Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. mo sath PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Tis long Sa Beagiee: Geers SH KAUSPMANN Prost Kew York Offce, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per w or 44 cents month. at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage conte per month. Saturday Quintaple oa $1 per year, with Gentered at the Post Otice sft Washington, D. 0 as second-class mail matter. T7-All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. ¢ Zen | No. 13,639. WASHINGTON, D. 0. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1896—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. SOUTHERN GOLD MEN|THEY WERE BLAMED/CREMATION CEASES|8RYAN AND BUTLER/BFTANCOURT KILLED They Will Seek Recognition From the New President. DEMOCRATS WHO MAY BE REPUBLICANS How to Build Up the Republican Party in the South. A PRESENTATION OF FACTS From well-posted circles a Star reporter learns that many gold standard democrats fm the south not only expect recognition of their services from the incoming ad- miristration, but that they will seek recog- nition. From the same source it is stated that President-elect McKinley has serious- ly thought of wkat action he will take in these matters; that Chairman Hanna deliberated over the question before the campaign closed, and that he promised his assistance in several instances, not on the ground that these southern men should help elect McKinley, but on broader and stronger partisan grounds. It will be no revelation to say that in every southern state there will be gold democratie applicants for positions under new administration. It will be inter- sting to know thai the applications will not be made on the basis of the work done for McKinley, but on the basis of what n be done for the republican party in the south should these men be recognized. A Presentation of Facts. President-elect McKinley and his admin- istration will have put before them these facts: First, that never before in the history of the country has the democratic party been so badly split in the south; that it is so badly crippled that the proper work will result in its being permanently disabled. Second, that the way to do this is to recognize the gold standard men and thereby anchor them safely to the re- publican party and republican principles. Third, that the nucleus of a strong re- publican party can thereby be formed in every southern state. It will not be, it is sald, the old time republican leaders of the south who will bring these ideas to the attention of the national republican leaders. It will be the infiuential business men and bankers of that section who deserted the Gemocratic party in the last election, and who now find the dcors of the party closed to them. ‘They do not want to return to the party, use they now find the principles of party antagonistic to their interests. y will not join the republican party, now ccnstituted, because their social tion will prevent it. They can afford, ever, t¢ join the party and become its leaders, if they are given the oppor- tunity. Why the South is Democratic. Every man of intelligence in the country, it is said, has long ago learned why the re- publican party in the south does not num- ber in its ranks the men of standing ana brain found in the other parts of the coun- try. The colored voter has stood in the way. The fear that he might get posses- sicn of a state has made the white men stand together, whether principle was in- volved or not. That same fear still induces thousands of men to stay with their cld party, when they have long ago gone back on the principles of that party, and are looking for a chance to enter another party which will represent them tere ful- ly, but which will give them the same guarantee of white rule. The foregoing is the way the matter is now being put, and the way it will be presented to the Presi- dent-elect, who {8 probably as keenly cog- nizarft of the facts as aSy on+. The point is made that in the election just over hundreds of wealthy white men in every southern town walked to the polls and openly voted for McKinley, for the first time in their lives braving the con- tumely they expected to be neaped upon them from their former associates. When they did this they cast the die. They cut themselves adrift from their old party, but they did not seek entrance to the other party. They did not know whether the doors of the other party would be cordially opened to them. Now, they will want to know whether they will have cordial invi- tations to enter. If they fin] the doors open there is strong ground for saying they will go in. To Have Two White Parties. The wires, it is alleged, will be laid for two parties of white men in the south. The new republican party may embrace fewer white men than the old democratic party, but ft will have as much brains and as much money, and in time will draw to it a majority of the white men. In doing this, it is argued, the faithful colored voter need not be forgotten. He wi!l be remembered in more ways than now. His new friends will secure possession of state governments and of county governments, and he will get thore in the shape of small positicns than now. Georgia is pointed to as an example of what might be done. Thousands of white men in that state who have been demo- crats all their lives voted for McKinley. Some stayed at home. The feeling between these men and their former friends is bit- ter. These men are members of a party, the national democratic, which is merely a formality. For years, ft is argued, a ma- jority of these men have been ‘sympa- thizers with the republican principle of pro- tection. They have not dared vote the re- publican ticket for fear of the feeling it would arouse. In Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, particularly, the protection sen- timent in democratic ranks has deen about as strong as the free trade sentiment. It is growing daily, because of the increase in cotton mills and because of the coal and fron and other industries. It is said on good authority that President McKinley will give good places to many southern gold democrats, but he will not be able to give them a majority of the best places in their respective states. He will have to recognize the men who worked for his nomination at St. Louis. After that is done he will be able to give places to the Rew men. He will, it is said, have better excuse to do this than any other republican President. In addition to the reward due the gold men the President can avoid the republican factions in each state by giving positions to other men. Every southern state is split into factions. If one of these is recognized the other is offended. There is more factional difference now than for years. : ee Narrow Escape From Asphyxiatio: PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 18.—Six persons narrowly eseaped death by asphyx- fation this morning at 1030 Sansom street, where Valentiné Friedel keeps a saloon and lives with his wife and three children. At 4 o'clock the mother discovered the pres- ence of gas in the house and aroused the family. Policeman Patterson with a son of Friedel went into the cellar to hunt for the leak. Fifteen minutes later they were found unconscious on the floor of the cellar and were only brought back to conscious- ness after four hours of hard work. << Brazilian Ministers Resign. PARIS, November 18.—A dispatch receiv- ed here from Rio de Janeiro says that the ministers of marine, finance and industry have resignec. Letters Written by Secretary Herbert to Two Civil Engineers. Responsible for the Giving Way of a Caisson at the New York Navy Yard Dry Dock. Secretary Herbert has received and ap- proved the report of the court of inquiry which investigated the serious accident at the New York navy yard on May 1 last, when a caisson of dry dock No. 2 gave way ard caused much damage to warships and surrounding shipping. The report recom- mends that Civil Engincer A. G. Menocal, U.S.N., be court-martialed on the ground that ‘he was careless and inefficient in the performance of duty.” It recommends also the court-martial of Civil Engineer U. S. G. White, U.S.N., on the ground that he was careless and neglected his duty. Secretary Herbert reviews the finding and upholds the action of the board. He says, however, in view of the long service of these officers, he will not order a court-martial, “but rep- robates their conduct.” Secretary Herbert, in a letter to Mr. Menocal, s the testimony just’fies the conclusions of the court. “It is clear,” says Secretary Herbert, “beyond any doubt that the accident occurred because of the removal of the weights from the caisson. It seems also to be perfectly clear that the science of engineering cannot be so defective as to justify an officer of your standing and varied experience in sei ith- a mistake about a matter so entirely in the lines of erdinary business wa tions as was this. Civil engineers are se- lected and commissioned because of their upposed knowledge of just such subjects- matter. * * ¢ ‘The injuries resulting from your want of the knowledge of which you ought to have possessed yourself before acting are chargeable to you. In view of your prc- vious long and faithful service to the gov- ernment, the department does not deem it proper to bring you before a court-martial, as recommended by the court of inquiry, but finds itself obliged to approve, as it hereby does, the findings of the court in other respects, and reprobates your con- uct.” The Secretary's conclusions are the same in the case of Mr. White. Se CLEVELAND'S FRIENDS. MR, Some to Be Appointed by Him and Allowed ¢ An interesting intimation is made con- cerning the manner in which certain gold democrats who co-operated with the repub- licans at the recent election will be pro- vided for under the next administration. It is said that some of Mr. Cleveland’s friends who did not vote directly for Major McKinley are to be provided for. These men are in such a position that Mr. McKin- ley could not well appoint them to office nor could they afford to put in a claim for appointment, since they voted for Palmer and still designate themselves as demo- crats. The embarrassment of the situa- tion, it is intimated, will be avoided by Mr. Cleveland making certain appointments which Mr. McKinley will allow to hold over. The appointment of Mr. Forman as com- missioner of internal revenue, for instance, is expected to hold through the next ad- ministration. Some consular appointments are expected to be made with the view of their bemg permitted to stand, and the con- firmation of some judicial appointments is expected to be secured through republican acquiescence. Moreover, a few men now in office are calculating on being retained. While it is known that Major McKinley has given some.consideration to the sug- gestion that a gold democrat should have a place in his cabinet, it is doubted by many republicans of good political judg- ment that he will finally decide to make such an appointment. The difficulty in the Way of putting a gold democrat in the cabinet lies in the fact that the prominent men of that faith, even though they voted for Major McKinley, persist in the declara- tion that they are still democrats. ‘The election of McKinley was purely a repub- an victory, notwithstanding any aid given by the gold democrats, directly or indirectly. It is insisted that republican principles must prevail and that the ad- ministration cannot take upon itself a composite character. The chief leg'slative work under the new administration, it is said, must relate to the tariff, and’ there must be perfect sympathy between all branches of the administration and Con- gress on that subject. ———___-e-_______ THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Probable Conferences as to the Fi- nancial and Economic Problems. The President had a large number of callers today, but excused himself to near- ly all of them on the plea that he was occupied in the preparation of his annual message to Congress. From the fact that he gave long audiences to Secretary Car- lisle and Senator Morrill, chairman of the finance committee, and to none others, it is a fair inference that*the President’s con- sideration of his message related exclu- sively to that portion dealing with finan- efal and economic problems. Although the two gentlemen called at different times and did not meet at the White House, there is a well-defined impression that their busi- ness related to the same thing, viz., the prospects of legislation for an increase of the revenues of the government. It is known tha& the President and the Secre- tary of the Treasury will make strong representations for an improved system of finsnces in accordance with their well- known views on the subject. The Dingley tariff bill undoubtely formed one of the topics of discussion between the President and the venerable chairman of the Senate finance ccmmittee, and the latter gentle- man probably knows the prospects of the approval of that measure in case it should reach the President bereft of the free sil- ver coinage amendment. ——— OVER SOME LAND. Legal Case Grows Out of a Real Estate . Transaction. Louis H. Emmert today filed a bill in equity against Augustus Burgdorf and Al- len S. Johnson, praying that a discovery may be had of the true amount paid by him to the defendants for a tract of land in West Petworth, and that an accounting be had between them as to the amount of money paid by the complainant on behalf of a stock certificate in said tract, and that he may have a decree against them for the amount discovered to have been paid by him, he to surrender the certificate. ‘The complainant states that the price to be paid for the land was $154,728, yet, he claims, the defendants represented to ‘him that $257,880 was the lowest price. By such alleged misrepresentaticn he claims that he and those asscciated with him were induced to pay more than $100,000 in addition to the amount which he says should properly have been paid for it. He claims to have made payments aggregating $7,359.92, and that he received twenty syndicate certifi- cates, shawing his interest to amount to 20-500 parts of the whole tract. Mr. Emmort is represented by Attorneys Ralston and Siddons. < ——__. Gem. Lee Goes to Fredericksburg. Consul General Fitzhugh Lee left for his home at Fredericksburg. Va., this noon after calling on Secretary Olney to say gcod-bye. Gen. Lee will return here before going to his post at Havana. The Garbage Faotory to Shut Down Tonight. UNABLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS Mr. Davis Says the Contractor is Ready to Fight. THE SCOW SYSTEM NEXT + The garbage crematory at the foot of South Capitol street will shut down tonight and the District will once more return to its favorite method of the scow system, by way of the Potomac river. Inventor Brown of the crematory called at the Commissioners’ office today and stated that it having been found itmpos- sible to agree upon the price to be paid for the crematory the owners had decided to close it and prevent the incineration of garbage there. He stated amoung other things that the plant cost $22,000. The contract price was $16,000, and the difference in cost was due to the fact that after the contract had been made the Com- sidners changed the location, so that it became necessary before a foundation could be obtained to use a number of piles and a large amount of cement. Garbage Con- tractor Wartield, he said, refused to recog- nize this additional cost. The contract also stipulated that the crematory was to burn seventy-five tons of garbage per day, according to the specifications, and no bot= tles, cans or excess of water were to be considered as garbage. It was right here, he , that the terms of the contract had been violated, for the contractor had persistently deposited at th plant garbage containing cans and bottles and a large amount of water, which, of course, made cremation difficult. Notwith- standing this, the crematory had gone steadily along, hoping that if the systen proved sanitary it would be accepted. It was also stipulated that the price to be paid for burning garbage would not exceed 28 cents per ton. A broad construction made this possible. The sale of the ash from the garbage, if applied to the running expenses, would fix the cost of burning the garbage at 27 cents per ton. While the contract was si- lent as to the disposition of the ash, it Was nevertheless understood that the reve- nue derived therefrom was to be used in de- fraying the operating expenses. Arrangement Not Possible. Fer several weeks, he said, the lawyers of both sides had been discussifig the mat- ter with a view to coming to some under- standing, but from a letter received from the attorney for the contractor today It was evident that no terms could be agreed upon without a great sacrifice to the own- ers of the crematory. It was true that Contractor Warfield had offered to submit the matter to arbitration, but desired to control the arbitrators by stipulating first that no award exceeding $16,000 could be made, and further that $1,500 of the final price agreed upon was to be withheld until the owners of the crema- tory made such changes as the garbage contractor deemed necessary in the plant. He said further that tomorrow morning he would urge the Commissioners to give him permission to remove his plant. It was true, he said, that the owners of the crematory had been considering the purchase of the garbage contract. Con- tractor Warfield had made them a propo- sition and the same would undoubtedly have been accepted had it not been found, upon investigation, that all of the profits from the contract had been consumed up to July by reason of the monthly pay- ments, as The Star has already shown are made on different scales according to the amount of work performed. Ready for War. Mr. Henry E. Davis, the attorney for the garbage contractor, was seen this after- noon. He admitted that up to the present time it had been impcesible to come to any satisfactory agreement with the owners of the crematory as to the price to be paid. When asked what he proposed to do when the crematery was shut down, he said: “The crematory will not be shut down. It is built upon our property, and we know how to operate it. The citizens of Washing- ton need have no fear concerning the dis- Fesition of the city’s garbage.” When asked how he hoped to operate another man’s piant without his permis- sion, he said: “No permission is necessary. We have men capable of running the plant and understand its operation thoroughly. If the owners of the crematory want war why we will fight them in the courts, and to matter how many injunctions are got- ten out, both sides have enough money to put up a sufficient bond to carry on this work for some time.” Mr. Davis further said that the contract between the owners of the crematory and the garbage contractor had not been car- ried out. Garbage could not be destroyed at 28 cents a ton, even if the ashes were sold and the revenue applied to the oper: tion of the plant. Further, the cremaw could not, under any circumstances, burn seventy-five tons of garbage per day, as stipulated in the contract. ———__ CRUELLY SHOT DOW Murder of a Mother and Daughter Near Liberty, Mo. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November :* Foley, a widow, aged sixty-five ye: her unmarried daughter, Fannie, aged forty, were found murdered in their home near Liberty, Mo., early this morning. No motive for the crime is known. William Foley, aged twenty-five, a son of the mur- dered woman, had visited a neighbor yes- terday, and returning home after midnight, was first to discover the dead bodies, They had both been shot, the mother through the head and the daughter in the back. The assassin or assassins had fired at Mrs. Foley through one of the front windows. The bullet lodged in the head of the bedstead. Both women evidently be- came frightened and ran into the bed room in the rear. The door was then forced and the bloody work completed. The son gave the alarm to neighbors, and @ party was soon gathered and sought for the traces of the perpetrators. Finding no clue, they rode to Kansas City, fifteen miles distant, and reported the murder to ihe local police. Detectives were immediately sent to Liberty. 2 ——_>—__ Lynched for Attempted Assault. COLUMBUS, Miss., November 18.—Mon- day a young negro man named Mims Col- lier attempted an assault upon Miss Tillie Vaughan, living about twelve miles north- west of this city. Collier had a prelim- inary trial and was held at a store in charge of Constables Watson and Mehafty. That night a mob overpowered these of. ficers and Tuesday morning Mims’ body was found hanging from the limb of a tree. >—- Contracts for Gun Forgings. Secretary Herbert today awarded con- tracts for eight sets of 13-inch gun forg- ings to the Bethlehem Iron Co., and for six sets of 13-inch and one set of twelve-inch gun forgings to the Midvale Steel Co., at their respective bids of 28 3-10 cents per pound. These forgings will be assembled at the Washington gun foundry. The Beth- lehem Company is required to begin deliv- erfes within 120 days, and the Midvale Company within 160 days. Ticket the North Oarolina Senator is Play- ing For, Looking Forward to 1900—Why the Populists Will Not = Fase, The statement of Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina to the effect that Bryan could not receive the votes of the populist party in 1900 unless he should be the can- didate and nominee of that party rather than of the democracy, has been the sub- ject of much comment among the silyer men who have been looking forward to the next presidential campaign for a con- tinuance of their fight for the free coinage of the white metal through a fusion of democrats, populists and silver republi- cans. With a Large Amount of Salt. Mr. Butler’s words are being taken with a large amount of salt, and it is said that the North Carolina Senator has been forced to come out with that declaration as a matter of self-protection, in view of the attack made upon him by the late vice presidential candidate of his party, Mr. Watson. During the last days of the campaign Mr. Watson made most of the populists have a very tired feeling because of the belief that he was ready to place his personal am- bition above the principles for which the populists had been contending and which had been incorporated in the democratic platform and were advocated in so decided a manner by Bryan. They were ready to cover Watson with abuse for his course as a kicker, and as election day drew near they felt less and less patience with his constant prating over his grievances. A Change of View. But after the election was over there came a change in the dreams of the popu- lists. They had been supporting Butler, who was holding out to them the chance to win a great victory if they would keep quiet and stand as a solid voting column in the interest of Bryan. When they lost the election they began to turn their at- tention to the whole subject from an en- urely different direction, Although their party had received liberal recognition from the democrats in all fusion arrungements, many of them began te take the side of Tom Watson in his middle-of-the-road ten- dencies, and a good deal of criticism of Senator Butler found expressicn among leaders of his party throughout the coun- try. It was this condition that confronted Mr. Butler, and which, it is said, he sought to meet in order to pacify’ the resentment expressed against him that he issued his manifesto. Mr. Butler's Ambition. Mr. Butler’s ambition is mere than state wide. He has achieved the highest honor that the old north state can bestow upon him. He is too shrewd a politician not to realize that the country is not yet prepared to elect a President from a southern state, but he believes, it is said, that the vice presidency might go there; while the first place on the ticket would be filled by a man from one of the central west and per- haps doubtful states. Ma Butler is ap- plying that art, wnich he understands well, the art of keeping one’s self in the front of the column, and what better way could there be to do it than to announce tc the ccuntry that his party is a star of the first magnitude, looming up in the scuth and west, and rising to a point where it may guide Its memoers to victory in What He is Playing For. Silver democrats profess to believe that Mr. Butler wants to solidify the rank and file of his party behind his banners, being careful not to allow Tom Watson to take a place ahead of him in the’ confidence of his party. And all this it is believed by many democrats is being done with a view to ting Butler on the national fusion ticket in 1900, “Bryan and Butler,” and to be able then to have this straight ticket indorsed by both populists and democrats. If the populists should spring fheir convention ahead of the democrats and nominate Bry- an and Butler, many politicians say that the chances would be very largely in favor of its indorsement by the democracy if gen- eral conditions do not change in four years. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Mixs Cluss Dazed by a Fall From Her Bicycle. A peculiar and distressing accident be- fell Miss Flora M. Cluss today. She is the niece of Mr. E. F. Droop, is employed in the cash room of her uncle's store and usually rides to office on her bicycle. This morring she entered the store a few min- utes late and without her bicycle. She appeared agitated in manner, her hat was awry and her coat was dusty on one side. To the inquiries that were addressed to her she céuld not offer an intelligent answer. The young lady seemed in a dazed condition, and to the consternation of her relatives could not explain what had happened to her. She only remembered that she had left home on her wheel, but beyond that could tell nothing of what had followed. Mr. Droop’s. son immediately called a carriage and had his cousin con- veyed to her home and medical help sum- moned, It was found that she had sustained a contusion of the head and was suffering se- verely from nervous shock. The skull was not fractured, however, ‘and no serious re- sults are anticipated. It is expected that when the effects of the shock wear off the young lady will be all right again. Up to this time her relatives were very much perplexed to know what had hap- pened to her. They were convinced that she had met with a bicycle accident, for she had left home on, her wheel, but’ had not brought it to the @fice. The usual route which she takes to and ‘from her work was examined, but no trace of her wheel could be found, In her delirium, however, she. mentioned the words “War Department’ several times, and inquiry was made inthis direction. It was then learned that Miss Cluss has been in collision with a War Department wagon and had been thrown violently to the pavement. When she got up she appeared to be un- injured and said that if the driver would take charge of her wheel.she would go home. Instead of doing s0,: however, she made her way to the office-and the War Department officials were very much sur- prised to learn that she, had suffered any serious inconventence f ther accident. ——>+— EPISCOPAL CHURCH €ONGRESS, Need of a Hierarchy Disesmsed by the Delegates. NORFOLK, Va., November 18—The sec- ond business session of the seventeenth an- nual Episcopal Chureh congress began at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the Academy of Music with a good attendance. The chief topic discussed wis “Do We “Need a Hierarchy In This Church?” The Rev. John J. Fade of Minneapolis and Rev. De: Georte LyLocke of Bristol, R. I, were scheduled writers, and the lst of speakers for the;day included Rev. Dr. George W. Dui of New Brighton, N. Y.; the ht Rev. gohn B. Newton of Bichmond, Wa., arid the Rev. Francis M. 8. Taylor of Mount Vérnon, N. Y. A special ladies’ meeting was announced for this afternoon, and third business session will be held at ®o'’clock tonight, when the principal topic will be “The Ideal and the Real In Literature.” Cuban Physician Struck Down in a Hospital by Spaniards. WHAT ONE OF MACEO'S CAPEAINS SAYS He Considers the Insurgent Posi- tion Impregnable. 20,000 MEN UNDER ARMS Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. WILMINGTON, Del., November 18.— News has been received in this city of the death of Dr. Pedro Betancourt in Cuba. Dr. Betancourt was caring for wounded Cuban patriots ty a hospital on the line of march of the Spanish army, which fell into the latter's hands about a week ago. Not an inmate of the hogpital escaped the sword of the Spaniards. Dr. Betancourt was stricken down while administering to a dying soldier. His head was cut off and placed on the end of a bayonet and carried on the march by a Spanish soldier as a mark of victory. Dr. Betancourt was tall and handsome. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and was a competent and successful physician. He was one of the promoters of the pending revolution in Cuba, and with a handful of men made the first break for liberty on August 24, 1894. For several hours he held a large company of Spaniards at bay, but was finally obliged to surrender on account of lack of ammuni- tion. He was sent to prison in Madrid, but succeeded in making his escape in’ No- vember 184. He went to France disguised as a peasant, and then came to this coun- try. Filled with a determination to again fight for the liberty of Cuba, he joined the first big expedition that was formed in the United States, and which came to grief at Pennsgrove, N. J., on the night of August 29, 1805. While in this city during the famous trial, which resulted in the acquittal of the en- tire party, he had a presentiment that he would die under the Spanish sword. Asked by a newspaper man if he expected to go back to Cuba, he replied: “Yes; I will go back and do what I can. I know what it will mean. I will be killed by the Span- jards; something has told me so. But a men can die only once; why not for his country?” The day after his acquittal Dr. Betan- court went to New York and figured in several unsuccessful expeditions. He final ly succeeded in reaching Cuba in June, and decided not to go into service in the field, but to devote his attention to wounded patriots in the hospitals, and at this hu- mane work he met his awful death last week. MACEO’S POSITIONS IMPREGNABLE. One of His Captains Said They Can- not Be Taken. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 18.— Ceptain Toronado Andrade, one of the youngest and bravest of General Macto’s staff, and Mr. Manuel Coronado of Ha- vana arrived here Saturday from Cuba. Mr. Coronado says he left Havana to save himself, he having beea summoned for trial on the charge of being in close communi- cation with the insurgents and as acting as thelr agent. “These charges were not true, though my sympathies are with the people,” said he. ‘The Cubans are fighting for life, for liberty, for all they possess, and you know when a man fights for that he fights hard. The outcome, I have no doubt, will mean victory for the Cuban armies. Further than that I do not care to speak. In answer to questions Captain Andrade said: . “General Maceo counts in the province of Pinar Del Rio some twenty thousand men of all arms, which are divided in groups of 500 and over, or less, as the case may be, and which operate each in one district, but in constant communication with the general headquarters of the main army. Maceo with his staff and perhaps some 4,000 men has his headquarters in the hills between San Cristobal and Caya- bes. The men are all well clothed and fed, having plenty of ammunition, and will give an account of themselves.” “Are Gen. Maceo’s positions impregna- ble?” “Yes, I consider them so. The cordillera of hills in which Maceo is established is two hundred miles in length by sixteen to twenty-four in width, and every hill is a stronghold. “The sides of these hills, which rise often to 1,000 feet above the sea level, are cov- ered with a very thick underbrush or ‘maniqua,’ often in stretches by thick forests and here and there pieces of open land. ‘The only way to get to the mountains is by mule paths, and on these no more than two to four men can go. These places are all held by the Cubans and are also pro- tected by mines and traps, which are un- known to any but the guides of the Cuban army. Should the Spaniards succeed in getting to the top of any of the hills they would have to pass over countless dyna- mite mines, which are ready to be set off by the pressing of a button. The Spaniards have only twice managed to get half way up; once was when Gen. Suarez Inclan ai- tempted it at Taco Taco and another time when Gen. Gonzales Munos attacked Car- carajicara, both attempts ending in signal defeats for the Spaniards. “In this range of hills there are spots of from one to five acres where Gen. Maceo has established prefectures and which are cultivated, and also where are our manu- factories of cartridges, powder, dynamite and other explosives, also our hospitals; and these places it is impossible for the Spaniards to reach without first destroying the Cuban army.” In conclusion, Capt. Andrade said: “The sun is rising, and every day it grows brighter. I can plainly see in the no distant future a new republic on the Amer- ican continent, advanced, civilized, in close ties of friendship with this country.” FIGHTING FOR CUBA. Advices From the Son of Ex-Repre- sentative Funston. LAWRENCE, Kan., November 18.—A let- ter has been received from Frank Funston, son of ex-Representative E. H. Funston, who departed for Cuba several months since. The young.man writes that he is new an artillery captain in the insurgent army, and tells of several hot engagemenis with the Spaniards in Puerto Principe prior to October 16, the date of his letter. There are a number of Americans, he says, ir his ccmpany. WEYLER GOES HUNGRY. The Captain General Suffers Discom- forts in the Field. HAVANA, November 18.—Very little tiews regarding Captain Gencral Weyler’s opera- tions against the insurgents in the province of Pinar del Rio was aliowed to leak out from the palace today. Maj. Bazan of the Spanish commander's staff, however, arrived here today- from the front. He says that the operations are most difficult and adds that the-captain general slept two rainy nights on the ground and without blankets and that he has been several times without meals. The major further says that the captain general getccw. was between Scoroar and Can- deYaria. In spite of the fact that the weather has (Continued on Eleventh Page.) SOUTHERN SENATORS The New’ Men Will Average Well With Those Going Out. Many Will Bring to Their Positions High Legal Attainments and Good Oratorical Powers. The southern states will send an able delegation of new Senators to the Senate after the 4th of March. The changes have probably been greater than for years, but, notwithstanding the ability of the present delegations, the new men will average well with those going out. The caucus nominations of Steve Clay in Georgia and General Pettus in Alabama will add to the strength and standing of the southern Senators. “Steve” Clay, who will succeed Senator Gorden of Georgia, is a young man who has been identified with Georgia politics since he became of age. As state chairman he has conducted the hardest-fought bat- ules the Georgia democrats have ever had, and his selection by the democratic caucus is a recognition of his work in that line. He is a brilliant orator, and is personally attractive. Gen, Pettus of Alnabam General Pettus, who will succeed Sena- tor Pugh of Alabama, is a confederate brigadier general. Up to Saturday the im- pression was that Governor Qaies would be the successful candidate. General ley, state chairman of Alabama, has 1 working for the nomination of General Tet- tus recently, and he sidered the prince of Alabama politicians, having, like carried his party through its -nost fights. His influence much to General Pettus. The new from Alabama is from Mobile, and i former law partner of Senator Morgan. Gencral Pettus stands at the head of the Alabama bar. He will be one of the eldest men in the Senate, but is as vigorous as he was twenty years ago. He has always been active in the politics of his state, but Was never a candidate for office up to this time. Beth he and Clay are ardent silver men. George Lb. Wellington, who will succeed Senator Gibson of Maryland, has become a national figure in politics. He will be one of the leaders of the younger element in the Senate. He is now so thoroughly a part of the poiitics of Maryland that his hand will be seen in many of the coming fights in that state. Mr. Wellington is already well known in Washington, while Messrs. Clay and Pettus are comparatively un- known. Judge McInery of Louisiana, who will come here in place of Senator Blanchard, will rank with General Pettus in legal and oratorical attainments. He is a great jurist and a man of commanding personal presence. Representative Money of Mississippi, who has been elected to succeed Senztor George, will not become a member of the Senate for two years from next March, but will immediately take rank in that body with the bright: southern nen. Mr. Irby"s Successor. Judge Joseph Earle will come to the Sen- ate from South Carolina in place of Sen- ator Irby. South Carolinians are expecting General Earle to make a favorable impres- sion. He is magnetic in his manner, and deliberate, thoughtful and eioquent in his speeches. He is not of the same stamp as Senator Tillman, and there is nothing in common between them. Kentucky and North Carolina may fur- nish new men to the Senate, but it is a matter of conjecture now who they will be. North Carolina will likely elect a new and unknown man, while Kentucxy has the selection of men prominent in the nation. Florida may elect a new man, Wut the outlook is said to favor Senator Call's re- election. Missouri and Arkansas will re-elect Vest and Jones, respectively, and the untried men with ambitions in those siates will have to wait six years more. —————~e__ ASKS A COURT OF INQUIRY. Maj. Lowry Makes Application to the Secretary of the Navy. A new turn has been given to the case of Mr. Henry J. Wylie, the chief clerk of the quartermaster’s department of the Ma- rine Corps. As recently announced in The Star, the Secretary of the Navy requested Mr. Wylie’s resignation, to take effect the 20th instant. It was alleged that Mr. Wylie had been involved in an irregularity connected with the letting of the contract for laundry work at the marine barracks. The accusation against Mr. Wylie was based on a report made by two marine officers of conversations they claimed they had had with the members of the firm of Dexter & Co., who managed a laundry in this city. The purport of the staitemenis attributed by the officers to members of the firm was that they had teen induced 10 refrain from bidding for the contract by Mr. Wylie, it being agreed that they should have the work given them by the sew contractor at the same rate for which they had been doing the work during ihe previous year. - As the Lew contrect was made at the gate of $10 per hundred and the Dexter laundry actually did the work for $1 a hundred, naturally, when the facts be- came known, some question was made as to the manner in which the contract was given out. Since the report made by the two marine officers referred to, the two members of the firm of Dexter & Co. have both signed statements which Mr. Wylie’s friends claim completely exonerate him from any improper conduct. One of the members of the firm says he never met Mr. Wylie until the latter came to him after the date of the report of the officers mentioned, and the other denies ever hav- ing had a conversation with Mr. Wylie re- garding this contract until after the con- tract was let. A strong effort, based on this testimony, has been made at the Navy Department to secure a reversal of the action of the Secretary, and the result has been that Mr. Wylie’s friends have been promised by the Secretary that a hearing shall be given to the case next Friday. Meanwhile, however, Maj. Lowry, the quartermaster of the Marine Corps, whose chief clerk Mr. Wylie is, has applied to the Secretary go have a court of inquiry appointed to investigate the whole matter for the purpose of relieving his office of suspicion of wrong-doing. This request, if granted, may make unnecessary the hear- ing which the Secretary has promised to Mr. Wylie’s case. THE SILVER REPUBLICANS. i Be Made to Con- ciliate Them. . By private information received here it is indicated that any attempi to satisfy the silver men in Congress by providing for the use of silver In excess of that now in use would be wasted effort. The silver men are not prepared to accept anythin and there is nothing to be gained by shor fg them ary consideraticn. It is doubiful whether the silver republicans will offer more than a perfunctory opposition to protective tariff legislation by the next Congrers, but it is their present intention to resist to thelr utmost any financial legis- lation that the administration may propose. The limited use of silver would excite from them a more Getermined opposition than would mest any other proposition that might be submitted. An attemp:, if one is made, to pass the Dingley bill at this session will be resisted. The chances are decidedly against the bill getting through, though democrats might favor it. Attempt FOR AND AGAINST Arguments Over the Issue of Eck- ington Receiver's Certificates, VALUE OF AIR MOTOR TESTS Stockholders and Bondholders Take Different Sides. THE TWoO ROADS The hearing of the arguments for and against the granting of the request of Re- celver W. Kelsey Schoepf to be given au- thority to make a tesf of the Hoadly- Knight motor on the lines of the Eckington railway was continued before Jus ice Cox this morning. Mr. John Ridout, attor: for the re- celver, proceeded with the argument he began yesterday afternoon. He said that there had been a great many unnecessary matters injected in‘o the cz nd a great many accusations had made which had no other foundation than the imagina- ions of the gentlemen who had framed the answer to the receiver's report and the bill of complaint, which was the be- ginning of the cause. He re d all the arguments of Messrs, Wilson and Matting- ly, and declared that there could be no sale of the property as they desired within less than sixty da y even if a decree for its sale was made at on uch a sale would only protect the boutholders. The stockholders would be wiped out of ex- istence. The test of the I y-Knight motor would be beneficial t road in a number of substantial jared Mr. Ridout. It was a + tion, which involved no exp: the in- creased earnings of the sir test. car would, he claimed, pay the wages of the crew. He declared that the successful running of such a car over the lines of the company would add from 25 to 50 per cent to the value of the yy ry, if it were ordered to be sold afterward. Mr. Ridout went on to recite the history of local railroads and rapid transit. Re- ferring to the Metropolitan although he did not directly name it, he said it had been subjected to vituperation by the pub- lic and the newspapers be it did not introduce rapid transit, cently put in a system which seemed to meet the requirements so far. The loss of revenue in the Eckington road, h de- clared, was due entirely to the uction of rapid transit on th the Metropulitan roads, i net to management, as has been so generally ’al- leged, and was just the same loss that a grocer in an out-of-the-way neighborhood would feel if a big departmer e] into competition and gave ice. The request of the rece Ridout, if granted, did not p ny obli- gation on the company for the equipping of the lines. It was merely asked to be en authority to make a test, and at the erd of that tesi no iurther action could be taken except through the decree of tit court. Neither the bondholders or any one else could be subjected to any loss what- ever by the granting of the authority ask- ed, but the sale requested by the represen- tatives of the bo1ds would subject the stockholders to the loss of ro less than $600,000. Even if the test were successful and the matter of equipping the road with the sys- tem were considered, said Mr. Ridout, ihe ccst of such equipment would be only, in round figures, for all and every expense, about $300,000, or about half as much as the underground electric system would ccst. Speaking of the act of Congress of June 10, which provided that a eompressed air system should be tested on the line, Mr. Ricout sald it was cvident (hat Congress desired to have the new system of street car propulsion tried and had taken that course to bring it about. The paragraph declaring that horse power should not be used after December 10, this year, was evidently put in by persons opposed to the road, as it was not in keeping with the context of the bill, as the provisions of the latter could not have been carried out in the period mentioned, even if everything had been most favorable. Mr. Ridout, continuing, said it was not wise for the court to take the hasty action asked by the other side. The ould be dat had only re- every opportunity given for the saying of the property of the company and the in- vestments of the stockholders, was ab- surd to think that the statements of the other side regarding the alleged imtention of the Philadelphia parties to ruin the road were based on anything like facts when the attempt was now being made to rehabili- tate the property and make it remunerative to all persons interested in it. Stockholders ent a P Mr. W. R. Marbury followed and s case was one of those which evidently gave a different impression when looked at from different points of view. He would like to present the views of those who looked at it from the point of view of the stockholders, He said he represented the Columbia and Maryland railway, which owned 10,600, or the majority, of the shares of the stock of the road, and a number of smailer slock- holders, who owned altogether shares, who were desirous that the request of the receiver to make the trial | He then read a petition addressed to the Su- preme Court of the District, praying that the request be granted. This wa by John F. Shea, ) shares; H. W. mell, 45; D. McGrath, 20; R. meill, 40. Mary A. Mor- ris, 6; 13; Frank T. Rawlings, 55; ? |. 106; Henry K. Willard, 40; Engene Morgan, John G. Barthel, 26; Frank H. Pelouze, 12; the Catholic Universi acting fector, Laurence Mangan, There were only 13,000 shares in he represented neatly 12,000, a very large majority. It was not their desire to cause the bondholders the loss of a cent. There was no request to issue receiver's certifi- cates to equip the road, as the other side seemed to think, but merely a request to test a system which might, and probably would, change the entire financial condition of the property. Receivers and Their Daties. . by P. J. Garrigan, Michael Connor, 16, and He went into the subject of the appoint- ment of receivers generally and declared that they were created by courts only when it was desired to conserve the value of properties that were threatened with sacrifice by the demands of obdurate credi- tors. He alhided to the appointment of receivers for the Baltimore and Ohio and the issuance of receivers’ certificates fol- lowing that action, and endeavored to show that as in that case the receivers were act- ing to protect the best interests of the company, its bondholders and its stock- holders, So Receiver Schoepf was endeavor- ing to do the same in the present instance. He ridiculed the idea that Elkins, Widener ami Dolan were trying to wreck the road. It was true they were interested in the company owning the Hoadley motor, and it was no doubt true that such interest led the company to offer such reasonable terms for the test, and, if necessary, for equipping the line. It was the first time, said Mir. Marbury, that he had heard of men being abused for exercising their in- fluence for good. It was perfectly plain, he declared, that if Elkins, Widener and Do- lan wanted to buy the road at such a sacrifice they would not -make any effort to improve it by assisting in the in- troduction or rapid transit upon it, but would let it run along in the same way as at present, and eventually get it at a great