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V ot LXn ... -X°- 20,458.
HiNHATTAN PUZZLES ALL.
IT Bor>:ns rp to the highest price
SINCE 1893.
yAS -T RUMORS of' CORNERS. COMBINA
TIONS AND NEW CONCESSIONS TO
EXPLAIN ACTIVITY.
Manban an furnished a genuine sensation to the
Street yesterday, and ■ mystery as well, for no
rtp!a" at!pn r ' i:= remarkable advance has yet de
veloped, although the air of the financial district
.;« thick with rumors. At one tim» last Saturday
mornln? Manhattan was Belling at 18%, and by the
dose of Tpesday It hnd advanced to l-12-i,.. It- open
irr yesterday was "wide." 6,000 shares being sold
jiinu!tar.eoi;sly at ICVi to 43. The. next sale was
nf 1/100 shares at 143. the next 1.200 at 143 M,. and in
{seat? inlnntea the stock had touched 150. at which
fipire l.fiM shares were sold. Then, under a vast
velum* if realizing sales, the price eased off to -17
I* a ff w Btfautea after 11 o'clock.
BfToTf* the closo of the second hour it had again
jiJvaneed to 149%. and in the early afternoon it
got up to 151%. the high level of the day. The
close at 149. a up: pain for the day of 6%
points and an advance of ls*4 points from the low
]t\el of Saturday. The other traction stocks also
advanced rruy. apparently In sympathy with
Manhattan. Brooklyn Rapid Transit shot up to
6» an-1 closed at <!2*«. 414 points higher than on
Tsesday. Metropolitan advanced to 143' i, closing
at HI. « "«< § am of 1% points for th» day. Metro
politan Securities closed at 122%. 6*4 points above
Tuesday-" dose Th« general list was stimulated
in the afternoon trading- by th* strength of th<j
tnrrior..-. and a few of the standard stocks dosed
rltl) substantial grains.
SOMK OF THE REPORTS.'
Sach of the rations reports put out to account
{or the advance in Manhattan had its believers
ifd porters. One theory, heard In influential
»s4 wHI informed quarters, although not popu
isrly believed, was that the movement was being
c«ineere.i by a powerful bull pool, which was
puttlrg up the stock with the object of causing
■ advance in the whole market. Other observers
!r.s!ste.l that a corner was being worked, all sorts
of guesses being made as to the identity of the
Aorta who it was alleged were being "squeezed."
Said one prominent broker:
There isn't much Manhattan stock floating
around. The Goulds have most of it. This corner
has been worked before, and always in the same
way. Manhattan stock, in easy times. Is easier to
borrow than any other on the market. You can go
and get any amount of it from the brokers who
have it in charge. There has been a lot of it loaned,
«r.d now they are calling it In at an opportune
time— it has been done any number of times— loan
it freelj when there is a lot of it out, call for it
and caus-.- a scramble to get it. In every one of
these scrambles the same stories have been circu
lated, about New- York Central control especially.
I've htaru the story a dozen times in the last ten
years. I size this up as a corner in Mannattan.
That I? all it is.
The "corner" rumor, however, was not widely
credited, and it was said also that it was still pos
sible to borrow Manhattan stock from Gould bro
kers. •- to the report that the New-York Central
Railroad would take over the Manhattan and guar
antee 6 per cent on the stock, a prominent' official
of the Central said: '"The New-York Central has no
idea of taking over the Manhattan and no inten
tion of entering into any traffic agreement with it.
The rpntral has been mentioned In connection with
th* Manhattan many times, but there Is no more
in it to-day than there has been !n the past."
GENERAL TRACTION COMBINATION.
'"ircumstantial reports were circulated that the
Metropolitan Securities Company was to take over
the Manhattan, combining: it with the Metropolitan
system. Asked about these stories, a leading Metro
politan interest said: '"I don't know anything about
It." A new rumor, which found respectable sup
port, was that the Interborough Rapid Transit,
Company (the Rapid Transit Tunnel Company) war
to tease tho Manhattan, guaranteeing 6 or 7 per
cent dividends on its stock. August Belmont and
other prominent directors cf the subway company
declined to discuss this story, and President Gould
of the Manhattan refused to comment on any of
the rumors affecting iiis company, the most ambi
tious ot which had it that all the fraction com
panies, including the Intcrborough, were to be com
l-fried into a single system: Another suggested ex
planation of Manhattan's rise was an unconfirmed
Itory that Manhattan had secured a promise of Im
portant concession* from ■:,• Rapid Transit Com
mission, enabling It to build tome important spurs
downtown.
A rumor to fit the advance in Brooklyn Rapid
Transit was that that company was to be leased by
the Pennsylvania Itailroad Company, which con
trols the J^ong Island Railroad Company.
The tracing in Manhattan on the rioor of the Ex
change was intf-rf-sting. It was said that the buying
was apparently in the hands of a well organized
clique, and That the floor was covered bo well — one
Bet of brokers taking care of all offers of stocks* in
lotF from 100 up to 500, another in lots from 500 to
1.000, and so on— that the trading was controlled.
Manhattan has been on a I per cent dividend basis
ririce I*S*. In 1%57 it paid 44 per cent dividends, and
for several years prior to 7h'j~ it had paid •» per cent.
Us price yesterday was the highest at which it has
sold since 1*93. when it sold up to 17*%.
William Barclay ParsonE, chief engineer of the
Rapid Transit Commission, was greatly interested
yesterday in the rumor that the Manhattan and
tur.ne.l lines v.. re to be controllcrl by one manage
ment. Hr- said:
"The time is coming— l can't »ay when it will
pet h^re — wnen all the strictly local passenger lines
in this city will be operated as one system and
under one. management, ........ from one
road to another. That would be a great thing for
the travelling public, and it seems to me will come,
about as an '-volution in transportation. When I
say this I cio not wish it to be understood that i
know about any plans for such a combination. I
simply regard it as •.•- of the inevitable things of
th*- future-"
DJEJi iriTFR TO ETTFXT OF $97,000.
THK AUDITING 'iMMITTKK OF THE STOCK
BUILDING ASSOCIATION AT MILL
VILLE SAYS HOWELL ABSCONDED
WITH THAT AMOUNT.
[BY TEI.E'JRAPH TO THE TRIBrXE.]
Millville. N. .T.. Nov. 19.— At a meeting of the
fharehold"rs of the Stock Building Association
held here to-day a report of the auditing com
mittee showed that Richard Howell, the ab
sconding secretary, was a defaulter to the ex
tent of $97,000.
Vr. Howell a few days before his departure
d^-jed all his property to the association,
■Khich amounted to $30,000, but as affairs are
dow the property In ■i'""'" will not brig
$o.<XiG As reported to-day the assets are
113.000 and the liabilities $115,000. A commit
tee was appointed to audit the books of Mr.
Howell. and the stockholders, composed of
many widows, ho will probably be able to f»e
cure only five or eight cents on the dollar for
their Investment, adjourned until next Wednes
fay.
tEI 'JSPTIO V PLE \8 FS / MPEROR.
ENGLAND'S ROYAL VISITORS SPENT THE
DAT SHOOTING.
London. Nov. If>.— Both the German Emperor
*n<i the King of Portugal spent the day out
'hooting, the former with the Earl of Lons
■ate, and the latter with King Edward, in the
rr> .val preserves near Windsor. The Emperor
aic tinsulsh<»d himself on the last day of his
t'esent visit to England by bringing down
*Khty-four rabbits In twenty minutes.
An authoritative statement in Issued this
jveaing saying that the German Emperor is
Bighli gratilied "at the friendliness with which
the English people has everywhere received
him. and his majesty will leave the shores of
England to-morrow with the most agreeable
'"ifiresslonfi."
( lir;HT FEEDING WOMAN /N GRAVE,
Bsaosr VAN'ORA HAH CLAIMED HIS WIFD
[ •M I.r, btay IN hypnotic SUDPP WITH
out rOOD IB i>i;INK
fcaporia. Kan., Nov. 13. -The methodß of "Pro
fuior" Vanora. who buried his wife here last Sat-
_Tou nave a day. practically, by taking th* New
££* Central's "20th Century Limited." between
"•* lork and Chicago. A-Jvt.
urday night In an alleged hypnotic sleep were
exposed last night by the night policeman 'and a
newspaper man. Th- "professor" had claimed that
the woman would remain in the sleep without
food or drink until Wednesday night.
The watchers were rewarded last night, however
ny catching the "professor" passing milk, bread
at" the n f,Tl Chr fM 0 th " w " m&n down the air shaft
a Jn«ti«n °'r> ? &raVf The exposure created
fhe sr im- I ? roff ' Vanora has contracts for
the St. Louis Exposition and several other places
FAVORS EXTRA SESSION.
MR. BABCOCK WANTS TARIFF REVISION
TAKEN OP WITHOUT DELAY.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlßrjfß.l
Washington, Nov. 19.— Representative Bab
rock returned to Washington to-day, and after
again denying that he had made a bargain with
Mr. Cannon for committee places or had as
sumed to speak for the President on the subject
of an extra session, he said:
I am decidedly In favor of an extra session.
The work of revising the tariff should be taken
up without delay, In my opinion, an.) the only
time to handle that Question is at an extra
session of ' !ongx< bs
Mr. Babeo< k is one of tVi<* lenders A f the tariff
reform movement In th" Republican party, and
his declaration Iti favor of an extra session is
Interesting .-is showing their determination to
resist any efforts to sidetrack or unduly post
pone taking tip tho subject. The weight of
opinion among ttv Republican leaders, how
ever, seems to be opposed to h.-ist- and to taking
the matter up In advance of the first regular
session of the LVOTtn Congress There seems
to be mnn probability thrit it' an extra sessi m is
called It will be to consider anti-trust legisla
tion. This is rapidly <■ ■•niiui; to the front as one
of the matters that will be pressed. Senator
("ullom. of Illinois, who is now In Washington,
preparine an anti-trust bill. Is to press it from
the opening of the coming Bession, and he says
he can M*i-n no good reason why a bill Bhould
no', pass the Senate before the Christmas holi
days and be acted on by the Hous< before the
end of the Bession. He will probably find, how
ever, that the subject will ki\<- rif< to bo much
debate that, with the many other important
matters pressing tor consideration, it will he
Impossible to gel action In the Senate at the
coming - His bill will be along the lines
of the plan of trust control suggested hy At
torney General Knox In his Pittsburg speech,
and will be In the shape of amendments to the
existing Sherman Anti-Trust law. His pro
amendments will have for their object
the making of the criminal iif th "
Sherman law more drastic, Increasing the scope
of the civil suits which can be Instituted under
!•, and making it i • for personi whose
business has been affe< ted by unlawful com
binations :■> secure (lama
WHEAT GIVER LETTER $150,000
HIS FIRST TRANSACTION OK CHICAGO
BOARD SINCE HIP FAMOUS CORNBR.
(p.T TELBQBAFH TO THK Tr.IIiUNE.J
Chicago, Nov. 19.— Wheat took the stellar role
from corn to-day on 'Change. Armour \ Co.
openly bought enough May and Dec.
wheat to send prices soaring. Armour has now
and then added a million bushels to his May
line until it has reached enormous proportions.
To-day, taking advantage of an early break of
fee, he took fully 8.000.000 bushels more May
and' December, thereby forcing prices up 1 to
Me, The May holding of that house nowpro^
ably aKsivgutes from 12.00*000 to 15,000,000
bushels.
Buying of December wheat was a new feature
the Armour support made that
deliver] strong. The December-
May "spread." which a few days ago wai
was narrowed until December v>.!s only Hfcc.
under th • more distant option.
jCßepnj CBepn 1 . ■ orn went over
board to-day and ceted close :o $150,000
nront on the first Board of Trad< leal !n which
hebM ace he lo I $10,000,000
to 512.000.000 in his famous corner. His win
nings Id to
cents ■' bushel on at least 2.000.000 bushels.
Under the selling attributed to Mr. Leiter
the price fell off to Kityc. from its last night's
close of :~~-'\ When - ; pressure wae
■ • 'pram shot tip to 59c
. • dling and gnash
the shorts. Mr. Leiter was
said to have begun his buying around 50c. a
bushel.
TRIBESMEN KILL OFFICERS:.
BIX OUTLAWS MAKE DESPERATE RESIST
ANCE TO BRITISH COLUMN.
Kimla Nov. 19. Colonel Tonnochy,
manding the fourth column of the British ex
pedition against the Waziri tribesmen, on the
Afghan frontier found a strong tower at Gu
mattl held by six outlaws, who refused to sur
render. Th 1 -- shells from the British guns made
little Impression on the fort till eveninp. when
the tower was Btormed and all irs defi
were killed The British losses were compare
tively heavy. Colonel Tonnochy and Captain
G. White were killed, and Captains Davies and
Houston and Lieutenant Airy and eipht of the
native troops wen wounded. The tower was
""General Egerton arrived at Shiwa yesterday.
and captured the headman and several of the
villagers Colonel Mcßae, conimnndinp the
flrsi column, signalled from Spinwan on Mon
day thai he had surprised and <ai>tured the
two hundred and fifty
prisoners. Some wai munitions also fell into
the hands of the first column.
MEXICAN ROBBERR 5*7707.
,THE TIIHKK MEN WHO MURDERED ROBERT
REMMET KILLED ON SPOT OF TRAGEDY.
City of Mexico. Nov. 19. The three Mexican rob
ber-'who murdered Robert Remmet. an English
man in I'™ were all y Bhot t °- rla y "P° n the
spot' where the tragedy occurred. Others who were
concernf.l In the murder were sent to prison for
long terms.
In Tune. 1901. Ror-ert Remmet, an Englishman,
manager of mines near Zaculapan. in the State of
Mexico, was killed in his own bouse by a band
of robber* Remmei and hts wife, with a consid
erable amount of money and jewels, Intended to
denart next-day for England. .There were twelve
P ln the bind They went to Remmefs house,
mv?m v? 11nJ;«1 1n J;« In^solitary spot, and found the Eng-
th^ I "hot him dead in the
presence of his wife.
MR. CARNEGIE RAPIDLY RECOVERING
HIS DOCTOR BAYS THAT HE ONM NEEDS A FRI
DAYS' REST.
London Nov. Andrew Carnegie, who was
Dolsoned by something he ate while on the Conti
» 1. rnnidlv recovering. The doctor says that
There i« no cause for anxiety and that Mr. Carnegie
only need* a few days rest _
CENTRE OF POPULATION,
IT IS HO« IN BARTHOLOMKW COUNTY. INDIANA.
WHERB • TABIJ2T WAS bbbctbd TEKTERDAT.
fBT TEI-EGHAJ-n TO TUE THIBC.NB.]
Richmond, tod.. Nov. 19.— When the census of
MOO was taken the centre of population of the
rni.ed States was located In an out-of-the-way
n.rthniomrw County. Here a suitable
''"" ,• . . i, eannol '■• seen from the highway.
r marker h.fs been placed there, directing the pass
erby to the spot. m
BRIAR'LtFF M I L K-STANDS FOR
strength, purity and these mean economy In use,
richness of flavor.— Ad vt.
NEW- YORK. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1902. -FOURTEEN PAGES.- *»£K»»
ADMITS TORTURING FRIAR.
CAPTAIN FtROWXELT. DID NOT REPORT
THE CASE OF FATHER AFfU'STINE.
SECRETARY ROOT CLEARED FROM THE
CHARGE OF r>F.MRF.RATF. rONTKAL
MENT of FACTS.
fBT TET.EfJKAI-H TO THK rRIBfNB. ]
Washington, Nov. lft.— By a definite state
ment, whi< h is included in the report of Judge
Advocate (Jeneral Davis to Secretary Root.
Captain Cornelius M. Brownell admits the ad
ministering of the water cure to Father Augus
tine at Banate, in th^ Philippine islands, on
Deremher 8 and 9, I.MMI. wbtCß resulted In the
d^-ath of the pri'.st
Captain Brownell also frankly admits that he
never made any report of the mutter to his
department commander, simply informing him
of thf death of the man. This clean Secretary
Hoot and the VVfir Department from the oharpe
frequently made that facts were beinp «-on
cealed deliberately. The r^-|"'rt made by 1 ;<»n
eral Davis is *it th^ direction of the Presidejit,
and in response to an "pen lettt-r sent to him
thmuph th>- press by several prominent atftl-
Irnperlalists, Including Carl Bchun and Chartei
Francis Adams The affidavits of six privates
of Captain Brownell's compahj were offered in
evidence by those bringing the cbai
Tru offlcers appointed bj th<\ Wai Depart
ment to ro to Vermonl and Investigate the
affair obtained from Captain Brownell a free
statement covering the entire matter. Th'- '-ap
tain alleges military necessity us bis reason for
administering the torture to the priest. The
important admißalon, however, was that, for
reasons of bis own, not hard to divine, he ne*w
reported the Incident. Such a report as he
would have been obliged to mnkp would have
left his superior :i" alternative but to order a
court martial at once. Therefore no report was
made. The reglmeni returned to this i-ountry,
and the story was circulated by members of
the company who witnessed the affair, and In
this way reached the ears <>f the people, who
called it to the attention of President Rosfs
velt
BROWNELL. NOT LIKELY TO BE TRIED.
Despite the admission, which amounts almost
to a confession, there Is scant possibility that
Captain Brownell will ever be brought to trial
for the killing of the priest. The report of
Judge Advocate General Davis points out that
there is do legal basis for such a trial. The
act was committed in time of war and by an
officer of an invading army. International law
recognizes that a member of an army of in
vasion is not amenable to the laws or courts
Of the country Invaded, but even if It were
granted that Captain Brownell was liable to
trial In the Philippine Islands, and by insular
courts, there exists no treaty of extradition
under which he could be Bent there. On the
other hand, he has been mustered out of the
United States service, and can no longer be
tried by a military court martial for something
which happened prior to his muster out. If
he ere still in the army he could be tried: as
It Is, he escapes. This Is the opinion rendered
by the judge advocate general.
The papers and records of the Investigation
will now. at the direction of Pr»»sia>nt RooseveH^
be turn»d over to Attorney cietft'ru knox, wnT
will, is prosecuting officer of the government,
make a final decision as to the possibility of
bringing Captain Brownell to trial.
THE KILLING OF THE PRIEST.
The story of the killing of Father Augustine
is In brief as follows: In December. 1900, a gun
boat brought a prisoner to Banaro, a port rear
Hollo, garrisoned by a detachment from the
26th Infantry, under the command of Captain
Brownell. The prisoner, hen he first came
ashore, was disguised In the uniform of a non
commissioned officer of the United States artil
lery. Later a cassock belonging to him was
sent ashore, and thereupon he was named
"Father Augustine" by the soldiers. Fired
■with a desire to obtain Information from the
prisoner. Captain Brownell on three successive
occasions within two days administered the
water cure to the priest. After the third time
the man died, and was hurriedly buried. Then
Captain Brownell reported his death, but, as he
says himself, made no reference to any of the
circumstances connected with th" matter. The
commander of the department simply learned
that a prisoner had died
In due course of tine the regiment came back
to this country and was mustered out, and Its
members returned to civil life Then members
of the company who had witnessed the torture
and knew of the death of the priest, began to
talk about It, and In due time it reached the
ears of various antl-imperiallsts, who collected
evidence, secured the affidavits of six privates
of Captain Brownell's company, ami then sent
an open letter to the President, detailing the
Incident. The same material was Included in
the Democratic campaign book.
RESULTS EXONERATE MR ROOT.
The President, is shown In The Tribune of
October 25, at once directed the Secretary of
War to Investigate the affair and the Attorney
General to prosecute if it were found possible
Army officer? were sent to Vermont, witnesses
ere examined, and Captain Brownell'a own
statement was secured The results, together
with the report, were turned over to Secretary
Root yesterday. These results show clearly
that the Secretary of War was not guilty, as
was alleged, of deliberately conniving at the
concealment of facts, but that Captain Brown
ell's failure t<> make a proper report left the
War Department in complete ignorance of the
entire matter.
Captain Brownell was appointed to the '_'»;th
Infantry, one of the volunteer regiments en
listed for service In the Philippines at the close
of the Spanish war, on the recommendation of
Senator Proctor. The regiment was recruited
at or Ethan Allen and was commanded by
Colonel Edmund G. Rice it spent its two
year term of enlistment in the Philippines. Cap
tain Brownell served with his regiment, and
his record is otherwise clear. He is new a resi
dent of Burlington, Vt.
FIRF DESTROYS PERftfA\ TOWV
FLAMES RAGE FOR THREE DATE TWO HONORED
PERSONS KILLED.
London. Nov. 20.— The St. Petersburg correspond
ent of "The Dally Mall" telegraphs that a fire
lasting three days has destroyed the town of
Resht. Persia. Fifteen hundred houses and many
warehouses were wiped out, and two hundred per
sons perished.
The town of R«?!=ht. situated fourteen .nil. from
its port of Enzelii, on the Caspian Sea. has a popu
lation estimated at 25,000 to 30.000. It is the Market
for raw silk? and cocoons, and has a big import
and export trade with Russia. The city was almost
depopulated by the plague In 1830.
BANDIT HOLDS UP GAMBLERS.
A LORI BOBBER HECURES 15.000 BY RAIDING A
MINNESOTA ESTABLISHMENT.
Minneapolis. Nov. 19.— A crowded gambling es
tablishment at Columbia Heights, a suburb, was
held up by a lone bandit to-night, who shot one
of the attendants twice and secured CM) booty.
CALIFORNIA IN FOUR DAYS.
From New York. The best of everything en route.
The "Overland Limited," via Chicago and North-
Western. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Rail
ways. Utfictc: •101, 357 and 343 Broadway.— Advu
HOSTILE SPIRIT IN CUBA
ANTI-AMERICAN INFLUENCES
I AT WORK.
FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE
. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THIS COUNTRY
:-; -RECIPROCITY MAY BE
DEFEATED.
j. .- -.
'.'fBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRirrNT.-l
f Washington, Nov. 19.— Minister Sqolers and
General ' Bliss are encountering unforeseen dlffl-
Vultle».?at the beginning: of their task of nego
tlatlpSN'a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. Never
: has one country been so generous to another as
the United States proposed to be to Cuba In the
draft of a treaty which General Bliss carried
to;Haifiina. In framing it Cuba and her in
dustries' were thought of. The primary object
in viefi was to furnish Cuba with a market for
everything which she raises for export. This
wrs^to be done in spite of the facts that her
principal exports are sugar and tobacco; that
sugar 'and tobacco are largely produced in the
United States: that those interested in these
■industries In this country have strongly opposed
reciprocity, and that the United States Gov
ernment would surrender a large amount of cus
toms revenue. In return, the United States
asked only for such concessions In Cuban tariff
rates as would give to American merchants that
predominance in the Cuban market to which
their geographical proximity entitles them.
Cuba's revenues were not to he reduced, but
the inevitable effect of the new tariff would be
to increase them.
PRESIDENT TAI.MA EMBARRASSED.
It was naturally supposed that when this
plan was laid before President Palma's gov
ernment that it would meet with ready ac
ceptance; but Information which reaches the offi
cials in Washington leads to the fear that anti-
American Influences at work In Havana will be
able to # block the framing <>T th" treaty. It la
almost 'incomprehensible to the administration
that any faction of Intelligent men in Cuba
should allow themselves to be led into opposi
tion to this treaty, and members of President
Roosevelt's administration cannot understand
why the President should encounter opposition
in Havana after having taken issue with many
of the leaders of his party on the subject of
generous treatment for Cuba, having appealed
to th" country for support In the recent cam
paign and having won at the polls- Yet it is
undeniable that such opposition exists, and
that it Is powerful enough to embarrass Presi
dent' PJCltno. who Is believed to be personally
alive to the advantages of the proposed treaty
and to th.- great Importance to Cuba of Its
consummation.
FOREIGN AGENTS BUSY IN HAVANA
This conditions of affairs in Havana has been
brought About, to som; extent at least, by the
activity of the agents of European business
houses, who see that If th" treaty goes through
their sales' in Cuba will be seriously affected.
They, have been zealously supported in their
anti-American campaign by the diplomatic and
consular t'preaentaUves of the countries roi
which tnef" come, and air the rfrfrßerft*" of Great
Britain. Germany. Fran.-.- and Spain in the
island has been arrayed against the United
States. No opportunity has been lost of sug
gesting to the Cubans whose experience under
Bpatn was not such as to encourage them to
believe thai any nation could be disinterested,
that the United States had ulterior motives,
and that the propositions for closer trade re
lations and for the retention of coaling stations
were -Imply Indications that the great Republic
of the North was determined to keep the Cubans
In vassalage.
BRITISH MINIBTERB UNUSUAL ACTION.
It is pointed out thai there Is s strange sic:
r.ifieance in the fact that, iust .>n the eve of
the opening of negotiations by General Hliss
ministers plenipotentiary of European go.-ern
irents have entered the field of controversial
pamphleteering, ns has been illustrated by the
publication In Havana of the British Minister's
report, In which he contends that the crisis
In Cuba has been exaggerated, and that the
distress through which the punters have passed
has reallj 1 n of Immense service to '"nba In
teaching the planters economy. This is the
more significant ••"■ 'he reason thai II Is un
usual for British diplomatic reports m be made
imblie through an? other channel th:.n the
Foreign Office In London. Minister Carden a
action In giving •■'it his report In Hav-.n.-. la
regarded .is being Indelicate and unfriendly
The degree nt niccess with which this anti-
Vmerican .-ampalgn bas been carried on Is
shown by th.- fact that in the reorganization ol
the Cuban House of Representatives th.- anti-
Americans were able to elect the President.
the First vice-President and one of the -
tai les
GENERAL BLISS IX HAVANA.
A COMMITTEE WILL BE FORMED TO CON
FER WITH HTM
Havana. Nov. 19 General Tusker H. BMss, U. S.
A., who his been sent here to Investigate condi
tions with a view to the negotiation of a reci
procity treaty between Cuba and the United States,
arrived to-day. President Palms sent his aide-de
camp to meet ''.•■rural Bites, and placed at the
latter'! disposal his private launch and carriage.
General Bliss afterward paid a visit to Minister
Squters. and then .-ailed in Mis official rapacity on
President Talma, in company with the American
Minister.
President I'nlma convened a special m-vtinK of
the Cabinet this afternoon, .it which it was prac
ti.;ili\ decided t.. fi>rm a commission, consisting "f
■ ■ >i of th* si veral e« m >mli
c.«.-jptii-s and the Secretary of State, t • ronfer with
,;, u ,. r .,i Blisi conferences will begin as
g ion as possible
FOREIGNERS WA UN ED OFF.
WILL NOT BE U.T.OWF.n TO COME RE
TWEBN THE UNITED STATES
\\|i CUBA.
iPy Th« Asaoeiated FViwal
Washington. Nov. 1l». The ofßciala here are
not sure that any reciprocity treaty with Cuba
which Minister Bquiera may draw up will have
to he submitted to thi Cuban HOUM of Repre
sentatives, but they incline to the .pmi >n that
it must be. If this should he th«- • ase, the re
ported reorganisation of the Cuban House bj
a majority hostile t" closer relations with the
United States undoubtedly will postpone in
definitely thf consummation of a reciprocity
treaty.
The administration already has taken Into
consideration what it regards as a strong proba
bility. th.it Cuba and the United Slates must
get along for a consdderabls period without
any more definite trade relations than now
exist. Violations of the Plitt amendment by
Cuba, in act or spirit, will scarcely be consid
ered as sufficient cause for immediate interven
tion by the I'nited States, owing to the pre
vailing opinion that the responsibility for the
observance of that act lies with the Cubans
NO NEED TO DELAY BUSINESS.
Stock reports and an official stenographer much
appreciated features of the Pennsylvania Special.—
Advu
themselves, since they have Incorporated it in
their national constitution.
Of course, this attitude of non-action on
the part of the United States Government
'will not apply In cue any torelcn country
keeks to come between the United Mates and
Cuba.
BOYCOTT TS A FAILURE.
LABOR UNION'S MOVE AT SCHENECTADT
JGNOREP AND LAUGHED AT.
[BT TEIEORArH TO THE TRIBUNE.]
Schenectady, N. T.. Nov. 10. — There was no
difference between the business done by the
Pchenectady Railway Company to-day and that
of other days. The labor unionists of this city,
with a few exception?, are laughing at the boy
cott instituted by the Trades Assembly, and
their disregard for It is an evidence of the fact
that they are on the eve of their emancipation
from the th-aldom of the socialists who have
recently dominated the councils of this body.
President Henry V. Jackson and his fellow
workers In the Trades Assembly cabinet have
been brought to a realization of the fact that
they have gone too far. P,ubllc sentiment, which
on many another occasion has been on the side
of the Trades Assembly, has taken a turn. That
body is trying to disavow responsibility for the
expulsion of William Potter by the painters?
union, in response to a resolution passed by the
assembly, and it is recognized that the unpopu
larity of the expulsion or Potter was an ill
preparation for the radical step of trying to
make th» railway suffer for the action of one of
Its contractors.
The other phase of the boycott, that of the
unionism of the lines, to-day presents the only
hope of a continuation of the boycott until the
next meeting of the Trades Assembly, on next
Wednesday evening. The socialistic element in
Ihe Trades Assembly has been making repre
sentations to-day to the officials of the Amalga
mated Association of Street Railway Employes
of Albany and Troy, in the employ of the ITnitedi
Traction Company, with a view to enlisting:
their aid, If this is secured the cars of the
company will be prevented from entering either
Albany or Watervllet. which in the latter city
would mean the tying up of the Troy line of the
railway. This step has been suggested by some
of the hotheads in the Trades Assembly, in their
vain attempt to starve off Impending ruin for
themselves.
This action, it is insisted by those who are try-
Ing to bring it about, will bring the Amalga
mated Association to the rescue, and in the
general tie up that might follow there is hope
that the situation would be relieved, as far as
the future of the Trades Assembly Is concerned.
The Albany branch of the Amalgamated As
sociation has tried several times to organize the
local street railway men, but they have declined
to be organized. They receive higher wages
than any other streetcar men In the State, and
they have the boon of vestfbuled and heated
curs. Over $'2~>o was spent In a few days in giv
ing the local street railway men "good times" to
Induce them to form a union, but they remained
obdurate. Only eighteen out of th- entire force
desires to form a union, and the Trades As
sembly leaders to-day are grasping for this
last straw to prevent their own downfall. It is
not believed, however, that the forlorn hope of
the socialists will aval! anything. Meanwhile,
the boycott fails to boycott.
rxros cases before odell.
■I EXPECT GOVERNOR TO TAKE ACTION
NEXT WEEK." SAYS GENERAL. ROE.
AIT the' evWenco In the cases of William Potter,
of OilisimlMj. and a member of the 4.'; d Separate
Company, of Olean, who were discharged from the
Painters and Decorators' Union, has been turned
over by Major General Charles F. Roe to Judge
Advocate General W. W. Ladd. jr.. who will place
the matter in the hands of Governor « 'dell for
action.
"These two cases are the only ones which have
been reported to me, and I d.>n't know of any
others." said General Roe yesterday afternoon. "I
expect some action to be. taken by Governor Odell
the first part of next week, but what can be done I
am not ready to say."
VOLCANO REFVG EES COME.
REACH SAN FRANCISCO AND TELL
STORY OF DEVASTATION.
San Francisco. Nov. 19.— The first of the refugees
I from the devastated lands of Guatemala arrived
! to-day on the Pacific Mall steamer City of Para.
i They came from the districts r'rom the inland sea
• and travelled over a country laid waste by sand,
; ashes and pumice before reaching a railway ata
i tion.
They then made the journey by rail to > 'hamper -
1 ico and there took the steamer to San Francisco.
■ The refugees sailed on November 7. when the vol-
I rano was still smoking. They escaped with mtie
1 more than the clothing they wore.
)■ The Guatemalans confirm stories of the loss of
; life. They s.ay that the victims for the most part
1 were Indians, thousands of whom were asph>xiated
' or buried in the Band. Mile.- of plantations are
under ashes, and absolute ruin Is the lot of many
planters, whose all was invested in the Ptacas
One refugee comes from within hall an hour's ride
of General Barlllos, and brings information that
th* general and hi? family are safe.
Bands of robbers are now swarmln? the deso
lated sections, robbing anil murdering refugees on
the' road and looting the abandoned and desolate
plantations. The people left behind on the planta
tions, it is said, are in dancer of death from star
; vation, for the forul supply has been cut off. an.l
there is no way to send In supplies to the afflicted
districts.
Among those who came on the City of Pars were
the Bardwell family and Miss Florissa Mero, The
Bardwells owned the Magnolia plantation, near
i Argentina and about thirty miles south of Quezal
tenango.
The steamer Cltj of Para met evidences of the
volcanic eruption soon after leaving O<los. Great
quantities of pumice were found Boating In th"
water. When the vessel came off the coast of Gua
temala the shore was seen to be covered with light
1 ashes. At Champerico there was about half an inch
; of ash over the roofs of the houses, and th.- ground
was covered as by a snowstorm.
\ ? h- •:-• were then falling, although it was sixteen
days after the first eruption of the mountain. Dur
ing the night of November 8. a few hours before
the City ol Para sailed out of the port, loud rum
hligs of the earth were beard and heavy reports, as
Of distant thunder, came from the direction of the
Word had been received from afasatenanj on
the outskirts of the ruined territory, that there, on
Frldav " October 5, at about 5 o'clock in the even-
Ing Santa Mai i opened a crater on the west
side near Its ba?< and not far rrom Helvetia, and
all that night it belched forth volumes of ashes
,md lava over Tolhu. It was not on Saturday
morning that several more craters In the neiK.i
borhood of th. mountain, had opened up, and al!
wer.- snouting volcanic debris over the plantations
of th.- district. These new craters were further
to th- west, and for more than twenty-four hours
they were in constant eruption. The earth was in
continual commotion, shaking down buildings and
causing much destruction. All the territory about
Palm, r Sar. Felipe. Pueblo Nuevo and Ret:i!o.uie*
were buried under ashes Many of the plantations
were buried under from '! ■•■ la sev« feet of debris,
and all hope of t-ver reclaiming them bad been
given up, Th. entire neighborhood for miles was a
burning wilderness. ,
At Mazatenango, on the south side of the vol
cano, only ashes had fallen, and not to such ■ grea:
depth that It was not possible to save some of th -
plantation property. News from that town aaid
that hundreds of refugees were collecting th*-re
and many more were pushing on to places iurthor
away from the volcano, fearing !iirth<r»r destruction
from it. Many of the refuse-- -v«re without "jr.-al
or shelter, and their condition was pitiful. At that
place most <>t th» buildings had been badly .;,;m
aged, if not completely destroyed, by the tierce
earthquakes, that accompanied the eruptions of th.
volcano. When the last word came from Mazate
ningo, fifteen days after the first eruption of Santa
Maria, the earth had been in constant trembling.
At Champerico a modest estimate of the lose to
the coffee crop places it at *»\(iu» quint..;.-
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY AN
NOUNCES ' . ;.
that commencing November 21 the station at Har
rison. N. J.. will be temporarily abandoned; sale of
tickets and stopping of trains will be discontinued
— Advt.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
RnOSEVELT AT MEMPHIS.
THE PRESIDENT MAKES FOUR
SPEECHES.
AS HE DEFENDS THB
HE IS
ADMINISTRATION* RECEPTION TO
CEN. AND MRS. LTKE E WRIGHT.
Memphis. Term.. Nov. lf>. — Although the fes
tivities to-day were for the homecoming of Gen- :
eral Luke E. Wright. Vice-Governor of the Phil
ippines, the presence of President Roosevelt was
nevertheless the overshadowing feature of the
day. Excursion trains were run into th« city,
and a number of distinguished men were her«
to participate in the celebration. Among them
were Governor Benton McMillin and General
Joseph Wheeler. Immediately after the Presi
dent's arrival there was a parade through th»
streets to the Gayoso Hotel, where a breakfast
was tendered the President and General Wright
jointly by the women of Memphis.
The President attended and spoke in th« after
noon at two receptions given in honor of Gen
eral Wright, one at the Auditorium, by whits
citizens, and the other by colored people. Later
there was a Colonial Dames* tea at the Gayoso
Hotel, and the festivities closed to-night with
an elaborate dinner, at which the President also
spoke. .Including some brief remarks at the
breakfast, the President spoke four times dur
ing the day. Altogether, it was a splendid,
tribute to' the affection and esteem in which
General Wright is held at home. Mrs. Wright's
popularity was also evidenced by the applause
which greeted every reference to her. This
was especially marked at the Auditorium, when,
the President referred to the fact that bis
mother's brother served in the Confederate navy
UQder her father, who was Admiral Semmes.
Mayor Williams and Governor McMllliri made
addresses of welcome and the audience was
very enthusiastic when General Wright delivered
his response. He was greatly touched by th»
compliment paid him by the President's pres
ence and with the demonstration in his honor.
General Wright did not go deeply into the
situation in the Philippines in his remarks, but
he emphasized the fact that the administration
of the islands, under both Presidents M.-Kitiley
an.l Roosevelt, had been of an absolutely non
partisan character. President Roosevelt had
not intended to speak at this reception, but the
assemblage would not be denied. He said:
Mr. Chairman and you. my fellow-Americans:
I am glad, indeed, to have the honor of com
ing to-day to your beautiful city in your beauti
ful State to greet on behalf of the whole coun
try a Tennesseean who has rendered high. ami
honorable service to the whole country (ap
lause) — a Tennesseean of whom it can be
• said, as it has been said of the Greek hero:
Much has be seen and known, cities of men
and manners, climates, councils, governments,
himself not least but honored of them all; has
drunk delight of battle with his peers, far SSI
the reeling plains of windy Troy."
We are one people absolutely. (Applause*
The memories of the Civil War are now her
itages of honor, alike for those whose fathers
wore the blue and for those whose fathers won*
the gray, (Applause.) There is one curious
and not inappropriate coincidence to-day: My
mother's brother served under Mrs. Wright's
father in the Confederate navy.
I me here to-day to greet Genera! Wright,
because it has been given to him to render a
peculiar service to the whole; country. A man
can render service of the very highest charac
ter at home. but. owing to the very nature of
our system of government, he must, in his elec
tion at least, represent particularly a given
party. I say in his election at least, for after
election, if he Is worth anything, he must be a
representative of the whole country. (Applause.)
But there are certain branches of the pub
lic service in which, if we are wise and far
seeing, we will never allow partisan politics
to enter. There must be no partisan politics
in the army or the navy of the United States.
All that concerns us to know about any gen
eral or admiral, about a mighty captain by sea
or by land, is whether he is a thoroughly tit
commander of men and loyal to the country as
a whole. In the same way. if we are wise.
if we care for our reputation abroad. M we ar*»
sensible of our honor at home, we will allow no
question of partisan politics ever to enter into
the administration of the great commands*
which came under our flag as a result of the
war with Spain.
Hem •. I say that General Wright, like Gov
ernor Tatt and his asooctatas, has rendered a
pecuTiar service to every man jealous of th«
honor iv" the American name in what he has
done in administering the Philippine Islands.
For fourteen months it has been part of mv
business to see how the work there was done.
I am not speaking exaggeratingly. I am
speaking literally, telling the bare, naked truth
when I say thaT neve-- during that time, has a
quest of party politics entered even into th*
smallest action of those in control of th a Philip
pine Islands.
Now. my fellow Americana, we cannot afford
to have th*- honor of the nation in any way
smirched in connection with our dependencies.
We cannot afford to have it smirched anywhere.
If we wrong ourselves here at home, we are m
biame. and we ray the penalty: but if we allow
wrong in connection with the islands, not only
the islands suffer, but an Indelible stigma of
shame comes to the American name. I am
earnestly desirous that the administration of th«
Philippine islands shall be put and kept upon
such a plane of patriotic efficiency that no
change will be made in It owing to any change
of party here at home. Party feeling should,
of course, stop at the waterline.
The inestimable service rendered by Governor
Wright in the Philippine Islands has been be
cause he has so conducted the government of
those islands as to make it not only el signal
benefit to the 'island*, but of signal honor to
every citizen of our country: that he has s->
handled himself that he has so handled the ad
ministration of affairs, as to make us feel a
justifiable confidence that thereafter the storms
of party politics in the I'nited States shall never
touch the government of the Philippine Islands,
and that, whatever changes of administration
there ire here, in the Union, there shall not b»
a tipple of change in the course of conduct In
the Philippines marked out by Governor Wright
and his associates. Th-? man of whom that can
truthfully be said is a man entitled to honor
from his fellow countrymen; and of Governor
Wright it can be truthfuly said.
The reception tendered by the colored people
was an enthusiastic one. General Wright
earned their gratitude during the two yellow
fever epidemics twenty years ago by remaining
here when most of the whites had fled and see-
Ing that the sick were cared for. The hall was
packed, galleries an.l pit. to th- point of suf
focation, and the whole spirit of the proceedings
breathed admiration for their friend.
General Wright, in addressing the rolored
audience, talked chiefly of their future, telling
th. of th» difficult problems before them. He
said that it would perhaps have been better for
both races had the change from slavery to
citizenship not come <■< . suddenly.
When the President came in the colored peo
ple became frantic, jumping up and down in
their enthusiasm and yelling themselves hoarse.
The President said:
Mr. Chairman. General Wright, and you, my
fellow citizens: I am indeed glad to have been
here to witness and to share in your greeting
to General Wright. I can well understand how
Inevitable It was that he should succeed in the
lost of high responsibility he has occupied out
side of our country, when he has ha.i the char
acter that has entitled him to the profound re
spect and regard of all his fellow citizens.
General Wright has succeeded in the Philip
pines by displaying just those qualities which
each one of us must Iti a lesser degree display, if
we are to I>e good citizens here at home. There
is nothing: peculiar in government. • Good gov-
LETTERS MAY BE DICTATED
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