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SSs?1 Qigi-frffijjw" to)'a''g'-yt:yg-f,'1f'gi-; ia!" "JygT-ss 1' -ST? J - EXCLUSIVE all-day servlcs of Tie United , Freii, The New England Associated Fren, Tba SonthernAisoclatsd Prut, The New York State Associated Press, icp plomented by the exclusive right to publish in Washington the Kew York Herald copy right cable service. THE WEATHER TO-DAY. &imes Cold Wave Tonight. 30 to 40 Degree Kail liy 8 p. in. North" cstorly Windst VOL. 2. 2ntO. 03. WASHLNGTOIf, D. C, SUJN DAY JMOKNESTG, NOVEMBER 10, 1895.T"VENTY PAGKES. THREE CENTS. BXTEEW FA F NEW! HU OT fie S, A DAY EUROPE OH&POWDER KEG Turkey's Dissolution the Sign for a Gigantic Conflict. LORD SALISBURY'S SPEi CH At- the- Lord Mayor's Banquet the ISrltLsli Premier Gives Cautions Ut leraiicefo Ills View soft heSIt nation. Great Powers Forced to Act Joiiitly by the Necessities, of the Chmj. Loudon, Nov. . TbeU6ual lianquct given by the Lord Mnyor, upon his installation in office, took place tonight In the Guild JInll, the occasion being the taking over of the chief magistracy of Uie city of Lon don, liy Sir Walter Henry Wilkin, the suc cessor of Sir Joseph Renals. It is the custom for the priiuc minister aud otlier members of the cabinet to attend the ban quet, and for the prime minister to map out, more or less distinctly, the programme of the government. The greatest interest centered In tonight's banquet, as it was known thai Lord Salisbury would be pres ent and that he would throw some light ou Great Britain's foreign relations and policy, more particularly the course that would be followedln the case of Turkey, tv Hose contumacious beha lor has led to rumors of war. When the Lord Mayor toasted the'mlnls ters Lorfl Salisbury arose to respond. He touched briefly upon affairs in China and Japan. PREPARED FOR WAR OR PEACE. "Depend upon it," he said, '"whatever may happen in that region, be it in the way of war or the way of commerce, we are equal to any competition, that may be opposed to us, and may look with equal absolute equaulmity on the action of any persons vho think to exclude us from that fertile and commercial region or who im agine that if we are admitted they can Lest us in the markets of thu world. (Cheers). I should be sorry if we felt qndue sensitiveness in the matter. Continuing, he said that there is another part of the world where matters are not so peaceful as he hoped they are in the far cast. He recalled the action In Slay last of the Brllhli, French and Russian ambassa dors at Constantinople, and declared that It was designed to protect the Armenians, whose terrible and deplorable sufferings had moved the feelings of the British nation to their base. The demand? made on Turkey by the three powers had been substantially ac cepted by the Sultan. He had seen some where, under n great name, the assertion that the Sultan had won a great victory over the British. It could not be called a Tii lory. Lord Salisbury declared, because he had given the British all they wanted. HIS SUBSTITUTE DEMANDS. There had beeu an impression abroad that he himself had added a demand to those made in May, requiring something in the nature or an international commission. Tnat was a great mistake. He had never added to the demands. He uid otter as a substitute, demands as a simpler way of obtaining the same end; that, if it was preferreu, the present Mohammedan ma turnery siiould continue and be supervised by a mixed commission. The demands of the embassies were substantially that a proportional number of Christian em ploves should be added to the executive of trie-province containing a large number ot Armenians. lie did not contend that his proposal was the better. The Sultan prelerrcu the other proposal and this naturally fell to the grouud. The reason that he preferred to be rid of his proposal to substitute Christian lor Moslem of fleers was his great horror ot the powers appearing In these cases as partisans of one rcligiou rather than of another. That would be ex ceedingly dangerous. He remarked that the Queen of Great Britain rules over more Mohammedans than the Sultau, and that the British government Would have been neglecting its duly if it allowed itself to appear as a religious partisan in govern ing bo vast an empire. The government bad no otlier duty than to show absolute impartiality. Its desire was to do entire justice so that Christians and Moslems should observe each others' rights and pursue their own industries in confidence and peace. SULTAN NOT SINCERE. Continuing, Lord Salisbury said: "I should have been glad it our proposals could have divested the negotiations of any appearance ot partiality and could have assured our Moslem fellow subjects, who are among the most loyal and orderly subjects of the Queen, that tbey may rely on the Imperial government being abso lutely Impartial." "With regard to the result of the ne gotiations ir the reforms are carried into effect they would give the Armenians every prospect that a nation could desire prosperity, peace, justice and safety to life and property. But will they be car ried out? If the Sultan can be per suaded to give Justice to the Armenians it will not signify what the exact nature of the undertaking may be. If he will not heartily resolve to do justice to tliem the most Ingenious constitution that can be framed will not avail to protect or as sist the Armenians. Only through the Sultan can any real, permanent blessings be conferred upon his subjects. "What If the Sultan is not persuaded? I am bound to say that the news reaching us from Constantinople does not give much cheerfulness in that respect. You will readily understand that I can only speak briefly on such a matter. It would be dangerous to express the opinions that are on my lips lest they Injure the cause of peace and good order, which, above all things, I have at heart. CONSEQUENCES CjF JUSTICE. "But supposing the Sultau will not give these reforms, what is to follow? The first answer I should give is that above all treaties, all combinations of the powers, in the nature of things, is Providence. God, if you please to put it so, has de termined that persistent and constant mis jovernment must lead tho government which follows it to Its doom, and while I really admit that it is quite possible that the Sultan, if he likes, can govern with justice and can be persuaded, he is not exempt any more than any other poten tate from thu law that injustice will bring the highest one on earth to ruin. "It is not only the necessary action of the law of which I speak, on which we may rely. There Is the authority of the great powers. Turkey Is in the remarkable po sition that she has now stood for half a century, mainly because the powers re solved that for the peace of Christendom It was necessary that she should stand. The danger is that if the Ottoman empire falls it would not be merely a danger that would threaten its territory. It would be the danger that the Are there lit would spread to other nations, involving all that Is mo6t powerful and civilized In Europe In a dangerous conflict. Lord Salisbury deprecated indulging in the allusion tabt some single power would escape the treaty and try to settle the question in its own manner. He believes that the powers were never tnorc disposed than now to stand together by the European system they had themselves devised. Danger existed that the Sultan should imagine lljat under pressure of necessity the adhesion of the Powers was such that no abuses in the Ottoman Empire would ever receive puulshment. That was a great delusion. Lord Salisbury declared that he be lieved that the powers were thoroughly resolved to co-operate in everything con cerning Turkey. How they would act was not for him to prophesy. He did not know what contingencies might arise, but no man would say that it was Im possible for them to arise. They might become, weary of the cry of suffering that goes up in their ears and find other substi tutes for that which does not fulrill the Jiopes entertained forty years ago. There was inererore nothing in the concert of Uie powers to console those who would perpetrate iiiisgovernment or to silence the voice of those who would impress on thcOttoman rulers as the one burning neces sity of the hour that they give the common blessing of good government to thoseunder them. (Cheers.) LEAGUED TO SCUTTLE SHIPS Sensational Disclosures Made the Canadian Conspiracy. in Mnny Vessels With Their Cargoes Sunk, to Obtain tile Insurance Money. St. Johns, N.'F., Nov. 9. The facts in the latest scandal were published today. It said that a conspiracy has existed for several years among large marine dealers to scuttle vessels aud defraud the in surance companies. The affair promises to assume consider abledhuenslons. Many thousands of dollars have been thus fraudulently obtained. One party, ot conspirators are reported to have scuttled five ship with their cargoes in five years. kJ. A number of prominent business men of thecity are involved. The .clues were fouud through the recent smuggling raids. The disclosures have created a profound sensation. The nrrest of the ring leaders is expected on Mdnday. W KECKED AT ELKTO.V. Trains. Come Together nnd One Man Hadly Injured. Elkton, Md., Nov. 9. A 6erlous freight wreck occurred on the Philadelphia, Wil mington and Baltimore railroad almost in front of the passenger station at this place this afternoon. While a southbound freight train was standing on the. southbound track taking water, and also to allow northbound pas-i sensor trains to pass, an extra freight southbound dashed into It. The engines were telescoped and two express tars con taining horses were thrown upon some coal cars immediately back of them. Charles Schuman of Baltimore, who was riding between the cars on the colliding train had his left foot crushed so badly Umt it had to be amputated. The wreckage required several hours' work to clear away. FROM A SINKING SHIP. Message of the Cnptiiln in n Senled Hot tie. Cape Charles, Va., Nov. 9. Mr. A. H. Bowie, drug clerk, of this city, while walking along the beach here, yesterday afternoon, found a bottle securely sealed containing a piece of paper upon which was written: Off Cape Tear, July 19, 1893, Bark Julia A. Marks, leaking badly, nearly sunk, bound from Baltimore tolCuba, may have to leave her at any time. If not heard from, please report this to Col lector of Customs nt Baltimore, where we cleared from. She hailed from Bath, Me. riease inform my family in Port land. The one finding this will be rewarded for their kindness. (Signed) "Captain JOHN MARKS." POST-ELECTION QUAHREL. Nebraska Sller Men Suy Last Elec tion Wan No Fnlr Test. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 9. An Interesting question has arisen among Nebraska Dem ocrats as a result of the recent election. Ma honey, administration candidate for supreme court, received 14,500 and Phelps, silver man, 8,000 votes. Both went on the ticket under the supreme court ruling as Democrats. The silver men claim this was unfair to their Interests and that it was not a proper test. The silver men suggest that the silver question lie submitted to a primary elec tion In Nebraska. If a majority of the Dcmoirats of Nebraska are in favor of the 1G to 1 plant: in the next national conven tion, silver men are to be entitled to the delegation. If ihcmajori'of theDemocraU ot Nebraska are In faSof ot the present financial policy, then these Democrats are to have a right to represent the State in the national convention. The silver Democrats assert that if the gold men refuse to submit the question to a primary election they will be stopped from claiming to represent a "majority of the Democratic voters. The gold standard Democrats have little to say of tho sub ject, asserting that the election results Indicate clearly that the silver Democrats are outnumbered two to one in Nebraska and they think they have nothing to fear in future contests. . Restored by tho Faith Cure. Bradford, Pa., Nov. 9. A special to the Sunday Ueraldfrom Lafayette, this county, says Willie Tcnny, a paralytic, has been restored to health by the faith cure. A Rev. Mr. Raymond and Mrs. Goldsmith conducted a revival at Lafayette this week. Tenny went to one of tho meetings and during the services it Is alleged, he threw away his crotch and cane, de claring himself completely healed. Tlnrrlcnnes Off tho Hanks. Quebec, Nov. 9. A dispatch from Little Metis light says the. Btcamsbip Canadia has been floated and left for Quebec at 6 o'clock this evening. Incoming and out going steamers have been greatly de layed here today by a snow storm, ac companied by a northeast gale, which almost amounts to a hurricane. Burned by Molten Metal. Chicago, Nov. 9. While three men were transferring boiler plates this afternoon In the works of the Iroquois Furnace Com pany, at South Chicago, the blast was over thrown and all were seriously burned. The injured are Patrick Moloney, Josepb Boyer, and Thomas Ward. Middles Were Defeated. Annapolis, Md., Nov. 9. The Naval Aca demy football team suffered Its first defeat of the season today. - The heavy team of the Orange Athletic Club, which recently drew with Tale, defeated the Middles by a score of 10 to C. Xe Jersey Grnpe Juice Sent to Europe. Mr. Speer, of New Jersey, bas'a rcputa-" tion extending over the world as being a reliable producer of Oporto Grape Juice and Port Wine. His Oporto Juice and Port Wine are ordered by families in Dresden. London and Paris for their superior medici nal virtues, and blood-making quality, owing to the Iron contained In the soil la which the vines grow sSJ.aA;,fcfea tf"4jLIjSCRIBlKG FOR EUROPE'S 51CK rtflN.yj;, REOSI4GJJ0 HURRY It Will Not Engage in Hard Work Until After the Holidays. OUTLINE OF 'NEW BUD ET Fortys-even Socialists and Many Agrarians Will Give tho Govern ment No End of Trouble, tho Latter Insisting Upon Government Gran aries und 'Increased Duties. Berlin, Nov. 9. The announcement of the plans contemplated allowing Uie Reichstag from the third day of December until Christmas only a week of legislative ac tivity, has created a feeling of mild surprise. Under the circumstances a great many members will not care to Incur the expense and fatigues incident to making' the jour ney from their homes to Berlin for the sake of being present In the chamber for so short a time, especially as nothing is known as to the intentions ot the ministers to introduce contentious measures. It is probable, therefore, that the first part of the session will be marked by great difficulty in maintaining a quorum. All important bills Introduced in -the interval between December 3 and the Christmas recess will be referred to committees pend ing the resumption of the sittings of the chamber In January. The official press excuses the delay in convening the Reichstag by the fact that the Buudesrath has not yet decided upon any legislative programme for the session, but a better reason for the delay is Prince Hohcnlohe's well-known distaste for all business associated with theslttings uf the Reichstag, he having a positive dislike for even an occasional enforced attendance, as well as the debates, the incessant party in triguing, the official wining nnd dining, and. in fact, almost everything connected, even remotely, with parliamentary proceedings. GOVERNMENT BUDGET. Concerning the plans of the government, the budget, revision of the workingmen's Insurance laws, a bourse reform bill and a revision of the commercial laws con stitute the part of the programme of the ministers that is known to the public. Among the estimates the navy budget alone demands the blight increase of 534, 2.11 marks. The ordinary expenditure allows for the construction ot one first class Ironclad, three cruisers, one tor pedo division boat, and eight torpedo boats, for all of which the first Installments are asked. The utmost economy hns been observed and it is certain that the budget will not excite anybody. There Is one clement of disturbance before the ministers, how ever, and that is the resurgence of the agrarian and bl-metallic agitation. The Bi-metnlllc League held a meeting yesterday and decided to demand that Prince Hobcnlohe fulfill bis pledge to arrange for the holding of an International monetary conference, and as the first step toward its fulfilment to negotiate tbebasisof the conference wilh the govern ments of the United States and France. This bavjng been done, the Eruez Zeltung announces, it Is the intention of the agrarians to raise the question of the formation of state granaries in which stocks of cereals may be stored so as to prevent fluctuations In the grain market. The demands of the agrarians are des tined to play a leading part in the session and can be summcd.ip as comprising state monopoly of grain, the transit of grain to warehouses duty free, an Increase of the sugar export bounties, and a further Increase of Import duties npon most articles of food. FORTY-SEVEN SOCIALISTS. The election by the Socialists of Dort mund of Herr Leutgenau, editor of the Dortmund Arbelter Zeltung, gives the Socialists forty-seven seats in the Reichstag. This was tho first election held since the Kaiser appealed to the people to co operate with the government against socialism, and it is no wonder that the Vorwaerts, thu leading Socialist organ, exults over -the result and declares that "this is the people's answer." The count of the balloting shows that Herr Luetgenau received 24.4G5 votes, against 2 1,408 cast for the national Liberal candidates who opposed him. The Centrists held the balance of the vote, but under the instructions of their party leaders they abstained from voting, and the Socialist candidate consequently owes his election to the Centrists. The fact that Herr Leutgenau was sent to Jail for five months the day after his election adds to the Importance of the victory from a Sociallsttlc point of view. Tho North German Gazette, comment ing upon the election of Herr Leutgenau, takes the Centrists to task for their passive attitude and says that the endeavor to overcome socialism is hopeless If feuds between the political parti esof orderprevent their co-operation against the common enemy. The Centrists' organs notice by retort ing that the National Liberals have often supported Socialists against Centrist can didates and declaring that co-operation cannot be one-sided. The socialists of Pforzheim, In the duchy Baden, have refused to recognize the de cision of the social democratic congress re cently held in Brpslau in expelling their delegate, Dr. Reudt, and have therefore re . r '-. ... ."".j- .-X- awsaiii-; solved to secede from the party organiza tion. This action has met with popular ap proval among Socialists in the vicinity and Socialist circles in Baden generally are likely tofollowtheexampleofthelrbrcthren. The expectation which .has been pre valent in official circles, that peacewould be maintained in the east, is vastly in creased by advices received from Constan tinople today that the six great powers are acting in concert to perfect plans of cc-operatlon In" the event of the Sultan's becoming contumacious, and It js under stood that the arrangements are so fixed that there can be no discord. In the meantime an insight has been had into the nomination of Tewflt Pasha, late Turkish Ambassador here ns minis ter of foreign affairs t Constantinople, and that, too, is held .to te a good sign here. During the period of his service as Am bassador, Tewflk earned, the high esteem ot Prince Ilohenlohe and the otlier "high officials with whom he -was brought into contact In Berlin, nnd he has their full confidence. Turkhan Pasha, who has been appointed ambassador to Germany as Tcwrik's sec cessor, lias arrived here. He has had a German education and he Is well-known in Berlin. MONEY PLENTIPULIN JAPAN ,tf. Prices Gone Up. and -."-Railways Doing a Big Business. Terms for Restoring tho Lino-Tung Peninsula Dissemination of Antl- " Christian Literature. Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 9. Special cor respondence of tho United Press, per steamship Hankow. Toklo, Oct. 25. Great commercial ac tivity prevails in Japan. The large sums expended In the province on account of the war, the wages earned' by the land trans port coolies, and an unexpectedly good crop of rice, have produced such prosperity that a sudden and marked appreciation iu prices haa taken place in almost every class of commodities. The railways are doing an immense business and an air" of general prosiwrity prevails. Klrisfi-Yama, a volcanic mountain in Kagoshima, thesoutheru pro luceof Japan, recently broke into violent eruptions. Two men and one woman thnt happened to be ascending the mountain at the time, were killed. The conference to discuss the restoration of the Liao-Tung peninsula opened in PcklnouOi tuber 17. The Japanese plenipo tentiary demanded: First, an indemnity of 30,000,000 taels; second, that the Chinese government should pledge itselt not to cede the peninsula to any other nation; third, that Tallen, Takingl and Takushan should bo declared open ports. Tallen Is on the east coast of the peninsula within twenty-two miles xit Port Arthur. Takushau a nd Talung are on the Yalu River. JapaVs object is evidently to secure the "ient sword" by opening them to foreign intercourse. A batch ot nine men have been executed at Cheng -Tu for participating in the Zeechuan riots of last May. fl-1... mnn ln, m.ilnl Clirfl A KllVaiTO at" tack on Dr. Sheffield in Tung Chow three months ngo, nearly accomplishing his death, are confined In Tung Chow prison, their hands free, hut their feet in wooden stocks. Tiiey tnreaten, miry etc. ,. out, to kill every foreigner they can rind 1 ... ...,... n.lnnAmnAl-fnr Til- KllO ffl Pi ll. H1IU IU IMUIktT uuiRCtucn " Another insurrection has' broken out in XjUlUtm Ah ,n m. up, AUHp. - M the seacoast some 500 miles to the north east oi canton- rne arrair,ia uut j - rions, but local' officials! have failed to quell It. The dissemination ot rihtt-ChrlsUin lit erature is again becomlrig,actlve in China. Viiiuu-uuiii nil via uiiiuu" " - -- Chou originally distinguished himself by computus a urociiure eii"c asuvu . the Devil's RclIgidn.,, . !T m ' DAN STIJAHT' IN' MEXICO. lie Is Arranging for the Fight at Chihuahua. El Paso, Tex., Nov. p-Dan Stuart, president ot the Florida JLthletlo Club, arrlved here today from Dallas. All he has to say is that Ills evident to newspapers what ho is here for. Btuart will go to Cblhualma foe a confer ence with Gov. Ahumnda, and it is thought a prize fight Is certain at Juarez. Bull fights, with a big display by the celebrated McGinbl Club, will be'eiven in connection iwith the big fight. Everybody here is decidedly noperut. Btuart lays the failure of the fight at Dallas to the premature publication of plans by the newspapers. i Judge Thnrman No Worwo. Columbus, Ohio, Nov'. 9. At 11 p . m. ex-Senator .Tburman's-condition was re ported to be, without material change. He is perfectly conscious,, takes nourish ment with apparent relish, but is very weak, and sleeps much 'of the time. Annt Ifacbael'H Bitters, The undeniable -fact (hat these Bitters are composed in tbe main of Speer's Wine, with Peruvian 'Bark, Snake Root, etc., analyzed and recommended to invalids and the Medical Prof esslon, by the best Chemists In the United States," cannot fail in In spiring confidence In tbe use of these Malarial Bitters. It -?r SILVER REPUBUCAH SORE Trumbo of Utah Takes Excep tion to Sherman's Remarks. WESTERNERS WILL REBEL Object to the Ohio Senator's Declara tion That There Will Bo No Senate Jteorgnnlzutioii Until 189 7 Suys It's a Scheme to Keep Sllser Sen ators From Committees. Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 9. The statement appearing In the press dispatches that Eastern Republicans, prominent among whom is Johu Sherman, have declared that the United States Senate would nut bo reorganized In 1S9G whether or not Utah's Senators take their seats this winter, in order to avoid a possible compromise with the sliver men, aroused the ire of the Western Republicans. " Col. Isaac Trunibo, the" Western silver champion, who will likely be one of the "new Senators from Utah, said to a United Press reporter that the declarations served to forewarn and forearm the adherents of the silver cause and while feherraan and his co-workers might prevent a re organization this winter, there would come a season for retribution in J'J7, when silver advocatesmlght nnite with the Demo crats and retain tbe latter as chairmen of the different committees. IMPOLITIC AND UNJUST. "It is impolitic and unjust," he said, "for any section of the parly to bulldoze an apparent minority and flaunt their prowess in the faceof ardent champions of the cause of protection because they differ on tho money question. The silver question bears the same relation to the East that the tariff does to the West. The West never really needed protection for we are not manu facturers, but for the benefit of the whole country the Western voter has presented an unbroken front for thirty yearj in beiialf of Reiumieaniii. The East is not directly in terested in silver, but for the advancement of the entire country her people should be even firmer advocates than the West. "That is the view taken by us silver men, and when we are to be oilracised from the party because of our beliefs and convictions, the dtree of ungratefulness exhibited Is ouly equalled by Sherman's heartless criticism of our martyred Presi dent, James Garrield. Let the Republicans of the East beware. We will submit to a fair presentment fit our case before the votersof theUnited Statesand Iu reconciled to their decision, but our Influence can never be stifled by political legerdemain or gold bug Intrigue. Many more such declarations will leave western Repub licans without hope and drive them from the party. ELECTION IN CONGRESS. "I would also point to the fact that Buch a result would likely throw the elec tion next year into Congress, and if such should occur, it would be impossible to elect a Republican President, on a gold platform, each State having but one vote, thus giving thirteen out of the forty-five votes to the silver 8tates. The silver men today are in a better position and more powerful In the United States than was the Parncll party in England in 18S5, when it overthrew an English mlnlstry'and placed Gladstone in power as premier. These matters should bo carefully considered by our party leaders before making such rash assertions as are credited to Sherman." i . TIAS CLOSED ITS SESSION. Methodist Church Extension Hoard Meets Next In Philadelphia. Chicago, Nov. 9. The closing session of the church extension board of the Metho dist Episcopal Church was held to-day, when tbe report ot the general committee to tiie general conference which will meet la Cleveland next May was considered. Two subjects referred to in the report called forth animated discussions, one be ing a request to the conference to devise a plan for Increasing the funds of the so ciety, and the other vexed questions of loans and donations to churches costing over $10,000. The afternoon session was taken up in considering the appointment of a committee to meet Just before the general conference for the purpose of making recommendations to that body on some minor matters which the present board had not found time to deal wilh. In the end no action was taken and tbe various motions were ordered to be left out of the records. The future meetings of the board will bo held In Philadelphia as was the custom until 1888. GermnntownMemorlnl Dedicated. Philadelphia, Nov. 9. The stone erected by the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution in Germantown, which marks the bile of the encampment of the main Continental array under Gen. Wash ington before and after the battleof Brandy wine in' 1777, was dedicated this after noon. Frank Tamiz'k Murderers to Be Tried. Constantlnop!e,Nov.9. TheelcvenKurds, who are accused of murdering Frank Lenz, the Pittsburg cyclist, who was making a tour of the world, have been taken to Erzeroum for trial. Tbe British consul will conduct tbe case on behalf of tlyUnPted States. (O- - JTJ I.EXOWING THE QUAKER CITY. Investigation of Philadelphia's Mu nicipal Affair Begins Tomorrow. Philadelphia, Nov.9. Chairman Andrew, of the committee appointed by the late Stafe senate, to Investigate the municipal affairs of Philadelphia, stated that every thing was In readiness for theinvestlgatlon to begin on Monday. The committee will meet Monday afternoon, but it has not yet been decided whether any witness will be examined at the first meeting. It is stated on rellableuulhorlty that thus fur about 100 witnesses liuvebeen scheduled to testify before the committee. These have been obtained through the exertion of the Citizens Municipal Association, which organization has furnished the com mittee with $20,000 with which to carry on the investigation. Municipal contracts are expected to fur nish theopeiilngsubject for thelnvestlgation- SIIjb W. Pettil, president of the Union League CI ub, of this city, and a well-known attorney, will be the chief Inquisitor. SPANISH ARMS DEFEATED Heavy Battle Fought Near the City of Guanojay. Gunboat El IndloNow Feared to Boa Total Lokm, Effort to Float Her Having Fulled. (Special to The Times.) (Copyrighted by James Gordon Bennett.) Havana, Cuba, Nov. 9. A battle- lias been fought near the city of Guanojay. The government troops were defeated. The Spanish gunboat El Indlo, which went ashore near Trinidad during the cyclone, is still aground, all efforts made, so far to get her tiff having proved in vain, and it is now feared that she will have to ! abandoned. The engagement at CayoEsplno confirms previous reports that large bodies ot In surgent forces have succeeded in invad ing the province of Matanzas, und are now menacing frontier towns in the province ot Havana. Conservative estimates now place Uils year's sugar output at a million tons less than that of last yedr. FAST ON" THE HOCKS. Small Chance for the Puritan to Get Off Greut Gull. New London, Conn., Nov. 9. Latest advices from steamer Puritan, on the rocks at Great Gull Island, is that the ves sel has small chance of getting off for several days. She is hard and fast ou the rocks and it Is said that liouiders project through her bottom pretty well forward. The Puritan is making little water this evening and lies easy on Uie north side of Big Gull. She is two feet out of water for ward, witli four feet ot water at the stern, the vessel lying east and west on shore -The- passengers have only" words of praise for the way they were treated while on the boat Competent vessel masters who have seen the vessel say she will not be got off In several days and tliat the task or floating her will be a difficult one. She is very close to where the steamer Draharu was wrecked nearly a score of years ago and where her bones were left because It was impossible to float her. A northeast gale would break up the Puritan, so redoubled effort will be made to float her before the prevailing wind can shift, a hard northwester being the worst possible condition In which the unfortunate cruit cotuu oe puiiu. CIIICKAMAUGA'S LUCK. New Infantry and Cavalry Post to He Established There. i Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov- 9. It has leaked out from a high official source that the government will establish a military ! post for both infantry and cavalry troops ' at Chickamauga Park. i But the plans of the War Department are being jealously guarded until after the approaching session of Congress, from which a liberal appropriation will be asked. ' The planR contemplate incidentally the ' locating ot a rifle rarge, an artillery ' range of three miles, and a training field I within the park, which will be hedged around its immense area with a stone wall. The park will also become the training ground for West Point cadets, and a course of training on this historic field will be made a part of the school's cur riculum. The work will be completed with in a year. For some time past a marked tendency in the military policy of-the department has been the drawing in of the army lines from remote frontier posts and stationing them near the center of population and within easy access by rail, whereby quick transportation to scenes pf disturbance may be secured. THREATENING A FAMILY. Alberta Mason's Death Stirs Up Her HeintUes and Friends. Alberta Mason, colored, employed as a domestic iu the family or Charles Brogan, at No. 718 F street southwest, was fatally burned by an explosion of gasoline in her employer's kitchen on Thursday, as stated in The Times. Since that time the friends and relatives of the dead girl, who live in Burk's court have appeared before the Brogan residence in force, and 11 Is said that threats have been made against the people within. Mrs. Brogan is suffering from nervous prostration, ar.d Policemen Banagnn and McGuire have done most of their duty at the house. Stranded and Abandoned. Beaufort, N. C, Nov. 9. The schooner Martin C. Ebcll, with a cargo--of lumber has been abandoned and stranded at Kin nekeet. There are no tidings of the crew. They are supposed to have been taken off by some passing vessel, as tho boats and personal effects were gone. i i Knllrond Employes Uncertain. . Olean, N. T.. Nov. 9. Employes ot the Western New York and Pennsylvania Rail road here will hold a meeting Sunday and decide definitely whether they will join their fellow-workmen who are now striking for a 10 per cent, increase in wages at Oil City, Pa. Beads Like a Fnlry Tnlo. The followlug story about Fine Custom made Garments, made by fashionable tailors, of the very latest styles, which many of you are in need of Just now, atles3 than half .their original measured price, you'll wonder how such fine garments can be sold so low, but don't stop to figure it out. Be quick to seize the golden opportunity. Here's what we offer for today-and tomorrow: 5-20 custom madp suits or overcoats at $8; $25 custom made suite or overcoats at $10: $30 custom made suits or overcoats at $12; $33 custom made suits or overcoats at $15; $40 custom made suits or overcoats at $18. Panto from $2.50 to $6, which were made to order for more than double the money. Misfit Clotnlng Parlors, 407 Seventh street north wcsU - - C "Sh-j -jj C-. - . tt -. vCw'-e ' MILLIOHS LOST 1H A DAY Mining Shares Craze Causes a Collapse on Paris Bourse. GREAT FINANCIAL 0RISI3 Kings, Brokers and Actrensen En gulfed In Common Iluln Ilaron Alphonse de Itothsohlld Tells tho Minister of Flmuice what. Caused, the Catastrophe. ' cSpeclal to The Times.) (Copyrighted by James Gordon Bennett) Pans, Nov. 9. Political events, though these were of great importance, wera eclipsed today by financial incidents, which are assuming the proportions of a catastro phe. The Paris Bourse was today like a battlefield after tho defeat. Up to 2 o'clock nothing but the customary shouting was to be heard. All was dull and quiet, the public standing round the great liank ers to watch their faces. The fact is that if the crisis continues no one can tell what will happen. The number of banking houses that hava closed their doors is very great, but tie number of private persons who have been ruined Is still greater. All classes of so ciety were carried away by the mining craze. The oldest actress of the Theater Francaise is ruined. A former king has been obliged to pay $4,000,000 through a Jewish banker, who Is a friend of his. MORE MILLIONS LOST. A Smyrna speculator, who has ruled the Bourse for five years, losi-i $23, 000,000. The head of an establishment that is known everywhere loses 515,000, 000 and (lis eldest brother Is ald to be so angry that he refuses to assist him in carrying forward on the Bourse to tho end of the month, which would entail a still greater catastrophe. However, this morning the finance min ister summoned M. Verneuil, the broker, and Baron Alphonse de Rothschild to ask for their opinions. These gentlemen de clared that the crisis was due to the fact that thepeoplesold Turkish and French securities to buy mining shares, and that when they wished to sell their mining shares they were unable to find purchasers, and the crisis came. Politics, however, have also inf let need the crisis. The struggle Is not so much one between radicals and moderates as between the ministry actually in power nnd the occult ministry framed by the financiers, who are fighting their battle j both In press and parliament a circum I stance which renders the situation highly j interesting to those who are behind. th f scenes. M. RILot was doomed last spring. He was saved for a time by the Kiel eele- t brations, but he allowed himself to fall when besaw that theafrairs of theSonthern railways were about to occasion fresh parliamentary scandals. He had already been oiaigcd to make the Panama affair I. . n . .m ....... .. . . iiut, iu mentor. oi i,yj, is caiieti i "Premiere Charrette," and he had no wish for a second. SITUATION NOT PROMISING. M. Bourgeois accepted the office he had not sought, and at first tried to form a ministry of less radical tendencies. But the syndicate I have referred to prevented ail the moderates from taking part In the combination, and so M. Bourgeois formed a radical minlsuywith a polity ot henesty and purification. He will have to contend against all those who arc afraid of such a policy. The truth, however, is that 500 deputies are honest; thirty-two are great financiers, whose political career has no connection with finance, but there remain about fifty who are creatures of the syndicate, with strong influence In the press, and this is the clement that calls for purification. The question, therefore. Is whether or not the ministry will have time to effect the work of purification before the syn dicate sets its numerous influences to work. The internal situation accordingly is not promising, and neither Is the international outlook, but the rumors that have been circulated on the bourses ot Europe are false. It was said that tbe Austrian army was marching from Herzegovina, that tho English fleet was steaming toward the Bosphorus and that the Russian army was marching upon Armenia. It is all false. The truth Is that diplomacy is exerting terrible pressure at Constantinople to set tle tbe Turkish question and that for the moment diplomacy alone Is being resorted to, but no one in Europe can undertake to say that a week later the situation will ba the same. JACQUES ST. CERE. THEIH MAN WAS DEAD. Robert Nelson Died Before tho Warrant Was Ser ed. Danvers, Mass., Nov. 9. Two Stats officers came to this town last night with a requisition from the Governor of North Carolina, for a young man named Robert Nelson, who was wanted on a charge of burglary In that State. Nelson died a few days ago at Danvers port and was buried by the poor depart ment of the town. He came here a few weeks ago on a lumber vessel and, stating that he had trouble with the crew, he declined to reimbark. He obtained employment on a farm. ne was .taken 111 with pneumonia about a week ago and died In a day or two. Irra Wnddy Goes Ashore. Asbury, Park. Nov. 9. The steamship Irra Waddy, Capt. Francis Byers, went ashore at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the foot of Third avenue, Asbury Park. She now lies in fifteen feet of water. The sea is smooth and tbe indications ar that the steamer will be floated at tha next high water, which Is at 12 c'cloclr. tonight. Auction Sales Tucsdny. Ratclirfe, Sutton & Co., 920 Pennsyl vania avenue Huron street, between Co lumbia and Sheridan avenues, frame dwell ing, lot 23, block 17, Meridian Hill; by order of I. W. NordUnger and P. A. Darneille, trustees. Salo Tuesday, No vember 12, 4:30 p. ru. Duncanson Brothers, Ninth and D streets northwest Sunderland place northwest. No. 1912, three-story brick dwelling, lot 73, square 115; by order of M. Ash ford and C. II. Williamson, trustees. Sale Tuesday, November 12, 4 p. rn. Thomas Dowling & Co., 612 E street northwest No. 1035 P street northwest three-story brick dwelling, lot 13, square 180. Sale Tuesday, November 12, 4:30 p. m. Walter B. Williams & Co.. 1001 Penn sylvania avenuo northwest No. 903 B, street northwest, threc-stroy brick dwell ing. Jot 5, square 363; by order of H. O. Claughton, assignee. Sale Tuesday, No vember 12, 4:30 p. ru. No. 1616 Vermont avenue, northwest tiiree story brick dwelling, lot C. square 277 ;by order of same. Sale Tuesday, November 12, 5 p. ru. Dyrenforth's $10 Suits. There's an indescribable something about Dyrenforth's fit that is not found nsualll In ready-to-wear clothing. V