Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Return of the Saspected Filibuster- ing Schooner Horsa. OFFICERS REFOSE 10 SAY ANYTBING Affidavit of a Fireman: Regarding the Trip. SAYS MEN WERE LANDED — PHILADELPHIA, November 27.—-The steamer Horsa, from Port Antonio, which has been the cause of so much comment during the past ten days, because of the report that she was carrying arms, am- . munition and men to aid the Cuban in- surgents, reached this port today. She was seized, but released. Admission to the vessel was positively ‘tented by the captain.- The latter, as well as the owners of the vessel, positively re- fused to talk. of the seizure of the steamer. A Pireman’s Story. €ollectcr General Batton at Kingston, Jamaica, has cent the affidavit of Emil Fred- eriksen, a fireman on board the Horsa, who swore to the landing of filibusters with arms and ammunition on the Cuban coast. The affidavit reads “I joined the vessel in Philadelphia on Sat- urday, the 9th of November, 1895, to make a trip from there to Jamaica. After leaving Philadeiphia Sunday morning we coasted along toward New York and dropped an- chor about two miles from shore, at a place I don't know the name of, ard a steam tow- boat came from the shore alongside the ship. On the deck of that towboat there were a lot of boxes and two big rowboats. ‘There were also on board the towboat a lot of ;eople—about thirty or forty—who all came on board the Horsg3. The steamer Horsa then steamed out, after taking on board the voxes and boats from the tow- boat. As far as I could estimate there were between forty and sixty of these boxes, All this happened on Suniay, the lwth of No- vember. After we had started the people who had come on board the Horsa breke ‘up the boxes and took from them rifles of twodi erent calibers, numbering altogether abottt 150, From one box they took out a small gun on two wheels. taken from these boxes sa- hich was taken by each of The other remaining boxes con- thes tained cartridges, which they also took out. T ere were several of these boxes of cur- tridges, each box containing six smaller ones, each in turn holding about 1,000 car- tridges. After this was done the captain of the Horsa gave these men canvas to make bags. These men did some practicing on beerd with the gun on wheels. Last night, the Lith of NovemLer, we were c’ose on the Cuban coast, say, about ten miles. We had no side Hghts, aud the ship was all in dark- as we were not allowed to have any On the Cuban Coast. About 8 o'clock the passengers found us (the crew) talking on deck, and told us not , as, if a man-of-war was near, she hear us. We stopped at 10 o'clock, after having made four boats ready to lower in the water. This was done, and the passengers got down into the boats, taking with them the rifles, gun and am- of these boats was found to be leaking, and the captain of the Horsa Bave order to give one of the Horsa boats, and the port after-boat was given. “The boat that was given from the ship Was also (ound togbe leaking, and the pas- sengers growled, ind the captain of the Horsa gave otdfers to let them have what- ever they wanted, and the starboard boat was then given them. These boats dropped asi one at a time, as they: were fin'sh- ed. being connected with the Morsa by a tow I heard the passengers say we Were forty-ve”_ miles from Santiago o'clock I was down below in the om, and my watch mate, at about 1 o'clock, rushed in and ‘Shut the door, but steam and go ahead, for g man-of-war Is com re going easy for about two min- utes, and an order was given from deck to stop, as something was wrong with the boats in tow. In about five minutes the order was given: ‘Full speed ahead. Man-ef-War Coming. “My watch mate and the second engineer then told me to shake her up, as the man- of-war was coming. Another fireman came down to help us in the fire rocm. He also told us the man-of-war was coming. I asked this man where the passengers were, and ie told me that the rope which held the boats had been cut. When I came on deck ubout 4 o'clock this morning I went on the forecastle. I saw there one man, a negro, who came on shore at Port Antonio. He was washing himself, and be- tween decks where the ammunition had been lying there was a lamp. By this light I saw there were some boxes still there containing ammunition, and this man told me that the boats were too small and could not take them all away. There were about forty-three of these boxes left back. At 8 o'clock I was eating | my breakfast, the mate was coming to the forecasile, and I said we had some of the boxes belonging to the passengers, and asked him if he had taken them. He found one under one bunk, and one man took it and threw it overboard. He asked the sailors if they had any more, and they said no. After this I was sitting between decks, and one of the sailors came toward me with one box and threw that also over- board, and then followed with another, which he threw overboard also. This even- ing, about 3 o'clock, in this port, the mate was coming forward, and he said to one of the sailors: “Somebody tells me you have one of those boxes.” “The mate and sailor went down to the ferecastle. The man said to the mate: ‘Shall we throw it overboard?” And as the custom house officer came that way, and they could get no chance to throw it over- beard, I believe it is still on board the Horsa. We hi fine, pleasant weather all the Way out, no heavy blowing, with a fine breeze the whole voyage. No boat was Washed away from the ship, as not a pan- ful of water came on deck. The two prin- cipal men of the passengers, who seemed to commond the others, spoke English; the Others spoke Spanish. “About two days after we had the pas- sengers on board, I saw the sailors paint- ing over the name Horsa, so that {t could hot be re; The funnel was also painted red during the’ trip. “I and the other firemen protested against going with these passengers, as we Were engaged in the fruit trade, and the captain said: ‘You fellows have nothing to do with it; it's my busines: ‘4dl right,” he said afterward, ‘only keep your mouths shut and I will pay you extra.’ —_—— SPEAKS FOR McKINLEY. Seuntor Sherman W ies Regarding the Presidential Nomination. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., November 27,—Senator John Sherman of Ohio has just written a letter to ex-Postmaster Otis H. Russell of this clty, who was one of his warm sup- perters in Virginia, in which he advocates warmly Gov. McKieley for the republican nomination in 1806. He writes as follows: “Senate chamber, Washington, November 14, 1895, ‘ol. Otis H. Russell: “My dear sir: Your kind letter of the Sth is recei . I have no regrets to express and no complaints of the treatment of me by the republican party. I am very willing to be retired to give way to a younger man. “I think that McKinley on the whole is the best fitted for the ot it smooth and even temper, of good hibits, honorable character and marked ability. “Virginia cannot do better than to give him its support. I do not expect to take any active part in the canvass, and shall rye all the labor possible growing out of “Very sincerely yours, “JOHN SHERMA “water usually continues but a short time, The Reason For Advertising. Advertisers use The Star because they get itable results from their advertising in it. They know, also, that each one pays a like price for a like service. Advertising space is not Leas See tnat it may act as a decoy duck for others. No “discount” for one, ial discount” for ane er and “extra i discount” for still an : Like price for like service is the only fair way. ° THE JURY RETIRES. + “, Lawyers Close Their Arguments in . Olmstead Will Case. This afternoon the jury in the long-pend- Ing contest over the estate of the late Mrs. John F. Olmstead, a daughter of the late Hayward M. Hutchinson, retired to con- sider their verdict, after an exhaustive charge by Judge Bradley. Mr. Jere M. Wilson of counsel for Mr. John F. Olmstead, the sole and absolute bereficiary under the disputed will, elosed his su‘ lress to the jury shortly before the court adjourned yesterday afternoon and Mr. Enoch Totten of counsel for Mrs. Linda Hutchinson Webb, who is contesting her sister'S will, made the final address to the jury. Mr. Totten discussed at length the evidence submitted on either side and closed at 2 o'clock this afterneon with an earnest appeal for a verdict setting aside will. ——_—>___ ANOTHER CUBAN VICTORY. Imsurgents Capture n Fort, With a Small Garriso MADRID, November 27.—A dispatch has been received here from Havana announc- ing that the insurgents have captured Fort Guinez de Miranda, which was defended by forty soldiers. No further particulars of the engagements have been received. —_——- Union Paclfie’s New Solicitor. OMAHA, Neb., November 27.Judge Wm. R. Kelley was today officially appointed gen- eral solicitor of the Union Pacific Railway Company, to sueceéd John M. Thurston, who resigned in order to take posséssion of the seat in the United States Senate. Judge Kelley has been assistant general solicitor a number of y: BUENOS AYRES, November 27.—It Is reported that Chile about to raise a loan Of £6,000,000 (330,000,000). ————__ Hayward Did Not Confess. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., November It was reported here last night and tele- graphed extensively throughout the coun- try that Harry Hayward, implicated in Miss Ging's murder, had made a confession. This is not true. ————.__. A PECULIAR WELL. 7 Its Water Becomes Milky in Advance of a Storm. From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, A well on a hill overlooking the surround- ing country known as the Wheat Hill, is eighty feet deep, twenty feet sand, forty feet solid biue clay, twenty feet quicksand and ground, has a good suppiy of water, not affected by the dry weather of this season. Storms are indicated in advance by a dis- evloration of the water, it having thé ap- pearance of milk being dropped in it, and is quite agitated appearance when pump- ed from the well. This condition of the rene beceming clear before the storm commences. With sn approaching rm these conditions of the water are more or less extreme, a3 the storm will be more or less severe. As to its retiabili weather forecaster a correspondent and accuracy as a or western New York, I consider it correct mple, on the last the weather bureau gav storm. Mr. Farker sta in sight and could look her, but the wei nat no rain was | for continued dry j storm of any { mer. On Seturday, the 17th, in the after-| noon ant ning there was a terrilic elec- | tric and rain storm, which swept Wayne} and Ontario countie: Evidence Not Conclusive. i From the-Boston Transcript. Judge—‘What has the prisoner to say in answer to the charge that is made against him?” Prisoner's Counsel—“If it please the court, the defendant pleads that he was mentally | irresponsihle at the time of the assault.” ow that there | Pri is prepa: he show that his wife was insan, nd he expects to prove th nesses members of his “What is the character of the evi- “Why, they all de- es Saved From a Lion by a Pillow. From Serine An English gficer was shooting recently in Somaliland. One night, when he was in bed inside his tent, a lien sprang over the rough thorn fence, which it is usual to throw up round one’s encampment at night. In- stead of picking up one of the men or ani- mals that must have been lying about asleep inside the fence, he would have none but the sportsman himself, made 2 dash into his tent and seized him—fortunately only by the hand. Then, by some wonderful piece of luck, as the lion changed his grip for the shoulder, he grabbed the pillow instead, and so vanished with his prize. The pillow was found next morning several hundred yards distant in the jungle, and outside were also the spoor of a lioness, who had evidently been awaiting the return of her lord with something eatable. +o+____ Drawn From the Bible. From MeClure’s Magazine. “I think,” Hail Caine says, “that I know my Bible as few Literary men know it. There is no book in the world like it, and the finest novels ever written fall far short in Interest of any one of the st Ss it tells. Whatever strong situations 1 have in my books are not of my creation, but are taken from the Bible. ‘The Deemster’ is the story of the prodigal son. ‘he Bond- | man’ is the story of ced, | though in my version sympathy a Esau. ‘The Scapegoat’ and his sons, but with Semuel girl. ‘The Manxman’ is the story of Da | and Uriah. My new book also comes out of | the Bible, from a perfectly startling | scurce,” | oo A Model Indastrial Village. From the Westininster Budget. G@rge Cadbury, one of the most active members of the celebrated cocoa firm, ha just entered upon a novel experiment for the benefit of his workpeople. He recently purchased nearly acres of land adj srming- ham. The estate is to be d.vided into suo plots for building p: oses. Sem'-detached villas will be erected, and a sixth of an acre will be apportioned to each residence. A 999 years’ lease of the ground at a nom- inal rental will be g-ven and sary for building purposes on mortgage by Mr. Cadbury park, a public building, baths and several play grounds will be established. The ten- ants, by weekly installments, repay the cost of building and become owners. ‘ley Potter, by | 3 WITH FREE HANDS Speaker-to-be Reed Not Embar- rassed in Committee Selections. —_+ THIS 1S DUE 10 HIS WALK-OVER A Scientific Distribution of Com- mittee Places Suggested. LEADING CHAIRMEN Speculation as to the formation of House committees is based on old committee lists, and it is uncertain how far Mr. Reed has considered the old organization in the mat- ter. Common belief is that the committee list is already practically completed. This idea is In a measure cenfirmed by the fact that Mr. Reed is not seeking seclusion for work ror talking on the subject with members. It is a mistake to say that he is being greatly importuned now, most of the mem- bers having already indicated by letter what they would like to. have. Generally the disposition is to embarrass him as Kittle as possible. In every respect he is being treated with the utmost considera- tien, and the new members look upon him as the embcediment of political wisdom, and are generally ready to defer to him. This morning, after receiving a number of calls, Mr. Reed went out for a drive and then went to the Capitol, and it was an- nounced thet he would not be at his rooms again before 3 o'clock. ~ A New Deal. ‘The probability is that calculations on the crder of the old committees being followed will be disappointed. The construction of committees has been unscientific and sél- dom representative of the cduntry. The organization of the House of the Fifty-first Congress was influenced by the fact that there had been a hot contest over the speakerslip, and Mr. Reed was not then free from embarrassment. It is not likely that in his present independent position he will feel bound by an old organization which was not entirely satisfactory to him when formed. It is believed that he has been endeavor- ing to make the best use of the material at hand. It is known that he anxious to have as symmetrical an organization as possible and to secure harmony of manage- ment. He has a comparatively small num- ber of experienced men, and ‘will have to distribute them widely. It is belleved that the only committees on which will be grouped any number of old members will be the banking and currency and the ap- propriations. Personal Sacrifice. As far as can be learned, Mr. Reed has talked personal sacrifice to party interests more than anything else in his conferences with members, and has made no disclos- ures as to his committees. It is believed that little consideration is being given by him to the mere personal ambition of mem- ir mn is growing that Mr. Ding- ley of Maine is booked for the ways and means chairmanship, and it is regarded as practically certain that Gen. Henderson will be chairman of appropriations. Dalzell may get judiciary or interstate and fore‘gn commerce, but he has rot for some time expected ways and mears. An Important Place. Much more attention will be given to the formation of the banking and currency than heretofore, and the chairmanship will be régarded as an important assignment. Mr. Reed will protably follow the plan of Mr. Crisp, and make a pesition on the rules committee an independent honor, not form- ing it of the chairmen of the two leading ecmmittees. Some discussion is being in- dulged in as to the assignment which will be given ex-Speaker Crisp, as leader of the . Tre suggestion has been made mig! not go on the ways and . because this would displace Turner, one of the oldest democratic members. There is probably nothing in this. Reed 1 likely do by Crisp what Crisp did by assign him to rules and ways and ns. ee Easiern High School's Paper. The first number of “The Easterner,"”’ the official an of the Eastern High School, devoted to the interests of the school, its pupils and alumni, made its first appear- ance yesterday and received a hearty and well-earned welcome from gil of the pupils. It is an eight-page paper of three cal- umns each of solid matter, and will be is- sued tri-weekly if the plans of the pro- are carried out. Yesterd. issue editable. onsists of Samuel Charlies Spaulding, chairman; Miss Helen A. Richmond, "#4, social; Miss Shir- |. ‘vi, literary; Harry W. Hurst, ; John V. Kelly, "97, local, and 93, for the alumni, while che L. Yoder, "9; J. Strother and Miss Lucina McGroarty, s editors. An athletic edi- tor is to be appointed to complete the s . Strother Miller is ch urst, J. V. Kelly, "97: W. A. Smith, I, “98, and’. Sne! —__.-— rifice in Russia. Human From the Kansas City Times. “The ce of human lives under cer- tain conditions ts still a custom in certain parts of Russia,” said Prof. James F. Jen- kins, M of Middletown, N.Y., at the . “Attempts by the government to put a stop to the practice have thus far been in vain. It prevails among a sect known as the ‘Tshukshem,’ not far from Yakootsk. Old people who have lived be- yond the biblical allotment and sick ones tired of life offer themselves for sacrifice. When one of these characters decides to ‘offer himself up” he sends word to all his relatives, friends and neighbors, who then visit him and try to persuade him change his intentions, but all to no pu pese. He chooses the manner in which he shall die, and he is killed with great cera- mcny. The »ody is then taken to a crema- tery near by, where it is reduced to ashes, which are carefully preserved in an urn of silver by the rclatives. During the crema- tion the relatives pray to the spirits, beg- ging them to guard the lives of those mor- tals still left “on earth. This custom has been followed by the sect for centuries.”* oo Fads of Royalty. From the Westminster Budget. The Duke of York is an ardent philatelist, the Duchess of Fife is an enthusiastic ama- teur photographer, and the Princess Maud of Wales has a passion for ivory. This somewhat rare and costly hobby has been dden by her to such purpose that, accord- ng to the London correspondent of the Janchester Evening News, it would be no m/‘suse of words to speak of her collection as a museum. The specimens most prized are the full-size tusks of elephants shot in ; India by her father and by the Duke of »anaught. ‘ot long since the Emperor of Russia o cousin some w: rom animals shot by h? cess has a large number of tusks of teeth of other an‘mals, mostly the gifts of the hunters of her fam'ly and of her very large cle of acquaintances, 2nd among these walruses and Hons, sharks amd seal gators and swordiishes are amply repre- sented. nt boar tusks taken mself. The pri ——see— How Far Blood Travels. From the Chicago News, The mileage of the blood circulation re- veals some astounding facts in our personal tory. Thus it has been calculated that, ming the heart to beat sixty-nine times & minute at ordinary heart pressure, the blood goes at the rate of yards in the minute, or 7 miles per hour, 168 miles per day and 61,320 miles per year. If a man eighty-four years of age could have one single blood corpuscle floating in his blood all his life it would have traveled in that same time 5,150,880 miles. STOCK4 BROKING CASE Trouble in Deciding the \f Matter. Legality pf Cottnin Line of Businese Tragsactions at Issac—Jory 44 Semt Back. (ad gts to the jury occupied the great- er portion of'the session today in Criminal Court No. 2 in the case ef Daniel H. Ferry, the alleged broker, charged with setting up a gaming table. Mr. Birney and Mr. Las- key, for the government, and Mr. Tucker and Mr. Davis for the defense, all spoke at length. At the request of the defense Judge Cox instructed the jury that the transactions in evidence are prima facte valid and legal centracts, and to justify a verdict of guilty they must find beyond a reasonable doubt that at the time they were entered into the defendant intended that they should be fictitious, anid that the burden of proving such an intent on the part of the defendant is upon the government. Also that the burden is upon the govern- ment to prove that the defendant did not intend to fuifill all contracts entered into by him, and that beforeethe jury can find that the transaction is a wager the intent of both parties that it be such must be proven. Further, that the burden is upon the government to show that the defendant was not engaged in legitimate speculation, and that the law does not presume in the absence of proof that the defendant was engaged in gambling. Judge Cox refused to grant a prayer of the defense that the jury be instructed that upon the whoie evidence their verdict must be not guilty. The court also de- clined to instruct that Ferry has the rigat to buy or sell stocks, although the same may not be in his possession at the making of a contract to buy or sell. Government Prayers. The district attorney submitted the fol- lowing prayers, which were granted: If the jury find from the evidence that Ferry conducted business ostensibly as a broker in stock, but it was not intended that stecks should be really bought or sold, but only that parties should stake money upoa the prospective rise and fall of the stocks, he should be found guilty. Also, if it was understced betweea Ferry and his customers that their transactions should be closed by the payment, by ore to the other, of only the difference between the contract prices and the market prices of the commodities a verdict of guilty should be found. Further, in determining whether the de- fendant and the parties who dealt with him upon margins really intended to buy and sell stocks, or only to gamble upon the rise and fall of the same, and settle by paying the differences, the jury are not to be con- trolled or bound by the form of the con- tracts, but may consider all the surround- ing circumstances as we?l, and from all the evidence determine the real intention of the parties. The jury retired to consider shortly before 1 o'clock. Failed to Agree. At 2:30 o'clock the jury filed into court and the foreman reported that they could not agree. “Judge Cox stated that he did not desire to, lock the panel up over Thanksgiving,, and then asked the jurors individually whether or not they thought they could. reach a decision by further consultatfon. Some replied in the affirm- ative and some in the negative, jury was then sent back to deliber an hour longer. Jury Discharged. The juty failed to agree and were dis- charged shortly after 3 o'clock. HISTORY OF KISSING. Variety Of Menns_of Salutation as Practiced’ by Different People. m the Loudon Vreetlinker. “oTis certaii.” said Dick Steele of kiss- the case THE ing, “nature was ifs author, and that it began with the rst courtship.” But this is incorrect. "Tis certain that to many human tribes kissing is unknown. Instead of saying ‘kiss me,’ they say ‘smell me, and this, doubtless, represeats an eartier form of salutation. The kiss is much later than the danve. Tt is still unknown among many races, and may be called conven- tional. Some nations smell an rub noses. like horses, in salutation; and, where two Frenchmen will run and kiss each other, two Central Africans will deliberately spit, by way of frierlly greeting. Dr. Tylor s “The idea of the kis: Leing an instinctive gesture is nezatived by its being unknown over half the world, where the prevailing salute is that by smelling or sniffing, which belongs to Poly- nesians, Malays. Burmese and other Indo- Chinese. Mongols, &c., extending thence to the Eskimo, and westward to Lapland, where Linnaeus saw relatives saluting by puiting their noses together.” The kiss is the salute by tasting, and it has to be taught to children. Preyer, in his excellent book, “Lhe Mind of the Child.’ states that at first they are ave even fearful of, the performanc: ever this may be, it fs certain that Euro- peans speedily take to it as though to the manner born. Qsculations were far more common in the good old times than at pres- ent. The custom which most delighted Erasmus, when in England, yas that the girls all kissed him. When ceasing to be performed, some of these ceremonies leave their trace in lan- guage. Thus both Austrians and Spaniards say, “I kiss your hands.” as a polite term for returning thanks. John Bunyan was a very different man from Erasmus, and in his “Grace Abounding” he says: mon salutation of women I abhor odious to me in whosoever I see it. to those who defended it as the holy kiss he pertinently asked: “Why they did salute the most handsom-, and let the ill-favored go?” 2} ——— Persifinge in a Temple of Justice. From the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean. A man by the name of John Socks was ar- raigned before Justice Richardson at the Armory on a charge of disorderly conduct. Officer Schubert, who made the arrest, told the court that he had found John wandering about Clark street in his bare feet. “He has no socks,” said the officer. “Prisoner, look here.” The prisoner faced the judge. “Is your name Jerry Simpson?” ‘No, sir; my name is Socks—John Socks.” “See here, prisoner, are you attempting to make light of the law by making puns in this court?” “No, sir,”’ returned Socks, humbly. “That is my name.’ “Well, I have a notion to sock it to you. What do you mean by roaming about the streets Jyrefpoted?”* “Because, ypur honor, I have been suf- fering from_bunions, and have been told that it was for them.” “Ell let you go this time, John but you, must, leave town at once. sistas ees Mr. Leo's Curfous Performance. From the Pacify; Commercial Advertiser. Attending the new Chinese Theater is be- coming ‘quite,a fad, as it has been given sanction by quite a number of Honolulu seciety people of late. Saturday night there was a #ood ‘turnout of city people, who went a: to-see the feats of Mr. Lo, a Chinege acfobat. Bunyan, After going through stveral movements, funny from a Chinese standpotit, Mr. Lo proceeded Gueue toa rope which had been suspended from tht ceiling. He was given a push from ‘able on ch he had beea standi dv air hang- ing by tke hair of his head. For fully twenty minutes he swung back ard forth, geing through various acrobatic feats with chairs, tables, knives and sticks. The uudi- ence was spellbocnd, and when Mr. Lo de- scenced from his position in the air he was greeted with rounds of applause. to tie his — ee — Mighty Poor Economy. From the New York Weekly. Nippkins—“Why so blue, old boy?” Bliffk:ns—“I tried to econom‘ze by fharry- ing my typewr:ter.”” Nippkins-—“Good idea.” Bliffkins—“No, it wasn’t. She refuses to do any more typewriting, demands two ser- vants to take care of her, and ins'sts that my next typewriter shall be a man, al- though men want larger salaries.” j | ANTI-REED STORIES Different Tactics Employed North and South. WHAT OPPONENTS HAVE 10 SAY The Ex-Speaker and Mr. McKinley as Protective Tariff Men. HARRISON’S RESERVE FORCE The friends of Thomas B. Reed now in town are as much surprised as amused at a statement which appeared in a New York newspaper yesterday naming the south as the weak, the dangerous, spot in the Maine man’s presidential calculations. This is greatly at variance with the claims made here. So strong, indeed, is Mr. Reed said to be in the south that his opponents are canvassing that territory with the state- ment that his weakness lies nearer home. In the east, therefore, Mr. Reed is repre- sented as being weak in the south, and in the south he is represented as being weak in the east. Neither story, his friends as- sert, is true. Details are by no means full, but some- thing is known about both stories. The story respecting Mr. Reed’s chances in the east is not new, but at the same time bears the seeming evidences of some late addi- tions. Anti-Reed sentiment is located in Vermont, with Senator Proctor as its rep- resentative; in Rhode Island, with Senator Aldrich as its representative; in Connecti- cut, with Senator Platt as its representa- tive, and in New Jersey, with Senator Sewell as its representative. The southern republicans are asked to believe that, with this opposition, in the very section where, if anywhere, he ought to be invincible, Mr. Reed cannot hope to make a winning fight in the next national convention. Told in the Enst. In the east the assertion is made that the south is an impregnable McKinley strong- hold. Protection is the cry, and the Ohio eendidate is its idolized exponent. Old Vir- ginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Ala- ban.a with the!r coal and iron industries, Mississippi with her great forest and Louisiana with her sugar care are rep- resented as looking to a return to McKinley schedules as a guarantee of the setting in of unparalleled prosperity. Those states, therefore, as well as North Carolina and Georgia, are put down as territory where any missionary work on behalf of Mr. Reed will be absolutely without return. The story as to the situation in the south is the one to wnich the Reed mgn are making reply. They declare that, so far from be- ing weak in the south, Mr. Reed, as matters even at this early day stand, divides that territory equally with Gov. McKinley. He has some support in states that are classed as solidly for the Ohio man, and will have at least four delegations solidly himself. This strength, as his friends insist, has come to him without any special play on his part. Reed and Protection. His qualities are known. His services have been eppreciated, and so far as the principle of protection is concerned, as ap- plied to the industries of any section of the country, his attitude is as friendly as is that of Gov. McKinley. This striking fact. tco, it is promised, will be additionally em- phasized at this coming session of Con- gress, so that by early spring, when the states begin choosing their delegates to the national convention, the south no less than the east will have the fullest evidence of how strictly Mr. Reed stands up for the home markets and an intelligent application of the American policy. This New York story develops still an- other point, and that is that, as some of Mr. Reed's friends believe, Gov. McKinley ig not the man Mr. Reed has got to beat. The Ohio candidate, they admit, will at the outset be strong. But, as they believe, his strength msy pretty well new be estimated. ‘They see nothing of a growing nature in it. An examitaticn cf all probable combina- ticns dees not develop him as a winner. He does not arpear to them to have any re- serve force. The Man in the Background. It is the man with the reserve force—th= strong second-choice man—who looms up in their eyes as their favorite’s real competi- tor. And this man is? Gen. Benjamin Har- rison. While there has been no declaration from Gen. Harrison on the subject yet; while so far_ ss the spoken word is concerned the ex-President stands now prec'sely where he stooG six months ago; recent events are thought to bring him a little more into defi- nite speculation in the presidential field. His visits to New York; his conferences there with republican leaders known ‘io be friendly to his renomination; his guarded and judicious statements when yielding to solicitations for an expression of views on current topics; all are quoted as proof suf- ficient thal, as the time draws near, he is teking a careful survey of the whole field and keeping in sympathetic touch with all the agencies employed in his behalf to con- trol the next republican national conven- tion. No man underrates the ex-Presi- dent's sagacity, or his hold on the confi- dence of the people. Certainly the Reed men €o not, ond those of them who have gone over the whole case carefully—giving attention particularly to what may happen in the event of a protracted fight in con- vention—confers that the strong second- choice man will be the real opponent of the strong first-choice man. ECTRIC DEVICE. AN E That Utilizes Waste Power in Light- ing Railroad Trains. From the New York Tihnes. A party went recently to the Atlanta ex- position in a unique private car. It was brilliantly illuminated by means of incan- escent electric lamps, run on a new prin- ciple at once so simple and efficient that one of the spectators, an electrical expert, was led to exclaim: “Why, it's the easiest thing in the world, and the wonder is that we didn't all of us think of the same thing years ago.” The inventor of the system has utilized what he calls the “waste power" of the axle to generate electricity to light the car, and to store a supply of power which can be Grawn cn for twenty-four hours or longer after the car has been cut off and side- tracked. “Without going into technicalities,” he said, “it is sufficient to say that we have a small inexpensive dynamo, built on the truck, the armature resting directly on the axle. After the train has started and has reached a speed of ten miles an hour the dynamo begins automatically to generate electricity. “Something less than one-haif of the elec- tricity generated Is consumed by the lights; the rest passes to storage batteries, where it is stored for use when the car is cut oft or stops. In a run of seven hours sutfticient electricity is stored in this manner to light the car for twelve hours after it is stopped, besides having supplied all the lights dur- irg the seven hours’ running time. “All our machinery, which is of the sim- piest, consisting mostly of the little dynamo and storage batteries, rests underneath the flooring of the car on the trucks. All we have in the car are the lamps and the switchboard, the latter taking up little rcom and can be put away anywhere in a closet. “The dynamo is so constructed that it rever takes more than one and a quarter horse pcwer for the axle. Hence it makes no difference whether the train runs ten miles or a hundred mites,sthe result is the ame. The ordinary commercial dynamo would burn out if a@tached to the axle of a car running at the rate of sixty miles an heur. Ours regulates itself, and ronning fast or slowly it gives the same electro- motor result.” oe Her French. From the London Daily Telexraph. At the West End Restaura=t—Young Lady (to her viz-a-viz at dinner table for two)— “Darling, give your order in French, as it is considered more distingue here. “The Viz-a-Viz—Very well, my dear; I can easily do that. Gass-on?”" Waiter—“Yes, sir; it is on, but we are at present using the electric light.” The remainder of the order was given in Engksh. AN AUTHOR AT THIRTEEN. ‘hen Ske Was Allowed Tntil 9 O'Clock. ‘Mabeth Stuart Phelps in McClure’s, For my first effart to sail the sea of let- ters, it eceurs ta me that I ought to say that my father’s literary reputation cannot be held responsible: I had reached (to take a step backward in the story) the mature age of thirteen. I-was a little girl in low-necked gingham ‘dresses, I-kuaw, because I remember I had on one (of a purple shade, and incredibly unbecoming to a half-grown, brunette girl) one, evening when my first gentleman caller came to see me. I felt that the fact that he was my Sun- day school teacher detracted from the im- portance of the occasion, but did not ex- tinguish it. 5 It was 8:30, and, obediently to aw and gospel, I had gone upstairs. The actual troubles of life have never dulled my sense of mortification at over- hearing from my little room st the head of the stairs, where I was struggling to get into that gingham gown and present -a tardy appearance, a voice distinctly ex- cusing me on the ground that it was past nee usual bedtime, and she had gone to to Sit Up Whether the anguish of that occasion so far aged me that it had anything to do with my first literary undertaking, I cannot say; but I am sure about the low-necked gingham dress, and that it was during this particu- lar year that I determined to become an individual and contribute to the “Youth's Companion.” I did so: My contribution was accepted and paid for by the appearance in my father’s post office box of the paper for a year; and my impression is that I wore high-necked dresses pretty soon thereafter, and was allowed to sit up till 9 o'clock. At any rate, these memorable events are dis- tinctly intertwined in my mind. —eo——____ PLUCKING GEESE FEATHERS. An Industry Practiced in a New York City Basement. From the New York Tribune. “Rip! rip! rip!" is the only sound in the plece, as the curly feathers are stripped by busy fingers, and half a dozen yeliow breasts gleam bare and pimply in the strug- Bling daylight. They are plucking xeese in a Ridge street basement, and so newly kill- ed are the victims that it almost seems es if the long bills must “cackle” an accom- paniment. “It's a pity that that one coating of feathers is all we can get,” said the man- ager, a burly German. f them birds could have been plucked when livin’, a then turned loose, they'd give us man pounds e¢gain later.” -it is a queer-lopking place enough, with its bin-like compartments piled with feath- ers, barrels of feathers in the background, ard geese unplucked, half plucked and wholly plucked, hanging head Jownwari from the walls or lying prone tpon the stcols and boxes scattered about. The air is misty with the down that drifts upward in clouds; the clothing and even the hair of the women and girls are decorated with tiny feathers. “How much do you get for plucking?” is asked of the woman who sits tearest the stepladder that leads to the pavement. She is worn ind grizzled and stooping over, but she smiles pleasantly as che locks up and signals that she does ‘not under- stand the question. “Five cents,” answers a bright-looki sirl, who goes at her task energetical! and no sooner lays one goose down than she starts another. ‘And do you have many to do?" _ ‘We begin here about 3 o'clock on Thurs- Gays, getting ready for the early buyers Friday morning, and we pi unul 4 or 5 o'clock Friday afternoon. “We get 40 cents a pound for these breast feathers,” said the manager, plunging his hands down into the yielding mass, so clean and white and attractiy= in contrast with the dingy surround! “These feathers don't need any curing. In those other bins are the inferior grade. Im careful to keep them separate.” ——-s0- Keeping an Old Coniract. From the Mexican Herald. Many people wonder why the mail is taken from the general post office in this capital to the various railroad stations in an ancient diligence. The Laredo Times, in a recent issue, gives the following reason: “Before railrozds were thought of a cer- tain man made a perpetual contract with the government to carry the mails between Mexico City and El Paso. For many years Stage faithfuny made the long journey until one day the Central railway between these two points was finished and the mails ordered sent by train. But the old contract was still in force, and the owner of the business, a son or grandson of the original contractor, firmly refused to relinquish his rights, and stated that he would carry the | mails by stage, as usual. He held out un- til it was finally agreed that he should in- deed take the mails from the general post, but deliver them at the railway station, a mile or so distant, for which he was to re- ceive the same compensation called for in his contract for making the thousand-mile trip to El Paso. And this is why the old stage coach carries the northern mails through the city from the post office to the railway station and back again. It may be old and out of date, but that contract is as fresh and vigorous as ever and cannot be set aside. rR WOULD HAVE EATEN HIM. Son of Chicnge’s Late Mayor Narrow- ly Escaped a Terrible Death Wiiliism Preston Harrison, son of the late Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago, who was recently at the South Sea Islands, came near being eaten by cannibals. He writes from Sydney, N. S. W., the follow- ing, which has be: given to the press: “News has just been received of a ter- rible crime committed in the Solemon Is- lands within a few weeks after my de- parture from the group. Although many hundred miles away from the scene of hor ror I cannot help feeling that I Lad a n: row escape from death in a fearful form myself, as the following will explain: Dur- ing the middle of June I was the guest for a week of Charles S. Atkinson at his sta- tioa in Rubiana lagoon on the island cf New Georgia. His ‘boys’ served as my guides durin that time and appeared a willing, good-natured lot of savages. 4 kinson was pressing in his invitation for me to spend a couple of months with him and it was only at the last moment that I determined to postpone such a visit for «nother year. ‘The day we sailed away from Rubiana, Atkinson, together with bis mate Floyd, also left in his small trading schooner for a run around the group. While asleep the crew, who had served under him for many months, kilied both of the white men and subsequently feasted on their bodies. Had I remained the same fate would have be- fallen me. The murder took place close to where we lay anchored for some days. Full particulars in regard to the sub- Sequent course of the ‘blacks’ have not as yet arrived. It is known, however, that a man-of-war is following close upon their | heels and doubtless full vengeance has al- ready been exacted. ——_— + e+___ and Cotton Markets, reported by W. B. cotton broker, 1421 F st. AIN. Cotton and grain markets, x stock, grain and a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, 7.—Flour quiet, un- changail—seceipts, shipments, 13,- 408 barrels Wheat dutl ana w 2 Hts. Novem: t, > ady, uneha: and cheese firm, unchanged... | FINANCE AND TRADE Rates of Foreign Exchange Are Weakened. OUTFLOW OF GOLD WILL BE SMALL Increased Demand for Americans Likely in London. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 27.—Weakness in the market for foreign exchange and the consequent assurance that the ouiflow of gold at the erd of the week will be small, if not absolutely unnecessary, were domi- nant factors in today’s stock market. Post- ed rates receded fractionally below the snipping point as the result of increased Grawings against cotton exports, short bills and cable transfers: being in good supply. London advices reflected an advance in consols and the favorite Kaffir issues and foreshadowed an increased demand for Americans. The several international is- sues were bid up in anticipation of this demand, advances varying from 1-2 to 11-8 per cent, the latter for Nashville, being recorded toward the close ui the noon hour. The covering of short contraci> incident to tomorrow's holiday was a noticeable feature of the day's transactions, large blocks of securities, especially in the in- dustrial group, being bought to eompiete trades made earlier in the week. American Tobacc) was the active feature of this movement, as was to have been expected in view of recent depression, but the extent of the advance was’ hdrdly con- sistent with the volume of business. Sugar was advanc2d 11-$ per cent on buying credited almost excivsively to the short in- terest. A reported interview with a promineat republican Congressman intimating that no important financial legislation was probable at the approaching session of Con- gress had a beneficial effect on the in- dustrial shares, as present privileges are not likely to be attacked under any other form of legislation. ‘The railroad list was decidedly strong tn tone, prices responding easily to the char- acter of the demand. The delay in n- nouncing Burlington's earnings was a dis- appointment in some quarters. The exhibit is relied upon to reflect satisfactory but not remarkable profits. The general averaze of earnings fs discouragjng to the bear posi- tion, and should London fulfill present pre- dictions relative to a revival of interest In lccal securities the prolonged reaction in vaiues may be suddenly terminated and a period of optimistic speculation set in. The original view that the remaining month of the year had little to offer in the interest of substantial improvement ‘s, hcwever, too logical to »e displaced by merely a favorabie ctarge in surface con- ditions. The trading cf the last hour was duil and ‘largely professional, prices ruling steady «at fractional advances from the opening level. London's attitude upon the resumption of business Friday next will be largely responstble for the course of prices at the end of the week. ——_+_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The folicwing are the opening, the high- est and the loyest 1d the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New Ycrk stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. S30 Broadway. American Sugar... American Sugar, Pfd. Ameriesn Tobaceo.. Ameri:an Cation Oil. Atchison, Canada Southern. “anada Pacific. Grande, Pfd. tle Feeding. ie. Lonisyi I> shville.. Long tsiand Traction. rs an Tract 0: Elevated. an Central ational Lead ¢ ‘ational Lead Co, S. Leather.. Phila. & Reading Puilman Val. Xas Pac. tle, ‘Tenn. Coal & iron. Unon Pacis. Ne Washington Steck Exchange. Notice, On and atter Saturday, aber 30, the sof the Exchanze wiil convene at ovk noun imtead of 10:30 a.a., as hercto- picid m.—G. 8. Electric YS 4s, registered, 111% . S. 48, coupon, 11i% bid, 112) U.S. 4a, 1925, 130% bid,” 120% asked. wid, LIEK bid. t of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 104 fore. Sales—regular asked. a v. 1114 bid. Water stock Water stock 7s, 1903, currency, li Metropolitan Railroad conv. . 4 Metropolitan Railroad Se, 107 bid. oad 58, bid, ST asked." Bekinzto Gx, 108 bid, 105 asked. Columbia Ie! 111% bid, “114 asked. ington Gal Gs, Series A. series a Oo bid. = Aamerienn Se- Trust Sa, A. and O. bid. ‘ash- ington Market Company Ist 6s, 110 Did. Waxh- ington Market Company imp. 63, 110 bid. Wash- ington Market Comj =? ext. @s, 110 bid. Masonic | Hall Association 193 bid. Washington Light | Infantry 1st Gx, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 280 bid. 300 asked. Bank of the Republic, 240 bid. | Metropeiitan, 285 oid, 300 asked. Central, 270 bid. | Parmers and Mechanics’, 189 bid. Second, 134 bid, 140 asked. Citizens’. 140 asked. Capital, ‘Traders’, 103 Ohio, $6 Itatiroad Stocks. —Capital Traction Compam |, 80 asked. Metropolitan, 101 bid. 1 49 DLL Belt, 30 eske nal: ad. Commerchtl, $4 bid, 5% asked. ocks.—Real Estate ‘Title, Columbia Tithe, 724 did, 8 asked. le, 7 asked. District Title, 9 bid, od. Washington Market, 14 reat Fy 125 Wid, 133 asked. Lincoln 0 bid. Morgenthater’ Linotype, 216 bid, —_ Dairying in the South, A pyramid in the Georgia building repre- sents “one month's feed for a milch cow.” There are 150 pounds of cotton seed meal and 600 pounds. of cetton seed hulls—the proper proportion. The cost of this feed at the market prices ts $2.70. “If we were to lese all of our pasturage in Georgia we could still compete with the world in dairy pro@ucts," said ex-Gov. Northen, and he points to this pyramid as the practical fl- lustration of what he means,