TWO CENTS.
SCKANTON, PA., FRIDAY JIOKNINU, NOVEMBER .18. 1S0H.
TWO CENTS.
GEN. YOUNG
TESTIFIES
Relates His Experience at
Daiquiri and at
Montauk.
VIEWS OF A REGULAR
Accoiding to His Repoit, the Haul
shlps Weie of a Trivial diameter.
The Hough Kideis Weie Not Led
Into Ambush His Expeiience at
MontauU The Long Island Camp
a Healthful Locality Pi ovisions
Wasted.
Washlnzton, Nov. 17. The war In
vestigating commission adlouiiied at
I o'clock today to inert tit the I-'ifth
Avenue hotel, In New Voik, nt 10
o'clock tomorrow and General Dodge
asked the Associated Pu-ss to request
witnesses who have mnltcis to bilng
to the attention of the boaid to lepcut
at that point. Ho stated In the same
connection that letters had been h
coived from about a hundred poisons In
Hip vlclnltv of New Yoik, but said he
did not know whether nil of these
would appear as witnesses. Attn con
cluding the work In New Yoik the coin
mission will pioceed to Boston and ic
t in nine will stop at Philadelphia, to
make certain inquiries there. It Is alo
expected that a number of witnesses
will le called after the return to Wash
ington, and If the commission does not
go to Cuba some pel sons there will bo
asked to come heie. Colonel Donby
will iciiuiin in Washington while the
other membeis of the commission me
absent and will tuke the testimony of
mi eh persons as may ask to be lieaul.
Major General S. II. Jr. Young today
i elated in dctnll his experience at San
tiago and vicinity and afterwards at
Montauk. Ho said he had landed at
Daiquiri on the 21st of June and that
by the morning of the 2'M his entlte
bilgado had been put ashore, die had
uotilled Geneial Wheeler and had if
celved oiders to move on four or IKe
miles and secure a good camp. He had
aceoidingly pushed on to SilKiney.' He
had asked "Wheeler where the govern
ment camping ground was and lie had
icplieu that the Spaniards occupied It.
" then," said Oencral Young, "asked
Tiei mission to go out to see the giound.
"avlng I should like to get it for our
own troops, to which General Wheelei
assented."
A DEMOIIALIZED KEPOliT.
in accoi dance with this anangeinont
In moMil out at 5 o'clock net morn
ing to light the battle or Guaslma,
-ending the olunteers, the Ilough Pld
is, by one ioad, the lcgulars going bv
another. He declaied that there was
no suipiise In this light and no ambus
cade as bad been repotted. He had
leconnolteied the Spanish camp with
a glas for half an hour befoie the
fight began and he had attacked the
Spaniards and not the Spaniards him.
Hpeaklng of the Roush Rldetn he said
there had been no gt cater peicentago
of casualties among them than among
the rosrulais and that they weie not
led Into any situation not to be expect
ed in war. "The repoit that they weie
allowed to bo ambuscaded was due,"
he bald, "entirely to the demoralized
report of the demoralized adjutant of
the regiment who had left the service
soon after."
General Young said he had occupied
the cncm'H camp that day "and it
w-as a very good camp," he added
naively.
In replj to a question ns to what aid
he had lecelved fiom the Cubans in
this fight, ho leplled none whatever.
The Cuban guides had deserted him
upon the first ill p. Geneial Castillo,
on the night befoie, had told him that
he would send 500 Cubans with him,
but when the next morning he had
tent to notify Castillo that he w.is
piepaicd to proceed, his messongt.
had found a card on the Cuban om
mander's door salug that he must not
bo disturbed He had. theiefoie, pto
c ceded without the Cubans
After the light was ovei, howeer,
some of the Cubans had come up un
der the command of a Kienchman who
saluted him very tiaglcally with his
siibie, saying that he had hem in del oil
1V Geneial Castillo to lollow the en
imy and light him wherever he could
Unci him. Ohihm.i1 Young said he sltu
pl.v ouleied the Cubans to the tear and
the only seivlce tln-.v had peifoimed
was to satln-i up Hip baggage that the
A merle a i soldleis had ds aided
Gcneiiil Vi.ung said he had been the
oi ly man In the command at La Gna
sh, a .ho was mounted and that he
lode a mule. lie can led no baggage,
t-xctpt a rubber slicker, a iunmu and
a toothbtush. The wounded weie t-ni-rled
back to Siboney, and while the
hospital thorn was somewhat tongest
ed, the men weie well attended to.
siiArTi:rts oiiDnits
General Young said that Immediate
ly after the Guaslma light he had
looked the ground over toward Caiu-i
and had Infotmed Gcuciat Wheeler
that he was t-uiitlilenl hi could lake
the place that night with his bilgade,
if allowed to do ho. Geneial Wheeler
had teplled that hie onlera fiom Gen
cual Shatter weie not to advance with
out notlfjlng lilm, and that he would
notify the general of his I Geneial
Young's) wishes. He had not lieaul
nnjthlng more- otlh-luII In icg.tul t
the mattei.
With this Geneial Young's sen ice
In Cuba ceased, as he was taken down
with fever on the :.0th ot June and
sent back home. After u peilod of
rlcl-ness ho was sent to Montauk Point
to establish Camp Wlkofl'. He detailed
tlio difficulties of tho pieimi.itlou of
the camp. He wild It had been Impos
rlble to get In tloors nnd that he had
not considered iheni neoosKaiy, elthoi
for health or comfort. "I guvo them
lumber and hammers and iiullti. how
ever, nnd told thorn to malte thum-
selves floors If tiny wanled them. I
thought they were being treated too
much like babies."
Regarding the commissary supplies
he said they weie abundant and thnt
food enough had been nllowed to spoil
to feed 1,500 men dally. The hospital
and quartet master's stores weie uln
ample. Ho had never in all his ex
pei lento seen tinny hospitals so well
supplied with medicines and btoios ot
all kinds,
MONTAUK HUALTHPUL.
The coutlidlluz motive in selecting
Montauk was that of seeming proper
cptarantltip and a veiy sttlct cpiaiantlno
was observed. He eonWdeied tho camp
eiy healthful and the site doslinblc.
"As to what was done then, for the
soldleis," ho said. "I think I deseived
more credit for what I did at Montauk
than for what I did at Ia Guaslma.
I think more was done than should
have been done for the soldiers" Tell
ing of the haidshlps of one command
whh h had Just in lived Horn Cuba
he bald: "They wimp not the heiots,
being otilv icgulaif" He said the pil
vatlons of the war weie not so soil
ous as Indian e-anip.ilgns he had been
engaged in There had been occasions
when he and his command had hue to
live on i otii and others whin Mumo was
nothing to be had exiept hoisc meat
or Initio meat, "nut that,' he ald,
' was not in the newspapeis." He was
satisfied that most of tho complaints
against the camp wcip unfounded.
Many of the lomplalnts were made by
men and women who had never seen
men Jn camp. Appreciating the situa
tion, the .soldiers had "laid it on,"
tho IsItors making complaints that
were without Inundation In older to
get delicacies. "Soldleis )ike to be
made babies of," he said, "and some
of them soon got so that thev would
not eat their logular iatlon."
General Young concluded hN testi
mony with the statement that the sol
diers woie far bettor caied for than
they had been In the Civ 11 war.
WILL CONSIDER
ARMY ESTIMATES
Chainnan Cannon, of the Appiopiin
tions Committee of the House,
Calls Meeting of Sub-committee.
Washington, Nov. IV Chaliman
Cannon, of the nppropil.itlous commit
tee of tho house, lias called a meeting
of the sub-committee on deficiencies
to meet Sat in day, Nov. 2G, to consider
the estimates for tho maintenance of
extraoidlnaiy expenses of the nimv
and navy during the period from Jan.
1. ISM. to .Tilly 1. ISft'i. It will he neees
s.uy to frame and enni an urgent de
ficiency bill to provide for these ex
penditures before the holiday recess as
the balance of the $226,000,0ii0, and the
oiiginal $30,000,000 appropriated to ear
ly on the war are not available after
Doc. SI. Whatever remains of these
appropilatlon must be brought back
Into the ticasury on taat date. How
much has been expended Is not known,
but the presumption Is that theie is a
considerable balance as the nppiopila
tlons veie estimated to cover the pay
account for the full complement of 214,
000 soldleis piovided for in the two calls
of the ptesldent and nlso lor tho lem
poiaiy Increase in the icgular aimy.
Neither tho voluntcois nor regulais
weie enlisted up to their full st length
and about 100,000 of the foimer have
been mustered out of the bervlce While
then? should be a considerable bal
ance on this account, it may be that
the expenditures for clothing, food,
tiansportatlon, ordnance stores, med
ical stores, etc , have exceeded the
estimates, and that little if any of the
appioprlations remain. Thp exact bal
ance will appear when tho treasury
department submits the estimates to
Mr. Cannon's committee.
Some difficulty may be expeilenced
In getting this measure through both
houses before New Year's as Its pre
sentation may open up the whole ques
tion ns to tho conduct of the war. The
appropriation committees will do its
duty nnd will have the bill read for
action as soon as congress meets. Fm
theimore It Is the Intention of tho
committee to expedite the framing nnd
consideration of the regular appioprla
tlon 'dils in every possible way In tho
early poitlon of the session In older
to avoid an extia session should the
Republican leadeis later decide that
an extta session next spilng was un
u oldable.
LOCATION OF CAMPS.
Adjutant General burnishes Com
mission with Statement.
Washington, Nov. 17. The adjutant
ccneial of the nimv has furnished tho
war investigation committee a state
ment fIiowIiir the authotlty upon
which the camps occupied during the
war with Spain wcio sletiod.
It shows that Genoia' .Miles located
the camps at Chlcl.umauga, tin., Por
nandlnu ami Miami Phi, and cnmp
Alger. Va.: that Gemini Lie telectol
that at JnckHinvllii , and G6nei.il Mor
riam that in Cnnp Motrin, and that
the other camps with the i c option ot
thai at Tampa, weio located by boaids
of oftlceis. The rupoits suvs th it a per
manent camp was never contemplated
at Tampa, but that troops worn t-ent
th"ic piepaiatoiy for CMubaikatlon on
ltcomiw nihil Inn of General Miles.
Damaged Farmer's Ciops.
Harilsbui, Nov 17 Captain Paxton,
who has iluiixO of the- muster out of th
Governor's Hoop ncclvid a claim to
il iv, through the war ili-pat taunt, fiom n
nallwi tanner of Porto Uleo, lot JJ 2SU tur
ilam.iKc to bis pro)cMt near tho cump f
the iniop Captain ott sa.s lils men coai
ndttcil no rtipiitlalluiiH and that It the
faiincis pi open v vsas daiiitigril it v is
done li huik other ttoojis.
Mysteiious Mason Returns.
Philadelphia, Nov. IT.-William It. Pin
zer, snail miislial of tie Peiuigjivanl i
ifiainl .odae of .Masons, who nijnti-iluusly
dlsiiPiH Hi it a we k im lepoiled at Hid
olll'P ot tho Ili-ltulli, a Milhi-nle Jinuiiiil
of wlilch he Is cilpui, toda. Ho refu .
to Kiy Jiijthliu' whatever about his ji,
siiuc Hum hfttiu and otllce.
Young- Miudeiei's Conlession,
Uo.ivertoii, Out.. Nov. IT.-iMwaiii i;i
llotl tho !C-t'a,-olil h.il who was .irn-xt-nl
Tuesday night on a chaigo of having
iiuuilimcl William Mm ray. has toufesscd
his i iliac, lUliulag Hi.it the ruuidur vuis
the reuult of a quariel. It in gciuially be.
lleveil, liuui-ver, that the objurt was rob-tiry,
EVACUATION BY
JANUARY FIRST
SPANISH TROOPS WILL CAHKV
rrTr r TncrTXTii rvn mirr -t ttt t I
A.UiilUUl VJ. J..L& J. JLJ-.JU.'.
Small Aims, Colors, Piclil Pieces,
Etc., Will Be Taken Tioops Ke
.mnining After Jan. 1 Will Be Un
tler Piotectlon of the United
States.
Havana. Nov. 17. As inbltd jestei
day, tho date for tho Spanish evacua
tion has been definitely settled as Jan.
1. All the Spanish ttoops then lemaln
lug In the island will be nuaiteied,
under the piotectlon of tho I'nlted
States, In camps especially designated,
pending cmbaikatlon for Spain.
The stonogiaphle lepoit of .vosier
dav's Joint session of the evacuation
commlssionei.s was signed tills aftei
noon by the Spaniards, the Amei leans
having piovlotisly attached their sig
natures. Colonel Clous and Captain
Halt laltod General Pairado, pi evi
dent of the Spanish evacuation com
mission, who, after signing the con
vention, sent Lieutenant Colonel Gli
uuta. with Colonel Clous, lo tho other
Spanish commissioners, Admit nl Man
torola and Marquis do Monteto, both
of whom signed It. Nothing was def
initely settled at yestenlays Joint ses
sion legaiding the question of lived
and movable piopcity, and It Is under
stood that the question will be t eft-nod
lo the lcspcctlvo governments foi c oti
sldeiatlon. The Spanish tioops will
cany their small aims, colots, field
pieces and the entile equipment of an
aimy In th field.
Tho landing place at Matlaino was
today turned ovei officially to Geneial
llumphieys, who is the ranking chief
quaitennnster of the United States
troops in the island. A depot for qu.u
termaster's stores will be elected theie.
This morning the pier and whaif were
Inspected by Geneial Gieene, Geneial
Humphreys and Colonel Hooker, who
expressed themselv es ns satisfied w 1th
the woik.
In tho course of tho next foi might
woik will be commenced under Colonel
Hcckei's dlic-ctlons upon u rnllioad
from Cnsa lUauca, on the east side
of Havana bay, to Guanabacoa, where
It will connect with the tracks of the
I'nlted lnllioad, thus facilitating tho
tiansportatlon erf commissary supplies.
AT MATAN'ZAS.
N. t Sunday Colonel Hoc her and
Captain Cinwlmd will go to Malan
7.is, pushing on Lite i to Caidonas, ,sa
gun l.i Grande and Cli-nfuesos. Col
onel Hecker goes In his eapaeitv of
chief of tiansportatlon to make ai
rangements with tho vaiious railroads.
General Giccno will personally lay
out the camps on each sldo of the V-n-to
water woiks, beginning work im
mediately upon the ui rival of the fht
caigo of timber, w filch will n unload
ed at Playa. de Marlanao. The build
in;!: of a railroad from Havana bay
to Guanabacoa Indicates that the Mai
lanno landing plaeo Is to be onlv a
timroiary make shift.
Mangull Sanguilly, ct th special
conimltlop fiom the- Cuban assembly at
Santa Orirs del Stir, who lctl ester
day for the United Statoa v as follow
ed today h his cnllonugiips, v ho wont
bv the Seguratu-a. O-Mic-ial Galixto
Gaicla, .it Captain General RIancos
suggostlon, was taken by a tug f r im
Plnya do Marlanao to the W.nd llnei
Thl.i was to pi event any demonstration
such us might hnvu ensued had tho
Cuban bpecl'il rrmmisslon passed
tl lough Havana. Many went on boai.l
the Segutanca to .say fv.vnell nnd to
w.sh the coniniissloncrs succsa at
Washington. No Cuban flogs, howev
er, we 10 displayed In tho hit bur, an 1
theio was no dlsor.lt r of any kind
Geneial Garcia said that ho and nis
associates on the commission v.ero
very sanguine as to the ou-oonie of
their expected interview with Picsi
dent McKinley.
MORE DOCKS -WANTED.
An Effort Will Be Made to Incieaso
Facilities at Key West.
Washington, Nov, 17. In his annu
al lepoit to the secietaiy of tho navy.
Chief Rndlcott, of tho buioau of yards
and docks, makes a s-tiong point of the
necessity foi ample docking facilities
not onlv for small vessels but foi the
battleships upon w titers near Key West.
He wild this plaeo was duting the
war and may be in the futuru an im
poitaut base of naval opeiatlons, able
stiateglsts having pioducc-d Key West
and Dry Toitugas tho key to the Gulf
of Mexico, thPieforp It Is held that
caieful study should be given to the
subject to dfteuulne some point at
which the veiy best docking- facilities
shall be piovided. Had the war with
Spain continued many months mote,
tnoabseneoof docking facilities In lhos.
wateis would have boon most se-ilously
fell and might have- affected Its for
tunes. The estimates submitted for
the next car piovlde loi onlj one new
dock which is to be of the laigost tpe,
eonstiuctcd ot gtaiiitc- and ton-tote
and located at the Norlolk navy nrd.
The icport states that tho United
States has come Into possession of tho
port of San Juan, of a naval aiseual,
founded In tho year ISOO, containing a
number of substantial concrete build
Ings and throe good pleis Tho total
value of tho buildings and gtounds Is
about $100,000 and It has been elected
Into a United States naval station,
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
The Membeis Meet nnd Select Sub
Commissions. Washington, Nov. l".--Tho Itiuustilal
commission at their fe.son todav se
lected the following stn.-ionunlshlons:
On agikultute. Harils, clifijiman,
Klo, Mantle, Ganlui-r and Conger.
Gn muiuifactuies, Smith, Peniose. l,lv
Ingntoii. Not Ih and Faiqului. On
mining, Daniels, Otjcn, i(. , Itatch
fotd and Parquhar. On ttanspoiin
lion, Philippines, Mnlloi.v, I.oiimei,
llarils iN. C.) and KcnucUj
Will Investigate Maiin Teiesa.
Waslilngtoii, Nov 17. The secielui vl
tlici navy has otiloieil a coiitt ol fueiuliy to
ir.cot at tho navy Mild at Noifolk next
Tuetpday for the puiposo of luveiitltiathig
tho clnamstanccs attunillug (he abatniiia
incut of tho Spanish cruller Mnil.i Tcnva
with a vlow to detct mining the necessity
and rofipDiiHlblllty thmtfore,
STATE OrriCIAL VOTE.
Tiguies Received fiom Foity,-Foui'
Counties.
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. -Th" oinelal
figurca ot th ote on the slate Hol.ct
have In en tepid veil ft out 4-1 of the i,7
cottnttoH. IncludliiK PhlluiMphlj, A!le-tshi-ny
and all the other UriCM' coun
ties Adding tin unuindil fooling: of
the olllcial rotuins of the other twenty
tlnee counties Stone has an uppan-nt
plurality In the state- of 12rt.01 ovr
Jcnkj In n total tit- of "jTO.MS for tho
tin co leading candidates. ThU total
Is divided as fiUo.vs:
stone. 47S,r.'!l: Jinks, SSilW; ;lwal-lo-v.
K'.TSll.
The plutalllles lot th other Repub
lican slate candidates will exceed that
of Stone, Tor .ludge ot supeiioi com I,
allholigh Tiiekett, Iieinoor.u, runs i-oii-sideiably
ah-ad or his ticket, un-1 two
Republican candidates, William W.
Pen lei and William t) Poitev, are
elected by very huge nifjOiltle-s, WIl
llfiui D Poller runs behind his name
sake but In Philadelphia and Allt
ghe i y coin ties alone n han lit, lis J
mi to votes' than Ttlikft'..
MR. SMITH AND
THE DOCTORS
Quest ot Honor nt n Banquet and
Reception Speech on the Uuestion
of the Day
Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Postmaster
Geneial Chillies Hniory Smith vnis the
guest of honor tonight at a banquet
and leeeiitlon given by the iloctots of
the Union league, of which ill. Smith
Is a. member The- only nthir guest at
the- banquet was Calvin Wells, of Pltts
buig C. Stuatt P.ittcMsou piesldcd at
the banquet and In a few woids pic
seiiteil the postmastei soneial. Mr.
Smith tild in P lit
We have lived a gioat chapter of
hlstoiy and the lountiv has come to
utilize that we have a gteat piesldent.
1 to had no ambition for w ar. Hut w hen
vvai came for humanity and justice he
directed It with a wisdom, coutage,
skill and success which have command
ed tin appl nise ot the whole- world,
lc had no ambition foi teuitorlal ac
quisitions, nut when the match of
events biought u sponslbllltles and ob
ligations over now domains, ho faced
them with a high and Inticpld lesolu
tlon, which will make- his adinlnl"tiu
tlon lusti ous as adding new Jewels
to the casket of HlK-rty. Ih' hud no
ambition to oue n a new epoch In our
hlstoiy and lead tho totuitiy In now
p..thwas, content to do the veiy best
In the old Hut when, in the ptofldence
of God, the uplifted cuttaln levealod
a now stage of national development,
he hi a v civ acci uted duty, and deat
l lecognlzed destiny.
"Wo do not know what may be be
foie us. Hut one thing wo do know,
and that is, that whatovei may come,
whatever doubt or dluiculty, the pies
ldent will meet It with sure Insight,
with unfailing sagaeltj, with calm
coinage, and with film and confident
telianco on tho saving lease and ji.i
tiiotism of the Ameilcau people. He
will be gov oi nod, not by personal de
slie. but by a profound conviction of
public duty. Have wo gioat pioblems"
Ale we perplexed about the disposi
tion of far-olf domains, wheie Amei
lean valor has unfuiled the- Amei lean
flag" Who would tuin them back to
Spain" Who would Invite the ilsks of
divided and contentious sovitelgnlv"
What then lenmlns but manly accept
ance of the responsibilities which have
boon laid upon us'.'
"Never fear the caoac Ity of the
American people to deal with t'-ose
questions. The Anglo-Saxon blood Is
equal to cveiy emeigenoy and the
Ameilcau vatlety Is not inferior to any
other We shall not fall of gieatness
through ciaven fear of being gieat.
And so li t us face the picsont and tho
future with tho seiene faith, tho high
courage and the Indomitable put pose
which ate woithy of our hlstoiy and
our destiny "
TEMPERANCE WORKERS.
Post Executive Committee of W. C.
T. U. Ariango Next Convention.
St. Paul, Minn, Nov. 17 What is
known as the post exeiutlvo commit
tee of the Woniuns' Chtlstlaii Temper
ance union, wheie- vaiious matters of
busliu.s'i lefoited to tho boaid by the
convention are acted on, was held in
this city todav. Seattle was decided
upon as the next place for holding the
convention, the lime to be about the
middle of Oc tuber, exact date being
fixed later. Mis. Stevens, the piesl
dent, announced that Miss Pow doily.
tlie stenogtnpher, who seivcd M5ss
Wlllaid so faithfully for font teen ears,
would be letalned In her position. At
tention was called to the fact that
Miu Pow dei Iv is a Cathulle. The- su
perintendents who weie by the con
vi uthm added to the executive com
mittee were welcomed Into the body
dtp lug the da.
Action on .Mis. IJpuJamln'.s it-solution
to mi loose fiom all the nfllllated In
tciests was defined. It was announc
ed by the new piesldent, Mrs. I,. M. x.
Sie-vens. that she would le-maln at
headquarter.-. In Chicago until ChUst
nms and would then divide her time he.
tween her home lit I'mtl.iud, Me., and
Chicago
Petitions in Bankruptcy.
New York, Nov. 17 I Ztriil rti-ldenbeig,
Joseph Sildc libel g and Ailulph Sti fel. cull,
xtltuting the Hun ol Seldcnoeig. Sli fel As
i'o.. ilgar dPiilets, today tiled u petltim
kln baukiiiptey. The liilillitiis an ,-,Ce,
and conllncent ilahllliii-i fj),V'. ,o as
sets Mlo Mliiiril. but a lew i f Iho (leellloi's
liolcl secuiltj .
Gciman Cuiiser Ashore,
Rhaiihal, Nov 17 -Thi Goiitmu ar
muied cuilscr Kalsei tligshi) ot Uu
Hiiuadion uiuli i- loniniaiid ot Prlm-i-lleui.v
of PuishIj In Chinese- w.iuif. ii
ashore In Saiu-Siih b iy 'I in otlui vc.
se.s of the SfUiullon ale nxslvtltiK lo gc-t
tin ulf. It Is bilioMd that tin Kul-or
fius nut sutfueil seileius Injun.
Cailists Not Dangeious.
Madilil, Nov 17 Ai tin lalihiet iniia-
ill today the minimi i ol Juxtlcc Scnor
OrolssHrd, ilielaii'il that the feats limplicel
by the Caillst iiKltatloii wne iilifoluu Iv
ylLHIlleltOHH.
Steamship Aiilvnls.
New Ymk, Nov 17 Artlved: fp manic,
I.lv e-rpoul Que-e nstow u Sailed! Teu
tonic, tiom I.lvarpool, for New Yolk, Rot
tculam Srillfdi .Mnafdam, Nt w Vork,
SANTIAGO PRESS
ABUSESMERICANS
STRIVING TO AROUSE A FEEL
ING Or ANXIETY.
Negro Regiments Will Be Moved
Away from the City Ueueial
Wood Inteifetes with the Schemes
of the Money "Shaiks" Cubans
Ate Laying Down Theii Aims.
Santiago Do Cuba, Nov. 17. tU-oigo
I.eonaul Wood, mllltaty goveinor of
the dcuattmetit of SantlaKo. has lu
sttucted Geneial Kwais, who is in com
mand of the brigade of negio leglmeiits
at San Luis, wheie the drunken affiay
occiniod on Monday night, to move the
camp five miles out fiom the town.
It Is piobablo that one of the leglmcnts
will bo sent to an Island mar the cit
tianip of Santiago hat hot wheie theie
uie no Inhabitants
Some of the local tiapets continue
to abuse the Amei leans, caleilng to
the lower elements ami stilvlng to ne-ate-
a leellng hostile tt Ainellta The
better class of Cubans, of coltlse, ic
gret the iiffuiv but they do not eug
geiato the outiago aftei the lashlon
of the sensational press
The United Stales tianspoit Poi t
Victor, Catitaln Hilikie, atilveil hoio
toda en unite fiom Ponie with United
States tioops on boaid. Captain Hiiek
lej lenoits that while 'usslng neat
San Salvailm Maud (Wntllng's island)
he saw a huge ship bottom upwind
which he almost urn Into Owing to
the datkness In- could not see whethoi
she wns a sailing vessel oi a stcMlui'i.
Geneial Wood has tempoiarlly sus
pended foioclosute pioceedlngs owing
to the fact that tho money "shaiks
have been tijlng to foice the collec
tion of small account" loaned dining
the war. He believes that the nioit
g.igeis should have a icasonable chance
lo ledeem.
Uavlng satisfied himself of the In
competence of the staff of meat and
slaughter house Inspectors that held
over fiom the old teglme, Geneial
Wood has dismissed tho whole foiee
and appointed now Inspoctois.
Now that the cooler weather has sitt
in he has issued a general Older di
recting regular drills. At Guantanaino,
Geneial Peioz, the mavoi, now seems
to be- making an honest effoit to dis
band his foimer Cuban tioops. Yes
tordaj one- man lefused to lay down
his aims and diew his weapon on a
Cuban ollleer, who ptoinptly killed him
In self defense. The Incident has had
a good inni.il often anil' the otheis
of J'oiez's foimei command nip now
volnntaillv lellnqulshinir their aims
piepaiatoiy to disbanding
FRATERNAL CONGRESS.
The Members Meet at Philadelphia
nnd Elect Officers,
llaltlmore, Nov. 17 Tho national fia
teinal longu-ss in session here this af
ternoon elected officers foi the coming
j ear. Vice Piesldent 1) H Stevens, ot
Philadelphia, was the uiianimouschoiee
for tho presidency Mi Stevens Is su
piemo mvstlc inler of the f internal
mystic elide. The- new vice piesldent
is a Mohawk Indian, Dr. Oionhyateka,
of Tin onto, Canada. He hus no sut
name and uses M. 1)., the abbievla
tlon of his piofcsslon, as nls initials.
He Is the supieme chief laugoi of the
Order of Poiesters of Canada. He
stands ovei six foot In height and bonis
the lmptess or his descent fiom Indian
princes.
.Mr. M. W. Sackett, of Moadville,
Pa, was re-elected stcietaiv and
treasurer. The Rev J. G Tate, of
Lincoln. Neb., was elected chaplain.
The congress was engaged all morn
ing In hearing the lepoit of tin- com
mittee on statistics, vvnlch was an ar
laigument ot stale insuiancp commis
sioners. FURIOUS CHINESE MOBS.
Ameiican Missionaiies Suffer Indig
nities in reiting.
Cincinnati, n, Xn: 17. Private lot
tors fiom UlshopHarlCianston. of the
Meihodist Episcopal chinch, to Rev.
IX H. Mooio, ot the Wc-stein Christian
Advocate, of this city, tolling
of the mobbing of tho fam
ily and of Rev. Pr. Lowiv, mission
ary, in tho sneets of Pekln, China,
Sept-mbor .51. Tlio attaik was made
with mud, stick and stones, by .i
mob gathered to celebrate the lhst
feast day sinc-e the empress had taken
the power fuun the Pmpoioi.
The families wen- going to and fiom
the- i.iilway nation In ch.ilts and carts
and wore olcackod by the half-fieMiled
Chiiininen. I"r. Lo.vi made a hinvu
reslslatn e and suecei tied Jp getting
the women and chlldien to h place of
safety, though he- suffered a biokon
lib. The siiiiip Indlj-nitlcs wen- oifoied
to all other foitlcuors.
NEW FAST MAIL.
Enteipiise to Be Inaugmated by
the Pennsylvania System.
Columbus. O., Nov. 17 The Pounsjl
vanla. systoin will m next Sunday in-auguiatc-
a new fast mail tmin fiom
St. Louis to New "oik wide h will
caiij sleeping and dining cats
The tialn will leave ,st. Louis dallv
at ,:.i'. a. in . -nt living on tho follow
ing nioinlng at 7.S0, bu-aklng all re
folds for time atio.ss the centi.il stales.
Th i uii Is scheduled one hour taster
than the Pennsylvania limited, li will
make tho urn in fnmi n,o lo six
hours less than tho oidlnaiy milns
and Is intondo I to t,lve- the vaiious
stni rapltalfc nuothei fii"t iuii to the
PUfcl.
Goveuior's Appointments.
llaiiisbaiK, S'ov. 17 -The apiiolntnit-nt
of Il'Vuitls I'owtll, or Phlludilphlti, us
mi aide on tloveiuui IhiHtlns- hUiU, 1
amioimreil tod In guur.il .inleis lfiie.i
t loin the lieailqiiaittiK ol iho Nation il
Gll.ild Colour 1 Powell silccc i ds Colonel
,S. C. Levvlii. of Pi .nhll-i who l picyuou-d
lo assistant iiiuriennati i geneial
Genctal Giaham Impiovlng,
New 'iork. Nov 17. At Pint Hamilton
today Mujoi Guicral Giaham, Tnt'cd
Suites ,n my letlicil, was icpoitid to have
improved since csteula whin his 111-ne-ss
it nm tMiliold pueuinuida was made
known. His fiitnll) now In-Hove that tha
clangor point 1ms bcem passt-cl,
THE NEWS THIS MOUNINU
Weather Indication loJin
Partly Clciuli easterly WlncK.
(Jriit-lill GetlPtrfl Viang llefuie
War luvtstlwtlou CitiiinlHon
tho
Spanish Agiefincnt to Tic.ity a Mutter
of a Pew 1) iv
SuntliiKC Niwspipfrs Tt.vlng to Atouse
rce-llugs of HestllltV.
General Plttslou News Hudet.
rin.iael.il and Common I u.
Loud-New Tilul Heftpcd In Spihuer
Case.
aa Hoiii'k 1 ntli Win i mil In Slit rill s
Hands.
Udltor'al.
Comment of tin- I'less,
Local Council Pi or tilings,
Attorinv Iteploiilo on tho Pn-lblllltes
of Science
Local West Sclnlitou ami Silbililull.
News of Cjthoiidiilf. '
Geneial- l.lfu ot Out Soldier P.ov s 111
the South
Com I Proi e dll t,s
PEPPER MURDER
TRIAL CLOSED
Tliiid Day Ends Testimony of Com
monwealth and Defense Chaiac
ter Witnesses Henul.
Spool u to Hit- Su.iutoii 'ft Ilium-.
The t'liul day of the I'-ppei mar
ch i trial eiid'd the commonwealth's
ta" and as well III it of the deleiise.
Miss Pu.nels K. ininerman t stifle 1
fiom her stoi.ogtaphlc notes questions
ins' answe-ts as ptopriimdcd by the
dlsttli t nttoiiirv to 'ligi-n ii' .lanu
ai y last it the sheilif's apattmonts
nt the- Jail. These notes weie lulteii
by Miss Aniiiiirin.tn after i:.igen had
macie bis confession lo Seidell Munger.
The story ot the 1 1 hue, oven fiom
Hi time Uageii and Shaw left Sus
queh lima until they had letutnecL af
ter coininlttlng the cilnio. was given
In Uagen s own wotds. It was moie.
In detail than the- signed contosslon
to Munget.
P. .1. McMahon and Pitch L Leon
ard, sitbscilblng wltn"-sos to llagen's
signed confession, couoboiatcd Mr.
MungiM's testlinoto. Wllllngton Hat
voy said that Aunt Sallv Pepper war.
slek and unable to bo In cotut. Uz.il
Kinney testified as to dl'tunces In
Rush and the conunonwrnlth closed.
The defense pioduced twenty-three
wllne-sts and t licit examination was
only to Uagen's, alias Smith's, char
ae tei.
The -i lour wall of the roMimoliwealth's
cioss examination was Susie Giaham,
the woman in si at let, for their line
followed her as living with Uagen at
ISIngliamton, ltuuli and Susquehanna.
Th" defense closed and tho lenmindr r
of th afternoon was spent In aigu
mptit and piesentlng of points by T. J.
l)avh-s.
WHEELMEN DISSATISFIED.
Western Membeis of the L. A. W.
Piopose to Organize.
St Louis, Xo. 17. Charles W.
Meats, e hiet handlcappor of the
l.oat,U" of Antotlcan Wheelmen for the
state ol Ohio, and Geoigo U. Locke, of
Jeiseyvllle, chief i onsul-olee t of the-
L. A. W. niilvd heie todav. When
ask'-d as to their business In the i-ltv
Chailes V. .Meats said: "To bo fiank
we aine to talk over L. A. W. matter"
and lo uigaulze.
So far the atfalts of the L. A. W.
have boon manrged mostly by cast
ein men. I'astein men have alwavs
held the highest oftlces and wo western
folk, think the time has aulvecl for
us to have omethlng to say. So thai
what wo shall say shall amount to
something, we propose to oiganlze and
that Is the subject that Locke, !ii..?Mf
and otheis will discuss heie."
The local and visiting moinbois of
the L. A. W. mo In txe-tlltlve- session
und it Is said ate planning to effect
a Wk oiganlzatnm to look after their
aftalis in the west All the loiiil men
of i lomineuco W"ie it the meeting;
und It was held benllld closed cleois.
SWALLOW SUED FOR LIBEL.
Cougiessmau Hicks, of Altoona,
Claims S50.000 Damages.
Ilmisbuig, Nov 17 Congiosainan
J. P. Hicks, of Alloon-. brouglit u
elvil action for libel against Dr. Swal
low, late fusion c andldat loi gover
nor, todo in this cit claiming jiO.noo
damages for the publication of an ai
tlclo In the Commonwealth, last Janu
aty, chaiglng lilm w llh misusing the
funds of tin. Pennsylvania Building and
Loan association, ot Altoona, while act
ing as proficient of the loncciu. Mr.
Hicks allejjes the at title "was libel
lous and wus published mallilouslv to
bilng him Into public scandal, Infatnv
and dlsKince with and among his
ne-lghboi.s and other t,nod citizens."
The Hulldliig and Loan association
is In the hands of a tetelvei.
ENGLISH BATTLESHIP.
Thousands Witness the Launch
of
the Formidable,
Portsmouth, England, Nov. 17.
Tlioiu anils of people today witnei'td
the launch o the nun battleship Poi
mldable, at the dm k .ud bote. She hi
said to be Hit laigtst waishlp in tile
Will Id, being of lfi.lhii) tnns illsidace
meilt. She Is Il)i1 leet long, bus 73 loot
bt-aill illld dl.lWS -H tett ! Illche-s of
wiilet. She tosl nvel l,O0O,0i0 pounds
und Is ejjilniated t steam is kimts,
A notable featiiu- of the lauiuh of
the- battleship vuis the untwining of
ih" litltMi unit Aiu-ilcan flags on the
otlliia! stand.
Magowans Held to Bail,
lhle. I'.i . Nov 17 I'laiil; Muguwati,
Ills vvlft and Alls. Ujini vlio wen- i.i-lei-icil
hue lirt iiIki.i on a i lunge oi ab
ducting s-jeur-olil L'dltli Ifiiiiu-s, a il.iuga.
It I of Mli'. .M.iuull. ,,n- Ik ( today un
ilir Jl.(l I til e.iill to appeal at loillt oil
Di-iwuli'- 1 vvlii u IiiUlsltlell p.ipits tVlll
pl'Vt lietll Mellli-d to i ot 141 it Hum III
riev eland
Fiancs for Fojgeiy.
P.hIh Nov. li. La Ptllte Ht-iutlillMlie
kiis that during the tt-ccut 1 1 lid of M.
Hula tor llhol Comte Ksttrhazy vmih ovci
lieaul lo say that Geneial Helot, foimer
mlnKur of win, i-.ivi him SiJ,m)o fiaiu
for loitjlns the lieidoituit.
SPAIN WAS
BLUFFING
Delay a Coyer for Her
Submission at
Home.
MATTER OP A FEW DAYS
The Foi in of an Acknowledgment!
ot Her Soveieignty in the Philip
pines Demanded Befoie She Re
linquishes It Resistance Neces
saiy, in Sagasta's View, to bava
the Ministiy nnd Feihaps tho
Dynasty The Question of Colonial
Administiatlon,
Washington, Nov, 17. It Is novf
known bete that the- agieeinent of tho
Spanish (omiulssloiieis to such a tieatjr
as the Ameiltau commlssloneis may
suggest Is a matter of only a few da.vs.
lnlol niatlon has been leceived Indl
rec ily bv way of Spanish lepiesonta
tlves that the picsenL delay ut Pat Is
Is moi olv piellminat v to u complete
suriouiUr. The Spanish coimnlsslouei.s
iceognl.e the futility of prolonging tho
conference, and an- about ready to
eld tilth vhat giaee- they may to thu
American demand.
The main point at issue Is nheady
conceded. Por all practical pui poses
Spain Is ready to admit that her sov
eieignty lu tho Philippines must be n--litieiulshcd,
and will not hold out lit
any hope- that she- can re-asset t lieu
authority In the Islands.
The Spanish commissioners are ready
to sin render the Philippines If tho
United States will lecognlze Spanish
sovetelgntv there bofoio it Is lelln
qulslied. This demand was contained
In the document submitted by them In
Pails osterday. That Is to say, tho
whole question now has resolved Itself
Into a discussion of technical points,
nilsed by the Spanish commissioner.-
with an ee to political effect at home.
The Spanlatds are .engaged now in
plating themselves on reeend In as
favoi.ible a light as possible. They aru
playing for position and Incidentally
they hope to secure a lnige bonus in
money when It comes to the squaiing
of accounts. So much has been madu
of the Philippines In political discus
sion at home and the people there have
been so thoroughly imbued with tho
Idea that Spain Is still the controlling
power In the- Islands, that the commis
sioners acting, of course, ns the repie
sontatlves of the Sagasta ministry, an
afraid to accept the Inevitable without
111 st secuilng fiom the United States
a foiniul acknovv lodgment of Spanish
sovereignly. Surtender without any
leslstance would, It is feared, mean
the downfall of the Sagasta ministiy,
pe-i hups even of the dvnnstv.
THU PHILIPPINES,
i ll these cunsideiallons aro bdievol
l to have led to the pioposltion of th
I Spanish toir-inlsslonerf that the ques-
llors Involved In the Interpretation of
j the protocol as far as It relates lo tho
Phillppiiie-s sdiull be submitted to nr
i bit rat Ion.
' TliN pioposltion will not be treated
j seriously bv the Amei ban c oaui'lsslou
! cis, hut will bo met with the picsenta-
tliin ot a n -w ptototol uneqiiiv ouil in
iieunlng, even fiom a Spanish point of
view, and this pu tocol, acioidln.: t-i
pilvaf advices leteived Iipio. the
Snanl-u commlssIoneiH will si','-i.
With th" acceptance of this piotoeol,
tin work of actually passing th" Uoutv
will begin, and the administiatlon has
hopes tb.it our commlssloneis may be
nble to i.turn to this coiinltv by Juu
uaiv 1, with the completed tieaty In
their keeping.
Should this be done. t!i ronsleleia
Uon ot the tieaty by the senate may
be et-teied upon at once, and lu may
bo pos-lblo to seouie Its latltlcntlon be
foie the louith of Match, for It Is
not -xpected bv th piesldent that ariy
mnsideiabl number, c-vtn of the pn
sent senate, will oppose r.itillcntlon of
a tieaty which simply accepts tho In
evitable. The administration now
hopes that It may be prsslhle to avoid
nn extia sesiion In tin- sputig. or .at
any late, that It mil) not b- necessary
in i all the house together.
G. W. Schmidt Bankiupt.
Plttsbillg Nov 17 -J. W. Schlillilt,
wholesale llipior ilnlei, ttidai 'Hed ht
putlttea In voluutaiy l)..nktupti y In tli
I'lilttd Stelis distlle-t tomt. This ill no
way nffnts the 111 in of G. W. Schmidt -vs
I'll' Tile MleUUlu lis lied idltmH llulJlll-
ties, $il!,7it: aspets $1'IC,117. The flubllltlc s
consist of Jj76.'J due on see Itrltles, tii -yji
duo on st-eiired ercclltors, J13.o!-s due mi
note Tho assets i nnslst ot $J5,'d I due u
jn mints, JIu-'lUI tu securities, money
?W, peroiu.l i-iopeitv IT-iMs
la Favor of Indians.
Washington. Nov 17 -The court of
claims todav lenitiud a luilginent of $1 -.l.im
lo fuvir of the New Yolk Indians
who emend suit .iieihiHl the- United
States to llHOVei- till- Millie Of ll-lldlU
hiiiils donated to tlit-ia lu K'uusas and
st.h-t-qiicnth dlhiiosul o' by the t'lliti-il
SUtof Tho avviud Is In pursiunie of a
mandate tiom tin I nlud Stuu Siipioum
conn.
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Waslilugiuii Nov. 17 I'liese Ponnj.vl
vanla puiisloiih have Ii-pii Usuoel Aclcll
lloniit Im I'oniei He-r.iiilnn ?u to Jl.'. It -iit-wal
and Inn im - William II Tlnl le
p.iiwh, .lustus Lackawanna, .' to Jn.
Di. Tyng Dead.
Paris No 17-ln Siiven II. Tyng,
piesidiut of tin- Anu-itcau iliamhe-r of
tomini-iic, is dead.
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