reason of his misunderstood silence,
but as the fortnight has elapsed without
tho minister of war communicating with
him, he now repeats, without fear of con
tradiction, that he showed the minister
documents which easily establish the cul
pability of another than Dreyfus.
The letter of M. Scheurer-Kestner caus
ed considerable excitement in the lobbies
of the chamber of deputies, and It is ex
pected the cabinet will discuss the sit
uation to-morrow, and issue a pronounce,
ment on the subject.
M. Scheurer-Kestner, in a recent letter
to Gen. Bilot, declared that a rich and
titled officer, well-known in Paris society,
had been rAtuested to resign in conse
quence of the continued leaking of milita
ry secrets since Capt. Dreyfus was deport
ed. Furthermore, he declared that this
officer was the author of the unsigned let
ter which led to the condemnation of Capt.
Dreyfus. Tho newspapers to-morrow will
publish the letter, which the brother of
Capt. Dreyfus sent to Gen. Bllot, the min
ister’for war, denouncing Comte Ester
hazy, who answers the foregoing descrip
tion of the author of the unsigned letter.
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING.
A Prominent Lawyer and Capitalist
of Maryland Kills Himself.
Snowhtll, Md„ Nov. m-AVilllam Sidney
Wilson committed suicide at his home in
Snow Hill yesterday afternoon by shoot
ing himself with a revolver. For some
time he had been in bad health, and ts
supposed to have taken his life while suf
fering under temporary aberration of the
mind.
Mr. Wilson was one of the best known
men in the peninsula. He was the oldest
son of the late United States Senator
Ephraim King Wilson of Worcester.
He was 46 years old. end a graduate of
St. Johns College, Annapolis. Mr. Wilson
studied law under his father, and was ad
mitted to the bar in early manhood. He
had practiced continuously since in the
first circuit and before the court of ap
peals.
In 1877 Mr. Wilson was elected to the
House of Delegates, and In 1883 he was
elected state's attorney of his native coun
ty, an office he held by re-election until
1889, when he resigned. He was the senior
partner in the law firm of Wilson & Col
lins, a director of the First National Bank
of Snow Hill, and, together with O. D.
Collins, owned the Boatmen’s Bank of
Chlncoteague, Va. He was prominent in
the development of Ocean City, served as
Its mayor for some years, and owned much
property there, as well as in other parts
of Worcester. Mr. Wilson left a widow,
who was a Miss Ewing of St. Louis, a
daughter, Miss Louise, who has just at
tained womanhood, and five sons, ranging
in age from 18 to 5 years.
NEW LINE TO GREENWOOD.
It Will Form nn Important Connect
ing Link For Gonld.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 15.—J. C. Kel
ton, surveyor and civil engineer, was In
Little Rock to-day making arrangements
to begin a survey for an extension of the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railway from Little Rock to Greenwood,
Ark. The extension of the system on the
south side of the Arkansas river, between
Little Rock and the terminus of the
Fort Smith branch, has long been consid
ered very desirable. It. will involve about
166 miles of construction through a coun
try abounding in agricultural, timber and
mineral resources, and will form on im
portant connecting link in the Gould sys
tem. The survey will begin at once.
FITZSIMMONS RESIGNS.
The Fighter Anxlonn to Get the
Marlon Elks Out of Their Box.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 15.—1n a letter,
which he makes public to-day, Robert
Fitzsimmons, who is playing at one of the
local theaters, tenders his resignation to
the membership in the Marlon, Ind., lodge
B. P. O. Elks, Into which order he was
initiated recently.
“Feeling that my admission to member
ship hns placed your lodge In a position to
be criticised, no matter how unjustly,’’
says the letter, “I offer this resignation
in the hope that your friendly relations
with the order may be wholly restored."
The Marion order had beecn suspended
for receiving the champion Into Its fold.
. DOWN ON FOOT BALL.
Gov. Jones Wants the Game Pro
hibited at the State University.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 15.—The govern
or of Arkansas Is the first chief magis
trate to disapprove of the game of foot
ball. In a letter to President J. L. Bueh.
anan of the state university at Fayette
ville, Gov. Jones take the recent game be
tween the Fort Smith and State Univer
sity teams as a text, and strongly con
demns the sport as brutal, and recom
mends there be a stop put altogether to
the playing of the game by the students
of the state university. The governor is
ex-officio president of the state university
board of trustees.
BY-ELECTION IN DEPTFORD.
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
Candidate Wins.
London, Nov. 15.—A parliamentary by
electlon was held to-day Ip the borough
of Deptford, London, to fill the vacancy
caused by the elevation of the late mem
ber, Charles John Darling, to the queen’s
bench division of the high court of Justice.
The result was the victory of Arthur H,
A. Norton, the conservative and liberal
unionist candidate. His majority over J.
1 William Benn, libers* #d radical, was 321.
GEORGIA RAILROAD GRAB.
LOUISVILLE'S GROUND FOR TRYING
TO SHI T OUT CEN TRAL.
MaJ. Cnmmlngn For tlie Georgia and
Alex C. King For the I.mtisville
and Nashville Present Their Side
of the Case to Judge Pardee.
The Claim Made That Neither ot
the Lessee Bonds Acquired Proper
ty Under Their Contract UVlth Mr.
YVadley—Judge Pardeo Aeks a
Significant Question.
Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 15.—The fight for con
trol of the Georgia railroad was resumed
to-day in the United States circuit court
before Judge Don A. Pardee. Thts case
was up ten days ago and after being part
ly heard was postponed until to-day. When
the case was first taken up, Mr. Craw
ford, counsel for Thomas & Ryan, pre
sented that side against the original lease
made by the Georgia railroad to William
Wadley, and the leases made by the lat
ter to the Louisville and Nashville and to
the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia. The two lessee compa
nies from Mr, Wadley were tenants in
common, it was contended, and not part
ners, as was contended by the Louisville
and Nashville.
Maj. Cummings of Augusta, for the Geor
gia, and Alexander C. King of Atlanta,
special counsel for the Louisville and
Nashville, spoke to-day. Two railroad
presidents were in court during the morn
ingl, Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and
Nashville, and 11. M. Comer of the Cen
tral. On this question they are far apart,
the Central sympathizing with Thomas and
Ryan, and the Georgia road with the
Iguilsville and Nashville.
Maj. Cummings delivered his argument,
first to the point that neither the Central
nor the Louisville and Nashville ever ac
quired any interest In property under the
contract which they made with Mr. Wad
ley in 1881. All they got under that con
tract was the right to operate through
commissioners the Georgia railroad and
to share equally in the profits, if there
were any. The contracts carried no ex
clusive half interests to either one or tho
other of the sub-lessees. Maj. Cumminge
slated that these commissioners did not
always pair off, three on one side and
three on the other of a question. There
was a seventh commissioner, selected by
the other six, and he was the general
manager of the road. He was chosen to
operate for the joint Interests of both.
Maj. Cummings drew the original leases
or contracts, the one which Mr. Wadley
made with the Georgia and tho two which
he made subsequently with the other
roads .These Instruments were drawn,
said he, with never a thought of any one
else coming into the situation.
Maj. Cummings declared that the Louis
ville and Nashville had no idea of confis
cating the old Central’s half interest.
The Louisville and Nashville recognizes
that perhaps there are some rights attach
ed to that Interest, and If there ts any
thing due to any one by the Louisville and
Nashville, that company stands ready to
pay tt after proper accounting. The coun
sel for the Georgia railroad said that the
Central's receiver, Mr. Comer, paid $300.-
000, in the course of four yeats, towards
making up the Central’s part of the defi
cit in the rental. The Central had up
$500,000 in securities to protect tho lease.
If the Central failed to pay tts rent, the
securities would have been forfeited. So
it had to go into its own treasury or lose
its collateral. That Is why the receiver
paid out $300,000 from the Central’s treas
ury on account of tho Georgia railroad
lease. He wanted to save that $500,000, or
the securities which were supposed to be
worth $500,000. The aeorgla still holds a
certificate for about $120,000 of the South
western railroad stock, but the company
was enjoined from Using the certificate.
As Maj. Cummings stated it, most of the
securities originally put up by the Cen
tral have no value now. The Louisville
and Nashville has made the full amount
of the bond good by putting up enough
securities to protect the Georgia's stock
holders.
The Georgia’s counsel was speaking of
the operation of the road by the two
lessee companies when Judge Pardee in
quired what the effect would be on tho
public Interest if the Southern railwuy
and the Seaboard Air Line were joint les
sees of the Georgia. Maj. Cummings re
plied that he did not think the public in
terest was in the mind of any party to
the lease when it was made sixteen years
ago.
Alex King discussed the Louisville and
Nashville side of the case for two hours,
presenting it clearly and forcibly. He
tersely reviewed his client's Intervening
bill, and urged that the bankruptcy of the
old Central extinguished its right under
the Wadley contract to a voice in the con
trol of the Georgia. The case will be
concluded to-morrow.
YELLOW FEVER'S IMPORTATION.
Doctors Urge the President to Henri
a Commission to Havana.
Washington, Nov. 15.—Surgeon General
Sternberg of the army. Dr. Horlbeek of
Charleston, Dr. Joeiah Hartsell of Can
ton, 0., Dr. Samuel H. Durgen of Boston,
Dr. A. H. Doty of New York, and Dr. 8.
R. Olllphant of New Orleans, the latter
president of the Louisiana state board of
health, members of tho American Public
Health Association, called at the white
house to-day. They saw the President,
and urged him to Incorporate in hi* mes
sage a recommendation that a committee
bo appointed to go to Havana to study the
subject of yellow fever, and the manner in
which it is brought to the United States.
They claimed that good regulations in Ha
vana would do more to prevent yellow fev
er in the United States than the best quar
antine regulations that could be adopted
and enforced. The President said he would
give their suggestions due consideration.
LOW STAYS AVITH COLUMBIA.
Ills Resignation ns President of tlie
College Withdrawn.
New Y’ork, Nov. 15.—When Seth Low
decided to become the candidate of the
Citizens' Union for mayor of New York,
he sent his resignation as president of
Columbia College to the board of trustees.
The latter, at their last meeting, decided
to lay the matter of President Low's res
igantlon over until the next monthly meet
ing, which was held to-day. The commit
tee, of which Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix was
chairman, decided not to accept the resig
nation, and requested Mr. Low to wlth
■ draw it. To this President Low consent
ed without comment.
SEALERIES CONEEHEME.
An Agreement Beached on All But
Three or Four Points.
Washington, Nov. 15.—The British Can
adian and American delegates to the Bor
ing sen meeting had confidently expected
to bring their labors to a close to-day,
but after two arduous sessions lasting un
til 5:30 this evening, the experts had not
bean able to reconcile all their differences.
It was determined, therefore, to continue
the meeting to-morrow. Up to the time of
closing to-day the experts had made good
progress, reaching an agreement on all
but three or four reserved propositions.
These, it Is expected, can bo agreed upon
during the morning session to-morrow so
that the expert report can be discussed
and the meeting concluded so far as the
experts are concerned.
This will make available all the data
necessary for considering the vital diplo
matic question of stopping pelagic seal
ing The intention is that Gen. Foster,
Sir Wilfred Latirier and Sir Louis Davies
will meet to-morrow afternoon, and go
over the results reported by the experts,
and. If possible, agree upon a basis of set
tlement. The outcome of this diplomatic
meeting continues much In doubt. It was
intimated to-night that the Canadians
might make a counter proposition, not go
ing ns far. as the American representatives
desire In the way of limiting pelagic scal
ing, but yet offering a possible ground for
amicable adjustment. Equally reliable
sources stated that tf tho issue assumed
the form of pelagic sealing or no pelagic
sealing, as now seemed likely, it would bo
extremely difficult to reconcile the differ
ences. In view of the continuation of the
meeting, Sir Wilfred and Sir Louis will
not leave intil to-morrow night or Wed
nesday.
NEW YORK’S HORSE SHOW.
Tlie Opening Niglit a Social anil
Artistic Sneers*.
pft w York. Nov. 16.—The enlertnlnmcnt
of the first night of the thirteenth annual
exhibition of the New York horse show
opened with a parade of stallions, which
was witnessed by very few, indeed, of the
society folks hereabouts. While the an
imals were being led to their quarters the
boxes began to fill with late comers, and
there were about 3ut> people In the first
tier boxes when the saddle horses began
their performance.
There were twenty-six thoroughbreds in
this class, and they looked extremely pret
ty as they were put through their paces
before the critical eyes of the judges. The
gentler sex was represented among the
riders by Mrs. Beach and Miss Belle
Beach.
As the night advanced, and despite the
Inclemency of the weather without, the
garden finally took on a horse show as
pect, and the show of 1897 was saved from
a social failure. At 10 p. m. the boxes
were a sight upon which an artist might
feast his eyes with profit; the magnificent
gowns, the wonderful millinery creations,
the smiling, flushed faces, the beautiful
steeds in the center of the garden, the
crowded promenade, tho myriad lights,
made one glorious color picture In which
happiness predominated.
In the opinion of experts, who have at
tended other horse shows It was a good,
nay, a brilliant opening night, which be
came more gratifying because it was so
late In taking form. The night's attend
ance at the lowest estimate reached 5,000
people. The high steppers and the hurdle
jumpers were seen at their best before the
day’s exhibition came to a close.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF OHIO.
Busliueirn I’lurallty 2.B,lol—Close
Shave For Hanna.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 35—The official vote
In Ohio for the respective candidates for
governor at the late election is thus re
corded: Gov. Bushnell, rep., 429,816; Chap
man, dem., 401,715; Holliday, pro., 7,553;
Coxey, peoples party, 6,264; Dexter, na
tional dem., 1,661; Watkins, socialist la
bor, 4,242; Lewis; negro protective, 476;
Liberty, 3,107. Bushnell’s plurality, 28,101.
The vote in Ohio for President McKin
ley and other candidates for President,
given here for comparison, was: McKin
ley, rep.g620,991; Bryan, 474,882, BryAn, peo
ple’s party, 2,615; levering, pro,, 6,068;
Bentley, national pro., 2,716; Matchett, so
cialist labor, 1,165; Palmer, national demo
crat, 1,858. McKinley’S plurality, 61,109.
The Senate has 17 known republican
members, 18 known democrats and one
fusion republican elected on the democrat
ic ticket In Cincinnati. Total, 36. Tlie
House has 68 known t'cpubllean members,
47 known democrats and 4 fusion republi
cans elected on the democratic ticket in
Cincinnati. Total 109. On Joint ballot the
republicans have 5 majority. If they get
tho fusion republican the majority will be
11.
Of the known republicans three have de
clined to say how they will vote for United
States senator. The Hanna men claim all
of tho other known republicans, which, If
the claim Is well founded, would give Mr.
Hanna a majority of two on joint ballot.
THOHN NOT IN MOYA MENS I NO.
The Story That the Murderer Is an
Ex-Convict Not Verified.
Philadelphia, Pa„ Nov. 15.—The visit of
the Queens county New Yyrk officials to
Philadelphia for the purpose of learning
something more about the earlier life of
Martin Thorn, the alleged murderer of
William Guldensuppc, the Turkish bath
rubber, was without result. The report
that Thorn had served a sentence in Moy
amenslng prison for stealing a diamond
pin be verified.
New York, Nov. 15.—Thorn to-day In
formed hla custodians that there was no
truth In the statement that he had been
Imprisoned In Pennsylvania, and that the
official who clutmed to recognize him as
an ex-convlct was mistaken.
DURRANT’S DEATH HASTENED.
Supreme Court Decides to Issue Its
Mandate at Once.
Washington, Nov. 15.—0n motion of As
sistant Attorney General Anderson, the
supreme court to-day decided to Issue im
mediately Its mandate In the Currant mur
der case. No representative of Durrant
was in court when the motion was made,
and the court, after a hurried consulta
tion on the bench, announced through
Chief Justice Fuller that the mandate
should Issue forthwith. Mr. Anderson
thinks this will settle the matter and has
ten Durrant’s execution. He said he would
have made the motion sooner but for the
necessity of giving notice to Durrant's
, counsel.
f ’ DAILY, $lO A YEAR.
•J 5 CENTS A COPY.
(WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR
CYCLISTS SUE THE CENTRAL
SEIZURE OF THEIR WHEELS M llvFI
THEM LOSE A TRAIN.
Tlielr Ma*eot I liable lo Pay Ills Fare
anil When tlie Circuit Chasers
Refused lo Put Up the Money
Their YVheels Were Seized—The
Riders I liable to Make the Chatta
nooga Race Meeting In Conse
quenee—’The Onuiage Claimed $26,-
1106.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15.—Attorney Bur
ton Smith of this city is preparing the pa
pers for damage suits against tho Central
railroad, aggregating $26,000. Tlje suits
are brought for thirteen bicycle riders,
who are known as the "National Circuit’'
riders. Tiiey each claim $2,000. These
wheelmen have been in the south a couple
of weeks racing in various cities. This
morning they arrived hero en route to
Chattanooga, but claim that they were
made to miss connections for that city by,
the action of the authorities of the Cen
tral railroad, over which lino they came
from Macon, the railroad holding their
baggage to collect $1.32, the fare of one
of tho party. According to their tale,
while in Jacksonville they were Joined by
“Little Pete," a diminutive creature, who
was traveling ns the "Maacotte” of the
crowd. "Little Pete's” fare was demand,
ed between Macon and Atlanta, and he
did not have the price. Then It is claimed
tho conductor demanded the fare of the
party, but the bicyclists declined to pay
It, and said the conductor might put "Lit
tle Pete" off the train, instead, however,
it is claimed tho wheels and baggage of
the cyclists were held. in the baggage
room here, and before they could have It
released the Chattanooga train had gone.
On account of these things, Attorney
Smith advised them to sue for damages,
and the racing wheelmen Instructed him
to go ahead with the court claims,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 15.—The bike
meet that was to have occurred in this
city to-night, participated in by the riders
of the L. A. W., Bald, Kiser, Cooper and
others traveling In the south, with Spoon
er and MeLlsh, was declared off becauss
of the action of tlie Georgia Central rail
road to-day in attaching the wheels of
the riders in Atlanta, for an alleged debt
claimed to be due them from a man who
has been traveling with the racers, ad
vertising a certain make of wheel. The
attachment was levied Just as the train
for Chattanooga wua pulling out. The
riders then ordered their car to be de
tached, as they could not come without
their wheels. Afterward, the local coli
seum company offered to pay the amount
of the alleged debt, which was only $3,
but the bicyclists would not allow it, the
man not being n part of their comiwiny,
they having nothing to do with him, and
the debt being in no sense theirs. The
meet was. therefore, cancelled. The local
ediiseum company lost a great deal of
money in advertising, etc., ami have au
thorized their attorneys to bring suit for
$19,000 against the Central railroad.
LVNCHBSIU OF AHIIOY.
Citizen* Cry For the lllond of the Ac.
enseri Mexican. Pol Icemen.
(Mexico, Nov. 15.—Great crowds Sur
rounded the grim old prison at Beien and
the vicinity of the palace of justice this
morning when thirteen prisoners, mostly
ex-pollce officers, implicated In the lynch
ing of Arnolfo Arroyo, were taken through
tho streets in wagons and coaches for
trial. Shouts of "Kill them” were heard
from the indignant populace, but the pris
oners were well guarded by mounted and
foot police. The public prosecutor asked
for the death penalty on Villavicenclo, tho
ex-lnspector who suggested the murder to
his chief, Velasquez, the inspector general
of |>ollce, who committed suicide in prison.
Villuvioenelo expects to escape with lif
imprisonment.
(Manuel Hclldo, major of police, is one of
the principal criminals, as he was privy to
t he crime and took no means of preventing
Miguel Cabreraro, assistant chief of tho
detective service, also knew of the pro
jected killing and took no steps to prevent
Mauro Sanchez, a policeman, was guard.
Ing Arroyo and was aware of the intended
crime and tightened up Arroyo’s straight
Jacket so he could offer no resistance.
Iglaclo Paradaue led the band of as
sassins.
Capital sentences are asked In all these
cases.
The other criminals are of minor degree,
but some of them are likely to bo sen.
tenced to death.
CARL PETERS’ CRUELTY.
Tlie Sentence of the Lower Court
Confirmed.
London, Nov. 16.—A special dispatch
from Berlin says that the court-martial
has confirmed the sentence of the lower
court upon Dr. Carl Peters, former Ger
man high commissioner in Africa, ex
chairman of the German colonial society,
and the well-known African explorer,
charged with extreme cruelty, and even
worse offenses, to natives while he was
commissioner in Africa in 1891. Dr. Pe
ters Is dismissed from, the German ser
vice, and has been ordered to pay the en
tire costa of the prosecution.
GERMAN SAILORS LANDED.
Chinn to Be Forced to Give Satis
faction For Murders.
Cologne, Nov. 15.—A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from Berlin says that the
sailors and marines belonging to the Ger
man cruiser Division, off the coast of
Chinn, have made a landing in force at
KUtochon Bay, the nearest port to Yen-
Chu-Fu, in the southern part of the
Chinese province of Shan-Tun, where the
German missionaries were lecentiy mur
dered, with tlie view of forcing the gov
ernment of China to completely satisfy,
the demsmds of Germany.
SCHOONER BRIGGS LIBELLED.
Violation of the Neutrality Lawn the
Cbarffe Agalnnt Her.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15.— The schooner
Donna T. Briggs, which has been detained
here for some three weeks on suspicion of
being engaged In filibustering, was to-day.
libeled by United States Marshal Croas for
alleged violation of the neutrality laws.