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ACTRESS SHOT AT ALHAMBRA.
WIUPON ACCIDENTALLY DIS
CHARGED IN HER HAND.
k ) .. was ill a Box With Corpl. Pfeifer
„f the Provost Guard, IVlio Was
tlir Only Witness of tile Shooting.
11,. \\ n Facing Opposite Direction
When She 1* Supposed to Have Ac
ri.ientaUy Discharged the Gun.
f,, roller Gsiette Mill Further lu
aestimate Case Tills Morning,
j lt !y after 12 o'clock this morning,
I_ 2 ijr,i .JorUmer, an actress at the Alham
lira ji isic Hall, on Broughton street, was
, a , ,1 instantly killed. The shooting
„ one of the boxes, and the only pe,r
--n with the woman at the time was
On 1- t‘- E. Pfeifer of the provost guard,
yrom all accounts, however, It seems it
. a 'dental, though there will be a
,301, t..orough investigation of the facts
lv i . oner Goette this morning.
Cos i l- Pfeifer is detailed as one of the
prev m guard at the Alhambra, and aft
er ,i, performance last night was making
„ tr :p through the place to see that all the
f0 ,!(. - were out. He met the woman in
t j], , r.lway, and, after a few moments’
ccn x.r i;ion, they entered a box. Within
a F; ,ort time afterwards the shooting oc
rurr, .1 it seems to have been an acci
(lfnt.ll discharge of the corporal’s pistol,
vhi h the woman was apparently handling
at the lime.
Corpl. Pfeifer stated he was looking
frem the box opening into the hall when
iho shot was fired, and for that reason
<ji,l not see whether the gun was acci
dentally discharged, or whether the wo
rilm did it with suicidal Intent.
Coroner Goette appeared in a few mo
irunls after the shooting, and as It was
100 te to have an investigation, it was
postponed until this morning. He order
el that Corpl. Pfeifer be arrested, and he
as t aken in charge by Policeman Mur
phy and lodged in the police barracks.
John P. Burke, property man at the
Alhambra, was the first to reach the box
after the shooting. He was in the hall
way at the time, and after hearing the
jhot. said it was but a moment until Corpl.
Pfeifer rushed toward the front entrance,
crying:
’'Tome quick, come quick, she’s shot her-
Klfl’’
Burke entered the box and found the
woman sitting in a chair, her face resting
<ra a table, and the revolver clinched tight
ly in her left hand. Not knowing the ex
tent of the injury he raised her head, but
the Wood was gushing from her ears and
nostrils, and her brains oozing from the
bullet hole in the left temple. He had
previously taken the weapon from her
hand, and seeing nothing could be done
for her. he released the body, leaving it in
the position he found It.
By this time other attaches of the house,
who had been alarmed by the shot, anu
were running through the hallway to find
out the trouble. There was no un
usual excitement, however, as everybody
had had time to clear the hall, and there
were not more than ten persons inside be
sides those connected with the place.
Corpl, Pfeifer was seen at the police sta
tion by a representative of the Morning
News, shortly after being taken there, and
gave the following account of the shoot
ing:
“As I did not see the accident, I cannot
say just how it happened,” he said. “The
woman had my pistol, however, and my
belief i? she fired it accidentally, not know
ing it was self-acting.
“When we entered the box, I ordered oys
ters for her. I did not order anything for
myself. Before the order was served, my
belt was uncomfortable on account of be
ing lightly fastened, and on taking it off,
I placed it on a chair, which was between
myself and the woman. I was sitting in
a corner of the box, next to the opening,
while the woman was in the opposite cor
ner, facing a table. After the oysters were
brought up, she had not commenced eat
ing, when I heard a noise down in the
hall, and thinking it might be soldiers,
arose and pulled the curtains aside. While
looking in the hall the shot was
fired, and turning, I saw the woman lean
ing forward with my pistol in her left
hand I rushed out and reported the shoot
irg My theory Is it must have been an ac
cident. I had never seen the woman before,
had had no words with her, and she had
not been talking in a despondent way. 6ho
was not intoxicated either.”
The others who gave accounts of the
shooting, told about the same story. The
only ..trange feature of the case is that
there are no powder burns on the wo
man's face, and as the box is very small,
it seems there would have been slight
burns.
Manager Trueheart of the Alhambra
stated the woman had only been here
three days. She was a singing soubrette
and fancy toe dancer.. She had been en
gaged for several weeks, and came to Sa
vannah from Neve York.
FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CUDS.
The Delegates at Columbus Elect
Officers mid Adjourn.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10.—The Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs to-day
elected Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson of Rome,
president; Mrs. Robert. Emery Parks, vice
President, and Mrs. Isaac S. Boyd, to a
vacancy on the board of directors.
the federation meets in Macon next
Pur, and the executive committee will
arrange details. —’
1 u '■ deration indorsed the plans of the
National Washington University, and ad
'<! a department of household economics
*° fhe committee on education.
Papers were read by Mrs. Eugene B.
‘' .cd. Mrs. Rosa Woodbury, Mrs. Ena
Calloway, Miss Mary M. Smith, Bill Arp's
daughter; Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, and
♦triers.
1 he convention adjourned.this afternoon,
** '* "as entertained at a colonial tea at
“c Muscogee Club this evening. The so
by feature of the session has been en
k able and the meeting was a success
tr.rougnout.
TIN-PLATE CONSOLIDATION.
r,, al C losed Involving glo.OOO.OIK)
nnd Forty Factories.
hittsburg, Pa., Nov. I<s.—A conference
the leading tin plate manufacturers
' t '"' held here to-day to complete the con
’ 1 lation of all the tin plate factories of
■' country Into a gigantic combination,
is stated by one of the principal pro
-1 “rs that the purchase of price of all
tin plate factories of the country has
agreed on, and a deal for all the
' is ha been closed at figures approx
'ing *15,000,C00. Tills deal will Include
kuou, forty factories
YOUR WEAK SPOT,
no YOU KNOW JUST WHERE IT IS f
-A Fortress Is No Stronger Thun Its
Weakest Spot.” Neither Is Any
Alan or Woman.
“Hopelessly ruined through oite weak
spot!”
It was a great scientific expert who re
cently expressed this opinion in regard
to a costly battleship lately' completed
for the U. S. Navy. When the huge ves
sel was launched and made ready to re
ceive its gigantic cannot, it was found
that it could not stand the strain of the
added weight. The whole ship was in
danger of falling to pieces. Owing to a
weak spot in Its construction, the great
man of war was hopelessly ruined. It
was only when the strain came that its
weak condition was actually discovered.
Strange as it may seem, there are thous
ands of men and women in exactly the
same condition as this great battleship.
They have weak spots In their systems
which they never suspect. They pay no
attention to alarming symptoms of 111-
health and 1 seek no remedy. Some day a
strain comes and they discover too late
that they are in no condition lo fight with
disease. They' catch a sudden cold or chill
and It spec-di-ly turns into pneumonia.
They suffer from peculiar sensations or
pains which eventually turn out to be the
symptoms of Bright's disease or conges
tion of the liver.
Where is the weak spot in your sys
tem? The chances are that y’ou have
one which badly needs attention. Physi
cians tell us that in almost every case,
the weak spot can be found In the liver
or kidneys. These great organs of the
body require constant watching. Our
climate, our diet, our habits of living put
them to a continual- strain, and when
they get out of order, the whole system
suffers.
If you are feeling tired, worn out,
gioomy, dull, dizzy and nervous, have
pains in the back and loins, suffer from
headaches, chilly sensations, biliousness
or are losing sleep and flesh, you can
make up your mind that your liver and
kidneys are in need of treatment. You
have a weak spot that must not be
trifled with.
There Is one cause for these weak spots.
There is only one way to cure them. Some
thing is needed to act on the liver and kid
neys where the weakness exists. You can
not cure dlseasq of these great organs
with pills or other cheap remedies. Some
thing is required to strike at the root of
the ailment. There is in fact only one
remedy which Is guaranteed to cure every
form of liver and kidney complaint. That
remedy is Warner’s Safe Cure, which for
twenty years has stood the test and earn
ed, as all are aware, a world-wide reputa
tion. No other remedy compares with it
for regulating the action of the liver and
kidneys, driving out disease, building up
the system and giving fresh life. Writing
upon the subject Dr. Gunn says: “In a
large class of ailments where the blood is
in an unhealthy state, where the general
health is bad, the face sallow, the urine
colored, the advantage gained by the use
of Warner's Safe Cure is remarkable.”
Every person has a “weak spot,” some
portion of the body that needs help. Do
you not think It would be well to use that
which is certain to help and to cure and
to do so without delay?
NOVEMBER’S CROP REPORT.
Big Yield of Corn—Average Y'ield of
Cotton 210 Pounds Per Acre.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The department
of agriculture crop report for November
says:
“The November report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture will give
24.8 bushels as the average yield per acre
of corn, according to the preliminary re
turns of the department’s correspondents.
The preliminary estimate last year was
23.7 bushels, and that of 1896 , 24.3 bushels.
The indicated yield in the principal corn
states is as follows: Pennsylvania, 32,
Ohio 36, Indiana 36, Illinois, 30, lowa 32,
Missouri 26, Kansas 19, Nebraska 21.
“The average per cent, of quality is 82.7,
as compared with 86.3 in 1897, and 88.4 in
1898. Reports indicate that about 7.25 per
cent, of the crop of 1897 is still in the
hands of the farmers.
"The preliminary estimate of the aver
age yield of buckwheat is 17.3 bushels to
the acre, against 20.7 bushels last year,
and 18.7 in 1896. The average in New York
and Pennsylvania, the two states of prin
cipal production, are 16.8 and 17.2 bushels
per acre, respectively. The average per
cent, of quality is 85.2, as compared with
94.3 in November of last year.
"The estimated average yield of hay Is
1.55 tons per acre, as compared with 1.42
tons last year. The present indicated aver
age is the highest on record, and the crop
of 1898 was unquestionably the largest ever
gathered. In point of quality the average
is 96.3, against 92.8 last year, and 92.9 In
1896.
"The estimated average yield of Irish
potatoes Is 75.2 bushels per acre, as com
pared with 64.6 bushels last year, and 86.8
bushels In 1896. The average per cent, of
quality is 54.7, against 81.3 - November
last, and 89.2 in November, 'LL.
“The special wheat investig uion is ap
proaching completion. It is believed that
it will not only serve its primary purpose
of indicating with approximate accuracy
the wheat production of the present year,
but will prove of permanent value to the
department In its bearing upon the exist
ing methods of reporting this important
crop.
"Preliminary reports to the statistician
of the department of agriculture Indicate
an average yield of 219 pounds of cotton
per acre. The principal state averages are
as follows: North Carolina, 227; South
Carolina, 215; Georgia, 183; Alabama, 195;
Mississippi, 229; Louisiana, 272; Texas, 212;
Arkansas, 290; Tennessee, 181; Oklahoma.
249; Indian territory, 325.
"In the determination of these prelimi
nary figures, reference has been made not
merely to the estimated number of pounds
per aere reported by correspondents, but
also to the quantitive comparison made
by correspondents with last year's crop
and other crops. An Increase of aljout
150,000 acres has been made by the depart
ment to Its preliminary estimate of the
acreage of Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory. The Indications point to a total
cotton crop nol far short of 10,000,000.
Gen. Waite at Columlma.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10.—Gen. Waite and
staff have arrived from Lexington. The
One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana will
reach here before morning.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 189a
GEN. MILES MAKES HIS REPORT
OI’EH ATIONS “E\TR AORDINARY,
UNUSUAL AND EXTENSIVE.
He Denis With Plans nncl Prepar
ations for tlie War With Spain,
unit AYith Changes in the Organ
ization of the Army in Order to
Make It More Effective—An Entire
Absence of Evidence of Direct
Criticism.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The report of Maj.
Gen. Miles, commanding the United Stales
army, was made public to-day by direc
tion of Secretary Alger. The key note of
the report Is found in or.e of the opening
sentences, where it "The military
operations during the year have been ex
fraordinary, unusual and extensive,” a
statement which is fully borne out by the
long recital of important events which
Gen. Miles shows have made the military
history of the year 1898 the most remark
able since the end of the civil war.
In point of interest the document divides
naturaily into four chapters, for while
brief allusion is made to such matters as
the military expeditions to Alaska, inter
est centers in the portion which treats of
the war with Spain.
Under this general head, the report deals
with the pfans of campaign and war prep
arations; with the Santiago campaign;
with Gen. Miles’ operations in Porto Rico,
and, lastly, with the important changes in
existing organization, which are, in Gen.
Miles’ opinion, necessary to make the
army an effective weapon for the defense
of the country. There Is an entire absence
of any evidence of direct criticism, though
certain sentences in the report are itali
cized, In an apparent desire to justify pre
viously expressed plans of details of the
campaigns, and where it deals with events
the document is largely made up of quota
tions of official dispatches.
Treating of the war Gen. Miles begins
with a e'a foment of the unpreparedness
of the country, showing how the vast
equipment left by the million soldiers of
the civil war had been dissipated or had
become obsolete, and the tentage, trans
portation and camp equippage was Insuf
ficient for any important military opera
tions. He recounts the legislation of Con
gress just prior to the war, looking to the
increase of the army, and cites his own
recommendation on April 9, that 40,000
men be provided for coast defense and re
serve j' that the regular army be increased,
and that 10,000 immunes recruited, mak
ing a force of 162,597 men, with which 50,-
000 native auxiliaries he considered suf
ficient. Such a force properly equipped, he
believed to be better than a larger force
partly equipped.
In the letter containing this recommen
dation he said: “I also recommend that at
least twenty-two regiments of infantry,
five regiments of cavalry and the light
artillery be mobilized and placed in one
large camp where they can be carefully
and thoroughly inspected, fully equipped,
drilled, disciplined, and instructed in brig
ades and divisions and prepared for war
service.”
He further asked “for 50,000 volunteers
to make up an army 0f.150,000 soldiers for
offensive operations in Cuba, the whole
Lorce to be fully equipped, leaving the
state to defend the coasts and
for a reserve.”
April 15, he wrote Secretary Alger as
follows: “I have the honor to submit the
following: That, in my judgment, the
available force of the regular army should
be mobilized In the best and most availa
ble healthful position in the department
of the Gulf. I suggest Chicltamauga Park
on account of its latitude and advantage
for preparing a command for the serious
requirements of actual warfare.”
Gen. Miles says, in his report, that in
the beginning the war problem was purely
a naval one, and he was convinced that
should our navy prove superior, the posi
tion of the Spanish army In Cuba would
be rendered untenable, with a minimum
loss of life and treasure to the United
States. He says: “There were two most
serious obstacles to be avoided. One was
placing an army on the island of Cuba
before our navy controlled the Cuban wa
ters; and the other was putting an army
on the island at a time when a large num
ber of the men must die from the diseases
that have prevailed in that country, ac
cording to all statistics, for the last 100
years.”
He pointed out in a letter to the Secre
tary of War these dangers, enclosing a
communication from Surgeon General
Sternberg, and urged that the Spanish be
merely harrassed and damaged during the
rainy, unhealthy season, while the navy
was demonstrating its superiority, and the
volunteers were being equipped.
In this letter, which Is attached, Dr.
Guiteras is cited in support of the recom
mendation to delay the army movement
upon Cuba. In order that the volunteers
should be speedily made efficient on April
26, Gen. Miles wrote the Secretary of War
that they should be camped for sixty days
in their respective states before- leaving
them and disciplined and equipped, and
their officers instructed; all important, ha
said, to health and efficiency.
■ Gen. Miles said: "Congregating tens of
thousands of men, many of whom wore
not uniformed, and scarcely any properly
equipped, in great camps away from their
states, rendered it difficult .for them to be
properly supplied with food, cooking uten
sils, camp equippage, blankets, tentage,
medical supplies, transportation, etc., and
was to a great extent the cause, in my
Judgment, of the debilitating effect ui>on
the health and strength of the men, who
were otherwise in good physical condition.
The material necessary to clothe and equip
large armies was not even manufactured
at that time, and the consequent condition
of the troops for weeks and months was
injurious to the command In many ways."
Orders are referred to for the sending of
the regulars to New Orleans, Tampa and
Mobile to begin the invasion of Cuba; for
the gathering of troops at Chickamnuga
and for the movement of 70,000 troops on
Culm, "but none of those movements on
Cuba materialized,’’ he says.
"The want of proper equipment and am
munition rendered the movement Imprac
ticable."
At this point there is a brief digression
where, in a paragraph, Gen. Miles re
fers to Gen. Merritt’s Philippine expedi
tion as well organized and equipped as pos
cible, and as "well conducted and emi
nently successful In every way.”
Gen. Miles also pays an eloquent trib
ute to the brilliant exploit of IJeuts. Row
an and Whitney In secretly exploring Cuba
and Porto Rico, and ascertaining the mili
tary situations.
He resumes the report with an account
of the dispatches of Gen. Shatters rxjie
diiion, raying that on account of the im
portance of the enterprise, he desired to
go with the command or to immediately
organize another. He also stated “this ex
pedition has been delayed through no fault
of any one connected with It. It contains
the principal part of the army, which, for
intelligence and
by any body of troops on earth."
The telegram was dated June 5.
The day following Secretary Alger tele
graphed in reply: "The President wants
to know the earliest moment you can have I
an expeditionary force ready to go to Porto !
&ico large enough to take and hold the j
island without the force under Gen. Shat
ter. ”
Gen. MUes, In response, said: "In ten
days.”
He next speaks of the unsuitability of
the transports # and of the aceumu ilion
of troops and supplies at Tampa, crowding
the faeilities there and causing great de
lay. Finally the Santiago expedition sail
ed on June 14. and Gen. Miles quotes an
order issued by him to Gen. Shatter di
recting the latter to make a number of
inquiries to ascertain whether ev< ry pos
sible provision had been made aboard the
transports for the supply of rations, hos
pital supplies, wagons, landing boais, etc."
June 15 Gen. Miles received the following
dispatch: "Washington, June 15.—Maj.
Gen. Miles, Tampa, Fla.—lmportant busi
ness requires your presence here; report
at once. Answer. U. A. Alger, Secretary
of War.”*
June .4, Gen. Miles submitted lo the
Secretary of War a plan of campaign.
Briefly stated, the points w. re: “That
provision be made for the reception of at
least ito.uuo Spanish prisoners. That after
capturing Santiago some deep water ports
be taken on the north coast of Cuba. Taut
Nuc vitas be captured and that with 16,00
cavalry and some light artillery and a
small body of infantry, an advance be
made into Puerto Principe, in the interior,
and the troops would thence move toward
Havana. This movement would occupy
the lime until Sept. 30. The troops would
be in the most healthy part of Cuba dar
ing the rainy season, and the prisoners
could tie used in road-making. Should a
Spanish force be advanced to Villa Clara,
the entire United States army could be
thrown between that point and Havana,
the Spanish army could be divided and
be beaten in detail. Should that plan be
rejected, then, after capturing Santiago,
the entire force should be removed to the
western end of the Island and a campaign
made against Havana.
Gen. Miles next recites an ordor_to him
self from Secretary Alger "To organize an
expedition for operations against the ene
my in Cuba and Porto Rico.” (Italics.)
The Italics are his own. From the order
dated June 26. it appears that an expedi
tion was to be organized under the im
mediate command of Gen. Brooke for such
movement. The command under Gen.
Shatter, or such part as could be spared
from the work in hand, was to join the
foregoing expedition, and, reads the or
der, “you will command the forces thus
united, in person.” Gen. Miles at this point
mentions a project he had conceived at
that time for the capture of the Isle of
Pines, which was a smuggling base for
supplying food to Havana, and the harbor
of Nipe on the north coast as a coaling and
refuge station for the navy.
At this point he refers to his recommen
dations to move troops to places of refuge
In the Shenandoah valley und elsewhere
to escape yellow fever, which had broken
out in Mississippi, and to avoid overcrowd
ing the larger camps at Chickamauga.
Coming to the Santiago campaign, Gen.
MTTes quotes a telegram from Gen. Shatt
er, dated July 3, stating that the town of
Playa del Este was so strongly defended
it would be Impossible to carry It by storm
with his present force, and that he seri
ously considered withdrawing and taking
up anew position on the high ground be
tween the San Juan river and Siboney.
A number of other dispatches are quoted,
which have already been published, refer
ring to Gen. Miles’ trip to Santiago and
Shafter’s request for aid from Sampson.
Gen. Miles next treats of his visit to
Cuba at Ihe head of reinforcements and
of the preliminaries to the surrender.
A telegram from Secretary Alger Is quot
ed dated July 13, to Gen. Miles, authoriz
ing him to accept the surrender of the
Spanish forces and giving terms on which
this could be accomplished. If these were
rejected, Gen. Miles was to use his discre
tion and order an assault. •
The details of the surrender, which are
now so well known, are gone Into,and Gen.
Miles says that he Informed Gn. Shatter
that he (Shafter) could nppolnt the com
missioners to draw up the conditions, and
arrangements for carrying out the terms
of surrender.
The remainder of Gen. Miles’ report on
the Santiago campaign contains a number
of telegrams that passed between Secreta
ry Alger, Gen. Shafter and himself which
have heretofore been published. The re
port treats next of Porto Rico.
Gen. Miles, on July 14, had cabled Sec
retary Alger that it was imixirtant to go
direct to Port Fajardo, Cape San Juan.
He was anxious to proceed as rapidly as
possible, and after some delay authority
was granted, and he siaitcd. The story
of that successful campaign is well known
and the report adds little to the general
knowledge, except to clear up the change
of the destination of the first expedition,
which was so puzzling at the same time.
Gen. Miles writes that in the absence of
launches and tightens, which he had or
dered. but had not arrived, he decided to
land at Guanlca, as the enemy had doubt
less become aware of the original destina
tion and then to move on to Ponce. Of
the nineteen days’ campaign In Porto Rico
Gen. Miles says: “The success of the en
terprise was largely due to the skill and
good generalship of the officers In com
mand of the different divisions and bri
gades. Strategy and skillful tactics ac
complished what might have occasioned
serious loss lo achieve In any other way.
The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded
and captured was nearly ten times our
own, which was only three killed and forty
wounded. Thus, the island of Porto Rico
became a part of the Unilxl States.”
He mentions by name the officers of his
staff and the general officers engaged and
recommends a small list of officers for pro
motion and brevets. Generalizing upon re
sults the report reads: "It is gratifying to
record that during the war not a singe de
feat has been met and not a prisoner.color,
gun or rifle has been captured by the ene
my. In this respect the war has been
most remarkable, and perhaps, unparallel
ed. Under ail circumstances and in spite
of many most trying difficulties the troops
have maintained the fortitude of the Am
erican character and the honor of their
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arms,” Ocn. Miles closes his report with
some earnest recommendations for the Im
provement of military service. He trusts
the experience of the last few months will
be valuable to the people and to the gov
ernment, The value of coast defenses, he
says, has been proven and the system
should be completed without delay.
He favors the adoption of a standard
of strength for the army to meet the
country's growth and suggests that it be
one soldier for ever one thousand popula
tion. yielding a force of 62,579. While this
force Is already provided for, unfortu
nately the authorizing act requires the
army to lie reduced to Its former Inade
quate basis on the termination of the
war. Gen. Miles, in conclusion, recom
mends tiie authorization of an auxiliary
force of native troops in Cuba, Porto
nico and the Philippines to be officered
by United States army officers and not
exceeding two soldiers for 1,000 population
of the Island and all of these increases,
he urges, should be made at once, as they
are of vital importance.
EMPEROR AT UAALBEK.
He iinil the Empress Escorted by
Mounted IJeduoinn.
Baalbek, Syria, Nov. 10.—Emperor Wil
liam and Empress Augusts Victoria left
Damascus this morning, lunched at Pula
ka, and arrived here this afternoon after
a four hour's ride.
They were escorted by hordes of Be
duoins who kept up a display of horse
manship and swordsmanship along the en
tire route.
Their majesties encamped In the ruins
of the Temple of Baal and Emperor Wil
llam unveiled a marble slab, bearing a
commemorative inscription in Turkish and
German in front of the Temple of Venus.
All the ruins are magnificently illumi
nated to-night. To-morrow morning their
imperial majesties will start for Beyrout,
where they wlil embark for Trieste, Aus
tria.
WON’T TOUCH AT CADIZ.
Not I.lkcly to Go to Spain While
Peace Is Pending.
London, Nov. 11.—The Berlin correspond
ent of the Times says:
"According to present arrangements, the
German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern will
touch at Malta, Port Mahon, Cartagena,
Cadiz, Vigo, and Dover, perhaps also at
Gibraltar, but it appears definitely settled
that Emperor William will not disembark
at Cadiz.
“Vigo Is the terminus of the European
cable to the United States, by which Ger
man messages can be forwarded.
“Though not the slightest political sig
nificance is attached to this, It is difficult,
in the case of the Emperor, to disassoci
ate political considerations from personal
action or words. It Is not unlikely—es
pecially If they are attended by a display
of Spanish enthusiasm—that these visits
to Spanish poits will be Interpreted in the
United States In a way very alien to the
Intentions and desire of the German gov
ernment. What would have been thought
In Germany, if some neutral sovereign had
visited French ports with two men-of-war,
while the Frankfort treaty was being ne
gotiated?”
EVENTS ON THE TRACK.
Results nt l.ntouln.
Cincinnati, Nov. 10.—Results at Latonia
follow:
First Race—Six furlongs. Corialts, 7 to
1, won, with Sorrow, 2 to 1 and 7 to 10,
second, and Purity, 5 to 2, third. Time
1:20.
Second Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Estabach, 2 to 1, won, with Jimp, 4 to 5
and out, second, and Vlnclus, 12 to 1, third.
Time 1:15.
Third Race—One mile. Rarus, 6 to 5,
won, with Annie M., 6 to 1 and 2 to 1, sec
ond and Hush, sto 2, third. Time 1:50.
Fourth Race—Six and a half furlongs,
handicap. Great Bend, 5 to 2. won. with
Tom Collins, S to 2 and 1 to 2, second, and
Gibraltar, 3 to 2, third. Time 1:25.
Fifth Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Rose Apple. 3 to 1. won. with Schancken,
3 to 1 and ft to 5, second, and Miss Jose
phine, S to 5, third. Time 1:14.
Sixth Race—One mile. Deyo, 6to 5, won,
with Elusive. 2 to 1 and 4 to 5, second, and
Hampden, 3 to 1, third. Time 1:49.
Horse Sales in Kentueky.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 10.—At the Mil
brookster farm horse sale to-day Edith
Gray. b. tn., by Tonbroei k-Allcc Gray, In
foal to Hanover, mid the dam of Good
rich, was sold for $5,100 to G, E. McMeek
in of Eexington. It Is said he purchased
the mar© for Hon. W. C. Whitney of New
York.
Spaldie Moore, b. m , 6 yearn, by Strath
more, was knocked down to Sam Brown
for $735.
Leave Eexington fur Columbus.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 10. Brig.
Gen. Watle’s staff and the
Eighth left for Columbus, Ga.,
to-day on the Southern Railway. All
the regiments will be away by Tues
day.
THE GERMAN EMPEROR’S CRUSADE.
Ilow the Visit to Palestine Is Re
garded by Kaiser’s Subjects.
German Correspondence of the New York
Observer.
Next to the threatened repeal of some of
the most precious rights of the working
classes, the subject which attracts most
attention here is the visit of the Emperor
to Pah stlne. There are not a few patriotic
Germans who are Incensed at the grandi
ose proportions which this pilgrimage haa
assumed. They think hat even a mighty
German kaiser visiting the early cradle of
Christianity where Its Founder could not
find a place to lay his head might approach
those holiest spots on the earth’s surface
with more of evident humility, with less of
the trappings of circumstanco and author
ity. Warships to accompany him, soldiers
before and behind, servants In gold em
broidered liveries, bishops and canons in
their millinery, salvos of artillery and
blowing of trumpets—these are not the ac
companiments which many honest Ger
man patriots and Christians like to see,
but they have not given public utterance
to their thoughts.
I can, however, effectually set at rest
one eiass of rumors that class, namely,
which insists on ascribing all sorts of po
litieal intentions to the kaiser In connec
tion with ilila Journey. We hear that he
and the Sultan will arrange for the ces
sion to Germany of territory either In
Asia Minor or Syria, where German capi
talists will establish Industrial colonies
with special provlleges from the porte.
Further, that German concession hunters
will be granted exclusive privileges for
the building of railways from the Anato
lian coast through Harput to Dlarbekir,
on the Tigris. Again, that the Kaiser Is
arranging with the Dope to transfer the
Catholic Christians of European origin
who are Turkish subjects, from the protec
tion of Austria and France to that of
Germany.
Now, there Is not a syllable of truth in
any of these rumors. On authority, than
which there Is none higher, 1 can state
that not one of these subjects has ever
been (he subject of a note from the Ber
lin foreign office. The kaiser's object In
visiting Palestine is, first, dictated by his
religious feelings, and, second, by the feel
ing that he would like to be present at the
consecration of the church, of which Em
peror Frederick, his father, laid the found
dation atone. That he Is going on a pil
grimage with too much pomp and panoply
and circumstance, we must all admit, but
he Is not going us a politician. He is a
curious, picturesque figure—romantic and
chivalrous, fiery, full of ardor—l have
often thought that he would like to be
considered the nineteenth century Bara
bossa.
MEXICAN INDIANS’ DENTISTRY.
Ancient Teeth Discovered With Fill
ings of Iron itnd Gold.
From the Mexican Herald.
Mr. Leopoldo Batres, national curator
of antiquities, has mad© an Interesting
present to his friend. Dr. Howe, the den
tist.
It consists of some articles discovered
In one of th© tomlai of Mitla. The arti
cles In question are a portion of a skull,
a glass bead, a little copper bell, Just like
those which are at. this day tied around
the necks of kittens, and an upper lef(
bicuspid tooth with a circular incrusta
tion of pyrites of Iron In front, all from
the same skeleton.
It Is no new fact that some of the aborig
inal peoples of Mexico wore ornaments or
incrustations In their teeth. Lie. Alfredo
Ohavoro possesses a front tooth taken
from a tomb at Palenque, In the middle
of which a green stone Is set. Sometimes
the Incrustations were of gold, and the
incrustations of iron pyrites, when they
were new and the sulphur in them was
fresh, undoubtedly shone like gold.
There is reason to suppose that only
the eight front up|>er teeth were incrust
ed, at any rate as a rule, for a second
bicuspid given by Mr. Batres to Dr. Jo?e
J. Rojo, the young Mexican dentist In
Dr. Howe's office, and also taken from
the Mitla tomb, Is without any such In
crustations. On the other hand, a canine
given by Mr. Batres to Dr. Rojo hue the
Incrustation, and alep affords evidence
that these udornments were made during
life, and not after death. The present
condition of the tooth shows that the In
crustation had reached the nerve cavity
and destroyed the life of the tooth, a pro
cess that argues life in the subject, as
decay of the teeth does no< occur after
death, the microbes or organisms which
cause decay dying with the individual.
As to the object and significance of
these incrustations, they are a matter of
conjecture. They may have been affected
by all who could afford them, or they
may have been a distinctive mark of some
rank or caste. What is evident from the
specimen possessed by Dr. Rojo is that
they muKt have caused suffering to those
who used them, and, therefore, it is to be
inferred that the fashion or custom which
prescribed them must have had a strong
social or religious sanction.
Another custom revealed by the teeth
found In these prehistoric tomlw is that
of notching the teeth as so to form dove
tailing indentations. Each contiguous pair
of upper front teetb were notched for a
certain distance upward and Ideways so
as to bear a resemblance lo battlements
turned upside down. The lower teeth were
alternately cut off and left of thetr nat
ural size, so as to fit In with the notches
above. In other words, a lower tooth sit
uated below a cavity above was left of
Its natural size, and the adjoining tooth
was cut off for some distance. Of course,
the upper and lower teeth thus treated
would not meet at once, but It is a fact
well known to dentists that if mi upper
tooth Is cut off the corresponding lower
tooth will gradually grow up to It, and
vice versa. If a lower tooth ts sawed off
the rorre-H,synding upt>er tooth Is sawed
down to it. Therefore, In course of time
the notched teeth of these prehistoric
Indians fitted Into one another exactly
and must have given them a peculiarly
firm grip upon anything they got between
thetr teeth.
The fragment of skull which Dr. Howe
has, as well as the tooth. Is colored red
which must have resulted from their be
ing dipped in mercury. This was natur
ally a post-mortem operation
’Hie cavity in the tooth tn which the
incrustation of iron pyrites Is inserted (It
is loose now and easily comes out) is per
fectly circular and symmetrical. It ar
gues good Instruments and skillful work
manship. The Instruments used were of
tempered copper, the art of producing
which haa been lost.
The little hell taken from the tomb and
which Is also one of Dr. Howe’s valued
possessions. Is green, of eourso, hut it lo
otherwise In perfect preservation, and tt
tinkles just as audibly as it did when de
posited tn the tomb, thousands of years
ago, by a race of peonle that has perish
tot
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