The San Francisco call. [volume], November 20, 1896, Image 1

About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
VOLUME LXXX.-NO. 173.
WEYLER BEATEN
IN EVERY BATTLE
Press Censorship Prevents
the News From Being
Sent Out.
Cubans Declare That No Honest
Man Can Live Under Span
ish Rule in the Island.
Patriots Continue to Fight Ga'lantly
for Fretdcm and Capture Sev
eral Important Strongholds.
TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 19.— A number of
prominent Cubans arrived by the steamer
Olivette from Havana this evening and
.will make their homes m Jacksonville and
Ocala until the conflict ends They de
.clare that no honest man who has any re
spect for his famiiy can live under Spanish
law as it is administered on the island.
A prominent Cuban said relative to the
engagement reported between Maceo and
Weyler that important battles bad been
fought and that Weyler had been defeat
ed. Owing to the surveillance of the Gov
ernment definite news has not been re
ceived in this country, but it was true all
Cubans in Havana knew through their
ofheial sources. He stated this intorma
tion could be given the American people
with every confidence. They further
stated that Port au Principe, Cascora and
Guamaro were all in the hands of the
Cubans under Calixto Garcia and h s aids.
Among the reports is that Weyler is
wounded.
MADRID, Spain, Nov. 19.— A dispatch
to the Impaicial from Havana says that
Captain-General Weyler has reached the
town i f San Cristobal, about fourteen
leagues northeast of the city of Pinar del
Rio and about midway between hat city
and Havana. Maceo's headquarters are
said to be in the bids between San Cristo
bal and Cayabas.
HAVANA. Cuba. Nov. 19.— A train con
veying troops was wrecked to-day near
Mangas by the explosion of dynamite
bombs which had been placed in position
by rebels. Founeen persons were wound
ed. The train was crossing a culvert when
the exp osion occurred. The insurgents
placed five bombs for the purpose of blow
ing up the train, bat one of them did not
explode. It is s^aid here that the rebels
thought General Weyler was on the train.
NEW YORK, N. V*. xVov. 19.— Secretary
cieQuesadaof the Cuban Junta stated to
rfaT t.mr t<e htrt just received most favor
able news of the situation in Cuba.
"I have just heard by mail," said Mr
de Quesda, "from General Carrilio, in
charge ot the province of Las Villas. He
informs me that he has jast met General
Sanchez, who was comine from the eas'
ern department with re-enforcements,
and that the situation presents a most
cheerful aspect in that section, which em
braces the larger half of the eastern end
of Cuba.
"I have also received letters from the
eastern department irom civil Governor
Cespedes, which are also very encourae
ing. He is establishing public schools
throughout the interior. The fact that
we have already appointed a civil Govern
ment in the eastern part of the island,
which is entirely in our hands, and that
schools have been opened to the less in
telligent, proves that our po ition in this
province is certainly a most strong one.
"Although nothing of importance has
rr ached me yet in rpiation to the military
operations by the Cuban leaders I have
received word that the Cuban forces are
gradually advancing westward,"
GENERAL WESLER WRIPPED.
Howard Saya It la Time for the Span
ish Hutcher to Heaign.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19.— 1n an inter
view to-day anent the rumor that General
Weyler had resigned from the command
of the Spanish forces in Cuba, General O.
O. Howard, ex -commanding general of the
United States army, said: "As I see.Gen
eral Weyler was a beaten man and it was
time for him to resign. His troops were
whipped and bis strategic resources were
at an end when he went back to Havana.
The individual rear movement of Weyler
• showed the inability of the Spanish army
to dislodge the insurgents. If he could
have whipped them he would have stayed
and whipped them. His retirement was
the beginning of the end so far as Weyler
is concerned. My view of the Cuban war
is simply this: It is a question of finances,
not of nghting. Spain is big enough to
crush out every cane bush as well as
insurgent in Cuba, if she can raise the
money to pay and provision the troops re
quired, but Spain has a mighty big job on
her bands. It has already been clearly
proved that the Cubans are greater fight
ers, greater strategists and a greater peo
ple. Whether Spain can raise enough
money to pay the men is something about
which the world is guessing."
General Howard thinks the Cuban war
has developed nothing new in tactics. He
declined to express an opinion as to
whether the United States should inter- I
fere on behalf of the insurgents.
NOT ALLOWED TO CELEBRATE.
Spanish Authorities Have 2fo Sympathy
for Cuban Martyr: •;
NEW YORK, N. V., ' Nov. 19.-Letters
received in this city from/Havana an-
Bounce that the Spanish Government has
taken every precaution to avoid any pub
lic demonstration on November 27, the
anniversary of the execution of the stu
dents of the University of Havana who
were condemned by court-martial in 1871
for the alleged violation of the tomb of
Don Gonzalo Castanon, the Spanish jour
nalist.
v ' Every year the families' ■of the victims
been accustomed to attend mass for
the souls of the dead in the Cathedral of
Havana on November 27. The newspapers
published articles and : the " students ; id
go not to their classes in the university on
that day. The rector of the university has
been summoned to the palace of the cap-
Wn general and warned not to permit
The San Francisco Call
any demonstration, no matter how peace
ful, on the part of tne students.
The Cubans of New York will have a
meeting on November 27, and on that day
the mass that under present circum
stances cannot be celebrated at Havana
will be suug in a Catholic church here.
PREPARING FOR EM ERGENCIES.
Big Contract for Anna Given to the
Winchester Cnnipony.
NEW HAVEN, Conk.. Nov. 19.— The
Register this afternoon prints a story that
the Government, "before noon to-mor
row." will place an order witb the Win
chester Arms Company for 100,000 rifles of
tne Lee pattern, the standard small arms
of the American army. This announce
ment is made on the authority ol a com
mercial agent who had it irom an official
of the Winchester Arms Company. As
usual, the Winchesters will not talk. Ac
cording to this agent, the contract is due
to the relations between this country and
Spain, and a desire on the part of the
Government to be prepared for an emer
gency. _
TRIAL OF FILIUSTERS.
■ ' " — —
Evidence Against Members of the
Zauradn'M Crete Presented.
NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 19.— The trial
of Emilio Nunez and Captain Charles R.
Dickman was ' resumed to-day. John
Deumer said he had been a fireman on
the Laurada during her alleged filibuster
ing trip last May. His testimony was
almost similar to that of tb> alleged spy,
Quinn, and the other witnesses who testi
fied yesterday.
On cross-examination witness . stated
that he had received money since leaving
the Laurada on several occasions ; from
some person whose name he did not know.
Martin' Kasparit said he had been a
seaman on the Laurada, and his story was
in the main similar to that of the previous
witnesses. He was also under pay.
Captain Henry W. Mosher, of the tug
Volunteer, tetified ;o having towed the
lighter Green Point, loaded with boxes
and other packages, from Astoria to the
Laurada, off Montauk Point, on May 4.
With Captain M sher's .testimony, evi
dence for the Government closed.
Counsel for the defense then requested
Judge Broan to direct a verdict of acquit
tal on the ground that there had been no
evidence to show that any crime had been
committed. . ; .
General Tracy raised the question
whether the case of the defendants came
within the jurisdiction of the Southern
Di- trict of New York, or even within the
trritory of the .United States. The con
stitution provided, he said, that the ac
cused must be tried within the district
where the offense was committed. Mon
tauk Point, he said, is in the Eastern Dis
trict of New York. General Tracy said
that the prosecution must show that Cap
tain Dickman knew before he left New
York that men alleged to have been on
board ;he Laurada intended to arm them
selves, as they are said to have done alter
tney left Montauk Point. No offense com
mitted in this the Souihern trict had
been proved against the captain.' ;
His Honor, denied the motion to instruct
an acquittal. ; „ j! : y- : A
' Counselor Reubens, after a few words to
the jury, in which he said the statement
of the ca>e for the defense would be left to
the summing up, called A. \V. Barrs of
Jacksonville, Fla., a real e-tate dealer.
Witness said he had seen the Laurada at
Hard port. He had gone out to the Lau
rada on a tug. He said the statements of
the witnesses lor the prosecution that the
Cubans had given Captain Dickman orders
were absolutely untrue. Witness and a
friend had visited the Luurada once on the
tug and later in a skiff, but on neither oc
casion had Colonel Nunez given any
orders.
On cross-examination witness admitted
he was a sympathizer with the Cubans,
addintr: "I don't see how anybody can live
in this country and not be."
General Tracy— So say we all of us.
At the. conclusion of the testimony of
this witness an adjournment was taken
until to-morrow morning, when General
Tracy will begin the summing up.
BAD MANAGEMENT IN MANILA
Spain Seem* to Be Conducting a Gu-aa-
Tou-Hlraae Wir.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 19. —The Hong
kong Daily Press of October 17 contains
the latest news of the Philippine rebellion
rece.ved from its special correspondent, as
follows:
MANILA. Oct 13.— The third batch of
troops arrived to-day, 1200 in number.
This places altogether over 3000 men in
the Philippines ready for the field, which
added to the native troops, who so far
have with few exceptions b*en loyal to
the Spanish, should give a sufficient num
ber to exterminate the poorly armed reb
els now holding forth in Cavite. It should
be a sufficient number, but it seems to be
tne opinion that the rebels will still flour
ish and be able to defend themselves
against any serious blow for some time, at
least until the rest of the band of troops
expected have arrived and are in the field.
Tne Spanish also show an inclination to
lay aside and not to take any chances of
defeat until the otber troops arrive, when
with a large force their success would, at
least in their eyes, appear certain. From
wnat we saw of the soldiers, it would
seem that considerable time could be
wisely spent in equipping the troops, for
work in the fie.d cannot be successfully
carried on when the outfit of a soldier is
limited to a gun and cartridge-case. The
commissary department seems to be
limited loan officer in gorgeous uniform
ana two Indians, with a couple of old iron
pot 3; and the medical department to a
doctor with a medicine chest. No doubt
they are better off than that, although
that is exactly the outfit, so far as could
be seen, of the body of troops embarking
for Cavite. It is, however, certain that
they are extremely weak in organization.
Some disloyalty has been shown by some
of the Indian marines on shore duty, who
fired npon some Spanisn troops, whiie the
nauvo troops at Mindan have revolted
seizing forta and gunboats on the lake
and, in fact, are in full possession. The
Spanish troops have been firing at each
other as a result of a blunder in maneuver
ing, and considerable loss has been re
ported.
Governor-General Blanco no doubt is
trying to conduct the campaign in the
way it should be, and to him alone is
credit due for so little killing taking place
in and about Manila. It i» unfortunate,
however, that officers who have the execul
tion of his orders in hand are not of the
same opinion.
The bi • .French warship Isly arrived in
the harbor last night. The report that
affairs are quieting down and the rebellion
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1896.
"Well, I guess I can get ready for Thanksgiving now/
about over is altogether false, for the rebels
are in a better condition to-day than they
ever were, and it has been only during the
last few days that a large estate not a
dozen miles from Manila was seized and
the rebels occupied it undisturbed. The
city of Manila its j lf, however, is undoubt
edly safe.
OREYFUS THE VICTIM OF A PLOT.
Reopening of a Famous Case A/most
Causes the Overthrow of the
Me/me Ministry.
LONDON, Eng., Not. 19.— A Paris dis
patch to tie Pa.l Mall Gazette says that
the Ministry had a very narrow escape in
the Chamter of Deputies yesterday, and
nothing but the patriotism of a number of
Deputies saved it from overthrow. Hos
til-ty of the Chamber was also aroused by
the overbearing attitude and tone of Gen
eral Billot, Minister of War, in bis state
ment which Premier Meline at first was
not disposed to supplement until he saw
that his own friends were leaving him.
In view of the situation the Premier was
compelled to accept a compromise in the
shape of a modification of the motion, 'M.
Castelane demanding that tl c Govern
ment tafce action in the case of the reports
that Dreyfus had been the victim of a plot
and expressing confidence that the Gov
ernment would endeavor to punish the
puilty persons. The opinion in the lobby
after the debate was that the Government
would be obliged to order new prosecu
tions in connection with the case of Drey
fus, many members expressing the belief
that it would be better for the country to
have shot Dreyfus than to pay £2500 a
year to keep him in confinement.
A dispatch from Paris says: The Jour
nal understands that as a result of yester
day's debate In regard to Dreyfus the Min
ister of Justice has ordered a reopening of
the inquiry into the matter.
REV. J. C. HULL PLEADS GUILTY.
Admits That He Poisoned His Wife and
Escapes With Six Years'
Imprisonment.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 19.— The trial
of Rev. James C.Hull for poisoning his
wife came to a dramatic end this after
noon. Dr. Hull changing his plea to
guilty. A few minutes before noon Prose
cuting Attorney Butler placed in evidence
a letter which Hull wrote last Jfebruary
to a pastor in California, saying his wife
was slowly dying of a cancer and that she
could not live the year out This letter
contradicted Hull's previous testimony,
especially as it had been shown that Mrs!
Hull did not have a cancer and that Hull
was aware of that fact, having been told
so by Dr. Hawkins, bis family physician.
At the opening of the afternoon session
8. L. Pierce, Hull's attorney, told Hull
that the California letter in effect contra
dicted him and advised him to plead
guilty.
This the latter did and Judge Egan sen
tenced him to six years' imprisonment in
the State prison at Stillwater. The trial
had been in progress four dave Hull had
insured his wife's life for $2000 and spent
several weeks trying to poison her with
arsenic. Up to last winter Hull was pas
tor of the Clinton - avenue Methodist
Church and created a sensation by taking
a decided stand against the A. P. A.
Tom /Coed in chicnr/o.
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 19.— Hon. Thomas
B. Read arrived in Chicago to-day on nis
homeward journey from California, where
he did effective stump work for the Presi
dent-elect. He was accompanied by his
daughter and Congressman Frank Aldnch
of this city, whose guest the Speaker was
at an informal luncneon given at the
Union League Club with a small party.
Mr. Reed declined to talK on political
matters and remained at the club until it
was time for him to leave to take the
Pennsylvania limited train for New York
at 6:30 o'clock.
RUBS PEPPER INTO
BUTLER'S WOUNDS
Tom Watson Arraigns the
Senator fcr Double
Dealing.
By His Disloyal Policy the Cam
paign Chairman Wrecked
the P opie's Party.
The Georgian Refuses to Recognize
the Right to P ace H:m Under
Democratic Tricksters' Heels.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 19.— The Consti
tution will print the following to-morrow
morning: Tom Watson has been rubbing
more red pepper into the wounds of Sena
tor Marion Butler. In his paper, out yes
terday, he published his answer to Butler
and it is without an v sign of conservatism.
In his reply Mr. WfttSOß says in part:
'■You did not dare to publish it (the
first letter) because you felt its arraign
ment of you to be unanswerable. Mr.
Washburn'B telegrams (to which I was no
party) did not control you then in not
I'iiblishine the letter any more than they
control you now in suppressing it. The
truth is, Senator, you feel yourself to be a
deeply guilty man, as indeed, you are.
Instead of managing this ereat campaign
in a spirit of broad patriotism and of
courageous loyalty to your nominee and
your i»arty, you have allowed your per
sonal ill will to divert you into a tortuous,
narrow, jealous and disloyal poiicy, which
has shipwrecked the People's party and
brought the success of Mr. Bryan to a
crisis of extreme peril.
"You now plead with me to pull you
out of the hole. I shall do nothing of the
kind. You picked your way into it and
you must picK your way out.
"Senator, you were selected as chair
man to help me with this campaign, you
were expected to act with me and for me.
You have not done so. You have acted
without me aad you have acted against
me. In nothing have you consulted me.
At no time have you told me of your
plans or your purposes.
"In all this you may be right and I may
be wrong. The committee called off by
you to one side at Chicago has sustained
you and censured me. Therefore my po
sition is most painful. Ti.e Bryan-Sewall
committee is against me and the Bryan-
Watson committee isagainst me. I stand
alone.
"But, Senator, I was a Populist while
yon were still camping with the Demo
crats, and I have always been a middle-of
the-road Populist, while you never have
been. You have always been a protection
ist, and you bargain with the Republicans
in one campaign and with the Democrats
in another. In this campaign you have
bargained with both Democrats and Re
publicans. God only knows which bar
gain you intend to keep. As for me, I
turn from you and appeal to the real,
true-hearted Populists. If I have sinned
against right I am right in demanding
that the party and Us creed be protected
by the Democrats who came to us for help.
"But Ido not recognize your right to
put me under the heels of the Democratic
tricksters and bosses, and I shall continue
to claim the privilege of speaking and
writing for the National nominees of the
People's party. Ido not believe that the
time hay jet come when Populists will
say it is treason to be loyal to the Populist
ticket. It is unnecessary for me to say
that my letter of acceptance must stand
just as it is written."
CONTESTS IN THE HOTEL
speaker jf£e*dr* -.b'eii*4t>te .Method* . Cause
--'*•-"—.'*; Them . to !>■ er-aie.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 19.— As yet
Representative Bowers of the San Diego
district : has filed ? no notice of contest
against Castle. There is the gratifying
prospect that there will be but few con-;
tested. election cases in the next : House of
Representatives. Thus far, instead of the
large number of notices filed of intention
to contest, less / than a dozen members
who were' defeated at; the election have
announced that they will dispute the re
sult 'of . the ballot. Tim diminution 'of
a number of cases is the result of Speaker
Reed's: admirable disposition of these
cases in the present House.
When the Fifty-fourth Congress met
there were no less than thirty contests be
fore the House. Mr. Reed accordingly ap
pointed three committees on elections and
divided the contest between these three
committees. The result is that there re
mains on the calendar of the House oniy
one or two contests. Each of the election
committees having only a few cases found
itself able to try every contest carefully
and deliberately. Not one of the contest
ing parties in any of the cases has ex
pressed himself other than fully satisfied
that he received absolute justice at the
hands of the committee. The chairman
of each committee announced at the out
set of bis work that every man would be
given ample opportunity and sufficient
time to present h s case before the com
mittee in its most advantageous form.
There has never been a word of criticism
of the work of these three committees.
They have been absoluely non-partisan.
Indeed, in several cases the committees
have decided unanimously against the
Republicans.
The result has been that the disposition
of defeated candidates to enter upon con
tests relying more upon the majority in
the Hous- than upon the justice of their
claim has been checked. The Republican
Congressional Committee has, up to the
present time, been notified by six Re
publican candidates of their intention to
contest. In each instance the defeated
candidate has asked the opinion of the
committee as to the merit of his case,
from which it is safe to say the decision of
the committee as to the wisdom of the
contest may be accepted by the candi
dates. Thus, Mr. Setile of North Caro
lina announced immediately after the
election that he would contest the seat of
his opponent, but has since declared his
intention to abandon the contemplated
proceedings. The Congressional Com
mittee will meet shortly before Congress
assembles to discuss the situation, and the
number of contests that will be actually
filed will depend largely upon the result
of the committee's investigation. Chair
man Babcock and Secretary Mercer are in
hearty accord with the policy of Speaker
Reed, which has always been to discounte
nance contests.
G OSSIE ABOUT THE CABINET.
Mark • Hanna Sol ■ After a'• Place, But
'.;'■■'■ . ■ Other* Art Mentioned. '•' .
'■■ * CANTON, Ohio, ' Nov. 19.— There were
no ; callers '■ of political importance at the
McKinley residence a to-day, V though t, the
report that General Horace Porter of New
York was ,in Cleveland and .■•'■■. expected
to spend the night here ; set the tongues
.wagging and the gut>3sers guessing. Gen
eral Porter did not .; come,' however, but
will Tisit < Can i{a few days later on his
return from St. Louis. , General Porter is
, talked of in connection with the position
of Secretary of War. ; Colonel ; Fred Grant
and :l General , R. A. Alger r; are > the : other
names still most prominently mentioned
in that connection. >; >;.;,' "^
,' Gossip bout the • possible appointment
of M. A. Hanna to V. be Secretary of the
Treasury has come to an end with the dia
covery of the fact that he is not eligible to
this position by reason of his pecuniary
interest in shipping. Mr. Hanna will not
be Secretary of the Treasury and he shows
no signs of abandoning his determination
not to accept any political position what
soever.
The Cabinet-makers are suggesting John
Russell Young of Philadelphia for Secre
tary of the Navy, and rumors come from
Chicago that Lyman Gage of that city
may be urged for Secretary of the
Treasury. The statement that Joseph P.
Smith is to be appointed Marshal of the
District of Columbia has not been veri
fied. Mr. Smith is one of Mr. McKiniey's
efficient and loyal adherents, and bis se
lection for this or an equally good place
would occasion no surprise. The office of
Marshal of the District of Columbia is
worth about $15,000 a year. The Marshal
is the executive officer of the district and
is often asked to make the presentations,
at the Presidential receptions.
Mrs. McKinley is Improved in health
and wps well enough to take a drive with
her husband and Captain and Mrs.
Heistand to-day.
TEINS WANTS A PLACE.
Friend* of F.x-Stnt* Chairman John
Grant Urge Him for a Portfolio.
DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 19.— Nearly 200
Republicans of prominence, representing
all sections of Texas, met here to-day to
promote the movement in ihe interest of
procuring a Cabinet po-itioninthe coming
McKinley administration for ex- State
Chairman John Grant, who is now the
National Republican Comniitteeman for
Texas. Dr. Grant during the recent cam
paign had much friction with State Chair
man E. H. R. Green and General J. N.
Huston of Indiana, who was sent here by
Mark Hanna to look after campaign
affairs. Grant's friends assert that neither
they nor their chief have any enmity for
Chairman Green, but they are bitter
against General Huston. Many telegrams
and leters were read at to-day's meeting
expressing sympathy with its objection.
Judge C. L Evans was temporary chair
man and Judge J. M. McCormick pre
sided permanently. Many speeches were
made and a strong tribute to Dr. Grant
paid in a series of resolut ons which were
adopted. It is the intention to formulate
a memorial and petition to Major McKin
ley in harmony with the action of the
meeting, getting as many Republicans
throughout th State to sign the petition
as soon as possible recommending Dr.
Grant for a Cabinet pos tion. A com
mittee will carry these documents to Can
ton ana deliver them to Major McKinley
in person.
LATE BLEDIJOS RETURNS.
How the Electoral Vole stands in the
ff-rit Close States.
NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 19.— The late
returns irom Kentucky, Wyoming, the
Dakotas and other clo-e States eive Bryan
one vote in Kentucky, the three vote- of
Wyoming and the four votes of South
Dakota. In the last named State the
Bryan electors have only 191 votes more
than the McKinlfy electors. In Wyom
ing 'he lowest Brvan elector is <OT ahead
of the highest McKinley elector. In thin
State, as well as in Keutucky, the official
canvass may change the result. The eiec
toral table now stands:
For McKinley — California 9, Connnecti
cut 6, Delaware 3. Illinois 24, Indiana 15,
lowa 13, Kentucky 12, Maine 6, .Maryland
8, Massachusetts 15, Michigan 14, Minne
sota 9, New Hampshire 4, New Jprsey 10,
New York 36, North Dakota 3, Ohio 23,
Orecon 4, Pennsylvania 32, Rho<le Island
4. Vermont 4, West Virginia 6, Wisconsin
12. Total 272.
For Bryan — Alabama 11, Arkansas 8,
Colorado 4, Florida 4, Georgia 13, Idaho 3,
Kansas 10, Kentucky 1, Louisiana 8, Mis
sissippi 9, Missouri 17, Montana 3, Ne
braska 8, Nevada 3, Norrb Carolina 11,
South Carolina 9, South Dakota 4, Ten
nessee 12, Texa« 15, Utah 3, Virginia 12,
Washington 4, Wyoming 3. Total 175.
10 CONTEST IN MINNESOTA.
Democrats Claim That dough Was Aot
Elected Governor.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 19.— T. A. Ros
ing, chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, General E. M. Pope,
secretary of the same committee, and
Thomas D. O'Brien, Minnesota member
of the Democratic National Committee,
met here to-day to consider the advisabil
ity of contesting the election of David M.
Clougb as Governor of Minnesota. The
returns showed the election of Cloufch by
a plurality of 3560 votes. A great many
ballots were thrown out because of imper
fect marking. The Democrats claim that
a great many of these were all right as to
Governor, but were improperly thrown
out because of double markings as to
Bryan and Palmer electors. Over 300 of
these ballots are reported in one county.
If Mr. Rosing and his associates find tUat
the imperfect ballots number as much as
400 they will contest and ask for a re
count.
AN IMPETUS TO BUSINESS.
General Clarkaon Speaka of One Result
of MeKinley's t.lir.iion.
NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 19.-General
J. S. Clarkson of lowa was at the Fifth
avenue Hotel to-day. He is president of
the North River Bridge Company and is
here on business. He said to a reporter
ot the United Associated Presses that he
was out of politics and did not care to
give an interview.
"McKinley's election," be said, has
given a great impetus to business already."
He knew of one enterprise that Had raised
11.300,000 since ejection.
As to the Cabinet he cared to say noth
ing. "McKinley," he concluded, "has a
great opportunity, and I believe he will be
equal to it in every way. His speeches at
Canton showed his ability as a states
man."
PERRY DEATH IS COMING.
Gathering Material in the West to Wage
War on Silver.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 19. — Mr.
Hanna and Horace Porter held a long con
ference in Mr. Hanna's rooms this morn
ing. General Porter had come to Cleve
land pursuant to a special call.
Perry Heath, chief of the Republican
Literary Bureau, came to Cleveland this
morning, and after a conference with Mr.
Hanna left for California. He will make
an exhaustive study of gold and silver re
sources. He will go to Mexico and study
monetary conditions. The trip is for the
express purpose of obtaining more cam
paign ammunition, and is the first move
of the permanent organization towage
war against silver.
An eminent oculist asserts that opera
glasses hired in theaters very often spread
eye diseases.
\
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THAT PECULIAR
NIGHT VISITANT
Many of Sacramento's Best
Citizens Certain It Was
an Airship.
Brilliancy of Its Light Caused
Residents to Rush to
Their Windows.
Many Theories Concerning the Strange
Phenomenon, but the Mystery
Is Yet to Bi So ved.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 19.— There
have been as yet no new developments of
a trustworthy character in this locality in
regard to the mysterious aerial visitant
which swept over this city on Tuesday
evening, with the exception tnat the num
ber of persons who saw its brilliant search
light are daily growing more numerous,
or lather in light of what has been pub
lished have less fear of public censure and
less hesitancy in making their identity
known.
There are residents on the outskirts of
the city who declare that they received
notice of the pas-ing of the airship by
having their apartments illuminated by
the brilliancy oi its electrical light, and
rushing to their windows under the im
pression that some neighboring residence
was ablaze saw the brilliant light moving
through the air overhead. In the mean
time airao-t the sole i-übject of conversa
tion is the mysterious visitant, and the
leading greeting is: "Have you seen the
airship?"
Those who failed to catch a glimpse of
this brilliant light still persist in regard
ing it ratlfer in thn shape of a hoax, and
numerous stories have been circulated of
toy balloons, birds witb Chinese lanterns
attached and similar ridiculous explana
tions of this strange phenomenon, Dut
those who were eye-witnesses — and their
names are legion — are strenuous in their
declarations that this can oy no means be
a myth, but was an aerial vessel of some
description.
Ainoni: these eye-witnesses there were
several who wore practical electricians,
and who claim that in their judgment this
lieht was of an eiectrical character, and
they also claim that to produce a light of
this size and brilliancy it would require at
least one horsepower, and that would
mean a vessel capable of sustaining half a
ton weight for i he light alone, and the
one thing most of th.j witnesses to the
phenomenon are positive about is that the
licht was white, like that shed by an arc
lamp.
Weather Observer Barwick is at bb much
loss as anybody to account for the appear
ance in the sky. He says the color of a
rueieor would be affected by the density of
'he atmosphere through which it was
darting, and on an evening like that of
Tuesday, he believes, the light of such an
aerial visitor would most likely be pur
plish, and in no event the extreme white
oi an arc lamp.
At all events there can be no possible
room for doubt that something ex
tremely mysterious parsed over this city,
and its passage was viewed by hundreds
of Sacramento's best citizens. This no
one denies, and yet there are hundreds
who laugh the idea to scorn that the se
cretofaerial navigation has been solved,
yet wait in fearfand trembling lest some au
thentic news be received of the "xistence
of a veritable airship, a,nd they find that the
Jaugh has been turned upon themselves.
ONE BELIEVER IX OAKLaND,
John Grieiter Say the Secret of Aerial
Xarigation la Solved.
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 19.— The account
of the flying-machine which was seen
passing over Sacramento Tuesday night
has been read with great interest by one
man, at least, in this city. John Grie>er
of 374 Twelfth street has hammered tacks
into his shoes and studied the possibili
ties of making a flying-machine Cor many
years. He has not rested at studying the
problem, but has put much of his time
during spare hours to the work of con
structing something along the line of an
aerial ship. It was only the fore part of
August that he made a very su cessful
trial of his machine. When seen by a
Call representative he said:
"I was much interested in the article in
to-day's Call and the picture that ii.us
trates it. The man who designed that
machine has the true idea of aerial navi
gation I believe. One mast have a bal
loon of sufficient carrying or lifting ca
pacity to support at least half of the
weight to be carried and then means to
navigate the air to do the balance. I am
a firm believer in the snecess of man to
navigate the air and am ready to accept
the news that some one has at last suc
ceeded as toid in the story from Sacra
mento.
"I have no doubt but that some one in
the country has been at work on a ma
chine and after getting one that would
work had been out for a ride, when he
got too low and was discovered.
"If I could have had an opportunity to
get out and try my models I should have
bad a successful machine before this time.
When I did make an experiment out in
the street at an early morning hour I
managed to move myself about, but strik
ing the wires broke my machine. It baa
not since been repaired.
"1 first took to working on a machine
three years ago from reading an article
which quoted an English scientific gentle
man who said it was a possibility to be
solved. I have never had the assistance
of any man or of any money to develop
my models, and, with the exception of a
boy, I do not allow any one to see what
work I have done. He went and made up
a big story about what he was doing and
told it to a reporter some time since."
An Extensive Assignment.
CHICAGO, 111.. Nov. 19.— The Probst
Construc-ion Company assigned this after
noon to Gustave Willitt. Ttie company is
one of the largest contracting concerns in
the country and its headquarters are in
New York. No statement of assets and
liabilities was assigned.