The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 19, 1896, Page 1

()L[T;{I I:] 7L1Y;§X.—NO. 172 AN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY MORNING, STRANGE CRAFT OF THE SKY Sacramento Men Describe the Airship. Claim They Saw Its Occupants and Heard Them in Conver- sation. SACRAMENTO, CaL., Nov. 18.—The one topic of conversation in this city to-day has been the reported appearance of an airship over the eastern portion of Sacramento last night. While there are hundreds of people who, failing to catch a glimpse of this mysterious visitant, are extremely skeptical, there are hundreds of others who are positive in their declaration that they did see its brilliant searchlight trav- eling over the city, and who will also swear that they heard the voicesof its occupants and distinguished their merry song and laughter. Tuen there are others who declare that these aeral travelers used the Englisn tongue, and that they plainly distinguished the words used and commands uttered for the guidance and care of the air vessel. In investigating this mysterious visita- tion the local representative of THE CALL obtained personal interviews with scores of reputable citizens who reside along the route passed over by the air craft. Many of them lived fully a mile or two distant from each other, but their accounts all agree. - As far as can be learned from eye- witnesses, the body of the craft was ob- Jong end egg-shaped, with fan-like wheels on either side, whose rapid revolutions, beating the air, served to propel the vessel directly against the wind, and in so doing causgd the vessel to sway from side to side with a wavering motion, similar to that of a boat being ferced against the rapid current of a stream. Midway of the vessel and suspended directly beneath it was a brilliant search- light about twice the size of an arc light, evidently so placed that the occupants could ascertain when the vessel ap- proeched 100 near tte earth and was in danger of collision with lofty objects. Above the egg-shaped body towered a tall, indistinguishable mass, whose shaps it was impossible to ascertain, owing to the fact that the onlooker's eyes were blurred by the brilliancy of the searchlight. Such is the description of the vessel given by R. L. Lowry, who also claims to have been able to distinguish four men, who were seemingly engaged in propelling the vessel by its fanlike wheels, much after the fasaion of a bicyclist driving his wheel over a boulevard. Itisalso claimed that a bystander in the vicinity of Mr. Lowry shouted to the men in the aerial vessel and inquired their destination, and that they repiied they were bound for Ban Francisco and intended arriving by 12 o’clock—midnight. This, however, conld not be verified, s8 no one appeared to | know the name of the reputed inter- rogator. J. H. Vogel, who claimed to have been in the same locality, also states that the vessel was egg-shaped, and that he dis- tinctly heard the voices of its occupants, but says that as the ve: was rapidly rising he was unable to distinguish any words, and that after a brief glimpse of the body of the airship it faded from view and all that was visible was the brilliant searchlight, which moved siowly away in . a southwesterl} direction, going toward San Francisco, and being visible for up- ward of thirty minutes, growing more and more dim, until it disappeared in the dis- tance. E. Wenzel, who is employed at Scheld’s Brewery, verifies the stories of Vogel and Lowry as to the shape of the vessel, but claims that when it passed over him the occupants were trolling a merry choru-, which, though distant, sounded sweet and clear in the evening air. The first person who, as far as can be * learned, caught a ghmpse of the reputed airship was David Carl, a horse-trainer at Agricultural Park. When he first caught sight of the craft it was within a short distance of the ground, and lLe states that Le heard a voice saying: “We are too lowdown here; send her up higher.” Then a discussion followed as to tne ad- visability of attaining too great a neight, as the occupants were evidently anxious to reach San Francisco before midnight. He stated that the vessel then started to rise, doing s0 on an incline and not going airectly up as would be the case had ballast been cast from a balloon. , He had no, ides, however, that it was anything but a balloon and had never even thought of the possibility of an airship. He was positive in his declaration that it con. tained at least two occupants, as he could clearly distinguish two voices discussing the strata of air best adapted for rapid traveling. T. P.de Long when interviewed said: “I could not distinguish the shape of tie vessel. All I could see was a brilliant light moving seemingly azainst the wina, but I could plainly bear the voices of its occupants, who were singing, and it sounded to me like the noise produced by a phonograph. At this time I ‘should juage the vessel was several hundred feet high.” Frank Ross, assistant superintendent of the electric streetcar system, when inter- viewed said: I did not see the form of \ force. From what I have learnea from my empioyes—men of undoubted veracity —1I am certain that this can by no possi- bility have been a ‘fake,’ but that a gen- uine airship passed over the city last evening. 1 watched the light until it | passed out of sight thirty minutes later. | It was traveling unevenly toward the southwest, dropping now nearer to the earth and now suddenly rising into the air again as it the force that was whirling it through space was sensible of the danger of collision with objects upon the { earth. I, of course, have no idea as to its destination or purpose. I can only say that 1 am fally convinced by what I have | heard that it was something out of the ordinary.” C. Snyder, foreman of the streetcar barn, states: “I am fully convinced that an aerial vessel of some description passed | over this building last nizht about 6:30 | o’clock. At the time my attention was called to it the craft was at too great an | elevation for me to distinguish its form, but I distinctly saw the searchlight, | which was going directly into the wind, | and from its movement judged that it was | attached 10 a vessel of some description, | which was laboring as a seagoing vessel will in a heavy sea and head wind. 1 also find that bundreds of the residents | in this portion of the city saw the light; and there are hundreds wheo claim that they heard the voices of the occupants of the visitor.” Charles Lusk, secretary of the company, aleo states tha: he saw the light traveling over the city. Mayor Hubbard says that personaliy he failed to catch a gfimpse ®©f this aerial visitant, as he was engaged in his office downtown when it passed over, buc he stated to Tue CaiL representative that | upon arriving at his residence in the up- | per portion of the city his daughter toid bim that she had seen a brilliant white light, seemingly at a great elevation, which had come toward ihe city from the east and passed directly over it. moving in a southwesterly direction,. Sbe said if certainly was not a meteor, as it was a different shade of light and moved too slowly and unevenly, and she was at a loss to account for it. F. E. Briggs, a motorman on one of the streetcars runningz to Oak Park, saw the | light of the traveling airship, and at the | request of the occupants of his crowded vehicle he stopped his car for a moment. He says that while they could not discern the form of the airship, yet the voices of the occupants were plainly heard. He had been informed by a man who resided in the vicinity of East Park, where the air vessel had been first ceen, thatitwas a genuine airship, cigar or egg shaped, and that it had at least four occupants. When the vessel passed over hiscar he judged that the occupants were singing, but they were at such a height that neither he nor his passengers were enabled to distinguish the words or the tune, as they came in broken snatches, as though borne on gusts of the night wira. When H. W. Marsh saw the traveling light it was at least five miles away. He thought that it was attached to some serial vessel, owing to its wavering mo- tion through the atmosphere. E. Caverly saw the light, but refused to be interviewed on the subject, evidently deeming it to be uncanny. M. T. Shelly, a gentleman of undoubted veracity, saw the airship’s lght, and at one time, when the craft careened some- what so0 as to partially sbscure the light, be caught sight of the vessel 1tself, which he declared to be a cigar-shaped recep- ticle, with what seemed to be a dark wall above it. Hundreds of similar interviews could be obtained. In this connection the Evening Bee publishes the following account: Startled citizens last night livine at points of the city along a rough diagonal line, yet far distant from each other, de- ciare that they not only saw the phenome- non but they also heard voices issning from it in midair—not the whispering of angels, not the sepulchral mutterings of evil spirits, but tbe intelligible words and the merry laughter of humans. At those intervals where the glittering object, as if careless of its obligation to maintain a straightforward course, descended dan- gerously near the housetops voices were heard in the sky saying: “‘Lift her up, quick; you are making directly for that steeple.’ “Then the light in the sky would be seen obeying some mystic touch and as- cending tc a considerable height, from which it would take up again its south- westerly course. The light sailed along the lineof K street, so it appeared from those in the eastern part of the city, although it appears that after it had passed Fourteenth street it was wafted far south of K. Laughter and words sound- ing strange in the distance, though fairly intelligible, fe!l upon the earsof pedes- trians along the course of the iight who bad paused to look up at the novel ty. *“Last night’s Bee contained a. te! from New York announcing lhar:gxl:a"x: had perfected an airship and would on Friday of this week, accompanied by one or two friends, ascend from a vacant lot in the metropolis and go directly to Califor- nia, which he promised to reach in two days. The description furnished in the telegram inciuded an apparatus which was electrical, to supply light and power for | the vessel nor did I hear Lhe voices of its | the astonishing contrivance. occupants, as I was not informed until it oy t is not regarded as lilelf. in view of had passed my residence. All thatIsaw | the announcement contained in the dis- was a brilliant electric searchlight, ap- patch, that last night Sacramento was parently twice the size and power of an | Overswept by this aerial ship. ordinary arc light, which was being pro- “But here is the incident—here the pelled through the air by some mysterious | chronicle of words heard, of a strange OVEMBER 19, 1896. The Airship That Passed Over Sacramento Tuesday Evening, as Described by Scores of Eye-Witnesses. spectacle witnessed. Whence the light, which was not a meteor all agree, came, whither it went, where it now is—these things it is not within the capacity of this article to deal with.” Then follow interviews similar to those obtained by THE CALL representative. Among the eye-witnesses of last night’s singular spectacle the wildest specalations are rife. As to the destination and object to be obtained by this night voyage of a reputed airship, one of these onlookers in- formed Tre CarL representative that in his opinion it was the same invention which it is rumored Edison claimed to have perfected and offered to the Govern- ment at the time when tbe Venezuelan boundary question came up, and that now j that relations were strained with Spain the Government has sent a partv of engi- neers out in the airship to test its practi- cability, and that thev were keeping away from populous localities, except during the night trips. The opinion of the masses is, however, that some Jucky inventor, having solved the mystery of aerial navigation, is, with | his companions, testing his invention in secret, with no intent of allowing a curious public to view it nntil his rights are fully protected by letters patent. They pre- sume that he is traveling by night and laying by in desert spots during the day. Be that as it may, there can be no possible doubt that an _aerial vessel of some kind passed over Sacramento last night. and hundreds of the residents of this city will 80 testify. The resicents of Qak Park claim to have a little mystery of their own which may possible bearing of this subject. They state that yesterday afternoon an object ‘was seen in the sky at such a great eleva- tion as to be almost indistinguishable. of smoke behind it. 1his phenomenon was seen by many, who are unable to ac- | count for it. A rumor is afloat in the city to-night that the airship was constructed near this city and thata trial trip was attempted last evening, a cable being used to confine the machine to a certain elevation. It is stated that the cable parted and the vessel then drifted over the city and be- came the observed of all observers. This ramor cannot be confirmed at this late hour, but it is claimed tbat T. Allen, who formerly conducted an employment office in this city, states that such is the case and that one of the men who had made the ascehsion had informed him that the firial was asuccess and the vessel worked well, excapt that it was impossible to fully control its movements. In conse- quence the inventors had, after going toward San Francisco aways, returned and landed in a vacant field some distance from Arcade and about six miles from the city limits. This tale is not generally credited. e ey SEEN YHREE WEEKS AGO, Story Told by a Huntsr Living on Bo- linas Iidge. i On Sunday, the first day of this month, a representative of Tue CALL met on Bo- linas Ridge, just to the west of Mount Tamalpais, an old hunter living there, named Brown. The old man was very nervous and started a conversation im- medintely by asking: “Do I look like a crazy man?"’ “Wiiy certainly not, Mr. Brown. do you ask?” “Well,”” he replied, “I don’t expect anybody to believe me. To tell the truth I can hardly. believe myself. But it’s an honest fact that yesterday morn- ing, when the foz began to lift, I sawan airship right up there a couple of hundred feet over them pines, “No, I can’t tell you muca what she looked like. She didn’t show very plainly through the mist, but I saw a large, dark shape with something moving on it. Don’t know whether 1 saw any people or not. It came on me so sudden I was almost stunned, and by the time I collected my senses she was ont of sight. “I have been kind of dazed ever since, and to have you tell me that I don’t look crazy is a great relief. But I kuzow that what I saw was an airship.”’ As the ‘“‘superior” type of mirage is not uncommon to people living on the Marin hills it was thought that this was what the old man had seen, so no attention was paid to nis story. The mirage effect of a large ocean vessel passing through the sky might appear to him like some new- fangzled machine for navigating the air. Perhaps the mirage is what he really saw, but in the fuce of the stories circu- lated in regard to the airship there isa probability that 15 what Mr. Brown really saw. Certainly he wouid have no object in telling such a story. Why The New Champagne Vintage. A remarkable viatage, eliciting universal admiration, now bei; sni; 10 this coun- try, is G. B Mumm’s Extra Dry, Tryit * Iv| moved slowly in a circle, leaving a volume | LOST ON THE IRISH COAST British Steamer Memphis Guided to Destruction During a Fog, Ten of the Passengers and Crew | Lose Their Lives in a Heavy Sea. Drenched by Hizh Waves, Some Fall From Their Stations in the Rigging. LONDON, Exa., Nov. 18.—The British steamer Memphis, Captain Williame, which sailed from Montreal on November 4 for Bristol, was wrecked in Dunlough Bay, near Mizzenhead, on the south couast of Ireland, last nignt and ten of those on board of her lost their lives. The Mem- phis struck at 100’clock, during the preva- lence of a dense fog. At the time of the accident the steamer was proceeding cau- tiously, blowing her whistle continuously | and keeping a sharp lookout for the Miz- zenhead and Browhead lights, which the thickness of the weather prevented her | from making out. As soon as she struck the rocks the ves- sel pegan to fill and rockets were immedi- ately fired for the purpose of summoning assistance from the shore. Three of the ship’s boats were quickly launched, but one of them was shattered by being dashed against the side of the steamer and two of the occupants were drowned. The others succeeded in reaching the rocks along the shore, but five were washed away and drowned, their compan- jons being unable to render them the | slightest assistance. Those of the crew who had taken to the rigging soon after the steamer struck ex- perienced an awful night. They were constantly drenched by the heavy seas which washed over them, and some of them, after bard fighting for their lives, dropped from their places and were car- ried away. The rockets sent up by the steamer’s crew were seen by the coast guard, but the latter, were unable to communicate with the shipwrecked men until after daybreak, when all who remained in the rigging were taken off by means of a line con- veyed to the steamer by the rocket appa- ratus of the life-savers. The rescued per- sons immediately upon reaching the shorge were taken to various farmhouses in the vicinity, where they were kindly cared for by the inmates. Many of them were almost naked, but were supplied with sufficient clothing to enable them to proceed to Crookhaven, at which p ace most of them now are. The sieamer is a total wrzck and much cf her cargo is peing washed ashore. The coast guard are engaged in the work of saivage. All the survivors pay a high tribute to Captain Williams for his efforts to secure the safety of those on board the vessel _ The Memphis was 3191 tons reeister, 345 feet long, 41 feet beam and 26 feet depth of hold. She was built at Beliast, Ireland, in 1890, and was owned by the African Steamship Company of London, INITIATION LEADS 70 | DEATH. A Prominent Citizen of lowa Succumbs to Injuries Received in an Elk Lodge Csremony. DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 18.—E. W. Curry, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, died to-day in bhis room at the Hotel S8avoy. The death was a direct refult of injuries received while being initiated into Des Moines Lodze of Eiks about two months ago. As part of the ceremony he was blindioldea and placed on a chair with an iron seat. Then a lighted Jamp was placed under the seat, with the expectation that when it got too hot he would jump. But he sat s:ill until he was badly burned. #is trousers were burned away sand the flesh fearfully scorched. ; He was put in new clothes, and did not realize at the time that the in ‘were serious. In & few days: -poisoning | set in and he grew worse steadily. It was bis desire that the real cause of his injuries should not be made public, and another cause was assigned for the illness, the truth only becoming public to-day. An ‘evening paper published a highly sensational story that the injuries were caused by placing him, in the process in the initiation ceremony, in an electrical chair and tarning on a current which burned him badly, but this is denied by the Elks. Mr. Curry lived at Leon and was a lead- ing attorney. The body will be taken there to-morrow by u large escort of Elks and Masons, and the funeral will be held tr-morrow afternoon. L ST PECULIAR CASE OF HYPNOTISH. A Young Girl Induced to Sign Important Papers and Then Elopes With Her Svengali. CHICAGO, IrL., Nov. 18.—A peculiar case was presented to Judge Grosscup in the United States conrt to-day in affida- vits and petitions. Six months ago Mizs Emma Cox, one of the heirs of thelate John Cex of Button County, Ohio, filed a suit for accouuting’ sgainst Dr. R. C. Reed, formerly of Cincinnati and now living in Los Angeles. The girl’s mother, Mrs. T. A. Cox, alleged in an affidavit filed to-day that her daughter had been unduly influenced to sizn a petition for dismissal of the suit by Charles C. Bishop of Elgin, Ill., and his mother, a clairvoy- ant of this city, who had exerted hypnotic vower over the giil, who is quite young. The wife of Charles C. Bishop also pre- sented an eaffidavit reciting that he left their home a month ago and had been in the company of Emma Cox since then, and that she believes the couple are now in Buffalo, where they went with money furnished by Dr. Reed. The petition signed by Miss Cox is sworn to before Orrisa Bishop, 2 notary, who is father of the man whom the gir! is alleged to have eloped with to Buffalo. Since coming of age Miss Cox has been living at the Bishop home, and-a few days ago disappeared. Mrs. Cox resisted the dismissal of her daughter’ssuit, and Judge Grosscup said he would give the girl time to recover her mind and make an explu- pation if she had signed the release in a weak mental condition. e of FATAL FLORIDA FUNCTION. In a Rew at a Country Dance One Man Is Mortally Shot and Two Others Badly Wounded. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 18.—A Herald special from Ocala, Fla., says: While a dance was in progress Monday night at the home of John Baggett, six miles north of here, Noah Wilson and his son John had a quarrel with the brother of a girl whom they insulted. The Wilsons finally drew their pistols and opened fire, shooting down Joseph Howell, Nelson Howelland George Avery. Nelson Howell, who was shot three times, is mortally wounded. The other two men are badly wounded, but have a chance to recover. After the Wilsons had emptied their pistols they drew knives and threatened to kill any one who molested them. They then started to leave when Joln Wilson was seized by Mamie Avery, sister of one of the men who was shot. With a vicious slash of his knife Wilson gashed the face of the girl in a horrible manner and she fell fainting to the floor. The Wilsons then fled and have not yet been captured, though the whole country is aroused and posses of determined citi- zens are in pursuit. The fugitives are desperate men and have been in many rows in this county. They will not sur- render without a desperate fight, for they know that if taken alive they will proba- bly be lynched. S el Tok ~ SLOW REFOEM IN TURKER. ] None of the Démands of the Powers Car- ried Into Execution. LONDON, Exc., Nov. 18,—The Daily News to-morrow will publish a Constan- tinople dispateh saying that Sir Philip W. Currie, the Bflfl‘ln Embassador to Turkey, has been instructed iu regard to the re- quest of the Porte that negotiations for commercial treaties be pushed to take no action in the matter until the more im- portant matters have been disposed of. This course, the dispatch adds, is typical of the general atiitude of the foreign pow- ers toward the Turkish Government. Advices received in Constantinople from all parts of Asia Minor say that business everywhere is stagnant and that great distress prevails. Nobody in Con- stantinople, according to the news ad- vices, is aware that the reforms adopted by the powers and agreed to by the Turk- ish suthorities bave been carried into execution. v SENOR CASTILLO'S DEFIANCE Utters a Threat Against This Government. Says Spain Will Brook No Interfer= ence on Behalf of the Cubans. PARIS, Fraxce, Nov. 18.—The Journal publishes a report of an interview with Senor Canovas del Castillo, Prime Min- ister of Spain, in which he says the re- lations between Spain and the United Siates are excellent. The United States Government, the Premier says, always observed a correct attitude, and he does not believe it will change its polizy for | the sake of Cuban negroes and adven- turers. If, however, the United States Govern- ment should do 50 Spain would cause her rights to be respected. While in power, 8enor Castillo 1s reported as saying, he will make no concession to the rebels, nor will he show the weakness of drawing back beiore anybody. Spain, the Premier added, regards the Cuban question as one of international politics. e SPANISH BRUTALITY. Story of Barbarous Treatment Told by FRecent Prisoners. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 18.—The thirteen shipwrecked seamen of the steamer Coila, who were brought to this port Monday by the steamship Yucatau from Havana, continued to be very bitter in their denunciation of Spanish officers in Cuba, and, in fact, everything Spanish, when they appeared before tae British Consul in order to get their discharge and tickets to their respective homes. Jacob Moore, colored, who shipped on board the Coila as an apprentice, to!d the story of the cruel way he had been treated during his stay in Cuba. He said that afier the Coila had almost reached Havana and began to sink so rap- idly that it was thought best to abandon her, which was done at 6 o'clock on the night of November 4, the entire crew put out in the ship’s boats, and aiter rowing several hours reached the River Gani- quanice, Cuba. Ata town at the river's mouth they were fairly treated. The following day they were taken to Port Mariel under guard of a troop of Spanish cavairy and thrown iato prison there. They were all huddled into a small cell and were compelled to sleep on the concrete flooring, not being allowed to use their ditty-bags as headrests, nor were they allowed to get the most necessary toilet articles. Spanish soldiers were on guard outside of the cell door day and night and watched their every movement. | Thpe day following their imprisonment | young Moore was sent for by the official in command and asked whether he could speak Bpanish. He gave a room full of officers to understand as best he could tbat he did not comprehend their lan- guage, whereupon one of them feiled him to the ground by a blow on theear with the butt or his revolver. John de Lorrey here took up up the thread of the story. “*After they bad knocked the senses out of Moore,”” he said, "and while he was re- gaining consciousness, they sent for me. The first question they put to me was: ‘Are you an Englishman or an Ameri- can?' I told them I was an Englishman, whereupon one of them said: ‘You lie, dog of an American,” and struck me over the head with a cane. I was then given to understand by motions that I was to have my throat cut and then shot. “I had almost persuaded them thatI was an Englishman, when they discov- ered an American flag which I had tat- tooed on my left hand. This acted on them like a red flag to a bull, and they sprang upon me and struck me repeat- edly in the face. “They then called in a squad of sol- diers, who were given some orders, upon receiving which they all pointed their gunsat me. I told them that I wasan Englishman and desired them to fire. This seemed to cool their ardor, and Maore, who had by this time come to his senses, was again brought before them. “They pointed guns at him and pricked his flesh with the ends of their swords until he cried in agony. ‘*After about two hours of this treat- ment they allowed us to go back to our cells. 3 “When I told our Consul in Havana of the treatment we had been subjected to he fold us that really it was not anything out of the common and not worth bother- ing about. He told me, however, notto say anvthing about the matter when I reach:d the States, as those Americaas have so much to say.” Ten of the shipwrecked men will be sent by the British Consul to their homes in Canada. Moore will be returned to Ja- maica. David Burns went to his home in Brooklyn and Joseph Yunl will remain in New York. e e FILIBUSTERS ON TKIAL. James Quinn, a Pinkerton Spy, lestifies Against Them. NEW YORK, N. Y., Nov. 18.—The trial of Colonel Emilio Nunez and Captain Charles B. Dickan upon a charge of having engaged in a filibustering expedition in May last began in earnest in the United States Criminal Court this morning. Dis. trict Attorney Maciariane opened for the prosecution. He insisted upon the neces- sity of preventing expeditions against Spain being sent from this country if the United States desired tc remain at peace with Spain, and emphasizing the fact that the verdict of the jury would be imwvor- tant. ‘When he had concluded Assistant Dis- trict Astorney Hinnan offered in evidence | President Cleveiand’s latest proclamation regarding the Cuban rebellion. This was objected to by Mr. Rubens and was ruled out by the court ‘on the ground that the proclamation was issued after the offense charged against the defendants was committed. A previous Presidential proclamation regarding Cuban rebellion was, however, admitted, and the examinae tion of witnesses was then begun. James Quinn, one of the party who sailed on the Laurada, was the chief wit- ness, and detailed every movement of the party, which according to his testimony was a full-fledged military expedition. Quinn acknowledged that after reaching Cuba and going to President Cisneros’ camp with the party, he obtained permis- sion to return home, being allowed to reach Havana by permission of the Span- ish general. The witness came to New York, Consul Fitzhugh Lee paying his passage. On cross-examination by Gen- eral Tracy, witness admitted that he had solicited a letter from Cubuns in Boston to enablz him to sail on the Laurada. “And =0,” said General Tracy, ‘‘you got this letter at your own request. You went to Cuba and you are now here testifying against the Cubans?”’ In the direct examination the witness referred to the letter he had received from Cisneros and it was offered in evidence: James Quinn: I hope you will never forget that Cuba needs the help of every man that loves liberty. Your affectionate SALVATOR CISNEROS. San Bias, August 1, 1896. Under redirect examination the witness said he had gone to Cuba with every inten tion of acting right by the Cubans., “But | they did not act right by me, and that is the reason I came home,” he said. He also testified that he had never seen Dis- trict Attorney McFarlane before to-day and had not gone to Cuba as a spy. The witness admitted under cross-ex- amination that be expected to get money from the Pinkertons and tbat he had al- ready received about $50 from them. He also acknowledged that he had a erudge agrinstthe owners of the Laurada and wanted to get even with them. At the conclusion of the cross-examina- tion court was adjourned. —_—— WEXILER'S MOVEMENTS, Reports That He Will Shortly Keturn to Havana. KEY WEST, Fra., Nov. 18,.—Advices re- ceived in Havana from Arlemisiastatethat ‘Weyler was expected to arrive at Cayaja- bar to-day. A parlor-car plated with iron is waiting for him at Arlemisia. The in- surgents are reported in force near Cienaga, the leading military authorities being in command. General Arolas believes the time has not yet arrived for large operations and that | it is necessary to wait for cooler weatber to improve the sanitary conditions. It is believed Wevler has the same opinion and has announced hisintention toreturn to Havana. The insurzent leaders Perico Diaz and Perico Delgado are reported hard pressed by the Spaniards. They have asked Maceo for re-enforcements, but they were told it was impossible to do anything for them and they must do the best they could. It is thought that Maceo will attack ths trocha. It is reported Weyler will return to Havana inside of three or four days. S SLIGHT SKIRMISHES, Engagements in Which but Few Are ERilled or Wounded. HAVANA, Cusa, Nov. 18.— Colonel Moncado has had an engagement with the combined parties of rebels who were found strongly intrenched in the Grillo hills in the province of Havana. The enemy were dislodged and dispersed, the Spanish column advancing and capturing the position of the rebels under a heavy fire. The Spanish troops had six privates killed and a corporal, two lieutenants and thirty-eight privates wounded. The rebels left seven dead on the field and carried off many others. General Gonzales has had two engagements with the rebel parties between Silo Hondo and San Christobal in Pinar del Rio province. The Spanish had a private and one corporal killed and twenty-seven privates wounded. The in. surgents had twelve men killed. LT e SPAIN'S NEW LOAN, A Considerable Sum to Pe Expended in Fepniring Warships. MADRID, Seary, Nov. 18 —The Cabinet has accepted ti.e bonds of 400,000,000 pese- tas, representing the total amount of the new Spanish loan authorized by the Queen Regent, and the bonds already subscribed for 250,000,000 pesetas will be allotted pro rata. The sum of 7,250,000 pesetas derived from the loan will be allotted for the pur- pose of repairing warships. The Cabinet, at its meeling yesterday, passed a resolus tion of thanks to the couniry for the generous and patriotic manner in which the people subscribed to the new ioan. S Rumors That Weyler Has Resigned. NEW YOCRK, N. Y., Nov. 18, —Rumors are current here to-night that General Weyler has resigned as captain-general of the Spanish army in Cuba. A private dis- patch 1eceived to-night says: General Weyler has resigned. General Prando has been named by the Government as his successor. PRINCE LOBANOFY¥'S SUCCESSOR, Forontzuff- Daskoff Tendered the Office by the Czar. LONDON, ExG., Nov. 18.—The Daily Cnronicle will publish to-morrow a dis- patch from St. Petersburg announcing aefinitely that the Czar had invited Gen- eral Count Vorontzoff-Dashkoff, Minister of the Imperial House and Imperial Do~ mains, to succeed the late Prince Lobanoif- Count Rostovsky in the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The dispatch adds that it is understood that Count Vorontzoff- Daskoff will accept the position.