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VOLUME LXXX.-NO. 172. STRANGE CRAFT OF THE SKY Sacramento Men Describe the Airship. Claim They Saw Its Occupants and Heard Them in Convex sation. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 18.— The one topic of conversation in this city to-day has been tlie reported appenrance of an airship over the eastern portion of Sacramento last night. While there are hundreds of peopie who, failing to catch a glimpse of this mysterious visitant, are extremely skeptical, there are hundreds of others who are positive in their declaration that they did see its brilliant searchlight trav eling over the city, and who will also swear that they heard the voices of its occupants and distinguished their merry song and laughter. Tnen t'.iere are others who declare that these aerial travelers used the Englisn tongue, and that they plainly distinguished the words used and commands uttered for the guidance and care of the air vessel. In investigating this mysterious visita tion the local representative of The Call obtained personal interviews with scores of reputable citizens who reside along the route passed over by the air craft. Many of them lived fully a mile or two distant from each other, but their accounts ali agree. . As far as can be learned from eye witnesses, the body of the craft was ob- Jong and eeg-shapud, with fan-like wheels on either side, whose rapid revolutions, beating the air, served to propel the vessel directly against the wind, and in so doing caused the vessel to sway from side to pide with a wavering motion, similar to that of a boat being forced against the rapid current of a stream. Midway of the vessel and suspended directly beneath it was a brilliant search light about twice the size of an arc light, evidently so placed that the occupants could ascertain when the vessel ap proached too near tne earth and was in danger of collision with lofty objects. Above the ecg-shapad body towered a tail, indistinguishable mass, whose shape it was impossible to ascertain, owiup to the fact that the onlooker's eyes were blurred by the brilliancy of the searchlight. Such is the description of the vessel given by R. L. Lowry, who also claims to have been able to distinguish four men, who were seemingly engaged in propelling the vessel by its fanlike wheel?, much after the fashion of a bicyclist driving his wheel over a boulevard. It is also claimed that a bys:ander in the vicinity of Mr. Lowry shouted to the men in the aerial vessel and inquired their destination, and that they replied they were bound for San Francisco and intended arriving by 12 o'clock— midnight. This, however, could not be verified, as no one appeared to know the name of the reputed inter rogator. J. H. Vogel, who claimed to have been in the same locality, also states that the vessel was egg-shaped, and that he dis tinctly heard the voices of its occupants, but says that as the vessel was rapidly rising he was unable to distinguish any word*, and that after a brief slimp3e of the body of the airship it faded from view and all that was visible was the brilliant searchlight, winch moved siowly away in . a southwesterly direction, going toward San Francisco, and being visible for up ward of thirty minutes, growing more and more dim, until it disappeared in the dis tance. E. Wenzel, who is employed at Scheld's Brewery, verifies the stories of Vogel and Lowry as to the shape of the vessel, but claims that when it passed over him the occupants were trolling a merry choru , which, though distant, sounded sweet and clear in the evening air. The first person who, as far as can be learned, caught a glimpse of the reputed airship was David Carl, a horse-trainer at Agricultural Park. When he first caught Bight of the craft it was within a short distance of the ground, and he states that he heard a voice saying: "We are too low down here; send her up higher." Then a discussion followed as to the ad visability of attaining too great a Height, as the occupants were evidently anxious to reach San Francisco before midnight. He stated that the vessel then started to rise, doing so on an incline and not roing directly up as would be the case had ballast been cast from a balloon. He had no, idea, however, that it was anything but a balloon and had never even thought of the possibility of an airship. Hs was positive in his declaration that it con tained at least two occupants, as he could clearly distinguish two voices discuss, iv the strata of air best adapted for rapid traveling. T. P. de Long when interviewed said: "I could not distinguish the shape of tfce vessel. All I could see was a brilliant light moving seemingly against the wind, but I could plainly bear the voices of its occupants, who were singing, and it sounded to me like the noise produced by a phonograph. At this time I should judge the vessel was several hundred feet high." Frank Ross, assistant superintendent of , the electric streetcar system, when mter- I viewed said: "I did not see the form of the vessel nor did I hear the voices of its occupants, as I was not informed until it had passed my residence. All that I saw was a brilliant electric searchlight, ap parently twice the size and power of an ordinary arc lieht, which was being pro pelled through the air by some mysterious The San Francisco Call fore c. From what I have learned from my employes— men of undoubted veracity —I am certain that this can by no possi bility have been a 'fake,' but that a gen uine airship passed over the city last evening. I watched the light until it passed oat of sicht thirty minutes later. It was traveling unevenly toward the southwest, dropping now nearer to the earth and now suddenly rising into the air again as it the force that was whirling it through space was sensible of the danger of collision with objects upon the earth. I, of course, have no idea as to its destination or purpose. I can only say that 1 am fully convinced by what I have heard that it was something out of the ordinary." G. C. Snyder. foreman of the streetcar barn, states: "I am fully convinced that an aerial vessel of some description passed over this building last night about 6:30 o'clock. At the time my attention was called to it the craft was at too great an elevation for me to distinguish its form, but I distinctly saw the searchlight, which was goins directly into the wind, and from its movement judged that it was attached to a vessel of some description, which was laboring as a seagoing vessel will in a he:ivy spa and head wind. 1 also find that hundreds of the residents in this portion of the city saw the light, and there are hundreds whe claim that they heard the voices of the occupants of the visitor." CharlesLv.sk, secretary of the company, also states thai he saw the light traveling over the city. Mayor Hubbard says that personally he failed to catch a gfimpse Kil this aerial visitant, as he was engaged in his office downtown when it passed over, buc he stated to The Call representative that upon arriving at his residence in the up per portion of the city his daughter told him that she hai seen a brilliant white light, seemingly at a great elevation, which had come toward me city from the east and paired directly over it. moving in a southwesterly direction. She s»£d if certainly was not a meteor, as it was a different shade of Hunt and moved too siowly and unevenly, and she was at a loss to account for it. F. E. Eriggs, a laotorraan on one of the streetcars running to Oak Park, saw the light of the traveling airship, and at the request of the occupants of his crowded vehicle he stopped his car for a moment. He says that while they could not discern the form of the airship, yet the voices of the occupants were plainly heard. He had been informed by a man who resided in the vicinity of Ea.-t Park, where the air vessel had Deen first teen, that it was a genuine airship, cigar or egg shaped, and that it had at least four occupants. When the vessel passed over his car he judged that the occupants were singing, but they were at such a height that neither he nor his passengers were enabled to distinguish the words or the tune, as they came in broken snatches, as though borne on gusts of the night wind. When H. W. Marsh saw the traveling light it was at least five miles away. He thought that it was attached to some aerial vessel, owing to its wavering mo tion through the atmosphere. E. Caverly saw the light, but refused to be interviewed on the subject, evidently deeming it to be uncanny. M. T. Shelly, a gentleman of undoubted veracity, saw the airship's i-ipht. and at one time, when the craft careened some what so as to partially sbscure the light, he caught sight of the vessel itself, which he declared to be a cigar-shaped recep ticle, with what seemed to be a dark wall above it. Hundred* of similar interviews could be obtained. In this connection the Evening Bee publishes the following account: Startled citizens last night living at points of the city along a rough diagonal line, yet far distant from each other, de clare that they not only saw the phenome non but they also heard voices issuing from it in midair — not the whispering of angels, not the sepulchral mutterings of evil spirits, but the intelligible words and the merry laughter of humans. At those intervals where the glittering object, as if careless of its obligation to maintain a straightforward course, descended dan gerously near the housetops voices were heard in the sky saying: " ; Lift her up, quick; you are making directly for that steeple.' "Then the light in the Bky would be seen obeying some mystic touch and as cending to a considerable height, from which it would take up again its south westerly course. The light sailed along the line of X street, so it appeared from those in the eastern part of the city, although it appears that after it had pa.«sad Fourteenth street it was wafted far south of K. Laughter and words sound ing strance in the distance, though fairly intelligible, fell upon the ears of pedes trians along the course or the light who had paused to look up at the novelty. "Last night's Bee contained a. (eiegram from New York announcing that a mnn h;>d perfected nn airship and would on Friday of this weeK, accompanied by one or two friends, ascend from a vacant lot in the metropolis and po directly to Calilor- Dia, which he promised to reach In two days. The description furnished in the telegram included an apparatus which was electrical, to supply light and power for the astonishing contrivance. "It is not regarded a3 lifcely, in view of the announcement contained in the dis patch, that last night Sacramento was overswept by this aerial ship. "But here is the incident— here the chronicle of words heard, of v strange SA"N FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1896. The Airship That Passed Over Sacramento Tuesday Evening, as Described by Scores of Eye-Witnesses. spectacle witnessed. Whence the light, which was not a meteor all agree, came, whither it went, where it now is — these things it is not within the capacity of this article to deal with." Then follow interviews similar to those obtained by The Call representative. Among the eye-witnesses of last night's singular spectacle the wildest speculations are rife. As to the destination and object to be obtained by this night voyage of a reputed airship, one of these onlookers in formed The Call representative that in his opinion it w.is the same invention which it is rumored Edison claimed to have perfected and offered to the Govern ment at the time when the Venezuelan boundary question came up, and that now that relations were strained with Spain the Government has sent a party of engi neers out in the airship to test its practi cability, and that they were keeping away from populous localities, except during the night trips. The opinion of the masses is, however, that some Jucky inventor, having solved the mystery of aerial navigation, is, with his companions, testing his invention in secret, with no intent of allowing a ctirious public to view it until his rights are fully protected by letters patent. Tbey pre sume tnat he is traveling by night and laying by in desert spots during the day. Be that as it may, there can be no possible doubt thai an aerial vessel of some kind passed over Sacramento last night, and hundreds of the residents of this city will so testify. The residents of Oak Park claim to have a little mystery of their own which may possible bearing of this subject. They state that yesterday afternoon an object was se6n in the sky at such a great eleva tion a« to be almost indistinguishable. It moved slowly in a circle, leaving a volume of smoke behind it. This phenomenon was seen by many, who are unable to ac count for it. A rumor is afloat in the city to-night that the airship was constructed near this city and that a trial trip was attempted last evening, a cable being used to confine the machine to a certain elevation. It is stated that the cable parted and the vessel then drifted over the city and be came the observed of all observers. Tliis rumor cannot be confirmed at this late hour, but it is claimed that T. Allen, who formerly conducted an employment olfice in this city, s-tates that s'ich is the case and that one of the men who had made tho ascension had informed him that the trial was a success and the vessel worked well, exesptthat it was impossible to fully control its movements. In conse quence the inventors had, after going toward San Francisco aways, returned and landed in a vacant field some distance from Arcade and about six miles from the city limits. This tale is not generally credited. SEEN THREE WEEKS AGO. Story Told by a Hunt-r l.irino on Bo- Unas Miidgr. On Sunday, the first day of this month, a representative of The Call met on Bo linas Ridge, just to the west of Mount Tamnlpais, an old hunter living there, named Brown. The old man was very nervous and started a conversation im mediately by asking: "Do I look like a crazy man?" "Why certainly not, Mr. Brown. Why do you ask?" "Well," he replied," "I don't expect anybody to believe me. To tell t!>e truth I can hardly believe myself. 15m it's an honest fact that yesterday morn ing, when the fog began to lift, I saw an airship right up there a couple of hundred feet over them pines. "No, I can't tell you much what she looked like. She didn't show very plainly through the mist, but I saw a large, dark shape with something moving on it. Don't know whether I saw any people or not. It came on me so sudden I was almost stunned, and by the time I collected my senses she was out of sight. "I have been kind of dazed ever since, and to have you ten me that I don't iook crazy is a great relief. But I kuow that what I saw was an airship." As the "superior" type of mirage is not uncommon to people living on the Marin hills it was thought that this was what the old man had seen, so no attention was paid to nis story. The mirage effect of a large ocean vessel passing through the sky might appear to him like some new fangled machine for navieating the air. Perhaps the mirage is what he really saw, but in the face of the stories circu lated in regard to the airship there is a probability that in what Mr. Brown really Raw. Certainly he would have no object in telling snch a story. The New Champagne Vintage. A remarkable vintage, eliciting universal admiration, now being shipped to thiß coun try, i« G. U. Mujam'B Extra I»ry, Try il • LOST ON THE IRISH COAST British Steamer Memphis Guided to Destruction During a Fog. Ten of the Passengers and Crew Losa Their Lives in a Heavy Sea* Drenched by Hi?h Waves, Some Fali From Their Stations in the Ringing. :*><.- LONDON, Ejcg., Nov. 18.— The British steamer Memphis, Captain Williams, which sailed from Montreal on November 4 for Bristol, was wrecked in Dunlough Bay. near Mizzenhead, on the south coast of Ireland, last night and ten of those on board of her lost their lives. The Mem phis struck at lOo'clock, during the preva lence of a dense fog. At the time of the accident the steamer was proceeding cau tiously, blowing her whistle continuously and keeping a sharp lookout for the Miz zenhead and lsrowh?ad lights, which the thiCKness of the weather prevented her from making out. As soon as she struck the rocks the ves sel began to fill and rockets were immedi ately fired for the purpose of summoning assistance from the shore. Three of the ship' 3 boats were quickly launched, tut i one of them was shattered by being dashed : against the side of the steamer and two of . the occupants were drowned. The others succeeded in reaching the ' rocks along the shore, but tive were : washed away and drowned, iheir compan | ions being unable to render them the i slightest assistance. Those of the crew who had taken to the I rigging soon after the steamer struck ex ! perienced an awful night. They were I constantly drenched by the heavy seas I which washed over them, and some of j them, after hard fighting for their lives, {dropped from their places and were car i ried away. The rockets sent up by the steamer's crew were seen by the coast guard, but the latter were unable to communicate with the shipwrecked men until after daybreak, when all who remained in the rigging were taken off by means of a line con veyed to the steamer by the rocket appa ratus of the life-savers. The rescued per sons immediately upon reaching the shore were taken to various farmhouses in the vicinity, where they were kindly cared for by the inmates. Many of them were almost naked, but wee supplied with sufficient clothing to enable them to proceed to Crookhaven, at which p ace most of them now are. The sceamer is a total wrsck and much of her cargo is Deing washed ashore. The coast guard are engaged in the work of saivage. AH the survivors pay a high tribute to Captain Williams for his efforts to secure the safety of those on board the vessel. The Memphis was 3191 tons register, 345 feet long, 41 feet beam and 26 feet depth of hold. She was built at Beliast, Ireland, in 1890. and was owned by the African Steamship Company of London. INITIATION LEADS TO DEATH. A Prominent Citizen of low* Succumbs io Injuries Received in an Elk Lodge Ceremony. DES MOINE3, lowa, Nov. 18.— E. W. Curry, chairman of the Democratic tftate Central Committee, died to-day in bis room at the Hotel Savoy. The death was a direct result of injuries received while being initiated into Dcs Moines Lod^e of Elks about two months ago. As part of the ceremony he was blindfolded and placed on a chair with an iron seat. Then a lighted lamp was placed under the seat, with the expectation that when it got too hoi he would jump. But he sat still until he was badly burned. His trousers were burned away and the flesh fearfully scorched. He was put in new clothes, and did not realize at the time that the injuries were berious. In a lew days blood-poisoning set in and he grew worse steadily. It was his desire that the real cause of his injuries should not be made public, and another cause was assigned for the illness, the truth only becoming public to-day. An evening paper published a highly sensational story that the injuries were caused by placing him, in tne process in tbe initiation ceremony, in an electrical chair and turning on a current which burned him badly, out this is denied by the Elks. Mr. Curry lived at Leon and was a lead ing attorney. The body will be taken there to-morrow by a large escort of Elks and Masons, and the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. PECULIAR CASE OF HYPNOTISM. A Young Girl Induced to Sign Important Papers and Then Elopes With Her Svengali. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 18.— A peculiar case was . presented to Judge Grosscup in the United States court to-day in affida vits and petitions. Six months ago Miss Emma Cox, one of the heirs of the late John Cox of Button County, Ohio, riled a Mitt 'Or acco luting Dr. R. C. Reed, formerly of Cincinnati and now living in Los Angeles. The girl's mother, Mrs. T. A. Cox, alleged in an affidavit tiled to-day that her daughter had been unduly influenced .to sign a petition for dismissal of ' the suit by Charles C.'Bishop of Elgin, 111., and c his ■ mother, a clairvoy ant of this city, who had exerted hypnotic rower over the gill, who is quite young. The wife .of Charles C. Bishop also pre sented, an affidavit reciting that he left their home a month ago and had been in the company of : Emma Cox since then,' and that she believes the couple are now in Buffalo, where j they went with money furnished by Dr. Reed. ; The petition signed by Miss Cox is sworn to before Orrlsa Bishop, a notary, who is father of the man whom the girl is alleged to have eloped with to Buffalo. Since coming of age Miss Cox has been living at the Bishop home, and a few days ago disappeared. Mrs. Cox resisted the dismissal of her daughter's suit, and Judge Grosscup said he would give the girl time to recover her mind and make an expla nation if she had signed the release in a weak mental condition. FATAL FLORIDA FUNCTION. In a Row at a Country Dance One Man Is Mortally Shot and Two Others Badly Wounded. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 18.— A Herald special from Ocala, Fla., says: While a dance was in progress Monday night at the home of John Baggett, six miles north of here, Noah Wilson and his son John had a quarrel with the brother of a girl whom they insulted. The Wilsons finally drew their pistols and opened fire, shooting down Joseph Howel!, Nelson Howelland George Avery. Nelson Howell, who was shot three times, is mortal!} wounded. The other two men are badly wounded, but have a chance to recover. After the Wilsons had emptied their pistols they drew knives and threatened to kill any one who molested them. They then started to leave when John Wilson was seized by Mamie Avery, sister of one of the men who was shot. With a vicious slesh of his knife Wilson gashed the face of the girl in a horrible manner and she fell fainting to the floor. The Wilsons then fled and have not yet been captured, though the whole country is aroused and poshes of determined citi zens are in pursuit. The fugitives are desperate men and have been in many rows in this county. They will not sur render without a desperate fight, for they know that if taken alive they will proba bly be lynched. SLOW REFORM IN TURKEY. Sone of the Demand* of the Vovserw Car- ried Into JHxrcution. LONDON, Eng., Nov. 18.— The Daily News to-morrow will publish a Constan tinople dispatch saying that Sir Philip W. Currie, the British Embassador to Turkey, has been instructed in regard to the re quest of the Porte that negotiations for commercial treaties be pushed to take no action in the matter until the more im portant matters have been disposed of. This course, the dispatch adds, is typical of the general atii'.ade of the foreign pow ers toward the Turkish Government. Advices received in Constantinople from all parts of Asia Minor say that business everywhere is stagnant and that great distress prevail*. Nobody in Con stantinople, according to the news ad vices, is aware that the reforms adopted by the powers and agreed to- by the Turk ish authorities have been carried into execution. SENOR CASTILLO'S DEFIANCE Utters a Threat Against This Government. Says Spain Will Brook No Interfer ence on Behalf of the Cubans. PARIS, Fkaxce, Nov. 13.— The Journal publishes a report of an interview with Senor Canovas del Castillo, Prime Min ister of Spain, in which he says the re lations between Spain and the United States are excellent. The United States Government, the Premier says, alrvays observed a correct attitude, and he does not believe it will change its policy for the sake of Cuban negroes and adven turers. If, however, the United States Govern ment should do so Spain would cause her rights to be respected. While in power, Senor Castillo is reported as saying, he will make no concession to the rebels, nor will he show the weakness of drawinc back belore anybody. Spain, the Premier added, regards the Cuban question as one of international politics. SPANISH BRUTALITY Story of Barbarous "treatment Told by Recnt Prisoners. ■ NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 18.— The thirteen shipwrecked seamen of the steamer Coila, who were brought to this port Monday by the steamship Yucatan from Havana, continued to be very bitter in their denunciation of Spanish officers in Cuba, and, in fact, everything Spanish, when they appeared before tne British Consul in order to get their discbarge and tickets to their respective homes. Jacob Moore, colored, who shipped on board the Coila as an apprentice, told the story of the cruel way he had been treated during his stay in Cuba. He said that after the Coila had almost reached Havana and began to sink so rap idly that it was thought best to abandon her, which was done at 6 o'clock on the night of November 4, the entire crew put out in tbe ship's boats, and alter rowing several hours reached the River Gani quanice, Cuba. At a town at tne river's mouth, they were fairly treated. The following day they were taken to Port Mariel under guard of a troop of Spanish cava.ry and thrown into prison there. They were all huddled into a small cell and were compelled to sleep on the concrete flooring, not being allowed to use their ditty-bags as headrests, nor were they allowed to eet the most necessary toilet articles. Spanish soldiers were on guard outside of the ceil door day and nizbt and watched their every movement. The day following their imprisonment young Moore was sent for by the official in command and asked whether he could speak Spanish. He gave a room full of officers to understand as best he could tbat he did not comprehend their lan guage, whereupon one of them felled him to the ground b} T a blow on the ear with the butt oi his revolver. John de Lorrey here took up up the thread of the story. "After they had knocked the senses out of Moore," he said, "and while he was re gaining consciousness, they sent for me. The first question they put to me was: 'Are j'ou an Englis: man or an Ameri can?' I told them I was an Englishman, whereupon one of them said: 'You lie, dog of an American,' and struck me over the head with a cane. I was then given to understand by motions that I was to have my throat cut and then s-hot. "I had almo?t persuaded them that I was an Englishman, when they discov ered an American flag which I had tat tooed on my left hand. This acted on them like a red flag to a bull, and they sprang upon me and struck me repeat ediy in the face. "They then called in a squad of sol diers, who were given some orders, upon receiving which they all pointed their guns at me. I told them that I was an Englishman and desired them to fire. This seemed to cool their ardor, and Moore, who had by this time come to his senses, was again brought before them. "They pointed guns at him and pricked his flesh with the ends of their swords until he cried in agony. "After about two hours of this treat ment they allowed us to go back to our cells. "When I told our Consul in Havana of the treatment we had been subjected to he fold us that really it was not anything out of the common and not worth bother ing about. He told me, however, not to say anything about the matter when I reach- d the States, as those Americans have so much to say." Ten of the shipwrecked men will be sent by the British Consul to their homes in Canada. Moore will be returned to Ja maica. David Burns went to his home in Brooklyn and Joseph Yuhl will remain in New York. FILIBUSTERS ON TRIAL. James Quinn. a Pinker lon Spy, leitifltit Against Them. NEW YORK, N. V.. Nov. 18. -The trial of ; Colonel Emiiio Nunez and Captain Charles B. Dickan upon a charge of having engaged in a filibustering I expedition in May last began j in •. earnest in the United States Criminal Court this raornintr. Dis trict Attorney.Macfariane opened for the prosecution. He insisted upon' the neces sity -of preventing ?- expeditions against Spain being sent from this country if the United States desired to remain, at; peace with Spain; and emphasizing the fact that the verdict ;of the ' jury would \be impor tant. / When he had concluded Assistant Dis trict Astorney Hitman offered in evidence President Cleveland's latest proclamation regarding the Cuban rebellion. This was objected to by Mr. Rubens and was ruled out by the court on the ground that the proclamation was issued after the offense charged against the defendants was committed. A previous Presidential proclamation regarding Cuban rebellion PRICE FIVE; CEXTS. I was, however, admitted, and tbe examina tion of witnesses was then begun. James Quinn, one of the party who sailed on the Laurada, was the chief wit ness, and detailed every movement of the party, which according to his testimony was a full-fledged military expedition. j Qtiinn acknowledged that after reaching Cuba and going to President Cisneros' camp with the party, he obtained permis sion to return Home, being allowed to reach Havana by permission of the Span ish general. The witness came to New York, Consul Fitzhugh Lee paying his passage. On cross-examination by Gen eral Tracy, witness admitted that he had solicited a letter from Cubans in Boston to enable him to sail on the Laurada. "And so," said General Tracy, "you got this letter at your own request. You went to Cuba and you are now here testifying against the Cubans?" In the direct examination the witness referred to the letter he had received from Cisneros and it was offered in evidence: James Quinn: I hope yon will never forget that (.'uba needs the help of every man that loves liberty. Your nfl'ectionate BAZ.VATOS C'ISNEP.O3. San Bias, August 1, 189 G. Under redirect examination the witness said he had gone to Cuba with every inten tion of acting right by the Cubans. "But they did not act right by me, and that is the reason I came horr.e," he said. Ha also testified that he had never seen Dis trict Attorney McFarlane before to-day and had not gone to Cuba as a spy. The witness admitted under cross-ex amination that he expected to get money from the Pinkertons and that he had al ready received about $50 from them. He also acknowledged tbat he had a erudge against the owners of the Laurada and wanted to get even with them. At the conclusion of the cross-examina tiou court was adjourned. WEILER'S MOVEMENTS. Reports That 'lie 'Wilt Shortly Return to Havana. KEY WEST, Fla., Nov. 18.— Advices re ceived in Havana from Arlemisia state tbat Weyler was expected to arrive at Cayaja bar to-day. A parlor-car plated with iron is waiting for him at Arleraisia. Tbe in surgents are reported in force near Cienaga, the leading military authorities being in command. General Arolas believes the time has not yet arrived for large operations and that it is nee. s«ary to wait for cooler weather to improve the sanitary conditions. It is believed Wevler has the game opinion and has announced his intention to return to Havana. The insurgent leaders Perico Diaz and Perico Delgado are reported hard pressed by the Spaniards. They have asked Maceo for re-enforcements, but they were tohl it was impossible to do anything for them and they must do tne best they could. It is thought that Maceo will attack tho trocha. It is reported Weyler will return to Havana inside of three or four days. SLIGHT SKIRMISHES. Engagements in Which but Fete Art Killed or Wounded. HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 18. — Colonel Moncado hag had an engagement with the combined parties of rebels who were found strongly intrenched in tho Grillo hills in the province of Havana. The »nemy were dislodged and dispersed, the Spanish column advancing and capturing the position of the rebels under a heavy fire. The Spanish troops had six privates Rilled and a corporal, two lieutenants and thirty-eight privates wounded. The rebels left seven dead on the field and carried off many others. General Gonzales has bad two engagements with the rebel parties between Silo Hondo and San Christobal inPinardel Rio province. The Spanish had a private and one corporal killed and twenty-seven privates wounded. The in surgents had twelve men killed. S PAIN'S NEW LOAN. A. Considerable Sum to lie Expended in liepnirina . itarthijm. ■ MADRID, Spain, Nov. 18.— The Cabinet has accepted the bonds of 400,000,000 pese tas, representing the total amount of the new Spanish loan authorized by the Queen Regent, and the bonds already subscribed for 250,000,000 pesetas will be allotted pro rata. The sum of 7,250,000 pesetas derived from the loan will be allotted for the pur pose of repairing warships. The Cabinet, at its meeting yesterday, passed a resolu tion of thank* to the couniry for the generous and patriotic manner in which the people subscribed to the new ioan. Humor* That Heyler Hag Resigned. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 18.— Rumors are current here to-night that General Weyler has resigned as captain-general of the Spanish army in Cuba. A private dis patch leceived to-ni£rht says: General Weyler has resigned. General Prando has been named by the Government as his successor. PRINCE LOGANOFF'S SUCCESSOR. Count Vorontz'.ff- l>nnHoff Tendered the Office by the Czar. LONDON, Eva., Nov. 18.— The Daily Chronicle will publish to-morrow a dis- putcii from St. Petersburg announcing definitely that the Czar had invited Gen eral Count Vorontzoff-Dashkoff, Minister of the Imperial House and Imperial Do ; mains, to succsed the late Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky in the office oi Minister of Foreign Affairs. The dispatch adds that it is undersiood that Count Vorontzoff- Daskoff will accept the position.