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INVENTION TO
REVOLUTIONIZE
NAVAL WARFARE
Nikola Tesia's Latest
Discovery.
NEW USE FOR ELECTRICITY
fORPEDO BOATS TO OPERATE
WITHOUT CREWS.
Propelled by Electric Impulses Sent
Through, the Atmosphere From
a Station Miles
Away.
Special Dfspatcb to The Call.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.— Nikola Tesla.
tbe electrical expert, in a newspaper
Interview describes an application of
•ricity whereby, without the inter
f - tion of any artful medium of com
n Qnlcatlon, one man may control and
direct, with absolute exactitude, the
ments of any type of vessel, bal
loon or land vehicle at any distance
may be desired. From a a
on shore, or frmn the deck of a vessel
r way. a torpedo boat equipped with
Mr. Tesia's controlling device may be
propelled either on or below the sur-
face, maneuvered at will In any direc
tion; and finally brought into contact
and exploded against the side of a hos
tile vessel at any point within the
range of the vision of the operator.
than this, assuming that it were
.possible to accurately locate the posi
tion of the vessel which it is desired to
y. the torpedo boat could be di
rected to it, even if the ship lay in the
harbor of Southampton and the opera
tor was stationed at Sandy Hook.
Mr. Tesla says that some months
elapsed since he fully dev
his device, for which he has applied for
a patent. When it was learned thai Ad
miral Cervera was bottled up at Santi
:t was his intention to apply his
anism to several launches and
similar craft loaded with high explo
and to annihilate the fleet at an
chor. Admiral Cervera, however, came
out and met his fate under the guns of
.uerican fleet befort ssary
arrangements could be made. Then Mr.
T>-p!a planned a raid on the Spanish
Vessels in Havana harbor, only t i be
thwartvl by the proclamation of the
nsion of hostilities. Says Mr.
1
"Hithen-' the only means of control
ling the movements of a vessel from a
nee have been supplied through
the medium of a flexible conductor.
Buch as an electric cable, but this Bys
t':~i is subject t" obvious limitations,
such as are Imposed by the length,
ht and strength of the conductor
which can be practically us"d; by the.
difficulty of maintaining with safety
the high speed of the vessel or chang
he direction <>f her movements
■jvith rapidity: th" necessity of effect
from a point which is
ticaliy fixed. and from many other
Lacks which are inseparably con-
nected -with such a system.
"The rTrt'n whfch I have perfected in
volves none of these objections, tori
am enabled by the use of my invention !
tn employ any means of prppulsl
impart to the moving body or v<
the highest possible speed, to <■■
peration of its machinery and to i
direct its movements from either a
fixed point ex from a body moving and
'■hanging its direction, however rapid- '
I\ . and to maintain this control over*
distances without any artificial
connections between the vessel and the
apparatus governing its movements.
and without such restrictions as these
must necessarily Impose.
"In a broad Bense, then, my invention
differs from all of those systems which
r the control of the mechan
ism carried by a moving object and
governing 1 its motion in that 1 require
no intermediate, wires, cables or other
form of electrical or mechanical conaec
w Ith the object save the natural
media in space-. I accomplish, never
theless, similar results and in a much
more practical manner by producing
waves, impulses or radiations which are
received through the t j ;irth, water or
atmosphere by suitable apparatus on
t!i" moving body and which cause the
• d actions, so long as the body re
s within the active region or ef
fective range of such currents, waves,
impulses or radiations.
"Having ■ x; -.Jain* -d to you some of the
FOSTUM CEREAL.
FORMER COLLEGE GIRL
Tells "Tales Out of School."
"When I first went to the College, at
Line, in, X»-b.. the maid ?ave mo a cup
(Tee, the taste of which disgusted
me and I spnt it back with th<» request
to gel some better made. The Rirl told
me that they served mostly Postum
Food Coffee, so when I got that prop-
erly made, it proved to bo a delicious
drink and one that 1 have used ever
since. I find that many people make
■thHr common coffee In very slipshod
%-
MRS. H. M. FLOYD,
Colby, Kansas.
banner and even more, i believe, serve
Postura in such • way that it is taste-
less and unpalatable. Every one who
has at any time had a genuine cup of
■well Postum, likes it, and you
may depend upon it that any one who
pays they do not llko Po^tum, has never
r'-ruly had a good cup of it. The whole
Koerot is in the boiling. It. must be
boiled long enough to bring out the-
-flavor.
: ' ■" "I suffered terribly with dull head-
t ache.-, before I took to drinking Pos-
■ tum instead of coffee, but these have
Ml'twen gone for two years or more. I
could give you quite a list of friends
-•.ho are regular users of Postum Food
Coffee and you may depend upon it
they have been greatly benefited by
the change."
j possibilities of the device, I will now
j give you a practical example of the
workings of the model before going into
a detailed description of how 1 am able
to produce these results."
Elevated on slicks on a table in the.
j center of the laboratory stood a model
I of a screw-propelled craft, about four
j feet long and somewhat disproportion
ately wide and deep. Mr. Tesla ex
plained that it was merely a working
model which he had made in order to
exhibit it to President McKinley, and
that no attempt had been made to fol
low the usual sharp lines of a torpedo
boat. The deck was slightly arched
and surmounted by three slender
standards, the center one being con
siderably higher than the other two,
which carried small incandescent bulbs,
a third bulb being fixed at the bow.
The keel consisted of a massive cop
pel i late, the propeller and' rudder be
' ing in the usual positions. Mr. Tesla
explained that the boat contained the
■ lling machinery, consisting
electric motor actuated by a storage
battery in the hold, another motor to
actuate the rudder and the delicate
mechanism which performs the func
tion of receiving through the central
standard the electric impulses sent
i through the atmosphere from the dis
| tant operating station which set in mo-
I tion the propelling and steering mo
j tors, and ihrough them light or extin-
I guish the electric bulbs and fire the ex
ploding charge in a chamber in the bow
in response to signals sent by the ope
rator.
"Now watch," said the Inventor, and
going to a table on the other side of
the room, on which lay a little switch
board, about five inches square, he gave
the lever a sharp turn. Instantly the
little bronze propeller began to revolve
at a furious rate.
"Now I will send the boat to star
board," he said, and another quick
movement of the' lever sent the helm
sharp over, and another movement
i turned it as rapidly back again. At an
; other signal the screw stopped and re
versed.
"During the day," continued Mr.
: Tesla, his hand on the lever, "we should
j steer our course by keeping the two
I standards in line, but at night we
I should depend upon the electric iights,
which would, of course, be screened so
| as not to be visible to the enemy," and
\ at a signal both the tiny bulbs were il
| luminated.
"Now we will assume that tho boat
I has arrived withi.i striking distance of
the vessel to be destroyed and the bulb
in the bow will serve to show that the
explosion has taken place."
As he spoke he touched the lever
I again and the light flashed and was ex-
I tinguished.
"Imagine, if you can." said Mr. Tesla,
as he went back to his desk, "what an
irresistible instrument of destruction
we have in a torpedo boat thus con
tr lied, which we can operate day or
night, on the surface or below it and
from any distance that may be desired.
A ship thus assailed would have no pos
sible show of escape.
"I can apply this system of control to
any type of vessel and any one of any
size. It is not even necessary to make
a close approach to be destroyed. At
j the distance of 100 feet the explosion
; of ?00 pounds of dynamite will exert a
I shattering effect on a battleship, but
| there is no reason w>»~ we should not
I load a. vessel with 200 or 300 tons or
(even more of dynamite, which, explod
: ed even a mile or so way would raise
a wave that would overwhelm the big
si ship ever built."
Continuing his description, Mr. Tosla
s.i id :
"As to that part of my invention
which involves the production of .suit
able wave? or radiations and the con
veying of the same to a remote re
ceiving apparatus capable of being: op
erated or controlled by their influence,
it may be carried out in various ways
which are at the present time more or
less understood. For example, I may
pass through a conducting path, pre
ferably enclosing a lurgv area, a rapid
ly varying- current and by electro
magnetic induction of the same affect
a circuit carried by a moving body.
"In this case the action at a given
distance will be the stronger the larger
the area Inclosed by the conductor and
the greater the rate of change of the
:;t. if the latter were generated
in the ordinary ways the rate of change
and consequently the distance at which
the action would be practically avail
able for the present purpose, would be
very small, but by adopting p-ich means
as I have devised— that is, cither by
passing through the conducting path
currents of a specially designed high
frequency alternator, or, better still, at
those of a strongly charged condenser —
a very high rate (if charge may be ob
tained, and the effective range of the
influence thus extended over a vasl
area, and by carefully adjusting the
circuit on the moving body so as to be
in exact electro-magnetic synchronism
with the primary disturbances this in
fluence may be utilized at a great dis
tance.
"Another way to carry out my In
vention is to direct the currents <>r dis
charges of a high frequency machine or
condenser through a circuit, one termi
nal of which Is connected directly or in
ductively with thp ground and the
other with a body, preferably of large
surface and at an elevation. In this
if the circuit on the moving body
be similarly arranged or connected, dif
ces of potential on the terminals
of the circuit either by conduction or
electro-static induction are produced
and the same objects attained.
"Still another way is to pass the cur
rents simply through the ground by
connecting both tiu- terminals of the
■ of high frequency currents to
earth at different and remote points
and to utilize the currents spreading
through the ground for affecting the re
ceiving circuit properly placed and ad-
Justed.
"Finally, I may avail myself, in car
rying out my invention, of electrical
oscillations which do not follow any
particuL'tf* conducting path, but propa
gate In straight lines through space, of
rays, waves, pulses or disturbances of
any kind, capable of bringing the
mechanism of the moving body into qc
tion from a distance and at the will of
the operator by their effect upon suita
ble controlling devices."
LITTLE TROUBLE IN
GREATER NFW YORK
New Election Law Works Satisfac
torily — Gangs of Toughs
Awed by Deputies.
NEW YORK. St--. R.— Superintendent
Mcfullaph. after the polls had closed,
made the following statement in regard
to the operation of ihe new election law:
"My deputies bine had no trouble in
any of the territory nf Greater Now
York. I bad TOO deputies, s'rf) of whom
were on duty at the poll*. 100 in reserve.
a?;<! l nf > special* acting as messengers. The
.>nlv territory in which I bad any trouble
■w.-is In the Sixth and Eighth election dis
tricts of the Second Assembly District.
My deputies arrested four men for defec
tive naturalization papers, who were held
for the United States Judge.
"I expected to have trouble with arangs
r.f rooters from Newark. N. .T.. Jersey
City Bristol. Conn., and the famous 'Bat
Shea gang' from Troy, but as far as I
(;rard tln>re have been r.n difficul
ties with these men. In <-as<-. m y mm had
been overwhelmed at the polls T would
have called on the police, although I
could as a State officer call out the mi
litia to quell any disturbances. "
Fatally Wounds a Woman.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. S.— Mrs. Giacomo,
an Italian woman, was shot and fatally
wounded at her home this' afternoon by
Francis Badeirger. who had been work-
Ing for her. Badeirper, who- had been
drinking, became enrapecl because the
woman accused him of having stolen
Rome shirts. Picking op a shotgun he
discharged the contents into . Mrs. Giae
omo's br<-a*t. Her death 1 is only a ques
tion of a few hours.
♦
Grass Valley Votes Bonds.
GRASS VALLEY. Nov. B.— This city to
day voted In favor of $40,000 sewerage
bonds. The vote was 1030 to 203.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1898.
REGULATION
RATIONS FOR
SICK SOLDIERS
Patients Lie on the
Ground.
;how medicine was handled
PILLS AND TABLETS SHOVELED
TOGETHER.
!
No Trained Nurses in Some of tne
Hospitals— Many of Them
Could Neither Read
Nor Write.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.-The War Inves
tigating Commission to-day continued
I the examination of witnesses. General
Dodge, chairman of the committee,
says that he can begin to see an end
of the long investigation. After some
evidence has been heard at Detroit the
members of the committee will go to
j Washington. They have yet to visit
Camp Meade, Pa., but it is likely that
this camp will not be reached until
after the return to Washington.
According to Dr. Connor, the accu
mulation of papers and documents in
the possession of the commission would
fin a large-sized room.
Dr. <>. A. Smith of Clinton, la-, was
the first witness to-day. From Au
gust 9 to September 10 he was in
charge of the Second Division Third
Army Corps hospital at Camp Thomas.
Dr. Smith said: "When I assumed
my duties, July 14, I found a shortage
of tents and cots. The patients in the
hospital were crowded on account of
tent shortage. Some of the patients
were lying on the ground on account of
lack of cots. There* was no provision
made for feeding the sick other than
the rations issued io the soldiers in
the regular service, except for such
food as was brought in by charitable
organizations, the principal of which
were the Red Cross Society and the
National Relief.
"In the pharmacy there were at that
time no intestinal antiseptics, although
the commanding officer informed me
when I made a requisition that he had
made repeated efforts to get them. The
pharmacy at that time— and, indeed,
until it was ordered closed and 1
turned the stores over to the Govern
ment on the 9th of September— never
had any proper equipment for doing
pharmaceutical work. There were no
scales to measure with. The hospital
stewards used a board for a time.
There were no pill boxes or powder pa
pers. The stewards dispensed tablets
and pills in any paper they could se
cure, and they were carried to the
wards in that shape, and owing to the
prevalence of dampness at night they
would become by morning a sticky
mass not Qt for use."
The witness then went on to say that
the medical supplies did improve after
the Ist of -Autrust, but up to that time
there had been a great scarcity of suit
able supplies.
Dr. Smith said: "The water that was
furnished for the usti of the hospitals
up to August 1 was taken from the pipe
line from Chickamauga Creek, and it
was so full of sediment that it was
simply slush and not water.
"There were no floors in any of the
hospital tents at the time I reported
for duty at that hospital. The first
tent was floored soon after the middle
of July, although some were not floored
until long after that. The floors in
the tents of the Fifty-second lowa, the
First Maine and the Fifth Missouri
all laid after the troops had left
the park and were never occupied by
the soldiers and never had cots placed
in them. In fact, I might state that
the Boors were laid after orders had
received to pack goods prepara
tory to leaving for Anniston.
"In regard to nursing in that hos
pital, we had no trained nurses. All
the nursing was done by orderlies, and
many of them were densely ignorant,
and when 1 was in charge of the wards
of the Second Brigade I had two men
who could neither read nor write, and
three men who did not know the
meaning of 'Ma 1 or 'Pa,' when writ
ten."
PROBLEM OF SUPPLYING
SANTIAGO WITH WATER
General Wood Employs Three Expert
Engineers — Renegade Cubans
on the Warpath.
SANTIAGO I>K CUBA, Nov. 8. — The
main fjuestion now before General I.,eon
ard Wood, Governor of the military dis
trict of Santiago, is not pofflticaL It is
the question of water, which is a serious
problem. The rainy season is about over
and usually, after a month or so of dry
weather, water has to be brought from
the mountains and sold in the streets.
General Wood is anxious to avoid a repe
tition of such conditions, and has engaged
the services of three expert engineers to
report as to the best method of supplying
the city with water, whether with artesian
wH!s or otherwise.
Matamore, a colonel in the insurgent
army, and formerly a bandit, objecting
to the hum-drum ways of peace, recently
tn(ik to the hills with twenty men and is
now carrying on his old vocation, robbing 1
plantations and farms of cattle ana
horses, holding people up and setting in
every way a bad example. General wood
Is determined to suppress Matamore, and
a part of the gendarmerie Is now ready,
uniformed and drilled, weil mounted and
armed, to do the work. To-day twenty
men, under command of a lieutenant, left
for the locality in which Matamore and
bis companions are staying, .avith orders
to bring them all in dead or alive. The
general opinion here Is that if Matamore
la not suppressed he will soon have be
tween one and two hundred recruits, but
mow that the purpose of the authorities is
known it is not expected that many will
join him.
MERELY CLEANED UP SHIP.
Captain Hanlon Accounts for the Re
ported Wreck of the Panama.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.— The United
- transport Panama, from Santiago
and Havana, has arrived in quarantine.
There are on board about 400 persons, in
cluding a number of sick men. Captain
Hanlon was much surprised to learn that
any uneasiness had been felt for the
chip's safety. He said that shortly after
leaving Santiago he ordered the vessel
cleaned up between decks. Numerous
botea iunl other material thrown <>;■• r
board drifted toward shore, and this, no
doUbt, gave rise to the report that the
transport had been wrecked.
FIRE INSURANCE POOL.
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Fifty-
Three Companies.
CINCINNATI, Nov. B.— The Oranrl Jury
of Kenton County, Kentucky, sitting in
Covington, Kentucky, to-day returned in
dictments against flfty-three of the lead
ing fire insurance companies of the United
States, Canada and England. The in
dictments charge that the companies
have formed an unlawful pool to prevent
free competition among all insurance
companies and their agents doing busi
ness in Covington, and thus extort a
greater premium than otherwise would
have to be paid.
SAVED FROM A WRECK
AFTER A HARD STRUGGLE
Gallant Rescue of a Sailor on the Nor-
wegian Bark Sigrid in
Midocean.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. B.— The German
oil tank steamer Standard, which has ar
rived here, brings Andres Anderson, a
sailor, who was rescued at sea October
19 from the wrecked Norwegian bark Sig
rid. The rescue by a boat's crew from
the Standard was a thrilling and gallant
one, and was accomplished after one boat
had been dashed to pieces against the
side of the steamer and a number oi dar
ing attempts had been made to reach the
wrecked bark. Finally Anderson was
thrown a rope, which lie fastened about
him, and then jumped into the sea. He
was drapced into the boat in an uncon
scious condition.
Anderson nays the remainder of the
crew had been taken off the bark by an
unknown vessel. He had evidently been
forgotten, for the crew failed to come
back to rescue him. The derelict was left
in latitude 66.43 north, longitude 0.43 east,
nearly submerged.
NICHOLAS IS SINCERE
IN WISHING FOR PEACE
Editor Stead Convinced That the Czar
Really Seeks a General Dis
armament.
LONDON, Nov. B.— William T. Stead,
writing to the Daily News from Sebas
topol, after an interview, with the Czar
at Livadia, reiterates his conviction of
the earnestness and sincerity of the Czar's
purpose in proposing disarmament. Mr.
Stead says it is Impossible to repeat the
conversation, but he adds:
"But my opinion is summed up in a
remark which I made to a Princess of
the court, who, meeting- me as I was
leaving, asked me: 'Well, what Is your
opinion?'
"I replied simply: 'I thank God for
him. If he is spared to Russia that
young man will go far.' "
Mr. Stead adds that he found thi?
Czar possessed of exceptional rapidity of
perception, united with a remarkable
memory and a very wide grasp of an im
mense range of facts.
ECCENTRIC HERMIT'S
REMARKABLE WILL
Divides Yearly Interest on $50,000
Among One Hundred Little
Girl Waifs.
CHICAGO, Nov. B.— A remarkable will
is to be presented to Judge Koh'.saat to
morrow for probate. The will, which
was made by Orlando D. Hadsell, an ec
centric old bachelor who died recently,
divides among a hundred little girl waifs
every year for ninety-nine years the in
terest on ftw.OOO. Hadsell is reputed to
have made his money on chattel mort
gages. Although he seemingly spent the
biFt years of his life almost as a hermit,
it is stated that a contest over his will
may be made by two women, one of
whom claims to have been Hadsell's
bookkeeper for a number of years. Wil
liam Hadsell of California, a brother of
the deceased, is in Chicago awaiting the
probation of the will.
THORNS IN THE PATH OF
THE GERMAN EMPEROR
Jarring Incidents to Mar the Pleas
ure of His Trip Through the
Holy Land.
BEYROUT, Syria. Nov. B.— Emperor
William is much displeased over several
jnrring incidents of his trip to Jerusalem.
The reply of the Vatican to his notifica
tion of riphts acquired at Mount Zion is
considered extremely curt, while on all
Important occasions" the French Consul
General attended in order to assert
France's guardianship of holy places.
Moreover, it appears that the Sultan
practically took forceful possession of the
Land he presented to Emperor William,
tiie owner objecting to selling ecclesias
tical proptrtv. The authorities here tried
to ck-ar the harbor of all shipping yester
day in view of the arrival of the German
majesties, but the steamers of Messa-
X' r!»>s Maritimos. the French Steamship
Company, refused to leave.
LINDA VISTA RAZED
BY A CONFLAGRATION
Beautiful Mclver Dwelling at Mis-
sion San Jose Burned With
Its Contents.
MISSTON SAN JOSK, Nov. B.— Linda
Vista, the beautiful home of C. C. Mc-
Iver, was totally destroyed by lire at 8
o'clock this morning, entailing a loss of
$f>o,ooo, covered by $2u,000 insurance. Heavy
wind was blowing and nothing could be
done to save the structure, although there
was a Rood water supply. Efforts wore
made to save the costly furniture, but
little could be reßcued.
The fire started on the roof from sparks
from the chimney. Mr. Mclver is a
wealthy wimmaker of this vicinity, and
his home was the finest In this end of the
county, l.inda Vista has been noted for
its hospitality.
BLAMED FOR THE DEATH
OF HAROLD FREDERIC
Coroner's Jury Charges Two Chris
tian Scientists With Man
slaughter.
LONDON, Nov. B.— The Coroner's jury
which has been investigating the death
on October 19 last of Harold Frederic,
the correspondent of the New York
Times, rendered a verdict to-day of man
slaughter against Kate Lyon, a member
of the late Mr. Frederic's household, and
Mrs. Mills, a Christian scientist.
DEATH IN A MINE.
One Man Killed and Five Others In
jured by an Explosion.
SCRANTON, Pa-. Nov. S. —A gas explo
sion in the Schookey mine, neur West
Pittston. to-day seriously burned four
m^n— James Coulter, fire boss; John Met
calf, track layer; John McQulnlan, minor,
ami James Maekln, driver. Fire follow
ing the explosion overcame Anthony
Branke, miner, and John Valvons, his la
borer. Branke was dead when rescuers
found him, i>ui Vaivi db «raa restored to
consciousness. The explosion was caused
by the igniting of a foody of In a
chamber ■which Coulter and Metcalf; wero
exploring previous to locating a now
breast. Coulter und Metcalf may not sur
vive.
SAN JUAN'S DEATH BOLL.
General Brooke's Last Report to the
War Department.
WASHINGTON. Nov. B.— The following
cable message has been received at the
War Department:
"SAN JI'AN DE PORTO RICO, Nov.
7. — Adjutant General. Washington:
Deaths, November 5: Privates Almond
Pelly, D, Sixth United States Volunteer
Infantry, meningitis; Louis Taylor, X,
Eleventh Infantry, typhoid fever. No
deaths November 6.
"BROOKE. Commanding."
MANIAC'S TERRIBLE WORK.
Brains His Wife With an Ax and
Kills Himself.
WICHITA, Kans., Nov. K.~ At Alva, O.
T., George Lout, a farmer, went crazy to
day and killed his wife with an ax. He
Hi. n entered a room where his three
children alept, but as he rained : the ax
one of them awoke and the insane man
dropped th<- weapon, wont to his room
and tut his own throat.
Portland Banker's Death.
PORTLAND, Nov. B.— Henry Palling
died at his home In this city this morning
of a complication of kidney troubles. He
was 65 years of age. Mr. Falling removed
to Oregon from the East in lfciil and had
been President of the First National Bank
of Portland since ISC9.
CONCERTED MOVE
OF BONDHOLDERS
It Embarrasses Peace
Negotiations.
CLAIMS OF MANY MILLIONS
UNCLE SAM CALLED UPON TO
LIQUIDATE.
French Embassy Submits a Formid
able Array of Figures to the
State Department at
Washington.
PARIS, Nov. B.— The United States
Peace Commissioners had formulated
an answer to Spain's voluminous pre
sentment of Friday last, but the work
of typewriting this reply was too great
to be finished before 2 p. m. to-day, the
time fixed for the meeting of the joint
commissions. This fact was com
municated at noon to-day to the Span
iards, with a request that the meeting
occur at 4 o'clock to-day. This re
quest, however, was declined by the
Spaniards on the ground that they had
some other engagements for 4 o'clock
to-day. Consequently the meeting of
the joint commission was deferred until
2 o'clock to-morrow.
The Gaulois this morning, referring
to to-day's sitting of the Peace Com
mission, says it will in no way modify
the Spanish-American situation, "as
the American Commissioners have or
ders to await further instructions from
Washington."
The Gaulois says these Instructions
will depend upon the result of the elec
tions, which, the paper mentioned
thinks, will be favorable to the Repub
licans.
The Gaulois continues: "The Gov
ernment will eventually recognize
that pecuniary compensation is due
to Spain for the evacuation of
the Philippine Islands and the ne
gotiations will continue and be brought
to a satisfactory conclusion in a friend
ly spirit."
WASHINGTON, Nov. B.— The advices
that have come to hand so fax from
the commission at Paris are said to be
rather encouraging than the reverse,
and there is a disposition here to agree
to the statement, rather cautiously
made by the Spanish Cabinet yester
day, that there will be three or four
more meetings of the joint commission.
This is taken as an indication that the
Spaniards themselves are not 16oking
for a break in the negotiations, but
they rather expect a peaceful conclu^
sion in a short time.
The foreign bondholders have at last
moved formally to protect their inter
ests in Cuba and Porto Rico. The ini
tial steps have been taken through the
agency of the French Embassy, which
in this case acts no longer as the rep
resentative of the Spanish Government,
but for French subjects. Through the
Embassy a most formidable statement
has been presented to the State De
partment, being an account of the va
rious Spanish bonds owned by French
citizens chargeable against the territo
ries either seized or set free by the act
of the United States Government. The
sum total of these bonds runs up far
into the millions.
Just what it is expected shall be done
with them is not clear. The United
States Government, of course, will not
pay them, but it may be that the
French Government looks to it to cause
the independent government of Cuba
to assume liability for the redemption
of the bonds charged against that is
land when that government shall have
been duly installed by the act of the
United States Government. It is prob
able that other holders of like bonds,
German and British, will take similar
steps to have their claims brought
through their diplomatic representa
tives to the attention of the United
States Government, and it may be even
that the holders of such bonds in Spain,
though Spanish citizens, will take a
like course, which would present a
novel claim upon the generosity of the
United States Government.
ON EASTERN TRACKS.
Horses That Won All the Money on
Election Day.
NEW YORK. Nov. The meeting closed
at Aqueduct to-day. Results:
First race, about seven furlongs, selling—
Zanone won, Midllght second. General Maceo
third. Time, 1:26 3-5.
Second race, five and a half furlongs — Lady
Lindsay won. Ordeal second,: Village Pride
third. Time. 1:OS 4-."..
Third race, mile and forty yards, . selling-
Headlight II won, Campania second. Blue
Away third. Time, 1:44%.
Fourth race, mile and a sixteenth—
won Don'de Oro second, 'Warrenton third.
Time, 1:48%.
Fifth race, five furlongs, selling— Lady Sher
well won. Lady Dora second. St. Sophia third.
Time, 1:00%.
Sixth race, mile and forty yards, selling —
Flel 1 Lark won, Brighton second, Charlie Ross
third. Time. 1:45.
CHICAGO. Nov. B.— Weather rainy; track
fair at lakeside.
Firs>t race, five furlongs— Ordnunjf won, Fln
ißn second, Natroe third. Time, l.*fl>H
nd race, selling, mile ami twenty yards —
Barltaria won, Dunoia second, Moncrelth third.
Time. l:4. r .V 4 .
Third race, ntie and an eighth miles — Amos
won Macy second. Storm King third. Time,
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Fifth race, eleven-sixteenths of a mile —
O'ConneU won, Pave Waldo second, Sllgo third.
Time. 1-.0M4.
Blxttl race, six furlongs — Tenole won, Diggs
■eooad. Locust Blossom third. Time. l:l"H-
NASHVILLE. Nov. B.— Weather clear; track
good at Cumberland to-day. . Results:
First race, six furlonjra, selling— Sauterns
won. John Bonne second, Everest third. Time,
I:IGVi.
Second race, five furlongs— t>e Blaise won,
Triune second. Our Llda> third. Time, 1:09%.
Third race, thlrteen-slxteenths of a mile, sell
lnsc—Connie Lee won. Pinkey Potter second.
Karl Fonso third. Time, •• 1:22%.
Fourth race, one nnd »n elshth miles —
eler won, Demosthenes . second. Bagpipe third.
Time. 1:56. : •
Fifth race, thtrte^n-Fltteenths of a mile, sell-
Ing— Simon W won. Bob Turner second, Perclta
third. Time. l:22'«j. - t ■.
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BIGHT MOHEGAN VICTIMS.
Body of a California Woman Among
Those Brought to New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. S.— The bodies of
eight of the passengers on the lost Atlan
tic liner Mohogan, wrecked on October 14.
on the southwest coast of England, ar
rived here Monday in hermetically sealed
cofiins on the steamship Menominee from
London. The remains of Mrs. Sophie C.
Crane of California were among them.
Postofflce Bobbed.
KANKAKKE, 111., Nov. B.— Burglars
robbed the postofflce at Danforth. twenty
miles south of this rity, of $,VW In money
and stamps last night. They were unsuc
cessful, however, m forcing the safe of
the Danforth Bank, which contained $7000.
The doors of the vault were blown open
and the lock injured so bndly that the
banker? could not get in for several
hours. Bloodhounds will be used to track
the burglar?.
Fire Swept Forests and Prairies.
WICHITA, Knns.. Nov. B.— A special to
!h. Beacon from Karlsboro. Okla.,
aaya forest nnd prairie fires are raging
all oveT the Seminole Nation Territory,
En ahaka Mipplon and property valued at
fl£o,ooo have been destroyed.
Max Alvary, the Tenor, Dead,
BERLIN, Nov. S.— Max Alvary, the
popular German operatic tenor, who sang
during many seasons In the United
States, is dead. He expired at Tabarse,
Thurlngla,
ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Market anil Jones Streets. Market and Jones Streets.
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We to-day place on sale an unrivaled assortment of
the newest and most seasonable productions in JACK-
ETS, CAPES AND SUITS for Ladies*, Misses' and Chil-
dren's wear. A few examples we quote below.
LADIES' JACKETS AND CAPES.
.Ajt $3.75.
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LADIES' COVERT CLOTH JACKETS, in light and dark shades of tan,
fly fronts, faced with cloth, worth $6. will be offered at $3 75 each.
J±t $7,60,
LADIES' TAN KERSEY CLOTH JACKETS, fly fronts, faced with silk
serge, good value for $10, will be sold for $7 50 each.
j±t
LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, lined with fancy Italian cloth, handsomely
braided and beaded, collar,' fronts, and around bottom edged with
black thibet fur, regular price $7 50, will be placed on sale at $5 each.
J±t $7.50.
LADIES' PLUSH CAPES, length 24 inches, lined with silk serge, collar
and fronts edged with thibet or martin fur, worth $10, will be of-
fered at $7 50 each. ; :■
LADIES' SUITS AND DRESS SKIRTS.
At. $5.00.
LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS, in black, navy and brown cheviot
cloth fly front jackets, line* with printed Italian cloth, skirts well
lined' and bound, good value for $8 50, will be sold for $5 each.
At~57.60.
LADIES' TAILOR MADE SUITS of black and navy serge, fly front
jackets lined with silk serge, skirts double lined and bound with vel-
vet, extra value for $10, will be offered at $7 50 each.
Afs4,6O.
t Amp? 1 BLACK FIGURED DRESS SKIRTS, fan pleated backs, lined
with percaline and bound with velvet, worth $6 50, will be, placed on
sale at $4 60 each. ~ - : - . # ■
At $7.50. ;,
T ADIFS' PLAIN BLACK SILK DRESS SKIRTS, fan; pleated backs,
with three ruffles, double lined and bound with velvet, regular price
$10, will be sold for $7 50 each. . : ' V
TIGHTENING HER
GRIP EGYPT
England May Declare a
Protectorate.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
BRITISH PUBLIC SENTIMENT
AGGRESSIVE,
Germany Friendly, Russia Absorbed
in Other Matters, and France
Alone Remains ir-
Opposition.
Special Dispatch to Tlie Call -
NEW YORK, Nov. B.— A special cable
to the Commercial Advertiser from
London says: The rumor that England
will soon declare a protectorate over
Egypt is notably persistent here and on
the continent. An influential part of
the Cabinet favors the declaration.
British newspapers are passing from
hints of it to open advocacy, and pub
lic opinion is generally encouraging.
The international situation is also fa
vorable, with Germany friendly and
Russia absorbed in other matters, leav
ing only France to oppose the plan. I
hear that the German Government is
checking obstreperous comment on the
Philippines. The German aim now is
the acquisition of any of the remaind
ers with the approval of England and
America, after the Paris negotiations
are concluded. ,—_■•«. .
PARIS, Nov. B.— The Chamber of
Ppputie*' resumed its sittings to-day
with a crowded attendance in antici
pation of a debate on the Fashoda
question. But those present were dis
appointed by M. Brunot announcing
that he withdrew his interpellation on
the subject _
ASSISTANCE REFUSED
RELEASED INSURGENTS
Plight of Sixteen Cubans Freed From
a Spanish Prison and Stranded
in New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. ?.— The sixteen Cu
ban insurgents who were recently re
leased by the Spanish Government from
the Government prison at Ceuta and who
arrived In this country last week on the
Kaiser Wilhelm 11. were to-day released
from the barge office and allowed to go,
penniless and homeless, into the streets.
They applied for help at the Cuban Junta,
but were turned away with the reply that
no funds were available for them.
The situation of these tnen is peculiar.
They were released from prison and as
they had no money for transportation and
could not secure help from the Spanish
Government they were forwarded to this
country by the United States Consul there
at the' expense of this Government. No
arrangements were made for iheir recep
tion on this side nor for their transporta
tion from this port to the island of Cuba.
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HERMIT'S SISTER FOUND.
Claimant of the Clivistens?n Estate
Near Stockton.
STOCKTON, Nov. S.— The real heir to
the estate left by the late Peter Christen
sen. the aged hermit who died intestate
a few monthta ago near Stockton, has
been found. She is Catharina Christensen,
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sister of the deceased. She resides at
Davenport, lowa, Attorneys Delegh and
Beardslee of this city have filed her power
! of. attorney with the County Clerk.
At the time Christensen died a sister
was mentioned as residing somewhere In
the East, and several attorneys have been
using their utmost endeavors to locate
her. The attorneys who represent the sis
ter decline to say what their proofs of the
relationship are, but say that there is not
the slightest doubt about the matter.
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methods and remedies that they do not ask
for a dollar until the patient is cured or
restored, as the case may be. Patients may
deposit the pric« of a cure in any bank in
San Frnnclgco, to be paid only when they
are cured, or may pay In small monthly In-
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Consultation and Advice Free,
It is Wflltworth your time to see or write
the doctors whether you want to take the
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731 Market Street,
BAN FRANCISCO.
Hours. 8 to 12 daily.
TAKE ELEVATOB. Evenings, 7to E.
Sunday*, 8 to 11.
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